THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 63.
ZEBULON MAN WITH GENERAL
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With the new “Honest John” artillery rocket in the background
at Fort Bragg, three North Carolina soldiers discuss a practice firing
mission with Brig. Gen. Howard E. Kessinger (third from left), com
mander of the XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, and Ist Lt. Lynwood
B. Lennon (second from right), 3rd Artillery Battery commander.
The men, on Exercise Flash Burn, are Pvt. Henry Teachey, Jr., of
Whiteville (left), Sgt. Frederick Dickerson (second from left) of
Zebulon, and Pvt. William G. Strader (right) of Elon College. Ser
geant Dickerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Dickerson, Route 2,
Zebulon, is a veteran of more than nine years in the Army. He was
last stationed in Germany with the 4th Infantry Division.
Wendell Glee Club Plans
Annual Concert Sunday
The Wendell Glee Club, under
the direction of Roger Cole, will
present its annual concert in the
Wendell High School auditorium
on Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.
The concert will be in three parts.
The first part, featuring sacred
music, will include numbers by
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Zin
garelli, sung by the Boys’ Chorus,,
and Girls’ Chorus, and a 12-voice
ensemble.
The second part, which will be
Lots of Dogs i
There were so many dogs
brought in to Zebulon to be vacci
nated on Wednesday afternoon that
the team sent by the Wake County
Health Department kept busy un
til 7:30, 30 minutes longer than
the time planned.
FARMERS GET TOWN WATER
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With tobacco having to be transplanted and no time to waste,
fanners from communities surrounding Zebulon flocked into town
for the past two weeks to get water to use. Shown above is part of
the long line waiting turns at drawing water from the town mains at
the old jail. In the photo is a truck with two 250 gallon drums, an
auto pulling a trailer with three 50 gallon drums, and a tractor pulling
a trailer loaded with drums and barrels.
made of spirituals, will include
“Down by the River Side,” by
the Boys’ Chorus; “Steal Away,”
by the Girls’ Quartet; “Wash My
Sins Away,” by the entire Glee
Club; and a medley of spirituals
by the Chorus and Boys’ Quartet.
The final portion of the program
will consist of a program of secu
lar music planned by the students.
John Chamblee will be master of
ceremonies, and the numbers to be
introduced include a solo by Jerry
Lovelace; “My Wild Irish Rose,”
by Jerry Lovelace and Linda
Sykes; and “Through the Years”
by the chorus as the concluding
number.
Suzanne Cook serves as accom
panist for the 64-voice Glee Club,
and Dean Richardson is organist
and assistant aocompanist. The
president of the group is Bill Ap
ple.
No charge will be made, but an
(See WENDELL, Page 7)
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, May 14, 1954
Wakettes to Sing
In Wilson Sunday
The Wakettes, an all girl sing
ing group from Zebulon will be
one of the more than 30 groups
who plan to participate in the East
ern North Carolina Singing Con
vention.
The convention, an annual af
fair, will be held in Wilson Sunday,
May 16. More than 10,000 persons,
weather permitting, are expected
for this, the fourteenth annual con
vention.
Starting time has been announc
ed by L. A. Hagwood of Middlesex
at 10 a. m. It is expected to last
well into the afternoon.
Groups from as far as Winston-
Salem, both amateur and profes
sional, have notified Mr. Hagwood
of their intentions to participate in
the all day event.
The Eastern North Carolina
Singing Convention is a non-profit
affair staged each year under the
sponsorship of the Wilson Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
There is no charge for admis
sion. It is entirely free for music
enthusiasts, young and old, who
wish to attend. Many families
bring their own lunch and spend
the entire day.
Poppy Sale to Be
Staged May 29
"Wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of Uncle Sam’s veterans
will be greeting you on the street
on May 29 with bright red pop
pies,” Mrs. Dabney Gill reported
yesterday. “Help disabled veter
ans salute their fallen comrades—
the dead of World Wars I and 11,
and of Korea —by wearing an
American Legion Auxiliary Poppy
on Poppy Day,” she continued.
Mrs. Gill is chairman in charge
of poppy sales for the Zebulon
American Legion Auxiliary. She
stated that wearing a poppy on
May 29 will be a personal way of
saying, “I remember, and am
grateful.”
Louisburg Plans
Unusual Theater
Louisburg College gymnasium is
currently the scene of rehearsal
for two dramatic performances to
be given in adapted arena-style
staging at 8 p. m., Tuesday, May
18.
The nation wide growing popu
larity of theater-in-the-round has
led the Louisburg Dramatics Club
to favor such a venture with two
plays chosen in the experiment.
Actors in Finders-Keepers in
clude Robert Frazier, Louisburg;
and Sue Manning, Middlesex;
Between the plays numbers will
be given by Mills High School
band under Director Earl Justice.
Sr. Club to Meet
The Senior Woman’s Club will
meet next Tuesday at 3:30 at the
club building. This will be the
last meeting of the year and also
a business meeting. Mrs. J. G. Lane
will be here to install the incom
ing officers. Mrs. Frank Kemp is
invited to sing and a social hour
will follow.
All members are urged by the
president to attend.
Wakelon Anticruminists
In Charge Here for a Day
David Alford, running for May
or of Zebulon on the Anticrumin
ist ticket, led the ticket in bal
loting at Wakelon School on Tues
day. The election was the kickoff
for the annual Youth Day held
DANCE TEACHER
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Mrs. H. C. Wade
Mrs. H. C. Wade will present
her pupils tonight in a dance revue
at the Wakelon High School Au
ditorium. Admission will be 25c 1
and 50c. The performance will be
gin at eight o’clock.
CANCER STRIKES AGAIN
Promising Student Dies Last Week
The tragedy of cancer, the dread
killer of old and young, was em
phasized last week by the death of
Miss Carolyn Tompkins, 19 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred L. Tompkins, Jr., of Donel
son, Tennessee. Cancer caused her
death.
Her mother is the former Annie
Privette, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. Privette of Zebulon,
Route 3.
Miss Tompkins was a brilliant
student. Because of her high scho
lastic record, she had been award
ed a scholarship for her freshman
and sophomore years at Peabody
College. She had already been
awarded a scholarship for her
forthcoming junior year.
A bright future had been ex
pected for Miss Tompkins, who
achieved an average of 94.5
through high school and stood sec
ond in her class. She had been
active in church work all her life,
and was a teacher in the primary
department of her Sunday School.
WAKELON ACTIVITIES BUS
Wakelon’s gold and black activities bus is shown loaded with
seniors just before the class left for Washington, D. C. The new bus
is a project of the Wakelon Parent-Teacher Association, which has
worked long and hard to make the bus possible. The senior trip
was the first to be taken on the activities bus.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Wednesday when students from
Wakelon take over the municipal
government for a day.
Alford won 111 votes to 15 for
(Richard Bullock, candidate for
Mayor on the Heptocrat ticket.
The Heptocrats took one of the
seven offices at stake in the elec
tion, putting Russell Moss in as
Judge of Recorder’s Court with
79 votes over Ann Upchurch who
had 47 votes.
Successful Anticruminist can
didates for Commissioner were
Donald Driver, Douglas Cooke,
Martha Temple, Becky Brantley,
and Frank Privette. The opponents
on the Heptocrat ticket were
Douglas Perry, Katie Joyce Ellins,
Willard Gay, Cordell Page, and
Peggy Richardson.
Students Sworn In
Zebulon’s Town Manager Wil
lie B. Hopkins swore the stu
dents into office.
Immediately upon taking over
the Municipal Building, the new
government made these appoint
ments:
Helen Todd, office secretary;
Phil Brown, town attorney; Wayne
Perry, Chief of Police; Peggy Rich
ardson, night policeman; Patsy All
man, utility policeman; Jean
Bunn, Clerk of Court; and Sar
ah Tippett, town clerk.
The fire department, as named
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Carolyn Tompkins
The prevalence of cancer is em
phasized by the Wake County Can
cer Society, which states that can
cer strikes one out of five of all
Americans.