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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVIII. Number 40. Lizard Lick Farmer Is Believer in Conservation G. L. Winchester P. M. Horton of near Lizard Lick is a renowned hog breeder but is also quite interested in soil conservation. On a trip over his farm this past week, he pointed out to me a very good pasture where his herd of beef animals was grazing. We walked down in the pasture and observed a part of the pasture where silt and soil had covered a 26 inch woven wire fence. Much of the topsoil on the steep slopes on either side is gone. The red subsoil is showing on the steeper slopes at the present time. Mr. Horton said he had spent many hours first with mules and drag pan and later with his tractor and pan to carry soil to spread on areas where the topsoil was thin. . In attempting to solve his prob lem, Mr. Horton has decided to let water go in part where it is natur al for it to flow. Three meadows will be constructed in the low places. These will be sown in al falfa and orchard grass next fall. He can use this hay to feed his cattle. The meadows will be pre pared this week if the weather per mits and will be sown to oats and lespedeza. At present, terraces are carrying the water away from the “draws” Cancer Society Has New Office Looking toward the development of a strong cancer control program in Wake County, the Wake County Cancer Society has opened a new office in the Wake County Building and has employed a full-time ed ucational director, according to Mrs. J. S. Mitchener, commander of the cancer society. “We intend to give real service to our citizens, and to carry out an educational program that will reach everyone in the county with the message that cancer can be cured if found and treated early. By knowing the cancer danger sig nals and going to their doctors early for diagnosis and treatment, we can lower the death toll from cancer,” Mrs. Mitchener said. Miss Emma Carr Bivins of High Point, who secured her master’s degree in health education from the University of North Carolina, and has recently worked in the state cancer program, has been em ployed as educational director for the local unit. Miss Bivins is a vailable to speak and show films to groups throughout the county. Eastern Star Meets On Thursday Night The order of the Wakefield Zeb ulon Eastern Star will hold its reg ular meeting Thursday night, Feb ruary 25. Mrs. Betty Howard, mo ther adviser of the Order of Rain bow Girls of Raleigh, will be guest speaker. All members are urged to attend. W.M.S., Y.W.A Meet Mrs. Christine Hopkins will teach the book, In Evangelines Country, for the W. M. S. and Y. W. A. of Hopkins Chapel, Tues day night, February 23, at 7:30, at the home of Mrs. Milton Brannon. and emptying it on a hill. Terraces will be constructed so as to carry the water into the meadow. In this way water only travels one half the distance it did before be ing emptied into the stabilized meadow. Mr. Horton contemplates follow ing a rotation on part of his to bacco land using tall fescue. The tall fescue is to be used for winter grazing for his beef cattle. The fescue is not subject to any of the diseases and insects of tobacco. • Joe Tippett of Zebulon recently constructed another pond to be used for irrigation. He watered these beds last Saturday, since they were just sown, so there would be enough moisture present for germination. The State Hospital is having two dams constructed at present for irrigation purposes. These dams have a 3 to 1 slope on the water side of the dam and a 2 to 1 slope on the down stream side. As soon after construction as possible, these dams will be sown to a mixture of tall fescue and ladino clover. Bermuda stolons will be disked in also. These dams will be thoroughly fertilized and covered with stable manure. CANDIDATE it II lip jg&fc fBBJIB m m 11 Robert A. Gotten Cotten Seeking Solicitor's Post Robert A. Cotten, Fuquay Springs attorney and for the past 10 years solicitor of the Fuquay Springs Recorder’s Court, recently announced his candidacy for the solicitorship of the Seventh Ju dicial District, which is composed of Wake and Franklin counties. Cotten, a native of Chatham County, has practiced law in Fu quay Springs since June, 1935, having previously practiced for several years at Pittsboro. He is a charter member of the Fuquay-Varina Lions Club, and has served two terms as Lions Dis trict Deputy Governor. He Is also a Mason, and a former member of the executive committee of the Wake County Bar. Hr* served as judge of the Fuquay court from 1938 until 1940, and taught a Sunday School class at the local Methodist Church for 18 years before giving up the posi tion this year. He is a member of the board of directors of the Fu quay Chamber of Commerce. Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 23, 1954 Chairman Speaks On Finer Carolina Projects at Club The new factory building in Zeb ulon will be used to draw more industry to the community, ac cording to Rev. B. A. Asbury, chair man of the Finer Carolina Steer ing Committee. He gave a report on the Finer Carolina projects at the Friday night meeting of the Zebulon Rotary Club. “We do not want to draw people from the farms,” he continued, say ing that we should seek as our goal a balanced economy for the com munity. Continuing in his review of the 1954 Finer Carolina projects, the chairman stated that Zebulon can be beautiful or it can ben an eye sore, depending on which we make it. The Carmen Flowers Garden Club is sponsoring the second pro ject, that of beautifying and land scaping the National Guard arm ory site, planting trees in the com munity park, and beautifying the town. In telling of the third project, a community building, the Steering Committee chairman said that “we must furnish an outlet for the ener gies of our young people.” He call ed attention to she lack of proper recreation for young people, and said it is the commuhity’s respon sibility to provide for the welfare of its children. Stressing the importance of en couraging others to help them selves, the chairman intrduced the fourth project that of acquir ing a community building for the Negro community. A general cleanup and renova tion of the appearance of the town, under the leadership of Irby Gill, is the fifth project entered in the Finer Carolina contest. As an alternate, the Steering Committee chose bicycle stands for Wakelon School. Pvt. Billy Bi*nn Is Selected for School Pvt. Billy H. Bunn, son of Mrs. Thelma H. Bunn, Zebulon, has been selected to attend the sth Armored Division Leaders Course here. The eight-week course, which is the training ground for future non commissioned officers, is divided into two phases. The first five weeks is devoted to the study of Leadership Prin ciple?, me mods of instruction and the conduct and teaching of drill and inspections. A Leader Reac tion Test climaxes the first phase of training. During the final three weeks, he will be assigned to a post train ing unit where he will put into practice the lessons learned in the first five weeks and serve as an acting non-commissioned officer. Youngsrille Resident Is Injured in Wreck Daniel Andrews, 50, and Richard Rogers, about 40, both of Youngs ville, Route 1, were seriously hurt when their car went out of control and overturned near Harris Cha pel Church 11 miles south of Louisburg at 4 p. m. Saturday. Mr. Rogers is a cous'n of Mil ton Rogers of Zebulon. The National Guard needs men 17 to 18% years as age.. NEW JUSTICE ■ Wr 1 8-a, llirii Jr m 1 :388c J • i. .•&»»' -1 sk ■ Johnsey P. Arnold, unit admin istrator for Battery A, Zebulon’s National Guard unit, has been ap pointed a Justice of the Peace by Governor Umstead. In addition to his work at the armory, CWO Arn old is a member of the Baptist Ju nior Board of Deacons and is com mander of the Zebulon American Legion Post. Former Zebulon Man Dies Sunday Wiley J. Perry, 74, retired sales man of 210 East Whitaker Mill Road, died Sunday night at 11:15 at Rex Hospital after two years of declining health. Mr. Perry was a native of Franklin County and had made his home in Raleigh for the past 10 years. He was connected with the Ral eigh Furniture Company before his retirement two years ago and was a member of the Pine Ridge Baptist Church in Franklin Coun ty. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Iva Williams of Franklin County; four daughters, Mrs. Willie Bullock and Mrs. Geron Gay of Raleigh, Mrs. Frederick S. Tague of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Russell Williams of Zebulon; three sons, Sid T. Perry of Spring Hope, Ballard T. Perry of Wilson, and Joseph Allen Perry, of the home; three brothers, Henry Perry of Washington, D. C., and Fred and Raymond Perry of Zebulon; and a sister, Mrs. N. B. Lewis of Middle sex. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. ADJUTANT Herbert C. (Bill) Perry, Jr., is serving the Zebulon American Le gion Post as Adjutant. An Army veteran, hs is employed at Zebulon Drug Company. Adjutant Perry has been active in the Zebulon Legion Post since it was organized. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Five Zebulon Lions Win Recognition At Last Meeting Five members of the Zebulon Lions Club received Founder’s Month awards from Lions Inter national last week. The awards were presented by Lions Club President Gilbert Beck at the reg ular meeting of the group last Thursday night in the Wakelon | cafeteria. Members honored were Wesley I Liles, Jerry Buffalo, Jerry Hag wood, Thomas Smith, and Gilbert Beck. The Zebulon club was presented a special award for gaining five new members during Founder’s Month. Lions International was organized in 1917 and now has nearly four million members. New members introduced to the club were H. A. Hodge, Ray Good win, Bishop Pysher, Malcolm Martin, Ronald Phillips, Hardin Hinton, and Earl Duke. A short talk on the history and organization of the National Guard was given by Barrie Davis. He expressed the appreciation of the local National Guard battery for the assistance given by Lions in promoting the Guard here. “As a result of the $4,000 spent by the Town of Zebulon for an armory sRe,” he told the Lions, “the local unit has been able to en list enough additional men to in crease the annual payroll nearly $7,000, repaying almost two fold the cost of the site in only twelve months.” CWO Johnsey Arnold, accom panied at the piano by Mrs. Rod ney McNabb, sang two solos. Bev. A. Asbury, pastor of the Zebulon Baptist Church, was a guest at the meeting. Wakefield Group Meets Wednesday Members of the Wakefield Home Demonstration Club will see a demonstration on “tailored touches for homemade garments” at the regular meeting of the group Wed nesday, February 24. Members are asked to wear dresses they have made and bring aprons to the meeting to show. Aprin patterns will be given to those who want them. Instructions will be given on let in pockets, button holes, and zipper finishes. Special pamphlets on some sewing will be available. Mrs. Mary Green will be hostess for the meeting. Members are urged to come and bring a visitor. Soil Men to Plan Finer Carolina Phase Plans for the finer farms phase of the 1954 “Finer Carolina” con test will be laid at a luncheon here at 12:30 o'clock Thursday after noo.., March 4, in the Virginia Dare Room of the Sir Walter Ho tel. About 175 soil conservation su pervisors and work unit conser vationists from 40 counties will at tend. Davis S. Weaver of Ral eigh, director of the Extension Ser vice at N. C. State College, will be the principal speaker. Carolina Power & Light Com pany is sponsoring the soil-build ing contest by offering $2,800 in cash prizes for winners, based on soil and water conservation prac tices.
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