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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 27. 1954 Events in Pictures Every year is a big year in Zebulon we have happiness and hurricanes, and somehow manage to survive the latter. Here the Record recaptures some of the events of the past big year through reprinting a fev/ of the pictures which ran in the newspaper. Many of the outstanding local events could not be captured on film by this newspaper, and several other good pictures have been destroyed or otherwise disposed of. But we think that these pictures will recapture some of the events of 1954 for you. ■L p ~ f \ V | i % * Organizations make news, especially when they name officers. In 1954 Jerry Hagwood headed the Lions; he is shown above, seated at the center, with other Lions officers. Other organizations were headed by Mrs. W. R. Whittenton, Woman’s Club; Mrs. Bob Sawyer, PTA; Mrs. Barrie Davis, Junior Club; J. P. Price, WOW; Mrs. Ferd Davis, Garden Club; Joe Wood, Masons; James Alford, Legion. Other Lions in the picture are, seated, Randolph Hendricks, left, and Alvin Beck, right. Standing left to right, are Billy Marley, M. L. Hagwood, and Battle Corbett. The Lions had another busy year in 1954 they did a lot of good and being Lions, they had a lot of fun. One of the big days at Wakelon was the delivery of the activities bus in time for the seniors’ annual trip to Washington, for which they are seen loading above. The bus was paid for through efforts of Mrs. Billy Privette, Mrs. Woodrow Pippin, Gilbert Beck, Mrs. Glenn Hinton, and dozens of other faithful PTA workers. '<&&>£ 1 ' *•>•' • B|!''%r: : «|; :v ) j BP 8 * jNj HR £':•' ,? -u _ /-*■ G. C. Massey Late President During 1954 the Zebulon Rotary Club was headed by three men: Barrie Davis, G. C. Massey and Rodney McNabb. President Massey had served only a short while when he died as a result of a heart atack during a Rotary meeting. Only a ie w weeks earlier Rev. R. H. Herring, former pastor of the Zebulon Baptist Church, and the eldest Rotarian, had died in almost identical circumstances at the club house following a Rotary meeting in August. The 1954 minutes of the Raleigh Baptist Association were dedicated to Mr. Herring and the late C. A. Upchurch. 5c infll , ■ . ' . .V ;■ ' ||p~ r ' JBBgka^KUUBBHKgBSttm R. H. Herring Beloved Pastor Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, January 4, 1955 U. G. Jones Farm Identified as Last Friday's Unknown The mystery farm pictured in last Friday’s Record was that of U. G. Jones on Highway 64, 3 miles east of Zebulon. Jones has lived on the farm 37 years. The place is known as the Rocher Chamblee farm, and was owned by Mike Chamblee until 1917. Improvements on the farm in clude a new strip room, stalls, and shelter built in 1947. The home was remodeled in 1943. Jones married Mattie Lee Hicks in 1941. He had two children by a former marriage, Luvcnia Nicholson and Ostina Hawcott. The first died in 1952, and the latter now lives in New York. Jones is a member of the Wake field Negro Baptist Church and the T. M. T. Club. He likes to hunt; his wife’s hobby is fishing, and he plans to build a .6-acre pond this year. This year he plans to tend, with the aid of mules and a tractor, 9.4 acres of tobacco, 15.0 acres of cot ton, 14 acres of corn, and 8 acres of hay. His favorite crop is to bacco, and his favorite livestock are hogs, for which he grows his own feed. Pearce Services Held on Saturday Leonard Dwight Pearce, *l2, of Durham, died Thursday night at 8:20 o’clock at Duke Hospital. He was born and reared in Franklin county, son of Jame? W. Pearce and Martha Yeargin Pearce. He was educated in Fn nk lin County schools. Twelve months ago he moved to Durham from Raleigh where he had lived for a number of years. He was a carpenter. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Bruce P. Cannady of Durham; two brothers, Carbett L. Pearce of Zebulon and Jack Pearce of Dur ham. Funeral services were held S it urday at 2:30 p. m. at the Pea ce Baptist Church, six miles north of Zebulon. The Rev. K. L. Capps, pastor, and the Rev. Jack Wilder of Durham, conducted the services. Burial was in the Pearce family cemetery near the church. Uncle Ferd's Almanac Eleven years ago today Techni cal Sergeant Carl G. Kemp, a grad uate of Knightdale High School and recipient of the Good Conduct Medal from the U. S. Army, was promoted to Master Sergeant at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kan sas. Carl was then chief clerk in the Fairfax operations office. His pro motion came as a reward for “ex cellence in performance of duty.” More recently he was rewarded for excellence in performance of duty by the local Masons, who have made him master of the lodge. Incidentally, he is still a six-striper, now with the local National Guard unit. That same day Hilda and Da- That same day Hilda and Daph ne Lewis were recovering from appendectomies. The day after Hilda got home from the hospital, Daphne was taken to Raleigh suf (Continued on Page 4) LOCAL CAGER aßsaP? 'tH' <, , < ■ - BB Phil Brown, member of the Wakelon High School boys’ bask etball team, is pictured in the lo cal gymnasium as he drives by an opponent for a lay up shot. The local boys lost a game to Apex Friday night. The local girls de feated Apex. Auxiliary Meeting The American Legion Aux iliary will meet Friday night at eight o’clock in the home of Mrs. Pat Farmer. GIVING IN 1955 DISCUSSED By Lewis G. "Wells America and much of the world seems to be on the verge of a spiritual awakening. The vast throngs which turn out for meetings of Billy Graham and other great evangelists both in America and aboard demonstrate that people are aware of the need for religion as they have never been before. The new concept of the church as a spiritual community center also reveals that more and more people are turning to God and church in this troubled atomic age. This provides a heartening out look for the New Year. It is some thing for which we can all thank God when we ask His blessings for the New Year. It may save the world. Encouraging as it is, there is one disappointing element in this trend toward an increased role of reli gion in American life. It is sim ply this: Americans fail to ade quately back up their spiritual convictions with dollars. Church authorities reluctantly admit that at least 95 per cent of all annual gifts tc churches can be considered as token gifts. Let it is a fact that a token gift cannot pull more than a token interest. In this series we have been extreme Township Tax Listing Dates Mrs. Eldred Rountree, Wake County tax lister for Little River Township, will list taxes during January at the follow ing locations: Zebulon Town Hall January 1,5, 7,8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 31. Hopkins Cross Roads—January 3, 17. Mack Perry’s Store, Mitchell’s Mill—January 4, 11. Austin Perry’s Store, Mitchell’s Mill—January 18. Fowler’s Cross Roads—January 6, 20. Cary Robertson’s Store—January 14, 21. Barham’s Siding—January 10. Listing hours will be from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. each day. There will be no listing done at homes this year, Mrs. Rountree said. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Brother of Local Man Buried Last Week in Elmwood John Watson Cannady of Hen derson and Oxford, an auditor for the North Carolina Department of Revenue for nine years, died in Watts Hospital in Durham at 6:15 a. m. Wednesday. . He was a native of Oxford and was born Nov. 1, 1924. Mr. Canna dy was a member of the First Bap tist Church in Oxford, and was a graduate of Oxford High School and attended the University of North Carolina. He graduated from the Smithdeal-Massey Business College in Richmond and was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his widow, the former Annis Mitchell; a daugh ter, Aliae Fagan Cannady; his mother, Mrs. Edith Cannady of Oxford; and two brothers, W. Mar shall Cannady of Oxford and Arm strong F. Cannady of Zebulon. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Ox ford and burial followed in Elm wood Cemetery in Henderson. Of ficiating were the Rev. M. L. Ban ister of Henderson, and Dr. W. W. Leathers, pastor of the First Bap tist Church of Henderson. ly critical of the practice of token giving. There is hope for a remedy, how ever. Token giving is a type of sickness. But like many ills of man there is a cure. The remedy is old— it came to us in the Sermon on the Mount. Christ told us then: “Where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also." He meant for Christians to have opportunity to indulge in spiritual giving —for all to have oppor tunity to intensify their religion through spiritual giving. I have preached this message throughout my years as a coun selor in church fund-raising. It works wonders. I believe that if all ministers and lay leaders would take up the Crusade and preach this message vigorously, it would mean tremendous spiritual growth for millions of Americans • not to mention what it would mean in physical growth of our churches. Every family deserves an op portunity to make a better than token gift to a church, to help de velop a better than token spiritual interest. Consequently, it should be the responsibility and duty of church leaders tc make sure that every member family is given a very special opportunity to make (Continued on Page 3)
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