Light their life with faithfi^ | | BE,N I 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. f 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 Pj|p ::: R. Vance Brown . . .18 years of service . . . Up i mm Wot - £ ftp' Jssssstt jj | wS/jEjH MHkiSU/HBKBK Irby D. Gill . . . 24 years of service . . . 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 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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.