THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 97.
Important United Fund
Meeting Set for Tonight
To Make Final Decision
Tonight at 7:30 there will be a meeting of the full board of
directors of the Zebulon United Fund in the Carolina Power and
Light Company offices. Since there are many important decisions
to be made before the campaign for funds can be held this fall,
President J. C. Debnam urged all members to be present.
CITES APPROVAL
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J. C. Debnam
Mr. Debnam, president of the
Zebulon Community Chest, an
nounces an overwhelmingly favor
able response to the proposed Unit
ed Fund campaign for this com
munity in 1053-54.
Visitors Approve
C P & L Offices
Several hundred visitors looked
over, the beautiful, air-conditioned
quarters of Carolina Power and
Light Company in Zebulon during
an open house held last Friday
night. Employees of the power
company were present to great vis
itors and answer any questions.
The offices of the company have
been completely changed. New fix
tures have been installed in the
front, and the entire building has
been given over to office space.
The offices are cooled in sum
mer and heated in winter by a
“heat pump” which does both ope
rations automatically. The install
ing contractor estimated cost of
operation of the unit at SI.OO per
day.
In the front office, pictures of
the Carolina Power and Light
Company power plants, ?rom the
mountains to the coastal plains,
were on display.
JUST VISITING AROUND
Checking on the City Churches
By Theo. B. Davis
Since the “old men’s Bible class”
at the Baptist church has disband
ed I have been more or less visit
ing around. So a few Sundays ago
I attended S. S. and worship at
Hayes-Barton church in Raleigh
where my daughter teaches a class.
Hayes-Barton is different from
most other churches, having a great
many lawyers and other profes
sional men in its membership.
Good friend Wilbur Bunn piloted
me through the services. I was
both pleased and surprised at the
simplicity of its worship.
The Sunday School is conducted
very much like ours in Zebulon,
only the introductory part was
A major item of business to
night will be the appointing of the
Budget and Admissions Commit
tee, which will be composed of a
cross-section of the United Fund
membership, and a Publicity Com
mittee.
The Budget and Admissions
Committee will begin work imme
diately to study local and nation
al needs in relationship to the com
munity’s potential donations. At a
later board meeting this commit
tee will submit a list of eligible
agencies and suggest a sum to be
raised for each by the Zebulon
United Fund.
Board members other than Pres
ident Debnam are as follows: Wil
bur Debnam, vice-president; Mrs.
Billy Privette, secretary; Mrs. W.
W. Watkins, Mrs. R. H. Herring,
Mrs. S. G. Flowers, Mrs. Vernetta
Harris, Mrs. Vera Rhodes, Gilbert
Beck, Wilson Braswell, Ralph Tal
ton and Ed Hales, directors.
At a meeting held last Tuesday
night Mr. Debnam announced the
overwhelmingly affirmative re
sponse to the post card ballots sent
to Community Chest members ask
ing whether they favored the Unit
ed Fund. Only seven negative votes
were received,
i Bronfil Present
Ha old Bronfil, field representa
tive for the United Red Feather
Organizations, was present again
Thursday night. He congratulated
the board on the manner in which
it directed the Community Chest
drive last year as well as upon the
work that has been done thus far
in setting up the United Fund.
“You’re on your own now,” he
stated, “so I’ll just fade out of the
i picture, if you don’t mind. Call on
; me if you need me.”
Masons to Meet
In Lodge Tonight
An emergent communication ot
Zebulon Lodge No. 609, AF&AM,
will be held in the local lodge
rooms at 7:30 p. m. tonight, ac
cording to Clarence M. Hocutt,
master of the Zebulon Masons.
There will be work in the first
degree, and all Masons in good
standing are invited to the com
‘ munication.
quite different. After a hymn and
prayer, Mrs. Wilbur Bunn intro
duced a woman seeming to be a
foreigner, a “displaced person” I
presume. She was dressed in a long
plaid skirt and old fashioned split
bonnet. Her words were quite im
pressive. Mr. Bunn took me to the
Baraca class. A young man taught
the class. His preparation and de
livery was as thorough as a min
ister would make his sermon.
There was a ten minute inter
mission between S. S. and church.
The folks during this period just
visited around like country
folks. Ushers were at all doors
from the start to show the peo
ple to seats. I sat near the front
between Sherwin Williams and H.
Zebulon, N. C., Tues., September 15, 1953
JUNIOR CLUB DEDICATES ANNUAL TO LATE LEADERS
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Mrs. Bessie Farmer Davis
The 1953-54 Year Book of the Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club, which will be distributed tonight,
is dedicated to the late Mrs. Massey and Mrs. Davis with the following citation: “Our Year Book is
dedicated in loving memory to Mrs. Pearl Jones M issey and Mrs. Bessie Farmer Davis, who gener
ously gave of their time and work to the Junior and Senior Woman’s Clubs of Zebulon. Their un
selfishness in all things has provided inspiration and encouragement to all of us ... ”
FIFTH DIVISION
11.68 Miles of Paving
Completed in August
The State Highway Commission
completed 11.68 miles of paving
in Wake County during the month
of August, Commissioner Donnie
A. Sorrell of Durham reported to
day.
The following roads, and their
lengths, were hardsurfaced:
From B. A. Weathers Farm to C.
N. Robertson Store, 2.9 miles; from
Buck Perry’s Store to the Fowler
Road, two miles; and from edge of
pavement on MeCuller’s Road in
Apex, east to beginning of paved
road in Macedonia. The first two
projects have 18-foot wide pave
ments and were financed by the
secondary road bond program. The
third project has a 20-foot wide
pavement.
Seven Counties
The Fifth Highway Division
composed of Durham, Franklin,
Granville, Person, Wake, Warren
and Vance counties brought a total
of 23.5 miles of paving to comple
tion during August, Commissioner
Sorrell said.
Headquarters for the Fifth are in
Durham; Hunter Irving is division
engineer.
V. Scarboro. The church was well
filled.
The services were without show
of dramatics of any sort. It began
with the doxology and brief invo
cation. “O day of rest and glad
ness” was sung, followed by the
Scripture lesson and prayer. Visi
tors were asked to sign cards. The
congregation sang “Stand up, stand
up for Jesus” very lustily after
which the offering was taken. The
“Lord’s Prayer” was sung softly
this time. This v T as the only spec
ial music.
Dr. Kincheloe, the pastor, after
making announcements, came
down from the pulpit with his Bi
bye in his hand, stood before the
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Mrs. Simms, Mrs. Potter
To Speak to Local Clubs
Mrs. Jack Potter will speak on
the work of the Children’s Borne
Society of Greensboro at the meet
ing tonight of the Zebulon Junior
Woman’s Club, to be held at 8
o’clock in the Woman’s Clubhouse.
The Children’s Home Society is
one of the main projects sponsored
by the Junior Woman’s Clubs in
North Carolina.
The Ways and Means committee,
under the . leadership of Mrs.
James Creech, will present plans
for the food booth to be run at the
Five County Fair this year.
The 1953-54 handbooks will be
given the members. They include
this year both the history of the
organization and the newly-adopt
ed constitution.
A reception will be held for new
members. All those who want to
join the club are urged to attend
this meeting.
Wake Farm Bureau Sets Week
For Intensive Membership Drive
The membership campaign for
the Farm Bureau groups in Wake
County will be a vigorous one-day
affair this year, the Wake Coun
ty Farm Bureau organization de
cided at a meeting held last Fri
day night in Raleigh. The drive
will be held Tuesday. September
29.
Rally and Promotion Day
Set for Methodist S. S.
A Rally and Promotion Day will
be held Sunday, September 27, at
the Zebulon Methodist Sunday
School, according to a decision
made Friday night at a Sunday
School executive meeting. All par
ents are urged to attend the morn
ing service with their children.
Promotion services will be held
for children through the Senior De
partment following the lesson per
iod.
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Mrs. Pearl Jones Massey
Mrs. R. N. Simms will be guest
speaker at the meeting of the Zeb
ulon’s Woman’s Club this afternoon
at 3:45 in the first meeting of the
new year. Plans and programs for
the coming year will be given dur
ing the business session.
Mrs. W. R. Whittenton is presi
dent of the club, elected by the ex
ecutive officers of the club last
Friday night.
Membership Drive
At the executive meeting, held
in Mrs. Whittenton’s home, the
committee chairmen gave reports
of programs for the coming year.
A membership drive was discuss
ed, and a campaign will be con
ducted to enlist new members and
reinstate old members.
Following the business session,
Mrs. Whittenton served Russian tea
and cookies to those present.
Representatives from Zebulon at
the Raleigh meeting were Presi
dent, Dewey Massey of the local
Farm Bureau, Dr. and Mrs. L. M.
Massey, Raymond Averette, M. L.'
Hagwood, and Robert Ed Horton.
Those at the meeting voted to
ask Governor William Umstead to
declare the week beginning Sep
tember 28 as Farm Bureau Week
throughout North Carolina.
Scheduled Earlier
The membership drive is plan
ned earlier this year than in the
past because the date of the North
Carolina Convention has been
moved up to November 15-17 so
that it can be held before the
National Convention the second
week in December.
Directors’ Meeting
The directors of the Zebulon
Bureau will discuss the coming
membership drive at a meeting
Thursday night at 7:30 in the Zeb
ulon Municipal Building.