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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVIII. Number 35. Legion Chaplain Cites Importance Os Duty to God Legionnaires have a duty to home and country, but duty to God comes first, members of the Zebulon American Legion Post No. 33 were told Wednesday night Dy the Rev. Harold F. Leatherman, department chaplain of the Legion. Mr. Leatherman, a Methodist minister now serving the Knight dale and Ebenezer churches, spoke to the Legionnnaires at their Feb ruary session on the Legion’s “Back to God’’ movement. Two phases of the organization’s project were emphasized by the speaker, the importance of regular church attendance by veterans and their families and the spiritual ef fect of daily family devotionals. “If these two habits are prac ticed,” Mr. Leatherman declared, “America need have no fear of communism, for we cannot attend church regularly and have family group worship in our homes, how ever simple our daily devotionals may be, without becoming spirit ually strong. And communism can not and will not overcome a spirit ually strong nation.” The minister discussed briefly the membership campaign under taken this year by the North Car olina Department of the American Legion, and urged that the local post meet its quota. The Zebulon unit is within three per cent of its 1954 quota al ready, having enrolled 73 mem bers. The 1954 Zebulon quota was set by state headquarters as 75 members. Commander J. P. Arnold intro (See LEGION, Page 8) Zebulon Farm Bureau To Meet Monday The importance of using the right fertilizer for each field and each crop will be discussed at the regular meeting of the Zebulon Farm Bureau next Monday night, February 8, in the Wakelon audi torium. The meeting will begin at 7:30. Dr. J. W. Fitts of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. McCotter, soil expert, will be featured on the program. Pictures and slides showing the necessity of proper fertilization will be used to illustrate the talks by the two prominent visitors. The Farm Bureau Auxiliary will meet in the home economics build ing where Miss Lane Siler, Caroli na Power & Light Home Economist, will present a cooking school. United Fund Sends S9O Check to Home R. Vance Brown, treasurer of the Zebulon United Fund, pre sented the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina a check for $90.- 00 when a request for the sum was made Wednesday by the Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club, local spon sors of the Society. Mrs. Jack Potter, project chair man, expressed the gratitude of the club for the opportunity to par ticipate in the United Fund, but stated that the club will be ineligi ble for the Preyer Trophy, which is awarded annually to the club deemed of the most service to the Society during the project year. (See HOME, Page 8) GUARDSMAN Brigadier General Edward P. Griffin, commander of the 30th Di vision Artillery and former com mander of the 113th Field Artillery Battalion, will be a special guest of Battery A at the dedication of the new Zebulon Armory Tuesday. General Praises Local Guard Unit Words of praise came for mem bers of Battery A of the 113th Field Artillery Battalion as the Zebulon unit prepared for dedi cation of their new armory next Tuesday. Brigadier General Edward Grif fin of Louisburg, who serves Franklin County as solicitor and county attorney in civilian life, complimented the local Guardsmen on their attention to duty in a personal message this week. General Griffin, who served in World War II as commanding of ficer of the 113th FA Battalion and was commanding general of IV Corps Artillery before assum ing his present National Guard as signment as artillery commander of the 30th Infantry Division, praised officers and men alike in his statement, which called atten tion to the superior rating ac corded the Zebulon unit by Regu lar Army inspectors last summer. Thorough Training “It is my opinion that the train ing of the Zebulon Guardsmen dur ing the past year has been the best since it was activated,” he declar ed, “and the fine results could have been obtained only by the thor oughness, the proper training methods, and the high sense of per formance of duty on the part of all the officers and men of the Guard.” “Naturally, I am most gratified,” he continued, “at the wonderful record that has been made and my hope is that the standards set during the past year will continue, as I know they will, in the future.” General Griffin, regarded by his superiors as one of the finest of ficers in the entire United States military establishment, will be one of the guests of honor at the local armory dedication. CARDEN CLUB The Garden Club will meet Monday night, February 8, in the new armory at eight o’- clock to complete plans for the supper. All members are urged to be present. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, February 5, 1954 Armory Dedication Is Set lor Tuesday; Governor to Be Speaker in Afternoon First Four Men Enlist as February Recruiting Begins National Guard Recruiting Month began with a rush for Bat tery A, as four new men volunteer ed for three-year hitches in the local artillery unit. Sworn in on Monday night were J. L. McGee, William Tant, Carl Pulley, and Homer Lambeth. Sfc. Kennei Hopkins, battery supply sergean reenlisted at the same time, bringing the strength of the Guard unit to 67 men and eight officers. The recruiting campaign will continue through February, and special events have been planned for all through the month. To speed the basic training of the 23 new men in Battery A, a spec a I class for recruits has been organized. Lt. June Routh will be in charge of the training, and Sfc. Gordon Temple will serve as pla toon sergeant. CWO Johnsey P. Arnold, project officer for the recruiting campaign, expressed the appreciation of the unit for the cooperation given by Dr. Ben Thomas and Dr. George Tucker in examining the men who enlist in the unit. Men 17 to 18% years of age are urged to contact Mr. Arnold at the armory at any time during the week. Charter Night Is Planned by Cubs A special program for the pre sentation of the charter to the Zebulon Cub Scouts is being plan ned for Wednesday night, February 17, according to R. G. Privette, Cubmaster. The program will feature the charter presentation, a talk on Scouting, and entertainment by the two Cub Dens. Parents of boys in the Cub age group are urged to at tend the meeting, to be held in the Baptist Church. Asheboro, Griffon , Latta Winners , Zebulon Takes SIOO in AFC Contest Asheboro and Grifton, N. C., and Latta, S. C., are “Carolina’s Fin est.” So the judges of the 1953 Finer Carolina contest announced here today. The three towns won SI,OOO first prizes each in their respective pop ulation classes. The three runners up were Manning, S. C., Burgaw and Maysville, N. C., each taking a SSOO prize; and third-place win ners of $250 each were Dunn and Wallace, N. C., and Lamar, S. C. Fifteen towns were cited for honorable mention and SIOO each. They were Jacksonville, Rocking ham, Mount Olive, Roxboro, Franklinton, Zebulon, Spring Hope, Troy, Swannanoa, Hazelwood, Weaverville, Spruce Pine, Milton and Pine Level, N. C., and Pine wood, S. C. The prizes, totaling $6,750, will Public Invited to Four Events during Big Day North Carolina’s chief executive, high ranking National Guardsmen, and distinguished guests from over i the state will be on hand next Tuesday, February 9, for the dedi cation of Zebulon's new National ! Guard armory. The program, which begins with an open house at 3 o’- clock, continues through the eve ning. Governor William Umstead will make the dedicatory address dur ing ceremonies beginning at four o’clock. The public is invited to both the open house and the dedication ceremonies. During the open house, weapons and equipment will be on display in the armory for public inspection. In addition, many of the military training aids used for teaching the Wakelon Cagers Divide Twin Bill The Wakelon girls on Tuesday night continued the burning pace which captured the East Wake Championship, taking an exciting 65-67 victory from Rolesville. Perry with 23 and Temple with 20 led the winning girls. For Rolesville, B. Perry with 24 and S. Journigan with 22 were high scorers. Wakelon led 33-26 at halftime, and increased the margin one point in the second half. Other scorers ’or Wakelon were Richardson with 11; Greene, 10; | Watkins, 1. i Holding the Knightdale sextet in check were Wakelon guards J. Upchurch, A. Upchurch, and Hor ton. In the nightcap the Rolesville boys won over the Bulldogs by 67-43. Broughton with 24 and Johnson and Massey with 13 each led the winners. For Wakelon Brown and Bullock scored 18 points each. Other Bulldog scorers included Perry, 4; Green, 4; Alford, 4; Pearce, 3; and Long, J 2. be awarded by Carolina Power & Light Company, sponsor of the con test; and the money must be used by the towns for further improve ment. Grifton became the only repeat er as a first-place winner by in vesting last year’s SI,OOO winnings in a new city park. Latta took $750 for second place last year and used it to climb to first place in its class for the year just ended. Judges were picked from points outside the competing areas. They were Dr. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., of Chapel Hill, professor of rural sociology at the University of North Caroli na; F. H. Kinard of Clemson, S. C., dean of the school of arts and sci ences at Clemson College; ana Bud S. Moss of Atlanta, Ga., manager of the rural division of Georgia Power Co. The judges examined scrapbooks Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Guardsmen will be on exhibit, and members of the unit will describe the exhibits to visitors. At 7:30 the doors of the arm ory will again be open to the pub lic, when the famous 94th Army Band will be presented in concert. Under the direction of CWO Mil lard P. Burt, a special program featuring military music has been planned especially for the dedica tion. Following the concert, a public dance will be held to the music of a nine-piece orchestra. The dance will end shortly after 11 p. m., closing the activities. Opening the dedication ceremony at 4 p. m., Capt. Barrie Davis will welcome those present on behalf of the local National Guard unit. Mayor Worth Hinton will respond on behalf of the visitors and the Town of Zebulon. Major General John Hall Man ning, Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina, will be featured speaker for the special supper for Guardsmen and their guests at 6 o’clock. The supper will be served by the Carmen Flowers Garden Club. Profits will be used to fi nance beautification of the armory site. Among prominent members of (See ARMORY, Page 8) Reuben Warfford Masonic Speaker An unusually large number of Masons, including several from Whitestone and Archer Lodges, heard Reuben Warfford of Siler City, district deputy grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, deliver an address to the Zebulon Lodge, AF&AM, Tuesday night, February 2. Virtually every seat in the hall was taken when the Siler City Mason gave a detailed lecture on the history of Freemasonry. Begin ning with the traditional history of (See MASONS, Page 8) submitted by the majority of com peting towns. The books listed civic improvements during the contest year and contained photographs il lustrating the projects. Asheboro, winner among the larger towns, listed these five pro jects: (1) general improvement and beautification, (2) new indus try, (3) adding school facilities, (4) improving and extending rec reational facilities and (5) cultural development. Gains noted for the year included the new $3,500,000 hosiery finishing plant of Burling ton Mills and $1,500,000 worth of new school facilities, financed largely by local bond issues. Lee J. Stone served as general chair man for Asheboro. Latta, S. C., the winner among middle-sized towns, listed these projects: (1) marking streets and (See CONTEST, Page 8)
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