THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 6
AIRPLANES THROWN INTO FIGHT
Airplanes have been thrown into the battle against insects and
disease in the forested areas of this country. Shown above is a duster
sweeping low to low a cloud of DDT over trees infested by parasites.
For the first time Zebulon had the services of a crop dusting team
this year to aid in the fight against insects on tobacco and cotton.
Economic Highlights
During the first weeks of the
Korean War Americans were
stunned by the tragic inadequacy
of our forces and equipment.
Many felt a personal responsibil
ity for the needless loss of life.
It was a healthy and well-found
ed reaction which will lead to cor
rection of mistakes and weeding
out of inept officials. There are
already encouraging signs of im
provement. John Osborne, Time
and Life senior correspondent in
the Pacific, writes: “The Ameri
can effort and the American sol
dier in Korea are magnificent.
Doubtless we could and should
have been better prepared. But
. . . today we have in Korea more
men and more arms than we sent
to the invasion of North Africa in
November of 1942, eleven months
after Pearl Harbor.”
Intelligence reports received in
Washington indicate that the evi
dent military ability of this coun
try to cope with the communists
in Korea has impressed the coun
tries of Southeast Asia. Applica
tions for communist party mem
bership are dwindling and pictures
of the communist leader Mao
Tse-tung are disappearing from
shop windows. Even more encour
aging is the opinion of authorities
on the mystery of why Russia has
Doctor's Bill for Rural Families
Varies with Distance from Town
The doctor’s bill of the average
rural family increases 66 cents
for every mile the doctor travels,
a survey of 500 rural families in
Eastern Carolina shows.
The survey was conducted un
der the supervision of C. H. Ham
ilton, head of the Department of
Rural Sociology at N. C. State Col
lege.
Hamilton and his staff found
that 27 per cent of the families
lived 10 miles or more from a doc
tor and 20 miles or more from a
hospital. Families living at these
distances had about the same
amount of illness as other families.
The survey also showed that they
used hospitals and doctors to about
the same extent.
However, there were two im
portant differences: the isolatd
familis did not and frequently
could not get medical service in
their homes; and if they did get
a doctor to make the trip, the ex
not moved into other areas while
the United States has its hands
full in Korea. They point out that
we have in readiness, prepared
to carry atom bombs within a
matter of hours to every major
city in Russia. And we have the
bombs to do the job. If the opin
ion of these authorities is correct,
this factor, plus an industrial pro
duction potential of near astroni
mical proportions, has checked
Russia for the time being.
Another element of strength that
is not fully appreciated is the
growing efficiency and productive
capacity of American agriculture.
Food is a mighty weapon and our
farms are producing it in record
quantities. The magazine Coun
try Gentleman recently described
what has been happening on the
farm: “Evt. since the end of
World War 11, farmers have been
turning out, year after year, nearly
a fourth more than in the year of
Pearl Harbor, and it’s hard to
picture the peaks to which farm
output might be pushed under
necessity. Leading agricultural
scientists now believe that the
output of the farm plant of the
United States could be doubled by
putting to use all the production
knowledge we now have . . .
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pense was greater.
The cost of getting a doctor in
the country varied with the dis
tance the patient lived from town.
The average fee for one call at
the doctor’s office was $2.80. The
average fee for a home call in tin
day was $7.12, and for a home
call at night, $9.35.
Hamilton’s survey also showed
that the average cost of a home
call started at $2.55 for no distance
and increased at the rate of 66
cents for each mile the rural fam
ily lived from the doctor. At five
miles the cost was $5.85; 10 miles,
$9.25; 15 miles, $12.45; and 20
miles, $15.75.
As a result of the high cost of
home calls, especially at night,
there were very few such calls,
according to Hamilton. Also, says
Hamilton, there is an increasing
tendency for doctors to ask pa
tients to come to their office or to
the hospital.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, September 26, 1950
Lions Club Begins
White Cane Drive
To Help Sightless
Members of the local Lions Club
will actively participate this week
in the Annual State-Wide White
Cane Sale and Membership En
rollment Campaign of the North
Carolina State Association for the
Blind in its efforts to raise $25,-
000.00 to aid the blind and to
prevent unnecessary blindness,
Mr. Worth Hinton, President of
the Club, announced yesterday.
One third of the proceeds derived
from the sale of White Cane But
tons, he said, will be retained by
the club for the local work for
the blind, the remainder being
sent to the State Association to
aid the blind in those areas of
the State where there is no or
ganized work on behalf of the
blind.
Fourth Annual Drive
During the period so Sep
tember 30, the local Lions Club
will join hands with the more
than 250 other Lions Clubs in
North Carolina to assist the Asso
ciation in its fourth Annual Drive
for funds. More than 12,000
Lions will raise funds to pay eye
examinations, operations, hospital
ization, and glasses for needy per
sons. Work among school children
to prevent blindness will be ex
panded, and to those who are al
ready blind, the Association plans
a program involving vocational
guidance, training, placement in
■employment, books, training sup
plies, and equipment will be pur
! chased. Since 1934, the Association
has been active in work for the
blind cooperating with Lions Clubs
in the State to promote legislation
on behalf of the blind, providing
special appliances and special,
types of employment for the
blind, making available to the
blind much needed recreation and j
working in every way possible to
improve the general welfare of the
blind.
Much Support Being Given
Much support is being given the
Association Enrollment Campaign
to secure memberships into the As
sociation. The local Club is seek
ing memberships into the Associa
tion for an annual fee of SI.OO or
more* per membership. Also, an
effort is being made to renew all
old memberships. Within the club
itself, memberships will be sought
for an annual fee of SI.OO or more
per member.
White Cane Buttons are on sale
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Typical of the wonderful work
done for the blind by the Lions
Club is the man pictured above
earning his own way in life. The
Lions have helped set many blind
persons up in business as part of
their work.
SIGHT HELPED
What a difference sight makes!
The Lions Club is beginning a
White Cane drive to raise funds
to aid handicapped persons like
the small lad pictured in these
photos. He has been given an
opportunity to lead a normal hap
py life through the work of Lions
International.
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Expect Smaller Dividends
From New-Laying Pullets
There’s no reason for poultry
men to be unduly concerned if
their pullets lay under-sized eggs
during the early stages of pro
duction, says R. S. Dearstyne, head
of the Poultry Department of State
Coflege.
According to Dearstyne, it’s en
tirely normal for egg size to be
relatively small when pullets first
start laying. As the season ad
vances, he asserts, the size will
increase quite rapidly. A distinct
pick-up should occur by Novem-1
ber.
The real capacity of a bird or a
flock to produce large-sized eggs
is best measured by the average
weight of the eggs laid in Feb
ruary or March, says the State
College professor.
Appenzeller's Bulldogs Practicing
For Battle with Nashville Friday
After scotuing the Nashvillc-
Wendell football game last Mon
day night witl nearly every mem
ber of his team. Coach Herb Ap
penzeller returned to a heavy
practice schedule in preparation
for the home game with Nash
ville on Friday night of this week.
Although the Wendell White Rams
won oyer the Nashville eleven by
a 19-0 score, the Wakelon squad
buckled down for what is expect
ed to be a close contest.
This is the Nashville school’s
first year of gridiron competition,
and their players were green in
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Wakelon Classes
Elect Officers
For School Year
Officers were elected for near
ly all the classes at Wakelon
School during elections held in
the past two weeks, Principal W.
R. Whittenton announced yester
day. Included in the list were
the following, with the homeroom
teachers’ names in parenthesis:
Senior class (Miss Walker):
President, Wayne Bobbitt; vice
president, Nellie Medlin; secretary,
Warren Green; treasurer, Jimmy
Greene.
Junior class (Mrs. Privette):
president, Betty Lou Bunn; vice
president, Kathryn Baker; secre
tary and treasurer, Artelia Bailey;
social chairmen, Lawrence Liles
and Patsy Brantley; business man
ager, Jean Robertson.
Sophomore Class
Sophomore Class (Mr. Allen):
wick): president, Bobby Raper;
vice president, Hilda Morris; sec
retary, Gayle Privette; Treasurer,
Peggy Weathers; reporter, Bruce
Wood; devotional chairman, Sue
Richards.
Sophomore Class (Mr. Allen:
president, Clara Sue Alford; vice
president, Rodnel Bell; secretary,
Fan Green; treasurer, Lucy Black
ley.
Freshman Class (Miss Strick
land): president, Wayne Perry,
vice president, Reginald Pearce;
secretary, Carol Richardson, trea
surer, Faye Pearce.
Eighth Grade
Grade 8Y (Mr. Sauis): presi
dent, Joe Ann Perry; vice presi
dent, Virginia Wade; secretary,
Billy Tant; treasurer, Harold Mur
ray.
Grade 8X (Miss Baker): presi
dent, Jean Bunn, vice president,
Billy Green, secretary, Peggy King,
treasurer, David Alford.
Grade 7X (Miss Beasley): pres
ident, Bobby Croom; vice presi
dent, Billy Etheridge; secretary,
Harold Droughon; treasurer, Bet
ty Baker.
Grade 7Y (Mrs. Bunn): presi
dent, Joe Pippin; vice president,
Lawrence Puryear; secretary, Dot
tie Privette; treasurer, Jenny Wat
kins.
Sixth Grade
Grade 6Y (Miss Stewart): pres
ident, Peggy Richardson; vice
president, Shelba Williams; secre
tary, Nancy Martin; treasurer,
Joseph Temple; Sgt. at Arms, Jer
ry Pearce.
Grade 6X (Mrs. Chamblee):
President, Linwood Liles; vice
president, Zelma Green, secretary,
Betty Jean Kimball; treasurer, Jay
Godwin.
Grade 5X (Miss Chappell):
president, Christopher Combs,
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- their game Friday night. The
- Nashville play was hard, and the
• Wakelon coach believes with a
week to work on their errors,
r Nashville will be hard to handle,
i No more injuries had cropped
■ up yesterday, and Jimmy Greene
. was the only member of the suad
; to rniss the practice. Green is ex
r pected to be out for nearly the en-
I tire season with an injured knee.
Kickoff for the game Friday
night is 8:00, Coach Appenzeller
> said. A capacity crowd is expected
, to see the Bulldogs go after their
i second victory of the 1950 season.