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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXIX. Number 39. Governor Hodges Gets Tiny Heart From Five-Year-Old Sufferer *** ' 3| y f JV_ , * __js >''&■ > <*a&?... .. 'I - * J , * NV . ■< ' '' i •' x; .‘ , * iyjrf'nft' , *» i *i'*»tii V *?s'*' csi,-'?.’r¥, 'r-jVtr*- iv Tbaik v 73h a :i •? -• 't-\' |gf& >' ? ;'x.';,;->.r - •> Hk -v ' ; ...-#^*F-: >v *\ i - iOa* - 3mZ&m ** '■-- v %\ Governor Luther Hodges gets a tiny red heart pinned on his lapel by a former sufferer from a heart ailment after the Governor proclaimed next Sunday, February 20, as Heart Sunday in North Carolina. The little fellow in the picture above recovered from near fatal heart disorders with aid of equipment bought with Heart funds. Farm Bureau Directors Are Named for 7955 The following are newly elected members of the Zebulon Farm Bureau Board of Directors: R. C. McNabb, President; Wiley Broughton, Vice-President; Ray mond Pippin, Vice-President Mem bership Chairman; B. A. Asbury, Chaplain; R. E. Horton, Secretary- Treasurer. Program Committee: Dr. L. M. Massey, Ed Ellington, Dewey Mas sey, Robert Ed Horton, Profes sor J. T. Locke. Directors: Elmo Finch, Rex Tip pett, J. R. Alford, W. O. Black ley, Royal Bunn, Allan Mitchell, Jim Croom, Charlie Curtin, Bill Honeycutt, Frank Gay, M. L. Hagwood; Ed Hales, Billy K. Hopkins, Paul Hor ton, Raymond Averette, Ed Elling ton, Dr. L. M. Massey, Early Mo ser, H. M. Perry, Clifford Richardson, Garland Shepard School Holds Homecoming Tuesday Homecoming ceremonies were observed last Tuesday at James E. Shepard High School, with Miss Jo Ann Pretty, an Bth grade stu dent, crowned Miss Shepard and Mrs. Mary E. Perry crowned Miss Alumni. Two varsity basketball games, Shepard vs. Hawkin’s High, featur ed the program. Shepard High won both games. There were band and majorette performances, folk dances by the elementary department and gym nastics by the high school group. The Homecoming committee ex presses gratitude to those who helped make the program a suc cess. Richardson, Shelton Stallings, H. H. Eddins, Lester McCormick, J. T. Locke, Walter Rogers, Johnny Parks, Sidney Carpenter, Filmore Dunn, Harold Taylor, John Monta gue, Feggin Jones. PTA Session By Mrs. Ruth Chamblee It will be Old Home Week Mon day night, Feb. 21, when the Wake lon PTA will meet to celebrate Founders Day by honoring former Presidents who have guided the Association through its thirty year existance. Former members are invited to attend and reminisce. The first grades will sing a group of selections under the di rection of Mrs. Inez McNabb. A nominating committee will be elected to select officers for the coming two years. The meeting will begin at 7:45. Members of the Executive Com mittee will meet at 7:15. Joint Services Set The Zebulon Baptist and Metho dist Churches will worship to gether Sunday evening, February 20, at 7:30. The service will be at the Bap tist Church, and the Rev. Troy Barrett will preach. Everyone is cordially invited. Just Around the Comer Spring is just around the corner. I know so because the blue birds , have already arrived. The Old Plant Boy Zebulon, N. C., Friday, February 18, 1955 State Leaders Are Heard by Club; Other Units Meet A confident, assured, poignant devotional, given by Mrs. J. Wil bur Bunn of Raleigh, opened the February meeting of the Zebulon Senior Woman’s Club last Tues day afternoon in Mrs. Irby Gill’s home. Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, Tuesday speaker, referred to the State Woman’s Club Convention to be held in Greensboro April 26, 27 and 28, when plans will be de veloped concerning schools for re tarded children in the state. These plans are in the hearts of every club woman of the state, she declared. Mrs. Brown mentioned the Fine Arts meeting in the summer at Brevard, and asked that vacations be planned in accordance with the time of that meeting. She finished by stressing the importance of leadership lor a growing club. After the speech Mrs. Gill, as sisted by Mrs. L. M. Massey and Mrs. W. O. Glover, served ham sandwiches, cookies and punch to the twenty-five members who at tended the meeting. Girl Scouts Meet A Juliette Low program, de signed to give each Girl Scout a part in the restoration of the Juli ette Low home in Savannah, Ga., was presented by the Girl Scouts of Zebulon in the Wakelon School auditorium last Wednesday night. Juliette Low was the founder of the Girl Scouts. Her home in Savannah is 125 years old and was purchased re cently by the Girl Scouts of Amer ica. It will be made a national girl scout center. Boy Scouts Camp The intense cold last weekend did not prevent the Zebulon Boy Scout troop from going to Camp Durant. Plans had been made o or ganize an explorer’s unit there and field day exercises were sched uled for Sunday afternoon. But with temperatures well be low freezing all this was impos sible. Practice in combating the cold was about all that could be accom plished. Twelve scouts made the trip to Durant. ALA Card Party Set Do you like to play Bridge, Ca nasta, Rook or Bingo? The American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring a bingo and card party, Wednesday, February 23, at the home of Mrs. Dabney Gill. You can play from 2 to 4 p. m. and again from 8 to 10 p. m. You can play two hours with prizes for each winner and re freshments for all. Each year the local unit of American Legion Auxiliary sends two deserving girls to Greensboro for an expense free week at Girl State. This card party is our way of meeting these expenses. So come out and enjoy your self while you help us help these girls—charge is only 50tf. OES Supper Tonight Tickets will be on sale this eve ning at the door of Wakelon Cafe teria where the big brunswick stew-barbecue supper will be served from 5:00 to 8:00 o’clock by the members of the local O. E. S. chapter. SPEAKS TUESDAY \% - f v 4 *\ ijfe IfSra' 111 a ? " Bk Wm; HP Hi jP; lip - w *■ IWiEVia: f f ' ». ! Dr. Zyba Massey Dr. Zyba Massey spoke Tuesday night to the Junior Womar.’s Club on “Your Dental Welfare.” She told of different dental diseases, their treatment and cure. She es pecially stressed proper oral hy giene. The president urged all members to have their pictures taken Tues day at Whitley Furniture Company for the composite picture of the club. Following the business meeting and program, the hostesses, Mrs. Harold Eddins and Mrs. Woodrow Watkins, served delicious refresh ments. Local Polio Drive Report Complete. By Dr. L. M. Massey The final reports have been made in the local campaign in support of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Wakelon High School made an excellent drive and the Mothers’ March was very successful. Together with the other schools and other group cap tains, the total was a successful completion to the over-all effort of a great number of people par ticipating in the work to support this important movement. The total contributions from all sources amounted to $1,160.26. It is being forwarded to the county chairman who will make his return to the state chairman for the final accounting for the State. The local chairmen, Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Massey, and the respec tive captains, Rev. Beverly Asbury, Mrs. Charles Hawkins, Mr. Billy Hopkins, Supt. Franklin Jones, Mrs. Braxton Eddins, Principal Garland Crews and Mrs. Norman Screws, wish to express their ap preciation to all concerned for making possible the successful drive in eastern Wake County. Dr. J. A. Easley Addresses Local Gardeners on Culture of Camellias Dr. J. A. Easley of Wake Forest, former president of the North Car- I olina Camellia Society, spoke Mon day night to the Garden Club on “Camellias.” In an informal and interesting manner, he told of the proper care of Camellias; selecting the plant, the proper method of planting, fertilization, cutting the blossoms, watering, and spraying. He urged that before buying a plant, decide whether you want it for the blossom for corsages and cutting, or for its landscaping value. Du. Easley gave the names of Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Sweet Potatoes, Other Vegetables Are FB Topics By Hunter James Farmers are planning to use less land for tobacco, cotton and wheat this year and more for the growth of vegetables and potatoes, State College specialists declared Mon day night. The Zebulon unit of the Wake County Farm Bureau met Monday night at Wakelon School to hear Henry Covington and Dr. George Abshier, both of N. C. State Col lege, speak on growth of vegeta bles and potatoes for the new pro duce market in Raleigh. Mr. Covington is a specialist in vegetable growth, and Dr. Ab shier is a potato expert. Since federal allotments for to bacco, cotton and wheat have been cut 5% this year, there will be much good excess land and farmers'' are planning other crops to make use of it, they said. Sweet Potato Possibility Apart from these plans a pro posal that farmers in this vi cinity grow sweet potatoes as an other means of utilizing their sur plus land was announced by Robert Edd Horton, local Farm Bu reau Secretary, who presided over the Monday night meeting in the absence of President R. C. Mc- Nabb and Vice-president Wiley G. Broughton. F. D. Finch, local attorney and operator of the Wakelon Trading Co., made the suggestion and of fered to provide storage space for curing sweet potatoes if farmers are willing to grow them. Mr. Horton appointed Dewey W. Massey, Raymond Averette, Rex Tippett and Elmo Finch as a com mittee to study all aspects of the proposal and make recommenda tions at the next regular Bureau meeting. Vegetable Program While this proposal for a sweet potato warehouse here is a possi bility, the plans for vegetable and Irish potato grqwth and market ing in this area have been under way for some time. Mr. Covington and Dr. Abshier pointed out Monday night the ad vantages of such a market but add ed that, since vegetables have nev er been grown here for organized marketing before, mistakes are likely. Much care will be necessary if they are to be avoided and if pro duce is to maintain a premium values on the new Raleigh market, they said. Approximately seventy - five people attended the Monday night meeting. varities which he has found satis factory to be grown outside, which will stand our cold winters and dry summers. The meeting was held in the home of Mrs. Ed Hales, with Mrs. Ben Thomas, associate hostess. Fol lowing the program, the hostesses served delicious refreshments of cherry tarts, chicken salad sand wiches, pickle, valentine candy and coffee. Dr. Easley was accompanied by his wife. Visitors to the meeting were Mrs. Julian Horton and Mrs. Loomis Strickland.
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