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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXXVI. Number 3. REPUBLICAN WAITS FOR DEPRESSION '* * I " ; $•.. < \. / > gjagpy ?«SBkW4L / V, il i>wi , jl \ »«? V^M Mr. Arthur Ferrell, rock-ribbed Republican, knew things were going to be bad if the derned Democrats stayed in the White House, but he didn’t realize just how bad. Having to close the White House for repairs was bad enough, but having to change his own tire is even worse. Here he is pictured in front of Link Cox’s Purol Service Station saving 25c by changing the tire himself. Norman Screws who took the picture reports Mr. Arthur said he is saving that money for the hard times that are sure to come. Vance Privette Cites VA Hospital Efficiency Care Vance Privette, who recently returned from several weeks of op erational and therapeutic treatment at Veterans Hospital in Fayette ville, asks that all veterans of World War I and II be advised of Scrap Paper Drive Planned for Today The 1949 scrap paper collection drive of the Zebulon Woman’s Club will be held today, April 29, beginning at 2 p. m., under the direction of Mrs. L. M. Massey. Residents of the town who have an accumulation of clean scrap paper are requested by Mrs. C. G. | Weathersby, publicity chairman, I to place the bundles or stacks of paper on their front porches by 2 j o’clock this afternoon. Truckers of the scrap dealer participating in the collection will pick up the paper during the afternoon. Funeral Rites for Davis Privette To Be Held Sunday Afternoon Funeral rites for Pvt. Davis F. Privette 34, who was killed in action on Dec. 11, 1944 in Belgium, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Zebulon Bap tist Church, conducted by Rev. Carlton Mitchell, Pastor. Inter ment will be in the family ceme tery with full military honors accorded by the Cedric Harris Post No. 148 of the American Le gion. Survivors are his wife, who is SEE CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS - PACE SEVEN medical care offered the n at the Fayetteville hospital. Operated by the Veterans Ad , ministration, the hospital has the ■ finest equipment and personnel. “I have had to spend a lot of time in hospitals,” Privette, a totally disabled veteran of World War 1, declared, “but I have never seen any other unit so well equipped or with such courteou? and con siderate personnel, from the chief surgeon down through the nurses and ward attendants.” “Every veteran should be advis- I ed of the facilities there,” he con tinued, “because it may be the means of saving a life—and cer tainly it will save each man who is hospitalized a great deal of money. i The government is providing these services for its veterans, and they i should be utilized by residents of this community whenever pos sible.” I now Mrs. Julia Braswell Skinner, three children, Philip, Dolores, and Tommy of Fay tteville. His step mother, Mrs. D. P. Privette of Zeb ulon, four brothers, W. S. Priv ette of Charlotte, D. P. and C. W. Privette of U. S. Navy, Blandy Privette of Zebulon. Four sisters: Mrs. Russell Wat son, Mrs. W. L. Thigpen of New port News, Va., Mrs. George Bar ham of Wake Forest and Eliza beth Ann Privette of Zebulon. Zebulon, N. C., Friday April 29,1949 Granville County Youths Captured After Robbery Three Granville County teen-1 age boys, who earlier this month had committed armed robberies in Franklin County and Chase City, Virginia, were captured early Sun day morning by local law enforce ment agents within 12 hours of the time they robbed Oris D. Gay’s store near Riley, together with patrons of the store. William Lockett Womack, Jr., 18, Gilbert Womack, 15, and Elvin Medlin Womack, 12, brothers of Oxford, Route 2, were captured near the upper end of Mitchell’s Mill pond by Deputy Sheriff G. C. Massey Zebulon Policeman Willie B. Hopkins, Constable Steve Blackley, ABC Agent David Perry, and State Highway Patrolmen Griffin and Cash. The two older brothers enter ed Gay’s store Saturday night, and forced patrons to lie on the floor while they rifled the cash regis ter and pocketbooks of Dorsey Gay and McLain Privette. One of the boys fired a shot into the floor in an effort to intimidate the vic tims. The boys made their getaway in a 1939 Ford pickup truck, which was wrecked after a short chase. They then took to the woods, where the officers located them early next morning. Local Band to Be On Radio Show The Zebulon Community Band will be featured on the Zebulon Hour, heard each Saturday over WNAO AM and FM, Raleigh, from 1 to 2 p. m., Worth Hinton, local arranger, announced yester day. String music and vocal num bers will be heard, in addition to tap dances and novelty acts. The first show staged by this group was heard last Saturday. Members of the organization are Elbert Pearce, Elmer Pearce, W. P. Pearce, Carver Seawpll, Sexton Johnson, Jack Privette, Jimmy Catlett, B. B. Barham, Jack Tip pett, Ann Allman, Rena Moody, Faye Privett, Ernestine Pearce, Ralph Privette, Dallas Bunn Earl Medlin and Grady Ray. Jean Robertson, member of Mrs. Frank Kemp’s voice class, will sing, and tap dancers will be from Mrs. H. C. Wade’s dancing class. Members of the band will play at Wakelon Theatre Saturday night at 10:30 p. m. in a stage show. Bids Being Taken For Post Office Space Bids are now being accepted for rental space to the Federal Gov renment for the Zebulon post of fice, Postmaster M. J. Sexton has announced. Contract for space will be let this fall for either 5 or 10 years. Sealed bids containing all speci fications of the proposed post of fice building must be filed in Greensboro, Mr. Sexton said. Full details on minimum requirements for the local post office space may be obtained from Mr. Sexton. Mrs. Nellie Kemp was soloist at the spring concert of the Little Symphony orchestra of Wake For est College. Claude Cooke of the college’s music department di rected and Charles Horton was piano accompanist. ON STAGE Bfisflßflr Wk M, 11 ~ nil Msm ■ »I 1 x 1 Pictured is Carolyn Hinton of Zebulon, who will dance in a stage show at Wakelon Theatre tomor row night at 10:30. She recently won a talent contest sponsored by WGTM, Wilson. Principal Is Named Here The Wakelon District School Board, meeting in special session last Thursday night, elected Prin cipal Fred Smith for another term and named its own officers for an other year. On motion of Ivan Hopkins, sec onded by Wilbur Gay, Mr. Smith I was unanimously reelected. Wal lace temple and Ferd Davis were , reelected local board chairman and secretary, respectively, and the board directed its chairman to serve as custodian officer for school property. The meeting was the first at tended by Mr. Gay and Mr. Hop kins, who were elected to 2-year terms by the Wake County Board of Education under a new system of rotational membership for local boards initiated by the State Board of Education. The board directed its secre tary to send letters of appreciation j to Pettigrew Gay, H. C. Wade, and , C. S. Chamblee, retiring members j of the Wakelon committee. Parking Lots Additional parking places for automobiles near the shopping dis trict have been provided for cus tomers driving into town. Finding a place near the stores for cars has long been a problem, but the parking lot behind Peoples Bank & Trust Company and another be tween Bunn Electric Company and Zebulon Grocery are expected to help the situation. Zebulon Doctors Agree to Serve As Examiners lor Local Guard Unit Dr. Ben Thomas and Dr. Charles Flowers have been named medical examiners for applicants for the Zebulon unit of the National Guard, Barrie Davis, who will organize the battery, announced yesterday. The doctors will con duct the physical examinations, which will be virtually the same as that given men enlisting in the Regular Army. Davis, who was appointed a Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Formal Dinner Is Held on Thursday For OES Officials The Worthy Grand Matron and the Worthy Grand Patron were guests of honor at a special meeting of the Wakefield-Zebulon Chapter, U. D. of the Order of the Eastern Star held Thursday night, April 21. Prior to the meeting a formal d.nner was given by the local chapter in the Woman’s Clubs hon oring the distinguished visitors. Mrs. Ralph Bunn, Worthy Ma tron, presided at the meeting, held in the Masonic Hall. The Wakefield-Zebuloni Chapter was accorded special recognition for the outstanding work it has accomplished in its five months of existence. For its excellent record, it has been made a Gold Star Chapter. Special guests present included Miss Ethel Lovdtte of Asheboro, Worthy Grand Matron; Mr. Alvis Tingle of Ashevi’le, Worthy Grand Patron; Mrs. Martha McGee of Raleigh, Past Grand Matron; Mr. J. N. Neely of Raleigh, Past Grand Patron; Mrs. Helen Rimmer of Sanford, District Deputy Grand Matron; and Mr. Wilber Perkins of Selma, President of the Krazy Club. i Other visitors were present from Selma, Raleigh, Wendell, Sanford, Asheboro, and Asheville. lunio’ Club Wins Statewide Award At a convention of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs in Goldsboro, the Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club won special recognition and a candlestick and one of its members was praised for two highly rated paintings. For the first time the local club attained over 100 points on thp rating sheet of the Federation, which made it an Honor Club. The Club was presented the Jac queline Jones Candlestick for hav ing made the largest contribution to the Cornelia P. Jerman Endow ment Fund. Mrs. Melvin Massey entered two paintings and these were rated j among the best exhibited. Mrs. Elwood Perry, club presi- I dent, is serving as vice president of the Eighth Club District which in cludes Wake. Durham, Orange, Person, and Chatham Counties. The club year will be brought to a close in May with a supper for members’ families and the new of ficers will be installed at this time. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hinton, with their son, Jack, and his fiancee, spent last Sunday in Roanoke Rap ids with the M. M. Faisons. Mr. Faison, who has been critically ill, is now much improved. Captain in the National Guard last week, is appearing before an examining board in Raleigh to day, and will be issued enlistment forms at that time. The local unit, to be known as Battery 113th Field Artillery Battalian, will be given about 60 days to fulfill National Guard re quirements for federal recogni tion. Minimum requirements for personnel are 20 men and three ! officers.
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