THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 56.
Candidates File
For Political Office
Number of candidates for po
litical office here rose to seven
during the week as W. B. Bunn,
local wholesaler, G. K .Corbett,
operator of City Barber Shop, and
Norman Screws, manager of Whit
ley Furniture Co., filed for the
local board of commissioners.
Those who filed earlier for the
board are Gilmer Parrish, electri
cal appliances dealer, and J. Ral
eigh Alford, cotton ginner and fer
tilizer dealer.
Race for the mayoralty remains
the same, with Wilbur Debnam op
posing incumbent Mayor Worth
Hinton for this office.
Screws and Corbett are former
members of the board. Mr. Screws
served for twelve consecutive
years, and Mr. Corbett served from
1935 to 1937.
Mr. Alford was the only candi
date with an official statement
Thursday.
Mr. Alford has lived in Zebu
lon since 1934 and is an alumnus
of Wake Forest College. He is a
former member of the board of
commissioners here.
Progress of the People
Mr. Alford said yesterday that
he was not connected with any
group here for the purposes of
self-interest and that he had al
ways worked for the “progress of
the people in the town.”
His statement follows:
“I am a candidate for Commis
sioner of the Town of Zebulon
subject to the coming election to
be held on Tuesday, May 3, 1955.
“It has been my privilege to serve
formerly as one of your commis
sioners for four (4) years. Dur
ing this time I worked for a sound
and progressive Zebulon.
“If elected I will faithfully and
honestly discharge the duties of
Town Commissioner, will give
careful study and consideration to
all matters that come before me
and be guided in all decisions by
a sincere desire to serve all the
citizens of Zebulon.”
Hears Mrs. Finch
By Mrs. Frederick Chamblee
Opening the last meeting of the
Wakelon PTA for the scnool year
were musical selections by Dottie
Privette playing a piano solo and
Tommy Phillips singing “All
through the Night.”
Mrs. Bob Sawyer, outgoing pres
ident, thanked the membership for
their support and introduced Mrs.
Garland Godwin, who performed
the nstallation ceremony. New
officers are Mrs. E. V. Rountree,
President; Rodney McNabb, Vice
President; Mrs. Frank Massey, Sec
retary; and Mrs. Armstrong Can
nady, Treasurer.
Ed Hales, Chairman of the
School Board, explained the pur
pose of the School Appreciation
Night and asked for the support
of the PTA.
Girl Scouts Featured
Zebulon Girl Scout Troops were
featured on the program. Andrea
Temple directed the Color Guard
ceremony as the Scouts marched
into the auditorium. Miss Frankie
Finch, Field Director of the Scout
Council, was introduced by Mrs.
Wilson Braswell, Community Girl
Scout Chairman. Miss Finch told
the audience what Scouting means
to the girls and to the community.
The Brownies conducted the de
(See PTA, Page 8)
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Norman M. Screws
Norman Screws, manager of
Whitley Furniture Co., filed for the
office of town commissioner
Thursday. Also filing this week for
the board was G. K. Corbett, pro
prietor of City Barber Shop, and
W. M. Bunn, local wholesaler. The
three men became the third, fourth
and fifth candidates for the board
of commissioners here.
Minister Cites Need for Civic Endeavor
By Beverly A. Asbury
If a democracy in a community
ever fails, it is the people who have
failed. The processes of govern
ment break down only when the
people become lazy, complacent,
and uninterested.
Talk is cheap, and by the
amount of it we hear, we can judge
just how cheap it is. We are a
critical people. We could hardly
be more critical. * One does not
have to listen for long to know that
much of our conversation centers
on criticism of other people and
groups of people.
The gripes are many. We tear
the Town Board apart. The School
Board is constantly being blamed
for every conceivable (and almost
every inconceivable) thing on
earth. Civic and fraternal or
ganizations have their skin picked
from their bones, and the
churches are by no means exempt
from the biting and destructive
tongues.
Talk like that is cheap, and so
is the talk from the other side of
our mouths. We say we want a
community building for the young
people, but few of us are willing
To Hold Revivals
The Rev. Harold Leatherman
will be guest minister at the Zeb
ulon Methodist Church revival ser
vices Sunday, May 1, through
Thursday, May 5.
A group from Louisburg College
will meet with the youth fellow
ship groups of Zebulon and Wen
dell at 6:30 p. m. Sunday and will
also have charge of the evening
worship service. The emphasis
will be on youth and their choice
of a life’s work.
The Rev. Leatherman will
preach Monday through Thursday
evening at 8:00. The public is cor
dially invited to these services.
Wendell Methodist Church will
have revival services beginning
Sunday, April 24, and continuing
through Friday, April 29. The
Rev. Troy Barrett, pastor, will
preach Sunday evening at 7:30.
The Rev. W. K. Babbington of
Swepsonville will preach Monday
through Friday at 8:00 p. m. The
public is invited to attend.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 22, 1955
Guard Mobilizes for Test Alert
“ Operation Minuteman” in Zeb
ulon was highly successful, re
ported Lt. Jack Potter, CO of
Battery A, 113th Field Artillery
Battalion.
Alert signal for the operation
sounded here at 6:40 p. m. Wednes
day, a two minute blast on the
fire siren, although the alert of
ficially began at 6:30 and lasted
until ten-thirty. Lt. Potter noti
fied the local fire department
where officials sounded the pre
arranged alarm for all Guardsmen
to report to the armory.
WO J. P .Arnold reportedly was
the first to arrive at the armory;
officers and enlisted men began to
arrive shortly afterwards.
This was the surprise alert for
which Guardsmen all over the na
tion have been waiting this month.
National headquarters ordered the
mobilization for an unspecified
time in April so as to test the speed
and efficiency of the National
Guard when its members would
not be prepared and waiting.
Twenty-five minutes after the
signal a two and one-half ton arm
ored truck was dispatched to Ral
to work diligently for it. We ex
press our desire for a first-rate
accredited school, but few want
to make the necessary sacrifice to
achieve it.
. We prefer low taxes, no hard
work, and sacrificing teachers who
will patiently bear up under our
harsh words. We want a better
community cleaner water, pav
Dance Revue Held
A musical revue, presented at
the Senior Woman’s Club meeting
last Tuesday afternoon in the
Wakelon auditorium, featured a
group of youngsters from Zebulon
and Wendeli in a variety of dance
renditions, reported Mrs. A. R.
House, club publicity chairman,
Wednesday.
A devotional, “The Lord’s Pray
er,” was sung by Mrs. L. M. Mas
sty to open the session. Dottie
Privette began the revue with a
piano solo, “Sous Bois.”
Mrs. H. C. Wade, teacher of tap
and ballet dancing here, explained
her technique of instruction to
the group and presented several
of her students.
Joan Baker did a ballet solo,
which was followed by a dance
duet presented by Jackie Mitchell
and Carolyn Hinton.
Diminutive Frances Massey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Massey, appeared on the program
in her first revue.
Four Wendell girls, Mayole
Richardson, Evelyn Pearce, Jane
Hinnant and Lee Weathers, ap
peared on the program.
Six # local girls sang and tap
danced: Ann Davis, Debbie Mas
sey, Carolyn Stallings, Janet Gris
wold, Barbara Groom and Dianne
May.
Rhythm waltzing and classical
and ballet tap dancing presenta
tions were given by Sidney
Holmes, Jr., Mickey Hinton, Jackie
Mitchell, Brenda Bunn, Debbie
Phillips, Joan Baker, Bettie White
hurst of Wendell and Fay Gris
wold.
At the May 6 meeting of the Sen
ior Woman’s ClUb Mrs. Wade’s en
tire class will appear. Mrs. House
said that all the children appear
ing Tuesday gave excellent per
(See DANCE, Page 8)
eigh from the armory with twenty
five men aboard under the com
mand of Lt. Jack Tippett.
The 113th Field Artillery Bat-
Major General Claude
Bowers of Warrenton,
commanding general of the
30th Infantry Division, ex
pressed himself as well
pleased wish the action of
the local National Guard
unit Wednesday night.
Battery A was assigned
the job of defending the
state capital building in.
Raleigh, and a Raleigh
unit was detailed to guard
the capital until the Zebu
lon Guardsmen arrived.
When the Raleigh troopers
got to the capital, however,
the local men were already
in positibn.
“The Zebulon boys must
have heard that the State
Treasurer’s office was in
the capital,” General Bow
ers observed.
ed sidewalks, multitudinous ser
vices and yet we continue to
declare our property taxes at less
than half of what they are worth.
We demand that our churches be
the moral leaders of the commun
ity, but few offer to work whole
heartedly at the job. And so it is,
down the line.
Talk is cheap. Action is costly.
If the community fails, it is we
who have failed not someone
else. To succeed we must be ac
tive, responsible and generous. To
help we must be constructive and
interested. Nothing can succeed
unless we want it to succeed. Our
pessimistic talk is bom of apathy
and selfishness. Our criticism is
born of egocentricity and irrespon
sibility. Our failure is born of
our own weakness and inactivity.
Indeed, we are defeating ourselves.
If we fail to have an accredited
school, it will be our fault. If we
do not get a community building,
the blame is ours. If the churches
are important, it is due to our lack
of support. Democracy fails whpn
its basis of support is narrow and
limited. Conversely, it succeeds
when all the people push positively
forward toward a goal.
May it be suggested that we
transform our cheap talk into in
telligent and responsible conversa
tion which ends only by seeking
(See MINISTER, Page 8)
Finnish Girl Speaks to Rotarians
America is a wonderful place,
but Finland is better at least for
Finns, so Marjatta Saikkola, Mere
dith College student from Finland,
told Zebulon Rotarians at their
regular meeting last Friday night.
Miss Saikkola, a Rotary Ex
change student (her expenses, like
those of American students study
ing abroad under the same pro
gram, are paid by Rotarians), dis
cussed her native land and gave
her impressions of America in her
talk.
The speaker devoted a major
portion of her talk to a description
of Finland and Finnish customs,
before telling what she liked and
disliked —about the United States.
The most impressive thing about
this country, she said, is the fact
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talion was assigned the mission of
securing the state Capitol by 30th
Infantry Division headquarters.
Upon receiving notification units
from Louisburg, Youngsville and
Battery A sent men to Raleigh for
this purpose.
Guards were posted around the
Capitol lawn by Sgt. Carl Kemp of
the Zebulon unit in advance of
the arrival of the 30th Division
Headquarters Enlisted Detachment.
The Raleigh unit was supposed to
have been relieved by local
guardsmen in the test maneuver.
The News and Observer reported
that the relief took place in ac
cordance with plans, but Lt. Pot
ter said the report was erroneous
as the local men had manned the
posts when the Raleigh group ar
rived.
All but two men were accounted
for in the mobilization here, Lt.
Potter said. Six were absent with
leave. Official count was seventy.
Forty-five men had reported to
the armory by 7:10 o’clock,
thirty-five minutes after the sig
nal, and all missions were accom
plished shortly after 7:15. Sixty
men had arrived, and most of
them dispatched to strategic points,
when WO Arnold made an official
report at 7:30 to Battalion head
quarters in Louisburg.
There were eight missions, in
cluding the Raleigh assignment.
Three men were stationed at the
sub-station, four at the filter
tank, three at the water tower,
three at the fire station, two at the
bridge on the bypass to Raleigh,
five at the Devil Dog plant and
(See GUARD, Page 8)
Fails to Buy Land
A committee of three persons
representing the Wake County
Board of Education has reached a
stalemate, expected to continue in
definitely, in their efforts to ac
quire more property for Wakelon
School, according to Randolph
Benton, Superintendent of Wake
County Schools.
For approximately a year the
committee, consisting of Phillip
Olive, local store owner, E. I.
Bridgers of Wendell Building and
Loan Association and Phillip Tay
lor of Taylor Realty Co. in Ral
eigh, has been negotiating with
property owners for a six acre
plot of land adjoining the Wake
lon High School football field.
Supt. Benton said Thursday,
April 14, that committeemen Olive
and Bridgers at a recent school
board meeting submitted a minor
(See PROPERTY, Page 4)
that considerations of distance do
not bother Americans.
“You want to go somewhere,”
she said, “and you go on your
own car. In Finland, only the very
rich people, like doctors and bank
ers, have cars.”
She also likes the informal man
ner in which Americans greet each
other, and go about their daily af
fairs. What she does not like
about this country, she said, is the
way Americans tend to specialize,
even in advanced education, and
the way everybody is always in a
hurry. Sometimes, she declared, it
is good to relax.
Tonight Rotarians will hear
members of the Wakelon triangu
lar debate team, coached by Prin
cipal Franklin Jones, deliver their
debate-winning talks.