THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 35. ZEBULON. N. C.. OCTOBER 5. 1961
OPENS MONDAY
Cancer Loan Closet
The first loan closet system es
tablished outside of Raleigh opens
in Zebulon Monday, October 9, ac
cording to Mrs. Aaron C. Lowery.
Mrs. Lowery, who will manage
the local loan closet system, said,
the Loan closet will have available
to cancer patients hospital beds,
wheel chairs, bed pans, urinals and
dressings.
Mrs. Lowery said the local doc
tors are working closely with her
and will advise her of the patient’s
financial status before loans of
equipment are made.
She said she is very proud of
the progress made and feels very
strongly about the new venture.
She said the people must be edu
cated to the fact that cancer is not
necessary and that it can be cured
if it is caught in time.
She urges persons who suspect
they have a cancer to contact the
Wake County unit of the Cancer
Society for x-rays. They can call
TE4-1813.
Mrs. Lowery has distributed
leaflets and pamphlets in local
business offices, doctors’ offices and
at the Wendell-Zebulon Hospital.
She said she has had response that
they are being read, which makes
her feel very proud that people are
interested.
Mrs. Lizzie F. Askew has con
tacted Mrs. Lowery and asked to be
made the chairman of the colorec
cancer campaign drive this year
Mrs. Lowery said. She congratu
lated Mrs. Askew on her work with
the drive last year.
Approximately SI.000 was giver
by the local populace in last year’s
drive, headed by Mrs. Lowery’s
husband.
Mrs. Lowery was made a direc
tor of the Wake County Cancer
Society in September. She has
been attending meetings and con
claves and is one of the most active
members of the Society. Her inter
terest is unfailing.
Persons who feel they need as
sistance from the local loan closet
are asked to contact Mrs. Lowery
at her home.
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wednes
day morning.
White
Lois Ward, Fred Hood. Dora
Long, Beulah Whitley, Hazel Boy
kin, Freddie Ellington, Herbert
Winstead and C. M. Watson.
Dr. L. M. Massey Named Chairman
Of Meredith College Board of Trustees
Dr. L. M. Massey, Zebulon den
tist, was elected Tuesday, Sep
tember 26, as chairman of the
Meredith College Board of Trus
tees for the coming year.
His term of office begins Jan
uary 1. Dr. Massey will succeed
Mrs. William M. Watts of Ashe
boro. Massey, a member of the
present board, has served as chair
man previously.
Others elected were Dr. Eliz
abeth James Dotterer of Sanford,
vice chairman; and V. Howard
Belcher of Raleigh, secretary
treasurer.
Dr. Massey has served 15 years
on the Meredith Board of Trustees,
four of these years as president
and the remaining as chairman of
the executive committee. During
this time he has seen a science
building constructed valued at
$600,000 and a classroom building
valued at $600,000.
He has seen T. W. Brewer of
Raleigh make a contribution of
$50,000 for a home economics
building, and he recently signed
for the executive committee to be
gin a 100-bed girls dormitory and
infirmary, the two to cost $75,000.
The affable 66-year-old dentist
DR. L. M. MASSEY
was born in Wakefield, the son of
the late Daniel D. and Eldora Hood
Massey. He attended Wake For
est College and was awarded a
D.D.S. degree from the University
of Virginia Medical Oollege in
1918.
After getting his dental degree
Rotary Club Gives New Books
To Zebulon Community Library
One hundred fifty-seven dollars
worth of new books have been
added to Zebulon Community Li
brary, according to Mrs. Melvin
Lanier, librarian.
The new books are a gift of
Zebulon Rotary Club, the funds
coming from a white elephant sale
the club held last fall.
Mrs. Lanier said the books have
been catalogued and shelved. This
brings the volumes in the library
to around 2,000.
Mrs. Lanier also added that
these books are being used “very
much, especially by high school
students. Adults have also made
use of the library a great deal.”
The new books are: The Leather
stocking Saga, The Dedicated, The
Skin Diver, In the Hands of The
Seneca, The Story of Dr. Dolittle,
i The Wonderful Glass House, Ten
Great Mysteries, Smoky The Cow j
Horse, A Tale of Two Cities,
Betsy’s Busy Summer, The World
of Pooh, Cowboy Boots, The Black
Stallion and Satan, Mystery of
Singing Strings, The Caves, Mys
tery of the Five Bright Keys, The
Ghost of Fallonsbee’s Folly, The
Snake That Went to School, Whis
tle for the Train.
! Keepers of the Bell, Cathie Stu
j art, The Young Mustanges, Har
old’s Trip to the Sky, Noboby Lis
tens to Andrew, The Day the Cow
Sneezed, The Cunning Turtle, The
Red Fairy Book, My Russian Jour
ney, Racing Cars that Made His
tory,
Nautilus 90 North, Your Dating
Days, Building a Successful Mar
(Continued on Page 4)
Town Limits Increased 5 Acres
By Commissioners' Board Action
Football Banquet Is
Planned by Boosters
Wakelon Boosters Club held its
regularly scheduled meeting last
Wednesday night, September 27.
At this meeting several members
were appointed to help keep the
people behind the wires on each
side of the football field.
President Joe Vinson was in
structed to appoint a committee to
make preliminary plans for the
football banquet. The tentative
date set for this banquet is Novem
ber 15.
Some of the bills were disposed
of and a unanimous decision was
made for this club to underwrite
the football games scheduled with
Helena which is to be play at
Wakelon October 27.
The football game scheduled for
October 20 with Wendell has been
I he came back to his home town
and set up practice, where he has
been practicing since.
He has been active in his church,
the Baptist, the Farm Bureau or
ganization and educational circles
of his state. He has served on
the County Board of Education, the
local school board, and the State
School Commission.
In 1951 he was named the “Man
of the Year” in the Farm Bureau
for his distinguished service to that
organization. He has also served
as president of the Fourth District
Dental Society and is now serving
as president of the Wake County
Dental Society.
He is a member of Zebulon
Rotary Club, a charter member of
! Zebulon Ruritan Club, is a 32nd
degree Mason, and the American
Legion.
Dr. Massey married the former !
Vivian Dawson July 24, 1927. They I
have one child, Carolyn, now Mrs. j
Luke Kitahata in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Drs. John and Elizabeth Dotterer
presented the college library the
second volume of the recently re
printed “Lindisfarne Gospels,” re
printed from the London Museum
copies of about 700 A. D. The
Dotterers had presented the first
volume of the two-volume set sev
eral years ago. The new gift hon
ors the 89th birthday of A. A.
James, Sr., of Sanford, and the
late Mrs. James, Mrs. Dotterer’s
father and mother.
The board of trustees also took
part in ground-breaking ceremon
ies for a new dormitory on the Blast
Campus of the College.
FB Auxiliary
Meets Monday
The Farm Bureau Women will j
meet Monday night, October 9, at j
7:30 pm. in the home economics
department of Wakelon School, j
Mrs. Irby Walker, administrative!
director of Farm Bureau Women,
and Charles Russell, administra
tive assistant, will present the pro
gram. Members of the organiza- j
tion and guests are welcome. I
moved forward to Thursday, Octo
ber 19, because of Wake County
School Children’s Day at N. C.
State Fair. Also the 20th is a
statewide meeting for school
teachers.
This Friday night, October 16,
Wake has added to its schedule a
3A team from Alamance County.
The school is Altamahaw Ossipee
High School. They have a record
of three wins and one defeat. This
team has averaged 34 points per
game.
Season tickets will not be hon
ored at this game Friday night.
It is reported the club has
$440.04 deposited in the bank.
Memberships are still being taken.
New members are: W. G. Gris
wold, Patricia Griswold, Ed Hales,
Bobbie Driver, Marie Finch, Sid
ney Holmes, Robert Ed Horton,
Ruth Chamblee, Fred Smith,
Frank Massey, Charles Hawkins.
Dr. Ben Thomas, Betty Sue Creech,
Ed Ellington, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Jenkins, Mrs. S. G. Flowers, Mrs.
Wilton Gay, Haywood Jones,
Amos Estes, Norman Screws, Craf
ton Hudson, W. B. Hopkins, Ralph
Bunn and H. C. Wade.
' St. Eugene's Plans
Mission October 8
A mission, or revival, will be
held at St. Eugene’s Catholic
Church during the week of Octo
ber 8. Preacher for the daily eve
ning revival service, according to
Fr. Robert Wilken, pastor, will be
the Reverend Bernard McWilliams,
revival preacher from Charlotte.
Services begin Sunday evening
at 8:00 and will continue at the
same hour through Saturday. Af
ter the sermon each evening, Fr.
McWilliams will lead the congre
gation in prayers for world
peace. Benediction with the Eu
charist will conclude the nightly
devotions.
Morning Mass will be offered at
the usual 7:00 a.m. hour with spe
cial peace prayers following the
half-hour service.
Wakefield Baptist Church Plans
Revival Services Beginning Monday
The Rev. Homer A. Cate, pastor
of Immanuel Baptist Church,
Knoxville, Tenn., will conduct re
vival services at Wakefield Baptist
Church beginning Monday, Octo
ber 9, at 7:30 p.m. and continuing
through Saturday, October 14.
Concluding the series will be a
unified evangelistic service at
10:45 a.m. on Sunday, October 15.
The Rev. Russell Dean, student i
at Southeastern Baptist Theologi-, i
cal Seminary and former minister ! i
of education at Immanuel Church,'
will be music director for the re- •
vival. The pastor, the Rev. Hor- j
ace A. Hamm, invites the public to j
attend the services.
A special invitation is extended J ]
to former members and friends to; 1
attend the services on Homecom- J i
ing Day, which will be observed : :
on Sunday, October 15, with dinner (
on the grounds following morning ! 1
worship. I j
i The Town of Zebulon had its size
j increased approximately five acres
by the Town Board Monday night.
According to Mayor Ed Hales,
' the Board voted to annex approxi
! mately five acres more to the
[ town’s present size. This action
was taken on properties fronting
Wakelon School.
This action affects the property
owned by Clarence Maiden, An
drew Draughon, Rondal Phillips
and Carsey Tippett. These fam
ilies petitioned the Board to come
into the town limits.
The Board also appointed
Charles Creech and Amos Estes to
serve on the Zebulon Planning
Board. The new appointees’ terms
are for three years each, expiring
June 30, 1964. Creech and Estes
replace Robert D. Massey and
George H. Temple.
Ray Brady, Recorder’s Court so
licitor for the past 18 months, re
signed in September to take a post
with the North Carolina Attorney
General’s office. Ferd L. Davis,
Zebulon lawyer, was named acting
solicitor by the Board to succeed
Brady. Davis has previously serv
ed the local court as solicitor.
Wreck Injures
Two Nash Youths
Two youths received minor in
juries and were hospitalized Sun
day afternoon after their car
struck a utility pole on South Aren
dell Avenue.
Policeman L. A. Baker reported
th; t the 1954 Ford driven toy
Weyne Bert Murphy, 17, of Bailey
ranmed a power pole in front of
the reside nee of Elton Chamblee
about 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
The impact caused the pole to be
splintered about 15 feet from the
ground.
Murphy said he was not going
fast, Baker quoted Murphy as
saying. He told the officer the rain
caused him to lose control of the
car and skid into the utility pole.
M jrphy was accompanied by
Joe Hall of Middlesex. Both the
youlhs were taken to Wendell
Zebulon Hospital for bruises and
abrasions but were later released.
B iker said the automobile was a
total loss.
Murphy was charged with
speeding and careless and reck
less driving.
An inspiring program is planned
:or the afternoon service which
vill begin at 2:00 p.m. The speaker
or this occasion will be Shearon
Harris of Raleigh, formerly a
nomber of the N. C. House of
Representatives and presently vice
^resident of the Carolina Power
ind Light Co.
All offering received during the
Jay will be used to retire the
iebt on the church building. A
joal of $2,463.65 has been set.
Minister in Revival
The Rev. William K. Quick is
reaching nightly at the Rosemary
dethodist Chojreh in Roanoke Rap
ds in the church's annual revival
ervices. The minister commutes
:ach night to Roanoke Rapids for
he 7:30 services. The host pastor
s the Rev. W. A. Tew.