THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 36.
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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fer is to be withdrawn almost im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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.”
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