THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 103.
NEW CP&L HIGH LINE IS ERECTED
Crewmen raise a two pole H-frame typical of structures along
the new high-voltage line between Goldsboro and Wilmington. This
line recently was energized to give Carolina Power & Light Com
pany its third 110,000-volt interconnection with Wilmington.
Carolina Power and Light Builds
110,000-Volt Transmission Line
Carolina Power & Light has en
ergized a new 110,000-volt trans
mission line from Goldsboro to
Wilmington.
Over 90 miles long, the new line
is a major step toward releasing
power from the big new plants at
Goldsboro and Lumberton into the
company-wide system.
The new line will be able to
handle over 50 per cent more load
to the Wilmington area.
Routed by Mount Olive, Beula
ville and Wallace, the new line is
more centrally located and will
Lonnie Poole Suffers
Second War Wound
Cpl. Lonnie E. Poole, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Poole of
Wakefield, was reported wounded
in action against the Communists
in Korea on September 6. This
marks the second time Cpl. Poole
has been wounded in action.
Details of the action are not re
vealed, but Lt. General G. C.
Thomas, Commandant of the Ma
rine Corps, reports the wound was
of a minor nature, since, Cpl.
Poole was not evacuated.
Explorer Scout Unit Organization
Meeting Scheduled for October
An organization meeting for Ex
plorer Scouts will be held Wed
nesday evening, October 1, at 7:30
in the Wakelon High School, ac
cording to James Debnam who has
been making preparations for the
Explorer unit. Boys 14 years and
older and their parents will be
urged to attend this meeting, he
said.
Included on the program will be
an explanation of what Explorer
Scouting is and a moving picture
telling of Explorer activities.
J. B. Brookshire, District Scout
Executive from the Occoneechee
Council, will be present at the
meeting to answer any questions
which may be asked and aid in
the organization of the unit.
permit future loads in this area to
be served directly from the 110,-
000-volt line whenever feasible.
Since January, the company
has put 97.3 miles of high-voltage
line into operation and expects to
energize another 58.7 miles* this
month.
Also during the year, a second
110,000-volt line was built from
Goldsboro to the Selina substation,
from which the power goes into
the system bound for Raleigh and
for the Erwin-Fayetteville area.
Three miles of 66,000-volt line
were built from the Goldsboro
plant eastward to the Mt. Olive
line, and seven more miles are be
ing built now to provide a high
voltage loop around Goldsboro.
Biggest of the new line projects,
the Goldsboro-Wilmington job al
so presented the biggest headaches.
While the land was flat —by con
trast to torturous terrain con
fronting the company’s Asheville
line crew it presented the prob
lem of snake-infested swamps and
quick-sand.
In a single day, a right-of-way
crew working between Burgaw
and Wards Corner killed 16 rat
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Zebulon has had a Boy Scout
Troop for years, but when the Boy
Scout movement was reorganized
placing boys 14 years and older in
the Explorer Division, it left Zeb
ulon without adequate leadership
for the older boys.
The need for an Explorer Advis
er was stressed by Debnam, who
has been active in Scouting here
since he became eligible for mem
bership. He agreed two weeks ago
to serveas Adviser, but last week
he received notice to report for
induction into the armed forces on
October 13.
Any person interested in Scout
ing who may be able to assist with
the Explorer work is asked to con
tact James Debnam and be pres
ent at the meeting October 1.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1952
Lt. Jack Tippett
Is Commissioned
In National Guard
Lt. Jack Tippett received his
gold bars last night during brief
ceremonies held following the roll
call at the armory on Vance Street
to become the sixth officer in
Zebulon’s Battery A and the sec
ond to receive his commission by
completing the series of corre
spondence courses offered .Na
tional Guardsmen. Capt. Barrie
Davis, commanding officer of the
local artillery unit, pinned the in
signia of a Second Lieutenant on
Lt. Tippett.
Prior to receiving his commis
sion, Lt. Tippett held the rating
of Corporal, serving in the motor
section as a prime mover driver.
He completed the correspondence
courses by studying at night dur
ing the past four months.
Lt. Tippett was assigned as a
Forward Observer in the local
unit. In addition to his duties in
directing fire, he will work as
Supply Officer.
A second promotion was an
nounced by Capt. Davis. The exe
cutive officer, Lt. Jack Potter, was
promoted to First Lieutenant ef
fective September 19.
Other officers in Battery A in
clude Lt. George Hinds, assistant
executive and motor officer; Lt.
John Askew, forward observer;
and Lt. Dave Finch, reconnais
ance officer, who also received
his commission after completing
the correspondence series.
Over twenty men in the unit are
enrolled in the correspondence
courses. Completion of certain of
the courses are required for pro
motion to grades of Corporal and
higher.
To be commissioned as a second
lieutenant, Lt. Tippett met a
number of requirements, which
included over one year’s service
in the National Guard, the success
ful completion of the correspond
ence courses, an efficiency rating
of excellent, and recommendations
from his Battery Commander and
Battalion Commander.
Last Friday he appeared before
a board composed of Regular Ar
my and National Guard officers
who reviewed his qualifications
and approved his application for
commission.
Last Rites Are Held
For Ed Martin, 64
Funeral services for Ed Martin,
64, who died at his home Friday
after several months of declining
health, were held at 3:30 p. m.
Sunday from Hales Chapel Baptist
Church on Zebulon. Route 1. The
Rev. C. H. Norris, pastor of the
church, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. A. D. Parrish and the Rev.
Theo. B. Davis.
The body was taken to the
church an hour prior to the ser
vices, and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Martin was a former chair
man of the church’s board of dea
cons.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Ara Driver; two daughters,
Mrs. G. H. Edwards of Raleigh
and Mrs. Randolph Hendricks of
Zebulon; four sons, Charles of the
home, Herman of Zebulon, Route 1,
Bill of Selma, Route 2, and Carl
Martin of Raleigh; two brothers,
Will Martin of Pilot and Ervin
Martin of Raleigh; two half-bro
thers, John Martin of Henderson
and Robert Martin of Wendell.
ONE-WAY BEST?
Bad weather on Monday
emphasized the need of one
way traffic on the drive
which circles the Wakelon
campus. Cars from Wake
field and Zebulon blocked
the drive before and after
school hours by entering at
each end and parking in
front of the grammar school.
The congestion caused by
the cars meeting in front of
the school causes a danger
ous situation for the school
children, who frequently
run from the school without
looking.
Wakelon Bulldogs
Tie Cathedral, 0-0
The Wakelon Bulldogs played a
highly-favored Cathedral Latin
eleven to a muddy 0-0 deadlock on
Raleigh’s Devereaux Meadow last
Friday night in the first game of
the season for the Wakelon team.
The underdog Bulldogs held the
Latins to short gains, the longest
run of the evening gaining 17
yards.
The defensive play of both
teams was excellent. Wakelon
and the wet field held the vaunted
aerial attack of the Latins to only
three passes all night.
In spite of the slippery turf and
wet ball, the fumbles were held
to a minimum. Each team fum
bled only twice.
Keith Temple and Irvin Mur
phy led the Wakelon backfield.
Lowell Liles and Ronnie Rich
ards were the standouts in the line.
Spruill Pulley Is Hurt
Fatally Last Friday
Spruill J. Pulley, 52, of Roles
ville, was fatally injured Friday
morning about 11 a. m. at the in
tersection of Highways 59 and 264
eleven miles North of Zebulon
when his car struck the right front
bumper of a truck which had
driven through a stop sign.
Lester P. Detter, driver of the
truck, was charged with man
slaughter as a result of the fatality.
He was released under $2,000
bond.
Detter was quoted by officers
as saying he had stopped for a
sign at the intersection and that
he was nearly across Highway 59
when the car struck his truck to
carom off and overturn.
Rural Health Conference to Be
Held in Raleigh on October 15
Plans for the sth Annual Rural
Health Conference to be held at
the Sir Walter Hotel, in Raleigh,
October 15, already are taking
definite shape, according to the
officials of the State Medical So
ciety, through which information
is being received and cleared.
The Conference is sponsored not
only by the Committee on Rural
Health of the State Medical Socie
ty, but also by 36 member agencies
of the North Carolina Health
Council. These agencies include all
groups whose work has any bear
ing on health and welfare.
More than ever, this year, ef
forts will be directed at secur
ing the presence of rural people,
themselves, at the Annual Confer
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
School Buses Get
More Attention
From Patrolmen
The state’s school bus transpor
tation program is to receive more
attention from the Highway Pa
trol according to a directive from
commanding officer, Col. W. B.
Lentz.
Certain new steps to insure
safety of children riding school
buses were to become effective
immediately. A more comprehen
sive inspection of every school bus,
with permanent records on the ve
hicle’s condition, will be set up.
A regular monthly check will be
made by a highway patrolman
and a copy of his report will be
filed with patrol headquarters, the
county superintendent and the
chief mechanic. “Inspection of
school buses by patrolmen isn’t
new,” Col. Lentz remarked “but
the inspection will be more detail
ed henceforth!”
In addition to more comprehen
sive inspections, Col. Lentz said
a patrolman will accompany each
school bus driver on his regular
route at least once during the
school year, and will observe the
driver’s habits and skill at the
wheel, make notes of potentially
dangerous road conditions such
as blind curves, intersections and
shrubbery along the shoulders.
Col. Lentz indicated that the State
Highway Commission would co
operate in removing or altering
any particular hazardous condi
tion.
In formulating the new program
Col. Lentz pointed to interesting
figures concerning school bus
transportation in North Carolina.
At present, there are 6,950 buses
in operation which carry 428,000
children to and from their daily
classes. Each route averages about
40 miles and the buses travel 95
percent of the roads in North Car
olina.
Horace A. Smith New
Ice Plant Manager
Horace A. Smith has moved to
Zebulon from Gastonia to replace
J. C. Debnam as maanger of Little
River Ice Company. Mr. Smith,
his wife and daughter live in the
Mike Whitley home.
A son, Lt. Horace A. Smith, Jr.,
is serving with the Quartermaster
Corps in Germany, and the daugh
ter, Dorothy is an eighth grade
student at Wakelon.
The Smiths joined the Zebulon
Baptist Church a week ago.
ence. Hundreds of questionnaires
have been sent out through vari
ous agencies having contact with
the rural population, in order that
those whose welfare and advance
ment are to be discussed may
make known their present needs,
with a view to building an effec
tive program. The primary pur
pose of the Conference will be to
get rural people, doctors, commit
tee workers, and others who are
interested together for a discus
sion of North Carolina rural health
problems, so as to help point the
direction for future efforts. A
much larger attendance is ex
pected at the 1952 Conference than
that of any previous similar gath
ering.