i White Elephant Sale Sat. October 29
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXV. Number 39._Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, October 20,1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Sanford Calls Gavin
A 'Confused Candidate'
Democratic Gubernatorial Nom
inee Terry Sanford lashed out at
his opponent, Republican Guber
natorial Nominee Robert Gavin,
in a short speech here last Friday
morning.
“We’ll go across this State and
strike out the word ‘Conservative
Candidate’ and put up the word
‘Confused Candidate’,” Sanford
said.
Sanford said to the crowd gath
ered here to hear former President
Harry S. Truman tie into the Re
publicans that the billboards carry
the words Conservative Candidate
for Governor.
“Well, I don’t know what con
servative means, but I know of a
whole lot better word that we
could use and Bert Bennett (San
ford’s campaign manager) has
sent them word over there in the
Republican headquarters that at
our expense we’ll correct that for
them. We’ll go across this State
and strike out the words Conser
vative Candidate and put up the
words Confused Candidate.”
Sanford said the Democratic
party doesn’t need to look around
and pick out some other title as
the Republican party has.
“We don’t need to go searching
for another word to describe our
party. We don’t need to hide be
hind another name because we are
ashamed of our party title. And
you ‘know who I am talking
about.”
The Democratic candidate said
there is no need to take up a
great deal of time talking about
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor and what the Republican
party does not know about the
State administration and the gov
ernment of North Carolina. He
(Gavin) is doing that for us, San
ford said.
“I think this word conservative
that they worked so hard to find
and put on their billboards to
cover up the true nature of just
what they are, I think that word
conservative is the wrong word.
They don’t know what it is to be
conservative,” Sanford blasted.
“North Carolina has demonstrat
ed that we know how to conserve
our State funds. We’ve demon
strated that we know how to pro
tect them. We’ve demonstrated
that we know what fiscal respon
sibility is.”
Sanford said the Democratic
party in North Carolina is going
to continue to win “because we
have a record of achievement and
because we have a program of
building for a greater future.”
Sanford said the Republican
party has no record in this cen
tury, on any level, of contributing
anything substantial to the pro
gress of North Carolina.
He said he must admit that
there is a two party system in
North Carolina. “I am proud to
be a member of the party in that
two party system that has a record
of contributing something to North
Carolina.”
Governor Hodges
Makes Suggestion
Luther H. Hodges was asked to
say a few words at the Eastern
Wake County Democratic rally
held here last Friday morning.
• ‘‘I have just one suggestion to
Zebulon and this part of Wbke
County,” he said. “I think it
would be a wonderful tribute to
Mr. Truman and to his relatives
here in Zebulon if we voted the
Democratic ticket from the top to
the bottom as near one hundred
per cent as possible. I think if
you did that it would mean a very
great deal to you for the future.”
Methodist Luncheon
Circle No. 2 of Zebulon Metho
dist Church is sponsoring a: lunch
eon Tuesday, October 25, in the
Fellowship Hall of the church.
This luncheon will be held front
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets will
be $1.00. The menu will be baked
fresh ham, cranberry sauce, turnip
greens, candied yams, combread,
homemade cake and coffee. Tick
ets may be secured from Jean’s,
Wakelon Superette or Mrs. Frank
Wall.
Rotarians are busy scurry
ins: around collectinsr White
Elephant Sale items.
A White Elephant Sale will
be stasred at the National
Guard Armory Saturday, Oc
tober 29, to raise funds for
improvement and expansion
of Zebulon’s Community li
brary.
Any item with a resale
value is requested by the Ro
tarians. These items will be
picked up by a Rotary mem
ber who has an assigned dis
trict in which to solicit.
All items will be sold at the
sale at absolute auction.
Postmaster
for Nov.
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*** $5,7?
An examination for postmaster
of Zebulon will be open for ac
ceptance of applications until No
vember 8, the U. S. Civil Service
Commission has announced. The
annual salary is $5,790.
Proctor Scarboro is now serving
in the appointive position. He
succeeded M. J. Sexton, who re
tired July 31.
Competitors for the postmaster
vacancy in this town must have at
least two years of experience show
ing that they have the ability to
conduct and manage the commu
nity’s postal business efficiently
and to supervise employees so that
customers are satisfied with the
service. Competitors must show
that they can deal with the public
agreeably and effectively and that
they are reliable citizens who
would command the report and
confidence of patrons of the post
office.
Applicants must take a written
[test. Those who pass will be as
signed final ratings on the basis
of this test and on their experi
ence and fitness for the position.
They must have resided within the
delivery of the office for one year
immediately preceding the closing
date of the examination. In addi
tion, they must have reached their
eighteenth birthday on the closing
date for acceptance of applications.
Persons over 70 years of age can
not be appointed.
Complete information about the
examination requirements and in
structions for filing applications
may be obtained at the post office
for which this examination is be
ing announced. Application forms
must be filed with the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, Washington
25, D. C., and must be received or
postmarked not later than the clos
ing date.
Truman Says Republicans Are
Ignorant, Not Good To Have
In Charge of Government
i
Guard Strengthened
Twenty Men Added Recently
Twenty men have been added to
Zebulon National Guard unit dur
ing the recruiting campaign which
began shortly after the close of
the 1960 field training period.
Battery A now has 86 officers
and men, according to Capt. Jack
Potter.
The local artillery unit has per
mission to continue to recruit to
full strength of 99 men, Capt. Pot
ter said. He urged young men to
visit the armory early in order to
be among the 13 yet to be enlisted.
Battery A is equipped with 8
inch howitzers, the most accurate
field artillery weapon of the army
arsenal. The big guns are towed
by 10-ton trucks.
Men who have no prior active
military service receive 6 months
active duty training. This period
includes 8 weeks basic training,
8- weeks of specialized training,
and 6 weeks of “on-the-job”
training.
At the end of the 6 months peri
od, the Guardsman returns home
equipped with new skills which in
sure him of rapid advancement.
CWO Johnsey P. Arnold is at
the Zebulon armory Monday
through Friday of each week
where young men can learn more
about the advantages offered by
the National Guard.
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Rotary President
Gets Named By Chicken
Peddler Traveling Community
A chicken peddler gave Billy
Ksand Hopkins part of his name.
This peddler happened to be in
the community when Hopkins was
born and the youngster needed
something to go along with Billy.
So, the chicken peddler said add
Ksand.
Hopkins, new president of Zeb
ulon Rotary Club, is one of 12
children of the late Willie Baxter
and Lucy Pearce Hopkins. He is
one of seven boys and five girls,
and the second oldest son. Two
of his sisters are deceased.
Hopkins was born June 22, 1914,
in the family' home at Hopkins
Cross Roads. This community was
named for his forefathers. His
great great-grandfather, Peter Hop
i kins, migrated to North Carolina
j in 1778 and settled in the commu
nity which bears his name.
Hopkins has been an active Ro
tarian since 1953. He has served
and is serving his club well, with
enthusiasm and interest. In prep
aration for his presidency he has
served on the club’s board of di
rectors and major committees.
He attended Union Level School.
Although he does not have a high
school education, he has passed
the high school equivalency test.
Hopkins is a fanner, merchant
and sawmill owner. He has been
in the mercantile trade since 1934,
with the exception of three years
during which he was a silent part
ner with his father.
He owns four small farms on
which tobacco is the main crop
grown. He says he likes the
farming life, even though he runs
a general country store. By oper
ating this establishment, he feels
he is performing a service for the
public.
Farming is in his blood, he says,
and he plays around with the
raising of beef cattle, sheep and
other type farm animals and fowl.
Besides these interests, he has a
general insurance agency.
Hopkins is active in Hopkins
Chapel Baptist Church, of which
he is a member. He considers
himself a self-styled preacher, and
fills the pulpit in a lay capacity
when the occasion demands. He
is chairman of the building fund,
finance committee, a deacon, su
perintendent of the Sunday School,
and teacher of the Adult Women
Sunday School Class.
He has been terribly active in
seeing that the community com
pletes a $75,000 church plant.
He says he is very happy about
that, having a modem and up-to
date church plant foi^ the mem
bers and community persons.
He has been a member and of
ficer of the local Farm Bureau,
Wakelon School Board, Better
School Committee, Zebulon Rural
Fire Department, United Fund,
(Continued on Page 5)
Speaks To East
Wake County
Democratic Rally
Here Friday
Ex-President Harry S. Truman,
76-year-old dapper war horse of
the Democratic Party, said in a
speech in Zebulon last Friday that
if the voters study the facts and
“do as they ought to do on elec
tion day this country will be safe."
Truman headed a list of State
dignitaries who appeared here at
the East Wake County Democratic
rally.
“I haven’t got anything against
the Republicans,” he declared,
“only that they’re ignorant and
they’re not good to have in charge
of the government.”
He said he tries his best to edu
cate them as he goes along on his
jaunts across the country. He said
at least, in some instances, he has
had right good luck in educating
them, “especia ly when that pock
et book nerve is hit by some of
their own men as some of these
rich farmers have been hit by Mr.
Benson.”
Truman told the many farmers
listening to him that Benson
would have ru ned the tobacco
business in this State if he had
had an opportunity but there was
a Commissioner of Agriculture who
tied Benson’s hands up so he
couldn’t do it.
He said he could talk about
farming because he is a retired
farmer himself. ‘ What have they,
the Republicans, done for the
farmer, not for him but to him?”
he asked.
He brought in the way the Re
publicans have handled the gov
ernment’s financts.
“I like to discuss their manner
of handling the finances of the
government of the United States.
They have botched that job worse
than it has ever been done since
1929. It’s a terrible thing.”
(Continued on Page 5)
Mrs. Robert Gavin Is Pleased
With Way GOP Campaign Going
Mrs. Robert Gavin, wife of the
Republican gubernatorial nomi
nee, was in Zebulon Tuesday. She
was a guest on the Ruth Cham
blee radio show prior to visiting
here.
Mrs. Gavin, charming and with
a soft manner, said she was happy
to be in Zebulon. She remember
ed it from her two years when
she taught commercial subjects at
Wakelon High School. This was
in 1937 and 1938.
“Zebulon has changed so much
since then,” she said. “At that
time it seemed as if Wakelon was
out in the country.”
She remembered Mrs. Fred
Page, Mrs. Helen Gregory and
Miss Lacy Palmer, the only teach
ers still at Wakelon now when she
was a member of the faculty, too.
How does she like campaigning?
Fine, she said. It is nice to meet
so many people and to see the
way people are responding to the
campaign.
“I guess I’m lucky,” she said,
when asked who carries on the
Gavin household when she’s gone.
“I have a wonderful mother-in
law. She sees to keeping the
household going and to the chil
dren.”
She said she is very, very pleas
ed with the enthusiasm and recep
tion shown to her husband and
herself since the campaign started.
“In the beginning I had no idea
the campaign would mushroom
like it has,” she said, her wide
brown eyes shining. “It’s the first
time in 60 years the Republican
party has had the backing of such
a large number of voters of both
parties.”
Mrs. Gavin was dressed in a
smart ensemble of rust-colored
tweed skirt and matching colored
bulky sweater. Her brown wavy
hair is worn slightly pulled back
in an easy coiffure.