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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 85. Personal Items of the Past Week from Town And Rural Residents Mr. J. A. Bunch and daughter, Virginia, of Albemarle, left Wed nesday after spending several days with his sister, Mrs. Lela B. Horton. Mr. W. L. Simpson, Mrs. Bob Sawyer, and Mrs. Willie B. Hop kins attended a dinner and busi ness meeting of the Eastern Star in Siler City Wednesday evening. Mrs. Harold Eddins’ sister from Smithfield is visiting her. Mr. and Mrs Percy Carlton of Charlotte spent Wednesday night with the Ruric Gills. Little Steve Moser, son of the Rom Mosers cf Raleigh, is spend ing the week w;th his grandpar ents, the E. H. Mcsers. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Cox of Jack sonville will arrive Saturday to visit the Wilbur Bebrams. Mr. and Mrs. Clatence Hocutt, Mack, and Armenia returned Sun day night after a trip to New York City. They returned by Washing ton, D. C., the Luray Caverns, and down the Skyline Drive. Mrs. Philip Olive and Mary Jane returned from a visit to her parents in Kittrell Wednesday night. Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Hall of Raleigh spent Sunday with Dr and Mrs. J. F. Coltrane. The Ferd Davises leave today for Morehead City to attend the meeting of the State Board of Con servation and Development. Charles Alford returned Wed nesday from Rex Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith spent Sunday with friends in Rose Hill. A. R. House has been suffering from the discomfort of an ear in fection for a week. He is improv ing slowly. Misses Jean and Joyce Baker visited the Williford Gays Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sharpe of Raleigh visited the L. N. Bakers Friday night. Charles Alford of Zebulon, suf fered a broken leg caused by a wreck with a truck. He is in room 213, at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Mrs. Roy B. Stautonborough and children, Barra, Adrienne and Carol Jean of Maroa, 111., were Tuesday night guests of Mrs. John D. Horton and Mrs. Eugene Priv ette. Mrs. Stautenborough, the former Martha Louise Horton of Alberquerque, N. Mex., is a niece of the late J. D. Horton. Leonard Seawell has returned to Zebulon from Philadelphia. Mrs. Bodell Winstead, Anne and Vanda of Middlesex, Mrs. W. D. Evans, Mrs. Maylon Alford and children spent a few days at Whitt Lake last week. Epp Wiggs left Monday for East ern Canada where he will assist in curing the Canadian tobacco crop. The curing season in Cana da lasts about two months. Rotary Meeting J. Bourke Bilisoly, immediate past president of the Wendell Ro tary Club, charged the new offi cers of the Zebulon Rotary Club at their meeting last Friday night, pointing out to the 1952-53 officers that the chief responsibility for furthering the ideals of Rotary in this community now belongs to them. Mr. Bilisoly, attorney and editor of the Gold Leaf Farmer, gave in structions to President Norman Screws, Vice President Carlton Mitchell, Secretary Rodney Mc- Nabb, Treasurer Vance Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms D. D. Cham blee, Past President Howard Beck, and Directors G. C. Massey and Ferd Davis. This, That and the Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis Many of us know how to sym pathize with the man who said there was a time when a family picnic meant steaks broiled over coals. Later on it was hamburger patties instead of steak; but they tasted pretty good and were less work. Still later wieners replac ed hamburgers. Less work than ever, but also less pleasing. Now, he says, when they have a picnic he just rents one spare-rib for the day. • This summer’s extreme heat has caused numerous cases of “sun poison,” as some call the burns it makes on face and arms. If sufferers are willing to try my Aunt Jennie’s preventive for this, it might lessen the need for cures. Before going into hot sunshine Aunt Jennie coated face and arms with clabber or thick buttermilk. Over this, while it was wet, she patted all the sifted cornmeal that would stick on. The mixture made a protective mask from which her black eyes looked out with a truly startling effect. But it kept off sunburn, and when worn with a sunbonnet, actually bleach ed the skin. One word of caution: Do not rub the face while the milk-and-meal plaster is on. • Zebulon’s unit of the National Guard arrived home Sunday pretty well covered with honors won at Ft. McClellan, as well as with dust and insect bites. And, in case you don’t already know it, that unit is “the very finest group of boys in the whole world.” This infor mation came to me soon after the return Sunday, and was from the captain himself; and he couldn’t be prejudiced in their favor, could he? • Although I did not go to the armory to meet the returning sol diers, I was among those who re joiced at their return. Mine was double-barrelled rejoicing because Seen and Heard Around Zebulon Whenever time for summer camp approaches, members of the National Guard half hope, half dread the long trip and rugged 1 days. But when it is over, there are enough memories laid aside to last another year and many of them as pleasant memories. • Sgt. Kenneth Hopkins, the tal ented administrative assistant of Battery A, won second prize (an electric razor) in the 30th Divis ion Amateur Contest at Ft. Mc- Clellan. • The total payroll for the Zebu lon unit was nearly $3,800 for the two weeks, and most of this money returned to Zebulon with the men. • Mail service was excellent from Zebulon to the men in the battery. Many letters were delivered with in 24 hours of the time they were mailed in Zebulon. • Wives and girl friends shouldn’t read this next item if their reac tion is the same as my wife Judy’s. When the Zebulon Records arrived at Ft. McClellan, the majority of the Guardsmen read the newspa per before the yopened their let ters. This was reported to Judy, Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 25, 1952 of what the absence of three men in the Guard had meant to the Record Shop. Those who were left behind “to stay with the stuff” doubled activities, despite the heat. We who are partly outside and partly in tried to help as best we could; but it meant long, hard hours for the real workers, with hardly enough sleep to keep go ing during the middle of the weeks. Whatever went wrong or undone, was certainly uninten tional. Among the memories of that strain is that of the day Selma, my son’s wife, drove the station wagon to Raleigh with a load of papers, also having to go to an electrical place on the other side of the city. I went along to bolster her mo rale. Neither of us knew how to get from the electrical shop to the Seaboard Station, but finally it was reached by a system or trial and error. Two colored men met us as Selma backed to the shed. Then, to our sickening dismay we found ourselves with sixteen bags of mail and not a label on a sin gle one of them. Patiently one col ored man said over and over: “They have to be labels. Yes, ma am. We can’t take ’em with no labels. No ma’am.” Selma did the only thing possi ble come back and had the bags labeled, then made ano(he r *'in to Raleigh through the heat, but with hoi three chill* on as morale builders. I stayed home Little League Ball Little League baseball game will be played on Monday night at 8 o’clock on the lighted Wake lon diamond, according to Recrea tion Director Jim Fish. The Zebu lon Little Leaguers will meet Ral eigh. The Little League is open to players from nine to thirteen years of age. Several talented perform ers have leveloped on the Zebulon squad this yar. and she swears she will not write next summer, but will depend on the Zebulon Record to give me the news. • Sfc. Percy Parrish and his tal ented Battery A mess section cook ed and served supper on the train during the trip home. Supposedly all the necessary supplies had been loaded on the train, cut a last second chec revealed no paper plates, cups, or forks. Lt. Jack Ays cue made a flying trip into Annis ton to purchase these items and returned just before the train pull ed out of Ft. McClellan. When the train was underway, i Mess Steward Parrish discovered that salt was not issued, and with out salt the creamed potatoes, snaps, and other vegetables would be tasteless. Five miles from Atlanta the train slowed and stopped. Beside the track was a house. Inside the house, Sfc. Parrish hoped, there was salt. Hopefully he called, “Lady, lady,” watching to see if the lady of the house came to the door. In a minute a small head ap peared, with the rest of a little boy following. “Sonny,” called the mess steward. “Can we borrow a cup (Continued on Page 6) Battery A Begins Regular Routine of Drills and Work The National Guardsmen of Bat tery A, rested and happy after their successful two-weeks sum mer encampment at Ft. McClel lan, Ala., settled down to a sched ule of weekly drills this week, with the first assembly after camp to be held Monday night, July 28, at 7:30. The equipment and supplies used during the summer encampment will be cleaned, in spected, and returned to its prop er place in the armory Monday evening. The last of the Battery A ar tillerymen returned about 9 a. m. Tuesday, completing the long mo tor movement from the Alabama post without mishap. Under the leadership of Lt. George Hinds, the convoy left Ft. McClellan at 5:30 Sunday morning. Sunday night was spent at Elberton, Ga., and Monday night at Cheraw, S. C. The Zebu lon unit was one of the few bat teries to complete the movement without having a vehicle fall out of the column with mechanical trouble. News Items Over the Community Scout Meeting A special program on First Aid will be carried out at the Monday night meeting of the Zebulon Boy Scout Troop, according to James Debnam, Explorer dviser, who is directing the Boy Scout activities until a new Scoutmaster can be named. The meeting will be held at 7:30 Monday night in the Boy Scout hyt. Tenderfoot and Second Class Scouts will have an opportunity to pass off the necessary First Aid requirements for promotion to higher ranks at the meeting. All Scouts are asked to bring a Scout kerchief to the meeting for use in the instruction. Baptist Services The pastor’s theme for the morn ing sermon at the local Baptist Church Sunday will be “Concern ing the Second Mile.” The Adult Choir will sing the beautiful Lat vian anthem by Sergei, “My God and I.” Mr. Johnsey Arnold will offer the baritone solo, “My Task” by Ashford. The Training Union Film Night program on Sunday evening at eight o’clock will be conducted by the Adult Training Union un der the leadership of Mr. Arm strong Cannady. A sound film will be presented. Returns from Hospital C. T. Williams, Jr., returned home Saturday after two weeks of treatment at Mary Elizabeth Hos pital in Raleigh. Last Rites Held for Mrs. Allen Funeral services were held yes terday at 3:30 p. m., for Mrs. Katie Hilliard Allen, 74, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. V. Price of Wendell, Route 2, on Tuesday morning. The services were held at Lee’s Chapel and the body was taken to the church an hour before the service. The Rev. S. G. Stephens of Wen dell, assisted by the Rev. J. R. Puckett of Smithfield, conducted the services. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are three daughters, Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Sfc. J. P. Arnold, caretaker, per sonally directed the maintenance of the 60 vehicles in the convoy. During the stops, his mechanics, including Cpl. Clyde Morris and Sgt. Elton Price worked until after midnight repairing and re placing vital parts to the engines which had malfunctioned during the day. The next major event for Bat tery A is the annual visit in Sep tember or October by the Regular Army Inspector General, when the armory training and instruc tion will be graded. The facili ties of the local unit, far below the state average because of inade quate size and security, keeps Battery A from achieving a top all-round rating, but the Zebulon Guardsmen are determined to earn a Superior rating on all their oth er work. Enlistments in the National Guard are again accepted. Admin istrative Assistant Kenneth Hop kins is on duty five days each week and can talk with interested applicants 17 years and older. Silver Harvest Day At the Silver Harvest observance held July 12, K. P. Leonard was awarded $49.00 by the merchants of Zebulon. This information was omitted from last week’s Zebulon Record. Since the Silver Harvest Days were begun, Zebulon merchants have given prizes totalling $671.00 to their friends. Bill Perry, who works at Zebu lon Drug Company, was named most courteous clerk for the week beginning July 7. Hail Damage The tremendous thunderhead which brought temporary relief from the heat also brought severe hail damage to crops northwest of Zebulon in the vicinity of Perry’s Pond on the Wakefield-Rolesville highway late Wednesday after noon. The hail ripped leaves off the stalks and actually tore through the stalks in many fields. Damage on many farms was 100% in the tobacco fields. Corn was blown flat on the ground by the heavy winds which accompan ied the hail. Sidewalk Paving Work is proceeding rapidly on the paving project which includes seven blocks of sidewalks on Aren dell Avenue from Sycamore Street to Wakelon School. This work is being financed by the Town of Zebulon and is one of the projects entered in the Finer Carolina contest. Mrs. Price, Mrs. Early Strickland of Middlesex, and Mrs. Nora Bailey of Zebulon; two stepdaughters, Mrs. J. N .Stallings of Middlesex and Mrs. G. W. Walker of Willard; two sons, Arthur Allen of Wendell and an adopted son, Z. R. Driver of Dauphin, Pa.; Four sisters, Mrs. O. W. Hales of Wilson, Mrs. Henry Adcock of Rocky Mount, Mrs. R. H. Hales of Middlesex, and Mrs. N .C. Kemp of Zebulon; three brothers, Wil liam and Johnny Hilliard of Mid dlesex and Henry Hilliard of Lit tle Rock, Ark. _ T-
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