THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 22.
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It Took Fifty Years
Just a little over 50 years ago
at Mt. Holly in Gaston County
Horace Smith was born. Almost
50 years later he came to Zebu
lon. He has had little cause to re
gret either happening, Mr Smith
said, in a talk made at the Friday
night meeting of the Zebulon Rot
ary Club.
Mr. Smith is manager of Little
River Ice and Coal Company in
Zebulon.
For twenty years he lived on a
farm near Mt. Holly, he said, then
he began work with Swift & Com
pany in 1926. He went back to the
farm in 1931, but made it a part
time occupation when the A & P
Store offered him a position.
In 1944 he began work as mana
ger of the A & P Store in Shelby,
continuing there until he was of
fered an opportunity to come to
Zebulon with Little River Ice Com
pany.
He is married and has two chil
dren, a son 24 years old and a
daughter 14 years old. The son re
cently returned from Germany
where he served as an officer in
the army.
Interesting facts about the coal
industry were given by the speak
er during his talk. In 1952, he said,
over 42 percent of heat and power
energy was derived from coal. It
required over 453,000,000 tons of
coal.
Despite the tremendous amount
of coal that is used, there will be
no shortage in the foreseeable fu
ture, he advised. And the future,
in spite of any competition from,
oil or atomic energy, will find a
growing use for coal.
Russian coal production has in
creased tremendously, he said*
Machines are used which in 16
hours can cut and load 400 tons
of coal with only 67 men working
on it. Other machines, working on
different types of veins, can cut
and load up to 700 tons in the same
period of time.
This community will continue to
use more antrocite coal, he said,
for it is proving to be one of tHe
most satisfactory and economical
methods of curing tobacco. The in
stallation costs of coal-curing
equipment is higher than other
methods, but the operating costs
are much lower.
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Truck Registration
Requires More Facts
North Carolina truck and trail
er owners must supply the Motor
Vehicles Department with certain
licensing information when apply
ing for 1954 tags, Registration Di
rector Foy Ingram said today.
Space is provided on the re
verse side of the owner’s renewal
card for this information which
must be filled in prior to the is
suance of new plates. Those apply
ing by mail must be certain to
include the information on their
renewal card.
Miss Ingram explained, “Truck
and trailer owners must declare
the empty weight and maximum
load carried by their vehicles at
the time they apply for 1954 li
censes. This is due to the fact that
the basis for license fees has been
changed from the manufacturer’s
recommended gross weight to the
owner’s declared weight.
The regulation affects only truck
and trailer owners Miss Ingram
said.
ON PROGRAM
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Mrs. E. G. Hill
Women's Groups
To Meet Tonight
The annual joint meeting of the
Zebulon Senior Woman’s Club, the
Junior Woman’s Club, and the Gar
den Club will be held tonight at
8 o’clock in the Club house. The
Senior Club will be hostess for
the meeting.
Mrs. Carsey Tippett, chairman
of the music department for the
Junior Club, will be in charge of
the program, which will be pre
sented by Mrs. E. G. Hill, teacher
of public school music at Wakelon
School.
The Garden Club is preparing
special decorations for the club
room.
Classified Gets Dog
When Radio Fails
Leaman Brantley, from out on
Route 1, Zebulon, was a happy
man when he came in the shop
yesterday. He wanted to cancel the
classified advertisement telling of
his lost dog. The dog had been
found as a result of the first two
insertions.
It was interesting, Leaman said,
because the dog had been lost near
Middlesex and the person who
found it lived north of Wendell.
The finder had learned of Lea
man’s loss by reading the classified
column in last Tuesday’s Record.
Not only that, Leaman said, but
the advertisements, which cost him
only 75 cents, got results when
announcements over two radio sta
tions had failed.
“Getting that little dog back
made my children happier than
Santa Claus ever will,” Leaman
commented.
Miss Reba Privette
Nursing Graduate
Included in the sixteen graduates
of the Wilson School of Nursing
that has been registered recently
as a result of examination given by
the North Carolina Board of Nurse
Examiners was Miss Reba Florence
Privette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Privette of Zebulon, Route
3.
Miss Privette is currently em
ployed by State Hospital, Raleigh,
N. C.
Zebulon, N. C M Tuesday, December 15, 1953
Action Planned
For December 28
On Cub Scouting
Zebulon parents will move Mon
day night, December 28, to restore
Cub Scouting in this community,
when a meeting will be held at the
Zebulon Baptist Church with Bill
Ray, Raleigh scouting executive,
to name leaders and other workers
in the local program.
At a preliminary meeting held
at the Baptist Church on Sunday
night at 6:30, J. R. Sawyer was
elected unanimously to head the
local Cub program. Mr. Sawyer
then set the December 28 meeting j
date, with the consent of parents
present, and asked for a larger at
tendance at the later meeting,
scheduled for 7:30 p. m. in the
Baraca room.
Mr. Ray, who was introduced to
the local parents by Rev. B. A. As
bury, spoke at length about Cub
bing and what it means to boys and
parents, and called upon Scout
master Armstrong Cannady to tell
of Zebulon’s experience with Cub
bing in the past.
All speakers emphasized that the
responsibility for making Cub
Scouting successful depends more
upon the Cub’s parents than on any
other person, and asked that par- j
ents participate quite as much as
the child.
Mr. Sawyer expects to make
more information available to the
public prior to the meeting on De
cember 28.
Wakelon JV Team
Meets Wendell Here
The Wakelon junior varsity bas
ketball team, coached by George
Massey and Willie Griswold, will
meet the Wendell jayvees at the
Wakelon Gymnasium tomorrow
night, December 16, at 7:30.
The first game between the two
junior varsity teams, which was
played at Wendell last Wednesday
night, was won by Wendell, 45-41.
Robert Jenkins with 12 points
and Tony Wilson with 11 points
led the Wakelon scoring.
Local citizens are urged by
school authorities to support the
junior varsity team by attending
its games, which were scheduled
in an effort to give future varsity
performers competitive experience
before they actually meet other
varsity players.
Lions' Last Meeting
Os Year Thursday
The final 1953 meeting will be
conducted by the Zebulon Lions
Club on Thursday night of this
week, Lions President Gilbert
Beck announced yesterday as he
urged all members of the local club
to attend. The meeting will begin
at 7 o’clock.
The year has been an active 12
months for the Zebulon Club,
which has gained state-wide rec
ognition for its activities. President
Beck asked that local Lions end
the year right by attending the
final assembly.
Prices Down
In North Carolina the average of
all beef cattle prices dropped from
$24.20 per hundred pounds in
April, 1952 to $12.20 in September,
1953.
Agencies Share Collections
For Zebulon United Fund;
New Officers Are Elected
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Howard Beck
Mr. Beck was elected last Friday
night to serve as President of the
Zebulon United Fund for the com
ing year.
NG Armory Work 1
Behind Schedule
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There’s no hope for the Nation
al Guard armory being ready by
Christmas, but it should be ready
by the first week in January, ac
cording to Frank Christopher, con
struction superintendent. Unless
something unforeseen occurs, there
should be no hitches in the work
that remains.
Painting is going on this week.
The main assembly hall has yellow
ceiling, and two-tone green walls.
Green, in fact, is the predominant
cdlor throughout the SIOO,OOO
building, with offices, rifle range,
and class rooms all painted greens.
This week the heating contrac
tor is installing radiators and boil
er, and nearly everything but
cleaning up the building will be
done before Christmas.
The local Guard unit plans to
move into the new armory about
January 10.
Little River Woodmen Elect New
Officers; Price Will Head Camp
Joseph “Pet” Price, local driver’s
license examiner, was named con
sul commander of the Little River
Camp of the Woodmen of the World
Thursday night, December 10, at,
a meeting at the Woman’s Club.
He succeeds Paul Strickland, who j
has served for two terms as head |
of the local WOW unit; Strickland
will serve as past consul comman
der for the coming year.
Price, Strickland, and other of
ficers will be installed at a la
dies’ night supper meeting, ten
tatively scheduled for Wednesday
night, January 13, at 7 o’clock.
Other officers named at the
Thursday night session were Mel
vin Lanier, adviser lieutenant;
Bertie Brantley, banker; Wilton
Price, escort; Durwood Richardson,
watchman; C. F. Wallace, sentry;
Barrie Davis, auditor; and Claud
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
The Zebulon United Fund ac
cepted funds from solicitation
workers, voted to spend them, and
elected ten officers for the coming
year at a busy session last Fri
day night in the municipal build
ing.
J. C. Debnam, retiring presi
dent, announced his inability to
continue as president of the local
organization beyond the present
term, and expressed appreciation
for the loyal support given him.
Following Mr. Debnam’s state
ment, several members expressed
regret that he would not be able
to serve as president, and an ex
pression of appreciation for Mr.
Debnam, Treasurer R. Vance
Brown, Solicitation Chairman
Ralph Talton, and other officials
of the United Fund was passed
unanimously by the membership.
Howard Beck, local veneer plant
manager, was subsequently elected
to succeed Mr. Debnam as presi
dent, and Horace Smith, manager
of Little River Ice Company, was
named vice president. Mrs. Ferd
Davis was elected secretary, and R.
Vance Brown was reelected trea
surer.
New directors were named for
three-year terms, succeeding Mrs.
Ralph Bunn, Mrs. Wallace Temple,
Gilbert Beck, and Mrs. Vernetta
Harris; for a two-year term, suc
ceeding Mrs. Billy Privette; and for
a one-year term, succeeding Mrs.
Vera Rhodes.
Named to a three-year term
were Mrs. W. W. Watkins, Mrs.
Ferd Davis, Frank Wall, and Har
old Beck was named to a two
year term, and Jack Mitchell was
elected to a one-year term.
The United Fund membership
voted to pay the various participat
ing charities on the basis of 90
per cent of the declared goal, since
the amount contributed was ap
proximately 90 per cent of the bud
get. Thus the Rrecreation Commis
sion, with a budget of SI,OOO, will
receive only S9OO from the United
Fund this year. Other agencies
will share accordingly.
Although attendance at the
meeting was relatively light, the
members present seemed reason
ably well satisfied with the initial
United Fund effort this year.
Dunn, secretary. Dunn has served
as secretary of the Little River
Camp since it was founded.
Local Woodmen will go to the
Middlesex Orphanage tomorrow
night, December 16, at 7 o’clock,
to present gifts to the children
there on behalf of the Bethel dis
trict of Woodmen of the World.
Last year the WOW gift to the or
phanage was a television set; this
year the main WOW gift is a new
hot water heater for the kitchen.
More Snap Beans
Grown in N. C.
As of November 1, early fall
snap bean production in North
Carolina is estimated at 84,000
bushels, 57,000 bushels above the
short 1952 crop and 9,000 bushels
above average.