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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 69. THESE BEAUTIES HAVE BRAINS Top academic honors at Corinth Holders School for the graduating class were awarded this year to the lovely ladies pictured. Miss Katie Duke Hocutt, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hocutt of Route 1, was named salutatorian; and Miss Dorothy Jean Price, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Price of Route 1, Selma, was named vale dictorian. Miss Hocutt is the Corinth correspondent for the Zebulon Record. Music Lovers Will Welcome Lions' All Night Sing, Scheduled June 20 Singing fans will be glad to hear that the Zebulon Lions Club is pre paring another All Night Sing to be presented in the Wakelon audi torium Saturday night June 20, to raise money for the benefit of Wake County blind people. Ten song groups are already on the program, including some of the + op quartets in the state. The curtain will part at 8 o’clock for the long program, which will feature the following quartets: The Carolinians of Asheboro; Live Oak Quartet of Selma; Ambassa dors of Winston-Salem; Baker of Hopkins Chapel; Wakelonettes of Zebulon; and the Broadridge of Lumberton. ’ Scientific Display Is Seen This Week “Nev'er before will Wake Coun ty farm families have been offer ed the opportunity to witness such an array of scientific demonstra tions with a practical application as at the 1953 Farm and Home Week,â€~ Fred S. Sloan, secretary of the Farmer’s Convention, ce clared yesterday. ’’Before, Sloan said, “Farm and Home Week was held the last of August, right at harvest time. The program this year is such that no farm family will want to miss it. Never before and perhaps never again will Wake County’s rural people have the opportunity to see (Continued on Page 2) Trios to be heard include the Renfro Trio of Zebulon; Calvary Trio of Rocky Mount; Three Tone Trio of Goldsboro; and the Brant ley Trio of Spring Hope. Admission will be 75c for adults and 50c for children. UNC GRADUATE Henry B. Rowland, Jr. At the 159th Commencement at the University of North Carolina, Henry Rowland, Jr., was awarded his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. The exer cises were held last night in Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 9, 1953 New Recreation Director Named For Community William R. Alheim, native of Schenectady, New York, has been appointed director of the recreation program for this summer, accord ing to Ralph Talton, chairman of the Zebulon Recreation Commis sion. Alheim will be in charge of both the afternoon and evening program, arranging for supervised play and the softball competition. Alheim entered Wake Forest College in September 1949, on an athletic scholarship. He graduat ed with a B. S. degree in health, physical education, and recreation this month. While at Wake Forest, he was a member of the varsity basketball team for three years, and of the varsity baseball team for two years. He was active in Sigma Chi fraternity and the Monogram Club. For two years he served as an assistant Recreation Director n Schenectady, N. Y., and last sum mer was swimming instructor at Wake Forest. Body Temperature Is Discussed at Rotary Interesting facts and figures about body temperature were brought to the attention of the Zebulon Rotarians by Dr. Ben Thomas last Friday night. He be gan by giving the normal body temperature, and then explained the things which disturb the tem perature causing fever and chills. At the close of his talk, a quar ter-hour question-and-answer per iod was conducted, with the doctor giving quite a bit of free medi cal advice to his fellow Rotarians. Things which disturb the regular body temperature are fever, sun stroke, and heat stroke, Ben re ported. Fever is caused by infec tion, operations, injuries to the brain, and dehydration of the body. The values of being able to raise and lower body temperature were told, by lowering the body tem perature to 60 degrees, operations on the heart are made possible which would be fatal under nor mal conditions. Melvin Massey was elected a di rector of the club to take office July 1 to fill the unexpired term of G. C. Massey, who was recent ly elected vice-president of the club. Visitors included Lt. Col. Ar thur Ball, president of the Louis burg Rotary Club, Asher John son, Jr., editor of the Franklin Times, and Ted Davis of Kinston. Walter E. Hales Receives Promotion Walter E. Hales, whose wife, Barbara, lives in Spring Hope, N. C., was recently promoted to cor poral while serving with the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. The 3rd Division has participat ed in many of the bloody battles of the Korean conflict, including White Horse, Jackson Heights and KeFy Hill. Corporal Hales, a member of the 15th Infantry Regiment, en tered the Army in December, 1951, and received basic training at Fort- Knox, Ky. He arrived in Korea last December. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hales, Middlesex, N. C.. he was a dairy inspector for Pet Dairy, Greensboro, in civilian life. SUPERVISOR William A. Alheim Appointed director of the Zebu lon summer recreation program, Alheim is a 1953 graduate of Wake Forest College with a B. S. de gree. Guardsmen Make Camp Preparations Final preparations for the trip to Ft. McClellan, Ala., were made jast night by Zebulon’s National Guard unit, and all the equip ment and supplies will be loaded Thursday night for the motor convoy, which leaves next Sunday morning at 5:15. Section chiefs listed all the equipment which will be taken, and last minute modifications were made on the communications equipment. Forty-nine enlisted men and five officers will attend ssummer camp this year with Battery A, a part of the famed 113th Field Ar tillery Battalion, which is com manded by Lt. Col. Edward Yar borough of Louisburg. A unique system of convoy con trol will be employed this year. Lt. Bill Griffin, formerly of Zebulon, will fly the battalion liaison plane over the convoy during the entire trip, assisting in controlling the march units by radio. The convoy will stretch over nearly 15 miles. Sgt. Cooper Moss last night checked all the vehicles which will go to Ft. McClellan, including six 2%-ton trucks, three jeeps, and two three-quarter ton trucks. W.C.U.N.C. GRADUATES - S’ ’ v '_V* £ <“] Lady Lynn Talton Among the 486 candidates for degrees at Woman’s College 61st commencement, held last weekend, are the young ladies pictured here who are members of the senior class. The graduating exercises were held yesterday at 10:30 a.m. Miss Talton, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Ralph Talton, and Miss Sexton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sex ton, both are graduates of Wakelon School. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Directors to Be Named at CofC Meet June 29 A membership meeting of the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday night, June 29, the Board of Directors decided at their regular meeting held in Peoples Bank last Thursday eve ning. Prior to the membership meeting, nominees for a three-year term on the Board of Directors will be selected through a direct mail primary. President Ed Hales was in charge of the meeting last week, and five of the incumbent direc tors were present. Printed Ballots Printed ballots listing the names of all Chamber of Commerce mem bers will be mailed next week, to be marked and returned to the Sec retary of the organization by June 27. The four members receiving the highest number of votes will be nominees for the office of Direc tor, and at the membership meet ing another vote will be taken to elect two of the four nominees to office. A president of the Chamber of Commerce will be chosen at the membership meeting before the election of directors is held. Nomi nations for president are made from the floor. Although the president of the Chamber of Commerce is eligible to succeed himslf, President Hales said one year is enough for him. I*repare for Santa Pat Farmer was appointed to check on the purchase of a Santa Claus suit for use next Christmas. Thurman Hepler urged that a suit be brought now, because, he said, “Christmas will be on us before we know it.â€~ Present at the meeting were President Ed Hales, Secretary R. Vance Brown, and Directors Thur man Hepler, Ralph Talton, W. B. Hopkins, Thomas Monk, and Pat Farmer. Methodist V.B.S. Methodist Vacation Bible School began Sunday, June 7, with a good enrollment. All who are interested are invited and all are looking forward to a profitable week. m H Laura James Sexton
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