THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 36.
DEDICATION PROGRAM
4:00 P.M.
INVOCATION S. E. Mercer
Pastor, Zebulon Methodist Church
WELCOME Barrie S. Davis
Captain, Artillery
RESPONSE Worth Hinton
Mayor, Town of Zebulon
RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
HISTORY OF BATTERY A George H. Hinds
Lieutenant, Artillery
DEDICATORY REMARKS __ Hon. William B. Umstead
Governor, State of North Carolina
DEDICATORY PRAYER Bev. A. Asbury
Pastor, Zebulon Baptist Church
ENLISTMENT OF NEW GUARDSMEN
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94th Army Band Concert
7:30 P.M.
THE PURPLE PAGEANT MARCH King
MALAGUENA Lecuono
TRUMPETER’S LULLABY Anderson
LIBERTY BELL MARCH Sousa
DRY BONES arr. by Yoder
FROM THE SOUTH Isaac-Lillya
MEXICAN OVERTURE * Isaac
MARCH RELIGIOSO Chambers
Conducted by
MILLARD P. BURT
Chief Warrant Officer
North Carolina National Guard
Barrie S. Davis, Captain
Foster D. Finch, Jr., Ist Lt.
George H. Hinds, Ist Lt.
James M. Potter, Jr., Ist Lt.
Amos G. Henson, 2nd Lt.
June E. Routh, 2nd Lt.
Jack M. Tippett, 2nd Lt.
Johnsey P. Arnold, CWO
Sidney F. Holmes, Ist Sgt.
Carl G. Kemp, M-Sgt.
Ralph Creech, SFC
Benjamin B. Hopkins, SFC
Percy B. Parrish, SFC
Gordon L. Temple, SFC
Connie M. Bunn, Sgt.
Kenneth G. Hopkins, Sgt.
George R. Massey, Jr., Sgt.
Harold C. Moss, Sgt.
Herman T. Mqss, Sgt.
Kenneth T. Pearce, Sgt.
Jimmy W. Spivey, Sgt.
Max P. Williams, Sgt.
Maylon C. Baker, Cpl.
Berry Barham, Jr., Cpl.
Kenneth L. Chamblee, Cpl.
BATTERY A
113th FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD
Unit Roster
Donald W. Fowler, Cpl.
Joseph A. Lambeth, Cpl.
Bobby T. McGee, Cpl.
Clyde W. Morris, Cpl.
Huey B. Allen, Pfc.
Clarence L. Beddingfield, Pfc.
Charles L. Brantley, Pfc.
Walter B. Bunn, Pfc.
DeWitt Byrd, Jr., Pfc.
Joe G. Creech, Pfc.
Daffey D. Gurley, Pfc.
Dallas C. Gurley, Pfc.
Julius C. Knott, Pfc.
Lawrence W. Liles, Pfc.
Lowell J. Liles, Pfc.
James A. Manning, Pfc.
Charlie T. Martin, Jr., Pfc.
Wilbur H. Massey, Pfc.
Jimmy D. Medlin, Pfc.
Dalton R. Pearce, Pfc.
Leonard A. Seawell, Pfc.
Billy Strickland, Pfc.
Alton L. Temple, Pfc.
Max C. Wiggs, Pfc.
Gilbert Wood, Pfc.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 9, 1954
National Guard Armory to Be
Dedicated This Afternoon at 4
Guest List Includes
Leading Guardsmen
And Battery Boosters
Many distinguished Guardsmen
and other leaders from over North
Carolina will be special guests of
the members of Battery A at the
armory dedication today. The visi
tors are expected to be here for the
dedication ceremonies this after
noon and will stay for the dinner
and band concert this evening.
The guest list, compiled by a
special committee formed of mem
bers of Battery A, includes the
names of those who have assisted
in establishing and building the
Zebulon Guard unit.
Among prominent Guardsmen
who have accepted the invitation
to come are Major John Hall Man
ning, Adjutant General of North
Carolina; General Claude Bowers,
Asst. Division Commander; and
General Edward Griffin, Division
Artillery Commander.
Lt. Col. Edward Griffin and
members of his staff from the
113th Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters have accepted the
invitation to come. Staff mem
bers include Major Darrel Perry,
Major Collin McKinne, and CWO
Willard Morton.
Commanders of Headquarters
Battery and Service Battery will
be here. They are Capt. Melvin
Holmes of Louisburg and Capt.
Wiley Brown of Youngsville.
Regular Army Advisers who will
(See GUEST LIST, Page 3)
Charles D. Clark, Pvt.
Ollie R. Baker, Pvt.
Harold C. Bissette, Pvt.
Edwin W. Bunn, Pvt.
Wesley L. Carroll, Pvt.
Clinton R. Carlyle, Pvt.
Grady L. Driver, Pvt.
Homer E. Lambeth, Pvt.
Cortez M. Lewis, Pvt.
Jack Q. Lewis, Pvt.
Malcolm M. Martin, Jr., Pvt.
Benjamin W. Mitchell, Pvt.
Garland J. Perry, Jr., Pvt.
Bobby J. Perry, Pvt.
Willie K. Price, Pvt.
Lowell R. Pulley, Pvt.
Douglas T. Ray, Pvt.
John L. Strickland, Pvt.
Donald R. Taylor, Pvt.
Thomas G. Taylor, Pvt.
Joseph B. Williams, Pvt.
Joseph L. McGee, Pvt.
Carl E. Pulley, Pvt.
William F. Tant, Pvt.
Gov. Umstead to Speak
At Special Ceremony
Zebulon’s National Guard Arm
ory will be dedicated this after
noon with the Honorable William
B. Umstead, Governor of North
Carolina, making the dedicatory
remarks during exercises begin
ning at 4 o’clock. The dedication
will follow an open house begin
ning at 3 o’clock.
The public is invited to the open
house and dedication exercises for
its first look at the SIOO,OOO build
ing which was started in June,
1953.
The invocation will be asked by
the Rev. S. E. Mercer, Pastor of
the Zebulon Methodist Church.
Captain Barrie Davis, commander
of Battery A, will welcome those
attending the dedication, and May
or Worth Hinton will respond.
A short history of the local unit
will be read by First Lieutenant
George H. Hinds, assistant execu
tive officer of the battery.
Following Governor Umstead’s
remarks, the Rev. Bev. A. Asbury,
pastor of the Zebulon Baptist
Church, will lead the dedicatory
prayer.
The program will be brought to
a close with the enlistment of new
Guardsmen.
Following the supper, the pub
lic is invited to attend s concert
by the 94th Army Band, directed
by CWO Millard P. Burt, beginning
at 7:30.
A dance beginning at 9 o’clock
will complete the activities of the
evening.
Efforts to organize a National
Guard unit were begun in Zebulon
in the Spring of 1949. Despite
handicaps, the organization was
completed and Federal Recognition
granted the unit in July, 1949. With
one officer and 23 men, it became
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Battery A of the 113th Field Artil
lery Battalion.
Growth of the unit was slow
its first year, and in 1950, it
went through summer training at
Ft. Jackson, S. C., with two offi
cers and 37 men.
Despite a rapid turnover of per
sonnel caused by the draft and
expired enlistment, Battery A had
grown to a total strength of 51
officers and men when it en
camped at Ft. McClellan, Alabama,
in 1951.
During the following year, the
strength was held constant and in
1952, Battery A returned for two
weeks at Ft. McClellan with 53
officers and men.
The inadequate armory facili
ties kept the battery from increas
ing its strength during the follow
ing year because of the lack of
classroom space and storage
room. In 1953 the unit again won
a rating of superior, operating
with 51 men and six officers.
When it was evident that the
new armory would be ready for oc
cupancy in February, 1954, the
door was opened for new enlist
ments, and the strength rapidly
rose to eight officers and 67 men.
Authorized strength of the unit,
under National Guard reduction
tables, is 104 officers and men.
During February an intensive re
cruiting drive is being conducted
to achieve full strength.