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ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 9. ZEBULON. N. C.. FEBRUARY 28. 1963 ^ t :
Eugene Privette, left, and Thurman Pate proudly display the results
of a recent hunting trip. They bagged the limit of quail which made for
them some mighty good eating. Privette and Pate's dogs, whieh enabled
them to down the birds, are considered some of the best in this section.
Donna Denton Named Winner
In Rotary World Peace Contest
Last Friday seven outstanding
Wakelon High School students
made effective presentations on
methods the United Nations em
ploys to aid in keeping world
peace.
Donna Denton earned first hon
ors and Guy Massey was named
runnor-up in the extremely close
competition.
The annual contest is sponsored
by the Zebulon Rotary Club. Title
of this year’s talk was, “The Re
sponsibilities of the United Na
tions to World Peace.”
Judging was on the basis of
speech content, organization of
material, and manner of presen
tation. Content was weighted at
50% of the total score.
Mrs. Haywood Jones, Raymond
Pippin, and Barrie Davis judged
the contest.
Others competing were Vicki
Tart, Sue Arnold, Ronnie Cham
blee, Patsy Braswell, and Pat Wal
ters.
When announcing the winners,
the judges complimented the con
testants for their exceptionally
good work, saying that the seven
different approaches to the same
topic indicated independent think
ing.
The winning talk will be pre
sented over Radio Station WETC,
Wendell-Zebulon, and to the Zeb
ulon Rotary Club.
Science Fair
Wakelon High School Science
Fair is to be held Wednesday,
March 6, at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in
the gymnasium. The annual event
is sponsored by the Science Club.
All science students are partici
pating in the event, and winners
will take their projects to the
district fair to be held at Chapel
Hill on March 23.
The public is invited to attend
the local fair.
Zebulon Brownie Scout Leader Asks j
I
For Sponsor for Fast-Crowing Group
“The Brownies are badly in
need of a sponsor,” Mrs. Preston
Smith, leader, said this week.
Two years ago the Brownie
Scout troop was sponsored by the
Junior Woman’s Club. This club
has now merged with the Senior
Woman’s Club and no longer spon
sors the troop. >
“We would appreciate it if I
someone would take us under their !
wing,” Mrs. Smith said. !
The troop has become so large
that it has been divided into two
sections. Three more members
were added Saturday. They are
Jane Tippett, Kathy Pittman and j
Frederica Pippin. The troop holds
its meetings on Saturday. \
“I am very, very proud of the I
Brownies,” Mrs. Smith said. “I
enjoy working with them, and we I
are really accomplishing some
thing.”
During the annual cookie sale
the Brownies sold 1,006 boxes.
Their quota was 500 boxes.
The Girl Scout Council in
Raleigh has notified Mrs. Smith
that it is possible that this troop
was tops in the campaign for a
unit its size.
“This makes us feel very good,”
Mrs. Smith said. “The girls are
to be congratulated.”
Nancy Olive, Betsy Olive,
Bonnie Pearce and Annette Smith
tied for top honors in the cam
paign. They each sold 172 boxes.
“We still would like very much
to have a sponsor,” Mrs. Smith
ended.
The Brownie Scout troop is the
only Girl Scout troop in Zebulon.
Actress to Speak
A member of the Raleigh Little
Theater staff is scheduled to speak
to the Senior Woman’s Club Tues
day night, March 5.
Mrs. Mary Lyman, production
director of the theater, will ad
dress the club members and guests
on aspects of theater, locally, state
wide and nationwide.
Mrs. Lyman will be introduced
by Mrs. I. D. Gill, fine arts chair
man.
Hostesses for the meeting will be
Mrs. Melvin Massey, Mrs. R. H.
Brantley and Mrs. R. H. Herring.
Mrs. Armstrong Cannady, presi
dent of the woman’s organization,
invites the public to attend this
meeting.
Zebulon National Guard Battery
To Reorganize as Missile Unit
Zebulon’s National Guard unit
will undergo its third major re
organization when North Caro
lina’s famed 30th Infantry Divi
sion becomes a “ROAD” division
sometime next month, according
to Capt. Jack Potter, battery com
mander.
Organized in July 1949 as a 105
mm howitzer battery, the Zebulon
unit was reorganized in 1959 as
an 8-inch howitzer battery.
When the “Old Hickory” divi
sion receives Pentagon approval
to reorganize along the Army’s
newest concept for a combat di
vision, the local battery will con
vert to “Honest John” rockets.
It’s new designation will bfe
Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion,
113th Artillery, of the North Car
olina Army National Guard. Capt.
Potter will continue as command
er, the position he has held since
1955 when he followed Barrie
Davis as head of Battery A.
As a rocket battery, the Zebu
Ion Guard unit will retain its ca
pability to fire atomic weapons.
Summer field training this year
will be conducted for the missile
battalion at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
where equipment and firing ranges
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Bertha Pearce, Ed Kitchings,
Irby Barham, Martha Jordan,
Agnes Hawkins, Henry Perry,
Richard Medlin, Elwood Horton,
Robert Underwood, Merle Mul
hollem, Loomis Strickland, Milton
Phillips, Mafar Curtis, Adda
Hicks, Woodrow Bradshaw, Wil
liam Lynch, Arland Cooper and
Fred Brown.
White Birth
Mr..and Mrs. Jakie Pearce of
Zebulon announce the birth of a
son on February 25. Mrs. Pearce
is the former Bertha Thomas.
Wednesday Is Day
For Pre-Schoolers
Pre-school registration for child
ren who will enter Wakelon School
in September will be held Wed
nesday, March 6, at 8:30 a.m. in
the cafeteria, Principal J. C.
Hawkins has announced.
Principal Hawkins said parents
with children who will begin
school in September are requested
to register them on this date. The
child’s birth certificate and im
munization record must be pre
sented at the time of registration.
A State law requires that each
child who enters school for the
first time be immunized against
smallpox, diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus and polio.
Drive Postponed
Heart fund chairman, Mrs.
Rochelle Long, said the drive
scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24,
has been postponed until Sun
day, March 3. The canvass was
postponed because of the incle
ment weather and became of a
death in Mrs, Lone’s family.
are available. The date is June
9-23.
Two other Zebulon National
Guard officers will have new as
signments as a result of the com
ing division reorganization. Lt.
Col. Ferd Davis is being assigned
30th Division Operations & Train
ing Officer (G-3). At present he
is Deputy Commander of 1st Bat
tle Group, 119th Infantry.
Major Barrie Davis will become
Executive Officer of the 30th Avia
tion Battalion—a new organiza
tion. He has been commander of!
the 30th Aviation Company since
it was formed in 1959.
Tag Deadline
Saturday is the last day before city
license plates take a price hike. ,
Alter March 2 all persons who pur
chase city tans will be penalized $2,
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins has
announced.
The license plates now sell for $1.
Persons who do not display a city
license plate after March 2 will also
be apprehended and fined.
Hopkins said this ordnance will be
enforced to the “t.”
Officers of White Stone Masonic Lodge of Wakefield were installed
January 9. Serving posts for the coming year are. front row, Lawrence
Creech, senior deacon; Johnny Hicks, senior warden; Daniel Johnson, master;
Bobby Allen Pace, junior warden; Henry Bobbitt, senior steward; Leslie Tant,
I tiler; back row, B. K. Tucker, junior doacon; Spencer Tapt, chaplain; Claude
j Farrington, secretary; Herman Eddins, treasurer; and Franklin Eddins, Junior
steward.
Local Tobacconist Approves
Virginia Farm Bureau Plan
Plans for an “Approved Prac
tices Club” were announced sev
eral weeks ago by the Virginia
Farm Bureau Federation. Its pur.
pose is to encourage growers to use j
recommended practices in an effort |
to produce better quality tobacco j
and to find ways to expand mar
kets.
Department of Agriculture of
ficials, the Stabilization Corpora
tion, and other farm leaders have
warned tobacco growers that the
flue-cured tobacco program is in
serious trouble, and export mar
kets for U. S. tobacco are threaten
ed. Most of this trouble has been
blamed on poor quality tobacco
produced in recent years.
The Virginia Farm Bureau plan
was devised in an effort to offset
this trend toward lower quality;
leaf, J. J. Henderson, presidentj
of Monk-Henderson Tobacco Co.,
Inc., of Wendell, said.
Members of the Approved Prac
tices Club must agree to grow no
more than 0,500 plants of tobacco
per acre, and to refrain from use
of the sucker-control chemical,
MH-30.
Member will be encouraged to
use other practices which lead to
better quality tobacco, but the
plant-spacing and , MH-30 pro
visions will be the only rules of
the club which will be strictly en
forced, since they can be readily
detected. Members must agree to
field inspection by a committee
of their fellow growers to see that
the provisions have been carried
out.
Club members who follow the
rules and recommendations will
be issued stickers to attach to their
sales tag to show buyers that the
tobacco has been grown under
the recommended practices.
The plan is said to have the ap
proval of buying companies. Hen
derson said his company approves
the plan.
Funeral Services Held in Wakefield
Monday for Billy Thurston Ferrell
Funeral rites for Billy Thurston
Ferrell, 41, were held Monday at
Wakefield Baptist Church. The
Rev. Horace Hamm, pastor, and the
Rev. James B. Sides officiated.
Ferrell died Saturday in a vete
ran’s hospital in Durham. He suf
fered from Hodgkins disease, and
has been hospitalized for two
weeks.
He was a farmer and veteran of
World War II. He served on the
board of deacons of Wakefield
Baptist Church.
He was the son at Mrs. Loma
Ferrell and the late Willie Ferrell.
His wife is the former Wynell
Strickland.
Besides his wife and mother,
he is survived by two sons and a
daughter; three sisters, Mrs.
Proctor Scarboro, Mrs. Thurman
Murray and Mrs. James Debnam,
all of Zebulon; and two brothers,
Sprite Ferrell of Zebulon and
Bobby Ferrell of Raleigh.
The casket was draped with the
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