»• ZEBULON RECORD 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

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