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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 19 RUBBER STRETCHES DOLLARS In an effort to reduce the billion dollars required to keep Ameri ca's 3,300,000 miles of present highways and streets in repair, a new idea in roadbuilding is being tried. Particles of rubber are mixed with the asphalt surface coating, as demonstrated above in Virginia. The Dutch found this method very successful. Barrie Can Tell You All About the Handshakers It’s a large county to cover, es pecially when a candidate has to make a living, too. Lawyers and insurance salesmen seem to find it easiest to leave their businesses to campaign for political office. The four of us who are seeking elec tion to the County Board of Com missioners from this district can’t make the time-worn plea for help in “saving the government from the lawyers” because there is not a lawyer seeking the position. I drove down to Olive Chapel last Wednesday, stopping a couple of times on the way. The com mon complaint was the tempera ture. and as one farmer wiped the sweat from his brow, he exclaim ed: “This dadgummed heat is caus ed by the hot air all the political candidates are giving out.” Rev. Garland Hendricks’ church at Olive Chapel will celebrate its 100th Anniversary within the next few months. He showed me through the beautiful building, which, although located out in the country, has every convenience, in cluding an ice water fountain for the children. The folks that make up Rev. Hendricks’ congregation have every right to be proud of the wonderful work they have done during the century they have been banded together in the Lord’s ser vice. There was more handshaking at the Democratic county convention last Saturday than you ever saw. It is interesting to shake the hands of all the fifty-some candi dates in Wake County, because they all have a little different tech nique. Some grasp your hand, pat you on the back, and express great delight in seeing you. Others hold Local Lions Hear District Governor; Willie B. Hopkins Talks at Rotary Members of the Zebulon Lions Club heard District Governor Louis Day deliver a very inter esting talk at their last meeting held in the recreation room of the Zebulon Methodist Church. During the business session the Lions voted to sponsor a light mu sical comedy which will be pre sented at an early date. They will join with the Order of the East ern Star in sponsoring calendars for the community. The Zebulon Lions are sponsor ing the newly formed Lions Club in Bunn. Charter Night for this organization will be held Friday night. your hand as they would a damp dish-rag, and drop it as early as possible. There are some who over do this firm handshake business by squeezing until the bones crack and you cry for mercy. I sure don’t want to miss shaking hands with any of them, though, because maybe some day I can sit back and tell my grandchildren, “Right there is the hand shake that shook the hand of the constable of Raleigh township away back in the spring of 1950!” Well, I gotta take time off from this to run down the road a piece and shake a few hands myself. Don’t let me pass you up, because you might want to tell your chand- j children, “Right here’s the hand that shook the hand of the man 1 who ran for county commissioner back in the spring of 1950.” —Barrie S. Davis. Strum Rites Held Funeral services for Staff Sgt. Jim Allen .Strum, 30, were held from the home on Castalia, Route 2, Friday at 3:30 p. m., conducted by the Rev. B. A. Mitchell, pastor of the Castalia Baptist Church. Burial was in the Strum Cemetery with full military honors. Sgt. Strum was killed in a plane crash in Lebanon, 111., April 30. He was stationed at the Parrin Air j Base, Texas. Surviving are his parents, Mr. i and Mrs. J. B. Strum; five sisters, Mrs. R. L. Hagwood. Zebulon, Mrs. T. O. Nelson, Castalia. Mrs. J. C. Turner. Charlotte, Sally and Kay of the home; four brothers, Mar vin, Jack, Malcolm, and Ronald, all of the home. President Willie B. Hopkins, who serves as chief of police, town clerk, clerk of the court, and wa ter works superintendent (among other duties), addressed the Rot ary Club at their general supper meeting last Friday night, discuss ing the general municipal situa tions in Zebulon. He spoke at length on three ma jor steps undertaken by the pres ent administration: the creation of a municipal recreation commis sion, the extension of the munici pal boundaries to include Wakelon School and a portion of the Bell estate, and the current program of street paving. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, May! 8, 1950 Recreation Group Organized; Plan Softball Meet Thursday Softball Managers To Hold Meeting {Thursday Might Initial meeting of team mana gers of entries in local softball play will be held in the Carolina Power & Light Company offices in ! Zebulon at 8 o’clock Thursday night, May 11. Ed Ellington will | preside in the absence of the rec reation commission’s softball com mittee chairman, Rev. Carlton Mitchell. "We regret that this meeting must be limited to team mana gers,” Ellington said yesterday, “but the large number of partici pating teams makes this restriction necessary. On the other hand, we are anxious that a representative of each softball team be present.” Twelve teams have made tenta tive plans to participate in com munity softball play this year, which may necessitate the organi zation of two leagues. All plav , will be on the Wakelon School athletic field. Cooperation of School “I personally am looking for j ward to a great recreational pro i gram in this community this year,” Principal Fred Smith said yester day, iii pledging support to *he softball program. “I expect that no I problems will arise tbfis year or in years to come that cannot be solv -led to the satisfaction of both the community at large and school of j fieials.” Principal Smith initiated the j campaign for funds which resulted in installation of lights on the lo i cal athletic field last year, when he sent a check for SI 00 to the Record as his contribution toward the project’s goal. Later, with 19 other residents of Little River Township, he signed a note for SIOO to provide funds to complete the installation. Notes to Be Paid These notes have been partially I retired, and recreation commission members expect to retire the notes ! in entirety this summer. Teams expected to enter local play this summer include Pat Farmer’s Wildcats, the National Guard, the American Legion, vet eran trainees, Beck Brothers Ve neer Plant, Rocky Nine. Theo. Da vis Sons (Scribes), Woodmen of the World, Pilot, Emit, Corinth- Holder, and Pearces. Decision to admit teams from outside the township was made at a meeting of the local recreational commission last Friday night. All i present voted in favor of admitting ; any team meeting requirements of the softball committee. Truck Burns Sunday Dave Whitley’s truck, carrying 37 members of the congregation of the colored Baptist Church, caught on fire and burned completely up, on the return trip from Youngsville where the members had presented a program. The vehicle had a flat tire about nine miles from Zebulon, but it was thought that Zebulon might be reached. Somehow the friction caused the blaze, and the perform ers reached home at about 4 a. m. iF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE BENERCIABY OR BENEFICIARIES FOR YOUR GI INSURANCE, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST V-A OFFICE r flill PE i Funeral Services Held on Sunday Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Nathan L. Horton, 71, who died at her home near Zebulon Friday night after a lingering ill ness. Rev. Carlton Mitchell, pas tor, conducted the services. Bur ial was in the family cemetery. Surviving are her husband: five daughters, Mrs. E. P. Gerard, Mrs. N. T. Bossett of Rocky Mount, Mrs. C. C. Strickland of Wendell, Mrs. L. A. Adams of Sims, Mrs. Paul Strickland of Zebulon; six grand children and one great-grandchild. Mrs. Loudella Nowell Mrs. Loudella Nowell. 79, of Durham, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Agnes Stephenson in Durham, following a long ill ness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Tabernacle Baptist Church cemetery. Surviving are five sons, B. E., C. A., L. A., all of Durham. R. M. and J. H. Nowell of Wendell; two daughters. Mrs. G. W. Stephenson and Mrs. V. A. Dixon of Durham; three sisters, Mrs. Etta Todd, Mrs. Ella Todd and Mrs. Ida Nowell of Wendell: one brother, Jim Nowell of Wendell: one half-brother. Rob ert Nowell of Wendell: one half sister, Mrs. Pearl Searboro of Wendell: 10 grandchildren. Pasture Shows Its When Properly Observation of pastures in Cur rutuck, Pasquotank, and Perquim ans Counties has convinced Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of agronomj r for the State College Extension Service, that Eastern North Caro lina can produce pastures equal to any grown in the State. Dr. Collins recently attended pasture tours in these counties, where he observed many acres of Ladino clover-fescue and other grazing mixtures. Most encourag ing part of the picture, he says, is that these pastures are being grown on land unsuited for the crops generally produced in that area. Philip Roberts of Currituck County seeded 7 1-2 acres which had been in broom-sedge, fennel, Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Ralph Taiton is Earned Chairman Os Zebulon Group ; Recreation Commission, holding its first meeting last Friday night, elected Ralph Taiton as its chair man, named a softball committee to supervise summer softball play in the municipality, and selected three other officers. Taiton, who is serving a two year term on the recreation unit, was the unanimous choice of the commission. He is a former pres ident of the Zebulon Rotary Club and the Zebulon Chamber of Com | merce, and is one of the general ! officers of the local Baptist Sunday School. Softball Committee Members of the softball commit tee are Rev. Carlton Mitchell, chairman, Ed Ellington, and Wes ley Liles. Subject to approval of their general program, they will direct softball activities at the Wakelon playground this summer. Other officials elected by the commission are Rev. Carlton Mitchell, vice chairman; Mrs. Eugene Privette, secretary; and Mrs. Fred Page, treasurer. Study Plans Made Plans were made to study a broad recreational plan for this community, and the secretary was directed to contact state recrea tional groups for information on community planning. Present at the meeting were Mayor R. H. Bridgers. Town Clerk Willie B. Hopkins, Liles, Elling ton, Mitchell, Taiton, Mrs. Priv ette, Mrs. Page. Mrs. Ida Hall. C. V. Whitley, and Dr. Ben Thomas. Farmers' Gardens Show Large Profit John H. Harris, the “Tar Heel Gardener,” says that, based on last year’s retail food prices, a good farm garden sufficient to supply a family of five was worth ap proximately $285. On this basis, a farmer could pay for his seed, fertilizer, and other expenses and receive a return equivalent to $2 or '"3 per hour for time spent working on a garden. Biggest Profits Prepared, Treated and sourgrass. He used 2 1-2 tons of lime on this low-lying, poorly drained soil and fertilized with 800 pounds of 2-12-12 and 600 pounds of 0-14-14 per acre. The Ladino-fescue mixture is making excellent growth on land which normally was not returning any income to the farmer. Another example is found on the farm of E. V. Ballance and Son, where weeds higher than a farm tractor were turned under. Charlie Roberts also has 7 1-2 acres of rough land doing nicely in Ladino and fescue. Dr. Collins says in some areas less vigorous pastures are seen where farmers decided to take short cuts and leave out some of the essential steps such as liming,
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