THE ZEBULON RECORD
Vol. XXVIII. No. 3.
INCLUDED IN UNITED FUND
Children's Home Proves
Worth in Aiding Orphans
By Marjorie Hunter
Billy is a 10-year-old who has
known 50 years of trouble and too
little love. He wrote the story of
his life the other day. He called it
“My life and Troubles,” with the
secret hope that someone would
read it and give him a home.
But the troubles are still there,
and the real home Billy wants is
still just a dream in the mind of a
lonesome kid.
Billy is one of dozens of young
sters in North Carolina orphanages
who are available for adoption
through the Children’s Home So
ciety of North Carolina.
Somewhere, officials of the Chil
dren’s Home Society believe, are
couples who could give these lone
some children the homes they
want and the love they need.
Finding homes for children be
tween the ages.of six and 12 is a
program begun three years ago on
a trial basis. The three-year ex
periment was a success, and the
program now has a permanent sta
tus.
Adoption of these older children
might be the answer for childless
couples who have been unable to
Nurses Are Needed
By Wake Red Cross
Registered, professional nurses
and school teachers are being
sought by the Wake County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, Nursing
Services, for training as volunteer
instructors.
Volunteers will be trained to
teach classes in Home Care of the
Sick and in fundamental nursing
care procedure related to modern
warfare and civil defense, accord
ing to Mrs. C. G. Brennecke, R. N.,
Volunteer Chairman of Home
Nursing.
An evening training course will
be held from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m.,
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri
days, beginning Monday, October
26 and ending November 16. Class
es will be given free of charge at
the chapter headquarters, 202 West
Morgan Street, Raleigh, N. C.
All interested instructors are re
quested to register with the chap
ter immediately, Phone 3-3015, or
write Wake County Chapter,
American Red Cross.
Tar River Association to Meet
in Henderson Church October 14
The 123rd annual session of
the Tar River Baptist Association,
which includes 60 churches and 16,-
000 members, will convene with
the Tabernacle Baptist Church of
Henderson, on October 14, at 10 o’-
clock.
The churches cooperating in en
tertainment for the first day are
Tabernacle, North and South Hen
derson, West End, and Kittrell.
The second day session will be
held at the Philadelphia church
near Nashville. The host churches
for the second day are Castalia,
Philadelphia, and Pleasant Grove.
The special features for the first
day are the annual sermon by
Rev. B. A. Mitchell, Castalia, Rev.
J. M. Hayes. Winston-Salem, and
Dr. M. A. Huggins, Raleigh.
PTA SUPPER AT WAKELON TONIGHT
adopt babies through the Chil
dren’s Home Society or other agen
cies. “There just aren’t enough
babies to go around,” Miss Tynes
explains. “There are 10 demands
for every baby available for adop
tion.”
Older children are more of a
challenge. more trouble, staff
workers at the Home agree, “But
the reward is much greater.” Miss
Tynes says.
In placing an older child, the
Home takes into consideration the
desires of both the child and the
couple wanting to adopt. The Home
tries to match interests and abili
ties, to fill the child’s e notional
needs. An attempt is made to
place the child as far away as pos
sible from living relatives.
The adoption process is a slow
one, in deference to both child and
couple. The child first visits the
couple on weekends and holidays.
If both the child and the couple
seem to get along well, the child
moves into the couple’s home for
a year. If at the end of that time,
both parties want it, adoption pro
ceedings are begun.
The child never leaves the cus
tody of the orphanage until final
adoption papers are signed so he
will always have a home, the or
phanage, to return if things don’t
work out.
Children’s Home Society offic
ials believe the adoption program
for older children is the first of
its type organized in the United
States. Other agencies handle
adoptions of older children but not
by leaving custody of the child in
the hands of an orphanage.
The Children’s Home Society re
ceives a large part of its support
from the Junior Woman’s Clubs of
North Carolina. Each year the local
Junior Club has contributed.
This year the Children’s Home
Society is included in the United
Fund for the Zebulon Community.
It marks the first year that the
agency has been supported by the
entire community.
W.M.S. Meets
The W. M. S. of Hopkins Chapel
will Meet with Mrs. Annie W. Per
ry, Sunday afternoon, October 11,
at 2 o’clock. All members are urg
ed to be present.
Wednesday evening will feature
a Youth Rally at 7:30 at the Tab
ernacle church. Dr. S. A. Newman,
of the South Eastern Seminary,
Wake Forest, will address the larg
est group ever to assemble in the
Tar River Association. The church
will seat over 1,000 and every
church will be represented with a
large group.
For the second day the editor of
the Biblical Recorder, L. L. Car
penter, is scheduled for the morn
ing hour, followed by the Presi
dent of the Baptist State Conven
tion, Rev. D. M. Branch, Pastor
of the First Church, Rocky Mount.
Reports from all phases of the
denominational work will feature
both days sessions.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October 9, 1953
CofC Memberships
Coming Sorta Slow
Businessmen mnst be laying
! them aside to be mailed in later,
because checks for membership in
t.e Zebulon Chamber of Commerce
are not coming in, Vance Brown,
secretary-treasurer of the organi
zation, reported yesterday. He
urged merchants and businessmen
to send payment for their 1953-54
membership in the Chamber of
Commerce immediately.
This year statements for the
membership fees were mailed to
all members of the Chamber of
Commerce, with envelopes provid
ed for the membership fee to be
returned to the secretary.
This replaced the time - consum
ing door - to - door canvass con
ducted by the Chamber of Com
merce in years past. A personal
solicitation is planned to contact
those who do not return their
membership fees in the mail.
Mail in those memberships, Sec
retary Brown urged, and you save
lots of time your time'and the
time of the solicitor who won’t
have to call on you.
United Fund to Have
Meeting Tonight at 8
The budget for the United Fund
of Zebulon will be presented at a
meeting tonight in the Carolina
Power and Light Company office,
and after consideration and neces
sary changes, will be approved in
preparation for the coming fund
drive, President J. C. Debnam of
the United Fund said yesterday.
All committees appointed to
carry one the fund drive are urged
to attend the meeting, for plans
1 will be completed tonight for the
unified campaign.
Dr. Charles Flowers
Receives Promotion
Dr. Charles Flowers, Jr., has
been appointed Associate
sor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
at the School of Medicine of the
University of North Carolina. He is
the son of Dr. Chas. E. Flowers,
Sr., of Zebulon.
Dr. Flowers is a graduate of
Wakelon High School, and receiv
ed his B. S. degree from The Cit
adel and his M. D. degree from
Johns Hopkins.
He received postgraduate train
ing in obstetrics and gynecology
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, McGill
University in Montreal, Canada,
and San Marcus University in Li
ma, Peru.
He is a diplomat of the Ameri
can Board of Obstetrics and Gyne
cology and a Fellow in the Inter
national College of Anesthetists.
Boys, Girls All Even
At Wakelon School
For the first time in the history
of Wakelon School the number of
boys and girls enrolled is equal,
according to Principal W. R. Whit
tenton, who reported grammar
school enrollment of 267 boys and
267 girls, and hi?h school enroll
ment of 110 boys and 110 girls.
Usually the girls outnumber the
boys in school, with the maiority
increasing in the higher grades.
INSURANCE IS
FARM BUREAU
MEET TOPIC
The Hospitalization Insurance
offered to members of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau and the new
automotive casualty and liability
policies available through the
Farm Bureau Insurance Company
will be the chief topics of discus
sion at the meeting of the Zebulon
Farm Bureau to be held Monday
night at 7:30 in the Zebulon mu
nicipal building.
Both the hospitalization and
automotive insurance is available
to Farm Bureau members at prices
which frequently are much below
the costs of similar coverage offer
ed by other companies.
This is the first meeting of the
new year for the local organiza
tion, and President Dewey Massey
and Secretary Robert Ed Horton
have joined in urging a good at
tendance.
The Zebulon Farm Bureau is one
of the liveliest Bureaus in the state.
Last Saturday climaxed the
lengthy rural fire truck project
sponsored by the Zebulon Farm
Bureau when the new truck was
dedicated at ceremonies in front
of the municipal building.
The new rural fire truck will be
on display in the fire station.
Pvt. James Creech
With NATO Forces
Pvt. James E. Creech, whose
wife, Doris May, lives at 809*6
Ndw Bern Avenue, Raleigh, is
serving with the Seventh Army’s
18th Engineer Combat Battalion at
Kassel, Germany.
Units of the Seventh Army from
a major part of the strong cordon
of North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation (NATO) defense forces
stretching across western Europe.
Private Creech, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Creech, Route 1, Zeb
ulon, arrived in Europe in June
and is assigned to the battalion’s
Company A.
A former employee of the Pepsi
Cola Company in Raleigh, he en
tered the Army in January.
Expresses Thanks
Dr. L. M. Massey, Chairman of
the School and Hospital Bond Elec
tion campaign, has expressed his
appreciation to the committee that
assisted in getting the information
to the people.
Baptists Hold Series of Suppers
lo Publicize Organizations, Budget
The Zebulon Baptist Church is
conducting a series of six church
suppers this week and next to ac
quaint the membership with the
chui>ch program and the financial
needs of the church.
The Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, pastor,
and leaders of the departments of
the church, explained the extensive
organizations, and the church '■
treasurer, Wilbur Debnam, ex
plained the budget adopted for the j
coming year and the need of reg
ular and consistent giving by the
members.
At the close of each meeting
pledge cards were given to those
present on which they could list
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Last Services Held
For Mrs. Hilliard
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon for Mrs. J. M. Hil
liard of Raleigh, Route 5. She was
known in the Knightdale commun
ity as Mrs. Bettie Knight Hilliard.
She organized the first Sunday
School in Knightdale. She was pre
ceded in death by two husbands, H.
H. Knight and Rev. J. M. Hilliard.
Surviving are fiye children of
the first marriage and one of the
second.: Mrs. J. F. Huffstetler of
Gastonia, Mrs. C. E. Phinney of
Raleigh, Mrs. D. L. Horton of the
home, Henry R. Knight of Raleigh,
Route 5, Mrs. P. W. Blum of Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs. Gay Hensley
or Greensboro, three sisters, Mrs.
Jim Williamson of Wendell, Mrs.
Alma S. Griffin and Mrs. S. R.
Seymore of Raleigh, two brothers,
Frank Smith and A. M. Smith,
both of Raleigh and several grand
children and great grand children.
The Rev. J. F. Roach of Hephzi
bah Baptist Church assisted with
the services. Burial was in Knight
dale cemetery.
Lunch Room Menu
Listed for Wakelon
The cafeteria menu for Wakelon
School for the week beginning Oct
ober 12 follows:
MONDAY: Tuna fish salad,
green peas, potatoe sticks, raw ap
ple, hot biscuit, butter, crackers.
TUESDAY: Meat loaf with
gravy, mashed potatoes, slaw,
stewed prunes, bread, milk.
WEDNESDAY: Vienna sausage,
turnip greens, buttered onions,
pear salad with cheese, bread, milk.
THURSDAY: Roast pork with
gravy, string beans, carrot strips,
candied yams.
FRIDAY: Vegetable soup, toast
ed cheese sandwich, ice cream,
crackers, milk.
Christmas Is Coming-
Tobacco's Gotta Wait
Although most tobacco is out of
the fields in this section, there are
some communities which are still
sweating out the last priming, in
cluding some north of Zebulon.
The feeling of the tobacco far
mers in these areas is indicated by
one who came to Zebulon last week
and remarked: “I don’t care if my
third priming goes to heck I’m
going to take three days off for
Christmas, anyhow!”
their planned contributions for the
coming year.
The Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, pastor,
will speak on “The Church and Its
Ministry” at the morning service
of the Zebulon Baptist Church on
Sunday. The Youth Choir will sing
“Consider and Hear Me” by
Stairs; and Mrs. Jerry Lowicki
will sing “Peace, Troubled Heart”
by Tinsuti.
The Training Unions will meet
in the Baraca Room at 6:30.
At the evening service at 7:30
the pastor will speak on “A Lag
and a Jag.” The Primary« Choir
will sing “O God, Whose Smile Is
in the Sky” and “My God, I
Thank Thee.”