This , That And
The Other
* By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
As a rule I enjoy ordering mag
azines for our subscribers, giving
them the advantage of the reduc
ed rate we offer as an induce
ment to take our papers. But this
winter there has been so much
confusion that I almost dread the
work. You see magazines are hav
ing to use less paper and numbers
of them have had their subscrip
tion lists frozen. Then the only
way you can get on is to wait till
someone fails to renew; when, if
you are next in line, you get the
place. Some accept renewals on
*y; and some will take no sub
scriptions for less than two years, j
Ever so many times this winter j
we’ve had notices from this or I
that publisher changing prices,
discounts or other rulings until
one can never be sure whether an
order will go through. If not,
there’s more writing to be done!
both ways, perhaps refunding
money with explanations not al- j
ways understood.
I sent several subscriptions for
my son since Christmas. They
have not come yet and when he
wants to be provoking he says to
me, “Mother, those magazines
haven’t come yet. Are you sure
you ordered them?” Then, wise
ly. he dodges.
In a scientific article I found
last week the statement that the
human body needs zinc. Already
we have been told of needing
lime, iron, salt, and a number of
other minerals; but I believe no
one has yet suggested that we
need more brass. Zinc, however,
is an alloy used in brass, and it
may be the scientists are working
in that direction.
One of last week’s dailies said
that a year ago the ODT asked
this state to take concrete steps
toward reducing the consumption
of gasoline, and said that little
had been done to that end.
If only as citizens of the state
we make it a personal matter and
take enough steps, they need not
be concrete; and we could save
amazing quantities of gas.
Ladies, take a bow! Having
heard numerous expressions com
plimentary to the Methodist wo
men who served that crowd of 150
at the Rotary meeting last week,
I rise to remark that they had a
tremendous task and deserve all
that was said in praise. Frying
that many quarters of chicken
makes me tired to think about,
let alone cook. My son, Ted, who
went up to take pictures of the j
Rotarians and their guests, said he
never saw so many coffee percola
tors going at one time. He added
that he was invited to sit with the
elect in the dining room, but
found the kitchen, its workers
and supplies too enjoyable to
leave. I’m ashamed to tell how
much he ate back there.
More and more I am inclined
to believe in special providences.
Although I knew we were to have
guests at dinner Tuesday, a com
bination of circumstances prevent
ed my preparing the dessert I had
planned. And while we were eat
ing Mrs. Jethro Stell arrived
bringing half a cake still hot from
the oven.
W. H. Chamblee
Celebrates 83rd
Birthday Here
Mr. W. H. Chamblee who was
83 years old on St. Valentine’s
Day was given a surprise party
Sunday afternoon, by his children,
at his home. Dr. H. Royster Cham
blee of Raleigh and Mr. and Mrs.
F. R. Conyers of Rocky Mount
were out of town members of the
family who were present. Mrs. S.
W. Harris, his sister, was also
present. Mr. Chamblee received
many nice gifts from his children,
some of whom were unable to -be
present. He returned in the after
noon with his daughter, Mrs.
Conyers, for a visit.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 20. No. 20
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday' Feb. 20:
10:09, Sunday School.
11:00, Morning Worship. Topic
' of Sermon, “Money.”
6:45, Young People meet.
7:30, Evening Worship. Mes
sage: “Joseph. ’
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MISSION STUDY
On Sunday morning, Feb. 20th,
a Mission Study class will be
; taught at Hales Chapel Baptist
! Church by Mrs. Cecil Corbett of
i Middlesex. All members of the
church and Sunday School and
others in the community and
neighboring churches are invited
to come. The book which will be
taught is Christianity, Our Citauel.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service met with Mrs. Eutrice
Carter, Mrs. Kitchings had charge
of the program. “Mission School
for Girls” was the subject. Mrs.
M. J. Sexton spoke for “Alice” in
Alaska; Mrs. Pearl Massey fol
Mary, Japanese-American; “Jo
from Mexico”, by Mrs. Jethro
Stell; “Dorma from Brazil,” by
Mrs. W. D. Finch; “Daphne from
England”, by Mrs. S. G. Flowers.
Mrs. A. R. House gave her re
port on the Bishop’s Crusade
meeting which she attended at
Edenton Street Church, Raleigh.
The Ladies of the Methodist
Church wish to thank all those
who contributed towards the
banquet served to the Rotarians
Friday evening. They feel that ev
ery helping hand made it a suc
cess. Especially do they feel in
debted to Mr. S. G. Flowers who
loaned the china and glassware
out of his store, they thank him
and Mrs. Flowers. Mrs. W. D.
Finch, presjdent of the Society
and chairman for the luncheon, '
we owe a debt of gratitude; to the
■ teachers who helped to serve, we
are grateful for their cooperation
and service.
W. M. S. MEETS
The Northside Baptist W. M. S.
met on Monday p. m. with Mrs.
J. V. Cox hostess and thirteen
present. Mrs. Irby Gill presided;
Mrs. Lester Green led the devo
tional, Mrs. R. H. Herring had the
program on Africa. She presented
Mrs. Eugene Privette, who spoke
of the continent’s history, re
sources and peoples, emphasizing
the importance of this field for j
missionary endeavor.
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MARY B. OUTLAW CIRCLE
The Mary B. Outlaw Misionary
Society, formerly the Central Bap
tist Circle, met on Monday night
in the home of Mrs. N. T. Parker
with 17 present. Mrs. Allan Pippin
led the devotional and Mrs. Eu
gene Privette again spoke on the
month’s topic. It was decided to
have the study course on Home
Missions next Monday night in the
home of Mrs. Rurick Gill. Mrs.
Theo. Davis leading. The book to
be used is Christianity Our Cita
del, by R. Q. Leavell. .
WAKEFIELD JUNIOR G. A.’s
The Junior G. A. of the Wake
feild Baptist Church held its Feb.
meeting at the home of Peggy
Anne White. There .were ten
members present. Those taking
part on the program were Su
sanne Bunn, Margaret Pace, Jo
Anne Williams, and Phoebe Jane
Williams. After the program re
freshments were served and en
joyed by everyone.
In our January meeting we
elected new officers. They were:
Phoebe Williams, secretary; Jean
Jones, president; Margaret Pace,
Susanne Bunn and Jo Anne Wil
liams, social committee. Our lead
er is Mrs. C. B. Pace.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. "’earce
announce the birth of a son on
February 11 at Rex Hospital. Mrs.
Pearce is the former Miss Mary
Elizabeth Eddins of Zebulon.
Buy Bigger Bonds!
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, February 18, 1944
Wakelon News
Varying our high school assem
bly, last Friday we met in the
gymnasium for some rhythmic
demonstrations. Several of the
lower grades were present also.
Peggy Perry made the introduc
tory remarks and announced the
following program:
Scripture Mary Fisher Finch
Prayer Mr. Miller
Song, Student Group
Activities * 3rd Grades
Activities 4th Grades
Rope Jumpinng High School Grp
The following students parti
cipated in the rope jumping: Fred
Pippin, Crystal Perry, Hilliard
Greene, Bobby Eddins, Gerry
Gay, Etta Vee Lyles, Elizabeth
Richards, Willa Deen Edwards,
Iris Rose Pearce, Betty Lou Car
ter, Geneva Ellington, Mary Eliza
beth Ellington, Alan Hinton, Alva
Lee Wiggs, Mary Kemp, Emma
Vic Gill, Fred Corbett, Charles
Horton, Wilbur Conn, Hilda Win
stead, Mickey Driver.
Rope jumping is a new unit
with us but quite a few of these
performers had perfected a few
interesting and complicated stunts.
Tuesday at the high school de
votional period the following pro
gram was given: Scripture by
Emma Vic Gill, Song by the
group,, Lord’s Prayer by the
group, Solo by Hilda Winstead,
Song by the group. The Rev. M.
M. Turner of the Wakefield Bap
tist Church spoke to the boys and
girls on “Youth, the time of dis
covery, the time of decisions, and
the time of forming desirable
habits.”
Ralph L. Cannon
Is Army Chaplain
Ralph L. Cannon, former pastor
of the Pilot Baptist Church, has
graduated from the Army Chap
lain School at Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.
Chaplain Cannon will be as
signed to duties as an Army chap
lain. His many friends in this
section are glad to hear of his j
progress i nthe work to which he
felt he should devote himself.
Zebulon Business
W. M. Page has lately sold his
farm, teams and implements to j
Cash Williams of Wilson. For the
present Mr. Page will continue to
live in the home he built near the
Privett mill. When conditions are
more favorable he expects to build
a home in Zebulon or nearby.
C. B. Eddins has bought the
Wayne Whitley store house next ,
door to Zebulon Dry Cleaners. He !
expects to move his shoe shop
there in the near future. Philip '
Massey will use the room where j
the shoe shop now is in order to
take care of his growing feed and
seed business.
R. H. Brantley has purchased
the house just beyond the Baptist
church towards Wakelon school
from C. V. Whitley and expects to
move there soon. Eger Massey ex
pects to return to Zebulon from
Middlesex and will occupy his
home in which Mr. Brantley now
lives.
The little River Ice Co. is build
ing an addition to the west side of
the ice plant to take care of need
ed office space, wash room and
toilets. Equipment to increase the
output of ice more than double
its present capacity has been pur
chased and as soon as the govern
ment gives a release, it will be in
stalled.
Sewing Room
Red Cross sewing at the club
house Tuesday was done by Mes
dames J. C. Debnam, Foster
Young, Ruric Gill, Allan Pippin,
Guy Massey, E. H. Moser, F. E.
Bunn, B. K. Miller, R. sl. Jenkins,
W. G. Tepiple. Cqttfng was dqne
by Mesdanies Herring and Davis.
A number of the womer ok sew
ing home to do on their own ma-
LOCAL CLUB CELEBRATES
PERFECT ROTARY RECORD
FarmßureauMeets
The Zebulon Farmers Bureau
Unit held its first meeting Mon
day evening at the Wakelon High
School. There were 40 members
and visitors present in spite of the
bad weather.
The program was interesting
from start to finish. Delegates
who went to the state convention j
made interesting reports. Mr. j
Weeks, county agent, explained
the unit that is required of farm- i
ers. J. E. Lassiter spoke on sweet J
potato growing and marketing. He I
showed clearly how the average
farmer is missing a good money
crop by not planting sweet pota
toes for marketing. The following
committee was named to make a
survey of the possibility of grow
potatoes in this vicinity: John
Broughton, Prof. Mark Bunn,
Hoyle Bridgers and Avon Priv
ette.
Dr. Flowers' Car
Found After Search
Lasting 24 Hours
Monday night Dr. C. E. Flowers
was called on an emergency case
over in Nash county near Samaria
church. While in the home, he
heard the sound of a motor and |
remarked that it sounded like his
car. Hurrying to the front he saw
it racing towards the highway.
Soon it disappeared in the direc
tion of Rocky Mount. He tried
phoning to notify the authorities,
but in vain. The car was gone and
with it about SSOO worth of sur
gical instruments. And the doctor
had no insurance. No other car
was available and it appeared he
would have to do his professional
work on foot for the duration.
For twenty-four hours the sus
pense continued till early Wednes
day morning when he learned that
his car was at Cherry Ponit. No
thing was missing and no damage
had been done to the car. He went
after the car Wednesday after
noon. It seems that a young man, j
a marine, who had been courting
in the neighborhood had overstay
ed his leave and it is supposed he
desired making a quick trip back
to escape AOL punishment. So ev
erybody is happy once more!
Trainee Jobs Are
Offered Aspirants
Trainee positions at $1,620 a
year plus overtime are now open
to graduate nurses, in addition to
previously announced jobs paying
$168.75 a month in the Panama
Canal Service and SI,BOO a year
in other agencies, the United
States Civil Service Commission
has announced. Requirements are
graduation from a full course in
a recognized school of nursing and
registration as graduate nurse in
a State or territory of the United
States or in the District of Colum
bia.
No experience is required for
the trainee positions. Nurses ap
pointed will be trained for six !
months in Veterans Administra
tion Facilities and promoted, if
work has been satisfactory, to the
position of Graduate Nurse (Gen
eral Staff Duty) at SI,BOO a year
plus overtime.
Applications are obtainable from
most first and second-class post
offices and from the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, Washington
25, D. C.
chines. Sewing to date in seams
run amount to more than one
third of a mile.
The sewing room is open each
Tuesday afternoon from 2:00 till
after 5:00. All who will help will
be welcomed.
$1.50 i*er Year, Payable In Advance
j The Zebulon Rotary Club cele
brated its fourth consecutive year
ij of 100 per cent attendance at a
| meeting Friday night and 150 Ro
tarians and their wives, the Ro
tary Anns, from the 53 clubs in
the 189th District were on hand
to help.
All past district governors un
der whom the record attendance
was set were present headed by
Robert W. Madry of Chapel Hill,
the present head of the district.
The past district governors are
j Hal S. Orr of Rocky Mount, H. D.
Jones of Graham, William B. Ki
! ker of Reidsville and Carter Dar
row of Tarboro.
Chartered on May 8, 1929. the
Zebulon Club is credited with a
notable achievement. In order to
attain a four-year perfect attend
ance record, it held several meet
ings in the homes of sick mem
bers. One meeting was held in a
hospital.
Madry and R. Gregg Cherry,
Gastonia legislator and candidate
for Governor, were the speakers.
All members of the Wendell and
Clayton clubs were present, and
other clubs from High Point to the
coast sent delegations. The cele
bration was held in the high
school home economics building,
with Early H. Moser, president of
j the club presiding.
In his address. Madry said that
j the 53 clubs and 1.950 members
of Rotary in his district “are in
a healthy condition and are mak
ing a substantial contribution to
the war effort and the post-war
! program.”
He said that, internationally
speaking, “Rotary occupies a
unique position and is determined
to make the most of its opportuni
ty in the establishment of a per
manent peace after this war.” Ro
tary clubs are located in 50 coun
tries and geographic areas he said.
“Just suppose that each one of
our 220,000 members can convince
10 other men that the attainment
of world peace is possible through
the establishment of understand
ing and good will among the bus
inessand orofessional men of the
world. That would give us 2,200,-
000 men enlisted in the cause of
peace. It seems reasonable that
2,200,000 leaders, united in the
same ideal, can secure peace.”
Outlining Rotary’s post-war
nlans, Madry said the “number
one project of the 220,000 Rotar
ians and 5,000 clubs call for an
inventory now’ of potential needs
for jobs, repairs, replacements,
goods, and other services when
peace comes.”
Cherry called for a “revitaliza
tion of interest in public affairs
which will bring the attention of
civic leaders to the government
ial problems of their State and
i nation, as well as to their local
community problems.”
The civic club can and should
play a highly important part in
the shaping and affairs of men
and nations and their destinies in
the period following the war, he
said. He called for an interchange
of ideas with civic leaders of oth
er communities to “bring about
the solidification of their influenc
es in common causes.”
All Home Again
R. I. Hagwood, who has lived
near Raleigh for three years, has
returned to the Zebulon commun
\ ity, and now lives on the Ben
Bunn farm. He came in the Rec
ord office Monday very happy.
Why? Every one of his eight
children were home together Sun
day. W. F. works at the Marine
Base, Norfolk; Mrs. Esther H.
Brantley lives and works in the
Pentagon building, Arlington, Va.;
Mrs. H. G. Workman. Raleigh;
Pvt. Malcus H. Hagwood and wife,
Aulander, Fla.; Pvt. Rocher L.
Hagwood and wife, Camp Pickett,
; Va.; Mrs. Effie House, Clifford
D., and Myrtese, of Zebulon, Rt. 2.
They all had dinner together
with Mr. and Mrs. Hagwood. All
[ returned home Sunday except
l Malcus H., who will return to Au
lander, Fla., Feb. 19.