THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV.
Funeral Services Held
Here on Wednesday
For B. Howard Johnson
On Wednesday afternoon funer
al services were held in the Bap
tist church here for B. Howard
Johnson, with Pastor Carlton
Mitchell in charge. Two former
pastors with the deacons and dea
conesses of the church were hon
orary pallbearers. Active pall
bearers were G. H. Johnson, Jr.
of Wake Forest, Ivey Jones of Ral
eigh, Wade Privette of Bailey, W.
G. Temple, Frederick Chamblee,
Elwood Perry, Claude Pippin and
Allan Pippin of Zebulon.
Mr. Johnson died Sunday in St.
Petersburg, Florida, where, with
Mrs. Johnson and her parents, the
Pittman Stells, he was visiting
in the home of the Rex Ducketts.
Mrs. Duckett and Mrs. Johnson are
sisters. The only daughter, Mrs.
Neil Goodnight of Gastonia, left
by plane when notified of her fa
ther’s critical condition, and reach
ed St. Petersburg shortly before
his death.
Other survivors than the wife,
formerly Gladys Stell, and the
daughter, include a sister, Ella
Johnson of Enfield; and three bro
thers, the Rev. George Johnson of
Buffalo, South Carolina, D. Mac
Johnson, Enfield, and E. Johnson,
Tarboro.
A graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege Mr. Johnson taught for years
in the state school system. Fail
ing health caused his retirement
last year. For some years he was
principal at Wakelon and his last
teaching was in the mathematics
department of Middlesex High
School. His work was characteriz
ed by a deep personal interest in
his pupils, which did not end when
they were no longer under his
guidance. As long as strength per
mitted he was active in church and
community life.
Wakelon School closed 'early
Wednesday because of his funeral.
Boy Scouts to Get New
1949 Registration Cards
The Zebulon Boy Scouts will
meet in the basement of the Bap
tist church Monday night at 7:15.
Work will be begun on merit bod
ges by the entire troop.
During the business session, new
registration cards for 1949 will be
issued.
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS:
This, That & the Other
A young housekeeper gave me a
suggestion that is herewith passed
on: “If you don’t have time for
both sweeping and dusting,” she
said, “it’s better to leave off
sweeping and do the dusting. Call
ers may think the children have
just strewn things over the floor;
but, if they see dust, they’ll know
you haven’t cleaned up ”
Another housekeeper told me of
her utility room and explained at
length its many conveniences.
There, she said, w’as where all
her vegetables were prepared for
cooking or canning; where flow
ers were brought in to be arrang
ed in vases; where both washing
and ironing were done, and where
she did most of the mending be
fore the clothes were put away;
where friends, dropping in for a
few moments, sat down to talk
with her; where she glanced over
the mail and discarded all not
meant to be kept; where she re
laxed on an old couch when time
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Senator J. Melville Broughton,
who was sworn in as the junior
senator from North Carolina at
Washington last Friday.
Among North Carolinians at
tending the ceremony were Dr. and
Mrs. L. M. Massey and daughter,
Carolyn, and John K. Barrow of
Zebulon.
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1948 Hog Shows Said
To Be Highly Successful
A total of 670 fat hogs weigh
ing 157,231 pounds were exhibit
ed and sold at eight fat stock
shows held in the State during
1948.
An average price of $22.99 per
hundred (pounds) was paid for the
animals. The show at Dunn led
with an average of $26.14. The
highest price for a grand cham
pion was $1 per pound, which was
paid at Durham.
Os the eight grand champions
selected, six were exhibited by
4-H Club members, one by a Fu
ture Farmers of America member,
and one by an adult farmer.
Kelley says the shows and sales
were held at a time when hog
prices were low as compared with
the average price for the year,
but the sales averaged about two
cents per pound more than the
prevailing market price.
The Rocky Mount show was the
largest, with 206 hogs which
weighed 48,94 pounds and sold for
a total of $10,574.76. Kinston was
second with 163 animals weighing
36,030 pounds and bringing $7,-
970.19.
Among the hog shows was P.
M. Horton’s Poland China spring
sale at C. V. Whitley’s barn in
Zebulon.
permitted. It was wonderful how
much went on in that room and
what it did toward keeping the
rest of the house orderly. In fact,
she admitted, thoughtfully, after
she finished in the utility room
there was not much time left to
go into any other part of the house.
There had to be a catch in it
somewhere.
It is probable that my going to
see moving pictures so seldom is
the main reason I recognize so
few actors. Some of my friends
think this unfortunate, and that I
would enjoy any film more if I
knew the names of those having
the different parts. But they may
be wrong. To me they are the
people in the play; and, unham
pered by any further knowledge,
I get the impression that the pic
ture is an actual part of their
lives. They do not seem to me to
be acting, but living.
As a fair example of my igno
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New Senator
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 7, 1949
Zebulon Farmers Urged to Join
100-Bushel Corn Club in 1949
North Carolina Bankers
Again Sponsor School
Soil Conservation Tests
Promotion of soil conservation,
cooperation with farm youth and
other high school pupils in their
educational program, and contin
uation of the fight against farm
land price inflation are receiv
ing special emphasis in the North
Carolina Bankers Association pro
gram for 1948-49, according to
John F. McNair, Jr., of Laurin
burg, president of the association.
Calling special attention to the
agricultural speaking contest for
high school students, which the
Bankers Association is sponsoring
this year for the fourth time, Mr.
McNair said; “Last year more
than 4,000 contestants from 303
schools entered the contest, and
total awards were in excess of $6,-
000.
“It is our desire,” Mr. McNair
continued, “to see this contest en
larged each year. We firmly be
lieve that the people of North
Carolina will show financial
growth or decline in relationship
to their care of the soil.”
The cooperation of school au
thorities in conducting the contest
has been excellent, the Laurin
burg banker asserted. “We con
sider the speaking contest one of
the most important activities of
the Bankers Association agricul
tural committee, for through it
both young and old learn more
about the importance of proper
soil conservation methods. As a
part of this activity, the com
mittee also suggests support of
the forestry program as an import
ant phase of soil conservation.”
The general subject for the
contest is “Proper Land Use and
Treatment—lts Effect upon the
Economy of North Carolina.”
Students and teachers may obtain
information from Ed Ellington, lo
cal agriculture teacher, or Vance
Brown, Zebulon banker.
Miss Gladys Baker Fills
School Faculty Vacancy
The Wakelon School Board held
its January meeting in Principal
Fred Smith’s office Monday night.
Routine business was discussed,
and the resignation of Mr. Camp
bell, former eighth grade teacher,
was officially accepted. Miss
Gladys Baker of Zebulon has been
elected to fill the vacancy caused
by Mr. Campbell’s vacancy.
Discussion of means of protect
ing the gymnasium floor from fu
ture damage carried on. Be
cause of grease and cigarette stains
and other markings, the floor in
the Wakelon gym had to be re
polished and waxed during the
Christmas holidays at a cost of
over two hundred dollars.
Slight progress was reported
in the campaign for lights for the
Wakelon playground, and a re
quest was made that a complete
listing of contributions be made
in the Record.
Present at the meeting were
Chairman Wallace Temple, C. S.
Chamblee, H. C. Wade, Pettigrew
Gay, Ferd Davis, and Principal
F. A. Smith.
New Governor
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Governor W. Kerr Scott, who
was inaugurated in ceremonies at
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
yesterday.
Zebulon Commissioners
Offer Chance of Paving
All Dirt Streets in Town
Streets in Zebulon will be pav
ed, if property owners carry
through plans begun Monday night
by the Zebulon Board of Commis
sioners. Complaints about the
condition of unpaved streets in
the town caused the governing
body to investigate the cost of
paving, and now the commission
ers are offering the citizens an
opportunity to have something
done to correct the street situa
tion.
According to Willie B. Hopkins,
town clerk, the cost of paving 20
feet wide will be approximately
SI.OO per foot for property owners
on each side of the street. The
paving will much superior, he said,
to that used on Vance, Barbee, and
Wakefield Streets.
Petitions are being prepared, and |
property owners will be given an
opportunity to ' petition the city |
government to have the streets j
paved. If enough names are se- j
cured, the work will be done this j
spring.
At the suggestion of Barrie Da
vis, the board discussed the need
less primary election which is
held before the regular election
for town officials biennially. Since
no names except those of the nom
inees selected in the primary can
be listed on the regular election
ballot for town offices, the com
missioners decided that more than
one election is useless, and the;
primary should be done away with. |
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AROUND ZEBULON:
West End Crowing
West End, as the section of Zeb
ulon where Barbee Street crosses
Wakefield Street has titled itself,
is rapidly becoming another shop
ping center for our town. Joining
the three grocery stores already
there is Robert Phillips, who has
opened a barber shop, which he
calls West End Barber Shop. He
says he’ll cut hair with just as
much skill over in the West End
section as he did on main street.
We can’t always vouch for the
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
County Agent Reitzel
Seeks Full Cooperation
Os All Local Farmers
“Are you a member of the North
Carolina 100-Bushel Corn Club?
If not, look up one of your
neighbors who is a member, and
get him to sponsor you for mem
bership in 1949.”
That’s the advice given to Zeb
ulon farmers this week by John
L. Reitzel, Wake County extension
service farm agent.
Every adult farmer, 4-H Club or
FFA member who belongs to the
100-Bushel Club will be asked to
sponsor another person for mem
bership this year, Mr. Reitzel said.
As a reward, each sponsor will re
ceive an allocation of nitrogen top
dressing sufficient to take care of
his own corn crop and that of
the person he is sponsoring.
The two growers will be expect
ed to confer frequently concerning
the choice of hybrid seed, spac
ing, cultivating and fertilizing
practices which will result in the
highest yields.
Members who decide to accept
the sponsoring offer should noti
fy their county agent. In coun
ties where orders are large
enough to justify it, cooperat
ing fertilizer distributors will
ship the topdressing material in
carload lots. Farmers will be re
i quired to accept delivery as soon
as the material arrives in January,
February, or March.
The 100-Bushel Club, started in
1945 for the purpose of encourag
ing the use of hybrid varieties and
better production practices,
reached a membership of 638 in
1947.
The club is considered one of
the major factors responsible for
raising the State’s average corn
yield from 23 bushels per acre in
1945 to an estimated 33 bushels
per acre in 1948.
Brother of Zebulon's
Dies After Long Illness
E. I. Bridgers of Florence, S. C.,
died in the Atlantic Coast Line
Hospital Thursday morning at
10.30. Funeral services will be con
ducted in Florence Saturday after
noon at 3 o’clock.
Mr . Bridgers suffered a heart
attack two months ago. Until that
time he had been an engineer with
the railroad.
Surviving are three brothers,
Mayor R. H. Bridgers of Zebulon,
and A. O. and E. I Bridgers of
Wendell.
truth of lots of things we hear,
and such is the case with this
story. Seems that here in Zebulon
a little child was sitting demurely
on the couch, watching her mother
smoking a cigarette. Her little
nose was wrinkled and in her pale
blue eyes there was an expression
of childish disillusionment. Final
ly, unable to stand it any longer,
she burst out in her quavering
falsetta: “Mother, when in the
heck are you going to learn to
inhale?”