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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVIII. Number 39. CHARTER NIGHT First Pack Meeting Is Held by Zebu lon Cubs The Zebulon Cub Scout Pack re ceived its charter at the first pack meeting Wednesday night, when Harry R. Randall of Raleigh pre sented the document to Cubmaster R. G. Privette on behalf of the Oc coneechee Council. Cubs, leaders, and parents gath ered in the basement of the Zebu lon Baptist Church, the sponsor ing organization, for the ceremony, which came the local Cubs had been organized approxi mately six weeks. Nearly every Cub was present with his parents. Sidney Holmes, Jr., led the group in prayer prior to the charter pre sentation, which Mr. Randall made to Cubmaster Privete, Assistant Cubmaster H. V. Andrews, Institu tional Representative Garland Godwin and Committeemen J. R. Sawyer, Esten Corbett, Noel Fowler, and Ralph Bunn. Each was presented a card and badge by the council representative. Parents Congratulated Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, Baptist pastor, congratulated the parents on their work with their boys in Scouting, and reminded the group that Scouting in Zebulon, as else where, is non-denominational. He urged that other parents allow their boys to join the local move ment. Barrie DaviSj former Scoutmas ter, spoke to the boys on the bene fits they would receive from Cub bing now and later frbm Scout ing, emphasizing the help he had received from training in a local troop before World War 11. H. V. Andrews and J. R. Sawyer led a discussion of local Cub needs, including two new dens to take care of prospective members. The need for a new den in Wakefield was emphasized, and Mesdames Grady Doyle, Edison Wood, and Glenn Hinton agreed to undertake the establishment of a den for boys in the Wakefield area. - ______ I MARCH OF DIMES A check in the amount of $806.95 has been forwarded to the Wake County March of Dimes headquarters, local March of Dimes leaders an nounced this week. The check represents contributions from all sources to the polio or ganization. Ed Ellington, Wakelon teacher, served as chairman of the effort here. Zebulon and Wendell Methodist Churches Plan Conference Sunday The first quarterly Conference for Zebulon and Wendell Metho dist Churches will be held at Zeb ulon on Sunday night at 7:30 o’- clock. Rev. R. G. Dawson, the new superintendent, will preach at the service and will then conduct the business session. There has been a fine increase in attendance at both Zebulon and Wendell churches lately and both churches have good reports to make at the Quarterly Conference. The annual revival at Zebulon Methodist Church will begin on Easter Sunday night, April 18, and Den No. 1, led by Mrs. H. V. Andrews as den mother and Jay Godwin as den chief, and Den No. 2, led by Mrs. Ed Ellington as den mother and Leary Davis as den chief, presented a program at the meeting, including recital of Scout slogans and pledges and singing of the national anthem. After the program, the two den mothers presented their den chiefs with shoulder cords to be worn with their Scout uniforms, and pre sented “bobcat pins,” worn with regular clothing, to the following Cubs, who had their badges pin ned on them by one of their par ents: Den No. 1: Bunny Bunn, Henry Andrews, Douglas Fowler, An thony Laspina, Tommy Whitley, and Milton Murphy. (Mike Mc- Keaghan and Phil Wallace were absent, and one new member, Benny Cawthorne, was enrolled too late to receive his bobcat pin at the first meeting.) Den No. 2: Philip Privette, Bob by Sawyer, Richard Godwin, Sid ney Holmes, Jr., Ronnie Brown, Frederick Ellington, Tommy Wood. Mickey Hinton, and Grady Doyle. (One member, Bill Allman, was absent, and will receive his pin later.) After the meeting, visitors in spected work done by the Cubs at (See CUB SCOUTSt Page 10) Wakelon Students Edit 'Bulldog Barks' Members of the Wakelon School Student Council are beginning this week a new section of the Zebulon Record in which news of school activities will be published. Print ed on two complete pages, the news and features are written and edited by students. The school news section is be ing published by the Zebulon Rec ord in cooperation with the Student for two purposes: to give to the Wakelon students a much needed newspaper; and to encour age school-community cooperation' through publicity of school news. The Student Council agreed to use a section of the Record as its newspaper rather than attempt publication of its own newspaper, so that merchants will not be ask ed to give contributions to the school for a paper. Titled Bulldog Barks, the first issue of Wakelon’s newssheet ap pears on pages two and three of this issue. continue through the following Friday night. Rev. S. E. Mercer will be assisted by Dr. C. D. Bar clift, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in Durham. Dr. Barclift is one of the ablest ministers of the North Carolina Methodist Con ference. He and Mr. Mercer were rootmates at Duke University in their college days. Early notice is given of this re vival in order that individuals and groups may plan to save this week for regular attendance at the revival. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested citi zens of this area. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, February 19, 1954 Clubs Hear Talks On International Relations Tuesday Mrs. R. H. Herring is program chairman of the Senior Woman’s Club for the month of February. She had as her speaker, Mrs. Steve Blackley, a Wakelon teach er, who spoke on “International Relations.” Mrs. Blackley present ed the subject beautifully. She speaks with poise and ease on any subject she undertakes to talk about. The club voted to send $5.00 to be applied to a Federation project, Restoration of Independence Hall. The nominating committee, Mrs. F. E. Bunn, chairman; Mrs. R. H. Herring and Mrs. A. R. House, pre sented the following officers for the coming year to be installed in May: Mrs. Exum Chamblee, presi dent; Mrs. Doris Privette, vice president; Mrs. Gladys Hinton, treasurer; and Mrs. W. O. Glover, secretary. A motion was carried that the meetings will be at 3:30 p. m. in stead of at 3:45 until the end of the club year. Mrs. S. E. Mercer and Gladys Jiinton served delicious refresh ments consisting of fruit cake with whipped cream and coffee. Junior Club Meeting The Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, pas tor of the Zebulon Baptist Church, spoke to members of the Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club last Tues day night on “American People and Foreign Policy,” telling of characteristics of the American people which affect foreign pol icy. The speaker was introduced by Mrs. Armstrong Cannady, chair man of the International Relations Department. The Junior Club sponsors a Children’s Clothing Closet, under the leadership of Mrs. Thurman Murray. In this program, used clothing is contributed to the club to be distributed to needy children in the community. Every person in the community is urged to partici pate by giving clothing. Mrs. George Tucker was wel comed as a new member of the group. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Charles Hawkins and Mrs. Charles Creech. Mrs. Barrie Davis, president, presided. 794 Towns Enter AFC Competition This year has produced the liveliest competition yet in the contest for “helping to build a Finer Carolina.” The 1954 contest has signed 164 entries, compared with 108 towns last year and 148 the year before. A list of the contestants was re leased today by the sponsor, Car olina Power & Light Co. The com pany is offering $6,750 in prizes to winning towns, divided into three population groups. Zebulon Included Towns of 1,001 to 2,500 popula tion in the contest include Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Kenly,! Spring Hope, Wendell and Zebu lon, all in North Carolina. Towns of 1,000 or less in the contest include Bailey, Chalybeate Springs, Knightdale, Middlesex, Rolesville, and Youngsvilla, all in North Carolina. SUPPER AND SHOW SCHEDULED TONIGHT Eastern Star members will hold their annual barbecue and brunswick stew supper in the Wakelon cafeteria from 5 to 7 o’clock this evening, with tickets still available at SI.OO each. Tonight’s affair is the only fund-raising event planned by the OES this year. Following the supper, the Wakelon PTA will present the state prison stage show in the school auditorium, with prof its to go to the activities bus fund. Mrs. Willie B. Hopkins, OES ways and means chairman, and Mrs. Billy Privette, PTA budget chairman, joins in urg ing all members of the com munity to attend both the sup per and the stage show. Legion Auxiliary Asks for Clothing During this month people in Zebulon who find that they have clothes which for some reason they can no longer wear are asked to give them for the people of Ko rea. This project is sponsored by the Zebulon American Legion Aux iliary until the first Friday in March. At that time the clothes will be packed for sending to Ko rea."” Mrs. Dabney Gill’s home on Arendell Avenue will be the col lection point. Clothes may be left on her front porch, in the event that she is not at home. The auxiliary voted to first give the clothes where they were needed in the community through their community service chairman, before shipping the balance to Ko rea. Zebulon Rotarian Conference Speaker Five members of the Zebulon Rotary Club attended sessions of the 278th Rotary District Confer ence Sunday through Tuesday of this week. The Conference was conducted in Rocky Mount with District Governor P. D. Midgette, Jr., presiding. Barrie Davis, president of the Zebulon Club, was on the program. Members of the local group at tending the Conference included Guy C. Massey, president-elect; Rodney McNabb, vice-president elect; Aaron Lowery, secretary elect; and Willie B. Hopkins. Wendell Teams Knock Wakelon Out of East Wake County Tourney The Wakelon girls, seeded first in the Eastern Division of the Wake County Basketball Tournament, met an aroused sextet from Wen dell on Wednesday night and lost, 83-82, to bow out of the competition for the Wake County Champion ship. Massey with 60 points led the Wendell attack. The winners led by 38-35 at halftime, following a second period rally. For Wakelon, Martha Temple was high scorer with 44 points. Perry tallied 22 and Richardson 16. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Services Rendered By PTA Groups Told at Meeting Services rendered children, par ents and teachers, and the com munity by Parent-Teacher groups were emphasized to members of the Wakelon PTA Monday night, when a Founders’ Day pageant, di rected by Mrs. Doris Privette, was presented in the school auditorium. Participating in the pageant were Mrs. Garland Godwin, repre senting parents; Mrs. S. J. Black ley, representing teachers; Clar ence Hocutt, representing the community; and Leslie Strickland, Claud Lee Dunn, Thurston Perry, Judy Overman, and Faye Griswold, representing youth. The pageant, given on the occa sion of the PTA’s 57th anniversary, was preceded by a devotional talk by Ed Ellington and two vocal selections, “Think on Me” and “I Want to Walk with Jesus,” by Mrs. L. M. Massey. Mrs. Massey was accompanied by Mrs. Ben Massey at the piano, and was introduced by Mrs. Ed El lington, music chairman. Mrs. El dred Rountree, program chairman, arranged for the pageant. Mr. Ellington emphasized the need for teaching Christian prin ciples in schools through example, and appealed to parents to coop erate in such instruction through regular attendance with their chil dren at Sunday School and church services. Prison Show Coming Reports were made at the ses sion by Mrs. Rachel Privette, bud get chairman, who told of the pris on show at Wakelon February 19; Mrs. S. J. Blackley, who discuss ed the county-wide PTA confer ence held recently at Willow Springs; and Principal W. R. Whit tenton, who appealed for regular attendance from now until the end of the current school year in order that Wakelon may retain its pres ent number of teachers and, there by, its public school music pro gram. Mrs. J. R. Sawyer, installed last month as new president of the Par ent-Teacher Association, presided at the meeting. Lions to Sponsor All Night Sing The Zebulon Lions Club is mak ing preparations for another popu lar All Night Sing, to be held Sat urday, April 3, in the Wakelon auditorium, according to Bill Mar ley, club secretary. Other scoring leaders for Wen dell were Roberts with 16 and Johnson with seven. The Wendell White Rams suc ceeded in eliminating the Wakelon Bulldogs from the tournament on Tuesday night with a 62-51 tri umph. Knott with 21 points led the White Rams. Other Wendell scoring leaders were Wood with 17, Ledford with 15, and Allen with seven. For Wakelon, Brown with 15 and Bullock with 14 were top scorers. Other scorers for the Bulldogs were Long, seven; Pearce, six; Al ford, six; and Perry, three.
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