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| This, That and \ % The Other J # + By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis + i * The idea of leaving home and going to Florida for the worst winter months has never appeal ed to me. My idea of comfort is to outwit the cold by sitting cos ily by a war mfire while snow or sleet reigns outside; by going to bed under blankets enough to ward off a blizzard; by eating quantities of food so hot as to be almost scalding; never by running away. But I’ve never known tem peratures much below zero and I do dread hot weather. When I had a kind of outline for housekeeping January was the month for going over sheets and pillowcases, replacing where need ed; for sorting out quilt scraps and piecing as many as possible at night while the children were asleep; for catching up on the family sewing and on the reading that had been neglected in the stress of Christmas preparation. A stay-at-home, miscellaneous paragraph in the year’s history, clearing theway for activities to begin a little later. But going places in January? Never, on my calendar. My youngest grandson now two, has an odd habit of speech. When he likes or wants a thing he says “Mine,” meaning that he admires it and would love to have it. But when, as often we hear him, he says “My mine” he means the ar ticle in question belongs to him am should be let alone by a T i and sundry. Headlines in the papers tell us the Germans are jittery over the coming invasion, which will pre sumably be from England, which is not to be wondered at; many of us on American soil are also jit tery over that same invasion. We know that for the invaders it will not be a pleasant little excursion before a morning coffee-hour. We know, too, where many went from to take part in that mighty eftort; and we wait in agonized suspense while the plans are being pe: fect ed. But we are not jittery over the actions of our soldiers. We trust them. Add the invasion of Germany the campaigns in the Pacific and in the Mediterranean area; pile on that the sum of problems ol' transportation and shipping; add the casualties already hsted, hen. if you go out and grumble over what you can’t buy, I hope you are struck dumb for a season And now the'labor Union lead ers are whining because it has been said that their threats to strike delayed or prolonged the war and gave aid and comfort to the enemy. An investigation has been mentioned to determine who could have been so unkind. Well, here’s one who said it and who would prefer repeating it to the faces of those leaders to re-printing it here. Os course I may be both ignorant and hard hearted. Perhaps I should say “Poor ’ittle labour union. Did somebody hurt its feelin’s by say in’ ugly things ’bout it Don’t cry; you’ll be taken care of. Mustn’t mention nassy ole war to good little union boys.” Cotton Reports Government crop reports on the 1914 cotton crop will be made on the Bth of July, August, Sep tember, November and (December. The October 1 condition and other information will be given on Octo ber 9. THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 20. No. 22 Kemp Promoted The promotion of Tech Ser geant Carl G. Kemp to the grade of master sergeant has been an nounced by his commanding of ficer at Fairfax Airport, Kansas City. Kansas, where he is station ed with the 2nd Ferrying Squad ron, Fifth Ferrying Group, Air Transport Command. The promo tion was made because of excel lence in the performance of his duties. * The son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett Kemp of Zebulon, Master Sergeant Kerrp attained the highest rank held by a non commissioned officer. He enter ed the army on August 15, 1941, and has been stationed here with the 2nd Ferrying Squadron as chief clerk in the operations office since February 4. this year . He is a graduate of the Knight dale High School. Master Sergeant Kemp wears both the American Service and Good Conduct ribbons. Wakelon News On Wednesday of last week we resumed work after a week and a half holiday. Apparently our measles and flu epidemics have reached their peak and attend ance is beginning to be fairly nor mal. By Tuesday of this week there was a very noticeable im provement. Thursday of this week marks the middle of our school year. School has been in progress then 4 1-2 months. Examinations are over for the high school. Some of the elementary grades are still taking them. Report cards are scheduled to go out Tuesday of next week. Friday of last week Mr. Miller conducted the high school assem bly. His Scripture lesson and dis cussion was on Bible standards of thinking. Please note a change in the ext P. T. A. This meeting will be held Wednesday night January 12 at 8 o'clock instead of Tuesday , j The home economist from the. Carolina Power and Light will! oeak at this time. Thursday. January fi. a Physi cal Education Clinic for 'Wake County High Schools will be held in the gymnasium at Garner High School. Wakelon has been asked to take part in the clinic and dem onstrate some of its rhythmic pro gram. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Miss Lois Parker, and Mrs. Eugene Privette will attend this meeting and will take with them a rhyth mic class of a number of girls and boys. For two or three weeks now anyone within hearing distance of the stage of our school has been tightly clasping their hands over their ears every period just be fore lunch. These odd antics are not prompted from within—oh. no! . But from without, such banging as you would never hope to hear. The reasons for all this are: Ronald Greene balancing dangerously on a stool upon a chair and adjusting ropes just any way you desire; Graham May and “Buster” Simpson trying (but never succeeding) to screw a —Continued on back page— Zebulon, N. C M Friday, January 7, 1914 Dr. Ralph Herring On Baptist Hour Dr. Ralph A. Herring of Win ston-Salem, North Carolina, will be heard on the program of The Baptist Hour next Sunday (Morn ing, 8:30 to 9:00 o’clock EWT over Station.; WPTF of Raleigh and WBIG of Greensboro, accord ing to Dr. S. F. Lowe, Atlanta, Georgia, Chairman of the Radio Committee of the Southern Bap tist Convention. His subject, “The Primacy of the Spiritual," ' " Pi I lympur Rai.ph Hkrring will be of special interest to peo ple everywhere in these crucial days through which we pass, ac cording to Mr. Lowe. Dr. Herring, popular pas f or c f the First Baptist Church of Win ston-Salem, is a trusted servant of the Baptist Denomination be ing past Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention, now President of the North Carolina Baptist Convention, and also serv ing as Trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Kentucky, and North Carolina member of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Baptist Hour Programs arc broadcast over an independent Southern network of 32stations. covering he territory from the Fast Coast to the far Southwest, and are sponsored by the Radio Committee of the Southern Bap tist Convention. The speakers for the following three Sundays of January will be: Wakefield News It is with fear and tremb’ing we stand upon the threshhold of a New Year. In our hearts is the one question “What will the New Year bring us? Our one New Year’s resolution must be to keep our chins up, for life is but a vale of tears, if that’s the way you take it; Rainbows stretch across the years, if that’s the way you make it. Several cases of Influenzi have been reported in and around Wakefield, among them Mr. and Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Tom Kimball, Jr. and babies also Mrs. Mamie Kimball. James Bunn, from Baltimore spent Christmas holidays with his mother, Mrs. E. H. Bunn. We are glad to learn Mr. O. H. Massey is better. We wish to extend to Vivian and Frank Kannon our sincere Church News BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 Sunday school 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon: “Allegiance to the Church" 7:00 Young People meet 7:30 Evening Service. Topic: “Facing Choice” Because of the prevalence of illness added to inclement wepth | or, the regular monthl ymeeting of | the Baptist Senior Fidel is Class was postponed Monday. ii*erry In Navy Leyburn Perry of Perryville, Md., who was reared in this sec tion and was until a few years a resident of this community, has enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He has just completed his basic training at the naval training station on the shores of Seneca Lake. He will take further training which may qualify him for a petty officer rating. ror New f-rowers The provision of the Tobacco Marketing Quota Law Provides that a certain percent of the Na tion’s allotment shall be set aside for New Growers Allotments, that is, new allotments on farms that do not already have a tobacco al lotment. A new tobacco allotment will not be given unless the operator or the person growing the tobacco has grown tobacco in at least one of the past five years and the op erator or the person growing the tobacco must be living on this farm and largely donendont on thi farm for his livelihood. If a person does not meet with ‘he above qualifications, it will be useless for him to file an ap plication but if he does meet with the qualifications and does wish to get an allotment for 1944; he is urged to file an application with the County Committee before Feb ruary 1, 1944. The Committee has the regular application forms now. congratulations. We hope for them a long and happy life. Wakefield will suffer a great loss when Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris and daughters move to Wendell. Our loss will be gain to Wendell and we wish for them good luck. Pvt. Bill Whitaker and Pvt. Paul Garrigan of the Marine Corps at New River spent the week-end in the home of Mrs. Mamie Kimball. These boys Gain ed with Robert Lee Kimball (who is now in Ireland) in Parr's Is land, S. C. Visiting their mother, Mrs Ma mie Kimball at Christmas were T Irs. Keith Hinnant (Louise) and Mr. Hinnant of Baltimore; Mrs. Jack Bunch (Cornelia; Mr. Bunch and baby, Fayetteville; Mrs. Wilbur Biggs, Wendell; John —Continued on back page— $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance If You Don t Like | ihe Work You re Doing Try This By Ted Davis A few days ago a friend of mine surprised me with a question that had never occurred to me. “Why is it,” he asked, that you are always in a happy frame of mind? How do you derive so much pleasure out of everything you do?” 1 fear I gave him a lame answer, for I was taken aback. I had never thought about whether I was hap py, or not, and then it occurred to me that 1 had been, for the past few years engaged in personnel work where the personal inter view determined in many instan ces whether or not an applicant got the job for which he was ap plying. In interviewing the pros pect, it was a part of my job to analyze, by observation of the ap plicant's mannerisms, appearance, and general disposition, whether he was suited for the position for which he was being considered. I found that by making a sort of game of the interview, and by starting off with something as far removed from the job in question as the weather, I could set the ap plicant at ease and lead him to talk about his likes and dislikes, his hobbies, and prejudices. Some times the work in the job wasn’t mentioned in the whole interview. It wasn’t really necessary, since a complete work history of the ap plicant’s experience was usually submitted with the original appli cation. And, yet, in all the analyses I had made, I had never analyzed myself. It just never occurred to me. It was lor the best. For smee my friend mentioned it. I find that to me, like a child, I make a game out of everything T do. The more disagreeable the job, the better the game and the great er the odds. For instance when my daughter was very, very vouag, 1 couldn’t afford a r :.,d. v a nurse, (not that 1 can now), so it fell my lot to wash out the dia pers. And brethren, there \ u* plenty of them. 1 found out that when 1 washed diapers, my bands usually would ••(.me clean of'the ink I had burned in at the print ing office that day. So it became a game of seeing how niany dia pers I had to wash before the ink would come out of the cracks in my hands. Only cnce did the game fail to amuse. T had washed forty eight necessities one evening and pinned them on the line. It rained that night and when I went out next morning to take them in. the line had broken and all were in the loamy Goldsboro dirt. I sat down on the back steps and creat ed such a racket that Jo eame to the door and said “Hush, Ted, or the neighbors will think you’re crying.” “Cussjt.,” I replied, “I am cry ing.” If you ladies do most ot your worrying about your lot' (and I grant you it is far from an easy one) as you wash the children’s I clothes, or the dishes. (And con trary to the soap advertisers, it isn’t dishpan hands, that brea«t up j homes, it’s dishpan thoughts!) Try —See TRY THIS, Back Page—
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