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THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX, Number 18. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 30, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
7,200 Volts Take
Lineman's Life
Near Town of Bunn
A lineman with Stackhouse Con
struction Company of Goldsboro
was electrocuted about 1:30
o’clock Wednesday one and one
half miles northwest of Bunn on
Highway 39, it has been reported
by Ralph ,Talton, Zebulon Carolina
Power and Light Company man
ager.
Stackhouse Construction Com
pany was doing contract work fpr
CP&L, and the young lineman,
J. T. Iverster, 22, of Wilmington,
had climbed a pole to install hard
ware when he came in contact
with an energized wire carrying
7,200 volts.
He was given artificial respira
tion by fellow linemen but to no
avail. Dr. Cole, a Bunn physician
was called, and pronounced him
dead.
The body will be taken to
Wilmington for funeral arrange
ments and burial.
Dance Instructor
Now With Army
Harold Brown
Harold Brown, who has been
associated with Wade School of
Dance for the past two years as
an instructor, reported for army
service last week and is receiving
his basic training at Ft. Jackson,
S. C. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Brown.
Kids, Santas Coming!
December 14 at 4 p.m. will be a wonderfully exciting day for
the children of Zebulon and the surrounding communities.
That’s the day Santa comes to town.
Santa Claus has informed the Chamber of Commerce, which
secured his coming, that he hasn’t made up his mind whether he will
arrive in Zebulon atop a Cadillac automobile or one of the city’s fire
trucks.
Which ever way he comes, he will be heralded by the black and
gold uniformed band of Wakelon Scnool.
Each afternoon until it is time for Santa to gather his bags of
toys for his midnight trip, he will be here to take messages and
orders from his little friends.
Local Baptist Training
Union to Attend 'Af' Night
Dr. C. C. Warren
Dr. Casper C. Warren, President
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion and pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Charlotte, North
Carolina, will address the annual
“M” Night meeting of the Training
Union^of Raleigh Baptist Associa
tion at 7:30 p.m. on December 4,
1956, at Memorial Auditorium in
Raleigh.
A native of Mingo, in Sampson
County, North Carolina, Dr. War
ren graduated from Wake Forest
College in 1920. He practiced law
in Dunn, North Carolina, before
entering the ministry. Dr. Warren
received his Th. D. degree from
Southern Baptist Theological Sem
inary in Louisville, Kentucky, in
1928. He has served pastorates in
Danville, Kentucky, and Little
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Town Litense Plates
Go on Sale December 1st
Town license plates will go on
sale December 1, according to
Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins.
The license plates arrived this
week, and will be put on sale sim
ultaneously with the sale of the
North Carolina license .plates.
As id the past, the tags will cost
$1, Hopkins said. The colors this
year are orange lettering and fig
ures on a black background. They
are manufactured and secured
from the North Carolina State
Prison Department.
Number 1 plate will be issued to
Mayor Wilbur Debnam, the next
five numbers go to the Town Com
missioners, plate number 7 to the
town manager, number 8 and 9
to the police chiefs, 10 to Deputy
Sheriff Earl Duke, and 11 to town
Attorney Ferd Davis. The volun
teer firemen will also receive plate
numbers from 12 through 26. The
remainder of the tags will be sold
to the town populace.
Approximately 400 li
cense plates were sold to the res
idents of the town last year.
Traffic Violations
Continue Flooding
Recorder's Court
Judge Irby D. Gill disposed of
a number of cases at the regular
Wednesday session of the Zebu
Ion Recorder’s Court November
28, including the following:
5697. George Montague, Jr., ex
ceeding safe speed under existing
conditions, prayer for judgment
continued until Dec. 12, 1956, on
payment of costs.
570f. Robert Taylor Draughon,
speeding 65 m.p.h. and improper
passing, prayer for judgment con
tinued until Dec. 12, 1956, on pay
ment of costs.
5588. Thornton Yancey Puryear,
Jr., improper brakes, $10 fine and
costs.
5704. John Oliver Mitchell,
speeding 65 m.p.h., 60 days sus
pended on payment of $25 fine and
costs.
5524. Buck Baxter Richards,
careless and reckless driving, not
guilty.
5731. George Ray Tant, improper
muffler, 30 days suspended on
payment of $35 fine and costs, with
$25 of fine remitted to defendant
upon timely showing improper
equipment has been replaced.
5693. James Marshall Alford,
exceeding safe speed under exist
ing conditions, not guilty.
5691. Jimmie Barbee Perry,
failure to yield right-of-way, not
guilty.
5668. Julian Craft Smith, speed
ing 65 m.p.h., $25 ^Ine and costs. I
Appeal bond set at $200.
5706. Coy Wayne Fuller, drunk- |
en driving, 60 days supended on
payment of $100 fine and costs:
5696. Harold Donald Mangum,
careless and reckless driving on
school grounds, 60 days suspended
on payment of $100 fine and costs.
5677. Raymond Junior Curtis,
improper brakes, prayer for judg
ment continued until Jan. 23,1957.
5729. Thomas Gray Taylor, care
less and reckless driving, $50 fine
and costs.
5671. Warren Etheridge, driving
while license was revoked, 4
months suspended on payment
$200 fine and costs.
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Times Foreign Ed
Coming to State
E. C. Daniel, Jr., world famous
newspaper correspondent and in
ternational figure, will be the lead
off speaker at the annual Institute
of Religion in January at Raleigh’s
United Church.
Daniel, assistant foreign editor
of the New York Times, spoke to
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion in Chapel Hill in September.
Mrs. Daniel will accompany her
husband to North Carolina, and
they will visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Daniel, Sr„ while
in the state.
Library Closed
Zebulen Community Li
brary will be closed beginning
today until further notice, it
has been announced by li
brary officials. This closing
is due to the fact that the
library is now undergoing
full scale renovating and re
modeling. Library officials ,
will announce the reopening
date in this paper.
Ruth Temple Winner
Of Ford Scholarship
At4-H Club Congress
Ruth Temple
Seventh English
Teacher Here
After a half year of battling
English under the tutelage of six
teaahers, Wakelon High School
English students begin with a
seventh teacher of English today.
Miss Elizabeth Boles of Wilson
has been hired to replace Mrs.
LaRue Stalvey of. Knightdale,
Principal John Hicks announced
today. Mrs. Stalvey submitted her
resignation effective November 30.
Her reason for resigning was due
to an illness and death in her im
mediate family.
Miss Boles is a graduate of At
lantic Christian College, Wilson,
with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
She has a class A English certifi
cate. She has been working to
ward her Master of Arts degree
at East Carolina College this fall.
The new teacher is 39-years-old.
MASONIC NOTICE
Regular communication of
Zebulon Masonic Lodge No.
609, AF&AM, will be held
Tuesday night, December 4,
at 7:30. Election of officers
will be held. All Master Ma
sons are cordially invited.
Draws Own Plans For
Remodeling Home
Ruth Temple continues to pile
up 4-H Club honors to her already
growing list.
In Chicago Monday, Miss
Temple’s sewing, cooking and
canning knowledge and achieve
ments won her a $300 Ford schol
arship at the National 4-H Club
Congress.
Three other such high honors
that have come Miss Temple’s way
were trips to National Club Con
gress in 1954 as state food pre
paration winner, Danforth Camp
in Michigan, and as a delegate to
National 4-H Camp in Washington
this year.
The local girl has shown her
wares in more than 200 exhibits
and 68 demonstrations, 233 talks,
16 radio and television appearances
and 125 stories. Her projects in
clude 4,201 meals served; 231
quarts and 104 packages of frozen
foods; 138 quarts of canned fruits
and vegetables; 179 garments and
95 articles made; and many, many
others.
She put effort into many phases
of running the home and farm—
management, electricity, better
grooming, but most of all room and
home improvement. Her com
pletely-drawn plans for remodel
ing her home are being followed.
She has been active in 4-H Club
work since she was in the fifth
grade, becoming outstanding as
i she participated in high school
| club work. She was selected be
cause of the vast number of long
time records she has kept of her
work with 4-H projects.
Miss Temple accompanied other
Tar Heel delegates to Chicago to
attend the National 4-H Congress
held in the Windy City. The North
Carolinians joined more-than 1,200
other delegates from all over the
U. S. staying at the famous Conrad
Hilton Hotel.
Twenty-year-old Miss Temple
is a sophomore at Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina. She plans to major in home
economics with an eye toward ex
tension work.
She is the daughter of Maylon
Temple and the late Mrs. Temple.
Brother of Local Woman
Makes Furniture Formula
The brother of Mrs. James Al
ford has been given a meritorious
citation by DuPont Company foi
perfecting a formula which gives
a protective coating for furniture
and other woodwork.
Warren Tyson, Jr., a chemical
engineer with DuPont in the Com
any’s Philadelphia plant, develo
ped and perfected the formula
only a few months ago.
The protective coating will re
sist burns from cigarettes, scratch
es, water marks, and other injuries
so often left on furniture.
Tyson, 37-years-old, has been
with the Philadelphia plant for
six years. Prior to that he was
with DuPont’s Savannah River
atomic plant in the research di
vision.
He is a graduate of N. C. State
College, and is married to the for
mer Dorothy Kiely of Hartford,
Conn. He Is the father of four
children, three boys and one girl.
His parents reside in Wendell.