THE ZEBULON RECORD
I, Volume XXXIV. Number 32
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, August 20, 1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Opening Day Sales
Wendell Averages $60
Wendell joined North Carolina's
17 markets Tuesday with opening
day sales averaging about 60 cents
a pound.
According to Roy Clark, Jr.,
Wendell tobacconist, the tobacco
seen there Tuesday was of aver
age quality.
Clark went on to say that the
prices were better on opening day
this year than last year.
There were a few piles that
sold for 72 cents, but the practical
tops in price was 71 cents. The
average was around 60 cents.
He spoke of the good selection
of tobacco seen on the market on
opening day.
It was one of the must success
ful opening days for the Wendell
market in 7 or 8 years, Clark said.
Clark said in general the farm
ers were not disappointed in the
prices received for their weed. He
said he canvassed the town’s mer
chants and they voiced the same
opinions: they had heard no dis
appointment from the farmers.
Clark estimated that 325,000
pounds of tobacco was sold in
Wendell Tuesday. Wendell has
four warehouses.
Farmers Warehouse, owned and
operated by Clark and his father,
L. R. Clark, Sr., sold 88,790 for
$53,863.08 for an average of $60.66.
Ihrie's Herd
Given Exclusive
Hame Title
John H. Ihrie, III, of Zebulon,
has been given the exclusive use
of the name “Dixie Meadow” as a
herd name in registering purebred
Holstein-Friesian cattle.
This prefix name is granted
and will be recorded by the Hol
stein-Friesian Association of A
merica, Brattleboro, Vermont. It
will be used in naming all animals
bred by Mr. Ihrie, III.
Ihrie’s herd totals between 40
and 50 of purebred cattle.
G. A/s Picnic
The Junior G. A.’s of the Zebu
Ion Baptist Church will hold its
annual Christmas-in-August pic
nic Friday, August 21, at 5 o’clock
at the community park. Gifts will
be brought and will later be pre
sented to Miss Freddie Bason, a
home missionary of Atlanta, Ga.
The group will be chaperoned by
Mrs. Tom Scarborough and Mrs.
Ashley Murphy, co-leaders.
First Broadcast
The first Sunday in September,
the 11 o’clock .worship hour of
Zebulon Methodist Church will be
broadcast in its entirely over Ra
dio Station WETC.
The church’s pastor, the Rev.
William K. Quick, will begin a
series of sermons on the topic,
“Are Faith Healers ‘Dupes’ or
Can Christ Heal Today?” The
first sermon in the series will be
preached on Sunday morning,
September 6, on the subject, “Do
You Want to Be Well?”
The remaining four sermons in
the series will be preached during
the evening worship service on
Sunday nights during the month of
September.
The Zebulon Methodist Church
will be the first church in this area
to broadcast morning worship
services over WETC, 540 on the
radio dial.
Local Youths Receive
Injuries In Accident
Miss Judy Overman is still at
Rex Hospital as a result of inju
ries received in an automobile ac
cident Wednesday night, August
12.
Miss Overman, daughter of Mrs.
Roger Baker, suffered a slight con
cussion and minor back injuries.
She has overcome the concussion
but must remain in the hospital for
back therapy.
The accident occurred approxi
mately 100 yards from the inter
section at Eagle Rock, according
to Investigating Patrolman F. R.
Wicker. The car, a 1957 Ford, was
driven by Anne Hopkins, 19.
Patrolman Wicker said Miss
Hopkins approached the sharp
curve near Eagle Rock at a mod
erate rate of speed and applied her
brakes, causing the car to skid.
The vehicle skidded into the small
ditch and gently rolled over. The
time of the accident was set at
about 9:30.
It was reported that the occu
pants of the car, Miss Hopkins,
Miss Overman, Jay Godwin, Tom
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Unique Nursery Set
For Methodist Church
Style Shop Has
Grand Opening
The opening of Pope’s Style
Shop here week before last mark
ed another of Zebulon’s finest
shopping centers.
Prior to the opening, Mayor Ed
Hales made a short speech prais
ing the town’s newest and most
modern business establishment.
The town’s First Lady then cut
the ribbons.
Present for the occasion besides
Mayor and Mrs. Hales were Mrs.
John W. Pope, wife of the owner;
Mrs. John W. Pope, Sr., wife of the
founder of the chain; A. J. Rector,
superintendent of the chain; Mrs.
Eunice Rhiner, bookkeeper; and
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Zebulon's First Cashier
F. E. Bunn Retires From State LGC
For F. E. Bunn now there is a
lot of television viewing, a moder
ate amount of gardening, walks
with his grandsons, and lots and
lots of reading.
He is doing just as he wishes and
he can, for you see, he’s retired.
Bunn rested his pencil and pen
from signing State documents
June 30. He served as senior ac
countant with the Local Govern
ment Commission for 28 years.
When Bunn went with the State
in June of 1931, the Local Gov
ernment Commission was an in
fant agency of the State Govern
ment. This State agency was cre
ated in the early part of 1931 by
the legislature of that year.
The Local Government Commis
sion deals primarily in issuing
bonds to cities, towns and coun
ties which apply for them. These
applications for bond monies may
be for sewer systems, water plants
and schools, or to cover debts in
curred by the counties or munici
palities.
But now Bunn is through put
ting his signature to bonds with
six, seven and eight figure digits.
Bunn is the son of the late
Cade D. and Betty Young Bunn.
He was bom March 16, 1880, at
the family home near Zebulon.
There were seven children in the
family. Bunn was the “knee ba
by.” The only other member of
his family now living is a brother,
Devil Dog Softball Team
Takes Tournament from Beck
Devil Dog softball team won the
play-offs in the summer softball
tournament.
The Devil Dogs were pitted a
gainst the Beck Bros, team in the
tournament which was played Fri
day and Saturday nights. The
Devil Dogs took the first game
from the veneer team, 11-7, and
the second, 6-0.
In the opening game, little Ben
ny Mitchell found himself in
trouble time and time again, but
with the big bats of Harold Den
ton and Brantley Carter giving
him a 9 to 2 lead in the early in
nings he went on to pitch his
twelfth win of the season.
In this contest Denton had a
perfect night at the plate with a
single, double, and home run in
three trips at bat.
The final game of the season,
which wrapped up the series for
the Devil Dogs, Mitchell again
went the distance and pitched his
better game of the season. He
hurled a two-hit 6-0 shut-out over
Carter led the Devil Dog offense
in this one with two for three, the
first being a long triple in the
third frame.
Leading batters for Beck Bros,
were Clayton Whitley and Pete
Grice with a one for two each.
Larry Whitley was the outstand
ing defense for Beck Bros.
During the season Charles Tay
lor won the batting percentage for
Devil Dog with an average of .527;
Linwood Liles took the runs batted
in honors; and HaTold Denton
was home run leader with eight
to his credit.
Inning scores:
Devil Dog . 0 0 1 0 2 2 1
Beck Bros. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Final Standings, in which series
games are Jjicluded.
W L Gb
Devil Dog . 17 5
Beck Bros. 14 8 3
Hilliards Restaurant 10 9 5%
Middlesex Polecats 1 18 14%
Beck Bros.
F. E. Bunn
Will Bunn, a prominent Raleigh
lawyer. Will was the baby of the
family.
Schooling was interspersed with
farming. He attended Midway
School near where the cotton gin
is now. For a few months each
year, after the crops were housed
or so they could be handled, Bunn
and his brothers and sisters at
tended this one room school.
Later, he entered Wakefield
Classical and Mathematical Acad
emy and from there he was grad
uated. One of the teachers at the
Academy, R. E Sentelle, encour
aged Bunn to further his schooling.
In 1902 he enrolled at King’s Busi
ness College in Raleigh.
His first job was as bookkeeper
of Creedmoor Supply Company.
He stayed with this firm for one
year.
He recalled that when he was
at Creedmoor it was election year.
Bunn has always been one of the
staunchest Democrats, and he said
he found himself in a nest of Re
publicans.
Laughingly he said they asked
him to help with the balloting be
cause he had a good script and
he was tempted to write in some
good Democrat names.
From Creedmoor he went to
Henderson to keep records for
Watkins Hardware Company. He
was with this business two years.
Bunn came to Zebulon as cash
ier of the first bank established
here July 1, 1907. He was working
in Youngsville as the assistant
cashier of that town’s bank when
he was asked to take over the
cashier’s position of the newly or
ganized bank. He remained with
the bank as its head until the de
pression forced it to close.
This genial gentleman stays well
informed by reading many of the
State’s newspapers, and leading
magazines of the country. He es
pecially prefers Life, both for its
excellent news coverage of nation
al and world events and because
of its many pictures.
Since his right eye hemorrhaged
some years ago, the vision has
failed and he is able only to dis
tinguish objects vaguely. Because
of this his reading has been di
minished.
He enjoys working in his vegeta
ble garden and his wife often calls
him down for working too strenu
ously because of his heart. He
suffered a slight heart attack sev
eral years ago.
Of his garden this year, he said
he had a fine prospect but then the
rains came and almost ruined it.
His health is generally good,
now, he said. He is getting along
fine.
For the first few years he drove
to Raleigh to work. Then during
the war he was instrumental in
getting a commuters bus and he
rode that continuously until he
stopped work.
He is looking forward to sleep
ing late this winter and not having
to brave the sleet, ice and snow.
He’ll just lie abed and listen to
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Balcony Converted
To Soundproof
Nursery
A unique nursery is in store for
the mothers of the Zebulon Metho
dist Church, according to an an
nouncement from the minister, the
Rev. William K. Quick.
The Rev. Mr. Quick levealed
that the Official Board of the
church has given the go-ahead on
the conversion of the church bal
cony into a sound-proof nursery
“cry-room.” (
The ceiling of the balcony will
be lowered twelve inches and a
sound-proof mineral tile will be
installed. Sound-proof glass will
be installed in the three removable
panels at the top rear of the church
sanctuary and carpet will be laid
wall to wall on the floor.
The worship services of the
church will be piped into the nur
sery and the mothers, with their
infants and little tots, will be able
to see the minister, choir and con
gregation, and also hear the serv
iiut: anu pdiuupaie in me services.
The congregation and minister will
not be able to hear the cries or
playful children in the sound
proof nursery.
The minister exhibited delight
of the proposed new addition to
the church.
No nursery during the church
worship services is provided at this
time, although the Church School
has iwo nursery groups, the pastor
said.
The new nursery-cry-room will
be ready by September 6 and will
be in use thereafter. The Church
School nurseries will also be moved
to the balcony. A crib-nursery, a
nursery for tots to two years of
age, and a nursery for two and
three year olds will result. This
action was necessitated because
of the rapid growth of the Church
School at Zebulon Methodist
Church.
In Marines
Marine Acting Sgt. James C.
Scarborough of Route 4, Zebulon,
is serving with the First Marine
Aircraft Wing at Iwakuni, Japan.
The First Wing provides heli
copter assault transportation and
tactical air support for the Okina
wa-based Third Marine Division,
and flies patrol missions over the
Sea of Japan.
Wakelon Coach Takes Reins;
Last Year At Spring Hope
The new head coach of Wake
Ion is Maurice H. Chapman, 38.
He succeeds Vaughan Fowler.
Chapman comes to Wakelon
from Spring Hope, where he was
coach for one season. Prior to that
he was at Weldon High School for
four years.
Chapman is a native of Milton,
West Virginia. He was educated
at Marshall College, Huntington,
West Va., and Morris-Harvey Col
lege, Charleston, West Va. He
served as captain of the football
team during his senior year at
Morris-Harvey College.
He has 10 years teaching and
coaching experience. While serv
ing in the U. S. Navy for three
years he was physical education
instructor. He played on the foot
ball team while training at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion.
During his high school coaching
career, 12 athletes he has trained J
have received football scholarships ;
at N. C. State, East Carolina, Guil
ford, West Virginia University,
Ohio University and others. Other
M. H. Chapman
athletes under his guidance have
received baseball scholarships.
Chapman is married and is the
father of five children.