THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 18.
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A system of crop irrigation by
use of eyelet hose, the end sup
ports of which are moved from
row to row, is pictured here. Test
plots of tobacco are being grown
throughout North Carolina at the
present time to determine the pro
Principal Makes SIOO Gift
To Ballpark Lighting Fund
A campaign for lights for the
athletic field at Wakelon School
became a probability yesterday
when Principal Fred Smith sent
to the The Zebulon Record a SIOO
contribution to be applied to an
installation fund.
Accompanying the check was
the following letter from Mr.
Smith, who is now attending
Wake Forest College Summer
School:
“I was very much interested in
your recent editorial on lights for
the athletic field. I cannot think
Joseph C. Chamblee
Is Buried on Monday
Funeral services were held
Monday at the Yelverton Funeral
Home for Joseph C. Chamblee, 61,
who died at his home at 1406
Hillsboro St., after a long illness.
The Rev. F. Orion Nixon, pastor
of the Tabernacle Baptist Church,
officiated and burial was in Mont
lawn.
Mr. Chamblee was born in Zeb
ulon on October 7, 1886, son of the
late William H. and Cherry Lane
Chamblee. After going to Raleigh,
he was associated with a clothing
store and afterward served for
eight years on the Raleigh police
force. Since leaving the police de
partment, he had operated tourist
homes on Blount Street and at
the Hillsboro Street address.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Pattie Mae Richardson of
Wendell; and two sisters, Mrs. Lou
Chamblee Wheeless of Zebulon
and Mrs. Martha Chamblee High
of Middlesex.
ROTARY CLUB NEWS:
Irby Gets His Pie
Howard Beck, membership
chairman of the Zebulon Rotary
Club, spoke to the group last Fri
day night on the work of his
committee. His talk was the second
in a series planned to acquaint
Rotarians with the duties and re
sponsibilities of the club commit
tees.
Roy Lowry, now superintendent
of schools in Washington County,
was a welcome visitor for the
meeting, and he commented on the
pleasure it was to him to visit a
group where he could call every
one by their first names!
Irby Gill, who had requested
fitability of tobacco irrigation. A
local farmer, faced with loss of
his crop during the recent drought,
watered his tobacco, stalk by stalk,
with a mechanical setter. It’s as
pretty a stand as we have seen
in these parts, too.
of a more timely and worthwhile
project for the people of the
Wakelon school district.
“Wise Use of Leisure Time is
one of the seven cardinal princi
ples of education. Emphasis is
definitely on the word wise, for
leisure time may be used to re
fresh, develop, and rest the body
and mind or it may be used to de
bauch and debilitate. Youth and
middle-aged alike are faced with
the pioblem of recreation in that
there are many opportunities to
debauch and debilitate but few
for wholesome development. The
results of such a situation are not
conducive to the moral, mental
and spiritual growth of the com
munity.
“Lights for our atheletic field
would mean that we would have a
place where all ages might find
constructive recreational oppor
tunities in softball, football, gym
nastics, community sings and
many other activities which would
not only develop the physical and
mental, but would be a very po
tent factor in the development of a
community spirit of cooperation
which would be reflected in the
school, church and business life of
the community. Our community,
and especially the youth of our
community are in desperate need
of such an opportunity.
“I am enclosing my personal
check for one hundred dollars as
a contribution toward such a pro
ject.”
The Zebulon Chamber of Com
merce and other civic oganiza
tions are expected to take some
action on sponsorship of the pro
ject at an early date.
that pie be served with the sand
wiches and drinks which made up
the meals for this month, was pre
sented with a chocolate pie by
members of the club. Irby choked
with emotion as he expressed his
thanks—and then choked on the
pie when he had to eat it by him
self.
New club bulletins, prepared by
Pat Farmer, Ed Hales, and Hay
wood Jones, were given to the
members, who read them with in
terest. Commenting on the menu,
the bulletin said: “If you had fried
chicken before you came tonight,
please keep it to yourself because
the rest of us like chicken also.”
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 23, 1948
W. Kerr Scott to Speak Here
At Farmers Day on October 7
Isaacs Will Hearing
Scheduled to Be Held
At 10 This Morning
A hearing will be held at the of- j
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Wake County at 10:00 a.
m. today in a attempt to establish
the validity or falseness of a will
purporting to be that of the late R.
L. Isaacs, according to Court Clerk
W. G. Mordeai.
Mr. Isaacs, a former resident of
Zebulon, died supposedly intestate
in July of 1947 and a surviving
brother, G. E. Isaacs of Durham,
also a former resident of this com
munity, qualified as administrator
of his etsate. The Raleigh insur
ance man was also survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Beverly Isaacs
Moore, who spent her elementary
and high school years here with
the George Broughtons.
In May of this year, while the
estate was in the process of settle
ment, an unsigned letter contain
ing documents purporting to be a
will and codicil to the will of Mr.
Isaacs was received by Mr. Mor
decai’s office. The will cut off Mrs.
Moore with a few lots in Bunn,
and left the balance of his proper
ty to Wakelon School, Methodist
Orphanage, Rex Hospital, and Ed
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Last Rites Thursday
For M. T. Boykin, 53
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 3 p. m. from the
Presbyterian Church of Moore
School for Matthew T. Boykin, 53,
who died Monday afternoon at his
home in Wilson Mills, Johnston
County.
He is survived by his wife, four
sons, Tillie of Florida, Pfc. L. G.
of Japan, Lee and Audry G. Boy.
kin of Wilson Mills; two daugh
ters, Jane May Boykin and Annie
Boykin, both of Wilson Mills: five
brothers, Hubert of Kenly, Route
2, Ira of Middlesex, Route 1,
Plummer of Kenly, Route 2, Wade
of Raleigh, Route 2, and Johnny
Eoykin of Zebulon, Route 2; one
sister, Mrs. Addie Crocker of Ken
ly, Route 2.
Funeral Services Held
For Henry B. Hughes
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. at the
Stoney Creek Church for Henry
B. Hughes, 77, who died in the
Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville
Monday after a short illness. The
Fellowship Lodge 84 A. F. and A.
M. of Smithfield had charge of the
services and burial was in the
Patetown cemetery near the
church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Letsy Horne Hughes; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Richard Wise, Zebulon,
Route 1; one brother, Stephen
Hughes, Goldsboro.
New Atlantic Dealer
Joe Wood has leased the Atlant- ;
ic Service Station and will operate j
it in the future, Irby Gill an-1
nounced this week. Mr. Wood, who
has been employed in Baltimore j
for about five years, promises the;
finest in services for any type of i
automobile.
To Speak Here
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W. Kerr Scott, Democratic nom
inee for Governor of North Caro
lina, who has accepted an invita
tion to speak here at Farmers Day,
Thursday, October 7.
Final Rites Thursday
For E. G. Usry, 69
Funeral services were held at
Kittrell Thursday afternoon at
Oak Ridge Baptist Church near
3:30, conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. E. G. Usry, for Edward Solo
mon Ferguson, 69-year-old farmer
of the Kittrell Community, who
died at his home at 7:45 Wednes
day morning after an illness of
several years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kate
Bell Garrett Ferguson; four broth
ers, Alfred of Henderson, John of
Zebulon, Raleigh and Julian Fer
guson, both of Durham; and a sis
ter, Mrs. E. O. Perkinson, of Kit
trell.
Flowers Variety Store
Undergoing Repairs
Work is continuing this week
on Flowers’ sc-$5 Store, and Dal
mon Whitley, owner of the busi
ness, stated that he expects the
work to be completed by the mid
dle of next week.
Termites and dry rot had at
tacked the wood in the front of
the building, necessitating the re
pairs. Business, said Mr. Whitley,
will go on as usual, and he invites
his friends to come in and discuss
the work with him. •
EULA NIXON GREENWOOD:
Raleigh Roundup
KNOWS HIS TURNlPS—Al
though most of the North Carolina
delegates to the Democratic Na
tional Convention were well on
their way home when President
Harry Truman made his blood
thunder-speech early last Thurs
day morning, many of them are
now of the opinion that Harry
certainly knows his turnips. July
26, when Congress meets, is “turn
ip day in Missouri.”
Consensus around Raleigh last
week was that there is now some
chance for the Democrats to get
back into power. Before Truman’s
lambast of the Republicans, the
Democrats felt mighty low. Now
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Gubernatorial Victor
To Deliver Address;
Broadcast Is Planned
W. Kerr Scott, Democratic nom
inee for Governor of North Caro
lina, will make the principal ad
dress at the first annual Farmers
Day in Zebulon on Thursday,
October 7.
The Haw River farmer and bus
inessman accepted an' invitation
from the Zebulon Chamber of
Commerce earlier this week to
speak here on the afternoon of
the event, which is expected to be
the greatest single undertaking of
local merchants. The address will
be broadcast over at least two
radio stations.
The events of the day will in
clude a bicycle race at 11:00 a. m.,
and a band concert by the Wake
Forest College band from 1:00 to
2:00 p. m. Following the address
by the governor-nominate, prizes
will be awarded to members of the
audience.
The program was approved at a
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night, attended by Presi
dent Ralph Talton and the direct
ors, C. V. Whitley, Pat Farmer,
Ferd Davis are serving as an ar
rangements committee for the oc
casion.
Mr. Scott, who made an out
standing record as Commissioner
j of Agriculture before resigning to
run for Governor this spring, is
recognized as one of the finest
speakers in North Carolina, his
style being particularly appealing
to the people of this area.
Tobacco Sells at 57c
On Georgia Opening
Tobacco was selling high at
noon yesterday, opening day on
the Georgia markets, according to
a telegram sent to The Zebulon
Record by Charles Weathersby,
local tobacconist who works on
the Tifton and Rocky Mount mar
kets.
Mr. Weathersby stated that
sales at the first tw T o warehouses
in Tifton brought fair quality to
bacco which sold at an average
of $51.50 a hundred. Buyers were
active, he continued.
In the Tifton section of Georgia
tobacco lice infestation was es
pecially heavy this spring, but ap
parently tobacco staged a strong
recovery from the lice attacks.
they are wondering if the big
blows at the donkey will come
from Dewey and Warren or from
the deep South. Probably both.
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GETTING READY—The Re
publicans mean business—even in
North Carolina. On the eighth
floor of the air-conditioned,
beautifully finished Insurance
Building in Raleigh last week
electricians and carpenters were
putting finishing touches on GOP
headquarters. Rumors were flying
that the Republicans had plenty of
money from “on high” and that
they were out to make a killing.
It is also reported that they have
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