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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIV. Number 34. Lower Net Farm Income Predicted In Wake County If Zebulon farmers expect to keep their net income at pres ent levels during the expected de cline in farm prices in 1950, it will be necessary for them to plan their operations carefully and keep production costs as low as j possible, says Moyle S. Williams, farm management specialist for the State College Extension Ser- j vice. A 10 per cent drop in farm prices | has been predicted for 1950 by the j U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Williams said. This is about the I same as the decrease in the 1948- j 49 crop year. Not only will prices be lower, but it is likely that far mers will sell less next year, he adds, pointing out that acreage allotments have been announced for wheat and cotton and are prob able for other crops. For the individual farmer, says j Williams, all of this will mean a j reduction in gross income and probably an even greater reduction in realized net income. As was the case this year, production j costs will probably decline less j than gross income. Such costs, which include items like fertilizer and farm machinery, are expected to remain high. ° 1 Williams asserts that better farm planning will be needed for 1950. Individual farmers, he says, i should strive to be better farm 1 managers, keep costs as low as 1 possible, and produce quality pro ducts which will bring premium 1 prices to help keep income at pres ent levels. Use of improved prac tices will bring about higher crop 1 yields at lower unit costs, but 1 poor farmers who follow ineffici- ' ent practices will have difficulty breaking even. New Officers Named By Local Woodmen The Little River Camp of the Woodmen of the World, meeting in the Masonic Hall Wednesday night, December 14, made plans ; for a Christmas party for members of the Middlesex Orphanage and elected officers for 1950. ; Thurman Hepler, proprietor of , the local Western Auto Associate Store, was named consul com mander. Other officers are Barrie Da.vis, past consul commander; Wilbur Debnam, adviser lieuten ant; Joseph Price, banker; Link Cox, escort; John Clark, Jr., watchman; Dayton Parrish, sentry; and D. R. Lucas, auditor. The camp will hold its annual ladies’ night Wednesday, January 11, at which time the new officers will be installed. Joint Club Meeting The Junior and Senior Clubs will meet jointly for their annual Christmas meeting on Tuesday night, December 20th, at eight o’clock. The Senior Club will be hostesses, and the Junior Club will be in charge of the program. It is hoped that every member will be present. New Clinic Date The December clinic for mothers and babies, held each month in the room next to the town office, will be held at 1:00 p.m. next Tuesday, December 20, instead of the usual fourth Tuesday, Mrs. Ida H. Hall, clinic nurse, has announc ed. CHOIR OF THE ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH V V I M fw., v ~ y/ M jgMgßr 3 W : ULI jP iHI Front Row: Mrs. Inez Pitts McNabb, pianist, Mrs. Carlton T. Mitchell, Mrs. James ;! | M. Alford, Mrs. Nellie Bryant Kemp, Mrs. L. M. Massey, Miss Ruby Dawson. ; Second Row: Mrs. Elwood Perry, Mrs. Hardin Hinton, Miss Helen Wall, Mrs. ;! j; Armstrong Cannady, Mrs. Haywood Jones, Mrs. E. D. Ellington. ! Third Row: Rev. Carlton T. Mitchell, pastor, Mr. Wallace Temple, Mr. E. D. ; Ellington, Mr. Johnsey Arnold, Mr. Elwood Perry, Mr. Wilber Conn, Mr. Claude K. !; Cook, conductor. National Guard Sets Up Sections At Last Pay Session Held in 1949 Faced with the possibility of be ing limited to only 50 men, the local National Guard battery has begun a new campaign for men with the goal set for 20 enlist- i ments by January 15. Word from the National Guard Bureau states that budget limitations will limit units to the strength attained when the authorized strength of the whole Guard is reached. Sgt. lc Cl’fford Gilliam states that he and Sgt. J. P. Arnold will be at the armory five days a week to talk with interested men. Spotty Stands of Seeding Noted G. L. Winchester and S. W. Holleman We have observed some rather “spotty” stands of new seedings of pastures this fall due principally to the dry weather. Recently we were on the farm of Woodrow Smith of Knightdale and he called our attention to better stands of grass and clover where there was some grass or other type of mulch on top of the ground. Mr. Smith is planning to sow additional pas- Farm Bureau Selects New Officers The Zebulon Farm Bureau had its regular meeting on' Monday night, December 12th, at which time the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Robert Ed Horton; secretary, R. C. McNabb; treasurer, Robert Ed Horton; president emer itus, E. H. Moser; executive vice president, Ed Ellington; vice pres idents: Raymond L. Averette, Ste ven J. Blackley, John Broughton, LOCAL BAPTIST CHOIR TO PRESENT "THE MESSIAH" The Adult Choir of the Zebulon | Baptist Church will present Han- j del’s Messiah at the local church on Sunday evening, December 18, at 7:30. Mr. Claude F. Cook, minister of music, will conduct the choir in its presentation. Mr. Charles Horton, graduate student at the Westminister Choir College, will be organist, and Mrs. Inez Pitts McNabb will be pianist. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 16, 1949 He urged that applicants enlist im mediately in order to take party in specialized training beginning in January. Under the direction of Lt. Philip Pearce and First Sergeant Sidney Holmes, the firing sections are be ing trained with Sgts. Frank Mas sey and Vonnie Gay as section chiefs. Sgt. lc Percy Parrish is training the mess section, and Sgt. J. P. Arnold is instructing the drivers. Cpl. Wesley Pearce and Cpl. John Clark will organize the communi cations section in January. ture next fall so he is sowing les pedeza or small grain in the spring. Next fall he will disc the lespedeza leaving most of it on top of the ground to hold moisture for the tender pasture plants and to protect them from the hot sun rays. Mr. John T. Adcock of Varina is starting in time to prevent ero sion next year. First, Mr. Ad cock has a very good winter cover of oats and rye on much of his land at present. Much of his corn Percy Brown, Graham Bunn, He ber Creech, J. B. Croom, Phil more Dunn, Claude Farrington, Sprite Ferrell, F. D. Gay, Presley Gay, Wilson Gay, W. C. Honeycutt, Billy Hopkins, Cecil Hopkins, M. L. Hagwood, Jack Mitchell, E. T. Jones, Joe Pulley, Leamon Pearce, H. M. Perry, Austin Perry, Wade Privette, Rex Tippett, Har old Taylor, Garland Richardson. The next scheduled meeting is Soloists are Mrs. Nellie Bryant Kemp and Mrs. L. M. Massey, so pranos, Mrs. Carlton T. Mitchell, contralto, Mr. Wilber Conn, tenor, and Mrs. Elwood Perry, bass. The service of sacred music will include five of the choruses from the well-known oratorio and ten of its recitatives. This marks the second year in which the Zebulon choir has presented this outstand ing program of Christmas music. Sgt. Bob Sawyer takes care of supply and will train an assist ant and Sgt. lc Gilliam is train ing Pvt. Jimmy Spivey as battery clerk. First Sgt. Holmes emphasized that there are still many openings in the local battery, and promo tions are sure to be rapid for some time to come, with training for summer maneuvers being earned on. Lt. Pearce said as fast as men qualify for a position, they are promoted. “Advancement,” he stated, “is made as rapidly as the individual soldier merits it.” has a reasonably good volunteer stand of crotalaria. These two crops are good and will conserve soil and moisture but they will not do the entire job. S. W. Holle man, Soil Conservationist, has already staked some terrace lines that Mr. Adcock will plow up soon so they will be well-firmed before the hard spring rains. Meadows have been laid out and will be established soon. Contour culti vation will further conserve mois ture and soil. jset for January 9th, 1950. Plans ! are now being made to insure that this will be a very interesting and worthwhile meeting for every far mer who will attend. It is plan ned to have a good speaker from State College. It is strongly urged that more farmers avail themselves of the benefits to be had from these meetings. So, remember the date! Wives are invited. The invocation will be offered by the pastor, Carlton T. Mitchell, the Rev. S. E. Mercer, pastor of the Zebulon Methodist Church, and the Rev. Kermit Combs, pastor of the Wakefield Baptist Church, will also participate in the service. At the morning worship service the pastor will use as the sermon topic, “The World Prepares for a King.” The choir will sing the | anthem, “O Love the Lord.” Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers i Gould Declares 1 Past Year Best In Bank History The Smithfield National Farm Loan Association has received a dividend on its stock in The Fed ; eral Land Bank of Columbia, ac ! cording to announcement by Mr. Ira C. Whitley, president of the ! association. This is carrying out the cooperative principle of re , turning savings to owners, which in this case are the 79 national farm loan associations in the Col umbia Land Bank district. Check for the dividend amount ing to $4,255.50 was received by Mr. Ira C. Whitley with a letter from the president of the bank, Julian H. Scarborough. “It is a great satisfaction to all of us to bring the bank to a dividend pay ing position,” Mr. Scarborough said. “This objective has been reached with the splendid cooper ation and assistance of officers and directors of the national farm loan associations in the district, i They have played an important part in bringing the bank to the strongest financial position in its 33-year history.” Dividend Paid “The dividend will substantially strengthen the operating and re serve position of the association,” Mr. L. M. Gould, secretary-treas urer of the association, said. “Capital, reserves and surplus now amount to more than $113,000,” he reported. The association is owned by the 725 farmer members in Wake, Johnston and Wayne Counties. Officers and directors in addi tion to Mr. Ira C. Whitley and Mr. L. M. Gould are George D. Rich ardson, vice president, of Wake County; M. W. Bunnet, director, of Wake County; W. J. Woodard, di rector, of Wayne County and Mrs. Ruby S. Coats, assistant secretary treasurer. Mr. Gould lived in Zeb ulon for several years, serving as a local bank offcial. Methodists Announce Services for Sunday In order that the members of the Zebulon Methodist Church may have the privilege of attending the presentation of the “Messiah” at the Baptist Church on next Sunday night, Rev. S. E. Mercer will not hold his regular evening service. He will make a brief pre-Christmas talk at the opening of Sunday School in place of the evening message. It is hoped that a large group will assemble promptly at 9:45 for this message and for the Sunday School lesson immediately following. Realizing that Christmas Day will not be an easy day on which to hold the regular service at 11 a. m., Mr. Mercer will preach a brief Christmas sermon at the close of Sunday School at 10:45 a. m. on Christmas Day. All inter ested people are most cordially in vited to these and all other ser vices. Emma Sue Barham Succumbs at Hospital Emma Sue Barham, two day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barham, Route 4, Zebulon died in Mary Elizabeth Hospital Wednes day morning. Funeral services were held from the grave at Hop kins Chape’ Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. W. Icard. Surviving in addition to her par ents is her maternal grandmother, Mrs. M. K. King.
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