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THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVill. Number 14.
Zebulon Stores to Offer
Christmas Shopper Top
allies for Yule Money
Zebulon merchants will offer
their customers the greatest bar
g ins ever presented in this com
munity during the 1953 Christmas
shopping season, reports made to
the Board of Directors of the
Chamber of Commerce at their No
vember meeting indicated.
Because of the short tobacco
crop and subsequent scarcity of
cash money in this section, local
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W. Ray Goodwin
W. Ray Goodwin, formerly of
Raleigh, has come, to Zebulon as
the Electrical Engineer for the
Zebulon district of Carolina Power
& Light Company. With his wife
and two daughters, Betsy and
Martha Raye, he lived in the John
Kemp home in Wakefield.
Price Funeral Is Held at Central;
Massey Services Held at Pilot
Funeral services for Henry Lee
Price, 32, of Winston-Salem, were
held at Central Baptist Church
Saturday at 3 p. m., with burial
following in the church cemetery.
The Rev. J. N. Standi of Rocky
Mount was in charge, assisted by
the Rev. Joe Puckett, pastor of
Central, and the Rev. A. D. Par
rish of Zebulon.
In Truck Accident
Mr. Price was killed in a truck
accident near Wythev'ille, Virginia.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Marguerite Hester of Wen
dell; two daughters, Suzanne and
Sandra Lee, all of the home; his
foster father, Mr. Alphus Cooke
of near Wendell; four sisters, two
brothers; his parents, Charlie N.
Price and Mrs. P. R. Rouse, both
of Tarboro, and one brother.
G. Urquhart Massey
George Urquhart Massey, 52, of
Pilot died at his home Friday fol
lowing a long il’ness. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Pilot Baptist
Church on Sunday afternoon at
2:30, with the Rev. M. A. Pegram,
merchants realize, President Ferd
Davis said, that if they are to re
ceive their usual share of pre-
Christmas patronage, it will be
necessary to offer quality goods at
Qrices at least as low as in other
shopping centers, and a check with
Chamber of Commerce members
shows that Zebulon stores will
surpass announced plans of other
towns in this respect.
News of these bargains will be
presented in two pre-Christmas
editions of the Record, the first
on November 24, and the second
on December 8. These two edi
tions of the newspaper will go to
every post office and rural box
holder in the Zebulon trade area.
The Chamber of Commerce is
also making plans for Santa Claus
to be in Zebulon during the Christ
mas shopping period. Pat Farmer
is in charge of arranging details
of Santa’s visit here.
Holiday Decorations
The municipal authorities and
the Chamber of Commerce are
cooperating in decorating the busi
ness district for the holidays, with
essentially the same street decora
tions with a tree at the intersec
tion of Vance Street and Aren
dell Avenue planned.
In addition, prizes will again be
offered for the best store and home
decorations during the Yuletide,
and individual merchants are of
fering special inductments to
Christmas trade other than quality
at bargain prices.
Further details of the Christmas
preparations will be given in sub
sequent editions of the Record, in
cluding the two Christmas shop
ping guides.
pastor, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Ralph Cannon of Kinston.
The body was taken to the
church one hour prior to the fu
neral service. Burial was in the
Hephzibah Cemetery.
Member at Pilot
Mr. Massey was a lifelong mem
ber of the Pilot Baptist Church,
where he served as a deacon and,
for a number of years, as Sunday
School superintendent. He was 1
active in the civic life of the com
munity.
Survivors Listed
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Buchanan Massey of Pi
lot; his father, Jeff Massey of Pi
lot; a son, Wayne Massey of the j
U. S. Air Force, stationed at Cha
nute Field, 111.; two daughters,
Laura Jean of Woman’s College
in Greensboro, and Betsy of the
home; three brothers, Philip F.
and p. Howard Massey, both of
Zebulon, and J. Preston Massey of
Pilot; four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Thar
rington of Raleigh, Mrs. Gregory
Bissette of Henderson, Mrs. Dollie
Bissette of Oxford, and Mrs. Fred
Hall of Pilot.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1953
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Eight people from the Zebulon community were featured on the early-morning B.J. Show over
Raleigh’s radio station WPTF recently. The picture shown was made when Bill Jackson was here to re
cord the show on tape at Massey’s Hatchery. Left ti right arc Oren Massey, Jr.; D. H. Price of Selma,
RFD; Harold Greene; Mrs. Oren Massey, Sr.; O. D. Massey, Sr.; Wilson Gay; Bill Jackson; and Steve
Blackley.
Methodist Minister Says Americans Philanthropic,
But Inclined to Be Dogmatic in Religious Views
"Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord.”
As we survey the state of relig
ion in our beloved America we see
an interesting but badly mixed and
blurred situation. On one hand we
see many signs that encourage us
to feel that we are indeed a godly
nation that can rightly claim and
receive God’s blessing. More of our
citizens are church members than
ever before in history. Millions
worship God on Sunday. Stately
cathedral like churches adorn our
cities, active churches abound in
our small towns and lovely chapels
adorn the country. Church giving
runs into magnificent sums. Our
churches support all kinds of be
nevolent and humanitarian institu
tions. As a nation we seek to play
Good Samaritan to a hungry and
needy world. Some of our citizens
grumble about it. but deep down
in our hearts most of us are proud
to be citizens of a big hearted phil
anthropic nation.
So at a quick glance we might
conclude that religion has had al
most full sway in our land and
that we can correctly be called a
godly and a Christian nation.
Yet as we look a little deeper we
find that there are glaring incon
sistencies and shortcomings in our
national and religious life. We find
Says Town in Top Shape Financially
The Town of Zebulon is in
mighty good shape financially,
Town Manager Willie B. Hopkins
reported to the Zebulon Rotary
Club last Friday night in his an
nual review of town affairs. In
spite of heavy expeditures for im
provements to the town during the
past year, a surplus was on hand
at the end of the fiscal year.
Assets of the Town of Zebulon
are $316,500, the official reported,
and liabilities, consisting almost
altogether of the bonded indebted
ness, amounts to $147,824, giving
the town a net worth of $168,716.
This shows an increase in net
worth during the past year of
$22,195.
In answer to the question of why
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that many religious groups do not
have proper appreciation for each
other. There are far too many
divisions. While some churches are
very cooperative and seek to weld
the Christian people of the world
into a spiritual unity and thus be
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gin to build a bridge that will
make for peace and brotherhood,
other groups seek to be more aloof
and dogmatic than ever. Some are
even trying to fight again battles
the municipal tax rate has not been
lowered if a surplus is in the treas
ury, Willie B. reported this money
is used for improvements. During;
the past year the improvements
have included the National Guard
armory site purchase, a $2,400 gar
bage collection truck, a $1,500 po
lice car, and water tank repairs
amounting to $950.
Other Uses
The surplus also will be used for
sidewalk paving. According to a
ruling recently made by the Board
of Commissioners, the town will
pay half of the costs of paving
sidewalks up to 70c a running foot,
when all owners on as much as a
block of the town request it. The
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that were either lost or won in past
generations. Thus we have cold
dogmatic churchanity in some
places instead of sweet spirited,
warm hearted, brotherly, coopera
tive Christianity.
Probably the most distressing
things about religion in America
today is that it has not more com
pletely transformed and changed
society for the better. While some
of us worship, others steal, kill,
carouse and make their weekends
nightmares of dissipation. The salt
of the earth has not been suffi
ciently applied to the meat of the
world, and therefore, the rotten
ness of sin and degradation has
set in. The light of the world is
not shining sufficiently on the dark
spots of evil. As Christian peo
ple we must learn how to apply our
Christianity more effectively to the
people and the problems all over
our great land. Then we will in
deed be a godly nation. So let us
not be discouraged, but let us re
member that there is so much that
is fine, true and Christian that
whenever we church people take
our religion seriously, a new day
will dawn and a truly Christian
America will come to pass.
“Awake, thou that sleepest, arise
from the dead, and Christ shall
give thee light.”—S. E. M.
sidewalks must meet requirements
of the town and money must be
available in the town treasury.
Because of the need for continu
ed improvements, the Board of
Commissioners decided against
lowering the tax rate, the speaker
said.
Revenue for the fiscal year 1952-
53 was $62,642.06, and expendi
tures were $61,192.67. This com
pares with the budget set for that
year of $59,000.00.
In answer to questions about the
new privilege license tax schedule,
Willie B. said that the new sched
ule was adopted to replace the ob
solete schedule used without
change since it was adopted by
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