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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. HE DOES THINGS IN A BIG WAY ••■g . '» • v - 3?" W? XX if ®rv' V :j: >->•• 3y . .vSr^ W ” Mr. O. N. Phillips is a man who i doesn’t believe in doing things in , a half-way fashion, so when he started gardening this year, he planted .three different plots, two in Zebulon and one in Wakefield. And when we heard that he’s planted several rows of corn, we Brantley Chides Paper, Gives List of Rotary Committees President Vester Brantley took charge of the Zebulon Rotary Club for the first meeting of the new club year last Friday night. He chided the Zebulon Record for putting words into his mouth when it reported the short short speech he made at the previous meeting, and went on to say that undoubtedly he would have said the published words if he had thought of them. Vester named Ralph Talton chairman of the Club Service Committee, Bob Sawyer chairman of the Community Service Com mittee, Rodney McNabb chairman Phillips, Privefrt Are Local Masonic Hosts Buck Phillips and Avon Privett were hosts at the barbecue supper Tuesday night preceding the reg ular communication of the Zebu lon Masonic Lodge. At the com munication Ayden Wall was given second degree initiation by a de gree team from Whitestone Lodge, with Herman Eddins serving as master and W. A. Allman deliver ing the lecture. EULA NIXON GREENWOOD: Raleigh Roundup LET HIM HAVE IT!—There was nearly as much activity in Scott Headquarters in the Caro lina Hotel here last week as dur ing the campaign. As it turned out, everybody was for Kerr Scott for Governor, “and I just thought I would come by to wish him well.” On the night of the second Primary, two men came into the ballroom where the returns were flooding to the Ala mance gentleman and said they had been for Kerr Scott all along. However, they had forgotten to! Number 16. expected something different—but nothing like what he brought in to show us. He grew eight perfect ears of corn joined together at the stem, all with full size grains on them. We knew some folks would doubt it, so Wayne Privette made the picture above as proof. of the Vocational Service Commit tee, and Luther Massey chairman of the International Service Com mittee. Other appointments induced the Club Bulletin Committee, composed of P. O. Farmer, Hay wood Jones, and Ed Ellington; the Scout Committee, with Melvin Massey, chairman, Asheley Mur phy, Eldred Rountree, Armstrong Cannady, and Barrie Davis; Ser geant at Arms, Raleigh Alford; and Song Leader, Oliver Glover. Ralph Talton will work with Ed Hales, Ferd Davis, Raleigh Alford, Howard Beck, Norman Screws, and Pat Farmer. Working with Bob Sawyer will be Willie B. Hopkins, Robert Dawson, G. C. Massey, Barrie Davis, Vance Brown, Pat Farmer, and D. D. Chamblee. On Rodney McNabb’s committee are Ed Ellington, Eldred Rountree, Melvin Massey, Haywood Jones, Irby Gill, Ashley Murphy, and Preston Smith. Luther Massey named as his co workers > Early Moser, Vaiden Whitley, Gilmer Parrish, and Ves ter Brantley. I remove their “Johnson for Goven or” buttons. Scott’s associate manager, Capus Waynick, should be the next chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee —if he wants it. Aand he began wanting it early last week when he learned suddenly that he wasn’t being con sidered for the position. LIKES HORTON, BUT Gov ernor-nominate Sco+' likes the in cumbent chairman, Wilkins Horton (Continued on Page 8) Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 9, 1948 Dry Weather Hurts Local Crops; No Early Relief Seen By Bureau Raleigh-Durham Field Observers Say Rain Is Still Five Days Off Zebulon farmers can expect no relief from the dry weather except for possible thundershowers for at least 4 to 5 days, the United States j Weather Bureau Station at Rai eigh-Durham Airport told the Record yesterday. A cold front passed over Zebu lon Wednesday morning, providing some relief from the extremely j high temperatures prevailing for the last three weeks, but did not bring rain. The frontal area did develop rainfall over southern Georgia and Florida, however, with over an inch of rain falling in central Florida. The weather observers stated that a cold front accompanied by showers might begin an eastward movement from the northwest this weekend, in which case a general rain will result in North Carolina some time next week. Thundershowers may provide ! some relief from the dryness to j morrow’ and Sunday in widely ! scattered areas, the observers de j dared, but general relief was not promised. They stated that freak storms such as the recent twister which took roofs off two Apex buildings and demolished a Smithfield fruit store might also be expected dur ing the next week. Services Held for Sister Os Mrs. Pat Leonard Mrs. K. P. Leonard of Zebulon and Mrs. H. R. Perry of Garner went to Portsmouth, Virginia, Wednesday to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. T. D. Cope land, who died Wednesday morn ing after an illness of approxi mately a year. Funeral services for Mrs. Cope land were held yesterday at Ports mouth. She is survived by her husband, a son, four brothers, and two sisters. Last Rites Are Held For E. H . Johnson, 37 Funeral services for Emmitt H. Johnson, 31, who died early Wednesday at the home of his father, W. H. Johnson, Whitakers, Route 2, were held from the home at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. P. C. Harris, Red Oak Baptist minister, was in charge and burial was in the family cem etery. Survivors include his parents, his wife and one son, Emmitt Johnson, Jr.; two brothers, M. L. Johnson and W. H. Johnson, Jr., both of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Melvin Massey of Zebulon and Mrs. W. H. McDonald of Rocky Mount. Flags Fly on Fourth Merchants observed July 4th in Zebulon by flying American flags in front of their stores all day Sunday. The even dozen Stars and Stripes were waving in the breeze early enough to greet those on their way to Sunday school and church and were taken down at sunset. Scouts of Zebulon troop 40 raised the flags when they return ed from camping Sunday morning. NEXT SENATOR 19k fjk. Senator-elect J. Melville Broughton of Raleigh, former governor of North Carolina, who will attend the National Demo cratic Convention in Philadelphia next week. Senator Broughton was prominently mentioned as a candidate for vice-president in 1944. Mrs. Grace Fowler Is Buried at Kannapolis Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Fowlet, 76, of Kannapolis were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Kannapolis Wednesday at 4 p. m. The Rev. Douglas M. Branch, the pastor, officiated, as sisted by the Rev. Robert F. Shelby, pastor of Memorial Lu theran Church. Burial was in Carolina Memorial Park Ceme tery. Mrs. Fowler died early Tuesday morning at the homj of a daugh ter, Mrs. Marion Jones. Surviving are her husband, J. Henry Fowler of Kannapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. J. A. Sappenfield of Kannapolis; three brothers, F. M. Baker of Louisburg, W. W. Baker of Fay etteville, and T. Y. Baker of Zebu lon; one sister, Mrs. E. C. Stallings of Zebulon; and two grandchild ren. The Fowler family lived for some years in Zebulon, and was active community affairs. SEEN AND HEARD: Speaking of Women Down at one of the local filling stations Tuesday night the talk was all about trips over the 4th of July weekend. In turn, that brought on talk of wives going on visits without their husbands, mostly to see their mothers. One man whose wife never visits her folks nowadays, but used to run home to ihama every time the wind changed, was asked the secret of his success. The gen tleman, whose name we will not mention, was reluctant to give the world the news, but finally was prevailed upon to enlighten his listeners. “Well, for a long time I couldn’t figure out any way to make my old lady stay home,” he said, “but finaly I mailed her a copy of The Zebulon Record with one item clipped out of the front page. She never asked me if that item was Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Tobacco, Corn Crops Suffer Most; Cotton Still Looking Good One of the longest hot, dry per iods in history has damaged the 1948 tobacco and corn crop in central North Carolina to a dan gerous extent, and no relief is yet in sight for local farmers, accord ing to the United States Weather Bureau. Zebulon farmers are generally better off than their neighbors in nearby counties, largely because of widespread thundershowers throughout May and early June. Even in this area tobacco is sub standard, with a few farmers re sortnig to the expedient of water ing plants in the field. Farmers between Wendell and Raleigh, on both the Poole Road and Highway 64, are hard hit, with with corn this side of Neuse River being less than three feet high and as brown as is usually the case in October. Archer Lodge farmers have also had little rainfall, and their crops are likewise suffering. The extreme heat the latter part lof last week and the first of this week was especially damaging to tobacco, burning leaves on even the good stands. Cotton, however, is generally in excellent condition. One farmer of the Bunn section set tobacco July 3, and is expected to make as much from his late setting as will most of the farmers of the southern part of Franklin County on their regular settings. Local gardens are flourishing, but only because of irrigation or sprinkling. Dr. Griffin to Preach Here Sunday Morning Dr. George J. Griffin will de liver the sermon Sunday at the morning worship service of the Zebulon Baptist Church. Dr. Grif fin was pastor of the church from 1938 to 1946, resigning to continue his study abroad at the University of Edinburg. He is now an associ ate professor in the Department of Religion at Wake Forest College^ The pastor will baptize the elev en candidates awaiting baptism at a special baptismal service at eight o’clock Sunday evening. about me, but she came home the next day, and hasn’t left since!” Speaking of women, we are re minded of a local lady who now teaches school, but in her younger days painted a great deal, having attended a school of art after re ceiving her college diploma. She even sold a painting she made of some cows on John Sprunt Hill’s farm near Wake For est, but her buyer was a little cur ious about the Guernseys she had depicted. “Tell me,” the purchaser asked, “why you show the entire herd standing in water.” At first the painter sought to evade the question but when pressed for an answer wryly ex plained, “Well, if you must know, I’ve never yet learned to paint hoofs!”
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