THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXV, Number 14
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, April 7, 1960
Theo. Davis Sons. Publishers
NEWS BRIEFS
Adult Dance Classes Set
Classes in ball room dancing
for adults are being formed. Mrs.
John Hilliard, an Arthur Murray
graduate, has consented to teach
the classes. Numerous persons
have contacted Mrs. Hilliard and
she has consented to meet with
those and other interested persons
in the basement of Hilliard’s Res
taurant Monday night, April 11, at
8 o’clock.
Winners
Five members of Wakelon
School 4-H Club, girls’ division,
have won ribbons in the Wake
County Talent Contest held in Ra
leigh Monday. Ann Davis and Joan
Baker won blue ribbons. Ann did
the Charleston and Joan did a
modern jazz. Vicky Walters, Vickie
Wood and Dorothy Strickland won
red ribbons for a group tap dance
routine.
Heart Fund
Residents of Zebulon contrib
uted $20 to the 1960 Wake Countj
Heart Fund drive, according tc
Dr. A. C. Bulla, county campaign
chairman. The drive was conduct
ed throughout the month of Feb
ruary.
General Fund Aided
An accumulation of fines from
Zebulon Recorder’s Court has beer
turned over to the town’s treasury.
Court Clerk Willie B. Hopkins
reported that the Town Board
Monday night authorized the trans
ferring of $3,000 from the court
treasury to the town treasury.
Hopkins said this is an accumu
lation of one yeaT.
Clean Vacant Lots
The Town Board urges the citi
zens of the town to clean up theii
vacant lots. Many vacant lots
throughout the town are unsightly
and filled with debris, rubbisl
and other trash.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
said this clean-up campaign is tc
keep Zebulon beautiful. And un
sightly vacant lots can be eye
sores to the town.
If the lots aren’t cleaned, Hop
kins said there is an ordinance
whereby the town can clean the
lot and charge the cleaning bill to
the property owner’s taxes.
Finish Tennis Courts
[ The Town Board authorized
Monday night the finishing of the
tennis courts at Zebulon Commu
nity Park. These double courts
were begun last year but were not
completely finished. There is some
more grading to be done, the
erecting of wire backstops. Pay
ments will be made by the town
unless donations are made.
Guardsmen Increase
National Guardsmen of Zebu
Ion’s Battery A increased the
training tempo Sunday as the June
summer camp drew nearer. This
year marks the second year Bat
tery A will fiTe its huge 8-inch
howitzers.
This year the local battery ex
pects to have three of the big guns.
A third crack firing section is be
ing trained to man the piece,
which can fire a 200-pound pro
jectile more than 10 miles.
Capt. Jack Potter said yesterday
that qualified men are being re
cruited to fill vacancies in Battery
A as they occur. These men will
be trained in several highly skilled
specialties, he said, and the knowl
edge they receive may be of help
in their civilian occupations.
Interested men between the ages
of 19 and 25 can contact CWO
Johnsey P. Arnold at the armory
Monday through Friday of each
week.
Wakelon PTA Meet
Postponed 'til April 25
Mrs. G. H. Temple, Wakelon
School PTA president, has an
nounced that the April meeting
will be postponed until the fourth
Monday night, April 25, because
the regular meeting date falls on
Easter Monday.
Sgt. B. B. Barham and Sgt. Elvis Presley are shown together
in Friedburg, Germany, leaving the NCO Club. B. B., a member of
the Frankfurt Aero Club, was offered the job of private flying pilot
of Bock and Roll Presley but refused. Sgt. Barham is a 30-year-man.
Scout Troop 525 Wins
Top Honors at Big
Ft. Bragg Camporee
By Howard Phelps
Scout Troop 525 will represent
the Saponi District in First Aid
competition April 30, at the Scout
O-Rama to be held at the N. C.
State Fair Grounds. This top hon
or was achieved by Troop 525 be
ing the first in the Sapon: District
to finish a competitive event in
First Aid at the Council Jubilee
Camporee held at Fort Bragg April
1 and 2.
The troop received a total of
950 points out of a possible 1,000
while attending this event; the
points were achieved from all
phases of Scouting; thus placing
troop 525 second in rank in the
Saponi District.
A certificate award for achieve
ment and participation will be
placed in the local meeting place
of the troop.
Nineteen boys from Troop 525
left Friday afternoon under Scout
master, Howard Phelps’ leadership
to attend the Jubilee Camporee at
Fort Bragg as a comemorative
event for 50 years of the Boy
Scouts of America. Upon arriving
Friday night the boys made head
way and set up the campsite. The
boys working in the patrol method,
pitched their tents, gathered fire
wood and shortly afterwards all
were seated for an outdoor meal
which the boys themselves had
prepared.
Saturday’s activities began at
6 a.m. and upon finishing break
fast, all went via a bridge which
the Army put together across
Smith Lake, to Pope Airfield where
everyone enjoyed special demon
strations by Fort Bragg. Events
included helicopter and airplane,
and sky divers whose skills ranked
top in our books. Truly a show
that will be remembered by many
for many years.
Competitive events started in the
afternoon and the boys of Troop
525 are to be commended for the
Scout spirit and eager anticipation
of entering each event and thus
achieving additional points to
place them in second rank. A col
orful uniform patch was available
for all attending and a good and
memorable time was enjoyed by
all.
Those attending were: Tommy
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importance of notary
In World Affairs
Stressed by Speaker
“We are tnore and more becom
ing a one people,” County School
; Superintendent Fred Smith told
members of the Zebulon Rotary
Club last Wednesday night during
a talk on “Bridging Borders in
Rotary.” He stressed the “inter
dependence” of the nations of the
world.
“Communications and travel have
compressed the world,” he said.
An example of diverse people
living in peace and harmony is
found in Switzerland, he said. “All
over Europe we find a changing sit
uation,” Mr. Smith said, “as inter
dependence and .concern for fel
lowman is rising.
Rotary is playing a large part
in this change for the better a
mong European nations.
First organized in Europe in
1911, Rotary today has 2,300 clubs
in Europe, North Africa, and the
Eastern Mediterranean with more
than 100,000 members.
The clubs are assisting each oth
er with inter-country committees,
which, Mr. Smith said, “set an ex
! ample for us here in America.”
MASONIC NOTICE
I An Emergent Communication of
I Zebulon Lodge No. 609, AF&AM,
i will be conducted Tuesday, April
11, at 7:30 p.m. for work in the
Entered Apprentice degree.
Ruric Gill, Jr., W. M.
R. Vance Brown, Sec’y
Lions Looking A
Beauty To Send
To Fuquay Pageant
Zebulon Authorized
Funds for Planning
Low-Rent Housing
Zebulon is one of four Wake
County towns which has been au
thorized planning funds for low
rent public housing projects.
The Public Housing Adminis
tration authorized loans totalling
$15,600 for the projects for the
four towns. Zebulon is scheduled
for 16 units; Apex, 10 units; Wake
Forest, 40 units; and Wendell, 12
units.
Robert D. Massey, past presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
said no proposed site for the pro
ject has been selected. This is part
of the planning study.
Massey added that a low-rent
public housing project has been
worked on for the past aeven
years.
After the planning is completed,
PHA will enter into a so-called
annual contributions contract with
the Wake County Housing Author
ity to cover the construction and
maintenance of the projects. Un
der such contracts, PHA pays the
difference between the amount of
rent collected and the funds nec
essary to liquidate the loans and
maintain the projects.
All four towns already have had
their workable programs for the
elimination of slums and residen
tial blight approved. This makes
them eligible for public housing
and other federal aid programs.
Corinth Seniors Visit
Chapel Hill Galleries
Twenty-three members of the
Science Club at Corinth-Holders
High School visited the art and
science galleries and attended
“Easter, the Awakening” at the
Morehead Planetarium in Chapel
Hill recently.
They were accompanied by Phil
lip Averette, Raiford Fulghum,
Kermit Boyette, Mrs. Sipsie Creech
and Mrs. Gladys Alford.
The students taking the trip
were Ronald Barham, James Hin
ton, Carolyn Barnes, Ava Crump
ler, Jane Painter, Barbara Earp,
June Medlin, Joyce Johnson, Wil
bur Batten, Linda Parrish, Nelson
Batten, Paulette Lynch, Yvonne
Glover, Daphne Wilson, Joyce Hin
ton, Carol Horton, Edith Carroll,
Janie Boykin, Phyllis Boyette, Car
olyn Martin, Linda Atkinson and
Brenda Alford.
Calling all girls, calling all girls.
It will soon be Miss Wake Coun
ty Pageant time.
And Zebulon is looking for a
queen.
Zebulon Lions Club is again this
year going to sponsor a candidate
to the pageant to be held at Fu
quay-Springs May 20.
Any girl who will be 18 years
old by this fall and not over 23
years old, and is at least a senior
in high school may enter this con
test, Crafton Hudson, ex-Lions
Club president, said.
The elimination contest for local
beauty and talent will be held
at Wakelon High School auditori
um Friday night, April 19. Three
impartial judges from Fuquay
Jaycees will come to Zebulon to
pick the representative to go to
the pageant.
Hudson said that the club feels
that having out of town judges
will cause no partiality. And, too,
these judges have dealt with the
selecting and judging of beauty,
since the pageant is well estab
lished in their town.
The girl picked for Zebulon will
reign as queen of the town and
community for the whole year,
Hudson said. She will be repre
sented at any of the town functions
where her appearance is deemed
necessary.
Girls or business establishments
wishing to sponsor a candidate are
asked to get entry blanks from
Hudson, M. L. Hagwood, Worth
Hinton or Frank Kemp.
Last year’s representative was
Jackie Mitchell, who was second
runner-up in the pageant’s contest.
She is now a freshman at Wake
Forest College.
Pictures of the young ladies with
pertinent information about them
will appear in next week’s issue
of this paper.
Ted Davis, public information
, officer of the Employment Secur
‘ ity Commission and a native of
I Zebulon will emcee the pageant
this year. He was master of cere
monies of the event last year.
'Middlesex Church To
Hold Revival Services
Revival services will begin at
Middlesex Pentecostal Holiness
Church on April 10 and continue
, through April 17, the Rev. J. Al
bert Taylor, pastor, has announced.
Miss Edith Harrell of Hobgood
i will be bringing the messages
which begin at 7:30 each evening.
The church is located on the Free
Will Baptist Home road.
The public is invited.
Ruritan Club Formed
With 23 Charter Members
Twenty-three professional, bus-,
iness men and farmers became)
charter members of a newly or
ganized Ruritan Club here Tues-!
day night, March 29. i
According to the club temporary
president, Vic Tart, the club will,
receive its charter May 12 at a
dinner meeting at Hilliard’s Res- j
taurant. j
Tart said anyone interested in
joining the club may do so and be
classified as a charter member.
The opening is until May 12, or
charter night. |
The members are, Tart, Ray
mond Pippin, Maurice Chapman,
Rex Tippett, Berdon Eddins, Char
lie Debnam, John Hicks, Dewey
Massey, Raymond Averette, John
Hilliard,
The Rev. William Quick, the
Rev. Arnold Smith, H. H. Eddins,
Melvin Lanier, Dr. L. M. Massey,
Hardin Hinton, Raleigh Alford,
Billy K. Hopkins, Rodney McNabb,
B. K. Tucker, Ed Hales, John H.
Ihrie III, and Bill Bowling.
A nominating committee was ap
pointed at this meeting to select a
slate of officers and directors which
will be presented at the next meet
ing.