THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 24. Number 35
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Pictured are the fields of the Purina Mills feed farm near
St. Louis, Missouri, which were visited recently by Eldred Rountree
of Massey's Hatchery. The local man was the guest of the Missouri
concern at a sales conference two weeks ago, and saw demonstrations
of new methods of caring for poultry and livestock.
Carload of Beef Cattle to Be
Sold Local Farmers This Fall
A carload of young heifers and steers will be shipped to
Zebulon this fall for sale to local farmers, Rob Sawyer, chair
man of the Beef Promotion Committee of the Chamber of Com-
merce, announced last night.
Willie B. Hopkins Is
Local Rotary Speaker;
Discusses Town Service
Willie B. Hopkins spoke to a
full house of Zebulon Rotarians
Friday night, choosing as his
subject “Community Service.”
Willie B. is community service
chairman for the club, and knew
from experience what main points
should be brought out in his talk.
The Zebulon Boy Scout troop,
which is sponsored by the Rotary
Club, was lauded by the speaker
for the good work it is doing
among the boys in and around
Zebulon. He chided the Rotari
ans, however, on their failure to
work for the new hut for the
troop.
A list of the various campaigns
and drives sponsored by the club
was named by the speaker, in
cluding the community chest.
George S. Ferrell
Is Made Sergeant
George S. Ferrell, 28, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Buyrtie S. Ferrell,
route 3, Zebulon, N. C., was pro
moted to sergeant recently at 15th
Air Force headquarters, Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Enlisting in the air force in May
1942, Ferrell graduated from the
Altitude Training school, Topeka,
Kans. and later served as an in
structor of high altitude procedure
for air crews at Salina, Kans.
Ferrell was discharged in Jan
uary 1946 and he reenlisted last
March for duty at 15th Air Force
headquarters.
Zebulon Community Chest Drive
To Begin Next Week, Says Hopkins
The drive for funds for the
Community Chest will shift into
high gear next week, Willie B.
Hopkins, local chairman, an
nounced today. Assistants and
solicitors will be appointed this
week and complete plans laid to
night for canvassing the town
next week.
The Community Chest funds
are divided among fourteen or
ganizations, combining the plea
for contributions into one united
effort. In this community, the
The feeders will be sold at cost
to farmers, who in turn will be
asked to keep them until fall of
1948. The heifers, according to
County Agent Reitzel, will
prove more profitable if kept for
breeding purposes, and their pur
chasers will be urged to use them
as a foundation for large herds
of beef cattle.
Mr. Reitzel stated yesterday
that he expects to attend a meet
ing of the Beef Promotion Com
mittee tonight in the Theo. Da
vis Sons Building, at which time
plans will be made for financing
the project, and reselling the cat
tle from the car.
The sale of these feeders will
not be restricted to Wake County,
the county agent said.
Samaria to Have Song
Festival on October 19
The Samaria Baptist Church
Song Festival will be held on the
third Sunday afternoon, October
19, at 1:00 on the church grounds
on highway 95, six miles each of
Zebulon, L. A. Hagwood, festival
chairman, announced today. The
festival will feature outstanding
quartettes, many of who sang in
the Wilson and Benson Conven
tions.
To accommodate the large
crowds expected, an amplifier will
be installed with loud speakers
both inside and outside the church.
The Royal and Woodall quar
tettes of Smithfield and the
Friendly Four of Durham have
already promised to participate,
and groups from other towns are
planning to enter the competition.
Boy Scouts are the main organ
ization receiving Red Feather aid.
The local chairman asked that
when a solicitor calls upon the
people in Zebulon, they respond
with a generous contribution. All
the work done by local people is
altogether voluntary.
Goal for the local drive had not
been announced by Raleigh this
morning, but Willie B. expected to
contact them today for full infor
mation on Zebulon’s part in the
drive.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October 10, 1947
County School Officials Hold Fall
Meeting at Wakelon Yesterday
Large Premium List
Published for Fair;
Half-Holiday Tuesday
Premiums to be awarded for
winning exhibits at North Caro
lina’s State Fair will total nearly
$25,000 and will be limited strict
ly to Tar Heel exhibitors, Dr. J.
S. Dorton, director of the fair,
has announced.
Last year most Zebulon farm
ers did not enter any of the fields
open to them, although some
prizes were taken locally for to
bacco and swine. The Wakelon
School booth at the fair, which
comprised pictures of the federal
lunchroom project made by Bar
rie Davis, won a SSO prize.
Total premiums, setting a new
high record, will be about $6,000
above the $19,000 offered at the
1946 exposition. This year’s fair
is scheduled for October 14-18.
At the school committee meet
ing last night it was decided to
give a half-holiday Tuesday at
Wakelon School in order that stu
dents may take advantage of free
tickets to the fair.
Principal Fred Smith said that
school will end at 12:30 Tuesday.
The fair tickets are now in his
office.
PTA Executive Board
Meets with President
To Discuss Year's Plans
Work toward bringing the labo
ratory equipment of the science
department of Wakelon School up
to the desired standard was be
gun Tuesday night when the exe
cutive meeting of the Wakelon Pa
rent-Teacher Association tenta
tively chose the purchase of
S3OO worth of laboratory equip
ments as the objective of the
group for this school year. The
meeting was held in the home of
the P-TA president, Mrs. Jack
Mitchell, at Glory.
The budget for the coming year
was set up to include this pur
chase, along with Venetian blinds
for the windows of the Home Ec
onomics department and financial
assistance for first aid rooms for
both the elementary and high
school buildings.
The report of the treasurer,
Mrs. R. Vance Brown, was sub
mitted to the executive board,
showing $250.81 in the treasury.
At the opening of school last
year, the Associ%tion was in debt
S6O.
At the request of Mrs. Ida Hall,
county health nurse, the board de
cided to recommend at the first
membership meeting that the As
sociation obtain five dozen “night
ingales” for the use in the pre
school clinic.
Attending the meeting with
Mrs. Mitchell were Mrs. F. L.
Page, Miss Mary Lacy Palmer,
Miss Rebekah Talbert, and IVfar
lin Quick of the Wakelon facul
ty, Mrs. A. S. Draughon, and Bar
rie Davis.
First membership meeting will
be held October 21, Mrs. Mitchell
announced. A membership drive,
headed by Miss Talbert, will be
conducted through the school chil
dren until that time. Dues this
year are fifty cents.
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Dr. D. B, Bryan, dean of
Wake Forest College, and chair
man of the Wake County Board
of Education, who served as
toastmaster at the banquet of the
members of Wake district school
committees at Wakelon School last
night.
Wake Farmers Urged
To Take Advantage
Os Government Seed
In an effort to encourage farm
ers to seed permanent pastures,
the Wake County AAA Committee
has worked out an agreement
where farmers can get pasture
seed on grant of aid. Under this
system the farmers will have to
pay only a small part of the cost
of seed. Ladino clover can be
secured through the AAA Office
at a cost to the farmer of 55 cents
per pound, while the government
pays $1.60. Orchard grass will
cost the farmer 11 cents per pound
and the government 15 cents.
Red top grass will cost the farm
er 6 cents and the government 20
cents.
Farmers are urged to take ad
vantage of these pasture seed at
once. Pastures should not be
seeded later than October 30.
Supper to Be Served
From Pearce School
Supper will be served as usual
at the Pearce school building Sat
urday night, 6-7 o’clock.
The plates will consist of bar
becue, slaw, stew, coffee and
cake. Price 75c. All proceeds go
for the church building fund.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Larby
Perry, Mrs. Henry Kearney Bak
er and Mrs. Otha Upchurch and
Mrs. Melvin Pearce.
Annual Harvest Days to Be Held
At Watkins Chapel, Hales Chapel
Hales Chapel Church will have
their Harvest Day Dinner con
sisting of basket lunches, barbe
cue and other good things to eat.
The public is cordially invited
Thursday, October 16.
The annual Harvest Day Sale
will be observed, in the Watkins
Chapel Baptist Church, Emit, on
Friday, October 24th. The Service
of Worship and Dedication will
begin at 11 a. m. in the church,
with all former members and
Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Discussion Meetings,
Banquet Held at Local
School in Afternoon
Wakelon School was host yes
terday to approximate 75 mem
bers of district school committees
of Wake County, when the school
board members met at 6:00 p.m.
for forum discussions and held a
banquet meeting at 7:15 p. m. in
the school cafeteria.
Members of the Zebulon school
board met with their colleagues
from Wendell and vVake Forest,
and discussed major problems
facing all three schools. Solutions
to the problems, chief of which
was absenteeism in the farm har
vest season by the individual
schools were discussed. Following
these group meetings, a combined
session was held in the school au
ditorium with County Superin
tendent Randolph Benton presid
ing, and recommendations were
made by the recorders of each
group meeting.
At the banquet, which was serv
ed in the cafeteria by Mrs. Dew
ey Massey and her lunchroom as
sistants, Dr. D. B. Bryan acted
as toastmaster, and thanked loc
al school patrons for their hospi
tality. He recognized other mem
bers of the Wake County Board
of Education, including John
Park, editor of The Raleig i Times;
C. V. Whitley of Zebulon; and Tom
Banks of Garner, district com
mander of the American Legion.
Wakelon’s participants in the
fall school meeting included W.
G. Temple, H. C. Wade, J. P. Gay,
C. S. Chamblee, Ferd Davis, and
Principal Fred Smith.
McMillan and Pickens
To Speak to Legion
Two excellent speakers, R. L.
McMillan and Wiley Pickens of
Raleigh, have been obtained for
the Ladies Night of the local
American Legion Post Monday,
October 20, according to Phil
Whitley, program chairman.
McMillan is well known to lo
cal veterans, having consistent
ly taken a prominent part in Le
gion activities. Pickens is the
executive vice-commander of the
State Department of the Legion
A chicken barbecue supper will
be served to members attending
the meeting at the Legion Hut,
Phil Bunn said yesterday. The
supper meeting is scheduled to be
gin at 7:00 p. m., with the busi
ness meeting following.
friends of the church invited to
come and worship with us. A
sumptuous dinner of * barbecue,
fried chicken, and all the trim,
mings will be served at 12:15. The
Harvest Sale will begin at 1:00
p. m. Members of the church
will bring the very best of their
produce, meats, canned goods,
needlework, livestock, and such
like, and it will be sold at auc
tion. The public is invited to at
tend.
Tom M. Freeman, supply pastor