THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 42
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, November 12,1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Is A Missile Launching Base Planned Near Community?
The little hamlet of Eagle Rock
in Eastern Wake County is seeth
ing with rumors and wonderings.
Three weeks ago the people in
this agricultural village started
wondering just what was taking
place in their midst when an Army
supervised drill team set up opera
tion.
Local speculation is that the
Army may establish an under
ground missile launching base in
that area.
No official confirmation has
been secured by this paper. Tele
phone calls were made to various
Army offijials but no contacts
could be made.
A reporter visited the site where
the drilling is taking place ap
proximately three-quarters of a
mile off Highway 2503 on property
said to be owned by the Hall es
tate.
The drilling operation is in a
tobacco stalk-filled field surround
ed by woods. A four-man drill
team is taking rock core tests.
Over to the side of the drill
machinery is a box of test rock
which has been logged by a geo
logist with the team. The beauti
ful granite-like round arms of
stone are different lengths, rang
ing from a foot to three feet.
The men working on the project
said they could Teveal nothing to
the press. When the reporter
opined the project might be fine
for the economy of the community,
one of the workers joked that what
was being established might make
the reporter want to move out.
A road to the site has been
staked off. Reports are that the
road will be surfaced in a very
short while.
Unofficial sources say that 40 to
SO acres will be needed for this
project.
One of the men of the drill team
said they are working out of Sa
vannah. He also revealed that a
second test will be made only a
short distance from the present
drill site.
When the reporter asked the
depth reached by the drilling, one
of the men said the drilling had
gone slightly ever 203 feet.
Three Honored
Scout Dinner Successful
A prominent doctor’s wife, a
former Zebulon resident and a
Wendell man were honored for
their work in Scouting Tuesday
night at the annual district dinner
held here.
Mrs. B. D. Thomas, wife of Dr.
B. D. Thomas; Hubert Watson of
Franklinton, formerly of Zebulon
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Watson; and Wray Brewer of
Wendell were presented distin
guished service awards by Russell
P. McLean, field director of the
Saponi District.
The outstanding Den Mother a
ward was presented to Mrs. Thom
as, the outstanding Cub Master a
ward was presented to Watson, and
the outstanding Scout Master a
ward was given to Brewer.
Special recognition was given to
Eldred Rountree, Cub Pack lead
er of Troop 540 of Zebulon; Vernon
Powers of Wendell, Pack leader of
319; and Douglas Carter of Frank
linton, Troop 530 leader. These
men were given a token for the
training and round-up winners.
Estimates by Scout officials were
that more than 400 Friends of
Scouting attended the dinner meet
ing held in the National Guard
Armory.
Smith To Address
Wakelon School PTA
County School Superintendent
Fred Smith will address the Wake
Ion School Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation Monday night at 7:45 in the
auditorium.
Although the topic of Mr.
Smith’s speech has not been an
nounced, he js expected to inform
the parents and public about the
county schools. Mrs. G. H. Tem
ple, PTA president, says she ex
pects Mr. Smith to mention the
county school bond issue which is
to be voted upon December 8.
The Rev. Thomas Fleming, pas
tor of the Wakefield Baptist
Church, will bring the devotional
message.
Entertainment will be offered in
the form of dance variations by
some of Mrs. H. C. Wade’s stu
dents.
Mrs. Temple urges all parents to
be present Monday night so they
may become better informed about
the public schools. Also, she re
minds parents that their presence
may help win money for the pur
chase of a record for their chil
dren’s classrooms.
Pearce Baptist Church
Has Music Director
A member of the junior class at
Southeastern Seminary lhas ac
cepted a position as music director
of Pearce Baptist Church, the Rev.
Garland L. Foushee, pastor, has
announced.
Graham Nahouse, a New Jersey
native and a graduate of Richmond
College, will have supervision of
all music at the Pearce Church
which will include adult, junior
and children’s choirs.
Before enrolling at Southeast
ern, he served as student assistant
pastor of Bainbridge Street Church
in Richmond.
INSTALLED
Miss Mary Taylor has been in
stalled as vice president of the
Pestalozzi Chapter of the Student
National Education Association of
Shaw University.
Miss Taylor, with the other offi
cers of the chapter, was installed
Friday, October 30, in Greenleaf
Auditorium by Guilbert Daley, di
recter of drama at Shaw Univer
sity.
The new vice president of the
university organization is a native
of Zebulon, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Taylor. She is a
graduate of Shepard High School
and is a student at Shaw Univer
sity.
Wendell Matron
President District Dental Auxiliary
The new president of North Car
olina District 4 Dental Auxiliary
isn’t a woman who likes idleness.
Mrs. Leo Horton of Wendell,
who was installed as president of
the dental wives organization
Tuesday, November 3, abhors the
thought of sitting down and twid
dling her thumbs. In fact, she
isn’t going to do it.
She is a woman who finds life
exciting and radiates this excite
ment and joy of living to others.
She has no intention of becoming
bored with her existence. There
are too many things to do.
Mrs. Horton, who has an ex
pressively planed face, declares
she doesn’t stay busy just for the
fun of it. Of course there must
be a certain aspect of fun in any
thing, but she does things which
she feels are helpful, worthwhile
and up-lifting to her fellowman.
Her greatest joy is ministering
to others. She is never too occu
pied with her own to forget, ig
nore or over-look those persons
and organizations which need her
usefulness.
Mrs. Horton’s alert, astute mind
is equally as active as her busy
hands. Her literary diet is com
posed of periodicals which inform
and give her food for thought.
These periodicals range from The
Atlantic Monthly, Saturday Eve
ning Post, Harpers, etc.
The new Dental Auxiliary pres
ident has served as past president
of Wendell School PTA and past
vice president of Wake County
PTA. She is genuinely interested
in education from all aspects—
child to adult—and is constantly
seeking ways to promote it by
working with educational officials
and organizations.
Mrs. Horton, having been a
teacher in the public schools, is
fully aware of the many needs and
improvements in the present edu
cational set-up. She feels strong
ly that something must be done
about the many inadequacies, and
she is working for the fulfillment
of these needs.
She is a member of the Wake
County curricula study group, and
feels something veTy good will
come from such study being con
ducted by school laymen and of
ficials.
Mrs. Horton is very civic-mind
ed. She is secretary to her town’s
Planning Board. Women, she be
lieves, should take an active part
in their town’s government and
civic activities. It is time-consum
ing, but she believes women should
find time to make their voices
heard in their town.
Religion plays a vi al role in
Mrs. Horton’s life and the life of
her family. She and her family
are members of Heph/.ibah Bap
tist Church. At Hep’izibah she
taught the Coup'es Sundav School
Class for many years, and mem
bers of that class say she was one
of the best teachers they ever had.
She is now serving as assistant
teacher of the Couples Class.
One of her first love s in church
work is being leader of the Inter
mediate Girls’ Auxiliary. These 15
girls thrive spiritually under Mts.
Horton’s direction and are being
transformed into better and more
worthwhile citizens.
Mrs. Horton’s life revolves
around three characteristics:
spiritual, education, and social,
with the family as the core.
Mrs. Horton belongs to a bridge
club which meets about four times
a year. Playing bridge doesn’t
particularly fascinate her. She
had rather be doing something
which she feels is more construc
tive.
Gardening does hold a special
attraction for her. Mrs. Horton
adores floweT gardening. Her
beautiful specimens are brought in
to the contemporary ranch style
home and made into artistic ar
rangements.
Mrs. Horton has taken two flow
er show judging courses and
eventually hopes to finish the oth
er necessary courses to become!
a show judge. She is a member
of the Morning Workshop Garden I
Club. !
She prefers classical and semi- |
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Lions Aiding Boys
Home at Waccamaw;
For Underprivileged
United Fund Almost
To Half Way Mark
Zebulon United Fund is heading
for the half way mark.
Crafton Hudson, head of the
UF, reported yesterday that col
lections now have risen to $2,143.
This, he said is 46% of the goal.
The majority of the solicitors
have reported, Hudson said. The
solicitor for Hopkins Community
has not reported.
Three Zebulon Girls
Pledged In College
Social Sororities
Three Zebulon girls are among
95 women students at Atlantic
Christian College who have been
pledged to membership in the in
stitution’s social sororities, the
ACC Interf atemity Council
has made known.
Patricia Murray has been pledg
ed to Sigma Tau Chi Sorority and
Sybil Sanderford and Carolyn
Vann are pledged to Omega Chi
Sorority. Miss Murray is a grad
uate of Wakelon High School and
Misses Sanderford and Vann are
graduates of Corinth-Holders High
School.
All three girls are members of
the freshman class at Atlantic
Christian.
Adult Farmers
Classes To Be
Held At School
Adult classes for farmers in this
vicinity have been scheduled for
the fall and winter, according to
C. V. Tart, Wakelon agriculture
instructure.
The hrst meeting will be held
tonight (Thursday), Tart said, at
7:30 o’clock. The topic will be
“The Tobacco Outlook for 1960.”
T. Holman Cyrus, tobacco market
ing specialist for the N. C. De
partment of Agriculture, will be
the guest speaker.
All farmers in the Wakelon
School district are invited to at
tend these meetings, Tart said. The
class will be organized and offi
cers elected on the first meeting
night.
At this time, plans will be made
for future classes as far, as time and
subjects are concerned, Tart said.
At present the plans are to have
the class each second and fourth
Thursday night in each month.
Zebulon Lions join the Lions of
North Carolina in announcing the
gift of a Lions’ cottage to Boys
of North Carolina at Lake Wacca
maw.
Lions President Ray Goodwin
said he is very pleased that his
club is a contributing factor to the
$50,000 project.
At the Lions’ State Council
meeting held at the Boys’ Home,
October 24 and 25, Stacy Budd,
who is Lions State Boys’ Home
chairman, and a member of Boys’
Home executive committee and
board of directors conferred with
the Council.
The council voted to turn over
all monies which have been col
lected and all those that will be
collected in the future for this
purpose to Budd who will then
turn over these funds to the board
of directors of Boys’ Home and a
building committee from Lions,
and the construction of the cottage
will start immediately.
Goodwin said each member of
the local club will contribute $2
toward the building of the cottage.
This same plans is being used
throughout the state.
The addition of the Lions’ cot
tage at Boys’ Hdme will increase
cottage facilities fro 16 to 32 boys
and their houseparents. The ul
timate goal of Boys’ Home is six
cottages to care for 100 boys. The
admittance ages are 10 to 16 years.
North Carolina Lions have been
among Boys’ Homes’ most consist
ent backers, Goodwin said. For
many months they have promoted
the Buck-a-Month Club among
their membership, whereby each
member pledged one dollar a
month towards the support of
Boys’ Home, a non-tax supported
child caring institution licensed
by the North Carolina Welfare De
partment to care for boys and to
solicit for necessary funds.
“We are elated over this gen
erosity on the part of Lions Club
members,” said Goodwin. This will
make it possible for us to double
our service to the neglected and
underprivileged boys of the state,
and to rehabilitate them into good
citizens.
Zebulon Lions Club boasts a
membership of 36 active club
workers.
LEGION MEET
Bill Perry, Commander has given
notice that the American Legion
will hold its Nov. meeting Tues
day, November 17, at 7 o’clock at
Hilliard’s Restaurant. All mem
bers and non-members are invited.
Commander Perry said the meet
ing will deal primarily with the
membership drive and financial re
port.