THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. No. 9
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William N. Williamson, seaman, second class, USN, son of N. E.
Williamson of Route 1, Zebulon, N. C., is serving aboard the de
stroyer USS Rogers. The Rogers is at Pearl Harbor, T. H., after
participating in the first post-war Pacific Fleet maneuvers.—Official
U. S. Navy Photograph.
Amateur Program Planned
By Wakelon PTA April 25
A program of twenty-eight numbers, beginning with a string
band and ending with a jitterbug contest, has been arranged for
Wakelon School on Friday evening. April 25, by the Parent-Teach
er Association. The program will include almost entirely local
Steven Blackley Made
Constable of Township
Steven Blackley, the only war
veteran applying for the position,
was elected as constable of Little
River Township by. the Wake
County Board of Commissioners in
session Monday.
Blackley was recommended for
the place over six other local can
didates by County Commissioner
Wallace Chamblee, who declared
that his choice was made only af
ter long study.
The constable's job carries no
salary, but provides for fees in
serving of warrants, judgment or
ders and other legal papers.
Dial Operator Only In Emergency
Is Plea of Telephone Company
"Dial ‘Operator’ for assistance
only in emergencies!”
This urgent plea to the public
was made today by Mr. Edwin A.
Clement, Raleigh District Mana
ger of the Telephone Company.
Mr. Clement also asked that tele
phone users place only those Long
Distance calls which are of an
emergency nature.
Emergency calls are described
generally as those in connection
with a fire, serious accident or ill
ness or any situation requiring the
amateur talent.
Dr. T. FT Kilkelly will act as
master of ceremonies for the en
tertainment, designed to raise
money for the PTA to meet its
commitments on refurbishing the
school auditorium. Dr. Kilkelly
has called a rehearsal at ,8:00 p.m.
next Friday, April 18, at the high
school auditorium.
The tentative program follows:
Garland Baker's Hillbilly Band;
Robert Winston, vocal solo; Mrs.
Elmer Finch, guitar; Barbee Chil
dren of Raleigh, age 3 and 5, tap
dance; Ruric Gill, reading: Wilbur
Conn, vocal number; Joellen Gill,
reading: Nancy Lee, Raleigh, ac
robatic dance.
Corinth-Holder String Band; R.
F. Lowry, vocal solo; Dan Priv
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aid of the police or a doctor, or
the service of municipal or other
government authorities.
Mr. Clement said that while lo
cal calls involving dial facilities
are generally being completed sat
isfactorily, the strike has impaired
service on local calls requiring the
assistance of an operator, and long
Distance service.
In view of this situation, he re
quested telephone users not to
dial “Operator” for assistance un
less they experience difficulty in
completing an emergency call.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 11, 1947
County Board Reappoints Local
School Board, Increases Budget
The Wake County Board of Education, meeting in Raleigh Monday, reappointed members of
the Wakelon School Board for another year, following the election of Dr. I). B. Bryan of Wake
Forest as chairman.
Members of the local board, nominated by C. V. Whitley, county board member from Zebu
lon, are C. S. Chamblee, R. H. Bridgers. Wallace Temple. Pettigrew Gay and H. C. Wade.
No action was taken on paying |
Principal Roy Lowry
Speaks to Rotarians
About Zebulon School
Roy Lowry, superintendent of
t Wakelon Schools, brought a re
port of the school activities to the
Zebulon Rotary last Friday night,
and described in detail many of
the things which go to make up
the school. He brought record
books which gave an account of
how the affairs of the school are
handled.
Physical training of the students
is receiving more emphasis today
than it has in past years, Roy told
the Club, because a healthy child
is a better student. Organized
calisthenics, to develop little used
muscles, are taught, in addition
to competitive sports.
The acaiiemic program is com
plete, although the teacher load
is too heavy to allow some sub
jects to be taught which would
be helpful to students going into
i specialized training.
The lunch room, which is rec
ognized as one of the best in the
entire state, is equipped with a
spray-type hand washing fountain
and individual chairs for the stu
dents. Although Roy made no
mention of it, the lay-out at the
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Red Cross Aids Twelve
Local Families In March
That the American Red Cross
j touches every community of the
nation was shown this week in the
: monthly report, for March, of the
Wake County Chapter, which re-,
ports that 12 cases involving fami
lies of Zebulon.
The Red Cross works quietly,
and without publicity, and by its
work has become known gener
ally as “The Mother of Humanity.”
It is only once a year, during its
annual drive for supporting funds,
that the public realizes just how
important the Red Cross is in com
munity life.
Wake County servicemen and
ex-servicemen and their depend
ents received financial assistance
; amounting to $1,244.13 during the
month of March from the Wake
| County Chapter of the American
Red Cross. Financial assistance to
! civilians not in the - ex-service
| classification amounted to $589.85
during the same period.
Assistance of some kind, ranging
from help in preparing and filing
I claims for death and disability
j pensions to consultation and guid
ance, was given by the local
l chapter of the Red Cross in 450
cases. Twelve soldiers and four
I sailors required furlough and fur
lough extension verification. Fif
ty-seven ex-servicemen were aid
ed in filing disability claims and
six surviving relatives were as
sisted in filing claims for death
pensions. Dependents of six sol
diers and four sailors and 3u ex-
Servicemen received financial as
i sistance.
veteran trainees for principalships. j
Four veterans are now training
under a program which was de
signed to bring their salaries up to
S2OO a month wdth aid from the
Veterans Administration. The ad
ministration failed, however, to
approve the program, and the
County is committed to pay the
salaries.
Action was deferred presum
ably because of an appeal from
the ruling of the regional office of
the administration to higher head
quarters. C. Wayne Collier of
Wakelon School is one of the
trainees. Other trainees are teach- !
ing at the Wendell, Knightdale and
Wake Forest schools.
Dr. John Hunter of Cary, a re- j
cent unsuccessful candidate for |
county commissioner, resigned |
from the county board when the
members elected a member of the
Cary local board over his opposi- j
tion. His action is expected to
strengthen the Heater-Pleasants
faction in county politics.
A budget of $182,107.50 was ap
proved for presentation to the
County commissioners. This figure
represents an increase of nearly j
fourteen thousand dollars over the!
1946-47 budget.
A new’ teacherage and a voca
tional education building, both for
Wendell, were among buildings!
approved for construction.
Other board members elected 1
for local school districts are Paul
Brantley, W. A. Scarborough, W.
E. Stott, D. T. Bailey and J. G.
Winston, Wendell; Prescott Jones,
Oscar Barham, C. D. Matheny, L.!
N. Rogers and Herman Jones,
Rolesville; and S. T. Davis, Bax
ter Upchurch, and J. O. Broadwell, |
Knightdale.
Junior Woman s Club
To Meet Next Tuesday
The Junior Woman’s Club wdll
meet on Tuesday night, April 15,
at 8:00 o’clock. Mrs. Elwood
Perry, program chairman, has an
nounced that the program will be
on “Home Furnishings” with
speakers associated with State
College in charge. This topic, and
the demonstrations should be of
great interest to all members of
both Women’s Clubs, and a large
attendance is urged.
local Political Campaign Gets Off
To Slow Start with Two Candidates
Interest in the coming election
of a mayor and Board of Com
missioners for the Town of Zebu- <
lon began to build up this week,
even though by Thursday after- 1
noon only one candidate had filed. I
The primary will take place Mon- !
day. April 28.
The registration books will be
open until Saturday, April 26, for
the purpose of registering all per
sons who may be entitled to vote
and who have not been previously
registered.
Only one of the present town of-
Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Former Zebulon Man
Elected Vice President
Os Teachers' Group
A. C. Dawson, Jr., principal of
the Southern Pines school, who
recently was elected vice presi
dent of the state organization of
the NCEA, spent the Easter week
end in Zebulon with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dawson. He
was accompanied by his family.
Dawson w r as a champion of the
South Piedmont program to raise
teachers’ salaries in North Caro
lina, and was elected to office par
tially on the record of that plan’s
success. He has made an excellent
record in the field of interschn
lastic athletics, having developed
state championship athletic teams.
He is a graduate of Wakelon
High School, and received his
degree from Atlantic
Christian College, where he star
red in baseball.
Wakelon School Again
Has Debate Schedule
Wakelon entered the High School
Debate Contest this season for the
first time in recent years. In the
first round of debates Wakelon
was defeated by the Smith field
negative team and the Princeton
affirmative team. However, judges
gave high praise to the Wakelon
debaters.
Representing Wakelon at Prince
ton were Ruth Brown and Clentis
Maiden, who presented a novel
argument. They interpreted the
question. Resolved: That the Fed
eral Government Should Provide
a System of Complete Medical
Care Available to all Citizens at
Public Expense, to mean that the
Federal government must admin
ister such a plan. They admitted
♦ hat a system of health care was
needed hut pointed out that the in
dividual states would make better
administrators of the plan.
Velva Pearce and Minda Pearce
represented the Wakelon affirma
tive team here against Smithfield.
The audience was particularly im
pressed with Wakelon’s strong re
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ficers had filed yesterday af
ternoon, although nearly all were
expected to file. Avon Privette is
the present mayor, while the
Board of Commissioners is com
posed of Norman W. Screws, F. L.
Page, Jr., Worth Hinton, R. Vance
Brown and W. B. Bunn.
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Mayor Privette, who filed notice
of his candidacy yesterday after
noon, had no statement to make
at that time, other than that he
will wage an active campaign.
Barrie Davis became the first
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