THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 7.
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Samuel E. Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Williamson of
Wendell, is shown receiving his uniform and field equipment from
Sfe. Jimmy W. Spivey, supply sergeant, immediately after becoming
the first man to enlist with Battery A in Zebulon during the current
National Guard recruiting campaign. As a National Guardsman,
Pvt. Williamson will enjoy the educational benefits, promotion and
pay available to Guardsmen, and will be eligible to attend a score
of Army service schools.
United Fund Meeting
Planned Here Tonight
A kick-off meeting for Zebulon’s 1955 United Fund campaign will
be held tonight at 7:30 in the Zebulon Municipal Building, with
Harold Bronson, executive secretary of the United Defense Fund
for North Carolina, making the address. All directors of the United
Fund and campaign workers are urged to attend this meeting.
Several of the organizations from outside the community which
are included in the 1955 United Fund are featured in stories in this
issue of the Zebulon Record. Local agencies participating, which
suffered last year when the Fund failed to reach its goal, are better
known to the community,
County Agencies
One important aspect of the Car
olinas United plan for support of
member agencies is the inclusion
of organizations which meet health
and welfare problems on the area
or county level.
In Wake County there are five
organizations which work quietly
day by day to provide services
which though needed by some of
Zebulon’s citizens cannot be fur
nished locally. They are the Wake
County Cerebral Palsy Center,
Mental Health Clinic, Crippled
Children’s Society, Heart Associa
tion. and The Florence Crittenton
Home for unwed mothers.
Help Children
The four above mentioned agen
cies work toward helping children,
young people and adults straighten
out their physical, mental and
emotional problems. All of them
—especially the Heart Association
—are concerned with prevention
as well as cure, so they are im
portant to all the people in the
county, including those fortunate
enough not to need their direct
services.
Girl Scouts
By Betsy Rountree
Betsy is an Intermediate
Scout, patrol leader in her troop.
She has come up from the Brown
ies and has several years of active
scouting behind her. Betsy also
plays piccolo in the Wakelon
School Band. The Girl Scouts and
the Wakelon Band both receive
aid from the United Fund.
This summer the Zebulon Girl
Scouts attended Richards Day
Camp for two weeks. Nineteen
girls attended.
We went on the recreation ous.
Our drivers were Miss Laura Sex
ton and Mrs. Eldred Rountree. We
left the Zebulon Baptist Church at
9:00 a.m. After we arrived at
camp we walked mile in the
woods, where the camp was set
up.
There were three groups of girls:
the Brownies, Intermediate Scouts,
and Senior Scouts. Our day was
planned for us. First we had de
votion and the color guard, after
that we went to our groups and
put out our blankets and hung up
our lunch.
We Jaad arts, nature, and crafts.
Then we ate lunch. After lunch we
had a rest period and then swim
ming for one hour. In the after
noon we had dancing and dramat
ics. At the close of the day we'
gathered together for taps and a
program from one of the groups
of girls. After this we left for
home.
Mrs. Wilson Braswell, Mrs. El
dred Rountree, Mrs. Gordon Tem
ple and Mrs. Fred Chamblee were
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PTA Hears Panel Discussion, Praises Jones
The Wakelon Parent-Teacher
Association, meeting in the school
auditorium Monday night, Octo
| ber 17, adopted a resolution prais
ing the character and work of
I Principal Franklin Ross Jones.
Praising the local principal for
j forthrightness, honesty, and devo
i tion to duty, the resolution
j was written and introduced
by the Rev. Beverly A. .Asbury.
The n otion that the PTA adopt the
resolution wms seconded by T. E.
Hales, member and former chair
! man of the district school com
mittee.
The Rev. Troy Barrett presided
at a panel discussion, entitled “The
Crisis at Wakelon.” Other partici
pants wrnre Principal Jones, who
discussed the effort to accredit the
school; Thurman Murray, who
told of the work of the school
committee of District 4; and Mrs.
S. J. Blackley, who asked parental
cooperation in furthering educa
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, October 25, 1955
Thad Eure to Make
Address at "World"
Tobacco Varieties
Performance Data
Sought by Agent
A tobacco variety performance
survey is being conducted in Wake
County to determine how vai'ious
varieties compared in yield and
value during 1955 on tobacco
farms.
As many farmers as possible are
being contacted so that the infor
mation gathered will represent a
sizeable portion of the tobacco
grown in the county. Growers are
being asked what total yield and
value they received from each va
riety they grew in 1955.
Cat ds in Mail
Cards are being sent to a repre
sentative gi'oup of growers in the
county and the growers who re
ceive cards are urged to fill out
the card accurately and return it
to the County Agent’s office.
Everyone who received a card
should send it in regardless of
whether his yield is low or high.
This is essential if the summary
of the variety data is to represent
the actual performances of a given
variety in the county and state.
Other Counties Help
This information is also being
accumulated by other counties, and
a summary of the county, belt, and
state results will be available for
growers to see as soon as it has
been summarized.
Halloween Party
Planned by Church
A Halloween festival will be
held in the packhouse at Mr. Buck
B. Richards’ on Monday, Ociober
31, at 7:00. There will be fun for
the adults, young people and chil
dren.
Cake and pies will be auctioned
off. A Halloween king and queen
will be crowned. All proceeds will
go to the building fund of Union
Chapel Church. Mr. Richards lives
just beyond Mrs. Vera Rhodes’ at
the big arrow.
tional efforts.
The Rev. Vernon Brooks, Wake
field Baptist pastor, conducted de
votional exercises at the session.
The audience sang “O Worship the
King.” and Mrs. H. C. Wade pre
sented two of her pupils, Debbie
Jo Massey and Janet Griswold,
in a tap dance number.
Parents attendance w r aers
w’ere Mrs. Self’s first grade, Mrs.
Bunn’s seventh grade, and Mr. In
gram’s high school homeroom.
Following the PTA meeting, par
ents visited the homerooms of their
children, inspecting work done by
students and facilities for instruc
tion.
The text of Mr. Ashury’s reso
lution follows:
“WHEREAS, Franklin Ross
Jones, Principal of Wakelon
School, is a man of good character
and noble purpose, with a strong
sense of duty and devotion to his
vocation, possessing qualities of
Thad Eure has accepted an invitation to explain North Carolina
governmental functions to the 44 foreign students who will be guests
of the community of Zebulon during the weekend of November 4-6.
Mr. Eure, who has served for nearly 20 years as North Carolina’s
Secretary of State, will be the principal speaker at the joint ses-
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Secretary of Sta.e Thad Eure,
principal speaker at the joint
Lions-Rotary banquet on Novem
ber 4, has served as Secretary of
State since 1936, and has also been
a member of the General Assem
bly of North Carolina.
Hopkins
Supper
A fellowship supper will be
held on Tuesday, November 1,
by Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church
from 5:30 to 7:30 o’clock to help
raise funds to complete the Sun
day 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 on Sale
Tickets are on sale in Zebulon
by Kenneth Hopkins at the town
office and by Robert Blackley a 1
Zebulon Gin. In Wakefield they
may be purchased at W. M. Bran -
non’s store. Members of the Cou
ples Class also have the tickets for
sale.
forthrightness and honesty; and
“WHEREAS, he has devoted his
talents and' resources to improving
Wakelon School and to securing
the Accreditation of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools; and
“WHEREAS, he has exemplified
Christian leadership by influence
and example both in the school
and in the community-at-large:
“NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED by the Wakelon Par
ent-Teachers Association in its
regular meeting on Monday, Octo
ber 17, 1955. that we sincerely ap
preciate his genuine dedication to
the public school, the fine work
that he is doing, and the high
duality of his life, and that we
pledge to him our wholehearted
support in his work;
“AND BE IT FURTHER RE
SOLVED that a copy of this reso
lution be sent to Mr. Jones and to
The Zebulon Record.”
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Principal
Banquet
sion of the Zebulon Lions Club and
the Zebulon Rotary Club on Fri
day night, November 4, at the
Wakelon cafeteria.
The joint meeting will have as
guests the students from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, their
hosts, and officials of the town'
government, in addition to Lion
esses and Rotary-Anus. Past and
present governors of the clubs’ dis
tricts are also expected to be pres
ent.
Mr. Eure’s address will follow
brief explanations of the purpose
and operations of the two clubs,
the chamber of commerce, and the
municipal government. He will tie
in, for the purpose of explaining
American government to the visit
ing students, local governmental
functions with those at the state
level.
Famous Speaker
The speaker is one of the best
known political figures in North
Carolina. Elected to his present
office in 1936, Mr. Eure earlier
had served as a state legislator,
clerk of the state House of Repre
sentatives, mayor of Winton, and
county attorney for Hertford
County. He is an alumnus of the
University of North Carolina, an
American Legionnaire, a member
of the JOUAM and BPOE, and at
tends the Congregational Christian
Church, of which he is a member.
He also is a trustee of Elon Col
lege, one of the Congregational
Christian colleges.
Requests for assignment of stu
dent guests are still being accepted
by members of the “World Comes
to Zebulon” housing committee.
Persons willing to serve as hosts to
one or more student guests are ask
ed to contact Mrs. M. J. Sexton,
Mrs. W. B. Hopkins, or Thomas
Monk by Friday, October 28.
On Maneuver
Pfc. Orlin V. Wilder, 22, son of
H. V. Wilder, Route 1, Wendell,
is scheduled to participate in Ex
ercise Sage Brush, the largest
joint Army-Air Force maneuver
since World War 11.
Private First Class Wilder, a
membe rof the 351st Regimental
Combat Team, is regularly sta
tioned at Camp Rucker, Ala. A
1951 graduate of Corinth Holder
High School, he entered the Army
in August, 1954.
H. D. C. Meeting
The Wakefield Home Demon
\ stration Club will meet Wednes
day, October 26, at 3:00 at the Club
House. All members are urged to
be present. We will have elec
tions of officers for the incoming
: year. The demonstrations will be
i given by the agent. Visitors are
i always welcome. It is a very im
portant meeting. Be sure and
i come.
Harvest Sale
The annual Harvest Day for
Hephzibah Church will be held
Wednesday, October 26. Sale will
start at 11 o’clock and dinner will
be served on the grounds at 12:00.
The public is invited to attend.