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VOLUME 10
THIS, THAT
.AND THE OTHER
By Nn. THBO. R. DAVIS
Going out- last Friday to get
some sprays of weigelia to put in
a green bowl with the white star
of-Bethlehem I found the bush a
feasting place for bumblebees.
They were about the busiest bum
blebees I ever watched and for the
first time I saw how they get the
nectar from weigelia blossoms,
which are more than an inch long.
Those bumblebees did not try to
get it from the mouth of the blos
soms, but went down the side of
each flower to near where it joined
the stem, made a tiny, neat split
in the flower’s throat, drank the
nectar and proceeded to another
blossom.
I examined a good many of the
clusters of blooms and almost ev
ery open flower had the slit madej
by the bumblebees. It seemed noti
to hurt them; they stayed fresh in'
water just as if whole. j
My pleasure in the above discov
ery was not lessened by seeing on
Saturday an illustrated article in
The National Geographic magazine
for April, showing a picture of
bumblebees taking nectar from hon
eysuckle in just the way I saw
them getting it from weigelia.
It’s rather risky to volunteer in
formation of a discovery when you j
are known to be only a very ordi
nary person and have not literature
to support your knowledge. Like
the time at the Kennedy Home
when we were amazed at the ditch
minnow’s giving birth to 17 babies
and couldn’t get many folks to be
lieve what we said about it. Even
Dr. Kesler was frankly skeptic.’l,
Mr. Kennedy was incredulous in a
most dignified way Mr. Leary
laughingly hinted that we had let
imagination run away with fact, but
Dr. Spilman encouraged us much
to go on with our highly amateur
but extensive nature study. I felt
for nearly two years that they had
less confidence in me. Then the Lit
erary Digest published a long ar
ticle about the tiny fish that give
birth instead of laying eggs and
Nature Magazine shortly published
another. The college daughter and
her biology teacher had also found
them mentioned in a volume in the
library, so we felt that in some
measure wisdom was justified of
her children.
To this day most of my acquain
tances smile politely, but without:
entire belief when I tell of the!
mouse that sat on an oatmeal box in (
my pantry and sang to her babies
till I thought a bird had in some
way entered the place; and Mrs. B.
W. Spilman told me that once in
her house a mouse became so tame
that when she played the piano it
—the mouse, not the piano—would
come through a hole in the wall,
sit on its haunches with forepaws
in the air and sing. They warble
pretty much like a song sparrow
and a bit like a canary in its calm
er moments.
And I keep on finding people who
think that mice grow up to be rats
and who are surprised to learn
that mice have baby mice and rats
are rats from the beginning.
THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, THE THIRD OF MAY, 1935.
In the pre-school clinic held at
Wakelon this spring the little maid
ens pictured above were found to
be 100 per cent in health. They are
Carolyn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
L. M. Massey, and Edith Lee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V.
Medlin.
Interest Runs High
In Big Baby Cont’st
Excitement! Well, you’ll see real 1
excitement personified in the Baby
Popularity Contest being sponsored
by the Philathea Class.
We know you are anxious to
know who’s ahead at the time of
this writing. Little Bobbie Gill is in
the lead with Irwin Howard Shorr
running second.
The Parade will begin Thursday,
May 9th, at the Zebulon Supply Co.
promptly at 2:30 o’clock. Immedi
ately following the parade, the Ba
by Show will be held at the Wo
man’s Club House.
Be sure to have your baby at the
Baptist Church on next Monday af
ternoon, May 6 at 2:30 at which
time characters for the wedding
will be selected. The loving cup will
be presented to the winner at the
Tom Thumb Wedding to be given
! at High School Auditorium May 16.
Hazel A. Baker 50
Billie P. Brantley 65
I Elizabeth Bullock 25
Billie Bunn 283
Shirley A. Chamblee 25
E. T. Gozart 50
Chas. . Eddins 111 96
Georgia R. Eddings 30
Mary F. Finch 275
S. G. Flowers, Jr. 60
Bobbie Gill 2003
Joellen Gill 185
Norma T. Gill 190
Jimmie Green 268
Warren G. Green 100
Carl E. Harper 25
Hazel Herring 60
Roderick Horton 35
Betty Lee 25
Mary Sue Long 160
Carolyn Massey 640
George R. Massey 211
A. V. Medlin, Jr. 1 78
Emma Ruth Pace 400
Ola M. Pace 40
Billie Pippin 1 3 °0
Julia Pippin 60
Charlotte Poole 76
Chas. H. Rhodes 60
Clara Joyce Rhodes 100
Jean Robertson 243
Laura James Sexton 136
Irwin H. Shorr 1546
Betsy R. Simpson 230
Tommy Temple 60
Chas. A. Weathersby 857
Nancy Whitley 210
Betty R. Williamson 26
Roy B. Wilson 226
Commencement
Wakelon School
Class Poem
Lorraine Bridgers
The rainbow that has guided us for
four long years,
Seen us happy, and seen us in
tears,
Is slowly fading, as rainbows must
do
Leaving sweet mem’ries with each
fading hue.
Love lights the past that we so
well know—
Hope lights the future into which
we must go.
We’re parting with friends and
well-known Ways
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A new life is open—new tasks fill]
our days. '
Teachers, our love for you we can’t
express.
Tears dim our eyes, which we can
not repress.
Wakelon, we’re leaving but we love
■ you well.
We’re facing the future—what it
holds time will tell.
Time cannot alter devotion so true.
We’ll treasure each memory, Wake
lon of you.
We’ll find new rainbows to guide
and enthrall
But the one that now fades will be
sweetest of all.
Class Day
One of the largest crowds ever
assembled at Wakelon enjoyed the
class day exercises of the seniors
on Wednesday night.
The program follows. Pines form
ed a background on the stage, the
ivy chain and a large basket of
gladiolus beautified the space near
the footlights. The 50 members to
graduate form the largest class
that has gone out from Wakelon at
any one time.
Program follows:
Processional
Song of Juniors to Seniors
Song of Seniors to Juniors
Sautatory Martha B. Flowers
Welcome Song
Class History Ruth Massey
Poem Lorraine Bridgers
Statistics George H. Temple
Bibliography Allen Green
Song “Let’s All Sing Like The
Birdies Sing”
Prophecy Janis Mae Evans
' Last Will and Testament
Lucy Massey
Giftorian Mary F. Cockrell
Valedictory Edna E. Sexton
Farewell Song.
Music Recital
The Students of music, taught by
Mrs. G. S. Barbee gave a piano
recital at Wakelon on Wednesday
night of last week. Stage decora
tions of spires, purple iris and nar
cissuses were beautiful and the en
tire program showed careful train
ing. In addition to instrumental so
los, duets, duos, trios, quartette and
a sextette there were songs, a dance
a reading and a drill, all of which
were enjoyed by the audience. The
youngest performer was 5 years-old
Carolyn Massey in evening dress
and miniature corsage. Perhaps the
most effective number was Song
and Four Variations by Beethoven,
played by Ruth Massey, who used
no notes but depended entirely up
on memory.
Others taking part were:
Dorothy Horton, Zyba Massey,
Elizabeth Sexton, Cleo Glover, Dor
othy Mizell, Frederick Page, Rosa
Lee Bunn, Lillian Pace, Rebecca
Horton, Fanny Perry, Donald Pip
pin, Nancy Read. Melba Duke, May
Jones, Elsie Bunn, Emma Jean Pace
Ira Ellis Joyner, Gloria Massey,
Margaret Bunn, Juanita Rhodes,
Elaine Robertson, Margie Robert
son, Elizabeth Weathers, Louise
Baker, Eliabeth Ferrell, Mary Gray
| Pippin, Ovalette Bobbitt, Gertrude
Carter, Cornelia Herring, Loraine
Bridgers, Eunice Outlaw, Ruth
Green, Meryl Massey, Rebecca Hor
ton, Jodie Weathers, Jackie. Green.
Mrs. Barbee will teach an eight
weeks course in music during May
and June. Those interested may see
her with regard to it.
Commencement Sermon
As usual a large congregation
gathered to hear the annual com
mencement sermon at Wakelon,
which was preached on Sunday
night by Dr. E. C. Few, pastor of
Edenton Street Church, Raleigh.
Introduced by County Supt. J.
C. Lockhart as a man who includ
ed youth in his program of work,
Dr. Few held the undivided atten
tion of his hearers as he spoke on
The Challenge of a Big Job, using
as his text Joshua 14:2. Give me
therefore this mountain. The ser
mon was indeed a practical, defi
nite challenge to the graduating
class.
Society Night April 29
Society night, always a com
mencement event of outstanding in
l terest in Wakelon, was observed on
! Monday night of this week.
In the contest for reader’s medal,
Gertrude Carter won over Cornelia
Herring. The winning selection was
‘Little Maymie Attends the Movies’.
Hilliard Denton with ‘Youth and
World Peace’ won the declaimer’s
medal. Charles Flowers Jr. was
the other contestant.
The debate was on the query:
Resolved that the United States
should enact legislation providing
for unemployment insurance to
which the federal and state govern
ments, employers and employees
shall contribute.
Affirmative speakers were Meryl
Massey and James Alford; nega
tive, Dorothy Winstead and Sexton
Johnson. The affirmative was
awarded the decision.
A piano solo, Falling Waters, by
Juanita Rhodes was the closing
number of an enjoyable program.
Judges for the contests and de
bate were from Wendell.
PICNICS FOR SENIORS
The senior class of Wakelon
were honored with a picnic on Mon
day evening at "The Rocks”. Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Jones were host
and hostess, their little daughter
Jean being one of the claas mas
cots.
Other guests were the high
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school faculty, Mrs. Moser, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Pippin, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Pippin and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Pearce.
The supper consisted of barbecue,
brunßwick stew, potatoes, slaw with
breads, punch, ice cream and cake.
The resounding cheers given by
the seniors for the hosts and mas
cot might have been fuller if the
seniors had not been so full.
On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Bridgers, Mr. and Mrs. M.
J. Sexton and Mrs. Guy Massey
gave a barbecue supper with cakes
and pies added in the park on the
bank of Little River honoring the
senior class of Wakelon. This was
another delightful occasion for the
class. Bobby, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bridgers, is one of the class
mascots and Mrs. Sexton is grade
mother and Mr. Bridgers grade
father.
Thanks expressed by the guests
were most sincere.
Senior Class Roll
Ferd Davis, President
William Hoyle, Vice-President
Ruth Massey, Secretary-Treas.
Virginia Aldona Brannon
Rosemond Lorraine Bridgers
Bonnie Belle Bunn
Mary Frances Cockrell
Charley Hinton Curtis
Rudolph Daughtery
John Edward David, Jr.
Christine Margaret Duke
Gladys Olivia Duke
Ferd Davis
Jnmes Thurman Eatman
Janis Mae Evans
Harold Royce Ferebee
Martha Bailey Flowers
Cora Powell Fowler
Allen Harper Green
George Henry Temple
Merle Justice Harris
Magruda Kathryn Hood
Dorothy Mae Horton
William Francis Hoyle
Alberta Kay Johnson
Carolyn Johnson
William Young Jones
Vivian Louise Joyner
Lucy Frances Massey
Ruth Russell Massey
Troy Mayes
j Lizzie Day Mitchell
1 Lucille Mitchell
J Mary Frances Mitchell
| Prentiss Henderson Mitchell
i Jesse Thurman Murray
| Hazel Daphene Oakley
; Ethel Geraldine Parker
Norris Lynwood Perkins, Jr.
Willie Etta Perry
Isabell Pulley
Juanita Sstelle Rhodes
Jo Elaine Robertson
Mary Hazel Robertson
Edna Earle Sexton
Velma Pearl Starnes
Ivey Louise Terry
Francis Beverly Wall
Daphany Ethelwyn Watkins
Clarence Haywood Watson
Willena Esprann Whitefield
John Frederick Wood
Sarah Frances Wood
E. H. Moser, Principal
Mascots:
Bobby Bridgers
Jean Jones