THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number
Rolesville Seniors
Receive Diplomas
On Friday Night
Twenty-nine graduates were
presented their diplomas by Prin
cipal G. W. Davis of Rolesville
School at graduation exercises
held Friday evening in the Roles
ville School auditorium. N. C. Ag
riculture Commissioner L. Y. Bal
lentine was the principal speaker
for the service, and was introduc
ed by C. D. Matheney.
Olga Lea Wall was recognized as
valedictorian of the graduating
class, and Nancy Jane Hailey was
honored as salutatorian.
Medals were awarded by B. E.
Rogers, and Mrs. D. M. Lloyd made
a special presentation
The medals presented included
Citizenship to Rupert Willis Hag
wood; Activities to Dorothy Jean
Perry; Home Economics to Barbara
Ann Jones; School Spirit to Jessie
Thomas Duke; Commercial to Lil
lie Belle Williams; Agriculture to
Lee Roy Frazier; Athletics to Billy
Massey; Music to Myrtas Frazier;
and Scholastic to Linnette Wil
liams.
Barbara Ann Bowden was hon
ored for achieving perfect attend
ance for twelve years.
Senior Class
Members of the semor class in
clude Donald Wayne Boone, Wil
liam Crenshaw Bowden, Wesley
Lee Carroll, Jessie Thomas Duke,
Lee Roy Frazier, Rupert Willis
Hagwood, Robert Lee Hurt, Rich
ard Dinnis Jones, Wallace Gupton
Jones, S. J. Journigan, Alex Clif
tc n King Clem Calvin MitchcM,
Jr., Charles Lee Rogers.
Barbara Ann Bowden, Nancy
Jane Hailey, Emogene Keith, Ed
na Gray McCullen, Lillian Ann Ed
dins Frances McDade Eddins, Von
ciel Belvin Strickland, Rachel Pi
per Smith, Dorothy Jean Perry,
Mary Lee Perry, Shirley Mae Pur
year, Doris Delores Scarborough,
Sylvia Christina Thornton, Mattie
Cleo Wall, Olga Lee Wall, and Lil
lie Belle Williams.
The class mascots are Sue Carter
and Ronnie Daniel.
Marshals for this year were Lin
nette Williams, chief; Carroll Dean
Jones, Alma Doris Doyle, Esther
Alice Wall, Peggy Jo Phillips,
Edith Duke, and Betty Jean Ma
theny.
Clarence R. Breedin is senior
sponsor for this year.
Youth Killed, Brother Badly Hurt
In Car - Motorcycle Crash Friday
One person was killed and an
other seriously injured in an acci
dent involving a motorcycle and
a car about 10:45 Friday night
just north of the Zebulon airport
cn Highway 264. Joe Daniel
Creech, 17, was fatally injured and
his brother, James H. Creech, 19,
is in a critical condition in Rex
Hospital. Jim D. Gay, 20, of Zebu
lon, Route 3, is being held under
bond of $2,000.
The car driven by Gay struck
the rear of the motorcycle ridden
by the Creech brothers, ran up on
the motor cycle, and “rode” it for
around 100 yards with the front
wheels of the auto off the high
way, according to Patrolman F. R.
Wicker.
Coroner M. W. Bennett said that
he was told Saturday by James
Creech that his dead brother was
operating the motorcycle when it
was hit by the car.
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ON BOARD
Thurman Murray
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Ed Hales
Murray, local grocer, and Hales,
Zebulon fertilizer dealer, were re
cently named to the Wakelon
School Board.
Fire Causes Damage
Early Last Saturday
The Zebulon municipal fire
truck had to substitute for the
soon-to-be-bought rural fire truck
early Saturday morning when a
Mayflower Transportation Com
pany moving van caught fire.
Damage was limited to about S3OO
even though the blaze was going
strong when the volunteer firemen
arrived.
The van was parked in front
of the Walier Fuller home over
three miles south of Zebulon, and
the fire was discovered about 1:30
(See FIRE, Page 3)
Gay was quoted by Patrolman
Wicker as saying that he did not
see the motorcycle in time to avoid
the accident because it did not have
any lights, and he was meeting
another car headed south.
The officer said he was informed
by witnesses, however, that Gay
had just passed “at a high rate
of speed” a car following behind
the motorcycle, and that he ran
into the back of the motorcycle
when he cut back to the right side
of the road.
Inquest Pending
Date of the inquest into the death
is pending the outcome of injuries
to James Creech, who received se
rious head wounds and other inju
ries.
Funeral services for young
Creech were held Sunday at 3 p.
m. from Corinth-Holders Baptist
(See WRECK, Page 3)
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 2, 1953
Rural Fire Department Directors Requested
By Members to Purchase Fire Truck Now
Wakelon Gives
Special Awards
Outstanding students in every
phase of school activity were rec
ognized at the graduation exer
i cises at Wakelon held Thursday
| evening. Special awards and cer
tificates were presented for
achievement in academic work,
athletics, agriculture, and bus driv
ing.
Ed Ellington, head of the agri
culture department at Wakelon,
made the presentations.
Sue Richards, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Burbon Richards, was
named valedictorian and Juanna
Joy Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Mitchell, was salutator
ian of the graduating class.
The W. H. Chamblee Award, for
excellence in the field of agricul
ture, consisting of a certificate and
a cash award, was presented Jim
my Joyner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Joyner. The agriculture award
is made by the Zebulon Record.
Athletic Awards
For starring in athletics, Juanna
Joy Mitchell and Lowell Liles were
honored with the best athlete
awards.
Fan Green, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Green, was presented
the Home Economics award.
The Citizenship Award was pre
sented Jimmy Joyner.
Juanna Joy Mitchell was given
the activities award.
Delegates from the Junior Class
to Boys’ State, sponsored annual
ly by the Zebulon American Legion
Post, are Wayne Perry and Richard
Bullock. The selection was an
nounced by Commander Charles
Creech of the local post.
The Girls’ State delegates, spon
sored by the Zebulon Legion Aux
iliary, are Ann Strickland and
Helen Faye Todd, both members
of the Junior class.
Civic Awards
The World Peace Award, spon
sored by the Zebulon Rotary Club,
was presented Barbara Lou Cham
blee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Whitley Chamblee.
For the first time, special honors
were conferred on the Wakelon
school bus drivers for their work
during the past year. The Zebulon
Lions Club presented certificates
and pens to the drivers for their
work with the buses, with the com
petition stressing safety in driv
ing, care of the vehicles, and gen
eral excellence as drivers.
First place among the drivers
was won by Juanna Joy Mitchell
and second by Glenwood Perry.
Safe Driving Certificates and
pins were awarded to Jimmy Joy
ner, Carl Puryear, Roy Mitchell,
Derwood Baker, Rodney Bell, and
Bobby Raper.
The presentations were made by
Clarence Hocutt and President
Wilbur Debnam of the Zebulon
Lions Club.
P. H. 'Massey, chairman, and
John Terry, members of the Wake
lon School Board, were thanked
for their service as members of
the Board and were awarded Life
Certificates in appreciation of their
efforts for a better school by W.
R. Whittenton, superintendent of
the School.
Both men will complete their
terms on the School Board at the
end of the current year.
IN GUARD
Sgt. Cooper Moss
Much of the credit for the su
perior rating given the motor sec
tion of Zebulon’s National Guard
unit belongs to Sgt. Moss, who is in
direct charge of the training of the
drivers and mechanics and the
maintenance of the vehicles be
longing to the artillery battery. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Moss.
Lions Finish Campaign;
Smith Talks at Rotary
The recent campaign for funds
for the American Cancer Society
was the most successful ever held
in this community, with $286.53
received for the fight against can
cer, according to Gilbert Beck,
chairman.
The Zebulon Lions Club spon
sored the drive this year, and ex
pressed its appreciation for the co
operation given them. The total
this year is SSO more than that
given during any previous year.
Mrs. Elmo Harris, who headed
solicitation in the colored com
munity, was* cited for special
praise. Under her leadership more
than SSO was received for the fund.
Rotary Hears Smith
Stephen Smith, superintendent
of the Free Will Baptist Orphan
age at Middlesex spoke at the
meeting of the Zebulon Rotary
Club last Friday night telling of
his work and the problems faced
at an orphanage. He was introduc
ed by Ed Hales, program chairman
for the evening.
Mr. Smith was formerly a ferti
lizer dealer and preached in num
erous churches. In his introduction,
Ed told of the financial sacrifice
Mr. Smith had made in accepting
the work at the orphanage.
(See SMITH, Page 3)
AT ROCKY CROSS
Revival to Begin Sunday
The Rocky Cross Baptist Church
will begin its Revival Services on
Sunday, June 7. The first service,
in this series, will begin at 8:00
Sunday night, and continue
through the following Sunday
morning. All services will begin at
8:00 p. m. with the exception of
the closing service on Sunday
which will begin at 11:00 a. m.
The Rev. Colon Jackson, a Wake
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Action Is Taken
After Discussion
Go ahead and buy us a fire
truck, stockholders of the Zebulon
Rural Fire Department, Inc., told
the Board of Directors last Friday
night following a lengthy meeting
held in the Zebulon municipal
building to decide the next step
in the campaign to obtain better
fire protection for the rural areas
surrounding Zebulon.
The problem of handling the $2,-
000 still needed for the fire truck
purchase was left to the Directors
to solve. The corporation has
$4640.30 in the treasury and an ad
ditional $l,lOO in pledges.
President M. L. Hagwood pre
sided and opened the meeting with
a resume of what has been ac
complished by the group up to Fri
day night.
January Goal
The goal set in January, he said,
was to contact every family with
in a seven mile radius of Zebulon.
Only about half the farm families
have been reached, he added, and
325 members have joined the or
ganization. In the area there are
nearly 900 eligible for membership.
Following the lengthy discussion
1 period Barrie Davis moved that
the members of the Zebulon Rural
Fire Department, Inc., “request the
Board of Directors to purchase a
fire truck and use their own dis
cretion as + o the method of financ
ing the unpaid balance; and that
the membership drive be extend
ed to the fourth Tuesday of Janu
ary, 1954.”
The motion, seconded by Hubert
Eddins, passed without a dis
senting vote.
Hinton’s Motion Dies
Prior to the motion by Davis
and Eddins, Mayor Worth Hinton
moved that an alternative financ
ing method be adopted. Mr. Hin
ton’s motion met an unfavorable
response, and failed so * a lack of
a second.
The fire truck project is spon
sored by the Zebulon Farm Bureau.
It has been entered in the Finer
Carolina Contest as one of the six
projects sp< sored by this com
munity.
Directors are M. L. Hagwood,
Willie B. Hopkins, Robert Ed Hor
ton, Dewey Massey, H. H. Eddins,
R. E. Pippin, and Ed Hales.
Willie B. Hopkins told of the
need of the fire truck and the work
which has been done so far. He
said that there are three ways open
to purchase the truck immediate
ly: 1) buy the truck on time; 2)
borrow the needed balance from
(See TRUCK, Page 3)
Forest senior, will conduct the ser
vices. Mr. Jackson’s home is in
Hertford, N. C. He was in the U.
S. Air Force for nearly two years
serving as a Chaplain’s assistance.
After his discharge he entered Cho
wan Junior College to begin his
study for the ministry. Recently
he accepted the call to become the
ppstor at Rocky Cross.
The public is cordially invited to
all services.