Newspapers / Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / Dec. 7, 1956, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 20. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 7, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Shepard Principal Is Outstanding Educator Under his leadership and guid ance, Shepard School has become one of the outstanding Negro schools in the State of North Car olina. “But I didn’t do it alone,” Prin cipal G. L. Crews will quickly tell you. “I have had the wonder ful cooperation of the school of ficials, patrons, parents, and the community as a whole.” He has. He is highly revered and respected, both by his own race and by the white population. “Without their active support and goodwill, we could have ac complished nothing. But with it, we have grown and we will con tinue to grow,” he said. Shepard School is one of the few Negro schools in the State G. L. Crews Food Will Be FB Meeting Topic Mrs. Howard Massey, president of the Farm Bureau Auxiliary, has f announced that the December meeting will be held Monday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Wake Ion Home Economics department. Mrs. Bessie Starling Ware of the Dairy Council of Durham will be guest speaker. She will give a demonstration on the prepara tion of Christmas foods. All members are urged to at tend this meeting, and the public is also welcomed. which is a member of the South ern Association of Schools and Colleges. It was granted this mark of distinction December, 1955. Rigid rules and qualifications— library, teaching, curriculum, and many other facilities must be met to become a member of the (Continued on Page 6) | OBITUARIES | M. A. Moore Meta Anderson Moore, 41, of Durham died Thursday at Watts Hospital. He was a native of Wake County and a nephew of T. Y. and G. L. Puryear of Wendell. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ver ta Mae F. Moore, a native of Louis burg; one son, John Addie Moore; one sister, Mrs. Evelyn McRae, of Lake View; four brothers, Buel and Thurman Moore of Durham, Percy, of Orlando, Fla., and Sultan Moore of Darlington, S. .C-; two half sisters, Mrs. Raymond Pearce of Southern Pines and Mrs. Dor othy Glenn of Westover, Mass. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Guess Road Baptist Church in Durham. Burial followed in Woodlawn Me morial Park, Durham. Tom C. Harris Tom C. Harris, 93, of Wendell, Route 2, died at his hom^ Satur day after a lingering illness. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, and a member of Thanksgiving Baptist Church for about 30 years. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m., from Heph zibah Baptist Church in Wendell. The Rev. Joe Roach and the Rev. Dale Davis, both of Wendell, con ducted services. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The body lay in state one hour prior to services. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Floria F. Puryear; four sons, Bailey W., Route 1, Wendell, J. C., Route 2, Wendell, Oliver, Route 2, Wendell, Edsel, of Raleigh; five daughters, Mrs. A. C. Cates, Route 1, Knightdale, Mrs. J. C. Hullen der, Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Joe Brown, Zebulon, Mrs. Robert Marks and Mrs. Charles Harris, both of the home; 20 grandchildren. Rotarians Present Piano To Wakelon Music Department Photo courtesy Jerry Hagwood Shown above is the new Hamilton studio piano recently presented to Wakelon School music department by the Zebulon Rotary Club. Rotarians learning atop the new instrument are Aaron Lowery, sec retary; Ralph Talton, former president of the club; and Eldred Rountree, present president. Twenty-One-Year-Old Debt Paid Last Saturday John Terry has every right to have renewed faith in his fellow man. Last Saturday he received a check from a person who had owed him a debt for 21 years. When Terry was in the grocery meat market business in Burling ton, this customer became indebt ed to him. Some time ago, the former cus tomer wrote to Terry and wanted to know just how much the bill was. Seems he had forgotten. Terry immediately forwarded a letter stating the amount. Nothing was heard from the cus tomer. Then came the check and a letter explaining that Terry’s ad dress had been lost. The customer said he got a Raleigh telephone Devil Dog Firm Will Erect Additional Plant Facilities in Zebulon Soon The Louis Rosenstock enter prises in Zebulon, including Devil Dog Manufacturing Company and Lordlcy, Inc., plan a substantial increase in local facilities, Elliott Rieger, Rosenstock executive, an nounced this week. The announcement was made following purchase of an addition al one and three-fourths acres of land from Avon Privette for con struction of a building which will approximately double present floor space of the Zebulon plant and office. “We are very grateful to Mr. Privett for selling us additional land,” Mr. Rieger said, “for it means that we can expand our plant economically. Certainly Mr. Privett did not need to sell the I additional acreage, and we regard his willingness to make it avail i able to us as another manifestation of the civic spirit of Zebulon. We also appreciate help given us by municipal and Chamber of Com merce officials.” Rieger added that even more ac quisitions were contemplated by the Rosenstock firms, saying that J. B. Bilisoly, Wendell attorney, is now handling title matters per taining to the additional property. The property just acquired is on the east side of the present plant on Highway 264 at the edge of town. The proposed structure will be a two-story building con taining about 30,000 square feet, and will be used for cutting and shipping operations. Earlier this week Mayor V£il bur Debnam and Town Manager W. B. Hopkins conferred with Lee Doliner, another Rosenstock exe cutive, and insurance underwriters in an apparently successful effort to work out a means of provid ing sufficient water protection a gainst fire for the additional plant without appreciable expense to tov or plant. Ti e Rosenstock firm maintains plains in Wendell, Zebulon, Spring Hope, and Middlesex in addition to parent operations at Ellenville, N. Y. Headquarters for the North! Carolina operations were moved1 to Zebulon from Wendell short-1 ly after the local plant was com-1 pleted in 1953. directory and found Terry’s name and address. The customer owed Terry $26, but rent a check for only $25. That was all right with Terry. He was glad to get that after 21 years. The debt has been marked “paid in full.” Zebulon Native Made Executive Vice President A Zebulon native has been made executive vice president of a New York firm. Raeford G. Richards was made executive vice president of G. A. Feld Company in November at a board of directors meeting. G. A. Feld Company, incorpor ated in 1892, is a pioneer firm in the promotion of stainless steel, and operates as a warehouse and mill distributor of stainless sheets, galvanized and cold rolled car bon steel sheets and copper mill products. Richards, 33, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Richards, has been associated with the company since 1950. He served as secretary to the company prior to his being elected executive vice president. He is a graduate of Wakelon High School, 1940, and is mar ried to the former Jo Anne Pear son of New York. They have four children, two boys and two girls. Before becoming associated with this firm, he was with the C. C Camps and the U. S. Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Richards and fam ily reside at 584 Rye Court, El mont, Long Island, N. Y. j A Hamilton studio piano has been given to Wakelon School mu sic department by the Zebulon Rotary Club. The presentation was made November 26. | The new instrument was bought through the school at state contract price, according to Principal John J. Hicks. A piano of this type sells for $912 retail. This. Rotary project was initiat ed through Ed Hales, former Wakelon School Board member, and an active Rotarian. The music department at Wake lon was promised a new piano last year by the school’s former prin cipal, Franklin R. Jones. Because of the indebtedness left the school by this principal, enough school funds were not available for such a purchase. When the project was presented to the Zebulon Rotarians by Hales, it was agreed by all that the need was urgent, and the members of the Club pledged their support. Each Rotarian signed a note to ward payment of the piano to the sum of $30. In order to help alleviate this debt on the musical instrument, the Rotarians will sponsor dances at Davis National Guard Armory. A percentage of the proceeds from each of these dances will help to liquidate the notes. The first dance will be held New Year’s Eve, and the Rotarians are now soliciting your help through the sale of tickets to this affair. There are 30 piano students at Wakelon who will benefit from the purchase of the piano. Prior to the presentation of the gift by the Rotarians, these students were compelled to.use an old antiquated upright instrument. At the half-year piano recital Wednesday night, Miss Margaret Stevenson, Wakelon piano and public school music instructor, ex pressed her deep appreciation to the Rotarians for the gift. Principal Hicks also said the ad dition to the school’s music depart nent is something that has been long needed and is very much ap preciated. “We are very fortunate to have uch a civic organization that is so concerned with the welfare of the community,” he said. Finer Carolina Contest Closed The 1956 “Finer Carolina’’ con test closed December 1 with 137 towns competing for $6,750 in cash awards for community improve ment. It is sponsored annually by Carolina Power & Light Co. Scrapbooks reporting the hun dreds of individual projects must reach CP&L offices by December 15, according to E. N. Pope, ad vertising manager and contest di rector. Newspaper clippings, feature articles, before-and-after photo graphs and other data will be used in the scrapbooks to reflect local progress. These will be judged by an impartial panel of three from outside CP&L’s service area. The judges have not been named, but Pope said they will be (Continued on Page 6)
Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 7, 1956, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75