THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. Number 50.
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A bank clerk, with a fistfull of dollar bills, won on a recent Columbia
network’s human interest quiz show, "Strike It Rich," Joseph
Snyder, of the Bronx, distributes his take, $230 plus S2O out of
his own pocket, to needy men who come daily to the St. Francis of
Assisi Church breadline in the heart of Manhattan. He is shown
with Brother Lawrence, regularly in charge of the line, and Quiz
master Todd Russell (left) looking on. (NC Photos).
Second Snow Falls on Zebulon;
Transportation, Mail Interrupted
Just as Zebulon and the surrounding community was digging
out from under an 18-inch blizzard which hit last week, another
record snow began falling and continued through Tuesday after
noon reaching a depth of 12 to 14 inches, blocking highways
Ratio of Egg-Feed Is
Lowest Ever Recorded
In Month of December
The lowest egg-feed ratio ever
recorded for December was ex
isting in December 1947, accord
ing to C. Brice Ratchford, in
charge of Farm Management for
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
The egg-feed ratio is a ratio
of price of eggs as compared with
price of feed, Mr. Ratchford said.
The lower the ratio is, the high
er the price of feed in relation to
prices of eggs.
It is expected that the egg-feed
ratio will continue low at least
until spring, when estimates for
the 1948 grain crop are available,
the specialist said. If, at that time,
a large feed crop is predicted, the
ratio should rise, he added.
Despite higher feed costs, egg
prices are not likely to rise, he
said. At present, egg prices are
only 96 per cent of parity or 3
per cent above support level. At
the same time, feed prices are
well above 100 per cent of parity.
The poultry industry has made
real progress in North Carolina
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Barbara Nell Driver
Suffers Loss of Eye
Little Barbara Nell Driver,
three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Onnie Driver of Zebulon,
Route 1, was operated on for the
removal of her left eye in Caro
lina General Hospital in Wilson
Sunday after the eye had been
severely injured by her brothrr
who accidently hit her with a bean
shooter.
Barbara Nell returned home on
Wednesday of this week and is
recovering from the operation as
rapidly as can be expected.
and causing bus and mail service
to be interrupted for the second
time within a week.
Before the snow had finished
1 falling, road crews were busy
clearing the highways in an
effort to keep traffic moving. Des
pite their efforts, all rural mail
deliveries could not be made until
late in the week.
County schools remained closed
through the week, with their re
opening dates depending on the
condition of county roads. The
melting snow Thursday made dirt
roads nearly impassable.
Estimates of the time that would
be required to get all county roads
i in fair condition ranged from two
weeks to over a month. Highway
men warned that unless sustained
good weather comes very soon
these estimates may prove to be
far wrong.
Few businesses stayed open all
day Tuesday. Grocery stores re
ported sales as the lowest in years,
stating that customers, who had
\ learned fron. last week’s bad
| weather, came in Monday and car
ried out large orders to last
through the storm.
In Zebulon the treets were op
en for traffic late Tuesday, and
on Thursday the new fire truck
was brought out to furnish w r ater
for washing snow from the main
street. Trouble was* experienced
in keeping gutters and drains open
so that w r ater from the melting
snow could run to the storm
drains.
Little damage was reported in
j Zebulon, although some stores,
like Debnam’s Hardawre, had wat
er leak through the roof, damaging
the ceiling.
Low temperatures kept the snow
from melting until Thursday. The
mercury dropped to 13 degrees
Tuesday night and reached a high
of 26 degrees in Zebulon Wednes
day. On Thursday it rose to 37
degrees.
Zebulon, N. C., February 13, 1948
Bunns Purchase Airport Site,
Plan Two 2,000-Ft Runways
After a two year search, Zebulon and Wendell were assured of a permanent airport location
this week when a farm was purchased on Highway 264 three miles north of Zebulon by J. G.
Bunn and his sons, Philip and Graham, for an airport site. The farm adjoins the present
airstrip, and is back of the Bunn Service Station. The owners plan construction of two run-
Ed Ellington Talks
Os Veterans Program
To Rotarians Friday
Ed Ellington, Wakelon agricul
ture teacher and director of the
agriculture program for veterans
being conducted here, spoke on
his work to the Zebulon Rotary
Club last Friday night. Ed, who
is well qualified through training
an dexperienle for his position,
| had time to touch only the main
features of the training program.
With 78 veterans enrolled in the
j work, Ed stated that Wakelon has
! the greatest number of any school
|in the county, and the monthly
i payroll is larger than any other
! single business in Zebulon.
The value of the training has
I been vastly increased by the pur
| chase of thousands of dollars of
j additional machinery and equip
ment. The greatest need of the
agriculture department of the
school is an addition to the pres
ent building. The veteran stu
dents are cramped for space, and
the full benefit of the program
cannot be realized until sufficient
quarters are furnished. Ed call
ed upon the club members to help
j in any way they can to get the
j building addition.
Although there was some mis
| use of the program by veterans
out to ride a gravy train at the
end of the war, the local com
mittee has weeded out most of the
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Mechanical Devices
Add to New Trucks
Two mechanical devices which
| contribute importantly To driving
ease are among features disclosed
here today on new 1948 Chevrolet
trucks. They are the steering col-«
umn gearshift as standard equip
ment on all models equipped with
three-speed transmission and a
four-speed synchro-mesh trans
mision on heavy duty trucks. Both
are firsts in the truck industry and
high-spot improvements that in
sure greater comfort, safety, and
reliability.
Announcement of the new series
Jby Judd Robertson, manager of
the J. M. Chevrolet Company,
: follows one of the most success
ful truck years in the company’s
history. Domestic truck sales in
1947 established a new Chevro
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Weather Stops Scouts
From Making Trip
The newest fall of snow kept
the Boy Srouts away from the
Occoneechee Council Court of
Honor. The local troop had char
tered a bus for the trip, but the
journey was cancelled early Mon
day afternoon. Later in the day
a radio announcement stated that
the Council had postponed the
Honor Court.
The troop will meet in the Bap
tist church basement next Monday
night, if the weather will ease
up on the cold and the snow. For
three weeks the Scouts have fail
ed to meet. When the meetings
are resumed, work on the First
Aid Merit Badge will be continued.
ways, one 2,000 feet long and the
other 2,500 feet long.
Last December 31 the lease on
the present strip expired, leaving
the town without an airstrip, for
the first time since 1945, when
the old strip was built. The own
ers of the land on which the strip
was situated refused to renew the
lease.
Grading and construction of the
first new runway, which will par
allel the present strip, will begin
as soon as the weather clears.
Duke and Allen Construction Co.,
of Raleigh, have contracted the
work which was scheduled to be
gin this week.
Individual hangars will be con
structed along the side of the east
west runway to accomodate all
the planes based at the field, and
Millard Duke is planning a con
trol tower for use when air traf
fic is heavy.
The Bunns will furnish aircraft
gasoline and oil for transient
planes.
Mr. J. G. Bunn stated that it
will be landscaped and he expects
it to be one of the more beautiful
airports in North Carolina.
For over a year Zebulon has
been listed on the aerial charts
used for navigation from the air,
and was one of the 126 North
Carolina towns pictured in Carl
Goerch’s State magazine as hav
ing airstrips.
The farm purchased by the
Bunns is ideally situated for an
airport, containing over 60 acres.
The Bunns have taken an active
interest in the need of an air
strip for Zebulon and this com
munity, and it was only after sev
eral months of negotiations that
they were able to acquire the new
site.
Already plans are being made
for a gala opening day air show
for the new strip with aerial
stunts and precision flying. The
mayors of the towns of Wendell
and Zebulon will be invited to
speak, and many out-of-town fly
ers are expected to visit on open
ing day.
County Agent Advises Spring Oats
If Fall Hay Crop Was Failure
By JOHN L. REITZEL
The fall season was very unfavorable for harvesting fall
hay crops throughout the court' . Due to heavy losses of hay as
the result of excessive rain, many farmers are without hay.
Farmers who do not have adequate hay to carry them
through until their normal sup
ply of new hay can be made are
advised to seed spring oats for a
quick hay crop.
The acreage seeded to small
grain in 1947 is much below nor
mal and most of the grain that
has been sown was seeded late.
Both these factors point to a very
short grain crop to be harvested
in Wake County and also North
Carolina.
With the acute need for feed
and particularly grain feed, far
mers are reminded that spring
seeding of oats offers the last
remaining possibility of seeding to
produce some more grain before
late summer or early fall. It is
pointed out that spring seeded
oats seldom produce yields equal
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Telephone Situation
Soon to Improve,
States Bell Official
With the scheduled completion
of a new exchange in July, Zeb
ulon and the surrounding com
munity will have the high demand
for telephones satisfied, Kenneth
Byers, manager of the Raleigh of
fice of the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company, told the Zebulon
Rotary Club Friday night. The
present shortage is caused by a
lack of central office equipment
for the dial system.
The Zebulon exchange, which
was one of the first installed in
this district, was engineered to
carry enough telephones to meet
the demand when it was installed.
The company planned to install
additional equipment as it was
needed.
With the coming of the war,
the entire productive capacity of
Bell Telephone was turned over
to the war effort, and expansion
of civilian services came to a
j standstill. The local exchange
J was caught short at this time.
Now, with subscribers using
| their telephones at a rate exceed
i ing past records, the limifed
number of circuits on the equip
ment are overloaded during peak
hours, and callers are forced to
wait as long as a minute or two for
the dial tone. Even though there
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Wayne Price Critically
111 at Duke Hospital
Wayne, young son of the B.
M. Prices, is critically ill in Duke
Hospital. Diagnosis, confirmed by
x-rays, determined that his trou
ble is a tumor which is deeply
embedded in the base of the brain,
making operation impossible.
Much sympathy is expressed for
the child and for his parents,
who have made every effort for
his welfare.
: to fall seeded oats,
i Spring oats should be seeded
as soon as the weather will per
[ mit. It is not recommended that
■ | oats be seeded later than March
: | 15. With the present weather
. i condition prevailing, one would
’ I assume that it will be several
I days before the land can be pre
i pared. Thus, all plans should be
made for procurement for needed
l supplies so when the land does dry
• I enough for preparation that oats
; may be seeded without delay.
Spring oats should be well fer
) tilized.
: Oats following corn, small
; grain, or hay, should be fertiliz
[ ed with a complete fertilizer of
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