THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 59.
THE GREEDY HAND
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T Zebu!on Leads County
In Gifts to Red Cross
The citizens of Zebulon took top honors among Red Cross
Divisions exceeding their Fund Campaign quotas as the Wake
County Chapter, American Red Cross, passed its 1952 Fund
Campaign goals. Campaign “Colonel” Willie B. Hopkins came
Industrial Commission
Is Formulating Plans
The Industrial Committee, head
ed by Mayor Worth Hinton, is for
mulating concrete plans to attract
businesses and industries to Zeb
ulon, according to a report releas
ed following a meeting of the
group last Thursday night.
Members of the committee in
clude Mrs. Ferd Davis, secretary;
Wilbur Debnam, Thurman Hepler,
Ralph Talton, C. V. Whitley, and
Frank Wall.
Raleigh Associational
Meeting Scheduled
The annual sprirfg meeting of
the Raleigh Baptist Association
will be held at the First Baptist
Church in Raleigh on Thursday
afternoon, May 1, at 2:30. The
speaker will be Dr. M. T. Rankin,
Secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. Dr. Rankin is the
leader of the Southern Baptist
foreign mission work throughout
the world.
Girl Scout Troop 12 Is Honored
By Woman's Club on Anniversary
The Zebulon Senior Woman’s,
Club honored the members of Girl
Scout Troop 12 with a party Sat
urday, April 19, celebrating the
troop’s fifth birthday. The Sr. Club
has sponsored the troop since it
was begun.
Refreshments, including a three
tiered white and green cake, ice
cream, and mints, were served by
Mrs. A. S. Hinton and Mrs. W. R.
Whittenton.
Mrs. S. M. Young of Raleigh,
executive director of the Wake -
in for special praise from B.
Troy Ferguson, who served as
chairman of the campaign.
“Willie B. Hopkins and his co
workers in Zebulon can be very
proud of their record,” Ferguson
stated. “Zebulon with a quota of
$600.00 turned in $333.00 for 138.8
per cent of its quota, which just
nosed out the Federal Division of
Raleigh which hit .9 per cent less
than Zebulon. It was a remarkable
showing and demonstrates a real
high-spot in neighborliness.
“Actually Wake County had
two goals to reach,” continued
Ferguson. “The first was set at
the beginning of the campaign.
Mid-way in the Drive the tornado
hit seven southern states and $3,-
300.00 more was added to the goal
to provide relief in these states.
Wake County neighbors rose to
the occasion and led by “Colonel”
Hopkins and the citizens of Zebu
lon, the added goal was exceeded
when $64,550.78 was announced
as a final Fund total.”
Fred Dodge, Volunteer Public
Information Chairman of the Wake
County Chapter had special words
of commendation for the Zebulon
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Johnston - Wilson Area, was a
special guest for the party.
Members of the Woman’s Club
present included Mrs. Wallace
Temple, chairman of the Zebulon
Scouting Association, Mrs. W. A
Allman and Mrs. Eugene Privett.
Girl Scouts honored at the party
were Betsy Faye Brantley, Judy
Hood, Gayle Dunn, Peggy Rich
ardson, Dottie Privett, Gayle Priv
ett, Jenny Vee Watkins, Martha
Temple, Patsy Allman, and Ar
menia Hocutt.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, April 29, 1952
Carbine Training,
Section Work Set
For Local Guard
Training for the men of Bat
tery A continued to be centered
on the carbines last night in prepa
ration for the weekend of firing
at Camp Butner on May 10-11.
While Lt. George Hinds was in
structing the men who have never
fired in the fundamentals of aim
ing and positions, the non-com
missioned officers were checking
the weapons which will be used.
The National Guardsmen will
leave Zebulon for the firing range
about 11:30 Saturday, May 10, re
turning early Sunday afternoon.
The new fire direction center
held its second class last night.
Because of a lack of classroom
space, this class is being held in
the Theo. Davis Sons building,
where the maps and charts may be
permanently laid out for use.
The fire direction personnel, who
will conv'ert the requests for fire
from the forward observer into
fire commands for the 105-mrn
howitzers, include M-Sgt. Frank
Massey, Cpl. Jimmy Spivey, Cpl.
Charles Pearce, and Pfc. Spot
Beddingfield.
Survey Team
Another new section, the survey
team, is being trained to be ready
before the battery leaves for Ft.
McClellan in July. This section,
through survey, will be able to lo
cate the exact position of the fir
ing battery and targets. Cpl. K. D.
Lloyd will be in charge.
Many vacancies exist in the bat
tery, according to First Sergeant
Sidney Holmes, who said that Bat
tery A hopes to bring its strength
to at least 65 men before leaving
for summer camp.
Men 17 years and older who are
interested in the National Guard
may contact Sgt. Hopkins at the
armory Monday through Friday of
each week, or visit during a sched
uled drill on Monday night.
Courtesy Promoted
By C of C Contest
The most courteous clerk in
Zebulon will be honored each week,
according to Frank Wall, presi
dent of the Zebulon Chamber of
Commerce, who said that anony
mous judges will visit all the
stores to choose the winner. The
award is being made to encourage
courtesy in Zebulon stores and pro
mote business.
A $3.00 certificate award and
special recognition will be given
the winning clerk following the
Silver Harvest Day ceremony each
Saturday, beginning this week.
Zebulon Firemen
Answer Two Calls
The Zebulon Volunteer Fire De
partment answered two calls this
weekend, neither of which requir
ed much action. Saturday night the
firemen went to Wakefield to stand
by until the danger of an over
heated bathroom stove subsided.
Sunday afternoon the firemen
were called to the Baptist Church
when a transformer on the boiler
burned out, threatening to start a
dangerous fire.
Piano Recital
Mrs. G. S. Barbee will present
her piano pupils in a recital at
Ferrells School on Friday night,
May 2, at 8 p. m. The public is in
vited to attend.
Local Churches to Note
4-H Progress at Services
On Sunday, May 18th
Local churches will cooperate with 4-H Club members in
celebrating 4-H Church Sunday on May 18, Zebulon pastors
have announced. Theme of the observance will be “Serving as
Loyal Citizens through 4-H.’’ Rev. S. E. Mercer, Methodist
minister, said that notice will be taken of the occasion at Sunday
school services at Zebulon and Wendell. Baptist churches, in-
HOME AGENT
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Miss Ruth Current
Miss Ruth Current heads up
home demonstration club work in
North Carolina as State home
agent for the State College Ex
tension Service. Club members in
the Tar Heel State are joining
others throughout the nation in
observing the seventh annual Na
tional Home Demonstration Week,
April 27-May 3.
Winners Announced
For Silver Harvest Day
Viola Barnette of Route 3, was
the first winn e r in Zeb
ulon’s Silver Harvest Day, held
every Saturday afternoon. She
received $9.00 in script, good for
merchandise at any of the 42 Zeb
ulon stores participating in the
Silver Harvest Day activity.
John Davis of Pilot was also a
winner last Saturday, winning $9
in script.
A total of $146 will be in the
Silver Harvest Day treasury when
awards are made this coming Sat
urday, according to Vance Brown,
treasurer of the Zebulon Cham
ber of Commerce, sponsors of the
event.
Rent Control Board Determines
Amounts Charged in Wake County
The number of uppaid volunteer
Rent Advisory Boards throughout
the country, Alaska and Puerto Ri
co now stand at 425 with a total
membership of 2639, according to
Tighe Wood, Washington head of
the Rent Control Program.
In Raleigh, a part of the Raleigh
Wake County non-critical defense
housing area, a six-member board
is now headed by James W. Reid
as Chairman, Area Rent Director
R. B. Lewis said. Mr. Reid is a
prominent well known local citi
zen and is on the staff of Radio
Station WPIF. Mr. Reid, the
Chairman, is a public interest
member.
Others are Barrie DaVis, Zebu
lon newspaper publisher, Dr. N. L.
Perry, Raleigh physician, and C. S.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
"j eluding Wakefield, Zebulon, and
Bethany, will also recognize 4-
H members on May 18, accord
ing to Rev. Carlton Mitchell and
Kermit Combs.
According to State 4-H Club
leader L. R. Harrill of the State
College Extension Service, a sug
gested church service program
prepared by the Rev. J. Boyce
Brooks, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Albemarle, is be
ing distributed to clubs throughout
the State.
Harrill’s Views
“Annual 4-H Church Sunday ob
servance,’’ says Harrill, “has done
; more than any other one thing to
develop the spiritual phase of
club work. It is on this day that
4-H Club members rededicate
themselves to the true principles
which are so much a part of their
cultural heritage love, toler
ance, truth, justice, freedom, and
, loyalty. To all it is a challenge to
see and hear boys and girls ad
here by practice to these princi
ples.”
4-H’ere Aided
Particmation of 4-H’ers in the
program enables them to think to
gether about home, community,
and world events in spiritual
terms, Harrill adds. It encourages
members to associate themselves
with high ideals and develop a
deeper appreciation of the multiple
values of rural life.
In many churches 4-H mem
bers will conduct the entire ser
vice on 4-H Church Sunday. In
others they will serve as ushers,
make altar decorations, furnish
flowers for pulpit, serve as pianist
and song leader, act as superin
tendent of Sunday School, give
I special music, or perform other
duties.
Study Course
The Business Woman’s Circle
of the W. M. S. will hold a Study
Course on Friday night, May 2, at
7 o’clock in the home of Mrs. Carl
ton Mitchell with Mrs. Theo. Davis
teaching.
Tatum, business executive, who
complete the public interest mem
bership of the board; Mrs. Har
riett Pressly, Radio Commentator
and prominent club woman, the
tenant representative; and D. C.
Adams, local real estate operator,
who is the landlord representative.
To ensure the impartiality of
the Rent Advisory Board, land
lords and tenants are given equal
representation on each completed
group. The majority on each such
board are composed of public in
terest members.
The board not only has the right
to recommend changes in rentals
on an individual basis but also may
recommend changes in the overall
rent program operation in the com
munity, no matter how important