THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 79.
Seen and Heard
Bees Cause
Lifted Seat
Braswell believes Baptists better
beware bees; Asbury agrees!
Sunday before last Wilson Bras
well roped off three rows of seats
at the Zebulon Baptist Church to
protect Sunday school-ers from
bees which somehow were making
their way through the air condi
tioning system into the church
sanctuary.
Last Sunday night the Rev. Mr.
Asbury found that the bees had
spread themselves somewhat. He
found one in his Bible, and one in
his chair. He didn’t actually see
the bee in his chair; he just sort
of felt its presence. The effect was
electrifying, at least to the minis
ter.
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Helen Wall Massey has a cat
which is or was extremely
gentle. The other night Helen
stepped on the cat, and thereaf
ter she looked as if she had been
blackberry hunting barefooted.
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The mockingbirds, those winged
warblers so celebrated in song,
are nesting on West Sycamore
Street nowadays, which means,
“Cats, look out!” Zebulon is now a
bird sanctuary, but if the SPCA
could watch Zebulon mockers for
fifteen minutes, they’d recom
mend an open season on birds for
the protection of the cat popula
tion.
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And there seem to be many
more blue jays in Zebulon than
in years past. Anyhow they are
more active. Two jaybirds'around
our house wait until the mockers
chase the cat into hiding, then park
themselves at the cat’s food pan
where they eat said cat’s rations.
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The other morning four of these
jays jumped an owl near the Jerry
Buffaloe’s place, and forced the
owl to the ground in the Antone’s
pasture across from Curt Priv
ette’s. Owl feathers flew for a
while, but the big old bird fin
ally got into the air again and
made it to John Massey’s pecan
trees, whtfre it was considerably
safer. I don’t know whether a jay
bird can kill an owl by pecking it
or not, but it shouldn’t take long
for a jaybird to worry an owl to
death.
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Do you remember a June as
cool as the one just past? Or a July
that started off as hot as this one?
If you do, you qualify as an old
timer.
Uncle Ford's Almanac:
Those Good Old Days
Things have really changed in
the last few years. It was only
twelve years ago today that Louis
burg College was offering every
thing in the way of a college educa
tion at the rate of $280.00 a year
per student, with sixty dollars
of the two hundred eighty dol
lars to be earned by the student,
if he desired work.
Seems like it costs nearer S2BO
a month than S2BO a year for a
college education nowadays, but
maybe the education is of a high
er caliber than it used to be.
Everybody who believes that stand
on his head.
Sir William Howe put nine
thousand British soldiers on Sta
ton Island in New York harbor
PRESIDENT
Humberto Valenzuela, Santiago,
Chile was elected International
President of Lions International at
the association’s 38th Annual Con
vention in Atlantic City. Lions
International, with more than 523,-
000 members in 11,580 clubs in 69
countries and geographical loca
tions is the world’s largest service
club organization.
Landreth Funeral
Held Last Friday
Mrs. Roxie Brantley Landreth,
65, of Norfolk, Va., formerly of
Middlesex, died in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. G. J. Cohen
in Norfolk late Wednesday after
noon.
Surviving in addition to her
daughter, is one son, Rossie Brant
ley, Zebulon; one sister, Mrs. Vir
ginia Wilson and three grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from
Union Hope Baptist Church con
ducted by the Rev. Roy Smith.
Burial was in the family ceme
tery.
Legion to Meet
The Zebulon American’ Legion
Post No. 33 will hold its regular
monthly meeting Wednesday
night, at 8 p.m., July 13, at Hil
liard’s restaurant. The meeting was
previously postponed because of a
conflict with the Masonic Ladies’
Night meeting July 6.
A report of the 1955 Boys’ State
activities will be heard following
the dinner at the Legion meeting.
Masonic Session
There will be an Emergent
Communication of Zebulon
Masonic Lodge No. 609 for
work in the first degree Tues
day night, July 12. AH Masons
are invited to attend.
one hundred seventy-nine years
ago today. This was the British
answer to the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and not the British an
swer to Brooklyn, as many Giant
fans would have you believe.
There never since been
nine thousand British soldiers on
Station Island, and so far as I
know there has never been nine
thousand soldiers of any nation
ality on said island since July 12,
1776; not real soldiers, that is. Os
course there were many mem
bers of the Yankee militia there
during the Civil War.
Fifty-four years ago today the
German nobles passed a resolution
against dueling, which merely
(See ALMANAC, Page 8)
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, July 12, 1955
Farmer Announces
50 Local Citizens
Now in CD Work
Approximately 50 local citizens
are currently participating actively
in Zebulon’s civil defense program
which was created last spring to
better insure the safety of the
community in the event of possible
enemy attack. The local project is
directed by Pat Farmer.
Since its conception, the local
civil defense unit has established
a total of 11 committees which
will co-ordinate the affairs of the
overall project. Mr. Farmer re
ported that progress and coopera
tion in the local project has been
good.
Committees which have been es
tablished thus far, and their chair
men, are the Special Staff, Wil
lie B. Hopkins; Public Affairs,
Ferd Davis; Volunteer Office,
Ralph Bunn; Warden Service,
Aaron Lowery; Advisory Commit
tee, Ed Ellington; Training Office,
Jack Harris; Fire, Casey Stallings;
Health and Welfare, Dr. Ben
Thomas and Dr. George Tucker;
Mutual Aid Team, Norman Screws;
and Ground Observation Post,
Janies Debnam.
No Meeting Yet
There have been no meetings of
the civil riefen.ie personnel as yet,
but it is planned for regular meet
ings to be held, beginning proba
bly in August, Mr. Farmer said.
These will be meetings of the in
dividual committees, as it was de
cided that a single meeting of the
entire civil defense staff would be
inadvisable.
Mr. Farmer reported that the
majority of the time has been spent
thus far in organizing the civil
defense unit and in contacting
those to serve.
“The project has encountered no
difficulties as yet,” Mr. Farmer
said, commenting the progress and
cooperation which the program has
had. “Contacting all these people
takes a lot of time, but now that
the committees have been assign
ed, we can begin some definite
work.”
To Get Blueprint
Zebulon’s civil defense project
will undoubtedly receive a blue
print for its future activity when
all Wake County Civil Defense
directors meet this Friday after
noon in Raleigh with Col. David
L. Hardee, director for Wake
County. This meeting is designed
as an organizational meeting, with
discussions concerning local activi
ties.
Speaking of future civil defense
plans for the Zebulon area, Mr.
Farmer said that a defense drill is
planned. He also said that it is
tentatively planned for Zebulon
and Wendell to work together on
maintaining a ground observation
station. Boy scouts may possibly
be used as observers, Mr. Farmer
said.
The people of Zebulon will be
notified as to the date of the test
drill. Farmers in the outlying dis
tricts will also participate in the
drill, Mr. Farmer explained.
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Mayors Meet
The association of mayors of
towns in Wake County met yester
day at 6:30 p.m. at Proescher’s,
near Cary.
Mayor J. R. Hester of Wendell,
president of the organization, said
that the proposed constitution and
by-laws were submitted and other
matters were discussed.
Haselden Addresses Rotary
Club on Friday Night; Jones
To Pay Official Visit July 15
The Rotary Club of Zebulon will
be host July 15 to Dr. H. Broadus
Jones, Governor of the 278th Dis
trict of Rotary International, who
is making his annual official vis
it to each of the 39 Rotary Clubs
in this district, which extends from
Burlington and Yanceyville east
ward to the coast.
He will address the Club in its
regular dinner session at 6:30 p.
mr and confer with President
Ferd Davis, Secretary Aaron Low
ery and committee chairmen on
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Rotary administration and service
activities prior to the session.
Dr. Jones is head of the English
department of Wake Forest Col
lege. He was graduated from Wake
Forest College, and received the
Master of Arts and Doctor of Phi
osophy degrees from the Univer
sity of Chicago. He is a charter
member of the Rotary Club of
Wake Forest, which was organized
in 1937, is a past president of that
club and past secretary.
He was elected District Govern
or of Rotary International for the
1955-56 fiscal year at Rotary’s Gol
den Anniversary Convention in
Chicago last June. He is one of
238 district governors supervising
the activities of some 8,700 Rotary
Clubs which have a membership
of 414,000 business and profes
sional executives in 92 countries
and geographical regions through
out the world.
“Wherever Rotary clubs are
located,” President Davis stated
Tennis Entries Close Wednesday;
Lions Accept Rotarians' Challenge
The deadline for all persons in
terested in entering Zebulon's ten
nis tournament to be held this Fri
day afternoon at Wakelon
School grounds, is Wednesday,
July 13. Entrants should contact
Ed Ellington to be included in the
list of competitors for the tourney
sponsored jointly by the local Rot
ary Club and the Zebulon Recrea
tion Commission.
Two Tourneys
Two tournaments for boys and
men will be staged under the di
rection of Rotarian Ed Ellington.
Prizes will be given the winners in
each tournament.
A junior tournament will be held
for all boys 15 years and younger.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
in commenting on the Governor’s
visit, “their activities are similar
to those of the Rotary Club of
Zebulon, because they are based
on the same general objectives
developing better undertakings,
raising the standards of business
and professions, and fostering the
advancement of good will, under
standing and peace among all the
peoples of the world.”
Each year this world-wide ser
vice organization continues to
grow in numbers and in strength.
During the past fiscal year, 416
new Rotary clubs were organized
in 50 countries of North, South and
Central America, Europe, Asia,
Africa and the islands of the Pa
cific.
Telephone Manager
Speaks on Friday
J. L. Haselden, manager of the
Raleigh district office of Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company, told local Rotarians last
Friday night that they can call
Wendell toll-free after midnight
Wednesday night, July 13.
Mr. Haselden’s remarks came in
the course of a report to the Zebu
lon Rotary Club of progress made
in communications expansion. The
telephone company spokesman
added that long distance calls will
be speeded up in the near future,
and showed a film depicting tonal
methods of processing these calls.
He was assisted in the program
by Jerry Tilson of the Raleigh
telephone office. Mr. Haselden is
a member of the Raleigh Rotary
Club, and was introduced to Zebu
lon Rotarians by R. Vance Brown,
community service chairman.
Screws Speaks
Prior to Mr. Haselden’s talk,
Norman Screws was called upon
for a three-minute speech. He sug
gested that the communities of
Wendell and Zebulon might be
drawn closer together through the
new toll-free line between the
two towns.
Visitors at the meeting included
Haselden and Tilson, Willie How
ard of Boston, Mass., Larry White
head of Abilene, Texas, C. B. Ed
dins, Jr., of Claxton, Ga., and Eu
gene Warner, formerly of Sydney,
Australia, now of this country.
The regular tourney will be open
for all men 16 years and older,
with no age limit in this category.
Competition will begin immedi
ately after lunch on Friday.
A softball contest will be held
Friday night at 8 p. m. between
the Rotary Club and the Lions
Club. The program constitutes this
week’s Family Night entertain
ment, provided by the Recreation
Commission.
The Rotary Club, responsible for
this week’s program, challenged
the Lions Club to a softball game.
Frank Kemp, Lions Club presi
dent, accepted the challenge, and
hinted that his group will “beat
the Rotarians with ease.’’
A trophy will be awarded the
winner.