THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 80. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, October 24, 1957
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
THE PRESENT AND THE PAST. These two scenes show Zeb
ulon during its present greatness (left) and when it was struggling
to exist during the depression era. The scene at the left looks down
the main street of the town with its modern and inviting business
establishments. The view on the right shows the main street of the
town when it was without the gay white way lighting system, and mod
em stores filled with every imaginable item for human consumption.
Today, Zebulon ranks among the most progressive towns in Wake
County because of its imaginative and smoothly running government,
keen and astute business men and citizens of high calibre.
School to Hold
Goblin Carnival
Wakelon School’s annual Hal
loween carnival will be held
Thursday night, Oct. 31, Principal
John J. Hicks has announced.
The festival will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the school’s auditorium with
a program consisting of band and
piano music, dancing, skits, cake
walks, presentation of kings and
queens, and the awarding of prizes
for the best costumes.
Following this program one will
be able to pitch pennies, bob for
apples, play skillo and participate
in other activities that make Hal
loween a gala occasion.
The crowning of the kings and
queens from the primary, elemen
tary and high schools will climax
the evening of fun.
Everyone is invited to come and
bring all the children. The charge
for admission will be 10 and 15
cents.
Influenza Epidemic
, Hitting Area Hard
Two doctors in this area have
agreed that flu has reached the epi
demic stage.
Dr. Durwood Stallings, Jr. and
Dr. George Tucker, when question
ed as to the seriousness of the flu,
said that they “definitely consid
ered it to be an epidemic.”
Dr. Stallings said he is working
around the clock attending pa
tients who are suffering with the
malady.
He also said he believes that it
is of the Asian variety.
One thing Dr. Stallings said im
pressed him about the influenza
that is raging is the recurrence
rate. He said after a patient has
suffered with the illness many
times it returns, just as serious or
even more than the patient previ
ously suffered.
Schools in this area are being
hardest hit with influenza and res
piratory ailments.
Wakelon Principal John Hicks
said Wednesday that his school has
had about 20 per cent of its stu
dent body out because of the flu
this week.
Principal Hicks said he expects
the cases of flu to increase.
Shepard School reported 50 per
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PTA Membership
Drive Begun Here
The membership drive of Wake
Ion School PTA is underway and
it is hoped that 100 per cent mem
bership is secured, Mrs. Bob Saw
yer, president, said.
The membership drive began
Monday and will continue through
the month of October. Mrs. Tom
Kimball is heading the drive and
she and her co-workers will be
contacting the parents of this vi
cinity.
Mrs. Sawyer added that five
cents of the membership fee will
go to the Wake County PTA Coun
cil, and 10 cents will be used for
the building of headquarters for
the North Carolina State Council.
This building is to be located in
Raleigh, and plans are for it to be
completed by 1960.
At the local PTA meeting Mon
day night, Vaughn Fowler, Wake
Ion faculty member and driving
instructor, spoke on the phases of
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Farm Women Appoint
Officers for New Year
The 1957-58 officers of the Zeb
ulon Farm Bureau Women were
installed at the first meeting of
the season Monday night. The
installation took place in the Home
Economics department of Wakelon
School, Monday night, Oct. 14.
Mrs. Howard Massey, retiring
president, presided at the meet
ing, after which the officers were
appointed. Mrs. Raymond Averette
succeeds Mrs. Massey as president
with Mrs. Leslie Chamblee, vice
president; Mrs. R. E. Horton, sec
retary-treasurer; and Mrs. Sam
Horton, devotional chairman.
Directors of the group named
were Mrs. Howard Massey, Mrs.
Wiley Broughton, Mrs. Vera
Rhodes, Mrs. W. B. Hopkins and
Miss Mary L. Palmer.
Following the business session
Mrs. Lucille Pippin, Zebulon flo
rist, gave a lecture and demonstra
tion on methods of arranging dried
and fresh flowers. She also told
the women of the effectiveness of
using driftwood to make arrange
ments more interesting and varied.
At the end of the program Miss
Palmer, Wakelon home economics
instructor, presided at a refresh
ment hour, serving Russian tea,
cheese dates and coffee.
Tobacco Breeder
To Talk Seed
Dr. J. Rogers, in charge of the
tobacco breeding program of Coker
Seed Farm, will be the speaker at
the Farmers Class Thursday (to
night) at 7:30. The meeting will
be held in Wakelon School audi
torium.
Dr. Rogers, noted tobacco breed
ing authority, will discuss some
of the newer varieties of tobacco
seed which will be available to the
farmers for planting this year.
All farmers in the surrounding
areas are urged to attend this meet
ing.
Distribute Cigarettes
Five members of the American
Legion Auxiliary were in Durham
Monday at the Veteran’s Hospital
distributing cigarettes to the pa
tients.
Mrs. Frank Wall, Mrs. Casey
Stallings, Mrs. Gilford Bufkin, Mrs.
Bill Perry and Mrs. Sidney Holmes
distributed cigarettes to the entire
body of patients at the hospital.
Accepts Position
R. Vance Brown accepted a posi
tion with the Teachers and State
Employees Retirement System Oc
tober 1.
Brown at one time was cashier
of Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany here.
Celebration Parade
Declared A Success
Churches to Hold
Joint Services
The Baptist and Methodist con
gregations join together Sunday
evening at 7:00 o’clock at the Bap
tist Church to see the film “Mar
tin Luther.” The film portrays in a
masterly way the story of Martin
Luther's struggle with some of the |
dogma of the Roman Catholic
Church. This struggle culminated
in his Ninety-five Theses while he
nailed to the door of the Castle
Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Luther’s struggle now became
the struggle of all Christendom as
a sharp line of demarcation was
drawn between those who would be
free from the Roman Catholic
Church’s oppression and those who
would stand staunchly by Rome.
Thus Protestantism was bom as a
protest against the dogmatic domi
nation of Rome over Christendom.
The young people of the two
churches will conduct the service.
The public is cordially invited.
The Golden Anniversary cele
bration parade last Friday after
noon was the biggest, longest and
most magnificent one that has ever
trod over the streets of Zebulon.
From every angle, the parade
was declared a tremendous success
by those who were in charge of it,
those who participated in it, and
those who saw it.
As one observer put it: “Zebu
Ion always promises something
spectacular, but doesn’t live up to
it. This time it out-did itself.”
The persons in charge of the af
fair had no intention of letting the
town down. Many months and
long day and night hours had gone
into the preparation of the event.
And a lot of money.
Nearing the parade hour, black
fuzzy clouds began to skid across
the sky, causing a modicum'of
concern from parade officials and
sightseers. But the elements held,
and the crowd that lined the
streets and avenues — estimated
at about four thousand — ohed
and ahed at the spectacle before
them.
Approximately 55 units partici
pated in the parade, ranging from
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Citizen, Educator Honored
Tribute Paid to E.
H. Moser
This tribute to E. H. Moser was
written and delivered by Sprite
Barbee to the congregation of Zeb
ulon Methodist Church last Sun
day
Why has E. H. Moser become
such a towering figure in our com
munity, in our church and in our
lives today? Why do people ev
erywhere, young and old, who
know the man, pay him honor,
whether or not they have studied
under him or known him long?
What makes him the great man
that he is?
He has taught many people, but
there have been better teachers.
He is a good philosopher but not
the greatest. He is a first rate
mathematician and an authority on
Shakespeare, but they are not the
reasons. His schools wherever he
taught were well suited to the
needs of his students but there
were bigger and better schools. All
of these are part of the answer but
only part. For what people recog
nize in Mr. Moser is not his talents
as a thinker or scholar or teacher
but the fact that, above all else,
he is a man — a human of the kind
that everyone should be to the best
of his or her ability. Like Jesus, i
whom he admires so much, Mr.
Moser has felt love and concern for
all mankind and has had the cour- j
age to put his feelings into action
and to live his life accordingly. He
has always been able to see himself
as an individual amidst all of his
fellow beings, to realize that life is
a mixture of joys and sufferings
but that some get mostly joy and
more get mostly suffering. He has
seen himself as part of the brother
hood of man but as an individual
with more talent and greater
strength than most, and he has al
ways seen clearly what he ought
to do. Many people have known
as much about themselves and
their obligations on this earth, but
only a few of them have had the
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