THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 63.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, May 11, 1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
'TAKING THE AIR’ on his front steps is "Mr. X," a manikin
dressed In a poison gas and bacteria-protective suit and wearing an
extra-capacity protective mask, all developed by the Army Chemical
Corps in cooperation with the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
FCDA now l is 32,009 of these masks in production. Except for the
lack of boots, he would be perfectly safe even if sprayed with
nerve or mustard gas or poisonous germs. An FCDA secretary
emerges from the air lock of a gas and germ-proof shelter built
with wood frames and a new fiber "diffusion board" similar to
other wallboard. This material allows air and carbon dioxide to
pass in and out while filtering out poison gases and germs. The sec
retary is wearing a new type (2 civilian protective mask, (fcda Photo)
Bank Adds Machine
For Recording Purposes
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
here has made an addition to its
facilities for better service and
convenience to its customers and
personnel.
Last week the bank installed a
microfilming machine for the pur
pose of making a permanent photo
graphic record of the bank’s checks
and documents.
This machine will photograph
on microfilm checks at the rate
of 400 per minute. At one operation
the checks and documents are pho
tographed on both the front and
back sides.
The machine bears the title of
Recordak, and is a product of East
man Kodak Company. It costs
$2,500.
The bank had a junior size mi
crofilming machine, which neces
sitated the operator to place the
check or document under the pho
tographic light, snap the picture,
and turn the document over and
photograp the opposite side.
Miss Sarah Eaton, who will han
dle the new machine almost ex
clusively, said the old machine was
very outmoded and required a
great deal of time. The new ma
chine she said will speed up pro
duction for both the personnel and
customer.
For the past months the bank’s
bulk of business has increased to
such an extent that it was neces
sary to add this Recordak to help
alleviate the influx of checks pass
ing through the bank.
The bank has ordered a reader
and endorser, assistant cashier
Horace Gay said. When these ad
dictational parts are added an even
greater speed up in service and
facilities is expected.
Gay and Miss Eaton said that
approximately 900 checks are pro
cessed at Peoples Bank each day.
$50 Picker
J. Harvey Parrish, Sr., a prom
inent and successful farmer of
Route 2, Zebulon, received a call
from radio station WRAL in Ra
leigh last Friday and answered
correctly a question on the pro
gram, “A Ton of Food Quiz.” He
received the amount of $50.00 in
certificates, which will enable him
to buy the variety of groceries he
chooses.
The question was Which town
had the largest population, Zebu
Ion or Wendell? The answer was
Zebulon.
Multiple Thefts Bring Stiff
Sentences For Local Youths
Multiple thefts from autos re
sulted in the convictions of three
Zebulon boys in Raleigh City Court
Monday.
James Edward Ray, 18, was sen
tenced to two years on the roads
and a prior four-months proba
tionary sentence was put into ef
fect.
William Darnell Pace, 19, was
sentenced to four years on the
roads, suspended on payment of
costs and good behavior for five
years. The pair was charged with
10 counts of theft from autos.
Coy Pearce, 17, was sentenced
to two years on the roads on two
counts of theft from autos, sen
tence suspended on payment of
costs. He was placed on probation
for four years.
Police said the three youths had
been stealing from cars over four
counties. Some $2,000 worth of
stolen goods was recovered, it was
reported.
Club to Install
Prexy Tuesday;
Final Meeting
The Junior .Woman’s Club will
hold its regular monthly meeting
next Tuesday night at the club
house.
At this meeting Mrs. Franklin
Jones will be installed as the club
president for next year. Mrs.
Jones was nominated by a commit
tee composed of Mrs. Melvin Mas
sey, Mrs. Herbert Holt, Mrs.
Charles Creech and Miss Ruby
Dawson. She will succeed Mrs,
Gilmer Parrish, who has resigned
due to the fact her husband has
accepted a position in Concord.
Other business will be that oi
presenting a gift to the old mem
ber and new member who has ac
quired the most points for the year,
Mrs. A. S. Hinton will be the
evening’s speaker. She will tell
the club of the State meeting held
at Durham last month. Mrs. Hinton
was a delegate to the convention
from the Senior Woman’s Club.
Mrs. Parrish urges all the club
members to present themselves at
this meeting.
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School Board
Final Meet
The Wakelon School Board me1
Monday night for its final meet
ing of the school year.
The primary business was thai
of reappointing the faculty mem
bers. All members of the facultj
were reelected, with the exception
of three who have tendered theii
resignation. Those teachers re
signing are Mrs. Ann Warner, Mrs.
Mary Blanton and Miss Sue Kelly
—
Students Have
Arts Exhibited
The handiwork of two Wakelon
High School students is now on
exhibition in the Morehead Plane
tarium Science Gallery.
When the State Science Fair was
held here recently, Dorothy Craig
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Smith, and Joe Wayne Tip
pett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tip
pett, entered exhibits they had
made in connection with their
high school science courses. Miss
Smith’s was titled “Let’s Be Cat
ty,” and Joe’s was titled “Who
Are Our Near Neighbors?”
The exhibits so impressed A. F.
Jenzano, Planetarium manager,
that he invited the youths to let
the Planetarium display them
through the month of May. He
hopes that their exhibits, along
with 13 others, will prove to the
public that science has a great fu
ture in this state, and that they
will encourage more students to
persue scientific studies in college.
It is estimated that more than
10,000 persons will view the ex
hibits when they come to the
Planetarium to see its art and sci
ence galleries and to witness dem
onstrations in the Planetarium
chamber.
SMILE AWHILE
Two small fry were at scnool.
“What are we supposed to do?"
asked one.
“Write a snake tale,” said the
other.
“But a snake’s all tail,” he was
told.
Locker Plant Given
Approval by Board
To Build Abbatoir
NEW PRESIDENT
M. L. Hasrwood
New President
To Head Lions
Club for '56-'57
A returnee from Europe told
of her experiences on the Conti-1
nent to the Lions Club at the ■
club’s meeting last Thursday |
night.
Mrs. Calvin H. Spann described;
the beauties of the countries, old
and interesting landmarks, and
many of the customs of the peo
ples.
Mrs. Spann is the sister of Lions
Club member Rondal Phillips.
At the business session the club
made its 1956-57 appointments.
Out-going president Frank Kemp
will be succeeded by M. L. Hag
wood as president.
Vice presidents elected were Dr.
George Tucker, first; Hardin Hin
ton, second; and Clarence Hocutt,
third.
The Board of Directors include
John Terry, Robert Ed Horton,
Ernest Driver and Frank Kemp.
J. C. Debnam will become
treasurer of the club, and Worth
Hinton will serve as secretary.
Ray Goodwin was appointed
Lion Tamer, and Gilbert Beck Tail
Twister.
Business was at a minimum with
the Town Board at its meeting
Monday night. Only two items of
business claimed the attention of
the Commissioners present.
The Board voted to grant W. M.
Sutton and Colonial Frozen Foods
a permit to expand the locker plant
to include a slaughter plant.
This request and permission
necessitated the amending of the
town ordinance to rezone the dis
trict in which the locker is locat
ed to allow the slaughtering of ani
mals in the industrial area.
The other business was that of
amending the ordinance of the
Recreation Commission’s terms of
office. The Board voted to allow
the expiration date of the Com
mission’s terms to be January 1 in
stead of May 1, as in the past.
This was done upon receiving a
letter from Recreation Commission
chairman George H. Temple and
secretary Creech, who requested
the change because it was felt
that the officers could accomplish
more and do a better job with the
recreational facilities by starting
at the beginning of the year in
stead of the middle.
No action was taken on the stop
light situation, which has been ta
bled indefinitely.
Further action concerning the
numbering of the business and res
idential sections was omitted.
All Board members were pres
ent, except Commissioner Vance
Brown who was indisposed.
Colonial Frozen Foods of Zebu
Ion plans to expand their present
plant to include the addition of an
abbatoir, plant manager W. M.
Sutton has announced.
Sutton said the addition of
slaughtering facilities will enable
the plant to kill, dress and process
( See ABBATOIR, Page 9)
Cake Sale
The Zebulon Methodist Youth
Fellowship will have a Mother’s
Day cake sale down town Saturday
morning, May 12. Everyone can
get a cake or pie for Sunday’s
lunch. All varieties will be avail
able.
The proceeds of the sale will be
used for buying a slide projector
and screen for the church.
Phone orders will be taken by
Miss Peggy Richardson.
BEAUTY IN OFFICE:
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Garden Club Flower Show
Garden Club members are be
ginning to wield saws, hammers
and paint brushes. They are en
thusiastically getting ready for the
Garden Club’s flower show.
The date for the flower show has
been set for May 14 from 3 until
5 o’clock in the Woman’s Club
house.
Garden Club president Frances
Tucker has said this floor show is
not open to the public. Only mem
bers of the club and their invited
guests may attend.
It is hoped that next year the
club may operate on a bigger
scale, with the show being held
in the armory and any person eligi
ble to enter.
Club member Selma Davis has
announced that Mrs. R. O. Cavi
ness of Raleigh will be present
for the judging. Mrs. Caviness is
well-known in Raleigh and
throughout the state in garden club
circles.
Mrs. Tucker suggests to the club
members that the dues are due and
payable. They may contact Mrs.
Randolph Hendricks, club secre
tary, on or before the flower show.
Following the exposition there
will be a tea hour for the club
' members and guests.