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BIG PUBLIC WEDDING PLANNED AT WAKELON TONIGHT, IF POLICE DON'T INTERFERE THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 56. LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SEE CAPITAL SIGHTS ON TRIP TAKEN LAST WEEK P'V v?** ~ ~' v - T-'JS* ;*♦ T ♦ . •. • - •%- r~ .j Is, *"■■■'■ ' • ‘ 1 .'>* * t $ 9 X . ; •' X, * ■>, '• • ' 4'- jfc lip* * ' a» w ..+ - * .sdp JR****? 1 Shown in front of the National Capital in Washington are members of the graduating class at Wakelon School, taking time out during their tour of the city last week. The trip to Washington is an annual event for Wake lon senior classes. Pictured are, sitting, Ben Allen Rhodes, Wayne Massey, Ronald Fowler, George Crowder, Ned Moss, Henry Kitchings, Bobby McGee, Charles Finch, Wakelon Minstrel Is Ready for Audience; Wedding Is Planned A full house is expected tonight for the star-studded Minstrel Va rieties to be presented in the Wakelon auditorium by the Par ent-Teacher Association. The two part program will feature special black-face talent and a play, plus three numbers between the scenes. Hilliard Greene and Barrie Da vis will serve as MC’s for the va riety show, introducing the indi vidual numbers. First of the variety acts will be Mrs. Nellie Kemp, doing a song, strut, and dance number as Sweet Georgia Brown. The Glamorettes, including Fan Greene, Betty Sue Williams, Hazel Ihrie, Kay Baker, Bernice Ed wards, Sue Alford and Bruce Wodd, will sing “Kentucky Bay.” Song and Dance A song and dance number will feature Peggy Greene, and W. A. Allman and Mrs. Virginia Wood will show the intricate steps of the Charleston Rag. W. A. Allman will return to de liver a sermon as the colored Ori ole of the South. Ethel Waters, portrayed by tal (Continued on Page 5) Juanna Joy Mitchell Is Top Orator Miss Juanna Joy Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, was acclaimed first place winner in the runoff forensic con test held in the Hugh Morson High School auditorium in Raleigh Mon day night. She spoke on “Building World Peace: What Is the Respon sibility of the United States in the Light of Communist Aggression?” The runoff contest was held among preliminary winners of the World Peace Study and Speaking Program Contest. Juanna Joy won at Wakelon in a contest sponsored by the Zebulon Rotary Club. The runoff contest included en trants from six counties: Wake, Johnston, Vance, Franklin, War j ren, and Orange. New York Trip The Wakelon student, along with winners of 12 other speaking con tests in the State, will be awarded an expense-paid trip to New York for a visit to the United Nations. With her will go her forensics coach, Miss Marie Smithwich, whose expenses also will be paid. On the return trip, the students will stop at Washington and call on the North Carolina Congres sional delegation. Principal W. R. Whittenton of i Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 18, 1952 i Bobby Murray, Lawrence Liles, Billy Hugh Bunn, and , Bobby Gill. Second row, kneeling, are Inez Pearce, Frances Bunn, - Barbara Denton, Jeanne Robertson, Jean Richardson, , Ann Allman, Rena Moody, Kathryn Baker, Rose Pace, l Rose Holland, Melba Baker, Artelia Bailey, Margaret , Oakley, and Shirley Faulkner. Wakelon School warmly congrat ulated Juanna Joy and her par ents, and expressed great pride in the forensics program at Wakelon, which has been omitted from the curricular for several years. Hi ■■■■ Juanna Joy Mitchell The full text of the winning speech, written by Juanna Joy, begins in the next column: Third row, standing, are Bobby Perry, Carlton I Blackley, Betty Lou Bunn, Mary Spivey, Joyce Young, Patsy Brantley, Betty Jean Phillips, Ernestine Corbett, Linda Bridgers, Agriculture Teacher Ed Ellington, Senior Advisor Doris Privett, Gloria. Pearce, Doris Duke, Willa Bolton, Geraldine Hood, Norma Faye Bridges, Donald i Fowler, and Elton Chamblee. I Twice within the first half of the present century the calm and quiet of our world has been dis turbed by wars not petty wars between backward, unimportant or uncivilized nations, but world wars among nations who are supposed ly civilized and who are the pow ers in our world. The first world war was fought to end wars to bring peace to all. Less than a quarter of a cen tury elapsed, however, before the war clouds rose again even greater war clouds than those that marked the first world war. This second world w r ar would surely bring peace, thought the states men of the nations. That cruel war has ended, but does peace yet ex ist? No, for even now a third world war threatens. No Peace from War We should begin to realize that peace can never be achieved through war. We must desire peace so earnestly that we shall strive to encourage and build peace. The position of the United States is fcn important one. We are one of the major countries of the world. Our democratic gov ernment stands for all those ideals (Continued on Page 6) Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Final Rites Are Held For Mrs. B. Pearce Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Beatrice Pearce, 52, died at her home on Zebulon Route 3, Sunday afternoon, after a long ill ness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Pilot Baptist Church with the Rev. M. A. Pegram and Rev. A. S. Lamm officiating. Burial was in the fam ily cemetery in the Pilot commun ity. Surviving are her nusband, Claude E. Pearce, a son, Lt. C. E. Pearce, Jr., USN, a daughter, Jane Pearce of the home, a sis ter, Esther Varyas of Park Ridge, N. J., five brothers, Claude, Clyde, Carl and Clellan Pearce of Zebu lon, Rt. 2, and Cyprus of Clinton, Rt. 3. Pittman, Mrs . Burris Die on Wednesday Mrs. Mattie Burris, mother of Mrs. Paul Brown, died Wednesday night after a lingering illness. The funeral will be held Friday la Georgia. Ray Pittman, nephew of Mr*. Falc Bunn, died Wednesday of cancer.
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