THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX. Number 99.
Wakelon to Meet
Wendell on Local
Gridiron Tonight
The Wakelon football team,
coached by Charles Hester, will
play its big game of the season
at 8 o’clock tonight on the local
athletic field when the Bulldogs
meet White Rams of Wendell,
with each team seeking its first
victory of the 1955 season.
Wakelon will enter the game
without the services of two of the
team’s most valuable players, Le
land Creech and Victor Pace.
Creech, a left end, and Pace, right
half-back, both have sustained
knee injuries which will keep them
out of action.
Steve Stallings, a guard, who
has been out of action since the
Spring Hope game with an ankle
sprain will be ready for limited ac
tion.
The Wakelon band will also
participate in the activities this
evening. Led by Director Alger
Batts, the band will play several
numbers at half-time.
Lights Repaired
Lights have been repaired at
the Wakelon field, but shortly af
ter the repairs were completed,
Hurricane lone struck the com
munity and damaged the lighting
system to some extent. Principal
Franklin Jones, however, says that
the lighting system is still in bet
ter condition than it was for the
Spring Hope game two weeks ago.
Wakelon dropped its season
opener on September 9 to Spring
Hope by a 12-0 score, and last
week lost a 34-7 decision to the
strong Cary eleven. Coach Hester
substituted liberally in last week’s
game in order to give his reserves
valuable experience.
Wendell lost Friday to a strong
and experienced Methodist Or
phanage team. The Methodists
defeated Wendell, 21-12.
Probably starting line up for
Wendell follows: entfs, Gene Clark
and Kenneth Alford; tackles, J. H.
Alphin and Marshall Raper;
guards, Roger Harris and Bobby
Hull; center, Ralph Harris; quar
ter-back, Brodie Baker; left half
back, Carl Hull; right half-back,
Jimmy Hinnant; fullback, Dwight
Sanderford.
Wakelon probable starters
will be: ends, Billy Tant and
Tony Wilson; tackles, Freddy Beck
and Talmadge Alford; guards,
Cordell Page and Bennie Mitchell;
center, Henry Bobbitt or Aubrey
(See GAME, Page 8)
Beulah Christian Church
Homecoming on Sunday
The Beulah Christian Church,
Route 4, Zebulon, will observe
Homecoming Sunday, September
25.
The program for the da/ will
begin with the regular Sunday
school at 9:45 a.m. The pastor, the
Rev. Eugene Tally, will speak at
the worship service at 11 a.m.
Immediately after the service
dinner will be served on picnic
tables in the church yard.
Founded in 1887
In the afternoon, a history of the
church, which was organized in
1887 will be read. There will also
be singing.
Revival will begin Monday eve
ning with the Rev. George Tally
as the speaker.
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Ray Rites Wednesday ;
Inquest Is Set Sept. 26
Funeral services for Berry T.
“Tommy” Ray were held Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at Hop
kins Chapel Baptist Church with
the Rev. Johnnie Caldwell, pastor,
officiating. The body was taken to
the church an hour prior to the
PTA MEETING
The first scheduled
meeting of the Wakelon
Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will be held in the
school auditorium Mon
day, September 26, at 7:45
p.m., Mrs. E. V. Rountree,
president, stated yester
day.
A reception for faculty
members and guests will
be held in the school cafe
teria, following a brief
business meeting. Patrons
of the school are urged to
attend the meeting and re
ception.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 23, 1955
Commerce Directors Meet;
Talton Is Named to Board
The Board of Directors of the Zebulon Chamber of Com
merce, meeting Wednesday night for the first time since the
1955 general meeting, elected a new director to fill a vacancy,
approved plans for beautification of the community, decided on
trade promotions for the town, and discussed the employment
of a part-time secretary and establishment of a credit bureau.
Ralph Talton, manager of the
Zebulon office of Carolina Pow
er & Light Company, was elect
ed a director to fill the remain
ing two years of the term orig
inally held by George Morgan,
who resigned because of inabil
ity to meet during the evening
with other officers.
Mr. Talton is a former director
and president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and is also a former
president of the Zebulon Rotary
Club.
At the meeting, which was pre
sided over by President Ferd Da
vis and attended by former Pres
ident Thomas Monk and Directors
R. Vance Brown, H. C. Wade, Ra
leigh Alford, and Ed Hales, a pro
ject to further planting of mag
nolia trees in Zebulon was indors
ed. No Chamber of Commerce
money will be spent on the project,
however.
Promotions planned by the
group during 1955-56 include sur
veys for the Norfolk Southern
Railroad’s industrial department,
dollar days and other trade events,
investigation of industrial expan
sion possibilities in the community,
and development of a credit bu
reau.
Desire for credit bureau was
voiced by members of the Cham
ber of Commerce at the annual
meeting in August, and the direc
tors will investigate the matter
further during the next two weeks.
Employment of a part-time secre
tary would make such a credit
bureau possible, the directors indi
cated, procided sufficient funds are
available for the two services.
Membership dues will be set
following this investigation, direc
tors decided, and the membership
drive will begin soon after Octo
ber 5.
services. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Cecil Hopkins,
Ivan Hopkins, Wayland Perry, Bil
ly K. Hopkins, Raymond Aver
ette, and Willie B. Hopkins.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Rica Pearce, and four
daughters, Mrs. Baxter Richards
and Mrs. Hugh Pippin of Zebu
lon, Mrs. James Williford of Wen
dell, and Mrs. Robert C. Dilyard
of Wyandotte, Michigan.
Mr. Ray died at Mary Elizabeth
Hospital in Raleigh Monday, fol
lowing a collision between his car
and one driven by Henry Edwards
Conyers, 20-year-old Negro of
Zebulon, Route 2, at Wakefield on
September 10.
Following the accident, which
was investigated by Patrolman F.
R. Wicker of Wendell, the deceased
was treated here and at the Ral
eigh hospital where he died. His
physician, Dr. E. H. Herring, re
ported that Mr. Ray died of a brain
hemorrhage caused by a fractured
skull.
Coroner Marshall W. Bennett
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Dr. Zyba K. Massey
Dr. Massey has been recently
named to the Board of Director of
the Wake County Cancer Detec
tion Clinic, which is conducted in
quarters at Rex Hospital in Ral
eigh. The local dentist is one of
nine new members of the Board.
The Clinic’s operation has result
ed in the early detection of many
cases of cancer during the past
year.
Charles Jolly to Preach
At Wakefield Revival
By J. Vernon Brooks, Pastor
Revival services will be con
ducted at Wakefield Baptist
Church Monday, September 26,
through Sunday, October 2, 1955,
at 8:00 p.m. The Rev. Charles A.
Jolly will be the guest minister.
Mr. Jolly is pastor of the Waverly
Place Baptist Church, Roanoke,
Virginia. Mr. Jolly’s ministry at
Waverly has been attended by un
usual success during the last ten
months. The Lord added to the
membership 91 members by bap
tism with 11 others awaiting bap
tism.
The members of Wakefield cor
dially invited all their friends to
hear this fine Gospel preacher and
enjoy this spiritual season.
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The Rev. Charles A. Jolly, left, will be guest minister for the
I revival services at Wakefield Baptist Church beginning Monday eve
ning, September 26, and continuing each evening at 8 o’clock through
Sunday, October 2. Pastor J. Vepion Brooks, right, has extended an
invitation to the entire community to attend the revival.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Service Held
For Mother
Os McNabbs
Mrs. Forrest McNabb of Zebu
' lon and Newport, Tennessee, died
Thursday night, September 15,
while on a visit to her former home
! at Newport. For some time Mrs.
McNabb had been making her
home near Zebulon with a widow
led daughter, Mrs. Joris R. Bell,
I and a grandson, Rodney Bell.
A son of the deceased, Rodney
McNabb, has also been a resident
of the Zebulon community for sev
eral years. He has served as a
Sunday School teacher, school
board member, and president of
the Zebulon Rotary Club.
Mrs. McNabb died after a brief
illness. Her funeral was con
ducted Sunday, September 18, at
the First Baptist Church of New
port by the Rev. Melbourne, pas
tor, assisted by the Rev. Crad
dock of the Newport Christian
Church. Burial followed at Union
Cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. J. R. Bell of Zebulon
and Mrs. Dewey Freeman of Wash
ington, D. C.; four sons, Rodney
of Zebulon, Hollis of Detroit, Mich
igan, Aubrey and Hugh of New
port, Tennessee, and fifteen grand
children.
Methodists Plan
Youth Day Here
By Vaughan Wade
Beginning at 8:00 in the morn
| ing and closing at 10:00 in the
evening, the youth of the Zebulon
Methodist Church will share “14
hours with Christ” next Sunday,
September 25, working, playing,
planning, praying that their pro
gram might more adequately meet
their own particular needs.
Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall
will be followed by visiting,
Church School, Church, and Lunch
at Hilliard’s Restaurant.
The afternoon will be given over
to planning the year’s emphases
in the various age groups.
After supper in the fellowship
Hall, and evening MYF sessions,
the group will join their families
and the other families of the
Church for “Family Night” in the
church. The day will close with
recreation and a challenge.
All youth of the church are in
vited to attend this day of inspira
i tion and enrichment.
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