THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 75.Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 22, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
These two young refugees are washing their faces in prepare*
tion for a meal in a church-maintained home in Ioannina,
Greece. Michigan CROP Director Russ Hartzler met them and
others like them this summer when he surveyed the distribution
of CROP food gifts in Europe and the Near East. The girls
were born in Albania of Greek parents; communism made them
refugees. Their food is prepared with CROP supplies contri*
buted by the people of America.
Minister Feels Years Here
Have Been Productive
The Rev. Beverly A. Asbury
said he feels he has had three very
productive years at the Zebulon
Baptist Church.
Mr. Asbury tendered his resig
nation of the church and will
preach his farewell sermon Sun
day at the evening service.
puring his tenure here the
church’s membership has grown,
the budget has doubled, and the
church has undertaken a building
program.
He said that when he came here
he did not feel any more organiza
tion was needed, and that he felt
his biggest job was putting con
tent and meaning into the organi
zations already functioning.
“My major interests have been
in terms of being pastor, counselor
and preacher,” he said.
He said that he doesn’t feel that
his work here is done at all, but
feels that he has done enough to
leave in good conscience, knowing
that things are on a firm basis.
“It is very hard for me to leave
here,” the Rev. Asbury said. “I
have never known a friend
lier, nicer and more cordial com
munity.”
He said he is not leaving the
Zebulon Baptist Church out of any
(See MINISTER, Page 11)
Wilber Com
Accepts Position
! Wilber Conn has accepted a posi
tion with Admiral Farragut Naval
Academy in St. Petersburg, Flori
da. He will be a member of the
faculty at this school for the com
ing year.
Mr. Conn is leaving June 26 for
up-state New ,Yerk where he will
serve as camp counselor at Camp
Paradox, Parado <, N. Y., for the
remainder of the summer.
He is a June graduate of the
University of North Carolina with
a bachelor of art; degree in edu
cation. His mother, Mrs. Janet,
Conn, resides here.
Sweepstakes Winner
Mrs. Eugene Eailey has been
notified that she was a winner in
the Log Cabin Syrup Sweepstakes
slogan contest. She won an auto
matic Toastmaster toaster valued
at $22.50.
Mrs. Bailey secured her entry
blank at Temple Market.
Duke Divinity Senior Is With
Methodist Church in Zebulon
The Rev. J. Conrad Glass, Jr.
The Rev. J. Conrad Glass, Jr.
of Raleigh is assisting with the
ministerial duties of the Zebulon
Methodist Church for five weeks
this summer.
Mr. Glass is a rising senior of
Duke University Divinity School,
and is doing his field work here
under the Duke Endowment of the
school. Following his tenure here
he will be associated with Camp
Don Lee, a Methodist youth camp,
for five weeks.
His duties at the local church
include that of working with the
young people of the church, help
ing with Vacation Church School,
preaching and helping with Youth
Activities’ Week in July.
The young minister is 23-years
old and is unmarried. His father
is a postal employee at a Raleigh
post office.
Portrait Studio
To Open Here
By or before July 1, there will
be a photography studio in Zebu
Ion.
This announcement was made
Thursday morning by T. A. Curry,
who will be the owner-operator.
Curry, who is a Knightdale na-„
tive and has recently returned
from San Francisco, Calif., where
he owned and operated a studio,
said he will be able to do all types
of photography, ranging from por
traits to commercial.
Curry’s son will be associated
with him in this business.
The studio is to be located at the
corner of Vance Street and Aren
dell Avenue, where the post office
was formerly located.
NC Safety Council
Urges Car Check
Can you see, steer and stop safe
ly?
If you can’t you’re a traffic men
ace and have no business on public
thoroughfares.
That’s the lesson of the current
Vehicle Safety-Check program,
sponsored in North Carolina by all
civic groups and the Governor’s
Traffic Safety Council.
The goal: Safe cars for safe
operation.
The time to find out if you can
see, steer and stop safely is be
fore you start out on the highway.
Don’t wait until you are caught
in a sudden downpour to find out
if your windshield wipers are flex
ible and efficient. It’s too late to
replace them after the deluge
starts. And dried out windshield
wipers can cause a dim-out that
may cost your life.
Don t wait until a critical mo
ment when your life depends on
split-second stopping to find out
that the brake pedal slams down to
the floor. The time taken to pump
brakes before they take hold trans
lates into extra feet of stopping dis
tance — and even one foot of extra
stopping distance can spell disas
ter.
This list of don’ts” could be as
long as the list of safety parts in
your automobile, for your vehi
cle is just as safe as its weakest
part. Now — before an emer
gency arises — is the time to fer
ret out hidden weakness.
In North Carolina last year 70
of the 1031 death dealing automo
bile accidents occurred when one
or more mechanical parts gave way
at a crucial moment. Like we've
been saying the most frequent fail*
ures were lights, steering, brakes
and tires.
Check and double check. Use
(See CAR CHECK, Pafce 11)
Retiring Nurse
Is Honored
Mrs. Ida Hall, who retires July
1, was feted Wednesday evening in
the Cardinal Room of Balentine’s
Restaurant in Raleigh by the Wake
County Health Department.
The guests found their places by
miniature nurse’s caps.
Mrs. Hall, and a fellow nurse
who is also retiring and was also
an honored guest, were commend
ed for the faithful and selfless du
ties in the field of nursing.
Miss Frankie Hall was among
the more than fifty persons who
attended this dinner.
City Is Burglarized
During Weekend
Baptist TV
Program to be
Presented Sunday
On Sunday, June 24, at 5:30 p.
m., orie of the best and most ex
pensive television programs ever
seen and heard will be given over
Station WNAO-TV, Raleigh. It was
prepared by the Radio and Televi
sion Commission of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Twelve prominent men will take
part on the TV program—four of
them presidents and world’s states
men and eight outstanding Baptist
preachers. This program will last
only about thirty minutes. It cost
thousands of dollars to prepare
and put this program on.
It is provided by the Radio and
Television Commission of the
Southern Baptist Convention espe
cially to give the world the Chris
tian viewpoint and conception of
the most vital and dramatic era of
World Events.
Don’t miss “This is the An
swer,” Sunday at 5:30 p.m.,
WNAO-TV, Raleigh.
If you have television, invite
your neighbor, if not, see his.
Fire
The Rural Fire Truck was called
to help extinguish a fire on the
Herbert Perry farm last Saturday
about 3:15.
Perry was having his wheat
thrashed wheat straw fire, spread
spreading to the uncut wheat.
Approximately $50 damage was in
curred to Perry’s property.
Sunday night at 1:30 the Rural
Fire Truck was called to the scene
of an abandoned car which was on
fire. Officers estimated this loss
to be $1000.
GEMS OF THOUGHT
Nothing is impossible. We mere
ly don’t know yet how to do it—
Thomas A. Edison
•
The secret of success is con
stancy in purpose.—Benjamin Dis
raeli
A series of burglaries and break
ins hit Zebulon last weekend, of
ficers have reported.
Last Sunday night the car be
longing to John Gordon was stol
en and was burned on a dirt road
just off Highway 96 about five
miles north of Zebulon.
Gordon, who was visiting his
mother, Mrs. Bessie Gordon, left
his 1954 Plymouth parked on Aren
dell Avenue beside the apartment
house where his mother lives.
He discovered his car was miss
ing early Monday morning and
notified the local officers.
The car was burned about 1:30
o’clock Monday morning, Deputy
Sheriff Earl Duke and Officer Wil
lie B. Hopkins reported. The car
was found in a ditch where it had
been abandoned.
The Rural Fire Department was
called to the scene to put out the
conflagration.
Officers reported the* loss was
approximately $1000. They stated
the car was covered by insurance.
It was decided by officers that
the car must have been straight
wired in order to be driven. Gor
don reportedly took the key from
the ignition when he parked his
car.
Investigation is still underway,
the officers reported.
Gordon is on the faculty of the
Bryson City school system.
On June 14 and 15, Shepard
High School was burglarized, offi
cers reported.
The Negro school was entered
through a lunch room window
which had been broken. Five dol
lars was reported taken from the
Coca-Cola machine in the Agricul
ture department.
On Friday night the thieves en
tered the school again and this time
stole canned and frozen foods
amounting to about $20.
Investigations by Deputy Sheriff
Earl Duke and Police Officer Wil
lie B. Hopkins led to the arrest of
four teenage colored youths.
The youths are to be tried in the
June 27 Recorder’s Court.
Thieves entered the Rondal Phil
lips’ home June 13 while the Phil
lips were vacationing.
Investigations revealed the un
known person or persons tore the
screen from the kitchen window
and entered the house.
Deputy Sheriff Earl Duke and
Police Officer Willie B. Hopkins,
investigating officers, reported
nothing was missing.
Recreational Program
Attracts Many Players
There were 770 participants in
various activities of the recrea
tional program last week. This
was an increase of 103 over the
previous week, according to di
rector Charles Hester.
Last Thursday night, Union Hope
defeated Hopkins in softball, and
Wakefield won over Methodist
Church. In Tuesday night’s game
of this week, Union Hope wallop
ed Methodist Church, while Hop
kins kayoed Wakefield.
The Termite and Midget base
ball teams were defeated by Wen
dell in a session last week.
There is an urgent call for more
girls to join in the softball activi
ties. This team is open to teen
agers, mothers, and grandmothers.
This is the third and final week
of swimming classes. The activity
bus will not be available today, -
so it is urged that anyone who has
or can furnish a car for today is
asked to contact the director or
assistant director.
Today’s schedule: From 2-5, su
pervised play at Wakelon School.
Termite and Midget baseball teams
will leave today at 2 for Wendell.
Tonight from 8-10:30 there will be
a dance in the gymnasium. Mutic
by recording will be used.
Next week’s schedule. Monday:
From 9-12 the Zebulon Park will
be open for supervised play. Ter
mite baseball from 2 to 2:30. Mid
get baseball from 3 to 3:30. In
termediate baseball from 4 to 4:30.
Girls’ softball is scheduled at 3:30.