THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 21
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, June 4, 1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
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“There was one night of sadness,” Mrs. E. H. Moser said. “When i
I thought of my friends who had leisure and could sleep on rainy
, mornings, the sadness disappeared and I turned over and went
to sleep.”
That is the only touch of sadness Mrs. Moser has felt about retiring
from the class room after 43 years of faithful and dedicated teaching.
Many is the morning she has felt like sleeping when the rain was
falling softly. But she had to get up, ready herself, and get to her
v class room.
There have been times when she felt slightly ill, or her attitude
was somewhat edgy. She had to forget her minor infirmities, had to
cast off her irritations and be off for a full day of working with
children.
bne summed it up witn, l nave
liked it very much. Sure, there
have been things I haven’t liked,
Teaching, like anything else, h; s
its problems, its annoyances. Bui
it has been my way of life for so
many years, a way of life which 1
have loved.”
Mrs. Moser never intended tc
be a teacher. She wanted to be a
business woman or a doctor. Both
of these professions were out oi
the question for the young lady
from Dobson in Surry County.
She said she would have liked
very much to have been a doctor,
Her paternal grandfather was a
doctor and so was her brother.
Then there was another brother
who was a dentist. The medical
profession ran in her family where
the men were concerned and it was
her great desire to become a coun
terpart of her male relatives.
However!, she went into the
teaching profession, a profession
which was prominent on both sides
of her father dnd mother’s fam
ilies. A great many of her par
ent’s relatives were in the field of
education and it was quite natural
for her to follow in their footsteps.
Mrs. Moser was born Myrtle
Folger, daughter of the late Romu
lus S. Folger and America Booker
Folger of Dobson. She was bom
March 10, 1888, and is one of 10
children.
Her father was a prominent law
yer in the little county seat of Sur
ry County. He later became clerk
of the court, a position he held for
25 years.
Mrs. Moser is the oldest of the
second set of children. There are
only two of the 10 children living
now, Mrs. Moser and a sister, Mrs.
Ruth Funderburk of Washington,
D. C.
She had a happy childhood, full
of fun and amusement with her
many brothers and sisters. Her
father, she indicated, was a firm
disciplinarian and ruled his house
hold with an iron hand, though.
After graduating from Dobson
public school, she attended Greens
boro Normal, now Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina. She did not graduate,
but through the years she has at
tended other state institutions con
nected with the Greater University
of North Carolina until she has the
equivalent of a college degree. The
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Station WETC Not
On Air Yet;
Met Difficulties
Radio Station WETC, Wendell
Zebulon, has met with difficulties
and has not begun its daily broad
casting, according to one of the
managers. (
There was trouble with the
transmitter and equipment had to
be replaced, thereby delaying the
opening. It was scheduled to
open last week.
A proof of the station’s pro
gramming was submitted to the
Federal Government this week for
approval. The manager said when
this is approved—which takes not
more than 10 days and not less
than five—the station will be ready
for full operation.
Mrs. E. H. Moser
Recreation Program
Officially Begins On
Monday, June Eighth
Zebulon’s summer recreation
program will officially begin Mon
day, June 8. Each afternoon lead
ership will be provided in varied
activities such as softball, volley
ball, badminton, tetherball, and
many other activities.
Director Dave Smith said one
of the four Little League baseball
teams will receive fundamentals in
baseball and batting practice each
afternoon. Badminton, volley
ball, and horseshoe courts will be
set up beside the baseball field
each night for use by anyone who
desires to participate in any of
these games.
At the first tryout for Little
League baseball, 55 boys turned
out for the four teams. They were
graded on their ability to run,
throw, and hit. These boys will be
divided into four teams: Rotary,
American Legion, Lions, and In
dependents.
There will be four games a
week; two on Tuesday night and
two on Thursday night. Any boy
who did not get a chance to try
out and would like to become a
member of one of the teams should
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Accolades of praise were heaped upon the head of one of Wake
Ion School’s distinguished teachers and one of the town’s most
beloved citizens Monday night.
The words of praise were for Mrs. F. E. Bunn, who after 40 years
of teaching, retired Tuesday.
E. H. Moser, prominent Tetired educator, said Mrs. Bunn “doesn’t
need any eulogy from me or the community. Her life has been her
eulogy. She wears the laurel of a golden crown that the youth of
the community, many of them adults now, have placed upon her,
and she will wear it with an aura. She has drunk the cup of life to
the fullest and drunk it wisely. She has lived a full and useful life.
Her life in the community is one of the most remarkable you could
find anywhere. She has been a, grand teacher all the way along.
There isn’t a person in the community who deserves this tribute more
than Mrs. Bunn.”
Mrs. F. B. Bunn
Corinth -Holders To Graduate 54
Graduation exercises for the
Corinth-Holders Senior Class will
begin Friday night, June 5, at 8
o’clock p.m. with Class Night Exer
cises. The play is entitled “One
Heavenly Night” by Mary Sullivan
Kelley. The play brings out vari
ous challenges to the graduates as
they go out into the world to find
their place. The class song, poem,
history of the class, last will and
testament, salutatorian, valedic
torian, and the president’s message
are among the many interesting
features on the program. Phillip
Averette and Clarence Woodard
are the Senior Class sponsors. The
Class Night is being directed by
Mr. Woodard.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be Sunday afternoon, June 7, at 5
o’clock p.m. Rev. A. H. Lanier,
Jr., pastor of Clydes Chapel Church
will deliver the sermon to the
Senior Class. Rev. C. A. McLellan,
pastor of Thanksgiving Baptist
Church and Rev. Guy Helms, pas
tor of Hales Chapel Church, will
assist in the service. The gradua
tion class will sing as their anthem,
“O Mighty Land” by Sibelius.
Graduation will be held Mon
day night, June 8, at 8 o’clock. The
Invocation will be given by Rev.
C. A. McLellan. The Commence
ment Address will be given by
Paul Johnston, Director of the De
partment of Administration, Ra
! leigh. Mr. Johnston will be intro
duced by Frank Holding, President
of First Citizen’s Bank and Trust
Company, Smithfleld.
The awards will be presented to
j the graduates by the local school
committee. The awards are as
| follows: The Ruritan Club will
i present a $100.00 scholarship. The
! citizenship, best all round boy, best
! all round girl, most athletic girl,
most athletic boy, and bus driver.
The diplomas will be presented by
Ottis C. Freeman, principal. The
class gift will be presented by the
Senior Class President, Linwood
O’Neal.
I Shirley Price is the chief mar
shal. The other marshals will be
Josephine Hocutt, Marie Hatcher,
Jane Painter, Peggy Pierce, Perry
Ellis, Steve Driver, Bob Moore, and
Leland Strickland.
Dwayne Wall and Teresa Con
gleton are the class mascots.
Dwayne is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Perry Wall; Teresa is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Congleton.
Mrs. Kate Keen, piano teacher,
is supervising the music for all the
graduating exercises. Mrs. Keen
will present her piano pupils in a
recital Wednesday night, June 10,
at 8 o’clock in the schood audi
torium.
A cordial welcome is extended
to the public to attend any or all
of the graduating exercises.
There are 54 prospective gradu
ates, listed as follows:
Doris Jean Adams, Linda Fran
ces Barnes, Vera Melvalene
Barnes, Linda Lou Batten, Betty
Lou Boughman, Dorothy Jean
Boughman Boughman, Janice
Bernice Boyette, Jessica Marie
Boyette, Rosemary Bunn, Margar
et Elaine Carroll, Betty Lee Cooke,
Shirley Faye Congleton, Mary
Frances Corbett, Azilee Bass Cur
tis, Dorothy Anne Eason, Peggy
| Anne Eason, Peggy Nell Faucette,
Doris Lucille Gamer, Imogene
Gay, Brenda Carolyn Hales, Eliz
abeth Joy Hales, Glenda Kay Har
ris, Louise Minerva Harris, Saun
dra Lee Johnson, Joyce Ann Nar
ron, Patricia Ann Narron, Elva Sy
bol Sanderford, Frances Lorraine
Sasses Linda Carol Strickland,
Carolyn Jeanette Vann,,
Iris Faye Wall, Edith Barnes
Whitley, Linda Anne Whitley, Lin
da Faye Wilder, Theron Edwin At
kinson, Jr., Willard Proctor
Barnes, Warren Giles Boyette,
Woodrow Wilson Carroll, Dewey
Wayne Creech, Edward Flynn
Crocker, Tony Raeford Ellis, Lar
ry Wallace Fitchett, David Milton
j Flowers, William Franklin Gard
ner, Donald LeRoy Hinton, James
i Earl Lamm, Michael Herbert Mur
phery, Claude Leon Narron, Jr.,
Linwood Hugh O’Neal, Jerry Bell
Poole, George Edward Smith,
Douglas Ransom Thompson, Jr.
Edwin Lawrence Tippett, Charles
Brooks Whitley.
Funeral Chapel Sold
It was disclosed Monday that C.
V. , Whitley has sold his interest
in his funeral chapel to Norman
Screws and Crafton Hudson. The
price of the sale was not revealed.
Whitley operated a funeral par
lor in Zebulon since 1931. The
new business was incorporated on
June 1.
Screws and Hudson said there
will be no change in personnel and
they will continue the same effi
cient service as has been given in
the past.
The new funeral home will offer
funeral services of the highest
caliber, ambulance service and 1
are the owners of the Zebulon Mu
tual Burial Association.
Both Screws and Hudson are
graduates of Gupton-Jones College
of Mortuary Science of Nashville,
Tenn. Screws has been a morti
cian for 27 years and Hudson has
11 years service.
Screws, 46, is married to the
former Helen Monk of Goldsboro. 1
They have one child, a daughter, 1
Norma Helen, 4. Hudson, 30, is
married to the former Ruby Hoi- 1
land of Salemburg. They have two ;
children, Paula, 6, and Stuart, 2. ■
Campbell Graduates
Tommy Hoyle Temple, son of
Mrs. L. R. Temple, and Robert
Hobgood Jenkins, son of Mrs. J.
S. Buffaloe, were presented di
plomas in the associate in arts di
vision at the Campbell College
graduation exercises held May 29. i
Betsy Ruth Massey, daughter of
Mrs. G. A. Massey, was presented
a diploma from the college upon :
graduating from the high school
division.
Moser was principal when Mrs.
Bunn first came to Wakelon
School.
C. V. Whitley, chairman of
Wake County Board of Education;
Fred Smith, Superintendent of
Wake County Schools; and John J.
Hicks, Wakelon principal, appear
ed on the program at the banquet
honoring Mrs. Bunn and remarked
of her extraordinary teaching
qualities.
Mrs. Bunn was named the
Teacher of the Year for 1958 in
February.
She is the former Annabel New
ton, daughter of the Rev. J. B.
Newton and Margaret Ella Watson
Newton. She was bom in Aulan
der in Bertie County 70 years ago.
She was graduated from Winter
ville High School and Oxford Fe
male College. Other colleges she
has attended have been East Caro
lina, the University of North Caro
lina, and N. C. College. She holds
a life certificate.
Her first position after graduat
ing from Oxford College was at
Pilot School near Zebulon where
she was principal. After three
years at Pilot she came to Wake
lon where she has rounded out
more than 40 years of teaching.
Her tenure at Wakelon has been
solely with seventh graders.
Her interest in the civic affairs
d{ the town has been shown by
her activities. For over 25 years
she served as superintendent of the
Junior Department of Zebulon
Baptist Church Sunday School. In
her church she has served as a
Deaconess, president of the Wom
an’s Missionary Society, worked
with the Baptist Training Union
and was a member of the church
:hoir before the graded choir sys
tem. She has served as president
>f Zebulon Woman’s Club and is a
member of the Wednesday After
noon Club, the town’s oldest fe
nale organization.
Because of her superior work in
;he field of education, she was
awarded in 1956 a life membership
n the National Education Associa
:ion given by the Wake County
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New Postal Service
Improvements Added
Sweeping postal service im
irovements designed to guarantee
lext day first class letter delivery
'or some 10,000 people in Zebulon
ind the 259 miles of rural routes
served by the local post office,
Postmaster M. J. Sexton announced
oday.
Postmaster Sexton reminded
ocal post office patrons that all
•nail should be in the Zebulon post
office not later than 5 p.m. in order
:o be dispatched on the day of
nailing so it will benefit from the
accelerated service.
Exhaustive series of daily tests'
lave been made by U. S. Post
naster General Arthur E. Summer
leld’s aids to determine the effic
ency of this additional improve
nent which has been assigned to
post offices throughout the United
States.