Six
I found him out in his flower
garden fertilizing and mulching
his dahlias.
"1 guess you could say that
the dahlia is my favorite flower,”
E. H. Moser said as he applied
Vigoro with a deft touch.
His garden is filled with many
varieties: varied colored gladioli,
rare iris, numerous rose bushes,
chrysanthemums, and others. All
are well kept, weeded and tended
meticulously.
“I don’t putter in my flower
garden simply because I am re
tired and have nothing else to
do,” he said. “I like it. I am very
much interested in flowers and
growing things.”
And E. H. Moser has always
been interested in growing things.
Especially children.
“Flowers are somewhat like
children,” he said, distributing the
mulch evenly around the stalk of
a plant. “They need nurture and
training. Take a flower: give it a
good environment, rich soil, train
ing, and you’ll get a lovely plant.
Take children: give them a good
environment, the richness of
friends, good books and literature,
and proper up-bringing from lov
ing parents, and there, too, you
will get a lovely child.”
E. H. was born in Yadkin Coun
ty November 6, 1880. He is the
oldest of 12 children of the late
Basil E. and Therasophe Hauser
Moser.
His father was a farmer and E.
H. being the oldest naturally was
a great factor in helping his father
keep the farm running. Moser
senior was also the owner of a saw
mill and E. H. learned how to
“turn” logs, work at the “green
end,” and rip logs into sweet smell
ing planks.
“My father was a very public
spirited man,” he said. “He liked
to see things go in the community.”
This public spiritedness must
have sunken deep into E. H. for
he has been most active in com
munity affairs wherever he has
been. He said that he has tried
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E. H. Moser
to find his place in the community
and fill that place to the best of his
ability, hoping that he has added
some measure of good, some Chris
tian principles.
At Shoals Grammar Academy
near his birthplace, and which his
father helped to establish, E. H. re
ceived his first formal schooling.
After that he attended Siloam
Academy and received his high
school diploma.
“Sure, I walked,” he said. “Four
miles there and back every day.
And it wasn’t over roads like to
day. These were deep rutted and
over rough terrain.”
His parents instilled in their
children a great love for learning,
even though themselves were not
too literate in the ways of educa
tion. His father especially loved
good literature and good books.
E. H. decided after finishing high
school that he wanted to go to col
lege. He enrolled in West Mary
land College, Westminster, Md.
There he worked part time to pay
for his tuition.
No, he doesn’t think at all it is
bad for a young man or young
woman to do college duties in or
der to help pay for their fees.
Upon receiving his Bachelor of
The Zebulon Record
Arts degree in mathematics and
English, he accepted the principal
ship of Dover School at Dover.
While at Dover a special referen
dum was held to vote for an in
crease in school taxes to place
the school on an eight months’
term. He said it was the first one
in North Carolina to be voted upon
and cariied unanimously.
“I felt very proud of that vote
and felt that we were setting a
trend of progress that would
spread through the rest of the
State,” he said.
Leaving Dover, he came to
Wakelon in 1911. This decision was
because of the better opportunity.
When he came to Wakelon, he
found only the front end of the
old grammar school building. Corn
rows enveloped most of the cam
pus. There was an ugly, unsightly
swamp facing the building.
He believed that beauty is also
conducive to education, and with
nerve and enthusiasm he set to
work beautifying the campus. With
the help of many of the school boys
and girls they cleared the swamp,
levelled the corn ridges, and laid
off the campus.
“I am very proud of Wakelon’s
campus,” he said with a solemn
radiance. “I think it is one of the
prettiest in North Carolina.”
In 1918 he left Wakelon and
went to Selma, becoming Superin
tendent of the Selma school sys
tem. Then again he returned to
Zebulon to take an interest in the
Zebulon Hosiery Mill. After the
failure of that concern he became
associated with an insurance firm.
Again feeling the urge to en
ter school work, E. H. became prin
cipal of the Wendell school. After
a year with that school system he
left it to become a salesman for
the Sputhern School Supply Com
pany in Raleigh. He was with this
firm for seven years, traveling
from Virginia to Florida.
His deep interest in education
led him into the school room again.
He once more became associated
with the Wakelon school system.
Cooking, First Aid Demonstration a
To Be Features of Scout Meeting
By Leary Davis
The Rev. Beverly Asbury spoke
at the June 6 meeting of the Zebu
lon Boy Scout troop which was
held at the Baptist Church. Rev.
Asbury talked about the aspects
of Scout attendance during the
summer months.
“Attendance drops off during
the summer,” Rev. Asbury said.
“In the Zebulon troop, there are
28 boys registered and receiving
Boy’s Life magazine free from the
troop. However, there are seldom
15 boys at a summer meeting, the
time for really getting out and do
ing things.”
Rev. Asbury also stated that the
Zebulon Baptist Church, the
troop’s sponsor, will support the
local Scouting movement if the
Scouts will do their part.
Plans for the remaining June
meetings of the troop were out
lined by Scoutmaster James Deb
nam. At the June 13 meeting, a
lecture and demonstration of first
aid will be given by Jack Terry
at the ball park. It is hoped that
Scouts attending this meeting will
be qualified to pass the test for
the First Aid Merit Badge after
This tenure of principalship last
ed for 13 years.
During this principalship, more
buildings were added, improve
ments were made in classrooms,
and the campus became larger and
more attractive.
E. H. retired from active prin
cipalship in 1942. Since that time
he has worked with the State
School Commission, has been Sec
retary of the Wendell Chamber of
Commerce, and has served as high
school instructor at Corinth-Hol
ders.
For one summer he has taught
xn the mathematics department of
N. C. State College. He was offer
ed a full time instructorship in the
mathematics department of the
college, but had to decline it at
the time because of his health.
Besides education he has al
ways had an abiding and deep in
terest in church work. He has serv
ed the Zebulon-Wendell charge as
Lay Leader for the past five years,
and has filled the pulpit as a Lay
Preacher at many of the churches
in North Carolina.
He spoke I ighly of his adult
Bible class which he has taught
for 40 years at the local Methodist
Church. This class has now
named the M( ser Bible Class.
“Two of 'he members of that
class are stil with me when I
started teaching it,” he said. “They
are Waylon Finch and Elmer
Finch.”
He is active in the Zebulon
Rotary Club. At present he is edi
tor of the Tittler, a news sheet
concerning tie doings of the local
club.
E. H. reads a great' deal. His
maip interests run along the lines
of history, sociology, and ethics.
For lighter reading he turns to the
current magazines. He doesn’t con
sider himself a novel fan.
He has a very great love for
anything Shakespearian. “King
Lear” is his favorite work of the
English author. He has seen many
of the Bard’s works performed
professionally.
Would he advise young folks to
enter the teaching profession o
“Yes, I would,” he said after a
moment’s hesitation. “But let me
say this. It takes brains and per
sonality to teach. And the teacher
must know his subject.”
He is happy and very much
pleased with the progress made by
the State of North Carolina in tte
Public School Svstem. The pr«J
grams, plans, rnd facilities that
have been instituted by the Public
School System have been most en
couraging and far reaching, he
said. He sees even greater advance-
Friday, June 10, 1955
witnessing Mr. Terry’s demonstra
tion.
The June 20 meeting will feature
a cooking demonstration by Mr.
Debnam. On the following week,
June 27, the Scouts will visit Lake
Glad for a 2-hour outing.
Attending Monday night’s meet
ing were Johnny Bullock, Leary
Davis, James Gainey, Sidney
Holmes, Dan Perry, Larry Page,
Johnny Richardson, Calvin Rich
ardson, Robert Pulley, Joseph
Temple, Jimmy Young, and Ken
neth Wilson.
Several Scouts have been tak
ing marksmanship training with
the National Guard. Six of these
Scouts will make the trip to Ft.
Bragg with the Guard on Satur
day, June 11. They are Eddie
Bullock, Dan Perry, Sidney
Holmes, Johnny Bullock, Leary
Davis, and Charlie Murphy.
On June 12, six Scouts will leave
for Camp Durant with leader,
Malcolm Martin. Those making
this trip include Johnny Bullock,
Sidney Holmes, Leary Davis, Dau
Perry, Joseph Temple and John
ny Hagwood.
ments in the future.
He said that he would still like
to go back into the classroom for
a few more years. Mrs. Moser,
who was listening, came in and
| shook her head firmly in the nega
tive and admonished him gently
for having such a thought.
“I guess that means I’ll have to
stick to my flowers,” he laughed
gaily.
Pupils whom he has taught in
past years drop in occasionally to
see him. They are always welcome
and he is. glad to see them. They,
too, always compliment him on
keeping his youthfulness and spir
itedness.
E. H. is married to Myrtle Folger
of Dobson. They were married on
June 17, 1913. She is a public
school teacher, fifth grade. They
have two sons, Earl of California
and Rom of Raleigh.
He hasn’t forsaken teaching al
together. Pupils who are retarded
or need extra coaching come to
him and he tutors them in his
spare time. As I was getting ready
to leave he was waiting for one of
them.
And to paraphrase television
comic George Gobel’s famous say
ing: “You can’t hardly find teach
ers like E. H. Moser no more.”
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