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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 52. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, April 11, 1957 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers ' CWO Johnsey P. Arnold, unit administrator for Battery A in Zebulon, smiles as Elton Chamblee (seated, right) signs a request for 6 months active duty. Standing behind are Bobby Gill of Zebulon and Brodie Baker of Wendell, Route 2. Chamblee and Gill will leave Sun day for Ft. Jackson, S. C., where they will begin basic training. After eight weeks at Ft. Jackson, the two National Guardsmen will receive 15 days leave, then report to Camp Chaffe Ark., or Ft. Sill, Okla., for further training in artillery. Baker enlisted in the National Guard for three years. Missing World War II Veteran Found Wednesday Night; Near Home A 37-year-old World War II vet eran who is suffering from a severe nervous disorder was reported missing from his home on Route 3, Zebulon, last Wednesday night about 8 o’clock. Sam Fathera, clad in his paja mas, was found approximately an hour and a half later after his wife, Helen, reported him missing. Mrs. Fathera stated that her husband was found some distance behind the Fathera home in an open plowed field by neighbors who had formed a search party. Mrs. Fathera said she and her husband and three children had barbecued some chickens on the outdoor grill for their supper. After they had eaten, her husband went into the house and dressed in his night clothes and decided to rest for a while before retiring. While her husband was resting, Mrs. Fathera and the two oldest children walked over to her bro ther’s home — about a quarter of a mile from the Fathera home — to see his wife who. was not feeling well. When Mrs. Fathera returned, she said she noticed the back door open, which aroused her suspicion. She immediately began to search her hbme, but was not able to find her husband. Mrs. Fathera then went to a neighborhood store near her home and told the persons present about j her husband being missing, and a search party of about 25 was or- j ganized. Shortly after the local search party was organized the Zebulon National Guardsmen were alerted. Five minutes after the alarm was sounded, 20 members of Battery A had reported to the armory. With in 15 minutes, 35 Guardmen had reported. The missing man was found less j than five minutes after help from i the National Guard was requested. I The National Guard alert signal, i a two-minute intermittent blast I of -■ fire siren, was sounded by First Sergeant Sidney Holmes when the unit received a request for help. Capt. Jack Potter, Battery A Commander, expressed his regret over the confusion in town which resulted from the alert signal; but he called attention to the speed with which the Guardsmen assem bled at the armory. The lengthy blast, which lasted about 10 minutes, was much longer than the required two-minute alert signal. As a result, over a hundred citizens assembled at the town of (Continued on Page 9) Good Friday Service Announced In an effort to make Good Fri day more meaningful to the entire community, the Zebulon Baptist and Methodist Churches will have a joint service at 7:30 o’clock on Friday, April 19. The service will be at the Zebulon Baptist Church. The theme will be “The Seven Last Words.” During the entire day the church will be open for medi tation and prayer. There will be four special periods of meditation and prayer, at 8:45, 12:45, 1:45, 3:45. There will be a similar serv ice at each of these periods. It will last about ten to fifteen miuutes. The purpose is to point out the significance of Good Friday and tg give everyone a chance to meditate on its importance. It is hoped that every single per son in the community will go to the Baptist Church sometime during the day for prayer, will endeavor to attend one of these periods of meditation, and will join in the Good Friday Service on Friday evening, April 19. Pre-School Clinic To Be Monday The pre-school clinic for Wake Ion School will be held Monday morning, April 15, it has been an nounced by Principal John Hicks. Mr. Hicks pointed out that it will be necessary for every pre-school child and one of his parents to be present at this clinic and registra tion. The state law says that be fore a child may be permitted to a school he must register. 1 The Wakelon principal urges parents of pre-school children who are eligible for admission to the school during the coming fall to take their children to their family physician for a complete check-up, provided this has not been done six months prior to the date of the pre-school clinic. Moreover, he urges parents to have the fam ily physician immunize the chil dren for diphtheria, whooping cough and smallpox. These immu nization shots may be received at the Zebulon Municipal Building during each week, given by the [ county nurse. When the physical examination j and immunization have been done by the family physician, it will not be necessary to have this service rendered by the health department. However, the parent must present at the registration the certificate of examination by the physician as well as certificates showing the im munization for diphtheria, whoop ing cough and smallpox. Parents must present the birth j certificate or a photostat of birth j certificate of the pre-school child. Mrs. H. Massey To Preside at Meet Local Farm Bureau women will attend a district Farm Bureau Women’s meeting in the Wake County Agricultural Building at |10:00 a.m. Friday, April 12 ac i cording to Mrs. Howard Massey | of Zebulon. Mrs. Massey is chair | man of the Wake County Farm ! Bureau Women’s Committee, and will preside at the Raleigh meet ing. The gathering is one of a series called by Mrs. John B. Chase, chairman of the State Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, to provide members with an opportunity to discuss Farm Bureau policy con cerning state and federal legisla tion, and to study plans for the Farm Bureau Women’s program for 1957, said Mrs. Massey. Members of the Farm Bureau executive staff will attend to assist in the discussions on legislative matters such as the proposed federal school aid program, tax problems and teachers’ pay. Mrs. Irby Walker, administrative di rector of the women’s program will discuss plans for “Farm Bureau women in 1957.” Farm Bureau women are urged to attend and take part in the discussions. According to Mrs. Massey, more and more Farm Bureau women are taking an active part in forming policy, and the meeting will bring them up to date on current problems facing rural women. CORRECTION A headline in the last issue of this paper stated that the solicitor of Zebulon Recorder’s Court gets the lowest salary in Wake County. This statement was incorrect, and the news editor regrets the erron eous and misleading headline. Three Candidates File For Reelection; More Expected to File Later Still Principal John J. Hicks Wakelon Principal John J. Hicks has been reelected to a second term by the Wake County Board of Education. The Board met Monday in Raleigh. Principal Hicks, who succeeded Franklin Ross Jones as principal, is a native of Easton, Pa. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hicks, and was educated at At lantic Christian College in Wilson where he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1943. In 1951 he was awarded his master of arts j degree at Eastern Carolina College j in Greenville. His wife is the former Margaret j Glover of Wilson, who has also taught. They have one daughter, j Pamela. Prior to accepting the principal ship of Wakelon School, he was! principal of Moss Hill School in j Renoir County. j Three incumbents seeking re election broke the ice Tuesday and registered as candidates for the May 7 referendum. Mayor Wilbur Debnam and Commissioners J. Raleigh Alford and G. Kermit Corbett entered their names as candidates for re elective positions on the town government. These candidates said they will have prepared statements for the next issue of this paper. Mayor Debnam urges all those persons who have not registered to please do so in order they may be able to vote in the coming' election. Alford ran as high man in the commissioner’s race in the last town election, and Corbett ran second high. No other candidate for the Board of Commissioners has filed, although Commissioner Norman Screws is expected to file very soon. He could not be reached for comment. Commissioner R. Vance Brown still contends it is “too soon” for him to announce, and Frank Wall hasn’t yet made up his mind. None of the losing candidates in the last election has filed for posts on the town’s governing body. There is no filing fee required for persons who register as candi dates. for an elective position in Zebulon. CORRECTION The price of N. C. 27, yel low; N. C. 42, yellow; Dixie 18, yellow; Dixie 82, yellow and Dixie 29, white in medium flat corn sold at Problem Acres Supply Company is $8. It was erroneously priced in the last issue of this paper at $8.50. PTA to Install Officers Sponsor Barbecue Supper The Wakelon High School P. T. A. will hold its last meeting of this school year Monday, April 15, at 7:45 p.m. in the school au ditorium. Mrs. J. R. Sawyer will be in stalled as the president for the 1957-58 school year and Mrs. J. Garland Godwin will be installed as the new secretary. Miss Mary Lacy Palmer’s Home Economics Department will have charge of the evening’s program and will feature a fashion show. School patrons will have an op portunity to see some of the ac complishments of the students of this department. Miss Palmer’s de partment will also serve refresh ments during the evening. Mrs. Coressa Chamblee, Art Chairman of the P. T. A., has ar ranged a most interesting exhibit. Open house will be observed dur ing the evening. The Rev. Troy Barrett, pastor of the Zebulon Methodist Church, will conduct the devotional pro gram for the meeting. Entertainment will be furnish ed by the school band under the direction of Sinclair Newman. • Frank Kemp, Chairman of the Wakelon P. T. A. Finance Commit tee, has arranged a chicken barbe cue supper for Friday night, April 12, to be served in the school cafeteria. Meals will be served beginning at 4:30 p.m. Chicken barbecue, potato salad, slaw, bread, dessert, and coffee will be served at $1,25 per plate. Pro ceeds from this supper will be used in lowering the debt on the new curtains in the school audi torium. Mr. Kemp and his ticket agents have covered the community, but he reminds us that tickets will be on sale at the door for those who did not have an opportunity to buy in advance. He urges patrons of the school to support this last pro ject of the P. T. A. Genius is entitled to respect, on ly when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of man kind.—Lord Essex
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