* ZEBULON
RECORD
VOLUME 30. NUMBER 9. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1901
Hospital Ribbon Cutting
H. C. Wade, second from left, is shown cutting the ribbon to
the Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. The ribbon cutting took place Sunday
afternoon following dedicatory services held in Wendell School
auditorium. To Wade’s left is W. F. Andrews, Wake County Hos
pital Authority administrator. On the right is Frank Ceruzzi, assist
ant hospital administrator, and Cary .Robertson, Wake Couifty
commissioner.
Merchants Sponsoring Free
Movies Here For 10 Weeks
Seventeen Zebulon merchants in
Cooperation with Wakelon Theater
are sponsoring a free movie day
each Wednesday.
The promotion is scheduled for
10 more weeks, according to R. D.
Williams, local theater manager.
Each week the sponsoring mer
chants will have 100 tickets at
their store which may be picked
up any time. The tickets are
free and you do not have to buy
anything at the store.
The tickets are good for any of
the Wednesday shows. Tickets
are to be signed and deposited up
on entering the movie and a draw
ing is held each week with 10
silver dollars given away. All
tickets will remain in the box
throughout the 13 weeks; how-'
ever, you must be present to win.
A matinee began yesterday
(Wednesday) for the continuation
of this promotion, Williams said.
Last Wednesday night 1,120 per
sons attended the night showing,
Williams reported.
Free tickets available from the
sponsoring merchants are Dunn
Grocery, Hepler’s Auto Supply,
Paul V. Brantley Oil Company,
Lowery’s Insurance Agency, Zeb
ulon Furniture, Massey Grocery
and Service Station, Steve’s Flow
er Shop, Joe Wood Texaco Sta
tion, Western Auto Store of Wen
dell, Hales’ Farm Supply, Deb
nam Hardware Company, Peo
ples Bank and Trust Company,
Whitley Furniture Company, Wen
dell Drug Company of Wendell,
Todd Electric Company of Wen
dell, Meet and Eat Grill and Dairy
Queen and Paul Brown Grocery.
First Federal
Employee
Mrs. Kay Perry became a teller
with the local branch of First Fed
eral Savings and Loan Association
March 13. She was formerly as
sociated with Occidental Life In
surance Co. of Raleigh for two
years and seven months as a clerk
typist. Mrs. Perry is married to
Basil Perry, who is with the Army
in Worms, Germany. She is the
mother of one child, John Walker
Perry, six months. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Leslie Chamblee,
with whom she resides, and the
late Mr. Chamblee.
Woman's Apartment Ransacked
The apartment of Mrs. Melba
Flowers Perry was ransacked dur
ing the weekend. Mrs. Perry lives
in an apartment in the Duke
building on Arendell Avenue.
Night Policeman Wendell Perry
reported that Mrs. Perry’s brother
reported the entry. Perry said the
brother saw the lights on Sunday
night in his sister’s apartment and
felt something was wrong since he
knew his sister was not at home.
Perry, who said he is still con
ducting an investigation, said noth
ing was missing from the apart
ment.
Local Minister
Given Tribute By Baptist Organ
The following article was
clipped from The Biblical Record
er issue of March 18. It is a
tribute to a citizen of Zebu Ion,
the Rev. A. D. Parrish, whom the
author calls “'both hero and
prophet of the minds and hearts of
thousands of people.”
In the book. Selections from
Carlyle, by K. W. Boynton, in say
ing “No Man Is a Hero to His Own
Valet,” Carlyle was quoting a
Frenchman. I quote it here be
cause it sounds similar to the say
ing of Jesus found in Matthew
13:57, “No Prophet goes unhon
ored except in his own country”
(Phillips translation).
Whatever may be the meaning
of the two quotations above, the
Rev. A. D. Parrish of Zebulon is
both a hero and a prophet in the
minds and hearts of thousands of
people. He has served, loved, and
preached to them for more than a
quarter of a century. He has
spent his entire ministerial life
in the county and adjoining coun
ties. He has not just stayed at the
same place either. He has accom
plished, with the help of the peo
ple one of the greatest pieces of
work in this section of the state.
Not many months ago the An
tioch Church located off Highway
39 entered a new building that is
a thing of beauty. Brother Par
rish has served the Antioch Church
for 24 years. The one word that
best sums up his ministry at An
tioch is “progress.”
' The White Oak Church, Archer’s
Lodge, built a new church house
during the1 22 years that PaTrish
was pastor there. This building
is a credit to the community and
is a better structure than one can
find in many towns of our state.
At Corinth Church, Brother
Parrish has served as pastor for
14 years. Only a few months ago,
the congregation entered a new
building which is both an honor to
the community and a credit to the
pastor.
Antioch, Corinth and White Oak
are all in the Johnston Associa
tion. Besides these three
churches, Parrish was pastor at
one time at Samaria for 10 years,
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Insurance Executive To Direct
Cancer Crusade In Zebulon
Eastern Star Chapter Having
Public Installation Tonight Here
Wakeneld-Zebulon Chapter, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will hold
its annual public installation of
new officers for the coming year
Thursday (tonight) at 8 o’clock in
the Zebulon Masonic Temple.
Officers to be installed are:
Mrs. Spencer Tant, Worthy Ma
tron; Willie Bullock, Worthy Pa
tron; Mrs. Elmo Finch, Associate
Matron; Spencer Tant, Associate
Patron; Mrs. Ralph Bunn, Secre
tary; Mrs. Thurman Murray,
Treasurer; Mrs. Willie Bullock,
Conductress; and Mrs. Woodrow
Richards, Associate Conductress.
The new Worthy Matron has
appointed the following officers:
Albert Pulley, Chaplain; Mrs. Vera
Rhodes, Marshal; Mrs. Rodney
McNabb, Organist; Mrs. W. H.
Richardson, Adah; Mi*s. Sidney
Eddins, Ruth; Mrs. Rella Privette,
Esther; Mrs. Coy Pate, Martha;
Mrs. Mozelle Flood, Electa; Mrs.
Repsie Pearce, Warder; and Ro
lan Gordon, Sentinel
Mrs. Tant succeeds Mrs. Ruric
Gill, Jr., in the highest post in
the local Eastern Star chapter.
Local Theater Has New Manager
Robert David Williams was
named manager of Wakelon
Theater January 1 by Rudolph
Howell of Smithfield, owner of
the local theater and a chain of
theaters in North Carolina.
Williams, succeeds William
Gregory, who is now associated
with a theater in Virginia. Royal
Bunn was associated with the local
movie house prior to Williams’
appointment. Bunn was the in
terim manager.
He is married to the former
Doris Rogers. They have one
child, Pamela, 7.
Prior to accepting the local
movie house managership, he Was
with the City of Raleigh Depart
ment of Public Works for 10 years.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Wendell Doctor Is
Taking Position
With Coats Clinic
After seven months as a practic
ing physician in the town of Wen
dell, Dr. Hewlette C. Connell is
leaving. He has accepted a posi
tion on the staff of the Coats Clinic.
Dr. Connell, bom in Bamesville,
Ga., in 1932 is the son of Mrs.
Connell of Macon, Ga. and the late
Dr. George B. Connell, who was
president of Mercer University.
He graduated from Lanier High
School for Boys and from Mercer
University in 1953. In 1957 he
was graduated from the Medical
College of Georgia and later in
terned at Macon City Hospital.
He then served two years in the
Army.
His wife is the former Patricia
Dowell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
W. B. Dowell of Raleigh. They are
the parents of three children,
George B., 3V2, and twins John
and Michael, 2.
Tapped Into
Honor Society
Charles J. Williams, Jr., a ris
ing senior of Concord High School,
was tapped as a member of the
National Honor Society in an im
pressive ceremony March 6 in the
high school auditorium. He is
the grandson of Mrs. Eunice Kan
non of Zebulon and the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Williams of Concord.
Mrs. Williams is the former Sarah
Kannon of Zebulon.
D. Williams of Route 4, Zebulon.
Williams and his family reside one
mile from Zebulon on the Wen
deil-Zebulon by-pass.
Williams invited the public to
attend the rtewly renovated movie
house. It has been completely re
painted, the seats have been re
modeled, there is new lighting,
and the restrooms have been
overhauled. There is a new 26x12
movie screen and the sound sys
tem is high-fidelity, the same as
used in Radio Center, New York.
Methodist Luncheon
A luncheon will be served on
Thursday, April 6, at the Zebulon
Methodist Church. Featuring a
main course of fried chicken, the
luncheon will be served from
11:30-1:30 in the fellowship hall
of the church. Tickets are $1.00
and are on sale at Martha’s Doll
House and Children’s Shop, the
Zebulon Piggly Wiggly, Farmer’s
Department Store, and Mary Vic’s
Florist.
Sponsored by the Woman’s So
ciety of Christian Service, pro
ceeds from the luncheon will go
to the church’s Parsonage Fund.
Sunday Topics By
Methodist Minister
Topics far the Easter sermons
by the Rev. William K. Quick at
the Zebulon Methodist Church are
announced.
The topic for Sunday morning
! will be “Good News from A Grave
| yard.” The morning worship serv
j ice is at 11:00 a.m.
“Have You Seen the Lord?” is
the fopic for the Sunday evening
service which begins at 7:30 p.m.
Aaron Lowery, owner of the
Lowery Insurance Agency, will
direct the 1961 Cancer Crusade in
Zebulon, it was announced this
week by Graham Connell of Ra
leigh, the Wake County chairman.
Lowery, who has been active
locally in many community proj
ects, including the United Fund, is
recruiting workers for the drive
which will be held April 16
through 22.
“We lost 11 persons to cancer in
the past year from the Zebulon
area. Only 28 of our citizens made
use of the free qancer detection
clinic at Rex Hospital last yean It
all too clear that we need plenty of
education on cancer. We very
much need money to carry on
cancer research and service to pa
tients, but our main job this
Spring is to get people to go to
their doctors in time,” Lowery
said. '■>
Lowery said there were 172
lives lost to cancer in Wake Coun
ty in 1960; there were 338 re
ported new cases of the disease;
and there aVe over 600 active cases
of cancer in Wake County now.
“The figure we don’t know is
how many Zebulon lives were
saved from cancer last year. The
national figures tell us that one
person out of three is being cured
today. This is due to education,
early detection and early treat
ment. It is also due to the great
strides already being made in can
ceT research,” Lowery declared.
Lowery said that the facts show
that much educational work is
needed among housewives “who
are curable in 75 to 90% of the
are cruable in 75 to 90% of the
cases.” Also, he declared that 23
Wake County fanners were lost
last year. However, there was no
group of the population untouched
by the disease; six children under
18 years were victims.
The Wake County Cancer Society
| is in business to go out of busi
j ness, but meanwhile it is deliver
ing every possible service to the
! people. The Society helps to main
tain the free clinic at Rex, and
makes appointments for it. It fur
nishes drugs, surgical dressings,
hospital beds, wheel chairs and
appliances to patients in need of
such services. Also, the Society
! furnishes educational materials to
| all sources desiring them, and is
i prepared to conduct educational
! programs.
1 “We’re undertaking this job to
help save lives. That is our only
reason for doing it. If Zebulon
people realize it is not just an
other fund drive, but a real Cru
sade to get people to their doc
tors in time and to help finance the
research that is saving people all
around us, I believe we can do
ourselves proud,” Lowery con
cluded.
Clayton Native Buys Florist
Shop Here; Formerly Hood's
Lloyd Dwight Stephenson, Jr.,
of Clayton purchased Hood’s Flow
er Shop January 4 from Mrs. Fred
Hood. The amount of the' pur
chase was undisclosed.
Steve, as he is called, is 23 years
old and has attended regular and
professional sessions of MacFar
lend School of Floristry.
He has been an owner of a
florist shop in his home town for
three years.
Steve, n bachelor, said he caters
to weddings, parties of all types,
has a regular line of invitations,
and other decorative accessories.
At present his staff is incom
plete.
He said he intends to give the
best service he is capable of to
his customers and invites the pub
lic in to visit and browse around.
The florist is located on the
comer of Arendell Avenue and
West Horton, Street.