A Welcome Letter
While 1 (i<> not inr.ke a practice of
printing letters written to me per
sonally, I do feel that the Grotes
lave so many friends in this sec
tion who would enjoy reading the
letter which follows, that it would
he a pity to deprive them of it.
And there is not a reader of The
Record who will not derive pleas
ure from the article sent with the
letter. Let us all hope that the
Grotes may again join us in eating
collards, peas and potatoes in
North Carolina.
—Mrs. Then. B. Davis.
257 Post Road. Cos Cob, Conn.
Dear Mrs. Davis:
The Record has saved our Mon
day mornings from beii g tho pro
verbial blue mornings. Last week
it didn’t come until afternoon and 1
was behind with my work all day.
because 1 didn’t get started off
right.
1 am very much interested in
that forth-comirg “potry edition.’ I
hope you will be allowed to print
the names of all the contributors.
I have been wanting, for some time,
to write a letter for the paper and
thought you might use one in that
f dition.
1 can’t tell you in so many words
how much 1 enjoy your column. I
love it, because it is so much you.
Ard that “Swashbuckling” son
of yours! We get many good laughs
out of that column too. And when
he gets the seat of his pants kicked
v/e won’t be a bit surprised.
Tell Barry that Jimmy does not
have any home work to do. They do
it ail at school until they set in
eighth grade. B section is higher
than A. B' prime is the highest
Jean is in BB\ Jimmy in 5 B’.
I hope your grandson (the
younger one) is as cute as our
Joanne. We think she is the very
last word in babies. She has played
out in the snow all winter, and
there’s been plenty of it. At first
she tried to “eat it all up” but gave
that up when the 13th one fell. It
is snowirg now. Just as if it hadn't
snowed before. The whole winter
has been severe, even to these hard
ened natives. It has been quite the
worst one we have ever seen.
A part of Long Island Sound,
frozen solid, with hundreds of skat
ers on it was really a wonderful
fight.
I have enjoyed spending a winter
up here; it has been a fine experi
ence, but it is neither my desire
ror my intention to make this our
permanent home.
We are Methodist up here. It is
the only Protestant church in the
neighborhood.
I am enclosing a recipe which I
entered in a local newspaper con
test and won twenty dollars on it.
A weekly first prize of ten and the
fourth grand prize of ten dollars.
Don’t be alarmed over the added
cap of Sherry. My pudding is just
as “dry” as the state of North
Carolina. I’ve never used anything
in mine but vanilla. I added that
1-2 cup Sherry to give the recipe
a “revived since the repeal” tone
and that is probably what won the
twenty dollars. Thought you might
like to have the others too.
I hope you are all well and en
joying life. And may this year
bring you many of the things you
want and need. Be«t wishes to your
family from my family.
Yours sincerely,
Agnes E. Grote.
Recipes, will be published soon.—
Editor.
DA VIS-WEATHERS
Married on Saturday, December
2. 1933, in Dillon, S. C„ Miss Eve
lyn Weather*, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. 'Weathers, of Wendell,
to Theo. B. Davis, Jr., of Zebulon.
Mrs. R. D. W. Finch of Mount
Pleasant is here visiting Mrs. J. D
Finch. Mrs. Elmer Finch. Mrs. Carl
Harpoe and other relatives.
THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH SIXTEENTH, 1934.
Queen
j Anne’s Lace
L *By Frances i
Parkinson Keyes rfiQ
IQY ©. France* VJI
vJJWdN y&i JUosos Xeyi
But tltope w;is no time to stand
•■'ill. milking happy comparisons,
the ' - ant that tho Presidential
i party <1 disappeared Mrs. I.ee
; whisked Neal and Anno away into
the stately dining room, where they
font; their places in line with mem
bers of lietli liimi.-'is and their wives
who were :;!r< ad.v gathered there.
‘‘Sing'e file, phase.”
The crisp voice or the aide stand
ing at the doer of .the Red room.
Neal sojpeed behind Anne, as two
ladies paused he:ore an unrespon
sive President. Then she gave her
j : me and Neal's to the aide who
bent to hear them.
‘‘Senator and Mrs-, lion rad." Site
was shaking hands with the Presi
dent. whose fired face did not re
tax for an instant from its lines of
dark fatigue. But there was some
thing personal and cordial in Mrs.
Shaw’s welcome.
“So you did come !*' she said
pleasantly to Anne, recognizing her
instantly. ‘‘l am very glad.”
"is she always so nice?" Anne
a'ked Mrs lee as. the brief instant
of contact over, they were sw r ept
along into the Green room.
“Oh. always! She knows tho
President isn't well, that all this is
an effort for him. and *o she tries
to make hm for his unresponsive
ness. stia'l we go inside ‘behind
the line' here and get back to tne
Blue room where we can mingle
with the members of the cabinet, or
shall we join the hoi polloi in the
Hast room': - ’
“The Bine ro.ua—no. 1 think Die
East room -oh. I want to do both!
I want to do everything Anne
exclaimed joyously.
Neal teased her about it after
wards. When at last they were on
their way home, and rolling slowly
past the orange-colored globes of
light, he put his arm around iter and
drew her closer to him.
“I'm glad you’ve recovered from
your stage fright about the White
House. You fit in there wonderfully
You’d do just as well at the jot* as
Mrs. gthaw herself!"
"Neb!!” Anne exclaimed, “how
ran ym*?’ But there was no re
pros eh in her voice.
• • *••••
B.v early spring. Neal wa» fr.-nik
■ l.v tired ot Die social strain and said
so. lie had taken it for granted
that they would all leave for Hine
boro immediately after the adjourn
ment of congress and had looked
forward to their home-coming |>»*t
as- Anne pointed out. Hie children
had their school year to finish. aDd
she could not very well leave them:
besides, it would he almost impos
sibte to open their own house, turu
ing on the water and so ou, until
warmer weather came. There was
no use mi imv'ng delusions about
Hi*.-:-' ro wear! er iti March.
“Wed. what *Jo you propose to
doY ashed Ncgl almost angrily “I
can't sit around here until June
twidd. ug my fhunjli*. l have got
to get !<;.«• w arid tend to my practice.
1* lias been neglected too long al
ready.”
‘•< os," said Anne tn> Gully “1
liaruly ds. e say what I am going
to.” <- \<*r t red slowly, flashing a
*w “ g!;,n.-e tmx. nl Neal to he *ure
th::f ♦ was a propitious time to
plunge, “hut I think we ought in
to f. d f or a time, just as
we 1 : 1 t<• be when v«oi «< lit to Bd
fnrd."
“Just what do you mean?” in
quired Neal grimly.
“I think I should stay on here
tlm-ugh the spring with the chil
dren and 1 think you should go back
to Hi'isboro and earn all the money
you can in your practice Because
we are going to need it You can
stay with Mrs. Simmons, I have
written her and •■‘he will be glad to
have you.”
“Oh. so you liave written Mrs.
Simmon*, already?” asked Neal
without uiarked approval. “And
why this sudden greed for filthy
lucre? You have always been ter j
ritdv keen about saving hut I never
knew you to m.-ike a point of spend
.it money 1,--!ere!"
“Because. wh< n Die time came
when we reji'.ty needed to spend I
I wonted he :(hii* to do it. And 1
! think the time h;;s come.’*
”1 see,” '.tid Veal a little iron
ically. "Am i permitted to ask just
how these \ast. sums are to be
squandered, since I am to earn
them?”
"N'e.il. darling, don't talk about it
iin that tone! You know how hard
( it was to find e\eri this crowded lit
tle house that we could rent, and
yon know how uncomfortable we
I have been in it all winter! I want
| you to lot me begin hunting now
for a house that we can live in suit
j ably— next winter —and buy it.”
“In other words.” he said dryly,
‘‘l suppose you have got your eye
;on one already!” And as Anne col
j ored and ga\e h little laugh he
laughed too and sat down beside
her. “All right, fell me about It.”
“It is in Georgetown,” Anne
j breathed excitedly, "an old house,
: rather badly out of repair—”
j “Georgetown!” interrupted Neal
contemptuously. “Why that's full of
slia.ks and riff raff! What on earth
j do you want to go there for?”
“Because the best values in real
estate are there.” said Anne proudly,
"it used to he 'the court end of
town' and was a metropolis before
Washington even existed! Now the
j lovely Colonial houses are being
; snapped op again and soon there
won’t he any left, people are mov
| ing out there so fast. This house I
I like is a big square brick one. on a
corner lot. and it's a great bargain.
Os course it needs a lot done to it.
hut—”
' "But you could supervise the im
provements this spring while I am
leading a celibate life slaving away
in Hinsboro —well —how much would
it cost all told?”
“The house is only five thousand
dollars, if we pay cash for it. I
should have to spend at least that
much more on repairs. And then
of course I should have to furnish
it.”
"I -ee. You want at least fifteen
thousand dollars then.”
“I want more than that. I might
as well tell you so. all at once.”
“How much?”
“The clothes I bought in Baris
are just about gone. I'll have to
get new ones; I’ve made a list of
what I need, and a thousand dollars
is a conservative estimate of the
cost. Then we’ve got to have a new
motor. And F want to put the chil
dren in private schools neit fall —
hot it of them and meantime’’—
Anne drew her breath and went
on ”1 want to take them to Eu
rope during their vacation. And I
want to take up my music again.
It -means a lot to m*- -music- and
! I have -neglected it.”
”1 know you have, dear.” said
Neal.
“Os course if yoti could only come
too it would be perfect. But I sup
pose you couldn't.”
“No." aaid Neal steadily, “of
course not. I’ll have to work all
summer. But I do want you and
the. children to go."
(Continued Next Week)
MISSES ANTONE HOSTESSES
Misses Evelyn and Elizabeth An
lone wore hostesses to the Cardinal
Club at their home on Monday
night of last week. In addition to
friends in Zebulon there were pres
ent from other towns; Misses Eliz
abeth, Esther, Mary and Rosa Lee
Kannan, of Wilson; Miss Lena Far
ris, Wilson; Miss Dora Kannan,
Goldsboro; Miss Alga Saphy, Rocky
Mount; Miss Addie Rabil. Wilson;;
Mitchell. Jimmie, Leslie and John
Farris, Wilson; Tom, Joe and “Soc
lates” Kannan of Wilson, and Bill
Kannan of Goldsboro.
There was a special program af
ter which refreshments were serv
ed.
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Farm Loans ud Fire laavrance
Farm I nan ranee A Specialty.
D. P. CHAMBLEE
j Perquimans county cotfon grow-
J ers received over $6,000 last week
i as loans on their option cotton.
'
i I
! Mis. Seymour Chamblee has not j
jyet recover-(1 from her recent ill-1
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NORFOLK GIRL SETS FARM STYLE
£sj Piffj
ss Thelma Twiford. of
- Jlik Norfolk. Yfrpnia, an ero-
mm. lgi|&p&gjgg| ployee of the Smith-Doug
h ” W gjpijp lass Company, makes good
ÜBC °f the cotton bags in
w&Uffiiipif mICT which her company pack*
wt ' ’jjfi W fertilizer. For work around
Jg&lmpr the house, she has designed
as as a
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the
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Hay O IL IL U O Soda
Tobacco Canvas, Cotton Seed, Potatoes, Saws,
Files, Collars, Harness, Horse Shoes, Stock
Tonic, Rock Salt, Seeds of all kinds.
Wanted—Corn, 80c, Stock Peas, $1.75 in trade.
A. G. KEMP ZEBULON, N. C.
£ J %
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men know the daily use of a
fine Talcum all the way doum
to their tori is as indispensable a* if fasti omiy
bathing. And ail the world knows c c
I)jer-Km is foremost among all tai
.urns. Absolutely pure, delicately See
Kcnit-d with the inimitable Djer Ki» sl°° JGJL
f ragrance, it protects, absorbs unwanted *
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Mrs. Wayland Finch ha* been
sick most of this week.
WANTED: - POTATO FLA NT -
in fs Porto Rico and Nancy
Hall. Dave Privette, Zebulon,.
N. C.