THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 70.
LIONS ELECT OFFICERS
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New officers of the Zebulon Lions Club were installed by
Deputy District Governor George Cherry of Raleigh last Thursday
evening. In the top photo are, seated: Randolph Hendricks, treasurer;
Jerry Hagwood, president; and Alvin Beck, secretary; standing:
Bill Marley, 2nd vice-president; M. L. Hagwood, Ist vice-president;
and Battle Corbett, 3rd vice-president. In the photo below are
Frank Kemp, Tail Twister; Frank Kannon, director; and Hardin
Hinton, Lion Tamer.
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George Cherry Installs
Zebulon Lions' Officers
George Cherry, Deputy • Gov
ernor of District 31-E, installed the
new officers for the Zebulon Lions
Club last Thursday evening,
charging each with the duties of
the office he holds. Jerry Hag
wood was installed as president of
the Zebulon club, succeeding Gil
bert Beck.
Other officers installed during
the service include M. L. Hag
wood, Ist'vice-president; Bill Mar
ley, 2nd vice-president; and Battle
Corbett, 3rd vice-presndent.
Alvin Beck is secretary; Ran-
WOW Meeting
The Woodmen of the World are
going to meet in the Woman’s Club
building Wednesday night at 8 o’-
clock, and the program for the
dedication of the flag and pole at
the National Guard armory will be
the main topic to be discussed.
The Little River Camp of the
Woodmen, with J. P. Price as
Consul Commander, gave the flag
pole to local National Guardsmen.
The dedication is set for Sun
day, June 20, at 4 p. m.
1-A Delinquents Warned
The registrants listed below are
delinquents classified in 1-A by
Wake County Selective Service
Board No. 93. These delinquent
registrants have failed to comply
with the Selective Service Regula
tions.
Members of the registrant’s fam
ily and others acquainted with
him are requested to render as
sistance in locating the delinquent.
These delinquent registrants are
dolph Hendricks, treasurer; Hard
in Hinton, Lion Tamer; and Frank
Kemp returned to the office of Tail
Twister.
Installed for two-year terms as
director were Frank Kannon and
H. A. Hodge. Directors with one
year left to serve are Clarence
Hocutt and Henry Massey.
Gilmer Parrish is chaplain of
the club for the coming year.
'Bill Marley was cofhplimented
for his work as secretary during
the past year and Mr. Cherry pre
sented him with a special trophy
acclaiming him a “100% Secre
tary.”
In his short speech following ac
ceptance of the gavel, President
Hagwood told of his relief when
he read in 4he instructions to new
presidents that club presidents do
not have to be speakers. “I thank
you for your confidence,” he told
the Lions, “and I will do all I can
to live up to it.”
Howard Hicks, Raleigh Lion,
told of the Convention to be held
in Raleigh June 13-15. “We always
expect something unusual from
Zebulon,” he said in compliment
ing the local Lions on their activi
(See LIONS, Page 2)
requested to immediately contact
this board. If they do not do so,
the Selective Service Board will
be compelled to order them to re
port for induction in the forthcom
ing call.
Included are Willie Jackson,
Manley Archibald, Padrick, Cleave
Baker, James Coggins, William
Thomas Nichols, Nathan Junior
Butler, Connie Reavis Nichols, Eli
jah Johnson.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 8, 1954
11,000 Tar Heels Aid Defense
Os Country in Observer Work
THINKING OF CRIME?
It Just Don't Pay
If a man’s gotta have meat and
bread, he better find some other
way besides stealing to get it,
Leamon Hodge, Zebulon Negro,
discovered Sunday afternoon.
Sometime Saturday Leamon bor
rowed a ladder from behind Home
Builders Corporation, placed it
against the side of Page Store
Company, climbed it, and entered
the store through a fan opening.
On his way through the store,
Leamon gathered ‘together four
pairs of overalls, 8 pounds of lard,
50 pounds of flour, two hams, three
cartons of cigarettes, and $6.00
from the cash register. He con
tinued his meanderings right on
out the back door of the store.
Sunday Zebulon Police Chief
Willie B. Hopkins, ably assisted by
a finger print man and Sheriff’s
Deputies W. E. Watkins and Jim
Fish, went to work on the case.
Wanted Money Loan
M. W. Page, owner of this store,
reported that Leamon Hodge, a
former employee, had tried to bor
row money Saturday afternoon.
The bit of information caused Chief
Hopkins to opine that the job was
just the sort of thing Leamon
would pull off, so he and the depu
ties went on out to Pearl Hodge’s
to ask about her brother.
Davis Appointed
To Committee
The appointment of Ferd L. Da
vis, Zebulon attorney, to the reso
lutions committee of the North
Carolina Bar Association was an
nounced this week by W. L. Thorp
of Rocky Mount, NCBA president.
The work of the resolutions
committee this year will be espe
cially important, says President
Thorp, because of redistricting
considerations. There - has been
considerable agitation for creation
of a separate judicial district for
Wake County because of the heavy
docket each month, and the com
mittee will probably make a rec
ommendation on Wake as well as
other areas.
Judicial System Revision
Other matters to be considered
by the committee, according to
President Thorp, are revision of
the judicial system and procedural
reforms.
Members of the committee in ad
dition to Davis are former Lt. Gov.
J. Elmer Long of Durham, Banks
Arendell of Raleigh. John M.
Strong of Raleigh, and T. Winfield
Blackwell of Winston-Salem.
David Massey Finds
Earliest Cockleburr
David Massey last week brought
in a fully developed cockle burr
(sheep burr) plant loaded with
the thorny burrs. He told theTlec
ord that he found the plant on
June 2. This is the earliest re
port of a fully developed cockle
burr in the files of the Record.
Leamon was alert enough to see
the officers coming and highballed
it for the woods, but the fleet
footed lawmen caught him any
how, and along with Leamon re
covered all the loot except two
cartons of cigarettes and the $6.00
in money.
Rural Fire Truck
Shown in Raleigh
The Zebulon Rural Fire Truck
was in Raleigh yesterday morn
ing, parked in front of the Wake
County Court House for inspec
tion by the Wake County Board of
Commissioners. Also present was
rural firefighting equipment from
Apex and Cary.
The Commissioners were plan
ning assistance to rural areas in
their fire fighting work, and
wanted to see what has been done
so far. The Zebulon truck was cit
ed as an outstanding example.
Requested by Heater
The presence of the equipment
was requested by Board Chairman
Russell O. Heater, who reports he
is anxious to see his plans for ru
ral fire departments put into ef
fect before his term of office ex
pires. Heater wa»- defeated in the
Democratic Primary May 29 by
Dewey Powell of Apex.
Fly Control to Be
Shown on Friday
A fly control demonstration will
be held on the farm of Mr. W. V.
Green which is located 6 miles
north of Raleigh on U. S. No. 1,
Friday, June 11, at 2:00 p. m.
The purpose of this meeting is
to both demonstrate methods of
application as well as the use of
the different insecticide materials.
Methoxychlor will be used to
spray the cows and malathion will
be used as residual spray and in
the dry sugar and flake forms.
Tar River Association WMU Plans
Special Conclave Thursday, Friday
The Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Tar River Baptist Associa
tion is sponsoring a Conclave for
the Royal Ambassadors and Girls
Auxiliary of Junior age on June
10-11 at "Loui burg College.
Registration from 4 to 6 on
Thursday will be followed by sup
per at>g:3o. A Vesper service with
a message by Rev. Eugene Owens
and a religious film are the fea
tures of the evening hour, closing
with games.
On Friday, after Morning Watch
at 7:15 and breakfast, there will
be an hour of conference and study
in Bible, Church Membership and
Junior Witnessing, led by W. W.
Leathers, Ist Church, Henderson;
M. A. Pegram, Pilot; Bill Jackson,
Raleigh; V. E. Duncan, Louisburg;
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Ground Observer
Corps Is Proving
Value to Nation
Over 330,000 civilians are con
tributing their time and energy
to the wide-spread Ground Obser
ver Corps in the United States,
Sgt. Rue Gober told the Zebulon
Rotarians on Friday night. The
Air Force non-commissioned of
ficer, a member of the 4674th
Ground Observer Squadron sta
tioned in Durham, described the
work of the Ground Observer
Corps in his talk.
Sgt. Gober emphasized the need
of an efficient Ground Observer
Corps by telling of the power of
the Russian Air Force, which he
said is equal or better than that
of the United States.
In case of war, he said, the ini
tial attack will be made through
the air, with planes flying, faster
than sound carrying atomic bombs
(See OBSERVER, Page 4)
Williams Winner
Os Power Mower
C. T. Williams, Jr., of Wakefield
was winner of a Johnston power
lawn mower on the Westinghouse
television show last week. The
mower is valued at over SIOO, and
the Wakefield winner obtained his
entry blank from A. C. Perry &
Company, Westinghouse dealer in
Zebulon.
The show is shown each Tuesday
and is sponsored by the three
Westinghouse dealers in Zebulon,
Raleigh and Durham. A SIOO prize
is awarded each week.
Didn’t Know He Won
C. T. did not know he had won
until the next day when neigh
bors told of seeing the show on
their television sets.
Anyone in the community is eli
gible to enter the contest. Entry
blanks are available at any time
from A. C. Perry & Company.
Mrs. John Gill, Warrenton; and
Mrs. John Newell, Littleton.
At 11 o’clock Rev. Rogers M.
Smith, of the Foreign Mission
Board, Richmond, Va., will speak.
Recreation in swimming and
baseball will be the program for
the afternoon.
A religious film followed by a
second message of Rogers M.
Smith will feature the evening
hour, the closing service of the
Conclave.
The general public is invited to
the 11:00 and 7:30 o’clock services.
Overnight accommodations and
meals are provided by the Col
lege. The Conclave is for boys and
girls, ages 9-12 of any church in
the Tar River, whether it has a
RA or organization or not.