THE ZEBULON RECORD
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, May 14,1959
Volume XXXIV. Number 18
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Vivian Dawson Massey Trophy
Prominent Lady Singer Honored
By Junior Baptist College
An award is to be given annual
ly to the graduating choir mem
ber who has made the most signifi
cant contribution to musical life
at Campbell College, Charles Hor
ton, head of the Campbell depart
ment has announced. The award,
to be known as the Vivian Daw-'
son Massey trophy, established
by Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Massey of
Zebulon, will go to a student chos
en by the members of the college
choir and by the faculty of the
music department.
Commenting upon the award,
Mr. Horton said, “For some time I
have hoped that we could recog
nize in a more tangible way the
work and efforts put forth volun
tarily by members of the college
choir. And I can think of no fam
ily who more appropriately rep
resents achievement in music and
education than Dr. and Mrs. Mas
sey.”
A dentist of Zebulon, Dr. Mas
sey was recently elected to the
American Academy of Dental
Medicine. He has served in vari
ous offices of county and state pro
fessional association. Active in
North Carolina educational af
fairs, Dr. Massey has served for
a number of years on the North
Carolina Board of Education. He
has been president of the board of
trustees and chairman of the trus
tees’ executive committee of Mere
dith College.
The award reflects a long-time
Competes In Wake
County Beauty Show
Jackie Faye Mitchell, 17, will
represent Zebulon at the Miss
Wake County Pageant Beauty Con
test at Fuquay Springs Friday
night. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Mitchell. A senior at
Wakelon High Sdhool, she plans to
enter Wake Forest College and
take a degree in some field of sci
ence, Jackie is 5’5”, 122 lbs, 35
23-35, and his blue eyes and
brown hair. She will perform a
tap and modem jazz dance for her
talent presentation. She has stud
ied piano for 10 years, clarinet for
five years, plays clarinet in the
high school band and saxaphone in
the Harold Green orchestra. Only
last Saturday she auditioned for a
member of the Wake Forest ma
jorette team and was accepted,
ranking very high in the auditions.
She made all County Conference
Team in March, 1959, was Wake
Ion’s Homecoming Queen, FFA
Sweetheart, chosen sis outstanding
student to be on Harriet Pressley’s
Youth Unlimited radio program,
co-editor of the school annual,
member of the National Honor So
ciety and the National Beta Club.
Her hobbies are dancing and mu
sic, along with reading ard swim
ming. She is sponsored by the Zeb
ulon Lions Club.
interest in vocal music on the part
of Mrs. Massey, herself a soprano
soloist who has studied at the
Southern Conservatory of Music
and elsewhere. She has been so
loist of the Zebulon Baptist Church
for many years. Mrs. Massey has
contributed to the cultural devel
opment of North Carolina through
such activities as the Raleigh Mu
sic Club and the North Carolina
Art Societies. She has had an
eight year period of membership
on the executive committee of the
Democratic party in North Caro
lina.
Dr. and Mrs. Massey have one
daughter, Carolyn, who is the wife
of Dr. Luke Kitahata of Kyoto,
Japan. Dr. Kitahata is a neuro
surgeon on the staff of the Kyoto
Baptist Hospital.
COMMISSIONERS ILL
Two town commissioners
are patients at Rex Hospital.
Commissioner Elizabeth El
lett is reportedly improving,
but very slowly. Her condition
as reported by her sister, Mrs.
C. G. Weathersby, is that she
is now able to raise her left
arm, but her right can only
be raised ever so slightly and
then it falls limply. Mrs.
Weathersby reported that her
sister is on the mend, but
there is no idea when she will
be able to return to her home
here.
Commissioner G. Kermit
Corbett underwent surgery
last Thursday for the removal
of stomach ulcers. It is re
ported that half of his stomach
was removed during the
operation. His condition is
very favorable, and he is able
to walk now about his room.
Both commissioners were
reelected in the town election
held May 5. Corbett was high
man in the commissioners’
race and Mrs. Ellett was low.
New Beauty Shop
To Open Today
A new beauty shop will open to
day in Hopkins Cross Roads. It
will be owned and operated by
Mrs. Mary Hopkins, wife of Cecil
Hopkins.
Mrs. Hopkins is a 1957 graduate
of Carolina College of Beauty Cul
ture, Raleigh. Since her gradua
tion she tuts been employed with
Elsie Perry’s beauty shop in Hop
kins Cross Roads.
Mrs. Hopkins new, modem beau
ty shop will be in her home. She
and her husband reside in the borne
of her husband’s father, the late
W. B. Hopkins.
Third Annual Flower Show
Here Is A Rousing Success
New Member
H. C. Wade Named To Authority
Succeeds F. D. Finch
H. Clpid Wade, Sr., prominent
Zebulon businessman, was ap
appointed to the Wake County
Hospital Authority Monday. He
was named to the hospital govern
ing body by the County Commis
sioners.
Wade succeeds Foster D. Finch,
whose tenure of office has expired.
Each member’s term of office is
four years.
The newly appointed member
of the Authority said he was “sur
prised” at being named to the Au
thority. He at present does not
have any plans for the future. “I
will attempt to follow the very
good pattern of my predecessor,
Foster Finch,” he said.
Since coming to Zebulon in 1928,;
Wade has been one of the town’s
most civic-minded citizens. He has
served faithfully and well in many
offices of the town government
and his church.
He is the son of the late Her
bert F. and Virgie Jordon Wade.
Born in 1903 in Jackson in North
ampton County, his family moved
to Rich Square when he was two
years old. He is the oldest of three
children. There is a sister, Mrs.
Joe Allsbrook of Rich Square and
a brother, Alton J. Wade of New
Bern.
After graduating from Rich
Square High School, he enrolled
in Draughon’s Business College
in Nashville, Term. When he fin
ished this two-year course in busi
ness administration, he accepted a
bookkeeping position with L. J.
Baker Co. in Palmyra. He was with
this firm for three years.
Then he went with W. H. Griffin
Co. in Spring Hope, where he re
mained for a short while. And in
1928 h^ came to Zebulon to an ac
countant’s position with the N. B.
Finch & Co.
At the end of 1928 the Arm of the
N. B. Finch & Co. was liquidated
and the Arm of F. D. Finch & Co.
was formed. Wade became a
stockholder and an officer in this
Arm until its liquidation in 1931.
After this he became an insur
ance representative. He still
maintains an insurance office on
the side. During this time he
served as clerk of Recorder’s
Court here.
In 1936 he became associated
with Zebulon Supply Co as book
keeper. This Arm became a cor
poration later and Wade was made
a stockholder and manager. His
present title with this Arm is secre
tary-treasurer.
Wade studied law under the late
Judge Pell of Raleigh for a time.
He and Foster Finch attended
classes under the late jurist. He
lacked a few weeks finishing his
course.
He said he never had any desire
to become a lawyer. “I know my
limitations,” he laughed. He said
he only wanted enough law knowl
edge to manage business transac
tions.
On June 22, 1932, he and the
former Cammie Louise Vaughan
were married in the Rich Square
Methodist Church. They are the
parents of two children, sons.
Cloid, Jr., the older, is now living
in Chapel Hill where he is a mem
ber of UNC-TV staff. Vaughan is
a student at the Citadel in Charles
ton, S. C.
There is a granddaughter, Gin
ger, 2. She is the child of their old
er son and his wife.
Wade hardly admitted to hob
bies. At one time he enjoyed a
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BAND CONCERT
Wakelon High School’s 52
piece concert band will be pre
sented in its spring recital Fri
day night, May 2, at 8 o’clock
in the school auditorium.
Also participating on the
program will be the school’s
20-piece Junior Band, and a
group of symphonette players.
Herbert Ireland, band
master, will conduct the
groups.
Hopkins Chapel
Community
Development Meeting
The Hopkins Chapel Community
Development Club will meet
Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the
Hopkins Chapel Church. ,
Many Blue
Ribbon Winners
Nothing but praise-worthy com
pliments came from the lips of peo
ple who attended Zebulon’s third
annual flower show
This year’s show, held May 6 in
Davis National Guard Armory,
was one of the finest flower shows
in Eastern North Carolina, accord
ing to women who have seen and
participated in flower shows all
over the state.
The Carmen Flowers Garden
Cluib issued an invitation to the
three Wendell Garden Clubs this
year, and it made it the biggest
show ever exhibited here.
The three Wendell Garden Clubs
participating in the show were
the Hoe ’N Hope, Morning Work
shop, and The Wendell Garden
Club.
Twenty-three blue ribbons were
won by Garden Club members in
the four clubs. All winners were
in artistic arrangement divisions.
The blue ribbon winners were
Mrs. Harold Griffin, Mrs. Tom
Scarborough, Mrs. J. J. Hender
son, Mrs. Leo Britt, Mrs. William
Ammons, Mrs. Jimmy Batten, Mrs.
George Winchester, Mrs. Bill San
ders, Mrs. Margaret Richardson,
Mrs. Carscy Tippett, Mrs. Eldred
Rountree, Mrs. Arnold Smith, Mrs.
Robert Coley, and Mrs. LeRoy
Clark, Jr.
Mrs. Jimmy Batten won the
highest honor in the artistic ar
rangement division. She was giv
en a tri-color ribbon for the most
outstanding arrangement in the
show.
Mrs. Batten of Wendell con
structed an arrangement in the
“Sunset’s Blaze of Glory,” Class
XVII. It was constructed in a
bronze oriental container and was
made of Jiminey Cricket roses with
photima foliage.
Mrs. William Ammons inter
preted “Morning Dew.” Her com
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Personnel Is Being Sought
For Local Branch Hospital
Trained personnel are being
sought for the Wendell-Zebulon
Hospital, Robert D. Massey, Cham
ber of Commerce president, has
revealed.
When the local hospital opens
sometime in 1960, trained person
nel will be necessary, and a sur
vey is now being conducted by the
Chamber of Commerce to find per
sons to staff the institution.
The survey is being conducted
to determine the availability of
paramedical and other hospital
personnel living in and about the
Wendell and Zebulon communities
who might be interested in working
for the branch hospital.
The personnel needed to man the
local hospital will be registered
nurses, licensed practical nurses
with hospital experience, x-ray
technicians, laboratory technicians,
and other persons with hospital
training and experience.
Persons qualified and interested
in the above positions with the
local unit are asked to contact the
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce.
Each person interested should sub
mit their name, address, age, sex,
race, experience and availability
to work in letter to the Chamber.
Massey urged persons interested
in working at the local branch of
the hospital to contact the Cham
ber by letter with a two or three
week period. This information
will be reviewed by Frank Ceruz
zi, assistant administrator in
charge of the four branch unit. He
then will set up a defl ate date for
an interview for those who have
qualifications at the local Cham
ber offices.
If the survey indicates that there
is a shortage of personnel in any
of the specialties, particularly in
x-ray and laboratory, then it is
planned that local civic organiza
tions sponsor an interprising stu
dent to go to one of the specialty
schools for training with die idea
that they will return to the com
munity to work for at least one or
two years, Massey said.
Massey said that Ceruzzi had in
formed him that he plans to con
tact both the Dell School of X-Ray
and Laboratory at Asheville and
Less McRae in Banner Elk to find
out the cost of sending a student
to the local branch, if necessary,
and a resume of their curriculum.
There is hope that the local hos
j pital can be staffed with as many
local people as possible without
| having to resort to importing peo
ple from outside the communities,
Massey stated.
Although this survey is being
conducted to indicate certain
groups of hospital employees, Mas
sey said the Chamber welcomes
anyone else who may be interested
to apply by letter only. All let
ters of application received by the
Chamber will be turned over to the
assistant administrator and be will
interview them personally.