Santa Arrives Today With Parade
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 46
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, December 10,1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Garden Clubbers Showing
Holiday House; Open Here
i
Ideas are being mulled around
and hands are beginning to busy
themselves with the ideas for Hol
•" iday House.
Holiday House is a project of the
Carmen Flowers Garden Club. It
will be held Saturday, December
12, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carsey Tippett, 115 Gannon Ave
nue.
This modified Victorian home
will have its lower floor decorated
in the Christmas motif by mem
bers of the garden club. Mem
bers have been assigned to a
committee which will decorate the
home.
Mrs. Tippett, president of the
club, has announced the commit
tees. They are: Outside, Mrs. Hor
ace Gay; Living Room, Mrs. Tip
pett; Dining Room, Mrs. Eldred
Rountree; Kitchen and Den, Mrs.
Norman Screws; and Hall, Bed
room and Bath, Mrs. Thurmar
Murray.
This is the first time the clul
has assigned itself such a venture
and the members are excited abou
the project. One member saic
she feels this type of thing is verj
good for the club. They are put
ting their own ideas and inven
tions into practice.
The tour is open to the public
Expectations are there will be a
least 200 persons to attend thi:
tour between the hours of 3 anc
5 in the ofternoon and 7:30 and 1(
at night.
Members of out of town garder
clubs have been invited, Mrs. Tip
pett said.
Two years ago members of the
club decorated homes in town anc
had a Christmas tour open only tc
members of the club.
Little River Township Voters
Approve School Bond Issue
Brilliant Young Baritone
To Sing Concert Here
The Rev. Steve Kimbrough, Jr.,
a brilliant young baritone record
ing artist and a Methodist minis
ter, will present a program of
familiar sacred songs, gospel
hymns, and Christmas carols on
Sunday night at 7:30 at the Zebu
Ion Methodist Church.
“We are fortunate to have such
a brilliant and promising young
singer to set the religious mood of
Zebulon,’’ the pastor of the church,
the Rev. William K. Quick, re
marked.
Kimbrough is a native of Ala
bama and received his musical
training at the Birmingham Con
servatory of Music under Andrew
Gainey, formerly of the New York
City Opera Company, and under
John Hanks, professor of voice at
Duke University in Durham. His
experience includes working in
churches as minister, youth direc
tor, and musician.
The Rev. Mr. Kimbrough is
presently pastor of the Hillsboro
Methodist Church, Hillsboro, N.
C., where he directors his own
choir and is active in the music
life of the community. He has
been heard on radio and television,
in musical comedy and concert.
As baritone soloist, he has sung
in such works as Mendelssohn’s
“Elijah,” Mozart’s “Requiem,”
Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater,” and
Purcell’s “King- Arthur.”
He will be accompanied at the
organ by Mrs. Adelaide Miller, or
ganist of the University Methodist
Church, Chapel Hill.
Varied Repertoire
The evening program will range
<- Ex-Mayor New Saponi District Chairman
Zebulon’s ex-mayor has been
. appointed chairman of the Saponi
District of Boy Scouts.
Wilbur Debnam succeeds Clar
ence Kirk, judge of Wendell Re
corder’s t art.
This is the second time a citi
zen of Zebulon has been appoint
ed Saponi district chairman. H.
Vance Brown served as chairman
for 1958. He was succeeded by
Kirk.
The first chairman of the district
was Ellis Nassif, Wake Forest
lawyer. Nassif served two terms,
1956 and 1957.
The tenure for this office is one
year.
The new chairman says he does
n’t yet know what constitutes the
job of chairman. Debnam says,
however, that he will serve to the
best of his ability and is proud to
be appointed to such a worthwhile
position.
Debnam is actively interested in
scouting. He himself became a
Star Scout, and is vitally inter
ested in the program since he has
a son who is a member of Boy
Scout Troop 540 here.
Debnam is the son of the late
Mallie T. Debnam and Lela Weath
ersby Debnam. Bom March 29,
1924, at the Debnam residence on
North Arendell Avenue, he is one
of four children. There is a sister,
Elise, Mrs. George Marley recent
ly of Zebulon, Dwite of Rocking
ham, and James, a half-brother,
of Zebulon.
His mother died when he was
about six months old and his fa
ther remarried. He knows no oth
er than his step-mother and loves
and adores her.
After graduating from Wakelon
High School, he entered State Col
lege. He says he had no particular
field in mind, but ended up with
a bachelor of science degree in
textile management. This was an
open field, at the time, another
reason why he selected it.
Before he was graduated from
State in 1949, World War II came
upon the scene. Debnam did not
wait to be drafted. He joined
the Air Force in 1943, and was
sent to Florida for training. Laugh
ingly he said he thought he would
solo in a few days after he was
there.
He was graduated a pilot from
the Florida Air Force base school
and immediately shipped off to
Europe where he piloted a B-24
bomber. After 16 missions his
plane was strafed and he was sent
home, a casualty.
Debnam said he was oveT Aus
tria when he was hit. The Ger
man bullet tore through his plane
and into his left forearm. For a
few minutes he didn’t realize that
he had been ,hit. The weather
was freezing. Suddenly, he looked
down and saw the blood that had
dripped from the wound was froz
en. That’s how cold it was!
After the plane was guided back
to its base, with the aid of the
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from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Lord
God of Abraham” to Charles Gab
riel’s beloved gospel hymn, “His
Eye Is On the Sparrow.”
One of the highlights of the
evening will be Mr. Kimbrough’s
solo work on the Billy Graham
Crusade Hymn, “How Great Thou
Art,” at which time, he will be
accompanied on the chorus by the
Methodist choir and congregation.
The Christmas carols will in
clude solo selections and favorite
carols as may be requested by the
congregation.
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Dress Up Your Table
Now With Cranberry
Sauce; It's Safe
The lady of the house can now
dress up her meals with cranberry
sauce.
It has been cleared.
W. B. Bunn Wholesale Grocery
Company was recently notified by
telegram from E. D. St. John,
House of Stokely, Raleigh, that
cranberry sauce being supplied to
the local wholesale house is per
fectly safe.
St. John, representating Ocean
Spray cranberry sauce, further
stated in the telegram that the
merchandise is guaranteed to be
pure and wholesome, and the
company assumes full responsibilty
for the purity of its product.
Sales of cranberries and sauce
reportedly dropped in local gro
cery stores during the Thanksgiv
ing holidays when the Federal
Goverment and cranberry growers
were fighting over the accusation
made by a government official that
some of this year’s crop was con
taminated .with a cancer-produc
ing spray.
176 For Issue ■>
43 Against
Little River Township voters
overwhelmingly authorized a $5,
600,000 school bond issue Tuesday.'
According to Police Chief Wil
lie B. Hopkins voters in the area
carried the bond issue by a vote of
176 for and 43 against.
Wakelon School Board Chairman
Dr. B. D. Thomas said of the fav
orable vote, “It was just great,
just great!”
The president of Wakelon School
PTA, Mrs. George H. Temple,
reluctantly said: “I am happy
that it passed.”
Wakelon Principal John
Hicks’ voice rang with joy when
he was interviewed by telephone.
He said, “It was most gratifying
to me. On two occasions, Janu
ary, 1957 and December, 1959, the
people of this school district sup
ported bond issues which were
needed, and I feel like it is a real
honor and privilege to serve a
school whose people are aware of
the needs of education and are
willing to support bond issues
in order to meet the needs of the
schools.”
Principal Hicks added further,
“I am hopeful some of the needs
can be met with money from this
bond issue. Of course, the needs
are determined .by the County
Board of Education.”
County Board of Education
Chairman C. V. Whitley said: “Of
course I am happy about the out
come of the vote. 1 have worked
for it. I think it is one of the fin
est things that could have hap
pened. It is inspiring to know that
the people are still interested in
the welfare of education.”
Whitley said Wakelon and Shep
ard schools will get their propor
tional part of the bond monies. He
further added that they may not
get all they want, but the Board
is going to try to keep the schools
in the best shape and with the
best facilities possible.
Principal Garland Crews of
Shepard School said: '*We are most
delighted the bond issue passed,
because we do know there are
many needs that only the bond
issue can solve.”
The Shepard principal further
adde^jl: “We are very happy that
the people of Little River Town
ship and Wake County recognize
that good schools cost money and
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Above is an architect’s drawing of the office building of Dr. B.
0. Thomas. The building is now well under construction on grounds
near the Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. Completion date of the very
modem interior and exterior structure is set for March. No cost
estimate was obtained.
Christmas Parade Today At 5:00 P.M.