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uLhr Zcbulnn tßcrorlt VOLUME IX. •*M t 44 , *|..|.«i»+++4't , ++*l , ++++4 , ++4 ITHIS, THAI 1 AND THE OTHER * * 4 ' % By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS X .|..j..{.+.|.4.{.++++«|.<F++44+4' ANOTHER COMMENCEMENT Commencements are in full swing in the state now. Os course our own is to us the most impor tant, but they are all pretty much alike. And we love them, with all that they signify. It is beautiful to see how com posed the pupils appear as they go through with their various parts; we older folks are the ones who are disconcerted. Somehow they seem strange up there, es pecially the girls whom we have been in the habit of seeing running around barelegged and who come out to play in music recitals or to “read” wealing long, sweeping skirts, high-heeled pumps, care fully waved hair and a dignity that befits an important occasion. The boys are appallingly clean and have even more dignity than the girls. (I suspect shaving has some thing to do with it.) Most of them wear a look that is a curious blend of Sir Galahad and Napoleon, an air of inner concentration. I al ways feel immensely flattered when one of them speaks to me; I honestly do. Their visions and dreams are so far ahead of my plane that it is an honor to be noticed. But they cannot go so far that my good wishes will not follow them. WE, THE AUDIENCE It would pi’obahly he highly in teresting to somp one not concern ed in a commencement to watch the audience, composed mainly of pa trons and relatives of the pupils. As the programs are given we are at once tense and tremulous. We are proud of each young person, “though we love our own the best”. We are glad to see that ours show up fairly well compared w r ith the others, and we don’t regret one stitch of sewing nor one lick of the hot iron that helped produce the effect. May we never be too old to thrill to these occasions! PERSONAL SERVICE A young woman told me recently that she has asked her missionary society to take as personal service this month the task of being sure that each senior girl has the re quired white organide dress for graduation, the society to buy the material where it may be neces sary. The money will be provided by a special offering. “For,” said this woman -who has not forgotten her own school days, “a white or gandie dress this month might be the deciding factor in the future life of a girl.” And she was most decidedly not talking for publica tion. It seemed to me a lovely thing for that society to undertake. WJIO”LL WIN, AND WHEN? For some years I have offered a prize which has not yet been claim ed, though the offer is still open. I will give five dollars to any sen ior class at Wakelon that will man age to get through “with all its graduation exercises without say ing “bear Old Wakelon!” ‘Dear’ may be used alone, as may ‘old’, but not the combination. The reason for the offer is mere ly one of my idiosyncrasies. THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY FOURTH, 1934 SOCIETY NIGHT PROGRAM Recitation —“The Littlest Rebel” —Eunice Outlaw. Recitation- “Ma’s Monday Morn in’ ” —Christine Perry. Declamation—'"A Harvard Yale Football Game”—Vermon Starnes.. Declamation—“ The Unknown Ri der”—Jack Temple. Inter-Society Debates Resolved, that the powers of the president of the United States' should be substantially increased as a settled policy. Affirmative: Mary Lucile Phil lips, Ferd Davis. Negative: Lucy Frances Massey, George Henry Temple. This program is furnished by Wakelon’s four Literary Societies —Philomathean, G. M. Bell, Ero sophian and Philanthropic. Marshalls: Edna Earle Sexton, Elaine Robertson, Christine Duke, Mary Frances Mitchell. Because of the illness of Jack Temple his place on the program was taken by Ralph House, who spoke on The Home in Our Govern ment. In the recitahions Eunice Outlaw won, while Ralph House was given the decision in declama-I tion. Thp affirmative won in the de bate. George Henry Temple was awarded the honor of being best speaker. Judges were: Atty. Phillip Whitley, of Wendell; Miss Ratledge of the English department of Wen dell, and Miss Harper, also of the Wendell faculty. COMMENCEMENT SERMON The second event in Wakelon’s commencement program was the annual sermon, which was preach ed on Sunday morning in the school auditorium at 11:00 o’clock by Dr. C. L. Read, pastor of the local Methodist church. Escorted by Lorraine Bridgers, marshal, and led by Sprite Barbee, class president, and small Nancy Whitley, mascot, the seniors enter ed as “Lead On, 0 King Eternal” was sung by the audience as pro cessional. Rev. R. H. Herirng led the invocation. The glee club sang an anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads,” i and George Henry Temple sang a solo, “Crossing the Bar.” An nouncements were made by Supt. Moser. Dr. Read chose as a basis for his N. C. Students Are Poorly Prepared From Prof. A. P. Hudson, chair man of the freshman English de partment at the University of N. C. ( comes the statement that stu dents coming to that institution from North Carolina schools are not so well prepared in English as are those coming from other states. This does not mean that all N. C. freshmen are poorly prepared, but that there is an undue proportion of the worst prepared. An effort will be *made to secure “greater unity between high school prepar ation and the first two years of College.” Signora Furlanotto, 46-year-old Venice (Italy) woman, has given birth to her 25th baby in 25 years of married life. Wakelon School News sermon passages from Ekekiel, Job and Isaiah, the central theme being God’s search for a man and the soul’s answer. He asserted that to be called provincial is no cause for shame since the majority of the nations leaders might have been so classed. He urged that the young people hold up the standards of the “Bible belt” in the South, being true to the fundamentals of faith in God; that they set their minds with fixed purpose and immovable determination toward the highest and best and press onward with perseverance. The benediction was by Rev. A. A. Pippin, of Wakefield. HONORS WON IN STATE l n the State Music Contest, hold last week in Greensboro, Charles Winstead wo n first honor for un changed boys’ voices. Jocelyn House was one of those winning second honors in piano solos. The Wake lon mixed q lartet was awarded third honor. GRADE PICNICS On Tuesday Mrs. F. E. Bunn’s' 7th grade enjoyed a picnic at Little ] River park. 1 Miss Southerland’s 7th grade also ' had a picnic dinner on Tuesday, be ing guests of their grade-mothers, Mrs. Lela Horto n and Mrs. A. 11. Jones, in the flower garden at Mrs. Horton’s house on Gannon Avenue. A bountiful and delicious lunch was spread on a table while crates of cold drinks were a welcome addi tion. Louise Pace, in behalf of the grade offered a toast to the grade mothers. Mildred Strother gave a toast to the teacher. Nettie Ruth Phillips expressed the appreciation of the grade for the help given them during the year by Misses Price and Buffalo. Eric Perry toasted the members of the grade who won in the contest on Im provement in Written English dur ing the year. These winners are: 1 j —Willard Morris; 2—W. A. Oak-! ley; 3—Ruth Duke. A special feature of the dinner J was a cake presented to Mi3S, Southerland by Ernest Hodge, a i former pupil, and baked by Miss! Estelle Richards. First portions of! this were awarded the class offic-' ers and the prize-winners. Ambassadors Visit In Raleigh Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico, and William E. Dodd, Am bassador to Germany, were both in Raleigh last Sunday, the former to visit his home, and the latter to visit his mother-in law, Mrs. Thom as Johns. Gnats Kill Stock From Arkansas come reports of buffalo gnats having killed thous ands of dollars worth of mules and horses, 300 having been killed within a ten-mile radius of one town. The present plague of the deadly insects is the most serious known for years. Patronize Our Advetrisers. Misses Buffalo and Price and Mrs. Theo. B. Davis were guests. CLASS DAY PROGRAM A n immense crowd attended the Class Day program on Tuesday night. Led by Sprite Barbee, class president, and Nancy Whitley, mas cot, the seniors passed beneath arches of spirea held by the jun iors to reach their places on the rostrum. The following numbers were enjoyed: Junior Song to Seniors. Senior Song to Juniors. Salutatry— Bonnie Belle Alford. Song of Welcome. Class History—Elmo Bunn. ( lass Statistics—Janie Cawthorne Class Poem—Kathleen Perry. Class Bibliography- James Bunn. Advice to Juniors —Nellie Whit ley. Class Prophecy—Mary Leigh Denton. Gifts—Geraldine Massey. Last Will and Testament —Geral dine Jones. Valedictory Bobby Horton. Farewell Song. SEVENTH GRADE EXERCOSES Seventh grade graduating exer cises were held in the auditorium at Wakelon at 3:00 p. m., Wed nesday. The program was in the form of an original play, written by three pupils of the grade— Cornelia Herring, Elizabeth Pearce and Margaret Watson —and delight ed the large audience. Supt. Moser awarded certificates of graduation and of promotion to high school t» sixty-one students. Mrs. F. E. Bunn and Miss Annie Rose Southerland taught the grade. Special features of the program .were: Prophecy, by Margaret Watson; solo, Charles Winstead; Poem, Az lee Jones; piano duet, Elizabeth Pearce, Cornelia Herring; class poem, Ercell Littleton; tap dance Ruby Bridgers; class history, Bruce Williams; essay, Charles Hinton; marionette show, Louise Pace, Mil dred Strother, Kathleen Brannan Horace Gay, Eric Perry, Wilbur Oakley, W. A. Oakley, Ellie Wat son, Clelland May, with Alpha Ed dins as stage manager. The prizes for work in English were give by Mrs. Lela B. Horton, grade mother. The valedictory was delivered by Cornelia Herring. Valot Assaulted By Gangsters Dr. George G. Valot, Frenchman, was assaulted by gangsters in Ra leigh last week, following his testi fying in a liquor case. In addition to being beaten by men, he is said to have bee n kicked in the face by a woman. The doctor said that he had made investigations into liquor conditions in other towns, and add ed that convictions were more dif ficult to obtain in Raleigh. Dr. Ella K. Dearborn, of Port land, Ore., is the owner of what is said to be the world’s largest and most varied collection of spoons— -2460 in number. In addition to many odd and beautiful spoons pro duced in the United States, the col lection contains at least one speci men from every other country on earth. NUMBER 45 YE FLAPDOODLE At* By Th« Swashbuckler Happened to be coming out of the News and Observer building last Saturday just as Hon. Jose phus Daniels propelled himself through the revolving doors of the structure. “Howdy”, said his Honor as he almost stumbled over my dainty foot. “How do you do, Mr. Daniels,” 1 smiled. The name seem ed to register, for he turned and holding out his hand for a friendly clasp spoke, “Glad to see you a gain.” Ambassador Dodd was with him and also smiled a greeting. If there is a moral in this, then the President certainly chose the right man for Ambassador to Mex ico. Why? Well, if the former edi tor makes friends in foreign coun tries, a4 he does here, Mexico is our friendliest ally. No U Turn Some of our local beauties cer tainly mpst bcdieve that variety is the spice of life. At any rate, couple of them have had three dif ferent fellows in the past year. At present they are catering to the Wakefield type. (And I’m not talk ing about cabbage plants!) You Rat ! Mr. Rat To you ! When I find out what the public wants, I’m going to root all five candidates out of their legislatur at.trial aspirational hopefulness. After a wepk of listening in oh “Who and what the public wants”, I have practically found out the tripe, pardon me i type I shall have to be. One of my friends says I could n’t be a dark horse, because my spots would show. One friend like 3 Palmer Bailey because he thumbs his way over the district like the rest of the pore men. He wears overalls too. A lady friend likes Harold Cool ey’s block-long Lincoln and liveried chaffeur. Another likes Bill Evans’ fight i ing jaw. And yet another adores Georgie Pou’s baby-face. One lady plans to vote for Jere Zollicoffer because he reminds her of her son-in-law. After staring these cold facts in the face, I’ve decided to wait until both our Senator’s died and then run for office. I couldn’t be deceitful enough to do all those things at the same time. * Suppose I had my baby-face ex pression on and suddenly saw a fighting jaw supporter coming my Way. The facial contortion neces sary for sudden a change, would queer my vote with both parties. Probably, I’d remind them of the well, anyway, I’ll not cause them to lose even one of their for ty winks by presenting a solid plaster of paris opposition. Hotcha! Probably the only running .for office I’ll ever do, anyway, will be when the rest room is full. (The boss says that in that case it will be o. k.)
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