THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 21.
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Two National Guardsmen from Zebulon’s Battery A are making an outstanding scholastic record
at the Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Communication School. Pictured in front of one of the big guns at the military
post are Sgt. Talmadge Pearce, communications chief for the local battery, and Cpl. Maylon Baker,
senior switchboard operator. When the men complete the course of instruction, thqy will return to
Zebulon and the local Guard unit.
Who Wears Low Numbers
In Tar Heel License Tags
“Who owns that car?” is the
question that hangs in the air
whenever a low-numbered license
plate is seen. Everybody knows
the Governor sports No. 1 on his
limousine, but who has No. 11, or
No. 111?
The Department of Motor Ve
hicles has released its list of license
plate numbers issued North Caro
lina officials, beginning with the
Governor and running through W.
D. Carmichael, Comptroller of the
Greater University, who has No.
200.
Lt. Governor Luther Hodges is
assigned No. 2; Speaker of the
House of Representatives E. T.
Bost, Jr., No. 3; Secretary of State
Thad Eure, No. 4; and former Zeb
ulon resident Henry Bridges, who
is now State Treasurer, No. 5.
L. Y. “Stag” Ballentine dropped
down to No. 9 when he became
Commissioner of Agriculture. No.
11, by the way, is worn by Commis
sioner of Insurance Charles Gold;
and No. 11l by Dr. H. S. Willis of
the N. C. Sanatorium.
Former Governors Hoey, Cher-
POWER OFF
Electric power will be off on
all Wake Electric Membership Cor
poration lines feeding out from the
Zebulon Meter Point from 6:30 to
7:30 Sunday morning, Dec. 13,
for emergency work on the power
supplier’s lines.
Guard Program Found Satisfactory
By North Carolina's Top Generals
The three top-ranking of North
Carolina’s National Guardsmen
surveyed training of the citizen
soldiers of the 30th Infantry Divis
ion this week, and found the 1953
program satisfactory in all re
spects.
Major General John Hall Man
ning, adjutant general, Brig. Gen.
Claude Bowers, assistant division
commander, and Brig. Gen. Ed
ward Griffin, division artillery
commander, all had strong words
of praise for the units of the fam
ed “Old Hickory” division, includ
ing Battery A, Zebulon’s National
Guard unit.
“This year had been one of
many good years for North Caro
lina Guardsmen,” Gen. Manning
ry, and Scott are assigned Nos. 14,
15, and 16. Senator Lennon has
No. 17, and No. 18 could be Sena
tor Hoey’s if he wanted to drop
four numbers.
U. S. Congressmen from North
Carolina have No. 19 through No.
30, Harold Cooley has been assign
ed No. 22, in case you want to
know when he drives by.
Major General John Hall Man
ning, Adjutant General of 4he
State of North Carolina, has No.
33. Other National Guard officers,
(See NUMBERS, Page 8)
Electrical Service
Interruption Sunday
Electric service will be inter
rupted in the following localities
Sunday, December 13, from 6:30
a. m. to 7:30 a. m., provided the
weather is suitable for work:
Zebulon, Bunn, Wendell, Middle
sex, Bailey, Sims and all surround
ing rural communities.
This interruption to electric ser
vice is necessary in order to make
important repairs to the 66000 volt
line between Zebulon and Raleigh,
which cannot be handled safely
while the line is energized. This
early morning hour is being used
in order to affect the smallest
number of customers possible, ex
plained Ralph Talton, manager of
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany operations in this area.
declared, “and the officers and men
of the 30th Division deserve spec
ial commendation for the manner
in which they have performed
their training duties.”
Gen. Bowers, a native of War
renton and a former commander
of the 119th Infantry Regiment,
declared that the past eleven
months have resulted in a new high
standard of training being set for
Guardsmen.
“I was especially pleased with
the summer encampment conduct
of Battery A, which earned a rat
ing of Superior,” the General
said.
General Griffin, a Louisburg at
torney in civilian life, said that
(See GUARD, Page 8)
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 11, 1953
Finer Carolina Contest
To Be Repeated in '54
With $9,550 in Prizes
“The “Finer Carolina” contest
will be repeated in 1954 with Car
olina Power & Light Company, its
sponsor, offering another $9,550 in
cash prizes for town-building and
soil-building winners.
That announcement was made
by E. N. Pope, contest director,
here today on the closing date for
1953 competition among 108 towns
entered this year. Scrapbooks are
due from these towns by Decem
ber 15, Pope said, and winners will
be announced in February.
Towns have until next February
1 to enter the 1954 contest, he said,
and any developments they wish to
start between now and then may
be listed among their projects.
About 1,500 farmers -who are
vying for individual 1953 prizes for
“helping to build a Finer Carolina”
have the rest of this year to com
plete their soil and water conser
vation projects. County and area
conservationists will judge them,
and these winners also will be an
nounced next February, Pope said.
He added that complete details
for the 1954 contest will be issued
later.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. A. O. Gay
Mrs. A. O. Gay, 68, died at her
home on Zebulon, Route 3, early
Wednesday morning. Funeral ser
vices were conducted from Hop
kins Chapel Baptist Church Thurs
day at 3 p. m. by the pastor, the
Rev. Mr. Caldwell and the Rev.
A. D. Parrish. The body lay in
state one hour.
Surviving are five sons, A. 0., of
Zebulon, Route 3, Leonard, Oris
and Russell Gay, all of Youngs
ville, Route 1, and Dwight Gay of
Wake Forest; a daughter, Mrs. Da
vis Perry of Zebulon; two bro
thers, F. D. Gay of Zebulon, Route
3, and William Gay of Knightdale;
a half-brother, Hinton Gay, Char
leston, S. C.; a sister, Mrs. B. S.
Doyle, Zebulon, Route 3, and nine
grandchildren.
Mother, Baby Clinic
To Be December 15
The Zebulon Clinic for Mothers
and Babies will be held on Tues
day, December 15, according to
Mrs. Ida Hall, county health nurse.
The clinic is held a week earlier
each December so there will be
no conflict with the Christmas
holidays.
TOWN APPROVES NEW WATER
MAIN TO FACTORY LOCATION
The coming factory building for Zebulon is presenting the town
with some expensive additions, the Board of Commissioners found at
its regular December meetings held last Monday night . The factory
will require a new 8-inch water main to serve it, and so the Board
voted to build the main to the town
its regular December meeting
limits down Sycamore Street.
Present at the meeting were
Mayor Worth Hinton, Commission
ers R. Vance Brown, Howard Beck,
Wesley Liles, Wilbur Debnam, and
Frank Wall; Attorney Foster
Finch; and Town Manager W. B.
Hopkins.
Commissioner Brown made the
motion to build the new water
main. It received a second from
Commissioner Beck, and was car
ried without opposition.
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M. H. Alford appeared before
the Board and requested that Sy
camore Street be opened from
Whitley Street to the city limits.
No action was taken on this sug
gestion.
A Christmas bonus of a week’s
pay will be given to all regular em
ployees of the Town of Zebulon,
the Board decided, as has been
done in past years.
A petition was signed by Sidney
Eddins, operator of Zebulon Motor
Company service station, was read
to the Board by Ferd Davis. It re
quested the help of the town in
improving traffic condition at the
intersection of Highways 64 and
264. The traffic island installed by
the highway department presents
a hazardous condition.
The Mayor and the Town Man
ager will confer with the highway
officials to try to work out im
provements, according to a motion
made by Howard Beck, seconded
by Frank Wall, and carried.
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Drexey Thomasson
Serving in Korea
Pvt. Drexel S. Thomasson, 21, [
son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
Thomasson, Route 1, Wendell, re
cently arrived in Korea for duty
with the 3rd Infantry Division.
Thomasson, who entered the
Army in March, received basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
WINNERS OF 4-H CROP AWARDS
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National winners of the 1953
4-H Field Crop Awards Program,
of which International Harvester
Company is donor of awards, hear
Peter V. Moulder, executive vice
president of the firm, explain the
technological and engineering ad
vances made in farm machinery
since the invention of the original
reaper in 1831 by Cyrus McCor
mick; and the latest McCormick
self-propelled harvester-thresher.
Examining some wheat while
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Miss Ernestine Corbett, a senior
at Mars Hill Junior College, has
been named to the Business
Club at the school. Members of this
honor club must have attained an
A on their major and now lower
than a B on any other subject.
Miss Corbett was on the Honor
Roll both semesters last year. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Zeb Corbett of Zebulon.
Six-Month Sentence
Given in Court Here
Thomas Henry Blanton of Kings
Mountain met justice as meted out
by Judge Irby D. Gill in the Zeb
ulon Recorder’s Court last Wednes
day. It consisted of two sentences
totalling nearly six months on the
roads given for convictions of
speeding 75 miles per hour and
driving after his cheaffeur’s li
cense had been revoked.
Other cases tried during the last
two sessions include:
Walter A. Wilkens of Route 1,
Selma, was fined $25 and costs for
(See COURT, Page 8)
looking at the 1831 McCormick
reaper model and comparing it
with the model of the modern
combine on the table, left to
right, are: Cornell E. Read, 18,
Bay Springs, Miss.; Eddie M.
Frazier, 17, Sparta, Ga.; Roy Lee
Thomas, 20, Fredonia, Kans.;
Mr. Moulder; Harold Seeley, 17,
Hubbard, Oreg.; Sonny O’Neill,
19, Ponca City, Okla.; and
Charles Lee Rogers, 19, Wake
Forest, N. C.