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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 63. $85.00 FOR SPARE TIME TRAINING That’s how much you can earn as a Private during the next 31/2 months for spare-time training with the National Guard. You are paid $2.50 for each two-hour drill on Monday night. You receive full Army pay for up to 18 days at summer camp. For spare cash this summer, enlist today. TRAINING You receive valuable training in communications, shoot ing, survey, driving, and motqr maintenance in the National Guard, learning under qualified officers and men who are eager to help you. You earn while you learn. DRAFT EXEMPTION 9 National Guard training is so vital to our national defense that men who enlist in the National Guard before the age of 18 Vz are exempt from the draft. Get your military training at home—in your own National Guard unit. HOW TO JOIN It costs you nothing to enlist. See Sgt. Kenneth Hopkins at the National Guard armory in Zebulon. He will give you necessary forms. You receive a FREE physical examination. If you pass, you may be sworn in as an active member of the National Guard and will be issued complete uniform and per sonal equipment. You begin building up credit for retirement and promotion immediately. Join today! Battery A, Zebulon, N. C. Rain Fails to Dampen Spirits of Guardsmen Sheets of rain and pellets of hail provided frequent interruptions during the weekend firing at Camp Butner by the local unit of the National Guard. The spring storms postponed the firing until late Saturday afternoon and caus ed it to be cancelled completely late Sunday morning before all the members of the battery had an op portunity to shoot the world-fam ous carbines. Battery A engaged in the firing with the other four units of the 113th Field Artillery Battalion. The weekend at Camp Butner is an an nual event for the Guardsman. In spite of the cancellation, two men qualified as Marksmen with the carbine with eight rounds left to shoot. Pvt. Henry Kitchings and Pvt. Dallas Gurley both exceed ed the '195 points needed. Careful Preparations Careful preparations kept the men dry during the long periods of rain. The pup tents were secure ly erected on high ground, and the clothing and equipment left in the tents was kept safe and dry. The evening meal Saturday was prepared under the direction of Saturday Is Last Chance to Register For Democratic Primary May 31 Saturday is the last chance for Democrats in Little River Town ship to register for the primary to be held May 31, according to Mrs. Rhoda Gill, Zebulon registrar. She urged all Demicrats not yet regis tered to get their names on the books. Little River Township is divid ed into two precincts, with polling places at Zebulon and Mitchell's Mill M. D. Perry is regisrtar at Mit . the First Cook, Sgt. George Mas ; sey, assisted by Sgt. Max Wil : liams, Cpl. Phiyip Williams, Cpl. Donald Fowler, and Pfc. Albert : Stell. Mess Steward Percy Parrish su pervised the preparation of break fast and dinner on Sunday. Bacon 1 and eggs with cereal and fruit were served for breakfast at 5 o’clock, a. m., and dinner featur ing fried chicken and pie was serv : ed at noon. ! Targets, Pits The targets and pits were ope rated under the direction of Lt. George Hinds. Fire Direction personnel worked both Saturday and Sunday prepar ing for the combat efficiency test to be conducted at Fort McClellan in July. Battery A had the best attend ance of any of the five batteries, ! present at Camp Butner. dnly one man was absent, making an attend ance average of nearly 99%. The next weekend training for Battery A will be conducted May i 24-25. i Regularly scheduled drills will (Continued on Page 4) chell’s Mill. Judges are J. R. Moody and Ennis Prior. In Zebulon, Democrats may reg ister at the fire station with Mrs. Rhoda Gill. Judges are Z. N. Cul pepper and L. P. Scarboro. In Marks Creek, Wendell, the polling place is the town hall and J. L. Lynch is registrar. Judges are A. G. Knott and J. W. Parker. In Rolesville precinct Mrs. Roy E. Jones is registrar and Judges are Roy E. Jones and Bill Wat kins. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, May 13,1952 Deputy Massey, Mack Perry Are Precinct Chairmen G. C. Massey, Wake County dep uty sheriff, was elected chairman of the Zebulon precinct Democrat ic executive committee Saturday afternoon following a meeting held in the municipal building. He suc ceeds Mrs. Irby D. Gill. Also nam ed at the meeting were the mem bers of the executive committee and delegates to the County Con vention to be held in Raleigh next Saturday. Mrs. J. Raleigh Alford was elect ed vice-chairman of the executive committee. Each year one of the two top offices is held by a wo man. Serving with Chairman Massey and Mrs. Alford on the executive committee are W. B. Hopkins, A. R. House, and Dr. L. M. Massey. Local Delegates Delegates to the Wake County Convention, which will be held in the county courthouse at noon Saturday, are Dr. L. M. Massey, Eldred Rountree, Mrs. Ferd Davis, Mrs. L. M. Massey, Mrs. J. R. Al ford, Ralph Talton, W T . B. Hopkins, W. A. Allmen, Ferd Davis, Mrs. Irby Gill, Irby Gill, Mrs. Wallace Chamblee, Mrs. W. A. Allman. Frank Coiner, David Perry, Ben Massey, B. B. Richards, Worth Hin ton, B. T. Ray; Z. N. Culpepper, A. R. House, C. M. Hocutt, Vance Brown, K. P. Leonard, Dewey Massey, Melvin Massey, G. C. Massey, Avon Priv ett, S. D. Gay, Cecil Hopkins, S. T. Davis, Jim B. Croom, J. Ral eigh Alford, and Barrie Davis. Mitchell’s Mill At Mitchell’s Mill precinct, Mack D. Perry was elected chairman of the executive committee; Mrs. F. H. Broughton is vice-chairman; and other of the executive commit tee are Clem Mitchell, F. H. Broughton, and Ennis Puryean Delegates to the county conven tion from Mitchell’s Mill include F. H. Broughton, M. D. Perry, A. R. Perry, and Lunnie Buffaloe. Dewey Barnes Is Saturday Winner Dewey Barnes of Route 1, Mid dlesex, and Annie Bell High of Route 4, Zebulon, were named Sil ver Harvest Day winners on Sat urday, May 10, and each of the prize winners were presented $23. in valuable script good at face value for merchandise in Zebulon stores. The Silver Harvest Day is a weekly event in Zebulon held each Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Over 40 merchants and businessmen join in sponsoring the occasion. , On Saturday, May 17, the Silver Harvest Day treasury will have $263.00, according to R. Vance Brown, treasurer of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce. Mrs, Pattie Daniels Wins Clerk Prize Mrs. Pattie Daniels, who works at Antone’s Department Store in Zebulon, was named Most Courte ous Clerk of the Week last Satur day following the Silver Harvest Day award. Mrs. Daniels was pre sented a $3 00 cash award by the Chamber of Commerce. The selection of the most courte ous clerk is made by anonymous judges who visit every store in Zebulon sometime each week. DONOR '' lif C. V. Whitley Dreams of a community park for Zebulon came nearer reality last week when funds for the purchase of a site were given to the Zebu lon Recreation Commission by Mr. Whitley, who promised enough ad ditional land to provide five acres of park. Development of a park is part of the AFC plan for Zebulon. Last Rites Today For Mrs. Glover Funeral services will be con ducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Zebulon Baptist Church for Mrs. W. O. Glover, 48, who died at her home here Sunday evening af ter several months of declining health. The Rev. Carlton Mitchell will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in Montlawn Cemetery. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Elwood P. Perry of Zebulon and Mrs. Horace C. Perry of Wendell; two sisters, Mrs. , I. M. Weathers and Mrs. W. C. Coley of Wendell; four brothers, E. A. Rhodes of Zebulon, H. P. Rhodes of Wendell, Wade E. Rhodes of Raleigh, and F. D. Rhodes of Durham, John Bridges Now Stationed in Oregon A2-C John H. Bridges of Mrs. Lida Page Bridges of Zebulon, has < been assigned to the Air Defense j Filter Center in Portland, Ore., as . a technician instructor and oper ational supervisor. i Bridges’ work is connected with < the Civil Air Defense Program and j Ground Observer Corps of the State of Oregon. i 66,000-Volt Power Line Breaks Causing Six-Hour Blackout Here Two breaks in the 66,000 volt line between Raleigh and Knight dale caused a power interruption in Zebulon and surrounding com munities lasting over six hours last Friday night, according to Ralph Talton, head of the Zebulon dis trict office. The interruption was the longest ever encountered by Carolina Power and Light in this section. The severe wind and rain storm broke lines and poles, and work was handicapped because both; breaks were in swamps and all' materials had to be carried in by Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Wilbur Debnam Is New Lions' Club President for '52 Wilbur T. Debnam was elected president of the Zebulon Lions Club for the coming year at the May 2 meeting of the group. Lion Debnam, who has been active in the local group since its organiza tion, succeeds J. C. Debnam in the office. The newly-elected officers will be installed at special ceremonies to be held June 19. Other officers named last week include Philip Massey, first vice president; Milton Pate Bryant, sec ond vice-president; Wesley Liles, third vice-president; Other Officers Bill Mar ley, secretary-treasurer; Oren Daniel Massey, Lion Tamer; Frank Kemp, tail twister; and Jerry Hagwood and Battle Corbett, new directors. Gilbert Beck and Fred Beck are members of the Board of Directors whose terms have not expired. Ladies’ Night The Zebulon Lions Club Ladies’ Night, originally scheduled for May 15, has been postponed until June 5. This week the local Lions will meet with the Fuquay-Varina Lions Club in an effort to capture the Region Prowler’s Trophy. The Garner Lions Club is tied with the Zebulon group in the ef fort to capture the trophy, and the local Lions expect to gain posses sion of the Trophy this week. Mrs, Nellie Kemp To Sing Thursday At Wake Forest Mrs. Nellie Kemp, soprano, stu dent of Dr. Clifford Bair of Wake Forest College, will be presented in her third Spring Concert in the Wakelon School auditorium on Thursday evening, May 15, at 8 o’clock. The program will be varied, with the first and third groups featur ing works of Schuman Wolf, De bussy, Rescighi, and Faure. The aria, “Pace-Pace Mio Vio," from the opera “La Forza del Des cino” by Verdi, will highlight the second group. Piano Selections Mrs. Roberta Deenis, a member of the Wakelon School faculty, will present piano selections by Ravelle and Faure. Mrs. Kemp will conclude the concert by singing a group of duets with her accompan ist, Miss Elizabeth Salmon, minis ter of music for the Zebulon Bap tist Church. hand. Crews were on hand at the Zeb ulon station within three minutes of the time the power went off and work was begun immediately trac ing the location of the line breaks. The FM radios mounted on the trucks proved invaluable in speed ing the work, Talton said, because telephone service was out during the storm and it was necessary to communicate continually with Raleigh in making repairs. Five crews from Qaleigh and Zebulon was used in bringing elec trical service to normal.
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