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VOLUME XVI.
Fire In Zebulon
Friday Afternoon
On Friday afternoon of last
week fire was discovered under
the roof of the dwelling-house on
Horton Street, occupied by Jesse
Temple and family. None of the
family was at home and the fact
that the house is near the busi
ness section of town is probably
what saved it from total destruc
tion. The alarm was given when
first the flame broke through un
der the eaves at the peak of the
metal roof. There was some delay
on the part of the fire department
due to some fault in the mechan
ism of the fire truck, but a crowd
had already gathered and was
carrying out furniture. Once the
fire hose was in action, the
flames were brought under con
trol.
M. J. Whitley, owner of the
house, stated on Monday that he
thought the damage could be re
paired for somewhere between
two hundred and three hundred
dollars. The fire started around
the kitchen flue.
AN INVITATION
You are cordially invited to vis
it and join the Baraca Class Sun
day morning at 10:00 A. M. Meet
me there and you will enjoy it.
Come. I
Bob Sawyer, Captain Group
No. 1.
Three new national forests es
tablished since September 6
bring the total number in the
United States to 161, reports the
U. S. Forest Service .
THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER
“What,” I asked a business
man, “would you think of a girl
who wanted her little home pa
per to have the news of her en
gagement before sending it to
the dailies?”
“Well,” he replied, “I’d think
she was unusually loyal to her
homefolk and especially <to the
paper.”
Jane Hoyle was the girl I had
in mind.
On Wednesday of last week
Mrs. Hoyle came to the office
with an account of a dinner she
was to give on Thursday even
ing, When Jane’s engagement
was to be announced, and which
Jane wanted to have in our paper,
which usually goes out in Friday’s
mail. The announcement was to
be in Sunday’s News and Obser
ver. Because of some of the work
ers wanting to be off Thanksgiv
ing Day, we were getting out the
Record a day ahead of schedule,
and thus would have told of the
engagement before the hour set
for the dinner. It was thought
best to hold the news until this
week.
However, we appreciate very
much such thoughtfulness and
courtesy at a time when a girl
is excusable if she forgets prac
tically everything but herself
and himself. And* we confess to
an added fervency in our wishes
for the happiness of this couple.
I don't know which is more con-
THE FOUR COUHTT NEWSPAPER — WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
AT CHURCHES
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Schedule of services for Sunday
Dec. 10:
Church School —10:00
Church Service —11:00
Young Peoples Service. .6:45
It is encouraging to know that
so many people are loyal and de
voted to the church. Many are
giving unselfish support to the
church so that it might prove a
blessing to men, women, young
people and children in the com
munity.
Ben F. Boone, Pastor
BAPTIST CHURCH
You are invited to worship
with us Sunday, Dec. 10, at any
of the following services:
9:4s—Sunday School
11:00—'Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject: “The Hope For Mis
sions”
7:00 —Young People’s Groups.
7:3o—Evening Worship. Ser
mon subject: “Our Bible”
G. J. Griffin, Pastor
FIDELIS CLASS
The Fidelis Class of the Zeb
ulon Baptist Church met in the
home of Mrs. Wallace Chamblee
on Tuesday night. Plans were
made for a membership drive.
Two Captains, Miss Lelia Carroll
and Miss Christine Conn, were
elected. The losing team will en
tertain the winners at a Valentine
party at the close of the contest.
Class members, be present
next Sunday! Your Captain needs
you and you in turn will have an
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spicuous, the woman who frankly
revels in the freedom and
display of very short skirts and
flings her limbs around accord
ingly, or the one who for more
or less occult reasons suddenly
finds herself wearing one and is
possessed of the idea that the dis
tance from knee to ankle is great
er than all the rest of her
measurements combined. Her em
barrassment serves to attract at
tention.
One of the latter kind said to
me not long ago: “I’ve made a
show of myself all afternoon.
I’ve tugged at this skirt trying to
make it look longer till it’s a won
der I haven’t pulled all the wool
out of it. And everybody stared
at me! But,” she added with
irritated resignation, “I don’t
blame them. If I saw anything
coming along looking like I do,
I’d stare, too.”
In the Charlotte News C. A.
Paul remarks that reading obit
uary columns is a sign of age;
that we never pay any attention
to such notices until our own
friends begin dropping off, when
we mentally compare their ages
with our own.
We might do worse. Neither in
difference nor fear can bar the
approach of death. And it U
strange how the passing of the
years can change fear into res
ignation and resignation in hope,
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1939
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
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J. CLARENCE PRICE
J. Clarence Price, Durham po
lice officer was instantly killet
on last Sunday in a motorcycl
accident. He was convoying a
car in which a small boy was be
ing carried to a hospital aftei
being hit by a car. Traveling at
high speed on his machine which
was equipped with police radio,
the officer is said to have look
ed back jusit after crossing an
intersection, losing control of hit
motorcycle, which crashed into
an oncoming car, throwing Price
for some distance.
The burial service was held ori
Monday afternoon in Durham.
Surviving are the widow, for
merly Miss Doris Wiggins; the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Price
of Neuse; two sisters, Mrs
Freddie Baker of Raleigh and
Mrs. Robert Phillips of Zebulon;
two brothers, Rowland Price of
Durham and Clifton Price of
Neuse.
Mr. Price was 27 years old and
formerly lived here. At one time
he was seriously burned when the
Dwight Buffalo Soda Shop caught
fire and he was occupying an up
stairs room above it. He was for
a short while an employe of the
Record Publishing Co. He had
been with the Durham police force
for more than two years.
BIG CROWD HERE SATURDAY
Zebulon was crowded on last
Saturday afternoon!, and Scout
master Allen with his Boy Scouts
showed efficiency in directing i
traffic at intersections of streets.
It was conservatively that 3,000 1
persons were in town. To Craven
Parrish went $25.00. Five dollars
went to Douglas Brown, and one
dollar each to Elmo Finch, W. T.
Pace, Morris Hicks, Martha
Clark, and Elizabeth Broughton.
The special award of $20.00 went,
to Rachel Horton.
Industrial plants take two
fifths of the cotton consumer! in
the United States, according to
the National Cotton Council.
So that one no longer says, “How
dreadful that we must some day
die”; but instead “How good that
one does not have to live for
ever”; a nr! finally comes the wish,
“I hope death does not wait <too
Jong.”
CLUB COLUMN
The Wakefield Demonstration
Club held their regular monthly
meeting at the club house Wed
nesday, November 22, with the
president Mrs. O. H. Massey pre
siding. Mrs. Maude Mclnness gave
a demonstration on window
shades. After the business meet
ing officers for £he ensuing year
were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Coley Arnold;
Vice President, Mrs. O. H. Mas
sey; Secretary, Mrs. S. H. Hoyle;
Treasurer, Mrs. D. S. Joyner.
The next meeting will be the
20th of December and each mem
ber is requested to bring a gift
for the Christmas tree.
P.-T. A. Meeting
Next Tuesday
The Wakelon P. T. A. will meet
Tuesday December 12, at 7:30 in
the high school auditorium. Mrs.
B. F. Boone will speak on “The
Satisfaction Derived from Hob
bies.”
Prior to Mrs. Boone’s talk the
Primary Grades will give a short
program.
The P. T. A. Study group will
meet Thursday night at 7:30 in
the Home Economics Department.
“For Want of a Nail” is the sub
ject of the discussion, which con
cerns youth and religion.
SENIOR PLAY
The Seniors of Middlesex High
School will present “Bashful Mr.
Bobbs” in the School Auditorium
Friday night. December 8, 1939.
The public is cordially invited.
THE POET AND THE PEASANT
By DOCK
“Well,” said the Poet, “I pre
some that you have already done
your Christmas shopping.”
“To tell you the truth I haven’t
because I wanted to see what all
the local merchants are going to
or houses,” said the Poe»t.
“I was talking to one of the
rural mail carriers the other day
and he said that the other folks
out in the country had already
started getting their Christmas
orders from the various mail ord
er houses,” said the Poet.
“Well,” said the Peasant, “you
won’t hear anyone telling you that
they saw me getting something
from a mail order house. The mail
order house doesn’t help me pay
any of my local taxes, they don’t
offer me the same accommodations
♦ hat the local merchants do and
furthermore if I have a dozen eggs
I want to trade for some beans, f
have to take them to the local store
and sell them and then buy a
money order to send the money to
♦ he mail order house for the beans
—no thank you, mister, I’m go
ing to spend my money with the
local merchant if he has what I
want and need—it’s he that helps
the wheels go around in and neac
ZEBULON and ZEBULON is
where I live. I’ll tell you right
now I appreciate these local mer
chants giving we folks who trade
wi*h them 1 percent-of their gross
business. Every Saturday they are
i nnftjnrr out 815 to go back to
those people who trade with them.
Now I don’t think that money
Prizes For Best
Window Displays
The Zebulon Junior Chamber of
Commerce will give $lO in cash
prizes to the Zebulon merchants
who have the best decorated win
dows. This ten dollars will be di
vided up into a first prize of $5,
second prize $3 and third prize of
$2. All places of business in town
are eligible and are urged to par
ticipate.
I he judges, who will be appoint
ed by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will inspect and judge
the display on Wednesday night,
December 20, a definite hour to be
announced later.
J. W. Narron, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated
yesterday that most every busi
ness house in the town had stated
that they would participate, either
to him or some other member of
the organization. This is very
commendable in the Zebulon busi
ness men and with the Garden
club sponsoring the decoration of
the homes along with this decora
tion, indications are that Zebulon
will be one of the most attractive
little towns in this part of the
state.
The judges will use the follow
ing chart in determining which is
to win the first, second and third
prizes:
Conformity to Yuletide spirit,
33 1-3 percent; Originality, 33 1-2
percent; Christmas lighting, 33
percent.
If a member has not seen you
and asked that you participate,
Mr. Merchant, this is to be con
sidered an invitation for you to
do so.
comes from nowhere I don’t
think the members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce are donat
ing it I know that it is coming
from the Zebulon merchants and,
if they a*e willing to share their
profits in this manner I really
do appreciate it and feel that so
long as I can get what I want in
Zebulon that I should do so. A
large percent of the profit that
our local merchants make goes
to the local people either in trade
taxes or some invisible manner,
and we fail to appreciate it.”
“What in the world ever pos
sessed you to preach to me?” ask
ed the Poet.
“If I was preaching, I am sor
ry,” said the Peasant, “but you
inferred that I was going to ord
er everything for Santa Claus.
Now I didn’t like that. I never
will like that kind of an insinu
ation. I am not over patriotic,
but I am selfish. I spend ipy
money in Zebulon because it will
give me most returns. That is
what I want more for my dol
lar. The local merchants help me
pay my taxes and keep up my
local churches, school and all the
other fraternial, civic and relig
ious organizations and help keep
this town together. Were it not
for them we would have no
ZEBULON in which to live and
rear our children.”
"In other words,” said the
Poet, "you believe in the slogan,
TRADE AT HOME.”
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