THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 31.
TAXPAYERS ASK QUESTIONS
Farm Statistics Compiled
Through Special Census
Don’t get the idea that when
Mrs. Eldred Rountree asks about
how much fertilizer you used last
year she is trying to trick you
into revealing errors in the answers
you gave in listing your property
for taxes. Mrs. Rountree is just
cooperating in the annual State
Farm Census, and the cooperation
of every farmer is needed.
If you still have taxes to list for
1954, Mrs. Rountree will be at
Durwood Jones’ Store on Jonuary
22, at Cary Robertson’s Store on
January 25, and at Austin Perry’s
Store on January 26.
To Be in Zebulon
On January 23, 27, 28, 29, and
30 she will be at work in the Zeb
ulon municipal building.
Mrs. Rountree explained the
State Farm Census to the Zebulon
Record for its readers this week.
She said the main purpose of
the State Farm Census, now in its
35th year, is to meet the local de
mand for annual county statistics
on agriculture in greater geograph
ic detail than has been provided
by any other service. The federal
agriculture census does not pro
vide data by counties at suffi
ciently frequent intervals to meet
the statistical needs of the county
and state agricultural agencies,
and other users of this service.
Demand for Statistics
There is a strong demand for
agricultural statistics covering
farming operations on the county
level. This information is request
ed and used by individuals, public
agencies, and by local groups as
well as state and national organi
zations. The annual collection of
county farm facts enables agricul
tural workers at all levels to pre
pare effective farm programs
which are in the interest of the
Ferd Davis Speaks
At Middlesex Rotary
Ferd Davis, local attorney, ad
dressed the Middlesex Rotary Club
Tuesday- night on the subject of
bettering buyer-seller relations,
emphasizing community projects
as a means of developing rural
urban understanding.
The local man, who was intro
duced by O. C. Holland, praised
the Finer Carolina contest, in
which Middlesex is participating
this year for the first time, as a
vehicle for promoting needed pro
jects and community understand
ing.
Importance of Adequate Lighting
Explained at Junior Club Meeting
The importance of adequate
lighting in the home was discuss
ed by Miss Lane Siler, Caro
lina Power & Light Home Service
Representative, at the Tuesday
night meeting of the Zebulon Jun
ior Woman’s Club. She showed a
motion picture to emphasize points
in her talk.
The meeting was held in the
home of Mrs. Riggsby Massey on
Arendell Avenue. Mrs. Rochelle
Long was co-hostess.
For the sake of health and beau
ty, careful planning is necessary
for home lighting, the speaker
said. She gave out special booklets
farmers’ welfare. In a basically
agricultural state any improve
ment in the economic well-being
of farmers means an improved eco
nomic status for all other citizens
as well.
The State Farm Census provides
the only satisfactory basis for com
piling reliable annual county es
timates of crop acreages and other
farm facts. Thus the increasing
demand for annual county esti
mates of the acreage and produc
tion of all crops is being met. The
need for reliable county estimates
is especially emphasized by acre
age allotment and control pro
grams. These programs can be
more fairly administered where
annual Farm Census records are
available.
Recorder's Court
Has Full Docket
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Motor vehicle law violations
brought most defendants into
Judge Irby D. Gill’s Recorder’s
Court last Wednesday, and heavy
fines were frequent in case after
case.
Kenneth Eugene Denton of Bai
ley paid SIOO fine and costs for
driving drunk rather than serve a
four months sentence.
Elbert Coley Watkins of Wake
Forest was sentenced to 60 days
suspended upon payment of $25
fine and costs for speeding.
Ernest Lee Lucas of Middlesex
paid $25 fine and costs for driv
ing without brakes.
No License; S2OO Fine
Reginald Theodore Grady of
Newport News, Va., was sentenced
to 60 days suspended on payment
of S2OO fine and costs for driving
with no operator’s license. The de
fendant claimed that for seven
years he had driven without a
license without being caught.
Percy David Morgan of Middle
sex paid S4O and costs for speed
ing.
M. P. Liggins of Zebulon was
sentenced to four months suspend
ed on payment of SIOO fine and
costs for drunken driving.
Drives on Wrong Side
Clide Benning Crudup of Ral
eigh was fined $25 and costs for
driving on the wrong side of the
highway.
Horace Edward Williams of
Zebulon was sentenced to 90 days
in the Wake County jail for care
less and reckless driving, and to
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showing how improvements could
be made in homes already built.
The Junior Woman’s Club voted
to join the American Legion Aux
iliary in sponsoring the commun
ity library, sharing the responsi
bility of working in the library
during the hours it is open.
The Woodmen of the World
were reported to be working to
ward contributing an American
flag to the Brownie Scouts, who
are sponsored by the Junior Wo
man’s Club.
Guests at the meeting were Mrs.
George Tucker and Mrs. Lando
Reichart.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 22, 1954
Battery A Enlists
Four More Men;
Strength Now 69
An old-time member of the Zeb
ulon National Guard unit re-en
listed Monday night, taking his old
position as chief of the ammuni
tion section. Sgt. Gordon Temple,
veteran of. World War II service
with the Seabees and three years
in Battery A, was sworn in be
fore roll call this week for three
more years.
Three other recruits took the
oath as members of the National
Guard. They are Bobby J. Perry,
Thomas G. Taylor, and Joseph B.
Williams.
Nine Officers; Sixty Men
The addition of these four men
brings the strength of the battery
to nine officers and sixty men,
ten more than at any time since
the battery was organized in 1949.
Assignments for the dedication
ceremony for the new armory were
made Monday night. Sgt. George
Massey is in charge of providing
tables for the supper, and Sft.
Ralph Creech and the cannoneers
will erect the tables and place the
chairs for the meal.
Other Committees
Lt. Dave Finch and Sgt. Gordon
Temple will provide a speaker’s
platform and bandstand. Lt. Jack
Potter and Lt. Glenn Hensen will
plan and supervise a display of
equipment for the open house in
the afternoon.
A goal of 20 men has been set
for the battery during National
Guard recruiting month. February
has been proclaimed a special
month of recruiting men for the
National Guard by Governor Wil
liam Umstead.
Wakelon Bull pups
Lose to Wendell
Wendell took revenge for earlier
defeats by the Wakelon Bullpups
when they won over the Bullpups
56-40 in the Wendell gymnasium
last Saturday afternoon. Smith
with 19 points and Sanderford
with 14 led the victors.
For the Bullpups, Robert Jenkins
with 21 and Joseph Temple with
11 were leading scorers.
Wendell played a return contest
in the Wakelon gym last night.
The public is invited to all the ju
nior varsity games.
New Officers Named
By Zebulon Rotarians
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Officers for the Rotary year
1954-55, including G. C. Massey
as president, were elected by Zeb
ulon Rotarians last Friday night.
Other new officers include Rod
ney McNabb as vice president;
Aaron Lowery, secretary; R. Vance
Brown, treasurer; D. D. Chamblee,
sergeant at arms; and Beverly As
bury, Sidney Eddins, and Dr. L.
M. Massey, directors.
Wilber Conn to Be
Speaker at Hopkins
Wilber Conn will show pictures
of Korea and speak on conditions
there at Hopkins Chapel on Sunday
night, January 24, at 7:30, follow
ing the Baptist Training Union
meeting. The public is invited. The
talk will be of special interest to
young people.
TEACHER
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Mrs. H. C. Wade
Mrs. Wade, local dancing in
structor, will take several of her
students to Washington this week
end to participate in the annual
convention of the Dance Masters of
America.
Dance Students
Selected for Trip
Mrs. H. C. Wade and eight of her
dancing pupils will go to Wash
ington, D. C., this weekend to at
tend the Dance Masters of Ameri
ca Convention. For the first
time a student convention is be
ing held in connection with the
Teachers Convention.
Mrs. Wade’s Studio of Dance
rating gave her the privilege of
taking students to participate and
study under some of the world’s
greatest teachers.
They will have the opportunity
of studying ballet under Hilda
Butsova, tap under Brooks Dur
ham, and acrobatics under Naomi
Gilooly.
Although studying separately,
they will have the same instruc
tors as the teachers.
The students attending are Car
olyn Hinton, Jackie Mitchell,
Brenda Bunn, Fay Griswold,
Phyllis Braswell, Stephen Creech,
Vaughn Wade, and Blandy Priv
ette.
Middlesex PTA Hears of Profound
Influence of Parents over Children
By Dallas Mallison
With folksy philosophy and rare
good humor, a Tar Heel educator
Monday night told of the many
ways parents—and particularly
fathers—can and often do have
profound and abiding influences
over their children. The remarks
were made at the monthly meet
ing of the Middlesex School PTA.
The essence of the message of
Dr. W. Amos Abrams, editor of
N. C. Education, the professional
educators’ periodical in this State,
was that fathers and mothers
should not lose heart but press
ever forward in doing all they can
to rightly mold the lives of their
offspring.
“We, the fathers and mothers,
often influence our children when
least we expect we have,” said Dr.
Abrams, “and the lessons we teach
them sink deep into the conscious
nesses and inner beings of our
children so that years later as men
and women they are still influenc
ed by their parents long before.”
He reminded both fathers and
mothers in the large audiance
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Two Projects Are
Selected-for Finer
Carolina Contest
The complete program to be fol
lowed in the 1954 Finer Carolina
Contest will be announced Tuesday
evening following a meeting of
the Steering Committee, Bev. As
bury, chairman, announced yester
day. Six projects will be attempt
ed, with only five of the six to
be entered in the contest.
Members of the Steering Com
mittee will be named by this
weekend, the chairman said.
Some Projects Selected
Projects already selected in
clude a factory building to en
courage industry here, and the
landscaping of the National Guard
armory site. The Carmen Flowers
Garden Club will supervise the
work on the armory site.
The other projects will include
one solely for the Negro citizens
of the community, Chairman As
bury said. Other projects will con
cern the community park and the
library.
Projects which during the past
have met with excellent response
here include the community park,
the community library, and the
rural fire truck.
FIRE TRUCK MEET
Through gross error on
the part of the editor, the
time for the membership
meeting of the Zebulon Ru
ral Fire Department, Inc.,
was listed incorrectly. The
Rural Fire Department
will meet Tuesday night,
Januapr 26, at 7:30 in the
municipal building. Offi
cers for the coming year
will be elected, and the
treasurer will give his re
port.
The Record deeply re
grets this mistake and any
inconvenience it may have
caused.
at the Middlesex high school au
ditorium that affection and being
a pal go much further with chil
dren than parents sometimes seem
to think and that children some
times interpret the correction of
a parent as condemnation and a
lack of affection.
He asked fathers to be more
companionable with their chil
dren, especially their boys, and
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Hilliard's Drive-In
Gains High Rating
Hilliard’s Drive In, restaurant
located one mile west of town on
the Hephzibah cut-off, was one
of three eating establishments to
tie for top sanitary honors in
Wake County at the last inspection,
scoring 94.5 per cent, according to
the State Board of Health.
All other white cases and res
taurants in the community re
ceived an “A” rating, as did all
the major meat markets and gro
ceries in Zebulon.