. THE ZEBULON RECORD
i Volume XXX. Number 92._Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, January 9, 1958
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
BEAUTY RAMPANT
Carden Club Yule Tour
Includes S Town Homes
A tree is known by the fruit it
bears, so the proverb goes.
This adage might also be ap
plied to one of Zebulon’s civic
clubs, the Carmen Flowers Gar
den Club.
This club is bearing fruit, the
fruit of making the women of the
town more conscious of the beauty
of their surroundings, the world
in which they circulate every day.
On December 17, the Carmen
Flowers Garden Club held a
Christmas tour of five of the homes
in Zebulon. These five homes had
been decorated in the Yuletide
motif by the members of the club.
And the results were amazing.
Beauty was rampant.
The living room of the Fred
Smith home was done in an ex
quisite manner by Mrs. Wilbur
Debnam, Mrs. Rella Privette, Mrs.
Bob Sawyer, Mrs. George Tuck
er, and Mrs. Ruric Gill, Sr. On
the mantle was a beautiful mod
ern fan-shaped arrangement as
sembled in a green goblet. The
pyramid table, another center of
interest, held an oval-shaped
snowed greenery arrangement cen
tered with a choir boy. The cof
fee table had a bowl of greenery,
and the end table flanking the fire
place held an oversized square can
dle enhanced with coppered mag
nolia leaves.
The L. M. Massey home was done
by Mrs. Ferd Davis, Mrs. Ed Hales,
Mrs. Theo. Davis and Mrs. Charles
Hawkins. On the secretary was
a gilted woman’s hightop shoe of
the 1800’s with a cascading silver
ball arrangement. The drumtop
table held a low arrangement of
partially gilted greenery inter
spersed with green candles in ^
brass container. The center of in
terest was a madonna resting on a
purple velvet cloth in the midst
of gilted berries and leaves. The
newel post of the winding stair
way was adorned with a flowing
ivy streamer to which was at
tached a gold bow.
An old time Christmas theme
was used in the Robert Daniel
Massey home. These decorations
were done by Mrs. Thomas Scar
borough, Mrs. Edwin Richardson,
Mrs. Eldred Rountree and Mrs.
Aaron Lowery. On the huge mir
ror over the fireplace was a sil
houette cut-out of the Wise Men
following the star, which was most
inspirational. A Bible opened to
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Farm Night Class
Begins January 13
Night classes for farmers in
Eastern Wake County will start
the week of January 13, Wakelon
Agriculture Instructor Paul Dew
has announced.
These classes are to be offered in
the communities of Wakelon, Wen
dell and Knightdale school dis
tricts.
During the months of January
and February, classes will be of
fered in the latest practices re
commended for field crops, sources
of new income through new enter
prises and increased efficiency
through livestock, Dew said.
Climaxing these classes will be
a joint meeting of the farmers of
Eastern Wake County who have
attended. At this meeting the
farmers will be feted with a bar
becue supper, ending with a speech
from a prominent person in the
agriculture field.
Dew said the dates for the Wake
lon corr^nunity are the first and
third Tuesday nights for the Hop
kins Chapel section and the se
cond and fourth Thursday nights
at Wakelon school.
Classes in farming for the resi
dents of the Wendell and Knight
dale communities have been set for
Monday and Thursday nights of
each month.
All classes in each of the com
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Woman Revivalist
At Church of God
Mrs. Lenore Jones Webb of
Wake Forest will begin a series
of revival services at the Zebu
Ion Church of God on Sunday
night, Jan. 12, it has been an
nounced by the Rev. Oliver Hop
kins, pastor. The services will
get underway each evening at
7:30 o’clock. There will be spec
ial singing and Mrs. Webb will
give special selections on her
accordion during the services.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. ,
Troy Barrett Named
'Man of the Year'
MAN OF 1957 and his family. The Rev. Troy James Barrett,
pictured on the right holding his six-year-old son Jimmy, has been
named Zebulon’s “Man of the Year” for 1957. On the left of the min
ister of the Zebulon Methodist Church is his wife, Robbie, holding three
year-old son Bobbie. (Jimmy Spivey Photo)
Gala Lions Club Dante
Ushers in the New Year
Anyone attending the Zebulon
Lions Club’s New Year’s Eve dance
at their beautiful new club house
on East Lee Street knew without
mistake the instant of the arrival
of 1958.
In'ant 1958 was heralded in with
grouo singing by the guests still
at the party, with Mrs. Frank
Kemp accompanying at the spinet
piant.
At the stroke of midnight the
birth of another year was wel
comed in with all the festivity of
a Times Square celebration.
Th 2 dance was sponsored by the
club’s board of directors which
include: Crafton Hudson, H. A.
Hodge, Ray Goodwin, Alvin Beck,
J. C. Debnam, Robert Ed Horton,
M. L. Hagwood, Frank Kemp,
Worth Hinton, Thurman Helper,
John Terry and Horace Gay.
The president of the club is
Hardin Hinton.
Dancing began in the festively
decorated club house at 8 o’clock
with music furnished by a hand
some electronic record player,
supplying with versalitity. any type
of rhythm a guest might request.
Around 10 o’clock the guests
were invited to the refreshment
table where they partook of dainty
chicken salad sandwiches, potato
chips, cheese cubes, pickles, mixed
nuts, a variety of cookies and lime
ice. The Lionesses presided over
the refreshment table.
The table was beautifully ap
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101st Meeting
The 101st meeting of the
Granville Presbytery will be
held at the Wendell Presbyter
ian Church on Friday, Jan. 10.
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., it has
been announced by the Rev,
Scott M. Poole, minister.
The new Wendell church will
be host to 65 ministers and Eld
ers from seven counties of this
area at this meeting.
Zebulon's
for 1957
Popular Methodist
Minister Is Active
In Many Fields
The Rev. Troy James Barrett
has been named Zebulon’s “Man of
the Year” for 1957.
iThe affable 35-year-old minister
of the Zebulon Methodist Church
won the top choice because of his
active participation during the past
12 months in the field of religion
and civic endeavor in the commun
ity.
The Rev. Mr. Barrett is the son
of Ralph E. and Bessie Kinsey Bar
rett of Fayetteville. His father is
a telegraph operator with the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad in that
city. Three children were born to
this union, and the Rev. Mr. Bar
rett he said was “sandwiched in
between an older sister and a
younger brother.”
During his youth the Methodist
minister worked with the City
News Company in the city of his
birth. Even so, he was one of the
outstanding students in his high
school, both scholastically and in
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The Rev. Troy James Barrett
(Jimmy Spivey Photo)
Attorney Speaks
To AL Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary
met Friday night, January 3, in
the home of Mrs. Foster Lewis
with 12 members present. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, Mrs. Perry.
January is legislation month and
as guest speaker Town Attorney
Ferd Davis gave an interesting and
informative talk to the group on
the importance of Legislative
branch of the government and the
importance of each individual be
ing well informed.
He also stressed the part the Le
gion and Auxiliary have done in
getting veteran legislations passed
in the National and State Legisla
tures.
f ollowing his talk there was
open discussion with questions be
ing asked by the members. Mrs.
Perry, Auxiliary President, had a
letter from State President asking
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No Door-to-Door
Canvass for Polio
Crafton Hudson, local direc
tor of the March of Dimes cam
paign, has announced there will
be no door-to-door canvass dur
ing the polio drive.
He urged that anyone wish
ing to contribute to the cause
should make their contribution
to him, either in person or by
mail, and he will forward it to
the Raleigh office.
Cannisters have been placed
in various business establish
ments in town where contribu
tions may be given.
Hudson said the campaign is
progressing very satisfactorily,
and that he has other plans for
the drive.
Mrs. F. D. Finch Best Dressed in ’57
Mrs. Foster D. Finch
Mrs. Foster D. Finch won top
honors for being Zebulon’s best
dressed woman of 1957.
The wife of one of Zebulon’s
prominent attorneys and business
men, Mrs. Finch said she selects
her clothes with utmost care.
“I have to be very careful what
I select because of my height,”
she said. She is five feet two. “So
many things I like have a tendency
to make me look even shorter than
I am.”
Her preference leans towards the
tailored type garment. She feels
she can get more service from
suits than any other type of wear
ing apparel.
Her favorite colors are black
and brown. These colors, she feels,
are good for any occasion and al
most any season of the year.
Mrs. Finch can wield a needle to
perfection, and she makes a great
many of her clothes. She said she
loves to sew and added that,
“Sewing one’s own clothes takes
a great strain off the family’s fi
nances.”
How does she shop? “Oh, I just
make the rounds,” she said, “from
one store to the other, until I find
what suits me.”
She said she never buys a gar
ment just because of a fad. ,“I more
or less stick to the conventional
styles, ones that I feel will be in
fashion for more than one season.”
She doesn’t discard her clothes
the way so many women do, sea
son after season. She said she
buys with the idea of wearing the
dress or suit for many seasons.
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