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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 24, Number 39 **mNm§L pf |pP i '"’ ®|pp P '* jH^ifcWiaH^^^iMlwiß^ifewS^^. *>* IWWIL ■ :x**JJßr ■■ -iHfflinniir I Pi| ■• v v xvjfc k .•■-.•::^ :! > ißwwwßwar < " '■ ■■^C:^.^% A , ■ 'Mfekjfr .f, : ■ ■•'•: jf JP2?V .. s **l President Truman and other notables bow their heads while Pro testant, Catholic and Jewish chaplains say a prayer over the bodies of war dead, who were recently returned from European battlefields for reburial in Arlington Memorial Cemetery. Town Board Moves to Halt Local Parking Faults; Bell Permit Denied A vigorous campaign to combat speeding and violations of park ing regulations in Zebulon was begun by the town commissioners at their regular November meeting at the Zebulon municipal office on Frank Jeter to Speak To Local Farm Bureau Next Monday Night Frank Jeter, head of the State College Extension Service, will speak to the Zebulon Farm Bu reau at its regular membership meeting Monday night at 7:30 in the Wakelon School Auditorium, President E. H. Moser announced yesterday. Nominations for new officers will be held during the business session, and with over 400 mem berships already paid, Secretary D. D. Chartiblee stated that is is important that everyone attend. A definite date wil be set for the annual Farm Bureau barbe cue Monday night. Mr. Jeter, editor of the Exten sion News, has a daily program on! Radio Station WPTF. Bethesda Romps to 39-6 Victory Over Injury-Ridden Bulldog Team Crippled by injuries which side ’ lined five players, the Wakelon Bulldogs were overwhelmed by Bethesda at Durham last Friday in a six-man football game, 39-6. The fast breaking Bethesda sextet scored the first two times they had their hands on the ball to pile up an early 13-point lead in the open ing quarter. Wakelon scored in the second quarter. Massey took the Bethes da kickoff and bulled to the 30 yard line. On the next play S. G. Flowers passed to Jimmie Greene for the score. ~ Monday night. First step in the campaign is the purchase and erection of five highway signs stating the local speed limit at the city limits on the four high ways leading into town and on the road going to the Johnston County line south of Zebulon. Second step in the drive, which has already begun, is marking the parking lanes on each side; of Arendell Avenue in the busi ness zone. This work began early this week under the supervision of Town Clerk W. B. Hopkins*and Policeman Ray Gainey. As soon as they can be obtain- j ed, the signs will be fastened to telephone poles in the business zone reminding motorists of the parking regulations, and after the signs are posted, the police will be ordered by the Town Board to enforce the parking regulations of Zebulon. Southern Bell Telephone and (Continued on Page 5) Bethesda’s scores came on a sus tained 60-yard drive and a thrill- : ing 50-yard run in the first quar ter, an intercepted pass in the sec ond period, a 25 yard drive in the third, and a series of runs and a pass interception in the final pe riod. Powell scored three of the Bethesda touchdowns. Today Wakelon journeys to Bath, down on the coast, for a return game. Bath topped Wakelon in the Bulldogs’ opener, 24-12. Score by quarters: Wakelon 0 6 0 0— 6 Bethesda 13 7 6 13—39 Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 7, 1947 Chest Goal Not Yet Reached; Growers Discuss Weed Acreage Raleigh Meeting Held {Wednesday to Decide Size of tut in Tobacco Approximately 400 tobacco ' growers and other representatives from the weed industry from five Southern States met in Pullen Hall at State College, Wednesday to consider the advisability of re ducing marketing quotas for 1948 in view of the withdrawal of British leaf purchases. Charles E. Gage of Washington, D. C., chief of the tobacco division of the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, and his assistant, James E. Thigpen, reviewed conditions af fecting domestic consumption and the foreign trade. Both men said the nation’s flue cured tobacco growers face “se rious problems” and said they wanted the views of the growers and others connected with the industry as to the procedure to fol low in formulating quotas. In their report Gage and Thig pen said: “The total supply of flue-cured tobacco as of July 1, 1947, the beginning of the 1947-48 market : ing year, is 2,597 million pounds, consisting of stocks of 1,287 mil j lion pounds and estimated produc tion of 1,310 million pounds. Total supply as of July 1, 1946, was 2,- 499 million pounds and total sup ply as of July 1, 1945, was 2,300 million pounds. “Estimated domestic consump tion during the ten years 1937- 1946 averaged 534 million pounds. Domestic consumption shows a sharp upward trend for the first eight years of the ten-year period moving from about 279 million pounds at the beginning of the pe riod to about 696 million pounds in the eighth year of the ten-year period. Domestic consumption has averaged about 663 million pounds during the past two years. It is (Continued on Page 5) R. H. Brantley, Jr., Is Made Daily City Editor R. H. Brantley, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brantley of Zeb ulon, has recently been appoint ed acting city editor of the Dur ham Morning Herald, following the resignation of Fred Haney, who had been with the Herald for 23 years and who is now man aging editor of the Elizabeth City Advance. R. H. graduated from Wakplon School, and majored in journal ism at Wake Forest College, where hfe edited Old Gold and Black, student weekly. Following his graduation from Wake Forest, he went directly into newspaper work. BARBECUE The November meeting of the Cedric Harris Post No, 148 of the American Legion will be held Armistice night, Tuesday, November 11. A barbecue supper will be served, to which the public is invited. Tickets are on sale at Britt’s Grocery and R. B. Whitley & Son. I ipF M H JBh Dr. Ralph MacDonald, formerly a candidate for governor, has ac cepted chairmanship of the North Carolina March of Dimes for 1948. High School Students Entering N. C. Bankers 1948 Speech Contest High school students will again this year have an opportunity *to compete for a host of valuable prizes in the Soil Conservation Speaking Contest, it has been announced by J. Frank Doggett, in charge of Soil Conservation for the State College Extension Ser vice. Zebulon students should take advantage of this opportunity im mediately, the specialist declared. The contest, which is sponsor ed by the North Carolina Bank er’s Association in cooperation with agricultural workers, will be open to high school students in every county of the State, Mr. Doggett said. Last year students in only 45 counties were eligible and about 2,500 entered. This year more than 5,000 contestants are expected to’enter. Rules of the contest, according to Mr. Doggett, are as follows: All high school students, grades 9-12 (boys and girls rural and urban) are eligible to enter. Each ! contestant must write his or her speech, but may receive help fr'-'m any one or more source. The subject of the speech will | he “Soil Conservation and Its Re- to the Economy to North Carolina.” The contestant may narrow the subject by replacing the words “Soil Conservation” in the title with a practice most im no’-tant to his or her commun- 1 ity. (Continued on Page 5) . ' Several Wake Farmers Get Corn Yields of 100 Bushels Per Acre Approximately 60 to 70 farmers in Wake County are expected to produce over 100 bushels an acre in 1947 corn yield, County Farm Agent John L. Reitzel says in an nouncing a possible record crop. Six years ago there were no farmers in the County whose corn crop yielded a 100 bushels an acre crop, he said. During the past few weeks farm leaders have been making a spe cial effort to get production rec ords from farmers entered in the county three-to-one com contest. The contest closed May 1 for par- Theo. Davis Sons, Telephone 2561 Willie B. Hopkins Says Goal Not Yet Seventy Per Cent Attained With 27 per cent of the $135,- 072.79 goal still to be reached, the fourth report meeting of the Com munity Chest is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church, campaign headquarters. I Officials of the drive concur in the opinion that proper coverage of Raleigh and Wake County had not been obtained through the time of Monday’s report meeting, and announced at that time the extension of the drive to allow for more thorough solicitation. Through yesterday, Zebulon has j collected nearly $650 for the proj ect, Chairman W. B. Hopkins an nounced. One complete unit has reported over its quota so far. Colonel | Wyatt Taylor’s college unit report j ed 103 per cent through Monday’s report meeting. Other units haye reported as follows: Mrs. F. S. Smith, residential, 87 per cent; A. H. Graham, governmental, 85 per cent; R. C. Hoffman, Jr., special gifts, 82 per cent; John White, col lective, 55 per cent; W. Reid Martin, group, 49 per cent; and W. P. McPherson, county, 49 per cent. Two county towns, Millbrook and Cary, have reported over their quotas. Thirteen majors in Ra leigh have reported 100 per cent or over for their divisions. They include: residential, five; gov ernmental, one; college, five; group, one; and county, two. Corinne Bissette Gives Reading for Rotarians Corrinne Bissette, student at Bunn High School, entertained the Zebulon Rotary Club last Fri day night with an excellent read ing of Mark Twain’s story of an English colonel who, after being condemned to death by the Lord General, was saved by a last minute plea of his young daugh ter. This was Corinne’s second ap pearance before the club, her first being over a year ago when the Rotarians met with Dr. Mas sey in his home on Gannon Ave nue. , Applause was loud and long when Corinne finished her recita tion. President Ralph Talton ex pressed the hope of the club that her next visit will be soon. ticipants who expected to have a yield of at least 62 bushels of com an acre and all»entrants will be invited to a banquet to be given in November. However, officials are particu larly interested in getting as near as possible an accurate record of all Wake farmers producing 100 bushels of corn an acre, whether they are entered in the contest or not. Persons who qualify on these grounds are asked to contact Reit zel’s office in the old Rex Hospital (Continued on Page 5)
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