THE ZEBULON
RECORD
VOLUME 37. NUMBER 38. ZEBULON. N. C.. OCTOBER 29. 1062
Girl Scout Drive
Total May Reach $300
A final count hasn’t been made
but it seems that at least $300 will
be donated by friends of Girl
Scouts in Zebulon.
Mrs. George Tucker, chairman
of the two-week drive, said she
feels confident the drive will net
$300 or more. She said a final
count has not been made because
some more contributors are ex
pected.
“I am very pleased with the
drive,” Mrs. Tucker said. ‘‘I hope
the funds collected are very bene
ficial and aid Girl Scouting here.”
Mrs. Tucker also heaped
praise upon her two co-chairmen,
Mrs. Frank Wall and Mrs. Hay
wood Jones. She said these worn
en were of great help in lining up
the drive and recruiting solicitors.
“I can’t tell you how much work
and how well they planned
things,” Mrs. Tucker said of the
two women.
Mrs. Tucker entertained at a
coffee hour Monday night for the
co-chairman and solicitors. This
solicitors were Mrs. John Hilliard,
Mrs. Charles Flowers, Mrs. M. L.
Hagwood, Mrs. J. R. Fowler, Jr.,
Mrs. Ruric Gill, Jr., Mrs. Charles
Weathersby, Mrs. Joe Vinson, Mrs.
Herman Jones, Mrs. Fred Corbett,
Mrs. George Massey, Jr., Mrs. Ed
ward Pearce, Mrs. Floyd Edwards,
Mrs. Irby Liggins, Mrs. Edwin
Richardson, Mrs. Preston Smith
and Miss Patsy Braswell.
Wakelon PTA Plans Gayest
Carnival Next Wednesday
Fun and frolic will be the rule
at Wakelon School next Wednes
day night as the P.T.A. presents
the annual Halloween Carnival.
The program in the auditorium
will begin at 7:00 p.m., and the
festivities will end about 10: 00 or
10:30 p.m., so students will not be
kept up too late on a school night.
Crowning of the kings and
queens for the primary, elemen
tary, and high school departments
will be the highlight of the pro
gram in the auditorium. Voting for
the nominees from the various
homerooms is now underway.
Balloting will close at 12:00 noon
on Wednesday, October 31.
Money raised by the King and
Queen Contest goes directly to the
school, not to the P.T.A.
Costume judging and a cake
drawing will also take place in the
auditorium. Hardin Hinton is
heading the sale of chances on the
delicious homemade cakes which
will be donated by some of Zebu
Ion’s best cooks.
The agriculture department will
sponsor the Halloween hayride,
always a popular attraction at
the Carnival.
Activities in the primary build
ing and cafeteria will include a
room for dancing with Mr. and
Wills Eyes
Two local Lions and one Lioness
have willed their eyes after death
to the eye bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemp and
Armstrong Cannady have given
their eyes to the bank which will
use them to give sight to a blind
person. Cannady was the first
member of the local civic organiza
tion to will his eyes to the bank.
Mrs. Frank Massey as host and
hostess, a ghost room fiendishly
contrived by Ferd Davis and Jack
Potter, and a wide variety of
games and refreshments.
Mrs. Rachel Privette will be in
charge of the Bingo tables. Bingo
prizes are being solicited from lo
cal businessmen by Frank Kemp
and M. L. Hagwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Wood will
let Halloween revelers test their
skill at the dart board. Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Hales and Mrs. Gra
ham Jenkins will conduct the ball
and basket game,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blackley
will handle the fishing poles.
Weight guessing will be done by
Mr. and Mrs. Ruric Gill, Jr.
Several volunteers from the reg
ular lunchroom staff will be on
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Local Bank To Get $45,000
For Needed Renovation Job
A $45,000 renovation of Peo
ples Bank and Trust Co. here is
to begin next week, according to
Cashier Robert D. Massey.
Massey said Isaac Smith, En
field contractor, has submitted
low bid on the proposed work but
has not yet been awarded the con
tract. There were five bidders.
A 36 by 50 foot addition will be
constructed to the present build
ing on the corner of Arendell Ave
nue and Vance Street. The addi
tion will adjoin the back of the
present building.
The addition will be composed
of rooms for bookkeeping, mana
Millard Alford Dies of Cancer;
In Business Here 22 Years
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Millard Alford
A funeral service was held for
Millard Howard Alford Tuesday
at 2 p.m. at the Zebulon Methodist
Church. The Rev. William K.
Quick, minister, officiated.
Alford, 59, died at Mary Eliza
beth Hospital in Raleigh Sunday.
He had been a patient at the hos
pital several weeks, and had been
ill with cancer since May.
He was the son of the late Eddie
and Daisy Pearce Alford of Frank
lin County.
Alford owned and operated a
grocery store in Zebulon for 22
years, and was the owner of sev
eral farms around Zebulon.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Bertha Pulley, who he
married in 1927; and one brother,
Roy Alford of Norfolk, Va.
He was a Steward and member
of the Official Board of Zebulon
Methodist Church, and was on the
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Town's 43-Year-Old Water
Tank Getting A Face Lifting
Three Students Get
Project Recognition
Two former students and one
stv dent now of Miss Mary L. Pal
mer, Wakelon home economics in
structor, have received recognition
for their projects from the U. S.
Office of Education in Washington,
D. C.
Miss Judie Allison Temple, Car
ol Gay and Lucy Hocutt each re
ceived honorable recognition for
papers submitted on projects done
last year in home economics.
Misses Temple and Gay are
freshmen at East Carolina College
this year and Miss Hocutt is a
member of the senior class at
Wakelon.
Miss Temple’s paper was “Re
decorating Our Bathroom;” Miss
Gay’s, “Facelifting My Bedroom;”
j and Miss Hocutt’s, “Recovering a
Chair.”
Miss Palmer was notified by Miss
Catherine T. Dennis, State Super
visor Home Economics, of the rec
ognition of her students. The
three papers were selected by Miss
Palmer, then sent to Miss Dennis,
who submitted them to the U. S.
I Office of Education.
ger’s office, conference room, men
and women toilets, supply and
storage and a record vault.
Massey said the front of the
bank will be completely modern
ized. The interior, to be modern
in every respect, will see changes
in the tellers’ stations.
An upstairs balcony now used
for bookkeeping and record sys
tems will be discarded and the
ceilings lowered, Massey said. This
space will house the air condition
ing and heating systems.
No renovations have been made
to the present structure since
Peoples firm has acquired it. Ten
years ago new fixtures were in
stalled.
Russell Sorrell of Rocky Mount
is the architect.
Property adjacent to the present
building belonging to J. N. John
son was sought but the price John
son asked of $15,000 could not be
met, according to Massey. The
property directly behind the bank
was owned by the firm.
Because of the increase of busi
ness, Massey said the new addition
is badly needed and has been
needed for a good while.
Friendship Church
To Hold Revival
Friendship Original Free Will
Baptist Church will hold its annu
al homecoming Sunday, October
28. The Rev. Edward Miles will
be the guest speaker at the morn
ing worship service. A picnic
lunch will follow.
On Sunday night a week-long
revival service will begin. The
Rev. Fred Powers will conduct the
services each night at 7:30 o’clock.
Members, former members, pas
tors and visitors are welcome to
attend each event.
To Cost $4,600
Zebulon’s 65,000-gallon water
tank is getting a facelifting.
The 43-year-old structure was
{ badly in need of repairs. The
rivets holding the tank together
i were rusted and deteriorated.
Odas Williams, foreman of the
I repair work, said some of the riv
i ets were completely gone.
1 Prior to having a contractor for
Popular Matron
Leaving Town
Mrs. Ruth Chamblee has ac
cepted a position as assistant to
the “Meet The Professor” series.
This is American Broadcasting
Company owned.
Mrs. Chamblee, who is now as
sociated with WUNC-TV, will do
promotion and audience applica
tion for the ABC series, which is
based in Washington, D. C.
Prior to going with WUNC-TV
14 months ago, she was associated
with Wendell-Zebulon Radio Sta
tion WETC for a year as woman’s
editor.
Mrs. Chamblee is the widow of
Frederick Chamblee, and the
I mother of three children, Diana,
I who is a freshman at East Caroli
na College, and Coo and Ricky of
the home.
She will begin work about the
middle of November.
Red Cross Meet
Election of board members and
officers of the Wake County Chap
ter of the American National Red
Cross will be held at the annual
meeting and reception Thursday,
October 30, at eight o’clock.
Mrs. Foster Finch is a member
of the board.
the job, the town engineer saw the
inside of the tank and found it
“despicable.” He told the mayor
that if the tank started ripping it
would come apart like taking a
shirt and tearing the buttons off.
Williams and his crew of five
found the same thing. He said the
rivets are being replaced, all the
seams are being welded, the riser
pipe expansion joint (the pipe that
connects to the 'bottom of the tank)
has been repacked, the inside spi
der rods repaired (rods which
brace the tank to keep it round),
replaced the buckle needle rods,
and replaced a small section of the
ladder inside the tank.
Williams and his crew are now
on their fourth week of the repair
job. They are in the process of
finishing and hope to have the job
completed this week.
The job was awarded to United
Bridge and Tank Works of Whit
field, Ala. The cost of the job will
be slightly over $4,600, according
to Mayor Ed Hales. Before such
damage to the tank was discovered
a contract had been awarded for
cleaning the tank. That would
have cost about $750.
The pinacles of height don’t
bother Williams and his men. In
fact, this structure height isn’t
bad at all. The riser is about
100, with tank height of 35 feet.
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Church To Have
Anniversary Soon
Wakefield (Colored) Baptist
Church will celebrate its 77th an
niversary Sunday, November 18.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend this event.
The church’s choir celebrated its
40th anniversary last Sunday. The
choir leaves Saturday for Balti
more where it will join in “The
North Carolina Day” Sunday, Oc
tober 28, at Mt. Lebanon Church.
Heart Attack Claims Building
Contractor Milton Strickland
A retired building contractor
died at his home Saturday night
after suffering a heart attack.
Willis Milton Strickland died
shortly after the attack. He suf
fered from a cardiac condition.
He was 72-years-old and the son
of the late Levi and Mattie Strick
land.
He had been married to the
former Mamie Temple for 51
years, who survives along with
one daughter, Mrs. M. G. Jones of
Virginia Beach, Va., and one son,
W. W. Strickland of Raleigh, six
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
A funeral service was held
Monday at 3 pjn. at the Zebulon
Methodist Church of which he
was a member. Officiating was
the Rev. William Quick, minister.
The casket was covered with a
pall of red carnations. A male
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Milton Strickland