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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIV. Number 22. Zebulon Farmers Sowing Strips to Combat Erosion By G. L. Winchester , Work Unit Conservationist and S. W. Holleman, Conservation Aide Many farmers are attempting to combat enemy No. I—EROSION1 —EROSION —by sowing meadows this fall. Although these natural “draws” have been wet, many meadows have been sown or will be sown BIG FISH || ' % II isllajM . §||&s Pictured above is Jerry Wil liams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Williams. The five-year-old fish erman hauled in the four-pound horsefish below Tarpley’s Mill a short time ago, which is something few fishermen can boast about. County Agent Points To Extension Services Offered Cotton Farmers Wake County cotton farmer who want to keep abreast of the mar keting picture will receive high ly specialized help again this year from the U. S. Department of Ag riculture’s Cotton Branch, John Reitzel, county agent for the State College Extension Service, said this. week. Mr. Reitzel lists these services j as available to growers requesting them. Weekly Cotton Market Review: Issued each week end. Covers the movement of average prices for middling 15-16 inch staple in the spot markets; market activity; loan rates and current parity, and ginning and mill activity. Farmers’ Weekly Cotton Price Report: Enables a grower to de termine the approximate price, or the government loan rate, on vari ous grades and staple lengths; also shows the prices paid on the ma (Continued on Page 3) Zebuion National Guard Unit Starts Recruiting Campaign; Seek 20 Men As the nation-wide recruiting campaign for the National Guard rounded out its first week, Bat tery A of Zebuion claimed a good start toward its goal of twenty recruits by November 19. Ser geant Bob Sawyer, a veteran of over three years service, enlist ed for three years early this week to be the first to join during the campaign. A program Friday night for the Zebuion Rotary Club was the open ing gun for the recruiting drive, and other special events, includ ing talks in high schools in this section, will take place during the coming seven weeks. All the light arms, including "in the next few days. These j meadows not only act as disposal j areas for water but as a source of good hay. Carl Davis, member of the Vet erans Farmer Training program I of the Knightdale High School has | already sown his meadow to al falfa and orchard grass. It is already up to a very good stand. Woodrow and Graham Smith, brothers of the Bethlehem Church Community, plan to sow meadows just as soon as the land is dry enough to sow. They contem plate sowing 25 pounds alfalfa seed per acre, 8 pounds orchard grass, 1000 pounds 2-12-12 fer tilizer and 2 tons of lime. Jasmine Tippett of Zebulon. Roy Walker and Joseph Bryan of Garner will also sow a meadow of alfalfa and orchard grass. These boys are veterans in their respective high schools. Bruce Booth and A. N. Law rence of the New Hill Section will sow a meadow mixture of 12 pounds Ky 31 tall fescue and 2 pounds ladino clover. Their meadows are rather moist and the above mixture should give ade quate protection and produce some good hay. The Soil Conservation Service personnel in laying off meadows, suggest that they be wide enough and well up on the slope so that water will easily flow into them. The Wake County Conservation Association pays under its pro gram 75c per 1000 square feet for seeding meadows. This is about $32.00 per acre. The goal set by the Wake Coun ty Soil Conservation Committee is 100aaves.c v es. In order to further create interest they are conduct ing a meadow strip contest which ends this fall with a barbecue. Additional information may be secured from teachers of Voca j tional Agriculture, County Agent, ! Farm and Home Administration, j A. A. A., and the Soil Conservation | Service. P-TA MEETING The Wakelon Parent-Teach er Association held its first meeting: of the school year Monday night with Howard Heck presiding:. Principal Fred Smith made a brief talk, after which the Senior Class held open house at the Voca tional Building: for the fac ulty and school patrons. carbines, pistols, and machine guns, have arrived at the ar mory, and the 105 mm howitzer ;is expected soon. All uniforms for the personnel have been re quisitioned. Two members of the unit, Jack Potter and Robert Lee Privette, are mem. 2rs of the ROTC unit at State College in Raleigh. Thus far Sergeant J. P. Ar nold, caretaker, has received a jeep and two 2 1-2 tons trucks for Bat tery A. C-lc Clifford Gilliam, ad ministrative assistant, stated that another jeep and more trucks are scheduled to arrive soon. The recruiting drive has as its (Continued on Page 3) Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 30, 1949 WAKELON'S 1949 FOOTBALL SQUAD Wkmbm? H 'ff HKf*? tu HI Mm JHfL v mJm Jmtt IIL ■Hi- Ml NSj^Hmi j JBHfe vHHHk Jl PP'ured are members of the 1949 Wakelon High School football squad. Left to right, they afe: First row—George Massey, Peter Combs, Cooper Moss. Worth Croom, Bobby Kitchings, K. D. Lloyd; Second row—Lawrence Liles, Henry Kitchings, Reuben McSwain, Ruric Gill Jr., Jimmy Green, Billy Bailey; Third row—Warren Green, Raymond Harris, Lowell Liles, George Crowder, Alton Temple, Charles Weathersby; Fourth row—Herbert Privette, Ronald Richards, Gilbert Bullock, Dwight Horton, James McSwain, Billy Pippin, Cloid Wade; Back row—Billy Bunn and Bobby Driver. Dr. Earp Gives List of First Roads for Paving in Division At a barbecue held at his home near Zebulon Wednesday attended by Governor Scott and some 250 other guests, Highway Commis sioner Dr. R. E. Earp officially launched the first phase of the Fourth Division’s secondary road program. Projects covering approximate ly 480 miles of rural roads in the Division’s seven counties, or roughly one-third of the total pro gram, were announced by the Highway Commissioner. Varying road mileage was se lected in each county, Dr. Earp said, largely to equalize the total j amount of hard-surfacing through out the division. “Some counties have a larger percentage of pav- j ed roads than others, and one of j our first aims is to get these | amounts balanced,” he said. Mileage allocations for the vari ous counties (and the percentage of the total county road mileage hard-surfaced when the new work is completed) were announced as follows: Franklin, 51 (20.5 per cent); Johnston, 108 (19 per cent); Nash 60 (23.9 per cent); Wake, 111 (23.6 per cent): Wayne. 75, (21.8 per cent); Wilson, 47 (23.6 per cent); and Vance, 28 (30 per cent). In choosing roads to get first consideration, Dr. Earp and his,, Division Engineer, T. J. McKim, j traveled more than 7.000 miles, personally inspecting every one of 243 requests for road improve ments in seven counties. Four to eight visits were made to each j county, public meetings were held ! at each county court house and several conferences arranged witl\_ boards of county commissioners. “The yardstick we used in the I FOOTBALL The Wakelon Bulldogs, who were defeated, 34-0, j by a strong Ayden eleven last Friday, will meet the Cary High School football ; team at 8 o’clock, Friday night, September 30, on the Wakelon gridiron. selection of this first group of roads was public service,” Dr. Eary said. “We based our selec tions on such factor as school bus travel, traffic counts, population, location of churches, stores and business establishments. We also considered those roads which con nect with other roads and have a definite relationship to the entire highway system.” Some of the projects named to- WHAT WE GET Hoads scheduled for paving: under the first letting of the Fourth Division include the Hopkins Chapel Road from N. C. 264 to Riley, thence to N. C. 59 via Harris School. Work began on this project two weeks ago. Other roads in this area on the first list are the Mor pheus Bridge road from Zeb ulon to Wendell, old N. C. 91 from Ihe Robertson Road to N. C. 261 via Fowler’s Store, and the Zebulon- Corinth- Holder Road, 15.7 miles to Jones Service Station. Colonel Elliott, Captain Perry Give Facts on Guard to Local Rotary Club The beginning of the local drive for recruits for the National Guard was mad£ before the Zeb uion Rotary Club last Friday night when representatives of the - Army and the National Guard met with the Rotarians to give them information and answer questions about the National Guard and the local field artillery battery. Robert Daw'son, program chair man for the night, introduced Captain Barrie Davis, command ing officer of Battery A, who spoke briefly about the local bat tery and the recruiting drive and thanked the Rotarians for the big part, they have played in helping establish the battery in Zebuion. Captain Darrel Perry, adjutant Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers day will be let to contract in Oc tober, the commissioner said. No particular projects will have prior ity over any others, but work will begin on those which best fit into the division’s construction sched ule. A second road selection list will be released next spring, Dr. Earp said. The division’s stabilization pro gram is already in progress. Re quisitions have been placed for more than 150,000 tons of crush ed stone to take care of emergen cies during the winter. The Fourth Division Commis | sioner announced the opening of his rural road construction pro gram before an assembly of spec ially-invited guests from all parts |of his division. They included county commissioners, mayors of | municipalities, county school su perintendents and other citizens interested in the highway program. In addition to Governor Scott, other guests included Dr. Henry W. Jordan, Chairman of the High- I way Commission, W. H. Rogers. Jr., State Highway Engineer, and (Continued on Page 3) of the 113th Field Artillery Bat talion. told of the benefits of the National Guard to the commun ity, including the amount of the payroll and the protection offer ed. “It’s no goldmine,” he said, “but it is a nice little factory.” Lt.-Col. Charles Elliott, regu lar army instructor for the battal ion, spoke of the enviable record attained by the North Carolina National Guard since before the Revolutionary War. He described the purpose of the field artillery in combat and described the training which will be given men of Battery A. Other members of the National Guard present at the meeting were S-lc Clifford Gilliam and Sgt. J. P. Arnold, full-time employees of the local unit.
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