THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 42._Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 1, 1957 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Inspector General Found Local
Guard in Tip Top Condition
Grade Given After
Reports Evaluated
Local National Guardsmen were
pleased with their performance for
the Third Army General Inspec
tion Wednesday. A representa
tive of the Third Army Inspector
General made a complete check of
all administration, records, training
and equipment and expressed his
satisfaction with what was found.
The grade given Battery A will
be determined by Third Army af
ter the inspector’s reports are eval
uated.
Wednesday afternoon Major
Monnerat, the inspector, worked
with Capt. Jack Potter and CWO
Johnsey P. Arnold in checking the
records and equipment.
“The weapons and other equip
ment is outstanding,” he said.
For the first hour of the evening
inspection, Major Monnerat con
ducted a personal examination of
the men in ranks, questioning
them on their duties, basic military
subjects, and general knowledge.
The men also were graded on
their personal appearance. “They
look very good,” the inspector
said of the red-helmeted Guards
men.
Following the inspection, a cri
tique was held in which the visit
ing inspector reported his find
ings. Three classes were classified
as “Superior” and four were
“Excellent.” The overall rating
will be given the unit later.
Since its organization in 1959,
Battery A has maintained an “Ex
cellent” grade on the annual Gen
eral Inspection. A grade of “Su
perior” is the highest given, and
although the local unit has earn
ed this rating on individual classes
and portions of the inspection, it
has never received an overall grade
of “Superior.”
Present at a dinner given prior
to the evening phase of the in
spection were Capt. Potter and
other officers of the unit; Major
Monnerat; Mayor Wilbur Deb
nam; Commissioners R. Vance
Brown, J. Raleigh Alford, and
Frank Wall; Lt. Col. Ferd Davis
and Major Barrie Davis, staff of
ficers of 30th Infantry Division
headquarters; Major Darrell Per
ry, executive officer, 113th FA
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Zebulon Woman,
68, Cuts Teeth
It’s quite a surprise and
shock to find yourself cutting
a new set of teeth after you’ve
reached your sixty-eighth
birthday.
Or at least it was to Mrs.
i R. 1. Hagwood when she dic
i covered she was cutting a new
set of molars in her upper
right jaw.
Mrs. Hagwood, who has
i been wearing false teeth for
40 years, had to have the two
; newly-grown teeth extracted
; in order to be able to continue
: wearing the dentures.
Judge to Head 1957-58 Finer
Carolina Program for Zebulon
I. D. Gill
Chairman
COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES
To Run for Something
Town Commissinnpr Nnrman Sf>rpu;c ic arviTTrr f/-v
thing in the coming town election.
He has got his sights either on the post of mayor or commissioner.
He would not elaborate on either of the posts, saying, “That de
pends.”
“I am ceflnitely going to run for either the mayor’s seat or a
seat on the Town Board of Commissioners,” he said.
He would not be pinned down as to which is now uppermost in
his mind.
“That deoends on time,” he said.
Frank Wall revealed to this paper this week that he doesn’t
think he will be an incumbent for a post on the Town Board of
Commissioners in the May election.
“At present I don’t think I will be a candidate,” Wall said. “I
have enjoyed teing on the Board and I have learned a lot.”
He added that he believes that commissioners should rotate
so that others can see the problems and needs of the town.
Juke Box Sings for Yeggs
At Local Honky Tonk
Investigations of a burglary
which occurred Sunday night at
the Down Beat a Negro honky
tonk located aoout three miles '
north of Zebulon on Highway 96,
are .still being continued, accord- ,
ing to Deputy Sheriff Earl Duke. !
Deputy Duke reported that the 1
juke box was ripped apart by
a person or persons who entered
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Wreck on Arendell Ave.
Puts Three in Hospital
A wreck which occurred Sunday
night about 8:45 in Zebulon put1
three persons in the hospital for |
cuts, abrasions and contusions. |
Miss Linda Flood, Miss Hazel
Brannon and Bobby Massey, all
received first aid at Rex Hospital
following the wreck. Miss Bran
non and Massey were released
shortly after being admitted, but
Miss Flood, whose injuries were
greatest, was not released until
yesterday.
According to officers Lemon
Harold Barham, 19, Route 4, Zeb
ulon, entered Arendell Avenue
from Mclver Street at a speed
exceeding 35 mph. He failed to
yield the right of way and crashed
into the car being driven by Bob
by Bailey, Rt. 1, Zebulon.
Bailey and his girl friend. Miss
Flood, Miss Brannon and Massey '
were returning from a birthday
j party. It was Bailey’s twentieth
j birthday and Miss Flood, Miss i
Brannon and Massey had enter- I
tained him on the occasion.
Barham was driving a 1954 ' ,
Chevrolet and Bailey was operat- I
ing a 1955 Ford. Damages were es- I *
timated at approximately $500 for '!
each vehicle, according to officers.
Barham' was charged with |
speeding in excess of 35 mph and i
failing to yield to right of way. j ]
He was found guilty in Recorder’s ;
Court Wednesday and fined $50 !
and costs. • j
Night Chief M. G. Crowder in
vestigated the accident which 1
happened in front of the Ruric 1
Gill, Jr. residence. '
Third Polio Shots
Urged by Nurse
Those person who have not re
vived their third dose of polio
/accine are urged to do so imme
iiately, Wake County Health Nurse
Vfitzi Green said.
Miss Green reminded the par
:nts of children that summer will
;oon be approaching which is when
>olio is greatest, and she urges that
:he children take the third or fi
lal dose..
She said the third dose is most
mportant. Full protection from the
iread malady cannot be had until
he required number of shots are
[iven.
Parents with children who have
lot had polio shots may either get
hem from their family physician
>r at the clinic at the Municipal
building.
A Gift
Judge Irby Gill has rapped on
lis desk on the podium of Re
:order’s Court for order for
nany years with his bare
Lnuckles.
But he won’t have to do bare
muckle rapping any longer.
On Wednesday, James Brant
ey, who has been before His|
Honor on several occasions,,
presented the Judge with a beau-1
ifully hand carved oak gavel.
The Judge expressed his de-j
ight with the gift, and is anxi-!
>usly looking forward to putting!
he gavel into use.
The local judge of Zebulon Re
corder's Court has been appointed
'to head the Finer Carolina pro
gram for 1957-58.
Irby D. Gill accepted the ap
pointment Tuesday night at a din
ner meeting sponsored by the Car
olina Power and Light Company at
Hilliard’s Drive-In Restaurant.
The new chairman issued the
following statement following his
acceptance. He said: “The town
belongs to all people, and the pur
pose of this program is to make it
a finer town. In order to fully
accomplish this, the efforts and
suggestions are earnestly and sin
cerely solicited by the Finer Caro
lina Committee.”
He is the son of the late James
Edgar Gill and Victoria Brantley.
After graduating from Wakelon
High School, he received his law
degree from Wake Forest College.
He is married to the former Rho
da Winstead of Pamlico and is the
father of one daughter, Mrs. Rohe
Winchell of Portland, Maine.
He is a member of Zebulon Bap
tist Church, an active Rotarian,
and belongs to the Executive Club
of Wake County and Raleigh.
Nineteen fifty-six-fifty-seven
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Doris Privette
Co-Chairman
R. Vance Brown
Co-Chairman
Giant Still Found
On Barrow Farm
Last Monday Night
Johnslon County law enforce
ment officers Monday night un
covered a giant steam distillery in
O’Neals Township.
According to O’Neal’s Constable
Way Ion Hinton, the still was lo
cated about four miles from Zeb
ulon, just a few hundred yards
off Highway 96.
The outfit included two 500-gal
ion upright boilers, homemade
from galvanized tin, two 500-gal
lon cookers, ,and 100 200-gallon
barrels (20,000 gallons) of mash.
The officers also found at the
site approximately 15 or 20 100
pound bags of sugar and about
100 100-pound bags of coke which
was used to fire the liquor still.
Also found were two gas water
pumps and two hand pumps.
The still was on the J. K. Bar
row property, about 400-yards
from the home of William Carroll.
Constable Hinton said in order
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Town Needs $50,000
Worth of Storm Sewers
Zebulon is suffering from inade
quate storm sewers.
The rains Monday night and
early Tuesday morning left the
block bounded by Arendell Ave
nue and Church, Glenn and Lee
streets flooded.
Residents are very much per
turbed about the inadequacy oi
the storm sewers in this area.
Heavy rains and flash floods leave
them to wade from their homes
cause damage to their property,
and get their blood pressures up
Some of the residents have
voiced strong opinions that the
town should alleviate this situa
tion by some method or other.
When Mayor Wilbur Debnam
was consulted, he was in agree
ment that something should be
done to relieve this condition.
He outlined a need for storm
sewers running from the park to
Arendell Avenue, another from
Gannon Avenue beginning at the
Texaco Service Station to Frank
Kemp’s home, and another from
Judd Street down the middle of
this block to Lee Street and thence
down Arendell Avenue to the
Kemp home.
Excess water from this area is
now piped to a point behind the
Kemp home where it empties into
a ditch.
Mayor Debnam, after consulta
tion with Town Manager Willie B.
Hopkins, said there is a need for a
48-inch pipe line leaving Arendell
Avenue in the vicinity of the Kemp
home all*the way to Highway 64
where the excess water would
empty.
Checking further, Mayor Deb
nam revealed that correcting this
situation would require approxi
mately $50,000. The cost of piping
is approximately $10 per fodt.
i The Mayor discounted the idea
| of floating a bond issue, saying,
| “that is quite out of the question
nt the present time.”