THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 71. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 8, 1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Band Director Quits; New
Head Henderson Native
Wakelon High School band di
rector Alger Batts has announced
his resignation. He told this pa
per of his resignation and future
plans in an interview Wednesday
morning.
caus saia no
will be associat
ed with Roles
ville and Wake
Forest high jj
schools in a di- |
rector’s capacity
for the next
school year. He
nas tentatively
accepted a third AL(JER B VTTS
school but did not reveal the
school’s name.
His resignation as band direc
tor of Wakelon School was the
result of the inability of the school
officials and Batts being unable to
agree on a suitable contract for
the coming school year.
Batts was named directer of the
Wakelon band in 1954. He succeed
ed Tom Hearn of Henderson.
The Wakelon band was newly
organized when Batts became its
director. Tom Hearn organized the
group during a summer session.
Under Batts' direction the band has
grown from 18 members to a mem
bership of 65, with 34 new recruits
for next year.
During his tenure here, the
school has purchased a bass drum,
bass horn, 15 heavy-duty music
stands, a trumpet and a set of
cymbals.
Batts said he is genuinely ap
preciative of the support and co
operation given to him during his
two years with the band here.
At the schools he has accepted
for band directorship, Batts said
he will have access to better ac
commodations, such as rehearsal
rooms, instruments, uniforms, etc.
He said he is “looking forward
to a good year.”
Batts is a native of Roanoke
Rapids. He will move his family
to Wake Forest the end of this
month.
Thursday morning Wakelon
principal Franklin Ross Jones an
nounced the employment of Sin
clair Newman to replace Alger
(See BAND, Page 7)
Softball Popular
In Play Program
Wakefield softball league topped
Methodist Church 16-9 in the
game Tuesday night, and Union
Hope walloped Hopkins 9-6.
The standings of the leagues are:
League W L
Wakefield . 1 0
Union Hope . 1 0
Methodist Church . 0 1
Hopkins. 0 1
The schedule for today is: Bus
leaves for Lake Glad and swim
ming lessons at 1 p.m.; Midget
baseball practice at 5:30; Wakelon
High School Band will play on the
bleachers adjoining softball field
at 8; and from 8:45 until 10 o’
clock there will be a dance in the
gymnasium.
Monday’s schedule: 1 o’clock,
bus leaves for Lake Glad and
swimming classes; 5:30, Midget
baseball practice; 7 to 8, basket
ball for children under fourteen
years old; and 8 to 10, basketball
for children 14 years old and over.
Plans are underway to show a
series of four movies on cameras.
The title of the movies and the
time wilf be announced in Tues
day’s paper.
Tennis lessons will be given
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
from 7 until 8 o’clock.
Eighteen students attended the
swimming classes Monday, 41,
Tuesday and 43, Wednesday. All
persons who are unable to swim
are urged to take advantage of
these swimming lessons.
Sixteen boys have signed up for
(See SOFTBALL, Page 7)
Picture
The composite picture of the
Junior Woman’s Club members
may be seen at Whitley Furniture
Company, Inc. Anyone wishing
to purchase a picture may place
an order there for future delivery.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Pictured above are children who received Holy Communion at St.
Eugene’s Catholic Church in Wendell, Sunday, May 2o. Front row:
Juanita Thomas and Bernard Vollmer; Second row: Kaye Antone,
Nadine Gay, Melelia Underhill and Frankie Kannon. Father Cranor
Graves stands behind. The twfo Sisters are unidentified.
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Methodists Hold
Bible School;
Begins Sunday
The Methodist Vacation Church
: School will begin Sunday, accord
ing to Mrs. Fred Page, who will
be in charge of this school. Reg
istration will be held during the
Sunday School hour.
The school is to continue through
the week, closing on June 17 with
a program in the church. The daily
schedule is from 8:30 in the morn
ing until 11:45 o’clock.
On Sunday night, June 10, at f
o’clock Family Night will be ob
served for all parents, children and
youths to acquaint those present
with the theme of the Bible School,
“The Bible.” During this hour a
film will be shown and the Inter
mediates will present a puppet
show on the prophets of the Bi
ble.
Assisting Mrs. Page will be Pa
tricia Brantley, Loretta Cawthorne,
and Mrs. Frank Wall in the kinder
garten department; Mrs. Troy Bar
rett, Mrs. John Terry and Hazel
Tant in the Primary department;
Mrs. M. J. Sexton, Mrs. Page, Jun
ior department; Conrad Glass,
Duke University divinity student,
and Miss Mary Saunders will be
in charge of the Intermediate de
partment.
Mrs. Cloid Wade will serve as
choir director and Betsy Brantley
will be pianist for the school dur
ing the week>
During the recreational hour,
Dave McGuire, assistant recrea
tional director for the summer rec
reational program, will direci
games for the older students that
attend the school.
The MYF will have baby sitters
at the church to care for the ba
bies present.
Illinois Native
To Be Wendell
High School Head
A native of Illinois has beer
named principal of Wendell School
Carl Grad, principal of Towns
ville School for the past two years,
was named principal of Wendell
High School last Monday.
Grad was formerly associated
with the Glen High School in For
syth County. He was assistant prin
cipal of this school for six years.
He has also served as supervisor of
the FFA camp at White Lake.
He is 36-years-old, is married,
and has one child. He obtained
his AB and MA degrees from the
University of Illinois.
Grad will assume his duties at
the local school in the near future.
Homecoming -
Union Chapel Baptist Church
will observe its annual Homecom
ing Day at the church Sunday.
Services will begin at 10 o’clock
with Mrs. Tom Hardes of Wake
Forest teaching the Sunday School
lesson.
At the 11 p’clock worship hour,
the Rev. C. C. Wheeler of Wake
field will deliver the sermon.
Lunch will be served on the
.grounds immediately following the
morning worship service.
During the afternoon service,
several choirs, quartets, duets and
soloists have been invited to attend
this all-day Homecoming event.
Sewers to Be Cleaned
Mechanically When
Equipment Ordered
Fisherman Suffers
Stroke in Water
John Bailey, who lives in the
Hales Chapel community, fell from
a boat on which he was fishing in
Turkey Quarters Creek Tuesday
after suffering a stroke.
Bailey was with a fishing party
when he suffered this attack, and
fell into the creek. He was res
cued and given artificial respira
tion, and then rushed to a New
Bern hospital where his condition
was pronounced critical by the
hospital attendants.
On Wednesday he was removed
to Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Late
reports indicated his condition had i
little improved. j
New Wakelon
Teachers Hired
Wakelon School principal Frank
lin R. Jones has announced the em
ployment of two teachers to fill va
cancies created by resignations.
Miss Betty Jean Trott of Rich
lands has been employed to teach
second grade, replacing Mrs. Law
rence Blanton who resigned to ac
cept a position in the Apex school
system.
Miss Trott is a 1956 graduate of
Atlantic Christian College in Wil
son with a bachelor of arts degree
in primary education.
Paul E. Dew will replace Darrell
Snyder, who has taken a position
with a Virginia firm. Dew is at
present a lieutenant in the army at
Columbus, Ga. He will be dis
charged June 19 and will be fulfill
ing his duties here immediately.
He is a graduate of North Caro
lina State College, and was a mem
ber ‘of the football team while a
student there.
(See TEACHERS Page 7)
In the not too distant future, the
sewers of Zebulon will be cleaned
mechanically.
At the Town Board meeting
Monday night, a motion was made
by Commissioner J. R. Alford to
purchase a sewer cleaning ma
chine. This motion was duly car
ried by all the commissioners pres
ent.
Town officials agree that when
this machine is put into operation
the town’s sewer system will be
more efficiently cleaned and serv
iced.
The sewer system at present is
cleaned manually with sewer
sticks, necessitating many man
hours. The officials said the pres
ent operation is not as effective as
it will be with this mechanically
operated machine doing the job.
The machine is to be purchased
from Southern Tool & Pipe Co. for
a price of $885.10. Payment of the
machine is to be made in Septem
Qer.
Other business included that of
allowing Robert Dawson to pave
100 feet of alley-way by the Gulf
Service Station. Dawson asked to
be permitted to pay for this paving
himself, and the town be asked to
reimburse him for the paving
when and if the town paves the
balance of the said alley in that
block between Sycamore Street
and Gannon Avenue. This motion
was made by Commissioner Nor
man Screws and duly carried.
Commissioner G. K. Corbett
made the motion, which was duly
carried, to levy the same privilege
license for 1956-57.
Another motion made by Com
missioner Vance Brown to give the
R. L. Steele & Company the con
tract to audit Town of Zebulon and
Zebulon Recorder’s Court books.
The price of auditing both sets of
books is not to exceed $300. The
period to be audited is that of July
1, 1955 to June 30, 1956.
It was agreed by the commis
sioners present to put L. A. Bak
er, utility man and part-time po
liceman, on the Officer’s Benefit
and Retirement Fund. The town
is to pay this retirement fee.
Former Teacher to Open
Piano Studio Here Soon
Mrs. Ben Massey has announced
that she will open a piano studio
in the Oren Massey residence this
month. !
She taught in the music depart- ;
ment of Wakelon School frcfm i
1951 to 1954. |
A native of Marietta, Ohio, j
Mrs. Massey, who is the former j
Roberta Deenis, holds a bachelor j
of fine arts degree with a major
in piano.
Her husband is a student in the
veterinary school fit N. C. State
College. He is the son of Mrs.
Oren Massey and the late Mr. Mas
sey. They have a two-year-old
daughter named Bobby Lynn.
Mrs. Massey said she is inter
ested in teaching both adults and
children. Anybody interested
should contact her immediately.
Mis. Ben Massey