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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 98. NEW STATE AMERICAN LEGION HEADQUARTERS 'll >... .. * - * • • . - - : '•• >■:>. • i ' 'V ' ■ ' * ' i v'v ' ' • • ■ * ■ - ' ' ' ' " '■ '• ' . **' ' ■ „ . . «. .—- Shown is a revised architect’s drawing of the first permanent home the North Carolina Depart ment of the American Legion has ever owned since its organization in 1919. The Department Head quarters building, which will cost over SIOO,OOO, will be built in Raleigh at the northeast corner of New Bern Avenue and Blount Street. Governor Luther H. Hodges, a charter member of the Leaksville- Spray Post of the American Legion, will be the speaker at ground-breaking rites at 4 p.m. next Sunday. Troy Barrett Is Speaker At Rotary Supper Friday Men must learn to get along with each other, the Rev. Troy Barrett told members of the Zebulon Rotary Club last Friday night in a talk on “Community Relations.” He was introduced by Early H. Moser, program chairman for the meeting. Mr. Barrett said Cain asked the Lord: “Am I my brother’s keep er?” “We are more thah that,” the Methodist minister said. “We are our brother’s brother.” He ex plained that we must do more than help others; we must teach oth ers to help themselves. Elaborating on “one world,” Mr. Barrett said that it is impossible to separate the individual, the home, the community, or the world from each other. Home Life Important The importance of homelife in building a good community was emphasized. In community rela tions it is “how we spell ‘love’ in the home that makes a great deal of difference,” Mr. Barrett said. ' He touched briefly on many problems which face the local com munity. “We are afraid of this business of the brotherhood of men,” he warned. “We need a faith,” he concluded. District Eight President to Speak At Zebulon Junior Woman's Club The Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club will meet tonight at 8 o’- clock in the clubhouse for the first meeting of the season. Mrs. Johnson Matthews of Dur ham, N. C., President of District Eight of the N. C. Federation of Woman’s Clubs will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Gilmer Parrish, President of the Zebulon Jr. Club, said they were having the Wen dell Jr. Woman’s Club as their guest also. Mrs. Matthews will speak on how the club can be an improve ment in the cultural program and help share in the responsibility of local community for social better ment. Roscoe D. Chalk Shot Yesterday O. J. “Pete” Scarboro, 60-year old bachelor of the Fowler’s Cross Roads section, was placed in the Zebulon jail last night after he shot Roscoe David Chalk, 26, with a 12-gauge shotgun around 5:45 yesterday afternoon. Chalk was taken to Raleigh for treatment at Rex Hospital. He is suffering from wounds in his left arm, shoulder, and side. Scarboro said that he had told Chalk to stay away from his home, and shot him after Chalk came to his place yesterday and a dispute arose, between the two men. Chief of Police Willie B. Hop kins said Scarboro appeared in toxicated at the time of his arrest. The condition of Chalk was con sidered serious. Mrs. Parrish said also that the program chairmen had put forth a lot of effort and thoughts in planning interesting programs and securing good speakers for the club. Officers for the coming year are: President, Mrs. Gilmer Parrish, Vice President, Mrs. Dabney Gill, Secretary, Mrs. Charles Creech, Point Secretary, Mrs. Frank Kan non and Treasurer, Mrs. Melvin Massey. Standing Committees: Yearbook and Scrapbook, Mrs. Rochelle Long, Magazine Subscriptions, Mrs. William Bunn, Ways and Means, Mrs. Dabney Gill, Chair (See CLUB, Page 5) Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, September 20, 1955 Thomas, Tucker Give Salk Shots The second of a series of polio vaccine immunizations was givenn in Wakelon and Shepard Schools last Friday. Dr. George Tucker conducted the clinic at Wakelon, assisted by two Wake County Health Department nurses, grade mothers, and Mrs. George Temple and Mrs. Eldred Rountree. Dr. Ben Thomas administered the shots in the Shepard clinic, which included Carver and Riley Hill Schools. Many of the children who were scheduled did not receive the shots because parents failed to sign the necessary slip. Others changed their minds, were not well and were advised to wait until later, or were absent. All the groups who were to re ceive the shots and did not are urged to go to the Wake County Health Department in Raleigh for the second shot as soon as possi ble. Methodist Missionary Group Holds Session Circle No. 1 of the WSCS met in the sanctuary of the Methodist Church Monday night. Mrs. W. D. Finch, program lead er gave the devotional. Mrs. S. G. Flowers assisted on the subject of Korea—“ The Spread of the Kingdom in Perilous Times,” and “Paying the Price of Christian Discipleship.” Mrs. R. E. Kitching, chairman, presided over the business. Plans were presented for a banquet to be held in the Social Room, Sep tember 21, at 7:00, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the WSCS. Charter members and old and new members are invited. The out of town speaker, Mrs. H. A. Davis, Conference Treasurer, will tell the most outstanding things that have been accomplished by the WSCS in 15 years. Mrs. Gar land Richardson will speak on the local society. Mrs. M. J. Sexton, president of the WSCS, is most anxious to en roll new members at this time. Third Hurricane of Season . Hits Community Yesterday The weatherman lost Hurricane lone for a while yesterday, variously reporting its center over such points as Belhaven, Have lock, Roanoke Rapids, Kinston, Cherry Point, and Jacksonville ! —but Zebulon folks knew where at least part of it was all the time, as heavy winds damaged local roofs, TV antennae, and - trees, and rains fell all day. Damage reported here was slightly less than that experienced from Hurricane Connie and Diane during August, but only because the two preceding storms had pretty well taken care of the corn crop. Several local farmers re ported yesterday that lone had finished up their cotton crops for them. Zebulon apparently caught the western fringe of the hurricane, with a north to northwest gale blowing from before daylight un til, nearly light. Ironically, much of the tree damage was done by lighter winds after heavy rains had softened the soil here. Business proceeded generally as usual in Zebulon yesterday, but Wakelon and other local schools closed shortly after the lunch hour. The Wakelon PTA meeting was cancelled last night, as was football practice yesterday after noon. Extremely heavy damage was reported on the coast and in tide water sections of North Carolina, with calls being received here for help for utilities. Carolina Power and Light Company and Bell tel ephone service here, however, was unusually good considering the weather, although line crews of the Zebulon CP&L offices were kept busy all day yesterday re pairing local lines. Mrs. L J. Paper Dies in Wilson Mrs. Lenora Johnson Raper, 63, of Middlesex, Route 1, died in a Wilson hospital Friday at 3 p.m. Surviving are the husband, W. V. Raper; two sons, C. R. of Mid dlesex, Route 1, and Archie Raper, Panama Canal Zone; three daugh ters, Mrs. J. O. Davis of Middlesex; Mrs. Lester Godwin of Middlesex, Route 1, and Lou Nettie Raper of Raleigh; one brother, W. A. John son of Zebulon, Route 1; five half brothers, Etheridge, Anderson, Moses, and Mitchell, all of Kenly, Route 2, and Manning Narron of Wilson; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Raybon Gets One to Two Years For Assault on Negro Woman Vance Raybon, Jr., 32-year-old father of three children, was sen tenced to one to two years on the roads in Wake County Court last Friday by Judge William Y. Bick ett. Raybon, who operated a store at Lizard Lick prior to his arrest on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape on Roberta Davis, 40-year-old Negro woman of 308 W. Cabarrus St., Raleigh, pleaded guilty to a charge of assault on a female last Wednesday. He was held in Wake County jail until Friday for sentencing. The Negro woman said that Raybon enticed her away from her home on April 13 on the pretense Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Ray Succumbs Tommy Ray, elderly far mer of the Hopkins Cross Roads community, died at Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Raleigh yesterday as a re sult of injuries sustained in a collision at Gainey's Store in Wakefield Satur day, September 10. Fun eral arrangements are not complete, pending notifi cation of a daughter at Wyandotte, Michigan. Woman Shot By Husband Mrs. Martha Alford, about 41, of Route 4, Zebulon, was reported in a serious condition in Rex Hos pital in Raleigh, victim of a shot gun blast fired by her husband as she stood in the doorway of their home Thursday afternoon about 5:30 pun. Approximately two hours after the shooting, the victim’s husband, R. Berkley Alford, 45-year-old farmer, came into Town Hall and surrendered to Wake Deputy Earl Duke. Duke described the man as intoxicated at the time of his surrender Thursday evening. A neighbor, Mrs. C. C. Perry, summoned an ambulance, and Mrs. Alford was removed to the Raleigh hospital, where her condition was described as serious. No charges were made, pending the patient’s development. Police reported that Alford bought the shotgun with which he wounded his wife earlier in the afternoon at a Zebulon store, where he told the clerk that he was going to kill some squirrels in his yard. The shooting occurred when Al ford arrived home shortly after 5 p.m. and his wife, standing in the doorway, accused her husband of drinking. Alford told police that he got the gun from his car and fired at his wife as she was turning away from the door to go back in to the house. of offering her a job as cook at “his case.” She said that he then drove to the country where he offered her SSO to submit to him. When she refused, he assaulted her. During the assault, she testified, she seized a tire tool and struck him with it until he fled. She then walked back to Raleigh and swore out a warrant for his ar rest. Raybon, who owns a tobacco farm in the Mitchell’s Mill section, was given until November 1 to market his tobacco crop before be ginning his sentence. Surrender bon** of $4,000 was posted by the (See RAYBON, Page 5
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