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Four The Zebulon Record Published Tuesday and Friday of each week. Subscription rate: $2.00 a year. Advertising rates on re quest. Entered as second class matter June 26, 1925, at the post office at Zebulon, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. Member of the North Carolina Press Asso ciation. Durell Bullock News Editor Barrie S. Davis Editor Jack M. Potter, Jr., Publisher Ferd L. Davis Fifth Wheel The National Guard needs men from 17 to 18 V 2 yean old. WAKELON THEATRE - ZEBULON Sat. Shows: Continuous from 1:00 Sunday Shows: 2:00-3:45-9:00 Monday-Friday: 3:15-7:15-9:00 SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE John Wayne Ray Corrigan Sante Fe Stampede John Wayne Frances Dale A Man Betrayed Chapter No. 12 Great Adventures of Captain Kidd SUNDAY-MONDAY Garry Merrill Jan Sterling Human Jungle Venetian Blinds Taped and Corded any Two String Blind Special Price 41.50 3 String Blind $2.00 W. T. CONE Wrenn’s Furniture Co. Phone 6166 PICK UP SERVICE Wmm wWm wmmm Hi I npi|p ( Built for N yia ufirms n lsr«oiE’s '%) safe-type STEEL CABINET Prevents pilferage of supplies. Equipped with two-way locking device controlled by a para centric lock. Five adjustable compartments. Green or Cole gray baked enamel finish. 36" wide, 76" high, IBV2 deep. No. 70 5595 S Theo. Davis Sons Wonderful Assortment Makes Mechanical Tobacco Hander A rough assortment of nuts and bolts, a rusty wagon wheel, a metal hub extracted from an outmoded Model A Ford, and a tiny motor which use to run an ice cream freezer have been cleverly enclos ed within a homemade wooden frame to produce a machine which accelerates the tobacco handing process for the farmer. Inventor of the dubious-looking affair is Cecil Hopkins, who has the tobacco hander in operation on his farm near Hopkins Cross Roads. But the machine, which looks like the framework for something not yet finished, works with watch-like precision and with four people operating it, the hander will accomplish the work of six persons. Te describe how it works would probably be easier than to describe why it works or what it looks like. The main portion of the machine is a circular wooden wheel which Mr. Hopkins made himself by cut ting boards to the specifications desired. This wooden wheel is adorned with more than thirty tobacco clamps, into which bun dles of tobacco are placed prior to oeing put onto a stick by the tier. The wheel turns in either direc tion, for the benefit of the tier, who may be either right or left-handed. As the wheel turns, two persons place bundles of tobacco into the clamps. On the opposite side, when the wheel has completed a half-turn, the tier removes the tobacco bun dle and ties it onto a stick. When the sick is finished Mr. Hopkins says that he uses 36 bun dles to the sticks the tier trips a foot lever which permits the stick to slide onto a ramp-like af fair, from which point the sticks are taken to the barn. Mr. Hopkins says that he first used the machine on his farm on June 17 of this year. Asked wheth er or not he thought it would work the first time it was put into oper ation, he grinned and said: “Yeah, I was pretty sure it would work. I carried the idea of the thing in my head and built it from that. I didn’t see much rea son why it shouldn’t work.” Representing a seventy-five dol lar investment and about thirty days of labor, the tobacco hander and its four operators are capable of turning out one stick of tobacco containing 36 bundles every 55 seconds. “In other words,” Mr. Hopkins explained, “we’re getting a stick of tobacco every time that wheel makes a complete turn.” The idea for constructing the hander was born when Mr. Hop kins visited the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit following the 1952 tobac co season. “Some of us were on the way to Canada, and we stopped in at PREMIUM REGULAR \ QUALITY PRICE The Carolinas' Finest Fuel GET THE NATHANE STORY TODAY AT JOHNSON Cotton Company Phone 3871 Main St. WENDELL, N. C. The Zebulon Record the Ford plant in Detroit,” Mr. Hopkins said. “I got impressed with the way that the workers on the line did just one thing, and all of them together turned out a car. I thought then that we could use something like that on a tobacco farm.” Work on the machine did not be gin immediately. In fact, it was not until last May that Mr. Hop kins actually began constructing the hander. Seeing the machine in operation, and imprseased with its capabili ties, Mr. Hopkins went to Wash ington, D. C., not long ago to seek patent information. He says that he is now in the process of acquir ing a patent for the hander. “There are still a few improve ments which I would like to make in the machine,” Mr. Hopkins said, “and I hope to build another one this winter which will be even better.” Wendell to Vote On Water Bonds Wendell town officials have voted to proceed with a $145,000 water and sewer bond election ex pected to be held in October if all requirements of bonding attorneys can be met by that time. The election will be held to get approval of local residents on the proposed issuance of SIIO,OOO worth of water bonds and $35,000 worth of sewer bonds for perma nent improvements here. In connection with the water improvements, which include de veloping the old Rock Quarry as a raw water reservoir, it was not ed that several families are liv ing in old buildings on the quarry site. The board of commission ers has instructed Town Manager R. R. Thompson to contact those families to arrange a lease of the buildings by them from the town, or order them to vacate. The town manager said that only a small amount of money would be in volved in any leasing of the build ings to make their occupany legal. Berk M. Montague, Raleigh at torney, has been appointed as sistant solicitor of the local Re corder’s Court to act in the ab sence of Solicitor Thomas D. Bunn of Raleigh. Miss Rose Pace Honored Monday Mrs. James Sykes and Miss Ca rol Hatton were hostesses at a sur prise linen shower Monday night honoring Miss Rose Pace, bride elect of September 10. Mixed summer flowers were used throughout Mrs. Sykes’ home in Cameron Court Apartments. The honoree was presented a cor sage of lilies of the valley and tube roses. Delicious refreshments of bridal cakes, mints, nuts and punch were served to the honoree, her mother, Mrs. C. B. Pace, Mrs. L. B. Cham blee, Mrs. Bobby Pace, Mrs. Charles Wayne Pace, Mrs. Clayton Whitley, Ruth Pace, Kay Cham blee, Geraldine Hood of Zebulon, Miss Frances Deans, Marietta Sims, and Mrs. Marilyn Clark of Raleigh. Dedication Formal dedication of the Wil liam B. Umstead State Park is set for Sunday, Aug. 28, at 5 p.m., with Governor Hodges and Mrs. Merle D. Umstead of Durham, widow of the State’s late chief exe cutive, being the principal speak ers. | Formerly known as Crabtree Creek State Park and located al most midway between Durham and Raleigh on Highway 70, its name was changed by the State I Board of Conservation and Devel ; opment last January in a move to honor the memory of the late Gov | ernor Umstead, who died last No vember. The general public is urged to attend the dedication ceremony which will be further highlighted by the unveiling of a marker to the park’s main entrance by Merle Bradley Umstead, danifghter and only child of the late Governor. Director Ben E. Douglas of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment will introduce Gov ernor Hodges. Amos R. Kearns of High Point, chairman of the special committee named by Governor Hodges to plan the park dedication, will pre side. Kearns is also chairman of the parks committee of the State Board of Conservation and Devel opment. Vice chairmen of the Governor’s special committee for the dedication are Mayors E. J. Evans of Durham and Fred B. Wheeler of Raleigh. Kearns said Governor Hodges and Mayors Evans and Wheeler will issue a joint proclamation de signating Sunday, Aug. 28, as “William B. Umstead State Park Day” and urging all North Caro linians to attend the dedication ceremony honoring the late Gov ernor Umstead. There will be no individual invitations issued by the committee, Kearns said. Being especially urged to at tend the dedication ceremony are the present members of the State’s delegation in Congress as well as those who served with Mr. Um stead for North Carolina when he was in the National House of Rep resentatives and later the Senate. Also urged to attend the event are mayors and county commissioners from Durham and Wake counties. Mr. Umstead was a native of Durham county. Special musical selections will be given by the Elizabeth City High School band before and after the dedication ceremony. Mem bers of this famed band will spend a week at a group camp in the Umstead State Park before the ceremony on August 28. WSCS to Meet I The Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service of the Zebulon Metho dist Church will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock in the social room of the Methodist Church. Mrs. H. C. Wade is in charge of the program. The subject is 1 “United Effort toward a Better Life.” Bride-Elect Feted Miss Jean Robertson entertained at a lingerie shower last night honoring Miss Linda Bridgers, bride-elect. The honoree was presented a corsage of white flowers from her hostess. A pink and white color theme was used throughout her home, i Refreshments of bridal cakes, ice cream and gingerale were served. There were about ten guests present. Earn while you learn by joining The National Guard. Friday, August 12, 1955 Guardsmen Load For Fort Bragg Summer Training National Guardsmen of Battery A spent several hours last night checking and loading supplies and equipment for the 15-day train ing period beginning August 14 at Ft. Bragg. The unit will leave the Zebulon armory about 6:15 Sun day morning. More men will be at camp from this community than ever before, according to First Lieutenant Jack Potter, battery commander. He said that training has been very good and the field exercises will be a test for the men’s knowledge. Ft. Bragg, the nation’s largest artillery range, will provide the best for Guard training since the local unit was organized in 1949. The first week of the encamp ment will be devoted to individual and sectional training, with special emphasis given those Guardsmen who have never before been tp summer camp. The second week will b<s spent in the field, with artillery firing be ginning on Tuesday, August 23. Battery A will have three 105-mm howitzer sections trained for this work. During the second week Aggres sor forces will be active in the field, stimulating enemy invaders. The Guardsmen will have to pre pare and maintain extensive bat tery defensive positions 24 hours a day, and the rocket launchers and machine guns will form the backbone of this defense. The parade Saturday, August 20, will be the highlight of the first week. Gov. Luther Hodges, com mander of the North Carolina Na tional Guard, will be present to review the 7,000 members of the famed 30th Infantry Division, as will a host of other dignitaries. Water Show Set For August 20 Wake County’s annual Water Show sponsored by the Wake County Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held at Pullen Park on Saturday, August 27, at 8 p.m. The show has a Davy Crockett theme, traveling along with Davy from his diaper days until he visits Congress and passes a bill to put the fun back in swimming. Included in the program will be synchronized swimming, clown diving, canoeing, and water safe ty demonstrations all accom panied by Dave Brown’s orchestra. To highlight the evening, the runner-up in the Miss North Car olina contest, Miss Pat Cowden, will render a vocal selection. Representatives of the city coun cil and police and fire depart ments will participate in a tub race. The entire show will be staged by local volunteers. Rehearsals have been underway for several weeks. Though the cooperation of the Raleigh Recreation Commission, which is co-sponsoring the event, there is no charge for admission. PERSONAL Mrs. Bertha Hood and daughter, Louise, will spend the Weekend in Greensboro with Mr. and Mrs. Royce Hood. WORLD FAMOUS WARNER’S ■'Bras *Girdles *Corselettes Alma Kannon, Corsetiere
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