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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVII. Number 51. FISH CULTURE DEVELOPED A carp goes into a basket for moving to a breeding pond in Indo nesia, where fish culture in ponds is highly developed. A school of fish culture techniques will soon open a six-week long session at Djakarta in Indonesia for students from the Indo-Pacific area. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization sponsors the training course to open new food possibilities for people of hungry lands. NEWS AND VIEWS How to Live Long and Happy By Theo. B. Davis Most people desire to live long and well. Many fail for the lack for foresight or of using common sense. Frequently one fails be cause he thinks only of himself. Occasionally another fails because he thinks more about the welfare of others than of himself, especially do mothers. However, this is sel dom the case. There is a funda mental cause or reason for both success and failure in life. I recall the story of the old fel low nearing the century line who still has good sight and strong body. A preacher felt sure he had found one who could explain his fine physical condition to a life of good morals and sobriety. He asked him to what he attributed his long life. His reply was, “good corn liquor and tobacco.â€~ But the most simple and sensible explanation of good health and long life was that of an old colored woman. She was 93 years old, and like Moses when he was 120 years old, her eye was not dim nor her natural strength abated. When asked for an explanation of her long and robust life, her reply was: “Well, I have always, when I New Assistant County Agent Named for Wake Harry Q. Simmons, a native of Carteret County, has been named the new Assistant County Agent for Wake County, according to E. L. Norton, Northeastern Dis trict Agent of the North Carolina Extension Service. Mr. Simmons attended Newport High School, finishing in 1937. An ex-serviceman, he spent two years in the Pacific with an artillery unit. He graduated from North Caro lina State College in 1951, and has served the past two years as As sistant County Agent in Greene County. He resigned that position worked, worked hard; and when I set, I set loose; and when I wor ried, I went to sleep.â€~ I doubt if many of us have found the secret of living as fully as this old wo man. When I was a 12 year old boy I remember a neighbor whom I thought a great and wise man. I listened with fascination to his pro found philosophy of nature and life. For instance: God was a trinity of Father, Son and Spirit. He carried this plan of himself all through creation. There was earth, heaven and hell; earth, sea and sky. A tree was a trinity— branches, trunk and roots. So was man—head, body and limbs; and so on down to the lowest form of creation. Whether his ideas always com pounded a trinity I do not know. But one must admit the old colored women had a workable trinity in her program of living. Hard work, resting well, and burying one’s worries with sleep surely must provide at least a good beginning for a long useful life. Many of us would doubtless find life better if we tried out her prescription for a long, happy, healthy life. I to accept the one he now holds in j Wake County. While in secondary school, he was very active in 4-H and FFA work. He is a member of the Al pha Zeta Fraternity of State Col lege. He married the former Mildred J. Taylor and they have a three months old son. Mrs. Simmons taught in the Raleigh Public Schools while he attended State College. They are both Baptists. James H. Prevatte resigned as Assistant County Agent in Wake County to become County Agent in Hoke County. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, April 7, 1953 Easter Brings No New Candidates In Political Race Easter dawned beautiful in Zeb ulon, with no political fire and brimstone to mar the day. Easter Monday found clouds covering the sun and the question of who will oppose Mayor Worth Hinton unan swered. As of yesterday, it seem ed that the expected opposition would fail to materialize and the Mayor would return to office for another two years by default. Privette Mentioned The only candidate mentioned as a possible opponent for Mayor Hin ton is Avon Privette, who has served as both Commissioner and Mayor of Zebulon for many years. Privette was defeated by R. H. Bridgers who served four years before being replaced by Hinton. The Commissioners’ race was an other matter, however, with three new candidates declaring their intentions. Armstrong Cannady, Wilbur Debnam, and Frank Wall declared the time had come for new faces (their’s) to appear at the meetings of the Board of Com missioners. None of the present Commis sioners would say whether they planned to seek reelection. The Board members, all veterans of two or more terms, are Wesley t iles, Howard Beck, J. Raleigh Al ford, R. Vance Brown, and Philip Massey. The election will be held May 5, with registration ending a week before the vote is taken. Monk Is Appointed District Chairman Tom F. Monk, secretary of the American Plumbing and Electrical Supply Company, Inc., has been appointed District Chairman of the National Federation of Indepen dent Businesses, according to A. Durham Moore of Raleigh, District Manager of the group. The Federation represents Pro fessional and independent business men in legislative matters at the National level, and has the largest individual membership of any or ganization of its kind in the Unit ed States. Mr. Monk will tabulate ballots submitted by members on various problems affecting them. He will transmit the tabulations to Con gressman Cooley’s office in Wash ington, giving him a cross section opinion of legislation pending in Congress. Methodists Change Time of Services All regular evening services at Zebulon Methodist Church will be held at 8 p.m. from now on through the spring and summer, tjhe pastor, Rev. S. E. Mercer, announced yes terday. There will be a special prayer and preparation service on Wed nesday night at 8 o’clock at the Methodist Church for the United Evangelistic Mission which will be held April 19-26. Rev. J. E. Can non, pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church in Florence, S. C., will be the guest minister for these ser vices. Easter Beautiful Easter 1953 proved to be one of the most beautiful Easters in the memories of Zebulon’s oldest resi dents, and religious services were well attended at all churches. LINES BY SOGLOW asoeuew \l A* Paydays come and paydays go! But . . . after they’re gone how much of your pay has been tucked away where it’ll provide paydays for you after you’ve quit working? What better time than now to start socking away part of your pay in United States Savings Bonds. The dollars you save in Savings Bonds now earn interest at the rate of three percent compounded semi annually when held to maturity. For regular systematic saving, use the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. Or, If you’re your own boss, use the Bond-A-Month Plan where you hank. Savings Bonds are now even better. Home Economist Talks at Rotary The great importance of good lighting w r as stressed by Miss Lane Siler, Carolina Power and Light Home Service representative, at the Friday night meeting of the Zebulon Rotary Club. She was introduced by Shannon Scott, local CP&L representative. Miss Siler made use of a color educational moving picture to il lustrate the difference between good and poor lighting. In introducing the film, Miss Si ler stated that 95% of our children are born with perfect eyes, but by the time they are 20 years old, 20% of them should wear glasses to correct defects in their vision. Much of these defects can be prevented by proper lighting, she said, which reduces eye strain and physical and emotional fatigue. It is not altogether the amount of light that makes good lighting, Miss Siler said, but having the proper light at the right place. At the conclusion of the program Miss Siler gave out booklets ex plaining the rules of good lighting. N. C. Newspapers Oppose Legislative Secrecy Move Members of the North Carolina Press Association, including the Zebulon Record, joined in con demning the action of the North Carolina General Assembly in le galizing secret sessions of its Joint Appropriations Committee and sub-committees. The action, be gun last week, was spearheaded by a statement of the directors of the Association, which represents over 200 member newspapers. The directors said that “we speak as citizens —a group of citizens whose profession daily reminds its members of the importance, in a democracy, of the free flow of in formation.â€~ The fight to end the secrecy has received national notice, with Time and other publications giving de tailed reports. The directors stated that in tak ing the action the General Assem bly set a dangerous presedent. “lf it is right for a committe of the North Carolina legislature to decide, behind closed doors, how some three-quartei s of a billion dollars of the taxpayers’ money is to be spent, why is it not right for every county and municipal board in this state to do the pub- Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Advertising Will Begin This Week On Armory Bids Zebulon’s hoped-for National Guard armory came another step closer Saturday when the Adju tant General’s Department in Ral announced that approval has been received from Washington to go ahead and advertise for construc tion bids for the building, which is expected to cost more than $100,000.00. Wasting no time, the AG’s De partment said that the advertise ment will be published either today or Wednesday, and the closing date for bids will be April 30. The Zebulon National Guard battery was fifth on the priority list compiled for North Carolina. Grading at the armory site was completed about two weeks ago, providing about I*4 acres of level land for the building, which will be about 100 by 140 feet in size. The entire site is four acres in size, and was purchased with funds appropriated by the Town of Zeb ulon. The grading was financed jointly by the Town of Zebulon and the local National Guard unit. Construction costs of the armory are paid by the State and Federal governments, but local money must be used for the purchase of the site. The town is also required to make water and sewer connections to within five feet of the building. Motor Section Has Drill on Saturday Sgt. Cooper Moss and Cpl. Clyde Morris gave special instruction to members of the motor section of Zebulon’s National Guard unit on Saturday at the airport. The extra assembly was held under the su pervision of Lt. Jack Tippett, motor officer. Assisting in the instruction was Cpl. B. B. Barham, veteran mem ber of the motor section. The drivers were given individ ual instruction in driving the new hydromatic drive trucks issued to the battery since last fall. lic’s business in secret?â€~ The statement continued, “The truth is The General Assembly, in its haste and determination to slap down capitol reporters, really slapped down the people of North Carolina. That is what majorities in both Houses did. But be it said to their credit, a small but courage ous minority had the hardihood to speak out in protest against this vioaltion of both good sense and basic freedom.â€~ The excuse given by the appro priations sub-committe for want ing secrecy was attacked by the di rectors. “The members of the ap propriations sub-committee have defended their action in meeting behind closed doors by saying that they can work more speedily in secrecy ... it has never been claimed for the democratic form of government that one of its vir tues is speed.â€~ The Association in making the fight against the secrecy bill said “we claim for the press neither infallibility nor special privilege. We make our share of mistakes. And such right as we have as a free press, we have solely because of a larger right—the right of the I people to know.â€~
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