THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 51.
Bloodshed Boxscore
on North Carolina Highways
Killed March 6 through March 8 7
Injured March 6 through March 8 73
Killed through March 8 this year 187
Killed through March 8, 1950 156
Injured through March 8 this year : 2,035
Injured through March 8, 1950 1,939
CAPITAL RIPORTER
The joint resolution calling on
the United Nations to open each
session with prayer was passed by
the Senate by an overwhelming
vote last week. It met objections
from some senators, who said they
had no authority to tell the UN
what to do, pointed out the vary
ing religious differences of UN
member nations, and charged that
they were being made to look as
though “we’re against prayer” by
opposing the resolution.
The measure was introduced by
Senators Hardy Talton of Wayne,
Adam Whitley of Johnston, and
L. H. Fountain of Edgecombe.
Talton said he had introduced
the measure at the request of par
ents of boys fighting in Korea.
“They told me,” Talton said,
“that they felt like this: if the
the United Nations can send our
boys to fight in Korea, the least
they can do is to pray for them.”
Talton showed letters from as
far away as Chicago endorsing his
introduction of the bill.
The resolution passed the Senate
one day, but an attempt was made
the next day to kill it because some
Rotarians Name Dawson President;
L. M. Massey Featured on Program
Robert Dawson was elected
president of the Zebulon Rotary
Club Friday night, succeeding Ed
Ellington. Other officers elected
during the business session were
Howard Beck, vice-president;
Vance Brown, treasurer; Rodney
McNabb, secretary; and Norman
Screws and Barrie Davis, direc
tors.
Luther Massey, prominent dent
ist, Rotarian, and leader of ed
ucational and farm groups in North
Carolina, gave a summary of his
life for the program.
Luther’s talk was another in the
series planned by Ralph Talton to
develop understanding and friend
ship among club members.
Born near Zebulon, Luther was
educated at Wake Forest College
and the Medical College of Virgin
ia. He began the practice of dent
istry in Zebulon in 1919, when
business lots were selling for
SIOO a front foot and the town
was growing rapidly.
From the beginning, Luther has
taken an active part in organiza
tions of this community. He has
served as superintendent of the
Zebulon Baptist Sunday School for
23 years.
The speaker is married to the
former Vivian Dawson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dawson,
and has one daughter, Carolyn, a
senior at Meredith College.
Luther closed his talk with a
summary of advances made in
dentistry since he first began
practice. He described his own
laboratory, and brought cultures
senators felt it would just “give the
Communists something else to use
for propaganda, claiming we’re try
ing to tell other peoples what re
ligion they should have.”
This attempt was defeated, how
ever, with most of the senators
seeming to believe that the en
tire world is in the words of
the spiritual “standin’ in the
need of prayer.”
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Legislatures sometimes make
you wonder if the political “outs”
aren’t more interested in getting
back in power than they are in
passing good legislation.
RECREATION
The Zebulon Woman’s
Club house will be open for
young people every Friday
night from 7:30 until 10:30.
Music will be provided for
dancing, and drinks, sand
wiches, and candy will be
available.
to show bacteria which grow in
the mouths of patients with den
tal decay.
The talk was interesting, and
President Ed Ellington thanked
Luther, saying that the instruction
which he gave in the proper meth
od of brushing teeth would be
worth hundreds of dollars to the
Rotarians present.
WAKE COUNTY STUDENTS AT WAKE FOREST
Shown above arc fifteen of the forty-six Wake County students (exclusive of Raleigh and Wake For
est) enrolled at Wake Forest College this session.
Reading left to right: William Brantley of Zebulon; Alease Roach of Wendell; Duane Bruch of Wen
dell; Mary Alice Jones of Zebulon; and George Kahdy of Knightdale.
Second row: Harold Powell of Gamer; James Dabnam of Zebulon; Bruce Goodwin of Apex; Fred
Sherron of Wendell; and Eugene Hester of Wendell.
Back row: Harry and Marvin Pearce of Wendell; Wyatt Coley of Holly Springs; Thomas Ogbum of
Garner; and David Wadford of Neuse.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, March 13, 1951
Mass Meeting Held Friday Night as First
Community-Wide Attempt to Solve Dual
Problems of Recreation, Highway Safety
Several hundred young people and adults assembled Friday night in the Wakelon auditorium, seeking
a solution to dual safety and recreation problems w lich face this community. The Rev. Carlton T.
Mitchell, head of the Community Council, served as moderator of the meeting, which was inspired by
the tragic automobile accident near Zebulon March 1, which claimed the lives of seven people.
Wake County Receives
Recognition by UNC
As Training Center
Dr. A. C. Bulla announced to
day that the Wake County Health
Department has been recognized
by the University of North Caro
lina as a field training center for
graduate students in health educa
tion. The students will be un
der the supervision of Dr. Bulla
and under the direction of Miss
Ruth M. Thompson, Health Educa
tion Supervisor.
The University is sending Je
rome Ni'es, Jr., who has been Di
rector of the Division of Health
Information with the Deleware
State Board of Hea'th. Niles will
return to this position. In addi
tion to Niles, the University is
sending Hilton Hedrick who was
formally d public heaUh sanitarian
in Orange County, Virginia.
Dr. Bulla pointed out that the
two men wi’l be called health ed
ucation associates during the
quarter that they will be attach
ed to the health department.
Zebulon Lions to Be
Hosts to Zone Meet
The Zebulon Lions Club will be
hosts to a Lions Zone meeting to
be held here Thursday night. Pres
ident Worth Hinton announced
yesterday. An honored guest at
the affair will be Deputy District
Governor George Rogers of Apex.
Other prominent guests will in
clude Gilbert Davis, president, and
F. W. Jordan, secretary, of the
Rolesville Lions Club; and Ralph
Cruser, president, and T. M. Ar
rington, secretary, of the Wake
Forest Lions Club.
Thirty members of the Zebulon
Lions Club attended special servic
es at the Methodist Church Sunday
when Lion Rev. S. E. Mercer de
livered a sermon on Lionism.
STORES TO CLOSE
Grocery stores in Zebulon
will close at 1:00 p.m. Wed
nesday of this week, begin
ning the regular midweek
half-holiday which has been
a custom with local stores
during the summer months.
Middlesex PTA Plans
Minstrel Friday Night
With Plenty of Talent
A Negro Minstrel and Musical
Revue with more than 35 voices
I will be sponsored by the Middlesex
Parent-Teacher Association Fri
day night, March 16, at 8 o’clock
in the new auditorium at Middle
sex School.
Titled “Alabama Button Bus
ters,” the minstrel wall feature Mr.
and Mrs. Rusty Williams and
| daughter, a trio which has achiev
ed nation-wide acclaim in the min
strel world.
Other talented performers from
i the Middlesex Community will
| take part on the program. Admis
! sion is 35 and 50 cents.
There are no greater miracles
known to earth than perfection
and an unbroken friendship.
National Guard Expects Enlistments
To Increase as Result of New Law
Battery A, Zebulon’s unit of the
113th Field Artillery Battalion, is
expecting a large number of en
listments following the passage of
the 18-year-old draft measure by
the U. S. Senate, WO Clifford Gil
liam said yesterday. The local
battery, which has achieved a su
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The meeting was opened by the
assembly singing “America.” and
the Rev. S. E. Mercer, pastor of
the Zebulon Methodist Church,
gave the invocation.
In explaining the purpose of the
gathering the moderator said he
hoped the events of the evening
would stab awake the conscience
of the people of this community,
give an opportunity for the peo
ple to be heard, provide some
suggestions of solving the safety
problem, and assure that those
present would be better citizens
because of their participation.
A panel of high school students
was interrogated by Ed Ellington,
Wakelon agriculture teacher. Their
answers to his questions empha
sized the size of the problem and
gave an insight to the convic
tions of the students. The panel
was composed of George Riggs
bee Massey, Kat Baker, Jean Rob
ertson, Joellen Gill, Charles Allen
Weathersby, and Pete Combs.
To the suggestion that a build
ing be provided as a solution to
the problems, George Massey said,
“A recreation building is not
enough.”
Asked if he approved of teen
agers parking, Pete Combs ans
wered, “There is a time and place
for everything.”
“Supervised recreation will be
used by the teenagers,” said
Charles Allen Weathersby, when
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perior record since its activation
in 1949, has received requests
for information from 25 miles
away, and the administrative as
sistant urged local boys to enlist
before the battery reaches its quo
ta.
In order to accomplish the max
imum training before the trip to
Ft. Bragg in early April, Battery
A has scheduled two more extra
drills for March.
The National Guardsmen will
conduct an afternoon drill on Sat
urday beginning at 1:30. Empha
sis will be placed on training for
the cannoneers. The drivers will
practice convoy driving, and ex
aminations will be given those
drivers who have no GI license.
Other drills in March are to be
held Monday night, March 19;
Thursday night, March 22; and
Thursday night, March 29. Per
sonal equipment for the weekend
service practice will be issued
Thursday night, March 29.
Dr. Ben Thomas has given his
full cooperation to recruiting done
by Battery A, giving physical ex
aminations to applicants during the
Monday night drill time. His as
sistance has been valuable, ac
cording to Barris Davis, battery
commander.
Men 17 years and older are urg
ed to contact WO Gilliam at the
armory Monday through Friday of
each week, or attend one of the
drills with the battery.