THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 70. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 5, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
SECOND ENCAMPMENT
Zebulon Natl Guard Unit
Leaves for Bragg June 10
National Guardsmen of Battery
A, 113th FA Battalion, will join
nearly 10,000 other members of
North Carolina’s famed 30th In
fantry Division at Ft. Bragg for
15 days of active duty training be
ginning June 10. This is the sec
ond summer encampment for the
“Old Hickory” division since it be
came an all-Tar Heel division in
October, 1954.
The entire division, which is
commanded by Major General
Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton,
will be at Ft. Bragg, except for the
armored and anti-aircraft elements
which train at Camp Stewart, Ga.,
in August.
Training for Battery A has be
come more intense as time for sum
mer camp draws nearer, accord
ing to Lt. James M. Potter, Jr.,
who said that the 15-day active
duty period is the climax of the
year’s work for local Guardsmen.
Highlight of the first week of
camp will be the divisional parade
Saturday, June 16, when the entire
division-will pass in review. The
division will form three combat
teams for the move into the field
on Monday of the second week.
During the five days in the field,
Potter said, Aggressor units, sim
ulating enemy forces, will harrass
the Guardsmen of Battery A, re
quiring them to be alert day and
-night.
The division will return to the
R.T.C. area of Ft. Bragg on Fri
day, June 22. Saturday will be
payday for the 10,000 Guardsmen,
who draw regular Army pay for
the 15 days of training.
At present nearly 12,000 citizen
soldiers are members of the North
Carolina Army and Air National
Guard.
Citizens Delighted;
StreetstoBePaved
Preparations have begun for the
paving of a number of streets
in Zebulon.
Streets in preparation are East
Barbee, East Oak, West Horton,
North Wakefield, Lee and Frank
lin.
Pavement of these streets will
begin this week, according to town
officials, and completion of the
project is expected within the
month of June.
The cost of paving these streets
will be paid through the Powell
Bill fund.
Wendell Principal's
Plans Are Uncertain
Douglas Hall said in an inter
view Friday that at present he has
accepted no school position for the
coming year.
Hall resigned a& prinrpal of the
Wendell High School n oently due
to dissention among i he school
board, parents, students and fac
ulty.
He told this paper that he may
either continue work on his doctor
of ph ’.osophy degree or may ac
cept another position outside the
realm of school work.
A principal has been named for
* the Wendell school system, it has
been learned, but could not be re
vealed to this paper.
Wakelon Ag
Teacher Takes
Virginia Position
Darrell Snyder, Wakelon High
School Agriculture teacher, has ac
cepted a position with Lindsay
Robertson Feed Company of Roa
noke, Va.
Snyder replaced Ed Ellington as
agriculture teacher at Wakelon
following Ellington’s acceptance of
a position with the Wake County
school system.
He will work in the capacity of
Farm Service Agent, Snyder said,
with his territory covering Virgin
ia and possibly part of North Car
olina.
Snyder is a native of Linwood,
and is a 1953 graduate of North
Carolina State College.
Mrs. Horace Smith
Receives Degree
Alma Hoffman (Mrs. Horace)
Smith was among the 78 seniors!
awarded degrees Sunday at Atlan
tic Christian College’s fifty-fourth
annual commencement.
Dr. T. Hassell Bowen, acting
dean of The Christian College of
Georgia, spoke at the graduation
exercises. Dr. Chiles E. Sparks,
a DuPont scientist, spoke at the
dedication services of the college’s
new Science and Mathematics
building.
According to reports on farm
ers as of March 1, flue-cured to
bacco growers in North Carolina
expect to plant a 1956 crop of
582,000 acres.
Managers Named
For Recreation
Softball Leagues
Charles Hester, recreational di
rector of the Zebulon summer rec
reational program, has issued a
line-up of the softball teams which
will get underway tonight.
Tonight’s program will feature
Wakefield versus Methodist
Church at 7:30, and Hopkins ver
sus Union Hope at 9 o’clock.
Managers of the teams have been
named, with Charles Wayne Pace
for Wakefield, Lawrence Liles for
Methodist Church, Rudolph Bunn
for Hopkins and Melvin Cone for
Union Hope.
One Wednesday night from 7 un
til 8 o’clock, there will be basket
ball for children 14 years old and
under. The age group above 14 will
play from 8 until 9 o’clock.
*rom o:01) to b:JO o clock, the
Midget baseball league will play.
This league is for boys 12-years
old and under.
Thursday night’s program will
include softball being played be
tween Wakefield and Hopkins at
7 o’clock. The Methodist Church
and Union Hope league will meet
at 9 o’clock.
Friday night at 8 o’clock the
Wakelon High School band will
give a “concert in the park” per
formance. Following this there will
be a dance in the gym from 8:45
until 10 o’clock.
Director Hester said that any
one interested in taking tennis, Jgg-_
sons should give him their names,
or contact assistant director David
McGuire. These lessons will be giv
en at night and are free of charge.
Those persons planning to take
the Red Cross swimming course
should meet at the "Baptist Church
at one o’clock where transporta
tion will be available.
The colored recreational pro
gram, under the direction of Miss
Gloria Taylor,. Shaw University
student, will get underway this
week from 1 until 5 o’clock each
afternoon at Shepard High School.
Promotion of License
Examiner Made; 20
Counties His Territory
J. P. Price
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Rural Fire Truck
Active Last Week
After a few weeks of inactivity,
the Zebulon Rural Fire Truck was
called into service Thursday and
Friday of last week.
On ‘Thursday,‘ a small fire origi
nated at Stone Lumber Co., Inc.,
but was quickly extinguished with
no damage incurred. Friday morn
ing, the department received a
call to help put out a fire
which had begun on the gas tank
of Wallace Brantley’s house trail
er. This fire was extinguished by
Brantley and neighbors before the
truck reached the scene of the fire.
Dairnge was slight.
Let us not burden our remem
brances with a heaviness that’s j
gone.—Shakespeare j
AMONG WAKE FOREST COLLEGE GRADUATES
Gayle Privette
Miss Gayle Privette received her
bachelor of arts degree with a ma
jor in English at the Wake Forest
graduation exercises on May 21.
Miss Privette is the daughter of 1
Mrs. Doris Privette.
While at Wake Forest, Miss
Privette was a member of the
German Club, correspondent for
the Old Gold and Black, college
newspaper, assistant to Dr. Ham
rick in the religion department,
and a member of the Women’s Rec
(See PRIVETTE, Page 4)
Bill Brantley
Bill Brantley, son ef Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Brantley, was award
ed a bachelor of science degree at
the commencement exercises at
Wake Forest College on May 21.
He is married to the former Mary
Jo Nelson of Raleigh, and is the
father of one child, a son, David,
8-months-old.
Brantley has accepted a position
with the U. S. Government at El
gin Air Force Base at Valparaiso,
Fla.
Juanna Joy Mitchell
At the commencement exercises
of Wake Forest College on May
21, Miss Juanna Joy Mitchell was
awarded the bachelor of arts de
gree, with a major in English.
During her college career, Miss
Mitchell was active in the college
programs. She served as cheer
leader during her entire four years.
Miss Mitchell is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mitchell. She
' has accepted a position as the ninth
grade teacher in Reidsville city
school system for next year.
Now Supervising
_ Examiner
Been With Patrol
For Six Years
The State Highway Patrol in Ra
leigh announced last week the pro
motion of Joseph Pettigrew Price
from Driver License Examiner to
Supervising Examiner of Troop
"B” with headquarters in Fay-?
etteville.
Price has been with the Pa
trol’s examining department for six
years, having joined the force in
July of 1950. His new position was
effective June 1.
The territory under his super
vision will include 20 counties, of
which there is part of North Wake,
Person, Vance, and from Granville
to the South Carolina line.
He has been living in Zebulon for
the past four years, and has been
active in the Zebulon Baptist
Church and civic life. He has
served as counselor for the Junior
R. A.’s of the Baptist Church, has
been president of the Young Men’s
Bible Class, and is a member of the
Junior Board of Deacons.
He is a member of the local
American Legion, and has served
as Consul Commander of ihe
Woodmen of the World Camp.
Price is married to the former
Gladys Hunter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Addie Hunter. They have
one child, a son, Joey, 4-years-old.
The Prices will move to Fayette
ville as soon as available housing
can be found.
He is the son of Letha Price and
the late Mrs. Price.
Collections Fair
In Cancer Drive
The cancer drive solicitations
netted $256.56, according to Dr.
George Tucker, chairman of the
drive.
Dr. Tucker said that he considers
this to be “just a fair amount.”
Solicitors for this drive were
Mrs. Aaron Lowery, Mrs. Rondal
Plftllips, Mrs. Frank Massey, Mrs.
George Tucker, Mrs. Carsey Tip
pett, Mrs. Garland Godwin, Mrs.
Foster Finch, Mrs. George Temple,
Mrs. Frank Wall, Mrs. Randolph
Hendricks, Mrs. Billy Privette,
Mrs. Robert Ed Horton, Mrs. James
Alford, Mrs. Gilford Bufkin and
Dr. Zyba Massey.
No solicitations were taken in the
business district.
DIRECTORS MEET
Ralph Talton, chairman of the
United Fund, has announced
there will be a Board of Direc
tors meeting tonight in the Car
olina Power & Light building.
The time of the meeting is 8
o’clock, and all directors are
urged to be present.