Santa's Coming to Zebulon Monday THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 22. SHEPARD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IN ZEBULON ” **" - mm mn . ■■ ■ •. ~ _ _ ■ . \ ■ « «** - • , ■ -•' - -. ' * ■ v ... 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 \ 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 » 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.

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