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Volume XV.
This, That and
the Other
By MRS. THEO B. DAVIS
“In the days when .... those
that look out of the windows be
darkened, and the doors shall be
shut in the streets .... when
they shall be afraid of that which
is high, and fears shall be in the
way: because man goeth to his
long home, and the mourners go
about the streets.”
“The air is full of farewells to
the dying,
And mourning for the dead;
The heart of Rachel for her chil
dren crying
Will not be comforted.”
Solomon wrote the first quota
tion above; Longfellow wrote the
second; and both might have had
this year in mind. The lines all
came into my mind when we
learned last Friday morning of
the death of Louis Poythress, staff
sergeant in the air corps at Mer
idian, Miss. He went from the
Record shop to the Army and we
who worked with and loved him
with other friends here had fol
lowed his course with interest.
Others were killed with Louis and
there is grief for them, as there
must be somewhere for all who
meet death in any way because of
this war.
I stopped a few minutes Friday
morning to go to the piano and
play an old song dear to my heart
—“ln the Hour of Trial.” Neither
Selma, my son’s w T ife, nor I spoke,
but when I went out of the room
she softly played “Lead, Kindly
Light,” and “In the Sweet By and
By.” I shall try not to forget the
connection.
The other day as I hurried from
our shop to the post office a tiny
girl was standing beneath the flag
that hung at the corner of the
building. Looking at me re
proachfully, she said, “You’re s’-
posed to salute when that is hang
ing up there.” Havkig failed to
salute, I was much abashed, know
ing I had lowered myself in her
estimation.
Listening to the radio has never
been among my favorite occupa
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ALMANAC!
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“ Speech teas given w man to conceal his
thoughts”—Jeremy Taylor
JUNE
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discovered, 1859.
a “-12—Baseball's Hall c£ Fame
established, 1939.
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14—Flag Day.
L jjQ m 15—King John signed Magna
Charta, 1215.
S_ IS—Texas agrees to annexa
tion, 1845.
I M, - 17—First air mail carried
across Atlantic, 1919.
WMU Strvlci
Health Officer
Tells Cause of
Less Sickness
Six Reasons Are
Listed by Dr.
Bulla in Renort
Year by year in the last two
decades the general health of the
people, of whatever age, has been
favorable and at a high level.
Preventable diseases such as tu
berculosis, pneumonia, typhoid
fever, diphtheria and others have
never been less frequent nor less
fatal in all our history.
We have never before enjoyed
such security of life, such expec
tancy of years and so high a sur
vival rate of babies as we do to
day.
Today when every effort is be
ing made for total war and total
attack on our enemies, there is
cause for serious thought and ac
tion on the part of all of us to pro
tect ourselves against preventable
communicable diseases, that may
come from within our own boun
daries, as well as from without,
by means of vaccines and sera of
known proved value.
Is this merely an accident or
good fortune? No! It can be trac
ed to many factors which have
characterized our progress toward
health in the last few years, name
ly: (1) A better knowledge and
understanding of the causes of all
communicable diseases, their way
and vehicle of transportation and
the application of known scientific
proved measures, vaccines and se
ra. (2) Safe public water supplies.
(3) Safe milk supplies and better
safer handling of other foods.
(4) Better housing and sanitary
living conditions. (5) Safe and
adequate public and private sew
age disposal systems, and (6) a
better understanding if the rules
of right living among or people,
and we are not perfect in this re
spect yet.
Sometimes a condition may ex
ist in a community, which may be
of little concern to some people
living near it and to others very
disagreeable.
A. C. BULLA
D. D. Chamblee
Rotary Speaker
Ferd Davis was the five minute
speaker for Durward Chamblee at
the Rotary Club last week, and
told of some of the things he knew
about Sgt. Louis Poythress, form
er Rotarian who was killed in a
Flying Fortress crash in Alabama
last week. The Rotary voted to
send his mother a telegram of
sympathy.
Durward spoke on making vis
itors welcome. He said that it
costs nothing to be friendly, and
it pays big dividends, both in mak
ing friends and making money.
Luther Massey and John Sum
ner were absent.
Baptist Church
The services in the Baptist
Church for Sunday, June 14. will
be:
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning worship. Ser
mon topic: “Marred Clay”
7:30 Young People’s Service
8:00 Evening worship. Mess
age: “Blessings in Disguise”
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, June 12, 1942
OFFICIALS LOOK OVER BOOKMOBILE !j
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The schedule for June of the
bookmobile sent to this part of the
county by the Olivia Raney Libra
ry of Raleigh follows:
Monday, June 10
Rolesville (Robertson's
Grocery) 9:45 - 10:10
Large Amount
Os Wake Grain
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Acocrding to all reports, our
Wake County farmers now have
the largest crop of small grain j
ever produced in Wake County. ■
Growers througout the country are
now making plans for harvesting
this crop. According to a recent
■ survey, we have more than 80
combines in Wake County and
most of the grain will be harvested j
by combine operators. $4.00 per
acre seems to be the prevailing
price for harvesting grain this i
season. The small increase over
last year is due to increased costs
of gasoline, repair parts, labor, etc.
Farmers having grain to be har
vested by combine should keep in
close touch with their nearest j
combine operator and not go out- •
side their local community, unless
absolutely necessary, in order to
1 make arrangements for harvesting
their crop. This will help to save
rubber, wear and tear on machines i
j and a lot of extra traveling during |
this emergency period.
Unless the grain is full ripe at
the time of harvest, it should be
handled carefully after harvesting I
and not allowed to damage from
bulk storage or over heating while
in storage. Turn the sacks daily
Six Local Boys Now Are
Army , Navy Air Cadets
Richard Hoyle, local boy who is
a star third ba ,eman of the Wil
son Baseball Cl if of the Bi-State
League, last Friday enlisted for
flight training at the Naval Avia
tion Cadet Selection Board in At
lanta.
Hoyle, who was leading the Bi-
State League in hitting with a .452
average last week, returned to
Wilson to continue his baseball
play until July or August when he
will be called to duty to begin his
training, either at the University
of North Carolina pre-flight unit
or one at the University of Geor
gia.
Hoyle is the son of Mrs .Pearl
Hoyle of Wakefield. He is 22 years
old. a graduate of Wakelon High
School, and of Wake Forest Col
lege.
Last year he taught in the Wil
son High School.
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Hopkins Cross j
Roads 11:00 - 11:20 !
Wakefield Woman’s
Club 11:30 - 12:00
Zebulon Woman’s
Club 12:45 - 1:45
Wilder’s Grove 2:00 -
Registration to j i
Be at 9 Places
Following is a list of registration
places for the area under the jur
isdiction of Local Board No. 3.
Wake County, Zebulon, N. C., for
the registration of June 30, 1942.
All men born on or after Janu
ary 1, 1922, and on or before June
30, 1924, will be required to regis
ter on the above date.
Barton's Creek Fair Grounds
Knightdale Millbrook
Rolesville . Robertson’s Store
Wake Forest Wendell
Zebulon
Methodist Church
The services at the Methodist
* Church for Sunday, June 14, will
be:
Church school 10:00
Worship service 11:00
Young people’s service 7:15
if it is to be stored in sacks or
j stir often if spreaded on the floor j
or in bins to dry out.
Transportation facilities are be- j
i coming more acute every day and I
farmers should take special care
of all products produced on their
farms this year.
Aviation Cadet D. C. Pearce re
turns to Maxwell Field, Ala., on
Friday of this w r eek after fifteen
days furlough. He has just com
pleted the initial 10 weeks of his
training as a bomber pilot.
Cadets Matthew Liles Jr. and
Allen Harper Green have recent
ly been called up for training, the'
former being at Kelly Field and
Green being at Maxwell Field.
Privates Ferd Davis and Rom
Moser are now at home on fur
lough. awaiting appointment as
aviation cadets.
Correction
By regretted error the name of
Miss Cornelia Herring was print
ed “Miss Cornelia Glover” in last
week's Record. Miss Herring
graduated with honor at Meredith
College last week.
Number 45
Sugar Rationing
Rules Changed
For All Canners
One Pound of
Sugar Given for
Every 4 Quarts
Sugar rationing regulations
have been amended to make more
sugar available for home canning,
reports Mrs. Cornelia Morris, Ex
tension food conservationist of N.
C. State College. Each family
will be allowed one pound of
sugar for each four quarts of fin
ished fruit they have to can.
An additional pound of sugar
for each person in the family will
be allowed to make a small sup
ply of jams, jellies and fruit but
ters. A family will be permitted
to can all the finished fruit it
needs.
Families should apply to their
rationing boards for extra sugar
with which to can. The person
making application for a Sugar
Canning Ceritificate will be re
quired to answer these questions:
(1) How many quarts of fruits
did you can last year? (2) How
' many quarts of fruit do you plan
to can this year? and (3) How
many quarts of last year’s fruits
do you still have on your pantry
shelf?
Every jar of home-canned fruit
leaves a can of commercially
packed fruit for our armed forces
; and our Allies. Every jar of fruit
! put up leaves a little more freight
space to carry war materials.
Our sugar supplies must be used
carefully. Submarine warfare and
the need for ships to carry war
materials mean that imports of
! sugar will be far below normal.
| Every boatload of sugar that is
shipped endangers the lives of
American seamen. Ask only for
as much as you really need, „
It requires 2 1-2 pounds of su
gar to can a bushel of apples,
from 2 to 2 1-2 pounds of sugar
for a bushel of peaches, 2 to 2 1-2
pounds for a bushel of pears, 1
1-2 to 2 pounds for a peck of
plums, 1 1-4 to 1 1-2 pounds for
a quart of berries, and 1 1-4 to
1 1-2 pounds of sugar for a quart
,of cherries. .
Mrs. M. B. Lewis
Buried Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Milton
Basco Lewis, 65. who died Wed
nesday of last week at her home
on Zebulon, Route One. were held
Thursday afternoon at Lee’s Chap
el. The Rev. J. N. Stancil afficiat
ed and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include her husband,
M. B. Lewis; 14 children. Mrs. W.
B. Strickland of Nashville, Mrs. F.
M. Edwards of Windsor, Mrs. Av
on Hinton, Mrs. Glennie Hinton of
Zebulon, Mrs. J. W. Strickland, Jr.
Mrs. Roy Driver of Middlesex;
Miss Jeralda Lewis of the home,
V. Earle, L. Lauless, and H. Elvie
Lewis of Knightdale, Berniee T. of
Ontario, Canada, John Irivin of
Middlesex, Basco of Windsor, and
Carroll Lewis of Zebulon; three
brothers, Otis and F. E. Finch of
Roanoke Rapids; one sister, Mrs.
Henry Johnson of Burlington; 33
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
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