THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX, Number 16. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 23, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
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Mrs. Herbert Holland of Wendell, Route 1, gives a whoop of joy when her winning number is drawn
for a new pickup truck. Shown with the lucky lady* are Mayor J. P. Hester, master of ceremonies;
Leroy Clark, Jr., and Jack Herndon.
f Wendell's Cold Leaf Festival Success
Truck Given, Queen Chosen Friday
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One of Wendell’s own native
daughters captured the crown of
“Miss Gold Leaf of 1957” last
Friday night.
The selection of a Gold Leaf
queen was the final event of the
Gold Leaf Festival, and the judg
ing, selection and crowning were
held in the Wendell School audi
torium.
Miss Margaret Sanders, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs* W. H. (Bill) San
ders of Wendell, was adjudged the
most beautiful of the seven en
tries in the Festival beauty pa
geant.
The 1957 “Miss Gold Leaf” is a
striking honey blonde with brown
eytes and a clear olive complexion.
She is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs
121 pounds, and her measurements
are bust, 34; waist, 23; and hips,
35.
When Miss Sanders came on
stage for the evening gown judg
ing, she wore a champagne-colored
gown. The bodice was of lace and
rhinestones and the skirt fell 'bouf
fantly from mid-thighs to the floor.
In the bathing suit judging, Miss
Sanders wore a gorgeous gold
lame suit.
The new “Miss Gold Leaf” is
a senior at Wendell High School.
At present her plans are to enter
Salem College following high
school, and study educational work
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Zebulon’s entry in the Gold Leaf
Festival beauty contest was Miss
Janet Upchurch, a stunning red
head.
Lovely Miss Hettie Margaret Sanders, daughter of Mr. and M’-s.
J. H. Sanders of Wendell, was named “Miss Gold Leaf, 1957” last
Friday evening climaxing Wendell’s Gold Leaf Festival. Sparkling
Kay Pat.e, the outgoing queen, crowns her successor. Kay is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coye Pate of Zebulon.
$1,100 IN A BIG, PLOWED FIELD
Lost—but Now Found
Herbert Perry of Route 1, Zeb
ulon, had every right to wear an
expression of sadness Tuesday af
ternoon.
He was missing $1,100.
Perry discovered the loss of his
wallet and money when he came
home to dinner Tuesday, and the
search began.
That morning he had been
breaking land in a two-acre field
on which to sow winter grain, and
Perry figured that was where his
wallet was—covered over deeply
with rich, loamy soil.
All that evening and part of the
night Perry and his family and
friends combed the field, but to
po avail. The wallet was gone—
forever, it seemed.
Wednesday dawned clear, and
another combing of the field be
gan. Hope faded as the sun bright
ened.
Perry decided upon a last re
sort. He would attach a plow be
hind his tractor and go over the
two acres again, with three persons
following behind, keeping their
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NG Armory Entered,
Money Taken; SBI
FBI Work on Case
Cash Taken in Theft
Late Tuesday Night;
Nothing Else Missed
Davis National Guard Armory
was robbed of approximately $20
between 10:10 Tuesday night and
8 o’clock Wednesday morning, it
has been reported by CWO John
sey Arnold, unit administrator of
Battery A, 113th Field Artillery
Battalion.
The theft was reported to local
law enforcement officers Wednes
day morning by CWO Arnold,
who discovered the armory had
been entered when he arived for
work.
Immediately following the dis
covery of the break-in and loss,
the Federal and State Bureaus of
Investigation, Wake County Sher
iff’s Department, and State High
way Patrol answered requests for
assistance.
Several hundred thousand dol
lars in Federal property, including
three 105-mm howitzers, trucks,
and jeeps, and thousands of dol
lars in radio equipment, is stored
in the armory.
An FBI fingerprint expert from
Raleigh found the imprint of a
man’s hand on the upper part of
the Coca-Cola machine and on
CWO Arnold’s desk.
Yesterday morning the investi
gation was befog continued.
The thief or thieves took a cash
box from the orderly room desk
which contained $2 in pennies,
$3 from the petty cash fund, and
$12 from the fatigue cap fund.
The Coke machine was attacked
by the thieves, who beat and bang
ed it so badly they Were unable
to open it. As a result, no money
nor Cokes were taken from the
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'World' Project Is
Set for February;
Hinton Is Chairman
■ Plans are underway for Zebulon
to take on an international flavor
again.
Mayor Wilbur Debnam said
Wednesday that plans are in the
making for Zebulon to be host
again to approximately 40 persons
of foreign background.
“Our first ‘World Comes to Zeb
ulon’ project was such a success
that we are making plans to re
peat it again,” Mayor Debnam said.
Right now pip ns are set for the
first weekend in February.
At one time the mayor said it
was hoped that the project might
coincide with Zebulon’s Golden
Anniversary celebration in Feb
ruary.
But because the guests—students
at the University of North Carolina
—cannot come during the half
century celebration because of
class schedule conflicts, other ar
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Masonic Notice
There will be an Emergent
Communication of White
stone Lodge No. 155, AF&
AM, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. for
work in the Fellowcraft De
gree. All Master Masons are
requested to be present.
Lionel D. Bunn, Master
Albert Pulley, Secretary
Zebu I on Receives Early
Warning of Noted Visitor
By Scotte Brown
The residents of Zebulon knew
he was coming from a long, long
way off.
It was in the air.
And during the weekend the
world famous Goat Man and his
bevy of tin can-eating, goateed
creatures camped in the vicinity
of our fair city.
Charles (Chess) McCartney has
gained international fame with his
bearded animals pulling and
pushing a ramshackled wagon fill
ed with every conceivable worth
less object.
Over a cup of coffee and a Coke,
Chess told this reporter that he
doesn’t travel up and down the
Eastern seaboard annually with
his little band of smelly friends
and ladened wagon just to be
smart.
“I don’t do this type of thing
just to be smart,” he said in a
loud raucous voice.
He said it is his way of making
a living just as anybody else has a
livelihood.
“I detest charity,” he said
strongly. "I know about charity
and I don’t like it at all.”
He does know about charity. He
had to resort to it during the last
depression when a tree he was fell—
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The Goat Man