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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVI. Number 77. POWER COMPANY WILL DEDICATE PLANT ON FRIDAY Senator Willis Smith and Rep. Graham Barden will speak at the dedication of the Carolina Power and Light Company’s new bil lion-kilowatthour generating plant at Goldsboro on June 15th, it was announced today by officials of the Company. On that occasion, a new steam electric generator will be brought up to full capacity, in fusing the transmission lines with 100,000 horsepower of electricity. It will be the largest single gene rating unit in the company’s sys tem. L. V. Sutton, president of CP&L, said work already is well underway at the Quaker Neck site on a second steam electric genera tor of about the same capacity. The second unit is due to “go on the line” in mid-1952. The two units together, operating 85 per cent of the time, will generate 1,- 100,000,000 kilowatthours per year. This is approximately eleven times as much electricity as was used in 1940 in the entire Goldsboro area, including a dozen adjacent com munities with 73,500 customers. Hundreds Expected Several hundred state and lo cal public officials, power custo mers, and civic leaders from east ern North Carolina are expected to hear Smith, Barden and Sutton in a 45-minute ceremony at the plant located on the banks of the Neuse River. Following the speak ing, conducted tours of the plant will be held. The public is invit ed to the ceremony and also to visit the plant on the tours, Sutton said. Second Large Plant The Goldsboro plant is the sec ond large generating station to go to Eastern Carolina in the last two years. The first unit of the new Lumberton plant, with a capacity of 65,000 horsepower, went into production in September 1949, and a second generator of equal ca pacity went to work in June 1950. A third unit, this one of 100,000 horsepower, is now being installed at Lumberton and will be ready for service in mid-1952. With 200,000 horsepower assur ed at Goldsboro, the plant there has been basically designed for the addition of two more generators in case they are needed, Sutton said today. Rev. Mercer Addresses Local Rotarians Friday The Rev. S. E. Mercer, pastor of the Zebulon Methodist Church, addressed the Zebulon Rotarians at their regular meeting last Fri- | day night, June 8, on the place of j justice, mercy and humility in modern living. Mr. Mercer, who appeared as the guest of Vance Brown, entertained the Rotarians with many anec dotes during the course of his talk, which was given a warm reception by the listeners. The Rev. Edgar Fisher, who at tended school here years ago and is now a district superintendent of the Methodist Church, was a guest at the meeting. Members of the local club, win ner of a recent attendance contest with the Middlesex Rotary Club, will be guests of the Middlesex or ganization at a supper meeting there tonight. R. I. P. By V. I. P • PIECES if you Off THC I PEA THAT you OWN THE ROAD REPORTER Kinston shouldn’t have any trouble becoming North Carolina’s fastest growing city. The multi million-dollar DuPont plant is go ing up nearby, and last week the Kinston Air Base was picked for one of nine civilian-operated Air Forces cadet training centers. Truman Miller of Raleigh got the contract to operate the Kinston Air Base and training school. Would be pilots will be sent to Kin ston, trained as pilots by civil ians, commissioned and sent on to advanced training schools. Leased to Civilians The Air Force is doing away with its own operation of basic training and leasing this part of i program to civilians. It’s being done, believe it or not, because the Air Force has found that civilians can do it cheaper and provide more experienced flight instructors for the fledging airmen. That’s a nice note from a government that according to Republicans and some alleged Democrats is supposed to be determined to socialize and bankrupt the country. The base will get into full op eration in Mid-November. Follow ing a $250,000 building program. 134 trained pilots will be turned out every 40 days when the pro gram gets in full swing. Each pi lot will get 160 days of pre-flight and flight training. I Another Bum Guess Motor Vehicles Commissioner ( Landon Rosser’s guess that patrol car bids would be high turned sour last week. Bids were lower ( than they were six months ago, ■ I i j Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 12, 1951 with the lowest being $1,087 and the highest $1,445 (this for Ponti acs). Low bid last December was $1,348. Rosser had asked the Council of State to up the $1,500 legal lim it for car purchases to $1,650, leaving the impression that cars could not be bought for $1,500 or less anymore. Wanted a Big Car Real truth was that Rosser wanted to give bigger cars to pa trol officers, “distinguishing” them from plain patrolmen. Now the Council is studying es tablishment of a policy on who if anyone rates a better State bought car than someone else. With Council members elected, it’s a pretty safe bet that the decision will be that the lowest bid is a good enough car for anyone. So it’s likely that the Highway Patrol brass will have to ride around in the same style low-pric ed cars as the privates. Ain’t that a shame? Merry-Go-Round Washington Columnist Drew Pearson predicts Capus Waynick, now ambassador to Nicarague, will be promoted to ambassador to Bo livia. The News and Observer says editorially that it hopes Capus will get the job. Does that mean that the N&O doesn’t want Capus to run for governor? Capitol Visitors Senator Ralph Scott of Alamance dropped by the Governor’s office but missed seeing brother Kerr . . . Rep. Alonzo Edwards of Greene, in town for a Board of Awards session, says folks down his way are lookin’ for rain. To bacco’s okay, though . . . Rep. Andy Anderson of Martin was try ing to help a young fellow get a job. Rain and tobacco situation down his way about the same as in Greene . . . Rep. Tom Allen of Granville says he’s becoming a regular commuter to Raleigh. His wife has to come to the capital (Continued on Page 4) Solicitor, Town Clerk, Other Local Employees Reelected by Board; Social Security Will Be Provided Anybody who expected fireworks at the meeting of the mayor and board of commissioners last Monday night was sorely disap pointed, as things went smoothly as clockwork. All municipal em ployees were retained in their present positions. As the session of June 4 was coming to an end, Commissioner J. Raleigh Alford moved that municipal employees (including A. R. House, Recorders Court solicitor, Chief of Police Willie B. Hopkins, Policemen Ray Gainey and M. G. Crowder, and Office Clerk Kenneth Artillery Unit Shoots Problems on Range At Fort Bragg Sunday Tired but happy, 45 officers and men of Battery A returned to Zebulon Sunday evening from a successful weekend spent on the firing range at Fort Bragg where they participated in service prac tice with them 105-mm howitzers along with the other batteries of the 113th Field Artillery Battal ion. Observers of the firing were generous in their praise of the conduct and performance of the Zebulon Guardsmen. The entire unit performed like veterans throughout the exercise. Special I’raise Cited for special praise were the mess section and two firing sec tions. The mess section, under Sfc. Percy Parrish, served steaks for supper Saturday, ham and eggs for Sunday breakfast, and barbecued chicken for the Sunday dinner. The firing sections, under Sfc. Frank Massey and Sfc. Rudolph Liles, delivered fast and accurate fire. Assistant gunner Baxter Hop kins, seeing the howitzers fired for the first time, did excellent work, as did all the other cannoneers. No Motor Trouble All six trucks and the jeep which transported the battery to Ft. Bragg made the journey with out mishap. Upon his return to Zebulon, Sgt. J. P. Arnold, motor sergeant for the unit, said that he believes the vehicles are ready now for the trip to Ft. McClellan, Ala., late in the summer. Lt. Jack Potter, executive offi cer, and Lt. Dave Finch and Lt. George Hinds were commended for their performance as forward observers. Lt. Potter supervised the firing sections, Lt. Hinds the motor section, and Lt. Finch the communications sections. SPEAKER -/Yj&k _ ’A’ The Rev. S. E. Mercer, local Methodist minister, who addressed the Zebulon Rotary Club last Fri day night. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Hopkins) be continued in office. His motion was quickly seconded by Commissioner Wesley Liles, and it carried unanimously. Mayor Hinton, who had been expected in some quarters to op pose reelection of all the municipal employees, made no attempt to halt the election. The new com missioner, Philip Massey, joined with the old board members in support of Alford’s motion. Gill Asks for Raise At an earlier stage of the ses sion, which was attended by May or Worth Hinton, Commissioners Alford, Liles, Massey, Howard Beck and R. Vance Brown, and Town Clerk Willie Hopkins, Irby D. Gill, judge of the local Record ers Court, requested that his sal ary be increased to $40.00 per day. The board informally agreed to consider his request at its meeting next month. Mrs. Dallas Parker and H. E. Mann asked the board to take ac tion against stray dogs roaming Zebulon’s streets. The members agreed that the dogs constitute a menace and directed Chief of Po ! lice Hopkins to have published in the Record a statement that “all dogs not on the tax books and vac cinated” will be destroyed. Board Splits on Audit The town board voted, three to two with Commissioners Alford and Massey opposed, to award the annual audit of the municipal ac counts to R. L. Steele & Company at the same price paid the firm for its last year’s audit. The commissioners voted unan imously to carry workmen’s com pensation for municipal workers, to provide social security for the town employees, and to have a survey made of city streets for the State Highway and Public Works Commission. Establishment of a speed zone at Wakelon School was also discussed. Legion Holds Meeting Here Wednesday Night K. P. Leonard, veteran of World War II and a Legionnaire for over a quarter of a century, addressed the Zebulon American Legion Post at its J une meeting last Wednesday night at the Woman’s Club. Com mander Charles Hawkins presided at the supper meeting. Mr. Leonard, a former com mander of the Cedric Harris Post of the Legion (Wendell-Zebulon) addressed the local post on the ritual and procedures of the Am erican Legion. The membership voted to buy softball equipment for the team entered in the municipal softball league under the Legion’s auspices, donating a dozen softballs. On motion of Sidney Holmes, a present was authorized for two lo cal girls who assisted the Legion Auxiliary in selling $65 worth of poppies on Memorial Day. Vice commander Philip R. Bunn was named chairman of a program committee for the July meeting to be held on Independence Day.
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