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VOLUME 35. NUMBER 47. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1060
The Campbell College Choir will present its annual concert of Christmas music at the Zebulon
Baptist Church on Sunday evening, December 18, at 7:30 p.m., it has been announced by church offcials.
The 110-voice choir was signally honored last spring by being the first North Carolina choir ever in
vited to sing for the Southern Baptist Convention, which met in Miami, Fla. Each year the choir sings
oyer 40 concerts in a tour of the eastern states and throughout North Carolina. The choir is under the
direction of Charles Horton, head of the college department of music. The public is invited to attend
this concert.
c*0 Ned Medr —~—
Career After 2o"VfnrfS Arn,y
Yeo'* Service
Chief Warrant Officer Ned D.
Medlin, son of Mrs. Ludie Medlin
of Route 2, Zebulon, ended his
military career November 30 at
Fort McClellan, Ala., after more
than 20 years of service with the
United States Army.
At the retirement review, Med
lin was awarded the Army Com
mendation Medal for meritorious
service while assigned as Post Food
Advisor at Fort McClellan .
The citation which accompanied
the medal read, in part: “while as
signed as Post Food Advisor from
June 1, 1959, to November 30, 1960,
Mr. Medlin was instrumental in
organizing and training a domestic
emergency food service team and
setting up Army National Guard
and Reserve messes with the abso
lute minimum of personnel.”
He was also commended for the
assistance rendered National
Guard and Reserve units during
three-month training periods in
1959 and 1960.
Medlin was graduated from
Dunn High School in 1939 and en
tered the Army at Fort Bragg in
December of that year.
Following basic training he spent
the next three years at Fort Davis
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Bond To Play
Christmas Concert
Wakelon High School band
will present its annual Christ*
mas concert Monday night,
December 19, at the regular
PTA meeting, Herbert Ire
land, director, has announced.
There will be a short meet
ing of the PTA prior to the
concert,
Ireland released a list of the
numbers to be presented by
the band. They are: Two A
merican Songs, Sun Valley
Mountains, Victory Overture,
Beguine Festival, Carmellita
(tango), Sleepers Wake (a
Bach chorale from Cantata
140), Goofin’, Hand Clap
Blues and Christmas Season,
an assortment of Christmas
music.
The public is invited to at
tend this concert.
Bookkeeping Service Opened
By Mrs., Sarah T. Massey
Mrs. Massey
I Mrs. Sarah T. Massey, who re
cently opened a bookkeeping-sten
ographic service here, will attend
an advanced farm and small busi
ness income tax short course at N.
C. State College Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week.
Conducted by the State College
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics, the three-day program is
offered annually in cooperation
with the U. S. Internal Revenue
Service, the N. C. Department of
Revenue, the N. C. Society of Ac
countants, the Social Security Ad
ministration and the College Ex
tension Division.
The advanced section is present
ed in addition to the four regular
courses offered during December
in Asheville, Charlotte, Greenville,
and Greensboro.
Program personnel include
Frank W. Crouch and Joseph P.
Zahran of Greensboro and Henry
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Burlington Mills Executive Opens
Furniture Store Here; Wife Native
Amos Estes
Amos Estes, owner of Zebulon
Furniture Co., is a new-comer to
Zebulon. But already he is grow
ing very fond of his adopted town.
Estes is the son of the late Dr.
and Mrs. Amos Estes, Sr., of
Winnsboro, S. C. He was bom in
that South Carolina town July 16,
1928. He is next to the youngest
of four children of the deceased
couple.
He graduated from Jenkinsville
High School and from Clemson
College in 1951. He holds a bache
lor of science degree in textile en
gineering.
His college was interrupted when
he was called to military duty. He
spent two years with the Army in
Korea with the occupation troops.
After he was awarded his de
gree, he became associated with
Burlington Mills in June of 1951.
He remained with them until he
came to Zebulon, rising from an
apprentice with the firm to being I
in charge of the firm’s Reidsville
plant.
Why did he select textiles in
which to get a degree? He doesn’t
know. And why, since his father
was a general practitioner, didn’t
he become a doctor?
He might have become a doctor,
except for one thing. He went with
his father when he was sixteen on
a delivery call. And he had to as
sist his father. That did it. He
decided then and there he wasn’t
going into medicine.
Estes, who speaks quietly and
thoughtfully, said he isn’t a great
sports lover. In high school he
played a little football and in col
lege he was a member of the track
team.
His first love is fishing. Any
time he has a spare moment and
the weather permits, you can find
him at some pond. He is especial
ly fond of fresh water fishing.
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Wintery Weather Slows
Pool Construction Here
NEWS BRIEFS
Show Program
Today (Thursday) Mrs. Ruth
Chamblee will interview Mrs.
Jack Potter. Mrs. Potter will talk
about birds of North Carolina and
the United States. Mrs. Potter and
her husband are bird lovers and
bird watchers. They have been
included in the recent edition of
Birds in North Carolina.
Friday, Mrs. Chamblee will have
the admininstrative head of the
branch hospitals of Wake County,
Frank Ceruzzi. Ceruzzi will discuss
the opening of the Wendell-Zebu
lon Hospital, how it will be staffed,
equipment, operational procedure,
etc.
On the Monday show, Mrs.
York Kiker, home economist with
the North Carolina Department of
i Agriculture, will talk about menu
I planning for the Christmas holi
| days. She will give advice for
i holiday entertaining, too.
| Amos Estes, new-comer to Zebu
Ion and owner of Zebulon Furni
! ture Co. here, will be the guest
j of Mrs. Chamblee next Tuesday.
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Tapped Into Society
Peggy Richardson is one of five
seniors of Woman’s College who
has been tapped into the Golden
Chain Society. The candlelight
ceremony was held November 23
for these outstanding students.
They were chosen for their lead
ership, scholarship, service, toler
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Wintery weather has slowed
down construction on the swim
ming pool being built for the
citizens of Zebulon and the out
lying communities.
Tom Monk, vice president of the
pool corporation, said all is work
ing very satsifactorily at the pool
site located adjacent to the park
on Glenn and North Streets.
Monk reported that Gordon
Hammond, contractor, said the ex
cavation and construction work is
rather slow now due to the
weather’s being so inclement.
One hundred \en family mem
berships have been bought or
pledged, Monk said. He said the
deadline for membership is Janu
ary 15.
The cost of the pool will be
about $30,000.
Monk revealed that the following
persons have bought memberships
in the corporation. These are
names that have not been pre
viously published. They are F.
B. Wall, J. A. Wood, Paul H.
Brown, Robert E. Horton, J.
Hardin Hinton, Claude E. Pearce,
Jr., C. V. Tart, Hal Perry, Wyatt
Horton, Bobby H. Sherron, James
Scarboro Buchanan, Barrie Davis,
and James M. Potter.
Pledged members are R. E.
Pippin, Bobby Rhodes, Rayford
S. Whitley, II, J. P. Arnold, Wil
liam C. Bunn, Ferd L. Davis, Ed
Kannon, L. E. Strickland, C. L.
Tippett, Harry L. Bissett, E. C.
Daniel, R. Berdon Eddins, H. H.
Eddins, Floyd Edwards, Minda P.
Finch, Dorothy O. Massey, Joseph
H. Masey, Dr. L. M. Massey, Benny
L. Perry, Margaret Mae Perry,
Ainsworth L. Privette, Avon
Privette, Eddie G. Richards, J. R.
Sawyer, M. W). Sutton, Wilson
Braswell, James M. Debnam, Wil
bur T. Debnam, J. Thurman Mur
ray and Curtis Privette.
Home Burns, Leaves
Family With Nothing
Fire Tuesday morning destroyed
the home of Willard Raper of
Rou tel,Wendell. The blaze swept
the frame dwelling about three o’
clock.
No object was saved from the
fire, and the family is in dire need
of clothing and furniture.
There are five children, boys, 8,
10, and girls, 13, 15 and 18. Raper
is 5-7 V2 and weighs 150 pounds.
His wife is 5-5 and weighs 135.
Any person who would like to
help the family may deposit cloth
ing or furniture at Raper Tractor
and Implement Co. in Zebulon.
Bank Holidays
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. will
be closed December 24, 25, and 26,
Cashier Robert D. Massey has an
nounced. These are legal holidays
and there will be no customer
service.
Ells King Picked By N&O
Sports Staff To All-East Team
Ellis King
By Bill Quick
Ellis King, 17-year old Wakelon
High School senior, was named
last week to the All-East team
picked by the Sports Staff of liie
Raleigh News and Observer and
the coaches of eastern and central
North Carolina.
King is the first Bulldog to make
the team in recent years.
The unique honor came to King
after he, along with teammates
Ron Clark, Jesse Parrish and Mike
Pearce, had been chosen unani
mously to the Wake-Nash-Edge
combe All Conference team. He
was a repeater from the 1959
squad.
This outstanding and versatile
football star climaxed his high
school career by scoring in the
1960 season fourteen touchdowns
and sixteen extra points for a total
of 100 points. He gained 1,056
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