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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 96. fig * ■ , '' f ‘ ' '" '. I ~ , :.. - , tJttl North Carolina Boys' Home Planned Near Chadbourn Is Highly Endorsed By W. Horace Carter North Carolina’s first Boys Home is nearing reality. Leaders of the Home, to be lo cated three miles from Chadbourn in Columbus County, have hopes that construction will begin by November 1 on the $40,000 cottage to house the needy and under- Special Meeting For Cub Scouts Tnere will be a meeting of all parents wno have children eligi ble to participate in the Zebulon Cud Stout movement Wednesday nignt, September 21, at 8 p.m. in the courtroom of the Town Hall, K. G. Privette, cuomaster, announced yesterday. Tae cub Scout program is open to ad boys between the ages of eight and eleven, Air. Privette said. ihe meeting is especially for all parents who are interested in their sons becoming cub scouts, and for those who are interested in promoting the scouting movement in Zebulon. Mr. rrivette said tnat the pur pose ol tne meeting will be to elect officers for the coming year who win in tne local scout troop. These ofiicers will assume their duties January 1, 1956. Tne troop’s charter must be re newed aiso, ivir. Privette explained. ine Zeouion cud scout troop is realiy in need of having the co operation of ail parents in the com munity, and that cooperation in cludes oeing present at this meet ing coming up next week,” Mr. Privette said. Cub Scout meetings in Zebulon will begin shortly after the usual summer vacation. Argument Ends in Shooting Sunday; Morgan Is Charged with Assault Andrew Morgan, 21, Negro, of Wendell, was arrested Sunday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in con nection with a shooting here Sun day njght. Morgan is charged with shooting Isham N. White, 33, Negro, of Knightdale, at the home of Allie Scott, Negro, of Wendell, Route 2, about 12:30 a.m. today. Investigating officers, Deputies Sheriff Earl Duke and C. C. Doan, said that White was shot through the right arm with a 32-calibre privileged youngsters. Boys Home is still new to North Carolinians. It first received pub -1 licity several months ago when the Whiteville Civitan Club heed ed A. D. Peacock’s plea for an institution of this kind and quickly endorsed it as a civic project. “It was too big for one club and the kind of thing in which every resident of Columbus County was anxious to participate,” said Mr. Peacock. Actually Boys Home began to take shape as far back as 1937 when Peacock, who is a funeral director, buried the wife of a min ister in Smithfield, N. C. •‘As I watched the 12 children standing at the head of their mother’s casket, I promised that someday I’d devote part of my life to helping youngsters.” Peacock took no action, other than helping needy cnuaren at Cfiristmas, on his dream until 1950. When four boys between the ages ot 6 and 11 had been orphaned by the death of their parents and left with him, he made plans to lease a farm on which to start a home. After a few days some relatives who had shown no previous in terest in the boys found there was some insurance involved and in tervened. The idea went on the shelf again until October of last year. Peacock arrived late for the regular meet ing of the Civitan Club. He had just buried the mother of seven, children. The oldest child was 15. There was no food inthe home and the youngsters were ragged and barefooted. ‘•This empty stocking fund will make a lot of kids happy Christ mas,” remarked one of the Civitan members in regards to the project at hand. Peacock, with tears in his eyes, told th egroup, ‘‘l know where you (See BOYS HOME, Page 5) revolver and the bullet lodged in his chest. He was admitted to St. Agnes Hospital in Raleigh where his condition tonight was reported as satisfactory. He is expected to recover. Scott’s bond was set at SI,OOO for his appearance in the local Record er’s Court next Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on the felony charge. The officers said that White and Morgan had an argument at Scott’s place where a juxe box was located and a crowd congregated. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, September 13, 1955 STUDENT William Harold Green of Zebu lon was one of seven North Caro lina students awarded a four-year scholarship to N. C. State College by the Yvinslow Foundation —an educational fund established by a native Tar Heel. Winslow scholarships are lim ited to students of medicine, agri culture and veterinary medicine. Methodists Plan Exercise Sunday Special exercises have been planned for this Sunday, Septem ber 18, in the Zebulon Methodist Church which will conduct a ‘ Rally Day” with visiting speaker Dr. C. P. Morris, Executive Sec retary of the North Carolina Con ference Board of Education. Dr. Morris will preach at the 11 a.m. worship services and conduct a one hour workshop Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on ‘Evan gelism in the Church School,” ac cording to advance plans for the event which were released by tne church this past weekend. At Church School, there will be a program - on “Days of Life that Teach Us,” conducted by Mrs. Fred L. Page. The workshop, to be led by Dr. Morris Sunday afternoon, will be conducted for the benefit of Church School teachers and officers and members of the Commissions on Education and Evangelism, Neigh borhood Group leaders, and offi cers of the MYF. Among these leaders are Mr. and Mrs. John Terry, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. (See METHODISTS, Page 8) Spring Hope Takes Victory From Wakelon Friday Night The desire to win a football game, felt stronger by a visiting Spring Hope eleven which handed Wakelon School its first loss of the season Friday night by a 12-0 count, made the difference be tween victory and defeat, accord ing to Wakelon coach Charles Hes ter. “I think Spring Hope just want ed to win a little more than we aid,” Hester said. “They were ragged, and not in top shape, and ot course we weren’t either.” Following a first half in which the Hester-coached team looked extremely impressive, Spring Hope broke the ice and scored twice af ter the intermission. ‘Wakelon played good during that first half,” Hester said, “but I think that maybe a lack of con fluence auring the second half had something to do with our losing. We have a lot to do this week dur ing practice, and I think that we’ll improve.” Wakelon was sluggish in its pasing attack during the Spring Hope contest, and Hester described the throwing as “ragged,” and had the samt to say concerning Spring Hope’s passing. ‘ 1 think that desire was the main thing in the game Friday night,” Hester said. “But we played good, despite the mistakes and first game roughness, which are to be expected when the season first starts.” Wakelon Bulldogs continue their schedule next Friday night when they visit Cary. “I think that Cary has a better team than Spring Hope,” Hester said, “and that means quite a bit of work coming up in practice dur ing the week.” More work on passing and blocking seems to be one of the major orders for this wee K’s prac tice sessions, both of which, Hes ter said, could see valuable im provements. Repeat Performance Vic Hershkowitz, Brooklyn fire man, again captured singles honors in the U. S. Handball Association four-wall championship by beating Bob Brady of San Francisco in straight games, 21 to 15, 21 to 18 in Chicago. This was the third year of victory for Hershkowitz since 1949. Shepard School Working Toward Recognition by Southern Association In an attempt to attain member ship in, and recognition by the Southern Association ox secondary Scnools during the month of Octo ber, Shepard School is undertak ing an extensive program to se cure funds for school improve ments. The major block preventing the school from being fully accredited by the organization is the present library, which is insufficient to warrant membership in the South ern Association. The Parent Teachers’ Associa tion of Snepard Scnool, along with the school’s faculty and stu dents will launch a united finan cial effort this in order to secure more books for the school library. These books are needed to meet the requirements for mem bership in the Southern Associa- Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers HOMECOMINC HELD SUNDAY A third of a century ago the winding dirt road out of Zebulon ran eastward about seven miles to “Murraytown,” a country cross roads place in Nash county, where it branched out, running to Rocky Cross, Samaria and Social Plains communities. “Murraytown” was then like most rural communities. Schools and churches were neith er near nor attractive. Travel was mostly by foot. Life was still simple. Baseball was just com ing in, Softball and movies were unheard of and Sunday was just about the dullest day of the week. Women could visit neighbors in the afternoon, the men—well, the writer has heard that some of them found their recreation in hunting, fishing and even cock fighting. But some people even to day will argue that doing a little wrong on Sunday is better than doing nothing at all—’may be so! But “Murraytown” will go down (See HOMECOMING, Page 8) Street Dance to Be Held in Zebulon A street dance and local talent show will be held in Zebulon Wed nesuay night, September 21, from eight until ten o’clock under the sponsorship of Bunn Electric Com pany. The dance will be held in front of the company’s store here, and tne public has been invited to participate. Country Jim Thornton and his WTVO country style band will provide music for the event Anyone locally who would like to enter the talent show should register at Bunn Electric Com pany. The winners in the talent competition will appear on WTVD television and receive appropriate prizes, it was announced by com pany officials. The dance will be free of charge. tion. • The school’s PTA is staging a Million Dollar Wedding, which will end Sunday October 16 in the Shepard School Gymtorium. Each section of the school community will be represented by a bride and groom. An automobile race will be sponsored by the students and fac ulty of the school. The race will begin on Tuesday, September 13, and will end on Friday, October 14. Classes will select autos to rep resent them. Shepard school officials have made an appeal to all individuals, groups and business establishments to support the school’s drive to meet the standards necessary to becoming a member of the South ern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges.
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