THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 69.
National Guard
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Makes Final Plans
For Ft. Bragg Trip
Members of Zebulon’s Battery
A will leave the armory next Sat
urday morning at 7:30 for Ft.
Bragg, where they will spend the
weekend on the rifle range with
other units of the 113th Field Ar
tillery Battalion. Fin .1 prepara
tions for the range work were
made Sunday during an all-day
drill.
Six Boy Scouts from Troop 340
will accompany the Guardsmen to
the military post. They participat
ed in the preliminary training with
the Guardsmen.
Work With Dunn Unit
Battery A will shoot on the
range with Battery B from Dunn.
The batteries from Youngsville,
Louisburg, and Smithfield will use
an adjoining range.
The training with the famed M-l
rifles has been under the super
vision of Lt. Jack Potter, executive
officer. He commended the 27 men
in the classes on their interest and
enthusiasm.
The Sunday morning worship
service was led by the Rev. Troy
Barrett, Methodist pastor.
Men 17 to 18% years of years
are eligible to enlist in the National
Guard. Those who enlist now will
participate in the 15-day summer
encampment at Ft. Bragg in Aug
ust and through their work in the
National Guard will earn defer
ment from the draft.
Band Meeting
Alger Batts will hold a meeting
at the Wakelon School auditorium
Tuesday night at 7:30 for the pur
* pose of organizing practice band
sessions for the summer. All stu
dents interested in beginning band
lessons for the first time are also
requested to be present at this
meeting.
An invitation is also extended
to all parents of band students to
attend the Tuesday evening meet
ing.
Benefits Derived from Finer Carolina
Contest Are Related by Supervisor
The story of tfie Finer Carolina
program and its helpfulness to
community growth was told last
Friday night by John Boytner, who
supervises this department of Car
olina Power and Light Company,
sponsors of the Finer Carolina
contest in the area the power com
pany serves. He appeared at the
regular meeting of the Zebulon
Rotary Club.
Thurman Murray, chairman of
the Finer Carolina Steering Com
mittee in Zebulon, told of the five
projects entered by Zebulon in
this year’s contest.
154 Communists Included
Raliih Talton, district manager
for Carolina Power and Light
Company, introduced the speaker.
The contest this year includes
154 communities among the con
testants. The speaker cited bene
fits derived as: 1) everyone in
the community has an opportun
ity to help improve the community;
2) the improvements made; 3) the
new attractiveness of the com
DELEGATES TO BOYS' STATE
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Gene Autry Parrish, wearing his ear-to-ear grin, and Tony Pearce,
sporting bruiset earned during the 1954 football season, were selected
from the rising Wakelon senior class as delegates to the 1955 Boys’
State sponsored by the American Legion. Delegates are chosen for
their leadership ability. They will attend the Chapel Hill assembly
from June 12 through 19.
ON PONIES AND WOMEN
It's What You Believe
By Barrie Davis
Ever tried to saddle a pony when
it was a’toss-up whether the pony
or the saddler was most disturbed
about the operation? That hap
pened to me last week when, in an
effort to prove myself a hero in
the big brevn eyes of son Michael,
I attempted to corner a black pony
and attach a saddle to the pony’s
back.
The pony, along with ten of his
brethren, lives out on Judd Robert
son’s farm; and there’s no peace
around our house since they arriv
ed, for Michael is sure heaven has
come to earth complete with
ponies.
We’ve about got him to realizing
it isn’t actually heaven out there,
since these ponies have no wings.
He still gives an argument on occa
sion.
When Michael learned that
Frank Kemp left a saddle out on
the farm, it excited him no end
(I was my usual calm as a cu
cumber self). We climbed in the
truck, drove down almost within
munity attracts more people,
money and industry; and 4) the
opportunity to win cash prizes in
the AFC contest.
The need for community im
provement in North Carolina is
seen in the number of college
graduates who leave the state to
be employed in other areas, he
said. Because of this migration,
North Carolina loses the invest
ment of money spent to educate
the college students.
Letter from Zurich
During the business session, Sid
ney Eddins read a letter from the
Zurich, Switzerland, Rotary Club
which gave a return salute to the
Zebulon club in observance of Ro
tary’s Golden Anniversary.
The Rotarians voted to join the
Zebulon Farm Bureau in paying
the transportation costs to Michi
gan for Miss Ruth Temple, who
will spend two weeks in training at
the American Youth Foundation
Leadership Training Camp at
Camp Miniwanca in Oceana Coun
ty, Michigan.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 7, 1955
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the legal speed limits to the farm,
and slid to a stop at the stable.
There the ponies were eleven
of the little beasts scattered over
the pasture mowing the grass. I
am no longer than they are, but I
am taller, so the struggle to get a
saddle on one of them should have
been even.
But I failed to reckon with the
pony’s superior intellect.
That little fat pony gal saw me
coming. I didn’t think she wanted
anything to do with me and she
knew derned well she didn’t. But
Michael was watching, and he’s
the type who thinks man should
be master of woman, even if the
woman is a female pony. (Wait
(See PONIES, Page 5)
New News Editor
Named for Record
Durell Bullock of Charlotte has
replaced Hunter James as News
Editor of the Record following
James’ transfer to Greensboro. Mr.
James left Zebulon May 21 to be
come editor of the monthly news
paper of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau.
Mr. Bullock is a 1955 graduate
of Wake Forest College where he
majored in journalism. During his
time at Wake Forest, Mr. Bullock
worked on the staff of Old Gold
and Black, the college newspaper,
and did creative writing for the
Student magazine of the gollege.
Mr. Bullock plans to work in
Zebulon until such time as the mil
itary draft calls him into the ser
vice. He is 21 and unmarried.
Softball Entries
Hopkins and Union Hope have
already entered softball teams in
the local league being formed by
the Zebulon Recreation Commis
sion, according to Franklin Jones,
Commission Director.
This season’s program will be
gin on Monday, June 20 and end
on Friday, July 29. Entries are still
being accepted for competition in
the softball program. Those in
terested in entering a team in the
league should contact Mr. Jones
at 3811 as soon as possible.
Benson Singing Convention
Scheduled for June 25-26;
More than 40,000 Expected
| Regatta \
Plans are under way to stage the
second Buggs Island Lake Regatta,
Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and
10, sponsored by Veterans of For
eigh Wars, Post No. 8163, and sans
tioned by the American Power
Boats Assn.
Last year thousands enjoyed the
Regatta. This year the Regatta
Committee has added additional
attractions to make this the big
gest boat race on the east coast.
Saturday and Sunday the Regat
ta will have Mile Trials to see if
any of the drivers can break the
world records in his or her class.
In addition, on Saturday, a
Beauty Pageant will be staged to
select Queen Miss Buggs Island
Regatta of 1955.
Among the many entries that
have registered for Regatta, will
be world famous Doug Creech,
Charlotte, Hap Owen, Wisconsin,
and Bill Tenney, Dayton, Ohio.
Auxiliary Winner
Os Special Prizes
A large silver loving cup was
presented members of the Zebu
lon Legion Auxiliary at the Legion
Convention held in Raleigh last
week for making the greatest in
crease in membership of any Aux
iliary unit in the ninth district.
The Zebulon Auxiliary was fur
ther honored when Mrs. Sidney
Holmes, president, was presented
a s£.oo prize for the unit’s scrap
book, which was judged best in
the district.
Members of the local group were
present at sessions held Friday
and Saturday.
Commercial Grad
Certificates were given to 161
girls completing the one-year com
mercial course in special Commer
cial Class graduating exercises
held Friday in Elliott Hall.
Included in the list of graduates
is Sarah Genevieve Tippett of
Zebulon.
IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE
Balloons and Ballyhoo
A man in New York had a yen
for adventure above the clouds.
This travel-happy gent took off
in a homemade rig suspended
from 60 gas balloons and floated
six miles in an hour and a half,
drifting down to the arms of the
law who arrested him on charges
of flying without a license.
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Alaska Is Growing
Alaska is still the fastest grow
ing area under the U. S. flag. Its
civilian population has increased
over 57 per cent since the 1950
census, totaling about 171,000 ci
vilians. Military population last
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Inquiries Now Being
Received from Groups
Planning to Sing
State-wide interest already be
ing shown indicates that the Thir
ty-fifth Annual State Singing Con
vention to be held here the week
end of June 25-26 will surpass all
previous events of this kind ever
held in this city, according to
Ralph Delano, president of the
Benson Chamber of Commerce.
Honeycutt Manager
Sponored jointly by the Cham
mer of Commerce and the Town of
Benson, this year’s songfest will
again be under the direction of
Simon P. Honeycutt, who in addi
tion to being one of the conven
tion’s founders, has managed and
directed each of the prior 34 gath
erings of singers from this and ad
joining states. C. H. Blackman,
Mayor of Benson, will be assist
ant manager.
Inquiries already received at the
Chamber of Commerce and by Mr.
Honeycutt point to the largest
gathering of singing talent ever to
participate in such an affair, and it
is expected that the attendance
will break last year’s record of
40,000.
Entries Invited
Mr. Delano stated that those
j wishing general information about
the Sing should write the Cham
ber of Commerce, while entries in
the various singing contests should
be addressed to the convention’s
manager, Mr. S. P. Honeycutt, this
city.
Ned Moss Seen
In Motion Picture
Airman First Class Ned Moss,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Moss
of Zebulon, Route appeared in
the motion picture, “Strategic Air
Command,” with Stars June Al
lyson and Jimmy Stewart. The film
depicts the long range arm of the
Air Force.
Ned is a mechanic on the famed
B-47 jet bombers with the 368th
Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomber
Wing, stationed at Mac Dill Air
Air Force Base at Tampa, Fla. He
is a graduate of Wakelon High
School.
year was nearly 50,000, making
the total estimated population
about 221,000.
Bulb Anniversary
The first bulbs were brought in
to Europe from Turkey 400 years
ago. The first importation launch
ed Holland’s bulb industry.
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Debt Solution
Keep drinking coffee and plan
a trip to colorful Guatemala
and that government will be
grateful! Guatemala is counting
on these two factors to help put
(See BALLOONS, Page 8)