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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 88. GOVERNOR, DIRECTOR TO BE HERE p* ' ; /v//,.- •';•• Jmp* it* m Jl >‘'- 7^. v^ i »'"ifc".- ** ' ißfc^/all Wfc Jr Lr- ~" «ppijk - \dm!F MMzvm: -WmazL*-^. . JKF \'-&sgam ,S~ MRmmfg. j Ben Douglas Governor Umstead Governor William B. Umstead and Ben Douglas, Director of Conservation and Development, will speak in Zebulon next Tuesday night at a regional industrial conference scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Wakelon School Auditorium. The public is invited. Area Industrial Meet Is For Zebulon on Tuesday State-wide interest is being shown in plans of the State Board of Conservation and Development to step up efforts to bring more in dustries to North Carolina, espe cially in the smaller communities of the State. This information is contained in word from Raleigh from Director Ben E. Douglas of the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment. In order to speed plans for se curing new industries that will provide more job'’., Director Doug las points out ten “Development Forums” will be held in various places throughout North Carolina during the next six months, with the first scheduled for a nine county area at Zebulon. Nine Counties The nine-county area includes: Franklin, Wayne, Johnston, Wil son, Granville, Nash, Vance War ren and Wake. Governor Umstead, who is chairman of the State Board of Conservation and Development, has consistently emphasized the need for more new industries and the expansion of present industries so that not only more jobs will be provided for Tar Heel citizens, but that more ax c'llars wi*l also bo provided, Duug'cs said, to carry on present State services without hav ing to ho st current Statg taxes. Gordon E. Gamhart of Pitts burgh, Pennsylvania, director of Armory Construction Progress Seen Here In spite of the delay in the ar rival of the steel door frames and windows, the construction of the Zebulon National Guard armory is proceeding according to schedule with nearly all the walls already 12 feet high. The 13,600 square foot building is scheduled for completion in January, 1954. Exterior walls of the building are cinder block with brick veneer and interior walls are 12-inch cinder block. There will be 14 rooms in addition to the rifle range and main assembly hall. Wakelon Opening Wakelon School will open for the 1953-54 term on Thursday, September 3, according to Superin tendent W. R. Whittenton. A com plete list of the teachers elected to teach this year will be publish ed in next week’s Zebulon Record. real estate and insurance for West inghouse Electric Corporation, will speak at the industrial forum to be held in the Wakelon auditorium in Zebulon on Tuesday evening, August 18, according to Ben Doug las, director of the Board of Con servation and Development. Director Douglas said that Gam hart was instrumental in helping local the $10,000,000 Westinghouse plant near Raleigh. Hanes Is Chairman Robert M. Hanes of Winston- Salem. president of the Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., is chairman of the C. and D. Board’s Committee on Commerce and Industry, the unit whi:h is spearheading the all-out efforts to bring rr ;re in dustries to the State. Serving with Mr. Hanes on this important com mittee are: Leo Harvey, Kinston, vice chairman, Charles S. Allen, Durham, Carl Buchan, Jr., North Wilkesboro, Amos Kearns, High Point, Henry Rankin, Fayetteville and T. Max Watson, Forest City. All are recognized business lead ers in their communities, Douglas said. Assistance Promised “These forums,” Chairman Hanes explained, “are intended to extend the maximum assistance to the various communities of the State which are eager to encour age industrial development and to obtain the greatest possible coop eration from individuals and or ganizations for the State program.” All citizens interested in secur ing new industries for their com munities are invited to attend the forum meetings, with special invi tations to be sent mayors, town boards, city councilmen, county commissioners, members of Cham ber of Commerce, city managers, promotional groups, and civic club members, Douglas said. Finer Carolina Show Here Monday The Finer Carolina Show will be staged in the Wakelon School auditorium in Zebulon on Mon day night, August featuring performances by top radio enter tainers and interviews of local people who are working on the Zebulon project in the Finer Caro lina Contest. The show begins at 8 o’clock. The program was scheduled originally for Tuesday night, but was moved up one night to avoid Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 14, 1953 Thousands Attend Zebulon Farmer's Day; Scott, Manning Make Principal Addresses Commerce Group Expresses Thanks By Ferd Davis Along about three o’clock yes terday morning Selma and I form ed the “Thank God It’s Thursday” Club. We are admitting as charter members M. L. Hagwood, Robert Ed Horton, Ed Hales, and all the other folks who worked so hard to make Wednesday a successful Farmer’s Day, and, like us, are bound to be glad this event is behind us for this year. We finished up the details that couldn’t wait until the next day not long after midnight, but we sat and talked quite a spell about how cooperative EVERYONE had been. We went over everything that went wrong, and how goodnatured folks were when things were not as they should have been. Many Workers So many people did so much that it is impossible for me to recog nize them all in print; you know how it is—often the person who worked the longest and hardest at the roughest job is inadvertently overlooked. If I do that now, I apologize and ask forgiveness in advance. I now express the gratitude of the Chamber of Commerce to the following: The thousands of people who came to our event, and the hun dreds who remained for all its features. The merchants who contributed prizes and money as gifts for the folks attending the Farmer’s Day. Frank Kemp for taking charge of the collection and distribution of prizes, and for bringing his ponies for children attending the exercises to ride. Mayor Is Thanked Mayor Worth Hinton for the use of his public address system during the day and evening, and William Bunn for assisting him. “Bubber” Eddins and Harold Green for cleaning the field of weeds and high grass, and Julius Murray for dragging the baseball diamond. Frank Wall and Wilbur Debnam for handling the registration booth. J. P. Arnold, Jack Potter, Wayne Perry, J. L. and Bobbie McGee, Ed Ellington, Warren Greene, and Barrie Davis for erecting the regis tration tent and speaker’s canopy. The farm equipment dealers who put on such a fine demon stration during the afternoon. Jack Mitchell and Andrew Draughon for the softball arrange ments. The newspaper reporters, es pecially George Penny of the News (See THANKS, Page 6) conflict with the development for um at which Governor William Umstead will speak Tuesday night. Bob and Mary Bird, David With erspoon, and Bob Sawyer at the Hammond will be the main at traction. They are well-known to local radio listeners. Zebulon citizens who will ap pear include Ed Hales, chairman of the Finer Carolina Steering Committee here. Admission is free and no ticket LAY LEADER E. H. Moser The service in Zebulon Metho dist Church on next Sunday at 8 p. m. will be in charge of Lay Leaders, Tom Bailey and E. H. Moser. Rev. S. E. Mercer and Mrs. Mercer are taking a ten day vaca tion at Lake Junaluska. Mr. Mer cer may be reached at JumJuska Apartments, Lake Junaluska, N. C., if necessary. Recreation Report Made for Colored By Lizzie B. Foster Friday August the 7th brought the close of a six week recreation prograrrv for the colored citizens of Zebulon and joining communi ties. The entire six weeks of work and play have been inspi rational and enjoyed. The time has been well spent and we have been benefited through its activ ities. As such we the Negro citi zens of Zebulon and communities lift grateful hearts to the town commissioners and all who have helped to make this program pos sible. To them we extend our ap preciation and thanks. We also thank the parents for their loyal support in making it possible to carry on by sending their children to the recreation center. Parti cipation and interest ran high for four weeks after which tobacco needed attention. This caused the group to become less in num ber. We all understand that our tobacco and other crops should be taken care’ of when needed. De spite the handicaps we have man aged to carry on. We all know the objective for a recreation pro gram, which is to promote whole some social life through which developes an individual morally, mentally and physically. This we have tried to do. We will co operate with the good citizens of (See RECREATION, Page 7) is required to see the one-hour show of songs and jokes. The program will be broadcast over 23 radio stations in Eastern North Carolina and South Caro lina for 30 minutes on Sunday, August 23. “You can see the show produced, and then hear it again over the radio the following Sunday after noon.” said Ralph Talton, Zebulon district manager of Carolina Power and Light. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Hundreds Remain For All Six Events Farmers came by thousands to Zebulon’s rural fire truck and Farmer’s Day events at Wakelon School Wednesday, and they said they had a good time. Apparent ly they meant what they said, for they came early and stayed late. The day’s activities began at 1:00 p. m. when farm equipment dealers from Zebulon, Raleigh, and other towns put on a demonstra tion of what their particular im plements would do. Introduced to the crowd by Wake County Agent Grady Miller, each dealer drove his equipment in front of the ath letic field bleachers and perform ed for the farm crowd. At four o’clock welcomes were extended to the crowd by Mayor Worth Hinton, Principal W. R. Whittenton, and President Dewey Massey of the Zebulon Farm Bu reau. Prizes were drawn, follow ing the welcome, with Frank Kemp in charge of this event. Short talks were made concerning the fire truck project by several lo cal citizens, including Finer Car olina Chairman Ed Hales and Fire Truck Project Chairman Robert Ed Horton. Scott Main Speaker At five o’clock the crowd heard the principal address of the af | ternoon, when W. Kerr Scott, for mer Governor of North Carolina, spoke on the theme of farm prog ress in this state, citing the local fire truck progam as a striking example of what farmers and townspeople can do when they work together. The dairy farmer from Haw Riv er rode to Zebulon with Ben Roney, his former secretary, but drove Crip Duke’s 1914 vintage Ford from the entrance to the school grounds to the athletic field. Scott cranked the Ford himself, after checking with Constable Duke on the kicking propensities of the T model. Guests Introduced Following the arrival of Scott, President M. L. Hagwood of the Rural Fire Department acted as master of ceremonies, and intro duced the distinguished guests present, after an invocation by Rev. Theo. B. Davis. Guests present for the events in the afternoon included L. Y. Bal lentine, Commissioner of Agricul ture; A. C. Edwards, former Farm Bureau president and member of the General Assembly; Carl Hicks, president of the Flue Cured To bacco Stabilization Corporation; County Agent Miller; C. W. Shef field of the Department of Ag riculture; Sam Yancey of Vari na, former Wake County Farm Bu reau president; Willard White, Wendell mayor now serving as Wake County Farm Bureau presi dent; Joshua James, former utili ties commissioner; and Carl Wil liamson and Garland Bobbitt of Raleigh. Scott Praises Zebulon Scott, who was introduced by Ferd Davis, a close friend of the former Governor, praised the local fire truck program, and urged non-members to sign up with the Zebulon group. He pointed out the advantages of such fire protection, (See FARMERS, Page 6)
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