★ WOMEN S GROUPS HOLD FIRST FALL MEETINGS *
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 98.
E. H. Davis Dies;
Dew, Wise Rites
Held This Week
The Rev. Edward Hill Davis, 93,
died at Green Hill Place in Louis
burg, his home for the last 20
years, Monday morning. He was a
retired Methodist minister, and
was the author of “historical
sketches of Franklin County,” pub
lished a few years ago. His father
was a well-known North Caroli
na educator and was a president
of Louisburg College. Rev. Mr. Da
vis graduated from Trinity Col
lege, now Duke University, in 1880.
He studied law at the State Uni
versity at Chapel Hill and for a
time was associated with Judge
Charles Cooke in Louisburg.
Mr. Davis entered the Methodist
ministry in 1886. He held a num
ber of prominent pastorates in the
State, among them being High
Point, Rockingham, Goldsboro, and
a number of other churches. His
last pastorate was the Wendell-
Zebulon field. He was one of the
best preachers ever to serve the
local church. He was very popular
with all classes of people. He was
one of the best informed men in his
church, not only on his own de
nominanttional affairs, but of oth
er religious bodies and beliefs. His
knowledge of public affairs was
much above the average. He was a
well-informed student of history.
Services Held Tuesday
Funeral services were held at
Louisburg Methodist church on
Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., with the
Rev. Forrest Hedden, a former pas
tor, and the Rev. E. R. Clegg, pas
tor in charge. Buriel was in Oak
wook Cemetery.
Mrs. Juanita Wise
Funeral services for Mrs. Juani
ta Davis Wise, 72, widow of An
drew Wise of Zebulon, Route 1,
who died suddenly Wednesday
night, September 9, 1953, at her
home from a heart attack were
held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the home.
A native of Sampson County,
near Newton Grove, N. C., Mrs.
Wise was bom on April 2, 1881,
and she was a member of Salem
Baptist Church in Johnston Coun
ty since 1909.
Interment was held in Jeffreys
Cemetery near her home with the
Elder J. S. Collins of Angier offi
ciating.
Surviving are an only son, Rich
ard Wise of the home and three
grandchildren.
Mrs. Kitty Dew
Mrs. Kitty L. Dew, 75, of Wen
dell. died at Rex Hospital Tuesday
afternoon at 6:25 after an illness
of two weeks. She was the former
Kitty Lane Taylor of Wilson.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the Wendell Metho
dist Church, of which she was a
member, Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Burial followed in Ma
plewood Cemetery in Wilson.
Surviving are two sons. Alvin
Dew and Francis Dew, both of
Wendell: one sister, Miss Ada Tay
lor of Wilson: one brother. Kader
W. Taylor of Sarasota, Fla.; one
granddaughter, and several nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Francis Dew, daughter-in
law of the deceased, was formerly
Miss Geraldine Jones of Zebulon.
IMPORTANT MEETING RELATIVE TO FACTORY BUILDING SET FOR TOWN HALL TONIGHT
HUGE CROWD AT RALEIGH FCX MEET
A crowd esiimated at 5,000 was on hand in Ral;igh last week for the 19th annual meeting of the
Farmers Cooperative Exchange and the N. C. Cott m Growers Association. Part of the throng is shown
above as it lined up for a barbecue picnic after heading Sen. Clyde R. Hoey, Gov. W. B. Umstead, Rep.
Harold D. Cooley and Rep. Clifford R. Hope of Kan ;as, chairman of the House Committee on Agricul
ture. The delegates came from all sections of North and South Carolina.
Local PTA to Meet Monday Night;
Three Clubs Hold September Terms
The Wakelon School P. T. A.
will meet Monday night, Septem
ber 21, 8:00 p. m. The business
period will be concerned chiefly
with a discussion of the main pro
ject for the year, purchasing an ac
tivity bus.
Following the meeting a recep
tion will be given in the new
lunch room honoring the faculty.
Junior Club Meets
The important work done by the
Children’s Home Society of
Greensboro was described by Mrs.
Jack Potter at the meeting of the
Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club held
Tuesday night. The Children’s
Home Society received support
from the Junior Woman’s Clubs
of North Carolina as one of the
clubwomen’s major projects.
This year the Children’s Home
Society will be one of the agencies
Change in Mass Hours
Announced for Catholics
Sunday Mass will be offered at
in the Catholic Church in Wendell,
which serves Zebulon also, at 9:00
a. m., according to a revised sched
ule announced by the Reverend
Frederick A. Koch, pastor.
On the first Sunday of the,
month,, services will be held at
11:00 a. m.
Catholic Sisters of St. Paul’s
Convent, Henderson, and who
teach religion classes to the chil
dren of the parish on Thursdays,
will visit homes in Wendell while
they are in town for the day.
The services for an organist at
the local church is urgently need-
ed. The instrument is a small reed 1
organ, electrically operated and
any one who can play a piano will
do well. The music consists of us
ual hymns. The services are one
hour from 9 to 10 a. m. Anyone in
terested may write the pastor at
Box 185, Wendell.
Zehnlcn, N. C., Friday, Sept. 18, 1953
to participate in the Zebulon Unit
ed Fund, according to a vote of the
members.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee, of which Mrs. James Creech
is chairman, reported on the food
booth to be operated at the Five
County Fair. Workers were assign
ed for each day of the Fair, sched
uled for the week beginning Sep
tember 28.
Mrs. Norman Screws, Miss Ruby
Dawson, and Mrs. Bertie Brantley
were named delegates to the
Eighth District Meeting to be held
at Millbrook on September 30.
Nine new members were intro
duced to the club at the reception
for them held after the business
session. Mrs. Melvin Massey and
Mrs. Bertie Brantley were hos
tesses, serving punch, cheese cakes,
cookies, and nuts.
The meeting was the first of the
OPENS EVENT
L. Y. Balleiltine
Cc inmissioner of Agriculture
Ballentine was the principal speak
er at Wendell’s fiftieth anniversary
celebration, which began Tuesday
and ended yesterday.
new club year, and yearbooks list
ing the programs for the coming
year were given the members.
Garden Club at Work
Twenty-five interested and en
thusiastic women were present
Monday night for the first Garden
Club meeting of the year.
Mrs. Richard Wright of Durham,
district director, told the members
their duties in regard to the State
Federation of Garden Clubs. She
stressed the need of attending Dis
trict meetings to see what other
clubs were doing to get ideas to
improve our own club.
Mrs. Carsey Tippett, past pres
ident installed the new officers
for the year. They are Mrs. Ferd
Davis, president: Mrs. Elwood Per
ry, vice president; and Mrs. Ro
chelle Long, secretary and tres
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More Home Freezers
Wanted by Farmers
What major elec ical appliance
will be purchased most by farm
families around Zebulon during the
coming year? That was the ques
tion asked by J. L. Shearon, mana
ger of the Wake Electric Member
ship Corporation, and the answer
most received proved a surprise to
him and to electric appliance deal
ers present at meeting held last
Monday at Hilliard’s Drive-In.
Purpose of the dinner meeting
was to acquaint the dealers with
the electric cooperative, its aims
and goals, and promote closer co
operation in the areas served by
the coop. Representatives from
every electric appliance business
in Zebulon were invited.
Home freezers are 4he number
one choice of the 318 members of
the cooperative who receive their
mail through the Zebulon Post
office, Shearon revealed. Second
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Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Factory Building
Subscribers Vote
To Form Company
Zebulon’s public spirited busi
ness and professional men and
women, meeting in the municipal
building Monday night, voted to
proceed with the incorporation of
the Zebulon Development Corpor
ation, which will rent a factory
building to a new garment indus
try.
Every person present voted in
favor of immediate incorporation,
when C. V. Whitley, who has
served as chairman of the finance
committee seeking stock subscrip
tions for the erection of the build
ing, called for a vote on the pro
posed incorporation.
The affirmative vote came after
a report from Chairman Whitley,
H. C. Wade, and Tom Monk, that
$59,000 of the proposed SBO,OOO in
stock had been subscribed. Mem
bers of the group present agreed to
be responsible for the purchase of
an additional $13,000 in stock,
running the total to $72,000 9O
per cent of the required figure.
Choice Is Offered
Chairman Whitley stated that
many citizens, including himself,
had devoted weeks to raising the
money for the building, and that
he felt the time had come to com
plete the job or give it up.
Whitley himself, Attorney F. D.
Finch, Chamber of Commerce
President Ferd Davis, Grocer
George Henry Temple, and others
spoke against abandonment of the
project, especially in view of the
considerable progress already
made. The unanimous action of
the group followed.
An effort to raise the entire sum
necessary for construction has
been made, the chairman declared,
in order for stockholders to realize
an immediate return on their in
vestment.
Free Legal Services
Attorney A. R. House offered to
give his legal services as a con
tribution toward community prog
ress, and was requested by the
group to proceed with the incor
poration of the rental company,
which was designated as the Zebu
lon Development Corporation, af
ter some discussion of names.
Ralph Talton submitted the title
selected.
Efforts are now being made to
secure the remaining SB,OOO in
subscriptions, and every rerident
of this area is invited to partici
pate in the stock subscription. Min
imum subscriptions are of one
share each, set by the group at
$50.00.
A final report session is sched
uled for the municipal building at
7:30 p. m. tonight. Mr. Whitley
urges all subscribers and others
interested in community progress
to be present at that time.
New Store Line
Finch Tractor and Implement
Company of Zebulon has beer ap
pointed dealers for Monarch kit
chen ranges and hot water heaters,
J. C. Debnam, manager, announced
yesterday.
The Monarch range line includes
electric, gas, gas and coal, and
wood and coal kitchen ranges in a
wide variety of styles and prices.