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Volume XXIX, 100.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 14,1956
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Cun Totin' Policy Holder
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The only thing that hail insurance agents hate to see worse
than hail itself is furious policy holders storming in to ask why the
adjuster is not on the job. Pellets of ice perforated Frank Kemp’s
tobacco this year and, having heard reports of how over-worked
adjusters were sometimes delayed, Frank determined his tobacco
was to be seen first. So Frank took shotgun in hand, started to hunt
the insurance man, found him sitting on his can, apd we got the pic
ture above. Frank is the tousled-haired, shotgun-toting youngster
standing, and Garland Richardson is the startled victim of Frank’s
dirty look.
Woke/on Cains 44 New
Students for This Year
Results of the enrollments of
Wakelon, Shepard, Corinth-Hold
ers and Wendell school have been
released for publication.
Wakelon Principal John J. Hicks
reports that there are 598 students
in the elementary school and 225 in
high school. He said this is an in
crease of 44 pupils over last year’s
enrollment.
Principal G. L. Crews of Shepard
School said his enrollment is about
the same as last year. He reported
450 students in the elementary de
partment and 360 in high school.
Corinth-Holders Principal Ottis
C. Freeman also said that this
year’s enrollment and last year’s
are practically the same. He listed
407 pupils attending elementary
school and 242 in high school.
Principal Grad of the Wendell
school system said that according
to the first count made of the en
rollment the school is 57 pupils
shorter than last year. He reports
this year’s enrollment as 472 in
the elementary school and 168 in
high school.
Tobacco Sales Are Light
Due to Cold Weather
Wendell is maintaining tobacco
price averages comparable to the
largest auction markets in the East
ern Belt.
The Wendell Auction Market,
lying in the center of the World’s
best tobacco grown, averaged
$52.19 per hundred pounds Iasi
week. A total of 2,169,000 pounds
of tobacco was sold for $1,131,
962.13.
All major companies are repre
sented on the Wendell Two-Sale
Market with added support ol
strong buying by Monk Hender
son, J. P. Taylor, Renfro Leaf, E.
R. Sykes, and the Wendell Tobac
co Companies.
This market has tobacco coming
from several states. The farmers
have expressed pleasure with the
prices received for their tobacco.
Veteran fanners have been
pleased with the personal and com
petent attention they receive from
the warehousemen and their staff.
All warehousemen, buyers, and
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Town Receives Powell Bill
Funds Wednesday; Greater
This Year by $814.04
Homecoming Set
For This Sunday
Homecoming plans have been
completed for Union Hope Baptist
Church which will take place Sun
day, it has been announced.
The morning service will be in
charge of the Rev. Dale Davis of
Wendell, pastor of Watkins Chapel
and Tabernacle Baptist churches.
Immediately following the morn
ing worship services lunch will be
served picnic style on the church
grounds.
The Rev. Aubrey Tomlinson,
moderator of the Tar River Bap
tist Association, will speak during
the afternoon services. At this time
the former pastors and members of
the church will be recognized.
There will also be singing by se
lected groups.
The public is welcomed to at
tend these homecoming services.
Chowan College
Award Given
Rural Youth
A last year’s graduate of Cor
inth-Holders High School has been
awarded a $200 scholarship to
Chowan College.
Eddie Martin, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Martin of Route
1, Zebulon, will attend Chowan
College this year as a recipient of
the J. H. Boyd scholarship.
Mr. Boyd, a Greenville tobac
conist and landowner, set up the
scholarship in memory of his son
who is deceased. The scholarship
is open to any farm boy in John
ston County.
Martin was an outstanding stu
dent and athlete at Corinth-Hold
ers School, participating in all the
sporting agencies. He was a mem
ber of the Future Farmers of
America, Future Teachers of
America and a 4-H Club member.
Move to Take Gyps Out
Of Pest Control Business
Underway, Reported
A move to take “gyps” out of the
pest control business has been un
derway for the past year by the
Structural Pest Control Commis
sion, according to Dr. Clyde F.
Smith, head of the entomology de
partment of N. C. State College.
Smith, recently elected chair
man of the commission, says that
the commission has been busy set
ting up the framework for licens
ing the pest control operators in
North Carolina and also in pre
paring rules, regulations, and min
imum standards for them to fol
low.
Here are a few tips which will
help make sure you are dealing
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First Cotton Bales
Wakelon and Zebulon gins re
ported ginning the first bales of I
cotton on Monday. F. N. Ray of
Route 3, Zebulon grew the cotton
ginned at Wakelon and Percy
Dwight Strickland, Route 1, Zebu
lon was the owner of the bale
ginned at Zebulon gin. Ray’s bale
I weighed 440 pounds; Strickland’s
weighed 462 pounds. Both bales
were graded middling.
Head Physician
Of Prison System
Is Home Again
A former resident of Zebulon
and his wife are again residing
here after living in Raleigh since
1954.
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Flowers mov
ed to their home at the corner of
Wakefield and North Streets last
month.
Dr. Flowers terminated his prac
tice here in 1953 and accepted a
position as head physician of North
Carolina Prison Department (in
1954. He will still retain this po
sition, commuting to his work.
Dr. and Mrs. Flowers were mar
ried June 27 at the Zebulon Meth
odist Church. Mrs. Flowers Is the
former Mrs. Martha Watkins of
Raleigh.
Om ission
Vaughn Wade’s name was in
advertently omitted from the
Wakelon Bulldog football team.
Vaughn is one of the outstanding
guards on the team and we regret
the omission.
I Hunters and fishermen have
! contributed to the nation’s busi
ness turnover by more than five
billion dollars annually, accord
ing to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
j Service.
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Zebulon is $6,175.99 richer. It be
came wealthier Wednesday upon
receipt of the Powell Bill alloca
tion.
The N. C. State Highway Com
mission allocated $6,218,336.82 in
cash to 400 incorporated, active,
eligible and qualified municipali
ties, including Zebulon, for im
provement on non-highway sys
tem streets.
This is the largest amount ever
distributed since the Powell Bill
Act was passed in 1951, when a
total of $4,543,096.20 was divided
among 366 towns. In 1952, a total
of $4,948,842.30 was shared by 388
towns. In 1953, a total of $,244,
203.40 was divided among 394 Tar
Heel towns. In 1954, $5,391,717.41
was shared by 396 towns. Last year,
a total of $5,711,978.98 was divided
among 399 towns. This year’s allo
cation brings the total six-years
disbursements of Powell Bill
Funds to $32,059,155.11.
Zebulon shared in last year’s
Powell Bill Funds to the tune of
$5,859.95. At the end of the fis
cal year, June, 1955, cash on hand
from the bill amounted to $7,942.
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School Situation
Still Unchanged
Chairman of Wakelon School
Board Garland Richardson said
concerning the heavy and rising
deficit facing the school that
the “situation remains about
the same.”
He said no action has been
taken and no plans have been
formulated for relieving the
situation.
Richardson did not know
when the Board will meet to
thrash out the complicated and
involved monetary problems
left by former Principal Frank
lin R. Jones.
“I expect it to be soon,
though,” he said, “but I can’t
definitely say when the Board
will meet.”
Various sources of informa
tion reveal that bills left unpaid
by the former principal are still
being presented for payment.
New Fire Department
Saving Community Money
I The Corinth-Holders Volunteer I
Fire Department answered its sec
ond call of this season last Friday!
afternoon, according to Ottis C.
Freeman, president of the organi
zation.
Freeman said the department
was called to the farm of James
Richardson, Route 1, Wendell.
Richardson’s tobacco barn was a
fire, and although the volunteer
fire department was unable to save
the barn it did prevent the adjoin
ing barn from becoming destroyed
and other farm equipment in the
near vicinity.
Damages were estimated at ap
proximately $1,500.
The first mission the Corinth
Holders Volunteer Fire Department
went on was to the farm of Wal
ter Doan, Route 1, Zebulon. Doan’s
barn was damaged $1,500.
This volunteer fire department
is gradually increasing its equip
ment, Freeman said, and hopes in
the very near future to be one of
the finest fire fighting divisions in
northern Johnston County.
Freeman reported that the de
partment has recently received a
five-horsepower siren, and a large
fire hose and other equipment has
been ordered for the department.
John Glover serves as vice pres
ident and E. J. Corbett, Jr. hold
| the position of secretary-treasurer
I of the organization.