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BULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 28. ZEBULON. N. C.. JULY 11, 1963
Miss Zebu Ion Leaves for Contest
Lovely Marie Annette Scarborough, Miss Zebulon for the year, receives
best wishes from Mayor Ed Hales on behalf of the Zebulon community just
before leaving for Guilford College near Greensboro Tuesday. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scarborough of Zebulon. The lovely lass won
her title in the local pageant sponsored by the Zebulon Jaycees. WETC radio
will broadcast portions of the Miss North Carolina Pageant during the week.
Hotel Zebulon Opened Here
July 1 By Howard Becks
Hotel Zebulon, the: town’s new
est hostelry, began receiving guests
during the Independence Day
weekend. It is being operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beck.
The hotel, formerly Hotel
Clayton and owned and operated
by Mrs. Ella Ray, has been leased
by Mr. and Mrs. Beck from Mrs.
Ray. Mrs. Ray is confined to a
rest home in Wake Forest.
| The interior of the hotel has
I been renovated, Mrs. Beck' said.
She said there will be no meals
served, only room accommoda
tions.
It has been several years since
the hotel was open for tourists.
The hotel is located on North
Arendell Avenue, a short distance
from Highway 64 and Arendell
Avenue intersection.
Local Man Business Leader
With Alabama Drug Firm
Vernon D. King, formerly of
Zebulon, was recently appointed
acting manager of GES Drug, Inc.,
of Birmingham, Ala. GES Drug,
Inc., is the largest retail drug out
let in the state of Alabama.
King, 32, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. King of Route 4, Zebu
Ion. He attended Wake Forest
College, and earned his pharma
ceutical degree from the Howard
College School of Pharmacy. He
also attended Birmingham School
of Law.
He started in the drug business
as a clerk at Zebulon Drug Co. in
1948. Now in his 14th year in the
drug business, he is believed to
be the youngest man in the Park
view Drug chain as manager of one
of their subsidiaries.
King said that even though the
Birmingham store is less than a
year old, the company anticipated
a retail volume of lbi million dol
lars the first year.
Among his other interests, he
has been active in local and state
politics. Last year he ran second
in a field of seven candidates for
a seat in the state House of Repre
sentatives. He recently was cam
paign manager for one of the may
or aspirants for the City govern
ment.
He was formerly a visiting lec
turer at his alma mateT in phar
macy for three years, has been
active in the East End Chamber of
Commerce, Steel City Toastmas
ters, United Americans for Con
servative Government, Mason,
Shriner, and a member of the
Royal Society of Health by order
of Her Majesty, the Queen of
England.
He is an amateur artist, and
writes for the local Birmingham
papers on drugs and public activi
ties.
King is married to the former
Betty Davidson of Birmingham.
They were married in 1953. The
j couple has two children, Donna, 8,
land Dixon, 2Vz.
I He said he looks back on the
j years he spent on the farm of his
I father and working for E. C. Dan
iel, owner of Zebulon Drug Co., as
the major reasons for his success
in the field of pharmacy.
Vernon D. King
Shepard Youths
At Summer Camp
Twenty live and energetic stu
dents from Shepard High School
joined sixteen students from Rich
ard B. Harrison School, Selma,
Monday morning, June 24, and
were on their way to the S. B.
Simmons Memorial Camp, located
at Hammock’s Beach, Swanboro.
At the first general session held
Monday night after vesper serv
ices, boys and girls from their
cabins campaigned for the two
offices. There were 133 campers
attending the session. James Up
church and Elsie Jones, both of
Shepard, were elected for the two
offices.
Shepard students played an im
portant role in the camping activi
ties for the week. The boys par
ticipated in softball, horse shoe
pitching and basketball on compet
etive basis. Their cabin was
the best kept for the week. Wed
nesday night the students partici
pated in a wonderful talent pro
gram. Students participating in
the program were Elsie Jones,
Vergie Vick, Judy Whitley and
Pattie Ivery as a singing group.
Vergie Vick was guest soloist and
Marvin Morgan, the great come
dian. Morgan was by far voted
the most valuable participant.
The-students attended classes
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
in arts and craft, electricity and
swimming. Each afternoon the
students worked with arts and
crafts and enjoyed swimming un
der capable instructors, Mr. Mar
tin and Mr. G. Maye.
The students were taken on a
sight-seeing tour of Morehead
City and Beaufort, Thursday af
ternoon. They also visited the J.
W. Mitchener 4-H camp located at
Hammocks.
Miss E. Brandon served as
chaperone, along with E. T. Re
vell, local advisor from Shepard.
J. T. Lockie, former agricultural
teacher of Shepard, is camp mana
Farm Implement
Display Is Held
The latest farm equipment from
the Massey-Ferguson Company
was shown this week on the Wal
ter Dean farm one mile north of
Wendell on the Lizard Lick road.
More than 100 tractors and
pieces of farm equipment were
demonstrated to local farmers.
Present for the demonstration
were 25 factory representatives,
including F. M. Fryer, branch
manager; Jack Gregory, assistant
manager (son of Mrs. Helen Greg
ory of Wakelon School faculty);
and Lyn Ireland, provision execu
tive with the Atlanta branch.
The show began Tuesday with
a parade of the equipment from
Wendell Tractor and Implement
Co. to the Dean farm. It will last
until today (Thursday), closing at
4 p.m.
Neil Chamblee is owner-mana
ger of Wendell Tractor and Im
plement Co.
First Bloom
F. P. Hales of Zebulon, Route 1,
brought the 1963 season’s first cot
ton bloom to The Zebulon Record
office Wednesday, July 3. He had
found it early that morning. Mr.
Hales has been awarded a year’s
subscription toi the Record for his
cotton bloom.
Methodist Minister
Left Dental Field
For Religious Work
The minister of Zebulon Metho^
dist Church abandoned a thriving'
dental practice to enter the life
of Christian service and perform
God’s work.
The Rev. Pearce Hudson Lay
field, Jr., had one of the most
modern facilities for the practice
of dentistry in La Grange, Ga. He
had all the clientele he could
manage.
The Rev. P. H. Layfield, Jr.
“Suddenly I realized I wasn’t
happy,” the soft spoken minister
said. “At first I didn’t know what
was wrong. 11 couldn’t put my
finger on it.”
Then it came to him. He felt
God’s call to serve Him full time.
The decision was, as he described
it, something like going through
the proverbial fire and brimstone,
cleansing away all doubt and feaf.
“When the decision came, I
found myself. I became a dif
ferent person,” he said. “Now I
understand it all; then I didn’t.
And I have never been happier.”
The handsome six-foot, 195
pound minister was born in Pine
Mountain, Ga., 46 years ago. His
father still resides in Pine Moun
tain. His mother is dead. The
senior Mr. Layfield has since re
married.
He is the oldest of three chil
dren. He has a younger brother
and sister.
“Pine Mountain was then just a
little town, less than a thousand
population,” the Rev. Mr. Lay
field said. “My father had a farm
on the outside of town, and in the
summers I worked there, doing
everything from haying to milk
ing cows.”
After graduating from Pine
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MINISTER’S FAMILY . . . The Rev. Pearce Hudson Layfield,
fourth from left, is shown with his family. Left to right, Ann,
Mrs. Layfield, Buz, the Rev. Mr. Layfield, and Sue. The Rev. Mr.
Layfield is the newly appointed minister of Zehulon Methodist
Church.
Funeral Service Wednesday
For Retired Zebulon Merchant
Philip F. Massey
Funeral rites for Philip Frank
lin Massey were held Wednesday
morning at 11 o’clock from Zebu
Ion Baptist Church. The Rev.
David Daniel, pastor, and the
Rev. Gilbert McDowell, pastor of
Pilot Baptist Church, officiated.
Massey died Monday afternoon
in Rex Hospital. He had been in
declining health for several years.
Ilis retirement several months
ago was enforced because of his
health.
Massey was a ret'red merchant.
He was manager of a Farmer’s Co
operative Exchange store in Zeb
ulon for 30 years.
He was born in Franklin County,
in the Pilot community area, 75
years ago. His birth, date was
Nov. 5, 1887. He was the son
of the late J. H. and Laura Ann
Green Massey.
Massey was a veteran of World
War I. He was a member of the
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