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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 42. LOCAL GIRL IS WFC CHEERLEADER 4’ | 4i: ' W f ' " *5 K Illy V# *. v v *' 138 '"~~ Vlft H 9 K ' ’HP* ||| •*, ;c yIM m M WMt JH ,;>''. |§J Jv* VV’ '<;. *-M. ' ~\il‘ l|f|g|S|s III®SiS? fS v "'/’w | 4 ''' '-' SUs : ' r; ' afl * ... .*. ■’ w . jaß f Hh «§& ___ |s|s J9f 39 91 / |HB ; jjlfcy il9lil|p9S 9 ■'' ipllMl i & I fl^*'" -* Juanna Joy Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mitchell of Glory, near Zebulon, is pictured as she leads a cheer for the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest College. A Wake Forest student, Miss Mitchell has been a cheerleader for the Baptist school since she enrolled there following graduation from Wakelon School. Parking Reform Urged In an effort to lessen the con gested parking situation in Zeb ulon Tom Monk, President of the local Chamber of Commerce, has written the following letter urg ing merchants and professional men to park in off-street parking areas behind their places of busi ness: Shopping Aid “To make our town a more con venient place in which to shop, it is requested that all business and professional men begin parking their cars in back of their stores or YELVERTON NAMED HONOR GUARD Pfc. John E. Yelverton, whose | wife, Rudean, lives on Route 1, ' Middlesex, recently was named to ! a special guard company honoring Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Hickey, com mander of the IX Corps, during the general’s recent visit to the corps’ headquarters in Tokyo. Pri vate First Class Yelverton, a clerk typist in the 8002 d Army Unit’s Headquarters Detachment, entered the Army in February, 1954, and completed basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. He arrived in the Far East last August. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John I. Yelver ton, Route 1, Kenly, the 19-year old soldier attended Micro High School. in off street parking areas. By everyone cooperating in this way more parking space will be avail able for our customers when they visit our town or drive uptown for shopping. It is further re quested that all business and pro fessional men encourage their em ployees to park their cars in the same manner. Improvement Predicted “In a very short while I feel certain that your customers will comment on the ease in parking in the town of Zebulon.” Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, March 1, 1955 Whitestone Lodge Passes Resolution Praising H. Eddins Departed from this life Febru ary 10, 1955. Whereas God has seen fit to call to his eternal re ward Brother Hubert Eddins, we bow in humble submission to His will knowing that He doeth all things well. Brother Eddins was an out standing Mason and his memory will live on in White Stone Ma sonic Lodge No. 155 A. F. & A. M. He instructed numberless candi dates in the rites of the secrets of masonry who will carry on where Brother Hubert left off. Brother Hubert you have in stilled into young masons that you have coached an eternal monument to your memory that will t*e more enduring than one carved from stone. Every one you taught ma sonry to will be a living monument to teach others who are following and tell of your untiring efforts to help those who needed your help. Would that you could have been present with us when we assem bled together to pay our last trib ute of respect and to lay away your earthy body back to mother earth who gave it. Large Group Present No greater crowd of Masons ever assembled in your lodge in the memory of a departing Brother. Many came from other Lodges to pay their last respects to you and to take part in the funeral rites. Not only have you trained others, you have three sons who are Past Master Masons and son-in-laws who are Masons too. You held hon ored offices in our district. A host of friends and the array of lovely flowers spoke an expres sion of love and sympathy. Brother Hubert, when our time comes to join you over there we feel like that you wtfl be waiting to welcome us with the Grand Honors of Masonry. A true Mason is a Christian. Brother Eddins is survived by a devoted wife, three sons, five daughters, and seven grand chil dren. White Stone Masonic Lodge No. 155 A. F. & A. M. February 26, 1955 D. D. Chamblee W. O. King Graduates in Korea Army Pfc. L. W. Liles, 21, whose wife, Jean, and father, R. Wesley Liles, live in Zebulon, recently was graduated from the I Corps Non- Commissioned Officer Academy in Korea. A field wireman in Battery B of the 7th Infantry Division’s 57th Field Aritllery Battalion, Liles re ceived instruction in leadership of units, map reading and other military subjects. Liles, a 1952 graduate of Wake lon High School, entered the Army in March, 1954, and arrived over seas in August of the same year. He was trained by the local Na tional Guard Unit. Bunn Here Tonight Bunn High Girls, winners of seventy-one straight games and holders of the Franklin County Championship for the third consecutive year, play Wakelon here tonight in the opening game of a double header. The two boys’ teams play in the nightcap. WINS WINGS sHHRkI '*wm mmm % jfii Warren Greene Lt. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lester Greene of Zebulon, re ceived his USAF pilot’s wings last week. Scouts to Participate In Circus at Fairgrounds Plans are being made for a large boy scout circus in Raleigh, said local Scoutmaster James Debnam last Friday. All scout troops in the Occonee chee Council will congregate at the State Fair grounds Saturday, April 23, for the annual affair. Troops in this area are now choosing projects which they will undertake that day. The local troop will attempt to erect a camp table and a rope making machine. There are many other projects too that wyi be undertaken by other troops, and among these are the building of one and two lash bridges and the making of special fire-igniting equipment. Since preparations are already underway for the circus other scout activity will be less than usual this month, according to Mr. Debnam, although the local troop is planning to make arrowhead kerchief slides, hoping to have them completed by April. The boys will spend much time in March cutting down timber and hewing the logs into proper length and shape for the circus. ARMY MEN GET ELECTRONIC WORK ' v ■•■Rfcfr. #/\ L a' JWI &%, • Army Corporal Michael Schmidt studies at the Signal School at Fort Monmouth, N. J., against the backdrop of a parabolic micro wave antenna. The signal course is one of over a hundred similar classes offered young men—and young women—who decide that they will make a career of military service. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Roberts Farm on Pool Road Named As Mystery Place Bill Roberts and Sam Hall, cur rent tenants of the M. T. Robert’s farm on Pool Road one mile west of Wendell, are planning to irri gate this year and have recently developed three ponds as water sources. The Roberts’ place was pictured as No. 29 of the Msytery Farm se ries in last Tuesday’s Record and was identified Wednesday by Carl Kemp, employee of the J. M. Chev rolet Co. in Zebulon. Mrs. M. T. Roberts, still living at the old homeplace, moved there forty-five years ago with her hus band. The land was already under plow at that time and was known as the old Anderson place. The home now Is a large house surrounded by wide 'fields, gently rolling, and looking across the highway to rows of tobacco barns and more fields, all of which are part of the farm. Mrs. Roberts is the mother of eight children, six boys and two girls. They are Bradley, Rudolph, Waddell, Ed Jones, Bill, Clarence, Mrs. Frances Ferrell and Mrs. Ra chel Wadford. Clarence Roberts, the youngest son, an employee of the Liggett- Myers Tob. Co., is still a resident of the home. Mrs. Roberts, although claiming no hobbies—“just follow the usu al routine,” she said—is kept busy with her membership in the Farm Bureau, the Grange, Eastern Star, Mother’s Circle, Missionary Society and the Methodist Church in Wen dell. Tillage methods on the 183 acre farm include the use of one mule and a tractor. Principal crops are tobacco and corn, and less frequently cotton, _ Now in Hawaii Marine Pfc. Dwight M. Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ober W. Hor ton of Route 4, Zebulon, arrived in Hawaii from Japan early in February with the 4th Marines, in fantry regiment of the 3rd Marine Division.
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