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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 16 TO OPEN INSURANCE AGENCY jfill PiWI a jpp» "Wj & - • • ..gsg; <1 : : •-. •?£. WsHgi . ?'^M | wSKSSSm- ■- t Jlff ** i*p -raK' ' jS||y gt .&&&§sss!&& T JUgf ; :P* - - -- wMMmJf % ¥&■£' J Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lowery announce the opening of Lowery’s Insurance Agency with offices over Antone’s Department Store in Zebulon on Monday, May 1. They have been residents of Zebulon for the past two years. Mr. Lowery, formerly of Dunn, and Mrs. Lowery, the former Dorothy Winstead of this community, are both graduates of Campbell College. Mr. Lowery attended N. C. State College. Mrs. Lowery has varied experience in the field of insurance, having been employed by a Raleigh insurance agency for several years. They are members of the Zebulon Baptist Church; Mr. Lowery is a charter member of the local Lions Club. They pledge their best efforts in serving this community as agents and councilors through the many services their general agency offers. Local Farmers Continue Soil Conservation Work By G. L. Winchester F. S. May and Otho Earp of Wendell have already started fer tilizing their fish ponds. They are using an application of 100 lbs. of an 8-8-4 fertilizer per acre repeated every week to ten days until the water becomes slightly cloudy with green or brown al gae. This fertilizer encourages the BRIDGE TOURNEY The P. T. A. is sponsoring a bridge tournament to be held Sat urday night at eight o’clock in the Wakelon School Cafeteria. The admission will be 50c. Proceeds will be used for equipment for Miss Rebekah Talbert’s room. Other card games such as rook, canasta, etc. will also be played. Fund Campaigns Contributions not previously acknowledged in the local cam paign for crippled children include $5 from Miss Ruby Dawson and $2 from Ed Hales. All persons interested in fighting cancer with their contributions are urged to make them to Rev. R. H. Herring, local cancer drive chairman, or R. Vance Erown as soon as possible. Zebulon Boy Scout Troop Holds Meeting to Plan Camping Trips On Tuesday night the explorer scouts met with the Jr. Assistant Scoutmaster, Bobby Kitchings, and planned a camping trip for this weekend. Also plans were made for cleaning up the grounds around the scout hut. The boys will meet at the Woman’s Club House at 4:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon for the camping trip and will be back in time for church Sunday. Only explorer scouts may go on this trip. The scouts met with Senior Pa trol Leader George Massey, Jr., who was assisted by the assistant scoutmaster, Harry Patton, and Jr. assistant scoutmaster, Tommy growth of water insects on whieh the bream feed. Messrs. May and Earp will receive large-mouth bass the latter part of May or June to complete the stocking of their ponds. Other farmers who re ceived bluegill bream last fall will receive their bass this spring without making further applica tion. Bill Davis of the Bethany Church Community is very much interested in meadows and other forms of soil conservation but he has recently seeded to lespedeza a twenty-foot strip along the high way and at the lower eide of this field. Mr. Davis remarked that he was going to stop his good top soil from willing up the road ditch. Three demonstrations were held last week on how to lay out to bacco rows using the string meth od. These demonstrations were held at the farms of Carl Da vis near Bethany church, Tommy Pollard near Bethlehem Church, and F. V. Faulkner just east of Knightdale. By using this method each row has continuous drainage yet is almost on the contour. It conserves water, yet gives good drainage. It also conserves the soil and, according to the farmer, produces more high quality uni form tobacco. Temple, on last Tuesday night. Two new boys joined, which makes the troop 37 strong now. The patrol leaders worked with the boys in their patrol on the ten derfoot work. At the third troop meeting in May the first court of honor will be held for the new boys and for the other boys who are up for higher ranks and badges. Scoutmaster Temple and Assist ant Scoutmaster Harry Patton will take the younger scouts on a hike Saturday afternoon. They will leave Scoutmaster Temple’s home at 1:30 and plan to be home by 6:00 that evening. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 28, 1950 Services Are Held For Mrs. O'Neal, Connie B. Moody Funeral services for Mrs. Lutor ia Peele O’Neal, 81, widow of James Frank O’Neal, resident of Route 3, Fayetteville, will be held this afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Hyde Park .Pentocostal Holiness Church, Durham, with the Rev. T. A. Melton, former pastor, and the Rev. J. Arthur Wells, pastor of the Hyde Park Pentecostol Holi ness Church, officiating. The fu neral party will leave at 1:30 o’clock for the Red Springs Free Will Baptist Church near Bailey where a brief funeral service will be held at 4 o’clock. Interment will be in the family plot in the church cemetery. Mrs. O’Neal died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. R. Smothers of Route 3, Fayetteville, Wednes day morning at 2:45 o’clock. She had been ill for the past eight months and seriously ill since last Thursday. She was born May 14, 1863,in Nash County, daughter of the late William Peele and Rebecca Wil liams Peele of Nash County. She had been a resident of Durham from 1925 through 1949. She had made her home with her daugh ter in Fayetteville for the past eight Her husband, the late James Frank O’Neal, died August 6. 1949. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Flonnie Brantley of Zebulon, Mrs. Pearl Rhodes of Durham, Mrs. A. D. Privette of Zebulon. Mrs. R. R. Smothers of Fayette ville, and Mrs. J. T. Pearce of Zebulon; three sons, William Rob ert O’Neal of Durham, Relmond C. O’Neal of Charlotte, and James Bernice O’Neal of Durham; 21 grandchildren. She was the last surviving member o f her immedi ate family. Connie B. Moody Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Connie D. Moody, 58, who died unexpect edly at his home, Wendell, Route No. 1, on Monday morning at 7:30 o’clock. Conducting the services at the Corinth Holder Baptist Church at 3 p. m. on Wednesday afternoon at the Church Cemetery were the Rev. J. N. Stancil of Rocky Mount assisted by the Rev. A. D. Parrish of Zebulon. The deceased operated a saw mill at Richardson’s Cross Road Com munity and was a farmer. He was unmarried and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Moody of Wendell. Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Henry Fowler and Mrs. E. T. Cooke, both of Route 1, Wendell, and Mrs. Mae Davis of Zebulon; two brothers, Earl Moody of Route 1, Wendell, and Alphonso Moody, Route / 1, Zebulon; and several nieces and nephews. Local Man Assigned To Aircraft Carrier Harry H. Partridge, seaman, USN, of Zebulon, has recently re ported aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea for duty with the Atlantic Fleet. The Coral Sea, one of the three largest aircraft carriers in the world, was named after the fa mous World War 11, sea battle of that name. Nearly 1,000 feet long, with a flight deck area of over two acres, the ship has a peace time complement of over 2,500 men. ON FACULTY ■ ii'f '' -jillM'-"-'-'-"" ;-x JBp Pictured is Principal Fred Smith of Wakelon School, whose ap pointment to the faculty of Wake Forest College for the summer session has been announced by Professor J. L. Memory, director of the summer school. “We are very happy to have Mr. Smith as a member of our summer faculty,” Prof. Memory said. “He will teach three classes in educa tion—work for which he is well qualified.” Principal Smith received his undergraduate education at Elon College and Duke University, and received his Master of Arts degree from Wake Forest College last summer. Road Bids Submitted For Zebulon Projects At Board Meeting The State Highway Commission recently advertised specifications on 229.8 miles of roads Part One of another large double letting scheduled for late April and early May. Bids on 26 projects were opened yesterday. Part Two of the letting will be held May 2. The following projects in Wake County included: (Part Bond Project) 16.3 miles of hard-surfacing from US 70 west to end paved county road; From Olive Chapel to NC 55; from US 15-A south to Harnett Coun ty Line via Holland; from US 1 north toward Crabtree Creek; and from US 1 to US 70. (Bond Project) 12.4 miles of hard-surfacing from NC 264 to Ri ley via Hopkins; from Zebulon to Wendell; and from US 64 at Wil der’s Grove to NC 59. Barbecue Supper Thanksgiving Church will spon sor a barbecue supper on Wednes day, May 3, from 5:00 to 8:00, at the home of Dr. R. E. Earp, Thanksgiving. The plates will be sl. Tickets may be purchased in Zebulon at the Zebulon Drug Co. Funeral Services Held on Monday For Mrs. Eldora Hood Massey Mrs. Eldora Hood Massey, 84, wife of the late Daniel D. Massey, died Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock at the Massey family home in Wakefield. She had lived all of her life in Wakefield and Zebulon, and was loved by all who knew her. She was a charter member of the Wakefield Baptist Church. Surviving are six sons, E. D. Massey of Middlesex; O. H. and Dewey W. Massey, both of Wake field; Oren D. Massey, Dr. L. M. Massey and G. R. Massey, all of Zebulon; one daughter, Mrs. J. C. Richert, Jr., of Raleigh; two sis Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Family Conference Being Continued At Baptist Church The Conference on Family Life being held at the Zebulon Baptist Church continues on Sunday eve ning at seven o’clock. An enroll ment of seventy-nine for the study classes and a total of thirteen in the Nursery group brought the attendance up to ninety-two for the first night, the pastor reports. Special interest has been evi denced in the course taught by Prof, and Mrs. Leonard Middleton. These two courses are for married couples. Mr. Mitchell teaches the course on “Preparation for Mar riage” for the young people and the Intermediates. Mr. Fred Smith will be guest speaker for the Juniors on Sunday evening. Music for Sunday Mr. Wilber Conn ( will sing Chopin’s “Christ Be with Me” at the morning worship services at eleven o’clock. The Adult Choir will sing the anthem, “The Cher ubim Song” by Bortniansky. The pastor will preach on the subject, “Strength in Meekness.” At the eight o’clock evening ser vices the Boys’ Choir and The Girls’ Choir will combine to sing the anthem, “Vesper Hymn” by Bortniansky. The pastor will preach on the subject, “Achieving the Christian Home.” At a meeting of the Baptist Sun day School Council Wednesday night block leaders were named for Sunday School work, following the Council’s monthly supper. At Woman's Club Benton Is Speaker The Junior Woman’s Club was very fortunate to have as its speaker on Citienship and Educa tion Tuesday night, Mr. Randolph Benton, Superintendent of Wake County Schools. Mr. Benton was presented by Mrs. Ann Snell, who was in charge of the Program. Mr. Benton stressed the strides made by the negro race in educa tion and explained the set up of the State School system through the state to the local level. The talk was very informative and mast interesting. A report was made by the com mittee designed to approach the local school board concerning the use of the school gymnasium and it was stated that the school could be used- on Saturday nights and during the summer. At the conclusion a social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Rochelle Long and Mrs. Margaret Sawyer were hostesses. ters, Mrs. C. S. Brantley of Zebu lon, RFD, and Mrs. Lacy Patille of Florence, S. C.; 27 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Massey home in Wakefield Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. Carlton Mitchell, R. H. Her ring and T. B. Davis, all of Zebu lon, and Dr. G. J. Griffin of Wake Forest, officiated in the absence of her pastor, the Rev. Mr. Combs. Burial was in the Massey ceme tery near Wakefield. Her six sons acted as pallbear ers, and her granddaughters assist ed with the flowers.
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