THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVI. Number 76.
THIS, THAT, AND
THE OTHER
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
It was amusing last week to
lead two contributions to a maga
zine showing two sides to a ques
tion which might be controver
sial among housekeepers. One held
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ihat “there’s nothing more re
spectable than a neat patch.” The
other declared that a rent or a
run may seem an accident, so
wear them, if you can’t afford
to discard the garment; but “a
patch or a darn proclaims pover
ty.” The evidence is in; judge for
yourself.
Keep It Quiet
The handbook of a denomina
tional college states as one rule of
conduct required of students:
“There shall be no loud or bois
terous swearing at or around the
college, or at any of the games,
or at any public occasion.” Stated
in other words I suppose it means
if you feel bound to cuss, keep
your voice low.
Oh, Say Can You See
A booklet has been published
telling how and why of the writ
ing of our patriotic songs and the
suggestion is made that many of
us may want to learn more than
the mere words of these poems.
It would be a pretty good idea for
some of us to learn the tunes, too.
Exclusive Rights
A wren has built her nest on
a shelf in my husband’s wood
working shop. She is welcome to
that space; but the trouble is she
wants exclusive rights to the
whole shop and resents fussily any
entrance by humans.
That Pleasant Sound
Few things in life are more de
lightful than being awakened from
restless slumber by the sound of
windblown rain, rising and hur
rying over the house to lower win
dows, getting slightly showered in
the process, then going back to bed,
chilled and grateful, to fall into a
deep sleep, knowing that crops
and gardens have another chance
to grow.
Miscellany
The Unabridged Merriam Web
ster dictionary is authority for
the statement that ceramic is pro
nounced keramic only when it be
gins with k. That word has had me
bothered and uncertain many
times; and since keramic is only
a variant of ceramic, there’s no
real reason for using it. It means
the process of making pottery or
earthenware from clay.
Bounding Slates
It did seem somewhat extrava
gant for us to subscribe to the
National Geographic magazine;
i but when the new map of the
United States was sent to us by the
Geographic’s publishers I felt it
alone was almost worth the sub
scription price to me. It is with
shame I confess to being unable
to “bound” all the states, and
last winter even had a moment
of wondering whether Kansas was
south or north of Nebraska. It is
too much trouble to go hunt up an
atlas whenever a question in geog
raphy comes up, so I have often
just gone on in ignorance. But the
new map has been put on the
wall right by the typewriter desk,
across from the calendar, and nev
er a day passes that it is unused.
It measures twenty-five by forty
inches, so is large enough for real
service.
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BRIGHT SUN, BRIGHT STAR
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Flashing a smile that competes with the brightness of the Holly
wood sunshine, filmdom’s newest star, Adele Mara, acquires a tan
during off-moments from the movie camera. The Republic actress
wears an eye-catching play outfit of flowered cotton. Miss Mara is
currently starring in “California Passage.”
REPORTER
Building roads means trouble.
Seems you just can’t please folks,
when it comes to their roads.
Even the folks over in Alamance
County home of Governor Scott
squawk about the road building,
or lack of it.
Now a lot of folks would think
that Alamance would be well tak
en care of under the better roads
program. After all, it’s the Gover
nor’s home county and he’s the boy
that fought for and got the $200,-
000,000 road building program a
cross.
It Ain’t So
But from Alamance way comes
word that it ain’t so. In fact, some
of the Haw River dairyman’s
neighbors are pretty hot under the
collar at their highway commis
sioner, Jim Barnwell. They say
that Jim who happens to be a
trucker isn’t interested in
building anything but truck routes.
They say that when he does build
farm-to-market roads that he
“favors all the folks who were
(and are) against the Governor.”
And they claim that .Jim’s not
building enough roads.
Broughton Waited
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Alamance probably is getting its
full share of the road bond money
and new paving, but folks down
that way should remember that
the road past Governor Brough
ton’s farm wasn’t paved until he
had left office, and that a lot of
work in Gaston County Gover
nor Cherry’s home wasn’t done
until the Gastonia lawyer had left
the Mansion.
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TOWN BOARD
All municipal employees
of the Town of Zebulon
were reelected by the local
Board of Commissioners
at their June meeting, held
last Monday night.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 8, 1951
Dunno what happened, but that
supposed fight over holding a YDC
State Rally at Haw River in 1952
for the kickoff of the presidential
primary failed to materialize.
The Young Democrats at their
Winston-Salem meeting unani
mously endorsed the idea, despite
fears of some of their elders that
such a wingding would reflect fav
orably on any possible aims of
Kerr Scott in 1954.
The Young Democrats also failed
to fight over backing Basil White
ner of Gastonia for national DC
president. There had been some
talk of a fight for tht backing
between Whitener and Bedford
Black of Kannapolis.
That Powell Bill
Despite the fact that the Senate
bill giving cities and towns a mul
ti-million dollar street-paving
handout was signed by some 38
senators, it carries the name of the
“Powell Bill”, after its introducer,
Junius Powell of Columbus Coun
ty-
Recently, Governor Scott again
attacked the measure, predicting
it would be a millstone around the
necks of its parents and friends.
Powell promptly defended the
measure, claiming the actual op
eration of the aid program would
vindicate the position of the bill’s
supporters.
Powell a Dupe?
Meantime, down at the YDC
Winston-Salem clambake, Rep.
Eugene Bost of Cabarrus told sev
eral folks that Powell was a fig
ure-head and didn’t know what
was in the bill at the time he
(Powell) introduced it. Bost also
reportedly said that the bill was
written by arch-opponents of Kerr
Scott and was intended to discred
it the Governor.
It also was reported that Powell,
who had backed the Governor in
several of his fights, had wanted to
be named highway commissioner
from his district. Also seeking the
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1951 801 l Weevil Army Already
Out in Force, Survey of Zebulon
Cotton Fields by Agent Reveals
801 l weevils, those vandals which laid waste millions of acres
of Dixie’s cotton crop last year, have already begun their 1951 in
vasion of Zebulon’s cotton fields and are now impatiently waiting for
buds and bolls to form on the tender plants, a survey by the Wake
Local Guard to Have
Active Duty Training
At Fort Bragg June 9
Zebulon National Guardsmen
will leave their armory on Vance
Street tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’-
clock for Fort Bragg, where the
battery will join the remainder
of the 113th Field Artillery Battal
ion for weekend training and ser
vice practice with the 105-,mm
howitzers. Five trucks and a jeep
will provide transportation for the
local unit.
The howitzer sections, under
SFC. Frank Massey and Sfc. Ru
dolph Liles, each will fire 50
rounds of ammunition Sunday
morning.
Communications between the
bivouac area, gun positions, and
forward observers were establish
by Sgt. Jo’m Clark’s communica
tions section.
Menu Prepared
Sfc. Per v Parrish, mess ste
ward fort! o battery, has prepar
ed the menu for the four meals
to be prepr red away from home.
The nouris l in,- meals served by
the Battery A mess section have
acquired r mputaticn of being the
best turned out by the National
Guard.
The motor section, supervised
by Lt. George Hinds, motor offi
cer, and Sgt. ,T. P. Arnold, has
been tuning up the engines of the
trucks in preparation for this
trip. Only one malfunction marred
the prior trip to Ft. Bragg, and
the drivers and mechanics are
working for a perfect trip this
weekend.
NEW DRESS
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Hot summer days won’t melt the
crisp, out-of-the-bandbox look of
this blonde beauty. She is wearing
a fresh cotton frock with Dan
River’s wrinkle-shed finish. The
checked cotton frock has a boat
neckline trimmed with snowy pi
que applique that repeats the
white of her jaunty cuffs.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
County Agent, Grady Miller,
showed Wednesday. Infestation of
fields is already extremely heavy,
and immediate dusting is recom
mended to save the 1951 cotton
crop from destruction.
A spot check of three fields in
this community by County Agent
Miller, and his assistants, Bruce
Butler and Lester Creech, revealed
the alarming situation.
Early Wednesday morning the
three agricultural leaders sug
gested to J. Raleigh Alford, ope
rator of the Zebulon Gin, that he
accompany them on a tour of
fields. The ginner laughed at the
mention of weevils this early in
the year, but agreed to go along.
On Horton Farm
The group stopped first at the
farm of Robert Ed Horton, who
advised them that he was too
busy to go on a wild-goose chase
after weevils, but Robert Ed fin
| ally agreed to stop a few minutes
to inspect one of his fields.
“I’d never believe it if I had
not seen it myself,” Robert Ed
said later when he told of the
check. 801 l weevils were perched
on the top of plants hardly three
inches high impatiently chomping
their jaws together waiting for the
cotton to grow.
Two other fields, owned by Joe
; Tippet and Robert Perry, check-
I ed the same.
Dieting Urged
County Agent Miller recom
mended immediate dusting of the
cotton plants with six to eight
pounds of 20 percent toxophene
or benzine hexachloride to the
acre. By following instructions on
dusting their cotton, farmers can
save this year’s crop from the
fate which cost them millions last
year.
Robert Ed said that he planned
to begin dusting during next week,
and will repeat the operation as
often as the county agent advises.
Miller plans to compare yields
from fields which will be dusted
with the yields from undusted
fields. A full report will be made
later.
Safety Citation Earned
By Beck Veneer Plant
Beck Brothers Veneer Company
of Zebulon, has been awarded a
Certificate of Safety Achievement
signed by State Labor Commis
sioner Forrest H. Shuford for hav
ing done an outstanding job of ac
cidental prevention during 1950.
The certificate cites Beck Bro
thers Veneer Company for having
made an outstanding record in the
field of accident prevention last
year and for preventing the human
suffering and economic loss which
are caused by industrial accidents.
The award is presented to es
tablishments which qualify by
having perfect safety records, hav
ing accident rates at least 75 per
cent below the State average, or
by reducing their accident rates
40 per cent or more during any
calendar year. Qualification of in
dustrial plants for the Certificate
of Safety Achievement is one
phase of the Labor Department’s
Manpower Conservation Program,