THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 24, Number 37
CARLOAD OF CATTLE HERE
The carload of beef cattle ordered by the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce for resale to local farmers arrived
at the local Norfolk Southern depot yesterday, and was un
loaded in the afternoon. The cattle are now housed in the
Chamble© stables.
Each farmer who agreed to take a heifer or a steer is
requested by President C. V. Whitley to pick up his animal
as soon as possible. According to County Agent J. L. Reit
zel and Instructor Ed Ellington, this carload of beef cattle
is as fine as has ever been shipped to Wake County.
Commissioner of Agriculture Cites
Higher Local Production of Cotton
By KERR SCOTT, Commissioner of Agriculture
North Carolina experienced an unusually favorable crop season
during 1947, considering the State as a whole, the Federal-State Crop
Reporting Service has reported.
The State has produced record yields of wheat, barley and rye.
Two Zebulon Boys,
Negro Driver Injured
In Crash Yesterday
Five persons were sent to Ra
leigh hospitals yesterday after
noon as a result of a collision be
tween Zebulon and Little River
on Highway 64 between a log
truck belonging to Massey Lum
ber Company and a large tractor
and semi-trailer truck traveling
east from Wendell. Both vehicles
suffered very heavy damage, the
Massey truck having its cab al
most completely flattened by the
impact.
The wreck occurred when the
large truck coming east was forc
ed to slow up suddenly as an au
tomobile cut sharply in front of
it as it was meeting the Massey
truck. The trailer jack-knifed
across the highway in front of the
Massey truck, which plowed into
it.
Injured in the log truck were
Otha High (colored), driver, who
was seriously hurt, and George
Riggsbee Massey, Jr., and K. D.
Lloyd, Jr. George lost three front
teeth, his right eye was badly cut,
his legs were cut, and he was se
verely bruised. K. D. suffered
from cuts and bruises, but is ex
pected home from the hospital in
a few days. None of the occu
pants of the log truck had bones
broken.
Both occupants of the other
truck were badly hurt, but their
condition or names could not be
learned last night.
The lumber company truck was
on its way for a load of hay, to be
used last night for a Sunday
School class hay ride. Both
George and K. D. were members
of the class, which is taught by
Mr. Preston Smith.
The name of the driver of the
automobile which was the direct
cause of the wreck could not be
nearned, and reports are that the
car didn’t stop.
The cab of Massey truck is
so badly crushed thiit it is a mir
acle anyone in it could have sur
vived. But members of the Sun
day School class who visited Rex
Hospital last night reported lhat
K. D. Lloyd is sitting up in bed,
and George Riggsbee was resting
as comfortably as could have been
expected.
Methodist Church
Sunday School 10 A.M.
Morning Worship 11 A.M. Ser
mon topic: “Living In the Su
perlative Degree.”
Charles E. Vale, Pastor.
~ In addition, current prospects are
quite favorable for record yields
of corn and sweet potatoes, and
above-average yields from most
other crops. The season has va
ried greatly from one end of the
State to the other, but, all in all,
crops have not suffered seriously
except in scattered localities, the
report stated.
The October 1 estimate of the
. flue-cured tobacco crop was 382,-
520,000 pounds, slightly less than
the forecast one month earlier.
. Such a production is three per
’ cent under last year’s crop of 912,-
970,000 pounds, but 48 per cent
greater than the 10-year (1936-45)
average production.
Yield per acre was placed at
, 1,088 pounds, which is four per
cent less than last year when an
average of 1,138 pounds per acre
> was harvested. The crop got off
to a late start in the spring, and
marketings have been later than
usual.
, Prospects for the burley crop
improved during the month, apd
, yield per acre now is expected to
, be 1,530 pounds, compared with
1,475 pounds last year. Total pro
duction is expected to be 15,300,-
000 pounds.
THAT PUZZLE
The electrical crossword
puzzle in last week’s Record
attracted much interest, but
only two correct answers.
The winners of a dollar bill
each for correctly solving
the puzzle are Mrs. R. H.
Brantley, Sr., of Zebuloji, and
Bynum Shaw, editor of Old
Gold and Black, Wake Forest
College student newspaper.
Mrs . Ben Lawrence
Speaks to Local Club
The Zebulon Woman’s Club met
; Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 in the
i Club House. Mrs. A. R. House,
I chairman of the music department
of the club, presented Mrs. L. M.
i Massey, who gave three lovely vo
cal selections, accompanied by
Charles Horton at the piano.
Mrs. Charles Flowers, chairman
of the fine arts department, pre
; sented the guest speaker for the
, afternoon, Mrs. B. J. Lawrence of
; Raleigh. Mrs. Lawrence chose as
her topic “Antique China,” and
presented it in a most charming
manner.
She began her talk with the
clay dishes used by the primitive
Indians, leading up to the present
. day china and glass. She illus
. trated her message for the differ
ent periods with rare and valuable
pieces from her own collection.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October 24, 1947
State Poland China Association
To Have Showing Here Dec. 12
Early Moser Speaks
To District Rotarians
On Service to Clubs
Early Moser, speaking before an
assembly of Zebulon Rotarians and
visiting Community Service Com
mittee Chairmen from other clubs
in the Rotary District, gave an
inspirational message which drew
rounds of applause. District Gov
ernor Vic Huggins, also present
for the meeting, complimented
Early on his talk and the way he
put it over.
The Community Service Chair
men were here for a combined
meeting Friday afternoon when
the district governor briefed them
on the work required of them as
club officers.
New Rotarians Haywood Jones
and Gilmer Parrish were both
present, making attendance almost
perfect. Governor Vic announced
that the high record of attendance
set by the Zebulon club was the
reason he selected Zebulon as the
place for the meeting of the chair
men.
The district governor also took
the floor to shower praise on the
Rotary Anns for the wonderful
work they are doing in preparing
meals for the club. Zebulon is the
only club where this is done, and
since the wives of the Rotarians
took over the Friday evening task
of feeding the group, the Rotary
bank account has grown consider
ably.
President Ralph Talton presided
over the meeting.
Wakelon PTA Holds
October Meeting
The Parent Teachers Association
met Monday night in the Wakelon
School auditorium. A brief busi
ness session was held, and it was
decided that all meetings should
be limited to one hour. All par
ents were urged to cooperate not
only by attending, but also by be
ing on time.
Vester . Brantley was elected
vice-president of the organization,
and will serve as program chair
man for the remainder of the
meetings.
Mrs. Edison Wood was elected
chairman of the Magazine com
mittee.
A brief talk by Principal Fred
Smith stressed the need of train
ing our children to become better
citizens.
After the business meeting, a
social hour was held in the Home
Economics building. .
Pearce Church Will
Serve Saturday Meal
Barbecue will feature the week
ly supper held at Pearces School
this Saturday at 4:00. Proceeds
from the meals are being used
for the church building fund.
Besides barbecue, there will be
potato salad, slaw, dessert and
coffee. Hostesses are Mesdames
L. E. Privette, Irwin Ray, Fred
Ray, and Delmas Strickland.
The Middlesex Junior class will
present the humorous play “Dea
con Dubbs” at Middlesex High
School on October 24th at 8 P.M.
Mrs. David Francis Blakeman, of
Washington, D. C., the former Miss
Janet Massey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Oren D. Massey of Zebulon.)
WAKELON SCHOOL
TO GET TOMATOES
WITHOUT CHARGE
North Carolina school lunch
rooms, which only a few days ago
received a donation of nearly a (
third of a million pounds of dried!
eggs to enhance noonday menus,
have been notified by the State
Department of Agriculture of an
other contribution to winter diets
—l6 carloads of canned tomatoes.
The new food contribution tc the
school lunch program, disclosed
here by Fred Smith, principal of
Wakelon School, marks another
step in the Federal government’s
policy of fostering high nutrition
al standards children
of the State.
The canned tomatoes, he ex
plained, were purchased by the
USDA with funds provided under
the National# School Lunch Act,
and are being distributed to
lunchrooms throughout the nation
on the basis of school population
and participation in the lunch
program. The allocation to North
Carolina schools totals 518,400 No.
21/ 2 cans (21,600 cases).
“The.high vitamin C content of
these tomatoes,” Smith said, "will
make them a welcome addition to |
our lunch menus during the \
months when fresh fruits and
vegetables are not so readily
available.
SCRAP PAPER
The Zebulon Woman’s Club
will hold its fall scrap paper
drive next Friday afternoon,
October 31, Mrs. F. L. Page,
club president, said yester
day.
Mrs. Page requests all lo
cal residents having scrap
paper to give the club to
place the bundles on their «
porches. In the event of
rain, the collection will be
postponed one week to Fri
day, November 7.
Baptist Church
10:00, Sunday School.
11:00, Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “A Christian Sense of
Values.”
6:30, B. T. U.
7:30, Evening Worship. Ser
mon: “The Threat of Loneliness.”
8:30, Youth Fellowship.
Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561
Fall Exhibition, Sale
To Be Held at Barn
Os Chamber President
The fall showing of the North
Carolina Poland China Associa
tion, sponsored by the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce, will be
held in Zebulon on Friday, De
cember 12, P. M. Horton, Zebulon
Route 4, vice president of the state
organization, announced yester
day.
Scene of the first local showing
of hogs on a state and nationwide
basis will be the stables of C. V.
Whitley, president of the local
commerce group, behind his home
on Gannon Avenue. Buyers from
al lover the United States are ex
pected to attend the sale.
Prize offering of the sale will
be a group of gilts bred to a boar
recently purchased by Horton.
The father of the boar, a cham
pion. sold recently for SIOSO, and
the boar’s grandfather, a grand
champion, sold for over SB,OOO.
Officials of the state Poland
China group, including President
Walter Kirby, have expressed sat
isfaction with the plans of the
Chamber of Commerce. At pres
ent the two groups are at work on
a catalogue and a program, which
will be announced next week. *
American Legion Has
Annual Ladies Night
Members of the Cedric Harris
Post of the American Legion and
their wives gathered at the Hut on
Highway 64 last Monday night
for a barbecue supper in connec
tion with Ladies Night. Colonel
Wiley Pickens, executive vice
commander of the North Carolina
Department of the Legion, was the
principal speaker.
“The strength of the Legion lies
not in the large conventions and
gatherings,” Colonel Pickens said,
“but in the small posts such as the
Wendell-Zebulon unit. Without
these units, we could not serve as
a force for the betterment of our
veterans and our country.”
Pickens was introduced by
Philip Whitley of Wendell, who
served as toastmaster. Post Com
mander Ferd Davis presided.
Hallowe'en Party Is
Planned by School
The annual Wakelon Halloween
Carnival will be* held Thursday
night, October 30, at 7:30 in the
Wakelon High School auditorium.
In addition to the usual ghosts
and goblins that haunt the atmos
phere on that night, a program
sure to please everyone will be *
presented on the stage.
Fruit Crop Prospects
Are Rated as Good
The 1947 North Carolina pecarr
crop is estimated at 2,338,006
pounds, 74 per cent greater than
the short crop of 1,344,000 pounds
harvested last year.
Prospects for commercial apple
production in North Carolina de
clined about seven per cent during
September, with the October 1 es
timate now placing production at
800,000 bushels. This i 3 about 36
per cent under the 1946 harvest of
1,248,000 bushels.