THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 96.
Money Is Only Obstacle
To Paving of Sidewalks,
Board Says on Monday
The Town of Zebulon will coop
erate with property owners in pav
ing the sidewalks of the town when
and if money is available, the
Board of Commissioners decided
at the regular September meeting
of the body last Monday night.
They adopted a new policy of pav
ing al least a block at a time when
requested by property owners.
GIVES INVITATION
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Ralph Talton
Mr. Talton, local manager of
Carolina Power & Light, has ex
tended an invitation to the public
to visit the CP&L offices tonight.
Light Company Invites
Inspection of Offices
The offices of Carolina Powei
& Light Company in Zebulon will
be open Friday night from 7:30 to
9:30 for inspection by the public,
according to Manager Ralph Tal
ton. The offices have been com
pletely redecorated and painted in
two shades of green.
Also on display will be the “heat
pump” which is used to cool the
offices in summer and heat them
in winted. This is the first instal
lation of this type in Zebulon and
will prove interesting to the tech
nical-minded visitors.
Women's Clubs Plan Meetings;
Mrs. Simms, Mrs. Wright Here
The Zebulon Woman’s Club will
hold its first meeting of the new
club year on Tuesday, September
15, at 3:45 p m., at the club house.
Guest speaker for the meeting
will be Mrs. R. N. Simms of Ral- (
eigh, First Vice-President of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo- i
men’s Clubs and Director of De
partments.
Mrs. Simms will speak on
‘Americanism” and also will tell
of the work outlined for the vari
ous departments of the club.
Hostesses will be Mrs. F. E.
Bunn, Mrs. E. H. Moser, and Mrs.
John Terry.
Garden Club
On Monday night, Mrs. Richard
Wright of Durham, Eighth District
Director, of Garden Club, will
speak at the first meeting of the
year, of the Carmen Flowers Gar
den Club. This will be her first
visit to the Zebulon Club. This ,
meeting will be held in the Wo-
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, Sept. 11, 1953
Present , at the meeting were
Mayor Worth Hinton; Commission
ers R. Vance Brown, R. Wesley
Liles, Howard Beck, Frank Wall,
and Wilbur Debnam; Town Attor
ney Foster Finch; and Town Clerk
W. B. Hopkins.
There is a limit to the amount
the town can pay toward side
walk paving, the Commissioners
decided, and a minimum standard
; paved sidewalks must meet. When
it is able, the Town of Zebulon
will pay 70c per running foot to
ward paving walks four feet wide,
four inches thick, and six -inches
thick at drives which meet the
town’s specifications.
Petition Received
, A petition was received from
property owners living on the east
side of Church Street between
Franklin and Mclver Streets to
have their sidewalks paved, and
the Commissioners voted unani
mously to approve the work ac
cording to the new policy. J. R.
Sawyer and Thurman Murray pre
sented the request.
While the water supply for Zeb
ulon is adequate, trouble is devel
oping in the filter bed at the wa
ter plant, so the Board asked the
clerk to check on what needs do
ing to remedy the situation. The
sand in the filter bed is old and no
longer filters the water as fast as
needed. Clerk Hopkins said it will
probably have to be replaced.
Minutes Corrected
The minutes for the August
meeting were corrected to include
the name of the Purol Service Sta
j tion in the list of those warned
about parking automobiles on the
sidewalk. The warning reminded
operators that they will be cited to
i court unless the sidewalk parking
ends.
Following a discussion of the
need of a street light on Arendell
Avenue between Glenn and North
Streets, the Board disapproved the
light because the block is only 400
■ feet long. However, they approved
by the three-to-the-two vote a
i new 250 candlepower street light
J for the middle of the long block
on Sycamore Street between
Wakefield and Church Streets.
man’s Clubhouse at eight o’clock
Monday evening, September 14.
Following the installation of the
new officers, and Mrs. Wright’s
talk, plans for the coming year
, will be outlined by the president
and her program committee.
Mrs. Ferd Davis is the new pres
ident; Mrs. Elwood Perry, vice
president, Mrs. Rochelle Long,
Secretary and Treasurer. Mrs. Nor
man Screws, Mrs. A. S. Hinton,
and Mrs. Exum Chamblee are the
program committee.
Dues Asked
If you plan to join the Garden
Club this year come prepared to
pay your dues, as they must be
in State Headquarters by Oct. 1.
Junior Club
A reception will be held Tuesday
evening a 8 o’clock for new mem
bers by the Junior Woman’s Club.
All those who want to join the club
are urged to attend.
OLD BICYCLE TO BE SEEN IN PARADE
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Intense interest is expected to be centered on this 1870 model bicycle by the spectators of the huge
parade celebrating Wendell’s Golden Anniversary ne <t week. The interest likely will be excited by
wonderment over whether the prominent citizen atop the wheel will pedal with the skill of riders
of 80 years ago or whether he will fall flat on his fa -•e. Dana Stearns, owner, and son of Raleigh are
shown in this photograph by a News & Observer photographer.
Heavy Docket Tried in Recorder's Court;
August Speeding Case Draws Big Crowd
Spectators in the courtroom at
the local Recorder’s Court Wed
nesday, most of whom admittedly
came to hear the case of State v.
Herring, heard some unusual tes
timony and eloquent oratory when
the speeding case of the Raleigh
physician came to trial.
Two weeks ago Judge Irby Gill
refused to hear evidence in the
case, and rendered a special ver
dict of not guilty. After considera
ble newspaper criticism and an
opinion by Attorney General Har
ry McMullen, the case was tried—
for the first time, according to Mr.
McMullan’s letter.
Dr. Herring, who did not appear
when his case was called for trial
two weeks, brought Attorney J.
Wilbur Bunn with him this time,
and took the stand after Mr. Bunn
entered a plea of guilty and Pa
trolman F. R. Wicker had testified
as the sole witness for the state.
Few Questions
Solicitor Foster Finch, apparent
ly concerned only with getting the
case over with as quickly and ef
ficiently as possible, asked Pa
trolman Wicker only enough ques
tions to establish the alleged vio
lation, and did not cross-examine
Dr. Herring.
Wicker, who testified that Dr.
Herring was driving 85 miles an
hour, stated that the physician act
ed like a perfect gentleman at the
time of his arrest. Dr. Herring, in
turn, testified that Wicker also
had been a perfect gentleman.
Attorney Bunn brought out on
direct examination of the defend
ant that he had never been cited
for a traffic violation before, that
he had worked his way through
medical school by driving a taxi
cab, that he had performed an op
eration at Rex Hospital on the day
of his arrest, and that he attributed
the publicity given the case to his
difficulties with Frank Daniels,
business manager of the News and
Observer, who serves as chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Rex
Hospital.
Unhappy Relations
Dr. Herring expounded at
length on his unhappy relations
with Mr. Daniels, but offered no
explanation of why Charlotte,
dailies and other state news-
Local Electrical Appliance Dealers
Publish Uniform Repair Prices
To eliminate any misunderstand
ing and possible overcharges for
servicing appliances, repairmen in
Zebulon have joined in publicizing
a standard set of service charges
for radios, television sets, and ap
pliances. Seven local repair shops
are participating in the announce
ment.
These charges are considered
low, according to William Bunn,
spokesman for the group, and in
some cases are lower than those
charged in the past for service
calls.
The charges begin at SI.OO for
radios and appliances brought in-
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
papers had also given publicity to
his case.
Mr. Bunn made a 20-minute
speech to Judge Gill, who sits as
both judge and jury, dealing chief
ly with his affection for the peo
ple of Zebulon and his belief that
newspapers drove doctors to early
graves because of unfair criticism.
Case Closed
At the conclusion of defense
argument, Judge Gill found Dr.
Herring guilty as charged in
Wicker’s warrant, and fined the
defendant SSO and costs, ending
the case w lich had become a two
weeks wonder in the state.
General sentiment among spec
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to the repair shops. Top service
charge is made for calls to places
more than three miles from Zebu
lon, which cost $3.00 plus 10c per
mile for each mile above three
traveled from town. No transpor
tation charge is made for calls
within three miles of the center
of Zebulon.
The dealers emphasized that
these charges range from $2.00 to
$5.00 less than those charged in
Raleigh and are exactly the same
as the standard service charges
made by repairmen in Wendell
and other towns surrounding Zeb
-1 ulon.