Newspapers / Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / July 25, 1950, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXV. Number 41 MAIM STREET THIS WATTS TO T THE EHH U*HT FOE R6..1H6 V Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Jones have returned from their wedding trip and are making their home in Wakefield for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Temple and Mr. and Mrs. Billie Privette spent Sunday afternoon in Pearces with Mr. Privette’s mother. Mrs. Allison Temple and chil dren are spending a few days with her sister in Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Temple spent Sunday in Mebane with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong Can nady and Drew spent Sunday in Oxford with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Monk spent their vacation last week in the western part of North Caro lina and Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Harris and daughter, Carolyn, and Mary Louise Hunt of Fountain visited the Foster Finches Sunday. Mrs. Pattie Harris returned with them to Fountain to spend a few days. Mrs. Ruric Gill went to Watts Hospital in Durham Monday for treatment. Sgt. A. V. Medlin of Langley Field, Va., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richardson. The Horace Gays are spending their vacation this week at Cres cent Beach. Robert Lanier Feted At Birthday Party Robert Lanier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lanier, celebrated his third birthday Saturday afternoon. Attending the party were Mac and Johnny Fiddner, Charlotte Scarboro, Carol and Ronnie Hag wood, Betty and Rod Carlisle, Ruth Lanier and Grace Edwards. Delicious refreshments of birth day cake and ice cream were serv ed, By Ralph Stein Mrs. H. C. Wade is attending the Dance Masters Convention at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C., all this week. Miss Rebe kah Talbert and Cloid Wade, Jr., will enjoy a sightseeing trip in and around Washington. Miss Ruth Brown is spending a saw days at Pamlico Beach with Miss Joellen Gill. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Thome and Arthur Thome, Jr., of San Anton io, Texas, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brantley en route to the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brantley, Jr., and children will arrive today to spend a few days with his moth er. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarboro spent the weekend in Liberty with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Light. Their children, Martha and R. 8., are visiting their grandmother in Cary for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ed Horton and Mrs. Sam Horton attended the Ids ton Reunion in Goldston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Vester Brantley and family have moved back to Zebulon for the remainder of the summer. Miss Madeline Brantley is with them and still confined to bed. Mrs. Fred Hood is a patient at Rex Hospital. Mr. Fred Beck spent the week end in Thomasville. Mrs. Milton Howell will begin nursing at Rex Hospital next Tuesday. Mr. J. A. Bunch and Mr. H. E. Bunch of New London, N. C., spent the weekend with their sister, Mrs. Lela B. Horton. Guests on Sunday at Mrs. Horton’s were Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Horton and daughter of Ral eigh. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Potter spent Sunday in Raleigh. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, July 25, 1950 Recreation Leader Speaks of Work To Zebulon Rotary Lee Rhodes, popular director of the Zebulon recreation program, told members of the Zebulon Rot ary Club about his work at the regular meeting held Friday night in the Woman’s Club. He was in troduced by Program Chairman Carlton Mitchell. The speaker told of the activities which he, assisted by Coach Herb Appenzeller, supervises for the children who take advantage of the school playground. Softball, baseball, badminton, horseshoes, and a number of oth- . er organized games are played, Lee said. He added that he had j never known a town which has! taken to softball in the way this community has, with over 160 act ive players. Each Friday night a square dance is held in the Wakelon gymnasi um as a part of the program. So much interest was displayed by adults that the dance will include everyone from now on, Lee said. The speaker praised Zebulon for the interest it is showing in its young people, and assured the Ro tarians that every cent spent on the program is doing a wonderful job. Red Cross Swimming Course Begins; Bob Emanuel in Charge The Red Cross learn-to-swim classes are being held at Tippett’s pool all this week, beginning at 10:30 each morning. Bob Emanuel, who supervised the course last year, is again in charge of the in struction, aided by four assistants from Raleigh. Lee Rhodes, recreation director for Zebulon, is accompanying the children each morning. Transportation is being furnish ed by Theo. Davis Sons and par ents of the children, and cars leave from the printing office and the school at 10:15 each morning. Hail Relief Supplies To Be Stored in Rear Os Wakelon Drug Co. Headquarters and storage room for Hail Relief has been located in the rear of the building occu pied by Wakelon Drug Company, Ed Ellington announced yester day. The gifts of groceries, flour, and other foodstuffs which are not needed immediately by the victims of the hail storm will be stored here. Ellington praised the response of people in this community who have rallied to the aid of their neighbors. He said that suffering has been alleviated, but winter will bring new hardships to the families in the hail area. Ruth Temple Attends Washington Meeting Ruth Temple, daughter of the Maylon Temples, was the only 4-H member from Wakelon School to attend the Wake County 4-H Camp Week in Washington, D. C., June 27-30. Ruth is one of the most active members of the local 4-H group, and she reports having had a won derful trip to the Capital City. VETERANS! KEEPTNtf DATE WNUND-JULYES,I9SI.IT<; ONLY 14 MONTHS AWAY, AND ITS YOUR DEADLINE FOR STARTING A COURSE OF TRAINING UNDERTUE GI BILL ~* l ' • j » - M Rev. E. H. Davis To Speak Sunday At Joint Services There will be a joint worship and fellowship service for Zebulon and Wendell Methodist Churches at Wendell at 11 a. m. July 30. Members and friends of both churches are asked to bring a light picnic basket which will be spread in the basement of the Wendell Church immediately after the morning service. The speaker will be Rev. E. H. Davis, veteran retired minister and former pastor of both church es. Mr. Davis is 90 years old and is probably the oldest minister that many of the listeners will ever hear. This service is purely for pur poses of worship and fellowship. There will be no business session. All interested persons are most cordially invited. Rev. S. E. Mer cer, the pastor, will preside. There will be no other preaching services at either church on July 30, as it is a fifth Sunday. Substitute Speakers Entertain Lions Club At Meeting Thursday Recreation Director Lee Rhodes and Coach Herb Appenzeller were guest speakers at the meeting of the Zebulon Lions Club last Thurs day night, and they told the Lions about the recreation program be ing conducted at Wakelon School each day. The talks given were not pre pared, since the speakers were called upon when the guest speaker failed to appear. Coach Appenzeller compared himself to Mark Anthony who went to pay a visit to Cleopatria and declared: “I did not come here to speak.” New Small Grains Proving Valuable To Tar Heel Farmers, Says Expert Atlas wheat, Arlington oats, and Colonial barley have all proved their worth on North Carolina farms by producing much heavier yields than older varieties grown in the State, says Dr. F. J. Bell, seed and small grain specialists for the State College Extension Service. According to Bell, growers of certified Arlington oat seed made an average yield of 58 bushels per acre this year, compared with an average oat yield on only 30 bush els per acre throughout the State during 1949. The average on oth er oats (Victorian and Fulgrain) grown by the seed producers was Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Zebulon Guard Unit Back to Routine Training Program National Guardsmen in Zebu lon returned to their regular rou tine of work and instruction last night at the armory on Vance Street. The members of Battery A took a week’s vacation from drill following their 15-days of intensive work at Ft. Jackson, S. C., but last night’s drill began the series of 48 drills to be held before next July. Richard Bayliss Scarboro and Lonnie Ruffin Smith enlisted in the National Guard last week. Both are former service-men and will be valuable to the local unit. Last night the men turned in the equipment drawn for the encamp ment, including tents, blankets, mess kits, and extra uniforms. Capt. Barrie Davis read a letter from the Adjutant General of North Carolina to the members of Battery A. which told something of the gallant fight made by the Na tional Guard in three wars. Al though the 30th Division has not been alerted, the men were urged to make the most of their training that they will be ready at any time. *-H Club Week Going a* State College; Many Visitors Present The 25th anniversary of 4-H Club work in North Carolina will be celebrated at State College July 24-28 when the annual State 4-H Club Week is held with some I, members from all parts of the State attending. Program for the week has been announced by officials of the State College Extension Service. Most of the speakers will be former 4-H Club members. All were out standing in club work and now are outstanding citizens in their respective fields. Governor Scott, one of the speakers for this year’s program, is a former 4-H boy Dr. J. H. Hil ton, dean of agriculture at State College, who also will speak, was a 4-H member in Cabarrus County. The boys and girls will be guests of Governor and Mrs. Scott at the Mansion on Wednes day. Barrett Delano Ray Completes Training Barrett Delano Ray, seaman re cruit, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ray of Route 3, Zebulon, N. C., recently completed his recruit training at the U. S. Naval Train ing Center, San Diego, Calif. 51 bushels per acre. Atlas 50 and Atlas 66 wheat pro duced yields of 26 bushels per acre —exactly double the State’s 1949 average wheat yield of 13 bushel* per acre. The average yield of other varieties (Redhart and Har dired) grown by certified seed producers was 17 bushels per acre. The average yield of Colonial barley was 40 bushels per acre, compared with a 1949 State aver age of only 25 bushels. Bell says the supply of Atlaa wheat seed will be large enough to plant about one-third of the 1950-51 crop in North Carolina.
Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 25, 1950, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75