THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. No. 48
JUNIOR BOAR OF LOCAL HOG FARM
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Pictured is Choice Goods, P. M. Horton’s top bloodline boar, to
which most of the gilts offered in his spring Poland China sale have
been bred. Horton, whose Fall Branch Poland China Farm is one of
the South’s finest, is holding a sale in Zebulon nert month for the
benefit of veteran farm trainees and others who wish to start herds
of pedigreed Poland China sw'ine. —Record staff photo.
Get Your Child's Photograph Made
Free at Zebulon Woman's Club
The Zebulon Record today announces the forthcoming pub
lication of a series of local children’s pictures yet to be taken.
Arrangements have been completed with the Woltz Studios of
Des Moines, lowa, a nationally known firm, who specialize in
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Zebulon Loses 50-48 I
Game to Raleigh Five;
Fremont Here Tonight
The Zebulon basketball team
lost its second game of the season
Wednesday night to Lynn’s White
Flash of Raleigh, 50-48, after a
thrilling second half rally which
had the spectators on their feet j
throughout the final quarter, j
Trailing by 15 points at halftime,
the local quintet, sparked by ;
Carlton Mitchell, held the visi
tors in check throughout the fi
nal period as they scored 27 points
themselves.
Mitchell and tall Hilliard
Greene led the Zebulon scoring
with 18 points each.
Last Friday night Zebulon pol
ished up its attack in a free
scoring practice game with Wake- |
lon, running up a 93-35 lead by
the final whistle. Hilliard Greene
hooped 53 points for scoring hon
ors.
Other leaders in the practice for
Zebulon were Carlton Mitchell
with 15 and Barrie Davis with 10.
For Wakelon, Rex Tippett tallied
12, Ralph Lewis, 9. and Bobby
Bridgers and Richard Cherry 6
each.
Zebulon will meet the Fremont
American Legion Post in a game
in the Wakelon gymnasium to
night at 8:00.
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Womanless Wedding Nets $124
To Aid U. S. Fight Against Cancer
The Womanless Wedding, spon
sored by the Junior Woman’s Club,
netted $124.55 for the Cancer
Drive last week, and was judged
a complete success by Mrs. Grace
Gill and Mrs. Chas. Flowers, di
rectors.
Willie B. Hopkins took thi part
of the reluctant groom for the
performance, and embarked on
a sea of matrimony with lovely
Cameron Long, the bride. Rev.
Carlton Mitchell, complete with
flashing bow tie and hat' perform
ed the ceremony.
Flower girls were petite and pert
Steve Blackley and Mayor R. H.
children’s photography for news
papers, to take the pictures and
furnish the engravings.
Expert children’s photographers
for the studios, with all the neces
sary equipment for this special
ized work, will be here Friday,
February 6. The special studio
will be set up at the Woman’s
Club Building and will be open
from 1 p. m. to 8 p. m.
There is no charge to the par
ents! There is absolutely no ob
ligation to this invitation. There
is no age limit. It is bonafide
in every sense of the word. Par
ents do not have to be subscrib
ers, nor even readers of this news
paper. Neither are they obligated
to purchase pictures after they
are taken. Those who want some
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Zebulon Participating
In March of Dimes
Zebulon took an active part in
the campaign for the March of
Dimes this week. The local or
ganization headed by Mrs. J. W.
Gill, began a canvas of local busi
nesses for contributions, and con
tainers for dimes were placed in
the drugstores and post office.
Mrs. Gill stated yesterday that
the drive will extend through
January, and she expects total
contributions this year to exceed
that given by the community in
1947.
| Bridgers, who tripped down the
aisles strewing laughter around.
The ceremony was interrupted
temporarily when the rejected and
dejected lassie, Wilbur Conn, ob
jected to the ceremony. At the
command of the bride’s mother,
W. A. Allman, the affair was con
tinued.
Ralph Talton,, complete with
borrowed figure, and Frank Kemp,
bedecked in a strapless evening
gown, rendered vocal selections.
Frank had trouble keeping his
gown in place.
About 15 other blushing gentle
men completed the cast.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 23, 1948
Local Bank Has Successful Year;
Whitley Elected to Directorship
President of Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce
Is Named to Board
C. V. Whitley of Zebulon, pres
ident of the local chamber of com
merce and prominent business
man, was elected a director of the
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
at the January meeting of the '•
bank’s directorate in Rocky Mount :
Wednesday afternoon.
The election of Whitley, accord- I
ing to F. P. Spruill, president of i
the organization, bespeaks the
prominent part played in the bank
ing system by the local branch, as
well as the fine reputation enjoyed
by the Zebulon director. For a
number of years he has served
as a member of the loan committee
of the Zebulon branch, together
with Avon Privett and M. J. Sex
ton.
The election of the new director
brings to four the number of local
persons listed as officers of the
bank. R. Vance Brown and Miss
Ruby Martin (Mrs. Randolph Hen
dricks) are listed as cashier and
assistant cashier of the Zebulon
branch, and Robert Daniel Massey,
formerly assistant cashier of the
local unit, is now cashier of the
Whitakers, and Middlesex, and
Bank.
Other personnel of the Zebulon
division include Miss Helen Bunn
and Miss Vic Gill.
Mrs. Irby Gill, Canady,
Hopkins Make Talks
To Wakelon P.-T.A.
At an enthusiastic meeting held
Monday night in the school audi
orium, Wakelon Parent-Teach
er Association attacked the prob
’em of parent-children relations
with a trio of talks and an open
forum discussion on the subject,
“Are the parents of the Wakelon
community good for their chil
dren?” The problems of the
mother-daughter relationship and
of juvenile delinquency were ex
amined and suggestions for reme
dies made.
Mrs. Irby Gill, Girl Scout lead
er, talked of the mother-daughter
relationship, saying it is a “tough
problem,” since no mother knows
the answers to the thousands of
questions that daughters ask. She
emphasized the importance of the
period when girls grow into adol
escence. Mrs. Gill said that she
thought all mothers should realize
that all the patience, sympathy,
i and discreet information that can
be given should be given.
The main problem today, Mrs.
Gill said, is sex. Parents should
speak frankly and call a spade a
spade when dealing with children.
As a practical suggestion to deal
-1 ing with this problem, she sug
• gested some type of youth center
as a decent gathering place for
young people.
Armstrong Cannady, Cub Scout
Master, followed Mrs. Gill, tell
ing of the wisdom of parents pro
viding an outlet for any special
talents that their children possess
and of the tragedy of squelching
or dampening skills and hobbies.
He explained the Scouting pro
gram, with which he'is weP ac
quainted. Most parents, he stat
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C. V. Whitley, Zebulon business
man, who Wednesday was made
a director of the Peoples Bank.
Local Farmers Hoping
Tobacco Acreage Cut
May Be Lightened
Local farmers hailed yesterday
a statement made in Atlanta, Ga.,
by Secretary of State George C.
Marshall that under the Marshall
Plan large quantities of tobacco
will be shipped into Europe for
purposes of morale, as advocated
in The Record and other news
papers.
Hope was raised that a decrease
in the 25 percent cut in tobacco
acreage for 1948 may be obtained,
especially since Senator William
Umstead has sought commitments
from other legislatures concern
. ing shipment of tobacco into the
t continent. Umstead recently de
clai'ed himself in opposition to a
L cut in acreage of* the magnitude
recently made.
i The senator’s complete state-
I ment follows:
On November 17, 1947, the De
■ partment of Agriculture announc
ed a 28 per cent cut in allotments
of flue-cured tobacco acreage for
■ 1948. For some time I have given
i i considerable thought and study to
: this matter and have discussed it
: with a number of people in North
t Carolina and in the Department
: 1 in Washington.
I realize that the Tobacco Con
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The Bunns Show Folks from East
Zebulon Is Really Friendly Town
Mr. and Mrs. Hall Crews Mill- i
er live in Windsor, where Hall is ’
a high school teacher and coach. J
Like most school families, they
decided to spend the Christmas
holidays with relatives, and wrote
Mrs. Miller’s sister, Mrs. Ferd Da
vis, that they would arrive in
Zebulon from Windsor on Friday
before Christmas for a short visit.
That Friday afternoon the Mil
lers and baby daughter, Mary
Margaret, got off the Trauwaya
bus at the Zebulon Bus Station,
knowing no one, and, so they
thought, unknown. But they found
j out different.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Record Deposits, Loans
Made at Peoples Bank
During Past 12 Months
The Zebulon branch of the Peo
ples Bank and Trust Company
enjoyed its most active year during
1947. R. Vance Brown, cashier,
said yesterday.
The local unit received 18,790
deposits during the twelve months
ending December 31, 1947, for
total deposits of $9,303,079.36, as
compared to 17,825 deposits dur
ing 1946, for a total of $8,098,307.-
31. The most active year previous
to 1947 was 1946.
During 1947 83,399 checks were
written on the local bank amount
ing to $9,515,046.00, as compared
with 77,159 checks in 1946
amounting to $7,856,152.03. A
total of 63,445 checks were receiv
ed on out-of-town banks in 1947,
amounting to $6,024,623.26, near
ly a million and a half dollars
more than the $4,746,317.75 rep
resenting 77,159 checks the pre
vious year.
“Our greatest activity in 1947
was farmer loans,” Brown said.
“The Peoples Bank and Trust
Company has a policy of helping
farmers, and it pays off. We
made 557 farm loans to farmers
last year, and every one of them,
1 totaling $177,852.91 is now paid
off.”
Total loans made by the Zebulon
1 institution in 1947 amounted to
$515,577.59 in 959 individual notes
1 as compared with 693 loans the
previous year, totaling $386,993.36.
The entire Peoples Bank, with
■ branches at Nashville, Zebulon,
i Whitakers, and Middlesev, and
, home office at Rocky Mount, has
i made marked progress in the last
> decade. A check of Record files
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Dora Pitts Circle Meets
With Mrs. Earl Horton
The Dora Pitts Circle of the
Baptist W. M. S. held the January
meeting with Mrs. Earl Horton
hostess and Mrs. S. A. Horton di
; recting a program on Home Mis
sions. The discussion was led by
Mrs. Carlton Mitchell, who em
i phasized the importance of this,
; the year of commemoration in
missionary endeavor.
The hostess was assisted by her
daughter, Mrs. Ed Ellington, in
; serving refreshments at the close
I of the program.
As they came into the bus sta
tion soda shop, they .were met by
a man and woman.
“Let me help you with that oag
gage, Mr. Miller,” the mrn said.
While the school teacher ' as won
dering how the man Knew his
name, the woman rr ached over
and took the baby Lom Mrs. Mil
ler.
“I’ll hold yr ur baby while you
call your :aster,” she said. “Her
number is 2183.”
While the astonished wife was
making her telephone call, the
bus station couple talked to the
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