THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 12.
IN ZEBULON FOR SPECIAL MEETING
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Shown feasting on chicken barbecue prepared by Jesse Pulley are Maytag dealers from seven towns
surrounding Zebulon who attended a special meeting held at Parrish Electric Company recently to hear
about the new home freezers and electric clothes dr,crs manufactured by the company. Host for the
meeting was Gilmer Parrish. Speaking before the dealers were Russ Stoddard, factory representative
from Newton, lowa, and W. A. Oden, regional mana ,er from Raleigh. Dealers were present from Selma,
Kenly, Smithfield, Benson, Wendell, and Wake Forest.
Door Frames Cause
Delay in Armory
Construction Here
The long wait for the door
frames, which is not over yet, is
likely to keep the National Guards
men from enjoying a Christmas
pai’ty in their new armory, accord
ing to Frank Christopher, construc
tion superintendent. Everything
is here but the door frames, but
until this last bit of steel arrives,
all the concrete iloors cannot be
poured.
In the meantime, the heating,
plumbing, and electrical contrac
tors are completing their work,
in preparation for plastering which
comes this week.
The steel beams for the office
roof arrived Thursday and will
be placed in position in time for
the entire roof of the armory to
be finished by Friday.
Hopkins W .M.S.
The Hopkins Woman’s Mission
ary Society will meet with Mrs.
Mildred Perry Wednesday night at
7:30. Mrs. Iris Temple will be in
charge of the program. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Battery A Inspected; Colonel Says
Unit and Men Deserve Praise
“Your unit makes better use of
its available facilities than any I
have ever seen,” Col. Joseph L.
Dark told Captain Barrie Davis
last Thursday night following the
annual Federal Inspection of Bat
tery A. “There are an unusually
fine group of officers and non
commissioned officers here,” he
continued, “and the excellent
training was evident tonight.”
Col. Dark, Third Army Inspec
tor General, and his administra
tive aid, Sfs. Norman L. Brown,
made a check of the administra
tive activities of the unit in the af
ternoon and of the training in the
evening.
The inspecting team were high
ly complimentary of the work of
WOJG Johnsey Arnold, battery
unit administrator. His records, it
was reported, are the most com
plete of any unit checked.
The thousands of dollars worth
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Roderick M. Horton of Zebulon,
North Carolina, has been appointed
to the sales staff of Wyeth Labora
tories, Philadelphia pharmaceuti
cal concern, according to Stuart V.
Smith, vice president.
Horton, who was graduated this
year from North Carolina State
University, will have his headquar
ters with Wyeth in Charlotte.
of equipment belonging to Battery
A was carefully checked and
found in excellent condition.
The inspector was particularly
impressed with the state of train
ing and morale of the men of
the battery. He expressed his
pleasure at the answers given his
questions during the inspection in
ranks and at the appearance and
military bearing of the men.
During his critique at the end
of the inspection, Col. Dark re
viewed his findings for Capt. Da
vis, Executive Officer Jack Potter,
WO Arnold, and First Sergeant
Sidney Holmes. He praised the in
struction being conducted, saying
that the general knowledge of the
men indicated that the instruction
had been excellent in the past.
No grade was given the unit on
Thursday nieht by the inspectors.
A now nolicy nrohibits the inspec
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Zei'tucn, N. C., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1953
United Fund Short
By $650.00 Goal
Set for '53 Drive
By yesterday afternoon the Zeb
ulon community was within $650
of reaching its 1953 United Fund
goal of $5,000, according to Ralph
Talton, chairman of the solicita
tions committee. He had called a
special meeting for last night of
businessmen to tell of the cam
paign’s progress and urge increas
ed contributions to insure the suc
cess of the drive.
Chairman Talton announced
yesterday that the drive is being
extended through this week in a
last effort to reach the goal.
“We can do it,” he said, “be
cause we are at the place now
when a dollar contrbution will
mean a whole lot. And if those who
have given will increase their
gifts, we'll exceed our goal.”
Local Men Excel
At Army School
Sgt. Talmadge Pearce, son of
Mrs. Ivon Pearce of Zebulon, is
compiling an excellent record at
the Ft. Sill, Okla., artillery com
munications school, with an aver
age for the first three weeks of
100 percent.
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This is the second communica
tions school attended by Sgt.
Pearce, who is communications
| chief for the Zebulon National
Guard unit.
Cpl. Maylon Baker, senior
switchboard operator for Battery
A, is at the artillery school and is
' in the top group in the basic com
munications school with an aver
age of 92 percent.
Lt. Jack Tippett, forward ob
server and motor officer, report
ed to the artillery school for 15
weeks of school last week. Mrs.
Tippett went with him.
Woodmen to Meet
Wednesday Night
The Little River Camp of the
Woodmen of the World will have
their first meeting of the fall on
Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the
Zebulon Woman’s Club. Consul
Commander Paul Strickland urges
every member of the local camp to
attend.
SBI Investigator
Talks of Drug Evil
The terrible results of drug ad
diction and the campaign against
the illegal sale and use of drugs
in North Carolina were described
to the Zebulon Rotarians Friday
night by Jesse James, member of
the State Bureau of Investiga
tion.
The speaker was introduced by
Haywood Jones, pharmacist at
Zebulon Drug Company, who was
in charge of the program.
The three drugs most used by
addicts are opium, morphine, and
heroin. Other drugs used include
demarol, cocaine, benzendrine, and
marijuana.
The use of an “outfit” consist
ing of a spoon, cotton, eyedropper,
and safety pin to administer drugs
was described by the SBI agent.
Like safe-cracking tools in the
hands of a known thief, an “out
fit” in the possession of a known
drug addict is sufficient to convict
him, the speaker said.
The danger of drugs, the agent
said, lies in their habit-forming
characteristics. An addict has an
overwhelming craving for drugs
and will do anything to get them,
including robbery and murder.
The means dope peddlers employ
to develop sales were described«
and included “sex clubs” among
school children. However, a dope
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FIGHTER PILOT
Lt. S. G. Flowers received his
commission and wings as a pilot
in the Air Force at Waco, Texas,
on November 2, climaxing months
of intensive flight training. He will
report this week to William AFB,
Phoenix, Arizona, for gunnery
training in F-84 jet fighters.
Zebulon Boy Scouts to Participate
In Five-Event Grcus November 21
The Zebulon Boy Scouts will
have an active part in the big Oc
coneechee Council Boy Scout Cir
cus to be presented Saturday, No
vember 21, in Reynolds Coliseum
at N. C. State College in Raleigh.
The local Scouts are working on
their project now.
The circus will be divided into
:,, e parts: Indian lore; camping;
biking; pioneering; and disaster
acts.
The Indian lore shows Indian
villages being put up. totem poles,
and other Indian articles.
In the camping act Scouts
will pitch camp, cook, and go
about normal camp life.
The biking act features a color-
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Miss Artelia Bailey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bailey of
Zebulon, was recently initiated into
the Science Club of Mars Hill Col
lege where she is a senior. She
has also been elected president of
the Nursing Club.
Cotton Seed Can Be
Stored 15 Yrs. Without
Losing Its Germination
Good quility cottonseed can be
stored for as long as 15 years with
reasonable assurance that it will
germinate. But proper conditions
of moisture and temperature must
be maintained.
Grady Miller, Wake County
farm agent for the State College
Agricultural Extension Service,
says U. S. Department of Agricul
ture scientists have found that two
upland varieties of cottonseed,
Carolina Dell and Deltapine A,
germinated well after being stored
15 years at 33 degrees with seven,
nine, and 11 per cent moisture.
The saTne two varieties showed
some deterioration when stored at
13 per cent moisture; all seed were
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Fire Truck Receives
State-Wide Publicity
The Zebulon Rural Fire Depart
ment is featured with a photograph
and newsstory in the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau News for No
vembec. A three-column front
page picture shows the trunk and
officials of the department.
On page eight of the issue is a
story of the fire truck project, de
scribing the work involved in or
ganizing the fire department and
purchasing the truck. A descrip
tion of the truck is given.
ful show by over 200 Negro Scouts,
wearing luminous caps and belts,
with luminous spokes on their bi
cycle doing figure eights and oth
er stunts.
Bridges, towers, and other struc
tures will be built in the pioneer
ing event.
The disaster event shows the
Scouts’ knowledge of first aid.
Scouts will give artificial respira
tion, tie tourniquets, and demon
strate other first aid skills.
Tickets aft SI.OO each to the
circus are on sale now, and may
be purchased from local Scouts.
Valuable prizes are awarded
Scouts selling the largest number
of tickets.