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* THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 54. Zebulon, N. C.,Tuesday, April 10, 1956 • Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers New Sub-Station Placed at Emit By Wake REA | Wake Electric Membership Cor poration’s large, new power sub station is located by North Caro lina Highway No. 39, one mile north of Emit, and right in the heart of the local cooperative’s area where members use more electricity than any other area served by t!*e cooperative. This area which includes South eastern Wake, Southwestern Nash and Northern Johnston Counties is one of the finest agricultural sec tions in eastern North Carolina, and the farm people have learned that electricity is by far the cheap est, most convenient, and most dependable energy to operate home and farm equipment. The averag ekillowatt hour used by cooperative members in this section has increased from less than 100 KWH in 1950 to 240 KWH in 1955. This modern substation and lines extending from it, are designed to keep a constant flow of dependable electric power to all cooperative members homes and businesses now connected or will be con nected in the next few years, ex cept for some minor changes. Carolyn Hinton Contest Winner The judges of the district pia no festival held at the State School for the Blind at Raleigh awarded a superior rating to iss Carolyn Hinton Saturday. Miss Hinton is now eligible and will participate in the state piano festival to be held at Greensboro April 12. She is a student of Mrs. Kenneth Herndon, instructor of piano in Wendell school. She is the daughter of Mrs. Ol lic Hinton and the late Mr. Hinton. PIANO CONCERT Mrs. Kenneth Herndon, piano in structor in Wendell, will give a concert Wednesday night at 8:15 o’clock at Wake Forest Col lege. Mrs. Herndon is a student qf Mr. Giles of the music faculty at the college. The public is invited. FIRST CANDIDATE James D. Richardson James Richardson announced last week he will be a candidate for constable of Little River Town ship in the May 26 primary. Richardson, the first to announce his candidacy, defeated Eddie Martin two years ago after a run off in the second primary. Social Plains Homecoming Day Social Plains Baptist Church held its Homecoming Sunday with all day services. The principal speaker for the occasion was the Rev. V. E. Duncan, Tar River As sociational missionary. The Rev. Theo. B. Davis, retired Baptist minister of Zebulon and a former pastor of the church, spoke on Homecoming at the af ternoon services. The Rev. A. D. Parrish, pastor, led the dedicatory exercises. The services were concluded by a song service, featuring a num ber of choirs from other chutches. There were a large number of community people and many visi tors present for this occasion. Masonic Notice All members of Whitestone Lodge 155 AF&AM are request ed to meet in a body at Wake field Baptist Church April 15 at 11 o’clock for worship serv ices. Visiting Master Masons are invited. L. D. Bunn, Master Howard Beck, Local Civic Leader, Buys South Carolina Veneer Plant Howard Beck has become the owner of Drake Veneer Co. at Drake, S. C. He acquired the own ership in mid-March. Beck has been a citizen of Zebu Ion for 12 years, having come from Thomasville to help establish the Beck Bros. Veneer Co. here. Active in the civic affairs of Zebulon and the surrounding com munity, he has served on the Town Board of Commissioners, Rotary Club, PTA president, a deacon in the Zebulon Baptist Church, and other capacities. Beck’s family will join him fol lowing the close of school. He is married to the former Sue Britt of Maxton. They have two children, Howard, Jr., and Suzanne. / Century-Old Mill House Sold; Board Makes Appointments Ed Ellington Appointed Wake Building Supervisor On Thursday of last week Ed El lington was appointed by the Wake County Board of Education as su pervisor of buildings and grounds for the county. Ellington’s duties will consist of seeing to the upkeep of the county schools outside of the city of Ra leigh. He will also help with the expansion of the rural school pro grams. He is a native of Graham, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ellington. After attending Eli Whitney High School near Graham, he enrolled at N. C. State College in 1935, graduating in 1940. Ellington said he worked his way through State College, therefore making his graduation date -a year late. He also has approximately 30 hours of graduate study at that institution towards his masters de gree. In 1940 he accepted a position with the Wendell school system as agriculture teacher. He remained there for five years, accepting a position as agriculture instructor in the Wakelon school in 1945. Ellington said he will accept his new position as soon as a replace ment can be obtained for the posi tion he is now holding. He has been active in the civic affairs of the town and community. He has served as past president of the Rotary Club, former chairman of the Board of Deacons at the Zeb (See SUPERVISOR, Page 8) Dr. Louis Martin Louisburg Speaker Dr. Lewis W. Martin, Secretary of Missionary Education of the Home Mission Board of Atlanta, Ga., will speak at the Louisburg Baptist Church April 16 at 10:00 a.m. has been announced by V. E. Duncan, Assn. Missionary. The pastors and church leaders of the 61 churches of Halifax, Nash, Franklin, Warren and Vance coun ties are expected to attend. This meeting will take the place of the regular Pastor’s Conference, sched uled for April 23. The leaders of all organizations are urged to attend. The first visit of a Home Mission Board representative is planned especially in preparation for the Associational-Wide Mission School to be held October 29-November 9, at which time missionaries, from all areas of the world in which Southern Baptists work, will be speaking in the churches of the Tar River Association. Legion Speaker The American Legion will meet Wednesday night at 7 o’ clock at Hilliard’s Restaurant. The program will be conducted by Clarence Hocutt, who will speak on Safety. All members are urged to be present for this dinner meeting. PASTOR RESIGNS Bev. A. Asbury The Rev. B. A. Asbury has re signed the pastorate of the Zebulon Baptist Church. In a prepared statement read to the church’s congregation Sun day morning, the Rev. Asbury an nounced his resignation. Officers Named For Recreation Commission Terms The Town Board voted to sell the old mill house at its monthly meet ing held Wednesday night. The structure is to be sold to Clarence Strickland of Wendell for $350. The bid for this building has been open since December. Ralph Talton and George R. Massey, Jr., were appointed new members to the Recreation Com mission, succeeding C. V. Whitley and the Rev. Beverly A. Asbury. Talton and Massey’s terms are for three years. Other commission officers elect ed were Franklin Jones, who re places Ed Ellington, and Dr. George Tucker, who replaces Dr. Ben Thomas and G. Sprite Barbee, who replaces Mrs. Ida Hall. The Board also voted to per mit beer to be sold at the Pure Oil Service Station at the corner of Arendell Avenue and Vance Street. All the commissioners were pres ent for the meeting. 2,000 Helped Around 2,000 crippled children were aided last year by the N. C. Society for Crippled Children and Adults. CORINTH HOLDERS STUDENT Wins Scholarship Jimmy Strickland, Corinth-Hol ders High School senior, has been awarded a scholarship to the Uni versity of North Carolina. He was notified of this award last week. The scholarship is given on the basis of scholastic merits and worthiness. He will enroll at the university this fall and study busi. ness administration. Jimmy served as page from Johnston County in the 1955 legis lature. He has maintained honor roll standing since his entrance in to high schooi, and has been active in all school athletics programs. He is president of the senior class. Jimmy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strickland of Middlesex, Route 1. Teenager Campaign for Better Recreational Facilities Progressing In our campaign for better rec reation we are proud of the prog ress thus fa!-, but -by no means are we through! Our Teenage Council has been elected with two students, a boy and a girl, from each home room in high school. They have met and or ganized themselves so that effec tive ideas may be carried out and completed. Our council consists of Larry Page, Patricia Murray, Leary Da vis, Jackie Mitchell, Charles Long, Dottie Privette, Jenny Watkins, Judy Perry, Thurston Perry, Pa tricia Brantley, Vaughn Wade, Jimmy Hodge, Billy Etheridge, Betsy Goodwin, Joe Wayne Tip pett, Peggy Richardson, Betsy Brantley, Janet Upchurch, Cordell Page. These are dependable, hard working students who will do their part. They are working with the Finer Carolina Youth Committee in a joint attempt to bring better rec reation to the youth ot our town. However the group cannot do it all alone! We must have your sup port and co-operation! Please lend us a h.*»Dd!
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