THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 87.
A LONG WAY FROM ZEBULON
Tar Heels Aid French Orphans
By Darnell P. Spann
Metz, France, is the largest city
near us, having a population of
100,000, There you see old types
of buildings as well as the mod
ern.
It is an old town; one of the
churches still in use was built in
the 7th century. The cathedrals
and St. Vincent’s Church draw
many visitors. Then, too, Metz has
a large museum.
Metz is an important commer
cial and industrial center. The
town is spread over the three
branches of the Moselle river.
Bathing, boating and fishing are
three great attractions. The sur
rounding county is also very
lovely.
American Cemeteries
Verdun and St. Mihiel are two
American cemeteries near our vil
lage. They are well cared for and
resemble Arlington Cemetery. At
St. Mihiel there is a lovely chapel
in the center of the cemetery of
white marble with these words
engraved on the wall:
“This chapel has been erected
by the United States of America
in grateful remembrance of her
sons who died in the World War.”
Outside, two large flag poles sup
port our nation’s flag.
Calvin is with the Hq. Sqdn. at
Chambley Air Base. One activity
of the Fellowship Group headed
by Chaplain John George is to
give aid to 75 orphans of the St.
Jean Protestant Orphanage in
Metz. They have purchased play
ground equipment. The group pro
vided a devotional program, movie
and refreshments for the children
on two occasions and plans to vis
it summer camp with a movie
for them in July.
Clothing Requested
Curtains and tablecloths for
the Orphanage dining rooms were
also donated. Used clothing for
the orphans had been requested by
members of the group.
Many of the churches in the
States have responded, among
them Pilot, Pearce and Jamesville
Church. It was a thrilling thing to
hear those orphans sing “Ameri
ca” in their native tongue.
Dorothy and Judith have col
lected toys from Ireland, Eng
land, Luxemburg, France and
Germany. Their main interest is
learning French words, so they can
(See TAR HEELS, Page 4)
UNCLE FERD'S ALMANAC
You Got Troubles? It's Dog Days!
Every year about this time some
fellow goes on a two-weeks drunk
and tries to shoot his wife, his
landlord, the sheriff, and every
body else in sight.
Then lawyers spend more time
cussing each other out than they
do trying their cases, not to men
tion baseball players getting into
real rhubarbs that just won’t stop.
And even folks who don’t go
co/npletely off their rocker get
touchy as the dickens tempers
are short, and you had better not
try to kid anybody. Even if they
know you’re kidding, they’ll pre
tend they don’t, and you will lose
(1) a friend, (2) a quart of blood,
and (3) your beautiful straight
nose. At any rate that’s how I
lost mine.
What’s the answer? Willie B.
Hopkins has a word for it, and
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Protestant Foundation Orphanage in Metz, France. Open House was
held at the Orphanage and many families from Chambley Air Base
were guests. Reading from left to right, Dorothy, Calvin H. Judith,
Marie Anne Wall and Darnell Spann. Marie Anne Wall is a French
girl and a friend of Dorothy and Judith Spann.
Gill Buick Company Loss
Small following Bobbery
Vandals who broke into Gill
Buick Co. in Zebulon last Thurs
day night succeeded in getting
only three or four dollars cash
and a .38 caliber pistol after tam
pering with the soft drink ma
chine and two desks in the of
fice, according to Ruric Gill, Jr.,
company official.
Mr. Gill said that he had a cus
tomer from Raleigh to visit him at
the office around 10:30 Thursday
night, and when he got there, the
robbers had already made their
break-in and left.
Zebulon police who asnewred
Mr. Gill’s call investigated the
case and called Raleigh police who
sent a fingerprint expert over.
Mr. Gill said that fresh finger
prints were found on the soft
drink box and on the inside of
one of the desk drawers in the of
fice. These prints have not been
so did the ancient Romans.
Willie B. says it’s “dog days”
that make people act mean, and
the Romans said the same thing,
only they said caniculares dies.
The ancients observed that Si
rius, the dog star, could be seen
in the winter only. In the sum
mer it comes around in conjunc
tion with the sun, so they be
lieved, the earth received the
combined heat of the sun and Siri
us. Since Sirius is the brightest
star in the sky, they reasoned
that it must be also the hottest;
that’s the way they explained the
seasons—and the hottest days, be
lieved caused by the doy star, they
called dog days.
Lots of people think that dog
days are a backwoods superstition;
let it be noted that they are just
(See ALMANAC, Page 4)
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, August
identified, Mr. Gill added.
“There war some money in the
desk drawer, but they didn’t get
it,” Mr. Gill said grinning. “They
looked in the wrong drawer.”
The vandals gained entrance
through a side window which they
broke out. According to Mr. Gill,
the robbers did more damage to
the desk in the office than any
thing else.
“We think that it was a couple
of youngsters who were after
some money,” Mr. Gill explained.
“They could have gotten most
anything they wanted from ac
cessories to a new car, but we
can’t find anything else missing.”
Thomas Brannon
Dies Unexpectedly
Thomas Calvin Brannan, 34, of
Zebulon, died after a brief illness
early Monday morning in Rex
Hospital in Raleigh. He was as
sociated with the Home Security
Life Insurance Company, and for
merly lived in Raleigh.
He was the son of the late Wil
lie and Victoria Brannan.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy
Morgan Brannan; a daughter, Re
becca; two sons, Wayne and Da
vid, of the home; two sisters, Mrs.
Edith Byrd of St. Petersburg, Flor
ida, and Mrs. Kathleen Nipper
of Route 6, Raleigh; three broth
ers, W. M. and W. W. of Zebulon,
and H. A. of Raleigh.
Funeral Today
Funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon at 4 p.m.
from the Zebulon Baptist Church
by the Rev. Beverly Asbury, as
sisted by Rev. Gerald Primm of
Calvary Baptist Church, Raleigh.
The body will lie in state for
one hour prior to the service. Bur
ial will be in Montlawn Ceme
tery, Raleigh.
9,1955
Lions Club Endorses 'World
Conies to Zebulon' Promotion
The Zebulon Lions Club went on
record as officially endorsing the
plans for the forthcoming “World
Comes To Zebulon” program, ten
tatively scheduled for some week
end in October.
Patrol Sirens Are
Legal, We Hear
It’s legal now for a state high
way patrol car to be equipped with
a siren. Not until recently though
when the General Assembly spell
ed out authority for the police
growlers. An overlooked miscue in
the Manual of Motor Vehicles laws
iailed to include patrol cars in the
list of emergency vehicles okay’ed
for a siren.
A manual recently published
by the Institute of Government
lists that corrected oversight and
calls attention to several other
changes in the Motor Vehicle Laws
important to Tar Heel Drivers.
License Regulations
Under the uniform driver’s li
lence act chauffeur’s licenses
must now be secured by persons
driving a vehicle licensed for
more than 15,000 pounds (except
the owner of a private carrier)
and those driving passenger vehi
cles of more than nine persons
capacity.
The amendment, however, ex
cluded school and church bus dri
vers who have a valid operator’s
permit.
Current registration plates will
be good through February 15 in
stead of January 31 as before. Un
der the old staute the Motor Vehi
cles Department retailed license
plates from December 1 through
(See LEGAL NOW, Page 8)
Wendell Planning
Farmers' Project
For 13 weeks, the Tobacco
Board of Trade of Wendell, in con
junction with the Wendell Cham
ber of Commerce, will sponsor a
Farmer’s program with a new
truck being the grand prize and a
major prize being given each
week,
Tifckets for the drawing will be
obtained when the farmers sell
their tobacco at Wendell ware
houses and patronize Wendell
merchants many of whom will
have special sales in progress.
Weekly Prizes
Plans call for each weekly prize
to consist of one of the follow
ing: A television set, bedroom
suite, refrigerator, automatic shot
gun, radios, etc. Each of the
winner’s names will be returned
to the barrell for a chance
at the grand prize, a brand new
truck which will be drawn three
days before the close of the "local
tobacco market.
AF&AM NOTICE
An Emergent Communication
of Zebulon Lodge No. 609 will
be held tonight at 7:30 for work
in the First Degree. All Master
Masons are invited to attend.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
The program for bringing for
eign students studying at Chapel
Hill this fall to Zebulon in an ef
fort to familarize them with ev
eryday American life, was com
mended by the Lions preceding
their endorsement of the project.
Mayor Wilbur T. Debnam, Lions
Club member, said that the project
must be a “community sponsored”
activity if it is to be successful.
Lions Club members Were also
informed that Frank Kemp, club
president, has acquired a goat to
be used to foster perfect attend
ance at club meetings during the
coming year. Lions who attended
the Thursday night meeting say
that attendance was “amazingly
good.”
Frank Kemp’s Goat
The goat, which is now on the
Frank Kemp farm near Zebulon,
will be kept by the club president
until some member fails to attend
a meeting. If that member does not
make the meeting up by the fol
lowing Monday night, he must take
possession of the goat until the
next meeting. If the goat dies in
the member’s possession, he must
by another.
It was also announced that the
Lions Club received $328 from
their recent bread sale. This money
will be turned over to some worthy
project.
Ben Thomas, Jr.,
Is Victim of Polio
Ben David Thomas, Jr., who
was taken to Rex Hospital Sun
day morning with polio, was ie
portedly “doing all right” yester
day morning, his condition remain
ing unchanged throughout Sunday
night.
The Thomas youth, who is sup
posed to begin school next month
for the first time, complained to
his parents of “feeling bad” the
latter part of last week. The case
was later diagnosed as being polio.
Mrs. Jack Mitchell, Dr. Thom
as’ nurse, said yesterday that the
boy’s father said that he believed
he would be all right, provided
the case did not become any worse.
The Thomas boy will remain in
Rex Hospital for an indefinite
period pending the seriousness
and development of the case.
Welfare Official
To Speak Here
Commander R. E. Pippin, Zebu
lon Post No. 33, American Legion,
announces that the August meet
ing will be held Wednesday night
at 7:30 at Hilliard’s Drive-In. This
meeting marks the first to be held
on the new date, the second Wed
nesday of each month.
Commander Pippin urges each
member to be present for discus
sion of plans for the membership
drive that is now underway.
Program Chairman H. A. Hodge,
Jr., announces that Mrs. J. Sid
ney Kirk, superintendent of public
welfare for Wake County, will be
guest speaker for the evening.
Plan now to be present for the
August meeting, he urged.
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