THE ZEBULON RECORD
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, September 5,1957
Volume XXX. Number 73.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
HEAVY REGISTRATION
Shepard Expects 900
Shepard School had the heaviest
registration of pupils in the school’s
history when its doors were open
ed Wednesday, Sept. 4, for the
1957-58 school year.
According to Principal Garland
L. Crews, aoproximately 900 stu
dents expected to enroll during the
first month of school, making the
enrollment the school’s largest in
its history,
“The staff is eager, enthusiastic
and full of vigor to tackle the work
and problems which await them,”
Principal Crews said. “The con
tinued support and interest of the
total program by the parents and
patrons will be appreciated by all
of us who work with the youth of
Eastern Wake County.”
The principal said he and the
faculty members anticipate the best
year in its history. Two special
teachers have been added to the
staff, and new offerings in the cur
ricula will be available to the pu
pils for the first time.
The staff of the school is com
prised of 31 full time instructors,
a secretary and three custodians.
Fourteen of the staff members at
tended universities throughout the
nation where they did graduate
study during the summer.
Seven faculty members of the
school studied during the summer
on all-expense fellowships provid
ed by the Phelps-Stokes Founda
tion. The school has been a mem
ber of the Instructional Improve
ment Project of this foundation
for two years. Funds have been
provided by the Ford Foundation
to continue this curriculum im
provement for another year.
Two of the school’s staff com
pleted requirements for graduate
degrees during the summer. This
number has grown now to six
members who hold degrees above
the bachelor degree level.
Approximately 35 pupils live in
adjacent counties of Franklin, Nash
and Johnston. The pupils will be
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FIRST BALE
Zebulon Gin Co. ginned its first
bale of cotton for the 1957 season
Sept. 2, president of the firm J.
Raleigh Alford has announced.
The 480-pound bale belonged to
Otis Barham, Route 1, Zebulon.
Barham tenants the farm of
Richard Wise of Johnston County.
Alford said the cotton graded
middling 1 1/16 inch. It was
bought by Zebulon Gin Co. for
3!> cents per pound.
Mayor Declares |
September Sight
Saving Month
Mayor Wilbur Debnam, in co
operation with the National So
ciety for the Prevention of
Blindness, the North Carolina
State Association for the Blind,
the ■ North Carolina State Com- j
mission for the Blind and the :
Zebulon Lions Club, has desig- ;
nated the month of September as !
“Sight-Saving Month.”
The Mayor’s message reads:
“I call upon my fellow citizens
of this community to conserve
the vital resource of good vision
by learning the habits of good
eye care, and by supporting re
search efforts which will help
all men enjoy the blessing of
healthy eyesight.”
I
Library Personnel
Named for Month
DuVing the fall and winter
seasons the Zebulon Community
Library will be open only on
Tuesday afternoons from 3 until
5 o’clock.
The library chairman for the
month of September is Mrs. Mel
vin Massey. Her assistants are:
Mrs. Massey, Sept. 3; Mrs.
Robert D. Massey, Sept. 10; Mrs.
Melvin Massey, Sept. 17; and Mrs.
Hardin Hinton, Sept. 24.
The officials of the library have
announced that there are a
number of books that are overdue.
Persons who have such overdue
books are to return them im
mediately.
AUDIT OKAY
The audit report of the Town
of Zebulon and Zebulon Recorder’s
Court has been returned from R.
L. Steele & Co. of Raleigh.
The report was found favorable
and nothing amiss by the auditing
firm.
Soils Testing Head Will
Address Farmers Friday
Dr. Samuel L. Tisdale, head of
the Soils Testing Division of N.
C. State Department of Agri- j
culture, will lecture on the liming
processes at Wakelon School Fri- j
day night at 8 o’clock.
Agriculture instructor Paul Dew !
has engaged the noted soil testing
head to speak to the farmers of
this area about the benefits of
liming their farms.
Dr. Tisdale was assistant pro
fessor of soils at N. C. State Col- !
lege from 1949 to 1952. From
1952 to 1953, he was chief agron- ;
omist with the Tennessee Valley
Authority, and from 1953 to 1955;
he was associate professor at
State College in the soil testing
division. 1
He is also the co-author of a ;
book entitled, “Soils and Soil
Fertility.”
It isn’t possible to look at plants
and legumes, Mr. Dew said, and
know whether or not they need
lime. He also said that most soils
in this area need more lime for
better productivity.
Plants and legumes suffering
most in this area from the lack
of lime are pasture crops, soy
beans and cotton. Approximately
85 per cent of the aforementioned
crops need additional liming.
Dr. Tisdale will illustrate his
lecture with film strips and slides.
The farmers in this vicinity are
urged to attend this important talk
by the noted soil authority.
The meeting will be held in the
school auditorium.
Women's Clubs to
HaveTalent Search
Got talent? Are you a vocalist,
instrumentalist, humorist, mono
loguist, magician, pantomimist or
belly dancer?
Then you may want to enter the
annual auditions in the statewide
“Tar Heel Talent Search” to be
held Sept. 21 at the Senior High
School at Hight Point.
Persons from Zebulon and the
surrounding communities who
would like to enter or who want
further information are asked to
contact Mrs. A. S. Hinton, presi
dent of the Senior Woman’s Club,
or Mrs. Ralph Bunn, president of
the Junior Woman’s Club.
The Woman’s Club of High Point
sponsors this annual event, and is
asking women’s clubs throughout
the state to publicize the affair.
• Mrs. Hinton, who released this
information, said if the talent from
here is sufficiently qualified, the
women’s clubs of Zebulon would
consider sponsoring the person
or act.
Contestants must be residents of
North Carolina, amateurs, and the
minimum age limit is 12 years. Fi
nalist will appear in a “Tar Heel
Variety Show” on Friday and Sat
urday evenings, Oct. 18 and 19, at
the High Point Senior High School.
Participants must also be available
for further performances.
Winners will receive awards of
$100 Savings Bond, first prize; $50
Savings Bond, second prize; and
$25 Savings Bond, third prize. In
addition, the judges will select the
act best suited for television to ap
pear on WSJS-TV.
Mrs. Hinton said the purpose of
this project is to discover and pro
mote the development of talent in
North Carolina. From the 1956
project one entertainer, was se
lected by Fred Waring’s staff and
a ten-week tour of the South Pa
cific and Orient to entertain mili
tary personnel at American Bases
in the Far East.
Talent from this area must noti
fy either Mrs. Hinton or Mrs.
Bunn by September 12.
Principal Hicks
Releases Calendar
For Local School
Principal John J. Hicks hay re
leased the calendar of the follow
ing school activities and important
dates.
Opening date, Wednesday, Sept.
4; faculty meetings, each Monday
through the fourth; PTA meetings,
second Thursday night through
April; County workshop, Septem
ber 11, 12 and 13; Football
schedule, begins Friday, Sept. 6;
Basketball practice, begins No
vember 4;
Basketball seasons, opens De
cember 3; Senior play, November;
Thanksgiving holidays, Thursday
and Friday, Nov. 28-29; Christmas
holidays, December 21 through
January 1; Junior class play, Jan
uary 30; Senior class trip, April
15,16,17,18; Senior exams, May
19-29 (others May 26-27);
Baccalaureate, Sunday, May 25;
class night, Tuesday, May 27;
Commencement, Wednesday, May
28; Closing date, Thursday, May
29; Lunchroom operation, Thurs
day, Sept. 5 through May 27;
Wade’s dance revue, December 18
and May 14; Piano recitals,
January 22 and May 9; band con
certs, December 11 and May 16.
Recreation Center
Opens Doors Tonight
Josiah Chamblee
Heads Virginia
Druggist Group
Josiah W. Chamblee, a native
of Zebulon, was recently honored
by having bestowed upon him the
presidency of the Virginia Phar
maceutical Association. He re
ceived this honor at the Associa
tion’s seventy-sixth annual con
vention held in Roanoke June
21-24. He is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chamblee and
is married to the former Virginia
Carpenter. The VPA head has two
daughters, Mrs. Donald E. Seim,
also of Richmond, and Miss Mari
etta Chamblee of the home. The
family resides at 4204 Cutshaw
Avenue in Richmond.
RIBBON WINNER
“Midnight,” the horse owned
by C. V. Whitley and Thomas
Monk, took second place prize
and came home with a red ribbon
after participating in the Enfield
Horse Show held in that city
Labor Day.
The horse was entered in the
pleasure horse class division. He
was ridden by Miss Mona Fay
Horton, a senior at Meredith Col
lege, and instructor in horse back
riding.
There were 20 entries in the
pleasure horse division.
“Midnight” is a Tennessee walk
ing horse.
Public Invited
To Reception
Tonight at 7:30 o’clock, the doors
of a new recreation center will
open to the people of Zcbulon and
community.
The grand opening of Bunn’s
Recreation Center is to be held
tonight and the public is invited to
come by and see the latest in rec
reational facilities offered to the
people of this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Bunn,
owners of the recreation center,
said they have long contemplated
building such a center for the pub
lic’s use.
“It has been a dream for a long
time,’’ Mrs. Bunn said, “and now
it is complete and we are very
happy.”
The center is located in a build
ing owned by Bunn on the first
block of West Horton Street. It is
adjacent to Gay’s Dry Cleaning
business establishment.
The upstairs of the building has
been completely renovated. New
walls and ceilings have been con
structed of plaster and plywood in
natural finish.
The dimensions of the main re
ception hall are 47 Vi by 44 feet.
There is a stage that may be used
for entertainment purposes. This
measures 10 Vi by 32 feet. On each
4.ide o| the stage are dressing
rooms.
There is a kitchen with modern
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Declines College
Faculty Position
Mrs. Doris H. Privette has de
clined the offer of a post as a fac
ulty member of Atlantic Christian
College in Wilson.
Mrs. Privette was offered a pos
ition as a professor in the college’s
growing business department re
cently. She said she refused to ac
cept the position because of per
sonal reasons.
The popular Zebulon woman is
a member of Wakelon School,
serving as head instructor in the
school’s business curricula.
Police Chief Hopkins
Speaks Piece About Dogs
According to Police Chief Willie
B. Hopkins, the dog situation in
Zebulon is still “bad.”
The police chief said the town.
has had no report of the survey |
conducted with the Wake County i
Health Department.
“The good this will do as far as
getting rid of the dogs,” Chief I
Hopkins said, “It isn’t worth a
hoot!”
The chief listed three sugges-!
tions for relieving the town of the 1
dog nuisance.
1) Create an ordinance. At pres- 1
ent there is no ordinance to pro- |
hibit dogs running loose in the
town.
2) Construct a city dog pound.
3) Employ a dog catcher.
Dogs that were caught would be
thrown into the pound for three
days, the chief suggested, and if
they were not claimed within that
time they would be put to sleep.
Persons who claimed dogs which
had been impounded would be
required to pay a fee of $2 to the
city for picking the dogs up and a
$1 a day for their board.
“I feel the three suggestions
would clear up the terrible situa
tion we have here in Zebulon,”
the chief said. “On every hand we
get complaints from the townspeo
ple about dogs running loose, gath
ering in yards, barking all night
and disturbing the peace.”