Rev. and Mrs. Duckett
Return To Zebulon
A retired Baptist minister and
his wife, a native of Zebulon, have
returned here to make their home.
The Rev. Rex B. Duckett and
his wife, the former Daphene
Stell, are residing in the home of
her father, Pittman Stell, on Aren
dell Avenue.
The Rev. and Mrs. Duckett came
here after 13 years in Miami, Fla.
They spent 35 years in the State
of Florida where the Rev. Mr.
Duckett held several pastorates.
He is a 1914 graduate of Wake
Forest College. Mrs. Duckett at
tended Meredith College.
The Ducketts are the parents of
one child, a daughter, Mrs. Estelle
(J. E.) Culbreth, and have three
grandchildren, Rex, Pat, and John
Culbreth. Mr. and Mrs. Culbreth
and children reside in Charlotte,
where Mr. Culbreth is associated
with an insurance company.
Takes Advance Inf.
Training in Georgia
Army Pvt. Nathanial McLean,
23, whose wife Shirley, lives in
Zebulon, completed eight weeks
of advance infantry training at
Fort Gordon, Ga., in late July.
McLean received instruction in
rifle squad tactics and escape and
evasion. He entered the Army in
March of this year and received
basic training at Fort Gordon.
McLean is a. 1957 graduate of
Shawtown High School, Lillington.
His mother, Mrs. Estelle Boone,
resides in Durham.
Wendell Native's
Husband Gets Job
The husband of a Wendell na
tive has been appointed to a staff
position with the University of
North Carolina at Raleigh.
Frank D. Sargent, husband of
the former Frances White of Wen
dell, was appointed to the dairy
staff of the college and will devote
his activities to the state’s DHIA
testing and animal breeding work.
Sargent came into the dairy de
partment as a graduate student
from the Animal Breeding Section,
where he expects to earn his Ph.D.
next February.
His new duties include field op
erations of the DHIA testing pro
gram in the state plus animal
breeding work that will be chiefly
concerned with the use of sires
with AI herdmate comparison
groups.
Sargent is a native of Concord,
N. H., where he was raised on a
dairy faTm and received his BS
degree from the University of New
Hampshire. He earned his MS de
gree at N. C. State College, where
he had come to study under Dr.
J. E. Legates, head of the Animal
Breeding Section.
Mrs. Sargent is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Halbert White of
Wendell. The couple are the par
ents of a young daughter.
Completes Navy
Basic Training
Charles H. Pippin, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. Pippin of
Route 2, Zebulon, recently com
pleted basic training at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, 111.,
in graduation ceremonies consist
ing of a full-dress parade involv
ing more than 1,000 men.
The intensive nine-week train
ing included naval orientation,
history and organization, basic
military regulations, ordnance
and gunnery, seamanship, ship
board routine and sentry duty,
damage control, military drill,
physical fitness, swimming, first
aid and survival.
During their training period re
cruits receive tests and interviews
which determine their future as- j
signments in the Navy. Upon
completing the program they are j
assigned to service schools for j
technical instruction or to ships or
shore stations for on-the-job train
ing in a Navy rating specialty.
Naval training produces the
power behind seapower by sup
plying skilled personnel for the
technical duties of today’s Navy.
GOLDEN WEDDING . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lawerence Anderson
of Eagle Rock celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August
24. Only immediate members of the family attended the occasion.
The couple are the parents of eight children, Mrs. Oris Horton of
Zebulon, Mrs. Roy Smarr of Columbia, S. C., Miss Katie Blanche
Anderson of Durham, Mrs. Harvey Marshall of Greensboro, Mrs.
Robert Turner of Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. Albert Stanley of Norfolk,
Va., Hilliard AndeTson of Cream Ridge, N. J. and Samuel AndeTson,
Eagle Rock. They are the grandparents of 12 and great-grandparents
of seven. Mrs. Anderson, 75, is the former Pearl McCullers of
Knightdale. Mr. Anderson is a native of Eagle Rock and is 81
years-old.
Local Girl Grad ;
At ACC Finals
Mrs. Carolyn Vann Anthon:
was among 58 seniors to be grad
uated from Atlantic Christian Col
lege on August 21.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tal
madge Vann of Route 1, Zebulon
she was awarded the bachelor ol
science degree in elementary ed
ucation. Her minor field of study
was history.
While at Atlantic Christian, Mrs.
Anthony was a member of Omega
Chi sorority, the Woman’s Rec
reational Association, and served
as treasurer and chaplain of the
Student National Educational As
sociation.
She will teach in the fifth and
sixth grades at Belfast Elementary
School, Belfast, during the com
ing year.
Quiet Weekend
Local police officers had an easy
time of it last weekend. There
was not an incident to investigate
or a culprit to put in the calaboose.
Night Policeman Windel Perry
said it is the first time no arrests
or lock-ups have been made in
“three or four months.”
Bicycle Lost
Joel Roberts, 16, of Horton St.
reported to local police authori
ties that his bicycle was stolen
Friday night. He reported to the
police department Monday that he
had recovered his vehicle.
Sister Dies
Mrs. Estelle Louis of Ft. Pierce,
Fla., sister of Mrs. Vance Brown,
died Monday morning about 8:30.
Funeral services and burial were
held Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown did not at
tend the funeral rites.
Card of Thanks
With appreciation to all our
friends for the flowers, food, cards,
prayers and sympathy that was
bestowed upon us during ths
death of our loved one.
The Family of Mrs. Wayne Ray
Board Meeting
(Continued from Page 1)
tors of Cary, were awarded the
contract for the water lines to
the new low rent housing develop
ments being constructed here.
Sealed bids were taken from Wil
son and Emerson, R. H. Johnson
of Winston-Salem, and Bullock of
Raleigh.
The cost of constructing the pipe
lines was listed at $3,060. Work
is to begin immediately.
Ballentine To Speak
Stockholders of the Federal
Land Bank Association of Smith
field, (1070 Wake, Johnston and
Wayne County farmers) will hear
L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine, Com
missioner of Agriculture, speak on
“North Carolina Agriculture, Past,
Present and Future”, at their an
nual meeting Saturday, August 31,
at 10:30 A.M. in the main court
room, Johnston County Court
house at Smithfield. This is the
46th anniversary of the associa
tion, chartered to make and au
thorized to service Federal Land
Bank loans on farms in Wake,
Johnston and Wayne Counties, ac
cording to report of L. M. Gould,
Manager.
One director will be elected and
reports will be given of the opera
tions for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1963. The capital, a
mounting to $405,865., together
with reserves amounting to $180,
228.88 is owned by the members,
whose existing loans originally
amounted to $8,117,300. With
headquarters in Southfield and
branch offices in Raleigh and
Goldsboro, the association has for
46 years been making and ser
vicing long term, low interest rate
Federal Land Bank loans to farm
owners of Johnston, Wake and
Wayne Counties and the associa
tion is much stronger financially
and in better position today than
ever before to serve the needs of
the farmers, says Gould.
When cutting things with old
razor blades, cover the part of the
blade, not needed for cutting or
ripping with adhesive tape, for
safety sake.
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