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She Zebulmx ißerorh VOLUME XII | This, That & • ! The Other 1 | MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS | ►++*+++++++++*++++++*+++♦ It was a matter of regret with me to be able to attend so small a part of our commencement this year. Since it is the privilege as well as the penalty of age to become reminiscent upon the least provoca tion, or none, I offer no apology for saying that frequently when I at tend various programs at Wakelon the ghosts of those enjoyed in by gone days haunt the stage—al though the stage is not the same. Ghosts know their way around. And since it is a failing of mine to become most amused at the wrong things, that explains the na ture of the recollections printed here. More than twenty years ago Wakelon pupils presented “Snow White and Rose Red.” I’ve forgot ten most of the characters, but Lois Pearce—now Mrs. Hunter Bell— was the wicked stepmother, Myrtle Jones was Snow White and Eric Davis was chief of the band of dwarfs. When Snow White died, he was to rush to her and loosen her “girdle” as she lay on the floor. But her being prone tighened the belt until he could not undo it though he strove manfully. Finally Myrtle, a beautiful corpse, had to sort of raise herself on her lower spine and shoulders in order that the belt might come off and she be revived and rescued. It was delighful to watch. Later on our daughter was in a play with Elizabeth Griffin, Cra ma Cone (now Mrs. Dowd), and ever so many more. Crystal and Vi da Bell were two rather horrid lit tle ragged girls. To achieve the proper effect their stockings had to be full of holes. And that child of mine went and tore jagged holes all over the legs of her best pair of Fay stockings—that long kind children used to wear that buttoned ou to an underwaist. She didn’t moan to be bad, but was just so serious about the play. At that she was not as serious about it as I was about the stockings. It was hard for me to see the fun in that. Still later I was charmed with Wallace Temple and Harmon Joyn er as burglars in an operetta. They’d burgle a while and then stop and burst into loud song. Af ter the play was over a young man who had come to town to see one of the teachers was profuse in his complimentary remarks about the acting. Purely for mischief I said that to me the greatest attraction of the plot wurthat it was so true to life, and mentioned the robbery scene. answered, “Yes, yes, ABSOLUTELY true.” I’ve al ways felt I understood why that teacher didn’t like him any more. One of my most pleasant mem ories of Melba Chamblee —Mrs. Paul Wright Jr.—is of a day when she and Edith Outlaw had helped their grammar grade teacher ar range a Mothers’ Meeting program. I suppose they were about ten then. (Continued on Back Page) THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER— WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND .FRANKLIN ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY TWENTY-SECOND, 1936 CHURCH NEWS METHODIST CHURCH SERVICE Revival services to begin at the Methodist Church Sunday May 24 and to continue not less than ten days. The pastor and others who know Mrs. Steidley feel that the Church and community have a rare good fortune in having Mrs. C. L. Steid ley of High Point to do the preach ing and to bring her influence to bear in these services. Much might be said in commen dation of Mrs. Steidley but the pas tor prefers that the people come and hear and form their own opin ions. Services each evening at 8:00. The hour for the day services will be anounced later. The other church people in the community and the general public are cordially invited to participate in all the services. Ethiopia Gone? With Italy’s proclamation of sov ereignty over Ethiopia the last in dependent kingdom in Africa seems to have passed into the limbo of history. It long ago became appar ent that the European power which threatened Italy with strong re prisals if she went ahead in Ethio pia, were bluffing- Big question is, What effect will this have on the League of Nations ? The League wants to keep Italy as a member because of the German problem—it needs the help of all the old Allies if Hitler is to be held down. And Mussolini isn’t at all backward about saying he will quic the League cold if it attempts to hamper him in Ethiopia. On the other hand, League pres tige is going to suffer terifically if it accepts the tsatus quo, and lets a big power swallow a little one. Little nations are the backbone of the League—but they won’t be en thusiastic for it long under these circumstances. Special Editions The Gold Leaf Fanner of Wen dell issued a special edition last week. It was stated that 100,000 copiles were sent out. It was a cam paign special in the interest of Mc- Donald’s condidacy and was also said to have been sponsored by friends in that section and indirectly by headquarters. The Courier-Journal is out for Graham every w r eek and is printing extra copies each time. WPA REGULATION No WPA employee in this state may run for any office, no matter in what capacity he may be connec ted with the federal agency. Unless such resign before announcing themselves as candidates, they must be at once dropped from the payrolls. There have already been several instances where this has been done. Heaven is blest with perfect rest, But the blessing of earth is toil. The reward of doing one duty is the power to fulfill another. —Geo. Elliot. Public Character Another of the native sons of this section is our Public Charac ter for this All his life has been spent here or near here. He owned one of the first markets and grocry stores ever in Kebu lon and always laid special em phasis on weight and., quality when selling. After 22 years in this business he turned it over to his son. Name—Lorenzo Temple. Native of Wake County—Born near Zebulon. Domestic Status—Married to Miss Lonie Hoyle in 1907. Six sons, two daughters. Business Management of farms and other business enter prises since retirement from store. Came to Zebulon to live—l9o9. Dwight Wiggs Dead Dwight Wiggs, 25, died on Sat urday morning at his home in the Bethany community of pneumonia. Funeral services were held on Sun day’ p. m. by the pastor, Rev. L. R. Evans, assisted by Rev. S. W. Old ham of Wendell. Burial was on Mon day morning, being delayed to al low time for the arival of members of the family who live a great dis tance from here. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wiggs. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters and six brothers. A victim of infantile paralysis in early child hod, he had been yi cripple most of his life. For some years the family lived near Zebulon and Dwight at tended Wakelon riding in a small wagon drawn by a goat. A pathetic feature of his last illness was that his physician found it practically impossible to get re sults from external remedies used for pneumonia because of the enor omus thickening of the chest mus cles caused by his long use of crutches. Rain Tuesday Rain which fell in a brisk shower on Tuesday at noon caused farmers to rush to the beds and fields to set tobacco plants. While the crop may be late in being set, it should have plenty of time to mature, since noth ing on the farm grows faster than this weed once it starts, and the weather is now hot enough to suit. Gardens, too needed rain badly and second plantings of early vege tables are being made by more en thusiastic gardeners. INTERESTING PROGRAM The Church of the Air program will be radiocast over the Columbia Broadcasting System on Sunday, May 24, 1936, from 12:00 to 12:30 p. m., Eastern Standard Time. This program will be conducted by Mr. Erwin D. Canham, Manager Wash ington Bureau of The Christian Science Monitor and may be heard over Stations WBT (1080 kilocycle) Charlotte, N. C., and WSJS (1310 kilocycles), Winston-Salem, N. C. Fretting is called a minor fault; but* there is no vice except drunk eness which can so quickly destroy the peace and happiness of a home. FG PROGRAM CLUB COLUMN CLUB COLUMN The Woman’s Club will hold the final meeting of this club year with a picnic on Tuesday p. m. of next week. Members are asked to meet at the park at Privette’s mill on Little River at 5:00 o’clock. Mes dames A. N. Jones and Philip Mas sey, hostesses for the day, will act as chairman of arrangements. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB The Home Demonstration Club will hold the regular monthly meet ing on Wednesday at Wakefield. Mrs. Mclnness will be present and the local program will be directed by Mrs. Willie Bullock. Mrs. Hoyle specially requests all members to attend as special committees and program leaders must be appointed at this time. GENERAL NEWS RATS Because they are nearer like a man in eating everything than are other animals; because their diges tive processes are more nearly the sam as man’s; because they may be easily raised in captivity; rats are of more value in testing the values of new medicines than art any oth er of the lower animals. Thousands of them are used yearly in labora tories to find out the proper dosage of remedies which which have not been used on man. A rat will take with safety about the two hundred and fiftieth part of what would be safe for a human, and it is thought best by scientists to make these experiments before prescribing for higher life. \ —i HELD FOR DEATHS Two Xrnung men Ralph and Ken neth Jcobb, 19 years old, are being heltrfor the deaths by drowning of three men and a girl drowned when the cars in tvhich they were ridirig plunged through an open draw on the Chowan river. The youths held acknowledged their jealousy of two of the men killed, who were going with the girl friends of Freeman and Cobb. The car that first went through the opening was pursued by the other and had been bumped by it several times. Its driver de dared he could have stopped at the draw in good time, had he not been forced over the edge. The pursuing car followed the first into the wa ter. Three occupants of the first car and one of the second were drowned, the others making their own escape or being rescued. NEW HIGH North Carolina has once more made a new record in highway fa talities. The number killed by auto mobile accidents during April was 83, while 524 were injured more or less severely. Careless and reckless driving and speeding are said to be responsible for most of the deaths, while only one was killed by collision with a train. Bad roads were blamed for only two accidents, neither fatal. To lack patience with intolerance shows you to be intolerant. NUMBER 46 WAKELON GRADUATING EXERCISES Mrs. F. E. Bunn’s and Miss Vel ma Webb’s seventh grades held their graduating exercises in Wake lon’s auditorium on Thursday af ternoon of last week. The stage had been arranged to represent the office of The Zebulon Record with the force at work; the time was 1950; the occasion of the second scene a class reunion. Earle Williams w r as salutatorian; Esther Hood, poet; Ray Pippin, his torian; Wilbur Debnam, testator; Ella Gray Bowen, prophet; Barry Davis, valedictorian. At the close of the class program Supt. Moser awarded diplomas to the seventy two pupils whose names are given below: Bobby Alford Helen Averett Evelyn Baker Roger Baker Ella G. Bowen Annie P. Bowling Agnes Brannon Peggy Brantley Barbee Bunn Rosa Lee Bunn Pearl Clark Dorothy Conn Clara Belle Croom Aileen Crowder Barrie Davis Wilbur Debnam Opal Denton Berdon Eddins Wilma Eddins Mabel Evans Juanita Ferrell Harold Finch Ida Rue Gay Albert Green Rocher Hagwood Nellie Hicks Viola Hopkins Esther V. Hood Elmor Harrell Alva Hunter John H. Ihrie Frances Jones Earlene King Dorothy L. King Dallie A. Lewis Kenchen Liles Camerson Long Harold Massey Zyba Massey Cedel Martin Forrest Mitchell Herbert Mitchell Julian Mitchell Philithia Mitchell Anna B. Murray J. D. Murray Craven Parrish Betty B. Pearce Frederick Pearce Marie Pearce Vivian M. Pearce William Stanley Pearce Ruby Perry S. J. Perry Dorothy Phelps Magalee Phillips Ray Pippin Wayne Privette Nikitia Richards Raeford Richards Wilbur Pulley Nancy Read Margie Robertson Elizabeth Sexton Joseph Temple Lewis Watson Evelyn White M Albert Wiggs Earle Wiliams v (Continued on page four) 1 #
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