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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 22 PERSONALS of the past week Mr. and Mrs. William H. Price announce the birth of a daughter, Donna Kay, on May 14 at Rex Hos pital. Mrs. Price is the former Alvo Huntelr of Zebulon. Miss Jean Robertson is sick in bed. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Whitley are attending the Rotary Convention in Pinehurst. Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Coltrane at tended the Dental Convention in Pinehurst last week. Mrs. K. W. Ballentine of Mid dlesex is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Mary Outlaw. Mrs. Victoria Gill is sick in bed. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beck and daughter and Mr. Fred Beck spent the weekend in Statesville and Thomasville. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Barnes spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beck. Mrs. W. C. Campen returned Friday night from St. Petersburg, Fla., where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. A. Strickland. Mrs. Strickland is much improved. Mr. Elwood Mintz returned from Fayetteville Thursday after under going an appendectomy. He resum ed teaching at Middlesex Mon day. Mrs. Norman Screws attended the North Carolina Catholic Lay men’s Assn, meeting in Charlotte this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Monk vis ited Dr. T. A. Monk, Jr., in \hos kie this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis and children of Rolesville visited Mr. and Mrs. Judd Robertson Sunday. Mrs. W. O. Gunter and son Bil ly. of Norfolk, Va., spent the week end with Mrs. O. B. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Watson spent Sunday in Fayetteville with the Clarence Watsons and their new daughter. Mrs. Helen Gregory and Misses Marilyn Alderman, Minnie Lee Tyson, and Janie Taylor spent the weekend at Wrightsville Beach. Raymond Denton visited his mother, Mrs. E. P. Denton, dur ing the weekend. L6omis Parrish, alumnus of the JOUAM Orphanage at Lexington, visited there last weekend. National Farm Safety Week Observation Is Slated for July 23-29 The State College Extension Service will cooperate in obser vance of National Farm Safety Week, July 23-29. as proclaimed by President Truman, County Agent J. L. Reitzel said this week. “Goal of National Farm Safe ty Week,” said the county agent, “is to encourage rural people to learn and observe farm safety rules. Most farm accidents in 1949 involved some violation of a com mon-sense safety rule. If the toll of accidents is to be held down this year, all members of farm families must become familiar with the rules of safety in the home, at work, in traffic, and at play. And they must practice these rules every day of the year.” Accidents will kill an average of 48 American farm residents every day during the next 12 months un less extra precautions are taken, according to the National Safety Council. The county agent said special local programs are being planned throughout the State in observance of the special week. MOREHEAD CITY GRADUATES HAVE INTERESTING WORK Graduates of the Morehead City Technical Institute, a branch of N. C. State College, have found employment in a wide range of in dustries and occupations, a recent survey indicated. The Technical Institute, now in its third year of operation, offers fundamental training in various industrial fields and attracts students from all sections of the State and from many parts of the nation. All of the courses conducted are one year in length. These photographs show graduates of the Technical Institute at work in the fields in which they decided to specialize. Roger D. Evans of Kinston, shown on the left in the top left picture, lays out the foundations for a new Epis copal rectory in Kinston while his construction foreman looks on. Clarence Elwood Parker of Zebulon, in the photo at the lower left, Baccalaureate Sermon Preached at Wake Son By Rev. S. E. Mercer Rev. S. E. Mercer, pastor of the Zebulon and Wendell Methodist Churches, preached the baccalau reate sermon at Wakelon School Sunday evening, using as his text the words of Jesus to the rich, young ruler, “One thing thou lack est . . . follow me.” The message brought by Rev. Mercer centered around the Bible account of the young ruler’s lack t of the essential thing to make life a real success. Music was furnished by the choir of the Zebulon Baptist Church. Rev. Carlton Mitchell, pastor of the Zebulon Baptist Church, make the invocation, and Rev. Kermit Combs, pastor of the Wakefield Baptist Church, read the Scrip ture. Mrs. Kemp Sings Mrs. Nellie Kemp sang the “Lord’s Prayer,” and the Baptist Choir sang the anthem, “To Thee We Sing.” Rev. Mercer used as his subject “Christ’s Challenge to Youth.” Mr. Mercer said in part: “I like the spirit with which this young man came. He came with a rev erent teachable spirit realizing that he was in the presence of the great Teacher. He came with haste be cause he knew he had no time to lose. He came to the right one when he came to Jesus.” The speaker continued: “Youth is the best time in which to begin to dedicate our means to Christ. (Continued on Page 4) Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, May 22, 1950 Worth Hinton Is Elected President of Lions Club At a directors' meeting of the Zebulon Lions Club last Monday night Worth Hinton was elected president of the local unit for the coming year. The new president served as vice president of the Zebulon club during its first year, and was charter night chairman at the biggest charter observance ever held by Lions in North Carolina. He succeeds M. W. Page. Other Officers Named J. C. Debnam, manager of Little River Ice Company, was elected first vice president, M. L. Hag wood of Pilot was elected second vice-president, and Fred Berk of Beck Brothers Veneer Plant was named third vice president. Burt Peoples of Carolina Power & Light Company was elected sec SOFTBALL SCHEDULE DRAWN UP At a meeting of all managers of softball teams in Zebulon leagues with softball committeemen Carlton Mitchell, Wesley Liles and Ed Ellington in the Carolina Power and Light offices Friday night, the following schedule for this week was drawn: Monday night, Legion vs. Beck Brothers, Scribes vs. Wild cats; Tuesday, Woodchoppers vs. Glory, Veterans vs. Pilot; Wednesday, National Guard vs. Pearce, Woodchoppers vs. Pilot; Thursday, Wildcats vs. Beck Brothers, Legion vs. Scribes. In each case the 7:30 p.m. game is listed first, and the home team in each game is listed second. The second game each night is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. No games have been scheduled for Friday night, May 26, or Monday night, May 29, because of class night and graduation exercises at Wakelon School. werks on radio and telephone equipment at the Carolina Power and Light Company sub-station in Raleigh. Top center photo shows Wil bur S. Godwin of Atlantic as he manipulates instruments in the meter department of the Duke Power Company in Charlotte, and Rom O. Hill of Kinston, in the center of the layout, works at his desk in the machinery department of L. Harvey and Sons in Kinston. The pic ture at the bottom in the center of the layout shows Michael Mitchell of New Bern welding in the shop of the Clyde Jones Gas Company in Morehead City. Arthur West of Roseboro, top right, operates at the control panel in the new 120,000 horsepower steam electric plant of the Carolina Power and Light Company in Lumberton, and Leo Hask ins of New Bern is a central telephone office wireman in Rocky Mount. retary - treasurer, succeeding Postmaster M. J. Sexton. Frank Wall was named lion tamer, and Clarence Hocutt was reelected tail twister. New directors include Thurman B. Hepler, Dona’d Stallings, Wil bur Debnam, and Riggsbee Mas say. Cancer Drive Over Over $350.00 was contributed by people in Zebulon to help in the battle against cancer, Rev. R. H. Herring announced yesterday. The campaign chairman stated that the final total had not been made, but the sum already turn ed in his band of workers has prov en the generosity of this commun ity. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers 801 l Weevils Larger In Number on North Carolina Farms in 'SO The most serious boll weevil threat in 25 years faces North Carolina cotton farmers this year, Entomologist George D. Jones of the State College Extension Ser vice said this week in urging growers to get ready to wage an all-out fight against this pest. Jones said counts of over-win tering weevils in trash show the number to be two or three times as large as at the time last year. The State’s loss from weevil dam age in 1949 is estimated at $25,- 000,000. The entomologist urged farmers to be prepared to fight the weevil by June 15 in southern counties and by June 20 in other areas. Farm operations, he said, should be planned so that growers can treat their cotton acreage three times at weekly intervals, starting when the first squares are seen. Most fields throughout the State are expected to be overrun by wee vils. Many growers in the upper Piedmont are expected to need to treat for the first time. Peanut growers are advised by (Continued on Page 4) Piano Recital Advanced piano students of Miss Marilyn Alderman will be present ed in a recital Wednesday night. May 24, at 8:00 o’clock. The recital will be given in the Wakelon High School auditorium. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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