THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 57.
Wakelon Student
Conservation Aid
Praised by Agent
G. L. Winchester
During the past week it was my
pleasure to visit the sixth grades
in the Wendell and Wakelon
Schools. The work being done on
soil conservation is quite encourag
ing. We found that the teachers
are developing a soil conservation
unit. We saw lists of words used in
soil conservation such as contour,
terraces, erosion, cover cropping.
The students were learning to spell
the words and how to use them
correctly.
These sixth graders were not
only studying soil conservation,
but they had taken a field trip to
observe erosion. Sometimes a sec
ond trip was taken to observe some
of these conservation practices al
ready established. The students
were asked to discuss soil conser
vation with their parents. Many
of these students did this.
Marsh Knott, Wake County Soil
Conservation Supervisor, and I
visited one of the sixth grades at
Zebulon taught by Mrs. Wallace
Chamblee and heard Jackie Mit
chell of Zebulon, Route, read the
following verses:
Conservation
We study ways to preserve our
soil,
And ways to keep it healthy;
And if we put these ways into use,
Our soil will make us wealthy.
Contour tillage, cover crops,
Terraces, and ridges,
Windbreak planting, pastured
lands,
Help us cross the bridges.
Jackie Mitchell, Grade 6X,
Wakelon School, Zebulon.
Mr. Knott agreed that the teach
ing job was well done and the
thoroughness of the learning pro
cess almost perfect as portrayed in
the above verses of Jackie Mitchell.
Rotation
Virgil Sorrell, owner of a farm
near McCuller’s, says he plans to
start a two year rotation of tobac
co and small grain. Tall fescus will
probably be used with small grain.
This rotation should reduce di
seases and root knot in tobacco.
This is not Class II land and ac
(See SOIL, Page 8)
LOTS OF COLD WATER
Afo Speeches Scheduled for Friday
It didn’t take long for members
of the Zebulon Junior Woman’s
Club to get the idea that there are
some candidates for office who
don’t want to face the public in
the present municipal campaign,
and what at first seemed like an
excellent plan to promote a bit of
civic understanding along with
help for the local Girl Scout troops
died almost before it was born.
Details of Plan
The plan called for a get-togeth
er of citizens of Zebulon on Fri
day night at which all the candi
dates for political office in Zebu
lon would be introduced and given
(HEAVY REGISTRATION
In line with Zebulon’s past civic consciousness and political
awareness, over one hundred new voters placed their names !
on the municipal election registration books during last week, |
according to Mrs. R. Vance Brown, registrar. A heavy vote is !;
predicted for next Tuesday’s election.
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Rev. S. E. Mercer
Mr. Mercer, whose local church
completed an evangelistic series of
services Friday night, announces
similar services at Wendell.
Okinawan Makes
Talk at Rotary
Saki Kinjo, Japanese student
from Okinawa, now studying at
Wake Forest College, was guest
speaker at the Friday night meet
ing of the Zebulon Rotary Club,
where he told of his native coun
try, his studies in Japanese schools,
and his life during the war.
Dr. L. M. Massey introduced
Saki, explaining that he is an ex
change student whose expenses are
paid for one year by the 178th Rot
ary District, of which the Zebulon
Club is a member.
The small island of Okinawa
was blasted and bombed during the
war, and the Japanese and Ameri
cans fought across its entire
length, Saki reported.
In spite of the intense suffering
his people have undergone, they
now respect and appreciate the
United States, he said. U. S. as
sistance has enabled the people of
Okinawa to rebuild much of their
economy which was wrecked by
the war.
The small Japanese said that he
has come to love Wake Forest, the
American people, and American
food, especially fried chicken.
The 178th District, located in
eastern North Carolina, supports
three exchange students, with the
Raleigh Rotary Club paying the
expenses of a fourth.
five minutes each to tell why they
were running for office and what
they hoped to accomplish if elect
ed.
Members of the Junior Woman’s
Club thought the idea was good.
They figured it would give the cit
izens of Zebulon an opportunity to
hear from the candidates first
hand, with no partisanship or pre
judices involved. So the Ways and
Means Committee joyfully went to
work contacting candidates.
If you've ever felt the sicken
ing shock of cold water thrown in
your face, you know how the Club
women felt after the first few calls
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, April 28, 1953
Local Political Campaign Increases Tempo,
But It s a Long Seven Days Until Election
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Methodist Week
Set for Wendell
The United Evangelist Mission
I for Wendell Methodist Church will
i begin on Sunday at 11a. m. It will
continue through Friday night with |
services at 8 p. m. from Monday
through Friday.
Similar services were held in j
Zebulon last week.
These missions, which are being
held in thousands of Methodist
Churches throughout the South,
are a combination of prayer, home
visitation in behalf of Christian
living and church membership,
and evangelistic preaching in the
churches. Great success has attend
ed the missions held thus far.
Evangelist
The preacher for the evangelistic
mission will be Rev. F. D. Hedden.
Mr. Hedden has had successful
pastorates at Lumberton, Dunn,
Louisburg and as associate pastor
of Edenton St. Methodist Church
in Raleigh. He is now superintend
ent of the Methodist Orphanage in
Raleigh. He has been actively iden
tified with youth work including
the Methodist youth caravan to
Europe.
The pastor, Rev. S. E. Mercer,
and the Wendell Methodist con
gregation extend a most cordial in
vitation to all interested people
within the community to attend
these special services and partici
pate actively in them.
Officers Are Named
By Wakelon Students
The Student Council Officers for
1954 are as follows:
President, Ann Strickland; Vice
president, David Alford; Treasur
er, Dottie Privette; Secretary, Don
Broughton.
The representative at large are
Billy Massey and Patsy Allman.
Home Room Representatives are
as follows:
Twelfth grade Helen Fay Todd,
11th grade Ann Upchurch, 10X
Betty Baker, 10Y Ruby Overman,
9X Jean Joyner, 9Y Nancy Martin.
were made. Not only did candidates
refuse to participate, but some ac
cused the Club of playing politics
by thinking of the idea.
Among the excuses given were:
So-and-so can make a better
speech than I can; somebody might
ask me a question I can’t answer;
nobody would attend: everybody
knows me already; and I just don’t
want anything to do with it.
Members Silent
The Ways and Means Committee
refused to say which candidates
had been questioned, although in
dications were that both Incum
bent Worth Hinton and Ferd Davis
expressed willingness to cooperate
with the Clubwomen and partici
pate in the assembly, according to
statements made to the Zebulon
Record yesterday by the two candi
dates.
P. S.: There ain’t going to be
any public speeches Friday night
—none sponsored by the Junior
Woman’s Club anyhow.
CANDIDATE
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Ferd L. Davis
A field officer in the National
Guard and a resident of Zebulon
since 1923, he is one of the two
candidates for Mayor of Zebulon.
Yeargin Services 1
Held on Sunday
Funeral services for Dexter
Yeargin, 75, were held Sunday as
, ternoon at 3 o’clock from the home,
conducted by the Rev. A. S. Lamm
assisted by the Rev. Charles How
ard. Burial was in the family ceme
tery.
Mr. Yeargin died in his sleep
early Saturday morning.
Surviving are his wife, the for- j
mer Mary Frances Perry; one
daughter, Mrs. Ethel P. Pearce;
three sons, E. D. Yeargin and P. ,
J. Yeargin, both of Wendell, and
B. A. Yeargin of Zebulon; three
sisters, Mrs. Z. M. Overton of
Creedmoor, and Mrs. B. C. Johnson
and Mrs. R. J. Brannon of Zebulon.
Flower Show to Be
Held in South Wake
The Fuquay-Varina Garden
Club has extended an invitation
to flower lovers in this community
to attend its second annual flower
show, “It’s Springtime in Our
Town,” to be held Thursday, April
30, from 3:30 to 5:30 and from,
7:00 to 10 p. m.
An art exhibit is planned for
the same time in the school gym
nasium.
Any Grass or Legume That Makes
Hay Will Make Silage, Agent Says
Any grass or legume plant that
will make hay can be made into
silage, according to J. A. Arey. in
charge of dairy extension for the
Agricultural Extension Service.
The cereal plants such as wheat.
! oats, and barley, may also be used
as silage, or mixture of these with
legumes such as soybeans, clover,
and alfalfa.
Cut in Legumes
Grass and most legumes should
be cut in the full bloom stage;
cereals in the milk stage, and soy
beans when the. beans in the first
pods are about fully developed.
When grasses and legumes to be
ensiled contain a high percentage
Thco. Davis Sons, Publishers
Balloting to Be
Held on Tuesday
It’s a long seven days remaining
betwixt now and next Tuesday—
or so it seems to candidates for
elective offices in Zebulon. Every
day has about thirty hours for
worrying about the outcome of the
May election, but only about thirty
minutes fc *• real, honest-to-good
ness campaigning. But a lot of
! handshaking and asking for votes
| was being accomplished anyhow.
Chief interest centered around
! the contest for mayor, with even
! the candidates for the Town Board
pausing frequently to discuss the
progress of the Hinton-Davis race.
Candidates for Mayor
Reports Monday were that May
or Hinton planned to acquaint Zeb
ulon citizens with his record during
his two-year term as Mayor and
tell of his plans for the future in a
personal letter to the voters later
this week and in two personal ad
vertisements to appear in the Zeb
ulon Record Friday and next Tues
day.
In the meantime. Mayor Hinton’s
supporters continued their cam
paigning with an advertisement in •
this issue of the Record, and Da
vis is running a signed advertise
ment in this issue.
Street Talk
In the competition for positions
on the Board of Commissioners at
least two of the challengers were
accorded a good chance of success.
I Following this same line of rea
' soning, main street figured two of
the incumbents would not regain
their seats.
Everyone admits, however, that
the sentiment of the great majority
of local votes is still unknown, and
nobody has yet ventured to predict
for publication which five men the
votes will name.
Board Candidates
Incumbent commissioners seek
ing re-election are R. Vance
Brown, Howard Beck, J. Raleigh
Alford, R. Wesley Liles, and Philip
Massey.
Asking for a place on the Board
of Commissioners are Roger Phil
lips, Elwood Perry, Armstrong
j Cannady, Frank Wall, and Wilbur
Debnam.
All candidates are disclaiming
any political affiliation or alliance
with any other candidate seeking
i office.
of moisture, they should be wilt
ed for an hour or two before being
put in the silo, Arey says.
Crops for grass silage should be
cut in 14-inch lengths if stored
in an upright silo. This will aid in
the packing. For trench silos, it
is not necessary to chop the silage
crop if it can be conveniently put
in otherwise. Packing in the trench
silo can best be done with the farm
tractor. It is important that the
packing be done thoroughly, Arey
says.
In making grass silage from
wheat, oats, barley, or a combi
nation of these, no preservative is
needed. If a pasture mixture is
(See SILAGE, Page 8)