THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 26
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, July 9, 1959
• Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
ANGRY ANN’ SHOWS HER POWER
The mighty blast of their huge 8-inch howitzer raises clouds of
Ft. Bragg sand around these Zebulon National Guardsmen during
firing in June. This photo, taken by Sgt. J. L. McGee, shows the
big gun in full recoil after sending a 200-pound high explosive pro
jectile hurtling to the target. Firing the howitzer is Pfc. Gene Autry
Parrish, standing third from right. Others in the picture are Sgt.
Ollie Baker, gunner; Capt. Justice Daniel, 113th Battalion motor of
ficer; Sp/3c H. E. Edwards, and Sp/3c Ross Gay. The 8-inch howitzer
is the most accurate gun in the Army’s artillery arsenal.
CALABOOSE BUSTIN'
Officers Have Busy Time
During July 4th Holiday
More arrests were made for
drunkenness this July 4 holiday
than'in many years, according to
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins.
The town calaboose was bursting
at the seams with occupants the
Independance holiday night.
The majority of the arrests were
made at the Blue Light Club, a
Negro night club approximately a
mile southeast of Zebulon. Be
tween 12 and 15 Negroes were
booked at the local police station
for intoxication, carrying conceal
ed weapons and disturbing the
peace.
Sheriff’s Deputy S. J. Blackley,
Domestic Officer Graham Bunn
and members of the State Highway
Patrol made the arrests at the col
ored honky tonk.
Officers said they found cap pis
tols and a few owl head pistols
scattered over the ground at the
night spot where the Negroes had
discreetly gotten rid of them when
they started being frisked by the
officers.
One officer said the Negroes
carrying the cap pistols delighted
rubbing up against persons, let- i
ting him feel the cold steel of the
pistol in his pocket, as an act of
showing off.
Here in the city limits, two col
ored persons were arrested for in
decent exposure and participating
in disorderly conduct between the
railroad tracks a short distance
from the depot. They were Need
ham Holder of Zebulon and Mamie
McNeil of Raleigh.
Levi Whitley of Knightdale was
booked on the charge of public
drunkenness July 1. He stumbled
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Pastor Emeritus
To Preach Sunday
The Rev. Theo. B. Davis, pastor
emeritus of the Zebulon Baptist
Church, will preach at the morn
ing and evening services in the ab
sence of the Rev. W. Arnold Smith
Sunday, July 12.
The Rev. Mr. Davis, 84, contin
ues to take an active and a lead
ing interest in the church’s spirit
ual and social life.
The historical relationship of the
Rev. Mr. Davis to the church is
an interesting one. Soon after the
church was moved from Wakefield
in 1914, he was called as pastor.
He served the church for five
years. During this tenure of serv
ice the membership increased
around 250 per cent. When he
came to the church in 1914, the
membership was 186, and when he
left in 1919, the membership
totaled 430. It was during this
time that the church went on a
full-time basis for worship serv
ices.
Later in the church’s crucial
growth, in 1924, when the origi
nal church had burned and the
present structure was begun, the
congregation again turned its at
tention to Mr. Davis. The present
structure was built under his lead
ership and supervision. It was
completed in 1927.
Today Mr. Davis takes an active
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Legion Ladies Elect Officers
Election and installation of of
ficers for the next biennium of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
held Friday, July 3, in the hom''
of Mrs. Bill Perry, past president.
Mrs. Ralph Bunn was named
president {.Mrs. Melvin Massey, vice
president; Mrs. Bill Perry, secre
tary-treasurer; Mrs. Frank Wall,
recording secretary; Mrs. Gilford
Bufkin, historian and sergeant at
arms; Miss Beth Massey, chaplain;
and Mrs. Foster Lewis, chairman of
rehabilitation and child welfare.
Ralph Bunn was the installing
officer.
The Auxiliary and Legion will
hold a joint supper meeting at
Hilliards Restaurant later in July.
Girls’ State and Boys’ State rep
resentatives will appear at this
meeting and be in charge of the
program.
No meeting of the Auxiliary is
scheduled for August. The next
scheduled meeting is for the first
, Friday in September.
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Zebulon Town Budget of More
Than $75,000 Is Set by Board
The Rev. William Quick
Named Methodist Pastor
Zebulon Methodist Church is
again fortunate in having assigned
to its leadership one of the most
qualified, intelligent, energetic and
personable young pastors to be
found in the Methodist Conference.
This young man has been termed
by some of the leaders in the Con
ference as one of the most out
standing young ministers and one
definitely on his way to bigger and
better things.
He is the Rev. William (Bill)
Kellon Quick. The Rev. Mr. Quick
celebrated his 26th birthday May
20, and received his appointment
as pastor of the local church July
2.
The new Methodist pastor is a
product of a South Carolina farm.
He was bom near Gibson in Marl
boro County, S. C., approximately
five miles from the North Caroli
na border. He is the elder of two
sons of Mr. and! Mrs. Douglas
Quick.
After graduating from Gibson
High School in 1950 he attended
Pfeiffer College for two years and
was graduated from Randolph
Macon College in 1954 with a bach
elor of arts degree with a major
in English and a minor in history.
He was associate pastor of Broad
Street Methodist Church in Rich
mond and director of the Wesley
Foundation at the Medical College
of Virginia while a student at Ran
dolph-Macon.
In 1958 he was awarded a bache
lor of divinity degree from Duke
University Divinity School.
He was admitted to the Virginia
Conference in 1954, and trans
ferred in June of 1°"5 to the N. C.
Methodist Confere.. e. In 1956 he
was ordained a deacon at Green
ville and he was made an elder in
1958, at Wilson. He was soon
thereafter admitted into full con
nection.
He served as the interim pastor
of Camp Glenn Methodist Church
in Morehead for one year, and
then moved to the Bahama Charge,
12 miles north of Durham. He
served the Bahama Charge from
1955 to 1959.
The Hev. Mr. yuicK accepted tne
Protestant faith in 1947 when he
was 14 years old. Prior to that
he had been brought up and con
firmed in the Catholic church. His
parents are not Catholic.
When his parents would not sign
their consent for him to take the
vows to study for the priesthood,
the youngster decided to search for
a faith for himself. He chose the
Methodist denomination after an
intense search and much consider
ation. And he has not been sorry.
He loves music, anything from
the classics to hill billy. He loves
to sing, although he has no formal
training. In the Virginia college
he was a member, business mana
ger and president of the Choral
iers, the college glee club, in which
he sang second bass.
At one of his churches, there
was no pianist and he learned to
ipick out the melody of a few tunes
with one finger. He amusingly
recalled his very best one was
“Bringing In The Sheaves,” which,
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Garden Club To Meet
The Carmen Flowers Garden
Club is scheduled to meet Mon
day night, July 13, at the home
of Mrs. Carsey Tippett with Mrs.
Edwin Richardson, co-hostess.
The meeting will get underway
at 8 o’clock.
WILLIAM K. QUICK
Softball
Schedule
July 13: Hilliards vs. Devil
Dogs, 7:15; Polecats vs. Beck Bro
thers, 9:15.
July 15: Polecats vs. Devil
Dogs, 7:15; Beck Brothers vs. Hil
liards, 9:15.
LITTLE LEAGUE SOHEDULE
July 141 Independents vs.
Lions, 7:00; Rotary vs. American
Legion, 8:45.
July 16: Rotary vs. Lions, 7:00;
American Legion vs. Independ
ents, 8:45.
Wreck Injuries Are
Sustained By Man
Bernice Strickland, about 46, of
East Lee Street is in Rex Hospital
suffering from severe injuries re
ceived in a two-car wreck which
occurred last Thursday night at
the intersection of Gannon Ave
nue and Arendell Avenue.
Strickland, who was driving a
1956 Studebaker, was going north,
according to Police Officer Willie
B. Hopkins. He had stopped for
the red light and when it turned
green he proceeded across when a
Chrysler (model not known)
crashed into Strickland’s car.
Officer Hopkins said the Chrys
ler was driven by a person named
Skinner, 24, of Route 2, Wilson.
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$1,000 Increase
Over Last Year's
A town, budget totaling $75,765
for 1959-60 was tentatively set by
the Town Board at its regular
meeting Monday night.
The total budget figure is up ap
proximately $1,022.76 over the
1958-59 budget of $74,742.24.
The major portions of the 1959
60 expenditures were increased by
the mayor and commissioners.
The water department received
the greatest increase in the budget
because of the proposed employ
ment of an additional maintenance
man to the street force.
The Board retained the current
tax rate of $1.85 per $100 valua
tion, the same amount it has been
set at for a number of years.
The estimated expenditures for
the 1959-60 years are: Adminis
tration, $10,710 compared to last
year’s $9,480.08; .Police Depart
ment, $7,807, last year’s $7,640.
82; Fire Department, $1,448, last
year’s $1,058.02;
Sanitary Department, $6,456,
last year’s $6,395.48; Street De
partment, $12,800, last year’s $11,
888.04; Water Department, $10,
144, last year’s $7,999.72; Miscel
laneous, $4,855, last year’s $3,953.
91; Municipal Building, $1,675, last
year’s $2,177.75;
The town s tiscai year began
with operations in the black. Total
money on hand was $8,436.95.
The Board passed a motion
submitted by Commissioner P. O.
Farmer to employ an additional
street maintenance man. He is
Wilson Stallings of Route 3, Zebu
Ion, who is to be employed on a
temporary basis from September
1 to December 31 at a salary of
$190. If after December 31 he is
employed Stallings must move in
to the city.
The town’s secretary, Mrs. H. V.
Andrews, received a $5 per week
increase in pay. This motion was
presented by Commissioner J. Ra
leigh Alford. Mrs. Andrews, who
has been employed by the town for
the last two years, will receive
$45 per week for her services.
Eddie Joseph was granted a li
cense to operate a pool room in
the back of his restaurant. Joseph
opened the two table pool room
June 1. Commissioner Alford pre
sented this motion.
Frank Kannon was named by
the Board to replace Ed Hales as a
member of the Recreation Com
mission. Hales, who is now serv
ing the town as mayor, resigned
from the Recreation board. Kan
non’s term of office will be three
years. This motion was present
ed by Commissioner Elizabeth El
lett.
The 1953 Ford police car has be
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Wakelon Science Head Resigns,
School Secretary Is Leaving, Too
Miss Irma Walker, head of
Wakelon School science depart
ment for the past 14 years, sub
mitted her resignation to Princi
pal John J. Hicks June 30.
Principal Hicks expressed re
gret in losing her, and said the
veteran Wakelon teacher gave her
Teason for resigning because she
feels she must take care of her
aged father who lives in Columbia.
No replacement has been found
for the science department.
Mrs. Chdrles Flowers has also
submitted her resignation, Princi
pal Hicks said. Mrs. Flowers was
office manager and bookkeeper for
the school for the past two years.
She will be replaced by Mrs. Bill
Bowling, who has been office man
ager and bookkeeper for Dr.
George Tucker for the past three
years.
Principal Hicks reported that
Wakelon has gained two teachers
for the 1959-60 school year be
cause of increased enrollment.
These two teachers will be in the
high school and elementary de
partments.
Replacements are being made
for teachers who have resigned.
Principal Hicks said. Two con
tracts have been signed and others
are awaiting to be signed.