THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 78.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
I was in error last week in say
ing two acres of rocks on the Ed
munds farm near Straightstone,
Virginia, has been sold for $2500
an acre. The price was $5,000 an
acre. This sounds more wonderful
to me because the whole farm
was bought by my mother’s first
cousin’s husband for five hundred
dollars, to be paid at the rate of
fifty dollars a year. And, if crops
were sorry and prices so low the
annual payment could not be met,
arrangements were made satis
factory to both debtor and credi
tor, and the farming went on an
other year. But not on these rock
acres! They did nothing whatever
toward the support of the farmer
and his numerous family, waiting
in stony aloofness for modern pro
gress to come around wanting
them. I could take a personal in
terest in seeing them ground up
for highway paving, my only re
gret being that Cousin Jim and
Cousin Wilsie couldn’t have had
some of that ten thousand dollars.
For interest rate on mortages was
ten percent in those days in that
state.
Reason for Gratification
A mother I know was most ap
preciative when her young son
declared he meant to keep his
room in better order and encour
aged him when he spent hours go
ing over the accumulation of com
ics, school papers, crippled toys
and odds and ends, heaping them
into a good-sized pile. She lost
some of her appreciation, however,
when, instead of carrying the lot
to the trash pile, he deposited it in
his little sister’s room.
All Kinds of Rocks
Mention has been made in this
column of the round-edged stones
that may be picked up all along
the slope south of our place. They
are not large and I frequently
bring some of them to the house.
They held patterns in place, serve
as paperweights, as playthings for
grandchildren, as a means of
keeping flower cuttings in place
for rooting.
One day last week a small
granddaughter was playing at
cooking a meal while I sewed. She
had two of the rounded stones, one
tan-colored, and about the size of
a pullet’s egg, the other nearer
flat and larger. She was using them
for hardboiled eggs in her play.
At last she said she might as well
break the eggs as dinner was
ready, and tapped the smaller rock
briskly with the larger. More
neatly than an egg might have
done the rock Ann tapped split
into even halves. And in the cen
ter was an orange-tinted oval that
really resembled the yolk of an
egg, also split in half.
The play cook and I stared at
each other for ar instant in amaze
ment that has not wholly passed
away yet. I want someone who
knows geology to identify that rock
and tell me about it.
Pruning Shrubs
Good gardeners tell us if we will
cut back the early-blooming an
nuals now, they will put out new
shoots and bloom much longer. In
case you try this, remember to
cut down the stalks instead of up,
or you may find yourself pulling
up the whole thing, as I did be
fore learning better. They come
up far more easily than do weeds.
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R. I. P. By V. I. P.
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YOU’LL REST
in pieces if
YOO ARE CARELESS
ABOUT MAMP SIGNALS
CAPITAL REPORTER
Some prominent farmers in the
State are reportedly thinking in
terms of setting up a Farmers-
Cattlemen Cooperative Bank, if
it can be worked out.
Seems as though it’s pretty
tough to get a loan to purchase
cattle. Some of the smaller banks
are making such loans, but the
big banks are doing nothing about
the problem.
And that Yankee outfit that
was supposed to come in and make
it easy for a farmer to borrow
money to go into the cattle busi
ness is keeping mighty quiet.
Many farmers have planted per
manent pasture with the hope of
raising either beef or dairy cat
tle to supplement their income, or
to be their primary source of cash.
MARVIN SHOWS HILLBILLIES HOW!
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Marvin A. Horton, aviation machinist’s mate, third class, United States Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Horton of Zebulon, Route 4, teaches the Sons of the Pioneers some North Carolina ballads. He
is serving at the U. S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif. He joined the famed show group back
stage during their recent stage show at San Diego.—Official U. S. Navy photograph.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 15, 1951
But when they go to talk to the
banker about a loan to buy said
j cattle they’ve been getting the
j brushoff in too many instances.
So some of the prominent far
-1 mers are reported as having an
eye on entering the banking busi
! ness. They are investigating the
possibility of setting up a coopera
| tive bank, keeping loan costs low
| on a non-profit basis, in an effort
to give the cattle business the stim
. ulus it needs in North Carolina.
The state is a natural for dairy
I or beef cattle raising, if the far
mers can get the capital to get
started. These same farmers are
thinking in terms of either state or
federal help in getting their bank
started.
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Zebulon Residents Asked to Give
Blood for Use of Men in Korea;
Facilities to Be at State Hospital
An urgent call to citizens of Zebulon and Wake County for whole
blood for the fighting forces in Korea has been made this week by
the Wake County Chapter of the American Red Cross, which will
have a bloodmobile located at the Recreation Hall of the State Hos
pital on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
Bible School to Continue
I Another Week at Local
Church; Services Listed
The Vacation Bible School at the
local Baptist Church will continue
each morning through the coming
week at 9 a.m. Through Thursday
205 pupils had been enrolled and
the average attendance for the first
week was 187.
On Sunday morning the pastor,
Carlton T. Mitchell, will use as
the sermon theme, “On Conscience
and Guilt.” Two visiting soloists
will contribute to the music of the
worship service.
Conn, Watson to Sing
Pvt. Wilber Conn, tenor, who is
now stationed at Camp Rucker,
Alabama, and Mr. J. K. Watson of
New Bern will sing selected solos.
The Adult Choir will sing the
hymn anthem “True Lovers of
Mankind” by Horatio Parker.
The Youth Choir will sing at the
evening service and the pastor will
preach on the topic, “Making a
Career of Christian Discipleship.”
j Harrell in Korea
James Harrell, chief boilerman,
USN, husband of Mrs. Virginia
Harrell of 789 Del Mar Ave., Chu
la Vista, Calif., and son of Mr.
and Mrs. James T. Harrell of Rt.
1, Zebulon, is serving aboard the
landing ship dock USS Whetstone,
now operating with the Naval
forces off Korea.
The Whetstone serves as a mo
ther ship to small vessels of the
amphibious forces. Ships of this
type are able to partially sub
merge to allow smaller craft to
enter her hold for repairs or
transportation.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
According to Ruth Walker,
member of the Chapter staff, the
blood will go straight to Korea to
be used to save the lives of United
Nations fighting men.
The bloodmobile will be at the
State Hospital Monday from 12
noon to 6 p. m., and on Tuesday
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
There is absolutely no pain con
nected with giving blood, Red
Cross officials said, and the do
nor may contribute toward sav
ing a life.
The Wake County quota for this
drive is 500 pints.
Those who plan to give blood at
this time are asked not to eat
for three hours before giving the
blood. Refreshments will be served
by members of the Red Cross at
the bloodmobile.
Additional information may be
obtained by calling 33015, Raleigh.
Local People Examined
At Nash Cancer Clinic
Twenty-seven persons were ex
amined in the Cancer Detection
and Diagnostic Clinics yesterday,
when the clinics were held for
the 65th time by physicians of
Edgecombe and Nash Counties.
These clinics are held each
Wednesday at 12:00 o’clock at the
Municipal Building in Rocky
Mount, and they are open only
to persons forty years of age, and
older, regardless of race or abil
ity to pay.
The twenty-seven persons ex
amined consisted of: five white
men, fifteen white women, six col
ored women, and one colored
man. Only two of the examinees
had been referred to the clinic
by a physician.
Persons examined represented
Rocky Mount and outlying areas,
Weldon, Enfield, Robersonville,
Zebulon, Elm City, Nashville and
Castalia.
Barrett Ray Completes
Navy Electronics Course
Barrett D. Ray, airman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ray
of Route 3, Zebulon, N. C., re
cently was graduated from the
Aviation Electronics Technician
Electronicsman School, Naval Air
Technical Training Center, Mem
phis, Tenn.
Ray, who has been transferred
to Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va.,
entered the Naval service April 10,
1950. He received his recruit train
ing at the U. S. Naval Training
Center, San Diego, Calif.
Before entering the Navy, Ray
graduated from Bunn High School
and attended Wake Forest College.
Horner Rites Today
R. C. Horner, formerly of the
Wakefield and Rosenburg com
munities, died Thursday morning
at 8 o’clock. Funeral services will
be conducted from the Mt. Pleasant
Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The body will lie in state at the
church for one hour prior to the
service.