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THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 18.
NAMED AS FARM MEN OF YEAR
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John W. Umstead, left, and J. H. Clark, right, have been honored
by Progressive Farmer through selection as men of the year in North
Carolina agriculture. Both men have been active in seeking to pro
vide hospital facilities for all North Carolinians, including rural
residents, and were honored by the farm publication for their efforts
in this field.
Santa Claus to Visit Zebulon;
First Appearance Dec. 10th
Santa Claus, busy man though
he is, is going to make a pre-
Christmas' appearance in Zebulon
at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, De
cember 10, when he will fly to the
Zebulon Airport, hitch a ride on
the rural fire truck, and ride to
Zebulon to meet the children of
this area.
Christmas Week
Santa will remain in town be
tween two and three hours that
day, Chief of Police Willie B. Hop
kins said yesterday, and will re
turn the following Saturday after
noon. He will be in Zebulon a
third time on Saturday afternoon,
December 19, and will come to
town for a few hours each after
noon of Christmas week, beginning
Monday, December 21.
Christmas decorations will line
the streets by the time of Santa’s
arrival, Chief Hopkins stated, and
Sidney Eddins Speaks to Rotary
Club on Oil Resource Conservation
“Conservation is not hoarding,
but is making fullest use of natur
al resources,” Sidney Edidns, local
oil distributor and filling station
operator, told members of the Zeb
ulon Rotary Club last Friday
night. He gave this observation
in acquainting his fellow Rotari
ans with his life and work.
The speaker said that except
for the years he worked in the
ship yards at Wilmington during
the war he has been in the Zeb
ulon community ever since he was
born a mile from town in 1914.
He graduated from Wakelon
School in the depression year of
1932 and farmed for four years
after his graduation. In 1936 he
joined Avon Privett in the filling
station business, working with him
until the war began and he went
to Wilmington.
In the spring of 1946 he joined
Irby Gill in the operation of the
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an additional item of decoration
will be a large Christmas tree at
the intersection of Vance Street
and Arendell Avenue.
Zebulon merchants are expected
to have their stores completely
decorated by December 10, and
several merchants are planning to
offer special shopping bargains on
the day Santa pays his first visit
to Zebulon, in addition to the list
of bargains already on sale in local
stores.
Special Edition
Another special edition of the
Record will be published next
Tuesday, December 8, when the
local newspaper will go to every
home in this trade area. Shoppers
are urged to read the advertise
ments in that edition with special
care, since hundreds of gift bar
gains will be noted by local mer
chants.
Atlantic Service Station, working
there until he went back into bus
iness with Avon Privett.
Interesting facts about the oil
industry were related by Sidney
during his talk. He stated that
two gallons of gasoline sold today
is equivalent in power to three
gallons sold in 1925.
More Oil Used
As an example df conservation
practiced in the oil industry, Sid
ney said that a few years ago only
one-fifth of the oil that came out
of the ground was used. Today,
through improvements in refining
processes, up to 80 percent of the
crude oil is utilized.
The annual Christmas program
honoring the Rotarianns will be
held in the Wakelon cafeteria on
December 18. No meeting will
be held Christmas Day.
Frank Coiner, a former member
of the club, was a visitor.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, December 1, 1953
Finer Carolina Workers Plan
Final Reports in '53 Contest
New Armory Gets
Oil, Other items
The new National Guard armory
has progressed to a point where
Battery A is having to dig deep
into its available funds to finance
preparations for its occupation of
the building some time this month,
according to Unit Administrator
Johnsey Arnold. Last week the
artillery unit brought 3,700 gal
lons of fuel oil for its storage tank
at the new armory.
Wesley Liles, local oil distribu
tor, supplied the fuel oil to the
National Guard unit at a cost be
low that paid by the State of
North Carolina.
Liles, a Zebulon town commis
sioner who has two sons in the
Zebulon unit of the National
Guard, said that when he learned
the fuel oil had to be bought with
funds provided by the local Na
tional Guard unit, he agreed to
furnish the oil at no profit.
The appreciation of the Guard
unit was expressed by Capt. Bar
rie Davis, commander. He stated
that when the armory is complet
ed, it will be the responsibility of
local Guardsmen to provide black
boards, desks, and chairs for the
classrooms, kitchen stove and re
frigerator, and lockers for the
clothing. He estimated the cost
of this necessary equipment at
nearly $5,000. State and Federal
funds are not provided for this
purpose.
Plans for square dances, turkey
shoots, and other activities in the
armory to raise the necessary
funds are being made.
The next drill for Battery A will
be held Monday night, December
7. This is the only assembly
scheduled for December, except
a special drill to be called for
moving equipment if the armory
is completed.
Christmas Seal Data
Is Given to Public
At the close of the second week
of the Annual Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs. Tom Grier, seal sale chair
man, reported $6764.04. On the
basis of this return Mrs. Grier ex
pressed confidence that the Asso
ciation’s goal of $20,000 will be
met by the people of Wake County.
Meeting this goal means the
continuation of the Free Diagnos
tic Clinic. For the past three years
this clinic has averaged 10,000 X
rays per year at its clinic. The
Association cooperated with the
State Board of Health in bringing
mobile X-ray units into all sections i
of the county last summer. During
the eleven days the units were
in the county, 6,672 persons were
X-rayed.
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PTA POSTPONED
There will not be a P. T. A.
meeting uuring the month of De-'
cember. The next meeting will
be January 18, 1954.
HONORED
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Irby D. Gill
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The two Rotarians pictured
above have been honored through
designation as senior active mem
bers of their civic organization,
joining C. V. Whitley in this clas
sification which is open to Rotar
ians who have completed at least
15 years of service through Rot
ary membership and work. Mr.
Brown has been a Rotarian for 18
years, Judge Gill for 24 years.
Funeral Services Are to Be Held
This Afternoon for James Davis
Funeral services for James Clif
ton Davis, 41, of Durham will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’-
clock at the Hall-Wynne Funeral
Chapel in Durham. The Rev. A.
D. Parrish of Zebulon will officiate
at the rites. Final rites and inter
ment will be held at the graveside
in the Corinth Baptist Church
Cemetery near Zebulon at 2:30 o’-
clock. Mr. Davis died at his “home
early Sunday morning after suf
fering a heart attack. Born in
Johnston County near Middlesex,
he was the son of Mrs. Virginia
May Moody Davis and the late
Jim Davis. He lived most of his
life in Johnston County, having
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Four Projects Are
Completed in Year
With four of its five projects
completed, and the fifth postpon
ed temporarily for good reason,
Zebulon should stand a good
chance of winning recognition in
the Finer Carolina Contest, ac
cording to Ed Hales, chairman of
the Finer Carolina Steering Com
mittee here.
The final date for reports on
work done this year is due on
December 11. The contest is spon
sored by Carolina Power and Light
Company.
The four completed projects in
clude the incorporation of the Zeb
ulon Rural Fire Department, Inc.,
and the purchase of a fire truck;
the collecting and cataloguing of
1,000 additional books for the com
munity library; the landscaping of
the community park; and the pur
chase and installation of play
ground equipment at the park.
One Postponed
The fifth project, a community
building, was postponed to per
mit the community to concentrate
its efforts on obtaining a factory
building for a new industry which
wants to establish a large plant
here.
The 1,000-book goal for the
Community Library was passed
nearly a month ago, according to
Mrs. Ralph Bunn, chairman of the
prpject. The books are of excellent
quality and in like-new condition.
In addition to the books, Mrs.
Bunn is having a sign painted to
be placed over the door identifying
the library.
The biggest project, the purchase
of a rural fire truck, was under
the chairmanship of Robert Ed
Horton. The Zebulon Farm Bureau
sponsored the project, and mem
bers of the Farm Bureau coope
rated in the months of work which
made the project successful.
The landscaping work at the
community park was completed
yesterday when tractors cut the
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moved to Durham in 1941. He was
a veteran of World War 11, and a
member of the Friendship Free
Will Baptist Church in Johnston
County. He was married to the for
mer Vila Poole of Selma, who sur
vives. Other survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Virginia May Davis
of Zebulon; six sisters, Mrs. Ru
dolph Manning of Zebulon, Mrs.
Early Hocutt of Wendell, Mrs.
Howard Lynch of Graham, Mrs.
John Robb of Greenwich, R. I. Mrs.
Margaret Kelly of Utica, N. Y., and
Mrs. Tommy Thompson of National
City, Calif., three brothers, Howard
Davis, Durham; Worth Davis, Mid
dlesex; W. E. Davis, Zebulon.