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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 11. City Heads Balk At Higher Price On Armory Site The refusal on Monday night of the Board of Commissioners to pay the increased price demand ed by Zeb Corbett for four acres of land to be used as a site for the proposed $125,000 National Guard armory in Zebulon places this community exactly where it was nearly a year ago when it first was offered an opportunity to secure the prized structure. The higher price set on the land and the refusal to pay the additional SI,OOO asked came as a surprise be cause Mayor Worth Hinton had stated prior to Monday night’s meeting of the Town Board that final purchase was to be made at the November 3 session. The action provided a disap pointing climax to several months of negotiations for land on which to build an armory. Boundary Move Mayor Hinton said that Corbett had originally asked $4,000 for four acres of land one block south of the Norfolk-Southern railroad on Arendell Avenue. When legal dif ficulties were encountered be ause of an unopened street drawn in the deed, Corbett was asked to move the southern boundary of the land to be sold 60 feet so that the necessary four acres would be available without the necessity of securing permission from a large group of property owners to aban don the proposed street. He agreed to this change, but raised his price SI,OOO, Mayor Hinton said. The campaign for an armory site began in late 1951 when it was found that Zebulon stood high on the list of units designated to re ceive armories when funds were made available. National Guard (Continued on Page 4) School Menu Given Wakelon School Cafeteria menus for the week of November 10th. MONDAY: Vienna sausage, pork and beans, steamed cabbage, or ange juice, ginger bread, plain bread and milk. TUESDAY: Fried fish, slaw, po tatoes, stewed prunes, bread and milk. WEDNESDAY: Fried bacon, pink beans, collards, banano pud ding, bread and milk. THURSDAY: Chicken salad on lettuce, garden peas, buttered car rots, canned peaches, bread and milk. FRIDAY: Vegetable soup with beef, pimiento cheese sandwiches, crackers and bread, milk and ice cream. Miss Lucy Crisp Speaks at Recent Meeting of Zebulon Woman's Club The meeting of the Zebulon Sen ior Woman’s Club for October 21 was never reported. Mrs. Theo Davis always reported it and the Club expressed on that date how much they were going to miss her. Her presence was always an inspi ration. Her living presence will always be felt in the Woman’s Club, of which she was a charter member. Miss Lucy Cherry Crisp, execu tive Secretary and State Art Gal lery Director of Raleigh, talked on “Art in North Carolina.” The talk was educational, and the attend ance and unusually large. Carolyn Hinton, a pupil of Mrs. JAMES TO SPEAK TO FARM BUREAU Dr. H. Brooks James, noted Ag riculture Economist, will speak at a joint meeting of the Zebulon Farm Bureau and Auxiliary on Monday night at 7:30 in the Wake lon School auditorium, according to Robert Ed Horton. The important talk will center on the outlook in North Carolina from the farmers’ viewpoint, and will discuss agricultural trends in the state The discussion is considered of such interest that the ladies of the Auxiliary are urged to join their $1.85 Tax Levy Set for Zebulon Taxpayers inside the limits of the Town of Zebulon will continue to pay at the rate of $1.85 per hun dred dollars of property valuation, according to the Board of Commis sioners, who approved the rate at the November meeting held Mon day night in the town office. This $1.85 rate is the same used for the past few years. Os the levy, 75 cents will be de signated for debt service and sl.lO for running the town. Wakefield Street The town will advertise the as sessment role for paving part of Wakefield Street, it was decided. The State Highway Department will be contacted relative to a 35 mile per hour speed limit from Shepard School on the Spring Hope highway to the to town lim its. This section of highway is heavily traveled by colored school children and is without sidewalks. Armory Site An hour of the meeting time was occupied by discussion of the purchase of a site for the proposed National Guard armory for Zebu lon. The purchase of land owned by Zeb Corbett was reported cer tain before the meeting, but the Commissioners decided the price asked by Corbett was too high and refused to close the deal. Attending the meeting were Mayor Worth Hinton, Commission ers Howard Beck. R. Wesley Liles, J. Raleigh Alford. R. Vance Brown, and Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins. Kindergarten Open Mrs. Oleta C. Smith is holding kindergarten and private first grade in her home. Children will also be kept all day, or afternoons only, for parents who desire it. H. C. Wade, gave two toe dances. She was artistically and beautifully costumed in pink. After the meeting the hostesses, Mrs. F. L. Page, Charles Weathers by and Mrs. A. R. House invited the guests to a lovely lace covered table, brass candelabra, yellow candles, and an arrangement of pyrocantha berries decorating it. Mrs. Weathersby served orange ice with ginger ale and cookies. She was assisted by her sister, Mrs. Ellett, and other hostesses. The assembly room had lovely arrangements of pink white, and red dahlias and roses. —Mrs. A. R. House. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 7, 1952 Community Chest Attains '52 Goal; Brown Gives His Report Township Holds True to Faith, Goes Democratic Little River Township remain ed true on Tuesday to the Demo cratic Party which has done so much for the farmers who make up most of the residents of the township, and cast the largest vote and largest majority for Adlai Ste venson of any precinct in North Carolina. In Zebulon, 1,037 votes were cast for the unsuccessful Democratic candidate, and a mere 158 votes were marked for the five-star Gen eral, who headed the Republican ticket. In the gubernatorial race, the G. O. P. fared even worse. Wil liam Umstead received 1,118 votes to 69*for Seawell. At Mitchell’s Mill, Stevenson re ceived 281 votes with only 13 res idents of the rural precinct vot ing Republican. Umstead collect ed 235 to five for Seawell. In the Congressional race, Zebu lon gave Harold Cooley, 1,114 votes to 66 for Reoubliean West. At Mit chell’s Mill. Cooley received 283 to West’s five. Methodists to Have Special Service Here On Sunday Morning On Sunday at 11 a. m. at Zebulon Methodist Church Rev. S. E. Mer cer will review some of the high lights of the recent Annual Con ference. He will then preach on the text “The Harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few.” Following the sermon there will be a brief installation of ste wards, trustees, Sunday School officers and teachers and all others who have definite responsibilities in regard to the work of the church. In addition to the officials who continue in office T. E. Hales, T. B. Hepler and James P. Brown will be installed as stewards and J. F. Pulley as assistant superin tendent for membership cultiva tion in the Sunday School. Miss Allman fro Sing Afr Sfrafrc BSU Meet Miss Anne Allman of Campbell College and Zebulon will be one of the featured soloists on the pro gram of the North Carolina State Baptist Student Convention meet ing in Raleigh at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Friday through Saturday, November 79. Miss All man will sing on Friday evening. The State Student Convention is composed of representatives from college campuses all over the state. Addresses and seminar groups are also a part of the program. The Rev. Carlton T. Mitchell of Zebu lon will conduct one of the student seminars on Saturday morning and another on Saturday afternoon. A group of students from Mars Hill College and Zebulon are also expected to be in attendance. In cluded in this group are Artelia Bailey, Ernestine Corbett, Linda Bridges, Warren Green and Donald Mason. Legion to Hold Turkey Shoots Two turkey shoots will be con ducted by the Zebulon American Legion Post to raise funds to send two boys from Wakelon School to Boys’ State next spring, members of the post decided Wednesday night at their regular November meeting. Commander Charles Creech named Casey Stallings head of the committee to arrange details of the shoots. The shoots will start at 11 a. m. on Saturday, November 15, and Saturday. November 22. Live tur keys will be offered as prizes, and the competition will be held at the Zebulon airport. During the business session, a long discussion was centered on the delay in purchasing a site for the proposed National Guard ar mory in Zebulon. Several members of the post stated that they had been led to believe the land had already been purchased and were disappointed to learn of the difficulties encoun tered by the town. A committee was appointed to contact the Mayor and Commis sioners to urge immediate action on a site purchase. Legionnaires be longing to civic organizations were urged to ask these other groups to assist in speeding to acquisition of an armory site. A citation from the Department of North Carolina was read by Ad jutant Johnsy P. Arnold. It com mended the Zebulon post for its exceptional work in exceeding its membership quota by October 15. Ted Milam, Noel Fowler, and George Temple were welcomed as new members of the post, which now numbers 78 Legionnaires. Dr. Beall to Speak At Church Tonight Dr. Jeanette Beall of West Plains, Missouri and formerly of China will speak tonight at the final ses sion of School of Missions being conducted at the Baptist Church. Dr. Beall was formerly in charge of medical mission work sponsored by Southern Baptists in China. She has been the guest of the J. G. Kemps this week and will leave early Satruday morning for New York. Bulldogs Come from Behind to Win 20-13 Game from Apex Gridders Wakelon’s fiery Bulldogs came from behind to trip up a strong Apex eleven, 20-13, in a football game played last Thursday night on the lighted Wakelon field. Trail ing 13-7 at halftime, the Bulldogs pushed across touchdowns in the third and fourth periods to take the contest. Coach Herb Holt said that the entire squad played well in taking the game. However disappoint ment was expressed over the small attendance. Alton Temple, on an end-around, romped 30 yards for the initial Thco. Davis Sons, Publishers Solicitors Obtain Impressive Gifts From Community i The Zebulon Community Chest went over the top Tuesday when final reports were submitted by the host of solicitors who worked three days last week collecting funds, and the goal of $2,400 was exceeded by $228.46, according to Treasurer R. Vance Brown. After expenses of $177.55 are deducted a balance of $2,450.91 remains in use by the five agencies partici pating. Nearly two-thirds of the money came from the business district of Zebulon, which gave $1,639.00 to the Community Chest. In other sections, the Wakefield community gave $200.00; Wake lon School gave $93.50; the color ed community contributed sllß.- 35; and the booths operated by the Junior Woman’s Club collect ed $86.52. Residential Area In the residential area, District 1 gave $57.00; District 2, $54.75; District 3, $65.04; District 4, $50.- | 75; and District 5, $128.00. R. Vance Brown headed the so licitation in the business dictrict. Other leaders were Mrs. R. Vance Brown in District 1; Mrs. Willard Gill in District 2; Mrs. Rachel Privette in District 3; Mrs. Wil lie B. Hopkins in District 4; and Mrs. Rachel Temple in District 5. Wakefield Worker Mrs. Vera Rhodes led the drive in Wakefield and the surrounding community and Mrs. Norman Screws directed the work in the booths. The Rev. Carlton Mitchell re ported that everyone who contri*- buted SI.OO or more to the Zebulon Comunity Chest is a member of the organization. He said that soon a meeting will be called to elect officers for the coming year, and he urged all members to attend this meeting. Agencies participating in the Community Chest for the coming >ear are the Recreation Commis sion; Local Emergency Welfare to be administered by the Directors of the Community Chest; free school lunches at white and color ed schools; white and colored Boy and Girl Scouts; and the United Service Fund, which includes the U. S. O. and other similar groups. j Wakelon score in the first quarter. Tant kicked the extra point. Apex scored both their touch downs in the first half on passes from Jimmy Wright to Philip Holmes. The point after the sec ond touchdown also was made on a Wright to Holmes aerial. Wakelon tied the score on a pass from Keith Temple to Bullock good for 30 yards. Tant gave the Bull dogs the lead with a successful kick for the extra point. The game was put on ice with Wakelon’s third touchdown scored by Bullock on an end-around.
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