THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 46.
GOVERNOR UMSTEAD ENDORSES AUTO INSPECTION
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Governor William Umstead has given his “official and personal endorsement” to a plan for the
voluntary safety inspection of automobiles promulgated by the Carolina Safety League. The free
inspections are to begin this Spring. Above Governor Umstead hands his signed endorsement to
Thomas A. Williams of Greensboro, chairman of the League. On the left of the picture are Mrs. Bessie
Ballentine of Raleigh and McAlister Carson, Jr., of Charlotte, secretary-treasurer and vice-chairman of
the League, respectively. On the right of the picture is State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ed Scheidt,
a League director, who calls the movemerJt “one of the finest things that has happened since I took office.’
WORLD PEACE SPEAKER REPORTS
Hope for Peace Is Paramount
The following article is the talk given by Richard Bullock at the World Peace Speaking Contest
held at Wakelon School last Thursday night. Richard won first place and the opportunity to
enter district competition in Raleigh next month. Second place was awarded Ruth Temple, and
third place was won by Helen Faye Todd. Eight students gave talks in the contest, which is
sponsored here each year by the Zebulon Rotary Club, i
The people of the world today
cry for peace! Hope for a lasting
peace is paramount!
Twice during the last century
we have seen the world erupt in
war—terrible and cruel war; that
showed no mercy for love, life, and
humanity; devastating war that
may still be felt in the hearts and
homes of the people over the
world.
Today We are emerging from a
war just as terriole, just as heart
breaking, and just as devastating
to thousands upon thousands of
people as was the last one.
Yet, above all this has stood out
a hope—the hope for peace. But
this hope has been dimmed.
Since nine years ago when Rus
sia and the free world stood vic
torious over an enemy which
threatened the survival of the free
world, this hope has faded. Since
$35.00 Fee Is Set for Evening
Use of National Guard Armory
Because of the heavy expenses
involved in preparations and
cleaning, a fee of $35 has been
set for aij evening’s use of the
Zebulon National Guard Armory
assembly room, according to Capt.
Barrie Davis, commander ol Bat
tery A. The charge will include
all expenses incurred in cleaning
the assembly room and toilets fol
lowing use of the building.
The unit commander said that
some means of reducing the
amount of this charge is being
sought, but at the present time the
$35 fee is the smallest charge pos
sible.
There is over a half million
dollars in Federal property stor
ed in the armory to train and
equip local Guardsmen. Battery A
has so much, in fact, that over
$50,000 worth of vehicles and
weapons must be stored in the
main assembly hall.
‘‘This equipment must be moved
outside before the assembly hall
can be used by outside organize -
that momentous hour, we have
seen this hope for freedom and
peace become dimmer and dimmer
and these nations become enemies
in the struggle for survival.
The United States and the free
world have sought peace and se
curity with cooperation and un
derstanding, not with armament
and aggression!
The' Soviet Union chose a dif
ferent way. It took the way of
communism which teaches its citi
zens that the individual does not
count and that the group is all
that is important. This same
communism teaches its citizens
what to think and not how to
think. It took the way of force
and power: huge armies, subver
sion, and aggression!
Just how can Communist ag
gression and preparation for ag
tions,” Capt. Davis said, “and a
man must be assigned to stand
guard over it all the time it is
outside. Then after activities in
the hall are over,, the vehicles,
trailers, and guns must be taken
back inside.”
In addition, the building, as Fed
eral property, must be ready for
inspection by Federal authorities
at any time, and for this reason
must be cleaned immediately fol
lowing use.
According to Unit Administra
tor Johnsey P. Arnold, the local
Guard unit has no equipment of
any kind which can be used by
outside organizations. The few
chairs and tables held by Battery
A are Federal property and must
be used only for training by the
Guardsmen.
“As soon as we can raise the
money,” he said, “We hope to pur
chase needed chairs, tables, and
other equipment which can be used
at dances, banquets, and similar
activities.”
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, March 16, 1954
gression be prevented by the free
world?
The objective of the free world
today is to convince the commu
nists that aggression, disguised or
direct, will be met by a united
force —a ‘force which will
threaten the very survival of the
aggressor. The free world knows
from experience that the price of
liberty is sacrifice and vigilance.
It knows that aggression is a threat
to the free world and must be met
by a united force.
We, and the other free peoples
of the free world, are sending our
young men into the armed forces
and paying heavy taxes in a geared
program for rearament. The prin
cipal objective of such a plan of
rearmament is not to prepare to
fight a third world war, but to
prevent such a war by discourag
ing aggression.
Is the United Nations the an
swer to the problem of communist
aggression and preparation for ag
gression?
The United Nations charter
states as its purpose the prevention
of aggression and the maintenance
of peace. Adlai Stevenson says
of the United Nations: “A world
wide organization of states united
in strength to maintain interna
tional peace and security.” If the
governments loyally support the
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Sr. Woman's Club
Will Meet Today
Miss Mary Lacy Palmer, Home
Economics teacher at Wakelon
School, will be featured in a
program on the American Home
at the meeting this afternoon in
the Woman’s Club building. The
meeting will begin at 3:30, fifteen
minutes earlier than usual.
Mrs. C. V. Whitley is program
leader for the meeting.
Miss Palmer is recognized as a
leader in the field of home eco
nomics. She has taught at Wake
lon for many years, and in addi
tion to her other duties, works
with the Zebulon Farm Bureau
Auxiliary.
Southern Bell Begins Rural
Experiments with Transistors
To Improve Telephone System
Field trials are scheduled to
start in the next few weeks on a
new rural telephone system which
holds promise of helping provide
more and better service to the na
tion’s farming areas, Edwin A.
Clement, District Manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany, announced here today.
The transistor, the revolution
ary electronic device invented at
the Bell Telephone Laboratories,
is the heart of the new system
which permits many conversations
to share a pair of telephone wires
without interfering with each oth
er. It can operate over distances
as short as five miles. Other sys
tems of transmission not using the
transistor have been able to do
this economically only over much
longer distances.
Bell Laboratories engineers are
setting up equipment for the ex
periment in farming communities
near Americus, Georgia, about 130
miles south of Atlanta.
The field trials will be conduct
ed throughout the spring and sum
mer in order to test this sys
tem under all types of atmos
pheric and other conditions relat
ed to telephone transmission.
The transistor is a tiny rugged
device which can do most of the
things a vacuum tube can do but
requires only a very small amount
Program on Art
Planned Tonight
Tonight at 8 o’clock, the mem
bers of the Zebulon Junior Wo
man’s Club will hear a talk by
Mrs. Ralph Bunn, Chairman of the
Club Art Department, on “Public
school Art Today and Yesterday.”
Prior to the meeting, beginning
at 7:30, a study course on parlia
mentary procedure will be taught
by Mrs. Elwood Perry. Every
member of the club is urged to
attend.
NEW ORGAN AT FRIENDSHIP
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Shown above is the new Hammond spinet organ in the Friendship
Freewill Baptist Church near Emit. This organ was installed last
November, and it will be dedicated at the church’s annual homecoming
celebration this year. Mrs. Darius Wilder, organist, is seated at the
organ. Miss Phyliss Allen is assistant organist.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
of power. It previously has been
used in some telephone apparatus,
blit this is the first complete sys
tem of telephone equipment which
will use these new electronic de
vices.
More than 300 transistors will
be used in the equipment on trial
as Americus. Advantage will be
taken of the lower power re
quirements and the reduction in
size of various parts which the
transistor affords. This is ex
pected to result in cutting the
overall size of the equipment to
about one-tenth of what it would
be if vacuum tubes and their re
lated equipment were used.
It is this reduction of size and
power requirements made possi
ble by the transistor that has en
abled telephone engineers to de
sign a system economical for such
short distances.
AWOL Son-in-Law
Killed on Friday
Greene Privette is reported to
have decided he couldn’t put up
with the way his son-in-law was
treating Greene’s daughter, so last
Friday evening about 8 p. m., he
shot the son-in-law to death at the
Privette home on M. L. Hag
wood’s farm in Franklin County.
The colored tenant farmer was
taken to jail in Louisburg follow
ing the killing and full details were
not available yesterday.
The son-in-law, James E. Deck,
was absent without leave from
Camp Gordon, Ga., at the time of
his death, and notices had been
sent to the Zebulon police depart
ment and the Wake County Sher
iff’s office by the Army.
Reports state that the son-in-law
beat his wife last week, defied
Green’s orders to stay away from
the house, and threatened his
father-in-law with a knife prior
to the shooting.