THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 2.
AWARDED BRONZE STAR
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Sgt. Bobby Rex Brown, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Brown, has been
awarded the Bronze Star tor va
lor while in action. The general of
his Division made the presenta
tion at a ceremony in his honor on
August 31.
Following the presentation Sgt.
Brown was interviewed by both
READERS' FORUM
Sincerity , Tranquillity
To the Editor: neighborliness was broad. In every
This community suffered a great day living home was first, but in
loss when Mrs. Pearl Jones Mas- time of need, and distress, you
sey passed away She exemplified could count on her for she would
sincerity of purpose, tranquility in be there, and home became secon
her every day life, simplicity in dary, temporarily,
her expressions of sympathy. When Her motto of life, it seemed to
she said “I’m sorry” you could me, was “Bend, but do not break,
feel a blanket of sympathy en- for this too will pass away.” She
velope you. When she offered an believed in the old adage, “as the
expression of praise, you could twig is bent, the tree is inclined.”
feel you deserved it. What a pity Her influence is felt, and will be
we could not grant Distinguished felt, in this community for a long,
Service Crosses to citizens for ren- long, time. It was admiration for a
dering services in the line of duty, good and noble woman that
I never lived as a next door 4 prompted me to write this,
neighbor to her, but her scope of i W. M. Page, Zebulon, N. C.
Final Quarterly Conference to Be
Held at Wendell Methodist Church
The Final Quarterly Conference
for the year for Zebulon and Wen
dell Methodist Churches will be
held at Wendell Church on Sun
day night October 12 at 7:30. Rev.
R. E. Brown, the popular Superin
tendent of the Raleigh Methodist
District, will preach and imme
diately after the sermon will con
duct the business session.
Reports will be made by the pas
tor and church officials, and ste
wards and other officials for the
new Conference year will be elect
ed.
Both churches have experienced
a year of growth and progress and
have good reports to make. All
members and friends of the
churches are cordially invited to
attend this important meeting by
the pastor, Rev. S. E. Mercer.
the radio and the press. A tran
scription of the interview will be
sent to radio station WPTF for a
future program. He was photo
graphed receiving the medal from
his Division general.
Sgt. Brown was drafted into the
Army Nov. 27, 1950. He has been
j serving in Korea since Jan. 14,
1952.
Mrs. Nellie Kemp
Featured Vocalist
Mrs. Nellie Kemp of Zebulon will
be presented in a program of sa
cred music on Wednesday evening,
October 8, at the First Baptist
Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
Included in the concert will be a
group for solo and chorus and vio
lin.
1 Charles Horton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Horton, is Minister of
Music at the church, and his wife,
Mrs. Susan B. Horton, is organist.
Mrs. Kemp has sung in numer
; ous performances of cantatas, ora
tories, and operas in North Caro
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Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, October 7, 1952
Permits Required
To Burn Brush
In Wake County
Permits for burning brush or
other debris within 500 feet of
woodlands under protection of the
State Forest Service must now be
obtained, William R. Broadwell,
Wake County forester, said today.
The State-wide law requiring
permits for brush and debris
burning became effective and will
be in effect until November 30
during the worst of what fores
ters know as “the forest fire sea
son,” Broadwell said. Violators of
the brush burning law may be
punished by fires up to SSO, a jail
sentence not to exceed 30 days,
or both. The law will be strictly
enforced in the county, the fores
ter said.
Permits may be obtained with
out charge at several different
places throughout the county.
Places where they may be ob
tained in Wake County are: State
Forester’s office, Education Build
ing, Raleigh, Bayleaf Fire Tower,
Knightdale Fire Tower, Apex Fire
Tower, Pioneer Service Station,
Highway 73 miles north of High
way 15A and 70, B. D. Pierce, near
Cary High School, A. T. Seymour
Hardware Store, Bowlings
Store, Jones Crossroads, Coleman
Pierce Store, Holly Springs road,
Proctor-Barbour Co., Fuquay
Springs, Myatt Smith Store, Wil
liams Crossroads (15A South),
Adams and Woodard, Willow
Springs, the Sheriff’s office, Ral
eigh, Partin’s Service Station, Wil
ders Grove, W. I. Hopkins at Hop
kins, Mr. Winborne at Millbrook
School, H H. Pearson Store, Wake
Forest, Montague Store, Shotwell,
Town Office, Wendell, Massey’s
Store, one mile east of Zebulon,
Leland Poole Store, Auburn, Gar
ner High School, Garner, Fergu- !
son’s Esso Station, Hwy. 15A North,
and Haithcock Esso Station, Hwy.
59 near U. S. Highway No. 1.
Forester Broaowell urges land
owners and the public to report!
all forest fires. Fires may be re
ported to the several district war
dens in the county or to Bayleaf
Fire Tower, G. E. Tilley, the
Knightdale Fire Tower, or the
Apex Fire Tower.
Thanks Expressed
By Club President
As Chairman of the Planning
Committee for the District Wo
man’s Club Meeting held in Zebu
lon recently, I wish to thank each
person who contributed to the suc
cess of the meeting.
I express appreciation to the
merchants or business firms who
gave food or favors, to the Zebu
lon Baptist Church for the use of
its kitchen facilities, to the Zebu
lon Record for space in the paper
and the time of its personnel, to the
musicians who added so much to
the program, to each person who
contributed flowers, to Miss Tal
bert and her class, and to each
club member who gave of her time
so untiringly.
We are proud that because of
your cooperation the meeting was
a success. Thank you.
Gladys B. Hinton
Agency Moves
Lowery’s Insurance Agency,
owned and operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Lowery, has taken the
quarters beside Wakelon Drug
Company formerly occupied by
Wakelon Florist.
COMMISSIONED
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Lt. Jack Tippett was commis
sioned as an officer in the North
Carolina National Guard ten days
ago, following his completion of
the pre-commission series of Army
correspondence courses. Prior to
receiving his commission, Lt. Tip
pett was a member of the drivers’
section and held a Corporal’s rat
ing.
District Governor Is
Speaker at Rotary
Rotary Clubs in 83 countries
throughout the world are united
in an endeavor to promote inter
national understanding, good will
and peace. That was the message
of George D. Colclough of Burling
ton, Governor of District 278 of
Rotary International, in addressing
the Zebulon Rotary Club, Friday
following a conference with local
Rotary officers, directors and com
mittee chairmen.
In addition to the activities of
Rotary’s 7,600 Clubs within their
own communities to promote this
objective, Mr. Colclough explain
ed, Rotary International has spent
Tnore than $1,000,000 in recent
years through its program of stu
dent fellowships, which enable
outstanding college graduates to
study for one year in countries
other than their own, as ambassa
dors of good will.
Since this program was estab
lished in 1947, 394 Rotary Fellow
ships have been awarded to stu
dents in 48 countries.
Ted Rand Creech, of Wendell,
will study in France next year. In
addition, this year Rotary District
278 will have three foreign students
this year: Miss Lucie Groot, from
the Netherlands, will attend Elon
College. Mr. Seiki Kinjo, from Oki
nawa, will attend Wake Forest Col
lege. Mr. Einar Aase, from Nor
way, will study Mechanical Engi
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Telephones on Increase Here;
Growth Exceeds 300 Percent
The number of telephone sub
scribers connected to the Zebulon
exchange has increased 348%
since 1945, according to L. J. Mad
dox, manager of the Raleigh of
fice of Southern Bell Telephone &
Telegraph Company. This is the
greatest expansion of any ex
change in this part of the state,
and the growth shows no signs of
slackening.
In 1945 there were 190 tele
phones connected to the Zebu
lon exchange. In August 1952, the
number had grown to 852 tele
phones and more have been added
since that date.
In reply to questions from the
Zebulon Record, Mr. Maddox stat
ed that many letters from civic
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Square Dances
To Be Feature
At State Fair
It will be “Swing your partners
i and circle to the right” again this
year at the 1952 N. C. State Fair
which opens here next Tuesday,
October 14, for five days and
nights, Dr. J. S. Dorton, Fair man
ager, said in calling attention to
the Fifth Annual State Fair Folk
Festival. The event will be direct
ed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the
famed “Minstrel of the Anpala
chians” from South Turkey Creek
in Buncombe County.
Dr. Dorton said three perform
ances daily will be presented in the
i Folk Festival, those at 11:00 a. m.
i and 2:00 p. m. being scheduled on
the big outdoor stage in front of the
Fair’s main educational building,
and a 5:30 p. m. performance in
the new State Fair Arena (colise
um).
Lunsford has sent out a call to
all of the top talent in folk fes
tivals which he also conducts an
nually at Asheville, Chapel Hill
and new Eastern Carolina Folk
Festival held this year for the
first time at Kenansville in Dup
lin County. “But I may have miss
ed a few,” Lunsford said, “and
church choirs, Gospel quartettes,
string bands, dance teams, fiddler,
banjo-pickers, ballad singers, and
| clog dancers from all over the State
are invited to participate.”
; The festival director said pros
! pective competitors for the SI,OOO
; in cash and trophy prizes offered
in the State Fair festival should
notify him in advance of the day
and time they prefer to perform.
“However,” he said “this is not ab
solutely necessary because it is
usually possible to put performers
on the program who show up at
the stages and request permission
to compete.”
Lunsford said those who enter
the competition in advance will re
ceive badges good for free gate ad
mission tp the Fair.
Mission Unit Plans
Executive Meeting
Mrs. Exum Chamblee, president,
announces a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Baptist Wo
man’s Missionary Society at the
church Monday at 3 p. m.
All officers of the general socie
ty and all chairmen of Circles are
urged to be present. Other officers
of Circles are cordially invited.
More than 700,000 adults serve
in the Boy Scouts of America
as volunteer leaders.
organizations and doctors have
been received in Raleigh urging
that the Wendell and Zebulon ex
changes be combined. If the de
mand continues, he said, officials
of Southern Bell will discuss plans
to tie the two exchanges together.
A main trunk line connecting
the Wendell and Zebulon ex
changes would mean that Wen
dell’s 747 telephone subscribers
and Zebulon’s 852 telephone sub
scribers could call each other by
dialing a code number followed
by the directory number of the
telephone wanted.
At the present time a toll charge
of 10 cents is made on calls be
tween Wendell and Zebulon.