THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 51 Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, March 10, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
GUARDSMAN EARNS BARS OF GOLD
Second Lieutenant Douglas Perry stands proudly as his lovely
wife, Patsy, pins his shiny gold bars on his shoulders. Lt. Perry
was commissioned in the Army National Guard of North Carolina
and the U. S. Army Reserve after graduating from Officer Candidate
School at the Artillery School, Ft. Sill, Okla. He attained the highest
academic rating ever recorded at Ft. Sill for the course. Lt. Perry
began his military service as an enlisted man with Battery A, and
now is assigned as an officer with the Zebulon unit. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Perry of Route 4, Zebulon. His wife is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Allman of Zebulon.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NATIVE
Recorder's Solicitor Appointed
The new solicitor of Zebulon Re
corder’s Court is a native of John
ston County.
Ray B. Brady was appointed so
licitor of the local Recorder’s Court
at the March meeting of the Town
Board held Monday night. He
succeeds Ferd L. Davis, who re
signed after five years as court so
licitor to go into private practice.
Brady is to serve on a tempor
ary basis until July 1. His salary
will be $60 per court session.
Brady, who is 45-years-old to
day, is the son of the late R. B.
and Mary Della Brady of Benson.
After graduating from Benson
High School he took a bachelor of
laws degree from Wake Forest
College in 1938.
Prior to entering the Navy, he
practiced law in Troy. He saw
military service as a submariner
with the Navy. When he was
honorably discharged as a lieuten
ant commander he returned to
Troy for a year and then came to
Raleigh, where he has been en
gaged in the practice of law.
He is married to the former
Kathryn Harrison of Gastonia, and
is the father of two children, Alice,
9, and Dan, 6. He belongs to the
Raleigh Civitan Club and is active
in Hayes Barton Baptist Church.
Brady shares offices with Fos
ter D. Finch on Arendell Avenue.
Plans for Puritan
Club Are Made
On Tuesday evening, March 15,
at 7:30 in Wakelon School agri
culture department a meeting will
be held to discuss plans for the
formation of a Ruritan club, C. V.
Tart, Wakelon agriculture instruc
tor, has announced.
Tart, a Ruritan himself, said
Ruritan is a civic organization
whose objective is to bring a closer
social union between the farmers
and the business and professional
men of the community in order 'to
make it a better place to live.
This club is patterned after the
service organizations of the cities,
but changed to meet the needs of
the rural people and rural com
munities. In general, the chief
aim of Ruritan is to create better
understanding between people,
communities and business; to aid
charitable work; to promote in
dustrial and agricultural growth;
and to encourage the right type of
i education.
! Tart said it is the Ruritan idea
I to cooperate harmoniously with
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Mayor Replies To Article
In Last Issue Of Paper
Ed Hales, a strong and active
foe against the removal of Wake
Ion High School, said that it was
attempted to show in an article in
last week’s Record that Wakelon
School has received more than its
share of bond monies.
C. V. Whitley said in this arti
cle that Wakelon School got $24,
947.88, more than the county
average as a whole.
Hales said that he does not
doubt the sincerity of those who
are responsible for spending this
money where the need is greatest.
“I do hasten to add that not one
cent that has been spent at Wake
lon School was spent because of the
109 gained in enrollment,” he said.
Hales said the cafeteria and
classrooms were needed if there
had been no gain in enrollment.
The renovations, the purchase of
the land, buying of furniture and
classroom equipment were needed,
he continued, if there had been no
gain in enrollment.
“For these reasons,” he said, “It
is not right to justify the spend
ing at Wakelon School based on the
gain in enrollment at Wakelon.
Money spent at Wakelon was for
the total enrollment of 915 stu
dents and not 109 gained students.”
He went on to say the basis upon
which the county is spending the
bond money, that is the gain in en
rollment, is not the basis with
which the people voted for school
improvements.
The following figures Hales used
are the same ones that appeared
in the Record. He said the amount
of $193,351.88 that has been spent
at Wakelon for 815 children equals
to $273.24 per child. The amount of
$8,125,000 that has been spent for
19,730 children in rural Wake
County schools equals to $411.81
per child.
“This means,” Hales said, “that
a Wakelon child has had only
57.61 per cent as much as the aver
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Dentist to Work
For Hospital Gifts
Dr. L. M. Massey, prominent
Zebulon dentist, has been named
hospital representative of the Ra
leigh Baptist Association. He will
work with the 82 churches in that
group in the interest of the annual
Mother’s Day offering May 8 for
the N. C. Baptist Hospital in Win
ston-Salem.
He is scheduled to meet with
pastors and Sunday School super
intendents to outline the needs of
the hospnal and its program of
caring for indigent sick persons.
Last year 40 per cent of the
hospital’s work was among this
group. The program receives its
main support from the Mother’s
Day offering taken in some 3,400
churches throughout the State.
High Schools Offer
Bare Academic
Requirements
Students who expect to enter
college can acquire the minimum
required academic units at Wake
Ion, according to college catalogs
af leading colleges. The 15 accep
table units required by colleges
are all available at Wakelon.
In addition to the academic min
imums, most colleges require ap
plicants to pass the scholastic ap
titude test of the College Entrance
Examination Board, Princeton, N.
J., with a satisfactory score.
Included in the acceptable sub
jects are 4 units of English; 2 of
foreign language; IV2 of algebra;
1 of plain geometry; 1 of U. S.
history; and 1 of natural science,
which is usually biology.
When students plan to enter
specialized fields of study, how
ever, they may encounter prob
lems.
N. C. State College requires a
half year of solid geometry for
prospective engineering students.
None is offered at Wakelon this
year.
In addition, many high school
graduates who are working special
fields have complained of their
lack of background which the stu
dents attributed to the limited
number of subjects available in
small schools, especially in all
phases of science.
Faced with the problem of mak
ing limited funds cover required
subjects, most small high schools
concentrate on the subjects neces
sary for a graduate to be admitted
to college.
While this works to the advan
tage of students who will continue
their education, graduates who
will not have an opportunity for
college training suffer from lack
of trades courses.
This is the field in which the
larger schools exceed the work
done in, smaller schools. Consoli
dation of small classes increase
the amount and quality of training
aids available, and make possible
additional classes in other subjects.
Farm Women To
Meet on Monday
The Farm Bureau Women will
meet Monday night, March 14, at
7:30 in the home economics build
ing at Wakelon School, Mrs. How
ard Massey, president, has an
nounced.
A Mrs. Ware of the Dairy Coun
cil of Durham will be the guest
speaker. She will teach new ideas
on the preparation of Easter foods.
A demonstration will be pre
sented by the speaker and all
members are urged to attend. Visi
tors are also welcomed.
First Federal Names
Advisory Board For
Branch Office Here
E. C. Daniel
. L. Board chairman
Zebiilon Printing
Plant Reorganized
The purchase of all interest in
Theo. Davis Sons, Zebulon print
shop, by Jack Potter and Barrie
Davis was announced this week.
The purchase included all interest
in the concern formerly owned by
Ford L. Davis, local attorney.
Theo. Davis Sons, a commercial
job plant, prints numerous publi
cations including Restaurant
South, Southern City, N. C. Club
woman, several journals for the
Baptist State Convention, and The
Zebulon Record.
The partnership was formed in
1946 by Ferd L. and Barrie Davis.
Jack Potter became a full partner
following his graduation with a
B.S. degree from N. C. State Col
lege.
The firm employs 17 people and
ships printing to customers
throughout North Carolina.
Daniel Is Chairman
Of Five-Man Group
The advisory board for the local
branch office of First Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association has
been named.
R. D. Beam, executive vice pres
ident of the Association, announc
ed this week the advisory board
for their branch office here.
E. C. Daniel, Foster D. Finch,
T. E. Hales, Thomas F. Monk and
H. C. Wade compose the board.
Daniel was made chairman.
“Doctor” Daniel, as he is known
affectionately by his many friends,
has operated Zebulon Drug Com
pany continuously since 1907, just
one year after the town was
started. Some years ago, he was
associated with the local savings
and loan association as a member
of its board, so this position is not
entirely new to him.
Finch is currently engaged in the
practice of law in Zebulon, and
has his offices on the second floor
of the building occupied by First
Federal’s branch office. Hales is
mayor of Zebulon and President of
Hales Farm Supply Company.
Monk is president of American
Plumbing and Electrical Supply
Company, Inc., and Wade is presi
dent of Zebulon Supply Company,
a wholesale grocery.
“We are very fortunate that
i these men have agreed to serve on
! our advisory board,” stated Beam,
“and feel seme that they will pro
vide the local leadership that is es
sential to success in any under
taking. We know that our many
customers and other friends in the
Zebulon area join with us in wel
coming these men to our advisory
board, and we each promise to do
our utmost to render the type of
service to the community that it
so rightly deserves.”
The remodeling of First Fed
eral’s branch office is almost com
pleted and plans call for the formal
opening to begin Monday, March
14.
Prominent Educator Speaks
On Removal, Consolidation
A long-time educator feels that
the removal of Wakelon High
School will leave a terrific void in
the community.
E. H. Moser, in an article writ
ten especially for The Record, is
opposed to the removal of the local
high school. He does not believe
a remote high school can fill the
void that will be left in the com
munity by its removal.
This prominent educator-church
leader who served as principal of
Wakelon School for 19 years points
out that a bigger school does not
necessarily make a better school.
He further points out that he
believes that Wakelon High School
is more useful where it is, where
its roots are deep in the heart of
the community. He urges that the
school be kept and make it a great
school in a great community.
Moser’s article follows:
“Learned Hand once said, ‘The
mutual confidence on which all
else depends can be maintained
only by an open mind and a brave
reliance upon free discussion.’ I
believe this to be true in this con
troversy over moving our school
to some place remote from where
it has deep roots. I believe we,
as parents and teachers, need to
wake up to the fact that we can
and must makfe our school a better
school. But I believe we should
unite to make our school a better
school right here where the roots
have grown deep for more than a
half century.
“People have feelings—feelings
that influence thinking and action
| in most situations. To attempt to
provide leadership without account
of this fact is to be blind to real
ity. Honest recognition of emo
tions and their relation to the in
tellectual process is required.
“Fifty years ago Wakelon began
operation in an eight room build
ing. The building was set in the
! middle of a cornfield. Six tobac
| co bams stood in the grove in
front of the present high school
building. The men of i ; >n i
nity moved the tobacco barns and
drained the swamp around them.
The school boys olasieu up t.ie
j stumps in the cornfield, laid off the
I circular drive, sowed the front
| lawn in grass and began planting
j trees and shrubs to beautify the
i lawn.
“There is history in this old
; campus. The eight Norway ma
ples that grace the circular drive
[were set in memory of the eight
I teachers we then had. There is a
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