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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 38. MAIN STREET By Ralph Stein POGTOR SMP TO HUMOR HIM ( HE DOESNT KNOW HE LOST A RACE A AMP Many Local Ponds Crowded By Weeds and Vegetation G. L. Winchester S. W. Holleman Many farm ponds in the county have various types of weed growth in them. This growth interferes with fishing and is entirely un necessary as food or cover for fish. These weeds encourage the breed ing of mosquitoes and will pro vide protection for too many blue gills. They use the fertility of the pond without increasing food for fish These weeds should be de stroyed. Many farmers are keep ing their ponds clean but some are allowing weeds to grow around the edges. Now is the time to destroy such plants as cattails, marsh grasses, and other weeds growing in shal low’ w’ater. These plants cannot be controlled by fertilization but must be pulled or destroyed by hand. Pull them when they first come above the water. They grow very fast and spread by root growth into colonies such as cat tails An individual plant may be MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS: This, That, & the Other A daily paper carried a story this week of a “24-months old Fort Bragg soldier” who took a car in which was a twenty-months old baby. The car was wrecked, as one might expect. It appears that the draft is much more dras tic than we had thought it would be. No matter how carefully you may plan your garden, first thing you know the vegetables have you crowded into a corner and fight pulled very easily by a small child but if allowed to grow one season, it becomes a job for sev eral men. The material should be pulled and thrown out of the pond because if left in the water as it decays it forms “pond scum,” which is also objectionable in fish ing. For better fishing keep your pond clean of weeds. Bernard S. Sutton, Junior at N. C. State College, is working as a Student Trainee with us this sum mer, He will be with us until September, assisting in the plan ning and application of soil con servation practices in Wake Coun ty. Legion to Meet There will be an American Le gion meeting on Friday night, July 14. at 7:30 p. m., in the Re corder’s Court Building. The speaker will be Roderick Adams from Fuquay. All Legion mem bers are urged to be present. j ing back with canning or freez ing. Whichever you may do, or if you do both, there’s practically | t>~e same routine of preparation that must be gone through. With everything so high, noth ing should be wasted; and the sight of rows of filled jars does much to make one forget the work that went into the filling. ■— Last week we had enough scraps of boiled ham to make (Continued on Page 3) Zebulon, N. C. Friday, July 14, 1950 72,000 Will See Roanoke Pageant During 'SO Season A pageant presented on an is land inhabited by less than a thousand people that attracts 72,- 000 paying spectators in a single season is worth looking into. That’s what “The Lost Colony” on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, did last summer—but when you go to Roanoke Island you won’t find “The Lost Colony” referred to as a pageant. It’s a symphon ic drama, written by Pulitzer Prize Winner Paul Green, with music by Pulitzer Prize Winner Lamar Stringfield, and it is stag ed by Samuel Selden. who directs the world famous Carolina Play makers of the University of North Carolina. Its cast last summer included Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll of Hollywood note, Assistant Secre tary of State James Webb, All America Tailback Charlie Justice, the Governor of North Carolina, Novelist Foster Fitz-Simons and Editor Jonathan Daniels ... to mention a few. Its chorus is the Westminster Choir of Princeton, New Jersey, under the direction of Theos Cronk. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a special trip by boat to view “The Lost Colony” when it began its excursion into dramatic history in 1937. Remember, it is presented on an island, and roads and bridges then weren’t what they are today. The fact that there are toll-free bridges to Roanoke Island today— and a hard-surfaced highway through the Dunes of Dare to con nect them, is in large measure due to the success of “The Lost Colony.” Also “The Common Glory” at Williamsburg. Virginia, and “Un to These Hills,” the drama of North Carolina’s Cherokee Indians, which opens its first season in July in the Great Smoky Moun tains. follow the pattern sketched and explained year by year on Roanoke Island Opened on July 1 “The Lost Colony” opened its season (there was an interruption due to the war) on July 1. All during June the cast of 200, se lected on a competitive basis from among the islanders, the Carolina Playmakers, and a sprinkling of Broadway talent, work hard at rehearsals. Roanoke Island is busy with nimble fingers seeing busy with nimble fingers sewing’ the unique waterside theatre which seats 3,000 —and if you’re planning your trip on a weekend, you’d better be sure to reserve your seats in advance. It would also be wise to reserve your hotel room —or suite well in advance, too. Oh yes, in the decade and a half since “The Lost Colony” was first produced, Roanoke Island has blossomed forth with a modern hotel and scores of tourist homes, and on the beaches across Roanoke Sound fine hotels, motor courts, and guest cottages have sprung up like mag ic along the paved highway pass ing between the ocean beach and the huge, golden sand dunes. The road skirts the Wright Memorial, a national monument marking the site of the first airplane flight in 1903. There are ample accommoda tions, and ample sights to see in “Lost Colony” land, for this beach and island area, where the sym phony of the beginnings of Eng (Continued on Page 8) CAR TUNES PUMP YOUR BRAKES -SLAMMING THEM am WILL PUT YOU IN A SKID ■ATONAL M»grv COVMCn. Storm Aid Drive Produces $l,lOO The local drive for aid to the farmers of the storm area has re sulted in contributions amounting to more than $l,lOO to date. Worth Hinton, Clarence Hocutt and Ralph Talton, members of the local com mittee, report that $1,032 was con tributed last week and further con tributions continue to come into the local town office where Ken neth Hopkins, secretary of the lo cal Disaster Committee, is receiv ing both merchandise and cash. A careful record of contributions has been kept and this list of do nors and donations was turned over to the Storm Relief Commit tee at Ferrell’s School. Officials at the school commented upon the accuracy and careful organization revealed in the work of the local committee. The probability of a continuing need for aid to this stricken area was pointed out by the local com mittee The committee will con tinue to serve as long as the needs remain to be met The commit tee members expressed their deep appreciation for the enthusiastic support offered in the Zebulon and Wakefield communities. C. K. Cook To Give Organ Recital Here Mr. Claude K. Cook, member of the music faculty at Wake For est College and former Minister of Music at the Baptist Church, will present a piano recital at the Baptist Church on Wednesday evening at eight o’clock. Mr. Cook has presented piano recitals abroad and is recognized as an outstanding concert pianist. He is an honor graduate of Guil ford College and holds a graduate degree with highest honors from Columbia University. The public is invited to attend the recital There is no admission charge. EXTENSION SERVICE Tar Heel Farm Facts Applications have gone out to 4-H Club and FFA boys all over the State to attend the annual For estry Summed Camp. The camp is scheduled this year for August 7 to 12 at Singletary Lake Camp in Bladen County. Grasshoppers, boil weevils, and European corn borers may cause U. S. farmers serious trouble in 1950, say entomologists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Weather conditions prevailing through the winter have been fav orable to the insects in many areas Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Local Guard Unit Fires Heavy Guns At Fort Jackson FT. JACKSON, S. C. Battery A, newest unit in the 113 Field Ar tillery Battalion, fired its 105-mm howitzers for the first time this week during the three-day tacti cal field problem conducted Mon day, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 10-12. Early Monday morning First Sergeant Sidney Holmes’ whistle blasted the darkness, and the 37 enlisted men in Battery A tumbled from their bunks. A hot break fast was served at 4:00 a. m. by the mess section under the super vision of Sfc. Percy Parrish, Cpl. Ray Gainey, and Pfc. George R Massey, Jr. Promptly at 5:30 a. m. the bat tery led the battalion convoy from the IP and followed the winding road out to the combat zone, where Sgt. Frank Massey and Cpl. Ru dolph Liles emplaced their howit zers, digging them in and perfect ing their camouflage at every lull in the firing. Cannoneers included Cpl. Wal ter H. Greene, Jr., Cpl. Jesse Pul ley, Cpl. Ralph Creech, Pfc. Arvie K. May, Pvts. Obie Ayscue, John D. Pearce, Marvin C. Godwin, Barbee Tant, Rets. Connie M. Bunn, Ellis P. Combs, Worth E. Croom, Charles M. Perry, and Ger ald W. Perry. Over twelve miles of wire es tablishing communications with the battalion c. o. has been laid by Sgt. John Clark and his wire sec tion, which includes Cpl. Kenneth Chamblee, Pvt. Lester Deans, Pvt. Kenneth D. Lloyd, Jr.. Pvt. Brax ton Creech, and Ret. Max L. Den nis. Sgt. J. P. Arnold’s motor sec tion has been busy all week ser vicing their vehicles. Pvt. Harold C. Moss, Pvt. Berry Barham, Jr., Pfc. James W. Greene, and Sgt Arnold drove the whole distance from Zebulon to Ft. Jackson with out mishap in spite of the heavy Sunday driving by civilian vehi cles which complicated the opera tion of the convoy. Pvts. Moss and Barham are driv ing the trucks which pull the big 105-mm howitzers into position through the mud, brush, and small trees that make up the Ft Jack son artillery range. Cpl. Elton C. Price and Pfc. Clyde W. Morris keep the four Battery A vehicles running, fre quently working long past the reg ular duty hours. The battery will return to their tents late Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of the field exer cises. The remainder of the week will be devoted to training design ed to iron out any difficulties en countered during the field work The men will return to Zebulon late Sunday afternoon. and the tree named may develop into outbreak status this summmer Receipts of cooperative frozen food lockers the country over are, generally speaking, increasing, but increased income is more than off set by mounting operating costs. Net farm income in 1949 was about 16 per cent lower than a year earlier. Fats and oils produced from do mestic materials in the year be ginning October. 1949, are ex pected to total over 12 million nounds.
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