THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 24. Number 42
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“30” is the way linotype operators traditionally sign off when
they complete a job. Staley Denton set his last piece of copy last
Friday night, and Tuesday morning wrote “30” for keeps.
TOWNSHIP AAA COMMITTEES
WILL BE ELECTED TOMORROW
Farm owners, operators, tenants and sharecroppers of Little
River Township will go to the polls tomorrow along with the rest
of rural Wake County to elect their Agricultural Conservation
Community Committeemen and delegates to the county conven-
Miik Income Grows;
Local Prices Steady
Tar Heel farmers are now re
ceiving the highest cash income
from milk in the history of the
State, and 1947 returns are ex
pected to exceed, by a substan
tial amount, the 1946 record
breaking total of $29,574,000, says
J. A. Arey, in charge of Dairying
for the State College Extension
Service.
Milk prices in Zebulon have not
advanced recently, however, re
maining at 18 cents a quart and
10 cents a pint.
The growing importance of the
milk industry to the State’s Econ
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Committee Is Appointed to Select
Local Veterans for Farm Training
A five-man advisory committee, set up to decide which of
the community’s veterans will be allowed to continue their agri
cultural training at Wakelon School under the G.l. Bill of Rights,
was selected Monday by the Wake
County Board of Education.
The screening committee is nec
essary, officials of the Veterans
Administration say, because of the
large number of veterans seeking
training here under Ed Ellington,
Wakelon agriculture teacher. Ex
isting facilities will not permit the
- tion for the purpose of electing
the members of the Wake County
Agricultural Con: ervation Com
mittee.
Any person who participated in
the 1947 Agricultural Program or
who had a contract with the Fed
eral Crop Insurance Corporation is
eligible to vote in the election to
morrow.
At each voting place there will
be a nominating meeting begin
ning at 8:30 a.m., and the ballot
ing will begin immediately after
the completion of the nominating
meeting. All eligible voters are
urged to participate in this elec
tion in their respective areas.
Poll hours tomorrow are from
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting places
are Little River A, Hopkins Cross
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acceptance of all applicants.
Members of the local committee
are R. H. Bridgers, mayor of ±.eb
ulon; Fred Smith, principal of
Wakelon School; Graham Bunn,
Farm Bureau officer; Joe Tippett,
local farmer; and Ferd Davis, ed
itor of The Zehulou Record.
Zebulon, N. C. Friday, December 5, 1947
CATALOGS FOR POLAND CHINA SHOW
NOW AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCE UNIT
Large Crowd Expected
To Attend Zebu lon's
Hog Show and Sale
Catalogs for the first annual
show and sale of the N. C. Poland
China Breeders Association, to be
held in Zebulon next Friday, Dec
ember 12, are off the press, and
can be obtained at the Record of
fice or at Whitley Furniture Co.,
Chamber of Commerce President
C. V. Whitley said yesterday.
The catalogs, which carry a rec
ord of each boar or gilt listed for
sale, were financed by advertise
ments given by members of the
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce.
A large crowd is expected to at
tend the show, which will be held
at C. V. Whitley s barn, at 1:00
p.m. Inspection of stock begins at
10:00 a.m.
Chicken barbecue will be sold
on the grounds by the Chamber
of Commerce. Soft drinks and
sandwiches will also be available.
Revue Is Scheduled
By Mrs. H. C. Wade
Mrs. H. C. Wade will present
her pupils in a dance revue,
Thursday night, December 11, at
seven o’clock in the Wakelon
School Auditorium.
Mrs. Wade started her danc
ing class on October 2. All of her
pupils are taking dancing for the
first time, and this is their first
public appearance.
Presented in the revue will be:
Betsy Allen, Joan Allen, Emma
Kay Dawson, Mimi Dawson, Har
riet Page, Brenda Bunn, Connie
Hepler, Betsy Rountree, Phyllis
Braswell, Kay Pippin.
Betsy Brantley, Patricia Brant
ley,, Patricia Murray, Ann Hop
kins, Jackie Mitchell, Carolyn
Hinton, Dottie Privette, Jennie
Watkins, Judy Manning, Janet
Upchurch, W. G. Griswold, Gard
ner Temple, Larry Page, Vaughn
Wade, David Alford, and Cordell
Page.
Joellen Gill, Faye Gill, Linda
Bridgers, Jo Ann Jones, Juana
Joy Mitchell, Jean Robertson,
Ann Upchurch, Jean Bunn, Rod
ney Bell, Charles Allen Weathers
by, Cloid Wade, and Gayle Priv
ette.
Local Pastor Leads
Team to 48-22 Win
The newly organized Zebulon
town team, coached by Rev. Carl
ton Mitchell, was slow starting
Wednesday night but got on the
move in the second quarter to
trample Wendell High School, 48-
22, in a basketball game played
on the Wendell court. The Zeb
ulon quint trailed at the end of
the first quarter, 5-1, but began
clicking midway of the second
quarter to take a half-time lead
of 22-12.
Hardin Hinton led the scoring
for Zebulon with 15 points, fol
lowed by Mitchell with 13, and
Hilliard Greene with 12. For
Wendell, Marvin Pearce scored 10
and Royce Richardson 0.
This was the Zebulon team’s
first game, and both Wendell and
Zebulon substituted freely
throughout the game.
A game with the Wendell All-
Stars has been tentatively sched
uled for Friday night, December
12, if the Wakelon gymnasium is
not in use for any other purpose
that night. Starting time will be
8:00.
Home Agent
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Mrs. Maude Mclnnis, recently
cited by the state extension ser
vice for her work as Wake County
Home Demonstration Agent.
Mrs. Mclnnis is well known in
Zebulon, having served the Wake
field Home Demonstration Club
in an advisory capacity since its
beginning.
Attempt to Sabotage
Wells Unsuccessful;
Will Be in Use Soon
Zebulon will be using well wa
ter within 30 days, Mayor R. H.
Bridgers announced last Monday
night. Pumps will draw water
from three deep wells, so pure
that it will be pumped directly
into the water mains with no fil
tering required.
Mayor Bridgers said he had al
ready installed pumps on two of
the wells, and they are ready to
begin work except for missing
motors. The motors are expected
next week.
Trouble developed for the May
or when he attempted first instal
lation of the pumps. Some one
had dropped three feet of brick
in the first well and over seven
feet of brick in the second. Be
fore the pumps could be set, May
or Bridgers had to call Heater
Well Company from Raleigh to
drill the brick out of the wells.
The town board is optimistic
about the savings expected from
operation of the wells. Operat
ing of the present water plant
cost nearly $250.00 last month for
power and chemicals. The wells,
which require no chemicals, are
expected to cost about $55 per
month for operation.
The three wells will supply a
maximum of over 200 gallons of
water per minute. Normal con
sumption for Zebulon is 50 gal
lons per minute, and the extra
reserve will be sufficient to fur
nish water for fires and other
emergencies.
Local Rotarians Are Given Detailed
Picture of Conflict in the Holy Land
E. C. Daniel, Jr., New York Times correspondent recently on
duty in Palestine, accurately predicted the turn of events in the
Holy Land last Friday night for Zebulon Rotarians when he de-
clared that the United Nations ■
Organization would vote in favor
of a partition of Palestine between
Arabs and Jews, and that a “holy
war’’ would follow.
Daniel was proved right in less
than 24 hours; for Saturday UN
delegates voted for the partition of
the Holy Land, and bloody riots
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Funeral Services Are
Held for Local Man
At Methodist Church
Funeral services for Samuel
Staley Denton, 43, who succumb
ed to a heart attack at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
P. Denton, here Tuesday morning,
were held from the Methodist
Church yesterday afternoon at 3
p.m. The Rev. Paul Carruth offici
ated, assisted by the Rev. Carlton
Mitchell. The choir of the Meth
odist Church sang.
Burial was in the Massey ceme
tery at Pilot. There was a simple
graveside service.
He is survived by his parents;
five sisters, Mrs. J. T. O’Neal of
Knightdale, Mrs. Clatie Abernathy
of Nashville, Mrs. Charles Con
over of Lake Paccinac, N. J., Jac
quelin and Dorothy Denton, both
of the home; five Ray
mond S. Denton of Lynbrook, N.
Y., Talmadge and Hilliard Denton
of Washington, D. C., Allen Den
ton of Raleigh, and Willard Den
ton of the home.
The deceased was the oldest
employee of The Zebulon Record
in point of service, and had been
foreman of The Chatham News at
Siler City before ill health forced
him into semi-retirement. He had
previously worked on the New
York Times, and the old Zebulon
News.
Commissioners Vote
Courtroom Repairs
The Zebulon Recorder’s Court
will receive extensive repairs
during the next month, includ
ing roof repair, a new ceiling, bet
ter insulation and heating, and
new seats, 'the Board of Com
missioners v >ted to have the im
provements made at the Decem
ber meeting last Monday night in
the town office. Total cost is not
to exceed $2,000.
Judge Irby D. Gill set up a Re
pair Fund of SIOOO for the Re
corder’s Cou.’t, and this will be
used for the work, with the Town
of Zebulon bearing the additional
cost up to SIOOO. Commissioner
R. Vance Brown is in charge of
having the work done.
The commissioners heard a re
quest from A. D. Antone for a
sewer extension to be build up
Horton Street. The board prom
ised that, in accordance with
their statement earlier this year,
sewer and water lines will be pro
vided any home in Zebulon. As
soon as the proposed building is
begun by Mr. Antone, the board
will take action on extending the
sewer lines.
Long discussion took place on
the advisability of additional pav
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and pitched battles ensued in Pal
estine almost immediately.
The former resident of Zebulon,
who is presently visiting his par
ents here, was introduced to the
club by Heywood Jones. He ad
dressed the local Baraca Class on
Sunday morning.