THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 29.
Governor Umstead to Speak
At Dedication of New Armory
Governor William B. Umstead
and Major General John Hall Man
ning will be the featured speakers
at the dedication of the new Zebu
lon National Guard armory. The
ceremonies will be held Tuesday,
February 9, with an open house at
three in the afternoon and con
tinuing through a dance beginning
at nine o’clock in the evening.
Plans for the event were an
nounced yesterday by Captain
Barrie Davis, commander of Bat
tery A, Zebulon’s Guard unit.
Named Davis Armory
The Zebulon armory has been
designated as The Davis Armory
by the North Carolina Armory
Commission, in honor of First
Lieutenant Eric F. Davis, who was*
killed in action on January 4, 1942,
in Luzon, Philippine Islands. Lt.
Davis was the first Zebulon soldier
killed in action in World War 11,
and was the son of the Rev. Theo.
Bev Asbury Named Head
Os Finer Carolina Croup
Bev. A. Asbury, popular pastor
of the Zebulon Baptist Church,
will lead the community during
1954 in its effort to capture some
of the $6,750.00 prize money of
fered by Carolina Power and Light
Company in its Finer Carolina
Contest. He was elected chairman
of the Finer Carolina Steering
Committee during a special meet
ing held Tuesday night in the Wo
man’s Club.
Succeeds Ed Hales
The new chairman succeeds Ed
Hales, who gave a report on the
work completed during the year
he headed the steering committee.
Ralph Talton, manager of the
Zebulon district office of Caro
lina Power and Light Company,
opened the meeting with an ex
planation of the Finer Carolina
Contest. He said that his com
pany’s motive was “selfish” in that
more power could be sold to pro
gressive towns and communities,
and the Finer Carolina Contest is
developing more progressive places
to live.
In addition to the prizes offer
ed towns, farmers can compete
for $2,800.00 in cash prizes for
work in soil and water conserva
tion on their farms.
Prize winners in the 1953 will
be announced next month, Talton
said. The purchase of a rural fire
SIOO Gift Is Made
By Bureau Auxiliary
The Zebulon Farm Bureau Aux
iliary gave SIOO.OO this week to
the Zebulon Rural Fire Depart
ment, Inc., to help pay off the notes
on the truck. This contribution is
in addition to a $400.00 contribu
tion already made by the Zebulon
Farm Bureau.
The meeting of the Farm Bureau
and Auxiliary planned for last
Monday night was postponed be
cause of the dangerous road con
ditions resulting from the sleet
and snow. The date for the meeting
will be announced later, according
to Robert Ed Horton.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 15, 1954
B. Davis and the late Mrs. Davis.
Governor Umstead will make a
brief address at four o’clock during
the dedication ceremony, to which
the public is invited.
Supper for Guardsmen
A supper will be given for mem
bers of the Battery and their guests
at 6:30 in the armory. General
Manning, the Adjutant General of
the State of North Carolina, will
speak fallowing the supper, and
recognition will be paid those who
have assisted in the work of the
local National Guard unit and in
obtaining the armory.
Following the supper, the famed
94th Army Band of Raleigh, com
manded by CWO Millard Burt, will
be presented in concert. The entire
community is invited to attend the
concert. The 94th Army Band ap
peared in Zebulon last fall at the
Farmer’s Day.
A dance, open to the public, will
be held following the concert. May-
truck by the Zebulon community
should place the town high in the
running for a prize this year, he
added.
A discussion on the worth of the
Finer Carolina Contest showed that
those present believed a great
deal of good has been derived dur
ing the past two years. C. V. Whit
ley said that he believed both the
community park and the new fac
tory building would have been es
tablished here without the Finer
Carolina Contest, but the organiza
tion and prizes initiated by the
contest have been the cause of
other important accomplishments
here.
Others nominated as candidates
of the Steering Committee were
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DR. W. AMOS ABRAMS TO SPEAK
Fathers' Influence Middlesex PTA Subject
The often ignored or glossed
over influence of the father on his
offspring will be the subject of an
address by Dr. W. Amos Abrams,
noted Tar Heel educator, speaker
to the Middlesex Parent-Teachers’
Association Monday evening, Jan
uary 18.
Using as his title, “The Father’s
Influence on His Child,” Dr.
Abrams, who is editor of the N. C.
Education, organ of the N. C. Ed
ucation Association, will stress the
importance of the relationship be
tween the father and both his sons
and daughters, a subject often neg
lected, and whose role, Dr. Abrams
will state, is much more important
than is often recognized in the life
of his children.
“A child must feel that he is lov
ed by his father,” asserted Dr.
Abrams, “and yet it is sometimes
difficult to convey this affection
to the child.”
“The child is influenced more
than he realizes, however —and
this influence, though havipg no
immediate demonstration, fre
quently expresses itself when a
or Worth Hinton has volunteered
to head a committee to obtain a
small orchestra to play for the
dance.
According to Captain Robert E.
Shelden, inspector for the North
Carolina National Guard, the Zeb
ulon armory is the “best built un
der the current program in North
Carolina.”
The armory is equipped with
an indoor rifle range, offices, class
rooms, supply rooms, locker, kit
chen, and a large auditorium. It
has 13,600 square feet of floor
space and is heated by an oil-fired
hot water system.
Organized in 1949
Battery A was organized in 1949
as part of the 113th Field Artillery
Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col.
Edward Yarborough of Louisburg.
Other units of the battalion are
located at Louisburg, Youngsville,
Roxboro and Dunn.
At the present time the battery
is using the rear of the old water
plant for an armory. It plans to
move into the new armory about
February 1, according to Unit Ad
ministrator Johnsey P. Arnold.
Increased Enlistments
The construction of the new
armory has resulted in greatly in
creased enlistments in the battery
here.
Men who have enlisted since De
cember 1 include Grady L. Driver,
Cortex M. Lewis, Willie K. Price,
Douglas P. Ray, Clinton R. Car
lyle, and John L. Strickland.
Lt. June E. Routh, Lt. Amos G.
Hensen, and Lt. Max I. Lloyd have
joined the unit as officers. All are
graduates of the Ft. Sill, Okla.,
artillery school.
Eligible to Join
Men 17 to 18 V 2 years of age are
eligible to join the battery. Men
older than 18 V 4 with prior mili
tary service are eligible to enlist
in grade if qualified.
parent least expects it,” Dr.
Abrams said.
The educator said that through
his subject he hopes to also re
mind fathers of some of their obli
gations to their children, and al
so he intends to use his address as
a vehicle to present his ideas con
cerning some of the most pressing
problems facing the school world
today.
Dr. Abrams became editor of the
professional education magazine
in 1946, coming to this post from
Appalachian State Teachers’ Col
lege where he had been chairman
of the Department of English since
1942.
A native of Edgecombe County,
Dr. Abrams is a graduate of both
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Major General John Hall Manning (left), Adjutant General of
the State of North Carolina, and Governor William B. Umstead (right)
will be the featured speakers for the dedication of Zebulon’s National
Guard armory on Tuesday, February 9. Governor Umstead will speak
at the dedication exercises in the afternoon, and General Manning
will speak at a supper for National Guardsmen and their guests.
Garment Factory Assured
For Zebulon Community
Grading on the site of the new
garment manufacturing plant to
be erected here will begin in the
immediate future, according to
Louis Rosenstock, president of the
Southern Enterprise, Inc., affiliat
ed with General Sportswear Com
pany of Ellenville, New York, and
Rosenstock unit.
The brick building, which will
contain 34,000 square feet of space,
will be erected on Highway 264
at the eastern edge of Zebulon on
land purchased from Avon Privett.
The Zebulon plant will be the
third that Rosenstock and his as
sociates operate in this part of
North Carolina. Plants already are
in operation in Wendell and Spring
Hope.
Final Arrangements
Final financial arrangements
were made this week for the build
ing. Zebulon citizens contributed
over SIO,OOO toward the cost of
the factory, and notes were sign
ed for an additional $20,000 by
people of the community.
C. V. Whitley, who headed the
local group working to bring the
manufacturing plant here, said
that “just about every merchant
of Zebulon and a number of other
citizens provided material help in
obtaining this new industry for
our town and all are to be congrat
ulated.”
Duke University and Cornell Uni
versity. He received his Doctorate
degree in education at Cornell after
receiving his bachelor’s degree at
Duke.
Before he went to Appalachian
he taught in the public schools of
this State for three years. His
work at the Teachers’ College at
Boone and his reputation both as
an educator and writer were large
ly influential in his being chosen
to edit the state teachers’ magazine.
Active Lions Member
While at Boone Dr. Abrams was
very active in the Lions Club of
that city, being a charter member
of it. After serving as secretary
and president of the Boone club,
he moved up to become zone chair
man, deputy district governor, and
district governor.
He also has served fcr two years
as president of the N. C. Folklore
Society and of the N. C. English
Teachers Association for one year.
He is a Mason, member of Phi
Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa,
and he now lives in Raleigh with
his wife and one child.
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Other committee members who
worked on the project are H. C.
Wade and Thomas Monk. Both
were working on the Community
Building project of the Finer Car
olina contest when the opportun
ity for the manufacturing plant
presented itself.
It is expected that the Zebulon
plant will employ at least 250 peo
ple. Officials hope to have it in
operation by late summer.
Garden Club Hears
Noted Speaker
The Carmen Flowers Garden
Club met Monday night, despite
the sleet and snow in the Wake
Builders Supply Company. Mrs.
J. M. Tyler of Kinston, past pres
ident of the Garden Clubs of North
Carolina, editor of the North Car
olina Gardener, and at present,
Chairman of the Elizabethan Gar
den Committee, was the speaker.
Mrs. Tyler is also a flower show
judge, and is an instructor in the
Flower Show Schools held
throughout the United States.
Garden Plans Told
Her very interesting talk told
how the plan for the garden orig
inated, and how it has grown to a
national tourist attraction. The
statuary in the garden is valued
at SIOO,OOO. The Garden Clubs of
North Carolina are financing the
construction of the garden. At pres
ent construction has been stopped
because the money has given out.
All the clubs in the state are put
ting on special projects to contri
bute to the fund. As soon as the
Garden can be opened to the pub
lic, it will be self supporting. Al
ready the New York Times and
the National Geographic have sent
reporters to do stories on it.
Following this talk members
asked Mrs. Tyler questions about
putting on flower shows. It was
learned that she will teach the
course in Garden Schools in Rocky
Mount this spring, which many of
the members are planning to at
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Terry Kemp to Be
Featured on T. V.
Terry Kemp will be one of the
contestants on the Circle K TV
Talent show in Greensboro Friday
night January 15 at 8:00, sponsor
ed by Guilford Dairies. On Satur
day morning at 11:00 he will also
compete in a WFMY radio pro
gram in one of Greensboro thea
tres.