THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 38
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, October 1, 1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Wakefield HP Club
Celebrates 37th Birthday
Wakefield Home Demonstration
Club was organized in 1922 in the
Baptist church of that community
just north of Zebulon. There were
25 charter members who were
bound together to form the club
by a Miss Plucket, first Wake
County home agent.
The meetings were conducted
once a month, the fourth Wednes
day, in the homes of different
members. They were mainly held
in the home of Mrs. A. A. Pippin,
wife of the beloved Wakefield
minister. Mrs. Pippin was very
active in this club work.
Later, however, the club began
meeting in the old Masonic Lodge.
During this time they were seek
ing ways and means of obtaining
a permanent home—a club house.
Realizing the real need of a club
house building for these deter
mined ladies, Sanford Joyner gave
a small lot to erect the building
on. The ladies’ husbands contri
buted logs and hauled them to the
location, and the ladies donned
overalls and measured and sawed.
Hatchets and butcher knives rang
as the women skinned the logs.
A Mr. Bass was hired by the
members to superintend and build
the club house for a cost of $500.
Some donations were given to
these hard working ladies—doors,
windows and shingles. It was
completed in 1928.
Even while the building was be
ing constructed the ladies were
making and selling quilts, giving
district school plays, having har
vest sales, chicken sales and other
things to add to the depleted
treasury.
H. A. Hodge made and installed
lovely cabinets in the kitchen.
There is an oil stove and a work
table in the kitchen, too. This
room is rather small.
The club room is one of large
ness and comfort. It has a big
fireplace, and there are chairs, a
table-desk, and a few odd pieces
of furniture.
There have been five presidents
who have served the club well
during its history. They are Mrs.
Pearl Hoyle, Mrs. Albert Joyner,
Mrs. Kemp Leonard and Mrs. Vera
Rhodes. Mrs. Harold Green is the
present leader.
Landscaping and shrubs, screen
windows and door, curtains and
the finishing of the floors have
been done as projects and H. A.
Hodge made and put up the name
plate out front.
Memberships have varied
throughout the years, but it has
remained fairly constant and ac
tive. At present there are 23
active and 10 inactive members.
Mrs. Vera Rhodes entered the
first HD school of short courses
held at State College in 1924. In
1928 Mrs. Rhodes, with five other
ladies from various clubs through
out North Carolina, graduated with
honors. Mrs. Rhodes is the only
member of the Wakefield club who
holds a certificate.
One of the club’s goals has been
reached. Electric lights were
turned on in the building Septem
ber 10. This has been a long
looked-forward-to project for ma
ny, many years. Now, the ladies
are trying very hard to get enough
funds together to have water in
stalled in the kitchen. And it will
come, for they are workers.
On August 26, a picnic was held
on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Simpson honoring the club’s 37th
birthday. Approximately 40 club
members and their families and
invited guests were present. The
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What Has Mrs. L. R.
Temple Found?
A 12 foot long, three foot wide
balloon-type object was discovered
in the yard of Mrs. L. R. Temple
of East Sycamore Street Friday,
September -18.
Mrs. Temple said she found the
light brown rubber object in her
backyard about 10 o’clock in the
morning. She said she had hung
out a washing of clothes and went
out later to see about the clothes
and saw this brown object lying
on the grass. She said she had
hung out no brown colored clothes
and went over to see what it was.
The rubber object was con
structed of a rubber slightly thick
er than a child’s balloon. It had
no markings of any sort, but Mrs.
Temple said there were pockets
of air still visible in it.
The lady thought it might have
been a weather balloon, but has
heard of no weather station send
ing out such balloons in this lo
cality. She took it to several
persons in town, but they could
not identify it as a weather bal
loon.
Mrs. Temple still has the object
and is wondering just what it is.
Saw Meteor
Mrs. Viola Perry and Mrs.
Wayne Privette saw the meteor
which whizzed across the sky just
about sunset last Thursday.
Mrs. Perry reported that the
fiery object was traveling west at
a terrific rate of speed. She re
ported she and her neighbor, Mrs.
Privette, saw the meteor about
6:30 p.m.
The meteor was reportedly seen
at many places in North and South
Carolina. At first it was thought
to have been a U. S. satellite, Van
guard III but the Air Force re
ported the object was a meteor.
The two Zebulon women are the
first to have reported seeing the
meteor.
Special Session
Takes Action On Water,
Sewer For Development
Mayor Ed Hales and the Town
Board went into special session
last Tuesday night for the purpose
of deciding about putting water
and sewer lines in a new Zebulon
development.
Affirmation action was taken
by the mayo*- and commissioners
for erecting water and sewer lines
on the first section of a proposed
Directors Approve United
Fund Budget For Year
Approval of the United Fund
budget for Zebulon for the year
1959-60 took place September 9
at a meeting of the president and
directors.
President Crafton Hudson said
the directors were “very favorably
impressed” with this year’s bud
get figures.
The budget of $4,637.60 is ap
proximately $1,000 less than last
year. Hudson said this is because
the Scouts have conducted their
own fund drive and two of the
agency’s funds were lowered. He
did not name the agencies which
were lowered.
Separate drives will be conduct
ed by cancer, poliomyelitis and
heart. Hudson said they are in
cluded in the budget and checks
for these agencies will be sent to
the Medical Research Triangle at
the Baptist Hospital in Winston
Salem.
Cancer, heart and polio will not
accept checks from United Fund
agencies, Hudson said.
The drive will get under way
next Monday. It will continue
through October 10, and is planned
to coincide with the Raleigh Unit
ed Fund drive. Solicitors for the
drive will be gotten by the direc
tors.
Hudson said: “We certainly are
going to need all the help from the
people in town and the surrounding
communities to put the Fund drive
across. Every effort will be made
to make it a successful campaign.”
Directors at the meeting were
Horace Smith, Howard Beck, Mrs.
Doris Privette, Mrs. James Creech,
the Rev. W. Arnold Smith, Ray
Goodwin and Miss Ruby Dawson.
new development in the northern
part of the town.
Mayor Hales said the cost of the
project will be approximately
$11,000. This will be sufficient for
25 building lots.
Victor Bell, owner of the prop
erty, will pay for half of the in
stallation of water and sewer line
costs in the streets on his property
and 25 per cent of the cost on
property bordering one side of his
property. The town will foot the
rest of the bill for installation.
The cost to the town will be tak
en care of from funds in the bud
get, Police Chief Willie B. Hop
kins said. He revealed the funds
are ready and waiting.
Progress on the installation of
water and sewer lines in the first
section of the new development
will get underway as soon as the
town engineer is able to get the
plans drawn, Hopkins said.
Homecoming
Homecoming will be observed
at Hopkins Chapel Baptist ChuTch
Sunday, October 11, the Rev. V. L.
McBride, pastor, has announced.
Dr. M. Ray McKay will deliv
er the homecoming message to
be followed by a dinner spread
on the grounds of the church.
Dr. McKay is professor of
preaching at Southeastern Bap
tist Seminary at Wake Forest.
An offering will be taken dur
ing this celebration to retire the
present church building debt.
Town Getting Tennis
Courts At The Park;
Ready Next Summer
RolesviNe Minister
Revival Evangelist At
Hopkins Chapel Church
Rev. Crate Jones
Sunday evening, October 4, the
annual fall revival will begin at
Hopkins Chapel Baptist Church,
the Rev. V. L. McBride, pastor, has
announced.
The Rev. Crate Jones, who is
pastor of Rolesville Baptist
Church, will be the revival evan
gelist. This Louisville, Ky., native
was educated at Mars Hill and
Wake Forest, where he earned his
B. A. degree, and at Southern Sem
inary, where he earned his B. D.
degree.
He has held pastorates at Car
ledge Creek and Saron near Rock
ingham, and at Greystone in Ashe
boro. He has been at Rolesville
since February, 1958.
Kenneth G. Hopkins, choir di
rector, will lead the song services
and provide special music and
musical selections will be pre
sented by the choir. The Baker
Quartet will provide renditions
during the week.
Each evening’s service will begin
at 8 p.m., and the pastor and con
gregation will welcome visitors.
Two regulation size tennis
courts will be ready next year for
these who play the game.
Mayor Ed Hales revealed that
the town board voted unanimously
at the September 8 meeting to have
two courts7 constructed on the
Community Park property.
The two courts on the southwest
corner of the Park have been
graded, Police Chief Willie B.
Hopkins has said. The grading
was done last Saturday and Mon
day by M. L. Duke.
Approximate cost of the grad
ing, according to Hopkins, amount
ed to $200. The courts were lev
elad and top soil put on them.
They are now to “set” through the
winter before being “black
topped” next spring.
Mayor Hales said the engineer
suggested grading and letting the
courts “set” rather than putting
bases of gravel and finishing the
courts completely. The engineer
said a better court will be had
where there is a clay surface that
has hardened naturally.
Hopkins said the courts measure
approximately 130 feet wide and
120 long.
Tennis players of Zebulon and
the surrounding communities lost
access to the only courts at Wake
Ion School last year. A proposed
music building is set to be erected
by the county on this property.
Commissioner G. Kermit Corbett
made the motion for the construc
tion of the two tennis courts at the
Park. Commissioner Thurman
Hepler seconded the motion.
Record Attendance
Broken At Fair
Attendance records were broken
at Zebulon Five County Fair last
week.
Lions President Ray Goodwin
reported that more than 10,000
persons attended the fair sponsored
by the Lions for the fifth year.
The fair had a perfect week
weather-wise and the crowds
surged through the gates to see
the agricultural exhibits and one
of the best carnivals seen here
in many a year.
No undue incidents were re
ported by the police department
other than the kootch show inci
dent which was publicized by the
State papers.
Lions and fair officials said they
were very well pleased with all
aspects of the fair this year.
Powell Bill Allotment
$6,429.21 To Zebulon
Powell Bill money representing
one-half of the state’s six cents
per gallon tox on gasoline and to
taling $6,766,092.58 will go to 408
incorporated towns and cities this
year and checks for the money
will be mailed October 1.
The town of Zebulon will re
ceive $6,429.21. This amount was
allocated on the basis of the 1950
population figure of 1,378.
Powell Bill funds are used for
non-highway system street im
provements. Towns and cities have
been receiving these funds since
1951 when the first allocation was
$4,543,096.20. This sum has in
creased year by year and this year
amounts to $6,766,092.58. The first
number of municipalities partici
pating was 386; the figure now is
408.
This represents an approximate
4 per cent increase over the $6,
477,457.37 distributed last year.
During the nine-year period of aid
under the Powell Bill a total of
$51,779,757.24 will have been dis
tributed with the issuance of this
year’s checks.
The net revenue from the six
cent tax amounted to $81,288,099.
60 for the fiscal year 1958-59.
Half of the total Powell Bill al
locations will be divided among
all qualified municipalities on the
basis of population at a per capita
rate of $2.21.
The remaining half is divided on
the basis of relative mileage of
non-highway system or local
streets of municipalities complying
with the act at a per mile rate of
$474.75.