THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX, Number 85. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 27, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Wakefield Native Holds
Exalted O E 5 Position
Jr. Club Erects
> Emblem at Limits
At the March meeting of the
Junior Woman’s Club, the club
voted to buy and have erected the
club’s emblem.
That emblem has now been
bought and erected at the city
limits near Wakelon School.
The emblem is 30 inches in di
ameter and cost approximately $25,
according to Mrs. Melvin Massey,
club treasurer. It was purchased
from Porcelain Steel Company of
Sand Springs, Okla.
On the emblem is the time, place
and date of the meetings of both
the Junior and Senior Woman’s
clubs.
American Styles
Still Favorite
Norman M. Screws and Melvin
M. Lanier of Whitley Furniture
I Co., Inc., returned from the Sum
" mer Southern Furniture Exposi
tion at High Point with this to say
about future and present trends
in home furnishings.
No single design predominates
the Summer Market. There is
a continuing use of clean, simple
lines in modem groups, and the
modification of traditional designs
to fit today’s modern homes.
French and Italian Provincial
designs continue to be popular, and
there is more of the Scandinavian
and Oriental influences.
Strictly American styles — mod
em, contemporary and Colonial—
are still among the favorites, they
said.
Color in wood finishes trend to
(See STYLES, Page 5)
A Wakefield native has been ele
vated to position of Worthy Grand
Patron of the Grand Chapter of
North Carolina Order of the East
ern Star.
Edward E. Hood of Boonville, a
former resident of Wakefield, was
elected to the position of Worthy
Grand Patron at the fifty-first
session held in Asheville on June
13.
Hood was born on a farm near
Wakefield, the son of Mrs. Alice
Hood and the late E. W. Hood. He
received his education at Wakelon
High School and North Carolina
State College, graduating with a
B. S. degree in General Business
Administration.
In his first business venture, he
was associated with the Virginia
Division of Markets, later with the
Acacia Mutual Insurance Co., the
North Carolina Highway Depart
ment, and still later went on ac
tive duty with the Civilian Conser
vation Corps as Company Com
mander, becoming District Instruc
tor Inspector for the Fort Ogle
thorpe District.
He was called to active duty with
the Armed Forces in World War
II, serving in the activation and
training of the 95th and 97th Di
visions in Texas and Louisiana. La
ter he was assigned to the General
Staff of the 75th Division as Lieu
tenant Colonel and served in the
European Combat zone.
After leaving the service in Oc
tober, 1945, Hood accepted a po
sition with the U. S. Treasury De
partment, in which capacity he is
now associated.
rraiemauy, tne worthy Grand
Patron is a member and Past
Master of White Stone Lodge No.
155, A.F.&A.M., and holds a twen
ty-five year membership certifi
cate. He is a thirty-second degree
Mason, and a member of the Win
ston-Salem Chapter Rose Croix
and the Greensboro Consistory of
the Scottish Rite Bodies.
He is also a Shriner, with mem
bership in Oasis Temple at Char
lotte, is a member of Elkin Chap
ter No. 219, O. E. S., a Past Pa
tron and present Worthy Patron,
and served four years as District
Deputy Grand Patron for the 16th
district, two years as Assistant
Grand Sentinel, and two years as
Drill Director for the Grand Chap
ter.
In civic organizations, he has
served as president of the Boon
ville Lions Club, the Boonville
Board of Trade, Boonville PTA,
and West North Carolina Chapter
of North Carolina State College
Alumni Association.
He has also served as Lecturer
for the Boonville Grange and as
Master of Yadkin County Pomona
Grange for several terms. Cur
(See HOOD, Page 5)
House Breaker Waives Recorder's
Court Hearing; Thief Is Sentenced
Leamon “Bro” Hodge, 24, Negro,
charged with taking and stealing
and carrying away a quantity of
merchandise from a parked auto
mobile valued at $25 and convert
ing the same to own use, was tried
in Recorder’s Court Wednesday
and given a two-year sentence on
the road.
Judge I. D. Gill ordered that
this sentence run consecutively
with a sentence Hodge was already
serving until he escaped from Cary
Prison Farm.
I
Hodge was caught Friday morn
ing after looting the car of a sales
man Thursday night. The sales
man had stopped at Philip Olive’s
business establishment in Wake
field.
In the case of Cary Merritt, Ne.
gro, who broke and entered the
home of Dr. Charles E. Flowers,
Mrs. Mildred Stallings and Worth
Hinton, Merritt waived hearing in
the local Recorder’s Court and the
case was sent to Wake Superior
Court.,
Garland Richardson
Randolph Hendricks
H. H. Eddins
Richardson Named Chairman
Wakelon High School Board;
Search for Principal Still
Continues in High Gear
Garland Richardson, prominent farmer and insurance repre
sentative, was appointed chairman of Wakelon School Board at a
meeting of the Board held Monday night.
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Lives of Board Members
Varied and Interesting
Garland Richardson, 48, chair
man of Wakelon School Board, is
a native of Johnston County, the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ber
nice Richardson. He is married to
the former Maebelle Alford,
daughter of Mrs. Maltus Alford
and the late Mr. Alford. Three
children have been born to this
union, two daughters and one son,
Mrs. Lawrence Liles, Peggy, and
Sidney.
Richardson is. a member of the
Zebulon Methodist Church where
he is Superintendent of the Church
School. He has been very active
in his church, serving as a member
of the Official Board and teacher
of the Young Adult Department.
He is a member of the White
stone Masonic Lodge of Wakefield,
having served as past master of
that organization, is past chaplain
of the Zebulon Order of the East
ern Star, and is a member of the
Zebulon Lions Club.
Richardson operates a farm
south of Zebulon and is associated
with an insurance firm as a rep
resentative.
Randolph Hendricks, 35, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hen
dricks of Nashville. He is married
to the former Ruby Martin, daugh
ter of Mrs. Ed Martin and the late
Mr. Martin of Johnston County.
They have one child, a son, David,
5.
Hendricks is a member of the
Zebulon Baptist Church where he
is at present a member of the Sen
ior Board of Deacons. Prior to
becoming a member of the Senior
Board he served on the Junior
Board. He also holds a teacher’s
position with his church.
He belongs to one of Zebulon’s
most active civic organizations, the
Lions.
This Wakelon School Board
member is associated with Eddins
Oil Company in the capacity of
bookkeeper.
Haywood Jones, 40, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Jones of Tar
(See BOARD MEMBERS, Page 5)
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been without a chairman since Ju
ly 1. Past Chairman of the Board
Thurman Murray’s term was up
May 30.
The Board met primarily for the
purpose of appointing a chairman
of the Board and to begin inter
viewing prospective principals for
the school.
In a surprise announcement Sun
day morning, Franklin Ross Jones
announced to Wake County Super
intendent of Schools Fred Smith
that he was submitting his resig
nation.
Jones had been reelected princi
pal of Wakelon School at the last
meeting held by the Board, and
his announcement of his resigna
tion was a complete shock to the
officials and patrons of the school.
In an interview with Superin
tendent Smith, Smith said that
Jones has accepted the position of
principalship with the Roxboro
(See SCHOOL, Page 5)
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Son of Local
Couple Beaten
Badly By Negroes
The son of a local couple was
painfully beaten in Raleigh Fri
day afternoon by a group of Negro
men.
W. F. Hagwood, 48, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. I. Hagwood, was taken
to Rex Hospital where hospital at
taches reported he received a cut
nose, a bruised eye and head, sore
ribs, and bruised arms.
The incident occurred at approx
imately 5:30 Friday at 617 Ober
lin Road, and began as the result
of . a minor automobile accident.
An accident occurred in front of
Weinstein’s Grocery involving Mrs.
H. J. Weiller, a white woman who
resides on 2721 Dorchester St. and
William Campbell, 2203 Everett
Ave., a Negro.
Hagwood, together with W. D.
Doyle and G. R. Swinson, witnessed
the accident. They crossed the
street, and informed Mrs. Weiller
they would advise calling the po
lice.
Negro men standing around the
scene of the accident started curs
(See MAN BEATEN, Page 5)
Ag Shop Open
To Aid Farmers
Paul Dew, Wakelon agriculture
supervisor, has announced that the
Wakelon agriculture shop will be
open all day each Thursday until
school opens.
The opening of this shop is of
especial benefit to farmers who
during the summer season may re
pair or make adjustments to their
farm machinery.