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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 14 Community News Pleasant Hill We had something to be proud of Sunday before last. We had an all time record. That could be broken—we could have more. Well, last Sunday it was broken but in what way. There were 63 less for Sunday School. Just why that will pick out someone who does not go and stay with them till does not go and stay with the mtill they promise to come. Let us say this from our hearts —This community for Christ or This Church for Christ. Looking for all of you next Sun day. At this writing we are having warm sunny weather. The farm ers are getting busy. We are hop ing to have some rain before the land gets too hard and dry. We still have quite a number on the sick list. Since last week’s news we hear Mrs. George Yancey is not improv ing. Also since last week’s news Mrs. Floyd Johnson and Hr. A. O. Puryear have been patients in Hex Hospital. They are both home and we do hope will soon be as good as new. Mrs. Agnes Hood returned home last week but is still in bed. We are sorry Mrs. Maggie Hor- Mis. Floyd Johnson and Mr. A. O. and little Fay Hood and Mrs. Ruth ton sick. Also Mrs. H. G. Hood be well. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitaker and daughter. Dimock, of New Jersey returned home last Monday after a two weeks’ visit with their moth er, Mrs. E. W. Hood, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carter of Ral eigh, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Pur- Puryear. We hope all will soon Mrs. L. H. Williford of Bethany were visitors at Mr. T. Y. Puryear’s Sunday. Mrs. Lillie Horton returned to Raleigh Sunday after visiting a week with her brothers, Oris and Ober Horton. Visitors at Mrs. E. W. Hood’s Sunday were Mrs. A. D. Gay of Wilson, Mrs. Josephine Puryear of Youngsville, Mrs. Joe Carter of Raleigh, Mrs. C. M. Rhodes of Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitaker and daughter, and Mrs. T. Y. Puryear, Virginia Puryear, and Virginia Hood. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Eatman and Mrs. David Oakley and children, Mrs. Joe Carter, and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Alford called at Mrs. T. Y. Puryear, Jr.’s Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. John Moody re turned home near Rolesville Sun day afternoon after a few days’ stay with her granddaughter, Mrs. Lorene Puryear. Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. Jarvis W. Gay spent Sunday in Tarboro with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Nicholson. Present at the Nichol son home also were Lt. and Mrs. J. M. Smith and Lt. and Mrs. Ade Lartinson from Norfolk, Va. All four men were serving aboard the U. S. S. Evans when it was hit by four Jap suicide planes off Oki nawa in May 1945. This was their first meeting since the incident. Because of other fund raisiner campaigns under way in the community, the local Cancer Fund drive has been nostponed until today, according to co-chairman R. H. Herring and R. Vance Brown. The campaign will be continued through the month of April, they stated yesterday. Hopkins Chapel Everyone thoroughly enjoyed our pastor's sermon last Sunday which contained statements very similar to those of Amos. The Sunbeams held their regu lar meeting during the church hour last Sunday. There were 32 mem bers present. We wish to urge the parents to bring their children to church each Sunday so they will not miss these Sunbeam meetings. Several of our ladies attended the Bible School Clinic at the First Baptist Church in Raleigh on Tuesday. We wish more could have gone. The Young Married Men’s Class enjoyed a chicken barbecue Wed nesday evening. Yum! Yum! Why don't more young men join this class? Mr. and Mrs. Garland Baker an nounce the birth of twin girls. Mr. and Mrs. David Perry an nounce the birth of a boy on April 3. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fatherer an nounce the birth of a girl on April 15. Mrs. Fatherer was formerly Miss Helen Averette. Mr. and Mrs. Averette are spending some time with them in Murfreesboro, Ten nessee. Mr. and Mrs. B K. Hopkins spent Sunday with Mrs. Bessie Robertson in Henderson. Joan Grote, Laura Jean Massey, Faye Gill, Willie Brannan, and Worth Croom went to Greenville, N. C., on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bunn, Mrs. Polly Brannon, and Kenneth Hopkins went to the Raleigh Dur ham airport and Crabtree Park Sunday afternoon. Mr. Doc Richards, Mrs. William Richards, and Annie Ruth Rich ards from Lake Mirl, Oliver Phil lips of Zebulon, Mr. Carl Taylor, Proctor, and Sandra of Fuquay, and Martha Monteleon from New York all were visitors in the B. R. Richards home on Sunday. On our sick list is Mrs. Wilmer Perry at Mary Elizabeth Hospital, Mrs. Lillie Gay at home, Wyndol Perry and Bud Jackson at home, and Mrs. Roxie Bupn at home. t We extend much sympathy to Mrs. Mary Belvin because of tha sudden death of her husband on Saturday night. Also to the fam ily of Lealon Rogers, whose death occurred on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finch and children and Mr. Eugene Finch spent Sunday at the home of J. Graham Finch. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pearce and Miss Annie Pearce attended the wedding of Lee Pearce to Miss Margaret’Coggins of Raleigh on Saturday night at 8:00 o’clock at the Fairmont Methodist Church in Raleigh. Union Chapel Mr. and Mrs. Julian Mitchell and children, Wayne and Faye, Mr. and Mrs. Vancy Lee Denton and children, Dwight and Mernar Jean, visited Mrs. Neta Denton in Duke Hospital. Also Mr. and Mrs. Roo sevelt Maiden and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Upchurch all of Raleigh last Saturday afternoon. They en joyed their visit very much. Mrs. Joe Cunningham and Mrs. Essie Cunningham were visitors with Mrs. Buck Richards and Mrs. Vancy Lee Denton last Monday. Mrs. Douglas Bobbitt and Mar garet Cunningham visited in the home of Mrs. Woodrow Richards Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Vancy Lee Denton (Continued on Page 6) Zebulon, N, C., Friday, April 21, 1950 Battery A Begins intensive Training With Small Arms Only four men were absent from drill Monday night when Battery A of the 113th Field Artillery Bat talion began training on the prop er way to fire the carbine. Lt. William Shore supervised the classes, which included a motion picture film and actual practice by the men in disassembly of the weapons. This training is preparation for the two weekends at Camp Butner in June, when the battery will fire on the range for qualifica tion. A special effort will be made to qualify every man with the car bine. Marksmanship badges will I be issued to men who qualify, and they will be authorized to wear them. WOjg Clifford Gilliam, admin istrative assistant, reported that openings are available for four new men in the battery. He urged that applicants see him at the armory at once, in order to qualify to rap id promotions before maneuvers at Ft. Jackson in July. Khaki summer uniforms will be issued to the men next Monday night, and their winter woolen uni forms will be turned in to Supply Sergeant Bob Sawyer the follow ing week. Sgt. J. P. Arnold has completed the target range beside the armory, and practice fire with the .22 tar get rifles will begin as soon as the ammunition is received. Service Held Today For Mrs. Lombardo Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie Lee Lombardo, formerly of Zebu lon, will be held at the home in Kenbridge, Va., today at 11 a.m. Mrs. Lombardo died late Wednes day. Graveside services will be held here at 1:30 this afternoon. Surviving are her widower, Frank J. Lombardo; one daughter, Miss Edythe Medlin; ne son, Al ' bert V. Medlin; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Flye, Greenville, and Mrs. ■ Nick DeMail of Rocky Mount; and two brothers, Jesse B. Lee of Dunn and John B. Lee of Lillington. Last Rites Are Held For Raeford Belvin • Raeford Albert Belvin, 64, died at his home on Zebulon, Route 2, Saturday night after several years of failing health. Funeral services were held from the Bethlehem Church, Franklin County, Monday at 3 p. m., con i ducted by the Rev. A. D. Parrish. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife; one son, R. H. Belvin, Durham; a daugh ter, Mrs. J. W. Smith, Kanapolis. * Church Street Is Extended to School Church Street has been opened this week from the corner at Lee Street to Wakelon School, prepar | ing the way for several new homes | which will be begun soon. Ray Gainey has been doing this work with the town road machine. A number of lots have been our | chased from the Re 1 ! Estate on this street, and Ashley Murphy, Wilbur Debnam, Bob Sawyer, and others are expected to begin construc tion of their homes at an early j date. Wakefield W.M.S, The genreal meeting of the Wakefield Missionary Society nill be held at 8:00 o’clock, Sunday night, April 23, at the church. School Bond Issue Approved by Big Majority in County Wake County voters approved overwhelmingly a $4,250,000 school bond issue yesterday by a a ma jority more than 6 to 1 in favor of the proposal. Anticipated oppo sition to the measure failed to de velope, and supporters of the bond issue expressed themselves as de lighted wdth the results. County Superintendent Ran dolph Benton last night expressed his delight over the outcome of the voting. Only Buckhom precinct voted against the bill, casting 12 for and 17 against the bonds. All other Raleigh and Wake County precincts gave substantial majorities, led by the 37 for and 1 against total at St. Mary’s-Au burn precinct. Zebulon had the largest turnout of any county precinct, casting ? '5 ballots for and 32 against the issue. Wendell cast 154 for and 18 against the school bonds. The spirited campaign to fam iliarize the people for Wake Coun ty with the necessity of the school bonds and the methods of financ ing them was led by Princinal Fred A. Smith of Wakelon School. Aid ed by school principals and from' of education all over the county, school children and county news papers worked together with tlw campaign chairman. Card of Thanks I wish to thank the many rel atives and friends for the gifts, flowers, cards, and all of the nice things done for me during my stay in the hospital and convalescence at home. Mickey Glen Hinton Middlesex Jr. Play Planned for Tuesday The Juniors of Middlesex High School will present “Bolts and Nuts,” a riot of phony phobias in 3 hilarious acts, April 25, 1950, in the school auditorium. The play contains thirteen char acters as follows: Benita Bolt, Re becca’s niece, Janet Massey; Lutie Spinks, the maid who winks, Mel valene Cone; Rebecca Bolt, man ager of the Bolt Sanitarium for Mental Hygiene, Nona Cone; Mar tha Crubb, the cook, a melanchol iac, Betsy Cone; Twink Starr, Benita’s fiance with delusions of grandeur, John Morgan; Dr. Hip pocrates Joy, a psychiatrist, Wil liam Murray; Henry Goober a porter afraid of lunatics, Willis Strickland; Phineas Plunkett, a< lawyer with a humility complex,; Eugene Stone; Miss Prunella Figg, a patient with claustrophobia, Barbara N. Anderson; Cadwalleder Clippy, a patient afraid of cats, Ernest Winstead; Mrs. Gertie Glossip, a patient who fears con tamination, Betty Brantley; Wilbur Glossip, her darling child, Harold Cone; Jack Gordon, a young in tern, Everette Strickland. The play will be given at 8:00 o’clock and will last two and a half hours. Theo. Davis Sons, Publisher?* Baptist Church Will Have Conference About Family Life The Zebulon Baptist Church will sponsor a Conference on Family Life each Sunday evening at 7:00 beginning this week. Visiting conference leaders are Professor and Mrs. Leonard Middleton of N. C. State College. Mr. Middleton will lead a conference for older adults and Mrs. Middleton will lead the conference for the young adults, particularly those with pre adolescent children. The pastor, Carlton T. Mitchell, will lead a conference on “Preparation for “Christian marriage” for the In termediates and Young People. Special studies in the family will also occupy the Juniors in their training union study. The Story Hour group will meet as usual for the smaller children. A nursery will be provided for those too voung to attend any of the classes. Professor Middleton is a grad iptp of Wake Forest College, Cro • '"'•'onlomcal Seminary and has "■one graduate work at Union Sem nary and Columbia University. He Caches courses in Marriage and he Family at State College. Mrs. ■' T 'dd>eton is a graduate of Mere -1 th rvi'e°e. Crozier Seminary and a’so studied at Columbia Uni -o.cifv She has a wide experi "wee in the leadership of confer on family life. ’ r ’ •" pastor will preach on the ’ -'rt “God’s Comfort,” at the worship service. ' d,,p Choir will sing “The TpT'tudes” and Mrs. L. M. Mas i- sooffmo c oloist, will sing “How d-ful Upon the Mountains.” evening service will be a ■ont-'ninfion of the Conference on ’n’v.ijv T i f e. The Junior Choir vilt « ; n" “An Evening TTvmn.” The \o 'o>- will preach the first in the mine 0 f sermons on “Building a '’hristian Home.” Mrs. Kermit Combs Speaks on Tuesday Mrs. Kermit Combs snoke to the members of the Woman’s Club Tuesday afternoon on “How to T onk at Pictures.” giving salient ’■mints with regard to proper appre ciation of art The meeting was held in Wakelon gymnasium where the spring art exhibit was dis played; and after Mrs. Combs’ talk a tour of the room was made un der her guidance. Tn the business session Mrs. A. S. Hinton was elected president of the club for the current year. Tt was voted to give a donation to the school to he used to help buy pic tures for the library. The ehjb is beine represented by Mrs Hinton and Mrs. C. V. Whit lev at the annual meeting in Ral eigh this week. Wakelon Victorious Over Wendell, 3-2 Wakelon TTigh at Zebulon scored a run in the sixth inning Tuesday tn break a 2-2 fie and defeat Wendell. 2-2. The winning score came on a sinele bv Conner Moss, n double hv floor"O Massey, and a single by Lawrence Liles. The locals thus bunched three of their six hits to "et the victory. Charles Doan and Nevelle Love lace each pot two hits for Wendell, ’vrncsov got two for Wakelon. Score bv innings: R h. K Wendell lot 000 o—2 7 2 Wakelon 200 001 x—3 6 4
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