THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 32
PERSONALS
j. of
the past week
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Dumford of
Winston-Salem visited Lawyer
and Mrs. A. R. House Sunday p.
m. on their way home from Golds
boro.
Misses Jerry Cates and Nell
Hershberger of Raleigh recently
visited Mrs. Spencer Turrentine at
the home of her parents, the A. R.
Houses.
Miss Rachel Perry of Zebulon i
and Misses Dorothy Langston and j
Rachel Laughter of Raleigh have j
recently returned from Nyack,
New York, where they attended
the graduation exercises at the 1
Missionary Training Institute. Miss !
Laughter’s sister graduated from
the Institute.
Miss Penina L. Bunn, a secretary
at Monk-Henderson Tobacco Com
pany in Wendell, enjoyed her vaca
tion last week at her home on
Route 4, Zebulon, and with friends
near Wendell.
Mrs. Zollie N. Culpepper is a pa
tient at Mary Elizabeth Hospital.
Mrs. Janet Conn and grand- 1
daughter, Jean Glover, visited Mrs.!
Conn’s daughter, Mrs. C. V. Whit
ford, at Warrenton for a Tew days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Potter have
returned to Zebulon from a trip to
western North Carolina.
Bride-Elect Honored
Miss Jeannette Horton honored
Miss Mickey Driver at a formal
dinner party Friday evening at
six o’clock preceding the wedding
rehearsal. The home was artisti
cally decorated with white gladio
li, gardenias, and dahlias.
A four course dinner was ser
ved from a beautifully arranged
table, using an Irish embroidered
linen cloth.
The guests presented the hon
oree with a set of Luray china in
assorted colors. The hostess and
her mother gave matching Luray.
Guests were: the honoree and
her mother, Mrs. Raeford Driver,
Mary Fisher Finch, Dot Snell and
Helen Davis of Raleigh, Mary
Alice Jones, Nell Richardson. Max
ine Raybon, Frances White, and
Mrs. Truett Horton of Wendell,
Mrs. J. L. Anderson of Eagle Rock, j
Mrs. Glen Hinton and Mrs. Oris !
Horton.
Miss Phillips Feted
Miss Frances Phillips will be I
married in the early part of July
to Stanley Jones. In compliment to!
the bride-elect, a miscellaneous ;
shower was given Monday night
by Mrs. Ruby Storey and Miss
Mattie E. McDonald at their home
in the Capital Apartments.
A corsage and gift of silver were
given the honoree by the hostesses
and the 20 guests presented shower
gifts. A color scheme of pink and
white was carried out in the dec
orations of cut flowers and in the
refrshn ents.
Silver Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bridgers will
celebrate their 25th wedding an
niversary in Florida on Saturday,
June 24th. They left Wendell on
Wednesday to tour the Florida
State and to visit relatives in St.
Petersburg and Bradenton.
Card of Thank*
Please accept my deepest ap
preciation for the many cards and
1 lowers and the acts of kindness
given me while I was a patient at
Rex Hospital.
Jimmie Greene
SCENES FROM LOST COLONY / SYMPHONIC DRAMA
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Paul Green’s symphonic drama, The Lost Colony, will open for its 10th season in Waterside Theatre
on Roanoke Island, Saturday night, July 1. There will be 57 performances this season, with shows each
night at 8:15 o’clock except on Mondays. The show has been in full scale rehearsals for several weeks,
repairs have been made to the unusual amphitheatre which overlooks Roanoke Sound, and everything is
in readiness for the opening of this symphonic drama.
The photo layout showing historical marker where English history began in America in center gives
an idea of this longest running outdoor production in this nation. Scene at upper left shows the band of
150 brave men and women as they were preparing to leave England for the New World. Sir Walter
Raleigh is telling them good bye. Upper right shows Sir Walter Raleigh and Eleanor Dare in an informal
between rehearsal scene pose. They are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Griffity of Goldsboro. In lower left
members of cast take time off to help thatch a cabin roof on the 180 foot stage. The photo at lower
right: Uppowoc, the Indian medicine man, played this year by John Lehman, Raleigh, in a dramatic
dance scene.
"NAIL THE LID AND BURY IT”
There is an old saying that “roll
ing stones gather no moss.” This
is far from the truth if one is
thinking of things heard on the
street corner. The shadow of
nothing can be exaggerated into a
mountain of misrepresentation and
falsehood.
A few days ago as I walked
down Zebulon’s main' street I
stopped to join in a free-for-all
discussion of the hot and furious
campaign now being waged be
tween Senator Graham and Mr.
Smith. Some of the strangest
things I ever heard were being
said. Seldom, if ever, did I hear
a direct authority quoted. It was
all “they say,” “I heard,”, “He
said,” “I believe,” etc.
A prominent business man told
the one about the time when a
negro in need of work may go to
a white man for a job. If he has
Church Notes from Throughout the Community
The second part of the Com
mencement exercises for the Va
cation Bible School will occupy
the evening worship hour at the
Baptist Church. All of the child
ren will have a brief part in the
service with the Juniors and Inter
mediates presenting the greater
part of the program. Movies made
of the school this year and in prev
ious years will also be shown.
The morning worship services
will be held at eleven o’clock. The
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 23, 1950
none to give, a white may be fired
that he may have work. After a
few similar remarks this gentle
man made this new and astound
ing statement: “Bernice Strick
land said when he was at Chapel
Hill he was in Dr. Graham’s class.
One day in class Mr. Graham
said: ‘I hope I live to see the day
when a negro boy may come and
sit at my feet along with white
boys and be taught by me., ” Nat
urally I could not believe this to
be true, so I went down to the
Home Builders and asked Mr.
Strickland about it.
He said yes, he went to school
at Chapel Hill and had classes
under Dr. Graham. I told him
what my friend had said. He said
he did not remember ever having
heard Dr. Graham use the word
“negro,” that he had never heard
him use an expression in anywise
like the one quoted. Dr. Graham,
pastor’s sermon topic will be |
“God’s Answer to Our Fears.” The
Adult Choir will sing the anthem
“Thy Life Was Giv’n for Me” by
Berwald.
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The Methodist Church Bible
School ended a successful week by
presenting a program Sunday
morning. The program was given
in honor of the fathers since it was
Father’s Day.
The yojjng people of the church
I he said, was one of the fairest and
| most reasonable teachers he ever
saw, in his views and opinions as
expressed in class.
I asked Mr. Strickland, “Are you
going to vote for Senator Gra
ham?” His reply, “I certainly
am.” So that nails another lid on
the coffin of a falsehood made out
of “whole cloth” by some one who
does not know or does not care.
I have never heard so many
statements made concerning any
man as I have of Senator Graham
without proof spoken, written or
published. Read the full-page adv.
in Last Tuesday’s Raleigh Times.
Look for the proofs of the wildest
claims and statements the public
has ever read about any man. Any
sensible man who seriously reads
this page must be led to believe it
was all “manufactured to order”
by politicians in s desperate situ
ation. --Theo. B. Davis
wish to express their gratitude to
all who helped make the week a
success.
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Dr. W. R. Cullom will have
charge of services beginning at
Oak Grove Church Sunday morn
ing, June 25, at 11 o’clock. The
services will begin each evening
at eight o’clock. The revival will
continue for one week. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
these meetings.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Town Is Saddened
By Death of Two
Citizens Tuesday
Funeral services for Carlton
Reed “Link” Cox were held at the
Zebulon Baptist Church at 3
o’clock yesterday afternoon by
Rev. Carlton Mitchell and Rev. R
H. Herring. Burial followed in
the Zebulon Cemetery.
Mr. Cox, operator of the Purol
Service Station here, died Tuesday
morning in Charlotte while at
tending a Lions convention. Cause
of death was attributed to a heart
ailment. He was 39 years old. and
spent his life in this community.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sal
lie Ferrell Cox; one son, Carlton
Reed Cox. J f., and one daughter,
Elva Jane Cox; his father, T. B.
Cox of Oxford; three brothers,
Travis of Fort Monroe, Va., Dallas
of Oxford and Arvid Cox; three
sisters, Mrs. S. B. Becker of Buf
falo. N. Y., Mrs. Richard Matthews
of Oxford, and Mrs. Johnnie Cava
gan of Mavport. Florida.
Pallbearers were officials of the
Little River Camp of the Wood
men of the World and the Zebulon
Lions Club.
N. C. Carter, 44
M. C. Carter, 44, died at his
home in Zebulon Tuesday night
'ollowing a few 1 ours illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
'Varre Carter; one daughter, Mrs.
Brantley of Zebulon; one son,
" C. Carter, Jr., of the home; one
: ster. Mrs. L. H. Guy of Raleigh.
Funeral services were held from
’hf 1 home yesterday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock conducted by the Rev.
Carlton Mitchell and the Rev. A.
D. Parrish. Burial followed in the
Zebulon Cemetery.
Camp Durant Opens
For Use of Boy Scouts
During Summer of 'SO
Occoneechee Council started its
summer camping program with a
bang in the opening of Camp Du
rant under the directorship of D.
Rod Sener who has recently join
ed the Staff as Council Director of
Camping and Activities. Eight
Troops registered from five of the
twelve districts of the Council.
The Scouts, with six adults in
charge, started the weeks program
with a medical recheck, which
was followed by a swimming test
and clasification. Camp Durant
can boast of several firsts in this
years camping program as mat
tresses were already on the bunks
when the Scouts arrived. A cry
of joy was heard around the camp
when the Scouts moved into the
ned Adirondack shelters just com
pleted which marks the first use
of this type shelter in the Coun
cil camp. Construction is going
ahead on the Troop shelters and
wash racks. A new well is be
ing drilled in order that running
water can be piped to each area.
Introductions were in order at the
evening meal served in the new
Campbell Lodge. W. Y. Compton,
Scout Executive of the Occonee
chee Council, welcomed the Scouts
and pointed out the advantages of
attending a Boy Scout camp where
they can receive training in the
program of Scouting.
Steve Storm, Scoutmaster of
Troop 30 in Henderson is in camp
this week and will begin shooting
on a color moving picture of
Camp Durant that will portray a
typical day in camp.
Scouts will be required to bring
cot pads or mattresses as they are
not furnished by the camp.