THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 41. ZEBULON. N. C.. NOVEMBER 16. 1961
TELEPHONE STUDY PLANNED
Wendell Commissioners Ask
For Toll-Free Raleigh Service
Wendell Town Board voted
unanimously to have Southern Bell
Telephone Company make an en
gineering cost study of the Town
of Wendell and outlying commu
nities.
Southern Bell officials met with
Wendell Town Board Tuesday af
ternoon to discuss the possibility
of getting toll-free calls between
Wendell and Raleigh.
The Board was told by W. D.
Reynolds, Southern Bell district
manager, that the survey would
take four or five months to make.
Reynolds said there would defi
nitely be an increase in the busi
ness or homeowner’s rates. He
indicated that this increase would
be about one dollar for city dwell
Churches Planning
Joint Thanksgiving
The Zebulon Baptists will join
with the Zebulon Methodists in a
special Thanksgiving Union Serv
ice on Wednesday evening, No
vember 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Methodist Church.
The service is the third this fall
for the two congregations and one
in a series of several interdenom
inational services that has brought
about much favorable comment
and good will among the town’s
two largest churches.
The Rev. David E. Daniel will
bring the special Thanksgiving
message, the host pastor, the Rev.
Bill Quick, will preside. Special
music will be brought by the
Chancel Choir of the Methodist
Church, under the direction of
Mrs. R. D. Massey, director of
music. All persons are invited to
participate.
ers and slightly more for rural
areas.
Apex, which has had toll-free
service to Raleigh for the past
year, pays Raleigh rates, Rey
nolds told the group. He said he
couldn’t say the same rates would
apply to Wendell subscribers, but
he indicated that the rates would
be slightly higher.
The higher rates would be nec
essary because of the added equip
ment it would necessitate to con
nect the two towns, Reynolds said.
District Commercial Engineer E.
A. Brown told the group to be
cautious and not to make compari
sons to the Raleigh rates.
It was brought out in the meet
ing that if Wendell gets toll-free
service there will be no toll charge
for calls from Zebulon to Wendell
or Wendell to Zebulon. The com
munication system would stay as
it is now, with toll-free service.
Reynolds said he believed a
study should be made of both the
town of Wendell and Zebulon.
However. Zebulon has not made
any formal request to the tele
phone company for toll-free serv
ice, he said.
R. R. Thompson. Wendell town
manager, said he believes the
community would favor toll-free
service.
Wendell Commissioner Curtis
Todd said there should be some
urgency put into the request for a
study.
Reynolds told the Board the tele
phone company is willing to do
what the people want. The study
would take several months be
cause “it is a right involved
thing,” he said.
Represented at the meeting
were Mayor Ira H. Johnson, Town
Manager R. R. Thompson and
Commissioners Proc Dean, Leo
Britt, Curtis Todd, Dover Hinton
and Willard Perry.
Rotary White Elephant Auction
To Assist Student Loan Fund
To bood funds available to its
Student Loan Fund, the Zebulon
Rotary Ciub is sponsoring its sec
ond White Elephant Sale Saturday,
November 25.
Last year the Rotarians raised
more than §600 for the Zebulon
Community Library with their first
White Elephant Sale.
A 1960 Wakelon graduate is be
ing helped through the Rotary
Student Loan Fund. Loans are pro
vided to help with college expens
es.
Members of Zebulon Rotary
Club will begin active solicitations
soon for “white elephant” contri
butions to be sold at auction. The
Zebulon Scouters Take
Honors at Louisburg
Zebulon Scouts and Scouters:
were given recognition for out
standing work at the annual Rec
ognition Dinner staged last Tues
day night in Louisburg by the Sa
poni District of the Occoneechee
Council. The local group took the
largest share of awards made
during the special program.
Baptists Campaign
To Eliminate Debt
Members of Zebulon Baptist
Church Sunday launched a drive
to pay a debt of $8,000 on church
property recently acquired.
The pastor, the Rev. David Dan
iel, urged that the debt be paid as
soon as possible so that other pro
jects can be undertaken.
More than $1,200 was raised and
from interest shown more funds
will be contributed at an early
date.
Envelopes containing contribu
tions should be labeled “Building
Fund” so that the money will be
applied on the debt, Mr. Daniel
said.
Wakelon Bulldogs Smother Bethel, 53-6,
As Climax to Big Homecoming Program
By Bill Quick
The Wakelon Bulldogs routed
53-6 last Friday night, a team that
played the role of spoiler in 1960
from Person County. Bethel Hill,
coming to town a year ago to up
set the. high-riding Bulldogs, came
out on the short end of score that
surprised even the grid team’s
coach.
The Bulldogs completely domi
nated play all evening and the
Bethel Hillians failed to cross the
goal until the waning minutes of
the contest. Scoring honors were
shared by five Bulldogs with
quarterback Tommy Wood also
sharing the limelight completing
four touchdown passes.
Freddie Ellington made his
scoring debut in the first quarter,
after quarterback Wood had con
nected with halfback Anthony
Laspino early in the game. Wood
threw passes that covered 35 and
21 yards respectively to the fleet
halfback who reached paydirt
standing up.
Ellington’s score (erroneously
reported in the daily papers as
Sawyer) came on an 18-yard jaunt
with the conversion by Creech.
Wakelon’s fourth touchdown
came as freshman Randy Creech,
playing outstanding ball all night,
grabbed a Bethel Hill pass and
rollicked 30 yards into the end
zone.
The third touchdown through
the air came on a 22-yard play
from Wood to all-conference end
Michael Pearce.
John Leffinweli, who previously 1
had scored one extra point all
season, played perhaps his best
game of the season scoring twice
on a 29-yard sweep and a 1-yard
buck.
Laspino, Wakelon’s scoring sen
sation this season, was Wood’s
target for the final TD with the
6-points coming on an 11-yard
play.
Extra points were scored by
Laspino following Creech’s inter
ception, and Randy Creech scored
four PAT’s.
Creech played an outstanding
defensive game intercepting three
Bethel Hill passes. Chapman laud
ed the entire Wakelon line for the
job done Friday night.
Wakelon closed out the season
with a 6-3-1 (.650) record, and
was runner-up in the conference,
having tied the champion Spring
Hope, 0-0.
Armstrong Cannady, Saponi
District chairman, presided at the
meeting, held in Louisburg’s Na
tional Guard armory. A “pot
luck” supper was served to more
than 500 people present.
W. H. Trentman, Occoneechee
Council president, paid special
recognition to the Eagle Scouts
promoted to the high rank during
the past year. The Eagles—all
from Zebulon—are Douglas Sey
mour, Vincent Rountree, and Bun
ny Bunn.
Andrew Jenkins, head of Pack
525 in Zebulon, was named Cub
master of the year for his work.
Last year his wife, Mrs. Becky
Jenkins, was honored as Den
Mother of the Year in Saponi Dis
trict.
Mrs. Minda Finch, Zebulon,
earned recognition as Den Mother
of the year. Her Den is part of
Pack 525.
Pack 525 took second place in at
tendance competition with 49 pres
ent for 148% attendance. Troop
525 also was high in attendance
with 32 present for 100% attend
ance. Youngsville’s Troop 550
had 72 present for 280% attend
ance to take top honors.
Five Zebulon units took awards
for table decorations. Troop 525,
Troop 540. Pack 525, and Post 540
won blue ribbons, and Pack 540
won a red ribbon.
Charles Pysher of Wendell was
honored as Explorer Advisor of
the Year for his work with older
Scouts in the Wendell community.
New officers for the Saponi Dis
trict for the 1961-62 year include
Armstrong Cannady, chairman;
and James Debnam, commissioner.
Taking part on the program were
Mrs. Nelle Kemp, soloist, and Mrs.
Ed Ellington, piano accompanist.
They led the group in singing
some spirited songs following the
meal.
This is the first year the dinner
has been in Louisburg. For the
past two years it has been held in
Zebulon’s Davis National Guard
armory.
community has been portioned and
each Rotarian is responsible for
contacting residents of his assigned
area.
Any useful item with a resale
value is requested by the Rotari
ans. “It does not matter how large
or how small the donation is,” said
Billy K. Hopkins, Sale chairman,
“if it has a resale value we want
it for the White Elephant auction.”
All items will be sold at the sale
at absolute auction.
What is a “White Elephant
Sale?”
Chairman Hopkins explained
that the King of Siam used to give
white elephants to members of his
court whom he wished to ruin. In
Siam white elephants are sacred,
and the expense of keeping them is
ruinous because they do nothing
but eat, not. being allowed to plow
or work at sawmills as other ele
phants do.
The term “white elephant” came
to represent any item which, while
normally of great use, is of no
value to the person who owns it,
merely taking up valuable storage
space.
Such a white elephant, however,
would be of great value to any per
son who needed and possessed such
an item. The items donated will
be sold and the funds used to as
sist college students through the
Rotary Student Loan Fund.
Civil Defense Topic
For PTA Program
Col. John Thorne, Wake County
Director of Civil Defense, will be
the guest speaker at the Wakelon
School P.T.A. meeting Monday,
November 20, at 7:45 p.m.
The devotional message will be
brought by the Rev. David Daniel,
pastor of the Zebulon Baptist
Church.
Music for the program will be
furnished by Mrs. Wilson Bras
well’s second grade.
Mrs. Ferd Davis, P.T.A. presi
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Deadlines
Deadline for all news and
advertisements will be 12 o’
clock Monday, November 20.
The Zebulon Record will be
mailed to subscribers Tues
day. Thi is to give employees
of Theo. Davis Sons time to
enjoy the Thanksgiving holi
days.
In Zebulon, Sgt. Arnold Is the National Guard
For Staff Sergeant Johnsey P.
Arnold, the National Guard has
become a way of life. For the peo
ple of the Zebulon community,
Johnsey Arnold is the National
Guard.
This results from Sgt. Arnold’s
having enlisted as a charter mem
i ber of Battery A, 113th Field Ar
i tillery Battalion, on June 7, 1949,
, and working as caretaker and Ad
ministrative-Supply Technician for
Battery A almost continually since.
I Changes in the unit and its fa
; cilities have been many, but, ac
cording to the “redlegs” of Battery
A, Sgt. Arnold just keeps rolling
along.
He has seen the unit grow from
one officer and 22 enlisted men to
; more than 100 officers and men. He
helped move the unit from one
, small room in the rear of Zebulon’s
old water plant to its present ar
I mory which Gov. William Um
t stead dedicated February 9, 1954.
He has worked on 105mm howit
zers and veteran WWII 2 Vi-ton
trucks, and on Battery A’s 8-inch
howitzers and 10-ton trucks.
There’ve been changes aplenty.
The popular Guardsman was
born in Franklin County, Decem
ber 17, 1919. He graduated from
Bunn High School, then enlisted
for World War II on May 5, 1942,
serving with the 90th Infantry Di
vision for 20 months, then with
the engineers in Africa to build
runways for B-29’s being ferried
across the dark continent of the
Far East. j
Released from active duty De- ;
cember 15, 1945, he farmed for j
two years, and operated a saw mill j
for 18 months. Custom carpenter- ]
ing filled his spare time. )
When Battery A was organized ]
in Zebulon in 1949, Sgt. Arnold
became the unit’s first caretaker.
In late 1952 he resigned for five
months to act as parts manager
for a farm equipment firm. Then
he happily agreed to return to full- j
time National Guard employment I
as Administrative-Supply Techni- ,
cian. |
During his first years in the1
Guard, when he served as Motor;
Sergeant and Chief of Detail, Sgt. j
Arnold completed the 10 Series of j
military correspondence courses j
as a hobby. The hobby paid divi- |
dends when he was appointed a
Warrant Officer April 10, 1953. i
Promoted to Chief Warrant Of- I
fleer May 25, 1956, he continued
in that rank until December 31,
1960, when a reorganization of the
Army National Guard eliminated
the position from artillery firing
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