REFUSE TO COOPERATE
March of Dimes V/on't
Take United Fund Help ;
Plans Independent Drive
Jack McGee, representing the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, told the Zebulon Rotar
ians last Friday night that a March
of Dimes campaign will be con
ducted in this community in spite
of funds already available for the
fight against polio in the United
Fund.
What was scheduled to be a
five-minute report to the club
turned into a full half-hour dis
cussion, with the planned pro
gram postponed to make way for
the hearing.
Mr. McGee reported on the
progress made in the fight against
polio, and explained how the
money raused in Various communi
ties is divided between local and
national purposes.
The National Foundation will
not accept money from United
Funds or similar organizations be
cause it believes more money can
be solicited through an independ
ent drive, he said. For that rea
son, it will not accept money from
the Zebulon United Fund.
Members of the Rotary Club ex
plained that resistence to charita-;
ble drives is increasing in the com
munity, and that the United Fund
was instituted to answer the need
of a single, intensive campaign. It
was agreed by the community that j
the United Fund would replace the
usual multitude of drives to be
held in 1954.
It was explained that the Rot
ary Club, which has conducted
the March of Dimes here for years,
could not accept the project this
year without “breaking faith” with
the community, for the people vot- !
ed for and supported the United
Fund believing it would eliminate
C. E. Seawell Resigns
Fire Department Post
C. E. Seawell, a member of the
Zebulon fire department 18 years,
tendered his resignation effective
Dec. 31. Fire Chief Hopkins ac
cepted the resignation with re
gret.
Mr. Seawell gave as his reasons
for relinquishing the position the
unexpected call to service in case
of fire without being able to leave
any one in charge of his business,
and the fact that younger men are
available who could discharge the
duties of a fire fighter when call
ed upon.
He served under two fire chiefs:
Jack Hinton and the present chief,
W. B. Hopkins.
Big Farm Investment Made to Pay
For Progressive, Industrious Farmer
G. L. Winchester
The writer visited the farm of
Exum Hare recently and found
good pastures there. Black Angus
cattle were also observed grazing
tall fescue in a tobacco rotation.
The rotation is (1) tobacco and
(2) small grain (tall fescue). The
tall fescue may be mixed with
any of the small grain and drill
ed. After small grain is harvested,
the grass will grow and may be
grazed or cut for hay during the
late summer or early winter. Mr.
Hare is practicing good land use,
using small grain and grass on
much of his land not adapted to
the growing of tobacco and com.
B. O. Holland’s friends told him
he paid too much for a farm
campaigns for purposes included
in the United Fund.
The consensus of the members
was that no March of Dimes cam
paign should be conducted here
this year, although consideration
should be given to the policy of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis when the budget
for the United Fund is made up
prior to the campaign next Novem
ber.
Honorary Member R. H. Her
ring was recognized as having
reached his eighty-third birthday.
Ashley Murphy reported that
Foster Young, local trucker, had
generously contributed all the'
oranges purchased by him in Flor
ida and included in the Christmas
baskets given by the Methodist
and Baptist Churches and at the
Middlesex Free Will Baptist Or
phanage.
Last Rites Held for
Mrs. Minnie Watkins
Mrs. Minnie Watkins, 84, died
Sunday morning in a Raleigh hos
pital. She was the widow of the
late Dan Watkins who died in Jan
uary, 1942. Funeral services were
held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Beu
lah Christian Church near Roles
ville. The Rev. W. C. Barham,
former pastor of the church offi
ciated.
Grandsons were pallbearers, and
interment was in the family ceme
tery near Rolesville.
Surviving are three sons, Coley,
Fred and Otis Watkins, all of
Rolesville; three daughters, Mrs.
T. B. Montague and Mrs. Gordon
Truelove of Raleigh and Mrs. Jack
Honeycutt of Wendell, Rt. 1; one
sister, Mrs. Hattie Horne of Zebu
lon, Rt. 4; three brothers, Jim Ar
thur and Bob Watkins, all of Zeb
ulon, Rt. 4; and 23 grandchildren
and 37 great grandchildren.
Soil Conservation
Cause of Progress
G. L. Winchester
In the summer of 1923 I left
Raleigh in a “T” Model Ford to
visit a family near Angier. I had
never been to Angier or even Fu
quay Springs but was told to
travel south of Raleigh on what
is now 15A and turn left at a small
store before reaching Fuquay
Springs. I pulled up to the desig
nated little store and inquired of
an old Negro man sitting out front
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which he bought in 1949, on which
he now has 8.5 acres of tobacco.
This year he averaged more than
SIIOO.OO per acre for his tobacco
and has paid the last payment on
this 70-acre farm. His returns
from tobacco have increased each
year over the preceding year. He
attributes this to soil and water
conservation practices, along with
good cultural methods. One of his
first moves when he purchased the
farm was to request assistance
from the Soil Conservation Ser
vices. A complete soil and water
conservation plan was prepared
and practices such as soil conserv
ing rotations, meadows, terraces,
and contour cultivation keep soil
and water on his farm.
THE ZEBULON
Volume XXVIII. Number 28. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, January 12, 1954
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Sam Narron, former Wakelon High School and major league baseball star, is shown at left in the
picture after presenting two of the famed safety batting caps to Tony Pearce of the Wakelon baseball
team. With Sam are, left to right, Coach William Weir, Tony Pearce, and Coach Herbert Holt. The
occasion was the recent Lions Club meeting when Sam told much of his major league experiences. The
popular athlete is now coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He broke into major league baseball batting
for Dizzy Dean against the great Carl Hubbell.
Unwanted, Stray Dogs
Chief Cause of Rabies
By Dr. A. C. Bulla
The unwanted, unowned, free
running dogs are the ones which
play havoc with poultry and live
stock owned by farmers and other
people in this county. It is difficult
to estimate how much damage
they do in any one year, but per
haps it is greater than we have
any idea without being able to es
timate the number of such dogs.
Hungry, half-wild, unwanted,
stray dogs must have food to live
and they will seize every availa
ble morsel of food be it poultry,
livestock or what not in order to
obtain something to eat.
In 1953, under the Rabies Con
trol Program, 1,322 dogs were
picked up and impounded; and, in
addition to this number, 229 were
disposed of by other means, bring
ing the total to 1,551. There were
11,194 home owners who indicated
that they had their dogs listed
for taxes and later on in the year
12,500 had their dogs protected
against rabies by means of vacci
nation.
It was estimated by the State
Highway Commission of Virginia
that 10,052 dogs were killed during
the year 1952 on the highways of
that state. Since the mileage of
North Carolina is greater than
that of Virginia, it is assumed that
the number of dogs killed on high
ways would be larger in this state.
I think it can be reasonably esti
mated that the majority of these
dogs would come within the cate
gory of the unwanted, unowned,
stray dog because people who
have valuable dogs, as a rule, do
not permit them to run at large
Radio Stars Appear
At Ferrell's School
Hack Johnson and his Tennes
seans, popular radio and stage en
tertainers, will appear at Ferrell’s
School on Wednesday night, Jan
uary 13, at 8 o’clock, sponsored by
the Woman’s Missionary Society
of Social Plains Baptist Church.
Admission will be 30 cents for
children and 60 cents for adults.
and be exposed to the danger of
highway traffic.
Wake County has been free of
rabies for a number of years for
which we are very thankful, but
when we look at the map of the
State and the several counties In
it, we find that more than half
of the counties in 1953 had a total
of 157 dogs reported as having
rabies. Some of these counties ad
join Wake County and we would
not be much surprised at any time
to have a report of rabid dogs in
this county.
From a report by Dr. Martin P.
Hines, Chief, Veterinary Public
Health Section, Division of Epide
miology, State Board of Helath,
it is estimated that about forty of
the larger counties of the State are
picking up and disposing of ap
proximately sixty dogs per month,
which would mean that during the
year 1953 around 30,000 unwanted
stray dogs have been disposed of in
these counties, which represent ap
proximately 60 or 70 per cent of
the population of the State. This
shows progress but it is not com
plete enough to prevent rabies
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National Guard Armory Dedication
Is Set for Tuesday, February 9
With assurances from everybody
concerned that Zebulon’s National
Guard armory will be completed
and ready for occupancy by Feb
ruary 1, the date for the formal
dedication of the beautiful SIOO,OOO
armory has been set for Tuesday,
February 9, according to Capt.
Barrie Davis, commanding officer
of the local National Guard unit.
The dedication will climax over
two years of waiting since it was
first announced that Zebulon held
a high place on the list of com
munities to receive armories when
funds were available.
The armory was begun in June
of last year, and was scheduled
to be completed by January 2.
RECORD
Middlesex Enjoys
Dedication Service
For Floor, Clock
The new timeclock and floor for’
the Middlesex School gymnasium
were dedicated on Tuesday, Jan
uary 4, with ceremonies held prior
to the Middlesex-Whitakers bas
ketball games. The dedication was
made by Julian W. O’Neal, prin
cipal.
Dr. James W. Long, associate
director of the Department of
Physical Education and Athletics
at Wake Forest College, was speak
er for the service.
Members of the Middlesex and
Whitakers visitors. Jo Stallings
style” around Dr. Long, who spoke
standing in the center of the new
floor. He told of the need for
healthful activities in schools, and
gave the “ten commandments” of
sports.
After Dr. Long’s speech, the
Middlesex girls continued the hap
py evening by winning over the
Whotakers visitors. Jo Stallings
and Lou Daniel led Middlesex.
Players, coaches, cheerleaders, and
referees were introducted by Prin
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However, material shortages de
layed the work past the scheduled
completion date.
Battery A, Zebulon’s Guard unit,
was organized in 1949, and since
then has used the rear of the old
water plant building as an armory.
In spite of being handicapped by
a severe lack of classroom and
storage space, the unit has earned
a reputation as one of the stage’s
finest National Guard unit. It i.as
eight officers and fifty-five en
listed men.
Unit Administrator Johnsey
Arnold said that the clothing and
equipment will be moved into the
new armory about February 1, in
time to be made ready for the
dedications ceremony.