ii This, That and j
the Other j
By Mfts. Theo. B. Davis ,
j
“Now I have to go down to the
shop and work a while; and I
want to be SURE you two are go
ing to bed early. DON’T sit there
and read till midnight; you need
more sleep than you are getting
Promise me you won’t sit up late.”
The above suggestion, not to say
command, was heard at our house
one night last week; but neither
my husband nor I was the speaker.
It was our youngest son, somewhat
worried and anxious because we
had colds and were tired.
We elderly parents looked at
each other and grinned sheepish
ly. It was so exactly the sort
thing we have said so many times
and only quit saying a year or two
ago. And here we are getting n
back with interest-
There’s at least one man in the
Baptist congregation who would
probably appreciate having hat
holders included on the list of im
provements planned for that
church. He came in Sunday after
classes to take his place by his
wife, who was next to me. When
we sat down after singing the first
song she hurriedly raised herself
and lifted from where she had
been her husband’s hat, its jaunty
crushed crown even more crushed
than had been meant by manu
facturer or owner. W T ith a sigh
she said to me, “I sit on it every
Sunday.” It seems he comes n
and puts the hat on the seat as
they stand and she always forgets
to remember it. Some of those
wire racks fastened under the
pews might help them.
According to the papers, Senator
Byrd of Virginia has been ap
pointed on a committee to look
into the extravagance said to be
rampant in Washington govern
mental afairs. He has a lot to
see- To my mind wastefulness
now is on a par with sabotage;
and it is a peculiar trait of most
humans to feel that funds of any
organization need not be admin
istered with the same diligent ec
onomy they would use for their
own private affairs. And could
anything be more ironic than in
sistence upon housekeepers econo
miz:ng in everything to the limit
while funds are squandered sug
gesting economies by mail, by
publications and by radio. We
want our soldiers fed, clothed and
paid, and want it all done well;
we want them abundantly supplied
with munitions of war; and we are
willing to sacrifice to that end.
But we want also to know that
what is paid out goes for its real
equivalent in work or goods. Sen
ator Byrd has a reputation for
economy. Here’s to his success.
I read with gratitude that in a
nearby town those who had meant
to publish a list of needy families
for Christmas donors to help could
find none who lacked necessities.
That is different from any former
time that I recall. Os course there
are many who could use much
more than they have, but to feci
that none are suffering brings
thankfulness.
CflQ*
BUY WAR BGNUS
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XIX.
Rotary Club
Hears Miller
Give Biography
i Prof. B K. Miller spoke to the
Zebulon Rotary Friday evening,
Dec. 11, when the Club held its
150th consecutive 100 per cent
meeting. Two of the members
were absent but they are war
horses and will make up their at
tendance somewhere. This is a
record to be proud of for it puts
Zebulon on the map and will go
down in its history.
Prof. Miller’s subject was a bi
ography of his life He stated that
his great grandfather lived in Ran
dolph county at one time and
moved from there to Buncombe
county.
Prof. Miller grew up and at
tended school at Fairview. After
finishing school there he went to
Mars Hill and studied under Pres
ton Stringfield who was born and
reared in Wakefield. After study
ing there two years he accepted
a position in a one-teacher school
located on the top of a mountain '
1 His salary was $40.00 per month. !
He saved his money and invest- j
ed it in calves for he wanted to
be a farmer.
The following year he taught
in a school on the coast at a sal
ary of $50.00 per month. After
teaching there for one year, he
secured a position in the Biltmore
school at a salary of $60.00 per
i month, all this time investing his
money in calves a,nd colts so that
sometime he could settle down to
1 farming and stock raising
When the World War came he
1 enlisted and served through it. Af
ter the war he lost interest in
farming and decided instead to
j help his .fellow man.
i As the standard of teaching had
been raised and requirements were
greater he saw that he could not
go far with his present Raining,
so he spent two years at Wake
Forest College. On leaving there
he accepted a school in the south
ern part of Johnston County.
Irby Gill taught at this school
in Johnston County, and Prof.
Miller said it was a most suc
cessful year.
The following year he taught in
Swashie Clears Up The Telephone Situation
This week I called a young lady
in town and when she picked up
the receiver she said—
HELLO
—now these old
ears of mine hear none too well
1 anyway, so I said ‘hello’ a couple
of times and finally got her up to
a normal tone. We finished the
conversation in fine form ar.d she
had completely regained all of
her vocal coordination and volume.
Just the opopsite of this lady is ;
the big business executive who
grabs the receiver off the hook
and yells—
HELLO
—After you finish
scraping the bits of carbon and
receiver from your inner ear, you
begin the conversation, usually on
something else, since his fierce ap
proach has frightened all thoughts
of your previous reason for calling
out of your mind.
•
Then there are those people, both
male and female who start off low
CHURCH
CALENDAR
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BAPTIST CHURCH
Special Christmas services, Sun
day, Dec. 20:
9:45, Sunday School.
11:00, Morning Worship. Ser
mon topic: “Angels of Christmas.” j
At this service we are to honor all
the men of the church who are in
the armed forces. The parents of
these boys are requested to be
present also.
6:45, Young People’s meeting.
7:30, Christmas program of mu
sic. All the people of the com
munity are invited to this service.
PERFECT S. S. ATTENDANCE
Wakefield Baptist Church has
nine members of the Sunday
School who attended Sunday
School every Sunday during the
last year. Their names are as
follows: Mrs C. B. Pace and her
four children: Emma Ruth Pace,
, Lela Pace, Bobby Pace and Victor
Pace. The others are as follows: ,
Mr. P P. Pace, Harold Pippin,
Doris and Dot Knott.
With the Men
In Service
Wilbur H. Pulley, AS-V 6
Barracks 230, Co. 70
U. S. N- T. S.
Bainbridge. Md.
Seven Springs On leaving there
he went to Fremont in Wayne
County and had been teaching
there for 12 years when he was
called to Wakelon.
The Club enjoyed hearing Prof.
Miller’s life history and ambition.
He has shown the Club that he has
the Rotary spirit—“ Service Above
Self.” He is a Rotary but did not
know it.
Pastor Charles Vale of the Meth
odist Church was welcomed as a
new member.
—D. D. Chamblee
| and finish with a wham, verily a
true crescendo something like this
HEL L-0
Usually the sweet young thing
| trips lighty over to the phone and ;
I believing that some eligible male
is phoning for a date trills—
* 1°
—Of course this musical
tone soon becomes drab when it’s
only the cashier down at the bank
teling her that she has another
check in with all her funds awol.
Oh y< s. and far be it from me
to forget that rugged individualist
who in his most cultured voice
picks up the receiver and growls—
YEAH?
—Five will get you
ten that the rest of his conversa
tions is made up of ‘Yesfhs’ in
Friday, December 18,1942
U. S. Government
Recognition
To Local Bank
The Peoples Bank and Trust
Co. has been appointed an author
ized agent of the U. S. government
for the issuance of War Bonds and
rendering other special services
for the government- This was
done because of the splendid co
operation and support the bank
has given in every way to the
country’s war effort. The people
!of this community may now get
I the same service in the local bank
as they would in dealing directly
with the government in purchas
ing bonds.
The Peoples Bank and Trust Co.
has sold $192,465.00 War Bonds to
its customers and others. When
cashing checks or on other busi
ness at the bank, be sure to buy a
few war bonds. In this way, you
will be making a fine investment
and at the same time helping your
country to bring peace once more
to a warring world.
Allies Hardput in Africa
But Victory Inevitable
This is the fourth of a series of
weekly articles written especially
to help RECORD readers keep up
with the general trend of the war.
This past week’s news brought
plenty of contradictions from all
parts of the globe. Most of it,
S however, presented a bright side
for the Allies.
American and British ground
forces in Tunisia are being hard
put to hold their ground against
fierce German tank and bomber
attacks, which, though expected,
are much more fierce than any
thing the Allies thought the Ger
mans could bring forth. The Allied
Air Force has at last been increas
ed until we now can challenge the
German’s complete superiority in
the air over Tunis. Planes used by
the Nazi forces are superior to any
of their older models, and may be
the first of a new German Air
; various forms meaning yes, no,
and maybe. There may be l few
grunts thrown in.
We mustn’t forget the adolescent
whose voice is changing and he
comes on the air with—
o
He\>
«
—Most embari ,ss
ing, particularly when it’s the best
girl on the other end of the line.
Os course the person calling
sometimes is a very brilliant con
versationalist and comes in after
your hello with something lik?
this—
“ Hello, (musically) betcha can’t
guess who this is— Who? Naw, |
guess again. Who? Naw, guess
again. Who? Naw, guess a—” By
this time yoy are ready to tell her
you don’t give a (deleted by the
editor ) who she is and slam the
receiver back on the hook with a
—Continued on back page—
Number 20
Freak Eggs
The Clarence Hintons have two
hens which seem to have an aver
sion to the usual shape eggs and
lay theirs with shells ridged and
corrugated into strange patterns.
Two brought to the Record Shop
last week look almost as much
like small squashes as eggs.
Salvage Comm,
Met Dec. 10th
The meeting was called to order
and the following were present:
W. I. Hopkins, R. Vance Brown
and L. C. Thompson.
A report was given to the Com
mittee by L. C. Thompson on the
finances. This report consisted of
the total amount of money receiv
ed, and the expense, all derived
from bank statements which shows
amount received and disbursed.
Canceled checks were on hand
showing in every case what the
See SALVAGE, Rack Page—
Force said to be abuilding in the
Reich.
Rommel’s retreat across Africa
has again been renewed. After
weeks of preparation for a long
drawn out battle, the British P.th
Army broke the German ranks at
the first blow and are now on the
way to Tripoli.
Over Europe, where the exploits
of the American Airmen are much
pulicized, operations for the past
week have been nearly entirely
carried out by the R.A.F., which
has flown across the continent sev
eral times to bomb Italy. Bad
weather has hampered aerial oper
ations over Europe throughout the
week.
The Solomons battle is continu
ing with little progress being made
by either side. New American re
enforcements have been landed,
while the Japs have lost extensive
ly in trying to reenforce their
hard-pressed troops.
New violent fighting has flared
up at Buna Mission in New Guinea,
which is one mile from Buna, re
ported captured by American forc
es a short while back. Army offi
cers have been surprised at the
completeness of the Jap fortifica
tions, which enable a small group
of Japanese to hold off a company
of Allied troops-
The Chinese, as usual, are fight
ing with the same determination
they have shown through the
years, still waiting for heavy
American bombers, which, they
believe.-can pave the way for at
tacks directly on Japan proper,
striking at the heart of the Japan
ese war effort, and shortening the
war considerably.
Little word has come from Alas
ka, either good or bad The Japs
are still there, and apparently in
force, for the American army and
navy has not yet felt sufficiently
strong to try to drive therr» out.
The Russians are fighting off
German counter-attacks all along
the front, and report killing 1,600
additional Germans in yesterday’s
fighting. Reports from the Rus
sian front have never been entire
ly clear however, and there seem
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