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staANt water
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he Other
FMRS. THEO. B- DAVIS
hilp many persona ax die
tejs canning and preserving in- !
t(/><ingeably, it always contuses
n'it I don t know exactly which
i/neant. And when I heard one
uman say she had been canning
icumbers it nearly made me
«imp. She meant that she had
lick led the
cucumbers.
| Definitions vary somewhat and
local usage makes other differences
in words used, but those usually
accepted for jam, jelly, preserves,
marmalade, fruit butters and
pickles are these: jelly is fruit
juice only, boiled with sugar until
the propepr consistency is reached.
Some juices, as cherry, peach or
pear, may need to have pectin
added to keep from having merely
a stiff sirup instead of jelly. I
never bother with trying to make i
jelly of these, preferring those j
that have the pectin in themselves
Apples, quinces, gooseberries,
gripes, blackberries when not too
ripe, will provide enough jelly,
and you can vary taste by com
billing fruits. However, you
needn't pay any attention to my
opinions.
Preserves is made of whole
.small fruits or berries or of pieces
■of larger fruits in a heavy sugar
psirup. Jam is made of crushed ber
ries. Marmalade is made of
crushed fruit, often riper than
that used for canning or preserves.
Butters are sweetened fruit cooked
and usually run through a colan
der before being cooked slowly for
hours with sugar added, and often
pspiees. Apple butter was formerly
. made by using sweet cider to cook
the apples in, but now only water
is frequently used.
Pickling, as understood gener
ally, means hardening and chang
ing a product by means of salt or
vwinegar, as meat or cucumbers.
vegetables the use of salt be
fore the vinegar is almost invar
iable; fruits may be pickled by
putting them directly into a sirup
of vinegar and sugar.
Canning is preparing fruits and
vegetables for storage without
more sugar than enough to make
t them palatable, or with none at
Dali. It requires more careful seal
r ing of jars and with vegetables,
except tomatoes, much longer
cooking.
And this is one year when we
should most probably can, pre
serve or pickle everything we
have time and strength for. Not
so much fancy products as some
thing to “fill the pot.’’ For we
shall be liable to need it before
this time next year. Ordinarily, as
has been said in this column be
fore, I do not believe it pays to
fili cans with anything'not first
class, unless one has it on hand
and wants to avoid waste. If you
have to buy what is canned, it
often happens that it costs you
about what it would to buy it al
ready canned; maybe more, if you
count your time and fuel in the
cost. However, it is a queer family
that does not have some special
rtcipes that are liked better than
arty other, and we want to
piit up those things, even if we
have to buy all that goes into
them.
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Whether we raise or buy what
goes into the jars, we are busy
these hot days, canning, preserv
ing, pickling, and trying to re
member that fall is not so far
away, and it will be cooler then
But that brings thoughts of school
clothes and little prospect of rest
It reminds us of the tired old
woman who told her pastor when
he piously quoted to her “there
therefore a rest for the
pople of God” that she thought
her share ought to be remaining;
she had never used any of it.
* * *
• Since the news of the mobili
zation of troops in the Philippines
it has surprised me a bit to note
how many friends ask with a care
ful casual air, “Where is Eric
now?”, Eric being our oldest son
and a lieutenant in the Philippines.
There’s no use saying it does not
emphasize the gravity of the sit
uation for us —but our son is only
one of thousands. You can't have
an army without men.
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Sdje Zebulon SU’rnrh
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“The Lost Colony” marked its 2(H)th performance at the
Waterside Theatre, Manteo, Roanoke Island, last week with a
giant birthday cake which, in line with the national defense
program of conserving materials, had hut ten candles, each
representing twenty perfomances.
R. D. Massey Says
Metal Drive Is
Great Success
Chairman R. D Massey reports
i success with the aluminum drive
in this community. Boy Scouts
enthusiastically collected old ar
tides and utensils made of the j
wanted metal. Wakelon Theater j
gave a special matinee with a j
piece of old aluminum as the ad- j
mission price tor children. A
large box was assembled in this
way and thanks are due the man
agement for such liberal co-oper
ation.
Chairman Massey announces
that another round will be made
by scouts to gather up pieces of
aluminum that may have been
missed before. The final time limit
is Friday. All who can give are
asked to have their donations
ready when called for.
Defense Bond
Quiz for Anybody
Q. What is the reason for buy
ing a Defense Bond?
A. To keep America free. To
j show your faith and pride in
your country. To warn foreign
! dictators that the United States
is the strongest country in the
, world..
Q. But if I do not have enough
money to buy a Defense Bond,
what can I do?
A. Buy Defense Postal Stamps,
on sale almost everywhere. Your
post office, bank, depaprtment
store or druggist has then, or can
! get them for you, at 10 cents up
ward. Save enough Stamps to ex
change for a Defense Bond
Note: To purchase Defense
Bonds and Stamps, go to the near
est post office or bank, or write
for information to the Treasurer
of the United States, Washington,
D C
Farmers Barning
Tobacco Now
With haste forced upon them
by weather conditions farmers are
rushing the barning of tobacco.
Some say the leaves stripped from
stalks are not really ripe hut have
been yellowed prematurely by the
excessive heat following a spell of
rainy weather. Workers will know
little leisure until all the crop is
in and then will come the work
of grading and tying the bundles.
PATENTS- The number of
patents for inventions granted
throughout the world amounted to ,
147,396 during 1939, the latest
year for which statistics are avail
able.
Seven Absent at
Rotary Meeting;
No 100 per-cent
The following were absent:
Vance Brown, Albert Medlin,
Irby Gill, Wilson Braswell, Dr
Massey, Charles Allen and Hoyle
Bridges. The absence of all these
members leaves the impression
that we are about to lose our hun
dred per cent standing. It is quite
possibl; that every one will have
made up his attendance in some
other Rotary Club before we meet
again.
Vaiden Whitley had the pro
gram. He spoke on several sub
jects. First the community and
friendly fellowship that exist. No
one as a rule feels that he has
lowered hiself in society for be
ing frienJly and neighborly to his
fellow man, regardless of race, (
wealth, religion and politics. Vaid
en states that this does not exist
in Euroj e. He also spoke on the
present outlook. It seems to be a
prevailing idea that crops will sell
high this fall and that people will
start to spending their money be
fore they can make it. This is al
ways bad business. Vaiden showed
the merchants and the manufac
turers i leas about spending and
buying something on the prospects
of expet tations. His talk was prac
tical and to the point and -he
was highly commended by mem
bers of the club for bringing such
an interesting and helpful pro
gram.
Jaycees Crush Rotarians
The Zebulon Jaycees beat the
tar out of the Rotarians Wednes
day afternoon to the tune of 23-12
behind the 15-hit pitching of Book
Antone. Robert Massey, who was
the Rotary pitcher, went the route, j
allowing *4 hits. Loose fielding
offset the effectiveness of each of
the pitchers.
Ferd Davis led the Jaycees at !
bat, getting a homer, a double, and i
three singles in six times at bat. O- 1
rin Ferrell and Barry Davis, each j
with four hits for six tries, helped
the Jaycee cause along considera. ]
bly. One of Orin’s hits was a horn
er, after which he entertained the
crowd with a handspring. (The
Davis hoys also lead in errors; Ferd
made four errors in five chances;
Barry made five errors in ten
chances.
Willard Gill, showing his old
time form, was by far the best
fielder in the game, although Wil
son Braswell made the most spec
tacular play of the whole game a
flying tackle of the Rev. George
Griffin. Other good fielding plays
ZEBULON, N. C„ FRIDAY, Al ta ST 1, 1911
EDST Meets with
Complications
In Zebulon
Local Folks Finds That
This Matter of Turning
Hack Time Is Confusin'
In Zehulon the plan for saving
daylight meets complications. Chief
of these is the fact that tins sec
tion is rural and therefore with
out most conditions which are
specially affected by the clock
With farmers the sun is time
keeper, and it is hard to legislate
cows, chickens and crops into hab
its other than those established by
the seasons. With many already
rising before six o’clock, getmg up
an hour earlier means that lights
must be on while breakfast is b
ing cooked and when is the sav
ing in current? Going to bed eai
Iter might be arranged for, but
in weather such as now prevails
there is little use retiring until the
air has cooled somewhat
Trains, mail and buses run as
before daylight saving was begun;
one need only to remember to go
an hour later for papers and let
ters.
Those who work in Raleigh and
must make the daily trip an hour
earlier are the ones really affected.
There has been observed no in
clination against co operation wth
the government; it is merely a
matter of opinion as to what con
stituted best cooperation. And one
may judge from reading the larger
dailies that rural communities are
supposed to be largely exempt
from daylight saving At this time
of year they don’t waste much of
it anyway, with all the work that
has to be done.
Selectees to Be
Inducted Soon
The following is a list of select
ed men to be induetted into the
United States army on August 7,
1941.
Robert Leroy Franks, Route 5,
Raleigh; Falc Elmo Bunn, Jr.,
Zebulon; Manly Levi Watkins,
Route 2, Wake Forest; Willard
McClean Nowell, Wendell; Jo
seph Andrew Massey, Route 1;
Neuse; Thomas Simon Perry,
Route 3, Wake Forest; Wiley El
lington, Route 3, W.ike Forest;
James Ray Rudd, Route 1, Wake-
Forest; El wood Vaughan, Route 1,
Wendell; Marvin Bell Layton,
Route 1, Raleigh; Frank Marshall
Bunn, Route 1, Carry; Willard
Morris, Route 2, Zehulon; Edwin
Hal Johnson, Route 3, Zebulon.
A. C. Dawson, Chairman
RUBBER —Haiti is expected in
the future to supply a part of
the rubber requirements of the
United States as plans have been
made for the eventual planting of
70,000 acres of rubber trees.
were turned in by Horton, Under
hill, Liles, Alexander, and Phillips.
Underhill hii a triple for the Jay
cees.
Jiggs Pearce umpired the game.
He was not booed once, though he
called the game from the center of
the diamond, possibly to escape pop
bottles Irom the grandstand, which
was packed with a crowd of about
fifty, mostly wives and children of
the players.
Jack Hinton, Massey, Horton,
and R H. Bridgers each got two
hits for the Rotarians. Bobby Brid
gers got one hit and one run in his
one appearance at the plate.
Proceeds of the game, which
were rather slim, are to go to the
Boy Scouts and the Junior Wom
an’s Club. The equipment was lent
by the Lewis Sporting G<xkls Co.
of Raleigh, through the efforts of
H L. Thompson
Score by innings:
Rotarians 100 051 041 —l2
Jaycees 092 317 01 x—23
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People, Spots In The^News.
World) j
MARBLE MONARCH . }
Gerald Robinson, 14, of
Scranton, Pa., wears crown ‘WELL IN HAND— ’ was situation
of national marbles champion at Quantico, Va., when bevy of New
he won in 19th annual na- York magazine - cover gals paid
tional tournament at Wild- week-end visit to famed U. S. Mar
wood, N. J. He previously ine base there and tried the “bi
won Eastern sectional eham- cycles built for two” panzer, or
pionship. motorized, style!
PROIH < TION MARVEL . . . New single rollme umt. of . vei.
installed at Alcoa, Tenn., plant of Aluminum Company of America
as part of $200,000,000 self-financed national defense expansion pro
gram, turns out 50 times amount of aluminum alloy aircraft sheet
produced by conventional type rolling mill, speeding defense pro
duction 5,000 per cent.
|
I ,ightnmjj*Str ikes
M, E. Church
Tuesday Night
While Tuesday night's storm
was at its height lightning struck
the steeple of the Methodist church
in Zehulon. The resultant flame
was first seen by P. B. Crutch
field, new employe at the Record
shop, rooming in the A. C. Daw
son home. He gave the alarm to
the Dawsons who relayed it, and
it was not long before Chief
Shannon with a volunteer crew of
Amos Wells, R. H. Brantley, Jr.,
Barry Davis, Jack Potter and two
colored men arrived on the scene.
Barkton Antone climbed the lad
der with an axe to make an op
[ ening for water to enter. A crowd
of helpers assembled rapidly, and
the fire was soon under control.
When it is remembered that
the first Baptist chureh in Zebu
lon was destroyed by lightning
there is special cause for thank
fulness that the Methodist struc
ture was saved.
ROTARIANS ah r h
R H Bridgers, 2b-If 5 1 2
Braswell, 2b-cf 3.0 1
Horton, ss-2b 3 1 2
Hinton, lf-ss 3 1 2
Liles, c 5 3 1
Massey, p 4 12
Sawyer, if 5 11
Bunn, 3h 4 11
Phillips, lb 3 2 1
B. Bridgers, rs 111
Corbett, rs 3 0 1
Totals 39 12 15
JAYCEES ab r h
B Davis, 3b-2b-cf 6 4 4
Antone, p 6 11
Underhill, lb 6 2 1
Gill, ss-2b 6 2 2
F. Davis, 2b-3b-cf-ss 6 5 5
Ferrell, If 6 3 4
Alexander, 3b 2 11
Potter, rs 3 3 3
Brantley, cf 0 0 0
Temple, c 3 12
Griffin, cf-c 3 11
Totals 47 23 24
Paul Brantley
Builds Station
At City Limits
Work on the new filling station
being built by Paul Brantley goes
on rapidly. Situated on the narrow
triangle of land between the paved
! highway and the road leading to
i Little River Mill, the station has
j unexcelled location. It will be at'.
tractive in design and is planried
| for all conveniences.
Cook Book Now
OH Press
The cook book compiled and
; published by women of the Meth
j odist church here has been fin'
ished and copies will be on sale
after the second Monday in Aug
ust. Mesdames B. F. Boone, Way
lon Finch and Fred Page were the
committee who looked after the
i publication. The work was done in
i the Record shop. With its covers
in red and with 44 pages, the btxik
is well worth owning, containing
dozens of the favorite recipes of
Zebulon housewifes. Profits will
go to the church fund.
Zebulon Record
Goes to Hawaii
No, the plant remains as is,
: but we have a new subscriber out
in Hawaii. Each week The Record
will carry Zebulon news to a
young man in.the navy from the
Hopkins Chapel community. His
father c tme in Wednesday morn
! ing and said his son, Jack W.
Richards, U. S. S. Dobbin, Pearl
Harbor, T. H. wrote to have the
paper knt him. While it will take
almost two weeks for the paper
j to reach him, yet he will have a
| picture of the happenings back
home each week.
Quail Lore
A large percentage of quail
| nests are located within 30 feet
from the edge of a field. If there
j are not too many roaming cats
and dogs, the quail seem to prefer
nests along roads, paths and oc
casionally close to dwellings.
PREVENT DISEASE; DRAIN
STAGNANT WATER
Local Church
News
i
Methodists
Wc will not have regular
church services the first and sec-
I ond Sundays in August. Our
people seem to he willing for the
pastor to take this time off for
i vacation. Many thanks to each
'>f you.
The church school meets each
Sunday at 10:00.
The young people s meeting is
held each Sunday evening,at 7:00.
Baptists
Special atention is called to the
I time of our services for Sunday,
August 3. We will meet as we
customarily did before Daylight
Saving Time came into effect. The
hours will be;
10:45 (D. S. T.) Sunday school.
12.00 (D. S. T ) Morning wor-
I s i' l P Sermon topic: “Receiving
j Without Giving”
S.-00 (D. S. T ) Mission Night.
All mission organizations with the
| exception of the Sunbeams will
i meet at this time.
Samaria Has
New Church
Pastor A D. Parrish an
nounces the first service in the
new church building at Samaria
for next Sunday. This building
was begun 18 months ago and
work has proceeded mainly on the
pay-as-you-go basis, only a small
debt remaining at present. It is
on highway 95. seven -niles east
of Zebulon. Cinder blocks and
brick were used in the construc
tion The house has a seating ca
pacity of approximately 700 with
adequate space for Sunday school.
The public is cordially invited
to the first service and to those
that may succeed it.
Samaria is in the Tar River
association.
Hot News Direct
From the War
If one were to believe all re
ported by both Germans and Rus
sians about their titanic struggle,
many thousands have been killed
over and over on each side, both
have been winning day by day,
(Jermans have been making blitz
krieg progress while Russia has
| stopped them in their tracks.
From the best reports, after
sifting them, it seems that what
| has taken place on a 1,000-mile
battle line has resulted in the de
struction of much property and
many lives. Germany has made
gre.'it headway towards Leningrad
and Moscow. What was thought
to be a matter of weeks at most
to win, will lengthen into months
with a possibility of Germany’s
never reaching Moscow. At pres
ent Russia claims to have stopped
the German march along the whole
battle front. In some sections she
[ has actually taken the offensive.
On the other hand, Germany ad-
I mits a strong resistance. A high
military authority has warned the
German people that they may ex
pect a long struggle before victory
comes.
The war in other parts of the
eastern world still goes on, but
makes little news in the face of
the greater struggle in Russia.
England continues her aerial raids
on occupied France and Germany
makes little news in the face of
gets the necessary war munitions,
! the destiny of Hitler may be set
tled there.
Japan has occupied Indo-China.
England and the U. S. have placed
an embargo on all exports. All
troops in the Philippine Islands
have been called to service and it
is said that much of the American
fleet has moved into far Pacific
waters. If Japan continues her en
croachments, war is likely to break
out at any time between this
country and that.
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