THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 21.
North Carolina 4-H'ers Win National Honors
EIGHT North Carolina 4-H Club members were announced as na
tional winners In the 1955 4-H award programs at the 34th
National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Each of the winners received
a S3OO college scholarship. Their names, the programs in which they
were honored, and the donors of their awards are:
Bobby Smith
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Phyllis A. Corbett
Bobby Smith, 20, of Belvidere;
Achievement: Ford Motor Com
pany.
Joan Crawford, 18, of Hayes
ville; Clothing: Coats & Clark
Inc.
Patricia Bost, 18, of Eagle
Springs; Recreation and Rural
Arts; United States Rubber Com
pany.
Mary Davis, 18, of Warrenton;
Safety; General Motors.
Phyllis A. Corbett, 19, of Foun
tain;. Girls’ Record; Montgomery
Ward.
Linda Bailey, 18, of Zebulon;
Entomology; Hercules Powder
Company.
Nancy Lee Tuttle, 19, of Wal
nut Cove; Public Speaking; Pure
Oil Company.
Peggy Hall, 18, of Sylva; Food
Preparation; Kelvinator Division
of American Motors Corporation.
Over 1,200 4-H Club boys and
girls from the 48 states, Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Canada,
attended the Congress, along
with young people and youth
leaders from 22 foreign countries.
During the week, the delegates
participated in discussions, heard
outstanding speakers, met sports
stars, enjoyed top-flight er>< r
Uncle Ferd's Almanac
Ten years ago today Philip
Whitley, the Wendell member of
the House of Representatives, was
a most annoyed individual. He was
taking a friend to see a beautiful
cedar on the north side of his pond,
and the friend saw the cedar all
right, only it had been chopped
down. Apparently some little fel
low had decided to take the tree
for Christmas, but found the task
too much for him—the tree had
been dragged about 30 feet from
its stump, then left to wither on
the ground.
Other folks suffer similarly
from raids on their trees this time
of year, in spite of a state law
which says the illegal cutter shall
be imprisoned for 30 days if he is
caught. It is also a criminal of
fense to, take mistletoe or other
Christmas greens without permis
sion.
Stealing trees is not, however,
confined to this season. You prob
ably recall reading in the daily
press recently about an enterpris
ing sawmiller who not only cut all
the timber on his land but cut the
timber on a good many acres of
state lands, too. Os course nobody
said it was actually stealing; it
was just that the sawmiller took
WMU Meeting
The WMU prayer meeting will
meet Wednesday night at 7:30 o’-
clock at the home of Mrs. Lela B.
Horton. The Rev. Theo. B. Davis
will be in charge of the services.
This service is being sponsored by
the Bessie Farmer Davis Circle.
Any members of the church are
welcome to attend this meeting.
Patricia Bost
Nancy Lee Tuttle
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Joan Crawford
Linda Bailay
tainment at banquets and major
meal events, attended the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition
and Horse Show, took part in
press conferences, made radio
and TV appearances, toured the
city and visited the museums,
and attended a party at the Ara
gon Ballroom.
The theme of the Congress was
“Improving Family and Commu
nity Living.” Among the promi
nent speakers on the program
was Dr. Preston Bradley, Pastor
of the Peoples Church of Chicago,
who spoke on “What Youth Can
Do.” Other topics presented and
discussed were “Understanding
Begins With U,” and “Working
Together for World Understand
ing.”
Entertainment highlights in
cluded the appearance of the
Purdue University Glee Club and
a “Pop Concert” by the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra.
The National 4-H Club Con
gress is a cooperative effort of
t-e Agricultural Extension Serv
ice, fifty public-spirited busiress
and civic organizations and indi
viduals, and the National Com
mittee on Boys and Girls Club
Work.
something that didn’t belong to
him.
And Americans are not alone in
swiping timber. Prior to World
War 11, one of the main jobs of the
Philippine Scouts wa. c to patrol
northern Luzon and guard aga:nst
Japanese lumber pirates who
would move in a sawmill compjete
with crew, steal a shipload of
lumber, and steal back to the land
of the rising sun.
But Americans are still the
world champions at taking trees
that don’t belong to them. As long
ago as 1691 the colonists were
stealing the king blind.
The King of England, who
probably thought that North A
merica was about the size of the
Isle of Man, set up the office of
Surveyor General of His Majes
ty’s Woods in North America. All
the Surveyor General had to do
was go through all the woods in
this land and mark a broad ar
row on trees suitable for use as
ship mates. He marked a broad
arrow by striking three axe blows
on each such tree, which produced
a sign something like a crow’s
track. •
None of the large trees could be
cut by colonists without special
license under penalty of a large
fine recoverable in admirality
court and you went to jail if
you couldn’t pay. In addition, if
you painted or otherwise disguised
your face while plundering the
king’s timber, you were punisha
ble with whiplashes on the back.
But did this penalty stop the am
bitious Americans? You know it
didn’t. They cut the king's pines
first, because the Broad Arrow ob
(See ALMANAC, Page 8)
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, December 13, 1955
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Mary Davis
Peqqy Hall
Witnesses Plan
Motion Picture
Thursday at 7
During the past week the local
ciongregation of Jehovah’s Wit
nesses has been calling on all the
residents of Zebulon under the di
rection of Clyde D. Raper, local
presiding minister, and Charles V.
Henry, traveling representative of
the Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society visiting from Brooklyn,
New York.
Purpose of this home to home
visitation has been to invite all
local residents to attend a film
at the Wakelon School Auditorium j
Thursday night at 7 o’clock.
The film, entitled “The New j
World Society in Action,” contains j
scenes of the half million men and j
women in 150 lands working to
gether as a society of ministers de- j
voting up to 72,000,000 hours a J
year to Bible education.
A portion of the film will be de
voted to the 1953 convention of Je
hovah’s Witnesses held in New!
York City’s Yankee Stadium and
another to the Bibie School of
Gilead and its missionary accom
plishments.
E. A. Dunlap, formerly an in
structor at the Bible school of j
(See WITNESSES, Page 8)
Lt. Jack Terry
Gains Eagle Rank
Lt. Jack Terry climaxed long
service in Scouting Sunday morn
ing when he won the Eagle Scout- j
award. The Army engineer’s*!
Scouting career began ten years
ago when he joined the Zebulon
troop as a Tenderfoot. He is the;
sf n of Mr. and Mrs. John Terry of
Zebulon.
The charge to the new Eagle
was given by the Rev. Troy Bar- J
rett during the morning services |
in the Methodist Church. Presen
tation of the Eagle award was j
made by Scoutmaster James Deb- i
nam.
Lt. Terry went on active duty I
with the Army after his graduation j
from N. C. State College. During
the past summer he completed the j
necessary requirements for Eagle j
rank under Scoutmaster Debnam. I
The new Eagle left for overseas
service in the Far East yesterday.
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Dr. C. Hoyt Rogers
Coker 139 to Be
Discussion Topic
Dr. C. Hoyt Rogers, who de
vepoled Coker 139 tobacco variety,
will speak at Knightdale High
School, Dec. 21 at 7 o’clock, ac
cording to an announcement to
day by L. S. Liles, Jr., teacher of
agriculture at Knightdale High
School. The tobacco farmers in
the Zebulon area are cordially in
vited to attend this meeting.
Since N. C. State College is not
recommending this variety because
of complaints from Export Tobac
co Companies that the variety has
no flavor nor aroma, confusion has
resulted as to what variety to
plant.
Most tobacco growers in this
area experienced the best tobacco
crop in many years with this varie
ty and are reluctant to change
contrary to State College recom
mendations.
Mission Program
“World Within A World” is the
title of the mission study book to
be presented on Tuesday evejiing
at 7:30 at the Zebulon Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Tom Brannon will lead the
discussion on the Moslem world,
assisted by Mrs. Charles Hawkins,
Mrs. Hardin Hinton, and Mrs.
Armstrong Cannady. Music will be
organ and piano selections by Miss
(See PROGRAM, Page 8)
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Last Rites Held
For John Kemp,
James 0. Perry
John J. Kemp, 89, retired mer
chant and farmer, died Sunday
morning at his home in Middlesex.
He was a member of the Rogers
Mason Lodge, a former overseer of
the Nash County Home for sev
eral years, justice of the peace and
former Nash County commissioner.
Surviving are one son, E. A. of
Watersburg, S. C.; five daughters,
Mrs. D. H. Bunn, Mrs. J. D. Phil
lips, Mrs. L. L. Bunn, Mrs. Frank
Manning, all of Middlesex, and
Mrs. W. L. Estridge of Covington,
Va.; 14 grandchildren; 17 great
grandchildren; and two sisters,
Mrs. Catherine Kemp of Goldsboro
and Mrs. Lillie Morris of Selma.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 p.m. Monday from Lee
Chapel Church by the Rev. Law
rence Lugar and the Rev. Joe
Puckett of Smithfield. Interment
was in the church cemetery. The
Masonic Lodge conducted grave
side services. The body was tak
en to the church one hour prior to
the services.
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Funeral services for James Ollie
Perry, 59, who died Tuesday morn
ing of last week in San Diego, Cal
ifornia, will be conducted Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Pearce Baptist Church. The body
will be taken the church one hour
prior to the service. Conducting
the services will be the Revs. Kerr,
pastor, Lamm and Smith.
Surviving Mr. Perry are his
wife, one daughter, Mrs. Peyton
Harris, Durham; three sons, Wes
ley and Douglas Perry, both of
Zebulo i, and Dumas Perry of But
ner; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Stal
lings and Mrs. Rocher Johnson,
both of Zebulon; two brothers, A.
C. Perry and Larby F. Perry, Zeb
ulon, and six grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Perry
cemetery.
Band Concert
Franklin Jones, principal of
Wakelon School, has announced
that the band will give its mid
season concert Dec. 19. The dance
recital will be held Dec. 14, and
Christmas holidays will begin Dec.
21 until Jan. 2.