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VOLUME 38. NUMBER 48. ZEBULON. N. C.. DECEMBER S. 1063
Girl Scouts
40 Prospective Members
Forty girls have become pros
pective members of the Junior
Girl Scout Troop recently organ
ized here under sponsorship of
the Lioness Club.
Following meeting the require
ments for Scout membership, a
rededication and investiture serv
ice will be held, Mrs. Ruric Gill,
Jr., leader, said.
Frances Massey and Paula Hud
son have been elected scribe and
treasurer, respectively.
Five patrols have been organ
ized, Mrs. Gill said. They are:
Zilomenies: Martha Gill, patrol
leader, with Nancy Wall, assist
ant; Yellow Jackets: Mary Jane
Olive, leader, with Lou Ellen
Jones, assistant; Martians: Zahay
ia Kannon, leader, with Karen
Barbour, assistant; Marines: Sher
rie Davis, leader, with Cheryl
Chapman, assistant; and the Cal
tikis: Beverly Wall, leader, with
Jeannie Alford, assistant.
Mrs. Gill said there is very
much interest shown by the girls,
and she hopes that Scouting will
be active in the community in all
age levels.
The troop meets each Wednes
day after school in the Lions Club.
Church Presents
Attendance Pins
Sunday School attendance pins
were awarded at Clyde’s Chapel
Baptist Church on November 17.
There were 27 recipients.
Persons receiving pins were:
First Year: Judy Davis, Hal Boy
ette; Second Year; Dianne Strick
land, Phil Davis, Mike Carroll,
Douglas Vaughn, Pam Davis, Mrs.
Margie Davis, Shirley Medlin,
Billie Bussey; Third Year; James
Strickland, Donna Kaye Vaughan,
Mrs. Mozelle Spell; Four Year:
Lea Spell, Margaret Brown, An
nie Brown, Dan Strickland, Pa
tricia Dean; Fifth Year: Nancy
Spell, Tommy Davis, Steve Med
lin; Sixth Year: Glenn Medlin,
Haywood Medlin; Seventh Year:
Jimmie Dean, Mrs. Nettle Dean;
and Eighth Year: Larry Dean,
Lyndia Dean.
The Rev. Robert White is the
interim pastor of Clyde’s Chapel
Church.
Farmers to HoM
Meet At Wendell
Wake County tobacco farmers
from the local areas are holding
a tobacco meeting Friday, De
cember 6, in the Wendell High
School auditorium at 2 p.m.
Roy Bennett, tobacco specialist
from N. C. State College, will pre
sent the latest information on to
bacco research. This will include
a discussion of varieties available
for planting next year, fertiliza
tion, bulk curing, spacing and
topping, and other subjects of in
terest. A summary of the tobac
co variety survey being taken in
the state and in Wake County this
year will also be available.
Open House
Members and friends of Hopkins
Chapel Baptist Church are cordially
invited to attend parsonage open
house Sunday, December 8, from
2 until 4 o’clock.
Parent's Night
Observed By Chib
Parents Night was observed by
members of the Emit Community
4-Jtt Club on November 18 at the
club house. Forty-one persons
were present.
Toni Hinton was the program
narrator for the evening. Appear
ing on the program were Zelma
Batten, who gave the history of
the club and talked on senior
clothing and enthomology; Robert
Wilder talked on wild life; Kathy
Narron, junior clothing; Judy
Strickland, frozen foods, Rowland
Strickland, health, and Ray Wild
er, wheat.
The club celebrated its second
birthday. There was a pink and
green iced birthday cake and re
freshments of nuts, mints, potato
chips, pickles, pimento cheese on
crackers and punch.
Mrs. Talmadge Vann is the girls*
leader, and Connie Wilder is the
boys’ leader. President of the club
is Rowland Strickland.
Gleanings
Citation, Bills, Turnips, Bank
CITATION . . . Mrs. Repsie Mc
Gee owns proudly a memento from
the late President John F. Kenne
dy.
Mrs. McGee received a memori
al certificate in honor of her
late husband, Wiley C. McGee,
from the President on November
18. Mr. McGee was a veteran of
World War I.
Such a citation from the presi
dent is the first to be received in
this area as far as Mrs. McGee
knows. “But I am so very proud
of it. I wouldn’t take anything
for it,” she said.
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TURNIPS .. . Sam Croom, a re
tired painter who lives on Route
4, Zebulon, brought in to The
Record office this week turnips
weighing two pounds or more with
circumferences from 14 to 17
inches.
Croom, who grew them in a
small patch, said three or four of
the turnips will make a mess for
the average size family meal. And
'•'o believe him, after seeing them.
CHANGES . . . Thirty years can
make many changes. And prices
are some of the greatest changes
made.
B. R. Richards was rambling
through some old papers the other
day. He came upon some tobacco
bills of the fall of 1932, and he was
intrigued at the comparison of
prices paid for tobacco then and
now.
One of the bills dated Dec. 9,
1932, had prices of %, 2, 1%, 12,
and 18 cents a pound. Richards
sold a load of 520 pounds for a
total of $23.67.
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ALARMED ... A dear old Negro
woman who doesn’t get out much
at night happened to ride through
Zebulon on the night of Friday,
Nov. 22. She saw people lined
up for two blocks on main street
waiting to enter Peoples Bank.
Back home she told a neighbor
that folks were lined up for blocks,
going to the bank to draw their
money out. She said the banks
were going to close because Presi
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Santa Claus, Parade Arriving
Monday, Dec 9, 6:30 P.M.
There is a Santa Claus, children
| of Zebulon and the surrounding
communities. And he arrives here
with the Christmas parade Monday
night, December 9, beginning at
6:30 o’clock.
Preceding Santa will be the big
gest Christmas parade ever held
in Zebulon, according to Aaron
Lowery, secretary of the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce.
“We are very happy with the
results of our planning for the
parade,” Lowery said. “Every
body has been so cooperative.”
As of Tuesday of this week,
Lowery had a list of 18 floats
which ease slowly along the main
street of the town for viewing.
“This is eight more floats than
we had last year,” Lowery said.
“And they are equally as beauti
ful as the ones last year, or even
more so.”
Floats listed so far are:
“Cinderella,” sponsored by Low
ery’s Insurance Agency and Zebu
Ion Drug Co.
Southern Bell
To Reduce Mileage Charges
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company today filed tariffs with
the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission which will reduce mile
age charges by extending Base
Rate Areas and by introducing a
new Broad-Band Zone Plan in 39
exchanges and which will reclas
sify certain communities into their
proper rate group.
Zebulon will not be affected by
these changes until the latter part
of 1964, when toll-free service to
Raleigh is established.
Ceramic Class,.
Open House
Hilton’s Ceramic Class of
Wakefield will hold open house
December 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to
4:30 pjn. on Sunday.
Refreshments will be served and
a door prize valued at $10 will
be given to the person holding
the lucky number at the 4:30
drawing on Sunday.
Mrs. Jean Hilton of Raleigh
of Raleigh is the organized and in
structor of the class.
Jaycees to Have
Day On Radio
Jaycee Radio Day will be held
Sunday, December 8, from 7:15
a.m. to 5 p.m. Jaycees will be
in charge of the station WETC
during the entire day. Members
of the club will do announcing,
commercials, musical programs,
news casts, and engineering.
Irby Liggins is chairman of the
day’s events with Bobby Perry, co
chairman.
Open Gift Shop
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Bunn
of Wendell are opening a polye
thylene flower and gift shop at
102 South Main Street, Wendell,
and are noting the opening with
an open house on Thursday and
Friday of this week. Refresh
i ments and favors will be given
those who attend.
The shop will feature all types
of polyethylene flower arrange
| ments for year-round use and well
| as flowers for special occasions,
such as Christmas, Easter, and
holidays.
A full stock of mistletoe, holly,
running cedar, and Christmas
trees is expected by December 20,
the Bunns say.
J. M. Wasson, Vice President
and General Manager of Southern
Bell’s North Carolina operations,
said the net effect of the proposal,
in the affected exchanges, would
be increases of lOtf to 30^ monthly
in some residence customers’ bills
and decreases, generally larger,
in bills of customers with mile
age charges. Business customers
will be affected also.
Mr. Wasson said that the pro
posed plan will correct inequities
which have resulted from varying
rates of growth and industrial ex
pansion in North Carolina commu
nities.
The overall effect of these
changes will be an annual reduc
tion of approximately $25,000 in
Southern Bell’s state-wide reve
nue.
The Broad-Band Zone Plan is
relatively new in North Carolina,
and it will result in lower mileage
charges for most customers li.ing
outside the Base Rate Area. Mr.
Wasson said the extension of the
Base Rate Areas and the introduc
tion of the Zone Plan will result
in a decrease of monthly mileage
charges for 31,000 customers in
the 39 exchanges affected.
For example, a customer with
two-party residence service liv
ing two miles from the Base Rate
Boundary now pays $2.56 in
monthly mileage charges. Under
the new Zone Plan, he would pay
only 75 cents in mileage charges.
Telephone Rate groups for local
service are based on the number
of main telephones within the
local calling area of the commu
nity. At the present time, some
communities with local calling
areas of approximately the same
size are paying different charges
for the same general service. The
inequities can only be eliminated
by reclassifying affected commu
nities to their proper rate group.
“Spirit of Christmas,” sponsored
by Hales Farm Supply Co., Zebu
Ion Furniture Co., McGee Insur
ance Agency and Whitley Furni
ture Co.
“Peace on Earth,” sponsored by
Piggly Wiggly, Cornelia Smith
Dress Shop, and Zebulon Beauty
Shop.
“Riverboat,” sponsored by Pope’s
Style Shop.
“End of the Rainbow,” sponsor
ed by Farmer’s Dept. Store, Deb
nam Hardware and Dunn’s Gro
cery.
"Season’s Greetings,” sponsored
by Peoples Bank & Trust Co.
“Cupid Takes a Holiday,” spon
sored by Parrish’s Supermarket
and Phil-Ett Oil Co.
“Christmas Garden,” sponsored
by Bunn Electric Co., Frank Kan
non Dept. Store, Hepler’s Auto
Supply and Morgan Drugs.
“Snow Men,” sponsored by Paul
V. Brantley Oil Co., Inc.
“Silver Bells,” sponsored by Lit
tle River Ice Co.
“The Night Before Christmas,”
sponsored by Gill Buick Co., Inc.
“Wreath of Holly,” sponsored by
Zebulon Rotary Club and the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce.
“Santa Claus,” sponsored by the
Town of Zebulon.
There will be floats from other
companies or organizations. These
will include Wakelon Glee Club,
First Federal Savings & Loan, Pine
State Creamery, Sealtest Ice
Cream and Zebulon Lions Club.
Lowery said five high school
bands will participate in the pa
rade. They are Wakelon, Cary,
Wake Forest, Shepard and Spring
Hope marching bands.
He indicated that there is a pos
sibility that Oxford and Rock
Ridge High School bands will also
be present. He also added that at
least four more bands will be con
tacted before the plans are com
plete.
Following the parade, there will
be a dance at the National Guard
Armory. Music will be furnished
by the Cary High School orches
tra. Admission to the dance which
will last from 9 until 12 will be
501 for students and $1.00 for
adults.
Lowery said there is a need for
clowns, clowns, clowns, children
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• Postponed
Mrs. Josephine S. Aker, public
health nurse, has announced the
baby clinic held at the Zebulon
Health Department each fourth
Tuesday has been postponed until
the fifth Tuesday in December.
PTA Study Course Ends
With Talk On Testing
The study course ended at the
regular Wendell School PTA meet
ing held Wednesday night, No
vember 29. Frank Sullivan,
Wake County guidance director,
spoke to the group on “testing,”
using illustrations and explaining
the values of various tests given
to students.
At an executive meeting of the
PTA just prior to the meeting, a
change was made in the method of
taking room count. Instead of
taking a standing count, parents
will be checked on a chart as they
enter the door for the meeting.
Mrs. Wayne Cook, Jr., will be in
charge of this count.
It was decided that the chart
room count is more accurate, as
well as serving to facilitate the
meetings by using the time for a
better advantage. Only one prize
—a $5 check—will be given and
that to the grade with the high
est percentage of parents present.
There will be no meeting of the
organization during December.
Meetings will be resumed in Jan
uary when room visitation will be
a feature of the January meeting
to be held on the fifteenth.
Approximately $140 was taken
from the basketball games. This
money will be used for school
projects.