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 i 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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 • 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 i . i i»t 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 (Continued on Page 8) 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.

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