THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 29.
Privette, Horton
Rites Conducted
Here Yesterday
Joseph Vance (Bud) Privette,
52, died Wednesday morning at
the Veterans Hospital in Fayette
ville of a heart attack which he
suffered several weeks ago. Fun
eral services were conducted by
the Rev. A. D. Parrish at the
Zebulon Baptist Church at 3 o’clock
Thursday afternoon. Members of
the Masonic Lodge officiated.
The body was taken to the
church an hour before the ser
vice.
Mr. Privette was a World War I
veteran and was seriously injured
while serving in the Air Corps.
He was past master of the White
stone Masonic Lodge and a mem
ber of the American Legion.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Madie Mason; a daughter,
Mrs. Edward Ihrie of Zebulon; a
son. Joseph Dan Privette of Mine
ola, Long Island, N. Y.; a sister
and two brothers. 0
Marvin W. Horton
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Hopkins Chapel for Marvin
W. Horton, 46, of Route 4, Zebu
lon. He died Wednesday morning
following a long illness.
The Rev. Fred Crisp and the
Rev. A. D Parrish officiated. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth P. Horton; two sons, Marvin
A. Horton of the home and Wad
dell Horton of Fort Jackson, S. C.;
his mother, Mrs. Huel Carter of
Zebulon; two brothers, Jesse W.
Horton of Zebulon and Leland H.
Horton of Raleigh; three half
brothers, Earl Carter of Newport
News, Va., Edward Carter of Ral
eigh, and Idorice Carter of Wen
dell.
Jr. Club Meeting
The Rev. Frederick Koch, editor
of the North Carolina Catholic and
pastor of the Wendell Catholic
Church, will speak at the meeting
of the Zebulon Junior Woman’s
Club Tuesday night at 8 o’clock.
Father Koch has worked with dis
placed persons of all nationalities
and is well qualified to speak on
the program subject, International
Relations.
A thirty minute class, beginning
at 7:30. will be conducted for new
members and others who are in
interested to acquaint them with
the aims of the club and to instruct
in parliamentary procedure.
Mrs. Norman Screws, president,
urged that all members come a
half hour early to learn more about
the club.
Wakelon Rally Fails Short; Local
Teams Lose Two Tilts to Wendell
In spite of a game fourth-quar
ter rally, the Wakelon Bulldogs
lost a spirited 59-51 basketball to
the visiting Wendell White Rams
Tuesday night in the local gym
' nasium. The Wendell girls captur
ed the preliminary by a 56-46
score.
Trailing 50-32 going into the
final period, the Bulldogs poured
19 points through the hoop to come
within eight points of the Wen
dell quint.
Bullock led Wakelon with 25
points. Other scoring leaders were
Bell with nine, Liles with eight,
and Brown with six. For Wendell,
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Dr. George Griffin, former pas
tor of the Zebulon Baptist Church,
will speak at the morning and
evening services here Sunday.
Griffin to Speak
At Baptist Church
Dr. George Griffin, member of
the faculty of the Wake Forest
College School of Religion, will
bring the morning message at the
Zebulon Baptist Church Sunday.
Dr. Griffin is a former pastor of
the church.
The Adult Choir will sing the
anthem, “Grant Me Truq Courage,
Lord,” at the morning worship
service.
Dr. Griffin will speak again at
the evening service, and a girls'
quartet composed of Peggy Greene,
Carolyn Hinton, Chri. Shearin,
and Marie Shearin, will sing “The
God of Abraham Praise.”
Hospitalization Plan
Agent to Be Here
A representative of the Blue
Cross-Blue Shield hospitalization
plan wifi be at Hales Farm Supply
Company three days this month
to renew policies held by members
of the Zebulon Farm Bureau in
the group plan sponsored by the
North Carolina Farm Bureau.
Renewals will be due on Jan
uary 25, according to Robert Ed
Horton secretary of the Zebulon
Farm Bureau.
Hospitalization insurance bought
through the Farm Bureau is less
expensive that individual mem
bership because of the Bureau
Group Plan.
Policy holders who are unable
to renew their policies on the dates
when the representative is in Zeb
ulon may see her about renewing
the policy and then pay Secretary
Horton the required premium as
late as February 5.
Nowell with 22 and Scarboro with
15 were the leaders.
Breaking away from a 29-29
half time tie, the Wendell girls
took a five point lead over Wake
lon in the third period and then
held on in the final period to take
the victory.
Betty Sue Williams led Wakelon
in scoring with 17 points. Perry
with 15 and Mitchell with 14 com
pleted the scoring. Playing also
were Bunn, Chamblee. Upchurch,
Horton, Jones, and B. Bunn.
Massey scored 27 points in lead
ing the visitors to victory. Hern
don tallied 18 and Anderson 11.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 16, 1953
Dimes Campaign
Organized; Poster
Girl Pens Note
The business district of Zebu
lon was divided into eleven zones
and a solicitor appointed for each
of the zones by Chairman Ed El
lington of the March of Dimes
campaign. He said that every
merchant and businessman will
be given an opportunity to contri
bute to the fight against infantaile
paralysis because the major part
of the money raised each year for
the March of Dimes is given by the
businesses.
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School children are making their
solicitations this week, the chair
man said.
A special feature of the March
of Dimes this year will be a “Mo
thers’ March,” under the direction
of Mrs. Worth Hinton, to be held
late in the month.
Mothers will make a house-to
house solicitation for funds on the
special day set aside for the “Mo
thers’ March,” and the entire town
and community will be included
in the drive.
Letter to Children
Dear Boys and Girls:
How are you? I hope you are
well. I am fine. I am six now and
can run and play with my sister
Pamela. But once upon a time I
couldn’t even walk.
When I was two, my little sister
and I got polio. Pam wasn’t very
sick but I couldn’t breathe and had
to stay in a kind of box they call
an iron lung. I was in a hospital
for nearly a year. And when I
could first walk I had to use a leg
brace and use crutches.
Mommy, who is helping me write
his letter, said that the doctors
and nurses and everything that
made me well again cost a lot of
r ;oney. All the bills for the sick
ness ca ne out of the March of
Dimes from money that kind peo
p e give every year.
So Pam and I want to ask you to
please give as many pennies as you
can this year to the March of
Dimes so other children who get
polio can get well like we did.
Your friend,
Patricia O’Neil
One of the 1953 March of Dimes
Poster Girls
Farm Bureau Plans
Fire Truck Purchase
Plans for the coming campaign
tc purchase a rural fire truck for
the Zebulon Farm Bureau will be
discussed at a special meeting
Monday night at 7:30 in the Zebu
lon Town Office when members
of the Farm Bureau Board of Di
rectors will meet with anyone in
terested in helping with the plans.
Robert Ed Horton, chairman of
the committee appointed to formu
late plans, said that he hopes the
Directors can decide at the meeting
wether to purchase a complete ru
ral truck or to buy a chasis and
build the pumping and water stor
age tanks on it.
PTA SPEAKER
]! Dr. L. M. Massey will be
; the speaker when the Wake- ;
lon Parent-Teacher Associa- !
!; tion meets on Monday night
> at eight o’clock. His subject
will be “The importance of
\ keeping your child in school ;>
j; until graduation.” A good ;
; attendance is urged.
Lions, Guard Unit to Be
In Rocky Mount Parade ;
Club Visits Camp Butner
Members of the Zebulon Lions
Club and National Guardsmen
from Battery A will take part in
the spectacular parade planned to
celebrate the combined conventions
of Lion District 31-E and 31-F in
Rocky Mount Tuesday afternoon.
STUDENT LEADER
. Jap
Hilliard Greene has been elected
president of the Chowan Junior
College student body. He is a
graduate of Wakelon School.
Hilliard Greene Is
Named SB Head
Hilliard Greene of Zebulon has
been elected president of the Stu
dent Government Council of Cho
wan College, succeeding the Rev.
Lamar Sentell, who is not attend
ing college this quarter.
A man of varied talents, Greene
has distinguished himself in many
activities on Chowan’s campus.
With several years’ experience in
the printing plant of the Zebu
lon Record, he has assisted in set
ting up the new Graphic Arts De
partment of the college and is in
structor in hand composition.
An outstanding athlete, he plays
end on the football team and cen
ter on the basketball varsity team.
He is exceptional at catching pass
es in football and is a consistent
20-point man in basketball. Other
sports in which he is interested
are golf and water skiing.
He has served this year as chair
man of the Men’s Judiciary of the
Student Council and is reporter for
the freshman class. His hobbies are
singing with his deep bass voice
and oil painting, at which he
spends much of his leisure time.
Hilliard is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. and Mrs. W. H. Greene of
Zebulon and is a member of the
Zebulon Baptist Church.
Local Man to Seed Three Meadows
In Lespedeza in Conservation Move
The Soil Conservation Service
technicians staked terrace lines
on the farm of S. L. Veasey of Va
rina this past week. He stated
that he experienced trouble in one
field until he widened the meadow
to include the critical slope on
either side. The meadow will will
average better than 50 feet in
width and is sown to a mixture of
tall fescue and lespedeza. He cut
two crops of hay in 1952 and will
possibly use an electric fence and
graze it this spring. This is in ad-
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Jerry Hagwood, convention
chairman of the Zebulon Lions
Club, said that two 1953 automo
biles loaded with Lions from here
will be decorated for the parade.
A jeep, four of the new 6x6
trucks, and a 105-mm howitzer
from Battery A will be driven by
Guardsmen as the only military
units in the parade.
A dozen high school bands are
expected to participate, providing
march tempo for the long column.
Voluntary Move
The National Guardsmen are
participating voluntarily in the pa
rade, according to Unit Adminis
trator J. P. Arnold, who said the
local artillerymen are anxious to
gain recognition for Zebulon as
one of North Carolina’s smaller
towns having a Guard unit.
Frank Kemp has been appointed
as one of the two Tailtwisters who
will enliven the convention with
gags and fines. His reputation for
spontaneous fun is known over
both districts.
Among Zebulon Lions who will
be in the Rocky Mount parade are
Club President Wilbur Debnam,
Mayor Worth Hinton, Town Com
missioner Philip Massey, J. C. Deb
nam, Jerry Hagwood, and Donald
Stallings.
The parade will begin at 3:30
Tuesday afternoon.
Butner Conference
Nine members of the Zebulon
Lions Club attended a special
meeting at Camp Butner at the
Pre-Conditioning Center for the
Sightless on Wednesday night. This
is t,ie only center of its type in
the South
Tiie Zebulon Lions had more
repiesentatives at the meeting than
any any other Lions Club in Wake
County.
The Pre-Conditioning Center is
used to teach the blind how to go
about their daily work prior to
more advanced training, accord
ing to Tom Smith, chairman of
the Blind and Sight Conservation
Committee of the Zebulon Lions
Club.
Mrs. Fred Chamblee
Heads Girl Scouts
Mrs. Frederick Chamblee has
been appointed head of the Girl
Scout Community Association,
succeeding Mrs. Wallace Temple,
who has led the group for the past
three years.
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Temple, the Girl Scout organiza
tion in this community has increas
ed from one Scout troop to three
active troops, Brownie, Interme
diate, and Senior Girl Scouts.
dition to the fact that the terrace
water is carried off the field by
the meadow in an orderly manner.
Edward Oakley, working on the
farm of his mother. Mrs. W. A.
Oakley of near Zebulon, is plan
ning to construct and seed three
j meadows this spring. He will seed
tall fescue and lespedeza this
spring using oats as a nurse crop.
Mr. Oakley stated that something
had to be done as the problem of
carrying water from roadways and
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