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Volume XV.
This, That and
the Other
By JVIRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
To those readers who found that
a good bit of what they thought
should have been in last week’s
paper was not printed:
We are sorry you were disap
pointed. For reasons not neces
sary to be given in detail it seem
ed best to have only four pages
last week, and those four would
hold only so much - or so little.
Whole columns of copy that had I
been set in type had to be held ov
er or discarded. Some of it you will
find on other pages of this issue.
Other copy was sent incomplete
and had to wait till rechecking
could be done.
Please be patient with us. These
times have upset schedules and
plans for us as well as for others.
We are trying to do our best,
though to you that may seem a
feeble effort.
If you have anything to do with
a teething baby this summer, re
member the little things are fev
erish at times and get very thirs
ty, though often refusing to drink
much water. Try giving a piece of
ice tied in a thin, clean cloth with
enough ends hanging down to
keep the baby from putting the
whole thing in his mouth. The
chances are he will suck away
happily for some time. The ice
numbs the swollen gums so that
they hurt less, and by the time the
swallowing is done, the water is
not cold enough to be harmful to
the stomach.
My youngest sister told me in
her last letter about a colored dea
con in her community. He runs a
filling station and a dance hall;
but has one rule which is strictly
enforced: All dancing at his place
after midnight on Saturdays must
be done to hymn music.
This same very religious deacon
told of how his church “got in seoh
a po’ way us deacons all met and
gin the pastor his resignation.”
Do you suppose there could have
been any connection between the
incidents?
In these so nearly help-less days
many housewives without maids
find it next to impossible to get
everything done as it should be,
what with gathering and prepar
ing vegetables, cooking, canning,
and all the rest of it. There’s fre
quently some one task that seems
hardest to accomplish and it varies
with the woman. A neighbor once
told me that she did not catch up
with the ironing the whole sum
mer through, always having pieces
left over. Another said it was the
having meals ready on time that
drove her nearly frantic, while a
third declared she could get a
round to most all except darning
and patching.
With me it’s dusting that seems
never to fit in with the rush. I
invariably start something else be
fore beginning to dust. Being a
dust-w*per instead of a feather
flapper, the job takes time and em
barassingly often it is not done.
Callers needn’t bother to leave
cards if they don’t find me home;
they can merely write their names
in the dust in our vestibule, and
there’ll be another perfect illus
tration of its not being the thing
you do, dear, but the thing you
leave undone that makes you re
alize what sort of reputation you
must have among those who real
ly keep house.
Zebulon Featured
On July Fourth
Radio Program
Foster Finch Speaks
Over WPTF; Says
Zebulon Progressing
•
(Crowded Out Last Week)
On last Saturday afternoon Mr.
F. D. Finch, speaking for the ci
vilian Defense activities in Zebu
lon, made the following broadcast
over station W. P. T. F. Raleigh:
Like most all other Wake County
towns, Zebulon really started its
civilian defense activities with the
organization of an army aircraft
observation post last summer. It
was during maneuvers last fall
that we in Zebulon commenced
thinking and planning for civilian
defense, because we felt that the
community would be primarily
responsible for the safety of its
own citizens.
Our planning was not in vain, be
cause with the bombing of Pearl
Harbor on Dec. 7, we had objec
tives of civilian defense so well in
mind that we lost no time in com
pleting our organization and tying
it in with the national program.
Today we have 125 volunteer
workers in five different units . .
fire department, auxiliary police,
air raid wardens, medical center
and public works division.
We have divided Zebulon into
eleven air raid warden districts
which are under the protection
of 25 wardens plus their assist
ants. Displayed at the residence
of each warden in each district is
a prominent identification sign . .
a constant reminder to all of a
possible enemy attack.
Our regular fire department has
been augmented with 25 volun
teers, who serve in groups of five
as fire watchers and firemen in
their respective districts.
Oor auxiliary police organiza
tion is probably larger than in
have been sworn in as special
most communities. It is composed
of fifteen members, all of whom
officers. They wear badges and
carry night sticks while on duty.
We need this large police force to
patrol the many highways enter
ing our town, and upon which
traffic is stopped during emer
gencies. Inasmuch as Zebulon is
the easternmost community in this
area of our district, it receives a
considerable amount of traffic
form the adjoining eastern dis
trict. This has been true in our
test blackouts.
We are particularly proud of
the manner in which our medical
division has solved its problems. It
is under, the supervision of Dr. C.
F. Flowers. His offices and equip
ment, together with the county
clinic office and the town office
form an emergency hospital.
These offices may be thrown to
gether into one suite and com
pletely blacked-out during emer
gency. Citizens with blankets,
splints and other items which may
be needed in an emergency, are
keeping them in readiness for im
mediate call. A local drug store
keeps on hand at all times, medi
cines and drugs which might be
needed. The personnel of this di
vision includes four doctors, me
dical and dental , three trained
nurses, twenty women trained in
home nursing, two drivers with
modem ambulances and equip
ment, and a druggist. Thirty five
white persons and sixteen negroes
have completed first aid courses, j
All of them are available for res-
Zebulop, N. C., Friday, July 17, 1942
Record Wins One
Over CP&L Men
The Record softball team took
one of the best played games of
the summer from the Carolina
Power and Light men on Monday,
when Sheriff G. C. Massey came
home on Barrie Davis’ scratch hit
to win for the papermen, 7-6.
Two new pitchers made their
debuts, F. Lewis pitching for the
papermen, and Brantley pitching
for the lightmen. Brantley allow
ed 11 hits in losing, while Lewis
gave up 8 hits in the 6 innings he
pitched. G. C. Massey relieved
Lewis in the 7th after he was
hopped on for 5 hits and 4 runs;
Massey gave no hits.
The box:
C. P. & L. ab r h
Parker c-3b 4 10
Wicker 2b 4 1 2
Temple ss 3 11
Cheaves lb 3 11
Chamblee rs 3 0 0
E. Pearce 3b-scf 3 12
Brantley p 3 0 2
Potter cf 3 0 0
J. Pearce c 3 10
Roundtree If 3 0 0
White If 1 0 0
Totals 33 6 8
Record ab r h
B. Davis c 4 0 1
F. Lewis p-ls 2 11
L. Lewis 3b 3 2 2
Kemp cf 3 0 1
Griswold lb 3 11
W. Gill ss 3 1 2
Long rs 3 0 0
Pippin scf 3 0 0
I. Gill 2b 3 1 2
Hopkins If 10 0
Massey ls-p 3 11
Totals 31 7 11
Score by innings: r h e
C. P. & L. 101 004 o—6 8 2
Record 022 002 I—7 11 2
Wakefield Club to Meet
The Wakefield Home Demon
stration Club will hold its monthly
meeting on July 22, at 3:30 p.m.
division is well prepared for its
job of clearance and repairs. It is
composed of electricians, plum
bers and other able bodied men.
Thanks to the thorough organi
zation by town manager, Leon
Thompson and a hearty reponse
from our citizens, both the test
blackout and the alert practices al
ready held were pratically 100
per cent efficient. In neither case
was it necessary to put into force
the special ordinances which were
passed to expedite proper and
speedy execution of all emergency
regulations, by Mayor Avon Pri
vett and the board of town com
missioners.
Civilian defense in Zebulon
could hardly be mentioned with
out giving due credit to several
organizations within our com
munity that have given much in
both time and effort. Our Wom
an’s Club sponsored the first aid
courses and furnished its club
rooms for classes. Its members
have been very active in knitting
and sewing and have cooperated
with all our citizens in making the
Victory Garden drive more suc
cessful.
Our Rotary Club has been par
ticularly active in the sale of war
bonds and stamps. Our Bond and
Stamp purchases have averaged
$4,000 maturity value weekly,
since December 7. The success of
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CHURCH NEWS
Baptist Church
Services for Sunday, July 19,
will be:
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship, Sermon
topic: “It Is Good”
7:30 Young People meet
8:00 Baptismal Service
BARACAS, BE PRESENT!
Every member of the Baraca S.
S. class, Baptist Church, is request
ed to be present on next Sunday.
Come in time for the main school
devotional service at 10:00 o’clock.
Mr. P. H. Wilson, prominent
Baptist attorney of Raleigh, will
speak to the class on the subject:
Two Types—Cain and Abel.
Come and bring some one with
you.
Methodist Church
Services for Sunday: Church
school, 10:00; yoyng people meet
at 7:15; church service 8:00.
Why not decide to attend church
Sunday? Your presence is a con
tribution to its work and mission.
God has away of helping us when
we help Him.
METHODIST WOMEN
The Society of Christian Service
met on Monday with Mrs. Fred
i Page directing a program on Afri
ca. Mrs. M. J. Sexton read the
meditation and Mrs. G. S. Bar
j bee presided over the business
session.
Pearce Girls Go
To Ridgecrest
Beginning June 23 a group or
Pearce Y.W.A. girls enjoyed ten
days at Camp Ridgecrest.
First in the morning, we went
to morning meditation and listen
ed to different missionaries telling
of their lives and experiences. At
nine o’clock we went to the aud
itorium for Bible Hour by Dr.
Edward McDowell, followed by a
conference led by state W.M.U.
Young People’s Secretaries. At
eleven o’clock, council meeting.
A State Delegates Meeting was
held at eleven-thirty. We went to
class at twelve where different
missionaries taught.
Afternoons were for recreation—
handcraft, missionary movies, hob
by hours and discussion groups.
At seven in the evenings we went
to vespers by Lake Dew, when
missionaries again spoke.
At eight back to the auditorium
to listen to guest speakers. At
ten fifteen to our cottages and
heard sentence prayers, a message
from the Bible, and things that had
been of interest during the day.
One afternoon our group went
up to Ashville and found it very
interesting, especially the moun
tains along the way.
One Saturday morning we had
the opportunity to hike up on top
of Kittizuma Mountain for a Sun
rise Service. There were about
three hundred and fifty that took
this hike and found it very pretty
on top of the mountain at sunrise.
We all hope to go back again
next year. Those went were: Mrs.
H. K. Baker, our chaperone, Mary
Pierce, Sue Perry, Zalena Carter,
Joyce Pearce and Ellie Bell Gay.
cue work.
Our emergency public works
Number 50
Americans Asleep
At the Switch,
Says Columnist
Life Magazine Says
America Not Yet
Fighting the War
“As a nation, Americans haven’t ,
been fighting this war—not by a
long shot,” said Life recently. “A
comparative handful of boys and
officers have been fighting brave
ly and eagerly. But at home the
fighting hasn’t even begun. Most
of America is earning big money,
eating well, rolling up new bet
ting records at the horse races,
dashing around the country on
rubber that is absolutely irre
placeable .. . The only battle
the U. S. citizens have won so far
is the battle of the newspaper
headlines . . Meanwhile the Axis
pushes in, rings us with steel, ac
cumulates real bases all over the
world.”
That is a pretty tough statement
but the facts certainly bear it
out. The incredible optimism
concerning the war that still
seems to prevail in some quarters
is not shared by real military
men. As General Somervell, the
Army’s chief of supply, said in a
4th of July speech at Detroit, the
United Nations have taken a ter-
I rific shellacking in every corner
of the world. And most of us, he
added have no idea of the magni
tude and difficulty of the job that
lies ahead. The hard truth is
that Hitler and his brother dicta
tors have done more to change the
map of the world than any con
querors in modern history.
The Russians showed great
valor in the defense of Sevastopol.
They were hopelessly outnumber
ed in both men and equipment,
! and after the first few days the
Luftwaffe had command of thd
skies. The Red Army made the
Germans pay tremendously for
their victory, and, according to
the Moscow account, Sevastopol
was left a pile of useless ruins.
But Sevastopol was a vital posi
tion, and its loss is extremely im
portant. Now Germany can re
lease many battle-trained soldiers
for service elsewhere. Sevastopol
is a key point in Hitler’s drive to
seize the oil resources of the Cau
' casus, and to shatter the U. S.
supply line to Russia. That is
why the German commanders
figured it must be taken, no mat
ter how great the cost.
At this time, it is impossible to
explain the British defeat in Lib
ya—the facts are not available,
and the Cairo censorship has been
complete. As Mr. Churchill frank
ly admitted, the British had the
edge in numbers and in arms.
The fate of Libya was settled on
a single day—when 300 heavy
British tanks went into action,
and only 70 were left at nightfall.
No comparable losses, Mr.
Churchill said, were inflicted on
the enemy. Rommel seems to have
lured the British into a trap. The
British commanders seemed con
fident that Rommel could not
fight an offensive action in the •
desert heat. But Rommel did.
As yet, we have not fully ap
preciated the extraordinary fan
aticism of Axis leaders and troops.
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With us went Hilda Mae Perry
and Ina Bell Arnold from County
Line and Maxine Duke from Zeb
ulon.
Sue Perry and Mary Pierce