THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 49.
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There was a large crowd present in the Wakelon auditorium
when the crew shown above tossed tossed wisecracks back and forth
last Friday night in the American Legion Minstrel. Wearing a white
shirt and big grin and seated in the center is Frank Kemp, who served
as Mr. Interlocutor. Standing to his left is the Rev. Sparks, famous
sock salesman. The endmen to the left of Frank are B. B. Barham,
W. A. Allman, and Melvin Lanier. To his right are Johnsey Arnold,
Wilburne Sutton, and Elwood Perry.
Gill Gives Terms Totaling
17 Years in Morals Case
Joe Mack Price ran afoul of the
law recently in a morals case and
Judge Irby D. Gill gave him sen
tences amounting to seven years
for aiding and abetting in prosti
tution between his wife and a num
ber of colored clients. The first
specific charge against Price, an
elderly white farmer, said that he
“did aid and abet in prostitution
between Mrs. Ruby Williams Price
and Morton Nicholas, Jr., by mak
ing appointments or engagements,
furnishing place, structures as
sisting or otherwise.”
Similar charges were entered
against him for arranging dates
for his wife and Joe Edward Hor
ton and James Thomas Horton.
Morton Nicholas, Jr., colored of
Route 4, was charged with engag
ing in hired sexual relations with
Mrs. Price. He was convicted and
received a two-year sentence.
Negroes Appeal
James Thomas Horton, Joe Ed
ward Horton and Walter Horton,
all colored, received sentences of
two years for the same offense. All
four appealed and bond of SSOO
each was set.
Dallas Horton, colored, was
found guilty of providing transpor
tation to aid in prositution, and was
sentenced to two years. Bond was
set at SSOO for him when he ap
pealed.
Public drunkenness caused the
largest number of cases on the
Wednesday docket. Found guilty of
the charge were James Ferrell,
Richard Vick, Robert Lee Watkins,
Robert Hicks, Luther Richardson,
Walter Jones, and John W. Bunn.
Ray Fowler of Zebulon was
found guilty of moving away with
out paying for advances or culti
vating land after receiving the ad
Willie B. and G. C. Prove Crime
Doesn't Pay—ln Zebulon Anyhow
More evidence that crime does
not pay presented itself this week
end. Saturday night Bernice Bunn
discovered somebody had entered
W. B. Bunn & Company via the
skylight route, found the safe un
locked, hunted up the key to the
money compartment, and made off
with about SSBO. It might be just
pocketchange to some people, but
the loss was enough to cause Ber
nice to call the police.
Some 40 hours later, yesterday
vances and renting the land. He
was sentenced to 30 days suspend
ed upon payment of S2O fine., S2O
to the prosecuting witness, and
costs of this court.
Wade Jack Smith, guilty of be
ing drunk and disorderly and of
assault with a shotgun, was sen
tenced to 60 days on the first count
and six monthes on the second.
For engaging in an affray and
being drunk and disorderly in Zeb
ulon, Junior Smith received 60
days. Donzell Vick, guilty of en
gaging in an affray, received 60
days suspended upon payment of
$25 fine and costs, and Otis Smith,
guilty of the same charge, paid
the costs.
Alex Merritt paid $25 fine and
costs for parking at night on the
highway without lights.
Sylvester H. Aycock of Farmville
paid S4O fine and costs for speed
ing.
Jams Thomas Crudeys of Bunn
paid $25 and costs for driving with
improper brakes.
Furniture Store to Open
In Duke Building Friday
Zebulon’s second furniture store
will stage its formal opening on
Friday of this week, if the work on
the building goes according to
schedule. Wrenn’s Furniture Com
pany, located in the building be
tween Parrish Electric Company
and Page Store Company, expects
to be ready for business the last of
the week.
Special prices will be placed on
all merchandise during the first
two days the business is open. The
new stores has as its motto, “Qual
ity Furniture at Bargain Prices.”
afternoon about 5 o’clock, Chief of
Police Willie B. Hopkins and Dep
uty Sheriff G. C. Massey climax
a bit of detective work by arrest
ing Robert Joe Daniels, Jr., 20-
year-old colored boy, down on Bar
bee Street. His ill-gained wealth
had given him little joy, for the
officers laid hold of him before he
had spent more than $6.00.
Well, maybe crime does pay a
little, but the wages are so poor
in Zebulon it just isn’t worth the
trouble.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, March 31, 1953
Officer Urges Dog
Owners to Comply
With State Laws
There have been no cases of ani
mal rabies in Wake County in the
last year, Dr. A. C. Bulla revealed
today. This is welcome news, but
Dr. Bulla was quick to point out
that he feels this area has just been
lucky and that Wake County could
have an outbreak among its dog
population at any time.
The reasons given are that the
health department estimates that
only about 18,000 of the dogs in
Wake County were vaccinated last
year. This means that our dog
population is becoming more and
more susceptible each year unless
all are vaccinated and all that is
needed is for a rabid dog to come
into the county and start the
spread of a vicious outbreak.
Stray Dogs
Dr. Bqlla also pointed out that
there is a tremendous number of
stray dogs in the county and it is
the stray, ownerless dog that is
most often involved in the spread
of rabies once the infection is in
troduced into the local dog popula
tion.
Cooperation Asked
Dr. Bulla concluded that our on
ly protection lies in the prevention
of this serious disease and urges
that all citizens cooperate with the
approaching clinics by having their
dogs vaccinated and by supporting
measures to control the stray dog.
Vaccinations against rabies will
be given in Zebulon on Friday of
this week.
Baker-Bullock Debate
Team Wins First Test
The Wakelon High School af
firmative debate team, composed
of Kay Baker and Richard Bullock,
won the right to participate in the
District Debating Contest to be
held at Meredith College, Raleigh,
on Thursday, April 9, by defeating
Fuquay Spring last Friday morn
ing.
From the teams which will com
pete at Meredith, one affirmative
and one negative team will be
chosen champions of the district,
and will participate in the final
contest for the Aycock Memorial
Cup, which will be held at Chapel
Hill on April 30-May 1.
The Wakelon negative team,
composed of Bernice Edwards and
Fan Green, lost to Selma at Fu
quay Springs. Both Selma teams
won.
Mrs. Louise Turner Clark is
coach of the Wakelon debate teams.
Four Foreign Pilots Give
Program at Rotary Club
Four student pilots from Euro
pean countries made brief talks at
the Friday night meeting of the
Zebulon Rotary Club, telling of
their own countries and their im
pressions of the United States since
they arrived here six months ago.
The four pilots are training at Stal
lings Air Force Base, Kinston, un
der the supervision of Serv-Air
Aviation Corporation.
Ted Davis, Public Relations Of
ficer for the training school, in
troduced the four speakers, telling
something of the training they are
taking.
From the visitors, the Rotarians
learned interesting facts on France,
Norway, Holland and Belgium, the
homes of the four aviators.
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Zebulon Churches
Plan Easter Rites
There will be a special Holy
Week Communion service held in
Zebulon Methodist Church on
Thursday night. This service will
be held at 8 p. m. due to the fact
that the Youth Choir and Lions
Club will be meeting earlier in
the church. A cordial invitation to
the public is extended.
The Easter service at Zebulon
Methodist Church will be held on
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. The pastor,
Rev. S. E. Mercer, will preach on
Easter Evening’s Glowing Hearts.
Easter music will be furnished by
the Youth Choir under the direc
tion of Mrs. Bruce Honeycuti.
Baptist Services
On Thursday evening at 7:30, the
first of the Pre-Easter Services
scheduled by the Baptist Church
will be held when Dr. George
Griffin of Wake Forest will lead
in the observance of the Lord’s
Supper.
A union service of all congre
gations in Zebulon will be held on
Friday at 7:30 p. m. The worship
will be in the Baptist Church and
the Rev. S. E. Mercer, pastor of
the Zebulon Methodist Church, will
be in charge.
Easter Sunrise Services will be
observed at the Zebulon Cemetery.
This program will be directed by
the Intermediate Department of the
Sunday School.
Stores to Close Easter
Zebulon stores will observe the
annual Easter Monday holiday by
remaining closed all day, Presi
dent Ed Hales of the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce announced
yesterday.
The Chamber of Commerce urg
ed that housewives and others do
their shopping on Saturday to in
clude Monday’s needs.
R. E. Pippin Opens Problem Acres
Supply Company with FCX Lines
Problem Acres Supply Company,
owned and operated by Raymond
Pippin, began business this week
handling the full line of tractors,
implements, fertilizers, and electri
cal appliances. The new company
is cooperating with Massey’s FCX
Store in offering to farmers the
complete FCX service.
In explaining the unusual name
of his company, Mr. Pippins said
he had named his farm Problem
Acres because of the continuous
problems it presented. The new
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Rural Fire Group
To Let Members
Join Little Longer
Folks in the rural area around
Zebulon had better join the Zebu
lon Rural Fire Department now
or else they may be left out cf
the organization and its protection
altogether, the Board of Directors
decided last Saturday at a special
meeting. After the initial solicita
tion for members is completed, no
more members will be accepted un
til the membership books are re
opened by a majority vote of the
Fire Department members, and
that Can’t be done until next Jan
uary.
In addition the Directors ruled
that a minimum fee of $25 will be
charged for all calls to fight fires
at homes and buildings belonging
to non-members.
The two motions were adopted
unanimously when solicitors re
ported many rural residents nesi
tated to join the fire department
until the truck is purchased and
placed in operation.
“We need members now not
after the truck is here,” the Direc
tors decided, and by placing a lim
it on the time new members can
be accepted they hoped to gain the
necessary number of members at
an early date.
Horace Gay, treasurer of the
Zebulon Rural Fire Department,
reported that funds in the treasury
amount to over $3,300.00. This is
not quite one-third of the goal set
for the membership drive.
Members are being accepted
within a seven-mile radius of Zeb
ulon. With paved roads radiating
from the town in all directions, it
will be possible to reach almost
any home in the area within min
utes after a call for help is made.
Present at the meeting Saturday
were M. L. Hagwood, president; R.
E. Horton, chairman of the project;
W. B. Hopkins, D. W. Massey, Ed
Hales, R. E. Pippin, and H. H. Ed
dins, directors; and Horace Gay,
treasurer.
Girl Scouts to Meet
An organization meeting sos the
Senior Girl Scout Troop will be
held at Miss Patsy Allman’s home
on Thursday evening from 5:00 to
7:00 o’clock, Mrs. Fred Chamblee
said yesterday.
The assembly will be a supper
meeting and each girl coming will
bring her own food. Girls 14 years
and older are urged to attend the
meeting.
LEGION TO MEET
The Zebulon Post of the Ameri
can Legion will meet Wednesday
night at E. P. Privette’s Case. All
members of Post 33 are urged to at
tend.
business is located at his farm,
and so took its name.
“And when my farmer friends
stop by,” Mr. Pippin said, “I’ll be
glad to talk over their problems
with them.”
Among the items offered by
Problem Acres Supply Company
are the four Co-op tractors, the
Graham plow, Gandy spreader and
seeder, Co-op tractor plows and
attachments, roll-pack pulverizer,
Black Hawk farm wagon, a full
line of fertilizers, and electrical
appliances.