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By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis |
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When I spoke one day this week
of “making a stagger” at some
thing my hearers were amused,
not having heard that expression
before. I meant it to describe a
haphazard, poorly planned effort
and don't remember how long agi
I first heard it Nor had I ever
taken the time to look it up and
see what Noah Webster says,
though I did this soon after leara
ing it was unfamiliar to many.
I was right in the usage, but to
stagger or make a stagger is not
good English, being dialectic or
slang; so you needn’t bother to add
it to your vocabulary. I
R. L. Isaacs asked me Monday
whether I knew that the animal
we call a billy-goat is properly
called a buck and his wife is a
doe. Like deer. But billy and nan
ny are so much more expressive.
When I said that one of th"
very nicest things about E. C. Dan
iel’s coming home is that he does
not put on airs and is as unas
suming as he used to be, Doris
Horton Privette said, “Yes. espe
cially when you remember we
have some who can spend a few
days in Raleigh and bring back an
accent “That remark is good for
a chuckle whenever I think of it.
In a magazine published in a
northern state T found a column of
advice to gardeners. In it we are
urger* to concentrate this year on
vegetables easy to grow. A list of
these was given as was a list of
those more difficult. What sur
prised me was to find okra amon;
the hard-to-grows. I thought you
couldn't keep okra from growing
one*' you put the seed in the
ground. It may be our climate and
not mr gardening that makes the
difference.
For some time I had wondered
who kept leaving scraps of pecan
shells o nthe floor. Fmallv T saw
Sue. the little dog. crack a pecan,
get out the kernel and eat it. It
may be that other dogs have had ;
this habit, but I never before
caught one at it. And she will hurr !
under the trees for stray nuts that
no one has picked up.
Because we couldn’t find long
sleeved jerseys for the two young
est grandsons I made them some
plaid outing shirts to wear ove
the short-sleeved ones on haad
They fit closelv at the neck and
have regular shirt collars. Teddv i
and Leary are three and two. and
they feel much dressed up in their
gay garments. By careful cuttin • 1
you can get such a shirt from one
am* nr e-fifth yards and you’ll cer- i
tainl'r not be able to buy a ready- i
made shirt for anywhere near *hc
cost of that much cloth. While bv j
no means beautiful, the shirts loos
as well rs the overalls they are
worn with, and the tiny boys look
cute and comfortable.
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon topic: “God’s Place in Life. ’
7:00, Young People meet.
7:30 Evening Service. Message:
“The Debt To Others.”
SUNBEAMS
Sunbeams’ of the Baptist con
gregation will meet on next Sun
day morning at the usual hour.
Parents are urged to see that the
children attend.
Sickness Epidemic
In interviewing one of the lo
cal doctors the Record was told
that Zebulon and surrounding
country has an unusual amount of
sickness. There seems to be epi
demics of whooping cough, meas
les and flu. There have been a
number of cases of pneumonia.
Thus far there have been few
deaths. Perhaps never before has
there been so much steady cold
weather in the early part of the
winter, and this perhaps contrib
utes largely to unusual prevalence
of a sickness among the people.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 20. No. 23
Rotary Hears
E.C. Daniel, Jr.
Zebulon Rotarians with a num
ber of invited guests were favor
| ed with an informal talk by E.
iC. Daniel, Jr., on last Friday
night.
On a program prepared by
John Sumner,, the speaker was
I introduced by G. J. Griffin as
| one exceptionally well-informed
with regard to world conditions
As editor of the Associated Press
in London Mr. Daniel has had
unequalled opportunities to study
situations in every country. How
ever, his talk Friday had
mainly to do with comparison and
contrast between England and
America.
The bombing of London was I
contrasted with safety felt here:
the tentative plan to draft women
here was mentioned as having
gone so far in England that they
are pondering over whether to !
take grandmothers. England’s
three abundant vegetables—cab
bage, potatoes and Brussels j
sprouts—seemed meager when lis
teners thought of the variety
available here. Rationing of cloth
ing made the few scarcities here
appear of slight moment. Manv
other items plentiful in this coun
try are unobtainable in England
No English paper has more than
4 pages now.
•The British, said Mr. Daniel, i
ere wholly united in their confi
dence in Winston Ch"rchill and
have no fear of final defeat.
Relations between American
and English soldiers were said to i
be good except for occasional re
sentment that armed forces of
’'iis country are better paid; a
t that sometimes - nables a
TT • : 4 °d States soldier to win the
inters * of a Britisher’s girl. Mo
rale of A lerican troops in Eng
land is good, said the speaker
though some who have been frr
months waiting for the invasion
of Europe are growing impatient.
The Zebulon club counts itself
as most fortunate in having had
this program and in behalf of the
organization President Early Mo
ser thanked the speaker.
Kind Os Bonds To
Bny And Whv
Some of us do not know perhaps
that in buying the Fourth issue
of War Bonds that one has a
choice. For instance: The gov
ernment offers Coupon Bond-.
These run in series of $500.00 and
in. They draw 2 1-2 per cent in
vest which is paid quarterly. ,
They mature within a period 01
years Ts one has $500.00 or more
which he would like to invest for
a period of years, this is a safe
and profitable way to invest.
Then there are Series E bonds
for investment. These run from
52.5 00 up. Any amount may be
bought. Each dollar in maturity
value costs 75 cents. That is, one
may buy a $25.00 bond for $18.75
If an emergency arises in which
one needs his money after a time,
he may cash it for cost value plus
inteerst. If it has run five years
half of the difference between
$18.75 and $25.00.
At the end of ten years the
government will redeem it for its
fae£ value of $25.00.
Both kinds of -bonds have their
advantages. No matter which one
buys, his investment is good and
is a safe way to save money for
hard times and depressions. Tnis j
should especially appeal to the
average man, the one who rents
land or works for wages or a
salary. It is hoped both for the
interests of our people and our
government, that every man,
woman and child in our commun
ity will buy every dollar’s worth
of the government bonds possible.
Thus they may serve themselves
and their country best in,a great
need and crisis.
Zebulon, N. (\, Friday, January 21, 1944 $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
Enemy Convoy
Coming Here
!
On January 26th a convoy
of all types of captured ene- j
: my equipment will stop by
for display of the equipment j
from 2:30 to 3:30, in Zebu
j lon. The local War Bond
Committee will conduct an j
J auction for the sale of War j
Bonds during this time.
On January 25th at the
i city auditorium in Raleigh j
| the war bond committee will
present a bond show, includ- J
ing movie stars, war heroes
and war equipment. You
may secure a ticket to this
show by buying a war bond
from the post office or bank,
and by asking that you be
: ; assigned a ticket which you
j will later be able to secure to
i gain admission to the show. j
Mrs. L. M. Massey
Announces Next
Scrapap&rlection
Mrs. L. M. Massey, chairman
announces that another collection
i scrap paper will be made on
Friday afternoon of this week. Ml
who have newspapers, cardboard
boxes, magazines, or anything of
that kind to give are asked to
place it where it may be easily
round by collectors.
Not only will the scrap thus
gathered up be of help to the club
by bringing in some funds, but it
vil! also be in line with requests
ade and repeated by the Gov
ernment frr paper conservation,
■’very bit that can be salvaged is
urgently needed.
KEEP OH .
WAR BONDS
’ £ » ft®
w&keion 5 s
Friday night of this week the
high school boys and girls are in
vited again to the gymnasium to
participate in a health and phys
ical education program. Miss
Benton from the State School for
the Blind will be with us again
land will direct activit <s. Mr. and
Mrs. Randolph Benton are also ex
pected to be present.
This program is growing in
popularity among the students and
has a very definite value for our
young people . Any of the parents
who are interested are invited to
come out Friday or at any future
time and enjoy the class with us.
The 9th grade had charge of
the assembly program Friday,
January 14. The devotional was
conducted by Wallis Liles. After
the reading of Psalm 24. a hymn
was sung by the whole group.
Following this they were Jed in
prayer by Mr. Miller.
The program was conducted by
Edith Lee Medlin. She first in
troduced Eleanor Oakley and Jew
el May who sang “Until Tomor
row” and “Winter Wonderland.”
The guest of the day was Tim
Buck, a dwarf from TimbuCtoo.
Introductions having been made
by Edythe ,he danced and recited
“Soap The Oppressor.”
The dwarf was made by using
Camilla Driver’s hands and head
and Judith Robertson’s arms.
In order to have the Carolina
Power & Light Company’s home
economist, Miss Carolyn Duke,
with us at our P.-T. A. meeting,
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Civil Service Recruiters Now
In Raleigh Employment Office
Special representatives of the
Fourth U. S. Civii Service Region
are now stationed in the Raleigh
Local and Divisional Offices of the
U. S. Employment Service for the
purpose of recruiting workers for
the Hampton Roads Area, which
includes the government projects
at Langley Field, Newport News,
and the Norfolk Navy Yard. These
recruiters will be in these offices
daily through March 31, from 8:30
a .m. to 4:30 p. m., recruiting men
and women—white and colored—
| over 16 years of age. Regardless of
! whether they are skilled in me
Wakefieid News
Considering the mud and cold.
| we had a very good attendance at
church Sunday. Mr. Turner (our
pastor) preached a splendin ser
mon on “The Christian Allies.)
62 attended both services.
Here, I wish to apologize for a
mistake I made in regards to the
attendance the 9th of January. I
was misinformed. There were
about 20 there for Sunday School
i on that particular day.
Monday night, Jan. 17. 1944, the
W ,M ,S. of Wakefield Church
met in the home of Mrs. Frazier,
Mrs. Winstead and Mrs. Frazier
being joint hostesses. We had a
splendid program, after which the
hostess served chicken salad on
lettuce. crackers, coffee and
pickles. Our president of the so- '
ciety, Mrs. P. P Pace, was kept
away from the meeting by severe
cold. We missed her lots, and
hope for her a speedy recovery.
The Y. W A. of the Wakefield
Baptist Church held its monthly
. c-«,ing , ’ the home of Mrs. Her
’•n Eddins on January 12, with
eight members present. After a
short business session an interest
ing program, the subject of which
was “Spirit Filled Women,” was
presented by Mrs. Berdon Eddins.
At the close of the meeting a de
licious salad course was served by
the hostess.
The people of the community
sympathize deeply with Mr. Mor
ns (mail carrier on Route 3) in
the loss of his mother. She was
buried Sunday.
dma'i Nev;s
this meeting was held Wednesday
of last week instead of its regular
time on Tue> day. Miss Duke was
introduced by Miss Mary Lacy
Palmer. She spoke in an interest
ing and enlightening manner on
lunch problems and specifically ;
school lunch problems.
CHINA
For the past few week: we, the
boys and girls of Mis. C, amblers
•ixth grade, have been working on
the study of China in our special
studies. We have learned many
interesting things about the. light
ing ally of ours. We each <!.-ew
for our art work.
Some drew pictures of pagodas,!
sampans, dragons, barges, Chinese 1
Cants, musical instruments, and ■
other subjects We are collecting 1
things that have been made in j
China. We have a box of Chinese
tea, an embroidered handkerchief,
and a back scratcher. Helen Ann
Pace brought a Chinese costume, j
Jack Terry brought a Chinese j
coolie coat. Mamie Pearce
brought a Chinese pitcher with a |
dragon on it. Betty Jo Pearce
brought a Chinese tea pot. We
have enjoyed our study of China.
—By Helen Wall, i
Tuesday morning the Rev. R. H.
Herring conducted the high school
devotional period. Lillian Kan-1
non announced the hymns sung by
the group and presented Mr. Her
ring. We all enjoy Mr. Herring
and are always glad to have h m
with us.
chanical work or not they are eli
gible for jobs in accordance with
Civil Service and the War Man
power Comission standards. Work
ers engaged in their highest skill
in essential employment need not
apply. Transportation will be ar
ranged from Raleigh to the assign
ed place of employment by these
representatives.
Also, you will see on the want
ad page an advertisement for help
in supplying ammunition for the
boys at the front which will be of
interest to you.
FireDamagesHome
Fire last Thursday morning did
considerable damage to the home
of the Ed Richardsons on Syca
more Street. Firemen extinguish
ed the flames before the house
; was destroyed, but loss of win
dows and by water made it nec
essary for Mrs Richardson and
the children to leave until re
pairs can be made. They are with
Mrs. A. V. Medlin for the present.
Mr. Richardson is employed in
Wilmington.
War Loan Drive
Now h Progress
Tho fourth war loan drive in
Zebulon and community opens
Tanuarv eighteenth and lasts un
til February fifteenth.
We are to purchase one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars
($150,000.00'i, of bonds and stamps
as our part in this drive.
The treasury department of the
United States government calls
upon every man, woman and child
to act as a . alesman in the cam
paign and to urge that we buy
bonds and stamps, to back our
boys to open the second front.
Zebulon and Little River town
■ ' > bought in the last war bond
drive, one hundred and sixty
four thousand, five hundred and
thirty-seven dollars and fifty
cents, ($164,537.50), it will most
certainly buy this one hundred
and fifty thousand dollar allot
ment in the fourth war oonrl
drive..
Do not wait for a committee
•o call upon you to urge you to
iv but go to the bank or post
1 ■ and buy all you can in ur
-1 "• that we may not fail our boys
it the front.
War Bond Committee:
L. M. Massey, Chm.
C. V. Whitley
Committee on Little River
Township Bond drive:
D. D. Chamblee, Chairman
Section A William Richards
chairman. Graham Bunn, B. T.
Ray, W. I. Hopkins
Section B Forest Broughton,
chairman, S. T. Davis, Charlie
Horton, Durward Hart. Carey
Robertson
Section C R. E. Horton, chair
man, H. H. Eddins, E. D. Finch,
r \ D. Gay.
FRANK M. BLACKLEY
Franklinton. Frank M. Black-
I ley. 71, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Spencer Pulley, of
Rolesville Friday. He had been in
I declining health for several years.
Funeral services were held from
the Pulley home Sunday at 2:30
jP- m. by the Rev S. E Mercer,
pastor of the Franklinton Metho
! dist Church, assisted by the Rev.
| S. H. Scofield, Jr., pastor of the
Rolesville Baptist Church. Burial
was in Fairview Cemetery in
Franklinton:
Surviving are the following
children, Mrs. A. S. Powell of
Franklinton, A. M. Blackley of
Cary, Mrs. D. W. Massey of Zeb
ulon, Mrs. J. S. Bobbitt of Creed
moor, Mrs. Pulley of Rolesville;
grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. P
A. White of Wendell, Mrs. O. L.
Fuller of Richmond, Va., Misses
Oza and Doza Blackley of Zebu
lon.