THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. Number 49
Scene from Cinema Story of Christ
The Lawton story, “The Prince of Peace,” was shown to a special
preview audience in the Wake Forest College chapel last Friday night.
The scene above is from the cinema, which will be shown at the
Wakelon Theatre Thursday and Friday, February 23-24.
Wife's Opinion of Guard
Improves with Pay Day
By Barrie S. Davis
My wife is like a lot of other
wives of men in the National
Guard. She thinks she would en
joy Monday night more with me
around the house than with me at
the armory, and she is not bashful
about saying so. My argument
about how the National Guard is
our first line of defense quoted
straight out of the recruiting lec
ture doesn’t seem to do much good.
When I tell her I’m patriotic by
belonging to the Guard, she says
the house needs me more right
now than my country does, what
with so many things needing to
be done.
But Monday of this week I
found away to pacify her, tem
porarily at least. When I handed
her my pay check for the past
three months, she said: “Well, this
is the only time I like the National
Guard!”
Still, I think she doesn’t mind
as much as she says. She always
checks my uniform for stray
threads, and she irons my army
shirts, and compliments the shine
I put on my shoes, and listens pa
tiently when I fell the urge to bra c
about the sharp outfit we have.
Wakelon Cagers Divide with Foe;
Wendell to Appear Here Tonight
The Wakelon girls’ basketball
team continued the high-scoring
pace in the Wakelon gymnasium
Tuesday night with a 64-33 vic
tory over the Youngsville sextet.
In the nightcap, the Bulldogs gave
up their second loss to the Youngs
ville boys this season in an over
time 50-45 thriller.
Ruth Brown hooped 28 points
to lead the scoring for the Wake
lon girls. Gwen Smith scored 14
to help in the victory. Best de
fensive guards were Barbara Den
My brother really accelerated
the pace that questions are asked
us when he w r rote a feature on
the World Almanac last week.
Within five minutes this morning
one call asked for the name of
the Secretary of Agriculture
(Charles F. Brannon), and another
asked which congressional district
Leaksville is in (the Fifth). We
had the answers to both in a mat
ter of seconds. But don’t pull a
sandy on us. We don’t claim to
know them all.
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At the present time I’m com
missioned in the National Guard
under a waiver. It seems that Air
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Methodist Services
Rev. S. E. Mercer announces that
Rev. H. B. Porter, superintendent
of the Raleigh District of the
Methodist Church, will preach in
the Zebulon Methodist Church and
hold the First Quarterly Confer
ence on Sunday at 11 a. m. This
Conference includes both W r endell
and Zebulon Churches, and all
people who are interested are most
cordially invited to be present.
ton, and Inez Pierce.
Sonny Rowe scored 18 points
and Jimmy Greene scored 8 be
fore fouling out in the second con
test. Two overtime periods were
required before Youngsville final
ly outdistanced Wakelon. At the
end of the regulation game the
score was 38-38. The first overtime
period ended 43-43, and Youngs
ville broke loose for seven points
in the second overtime.
Wakelon plays Wendell here
tonight.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday February 10, 1950
Gen. Manning and Old Hickory
Staff Inspect Local Guard Unit
Scribes Take Big
Lead in League
Basketball Play
The Zebulon Scribes held on to
their lead in the Little River
League by out-scoring Wendell in
a rough and tumble game played
in the Wendell gymnasium Wed
nesday night. Carlton Mitchell
led the Scribes, who took an early
lead and held to it for the rest
of the game to win. 47-38.
After ten minutes* of play, Zebu
lon was out in front, 11-1. By
halftime Wendell had pulled to
within six points of the Scribes, at
24-18. Frequent fouls hurt Wendell
in the final half and Zebulon
never was behind.
Mitchell scored 22 points to lead
the Zebulon scoring. Center Hil
liard Greene hit the hoop for 13
points, Harold Pippin scored four,
and Harry Patton scored five.
Edsel Privette was the big gun
for Wendell, scoring 12 points. Jo
Bill Richardson managed eight
before fouling out in the last half,
and Joe Henderson shot seven
points.
Zebulon meets Knightdale in the
Wakelon gymnasium on Saturday
nicht at 8:00. Knightdale is the
only team in the league that has
won over the Scribes, winning the
first league game played by Zebu
lon. They nearly doubled the
score on the local quintet.
Zebulon Cub Pack
Meets Here Tuesday
The monthly pack meeting of
the Cub Scouts of Dens 1 and 3
was held Tuesday night at the
Womans Club. A drill was held
and four new candidates were ini
tiated into the Cub Scouts. These
were Howard Beck, Freddie Beck.
Leary Davis and Claude Lee Dunn.
Joseph Temples was awarded a
Daisy Air Rifle for the best handi
craft during the month. During
the coming month each scout must
make by himself some article of
Indian handicraft. A prize will be
given for the best.
Armstrong Cannady is Cub
Leader and Mrs. Garland Godwin
and Mrs. K. P. Leonard are den
mothers. Cubmembership is open
to boys from the ages of eight to
eleven.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kind expressions
of sympathy at the death of our
husband and father.
Mrs. Lucy Pitts and
Mrs. Inez McNabb
I Pre-School Clinic ij
The annual Pre-School
Clinic for children who will
beffin school next fall will :
be held in the Wakelon jj
gymnasium on Wednesday, ;!
February 15, at 12:30. The
clinic; is sponsored by the ij
Wakelon I*TA and Presi- j;
dent Howard Beck is ap- ij
pointing committees to j:
supervise it. ! j
Senate Candidate
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Pictured is Charles Aycock
Poe, Raleigh lawyer. Son of Dr.
Clarence Poe. editor of the
Progressive Farmer, he' has an
nounced his candidacy for the
State Senate from Wake County.
Last Hites Held
For Mather of 18
Mrs. Lettie Cone Stone, 38, of
Middlesex, Route 2, died Sunday
evening at 6:15 o’clock at her
home. Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Church of God near Middlesex.
The Rev. John L. Stephens of
Asheville and the Rev. W. H. Speed
of Middlesex officiated. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
James W. Stone; an infant daugh
ter; seven other daughters, Mrs.
Dolliver Hopkins of Middlesex,
Route 2, Starr Faye, Katie, Sue,
Brenda. Sandra and Jenny Beth
Stone, all of the home, 10 sons,
Junius, John L., Carroll, Harold,
Eugene. Don Kenan, Wayne, Jim
my Dale and Tony Stone, of the
home.
Three brothers, Wilson, and
Glennard Cone, of Middlesex,
Route 2, and Clarence Cone of
Durham; four sisters, Mrs. O. C.
Medlin and Tassie Cone of Middle
sex. Route 2, Mrs. Jesse Griffin of
Wake Forest and Mrs. Blanch
Wade of Raleigh.
Pearce-Driver
Mr. and Mrs. Raeford Driver
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Betsy Jean, to Mr. For
rest Nesbit Pearce on Saturday,
February 4. 1950.
Quick Action of Local Men Saves
Tiny Child from Burning to Death
Little Catherine Raper, 19-
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Raper, was saved
from a flaming death last Saturday
night by Clif Horton and Joseph
Massey. The child was critically
burned when her clothing caught
fire. Cause for the fire could not
be found.
The little girl was left in the car
by its mother while she went into
the post office to make a telephone
call. A negro walking by saw her
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Unit Is Praised
By 30th Division
Chief on Tuesday
Battery A received compliments
on its organization from Major
General John Hall Manning and
members of his 30th Division staff
when they paid the local National
Guard unit a visit on Tuesday
night of this week. The Zebulon
battery is the newest in the 113th
Field Artillery Battalion, and Gen
eral Manning described it as a
“fine battery.”
Each year General Manning vis
its battalions and companies from
all parts of the 30th Division,
which is located throughout North
Carolina and Tennessee from the-
Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi
River.
The supply and arms room of the
armory drew praise from both the
General and Lt. Col. Charles P.
Green, commanding officers of the
13 Field Artillery Batallion. Col.
Green accompanied General Man
ning and Captain Barrie Davis on
a tour of inspection of the differ
ent sections during the hour of
specialized instruction.
Completely Utilized
The visiting officers commented
on the way that the small armory
building had been completely
utilized for training and storage.
Every inch of space has been
pressed into use.
In addition to General Manning
and Col. Green, the following of
ficers were present at the drill;
Col. Edward F. Griffin, Divisional
Artillery Officer; Col. Clarence C.
Shimer, 30th Div. G-3; Col. H. H.
Harris, Regular Army Instructor
for the 30th Division; Lt. Col.
Charles P. Elliott, Regular Army
Instructor for the 113 FA Battalion;
Major Edward F. Yarborough, 113
Battalion Executive Officer; Capt.
Darrell Perry, Battalion Adjutant;
Capt. Melvin Holmes, Battalion
S 3; and WOjg Willard Morton,
Battalion Personnel Officer.
Signs and Symbols
Lt. William Shorr gave an in
teresting lecture of map signs and
symbols during the first hour of
instruction, drawing on his ex
periences with the infantry in
Italy to illustrate the talk.
Supervising the sectional train
ing during the second hour were
Lt. Philip Pearce, Sgt. Gordon
Temple, Sfc. Percy Parrish, Cpl.
Wesley Pearce, Cpl. John Clark,
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clothing in flame»and rushed into
Philip Massey’s FCX Store for
help.
Cliff Horton ran out, jerked the
car door open, and pulled the baby
girl out. Joseph Massey smother
ed the flames with his coat and
rushed the child to Dr. Ben
Thomas for treatment.
The heroic action of both Clif
Horton and Joseph Massey were
directly responsible for saving
the critically burned girl from
death.