THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXV, Number 16. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, April 28, 1960 Tlieo. Davis Sons, Publishers
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SOLAR ENERGY. Phillip Privette, ninth grade student at Wake
Ion High School, constructed a solar furnace for his exhibition in
the science fair. This furnace was built to show the heat that can be
reached by using the solar energy put off by the sun. This furnace
can reach a temperature of two to three thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
NEWS SHORTS
around the town
ECC Honor Roll
Four Zebulon lassies who are
students at East Carolina College
were listed on the school’s, honor
roll for academic work during the
winter quarter. These girls are
Patricia Brantley, Carolyn Hinton,
Jean Joyner and Brenda Wheeles.
YVVW Class Meeting
The YWW Class of the Zebulon
Baptist Church will meet Monday
night. May 2, at 8 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Bobby Sherron with
Mrs. Bill Bowling serving as co
hostess. The speaker for the
evening will be Mrs. Edward
Pearce.
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To Present Concert
Mrs. Marilyn A. Herndon, for
mer piano teacher in the Wakelon
School system, will present a pia
no concert in the recital hall at
Stephenson Music Co. tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Mrs.
Herndon is a student of Donal
Peery, St. Mary’s College piano in
structor. The public is invi.„d to
this concert.
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Takes Cruise
Pleasant memories will be en
joyed by Jackie Mitchell of her
cruise to Nassau. She recently
sailed aboard the SS Bahama Star
from Miami, and while there had
the opportunity of viewing the
historic sights of the quaint ‘old
world’ city while riding through
the winding streets in a surrey.
There was also plenty of time to
browse leisurely through the
British shops, bargain with the
natives in the straw market, and
visit popular Paradise Beach.
Jackie is a freshman at Wake For
est College.
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FB Auxiliary Meet
The Farm Bureau Women will
hold their monthly meeting Wed
nesday night, May 11, Mrs. Ray
mond Averette, president, has an
nounced. There will be a covered
dish supper at 7 o’clock after
which Mrs. Irby Walker, adminis
trative director of the North Car
olina Farm Bureau Women, will
talk on the Farm Bureau program.
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Kleenex Sale
Wakelon School PTA is sponsor
ing a Kleenex sale Monday night.
May 2. The proceeds from the
door-to-door sale by members of
the group will be used for PTA
activities and projects.
Opens New Clinic
Dr. B. D. Thomas is now oc
cupying his new ultra-modern clin
ic opposite Wendell-Zebulon Hos
pital. The doctor and his staff
moved into the new structure Eas
ter weekend. He formerly had
offices on North Arendell Avenue.
Students Choose
Corinthian Staff
Tuesday, April 19, the Corinthi
an Annual Staff for 1960-61 was
announced to the student body of
Corinth-Holders School. The pres
ent Junior Class, with the assist
ance of the teachers, elected the
following persons to serve on the
staff.
Editor-in-chief, Linda Parrish;
assistant editor-in-chief, Peggy
Pearce; editor, Joyce Barham; as
sistant editor, Alene Crocker; ad
vertising manager, W. R. Dean;
assistant advertising managers,
Brenda Green, Jane Painter and
Bob Moore;
Circulation manager, Shirley
Moody; assistant circulation man
agers, Steve Driver and Carolyn
O’Neal; business manager, Emily
Whitley; assistant business mana
ger, Hedy Creech;
Photographer, Ava Jean Crum
pler; assistant photographer, June
Medlin; girls’ sports editor, Barba
ra Earp; assistant girls’ sports ed
itor, Willie Jean Brinkley; boys’
sports editor, Wayne Carroll; as
sistant boys’ sports editor, Billy
Vinson; art editor, Carolyn Barnes;
and assistant art editor, Clara
Creech.
The staff is beginning work on
the new Corinthian under the
guidance of Phillip Averette, a
member of the high school facul
ty.
Postmaster Sexton Is Honored
At District Meeting in Zebulon
Some one hundred twenty-five
postmasters and guests gathered at
the Lions Club Building on Sat
urday evening, April 2, for the
Fourth Congressional District
Postmaster’s Convention. Zebulon
postmaster and Mrs. M. J. Sexton
were hosts.
Mayor T. E. Hales welcomed the
group to Zebulon, the first here in
fifteen years.
Stella Emerson of Bear Creek,
county chairman in Chatham
county, responded for the group,
after which Mrs. Nelle Kemp
entertained the group with two
vocal selections, “You’ll Never
Walk Alone” and “I Love Life.”
The fourth district president
read two letters from Rep. Harold
Cooley' of the Fourth Congression
al District and Sen. B. Everett
Jordan. Cooley was unable to
come because of a meeting of the
Southern Cotton Council in Holly
wood Springs, Florida, and Jordan
was absent because of the Civil
Rights Legislation in the Senate.
Jack Williams of Raleigh and
Garner was presented and spoke
unei ly 10 me group auoui me
tro.” Afterwards postal inspector
Jack L. Armstrong told the group
that new inspector C. W. Hubbard
of Raleigh would operate in the
territory of Hoyle Beam. Arm
strong lauded the efforts of Post
master General Arthur Summer
field in the drive against obsdene
mail and also lauded Sarah Lan
caster for her initiative in the
drive against pornographic liter
ature.
Armstrong said. “The dispatcher
should be aware of the scheme of
North Carolina and the mail sched
ule.” He urged the postmasters
to encourage the dispatchers to
study the scheme and schedule of
the state. Commenting on the
fact that as he drove through sec
tions of the State, he saw 50% of
the mail boxes did not meet the
postal regulations, Armstrong
stated that “most of these do not
meet specifications but the most
common failure is the lack of
printing the name on the box.”
Staton Inscoe, Raleigh postmast
er, presented the guest speaker for
the evening, Joe Crawford.
Crawford is currently thb field
secretary of Sen. B. Everett Jor
dan. He worked for the late Gov
ernor W. Kerr Scott in the Agri
culture Department and as Gov
ernor and Senator for eighteen
years. He told the group that it
was Sen. Scott who cast the de
ciding vote in the last increase of
the postal rates. Crawford also
brought words of greeting from
Sen. Jordan.
Pearl Linville of Oak Ridge,
editor of the Tar Heel, was pre
sented to the group.
The principal address of the
evening was by President Sarah
Lancaster of Vanceboro. In a
most delightful manner the gen
ial prexy spoke to the group about
correcting irregularities and the
backing up of the field representa
tives. She reiterated her stand in
the campaign against “Muck in
Cry Room To Be
Air Conditioned
The Official Board of the Zebu
Ion Methodist Church voted on
Sunday night to air condition the
“cry-room” in the balcony of the
church. The balcony was con
verted last fall into a nursery for
one and two years during Sunday
School and for the nursery during
the morning and evening worship.
Nursery workers are able to hear
and see the service in progress and
the “cry-room” has proven to be
a most successful experiment.
the Mails” and urged the coopera
tion of each postmaster present.
She noted that not far from her
home, a concern is currently be
ing investigated. Emphasizing the
fact that this was a vital concern
of the entire community, Mrs. Lan
caster encouraged that each post
master enlist the support of com
munity and church organizations
in the fight against lewd and sala
cious literature. “We must stop
the flowing of such lewd literature
by tons into the hands of our very
fine North Carolina young people,”
she said.
At the conclusion of the Presi
dent’s address a special tribute was
paid to Postmaster M. J. Sexton,
who retires from the Zebulon post
office in August. Sexton has
served since 1934. *
Mayor T. E. Hales and the Rev.
William K. Quick had been asked
to give a tribute to Sexton. Hales
lauded the long-time postmaster
for the fine spirit and active work
in the community over the years.
He told the group of Sexton's vari
ous activities on behalf of the
town and expressed regret that
the postoffice Was losing through
retirement such a dedicated pub
lic servant.
Sexton’s pastor, Rev. Quick of
the Methodist Church, also paid
tribute to “Mike” as one of Zeb
ulon’s most valuable citizens. He
noted that Sexton had been a
member of the Building Commit
tee when the new church was
built. Mike is currently chair
man of the Church’s Board of
Trustees and is also chairman of
the Parsonage Building Commit
tee. A long-time member and -
faithful worker of the Official
Board and Moser Bible Class,
Quick called Sexton, “A servant
of the Lord who commands re
spect from all for his unselfish,
commendable service to God, his
fellow men and the community.”
Present for the occasion from
Zebulon in addition to the
Sextons, Hales and Quicks were
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Massey, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. Whitley Chamblee,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Braswell, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Sawyer, Miss Ruby
Dawson, Mr. Clyde Morris, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemp.
Also on hand for the convention
were two of the Sextons’ three
children and their families, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Davenport of
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Hadley and children of Greenville.
The meeting was one of the
largest District conventions held
thus far in the State with several
representati. es from all the twelve
North Carolina Congressional Dis
tricts except the Eighth.
Florist to Head Canter
Fund Drive in Community
Miss Mary Vic Broughton, own
er of Wakelon Florist, will head
the Cancer Crusade for Zebulon
and the surrounding communi
ties, it was announced last week
from Raleigh headquarters.
Miss Broughton has set the drive
dates from April 30 to May 8. She
is presently engaging personnel to
help with the campaign.
Cancer is every man’s business
and affects every man’s business.
After cardiovascular diseases,
cancer is the leading cause of
death in this country. Of all di
seases, it is most devastating in
its impact on ourselves and our
families, it is perhaps the costli
est in its effects on the national
economy.
“Cancer, being a nation-wide
problem, can only be conquered
by means of a broad national pro
gram that mobilizes our best doc
tors and scientists, along with our
leading citizens, into a single inte
grated team working toward that
end and that end only,” Miss
Broughton said.
“I urge every citizen and busi
ness organization to give to the
support of the American Cancer
Society which needs and deserves
our full moral backing and finan
cial support,” she added.
John Jordon, Jr., president of
the Wake County Cancer Society,
said, “All of us are proud of the
tremendous strides which have
been made toward the elimination
of cancer as mankind’s second
most deadly disease. Needless to
say, the tremendous accomplish
ment already achieved would not
have been possible without the
unselfish assistance of people like
yourself.”
The over-all Crusade chairman
for Wake County is Walter Lee
Horton, Jr. of Raleigh.
Wakelon Grad Is General
Practitioner of The Year
Dr. Rupert Ryon Weathers of
Knightdale has been selected by
the Wake County Medical Society
as its candidate for “General Prac
titioner of the Year.”
For 32 years he has answered
calls night or day, to white or col
ored, rich or poor. His territory
was large, including Knightdale
and the surrounding rural aTeas of
Wake and Johnston counties.
Dr. Weathers is the youngest of
seven children born to John Lee
Weathers and Tempie Griffin
W'eathers. He was born Septem
ber 16, 1897. He grew up on his
father’s farm about five miles
north of Knightdale.
He attended Eagle Rock Acad
emy and was graduated from
Wakelon High School. In 1924 he
was graduated from Wake Forest
College. While studying medicine
at the Medical College of Virginia,
he worked one summer at McCain
Sanatorium, and during his senior
year, he worked at Pine Camp
Sanatorium in Richmond.
Following his graduating from
medical school in 1926, he married
Josephine Woodson of Charlottes
ville, Virginia. She was a grad
uate of the Nursing School of the
same college. They began their
work in Knightdale in the fall of
the same year.
Dr. and Mrs. Weathers are the
parents of one child, a daughter,
Mrs. Sue Weathers Wilder, who is
a social counselor at the State Pris
on for Women. They also have
two grandsons and a granddaugh
ter.
Many letters have been receiv
ed from doctors, patients and
friends commending him for the
well deserved honor of “Wake
County General Practitioner of the
Year.”
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