THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 31.
Guard in Parade
At Rocky Mount;
Croom Is Praised
Members of the Zebulon Lions
Club and of the local National
Guard unit made up two units of
the 2^-hour parade at Rocky
Mount 'ast Tuesday, celebrating
the combined convention of Dis
tricts 31-E and 31-F of Lions In
ternational.
The Lions rode in decorated cars,
and the National Guardsmen mov
ed through town in a jeep and
four trucks, towing one of the
unit’s 105-mm howitzers.
High School and college bands
from all over eastern North Caro
lina took part in the parade.
Guardsman Featured
Cpl. Worth Croom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Croom of Zebu
«
lon, was featured in the Hertford
County Herald for his work in the
Ahoskie National Guard unit and
at Chowan Junior College in Mur
freesboro, where he is a sopho
more.
Cpl. Croom enlisted in the Na
tional Guard in Zebulon in June
1950, and transferred to the Ahos
kie Military Police Company when
he enrolled at Chowan in 1951.
A graduate of Wakelon High
School, he played football and
basketball here. At Cl' jwan he
has been a star guard on the foot
ball team, and is a member of the
Athenian Society, a social group
organized on the compus. He is en
rolled in a business education
course.
In the National Guard company,
he works in the personnel section.
Cpl. Croom says he thinks the
National Guard is “fine for young
men,” and he plans to reenlist in
June when his “hitch” runs out.
Important Changes
A new Table of Organization and
Equipment has made important
changes in the organization of ar
tillery batteries, according to Unit
Administrator Johnsey P Arnold of
Zebulon’s Battery A. The chief ef
fect the change will have on the
Zebulon Guard unit is rearming
nearly half the officers and men
with the Ml rifle, the basic weapon
of the infantry.
The change was recommended
because of the experience gained
by the artillery in the Korean war.
Frequently, guerrills had made it
necessary for artillerymen to de
fend their positions as infantry
men, and the Ml rifle has much
more effect in this type of combat.
All members of the howitzer sec
tions will be armed with the Ml
rifle, Sfc. Arnold said. This has
necessitated a change in plans for
the Camp Butner trip, because few
of the men in the battery have had
experience with the rifle. Instead
of firing the carbine Battery A
will shoot the Ml rifles during the
weekend of May 2-3.
Hinds in Charge
Lt. George Hinds, assistant exe
cutive officer of Battery A, will be
in charge of firing at Camp But
ner, and Lt. Jack Ayscue, who
served for one year as Forward
Observer with the Zebulon unit,
will be in charge of the pits and
targets.
At least ten hours of intensive
training will be conducted for the
National Guardsmen under Lt.
Jack Potter before the firing at
Camp Butner.
Eligible men between the ages
of 17 and 18% are urged to enlist
in the National Guard now and re
ceive the benefits available of rap
id advancement and good pay.
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Wakelon PTA Expresses
Sympathy for Principal
Members of the Wakelon Parent-
Teacher Association expressed
sympathy for Principal W. R.
Whittenton, now suffering from a
heart disorder, and assured him
and other faculty members of co
operation in maintaining school
progress in a resolution passed at
the PTA’s January meeting, held
Monday night.
The resolution was passed unan
imously, following a report on
school affairs by Ed Ellington, ag
riculture teacher, who is assisting
with office duties during Mr. Whit
tenton’s absence.
A nominating committee, with
Thurman Murray as chairman and
Mrs. Garland Richardson and Mrs.
Harold Green as members, was
elected by the membership, with
a report from the committee due
at the March meeting.
Other business of the Monday
Hilliard Greene Leads
Scoring in Conference
Hilliard Greene, Jr., graduate of
Wakelon High School, is current
ly leading the North Carolina Ju
nior College Conference in basket
ball scoring, having tallied 208
points in 9 games while playing
center for Coach Herbert Appen
zeller’s Chowan College team.
The local boy’s average of 23.1
points a game is nearly two points
better than his closest rival for in
dividual scoring honors, although
the Chowan team is only in fourth
place in conference standings with
a record of four victories and three
losses.
Gay's Store Represented, Too!
Jimmy Byrnes represented
South Carolina, Lt. Gov. Lu
ther Hodges represented
North Carolina, and Walter
Pidgeon represented Holly
wood at the inaugural cere
monies in Washington Tues
day. Communities in this area,
including Zebulon, Mitchell’s
Mill, Hopkins Chapel, and
Gay’s Store were represented,
too!
Austin Perry, Willie B. Hop
kins, Burbon Richards, and
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 23, 1953
night session included a report by
Mrs. Wilson Braswell, PTA presi
dent, on the meeting of the United
Forces for Education at the S&W
Cafeteria in Raleigh Friday night,’
and a report by the treasurer, Mrs.
Willie B. Hopkins, who reported
$1,078.25 in the PTA treasury.
Attendance prizes were won by
Miss Cooper’s third grade, Miss
Thompson’s fifth grade, and Mr.
Holt’s tenth grade.
Mrs. Kemp Sings
Prior to the business session,
Mrs. Frank Kemp sang the Star
Spangled Banner, and the mem
bers reoeated the Lord’s Pray
er as the meeting’s devotional exer
cise.
Mrs. Kemp sang two numbers,
accompanied by Mrs. Ed Ellington
as pianist, following the business
session: Gershwin’s “Summertime”
from ‘Porgy and Bess,” and
“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer.
Speaker of the evening was Dr.
L. M. Massey, former member of
the State Board of Education, who
gave the association his views on
compulsory school attendance, but
requested that his talk be consid
ered “off the record.” He was in
troduced by Mrs. Eugene Privette.
Barbecue Dinner
A pig and chicken barbecue will
be held by the Church of God on
Saturday, January 24, from one to
six in the afternoon, at the parson
age on Horton Avenue.
Tickets are on sale now and can
be obtained from the pastor or any
church member.
Pettigrew Gay left Zebulon
about 3 a. m. Tuesday morn
ing, drove to the national cap
ital, saw the inauguration, and
returned home that night.
Some local residents claim
they saw the quartet on TV.
‘T saw them cross the street
right in the middle of the par
ade,” one lady declared. “I
know it was them because no
body else in the United States
would have picked that partic
ular time to cross the street”
Sanford Is Top Winner
In Finer Carolina Test ;
Wendell Gets SIOO Prize
The town of Sanford has been judged North Carolina’s “finest” in
the realm of “helning to build a Finer Carolina.” The county seat of
Lee County got the nod as judges selected 21 winners among the 149
towns which competed last year in the “Finer Carolina” community
improvement contest sponsored by the Carolina Power & Light Com
pany. Wendell and Spring Hope each won honorable mention awards.
Rural Fire Truck
Meeting Monday
A special meeting will be held
in the Zebulon Municipal Build
ing on Monday night, January 26,
at 7:30 to plan the kickoff in the
campaign to acquire a rural fire
truck for the community, accord
ing to Robert Ed Horton, secretary
of the Zebulon Farm Bureau, j
which is sponsoring the project.
Special invitations are being
mailed the Farm Bureau Directors,
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce
Directors, and Commissioners of
the Town of Zebulon.
Receipt books have been pre
pared for the drive for funds to
purchase the truck, and everyone
who contributes will be given a
written receipt.
The cost of the modem truck se
lected by Directors of the Farm
Bureau as the goal of the drive
will be about $9,000. The truck
will have a powerful pump, self
contained water supply, and suffi
cient hose for fighting rural fires.
Everyone interesting in helping
buy a rural fire truck is urged to
attend the meeting.
Strickland Thanked
The people of Corinth Commun
ity would like to express their
thanks and appreciation to Mr.
Clarence Strickland of Zebulon for
his skilled advice and helpful ser
vice in building their new church.
His suggestion and assistance have
saved the Corinth people many 1
hundreds of dollars. I
Mr. Strickland refused any pay ;
whatsoever, but the people of Cor- '
inth want to express their thanks
to a fine man. i
The people of Zebulon should 1
feel honored to have such a man
in their community that is willing ]
to help in a time of need. 1
May God’s blessings abide with i
such a fine man. 1
—Corinth Baptist Church
Scout Hut Renovation Completed;
Return of Equipment Requested
A special request for all equip
ment belonging to the Zebulon Boy
Scout troop be turned in at the
Scout Hut was made this week by
Scout leader Armstrong Cannady,
who said that recent repairs to the
hut made possible a safe place for
equipment storage.
Work has been in progress at the
hut for the past three weeks, un
der the supervision of troop lead
ers.
New Windows
Recent improvements at the hut
include new windows, weather
proofing all the log walls, putting
shutters on the windows, and
building overhead storage for
equipment.
At the meeting Monday night,
Thco. Davis Sons, Publishers
As top winner for North Caro
lina, Sanford won SI,OOO in cash.
The town als.) won $750 as sec
ond prize in its population class,
towns of 2,500 or more. First prize
in this class went to Hartsville, S.
C., which was judged the “finest”
in South Carolina, where the pow
er company also operates.
Wendell Wins
Honorable mention awards of
SIOO each went to 15 towns whose
community improvement accom
plishments in some instances, the
I judges said, were scarcely less not
able than the top money winners.
These awards were won by:
Henderson, Jacksonville, Asheboro,
Dunn and Mount Olive, all in the
top population bracket; Pittsboro,
Wendell, Spring Hope, Swanna
noa and Fuquay-Varina, all in the
1,001-2,500 population bracket; and
by Lamar, S. C., Pine Bluff, Blad
enboro, Pinewood, S. C., and Mays
ville, all in the smallest population
bracket.
Zebulon’s Project
Zebulon’s accomplishments in
the Finer Carolina Contest, which
were not sufficient to win an hon
orable mention, included the ac
quisition of a five-acre park site,
a shelter and two fireplaces in the
park, the establishment of a com
munity library, the writing of new
town ordinances, cleaning and im
proved maintenance of the ceme
tery, and many blocks of new pav
ed sidewalks.
The Zebulon Finer Carolina en
try was featured in last week’s
issue of The State magazine, which
told of the day when 14 tractors
from neighboring farms converged
cn Zebulon to work at the park.
Better Chance
Wilbur Debnam, who served as
Chairman of the Finer Carolina
Steering Committee in Zebulon last
year, said that he feels Zebulon
will have a better chance of win
ning in the 1953 contest, since nor
mal civic improvements will not
be permitted this year.
“Our major accomplishments
last year were all originated by
the Finer Carolina Steering Com
mittee,” he said, “and Zebulon cer
tainly profited from the contest.”
(See CONTEST, Page 8)
January 19, 35 boys were present
and organized seven patrols, indi
cating the surge in interest in
Scouting under the new leader
ship.
Window Displays
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The patrols are making plans for
window displays as part of the
troop observance of Scout week
this year.
Boys interested in Scouting are
urged to attend the Troop meetings
held every Monday night in the
hut.
Troop Committee
A new Troop Committee is being
organized and will conduct a
monthly Board of Review to ex
amine Scouts recommended for ad
vancement.