THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volu
XXIV. No. 43.
WHEN ROYALTY MEETS ROYALTY
“Where did you get that hat?” 1
was the mutual greeting when Gay
Lass, grand champion Ayrshire
cow, met Elsie, the famous Borden
cow, at Milliron Ranch in Texas.
Quarantine Placed on Local
Canines by Health Officer
In the interest of public health, quarantine of dogs is to be
established in that part of Little River Township, Wake County,
beginning at the Johnston County line at a point dividing Marks
WAKELON TEAMS
WIN ONE, LOSE
TWO CAGE GAMES
The Wakelon girls’ basketball
sextet pulled the biggest upset of
the season when they romped over
Wendell in their first game of the
season, 21-15. *C©aehed by -Prin
cipal Fred Smith, the Wakelon?
team was not given a chance in
pre-game predictions, but they
demonstrated unexpected finesse
on the court to outplay the fav
ored Wendell team all the way.
Tiny Betsy Driver led the scor
ing for the Wakelon girls in their
first win over Wendell in six
years with 1$ points, Nan Mattox
looped 11 points for Wendell.
The Wakelon Bulldogs, led by
sharp-shooting Bridgers,
held on to their lead in the face
of a last-minute rally by Wen
dell to win a close 33-31 decision
in the local quint’s first game.
Bill Brantley helped the cause
with 9 points, while Bridgers
scored 12.
Last Friday night Bunn took
two close decisions from the
Wakelon teams in the local gym,
the visiting girls winning, 41-39,
and the Bunn boys scoring a 29-25
victory.
Betsy Driver hooped 18 points
toward the Wakelon total, but the
Wakelon guards could not stop
Tant and Pearce, who scored 20
and 12 points for Bunn.
Bobby Bridgers, badly off his
usual form, missed on 18 tries
at the basket in the boys game,
and, except for Rex Tippett with
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\Mar Ape-Year Balloting Enters
tint**. 3nal Weeks; More Named
Asroalloting for Zebulon’s Man
of-the\¥ear entered its final two
weeks, more and more votes came
through t\e mails .to be counted.
Readers oi\the Record will have
two more weeks to send in the
names of their selections, the fi
nal date for balloting being De
cember 31.
L. M. Massey and C. V. Whitley
dominated the voting this week,
and other ballots were received
for Ralph Talton, president of the
Rex Tippet, local agriculture
student recently returned from a
trip to Milliron Ranch, awarded
him by Sears Roebuck for his out
standing work with cattle.
Creek and Little River Town
ships and extending to State
Highway No. 64; from this
poirft, continuing to the city
limits of Zebulon and following
the weet line of the city limits
and continuing for- two miles
south beyond the city limits;
from that'point, w#st io the
Johnston County line.
Quarantine will become effect
ive Saturday, December 20, 1947,
at 12:00 noon. l
During the last week of No
vember, a dog was reported mad
and running-at-large in this area
of Wake County. From the re
ports an unknown number of
dogs were bitten. Some of these
dogs are being controlled as re
quired by law, while others are
reported to be running at-large,
therefore, creating a health haz
ard which can be controlled only
| by the establishihen of quarantine
and notifying the law enforce
ment officers of their duties and
responsibilities in enforcing the
North Carolina Rabies Law.
Dog quarantine means that
owners of animals in the quaran
tined area are required by law
to keep dogs on premises or on
leashes under the control of the
owner or some responsible per
son. The law states that every
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Dora Pitts Circle
The Dora Pitts Circle of the
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Soci
ety will meet with Mrs. Robert Ed
Horton Monday, December 22, at
3:30 p m.
Rotary Club and member of the
board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and Mayor R.
H. Bridgers and Town Clerk W.
B. Hopkins.
The name of the man selected
for doing the most for Zebulon in
civic, church, and community af
fairs will be published in the
first issue of the Record for 1948.
Votes for members of the staff
of the Record cannot be counted
in the election.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 19, 1947
Zebulon Prepares Decorations,
Programs for Christmas Season
LOCAL MERCHANTS
OFFERING HOLIDAY
BARGAINS IN GIFTS
The merchants of Zebulon went
all out this week to supply every
thing needed to make this Christ
mas even better than those of
pre-war days. Mechanical toys,
long absent from the counters, are
back in abundance, and dolls,
balls, and other toys are of high
er quality.
Under the supervision of Wil
lie B. Hopkins, the Town of Zeb
ulon erected and decorated a
Christmas tree on the corner of
the lot across from the Town Of
fice.
Merchants on Main Street dress
ed their show windows in gay
Yuletide trimmings, and the Mac-
Phail-Farmer and Flowers win
dows are especially good.
Pre-Christmas sales are going
on at Tonkel-Silk Dept. Store and
at MacPhail-Farmer’s. Merchants
in other stores reported sales as
brisk with customers eager for
the good merchandise being of
fered.
Christmas programs are sched
uled for both the Methodist and
Baptist Churches, and Christmas
music featured the evening ser
vice at the Baptist Church Sun
day.
Song Festival Planned
At Pine Ridge Church
A special Song Festival will be
held at Pine Ridge Church, Sun
day, December 21, beginning at
1:00 p. m. The church is located
eight miles east of Zebulon, one
mile off Highway 64.
Outstanding quartettes who
sing in the Wilson and Benson
Conventions will be there to par
ticipate. Included are Bissett’s
Sisters Trio, Wilson; Friendly
Four and Wicker Sisters, Durham;
Woodall and Royal quartettes,
Smithfield; and the Frederick
Trio, Goldsboro.
The public is invited. An am
plifying system will be used.
Junior, Senior Clubs
Hold Joint Meeting
The joint Christmas meeting of
the Junior and Senior Women’s
Clubs held Tuesday evening in the
club house was one of the most
delightful and entertaining meet
ings ever held there. The club
house itself was beautifully dec
orated, carrying out the Christmas
theme in all its appointments.
Mrs. Eva Page, president of the
Senor Club which was the hostess,
greeted the Junior Club, who had
charge of the program. Response
was made by Mrs. Cleo Perry,
Junior Club president. The guests
all joined in singing, “Hark, the
Herald Angles Sing,” after which
Rev. R. H. Herring read the de
votional and led in prayer. Mrs.
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W S C S Meeting
The W. S. C. S. met in the home
of Mrs. J. F. Coltrane, Monday p.
m. Mrs. Sibley Fiddner and Sal
lie Strickland had charge of the
program. Christmas carols were
sung and all were reminded of
the children in the war tom coun
tries. There were fourteen present.
On Seal Program
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details of a Christmas Seal radio
broadcast with his director. The
noted screen star is heard over
Raleigh stations Friday nights.
ZEBULON to get
NEW TELEPHONE
BUILDING IN '4B
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany will begin work enlarging
and improving the system in Zeb
ulon during Jhee early part of
1948, according to Edwin A. Cle
ment district manager of the com
pany, who was in Zebulon last
week checking for suitable loca
tion for the new building which
will house the necessary central
office equipment.
Held to a standstill by war-im
posed shortages, the Bell System
has been unable to expand at the
expected rate in the months fol
lowing the war, but as equipment
and materials are becoming more
plentiful, work is moving at a fas
ter pace.
Mr. Clement told the Record
that Zebulon will very likely have
their new system and building by
summer of 1948, and that by the
end of next year, there will be
available telephones for all who
ask for them.
The district manager asked for
the continued patience of Zebulon
residents, saying that his com
pany wanted the good will and
business of everyone in its terri
tory, and was doing everything in
its power to improve the situa
tion.
Wakefield Cantata
Skies Over Bethlehem, a ser
vice for Christmas, will be pre
sented by the choir, directed by
Mrs. Harold E. Pippin, at the
Wakefield Baptist Church, Wed
nesday night, December 24, jtt
seven-thirty o’clock.
Howard Beck Describes Occupation;
Youth Choir to Sing for Rotarians
Rev. Gilmer Parrish, member of
the Zebulon Rotary Club, will de
liver an inspirational address on
the subject of Christmas to local
Rotarians tonight, when the civic
organization observes its annual
holiday meeting.
Scheduled to be on the program
with the young minister is the
Youth Choir of the Zebulon Bap
tist Church. Charles Horton, min
isterial student at Wake Forest
College, is choir director.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
SPECIAL PROGRAM
AT LOCAL CHURCH _
CHRISTMAS DAY
Christmas music and worship at
the Baptist Church will be led by
the pastor, Carlton T. Mitchell,
and both choirs, under the direc
tion of Charles Horton. A Christ
mas cantata, “The Call of the
Star,” will be presented at the-,
morning worship service.
Soloists are Mrs. L. M. Massey,
Miss Sarah Anne Eaton, Mrs.
Frank Kemp and Elwood Perry.
The pastor will deliver a Christ
mas message entitled “Peace from
on High.”
Evening worship services at
7:30 will feature The Christmas
Story presented by music, narra
tion and color slides. The Adult
Choir will sing “Jesu Bambino”
and the Youth Choir will sing
“Silent Night” and “Hark! the
Herald Angels Sing.” Mrs. L. M.
Massey will sing “O Lovely Voices
of the Sky” and Mrs. Frank Kemp
will sing “No Candle Was There,
and No Fire.” Miss Edythe Med
lin will join the organist, Charles
Horton, in a duet with bells and
the organ. The “Hallelujah Cho
rus” from Handel’s “Messiah” will
be presented in piano and organ
duet with Mrs. Rodney McNabb at
the piano. Ed Ellington, Hilliard
Greene, Jr., and Wilbur Conn will
sing “We Three Kings of Orient.”
The pastor will offer the narration
accompanying the slides.
A Christmas party will be held
in the church basement immedi
ately after the evening worship
service. Santa Claus will be pres
ent with surprises for the children.
A candlelight vesper service will
be held on Christmas Day at five
o’clock. The Youth Choir and the
pastor will lead the worship ser
vice.
Basketball Schedule
Given for Wakelon
Below is given the Wakelon
basketball schedule for this year
as released by Principal Fred
Smith yesterday.
Date:
Dec. 12 Bunn at Wakelon
Dec. 16 Wakelon at Rolesvillef
Jan. 2 Wendell at Wakelon
Jan 6 Bunn at Bunn
Jan. 9 Wakelon at Wendell
Jan. 20 Knightdale at Wakelon
Jan. 23 Wakelon at Wake Forest
Jan. 27 Rolesville at Wakelon
Jan. 30 Millbrook at Wakelon
Feb. 3 Corinth at Corinth
Feb. 10 Wendell at Wakelon
Feb. 13 Wakelon at Millbrook
Feb. 17 Wakelon at Knightdale
Feb. 20 Wake Forest at Wakelon
Feb. 27 Corinth at Wakelon
Last week Howard Beck spoke
ip the Rotarians on the general
of i veneer industry, and
s iVx.e in passing on the activities
of fa i; own concern, Beck Brothers
Veneer Company of Zebulon and
Statesville.
At the previous meeting Dr. I*
M. Massey spoke on the worth
whileness of civic organizations in
general.
There will be no meeting of the
local Rotary Club next week.