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VOLUME 36. NUMBER 3. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1961
PIGGLY WIGGLY IS OPEN
Zebulon’s new Piggly Wiggly, operated by
Thurman Murray and Frank Wall, opens today
in a new building especially constructed for the
business opposite Zebulon Motor Co. The large,
spacious grocery carries nationally advertised ,
brands at “lowest possible prices,” the owners
report. Their advertisement is on the back page.
Ruby Dawson Is Made
Acting Postmistress Here
Miss Ruby Dawson was sworn in
Saturday night, February 4, as act
ing postmistress of the Zebulon
Post Office.
The local post office has been
without a postmaster since the re
signation of Proctor Scarboro Feb
ruary 4. Scarboro, an appointee,
became postmaster September- 1,
1960. He succeeded M. J. Sexton,
who retired.
Miss Dawson, prominent towns
woman in civic and religious ac
tivities, was a senior clerk with
the local office. She has been a
Civil Service employee since No
vember 15, 1934.
“I expect to do the very best job
I can in serving the people,” she
said.
She is the daughter of Mrs. A.
C. Dawson, Sr., and the late Mr.
Dawson.
PRESSING PROBLEMS
Out of the Darkness
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By Robert Lee Privette
Robert Lee Privette, guidance
director for Wake County
Schools, expresses concern over
the challenges which face North
Carolina school systems. Com
menting on his article, he said,
“Some of this thought resulted
from my experience in Wake
County, while some of it rep
resents my general feeling about
education in North Carolina. . . .
I feel that Wake County is one
of those systems that is ‘on the
threshold,’ but at the same time,
I feel that those systems which
are doing less than we are at
tempting to do are in a very bad
situation.”
To those school systems Which
actively seek it, the ensuing years
will bring better things in educa
tion. We are now engaged in the
greatest transition which we can
Swimming Pool
Fee to Be Higher
Want to become a member of the
Zebulon Swimming Pool Associa
tion, Inc.? If so, you had better
do so before March 1.
Tom Monk, vice president of the
Association, reported this week
that all memberships after March
1 will be increased in price. The
present price is $150 per member
ship.
The membership goal is 200. To
date there have been 145 member
ships sold.
Monk said membership certifi
cates aTe being prepared and
mailed by the Association’s attor
ney, Ferd Davis.
Monk also urged families who
hold memberships to contact oth
er persons in their neighborhood
or community who might be in
terested in securing pool member
ship.
The pool is about three-fourths
completed, Monk said. Weather
conditions have caused a delay in
construction work, but all work
is scheduled to be completed by
March 1.
The first meeting of the Associa
tion is scheduled for the first Sat
urday in March.
expect during this educational ^
era. More specifically, we are i
moving into a new era in educa- "
tion. The years immediately ahead
will be fast moving and full of
challenges in every sense of the |
word. Many of North Carolina’s
more progressive school systems
are on the threshold of an oppor- I
tunity which is so great that any- (
thing less than full exploitation
would be negligent.
Several basic and extremely im
portant factors appear to stand out j
as being especially important in 1
the next few years. Those factors 1
include money, personnel, public '
attitude, educational research, cur
riculum, and inservice programs. !
Money, the first of these factors, '
is not money in the usual sense ■
of the word. Money in this sense
is always needed and always in 1
short supply. This current need
is for “must” money. Money which 1
must be provided immediately if
our educational system is to sue- 1
cessfully move out of the darkness 1
and into the light. 1
In the darkness, we find many '
teachers whose primary deterrent 1
from doing a better job is not
amount of salary, but pupil and '
clerical loads. No teacher, draw- !
ing twice the present salary, could
do much more than she is pres- *
ently doing. 1
In this same darkness, we find
teaching-principals. A principal i
is probably one of two things: a ]
business manager with a suffering '
instructional program, or an in- ‘
structional leader with a poorly ^
handled business. Very few prin
cipals are capable of adequately 5
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Garden Chib
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“Camellias and Azaleas” will be i
the subject discussed by G. B. Ed- i
gerton at the February meeting of «
the Carmen Flowers Garden Club, t
Mr. Edgerton is widely known as 1
an enthusiast in growing camel
lias and azaleas and has conducted I
many interesting experiments in t
rooting plants and growing them
from seed. (
The meeting will be held at the I
home of Mrs. Charles Hawkins, t
with Mrs. Horace Gay co-hostess,
on Monday night, February 13, at t
8:00 p.m. t
Hospital Dedication Is Set
For March 26 In Wendell
The dedication ceremony for
the Wendell-Zebulon Branch of
:he Wake Memorial Hospital has
seen set for 3 p.m., March 26 in
;he Wendell High School audi
:orium. Announcement of the
ledication came from the commit
tee of citizens in Zebulon and
Wendell who met Saturday with
Frank Ceruzzi, branch hospital ad
ninistrator.
Open house at the branch unit
vill follow the dedicatory services
it the hospital located near the
intersection of Highway 64 and 64
Bypass in Zebulon.
A tentative program for the
ceremony was drawn up by the
committee which was called into
session by the appointed chair
man, Mayor T. E. Hales of Zebu
Ion.
A pre-dedication concert by the
Wakelon High School Band, under
the direction of Herbert Ireland,
was agreed upon by the group.
The band will provide music for
30 minutes prior to the dedication
American Legion President
Sold on Club's Activities
The charming, soft-spoken pres
ident of the American Legion Aux
iliary is sold on the workings and
activities of the club which she
tieads.
Mrs. Wilma Lanier said the or
ganization is interested in helping
the veterans pf World Wars I and
II.
“These men are still important
to us,” she said. “The organiza
tion is interested in their welfare,
as all citizens should be.”
Besides helping the veterans,
they work with child welfare,
mainly with the children of vet
erans. The club has given money
to the local PTA for helping un
derprivileged children of veterans.
“It might seem that we are not
doing very much,” Mrs. Lanier
said, “but I feel that we are.”
The Auxiliary also sponsors
jirls’ State candidates from this
irea.
Mrs. Lanier is the former Wilma
Cowell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Vlarcus Nowell of Wendell. She
s one of seven children of the
:ouple, and she was born October
11, 1930.
She attended Wendell High
School, finishing the tenth grade,
following her schooling she was
narried to Melvin Lanier July
5, 1946. Her husbapd is a native
>f Duplin County.
“My husband and I met at a
irug store in Wendell,” Mrs. La
lier said, with that gracious, in
'ectious smile she has. “He work
id in the drug store and every af
ernoon after school I went down
or some refreshments.”
She is the mother of three sons,
lobert, 13; Tim, 10; and Gerald,
!0 months.
She is active in Zebulon Baptist
Church, serving on the Junior
Board of Deacons and as assistant
eacher in the Nursery department.
Sewing is her hobby. She loves
o sew and makes the majority of
he garments she wears. Many of
Mrs. Wilma Lanier
the children’s clothes are also
made by their mother.
“I’ve been sewing since high
school days,” she said. “All types
of sewing fascinates me.”
This 5-5, 148 pound woman with
gray-green eyes and chestnut
brown hair has been president of
the Legion Auxiliary since last
September. She is Ailing the un
expired term of Mrs. Ralph Bunn,
who resigned because of her
health.
There are 17 members of the
Auxiliary, two more than the re
quired quota.
“We wish more wives of veter
ans would join,” Mrs. Lanier said.
“There are many, many more
women who are eligible. We be
lieve they would find our organi
zation very satisfying personally
as well as civicly. I know the
members do. There’s something
very rewarding about the service
our club rende'rs to veterans, their
wives and their children.”
Rural Mail Carrier Morris Retires, Will Piddle
After 41 years and 11 months of
assorting letters, circulars, \and
Sears, Roebuck catalogues and
putting them in the patrons’ rural
mail boxes, Clyde Jefferson Mor
ris has retired.
Rural Carrier Morris spent his
last day on the road January 31.
He and Mrs. Morris were feted at
a dinner party last week by mem
bers of the Zebulon Post Office
which he served.
He said, with full conviction,
X that he has enjoyed his life as a
rural mail carrier very much.
t “It has been a pleasure to serve
my patrons,” he said. “The peo
ple on my route have been very
nice. They are all old friends,
and I shall miss them.”
Morris, who was 70 years old
January 10, was 29 years old when
he became a rural carrier. He
farmed on his father’s farm prioi
to accepting a position with the
Federal Government.
“I began as a substitute carrier
in Bynum, which is located in
Chatham County,” he reminisced
“One of the carriers at the By
num post office was leaving and
I was asked if I wouldn’t like to
take his place. I said I would
give it a try. I did and I liked it.
Of course, this was only tempor
ary. My temporary appointment
was March 1, 1919, and my regu
lar appointment came February 1,
1920.”
He stayed with the Bynum post
office for 17 years before he was
transferred to the Zebulon office.
He recalled that his first route
was 23>/2 miles long and that he
used a horse and buggy for sum
mer delivery and a Harrington
horse drawn mail wagon in the
winter.
“Oh, my, the roads were terri
ble then,” he said. “Ruts, and
everything imaginable. You even
had to ford the streams to make
delivery.”
His beginning salary was $1,384,
and in that day and time it was
fully earned.
Morris was transferred to Zeb
ulon August 1, 1936. He replaced
Starkey Hoyle, who died after
serving the Zebulon office for
many yeaTs.
He acquired his first automobile,
a Model T Ford, in 1920. Even
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services.
The group endorsed unanimous
ly a suggestion that W. F. An
drews, administrator of the Wake
Memorial Hospital, speak briefly
of the inception, construction and
program of the overall plan and
that Frank Ceruzzi give informa
tion regarding the facilities avail
able and services offered by the
Wendell-Zebulon Branch.
Carey Robertson, Wake County
commissioner, will accept the hos
pital for the County Commis
sioners.
H. Cloid Wade, the Zebulon
Wendell member of the Hospital
Authority will accept the unit for
the Authority.
Dr. J. R. Hester, dean of the
Wake County physicians with over
50 years of practice, will accept
for the Zebulon-Wendell physi
cians and introduce them to the
group.
Making acceptance for the towns
of Wendell and Zebulon will be
Joe K. Henderson, Wendell Mayor,
T. E. Hales. Ceruzzi will recognize
the special guests invited to the
ceremony.
A double quartet from the town
of Wendell will provide special
choral entertainment for the oc
casion.
Serving as master of ceremonies
for the dedication will be William
K. Quick, minister of the Zebulon
Methodist Church. The Rev. Roy
L. McCormick, president of the
Wendell-Zebulon Ministerial Asso
ciation will offer the invocation
and the benediction will be given
by the Rev. Ed Lehman, pastor
of the Hopkins Chapel Baptist
Church.
Immediately following the serv
ice, expected to draw several hun
dred persons, an open house will
be held at the Hospital.
Mothers' March
Is Successful
“I am exceptionally pleased
with the way contributions poured
in for the Mothers’ Polio March of
Dimes,” Mrs. Ben Thomas said.
Mrs. Thomas was chairman of
the local Mothers’ March. Mrs.
Armstrong Cannady was in charge
of the cannister drive.
“I consider the drive a very
great success,” Mrs. Thomas said.
“It was very much more success
ful than last year.”
Mrs. Thomas reported that ap
proximately $500 was collected
this year. Last year’s total
amounted to $410.54.
Mrs. Thomas reported that Shep
ard has not been heard from. The
solicitations from the drive at the
school will be sent in with Mrs.
Thomas’ report.
The local chairman commended
Mrs. Cannady on her successful
cannister drive. Cannisters placed
in local and community business
establishments netted $47.22.
Praise from Mrs. Thomas was
heaped upon the heads of the
solicitors. She called them a
“really enthusiastic group, and
they were all so £ jod about ac
cepting areas in which to solicit.”
“Without their help,” Mrs.
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