THE ZEBULON RECORD VOLUME 36. NUMBER 33. ZEBULON. N. C.. SEPTEMBER 21. 1961 Merger Meeting Tonight At 7:30 Local C of C Holds Tour For Raleigh Businessmen Fifteen members of Raleigh Chamber of Commerce were guests last Thursday of Zebulon business men and town officials. This industrial tour, which be gan at shortly before noon and lasted slightly more than an hour, took the Raleigh guests to the Devil Dog Manufacturing plant, Theo. Davis Sons Printing Company, Beck Veneer Company, the Wen dell-Zebulon Hospital, and about 20 other sites around town. Historical spots, stores, Masonic Lodge, schools and the swimming pool were also pointed out to the group on the tour. This was the second “good will” tour made by the Raleigh C of C members. Their first visit was to Apex in August. The tour was made on the Bap tist Church activity bus. A num ber of private cars followed the bus, making up the entourage. Robert D. Massey, president of the Zebulon Chamber of Com merce, served as conductor and commentator for the trip. Shortly after one o’clock the visitors and hosts f athered at the Lions Club for a buffet lunch con sisting of baked ham, chicken sal ad, potato salad, corn pudding, a variety of hors d’oeuvres, rolls, hush puppies, coconut cream tarts and iced tea. Jimmy Little of the Raleigh Chamber said “Such a series of visits helps us to get better ac quainted. We have a better insight of our neighbors, and a better un derstanding of our problems. We don’t have any special problems— they are one and the same.” John Alexander of the Raleigh Chamber commended Zebulon on its community spirit. The Rev. W. K. Quick, minis ter of Zebulon Methodist Church, said: “Growth sometimes produces problems. We have grown and we have problems. Nothing phenome nal is taking place in Zebulon. We are here as a community because of a mistake. This was the rail road. That mistake created what is now Zebulon.” The Rev. Mr. Quick said the town “is not content to stay where we have been.” He further stated that one of the reasons Zebulon has grown is that the older citi zens have relinquished the reins of leadership to the youqger per sons. He cited this as good for progress. ojjutvc ui reiigiuua «niu cultural environments here. ‘•We are looking ahead to new 1 people, new industries, who can provide experiences and lift our community standards higher,” the Rev. Mr. Quick concluded. Members of the Raleigh Cham ber of Commerce attending the in dustrial tour were Ed Wyatt, Paul Tillery, Maurice Thiem, Jim Kil gore, Earl Jones, Orin Cottle, John ny Lee, Hubert Ledford, Harly An derson, Dick Mason, Marvin Koonce, Zack Bacon, Buster Bell. John Alexander and Victor Bell. Guidance Instructor Explains Program Wakelon School is offering a service to the pupil this year which has never been offered be fore in the history of the school. This year a guidance and coun seling program has been added to the school’s educational system. It is under the direction of Miss Blanche Gay. Miss Gay said there are five basic services of a guidance pro gram. Services to the pupils in groups, to the pupils as individ uals, to the instructional staff, to the administration and research. A break-down of the services are: services to pupils in groups, orientation, articulation and group •guidance; service to pupils as indi viduals, counseling analysis of the individuals, environment informa tion and placement; services to the instructional staff, teacher refer rals and teacher participation; seVvices to administration, curric ulum and community liaison; and research, community occupational survey and follow-up studies. Miss Gay said the above services are the basic steps in any guid ance program. They are applica ble to Wakelon through the fol lowing: articulation from ele mentary school to high school and articulation in postschool situa tions. “This is to provide a continuous flow of information about pupils and to help bridge the emotional gap for the pupil,” Miss Gay said, “so that he has some knowledge about his next step.” Orientation of eighth grade stu dents coming into high by eighth grade orientation day and through home room guidance program is providing organized group services to help pupils acquire needed ex periences for intelligent personal planning. “There are short courses and conferences on occupations,” Miss Gay continued, “such as career day, college day, and group con ferences to discuss various topics of interest to a particular group.” “Counseling is the most impor tant service offered to individual pupils,” the guidance counselor said. “Counseling provides a re lationship in which the individual is stimulated (1) to evaluate him self and his opportunities, (2) to choose a feasible course of action, (3) to accept responsibility for his choice, and (4) to initiate a course, of action in line with his choice.” I Counseling requires a number of | complementary services, she said, j Students frequently need help in evaluating themselves. They want to discover their strength and weaknesses. This information is supplied through the service of analysis of the individual which includes such techniques of test ing, anecdotal records, personal data blanks, and the cumulative record. “Enviromental information con sists of opportunities available to students in regard to the outlook for various occupations, informa tion on colleges, apprentice train ing, trades and occupations which require little formal training,” Miss Gay said. The placement service consists of providing a student with a transcript of his high school rec ord if he plans to go on to college, providing a prospective employer with information about a student, she said. In general, it includes placing the student in the next training institution, whether a graduate or a drop-out. “The third set of guidance serv ices is provided for the instruc ion al staff of the school,” Miss Gay said, “by assisting teacheTs in their attempts to understand pu pils, to provide formalized in service training activities, and to provide a counselor to whom teachers may refer nupils they i;->n not understand or pupils whose in dividual problems they do not have time to work through.” Miss Gay continued. “The guid- ' ance program can render a service j to administration as it plans the, Consolidation Forces To Lock Horns Pastor's Opinion The Lions Club is a worthy or ganization. I approve of its pro gram and its fellowship. Many projects of magnitude greatly benefit our community. However, one project which does not bene fit our community is the Lions Five County Fair. The exhibits are good, the rides are wonderful for the children; but how can we justify open gambling and “girlie shows.” The old-time carnivals and fairs with their crooked games, their dirty riff-raff and their in decent shows are dying out. But here we are, people of Zebulon, fostering the very thing we say we are against on Sunday. Many peo ple in our community will fall vic tim to the pitfalls that lay waiting for them at the fair. Money will be lost that has been hard to come by in our tobacco fields; morals will be dropped low as indecency prevails in the person of “Vicky.” Can we honestly say that this pro ject is worthy of us? 1 think that we deserve better. David E. Daniel, Pastor Zebulon Baptist Church LEAVING Lloyd Douglas Stephenson has announced he is leaving his florist business here. He is the owner of Steve’s Florist at the corner of Arendell and Horton Street. Steph enson cited his reason for leaving is because of health. He will de vote his full time to another florist establishment he owns in his home town of Clayton. curricular development, of the school by identifying the needs and requirements of each of the pupils and can serve the adminis tration in providing a liaison with the community. The counselor, by the very nature of her work, must seek information about the com munity—the resources and oppor tunities available for young per sons in the immediate vicinity.” The final service: is research. Miss Gay said. Research activities will consist of a community which is concerned with c survey of in - formation in addition to occu - . tional opportunities, to conduct a follow-up survey of both high school graduates and drop-oui; in order to help, evaluate the activi ties of the school, particularly the curriculum, to evaluate the gur ance program itself, and to idevi fy those former pupils in need of further assistance from the sc \ool. This year the schi ol will par ticipate in the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) testing program,” Miss Gay said. “Ti, * test will be administered to the juniors who plan to attend college. This is primarily for the purp ,e of predicting an individual’s per formance on the SAT (CoJ’ege Board to be taken during the senior year.” The National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (Achievement Test) will be administered to ne juniors in addition to regular county testing program, she said. “This guidance program is de signed primarily for the benefit of the student, providing him A’'th educational-occupational inforn a tion,” Miss Gay said. “The core i'f the guidance program is that o' counseling, which includes both student and parent conferences.” Miss Gay, who was born in Princeton but now lives in Raleigh, is a graduate of Atlantic Christian College with a bachelor of arts de gree. She is beginning her ♦ th year on the Wakelon faculty. Wakelon Group To Give Plan Wakelon Upsets Norlina 14-0 By Bill Quick The underdog Wakelon Bulldogs pulled one of the season’s first up sets in Class A grid circles last Friday night by whipping Norlina 14-0. Both Wakelon touchdowns came in the opening quarter. Wakelon kicked, Norlina receiv ed and failed to gain thereby giv ing Wakelon the ball on their own 40-yard line. After three series of downs Randy Creech bulled over from the four to score the first TD of the season for the Bulldogs. Laspino made the PAT and Wake lon pulled in the lead by seven. The second TD came just min utes later and resulted from full back Ralph Boykin recovering a Norlina fumble on the 47 yard line. The Bulldogs got a first down on the Norlina 37. Tommy Wood then passed to Randy Creech for 18 yards and another FD. Las pino picked up eight and Boykin hit the line from the five and Las pino carried for the extra point to give Wakelon a 14-0 edge. That was all of the night’s scor ing but the remainder of the con test was filled with excitement aplenty. After Wakelon kicked and a se ries of exchanges, the Bulldogs | fumbled on the Norlina 40, then I proceeded to hold on the 30. Las ! pino made an exciting 32-yard run that gave Wakelon the ball on the 48. A series of penalties finally forced the Bulldogs to boot the ball with Tommy Wood kicking to the Wakelon 10-yard line. In the second half, Norlina made one sustained drive (aided tremendously by the never-ending penalties) to the Wakelon 29 but their second-string quarterback Buck Wiggins was downed as he attempted to pass. The first string quarterback, Bill Fuller, was out for the opponents with pneumonia. Wiggins per- j formed for Fuller and was aided by Andrew Hundley whose big No. 20 was a constant threat to the Bulldogs. I Chapman had the gridmen play I conservative ball the second half, seeking to avoid the pitfall of < Spring Hope a week earlier. Spring Hope led at halftime 18-0 only to have Norlina come roaring back in AWARD WINNERS . . . William Roth, right, Scout executive with the Occoneechee Council, is shown presenting the trustee mem bership plaque to Elliott Rieger, left, plant manager of Devil Dog Manufacturing Company of Zebulon. The award was made at a kick-off campaign breakfast last Thursday at Zebulon Lions Club. In order to get this av/ard, a company or firm must contribute more than $500 to the annual Scout drive. This is the first time such an award has been given to a Zebulon firm. Next to Rieger is Amos Estes and Roth is Mrs. Minda Finch, a 'Den Mother and employee of Devil Dog, who helped with the drive at the manufacturing firm. Ap proximately 40 persons from the Council and Zeulon attended the breakfast. About $3,000 was collected during the campaign. Patrons Urged To Attend This Meeting Consolidation forces lock horns again tonight. Patrons of Wakelon School Dis trict are urged to meet with others tonight (Thursday) at the Wake school system’s office on Noble Road in Raleigh. The meeting, open to all persons from the areas involved, is set for 7:30. It is for the purpose of fur ther hearing on the question of consolidating four eastern Wake County high schools. The anti-consolidation group from Wakelon appeared before the county board in June to protest the merger of Wakelon, Wendell, Rolesville and Knightdale schools. The Wakelon delegation to this meeting did not present the alter nate plan to the 300-some patrons attending the session, many of them in favor of a new central high school. foster D. Finch, attorney for the Wakelon group, said: “We ap preciate the Board giving us this time and we are intending to pre sent our proposal as clearly and as perfectly as we can, and in such a way that we hope will con vince the Board there is some mer it in our proposal.” The attorney hopes and feels there will be a good representation of persons from Wakelon School District at the meeting tonight. “We feel that this is of commu nity-wide interest and the effect of the decision will be felt in the community for generations to come. We also feel that every per son in the community should lay aside any other plans tonight in order to attend this worthwhile meeting,” Finch said. Chairman of the Board C. V. Whitley declined to comment on the out-come of tonight’s meeting. the second half to win 19-18. Wakelon picked up 192 yards on the ground, completed one of three passes for 18 yards (one was intercepted). Wood averaged 39.2 yds. per kick and Boykin was the leading ground gainer with 53 yards on 9 carries. Wood picked up 30, Laspino 32, Sawyer, 43 and Creech 34.

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