. Visiting Author Says:
Write, Write, Success Will Come
Keep writing and writing and
writing is the advice Robert Tur
ner, television and magazine au
thor, gives budding writers.
Turner and his wife, the former
Jessie Pearl Anderson, are visit
ing Mrs. Turner’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Anderson of Eagle
Rock.
He said aspiring writers should
never give up. Write and read.
Read and write. Success will come
eventually.
Turner has been setting words
down on paper for a good many
year—in fact, since 1938, when he
sold his first story. He started
with pulp and little known mag
azines.
How many rejection slips did
he rack up in the three years that
it took him to make a sale? He
says at least a hundred.
Turner, a Jamaiba, Long Island,
native, sort of drifted into writing.
He held a number of jobs shortly
after he was first married during
the depression years. None of
them seemed to be right for him.
He didn’t like routine—9 to 5—
and still doesn’t.
So, during these years, he read
a lot. Finally, he deciced that he
could write as well as the things
that he was reading. So, he tried.
But it took him three long, lonely
years before he achieved that goal
all writers long for—a sale.
Just hack from Hollywood
where he has been writing for
television, Turner said that tele
vision writing is harder than mag
azine writing. He said this is
because of restrictions and nar
row areas in which a teevee wri
ter must work. In a magazine
story you can plunge ahead. You
are not restricted to any number
of characters, where the setting
may be, and many other factors
that you run into when writing for
television.
Turner said that teevee produc
ers work on a tight budget and
don’t like scenes that cannot be
shot on the production lot.
However, he enjoyed writing
for teevee. His work is seen and
heard by a lot .more people. And,
he says, people seem to think that
this means something. The nicest
thing about television, however,
are the residuals. Only last week,
he received three residual checks.
On thing which deeply concerns
Turner is teen-age marriage. His
own two daughters married when
they were very your'*. He be
lieves that something must be done
about this problem in the United
States. And he believes that the
writer can help.
Turner sometime ago wrote a
long novel about this teen-age mar
riage problem. He felt that it
was good and so did his publisher
—the first half. In fact, the pub
lisher like the first half so well
that Turner was sent a handsome
advance.
I But somehow the last half of
the novel didn’t suit the publisher’s
fancy. The novel was turned
down. Turner said it is still going
the rounds to publishing houses
and is still being turned down.
But Turner believes it is a good
novel. He believes that the pub
lishers are scared to publish it,
because Turner put the blame
where he believes it should be—
on the parents,
He believes that to be able to
write well you must be sincere.
He says sincerity is very impor
tant, no matter, what the medium
is.
He discussed paperbacks and
hardbacks. He feels that you can
find some very good writing in the
paperbacks. There is a wider
field of material style, story line,
and color than in so-called literary
books.
There is the snob appeal,
though, for the hardback book.
Movies will pay more for hard
covers. So, he laughingly said,
if you write, write with an eye
toward the hard covers.
When does he write? When he
drives himself to the typewriter.
Seriously though, he writes at all
times. Generally, his working
hours are at night. When he is
well into a story, however, he
can write any time.
He gets germs for his stories
from life itself. Experiences of
the people he meets, their feelings,
emotions, drives, ambitions, de
sires. He feels that a small town
has many, many themes for
stories.
Turner says he feels that a good
writer must feel strongly. He
himself feels very strongly about
certain things; i.e., teen-age mar
riages. A writer, he says, usually
is emotional. He doesn’t believe
any writer can write with detach
ment. Those who say they do do
not display emotions outwardly,
but inwardly they are there and
come out in the written work.
To make your characters come
alive, Turner says you must like
people. You must study people,
try to understand how and why
they act the way they do.
Turner, who has written a va
riety of stories, is fascinated by
the subject of crime in all its as
pects. He has possibly done more
crime stories than any other. He
doesn’t, however, like the who
dunit.
Some of his favorite authors are
Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Ham
mett, Hemingway, John O’Hara
and Grace Metalious. He thought
“Peyton Place” was very, very
good. Style, story, writing, ev
erything.
No, he doesn’t care at all for
women mystery story writers.
They nauseate him. He feels they
think crime is cute, and to him
crime is not cute. It is a serious
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FLB Association Holds Annual Meet
Stockholders of the Federal
Land Bank Association of Smith
field held their 44th annual meet
ing in the main courtroom of the
Johnston County Courthouse in
Smithfield Saturday morning, Au
gust 5. George D. Richardson of
Wake County served as chairman
of the meeting.
In giving the report of the board
of directors and loan committee, W.
J. Woodard declared that during
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1961, 81 new Land Bank loans
amounting to $751,450. were
granted to Johnston County farm
ers, 43 new Land Bank loans
amounting to $421,300. were grant
ed to Wake County farmers and
39 new Land Bank loans amount
ing to $259,000. were granted to
Wayne County fanners—a total of
163 new loans amounting to
$1,431,750.
L. M. Gould, Manager, declared
in his report that the ii ■ome of
the association for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1961, was $47,
881.25 and operating expenses were
$25,167.53, with net earnings of
$22,713.72. He said the statement
of condition as of June 30, 1961,
showed assets of $482,288.72 with
liabilities at $10,480.15 and a net
worth of $471,808.62; that the
present membership of the asso
ciation, some 1100 Wake, John
ston and Wayne County farmers,
were using Land Bank loans
which totaled originally $6,663,300.
Marshall W. Bennett of Route 5,
Raleigh and Henry S. Hood of
Route 1, Goldsboro were re-elected
to serve on the board of directors
for three year terms. Other
members of the board are George
D. Richardson of Raleigh, W. J.
Woodard of Route 1, Clayton and
Paul Dunn of Route 1, Selma.
Officers of the association were
elected at an organization meeting
of the board of directors held fol
lowing adjournment of the stock
holders meeting.
They are George D. Richardson
of Raleigh, president; W. J. Wood
ard of Route 1, Clayton, vice-pres
ident; L. M. Gould of Smithfleld,
manager, Robert O. Edwards of
Smithfleld, assistant manager and
Mrs. Ruby S. Coats, senior office
assistant.
The association, a farmer credit
cooperative, is chartered to make
and authorized to service Federal
Lang Bank loans on farms in
Wake, Johnston and Wayne Coun
ties and is a unit of the Federal
Land Bank loans on farms in
been making long-term, low inter
est rate farm mortgage loans for
44 years.
"•ZEBULON
RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 27. ZEBULON. N. C.. AUGUST 10. 1961
Hospital To Be Landscaped
With Living Memorial Plants
Pretty Zebulon Girl Joins
Teen-Age Recording Stars
A pretty petite Zebulon girl has
joined the ranks of teen-age re
cording stars.
Diane Bailey’s recording of
“Someone Else’s Hands” was re
leased last week for sale, and is
in the hands of disk jockeys
throughout the nation. The re
cording is on a Swan label, a Phil
adelphia recording firm..
This is the first entry of the
local girl into the big time record
ing field. She has previously done
recordings for a Chapel Hill re
cording firm.
“Someone Else's Hands” is a
rock and roll number, and it is felt
that it will be especially attractive
to the teen-age set. The flip side
has a pop recording.
While in Philadelphia she also
made two more records which will
be released at a later date.
Bruce Creekmore, disk jockey
»t Radio Station WETC, Wendell
Zebulon, said he feels that the
record has very good potential.
Diane is to appear on Dick
Clark’s Band Stand, in the very
near future. She is also making
personal appearances on a number
of North Carolina, Virginia and
Maryland television stations.
She is being managed by Thom
as Lawrence of Enfield.
Diane, who will be in the sev
enth grade at Corinth-Holders
School this fall, has been singing
since she was two years old. She
has participated in 25 singing con
tests and was first place winner of
23.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Wilson Bailey of Route
1, Zebulon.
Former Residents' Son Gets
God and Country Scout Award
Ted E. David, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wade David of Richmond, is
a recent recipient of the coveted
Boy Scouts of America “God and
Country” award. The award was
presented to him by his minister,
the Rev. Duther Derby, pastor of
Lakeside Methodist Church of
Richmond.
To be eligible for this honor, it
was necessary for Ted to work
closely with his minister and
church for a period of a year.
He is the grandson of Mrs. J.
E. David and the late Mr. David
and Mrs. C. F. Allen and the late
Dr. Allen, all of Richmond. His
parents were at one time residents
of Zebulon.
Hospital Notes
The following were patients
at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Elizabeth Morgan, Flossie Hicks,
Harris Perry, Pamela Gurley, Lu
cille House, C. B. Eddins, Raxnis
Catlett, Harry Liles, Marion Jack
son, Elizabeth Eddins, Jenny Med
lin, Eleanor Barnesf Marshall Boy
kin and John Spell.
Colored
Betty Jean Hartsfield.
Colored Births
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen O’
Neal announce the birth of a baby
gin Wednesday, August 9.
Witnesses Convene
According to a statement made
here this week by Cephas Dun
stan, local presiding minister,
about 38 delegates from the north
unit in Zebulon will attend the
three-day circuit convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Durham,
August 11-13..
More than 450 delegates from
the sixteen congregations of cir
cuit 36 are expected. The area
of the circuit extends from Wash
ington, N. C., to Sanford.
The meeting will be held at the
Central Civic Center Building, cor
ner Foster and Morgan Streets in
Durham.
SALES TAX
Because of the recently enacted
State Sales Taw law, which be
came effective July 1, 1961, it is
necessary that a 3 per, cent sales
tax be added to the subscription
price of The Zebulon Record.
Cost To Be
About $650
Residents of this community
will ibe able to make contributions
to living memorials to thieir de
ceased relatives and friends under
a plan adopted last week by Wen
dell and Zebulon civic clubs, ac
cording to C. V. Tart, president
of the Zebulon Ruritan Club and
chairman of a Wendell-Zebulon
hospital beautification group.
The plan, adopted In principle
August 2 by representatives of civ
ic clubs in the two towns served
by the Wendell-Zebulon unit of
the Wake County Memorial Hos
pital, allows donors to contribute
specific amounts for designated
trees or shrubs and to have the
particular item noted as being do
nated in memory of a particular
person. Names of donors and per
sons honored will be published.
The landscaping plan, worked
out in cooperation with John H.
Harris, the Tar Heel Gardener
whose radio programs are heard
locally,* call for approximately
$650 to be raised by individual
memorial gifts or by civic clubs
of Wendell and Zebulon. Each
community will be asked to under
write $325 of the project with in
dividual donations being made by
September 1, and various clubs
raising the balance of the money
required during September.
The shrubs, described as ade
quate by Frank Ceruzzi, small unit
hospital administrator, include the
following, listed by price and
number:
Pfitzer junipers, 12, $4.00 each;
3 Japanese flowering cherries,
$5.00 each; 7 pyracanthas, $1.00
each; 5 crape myrtles, $5.00 each;
100 Liriope, 75# each; 4 purple
leaved plums, $5.00 each; 11 mag
nolias, $22.00 each; 6 flowering
crabapples, $5.00 each; one Ameri
can holly, $5.00; 30 ligustrum, 75#
each; 18 Japanese hollies, $2.00
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Local CP&L Engineer Named
To Pioneer Club Membership
W. Ray Goodwin, senior district
engineer for Carolina Power &
Light Company at Zebulon, has
been named to membership in the
company’s Pioneer Club. The honor
comes upon completion of 25 years
of service.
Goodwin is a native of Chatham
County, attended Apex public
schools and took special courses in
electrical engineering at N. C.
State College. He worked three
years as cleric in the Apex .post
office and joined CP&L in 1936 as
helper in a Raleigh line crew. He
has worked up through the ranks
and was promoted to his present
post in 1952.
The new pioneer is a deacon,
teacher and former trustee in the
Wakefield Baptist Church. He is
Chairman of the Zebulon Recrea
tion Commission and past presi
dent of the Zebulon Lions Club.
He has coached local Little League
teams and took the company’s
softball team to the Raleigh city
league championship in 1941.
Mrs. Goodwin is the formqr
Jackie Wheeler. They have two
children, Mrs. Billy Bunn of Ox
ford and Martha Raye of the home.