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VOLUME XIV.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
Not long ago I read an interest
ing discussion of the problem of
dressing well on $250 a year. With
many of us the biggest problem
would be getting the two hundred
and fifty.
It may be that somewhere some
girls may look beautiful in those
three-cornered kerchiefs that must
be stylish now. (If not stylish, I
can’t see why they are worn). To
me they are so strongly reminis
cent of the cloths I used to see old
negro women wear in the same way
that I want to call them by the
same name —headrags. I have yet
to see the person who can wear
one becomingly. But they must be
good to hold a new hair wave in
place.
At time I wonder if I prefer boys
to girls, sons to daughters and so
on. But those times are not when I
am trying to dress a son who has
outgrown all his outer garments,
and who looks distressingly like a
half-feathered chicken. With a girl
one can let out a hem, stitch on a
ruffle or a band and make it look
as if it were meant foi a trimming,
cut off sleeves that are too short
and pretend they were wanted that
way, make a fancy jacket to hide
the too-tight shoulders of a dress,
or go ahead feeling a girl’s dress
can’t be too short. But you just try
doing things of that sort with a
boy’s clothes! They either fit, or
they don’t. There’s n 0 compromise
about it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote a
poem that contained these lines:
“O, I know this truth, if I know
no other;
That passionate love is pain’s own
mother!”
She may have written truly; yet
I’d like to supplement her verses
by saying that standing a long
time in high-heeled shoes is a near
relation to pain if not the mother.
Don’s fool yourself,- if a woman,
by thinking you’re economizing
when you wear out old Sunday
shoes doing your housework and
yard work. Get thick-soled, low
heeled footgear, and keep the heels
level by having them fixed every
time you run them over —or under.
If you find those crepe rubber
soles uncomfortable, keep hunting
for something you like. I speak
as one whose feet ache from too
long wearing of a pair of shoes
bought mainly because they had
been marked down from $7.00 to
one dollar, and which have hand
turned soles so flexible that every
pebble stepped on is felt.
Which is worse: to go home
and find the noon meal not ready,
or to find it has been cooked so
long ahead of time that every
thing is cold?
I get more and more irritated
with those pictures that show la
dies gardening, dressed in dainty,
frilly clothes, and high-heeled
Bhoes, and with their hair neatly
t waved. It just doesn’t work out
that way at our house.
* THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE. JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
ZEBULON. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1938
CHURCH NOTES I
REV. GEORGE GRIFFIN SUP
PLIES BAPTIST PULPIT
In a special service at the Bap
tist church on last Sunday the pul
pit was supplied by Rev. George
Griffin of Pittsboro, who made a
good impression on the minds and
hearts of his hearers. Mr. Griffin
is a young man, a graduate of
Wake Forest College and of the
Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Ky., and is now a student in the
Divinity School of Yale University.
He is a nephew of Dean D. B. Bry
an of Wake Forest College’s facul
ty.
SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC
The morning service at the Bap
tist church next Sunday will be
featured by special Easter music.
Although Pastor Herring will not
be able to preach, an acceptable
i supply will fill the pulpit, and the
public is cordially invited.
CLASS MEETING
The Fiedlis Matrons Class of the
Baptist S. S. met on Tuesday nite
of last week in the home of Mrs.
T. H. Bell with Mrs. Lorenzo Bfann
associate hostess. Mrs. L. M. Mas
sey, presided over the business ses
sion, which centered around help
ing clean church building and
assisting with the entertainment of
the Raleigh W. M. U. The hostesses
served a sweet course at the close
of the meeting.
The Northside Circle of the Bap
tist W. M. S. met on Monday after
noon in the home of Mrs. Pittman
Sell. Mrs. Lester Green was in
charge of the program. Others
taking part were Mesdames John
Broughton, R. H. Herring, C. V.
Whitley and Theo. Davis. After
the topic, Africa, was discussed the
business session was devoted main
ly to final plans for the entertain
ment of the W. M. U. of the Ral
eigh association, to meet on Thurs
day.
The Central Circle met on Mon
day night in the home of Mrs. Ru
ric Gill with Mrs. R. E. Pippin di
recting the program.
SUNRISE SERVICE
There will be an Easter Sunrise
Service at the Pearce School build
ing Sunday morning, April 17, at
5:15 o’clock. There will be an
Easter pageant given entitled
’Tell Ye The Glad Story.” The
program is as follows:
Piano Prelude .... Geralda Turnage
Processional —‘‘Hosanna’’
Reading—“ Easter” Melba Pearce
“An Easter Prayer”... Doris Pearce
Anthem—“ Why Seek Ye The Liv
ing Among The Dead”
Pageant—“ Tell Ye the Glad Story”
Song—“ Christ Arose”’ Audience
Brunswick stew, cake and pickle
will be served by the Philathea
class of the Pearce Baptist church
on Easter Monday from four to
five o’clock p. m. at the Pearce
school building. The public is cor
dially invited.
Proceeds will be used to pur
chase carpets for the new church
auditorium, which is nearing com
pletion.
A word fitly spoken is like ap
ples of gold in pictures of silver.—
Bible.
BMcy 'TOM
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From a poor country boy Wiley
Moore has become a millionaire
and heads one of the big oil com
panies in the South.
PTA
NOTICE TO WAKELON ALUMNI
Mrs. Lester Green, secretary to
the Alumni Association of Wakelon
is anxious to complete records of
classes. Because of the fire that de
stroyed the high school building
some years ago, there are no avail
able files of classes prior to 1930.
All who will do so are asked to
write Mrs. Green, Zebulon, RFD,
and give her what information they
can regarding their classes.
The Parent-Teacher Association
met on Tuesday night for the last
time this spring. In the absence
of Mrs. A. S. Bridges, president,
Mrs. Lester Green presided.
A program of songs was given
by the glee club directed by Miss
King with Miss Cox at the piano.
Numbers chosen were those used in
the district contest last week in
which special honors were won.
In the business session reports
from all committees were heard,
showing that the organization has
been active and progressive during
the year. It was decided to send a
delegate to the State meeting of
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THE ZEBULON RECORD
CLUB NOTES
APRIL MEETING
The Woman’s Club will meet on i
next Tuesday afternoon, April 19, ]
with Mrs. Irby Gill in charge of a
program on History. An address
by Miss Martha Glazener of Wake
lon’s faculty will be the main fea
ture of the subject’s presentation.
Mesdames C. G.Weathersby
and Foster Finch 'will be hostesses.
O n March 23 the Wakefield
Home Demonstration club met at
the usual time. After the business
session the meeting was turned in
to a surprise birthday party for
our oldest member, Mrs. Mary
Kemp.
Mrs. Lorenzo Bunn sang “Al
ways,” dedicating it to Mrs.
Kemp. Games were played, after
which a beautiful decorated cake
with candles burning was presented
and cut by Mrs. Kemp to be serv
ed with a delicious drink.
Then many useful gifts were
opened.
Since our last report we have
contributed $1.50 to Jane S. Mc-
Kimmon Loan Fund. The club
had a donation day at which mem
bers brought things to replenish
the kitchen eqquipment. We have
put on 8 suppers to raise money
and cleared around $65.00. We
bought a new oil stove for the
club also cups and saucers and cur
tains.
Club grounds ha\ e been improv
ed, flowers and shrubs planted.
We had the annual chicken fry for
husbands of club members, and a
social for the retiring president,
at which she was presented a tea
service.
Cards, flowers and trays have
been sent to bereaved and sick
members.
A plant exchange was held.
Some members have remodeled
and painted their homes or refin
ished walls, installed water sys
tems, planted an d improved lawns
and had general clean up over all
premises. •
MRS! PERCY WHITE, Sec.
GARDEN CLUB
The last regular meeting of the
Garden Club for the season was
held on Tuesday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. H. C. Wade. Miss
Atwater of Goldsboro, interior
decorator, was guest speaker and
pleased her hearers greatly with
her discussion of draperies, covers,
and flowers for the living-room.
She brought samples of materials
to illustrate her talk.
Chairmen of departments
brought in final reports of the
year’s work. Plans were made for
the Flower Show, which will be
held this year at a date earlier
than usual.
Every member of the club except
one was present and there were
three visitors.
BERRY MARKETS OPEN
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North Carolina’s first money
crop for the year strawberries
are on the market. On Monday Bhip
ping began. Offices are located at
Mt. Olive, Rose Hill, Burgaw, Chad
bourn, Tabor City, Warshaw and
Wallace. There are approximately
7,200 acres planted to berries. If
the weather is good, an excellent
crop may be harvested.
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NUMBER 41
Special Election
Called To Add 12th
Grade To Wakelon
For some time the citizens of
Wakelon School district have been
discussing plans for adding a
twelfth grade to the Wakelon
High School and for increasing
the efficiency of the school. There
are many reasons why these steps
should be taken. We believe that
the high school should provide
training for children until they
reach a greater maturity. Most
children finish the eleventh grade
at sixteen or seventeen years of
age. Children of that age cannot
go to work in factories or other
places where there is a chance of
promotion. It is almost a univer
sal rule that a boy or girl cannot
get a job until he is eighteen years
old.
The high schools of the country
should provide training for these
children until they reach the work
ing age.
Another reason why a twelfth
grade should be added is to give
our girls and boys better prepara
tion for work in college or in other
higher institutions of learning.
This observation has been brought
home to us through girls and boys
who have gone to college and have
come back to Zebulon to tell us it
is hard for them to compete with
girls and boys from schools that
offer twelfth grade work. In most
cases girls and boys from a twelfth
grade school are a year or two old
er than ours and have had this ex
tra year of development, conse
quently they can do the work more
efficiently and with more ease.
A twelfth grade school does not
necessarily mean that every pupil
in school will have to attend school
for twelve years. Some of the
children who are more mature and
who are older can complete a satis
factory course for business or for
college entrance in eleven years.
But these cases are becoming the
exception rather than the rule.
Most of our children in the gradu
ation class this year are sixteen
years of age, and many of them if
the school offered the opportunity,
would take another year’s work at
Wakelon. Then those who go to
college would be better prepared
and those who enter fields of busi
ness or get jobs would be more
mature and better prepared to
make progress in the job secured.
A twelve grade school means
the addition of one or two teachers;
this means increased school fa
cilities. With more teachers and a
wider range of subjects; with a
chance for selected courses more
suitable to individual needs, we
can increase the efficiency of our
school materially.
We believe that if these facts
are clearly placed before our peo
ple and they see them in the right
light, it will be no trouble for us
to secure these additional ad
vantages in our local school.
We believe that the children of
this community are just as worthy
of these advantages as are the
children of Durham,
lem, or any other community that
now offers these advantages.
This community has always been
loyal in its support of the school.
Until a few years ago there was
local support for schools. With
the state assuming the burden for
a minimum eight months term we
believe that our community can
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