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VOLUME 36. NUMBER 5. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 1961
James Creech (left) and Dr. B. D. Thomas stand looking at
the beautiful $30,000 pool completed last week for persons in Zebu
Ion and surrounding towns and communities. Memberships are
still being sold in the Association.
Swimming Pool Completed;
Grounds Being Landscaped
The town’s $30,000 swimming
pool is complete.
The pool was filled with water
over the weekend to test filtering
equipment and to make the final
acceptance by the Zebulon Swim
ming Pool Association, Inc.
The pool, 100 feet by 35 feet, is
completely equipped with the most
modem filtering system, bath
houses, rest rooms and a kiddie
pool 10 by 15 feet. There is a
large lounging area surrounding
the pool. Ten feet of ground is
being seeded with grass on either
side of the walkway around the
pool to enlarge the lounging area
Wakdon Band
Invited to March
At Azalea Festival
Wakelon High School’s march
ing band has been invited to par
ticipate in the Azalea Festival pa
rade in Wilmington April 8.
Director Herbert Ireland said
the band has accepted the invita
tion and “we are very pleased and
thrilled at the honor of participat
ing in the parade.”
This is the first time the school
band has received such an in
vita ti cm.
March 10, the band will give a
concert at eight o’clock in the high
school auditorium to raise money
for the trip.
“Such a trip, as you know, will
be expensive,” Ireland said. “But
we feel that we can raise the nec
essary money for the trip by giv
ing the concert.”
Tickets are now on sale for
$1.00 each.
The 66 band members will trav
el by Carolina Trailways bus and
will be fully chaperoned, Ireland
said.
for non-swimmers and observers.
Tom Monk, vice president of the
Association, said Tuesday 172
memberships have been sold. The
Association is seeking 200 mem
berships.
Members are being notified of a
meeting Saturday at 3 p.m. at the
Town Hall for the purpose of
electing directors and a slate of
officers to be named from the di
rectors.
At this meeting it will be de
cided whether to increase the cur
rent membership fee from $150 to
$200 or more. Monk Said he defl
nately feels that the price will be
upped.
Monk also said that in case per
sons move away from the area,
their membership may be sold to
the Association, which in turn will
resell it at the current member
ship price.
Memberships have not been re
stricted to families of Zebulon.
Persons from other neighboring
towns or communities may pur
chase memberships.
Monk invites persons who are
interested to come by and see the
pool which is located behind the
community park.
Col. Gordon Hammond is the
pool contractor.
On Executive
Committee
Dr. L. M. Massey, prominent
Zebulon dentist, has been named
to a new executive committee (or
Meredith College. Dr. Massey
serves as chairman of the com
mittee. '
On WC Honor Roll
Miss Peggy Richardson, a senior
at Woman’s College, is among the
list of 233 undergraduates mak
ing the honor roll during the first
semester of the current academic
year. Miss Richardson, a physi
cal education major, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Richardson of Zebulon.
Minister's Wife to Be Operating
Room Supervisor at Local Hospital
Mrs. MacAHaster
A tninister’s wife has been em
ployed as the supervisor of the
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital operat
ing, emergency and central sup
ply rooms, Mrs. George H. Tem
ple, director of nurses, has an
nounced.
Mrs. Claudette MacAllaster said
she think.; her job with the local
hospital will be “one of the most
challenging she has ever under
taken” and feels as though she will
be very happy working with the
unit.
The Gadsten, Alabama, native
with expressive blue eyes and
dark brown hair is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. McDearis
of Manchester, Ga. Her father is
a retired dry goods salesman, and
her parents were living in Gad
sten at the time she was born.
She is the youngest—23—child
of four children of the couple.
After graduation from Gadsten
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Shopping Center Open House
To Be Wednesday Night at 8
COMMENT ON WATER SYSTEM
It's Truly Marvelous
ine lown oi ^.eouion, now en
gaged in surveying a proposed wa
ter supply facility at Tarpley’s
Mill and comparing costs with de
velopment of the existing site on
Little River above the Highway
64 By-Pass, has begun its plan
ning none too soon, according to
Dr. Paschal Returning
For Revival Services
At Union Chapel
Dr. C. Spurgeon Paschal will
be returning to this area for re
vival meetings at Union Chapel
Baptist Church March 12-17, the
Rev. George Stallings, pastor, has
announced.
Dr. Paschal is pastor of Belmont
Baptist Church in Charlottesville,
Va. He was born in 1907 in Ken
tucky and reared in Tennessee.
He was educated at the University
of Tennessee and Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary, receiv
ing the Th. D. degree from the
latter school. Before entering the
ministry he was a teacher and
principal in the public schools of
Tennesee and was later employed
as a salesman and supervisor for
five years.
Dr. Paschal served pastorates in
Knoxville, Tenn., and Dupont, In
diana, before accepting a call to
Charlottesville in 1949.
A reception for Dr. Paschal
will be held in the church fellow
ship hall after services Monday
night, March 13.
Businessmen To Meet
A ‘M ''ch” supper will be held
at Hilliard’s Restaurant Tuesday
night at 6:30 for Zebulon business
men. Thompson Greenwood ex
ecutive secretary of the North Caro
lina Merchants Association, will talk
to the group on methods of increas
ing business through cooperative
promotions.
Following the talk, an effort will
be made to organize a series of
business promotion activities for die
coming year in this community.
Businessmen interested in the
meeting are urged to call Amos
Estes. at Zebulon Furniture Com
pany or Barrie Davis to that
reservations may be made for die
meal.
a letter received from the State
Board of Health.
W. J. Stevenson, sanitary engi
neer working out of Raleigh, in
spected the local system in Janu
ary, and described the high qual
ity of local water as “almost a
marvel” in view of the antiquated
filtration system.
In a letter to W. B. Hopkins,
water works superintendent, Mr.
Stevenson stated:
“On January 20 I made an in
spection of the water plant at
Zebulon and the four wells with
Mr. L. A. Baker.
“Upon inspection of the water
plant, it was found that the plant
is old, antiquated, and inefficient.
Although bacteriological analyses
of samples of water produced by
this water plant indicates that the
water is safe for human consump
tion, it is almost a marvel that a
plant in the condition of the water
plant at Zebulon could produce
water which is safe for human
consumption.
“Due to the fact that the pres
ent water plant is completely worn
out and since it appears that wells
will not furnish an adequate sup
ply of water for the town of Zeb
ulon, it is strongly urged that the
town take steps to construct a new
water filtration plant, which will
be adequate in size to properly
furnish water for the town of
Zebulon.
“The water plant and the wel's,
at present, aTe barely able to sup
ply a sufficient amount of water
during extremely warm weather
and with a normal population
growth, these will be inadequate
in the very near future. It is,
therefore, urged that the town
take steps to correct their water
supply problem at the very earliest
possible date.”
Town Gets Easement for Sewer
line to Hospital; Case Is Settled
Long-standing litigation be
tween the Town of Zebulon and
the heirs of the late George
Broughton was ended last week in |
Superior Court of Wake County j
when Judge W. K. McLean signed j
a judgment awarding the town an
easement for a sewer line across j
the Broughton property to the!
site of the Wake County Hospital j
Authority unit on U. S. Highway
64.
In order for the hospital unit to
tap on to the sewerage system of
the town, it was necessary for the :
line to cross the Broughton prop- ■
erty unless a sewer pump was in- j
stalled at an expense of approxi- j
mately $12,000.
Under its right of eminent do
main the municipality condemned
a right-of-way and the sewer line
was constructed some months ago.
The matter of damages remained
open, however, since the owners of I
the land excepted to ai award by
commissioners of appraisal.
Under an agreement with the
Hospital Authority, the Town of!
Zebulon will be reimbursed for the I
cost of obtaining the right-of-way i
plus the costs of court and attor
ney’s fees. The authority is also
paying the contractor for con
struction of the sewer line.
At a preliminary hearing last
fall Clerk of Court J. Russell Nip
per > appointed Robert D. Massey,
Avon Privett, and M. J. Sexton
as commissioners to appraise the
damages suffered by the Brough
ton heirs through construction of
the sewer line. The witnesses of
fered by the Town of Zebulon at
the hearing included F. D. Finch,
Mayor T. E. Hales, and Town
Clerk W. B. Hopkins.
Following the exception to the
commissioners’ report, the matter
was docketed for trial before a
judge and jury last Thursday. The
jury returned its verdict of $1,000
damages under peremptory in
structions from Judge McLean.
The Broughton heirs had sought
$10,000 for the easement.
The land owners were repre
sented by Varser, McIntyre, Hen
ry, & Hedgpeth, and by Henry It
Henry, Lumberton attorneys. Ferd
Davis represented the Town of
Zebulon.
Open house will be held Wed
nesday night, March 8, from 8 to
10 o’clock in Zebulon’s new shop
ping center located opposite Phil
lett Motor Company.
The shopping center, one of the
most modern in the South, houses
Piggly Wiggly, Cornelia Smith la
dies’ wear, and Zebulon Beauty
Shop.
The grounds are being land
scaped and graded and will be
hard-surfaced. There are ample
parking spaces for about 75 cars,
with the area brilliantly lighted.
A registration for door prizes
will be held at each of the stores.
Winners do not have to be present
to receive the gifts.
Piggly Wiggly, the first unit to
be completed in the center, has
been operating ;for two weeks.
Frank Wall and Thurman Murray,
co-owners, announce they will
haVe a grand opening of their
Arm March 9, 10 and 11. During
this period they will give away
50 bags of groceries to lucky per
sons.
Mrs. Smith moves into her spa
cious, modem building in the cen
ter after 10 years of operating a
woman’s wearing apparel shop in
the Gill building at the comer of
Arendell and Gannon Avenues.
Zebulon Beauty Shop, owned by
Mrs. Ruby Manning,' moved from
Arendell Avenue to the center on
Monday. Mrs. Manning opened
her shop on Arendell Avenue in
1954.
During open house hours, the
three stores will serve refresh
ments in Piggly Wiggly.
The owners of the businesses
cordially invite the public to at
tend the open house and see the
town’s newest and finest addition.
Closing Business
Mrs. Lawrence Liles, owner of
Jean’s Children Shop, announced
this week she is closing her busi
ness. Mrs. Liles, who opened the
children’s shop here two years ago,
indicated that she plans to work
with a Raleigh firm as bookkeeper.