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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 24 Number 41 Pictured is petite Carolyn Hinton, daughter of Mrs. Avon Hinton of Zebulon and the late Mr. Hinton. Carolyn was the primary grades winner in the recent popularity contest at Wakelon School. Pictures of other winners will be published next week. Wake County Farm Bureau Membership Drive Extended L. A. Doub, Wake County Chairman of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Membership Campaign, has announced that because of the lateness of crops and generally unsettled conditions among farmers the county membership drive has been extended through today. —— [ “This year, more than ever, it is Local Basketball Teams Continue Practice; Plan To Begin Play Dec. 12 Wakelon’s basketball teams are going through daily practice pre paring for their first scheduled games Friday, December 12. The girls, under the coaching of Prin cipal Fred Smith, work out in the afternoon, and the boys prac tice each night under Coach Mar lin Quick. Both the boys and girls will be given a short vacation during the Thanksgiving holidays, but will return to intensive practice- next week. The reorganized Zebulon All- Stars worked out Tuesday night, bolstered by Baxter Hopkins and Elmo Finch. The group chose red and white as the color for their uniforms for this season. The unit will be coached by Rev. Carlton Mitchell, local Baptist pastor. Times Foreign Correspondent to Be Speaker at Baptist Sunday School E. C. Daniel, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Daniel of Zebu lon, will address the Bara Class of the Zebulon Baptist Cl ch on Sunday morning, November 30, class members said yesterday. Daniel, who formerly edited a daily newspaper in Dunn, is a cor respondent with The New York Times. His most recent assign ment has been that of reporting levelopments in the undeclared .var between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. Before becoming a member of vitally important that the cam paign go ‘over the top’,” Doub said. “And if the 2,784 quota for Wake County and the individual quotas of all other counties are reached, the future of the State’s agriculture will be made definitely more se cure. “Nurth Carolina farmers have a big stake in the future of the na tion’s agriculture, for 66 per cent of the flue-cured tobacco grown in the country is produced by Tar Heel farmers. In addition, pea nuts and cotton are important cash crops, and every farmer has a stake in the production of poultry, livestock, milk, fruit and vege tables, and other crops.” Membership Committeemen are: E. H. Moser, Zebulon; Graham Bunn, Zebulon, Route 3; Paul Brantley, Wendell; N. F. Rans dell, Varina; Jeff Jordan, Raleigh, Route 3; Blaney Franks, Raleigh, Route 4; Willard Faison, Raleigh, Route 2; Hermon Pearce, Wake Forest, Route 2. the Times overseas staff, he was London correspondent for the As sociated Press. Daniel is a graduate of the Un iversity of North Carolina, where he was a staff member of the Daily Tar Heel, campus newspa per. During his stay at Chapel Hill he wrote a column for the Record which he called “The Hometown Newspaper.” The public is invited to hear his address Sunday morning. C. V. Whitley is the regular teacher of the Baraca Class. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 28,1947 Chamber Completes Show Plans; Book Campaign to Be Statewide Northern Auctioneer, Magazine Editor Plan To Attend Local Sale Plans for the North Carolina Poland China Breeders Show and Sale, to be held in Zebulon Fri day, December 12 < are complete, President C. V. Whitley of the local Chamber of Commerce, the sponsoring organization, announc ed yesterday. The sale, which will offer reg istered Poland China stock only, will begin at 1:00 p.m., and will include ten boars, ten open gilts, and thirty bred gilts. Inspection of offered hogs may be made from 10:00 a.m. until sale time. “We expect to have the finest hog show of any type in the state this year,” the local president de clared. “We have obtained the na tion’s best auctioneer Col. H. S. » Duncan, and we expect to have at auction hogs representing the top blood lines of the breed, which will be consigned from the best herds in North Carolina.” Officials of the hog association were equally optimistic about the success of the auction, which will include the December sale of P. M. Horton of Zebulon Route 4, operator of Fall Branch Poland China Farm west of Little River. Walter Kirby of Kenly, presi dent of the association, stated that attendance of out-of-state buyers will probably be heavy. “Walter R. Evans, editor of the Poland China World, will attend the sale ” Kirby said Monday, “and his presence at the sale will add to the sale’s prestige. He will enter bids for lowa hog breeders unable to attend the show.” The sale will be held in C. V. Whitley’s barn behind his home on Gannon Avenue. Chicken bar becue, prepared by Loomis Car penter, will be sold on the grounds by the Chamber of Commerce, under the supervision of Mayor R. H. Bridgers. Sale catalogues are now in pro duction at the Theo. Davis Sons prntshop, and will be off the press early next week. Local Girl on Honor List at Bristol School Miss Judith Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Robertson, of Zebulon, North Carolina, was among those who attained the Dean’s list at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia, for the first quarter, Miss Marguerite Pflug announced. Requirements for this honor are an A on at least three full-time subjects, no grade ! below B on academic work, and A j on citizenship. Mr. and Mrs. James Pulley of ! Zebulon visited the Natural Bridge of Virginia this week. - ■ -- - Fertilizer Salesman Opens New Office Ed Hales, local representative of the Smith-Douglass Fertilizer Co., has moved into the building between the Wakelon Drug Store and Creech’s Radio Shop, where he will maintain his office. The building was formerly oc cupied by the Marshbourn law offices. thane McDonald The Wake Forest College Glee Club and Little Symphony Or chestra, under the direction of Conductor McDonald will present “The Messiah” in the Wendell School auditorium on December 7, Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. j Local Man of the Year To Be Selected for '47 By Record Subscribers Zebulon’s “Man of the Year” will be selected next month by readers of the Zebulon Record and the person honored by being nam ed the community’s leading citi j zen will be announced in the Jan ! uary 2 edition of the paper. Last year R. F. Lowry, then principal of Wakelon School, was Man of ! the Year, and Robert Ed Horton, vice-president of the Zebulon Farm Bureau, was runner-up. The man of the year will be se lected for his work in church, civic, and community life in this community, and any resident of Zebulon and the Wakelon School district is eligible for the dis tinction. Each week through December a ballot will be printed in the Zeb ulon Record which may be mail ed to the paper. Only those bal lots received by mail will be counted. The 1946 nominee, R. F. Lowry, is now county superintendent of Washington County Schools, tak ing the position last summer. He served as superintendent of Wake lon Schools for three years. Un der his supervision a complete ath letic program was again started for both boys and girls at Wake lon, after they had been dropped during the war years. The lunch room was completely renovated (Continued on Page 2) New Drug Store on Main Street Now Open; Business Hours Given The Wakelon Drug Company an nounced its opening this week j with a complete line of drug sup plies, fountain service, and prices styled to agree with # the demands of thrifty shoppers. W. H. Creech, president of the new company, an nounced this week that “We are in Zebulon to stay, and it is our desire to make friends of the peo ple here by making quality and service a rule.” The new store has a brightly painted interior, set off by an abundance of lights. The outside Theo. Davis Sons, Publisher: Success of Campaign In Wake County Trial Leads to Enlargement North Carolina newspapermen and educators, meeting in the N. C. House of Representatives hall Tuesday afternoon, voted unani mously to back a statewide cam paign to collect books for the schoolchildren of occupied Europe. The vote came after backers of the recent successful campaign in Wake County told of the recep tion ihe drive had met. The state campaign, it was decided some weeks ago, would be undertaken only if the Waki County drive proved a success. A welcome to the meeting was extended by Governor R. Gregg Cherry, after which County Sup erintendent of Schools Benton presented Dr. Clyde Erwin and J. A. Park, who spoke briefly on the need of literature for bookless European children. Josephus Dan iels of Raleigh, editor of The News and Observer, spoke a plea for universal support of the drive. The balance of the program was made up of remarks on mechanics of the drive by members of the county comittee, beginning with County Chairman Ferd Davis. Wakelon School led all schools in Wake County, including the en tire Raleigh system, in collection of books and magazines in last month’s campaign. Principal Fred Smith directed the local drive. The Wakelon and Wendell units together collected approximately the same number of books and magazines as did all the other schools in the county, including 41 rural units plus Raleigh. Last Pearces Supper Tomorrow Evening The last of a series of suppers that have been sponsored by the women of Pearce Church, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 5 until 7 o’clock. This meal will be served cafeteria style, you will find everything on a picnic table, along with barbecue and bruns wiek stew. We appreciate your presence at our suppers and hope you can come to this, our final one. Following the supper: The Pearce Community requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Jarvis Perry Buttercup to Mr. Wilbur Gay DooLittle a son of the Rosenburg Community | *s lighted by a large neon sign. Personnel includes Dr. E. N. Booker, C. T. Young, and M. H. Hamm. All have had many years experience in the drug business. Mr. Creech stated that the Wakelon Drug Company will have delivery service as soon as a boy can be hired for the job. Store hours will be from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. “We hope to make our place a rendezvous for after the show,” said Mr. Creech. “We have a complete soda fountain and plenty of booths.”
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