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VOLUME 35. NUMBER 44. ZEBULON. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1060
Adult Farm Classes To Be
Held For Community Farmers
A series of classes for adult farm
ers in the Wakelon School com
munity have been planned for the
fall and winter months, according
to C. V. Tart, Wakelon agriculture
teacher.
The first meeting will be held
Wednesday, November 30, at 7:30
pjn. in the Wakelon Agriculture
Department, Tart said. The sub
ject for this meeting will be “The
Tobacco Outlook,” with J. Holman
Cyrus, tobacco marketing special
ist of the N. C. Department of
Agriculture, as speaker.
All farmers and other interested
persons are invited to attend this
meeting.
Other topics that are planned
for future dates to be announced
later are tobacco diseases, varie
ties, farm management, fertilizers
for 1961, and farm electrification.
Girls To Have Fighting Team
This Year Says Their Coach
“We may not have the winning
est but we’ve got the runningest
team,” Miss Margaret Ann Strick
land, Wakelon girls’ basketball
coach, said.
The good-looking girls’ coach
said she believes this year’s team
is in better shape than last year’s.
“I think we are going to have
a good team,” she said. “They
handle the ball very well and show
a great deal of enthusiasm.”
Right now, the coach is putting
them through the paces. Members
of the team are doing 70 laps
around the court to get them in
shape.
The coach, a third grade teacher
at Wakelon, is a graduate of East
Carolina and Chowan College. She
was on the college teams and was
a star athlete at Middlesex High
School.
Miss Strickland has named her
team. They are Betsy Rountree,
F; Suzanne Hilliard, G; Linda
Boyette, F; Joyce Chapman, G;
Dyanne Strickland, G; Barbara
Croom, F&G; Sue Gainey, G; Har
riet Page, F; Lois Brayboy, F; Pat
Walters, F; Pat Smith, F; Connie
Rose Martin, G; Charlotte Bobbitt,
G; Janice Perry, F; Barbara Car
lyle, G; Frances Kimball, F; Gale
Pearce, G; and Judy Lee, F.
WAKELON 1960-61
CAGE SCHEDULE
Dec. 3—Wake Forest Away
Dec. 6—Open
Dec. 9—Knightdale Home*
Dec. 13—Wake Forest Home
Dec. 15 Wendell Home*
Dec. 20—Bailey Away*
Jan. 3—Middlesex Home*
Jan. 6—Open
Jan. 10—Spring Hope Away*
Jan. 13—Open
Jan. 17—Rolesville Away*
Jan. 20—Open
Jan. 24—Bailey Home*
Jan. 27—Knightdale Away*
Jan. 31—Rolesville Home*
Feb. 3—Epson Home*
Feb. 7—Wendell Away*
Feb. 10—Epsom Away
Feb. 14—Middlesex Home*
Feb. 17—LouisbuTg Home
* Conference Games
County Agriculture Agent Urges
Plant Bed Treatment for Weeds
Paul E. Dew, Assistant County
Agricultural Agent, says that
fanners should have already form
ulated plans for their 1961 tobacco
crop and if not, the first consid
eration should be treating the plant
beds for weed control.
During the 1960 growing sea
son, several demonstrations were
held over the state using the idea
of releasing Methyl Bromide in the
gas form. The results showed that
this was somewhat better than the
method being used at the present
time and that the advantages
would be in the farmer’s favor.
The procedure used in the “hot
method’’ is releasing the ga$ un
der the plastic cover on the plant
bed by puncturing the end of the
Methyl Bromide can and then sub
merging the can in hot water. The
temperature of the water should be
between 145 and 200 degrees when
the can of Methyl Bromide is sub
merged. By following this meth
od, the farmer can treat one bed
in the morning and then in 6 to
8 hours, turn the cover and treat
another one the same day.
Also, the farmer should con
sider the possibility of gasing his
plant bed early in order to have
ideal soil conditions for maximum
effectiveness instead of waiting un
til January and have to treat un
der varying conditions which may
not be ideal.
Mr. Dew says that if there are
any farmers interested in this new
method and would like some as
sistance, they can call the County
Agricultural Agent’s Office.
Dance
The Zebulon Lions Club
will sponsor its annual
Thanksgiving Dance Wednes
day night, November 23, in
the Lions building from 8:30
until 12:30. Billy Joe Austin
and his orchestra will provide
the music.
The dances have proved a
very popular social event for
the community, and the Lions
hope for a good attendance
tonight.
Admissipn is set at only
$3.00 a couple.
N-E-WS
BRIEFS
Scout Supper
Scout officials, parents of Boy
Scouts, and friends of Scouting of
the Saponi District of the Occonee
chee Council will converge on Zeb
ulon November 29 for the annual
supper meeting to be held at the
National Guard Armory. More
than 600 persons are expected for
this meeting which will get un
derway at 6:30 o’clock. Presenta
tion of awards will be made at this
meeting.
Beta Psi Officer
Miss Carolyn Hinton, ECC sen
ior, has been named chaplain of
Blast Carolina’s Beta Psi Chapter
of Sigma Alpha Iota, professinal
fraternity for women in the field of
music.
Study Course
WSCS study for the fall is “In
to All the World Together.” Mrs.
E. H. Moser will teach the text
book, Mrs. M. J. Sexton said. The
book is entitled “One World, One
Mission.” The book will be taught
Monday night, November 28, and
Thursday night, December 1, in
the Fellowship Hall of the Meth
odist Church. Mrs. Sexton said it
will be a good study and all mem
bers should make plans to be pres
ent.
Church Family
Mr. and Mrs. Gilford Bufkin
have been chosen the Church Fam-.
ily of the Month for Pilot Baptist
Church. Mrs. Bufkin is a teacher
of the Beginner No. II class. She
has worked with the Sunbeams.
One reason for the strong Junior
and Intermediate Departments in
out church today is the religious
training these boys and girls have
received from Mrs. Bufkin and
others in the smaller departments.
Mr. Bufkin is from the state of
Mississippi. He is the superintend
ent of the Intermediate Depart
ment and has served as teacher.
He is an ideal deacon and the past
year was the chairman of the
Lord’s Supper Committee.
Barbara Perry, Church Reporter
Twenty Applicants
For Postmastership
To Be Examined
Twenty persons have made ap
plication to the Civil Service Com
mission in Washington, D. C., for
the postmastership at Zebulon.
They are: Johnsey P. Arnold, D.
Scotte Brown, Willie L. Bullock,
Charles Fred Corbett, G. Wilbur
Davis, Mrs. Selma H. Davis, Joseph
C. Debnam, Wilbur T. Debnam,
William C, Farrington, Randolph
S. Hendricks, Leroy J. Hicks, Bob
by R. Lee, Ben F. Massey, Maurice
B. Massey, Benny L. Perry, Hal
Clifton Perry, John C. Ray, Wil
liam Wayne Ray, Walter P. Scar
boro, and James E. Wall.
Walter Proctor Scarboro fills
the postmastership here now. He
is an appointee, filling the post
because of the retirement of M. J.
Sexton.
One example is worth a thou
sand arguments.—William E.
Gladstone
Medical Science Has
Progressed Rapidly
In Past Twenty Years
The speed with which the doc
tor learns of a new drug may mean
the difference between life and
death for some patients, Fred
Hawkins, a local representative
of Smith Kline & French Labora
tories, Philadelphia pharmaceuti
cal firm, said Wednesday night.
Speaking at a meeting of Zebu
Ion Rotary Club, he described the
importance of reporting as rapidly
as possible new pharmaceutical
products to the medical profession
through advertising in medical
journals, mail and personal visits
of technical representatives of
drug manufacturing firms. He
emphasized “that prescription
drug communications are unique
in that they stress the limitations
of a product as well as its advan
tages.’’
Hawkins said medical science
has made more progress in the last
20 years than in the past 20 cen
turies. He cited, also, that re
search consists of three steps:
discovery, testing, and effective
use for consumption.
The life of a drug is two years,
he said. One out of 10 drugs to
day didn’t exist 10 years ago.
In discussing medical costs in
the United States today, Hawkins
said that today’s pharmaceuticals
shorten the duration of illness and
enable patients to return to in
come-producing work sooner than
was possible before. In addition,
the new drugs save a patient from
death or prolonged pain in many
instances, he said.
Wakelon Grid Team
Is Honored Sunday
By Methodist Church
The 1960 Wakelon football team,
which closed their season with an
8-2 record, will be honored with
their coach on Sunday night at the
Zebulon Methodist Church. The
team will sit in a body during the
evening worship services which
begin at 7:30 p.mi. along with
Coach Maurice H. Chapman.
The Bulldog squad racked up
the best record in varsity football
competition since the 1937 team
and ended up second in the Tri
County Conference.
Captains of the Wakelon squad
are Ed Pearce and Ellis King.
The evening sermon will be by
the minister, the Rev. William K.
Quick. Quick’s topic will be on
the subject, “Will the Team Win if
I Pray?”
Also invited to the evening serv
ice are the Wakelon cheerleaders.
Following the worship service, re
freshments will be served the
team members, their* dates and
parents in the Fellowship Hall of
the Church.
It takes about 86 minutes of
working today to pay for a pre
scription. Twenty years ago it
took 106 minutes, he said.
The estimated cost of a prescrip
tion today is $3.08, Hawkins told
the meeting.
“Drugs cost more today than
they used to, in attual dollars and
cents,” he said. “But drugs have
gone up only a fraction of what
other items have.”
He added that “according to De
partment of Commerce figures, we
spent less than one per cent more
of our disposable income on drugs
in 1959 than in 1939.”
Hawkins said the charge that
drug manufacturers’ profits are
too high is unfounded. He pointed
out that a profit is necessary if
any company is to stay in business
and produce goods for public use.
“If Smith Kline & French Labo
ratories were to wipe out its manu
facturer’s profit altogether, it
would amount to a saving for the
patient of only a half cent a ta
blet,” He said.
Hawkins, professional service
representative for Smith Kline &
French Laboratories, is a native
of Hendersonville. He received an
A. B. degree from Elon College
and an M. A. degree from the
University of North Carolina. Be
fore joining SKF in 1957 he was
employed by Western Electric
Company, Guilford County Schools,
as a teacher and principal, and
Field Enterprises, Incorporated. He
is married to the former Virginia
Mae Trigg and is the father of
three children, Philip, Karen and
Brian.
Hawkins was introduced by
Haywood Tones, pharmacist with
Zebulon Drug Co., who was in
charge of the program for the eve
ning.
Special guest for the meeting
was E. C. Daniel, oldest practicing
pharmacist in Wake County.
James Jeffreys Spent
18 Years in State Pen;
More Time Is Probable
James Jeffreys, 39-year-old Ne
gro, has been apprehended for the
break-in of Paul Brantley’s Serv
ice Station No. 1, according to
Sheriff’s Deputy S. J. Blackley.
The deputy said Jeffreys broke
into the service station two weeks
ago and stole two Smith & Weston
pistols and an amount of silver.
The thief, who has spent 18 of
his 39 years in the penitentiary,
was placed in Wake County Jail
following the arrest. He is charg
ed with breaking and entering and
larceny.
Jeffreys will be given a hearing
in Zebulon Recorder’s Court
Wednesday and then be bound over
to Wake County Superior Court
for trial.
Radio Contest Winners Are
Named From English Classes
Representatives from Wakelon,
Wendell and Shepard schools have
been named to appear on the Ruth
Chamblee Show on Radio Station
WETC.
Representing Wakelon will be
Jane Ihrie; Shepard, Melvin Priv
ette; and Wendell, Linda Painter.
These students will appear on Mrs.
Cbamblee’s program next week.
Privetee will appear Monday;
Miss Painter, Tuesday; and Miss
Ihrie, Wednesday.
Each representative will deliver
a five minute talk on the subject,
Thanksgiving Thoughts. The win
ner from each school will be pre
sented a $7.50 cash award by the
local radio station.
Bill Kirby, manager of WETC,
said the station is sponsoring this
contest in order to stimulate the
thinking and to provide an educa
tional opportunity for the students
of the English departments of each
of the schools to express their
thoughts orally.
Happy Thanksgiving Day