The World Is Coming to Zebulon!
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 9.
Recklessness Cause
For Bad Reputation
Zebulon’s reputation as a breed
ing ground for speeders and race
track for speeders has spread over
the country, according to a sales
man who stopped at the Zebulon
bus station last week. “This town
is the worst place I have ever
traveled through and tried to drive
in,” Bill Martin, a salesman from
Minneapolis, Minn., reported.
Mr. Martin’s work carries him
into 47 different states, and he re
ports “this town has the craziest
drivers I have ever run into.”
The salesman reported he was
the second to reach the scene of
the wreck which killed four east
of Zebulon, and said: “After see
ing the terrible wrecks here I
can’t understand why something
has not been done about it( reck
less driving). I’ve had cars pass me
going through Zebulon that I
knew were going 60 to 70 miles
per hour.
Was Safer in Buraia
His World War II service in Bur
ma, where he served with the late
Thomas Brannon of Zebplon, was
safer than driving in Zebulon, Mr.
Martin continued.
The salesman’s comments coin
cided with the observation in Char
lotte of Firestone Tire and Rub
ber Company executive who re
marked to the editor upon learning
the editor hailed from Zebulon:
“That’s the place where all the
speeding and wrecks take place.”
The tragedy of wrecks and
bloody deaths on the roads of the
Strong Support Is
Given United Fund
Aaron Lowery, United Fund
Chairman, reported that he is well
pleased wit hthe progress of the
United Fund Drive. He said that
all the workers had gone to work in
full force for solicitations.
“Everybody seems to be willing
and wanting to help all they possi
bly can,” Mr. Lowery stated.
Mr. Lowery said that there are
no figures available at present on
the drive. He hopes to have some
thing to report soon.
“Everybody seems to be con
scious of the value of this drive
and is offering to help all they pos
sibly can. It looks as if we should
reach our goal.
He further reported that to those
of you who have not yet been con
tacted, you are urged to contact a
solicitor of the campaign and give
all you can.
“Everything is going very nicely
and favorably,” Mr. Lowery said.
Record News Editor
Scott Brown has accepted a po
sition with the Zebulon Record as
News Editor.
Mr. Brown was formerly asso
ciated with the State Highway &
Public Works Commission. Prior to
that he was a teacher in the Cape
Hatteras and Middlesex high
schools.
He was an award winner in the
Rural Star Scribes contest that was
sponsored by the Progressive farm
er last year.
community have done nothing to
slow teenage drivers. A resident
of East Sycamore Street reported
Sunday a Pontiac driven by a girl
raced a red Ford pass her home,
ignoring the danger to small chil
dren on each side of the street.
Arrival of reinforcements for
the State Highway Patrol recently
had only a temporary effect on
speeding, according to witnesses.
In Zebulon and the surrounding
community, speeding goes on.
Wakelon Bulldogs
Lose to Fuquay
Wakelon Bulldogs received a
walloping from Fuquay Springs
here last Friday night. The final
score was 34-0.
Fuquay began to take the lead
early in the game, scoring twice in
the first stanza. Quarterback Bill
Huber passed 20 yards to Kenneth
Haire for the first score, and
Benny Hloneycutt crashed over
from the two for the other.
A 56-yard drive climaxed Fu
quay’s second period offensive
play, Garland Stuart scoring from
the nine yard line.
The visitors capitalized on a
Wakelon fumble to set up their
third period score. Honeycutt
went over from the 5 for the touch
down.
The final Fuquay tally climaxed
a 40-yard drive, with Huber go
ing the final five yards.
Defensive standouts for Fuquay
were Billy Mize and Arthur Hal
ley. Leading Wakelon for the de
fense was Talmadge Alford.
Better Hurry!
At the present rate of enlist
ments, Zebulon’s National Guard
unit will be filled to authorized
strength within a month, Lt. Jack
Patter announced last night. He
urged men 17 to 18% to volunteer
now to avoid being placed on a
waiting list.
Carmen Flowers Carden Club Members
Attend District Meeting at Smith field
The Zebulon Garden Club was
among the 51 garden clubs of the
Eighth District of the Garden Club
of North Carolina that assembled
in Smithfield last Wednesday for
their annual meeting.
One hundred sixty garden club
members from Zebulon, Wendell,
Warrenton, Wake Forest, Roxboro,
Raleigh, Durham, Middleburg,
Louisburg, Henderson, Hillsboro,
Fuquay-Varina, Chapel Hill,
Smithfield and Selma were present
at this assemblage. ,
Those attending from Zebulon
were Mrs. George Tucker, presi
dent of the Zebulon Garden Club,
Mrs. Ferd Davis and Mrs. Carsey
Tippett.
At the morning session Mrs.
George Little of Lilesville reviewed
the history of the North Carolina
Garden Club.
The club was organized in 1925
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, November 1, 1955
Thirty-Nine Students Expected
When World Comes to Zebulon
GUESTS OF ZEBULON FOR WEEKEND
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Mario Fajardo, of Bogota, Columbia, left, and Jorge G. Ipince
Maldonado of Lima, Peru, right, are two of the thirty-nine foreign
students who will visit here this weekend. M r.'Fajardo is an engineer
ing graduate of Rational University, and Mr. Maldonado is a graduate
of the Rational School of Engineers.
Presiding over the Zebulon
Court, October 26, Judge Irby Gill
was faced with a crowded docket.
The following is a list of the cases
completed during that session.
Ernest Calvin Perry was found
not guilty on charges of improper
horn and brakes.
Walter Thomas Jenkins, engag
ed in an affray with Ernest Ander
son and did assault him, causing
him serious and painful injuries.
Suspended on payment of $200.00
fine and costs.
Ernest Anderson, colored, en
gaged in an affray on the streets
of Zebulon. Suspended on payment
of $40.00 fine and costs of court. He
was also required to pay the court
$15.00 for medical treatment for
Dr. Tucker.
with only 12 Garden Clubs in the
state. She said that the movement
has had a marvelous growth in its
past 30 years.
Mrs. Little cited some of the
outstanding projects that have
been undertaken by the clubs.
These have been beautification of
highways, dogwood planting, mu
nicipal planting, flower shows, gar
den pilgrimages, and the Eliza
bethan Garden on Roanoke Island.
Luncheon Is Held
Following the morning session a
luncheon was held for the repre
sentatives at the Smithfield Coun
try Club. Favors at each plate
and the door prizes were expres
sive of Smithfield’s main industries
that have to do with cotton, hogs
and tobacco.
A special entertainment treat
was provided by the hostess club
Recorder's Court
John Robert Barham, charged
with careless and reckless driving.
Suspended on $40.00 fine and co tp.
Robert Ivon Hagwood, failing to
report an accident by the quickest
communication as required by
law. He was found not guilty.
Otha Pace, colored, charged with
public drunkenness. Five dollars
fine and cost of court.
John Robert Barham, charged
with no operator’s license. Prayer
for judgment.
Clarence Clifton Hayes, driving
with a valid operator’s license. Nol
pros with leave.
James David Massey, driving
drunk. One hundred dollars fine
and costs.
Charlie Spivey, colored, worth
(See COURT, Page 4)
in the ballad singing of Mrs.
Charles Williams of Raleigh.
Mrs. Tucker reported that the
Zebulon Club did not receive any
prize for its entry this year. The
club last year tied for first place
with its entry.
She further reported that the
Zebulon Club is trying very hard
to establish a Garden* Center,
which is to be located at the Whit
ley Furniture Company.
In the center there will be dis
played flower arrangements for
each month of the year. Flowers
in these arrangements will be ones
that are suitable for the particular
season and time of year.
For the past two months an ar
rangement has been on display at
the Whitley Furniture Company.
Mrs. Tucker said that the Garden
Club has a scheduled meeting next
Monday night.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Full Weekend Is
Scheduled Here
Thirty-nine foreign students
from the University of North Car
olina will visit the Zebulon next
weekend as “The World Comes to
Zebulon.” The students will arrive
Friday afternoon and return to
Chapei Hill Saunday after din
ner, following two days full of
varied activities.
A meeting was held in the mu
nicipal building last night at which
hosts were given names and
sketches of the students in prepar
ation for the visit.
Following their arrival in Zebu
lon, the students will go to the
homes where they will spend Fri
day and Saturday nights. A spec
ial joint meeting of the Rotary and
Lions Clubs is being held Friday
evening in the Wakelon cafeteria
with the students and their hosts
as guests.
Secretary of State Thad Eure
will be the featured speaker at the
Friday evening meeting.
Following the club meeting, a
public dance will be held in the
Wakelon gymnasium, with Ameri
can dances being demonstrated for
the visitors.
On Saturday morning and Sat
urday afternoon the students will
be given a conducted tour of Zeb
ulon manufacturing, business, and
commercial places. They will see
the postoffice and Recorder’s
(See WORLD, Page 4)
Washington
Report
By Bill Whitley
PARKWAY. The National Park
Service, a wing of the Department
of Interior, is expected to make
a new effort to impose a system
of tolls on the Blue Ridge Park
way shortly after the first of the
year.
The Department of Interior will
probably make its new bid for
tolls on the Parkway on the old ar
gument that national parks should
help pay their way through token
payments by those people who use
and enjoy them.
Recently, considerable talk has
been coming out of the Department
to the effect that the national
parks aren’t equipped to handle
the ever-increasing crowds of
tourists and visitors who use
them.
STOPPED. Efforts by the De
partment last year to start collec
tions of tolls was stopped by an
order written into Interior’s appro
priations law. The order instruct
ed the Department to withhold col
lection of any tolls or fees until the
House Appropriations Committee
could conduct a thorough study of
the matter.
Only recently, Interior filed a
lengthy report with the House Ap
propriations Committee outlining
(See WASHINGTON, Page 2)