THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 44. ZEBULON. N. C.. DECEMBER 7. 1961
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01' Santa Claus Comes to Town
Santa Claus was greeted by some 5,000 persons when he came to Zebulon Monday night. He tossed
his cherry greetings to the children and adults from his beautiful reindeer float.
(All photos by Bill Quick, Courtesy of The Raleigh Times)
Feast Your Eyes on Yuletide Beauty
Patsy Hales smiles and waves to the crowd. She was one of the many town beauties who rod^ on
the exquisitely beautiful floats.
Spectacular Parade
Starts Yule Season
Four to five thousand persons—
the majority of them children—
were present Monday night to see
Zebulon’s largest and most color
ful Christmas parade.
According to Willie B. Hopkins,
chief of police of Zebulon for al
most 25 years, it was the largest
and most beautiful event in the
town’s 54-year-old history.
Aaron C. Lowry, secretary of
Zebulon Chamber 8t Commerce,
said, “On behalf of the townspeo
ple and the people of the sur
rounding communities, I wish to
express the deepest appreciation
to those who participated and
helped to make the Christmas pa
rade a great success.”
The parade, however, was not
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Lowery added that the town and
community is indebted to Bobby
[ Allen Pace and Elmo Finch for
I securing the gorgeous floats for the
parade. The floats, he continued,
added to the beauty and spirit of
the season.
[ The parade plans were laid less
than a week before the actual
[ event.
I Lowery also congratulated the
law enforcement of Zebulon for
helping in the arrangements,
keeping the crowds orderly, seeing
that traffic was cleared for the
two-mile long sojourn through
town, and other aspects of the
parade.
Lining both sides of Arendell
Avenue, Santa Claus was preceded
! by 12 floats, three bands, a color
guard and contingents of Boy,
Girl and Cub Scouts, Shriners
and horsemen.
Leading the colorful spectacle
through town was the Explorer
Scout color guard, followed by
- Mayor Ed Hales and his First Lady,
i Mrs. Elmo Finch and Mrs. Bobby
! Allen Pace, wives of the float-get
j ters, followed. Behind them was
I the Corinth-Holders High School
£ band.
i Seated atop the Merry Christ
mas float was Connie Cooke, Wake
Ion homecoming queen, and her
court.
The local Shriners made quite
I a show, attired in their bejeweled
■ fezs.
; The Dream Boat float, with a
bevy of good looking beauties fol
lowed. Then there were the
Brownie, Cub and Boy Scouts,
dressed in their Scout attire.
Christmas carols sung by mem
bers of Wakefield and Zebulon
Baptist and Zebulon Methodist
churches. These members were
clad in their vestments and were
riding a float.
The Lions Club float was one of
the most impressive in the parade.
A huge papier mache lion stood
regally in the center of this float,
with a partially blind woman and
her seeing eye dog.
Four Wakelon High School las
sies adorned the North Pole float,
and four more as pretty lassies
graced the Pine State Creamery
float.
One of the most welcomed and
darlingest floats was Mrs. Howard
Bunn’s kindergarten float. Aboard
this float, called the Old Lady and
Her Shoe, were Mrs. Bunn’s tiny
tots who attend the kindergarten.
Four beautifully gowned young
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Rec Commission
Plans Winter
Basketball Loop
Zebulon Recreation Commission
is planning a basketball league for
the youngsters of the town and
surrounding communities, accord
ing to Wayne Davis, Commission
representative.
Davis said the league will be
patterned after the Y. M. C. A.
leagues of the bigger cities. It is
scheduled to begin December 16.
Three will be eight games with
play-offs. Awards will be given
the winners of the play-offs, Davis
said.
Several churches have already
joined the league, Davis said. They
are Zebulon Baptist, Zebulon
Methodist, Wakefield Baptist,
Zebulon Church of God, and Hop
kins Chapel.
Davis anticipates more churches
will line up with the league.
There is a $7.50 entrance fee for
each team. These fees will be used
for the purpose of purchasing
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Pets On Parade Too
While the crowd waited for the parade to begin, the big black
bird dog of the Charles Weathersby’s kept the crowd amused by
shaking hands with them. Mrs. Gladys Price is seen shaking hands
with the dog.
Football Team Sees College Game
Members of the Wakelon Foot
ball team and several MYF’ers
from the Zebulon Methodist
Church were among the 42,000
fans last Saturday at the Duke
Notre Dame football game in
Durham.
Played in balmy weather the
game’s outcome was a major Sur
prise to most persons present with
the Blue Devils emerging victori
ous over the Irish 37-13.
Following the game, the entire
group of teen-agers and other
youth from the Raleigh District
went to the Duke Chapel for the
annual Fall Rally of the District
MYF.
Jack Wilson, captain of the Duke
Football team, and other mem
bers of the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes spoke to the 800 persons
present following the game.
Among the grid men participating
were Pete Widener, Jay Wilkin
son, Tee Moorman, and Dick
(Rhino) Havens.
Wilson told the youth, “It’s
tough to be a Christian but there
is also a glory in being a follower
of Christ.’’
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Among those from Zebulon at the Duke-Notre Dame football
game were front row: Frank Fearheart, Jerry Brayboy, Anthony
Laspino, Tommy Wood. back row; Guy Massey, Ralph Ihrie,
| Chester Brayboy, Kenneth Temple, Thurston Debnam and Randy
I Creech. (Photo by Bill Quick)