THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 39.
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One of the best ways of overcoming the general lack of protein in
the diet of the people of the Far East is by increasing the production
and consumption of fish. In Thailand, for exaqiple, an expert of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
is training and assisting local technicians to improve and develop
their country’s fish resources. This Javanese scene shows time
honored fish-breeding practices in Tjinindi pond by local fishermen.
It's Time for Gardeners
To Get Potatoes Ready
By Robert Schmidt
Gardeners in eastern and Pied
mont North Carolina should be
thinking about planting their early
Irish potatoes. The land should be
prepared as soon as possible but
planting may be delayed until in
March without any loss in earli
ness. Do not plant potatoes in
poorly drained areas or the seed
pieces may rot in the ground. The
Irish potato requires heavy ferti
lization as well as good soil. At
least two gallons of a 6-8-6 or 8-
8-8 fertilizer mixture should be
used per 100 feet of row thoroughly
mixed in the row soil about a
week before planting time.
Commercial growers usually
plant by machine which also puts
down the fertilizer in bands on
each side of the seed piece so that
there is no contact of seed piece
and fertilizer. However, in the
home garden potatoes are usual
ly planted by hand and if the fer
tilizer is applied in the furrow at
planting time there is danger that
it will come into contact with the
seed piece and damage it.
Do not apply lime to potato
soils. Lime and fresh stable ma
nure will promote the growth of
potato scab disease if present in
the soil or on the seed.
Irish Cobbler is still the best
early white potato for home gar
dens. Warba is also good and is
very early, if you can find a source
of seed. Sebago and Kennebec are
good but are later than Cobbler.
For those who prefer red potatoes,
the Triumph variety is the best
Soil Conservation Worker Urges
Farmers Not to Burn Over Land
G. L. Winchester
Rains have fallen this winter
with more intensity than is usual
ly the case of winter rains. The
intensity of the rain Saturday
night caused considerable damage
to fields that were unprotected. On
these unprotected fields, ones with
out small grain other growing
plants, or a cover of dead vegeta
tion, really take a beating from the
raindrops. Actually the raindrops
hit the soil with such intensity
early. This is also called Red Bliss.
Pontiac is a later red variety.
It is best to use certified seed if
obtainable. Certification is a guar
antee that the seed potatoes are
practically free from the most se
rious disease. Seed pieces should
be cut so that they average from
1y 4 to two ounces in weight and
should contain at least one good
eye. Small seed pieces will give
lower yields. Space the rows
about 3 feet apart and the seed
pieces 10 to 12 inches apart in the
row. The usual planting depth is
about four inches. Contrary to a
common idea, there is no advant
age in turning all the eyes up in
planting the seed pieces.
HDC TO MEET
The Wakefield Home Demon
stration Club will meet Wednes
day, February 25, at 2:30 p. m.,
in the club house in Wakefield.
All members and others interested
are cordially invited to attend.
An interesting program on add
ing convenience to the home has
been planned, according to Mrs.
Vera Rhodes, president of the or
ganization.
CLASS DATE SET
The Philathea Class of the
Wakefield Baptist Church will
meet with Mrs. Raleigh Sherron
on Wednesday night at 7:30. Mrs.
Vera Rhodes will be co-hostess. An
interesting program has been plan
ned by Mrs. Sherron.
that packing takes place but at the
same time the small particles of
clay and silt are spattered off the
ground. When sufficient water has
fallen to run, these small particles
are carried off the land and down
the slope where more water is con
centrated. As the water is concen
trated in larger volumes more soil
is picked up and then gullying be
gins. As result our streams ran red
with these small clay and silt par
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Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 24, 1953
Local Servicemen
Get Assignments
In U. S., Holland
Elbert W. Tippett, Chief Pay
Clerk, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Tippett of Route 1, Zebulon,
will assume duties as Assistant
Officer-in-Charge of the Commis
sary Store, U. S. Naval Amphibious
Base, Little Creek, Virginia,
March 1.
Tippett was recently detached
from the USS Vulcan (auxiliary
repair ship) where he served as
Commissary Officer and Store Of
ficer during his 26 months on
board. From November of 1939 un
til March of 1941, he was on duty
in the Norfolk area as a store
keeper at the Naval Training Sta
tion.
The Amphibious Base, under the
command of Captain C. C. Hoffner,
is responsible for the logistical
support of all amphibious trainees
and units based there for instruc
tion in all types of amphibious
warfare.
Norfolk residence has been es
tablished by Tippett, his wife,
the former Miss Kathryn Strick
land of Middlesex, and their three
children, Elbert, Jr., 12; Kathryn
Ann, six; and Richard, three; at
315 Chester Street, Norfolk, Virgin
ia.
To Receive Discharge
Pvt. James N. Richardson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Richardson,
Wendell, is scheduled for release
from active duty with the U. S.
Army at Camp Atterbury, Ind., late
this month.
He is now serving as a rifle
man and squad leader with the 31st
Infantry Division’s 200th Regiment.
A veteran of duty in Korea, he
holds the Korean and UN Ser
vice Ribbons.
Stationed in Holland
Robert W. Morgan, son of James
R. Horton, Route 3, Zebulon, is an
emergency duty in The Nether
lands with the U. S. Army’s Flood
Relief Expedition.
He is a pole lineman in the 317th
Signal Construction Battalion’s
Company A, which linked up the
rest of the expeditionary force
fighting the flood waters.
Sergeant Morgan, who received
basic training at Fort Bliss, Tex
as, entered the Army in August
1950 and arrived overseas in July
1952.
He has been awarded the Army
of Occupation Medal for service in
Germany.
Returning to U. S.
Army Sgt. James W. Hayes,
whose mother, Mrs. Maggie Yar
borough, lives on Route 4, Zebu
lon, is returning to the United
States under the Army’s rotation
program after 17 months in the
Far East.
He served in the Ist Calvary Di
vision, which spent 17 months in
the front lines of Korea before be
ing assigned to security duty in
Japan late in 1951.
Sgt. Hayes, who was assigned
to Battery B of the 82nd Field Ar
tillery Battalion, is a veteran of
five months in Korea with that
unit.'
He holds the Korean Serv.ice
Ribbon with two campaign stars,
the United Nations Service Rib
bon and the Army of Occupation
Medal for service in Japan.
Mitchell’s Address
Rev. Carlton Mitchell’s address
is: Chaplain Carlton T. Mitchell,
USS Pocono A G C 16, Fleet
Post Office, N. Y.
HOSTESS AT CLINIC
Mrs. Fred Page, teacher of first
grade at Wakelon School, is in
charge of the pre-school clinic at
Wakelon again this year. Clinic
date is Friday, March 6.
Richard Bullock
Stars In Comedy
Richard Bullock, playing the
role of the father of four head
strong bobbysoxers, strains the
imagination, according to members
of the Wakelon Junior Class, but
that is the part the versatile bas
ketball star has been assigned for
the annual Junior Play to be pre
sented in the Wakelon auditori
um Friday night, February 27, at
8 o’clock.
“Papa and the Girls” is the title
of the hilarious comedy, and the
juniors promise pointers for papas
on how to tame kids.
Admission to the play is twenty
five cents for school children and
fifty cents for adults.
Teaches Study Course
Forty-eight were present for the
Royal Ambassador and Girls’ Aux
iliary Study Course and Banquet
held at the Zebulon Baptist Church
on Wednesday night, February 18.
Miss Ruth Massey taught the study
course.
A three-course banquet was ser
ved before the lesson and punch
and cookies were served following
the study course. A color scheme
of yellow, green and rose was used
in the decorations.
Rotary Meets at School
The Zebulon Rotary Club met
in the Wakelon School Home Ec
onomics department last Friday
night after eating supper in the
school cafeteria where the Order
of the Eastern Star gave its an
nual barbecue.
Vaiden Whitley conducted sev
eral contests. Ferd Davis and Pat
Farmer were' winners, although a
runoff had to be decided between
Pat and President Norman Screws.
Milton Brannon Buys Equipment
For Drilling Deep, Shallow Wells
Milton Brannon is one person
who finds variety the spice of life.
Not content with distributing fuel
oil, running a store, and working
at aeriel crop dusting, he is now
going in the well-drilling busi
ness, providing this community
with its first near-by drilling com
pany.
Beginning Tuesday, March 3,
Milton reports that he will have
a new Bucyrus-Erie drilling rig
ready for operation. The rig is the
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Soil Conservation
Contest Planned
In Nash County
P. H. Massey
The Nash County Board of Soil
Conservation Supervisors an
nounce the beginning of a county
soil conservation contest. The Nash
Board Garland Strickland, Joe
R. Ellen, and Paul B. Cone de
cided that to further promote soil
conservation in Nash County that
a contest in which every farmer is
eligible to enter, will be sponsor
ed each year. The objection is to
encourage farmers to use each acre
of his farm within its capabilities
and to treat it according to its
needs. Farm entering will be judg
ed with this objective in mind and
on the basis of the job done with
facilities available. No farm is too
small nor any too large to enter
and win.
Letters about the contest are be
ing mailed to farmers and those
desiring to enter must sign and re
turn the application blank. This
application blank will be an en
try form and everyone is invited
to enter. All applications must be
returned .before July 1. However,
those entering will want to begin
to plan and work with this in
mind so you are urged to sign and
return as soon as possible. Extra
blanks may be secured at the Soil
Conservation Office or County
Farm Agents Office in Nashville.
Bank Sponsors Prize
The Supervisors have made ar
rangements with a local bank to
finance the award. Winner will be
given a trip to the International
Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
All actual expenses of this trip
will be paid. Here the winner will
be able to see a showing of the
best livestock in the world.
This is to be a yearly contest and
closing date is Nov. 1. All appli
cants must return application be
fore July 1. Every farmer in Nash
County is invited and urged to en
ter. Anyone desiring additional in
formation contact the County
Agent, Soil Conservation Office or
one of the County Board of Super
visors.
Hail Insurance Hearing
A public hearing will be held in
the office of th Commissioner of
Insurance, 300 Labor Building, at
ten a. m., March 3 and 4 to con
sider the rate change in crop-hail
insurance on tobacco for 1953 as
proposed by the North Carolina
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Commissioner Waldo C. Cheek an
nounced today.
The proposal effects 38 countries,
an increase in rate in 31 counties
and a decrease in rate in 7 counties.
The counties in which the in
crease is proposed include Wake
and Wilson.
newest design manufactured and is
equipped with a 36-foot derrick.
“New improvements in drilling
rigs make it possible to set up and
begin drilling in as little as 15
minutes,” Milton said yesterday.
He reported that he has his organi
zation set up ready for the arrival
of the rig Monday night.
This just goes to prove that a
busy man can always find time
for one more thing, especially if it
is interesting.