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Volume XVIII. May This Christmas Be One of Your Finest ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ MRS. LEON CHAMBLEE, ALSO WILLIE BOLTON DIE HERE This, That <S* the Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis This is the tenth year that 1 have sent through this column a Christmas wish to friends. Seh dom has it 'varied much, for ever at this season our thoughts re turn to the groove worn by habits of years. That is, if they are not jolted out of that groove. And that is what has happened this year. I find myself with the idea that to say “Merry Christmas" to those who are grown-up seems too shallow' and frivolous. However, I would say it to all little chil dren everywhere, with the added wish that another ten years may find them in a world different from this. Foi the young people who face conditions that are appalling 1 wish courage and strength and the joy that comes from facing duty unafraid. And 1 should add to that wish the prayer that they may be able to see clearly the face of duty and to hear plainly her voice as she bids them go or stay. For mothers and wives of men in service 1 wish the patience that will enable them to wait while husbands and sons mount up with wings like eagles, go down to the sea in ships, march when and where ordered, or otherwise con duct themselves as patriots and men. And I wish also that each woman may fully realize that, whatever comes, she is not alone; that thousands of women know and share whatever may come to her. For once we get the idea that we are the most unfortunate or most afflicted, we become of \ less use than before. There can Vie a measure of peace, deeper gWian submarines can submerge, i [■ope higher than airplanes may a love broader than the * Whole earth. May we be enabled ■, attain a measure of it. IB For all of us I wish the rcahza Btion that only through the per W sonal and practical application of ' the meaning of Christ's birth may we ever reach the day when na tion shall not rise up against na tion and men shall learn war no more. Philatheas Meet Twenty one members of the class met on Dec. 1 in the home of Mrs T. C. Pippin with Mes dames Crey Finch and Berniecc Finch assistant hostesses. Present officers of the class Mrs. Henry Hood, president; Mrs. H. C. Mitchell, secretary; Mrs. C. D. Pace, treasurer; will serve an other year. After a program of Christmas readings and carols refreshments were enjoyed, each one being giv en a favor appropriate to the sea son. SUir Zcimlmt Stetori* 250 Negro Workers Needed *• 1 “Tmtn fir IMMWWMBW The Raleigh Divisional of lice of the North Carolina Employment Service has im mediate urgent openings for 250 colored laborers for work at a cantonment camp in the eastern pari of North Carolina. This work w ill be ten hours per day, seven days per week, w ages $34.00 per week Room and board is available in a nearby town at $2.50 to $3.00 Jr. Club Holds Regular Meeting The Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club held its regular meeting Tuesday evening in the Womans Club Building. The club house was attractively decorated with a number of Christmas arrange ments which the Carden Club and the Woman's Club had at their meeting in the afternoon. Mrs. Norman Screws, president, presided over the business session which-included a SIO.OO donation to the Red Cross emergency drive; contribution to the Art Fund at the local school; donation of $50.00 to the Senior Club to apply on club house debt and a committee was appointed to buy and pre sent the usual Christmas basket to a needy family in the com munity. Mrs. Robert D. Massey was in chaarge of the program. She pre sented Miss Emma Jean Pace, who rendered a solo and then accom panied Miss Pace when she sang !’ O Holy Night." Mrs. Massey then presented Prof. E. H. Moser who gave a Christmas reading. At the conclusion of the pro gium refreshments were served. Omitted News Printed Now Because of a lack of space in tour pages and lack of time to print others if the paper went in to the mails on schedule many items were left out last week. The editor regrets the omission, but hopes that printing early this week will give the new's before it is wholly out dated. Theatre Notes The Wakelon Theatre will have a slight change in hours for Christmas Five and Christmas j Day. The show' will run continu- J ously starting at 2:00 P. M. for these two days only. Also on Christmas Eve there will be a special Owl Show starting at P. M. Our special Christ mas week program is in this paper for your convenience. We are calling your attention to our picture for Christmas Day. “Cadet Girl,” with Carole Lan dis and George Montgomery with many others, who will give you 71 minutes of entertainment that you will enjoy and be glad to tell your friends about, in a stirring musi cal drama. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, December 26,1941 per week and transportation to the camp site is provided at a cost of 30c to 40c per day round trip from this town. This work will last approximately 3 months. These men are wanted IMMEDIATELY. All appli cants will please contact the Employment Service Repre sentative in Wednell at the Town Hall Friday morning, at nine o'clock, December 26, 1941 Local Red Cross Goal Unattained R. D. Massey, chairman of the local drive for Red Cross Funds, stated Tuesday that to date con tributions from this community to taled $228.51. This was given in amounts ranging from five cents to twenty-five dollars. The campaign is not yet over and all who have not given are asked to do so as soon as possible. W.ike County's quota of $35,000 has not been filled and efforts must be made for its completion. With the need daily growing greater none should withhold a donation, however small, nor should any be satisfied with a small gift, if able to do more. See Chairman Massey or one of his helpers at once. Methodists Services for December 28: Church School 10:00 Worship Service 11:00 Young People Service 6:45 ® * Baptists Services for Sunday, December 28, will be as follows: 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon topic: “Year's End' An im portant business meeting of the church will follow the service. 7:00 Young People meet 7:30 Student Night Program. At this time all from our church who are away in school or college wall be with us to participate in a special program. Critz-Strickland On Sunday, December 14, in Bennettsville, S. C., Miss Etha Mae Strickland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Strickland of Zebulon, was married to Cur tis Campbell Critz of Danville, Va., and Zebulon, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Critz of Danville, Va. For the ceremony the bride wore a costume of soldier blue alp ca with black accessories. Accompanying the bridal cou ple to Bennettsville were Miss Evelyn Fowler of Rolesville and J. C. Morris of Zebulon. Mr. Critz has for some months been employed by the Record Publishing Company as linotypist. The bride has for several years has been one of the sales force ! at Flowers' Store here. Local Man Falls Dead Friday Willie W. Bolton, Zebulon, died unexpectedly here Friday. He was stricken while visiting up town. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fannie Whitley Bolton; his mo ther, Mrs. Richard Bolton; four children, Wade, Willa, Billy and Hazel Bolton; a brother, Cary; a sister, Mrs. Jack Liles. Funeral services were held at the home here Saturday at 2 o'- clock and burial was in the family cemetery. Make Yourself That Brooder A home-made lamp brooder, which can be built at a cost of from $5.00 to $7.50, will ac comodate 50 to 60 chicks. County farm and home agents of the State College Extension Service will supply blueprints and detailed information for the construction of one of these brooders. Farm people also may obtain one of these blueprints fiee by writing to the Extension Poultryman, ; State College, Raleigh, and re questing Blueprint No. 46, “The Home-made Lamp Breeder.” Guard Your Tires; War Takes Them Rationing has arrived, with auto tires the first item affected. Frankly facing the fact that addi tional rubber imports from the Far East may be difficult to obtain, the government first suspended tire sales except on A 3 preference ratings or higher, then announced that all new tire sales would be put under a consumer-coupon ration ing system on January 4. Mean while, what John L. Collycr, pres ident of the B. F. Goodrich com pany, described as the four-point “wartime rubber program” is be ing pushed. The first step is prudent use of our reserve stocks of rubber. Be cause of the close cooperation be tween the government and the in dustry, reserve stocks today are the highest in history. Second is expansion of synthetic rubber productive capacity. Coll yer, who has often warned that we shouldn’t be too optimistic about help from this quarter because it w'ould take from three to five years to create sufficient synthetic capacity to free us from depend ence on natural rubber, a year ago recommended that “standby" plants of moderate capacity be started. Third point is extensive develop ment of such domestic sources as the Mexican shrub, guayule; and fourth, a detailed plan for conser vation not only of tires but of all rubber products now in use. The rationing order means we’ll have to form some new riding habits, cutting down on unnecessary use of cars, and treating our tires gently—because the extent to which worn ones can be recapped depends entirely on the care that has been taken to preserce casings from cuts and bruises. * * Farmers Lose $5 per Acre By Burnings Burning cotton stalks will cost the average North Carolina farm er just about $5 an acre, says Dr. E. R. Collins, agronomist of the Experiment Station at N. C. State College. In a warning against this prac tice, now commonly employed af ter the crop has been harvested, Dr. Collins pointed out that cot ton stalks on an acre of good land contain approximately 27 pounds of nitrogen, 7 pounds of phospho ric acid and 36 pounds of potash. At present prices for these fert ilizing materials, the State Col lege agronomist explained, the iarmer would have to pay around , five dollars an acre. He said the amount of plant food removed by raking and burn . ing the stalks would be equal to [ 400 pounds of a fertilizer analyz , ing 6.75 percent nitrogen, 1.7’ t ; per cent phosphoric acid, and 9 j percent potash. , “What’s more,” Dr. Collins con tinued, “burning destroys from 1,- 500 to 2,00 pounds of organic . matter badly needed by most soils. Turning under or killing all cotton stalks before frost is an important factor in boll-weevil ( control, but to remove them from J the land is a serious drain on the j fertility ot the soil. “When only the lint and seed 1 are removed,” the State College man went on, “a bale of cotton removes a total of only 70 pounds of plant food, as compared with 95 pounds for 60 bushels of corn, leaving the stalks and fodder on ( the land, 100 pounds for 30 bu shels of wheat in straw, and 115 pounds for 50 bushels of oats in straw.” Here’s Why Hitler Likes His Spuds The Commerce Department has issued an interesting tabulation. It show's that the principal anti-axis ! belligerents, plus countries whose resources are more likely to be available to that “side,” comprise a total population of 1,484,547,- 000 persons. . whereas the popu lation of axis and axis-dominated countries is 506,605,000. In wheat, Anti-Axis controls 69% of the world supply, Axis, 21; in potatoes it’s 34 to 62 in favor of the Axis; sugar— 70 to 25 in our favor; petroleum 86 to 3; coal —67 to 29; iron ore —64 to 27. So it s “let 'em eat potatoes.” Things to Watch for A cane for night watchmen — or day watchers, for that matter — with a tiny radio sending device : concealed in the handle; a push : of a button causes the cane to set off any number of help-summon : ing alarms . . . Tax tokens of fiber, i instead of bright red plastic —Col- » orado had planned the plastic ones 1 as an aluminum-saving measure, : but couldn't get the plastic powder i in time to avert a shortage of tokens. Local Woman Succumbs Friday Mrs. Leon G. Chamblee, 60, died at her home Friday afternoon following a long illness. Funeral services wese held Saturday at 3 o’clock at the residence with the Rev. J. B. Murray in charge. Surviving are her husband and nine children, Leslie and J. B. Chamblee, both of Zebulon; Mrs. R. A. Brantley, Mrs. Wilford Jones, V. L. Chamblee and Don ald Chamblee, all of Washington, D. C.; W. E. Chamblee of Balti more, Md.; Mrs. T. E. Rogers of Inman, S. C.; and Perry Chamb lee of Zebulon; three sisters, Mrs. R. M. Murphy of Selma; Mrs. W. Y. Wood of Smithfield and Mrs. T. E. Talton of Raleigh. No Food Shortage Reports of unseasonably and unreasonably large grocery pur chases indicate that too many housewives —and others —are tak ing their cue from 1917 in the ! matter of forestalling food short ages. The real facts about food, however, indicate no reason for jitters on this score, no excuse for food hoarding. There's very little resemblance between the food sit uation today and in 1917: we’re not sending vast supplies to France and Italy this time, as we were then; and actual food supplies here are much more abundant. Flour, sugar and canned goods were the items most “hoarders’’ sought to buy in excess. But look: the U. S. has enough wheat right now to last until 1943 without growing a single blade next year; has much more sugar than we can consume; and Uncle Sam's larder right now contains about one and three fifths as much canned vege tables as it did a year ago. There are plenty of statistics to empha size all this, too. Flow of foods to England is largest in dairy products, pork and lard, and eggs—and it's huge. But even in the case of these products, U. S. stocks on hand, thanks to stepped-up production, have been growing steadily larger instead of dwindling. So there’s no sense in food hoarding. The main thing it does is cause confusion in the dis tributive system, temporary short ages in certain areas—and conse quent higher prices, for you as well as for the other fellow! Christmas Trade Low Sudden arrival of war gave at least a temporary set-back to holi day shopping, especially in areas on either coast djstrurbed by air raid alarms. Indications are still that dollar volume will set a new high for the month, but in view of the higher prices this will not nec essarily mean a new record in actual goods moved. For the week ending Dec. 13 the nation’s de partment store sales, in dollar vol ume, were up only 1 per cent over parallel week of 1940. Demand for blackout materials and flashlights, radios, candles, kerosene lamps and the like naturally spurted, but OPM moved quickly to discourage sale of special material for black out purposes, urging that old drapes and other fabrics, already in homes be used. Number 22
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