THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 52. ZEBULON N C.. FEBRUARY 8. 1962
Beloved Pastor
Rev. Nevell Stancil Dies
Hundreds of persons paid their
last respects to the Rev. J. Nevell
Stancil, whose funeral rites were
held Sunday, February 4, from
Live Oak Missionary Baptist
Church in Johnston County.
The beloved minister, who serv
ed pastorates in Wake, Nash,
Wayne, Wilson and Johnston coun
ties died Thursday night at 9:45
in Parkview Hospital in Rocky
Mount of a heart ailment. He en
tered the hospital January 2. He
had been in declining health since
1953.
The Rev. Mr. Stancil was the
son of the late W. Debro and Lucy
Broadwell Stancil. His father was
a renowned minister in the John
ston Baptist Association for many
years. He was born November
9, 1901, in the Bethany Commu
nity of Johnston County and was
one of seven children of the couple.
After he was ordained to preach
in 1926, the Rev. Mr. Stancil
served faithfully and well his
many churches and parishioners
until his death. At the time of
his death he was pastor of Live
Oak and Pauline Baptist Churches
in the Johnston Association.
He was pastor of Central Bap
tist Church near Wendell for ap
proximately 19 years, Lees Chapel
near Middlesex for approximately
20 years, Watkins Chapel, Union
Hope. Baptist Tabernacle, and No
bles Chapel; these churches are
in the vicinity of Zebulon. For 21
Rev. Newell Stancil
years he served as pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church in Rocky
Mount.
While he was in Rocky Mount
he served as vice president of the
Rocky Mount Ministerial Associa
tion. He was a former member of
the Bethany JOUAM.
During his ministry he was ac
tive in the community life of his
churches and in the many religi
ous activities of his denomination.
He never failed to serve when he
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Contributions to Polio Fund
Exceed Last Year's Total
Mrs. Ben Thomas
The polio contributions drive
held here last week was “very suc
cessful,” according to Mrs. Ben
Thomas, chairman.
“I am very pleased with the
results,” she said. “We are sure to
top last year's figure of more than
$530.”
The Mothers’ March contribu
tions the night of January 30 were
$430.20, according to Mrs. Thom
as. She said this week that con
tributions are still coming in and
no count has been made of the
cannister donations, under the su
pervision of Mrs. Armstrong Can
nady.
During this year’s drive more of
the business district was canvassed.
Last year only a few of the stores
in town were solicited.
No canvass was made of Wake
Ion School. School policy forbids
solicitations. Shepard School,
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Dr. Allen P. Brantley, Prominent
Methodist Leader, to Speak Here
Dr. Allen P. Brantley, execu
tive director of Christian Higher
Education of the North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
Church, will speak at Zebulon
Methodist Church Sunday, Febru
ary 11, at 11 o’clock. The pastor,
the Rev. Bill Quick, will preside
at the services and introduce Dr.
Brantley.
Before coming to this office, Dr.
Brantiey served as District Super
intendent of the Burlington Dis
trict for six years. He was edu
cated at Duke University, Boston
University, Harvard University,
and Oxford University, England.
He holds the A.B., M.A., S.T.B.,
S.T.M., and M.R.E. degrees. The
honorary degree of Doctor of Di
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Zebulon Citizens to Vote April 3
On Bonds for Sewer and Water
Board Revitalized
The president of American
Plumbing and Electrical Supply
Co., Thomas Monk, has been nam- ;
ed chairman of Zebulon Planning
and Zoning Board. The appoint
ment came January 23.
Other members of the Board are
Amos Estes, Charles Creech, Sid
ney Eddins, Jack Potter, John Hil
liard, Forrest Hendricks and Rob
ert Edd Horton.
George Monoghan, who is with
the Planning Department of the
North Carolina Conservation and
Development, appeared before
the group and discussed the work
they are now beginning, and what
they can do for the town and
surrounding communities.
Monoghan will be paid a fee of
$800 for his services. Half the
funds will be paid him for 1961 -
62 and half 1962-63.
The Planning and Zoning Board
makes land-use surveys for busi
nesses, plants and residential
areas; sub-division controls and
regulations; and thoroughfare
planning.
The group works in conjunction
with Monoghan in directing the
town.
Mayor Ed Hales said he feels
that this Board will do a very
useful job in working for the wel
fare of the town. He is pleased
with the Board selection and feels
they are men who will exert ev
ery energy for the good of Zebu
Ion.
The Board decided to meet the
second Tuesday of each month.
Attorney Member of Bentonville
Battleground Advisory Committee
A $16,000 fund-raising campaign
to finance further development of
the Bentonville Battleground as a
State historic site began February
1. Funds will be solicited in
Wake, Wayne, Harnett, Johnston,
and Sampson counties.
Ferd Davis, Zebulon attorney, is
a member of the Wake County Ad
visory Committee for the restora
tion project.
Development of the Bentonville
Battleground as a State historic
site is advancing under the guid
ance of the State Department of
Archives and History. The de
partment’s immediate objective is
to raise enough money to finance
construction of a museum-visitor
center at the battleground.
The 1961 Legislature appropri
ated $26,000 for the Bentonville
project. The proposed museum
visitor center will cost an estimated
$42,000. The February drive is
planned to raise the difference.
The State Department of Ar
chives and History is working to
make Bentonville Battleground
one of the main tourist attractions
in North Carolina. Approximately
8,000 persons visited the battle
ground in 1960. The number of
visitors is increasing yearly.
Special tours of the battle
ground are conducted from time
to time for school children and
other groups interested in Civil
War history.
The first major project in the
development of Bentonville Bat
tleground as a State historic site
was restoration of the Harper
House, a residence which was used
during the Battle of Bentonville as
a hospital.
The State purchased the Harper
House and 51 adjacent acres in
1957. The Confederate Cemetery
near Harper House has been
leveled, seeded, and landscaped.
Last year a tour guide was pre
pared, giving meaning to 29 mark
ers already located in the 6,000
acre battleground area and mak
ing it easier for visitors to under
stand the position of Union and
Confederate troops during the bat
tle which raged there for three
days in March, 1865.
A temporary museum has been
installed in the four downstairs
rooms of the Harper House.
The department hopes to begin
construction of the museum-visi
tor center this spring. The work
cannot begin unless the February
drive to raise $16,000 is successful.
Local contributors may write
checks to the Bentonville Battle
ground Association. Contributions
may be deducted on income tax re
turns.
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Dean Brantley, Virginia Driver,
C. V. Whitley, Leon Hagwood.
Hazel Boykin, Sue Bunn, Abdoo
Assmar, Leamon Corbett, Rigsby
Massey, Sr., Pearl Denton, and
Almetta Johnson.
Colored
Alphonso Barham, Hattie Mon
tague and Geraldine Herndon.
White Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert H. Driver
of Route 3, Zebulon, announce the
birth of a daughter February 6 at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. Mrs.
Driver is the former Virginia Cur
tis.
Improvement Cost
Set at $450,000
Zebulon Town Board is under
orders to start work on new wa
ter and sewer facilities by July 1.
According to John Edwards,
town engineer, the present water
plant is “extremely poor and in
adequate.’’
The Town Board at its Febru
ary meeting Monday night tenta
tively set April 3 as the date Zeb
ulon citizens will vote on a pro
posed $450,000 bond issue for new
water and sewer improvements.
A definite date will be set when
bonding attorneys have completed
the necessary work.
The proposed site of the new
unit is where Little River crosses
U. S. Highway 64 between Zebulon
and Wendell.
Costs of the project have been
estimated by Edwards as follows:
water distribution system, $77,
800; water treatment plant,
$250,000; sewage outfall, $12,800;
and sewage treatment plant,
$125,000. Engineering and con
tingencies costs are estimated at
$46,568.
Wakefield Pastor
Speaks at Rotary
The people of the Zebulon com
munity have been exceedingly
nice since his arrival here, the
Rev. Horace Hamm told Zebulon
Rotarians last week, and he thinks
“the quality of generosity applies
to this community.”
The Wakefield Baptist Church
pastor was featured speaker at
the Rotary meeting. He was intro
duced by Norman Screws.
“You don’t invite a preacher to
speak to a group unless you ex
pect a message,” the minister told
the group. Using the eighth
Psalm as his text, he described
man as more signfieant when
considered in the light of the love
of God.
The Rotarians gave good ap
plause for the talk, which was il
lustrated with interesting anec
dotes and experiences of the min
ister.
Moses Tant, Partially Blind Since
Birth, Disclaims Marriage Plans
Moses Tant
“No, I ain’t never been mar
ried and what’s more I don’t want
to now,” said Moses Tant.
“The way people live now! The
way women do men and the way
men do women. I don’t believe I
want one of them.”
Mose, as he is called, sat in
front of his tiny home just oppo
site Beck Veneer Company as he
philosophized.
“I’ll say it’s a mess. They need
to read the Bible more.”
Mose said he loves the Bible.
“I have read it through three
times. And I try to practice it.”
Partially blind since birth, he
enjoys listening to recordings
made of the Good Book. These
recordings are furnished the blind
by the North Carolina Blind Com
mission.
“Three records comprise a
book,” Mose said. “I enjoy sitting
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