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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 45. Local Residents to Help Europeans Next Sunday Residents of Zebulon and the surrounding community will have an opportunity February 13 to help the suffering people of Europe through a program directed locally by the Rev. Carlton Mitchell, pas tor of the Zebulon Baptist Church, and the Rev. Paul Carruth, local CHAIRMAN fHUISsr :S*| Pictured is Harold Pitser of Raleigh, who has been selected by Wake County Red Cross Chairman Paul Becker to head the 1949 campaign for ARC funds, which will begin shortly. Mrs. Fred A. Mangum Dies Monday; Funeral Services Held Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Fred A. Mangum of Wakefield were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 from the Zebulon Baptist Church with Rev. Carlton Mitchell offici ating, assisted by Rev. R. H. Her ring and Rev. Theo. B. Davis. Bur ial was in the Wakefield cemetery. Mrs. Mangum, apparently in good health, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while visiting friends in Knightdale Sunday evening, and was carried to Mary Elizabeth Hospital, Raleigh, where she died eariy Monday morning. Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased: Fred Hoyle of Enfield. William Hoyle of Laurinburg, J. K. Barrow, Jr., of Ahoskie, Hawk ins Vester of Spring Hope, Henry Hoyle and Wiley Broughton. Mem bers of Wakelon’s senior class act ed as flower-bearers. Mrs. Mangum was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Gupton of Wakefield. She is survived by her husband, one son. Fred Allen, Jr., and two sisters, Mrs. John Barrow of Zeb ulon and Mrs. S. H. Hoyle of Wake field. Wakelon Veteran Farm Trainees Hold Forum on Soil Conservation Much interest was shown in proper land use by 96 veterans at Wakelon Thursday night in the farmer training class supervised by E. D. Ellington, local agricul tural teacher. Thought provoking questions were asked and discussed' by the group. How can I contour culti vate? Under what conditions can I establish a satisfactory row ar rangement without having too much grade in some places? What should I do with land too steep for continuous cultivation? The discussion was led by G. L. Winchester, Conservationist for Wake County. It was pointed out that due to improper land use and lack of protective measures we are f Methodist minister. On next Sunday the people of Wake County will have opportun ity to contribute through churches farm products or money for a CROP Friendship car to be shipped | from Raleigh on February 18. The farm products wanted are | wheat, corn (shelled or unshelled), oats, barley, soybeans, dried peas or beans, and tinned meats, veg etables or lard. If other farm products, such as eggs, poultry, sweet potatoes, are donated, they will be sold and packaged foods bought. The money from cash j contributions will be used to buy foods and to take care of the mod erate expenses of the drive, as well as the freight to Norfolk. The ocean freight is paid by the Fed eral Government. CROP is the Christian Rural Overseas Program which was be gun about eighteen months ago. It is sponsored by Church World Service. Lutheran World Relief and Catholic Rural Life. It is es timated that in 1948 more than I 1.000 carloads of 'ood were con-j tributed by 1,500,u00 people in the United States through CROP and shiped to 43 countries to give ex tra food to people trying to ljve on too meager diets. The first CROP train was the Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train, starting on Lincol ’s Birth day in 1948 in four sections from Sioux Falls, S. D., Lincoln, Neb.. Council Bluffs. lowa, and Spring field, 111. It carried 283 carloads of food. i I CROP was organized in North Carolina in the fall of 1948 under under the North Carolina Coun- i cil of Churches. In December ' food from 55 counties filled a ! train of 43 cars, which passed through Wake County to Norfolk. Wake County was not one of the 55 counties; hence the drive now in Wake County. People on the farms are urged to donate farm products and bring them to their churches. Fred Smith to Address Local Woman's Club The Senior Woman’s Club will meet Tuesday afternoon, February 15, at 3:45, Mrs. Fred Page, club president, has announced. Mrs. Eugene Privette, club edu cation chairman, will have Prin cipal Fred Smith of Wakelon as guest speaker. losing much of our valuable top soil. A greater part of this loss is occurring in June, July and Aug ust, when most of our row crops are being planted and worked. “So, in a period when we need the most protection, we have the least,” Mr. Winchester stated. In answering some of the ques tions, it was pointed out that be fore any satisfactory system of contour cultivation or row ar rangement can be put into opera tion there must be a proper ter racing system. And to establish a good system of terraces there must be proper outlets for the wa ter. “In most places this will ne cessitate the establishment of sod (Continued on Page 8) Zebulon, N. C., Friday, February 4, 1949 PLANNING FOR BROTHERHOOD WEEK % - hi Hr m Hi! Mk. vsfl P I * / J Hi fm wBEt ' wfe • M ■BjjA. M Ml |IL nil HH WL Jf | HI I MM -f --:■ mAjSS , ; \jgßn Ml m ajjPSjji H| - : 'W ■ Governor Scott accepted the honorary state chairmanship of Brotherhood Week at the request of officials of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the sponsoring organization, who vis ited him this week in his Capitol office. They are, left to right, the Governor, Miss Gertrude Weil, Goldsboro, member of the state board of NCCJ; Gurney P Hood, Raleigh, state banking commission er and representative on the national board of NCCJ; Ivlsgr J. Lennox Federal, Sacred Heart Cathe dral, Raleigh, local board member; and Allyn P. Robinson, regional NCCJ director, of Charlotte. Estonian Refugees Give Rotarians Information On Red-occupied Areas Two refugee Estonian girls, who have lived under the brutal rule of both the Russians and the Ger mans, gave an account of their harrowing experiences to the members of the Zebulon Rotary! Club last Friday night. Helle and Edith Ramdam, sisters, appeared on the program as guests of Dr. L. M. Massey. They were accompan ied by Dr. R. F. Noble. Miss Helle Ramdam gave a de scription of Estonia in the days before the Russian and German occupation, and told of the cruelty and treachery of the Russians. Her sister told of their being taken into a German slave camp near Berlin where they were forc ed to work in war factories, until, half-starved and severely weak-1 ened, they managed to escape to meet the American forces invad ing Germany. The Ramdam sisters came to this country under the Displaced Per sons Act, and live on Wilmington Street in Raleigh. Miss Helle Ramdam is an accountant for Capital Life Insurance Company and her sister is a secretary. Mrs. Perdidie Privette Dies at Age of 86 Mrs. Perdidie Privette, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. H. Broughton of Zebulon, Route 3, Tuesday morning following a long illness. She was 86 years old. Funeral services were held from Pearces Baptist Church yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Childress, pastor, and the Rev. Mr. Garner of Roles ville. Interment was in the family cemetery. Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. R. H. Richardson, Mrs. J. D. Pearce, Mrs. W. S. Gay and Mrs. F. H. Broughton, all of whom live on Zebulon routes, Mrs. W. H. Pearce of Wendell, Mrs. Alfred Tompkins of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. Eva Ellington of Canada; two sons, W. B. Privette of Youngs ville, Route 1, J. E. Privette of Wake Forest; 57 grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren. LOTS OF DIMES Local contributions to the 1919 March of Dimes ; amounted to nearly S9OO, j; Rev. R. H. Herring, Zebu- ; lon chairman, has reported. : Wakelon School students i ; solicited $272.00 of this to- j; : tal. he said. 1 Tobacco Associates Plan Meeting on March Ist Tobacco Associates, Inc., has an nounced that the group’s annual membership meeting will be held in Raleigh, Tuesday, March 1. All Zebulon tobacco farmers are requested to attend the session. J. B. Hutson, president of the organization, wull give his yearly report at the meeting. J. Henry Vaughn, Elm City, N. C., Chairman of the Board of Directors, will pre side. Directors and officers from Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida will be elected at. the meeting. The group was formed two years ago to ex pand and protect foreign markets for tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pippin have moved to the A. A. Pippin home place in Wakefield. Commissioners Plan to Pave Local Streets If Property Owners Desire Members of the Zebulon town board, meeting with Mayor R. H. Bridgers and Town Clerk W. B. Hopkins, exnressed themselves as ready to deal favorably with proposed petitions by Zebulon property owners who live on up paved streets in town. The pe titions, as prepared this week, ask that the Town of Zebulon srrade and pave with plant mix rsphalt streets in town. A report which was made to the board last month stated that the work could be done at a cost not exceeding SI.OO per foot front age to the property owners. This proposed pavement will be one and a half inches thick and far su perior to that on Barbee and Wakefield Streets. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Mrs. J. A. Edwards Dies Monday; Burial Service Held at Hopkins Chapel Mrs. J. A. Edwards, 78, of Zeb ulon, Route 3, died at her home Monday morning. Before her mar riage to the late J. A. Edwards, she was Miss Mary Anlis Walker. She is survived by one son, Wil liam Edwards of the home; one duaghter, Mrs. Mary Helen Gay of Zebulon; one brother, John Walk er of Raleigh; and one sister, Mrs. G. H. Ray of Zebulon, Route 3. Funeral services were held at Hopkins Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock with the Rev. Henry Morgan of Wake Forest officiat ing. Burial was in the church cemetery. Drury Thompson to Be Speaker at Junior Club The hegular meeting of the Ju nior Woman’s Club will be held Tuesday evening, February 15th, at 8:00 o’clock at the club house. All members are urged to be pres ent. Mr. Drury Thompson, director of the Division of Institutional and Protective Service of the State Board of Public Welfare will talk on legislation affecting public wel fare and general legislative work. The board agreed to canvass the property owners along Syca more Street to find their opinion and desires concerning paving that street. They will contact any other property owners on other streets that care to sign the pe titions. A report was made on the work done at the “long bridge” on Arendell Avenue between Mrs. Annie Jones and Principal Fred Smith’s house. The town clerk stated that several hundred dol ’ars worth of work had been ac complished at a very small cost to the town, including laying over 120 feet of 2 foot pipe and building a catch basin. A grating to cover the basin is now being (Continued on Page 8)
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