THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 25
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REPORTER
Lot’s of folks are wondering
why the State with a $12,-
000,000 balance five months ago
needed to borrow $10,000,000
last week to tide it over the next
three months.
Administration critics will make
the most of it. They’ll try to make
it appear that the State is headed
for bankruptcy under Governor
Scott. Nothing could be further
from the" truth.
It’s just that expenses for the
last several months and for the
next few months are outnumber
ing income. But a big swing in
increased income to the State
comes every year when the income
taxes are paid mostly during the
first six months of the year. Then
is when the year’s surplus is made,
with income far outnumbering ex
penses.
It’s sorta like a tobacco farmer.
He has plenty of money on hand
in the fall of the year, after he’s
sold his tobacco But come spring,
and planting time, he often has to
borrow money to buy fertilizer and
plants.
Actually, you could blame the
Conservation Notes
By G. L. Winchester
S. W. Holleman
A Wake County Supervisor of
the Neuse River Soil Conservation
District will be elected during the
week of December 4 through De
cember 9. BaPot boxes will be
placed in all vocational agricul
tural schools. The two men who
have been nominated are H. M.
Olive of New Hill and Exum C.
Hare of Holly Sorings Mr. Olive
hag served on the board for sev
eral years. He is a tobacco farmer
and in the past three years has
started a dairy in partnership with
his son, Sammy They are now
milking 30 high producing Hol
stein cows. Mr. Hare is a farmer
of Holly Springs and produces to
bacco, corn, small grain, alfalfa,
lespedeza, grasses, and other crops
on his farm. He has recently start
ed a beef cattle business with black
Angus. Mr. Hare produced 117
bushels of corn this past year on
one acre at land'
present borrowing on the 1949
Legislature.
It left Raleigh with the general
fund facing a $3,000,000 deficit for
the 1949-51 budget. In addition,
it put a rider on the appropriations
bill calling for a teacher pay bo
nus. That last was put on by ad
ministration opponents, with their
tongues in their cheeks. They
never expected it to be paid be
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Wakelon and Corinth
Play Tonight at 7:30
Wakelon will stage its second
basketball doubleheader of the new
season tonight when both the boys
and girls meet Corinth Holder
in the Wakelon gymnasium. The
first game begins at 7:30 and the
boys’ game willl follow immedi
ately afterward.
At a special meeting of all the
principals and coaches in Wake
County, the group decided to es
tablish a standard admission charge
for all high school games. Adults
will be charged 40c and children
25c.
■ One of these men will be elect
ed for a term of three years to
serve with L. O Page of Raleigh
and Joe Tippett of Zebulon as su
pervisors for the county.
Newly sown pastures are up to
a good stand and making very
good growth. Good land prepara
tion, good seed, and good ferti
lization are largely responsible for
the good stand and excellent
growth. Most farmers are con
vinced that pastures deserve as
good treatment as any other crop
on the farm. Soil conservationists
say that seeding and maintaining
land in pasture will conserve soil.
This is not necessarily true if
there is insufficient fertility to
produce a soil binding sod of pas
ture plants. The extent to which
pasture plants conserve soil and
moisture is dependent upon the
growth that is sufficiently dense
to break the force of the rain
drops as they fall and to the den
sity of the roots that bind and hold
the toil particles in place.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, December 5, 1950
Harvest Festival Is
Climaxed by Colorful
Parade on Wednesday
A colorful parade last Wednes
day afternoon climaxed the Har
vest Festival held at Shepard Col
ored School. The Queen of the
Harvest, Johnsie Mitchell, 9th grade
student from Wendell, led the par
ade, which included eight floats,
.he school band and a large num
ber of students.
Six majorettes strutted at the
lead of the Shepard School Band
which is directed by James Skel
:on. The Queen followed the
jand, accompanied by her attend
mts, Odessa W'ilson of the Bth
rade and Pocahuntus Dunn of the
9th grade.
The festival, coronation cere
monies for the queen, and parade
were sponsored by the Fall Event
Committee, composed of C. M. Art
s, C. A. Robinson, H. Williams, A
M. Bridges, B. M. Blount, James
Skelton, and A. Merxitt. At the
beginning of the school year the
faculty was divided into three
committees, with each to direct a
festival during the fall, winter, and
spring seasons.
Floats in the parade were en
tered by Riley Hill School, Wen
dell Colored School, T. M. T. Club
of Zebulon, Mothers Club of Zeb
ulon, Home Demonstration Club of
Zebulon, Modern Farmers of A
merica of Shephard School, Shep
ard Athletic Association, Shepard
School, and Mrs Marjorie Ellis.
Proceeds from the Fall Festival
are to be used in equipping the
Shepard School lunchroom.
Rain and Oil Cause
Three-Car Collision
Rain and oil slippery pavement
on US 64 just east of Raleigh re
sulted in a three-car accident in
volving Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Coltrane
Sunday afternoon about 4:30. On
ly one person. ,i girl passenger in
one of the other vehicles was in
jured, although considerable dam
age was done to the Coltrane au
tomobile.
Three cars involved were driven
by Dr. Coltrane Juanita Richard
son of Stantonsburg, and Earl
Thurston Puryear of Knightdale,
Route 1, according to State High
way Patrolman Robert East, who
investigated.
Dr. Coltrane told the patrolman
that his car began to skid as he
swerved in an effort to dodge a
skidding station wagon just ahead
of him.
The accident occurred just at
the end of the divided highway
leading into Raleigh. The road,
which has been under construction
for some time, had been freshly
oiled and the rainfall had made it
very slippery.
A similar accident occurred in
the same spot a few days ago.
Chamber of Commerce
To Give Yule Prizes
Prizes for the best decorated
home and stores in Zebulon are be
ing offered by the Zebulon Cham
ber of Commerce this year, Presi
dent J. Raleigh Alford announced
yesterday, with two cash prizes be
ing given for home and one for
store dindows.
Decorations will be judged on
Christmas Eve night for appear
ance from the outside.
Prizes for homes will be $25 for
first and $lO for second. Ten dol
lars will be given for the best dec
orated store window.
COTTON QUIZ I
rtiow MucH<r®mßi
IjiJ DID DESTROY
tMi- about 50,000 S
-- MORE THAN ENOUGH TO MAKE
ALL THE CANVAS AWNINGS THAT
WERE MANUFACTURED DUR
ING THE YEAR*
James Alton Hales
Dies on Sunday;
Funeral Held Yesterday
James Alton Hales, 41, died at
the home of his mother, Mrs. J. H.
Hales of Middlesex, Route 1, at 5
a. m. Sunday after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted
from Watkins Chapel Missionary
Baptist Church. Middlesex, at 3
p. m., yesterday by the Rev. J. N.
Stancil of Rocky Mount, and the
Rev. Debro Stancil, Kenly, Route
2.
The body lay in for an
hour prior to the services. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
Brenda Carolyn Hales of the home;
his mother; four brothers, Lester
of Kenly, Roland of Zebulon, Rt.
1, Ronald, of Middlesex, Rt. 1, J.
C. Hales, Fremont; three sisters,
Mrs. Arnold Price, Selma, Rt. 1,
Mrs. Jake Pearce and Mrs. Mel
vin Phillips, Zebulon, RFD.
Two Zebulon Officers
To Attend Staff School
Capt. Barrie Davis will attend
a two-day staff school held in the
Louisburg Armory for officers of
the 113th Field Artillery Battalion
headquarters on Saturday and
Sunday.
Assisting in the instruction at
the school will be Lt. William Grif
fin of Zebulon, a graduate of the
Ft. Sill, Okla., Artillery School.
SEEN AND HEARD
A Booming Welcome
Last Monday night wife Judy
and I heard considerable blasting
which aroused our curiosity. We
learned later that a special com
mittee was providing a booming
homecoming reception for Brax
ton Eddins and his bride who had
just returned 'rom their honey
moon. We lost count of the sticks
of dynamite that were used.
•
Mrs. Claud Dunn complains that
our classified advertisements are
too good. She listed a used sew
ing machine for sale last Tuesday
morning, and before 10:00 the
telephone had started ringing.
She called us Thursday, asking
that we should please make sure
the advertisement was left out of
Friday’s edition. It seems that she
and Claud had done nothing much
but answer the phone and talk to
people who wanted to purchase the
I sewing machine. Too much results
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Assignments Given
Battery A Officers;
Yuletide Party Planned
Battery A, 113 Field Artillery
Battalion, will have only three
drills in December Capt. Barrie S.
Davis said last night. As usual,
no drill will be held during Christ
mas week, nor on the following
Monday night, which falls on New
Year’s Day.
Plans were begun last night for
a Battery Christmas Party to be
held near Christmas
Responsibility for the training
jf the sections was delegated to the
Battery officers last night. The
executive officer Lt Jack Potter,
will supervise the instruction of
the cannoneers and ammunition
personnel, assisted by the platoon
sergeants, Sfc. Frank Massey and
Sfc. Rudolph Liles.
WO Clifford Gilliam, the admin
istrative assistant, supply and
personnel officer, is assisted by the
battery clerk, Cpl. Jimmy Spivey,
and the supply sergeant, Sgt. Bob
Sawyer.
With six trucks, a jeep, and
trailer, the motor section, under
Lt. George Hinds and Motor Ser
geant J. P. Arnold, is having its
hands full during the winter
months. Sergeant Arnold said that
he is having the motor park en
larged because it is already over
crowded and more trucks are ex
pected soon.
Lt. Dave Finch, the newest of
ficer in the unit, has been placed
in charge of the battery detail and
wire section. He will be assisted
by Sfc. Carl Kemp, chief of de
tail, who has been instructing the
Fire Direction Center, and Sgt
John Clark, chief of the wire sec
tion.
First Sergeant Sidney Holmes,
who exercises immediate supervi
sion over the enlisted men, stat
ed that every section needs addi
tional men at once. He urged high
school students and other eligi
ble men to enlist at once, stress
ing that they are exempt from call
by the draft board if they enlist
in the National Guard before re
ceiving notice to report for their
physical examination.
WO Gilliam will be at the arm
ory Monday through Friday of
each week, and men interested in
the Guard are urged to talk with
him about the nay, rapid promo
tions, and other benefits received
from the National Guard train
ing.
are almost as bad as too little, it
seems. P. S. They sold the ma
chine.
•
Said one of Coach Herb Appen
zeller’s basketball players in dis
cussing a tempting coed: “She is
the kind of girl you can sit with
and enjoy your own thoughts.”
•
Vance Biown says that the man
who boasts he never quarrels with
his wife usually mistakes coward
ice for chivalry.
•
We have some promising young
swains in our National Guard unit
who make many a lass’s heart
flutter. The following conversa
tion took place between two of
them last night
First Pvt: “You say you read
a good book, met a good girl, and
had a good night’s rest?”
Second Pvt: "Yeah, but I did
n’t have a good time. 1 *