THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 48.
Hodge, Jones Speakers
Paroles, Safety Are
Discussed; Wakelon
Students Are Guests
H. A. Hodge, paroles commission
representative, addressed mem
bers of the Zebulon Rotary Club
last Friday night, telling the Rotar
ians of the work done by his de
partment.
Mr. Hodge, who was introduced
by the Rev. B. A. Asbury, traced
the development of the paroles
commission, crediting State Treas
urer Edwin Gill with the present
paroles system in North Carolina.
The speaker then touched on the
dual nature of paroles: protection
of society and rehabilitation of the
individual lawbreaker.
A major consideration overlook
ed by the public, Mr. Hodge added,
is the tremendous saving afford
ed the taxpayers by the paroles
commission. It costs about three
dollars a day to keep up a convict,
he said, while the cost of super
vising a parolee is only 27 cents a
day.
3-Minute Speech
Haywood Jones, local druggist,
gave a three-minute speech on
safety prior to the principal ad
dress. Mr. Jones, who served on
the Governor’s Safety Advisory
Council as representative of the
profession of pharmacy, talked
about accident causes.
Eighty per cent of automobile
accidents are one-car accidents, he
declared; and eighty per cent of ac
cidents are also caused by improp
er driver attitudes. The practice
of thinking about driving while
operating a motor vehicle would
prevent thousands of accidents, he
said.
Nancy Alford and Billy Green,
students at Wakelon High School,
Masonic Notice
All Masons in good |
standing are invited to the
; worship services at the
Methodist Church on Sun
: day, March 27, according
: to Carl Kemp, Worshipful
: Master of the local lodge, ;
: who requests further that
: the Masons sit together as
a body during the worship
services which begin at
11:00 a. m.
Local Man Named to New Guard
Post; Daniel Named as New PIO
Ferd Davis, who has served as
public information officer on the
special staff of the 30th Infantry
Division since 1950, received or
ders this week transferring him to
the military government section of
the National Guard division.
Davis, who
al Staff College
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Upon completion of his course at
each Army college, he was invited
to remain on active duty as a
member of the faculty.
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H. A. Hodge
were guests of the Rotary Club at
the session. The meal was served
by members of the Wakelon se
nior class who gave a barbecue
supper last Friday night to secure
funds for a trip to Washington this
spring.
Tonight the club will see a Rot
’ ary film entitled “The Great Ad
venture.”
OES Installation Is Set
For Monday, March 28
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Mrs. Melba Bunn will be in
stalled as worthy matron and Mr.
Elwood Perry as worthy patron
’at a public installation of the
Wakefield-Zebulon Chapter of the
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: Eastern Star Monday night
March 28, at 8:00 o’clock, at the
Masonic Hall.
Other officers to be installed
’ are: Mrs. Merle Sue Pulley, asso
ciate matron; Mr. Preston Smith,
(associate patron; Mrs. Cleo Perry,
secretary; Mrs. Rebecca Baker,
treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Murray,
conductress; Mrs. Melrose Ferrell,
associate conductress;
Mr. Garland Richardson, chap
lain; Mrs. Varina Simpson, mar
shall; Mrs. Doris Mullen, Adah;
Mrs. Dixie Bullock, Ruth; Mrs.
Ann Pearce, Esther; Mrs. Rella
Privette, Martha; Mrs. Elsie Priv
ette, Electa; Mrs. Inez McNabb,
organist; Mrs. Aldonia Pate, ward
er; and Mr. Joe Wood, Sentinel.
Mrs. Helen B. Rimmer, past
grand matron, of Sanford will be
\ the installing grand officer.
He holds B.S. and LL.B. degrees
from Wake Forest College, and is
a former editor of The Zebulon
Record and the N. C. Highway &
Construction Journal. He served
as a member of the local school
board for two years, and as a
Conservation & Development
Board member for four years.
Daniel Joins Staff
Capt. Charles W. Daniel, son of
the late Roy Daniel and a nephew
of E. C. Daniel of Zebulon, will
assume the duties formerly held
by Davis. Capt Daniel, also an at
torney, now practices law in Fu
quay-Varina. He formerly was
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Bar Association, and is a
past president of the Wake County
Young Democrats. Following
World War 11, he served as state
adjutant of the American Legion.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 25, 1955
Mrs. Rountree Is
Named New PTA
President Here
By Mrs. Frederick Chamblee
At the Wakelon PTA meeting
held Monday night, the following
officers for the coming two-year
period were elected: president,
Mrs. Eldred Rountree; vice-presi
dent, Mr. Rodney McNabb; secre
tary, Mrs. Frank Massey; and
treasurer, Mrs. Armstrong Can
nady.
The Rev. Johnny Caldwell used
as the text for his devotional mes
sage II Kings, 4th chapter, Bth
verse, bringing out the idea that
each parent is a representative of
the home, the school and the
church.
The fourth grade sang “This Old
House” under the direction of Miss
Janis Cooper. A group of boys and
girls from this grade performed
a square dance, with Miss Dottie
Privette calling the changes.
Micky Hinton sang “Prayer of a
Norwegian Child,” the selection
which brought him an excellent
: rating in the North Carolina School
Music Contest, Eastern Division, in
the Boys’ Unchanged Voices Di
vision.
Mr. Franklin R. Jones, princi
pal, awarded Science Achievement
Awards. The six winners will en
ter the District Science Fair, and
■ the winning exhibits will be on
display at N. C. State College. Mr.
I Jones invited the members to visit
. the Science Lab after the meeting
. j to view the exhibits and enjoy a
! social hour.
, Safety was the theme of the pro
. gram given by Mr. Clarence Ho
cutt, who showed a film concern
. ing accidents and gave a very chal
lenging talk on the importance of
I safety.
! Judge Gill Tries Many
Cases Here Wednesday
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Convictions and fines in Zebulon
. Recorder’s Court Wednesday were
as follows:
Gilbert Bullock, failing to stop
at stop sign, costs; Early Pace, pub
( lie drunkenness, S4O and costs;
Isaiah Strickland, speeding, S6O
and costs; William Pearce, S6O and
’ 1 costs;
Raymond Cooley, careless and
reckless driving and faulty brakes,
, judgment suspended, costs; Frank-
I lin Durwood Creech, driving on
wrong side of road, gave notice of
appeal, costs;
Melvin Carpenter, assault with
deadly weapon, costs; Melvin Car
penter, Jr., assault with deadly
weapon, costs; Willie. Burnett,
speeding, costs; Jimmie Cleveland
. Nowell, Jr., failing to stop at stop
’ sign, sls and costs;
Jack Thomas Privett, driving
' with faulty brakes, $25 and costs;
I Howard Glenn Doyle, careless and
L reckless driving, $lO and costs;
Joseph Hoover Wiggins, driving
without license, SSO and costs; Lu
ther Richardson, public drunken
ness, SSO and costs.
Moody Rites
Funeral services for Alfonza
Moody, 75, of Zebulon, Route 1,
who died Monday morning of a
heart attack were held Wednesday
;j afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the
i Baptist Tabernacle Church. The
i Rev. Dale Davis, pastor, officiat
• ed, assisted by the Rev. A. D.
; Parrish of Zebulon. Burial was in
: the Corinth Cemetery.
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Scoutmaster Seeks
To Gain Technique
Improvement Key
Scoutmaster James Debnam,
leader of local Boy Scout Troop
1 340, has recently commenced in
Raleigh a three year study pro
gram in scoutmaster technique,
working toward receipt of the
Scoutmaster’s Key to be awarded
i on completion of the course.
Having finished several basic
steps included in the first part
of the program, Mr. Debnam along
, with other District scoutmasters
and committeemen is now plan
ning to participate in scoutmasters
overnight camping trip to Camp
Durant, April 2 and 3.
Upon completion of the basic
course, he will be eligible for ad
vanced study.
Probably the most lengthy of the
several study divisions, he noted
yesterday, is the category measur
ing performance, which includes
developing standard troop and pa
trol procedure.
These procedures are based on
approved U. S. scouting methods.
As a further condition of this di
vision scoutmasters must assist in
drawing up and submitting the an
nual troop committee report.
Mr. Debnam indicated that, al
though considering it valuable
training, he is uncertain at this
time as to whether he will com
plete the three year requirements,
since they take up much of the
time that he could be devoting
more directly to troop work.
Polio Vaccine Requests Are Due
Polio vaccine will be made available without charge to j
first and second grade students of Wake County Schools
for 1955, Dr. A. C. Bulla, Wake County health officer, j;
: said this week, but parents must signify their desire that ;
their children receive the vaccine before it will be ordered.
Last day for their decision is Monday, March 28.
“We have distributed to the principals of all the schools
request forms for children in the first and second grades,” ;
Dr. Bulla stated, “and these request forms are to be signed ;
by parents if they want their children to have the polio vac
cine. These request forms must be returned to the school ;
not later than Friday, certainly by Monday, March 28, j
when the principals will let me know how many request
forms have been returned.”
“Our request to the State Board of Health for vaccine ;
will be based entirely on the number of request forms re- ;
j; ceived,” Dr. Bulla concluded, “and it is therefore important ;
for parents to turn the request forms in promptly. Other- ;
wise their children will not receive vaccination under the
; state purchase program.”
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Benson Men Say
Potato Storage
Is Not Expensive
Two sweet potato buyers—from
Benson —told Zebulon Farm Bu
reau directors this week to forget
about a sweet potato market here;
proposed storage costs were too
high, they declared, and besides
that, Benson already has a good
i market which Zebulon farmers
j ought to use.
The buyers were E. E. Godwin
and son, Samuel Godwin, owners
\ of part interest in the sweet pota
i to auction markets in Benson and
| Dunn. They attended the Tues-
I day night Directors meeting in
j Town Hall at the request of Foster
Finch, originator of the potato idea
here. *
They said they were not com
peting with Mr. Finch, but that in
Benson and Dunn storage houses
charged much less than proposed
charges here.
The Board of Directors meeting
was called by the sweet potato
committee in order to further dis
cuss the local project and to au
thorize use of Bureau funds for
: related publicity matter.
Committee members have ex-
I pected 200 acres to be provided by
local farmers towards the project,
according to Dewey Massey, com
mittee head.
Plans Said Too Small
These 200 acres should yield
20,000 bushels of potatoes, said E.
; E. Godwin, advising Zebulon farm
ers not to consider a market here
for the present, that in Benson
and Dunn approximately 175,000
bushels are marketed yearly.
And a market with only 20,000
bushels would not be profitable,
he declared.
He further advised directors that
when beginning a market in the
future (if one develops at all) to
contract primarily local buyers.
Contracting buyers from all over
the state would be disastrous
should the demand for potatoes
sharply decrease.
Both men agreed that local buy
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Corinth Reriral
The Rev. A. D. Parrish, pastor
of Corinth Baptist, has announced
the opening of week long revival
services Sunday, 7:00 p. m., at
his church. The Rev. Thomas
Wttite from Sharpsburg Baptist
I will be the visiting minister.