THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVIII. Number 23.
SHAW PROMOTED
Peoples Bank Adding
Capital to Its System
Peoples Bank & Trust Company,
which has served Zebulon for
nearly twenty years, will be about
two million dollars bigger in Jan
uary, if stockholders of the bank
and the Pinetops Banking Com
pany approve plans indorsed by the
directors of both institutions,
Cashier R. Vance Brown stated
yesterday.
The action which came in the
annual meeting of the Board of
Directors of Peoples Bank Wed
nesday, must also be approved by
the North Carolina Banking Com
mission. Other business transacted
at the board session was the nam
ing of W. W. Shaw as president,
succeeding F. P. Spruill, who was
elevated to the position of chair
man of the board.
Wakelon Basketball Teams Win
Three from Wendell This Week
Basketball teams from Wakelon
School took three contests from
Wendell this week. The varsity
boys and girls won Tuesday night
and the Jayvees won Wednesday
night.
The Wakelon Bulldogs scored
six points in the last four minutes
to come from behind for a 38-37
victory over the visitors. Wakelon
led at the half-time but Wendell
staged a third period rally which
carried them ahead temporarily.
Pierce with 12, Green with 11,
and Bullock with 8 points led
Wakelon. For Wendell, B. Baker
with 14,points was high scorer.
With Martha Temple leading the
scoring, the Wakelon girls won 60-
51 over the Wendell sextet. The
sharp-shooting Wakelon forward
Three Hundred Dollars
Guardsmen Have Christmas Cash
North Carolina Guardsmen
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should not be short of Christmas
funds this year, finance officers
of the 30th Infantry Division point
ed out this week, since an average
of over three hundred dollars per
man was received for weekly
drills and summer encampment by
“Old Hickory” soldiers in 1953.
Captain Barrie S. Davis, com
manding officer of Battery A of
the 113th Field Artillery Battalion,
Zebulon unit, stated yesterday that
the state average was equalled by
the local unit, which held 48 drills
during 1953, in addition to two
weeks of summer training at Fort
McClellan, Alabama.
The extra money for Guardsmen
is but one of the many advantages
Methodists Observe
Christmas Program
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tion Service met at the church
Monday night. Mrs. S. G. Flowers,
program leader with assistance
of Mrs. S. E. Mercer and Mrs. J. F.
Coltrane, gave wonderful talks on
Christmas in other lands also
their music and their customs at
this time of the year. Mrs. Flowers
had a lovely tree, the manger and
babe with added record music
which made the program very ef
fective.
The Pinetops bank, located in
Edgecombe County, is a strong in
stitution, Mr. Brown said, in a
strong community. Pinetops has
a population of 1,031, somewhat
less than Zebulon.
Supper Meeting
The directors announced their
action at a dinner meeting of per
sonnel of Peoples Bank & Trust
Company, held at Rocky Mount
Wednesday night and attended by
several Zebulon residents, includ
ing Mr. and Mrs. R. Vance Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Whitley, Mr.
and Mrs. Avon Privett, Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. House, Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Gay, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Debnam, Miss Sarah Eaton, and
Durwood Stallings.
shot 39 points. High honors, how
ever, were taken by Massey of
Wendell who scored 43 points. Peg
gy Richardson scored 17 points for
Wakelon.
Jayvees Win
The Junior Varsity defeated the
Wendell Jayvees 45-39, evening the
score with Wendell, who previous
ly had taken a game from Wake
lon. High scorers for Wendell were
Smith with 14 and Price with 12.
Those playing for Wakelon, with
the points scored, were: R. Jenkins
with 19, J. Tippett with 4, C. Deb
nam with 9, W. G. Griswold with
3, J. Temple with 6, V. Wade with
2, B. Tippett, and M. Phillips.
Games to be scheduled in the fu
ture will be listed later in the Zeb
ulon Record.
offered to enlistees in the North
Carolina National Guard, the local
commander stated.
“There are retirement benefits
open to every Guardsman, regard
less of rank,” he continued. “Some
Guard officers who started their
military careers as privates are
drawing today retirement benefits
of over S4OO a month. Any smart,
aggressive Guardsman can do
proportionately as well.”
Service Schools
He pointed to the service schools
open to Guardsnjen and to the
rapid advancement possible as
other incentives to enlist in the
30th Division and urged physical
ly and morally fit young men to
come by the local armory'' and
learn for themselves the benefits
offered them.
Interested candidates may see
him, or Warrant Officer Arnold
his administrative assistant, any
week day except Saturday at the
armory.
HOLIDAYS
Christmas holidays at
Wakelon School begin
today at 3 p.m. The stu
dents have a 12-day vaca
tion, returning to classes
on Wednesday, December
30.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 18, 1953
Interview Today;
Club Is Thanked
Governor William Umstead,
North Carolinas Chief Executive,
is in for a treat today when two
Wakelon students interview him
concerning interesting events in
the history of North Carolina. The
interview will take place at 10:30.
Mary Jo Pace and Delorie Park
ef, eighth grade students, wrote
the governor a letter asking for the
interview, as a help to them in
compiling facts for their North
Carolina history class. Governor
Umstead expressed his pleasure at
seeing them in his office.
Floral Works
The members of the Zebulon
Garden Club were thanked yester
day for the floral arrangements
they provided at Wakelon School
during December. Principal W. R.
Whittenton expressed the school’s
appreciation to the club and the
members who arranged the flow
ers.
During the first week of De
cember, Mrs. Ruric Gill was in
charge of the arrangements. Mrs.!
Forrest Hendricks and Mrs. Joe |
Alford were in charge during the
second week, and Mrs. Bernice
Bunn and Mrs. Randolph Hen
dricks had charge the third week, j
Warrant Officer Is
Rex Hospital Patient
Johnsey Arnold, unit administra
tor for Battery A, Zebulon's Na
tional Guard unit, is in Rex Hos
pital where he was taken Tuesday
night for an emergency appen
dectomy. His condition is good and
he is expected home within five
days.
Warrant Officer Arnold had just
recovered from influenza when he
suffered the attack of appendicitis.
Pearces Program
A Christmas program will be
presented at Pearces Baptist
Church next Sunday night, De
cember 20, at 7:30.
The public is invited to attend.
How important is nitrogen to the
efficient production of forage
crops? Every North Carolina live
stock farmer needs the answer.
A complete explanation is given
in the latest publication of the
North Carolina Agricultural Expe-,
riment Station “Nitrogen in For
age Production,” Bulletin No. 383,
by W. W. Woodhouse, Jr. and D.
S. Chamblee, professors of agron
omy at N. C. State College. The
24-page, illustrated booklet intro
duces the farmer to some basic
facts about forage crops, both le
gumes and grasses.
Native of Zebulon
Dr. D. S. Chamblee, co-author
of the booklet, is a native of Zeb
ulon, the son of Mrs. C. S. Cham
blee and the late Mr. Chamblee.
“Nitrogen, a component of pro
teins, is a highly important nutri
ent in all forages,” explain the
authors. “All high quality forages
require rather large amounts of
nitrogen from some source.” Be
cause many forage plants are le
gumes, the nitrogen fertilization of
forage crops is a tricky business.
Legumes “fix” or gather in
much of their nitrogen require
ments from the atmosphere. Grass
es, on the other hand, have no “ni
Local Man Writes Extension Publication
CHAIRMAN
H. C. Wade
Mr. Wade was chairman of the
first project entered in the Finer
Carolina Contest for 1953 —a com
munity building. The project was
postponed temporarily when Zebu
lon accepted the opportunity of
an industry to establish a plant
here. Mr. Wade’s committee con
ducted a successful campaign to
raise funds needed before a factory
building could be constructed.
Services Planned
By Baptist Choir
The Sanctuary Choir of the Zeb
ulon Baptist Church, conducted by
Mrs. Rodney McNabb, will present
eight choruses from the Messiah
by George Frederick Handel, Sun
day evening at seven-thirty.
Soloists will be Mrs. Jerry
Lowicki, Miss Ann Allman, Mrs.
L. M. Massey, Mrs. Frank Kemp,
and Mrs. Armstrong Cannady.
Male soloists will be Elwood Perry,
Johnsey Arnold, and Wilber Conn.
Organist for the Messiah will
be John O’Steen of Meredith Col
lege. Pianist will be Mrs. Ben
Massey.
The choir was recently privi
leged to sing the Messiah in Ral
eigh with the Wake Forest Glee
Club and the Raleigh Group.
trogen fixing bacteria” and thus
must depend upon nitrogen being
applied artifically. Knowing just
how much nitrogen a pasture mix
ture, for example, may require is
of upmost importance on the farm.
The authors explain in detail
and easy-to-read language the ni
trogen needs of annual grasses and
legume-grass mixtures, perennial
grasses alone, perennial legume
grass mixtures, pure stands of le
gumes. Another item that is care
fully explained is the relationship
of nitrogen to bloat.
In citing test results from other
states, the authors explain that in
Georgia hay yields from a Bermu
da grass strain were boosted from
one ton per acre (with no nitro-
NOW IN JAPAN
Army Pfc. Ben W. Neville, Jr.,
son of Mrs. B. W. Neville, Route
4, Zebulon, recently spent a seven
day rest and recuperation leave in
Kokura, Japan.
Normally stationed in Korea
with Company G of the 34th In
fantry Regiment, Neville stayed
at one of Japan’s best resort hotels
and enjoyed many luxuries unob
tainable on the war-torn peninsula.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Stores Complete
Christmas Plans
Shoppers in Zebulon will have
ample opportunity to complete
their Christmas gift buying, for
Zebulon stores will remain open
until 9 o’clock every night Mon
day through Thursday of Christ
mas week.
This was recommended by the
Board of Directors of the Zebulon
Chamber of Commerce, and the
recommendation is being followed
by nearly all stores.
Tables and shelves are filled
with the largest quantity and va
riety of Christmas gift merchan
dise in history. Especially attrac
tive are the new, novel toys de
veloped during the last year by
manufacturers and offered for the
first time by local stores.
Christmas Edition
Merchants and businessmen of
this community will extend their
Christmas greeting and expressions
of appreciation for patronage dur
ing the past year in a beautiful
two-color edition of the Zebulon
Record next week. Printed in red
and green, the paper will have
several special Christmas features,
including a front-page story on
the origin of Santa Claus.
Advertising will be limited al
most altogether to Holiday Greet
ings. This year more beautiful art
work than ever before is used in
the messages.
Only one issue of the Zebulon
Record will be published next
week, appearing on Wednesday. A
single issue will be published the
following week, allowing the em
ployees of the print shop an oppor
tunity to take ’time to enjoy the
i holiday season.
Long Weekend
Almost all Zebulon stores will
observe an extra day vacation dur
ing the Christmas holidays, re
maining closed from Christmas Eve
through Sunday. This recommen
dation was made by the Board of
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce and is being followed by
every store contacted through yes
! terday afternoon.
gen) to eight tons (with 400
pounds of nitrogen per acre.)
Free copies of the booklet ,are
available through local county
farm agents or by addressing a re
quest to Department of Agricultur
al Information, N. C. State Col
lege, Raleigh. Just ask for “Nitro
gen in Forage Production,” Bulle
tin No. 383.
Thousands of Fish
Put in Wake Ponds
G. L. Winchester
Thirty-five thousand bluegills
were received on Friday, Decem
ber 11, 1953, to stock twenty-one
ponds in Wake County. These
ponds were stocked at the'rate of
1000 bluegills per acre, thus a
total of 35 acres were stocked. Next
spring these ponds will be stocked
with large mouth bass at the rate
of 100 per acre. The bluegills re
ceived Friday will be the last ones
to be delivered this season. The
next bluegills will be received
next August. These bluegills, al
though only one to 1 Vfe inches long,
will grow to sufficient size to
spawn next spring. By next fall
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