"»ZEBULON
RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 1. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 2. 1961
WAKEFIELD PASTOR AND FAMILY
The Rev. and Mrs. Horace A. Hamm and two daughters, Angela and
Anita, occupy the Wakefield Baptist parsonage. Mr. Hamm, a South Carolina
native, assumed the Wakefield pastorate in December.
Rotary Club Gives 48
Books To Local Library
Forty-eight new volumes were
added to the local community li
brary last week, according to Mrs.
Gilford Bufkin, librarian.
These books are gifts of Zebu
Ion Rotary Club, Mrs. Bufkin said.
They cost approximately $125.00
and have been catalogued and
shelved on the “Rotary Shelf.”
Mrs. Bufkin said the greater ma
jority of these books are for chil
dren, which the library has sorely
needed. Most of them range in
the 5-6 grade age limit.
She said she is sorry they were
unable to get more books for chil
dren in the third grade age limit.
The books are: “Alaska, the
49th State” by Linquist, “This Is
Paris” by Sasek, “The Golden
Treasury of Poetry” by Unter
Meyer, “Our Space Age Jets” by
Colby, “Bomber Planes That Made
History” by Cooke,
“The Sea for Sam” by Reed, “Mr.
Wizard’s Experiments for Young
Scientists” by Herbert, “Fairy
Tales Told in France” by Havi
land, “Jean and Johnny” by Cle
ary, “The Gammage Cape” by
Kendale, “Nine Days to Christmas”
by Ets, "Tamarindo” by Brown,
“The Marshmallow Ghost” by
Friedrick, “Mother Goose Alma
nac” by Palazzo, “True Book of
Plant Experiments” by Poden
corf, “Luck of the Golden Cross”
by Vinson, “First Book of New
World Explorers” by Rick, “First
Man into Space” by Bergaust,
“Abraham Lincoln, Courageous
Leader” by Bragdon,
“Mystery of the Haunted Pool”
by Whitney, “The Rugged Dozen
Abroad” by De Leeuw, “Jet Flier”
by Archibald, “The Book of Holi
days” by McSpadden, “Trumpe
ters Tale” by Eaton, “James
Bowie and His Famous Knife” by
Garst, “Most Gracious Majesty” by
Parker, “Girl in White Armor” by
Paine, “Rembrandt, A Biography”
by Ripley, “Theodore Roosevelt”
by Judson,
“Johnny Reb” by Allen, “Is
lands in the Sky” by Clarke, “Hol
ly Hotel” by Dunlap, “King of the
Wind” by Henry, “Please Don’t
Eat the Daisies” by Kerr, “Verses
from 1929 On” by Nash, “Deep
Hlwwing Brook” by Goss, “It’s
Good to Be Alive” by Campanella,
“Red Carpet for Mamie” by
Hatch,
“No Moon on Graveyard Head”
by Dorian, “Jalna” by De La
Roche, “Man for Marcy” by Du
Jardin, “Sweet Sixteen” by Em
ery, “Black Stallion” by Farley,
“Black Stallion Returns” by Far
ley, “Is This My Love” by Finney,
“By Rocket to the Moon” by Gail
and “Cruise of Danger” by Ham
mond-Innes.
Community Resident Is
Retiring From College
The Rev. Oscar Creech of the
Chowan College administrative
staff in Murfreesboro retired from
his post as director of development
February 1.
Creech is a native of Johnston
County, having been born on Mid
dlesex, Route 1, below the commu
nity of Emit. He is the son of the
late Ransom Right Creech and
Henrietta Sullivan Creech.
The February retirement is the
second one for the 75 year old min
ister-educator. The first came a
bout 10 years ago when he resign
ed as pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Ahoskie after nearly 26
years of service in that capacity.
That retirement was short lived;
almost immediately Creech joined
the administrative staff of Cho
wan College. His first position
was associate to the president;
then, acting president following
the death of Dr. F. O. Mixon; and
under the administration of Pres
ident Bruce E. Whitaker, he serv
ed as director of development.
Although “Brother Creech," as
he is called by his friends, is one
of the best loved men in the Cho
wan section of North Carolina, he
is not a native of that area.
In 1905, he graduated from
Clayton High School and entered
Wake Forest College. Three years
later he was graduated cum laude
from that institution with the B.
A. degree.
Creech was married on August
6, 1907, to Miss MaTtha Louise
Gulley of Clayton. They have
five children: Orville of Ahoskie;
Mrs. Jessica Frommelt of Chicago;
Oscar, Jr., a world-renowned sur
geon who resides in New Orleans; j
Judson of Raleigh; and Mrs. Elva !
Bond of Windsor. i
For four years he was teacher- '
principal of Castalia High School.'
Then he moved to Nash County i
where he was superintendent of;
schools and pastor of the Nashville j
Baptist Church.
After a period of study at the i
Southern Baptist Theological |
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., he
went to Red Oak, N. C., as super- '
intendent of a large boarding
school and pastor of the Red Oak 1
Bantist Church. He remained j
there until January 1, 1925, when !
he moved to Ahoskie to become j
pastor of the Baptist Church there. I
At the time, the Ahoskie church j
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Wakelon Ruritans Sponsoring
Musical Comedy Production
Union Chapel Cl
Construction of
At its business meeting Sunday,
January 29, Union Chapel Baptist
Church members voted unani
mously authorizing the planning
and construction of a new sanctu
ary as soon as funds are available.
Appointed to the Survey and
Planning Committee were Wood
row Richards, Reginald Cunning
ham, Junior Parrish, Sam Ed
wards, Herbert Hood, Clem Creech
and Otha Brannon.
The new auditorium will be
adapted from architectural designs
of the Department of Architecture
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion. The overall size of the new
addition will be 75 by 35 feet with
a meeting capacity of over 200
persons. The building will be of j
modern or contemporary design!
and constructed of brick or block.!
The Rev. George Stallings is pas
tor of the church.
NEWS BRIEFS
In Science Club
Miss Dorothy Smith, East Caro
lina senior, is a membeT of the
College Science Club. The club is
carrying on during the current
school year a program of activities
aimed at benefiting students inter
ested in both the biological and i
physical sciences. Eighty-nine stu
dents are now participating in the
work of the organization, which is
sponsored by the college depart
ment of science.
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Red Cross Course
A free Red Cross Standard First
Aid bourse has been scheduled at
the request of Mrs. Dorothy Tay
lor, home economics teacher at
Shepard High School. The course
will meet on Wednesday nights
from 7:30 to 9:30 beginning Feb
ruary 8 in the home economics
building. This community class
is open to anyone interested. Mrs.
Esther Dozier and Mrs. Delia Luns
ford, volunteer First Aid instruc
tors from Raleigh, will conduct
the course.
Sermon Topics
The Rev. G. W. McDowell, pas
tor of Pilot Baptist Church, an
nounces the sermon topics for the
month of February. February 5:
A Hopeless Sinner—Film, Moses,
Called by God; February 12: The
Great Supper—The Friend at Mid
night; February 19: The Ant—An
swered Prayer; February 26:
Three Little Animals—The Good
Samaritan.
Legion Auxiliary Meet
Mrs. Melvin Lanier hes an
nounced the Legion Auxiliary will
hold its February meeting Friday
night, February 3, in the home
of Mrs. Sidney Holmes. The
meeting will get underway at 8
o’clock. Mrs. Bill Perry will con
duct a program on Americanism
and Civil Defense.
lurch Plans
Sanctuary
Grand Opening
Zebujon’s newest grocery
market will open next Thurs
day, February 9. This is Piggly
Wiggly, located directly across
from Phil-Ett Oil Co.
The opening is scheduled
for 9 o’clock, co-owners Frank
Wall and Thurman Murray
said.
This is one of the most
modem grocery - markets
found in the South. There is
7,400 square feet of selling
area with all new ultra modem
fixtures.
Pool Memberships
Only 220 memberships will
be sold in the Zebulon Swim
ming Pool Association, pool
officials have announced.
Therefore, pool officials said,
persons who want to become
members of the Association
must purchase memberships
at once. Memberships sell for
$150.
Mothers' March
Mrs. Ben Thomas reported yes
'terday that the (Mothers' Polio
March Tuesday night was a “big
success.’’
She said the final count will be
more than was solicited last year.
Mrs. Thomas said many persons
were missed because of conflicts,
i.e., basketball games, bridge
parties, etc. These persons .may
send their contributions to Mrs.
Thomas.
An enthusiastic cast has been
at work daily on the “Running
Wild” production, a musical re
vue which Wakelon Ruritan Club
is sponsoring Thursday night (to
night) and Saturday night in
Wakelon School auditorium at
8:13 o’clock.
Sprite Barbee will appear as
Will I. Proffitt, W. A. Allman as
Chuck Chamberlain, and John
Ihrie as Dr. Lewis. These three
are the usually proper citizens
of a small town who undertake
hilarious impersonations in a po
litical campaign effort to defeat
the local underworld element of
Spider McGinness, who is played
by C. V. Tart.
Aiding and abetting in this mer
ry mix-up are Mary Vic Brough
ton as Hertha Higgenbottom and
Mrs. Charles Weathersby as Shir
ley Ross and Mrs. Harold Green
as Geraldine Van Dyne, the
wealthy, world-traveling dowager
who is nominated by the People’s
Party to run for mayor. Joanne
Brantley will play Mrs. Van Dyne’s
French maid, Matilda.
The attractive, vivacious chorus
girls are Jane Ihrie, Vickie Tart,
Joanne Denton, Marie Scarbor
ough, Vickie Walters, Ann Davis,
Pat Walters, Gloria Mason, Mar
garet Dunn and Betsy Long. These
girls comprise the city’s new
“cute cops” and “charming fe
male firemen.” They also appear
in the charity bazaar’s alhoa scene.
One of the highlights of the
produotion will be a scene in
Spider McGinness’ “Muscle Build
ing Emporium and Gent’s Gymn.”
In a night club which serves as a
cover up for the mob’s hide out
thosL. very popular chorus girls
appear as sailorettes.
Mrs. Ed Ellington is serving as
pianist for the production.
The show is being directed by
Miss-Sandi Manning. Her pro
fessional background and natural
zest and spark are making this
show a definite hit. Assisting her
is Miss Mar-Lou Davis.
Native Is New Manager
Nation's Stamp Company
Roland A. Early, a Zebulon
native, has been named state man
ager for North Carolina by The
Sperry and Hutchinson Company,
distributors of S&H green stamps
and the nation’s oldest and largest
trading stamp company.
Early’s appointment was an
nounced today by Jackson S.
Smith, district manager, Atlanta,
Georgia. His office will be locat
ed in Charlotte.
The new state manager has been
associated with The Speery and
Hutchinson Company since 1954.
He started as a salesman for S&H
Goldsboro and Fayetteville
branches and was promoted in
1959 to sales supervisor.
Prior to joining S&H he was City
Clerk of Mount Olive from 1948
to 1951. He subsequently man
aged a wholesale grocery com
pany for two years and was then
self-employed from 1953 to 1954.
Prior to his business career, he
served in the army in the China
Burma-India theater for two years
during most of which time he was
attached to the Chinese Ministry
of Communications. He received
the Bronze Star.
Early is maTried to the former
Marjorie Hood of Mount Olive.
They have four children.