THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 26.
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On 10 December the world will observe the anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the U.N.
General Assembly four years ago. In honor of Human Rights Day,
the U.N. Postal Administration will issue the commemorative stamp
shown above. It will he available in three- and five-cent denomi
nations, in green and azure blue respectively. The flame, surrounded
by the words “Human Rights” in the five official languages of
the U.N. against a background of the two hemispheres, symbolizes
the light of equality and freedom inherent in the Declaration.
INAUGURATION PARADE
Guardsmen to March
Zebulon’s Battery A will take
part in the inaugural parade given
for incoming Governor William
Umstead in Raleigh Thursday
morning. The National Guards
men will join citizen-soldiers
from all over North Carolina in
a long procession down Raleigh’s
Fayetteville Street, and the local
artillery unit will be one of five
Wakelon Menu
The Wakelon School menu for
the week beginning January 5, in
cludes the following:
Monday: tuna fish salad on let
tuce, garden peas, boiled potatoes,
oranges, bread, crackers, and milk.
Tuesday: frankfurters with chile
sauce, creamed potatoes, slaw,
canned peaches and cookies, rolls,
and milk.
Wednesday: spiced luncheon
meat, string beans, butterbeans,
banana pudding, bread, and milk.
Thursday: turkey and dressing,
giblet gravy, garden peas, cran
berry sauce, bread, and milk.
Friday: vegetable soup with
beef, meat, sandwiches, ice cream,
bread, crackers, and milk.
Items of Interest from the Zebulon Community
Mrs. W. E. Jones is at home and
much improved from the illness
which confined her to Rex Hos
pital for two weeks. She has ex
pressed her thanks to everyone for
the flowers, cards, visits, and kind
favors shown her while in the hos
pital and at home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. House have
returned from Dunedin. Fla., where
they spent their Christmas holi
days with Mr. House’s brother, R.
W. House.
Mrs. Edith Freeze and Frank
spent the weekend with the Gar
land Godwins.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Massey spent
Sunday visiting relatives in South
port and Wilmington.
W. R. Whittenton is confined to
his bed following a heart attack
last Friday. He is resting comforta
bly, but visitors must be limited
in order that he may rest.
Rose Chamblee, daughter of the
Whitley Chamblees, returned from
Rex Hospital Saturday following
an appendectomy.
Miss Laura James Sexton spent
the weekend with her roommate,
Miss Ruth Wheeler in Durham be
fore returning to WCUNC Sunday.
motorized units in the parade.
The Guardsmen will arrive in
Raleigh on the new Battery A
trucks at 10 a. m. to take their
place in the parade. Following
the parade the men will eat dinner
at Pullen armory in Raleigh.
Last night the Guardsmen were
reissued their uniforms. They were
turned in at the armory before
Christmas for the annual inventory
of Federal property.
The parade on Thursday will
count as a paid drill for the men of
Battery A, according to Sfc. John
sey P. Arnold, unit administrator.
Other drills are scheduled for
Monday night of each week until
June 14, when Battery A will leave
for 15 days of active duty training
at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
Two weekends of extra train
ing are scheduled for May. On May
2-3 the battery will go to Camp
Butner for carbine firing, and
two weeks later the men will spend
the weekend at Ft. Bragg for ser
vice practice with the 105-mm
howitzers.
Accoruing to Sfc. Arnold, there
are still vacancies existing in the
local unit.
Donald Stallings has been in a
week with an infected hand.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sexton were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
mistead Jones in Garner on New
Years Eve.
Miss Mary Fisher Finch return
ed to Greensboro Sunday, after
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Brown vis
ited friends in Winston-Salem Sun
day after carrying their daughter,
Ruth, back to WCUNC in Greens
boro.
Mrs. Nancy Hocutt of Raleigh
spent Saturday with the Kermit
Corbetts.
Mrs. Ruric Gill is in Rex Hos
pital following a major operation
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed Hales and Celia are in
Ayden for this week. Celia had her
tonsils removed in Greenville last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawkins
will go to Elizabeth City Friday to
attend the wedding of Charles’
brother, W. T. Hawkins. Charles
will attend his brother as best
man.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, January 6, 1953
Zebulon May Get National Guard Armory
From Funds Now Available; No. 5 on List
Special Meeting to Be
Held to Decide Future
Os Teenage Activities
Ralph Talton, Chairman of the
Recreation Commission has call
ed a meeting of teenagers and
their parents at 7:30 o’clock,
Thursday, January 8, at the Town
Hall.
Members of the recreation com
mission and the teenage commit
tee of the commission are especial
ly urged to be present at this im
portant meeting.
The meeting has been called to
formulate plans for the continua
tion of the program. At present
there is no means of adequately
heating the room where the meet
ings are held each week. Before
money is put out by the commis
sion for this and other needs, some
definite plans must be made.
If parents of teen agers do not
come to this meeting in the inter
ests of their children, it will be as
sumed that they have no wish or
desire to participate in the pro
gram, which might eventually
cause it to be discontinued.
Again all parents, teenagers, and
interested citizens of the commun
ity are urged to attend this meet
ing.
Baptist Resolution
Cites Pastor's Worth
Rev. Carlton T. Mitchell offer
ed his official resignation to the
Zebulon Baptist Church at the close
of the Sunday morning service on
December 21, 1952. He has been
called for active service with the
United States Navy. The Church
accepted Mr. Mitchell’s resignation
and adopted the following resolu
tion:
Resolved that our Church and
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Hopkins W. M. S.
The Hopkins Chapel Woman’s
Missionary Society will meet with
Mrs. J. G. Bunn Wednesday eve
ning at 7:30. All members are urg
ed to attend. Visitors are invited.
Mrs. W. C. Campen will go to
St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday to vis
it her daughter, Mrs. Tom Davis.
Mrs. Ira Wood of Enfield is
spending this week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Craven Brown.
Mrs. Ed Herring and Miss Hazel
Herring of Raleigh visited Rev. and
Mrs. R. H. Herring Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rose of Fre
mont and Mrs. Leon Glover of Wil
son spent Sunday with Mrs. Hil
lard Chamblee.
Mrs. Foster Lewis returned
Thursday from Rex Hospital fol
lowing an appendectomy.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Bunn and
sons, David and Allan, of Greens
boro spent the weekend with the
Falc Bunns.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brantley
and Bill spent Sunday in Chapel
Hill with Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Brantley, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Finch had
dinner with the Dave Finches in
Chapel Hill Sunday night.
Miss Nancy Whitley of High
Point spent from Friday until
Tuesday with her parents, the C.
V. Whitleys.
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Ed Ellington, head of the agri
culture department at Wakelon
School, was named chairman of
the March of Dimes drive in the
Zebulon community by Norman
Screws, president of the Zebulon
Rotary Club. The drive will begin
next week.
Need tor Funds Great
In Fight against Polio,
Dimes Chairman Says
The organization for the an
nual March of Dimes campaign in
the Zebulon Community will be
set up this week, according to Ed
Ellington, chairman, and active so
licitation of funds will be complet
ed in two weeks. The campaign is
sponsored here each year by the
Zebulon Rotary Club.
‘ Iron Lung” receptacles will be
placed at several public places to
receive contributions, but the ma
jor portion of the funds will be
received by solicitors.
The need for funds this year
was emphasized by figures releas
ed by Chairman Ellington. The
toll during the past five years
equals that of the previous 20
years. It shows no signs of les
sening.
The campaign for funds will be
carried by our school children in
the rural districts and by solicitors
in Zebulon.
Mrs. Ferd Davis spent New
Year’s day in Kinston with her
mother, Mrs. Ann Harris.
The Ted Davises of Kinston vis
ited Rev. Theo. Davis on Saturday.
Frederick Page has returned to
Rochester University in New York.
Miss Jean Robertson left Mon
day to resume her studies at Mary
Baldwin College in Staunton, Va.
The Lynn Millers returned to
Norfolk Sunday after spending
about ten days with her mother,
Mrs. O. B. Spivey.
Miss Carolyn Massey returned
Saturday night to Union Theo
logical Seminary in New York.
Cloid Wadwe, Jr., left Sunday
night for West Palm Beach, Fla.,
to visit a friend, before returning
to the winter quarters of River
side Military Academy, in Holly
wood, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Flowers,
Charles and Melba, have returned
after having spent Christmas and
the New Year holidays in Ocala
and Silver Springs, Fla. The Flow
ers traveled and enjoyed sight
seeing about eighty percent of the
State of Florida.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
First Bids Are Lower
Than Anticipated; Six
Armories May Be Built
A National Guard armory for
Zebulon may be constructed this
summer from funds already availa
ble to the State of North Carolina,
an official of the Adjutant Gener
al’s Department told the Zebulon
Record last week. Zebulon Ifblds
fifth place on the armory priority
list, he said, and it may be possi
ble to let contracts for five arm
ories with funds in hand.
Two contracts for armories have
already been let, with bids of about
$98,000 and $99,000 accepted. This
is considerably lower than original
estimates of the armory cost.
Two more contracts will be let
this month, and if costs for these
two do not exceed the bids on the
first two, bids will be requested
for the Zebulon armory.
Nearly $600,000 is available for
the construction of armories now,
and additional Federal funds will
not be given to the State of North
Carolina until the appropriations
for the fiscal year beginning July
1 are made. The armories are built
with State and Federal funds.
The armory site on South Aren
dell Avenue was transferred to
the State of North Carolina late
last year. The four acres of land
cost the Town of Zebulon $4,000.
Zebulon’s National Guard unit
was organized in 1949, and since
that time has been housed in make
shift quarters in the rear of the old
water plant. The inadequate quar
ters have prevented enlargement
of the battery to its authorized
strength of 108 officers and men.
At the present time the unit
strength is 56 officers and meh.
The armory priority list was
made up according to the needs
of the National Guard units in
North Carolina.
'Swan Song' Is Given
By Carlton Mitchell
At Rotary Meeting
Carlton Mitchell, pastor of the
Zebulon Baptist Church and vice
president of the Zebulon Rotary
Club, gave what he termed his
“swan song” at the meeting of the
Rotary Club last Friday night. He
has been recalled to active duty
as a chaplain with the Navy ef
fective January 9.
The unusual talk was made up
of Carlton’s observations of the
members of the club during the
time he has been in Zebulon.
Taking each member in turn, he
told of the effect the member had
on the community and in several
instances made predictions of
things to come.
President Norman Screws ex
pressed the sorrow of the club
over Carlton’s recall to active duty.
Membership Problems
Discussed at Meeting
By Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
met Friday night in the home of
Miss Beth Massey. Membership
was discussed during the meet
ing, and all dues must be in be
fore January 20th. The program
was devoted to business.
Delicious refreshments of lime
ice, sandwiches and nuts were
served by the hostess.