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. * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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 * 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.

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