THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 51 Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, February 18,1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
New Cubmaster
Consulting Engineer With State
A new Cubmaster has been nam- |
ed for the Cubs of Zebulon, accord- 1
ing to District Commissioner 1
Armstrong Cannady. |
Stanley Z. Seago, new resident ;
of Zebulon, will be officially in
stalled as Cubmaster in ceremonies
to be held at the Lions Club Feb- !
ruary 29. Seago succeeds Eldred
Rountree.
Seago said, “I am tickled to i
death with my new job. I am very
happy to be working with the
Cubs.”
He said he has been interested in
Scout work for a long time. Right
now he is getting his “second wind” ;
in Scouting, he called it. His old
er son was in Scouting but is now
out of it, and his younger is just
beginning.
“I am hoping to have a very sue- |
cessful year to come in Scouting,”
Seago said. ‘
Seago will be in charge of four
dens, which consist of 38 active
scouters.
He is, as he said, not a novice
in Scout work. While he was a
resident of Virginia, he served as
Cubmaster of Fairfax County for
two years, and was on the Boy
Scout committee there.
Seago was born in Lilesville in
Anson County August 30, 1915. He
is is the youngest of three children
of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. Z.
Seago.
He was reared in ureenvine ana
was active in Scout work there
while he was a boy. He reached
the rank of First Class during his
boyhood Scouting.
After graduating from Green
ville High School, he entered N. C.
State College and was graduated
with a bachelor of engineering de
gree in mechanical engineering in
1938.
He now holds a position with
the North Carolina State Depart
ment of Administration as a con
sultant engineer. This job en
compasses the technical control of
all state owned real estate and
buildings, he said.
Prior to accepting a position
with the State, he was an assist
ant chief mechanical engineer with
the Federal Housing Administra
tion in Washington, D. C. He held
this position for 18 years.
Mrs. Seago, who is the former
Mary Elizabeth Parker of Potecasi,
interspersed into the interview that
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WETC
General Manager
Bill Kirby, former announcer for
Radio Station WMPM at Smith
held, became general manager of
WETC, Wendell-Zebulon Radio
Station, February 10.
He is moving from Oxford to
Wendell where he will reside.
Stanley Z. Seago
Edwards To Speak
To Farm Bureau
A. C. Edwards, executive vice
president of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation, speaks
Vlonday night at the regular
neeting of the Zebulon Farm Bu
reau.
Edwards has for a long time
been a leader of farmers in North
Carolina, and is especially quali
fied to point out the place of a
[arm organization in our economy,
C. V. Tart, Wakelon agriculture in
structor, said.
A summary of the happenings
at the State Farm Bureau Conven
tion will be the main topic of dis
cussion, Tart said.
Each member of the local Farm
Bureau is urged to come and take
part in the work of this organi
zation.
“There has never been a time in
our history when it was more im
portant for farmers to be organized
than at present,” Tart said.
This meeting will be held in
Wakelon Agricultural Department
Monday night, February 22, at
7:30 p.m.
Census Takers Needed
Daniel A. West, district super
visor of the 1960 Census of Popula
tion and Housing which starts
April 1, today issued an appeal to
residents of Little River and Marks
Creek Townships to become candi
dates for jobs as census takers.
Applicants for jobs as census
takers should contact the District
Office at 503 Hillsboro Street, Ra
leigh, either by mail or telephone
(TE 2-5454); but should not make
a long distance call.
Applicants for jobs as census
takers must be over 18 years of
age, be citizens of the United
States, and have a high school edu
cation or its equivalent. Candidates
will be required to pass a selection
test demonstrating theiT ability to
understand written instructions
and read maps. Persons who are
presently or recently associated
with law enforcement or tax as
sessing or collection agencies are
not eligible.
Census takers will be paid on a
piece price basis. A diligent cen
sus taker should earn about $12.00
per day, the district supervisor
said. A $10.00 training fee will be
paid to census takers who success
fully complete the course of in
struction required before they start
their rounds, and accept a census
assignment.
Local Doctor Named
To Rules Committee
For Branch Hospitals
Dr. B. D. Thomas
Citizens Voicing Protests
About Removal of Hi School
Some Zebulon citizens are begin
ning to voice protests over the
proposed removal of the town’s
only white senior high school.
Wake County school officials are
planning the consolidation of four
Eastern Wake County high schools,
Wakelon, Wendell, Rolesville and
Knightdale.
When the plans for consolida
tion by the officials were first men
tioned, the local citizenry acted
rather complacently, Wendell cit
izens, however, rose in protest and
their protestations appeared in
some of the State’s leading news
papers.
Only recently Zebulon citizens
began to register complaints. Some
appear to be rather upset at the
thought of losing the local high
school.
Mothers' Polio March Very
Successful; $395.42 Collected
Collections for the Mothers’ Po
lio March almost doubled last
year’s collection, Mrs. Ben Thomas,
chairman of the drive, has re
ported.
This year’s drive netted $395.42.
Vet Arrested For Robbery;
Practiced Here In 1953
A veterinarian who practiced
near Zebulon seven years ago has
been charged with a $13,338 hold
up of a branch bank at Anderson,
Indiana, last December 7.
Dr. Richard Allen Spring, 29,
of Frankton, Ind., went to the
Marion County Jail on a federal
bank robbery charge.
The FBI took over the handsome
graduate of Michigan State Uni
versity after he signed a statement
admitting last Friday’s Indiana
bank holdup.
Spring also admitted orally to
Anderson, Ind., police authorities
he had robbed a bank in Winston
Salem before Christmas but was
“very vague” about the details.
Two white men have been
hunted since December 7 for an
$8,868 robbery of the Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co. North branch in
< Winston-Salem.
The young veterinarian surrend
ered without resistance after being
nabbed for speeding in his white
Cadillac sedan. He told the two
sheriff’s deputies that apprehended
him that he was on his way to pay
off a loan on the car.
Dr. Spring, described as a “seri
ous, soft-spoken student” in Mich
igan State’s Veterinary School,
practiced here in 1953. His location
when here was in a house owned
by Joe Tippett, about two miles
northeast of Zebulon on Highway
64.
He moved to Statesville after
leaving here.
Dr. Spring was married when he
was practicing here, but records
show he was divorced two years
ago.
FBI agents were in Zebulon
Tuesday checking with various
persons about Spring.
“I am awfully pleased and very
happy with the collections,” Mrs.
Thomas said.
She added, too, that the solicitors
were “very cooperative” and work
ed very hard. She said she is
proud of them for devoting their
time and energy to make the drive
such a successful one.
The drive was conducted against
the wishes of the United Fund, but j
Mrs. Thomas said she couldn’t af
ford not to head such a drive when
she has been as close to infantile
paralysis as she has. The oldest
Thomas child suffered a slight case
of polio during his infancy.
and the outlying area of Wakefield.!
No other communities were can
vassed in the drive.
Assisting Mrs. Thomas were Mrs.1
| Georgia Croom, Mrs. Forrest Hen
dricks, Mrs. Tom Kimball, Mrs.
Helen Wall Massey, Mrs. Wilton
Gay, Mrs. Loomis Strickland,
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Legion Auxiliary
To Meet Tonight
All members of the American
Legion Auxiliary are urged to be
present at the February meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Foster
Lewis. Mrs. Lewis will be hostess
for this meeting.
A fight may be in the making,
but one prominent citizen who pre
ferred to remain anonymous said
he doesn’t believe a fight will de
velop, feeling that things will be
worked out peacefully and to Zeb
ulon’s advantage.
A few people here imply that
consolidation is “being rammed
down our throats” by county school
officials.
Others say that if Wakelon
School had gotten what they de
served and were promised from
the bond issues the school would
be as good or better than any
school in the county.
According to some persons who
profess to know, Wakelon School
did not receive “the first red cent”
from the two bond issues voted
with approval by the people in
1957 and 1959.
In a prepared statement for the
press, Ed Hales said:
“Is Zebulon to lose Wakelon
High School?
“Zebulon, a progressive town in
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A prominent 39-year-old Zebu
Ion physician has been named to
a committee for setting up rules
and by-laws for the new Wake
Memorial Hospital near Raleigh
and the smaller hospitals located
at Zebulon, Wake Forest, Apex
and Fuquay Springs.
Dr. Ben David Thomas was one
of four doctors to be named to
the committee. Dr. Clyde Ward,
head of the Medical Society, made
the replacement appointments.
The other three replacements
were Dr. Oscar Goodwin of Apex,
Dr. Glenn Judd of Varina, and Dr.
C. T. Wilkinson of Wake Forest
who did not resign his post on the
committee.
A dispute over clinic policies
of the Wake County Hospital Au
thority led to the resignation of
three physicians serving on the
committee.
Du. Alfred Hamilton, Dr. B.
Watson Pugh, and W. Howard
Wilson quit after disagreement
with the Authority’s decision to
make full-fledged hospitals out of
the four rural branch hospitals.
Doctors serving on the commit
tee who did not resign were Dr.
Wilkinson, Dr. Nelson Perry, a
Negro physician of Raleigh, and
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Methodist Luncheon
The ladies of the Zebulon Metho
dist Church will sponsor a lunch
eon in the Fellowship Hall of the
Church on Monday, February 22.
Lunch will be served from 11:30
a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and price of
the tickets are $1.00. Luncheon
tickets are on sale by members of
the society but may be purchased
at the church.
The menu for Monday’s luncheon
will consist of brunswick stew, but
tered potatoes, tossed salad, bread,
pie and coffee. Mrs. John Hicks
of Circle Number Two of the
Zebulon Woman’s Society of
Christian Service is in charge.
Proceeds from the luncheon will
go toward the building of the new
Methodist parsonage. The public
is invited.
Pearce Baptist Church Will
Enter Achievement Program
Pearce Baptist Church of ttoute
3, Zebulon, has entered the I960
North Carolina Baptist Achieve
ment Program, Pastor Garland
Foushee said this week.
Sponsored by the Church Devel
opment Department of the Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina, the program is designed to
stimulate growth and development
in church 'work. Outstanding
achievement by pastors and
churches, areas of church, commu
nity and world improvement are
recognized.
Many churches in North Caroli
na entered the program last year
for the first time. These churches
recorded phenominal growth and
development in all areas while
participating in the program, the
Rev. Mr. Foushee said.
Each church in the program sets
up goals for advancement in 10
areas. An inventory question
naire furnishes suggestions for
projects such as: organizations,
worship, pastoral ministry, evan
gelism, Christian stewardship, fel
lowship, education and training,
missionary outreach and expansion,
buildings and equipment and com
munity services.
The participating church is al
so required to present to the
Church Development Department
an illustrated book of programs.
The outstanding church and pas
tor reporting progress is selected
by a State committee on judging.
This church receives a metal
plaque which may be displayed in
a prominent position within or
without the church.
Records and scrapbooks with an
illustrated account of progress are
made under the direction of the
local church committee. The com
mittee from Pearce church is com
posed of Elmer Pearce, chairman;
Jarvis Gay, Mrs. Hal Perry, L. D.
Pearce, Larby Perry, and Hal Per
ry.
The inventory questionnaire and
scrapbook as illustrated progress
are basis for judging on associa
tion and State-wide levels.
Ernest C. Upchurch, secretary
of the Church Development De
partment of the Baptist State Con
vention, is in charge of the pro
gram. He said: “The enlistment of
a church’s total membership in
active service, growth and devel
opment is the program’s primary
aim and value.”