THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. Number 33
Lions Club to Get
Charter in Night's
Exercises at Gym
Tonight the Zebulon Lions Club
will have their long-awaited turn
to roar as the presentation of a
Charter by District Governor
Louis K. Day will officially be
gin activities for the group. Fea
tured speaker for the evening will
be Lion W. Kerr Scott, Governor
of North Carolina. Over 800 Lions
and guests are expected for the
big event, which will be held in
the Wakelon gymnasium.
The program begins at 7:30
when President M. W. Page of
the Zebulon Lions Club will call
the meeting to order. Lion A. D.
Parrish will give the invocation.
Notable visiting Lions who will
appear on the program will be Jeff
B. Wilson, Governor of District
31 A; Paul L. Cashion; Edward H.
McMakan, Southeastern Director of
Lions International: International
Counsellor Norman Trueblood.
Zebulon is the 200th Lions Club
organized in North Carolina. Of
ficers are President M. W. Page,
First Vice Pres. Worth Hinton;
Second Vice Pres. J. C. Debnam,
Third Vice Pres. M. L. Hagwood,
Secretary and Treasurer M. J. Sex
ton, and Directors Wilbur Debnam,
G. R. Massey. Joe Tonkel, and T.
B. Hepler, Lion . Tamer Frank
Kannon, Tail Twister Clarence
Hocutt, Chaplain Rev. A. D. Par
rish, and Asso. Chaplains Rev. S.
E. Mercer and Fr. Frederick Koch.
Members of the Zebulon club
include:
Jimmie Batten, Fred Beck, Rob
ert R. Brantley, Jerry Buffaloe,
Royal D. Bunn, W. B. Bunn, Wil
liam Bunn, Frederick Chamblee,
Estin Corbett, C. R. Cox, J. C. Deb
nam, Wilbur T. Debnam, Sidney
Eddins, Dr. Charles E. Flowers, M.
L. Hagwood, T. B. Hepler, Worth
Hinton, Clarence Hocutt, Billy K.
Hopkins, Barker Kannon, Frank
Kannon.
Rev. Frederick A. Koch, Frank
Kemp, Eugene Jones, A. C. Low
ery, R. W. Liles. Rudolph Manning,
G. R. Massey, Ted Milon, Rev. S.
E. Mercer, Thurman Murray, Fred
Page, M. W. Page, Rev. A. D. Par
rish, Burt Peoples, Austin Perry,
Garland Richardson. M. J. Sexton,
Ben Silk, Paul Strickland, Donald
Stallings, George Henry Temple,
Francis Wall, James Wiggs.
Parent-Teacher Plan
Christmas Cantata
The Christmas Cantata, “All
Aboard,” sponsored by the Wake
lon Parent-Teacher Association
will begin at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,
December 13, instead of the pre
viously announced time of 8:00
p.m.
Good entertainment, featuring
Mrs. Wade’s dancing class, read
ings, solos and choruses, and Santa
Claus in person on the stage, will
make this an enjoyable occasion
for all ages. Come and bring all
the children. Admission will be
25c and 50c. The proceeds will go
for the new piano on the stage of
the auditorium.
Awards Won
At the Wake County Achieve
ment program in Memorial Au
ditorium Wednesday night awards
were won by the following Wake
lon pupils:
Ruth Temple, frozen foods; Fan
Green, food preservation; Billy
Green and Bobby Driver, dairy
production; Katherine Baker and
Mona Faye Horton, poultry.
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THRILL OF A LIFETIME—These young men irom a Raleigh orphanage watch in awe as Senator
Clyde R. Hoey and Charlie Justice carve their turkey at the annual Christmas party given by the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh for children of the State School for Blind, Catholic Orphanage, and Methodist
Orphanage. (Photo courtesy of John A. Park.)
Soil Conversation Plans Made for 1950
G. L. Winchester and
S. W. Holleman
John M. Jones of Garner has
just finished constructing three
meadows with heavy equipment.
These meadows will be sown to
oats now and to lespedeza in the
spring. Mr. Jones plans to apply
two tons of lime per acre after
the oats are harvested, and pre
pare this land by discing, ferti
lizing, and seeding, to a mixture
of alfalfa and orchard grass. This
mixture should furnish excellent
feed for his workstock and beef
cattle. The Soil Conservation Ser
vice personnel assisted in laying
Drivers Warned Again to Take Tests
Although only 23 days remain
before all persons whose last
names begin with L and M must
renew their licenses to drive, only
70 per cent of those who must get
renewals in Zebulon, N. C. and
community, Wake county, have
taken their tests, Driver’s License
Examiner Hocutt reported today.
The re-issuance program for L
and M drivers began July 1 and
ends December 31. All persons
apprehended after that date with
old licenses will be subject to
prosecution. Persons whose sur
names begin w r ith N, O, P, and Q
will renew their licenses between
January 1 and June 30, 1950.
“The rush by L and M drivers
already has begun and will get
Five Distinguished Speakers to Be at Ferrell's School
Five distinguished visitors will
appear at the Ferrell’s Memorial
Dinner, to be held at Ferrell’s
School on Route 95 seven miles
east of Zebulon this afternoon be
ginning at 1 o’clock and lasting
until 7 p.m. The group is headed
by Gov. W. Kerr Scott,
ction sale, is being staged to raise
The dinner, followed by an au
Do Your 1949 Christmas Shopping in Zebulon l5 More Days
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 9, 1949
out these meadows and will stake
terraces after meadows have be
come established.
Mr. Jones is planning to sow the
same mixture on a steep, rough
area unsuited to the growth of row
crops.
•
A. C. Meadow of Garner does all
of his farming with tractors plant
ing small grains, lespedeza, and
grain sorghum. These crops ne
cessitated the use of a combine.
Mr. Meadows is very much inter
ested in saving his soil but dis
likes terrace ridges so with the
assistance of the Soil Conserva
tion Service he is laying off con
worse as the deadline nears,” Ex
aminer Hocutt said. He urged that
all persons in this category who
have not obtained renewals come
at once to his station at Zebulon
and Wendell, N. C. to stand exam
ination for a new license.
Many L and M drivers who
have been operating motor ve
hicles for a number of years do
not realize that they must pass
a road test before getting a li
cense renewal, Driver’s License
Examiner Hocutt reported here to
day.
Persons whose surnames begin
with L and M must have their
licenses renewed before Decem
ber 31.
“Every day or so someone who
funds for the Ferrell’s Memorial
Library, which will be established
in memory of the seven children
killed in the recent school bus
tragedy.
Other honored guests are Con
gressman Harold D. Cooley, Iti
mus Valentine, Dr. Henry Jordan,
and Highway Commissioner R. E.
Earp.
tour lines and will farm his grain
sorghum and small grain lespede
za in alternate strips. These
strips will vary from 75 feet to
150 feet in width. The strips will
help solve his erosion problem and
he thinks they will facilitate the
use of his equipment.
•
Walter Dean of Wendell has re
cently completed a farm pond to
be used for watering stock and
producing fish. The field above
and around the pond will be sown
to a pasture mixture. Many farm
ers in the county are making use
of unproductive areas on their
farms with fish ponds.
holds an old license tells me he did
not understand that he had to
stand a road test since he had been
driving for years,” Examiner Ho
cutt said. “Usually these appli
cants report to me late in the af
ternoon and then have to return
the next day because I do not
have time to give them a road
test before the station closes,” he
continued.
To avoid unnecessary loss of
time, drivers whose last names
begin with L and M were urg
ed by Examiner Hocutt to report
at his station at Zebulon in plen
ty of time to take the entire exam
ination, which consists of vision,
ner unit is a part of the Highway
Safety Division of the North Car-
Mike Griffin will be auctioneer
for the sale. Among the items to
be sold are home made cakes,
quilts, toys, groceries, eggs, toast
ers, electric hot plates, irons, and
many other things for the home.
The merchandise has been do
nated by merchants from around
Ferrell’s School and from neigh
boring towns.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Guard Unit Makes
Room for 20 Men
After Cut in Funds
Plans were made Tuesday night
j to enlist another twenty in Bat
tery A, 113 Field Artillery Bat
| talion, according to First Sgt. Sid
ney Holmes. The original maxi
mum number set for the unit was
50 men, Holmes said, and this
number was exceeded nearly a
week ago.
Battery Commander Capt. Bar
rie Davis stated that he had re
ceived a notice which said budget
limitations will limit the National
Guard to its size at the end of the
present recruiting campaign.
“We are hoping for funds, to
enlarge our supply room,” Davis
said, “so that we will be able to
take care of the additional men.
We do not want to be caught with
just 50 men if the size of our unit
is frozen.”
Sgt. lc Clif Gilliam will be in
the armory from eight in the
morning until five in the after
noon Monday through Friday of
°ach week. He has the necessary
mlistment papers. Physical exami
j mWon can bo given by Dr. Chas.
viowers. Dr. Ben Thomas, and Dr.
Durward Stallings.
The final dr ; ll of the year will
v> o held Monday night, Dec. 12.
'’’he drill originally scheduled for
10 was held last night.
Af+ordance at drills continued
this month, as the ma
v ; *v of the battery continued
with cannoneers training. Only
the mess section and drivers sec
tion have been formed.
s«t Percv Parrish is in charge
jof the mess section, which has
: Cpl. Martin, Ray Gainey. and
! George Massey in training. The
| drivers section, which includes
! the mechanics, is under the di
rection of Sgt. J. P. Arnold. The
section personnel includes Pvts.
Jimmy Greene, Berry Barham,
Clyde Morris, Elton Price, and
others.
All other sections will be set up
in January, including permanent
firing sections, wire and commun
ications sections, supply, machine
gun, and ammunition sections.
Training will be given in all sec
tions in preparation for the ma
neuvers in late summer.
Last Service Held
For Clarence Liles
Funeral services for Clarence C.
Liles, 59, who died early Tuesday
morning in Rex Hospital after a
lingering illness, wen conducted
Wednesday at 3 p. m. in Clayton
First Baptist Church by the Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt, pastor. Burial
was in Oakwood Cemetery in Ral
eigh.
A retired farmer, Mr. Liles has
been a resident of Clayton before
moving to Raleigh. He had held
offices as deputy sheriff and John
ston County and mayor of Clayton.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Myra Dew; one son, Har
old, of the home; four daughters,
Mrs. J. L. Atkins of Raleigh, Rt.
4, Mrs. Worth Matthews of Clay
ton, R. 1, Mrs. M. L. Lumford and
Mrs. Roy Ogburn of Raleigh; five
brothers, Weldon of Benson, Rt. 1,
Ollie and Melvin of Raleieh, Jim
of Richmond, Va., and Wilson of
U. S. Navy; five sisters, Mrs. W.
D. Ellis of Wendell, Rt. 1, Mrs.
Fred Hales and Mrs. Repsie Mc-
Gee of Zebulon. Mrs. Winona Bai
ley of Edenton. and Mrs. Julian
Williford of Raleigh; five grand
children, several nieces an
nephews.