THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 9.
Missions Schools
Planned for Local
Baptist Churches
The Baptist Church of Zebulon
and those of the surrounding area
will participate in a School of Mis
sions each evening during the com
ing week. Home and Foreign mis
sionaries will speak each evening,
The schedule is as follows:
Zebulon Church at 7:30 Sunday,
Dr. Coalson; Monday, Mr. Ditmar;
Tuesday, Mr. Wynn; Wednesday,
Mrs. Leighty; Thursday, Mr.
Leighty; Friday, Dr. Beal.
Bunn Church, at 7:30 Sunday,
Mr. Sparks; Monday, Dr. Coalson;
Tuesday, Mr. Ditmar; Wednesday,
Mr. Wynn; Thursday, Mrs. Leigh
ty; Friday, Mr. Leighty.
Poplar Springs Church at 7:30,
Sunday Mr. Beal; Monday, Mr.
Sparks; Tuesday, Dr. Coalson;
Wednesday, Mr. Ditmar; Thurs
day, Mr. Wynn; Friday, Mrs.
Leighty.
Pine Ridge Church at 7:30, Sun
day, Mr. Leighty; Monday, Dr.
Beal; Tuesday, Mr. Sparks; Wed
nesday, Dr. Coalson; Thursday, Mr.
Ditmar; Friday, Mr. Wynn.
Pilot at 7:30, Sunday, Mrs.
Leighty; Monday, Mr. Leighty;
Tuesday, Dr. Beal; Wednesday, Mr.
Sparks, Thursday, Mr. Coalson,
Friday, Mr. Ditmar.
Rocky Cross at 7:00, Sunday, Mr.
Ditmar; Monday, Mrs. Leighty;
Tuesday. Mr. Leighty; Wednesday,
Dr. Beal: Thursday, Mr. Sparks;
Friday, Dr ; Coalson. The same
schedule will be followed at Union
Hope each evening at 8:00.
Samaria at 7:30, Sunday, Mr.
Ditmar; Monday, Mr. Wynn; Tues
day, Mrs. Leighty; Wednesday, Mr.
Leighty; Thursday, Dr. Beal, Fri
day, Mr. Sparks.
The public is invited to attend
these meetings. v •
Uncle Ferd's Almanac
Tomorrow is All-Saints Day, or
All-Hallow Day, which makes to
night All-Hallow E’en, or Hallow
een. When I was in the fourth
grade (not too long ago, although
my daughter thinks they still
called automobiles “horseless car
riages” when Daddy was in
school), they still spelled it “Hal
lowe’en.” But the apostrophe was
dropped the summer between my
4th & sth years at Wakelon, and
is never used now, making Hallow
een easier to spell, if not to liv'e
through.
On the Celtic calendar (the one
our folks in Wales and Ireland
used before the Romans showed
them how to make stronger brew
out of rye than holly and mistle
toe berries) tonight was the one
night a year that witches roam
ed freely about the countryside.
The superstitious among us still
believe that spirits are abroad the
night of October 31.
Now I do not believe in ghosts,
witches, and the like, but in case
I run across any, I want to know
what they are and what to expect
them to do there’s nothing like
being prepared.
The first thing you are liable
to run across tonight is a fairy,
which can take any form, includ
ing that of the rake handle you
stepped on and hit your head with.
The best way to handle this situa
tion is to take the rake calmly
and put it in the woodshed instead
of cussing your wife out for leav
ing it in the yard. She didn’t leave
it there on Halloween the fairies
Hecyouan
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Homecoming Held
At Emit Church
Homecoming Day was observed
Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Free Will
Baptist Church near Emit.
The Rev. W. E. Anderson of
Morehead City delivered the mes
sage at both the morning and eve
ning services. He is one of the orig
inal founders and a charter mem
ber of the church.
Friends and former members
who attended the Homecoming
celebration were pleased and de
lighted at the renovations that had
taken place. The sanctuary of the
church has been remodeled with
celatex panelling and ceiling.
Hardwood floors gleam with
beauty. New oaken pews and
matching pulpit furniture further
enhance the loveliness. No un
sightly stoves that smoke and ob
struct the view are in evidence,
for a central heating system has
been installed.
Rollowing the delicious and
bounteous luncheon served on the
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did, and if you lose your temper,
they’ll give you a sure enough hard
time. For instance, a fairy might
take the form of your front tire
and blow out just to spite you. Or
it might turn into your battery
and refuse to start your car.
Be careful walking from your
house to the road. A pixy might
twist the path so that you walk
into your wife’s rose bush instead
of beside it. The best way to
handle a pixy of this type is to
pick up the briars out of your leg
and say nothing; maybe your wife
will think the dog broke her rose
bush.
If you have to walk through
the woods tonight, watch out for
goblins. According to Little Or
phan Annie, goblins are apt to be
upstairs, but Annie is in error.
Goblins live chiefly in woods, at
least on Halloween. If a goblin ac
costs you tonight, wrap an acorn
in an oak leaf, whistle twice, throw
the acorn at the goblin, and he’ll
run like blazes.
You are liable to run into a
gnome anywhere tonight, but you
can tell one at a glance they
are solid green, and mightly ugly.
Gnomes are hard to get rid of,
but you can change one into a
tall, handsome man by saying
“Saddle and sirloin!” when you
first see him. I don’t know how you
go about getting rid of the tall,
handsome man.
If you pass by a blacksmith shop
or a garage tonight, you fan hear
the dwarves at work. A dwarf used
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Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October 31, 1952
School Halloween
Affair to Be Held
Tonight at 7:30
On Friday, October 31st, the
Annual Halloween Carnival will
be held at the Wakelon School. It
begins at 7:30 in the Wakelon Au
ditorium. Admission is ten and
twenty-five cents.
In the auditorium there will be
a cake walk and a series of Hal
loween skits interspersed with en
tertainment by Mrs. Wade’s danc
ing class. A prize will be awarded
the person wearing the funniest
Halloween costume, so come dress
ed to win a prize. At this time the
King and Queen of Halloween from
each grade will parade across the
stage before the audience.
Immediately after the auditori
um events, there will be games,
booths, fortune-telling, a country
store, a hot-dog stand, and every
thing else expected at a carnival
in the Wakelon Gymnasium.
The climax of the evening will
be the crowning of the King and
Queen of Halloween. The prospec
tive rulers are:
First Grade Gayle Pearce and
Charles Collins
Second Grade Sandra Perry
and Tommy Wood
Third Grade Carol Gay and
Jimmy Pearce
Fourth Grade Billy Faye
Privette and Sonny Perry
Fifth Grade Judy Perry and
Jerry Lee
Sixth Grade Betty Puryear
and Tommy Kimball
Seventh Grade Judy Perry
and W. D. Griswold
Eighth Grade Hazel Tant and
E. B. Pulley
Ninth Grade Annie Pearl
Woodard and Lawrence Puryear
Tenth Grade Peggy King and
Victor Pace
Eleventh Grade Helen Faye
Todd and Billy Massey
Twelfth Grade Kaye Baker
and Alton Temple.
Negroes Fail to Pass
Second Ballot Test
Three Negro men, whom Rev.
George Fisher, Raleigh Negro who
identifies himself as, a representa
tive of the NAACP, charged were
denied the right to register last
Saturday afternoon, failed yester
day to pass a registration test di
rected by J. C. Little, Jr., chair
man of the Wake County Board
of Elections. The test was admin
istered at the local town hall.
Walter, Eugene and Otha Hold
en were the Negroes failing to pass
the registrar’s test. Another local
Negro, Joshua Jones, was declared
by Fisher to have been denied
the right to register, but Little’s
examination showed the name of
Jones as duly registered.
School Menu
Wakelon School Cafeteria me
nus for the week of November 3rd.
MONDAY: Bacon and eggs, tur
nip greens, boiled potatoes butter
ed, raw apples, bread and milk.
TUESDAY: Roast beef with po
tatoes, dried butter beans, beets,
fruit jello, bread and milk.
WEDNESDAY: Baked ham,
string beans, field oeas applesauce,
bread and milk.
THURSDAY: Meat loaf with
gravy, creamed potatoes, garden
peas, orange juice with cookies,
bread and milk.
FRIDAY: Vegetable soup with
beef, spiced ham sandwiches, Ice
cream, bread and milk.
Concerted Action Asked
To Put Community Chest
Campaign Over Locally
“If folks keep giving as they
have for the past two days, the
Zebulon Community Chest will
have sufficient »funds to operate
under the proposed budget dur
ing the coming year,’’ Ralph Tal
tol, campaign manager, said yes
terday afternoon. He revealed that
$ 1,452.25 had been raised by the
teams of solicitors who were
Talent Night Set
Again by Lions
Many top performers have wait
ed until the final night of com
petition to enter the weekly Lions
Talent Night show at Wakelon
School, reported Wilbur Debnam
yesterday, and when the curtain
parts at 8 o’clock tomorrow night,
spirited competition is bound to
follow for places in the grand fin
als to be held next week. Proceeds
from the Talent Shows will be used
to assist in the special education
program at Wakelon School.
First on the list of contestants
is J. A. Spell, Jr., six-year-old
blind musician from Dunn, who is
reported to be able to sing and
play any song he has ever heard.
Others to be heard are Bill Stal
lings, tenor from near Zebulon;
Miss Choo Choo Davis and her
brother from Nashville, a dancing
team; the Horton Duet of Bailey;
Terry Kemp and Diane Sharp of
the Hinnant Studio of Dance in
Wilson; the Tobacco Leaf Play
Boys from Wilson;
Other Contestants
Kenneth Hopkins, pianist from
Hopkins Chapel; the Carolina Hill
billy Band of Youngsville; Pat
Murray, soloist of Zebulon; Bill
Allman and Sidney Holmes of
Zebulon; Sexton Johnson, vocalist;
Imitations of Minnie Pearle of
Grand Old Opry fame; the Johnson
Duet of Kenly, singing gospel
songs; Miss Daniell Lewis and the
Hall Brothers of Middlesex.
Guests tomorrow night will be
Tennessee Ned and his Hillbillies
of Henderson.
Winners last week, who will ap
pear in the finals next Saturday
night, were Jackie Mitchell and
Blandy Privette, first Miss Brooks
Pearce and Bobby McGee, second;
and Stevie Creech, third.
Local Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Williams, Jr.,
and son spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Driver and son, Ter
ry, of Wendell.
The Frank Masseys will spend
this weekend in Raleigh with the
Harold Joyners.
Frank Coiner is associated in the
practice of law with Judge Crow
ell in Hendersonville. His family
will join him within a few weeks.
Bob Vance Brown will spend
this weekend in Zebulon with his
parents.
Cloid Wade, Jr., arrived Thurs
day from Riverside Military Acad
emy to spend the weekend with
his parents. They will attend
the Duke-Georgia Tech game.
Mrs. Repsie McGee suffered a
heart attack Tuesday and is con
fined to bed.
Mrs. Chafles Hawkins is in Car
olina General Hospital in Wilson.
Theo. I>avis Sons, Publishers
making united effort to give every
one an opportunity to contribute
to the Community Chest.
The goal set for the Zebulon
Community Chest this year is $2,-
400. This figure was set as a mini
mum with which the Chest could
operate by the Board of Directors.
Last year the community con
tributed only about $525 to the
Community Chest, and the agencies
which participated were severely
handicapped in their work because
of lack of funds.
The businesses of Zebulon con
tributed most generously to the
fund this year, according to R.
Vance Brown, who by noon Thurs
day had reported ov'er SI,OOO in
gifts.
Scattered reports from the resi
dential districts showed that work
ers in those areas were receiving
good response. Mrs. R. Vance
Brown in District 1 reported $49.-
50 at noon yesterday.
District Two Report
In District 2 Mrs. Willard Gill
reported $31.50. District 3, under
Mrs. Rachel Privette, reported
$20.50. From District 4, Mrs. Wil
lie B. Hopkins reported $12.00.
Mrs. Rachel Temple reported $41.-
50 from District 5.
The Wakefield community,
headed by Mrs. Vera Rhodes and
an efficient staff of solicitors, re
ported $115.00. Wakelon School had
received $77.50.
The colored community report
ed $25.00 by noon Thursday, and
solicitors there expected to exceed
SIOO.OO before the drive ends to
day.
Booths have been operated in
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
and in the bus station. By 12 o’-
clock yesterday Mrs. Helen Screws,
booth chairman, reported that
$62.50 had been collected.
In Tuesday’s Zebulon Record a
complete list of all who contribut
ed SI.OO or more to the Zebulon
Community Chest during the drive
will be published. This full page
advertisement will complete the
series given by the Record to pub
licize the work of the Community
Chest and the agencies which par
ticipate in it.
Funds from the Community
Chest will be used for recreation,
Scouting, emergency local welfare,
school lunches, and the United De
fense Fund.
Henry Andrews had his tonsils
removed Friday.
Guests in the home of Mrs*. Ethel
Parker Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Norris Collins of Franklinton, Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Crowder of Raleigh,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ogburn of
Willow Springs, and Mr. and Mrs.
Baucom of Durham.
Miss Joann Jones will spend this
weekend in Cary with her sister,
Miss Mary Alice Jones.
Miss Gene Jones leaves today for
Washington, D. C., where she has
a position with the government.
Mrs. Ann Harris of Kinston will
spend this weekend with her
daughter, Mrs. Ferd Davis.
Mrs. L. M. Baker, Thelma Gay,
and Joyce Baker, attended the
Sonja Heine Ice Show Wednesday
night of last week.
Miss Joyce Baker visited Miss
Thelma Gay in Raleigh, October
23th.