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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 24, Number 30 * - » 'i Fifteen thousand cotton pickers similar to the one pictured here sold to southern farmers this summer, mostly in Mississippi and Al abama. One such picker was scheduled for delivery to the Zebulon area, but was diverted to Fuquay Springs when local ginners could not get special equipment for handling machine picked cotton in time for the fall crop. Coy Pate, who was to have been the buyer of the unit designated for shipment to Zebulon, plans to take deliv ery on a mechanical picker next summer. Funeral Services Held Yesterday For Infant Caught by Own Dress • Funeral services for Sue Etta I.loyd, nine-month-old infant who died Wednesday in a tragic accidental hanging, were held yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with Wakelon School Music Teacher Joins Faculty Os Greensboro College Mrs. Thomas Kilkelly, daughter oi' Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Coltrane of Zebulon, will be a member of the faculty of Greensboro College, Methodist women’s college, dur ing the 1947-48 term, college auth orities announced this week. Mrs. Kilkelly, who taught public school music at Wakelon School a portion of last year, is a bachelor of music graduate of Greensboro, and has studied in New York. She has appeared on the radio as a vocalist with the Hour of Charm, and has sung with several civic music associations, including San Francisco. Her duties at Greens boro are in the piano department. Dr. Kilkelly, who was elected president of the Massachusetts Dental Association before moving to North Carolina will practice dentistry in Greensboro. This sum mer he assumed the practice of his father-in-law here while Dr. and Mrs. Coltrane were on vacation. Wendell Market Now Has Second Set of Weed Graders and Buyers Over a year 'of intensive work came to a successful climax yes terday when a second set of buy ers began work with the Wendell tobacco market. Farmers were reported to be well pleased with the price realized from the sales, and warehousemen were optimis tic concerning the new 10-hour selling day. The coming of the second set of government graders and buyers was the result of the combined efforts of the Zebulon-Wendell communities. Working with Wen dell groups were the Zebulon Ro Rev. A. D. Parrish of Zebulon in charge. The tiny daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lloyd, who live between Hopkins Chapel and Bethlehem, became entangled in one of her own dresses hanging on her crib, and was strangled before her mo ther discovered her. The child had been left in a double-decker crib while her mo ther graded tobacco in a nearby packhouse, and her dress was hanging from a post. She pulled herself to a standing position, and in some way became entangled in the dress. She fell in a partially itting position and apparently strangled in a short time. Mrs. Lloyd returned from the packhouse after about an hour to give the baby some orange juice, and discovered the child in the corner of the crib. The mother at first thought the child had gone to sleep in a sitting attitude. Her husband came into the room immediately after she found her strangled child, and together they rushed the baby to Dr. Flowers at his office here, but their baby was already dead. (Continued on Page 6) tary Club, the American Legion, members of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce, and the Zebulon Record. The Wendell market has a 1947 season average of $46.65, less than the 1946 season average, but much hig’her than other markets in the belt. Last year they sold more than any other market in the belt with a single set of buyers. E. H. Moser, executive secretary of the Wendell Chamber of Com merce, expressed the appreciation of his group for the efforts of ev eryone who aided in the drive. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 5, 1947 Zebulon Town Board Extends Fire Zone with New Ordinance The fire zone in Zebulon was extended to include all the business district as defined by the zoning ordinance and depicted on the map in the town office by a vote of the Board of Commis sioners Monday night. The addition to the fire zone will total nearly two full blocks, extending down Arendell Avenue to Gannon Avenue, and along Gannon Avenue to include the Philett Motor Wake County District School Committeemen To Meet at Wakelon The district school committees of the 17 w’hite schools in Wake County will meet in Zebulon Oc tober 9, if the county school ad ministration accepts an invitation tendered them yesterday by the Wakelon School Board. County Superintendent Benton indicated that acceptance of the invitation would come next week. The October meeting will be in the nature of a general conference, at which county officials will give a picture of plans and procedure for the 1947-48 school term to the local committeemen. In years past the conferences have been held at Garner, Cary, Apex, and Wake Forest. Approximately 100 per sons are expected to attend. Following an afternoon of dis cussion of school problems, a din ner meeting w r ill be held in the Wakelon Cafeteria. At the September meeting of the | county board holidays for the 1947-48 school year were set for j November 27 and 28, Thanksgiv i ing; December 20 to December 30, 1 Christmas, and Easter Monday. Home Demonstration Club to Have Annual Picnic at Wakefield The annual picnic of the Wake field Home Demonstration Club, postponed from August 7 on ac count of the Farm and Home Week at State College, will be held next Wednesday afternoon, September 10, at the club house. The supper will be served at six o’clock, but all members are ask ed to come early as games will be played during the afternoon. All who attend are requested by club officials to bring food already pre pared. Local Reports of Polio Are Branded as False Reports circulated - locally last weekend concerning two alleged cases of infantile paralysis on Bar bee Street in the colored section of j Zebulon were branded as “abso ! lutely false” by Mrs. Ida Hall, nurse with the Wake County Health Department. “The only case of polio in this | section this year has been the Ush er Newkirk negro child,” Mrs. Hall said, “and even that case con j tained reasonable doubt, since it was Tar advanced when medical authorities were called.” The false report, which some local citizens said they heard over | a radio program carrying county | news, was that the Wakelon School opening would be delayed for two weeks because of the discovery of the cases of polio. Wakelon opened on schedule Wednesday, however, and county authorities have still found no further local cases of in i fantile paralysis. Company. The commissioners stated that the fire zone extension was passed to make uniform the building re quirements for the entire business district, which extends 400 feet on each side of Arendell Avenue from Barbee Street to Gannon Avenue. Also in the business dis trict are the filling stations locat ed across from the Baptist Church, the ABC store. Philett Motor Company, and the lot north of Philett Motor Company. An ordinance expec'ed to have far-reaching effects on the sani tary condition of the town was passed when the commissioners voted to require dwelling house owners in Zebulon to have their houses connected to the Zebulon sewer and water lines. House own ers will have one year from the time they are notified to comply with the ordinance. Action on the new ordinance came after complaints reached the commissioners of the unsanitary condition of many of the privies inside the city limits. In spite of complaints by neighbors and health authorities, owners failed to improve the condition of the priv ies. Street lights were approved for five new locations recommended by the street committee at the intersections located at Poplar and North, Poplar and Vance, Liberty and Sycamore, Oak and Wakefield, and Glenn and Church Streets. Riggsbee Massey met with the board to request a building permit for a dry kiln to be constructed on the lot at the corner of Church and Vance Street adjoining Mas sey Lumber Company. Permission was granted. Present at the meeting were Mayor R. H. Bridgers, Commis sioners R. Vance Brown, Norman Screws, Howard Beck, Bob Saw yer and Barrie Davis, and Town Clerk W. B. Hopkins. Hopkins Chapel Revival To Begin Next Sunday Revival services will begin next Sunday night, September 7, at Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church, and continue each night until Sunday, September 14. The Rev. Henry Morgan of Wake Forest will conduct the meeting. Services will be at 8:00 p.m. each night. Electric Company Foreman Fatally Injured When Safety Belt Slips Homer Hunt of Kriightdale was fatally injured about 5:20 yester- I day afternoon when his safety : belt slipped as he was connecting a house circuit to the power lines on a pole near the Wendell city limits on the Zebulon highway. Although fellow linesmen applied j artificial respiration immediately, j Hunt died in the ambulance on the way to Rex Hospital. An experienced man, Hunt served as foreman on the work being done by Thompson Electric Company of Raleigh for the Car olina Power and Light Company. Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561 Musical Program Given For Local Rotarians By Zebulon Students Miss Sarah Ann Eaton, student at Woman’s College in Greensboro, and Mr. Charles Horton, Wake Forest College student for the ministry, presented a program of vocal and piano selections at the Zebulon Rotary Club’s meeting last Friday night at the Woman’s Club. Miss Eaton and Mr. Horton were presented to the club by Bob Saw yer, who had charge of the pro gram. They gave five numbers, following introductory remarks by Horton. On the preceding Friday night three new Rotarians—H. V. An drews, Jr., Preston Smith, and James Alford—shared the pro gram, with each giving a ten-min ute talk on his particular business and how he felt that Rotary w r ould help him in his vocation. Andrews, a compositor with The Zebulon Record, told of experience in printing. "Smith, a farmer, spoke on mechanized farming methods, and Alford, who is a grocery sales man for W. B. Bunn and Company, gave information on wholesale merchandising procedures. Melvin Massey was welcomed as a new member. Wakelon School Begins New Term Wednesday; County Official Speaks WakeWn School students began studies which will last until May 24, 1948, when they began class work following chapel exercises at which they heard talks by County Superintendent Randolph Benton, Principal Fred Smith, Rev. John MeCrimmon, and members of the local school board. Approximately two hundred people attended the opening exercises. Superintendent Benton was in troduced as a friend of the school by Principal Smith. He cited the remarkable past achievements of Wakelon, and predicted another good year for the local unit. Rev. MeCrimmon, who is pastor of the Wakefield and Bethany (Continued on Page 6) When his belt slipped, Hunt slipped into the 110 volt lines. He fell from the pole onto telephone | wires which also ran on the elec tric post. Workmen removed him from the wires and immediately began the futile work of respira tion. Ralph Talton, local manager jof Carolina Power and Light Com pany, stated that the Raleigh com pany was doing the work from Zebulon to Wendell on a contract basis, and Hunt was not an em ployee of Carolina Power and Light.
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