THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. No. 7
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Pictured is the new Baptist parsonage at Wakefield, built this win
ter by the Wakefield Baptist Church for the pastor of the Wake
field-Bethany field of churches. Rev. John McCrimmon is the pres
ent pastor, and took part in dedicatory services at the home last
Sunday week. The building is entirely free of debt, and reflects
great credit on the Wakefield community,
County Health Officer Urges
Owners Have Dogs Vaccinated
By A. C. BULLA, M. I).
The time has come to give each dog owner in Wake County
an opportunity to have his dogs vaccinated against rabies, pay
the veterinarian.7s cents for each dog vaccinated, receive a re
ceipt for same and present that receipt to the tax collecting
office when he pays his taxes
Mrs. Katherine Rhodes
Buried Last Friday
At Hephzibah Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Kath
erine Vance Rhodes, wife of the
late B. H. Rhodes were held Fri
day at the Hiphzibah Baptist
Church with the Rev. A. D. Par
rish of Zebulon officiating. The
Rev. C. W. Teague, John McCrim
mon and Dr. R. F. Marshburn as
sisted.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. C. W. Pope of Clinton and
Mrs. E. H. Davis of Wendell,
Route 2.; five sons, Johnnie
Rhodes of Wendell, Proctor of
Sunbar, Pa., Robert of Louisville,
Ky., H. H. of Youngsville, and Sgt.
A. Z. Rhodes of Fort Dix, N. J.;
three sisters, Mrs. Earl McMaham
and Mrs. Julia Matthews, both of
Lockhart. S. C., and Mrs. J. F.
Long of Newberry, S. C.; three
brothers, Zeb. Price, and Noel
Vance, all of Lockhart. S. C. and
eight grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Travis Rhodes,
William Coley, Jr., and John Davis
of Wendell, Floyd Rhodes, Jr., of
Durham, Leroy Rhodes, of Knight
dale and Preston Rhodes of Wake
Forest, Route 1.
Cubmaster Says Special Program
For Next Meeting of Local Den
By Armstrong Cannady
Please note that the regular
Pack meeting night has been mov
ed up one night this month, from
Thursday to Wednesday, due to
the Senior play being held on the
regular night. This will enable
those who would otherwise have
to miss one or the other to be able
to attend both. We are expecting
a good turn out Wednesday night
at the Woman’s Club House. The
meeting will get under w r ay
promptly at 7:30, and will last
about an hour and fifteen min
utes.
The special event of the night
will be the presentation of the
Pack Charter to our Sponsoring
Institution, the Rotary Club. There
j and be given credit for the amount
paid for each vaccination. In
other words, the vaccination is
free to those who wish to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
protect their dogs against rabies
and in this manner lessen the
possibility of human beings being
exposed to this dangerous disease.
We have distributed 12,000
handbills announcing the dispen
sary points and dates for vaccina
tion. If for any reason you hap
pen not to know the day and
hour when the veterinarian will be
in your neighborhood, please be
enough concerned to make inquiry
I so that you may know and, at the
same time, be in a position to in
form others of this important ser
vice which will be rendered in
your neighborhood.
Rabies has been prevalent
throughout Wake County since
July 1946. and two-thirds of
Wake County has been under
quarantine. It will be my purpose
to lift this quarantine within the
next week so that all dogs in
Wake County may be vaccinated
in compliance with the North
Carolina Rabies Law, passed by
the General Assembly of 1935, and
amended in 1941 and 1945.
The vaccination campaign will
! start on Wednesday, April 2. and
will continue through April 30.
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will be numerous other awards to
■ the Cubs, Den Chiefs, Den Moth
ers, Asst. Cub Master, and Com
mittee members. There will be
i an impressive ceremony held dur
ing the award period and a new
Cub will be taken into the Pack.
Songs, games and contests will be
thrown in at intervals and all of
the month’s handicrafts will be
displayed for the visitors to in
i spect.
Those invited to this meeting
are as follows: Cubs, tbeir par
ents, committee members, officers,
the entire Rotary Club, and any
one interested in the betterment of
boyhood. Make your plans now
to attend the Pack meeting of the
i Cub Scouts of Zebulon.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 28, 1947
Town Election Set for Monday,
April 28; Candidates File April 12
Zebulon citizens will go to the polls on Monday, April 28, to nominate a mayor and five com
missioners to direct the municipal affairs for the next two years. The nominees will be elected
May 8, which is Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
Registration for the primary and general election will stare tomorrow for persons not pre
viously registered for this municipality, and books will remain open until April 26, the last
Littleton Jones Dies
Last Friday Morning
At Home of Sister
Littleton Henry (Lit) Jones, 63,
retired farmer of Wake County,
died at 3:25 a. m. last Friday at
the home of his sister, Mrs. E. D.
King of Raleigh, with whom he
had been living for the past year
and a half.
He had been in ill health for
the past six years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Pearl Beck Jones of Wendell; two
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Narron of
Wilmington, and Mrs. Alvin Dew
of Wendell: a son, Marion Jones of
Kannapolis; his stepmother, Mrs.
Helen P. Jones of Zebulon; five
brothers. B. T. of Richmond. Va.;
J. P. of Angier. R. E. of Rocky
Mount, Monroe of Zebulon and
William Jones, with the U. S.
Army: and seven sisters, Mrs. C.
1 B. Lawrence of Creedmoor. Mrs.
Pearl Massey of Zebulon, Mrs.
King of Raleigh, Mrs. W. A. Gard
ner of Pinetops, Mrs. Sidney
| Friedman of Gastonia. Mrs. R. W.
| Lee of Angier, and Mrs. M. H.
Winstead of Frederick. Md.
Funeral services were conduct
;ed from the Mitchell Funeral
Home Chapel Saturday afternoon
|at 3 o’clock by the Rev. Homer
Sala. assistant pastor of Hillyer
Memorial Christian Church. Bur
ial took place in Wakefield ceme
tery near Zebulon at 4 p. m.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. W. E. Batchelor
Dies Friday Afternoon
Mrs. W. E. Batchelor, of Route
2. Zebulon, died last Friday af
ternoon at Rex Hospital. Funeral
services were held Sunday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock from Social
Plains Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband; six
children, Wallace, Betty Louise,
Mildred Harriet. Robert, Annette,
and an infant daughter, all of the
home; her father, A E. Williams
of Route 2, Zebulon: two brothers,
Luther Williams of Route 2, Zebu
lon. and Herman Williams of
Route 1. Spring Hope; and four
sister, Mrs. G. A. Hagwood, Mrs.
Bennie Denton and Mrs. Jim Bul
lock, all of Route 2 Zebulon, and
Mrs. Junie Tant of Route I,'
Spring Hope.
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Senior Class Play
To Be Next Week
The Wakelon senior class will
present “Shrubbery Hill,” a three
act comedy-mystery, in the Wake
lon auditorium Thursday night,
April 3. The play is under the
direction of Mrs Warren J. Smith.
Each year the senior play has
been a feature of the spring term.
Featuring a cast of twelve, this
year’s production promises to be
among the best ever staged.
Saturday before the election. A
separate registration book is kept
from the Little River Township
book used in the Democratic pri
mary and state elections.
Mrs. Ethel J. Brown has been
designated as Registrar, and Zol
lie Culpepper and J. A. Braswell
will serve as judges at the elec
tion. The primary and general
elections will both be held in the
Fire Station on Horton Street,
with voting hours being from sun
rise to sunset.
All persons who desire to be
come candidates for either the of
fice of mayor or commissioner
must file their notice of candidacy
j for the office in the office of the
town clerk on April 12.
Present officers of the munici
pality are Avon Privett, mayor; F.
L. Page, Worth Hinton, Norman
Screws, Vanve Brown, and W. B.
Bunn, commissioners. Mr. Brown
was elected last Tuesday as tem
porary town clerk, to serve in
the absence of Willie B. Hopkins,
who is still hospitalized with a
broken collarbone suffered in an
automobile crash three weeks ago.
None of the incumbent town of
ficials have yet made public an
nouncement of their candidacy to
succeed themselves.
Hundreds Are X-Rayed
Here by Mobile Unit
Hundreds of Zebulon residents
took advantage of the visit of the
mobile X-ray laboratory of the
North Carolina Board of Health to
have their lungs checked for the
presence of tuberculosis. The X
rays were made free of charge,
and reports of the checkup will be
sent by mail.
The expense of maintaining the
mobile unit is being defrayed in
part by the sale of Christmas seals
last year, the County Tuberculo
sis Association, and the Board of
Health.
A startling number of tubercu
losis cases has been discovered by
X-rays made by this unit. Vic
tims of the disease receive greatest
benefit by early treatment, and
the Xray program provides away
to discover diseased lungs before
they are too far gone.
Zebulon's 1947 Red Cross Quota
Was Little More Than Half Met
The Zebulon district closed its
Red Cross Campaign with a lit
tle over 50 per cent of its quota.
The quota for this district in
cluding Zebulon and all of Lit
tle River Township, was $1400.00.
The total collections amounted to
$781.21.
The township was covered
thoroughly, and everyone was
given a chance to contribute. The
organization here was well-plsn
ned, and the workers were very
active. Through this paper and
other channels the community was
informed as to the necessity of
giving. One big reason for the
Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Ralph Talton Speaks
To Zebulon Rotarians
On Work of Committee
Ralph Talton brought a report
of the work of his Club Service
committee during the past year to
the Zebulon club at their regular
i meeting last Friday night in the
Woman’s Club. Several members
were absent but have since made
up their attendance at neighbor
ing clubs.
Three meetings have been held
at his office, stated Ralph, to ac
quaint committee members with
their duties. During the past
months, attendance and member
ship have been stressed.
The club decided to take a col
lection for the Paul Harris Mem
orial Fund at their next meeting.
Paul Harris, founder of Rotary In
ternational, died earlier this year.
Last Rites for Mrs.
B. W. Brantley Held
Here on Wednesday
Mrs. B. W. Brantley, 52, died
late Monday afternoon in Watts
Hospital, Durham, following a
i long illness. Funeral service
were held at the Zebulon Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon at
2:00 by Rev. Theo. B. Davis and
Rev. Charles Vale. Interment fol
lowed in the Zebulon cemetery.
Surviving are her husband:
four daughters, Mrs. Vincent Liv
ely, of Wilson. Peggy, Patsy, and
Rebecca of the home; four sons.
Dennis of Durham, Baxter of
Jacksonville, William and Toby of
the home; her mother. Mrs. T. B.
Brantley of Durham: three broth
ers, Ruffin Brantley of Washing
ton, D. C., Quinton of Durham and
Dolphus of Wendell; eight sisters.
Mrs. N. G. Love of High Point.
Mrs. Beatrice Brantley of Win
ston-Salem, Mrs. Ettrice Brantley
of Graham, Mrs. A. H. Turner of
Tennessee, Mrs. L. C. Grady. Mrs.
W. M. Doss, Mrs. W. C. Perry, all
of Durham, and Mrs. J. E. Carter
of Zebulon; and two grandchil
dren.
difficulty in making the collec
tions this year, was the bad pub
licity a number of returning ser
vicemen from this section have
given the cause. according to
Chairman Ralph Talton.
Mr. Talton wishes to thank all
who participated in the current
drive, and advises should anyone
desire to contribute more, or if he
were missed during the solici
tation tore may bring his contribu
tion to the Peoples Bank and
Trust Company, or to the Caro
lina Power and Light Company
office. They will be glad to for
ward it to campaign headquarter -