THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV.
BALLPLAYERS STAY IN COLLEGE
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Lou Brissie (left), pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, and
Virgil Stallcup, shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, are shown leaving
a classroom at Erskine College, where they have been continuing their
studies this winter. The two stars commute daily from their homes
24 miles away at Ware Shoals where they were once textile workers.
Local Special Education
Teacher Discusses Work
Miss Rebecca Talbert, special education teacher at Wakelon
School in Zebulon, outlied the origin and purpose of this new field
in North Carolina school curriculum to the Wendell Parent-Teachers
Association at their March meeting last Tuesday night.
Rotary to Be Headed
By Willie B. Hopkins
Willie B. Hopkins was elected
president of the Zebulon Rotary
Club at the regular meeting two
weeks ago. Mr. Hopkins served
as vice president during the past
Rotary year. He will take office
following the district convention.
Other officers named at the ses
sion were Ed Ellington, vice pres
ident, Ed Hales as secretary, R.
Vance Brown to succeed himself
as treasurer, and Raleigh Alford
and Pat Farmer, directors.
Howard Beck led a discussion
period at the meeting designed to
acquaint members with the club’s
financial affairs.
Last Friday night D. D. Cham
blee told Rotarians of baseball
teams at Wakefield in years past.
He had as his guest Rev. Kermit
Combs, new pastor of the Wake
field-Bethany field.
Zebulon Scout Troop
Studying First Aid
Seventeen Scouts met Monday !
night to study first aid, with dem
onstrations by the Scouts them
selves illustrating the va 1 ious re
quirements in Second Class first
aid. Bill Brantley planned the pro
gram and assigned the parts for
study.
Next Monday night the Scouts
will again study first aid, with'
George Massey continuing his
demonstration of artificial respir-,
ation. Each member of the troop
will actually perform artificial
respiration at this meeting as part
of their examination.
Held for Murder
Jessie Lee Robertson, Negro, is
being held in the Wake County
jail, pending action by the Grand
Jury, on a murder charge result
ing from an altercation at Car
penter’s Place on Highway 264
Saturday night, when Robertson
alleged'y cut the throat of Theo
dore Jones, Negro of this com
munity. Jones died en route to a
Raleigh hospital.
Number 51.
Special education is designed to
reach children that are handieap
ed by defective vision, speech,
1 or hearing defects and others that
; prevent children in public schools
i from advancing according to their
rightful maximum possibilities.
Courses to train public school
; teachers for this specialized work
are now being offered at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chap
el Hill along with a practice clinic
sponsored by the North Carolina
League for Crippled Children.
The special education program
for teachers was begun in 1943 by
a county superintendent of schools
who had two children left deaf as
an aftermath of measles. (Private
schooling for these handicapped
children proved too expensive at
$300.00 per month per child.)
In 1945 a survey of North Car
olina schools showed a total of
68,000 children in the public
schools of the state in need of
specialized education.
The local program was begun in !
September, 1948, under the direc-;
tion of Miss Talbert and Principal
Fred A. Smith as a frankly pio
neering effort with the approval
of the Wakelon District School
Board and County School Super
intendent Randolph Benton.
In October, 1948, F. S. Barker
was named director of the Special 1
Education Department under the
supervision of Dr. Clyde A. Erwin.
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Pictured is part of the group of over 60 persons who enjoyed the hospitality of J. M. Chevrolet
Company at a barbecue held a week or so ago in the rear of the garage. Included in the picture (but
hard to recognize) are Wallace Chamblee, M. T. Debnam, Editor Ferd Davis, Ray Gainey, Carl Ma
theny (with the Coca-Cola raised on high), and numerous others consuming their share.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 25, 1949
Annual Rat Fight to Be Made
Next Week; ARC Plans Drive
County Agent, Health
Officer Arrange Local
Distribution March 29
Final plans have been formulat
ed for the third yearly Wake
County rat campaign. This pro
gram is being put on in coopera
tion with the Wake County Health
Department, Extension Service,
vocational teachers, and other ag
ricultural agencies in the county.
Preparations have already been
made to secure enough bait to
cover the county. This bait will be
furnished to farmers and other
property owners free of charge on
March 29, 30 and 31.
The material which will be used
| will be Red Squill and raw fish.
This material is being used be
cause it is usually not dangerous
to children and domestic animals
found on the farm. It will be dis
tributed at various distributing
I points throughout the county. All
persons living in the area on the
date the material will be distribut
ed are requested to participate in
this program.
Farmers in a community not
being able to receive bait on the
date it is delivered in the com
munity will be able to pick up
bait at the Public Health Depart
ment in the Old Rex Hospital
Building, Raleigh, on March 29,
30, and 31.
Bait will be distributed at the
following points on March 29:
Cary Robertson’s Store, Beth
any; Coy Martin’s Center, Wen
dell, Rt. 2; Town Hall, Wendell;
Riley Hill School, Riley Hill; W. B.
Hopkins & Son’s Store; Wakelon
i Vocational Building; Vocational
Building, Shepard Colored High
School;
Mack D. Perry’s Store, Zebulon
Rt. 4; Rolesville Vocational Build
ing, Rolesville; Vocational Build
ing, Wake Forest; B. P. Daniels’
Store, Wake Forest, Rt. 2; Neuse
Mercantile Co. (Former Honey
cutt Place), Neuse; J. C. Strick
land, Neuse.
Jurors Listed
The jury list for the two weeks
civil term of Wake County Su- i
perior Court beginning Monday j
this week contains the following
names of Little River Township
citizens:
Austin Perry, C. J. Watkins, W.
P. Joyner, M. C. Wall, O. D. Mas
sey and B. F. Robertson
NEW SENATOR
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Pictured is Dr. Frank P. Gra
ham, ‘ president of the University
of North Carolina, who Tuesday
night was named as United States
Senator by Governor Scott, suc
ceeding the late J. M. Broughton.
Dr. Charles Flowers, Jr.
Now on Duty in Peru
Dr. Charles E. Flowers of the
Obstetrical Staff of the Johns
Hopkin s Hospital in Baltimore,
Maryland ‘is being sent by the
Johns Hopkins University to Lima
Peru. He will spend five months
in Lima working in the Clinica
Anglo Americana and lecturing
and teaching Obstetrics in various
Peruvian Hospitals.
Following this tour of duty in
South America, Dr. Flowers will
go for a similar period of work in
Montreal Canada at McGill Med
ical School.
Dr. Flowers is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Flowers of Zebu
lon, North Carolina.
Wakelon Junior Class
Sets Date for Play
The Junior Class of Wakelon
School has announced that April
1 has been chosen as date of pre
sentation of “Take It Easy,”
This 3-act farce-comedy promises
to be one of the high lights of
Wakelon’s spring activities. The
cast is well-chosen and is working j
hard in a sincere effort to make
this one of the very best plays
ever given at Wakelon. Remember
the date and come!
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Ralph Talton to Lead
Campaign in Zebulon;
Wake Goal $47,000
Ralph W. Talton, president of
the Zebulon Chamber of Com
merce and local manager for the
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany, will serve as colonel of the
annual Wake County Red Cross
Fund Raising Campaign in Zebu
lon.
Announcement of Mr. Talton’s
appointment was made by Harold
L. Pitser, chairman of the drive
and by Mrs. W. Kerr Scott, co
chairman.
“Help Your Red Cross Help
Your Neighbors” is the theme of
the campaign which will open
generally throughout Wake Coun
y on Monday, March 28th. , \
The Chapter goal has been set
at $47,183.50.
During 1948 190 requests for as
sistance were made to the Wake
County Chapter of the Red Cross
by residents of Zebu on and the
immediate territory around it.
! None of these calls were turned
down, Chairman Pitser said, "as
the Red Cross operates 24 hours a
day providing its services for all
those who need it.”
Mrs. J. J. Whitlock, president
lof the Woman's Club of Wendell
’ will serve as colonel for that town.
During 1948 134 Wendell people
, and those residing in the im Med
iate vicinity called upon the lied
Cross Chapter for assistance.
! In announcing plans for the
drive, Chairman Pitser said, “I
I have been not only gratifu ! but
! amazed at the spirit of the some
1500 pe< pie who are volunteers in
the 1949 campaign to help our
Red Cross help our neighbor -. This
spirit ai d the response of those
who have been asked to aid in the
icampaigr is a magnificent recog
nition of the important part that
J the Red Cross plays in our com
j munity.”
“I feel that we of the Wake
County Red Cross Chapter are
particula ly fortunate is having
Mrs. W. Kerr Scott as co-chairman
and in having the advice and
counsel cf Wyatt Taylor in organ
izational problems.”
Local Teams Honor
Principal and Wife
Coach Fred Smith and Mrs.
Smith were presented gifts at the
P-TA sponsored basketball gcames
last week as a demonstration of
the appreciation of parents and
friends and members of the Wake
lon girls and boys basketball
teams.
An easy chair and ottoman were
given to Mr. Smith, and two beau
tiful vases to Mrs. Smith. The
presentation was made by Mrs.
Irby Gill.
The Smiths were taken com
pletely by surprise, but recovered
enough to express their sincere
appreciation of the fine spirit and
support of the people.
Budd Smith Here
Dr. Budd Smith, member of the
faculty of Wake Forest College,
brought a program on cancer to
the Wakelon Parent-Teacher As
sociation Monday night, featured
by a motion picture.