THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 27.
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SCRAPBOOKS BEAT DEADLINE Jack S. Howell (left) and
John S. Boyter inspect “Finer Carolina” scrapbooks which Howell
flew to Raleigh to beat the year-end deadline. Howell is Kinston
manager for Carolina Power & Light Company, sponsor of the com
munity development contest. The 1955 winners will be picked early
this year.
Many Income Tax Laws Affect
Farmers; It Pays to Know Them All
(This article, first in a series
describing the provisions of the
Federal Income and Social Secur
ity tax laws as they affect farm
people, was prepared by Charles
R. Pugh, W. L. Turner, and C. W.
Williams, extension farm manage
ment specialists, N. C. State Col
lege).
Farmers, like other taxpayers,
need to know the filing require
ments, forms to use in filing taxes
ani information necessary to com
pute the correct tax as required by
law.
Since farmers do not have taxes
withheld from their income like
most wage-earners, and do not
know what the exact profit from
their farm business will be until
the end of the year, they have a
few problems other taxpayers
don’t have. There are parts of the
Federal income tax which apply
specifically to farmers.
Because of the extension of So
THE TIME OF MY LIFE
A Wakelon 4-H Girl in Chicago
By Linda Bailey
Have you ever set a goal in life
or have you ever had a dream
that you would like to have come
true? I have! Many of you have
probably already guessed what my
dream was. It was to attend Na
tional 4-H Club Congress.
Just a month ago, my dream and
ambition came true. Going to Chi
cago was even more wonderful
than I ever thought it could be,
and for that reason, I’d like to
share with you some of the breath
taking experiences that I had. So
News and Ad Deadlines
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lon Record are as follows: for Tuesday’s issue, 10:00 Mon
day morning; for Friday’s issues, 10:00 Thursday morning.
Display Advertising deadlines: for Tuesday, 9:00 Mon
day morning; for Friday, 6:00 Wednesday afternoon.
Our readers and advertisers are asked to cooperate with
these deadlines in insure a better newspaper.
cial Security to farmers in 1955,
many farm people will also be
filing returns to determine their
future levels of coverage under So
cial Security. The accounting
system and records serving as the
basis of the Federal income tax
return must also be used to com
pute self-employment tax for So
cial Security purposes.
No one type of record book is
prescribed by the Internal Reve
nue Service. The books used, how
ever, should systematically reflect
the income, deductions, credits,
and other matter required to be
shown on the returns. Good rec
ords can mean dollars in income
tax savings, social security bene
fits, and management of the farm
business.
Any citizen or resident of the
United States, regardless of age,
having a gross income of S6OO or
more during the taxable year is
(See TAX LAWS, Page 8)
if you’ll just sit back and close
your eyes, we’ll pretend that you’re
going right along with me on my
trip.
The day is November 25. You
have been named the state win
ner in your project and are hav
ing lunch with the other state win
ners before boarding the bus for
Lynchburg, Virginia. , You’re so
excited you can hardly eat any of
the wonderful food they have put
before you.
Before you realize what’s going
on around you, you find that
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, January 10, 1956
Visual Exam Is
Urgently Needed
For School Child
Children who haven’t had their
eyes examined within the last 12
months should be taken to an op
tometrist for a complete visual ex
amination before starting the new
school term.
So advises the North Carolina
Optometric Society, which cur
rently is observing its “Back to
School With Vision Unlimited”
month.
Screening Program Limited
Although students are screened
for vision defects at the onset of
the school year, stress Society of
ficials, the screening program is
very limited and most handicaps
escape discovery.
At the very best, students have
their vision capabilities checked
by reading a chart which is placed
at a distance of 20 feet. This test
of a sort has long since been con
sidered insufficient, since students
are required to do the largest part
of their educational work with
in arm’s reach, or the distance one
holds the printed page from the
eyes.
Through near-point examina
tions, the optometrist frequently
finds vision descrepenancies which
evade attention of discovery dur
ing the chart-reading test.
Vision Defects
Extensive eye examinations are
mandatory for children who were
rated last year in the lowest third
of their classes. The North Caro
line Optometric Society estimates
that the majority of these “back
ward” students are suffering from
vision defects that imnair their
educational progress.
Examination of a child’s vision
by an optometrist is just as neces
sary, says the Society, as the ex
amination of a child’s teeth by a
dentist. Because vision difficul
ties often arise without painful
symptoms, it is twice as important
to undergo yearly examinations
by an optometrist.
Since 80 per cent of a child’s ed
ucation is obtained through the use
of his eyes, says the Society, par
ents should take every step to as
sure good vision before he enters
the classroom.
you’ve been presented a beautiful
4-H watch with the name of your
project, the donor, and the year,
engraved on the back. It’s just
what you’ve always wanted!
The time has finally arrived for
those going to Chicago to board the
bus. Happily, you go in and take
your seat. Looking around, you
recognize some familiar faces of
4-H friends that you’ve met be
fore, but there are so many new
faces. This doesn’t bother you
though, because as soon as the bus
is on its way, you are going up
and down the aisle talking to
those you know and learning the
names and faces of those you don’t
know. It seems as if you’ve only
been riding about fifteen minutes
when you arrive in Lynchburg.
The Christmas traffic is so heavy
that you have to have a police
escort to the train depot.
About thirty minutes later, the
train arrives. You don’t know how
typical you are, but this it to be
the very first train ride you’ve
(See CHICAGO, Page 8)
First Births
Zebulon welcomed the first cit
izens of 1956 Thursday with the
births of Martha Jane Denton and
Ronnie Hall.
Martha Jane.was born at 5:06
at the B. D. Thomas Clinic. She
weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces, and is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Denton of Rt. 3.
Ronnie was born at 4:10. He
weighed a bouncing 7 pounds,
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hall. Dr. George F. Tucker
was the attending obstetrician.
Woman Loses
Home to Fire
The home of Mrs. Lizzie High
of High Town was destroyed Fri
day afternoon when fire of an un
determined orgin swept through
her remaining two rooms.
The home last year was attack
ed by a fire and destroyed, ex
cept two rooms. These Mrs. High
had converted into comfortable
and livable quarters.
Friday afternoon about 4:30 o’-
clock fire again attacked Mrs.
High’s home. She had a fire around
a washpot, and it is thought that
maybe a spark fell into some crev
ice of the dry building and emblaz
ened it.
The Zebulon Rural fire truck
was on the scene almost immedi
ately following the outbreak, but
the building could not be saved.
The household articles were lost
in the flames, too.
The Fire Department estimated
the damages at* about SIOOO.
ARTICLES NEEDED
Anyone wishing to contribute
household articles for the welfare
of Mrs. Lizzie High, whose home
was burned last Friday, may con
tact John Broughton, telephone
2186. Donations of any sort will
be greatly appreciated.
School Bus Shelters Provide Haven
For Children from Weather, Traffic
Rural school youngsters in this
are have five shelter sni
which to wait for their
school bus in bad weather.
Four of these shelters were do
nated by the Smith-Douglas Com
pany through the Hales Farm Sup
ply Company. One was given by
the Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany.
According to Franklin Jones,
local principal, the shelters are
located in the vicinities of Tar
pley’s Mill, on the by-pass near
the Little River Service Station,
one near Brantley’s Service Sta
tion, and two on the Middlesex
Road.
The Shepard School has the
services of two of these shelters.
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Zebulon Pastor Is
Religious Week
Speaker at ECC
The Rev. Beverly Asbury, pastor
of the Zebulon Baptist Church, will
be one of the seven speakers, all
outstanding for their work in
religion and education, who will
participate in the observation of
; Religious Emphasis Week at East
Carolina College this month, Dr.
John B. Bennett, director of re
ligious activities of the college, has
|announced.
Main events of Religious Week
will begin Monday, January 23,
and will extend through Thursday,
January 26. Both preliminary and
follow-up programs are being
planned.
Sponsor of Religious Emphasis
I Week at the college, is the Inter-
Religious Council, made up of
representatives of eleven student
religious organizations on the
i campus.
Assemblies, forums, conferences,
and informal meetings are in
| eluded in plans for the week. The
: theme to be developed is “Revolu
tion and Reconcilation.”
Other speakers who will visit the
campus and make the principal
! addresses of the week are the Rev.
Roger Ortmayer of Nashville,
| Tenn.; the Rev. D. D. Holt of
Greensboro; Dr. Robert Paul Roth
of Columbia, S. C.; the Rev. Ed
ward A. Cahill of Charlotte; Bill
Price, laymen and president, lay
men and president of the Carolina
Paper Box Compeny of Burlington;
I Dr. Sankey L. Blanton.
BASKETBALL
The Wakelon High School bas
ketball team will meet Glenda e
High team here tonight at 7:30
o’clock in the school gymnasiun .
Friday night the local team will
be hosts to the Knightdale High
team.
The admission for these games
will be for students and 50tf
for adults.
One is located on the Middlesex
Road and the other is near Brant
ley’s Service Station.
“The bus stop shelters placed at
various points in Wake County
are the most popular with our
school children and the genexy.l
public of any single thing which
has been done for the safety pro
gram in transporting children,”
said Randolph Benton, Superin
tendent of Wake County Schools.
The shelters are painted black
and yellow and have a picture of
“Reddy Killowatt” painted on the
sides with the inscription “Help
ing Build a Finer Carolina, Caro
lina Power and Light Company.”
On the roof are painted the words,
“School Bus Stop.”