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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXXVI. Number 4. Rabies Vaccination to Be Offered Here This Month An intensive campaign to curb and stamp out rabies in Wake County will be waged by the Wake County Department of Health be ginning Monday, May 9, and continuing through May 31, in com pliance with the state law which requires all dogs to be vaccinated RESIGNS jjußSk % : : :^ MOCOEwXvXCM'y/.w.w.^lWgi*.• • . >S»X*Xv.v.v v.v.w &§&&x i^KS^^-si sZ; .; : :v^.^: : :: : : ; :v: : ; ::vW.v:: : : s jggg»y>> ''. WvSFw—/ —-v—''.' • *• ■ ■• ■ jjHBN - M •&&■■ '. x» y j ' ' \v v a Xgfy ’ v vy^ Pictured is Dr. Thurman Kitchin who has tendered his resignation as president of Wake Forest Col lege. effective next year. Mrs. Kemp to Star in Musicomesly; Charles Horton Appears in Redtal Mrs. Frank Kemp will be featur ed in the part of “Jane” in the Wake Forest College Music De partment production of the oper etta, “The Only Girl,” which will be staged May 13 as a highlight of the annual Magnolia Festival. The festival is a major event on the Wake Forest campus, and includes the crowning of a May Queen, concerts, campus sings, and a Shakespearean play. Wilber Conn, son of Mrs. Janet Conn of Zebulon, is co-publicity director for “Othello,” the play by Shakespeare, which will be pre sented May 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Horton in Recital Charles Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Horton of Zebulon and a student at Wake Forest College, Former Local Editor Dies Last week’s paper carried the news of the death at Elizabeth Oity of A. L. G. Stephenson, edi tor of Zebulon’s first newspaper, which was called The Zebulon News. With their daughter and two sons Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson lived in the house now owned by W. N. Pitts and occupied by Mrs. Annie Jones. The Zebulon News was filled with items set by hand or cast Seniors Begin Play Rehearsals “Antics of Andrew/' the seni or class play for this year, sparkles with hilarious situations created when male members of the cast decide to impersonate women in order that Andrew Brown may de ceive his visiting Uncle Isaac into believing he has a wife and moth- Through Setting Lennie Liles of Zebulon, Route 4, was the first fanner in this community to report completing setting out his tobacco this year. He finished the job over a week ago on Tuesday, April 28. He will receive a free Record subscription. during April, May, and June of each calendar year to prevent rabies. Six veterinarians will travel over the entire county giving the vaccinations as part of the pro gram. Three other measures to stamp out the disease include the muzzling of all dogs running at large, leashing of animals under control of owners, and disposition of unknown stray dogs. Six Veterinarians Veterinarians giving the vac cinations are Drs. Koonce, Litwack, Scarborough, Dobbs, Moore, and Williams. The veterinarians will be in the following places from 1 to 3 p.m. on the days listed: Hopkins Cross Roads, Friday, May 13; ijlyram’s Cross Roads, Monday, May 16; C. N. Robertson’s Store, Thursday, May 19; Zebulon, Friday, May 20; Wake Cross Roads, Friday, May 20; Wendell, Wednesday, May 25; and Rolesville, Tuesday, May 31. was presented by the Wake Forest College Music Department in a re cital on Tuesday night, May 3, in the college Music-Religion build ing. The concert was well attend ed by college students and some 30 visitors from Zebulon. Professor Claude Cook, member of the college Department of Music, described the recital as the “best of the year,” and the featured pianist was credited with an un usual amount of poise. Included in the program were numbers by Bach, Beethoven, Brahams, Debussy, and Chopin. For his encore, he selected Claire de Lune by Debussy. Charles is minister of music at the Zebulon Baptist Church, di recting the choir and playing for the Sunday services. from cuts. It filled a community need and since its first publica tion the town has been without a paper for only a short while. Mr. Stephenson was succeeded here by Baylus Whitley, now of Siler City, who was followed after an interval by George Mitch ell, whose paper was the Record. Mitchell was followed by M. F. Grote, now of New Y#rk City, who sold the plant to Theo. B. Davis more than se> *een years ago. er-ia-law. The comedy, written by Jay Tobias, will be present ed May 25 in the high school au ditorium. Andrew Brown, portrayed by Fred Mangum, gives the play its name. Bobby Phillips plays the part of Uncle Isaac, and Ralph Lewis and Bobby Bridgers act the parts of the two friends who imi tate the women. Other members of the cast in clude Johnny Gay, Robert Black ley, Robert Lee Privette, Durant Finch, Jo Anne Williams, Linda Massey, Sue Richards, Delores Pittman, Betty Joyner, and Avon Fuller. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, May 7, 1949 WAKELON SENIORS VISIT WASHINGTON Pictured above in front of the capitol in Washington, D. C., are members of the graduating class of Wakelon High School as they rested from a morning of sight-seeing in the city. They are, left to right: sitting, Robert Lee Privette, Avon Fuller, Bobby Phillips, J. C. Liles, Bobby Bridgers, Dan Privette, Durant Finch, Johnny Gay, Thomi.s Price, Lawrence Blackley, and Walter Bunn; kneeling, Elsie Tip pett, Delores Pittman, Becky Clark, Stella Bunn, Linda Massey, Betty Joyner, Sue Richards, Betsy Dri ver, and Annie Braswell: standing, Fred Mangum, Ralph Lewis, Stella Phillips, Margaret Pace, Jo Anne Williams, Ed Ellington, Mrs. A. T. Gaddy, Lady Talton, Laura James Sexton, Sam Brantley, Maylon Baker, and Robert Blackley. Mr. Ellington and Mrs. Gaddy were the faculty chaperones for the tour. Two New Members Are Named To Town Board in Tuesday Vote Two new men were elected to the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Zebulon in a quiet elec tion Tuesday, when only 297 of the 407 voters registered for the municipal elections dropped their ballots into the box. Wesley Liles and J. Raleigh Alford were the new men to join Norman Screws, Barrie Davis, and R. Vance Brown in making up the Board which will serve for the next two years. Mayor R. H. Bridgers, who was without opposition, polled 231 votes to lead the ticket. Norman Screws led the ticket in the commissioners’s race with 202 votes, followed closely by Barrie Davis with 195, R. Vance Brown with H 9, Wesley Liles with 185, and J. Raleigh Alford with 182. The other candidates in the eight-man race were incumbents Bob Sawyer and Howard Beck with 149 and 146 votes, and M. M. “Buck” Phillips with 110. This was Liles’ first try for po litical office, and he received strong support from west and south Zebulon, which has been without representation on the Board for years. Alford ran un successfully in 1947. Town Board Holds Last Regular Session of Year A warrant charging violation of both his building permit and the Zebulon zoning law was ordered served on Ted Hood, owner of Hood’s Florist Sho pb,y the Zebu lon Board of Commissioners at the May meeting of the group Monday night. The action was taken in connection with the business building erected on Arendell Ave nue in the residentia lzone. At the meeting held April 4, All five of the elected commis sioners promised in their cam paigns to work for a bigger and better Zebulon. Liles stressed the need for representation in all parts of town and Alford cited the need for improvements in streets and sidewalks. Attendance Drop to Cost Local School One Teacher Dighton M. Fidner, local war veteran and a steward of the Zeb ulon Methodist Church, assumed duties Tuesday night as a member of the Wakelon District School committee at the regular May meeting of the group. Fidner was elected by the Wake County Board of Education on Monday to fill the unexpired term of H. C. Wade, who resigned recently because of pressure of business and church af fairs. Wakelon wall lose one teacher this year because of decreased at tendance, the board was informed by Principal Fred Smith, unless the statewide teacher lead is sub stantially decreased by the State Hood was given until April 30 to comply with the permit and ordi nance, but Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins reported no action had been taken. The original building permit stated that a combination garage workshop was to be erected on the rear on Hood’s lot on Arendell Avenue, and when work was be gun on the front of the lot, he was ordered to cease work. I»- Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers The three incumbents who were reelected promised their best ef forts toward a better administra tion. Brown quoted from the fi nancial records of the town to point out the soundness of board policies during his four years as a member. Board of Education. Loss of the teacher will hamper considerably. the school’s program, he declared, but illness plus steadily decreas ing white population in the local district have combined 4 "> make the loss likely. The campaign for lights for the local athletic field was declared a success by Principal Smith and Ferd Davis, who have led efforts to obtain funds for the project. Poles have been ordered, and lights and transformers will be ordered early this month. Present at the meeting were Principal Smith, D. M. Fidner, Wilbur Gay, Ivan Hopkins, Wal lace Temple, and Ferd Davis. stead, the building was completed and ased for business purposes, and the zoning commission cited the violation to the board, which was farced to act. Present at the meeting, which was the last regular meeting for the present board, were Mayor R. H. Bridgers, Commissioners How ard Beck, Norman Screws, Bob Sawyer, and Barrie Davis, and Clerk Willie B. Hopkins.
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