3 THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 10.
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The Zebulon Rural Fire Department, Inc., will be featured on
Greensboro’s television station Wednes lay from 12:00 until 12:15
with four representatives of the organization present to tell of the
project. Shown here with the beautiful red truck are, left to right,
Ed Hales, chairman of the Finer Carolina Steering Committee; Dr.
L. M. Massey, director of the North Carolina Farm Bureau; Dewey
Masesy, president of the Zebulon Farm Bureau, sponsoring organiza
Guard Unit Faces Federal Inspection;
Recruiting Efforts Bring In Inquiries
Thursday night is the big drill
of the year for Zebulon’s National
Guard unit, because on Thursday
night the artillerymen of Battery
A will undergo their annual in
spection by the Third Army In
spection General.
The rating earned by National
Guard units for the year’s work is
determined to a large degree by
the grade received on this annual
inspection.
During the afternoon records
and equipment belonging to tne
unit will be carefully checked by
'the inspector. At the evening drill
he will inspect and question each
man to determine his state of
training. The instructional periods
will be observed and graded.
Following the drill the Inspector
General will meet with the officers
and non-commissioned officers to
discuss his findings.
Last night final preparations for
the inspection were made by Bat
tery A. This included a check of
all equipment.
The transfer of Lt. Amos G.
Hensen to Battery A from Forest
City was announced last week by
Capt. Barrie Davis. Lt. Hensen is
a graduate of the Ft. Sill, Oklaho
ma, Artillery School and is a stu
dent at N. C. State Colle?e. He will
Rural Fire Truck
Again Goes to Rescue
The Zebulon Rural Fire De
partment was called to help fight
a fire in the brooder house at
Tarpley’s Mill late Sunday night.
The fire was quickly brought un
der control.
Mr. Tarpley was battling the
fire and holding it in check when
the rural fire truck arrived, and
the 750-gallons of water on the
truck proved sufficient to extin
guish the blaze.
RURAL FIRE TRUCK TO BE FEATURED ON TV SHOW
be assigned here as instructor oi
the Fire Direction Center.
Lr. Jack Tippett leaves today for
the Artillery School at Ft. Sill. He
will receive 15 weeks of instruction j
before returning to the local unit.
Efforts at recruiting at least 20
men before December are paying
off, according to WO Johnsey P.
Arnold, administrative assistant of
Zebulon’s National Guard unit. WO
Arnold said that more and more
inquiries from young men are be
ing received in his office, and he
expects Battery A to have at least
75 officers and men when it moves
into its new armory.
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Men between the ages of 17 and
18% are eligible for membership
in the National Guard. As long as
they are active in the Guard, they
are deferred by Selective Service
Boards.
D. D. Speaks to Rotar
Living Was Rugged in Olden Times
Living was rugged back in the
days of the Civil War, D. D. Cham
blee told fellow members of the
Zebulon Rotary Club last Friday
night, relating legends and stories
told him by his people and oldtim
trs who lived in this community
at that time.
, He was introduced by Ferd Davis
program committee chairman, who
described D. D. as one of the
“youngest” members of the club,
because of his youthful spirit.
Masonry played an important
i part in the religious and education
al progress of the community, the
speaker related. Masons were re
sponsible for establishing both the
Wakefield and Zebulon Baptist
Churches and the Wakefield and
Wakelon Schools.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, sov. 3, 1953
tion; M. L. Hagwood, president of the Zebulon Rural Fire Department;
Horace Gay, treasurer of the Department; Willie B. Hopkins, Zebulon
town manager and fire chief; Robert Ed Horton, chairman of the
Rural Fire Truck Project entered in the Finer Carolina contest;
and Grady Miller, Wake County Farm Agent who worked with the
local group during the campaign to obtain the truck. The truck is
stationed in the Zebulon municipal building.
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Miss Corinne Bissette is a fea
tured performer in the Manny Da
vis production of “Twin Beds,”
now featured in the WRVA Thea
tre in Richmond. Va.
The Whitestone Lodge, now in
Wakefield, was organized in 1853,
a century ago, and the Whitestone
Church a year later.
There were three kinds of edu
cation to be had in those days:
hired tutors for those who could
afford them; men who taught
schools begun by themselves on
a commercial basis; and Sunday
Schools which taught the three R’s
on Sundays.
Slaves did not fare well under
many of their owners. D. D. told
how one woman would pour the
food for little slaves in a trough
and then call them to eat like pigs.
On the other hand, some slaves
found better going, being able to
buy their own freedom, buy wives
for themselves, and finally buy
Auto Registration
Climbs to Record
Registration Director Foy In
gram of the Motor Vehicles De
partment said today that total mo
tor vehicle registration in North
Carolina had climbed to a new
high.
Through October 20, Miss In
gram reported there were 1,357,655
cars, trucks and buses on record.
This figure compared to 1,272,-
975 through a comparable period
last year.
As for new car registration Miss
Ingram had figures available
through September. During that
month there were 13,103 new cars
and trucks registered with the Mo
tor Vehicles Department, the high
est monthly total since February,
1951.
For the nine months ending
September 30, the Registration Di
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homes and farms in the commun
ity.
Before the Civil War the Home
Guard, forerunner of the Nation
al Guard, had muster grounds be
tween New Hope and Samaria
known as Old Sullivan’s Muster
Grounds. Only the officers had
uniforms, but the morale was good
and the citizen-soldiers who drilled
there proved valuable men for the
South during the Civil War.
The community has records of a
mercy killing. Before the Civil War
two children living near the old
Bill Rhodes farm near Wakefield
were bitten by a mad dog. When
death was certain, they were plac
ed between two feather beds and
smothered to end their suffering.
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Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
United Fund Drive
Extended in Effort
To Raise $5,000
Sixty percent of the goal has
been received for Zebulon’s United
Fund, according to Ralph Talton,
chairman of the Solicitations Com
mittee, and the campaign is being
extended through Friday of this
week in order to give the workers
in the residential districts more
time to contact every person
According to the campaign
chairman, over $3,000 had been
reported by yesterday afternoon.
This exceeds last year’s Commun
ity Chest quota, but is far short
of the goal set for the 13 agencies
participating in the United Fund.
The business district, as usual, is
first on the list of contributors.
Vance Brown, who is contacting
the businesses, reported over $2,000
in contributions through yesterday.
The employers and employees of
Beck Brothers Veneer Plant re
ported contributions of $290 to
the United Fund.
Faculty members of Wakelon
School gave $239 to the Fund.
Chairman Talton said that no
financial reports had been receiv
ed from any captains in the resi
dential areas or from the booths
manned by members of the Junior
Woman’s Club. He expressed op
timism that the $5,000 goal will be
exceeded by Friday.
A complete list of members of
the United Fund who contribute
more than SI.OO will be published
in the Zebulon Record at the con
clusion of the drive.
Agencies included in the United
Fund with the amounts set aside
for each are Local Recreation
Commission, $1,000; Girl Scouts,
$350; Boy Scouts, $531; Local Wel
fare, $265; School Lunches, colored
and white, $400;
Red Cross Relief, $650; Wake
County Cerebral Palsy, $250; Can
cer Relief, $218: Polio Relief, $650;
Heart Relief, $200; Children’s
Homes Society of North Carolina,
$100; and United Service Organi
zation, $lB6.
Those contributors who want to
give to specific agencies may indi
cate their choice on the member
ship cards, Chairman Talton said.
Local Lass Stars
In Road Production
Miss Corinne Bissette, daughter
of Mrs. Dolly Bissette and sister
of Harry Lee Bissette of Zebulon,
is a star of the Manny Davis pro
duction, “Twin Beds,” now play
ing in Richmond, Va., for four
days. The play is on a national tour
which will include New York and
Boston, before playing in Canada.
Miss Bissette is a graduate of
Bunn High School and Woman’s
College in Greensboro.
Among the shows featuring Miss
Bissette have been television per
formances in New York, including
“Martin Kane, Private Detective,”
over NBC-TV, and “Plainsclothes
man” with Dumortt.
TURKEY SHOOT
A turkey shoot will be held at
the Zebulon Airport Saturday, No
vember 7, beginning at 1 o’clock,
sponsored by the Zebulon Ameri
can Legion Post No. 33.
The public is invited to attend
the shoot. “Bring your own gun,”
Casey Stallings, who is directing
the shoot, said. “We’ll furnish the
shells and the turkeys.”