THE ZEBULON RECORD
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, July 7, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Volume XXXV, Number 26.
Rec. Com. To Sponsor
Barbecue Supper Set
To Help Build Funds
The Zebulon Recreation Com
mission has announced its plans
to sponsor a barbecue supper Wed
nesday, July 20, at the Park to
supplement the shrinking funds
of the Commission’s treasury.
This summer’s program, consid
ered by many observers as the
best yet offered in this community,
began in full swing on June 13
and was originally scheduled to
continue until August 6.
However, due to a shortage of
funds made available by the Unit
ed Fund drive this year, the pro
gram will be cut short unless ad
ditional money is raised.
In an interview yesterday, Ray
Goodwin, chairman of the Com
mission, stated that funds received i
, from the United Fund will be ex
hausted by the week ending July
23, and “unless there is good re
sponse to the sale of tickets for
the barbecue the future of our
recreation program beyond that
date is remote.”
Chairman Goodwin stated that
at least $350 will be needed to
complete the program. Outstand
ing debts now facing the Commis
sion are $150 for insurance and
$290 for salaries for the remainder
of the season.
It is estimated that another $100
will be needed for expenses and
equipment to finish the recreation
program and to carry the local
Little League, All-Star Little
League, and Pony League teams
through the play-offs.
The Commission feels confident
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Insurance Due
On Children
All parents who have children
participating in the summer recre
ation program are urged to pay
their children’s insurance policies
immediately. The cost is $2.00 per
child and the coverage extends
throughout the entire program.
Payment should be made to
Lowery’s Insurance Agency in
downtown Zebulon.
The Recreation Commission un
derwrote policies on all children
participating in any phase of the
summer program at the beginning
of the season with the idea in mind
that each parents would reimburse
the Commission for his child’s pol
ity. Each policy covers medical ex
penses up to $500 with a $100 lim
it on dental work. All activities are
fully covered.
The Commission now faces a
deficit of over $150 on these poli
cies. Parents are urged to meet
this obligation immediately.
Organizations sponsoring Little
League baseball teams are also
asked to file their entrance fees
with the Commission as soon as
possible.
Sponsoring clubs are Rotary,
Lions, Ruritan and the American
Legion. The fee is $25 per club
and the money is to be used to
cover insurance for the players.
Billie S. Liles
New Committee
Member of FHA
The appointment of Billie S.
Liles as a membeT of the Farmers
Home Administration County
Committee was announced this
week by Paul H. Wetmore, the
Agency’s county supervisor serv
ing Wake County.
Liles succeeds Robert Edd Hor
ton. His tenure is three years, and
his appointment becomes effective
July 1.
The new committeeman owns
and operates a farm on Route 4,
Zebulon. He has served five years
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Greatest Show On
Earth Coming To
Local Theatre
“The Greatest Show on Earth,”
one of the finest motion pictures
ever filmed, will be featured at
the Wakelon Theatre for three
days, Sunday through Tuesday,
July 10-12.
James Stewart is starred as the
fugitive in clown’s makeup who
saves the circus.
Charlton Heston plays the
rough, tough boss man of the big
top.
Other stars of the Cecil B. De
Mille production are Betty Hut
ton, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy La
mour, Gloria Grahame, and Emmet
Kelly.
“The Greatest Show” was pro
duced with the cooperation; o¥
Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bai
ley Circus.
Sunday shows begin at 2:30,
6:30 and 9 p.m.
Shows Monday and Tuesday be
gin at 6:30 and 9 p.m.
Once Lived Here
Mrs. Allie Strickland Celebrates
95th Birthday; Looking To 100
A Route 4, Zebulon, woman is
looking forward to celebrating her
100th birthday. And she hasn’t
long to wait.
Mrs. Allie Horton Strickland, a
petite woman of 5-5, weighing a
bout 100 pounds, with soft hair
which has retained its raven
blackness except around her tem
ples and pulled back from a mid
dle part and braided into a bun,
celebrated her 95th birthday June
16.
And she is still going strong.
Shfe displays an activeness far bet
ter than those persons many, many
years less her age.
She reads the daily newspaper
with very much comprehension,
using the aid of her steel rim oval
glasses she has used for years.
Reading the newspaper is about
the only reading material she can
find time to do.
You see, she has other things
which occupy her time. She in
tends to stay busy. In the winter
she keeps her fingers busy making
bed quilt tops, not because she
needs them but to give to her many
nieces and nephews. Then, there
is darning, patching and sewing
on buttons.
She loves to prepare vegetables
for the meals. Her nimble fingers
peel and scrape the vegetables
with dexterity. And there is tele
vision, which keeps her company
and entertained.
During her days of activity, she
is apt to burst forth in song any
time. She loves to sing and knows
at least 15 songs by memory, most
ly hymns which she loves.
Mrs. Strickland delights in tak
ing rides. Almost every day she
and her nephew’s wife, Mrs. Ober
Mrs. Allie Strickland
Horton, with whom she resides, go
into Raleigh, a neighboring town,
or visit friends and relatives.
Last Friday she attended a home
demonstration club meeting with
Mrs. Oris Horton. She finds club
meetings of all types very inter
esting and she comes away with
something from them.
Mrs. Strickland is the daughter
of the late John Wesley Horton
and Frances Broadwell. She is the
youngest of six children of this
couple. Her birthplace was at the
residence of Eari Oliver Horton.
She is the widow of the late
Kemp Strickland. They were mar
ried in 1886 when she was 21. The
marriage was performed by the
Rev. O. Li. Stringfleld, and the cou
pie was given a wedding supper
by the Spivey Ferrells.
Only one child was bom to this
couple, a son, the late Willard M.
Strickland. He was a general prac
titioner in the town of Wendell for
about 35 years.
Mrs. Strickland and her husband
moved to Zebulon during the child
hood of their son. This was so that
he could attend Wakelon High
School, from which he was grad
uated. They resided on East Syca
more Street in the home owned
now by Mrs. Rella Privette.
During these years in Zebulon,
Mrs. Strickland took in boarding
students who attended the local
high school, then as now one of
the finest secondary schools in
Wake County. The students paid
for their board by furnishing veg
etables.
All through her long and useful
life Mrs. Strickland has been eco
nomical. Only until recently she
made all of her hats, exquisite and
artistic, and her wardrobe. She
was an artist with the needle.
She has never owned a pair of
nylon stockings. Her shapely, slen
der legs have always been covered
with cotton stockings, running to
the darker colors, usually black.
Mrs. Strickland is the oldest
member of Hephzibah Church, of
which she has been a life-long
member. She attends now only
sporadically, but only until recent
ly she was a regular attender. She
was honored by the church at its
anniversaries.
Christmases are a wonderful
time for Mrs. Strickland. Qn these
holidays she can be found visiting
her relatives. For the past 20 years
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Joe Green Gets
I William S. Chamblee
Award In Ag
Joe Green
NG Airplanes
Moved To Raleigh
Durham Airport
Major Barrie Davis directed a
movement of National Guard air
craft from Hickory and Kinston to
Raleigh Durham Airport last week,
completing a consolidation of all
North Carolina Army National
Guard planes at Raleigh-Durham.
The consolidation was ordered
by the National Guard Bureau in
Washington.
Previously the 30th Aviation
Company, commanded by Maj. Da
vis, had maintained aircraft and
stationed mechanics at Charlotte,
Hickory, Greensboro, and Kinston
to be flown by National Guard
aviators.
The William S. Chamblee award
far outstanding achievement in the
field of agriculture, presented an
nually by the Zebulorr Record, has
been won by Joe Green.
The winner of the award is 16
and will be a member of the
eleventh grade at Wakelon School,
this fall. He is one of the out
standing members of the student
body.
At Wakelon he is a member of
the Future Farmers of America
Chapter where he will be presi
dent of this organization next year.
He was vice president of the body
last year. He is a member of the
National Honor Society and is a
member of the trumpet section of
the high school band.
Joe is very much interested in
the study of agriculture and would
like to get a degree in agriculture
from North Carolina State College
when he finishes high school. Then
we would like to manage his own
farm.
He has been active in the school’s
sports program, playing forward
and guard on the junior varsity
basketball team. One of his
favorite sports is water skiing,
but he is very fond of boating and
swimming.
Joe is a hunter. In the fall
and winter he likes to tramp the
fields and woods hunting for rab
bits, “or anything that bobs up.’’
He likes farming. He 'said' He
finds ‘s “very interesting.” One of
the most interesting features of
farming is dairying. He has al
ready begun his herd, having ac
quired a Jersey heifer. Soon, he
hopes to have another.
He is a member of the Explorer
Scout Troop 540. Since joining
this organization last spring, Joe
has found it one of his favorite
groups.
He is an active member of
Wakefield Baptist Church. He is
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News Briefs
First Cotton Bloom
FFA Convention
Two members of Wakelon High
School Future Farmers Chapter,
R. B. Tant and Joe Green, and
their advisor, C. V. Tart, attended
the FFA convention held in Ral
eigh from June 29 to July 1. Tant
and Green were delegates to the
convention from the local chapter.
Green was a member of the 41
piece State FFA band that per
formed during the convention.
•
New Officers
Newly elected officers of the
Junior Woman's Club are Mrs. Bill
Bowling, vice president; Mrs. Ar
nold Smith, secretary; Mrs. Wil
liam Bunn, treasurer; and Mrs.
Edison Wood, points secretary.
Mrs. Bobby Sherron is president,
as has been announced in this
newspaper.
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Attend Meet
Mayor Ed Hales and Town Clerk
Willie B. Hopkins attended the 3rd
Annual North Carolina Planning
Conference at the Institute of
Government at Chapel Hill from
June 16 to 18. Between 150 and
200 local governmental officials
and interested citizens from
throughout the State attended the
conference, which is jointly spon
sored by the N. C. Planning Asso
ciation, the Institute of Govern
ment, and the N. C. Section of the
American Institute of Planners.
Featured speakers were J. Melville
Broughton, chairman of the State
Highway Commission, and Fred
erick H. Bair, Jr., planning con
cultant from Auburndale, Florida.
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First Cotton Bloom
Frank Smith, coiored, who farms
on the W. L. Simpson estate,
brought in the first cotton bloom
Wednesday, June 29, to the Record.
Smith is an excellent farmer, his
landlord said, and had blooms
several days before he brought
the bloom to this newspaper. As
is the custom of years past, Smith
will receive a one-year subscrip
tion to this paper for bringing in
the first cotton bloom of the
season.
•
Supply Pastor
Dr. John Edward Steely, profes
sor of theology at Southeastern
Seminary, will supply in the pul
pit of the Zebulon Baptist Church
Sunday in the absence of the pas
tor, the Rev. W. Arnold Smith, who
is on vacation. Dr. Steely has dis
I tinguished himself as a preacher
| and a teacher since graduating
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