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Pictured on the stage above are
the 112 children who appeared in
the operetta, “Prince of Spring,”
which was presented in the Wake
lon School auditorium Friday
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. Number 15
TIPPETT RECEIVES AWARD
Rex Tippett, Wakelon High School junior, was yester
day presented the W. H. Chamblee Award for Exemplary
Achievement in Agriculture by Ferd Davis for the Zebu
lon Record.
The award, which is given in honor of the late W. H.
“Billy” Chamblee of Zebulon, was made at final chapel
exercises at the school Thursday morning. It consists of
a plaque and a ten dollar cash award.
Tippett has made an outstanding scholastic record in
vocational agriculture at the local school, and in addi
tion has participated in 4-H Club work and has grown his
own crops and stock,
Mr. Chamblee was the first farm agent Wake County
had. He became agent under a program developed by the
Rockefeller Foundation. For a number of years he was a
county commissioner.
Tippett was selected by Ed Ellington, vocational agri
culture teacher, R. F. Lowry, school principal, and repre
sentatives of The Zebulon Record.
Legion Votes to Get
Single Unit Charter
Cedric Harris Post No. 148, operating for the past several
years under a temporary charter issued to the Wendell organiza
tion, unanimously voted Monday night to apply for a permanent
charter as a Zebulon-Wendell organization.
Following statements favoring the extension of the post to
WPTF Commentator
Speaks to Woman's
Club Here Tuesday
Mrs. Harriett Pressley of Ra
leigh, radio commentator over
WPTF in “We, the Women,” was
guest speaker at the Zebulon Wo
man’s'Club meeting Tuesday af
ternoon. With Citizenship as her
subject, she stressed the impor
tance of understanding and consid
eration in everyday life in one’s
community as a basis for world
peace; the doing of what is at
hand as a foundation for larger
things.
Introduced by Mrs. Z. N. Cul
pepper, program chairman, Mrs.
Pressley was heard with pleasure
and profit. .
Jocelyn House, always a wel
come visitor, gave a piano solo.
Mrs. R. H. Herring, retiring
president, conducted a business
session and presented incoming
officers: Mrs. Fred Page, presi
dent; Mrs. Charles Flowers, vice
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night, May 2. Produced under the
direction of Mrs. Grace Coltrane
Kilkelly, the operetta played be
fore a capacity audience.
Among the featured attractions
include both towns by Philip
Whitley, Willard White, and K. P.
Leonard, Dr. Charles E. Flowers,
one of the founders of the post,
spoke at length on the need of
both towns to work together, es
pecially in promoting veterans’
organizations.
On motion by Philip Massey,
seconded by Jake May and Curtis
Land, the members voted to apply
for a permanent charter under the
name of “Cedric Harris Post No.
148 of Zebulon and Wendell.”
Some agitation for a separate
post has been noted of late in both
towns, but members favoring the
division failed to appear at the
meeting Monday night.
T. Y. Baker of Zebulon, a mem
ber of the State Legion organiza
tion, spoke, before the discussion
and vote, on the charter require
ments of the N. C. Department of
the American Legion and the na
tional headquarters. The July
meeting of the local post is tenta
tively scheduled as Charter Night.
Ferd Davis, who has been serv
ing as commander of the post
since the resignation of J. O. Ren
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of the play were the many dances,
all of which were under the di
rection of Mrs. H. C. Wade. Dr.
Kilkelly and Mrs. Wallace Cham
blee coached those who had dra
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, May 23, 194 •
C. V. Whitley Presents Awards
In Closing Exercises at Wakelon
C. V. Whitley, member of the Wake County Board of Education, brought Wakelon
School’s commencement exercises to a close yesterday morning when he presented seventeen
achievement medals to members of the student body. Other special awards were made by mem
bers of the faculty and members of local civic organizations.
J. Melville Broughton, former governor of North Carolina, made the commencement ad-
Masonic Rites Held
At Zebulon Monday
For C. T. Williams
The community was saddened
early Saturday morning when
news of the death of C. T. Williams
I reached Zebulon. Mr. Williams,
1 better known as “Tommy”, died at
! Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Ra
leigh after a short illness.
He was carried to Mary Eliza
betn Hospital last Wednesday.
Mr. Williams was active in
community life, being a long-time
member of the Junior Order and
the Masonic Lodge. The Masons
were in charge of the funeral
rites, which were held Monday at
2 p.m. from the Zebulon Baptist
Church. Burial was in the Zebu
lon cemetery.
Ministers taking part were Rev.
John McCrimmon, pastor of the
Wakefield Baptist Church, and
Theo. B. Davis and R. H. Herring,
former pastors of the deceased.
The eighth grade of Wakelon
School assisted with the flowers.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Iva
Griffin Williams; seven daugh
ters, Mrs. Lucielle Richardson of
Wendell, Mrs. Mildred Blocher
and Mrs. Bobbie Hawkins of
Washington, D. C., Mrs. Edison
Wood, Jo Anne, Phoebe, and Bet
tye Sue Williams, all of the home;
three sons, C. T. Williams, Jr.,
Bobby and Keston Williams, all
of the home; one sister, Mrs. J.
B. Alford; three brothers, Eddie.
Wiley and Charlie Williams of
Zebulon; and five grandchildren.
Tractor Injuries Fatal
To Middlesex Farmer
William Vick, 45-year-old farm
er f Middlesex, Route 2, was in
stantly killed last Saturday when
his tractor overturned while he
was plowing, pinning him beneath, j
Funeral services were held for
Vick Sunday afternoon at 4:30
from the Church of God at Sama
ria. He is survived by his wife,
one son, and four daughters.
. matic parts.
King Winter, pictured in The
. | center of the stage with the other
- main characters, was portrayed by
- Glenn Perry. Others featured were
dress on Wednesday night, deliv
ering one of the finest speeches
ever heard here.
He was introduced by Randolph
Benton, county school head. Dr.
S. L. Blanton of Wake Forest, act
ing pastor of the Zebulon Bap-
tist Church, pronounced the invo-
I cation.
s Awards presented Thursday in
addition to those given by Whit-
II ley were made by Wayne Collier,
. Mrs. R. 11. Herring, Mrs. Wallace
Chamblee, Mrs. Eugene Privette,
. Ed Ellington, Ferd Davis, Mrs. F.
E. Bunn, Mrs. Fred Page, and
! Principal Roy Lowry.
? i Students receiving the faculty
1 awards were Nancy Whitley and
L Carolyn Massey, music; Judy
1 Robertson, journalism; Jeannette
t Horton and Wilbur Conn, citizen
t ship; Barbara Bobbitt and Hil
- Hard Greene, dramatics.
Mickey Driver, athletics; Wil
. ber Conn, leadership; Carolyn
■ Massey and Bobby Ferrell, activi-
I ties; Judy Robertson, valedictor
, ian’s medal; Nancy Whitley, salu-!
. tatorian’s medal.
Bobby Ferrell, agriculture: Har
old Denton. baseball; Hilliard
| Greene, basketball; Allen Hinton,
football; Elsie Blackley, home ec
onomics.
Wilber Conn presided at the fi
nal exercises, and Carolyn Massey,
led the devotional.
Class night exercises were held
Monday night.
Sister of Zebulon
Man Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha
Lutoria Brewer, 38, who died at
her home on Middlesex, Route 2,
last Saturday morning, were held
from the Church of God at Sama
ria at 3 p.m. Sunday by the Rev.
P. A. Howard.
Mrs. Brewer is survived by her
husband, Martin C. Brewer; a
son, Marvin, and a daughter, Nel
| lie Fay; her mother, Mrs. Fannie
: Brantley, Middlesex, Route 2; one
brother, Lemon Brantley of Zeb
ulon, Route 1; and one sister,
Mrs. Archie Brantley of Middlesex,
Route 2.
Steve Johnson as North Wind. Bil
ly Greene as Jack Frost, Jean Rob
ertson as Mother Nature, Dottie
Privette as Cupid, and Hazel Ihrie
as Love.
Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Dr. Clyde Erwin Is
Commencement Speaker
At Corinth-Holder
Graduation exercises at Corinth-
Holder High School were held
1 Monday night when Dr. Clyde
Erwin, state superintendent of
. public instruction, delivered the
“ commencement address. Dr. Er
, win was introduced by Ronald
Hocutt, Corinth-Holder farmer,
I who represented Johnston County
as representative in the 1947 legis
lature.
O. C. Freeman, principal, pre
| sented diplomas to the following
graduates: Edna Barham, Lois
Boykin, Gene Castleberry, A. B.
Congleton, Evelyn Davis, Daphne
Mason, Gene Fowler, Ruby Ray
Gordon, Henry Claire Greene,
Janice Hocutt, Tommie Holder,
1 Dorothy Anne Johnson,
Bettie Mae Murphrey, Irene
j Narron, Winton Nowell, Alfred
J O’Neal, Polly O’Neal, Clara Lee
Parrish, Julia Anne Perry. Mary
Lou Pleasants, Virginia Raper,
Luby Snipes, Matt Ward, Pauline
Whitley and Lila Wilder.
Chamber of Commerce
Plans Being Pushed
, Chairman Bob Sawyer is push
ing plans for a com-plete organiza
tion of the Zebulon Chamber of
Commerce and plans to call a
meeting the first of next week to
submit the proposed constitution
for a vote. The constitution and
by-laws have been drafted, revis
ed, and are now being readied for
final approval by the Board of Di
rectors.
Working with committee chair
man Barrie Davis were Roy Low
ry, Vance Brown, and Dr. Charles
Flowers in drawing up the consti
tution last week. They combined
their proposals at a meeting held
Saturday night.
On Tuesday night of this week
the temporary Board of Directors,
consisting of Chairman Sawyer,
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