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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 36. WIDE SELECTION fgj i #BBgp^^BHlp- &<i i ZjEßm * ' f«, h Miss Mary Frances Jennings in dicates how she operates a record player with multiple selections at a Georgia textile plant. She says Local Farmers Advised To Use Care with Cotton In view of a declining demand for low grade cotton, Zebulon farm ers should avoid rough methods in harvesting cotton still remaining in the fields and handpick as much of the crop as possible, according to Candler C. Miller, marketing specialist with the State Department Joe Tippett Named As Woke Candidate Joe Tippett, prominent Zebu lon farmer, has been nominated for membership on the Neuse Dis trict Committee of the United States Soil Conservation Service. Nomination to this committee is tantamount to election, according to S. C. Winchester, district con servation agent. Mr. Tippett, who recently pur chased a portion of the A. A. Pip pin estate adjoining his Rocky Branch farm on Highway 64, has begun negotiations for a conser vation demonstration on his prop erty, bu\ as yet he has obtained no definite commitment from the service. Pilot Barbecue A chicken barbecue and oyster supper will be served in the Pilot School cafeteria Saturday, De cember 4, from 5 until 9 p. m., by the Pilot Baptist Church. Plate for the meal will cost «$1.50, and proceeds will be used as I part of the church building fund. MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS; This, That & the Other On Tuesday my share of the mail was a circular which insisted that I give my child a whole week’s thrills, free. Since there is now only one of the children at home—and he nearly twenty five—it seemed better to task whether he had time to thrill for a week. He said he couldn’t pos sibly, before Christmas. And the positively stupendous, exciting of fer is to be withdrawn almost im mediately. Well, it’s thrilling to think I might have gotten in on it. In Raleigh last week when I boarded a city bus to go out to my she makes “scientific selections” of numbers at different times of the day, which increases output of the textile workers. of Agriculture. “With the outlook for an unu sually large crop of cotton this year it is readily evident that the lower grades, resulting from rough harvesting, will NOT be in as great demand as in previous years,” Miller said. “In fact, a good many ginners are seriously worried about having difficulty in disposing of low grade cotton. “Recent rains and frosts already have resulted in considerable in jury to cotton still in the fields and at best farmers can expect to get lower grades when this cot ton is harvested. Much of the damage is such that it cannot be corrected at the gin. This makes it all the more important for grow ers to harvest their cotton in the cleanest possible condition. “Although gins equipped with modern, up-to-date pre-ginning and drying equipment are able to do an outstanding job of cleaning cotton, is still remains a fact that cotton will decline in grade in pro portion to the care used in har vesting it. “Many farmers at this time of the year get concerned as to whether they will have sufficient (Continued on Page 4) daughter’s home I received a cheerful greeting from the driv er, conductor, or motorman, whichever you prefer calling him. He also thanked me when I paid my fare. Although he treated all other passengers the same way, I rode to Five Points with a feeling of being a special guest. He was an elderly man, and my daugh ter said he is always just that po lite. When in the afternoon I got on another bus to come home, the driver said pleasantly, “Watch (Continued on Page 4) Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 3, 1948 Delegates Meet Today to Name Wake County Leaders of PMA Zebulon Rotarians Plan Entertainment Tonight For Wives, Teachers Zebulon Rotarians will entertain their wives and members of the Wakelon School faculty at dinner tonight in the local school cafe teria. A special program, design ed only to entertain, has been prepared under the direction of Ralph Talton, chairman of the club service committee, who will serve as master of ceremonies. Other Rotarians appearing on the program tonight will be Nor man Screws, Howard Beck, Arm strong Cannady, Pat Farmer, Ed Hales, and Ferd Davis. E. H. Moser delivered an inspir ing message on America’s future at last week’s Rotary meeting, the last regularly scheduled program of the club service committee for 1948. Mr. Moser, former principal of Wakelon S aol and now execu tive secretary of the Wendell sized the growth of America Chamber of Commerce, empha through development of strong traditions of industr yand thrift. If America is to nemain strong, he declared, we must return to the exemplary Wuy of life of our forebear* President Vester Brantley pre sided at the meeting. Wakelon Band Now Holding Sessions For the first time since pre-war; years Wakelon School will have a band this term. Under the direc tion of D. P. Goldman of Durham, I the local group receives instruc- j tion twice weekly in a room set aside for the purpose in the school gymnasium. Trumpeteers for the band are Jo Ellen Gill, David Alford, Herbert Carlton Cox, Billy Massey, and Privette, Bobby Gill, Luther Long, Mona Fay Horton. Playing the trombone are B. B. Barham and Wayne Massey. In the reed section are saxo phonists K. D. Lloyd and Collins Pippin; and Gayle Privett, Jo Ann Jones, Billy Perry and Cloid Wade playing the clarinet. Two Zebulon Men Enlisted by Army Two Zebulon men, Stacey G. Williams, 17, of Route 2, and Mack D. Pippin, 20, of Route 2, enlisted in the regular Army for three years at the Raleigh recruiting station, stated M. Sgt. M. G. Sparks, the station commander. Williams enlisted for duty in the European theatre, and Pippin, a veteran with 13 months in the Pacific, chose duty with the U. S. Constabulary in Germany. License Tags Here The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Zebulon will hold their December meeting Monday night in the town office to trans act business, Mayor R. H. Bridgers announced. City license tags are on sale now, he added, and urged automo bile owners to purchase their plates as early as possible. HE'S NOT LOST Us ' '* r -r^ v Sj® pill ms? The $64 question in North Caro lina for the past two weeks has been: “Where’s Kerr Scott?” Take our word for it, the Governor elect, pictured above, is not lost, and will turn up in plenty of time to do the Capitol Hill clean-up job he promised the voters of North Carolina. Zebulon Farm Buerau Mails Its Invitations To Annual Barbecue Invitations to the 1948 barbecue of the Zebulon Farm Bureau have been mailed to members, Robert Ed Horton, secretary of the or ganization, said yesterday. Sena tor J. Melville Broughton will be the principal speaker at the meet ing, which will be held at the Wakelon Gymnasium next Wed nesday night, December 8, at 6:30. “Some of the members who are entitled to attend the meeting may not have received invitations,” Mr. Horton said, “and they will be ad mitted at the gym upon presenta tion of their membership receipts. We are anxious for everyone eligi ble to be at the barbecue.” The Zebulon Farm Bureau re cently completed its 1948-49 mem bership campaign, but new mem berships are still being accepted. Admittance to the barbecue may be obtained by joining at the door of the gymnasium next Wednes day, according to E. H. Moser, president of the local organization. Zebulon’s quota is 600 members, and it has been about 75 per cent filled. SEEN AND HEARD: Cawthorne Special There’s more than meets the eye to that bundle of power concealed beneath a red and black Crosley body that Allen Cawthorne has been testing the past few days on the streets of Zebulon. With more thah three times its original pow er under the hood and a high speed rear end, the automobile is expected to be the hottest thing on the roads. Originally a stock Crosley car, the present vehicle is Crosley only in appearance. Handmade over a period of 18 months, it contains parts from dozens of different automobiles of five distinct makes. The engine is a Ford V 8 60 hp model salvaged from a wrecked Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Seven Farmers Named As Local Candidates; Balloting Light Here Delegates from ten Wake Coun ty townships will meet at the Wake County Production Market ing Association headquarters in the old Rex Hospital building at Raleigh at 10 o’clock this morning to name a county chairman, vice chairman, and secretary. Township elections were held throughout North Carolina yester day to name local PMA officials, including a chairman, committee men, and delegates to county con ventions. In Little River Township the high man was named delegate to the Wake meeting as well as local chairman, in an effort to fa cilitate balloting. Seven men were nominated at 9 o’clock yesterday morning for the five PMA places open in Little River A. They were William Rich ards, Robert E. Horton, John H. Ihrie, Herbert Perry, Jim Croom, B. R. Richards, and William Honeycutt. All townships in Wake County, with the exception of Little River Township, will be represented by on PMA committee instead of the three groups used in the past. Little River, because of its size, population, and value of agricul tural products, has been allotted an extra PMA committee with power equal to any other township group. Thus at the county PMA convention this morning there will be eleven delegates: one from each of the other nine Wake townships and two from Little River. Little River B includes all farm ers in the township who live west of Little River, and those who live (Continued on Page 4) Girls' Choir to Sing At Baptist Church The Girls’ Choir, under the di rection of Mrs. Frank Kemp will sing Malotte’s “Lord’s Prayer” at the morning worship services of the Baptist church Sunday, De cember 5. Pastor Carlton Mitch ell’s sermon topic will be “On Time and Tide.” The Adult Choir *■ will sing “Break Thou the Bread of Life” at the communion service Sunday evening. The pastor will bring a communion meditation. auto in Raleigh. The rear end is a tailored collection of pieces from five models of Ford-built cars, ranging from 1928 to 1935. The pinion and ring gears were custom made by the Borg Warner factory. When he first started work on his creation, it looked like just a matter of building engine mounts to handle the new engine, but the more he worked, the more design ing and rebuilding he had to do, and now he is baffled as to the name to give when he applies for a license plate. Somebody asked if it would run. “Run,” he exclaimed, “Why, that thing will run around the world.” (Continued on Page 4)
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