She Zebulon Slerorft
VOLUME XV.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS, THEO. B. DAVIS
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A young woman, who knows far
more about clothes than I ever
shall, told me that to look well
dressed 1 should buy myself a nice
dress early in the spring and an
other for fall. Then she said I
should have two new cotton dress
es, one for July, one for August.
She added that cotton dresses can
be washed at home and that few
of us who wear the sort that must
be dry-cleaned send them to the
cleaner often enough during the
hot weather.
The nice dresses for spring and
fall are somewhat problematical,
but most of us can get the cottons.
And from my own experience I’d
suggest that for us past our youth
the best choice is something not
too transparent, since transpar
ency means added care for what
goes beneath; and if we choose
cloth that does not have to be
starched we make another score
against the ironing board. A dark
ground with a light print looks
fresh twice as long as would a
light ground with dark print, even
though the light and dark may be
almost equal in each case. Voiles,
flaxons, and organdies are far
less serviceable than the new mus
lins, except the pique voile. And
solid colors show soil long before
prints do.
For years my husband refused
to buy white shoes, though black
ones speedily put mourning bands
around all the white or light color
ed trousers worn with them. Last
summer the boys persuaded him to
get a pair of white oxfords.
Knowing his habit of putting on
his shoes before polishing them, I
took on myself the job of looking
after those whites. Every time he
wore them I went over them with
a cleaning cloth, and set them
away in his closet. Vainly I wait
ed for a word of appreciation. In
stead he remarked one day that he
didn’t see that white shoes were
any extra trouble; that he had
worn his nearly all summer and
they were not even soiled yet. He
hadn’t known I’d been cleaning
them and thought the credit was
his. It pays to stand around and
be seen doing your good deeds.
Last Saturday’s mail brought
me a package that aroused my
curiosity to fever heat before I
opened it, since I had no reason
whatever for expecting anything
from any one at or near Dunn.
Inside that box was the loveli
est crocheted handbag I ever saw,
made of that new thread they call
gimp, so white it made one feel
cool to look at it, and with a carv
ed top and chain looking like
ivory. It was sent by Miss
Gladys Strickland, faculty sponsor
of CREEK PEBBLES, the Camp
bell College paper which for some
time has been printed in our shop.
Miss Strickland gave it “in ap
preciation of work cheerfully
done” on the paper, and added
that her mother made it. You can
imagine how I felt! Aside from
t needing a new bag,l am so proud
of that one I was tempted to hold
it up and show it to our choir as
* they stood to sing in church Sun
day.
Now Miss Strickland has gone
THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER— WAKE,'JOHNSTON. NASH AND FRANKLIN
CHURCH NEWS
CIRCLE .MEETING
The Southside Circle of the
Baptist W. M. S. met on Monday
afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Ivey Narron. Mrs. C. S. Cham
blee directed the program on
“Our Young People.” The hostess
served cooling refreshments after
the meeting.
GENERAL MEETING OF
BAPTIST W. M. S.
On Monday afternoon of next
week the general meeting of the
Baptist W. M. S. for the second
quarter of the year will be held.
All members of all circles are urg
ed to attend. The Southside Cir
cle will have charge of the pro
gram. Mission study will be the
main feature, the book to be used
being “Adventuring in Personal
Service.” Mrs. Theo Davis will
lead the discussion. During an in
termission light refreshments will
be served. The meeting will begin
at 3:00 o’clock.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
It is most encouraging to find
so many people deeply interested
in the Church of God. A large
number attend church regularly.
Many others would attend every
service if it were so that they
could. Then there are the shut
ins, the feeble and the sick. We
pray that God’s blessings may rest
upon you.
Are there those among us who
wish to join the church? If you
so desire please let the pastor
have your name.
Services for Sunday, June 25,
1939:
Church School—10:00.
Revival Service—ll:oo. Pas
tor’s subject: ‘‘A Decision.”
Young People—7:oo P. M.
BEN F. BOONE, Pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH
The following is the schedule
of services to be conducted in the
Zebulon Baptist Church, Sunday,
June 25:
9:4s—Sunday School.
11:00—Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “Render Unto God.”
7:3o—Young People’s Meeting.
B:oo—Evening Worship. Ser
mon: “The Mercy of Jesus.”
G. J. GRIFFIN, Pastor.
With an enrollment of one hun
dred and ten pupils, the Vacation
Bible School at the Zebulon Bap
tist Church completed its first
week’s work. The school is to
continue on through next week,.
and any other young people in
town who are not now coming are
invited to attend. Mrs. Falc
Bunn has charge of the school and 1
is assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Grif
fin, Mrs. J. A. Young, Mrs. Wal
lace Temple, Mrs. Leon Thompson,
Miss Cornelia Herring, Miss Eliz
abeth Pearce, Miss Dorothy Conn,
and Miss Cleo Glover.
The meeting at Union Hope was
well attended and six were added
to the membership during the
week.
far beyond the discharge of any
obligation she unnecessarily felt; I
am delighted beyond words and
feel committed to doing my best
for PEBBLES so long as we both
shall live; the only question is,
what does Mrs. Strickland get out
of it?
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1939
EVANGELIST
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Pictured above is the Rev. E. G.
Willis of Stantonsburg, who last
week assisted Pastor Davis in re
vival services at Union Hope. Mr.
Willis is a graduate of Wake Forest
College and studied at Southwest
ern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is studious and earnest, preach
ing with conviction and force.
PLAYGROUND NEWS
During this week and next week
there will be no kindergarten play
ground, as Mrs. Bell ifc helping
with the Crade Roll department at
the Bible School.
Regular 3:00 o’clock playground
is followed daily at the court
house lawn. All children are wel
come.
“Came to town after the rain
Monday”, said the Peasant when
he met the Poet in fronl of the post
office yesterday, ‘‘and walked
around the various streets here and
after about twenty-five minutes I
was as wet as I would have been
had I been out in the rain. I don’t
know who is responsible for the
cutting of these weeds but it seems
to me that someone should cut
them. If one of us farmers were to
let our ditch banks grow like that
we would be called the laziest farm
er in our community.”
“The same condition existed last
year until the later part of the
season when the weeds grew up and
became extremely large. They
were hen cut by the town,” said
the Poet.
“Yes”, said the Peasant, “I do
recollect now that one day I was in
town last year and saw some men
cutting these weeds, but I also rec
ollect that if they had been left
alone for a few more weeks they
would have fallen of their own ac
cord and saved the town this money,
but had the town put someone out
to cut them at least twice before,
the weeds would never have seeded
and been much easier to cut besides
looking much better.”
“You certainly are right," said
the Poet,” just like you are right
about this idea of merchants keep
ing their merchandise in the store
The Poet and Peasant
By DOCK
Church Supper
On Tuesday of next week, June
27, ladies of the Methodist
church will serve supper in the
Woman’s Club from 6 o’clock till
8 in the evening.
The menu comprises boiled ham,
potato salad, tomatoes and let
tuce, pickled beets, rolls, tea, and
pie. The price is 35c a plate and
the public is invited.
During the dinner hour n.usic
will be furnished under the direc
tion of Miss Jocelyn House and a
junior choir, directed by Mrs. H.
C. Wade, will sing.
Doings Os The
Rotary Club
Edison Mann had the program
for the club Friday night. O. M.
Marshburn, owner and manager
of the Home Fertilizer plant of
Zebulon, was the speaker. He
spoke on Fertilizer, giving us in
formation that was new in regard
to commercial foods. He said that
North Carolina uses each year ap
proximately 1,250,000 tons of fer
tilizer at an average cost of $25
per ton. He said if farmers could
be better informed as to the kind
of fertilizer their farms need in
stead of guess work, there would
be a saving of about five or six
dollars per ton. He stated that the
fertilizer companies are trying to
remedy this waste. In order to
remedy this, all companies are
spending 5c a ton on all fertilizer
they sell for the purpose of in
forming farmers the kind of fer
tilizer their farms need. The
chemists tell us that the soil is
never the same again after com
mercial fertilizer is used. They
also state that some of the ferti
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where it belongs until sold. Just
look up the main street, it looks
like the slums of some city where
most all of the business is carried
on in the streets. Wonder if the
merchants feel that it will help
business any?”
“I ain’t so sure what the mer
chants think,” said the Peasant,
“but I know what I think. If I need
ed anything, whether it be groceries
or what it might be, I wouldn’t have
anything that has been sitting out
on the sidewalk for folks to stumble
over and bend up or mess up. I
ain’t ever left my plow in the field
yet and I ain’t going to either, be
cause it won’t last as long out there
and the same thing holds for a
new piece of merchandise whatever
it be.”
‘‘Well,” said the Poet, “I hope
that when you come to town next
week you will find our streets look
ing more like people live here and
that merchants who have not dis
continued littering the sidewalks
with their merchandise will have
done so because it is the farmers
business that we are looking for.
We like and need you farmers in
the scheme of things here in our
town. And by-the-vay, don’t for
get every place of business closes
up on Wednesday at 1 o’clock end
if you need anything come and get
it before then."
Junior Chamber Os
Commerce Meeting
The newly organized Junior
Chamber of Commerce of Zebulon
will meet in the Woman’s Club on
Tuesday night, June 27, at 8:45.
It is earnestly hoped that all
young business men who are in
terested in the growth and prog
ress of Zebulon wi’l attend this
meeting, which is to be the climax
of a membership campaign.
Between now and the date set
W. S. Cheeves and his committee
are attempting to confer with all
who are eligible to join. Should
any not be contacted by a mem
ber of the committee, he is urged
to voluntarily be present. All will
be welcome. There is much to be
done in the town and there are
men enough for the task, if all
will cooperate.
This new organization is start
ing off well. It is not a secret
lodge nor a social fraternity, yet
it has features that are both bene
ficial and enjoyable. It may
mean much or little to the indi
vidual and the community, depend
ing upon the support it receives.
Prove your loyalty and value to
your town by becoming a member
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. And as a beginning, at
tend next Tuesday night’s meet
ing.
LIFE-SAVING COURSE
A Red Cross Life-Saving Course
begins at Lake Myra next Sunday.
Hours are from two till five. The
lessons are free, the only require
ment being that pupils must be
able to swim at least fifty yards.
Both senior and junior courses
will be given, and those who pass
the tests will be awarded certifi
cates at the close of the school.
Sunday is the day chosen in order
that boys and girls who must work
weekdays may take advantage of
the lessons.
Kenneth Herndon, instructor,
wishes to see all who are inter
ested at Lake Myra next Sunday
afternoon. Those from Zebulon,
Wendell, Knightdale and vicinities
are urged to attend.
A. N. JONES
After an extended illness An
drew N. Jones died at his home in
Zebulon on Wednesday morning at
five o’clock. The funeral service
was held Thursday afternoon at
four o’clock in the Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a mem
ber. Pastor G. J. Griffin was in
charge, assisted by a former pas
tor, the Rev. R. H. Herring, and
the Rev. Carl Ousley of Wendell.
Burial was in thte Pace cemetery
at Wakefield.
Surviving is the wife, formerly
Miss Annie Pace of Wakefield.
PRIZES AWARDED
As promised last year, the
Zebulon Record has awarded
prizes to the two correspondents
who in the opinion of the judg
es best represented their com
munities in news reported and
who were most regular in their
contributions. While the work
of all correspondents has been
appreciated, it was decided that
those from Pilot and Pleasant
Hill were best. A check for ten
dollars was sent to Cameron
Stallings of Pilot and one for
five dollars went to Mrs. T. Y.
Puryear of Pleasant Hill. An
nouncement for next year will
be made later.
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