THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 63. ZEBULON. N. C . APRIL 26. 1962
Millard King, Jr., left, and Douglas Perry, right, have been
chosen by American Legion Post 33 to represent them at Boys
State at the University of North Carolina, June 17-23.
King, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. King of Route 3, Zebulon.
Perry, 16, is the son of Mrs. Betty Hales Perry of Zebulon and
the late Ronald Lee Perry.
Both boys are outstanding students at Wakelon High School.
Lions Name 1962 Officers,
Directors; Arnold President
Johnsey Arnold will guide Zeb
ulon Lions through the year of
1963. He was recently elevated t
to the post after serving last year
as first vice president. He suc
ceeds F. Tom Scarborough.
To Sell Gas
Members of the Jayoee Club
will operate the Sinclair service
station at the corner of Arendell
and Gan ion Avenues all day Sat
urday. Foster Young, manager of
the statii n, is giving the town’s
youngest civic c rganizition profits
from the gas sales. The Jaycees
will use the proceeds for the im
provements and beautification of
the community park.
Other officers are Milton Bry
ant, first vice president; Armstrong
Cannady, second vice president;
Frank Kannon, third vice presi
dent; Hal Perry, secretary; George
Massey, treasurer; Lou Ballard,
Lion Tamer; and Ray Goodwin,
Tail Twister.
Tom Scarborough £^nd Charles
Creech were appointed directors
with a term of office of one year.
Frank Wall and Ben Allen Rhodes
were made directors with a term
of two years.
The club has a membership of
39. During 1962 there were five'
new members and two old mem- 1
bers who were reinstated. New j
members were Hal Perry, Bobby
Rhodes, Lou Ballard, Ben Bart-j
lett and Dr. Perry Grogan. Frank j
Wall and Randolph Hendricks I
were reinstated.
Motor Company Bookkeeper
Resigns Because of Health
C. T. Williams, Jr., has retired
after sixteen years as bookkeeper
with Zebu Ion Motor Company.
Williams, who has an advanced
case of arthritis, resigned because
of his health. He is 46-years-c.ld.
“I enjoyed my work,” he said.
“But because of health reasons my
physician advised me to leave my
job. I am to get more sunshine
and fresh air* hoping these will
improve my condition.”
A mild and pleasant mannered
man, Williams said he had been
to work .many mornings when he
had to bite his fingers because of
pain. However, he kept at his
jab, and his employers declare he
is an excellent bookkeeper.
He said he has not put on or tied
his shoes in 15 years.
“Despondent? No. What’s the
use in becoming despondent and
grouching and getting an ugly dis
position? I've learned to live with
it. I’ve accepted it,” he said.
Williams remembered starting
to work. He said he began at a
restaurant in Zebulon and worked
from seven in the morning to night.
“And I got just fifty cents a
day.”
He has held positions in a Balti
more Hospital and a photostatic
firm in Washington, D. C. His
health began deteriorating when
he was in the northern climates
which forced him to come home.
Mrs. William? is the former Ma
rie Driver, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Onnie Driver of Route 1,
Zebulon. They were married De
cember 18, 1953, and have one
child, Bunny, 11.
“We met in Zebulon,” Williams
said. “She was clerking across the
street in a department store and
would come over to get lunch.”
He is a graduate of Wakelon
High School.
Williams is the son of Mrs. Wil
liams, Sr., of Zebulon and the late
Mr. Williams.
Sidney Eddins, owner of Zebu
lon Motor Company, said: “We
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N.C. State Alumni j
Meet in Wendell
Friday Evening
Dr. John T. Caldwell, chancellor
of North Carolina State College,
will address the Wake County
State College Alumni Club at a
dinner meeting in the Wendell
School Cafeteria Friday night at
7:00.
On hand to introduce Dr. Cald
well will be H. W. “Pop” Taylor,
executive secretary of the N. C.
State College Alumni Association.
The invocation will be given by
C. V. Tart, principal of Wakelon
School.
Club members and their guests
will be welcomed by Ira H. John
son, mayor of Wendell, to the first
meeting of N. C. State College
Alumni in Eastern Wake County.
The club has met previously in
other sections of the county as
well as in the city of Raleigh.
Entertainment will be presented
by the Wendell Octet, whose
members are Peggy Brantley, Judy
Todd, Loraine White, Mary Rob
erts, Don Thomas, Marsh Knott,
Richard Brantley, and Curtis Todd.
Their accompanist is Paul Mont
gomery.
Edmund Aycock, president of the
Wake County State College Alum
ni Club, will report on the organi
zation’s projects.
N. C. State alumni in the Wen
dell-Zebulon area may purchase
tickets from Hal Perry in Zebulon
or Curtis Todd in Wendell. The
tickets are $1.50 per person. In ad
dition to the turkey dinner and
the interesting program there will
be a drawing for door prizes.
Making arrangements for the
meeting are James C. Brooks of
Raleigh, first vice president of the
club; Hal Perry and Jack Potter of
Zebulon; and June Perry and Cur
tis Todd of Wendell.
Softball Field
Being Completed
Forty-four 1500-watt lights and
two 37V2KVA transformers ar
rived last week and are being
erected on the Pearce softball dia
mond, according to J. W. Perry.
Volunteers met Saturday to at
tach the crossarms on the light
poles.
He said a construction crew will
be called in this week to erect the
poles and install the transformers.
To date, $1,845 has been donated
for the project, Perry said. Con
tri'butions are still being taken, i
Perry said the project is ex-1
pected to be completed within two
or three weeks.
Any teams interested in playing
in the league are invited to con
tact Perry at once.
Beauty Pageant
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor a “Miss Zebu
Ion Beauty Pageant’ Saturday ev
ening, June 9, it was announced
today.
The winner of the local contest
will go to the State finals, repre
senting the Zebulon area. Winners
of State contests will represent
their respective states in the “Miss
America Pageant.”
The Zebulon Jaycees are seek
ing candidates who are 18 years
old on or by September 3. Young
ladies who are interested in re
ceiving further details should con
tact David E. Daniel, pastor of
Zebulon Baptist Church, who is in
charge of entries.
Jane Ihrie and Carolyn Finch have been chosen by the Zebulon
American Legion Auxiliary to represent them at Girls State at
WCUNC, Greensboro, June 17-23.
Miss Ihrie, 16, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ihrie
III, of Route 1, Zebulon.
Miss Finch, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Finch of
Route 4, Zebulon.
Both girls are outstanding students at Wakelon High School.
Local Matrons Heading Cancer
Drive Here During April
Mrs. Haywood Jones and Mrs.
Rochelle Long are co-chairmen of
the Zebulon cancer drive, it was
announced last week. The drive
lasts through the month of April.
Mrs. Jones said more than 50 so
licitors will be conducting house
to-house campaigns during the
month. However, she said if some
one who wishes to give is not con
tacted they may donate to the two
chairmen or R. D. Massey at Peo
ples Bank and Trust Co.
Last year’s drive here netted
close to $900. Aaron Lowery
headed the 1961 drive.
Some men still 'believe that can
cer is primarily a woman’s disease.
They are wrong. According to the
American Cancer Society, cancer
strikes more men than women and
that failure to act against the di
sease results in death.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Long said:
“To cure more, more funds are
needed to give people life-saving
facts about cancer and to keep
physicians informed of latest .meth
ods of diagnosing and treating
cancer. More funds are needed
to support scientists in their
search for cures and preventives.”
Fight cancer with a check-up
and a check.
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A free explanation demon
stration meeting of the Dale
Carnegie course set to be spon
sored here by Zebulon Jaycees
will be held Friday night, April
27, at 7:30 in the Fellowship
Hall of Zebulon Methodist
Church. E. J. Taylor of Greens
boro, managing director of the
courses in North Carolina and
South Carolina will be at the
meeting. The meeting original
ly was scheduled for next Tues
day night.
Wakelon Grad Gets Prison
Post As Ed Coordinator
A graduate of Wakelon School
has been appointed educational
coordinator of North Carolina
Woman’s Prison June 25.
Mrs. Nobia Edwards received
the appointment this month from
Mrs. Elizabeth McCubbin, superin
tendent of Woman’s Prison.
The life-long public school
teacher is rounding out 13 years
on the Bunn School faculty. Prior
to accepting a position on the
Bunn primary faculty, she first
taught at Pilot and Macedonia.
A dedicated teacher, Mrs. Ed
wards says her most rewarding ex
periences from teaching have 'been
the influence of the Bible stories
she has read to her students.
In her new job, this pleasant
and charming woman will have the
work of planning and directing
the educational program of the
women inmates at prison.
Mrs. Edwards is the daughter
of Joe M. Strickland of Spring
Hope and the late Mrs. Strickland.
She was born in the Rocky Cross
community of Nash County July
20, 1909.
Her early education was gotten
at a two-teacher school in her
community. She entered Wake
Ion as a seventh grade student.
She is a graduate of Pineland
Junior College and received a
bachelor of arts degree in primary
education from Atlantic Christian
College in 1938.
Talented in music, she has been
pianist and organist of Rocky Cross
Baptist Church since childhood.
She is married to Clarence Ed
wards and is the mother of one
child, Ted, who is married and
lives in Raleigh.