THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIX, 99.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, September 11,1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Zebulon Boy Scoots to Attend
Field Day Exercises Saturday
Plans have been completed for
the giant field day exercises of the
Saponi District, Boy Scouts of
America, to be held September 15
in Wake Forest, according to A. F.
Cannady, Activities Chairman.
Events of the day will feature a
parade, including school bands,
R.O.T.C. and National Guard units,
floats and Boy Scout units which
will begin at 10:00 a.m.
Other events planned for the day
will be a picnic at 12:00 noon to
which everyone is invited to bring
a lunch and attend, exhibits and
demonstrations by Scouts, bicycle
races, games, a barbecue supper
and dance for the Scouts.
“This is the first Field Day held
by the newly-formed Saponi Dis
trict,” said Ellis Nassif, Chairman
of the District, “and we are confi
dent it will be a success and will
show that this District will be one
of the most active in the Occonee
chee Council.”
The Saponi District is comprised
of the towns of Wake Forest, Louis
burg, Zebulon, Wendell, Franklin
ton, Youngsville, Rolesville, Bunn
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Two New Members
At Shepard School
On September 5, 1956, approxi
mately 800 Shepardites returned
to school with smiling faces after
an enjoyable and profitable sum
mer. After exchanging greetings,
the students of the High School
and Elementary department re
ported to the gymtorium for joint
assembly. C. L. Crews, principal,
introduced the faculty. There were
two new additions to the Shepard
- faculty, Miss Juanita Terry of El
erbee, N. C., is a fifth grade teach- j
er in the elementary department, i
Also added to the faculty was F.
Caldwell, a native of Winston-Sa
lem, N. C. He is also a fifth grade
teacher in the elementary depart
ment.
After assembly, the students re
turned to their respective home
rooms for registration. School was
dismissed at 12:00 noon.
PTA Chairman
Announces Leaders
For School Year
Mrs. Eldred Rountree, P. T. A.
President, announces the Commit
tee Chairmen for the 1956-57
School Year:
Membership—Mrs. Bob Sawyer;
Parent “Education—Mrs. Hardin
Hinton; Pre-School Clinic—Mrs.
Fred Page; Publicity—H. A. Hodge,
Jr.; Library—Mrs. Raymond Pip
pin; Study Group—Mrs. Stephen
Blackley; School Lunch—Mrs. I. B.
Richardson; Safety—Willie B. Hop
kins; Art—Mrs. Coressa Chamblee;
Budget & Finance—Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kemp; Congress Publica
tions—Mrs. Charles Creech; Char
acter & Spiritual Education—Mrs.
H. V. Andrews; Exceptional Child
—Miss Rebekah Talbert; Health—
Mrs. Fred Page; Program—Mrs.
Garland Godwin; High School
Sponsor—Mrs. Doris Privette; Leg
islation—Ferd Davis; Hospitality
Mrs. Wilbur Debnam; Room
Representative — Mrs. Charles
Hawkins; Historian—Mrs. Stephen
Blackley.
Mrs. Rountree has called an Ex
ecutive Meeting of the Commit
tee Chairmen for Thursday, Sep
tember 13, 8 p.m., at the Wakelon
School. Plans for the year’s pro
gram will be outlined and discuss
ed. Each member of the Executive
Committee is urged to attend.
Wakelon Faculty
Now Complete
Miss Hepsie Utley of Fuquay
Springs has been employed by the
Wakelon School Board to teach the
seventh grade, Principal John J.
Hicks has announced.
Miss Utley has had nine years
experience and taught in the
Leaksville school system for the
past thee years. She replaces Mr..
Blake.
Methodist Youths Gather
Sunday to Worship, Plan
The young people of the Zebulon
Methodist Church and their friends
will have a day-apart next Sun
day, September 16, to work and
play, worship and pray, and plan
for the year ahead in youth work
in the church.
The group will gather for break
fast at 8:00. After that, they will
have a period of orientation for the
day*. Jim Long, Conference MYF
President, will have charge of the
Church School class and will speak
on “Drinking and Christian Liv
ing,” the Fall Action Project of all
Methodist Youth over the nation.
He will help the group map plans
for this project.
Possibly the highlight of the day
will be the 11:00 o’clock worship
service of which the young people
will have charge. Betsy Brantley
will be the Organist, E. B. Pulley
will preside, Robert Pulley will
have the Prayer of Confession,
Patsy Brantley the Responsive
Reading, Tony Wilson the Scrip
ture, and five of the youths will
make talks on “Jesus’ Way — Our
Way” — Joe Wayne Tippett, Ha-!
zel Tant, Joseph Temple, Peggy!
Richardson, Vaughn Wade. Rev.
Conrad Glass, Senior in the Duke
Divinity School, will climax the
message. The new officers of the
MYF will be installed by the Pas
tor, Rev. Troy J. Barrett and the
Counselor, Mrs. Lawrence Liles.
Jim Long will give the challenge to
the officers.
After dining together at Hil
liard’s, the group will meet in the
afternoon to look at their needs
and determine ways and means of
meeting these needs with programs,
projects and activities. Simple
projects to help clean up, straight
en up and beautify the church will
be carried out Just before supper.
The evening program of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship will
be a pledge service for the Meth
odist Youth Fund, a fund which
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Little River township Gives
Pearsall Plan 10-1 Approval
Present, Retired Emit Ministers
The Rev. Dan Rivers
The Rev. LaRue Davis
Floridian Native Takes
Position with Emit Church
The Rev. LaRue Davis of Fre
mont has resigned the pastorate
of Friendship Free Will Baptist
Church at Emit and has taken a
position with a Belhaven church.
Replacing him is the Bev. Dan
L. Rivers of Florida. The Rev.
Mr. Rivers assumed his duties at
the church last Sunday. He and his
wife and small son are residing in
Bunn, where his wife is on the
Bunn High School faculty. The
Rev. Mr. Rivers has enrolled at
Southeastern Seminary at Wake
Forest.
Mr. Davis was employed as pos
tor of Friendship in 1953 and end
ed his pastorate in June. He is a
graduate of Fremont High School
and attended the Free Will Bap
tist Bible College at Nashville,
Tenn., and Atlantic Christian Col
lege at Wilson. He is married to the
former Ella Bea Holland of Fre
mont. They have no children.
- The new pastor is a veteran of
Masonic Meeting
A stated communication of
Whitestone Lodge No. 155 AF&
AM will be held Wednesday night
at 7:30 o’clock, and also to con
fer third degrees.
L. D. Bunn, Master
Albert Pulley, Sec.
School Shortage.
No definite action has been
taken by the Wakelon School
Board concerning the prob
lem of Wakelon School finan
ces. The school opened the
year with a deficit exceeding
6,000, including over $1,800
of lunchroom funds. The
Board is expected to borrow
money to pay bills owed by the
Wakelon General Fund, but
solving the problem of the
lunchroom fund probably will
be left to former Principal
Franklin Jones and the Wake
County Board of Education.
the Korean War, serving in the
Marine Corps. He is a graduate of
the University of Florida, and
while still a student at the univer
sity served as pastor of churches
in North FloRda and South Geor
gia.
The Rev. Mr. Rivers’ wife is the
former Betty Fort of Ayden. T^py
have an 18-months-old son, Dan
ny.
Zebulon Loses
First Game
In their first game of the season,
Wakelon Bulldogs were walloped
by Spring Hope 32-0 at Spring
Hope Friday night.
Guard W. G. Griswold was rush
ed to Rex Hospital for observation
and treatment after receiving in
juries in the game. He was re
leased Sunday and did not have a
concussion as was reported.
The Bulldogs play Rolesville
Friday night at Wakelon.
Change
Bunn Electric Company wishes
to announce that Johnny Hicks is
no longer employed with this firm
as salesman-repairman. He is
presently associated with Eddins
Oil Company.
Unusually Heavy
Vote is Counted
The residents of Little River
Zebulon Township endorsed the
Pearsall Plan Saturday which
would make it possible to close in
dividual schools and use State
funds for tuition in private schools
by a vote of 10 to 1.
Voters in Zebulon and Little
River cast 650 ballots for the plan
and 71 against.
Officials said that this vote was
light in view of regular referen
dums, but rather heavy for a spec
ial election.
In other precincts of the county
Little River-Mitchell’s Mill vote
was 169 in favor and 14 against.
Mark’s Creek-Wendell, 445 for and
103 against; Wake Forest-Roles
ville, 240 for and 34 against; and
Mark’s Creek-Eagle Rock, 233 for
and 23 against.
In unexpectedly large numbers,
Tar Heels over the State turned
out to vote better than four to
one in favor of the tuition grant
local option amendment to the
State Constitution proposed by the
Advisory Committee on Education
and backed to the hilt by Governor
Hodges.
Wendell Market
Leading Belt
Wendell tobacco market totalled
786,972 pounds at Friday’s sales
with an average of $51.26. Total
price paid was $403,410.30.
The Stabilization Corporation
took six percent of the sales.
A “full” market Monday was ex
pected with between 600,000 and
700,000 pounds expected to move.
£. H. Moser, Wendell sales su
pervisor, reported high quality
among heavy and dark leaf types.
CORRECTION
Due to an oversight in compiling
the list of tax delinquents of Zebu
Ion, the town tax auditor reports
that W. D. Finch should not have
been listed in the report publish
ed in last Friday’s paper. The au
ditor says that Mr. Finch’s name
was on the list due to an error and
an oversight, and regrets the er
ror.
Kick-Off Dance Thursday
For V/akelon Boosters
The* Wakelon School Boosters
Club will sponsor a kick-off dance
Thursday night at 8 o’clock in the
gymnasium, it has been announced
by Mrs. Garland Richardson, pres
ident of the club.
The general public is cordially
invited to attend this dance and
admission is free. At present the
committee is in the process of se
curing a string band to play for
both square and round dancing.
Mrs. Richardson is urging that
the adults and former athletes of
the school attend this social func
tion.
The membership drive got un
derway yesterday and Mrs. Rich
ardson said she hopes the member
ship will top the 300 mark this
year. She stated that the member
ship dues this year will be $3.00 a
family and not $3.00 a person as
was erroneously published in last
Friday’s paper.