THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 64.
MOTHERS SHOULD
BE MEMBERS
OF DRAFT BOARDS
Because the Guard unit I’m in
meets on Tuesday nights, I
missed the Tom Thumb wedding.
But I did see my little girl in
)her evening dress before I left
for drill. If all the little girls in
the wedding were as beautiful to
their daddies as my little girl
looked to me, there have never
before been so many masculine
hearts beating with pride. Not in
Zebulon, anyhow.
Women Should Serve
Speaking of the Guard reminds
me of the threatened federalization
of same, and that reminds me of
the draft in general and draft
boards in particular.
While I was out at Fort Leaven
worth earlier this year, I heard
a South Carolinian make one of
the few sensible suggestions I
ever knew to come from a resi
dent of that benighted state.
He suggested that every draft
board should have at least one
woman member, that woman to be
the mother or wife of a man in
service. I’m all for it.
Certainly the Zebulon men in
service would have no complaints
about deferments if the wives and
i mothers of men in Battery A of
the 113th Field Artillery Battalion
were represented on the Wake
draft board I can think of at
least six mothers of boys in the
local National Guard unit I’d like
to see on that board if the Zebu
lon units gets called up.
Tar Heel Weather
I
It is my belief that spring is
here to stay. Yesterday was the
perfect kind of day that I used
to dream of when I was on the
windswept, snowcovered plains of
Kansas a couple of months ago.
Kansas weather is as depressing
as North Carolina weather is ex
hilarating. It is never warm or
cool—it is always hot or cold.
But North Carolina weather,
like North Carolina people, is
the finest in the world.
Fighting Their Own Battle
I note that our daily papers over
Raleigh way are fighting the Mac-
Arthur-Truman issue to a bloody
finish, with Jonathan Daniels
positive that Truman is right and
John Park just as certain that
MacArthur is the one who knows
what the score is.
Since there is no other newspa
per published in Zebulon, I can
say that probably neither Truman
or MacArthur is completely
wrong, and wait for future devel
opments.
In the meantime, I’ll content
myself with the observation that
it is all very well to talk about
keeping America out of war, but
50,000 dead and wounded Ameri
can boys sounds more like a war
than a picnic. Os course picnics
may have changed since I was a
boy.
Just What I Needed
I have just received my free
1951 Congressional Directory.
That is, of course, just exactly
wh§t I need (like I need another
hole in my head).
For instance, I can now find
with practically no trouble at all
that John C. Kluczynski, repre
senting the sth District of Illinois,
is a member of the Olympia
Fields Country Club and Brighton
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Youth Week Set
For Observation
At Baptist Church
Youth Week will be observed at
the local Baptist Church beginning
with the Training Union program
Sunday evening and continuing
through the morning worship ser
vice the following Sunday. Youth
officers will take over many of
the major offices and serve
through the week. Warren Greene
will serve as Youth Pastor and
Charles Allen Weathersby will
serve as Youth Sunday School
Superintendent. Gayle Privett will
assume her duties as Training
Union Director on Sunday eve
ning at seven o’clock, at which
time Dr. Ben Thomas and Mrs.
Mary Temple will conduct the
last in the current series of pro- j
grams on “Choosing a Christian j
Career.” Artelia Bailey will as
sume the responsibilities of the
W. M. U. President and George
Massey will be Chief Usher.
The music program will be un
der the direction of Miss Anne
Allman, Youth Week Minister of
Music, assisted by Mack Hocutt,
organist. Mack will play for the!
Sunday evening service. The
Youth Choirs will sing the anthem
“My Jesus I Love Thee,” by Gor
dan.
Worship Service
On Sunday evening the worship
service will be under the direction
of the Youth Week officers with
the pastor, Warren Greene, presid
ing. The Board of Deacons for the
week will meet immediately after
the vesper service.
On Monday evening the Youth
Finance Committee and Social
Committee will meet at 7:30. On
Monday evening the young people
will have charge of the program at
the regular Sunday School Coun
cil Supper. Youth week deacons
will have charge of the cottage
prayer meeting on Thursday eve
ning and a wiener roast and so
cial will be held on Friday eve
ning. The following Sunday the
Sunday School officers will take
charge in their respective depart
ments.
In addition to the general offi
cers mentioned above the follow
ing youth officers will serve dur
ing the week:
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Rotarians See Movie
On Convention Site
A moving picture featuring the
attractions of Atlantic City, where
the 1951 Convention of Rotary
International will be held, was
shown at last Friday night’s meet
ing of the Zebulon Rotary Club.
The color film showed the fa
mous boardwalk, the world’s larg
est convention hall, the beaches,
bathing beauties, and the Miss
America contest in progress.
The secretary’s report showed
that the local club is still leading
the Middlesex Rotary Club in the
six-month attendance contest, al
though the lead is slim. The los
ing club will provide a supper for
the winners.
Mrs. Barbee to Hold
Piano Recital May 8
Mrs. G. S. Barbee will present
the Wendell School Piano Forte
students in recital on Tuesday
night, May 8, at 8 o’clock in the
Wendell School Auditorium.
The public is cordially invited
to attend without charge.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 27, 1951
TWO CANDIDATES FOR TOWN BOARD
Two more candidates for the Zebulon Board of Commissioners
are pictured here. Philip Massey, Zebulon FCX dealer and former
town comissioner, is pictured left, and Armstrong Cannady, Sun
day school worker and Raleigh businessman, is shown on the right.
A picture of Thurman Murray, who has also filed for the local board,
was not available at press time. . •
JssICAPITAL REPORTER
Who says the lobbyists don’t
know what’s what? The theatre
lobbyists always hand out passes
to legislators at the beginning of
the session. Oddly enough, those
given the lawmakers this year just
happened to expire on April 14—
the exact date the Legislature ad
journed. Could it be mere coinci
dence?
They Tell Tall Tale
Laugh of the week: A news note
states that “Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company of Winston-Salem
said it spent only $34.85 in send
ing its lobbyist and general coun
sel, B. S. Womble, to influence
lawmakers on banking legisla
tion.”
Speaking of Wachovia Bank, it
is rumored that the bank’s Ral
eigh veep Leroy Martin fiddled
while Gurney Hood got burned
and Jones got promoted.
The story going around is that
Hephzibah Church to See
Dedication Rites Sunday
The Hephzibah Baptist Church
and Parsonage will be dedicated
Sunday, April 29.
Sunday School will begin at 10:-
00 o’clock and the worship ser
vices at 11:00, at which time Rev.
William Poole will preach. Bro
ther Theo. B. Davis will lead the
morning prayer. Special music by
Rev. and Mrs. Caudle.
At the close of the morning ser
vices a dinner will be served. All
are invited to partake.
The afternoon services will be
gin at 1:30 o’clock Rev. Shelly
Caudle will bring the message.
Zebulon Boy Scouts to Hold Honor Court
Here Thursday Night, May 3, at 8 O'clock
The Zebulon Boy Scouts will
hold their Court of Honor on
Thursday night, May 3, at 7:30
o’clock. A prominent Scout of
ficial from the Occoneechee Coun
cil is expected to be present to
make the awards, and parents and
friends of the Scouts are invited
to attend.
Although the weather was cold,
th camping trip last weekend was
enjoyed by thirteen Scouts. The
. Martin, an effective behind-the
: scenes wire-puller among conser
: vatives, got caught flat-footed in
’ the Hood dismissal-Jones ap
■ pointment affair. Hood had
: fought the big bank’s fight against
I its non-par, or charge-for-check
• cashing, brethren almost single
• handed. And although they might
not have objected too much to
Hood’s losing the commissioner of
banks job, they certainly would
! have fought the appointment of
' —Jones —a credit union man (a
1 distasteful occupation in the minds
' of many bankers) as his suc
' cessor.
k
’ Martin Gets Hooked
But Martin, it is reported, got
: involved in trying to stop the State
■ Highway Commission from ope
-1 rating a cafeteria in its new build
■ ing. At the last minute it looked
as though a bill prohibiting just
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Mrs. Riley Pounds will read some
of the highlights of the church ac
tivities from several years back.
Rev. R. F. Hall will lead the dedi
catory prayer.
Following this service will be
the dedication of the newly built
parsonage. Brief words will be
spoken by the pastor, Joe F. Roach.
Rev. Shelly Caudle will lead the
dedicatory prayer. Burning of the
note by T. P. Baker, Miss Pattie
Lee and Dewey Martin follows.
We welcome all former pastors,
members and friends to participate
in the services.
j stoves and other new camping
| gear was used by the troop for
the first time.
On Sunday morning the mem
bers of Troop 40 were back in
Zebulon in time for Sunday School.
Scoutmaster Gordon Temple
said that all boys eleven and over
are asked to join the troop and
take part in Scouting and the in
tensive camping program planned
for this summer.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Three More Men
File for Zebulon
Municipal Board
Zebulon’s political pot started
real boiling this week with the ad
dition of two more candidates for
the five positions on the Board of
Commissioners. The newcomers,
Thurman Murray and Armstrong
Cannady, brought to eight the
number of men in the race.
In making his appearance on the
political scene, Armstrong Can
nady issued the following state
ment:
“I ask the support of my
friends of Zebulon in the May 8
election of our Town Council. My
one desire in seeking this position
is to add new life to our outstand
ing community. I can only promise
to serve the people of Zebulon to
the best of my knowledge and to
do all in my power to make this
a better town in which to live.
“If the taxpapers of Zebulon do
choose me to represent them on
the Board of Commissioners of our
town, my goals are as follows: 1)
I will work to improve the sani
tary conditions that now exist, by
concentrating on refuge disposal,
street cleaning and rodent con
trol;
“2) Beautification of a prosper
ous town is essential to its growth
and I feel that with proper or
ganization and cooperation of town
and taxpayer we can make
Zebulon a garden spot of North
Carolina;
“3) Our cemetery is far from
what a town this size is capable
of making it, and I will do all in
my power to make permanent im
provements to it; 4) Although our
street paving has gone along way
toward improving our town, our
sidewalks are still an eyesore and
unsafe. My goal is to do something
about them;
“5) If given a chance, I’ll try.”
Thurman Murray had not pre
, pared a full statement yesterday,
but he pledged his full efforts to
ward a progressive, economical,
ar.d sound town government.
Philip Masey Files
Philip Massey, one-time member
of the Board of Commissioners
who filed his candidacy last week,
stated Wednesday that he will
work for a more economical town
government, with strict accounting
made to the taxpayers of where
every cent of the money spent by
the town goes.
Mr. Massey said that he feels
more benefits could be derived
from the money spent by the Town
of Zebulon, and he expressed the
belief that taxes can be cut with
out eliminating any of the pres
ent services given by the munici
pal government.
Mayor R. H. Bridgers, who is
opposed in his campaign for re
election by Worth Hinton and Nor
man Screws, stated this week that
his campaign calls for a continu
ation of the program he has spon
sored during his terms as mayor.
“I believe in making every per
manent improvement that our fi
nances will permit,” Mayor Brid
gers said, “and I believe in build
ing up our manufacturing facili
ties. I believe in working in per
fect with our town officials and
! with all our enterprises.”
Dance Revue
Mrs. H. C. Wade will present
students of dance of Wendell and
Zebulon area in revue at Wake
lon School auditorium in two
night performances, May 8 and 9,
at 8 p. m.