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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
VOLUME XV.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
If there is one word more dis
liked by me than another, right
now it is “loom.” According to
the papers so many persons and
events are looming that I’m get
t ting almost afraid to go around;
the horizon is too much cluttered
with loomers. They loom for ev
erything from president of a class
to ruler of a nation, if persons;
if events, the looming varies from
blue mold to tornadoes. Please
let them all do something else for
a change.
After all these years of being
embarrassed over a petticoat’s
showing below the hem of a dress,
women are now deliberately ex
posing them. It may be the
fashion designers made a virtue
of necessity and declared it style;
though there’s no being sure the
ones who regularly went that way
will be the ones doing so from
choice.
Don’t get the idea that any old
petticoat or slip will do. It has
to be one made to go with the
skirt worn over it—or over part
of it. And no matter the height
or depth of uptodateness it evi
dences, to me it’s nothing but an
underskirt showing, and untidy as
you please.
Had you in reading ac
counts of triangular debates this
spring that in an unusual number
of cases the reports said all three
negative teams won. Os course
this meant that not one of the
schools involved is to be repre
sented at Chape) Hill; but I am
still wondering if it may also mean
that the affirmatives had the un
popular side of the query. It was
about forming an alliance with
Great Britain.
Although a number of persons
have asked me the name of the
large shrub now blooming at the
southwestern corner of our yard,
there may still be some who do
not know it is a tamarix. The
foliage comes after the small pink
blooms are gone, and looks like a
eross between asparagus and ce
dar. There are two kinds of
tamarix advertised in the cata
logues, Spanish and African.
Mine is the latter. The Spanish
blooms in midsummer, the tiny
Blooms showing through the foli
age. .TamaTix cuttings root fairly
well —and we are going to prune
our bush. Want some twigs?
R. C. Pearce, who is working on
the Record subscription list,
brought me one subscription’s
worth of home-made soap from
Mrs. H. K. Perry on Route 3. It
is good, and her husband didn’t
make it; he can’t; her daughter,
Mrs, Julius Wright, helped her.
Here’s an item Mr. Pearce
brought in: A gardener told him
that beetles can be kept off butter
beans by planting a row of mari
golds right along the side of the
butterbean rows. I imagine you
plant the smelly kind, not the new
sort that have no odor. Anyway,
some merchant here is going to
have a sale for a package of
marigold seed as soon as I find
the time—and the dime.
CLUB COLUMN
MEETING POSTPONED
Because of the state convention
of federated clubs for women
in Raleigh next week, the
April meeting of the Zebulon club
has been postponed from Tuesday
of next week until Tuesday, .April
25. At that time the program will
be given by scouts, both girls and
boys, and a full attendance is de
sired.
Mrs. Bunn, president, urges
that all who can do so go to Ra
leigh for at least one of the meet
ings of the convention.
P.jvL A.
The Parent-Teacher Association
of Wakelon met Tuesday night for
the last time during the present
school year. Mrs. A. S. Bridges,
presiding at the closing session of
her term as president, stated that
because of lack of time detailed
reports of all activities would not
be presented, but would be includ
ed in the records when put in writ
ing by the various chairmen. Co
operation was asked for the cam
paign for cancer control and an
nouncement was made that Mrs. C.
E. Flowers has offered a piece of
pottery as prize to the room mak
ing the best record in contribu
tions. Mrs. Moser is chairman of
this work in the school. The report
of the nominating committee was
adopted as read. Mrs. C. G.
Weathersby is the new president;
Mrs. Oris Horton is vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Fred Page succeeds
Mrs. A. S. Hinton as secretary;
Mrs. Robert Dawson takes Mrs.
Herring’s place as treasurer.
The sixth and seventh grades,
directed by Miss Barrett, gave an
enjoyable musical program. Miss
Dunlap at the piano played the
accompaniments.
J. E. Mclntire presented T. E.
Browne, State Director of Voca
tional Training. No stranger to
Zebulon, Mr. Browne gave a time
ly and practical discussion of
this phase of education, with the
topic, Choosing One’s Life Work.
He said that of the millions of
unemployed young people less than
one-fourth have had the benefit of
vocational training, and that a
system of education is judged by
the success of its graduates.
Emphasis was laid upon the
fact that guidance is used in train
ing, not compulsion. One must
enjoy his work to be a real suc
cess. The counselor should strive
to know for what tasks the pupil
is best fitted and then help him
choose. Misfits are among the
tragedies of life.
Singing Class
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will give a program at the
Wakelon High School Saturday p.
m., at 7:30, April 15th. Admission
15 & 25c.
Come and enjoy an exceptional
entertainment given by these or
phanage children, trained in an in
stitution that admits children oth
er than those of the supporting
fraternity; the only one of its
kind in the U. S. Your time and
money will be well spent in going
to thia concert. Sponsored by
Whitestone Lodge, Wakefield.
D. D. CHAMBLEE, Master.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939.
Cemetery Project
Have you been out to the Zebu
lon cemetery recently? If not,
you may need reassurance as to
your whereabouts when you do go;
the place looks so different.
The women of the Garden Club
have joined hands with the WPA
in the improvements being made
at the cemetery. For years this
spot has been one for which apolo
gies "were made, which being in
terpreted, means it was almost an
eyesore to beauty-lovars. From
time to time sporadic efforts at
cleaning and planting were made,
but because of a lull in the activi
ties few of the results were per
manent.
At the present time, however,
all indications point toward the
cemetery’s being made beautiful.
Workmen are building retaining
walls and making erect
ing stone entrances, laying out
driveways, and preparing the
ground for the sowing of grass
seed and the planting of trees
and shrubs.
Mrs. C. E. Flowers requests that
those who own plots cooperate by
having needed cleaning done at
once. Any who desire suggestions
as to choice of plants will be giv
en all possible aid. Hereafter
there will be water for keeping the
ground moist when needed, conse
quently fewer shrubs and flowers
will die. Representatives from the
garden club will be at the ceme
tery for consultation on Thurs
day and Friday from 10 a. m. to
12 m., and from 3:00 to 6:00 p. m.
From several standpoints it
seems that this would be a good
time to buy a lot in the cemetery.
Land has recently been acquired by
the town for surveying and re
selling, and the money derived
from the sales might help greatly
in beautification.
FORD AGENCY OPENED
The Henderson Motor Co. of
Wendell has rented the Gill Garage
next door to the City Market and
will open it up with a first-class
garage and sales agency. They
represent the Ford Motor Co. and
will sell Ford cars and service
them, carrying accessories and
parts for this well-known car. G.
F. Lane is the local manager.
QUADRUPEDS AND MORE
When Mrs. W. N. Pitts was
taking a hen and biddies from
the nest one day last week
she found one chick with four
legs and three wings. The
extra pair of legs were in
front of the others just about
where they would have been
on an authentic quadruped.
The third wing was on the
chick’s back. It did not live
after being taken from the
, shell. Some one said it might
as well have died; that since
the two pairs of feet pointed
toward each other the biddy
would have run itself to death
without getting anywhere.
Ed Martin of the Hales
Chapel section reported a
four-legged biddy on his
farm and frem Pearces came
news of one having six legs.
All these freaks are dead, so
there is no immediate proba
bility of more than the nsnal
number of drumsticks on each
platter of fried chicken.
CHURCH NEWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Following are the services to be
conducted in the Zebulon Baptist
Church Sunday, April 16:
9:45 —Sunday School.
11:00—Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “The Contemporary Christ.”
7:oo—Young People’s Meeting.
7:3o—Evening Worship. Ser
mon: “Is God’s Hand Too Short?”
G. J. GRIFFIN, Pastor.
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METHODIST CHURCH
B. F. BOONE, Pastor
Schedule of services:
Church School —10:00.
Young People—7:oo.
Worship Service—B:oo.
P. S. If you failed to get your
Easter offering envelope in last
Sunday, then please do this as ear
ly as you possibly can.
ASSOCIATIONAL W. M. U.
The W. M. U. of the Raleigh
Association met on Thursday of
this week with the Pleasant Grove
church. All missionary organiza
tions in the Association were sup
posed to send representatives. Mrs.
L. L. Morgan of Raleigh is Supt.
and Mrs. E. F. Canaday of Ra
leigh secretary-reasurer.
ROTARY
Robert D. Massey had the pro
gram and gave an exceptionally
good one. All talent came from
Wendell. The music was furnish
ed by a brother and sister. Mrs.
Mallie Todd played the piano and
her accomplished brother, John
Mattqx, sang several selections.
Lonnie Knott made the speech of
the evening on the one-crop sell
ing system of the farmer. The
farmer some day will wake up to
the situation and will have some
thing to sell every month in the
year. It looks good to see young
men seeing and pointing out our
greatest problem.
ft. V. Brown was elected club
president and R. H. Bridgers vice
president, with D. F. Boone and
Bob Sawyer new directors. The
attendance failed to be perfect.
CHAMPION CHUB CATCHER
If there are two things Dr. Bar
bee likes they are eating chitlin’s
and fishing. We have seen him
eating the first and heard him talk
about the second. Easter Monday
was a beautiful day for most any
thing. The doctor found every
body well and had nothing to do,
that is not much in the way of
duty. So he got some bait, shoul
dered his old fishing pole and hied
away to Lake Myra.
What a fish he caught! He half
expected to see it cast some
modem Jonah ashore from its big
mouth. Just here we lost a part
of the story. The miller found
Dr. Barbee and the fish. He took
the fish, leaving the doctor, and
carried it to the mill where he had
a big pair of scales. The fish was
weighed, breaking (?) the scales
at B—let me spell it out—eight
and three-quarter pounds. Doctor
says he had nothing to do with
weighing that fish, for he is sure
no one would have believed that
he caught it with an ordinary pole,
hook and line. But he did, and
thus becomes the champion chub
catcher of all the country round
about.
Clean-Up, Paint-
Up, Fix-Up Week
The Record this week is empha
sizing Zebulon’s annual spring
house-cleaning. The housekeepers
will take care of what is done
within the homes, but we are re
minding the men and boys of v. hat
naturally is their job—cleaning up
the premises. There has been an
accumulation of cans, trash, brok
en utensils, bottles, old shoes, and
a variety of other things on many
if not most of our premises.
These ought to be moved. This
should be done for sanitary rea
sons as well as for appearance.
We understand that some years
ago 85 loads of rubbish were
hauled out of town during a clean
up campaign. One can hardly be
lieve that so much would accumu
late in a year. But from experi
ence any home knows how quickly
trash piles grow. It is hoped
by the town authorities that each
home will make an effort to get
everything unnecessary to the
premises on the curb convenient
for the garbage man. May this
be done within the next week so
our town will smell clean, look
clean, and be clean, from the ba
by to the garbage can.
RUNT’S BOWLING ALLEY
TO OPEN FRIDAY
Willard Gill, owner of the new
bowling alley to be located in the
store house just vacated by the
Antone Department Store, says he
expects to have it open Friday, or
not later than Saturday for busi
ness and pleasure. There will be
four alleys, enough to furnish
recreation for all who enjoy bowl
ing. Willard says he intends to
keep the place free of everything
that might offend ladies. While
he will carry drinks, candies and
gums, no beer will be sold. Girls
and young women may visit and
enjoy bowling without a chaper
one.
SUNDAY SERVICES
WELL ATTENDED
Easter services in Zebulon
were unusually well attended, be
ginning with the early meeting at
the Baptist Church. At this time
there was no sermon, but scripture
passages were given responsively
by persons unseen by the audience
and hymns were sung.
At both churches special prepa
ration had been made for the
eleven o’clock preaching hour. So
los and anthems were featured
with the message from pulpits
emphasizing the supreme impor
tance of Christ’s resurrection, and
climaxing preparatory services
held during the preceding week.
CARDINALS WANT HINTON
Hardin Hinton, Wakelon high
school student, may turn profes
sional this summer. Branch
Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals
was in Zebulon Wednesday night
talking terms with young Hinton,
who is a member of Wakelon's
pitching staff and is sixteen years
old.
Hinton starred in the Johnston
County League last summer, one
of his best games being a no-hit
game against Benson.
Mr. Rickey will be back in Zebu
lon within a few weeks and at that
time Hardin Hinton may become a
Cardinal.
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