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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 58. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, May 23, 1957 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers NEW GARDEN CLUB PRESIDENT Lover of Roses The new president of the Car men Flowers Garden Club has a great love for flowers. At each season of the year, you can find her poring over seed and shrub cata logs, selecting, comparing, plan ning. “Roses are my favorite flower, though,” Mrs. Edythe Lee Tippett said. “Isn’t this lovely,” she said, showing a beautiful miniature rose arrangement she had just fixed. “I’ve tried for a long time to find this particular type of rose, and only got it last fall.” She has a large number of roses in her garden, and is constantly adding to her collection. There are many other varieties of flowers in her garden, too. “Flowers require a lot of work,” she conceded. “But I think they are worth it. Especially roses.” Mrs. Tippett, who was installed as president of the local Garden Club Monday night, is the daugh ter of the late A. V. Medlin, Sr. and Mamie Lee. This tall, striking brunette cel ebrated her 28th birthday last January. She was married to Car sey Tippett, a tobacconist and far mer, in 1950, and they have one child, a son, Lee, who is three years old. After her graduation from Wake Ion High School in 1946, she took a bachelor of arts degree from Wake Forest College in 1950. Her major was in social science and ed ucation; her minor was in Span ish. In the fall following her grad uation from college she accepted a position with Bunn High School as social science instructor. Her teach (Continued on Page 9) No Summer School There will be no summer school program at Wakelon School. During the April board meet ing, it was decided not to okay such a program for Wakelon this summer. Last year under the direction of former principal Franklin R. Jones Wakelon had a summer school program. The board de cided the program did not func tion properly and wisely and would not sanction such a pro gram at the school this year. Mrs. Carsey Tippett Former Corinth Teacher Honored A former member of the Cor inth-Holders School faculty has been named “Teacher of the Year’’ in Blackshear, Ga. Miss Mildred Dean, who teaches first grade at Grady Street School, Blackshear, has been chffsen to represent Grady Street School in the contest to select the “Teacher of the Year.” Miss Dean will be competing with other Georgia teachers for the title. The Chamber of Com merce is in charge of making the selection. She received her B.S. degree in Cullowhee, N. C., and did work shop in 1948 at WCTC and also renewed her certificate there. Her first teaching Job was at Corinth-Holders, under the school’s late principal, Harry Keller, where she taught the third grade there for approximately 10 years. She also taught in Smithfield, Waynes ville and other North Carolina towns before returning to Black shear in 1945 to teach second and third grades at Main Street School for four years. She again returned to North Carolina after a teaching period in Georgia, but in 1956 she again re turned to her native State to the school because of the illness of (Continued on Page 9) Wakelon School Loses Ten Faculty Members Wak'elon School has lost 10 of its faculty members for the com ing 1957-58 school year, it was announced by Principal John J. Hicks yesterday. Resigning because of personal reasons are Mrs. William Self, first grade; Mrs. Janet Pratt, third grade; Mrs. Betty Edmonds, fourth grade; Mrs. Joyce Raby, fourth fifth combination; Miss Hepsie Ut ley, seventh grade; George Spirtos, eighth grade; Charles Hester, high school coach and social stu dies; Sinclair Newman, band di rector; Miss Margaret Stevenson, piano instructor and public school music; and Miss Elizabeth Boles, high school English instructor. All the members of the Wakelon School faculty were re-elected by the local board at the board’s April meeting. Principal Hicks said he feels rea sonably sure replacements for the teachers who have resigned will be found in the next few weeks. He already has many applications, of which he and the local board have to approve. Wakelon teachers who will re turn are: (high school) Reid In gram, Mary Lacy Palmer, Louis J. Castille, Irma L. Walker, Lau ra B. Gay, Mrs. Doris H. Privette, and Paul Dew. Elementary teachers returning are: Mrs. Eva H. Page, Mrs. Lois M. Wall, Mrs. Patricia P. Rogers, Betty J. Trott, Mrs. Sadie H. Braswell, Mrs. Marguerite W. Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Ellett, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Todd, Mrs. Helen S. Gregory, Mrs. Coressa E. Cham blee, Mrs. Annabel N. Bunn, Mrs. Dorothy B. Blackley, Rebekah Tal bert and Mrs. Lillie J. Perry. Town Board Meets And Passes A Number of Bills If plans materialize, the citizens on Horton Street between Poplar Street and Whitley Street will soon be able to sashay on paved sidewalks. At the May meeting of the Town Board, the council voted to have the south side of Horton Street paved if the owners agree to sign 100 per cent and agree to pay 50 per cent of the cost of pav ing. The Board also voted that the I town furnish and maintain an eight-inch sewer line to the pro posed Zebulon-Wendell clinic. This line will extend from the city limits west on Highway 64. It is to tie-in with the city sewage system. The State Highway and Public Works Commission has been asked to pave a portion of Sycamore Street between Whitley Street and the city limits east. SH&PWC was asked by the Board to do this paving from the Powell Bill Fund. The town of Zebulon has a con tract with SH&PWC for paving. Already, paving has been begun on some of the city’s street sys tem. A motion was mac e and passed by those present to transfer money received from Recorder’s Court to general town fund; and to transfer from town general fund to debt service the amount of $460. Farmers Are Using More Nitrogen Now Farmers are using five times as much nitrogen now as 15 years ago, but less lime, say officials with the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. From a peak of 30 million tons applied in 1947, current use is down to 20 million tons. Unless the use of lime keeps pace with the use of nitrogen, we can devel op serious problems of acidity in our soils, especially when the acid ity penetrates the subsoils. E. H. Moser to Speak At Memorial Day Services Sunday E. H. Moser, retired educa tor of Zebulon and prominent Methodist lay leader, will be the speaker at the annua] Me morial Day services Sunday at 5 p.m. State Auditor Henry Lee Bridges was scheduled to speak, but had to cancel this engagement because of ex tended illness. Mr. Moser was to have introduced Mr. Brid ges at the ceremonies. Mr. Moser, for many years principal of Wakelon High School, taught many of the young men who gave their lives in World War II in de fense of their country. Members of the Zebulon Na i tional Guard unit, Battery A, 113th Field Artillery Battal | lion, will also participate in I the exercises to be held at the i Zebulon Cemetery. The | Guardsmen will act as a color guard. Gold Star parents will be | honored at the services. Par ents of the deceased veterans will sit together at the rostrum I or stage. The American Legion and Auxiliary posts will be in charge of the ceremonies. Schools In Local Area Begin Commencement Exercises Tomorrow Town's Council . Been On Payroll Only Since 1951 Only since June of 1951 have the Town Commissioners been receiving pay for the services they render the town. Prior to that time, their services were gratis. At the April, 1951, Town Board meeting, Commissioner Norman Screws introduced a motion before the governing body that the commissioners re ceive a salary. This motion was seconded by Commissioner R. Wesley Liles. The salary they were to re ceive was to be $5 for each meet ing. The town’s commissioners now get a salary of $10 for each meeting, or a total of $120 a year. This salary is paid semi annually in amounts of $60. The mayor receives a salary of $40 a month, totaling $430 a year. His salary, too, is paid semi-annually. All salaries are paid from the town’s general fund. Baptists to Meet Sunday to Discuss Caswell Trip The days have rolled along until That time is here once again—the time of the Caswell Youth Retreat sponsored by the Zebulon Baptist Church in conjunction with the Wendell Baptist Church. H. A. Hodge, Jr. has been named direc tor for this year’s program, in (Continued on Page 9) Shepard High To Graduate Most High schools in the loc&l area will begin commencement exercises tomorrow night, continuing throughout part of next week. Leading with the largest number of graduates will be Shepard High School with a total of 64. Ranking in order are Corinth-Holders with 58; Wakelon, 54; and Wendell, 33. Below is a list of the graduating seniors from each of their respec tive schools, and a list of the com mencement activities for the schools. Wakelon School Principal John J. Hicks has an nounced that Sunday, May 26, Wakelon School will begin its se ries of commencement exercises. At 8 o’clock in the evening, the Rev. Troy J. Barrett, Zebulon Methodist Church minister, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. Class night exercises will take place Tuesday night, May 28, at 8 o’clock. The program will be en titled “A Feather of Gold” At the ceremony the presenta tion of the class key will also he j made. > James W. Butler, director of Alumni Affairs and Publicity for East Carolina College, Greenville, will deliver the commencement address Wednesday evening, May 29, at 8 o’clock. Seniors scheduled to graduate are: Betsy Brantley, Diane Brough, ton, Barbara Bunn, Kay Cham blee, Helen Fuller, Betsy Goodwin, Peggie Greene, Zelma Greene, Car olyn Hinton, Ola Honeycutt, Judith Hood, Jean Joyner, Betty Kimball, Judith Manning, Nancy Martin, Donna Mitchell, Daphine Morris, Linda Morris, Kay Pate, Connie Pierce, Peg gy Richardson, Jean Riggan, Chris Shearin, Marie Shearin, Dorothy (Continued on Page 9) WAKELON SENIORS WIN HONORS JEAN JOYNER, left, and BETTY JEAN KIMBALL, right have received top honors in the 1957 graduating class of Wakelon High School. Miss Joyner, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Joyner of Wendell, Route 2, has been selected as valedictorian;- and Miss Kimball, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kimball of Wakefield, will be salutatorian. The honors are awarded on the basis of scholastic averages.
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