THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 13.
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Governor Luther Hodges bought the first Seals of the 1955 Christ
mas S4al Campaign when visited recently by the 50th Anniversary
Seal Children of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and
Mrs. W. T. Bost, State Chairman. Timmy and Penny, representing
healthy, happy children everywhere, personify the Seal are symbolic
of the slogan, “No Home Is Safe from TB Until All Homes Are Safe.”
They are the son and daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. Raymond
Bost of Raleigh. The state-wide sale, conducted by 102 local units
affiliated with the NCTA, opened today.
Methodist Board
Meets Tonight
The official board of the Zebu
lon Methodist Church will meet
tonight, Tuesday, November 15,
at 7:30 o’clock.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service will hold a general
meeting Wednesday night, No
vember 14 at 8:00 o’clock.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
will attend the Subdistrict Meet
ing at Franklinton Thursday, No
vember 17 at 7:30 o’clock. Those
going will meet at the church at
6:30 o’clock.
6,975,000
Six million, nine hundred seven
ty-five thousand gallons of water
are piped each month to the resi
dents of Zebulon, the local water
department revealed last week.
For washing, cooking, bath fa
cilities, and other necessities, the
town’s water system furnishes ap
proximately 225,000 gallons a day
to the town’s customers.
There are a few over 550 homes
and places of business that are
served by the local water depart
ment.
Movie-Goers to Have Opportunity
To Name Top Pictures, Performers
Beginning next Thursday local
movie-goers will have a chance to
cast ballots for their preferences
in pictures, performaners and the
most promising new personalities,
James Wall, manager of Wakelon
Theater has announced.
These ballots will be distributed
at the local movie house to per
mit its patrons to vote in this
nationwide audience awards elec
tion, the first ever held. Ballot
ting will continue through Nov. 27.
One purpose for new faces on
the screen. The Council of Motion
Picture Organizations is sponsoring
the election, and Elmer C. Rhoden
AMERICA
America by 1975 will be a land
in which today's research into su
personic flight and guided mis
siles will become reality.
The National Association of
Manufacturers cites a statement
by Gen. David Sarnoff of the Ra
dio Corporation of America in a
recent issue of Fortune Magazine
that discusses these possibilities.
Sarnoff said, in part, “. . . Even
guided missiles, transcontinental
and transoceanic, will find vital
civilian uses. They will transport
mail and other types of freight
over great distances, guided into
terminal hangars within minutes
after their take-off. Pilotless air
craft for passengers, too, are
within the realm of the possible.
Great fleets of personal helicopters
and other planes will make the
principal airways almost as busy
as highways on the ground; and
electronic controls will ensure safe
travel in both dimensions.”
of Los Angeles, national chairman
of the Audience Awards Commit
tee, has estimated that at least
35,000,000 ballots will be cast. All
movie patrons, regardless of age,
will be allowed to vote.
Twenty nominations in each of
five categories were made by the
exhibitors of the nation from a
list of all pictures released in this
country between Oct 1, 1954, and
Sept. 30, 1955. These nominations
will be listed on the ballot to be
handed to movie-goers. In addi
tion, a blank space will be provid
ed in each category so that the
voters may list a preference not
nominated by the exhibitors.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, November 15, 1955
Third of License
Applicants Fail
Test Completely
C. M. Hocutt, local driver’s
license examiner, said that approx
imately half of the applicants ap
plying for a driver’s license pass
the test during the first try.
There are anywhere from 35 to
40 persons that apply for driver’s
licenses during the Monday and
Tuesday periods that Mr. Hocutt
is here.
Mr. Hocutt said that about a
third of the applicants fail the
tests completely.
A majority of the failures for
renewals result in the fact that the
eye test is failed. Many renewals
are also failed because of the
applicant’s inability to pass the
written tests.
The fifty per cent that fail come
back and pass the tests after study
ing the handbook, reported Hocutt.
There is a new handbook avail
able to applicant’s wishing to
review the rules and regulations
with prospect of securing their
license.
This book, unlike the old paper
back edition, is hard bound. It
is found in the public libraries,
high school libraries, and driver’s
license examiner’s offices all over
the State.
This manual is being used in
connection with the driver educa
tion program in the pul lie schools
of North Carolina.
Snack Bar
The Lovis Perry Bible Class of
Hopkins Church will give to the
public Friday evening, Nov. 18,
beginning at 5:00, fried chicken
plates, with potato salad, slaw,
dessert and coffee for 75 cents,
brunswick stew with crackers 50
cents. A pint to take out for 75
cents. Hot dogs with Iris Temple’s
chili 15 cents. Proceeds will go
to the church building fund.
Last Rites Are Held
For John B. Alford
Saturday Afternoon
John B. Alford, 61, died unex
pectedly Thursday night at his
home on Zebulon, Rt. 4. Mr. Al
ford was born in Franklin Coun
ty. He was a farmer and a
member of the Oak Grove Bap
tist Church. Funeral services were
held at 3 p.m. Saturday from the
Beulah Christian Church with the
Rev. Eugene Talley, pastor in
charge. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Mattie Perry Alford; five daugh
ters, Christine and Sylvia Al
ford of the home; Mrs. G. T. Lock
lear of Zebulon, Rt. 4; Mrs. Eu
gene Hicks and Mrs. Willis Wood
lief, both of Rt. 1, Neuse; two sons,
Howard of Rt. 4, Zebulon, and
Jesse (Bill) of Rt. 2, Wake For
est, 10 grandchildren; and one sis
ter, Mrs. Nancy Mangum of Creed
moor.
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Girls to Wrestle
Here on Tuesday
There will be chin locks, air
plane spins, scissor holds, and all
the other wrestling shenanigans at
Wakelon High School gymnasium
tonight.
This wrestling event, the first
such that will have come to Zebu
lon, is being sponosred by the
American Legion Post. Proceeds
from these matches will go for the
benefit of the Legion.
The program will consist of all
female talent. There will be Vio
let Ray, world’s lightweight wrest
ling champion since 1949. She has
been victorious in over two hun
dred and seven matches, and the
former recognized champion Mil
dred Buke refused to meet her.
Violet is the most scientific
wrestler in the women’s division.
The girl with the thousand holds
has never been defeated by any
one of her weight.
The tag team matches will un
questionably be the high spot in
the evening’s program.
The matchmaker for the eve
ning’s matches is D. W. Van Vleet,
who has had many years experi
ence in the speciality of promoting
wrestling bouts.
Methodist Bazaar
Mothers, bring your family to
the Christmas bazaar at the Meth
odist Church for their dessert and
coffee. Coffee or hot chocolate
and cake will be sold for 15tf from
2 p.m. till 10 p.m.
Workers in down town stores—
take your “coffee break” at the
bazaar at the Methodist Church on
Monday the 28th.
AUSTIN IS NAVY SCHOOL GRAD;
SFC. JAMES WOOD IN EUROPE
Charles Austin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Austin of Route 4, Box
208, Zebulon, is scheduled to grad
uate from recruit training No
vember 12 at the Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, 111.
The nine weeks of “Boot Camp”
includes drill and instruction in
seamanship, gunnery, life saving,
sea survival, boat handling, and
the use of small arms.
Following two weeks leave,
graduates will be assigned to ship
board duties or service schools de
pending on the qualifications each
has demonstrated. •
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Army Sergeant First Class
James Wood, son of Mrs. Martha
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Senior Class Play
To Be Presented
Friday Night at 8
Don’t miss the Wakelon Senior
Class play, “Tattletale.” Imagine
the furore created when the high
school coach’s 16-year old daugh
ter exposes many of the secrets
of the school, her family, and her
friends when her diary is inad
vertently published in the local
local paper! The whole town is in
an uproar and well it might be
for, as Patty said, she “honestly
tried to write about everything
just as I saw it.” To complicate
matters even further, Patty and
her boy friends, Tod, and her girl
friend, Ida May, are involved in
the disappearance of the princi
pal’s new portable typewriter.
Things have away of righting
themselves, though, and so they do
for Patty and her family and
friends in this clever comedy. The
play, will appeal to the whole
family and is expected to be a sure
hit. Admission is 25d and 50<* and
the curtain goes up at 8 p.m. on
Friday, November 18, in the Wake
lon auditorium.
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Mrs. Chamblee’s Sixth Grade
had some very interesting visitors
last week: Dr. Scott, extension
entomologist of State College; Mr.
Simmons, assistant county agent;
and Mr. John Mattox, State
College photographer. Linda Bai
ley presented the visitors and Dr.
Scott talked to the class on in
sects.
New Corinth Gym
Dedication Services
Scheduled Tonight
The new physical education
plant at Corinth-Holders school
was inspected by the Johnston
County Board of Education last
Tuesday and was approved with a
few minor reservations. This new
addition tu the school cost SBO,OOO,
and contracts were let last Jan
uary for the job.
Tonight there will be a dedi
cation service for the building.
The public is invited to attend this
function.
Following the dedication of the
gymnasium, there will be a tour
of the agriculture building and the
borne economics department, in
which refreshments will be served
to the visiting dignitaries and gen
eral public that attend.
J. Wood, Middlesex, recently par
ticipated in Exercise Cordon Bleu,
a NATO maneuver using U. S.,
French and British troops, in West
Germany.
The exercise was a joint training
operation staged to teach the
three-power forces to work to
gether under simulated battle con
ditions. It was a counter-offensive
action against an “Aggressor”
force.
Sergeant Wood, a supply ser
geant in Battery A of the 70th
Field Artillery Battalion, entered
the Army in October, 1942. He has
been overseas since November,
1952.
Wood’s wife, Melba, lives in
Germany.