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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 6 Two More Recruits Signed by Guard; Ammunition Here Practice ammunition for us in training cannoneers was received by Battery A. Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Barrie Davis announced this week, and it will be placed in use next Monday night. Heretofore, the cannoneers have had to hand a coal shovel back and forth when asked to pass the ammunition. Cpis. John Clark and Wesley Pearce stated that their wire and radio sections will string tele phones next week so that the vari ous sections will be able to com municate with each other during the drill period. Lt. Philip Pearce, the battery executive officer, was present at the drill Monday night after hav ing been confined to bed with a case of pneumonia for two weeks. Summer Equipment Sfc. Clifford Gilliam has re quisitioned material needed to complete the training for the unit before camp, including several parts missing from the 105 mm howitzer. An ordnance inspection of all the weapons will be con ducted next month by an Army in spection team. First Sergeant Sidney Holmes gave some preliminary cannoneers instruction for the two new re cruits, A. K. May and Earl Wil liams, who were sworn into the National Guard Monday night. Examination Planned For Civil Service Job The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the position of Sulj. Clerk or Clerk- Carrier for filling vacancies in the Post Office at Zebulon, N. C. The usual entrance salary of this po sition is $1,315 per hour. Applications for this ' position will be accepted by the Director, Fou th U. S. Civil Service Region, Temporary Building “R,” 3rd and Jefferson Drive, S. W., Washington 25, D. C. Competitors will be required to report for written examination, which will be held as soon as practicable after the date set for the close of receipt of applications. Full information and application blank may be obtained from Miss Ruby Dawson. Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, at the Zebulon Post Office, not later than April 4, 1950. Mrs. Foy J. Farmer To Speak to WMU Mrs. Foy Johnson Farmer, pres ident of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of North Caro lina, will speak at the Baptist church here next Tuesday night. She is guest speaker for the Mary Lee Earnest Circle of the local W. M. S. The entire missionary society is invited with all others who are interested. Mrs. Farmer will speak on her recently published book, “Sallie Bailey Jones,” which is be- ! ing studied by the hostess circle.; In addition to being a gifted wri- | ter, the author is a speaker of unu sual charm and appeal. Circle to Meet The general meeting of the Wakefield W. M. U. will be held at the church Sunday night, March 26, at 7:30. Remember this date, Wakefield W. M. U. members, and support our missionary society and its work by your attendance. HOW EASTER SEAL MONEY IS USED With World Series enthusiasm these crippled kids at a special summer camp for handicapped child ren watch while Pete whams a ball to center field. Crutches, braces, special equipment and other facilities, as well as camps like this, are essential for the treatment of many crippled children. You help Pete and every youngster in your community when you buy and use Easter Seals. They’re on sale now at The Zebulon Record office. Gordon Temple Named Local Scoutmaster A special meeting will be held in the Boy Scout hut on Vance Street at 7:30 Tuesday night, Scoutmaster Gordon Temple an nounced last night, and all boys 11 years old and older are invited to register for membership in the Boy Scouts. Members of the Rot ary Scout Committee will be pres ent to help with the registration. The new Scoutmaster was ap pointed at a special meeting held Wednesday night with the Occo neechee Council assistant execu tive, Douglas Kelly, in attendance. Besides Scoutmaster Temple and Mr. Kelly, present at the Wednes Three Appear on Club Program Here A program of special merit was presented at the March meeting of the Woman’s Club on Tuesday afternoon. Presented by Mrs. L. M. Massey, j Charles Horton, graduate student at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N. J., gave a brief his- ! tory of the college’s founding and purpose. He emphasized the fact that its sole purpose is to increase j the understanding and value of sacred music in church services and to train musicians for this SPRING CLEAN-UP ADVISED BY FARM AGENT “With the coming of spring the earth takes on a new look which means that we should help nature by making it clean-up time around the farm,” County Agent John L. Reitzel of the State College Exten sion Service said this week. A few hours spent now to clean out the hazards may result in the saving of many days during the busy season later on, the farm agent asserted. Principal Fred Smith Attends Special Education Term Principal Fred Smith of Wake lon School returned to Zebulon Wednesday night from Chicago where he attended the twenty eighth annual session of the Inter national Council for Exceptional Children on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Smith, who represented the North Carolina League for Crip pled Children, the State Depart Zebulon, N. C., Friday March 24, 1950 day night meeting were Chairman Barrie Davis, Craven Brown, and J. P. Arnold. The assistant executive agreed to re-register the Zebulon troop as of January 1, of this year so that old members of the troop would not lose their continuous mem bership standing. The 1949 troop charter expired December 31 of last year. Meetings of the troop will be held on Tuesday night of each week, under the supervision of the Scoutmaster and members of the Scout committee. The court of honor, at which promotions and work. By special request Mr. Hor ton played a piano solo, choosing a medley of popular airs. Mrs. Jethro Stell gave a practi cal and interesting discussion of growing flowers for home deco ration, citing personal experiences in planning her own grounds. She also gave advice on choosing plants for growth in the house. Decora tive illustration was provided by a vase of mixed varieties of narcis sus, a pot of crocus and one of Chi- i nese strawberry, all brought by the < “A place for everything and ! everything in its place” is the pri ! mary safety rule emphasized by i the National Safety Council. Disor der is responsible for putting one out of every five accident victims in the hospital. County Agent Rietzel offered the following clean-up hints for farm families: Gather and dispose of all tin cans. Dispose of all broken glass. ment of Public Instruction, and the University of North Carolina at the convention, also attended con ferences on special education with teachers from America, England, South Africa, and South America. The local principal spent a day on an inspection tour of Chicago schools where ten million dollars a year is spent by the city for the education of handicapped children. “This tour alone was worth the awards will be made, will be held in Zebulon each month, which will eliminate the necessity of trans porting the Scouts to Raleigh. Craven Brown will serve as as sistant Scoutmaster under Gordon Temple, and J. P. Arnold and Bar rie Davis will be advisers for the Explorer Scouts, who are 14 years and older. The Explorers will meet with the troop. but each month this group will hold a spec ial meeting by themselves. The new Scoutmaster urced men in the community to give their as sistance in making the troop a accessful project. i speaker. Miss Rebecca Talbert of Wake lon’s faculty made a short talk on some phases of her work in spec ial education, explaining that much of its success is due to the cooperation of grade teachers, who share in responsibility for the children in Miss Talbert’s room. Club women share in the commun ity’s pride in having the only ru ral school in the state which has this type of teaching, and appre ciated hearing it defined. Pick up all loose wire. It’s easier !to find before grass and weeds I have grown. Check and repair fences. Fix gates so they swing easily. Clean up feed rooms, graineries, | corn cribs, wood sheds, etc. Put the farm shop in order. Don’t provide hiding places for rats or breeding places for insects. Burn all refuse, including bran i ches pruned from trees. I Apply paint where needed. ;trip,” he reported. “Results ob tained by Chicago educational leaders in teaching handicapped children would be almost unbe lievable unless observed at first hand.” Among special discussions at tended by Mr. F.nith were those on medical services and techni iques, therapy for physically handi capped children, and treatment for the mentally retarded Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Chamblee and Liles Announce for Board; Hagwood Candidate M. Wallace Chamblee of Zebu lon, incumbent, and Billy Liles of ! Wendell announced their candi dacies lor the Wake County Board ioi Commissioners on Wednesday of this week. Chamblee, who was elected by the board to fill the unexpired i term of Bryant Harrison while mayor of Zebulon, has been re ; elected twice, and stated that he j is running on his record. Liles, an AAA committeeman j and a junior deacon of Hephzibah Baptist Church, is making his first | bid for public office. Candidate in Franklin M. L. Hagw’ood, prominent farmer of Pilot, has announced his candidacy for the Board of Com ; missioners of Franklin County, l subject to the Democratic primary of May 27, representing Dunn and Harris Townships. The son of the late G. Ashley Hagwood, he is well-known here. He attended Pilot and Bunn schools, and graduated from Ed wards Military Institute and King’s Business College. He is a Mason, a Baptist, a member of the Lions Club, and is a veteran of World War 11. He is married to the former Sally Fowler of Rolesville. They have one daughter. BTU Worship Service To be Held Sunday T o young people of the Junior Training Union under the leader ■'ip of Mrs. Eugene Privett will present a candlelight service of worship at the Zebulon Baptist Church Sunday evening at seven thirty. Mr. Phil Brown will pre side. At the regular morning service Hie Junior Choir will sing the or: ver from Humperdinck. The Adult Choir will sing “The Holy City’’ with Mr. Wilber Conn and Mrs. L. M. Massey, soloists. The pastor will preach on the subject, ‘‘.Jesus as the Privileged Saw Him.” Mr. Claude Cook will speak to the Training Union at 6:30 in the fourth in the series of programs on “Choosing a Christian Career.” Reunion Held Here By Burke Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ed Hor ton gave a dinner at their home Sunday, honoring Mrs. Horton’s mother, Mrs. T. B. Burke of Goldston, on her birthday. Other guests, all members of the family were: Mr. and Mrs. Wil son Burke, Ben and Loomis Burke, of Goldston: Mrs. Frank Womble, Pittsboro; Mr. and Mrs. Ray John ston, Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gilmore and daughter, Lin da, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burke and children. Tommy, Anne, and Sar ah, Siler City; Miss Frances Fitts, Siler City. Candidate for Sheriff James E. Watkins announces his candidacy for Sheriff of Wake County subject to the Democratic Primary on May 27th. Mr. Watkins is a merchant and farmer of eastern Wake County, the son of the late J. E. Watkins and Martha Gulley Watkins, and a grandson of the late Ransom Gulley. Mr. Watkins states that if elected to the office of Sheriff he will faithfully execute the du ties of that office to the best of his ability.
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