THE ZEBULON RECORD
0\ Volume XXXIV. Number 19
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, May 21,1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
View's Of Cities' Annual Flower Show
Mrs. J. T. Allen of Wendell, long a leader in garden club work, sits at the entrance. The entrance
to the show was done with paling fences on which blaze climbing roses were entwined. Behind Mrs. Allen
is Mrs. Thurman Murray’s informal buffet table, a blue ribbon winner. This was covered with a deep
green white piped cloth and appointed with a milk glass service. One of Zebulon’s new town com
missioners, Pat Farmer and Mrs. Farmer, find pleasure in the beautiful arrangements. With them is
Mrs. Haliburton Yancey, a member of a Wendell Garden Club.
The children, too, enjoyed Zebulon’s third annual flower show held May 6 in Davis Armory. Tak
ing note of the lines and artistic arrangements for their future use are Coo Chamblee, Janice and Jen
nifer Smith. The picture on the right shows Mrs. James Clay and Mrs. Curtis Todd, Wendell women,
observing some of the exquisite floral arrangements in the show.
The miniature arrangements got the once-over from Mrs. A. S. Hinton and Mrs. Willard Gill.
Mrs. Jimmy Batten took the tri-color ribbon for the most out-standing arrangement (center) in the
show. This was constructed of Jimney Cricket roses with photimo foliage in a bronze oriental con
tainer. For a table and chair arrangement Mrs. W. Arnold Smith won a blue ribbon. Her floral arrange
ment was of pink roses in a white milk glass container. It was on an early American dropleaf table with
a matching antique oil lamp and trivet. The chair is a lady’s wicker back rocker.
Five Teachers Resign From Wakelon Faculty
Five Wake Ion teachers have
given notice they will not be re
turning when the school opens in
September. They are Mrs. Chad
Rogers, Peggy Mangum, Frances
Holloway, Perry Moore and
Vaughan Fowler.
Principal John J. Hicks reported
that Moore, Fowler and Miss Hol
loway are undecided in their fu
ture plans. Mrs. Rogers is moving
to Charlotte where her husband
has accepted a position. Miss Man
gum is reported planning to enter
Atlantic Christian College.
WAKELON HIGH SCHOOL—
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John J. Hicks, principal; Paul E.
Dew, Laura B. Gay, Herbert J.
Ireland, Mary L. Palmer, Mrs.
Madyline F. Pippin, Mrs. Doris H.
Privette, Mrs. Ann E. Strickland,
John B. Usry, Mrs. Irma L.
Walker.
WAKELON ELEMENTARY—
Ruth J. Allen, Mrs. Dorothy B.
Blackley, Mrs. Annabel N. Bunn,
Mrs. Sadie H. Braswell, Mrs. Co
sette Z. Brown, Mrs. Coressa E.
Chamblee, Phyliss A. Coley, Mrs.
Elizabeth W. Ellett, Mrs. Helen S.
Gregory. Mrs. Marguerite W.
Jones, Edna Longest, Mrs. Eva H.
Page, Alma L. Pierce, Mrs. Annis j
S. Rhue, Rebekah Talbert, Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Todd, Mrs. Lois M.
Wall.
Gets Scholarship
Joan Pace, 17, one of Shepard
School’s top ranking seniors, has
been granted a National Science
all-expense summer scholarship to
St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Worley Pace of Route 1,
Wendell.
Radio Station WETC
Almost Ready For Air
Maybe Sunday
Radio Station WETC, Zebulon
Wendell, is scheduled to go on the
air either this coming Sunday or
the next.
“We expect to be on the air this
Sunday or the next,” Lewis Par
rish, co-owner, said, “depending
upon completion and proper gov
ernment inspection.”
Testing begins each night at
midnight and those persons with
AM radios may tune in on their
dials at 540.
The new station will broadcast
with a power of 250 watts on a
frequency of 540 kilocycles. This
power frequency is scheduled' to
reach 500,000 people with a noise
free signal, and a usable signal
can be received by over a million
people.
Parrish reported that he has
contacted people in distant places
—Kittrell, for example—which
received the signal very well.
WETC is licensed to serve both
Wendell and Zebulon. It will serve
each town equally with a Grade A
signal, Parrish stated.
“The Zebulon-Wendell area will
have far superior facilities than
those used in most communities
served by radio,” Parrish said. He
indicated that the present set-up
is an elaborate affair, with very
great adequacy.
Associated wire services will
serve the station for newscasts.
The station will also be equipped
to do tape recording and disc re
cordings. It will be one of the
few stations equipped to do disc
recordings, Parrish said..
Tentative programming of mu
sic, sports, and news with a local
slant are now being made. Broad
casts of local church worship
services will also be carried each
Sunday.
The general manager of WETC
will be Robert E. Stephenson. His
brother, Harry Stephenson, will
be the engineer and salesman.
Both young men are natives of
Fuquay where they were asso
ciated with radio.
Other (personnel will be selected
at a later date. These will include
announcers, office personnel and
others, such as air personalities.
Parrish, an engineer in Newark,
N. J., with RKO Teleradio Pic
tures, will be leaving for his po
sition in New Jersey in a few
weeks. I
Cadet’ Awarded Medal *
For Best Drilled Co.
Cadet Captain Joel Moody re
ceived a military award May 10 at
Pineland College-Edwards Mili
tary Institute annual Mother’s
Day celebration and dress parade.
Cadet Captain Moody, son of
Mrs. Bertie Moody of Wendell
and the late Perry Moody, was
awarded a medal for being the
commander of the best drilled
company of the Upper Division of
Edwards Military Institute of
Salemburg.
The 17-year-old cadet captain
graduates from EMI next month
and plans to enter some form of
military service. He is the grand
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Callie
Powell of Zebulon.
Shepard Seniors'
Sermon Announced
Shepard Principal Garland L.
Crews has announced the bacca
laureate sermon Sunday, May 24,
will begin the series of the school’s
final exercises.
The Rev. C. L. Faison, Baptist
minister of Henderson, will deliver
the baccalaureate address before
the graduation class Sunday at 4
p.m. His subject was not revealed.
Beginning Friday, May 29, at
8:45 p.m. Dr. Foster P. Payne,
dean of Shaw University, will de
liver the commencement address.
His topic, too, is not known.
Seventy-three seniors are sched
uled to be awarded diplomas in the
final commencement rites, Princi
pal Crews said.
Zebulon Guardsmen Furnish
HigMights For Raleigh Parade
Zebulon National Guardsmer
provided one of the feature attrac
tions of the Armed Forces Daj
parade staged in Raleigh last Sat
urday. The members of Battery A
had two 8-inch howitzers towed bj
awesome 10-ton trucks in the Ion*
column which moved down Fay
etteville Street and through Came
ron Village.
Capt. Jack Potter and First Ser
geant Sidney Holmes led the local
section of the parade.
The entire unit drilled Sunday
devoting the all-day training peri
od to work on the 32,000-pounc
howitzers and new trucks. The
8-inch howitzers are cited as the
Army’s most accurate artillerj
piece. They can fire a 200-pounc
projectile over 10 miles with pin
point accuracy.
The 10-ton trucks, which are sc
wide special permits must be ob
tained to move them on the pub
lie highways, are popular with the
Battery A motor section.
The trucks are equipped with
power steering and air brakes, and
a huge V-8 Le Roi engine gener
ates sufficient power for the truck
to carry a 20,000 pound load and
tow 40,000 pounds across country.
Independent braking of the rear
wheels permit the truck to be
turned in short spaces. A chain
hoist is permanently mounted on
the rear to assist in loading am
munition and equipment on the 7
foot high bed.
Sunday morning the Guardsmen
attended the Zebulon Methodist
Church for the 11 a.m. worship
service.
Summer field training for Bat
tery A begins June 7 at Ft. Bragg.
During the 15-day dbtive duty
period, the artillery will have their
first chance to fire their new
weapons.