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VOLUME 38. NUMBER 29. ZEBULON. N. C. JULY 18. 1983
The construction of Zebulon’s white and colored low rent housing
projects are progressing according to schedule, superintendent P. D.
Chamblee said this week. The exteriors of the white units are completed.
Underground utilities are being installed; plaster, shingling, anti plumbing
and electrical utilities are in progress. Chamblee said plastering will be
completed this week. Tile, paneling and finish work is then to be done.
On the colored site, Chamble said the masonry is completed. Roofs
r.re now being installed. This site is going according to schedule. Chamblee
said the Wendell white and colored low rent housing projects are about
as completed as the local projects.
Zebulon Guardsman Promoted
To Rank of Lieutenant Colonel
A Zebulon resident who com
mands the 30th Aviation Battal
ion of the N. C. Army National
Guard was promoted to the rank
of lieutenant colonel last week,
according to orders published by
the Adjutant General’s Department
in Raleigh. The promotion of Lt.
Col. Barrie Davis came 10 days
after he succeeded Col. Charles S.
Manooch, Jr., of Raleigh as com
mander of the Army Guard’s on
ly flying unit.
Col. Davis began his military
service in June 1942 when he en
listed as a private in the Army.
He began flight training in January
1943, and the following August
was commissioned a Second Lieu
tenant.
As a fighter pilot with the 12th
and 15th Air Forces in Africa and
Europe, he destroyed six German
aircraft in aerial combat and six
on the ground, gaining “Ace” sta
tus in 1944. He was released from
active duty in 1945 as a captain.
In 1949 he was transferred from
the Air Force Reserve to the Army
National Guard to organize Bat
tery A, 113th Field Artillery Bat
talion, in Zebulon. He command
ed this unit for six years, during
which time its strength increased
from 21 to 100 and the present ar
mory was constructed.
In June 1955 he was transferred
to 30th Infantry "Division head
quarters in Raleigh as Public In
formation Officer. He received
promotion to major in July 1955.
Four years later the 30th Divi
sion was reorganized as a “Pen
tomic” unit, requiring a Combat
Aviation Company. Davis Was
assigned commander of the new
unit and given the mission of
forming it from a rifle company
and medical detachment at Apex,
and 12 small aviation detachments
located across the state.
Subsequent reorganization of
the 30th Division as a “ROAD”
unit in March 1963 increased the
size of the aviation unit to a bat
talion. Davis was reassigned ex
ecutive officer of the battalion,
serving in this position until his
recent reassignment as battalion
commander.
Col. Davis is a Senior Army Avi
ator and holds an Army instrument
rating. He graduated in 1955 from
the advanced course at the Artil
lery and Missile School at Ft. Sill,
Okla., and in 1957 from the Air
Ground School conducted by the
Air Force.
He has been awarded the Silver
Star, Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 13 clusters, Pur
ple Heart, ETO Campaign Ribbon
with five campaign stars, Ameri
can Defense Medal, Reserve
Forces Medal, and N. C. National
Guard Ribbon with device.
The 30th Aviation Battalion has
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company and Company B based
at Apex, and its flying and air
craft maintenance activities at Ra
leigh-Durham Airport. At the
present time, the battalion’s
$270,000 armory is nearing com
pletion at Raleigh-Durham Air
port.
Zebulon Rotary Club Begins
Project to Reduce Drop-outs
* Last Friday night members of
the Zebulon Rotary Club began a j
project to reduce the number of
students who drop out of school
before they graduate. The action
came as a result of a talk by Aaron
Fussell, assistant superintendent
of Wake County Schools, who re
lated the large percentage of stu
dents who fail to complete a high
school education.
Mr. Fussell was introduced by
Ferd Davis, member of the Wake
County School Board.
Pointing up the large number of
drop-outs in the Wake County sys
tem, Mr. Fussell said that of the
students beginning school in 1949,
only 50% graduated from high
school. In some areas, he said,
30% of the students stopped school
before the end of the 9th grade,
and another 30% before complet
ing the 11th grade.
A committee headed by Willie B.
Hopkins was appointed to work
with the Wakelon School super
intendent to reduce the number of
drop-outs. Those appointed to
serve with Chairman Hopkins are
Ed Ellington, Ferd Davis, Lu
ther Massey, Ed Hales, and Mel
vin Massey.
In his talk, which was interest
ing and informative, Mr. Fussell
pointed out happenings which af
fected the county school system
during the past year. Among
them were the continued accredi
tation of all elementary schools
with the Southern Association; ap
proval of a 11% million dollar
bond issue for schools; a seminar
of health of school children; a
teacher self-evaluation program
which gained national attention;
legislative action to increase the
number of personnel for schools;
the opening of the Industrial Ed
ucation Center headed by Dr.
Kenneth Wold; and the increas
ing difficulty of operating schools.
“People want more (from their
schools) and are demanding
more,” Mr. Fussell said. New pro
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Majority Favors
Direct Telephone
Service to Raleigh
A report to Mayor Ed Hales
from Southern Bell Telephone Co.
officials last week revealed that
Zebulon telephone subscribers
favor toll-free service to Raleigh.
Hales said the report made the
latter of last week showed that
911 subscribers have replied to a
poll being made by the company.
Of this number 720 are in favor
of toll-free service, 191 against.
Wendell telephone subscribers
favor the toll-free service by a
vote of 706 to 124 against. A total
of 830 subscribers in Wendell an
swered the poll.
After the survey has been com
pleted by the telephone company,
Mayor Hales said it will be ap
proximately 18 months before the
toll-free service is available to
area telephone subscribers.
Swimmers Take
Win from Fuquay;
Go Again Friday
Zebulon’s swimming team out
classed the Clayton swimmers
Monday night at the local swim
ming pool.
The local youngsters were too
iruch for the Clayton team. There
were a number of . first places in
certain divisions and several who
were triple winners.
Michele Thomas was a triple
winner in the eight-year-old girls’
class; Tommy Liborio and Steve
Vinson, triple winners in the 12
year-old boys’; Pattie Smith,
triple winner in the 12-year-old
girls’; and Cathy Clark, triple win
ner in the 14-year-old girls’.
Ben David Thomas and Mark
Wilson were the winners of one
and two events in the boys’ 14
year-old class; Jane Hinton and
Vicki Temple, winners of one and
two events in the 16-year-old girls’
class; and Johnny Clark and Hen
ry Temple, winners in the one
arid two class for 16-year-old
boys’.
Pamela Vinson was the second
place winner with a back stroke
in the girls’ six-year-old class.
John Zebulon Davis, came in sec
ond with breast stroke in the boys’
eight-year-old class.
Joe Hinton was the winner of
one and two events in the boys’
10-year-old class; and Frances
Massey and Angela Vinson came
in for one and two events.
Taking first place in the relays
in the 16-year-old boys’ class were
Johnny Clark, Timmy Kemp, Hen
ry Temple, and RobeTt Lanier
with the 100 yard free style. Their
time was 1.36.
Winners of the 100-yard free
style in 2.06 for first place were
Tommy Liborio, Steven Vinson,
Tim Lanier and Tommy Massey.
This event was for 12-year-old
boys.
Frances Massey, Angela Vinson,
Frances Sawyer and Cheryl Chap
man were declared first place win
ners in the 100-yard dash free style
in 2.43. This event was for 10
year-old girls.
The 100-yard free style for 14
year-old boys was taken by Fred
die Hinton, Ben David Thomas,
Mark Wilson and Eddie Smith.
Time for this event was 1.58.
Jane Hinton, Cathy Clark, Pat
tie Smith and Vicki Temple were
first place winners in the 100-yard
free style for the 14-year-old
girls’ group. Their time was 2.02.
The next meet will be against
Benson Friday night beginning at
six o’clock.
Zebulon Application
For Sewage Disposal
Funds Are Approved
Drowning in Pond
First of Season
The area’s first summer fatality
from drowning occurred Monday
morning about 9:30 when a Bar
bee Avenue Negro youth died.
Kenneth Lee High, 11-year-old
son of Mrs. Ernestine High,
drowned in a farm pond belong
ing to Preston Smith on Route 1,
Zebulon.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
Said High and four other Negro
youths of about the same age were
in the pond wading and swimming.
The other youths told Hopkins
that their companion ventured in
deep water and began calling for
help. The boys, frightened, found
something resembling a barrel
'hoop, Hopkins said, and tried to
reach High. They were not suc
cessful.
It was not until about an hour
later that the local police depart
ment was notified of the boy’s
drowning. Help was dispensed
immediately.
Wendall Rescue Squad mem
bers came to the scene and assist
ed in the search for the youth.
Grappling and tether hooks were
unsuccessful, so members of the
squad took to the pond. One of
the members found the youth
when he touched him with his
foot.
The youth was dead when he
was lifted from the water, Hop
kins said.
Funeral services were held for
High Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at
Wakefield Baptist Church. The
Rev. C. E. Askew officiated and
burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Mayor Pro Tem
J. Raleigh Alford, businessman
and long-time member of the town
board of commissioners, has been
named mayor pro tem. The ap
pointment was made at the last
board meeting.
The Town of Zebulon’s applica
tion for funds for the construction
of a sewage disposal plant has
been approved 'by the N. C. State
Stream Sanitation committee.
Mayor Ed Hales received a let
ter recently from E. C. Hubbard,
director of the Division of Stream
Sanitation and Hydrology, 6aying
that the committee has approved
the town”s application which was
submitted to the department May
8.
The funds are contingent upon
Congress appropriating funds for
fiscal year 1963-64, Mayor Hales
said Hubbard wrote. This means
that if funds are made available
by Congress the application will
be submitted to the Public Health
Service for final approval.
Mayor Hales said Hubbard ad
vised that the town engineer pro
ceed with the preparation of final
plans and specifications. This will
place the town in position to ini
tiate construction of the project
as soon as a grant is made and
authorization for the initiation of
construction is received from the
Public Health Service.
The town requested slightly
more than $50,000 of Federal funds
for the construction of a sewage
disposal plant, Mayor Hales said.
The seven-acre site for the plant
was purchased three years ago. It
is located adjacent to the new gar
bage disposal site. The site was
purchased from Pittman Stell for
a sum of $200 an acre. It was one
half mile east of the city limits.
Mayor Hales said the town engi
neer advised against using the
legume type of treatment plant.
He added that the type being de
signed to be constructed will be
less likely to run into difficulties.
Mayor Hales said the new half
million gallon water storage tank
is about completed. The concrete
foundation and walls are being
poured.
The water main extending from
the new plant located on the by
pass into town has been laid. Now
there must be some tying in to the
system at three points.
The project is going according
to schedule, Mayor Hales said.
The project is expected to be com
pleted in less than the 12 months
time limit for completion.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Medlin of Aberdeen receive an explanation
of the operation of the 30th Infantry Division tactical operations
center from Lt. Col. Ferd Davis, division operations and training
officer. Dr. Medlin, a former resident of Zebulon, and his wife
visited the center during the division’s summer field training last
month at Fort Bragg as guests of the division commander, Major
General Weston Willis, a cousin of Mrs. Medlin. From left to right
are Dr. Medlin, General Willis, Capt. James Glenn, aide to General
Willis* Mrs. Medlin, Lt. Col. Harper K. Sanders, intelligence officer,
and Col. Davis. Dr. Medlin is brother to Mrs. Edwin Richardson and
uncle of Mrs. Carsey Tippett. (Photo by Sgt. J. L. McGee)
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