THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 49.
SPEAKS AT MIDDLESEX
Special Help Is Needed
For Exceptional Children
By Dallas Mallison
An address on the subject of ed
ucation for “The Exceptional
Child” highlighted the March
meeting of the local PTA which
was held Monday night in the
school auditorium.
Using as her subject, “Our Re
sponsibilities for Educating the
Handicapped Child,” Miss Rebec
ca Talbert, who is Special Educa
tion teacher at the Wakelon School
at Zebulon, gave a most interest
ing and informative lecture to the
local PTA.
Miss Talbert explained that “The
Exceptional Child” includes not
only the below-average child but
also the above-average child. Thus,
to this group belong both the
mentally-retarded, the slow learn
ers and the handicapped children
as well as the superior and gifted
children.
'‘Special Education,” she said, “is
that subject of instruction and
study in our schools which is
dealing directly with the educa
tion of these types of children. It
is new, quite different and has
seen great increases during the
past few years,” she concluded.
The importance of this type of
education, when pointed out, is
seen in the fact that at least one
fourth of our total school popu
lation belong to either the above
or below average groups of school
children.
Another indication of the im
portance of “Special Education” is
gained from the fact that actual
tests reveal that at least 85 per
cent of exceptional children have
normal or above-normal minds,
she declared.
North Carolina with only 140
special education teachers in its
entire public school system ranks
at the very bottom in this respect,
she said.
She also said that not one college
Howard Hicks Speaks
To Lions and Guests
Howard Hicks, Chairman for the
coming State Lions Convention to
be held in Raleigh, was speaker
at the meeting of the Zebulon
Lions Club last Thursday night.
The Lionesses were honored guests
of the club.
Lion Hicks told of the program
being planned for the State Con
vention and described the value
to Lions of attending the Con
vention.
The invocation was asked by
Gilmer Parrish, and Milton Bryant
introduced the guests. The wel
come to the Lionesses and guests
was expressed by Clarence Hocutt,
and Lioness Ruby Hendricks gave
the response.
President Gilbert Beck presided
at the meeting.
Following the program, the
Lions and their guests adjourned
to the Wakelon gymnasium for a
dance. The Zebulon Club has 58
members at present.
Snake Show
An unusual program, “The Truth
About Snakes,” was given by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Naidl of the United
States Society of Zoology of Wash
ington, D. C., on Monday to the
students of Middlesex High School.
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or university in this State offers
either the Masters or Doctors de
gree in this field.
Teachers of Special Education,
she said, are not alloted like oth
er teachers in this State but are
paid out of special funds set up
by each General Assembly, thus
making the very existence of this
new kind of education dependent
upon the will and whim of every
legislature that meets.
Most all exceptional children
can learn and can become self
supporting, responsible and con
tributing members of society if
given the proper education, she
declared.
Miss Talbert was introduced by
Mrs. Gladys Johnson who in turn
was introduced by Mrs. W. F.
Powell, who is chairman of the
program committee. Mrs. Stephen
A. Smith presided, and Mrs. Mo
zelle Amspacher read the minutes
of the last meeting.
The 9B class and the 5-6 grades
won prizes for attendance.
SENATOR HERE
Senator Alton Lennon was in
Zebulon shaking hands yesterday
and asking for votes and support.
He reported he had flown down
from Washington for the day of
visiting in the county.
Unknown Thieves
Enter Scout Hut
By Leary Davis
Sometime between Monday,
March 15, and Saturday, March
20, some vandals broke into the
Zebulon Boy Scout hut, entering
through the back door by taking
the hinge off the lock.
The vandals then took a first
aid kit, valued at over SIB.OO, and
ruined it by pouring the antiseptics
on the table, burning some of the
supplies, and taking the rest with
i them.
Scout Charles Murphy discover
ed the shambles the vandals made
of the hut when he went to the
hut Saturday to borrow a tent.
Miraculously, the tent was there,
unrolled and unharmed n.i the ta
ble.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
was given all the information the
Scouts could gather on Tuesday,
but he disclosed no clues by yes
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Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 26, 1954
Shotgun, Knives
Figure in Four
Court Cases Here
Judge Irby Gill had a long day
Wednesday at the second March
session of the Zebulon Recorder’s
Court, when he heard evidence un
til 6:30 p. m., with one action con
suming nearly four hours of the
court’s time.
The long trial, which was a con
solation of four charges and coun
ter-charges growing out of an at
tempt by Calvin Barham to use a
plantation road on the Lad Fer
rell farm near Beulah Church, re
sulted in conviction of the cam
plaining witnesses and defendants
in all four cases.
Testimony showed that G. T.
Locklair had plowed up the road,
which Barham used for access to
a rented farm, and Barham at
tempted to use the road last Sat
urday, despite its plowed condi
tion. Locklair armed himself with
a shotgun to prevent what he re
garded as a trespass, and Mrs.
Barham armed herself with a
weapon, variously identified as a
steak knife two feet long and a
corn knife one foot long, to pre
vent what she regarded as an as
sault on her son.
No bloodshed occurred, however,
(See COURT, Page 8)
Pvt . Norman Dean
At Camp Hale, Colo .
Pvt. Norman Dean, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Dean, Wen
dell, is at Camp Hale, Colo., tak
ing part in Exercise Ski Jump, the
Army’s 1954 mountain and cold
weather training maneuver
He is a military policeman in
the 511th Airborne Regmental
Combat Team’s 3rd Military Police
Detachment which is learning
techniques of winter warfare and
survival under sub-zero condi
tions high in the Colorado Rockies
Private Dean entered the Army
in February, 1953, and completed
basic training at Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Zebulon Beauty Shop
Has Good Opening
Over 200 guests attended the
open house at the new Zebulon
Beauty Shop on Wednesday after
noon and evening. Mrs. Ruby Man
ning, manager, expressed her ap
preciation and gratification for the
many visitors and the floral ar
rangements received during the
day.
Mrs. Repsie McGee was award
ed first prize at the drawing Wed
nesday evening. Other prizes were
given Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, Mrs.
Tom Kimball, Mrs. E. D. Elling
ton, and Mrs. Ronald Phillips.
The beauty shop is beautifully
decorated in green, yellow, and
maroon. Modern furniture is used
in the waiting room, and all new
equipment is installed in the shop.
Mack Hocutt Wins
Rating of Superior
Mack Hocutt, son of the Clar
ence Hocutts won a superior rat
ing in organ at the Music Festi
val in Spartanburg, S. C., last
weekend. The orchestra and the
chorus from the State School for
the Blind, both of which Mack was
in, also won a superior rating.
NEW PASTOR
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Rev. Cranor F. Graves
Wendell Church to
Have New Pastor
The Reverend Cranor Franklin
Graves has been appointed editor
of the North Carolina Catholic,
weekly newspaper of the Dio
cese of Raleigh, by the Reverend
Vincent S. Waters, Bishop of Ral
eigh. He will succeed the Rev.
Frederick A. Koch, who is leaving
for a year’s study at the Univer
sity of Rome.
Father Graves is a native of
Kinston and attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina and St.
Charles College in Maryland. His
theological studies were completed
at St. Mary’s Seminary in Balti
more.
In addition to his new duties as
editor of the diocesan newspaper,
he is administrator of the parishes
of St. Catherine’s at Wake Forest
and St. Eugene’s at Wendell.
The former editor of the paper,
Father Koch, has served since
September 1947, succeeding Dale
Francis of Charlotte.
Cpl. Douglas Williams
Stationed in Alaska
Army Cpl. Douglas Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wil
liams, Route 2, Zebulon, recently
arrived in Alaska for duty with
the 4th Regimental Combat Team.
Corporal Williams, a former stu
dent at Greensboro A&T College
and a member of Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity, re entered the Army
last January.
Irrigation Demonstration Will Be
Held at Carl Goodwin's Farm, Apex
By G. L. Winchester
An irrigation demonstration will
be held on the farm of Carl Good
win, who lives above Apex next
to Olive Chapel Church, on Wed
nesday, March 31, at 2:00 p. m.
This demonstration is being put on
by the Extension Service, Soil Con- ;
servation Service and the Agricul
tural Teachers. Howard Ellis, Ex
tension Agricultural Engineering
Specialist of State College, will
have at least three distributors of
irrigation equipment on the
scene.
Irrigation is fairly new in Wake
County and the agricultural work
ers are tempting to set up basic
standards that should be met in
purchasing an irrigation system.
These standards are set on amount
of water available, acreage to be
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Rapid Expansion
01 Power Firm
Told to Rotarians
The tremendous growth of Caro
lina Power and Light Company
during the last ten years was re
lated by Ralph Talton, manager
of the Zebulon district office, at
the Friday night meeting of the
Zebulon Rotary Club. The speaker
has spent 25 years with Carolina
Power and Light.
The Zebulon district includes
nine incorporated towns, Talton
said, and covers 1,550 square miles.
It extends 60 miles in a southern
northeast direction, and 40 miles
across.
Confirming the growth, the Zeb
ulon manager cited the increase
from 4,235 power customers ten
years ago to 14,000 today. The dis
tribution lines have increased from
450 miles in 1944 to 1,555 miles
today. The investment in this dis
trict has increased from 2Mj mil
lion to six million dollars.
Last year’s sales were greater
than ever before, Talton said.
Rocky Mount Mills is the largest
single customer in the district.
“Our company must see the
need and plan ahead for growth
like that,” he commented.
The payroll of the Zebulon dis
trict is nearly $130,000 a year.
Inis includes 34 employees and ten
contract crewmen, including the
24 employees working at the Zeb
ulon office.
We try to provide a feeling of
security for these employees,” the
Zebulon manager said. He stated
that the extremely small turnover
(See ROTARY, Page 8)
Bunn Senior Class
To Present Play
The Senior Class of Bunn High
School will present the play, “The
Whiz Kids” at the school audi
torium Friday night, March 26, at
7:30 o’clock.
The following students compose
the cast: Nancy May, Jimmy Rich
ardson, Barbara Bunn, Jimmy
Taylor, Ava Cash, Winston Jones,
Zonnie Burgeron, Bobby Strick
land, Laßue Richards, Charlie
Bass, Berniece Joyner, Harold
Jones, and Tillie Privette.
The directors of the play are
Mrs. Thelma Pippin and Mrs. Jean
Christman.
covered, crop it is to be used on,
infiltration rates of the soil and
size of system coordinated.
G. W. Miller, Jr., County Agent,
states that best estimates give us
over 800 ponds in Wake County
and with the high cost and high
yields that are sought for, he and
other agricultural workers feel
that irrigation can be profitable
in many instances. However, there
are many instances where a per
son will buy the equipment with
out meeting certain standards
which will almost be impossible
for the system to pay for itself.
He states that this meeting we
will have represented, men of the
best know-how in the state on the
subject of irrigation and that ev
ery one that is interested in irri
gation is invited to attend.