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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX, Number 12. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 9, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Homecoming Queen Is Crowned Friday Night Janet Upchurch . .. homecoming Queen .. Hunters Damage High Voltage Power Line Electrical power service was dis rupted Thursday between the hours of 11:15 and 1:15 in the Zeb ulon, Wendell, Middlesex, Bailey Sims and Bunn areas. Ralph Talton, Carolina Power & Light Co. manager in Zebulon, reported that unidentified hunters shot eight insulators from an an gle pole near Murray’s Pond be tween Raleigh and Zebulon. The line carried 60,000 volts ol electricity. Linemen and airplane spotters quickly discovered the damaged line, and repairs were made imme diately. Most people are color blind— they' think they are blue when they are only yellow. At half time between Wakeion and Apex last Friday night, Jan et Upchurch was crowned Home coming Queen of Wakeion in a ceremony on the football field. Miss Upchurch, a senior, won over th'e other high school beauty queens from each of the classes. She received more than eight thousand votes. Runner-up for the queen’s title was Miss Carolyn Beck, a fresh man. Other runners-up were Miss Judy Perry, junior, and Miss Kay Martin, sophomore. During half time, the queen and her attendants sat atop converti ble automobiles and were driven around the football field. Miss Upchurch was escorted by Johnny Richardson, Student Coun cil president. Miss Beck was es corted by Carleton Debnam, Miss Martin by Mickey Phillips and and Miss Perry by Leslie Strickland. I The crowning ceremony took I place on a podium erected in front of the Wakeion grandstand. Henry “Bro” Bobbitt, captain of the Wakeion Bulldogs, placed the crown on the queen’s head and gave her a swift kiss. Little Phyllis Sherron rode with the queen as crown bearer. Father of Former Band Instructor Casts Ballot, Dies A retired local merchant died unexpectedly in a voting precinct Tuesday morning shortly after marking his ballot and his wife asked that the ballot be put in the ballot box. Precinct No. 3 registrar A. E. Akers, indicated the widow’s wish was respected, and the vote of Jerry Dunn Batts, 56, was counted. Batts, who came to Roanoke Rapids in 1912, had been accom panied to ttfe polling place by his (Continued on Page 10) Smithfield Chamber Salutes Corinth-Holders The Smithfield Chamber of Com merce saluted the Corinth-Holders community with a turkey dinner meeting Thursday night in the Corinth-Holders School cafeteria. This is the first of a series of “Goodwill Dinners’’ planned by the Chamber in communities through out the county, said Chamber Manager Harold Creech. Approximately 50 members of the Chamber of Commerce were present at the dinner meeting. They were hosts to approximately 100 residents of the Corinth-Hol ders community who accepted in vitations to attend. The dinner was served by the ladies of an adult Sunday School class of Corinth Baptist Church. Charles I. Parrish, immediate past president of the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce, presided. The guests were welcomed by T. J. Lassiter, editor of the Smith field Herald, who is currently serving as president of the Cham ber. Smithfield’s Mayor Ben Ba ker and Corinth-Holders’ School Principal Ottis C. Freeman made brief speeches. Entertainment was provided by talented musicians of the Corinth Holders community. Diane Bailey and Benny Hocutt sang solos, ac companied by Phyllis Johnson at the piano. A quartet from Smithfleld, composed of Chamber Manager Creech, Douglas Little, D. I. Wat son and Roy Coates, also sang. Several door prizes were a warded to holders of lucky num bers during the evening. Alter the dinner the Cham ber members and their guests were taken on a conducted tour of the new school facilities of Corinth Holders School by the principal. “The purpose of these goodwill dinners,” said Chamber Manager Creech, “is just as the title im plies — for the purpose of build ing goodwill and geting better ac quainted. We do not try to sell anything and no commercialism is practiced. Just 90 minutes of fun, food and fellowship.” The Chamber members travel ed to Corinth-Holders in a motor cade. Carolyn Beck Kay Martin Judy Perry Modern Abattoir Now in Operation The modem slaughtering plant at Colonial Frozen Foods, Inc. opened last week. Manager W. M. Sutton reports that this is one of the finest and most up to date slaughtering plants in the South. He said during the first few days of operation, more than 200 ani-; mals were killed and prepared for lockers. The processing plant is able to prepare 100 animals a day, Sut ton said. The plant is modem in every re spect, Sutton said. It is fire proof, and is constructed of reinforced steel and concrete. There are catch basins for the refuse which is tak en to a garbage disposal unit. Swartz Rendering Company in Raleigh picks up all the refuse, and none of it goes into the city sewers. The building was begun during (Continued on Page 10) Ike Takes Nation But Not Zebulon; Democrats Stood Firm for Candidates Mercer Sexton Circle Bazaar The women of the Mercer-Sex ton Circle will hold their annual bazaar Monday, Nov. 26, it has been announced by Mrs. Douglas Finch, publicity chairman. The affair will get well under way at 10 o’clock in the morning and continue until 10 o’clock that night. Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, chair man of the bazaar, said there will be children’s and adult’s clothing, household linens, stuffed toys, pantry shelf supplies, baby clothes, baked goods, candies and doll clothes. ' Mrs. Jenkins said the doll clothes have been made for the dolls that will be furnished by the Salvation Army. Every Christmas the Salvation Army contributed- dolls for the poor and needy of this area, and the clothing made by the Circle ladies last year did not properly fit the dolls. This year Mrs. Jenkins called Salvation Army Captain Fuller for the size of the dolls, and this year the doll clothing will fit. Lunch will be served from 11:30 until 1:30, Mrs. Finch said. The lunches will consist of ham plates with all the trimmings. The price will be 75 cents. Persons who intend having lunch should contact Mrs. I. B. (Continued on Page 10) The majority of the people of the nation may have favored the reelection of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, but Zebulon Little River precinct did not. The Democrats here scored a smashing victory for Democratic candidates Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. When the voting machines clang ed shut at 6:30 p.m., the Demo crats had rung up 1,095 votes a gainst the Republicans. Eisenhow er and Nixon polled 129 votes. Twelve hundred fifty-nine per sons voted out a total of 1,359 which registered during the regis tration period. Registrar Wade Privette said that he could not estimate whether this vote was greater or less than the 1952 balloting. There were no incidents during the day of balloting, the poll hold ers reported. Everyone conducted themselves (Continued on Page 10) Football Team To Honor Parents The parents of the Wakelon football team will be guests of honor when the Bulldogs meet the Benson players on the Wake Ion gridiron Friday night. Following the game the players will entertain their parents at a hamburger dinner at Hilliard’s Drive-In Restaurant. Campbell Insfrutfor Wakefield Revivalist One of the South’s beloved and best known evangelists will con duct revival services at Wakefield Baptist Church November 12 through the 18th each evening at 7:30, it has been announced by the pastor, the Rev. Vernon Brooks. The Rev. Charles B. Howard, professor of Bible at Campbell College, has been engaged to con duct the revival services at Wake field Baptist Church next week. The Rev. Mr. Howard is well known throughout this territory, having conducted evangelistic services in many churches in neighboring and nearby communi- j ties. ' He speaks eloquently and forth rightly of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and is considered one of the outstanding religious educators of the Southern Baptist denomina tion. On Sunday, Nov. 18, the church will celebrate Homecoming Day. The church was founded between 1854 and 1860, according to records, and has played an important part in the welfare and development of Christian life of the Zebulon Wakefield communities. At present the church is in the Rev. Charles Howard midst of an $80,000 building pro gram, with the major portion of the sanctuary completed. The Rev. Mr. Brooks invites all the friends to attend both the re vival services and Homecoming activities of the church, and to bring their friends.
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