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VOLUME XIII
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MRS. THEO. B. I)AV 16
THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY FOURTEENTH, 1937.
CLUB COLUMN
Special Mother’s Day exercises
were a feature on Sunday at the
Baptist church with Mrs* J. A.
Kemp occupying the seat of honor
a* typifying motherhood. The pro
am was directed by M ss Helen
•Mullen.
n one month more revival ser
s will begin at the E'aptist
•ch with Rev. Carl Townsend of
igh helping Pastor Herring.
stcr Carl Ousley will f 11 his
lar appointment at Wakefield
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs* Ous
have recently begun keeping
e in an apartment in the Har
ome just back of the Wendell
ed school. On last Friday
t a large delegation from the
efe Id congregation called
he pastor taking with them
al donations of housekeeping
•lies, which were received gra
dy and gratefully.
rs. C. M. Watson will be hostess
ne Eastside Circle of the Bap-
W. M. S. on Monday of next
•w Theatre j
To Open Soon
ie new theatre in Zebulon is
tically complete and will open
short while. Not only hag the
ing been remodelled, but it has
almost rebuilt. The theatre
be found to be modern in every
ect and the town is to be con
gratulated upon having such a
building.
Owned by F. D. Finch, the thea
tre has ben leased to H. P. Powell
of Smithfield, who already operates
theatres in Selma, Ahoskie, Loujs
burg, Franklinton. and Smithfield
ind who w,ll see that films shown
n Zebulon are up to the standard
•f any town this size. The open
ng will be held soon.
When a man’s heart really opens
> a friend, he finds there room for
70- And when he takes in the
cond, behold the skies lift, the
rth grows wider, and he finds
2re room for two more.—David
ayson.
Mascots Os Wakelon Seniors
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BOBBY G T iLL
CHURCH NEWS
DODD THROWS A SCARE
William Dodd, U. S. Ambassador
to Germany, has written a private
letter to Senator Glass of Virginia
warning th s country against an
American billionaire who is pre
pared to “control” a “dictatorship”
in this country. It has created vari
ed feelings. Two senators say he
should be recalled, declarng that
he has been “imbued with facism.”
NEW OFFICE SITE BOUGHT
The State Building Commission
has decided to buy land adjacent
to the capitaol for the new $675,-
00 office building authorized by the
last Assembly. It is at present
owned by the First Baptst church,
W'ake county and Mrs. Ernest
Green The price will be $71,500. i
It fronts 160 ft. on Edenton Street
and 210 ft. on Salisbury Street.
NOTICE: Enrollment in the local
chapter of the Red Cross will con
tinue during this week. The list
is not nearly so large as is des red,
nor is it yet up to previous years’
numbers. Do not wait to be asked
to join, but take your dollar to Mrs.
R H. Herring.
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MARY SEE LONG
Flowers’ Store
Renovating
Among other improvements on
Zebulon’s main business street the
windows jn Flowers Store are wor
thy of note. Bright with new paint
in attractive color and with dis
plays of new and seasonable mer
chandise they tempt passersby to
linger and inspect and admire.
Mr. Flowers is beginning this
week a series of new advertise
ments that w r ill prove of special in
terest to thrifty shoppers. Watch
for one each week.
Dry Cleaning
Bldg. Now Ready
Worth Hinton’s new building is
now complete and he has moved his
equipment for dry' cleaning from
the location formerly occupied to
the new establishment Built es
pec ally for the purpose for which
it will be used, the new plant is
much more convenient than the old
could be, and is one of the most at
tractive places of business in Zeb
ulon.
The secret of success is consis- j
tency of purpose—Disraeli. j
BY THE
The crash of the Hindenburg
is probably one of the worst disas
ters that ever occurred in peace
time air transportation.
The dirgible, unlike the Good
year, and other mall blimps, had
a steel framework forming the
structure which held the gas filled
bags in their respective positions
In non-rigid ships, commonly
known as “blimps’’, the gas bags
are all free inside a huge bag. Sev
eral of the smaller have one bag
with tw’o or more compartments.
In one sense, all types have one
thing in common, the dangerous
gas necessary for flight.
Hydrogen w T as used entirely in
lighter than a r ships until the dis
covery of helium in large quanti-'
ties. Helium is lighter than hy
drogen and less likely to explode
under the same conditions. Both
the Akron and Macon used helium.
This writer predicted before the
crash of the Akron that both the
huge American ships would crash.
Based on no specific reason other
than that he was in the heavier
than air division, he was more or
less surprised when the Akron
crashed.
In spite of doubts for the safety
of men aboard the Macon, this low
ly one endeavored through the me
dium of special request, to be trans
ferred to the naval school for light
er than air at Lakehurst, N. J. for
training so as to become eligible
for duty on the Macon. My reqnest
was never approved. In less than a
year the Macon had come to her
end.
Lighter than a r ships are more
or less at the mercy of the winds.
They depend upon gas for their
ability to float, and their motors
for ascension, descension and for
ward motion. Everyone has taken
a balloon and after inflating it,
tied a string about the valve and
bounced it about in the air. Little
force is needed to change its course
and a light breath will cause it to
tear off at a tangent. A larger
balloon with many compartments
holding m ons of cubic feet of gas
is only an enlarged toy of uncer
tainty. Nations are fast giving up
not ons of useing them in warfare,
one small fighter could dive thru
the center of a dirigible and that
wmuld be its finis.
Heavier than air ships have al
ready proved the r supremacy in
speed and maneuverability.
People turn thumbs down on all
traveling above the elevated trains
in large cities. They say no sky
lanes for them. On the other hand,
we hear few shouts of “Get a
horse”, today. Before many years
everyone will travel by plane when
planning a trip of any distance.
Roger Bacon predicted this hun
dreds of years ago, so I suppose
it’s safe for me to do the same.
When next you read of an avia
tion acc dent, just remind yourself
of the fact that for every person
losing a life in an aviation accident
millions of safe miles have been
travelled. The average transport
pilot travels more miles in a single
month than the average person
covers in a lifetime.
’S something to think about,
Yours,
The Swashbuckler.
NUMBER 46