THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 2.
TOO MANY DOGS
For many years Zebulon has had too many dogs running
loose, and the tragedy which took place on the Wakelon
School campus this week emphasizes that need of some
thing being done now to remedy a bad situation. When
a little child is bitten so badly that three stitches are re
quired to close the wound, steps must be taken to see that
such things do not happen again.
We are not prejudiced against dogs, because dogs are
fine in their place. However, we are angry at owners who
care so little for their pets that they will not pay taxes on
them and will not take care of them bv keeping them
from roaming the neighborhood, imperiling their own lives
and frequently, as happened at Wakelon, endangering chil
dren.
An owner who will not list his dog for taxes obviously
cares little about his pet. Even though we know the town
police are overworked, we think time should be found for
them to round up unlicensed dogs and get them off our
streets. Such word of warning to dog lovers will be suf
ficient, and the present nuisance and menace of too many
stray dogs will be ended.
Administrative Assistant Resigns
Guard Post to Resume Farming
CWO Clifford B. Gilliam, admin
istrative assistant for Zebulon’s
National Guard unit, submitted his
resignation this week to Captain
Barrie Davis, commanding offi
cer of Battery A, asking that he be
released from his duties effective
October 15 CWO Gilliam has serv
ed as unit administrator of Battery
A since it received Federal recog
nition in July 1949.
Since coming to Zebulon in 1949,
CWO Gilliam has taken an active
part in the community, serving as
an officer of his Sunday School
class and a faithful worker in the
Baptist Church.
His military experience includes
Rolesville High School Students
Elect Officers for Each Classroom
During recent meetings of the
Rolesville High School classes, the
following class officers were elect
ed:
Senior class with Mrs. Margaret
Thomas for sponsor. President,
Charles Massey; Vice President,
Paul Jones; Secretary Edna
Briggs; Treasurer, Rayo ne 11 e
Moore; Reporter, Helen Edwards.
Junior Class with Clarence R.
Breedin for sponsor. President,
Olga Lee Wall; Vice President,
Donald Boone; Secretary, Vonceil
Belvin; Treasurer, Wesley Carroll;
Reporters, Girl—Jean Perry, Boy
—Charles Rogers.
UNCLE SAMS HAYSEED
That we must have government
no thinking person can deny. That
all people are not saints does not
need to be argued. Then who is
responsible for the crookedness
manifested in the dealings of some
ofice holders. Is it the man who
has gone to the precinct meetings
and primaries and worked and
voted for clean and honest men
and followed this up by making an
honest effort to elect men who will
be an honor to their office and a
credit to their party. They have
done their duty. Those who are
responsible are those who have ne
glected or refused to do their duty.
They have failed to do their duty
in helping elect oficers who will
■deal out justice. They have only
found fault while some-thieves and
traitors have been elected because
combat in the Pacific theatre as
an infantry First Sergeant, ser
vice in the National Guard as a
Second Lieutenant, and his work
as a Warrant Officer with Battery
A.
CWO Gilliam stated that he will
farm with his father, who is in
ill health and unable to work alone.
The position of unit administra
tor carries a starting salary of $3,-
100 per year, with increases each
twelve months. Qualified men are
commissioned as Warrant Officers
in the National Guard, collecting
drill pay of about SB.OO per night.
A replacement for CWO Gilliam
will be announced October 1.
Sophomore lOx with W. J. Little,
Jr., for sponsor. President, Laverne
Keith; Vice President, Billy Wood
lief; Secretary and treasurer Car
roll Dean Jones; Reporter, Shelby
Jean Journigan.
Sophomore lOy with Vernon
Mustain for sponsor. President,
Pauline Pearce; Vice President,
Alice Mae Journigan; Secretary,
Shirley Price; Treasurer, Wayne
Liles; Reporter, Henry Wall.
Freshman Class with Mrs. Louis
Jackson for sponsor. President,
Maria Boone; Vice President, Car
lyle Woodlief; Secretary, Carl
Jones; Treasurer, Ann Daniel; Re
porter, Emma Jean Journigan.
they failed to do their duty. If the
chains of oppression are fastened
on the coming generations it will
be on account of the lack of inter
est by the many who are disinter
ested. They are negligently disloy
al. They care not one bit if their
children have to live under far less
favorable circumstances than those
under which they have been rear
ed. Who is responsible for the
evils which exist. Is it the person
who has done his best or is it the
person who has done nothing but
criticise and find fault.
TOWN BUILDING
Work on the Zebulon Municipal
Building is at a virtual standstill
because of the inability of the
contractors to get masons.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 21, 1951
Senator Kefauver
Continues Crime
In America Series
By Estes Kefauver
If the Senate Crime Committee
had gone no further than Chicago
!in its quest, it could have writ
ten a complete report-in-minia-
I ture on the picture of nationwide
| criminal and political corruption.
For practically every example of
rottenness found anywhere in the
United States was duplicated in
the capital of the Capone mob.
Chicago remains the jungle of
criminals who walk in the foot
| steps of A1 Capone. Virgil Peter
| son, operating director of the Chi
cago crime commission and former
FBI agent, traced the history of
the Chicago mob from the days
of Big Jim Colosimo, who “had ris
en to power and influence through
the operation of a string of broth
els.” On May 11, 1920, Big Jim
was bumped off. Peterson noted
that there always had been sus
picion that the bodyguard im
’or ted by Co'osimo from New
York, Johnny Torrio, had engi
neered the killing. Torrio succeed
ed Colosimo as Chicago’s under
world lord.
Cold-Blooded Killer
He, in turn, imported as his
bodyguard a cold-blooded little
killer from New York’s Five Point
Gang, a then obscure, scarfaced
hoodlum of 23 named A1 Capone.
For four years, Torrio enjoyed a
bloody reign in Chicago, waxing
high on the profits of prostitution,
gambling, beer and booze. But
after Torrio was the victim of an
ambush which almost cost his life,
he lost his nerve and abdicated in
favor of Capone.
With Geasy Thumb Guzik as
his paymaster and business advis
er, and such stalwarts as Frank
Nitti, Paul (The Waiter) Ricca,
Louis (Little New York) Cam
pagna and the Fischetti brothers
as his lieutenants, Capone was able
to rule effectively. The infa
mous St. Valentine’s day massa
cre of Feb. 14, 1929, was an ex
ample of how Capone dealt with
opposition. In 1931, however, Ca
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Jimmy Alford Bitten
In Face by Dog Here
Jimmy Alford, seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Al
ford, was bitten by a dog Wed
nesday, September 19, while play
ing on the school grounds. The bite
in the face of the second-grade
pupil was so deep three stit
ches were required to close the
wound.
The dog, which belongs to Jack
Perry, had been vaccinated against
rabies but is being kept confined
and under observation.
Principal W. R. Whittenton ur
gently requested that special ef
forts be made to keep dogs away
from school. He said that though
the owner of the dog which bit
Jimmy Alford was deeply sorry,
his regret did not keep the incident
from happening.
Clubs to Meet
The Junior and Senior Woman’s
j Clubs will hold their first meetings
of the year on Tuesday. The
Senior Club will meet at 3:45 in
the afternoon and Mrs. Theo. B.
Davis will have the program.
The Junior Club will meet at
8 o’clock when the new officers
will be installed.
New members will be welcome
at each club. A good attendance
is urged.
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Local Lions Lrwst
Aid of Amateurs
Four outstanding entries for
the first night of competition Sep
tember 29 in the Zebulon Lions
Club’s talent shows have given
their names to the program com
mittee, according to Worth Hin
ton. The number of talented per
formers in the first night’s con
test has increased every day, and
a full evening of entertainment is
assured.
Included in the first program
are Marsh Knott and His Band, the
Union Four Quartet, Ginnie Wick
er and Her Band, and Mrs. H.
C. Wade’s Dancing Class.
All proceeds from the Lions’
Talent Nights will be used to help
in the program for handicapped
children at Wakelon School.
Cash prizes will be awarded the
winners at each of the preliminary
contests, and at the final night
the 15 preliminary winners will
compete 'for the grand prizes.
Baptists Plan Annual
Business Conference
The annual church business
meeting for the election of officers
and the adoptioft of a church bud
get will be held at the Baptist
Church on Sunday evening at 8:00
o’clock. The pastor will deliver a
pastoral meditation on the theme,
“Holy Service.”
At the morning service the pas
tor will preach on the theme,
“Mind over Matter.” The Adult
Choir will sing the anthem.
The morning worship service
will be held at the school audi
torium because of repairs in prog
ress at the sanctuary. The evening
service will be held in the Baraca
Room and the Sunday School will
meet in the usual classrooms at the
church.
Wakefield to Hold Homecoming
Sunday; Revival Begins Same Day
“Homecoming Day” will be ob
served at the Wakefield Baptist
Church Sunday, Sept. 23rd, with
services beginning at 11 o’clock.
Dr. W. R. Cullom of Wake For
est will preach the homecoming
message. Following the services,
dinner will' be served on the
grounds.
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Revival services will be conduct
ed at Wakefield Baptist Church
next week with Rev. Harold B.
Tillman of the Orcutt Avenue Bap
tist Church, Newport News, Va.,
in charge of the services. The
meetings will be held each night
beginning Sunday at 7:30.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Examinations Set
To Check Health
Os Ninth Graders
Dr. A. C. Bulla, Waite County
Health Officer, J. O. Sanderson,
Raleigh Superintendent, and Ran
dolph Benton, Wake County School
Superintendent, announced jointly
today that a new program of phys
ical examination of ninth grade
children in all City and County
schools is beginning this week with
examination of children in Hugh
Morson High Schol and Cary High
School.
City children will be examined
on Mondays and County children
on Thursdays, with the examina
tion program continuing through
out the school year until all ninth
grade children are examined. Par
ents of the children are urged to
be present for the examination.
The ninth grade pupils’ physical
examinations are being conducted
by Dr. Catherine Coleman, Assist
ant Health Officer, at the Wake
County Health Department in the
new county building where labor
atory facilities are available.
The examination will include
check of heart, ears, mouth, throat,
skin, posture and nutrition; and
a chest X-ray, urine analysis, hear
ing and vision testing, weighing
and measuring.
Short Conference
As each child finishes his exam
ination he has a short conference
with the public health nurse who
serves his school. Finding are/
discussed with the parents who
are present.
The examinations begin with a
short talk bj Dr. Coleman, at
which time she points out to the
pupils “the physical examination
of the ninth grade child is es
pecially important due to the many
physical and emotional changes
that are taking place as they are
now entering the adolescent period
of life.”
The teachers are especially en
thusiastic about the examination
being done in the ninth grade be
cause this is the last required
course in health which is taught
to the high school pupil.
Cites Possibilities
Mis Ruth A. Thompson, Public
Health Educator, points out the
teaching possibilities which the ex
amination provides. She says it
is “an excellent educational ‘tool’
for teaching health, and that the
ninth grade teachers will meet in
the very near future to plan for
the best use of this teaching ex
perience.”
The chest X-rays are being fur
nished by the Wake County Tuber
culosis Association at its free diag
nostic clinic which it maintains in
the Health Department.
The services will include pro
prams of special music and good
singing.
A native of Arkansas, the Rev.
illman is a graduate of Ouchita,
Ark., College and the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, where he was a class
mate of the Rev. Kermit Combs,
pastor of the Wakefield Church.
Known as an outstanding evan
gelist, the Rev. Tillman has held
pastorates in Arkansas, Indiana,
and Virginia during the past 20
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Tillman have two
daughters, one at Mars Hill and
one in school at Newport News.