THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 78.
THIS, THAT &
. THE OTHER
Mr*. Theo. B. Davis
After daughter Judy learned that
last week’s heat was breaking all
records at the weather bureau she
didn’t mind it nearly so much.
There was an inverted satisfaction
in feeling that something was be
ing accomplished, and a warm
pleasure in seeing just how high
the mercury could climb.
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Never before have I seen snap
beans crisped at the tips before
being picked. Most of our Top
crops on the vines were limp all
their length, and a great many
browned at the bloom end. They
were not good to cook nor to freeze
or can; just good for nothing.
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I wonder how many persons be
came dreadfully sleepy as soon as
coolness came in place of searing
heat. All Tuesday morning I
could hardly stay awake, comfor
table for the first time in so many
days . . . But the crops are still
suffering.
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Zebulon’s teen-agers have the
right idea about a meeting place
of their own and the way to se
cure equipment for it. When we
show that we are quite willing to
work for what we want help is
much more likely to be forthcom
ing than when we merely make
our wants and wishes known and
expect others to fulfill them. And
the young folk will find there is
about as much pleasure in working
together as in playing together,
which is one of the blessings of
life. Success to them in their
efforts to collect what is needed for
furnishing the Center.
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It is said that when we have an
armory there will be in it space
for recreation activities. While we
hope and pray that the day may
come when armories will not be
needed, we can still be glad that
they are not used wholly for pur
poses of war. And, since they are
needed now, Zebulon is fortunate
in having been selected as one of
the few towns in the state to have
one.
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Years ago, when my second son
was about three, he liked very
much to play with little Doris
Horton. One day when Doris was
speaking of some of her many rela
tives here Ted lamented the fact
that nobody akin to him lived in
or near Zebulon. Doris sym
pathetically told him he might
have part of her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Kemp. The offer was gladly
accepted, and, without conferring
with Mrs. Kemp, Ted at once began
to call her “Grandma.” The two
older children followed him in
this, as did the two younger, later
on, and it seemed perfectly natural.
When a friend precedes us on
the long last journey always some
scenes from the' past stand out in
memory. This is true when I think
of Mrs. Kemp. In her home, the
first I entered after coming to
Zebulon as a pastor’s wife. Next,
in church, where her quiet serenity
gave greater meaning to every ser
vice.
Two other special memories are
equally dear, though very differ
ent. One is of when she visited me
at Kennedy Home and was per
suaded to don a borrowed bathing
suit of green woolen material and
enter the swimming pool. She
was more than sixty at that time.
The orphanage girls were delight
ed to tow her about the pool and
she needed no help going up and
down the long ladder.
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MULES, TRACTORS, UNION CHAPEL FOLKS AFTER LENDING HELPING HAND
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This is a portrait of outstanding neighbor’.iness on the part of the
folks out Union Chapel way. Lined up following their good deed are
the mules, tractors, and drivers who cultivated the lands of Frank
Blackley after he was laid up after a snake had bitten him while he
was cleaning up the church ground. Peoples around Zebulon have a
National Guard Unit
On Way to Alabama;
Others to Go Sunday
National Guardsmen of Battery
A began to leave Zebulon Wednes
day night and Thursday for Fort
McClellan, Ala., for their annual
sumer encampment. First to leave
were Cpl. Jimmy Spivey and Pfc.
Spot Beddingfield, who traveled
by train from Raleigh Wednesday
; night. The vehicles and 105-mm
howitzers left Zebulon at 5 a.m.
yesterday morning.
Sgt. Ralph Creech and Pvt. Dal ■
las Gurley left yesterday after
noon as members of the advance
detachment.
Members of Battery A making
the trip by truck include Lt.
George Hinds, convoy commander;
Lt. Dave Finch, Sfc. J. P. Arnold,
Sfc. Bob Sawyer, Sgt. Kenneth
Pearce, Sgt. Kenneth Chamblee,
Cpl. Cooper Moss, Cpl. B. B. Bar
ham, Cpl. Pete Combs, Cpl. Clyde
Morris, Sgt. Elton Price, Pvt. Carl
i ton Blackley, Pfc. James Perry,
and Cpl. Jack Tippett.
The remainder of the Battery
| will leave Zebulon by bus for
1 Raleigh Sunday morning, and will
| travel by Pullman from Raleigh
j to Ft. McClellan.
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Chamblee Reunion
The relatives of Dr. H. Royster
Chamblee of Raleigh gave a bar
becue picnic Saturday afternoon at
the D. D. Chamblees honoring Dr.
and Mrs. Chamblee and Royster,
Jr., who will sail this week for
London, England, to attend the
11th International Dental Con
gress.
Uncle F/s Almanac
The almanac for today is extra
short, since if you don’t know what
happened on the Fourth of July,
you probably couldn’t read my
column anyhow.
B. T. U. TRIP
The B. T. U. will meet
at the church Monday even
ing at 6:30 to make the trip
by truck to Brooks Recrea
tion Center. All B. T. U.
members are urged to go.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 4, 1952
C. Creech Heads Legion ;
Youth Delegates Report
Delegates to Girls’ and Boys’
State were featured speakers at
the joint meeting of the Zebulon
American Legion Post and the Le
gion Auxiliary held at E. P. Priv
ette’s Wednesday night. Making
reports were Ju»nna Joy Mitchell,
Jimmy Joyner, and Leroy Treva
than.
A chicken barbecue supper was
served prior to the program.
Juanna Joye, Girls’ State dele
gate sponosed by the Auxiliary,
gave a glowing account of the week
saying that she learned much about
politics and government through
hectic campaigning and interesting
Clements Announces
Ten-Cent Phone Toll
To Be Initiated Here
Conversion of Zebulon’s coin
telephones to operation at the 10-
cent rate, authorized last April 28,
is scheduled to be completed July
9, it was announced today by E. A.
Clement, District Manager for
Southern Bell Telephone Company.
The new change will become ef
fective as final adjustments are
made at each coin telephone. It is
expected that approximately two
days will be required to complete
the change on all telephones in
this area.
Mr. Clement explained that there
will be no change in the manner
of placing calls from these tele
phones except that it will require
the use of either one dime or two
nickels.
Spivey-Peoples Vows
Repeated in Norfolk
In a beautiful double-ring cere
mony in the Methodist Parsonage
at Norfolk, Mrs. Mary Boone Peo
ples and Oden B. Spivey, Jr., were
married by the Rev. Henry A. Har
rell on Thursday evening at 8:30.
Mrs. O. B. Spivey, Sr., mother
of the groom, was matron of hon
or, and Lynn Miller, brother-in
law of the groom, was best man.
Following a short wedding trip,
the couple will be at home in Nor
folk.
i way Oi pnching in to help wherever needed, and Thursday thirteen
farm tractors were helping clear out trees from the Zebulon park site.
Ed Hales says there was $30,000 worth of tractors at the park and they
completed over SSOO worth of tractor work. This spirit of helpfulness
is what sets Zebulon community above other sections of the nation.
lectures. Fan Greene was the sec
ond Zebulon delegate to Girls’
State, but could not attend the
joint meeting.
According to the two Boys’ State
representatives, their days at
Chapel Hill were closely supervised
and completely filled with activi
ties.
The three representatrves ex
pressed their appreciation for be
ing permitted to attend the Girls’
and Boys’ State gatherings, and
they expresed hopes that the Le
gion and Auxiliary will continue
to sponsor delegates.
Charles Creech was elected to
the post of Commander of the Le
gion Post for the coming year. He
replaces Horace Gay, who has said
he could not serve.
The newly-elected Commander
stated his appreciation for the hon
or of serving the Zebulon Post and
requested the cooperation of all
Legionnaires during the coming
year.
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Frank Blackley, of the Union
Chapel community, is pictured as
he watches his neighbors plow the
fields he could not tend after his
hand was snake-bitten on the
church grounds.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
Long Life
Os Service Rendered
Mrs. Kemp's Memory
On June 27, 1952, Mrs. Mary
Robertson Kemp was laid in her
last resting place near her home,
beside her husband, the late John
A. Kemp, the founder of the J. A.
Kemp & Son Mdse. Store.
. She was 91 years old when she
answered the Master’s call. She
had outlived those who had grown
up with her and knew her the
best. She was living with another
generation.
Those of us who knew her the
best know that a Saint has been
called home to be with those she
knew long ago.
We cannot say enough in praise,
in regard to her gentle and kindly
disposition, which makes her an
outstanding Christian. She has
meant so much to the community
of Wakefield, where she was bora
and lived all of her life, a monu
ment to her memory is in the
hearts of us who knew her best
and is more enduring than one
built of stone.
We are told that there is a
special place for the Saints ovter
there. Mrs. Kemp will be occu
pying such a place—that is the
opinion of us who have known her
the longest. Her influence will
continue on with us here.
Durward D. Chamblee.
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Promoted in Korea
Bobby R. Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Brown, Zebulon, recently
was promoted to sergeant while
serving with the 7th Infantry Di
vision on the west-central front in
North Korea.
Sergeant Brown, an assistant
platoon sergeant in Company L,
31st Infantry Regiment, has been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge.
He entered the Army in Novem
ber 1950.
Pfc. Daniel J. Johnson, Route 1,
Wendell, has been awarded the
Combat Infantryman Badge, a
symbol of close-quarter fighting
with the enemy, while serving
with the 25th Infantry Division in
Korea.
Johnson, a first gunner in Com
pany D of the 35th Infantry Regi
ment, entered the Army in Octo
ber 1951 and arrived in Korea In
April of this year.