THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXV, Number 1 Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, March 17, 1960 , Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
News Briefs
Being Signed
More than 1,000 persons have
signed petitions against the re
moval of Wakelon High School and
school consolidation. The four pe
titions being circulated in the
Wakelon School district were
drawn up by Ferd Davis, attorney
for the group fighting consolida
tion.
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Alger Batts, former band direc
tor of Wakelon High School, has
been named to the Dean’s List at
Atlantic Christian College, Wilson,
for the fall semester. Batts will
graduate from the college in May.
*
Zebulon Lions will conduct a
house-to-house light bulb and
broom sale Friday night from 7
to 9 o’clock. Ray Goodwin, presi
dent of the club, said the proceeds
from the sale will be used to aid
the blind.
*
Zebulon Lions will sponsor theiT
second dance Friday night, March
25, at the clubhouse. Bill Joe
Austin and his orchestra of Smith
field will furnish the music. The'
Lions were hosts to a dance in
December, described as very suc
cessful. The dance will begin at
8:30 and last til 12:30.
*
The heaviest snowfall of the
winter hit here before noon last
Scout Honor Court
The monthly Boy Scout Court of
Honor will be held on Sunday
night at the Zebulon Methodist
Church. The opening worship
service will precede the Court of
Honor at 7:30. All Scouts, mem
bers of their families and others
interested in the Boy Scout pro
gram are urged to attend.
PTA Meets
Wakelon School PTA meets
Monday night at 7:45, according to
Mrs. George H. Temple, president.
The senior band is scheduled to
perform following a short busi
ness session. The program will
consist of Belle of the Ball, Bo
lero Non, In A Persian Market, 77
Sunset Strip, and the Peter Gunn
theme.
Members are urged to attend.
Wednesday and by dark measured
approximately seven inches.
No accidents were reported in
Zebulon because of the slippery
conditions.
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At the February Town Board
meeting, the members authorized
the purchase of a road machine
from the State surplus supply at
the price of $1,500.
Town Manager Willie B. Hop
kins said this machine, which has
already come and has been put in
use, has been one of the most
needed items for keeping the
streets in good condition.
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Driver License Examiner Clar
ence Hocutt will not be in his
office at Zebulon Municipal
Building Tuesday, March 22. He
will be attending a district meet
ing of drivers license examiners
in Fayetteville.
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Renovations
Wakelon School is going to re
ceive some funds from the 5.6
million dollar bond issue. The
funds will be used for renovations
in both the high school and ele
mentary buildings. In the high
school buildings renovations will
consist of new floors, windows, re
wiring and installation of lighting
fixtures; in the elementary build
ing rewiring, the lowering of ceil
ings and electrical fixtures will be
added.
Principal John J. Hicks said no
estimate can be made of the a
mount of money it will cost for the
renovations until the architect
makes his appraisals. He said the
installations will take place dur
ing the summer.
Outstanding
Campbell College Touring Choir,
which performed Sunday morn
ing in the Zebulon Baptist Church,
gave its best performance yet here.
The robed boys and girls out-sang
themselves in an outstanding con
cert noted for its simplicity, solid
ity and solemnity.
“Miriam’s Song of Triumph”
with its settirg by Schubert re
ceived distinguished treatment at
the hands of the guest soloist, El
eanor Knapp, and the choir. This
quite formidable work challenged
soloist, choir, conducter, and lis
teners.
Conductor-director Charles Hor
ton, as usual, conducted meticu
lously and with great discipline.
Missionaries To Be
At Baptist Church
Missionary Robert L. Fielden
of Brazil will be the guest speaker
at the morning worship service at
the Zebulon Baptist Church, open
ing a week-long School of Chris
tian Missions.
The evening served will feature
a home missionary, the Rev. Rob
ert Lee Crumpler of Barstow, Cal
if. The Rev. Mr. Crumpler will
be staying in Zebulon with the
Rev. and Mrs. Theo. Bl Davis
during the week.
Each night during the week a
different missionary will bring an
inspirational and educational mes
sage of their work and experiences
on the mission field.
The nightly speakers will be:
Monday—Rev. Julius Holloway,
association missionary; Tuesday—
Rev. V. E. Duncan of Louisburg,
a retired missionary; Wednesday—
Miss Lanneau of the Foreign Mis
sion Field; Thursday—Mrs. Troy
Brooks of the Home Mission Work
in Arizona; Friday—Rev. Royster
of the State Mission department.
Classes on the work of Missions
—USA will be taught by various
church members on Sunday, Wed
nesday and Friday nights in con
nection with the School of Mis
sions. The teachers of these classes
will be: Primary, Mrs. Andrew
Jenkins; Junior, Mrs. Haywood
Jones and C. V. Tart; Intermediate,
Mrs. Irby Gill; Young People, the
Rev. Arnold Smith; and Adults,
Mrs. Doris Privette.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these nightly missionary
addresses.
Masonic Notices
There will be an emergent
communication of White Stone
Lodge No. 155, AF&AM, tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. for
work in the second degree.
All Master Masons are cordi
ally invited.
Claude Farrington, Master
Albert Pulley, Secretary
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An emergent communica
tion of Zebulon lodge No.
609, A.F.&A.M., will be held
March 23 at 7:30 p.m. P. C.
Stott will be the visiting lec
turer. Visiting brethren wel
come.
Rec Commission Gets Two New
Members; Board Appointments
Two employees of the local
branch of Carolina Power & Light
Co. have been named to fill re
placements on Zebulon Recreation
Commission.
The Town Board appointed Mrs.
Georgia Croom and Ray Goodwin
to replace Miss Ruby Dawson and
Fred Beck, whose terms expired
January 1. Mrs. Croom and Good
win’s terms expire January 1, 1963.
Mrs. Croom, 30, is the daughter
of C. B. Eddins and the late Mrs.
Eddins. She is a graduate of
Wakelon High School and Kings
Business College.
After business college she be
came associated with the CP&L
branch office here. She has been
with this firm for eight years and
holds the title of senior clerk.
Mrs. Croom is active in Zebulon
Baptist Church, where she is as
sistant teacher of the Young Peo
ple’s Sunday School class and was
a former member of the Junior
Board of Deacons.
She is the mother of two chil
dren, Dennis, 12, and Ruth Anne,
Mrs. Georgia Croom
10.
Mrs. Croom and her children re
side with her father on East Hor
ton Street.
Ray Goodwin
Goodwin is an engineer with
CP&L, president of Zebulon Lions
Club and is active in community
and civic affairs.
Dance Teacher Dies
Of Heart Attack
Last Thursday Night
Mrs. H. C. Wade
Wreck Victim
Dies Tuesday
Nancy Causey, 17, died in Duke
Hospital Tuesday night following
injuries received in an automobile
accident which occurred Saturday
night between 11:30 and 12 o’clock.
She is the granddaughter of Wil
lie Upchurch of Route 1, Zebulon.
Reports are that the car she
was riding in struck a utility pole
at Samaria. She suffered a broken
neck, broken spinal cord and in
ternal injuries. An autopsy was
performed on her Wednesday.
The car was driven by Ted
Morgan of Samaria, it was re
ported. Another passenger whose
name was unable to be learned
was also traveling with them.
They received injuries which hos
pitalized them.
She was a senior in Middlesex
High School.
She is survived by her mother
and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Morgan of Samaria, her grand
father, one brother, Bob; one sis
ter, Pamela, of the home; and a
half-sister, Mrs. Janet Upchurch
Medlin of Junction City, Kansas.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete at press time.
Excellent Rating
Given Piano Players
Three piano students of Mrs.
Rodney McNabb were given Ex
cellent ratings in the district com
petition in the State High School
music contest held Saturday at the
.State School for the Blind.
The students of the local piano
teacher entered in the competition
were Mickey Hinton, Shannon
Scott and Debby Massey. Hinton
was in the senior division and Scott
and Miss Massey were in the jun
ior division.
Hinton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Hinton, played selections by
Beethoven and Lizst; Scott, son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Scott, play
ed selections from Haydn; and
Miss Massey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Prank Massey, played selec
tions from Schumann.
Judges for the competition were
Don Perry of St. Mary’s Junior
College, Mrs. Inga Morgan and
Robert Darnell of Woman’s Col
lege in Greensboro.
Stricken At Home
Funeral Held Sat.
The town and surrounding com
munities were shocked last Friday
to learn of the sudden death of
Mrs. H. C. Wade, Sr.
Mrs. Wade was stricken at her
home on Gannon Avenue sometime
between the hours of 12 and 12:30
Thursday night. Death was at
tributed to a heart attack.
She was the former Cammie
Vaughan, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Vaughan of Lasker
in Northampton County. She was
one of seven children of the couple.
After attending Woman’s Col
lege in Greensboro, she went to
Dunn High School as head of the
physical education department.
This was the first school in North
Carolina to have a full-time phy
sical education instructor and she
set up the program there.
About 15 years ago, after com
ing to Zebulon, she began private
dancing classes here and in Wen
dell. She still retained them until
her death. She had formerly
operated dancing schools in Wake
Forest and Spring Hope. Her first
studio was in her home, but she
later moved it to the schools be
cause of the increased enrollment.
Mrs. Wade was always active in
Zebulon Methodist Church. She
was teacher of the Third Year
Junior Sunday School Class,
chairman of the Parsonage Com
mittee, on the music committee,
played the piano for the Junior
Sunday School Department, and
was a member of Circle I of the
Ida Fisher W.S.C.S.
At one time she was a member
of Wake County TB board. She
was formerly a member of the
Senior Woman’s Club and a gar
den club member when the club
was a part of the Woman’s Club.
She held membership in two
bridge clubs, the Entre Nous and
Friendly Nine, of which she was a
charter member.
A funeral service was held for
this youthful, active, Christian and
beloved woman Saturday at the
Zebulon Methodist Church. Her
pastor, the Rev. W. K. Quick, de
livered the eulogy. Burial was in
Zebulon Cemetery.
The casket was covered with a
pall of red roses. The choir, under
the direction of Mrs. R. D. Massey,
sang “How Gently God Com
mands” and “Peace I Leave with
Thee.”
Pallbearers were Dr. Charles E.
Flowers, F. D. Finch, Wallace
Temple, H. K. Baker, C. V. Whitley
and W. D. Finch.
She is survived by her husband;
two sons, Vaughan Wade who is
a student at The Citadel, and H. C.
Wade, Jr. of Franklin; two bro
thers, Russell Vaughan of Rich
Square and Clifton Vaughan of
Winston-Salem; and one grand
child, Ginger, 3.
Luncheon
The women of the Metho
dist Church will sponsor a
luncheon Tuesday, March 29,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The menu will be composed of
chicken and pastry, candied
potatoes, carrots and peas,
com bread, hot rolls, butter,
coffee and a dessert of pies.
Tickets will be on sale at
Jean’s for the price of $1.00.