THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 49.
NORTH CAROLINA BOYS WIN CONTEST
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WINNERS in the annual model car competition of the Fisher Body
Craftsman’s Guild are Ben B. Taylor (left), of Maple, who took first state
honors in the Junior Division (ages 12 through 15), and Laurence Alspaugh
of Greensboro, whose beautiful model car won first in the Senior Division
(ages 16 through 19). Each received a cash award of $l5O, and young
Taylor’s model went on to take regional honors and a chance to win a
university scholarship in the national competition.
REPORTER
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Willis Smith, U. S. Senator
nominate, has resigned as head of
the Kerr Scott-appointed commit
tee to study the impartial admin
istration of justice.
In his resignation, Smith said he
was quitting because he expects
to be busy, but added a barb at
Mrs. Kemp, C. Horton
To Appear in Recital
The Zebulon Woman’s Club will
present Nellie Kemp and Charles
Horton in a joint voice and piano
recital on Friday evening, August
25, at 8:00 in the Wakelon High
School Auditorium. Mr. Horton
will act as both Mrs. Kemp’s ac
companist as well as piano soloist.
Mrs. Kemp’s groups will include
numbers from the early Italian
to the most contemporary of
American writing.
Mrs. Kemp has studied in the
Voice Departments of Meredith
College and Wake Forest College
and in the Beasley Studios of Hol
lywood. She is at present a pupil
of Dr. Clifford Bair of Winston-
Salem.
A reception will be given at the
Woman’s Club House immediately
following the recital. The public
is cordially invited to both the
recital and the reception.
RUTH CURRENT;
Farm Home Hmfs
Loading a family washing ma
chine to the maximum may save
time on a busy day, but clothes
and linens come out cleaner if the
machine is given a lighter load.
Experiments in household equip
ment laboratories point to this
general conclusion.
Nineteen washing machines
have been tested w ! th different
sized work loads. Loads that they
could handle, according to manu
facturers’ directions, ranged usu
ally up to nine pounds maximum,
but in some cases 10. The “wash”
Scott. Smith said the committee
had not been able to operate be
cause of lack of funds.
The committee’s secretary, Al
lan Langston of Raleigh, denied
this, saying that the chairman
(Smith) had kept the committee
from working.
The governor’s office said the
committee never was supposed to
have any appropriation; that it’s
members were appointed because
they were believed to be “public
spirited citizens” who could af
ford to come to Raleigh and make
the study at their own expense.
The governor’s olfice compared
it with the Advisory Committee on
Highway Safety, all of whose
members are meeting and travel
ing at their own expense to try to
do something about the highway
death toll. This last committee
has no appropriation either.
The Justice Committee held
only one meeting. That was for
organizational purposes on Feb
ruary 10. It has done nothing
since.
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At. Mocksville over in Davie
County recently Secretary of State
Thad Eure made himself a speech.
The occasion was the annual pic
nic for the Masonic orphanage.
Reports reaching Raleigh are that
Thad sent up a few trial balloons
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was scientifically measured.
Summing up the experiment,
household equipment specialists
stated: “In general, a load of six
'or seven pounds in a domestic
washing machine will result in
soil removal and more even
; washing than a heavier load.”
It is up to the individual user
of a washing machine to decide,
the practical point of how much s o
lighten the washer load to make
thrifty use of water, detergent,
and the time and energy spent on
the job.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, August 22, 1950
Extension Worker
Gives Information
On Tobacco Barns
More than a thousand gallons
of water be evaporated from
a barn of tobacco during the cure.
That’s the calculation of H. K.
Sanders, Person County farm
agent for the State College Exten
sion Service.
An average stick of tobacco
weighs 15 pounds green and 1 x h
pounds cured. This means that
13 pounds of water evaporates
form each stick during the curing
process. Since water weighs about
8 1 2 pounds a gallon, a little more
than 1 V% gallons of water per
stick of tobacco has to be dried
out of the leaves.
In a barn containing 500 sticks,
that means 750 gallons of water
must be dried out. In larger
barns, containing 700 sticks, about
1.050 gallons—2l fifty-gallon
barrels—must evaporate.
Plenty of Ventilation
All of this, says the county
agent, points up the fact that
plenty of ventilation is needed in
curing barns. And this ventilation
must be high up in the roof, since
steam rises to the highest point.
If it cannot escape, it will scald
the tobacco.
Sanders says one way to provide
an escape for the steam is to
install a ridge ventilator. Other
wise, in a barn that has a tight
metal roof, at least two square
feet of space should be left open
in each gable end. This will pro
vide a current of air all the way
across the top of the barn, with
steam coming out of each gable
end.
There should also be some air
coming in near the bottom of the
barn, preferably in such away
that it can be heated by the flues
before it rises up to the tobacco.
Methodist Service Unit
Meets at Local Church
The Woman’s Society of Chris*
ian Service met Monday aftei •
noon at the church with Mrs.
Dighton Fiddner presiding in the
place of Mrs. Fred Page. Fourteen
members were present.
The topic of the program \yas
“Religious Education Around the
World.” Mrs. S. G. Flowers led the
devotional. Mesdames M. J. Sex
tpn, W. D. Finch, R. E. Kitchens,
C. E. Flowers, and A. R. House
discussed the Methodist schools
being conducted by missionaries
in many countries.
The mission study class topic,
“We the Peoples of the Ecumeni
cal Church,” will be taught by
Mrs. Joe Tippett on August 28 and
29 at 8:00 o’clock.
Sawyer's Car Stolen
Bob Sawyer’s black 1949 Ford
six was stolen from in front of his
home about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. At
noon yesterday no word had been
received by local police concern
ing the car.
Sawyer, who is a Zebulon rural
mail carrier, stated that his car
was unlocked but that no keys
were in it. He lost a number of
tools estimated to be worth ap
proximately S2OO, which he had
placed in the car after working on
the home he is building on North
Church Street.
Officers are continuing investi
gation of the car thef*. The license
number of the stolen car is
W-36017.
IN CONCERT
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Mrs. Frank Kemp
Mrs. Kemp will be presented in
recital at Wakelon School Friday
night, August 25, at 8 o’clock by
the Zebulon Woman’s Club, with
Charles Horton who will serve as
accompanist for Mrs. Kemp and
piano soloist.
Two Trees Struck
By Trailways Bus
A Carolina Trailways bus ca
reened off Gannon Avenue Satur
day afternoon and knocked down
two trees in front of the A. C.
Dawson residence after colliding
with an automobile attempting to
cross the street at the Church
Street intersection.
Policeman Ray Gainey, who
standing at the intersection when
the accident occurred, stated that
Earline Deck, local Negro woman,
driving a 1946 Ford, pulled direct
ly in front of the bus, which was
headed toward Raleigh. Jimmy
Duncan, bus driver, was thrown
from his seat by the crash, and
the bus plunged ahead until
stopped by the trees.
Neither Duncan nor the three
passengers on the bus were seri
ously injured. The Negro woman
suffered from shock ar J a broken
clavicle. She was taken to a Ral
eigh Hospital, where charges will
probably filed against her some
time this week.
To Fort Benning
Major Ferd Davis, public in
formation officer of the 30th In
fantry Division of the North Car
olina-Tennessee National Guard,
will report for a 13-weeks school
at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Sep
tember 13, in compliance with or
ders of the Adjutant General.
EXTENSION SERVICE
Urges Fertilizing Lad ino
“You can’t expect something for
nothing with a Ladino pasture,”
says Dr. W. W. Woodhouse, Jr.,
soil fertility expert with the
North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion. “To get the high yields
that Ladino is famous for, you
must be ready to pour on the
fertilizer.”
Woodhouse says his tests have
shown that a properly fertilized
Ladino clover pasture will yield
from two to three times as much
forage as a pasture where one or
more of the important fertilizer
elements is missing.
Phosphate, potash and lime are
the three key elements in starting
a Ladino pasture. Woodhouse
found that when he used plenty
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Wake Farm Agent
Lists Road Safety
Rules to Follow
Nearly a quarter of a million
farm residents are injured in mo
tor vehicle accidents each year,
says Bruce Butler, assistant coun
ty agent for the State College
Extension Service. This fact, he
adds, points up the need for rural
traffic safety.
Unlike city traffic, most rural
driving is on high-speed roads.
To overcome this danger, the Na
tional Safety Council suggests that
the following rules be observed by
drivers in rural areas:
Adapt driving speed to existing
conditions; keep to the right; don’t
pass on curves or on hills; obey
traffic rules and signs; be espe
cially alert at railroad grade
crossings; make turns from proper
lane and obstruct the flow
of traffic; keep your car in good
operating condition; always coop
erate with local traffic officials.
While driving the farm truck, be
courteous to other drivers. Re
member that a truck starts slower,
is less maneuverable, and takes up
more room on the road than a car.
Be sure to confine loads to the
capacity of the truck. If you haul
some oversize object, attach red
flags and at night, red lights.
Remember that all traffic rules
apply to the operation of tractors
on the highway. Be sure that you
have the right-of-way before
turning on to the highway. You
are entering a fast-moving stream
of traffic with a slow-moving
vehicle. Let the other fellow know
when you intend to turn. Keep
your tractor under control at all
times and make sure your lights
and reflectors are in top operating
condition. Never have an imple
ment on the highway after dark
without tail lights.
Rodney McNabb Makes
Talk at Rotary Club
An interesting and informative
program on classifications was
presented to the members of the
Zebulon Rotary Club last Friday
night by Rodney McNabb, chair
man of the classification commit
tee. Basing his talk on material
provided by Rotary International,
he told the club members many
facts on Rotary classificaiton with
which they were not familiar.
A Rotarian’s classification, Rod
ney said, is loaned to him by the
club, and is his so long as he up
holds the principles of Rotary in
his business and professional life.
of all three, he got a yield of over
three tons of dry weight forage
per acre each year.
When he used plenty of potash
and lime but left off the phos
phate, his yield dropped to less
than a ton per acre. When either
the lime or potash was left off,
the yield was only two tons per
acre.
The specialist says soil condi
tions vary widely, and the only
way to be sure of how much fer
tilizer to apply is to have a soil
test. Under average conditions, he
suggests applying two tons of
ground limestone per acre well be
fore seeding. Then at the time of
seeding, apply from 700 to 1,000
pounds of 2-12-1 B fertilizer per
acre