I
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 39. •
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 19, 1957
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
These Wakelon FFA boys are learning to garden from their instructor, Paul Dew. Mr. Dew in
pointing out and explaining to the boys certain vegetables which may be planted during the spring plant
ing season. Looking on from left to right are Harold Brannan, Barry Brannon, Lawrence Creech, Ken
neth Moore, Michael Pate and Mr. Dew.
Receives Bruises,
Cuts in Wreck
Cecil Reuben McSwain, 24 of
Route 1, Zebukm suffered lacera
tions of the head and right leg and
bruises about the body when the
1951 Buick he was driving was in
volved in a wreck last Tuesday
afternoon at 2:10 at the intersec
tion of Highways 39 and 231.
McSwain was treated by a Zeb
ulon physician and released.
Wayne Hall, 25-year-old Raleigh
Negro who was the driver of the
1948 Chevrolet truck involved in
the accident, was charged with
careless and reckless driving.
Highway Patrolman T. L. Bul
lard reported that the truck, trav
eling west on Highway 231, ran
into the left rear of the car, headed
south on Highway 39. Property
damage was estimated at $400 to
the car and $25 to the truck.
OVER PRODUCTION
The United States agricultural
factory now is geared to produce
four to six per cent more agricul
tural products than the current
market will take at generally ac
cepted prices.
State College Develops
New Hybrid Corn Variety
Mortar and Pestle Award
Presented Local Druggist
E. C. Daniel
| E. C. Daniel, president of Zebu
I Ion Drug Co., is one of the nation’s
I first Rexall druggists to receive
i the new Mortar and Pestle trophy,
\ presented by the Rexall Drug
I Company as an annual award to
| outstanding member-druggists.
| The ward is an authentic repli
I ca of a 16th century bronze mortar
\ and pestle cast at Deventer, the
| Netherlands, in 1590. It was pre
I sented to Mr. Daniel February 11
by Rexall representative Albert
Simms.
The historical mortar and pestle,
still an important implement in the
druggiest’s profession, is an an
cient symbol of pharmacy. Its use
for pulverizing medicinal herbs is
recorded in the histories of an
cient Egyptians, Hebrews of Bib
lical times and the Roman era.
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ed with its excellent standability
and low jear replacement, which
makes it easier to harvest with a
corn picker.
For full season demand, the
regular N. C. hybrids will be avail
able to farmers, Rice declared.
“The ideal 1956 growing season
will result in high quality seed
grain being placed on the market,”
he reported, “and N. C. 27, the
state’s most popular yellow hybrid,
Dixie 82 and N. C. 42 will be read
ily available.”
Those farmers desiring white hy
brids vill be able to get Coker 811
and Coker 91), which have receiv
ed wide acceptability from the
milling trade, Rice said. He also
pointed out that a limited amount
of U. S. 523W and Dixie 17, two
additional white hybrids, would be
available.
Dixie 29, a very popular white
hybrid adapted to all areas of the
state will be available also, Rice
announced.
GRADUATED
Cpl. James W. Kelley, Jr., son
of Mrs. Sarah J. Kelley, Route 1,
Louisburg, recently was graduated
from the communications course
at The Infantry School, Fort Ben
ning, Ga.
The course was designed to train
personnel in the techniques, char
acteristics, installation, operation
and caintenance of infantry com
munication systems. Graduates are
qualified for assignments to duty
as communication chiefs.
Corporal Kelley entered the Ar
my in April, 1951, and was station
ed at Fort Belvoir, Va., before ar
riving at Fort Benning.
The Corporal attended North
Carolina A & T College before en
tering the Army.
Chib Date
Senior Woman’s Club will
meet Tuesday, Feb. 26, Mrs.
Exum Chamblee, president, has
announced. Hostesses for the
meeting will be Mrs. J. G. Kemp,
Mrs. Wallace Tempje, Mrs. R.
H. Brantley, Mrs. B. H. John
son and Mrs. F. D. Finch.
N. C. 46, a new midseason to
early yellow hybrid corn will be
available to J'Jorth Carolina far
mers this year, it was announced
today by John C. Rise, Director
of the N. C. Crop Improvement
Service.
Rice says the new hybrid is
adapted to most areas of the state
and has become popular in the
Coastal Plain and Piedmont-sec
tions. It was developed by the N.
C. State College Experimental
Station.
“N. C. 46 has excellent stalk
strength, showing only 9 per cent
lodging in the Official Variety Test
for short season corns during the
past season,” Rice said. He pointed
out that average lodging percent
ages of the other short season hy
brids in the test was 15 per cent.
According to Rice, N. C. 46 is
about equal to U. S. 282 and the
grain quality is excellent. “It has
good weevil resistence for an early
corn and the lowest percentage of
exposed ear tips of any of the short
season corns in the Official Varie
ty Test,” he declared.
Farmers who have tried this
variety, said Rice, are well pleas
Local FFA Members
Learning Methods for
Better Farming
Slopping his prize 13-monih-old j
registered Tamworth shoat is a j
pleasure for Johnny Brannon, I
Wakelon FFA member. Johnny J
knows that it won’t be very long
before tps pig will be bringing in
handsome returns.
Teams to Play
In Tournament
The Wake County Basketball
tournament got underway last
night in Gore Gymnasium. Pair- i
ing was made at last night’s
games. ,
Teams taking part in the tourna
ment will be Wakelon, Apex, Mill
brook, Wake Forest, Rolesville,
Wendell, and Knightdale.
Today's games will begin at 6:00
to 10:30; Thursday’s games, 7:30
to 10:30; and the final. Friday
night, 7:30 to 10:30.
Awards will go to first place
girls’ teams and individual play
ers; and girls’ runner up team and
individual players; first place
boys’ team, and individual players
and runner up team and individual
players.
There will be an award for the
girls’ and boys’ team displaying
the best sportsmanship.
Today’s farmers, in order to be
successful, must be alert and well
trained. This is a principal objec
tive of the Wakelon Future Far
mers of America Chapter for
1957.
The local organization, along
with 8,989 other chapters, will ob
serve National FFA WEEK Feb
ruary 23. This is the 29th year
since the founding of the Future
Farmers of America organization
which is composed of high school
farm boys enrolled in Vocational
Agriculture all over the nation,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The Wakelon Chapter has en
deavored to keep in step with the
national and state aims and ob
jectives of the FFA by training
boys in the business of farming
and by training farm leaders. Me
dia used includes supervised far
ming projects, supplementary and
improvement practices at home;
through FFA contests such as pub
lic speaking, radio programs, par
liamentary procedure, crops judg
ing, tool identification and field
day.
Plans are now being made by
the Wakelon FFA for a supervised
farming contest being sponsored
by Zebulon Rotary Club.
During the present school year,
the Wakelon FFA members have
remodeled their tool Toom and
added more tools, instructor Paul
Dew has stated.
Wakelon Chapter meets every
second and fourth Thursday.
Although farmers are becoming
few, relatively, Mr. Dew said,
those who remain in the business
of farming must be even better
trained and more alert in order to
be successful. This is an objective
of the Wakelon FFA for 1957.
Sister-In-Law Dies
A telegram was received Satur
day evening by Rev. Theo. B. Da
vis from his brother, Broadus Da
vis of Buckhead, Ga„ telling him
of the death that day of Mrs. Em
ma Davis, a sister-in-law. She was
over 80-years-old and' was the
widow of the late George W. Da
vis.
Wakelon Senior
Wins Homemaking Award
Miss Helen Marie Sheann has
been named winner in the Betty
Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
contest.
Miss Shearin, a senior at Wake
Ion School, received the highest
score in a written examination of
homemaking knowledge and atti
tudes, administered Dec. 4 to sen
ior girls.
Her examination paper will be
entered in competition to select
North Carolina’s candidate for the
title of All-American Homemaker
of Tomorrow, and will also be con
sidered for the runnerup award in
the state.
Miss Shearin will receive an
award pin designed by Trifari of
New York for being named winner
of the Wakelon senior class. Her
home economics instructor is Miss
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Marie Shearin