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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXX. Number 19. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, December 4, 1956 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Mr. and Mrs. Milton Batchelor, Rt. 1, Zebulon, shown above were among the many recent visitors to Disneyland who enjoyed rides on TWA’s Rocketship to the moon. The 80-foot structure, which is the theme of the Tomorrowland section of Walt Disney’s magic kingdom in California, simulates a 12 minute “trip” to the moon by rocketship as scientists predict it will be made in 1985. Vote Against Quotas Could Lower Prices A decision against quotas in the December 11 cotton referendum could send prices sharply down ward /next year, according to M. G. Mann, general manager of the N. C. Cotton Growers Association. A combination of no quotas plus an inrcrased acreage might well ]! drop 1957 cotton prices to the 20 cent mark almost overnight, he said. Farmers of North Carolina and the nation will decide in the De cember 11 referendum whether controls shall be continued on the cotton crop next year. At least two (Continued on Page 4) CORRECTION Due to an error in Friday’s Rec ord, the annual Christmas dance revue of the Wade School of Dance will be presented Wednesday, De cember 12, and not December 11 as was given. This revue is a much-looked for ward to occasion, and one of the highlights of the Christmas sea son. The revue will be presented in Wakelon School auditorium at 7:15 p.m. The public is invited. Wood is not only comparatively economical in initial costs, but its strength and durability place it second to no other comparable building or construction material Tor general use, says L. H. Hobbs, forestry marketing specialist at N. C. State College. Seoul Leader Writes Open Letter to Parents Dear Parents, This is an urgent appeal to you for support of our local Cub Scout Program. We feel that the com plete scouting program is a nec essity in our community as well as in the entire world at this time, since the whole program is built around brotherly love and getting along with others. Everyone can’t be a leader of boys, we know that, but we feel that everyone can lend a helping hand to the leader who gives so freely of his time and money for our youth. We are calling on you because you have a boy of Cub Scout age, and we know you want the very best for him. Our Cub Scout program in Zebu Ion has been weakened to a point that something has to be done now if we are to continue to serve our . youngest boys next year. The weakness is not due to boys or leaders, but rather to parent par S ticipation, and lack of committee functioning. We have called a meeting of all Parents of Cub Scout age boys in our community, the purpose of which is to iron out the kinks in our local unit. This is not a money raising meeting, and no pressure will be put on anyone that at tends this meeting. We merely want to show you how you can help us provide better scouting for your boy. This meeting will be a covered dish dinner meeting, held in the basement of the Zebulon Baptist Church, on Wednesday evening, December 5, at 7 p.m. Each family is asked to prepare a dish of food for the dinner, and it will be all placed on the table together and eaten family style. You will be contacted as to what to bring. We are counting on you to be present. A. F. Cannady, Activities Chair man Research Finds New Uses For Fats and Oils By chemically modifying famil iar fats and oils, such as cotton seed oil, peanut oil, lard, and oth ers, research scientists may soon find surprising new uses of long time value to farmers in North Carolina and other States produc ing products used in the making of fats and oils. Research scientists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are chemically changing these well known fats and oils into new sub stances which may be used to keep foods fresh longer, make spreads spreadable over a wide range of temperature, produce top quality plastics, and even be used in cosmetics. These unusual modified fats and oils are known as “acetoglyce rides.” They have been produced at USDA’s Southern Regional Re search Laboratory, New Orleans, La., by acetic-acid treatment of ordinary fats and oils. Chief among their unusual properties is an ex ceptionally wide range of plastic ity and the ability to exist as non greasy plastic solids. These quali ties make acetoglycerides of great potential value to industry. Fur thermore, they can be tailormade to give them properties desired for particular uses. Various acetoglycerides are po tentially important for use in cos metics, including, creams, lotions, and lipsticks — and as plasticizers. Plastics made with them have good resistance to weathering, remain clear and flexible at low tempera tures. Acetoglycerides can be made colorless, odorless, and fla vorless. Natural animal fats or vegetable oils used as starting ma terials make up 80 to 90 per cent of the final product. I SERVICEMEN R. B. Jones Graduates Robert B. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones of Route 2, Zeb ulon, graduated from recruit train ing Dec. 1, at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. The nine weeks oif “boot camp” included drill and instruction in seamanship, gunnery, life saving, sea survival, boat handling, and the use of small arms. Following two weeks leave, graduates report to shipboard du ties or service schools depending on the qualifications each has dem onstrated. • W. D. Hobgood at Norfolk William D. Hobgood, aviation electrician’s mate airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hobgood of Route 4, Zebulon, is serving with an airborne electronics train ing unit at the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. Before entering the service in 1955, Hobgood graduated from high school in Wendell. Piano Recftal Pupils of Miss Margaret Steph enson will present a piano recital Wednesday night at 7:45 o’clock at the Wakelon School auditorium. The public is cordially invited to attend. CP&L Manager Gets Promotion; To Leave Zebulon January 21 Ralph Talton YWA's Complete Study Course The Y. W. A.’s of the Zebulon Baptist Church completed its study course on Japan on November 29, at the home of Judy Overman. Mrs. Janet Pratt taught both parts of the book and made it very in teresting and impressive with ex tra handwork, pictures, and maps of Japan. All of us learned much more than we had ever known a bout the Baptist work that is going on in that country. Following the program a brief business session was held during which we discussed our plans for the December meetings. The hostess served delicious refreshments following in the ori ental theme. We would like to invite all the girls from 16-20 years old to come and join us on December 13 at Dorothy Smith’s and see just what an interesting time we have at our meetings. Named Rockingham District Manager Friday Ralph Talton, Zebulon manager of Carolina Power & Light Com pany, has been promoted to district manager and assigned to the Rock ingham district, effective January 21. The change was announced Fri day in Raleigh by J. C. Richert, Jr., vice president in charge of district operations for CP&L. Talton will succeed J. V. Hen derson, and will have charge of Rockingham, Hamlet, Wadesboro and smaller communities. He has been manager of CP&L’s Zebulon office since 1944, succeed ing Johnny Sumner. He will be replaced by F. Thomas Scarbor ough, a Wake County native now serving as CP&L manager at Dil lon, S. c. Scarborough will come to Zebulon on January 7 to famil iarize himself with with the local office. A native of Johnston County, the son of Mrs. R. B. Jordan of Wil mington and the late James R. Tal ton, Talton grew up in Selma and Smithfleld. He attended N. C. State College, and on April 8, 1929, took his first job with CP&L in the eh gineering office in Raleigh. He moved to Asheville in 1929, and eight years later became as sistant to the construction and maintenance superintendent for the western division. He served as assistant district manager at Hen derson and Goldsboro and as act ing manager at Spruce Pine be fore coming to Zebulon. Talton has been active in church, civic clubs and Scouting since residing in Zebulon. He has served as president of Zebulon’s Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club, was a Wake County Red Cross director for six years and (Continued on Page 4) T Wendell Man Invents Fish Barometer tor Anglers He calls himself “Pappy Bill” and he is the whole business at what is known as the Jug Meter Company of Wendell. Now “Pappy Bill,” whose real name is W. N. (Bill) Conoley, is marketing with some success a concoction he has placed in a 12 ounce bottle and he stoutly con tends that by using it a fisherman will just naturally catch more fish than he otherwise would. Conoley , who emigrated here some 27 years ago from his native Florida and went into the cleaning and pressing business, is quick to say that his brain-child will not guarantee that anybody using it will catch fish, but by using his invention one “will catch more fish than he ever caught before.” He has quit the pressing and cleaning business, however, to market his invention. What is this thing that Conoley has invented to aid those who seek to emulate Izaak Walton by depop ulating the fish population in this and other states? It is a sort of bluish liquid, the ingredients of which Conoley will tell no one, he says. It is put up in a 12-ounce bottle with a small neck. Along with the bottle of bluish liquid, which Conoley says is non poisonous but should not be taken internally or used for snake bites, is a thermometer — like gadget. This gadget is inserted into the liquid and by means of barometric pressure the bluish stuff either remains static, rises by degrees to markers on the gadget supposedly indicating the fish will bite “good,” not bite at all, or will really bite to such an extent as to gladden the hearts of fishermen no end. Conoley says he thinks he has the beginning of a unique industry for Wendell and there are peo ple here who believe he has. Among them is businessman (Continued on Page 4)
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