THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXIV. Number 29.
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Dabney Gill says that if you don’t recognize this picture, you
haven’t been stopping by Gill Motor Company often enough. This
shot of the front end of the new Buick Special shows the combination
grill guard and bumper. With the introduction of this new line,
General Motors hopes to bring Buick up to the third largest selling
position among American automobiles.
November Time for Pond
Stocking and Fertilizing
Forty thousand fingerling blue- i
gills were received in Raleigh on
Thursday, November 10, for fish
ponds in Wake County. These
bluegills were sufficient to stock
forty acres and were placed in six
teen ponds. Among those receiv
ing fish were: T. B. Straughan,
Garner; Elmo Fish. Fuquay
Springs; W. B. Franks. Swift
Creek; E. D. Fleming, Fuquay
Springs; and Marsh Knott, Wen
dell. This makes a total of six
ty ponds stocked with bluegil’s
this fall in Wake County. Bass will
be added to these ponds next May
at the rate of 100 fingerlings per
surface acre of water. The Neuse
River Soil Conservation District
secures these fish from the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and they
are distributed by the personnel of
the Soil Conservation Service.
In the spring the bluegills will
have spawned so when the bass
arrive in May there are thousands
of small bluegills for bass food.
. We have had several reports this
fall of bass that have grown to a
length of nine inches or more. One
farmer reports a catch measuring
eleven inches. This bass, when
put into the pond the second week
in May, was approximately one
inch long. From one inch to
eleven inches in length in five
months is some growing. This was
made possible by proper fertiliz
ing and the fact that plenty of
small bluegills were present dur
ing the growing season.
It is recommended that ponds
be fertilized with an 8-8-4 ferti
lizer. For each application use
about 100 pound's of the 8-8-4 or
its equivalent per surface acre of
water. Sometimes it will take
from 800-1200 pounds of fertilizer
W. B. Saves the Day
When Henhouse Burns
Efficient action by the Zebulon
volunteer fire department saved
the A. D. Antone chicken and pack
house on Wakefield Street from
being destroyed by a fire which
consumed two planks on the north
west corner before being brought
under control. The small 5x9
foot wooden building caught fire
from grass which was being burn
ed nearby.
In spite of the crowds which
flocked to the scene. Fire Chief
Willip B. Honkins directed activi
ties with great skill and the fire
was completely extinguished with
out loss of life, either human or
chicken.
for each acre. A pond with con
siderable water running through
it will take more.
There are ponds which seldom
need fertilizer. These are ponds
with run-off from barn lots or
well fertilized pastures. Such
ponds are those of W. B. Franks
of Swift Creek Section, H. M.
Olive, and J. G. Olive of the Olive
Chapel Community. The ideal
surrounding cover for a fish pond
is a pasture. Surface water flow
ing over a dense sod will cause
the silt to be dropped, thus pre
venting the pond from filling up.
Water flowing from a well-ferti
lized pasture will carry some ferti
lizing elements into the pond
which will serve the same purpose
as an application of fertilizer.
Several hundred acres of tall
fescue have been sown this fall
in the county. It has been used in
meadow and pasture mixtures and
also in field plantings with small
grain for the prevention of ero
sion. Lespedeza will be added
next spring.
Everybody Had a Good Time at Donkey Basketball
Games Except Coach Appenzeller and the Fiasco Kid
By Fearless Ferd the Fiasco Kid
Those few of you who failed to
see the donkey basketball games
at the Wakelon Gymnasium last
night and the night before missed
a painful experience—you might
have had to ride one of the crit
ters. I don’t blame old Balaam for
cussing his donkey!
The Scribes, 10-point underdogs
before the game, defeated a short
er, heavier faculty team Wednes
day night, 6-4. Yours truly was
unamimously elected captain of
the Scribes; I was framed.
I spent a humiliating ten min
utes early in the game trying to
mount my donkey. I tried him
from the right side, and I tried
him from the left side. I tried
him from the rear between kicks,
and managed to get aboard, but
was promptly thrown over his
head.
When we caueht him again, he
was winded and so was I. We
thereafter snent a successful
evening. Os course T didn’t pet the
ha 1 ! anv. but frankly I was more
interested in staving on that
donkev than T was in winning any
mere ball game.
Herbie Anoenzeller, who comes
from New Jersey, was expected to
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 18, 1949
Recruiting Halted
By Artillery Unit;
Quota Surpassed
Applications were still being re
reived by Battery A, 113 FA Bat
talion, this week, even though re
cruiting had been ordered stopped
by Capt. Barrie Davis when the
fifty-men maximum strength was
exceeded last week. The only
thing which keeps the local unit
from attaining its full strength of
88 men is a lack of armory storage
space.
Monday night Lt. Philip Pearce,
First Sergeant Sidney Holmes, and
Sgt. lc Clifford Gilliam instruct
ed the classes.
Officers for the battery are Capt.
Barrie Davis and Lt. Philip
Pearce.
First Sergeant Sidney Holmes, a
veteran of over 16 years with the
National Guard and Army, heads
the enlisted men. Sgt. lc Clifford
Gilliam is administrative assist
ant, and Sgt. J. P. Arnold is care
taker.
Other enlisted men include Sgt.
lc Carl Kemp, Percy Parrish;
Sgts. J. P. Arnold, Vonnie W.
Gay, Ben Frank Massey, Bob Saw
ver, George H. Temple, Gordon
Temple;
Cpls. John Clark, Jr.. Charles
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ORGAN IS GIVEN
Members cf the Eddins fam
ily will present a Hammond
electric organ to the Wake
field Raptist Church for in
stallation in the proposed new
church building, Rev. Hermit
Combs, paster of the church,
has announced.
Cost of the new organ,
which will amount to ap
proximatelv SI2OO, is covered
hy the following contributions
from members of the family:
Josh C. Eddins. Spring Hope,
$100; Mrs. Maggie Eddins
King, Raleigh. $100; Hubert
Eddins, Wakefield, $100: C.
Remice Eddins, Zebulon,
$450; Robert F. Eddins,
Wakefield, $450.
star ofr the faculty. He starred all
right; he looked like Wake Forest
against State College. It was a
dead heat as to who was more
scared, Herbie or the writer. I
had never ridden a donkey before,
and he had never even seen one.
COACH APPENZELLER
Alias Roy Rogers
Appenzeller had nightmares all
night with donkeys in the star
ring role. When he woke up Thurs
day and turned on the radio, they
were playing “Mule Train.” He
raised his shade and his mount of
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way for us to get rid of it! This
Dy-Dee doll drinks from a bottle,
cries, sleeps, needs diaper changes
jus tlike a real baby, and is guar
anteed to gladden the heart of
any little girl on Christmas morn
ing. This doll is but one of the
many bargains you will find on
the shelves of Zebulon merchants
from now until Christmas.
Sale of Christmas
Seals Starts Here
The Wake County Tuberculosis
Association will begin the 1949
Christmas Seal drive on Saturday,
November 19, when thousands of
Christmas Seals wil! be mailed
throughout the county. The goal
for this year has been set for
$20,000.
Last year nearly 1600 persons
were examined at the Wake
County clinic and 33 active cases
of tuberculosis were found. The
new equipment will make possible
the examination of many hundreds
mor.e
The Association will seek to con
tinue the services of a rehabilita
tion worker at the Wake County
Sanitorium. During the past year,
this worker has carried on a rec
reational and vocational program
and has been responsible for clas
es in sewing, handicraft, Church
services, movies and other forms
of entertainment.
the night before, tethered behind
the teacherage with the other
donkeys, stared him in the face.
He pulled down the shade, turned
off the radio, and went back to
bed,
Loomis Parrish scored the win
ning two points with the aid of a
powerful stiff-arm and a timely
kick by his mount. He attempted
to pass the ball to Hilliard
Greene, and the ball went through
the basket.
Barrie Davis set a new record
for the swan dive when his donkey
threw him. Earlier in the even
ing he did a jack-knife and a half
gainer at one and the same time
Oren Massey’s donkey added
insult to injury when he threw
him, then sat on him.
Fred Smith mounted his donkey
like Bernice Bunn getting in his
Buick, and he took off a darn
sight faster. You could see light
between him and his donkey 99.7
per cent of the time.
It was an enjoyab’e evening all
right for the spectators, but three
of us plavers ended uo with ab
rasions. Herbie bruised his knee.
Barrie bruised his elbow, and I
bruised—well, I had to stand up
to type this.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Barbecue Supper,
Minstrel Planned
At Pilot Tonight
A barbecue supper and Negro
Mirtstrel will be given at Pilot
School on Friday night, November
18, to raise money for the school
lunch room. The supper will be
served from 4:30 until 7:30.
Titled “Trouble in Coon Hollow
School,” the minstrel is directed by
Neil Hose Stallings and features
talent from in and around Pilot.
Reginald Lewis portrays Prof.
Abraham Deuteronomy Jackson,
James B. Alford plays the part of
hilarious Nastus Hambone, and
Harden Perry will be Napoleon
Bonapart Ashcan.
Others in the play are Truett
Bunn, Cloyce Alford, John Bis
sett, Bonita Bunn, Sylvia Brant
ley, Evelyn Stallings, and Mrs.
Broadie Privette.
Immediately after the minstrel
a stringed instrumental and vocal
concert will be presented by Mr.
Jimmy Bullock and Dallas Bunn of
Pilot, Elmo Privette, George Fer
rell, Elus Boone, and Lawrence
Rogers of Pearces. M. L. Hagwood
’ ’I 1 be master of ceremonies for
t’vs part of the program.
Junior Club Holds
Meeting on Tuesday
The Junior Woman’s Club held
its regular monthly meeting Tues
day night at the club house. Mrs.
T i'lian Coiner, president, presided
over the meeting. Miss Ruby Daw
>n. program chairman, introduced
Miss Frances Thackston, member
f the Wakelon school faculty,
who made a very interesting and
informative talk concerning In
ternationalism in this Atomic Age.
During the lengthy business
session, it was voted by the club
that it not have the sidewalk
paved in front of the clubhouse at
this time. It was felt that money
should be spent on preserving the
clubhouse itself.
During the social hour enjoyable
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Ruby Massey, hostess for the
evening.
Several Thanksgiving
Services at Wakefield
A full day of Thanksgiving ser
vices are scheduled for Wakefield
Baptist Church on Saturday, No
vember 26, starting with a sermon
at 10:45 in the morning, and con
tinuing with a plate dinner on the
grounds and an auction sale af
terward.
Rev. Garland A. Hendrix, prom
inent pastor of the Apex Baptist
Church, will be the speaker for
the morning service. He is well
known in this section.
Following the dinner, the auc
tion sale, under direction of Rub
ber Eddins, will be held and all
kinds of merchandise will be of
fered, including many items which
will make excellent Christmas
gifts.
Pianist to Be Here
John Martin, noted pianist, will
oresent a piano concert in Wake-
T on School auditorius in Zebulon,
Tuesday morning, November 22.
This is one of the concerts on his
southern tour.
Mr. Martin is from New York,
where recently he presented a
concert at Carnecie Hall.
This will be the first time our
new grand piano has been used
for concert purposes. The public
is invited.