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RECORD
VOLUME 36, NUMBER lO. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 6. 1961
WENDELL-ZEBULON NURSING STAFF. The following, left
to right, a.e members of the Wendell-Zebulon Hospital nursing staff.
They are Mrs. George Temple, director; Mrs. Johnny Lehman, a
1952 graduate of the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Craf
ton Hudson, assistant director of nurses and a 1950 graduate of
Highsmith Hospital in Fayetteville; Mrs. Willard MacAllister, a 1958
graduate of Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta; Mrs. Wiley Brough
ton, a 1937 graduate of Woodard-Herring Hospital in Wilson; Mrs.
Hazel Evans, a 1954 graduate of Frazier-Ellis Hospital of Dothan.
Alabama; and Mrs. Welbourne Sutton, a 1939 graduate of Garfield
Hospital in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Robert Ed Horton was not
present when the picture was taken.
Series of Break-Ins, Enterings
Being Investigated By Police
Zebulon police are investigating
a series of break-ins and enter
ings.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
said: “It looks like the work of
youngsters.”
Mary Vic’s Florist, Massey Lum
ber Co. and Raper Tractor and Im
plement Co. were all broken into
last week. Each business estab
lishment reported a loss of money.
Mrs. G. R. Massey, Sr., said
Massey Lumber Co. was broken in
to twice last week. On Wednes
day night the thieves ransacked
the office and left it in a sham
bles with strewn papers.
Friday night the thieves came
back to Massey Lumber Co. and
pried the money holder of the soft
drink box off, taking with them $2
or $3, Mrs. Massey said.
Entry into Massey Lumber Co.
was through one of the big sliding
doors of the warehouse. The first
entry into the office, the thieves
pried open the door by means of
removing the dooTstop. When they
came oack on Friday night, they
broke the glass in the door of
the office so it might be unlatched.
Raper Tractor and Implement
Co. was entered Sunday night.
According to Mrs. Russell Raper,
one of the owners’ wives, the
thieves entered the business from
the rear of the building.
Mrs. Raper said about $20 was
Farm Bureau
Auxiliary Meeting
Zebulon Farm Bureau Auxiliary
will meet Wednesday, April 12, at
7:30 pjn. in Wakelon School home
economics building. Mrs. Janet
Harding, Carolina Power & Light
Co. home economist, will address
the club on all types of food pre
servation. All members are urged
to attend this meeting. There is
only one more meeting scheduled
before the club adjourns for the
summer.
taken from the Coca-Cola ma
chine, the machine was not dam
aged, Mrs. Raper said. The
thieves found the soft drink box
machine key in the cash register
and unlocked the drink box coin
collector.
“They were very nice,” Mrs.
Raper said. “They locked it back.
But they kept the key, and this
key fits any standard Coca-Cola
drink box. So, whoever has this
key can open any Coca-Cola drink
boxes.”
Mrs. Raper reported the thieves
entered the cash register and took
about $1 in change. She said most
of the change had been used up in
Saturday’s business, but about $1
in change was left in the cash
register, which the thieves got.
Miss Broughton said the thieves
broke the lock on the back door of
the building. No other damage
was done.
Local Girl Named
Associate Prof.
At Girls' School
Miss Peggy Richardson has ac
cepted a position as associate pro
fessor in the physical education de
partment of Mount Holyoke Col
lege, South Hadley, Mass.
Miss Richardson, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Richard
son of Zebulon, is a senior at Worn- |
an’s College of the University of j
North Carolina. She has been an
outstanding student, both scholas
tically and extracurricular, during
her college years.
Last weekend the young lady
and her parents visited the college
where she will teach next year.
They were the guests'of the head,
acting Head and dean of the physi
cal education department.
Miss Richardson will graduate |
with a B. S. degree in physical ed- ;
ucation in June.
Partnership Dissolved
Owners of a local grocery store Murray said. “I said I didn’t have
dissolved partnership Monday,to work that hard to make a living,
March 27. not when there are no children at
Thurman Murray sold his inter-*1011116 and nobody but just me and
est in the Piggly Wiggly grocery01^ wife.”
and market to his partner of 14 Murray said he has no plans for
years. Prank Wall. The sum of**16 immediate future. He said:
the sale was undisclosed. * am just going to rest for a
Murray said the association with^iieT“^as 3 timC
Wall “has been very pleasant.” a Trest£>1 -11 make u?
mind later. I m going to rest be
Murray said the main reason hefore j do anything.”
severec .he long partnership was Murray and Wall were partners
the “long hours on the floor.” Thejn Wafcelon Superette on the main
floor is a terrazzo and the workingstreet of Zebulon before they
hours range from 12 to 14 hours, moved into the new shopping
“I found I couldn’t stand it,” development.
Mystery Deepens In The Disappearance
Of Prominent Pilot Grain Mill Businessman
Church To Hold
Note Burning Rites
On Sunday afternoon, April 9,
at 3 o’clock, Union Chapel Baptist
Church will conduct note burning
ceremonies and dedicate its new
Fellowship Hall and Educational
Building, the Rev. George T. Stal
lings, pastor, has announced.
The Rev. Robert L. Costner, As
sociatiOnal Missionary, will offer
the invocation and J. Marse Grant,
editor of the Biblical Recorder,
will deliver the dedication sermon.
The service of dedication will
be led by the pastor.
Begun in October, 1958, the Fel
lowship Hall was occupied in the
early part of 1959. The Educa
tional Building was constructed in
1959. The total indebtedness of the
church has been paid and a new
sanctuary is in the planning stage.
“We hope to begin the actual
construction of the sanctuary this
year,” The Rev. Mr. Stallings
said. “With the addition of this
building, Union Chapel will afford
ample space for worghip and train
ing.”
The public is invited to these
ceremonies.
Air Force Assigns
Flowers To USMC
The Leathernecks will be gain
ing an Air Force type Captain this
month when Captain S. G. Flowers
of the 429th TFS joins the Marines
as Air Force Liaison Officer. While
performing this duty, Captain
Flowers will be checked out in
the A-4-D Skyhawk, one of the
Navy carrier aircrafts and will
make carrier landings in that type
aircraft.
Captain Flowers, a native of
Zebulon and the son of Mrs. S. G.
Flowers, Sr., and the late Mr.
Flowers, is stationed at Clovis,
New Mexico.
The mystery deepens in the dis
appearance of a prominent, well
thought-of Pilot community feed
mill operator.
Cameron Stallings, 36, was last
seen at 4:45 p.m. Friday in Came
ron Village by a friend, W. A. All
man of Zebulon. Allman told po
lice he saw Stallings near the
Boylan-Pearce store.
His car, with the keys still in
it, was found Sunday parked on
South Person Street near Sanders
Motor Co. No fingerprints of any
kind could be found on the steer
ing wheel.
Stallings’ wallet was found in the
Sanders company truck lot across
the street from his car, police said.
State and federal agents were
asked Wednesday to join the
search for Stallings. District So
I licitor L. V. Chalmers, Jr., said
First Federal Has
First Birthday
On March 14, First Federal’s
Zebulon office celebrated its first
anniversary.
During this first year, more than
500 savings accounts were opened,
according to Charles Alexander,
manager of the local branch. Total
savings are approximately $850,
000, and the local branch is serv
icing more than $700,000 in mort
gage loans in the area.
“We feel that this is an out
standing record of growth for the
first year,’’ Alexander said.
Serving on the advisory board
of the local First Federal branch
are E. C. Daniel, chairman; Fos
ter D. Finch, vice chairman; T. E.
Hales, Thomas F. Monk and H. C.
Wade.
4-H Club To Meet
The Zebulon Community 4-H
Club will meet Thursday, April 13,
with Avon Privette, Jr. Students
of Wakelon School from the fifth
on through high school are invited
to attend this meeting and are
eligible to join the club.
Tuesday night he feared the Pilot
man had met foul play.
The area back of the Ralston
Purina plant on Blount Street has
repeatedly been searched as have
two areas north from Cameron
Village to Lassiter’s Mill on Crab
tree Creek.
Many friends of Stallings, from
his community, church and lodge,
have joined in the search.
Zebulon police offcials said they
have worked in conjunction with
Wake County law authorities on
the case. I
Police are baffled after five days
of intensive investigation.
A $2,000 cash reward has, been
posted by friends and relatives for
information concerning the where
abouts of the prominent Franklin
County farmer-businessman.
Stallings owns and operates the
Pilot Grain Company at Pilot. He
is married to the former Inez Bob
bitt. They have a six-year-old
daughter, Gail. He is master of
Whitestone Masonic Lodge No. 155
at Wakefield, a member of the
Franklin County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, a deacon in
Pilot Baptist Church and chair
man of Dunns Precinct No. 2 in
Dunns Township.
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Betsy Alford Winner of World
Speaking Contest, NY Trip Planned
Betsy Alford, 16, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Alford, was
declared the winner of the World
Peace Speaking contest sponsored
by Zebulon Rotary Club March 24.
Miss Alford, a member of the
Wakelon High School junior class,
competed with three sophomores
and two juniors. She was judged
by three members of the Rotary
Club.
She is an outstanding student in
the high school, ranking as one i
of the top five. She is a member
of the Beta Club, National Honor |
Society, debating team for the past
two years, Science Club, and is!
business manager of the annual
staff.
Miss Alford, who has aspirations
to do scientific research, plans to
attend Duke University. Right
now. though, this is in the thinking
stage.
She enjoys her hobbies of read
ing, swimming and traveling.
“I was awfully thrilled at win
ning,” she beamed.
Winners of this contest go to
New York where they see the
United Nations assembly in ses
sion, tour the city, and then come
to Washington, D. C., where they
visit with their congressmen and
other state dignitaries.
Mrs. Stanley Seago is Miss Al
ford’s sponsor.
The dirty, little, outstretched
hand of a young boy holding an
empty tin cup which is soon to be
filled with milk; the tear which
trickled down the cheek of a i
smudgy-faced little girl as she re
ceives a penicillin shot which will ■
eventually save her life; the
beaming countenance of the young,
man who has just been given his
first pair of shoes; the gleam in'
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BETSY ALFORD