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Bowling (Continued from Page 1) munity in Nash County, but his parents moved here when he was a child. He is a graduate of Wakelon High School, where he was an avid participant in the sports program. In 1938 he joined the Grey hound Bus Company and became a driver. He stayed with the com pany until he was called into mil itary service. He was also with the company following his mili tary service. His tour of duty with the Army was in the Pacific. He was hon orably discharged as a staff ser geant in 1945. While serving with the Army in the Aluetian Islands, he was wounded. The scrapnel from a fired mortal pierced his life chest cavity and injured his lung. For many months he was in and out of Armv hosDitals and finallv ended up with the removal of the damaged lung. During his convalescence Bow ling was sent to Mojave Desert, Calif., where he was assistant chauffeur to the late General George Patton. Bowling, who was given this assignment because of his driving technique and knowl edge, recalls old Blood and Guts Patton as being one of the most colorful characters he has ever met. He said he was very pleased with his years with Greyhound and liked driving. There was a lot a responsibility but there, too, were a lot of pleasant experiences. Bowling likes people, and that made his bus driving years enjoy able ones. Of course, there were crack pots, he said, tout in gen eral the people with whom he as sociated were amiable and easy to get along with. Even the drunks were nice, he said. They didn’t cause him too much trouble. They just wanted to tell their troubles—personal, ro mantic and marital—to him. And Bowling listened. Bowling recalled laughingly, while he lighted a cigarette, of the time his bus was scheduled to get underway and one of the passen gers was missing. All passengers had to be accounted for, and this slightly inebriated old maid didn’t show up. Bowling immediately set about to find the old maid. He had to get his bus on the road. Time tables had to be met. A hurried trip was made through the bus station waiting room. No sign of her. The only place was left was the women’s toilet. She was there, where she had locked her self in. Such incidents provided amuse ment and a chuckle to break the wearing trips. Bowling saw a cross section of human nature on his daily routes. He said he was always especial ly friendly and courteous to the elderly, blind, and afflicted per sons. His attitude has not changed, even though he no long er has the occasions so often to be of service to these types of per sons. He speaks with a genuine feeling of love and admiration and affection for those less fortunate than he. Bowling retired from Grey hound in 1957. His retirement was made in Washington, D. C. One of his prize possessions is a Million Mile Drivers Raque awarded him by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Bowling and his family, who consists of his wife, the former Margaret Parker, and two chil ui cu, uucuic, x vs, auu mint., • | moved to Zebulon in February of 1957. Bowling and his wife, who is charming and personable as well as exceedingly attractive, were married December 7, 1947. He is a member of Zebulon Bap tist Church and Lions Club. He has been a Legionnaire since 1945, having joined a Raleigh post. One of his favorite hobbies is flower gardening. His towering 6-1, 186 pound frame is often seen caressing a wilting flower back to life, or hoeing around his zinnias, which he says are the only things he can grow. He is also very fond of growing vegetables. Another of his pet loves is to show his out of door culinary ef forts. He delights in taking good looking pieces of steak and placing them over a grill of red hot coals and turning the meat into succu lent, mouth-watering morsels of good eating. But when there aren’t the steaks, he’ll settle lor grilling hambur gers and hot dogs, which his fam ily loves. Because of his infirmity, Bow ling hasn’t lost his love of sports. He follows them all, either through radio/ teevee or newspapers. And he can quote players’ names, po sitions and scores for the present or many, many years back. His favorite baseball team— baseball ranks at the top of his list, he supposes—was the Wash ington (D. C.) Senators until they moved. Now he says he will have to go along with Chicago. What would this personable, pleasant, easy gaited young man liked to have been? A surgeon. He has had so many scapels dipped into him by these men of the knife that he knows what a fine and wonderful clan they are. They are the savers, returners and giv nf lifo AnH thov katro ouran him just that with which to enjoy his family, friends and community. But right now, Bill Bowling, blue eyed with dark brown reced ing hair, is intent on making the local American Legion Post one of the most active, best info: .ned, and most useful to the community, State and nation. And with his intelligence, know-how, and en ergy, the local Legion can look to and for many things out of its new Commander. Automation (Continued from Page 1) and more in ready-mixed, vital ized feed served up cafeteria style by means of motorized grinders, mixers and conveyors. In such environs the pig and chicken grow faster, more tender, cleaner and healthier. They make more tantalizing fare on the din ner table. From the electric brooder to the mechanized processing plant, the pig and ahicken aTe the object of tender care through automation. Pig parlors are aptly described as “hog heaven.” In summer the pig is cooled by window heat pumps whioh in winter reverse their cycle and warm him. No breaking ice for a drink of water— it’s kept at a moderate temperature by electric heating elements. His craving for green feed is often satisfied by an electric grass “incubator” that grows tons of green grass without soil and dur ing any season of the year. Electricity also turns a neat trick in simulating “hog killing” weather. Home freezers and com mercial freezing plants preserve the meat no matter what the sea son. ouccuiem nams, iraaemanc oi the industry, are cured in smoke houses equipped with air condi tioners, often as not in the middle of the summer. For the chicken there is a simi lar life of ease through automation borne of elestricity. He is incu bated by electricity, fed and wa tered, warmed and cooled by it. Light-controlled chicken houses are now built without windows of any kind. Push button controls operate lamps and distribute feed and water to the birds. The result —faster growth, more tender meat and greater profits for the farmer. Some growers have seen egg production jump nearly 50 per cent with the introduction of air conditioning. Scarborough said “as automated hog heavens and poultry parlors have put the chicken and hog in a more comfortable position, so too have they freed the farmer from many of his menial chores, allowing him to maintain his farm and when necessary earn ad ditional income in one of the many new industrial plants ap pearing in the CP&L territory.” He added that a stepped-up ag ricultural development effort by CP&L, with a full-time program director at its head, is expected to lead to even greater automation through-electricity on the farm. Farm Credit (Continued from Page 1) eral Land Bank loans was granted to 188 farmers and the association is presently servicing 1222 loans which before curtailments amount ed to $6,663,300., Gould said. The Smithfield association is en gaged in making and servicing long-term Federal Land Bank Loans on farms in Johnston, Wake and Wayne Counties. Other direc tors of the association in addition to President Richardson are Mar shall W. Bennett of Route 5, Ra leigh, W. J. Woodard of Route 1, Clayton, Henry S. Hood of Route 1, Goldsboro and Paul Dunn of Route 1, Selma. To Enter Wesley College in Fall Miss Harriett E. Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Walter Page of West Horton Street, will enter the freshman class of Wesley Col lege, Dover, Del., in September, J. R. Slights, Jr., director of ad missions, announced last week. She. will major in the liberal arts at Wesley. Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Willie M. Brannon, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Andy Curtis, Monday, July 24, at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. Mrs. Brannon is the former Jane Rogers. Engagement Mir. and Mrs. Willard Hapner, 412 Park Terrace Drive, Richmond, Indiana, announce the engagement of their daughter, Doris Elaine, to H. Grady Thomasson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Thomasson of Route 1, Wendell. Miss Hapner is a graduate of Richmond Senior High School. Her fiance is a graduate of Corinth-Holders High School and is now serving in the Navy at Adak, Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. A spring wed ding is planned. On Randolph-Macon College's Dean's List Dan Massey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Massey of Zebulon, was one of 48 students at Randolph Macon College who made the Dean’s List for the fall semester. Dean’s List students must maintain a “B” average. He is employed at Peoples Bank and Trust Company here for the summer. Ask your dsslsr about a raal cool extra-cost option—Chavrolat air conditioning. Corvair 700 Club Coupe. A 2-door budget-minded beauty with thistledown handling, rear-engine trac tion and quick-stepping, sassy performance. Nomad 9-Passenger Station Wagon. Chevrolet’* '.i the full-sized wagon more people are picking. A choice of six to save on from nifty Nomads to ^ thrifty Brookwoods. Bel Air 4-Door Sedan. Priced just above the thriftiest full-sized Chevrolets, Bel Airs give you 1 ~ the full treatment of Body by Fisher craftsmanship. Summer Savings Now at your Chevrolet Dealer’s One-Stop Shopping Center You’ll find the buys even more inviting than the weather at your Chevrolet dealer’s now. Because more people are buying Chevrolets than any other make, your dealer can serve up summer savings in extra big portions. If you like your driving full sized, you can choose from thrifty Biscaynes, people-pleasin’ Bel Airs and impeccable Impalas. If you’ve a yen for a big wagon, Chevy’s got six that haul like sixty. If thrift-size is your size, then Corvair’s the car for you. Ten budget-pleasin’ models to pick from. And, of course, every Corvair is a driver’s delight thanks to the nimble, sure-footed going that’s yours with Corvair’s superb rear-engine design. It sure adds up to a lot of, happy-driving ways to save, doesn’t it? Thirty-one, to be exact. With so much so handy at your Chevrolet dealer’s, choosing a new car just couldn’t be simpler or savin’er. Come in and see for yourself. Jet-smooth Chevy Impala 2-Door Sedan. Like all Chevrolet*, this Impala gentles rough roads (or any other kind) with Jet-smooth magic. i See the new Chevrolet^ at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's One-Stop Shopping Center MANUFACTURER'S UCKNSK NO. IIO J. M. Chevrolet Company, Inc 304 N. ArewM Ave. Zabuloa, N. C Pboaa AN9-9132
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