THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 71.
WAS PRECEDENT SET?
Zoning Croup Bypassed;
Attorney Says It's Legal
The members of the Zebulon
Board of Commissioners possibly
established a precedent on Monday
night when they bypassed the
Zebulon Zoning Commission by
rezoning residential property to
business without submitting the
proposal to the Zoning Commission
for its recommendations and
report.
The property, located across
North Alley from the post office,
is listed as Lot No. 15 in Block
No. 17, facing Horton Street.
No- members of the Zoning Com
mission were present at the meet
ing of the Board of Commissioners
Monday night when the Commis
sioners voted unanimously to re
zone the property.
Several members of the Board
expressed surprise that members
of the Zoning Commission had
not attended the Monday night
Rain, Wind, Hail
Hit This Week
Rain, wind, and hail storms
struck communities around Zebu
lon twice this week, damaging
crops on Tuesday and Wednesday
night. A severe storm Tuesday
night brought both hail and wind
damage to areas to the north and
south of Zebulon, and a second
storm Wednesday night brought
slight hail.
Tuesday night’s wind broke
large limbs from trees and lifted
the roof off a farm building near
Rolesville. The hail accompanying
the wind and rain devastated some
tobacco fields to the north and east
and did damage in the Corinth sec
tion.
Areas not hurt by the wind and
hail benefited greatly from the
rain, however, because the ground
was fast drying during the extend
ed hot weather and crops were be
ginning to suffer.
Homecoming
Union Chapel will have home
coming Sunday, June 13. Sunday
School will be at 10:00 o’clock. A
basket lunch will be spread on the
grounds at 1:00 o’clock.
In the afternoon there will be
singing by different choirs and
quartets.
Need Low Cost Housing? $3,800
Will Buy New Home
Need a house —a nice house for
a small family—for $3,800? You
can get one now in Zebulon
for just that small amount. J. W.
Strickland, to prove it, built such a
house on West Vance Street, com
plete with a large living room, kit
chen-dinette, two bedrooms, and
a bath.
The house has 900 square feet of
floor space, and is finished out
side of brick, wood, and asbestos
siding, presenting a modern look.
The front door opens into the
large living room. To the left is
the bath and two bedrooms. At the
meeting which was advertised in
the Record.
According to Section 14 of
Zebulon’s zoning ordinance, the
Board of Commissioners has the
authority on its own motion or
on petition, after public notice
and hearing as provided by law,
to amend, supplement, or change,
modify or repeat the boundaries
or regulations of the ordinance,
after submitting the same to the
town Zoning Commission for its
recommendations and report.
The complaints heard about the
Board of Commissioners’ action
were not against the decision to
rezone the property, but rather
in taking the action without first
submitting the proposition to the
Zoning Commission.
Town Attorney Foster Finch said
the Commissioner’s action was
entirely and was taken to save
time and money by eliminating
one advertising and a special
meeting by the Zoning Commis
sion.
The attorney said that he felt
the Monday night action would
not establish any precedent since
it was “a special case requiring
immediate action.” The Zebulon
Masonic Lodge plans to purchase
the property to erect a building,
but he felt that the Zoning Corn
act as rapidly as possible.
Dr. L. M. Massey, chairman of
the Zoning Commission, said no
members of the Commission were
I present at the Board meeting;
but he felt that the Zoning Com-
mission should be asked for its
recommendations on changes in
the ordinance if the Commission
were to be effected.
Other members of the Zoning
Commission are G. K. Corbett,
(See ZONING, Page 4)
Revival at
The Middlesex Baptist Church is
planning their annual revival ser
vices to begin at 8:00 o’clock Sun
day night, June 13. Services will
continue each weekday night at
8:00 p. m. The final service of
the meeting will be Sunday morn
ing June 20, at the 11:00 worship
hour.
The Rev. William T. Vest, pas
tor of the Old Forest Road Bap
tist Church of Lynchburg, Virgin
ia, will be the visiting minister.
He is at present a senior student
at Southeastern Baptist Theological
in Zebulon
rear is the kitchen, complete with
double basin sink and built-in cab
inets, and wired for an electric
stove.
Opening off the kitchen is a car
port paved with concrete.
Both the kitchen and bath have
inlaid linoleum on the floors.
Strickland says he will build
duplicate houses on anyone’s lot for
$3,800, or he will furnish both
house and lot for $4,800. “This
proves a good, low-price house can
be built,” he said.
The house, located across from
Wakelon Gin, will be open for in-
spection tomorrow and Sunday.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 11, 1954
New Privilege License Schedule
Adopted by Zebulon Town Board
The Wakelon activities bus,
a project of the Parent-Teach
er Association, is completely
paid for. Principal W. R. Whit
• i
tenton this week sent a check
for over SBOO to complete pay
ment on the bus. The money
came from the School Fund,
and was accumulated during
the time that Principal Whit
tenton served here.
Drunkenness in Zebulon High
Recreation—ls You End Up in Court
More folks than usual are get
ting drunk or getting caught
while drunk—judging by the dock
et at the Zebulon Recorder’s Court
on Wednesday, June 9. Ten of the
cases tried involved drunkenness
on the part of the defendants.
For be : ng publicly drunk in
Zebulon Willie Parks of Raleigh
and Zonie Tant were fined $lO and
costs.
J. C. Tar t was sentenced to 30
days suspe ided on payment of
sls fine and costs for public
drunkenness in Zebulon.
For public drunkenness in Zebu
lon, Grover Wells was sentenced to
30 days. Bord was set at S2OO to
insure his appearance on Septem-
Middlesex
Seminary at Wake Forest.
A church official has stated that
the young visiting minister
preaches the Word of God in a
simple, clear, and forceful man
ner. It was further stated that
his type of preaching is often call
ed “old time Bible preaching.”
Assisting in the meeting will be
the pastor, Rev. Frank Zedick,
conducting ihe singspiration ser
vice each night.
The Middlesex church choir will
present musical selections through
the week as well as other planned
musical features.
A piano as well as an electric
organ will be employed for the
singspiration service. Annie V.
Hilliard, the church organist, will
be assisted by Kay Johnson as
pianist.
The public is cordially invited to
each of these revival services.
Devil Dogs Win
The Wendell Devil Dogs trounc
ed the Norlina Hornets last Sun
day by a score of 19 to 8 in a Cen
tral Carolina League game at Wen
dell. Lefty Lowell Davis pitched
the game for Wendell.
League schedule placards and
pocket schedules are available to
any one who wants them at Rich
ardson’s Jewelry Shop, Wendell.
Bus Paid For
Mr. Whittenton, who this
spring submitted his resigna
tion to the Wakelon School
Board, stated that he wanted
the person who succeeds him
as head of Wakelon to be able
to start the year with no out
standing obligations. The bus
project was begun and with
the final payment, completed
—during Mr. Whittenton’s
work here.
ber 8, when he will begin serving
his time.
Charley Day and Edward E.
Mitchell were each fined $lO and
costs for appearing publicly drunk
on the highways.
Augusta Harris was sentenced to
60 days for public drunkenness in
Zebulon.
For being drunk and disorderly
ors the public highways, Mabel
Spivey of Route 2 was fined $25
and costs.
For driving drunk and without a
license, Richard Liles of Route 2,
Nashville, was sentenced to four
months, suspended on payment of
$125 fine and costs.
Leamon Hodge, convicted of
stealing merchandise valued at
$43.65 from Page’s Store Company,
was sentenced to two years.
Vivian Mitchell of near Pilot
was fined $25 and costs for care
less and reckless driving.
Bran Barnes of Zebulon, convict
ed of assaulting Henry Ferrell
with a knife causing serious and
painful injury, had prayer for
judgment continued until Septem
ber 8 upon payment of the costs.
Bond for his appearance was set
at S2OO.
For engaging in an affray in a
public place of business, James
Ivey was sentenced to 60 days sus
pended on payment of SSO fine and
costs.
Jimmie Walker of Zebulon was
(See COURT, Page 8)
Nutrena Contest Offers European
Trip as First Prize, Tractor Second
The person who wins Nutre
na’s feed naming contest will be
doubly lucky if he comes from this
community and is a customer of
Hales Farm Supply Company, for
he will win not only a 30-day
trip to Europe and SI,OOO, but al
so S3OO worth of Nutrena feeds
from Ed Hales.
The contest was announced here
in Tuesday’s Zebulon Record, and
already has caused comment.
“There’s nothing to buy,” Ed
Hales said. All a person has to
do is stop by Hales Farm Supply
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Zoning Ordinance
Changed; Brown
Mayor Pro Tem
Zebulon privilege taxes in the
future will be charged at the rates
suggested by the North Carolina
League of Municipalities, the Town
Board of Commissioners voted at
the June meeting held Monday
evening. This comprehensive
schedule will replace the present
list which fails to include many
types of business listed by the
League of Municipalities.
The motion to adopt the League
schedule was made by Commis
sioner Wesley Liles, seconded by
Commissioner Howard Beck, and
carried unanimously by the Board.
On some types of business, the
tax rate is higher than before in
Zebulon. Other businesses will be
required to purchase more than one
privilege license, according to the
schedule. The license tax schedule
Priced
lists no limit under the law for
fortune tellers.
An amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance of the Town of Zebulon
rezoning for business the lot across
(See BOARD, Page 8)
Garden Club Plans
Meeting Monday
The Garden Club will have its
final meeting of the year Monday
night at the home of Mrs. Carsey
Tippett. Speaker for the occasion
will be Robert Hester. Mr. Hes
ter is an interior decorator and
teaches this at Richmond Profes
sional Institute. He received his
training at Parsins School of De
sign in New York, and was inter
ior decorator for Ellis Stone iq
Durham and Greensboro.
If you plan to join the Garden
Club next year please inform any
member of the club as names
must be sent in.
Programs for the next year have
been formulated and are leading
up to the flower show next spring.
This includes a Garden Clinic by
a prominent member of State or
ganization.
Company for an entry blank, fill
it out, and send it in. There are
201 prizes to be awarded.
Second prize will be a Minnea
polis-Moline 3-plow tractor; third
through fifth are Maytag automat
ic washers; sixth through eighth
are bicycles; and ninth through
201st are bags of Nutrena Pullet
Feed.
The Nutrena company is owned
by Cargill, Inc., which has a plant
at Wilson.
The contest closes at midnight,
June 30. Entries must be postmark
ed before that date.