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VOLUME XVIII.
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* ' From the breakfast room window
my son s wife and 1 admired a
number of goldfinches busily eat
ing seed from zinnias and man
. jolds. One bird waff working a:
a head of seed not fully dry and
had much trouble loosening the
seed, at times lifting herself from
the foothold Selma called to me
to note a female standing in the
middle of a big orange zinnia. As
we looked a male alighted by her
and we first thought he began to
caress. But he was pecking her
and sou to the edge of the
blossom* _.,0 off. To our delight
Ik the female came back with another
I*, i just like her and together they
P drove away the male, regaining the
k flower.
There was a time in my life
when, in ignorance of politics and
the friendships it breeds, 1 honest
ly thought that a man worked >o
get another man elected to office
because he felt his candidate pos
sessed certain qualifications which
Ik set him apart from others and
ahead of them. It Jid not occur
f to me that it might have been for
the sake of securing something
special for himself. And gaining
that knowledge has added nothing
to the pleasure of life.
Reading that “eminent domain"
R had been invoked for pipeline con
struction for bringing gasoline in
♦ to this state from Lousiana took me
V back to school days when that
l term was in my mind mixed with
K squatter sovereignty, Clay's omni
bus bill, the alien and sedition laws
rand many more historical acts and
facts. In my day not much effort
was made by most teachers to tie
up printed history with current
events, and studying it was too
often like memorizing rules I never
P* got a chance to see tried out. Only
when Miss Lora Emerson put us
r to learning history by the “cause
and effect" method and had us
bring to school every book we
could find on the subject did it
► begin to make sense for me. To
this day I appreciate her efforts,
for I have seen a lot of history
made. And the end is not yet.
*
We were speaking of how oft
* cn children misunderstand words
# used by their elders, and Mrs
Starkey Hoyle told me this story:
When Mrs. Hoyle was small
Eula Pearl Gupton she used to go
with her parents to Saturday meet
ing at their church. A business
conference always followed the ser
mon. After the usual routine of
reading minutes, discussion of mat
ters carried over from a previous
* meeting, etc., Pastor Hunter would
L» say, “We will now take up mis
cellaneous business.” But the little
W Gupton girl thought he said, "We
, will take up Miss Lanie's business,'
and that he referred to Miss Lanie
Whitley, now Mrs. Will Wiggs.
And she thought Miss Lanie cer
tainly must be a peculiar church
member to have to be brought up
♦ in every conference.
* **l do hope the Mrs. Rowland who
lost her money here last week
™ finds it, or that it is returned to
her by he finder Such a loss is
■ one of life's tragedies and nothing
makes the loser feel more bereft,
according to value. I v e never lost
BB so large a sum, but do know of
B lesser losses. The only thing
SB~ worse than losing something is to
jB have it stolen from you. That de
ives you of confidence in your
Bhowman as well as the article or
money.
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REA Co-op Holds
First Annual Meet
The Wake Electric Membership
Corporation of Wake Forest, held
its first Annual Meeting in the
Wake Forest High School Audi
| tori urn September 9, with mem
bers present from Wake, Gran
ville, Durham, Franklin, Johnson,
and Vance counties.
Due to the recent illness of Mr
J. R. Wiggins, President of the
Board ol Directors who has not
gained sufficient strength to take
an active part in business affairs,
his wife, Mrs. J. R. Wiggins, pre
sided over the meeting. Mrs. Wig
gins presented interesting facts
about the Cooperative and its be
ginning. Some, of these facts are
—that a group of farmers met in
the Wake Forest High School
■ building on February 2, 1930, to
discuss plans for organizing an
REA Cooperative. With plans
made and full cooperation from
everyone a charter was granted c i
i April 22, 1940. On August S
1940, an allotment was secured in
the amount of $325,000.00 from
Rural Electrification Administra
tion in Washington, D. C., to con
struct lines in this section of North
Carolina. On March 22, 1941,
146 miles of line was energized
; and electricity made available to
; over 300 members. Within the
next 60 days approximately 500
additional members will be receiv
ing electric service from this Co
operative.
The Treasurer's report was
given by E. C. Hunt, Secretary’s
report by Mr. J. P. Bailey and the
Superintendent’s report by Mr. J
L. Shearon, Project Superinten
dent, all who havefaithfully served
the Cooperative for the first year
with loyal cooperation from Di
rectors and Members.
Gwyn B Price, Chairman of
the North Carolina Rural Electri
fication Authority, told how elec
tricity can be used in school as
well as the home in making health
ier boys and girls; also the great
increase and help that rural elec
trification has been in North Car
olina during the last five years.
Mr. William A. Halsey, repre
sentative of the Applications and
Loans Division, made a very in
teresting talk.
The following directors were
elected to serve the Cooperative
for the year 1941 and 1942: J R.
Wiggins, President; V 7 . B Snipes,
Vice President; R. C. Hunt, Sec
retary Treasurer; W. C. Mangum,
R, L Stell, E. B. Strickland, J P.
Bailey, C. S. Chamblee and T W
Allen
Signs of War Are
Seen on Railroads
Early Wednesday morning a
freight train went through Zebu
lon westward. On it were about
wenty four big gulis mounted.
They appeared to be 12 or more
feet in length. There were a’so
about the same number of cat
terpillar tractors. It is supposed
they were on their way to take
part in the big army maneuvers
around Monroe or possibly in
Louisana.
While all this is just “playing
war” for practice, we note that
the state board of health has been
! asked for 2,000 death certificates.
!So it looks like the affair may
be more serious than appears on
1 the surface.
American cotton at the end of
the current season will total about
12,300,000 bales.
Pictured is the magnificent new home of the Bowman Gray
School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, at Winston-Salem.
Rotarians Keep Marching Along; Hold
85th Consecutive 100 per cent Meeting
Large Crowd Is
Expected Sat.
Zebulon merchants expect a
large crowd here on Saturday. Ex
tensive preparations are being
made for special values on that
day and the public is invited. No
place offers more real enjoyment
in meeting friends than does a
country village, and Zebulon has
plenty of Saturday attractions
Come in and let merchants and
business men tell you of the ad
vantages of trading here.
Navy Advertises
for Recruits
We are beginning this week a
series of ads showing the superior
advantages to a young man’s en
listing at this time in the U. S.
Navy. The Army does not adver
tise enlistment into its service. It
may and does conscript young
men. This right so far has not
been extended to the Navy. It is
so attractive and the advantages so
superior over the Army that it has
not been necessary even to adver
tise its advantages up to this time.
Even in war we believe the
Navy would be preferable to the
Army In the matter of health and
comforts and even actual war the
Navy w'ould offer superior advan
tages. Then when a young man
considers the unusual opportunity
offered him to learn a trade or
prepare for a profession, without
cost — actually he is being paid
wages while he learns nowhere
else may he find a comparable of
fer.
It now appears that every able
bodied young man must enter gov
ernment service. We hope those
living in this community will read
this series of advertisements by
the Navy and consider them in the
| light of the unusual opportunity
'hat is found nowhere else. Now
the young man has the chance of
Loosing and being a volunteer. A
little later he probably will have
no choice, but will be conscripted
nto the regular army. It’s con
script or volunteer. Now you may
take your choice.
DANCE
A dance will be held at Wake
j lon Gymnasium on Friday night,
September 19, from 8:00 o’clock
until 11:00, daylight saving time
A large crowd is expected. Admis
sion will be ten cents for every
one. Members of the school faculty
will act as chaperons. Come.
ZEBULON, N. C„ FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER IK, 1911
Miss Palmer Entertains;
Luther Massey (lives
En oyable Program
The Rotary Club held its 85 th
| 100 per cent consecutive meeting
There was a large number absent
at various places.
Miss Bridget Palmer, of Wake
lon high school, sang several sc
lective songs which the club cn
joyed very much. Luther Massey
had the program. The subject was
“Are We Getting Old?” He sta
ted that naturally we grow old as
our leadership progresses. The di
agnosis leadership of any country,
city, community or individual
grows old when they begin to look
back and see what has been ac
complished. The community begins
to decay when citizenship or indi
viduals see it through old eyes and
the eyes of man that is willing to
undertake to keep an aggressive
program growing. The individual
establishments in Zebulon can be
rated according to aggressive lead
ership of its owner, or any other
community can be set accordingly
We had for welcome visitors
Dr. Smith of Wendell Rotary
Club, and L. C. Thompson, the
new town manager of Zebulon. j
CHURCH
NEWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
The services for Sunday, Sep
tember 21, will be:
10:45 D S. T., Sunday school.
12:00 D. S. T , Worship serv
ice. Sermon: ‘The Church Meet
ing Its Opportunities.”
8:00 I). S. T., Evening service
Message: “Foes Within.”
REVIVAL MEETING
This Sunday will mark the be
ginning of our revival meeting. It
will continue through Sunday,
September 28. For our visiting
minister we are to have with us
Dr. Norman Price, head of the
Bible department in Meredith Col
lege. Dr. Price is a native of Ken
tucky, a graduate of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, and
is beginning this year his second
session as teacher of Bible at Mere
dith. He will be here for his first
service on Monday night, and serv
-1 ices will continue throughout the
remainder of the week, being held
each evening only. We invite all
who will to join us in this week's
meeting. We will begin each night
at 8:30 Daylight Saving Time or
7:30 E. S. T. *
Woman’s Club
Holds Meeting
The first meeting of the Wo
man's Club since May was held on
Tuesday afternoon of this week
with Mrs. Avon Privett presiding.
The meeting was devoted to re
ports of projects decided upon and
to explanation of plans for
year. The president’s address was
heard with deep interest.
Mrs. Z. N Culpepper, vice
president, had the year books ready
and they were distributed to mem
bers.
It was decided that except for
special occasions no refrehsments
will be served. However, Mesdames
Privett and Culpepper, hostesses
for the day, served during the so
cial hour, as the change had not
been voted upon before.
Attendance was good. Mrs. A.
S. Bogen was welcomed as a new
member and Mrs. A. S. Hunt as
a visitor and prospective member.
Negro School
The Wakefield Zebulon School
for Negroes opened on Tuesday of
this week with a large number of
pupils entering for. classes. The
school has eighteen teachers this
year. It is attractively situated and
the grounds are always in order.
Shrubbery and flowers add to the
appearance.
METHODIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday, September
21 :
Church school —10:00
. Church service—7:3o.
“I was glad when they said un
to me, Let us go into the House
of the Lord.”—Psalm 122:1. Ev
ery person should be very glad of
the opportunity to enter the House
of the Lord for worship.
METHODIST W. M. S.
The Ida Fisher Society of Chris
tian Service met on Monday with
Misses Osa and Dosa Blackley
near Zebulon Twenty-two were
| present. Mrs. G. S. Barbee, presi
1 dent, had the business session prior
to the program, which was con
ducted by Mrs. A R. House. Mrs.
M J. Sexton read the Scripture
and Mrs. W. D Finch told in her
own words Woman's Part in the
Church, Home and Communuy.
Mrs B F. Boone spoke on the
i study course for the coming yeai,
and of the inspiration she received
> during the summer at Lake Juna
; luska, and urged that all pray for
■ peace. The hostesses served home
made ice cream and cake.
Good Season Is
Expected for Local
Football Squad
nufifii*-
Corinth-Holder
School Opens
Corinth Holder school is fortu
nate in being able to keep so many
of the good teachers from the last
school term Many schools are los
ing their teachers to the defense
program. We have two new ex
prienced teachers in the grades
and a new man in the high school.
Prospects lor success during the
new year are excellent.
Evangelist Daniel Boone spoke
at the opening exercises Thursday
morning.
Please get acquainted with your
teachers at your earliest possible
convenience. Their names and tea
clung positions are as follows:
Mrs. Lillian R. Kohlors, public
school music; Edith Ausley and
Ethel Ellen Lewis, first grade.
Charity Holland and Sarah Wel
lons, second grade; Louise Black
man and Mable N. Payne, third
grade; Mrs. W. O. Hocutt and
Helen McDaniel, fourth grade;
LaVerna L. Britt, fifth grade;
Ruth J. Cunningham, fifth and
seventh grades; Josephine M. Conn
and Elizabeth Gibbs, sixth grade,
Mrs. E. H. Moser, seventh grade,
ViLeigh Austin, E. C. Cunning
ham, N. L. Ensor, Ruth Hawkes,
H. V. Payne and Mildred Sud
darth, high school.
Book rental fees will be the
same as the reduced fees of last
year. The fees for supplementary
readers in the grades are as fol
lows:
First grade 75c; second grade
90c; third grade 90c; fourth grade
$1.10; fifth grade $1.10; sixth
grade $1.25; seventh grade $1.25.
The high school fees are as fol
lows :
Book rent $2.30; library fee 25c;
science fee 25c; home economics
fee SI.OO, and shop fee SI.OO.
Most school supplies can be se
cured through the school store in
the basement of the high school
building. The store is operated by
the school for the convenience of
the teachers and students. Profits
are used to purchase school equip
ment and class room supplies.
School will operate on early
schedule until cotton is picked.
E. C. Cunningham, principal.
Wakelon Theatre
Bans Bottles
The Wakelon Theatre is not
allowing any one to carry any
bottles or bottled drinks in the
theatre after Monday. This is
being done to avoid any one from
falling and injuring themselves
j by stepping on a bottle and hav
ing it roll under their foot, caus
ing them to fall. Also many bot
j ties are turned over and easily
broken on the cement floor. This
leaves broken glass for some one
to step on and get cut.
Also starting Sunday the shows
for Sunday will start at 3:15 and
8:30 p. m., E. S. T. Shows dur
ing the week will start at 3:15
for the matinee and 7 and 9 p m
for the night shows. On Saturday
the show will start at 2:00 p m
and run continuously.
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NUMBER 9
Coach Armstrong Loses
Five Lettermen; Is
Pleased With Team
The Wakelon High School foot
ball team has been working out
daily for the past two weeks in
preparation for the heavy sched
ule facing the boys this year. For
the second year Wakelon is a mem
ber of the Wake County Confer
ence which is sponsored by the
Young Men's Business Club in
Raleigh.
The conference teams this year
includes Garner, Cary, Apex, Fu
quay Springs, Methodist Orphan
age, Wendell and Wakelon.
Coach Cleaton Armstrong lost
five regulars from last year’s team.
However, he is well pleased with
the showing of several boys who
are reporting to the squad for the
lirst time, and it is rumored
among the boys on the squad that
they will be Conference Cham
pions this year.
The, boys reporting for foot
ball at the present time include:
Ervin Joye, Billy Green, Charles
Carroll, Ressie Perry, ends; James
Alford, M. T. Ray, Durwood
Perry, Donald Baker, tackles; Tom
Liles, Harvey Hood, Fred Page,
Marshall Keith, Buck Massey,
guards; Hubert Clark, Dave Finch,
centers; Donald Joyner, James
Fowler, Leamon Pierce, Billy
Keith, Harold Pippin, Elwood
Parker, William Frazier, John
Kimball, Rudolph Moss, Fred Pip
pin and Allen Pippin, backfield.
From this group there has been
no first team picked, and due to
the new rule regarding substitu
tions every boy will see action this
year who stays out for the team.
The Wakelon Athletic Associ
ation, under the direction of Coach
Armstrong, has already sold a num
ber of season tickets to school boys
and girls. These tickets- which sell
for one dollar, are good for ad
mittance to all home football, bas
ketball and baseball games. The
Association will announce shortly
the sale of adult season tickets and
it is sincerely hoped by the hiph
school boys and girls, as well as
school officials, that the Zebu lon
(immunity will support the high
' ;chool teams this year by buying
season tickets and attending home
games. Those teams represent our
community. Let’s give them our
support!
The schedule for conference
play has been completed and is
as follows:
Sept. 26—Spring Hope (Home)
(non conference)
Oct. 3 —Fuquay Springs (home)
conference
Oct. 10—Open
Oct. 17 —Open
Oct. 24—Methodist Orphanage
(Raleigh) conference
Oct. 31 —Garner (home) con
ference
Nov. 7—Apex (at Apex) con
ference
Nov. 14 —Open
Nov. 21—Wendell (home) con
ference
Nov. 26—Cary (home) con
ference.
1 Non-conference games will be
scheduled for Oct. 17 and Nov.
14, but these games will not be
played at home.
Packaging fresh corn on the cob
in a neat cellophane pack of six has
been bringing double the price
corn in husks has on retail mar
kets where this innovation has
been tried.