THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 9
COMFORT AND CHARM
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Trim, compact little “model” kitchens have their advantages, but
the family with a large kitchen can have convenience plus comfort
and charm. A delightful dining corner in a remodeled kitchen fea
tures a unique fireplace and a collection of copper objects. The walls
are painted chartreuse and furniture enameled brown and copper com
bine attractively with a white-coated chimney and pale yellow shelves.
James Pearce Throwing
For Washington Team
(The following feature appear
ed in “The Sporting News,” the
baseball weekly which has a na
tional circulation.)
When James Peaice of Zebulon,
N. C., put in his appearance at the
Washington training camp, he was
notable for only one reason—his
six feet, six inches that labeled
him the tallest pitcher in any big
league camp.
Since that day, Pearce has taken
on a new importance. He’s label
ed as the rookie pitcher most
likely to make good with the
Washington club.
The 23-year-old Pearce has had
only two outings in exhibition
games with the Senators through
March 19, but on each appearance
Manager Bucky Harris was smit
ten with his work. He gave up a
tainted run to the A’s in three in
nings, then shut out the Cardinals
in three.
It was against the Cardinals
that Pearce made Harris specu
late on the high potential of the
big fellow with the spidery de
livery. The rookie allowed no
body to reach base, and he side
armed third strikes past Steve Bil
ko and Ed Mierkowicz in succes
sion.
To Get His Chance
“Perhaps he’s the kid who’ll give
us the lift we need,” said Harris.
“He’ll get plenty of chance to
prove it or disprove it.”
Pearce was the property of the
Cubs for three years after they
discovered him pitching semi-pro
ball in North Carolina. He served
on their farm clubs in the Caroli
na, Florida and Piedmont leagues,
but balked about pitching as far
from home as Des Moines, and
the Cubs sold him to Washington’s
Charlotte farm.
With Charlotte last season, he
won ten, lost ten. Harris liked
him from the day when all the
Washington pitchers were remind
ed of the evil of bases on balls in
a locker room session. When Har
ris implied that the pitcher who
Wilder-Pearce
The wedding of Miss Rebecca
Pearce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Pearce of Zebulon, to Mr.
Harry Wilder, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. G. Wilder of Louisburg, will
be solemnized Saturday, April 8,
at 5:00 o’clock, in the Pilot Baptist
Church. The public is invited.
walked batters might be lacking
| in the guts to get the ball across
the plate, Pearce was told he’d
•pitch that day.
As he left the dressing room,
Pearce muttered, “They may beat
my brains out, but nobody’s gon
na get walked by me.”
The crack was relayed to the
j batters, who liked it, and liked to
j hit. But Pearce walked nobody
I and nobody was hurt.
Zebulon Boy Scouts
Will Meet Tonight
The Zebulon Boy Scout Troop
will hold its weekly meetings each
Tuesday night at 7:30, Scoutmas
ter Gordon Temple stated last
week. Tonight application from
new Scouts will be taken, and pro
gram plans for the coming month
will be explained.
Scoutmaster Temple stated that
Chairman Barrie Davis of the
Scout Committee reregistered the
group in Raleigh on Friday. Only
those Scouts who were members
of the Troop on December 31 of
last year were reregistered at that
time. New Scouts will have their
names sent in to Occoneechee
Council headquarters this week.
The present troop membership
numbers 25 Scouts and seven
adult Scouters who will supervise
the program. The Scoutmaster
stated that he expects troop mem
bership to exceed 50 boys before
another two weeks pass.
SPEAKER
Pictured is Dr. Duke McCall,
prominent Baptist minister, who
will speak each Sunday for the
next several months on the Bap
tist Hour, a radio program.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday April 4, 1950
Battery A Begins
Carbine Training;
Promotions Listed
Members of Battery A, Zebu
lon’s National Guard unit, are
counting the days until the pay
i roll comes in. Sfc. Clifford Gil-
I liam, the administrative assistant
j for the battery, stated that he sent
in the payroll forms to battalion
headquarters last Thursday and
they were approved and sent in
from headquarters on Friday.
This week the battery is begin
ning carbine training, preparing
for the weekend firing at Camp
Butner in June. Two training
films will be shown, and the men
will be given individual instruction
in sighting.
One Vacancy Now
Capt. Barrie Davis stated that
there is one vacancy in the unit for
a man who can attend the two
week encampment at Ft. Jackson
this summer. Sfc. Gilliam will be
on duty at the armory Monday
through Friday to enlist anyone
interested.
First Sergeant Sidney Holmes
stated that the arrival of eight
rounds of dummy ammunition has
helped in the cannoneer training.
Two firing sections are being
trained under the direction of Lt.
Philip Pearce, Sgt. Holmes, and
Sgts. Vonnie Gay and Frank Mas
sey.
Promotions Made
Several promotions were an
nounced effective April 1. The
following recruits were promot
ed to Private in the National
Guard: Eddie C. Arnold, Obie R.
Ayscue, Berry Barham, Jr., Les
ter C. Deans, Marvin Godwin,
Lawrence Honeycutt, Kenneth D.
Lloyd, Jr., George R. Massey, Jr.,
Harold C. Moss, Pete A. O’Neal,
Barbee R. Tant, and Arney K.
May.
Promoted to Private First Class
were Privates Foster D. Finch, Jr.,
Ray B. Gainey, Walter H. Greene,
Jr., Jimmy W. Spivey, and Recruit
Ralph Creech.
Lions to Fete Girls
On Thursday Night
The Wakelon girls basketball
team will be honored Thursday
night at 7 o’clock by the Zebulon
Lions Club at a banquet in the
recreation room of the Zebulon
Methodist Church. The Wakelon
sextet advanced to the quarter
finals in the State-wide basketball
tournament at Southern Pines.
Special guests will be Dick
Dickey and Sammy Ranzino, N. C.
State College basketball stars, and
Neil Hester, from Raleigh’s radio
station WNAO.
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Rotary Club Hears
Inspiring Program
Carlton Mitchell, member of the
program committee, gave an inspi
rational program before the Zebu
lon Rotary Club last Friday night,
bringing before the members the
full meaning of being a Rotarian.
Each member of the club was
asked to name the qualification
which set a true Rotarian apart
from other persons. The variety
of answers was interesting,
ranging from some trait in a Ro
tarian’s character to fellowship.
President Willie B. Hopkins an
nounced that the Boy Scouts Troop
is again active under the direc
tion of Scoutmaster Gordon Tem
ple.
REA SPEAKER
Pictured is Governor Kerr Scott,
who will address the annual mem
bership meeting of the Wake
Electric Membership Corporation
at Wake Forest next Saturday,
April 8. C. S. Chamblee of Zebu
lon is a member of the board of
i directors of the REA unit.
Rent Control May
Be Released Soon
Just back from a conference in
Atlanta, Georgia, with Holising
Expediter Tighe E. Woods, Mr. R.
B. Lewi§, Area Rent Director-At
torney says indications are that the
demand for housing in the higher
rental brackets in easing, but that
there is still a great need in many
sections of the nation for shelter
within reach of average income
families.
The Housing Expediter predicted
that Congress will extend rent
control for another year when the
full housing picture is shown, and
issued a ringing challenge for the
producing of housing within reach
of the typical family of four with
a S3OO a month or lower income,
Mr. Lewis said.
He quoted Mr. Woods as saying
“It doesn’t make much sense to
produce apartments at SBS and up
when the crying need is for fam
ily apartments which can rent for
S4O to S6O a month, or homes
which can be bought for up to
$8,000.”
To do this, Mr. Woods suggested
that we must discard the old hit
or-miss approach of the past.
Brokers and builders must do a
better job of reducing costs by
cutting overhead and reducing
profit margins, using new mater
ials and methods and helping to
eliminate restrictive trade prac
tices and restrictive building codes.
He urged closer coordination be
tween government agencies not
only in Washington but among
state and local units as well.
Sobs of Jilted Girl Friend
Don't Stop Wedding Vows
In spite of the wailing protests
of the jilted girl friend, as por
trayed with remarkable reality by
Bernice Bunn, the womanless wed
ding went off with hardly a hitch
last Friday night in the Wakelon
auditorium. The program was
sponsored by the Zebulon Lions;
Club and produced under the di- j
rection of M. L. Hagwood and
Worth Hinton. A nearly full house
witnessed the spectacle.
The groom, played by William
Bunn, took the dainty bride “for
better, because if she got worse
I’d kill her.” In return the little
bride, portrayed by J. C. Debnam,
took the groom “for worse until I
can do better.”
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Cancer Diagnostic
Clinic Examines
fhirty-Two People
33 persons were examined in
the Cancer Detection Diagnostic
Clinics yesterday, when the clinics
were held for the Bth time at the
local Board of Health.
A total of 35 persons called at
the Clinics, and priorities were is
sued to those that could not be
taken at that time. These priori
ties were issued to these persons
and distributed over several future
clinics so that they will not re
turn enmasse and block the next
two clinics. Additional persons
can be cared for at each succeed
ing Wednesday clinic.
Two Need Treatment
The 33 persons examined con
sisted of: 4 white men, 24 uhite
women, 3 negro women, and 2 ne
gro men. Only 2 of the exami
nees had been referred to the
clinic by a physician. Persons
examined represented Rocky
Mount and outlying areas, Green
ville, Zebulon, Whitakers, Nash-
I ville, Elm City, Bailey, Enfield,
Louisburg, Wilson, Warrenton
| Hobgood, and Plymouth.
Make Appointment
In order that those who live
at a distance may be sure of an
examination when they come to
the clinic and thus not make a
trip in vain, priorities will be is
sued on request to anyone living
twenty miles or more from Rocky
Mount. Requests for these priori
ties should be addressed to: Can-
I cer Control Center, Municipal
Building, Rocky Mount, North
' Carolina.
These clinics are operated by the
Edgecombe-Nash Medical Socie
ty, in cooperation with the State
Board of Health and the local
chapter of the American Cancer
Society. They are to serve the
l northeastern section of North Car
olina.
Wakelon Junior Class
To Give 3-Act 1 Farce
The Junior Class of Wakelon
School will present “A Ready
Made Family,” a farce in three
acts, in the Wakelon auditorium to
morrow night, April 5, with the
curtain opening at 8 o’clock. Ad
mission to the play, which is di
rected by Miss Erma Walker, will
be 25c and 50c.
Characters appearing in the pro
duction will be Phoebe Williams,
K. D. Lloyd, Joellen Gill. Aileen Ba
ker, Shirley Chamblee, Warren
Greene, Laura Jean Massey,
Wayne Bobbitt, Faye Gill, and B.
B. Barham.
Rev. S. E. Mercer extended a
welcome to those present on be
half of the Lions Club, and ex
plained the purpose of Lions Clubs
throughout the nation.
A group of Mrs. H. C. Wade’s
dancing students gave several
numbers before the wedding. Ter
ry Kemp brought down the house
with his interpretation of Five
Foot Two.” Two numbers by the
Andrews Sisters, Hilliard Greene,
Loomis Parrish, and Barrie Davis,
were enjoyed.
Clarence Hocutt, with blinking
glow bow tie, performed the cero
mony. The ring bearer, Esten
Corbett, “had to go” before the
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