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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 79. Guardsmen Arrive At Ft. McClellan; Training Is Begun The main body of troops of the famed 30th Infantry Division be gan arriving at Ft. McClellan, Ala., at 4 a.m. Monday, and the men began immediate preparations for two weeks of the most intense field training given National Guard units since the end of World War n. Zebulon’s Battery A arrived about 5 a.m., unloading their bag gage and immediately went to their tents to begin the first day of train ing. On hand to greet the Zebulon Guardsmen were the twenty offi cers rnd men who traveled to the Alabama army camp as members of the advance detachment, mess detail, and motor convoy. Beginning Tuesday, the artillery men will be in the field everyday during the first week preparing for service practice and the combat efficiency test next week. All the post recreational facili ties are available to the National Guardsmen during their off-duty hours including the Post Exchange, movies, service club, amphitheatre, and swimming pools. During the weekend, passes will be given the men so that they can visit Anniston and other nearby points of interest. Mrs. Coats Is Named Most Courteous Clerk Mrs. Rachel Coats, receptionist in the dental offices of Dr. L. M. Massey, was selected as most cour teous clerk of the week by the Chamber of Commerce committee, and was awarded a $3.00 cash prize last Saturday. Winners in Saturday’s Silver Harvest drawing were Rossie Brantley of Zebulon, Route 4, and Mrs. D. C. Pearce of Zebulon. Each received a cash award of $51.00. The Silver Harvest treasury for Saturday, July 12, totals $490.00, according to R. Vance Brown, treasurer. SEEN AND HEARD Aggressor Claimed He Couldn't Be Questioned Because He Was Dead Members of Battery A are not, relishing the thought of standing guard at lonely posts during the four days the unit spends in the field during the second week of summer training. But guard posts will have to be manned to protect the Zebulon battery’s guns and men from Aggressor Forces who will be in action each night. The older members of Battery A still remember two summers ago when two Aggressors were cap tured in the Battery A area. Brought before the unit command er for interrogation, they protested vigorously. “He can’t question us,’’ the two said. “We just blew him up twenty minutes ago!” A check revealed that the truck be side which the battery commander had been sleeping was completely covered with chalked “Destroyed,” indicating the two Aggressors were correct in their claim. Killed | with the commander were the exe cutive officer, the first sergeant, the motor sergeant, the supply | sergeant, and the unit administra-' tor. It was a sad night for Battery j A that summer in 1850. TOPKICK ' jpk ■ } • r ' v First Sergeant Sidney Holmes, who, according to his battery commander, is “the best topkick in this or any other army,” is at Fort McClellan, Alabama, for the next two weeks, attending the National Guard 1952 encampment. Dr. Richard A. Spring To Practice Veterinary Medicine in Community Dr. Richard A. Spring has open ed offices for the general prac tice of veterinary medicine in the building formerly occupied by Tipplon Case on Highway 64 about a mile east of Zebulon. Dr. Spring, who received the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in June from Michigan State College, is already living in the Tipplon building with his wife and two daughters, 22 months and 5 months old. As yet he has set no office hours, but is available on a call basis. In addition to receiving his doc torate at Michigan State, Dr. Spring also did his pre-veterinary study there. He is a native of Ken sington, Connecticut, where he at tended the Congregational Church. Zebulon merchants and farmers have been unanimous in the belief that Dr. Spring’s arrival will en rich the community by filling a need long felt by local owners of livestock and pets. A prisoner captured later in the night seemed to be an exceptional ly smart Aggressor. He was not wearing an Aggressor uniform, so the Zebulon Guardsmen assumed he was a spy. “What outfit do you belong to,” asked First Sergeant Sidney Holmes. “The' United States National Guard,” was the answer. “I mean where did you come from,” the topkick said. "From the armory back home,” was the helpless reply. Recruit Was Lost Further questioning revealed that the supposed “Aggressor” was a raw recruit from an adjoining battery who had gone out for a late visit to the latrine and gotten lost on the return trip to his tent. For two hours he had wandered in circles through the pines before being captured V •' Battery A out posts. An escort of two Battery A guides was provided to show the lost soul to his tent and tuck him in bed. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, July 8, 1952 Softball Schedule For Current Week Given by Director A heavier softball schedule will be played in Zebulon each week, Recreation Director Jim Fish an nounced yesterday, with most teams playing two games weekly. The fuller schedule calls for games at the Wakelon diamond Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day nights, with rained out games being made up each Friday night. “Managers of the various teams have requested more games,” Mr. Fish said, “and the Recreation Commission is seeking to give the players what they want; so we are scheduling, where possible, two games a week for each team in or der for the players to get more recreation in the form of soft ball.” Tonight’s Game This week’s schedule calls for the Wakefield Teen-Agers to meet the Zebulon Teen-Agers at 7:30 to uight, with the Lions playing the Rotarians in the second game. Tomorrow night the Scribes meet Wakefield at 7:30, and Gris wold’s Gizmos play Jack Mitchell’s “Old Men's Team” in the night cap. Thursday night the Zebulon Teen-Agers play the Wakefield Teen-Agers again in the first game, and the Lions play the Gizmos in the final. Managerial Duties The home team is listed first for each game, and the manager of the home team is responsible for mark ing the baselines with lime. Managers are requested by Mr. Fish to post their entry fees as soon as possible. Fee for each team, regardless of the number of players carried on the roster, is $15.00. Little League Little League baseball practice begins this afternoon at 5 o’clock, and will continue at that hour each Tuesday and Thursday un til further notice. Boys between the ages of nine and fourteen are asked to bring their own equip ment to the practice sessions. Swimming Trips Swimming trips to Wake Forest will be made each Monday and Friday at 1:30 p. m., Mr. Fish stated. Admission to the Wake Forest pool is 15 cents for children under 12 and 25 cents for older children. All children must bring their own towels. Departure for Wake Forest will be from the Bap tist Church. Poultry Needs Plenty Os Water in Summer Both growing pullets and lay ers need plenty of fresh, cool wa ter now that hot weather is here. Chickens won’t drink much wa ter unless it is cool and fresh, says T. B. Morris, extension poul try specialist, North Carolina State College. This means, he says, that the pullets will not grow but as they should and the hens will not lay as many eggs as they could if they don’t have a constant sup ply of cool water on hot days. One way of having water avail able when needed is to install an automotic system. This saves time and labor and makes the job of caring for chickens easier. “It has been said that water is the cheapest feed for chickens, so make sure your birds have plenty of fresh, cool water at all times,” advises Specialist Morris. Tractors, Workers Make SSOO Improvement July 3 on Zebulon Park Area Thirteen tractors, representing $30,000 worth of machinery, at tacked the too-thick trees and underbrush on the Zebulon commun ity park site Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon, thinning the trees and dragging them to the road beside the park. The work would have cost over $500.00 if the community had hired it done, SOFTBALLER _ ’lk <* .jplf I Our featured softball player is Fred Beck this week. Fred, who is a member of the Beck Brothers Veneer Company, pitches and plays the outfield for thq Lions’ Club entry in the local Blooper League. I Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Lizzie Bunn Last Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Hopkins Bunn of Zebulon, Route 4, who died at her home at noon Thursday at the age of 79, were conducted from the home Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. A. D. Parrish, assisted by the Rev. Fred Crisp, officiated. Burial followed in the family cemetery. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Allen Perry, Mrs. W. M. Richards and Exie Bunn, all of Zebulon, Route 4; a son, Albert Bunn, of Zebulon, Route 4; and a brother, D. B. Hopkins, also of Zebulon, Route 4. +'— *—-— 1 — - -—■—>—■—+ APOLOGY Don’t blame the post of fice if you didn’t get your Record last Saturday. The papers were printed, but we failed to get them to the post office in time! < ■ - ■■—"—• —1 l _________________ Local Negro Killed in July Fourth Automobile Accident; Arrest Made Elbert W. Hodge, 23-year-old Negro of Zebulon, Route 4, died be for * he reached the hospital on July 4 following Wake County’s first fatal holiday traffic accident. The truck-auto collision occurred between the Clyde Weathers place and Cary Robertson’s store on the Martin’s Center-Rolesville high way. Hodge’s wife and two children escaped with slight injuries when their truck was rammed by an automobile driven by Duke Mick ens, 34-year-old Negro of Garner, Route 2. Mickens drove his car through Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. but those who worked on the park contributed their labor, according to Ed Hales. None of the tractors came from inside the city limits of Zebulon. Every one of the thirteen were from communities surrounding the town. They averaged nine hours of work each during the day. In addition to the tractor drivers, 15 men voluntarily worked through the day helping pull down and clear the trees from the park. Workers Listed Working Thursday with their tractors were Berdon Eddins, H. H. “Bubber” Eddins, Robert Ed Horton, Joe Cunningham, Steve Blackley, Smoot Draughan, Jack Mitchell, Robert Perry, John Clark, Herbert Perry, R. G. Moss, Harold Greene, and J. R. Murray. The tractors pulled up many of the pines to allow the poplar, maple and others trees room to grow. Where a tree proved too large for one tractor, two teamed up to pull it from the ground. Working behind the tractors were H. U.< Whitley, Charles drfeech, I. B. Richardson, Ned Moss, Billy Wayne Perry, Billy Boy Greene, Wilbur Debnam, Bob by, Driver, Frank Kemp, M. L. Hagwood, James Debnam, Ed Hales, and Willie B. Hopkins. Colored Workers Two colored men, J. C. Montague and Eugene Montague, provided valuable assistance as they volun tarily gave their help during the day. Plans for the outdoor fireplaces and shelters are being completed, according to Chairman Wilbur Debnam of the Finer Zebulon Steering Committee. He reported that members of the committee have investigated various fireplace designs to select the most appro priate design for the park. Strange Growth Willie Bullock brought several sprigs of a wild cherry tree into the shop Friday morning. The leaves, which were found in Nash County, had hundreds of small growths on the tops. The growths resembled small cherries, although some folks thought they might be some para sitic growth which had become attached to the cherry leaves by air currents. * a stop sign at an intersection on the Martin Center-Rolesvile road between the Clyde Weathers place and Cary Robertson’s store, hitting Hodge’s truck about 5:15 Friday afternoon. An unidentified pas senger in the Mickens car was not hurt. Highway Patrolman F. R. Wick er said Mickens has been charged with manslaughter and was being held Saturday under $3,000 bond. Hodge’s wife was treated at St. Agnes Hospital for lacerations of the face. The two children, Ever ett Wayne and demon Ruffin, were treated for minor cuts.
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