THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 61. ZEBULON. N. C.. APRIL 12. 1962 .
Wields Civic and Religious
Influence on Community
Zebulon Senior Woman’s Club
will have its youngest president in
many a day when Margaret Can
nady takes the club’s reins. Mrs.
Cannady was elected to the posi
tion last week.
Mrs. Cannady succeeds Mrs.
Wallace Temple as president of the
town’s oldest civic organization.
The new president said she has
made no tentative plans for the
club, “for being elected was Such
a shock!” However, the club
members feel that whatever plans
she makes will be executed well
for the benefit and welfare of the
club.
Mr9. Cannady is a long-time
club member. She formerly be
longed to the Junior Club and
comes well prepared in knowing
parliamentary procedure and club
workings. She was a member of
the Junior Club for about 15 years,
serving it in many capacities.
Age qualifications necessitated
Mrs. Cannady to join the Senior
Club in 1960.
Mrs. Cannady is the younger of
two children of Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Bunn of Zebulon. She was born
Decemiber 7, 1920. “I christened
the new home my parents had just
built,” she laughed. Her older
brother is Elmo, who lives in
Greensboro.
After graduating from Wakelon
High School, where she said sbe
was “just an average student who
participated in all the school ac
tivities offered,” Margaret enrolled
in Meredith College.
Awarded a bachelor of arts de
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Scholarship Winner
A member of Wakelon School
senior class and an outstanding
high school student has been
awarded three scholarships to a
North Carolina college.
Miss Priscilla Bercik has won a
Pfeiffer College grant, the Pilot
Club of Raleigh award, and the
Colonial Dames contest. The Pilot
Club is a woman’s business club
of Raleigh.
In the Colonial Dames contest
Miss Bercik was the Wake Coun
ty winner and will compete in the
State contest held at Wilmington in
May. Her 800-word essay was en
titled: “Contrast Christian with
Communists Ideologies.”
Miss Bercik plans to enroll in
Pfeiffer and take a degree in jour
nalism. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Milton Trevathan of Zebulon.
Mrs. Caunady
Library Week
Observed Here
Zebulon residents will join mil
lions of their fellow Americans in
well over 5,000 communities in
all fifty states in observance of
National Library Week, April 8-14.
With the theme, “Read—and
W^tch Your World Grow!” Library
Week provides special opportuni
ties to emphasize the personal
rewards in reading and increase
interest in developing the reading
resources that serve the commu
nity.
The observance of this program
is designed to encourage lifetime
reading habits and create wider
use and support of libraries of all
kinds.
Zebulon supports a library which
has in excess of 2,000 volumes.
Reports from library officials are
that the local library is being used
quite well, especially by children.
Local Rotarians have contrib
uted around $500 worth of new
reading material—books for adults
and children—within the last
couple of years.
Plans have been talked to move
the library from its Woman’s Club
facilities into bigger and more
spacious accommodations. There
also has been talk on associating
the library with a Raleigh library
so that a greater selection of books
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Native Girl's Husband Is
Promoted By Southern Bell
B. B. Leazer
The husband of a Zebulon wom
an has been appointed public re
lations supervisor for the Wilming
ton District of Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Co.
B. B. Leazer, husband of the
former Jo Ann Janes, will be
headquartered in Wilmington and
will be in charge of Southern Bell’s
Public Relations activities in Wil
mington, Lumberton, Rockingham,
Hamlet, Laurinburg, Burgaw, Car
olina Beach, Wrightsville Beach
and Southport. He will work
closely with civic clubs, schools,
newspapers, radio and TV people.
His responsibility will be the pro
motion of talks, newspaper, radio,
and TV releases.
Leazer joined Southern Bell’s
Directory department in 1957 in
Charlotte. He completed his col
lege degree at North Carolina State
College in 1958 during a leave of
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Shepard School Ag Teacher Is
Retiring After 29 Years
Seventy-two Members of
Wakelon Band Play
At Azalea Festival
Seventy-two Wakelon band
members and majorettes, under
the direction of Mrs. Frances Hil
burn, participated in the Azalea
Festival parade held in Wilming
ton Saturday.
Finances for the trip were made
at a concert given by the band last
Thursday night. Mrs. Hilburn re
ported $499 was made at the con
cert, enough to pay for two Trail
way buses to transport the band
members to the festival. She said
there was $88.20 left over and the
band members and eight chape
rones were given $1.10 spending
money for the trip.
The group left Saturday morn
ing at six o’clock and arrived in
Wilmington at 9:30. There were
supposed to have been two pa
rades, one at nine and one at 11
o’clock. The V/akelon group was
scheduled for the 11 o’clock pa
rade. However, rain postponed the
nine o’clock parade and the Wake
Ion members had to stand in for
mation four hours before marching
began.
Mrs. Hilburn reported that the
band performed “very well" and
she “was proud of them.’’ No ac
cidents occurred.
Chaperoning the group were Mr.
and Mrs. Armstrong Cannady, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Finch, Mrs. Bob
Sawyer, Mrs. H. K. Baker, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Tart.
Ex-Representative's
Wife Hespital Nurse
Mrs. Jean Flowers Hocutt, wife
of Ronald Hocutt, ex-House of
Representatives official of Johnston
County, is doing relief nursing
at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. She
'began April 1.
Mrs. Hocutt, the daughter of
Mrs. C. W. Flowers of Angier and
the late Mr. Flowers, is a 1932
graduate of Rex Hospital School
of Nursing. She has not practiced
her profession in about five years.
Besides nursing, “which I love
more than anything,” she is an
artist with ceramics, loves to sew
and knit.
Mr. and Mrs. Hocutt are the par
ents of two sons, Ronald, Jr., who
lives with his wife and four-year
old daughter in Raleigh, and Ben
ny, who is stationed at Patrick
Air Force Base in Florida.
Mrs. Hocutt’s hours will be
from three to 11 two days a week
and from 11 to 7 three days a
week.
Revivalist to Hold
Tabernacle Services
The Rev. Emory Holden will
conduct a series of revival services
at Tabernacle Baptist Church be
ginning April 15 through April
21, the pastor, Rev. W. C. Barham,
has announced. The Rev. Mr.
Holden is pastor of Wake Cross
Roads Baptist Church. Johnny New
of Jlaleigh will be in charge of the
spiritual music. The public is
welcome.
At the close of the 1962 school
year Wake County and Shepard
School are losing one of their most
capable and distinguished educa
tors. He is J. T. Locke.
Locke is rounding out 29 years
as head of Shepard School agricul
ture department. Under his guid
ance the department of the very
fine colored school which serves
the children of Zebulon and the
surrounding communities is now
valued at more than $30,000.
Locke got the ag department go
ing at Shepard. When it was
started the department had given
to it by the county tnree ham
mers, two saws, two chisels and a
hand plane. Now there is every
thing needed for a young man to
acquire the skills taught by Locke.
The genial ag teacher said the
department was adequately
equipped from funds paid by
World War II veterans when they
took the farm program training
offered.
we naa a very strong veterans
program,” he said, “and we were
practically able to buy all the
equipment needed. We got stable
things that wouldn’t perish, heavy
equipment that would last.”
Locke feels that his department
is as good as any in the county
school system—white or colored.
Shepard is not the only ag pro
gram he established. He began
his teaching career at Spaulding
High School in Spring Hope,
where he opened a department
there. Then there was Peabody
Academy at Troy. He taught at
Method but the department there
was already in progress.
When he began at Shepard only
about 30 boys took agriculture in
struction. Today, Locke said there
are 65 high school boys using the
department daily.
Last year Locke made a survey
of 28 of his former pupils who
use the land for their livelihood.
Of the number, 19 own their own
farms of 30 acres or more, ranging
up to 400 acres. Their average
income was more than $20,000.
All have comfortable homes for
their families.
“I am very proud of these men,”
he said. “But of course, I am
pround of all my boys. Five have
become teachers of agriculture,
two are now county agents, and
others are doing well in the world
J. T. Locke
of agriculture. And I would like
to point out, none of the boys
who took agriculture instruction
under me have ever been con
victed of a court misdemeanor.”
In 1947 North Carolina schools
were on the verge of losing a con
gregational allocation, Locke said.
It looked as if it were hopeless.
But he and two other gentlemen
asked if they might go to Wash
ington to see the proper authori
ties and explain the situation,
their State’s side. They went, of
fered a 30-minute interview. In
stead of 30-minutes the three
stayed from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
going from one committee to the
other. Because of the three inter
ested school men, the State of
North Carolina got its appropria
i tion, Locke said.
Locke helped organize in April,
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Mrs. L. M. Massey
Heading Seal Drive
Mrs. L. M. Massey is heading the
local Easter Seal drive for Zebulon.
The drive lasts through the month
of April, with the peak of the drive
Easter Sunday, April 22. Money from
the drive aids crippled children and
adults of the State.
WakefieM-Zebulon OES Officers
Installled Last Saturday Night
The 1962-63 officers of Wake
field-Zebulon OES were installed
Saturday night, April 7, in an im
pressive and beautiful ceremony
at the Zebulon Masonic Hall.
Barbara Finch is the new Worthl/
Matron and Spencer Tant the new
Worthy Patron. Installing officer
was Mrs. Melrose Ferrell, past Ma
tron and sister of the head officer.
Assisting her was Mrs. Christine
Hopkins, past matron, who was in
stalling Marshal; Albert Pulley,
past Patron, installing Chaplain;
and Mrs. Cleo Perry, past Matron,
installing organist.
The ceremony was opened with
the Lord's Prayer, followed by the
pledge of allegiance to the flag.
After the welcome, the new of
ficers were introduced.
Addresses were given by the
new Worthy Matron and new
Worthy Patron.
Jewels were presented to Mrs.
Pauline Tant, retiring Worthy Ma
tran, and Willie Bullock, retiring
Worthy Patron. Mrs. Elizabeth
Murray presented the jewel to
Mrs. Tant. Mrs. Tant’s husband
pinned his wife. Albert Pulley pre
sented the jewel to Bullock, whose
wife pinned her husband.
Members of the OES presented
the new Matron with a program
entitled “One Dozen Roses.”
A refreshment hour followed
the close of the program. Mrs.
Finch presided at the punch bowl.
Other refreshments were ham bis
cuits, cookies and nuts.
Other officers installed were:
Asso. Matron, Dixie Bullock; Asso.
Patron, Roland Gordon; Treasurer,
Pauline Tant; Secretary, Mary
Bunn; Conductress, Eva Richards;
Asso. Conductress, Mozelle Flood;
Chaplain, Raleigh Bunn; Marshal,
Vera Rhodes; Organist, Elizabeth
Murray; Adah, Aldona Pate; Ruth,
Repsie Pearce; Esther, Jean Rich
ardson; Martha, Rella Privette;
Electa, Carrie Martin; Warder,
Virginia Eddins and Sentinel, Wel
hotirnn Sutton.