THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 12.
WAKELON HOMECOMING QUEEN
Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waylon Johnson of
Zebulon, was crowned Homecoming Queen for Wakelon School at
coronation ceremonies held at halftime of the homecoming football
game played ’ast month. Elections are held each year to determine
the winner of the coveted title, and this year’s competition was
particularly close.
Gardeners Given Advice
On Winter Flower Care
By Robert Schmidt
Now that the frost has killed the
dahlia plants we can think about
how we will store them for the
winter. If the soil in which they
have been grown is well drained
they may be left in the ground un
til spring in eastern and Piedmont
North Carolina. Mo c -t people do
not have good storage facilities and
leaving them in the ground is the
only way they may be kept. As
soon as the plants are killed, cut
the stalks off at the surface of the
ground. Before hard freezing
weather cover the hills with 4 to
6 inches of straw or other mulch
ing material. Do not allow water
to stand around the hills. In the
spring when growth t starts the
dahlia clumps should taken up
and divided and then replanted.
Even if you do not want to increase
the number of plants you will get
better dahlias if you divide the
clumps, plant back one division
and give the -est away to your
friends.
Use Root Cellar
If you have a root cellar or base
ment where the temperature
ranges between 40 and 50 degrees
F., it would probably be best to
take the clumps up in the fall! I
take mine up each fall and grow
a crop of crimson clover on the
garden plot which is turned under
in the spring.
The stalks should be cut off at
Fourteen Checked
At Cancer Clinic
Fourteen persons were examined
in the Cancer Detection and Diag
nostic Clinics yesterday, when the
clinics were held for the 116th
time by phsicians of Edgecombe
and Nash Counties.
Persons examined represented
Rocky Mount and outlying areas,
Macon, Scotland Neck, Wilson,
Zebulon, Middlesex and Lucama.
the surface of the ground soon
fcfter the plants have been killed
by frost. With a spading fork loos
en the ground all around the clump
of roots. Then work the spading
fork underneath the clump and
lift it out of the ground. Care must
be taken not to break the necks
of the roots in lifting the clump
out. A root with a broken neck
is worthless. The soil may be re
moved or may be left on the clump
to protect the roots. In the storage
cellar or room the clumps may be
placed directly on the floor or may
be packed in boxes. They should
be covered with peat or vericulite
to prevent drying out.
In the spring as soon as the buds
or sprouts begin to show the
clumps should be divided. Remem
ber that the buds or eyes are usu
ally on the base of the stem or
crown and not on the roots them
selves.
Four Counties Set High CROP Goals
As the end of the ’52 CRO? ( drive
approaches, four counties lead in
goals set it was announced by the
Rev. Carl R. Key, Durham, State
CROP Director. They are Forsyth,
Harnett, Mecklenburg and Martin
Counties.
Forsyth County seeks a car of
powdered milk valued at $7,650.
Harnett County set a goal of
50 bales of cotton worth $7,500.
Mecklenburg seeks 25 bales of cot
ton estimated at $3,750. Martin
County is canvassing for 300 bags
of peanuts valued at $3,600.
The 21 counties expected to can
vass in the next two weeks have
fixed a goal of one train carload
each of corn, wheat, cotton, pea
nuts, or powdered milk. Total
goals set for all counties are now
valued at $60,500.00. As other
counties report goals indications
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, November 11, 1952
Funeral Services
Held for Beloved
Citizens of Area
Funeral services for the Rev.
William Debro Stancil, 77, were
held at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon, November 8, at Bethany
Baptist Church, of which Mr.
Stancil had been a member for
the past 83 years.
The Rev. W. W. Turner, pastor
at Bethany, the Rev. C. S. Creech,
and the Rev. A. D. Parrish offici
ated at the rites. Burial was in
the family cemetery near the Beth
any Church.
Served as Pastor
Mr. Stancil, who had served as
pastor of many Baptist churches
in this area during his life, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
G. B. Smith of Wendell after sev
eral months of declining health.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Worth Whitley of Kenly, Rt.
2, Mrs. Wiley Creech of Ports
mouth, Va., and Mrs. Smith; four
sons, Rev. J. N. Stancil of Rocky
Mount, and Vernon, Ermitt, and
Luther Stancil, all of Kenly.
W. L. Medlin
Funeral services for W. L. Med
lin, 93, who died at his home Wed
nesday night, were held Friday
afternoon at the New Hope Christ
ian Church. The Rev. Carl Wallace
officiated, and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow; four
daughters, Mrs. Jack Jones and
Mrs. Clifton Barnette, both of
Louisburg, Rt. 1, and Mrs. Willie
Pearce and Mrs. Charlie Baker,
both of Zebulon; one son, Wesley
Medlin of Louisburg, Rt. 1.
E. H. Moser Speaks
At Rotary Nov. 7th
E. H. Moser, former principal of
Wakelon School and now execu
tive secretary of Wendell Chamber
of Commerce, addressed members
of the local Rotary Club on Friday
night, emphasizing to the Rotarians
the necessity for adjustment to the
changes that take place in modern
civilization.
The Rotarians held their second
consecutive perfect attendance
meeting, according to Secretary R.
C. McNabb. President Norman M.
Screws presided at the session.
Pat Farmer and Howard Beck
were named to represent Rotary
in helping to provide a site for
the proposed new National Guard
armory in Zebulon.
BuMng Peace aial todship
are that the $3,000 average per
county will be maintained.
Other counties included in this
list are Durham, Beaufort, Crav'en,
Granville Wake, Cabarrus, Wayne,
Finer Carolina Contest
Planned for Next Year ;
Zebulon to Give Report
The “Helping to build a Finer
Carolina" c< ntest which pitted 148
towns for $8,750 in prize money
for community improvements this
year will be sponsored by Carolina
Power & Light Company again
next year.
In addition to being repeated,
the contest will be enlarged to
give rural customers of the com
pany a chance to compete for prize
money.
The decision to enlarge upon the
contest and repeat it in 1953 was
announced t May by E. N. Pope, ad-
TO BE KEYNOTER
(ieorjie Ross
George R. Ross, directer of the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development,
who will deliv'er the keynote ad
dress at the opening session of the
Conservation Congress to be held
in Raleigh, November 17, 18 and
19. “Conservation and Develop
ment in North Carolina’’ will be
the subject of Director Ross’ ad
dress. Full-scale discussions on the
State’s human and natural re
sources will feature the three-day
Congress, whose sessions will be
open to the general public.
In Capitol Building
The Congress, sponsored by
the Department of Conservation
and Development, will hold all ses
sions in the Hall of the House of
Representatives in the State Capi
tol. A number of outstanding au
thorities in the fields of human
and natural resources will appear
on the program.
Wilson, Guilford, Robeson, Union,
Cleveland. Gaston, Lincoln, Ruth
erford, Orange, and Stanley. Sev
enteen other counties are expect
ed to report goals in the next few
days. Most of the canvassing will
be done the week of November 9
15 and the week of November 16-
22. A few counties will canvass la
ter in the month of November.
Mr. Kay was quite optimistic
over the final total of carload
gifts. He stated that he fully ex
pected the counties to accept 30
carloads valued at some $75,000.00.
So far the largest single gift
to the 1952 North Carolina CROP
drive was made by Mrs. G. S. Proc
tor, Bethesda Road, Aberdeen.
Mrs. Proctor donated two acres of
corn. Arrangements are now be
ing made to harvest the corn to be
credited to the Moore County goal.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
vertising director for CP&L and
manager of the competition.
A special set of prizes, which
will be announced before the com
petition beings, will be offered to
Carolina farmers who join in the
campaign for “helping to build a
Finer Carolina.”
Basis of judging the farm com
petition, Pope said, will be
achievement in conservation prac
tices.
“Progressive farmers will
agree,” he commented, “that fund
amental, lasting contributions to
rural welfare are founded upon
our conservation and wise trustee
ship over the natural resources
with which we are so richly en
dowed.”
Reports Due Soon
Although the 148 competing
towns will have the month of No
vember in which to prepare reports
of their progress, they can take
credit in those reports only for
community improvements accom
plished by November 1.
The final reports will be due De
cember 1, after which they will be
submitted to a panel of impartial
judges for consideration. After the
judges have analyzed the reports,
they will visit the outstanding
towns to select “Carolina’s Finest”
on the basis of specific projects ac
complished.
It is expected that the judges
will make their decisions by next
January 1.
Meanwhile, both old towns and
new ones which wish to join the
competition will be signed up for
prizes to be offered for 1953 “Fi
ner Carolina” projects.
(’ash Awards
For the current competition,
there will be a total of 23 cash
awards. There will be first prizes
of SI,OOO each and second prizes of
$750 each for three population
groups; towns of 1,000 or less,
those of 1,001 to 2.500 people and
those above 2,500. There also will
be two SI,OOO prizes for the “fin
est” in each of the Carolinas.
There will be 15 prizes of SIOO
each for honorable mention.
“This year’s competition has
been gratifying,” Pope comment
ed. “On the basis of advance in
quiries, next year’s contest will be
even greater.”
Zebulon Report
Wilbur Debnam, chairman of the
Finer Carolina Steering Committee
for Zebulon, stated last week that
the local report on the contest just
completed will be submitted to the
judges by December 1. The writ
ten report will l>e accompanied by
photographs to show the progress
made during the past year on the
five main projects selected by the
community.
Greatest progress has been in
the establishment of a community
park, the rewriting of the Code of
Ordinances for the Town of Zebu
lon, and the founding of a com
munity library.
Fire Destroys Office
Fire gutted the office of S. D.
Stallings, local lumberman. Sun
day morning around 11 o’clock,
destroying records and several
thousand dollars worth of parts
and equipment.
The office building, which was
located behind Wake Builders in
Wakefield, was not insured.