<£4tr Zebulon Uterorit
VOLUME XVI.
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
By MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
There is no denying that it was
an enormous meal which I ate at
the Wakefield church supper on
Thursday night of last The
plate was filled with pork barbe
cue, mashed potatoes, cabbage
salad and hot corn sticks, there
was plenty of hot coffee and a big
slice of pie to finish with. My
seat was at the end of a narrow
table, next the wall,, and when
we started to leave I couldn’t until
the table had been moved. Mr.
Tommie Williams and my husband
were almost too polite as they did
the moving, but they needn’t have
accepted my explanation as they
did. And nobody seems really to
believe what I try to tell about it.
They just smile, or laugh, or say,
“Well, I have eaten some big
meals myself, but I’ve never eaten
until I couldn’t get up from the
table.”
We felt bad, my husband and I,
on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week; the weight of every
separate—and united—year bowed
us down. We ached in our muscles
and creaked in our joints; and we
thought with mingled emotioi s
that perhaps the time had come
when we should give careful con
sideration to retiring, not for the
night, but for the rest of our lives.
We were old.
Then I remembered the earlier
days of the week, and how we had
both pruned trees and shrubbery
with more enthusiasm than endur
ance. Careful experimenting prov
ed that the muscles hurting worst
were those most affected by stand
ing on tiptoe to prune the largest
ligustrum, the holly hedge, the
fruit trees and the big holly tree.
Greatly relieved, I hastened to
comfort my better half, who, at
first reluctant to agree, was much
consoled to realize he was not
headed straight for the grave.
We’re feeling very well now,
thank you; we are not any older
than we ought to be; and we have
set out some more small, young
fruit trees.
Prof. Jasper Memory of Wake
Forest gave us one of the most en
joyable programs of the year at
the Woman’s Club Tuesday after
noon of last week. Listening to
him tell of John Charles McNeill’s
writings, I felt once more pride
that years ago when McNeill was
on the Charlotte Observer staff I
clipped and saved a number of his
poems as they appeared in that
daily. We weren’t hearing then
how great a poet McNeill was, and
I didn’t know his future rank. It
was my pleasure in what he had
to say that made me clip and
paste. That was one time my
judgment was good.
At first, when Mr. Memory re
peated selections from the poems
I felt he was not using enough fire
and fervor. He went along con
versationally with it all, quoting
poetry just like prose. To one who
used to study elocution this
seemed a bit flat. Then I remem
bered the speaker’s saying in the
beginning that McNeill’s poetry is
the kind to be lived with—simply
worded, plain as everyday, yet deep
as life itself—and I realized that
he was doing it right. We can’t
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THE FOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN^
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940
AT CHURCHES
ZEBULON BAPTIST CHURCH
The services which are to be con
ducted in the Baptist Church Sun
day, March 31, are as follows:
9:4s—Sunday School.
11.00, Morning Worship. Ser
mon Subject: “The Meaning of
the Ascension”.
7:00, Young People’s meeting.
7:30, Evening Worship. Sermon
topic: “The Hope of a Christian
World.”
METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday, March 31, being
sth Sunday, our church service will
be held in the morning at 11
o’clock. Your presence will add
much to the success and helpful
ness of this service.
Schedule of services for sth Sun
day:
Church School —10:00.
Church Service —11:00.
Young People’s Service —6:45.
BEN F. BOONE, Minister.
EASTER IN THE CHURCHES
Special Easter music featured in
both the Methodist and Baptist
11:00 o’clock services here last
Sunday. Members of both church
es assembled for a service at 6:45
in the morning. There was no
evening worship, announcement to
that effect having been made be
fore the snowfall, which would
have kept many away had meet
ings been scheduled.
Twenty-nine persons were killed
while jaywalking in this state last
year.
MONEY NEEDED!
For a number of years the town of Zebu
lon has not had adequate water and sewerage
facilities. When the present systems were in
stalled a number of years ago, they accommo
dated most of the people in the town. Since
that time other homes have been built till per
haps 20 per cent of the present population does
not have these necessities. Considerable criti
cism has been made because of this apparent
neglect of the Commissioners in giving all citi
zens impartial service.
Last fall a survey was made and plans
drawn covering most of the needed water and
sewerage extensions. It was found that ap
proximately $22,354.00 would be required to in
stall the new connections. Os this amount the
government, through the WPA, proposed to pay
73 per cent, leaving 27 per cent to be raised by
the town. This would require about $6,000 to
be contributed by the town of Zebulon.
The question is, where is the money coming
from? Possibly the Mayor and Commissioners
could borrow the necessary funds. But this
would require an election and a delay of 90 or
more days. Even then, the citizens, in the light
of the present debt on them, might vote down
other obligations. This should not and need
not be at all necessary. Zebulon has $20,000
past due taxes. For the years 1938-39 there are
about SIO,OOO in unpaid taxes. There are $7,000
of other taxes now due. Much of this money
due in taxes is by some of the most prominent
and well-to-do citizens of the town. There is
all the necessary legal machinery for collecting
these taxes ,if used, to collect every dollar of
these taxes or sell the property.
Our Mayor and Commissioners believe the
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FOR HOUSE
FOSTER D. FINCH
In his announcement Mr. Finch
says:
“I offer myself as a candidate
for the House of Representatives
for Wake County, subject to the
Democratic Primary of May 25th.
In making this announcement to
the folks of my home town and
entire community, I want to pledge
to you that, if elected, I shall en
deavor to serve all the people of
our County and State, honestly
and well, and will diligently seek
ways and means of advancing all
policies of government that affect
the public welfare and the com
mon good of all. I stand for
strict economy in the administra
tion of government, and at all
times shall support the kind of
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proper thing to be done under the circumstances
is not to borrow more money but collect some
and all of the taxes long since due the town.
Every cent of it is needed for this and other
purposes. There is no reason why all citizens
should not be treated alike. However, if the
majority of the citizens think differently as to
collecting these taxes or installing the proposed
sewerage and water extensions, then the town
authorities would like to know and govern
themselves accordingly. To find the will of
the people in this matter, the Mayor is calling
a meeting of all citizens of the town tomorrow
evening at 7 :30 o’cock in the Masonic Hall. It
is hoped a full representation of the people will
be there ready to say whether they approve of
definite and quick procedure in the collection of
all the unpaid past due taxes of every citizen
of Zebulon.
Below is his call. Answer it with your
presence if you are a citizen of Zebulon.
To the Citizens of Zebulon:
Since the town of Zebulon is in immediate
need of the sum of $6,000 to supplement $16,000
which the WPA proposed to contribute in ex
tending needed water and sewerage connections
in Zebulon, I am hereby calling for a meeting
of all citizens of the town at 7:30 this evening
(Friday) in the Masonic Hall to confer with
the Town Board in devising ways and means
for raising the necessary amount to enable the
Town Commissioners to provide this badly
needed extension of our water and sewerage
lines.
AVON PRIVETTE, Mayor.
CLUB COLUMN
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
The Junior Woman’s Club held
the March meeting on Thursday
night, March 21. Mesdames G. J.
Griffin and L. M. Massey gave a
program on Music. Mrs. Griffin
talked on the subject, interspersing
her remarks with records of the
William Tell Overture.
Hostesses for the meeting were
Mesdames R. V. Brown and J. W.
Narron and Miss Dorothy Toler.
The Junior Woman’s Club will
have a special party on Friday,
March 29, at the club house. All
members are invited to be present
at 8:00 o’clock in the evening,
bringing husband, sweetheart or
good friend.
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC APRIL 2
Parents of children who will
next September enter school for
the first time are urged to take
them to the Pre-School Clinics for
examination. This means a check
up on the child’s physical condi
tion and allows some time for cor
rective treatment before school at
tendance begins. There is no cost
attached and much good may come
from a knowledge of defects if any
exist.
Wakelon’s clinic for this year
will be held in the Gymnasium on
Tuesday, April 2. Dr. Baker and
Dr. Bulla are to be present, assist
ed by Nurses Hall and Lyon. Ex
aminations begin at 9:30.
The P.-T. A. has appointed com
mittees to help with registration,
entertainment and refreshments
for the little ones. It is hoped all
prospective first graders may be
on hand.
Only 200 Tickets
To Be Sold For
Jaycee Banquet
Tickets For Banquet On Sale At
Zebu lon Drug Store Or
Any Jaycee Member
CALL MEET TUESDAY NITE
Members of the Zebulon Junior
Chamber of Commerce plan to
make Charter Night, Friday, April
5, one of the biggest things that
has been in Zebulon. Present in
dications are that it will be neces
sary to hold the sale of tickets
down to 200 as a number of people
have already promised to purchase
at least that many. If you have
promised any member of the Jay
cee to get your tickets from him,
please do so at once as all are
asked to report on their sales at
the call meeting next Tuesday nite.
For your convenience, tickets are
being handled by the Zebulon Drug
Store or any member of the or
ganization.
For those people in Wendell
who wish to attend, tickets have
been placed in both of the drug
stores there.
Plans have been made to have
the program broacast over WPTF
from 7:30 until eight and over
WRAL from eight until 8:30.
Music for both the banquet and the
dance will be furnished by Paul
Moore and his State College Col
legians. The Wakelon Glee Club
will present a number on the en
tertainment program, which will
begin promptly at 7:30.
The three course dinner will be
prepared and served by the home
economics department of Wakelon
School, and will be served in the
gymnasium.
During the evening, G. J. Griffin
pastor of the local Baptist Church
and the young man chosen by a
committee composed of M. J. Sex
ton, Avon Privette and F. D. Finch
as the outstanding young man in
Zebulon civics, will be presented
the Jaycee key.
Over fifty people from the other
22 Jaycee organizations through
the State have purchased tickets
and will be present. J. M. Brought
on, candidate for Governor of N.
C., will deliver the speech of the
evening which will follow a com
plete report of the local organiza
tion since it was formed.
Mayor Avon Privette has issued
a proclamation declaring Friday,
April 5 as Junior Chamber of Com
merce Day in Zebulon, and urges
all persons who can to pur
chase a ticket and attend the ban
quet and dance next Friday night.
J. E.GillKilled
In Auto Accident
A telegram from Richmond re
ceived here on Thursday morning
told of the death of J. E. Gill in
an automobile accident. He was
working in the Virginia city, hav
ing gone less than a month ago
to take again a position formerly
held. Details are not known and
no plans have been completed
for burial.
J. E. was the youngest member
of his family, a son of Mrs. Vic
toria Gill and the late J. E. Gill.
He was unmarried.
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