THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX, Number 90.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 10, 1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Former Pastor to Deliver
Address Here Sunday
Rev. Carlton Mitchell
" The Rev. Carlton Mitchell will
preside at the morning worship
services of the Zebulon Baptist
Church Sunday. The topic of his
sermon' will be “Encounter with
God.”
The Rev. Mr. Mitchell is a for
mer pastor of the church, and is
now serving a church in New Jer
sey.
He will not officiate at the eve
ning .[vespers, it has been an
nounced.
Wendell Tobacco Market
Is At Top; Fastest
Growing in North Carolina
Opening Sale Day for the Wen
dell Tobacco-Market will be held
on Thursday, August 23, 1956. Last
year the market achieved its goal
of 20 million pounds during the
1956 season, making it one of the
fastest growing markets in North
Carolina.
All the major buying companies
including Reynolds, Liggett & My
ers, the American, Imperial, Ex
port, and J. P. Taylor will have
representatives on the Wendell To
bacco Market. In addition to the:
major companies Monk Hender-!
son, E. R. Sykes, Renfro Leaf, and
the Wendell Tobacco Companies
will be represented on the local
market. All of these companies are
staunch supporters of the Wendell
Tobacco Maarket. The warehouse
men state that they feel that the
buying companies are to be com
mended for the continuous friend- j
ly purchasing strength they have
furnished to the Wendell Market.
It is also felt that for many years
past very cordial relations have
existed among the buyers, the
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Modern Abattoir to Be
One of Finest in State
In about thirty more days Co
lonial Frozen Foods of Zebulon,
Inc. will have one of the finest
abattoirs in the state cf North
Carolina. .
Constructiofi on the abattoir has
been underway for approximately
30 days already, W. M. Sutton,
manager, said, and it is expected
to be completed in about another
month.
The construction of this slaugh
tering house will cost approximate
ly $20,000 about $4,000 more than
it was expected to cost, according
to the manager.
The building will be constructed
of brick and cement reinforced
with steel girders. It will have a
concrete floor and roof. The whole
structure will be fireproof.
All animals will be brought into
the building and held in a “holding
room" until they are ready to be
slaughtered. Other partitions to the
building will include an “off-all,”
killing room — one for beef, one
for swine — conveying hoists to
carry the dressed animals to the
chill room, a lard rendering plant,
and smoke house.
Sutton said that continuous run
ning water will flow down the
sides of the abattoir to wash away
the refuse of the slaughtered an
imals. This is to be an addition
not outlined in the original plans.
Colonial Frozen Foods was
granted a permit to erect the abat
toir by the Town Commissioners
at the May meeting.
Civil Defense Discussed
At Auxiliary Meeting
The president of the American
Legion Auxiliary stressed the im
portance of Civil Defense at the
Auxiliary's regular monthly meet
ing last Friday night in the home
of Mrs. Pat Farmer.
Mrs. Farmer told the women
present that “it is time that the
community became more consci
ous of the need of Civil Defense.”
She also brought out the perti
nent fact that Zebulon is too com
placent in its Civil Defense pro
gram, and it should wake up to
the fact there may come a time
when it will have to use the prac
tices the program advises.
Mrs. Dabney Gill, Child Welfare
and Rehabilitation, reported on aid
given veterans and their families
since the last meeting.
Mrs. Gilford Bufkin, Scrapbook
■chairman, read notes of thanks re
ceived by the Auxiliary.
Library chairman Mrs. Raymond
Pippin reported on the progress
that is being made in the library
and discussions followed concern
ing ways in which the Auxiliary
can improve the community libra
ry.
The president asked the opinion
of the members present about the
appointing of a program commit
tee for the next year to insure
more interesting programs. The
following committee was appoint
ed: Mrs. Sidney Holmes, Mrs.
Ralph Bunn and Mrs. Melvin La
nier.
After delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess, the
meeting adjourned to meet in Sep
tember in the home of Mrs. Dab
ney Gill.
Local Church Group
Attends Seminar
At Winston-Salem
Members of the Zebulon con
gregation of Jehovah’s Wit
nesses returned from a four-1
day seminar in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. Some seventeen
states representing 250 congrega
tions assembled in the four-day
training program. The convention
was one of forty being held this
summer by the group through the
United States and Canada.
Speakers at the conclave laid
stress on fulfilling the require
ments and obligations of the min
istry. Warning was given to avoid
the materialistic way of life so
prevalent in the world today. Em
phasis was placed on seeking the
things of God (fruits of the spirit
such as love, joy, goodness, peace,
mildness, long suffering, kindness,
self-control, against which there
is no law.)
One of the highlights of the as
sembly came Saturday night when
5,371 witnesses amidst prolonged
and repeated applause enthusiasti
cally adopted a strongly worded
petition addressed to Nikolai Bul
ganin, premier of Soviet Russia,
read by N. H. Knorr, President of
the. world-wide directive agency,
of the group, the Watchtower Bi
ble and Tract Society. The peti
tion asked for the release of the
thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses
imprisoned in Soviet Russia.
Before an aroused audience
Knorr requested the Communist
head of state “to allow a delega
tion of Jehovah’s Witnesses to pro
ceed to Moscow “to discuss their
status and “visit our Christian bro
thers” known to be imprisoned in
more than fifty slave camps “from
European Russia to Siberia and
northward to the Arctic Ocean,
even on the Arctic island of Nova
ya Zemlya.” A notorious attack
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Illness of Examiner
Causes Day Change
Due to the illness of License Ex
aminer Clarence Hocutt the exam
ining office will not be open on
Mondays, it has been announced by
Joseph P. Price, Supervising Ex
aminer of Troop “B.”
Price said that the office will be
open only on Tuesdays until Ho
cutt is Well enough to assume his
regular duties.
The office at Zebulon formerly
stayed open each Monday and
Tuesday of the week for the re
newal or acquisition of operator’s
license.
Notification of Hocutt’s return to
his duties will be listed in this pa
per.
Late Attorney's
Will Is Probated
, The estate of Attorney A. R.
House has been probated in Wake
Superior Court, and its value was
estimated at $28,307. Mr. House’s
widow, Mrs. Mary Dunford House,
was named as beneficiary. An esti
mated $10,000 was in bank depos
its. A $5,000 insurance policy, not
payable to the estate, was also re
corded.
House died July 27 after suffer
ing a heart attack at his home here.
Town Board Appoints
Davis as Solicitor
Ferd L. Davis
Legion Told Public
Health Responsibility
Of the Individual
The American Legion met Wed
nesday night at Hilliards Drive
In for the regular August meeting.
Sprite Barbee told the Legion
naires that Public Health is the
science of preventing disease, pro
longing life and promoting physi
cal and mental efficiency through
organized community effort. Pub
lic Health Departments employ
doctors, nursqs and technicians
in this effort and through the ef
forts of a Sanitation Officer laws
are enforced and an educational
program is carried on, said Mr.
Barbee. True sanitation is the re
sponsibility of the individual and
cannot be legislated. Legion
naires were reminded by Mr. Bar
bee that Sanitation is a way of
life. It is the quality of living that
is expressed in the clean home,
the clean farm, the clean business
and industry, the clean neighbor
hood, and the clean community.
Sanitation being a way of life,
it must come from within the peo
ple; it is nourished by knowledge
and grows as an obligation and an
ideal in human relations.
Commander Sutton reminded
Legionnaires that the annual
membership drive of the Legion
was now beginning and he urged
all eligible veterans to sign up im
mediately.
Succeeds Late
A. R. House
The Zebulon Board of Commis
sioners, meeting at the town hall
Monday night, elected Ferd Davis
as town attorney and solicitor
of the local Recorder’s Court to
succeed the late A. R. House who
died at his home here July 27.
Davis, who was admitted to state
and federal bars in 1953, is a mem.
ber of the Wake County Bar Asso
ciation, the N. C. Bar Association,
and the American Bar Association.
He is a member of the Public Serv
ice Committee of the NCBA, and
drafted the 1954 NCBA resolutions
calling for the judicial redis
tricting plan adopted by the 1955
legislature.
The new solicitor is a past presi
dent of the Zebulon Chamber of
Commerce and Rotary Club, and is
presently military government of
ficer of the 30th Infantry Division.
He holds B.S. and LL. B. degrees
from Wake Forest College, and is
a graduate of the University of
Miami’s Meteorology School, Pan
American Airways Navigation
School, The Infantry School, and
the Army Command & General
Staff College at Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas.
Davis served as a member of the
Board of Conservation & Develop
ment during 1949-53. Prior to
World War II, he served as editor
of the N. C. Highway & Construc
tion Journal.
Fire loss Heavy
A fire of undetermined ori
gin destroyed a tobacco bam filled
with tobacco Monday morning'.
The bam was located on Route 3,
Zebulon, on the James Mills farm.
The Rural Fire Department was
called to the scene, but the call
was too late to save the bam. The
Department was able to save the
shelter, an oil drum filled with
250 gallons of fuel oil, and tobacco
sticks.
Department officials reported
that an adjoining bam was saved
from the conflagration.
The total loss amounted to ap
proximately $2,000.
Recreation Commission
Has Summary of Program
The Recreation Commission,
headed by chairman George Henry
Temple, met Tuesday night at the
Zebulon Baptist Church for the
purpose of summarizing the year’s
work of the Commission.
Temple said that he feels the
srnnmer program has been highly
successful. He said that the coop
eration has been most enthusiastic
and directors Charles Hester and
Dave McGuire conducted a well
rounded and unusually good sum
mer program.
Secretary of the Commission
Mrs. James Creech said the pro
gram has been run with the high
est efficiency, the parents and the
children have been most respon
sive, and the directors have been •
of the highest caliber.
Temple and Mrs. Creech are
now serving the end of their te
nure. Former principal of Wake
Ion High Franklin R. Jones was
serving on the Commission but
will be replaced, as will Temple
and Mrs. Creech.
During the business session the
Commission made recommenda
tions for replacements which will
have to be approved by the Town
Board of Commissioners.
Director Hester is now in the
process of compiling a resume of
the summer recreation program for
presentation to the Commission
and for publication.