THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 79.
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Formal opening of the Bank of Wendell’s beautiful new building will be held on
Friday, July 17, from eight until ten o’clock in the evening when officers and the
Board of Directors will receive visitors and patrons. The new building, completely
air-conditioned, is constructed of marble, steel, and masonry. The cashier’s and
Rotarianns Honored
At Barbecue Friday
Members of the Zebulon Rotary
Club honored their Rotarianns at
a barbecue supper held in the
community park last Friday night,
eating under the large outdoor
shelter.
Ed Hales, chairman of the Finer
Carolina committee, and Ralph
Talton, chairman of the Recreation
Commission, gave reports on plans
for the park.
Ed Ellington and W’illie B. Hop
kins were responsible for prepara
•Wm Dl the meal.
Softball Schedule
Listed for Week
July 14 7:30 p. m. Scribes vs.
Lions Club.
9:15 p. m. Wakefield vs. Rotary
Club.
July 15 7:30 p. m. Zebulon
Teenage Club vs. Wakefield Teen
agers
9:15 p. m. Lions Club vs. Rotary
Club.
July 16 7:30 p. m. Wakefield
vs. Svribes.
9:15 p. m. Rotary Club vs. Lions
Club.
Armory Progress
All the foundations have been
poure d for Zebulon’s National
Guard armory, and the workmen
will begin the walls this week, ac
cording to Frank Christopher, con
struction superintendent.
Wendell Cannery
The Wendell Cannery is
open Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday of each week at
1 o’clock, Howard Boling,
head of the Wendell agri
culture department, an
nounced yesterday.
• MANAGER
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Donald Stallings, who has nearly
a quarter of a century of experi
ence, recently was appointed man
ager of the J. M. Chevrolet service
department.
Zehulon, N. C., Tuesday, July 14, 1953
Mrs . Victoria Gill
Dies Friday Evening;
Funeral Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Vic
toria Brantley Gill, 73, who died
Friday night at her home after a
long illness, were held at the Zeb
ulon Baptist Church Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. Bev
erly Asbury, pastor, officiated, as
sisted by the Rev. R. H. Herring
and the Rev. T. B. Davis, former
pastors.
The body lay in state at the
church for an hour prior to the
service. Burial was in the Zebulon
cemetery.
Mrs. Gill had been a very active
member of the Zebulon Baptist
Church during her life time, tak
ing part in all religious activities.
Surviving are five sons, I. D.
Gill, N. R. Gill, S. P. Gill, E. D.
Gill, and J. W. Gill, all of Zebulon;
one daughter, Katrina Gill of
Charlotte; three brothers, A. C.
Brantley of Durham, R. E. Brant
ley of Tryon; and J. J. Brantley
of Buffalo, N. Y.; three sisters, Mrs.
Susie Alford of Zebulon, Mrs. W.
H. Collins of Nashville, and Mrs.
Emily D. Harrow of Jacksonville,
Florida.
In Hospital
A-lc Bobby J. Ferrell is a pa
tient at the Orlando Air Base Hos
pital in Florida. For those who
want to write him, his address is:
A-lc Bobby J. Ferrell AF14366400
2272 Base Service Squadron
Orlando Air Force Base, Florida.
tellers’ cages are constructed of walnut panelling and matching walnut wood is used
for the desks and chairs for the officers and directors. The interior walls are painted
frost green.
Li'l Leaguers Take Win ,
Juniors Split in Softball
The Zebulon Little League ac
companied by Willie Griswold and
H. C. Wade played their first
game of the season Saturday. July
11, at Buekhorn. They defeated
the Wilson County Little League
by the score of 12 to 11.
Boys playing were: Cordell
DIRECTOR
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Aaron Lowery, owner of Low
ery’s Insurance Agency, was elect
ed a director of the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce for a three
year term at the June 29 mem
bership meeting.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
Page, David Alford, Buddy Tip
pett, Tony Pearce. W. G. Griswold,
Jr., Vaughan Wade, Larry Perry,
Joe Wayne Tippett, Jimmie Hodge,
Larry Page, Leslie Strickland,
Wayne Perry and Eddie Bullock.
Watch The Zebulon Record for
dates of future games and come
out and support the little league.
All little league members please
meet at the school house Wednes
day night at 7:00.
Willie Griswold, Manager
Junior Softball
In the first game of our Junior
Softball League Louisburg defeat
ed Zebulon 11-10. On Wednesday
the same two teams met again
and this time Zebulon downed
Louisburg 7-3. Tony Pearce, who
was elected captain, pitched both
games and is proving to be a good
prospect for the senior league.
Brown, Pearce, and Page proved
to have power at the plate while
Phillips, Hodge and Griswold did
some excellent fielding.
Our next game is Wednesday
afternoon when we play Wake
Forest at Wake Forest.
Hopkins W.M.S.
The W. M. S. of Hopkins Chapel
will meet with Mrs. Jimmie Lee
Pearce at her home Wednesday
night at 8:00.