THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 47. ZEBULON. N. C.. JANUARY 4. 1962
FIRST BUILDING for Louisburg College was Old Main.
This building was a classical example of Greek Revival architecture.
Louisburg College Celebrates
175th Anniversary This Week
Residents of Zebulon and the
five-county area the Zebulon
community serves have been is
sued a special invitation to the
175th Anniversary Observance of
Louisburg College January 4-7.
There are a large number of
alumni of the Methodist College
from this area.
All Anniversary events open to
the public are free and features an
outstanding Baptist Layman and
Presidential Assistant, a Metho
dist Bishop. and world-famed
balladeer and guitarist, William
Clauson.
The Hon. Brooks Hays, former
Arkansas congressman and now
special assistant to President Ken
nedy, will speak Thursday night
(tonight) at 8 o’clock in the col
lege auditorium. Hays w'ill be in
troduced by Sen. B. Everett Jor
dan. North Carolina’s senior sena
tor.
Bishop Paul N. Garber of Rich
mond, Va will officially open the
Auditorii - Classroom Building
on Saturday morning, January 6,
at 10 o’clock. Bishop Garber will
also preside over the cornerstone
laying of the new dormitory for
men, now under construction.
The new $325,000 dorm is the first
to be built at Louisburg since 1926.
William Clauson, world-renown
ed guitarist-balladeer and called
by Carl Sandburg as “The Viking
of Song,” will be presented in con
cert on Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
The concert, open to the public,
WRIGHT DORMITORY. The
Pattie Julia Wright Dormitory for
women was built in 1926.
FRANKLIN ACADEMY
BUILDING. Built in 1806, this
building still stands, and is a his
torical landmark of Louisburg
College.
will be a cultural highlight of the
year.
Other featured speakers during
the week will be Dr. Clarence Bass
of St. Paul, Minn., and Dr. Daniel
McFarland, head of the history de
partment of Atlantic Christian Col
lege. Both are graduates of Louis
burg and are natives of Franklin
County.
Saturday, January 6, will be
Founders’ Day and will also honor
the college’s benefactors and
j alumni.
Alumni will gather for a lunch
eon at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Dr.
D. E. Earnhardt, a former presi
j dent, will speak.
i-fOuisburg college, chartered in
1787 by the N. C. Legislature as
Franklin Academy, is the oldest
school in America operating as a
Junior College. Related to the
Methodist Church, it has an enroll,
ment of 552 from 13 states. The
college property is valued at
$2,500,000.
The Rev. William K. Quick, Zeb
ulon minister, is a member of the
175th Anniversary Celebration
Committee.
During the four-day celebration,
the college art department will of
fer three exhibitions. Twenty-five
large oils of North Carolina artists,
a comprehensive exhibit of South
ern artists, and an exhibit of Cur
rier and Ives prints will be on dis
play daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
in the Fine Arts Building.
Second Twin Birth
Is Recorded At
Local Hospital
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital has
recorded its second set of twins.
Meri Jean and Teri Dean, twin
daughters of SKC and Mrs. Oliver
Leo Paradis of Wendell, were born
December 28. Mrs. Paradis is the
former Peggy Dean of Wendell.
Mr. Paradis is a naval recruiting
officer in Raleigh.
Dr. Thomas was the attending
physician.
No additions
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital offic
ials reported no births have oc
curred at the hospital during the
new year. The last birth was a
girl born December 31.
Hospital Has New
Practical Nurse
Mrs. Zilphia Brantley Lassiter
has been employed as a practical
nurse at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital.
She is a graduate of Lee Memorial
Hospital. Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Lassiter is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus H. Brantley
of Wendell. She resides with her
parents.
Surgeon Takes Further
Courses At
Illinois Hospital
Dr. Lee Sedwitz, Wendell-Zebu
lon Hospital surgeon, has com
pleted a two-week seminar for
surgeons at Cook County Hospital,
Chicago, Illinois. The seminar was
titled “Recent Advances in Sur
gery.”
On the faculty were some of the
most noted men of medicine in the
United States, and Dr. Sedwitz re
ports he found the course very in
teresting.
HOSPITAL NOTES
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Tuesday
morning.
White
Missouri Cone, Becky Phillips,
C. V. Whitley, Clawson Barham,
Lonnie Poole, B. C. Hodge, Mil
dred Ferrell, Boxie Howell, Wan
da Narron, Rella Privette, E. H.
Moser, Billy Privette, Isaac Kan
non, Hilda Privette, Edgar Wayne
Bobbitt, Edward Hill Finch and
John Curtis Todd.
White Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Phil
lips, Jr., of Zebulon announce the
birth of a son December 31. Mrs.
Phillips is the former Betty Car
roll.
FIRST SNOW
The Zebulon area experienced its
first snow of the winter New
Year’s Day. The snow, mixed with
sleet and rain, 'began late in the
afternoon. During the early part
of the night the snow stopped, but
Tuesday morning there was a thin
covering of ice on the ground and
remains of snow in shaded places.
Paul Dew To Talk
To Farm Bureau
Assistant County Agent Paul
Dew wil be the guest speaker be
fore the Zebulon Farm Bureau at
the January 8 meeting, according
to Raymond Pippin, Bureau presi
dent. Other county officials also
will speak at the meeting to be
held at the Wakelon Ag Building.
All members of the Farm Bureau
are urged to attend and guests are
invited.
Holidays in Zebulon
Quiet, Chief Reports
Legion District
Commander To Speak
Tuesday Night
American Legion District
Commander Frank Wood of
Raleigh will he the guest
speaker Tuesday night, Janu
ary 9, at 7 o’clock before the
Zebulon Legionnaires. The
meeting will he held at Dan
iel's Restaurant.
Oldest Resident
Of Rosenburg
Buried Christmas
Mrs. Ellen Byrd Morris, life
long resident of Rosenburg, died
Sunday morning, December 24. at
8 a.m. in Rex Hospital. Death was
attributed to double pneumonia.
She had a lingering illness for
some time.
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Mrs. Morris was the former El
len Byrd. She was born January
30, 1877, in Wilson County. She
came to Rosenburg after her mar
riage to. Walter William Morris
December 20, 1900.
She was the daughter of the late
Gensie Vick and William Redding
Byrd. Her late husband was the
son of Polly Grice and William
(Bill) Walter Morris, Sr. He pre
ceded her in death January 8, 1945.
She was the mother of 16 chil
dren, eight boys and eight girls.
Eight of these children now sur
vive her. They are five daughters,
Mrs. Velma M. (R. B.) Moore and
Miss Aileen Morris, both of Ra
leigh and Clarence Bruce Morris
Keefe of Miami, Miss Iva Dean
Morris of Goldsboro, and Mrs.
Earnestine M. Marshall of the
home; three sons, Carlie Morris
of Neuse, Willard Morris of Ra
leigh and Clarance Bruce Morris
of the home; one grandson, Billy
Gene Marshall and one great
granddaughter. Debra Lynn Mar
shall, both of Route 1, Wake For
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Christmas and New Year’s holi
days were very quiet.
Police Chief W. B. Hopkins re
ported that there were “only a
few public drunks.”
No breakins, shootings, or other
accidents were reported.
Hopkins did report a minor au
to accident just outside the city
limits. He said this was just a
slight bump up with no damages
incurred.
“We didn’t even have to make
any calls to help settle any mari
tal differences,” Hopkins said.
There were two fire calls during
the holidays. One was a grass fire
and the other to an auto that was
thought burning. Neither was of
any consequence, the chief said.
Hopkins said there were fire
works being shot in and about
town, but no accidents were re
ported and no arrests made.
Hopkins said he is “very happy”
to have had such a pleasant holi
day season. “Everything was very
nice, just the way we wanted it,
and just the way it should be.”
Pvt. Robert H. Jenkins
Complete MPT raining
Army Pvt. Robert H. Jenkins,
whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
S. Buffaloe, and wife, Patricia, live
in Zebulon, completed eight
weeks of military police training
at The Provost Marshal General
Center, Fort Gordon, Ga., Dec.
21. Jenkins received instruction
in self defense, traffic control and
the basic procedures of civil and
military law. He entered the
Army last August and completed
basic training at Fort Jackson.
S. C. The 22-year-old soldier is
a 1957 graduate of Wakelon High
School and a 1961 graduate of At
lantic Christian College in Wilson.
Emergent
Communication
Zebulon Lodge No. 609 will hold
an emergent communication
Tuesday night, January 9, at 7:30
for the purpose of installing the
officers for 1962. This will be an
open installation and the public
is invited.
W. M. Sutton, W. M.
R. Vance Brown. Sec.
Zebukm Soldier Takes Part in Army
Cold Weather Training Maneuvers
Army Pfc. James E. Honeycutt,
son of Mrs. Lois L. Honeycutt,
Route 1, Zebulon, recently partici
pated in Exercise Trailbreak, a
12-day winter training maneuver
at Camp Drum, N. Y. During the
first ten days, Honeycutt and ap
proximately 1,400 other paratroop
ers of the 82d Airborne Division’s
325th Infantry from Fort Bragg, N.
C., took part in acclimatization
and cold weather training. Dur
ing a simulated combat situation
the paratroopers repelled “aggres
sor” forces and seized road and
communications networks. The
exercise exemplified the Strategic
Army Corps’ ability to go any
where, anytime, and land ready
to fight. Honeycutt, a mortar gun
ner in Company D of the infantry,
entered the Army in September,
1960, and completed basic train
ing at Fort Jackson, S. C. The
19-year-old soldier attended
Wakelon High School.