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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. IT S REALLY A SMOOTH JOB t. „. v * ' Imagine a table so smooth that flat objects cannot be picked up but must be slid off the side and you have an idea of this table used in the tool inspection department of the Timken Roller Bearing Company. Finished to within fifty one-millionths of an inch for flatness, the table is kept in an air-conditioned for the greatness possible accuracy in measurement readings. About the only use we can think of in Zebu lon is for the loan table Vance Brown puts money on at the local bank. Johnston Farmer Gets $4 Bushel for Surplus Corn A Johnston County farmer, Harold Peedin of Route 3, Selma, has learned how to market his surplus corn for $4 a bushel. And, according to L. I. Case, in charge of animal husbandry work for the State College Extension Service, there is nothing unlawful or sec retive about the procedure he is using. Peedin decided a year or so ago that he would put his eggs in one basket.. He decided to put part of his land in pasture and feed crops and give beef cattle a trial as a sideline to his cash-crop farming. He started a small breeding herd after his pastures were es- State Bankers Association Makes Plans for High School Oratory Test Young orators throughout North Carolina will take to the rostrum this week to participate in the an nual agricultural speaking contest sponsored by the State Bankers Association in cooperation with local agricultural agencies. An estimated 5,000 high school students in grades nine through 12 are expected to participate. All will discuss some phase of the gen eral subject, “The Social Aspects of Soil Wastage.” Each contestant previously will have attended a supervised tour to observe the es MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS: This , That & the Other Wakelon’s pre-school clinic last week was said to be highly sat isfactory. More than sixty chil dren, six, or soon to be six, were on hand with assorted relatives to see them through. That is, most of them had a parent, or some older member of the fam ily to lend moral support. There was one small girl whom I show ed from the dentist and doctor’s room to the one where they gave the “shots.” She had come in on Number 1 tablished, and last fall, having a surplus of corn, he bought 10 yearling steers. He grazed the steers for a few weeks and put them in the feed lot where they were fed corn, balanced with cot ton seed meal and home-grown hay. Giving S3O per ton credit for the hay, and charging actual cost for cotton seed meal, Peedin figures he received more than $4 per bushel for the corn which the steers ate. In addition, he esti mates that he kept at least SSO worth of manure on his farm rather than selling this much fer tility. sects of poor land use. Most school contests will be held on March 3, county contests on March 10, subgroup contests on March 14, and group contests on March 17. State finals will be held in Raleigh on March 24. R. Vance Brown, Zebulon bank er, says State prizes will be S4OO, SIOO, and SSO, all in savings bonds, for the three top winners. First and second place group win ners will receive SSO and $25 in bonds. Local banks in many cases will provide county prizes. the bus that morning with a sis ter and a brother, and had waited till the clinic began. The older children were on classes, so she was alone. She was perfectly com posed, answering questions brief ly but clearly, and doing quietly whatever she was told. But I fancied I could detect an inward tremor, despite her rigid self-con trol. Anyway, she was a grand little person and I’d love to (Continued on Page 4) Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 28, 1950 Home Agent Lists Plentiful Foods For Next Month Pork, Irish potatoes, and eggs will be among the best food buys | for Southern consumers in March, I Mrs. Maude Mclnnes, home dem [ onstration agent for the State Col j lege Extension Service, said this j week. These items, she explained, are j the top trio on the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture’s monthly plentiful foods list. Eggs, she pointed out, set a production record in January, and liberal quantities are to be found on all retail mark ets. Pork, of course, has been plentiful for several months and current hog marketings are still heavy enough to keep consumers supplied with tasty and economical pork cuts. Irish potatoes usually move into the plentiful class in the spring, and this year is no excep tion, Mrs. Mclnnes said. March also will bring a wider variety of fresh vegetables to Southern markets, with carrots, cabbage, beets, and lettuce rated plentiful, along with Irish pota toes. Other good buys will include canned corn and canned lima beans, she reported. Fruits suggested for March shop : ping lists include apples, canned peaches, raisins, and dried prunes, j The home agent said chickens— broilers, fryers, and hens—fish, manufactured dairy products, and dry beans were expected to be in plentiful supply on Southern i markets in March. " Baptist Young People Are Recognized Sunday The young people of the Zebu lon Baptist Church had charge of the regular evening services Sun day evening at 7:30. The service was arranged under the direction of Mrs. Elwood Perry, Inetremed iate B. T. U. leader. Those participating in the ser vice included Artelia Bailey, Wayne Perry, Betty Jean Phillips, Gayle Privett, Anne Allman, Shirley Faulkner, and Billy Mas sey. The Girls’ sand th.e hymn anthem, Lead Kindly Light. The pastor, Carlton T. Mitchell, used the Ninth Commandment as the basis of the sermon for the morning worship service. The Girls’ Choir sang the hymn an them, Ride on, Ride on in Majesty. The Adult Choir sang the anthem. Negro 4-H Members Banking Their Money Taking a cue from Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Alam anac,” Negro 4-H Club members of Wake County are proving that “a penny saved is a penny earned.” More than 225 club boys and girls of the county turned out in Raleigh last wee kto participate in the annual 4-H “banking date,” at which time savings accounts were established, deposits were added to old accounts, and savings i bonds were purchased. Included in the group were stu dents from James E. Shepard School of Zebulon. According to W. C. Davenport, Negor county agent for Wake club members of all sizes and ages lined up at the bank windows to push their books through for the first time. Many others were making their second, third, or even fourth return trip to the bank. Telephone Extended Through Local Exchange The Southern Bell Telephone Company plans the early construc tion of a telephone line to serve the farm families and businesses along U. S. Highway 64, north out of Zebulon and in and around the Pilot community, it was announced today by Paul B. Woodson, telephone manager for Wake County. Woodson stated that Ralph Godwin, his rural development representative, had already been on the scene call ing on the farmers to work out the details. The route of the line lias SMOKEY SAYS A burnt face produces no gum. You can’t sell fire why feed it! Final Rites Held For Mrs. Yates Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Sears Yates, 73, of Apex, Route 3, were held from the Green Level Baptist Church at 2:30 o’clock Fri day afternoon. Dr. J. Samuel Johnson, pastor, officiated. Mrs. Yates, the widow of J. T. Yates, died at her home late Wed nesday night after a brief illness. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. L. W. Bartholomew of Raleigh and Mrs. J. H. Bryson of Apex; two sons, J. Claire Yates of Cary and W. Lindsay Yates of Apex; Two sisters, Mrs. E. W. Hilliard of Apex and Mrs. J. M. Yates of Apex; two half-sisters, Mrs. P. H. Pearson of Apex and Mrs. P. H. Massey of Zebulon; one brother, J. L. Sears of Morrisville; and 13 grandchildren and three great i grandchildren. Mrs. Yates was a native of Wake County and a lifelong member of Green Level Church. Highway Commissioner Pledges Aid To Zebulon in Paving Local Streets Dr. R. E. Earp of Thanksgiving, highway comissioner for the fourth division, promised aid to Zebulon in paving municipal streets in a conference last Saturday morning with Willie B. Hopkins, town clerk, and Ferd Davis, Record editor. “I realize the problem faced by small towns in getting their roads paved,” Dr. Earp said, “and I will do all in my power to assist Zeb ulon in solving this problem.” RUTH CURRENT: Hints for Farm Homes A tipsy pan on the range is both unsafe and inefficient, household equipment specialists remind homemakers. Before buying a saucepan or frying pan, make sure that it stands steady on a flat sur face and that the handle is not so heavy as to throw the pan off balance. An unsteady pan can tip and spill hot food or water, Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Service to Be to Pilot , Emit been staked out and the subscrib ers to be served have already been signed up. Cable will extend from Zebulon down U. S. Highway 64 to Pilot. The additional construction needed to reach these applicants along the side roads and beyond Pilot will be of the latest type “long span” steel telephone wire developed by Southern Bell especially for the most effective and efficient rural telephone construction. 100 More Customers The actual construction is ex pected to begin within the next few weeks, and the company plans to begin telephone service in the i area by July. Mr. Woodson esti mates that completion of this line 1 will bring telephone service to ap proximately 100 additional rural subscribers. The construction of this project follows closely the completion of a rural project out Highway 264 from Zebulon, which has carried te ] ephone service to the Hopkins Cross Roads and Pearce commun ities, providing service for about 80 additional farms. Construction to Emit “We plan to extend our service down Highway 39 as far as Emit Church the latter part of 1950,” Woodson stated, “and under this new line we expect to provide tel ephone service to another 75 or more farms and rural establish ments.” “The extension of our lines in all directions out of Zebulon is in keeping with Southern Bell’s plans to bring telephone service to the farms of the areas which it serves as quickly as possible, and is an other step in our program to ex tend the convenience of the tele phone to farm families.” he said. “We are doing our level best to hasten the day when rural tele phone service will be available for i everyone who wants it,” Woodson | concluded. The comissioner added that he would arrange for a conference be tween Divisional Engineer McKim and local officials to work out de tails of a street paving plan. A suggested plan, which would j have to ratified by the local town commissioners, would allow local property owners to pay a portion j of the paving charge, the town to pay a portion, and the balance to | come from Zebulon’s SHC credit. pecially on an electric range, wastes heat. Look for the pan that “hugs the stove,” fits the burner or electric unit underneath, and has a close-fitting lid. fitting lid. When white cotton or linen goods, such as sheets, curtains, or tablecloths, have stayed long in (Continued on Page 4)
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