Plans for Club Building
Made by Zebulon Nafive
The plans for the Zebulon Lions
Club building were born in the
mind of Milton Strickland of Zeb
ulon, and took shape on paper.
“The plans for the building are
original,’’ Strickland said. “I have
never seen another like it. The
idea is all mine.’’
Of course, Strickland worked in
conjunction with the building com
mittee headed by Thurman Hepler.
He and the group got together
many times and talked over the
making of the plans.
But once Strickland got the ideas
his mind concocted and set them
down on paper, they were quickly
approved by the building commit
tee.
The architect of the new Zebu
Ion Lions Club doesn’t have a de
gree behind his name. But when it
comes to designing, planning and
executing the designs and plans,
there’s nobody in the country that
can surpass him.
“I got my start in the building
trade with my twin brother, Char
lie Clarence Strickland of Wen
dell,” he said. “We started out to
gether.”
Strickland recalled the first real
job of house building he began.
It was the home belonging to Mr.
and Mrs. Durwood Richardson on
Route One, Zebulon. This is the
house formerly occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Richardson. The second
house he was in charge of build
ing was the Jeff Whitley home on
East Sycamore Street.
He has never studied architec
ture in a formal way a day in his
life. But he has studied it by him
self in his spare time.
“Yes, sir, if I had my life to go
over I would study architecturei”
Milton Strickland.
he said. “For a young person
that’s talented, that is the field to
go into.’’
This amiable gentleman resides
with his wife, the former Mamie
Temple, on West Sycamore Street.
They have two children, Willis of
Raleigh, and Sallie (Mrs. Marshall
Jones of Oceana Beach, Va.)
He and Mrs. Strickland are
grandparents of six, and the great
grandparents of one.
What does he do in his spare
time? He gardens, both flower and
vegetable. He wishes for a cape
jasmine bush in his yard but he
has never gotten one.
“It’s still my wish to have a cape
jasmine bush, though.”
He and Mrs. Strickland are
members of Zebujon Methodist
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Pictured above are the officers of the Zebulon Lions Club. Left
to right, seated: H. A. Hodge, Jr., Second Vice-President; Hardin
Hinton, President; Thurman Hepler, Chairman of the Building Com
mittee; standing: Ray Goodwin, Third Vice-President; and Crafton
Hudson, First Vice-President. Absent was Alvin Beck, Secretary.
Martin L. Hagwood, center, is shown laying the comer stone of the
Lions Club building. Hagwood was president of the club when the
structure was started. Looking on from left to right are Lions Francis
Wall, Crafton Hudson, Wilbur Debnam and Thurman Hepler. Archi
tect Milton Strickland is standing beside Hepler.
Church. He is not a joiner and be
longs to no fraternal order.
Before the interview with
Strickland was ended, he added:
•‘Without the help of the building
committee I could not have done
the job of planning and designing
the building. They deserve a lot of
credit, too.
For his excellent work in plan
ning and designing the handsome
Lions Club building, Milton Strick
land will be recognized at the ded
ication of the club house Friday
evening.
State Wide Publicity
Received When Lion
Held For Lottery
Zebulon Lions Club received
state-wide publicity when Lion
Frank Kemp was arrested on Jan
uary 9, 1956, on charges of lottery.
Kemp was arrested in Raleigh
by Police Officer Tom Davis and
Detective John Smith after he
(Kemp) had offered tickets to an
all-night sing to members of the
Raleigh Lions Club at a meeting
at the Carolina Hotel. Price of the
tickets was $1.00 each, and any
person desiring to obtain a chance
of a 1956 Chevrolet car could get
one.
No action was taken by Officer
Davis and Detective Smith against
Zebulon’s Mayor Wilbur T. Deb
nam and former Mayor Worth
Hinton, both of whom accompa
nied Kemp to the meeting.
Kemp, whose trial was held in
Raleigh City Court before Judge
L. A. Doub, was acquitted of the
charges.
The case attracted state-wide
attention in press, radio and tele
vision news coverage.
Zebulon Resident
Development Speaker
Ed Hales, Zebulon resident and
proprietor of Hales Farm Supply
Co., will address the Hopkins Ru
ral Development Program next
Tuesday night, March 25, at 7:30
p.m., in Hopkins Chapel Church,
it has been announced by the pres
ident of the development program,
Harvey Hopkins.
Hales will discuss the beautifi
cation of home surroundings, with
particular emphasis on landscap
ing.
President Hopkins, who said the
development program is only two
months old, is progressing splen
didly. The purpose of the program,
he said, is to make the homes in
the community more beautiful by
new paint jobs, and landscaping
with grass and shrubbery.
At present, a project of get
ting new mail box posts settled has
been in force.
‘We want to get the people of
our community interested in this
program,” Hopkins said.
The major project for this year
is to beautify the church campus.
Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church, a
new adddition to the community,
will have its grounds landscaped,
sown in grass and shrubbery plant
ed around the church and at dif
ferent vantage points on the
grounds.
The development program meets
each fourth Tuesday night of the
month in the church.
Officers serving with Mr. Hop
kins are: Mrs. Cecil Hopkins, sec
retary-treasurer; Mrs. W. M. Bran
non, chairman of the Home Com
mittee; Jesse Horton, chairman of
the Agriculture Committee; Bax
ter Hopkins and Mrs. Iris Temple,
co-Youth Directors; and the Rev.
Virgil McBride, photographer.
Advisors of the program are
Paul Dew, Wakelon Agriculture in
structor, and Miss Mary Lacy Pal
mar. Wakelon Home Economics in
structor.
Escapade
(Continued from Page 1)
They drifted around the city of
Lexington, trying to make up their
minds. Should they call their par
ents and let them know where they
were? But they would be upset
and worried, the boys reasoned.
Finally, one put in a call to his
parents, Chamblee said. Lexing
ton? Lexington, Kentucky? they
President Hinton
Dedicated Lion
For Lions Club President Har
din Hinton, the past months have
been busy ones.
But he hasn’t minded. He was
working with something he loves
and enjoys, the Zebulon Lions
Club.
“I have been told that we get
out of the things pretty much of
what we put in it. But in my case
this isn’t so. I’ve gotten back 10
times more than I’ve ever given,
and as time goes on the better I
like being a Lion.”
He means every word of it. No
matter how hard he has to work,
no matter how many trials, tribu
lation and other bothers, that come
up when one is the head of an or
ganization that is functioning as
efficiently as the Zebulon Lions
Club, Hinton has no remorses.
"I have enjoyed being president
of the club very much,” he con
tinued. “The fellowship, the pull
Hardin Hinton
ing together of the club members,
and the spirit of the club members
has all been very good. It has been
wonderful to see the club pro
gress and grow.”
The 36-year-old president of
Zebulon Lions Club is a native of
Johnston County. He was born near
Emit, one of 15 children of Arthur
D. Hinton and the late Mrs. Hinton.
After graduating from Wakelon
High School in 1940, he enrolled in
N. C. State College with plans to
become an agriculture teacher.
Those plans never materialized,
for after the outbreak of World
War II, he was one of the first to
enlist. He chose the Marine Corps
and spent 39 months in active
overseas duty.
After his honorable discharge,
he spent two years with his bro
ther, Worth Hinton, in the dry
cleaning business in Zebulon. When
he left this trade, he became asso
ciated with the Zebulon branch of
the Carolina Power and Light Co.
He is now in his tenth year with
CP&L, and carries the title of sec
ond class serviceman.
On September 10, 1946, he was
married to the former Rebecca
Horton, daughter of Mrs. Sam Hor
ton and the late Mr. Horton. They
have two children, Jane, 9, and Joe,
5.
Since Hinton has been a Zebu
lon resident, he has served active
ly in the Zebulon Baptist Church,
Zebulon Masonic Lodge, No. 609
AM&FM, and the American Le
gion, Post 33.
Lion Slogan
L—iberty
I —Intelligence
O—Our
N—Nation’s
S—Safety
asked. No, Lexington, North Caro
lina. And they would be home
soon, he assured them.
If three of them had been out
of high school, four young men of
Zebulon would be enjoying the
sunny climate of California, they
insisted.
But like Moses, the boys never
reached their Promised Land. The
Golden West still awaits them.
California, with its glamour, glit
ter and girls, girls, girls, is still
an exciting dream to come true.
PROGRAM
(Continued from Page 1)
Father of Zebulon’s Lions Club,
Ed Hallford, International Coun
selor of Lions International.
Presentation of Keys, Thurman
Heplcr, chairman of the Building
Committee.
Acceptance of Keys, Hardin Hin
ton.
Presentation of District Gover
nor, President Hardin Hinton.
Dedication of Building to Lion
ism, Lion G. Paul Carr, Gover
nor of District 31-G.
Dedicatory Prayer, the Rev. W.
Arnold Smith, pastor of Zebulon
Baptist Church.
Song of dedication, “Bless This
House,” by Nelle Kemp.
Miss Carolyn Hinton will accom
pany the soloist and group singing
at the piano.
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Heart Fund Drive
Donations $310.40
The Heart Fund drive conducted
in Zebulon and the surrounding
communities netted a total of
$310.40, Dr. L. M. Massey, chair
man, has reported.
One hundred fifty dollars of this
came from the Community Chest,
the dentist revealed, and $160.40
came from private donations.
Dr. Massey expressed his appre
ciation to those who contributed
through the Community Chest, to
those who made private donations,
and to the solicitors who gave of
their time to offer the people the
opportunity to contribute.
The business district of Zebu
Ion was not canvassed by the so
licitors and many homes were not
contacted because no one was at
home when the solicitor called,
the dentist said.
“However, it is a reasonable con
tribution,” Dr. Massey said, “and
I am sure the Research Fund of
the State for Heart will be grate- _
ful.”
Heart Fund Sunday was Febru
ary 23.
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