3 THE ZEBULON RECORD
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Volume XXX, Number 79.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 6, 1956
Two FC Projects Finished;
Hardest Viork to Come
Chairman of Finer Carolina for
Zebulon Frank O. Kemp expressed
his appreciation to the steering
committees for the efforts put
forth, but reminded the group that
the home stretch is always the
hardest and calls for doubled
effort.
Kemp pointed out.that two of
the five projects entered in the
Finer Carolina Project have been
completed — the acquisition of
uniforms for the Wakelon High
School band and the establishment
of a student loan fund.
The band uniforms were pur
chased under the sponsorship of
the local Lions Club. Fifty uni
forms were bought at a cost of
$47.50 each. A major portion of
this money was raised from the
sale of tickets to an all night sing
held in the Wakelon School
auditorium the early part of this
year
Wilbur Debnam, chairman of
this project, said the Lions have
been most cooperative and were
very pleased and proud to see the
members of the band wearing these
r-» black and gold uniforms when they
% participated in the fourth of July
® parade.
The Rotary Club is sponsoring
the student loan fund, with Ferd
Davis as chairman. Davis reported
approximately $400 is in this fund,
but no applications have been
made for loans.
He further stated that aid has
been given to three worthy stu
dents in the amount of $1,200, but
it was not necessary to take from
the loan fund for these applica
tions.
Expansion of Industry and Town
Facilities chairman Aaron C. Low
ery reported that the Board of
Commissioners approved the es
tablishment of a modern abattoir
in connection with the Colonial
Freezer Locker, Inc. This is a new
industry and will be of great con
venience and service to the com
munity, Lowery said.
There was no report from the
'■V residential and business district
J beautification project, headed by
Mrs. George Tucker.
Co-chairmen Troy Barrett and
Mrs. Doris Privette reported ex
cellent progress in the Building
Finer Carolina Youth. The Recrea
tion Commission appointed a di
rector and assistant director for
the summer program. The churches
are sponsoring youth retreats, and
(See FC PROJECTS, Page 5)
Lions Elect
International President
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John L. Stickley
John L. Stickley of Charlotte has
been elected International Presi
dent of Lions International at the
association’s 39th annual conven
tion in Miami, Florida. Lions Inter
national, with 542,828 members
in 12, 334 Lions Clubs in 75 coun
tries or regions, is the worlds larg
est service club organization.
Lions and Lionesses and their
families who attended the installa
tion of Stickley were Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Debnam, Mr. and Mrs. M.
L. Hagwood, Mr. and Mrs. Gerry
Hagwood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Worth Hinton,
J. W. Strickland and Willis Lig
gins.
SOFTBALL RESULTS
Wednesday night on the Wake
Ion diamond the Zebulon All-Stars
defeated Wendell 12-7 and lost to
Pilot 9-8 in a July 4th double
header softball program.
Two games between Pilot and
the All-Stars will be played Sat
urday night at 7:30 and 9:00.
Wednesday night’s results in
sure close games tomorrow even
ing.
The recreation softball schedule
for Friday and Monday includes:
Friday: 9-12 a.m., supervised
play at the park; 2-5 p.m., super
vised play at the school; 7:30
dance in the Wakelon gym.
Monday: 9-12 a.m., supervised
play at the park; 2-5 p.m., super
vised play at the school.
After Six Years Service,
Methodist Head Resigns
H. V. Andrews
After six years as superintendent
of the Methodist Church School,
H. V. Andrews, Jr. has resigned
that position.
Before becoming superintendent,
he served in the capacity of assist
ant superintendent. He succeeded
Frank Massey. Garland Richard
son is succeeding Andrews as
superintendent.
Wendell Native
Andrews is a native of Wendell,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
Andrews, Sr. He is married to the
former Melba Parker, daughter of
Mrs. Ethel Parker and the late Mr.
Parker. He is the father of one
child, a son, Henry, 11-years-old.
He is employed with the Bynum
Printing Company as a linotype
operator.
Wake County
Mayors' Meets
Prove Valuable
The mayor’s association of rural
Wake County is unique as far as
North Carolina is concerned for
it is the first such association in the
state.
Zebulon’s mayor Wilbur Deb
nam who is a member said the
mayors of ten rural Wake County
towns meet once a month for a
general discussion on problems
facing their respective.towns.
The association was organized
by Dr. J. R. Hester, mayor of
Wendell. He organized the group
last June and at the last meeting
the association celebrated its
first birthday.
Mayor Debnam said that he
thinks it is one of the finest ideas
ever, and that it has meant a lot
to him.
“We learn what other rural
towns are doing,” Mayor Debnam
said, “and how they are pro
gressing.”
For an example, he cited Wen
dell whose town bookkeeping
system was very inadequate. Since
the organization of this association,
Debnam said that the town now
has a first class bookkeeping
system set-up and is functioning
with complete usefulness.
“Attending these meetings ds
like a shot in the arm,” Debnam
said. “We gather ideas, learn new
tricks of the trade and many other
things for operating a town more
efficiently.”
Towns represented in this
association are Zebulon, Wendell,
Apex, Fuquay Springs, Cary, Wake
Forest, Knightdale, Rolesville,
Holly Springs and Garner.
Only one rural town is not re
presented and that is Morrisville,
whose mayor is a traveling sales
man and expressed the doubt that
he would be able to attend the
meetings with regularity.
On Monday night the association
will meet for a supper-business
meeting at Howard Johnson Res
taurant in Raleigh. There they
will install the 1956-57 officers of
the association.
Cary mayor, H. W. Rood will
succeed Dr. J. R. Hester as presi
dent of the club. Mayor of Wake
Forest, H. L. Miller will go in as
vice president, with E. B. Tindall,
mayor of Apex, succeeding Wilbur
Debnam as secretary-treasurer.
At this meeting each of the may
ors of their respective towns will
have with them a mayor pro tern.
Mayor Debnam said that R.
Vance Brown will be his guest and
mayor pro tern at this meeting.
This association was the subject
of a feature article with pictures
in a recent issue of The State Mag
azine,
Baptists to Hear
Dr. McKay Sunday
The head of the department of
preaching at Southeastern Semin
ary will fill the pulpit at the Zebu
Ion Baptist Church Sunday morn
ing at worship services.
Dr. M. Ray McKay, a native of
Missouri, received his undergradu
ate education at Shurtleff, the
Baptist College of Illinois. He re
ceived his masters and doctorate
degrees from the Louisville Bap
tist Seminary.
Dr. McKay has been pastor of
the larger churches of the West
before accepting a position with
the Southeastern Seminary.
Whitley Now Heads
Board of Education
C. V. Whitley
UF Committee
Named for '56*57
United Fund president Ralph
Talton has announced the Fund’s
Budget and Entrance Committee
for the coming year. They are
Frank Wall, chairman; Mrs. Ferd
Davis, Mrs. George Tucker, Hay
wood Jones, Avon Privette, Wilbur
Debnam, J. K. Barrow, Mrs. Har
old Green and Dr. L. M. Massey.
President Talton said that he is
expecting this committee to have
a tentative Fund budget set by
mid-August.
Plans are now being readied by
Talton and his staff for the Fund
campaign. He said every angle
is being studied with the greatest
care for the most effective Fund
drive.
He said that the Fund’s life de
pends upon the people themselves,
their cooperation, interest, and
most of all their contributions.
There will be no meeting of
the general Fund staff during the
month of July.
C. V. Whitley, prominent Zeb
ulon merchant and civic leader,
was elected chairman of the Wake
County Board of Education Mon
day at a meeting called especially
for that purpose.
Whitley succeeds Dr. D. B. Bry
an of Wake Forest who resigned
from the board and will move to
Winston-Salem to continue his as
sociation with Wake Forest Col
lege.
Before he was elected chairman
of the board, Whitley served as
vice chairman for the past two
years. He has been on the board
since 1940. '
The proposed budget for Wake
County schools for the 1956-57
year amounts to $409,019, Whitley
said. This budget is now beings
studied by the board.
Whitley said he feels that this
is a reasonable figure and that it
will be accepted by the board.
He said that in general the
schools of the county are in very
good shape, but that there must
be an increase in school facilities
during the next few years to take
care of the growing increase of
school-age children.
In order to help alleviate this
condition, Whitley said that before
too long he expects a school bond
election in the amount of $3,000,
000. The City of Raleigh is" ex
pected to ask for the same amount
in a forth-coming bond election.
Whitley said the board is wait
ing to see what the call session
of the legislature does in certain
fields of the school program before
deciding upon a number of issues.
Other board members are W. M.
Satterwhite of Wake Forest, Tom
(See WHITLEY, Page 5)
FIRE
The Rural Fire Truck was called
to the lot of Willie Griswold last
Thursday at 2:15 o’clock.
Fire department officials re
ported that Griswold was burning
off his lot when the fire got out
of control and the fire department
was called to the scene.
No damage was reported.
Zebu Ion Rotarians Name
Rountree as New Head
E. V. Rountree will head the
Zebulon Rotary Club for the
1956-57 year. He was installed
president of the club at its meeting
last Friday evening.
Ferd Davis, retiring president,
gave a brief resume of the year’s
activities, which included a cita
tion from Rotary International
headquarters for international ser
vice work, including helping spon
sor the “World Comes to Zebulon’’
weekend.
Following Davis’ talk, E. H. Mo
ser installed the new officers.
Serving as vice president will
be Ed Hales; Aaron Lowery, secre
tary; R. Vance Brown, treasurer;
1956-58 directors will be Jerry
Lowicki and Horace Smith; and
1956-57 directors will be Billy K.
Hopkins and Jack Potter.
Ed Hales will have charge of
the Club Services committee, and
Jerry Lowicki will serve as Inter
national Service committee chair
man.
Vocational Service chairman is
E. V. Rountree
Franklin Jones, and Community
Service committee chairman is
Billy Hopkins.
Miss Margaret Anne English is
Rotary Sweetheart.