Santa's Coming to Zebulon Monday
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 22.
SHEPARD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IN ZEBULON
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Shepard School Accredited by Southern
Association of Schools and Colleges
Official notice has just been re
ceived from the Southern Associa
tion of Secondary Schools and Col
leges which met recently in Miami,'
Florida, that Shepard High School
has been accredited for member
ship in this regional Association.
Representatives of the Southern
Association of Secondary Schools
ana Colleges visited Shepard High
on April 13, 14, and 15, 1955, to
make an evaluative study of the
school’s program. Members of the
Visiting Committee were: Dr. Ru
dolph Jones, Chairman, and Pro
fessor of Education, State Teach
ers’ College, Fayetteville, North
Carolina; Dr. G. H. Ferguson, Di
rector, Division of Negro Educa
tion, Department of Public Instruc
tion; Mr. S. E. Burford, Principal,
William Penn High School, High
Point, N. C.; Dr. W. H. Johnson,
Assistant Director, Agricultural
Band, Glee Club
Concert Monday
The Wakelon High School band
and glee club concert will be given
in the school auditorium Dec. 19
under the direction of Alger Batts,
instructor. The program will con
sist of Christmas selections.
The local band was acclaimed
for its performance in the Christ
mas parade held at Henderson in
November.
The newly organized dance band
will also render selections.
At present the Lions Club is
sponsoring a fund-raising cam
paign for the purpose of securing
uniforms for the members.
An admission of for students
and 50<* for adults will be charged
for this concert.
ONE ISSUE
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As has been the custom
for the past several years,
only one issue of The Zeb
ulon Record will be print
ed next week, so that the
work schedule will permit
time off for Christmas. The
December 23 issue will in
clude features on Christ
mas by ministers of the
community and holiday
greetings from merchants
and business. It will be
printed in three colors.
Education, State Department of
Public Instruction; Mr. J. A. Till
man, Principal, Dußois High
School, Wake Forest, N. C.; Dr.
J. P. Finney, Professor of Educa
tion, Graduate Division, North
Carolina College, Durham, N. C.;
Mrs. Lucy Fuller James, Itiner
ant Teacher, Supervisor Home Ec
onomics Education, State Depart
ment of Public Instruction; Mr.
! W. H. Davenport, Principal, Eppes
High School, Greenville, N. C.;
Mrs. Ruth Lawrence Woodson,
State Supervisor, Negro Elemen
tary Schools, Department of Pub
lic Instruction; Miss Cora Bomar,
State Library Adviser, Department
of Public Instruction; and Dr. S.
E. Duncan, State Supervisor of
, Negro High School, Department of
; Public Instruction.
A formal printed report of the
Evaluation was made in May, 1955.
Encouraged by the favorable find
ings of the Visiting Committee
Shepard School made formal ap
plication for membership. The ex
cellent spirit of cooperation which
attended the two year preparation
for this event resulted in our ap
proval for membership. The Pa
trons of Shepard School, the stu-
Gas Bomb Scares
Thief at Wendell
A tear gas bomb prevented rob
bers Friday night from getting in
to the main safe of the Wendell
Tractor and Implement Company,
Inc., located on the eastern edge
of Wendell.
Damage to the safe was estimat
ed to be about $150.00, and a total
of $15.00 from a petty cash box in
the desk drawer of the office was
taken.
The robbers entered the building
at at unknown time on Friday
night or early Saturday morning
through a window leading to the
firm’s office.
The entire place was ramsacked
it was reported.
No clues as to the identity of
the thieves have been found.
The robbery was discovered
when employees tried to open for
business on Saturday morning but
were unable to do so because o *
the irritating tear gas which
filled the building.
Neil P. Chamblee, proprietor of
Wendell Tractor & Implement
Company reported that only re
cently he had attached the bomb
to the office safe.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 16, 1955
dent body, the Zebulon School
Board, and the Wake County
Board of Education worked un
tiringly to facilitate the acquisi
tion of material items necessary to
meet the rigid requirements of As
sociation membership. The faculty
took pleasure in meeting the chal
lenge which such action demanded..
The faculty members are: Rich
ard Leo Barfield, Chemistry, Phy
sics, Math; Carnelle Betty Clif
ton, Social Studies; Mrs. Arabella
Herring Stallings, English, Com
merce; Mary Lee Kittrell, French,
(See SHEPARD, Page 12)
Wakelon Winner
In Three Games
Wakelon had a perfect night
Tuesday, winning all three games.
The Junior Varsity won 28-27,
outshooting Wendell at the foul
line in the last half, which was
loaded with fouls. Jay Godwin was
high scorer with eight points.
The girls won 83-38 with Peggy
Richardson and Peggy Green scor
ing the largest number of points.
The boys won a close game 68-
58 with each of the regulars scor
ing ten or more points. Tony
Pearce led with 16, Jenkins had
14 and 10 rebound, Tippett 13,
Temple 12, and Debnam 10 with
12 rebound. Brodie Baker hit 20
for Wendell.
Wakelon plays Cathedral Latin
at the Raleigh National Guard Ar
mory Tuesday and Corinth Hol
ders here Wednesday.
Santa Claus Coming
Santa Claus will come to Zebulon next Monday after
ternoon, December 19, at 4 o’clock, it was learned yesterday.
He will arrive in the downtown area of Zebulon aboard the
town’s fire truck, courtesy of the local government.
After alighting from the fire truck near Peoples Bank
& Trust Company, Santa Claus will go to his headquarters
in the Kemp Building next to Wakelon Food Market, where
he will have favors for children.
Each afternoon next week he will be in town for a couple
of hours after school closes for the day, and will listen to
each child’6 Christmas requests. On Christmas Eve he will
tour the business district of the town.
Santa is spending next week in Zebulon through his
special arrangements with the Zebulon Chamber of Com
merce.
Zebulon Disapproves Hospital
Bonds in Vote on Tuesday;
County Gives OK to Proposal
Local voters here defeated the
hospital bond issue by a margin of
five votes.
A total of 243 votes were cast
at the local balloting poll in the
bond issue Tuesday.
One hundred nineteen votes
were cast for proposition one and
124 against this proposition. For
proposition two, 106 votes were
and 125 against.
Proposition one stated that au
thority is given the Board of Com
missioners to finance the cost of
erecting or purchasing or enlarg
ign buildings to be used as hospital
facilities, and of acquiring land
and purchasing and installing
equipment necessary for such
buildings; and authorizing them
to levy an annual tax sufficient
to pay the principal of and interest
on the bonds and approve the in
debtedness to be incurred by the
issuance of bonds.
Proposition two stated that the
levy of a special tax of not ex
ceeding five cents, annually, upon
each SIOO of assessed valuation of
taxable property in the county to
finance the cost of operating,
equipping and maintaining a pub
lic hospital for the use of the
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county’s inhabitants.
However, Wake County will get
new hospital facilities. Wake vot
ers, in general, approved a $5,000,-
000 bond issue to finance the build
(See BOND VOTE, Page 12)
Zebulon Wins over Winston-Salem
In Home Town Television Tourney
Viewers who saw the Home
Town Tournament on WUNC-TV
television Wednesday night had
reason to feel proud of Zebulon.
Zebulon won over Winston-Sa
lem by two points. The score was
22-20.
This program is being sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerces
over the state of North Carolina.
Zebulon was represented Wed
nesday night by Louis Castille,
Wakelon language teacher, Miss
Frances Walser, Wakelo'n English
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
CLINIC DATE
The Zebulon Clinic for
mothers and babies wijl be
held Tuesday, Dec. 20, in
stead of the usual fourth
Tuesday in. December, it
has been announced by
Mrs. Ida H._ Hall, Wake
County Health Nurse.
Recorder's Court
Tries Full Docket
The Recorder’s Court continued
Wednesday to try a record num
ber of cases. The following is a list
of those cleared from the docket.
Alfonza Lee Barham was charg
ed with using an operator’s license
which he knowingly procurred by
making a false statement. Found
guilty and given a road term. He
appealed, with bond set at SIOO.OO.
Jack W. Bridgers was charged
with giving a worthless check in
the amount of $62.50 on the San
ford National Bank. He was
found guilty and ordered to pay
cost of court.
(See COURT, Page 12)
teacher, and Franklin Jones, prin
cipal of Wakelon High School.
The first question category was
spelling. The representatives from
Zebulon spelled all the words cor
rectly. The Winston-Salem group
missed one word.
The group of spelling words se
lected came from the Bill of
Rights.
The other categories were so
ciology, German and economics.
This was the last of the first
round play-off in which about 24
teams started and have been elim
inated. Zebulon will progress to the
next round, which will be televised
in January. The opposing team
has not been decided, but it is
supposed that it will be High Point
or Greensboro.
Winston-Salem Contestants
Those representing Winston-Sa
lem on this panel were Mr. An
gel, a steel company executive,
and Mr. Hayden, city editor of the
Winston-Salem Journal Sentinel;
and Mr. Mooney, executive direc
tor of the Winston-Salem Chambei
of Commerce.
Zebulon will be represented on
the next panel with three more
participants to be selected between
now and the program date.
The questions are prepared by
the faculty of the Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina.