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Did you know that wedding in
vitations may no longer have two
envelopes? That’s because of
scarcity of paper, and is only one
of many economies forced upon
us. No wonder we are urged to
save paper.
No matter what those in charge
ask I really try to cooperate; but
when it’s fats I’m asked to save I
have to seem to fail. The truth is,
we just don’t have any fats at our
house extept what we buy, or
when I dress an extra-fat old hen; !
and every bit of that is used for
frying or seasoning other food. I j
can’t imagine being extravagant
enough to have a pound of fat a
week left over. However, if you’re [
that sort of housekeeper, or if
.you have big hog-killings, I do
hope you turn in all the grease |
possible. It is needed.
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If anyone had told me we’d be
glad to know a son was going into
combat it would have seemed pre- j
posterous; but we felt glad when
our son Ferd wrote he was able
to leave the hospital, where he j
had been for some time; and that
meant he was going back to bomb- I
ing raids. We are learning more
and more of comparative values.
Another comparative value is j
those mystery stories for the sol
diers. It would bore many of us
to extinction to have to read such
books; but, if our fighting men j
enjoy them, I’m all for more book
murders and greater fictional de
tectives. Let’s send them all we
have in the size wanted. Read
Mrs. Wallace Temple’s request in
this paper.
Until last Sunday we had not j
used our car for anything but bus
iness since gasoline rationing be
gan, not even to drive as far as
Wakefield. But when we heard |
that the Rev. W. E. Anderson and
Mrs. Anderson were celebrating
their golden wedding anniversary
at the Wendell Woman’s Club on
Sunday afternoon it seemed we j
might drive that far. We know
and like Mr. Anderson, who used j
to preach sometimes at the Free
Will Baptist church here, and sis- !
tieth anniversaries will never be
ordinary occasions.
We took Mr. and Mrs. Herring
with us and we must have arrived
at the crest of the wave of callers.'
If not, I don’t see what they did
when the peak was reached. As
we approached the noise of mu
sic, laughter and talking made
me imagine the very walls were
quivering; once inside it didn’t
sound a tenth so loud. But the
number there couldn’t have said a
word each without making a lot
of sound And I was told it had
been like that ever since the first
arrivals.
Some one told me Mrs. Tom
Bunn did the decorating, and it
was worth going to see. Pale yel
low roses, calendula, snapdragons
and daffodils were used with
white flowers, and yellow tapers
gave light. The wedding cake
was beautiful and it had whole
boxes of little ones like itself in
decorative design. Even the
mints were gold colored.
I loved that long receiving line
and you never saw anyone seem
happier than Mr. Anderson. All
the women and girls had lovely ;
dresses and everyone was smiling.
I was specially glad to see the E.
R. Andersons who used to live in
Wendell, but moved to High Point.
Os course such a reception as
that cost money; but we under
stand that Mr. Anderson didn’t
have to bear the cost, relatives and
friends taking charge of all de
tails even to payment of bills in
curred. And the pleasure they
afforded many could not be mea
sured in terms of cash. It was a
lovely thing to do.
Church News
Services for Sunday, Jan. 30:
10:00. Sunday School.
11:00, Morning Worship. Ser
mon tooic: “Meeting the Master”.
7:00, Young People meet.
7:30 Evening Service. Mes
sage: “Our Debt to God.”
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 35. No. 4
E. C. DANIEL, JR. GIVES US BEST
PICTURE OF "WHY WE SHOULD
INVEST IN WAR BONDS"
★★★ ★ ★
By E. C. DANIEL, Jr.
★★★ ★ ★
In England, where I have been for two years, I have seen a single egg or
lemon sell for hundreds of dollars at war bond rallies. They use the same
stunts to sell bonds there as here. But bond-buying is not a stunt alone, either
for England or the United States. It has practical aspects, even beyond those
which the Treasury Department advertises.
Os all the hundreds of American soldiers 1 have seen and talked to in Eng
land and elsewhere, there is not one who does not want to come home the mo
ment the war is over. They are sometimes afraid of their homecoming, how
ever. They are worried about the kind of post-war homes, jobs, comforts and
security they will have. Many of them are boys who have never worked. The
Army and the Navy took them directly from school into combat training.
For these boys, the first and most urgent task of the home front obviously
is to provide weapons, food and ammunition. In spite of all our strikes and
other production delays, that task is being performed more magnificently than
even Hitler feared. The tools have been provided and soon the United Nations
will be ready to finish the job. Most of the tools hav been bought with bonds
and, to insure the safest possible margin for victory, still more bonds must be
sold.
These bonds, of course, are not a gift to the government. They are an in
vestment for the future for every American family which owns them. When re
deemed, they will be used to buy the homes, automobiles, refrigerators and ra
dios that every family will want when civilian production can be resumed on a
peacetime scale. For these selfish reasons alone, the purchase of bonds should
be almost automatic with every American who holds any spare cash. No safer
investment can be found.
But the American people are not selfish. They would not have so gener
ously poured out their millions to the defenders of democracy in lend lease
supplies if they had been. Even for their own good, they would not already
have bought so many war bonds except for the urgings of pure patriotism.
There are, however, some aspects of bond-buying which even the most open
handed purchasers may not have considered.
Come back to those lonely, homesick boys, thousands of miles away in
alien surroundings, fighting every day for their own lives and those of their
fellow-men, enduring pain, heartaches, discomfort and fear to keep the war
away from our doorstep and to drive it home to the enemy.
Even while they fight in the horrible present, they are investing in a hope
ful future. They are buying war bonds themselves. Millions of dollars of
their pay goes every month into the jobs and homes they hope to have when the
slaughter is finished. Characteristically, they often worry more about condi
tions at home than about their own precarious lot. They become angry and
justly so—when they hear of malingering, whining and extravagance at home.
They become anxious when they contemplate returning to idleness and depres
sion in a profligate America.
Every purchase of a war bond will help to allay their fears. They need to
be assured —these boys working for Army pay—that the workers at home, who
are receiving the highest wages in history, are not frittering away the national
wealth. They need to be assured that some of the unprecedented national in
come of wartime will be preserved for the purposes of peace, preserved to keep
the factories and farms producing after the war to provide jobs and goods for
both soldiers and civilians.
The only way that the fortuitous profits of an unfortunate war can be
stretched into the peace years, and the only way they can be shared with the
soldiers who have been denied the opportunity of earning them is by saving.
Buying war bonds is the safest, soundest form of saving. It takes surplus
money out of circulation, minimizes inflation, keeps prices down, and prevents
exhaustion of the nation’s resources. Most of all, bond-buying gives assurance
to the Army and Navy at home and overseas that there is hope for the future,
that the country's economy will be kept sound and secure until they come home.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 28, 1944 $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
J. M. Whitley
J M. Whitley prominent and
well-known citizen of Zebulon
died Friday morning, Jan. 21, at
his home. He had been in poor
health for some time and a few
days before his death was consid
ered improved. The immediate
cause of his death was double
pneumonia. He was 78 years old,
having been born Nov. 2, 1855. He
was reared near his home and the
town was built on part of the old
Whitley farm. He built the first
home in Zebulon. For a number
of years he ran a hotel and at the
same time was interested in other
business, chiefly farming. Through
the years he took an active inter
est in the business and religious
life of the community. He was
for many years a deacon in the
Baptist church,' and at the time
of his death, was deacon for life.
His funeral was conducted in
the Baptist Church Saturday af
ternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Officiating
was pastor Geo. J. Griffin, assist
ed by former pastors, Revs. R. H.
Herring and Theo. B. Davis. The
words of the ministers, the great
abundance of the floral offerings
and the large congregation elo
quently spoke of his life and
character as a citizen and Chris
tian. He was laid to rest in the
Zebulon cemetery.
Surviving are his second wife
who before her marriage was Miss
Georgia Williamson of Raleigh;
five daughters: Mrs. L. A. York
of Kannapolis. Mrs. L. M. Gould
of Smithfield, Mrs. L. E. Long of
Zebulon, Mrs W. R. Collie of
Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Avon
Privette of Zebulon. Besides these
11 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren survive.
Rotary Notes
Hoyle Bridgers had the program
and spoke on the Zebulon Boy
Scouts. Hoyle had two of the Boy
Scouts to express themselves as
to their needs, etc. Hoyle said the
Scouts was suffering because of
competent leadership. There is no
older person here who knows
much about Boy Scouts. Men who
could learn have their time taken
up in their own business.
Every Rotarian stands ready to
help and have no intentions of
letting the Boy Scouts down. A
real Boy Scout leader is born not
made so it seems when there is a
need for one. Different ones in the
Rotary Club are giving their best
when called on to do so. With this
interest the Scouts will continue to
go on and grow stronger.
Next Baptist Hour
Features Warren
“Faith in God and Man” is the
subject of Dr, C. C. Warren in his
1 Baptist Hour message next Sun
day morning, January 30th—7:30
CWT 8:30 EWT as announc
ed by the Radio Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention, S.
F. Lowe, Chairman, of Atlanta,
Georgia.
Dr. Warren has recently assum
ed his duties as Pastor of the First
Baptist Church yi Charlotte, North
i Carolina, having come from the
Immanuel Baptist Church of Lit
tle Rock, Arkansas, where he was
well established in the confidence
1 of the people as preacher, pastor
and religious leader. Mr. Lowe
further announces that Dr. War
ren did an outstanding work in
Little Rock in establishing a large
number of mission stations in his
Association, through which he and
his church won great hosts of peo
ple to become followers of Christ.
The Baptist Hour network now
carries 36 stations, covering the
area from the Eastern Seaboard to
the far Southwest. The programs
can be heard in our area over sta
tion WPTF.
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