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LITTLE RIVER VOTES FOR BETTER ROADS AND SCHOOLS THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXXVI. Number 9. Successful Ending For Baby Contest Seen Here Friday Zebulon’s main street was a gala scene last Friday afternoon as the baby contest reached its climax with a parade down Aren dell Avenue to the Woman’s Club where Martha Liles was crowned queen of Zebulon youngest set. Martha, 7*6 month old daughter of Mrs. Matthew Liles, Jr., and granddaughter of Mrs. S. G. Flow ers, won first place in the ballot ing. Andre Lee Eddins, 2*6 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ber don Eddins was second, and Avon Privette, Jr., was third. A feature of the parade, won by lovely little Georgia Hinton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Hinton, was Mrs. H. C. Wade’s dancing class, costumed and pranc ing. Majorette I -eads Parade Majorette Carolyn Hinton led the parade, followed by Martha Liles in a stork float pushed by her mother, who was dressed as a nursemaid. The parade winner, Georgia Hin ton, was pretty as a picture in a colonial dress of lavender and lace with matching bonnet. Her float was pulled by Vaughn Wade, who wore a lavender shirt, white pants and white shoes. Patterned after the “Baby’s Boat a Silver Moon,” Andre Lee Eddins had her float artistically decorated. Little Avon Privette, covering the route on foot dressed in over alls and straw hat, was a successful fisherman, carrying his prize catch on a pole across his shoulder. His stumped big toe was prominently and securely bandaged. Pretty Paper Doll Lovely little Sherry Temple was beautifully dressed as a paper doll. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Temple. Jimmy Blackley happily pulled his Chicken Little on a riest in a tiny wagon. Twenty-month old Timmy Kemp rode a pony led by his brother, 6-year old Terry. He was dressed in a cowboy suit. The pony’s month-old colt, wearing a hat and with a red bow on its tail, followed closely behind. The many other very attractive floats made the judging difficult, and the parade proved the prettiest ever staged here. Nearly SSOO was raised for the Methodist Church in the contest, and the ladies who staged the affair expressed their sincere thanks for the wonderful cooperation they re ceived. Ms. Combs Speaks to Rotarians Friday on Experiences in Europe Mrs. Kermit Combs, wife of the pastor of the Wakefield Baptist Church and guest of Vaiden Whit ley at the Rotary meeting last Fri day night, gave a very interesting and informative talk to the club members on Europe and the Euro peans. Born in England, Mrs. Combs came to this country when she was three years old, but returned to England and Europe for study. Her description of an picturesque Italian hotel where one man served as coachman, bellhop, desk clerk, dining room waiter, and violinist, proved especially interesting. MASON ; : Pictured is Dr. H. M. Poteat of Wake Forest, Past Grand Master of North Carolina Masons. He was a speaker at exercises honoring 25-year members of the Wake For est Lodge, AF&AM, this week. Members of the Whitestone Lodge attended the communication. Softball Interest Growing Locally The Reddy Kilowatts, backing pitcher Ralph Talton with hard hitting and close fielding, promised to head the newly formed Munici pal Softball League as they laid it on in practiced games played this week. Only the Theo. Davis Sons “Printer’s Devils” could keep up with them, holding them to a 2-2 tie after seven innings on Tuesday. Six teams were entered in the league yesterday, and practice games were played all during the week. The official schedule starts on Tuesday. Besides the Kilowatts and the Devils, the league is made up of Pat Farmer’s Wildcats, Ed Hales’ Square Dealers, Rex Tippett’s Rocky Nine, and Gordon Temple’s WOW Woodchoppers. The Rocky Nine swung the heaviest bats this week, but were handicapped by lack of a capable pitcher, as was the case with nearly all the other teams. Only Ralph Talton and Carlton Mitchell looked really good, and they battled to a 2-2 deadlock in their only meet ing. The teams are limited to 14 players and final rosters must be filed in the league office by Tues day. Willard Gill has done all the umpiring behind the bat, and his excellent work has received high est compliments from players and spectators alike. She described Germany as the cleanest and most modern of the countries she visited. Although not schooled in the languages of the countries she vis ited, Mrs. Combs made out very well by learning the native word for “beautiful” in each place. By using the word to compliment ev erything nice in each country, she quickly became the favorite of the natives who worked mightily to always please her. Mrs. Combs’ delightful person ality made her talk one of the best heard by the Rotarians in re cent years. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 10,1910 Zebulon Gives Top Rural Wake Vote To Roads, Schools Zebulon and Mitchell’s Mill pre cincts gave a 2-to-l majority for Governor Kerr Scott’s better roads and schools program last Saturday with 382 votes for the road bonds | and 197 against. The school bonds received about 30 votes more than the rural road bond issue in Little River Township. Zebulon’s 313 votes for the road bonds was the highest cast in any Wake precinct outside the city of Raleigh, and was the highest cast in any Raleigh or rural Wake County precinct in which the road bond issue carried. Raleigh proper voted against the road bonds, but the balloting was close enough in the city to allow the rural vote to put Wake safely in the group of counties favoring the road bonds. Alamance, the governor’s home county, and Wake were the only counties in which large towns are located to favor the plan to give farmers all-weath er roads. Heavy rains throughout the day cut down on the size of the vote. Ferd Davis, editor of the Record, Garland Bobbitt of Raleigh, and Bob Barbour t of Fuquay Springs served as co-chairmen for Wake County in the campaign. Local workers in eastern and northern Wake were Barrie Davis, Zebulon; J. Bourke Bilisoly, Wen dell; George Cox, Rolesville; Wil liam T. Hatch, Millbrook; and G. V. Barbee, Wake Forest. Program Sponsored By Eastern Star Carolyn Hinton, 10-year old daughter of Mrs. Ollie Hinton of Zebulon, will be sponsored by the Order of the Eastern Star at the benefit program sponsored by the Grand Chapter Krazy Club in the Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 14. Lovely little Carolyn will tap and sing on the program with other performers from all over i North Carolina. She will be ac companied by Kenneth Hopkins at the piano. The public is invited to attend and all proceeds will be used for the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro. New Revival Date Due to a change in plans the re vival at Hopkins Chapel will begin on June 12, instead of the date formerly announced. Rev. Charles Nowardy will preach on Sunday night and on each suceeding night through the week. The public is invited to attend. Willard Gill, the congenial owner of Rent’s Pool Room, gave good evidence of his willingness to help communi ty projects this week when he volunteered to call the softball games played during the week. An expert umpire and a veteran of many years of calling balls and strikes, Willard’s officiating has been valuable in getting the soft ball league off to a rousing start. UMPIRE DEACON Pictured is Dick Vander Clute, Wake Forest College pitcher. The Deacons are playing in the Fourth District NCAA championship play in Charlotte this week. In their first game last night they defeated the University of Kentucky, 5-3. Local Man Named To State Board Governor Kerr Scott announced on Monday of this week the ap pointment of Ferd Davis of Zebu lon to the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development for a term lasting until May 1, 1953. The board, which has fifteen members, is charged with further ing the industrial, commercial, and recreational development of the state. Governor Scott serves as chairman of the board, and George Ross of Raleigh is chief adminis trative officer. Davis replaces J. Wilbur Bunn of Raleigh, who has been a mem ber of the board since he was ap pointed by Governor J. Melville Broughton in 1941. Chamber Election Ballots for election of two di rectors of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce will be mailed this af ternoon to the membership, Pres ident Ralph Talton has announced. Four nominees will be named by the mail oalloting, two of whom will be elected at the annual meet ing this month. A new president will be elected at the same time. Term of the two new directors will be for three years. Union Chapel Church Will Observe Annual Homecoming Next Sunday Union Chapel will observe Homecoming Day, Sunday, June 12, with an all day service at the church. A picnic dinner will be spread at 1:00 o’clock. A very* interesting and varied program has been planned. The Rev. V. S. Dowd will bring the first in a series of revival services at 10:00 a.m. The revival will con tinue through June 18 with ser vices at 8:00 p.m. daily. Some outstanding singers are expected to take part on the Home coming program. The Centennial Quartet from Salt Lake City, Utah, now touring the Central Atlantic Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Funds for Armory Voted on Monday By Commissioners In a busy three hour session, Mayor It. H. Bridgers and his j Board of Commissioners were sworn into office and inaugurated ' ' lull program of improvements for the tov/n last Monday night. Cecil Hopkins began the meeting by swearing into office the mayor and Commissioners R. Vance Brown, Norman Screws, J. Raleigh Alford, Wesley Liles, and Barrie Davis. Alford and Liles are serv ing their first terms. Urged by Ralph Talton, presi dent of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce, to help in every way possible to bring the National Guard battery to Zebulon, the Commissioners voted $1,500 to aid in providing a meeting place for the guard. Talton, a former National Guardsman, knew the value of a Guard unit to a community, and ! reported that the Chamber of j Commerce had voted SSOO to aid jin securing the battery. Want Streets Paved Norman Screws, veteran com missioner of several terms, and newcomer Wesley Liles joined in urging that the town have streets and sidewalks paved as soon as | possible. They stated that Zebulon is falling behind other towns in street improvements. The commissioners discussed ways and means of having the paving done, and a bond issue was chosen as the means of financing the work . With the present tax rate of $1.85, the town can repay the money necessary to do the ' paving without the necessity of additional taxes. Plan Further Action Clerk Willie B. Hopkins was di rected to have necessary legal in formation available Monday night, June 13, for further action by the Commissioners. At this meeting all necessary work will be done to submit the proposal to a vote by the citizens of Zebulon. The com missioners were unanimous in rec -1 ommending that the proposal be passed when the election is held. A date for the election will also be set Monday night. At the suggestion of Mayor R. H. Bridgers, the board voted to authorize fi new well be drilled to serve as a spare in case of trouble with the three now pump ing. It was decided to keep the water plant in readiness for future use, even though the wells are providing plenty of water, because (Continued on Page 5) States, is expected to offer one of the finest programs of singing ever heard in this vicinity. This quartet is nationally famous and has been warmly received every where they have been heard. They sang before a joint session of the General Assembly. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Liles, popular WNAO radio stars, will also ap pear on the program. The Hopkins Chapel Choir will also be on hand with some fine singing. We extend to you a most cordial invitation to attend all or any part of these services. Union Chapel Baptist Church.
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