THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 32. ZEBULON. N. C„ SEPTEMBER 14. 1961
Bobby Privette stands besides the 12-foot rocket he has built.
The rocket, covered with aluminum foil to keep the moisture from j
damaging the inside, is made completely of homemade materials except
the nose cone. Bobby hasn’t flown “Venus" yet. He hasn’t had the
say-so from governmental officials.
Boy Builds Rocket; Can't
Get Permission To Launch
A Route 2, Zebulon boy with a
natural bent for the scientific has
built himself a rocket.
But Bobby Privette’s early test
vehicle “Venus” rocket may never
take off into the wild blue yonder.
Bobby has investigated all an
gles to get permission to blast off
the 12-foot homemade rocket. But
no soap, so far. He said he has
been given the run-around by of
ficials of both State and Federal
governments.
Bobby heard the State had pro
visions at Harkers Island and
Portsmouth for testing. He wanted
to take his rocket there, and made
inquiries, contacting Governor
Terry Sanford’s office. In a letter
to Bobby the Governor told him
the test could not take place be
cause Harkers Island and Ports
mouth testing grounds are not
equipped to supervise such experi
ments.
Bobby said he didn’t want any
supervision by the government. He
was going to furnish his own
launching pad, fire fighting equip
ment and other necessary items
for the blast off.
The young scientific engineer
began constructing the rocket in
the ninth grade. Much of the con
struction was done in the agri
culture department of Bunn High
School, which he attends. He
completed the rocket nine months
later.
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Boosters Club
Needs Support
Would you like to help support
the athletic program of your
school? Your help certainly is
needed.
After four meetings of the Boos
ters Club, much has been accom
plished. The athletic program is
considered a must, and it has to
have support, not only from a
standpoint of time and talent, but
also financially.
Elevating costs and lack of sup
port have been a tremendous bur
den on the prior members of this
club. More people are needed to
help with arrangements of games,
collections, and numerous other
things.
However, interest has mounted
overwhelmingly since the first
meeting this year. Volunteers
have assumed new duties, ap
pointments have been made, and
memberships are growing.
Motion pictures were made of
the first football game. This film
will be shown the players so they
may see their accomplishments
and errors.
Season tickets are now on sale
for the football games. They are
$3 for adults and $1.50 for chil
dren. They may be purchased
from any member of the Boosters
Club.
The membership drive is on. If
asked to join, please do not re
fuse. If you are not asked, con
tact any member of the school
athletic program or school board.
The next meeting of the club
will be held in the Wakelon
School auditorium Tuesday, Sep
tember 19, at 7 p.m.
New members are listed below.
This list is up through Monday of
this week.
S. G. Flowers, R. B. Turlington,
J. R. Sawyer, Fred Wood, Wilbur
Debnam, Dorothy Debnam, Ed
Pearce, Jesse Pulley, Allen Hood,
Hardin Hinton, John Clark, W. M.
Sutton, Philip Olive, J. R. Alford,
Mrs. Judd Robertson, Bryce Peo
cock, Mrs. Avon Privette, Avon
Privette, George Morgan, Bill
Bowling, Billy Hopkins, Tom
Monk, Ray Goodwin, Howard
Bunn, Mrs. Howard Bunn, Floyd
Edwards, Thurman Pate, Edward
Pearce, Mrs. Edward Pearce, El
dred Rountree, Wilson Braswell,
David Daniel, C. V. Tart, Joe
Wood, Harold Massey, Billy Wayne
Perry, Mrs. John Terry, Clarence
Maiden,
Andrew Draughan, Wilbur
Hales, Dr. George Tucker, Edward
Finch, Elliott Rieger, Edison Wood,
Virginia Wood, Fred Pearce,
Worth Hinton, Mrs. M. C. Carter,
Herbert C. Perry, Woodrow Wat
kins, Alvin Beck, Mrs. M. T. Deb
nam, Margaret Sawyer, Joe Vin
son, Ed Ellington, Sidney Holmes,
Robert Ed Horton, Ruth Cham
blee, Fred Smith, Frank Massey,
and Charles Hawkins.
Other members’ names will be
printed as they are turned in.
New Wakelon PTA President, Mrs. Ferd
Davis, Combines Career And Homemaking
The new president of Wakelon
Parent-Teachers Association was
voted the cleanest third grader of
her class at Wake Forest.
“I certainly was,” laughed Mrs.
Ferd Davis. “It was quite an honor.
Especially when the baths were
taken at home in a tin tub, before
a fireplace with a cozy, warm fire.”
Mrs. Davis, nerself warm,
charming and friendly, recalls her
childhood with sort of a nostalgia.
It was a happy time for her. She
lived in i big, beautiful colonial
home. Her family was a happy
one; one that loved to do things
together.
“There was music, and reading,
and play,” Mrs. Davis said, her
wide apart hazel eyes sparkling.
“Believe it or not, I learned to
play the violin. My grandfather
was a first rate musician and he
taught us many things about
music.”
She romped and played in her
childhood. A wholesome, normal
type of childhood. She remembered
she learned to swim when her
father took her and her sister and
brother to the College pond, waded
out with her on his shoulders, then
let her fall off. Yes, she swam
from then on.
Mrs. Davis revealed some of the
things the PTA will and will not
do during her administration. She
said it is not going to concentrate
on fund-raising drives. That is
against the organization’s princi
ples.
“I am going to stress that the
parents and teachers work together
for the benefit of the child,” she
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Wakelon School Offices Are
Entered Last Thursday Night
Wakelon Principal C. V. Tart said Tuesday the vandals who
broke into the school office last Thursday night have not been appre
! hended
The breakin was discovered Friday morning by Winston Perry,
janitor. Perry reported the breakin to Principal Tart, who called
night Policeman Wendell Perry, Policeman L. A. Baker and Sheriff's
Deputy S. J. Blackley.
The vandals entered the building first via the auditorium door,
it was assumed. They tried to enter the secretary’s office but were
| unsuccessful in their attempt. They damaged the door around
| the lock.
On the next try, the vandals
S broke a window in the secretary’s
office, unlatched the steel case
ment window, and entered the
office. They tried to enter the
principal’s office but were unsuc
cessful. Nothing was missing in
the secretary’s office.
Not to be out-done, the vandals
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Cotillion Club May
Be Organized
In response to the demand of
students and parents for super
vised recreation, Mrs. Frank Mas
sey has agreed to meet Saturday
night with interested members of
the freshman and sophomore class
es of Wakelon School for the pur
pose of organizing a Cotillion Club.
Both parents and young people
feel, Mrs. Massey said, that a
Cotillion Club here would fill the
need for wholesome recreation and
group dancing.
The by-laws and constitution of
the Cotillion Council, a group of
students who will compose the self
governing body of the club, have
been prepared and are ready to be
presented to the potential mem
bers.
Tentative plans of Mrs. Massey,
director, are to have one monthly
club meeting with monthly dues of
$1.00 per member.
All persons interested, adults
and teenagers, are invited to at
tend the organizational meeting at
Zebulon Lions Club Saturday, Sep
tember 16, at 8 p.m.
Film To Be Shown
At PTA Meeting
A 10-minute film of the Wake
lon-Benvenue football game will
be shown at the meeting of the
Wakelon School P.T.A. Monday,
September 18, at 7:45 p.m. in the
school auditorium. There will be
scenes of the band members as
well as the athletics in the movie
sponsored by the Boosters Club.
The Rev. W. K. Quick, Metho
dist minister, will give the devo
tional.
Principal C. V. Tart will intro
duce the new members of the
Wakelon faculty. An outline of
P.T.A. program plans for the year
will be given. Mrs. Ferd L. Davis,
P.T.A. president, says that the
program chairman, Mrs. Haywood
Jones, has planned an excellent
program for every meeting of the
school year.
Following the business meeting,
there will be a reception honoring
the faculty in the school cafeteria.
Mrs. Davis urges all officers and
committee chairmen to be present
for a very important executive
meeting at 7:15 p.m.
Tommy Allan
Jeanne Carroll
Christmas Dance
December 21 At Armory
Tommy Allan and his orchestra
have been engaged to play, for a
dance at the National Guard Ar
mory set for December 21, it was
announced this week.
The Tommy Allan orchestra pre
sents a very distinctive style of
dance music in the Kaye Kyser
Sammy Kaye pattern. Allan’s
years of experience as an arranger
and featured soloist with the na
tion’s leading dance bands is now
put to excellent use as the leader
of his own highly successful or
chestra.
Proof of his phenomenal success
is the long list of recent engage
ments by the orchestra in the last
eight years. It includes the na
tion’s leading show and dance
spots, such as the Perry Como
Show, Roseland Ballroom in New
York, Melody Mill Ballroom in
Chicago, the Book-Cadillas Hotel
in Detroit, the Petroleum Club in
Tulsa, overseas engagements in
Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Alaska.
Allan has been a featured artist
with the famous bands of Tommy
Dorsey, Woody Herman, Ralph
Flanagan, Blue Barron and Sam
my Kaye.
Not only a top-flight trombonist,
Allan also is heard vocalizing with
lovely Jeanne Carroll. The spark
ling arrangements of Allan are
perfectly suited for her style of
vocalizing. Her vocal style has
been likened to Jo Stafford.
The dance will begin at 9 and
end at one o’clock. Admission will
be $5.00 per couple.