THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 86.
ZEBULON ITEMS:
Methodists List
Sunday Services
“The Stewardship of Life,” third
in a series of messages on Ste
wardship will be the topic of the
morning sermon at the Zebulon
Methodist Church, Sunday, Aug
ust 7, at 11:00 o’clock.
Sunday evening at 8:00 Rev. R.
Grady Dawson, Superintendent of
the Raleigh District, will preach
an' 1 , preside at the First Quarterly
Conference.
Corbett Bam Bums
A tobacco barn belonging to
S. Z. Corbett who lives on Aren
dell Avenue, Zebulon, caught fire
about one o’clock Tuesday after
noon and was completely destroy
ed. Mr. Corbett said that his bam
was uninsured.
Definite cause of the fire is not
known, but it is thought that
flames probably originated from
the oil burner in the barn.
Hail Storm Wednesday
A discouraging thirty minute
wind and hail storm which began
Wednesday afternoon about two
o’clock dealt heavy damage to to
bacco crops in the Louisburg,
Pearces, Hopkins Cross Roads
area.
Births Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon King of
Birmingham, Ala., announce the
birth of a daughter, Donna Lynn,
July 28, in Birmingham. Mrs. King
is the former Betty Davidson of
Birmingham, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shaver of
Salisbury announce the birth of a
son, Roy Alvin. This is the second
son of the Shavers. They formerly
lived in Zebulon and taught at
Corinth Holder High School.
Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ward and
daughter, Nancy, spent the week
end with Mrs. Ward’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Baker.
Kenneth Wright is undergoing
treatment at Veterans Hospital in
Durham.
Mrs. James Hill, Mrs. James
Hill, Jr., and Mrs. William Howell
of Murfreesboro and Mrs. Law
rence Ricks of Conway were guests
of Mrs. Fred Smith Wednesday.
2nd Lt. Jack Terry left Monday
for Ft. Belvoir, Va.
Miss Jean Robertson and Mr.
John Lambert of Chapel Hill will
attend the Meready-Eaddy wed
ding in Raleigh today.
Mr. and Mrs. James Debnam
and son will leave Sunday sor 1 *
Columbia, S. C. Mr. Debnam will
be at Ft. Jackson for two weeks.
Little Miss Betsy Alforu spent
last week in Wendell with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Tyson.
Mrs. Lucy Bunn, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Glenn
Dickerson in Bunn, will arrive
Saturday to visit her son, Mr. Har
old Bunn.
From Winston-Salem
Mrs. Richard Bunn of Winston-
Salem is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Ralph Talton.
Mr. and Mrs. Miron Groat of
New York arrived Monday to visit
Mrs. Wallace Chamblee. On Wed
nesday Mrs. Chamblee and her
guests left for Milledgeville, Ga.,
where they will remain for two
weeks.
Mr. E. C. Daniel, Mr. D. D.
Chamblee and Mr. Larby F. Perry
returned Tuesday after a fishing
trip to Hertford.
Sue Gainey is spending this
week in Durham with her aunt.
World to Come to Zebulon in October
The world is coming to Zebhlon,
if plans begun during the past
week materialize. Sometime in
October over 30 foreign students
from the University of North Car
olina are expected to spend a
weekend in Zebulon, staying in
local homes, visiting local
churches, clubs, and businesses,
and learning about the way that
rural Tar Heels live.
This will be the first time in
North Carolina and the second
time in the nation that a project
of this type has been attempted.
Hamilton, Texas, staged a similar
project in 1952 when 24 students
from 18 foreign countries spent the
weekend in that town.
Enthusiastic Response
Initial plans for the "World
Comes to Zebulon” weekend were
made at a meeting last week in the
home of the Rev. Bev. Asbury. A
dozen persons attending endors
ed the idea with enthusiasm.
Last Friday evening the Zebu
lon Rotary Club endorsed the pro
ject and pledged full cooperation
in making it a success.
Members of the Lions Club, with
whom the project has been dis
cussed, praised the idea. The
Lions were expected to add their
endorsement to the World Comes
to Zebulon project at their meeting
last night.
Wafer Distribution, Sewage Disposal
Problems Plague Local Town Board
The Town of Zebuon’s ever
present water and sewerage prob
lems formed the basis of discus
sion at the regular August meeting
of the Town Board Monday night.
The commissioners voted to
secure a Raleigh surveyor to
make another survey of the sewer
line which extends to the end of
North Street. It was proposed that
an addition to the present line be
constructed, which would extend
from the end of North Street to
a Rocky Branch point, where the
waste would be emptied. Action
on the project will be delayed un
til the surveyor’s report is filed.
Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins
was authorized by the commis
sioners to have Piatt and Davis of
Durham to inspect the local water
filter plant and make recommen
dations for improvements in the
Growers Approve Tobacco Associates Levy
Official approval of the vote
cast by North and South Carolina
flue-cured tobacco growers in the
July 23 referendum on continu
ance of the 10-cents an acre self
assessment to promote foreign
markets for their crop was an
nounced today by the Board of Di
rectors of Tobacco Associates, Inc.
The Board is required by law
to formally approve the results
of the referendum.
Official figures announced by
the Board showed little variance
with the unofficial totals re
corded by community and county
Tobacco Associates referendum
committeemen on the day of bal
loting.
North Carolina producers vot
ed 125,752 for and 4,386 against
continuing the annual assessment,
while South Carolina growers
voted 27,220 for and 469 againsfc
Tar Heel vote results showed 98.6
per cent of those casting ballots
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 5, 1955
As tentatively planned, the for
eign students will arrive in Zebu
lon on a Friday afternoon, going
to homes in the community where
they will be guests for the week
end.
Friday evening they will be
honored at a banquet, and will at
tend a football game at Wakelon
following the meal.
Saturday Plans
On Saturday the group will be
shown local businesses, the post
office, farming operations, and
other points of interest. Saturday
evening a chicken barbecue will
be staged, followed by a square
dance. The students will wear
their native costumes for the
dance.
Sunday morning the students
will attend local churches of their
choice, including the Zebulon
Methodist and Baptist Churches,
the Wendell Catholic and Chris
tian Churches and others. Invita
tions will be extended to students
to assist in teaching Sunday
School classes and conducting
morning worship services.
Dinner will be eaten in Zeb
ulon homes, and the group will re
turn to Chapel Hill in the after
noon.
Both Bev. Asbury and Troy Bar
rett, pastor of the Baptist and
town’s water situation. It is
thought that the present filter bed
which serves the town is not suf
ficient to adequately filter the
volume of water which the town
requires.
Goodwill Project
A goodwill project, referred to
as The World Comes To Zebulon,
was discussed and approved by the
Mayor and Commissioners. The
project, to be sponsored by va
rious civic organizations in Zebu
lon, entails some thirty-five for
eign youths attending the Uni
versity of North Carolina during
the coming year, to be the guests
of the Town of Zebulon.
Mayor Wilbur T. Debnam, com
menting on the event, said that it
would be a very good thing for
Zebulon if everyone would co
favored the assessment, and 98.3
per cent of those, voting in South
Carolina favored it. Approval by
at least two-thirds of those vot
ing was necessary for the program
to continue.
J. B. Hutson, president of To
bacco Associates, reported at to
day’s meeting on present condi
tions of foreign markets for to
bacco.
Hutson disclosed that he plans a
two-month trip to Europe, leaving
the U. S. on August 5, to study
conditions there. He is scheduled
to visit England, Western Germa
nay, Belgium, Switzerland, Aus
tria, Italy and the Netherlands.
Claude Hall, Roxboro, board
vice-chairman, presided at the
meeting and declared that results
of the recent referendums on
marketing quotas and Tobacco As
sociates represents a “whole
hearted vote of confidence by
landowners, tenants and share
Methodist Churches in Zebulon,
cited the mutual benefits possi
ble for students and townspeople
through the visit.
The Hamilton, Texas, affair
proved a community-wide under
taking, with every civic group, the
town, and churches joining to plan
and carry out a program which
gained widespread publicity.
According to an article in Pres
byterian Action, “the students
were whirled through a pro
gram showing them life in a small
American town and just as im
portant showing the people of
this central Texas county that ‘the
world’ is made up, after all, of
people much like themselves.”
Students Made Talks
Talks were given by the for
eign guests, and they were re
ceived so well that they continued
for 2Vfe hours, with most of the
people still there when the pro
gram ended.
The Hamilton Herald-News edi
torialized afterward: “We prob
ably learnded more from them
than they did from us. At least we
found that the peoples and races
of other countries are at heart fol
lowing the path that leads upward
... It was easy to recognize that
they are outstanding citizens, not
only of the countries from which
they hail, but also of the world.”
operate to make it a success.
“These foreign students come
to the United States,” he said,
“and they come into New York
or Maimi or some other port, and
then go directly to their school
to live in dormitories. Doing that,
they never get a chance to really
see thfe country and how the peo
ple live. This will be a good
chance to let them get to know the
country.”
The Board members authorized
the Town Clerk to hire someone
to work in the Town Office dur
ing August and September to go
over the tax books and mail no
tices to all delinquent taxpayers.
Previous investigation by town
office employees has revealed that
some local persons are as much
as seven years behind in their tax
payments.
croppers in the future of their to
bacco program.” Tobacco Asso
ciates “will do everything possi
ble to continue to merit that con
fidence,” he added.
Wendell Catholics
Begin Rectory Work
St. Eugene’s Catholic parishion
ers will soon have a rectory for
their pastor to use as a home.
A building permit for a rectory
has been issued by the Town of
Wendell to the Church group for
the home.
Groundbreaking for the five
room home was undertaken last
week.
The new home will be on lots
now owned by the Catholic Par
ish and adjacent to the church,
located on Highway No. 64 going
toward Raleigh.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
YOUTH HELD:
Tippett Inquest
Held on Tuesday
A coroner’s jury, investigating
the June 18 death of Luna Mae
Tippett, deliberated approximate
ly 30 minutes before finding Har
old MacDonald Draughon “guilty
of negligence” in driving the pick
up truck which struck the auto in
which Miss Tippett was riding.
Draughon was placed under
SISOO bond and bound over to the
September term of Wake County
Superior Court to face a probable
charge of involuntary manslaugh
ter.
A jury of six men, all from Wen
dell, listened patiently to the three
hour and twenty-five minute pro
ceeding which saw continual bick
ering and relentless examination of
witnesses by Attorney Tom Banks,
appearing for the family of the
decedent, and Howard Manning,
attorney for Draughon. One juror,
W. A. White, related to Harold
Draughon, was permitted to serve
by both sides.
Mrs. Tippett Testifies
The first witness to take the
stand was Mrs. Jack Tippett, sis
ter-in-law of the crash victim and
driver of the 1955 Mercury which
the Draughon pickup truck struck.
Mrs. Tippett testified that she
was taking her sister-in-law to
work shortly before 9 a.m. on the
Saturday morning of the wreck.
She said that they were driving
along the unpaved Glory Road to
ward highway 96 about twenty
five miles per hour when she saw
a blue Buick "pop over the hill’
about 200 yards away.
Testifying that she knew imme
diately it was the Draughon car,
Mrs. Tippett told the court that
she pulled as far over to the
right side of the road as she could
and practically stopped in order
to let the Buick pass.
Cloud of Dust
There was a lot of dust when it
came over the hill, Mrs. Tippett
said, and the truck hit her vehicle
almost as soon as the Buick passed.
Mrs. Tippett said she saw steam
coming from the hood of the Mer
cury and thought the auto was
about to catch fire. Failing in her
attempt to escape through the left
door, she told the court that she
got out through the right door;
her legs gave way, she said, and
she sat in the ditch on the right
side of the road until help arrived.
In giving the position of her
totally wrecked car, Mrs. Tippett
said that the right rear wheel was
at the edge of the ditch and the
front end of the car was out to
ward the center of the road.
She estimated the speed of the
Draughon vehicle at 70 miles an
hour.
Patrolman Testifies
State Highway patrolman L. H.
Kirby, who investigated the acci
dent, stated that he arrived at the
scene around 10 a.m. Both vehi
cles were still there, with the truck
laying on its side, the Mecury up
right in the road, its front right
wheel about 18 inches from the
ditch.
He told the court that the two
vehicles were about 85 feet apart,
but testified later that the meas
urements were made after the ve
hicles had been towed into Zebu
lon from markings which he had
made on Glory Road indicating
their positions.
A controversy, ignited by How
ard Manning’s questioning of the
witness, showed that the patrol
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