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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX, 102. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 21,1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Armory Now Brighter With Added Lights The National Guard armory and its parking area are brightly light ed for night activities following installation of lights by members of the local National Guard unit. The wiring was done by Lt. Jack Potter and Specialist Frank Priv ette. Two large floodlights cover the side parking lot and two more the rear lot. I Three spots illuminate the word “Armory,” on the front of the j building, and four floodlights are I used on the sign at the sidewalk. | “These lights will be a tremen dous help at night,” Lt. Potter said, “and will make the armory much better for community use.” In the near future, Guardsmen plan to pour a concrete walk a cross the front of the armory grounds from the parking lot to the drive at the south side of the building. This will greatly im prove conditions during rainy weather. The lights and materials for the wiring were sold by American Plumbing and Electrical Supply Company to the National Guard unit at wholesale. Cost of materials was paid with funds given Battery A by con tributing members. “We are using this money to make the armory more attractive and easier for the community to use,” Lt. Potter said. The Zebulon armory has been cited for its excellent appearance as an example for other N. C. ar mories to follow. Landscaping the armory grounds was a project completed by the Carmen Flowers Garden Club. Homecoming Members, former members and friends will gather at Beulah Christian Church on Route 4, Zeb ulon, Sunday to observe homecom ing, it has been announced by the church’s partor, the Rev. Eugene Tally. The program will get underway at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday School and at the morning worship service the pastor will deliver the message. Following the morning exercises lunch will be served on the grounds at noon. The Rev. Tommy Sutton will oc cupy the pulpit during the after noon service. There will be special music throughout the day. MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION Zebulon 'Mayor Wilbur T. Deb nam issued a proclamation pro claiming the week of October 7-13 as National Employ the Phy sically Handicapped Week. The proclamation reads as fol lows: “I, Wilbur T. Debnam, Mayor of the City of Zebulon, do hereby call upon the people of this com munity to observe the week be ginning October 7, 1956, as NA TIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSI CALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK, and to cooperate in carrying the purposes of the aforementioned joint resolution of Congress. I call upon other public officials as well as leaders of industry, labor, and civic groups to make every ef fort to enlist public support for a sustained program aimed at the employment and full use of the capabilities of those Physically Handicapped among us who are not presently employed. I fur ther urge all employers to place all their job openings with the lo cal Employment Security Commis (Continued on Page 6) Farm Bureau To Make Plans Tonight at 8 o’clock there will be a meeting of the Zebulon Farm Bureau Directors, President Robert Ed Horton has announced. Horton stated at this meeting plans will be made for the an nual membership drive that is to get underway very soon. He said there will also be other important business transacted during this initial meeting of the Bureau of the year. Revival Set The Rev. Isaac Hinton, Middle sex evangelist, will conduct a se ries of revival services at the Zeb ulon Church of God beginning September 23. The public is cordi ally invited to attend these serv ices. Lions Sponsor Five County Fair; To Open Monday The Zebulon Lions Club is spon soring the annual five county fair which opens Monday, Wade Privette has announced. Privette said that the Lions Club will receive one-fourth of the proceeds which will help the club to aid many worthy causes they contribute to. There will be rides of every exciting kind, shows that will entertain and entrance all, and exhibits of every description. Fire works displays are to be given nightly. All persons who intend to place articles on exhibition ase urged r to contact the chairman of eaah exhibit division. , Field crops will be headed by Robert Ed. Horton; Frank Kemp, horticulture; Mrs. Ruby Buff aloe, arts and crafts; Mrs. Sally Hagwood, neddlework; Mrs. Margaret Todd, culinary; Mrs. Sadie Phillips, pantry and dairy supplies; Mrs. Frances Tuck- | ker, flowers; and Mrs. Harold Green will supervise 4-H, FFA and vocational student exhibits. | Two booths where fair-goers may enjoy refreshments will be operated by the Lions Club and the Junior Woman’s Club. Fog of Indebtedness Hovering Over Wakelon School Lifting; Triple Receipt Book Keeping System to be Set Up Soon Longer Banking Hours in Effect Banking hours at Peoples Bank & Trust Company are now from 8:30 to 1 and 2 to 4, Cash ier Robert Daniel Massey has announced. Massey said the evening hours are for the convenience of farm ere who are selling to bacco, and this arrangement is to be temporary. Electric Power To be Shut Off In Seme Areas On Sunday, September 23, elec tric service will be interrupted from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Bunn and surrounding rural areas, including Pine Ridge, Pearce’s School, Prison Camp, and Wilder’s Store, provid ed the weather is suitable for work. This interruption is necessary in order to replace old poles, cross bars, and insulators which cannot be done safely while the line is hot. This work is normal mainte nance which is being done to in sure the best possible uninter rupted service to our customers in this area. There hours are being used in order to affect your service the least possible, stated Ralph Tal ton, Manager of Carolina Power and Light Company operations in this area. Wendell to Have Gold Leaf Festival The Wendell Tobacco Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Gold Leaf Festi val. At a meeting held last week the Directors set the dates of this Festival to be Friday and Satur day, November 16-17. On Friday, November 16, a big parade will be held on the streets of Wendell. Featured in the parade will be several out of town bands; floats by local merchants, saddle horses and pony-drawn buggies; a military color guard; boy and girl (Continued on Page 6) POST OFFICE HOURS TO CHANGE SEPT. 29 The Zebulon Post Office will close each Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock be ginning September 29, Postmaster M. J. Sexton announced yesterday. The heavy fog of indebtedness hovering over Wakelon School for the past weeks seems to be lifting. In a conference Tuesday night the Wakelon School Board, two former members of the Board who retired in May, a County School Board member, and the Superin tendent of Wake County Schools met and the heavy indebtedness left the school by its former principal, Franklin R. Jones, was reduced to approximately $3,500. Jones, who suddenly resigned to accept a position with the Roxboro school system, left an outstanding debt behind of more than $6,000. The indebtedness was discovered by John J. Hicks, newly appointed principal of Wakelon. A previous audit of the records by Wake County officials reveal ed the books to be in proper order, and the books had to be re-audi ted when the discrepancies were j discovered. Superintendent of Wake County Schools Fred Smith quieted the fears and emotions of the local school board Tuesday night when he told them he thinks “there isn’t too much to worry about,” and that he believes “the debt can be overcome without too much trouble.” The Board members did not seem too much concerned with the general expense fund mis applied by the former principal. They were more interested in ways to alleviate 'the lunchroom deficit of more than $1,800. Smith advised all members present that this, too, can' be wiped out. He said that many lunchrooms operate with a profit and that the lunchroom at Wake Ion may apply its profits to help to clear its indebtedness. This, he also told the members, may be done piecemeal or on an in stallment basis. Smith further revealed that the county may make the additional payment of $900 due on the cur-j tains for the stage the Wakelon PTA contracted to buy, so that I the PTA can apply the money they make at fund-raising cam paigns to the school’s general fund to help relieve some of the debts incurred by last year’s principal. Principal Hicks reported that j (Continued on Page 6) Bar Association Honors Late A. R. House Memorial exercises honoring the late Augustus Roy House, attorney who lived in Zebulon for 41 years, were held in the Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh Monday morning, September 17, at 10 o’ clock by the Wake County Bar As sociation. The exercises, held at the open ing of the second civil term in September of each year for de ceased members of the Wake Bar, were opened by President Wil liam T. Hatch, with permission of His Honor, Malcolm B. Seawell, presiding judge. R. L. McMillan, Sr., chairman of association's committee on me morials, recognized the Rev. Troy Barrett local Methodist pastor, who pronounced the invocation. A tribute to Mr. House was then read by John Mills, selected by Mrs. House to deliver the eulogy. The Rev. James Sprunt pronounced the benediction. Judge Seawell ordered the min | utes of the meeting to be recorded by the Court, together with tri butes from the Mayor and Com missioners of the Town of Zebulon and others. Present at the meeting of the bar were many of its members, Mrs. House and other residents of Zebu lon, members of the Attorney Gen eral’s staff, and several justices of the Supreme Court. Four Bottles More Four bottles more of liquor were sold in August of this year than last year, according to F. A. Man gum, manager of the local ABC store. The total revenue taken in by the local alcoholic dispensary for the month.of August was $9,472.40. August a year ago the sum amount ed to $9,366.95. Baptist Scholar Will Occupy Pulpit Sunday Dr. O. T. Binkley of the South eastern Baptist Theological Sem inary will occupy the pulpit at the Baptist Church on Sunday, September 21, at the eleven o’ clock hour. Dr. Binkley is a North Carolinian, the son of the Rev. Joseph N. Binkley. Dr. Binkley received his edu cation at Wake Forest College with a magna cum laude degree of Bachelor of Arts. He received the Bachelor of Theology degree from the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary; Bachelor of Di vinity degree, Yale University; Doctor of Divinity degree, Wake Forest College. Dr. Binkley has been pastor of churches in New Haven, Conn, and the First Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N. C.; Lecturer in Sociology, University of North Carolina; Head of the Department of Religion, Wake Forest College; Professor of Ethics and Sociology, Southern Baptist Theological Se minary, and when the Southeast ern Theological Seminary was or ganized at Wake Forest, Dr. Bink ley was called to head the same department there. Dr. Binkley is a scholar and an outstanding preacher.
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