THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 38.
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These young ladies, photographed by Tommy Bunn in a recent
basketball game between Wendell and Wakelon High School teams,;
look more like ballet dancers than cage stars. Wendell’s guards
proved the difference between the two girls’ sextets, with Wendell
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J. F. Massey Is Honored
Here on 90th Birthday
The ninetieth birthday anniver
sary of J. F. Massey of Pilot was
celebrated Sunday with a family
reunion and dinner at the Woman’s
Club in Zebulon.
Mr. Massey’s wife died some
years ago, and his two oldest chil
dren, Hilliard Massey and Mrs. E.
P. Denton, are also dead. Eight
sons and daughters are living and
all were present with their famil
ies. They are: Philip and Howard
Massey and Mrs. Dollie Bissette of
Zebulon; Preston and Urquhart
Massey and Mrs. Fred Hall of Pi
lot; Mrs. Gregory Bissette of Hen
derson; Mrs. J. B. Tharrington of
Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Hall make
their home with Mr. Massey.
In addition to these and other
relatives Pastor M. A. Pegram and
family of Pilot; Mrs. B. P. Pear
son of Apex; Pastor Carlton Mit
chell and family, Rev. R. H. Her
ring and Mrs. Herring, Rev. Theo.
Davis and Mrs. Davis, Misses Eliz
abeth Salmon and Marie Smith
wick of Wakelon’s faculty, and
Miss Joyce Tippett, all of Zebu
lon, were guests. The number reg
istering totalled eighty-one.
The bountiful and delicious din
ner was served cafeteria style.
Mr. Pegram, who is Mr. Massey’s
pastor, led a prayer of thanks
and all present took part in singing
"Happy Birthday.”
The three-tiered birthday cake
baked by Mrs. Pearson, Mrs.
Howard Massey’s sister, was iced
in white, garlanded in pink and
green, and topped with a china
figurine of a dapper little gentle
man and a border of candles. Mr.
Massey was successful in blow-j
ing out all the lights with one ef
fort.
Looking about a score of years
less than the ninety he has lived,
Mr. Massey is well and active,
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Tobey Is Home
Sgt. Tobey Brantley of the AAF
has returned to the states after
three years in Germany. He will
visit friends and relatives during
his 30 day leave at home.
though somewhat hampered by in
creasing deafness. He takes care of
his flock of chickens and has a
special hobby of splitting and ster
ing firewood, of which he always
has a plentiful supply on hand.
Quiet and almost shy in manner,
he is interested in church and
community affairs. Not only his
sons and daughters, but his neigh
bors are proud of him and join in
good wishes for his continued
health and happiness.
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One of the nicest gatherings I
have participated in for sometime
was the Massey dinner at the Wo
man’s Club building Sunday. I
have known every member of this
family personally. There was a
dozen of the family. I have never
seen or heard of one of them who
cursed or drank intoxicants. All
were members of the church and
took an active interest in its work.
They have a sense of humor, yet
I never heard one of them laugh
boisterously or speak loudly in
conversation. Mr. Massey says he
always tried to raise his children
so they would live right, and he
succeeded well as all evidence in
dicates. —Theo. B. Davis
Unde Ferd's Almanac
St. Paul, the great evangelist
who saw the light in no uncer
tain terms, is supposed to have
been converted on January 25.
A lot of other good things hap
pened on this date also, such as
the birth of Mrs. Lucy Bunn 69
years ago and the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Pearce back
in 1891.
Another fine thing that hap
pened 150 years ago was the
signing of a peace treaty be
tween the Turks and the French
(I dunno what they were fight
ing about, but I have observed
that a Turk does not require
much excuse for starting a fra
cas).
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 25, 1952
State Convention
Set for Statesville
By Breeders Unit
Wake Breeders Cooperative,
Inc., will have a representative
meet with the State Policy Com
mittee of the Southeastern Artifi
cial Breeding Association at the
City Hall, Statesville, January
25th at 10:30 a. m. Henry Vanstory
of Statesville, President of the
State Policy Committee, will call
this very important meeting to
order.
The Policy Committee is made
up of one member selected from
each cooperative or breeding ser
vice purchasing semen from the
Southeastern Artificial Breeding
Association, an American Breed
ers Service organization. Various
matters of policy are discussed
and voted upon by these repre
sentatives.
Policies of the American Breed
ers Service stud at Asheville are
determined by its customers who
make up the 113 cooperatives and
breeding associations in 7 south
eastern States which are furnish
ing dairymen service from the de
sirably proved sires of the ABS
stud.
Large Attendance
It is expected that most of the
directors and officers of the North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Vir
ginia associations will attend this
meeting. American Breeders Ser
vice representatives from Chica
go and North Carolina will be
present. The Extension Dairy
men from the respective State Col
leges and County Agents have been
invited.
Wake Breeders Cooperative is
helping to improve the dairy herds
in the county by making available
the service of these desirably
proved sires from the ABS studs
at a cost farmers can afford.
Addresses Are Given
For Men in Service
Periodically the Record will
print the names of men from this
community who are serving in the
Armed Services of the United
States. The names listed this week
are members of the Wakefield
Baptist Church.
Pastors, relatives, and friends
of servicemen are invited to send
n the names and address of those
in service to be included in this
column.
It is suggested that friends of
the service men remember them
with cards and letters as often as
possible.
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Eleven years ago tonight F.
E. Bunn took a train for New
York City, and seventeen years
ago tonight it was so cold that
the Rotary Club almost decid
ed to give up their weekly meet
ing but Mrs. C. V. Whitley
allowed them to meet at her
home, and the Rotarians turn
ed out a hundred per cent.
Sixteen years ago today Mrs.
Pattie May, who lived across
from the present location of the
freezer locker plant for many
years, suffered a stroke, and
255 years ago the French and
Indians burned York, Maine, to
the ground. I never did trust
those demed French anyhow.
CANDIDATE
Associate Justice Itimous T. Val
entine is a candidate to succeed
himself on the North Carolina Su
preme Court, subject to the Demo
cratic primary May 31.
Two Leaf Circulars
Ready for Farmers
The State College Extension Ser
vice announces publication of two
new circulars on tobacco plant pro
duction, one on burley and the
other on flue-cured.
The circulars, prepared by To
bacco Specialists R. R. Bennett and
S. N. Hawks with the assistance of
Entomologist T. M. Dobrovsky and
Plant Pathologist H. R. Garriss,
cover such topics as location of
plant bed, water supply, weed con
trol, fertilization, covering the bed,
and control of insects, blue mold,
and wildfire.
Bennett and Hawks suggest that
growers seed sufficient yardage to
insure a plentiful supply of strong
plants, avoid over-fertilizing, ap
ply water when needed, protect the
plant bed from flooding by ditch
ing around the edges, and follow
recommended practices for control
of diseases and insects.
The plant production guide for
flue-cured tobacco is issued as Ex
tension Circular No. 363, and the
guidt for burley is published as
Extension Circular No. 364. Single
copies of either publication may
be obtained free from the local
county agent or by writing Publi
cation Department, N. C. State Col
lege, Raleigh.
Pvt. Stallings Is Now
In Philippine Islands
Pvt. Wallace Stallings, son of
Mr. William M. Stallings, Route 2,
Zebulon, recently arrived in the
Philippines to serve a tour of duty
with the U. S. Armed Forces.
Upon his arrival in the Islands,
Private Stallings was assigned to
the 29th Engineer Topographic
Battalion, located ten miles south
east of Manila.
Private Stallings joined the U.
S. Army in March, 1951.
Brother of Local Woman Named
Man of the Year at Annapolis
David .H. Wallace, brother of
Mrs. George Henry Temple of
Zebulon, has been named the
“outstanding man of the year” for
1951 by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce of Annapolis, Mary
land.
Mr. Wallace’s selection was an
nounced by a five-man selection
committee from a group of twelve
nominees. He was chosen on the
basis of his service in four major
fields, including business and fin
ance. Last year’s selection was the
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
New Snapbean Is
Available for Use
In Home Gardens
Seed of the new, highly produc
tive Wade snapbean variety are
now available in quantity from
most seedsmen in North Carolina,
according to H. M. Covington, hor
ticultural specialist for the State
College Extension Service.
The variety is recommended in
North Carolina for use by home
gardeners and for trial plantings
on a commercial scale.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture, which released the new
snapbean recently describes it as
“outstanding in productiveness
and appearance.” It matures 54
days after planting and bears over
a long season, a characteristic that
appeals to home gardeners.
Other favorable characteristics
include resistance to major bean
diseases, superior quality, low fi
ber content, and ability to ship
well and to retain freshness.
The nearly round pods of the
Wade snapbean are dark green and
the color remains through blanch
ing. This makes the variety suita
ble for U. S. fancy frozen pack.
Seed are the color of port wine.
Pods are stringless. After harvest
the new bean does not wilt near
ly so rapidly as other commer
cial varieties.
The variety has been widely
tested by USDA’s Vegetable
Breeding Laboratory in coopera
tion with agricultural experiment
stations of the Southern states and
with commercial producers and
seedsmen.
Meeting Is Planned
By Crop Seed Groups
The North Carolina Crop Im
provement Association and the
North Carolina Foundation Seed
Producers, Inc., will hold their
1952 annual meetings at N. C.
State College on January 25, be
ginning with registration as 9 a. m.
J. H. Hilton, dean of the State
College School of Agriculture, will
welcome the group. Richard T.
Cotton, leader, stored plant pro
ducts section, Bureau of Entomo
logy and Plant Quarantine, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Man
hattan, Kansas, will speak on
“Practical Methods of Keeping
Stored Grain Insects under Con
trol, and New Developments.”
George D. Jones, extension en
tomologist, will lead a discussion
period following Cotton’s talk. J.
B. Cotner, grain marketing special
ist, State Department of Agricul
ture, will speak on “Marketing
North Carolina Grain Crops.”
The Crop Improvement Associa
tion will hold its annual business
meeting at 3:15 p. m., and the
Foundation Seed Producers will
meet at 3:45 p. m.
brilliant young United States Nav
al Academy’s football coach, Ed
die Erdelatz.
Mr. Wallace, a 35-year-old grad
uate of Washington College, was
presented the award at a dinner
i meeting of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce held January 21.
Credited with being responsible
for adoption of the city manager
form of government by Annapolis,
he is director of the Oyster Insti
tute of America and executive sec
retary, American Sponge Institute.
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