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THE ZEBULON RECORD Vol. XXVI. Number 12. Mayor and Board Agree On Use of Bond Money , Ask Support from Public The Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the Town of Zebulon, meeting in special session at the municipal office last Monday night, prepared a joint resolution urgiing support of the local bond issue for paving streets in the election scheduled for To Give Concert jj ;Vy. V m * ; '' : 1- • :• BW88ww»: ;• •' Miss Jocelyn House, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. House of Zebu lon, who will present a concert on the Martha Flowers Pippin mem orial chimes at the local Methodist Church next Sunday afternoon. Important Marketing Election to Be Held On Saturday, July 23 An important election, which will be held throughout the Flue- Cured Tobacco Referendum Pro ducing States on Saturday, July 23rd, 1949, is for the purpose of giving each owner, operator, share tenant, or sharecropper who shares in the proceeds of the 1949 flue-cured tobacco crop an oppor tunity to express themselves on a very important issue, which will effect all tobacco producers in Wake County and also the flue cured belt. Every tobacco grower in Wake County is urged to vote, after care fully considering the issues involv ed, and to vote his own conviction. The referendum is for the purpose of determining whether the farm ers of the Flue-Cured tobacco area approve Tobacco Marketing Quo tas. Marketing Quotas will be in ef fect only if a two-thirds majority of the tobacco growers approve Marketing Quotas. Tobacco grow ers of Wake Coutn yare urged to cast the largest vote on Saturday, July 23rd that was ever cast in a Flue-Cured Referendum. Polling places for holding this (Continued on Page 8) Rev. R. H. Herring Is Local Rotary Speaker Rev. R. H. (Bob) IJerring spoke to the Zebulon Rotary Club last Friday night, giving an excellent description of the Rotary magazine and listing its departments and benefits. He read selections form the magazine to help illustrate his talk. Dr. Ben Thomas* who was to as sist with the program, was called away immediately after the meal and his talk could not be given. The program was the first of a series by the Club Service Com mittee, headed by Armstrong Can nady. This committee will nave charge of programs for the next two meetings, which include a talk by Dr. Sylvester Green, editor of the Durham Herald. Tuesday, August 2. The resolu tion, signed by Mayor Bridgers and all five commissioners, will be published in next week’s issue of The Zebulon Record. The resolution points out, the Record was informed, that several different legal opinions have been offered by the Local Government Commission, the Attorney Gener al’s office, and the bond attorneys concerning the legality of spend ing funds realized from the sale of the proposed bond issue for paving sidewalks. The resolution states further that since the legality of the pro cedure can definitely be establish ed only by a long and probably costly court action, no sidewalks will be paved if the bond issue is approved; instead the funds will be used for paving streets and curbing and guttering of inter sections. The sidewalk paving question centered about the wording of the ordinance calling the special bond election, which specified that street improvements would be made— the Commissioners, backed by a member of the Attorney General’s staff, maintained that the term “streets” included arteries for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic; the mayor, backed by a representative of the Local Gov ernment Commission, maintained that it did not. Bond attorneys were divided on the question. The resolution, representing to some extent a compromise of the first positions of both the mayor and the town board, was author ized at the conclusion of the leng thy special session, which was at tended by Mayor R. H. Bridgers, Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins, Attorney A. R. House, and Com missioners R. Vance Brown, Wes ley Liles, Norman Screws, and Barrie Davis. New Water Course To Be Offered Here A follow-up life-saving program to the learn-to-swim classes which end today at Lake Mirl will be held beginning August 1 at Lake Mirl from 7 until 8:30 p.m. each night, Bob Emanuel, who will supervise the course, announced yesterday. Both the lifesaving and learn-to swim classes were-sponsored by the Wake County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Fourteen beginners attended the classes from Zebulon, going on the Theo. Davis Sons station wagon. SCENE FROM THE BABY PARADE Shown on Zebulon’s Arendell Avenue are participants in the Baby Parade and Popularity Contest held this spring by ladies of the Methodist Church to help raise funds for the local church building. Mrs. S. G. Flowers, who has given chimes for the church, was chairman of the baby event. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 22,1949 NEW METHODIST CHURCH » if Above is a view of the new Zebulon Methodist Church building, showing the educational wing of the structure which will be used for classes next Sunday, July 24, for the first time. Constructed by Home Builders Corporation, the new building is the result of years of work by local Methodists, assisted by other friends of the local church. Pastor Paul Carruth has announced several events marking completion of the educational wing. Local Methodist Church to Occupy Wing Os New Building Next Sunday Morning On July 30, 1948, almost one year ago, the excavation for the new building of the local Methodist Church was begun. In the days which followed, the people of the community watched as the old building was demolished by M. J. Sexton, local postmaster, and his crew. Gradually the new building, described at first by one child as, “the bigh hole,” took shape. Its unusual design, drawn by Archi tect M. S. Davis, of Louisburg, prompted many questions as to the location of the main entrance. As Five County Fair Makes Selection of Midway Unit Among the many new attractions to be featured by the 1949 Five County Fair is a new and spark ling midway to be furnished by the W. C. Kaus Shows, a ling time midway favorite at fairs all over the country, for the past tewnty seven years. The Kaus Shows will be making their first appearance here in a number of years, al though they are permanent resi dents of New Bern. The Midway will present an ar ray of riding devices—Twin Ferris Wheels, Rolloplane, Octopus, a huge Three-A-Breset Merry Go Rounda and many others, including the building neared completion under the expert direction of R. H. Bridgers and J. H. Patton of Home Builders Corporation, the interest of the community was sharpened. Finally, when the cross, the uni versal symbol of Christianity, was placed on the steeple, comments on the beauty of the church were heard throughout the community and from people traveling through Zebulon. The building contains a sanctu ary with a seating capacity of 200, a choir room, pastor’s study, kitch the newest and best in rides for the children. There will be tented attractions for children of all ages —the Big Circus Side Show. Dust Ball Lewis and his Swingland Re vue —featuring the southlands best minstrels, Harlem on Parade, The New All New Girl Revue and the Giant Snakes. The W. C. Kaus Shows hope to play an important part in making the 1949 Five County Fair, the best in history and invite you to inspect the exhibits with your friends and neighbors, then bring them to the Midway of America’s finest attractions for fun and frolic at its best! Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers en, and fourteen class and assem bly rooms, two oil burning hot air furnaces furnish heat for the ed ucational building and the sanc tuary separately. The sanctuary is equipped with indirect lighting and all upstairs flooring is of hardwood. The social room and kitchen are covered with block asphalt tile. When the Methodists begin their services next Sunday, they will use only the educational building for both the church school and Services of Worship. It is expected that the new pews, the chancel furniture, and the stained glass memorial windows wil 1 be installed by late fall. The sanctuary floors will be carpeted and an electric organ will be installed. When this work is completed the Worship Services will be held in "the sanc tuary. The pastor of the church has words of praise for the work of the Building Committee under the leadership of R. H. Bridgers, chairman, in carrying out the building project. The committee, besides Mr. Bridgers, includes R. V. Brown, Dr. J. F. Coltrane, Dr. C. E. Flowers, Attorney A. R. House, and H. C. Wade. The pastor has also commended the ladies of the church for their enthusiastic and faithful work. The Building Committee has projected a system of financing the •(Continued on Page 8) Funeral Services Held For Mrs . M. Watkins Mrs. Martha Gulley Watkins, 80, widow of James E. Watkins, died in Rex Hospital Saturday after a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late Ransom and Martha Gulley of Wake County. Surviving are six sons, Ransom Watkins of Raleigh, Route 2, J. W. of Knightdale, Woodrow of Zebu!on, James Gil bert and Wilbur of the home; four daughters, Lucy of the home, Mrs. T. B. Young of Angier, Mrs. E. A. Johnson of Garner, Mrs. W. C. Horton of Zebulon. Funeral servic es will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Hephzibah Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
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