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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 24, Number 23 Town Board Meets Monday Night; Drilling Continues; Light Planned Salary increases totaling $125 a month were awarded employees of the Town of Zebulon by the Board of Comimssioners at their July meeting held Monday night. Little other business was transact ed by the group during the three-hour meeting, and the discussion of salary increases consumed most of the time. Present Monday night were Mayor R. H. Bridgers, Commis- American Red Cross Opens Zebulon Office In the Woman's Club Miss Pauline Abernathy, mem ber of the Wake County Red Cross home service staff, opened the lo cal Red Cross office here Tues day of this week. The office, located in the Wom an’s Club, will be open each Tues day morning from 9:30 to 12 o’clock. Miss Abernathy is avail able to give assistance to ex-ser vicemen and women in the prep aration of and filing of all kinds of claims with the federal govern ment, including the Veterans Ad ministration. She will also give aid and advice in all other of the far-flung activities of the Red Cross. Mrs. Foster Finch, Zebulon member of the Wake County Red Cross Chapter’s board of directors, in announcing opening of the lo cal office, said it was the policy of the Red Cross to carry its services to the people—“who really are the Red Cross”—as far as possible. Local Baptists to Attend Copenhagen Meeting At the Baptist Church here last Sunday morning Misses Ruby Dawson and Carolyn Massey were elected delegates to the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen. They expect to sail on the seven teenth of this month. Mr. and Mrs. Geoitge Griffin have been for a while at Oxford, England, where Mr. Griffin is do ing special research in libraries with reference to Baptist history. They will attend the Baptist World Alliance in Copenhagen. Work Begun Tuesday On Sewer Extension Work is proceeding rapidly on the three extensions to the sewer system of Zebulon. Excavation was completed on the second of the three extensions yesterday af ternoon and work is proceeding on the third today. Pipe and brick are stored on the lot across from the town office until needed. Federal Land Bank Makes Record Number of Loans During Past Year During the fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 3138 additional farm families availed themselves of the facilities of the farmer owned Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia cooperative lending insti tution by securing long term loans totaling slightly more than eleven million dollars on farms located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, according to a statement received from Julian H. Scarborough, President of the Land Bank by L. M. Gould, Sec retary-Treasurer of the Smithfield National Farm Loan Association. These loans made through and to members of National Farm Loan Association represent the sioners R. Vance Brown, Howard Beck, Bob Sawyer, and Barrie Da vis, and Town Clerk W. B. Hop kins. Town Clerk Hopkins, who also acts as Chief of Police and Town Manager, received the largest pay boost. Beginning with July 1, his monthly pay will be $275, com pared with S2OO in the past. Ray Gainey was raised from $l5O to $175, and M. G. Crowder from $135 to $l5O. Willie Bullock met with the Board to request the installation of a street light midway of the block on Horton Street between Wakefield and Church Streets. The matter was referred to the committee on streets for action. Firemen Not Selected The appointment of firemen was postponed until the August meeting. Only one name had been volunteered, and the commission ers decided to advertise again for volunteer firemen before making permanent appointments. Armstrong Cannady, Cubmast er of Pack 40, volunteered to di rect the Cubs and Boy Scouts in placing street signs at every street crossing in town. Cannady offered to have stencils made and direct all work if the Town of Zebulon would pay for paint and posts. He estimated that the cost would not be over $75. The street committee, Howard Beck and Norman Screws, was authorized to spend up to $75 for materials for the project. Well Project Discussed Mayor Bridgers discussed the well project being carried on by Heater Well Company for the Town of Zebulon. Thus far two wells have been drilled and a suf ficient supply of water found but the wells could not be developed because of troubles in placing screens in them. Even though the drillers have spent over $2,000 on their operations thus far, none of this will be charged to the Town of Zebulon. A third well has been started. Clerk. Hopkins reported that parking lines will be painted on the streets as soon as final work is done on the streets now being paved. A bill for a tricycle destroyed by the trash truck was presented by Allison Temple and was sent to the company handling liability insurance on the truck. largest volume of new loans in number and amount for any year since 1934. Distributed as follows: North Carolina. 979 loans amount ing to $3,257,195. South Carolina, 614 loans amounting to $1,808,761, Georgia, 1185 loans amounting to $3,643,082 and Florida, 360 loans amounting to $2,326,320. Os the above, 87 farmers in Wake, Johnston and Wayne Coun ties became members of and se cured loans amounting to $266,335 through the Smithfield National Farm Loan Association, Secre tary-Treasurer Gould said ; Mr. Gould was formerly an of ficial of the Zebulon Banking and Trust Company. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 18, 1947 . North Carolina’s Senator Wil-| liam B. Umstead (right) and Rep-! resentative Harold D. Cooley (left) discuss Tar Heel farm | problems with Secretary of Agri- culture Clinton P. Anderson prior] Tobacco Levy Proposal Carries; Deep Well Test Planned Today Tobacco Associates Plan Gets Strong Support Throughout (arolinas Flue-cured tobacco growers in North and Souh Carolina have ap proved by an overwhelming vote of 117.419 to 1,140 —a 10-cent per acre assessment proposed to safe guard and expand export markets through a comprehensive program of education, information and public relations to be administered by Tobacco Associates. The sweeping acceptance of the j self-assessment was registered Saturday in a two-state referend- ; um, called by Legislatures of the 1 Carolinas, and final returns yet to I be made are expected to push the majority even higher. Two-thirds of those voting had to approve the proposal before the program could be put into full effect. Vote of Confidence Through the tremendous vote of confidence. Tobacco Associates may go forward with full knowl edge that flue-cured producers— landowmers, tenants and share croppers are backing to the hilt the group’s work to stabilize and enlarge foreign markets. J. B. Hutson, president of Tobacco As sociates, who is now in Europe, has been informed by E. Y. Floyd, Raleigh, secretary, of the refer endum’s success, a sterling tribute to the efforts of those who formed Tobacco Associates. The organization was set up by tobacco growers and dealers, fer tilizer manufacturers, warehouse men, merchants, bankers and oth ers interested in a prosperous ag ricultural economy. Need for the group was felt acute because of the decrease in exports of “The Bright Gold Leaf’’ in recent years. Last year 40 per cent of flue-cur ed tobacco grown in Southern States was shipped abroad. In or der to maintain and expand this market, which in 1946 returned $182,000,000 to North Carolina and $70,000,000 to South Carolina, Tobacco Associates will work here and abroad with government, ed ucational, and trade authorities. to Senator Umstead’s maiden floor speech in the Senate, in which he sounded a warning against the drastic House slashes in the Agricultural Appropriation Bill. Cooley, high-ranking mem FIRST TOBACCO First tobacco cured dur ing the , 1947 season was brought into the Record of fice this week by Waylon Finch, who barned tobacco July 8. The tobacco was a lemon yellow, and was as heavy as could be expected for this early in the year. Rocky Cross to Have Singing Rally Sunday A big Song Festival will be held at Rocky Cross Church six miles east of Zebulon on Sunday after noon, July 20, at 1:30 p.m. The singing will feature four of the best-known quartettes of North Carolina. Taking part in the festival will be the Friendly Four of Durham, the Frederick Trio of Goldsboro, the Royal Quartette of Smithfield, and the Woodall Quartette of Smithfield. These four groups took part in both the Benson and Wil son Conventions. Everyone is invited to attend. County Health Officer Quarantines All Dogs Because of Rabies Scare By Dr. A. C. Bulla County Health Officer Two years ago, July 1945, it be came apparent from State Labora tory of Hygiene reports that the number of cases of rabies in dogs was on the increase. At that time, I established quarantine covering part of Wake County. Following this, other cases of rabies in dogs were reported from other sections of the county, until the quarantine was extended from time to time and approximately two-thirds of the county was under quarantine. April 1. 1947, when the veterinar ians of the county established dis pensary points for the purpose of giving every dog owner an oppor Theo. Davis Sops, Telephone 2561 ber of the House Agricultural Committee, recently appeared be fore the Senate Subcommittee on farm appropriations to urge that the recent House reductions be re stored. Strong Flow Indicated By Bailing Operation In Preliminary Check Test pumps are checking the water supply on the third well drilled by Heater Well Company one block off Arendell Avenue. The first two wells were abandon ed by the operators when the pipe crimped at the 100-foot level af ter drilling had gone dowm over 150 feet. The test pumps on the third well will run for 24 hours to check the capacity and water level. The drillers are optimistic about the possibilities of the new well, ancf will know by tonight whether it is adequate to supply the town of Zebulon with water. Drilling on the third well was stopped at about 140 feet when the pipe began to warp from un derground pressure. Rather than risk losing the well altogether from continued drilling, work was stopped and the test pump install ed. . This well is only about 20 feet from the location of the test well drilled about three years ago. At that the town board was author (Continued on Page 8) tunity to have their dogs vaccin ated, to encourage the vaccina tion, I lifted the dog quarantine. Now it is again apparent that rabies in dogs is on the increase, quarantine has been established in Garner and Knightdale dis tricts. O.’Jy yesterday, I received a report from Mr. George Marsh burn and Mr. O. T. Louis of Route 1, Wendell, North Carolina that a dog ran mad in that section and was at large for three or four days. They believe at least one half of the dogs in that section were bitten. Only today, we re ceived laboratory reports of dogs’ heads being examined from Wake (Continued on Page 8)
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