THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 5.
t BII f '■>> v'* j ■•' ■
llsiywj§ 1
-.**) jo, > '*- -^'Viv^ .^y I .''’j^*-^'.. *
m iMMsStM
fe-S. - TYIM - ‘-
111 ■ 1/ % '
|||Pi|p -• | ■
Together at the organ are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horton of the
Campbell College music faculty. Last week the Hortons headed
the musicians for the Harnett County Centennial production of Paul
Green’s symphonic drama “The Highland Call,” at the Campbell Col
lege amphitheatre nightly through Saturday. Horton conducted the
special Highland-Call choir. Mrs. Horton was organist.
"Highland Call" Features
MrMrs. Charles Horton
The pulsebeat of Highland Scot
land throbbed under the musical
fingers of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Horton in the Campbell College
outdoor theatre last week. Mrs.
Horton, concert organist, and Hor
ton, head of the Campbell College
music department, were responsi
ble for the background music of
Paul Green’s “The Highland Call,”
which played at the college night
ly through Saturday as a central
feature of the Harnett County
Centennial.
Horton was director of the
“Highland-Call” chorus. Mrs. Hor
ton was organ soloist and accom
panist to the chorus.
The play revolves around the
Scottish heroinfe and American
Revolutionary patriot Flora Mac-
Donald. Through the episodes an
tecedent to Floria’s leaving Scot
land and her experiences as a
leader of the Scottish settlers of
this region it touches upon the
history of many families of the
Cape Fear Valley in North Caroli
na. This territory is the native re
gion of the author, Pulitzer Prize
winner Paul Green, a leading con
temporary dramatist. To assist
with the successful production
Green returned from time to time
to the Campus of Campbell Col
lege, which, as Buies Creek Acad
emy, was his boyhood school.
Music is Important
Highland Scottish music, som
bre or rollicking in traditional
hymns, ballads, chants, folksongs
and patriotic airs is a lifegiv
ing spirit of the play. The singers,
clad in 18th-century costumes,
sing from positions on the stage
and help set mood and tempo. For
this production Horton, in addi
tion to training the singers has
made the choral arrangements.
The Hortons were supported in
their difficult assignment
by a richly varied musical experi
ence. Both are master-of-music
graduates of the Westminister
Choir College. Mrs. Horton
knows the requirements of the
accompanist from the viewpoint of
a singer. While a student at West
minister she sang with the New
York Philharmonic orchestra un
der such conductors as 'Walter,
(See MUSICIANS, Page 4)
TEACHER
felilP #
.*&•••>, w. W sUP
wgmm f»
■ fi tfiffi'r rYlfn r
•:
w jpilllp
"'"iiiliifiife IPS!
I
John M. Mears
John M. Mears of Raleigh, North
Carolina Methodist Conference Di
rector of Adult Work, will teach
the course, “How to Improve Your
Church School,” in the Christian
Workers’ School at the Zebulon
Methodist Church, Oct 23-26. This
general course is for all teachers
and officers of adults, neighbor
hood group leaders, officials and
members of the Commissions on
Education and Evangelism, and
others interested in attending.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, October 18, 1955
World Come to
Zebulon Meeting
Planned Tonight
Names and biographical sketches
of foreign students who will visit
in this community during the
World Comes to Zebulon weekend
will be given tonight at a special
meeting in the municipal building
at 8 o’clock, according to Mayor
Wilbur Debnam, project chair
man.
Every person in the community
interested in the visit of the for
eign students is invited to attend
the meeting, and committee mem
bers are urged to come.
Tomorrow night over WUNC
FM the Cosmopolitan Club of the
University of North Carolina will
present a special program featur
ing many of the students who will
be in Zebulon, according to John
Reibel, associate secretary of the U.
N.C. Y.M.C.A.
The World Comes to Zebulon is
scheduled for November 4-6, and
35 foreign students from all over
the world are expected to visit the
community, seeing first-hand the
life of a small town and the sur
rounding rural areas.
Dances Planned
Visits will be be made to the
postoffice, businesses, industries,
clubs, and churches. Two dances
have been planned, and the visitors
will be honor guests at a joint
meeting of the Zebulon Lions and
Rotary Club and at a chicken bar
becue in Davis armory.
The World Comes to Zebulon
project has received complete sup
port from the University, and the
School of Public Health at Chapel
Hill has arranged classes to permit
the foreign students to come to
Zebulon.
Rotary Club Hears
Johnnie Caldwell
Johnnie Caldwell, pastor of
Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church
for the past 2Vz years, told the
story of his life at the Friday
night meeting of the Zebulon Ro
tary Club. The program was one
of a series to acquaint the club
with the lives and background of
new members.
Born 37 years ago at Maiden, a
community near Charlotte, John
nie began school at Wake Forest,
moving about the country and
graduating from high school at
Harlan, Kentucky.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Caldwell. His father was a
minister, and Johnnie is the third
of six children.
Following his graduation from
high school, he attended six
months at Carson-Newrnan College
before volunteering for service.
He served four years, four months,
and four days during World War I,
three years overseas in Africa, Sic
ily, Italy, and England.
After his release from the Army,
he worked in coal mines and oper
ating two mines of his own “until
I went broke,” he said. His min
ing work took his as far as seven
miles under ground, and “I was
as scared at times under there as I
have ever been,” he said.
His experiences included work
as a bulldozer operator, undertak
er, and school teacher. But his
life began six years ago when he
found Christ, and “I have just
begun to live,” Johnnie said. He
(See ROTARY, Page 4)
Wake Farmers Vote
for ASC Committees
PRESIDENT
gr g>v-
Bp’
- m jjgy&j;
.-7K: mR ' • J(m&RE3Hr£K&
wjk ' Jf&t ß6 '
kSSR § --v
Miss Rebekah Talbert
Miss Rebekah Talbert, special ed
ucation teacher at Wakelon, was
elected president of the Special Ed
ucation Group of the North Cen
tral District of the NCEA at the
convention held in Raleigh Octo
ber 7. She has been a member of
the Wakelon faculty for nine years
and had gained world-wide recog
nition for her work in the field of
special education.
Fellowship Supper
A fellowship supper will be held
by Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church
on Tuesday, November 1, from
5:30 to 7:30 o’clock to help raise
funds to complete the Sunday
School wing of the new church
building. The supper is sponsored
by the Couples Class.
Plates are selling for $5.00 each,
and proceeds will be put in the
church building fund. Plates will
be delivered to homes upon re
quest.
Tickets are on sale in Zebu
lon by Kenneth Hopkins at the
town office and by Robert Black
ley at Zebulon Gin. In Wakefield
they may be purchased at W. M.
Brannon’s store. Members of the
Couples Class also have the tickets
for sale.
HOSTESS
Geraldine Strickland
Geraldine Strickland of Zebu
lon, employed at Raleigh’s West
inghouse plant for over a year,
was one of five hostesses at the
open house held Thursday, October
6, for public inspection of the huge
plant.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Balloting Begins This
Morning at 9:00; Your
Vote Is Important!
Little River Township farmers
and other farmers over Wake
County begin balloting at 9 o’clock
this morning, electing Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
committees, alternates and dele
gates. Polls close at 5 o’clock this
afternoon.
Polling places in Little River
Township are at the town hall and
at D. B. Jones store. Little River
A district voters will vote for the
following nominees: Raymond E.
Pippin, N. Elmo Finch, Dewey W.
Massey, Allen Mitchell, Wiley G.
Broughton, Raymond Averette,
Rex Tippett, Billy K. Hopkins, W.
C. Honeycutt, and R. D. Bunn. Lit
tle River A voting will be at the
local town hall.
Nominees in the Little River B
balloting are W. E. Fuller, C. E.
Young, T. E. Puryear, Cecil Hop
kins, C. E. Perry, F. H. Broughton,
Leonard Gay, W. R. Pulley, D. L.
! Moody, and W. L. Gay.
Marks Creek Township nomi
nees include these men: Billie S.
Liles, J. I. Lynch, Percy V. Rich
ardson, Marsh Knott, Harvey A.
Richardson, Edwin Smith, Millard
Clark, J. W. Faison, Spruill M.
Baker, and Grady Douglass. Marks
| Creek farmers will vote at the
j Wendell Town Hall.
Commenting on the proceuu.e
for balloting and the need for all
eligible farmers to participate in
J today’s election, C. M. Hester of
the Wake County ASC officer said
“This is a very important date,
as persons elected at this time will
be the committee in each commun
(See ELECTION, Page 4)
Methodists Hear
E. H. Moser
E. H. Moser, Charge Lay-Leader
of the Zebulon Methodist Church,
spoke on “Layman’s Day,” which
was observed in the Church Sun
day, October 16, at the 11 o’clock
worship service.
Frank Wall presided at the serv
ice, Foster Finch led the responsive
•reading, and Garland Richardson
led the morning prayer.
On Sunday night from 7:30 to
9:00, there was a “Local Church
Institute on Evangelism in the
Church School,” including the
showing of the film, “Teaching
in the Church School.”
This session was for teachers and
officers of the church school, mem
bers of the Commissions on Edu
cation and Evangelism and neigh-
I borhood group leaders.
Jr. WC Meeting
The Zebulon Junior Woman’s
Club will hold its second meeting
of the new club year tonight at
8:00 in the Club House. Mrs.
Franklin Jones, program chair
man, will have as her guest speak
er, Mr. Fred Smith, Assistant Su
perintendent of Wake County
Schools. Mr. Smith will speak on
“Education at the Crossroad.”
Mrs. Joe Wood and Mrs. Ralph
Bunn will be hostesses for the eve
ning.