THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 40.
"Maid of Cotton"
To Model Clothes
At State College
Miss Elizabeth McGee, the 1950
Maid of Cotton, will appear in a
cotton style review during Farm
and Home Week at State College,
July 31 to August 3.
According to Miss Julia Mclver,
extension clothing specialist with
the State College Extension Ser
vice, the style review will be held
in the William Neal Reynolds Col
iseum, Wednesday, August 2. The
review is being sponsored jointly
by the State College Extension
Service and the National Cotton
Council.
Miss McGee, a native of Spart
anburg, S. C. will head the list of
a half dozen models appearing in
the all-cotton dress review. The
girls will model 32 cotton outfits
some featuring even hats, shoes
and luggage from cotton.
Miss Mclver points out that the
style review is scheduled so as not
to conflict with any other event
on the Farm and Home Week pro
gram. The review will be open
to the public as well as to regis
tered Farm and Home Week visi
tors.
Elected in Memphis
Miss McGee was selected 1950
Maid of Cotton in Memphis, Ten
nessee last January 3. Two days
after her selection she flew to New
York where her all-cotton war
drobe was assembled. Since Feb
ruary she has been appearing at
civic centers and leading depart
ment stores throughout the coun
try. In March her travels took
her to England and on to Paris
where she visited world-famous
dress designers.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom McGee of 561 East Main
Street in Spartanburg.
Services Are Listed
For Baptist Church
The pastor, Carlton T. Mitchell,
will use the sermon theme, “Peace
in God’s Greatness,” on Sunday
morning at the 11 o’clock worship
hour. The Girls’ Choir and the
Boys' Choir will sing the anthem
“Lovely Appear” by Gounod. Mrs.
Nellie Kemp will sing “Prayer” by
Guion.
Evening worship will be held at
eight o'clock. The pastor will use
for his sermon theme, “Jesus Helps
the Unnamed.” The Junior Choir
will sing.
Mrs . Doris Eason
Addresses Lions Club
Mrs. Doris Eason, Wake County
case worker for the blind and a
sightless person herself, was guest
speaker at the meeting of the Zeb
ulon Lions Club last night in the
Methodist Church. Mrs. Eason told
many interesting facts about her
work.
One of the prime purposes of
Lions International is work with
the blind, and the organization is
famed for the wonderful progress
it has sponsored in this field. The
Lions help finance the expense of
workers like Mrs. Eason.
Gilbert Beck was program chair
man last night.
Announce Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gaskill of
Wanchese, N. C., announce the
arrival of a daughter, Glenda El
len, on July 16, 1950, at Albe
marle Hospital in Elizabeth City,
N. C. Mrs. Gaskill is the former
Miss Edith Bridges of Zebulon.
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WELL, THEY WERE SECOND ANYHOW
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Samuel Maxwell, 60, of Brooklyn, and George Horn, 31, of Hemp
stead, waited in line for more than 30 hours to be the first ones through
New York’s new $80,000,000 Brooklyn-Battcry tunnel only to be nosed
out by a couple of enterprising motorcyclists. Maxwell and Horn
munched on cookies and crackers during the long wait for the tunne
opening.
Protected Farms Suffer
Light Damage from Rain
G. L. Winchester
S. W. Holleman
We checked several tobacco
fields laid off by the “string
methods” this past week and
found them working very satis
factorily. They not only are re
ducing erosion as claimed, but a
minimum of drowning was no
ticed as the water was carried out
of each row to the edge of the
field.
“Water carried off slowly and
orderly as in the case of the
‘string method’ is better during
dry weather as well as during wet
weather,” says Carl Davis of the
Knightdale School district.
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L. O. Page, farm manager at the
State Hospital and a Wake County
Supervisor, told farmers touring
the hospital farm that a farmer
cannot afford not to farm his land
according to its class or capability.
“Each acre on your land should
return its pro rata share of the
farm income. Some of the land
is suitable for the cultivation of
tobacco while other areas are
more profitably sown to pasture,”
says Mr. Page.
From the edge of an alfalfa field
he pointed to a beautiful orchard
Farmers Urged to Take Advantage
Os Federal Cotton Classing Service
August 15 has been set as the
deadline for applying for the fed
eral cotton classing and market
news service, according to D. H.
Staricil, cotton marketing special
ist with the State College Exten
sion Service.
Stancil says only about 1,200
North Carolina cotton farmers,
with an eye on the harvesting and
marketing season, have as yet as
sured themselves of the services.
He urges Zebulon farmers to
check with their Wake County
PMA office.
Three Groups Only
As of the end of June, Stancil
said, only three North Carolina
cotton improvement groups, with
a combined farmer-membership
of 1,203, had filed application for
1950 classing and market news
services with the Cotton Branch of
the Production and Marketing Ad
ministration. Stancil urged cotton
improvement groups that have not
yet filed to do so as far in advance
of the closing date as possible. He
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 21, 1950
grass-ladino pasture that was pro
ducing the equivalent of 75 to 100
bushels of corn. This land was
badly eroded and with the best of
fertilization would not produce
more than 40 to 50 bushels.
At another point on the tour Mr.
Page urged that farmers not be
discouraged if the application of
conservation practices is upset by
a severe rain or other conditions
“It would be a miracle if all
practices worked perfectly the
first year. We have been working
ten years on conservation here at
the hospital and we find that there
are certain jobs we must do every
year to keep them performing sat
isfactorily,” he declared.
“Don’t just establish the mini
mum practices but install prac
tices to insure conservation under
the worst conditions. Don’t de
pend on terraces alone but con
struct meadows, install contour
strip cropping and contour culti
vation, and you can sleep sound’y
during a cloudburst.”
Within one week GI classes in
agriculture from Knightdale
Wendell, and North Carolina Col
lege for Negroes at Durham tour
ed the farm to observe this splend
id demonstration of conservation.
explained that several weeks may
be required to complete arrange
ments for the services.
The Smith-Doxey services, he
explained, provide for the free
classing of cotton for the grower
members of cotton improvement
groups. Samples are ‘“pulled” as
each bale is ginned, and these arc
sent to the PMA classing office in
Raleigh. The grower receives, in
turn, a card showing the offieia
grade and staple length of each
bale sampled.
In addition, the grower receives
regular reports on prevailing cot
ton prices, so that he is enabled—
together with knowledge of the
grade of each bale of his cotton
to market it to the best advantage
Plan Wiener Roast
The boy scouts will have a wie
ner roast on Tuesday night at
7:00 o’clock at the Boy Scout Hut.
This will be followed by the troop
meeting.
Local Farmers Are Urged
To Start Lime Treatment
Os Pastures This Month
farmers who have not already applied lime on land to be
seeded to pasture this fall should start applying it now, according
to W. W. Woodhouse, Jr., soil fertility scientist with the North Caro
lina Experiment Station.
T: s s an important step for farmers who are planning on tak
ing part in the “Green Pastures”
Recreation Gifts
Listed by Council
The Community Council of Zeb
jlon wou d like to take this op
portunity to thank the donors for
the very fine cooperation they
have given in furnishing $540.00
in cash to sponsor the first Rec
reation Program and leader for the
Zebulon Community.
This Program was originated by
the Zebulon Recreation Commis
sion with the understanding that
the Community Council would so
icit funds to pay for the same.
We also want to thank the Rec
reation Commission for selecting a
very fine leader, Mr. Lee Rhodes,
for this program.
The following is an exact list of
names and the amounts donated
for the Recreation Program.
Theo Davis Sons $50.00
C. V. Whitley 40.00
Loomis Parrish 5.00
W. B. Hopkins 20.00
Bunn Electric Co 10.00
Wakelon Trading Co 25.00
W. B. Bunn 50.00
P. O. Farmer 25.00
Zebulon Dry Cleaners 10.00
J. M. Chevrolet Co 20.00
Ralph Bunn . 20.00
J. R. ATord 10.00
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. 50.00
G. C. 10.00
Irby D. Gill 5.00
Western Auto Store 10.00
Beck Bros. Veneer Co. 100.00
Dr. L. M I ' T assey . 20.00
Robinson’s Dept. Store 15.00
Temples Grocery Store 20.00
Zebulon Supply Co. 25.00
Total $540.00
Piano Recital
The Zebulon Baptist Church
presented Mr. C'audc K. Cook in
a piano recital Wednesday even
in'?, July 19. iVIr. Cook is the for
mer minister of music for the lo
cal rhur-h nnd professor of music
at Wake Forest College.
He included on the program
numbers by W. A. Mozart, Fred
dric Chopin, Robert Schumann,
Edward Grieg, Franz Liszt, Mau
rice Ravel, Moritz Moszowski, and
Joachin Turina.
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campaign.
Most North Carolina soils should
be limed to grow Ladino clover,
: says Woodhouse. While the work
on the lime needs of Ladino has
not been under way very long in
this State, it appears that the plant
is not too hard to satisfy. It is less
exacting than alfalfa in this re
spect, says the scientist.
On a soil which was very acid
(pH 4.8), says Woodhouse, one ton
of ground limestone produced good
Above that rate, the returns per
ton of limestone were barely no
results during two years of testing,
ticeable.
Liming for Ladino clover is
necessary and profitable, but there
is no reason to believe that a high
rate of lime or frequent applica
tions are required. Ladino seed
ed in 1948 responded well to a
one-ton application of limestone
made in 1938. The best guide is a
soil test.
Finch Reunion Held
Here Sunday, July 9
The descendants of the late
Dortch and Polly Finch of the Mt.
Pleasant community held a reun
ion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Finch of Zebulon on Sunday,
July 9. A picnic lunch was served.
It was decided by all present to
make this an annual affair.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Mary, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Griffin, Mrs. Frances Perry and
family, and Mr. Charles Fox and
children, all of Cary, Mr. Heber
Firmh, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Griffin,
Mrs. Rosa Finch, Mrs. H. C. Finch
and Nicky Winstead of Baily, Mr.
and Mrs. John Daniel and family
of Elm City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Warren and family, Mrs. Lottie
Odum and Dianne, Mrs. Mandy
Finch of Rocky Mount, Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Woodard and family
of Spring Hope, Mrs. Carlton Min
or of Creedmore, Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Finch and family, Mrs. Geo
rge Winstead, Mr. Charles Brooks
Finch and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Finch and Faye of Zebulon.
Draft Boards Sends
Those Greetings Out
The Wake County Draft Board
is mailing to all registrants born
after August 31, 1924 and now
in Class 1-A the following com
munication.
“Sometime ago you were placed
in Class 1-A. If there has been a
change in your status that you feel
justifies a different classification,
you are hereby given an oppor
tunity to submit the new facts you
wish considered. The new infor
mation must be submitted in writ
ing within five (5) days from this
date.”
This request is being made of
all registrants so that the infor
mation in their files may be
brought up to date before again
being reviewed by the Board.
State Selective Service Head
quarters have requested all North
Carolina Draft Boards to Imme
diately take this action.
WAKE COUNTY LOCA L
BOARD NO. 93, 700 Tucker St.,
Raleigh, N. C.