THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 33.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Raleigh, North Carolina
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
January 18, 1954
WHEREAS, the Departments of the Army and the Air
Force are desirous that the strength of the National Guard,
Army and Air Force be materially increased as soon as possible,
and
WHEREAS, this can be accomplished by a concentrated re
cruiting campaign designed to encourage enlistment of young
men and men with prior military service, and
WHEREAS, The North Carolina Army and Air National
Guard through the years have served our State and Nation
long and faithfully, in time of war as well as in time of peace,
and merit the wholehearted support of the entire citizenship
of this State:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, William B. Umstead, Governor of
North Carolina and Commander-in-Chief of the North Carolina
Army and Air National Guard, in order to accomplish the assign
ed mission and to honor our men of the North Carolina National
Guard for their services to the State and Nation in every armed
conflict in which our country has been engaged, do hereby
proclaim the month of February, 1954, as NATIONAL GUARD
RECRUITING MONTH in the State of North Carolina. I urge
all citizens of this great State to support wholeheartedly the
North Carolina National Guard, both Army and Air, and the
citizens of each community are requested especially to assist
their local unit in its recruiting campaign.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina to be
affixed.
DONE at the City of Raleigh this eighteenth day of Janu
ary in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four.
(SEAL) WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD
E. L. Rankin, Jr. Governor
Private Secretary
Governor Proclaims February As
'National Guard Recruiting Month'
With adequate facilities assured
for intensive training, the Zebu
lon National Guard battery this
week planned to launch a recruit
ing campaign on February 1 to
bring the unit up to its full, au
thorized strength of 104 officers
and men. The local appeal will be
coordinated with similar drives
conducted by the North Carolina
National Guard throughout the
state.
Chickenpox, Measles
Plague Community
If your child is not clothed with
chicken pox, he certainly is not
in style with the latest fashion
trend for this community. And to
be completely in step with fash
ion, he should also contract a case
of measles.
Such seemed the situation this
week, as more and more cases of
chicken pox were reported here.
More frequent cases of measles
were found.
Chicken pox, for those not bless
ed with a knowledge of the di
sease, is highly contagious but not
dangerous. The first treatment
should be complete isolation of
the patient.
One consolation for parents
whose children have chicken pox
—one case per child is usually all
you have to put up with.
In Korea
Pfc. Earl M. Carpenter, son of
Mrs. Bessie Carpenter, Wendell,
helped to celebrate the 40th In
fantry Division’s second anniver
sary in Korea this month.
Carpenter, a wireman in the
224th Regiment, arrived in Korea
last June. He entered the Army
in December, 1952.
A proclamation issued by Gov
ernor William B. Umstead set
aside February as National Guard
Recruiting Month, and the Guards
men in Battery A expect to give
full assistance to the campaign.
The new SIOO,OOO armory, which
will be dedicated on February 9,
can accommodate 200 men, accord
ing to plans, and will provide ade
quate room for the training of
the specialists who make up the
artillery battery.
Men 17 to 18% years of age with
out prior military service are in
vited to enlist in the National
Guard. CWO Johnsey P. Arnold is
on duty Monday through Friday
of each week.
At the present time Battery A
has nine officers and 63 men, the
largest since it was organized here
in 1949. Its strength was held
down because of the inadequate
armory facilities until the new
armory neared completion.
Ticket Deadline
Reservations for the barbe
cue supper at the local Nation
al Guard armory on Tuesday,
February 9, at 5:30 p.m., fol
lowing dedication of the new
armory, may be made by the
genera] public through Tues
day, February 2, by contacting
WO J. P. Arnold at the pres
ent armory. Tickets for the
super, available at $1.25 per
plate, will not be sold later
than next Tuesday because of
planning requirements of the
Garden Club, which is putting
on the supper. Admission to
to the dance following the sup
per is free, whether partici
pants attend the meal or not.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 29. 1954
Factory Building, Community
Centers Are Contest Projects
• • •
Finer Carolina Steering Committee
Selects Five Projects, One Alternate
The most ambitious one-year
community advancement program
ever attempted was adopted by
Zebulon’s Finer Carolina Steering
Committee at its initial meeting
held Tuesday night. Five main
projects and an alternate were
adopted by the Steering Committee
for entry in Carolina Power &
Light Company’s Finer Carolina
Contest.
Chairman Bev. A. Asbury, pastor
of the Zebulon Baptist Church,
presided at the meeting.
Factory Project
The first project selected for en
try in the 1954 contest is the ac
quisition of an industrial site and
erection of a factory building here.
C. V. Whitley, who has been serv
ing as chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce Industry Committee,
was named chairman of this pro
ject.
Work on this project already
has begun. A site at the eastern city
limits on the Wilson highway has
been acquired, and grading work
started in preparation for the fac
tory building construction.
Armory Landscaping
With the members of the Car
men Flowers Garden Club spear
heading the work, project two in
cludes the landscaping of the new
Zebulon National Guard armory
site, the planting of trees and
shrubs at the community park,
and general street beautification.
Mrs. Ferd Davis, president of
the Garden Club, was named
chairman of this work.
The construction of a commun
ity building at the community park
State Prison Band, OES Supper to Be
At Wakelon School Friday, Feb. 19
Friday night, February 19, will
be a big night on the Wakelon cam
pus: The state prison band will
put on their their stage show in
the Wakelon auditorium at 8 o’-
clock, and the Eastern Star will
hold a barbecue supper in the lo
cal school cafeteria prior to the
band’s appearance.
Both the PTA and the Eastern
Star had originally planned to hold
a supper on the same night, with
the PTA having a prior commit
ment on use of the cafeteria. The
Eastern Star considered moving its
supper to the armory and advanc
ing the date of their event a week,
but the PTA budget and finance
committee voluntarily relinquished
use of the cafeteria after it was
learned that the Masonic auxiliary
organization would be put to con
siderable additional expense even
if the armory should be obtained
for their affair.
Mrs. Rachel Privette, finance
chairman for the Parent-Teacher
group, stated that her committee
felt that inconvenience caused the
PTA by the change in its plans
would be to a large extent offset
h offers of aid from the OES.
was selected as the third project.
This was included in the 1953 Finer
Carolina program here, but was
postponed when the financial re
sources of the town were thrown
behind the effort to obtain an in
dustrial payroll for the community.
Postponed Last Year
Last year this project progress
ed to the point where Carter Wil
liams, Raleigh architect, had pre
pared preliminary plans for the
building. Members of the commit
tee promoting the community
building appeared at civic meet
ings to explain the project and
civic groups pledged wholehearted
support of the building.
When plans for the actual fund
raising drive were near completion,
the possibility of obtaining a sac-
WAKELON GIRLS WIN
Champions of East Wake County
The Wakelon girls’ basketball
team sewed up the East Wake
County championship Tuesday
night with a thrilling 77-71 tri
umph over Knightdale. Martha
Temple led the Wakelon sextet
with 50 points.
The victory assured the Wakelon
girls of top seeding in the East
Wake Tournament, which begins
February 16, in the Forest
High School gymnasium.
Wakelon trailed by 38-44 at
halftime, and Knightdale increas
ed the lead to 57-65 by the end
of the third period. A spectacu-
“We now lack about S9OO of hav
ing enough money to pay for the
able PTA funds will be used this
activities bus, for which all avail
year,” she said yesterday, “and the
bus has already been ordered. We
are naturally anxious to raise the
money as soon as possible, and had
hoped to complete our job by the
middle of March. On the other
hand, we want to cooperate with
other local civic groups in their
Games Postponed
The basketball double
header between Wakelon and
Middlesex scheduled for
Tuesday night, February 9,
has been changed to Monday
night, February 8, according
to W. R. Whittenton, princi
pal of Wakelon School.
The change was made to
avoid conflict with the dedica
tion ceremonies of the new
National Guard armory plan
ned for Tuesday afternoon
and evening.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
tory here caused the postponement
of the community building effort.
H. C. Wade, who contributed
liberally of his time and work as
chairman of the community build
ing project last year and as a mem
ber of the industry community,
was named chairman of this pro
ject for 1954.
Negro Community Center
Project four incorporates the
Negro community into the Finer
Carolina program for the first
time. It calls for the acquisition
of a site and building to be used
as a community center for the col
ored citizens of the Zebulon area.
Harold Taylor, named as chair
man of this project, told of the need
of a community center for Negro
(See FINER CAROLINA, Page 8)
lar Wakelon rally in the final
quarter scored 20 points while
Knightdale was held to six points,
giving Wakelon the game.
Other scorers for Wakelon in
cluded Richardson with 22 and
Perry with five. J. Upchurch, A.
Upchurch, and Greene starred at
the guard positions.
The Wakelon Bulldogs found the
Knightdale boys’ lead too much
for their last quarter rally and
went down to a 68-44 defeat in the
nightcap.
For’ the Bulldogs, Bullock and
Alford had 10 each, and Brown
nine to lead the scoring.
projects, and in view of the gen
erous support offered by the OES
to our effort to obtain a bus, which
can be used by local groups in
cluding the Eastern Star, and the
additional expense the group would
incur through our not changing
the date of our supper, we are glad
to accommodate the Eastern Star
by reworking our schedule.”
Individual members of the OES
have pledged all-out support of a
later PTA supper, and the order
was scheduled to act last night on
an organizational gift to the PTA
project. Several other local civic
groups have already made gifts to
the activities bus fund.
Tentative PTA supper date is
Wednesday night, April 7, Mrs.
Privette said. The menu will in
clude chicken barbecue, slaw, a
dessert, and a beverage.
The budget committee also plans
to raise funds for the bus by spon
soring a bridge, canasta, and rook
party at the cafeteria on March 12.
The prison band, composed of
inmates of Central Prison, has ap
peared in Zebulon before, and has
proved popular with local folks.
A capacity crowd is anticipated.