THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 96.
NAVAL BASEBALL STAR
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Walter B. Stallings, former Bunn High School star, is now a
stellar third baseman with the Oceana, Va., Jets, a navy team. Before
entering service he played Class D ball, and during his tour of duty
with the Navy he has played with ComAirPac, West Coast, and the
Virginia Beach Fire Department. He is hitting the ball at a .319 pace,
according to the naval base newspaper.
SEEN AND HEARD
Changes Cause Headache
I had almost forgotten how good
it feels to sleep under a blanket
when the cool nights came along.
•
A newspaper feature urged girls
who have trouble meeting eligi
ble batchelors to get a dog. My
wife Judy, who doesn’t need to
meet eligible batchelors being hap
pily (I hope) married, is equipped
with a better device. Last week
when she thought she had success
fully ignored a zoot-suited hitch
hiker, 15-months old son Michael
jumped up and shouted, “Hey,
there!”
•
If you happen to look in the
front of the print shop and see
things more confused than usual,
it is just us trying to find a place
for another press which is schedul
ed to arrive soon. We tried to
stretch the building, but the brick
walls would not budge, so we set
tled on rearranging the front of
fice, partitioning off a section
where the linotypes will be moved.
•
The changes are proving a real
headache for Mrs. Ruth Chamblee,
who holds down the front end of
the business. With the wall ripped
out, the full effect of rattling lin
otypes, roaring presses, and noisy
printers bangs into the back of her
head. Thank goodness she is pa
tient, and is living in hopes of
quieter quarters.
•
No one looks older (or sillier)
than an old person trying to look
young.
The rains are nice, but it is a
pain in the neck to have to get
out of bed in the wee small
hours of the night to lower the
windows.
•
After a person marries, he gets
to know his mate well too well.
So a newly-wed reported to us
last week. «
•
A Raleigh newspaper writer ex
pressed his disapproval over the
exclamation point. Words should
speak for themselves, he said, and
forceful words need no exclama
tion point to bring out their em
phasis. Maybe so. But couldn’t you
go further and do away with all
punctuation. Words, speaking for
themselves, could give a person
their meaning without being divid
ed by all sorts of dots and doo
dads. I know I’m not kidding any
body, and neither was the newspa
perman, unless it was himself.
•
Are women the superior race, as
some articles would lead you to
believe? How about typing? The
champion typist is a man, having
achieved 176 words a minute. My
own speed is about 60 words a
minute, which includes a half doz
en errors. According to the grad
ing system used in schools, my er
rors would bring my rated typing
speed to zero.
•
I never fail to be irritated when
girls who work in government of
fices tell of how little work they
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Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1952
Young Democrats Meet
Wednesday Night; Pou
Bailey Featured Speaker
The Wake County Young Demo
cratic Club will hold a Pre-Con
vention Rally in the Wake Coun
ty Superior Court room in Ral
eigh on Wednesday night, accord
ing to Earl Purser, president of
the group. The meeting will be
gin at 8:30 p. m.
James H. Pou Bailey, State Sen
ator from Wake County, will make
the principal address, Purser said
yesterday.
Included in the business to be
discussed is the county endorse
ment of Bedford W. Blacks’ candi
dacy for the office of president of
the North Carolina Young Demo
crats.
/ Some opposition to the county
endorsement, which was given at
the last meeting of the Wake
group, has been expressed by
members of the club. These mem
bers will be given an opportunity
to be heard at the meeting to
morrow night.
.ismors About Guard
Are Termed False
Six weeks remain before the
visit of thn Regular Army Inspec
tor General, members of the Zeb
ulon National Guard unit were
told last night, and every drill
between now and October 17 must
be utilized to prepare the bat
tery for the annual check.
The battery commander, Capt.
Barrie Davis, declared that to his
knowledge, no plans have been or
are being made.to take any unit
of the North Carolina National
Guard into Federal service. “We
are continuing our preparation for
next summer’s 15-day field train
ing’,’ he said, “just as we have
during the three years Zebulon has
had a Guard unit.”
Each time the local battery has
turned in obsolete equipment or
received new material, rumors
have been circulated that the
North Carolina National Guard is
to be federalized.
The latest crop of rumors was
spread when the old World War
II 6x6 trucks were turned in last
month. These trucks are being
replaced with new GMC hydra
matic drive trucks.
Rain, Wind Hit
Here Sunday Night
Heavy rain and hard winds
struck Sunday and Sunday night
as the first Florida hurricane of
the season blew itself out as it
traveled across North Carolina.
Damage reported late yesterday
was light, limited to tree limbs
and some crops. In Raleigh, how
ever, the damage was heavier.
Conflicting Loyalties
Subpect of Talk
Conflicting loyalties were dis
cussed at the Friday night meet
ing of the Zebulon Rotary Club by
Fred Smith, assistant superintend
ent of the Wake County Schools
and former Wakelon school prin
cipal.
The speaker lauded loyalties to
our clubs, our nation, and our
work; but he cited loyalty to God
as our foremost responsibility.
Robert Dawson of Smithfield,
a former president of the Zebu
lon club, was a visitor at the
meeting.
Smokey Says:
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The next tree crop. Keep it growing!
Wake County Lions Plan
Another Pastures Project
A joint meeting of the agricul
ture committees of County
Lions Clubs met on August 25,
with 22 members present, to make
plans for Lions club projects to
promote agriculture. With the new
Chairman Page presiding most all
members took part in a free-for
all discussion of the Lion-spon
sored agricultural projects es
pecially the Wake County Green
Pastures campaign in cooperation
with the Wake County Green
Pastures committee, part of a state
wide project.
Plans were outlined for the
fifth annual picture tour, recogni
tion of farmers who have produced
better pastures and a barbecue
dinner.
This year certificates will be
signed by Governor W. Kerr Scott
and by the agricultural committee
chairman of {he Wake County
Lions Clubs and presented to far
mers producing the better pas
tures.. Metal plaques will be
awarded.
The date was set for 3:00 p.
m., October 9. The place, the State
College dairy farm.
Any white Wake County farmer
who has one or more animal units
is eligible to enter. He may noti
fy any Wake County Lion mem
ber, or any member of the certifi
cation committee.
The need for a better balanced
farming system was stressed. This
means more livestock and more
good pastures. Greater efforts
will be made to get more farmers
to seed more improved pasture
and take better care of good pas
tures they have.
BEHIND THE BUSINESS SCENES
Teenage Business Pickup
By Reynolds Knight
Vital statistics, dull though
they are, can sometimes provide
manufacturers with the key to
unlock the mystery of long-range
market predicting.
A good example is the emphasis
being placed on the recent decline
in marriages. Because a relatively
small portion of the population is
now reaching a marriageable age
due to the low birth rate of the
1930’s fewer families are being
formed and for the next ten years
or so businesses dealing in furni
ture, silverware, wedding rings,
baby needs, electric irons, wash
ing machines, etc., can’t expect to
do as well as other types of busi
ness.
On the other hand, companies
dealing with anything that might
interest teenagers or oldsters can
look forward to a sizeable business
pickup in the coming years be
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers.
Wayne County Hospital
Accepting Applications
For 1952 Nurses Class
The Wayne County Memorial
Hospital is now accepting appli
cants for the Oct. 1, 1952 class
in Practical Nursing. The course
is being offered to white students
between the ages of 17-45 years
of age who a mini
mum of one year of high school.
Applicants over 30 years of age
with a grammar school education
may be given an equivalency test
for the first year of high school.
Room, board and laundry of uni
forms are furnished by the school
and a stipend while in training.
The School is accredited by the
State Board of Nursing Education
and the Vocational Educational
Department of the State of North
Carolina. Graduates are eligible
to take the North Carolina State
Board Examination for registra
tion as a License Practical Nurse.
New Printing Press
Arrives in Zebulon
, Seventeen large boxes, contain
ing nearly 16,000 pounds of print
ing press, arrived for Theo. Da
vis Sons last Saturday, and at
present are waiting for the factory
representative before being as
sembled into an automatic Kelly
Three cylinder press. The erector
is expected September 8.
The new press is the latest in
letterpress equipment. It automat
ically feeds the paper at a speed
of 3,600 sheets an hour, more than
double the speed of the present
handfed press used to print the
Zebulon Record.
When the press installation is
completed, Theo. Davis Sons will
be the most modern small-town
printing plant in the nation.
Bulldog Cage Star
Leaves for College
Hilliard Greene, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Greene, left Sunday to
enter Chowan College at Murfrees
boro. For the past seven years he
has worked with Theo. Davis Sons.
He is a graduate of Wakelon
School where he starred in baket
ball and football.
Milton Rogers of Youngsville
will take the position with the
Fecord force formerly held by Hil
liard Greene.
cause of the bumper war-baby
crop now nearing their teens
and because of the increasing lon
gevity in this country.
Those who expect to be on the
short end due to adverse trends
in vital statistics will do well to
start looking for new fields to
conquer. Those who will benefit
should begin plans now for im
proved design and greater vol
ume.
THINGS TO COME The lat
est safety device is an ingenious
combination of a Geiger counter
and a radium-impregnated wrist
band. The device is set up so that
if a worker engaged in a manu
facturing operation puts his hand
with the wristband in a danger
zone the Geiger counter is affect
ed by radiation and automatically
halts the machine . . . Hardboard
panels with tongue-and-groove
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