THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX* Number 86.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, July 31, 1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Polio Shots To Be Given
At Wakelon This Friday
A mass polio vaccination cam
paign got underway in Wake Coun
ty yesterday. Dr. A. C. Bulla, Wake
County health officer, urged all
parents of children to cooperate
with the Medical Society during
this campaign.
Miss Mitzie Green, Wake Coun
ty Public Health Nurse who serves
this territory, said that the vacci
nations are open to all persons
from one to nineteen years old.
She said that all expectant moth
ers are urged to take polio vaccina
tions.
The mass polio vaccination clinic
will be held Friday, August 3, at
Wakelon School gymnasium from
9:30 to 11 o’clock a.m. From 2 until
3 o’clock the same day there will
be a clinic at Shepard School gym
nasium.
These vaccinations are free.
Pippin in Contest
Again for Trip
If he wins — and he is plan
ning to — it will be a trip to the
mountains of North Carolina.
The Raleigh Times is again spon
soring a news carriers contest for
the representatives of that paper
who secure the most subscriptions
in a given length of time.
And Billy Pippin, local repre
sentative, is out to win again. He
was the winner from this locality
to a trip to Cuba some months ago
for securing a vast number of sub
scriptions to the Times.
Billy, one of the nicest and most
efficient news carriers Zebulon
has ever had, urges all persons who
are not subscribers to the Times
to see him if he doesn’t contact you
first.
NOTICE
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs. Pat
Farmer Friday night at 8 o’clock.
All members are urged to be pres
ent for this important meeting.
Appointments to
Study Local Site
For Hospital Clinic
Are Made Here
Mayor Wilbur Debnam has ap
pointed a committee to study the
prospective site for the local clinic.
The committee includes Ed Hales,
chairman, Ferd Davis and Raleigh
Alford.
Hales said the committee will
meet in conjunction with a com
mittee from Wendell Wednesday
afternoon at Wendell. At this
meeting the committee from both
towns will discuss the prospec
tive site for the local clinic.
A million dollars of the six mil
lion available for an integrated
hospital system in Wake County
has been set aside for four branch
hospitals to be located in Wake
Forest, Fuquay Springs, Apex, and
Zebulon-W endell.
Some of the things the Authority
will want to know about recom
mended sites are: cost per acre,
available, drainage conditions,
environment, accessibility, grading
required, distance to sewage lines
and water mains and town’s esti
mate of cost to connect these to
hospital, distance to electric pri
mary line, distance to nearest fire
plug and type of fire department,
distance to telephone line, amount
of timber on land, and information
on noise and traffic in area.
Other information required in
cludes number of doctors, dentists
and nurses and doctors’ recommen
dations as to number of beds need
ed initially, basic medical equip
ment wanted and scope of medical
services to be allowed.
Since the branch hospitals will
be integrated with the general
hospital they are not expected to
be put into operation until after the
general hospital.
Prominent Lawyer; Citixen
Dies Friday; Burial Sunday
A. R. House, well known attor
ney, church and civic leader, died
unexpectedly at his home here Fri
day following a heart attack.
He was born in Martin County
July 27, 1887, the son of the late
Mary Harrell and Marion Jeffer
son House.
Mr. House, who was solicitor of
Zebulon Recorder’s Court, received
his early education in the Martin
County Schools, Littleton Male
Academy and Campbell College.
He graduated from Wake Forest
College law school and was ad
mitted to the bar in August, 1914.
He established his law office in
Zebulon in October, 1915. In 1926
Mr. House moved his office to
Raleigh and has practiced there for
the past 30 years. He served as
judge of the Apex Recorder’s Court
for six years. He also served as
judge of Zebulon Recorder’s Court
for a time and has been town at
torney intermittently for 35 years.
At the time of his death be was
Recorder’s Court solicitor in Zebu
lon.
Mr. House was a member of the
Zebulon Methodist Church in
which he served on the official
board and as assistant tea'her of
the Moser Bible Class. He was
active in the civic affairs of Zebu
Ion and was instrumental in secur
ing many of the town’s facilities.
He helped in the organization of
the first Chamber of Commerce
and became the town’s first trea
surer. He was a member of the
Wake County and the North Caro
lina State Bar associations.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Mary Dunford of Winston
Salem; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer
Turrentine of Bell Buckle, Tenn.;
a son, Ralph House of Cincinnati,
Ohio; four grandchildren; two bro
thers, Wilmer House of Dunedin,
Fla., Gordon House of Boston, Ga.;
and a sister, Mrs. George Hatley of
Lexington. Funeral services were
held in the Zebulon Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. The body was taken to the
church one hour prior to the serv
ices. Burial was in the Zebulon
Cemetery.
Nursing School
Accepts Applicants
The Wayne County Memorial
Hospital is now accepting appli
cants for the October, 1956 class
in Practical Nursing. The course
is being offered to white students
between the ages of 17-45 years
of age who have completed a
minimum of one year of high
school. Applicants over 30 years
of age with a grammar school
education may be given .an equi
valency test for the first year of
high school. Room, board and
laundry of uniforms, as well as
books and a monthly stipend are
given the students while in train
ing by the hospital.
The school is accredited by the
State Board of Nursing Education
and the Vocational Educational
Department of North Carolina.
Graduates are eligible to take the
North Carolina State Board Exam
ination for registration as a
Licensed Practical Nurse.
For further information, those
interested are requested to write
to the School of Practical Nursing,
Wayne County Memorial Hospital,
Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Submits Winning
Entry in Contest
Robert Debnam, Route 1, Zebu
Ion, has submitted a winning en
try in the Sealy $500,000 Posture
pedic Contest it was announced to
day by Sealy, Inc., Chicago, manu
facturers of mattresses and con
vertible sleep furniture.
The winner, who will receive a
Posturepedic mattress from Whit
ley Furniture Co., Zebulon, where
the contest was offered locally,
now is being considered for a grand
prize of $20,000 in cash or common
stocks or an expense-paid vaca
tion for two in Jamaica via Delta
Air Lines.
Recreation On
Half Day Program
Director of recreation Chalres
Hester has announced that the rec
reation program will operate each
afternoon through Friday.
Persons other than Mr. Barbee’s
class are requested to return tennis
rackets by Thursday.
This week’s schedule for the af
ternoon is: Today, swimming;
Wednesday, baseball; Thursday,
swimming; and Friday, baseball.
Board Meets
The Wakelon School Board met
Thursday night for the purpose
of interviewing a prospective prin
cipal of the school, but no decision
was reached it was learned.
No definite date was given of the
next meeting of the Board.
Fire
The Rural Fire Truck was called
to the W. I. Hopkins farm at Hop
kins Cross Roads last Tuesday a},
5:45 p.m. Department officials re
ported that the blaze occurred frcsn
the burning of trash in the yard
and fire spread to a honeysuckle
bed but was brought into control
before the fire truck arrived.
No damage was incurred.
Zebulon Needs New
Filter Plant; Sewage
System Needed Soon
John H. Moore
Rotary to Hear
District'Governor
At Friday Conclave
The Rotary Club of Zebulon,
August 3rd, will be host to John
H. Moore, Governor of the 278th
District of Rotary International,
who is making his official visit
to each of the 39 Rotary Clubs in
Northeastern and Northern, North
Carolina. He will address the1
local club and confer with Presi
dent Eldred Rountree, and Secre
tary Aaron C. Lowery and com
mittee chairmen on Rotary admin
istration and service activities.
Mr. Moore is Superintendent of
the Pasquotank County Schools
and lives in Elizabeth City, and is
a member of the Elizabeth City
Rotary Club and past President of
the Farmville Rotary Club. He i
is Moderator of the Chowan
Baptist Association, Chairman of
the Board of Deacons of the First j
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City,
Vice President of the Northeastern
District of the Department of
(See ROTARY, Page 5)
The Town of Zebulon is suffer
ing from severe growing pains
Mayor Wilbur Debnam reported to
the Zebulon Rotary Club in a talk
last Friday evening. Biggest pains
are the need for a new larger wa
ter filter plant and a sewage dis
posal plant. *
Comparing pre-World War 1941
figures with those of 1956, Mayor
Debnam emphasized that Zebulon
has enjoyed a steady growth, but
that municipal utilities have not
kept pace.
Population in 1941 was 1,040; in
1956 it is estimated at 1,600. Water
revenue has increased in 15 years
from $2,400 a year to $13,000 a
year, and number of water custo
mers from 275 to 600.
This tremendous increase in
water use has been caused not
just by increased population but
by increased use of water. The
maximum daily water consumption
in 1956 is 300,000 gallons. The
water filter plant is designed for
200,000 gallons per day, requiring
deep wells for the deficit.
For immediate emergency use,
a 450,000 gallon per day water
supply is needed, the Mayor re
ported.
Mayor Debnam suggested a filter
plant be constructed at Little Riv
er with a new water main laid
from the filter plant to the town
lines. This would eliminate much
of the trouble now caused by mud
and other impurities filling the
present line and restricting the
water flow.
In addition, the new pure water
(See NEEDS, Page 5)
Auxiliary Meet
Mrs. Haywood Jones of Zebulon
is serving on the Nominating Com
mittee of the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Association Wo
man’s Auxiliary. Mrs. Jones’ hus
band is pharmacist at Zebulon
Drug Co.
The Woman’s Auxiliary will con
duct its annual Planning Meeting
and Workshop Wednesday at the
Institute of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill.
Phi I to Representative Top
Salesman in Carolina
One of the top appliance sales
men of North Carolina for the Phil
co Corporation is William Bunn.
Bunn has recently returned from
an all-expense paid trip to the Na
tional Philco Convention held in
Philadelphia. This trip was given
Bunn for selling more Philco ap
pliances than any other represen
tative from this district of dealer
appliances.
He was the recipient of an all
expense paid trip last year to the
company’s convention in New Or
leans.
Bunn has been associated with
Philco appliances for approximate
ly 20 years. He has been sales
representative for the past year.
Prior to becoming sales representa
tive he held the position of service
representative.
He is married to the former Mel
ba Pearce and is the father at ope
child, a daughter, Brenda, 14.
WILLIAM BUNN