Volume XVIII.
This, That, and
the Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
A group of young folk, talking,
brought up this oft-discussed ques
tion: If you were cast ashore on
a desert island, what three books
would you prefer to have with
you? For the first time I gave it
serious thought. It was easy to
decide on the Bible and the new
Merriam - Wcb§ter unabridged
Dictionary, but the third book
was hard to select. A boy spoke
of someone else saying he would
take Bartlett’s Familiar Quota
tions and Ferd said he would
choose a book on calculus. But I
wanted neither of those.
The question kept coming into
mind and suddenly I knew the
answer. If I could also have lead
pencils, I'd choose for the third
book to be blank. That desert
island would give me time to
think and to study and to write
It may be I could figure out much
that has puzzled me and I might
find an answer or two. It would
be worth a fairly long stay; but
rescue parties would probably meet
a hearty welcome after the first
few weeks.
Coming to work one day
last week I met a small,
woolly white dog that I had seen
often. He comes up to inspect
our garbage at fairly regular inter
vals, and when discovered lopes off
as fast as his size and strength per
mit. But I had never heard him
make a sound. Last week, how
ever, after watching me. advance
until near him, he began a furi
ous barking. I said, “Well, if you
want the sidewalk that badly, I'll
take the street"; and stepped off
the curb. Even that did not satis
,y the little rascal and he dashed
at me, nipping at my ankle. I
was astounded and affrighted, be
ing notoriously afraid of dogs.
But my fright must have been all
at canine wanted, for with tail
lu high he pranced across the
ct to join some other, much
g.r, dogs, that were evidently
on a courting expedition. He must
. ave felt that his ego demanded
a certain amount of showing off
.id knew there was no sense in
k .ng a bigger member of his
c.ibc, so I got picked for the oc
eosion, The others had looked on
with calm interest but not one
had barked or advanced towards
me.
All the magazines are chock
full of suggestions and recipes for
Ghristmas feasts and gifts and
parties, clothes, decorations and
whatnot. Which is highly interest
ing, if one has time to follow them
up, but tantalizing, if too busy to
do anything beyond reading them.
My own suggestions are few
and meant to save work and worry
They are: If you use holly or
other berried evergreens in the
house, put in water, if possible.
The berries dry and fall off to
be trodden on and muss rugs and
floors, making bad stains. Out
side they keep fresh much longer
and those who pass can help en
joy them.
And, if you go to the woods,
even your own woods, for ever
greens, do not cut or pull a lot
more than you will need. Holly
can be trimmed heavily without
hurting it, but it takes a long
time to make a tree. Why cut
one down when only branches or
sprays are needed?
Os recent years it has amused
me to see how often we use the
word imported when we want to
©hv Zdntlxm Stenirti
Garden Club
Sponsors New
Decorations
Because of the present ruling
forbidding the use of outdoor
fighting for decorative purposes,
*Yne Garden club has decided to
put the Christmas display at the
combined Garden Club and
benior Woman's Club meeting on
December 16 on a competitive
basis. The contest is not limited
to club members, but is open to
the public. Any interested person
in this or a nearby community is
cordially invited and urged to en
ter a display.
Prizes will be given for the best
exhibit under the following divi
sions.
1. Christmas scenes
2. Console table display
3. Gift packages (limit of 3 to
a person)
4. Tray of Christmas cookies
6. Small Christmas trees (living
or artificial,
The door, mantel, and window
decorations will not be included
in the open competition.
Persons interested in cooperat
ing in the club house contest
should contact Mrs. Robert Daniel
Massey as soon as possible.
Tentative plans have been made
for an outdoor contest to be held
in case the ban on power is lifted
before the holiday season. If such
is found to be possible, prizes will
be awarded for the best display
under the following divisions:
1. General appearance of a
larg home.
2. General appearance of a small
home
3. Outdoor tree
4 Window scene (from out
side)
5. Door
6. Outdoor feature
Cat Kills Snakes
When the assistant editor an
swered a ring at the telephone
one day last week Billy Bunn was
at the other end of the line.
“What do you s pose our cat I
did?” he inquired. The a. e. had
no idea, and Billy said, "She j
killed two snakes in our back
yard. One black snake of some j
sort and one highland moccasin.
And she ate the moccasin and
Daddy hung up the black snake. |
And did you ever know a cat to
kill snakes before?”
Asked what kind of cat he had,
Billy replied that she was a “plain,
ordinary cat.” But she must have
unusual qualities.
be impressive. Os course time I
was when to say a thing was im- j
ported meant it was out of the 1
ordinary, more expensive than
the usual stuff, and, consequently,
more important, giving prestige to J
the owner. But with changing;
conditions there is little of dis
tinction in saying something was
imported, which merely means it
was brought here from another
country. Some of the very cheap- |
cst firecrackers on the market arc j
imported and ten cent store count
ers are loaded with inexpensive j
articles brought from abroad
Czechoslovakia, Germany, Japan
and China formerly figuring large
ly in shipments. The war has
changed that to a great extent,
but we still import much that
costs little.
And among other importations
are English sparrows and Japanese
beetles. I am no rabid American, j
but I do believe we have over
here articles lovely enough to!
satisfy most tastes and expensive
enough to jar most pockctbooks.
And I see no real reason for
stressing imports unless they are
in some way remarkable.
„ Here Is >niN?cis!eni Power Pool Works
| KNHSHI..M i - 1
\ mMOuii ” 1 1
DISTRIBUTED 'f
■ r //s'//// S ,ooow
j 1 j // AREA Z'//
TCK^“| \ 4 BY INTERCONNECTED
I J / \/ // // / Z' Zy
I TR
Shown at a glance in the above map is how the power pooling plan is working in the drought
stricken section of the Southeastern States. Surplus power from other states is now flowing into this
shaded area of the Southeastern States, where lack of rain and heavy demands for power by national
defense industries have brought about a serious power shortage. The width of the arrows indicates the
volume of power transfers as additional power is pi-ked up all along the line. The figures show the
kilowatt-hours of power each arrow brings into in? area per week. However, there is nothing shown
to indicate the approximate 14 million kilowatt-hour per week that Duke Power Company. Carolina
Power and Light Company, and other ir >ar' s d v r to the Carolina Aluminum Company at Badin,
N. C “All the states through which the arrows flo are contributing to the pool The power pooling
arrangement is being carried out by order oi the O nce of Production Management. *
Another Speaker
Praises Rotary
The Zebulon Rotary Club held
its 94th 100 per cent consecutive
meeting.
Professor Moser had the pro
gram, his subject being "An Out
sider Looking In.” He stated that
the first Rotary Club meeting that
he attended was in Raleigh in
1917. He has visited Rotary clubs
in Bristol, Monroe, Winston-
Salem and Wilmington, and was
much impressed with what Rotary
stood for and was trying to do.
When the Rotary Club was or
ganized in Zebulon he w r as the
first to join. Prof. Moser stated
that an outsider could not know
| what was going on in the inside |
J of an organization until they went
m and found out. Often times or j
ganizations have been criticized by j
j outsiders and the criticism was
i unjust; that often times people in
; the community say why don't the j
Rotary do such and such. That
is the way of passing the buck.
They don't realize that Rotary
I members are busy about their own
j affairs. They are people who try
to help their fellow man. The
motto for the Rotary is Service
Above Self.
“He Was A
Gay Senorita”
J
The seniors of Middlesex High
| school will present a comedy play,
"He Was a Gay Senorita,” Thurs
day night, December 4, at 7:30
in the school auditorium, under
the direction of Mrs. Joyce Hill
Hales.
! Taking part arc: Frances
j Barnes, Lloyd Liles, Hartwell
Philips, Frances Fulghum, E. Jay
i Cone, Gene Brantley, Bruce
Hawkins, Earnestine Strickland,
Ethel Bilbro, Frances Overman,
; Junius Stone, Charles Cone.
,
Methodist Church
sth Sunday Services:
Church school —10:00.
Worship Service —11:00.
Young people service—6:4s.
Next Sunday being fifth Sun
day our Church service will be
held in the morning at 11 o'clock.
Every member of the church is
: expected to be present. Your loy
| alty is greatly needed.
Zebulon, North Carolina, Friday, November 28,1941
Methodist Men
Meet Tuesday
The Methodist men held a
business meeting at the Woman’s
Club on Tuesday night, for the
purpose of planning ways and
means for a new church.
A beautiful Christmas table
was arranged by Mrs. S. G.
Flowers and Mrs. Coltrane. Each ,
man found his chair when told
to look for his “Baby picture" on
the place cards. These were made
by Mrs. B. F. Boone and Miss ,
Jocelyn House. A chicken dinner
was prepared by Mesdames M. J.
Sexton, W. D. Finch, A. R.
House; Mrs. Gregory and Miss
Ena Dell" Anderson assisted in
: serving.
The meeting was a very ;
successful one. A large number
| attended.
J. E. Carter, 50,
Dies Friday
Alarge crowd gathered here
Sunday afternoon for the funeral
of J. E. Carter, 50, World War
veteran who died on Friday of
last week after a long period of
illness. The final rites were held
in the Baptist church, Pastor
Griffin being assisted by Pastor
Boone of the Methodist Church.
Burial was in the town cem
etery.
The casket was draped with
an American flag and was attend
ed by legionnaires as honorary
pallbearers.
Surviving of the immediate
family are the wife, formerly
Miss Ettnx Brantley; a son, Jeff
rey Carter, of the U. S. Navy;
three daughters, Misses Gertrude,
Faye and Bettie Lou Carter.
DOUBLED
W. M. Southerland of Gres
(on has more than doubled the
grazing capacity of his pastures by j
applications of lime and triple sup-1
crphosphatr.
‘
SHOW
Four-H Club boys of Durham
County who obtained pigs through
the chain started by a large mail
order house exhibited their am
mals in Durham at the annual
I show November 21.
Wakefield to Hold
Special Service
A special Thanksgiving service
I will be held at Wakefield church
on Thursday nig!*, Nov. 27, at
| 7:30. At this time the ordination
of new deacons, Clarence Hinton,
Claude Baker, Douglas Pace and
Harold Greene, will take place
with Pastor Whitted in charge.
' The Rev. G. J Griffin will
preach.
The public is invited.
Recent Wrecks
MAN HURT HERE
On last Saturday at the Phil
j ette Station an unknown man
who tried to thumb a ride was hit
i by a passing car and badly hurt.
He was taken to a Rocky Mount
hospital. The driver of the car
did all possible for the injured
man and gave bond for appearance
later. It is said the man hurt was
en route to Durham for work.
NEGRO GIRL KILLED *
Cora Lewis, young Negro girl,
was killed Wednesday night when
thrown from a car that had run
up on a bank at the roadside just
west of Zebulon. Her neck was
broken. Driver of the car is said
to have been Lewis Perry of Riley
; SAH.CS3 120 LiETALWOMONC
Enlisted men in the U. S. Navy
end Navrl Reserve have the* oppor
tunity to learn more than fifty dif
ferent trades and vocations. Th : s
schooling, worth hundreds of dol
lars, is free, and the sailors are
raid their regular Navy pay while
learning.
One of the most pomilnr trades
chosen by the bluejacket is metnl
workin*?. Pictured here are two
enlisted men receiving instruction
I in acetylene welding from a quali-
Local Chairman
Asks For Aid
In Seal Sales
We think of the period around
Thanksgiving and Christmas as a
time of Charity, Helpfulness and
Good Will One of the best ways
to express this Spirit of Helpful
ness is to do our part in stamping
out Tuberculosis in our Nation,
State and Community, by buying
Tuberculosis Christmas Seals.
Tuberculosis rages the year
around and our children as well
as ourselves are in constant dan
ger of this life destroying mi
crobe. The battle of this disease
must be fought by specially
trained, doctors and nurses, who |
have at their disposal medicines,
X-rays and sanitoriums for ad i
ministering to this important cause
and educating the public against
a life of Tuberculosis. This work
is going on in our community to
day and it is very vital that it
be continued. Let's show how
civic minded we arc in Zebulon
by contributing to this worthy
cause.
Last year Zebulon and com
munity contributed $61.00 toward
Tubercular prevention. Let us
this year reach SIOO.OO goal,
which certainly seems small for
such a worthy cause.
Beginning this week Seals will
be made available through mail,
i schools, and a Tuberculosis Booth
i at the Zebulon Drug Store. Buy
these Seals so that your letters,
packages and Christmas greeting
1 cards will bear the stamp of Health
the signifying emblem of your
interest in your children and hu
j inanity. We have been wonder
! iully blessed with all the fine
things that life can give in our
community. May we show our
thankfulness and be made happiei
by bringing health and happiness
to others.
MRS. CHAS E. FLOWERS,
Chairman of Zebulon District
of Tubercular Control
Baptist Church
Services in the Baptist Church
i for Sunday, November 30:
9:45 —Sunday School
11:00- Morning worship. Ser
mon topic: “Christ’s Picture of
John the Baptist.”
7:00 Young People's meeting
7:30 -Evening service. Mcs
i sage: “The Road of Life.”
Hill, who was hurt but is able to
be up.
fi I Navy instructor. Courses in
cluded at the metalworker’s school
arc blacksmithing, oxy-acetylene
welding, arc welding and cutting, ,
coppersmithing, sheetmetalwork
in' , general metalsmithing and
boHcrmaking.
Any ambitious and patriotic
young man will be given the chance
to oualifv for one of the Navy
trade schools if he enlists for serv
ice in Uncle Sam’a new “Two-
Ocean” Navy, I
SOUTHERN
WILDLIFE
There is something new under
the sun! It’s a burro that trails
deer. . . .
John R. Wood, a state game
warden, brought in the story of
“Old Whitey," a long-eared don
key attached to the Comanche
Trail Council Boy Scout camp
in San Saba County, 12 miles
west of Richland Springs, Texas.
The donkey’s hunting ability was
discovered acidentally.
Lee R. Tesson, scoutmaster an
Mullen, was riding the burro one
day when the animal reared its
head into the air, sniffed tenta
tively, and changed his course.
Whitey picked his way cautious
ly over rock and through brush,
testing his footing with each step
lest he snap a twig or click a
stone. In 15 minutes he took Tes
son to a sleeping doe and fawn.
Tesson put that down to coin
cidence and decided to test Whitey
the next day. He took' along a
camera. A half mile from camp
Whitey tossed his nose into the
air and took off through the
brush, again avoiding contact
with anything liable to make
noise. Within 200 yards he came
upon a doe and a buck. Tesson
photographed them.
Again Whitey was on wind.
This time he led Tesson to with
in 30 feet of a buck sleeping
under a cedar tree. By night
Whitey had “flushed” 13 deer.
Whitey is a fixture at the camp
but sorry, hunters, he’s not for
sale or rent. Mullen plans several
demonstrations during the sum
mer.
A fellow sportsman from St.
Louis, Missouri, was by the other
day talking about tarpon fishing,
deer hunting and what not. He
kept telling me about some new
comfortable camp slippers he’d
iound made of lambskin. Noticing
the word “Beans” in his conver
sation occasionally and not being
able to connect the proceedings
with anything to eat, I asked
about it. He looked at me like
surely I was next to the dumbest
sportsman in the South. I know
there is a Bean’s sporting goods
company all right, but he just
sort of caught me off guard. And
while we’re in the beans, they’ve
got a big, new catalog ready for
distribution showing a complete
line of outdoor equipment. It
comes without obligation. The ad
dress is L. L. Bean, Inc., 196
Main Street, Freeport, Maine.
North America was originally
a “dry” country. North American
Indians knew little about the
process of fermentation for bev
erage purposes. Holding some
dough in the mouth for some
time was an Indian method of
making yeast for "bread-making
purposes.
During the mating season big
horn sheep rams often face each
other, back up as much as 100
feet, then, running at the rate
of about 20 miles per hour, crash
into each other head on!
Edwin Perry
Buried Nov. 17
Funeral services were held on
November 17 for Edwin D.
Perry of Wake Forest, Route 2.
Officiating were the Rev. A. D.
Parrish and the Rev. Mr. Poole.
Surviving are the wife; three
sons, Doyett, Everett and Eric
Perry; a daughter, Miss Annie
Perry; the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Perry; two brothers, Allen and
Max Perry; three sisters, Mes
dames Pearl Martin, Ivey Bridges
and M. W. Page; and several
grandchildren.
Number 19