THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 3.
UNUSUAL STATE FAIR ARENA
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The f-ibouous State Fair Arean will be the center of a great deal
of activity during the 88th annual N. C. State Fair, October 18 through
22. Inside this giant building much of the livestock judging will
take place. Inside also will be seen seven performances of the World’s
Championship Rodeo. In the vast exhibit lobbies and concourses
will be the State Fair’s principal education exhibits centered around
cotton, the featured commodity this year.
Three Big Dates
There are three big dates com
ing up in the Zebulon Methodist
Church for teachers and officers
of the church school, neighbor
hood group leaders, and members
of the Official Board, especially
the Commission on Education and
Evangelism.
First, on Wednesday, October
12, from 7:30 to 9:30, in the Zebu
lon Methodist Church, there will
Homecoming
The annual home-coming day
will be observed at Friendship
Free Will Baptist Church, John
ston County, Route 1, Middlesex,
Sunday, October 23.
The service will begin with Sun
day school at 10:00 a.m., follow
ed by the homecoming message at
11:00 by Rev. W. Burkette Raper,
President, Mount Olive Junior
College, Mount Olive, N. C.
A picnic lunch will be served at
the noon hour, and all members
are urged to bring a well filled
basket.
The afternoon service- will be
composed of gospel singing. All
choirs, quartets, trios, and solosr
are welcome to join in the singing.
All members, former members and
pastors, and friends are cordially
invited to attend this service.
Bureau Aux Meet
The Farm Bureau Auxiliary
will meet in the Home Economics
Department at Wakelon School
on Thursday, October 13, at 7:30
p.m.
Mrs. Callie Hardwicke, Home
Furnishing Specialist from N. C.
State College, will speak on Se
lection and Hanging of Pictures in
the Home. The public is invited
and all Farm Bureau members are
urged to attend.
World Comes to Zebulon Meeting
Set for Tuesday Night, October 18
Names and biographical sketches
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of foreign students who will visit
in the community during the World
Comes to Zebulon weekend will be
presented at a special meeting in
the Zebulon municipal building
Tuesday night, October 18, at 8
o’clock, according to Mayor Wil
bur Debnam, chairman of the pro
ject.
All committee member* are ex
pected to attend the meeting,
Chairman Debnam said, and ev
eryone in the community who is
interested in the unusual project is
urged to be present.
be a “Subdistrict Institute on E
vangelism in the Church School.”
Second, on Sunday, October
16, from 7:30 to 9:00, in the
church, there will be a “Local
Church Institute on Evangelism in
the Church School,” including the
showing of the film, “Teaching in
the Church School.”
Third, there will be an Area
Christian Workers’ School for
teachers and officials of the
church, beginning Sunday, October
23, from 4 to 6 in the afternoon and
from 1 to 9 in the evening with
a picnic spread in between, and
from 7:30 to 9:3o,*Monday through
Wednesday, October 24-26.
Teachers and officers of the
church school ani officials of the
church should plan to attend these
three important meetings.
Legion Auxiliary
Meets on Friday
The October mee'ing of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
held Friday night, October 7, in
the home of Mrs. Casey Stallings
with 12 members present.
Mrs. Sidney Holmes reported
that we made $12.23 at the plastic
party and announced that the Aux
iliary would sponsor another one
October 25.
The members voted to sell
Christmas cards again this year
and Mrs. Esten Corbett, card chair
man, is ordering them immediate
ly.
The following committee chair
men were appointed by. the Presi
dent:
Ways and Means, Alice Farmer,
Mary Bunn, Marie Buskin, Rosa
Mae Perry; Educational, Rosa Mae
Perry; Constitution and By-Laws,
Selma Davis; Girl State, Margar
(See AUXILIARY, Page 4)
During the weekend University
of North Carolina students from
all over the world will come to
Zebulon and visit local homes, bus
iness, and churches.
Civic groups will honor the stu
dents at a banquet and barbecue,
and two public events will be
staged to permit local citizens and
the students to learn about each
other.
The World Comes to Zebulon
project has received wholehearted
support from the School of Public
Health of the University. Most of
the students are enrolled in this
department.
Zebulon, N .C., Tuesday, October 11, 1955
Highway Patrol Reinforcements
Arrive in Bloody Wake County
Last Rites Held
For Five Victims
Os Head-on Wreck
Funeral services were held last
week for the four Eastern Wake
County youths and a Sanford man
killed in a headon collision early
Thursday near Zebulon.
Douglas Preston Hicks, 23, is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Hicks of Route 2, Zebu
lon; three brothers, Johnnie of
Route 3, Zebulon, Bernice of
Route 4, Zebulon, Nathan Hicks of
the home, four sisters, Mrs. Eddie
Medlin of Route 2, Zebulon, Mrs.
Eugene Herring of Route 2, Zeb
ulon; Mrs. Earl Hicks and Mrs.
Pearl Hicks Nolan of the home.
Funeral services were held
held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hopkins
Chapel Church by the Rev. John
nie L. Caldwell and the Rev. A. D.
Parrish. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
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Jerry Thomas Pearce, 20, is sur
vived by his parents; three sisters,
Mrs. Edward Koell of Cary, Misses
Jimmie and Leverne Pearce of the
home; his maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Phillips of Zeb
ulon.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 2 p.m. at Poplar Springs
Baptist Church with the Rev. W.
R. Lolley and the Rev. Paul Chil
dress officiating. Burial was in the
family cemetery in Franklin Coun
ty.
William Gerald Taylor, 20, of
Bunn, is survived by his wife, the
former Peggy Frazier Jeffries; one
daughter, Vickie Derle Taylor; his
mother, Mrs. C. T. Sifford of
Charlotte.
Funeral services were held at
11 a. m. Saturday at Poplar Springs
Baptist Church by the Rev. W. R.
Lolley, the Rev. J. Overton and
the Rev. Mr. Wood. Burial was in
the Zebulon cemetery.
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Alton R. White, 21, is survived
by his wife the former Carolyn
Frazier; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alton O. White; one sister, Ear
line White of Route 2, Zebulon;
his maternal grandmother, Mrs. E.
A. Moody of Route 3, Spring Hope;
his paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. O. White of Route 2, Zeb
ulon.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 4 p.m. at Poplar Springs
Baptist Church by the Rev. W. R.
Lolley and the Rev. John Moody.
Burial was in Harris Chapel
Church Cemetery.
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Clyde Lee Burns, 29, of Sanford,
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bar
bara Cotton Burns; three children,
Bobby Lee, Kathy and Christopher
(See FUNERALS, Page 4)
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Masonic Notice
An Emergent Communication
of White Stone Masonic Lodge
No. 155, AF&AM, will be held
Tuesday evening at 7:30 for work
in the Master Mason’s Degree. All
Master Masons are cordially In
vited.
J. B. Arnold, W.M,
Zebulon Called Breeding
Ground of Speed Demons
The Zebulon area termed the
“breeding ground” of speedsters by
State Highway patrolmen last
week, as 20 extra troopers were
assigned Wake County in an effort
to stop the carnage on the high
ways. An estimated 300 arrests
were made in the county over the
weekend, many of them in east
Wake.
The head-on collision on high
way 64 east of Zebulon which
killed five last week caused the
Highway Patrol to bring rein
forcements into the county.
The safety campaign has been
termed “Operation Live Awhile
Longer” by the patrol, and Lt. W.
S. Hunt, in charge of the special
assignment, said that the operation
was only beginning and would
continue until Wake County’s
alarmingly high death toll is
brought under control.
Checking stations were set up
during the weekend near Zebulon,
Holly Ridge, Wake Forest, Roles
ville, Cary, Apex, and on Poole
Road east of Raleigh.
The detail of patrolmen moved
into Wake County Friday after
noon, according to Maj. Dave T.
Lambert, patrol executive officer.
He described Wake as being “all
out of proportion” with/other
North Carolina counties in traffic
fatalities.
Lt. Hunt of Troop B at Fayette
ville said that the patrolmen will
watch not only main highways and
NATIONAL MAID OF COTTON
Miss De Douis Faulkner of Sallisaw. Okla., the current National
Maid of Cotton, is shown surrounded by ripe, open bolls of cotton—
North Carolina's mosi important crop. Miss Faulkner, a very pretty
girl, represents a very Important crop. She will appear in several
cotton fashion shows at the 1955 North Carolina State Fair, October
18 through 22. Cotton will be the featured commodity at the State
Fair this year. Statictics show that more Tar Heels receive their
income from cotton and cotton products than from any other single
source.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
secondary roads, but will set up
road checks to test safety equip
ment on cars.
The arrival of the patrol rein
forcements was welcomed by east
Wake County residents, who have
complained bitterly about speeding
on main and secondary roads and
in residenfial areas of towns.
In Zebulon, town policemen
have been unable to cope with
speeding automobiles on Arendell
Avenue, which has been termed
a race track by residents. Arendell
Avenue goes by Wakelon School
and most school children who
walk to school from Zebulon use
this route.
Auto races by youthful drivers
have been reported in every com
(See PATROL, Page 2)
Methodist Board
To Meet Tonight
The Official Board of the Zebu
lon Methodist Church will meet
Tuesday, October 11, at 7:30 o’-
clock.
Wednesday, October 12, from
7:30 to 9:30, in the Zebulon Meth
odist Church, there will be a “Sub
district Institute on Evangelism in
the Church School.”
This session will be for teachers
and officers of the church school,
neighborhood group leaders, and
members of the Commissions on
Education and Evangelism.