THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 1.
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Members of the cast of “The Highland Call’ attempt to hide their antagonism toward each other
during the crucial picnic scene when the question of liberty and loyalty to the King divided Whig neigh
bor against Tory neighbor in the Cape Fear Valley. The noted symphonic drama by Paul Green depicting
the story of Flora Macdonald will be given nightly Oct. 10-15 at 8 p.m. at the outdoor theatre at Buie’s
Creek, as the feature attraction of the Harnett County Centennial.
Power of Sun Is Utilized
For Georgia 'Phone Call
Today, for the first time, the sun
—ultimate source of all the power
which man has at his disposal
began furnishing power directly to
a telephone line.
At 10 a.m., Bell engineers
switched solar power into a new
type of rural telephone system
using the Bell solar battery, an in
vention of Bell Telephone Labo
ratories announced last year. Use
of solar power is a part of experi
ments being conducted in coopera
tion with Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company near
Americus, Georgia, 135 miles south
of Atlanta.
The experiments are part of the
Bell System’s continuing efforts to
provide more and better rural tel
ephone service, according to Mr.
J. J. Tilson, Southern Bell’s local
manager.
George L. Matthews, a cotton
and peanut farmer, made the first
sunpowered telephone call and re
marked that it sounded “just fine.”
The Bell solar battery is the
first successful device to convert
the sun’s energy directly and effi
ciently into substantial amounts of
electricity. It is at least 15 times
more efficient than the best previ
Americus, Ga., farmer George L. Matthews (L) makes the historic
first call over a telephone using power from Bell Laboratories’ amazing
new sunshine battery. One of the new units, which converts light
into electric current, is shown receiving final adjustments by Southern
Bell cable repairman B. W. Kennon.
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ous solar energy converters.
Excess current from the solar
unit not needed for immediate
telephone use feeds into a storage
battery which provides power at
night and over periods of bad
weather.
The solar battery has no moving
parts or corrosive chemicals and
therefore should last indefinitely.
Even in poor light, it will continue
to charge the storage battery but
at lower power.
The telephone system uses tran
sistors instead of traditional va
cuum tubes. The transitor, invent
ed at Bell Laboratories and an
nounced seven years ago, requires
only small amounts of power.
The new system uses the “car
rier” principle which allows sever
al conversations to be sent simul
taneously over a single pair of
wires. Since each conversation is
sent at a different frequency, they
do not interfere with each other.
Multifrequency transmission has
been used for years with vacu
um tubes . on longer distance
calls. The system on trial at Amer
icus, however, operates economi
cally over shorter distances such as
those on rural telephone lines.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, October 4, 1955
FUNERALS
Miss Indiana Stallings
Miss Indiana Stallings, 75, died
at her home in Middlesex, Rt. 1,
Saturday. Funera 1 services were
held Monday at 2:30 p.m. from
Lees Chapel Baptist Church con
ducted by the Rev Joe Puckett.
Burial followed in the church cem
etery.
Surviving are two brothers,
Haywood Stallings of Zebulon and
Rassey Stallings of Zebulon, Rt. 1;
and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Par
rish of Zebulon, Rt. 1, and Mrs.
Harriett Driver of Middlesex, Rt. 1.
William B. Strickland
William Berry Strickland, 76,
of Nashville, Rt. 2, died in a Rocky
Mount hospital Sunday morning at
7:50 following an illness of two
weeks. He was a farmer in Nash
County, retiring 10 years ago.
He was born Jan. 5, 1879, son
of the late Carson and Nancy John
son Strickland. Mr. Strickland was
married to the former Tempie Va
da Lewis of Middlesex in 1914.
In addition to his wife, survi
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House Entered
Rondal Phillips’ home on Aren
dell Avenue across from Wakelon
School was entered about 4:15
Sunday afternoon. The intruder
was spotted by Mr. Phillips who
was on the Wakelon grounds at the
time, but escaped when Mr. Phil
lips entered the front of the house.
Hounds from the Bunn prison
camp were brought to Zebulon to
track the person, but lost the scent
because too many people milled
around and across the intruder’s
path. »
Both Zebulon police and the
Wake County Sheriffs Department
are working on the case.
Weekly Newspapers Praised
For Work in TB Campaigns
The weekly newspapers of
North Carolina w r ere praised today
for their outstanding contributions
in the field of health.
The recognition came when the
president of the N. C. Press Asso
ciation, Mr. Leslie S. Thompson of
Whiteville, accepted a certificate
of appreciation from the president
of the N. C. Tuberculosis Associa
tion on behalf of the newspapers
of North Carolina. Dr. Lynwood E.
Williams, NCTA President, pre
sented the certificate on behalf of
the NCTA and TB Associations
across the state.
Dr. Williams said that the week
ly newspapers have been of inesti
mable value to TB Associations
throughout the 50 years of the
organized fight against TB in
North Carolina. “We wanted to
recognize their outstanding con
tributions on the occasion of Na
tional Newspaper Week.”
Both the weekly newspapers and
newspaper people were recognized
by Dr. Williams when he said,
“The men and women of the news
paper brotherhood have given un
stintingly of their time and effort.
They have advised and collaborat
ed with us to the end that the peo-
He expressed the gratitude of
the TB Associations for the thous
ands of inches of space the news
papers have devoted to the fight
against tuberculosis, and empha
ple would be told the truth about
tuberculosis.”
sized the cooperation of both dai
ly and weekly newspapers has
been one of the most important
elements in bringing *the fight to
its present stage.
The service rendered by the in
dustry has been of tremendous im
portance in improving the health
of the community, according to
Dr. Williams. He pointed to the im
portant task newspapers perform
in keeping the people alerted to
TB as well as other health men
aces.
“It is fitting that we pause to
pay tribute to one of our most
valued allies on the occasion of
National Newspaper Week,” Dr.
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TB ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AWARD
Mr. Leslie S. Thompson of Whiteville (above right), President of
the N. C. Press Association, is being shown accepting a certificate of
appreciation from Dr. Lynwood E. Williams, of Kinston (above left),
President of the N. C. Tuberculosis Association. Dr. Williams pre
sented the certificate on behalf of the NCTA and TB Associations across
the state for the outstanding contributions the newspaper industry
has made in the field of health. Mr. Thompson accepted the certificate
on behalf of the entire N. C. newspaper industry. Dr. Williams pointed
out the newspapers have made significant contributions to the health
of the community by keeping the people informed and alerted to tuber
culosis and other health menaces.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
AMERICA
America by 1975 will be a land
in which television viewers may be
watching scenes transmitted from
other planets.
The National Association of
i Manufacturers cites a statement
by Ross D. Siragusa, president of
The Admiral Corp., recently placed
in a “time capsule” in the Funda
mental Investors, Inc., building un
der construction in Elizabeth, New
1 Jersey.
Mr. Siragusa said, “Solar-pow
ered transistor radios will be in
widespread use and will last a
lifetime. Guided robot missiles
probably will land on planets and
transmit television pictures of
them automatically back to earth.”
Willie B. Reports
Individuals can help most in put
ting the “4-Way Test” across, Wil
lie B. Hopkins told members of the
Zebulon Rotary Club Friday night.
As chairman of the 4-Way Test
Committee, he has led in introduc
ing the famous test in schools of the
community.
He cited examples of persons
who had been impressed and help
ed by the 4-Way Test, including
travelers pausing at Rotarian Sid
ney Eddius’ service station.
During the impromptu 3-min
ute talk, Vance Brown urged sup
port for the coming United Fund
campaign. Last year’s campaign
was a “miserable failure,” Vance
reported, and urged the Rotarians
to “open your hearts and make this
thing go across.”