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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 93. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, January 30, 1958 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers N Teacher of Year Honor Coes To Corinth Holders School Educator A teacher hears many and vari ed appraisals of her work. Some times these appraisals come from the students she works with, some times from former students, some times from parents, and sometimes from persons who have no associa tion with the school. Comments of a teacher’s ability, personality, success or failure are forever reaching her ears. And Mrs. Percy Richardson’s are no different. Mrs. Richardson has been named “Teacher of the Year” for 1957. She has heard all sorts of apprai sals of her teaching, but she be lieves that her fairest critics have been her pupils. She said they have helped her $ee herself through their eyes.” “Sometimes it hasn’t been good, these criticisms from the pupils,” Mrs. Richardson said. “But it has helped me to grow and, I feel, to become a better teacher and per son.” And there is no better teacher to be found. Her pupils, p<jst and present, and her fellow teachers, past and present, agree heartily that Mrs. Richardson is “just ; ^ about the best,” “dedicated to the profession,” and “a bom teacher.” Mrs. Richardson remembers she always wanted to be a teacher. Even during her early childhood •V she would gather the neighborhood children in the Fleming home and yard during the afternoons and hold school. v She, naturally, was the teacher. Mrs. Richardson is the former Annie Laurie Fleming, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Flem ing of Enfield. She is the tenth child, the baby and only daugh ter. There were nine brothers, of whom only four are now living. When she was two and one-half her mother died; when she was six her father died. After the k death of her parents, her father’s maiden aunt, Sallie Fleming, took V the children under her protective wing and reared them. When Mrs. Richardson spoke of her aunt, her voice became tender V and loving. “She was a stern disciplinarian,” Mrs. Richardson remembered. “But she was so very wonderful, with a heart full of love and a soft, warm chest for us to weep on (Continued on Page 5) Mrs. Percy Richardson Local Woman's Children Almost Burned To Death The two children of S/Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth Leggett were almost burned to death in a fire which completely destroyed their house trailer. The children, 20-month-old Kim and ZV%-month-old Kenny, were rescued by a friend of S/Sgt. and Mrs. Leggett before the blaze en veloped the trailer. S/Sgt. Leggett and a friend were underneath the trailer thawing tne water pipes with a blow torch. Sparks ignited the body of the vehicle and spread quickly. Mrs. Leggett was away from the trailer at the time. She was at the launderette doing the wash. The estimated loss was $4,000. S/Sgt. and Mrs. Leggett and their children reside in Anchorage, Alaska, where S/Sgt. Leggett is connected with the Army. The parents of Mrs. Leggett, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Allman, were re cently notified of the accident and reported it to the press. Audubon Junior Club Formed, Headed By Miss Gladys Baker The organization of an Audu bon Junior Club in the eighth grade of Knightdale School has been announced by Miss Gladys Baker, teacher and club leader. The purpose of the group will be to stimulate interest in nature and conservation among students. Miss Baker said more than 9,500,000 boys and girls throughout the schools of the United States belong to Audubon Junior Clubs. Officers of the club are Jerry Horton, president; Terry Horton, treasurer; and Dianne Poole, sec retary. The National Audubon Society, which sponsors Audubon Junior Clubs, has sent the new unit a sup ply of materials which fnclude but tons for each member, colored pic tures of birds, mammals and flow ers, as well as suggestions for ex ploring the outdoors in order to become. better acquainted with “the community of living things and its importance in terms of human progress.” \ Miss Baker said, “The National y Audubon Society has found that until children develop an interest in birds, mammals, insects, trees, > \ or other nature subjects, they have little interests in conserva tion of natural resources. It is for this reason that the Society devotes a great deal of time and money to the organization of Au dubon Junior Clubs. These clubs were founded in 1910 with a gift of $15,000 from Mrs. Russell Sage to the National Audubon Society. She was shocked by the wide spread slaughter of robins that she observed during a trip through the South and decided that an organ ized program of nature education would offer the only real solution to the problem.” During the 45 years of their ex istence, Audubon Junior Clubs have expanded their scope of ac tivities to include all branches of nature and conservation. These clubs are active in every state of the union. Any group of ten or more chil dren, plus an adult leader, may form a club. Miss Baker was the recipient of a $100 grant from the Wake Coun ty Audubon Society last year for study in the state of Maine. Art Talk Given By Mrs. Bill Beck To Junior Women Mrs. William Beck brought out at the January meeting of the Junior Woman’s Club that 20th Century art is the outgrowth of two world wars. Mrs. Beck, an accomplished art ist, used the subject, “20th Cen tury Art and Modern Art.” She was introduced by Mrs. Norman Screws, program chairman for January. “During this era,” Mrs. Beck said, “the artists painted what they felt. They embodied into their works vivid, florid colors and uninhibited subject matter.” She told that modern art is un like art of previous years because it is international. Modern artists hope, she said, that the viewers may be able to see what he feels. The modem artists, like the 20th Century artists, use color with a predominant flourish. A number of post-impressionist painters were discussed by Mrs. Beck. The major ones were Pi casso, Cezanne, Gaugin, Van Gogh and Seurat. Mrs. Beck is the former Helen Sarcione of Boston. She studied art at Vesper George School of Art in Boston, and works in all media, though she prefers oils. She was an instructor in art during last summer’s recreational pro gram. Older Women Ne To Prolong Their The need for interests of people after they reach middle age is ■great, the home economics super visor in the Division of Vocational Education of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction said. “Women 50 years old or older are faced with the feeling of be ing left out,” Miss Catherine Den nis told the Zebulon Woman’s Club on January 18. “To prolong our lives, we must acquire and de velop interests.” She cited that adult education classes are excellent means of learning new subjects and acquir ing new interests. After the rearing of a family Miss Dennis said, older women have the greatest opportunity for self-expression. “The talent of aging women can be utilized fullest in their com munity,” she said, “if they will use this talent.” She urged older women to as sume more responsibility in their community. “To prolong interests,” she said, "is to prolong life.” She told the group to encourage the younger members of their families and friends to develop interests in hobbies and commun ity projects. “Help these younger members to see that they are going to live longer, they are going to have more leisure time on their hands, and to utilize this time by learn ing something interesting, some thing they will be capable of pass ing on to their community, church and school.” Miss Dennis urged the women to stop and think “what I am go SEASON ENDS Wakelon’s winless Bulldog basketball team ends its home games of the season Friday when it collides with Mill brook. The other games will be at the home of the rivals. Feb. 4, Wake Forest: Feb. 7, Wendell; Feb. 11, Millbrook; and Feb. 14, open date. Wakelon May Lose Football Program Due To Shortage Of Funds Newspaper Carrier Injured In Acddenl Early Tuesday AM Billy Pippin, Raleigh Times news carrier, suffered a broken left leg Tuesday about 5:30 a.m. while helping his mother deliver papers.. Pippin, it was learned, was sit ting on the tail gate of the 1953 Ford station wagon driven by his mother, Mi*s. Allen Pippin, Jr., tossing the News and Observer newspapers into the receivers’ yards. According to Mrs. Pippin, who is an agent for the News and Obser ver, one paper was not thrown by Billy in the right direction and he directed his mother to shine the automobile lights into the yard of J. C. Debnam so that he (Billy) might find the paper and deposit it where the owner might be able to find it. (Continued on Page 5) ed Interests Life Span ing to do with my latter years?” She said it is not too late for them to begin planning and pre paring now how to spend the re maining years in efficient and worthwhile projects. The speaker told of how living cycles have changed. First, there was the cycle of the big family, many children being an asset; sec ond, the family becoming urban ized, with fewer children; and now persons marrying younger, having their family, and working. She said by 1970 nine out of ev ery 10 women will be working, adding to the family income. Seemingly, Miss Dennis said, women are better able to adjust than men. She told the women that the (Continued on Page 5) Operating In Red; Boosters Club To Give Full Support Wakelon School faces the dan ger of losing its football team. The suggestion of this possibil ity came as a blow to the pitifully small Boosters Club Monday night. Principal John J. Hicks report ed to the group who had met to try to revive the gasping club that because of inadequate athletic funds some athletic program stands a chance of having tq be curtailed. The most likely to be taken off will, be the football program. Principal Hicks said, “Unless there is more local support of the athletic program, there is a possi bility that the football program will be the first to be curtailed.” For the past two years Wake Ion’s athletic program has been operating in the red. “I don’t know the answer to putting it into the black,” Princi pal Hicks said. “It was operating in the red when I came here and it looks as if it will continue.” The principal revealed to the group the expenses for operating the 1957-58 athletic year. Players football insurance, $247.50 Official association, $20. N. C. High School Athletic As sociation, $10.10 Salaries, $430. Equipment, $111.21 Lighting, $147.38 Adjusting of lights, $139.31 Referees, $296 Guaranteed football, $105. Equipment, $106.59 The total athletic expenses for the current school year tare $1,626. 85. Gate receipts total $l,318.65.The only other revenue will come from the county basketball tournament. The school will end the season with an athletic indebtedness of approximately $600, Hicks said. (Continued on Page 5) School In New Athletic Conference, Principal Named Vice President Wakelon School Principal John J. Hicks has been named vice pres ident of the Wake-Edgeoombe Nash Conference. He was elected to this position Wednesday, Jan. 22. The new athletic conference is composed of 12 Class A high schools in Wake, Nash and Edge combe counties. It was formally organized at a meeting of school officials from the three counties in Spring Hope January 22. Benefits expected to be derived from the new conference include elimination of game-scheduling difficulties often encountered by schools which are not affiliated with a conference and a reduction in travel distances for the partici pating schools. Nash will dominate the new loop in number of member schools. All of the county’s eight white high schools are included in the confer ence. Four of the other seven schools are in Wake County and three are in Edgecombe. The Wake schools are Wakelon, Knightdale, Rolesville and Wendell. Only six of the 15 conference schools play football. These are Wakelon, Wendell, Nadhville, Spring Hope, Benvenue and Roles ville. Organizational plans for the football schools were developed at a meeting last November. All 15 schools have basketball and baseball teams, and the con ference has been divided into East ern and Western Divisions for play-off purposes in these two sports. The Eastern Division is composed of the three Edgecombe schools—North Edgecombe, South Edgecombe and West Edgecombe— plus five Nash schools, Benvenue, Whitakers, Red Oak, Coopers and Nashville. The Western Division is composed of the four Wake Schools, plus Spring Hope, Bailey, and Middlesex in Nash County. C. H. Fries, assistant superin tendent of Nash County Schools, is chairman of a schedules committee which will set up conference (Continued on Page 5)
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