THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 55. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, May 2, 1957 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
CANDIDATES READ WELL
Housewives Want Action
The following is a short poll
taken of Zebulon housewives of
what they would like to see the
new in-coming town government
do.
So, read carefully, candidates.
The women have spoken.
Mrs. Douglas Finch: “I would
like to see more sidewalks paved,
especially from my home to Wake
field Street so my daughter Faye
would be able to w&lk to church.”
Mrs. Bob Sawyer: “I would like
very much to have the speeding I
traffic eliminated from Church
Street. This street is commonly i
known to the neighbors as a j
‘speedway.’ Many children use
this street to go to school and
the speeding traffic endangers their
lives.”
Mrs. W. A. Allman: “I would
like more gutters to carry away
the surface water. Every time it
rains we in our section are flood
ed and the surface water washes
and makes havoc of our yards. I
believe, too, that if the ditches were
kept properly by the town we
would not have so much trouble
with surface water.”
Mrs. Eldred Rountree: “I beg of
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MUSIC RECITAL
The students of Miss Margaret
Stevenson, Wakelon School music
teacher, will be presented in re
cital Wednesday, May 8, and Fri
day, May 10. Each recital begins
at 7:45 o’clock.
Elementary s(|udents perform
ing Wednesday night will be Bet
sy Alford, Brenda Arnold, Sue
Arnold, Patsy Braswell, Joan Bak- |
ker, Brenda Creech, Ann Davis, I
Tonda Ellington, Andrea Eddins,
Carol;Ti Finch, Celia Hales, Geor-;
gia Hinton, Ellen Ingram, Tim j
Kemp, Linda Johnson, Ted Low- j
ery, Lewis Liles, Julia McNabb, j
Janice Perry and Martha Wall. j
Performing Friday night will be j
pupils of the high school. These
are Phyllis Braswell, Brenda Gay, |
Terry Kemp and Patricia Murray.
The public is invited to attend
these recitals.
Principal's Daughter
Elected to Vice Prexy
Of Fraternity Class
Miss Betty Mae Freeman, daugh
ter of Principal of Corinth-Holders
School Otis Freeman and Mrs.
Freeman, has been elected vice
president of Pi Omega Pi at East
Carolina College. Pi Omega Pi is
a national honorary business edu
cation fraternity.
Miss Freeman and the other of
ficers for the 1957-1958 school
year were installed following a
banquet last Thursday night at
the Greenville Country Club. Mem
bers of the college chapter of Pi
Omega Pi acted as hosts and hos
tesses.
Miss Freeman is a rising senior
at the college.
TV Performers
To be at Armory
Saturday Night
The Carolina Partners, popular
television performers, will give a
show in the National Guard ar
mory Friday, May 3, beginning at
8 p.m. The show will be sponsored
by the local National Guard unit.
Five stars of WNCT-TV will
appear on the show, who includes
fun and music for the entire fam
ily.
Appearing in person will be
Lefty Hales, the folk-ballad sing
er; Jerry Jenkins, master of the
five-string banjo and mandolin;
Bill Wilkins, champion hoedown
fiddler; Preston Rouse, bass fid
dler; and “Useless,” comedian.
The entertainers are seen and
heard on Channel 9 on Saturday
night from 6 to 6:30; and Monday
nigtt from 7 to 7:15.
Former Zebu Ion Girl's Son
Receives Scholarship
The nephew of Mrs. Donald Stal
lings has been selected the recipi
ent of a four year Naval Reserve
Training Corps scholarship.
Bruce A. Chappel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Chapel of Hender
son was notified of his being se
lected as a candidate for the schol
arship recently.
After a physical and competitive
academic examination, the candi
dates were chosen by the State
Selection Committee.
Upon his enrollment at Duke
University — the college Bruce
has decided to enter — this fall,
he will be appointed by the Secre
tary of the Navy to the rank of
Midshipman in the Naval Reserve
training corps assuming the privi
leges and responsibilities of that
rank.
Bruce, a senior at Henderson
High School, has been an honor
student scholastically. He has al
so been very outstanding in the
field of high school sports and oth
er extra-curricular activities.
He is active in the Henderson
Methodist church, participating in
Bruce A. Chappel
the many church activities of the
young people.
Bruce has received letters of
commendation from Congressman
Harold D. Cooley and Junior Sen
ator Kerr Scott.
His mother is the former Vashti
Pearce of Zebulon.
REC. FUNDS DEADLINE
Donations' for the Zebukm
Recreation Program must be
received by Thursday, May 9,
so that the Recreation Com
mission may know what type
of program may 1>e arranged.
If sufficient funds are receiv
ed, the program will be carri
ed out as planned. If funds
are lacking, the program will
have to be shortened or limit
ed in scope.
Twenty-Nine More
Persons May Vote
Twenty-nine additional persons
| will be able to vote in the May 7
election.
j Mrs. James Creech, registrar,
[ has announced that 29 new regis
trants were added to the town’s
book.
There are now 621 persons qual
ified to vote in town referendums.
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DANCE RECITAL
Mrs. H. C. Wade has announced
that the Wade School of Dance will
present its annual spring revue
Friday night, May 17, in Wakelon
School auditorium. The revue will
be entitled “T. V. Preview.”
Legion Auxiliary
To Meet Friday
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary are urged to be pres
ent at the May meeting of the
club tomorrow night (Friday).
Mrs. Ferd Davis will be hostess
j to the Auxiliary at her home on
I Liberty Street.
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Water to Farmers
Available for Fee
Farmers will be allowed to get
water fro n Zebulon’s water sys
tem as long as there is an ade
quate supply available for its
citizens, town officials have said.
A charge will be made to those
who get water of five cents per
50-gallon barrel.
Farmers are urged not to re
ly on the town’s water system
di ring the transplanting season.
The ch irge for water is for
electricity used to operate the
water pumps.
Home, Family Topic
For Methodists
For the next four weeks the Rev.
Troy Barrett will be speaking on
the home and the family at the
Sunday morning worship services
in Zebulon Methodist Church.
May 5, National Family Week;
May 12, Mother’s Day; May 19, Re
newal of the marriage vows; and
May 26, Facing family problems
and family tragedies.
Sunday night, May 26, the Rev.
Barrett will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon to Wakelon grad
uating class.
CHURCH FILM
Sunday evening at 7:30 in the
Pilot Baptist Church, there will be
a film shown entitled, “Mr. Tex
as.” This movie, in sound and
color, features Billy Graham, the
| noted evangelist, and Cliff Bar
rows. Supporting players include
Grady Wilson, Jerry Beavan,
George Beverly Shea, Paul Mi
ckelson and Tedd Smith.
The public is invited to attend
this film feature, the Rev. Gil
bert W. McDowell, pastor, has an
nounced.
Quiet Election Is Shaping Up;
No Real Issues Are To Be
Fought At Present Time
Dr. Leo Jenkins
ECC Dean to be
Supper Speaker
A native of New Jersey who is
now vice president of East Car
olina College will be the guest
speaker at Wakelon School Appre
ciation Supper to be held in the
school cafeteria Tuesday night,
May 7.
Dr. Leo Jenkins, vice president
of the college and dean of instruc
tion, received his bachelor oi
science degree from Rutgers Uni
versity, master of arts from Co
lumbia University and doctor of
education degree from New York
University.
Before becoming associated with
the Eastern North Carolina school,
he was with Montclair State
Teachers College in New Jersey.
He has been dean of East Caroli
na since 1947.
He was a captain in the U. S.
Marine Corps and saw service in
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Mayor Unopposed;
Ten File For
Commissioners Race
The town of Zebulon is experi
encing one of its quietest pre-elec
tion campaigns in many years.
There are no real issues at stake,
and the candidates have stirred
up none.
i No commitments have been
made by any of the candidates and
none is likely to be made since
the race is not a heated one.
What campaigning has been done
has been carried on very quietly
and without fanfare on the part
of the candidates.
Four persons who have filed for
a seat on the Town Board are no
vices in the field of politics. These
new comers are P. Craven Brown,
B. R. Phillips, Thomas Monk, and
Raymond Pippin.
Brown, a retired traveling sales
man, is at present farming outside
of town; Phillips is a retired mer
chant and farmer; Monk is head
of a wholesale electrical and
plumbing supply house; and Pip
pin owns and operates a large
farm near Zebulon.
Trying for a second time for a
seat on the Town Board is a wo
man. Mrs. Elizabeth Ellett, who
was defeated by a small margin
in the 1955 town election, has en
tered the political field again.
Mrs. Eliett is the only woman
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YWA's Meet
I
i The YWAs will meet tonight
in the home of Miss Margaret
Privette, who will serve as hos
tess. Every member of this group
is urged to attend this meeting
which will get underway at
7:30 p.m.
Social Season Opens With
Kemp Housewarming
j One of the highlights of the
. spring social season in Zebulon was
I held Tuesday evening when Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Kemp received
at open house in their new horn*,
on Arendell Avenue.
At the door were Mr. and Mrs.
I. D. Gill who introduced the
guests to the host and hostess. The
receiving line was composed of
honor guests, Mrs. C. V. Whitley,
Mrs. A. R. House, Mrs. F. E. Bunn,
Mrs. R. H. Brantley, Mrs. J. F.
Coltrane, Mrs. W. C. Campen and
Mrs. Oren D. Massey, Sr., who have
been customers of Mrs. Kemp since
she established her beauty salon.
Mrs. C. G. Weathersby direct
ed the guests to the dining room
where Mrs. B. H. Johnson pre
sided over the punch bowl. As
sisting Mrs. Johnson were Mrs.
Willard Gill, Mrs. Donald Stallings
and Mrs. Warren Jeffreys, niece of
Mrs. Kemp.
Directing guests in viewing the
house was Mrs. Catherine Bryant,
During the reception hours the"
Harold Green orchestra entertain
ed with chamber music. Also per
forming were Mrs. Cliff Cox, so
loist, and Miss Elizabeth Percky,
both of Rocky Mount, Miss Mar
garet Anne English and the sons
of the host and hostess, Timmy and
Terry Kemp.
Adorning the piano was a mass
arrangement of peoir'es and snap
dragons interspersed with green
ery. The coffee table was centered
with a low arrangement of roses,
dutch iris and wigelia. The mantle
was centered with red roses.
The refreshment table was cov
ered with a white madeira cutwork
cloth over pink. The crystal
punch bowl set in a silver tray
with a spray of lilies of the valley
and sweetpeas. Balancing the* ta
j ble was a silver epergne with light
ed tapers set in a base of multi
colored sweetpeas.
Refreshments consisted of
I strawberry punch, cheese wafers,
chicken salad / sandwiches, choco
late fudge, mixed nuts and porcu
pines.
Saying goodbyes to approximate
ly 300 guests were Mrs. Norman
Screws and Mrs. Haliburton Yan
cey.
Receiving in the beauty salon
were the employees of Mrs. JCemp
Mrs. James Debnam, Mrs. Jo Stal
lings and Mrs. Sophia Privette.