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This, That And The Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis My son’s wife is one of the Red Cross collectors fpr Zebulon and when she was making her plans for going out to call on house holders she confessed to a certain amount of hesitancy. Already she had heard of some who expressed themselves as being tired of so many and such continuous calls for donations, and she feared this might react unfavorably both to ward her and the fund. It is true that never before have we had so many demands upon our pocketbooks. Institutions seem to feel that while money is comparatively plentiful is the best time for them to inaugurate en largement campaigns. Home ex penses are higher than for years. On every side are projects that are worthy and are financed wholly by public gifts Add to all this the amount of taxes we must pay this year and probably for years to come, and you can un derstand why the hand that holds the pursestrings is quivering. But how can we stop giving? And what causes shall we refuse to help? Least of all can we af ford to neglect the one calling now for more money than ever be fore—to help where you and I can not go personally. Somehow, I'd feel terribly ashamed to say in effect to any Zebulon or commun ity boy now in service, “Yes, son, we paid our taxes; we had to. We gave to several causes, but we thought the Red Cross wanted too much and we were worn out from being asked so often. So we let that go by, because it is the Government’s place to* take care of you after you enlist. We hope you didn’t suffer; but, after all, a fellow has the right to keep what he wants of what is his.” We need not it into words: they’ll get the idea, if we refuse to give. Fairly often one Gears the ac cusation that the Red Cross wastes money. That may be. It is hard, on the spur of the moment, to single out deservjng from un deserving cases. But we don’t feel the funds are wasted when it’s a member of our family they are trying to locate, to feed, or to help when in a hospital. Let’s try to forget all but the need and those who are standing—or fall ing—between us and danger. Years ago I stood before a big, open fire wearing an outing dress. As a cold child will I drew 7 too close to the flames and my dress caught fire. Fortunately my fath er w 7 as present and my first scream and the leaping blaze were smothered together in a woolen counterpane he snatched fro mthe bed. Mother nrized that spread and it was not helped at all by what it went through; but she only said she was thankful it was handy. Which do we value more, our money or our men? What do you do w T hen you’ve filled your gardening and small fruit space? My husband has for some time been in the throes of one of his intermittent agonies—thftt of de ciding w 7 hat to take out and what ' to leave w'here bushes, trees and plants are too thick to thrive This time it began with the winesap plum tree, which was once his pride and joy, bearing : large, deep purple fruit, fine for eating or cooking. But it began suffering from galls—not gall stones —and the State College ex perts said it could not recover and might infect other trees, if left. So it was both dug up and cut down. A partial compensation for its loss was the fact that it shaded the biggest fig bush to the sad detriment of summer figs. In looking after that bush the head of the house decided his other, smaller figs were also too much shaded by the scuppernong vine, and must be moved. Digging them up caused the uprooting of vari ous and sundry clumps of bulbs with buds just forming. The spot selected for resetting the figs included the winter let tuce bed and the lettuce plants, removed to make room, wilted sadly in the sunshine. Not so the bamboos painfully grubbed out from where they had taken pos session of the iris row or had shot defiantly above the lilacs THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 20. Number 28 Church News BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon; “The Home Field” 7:30 Young People meet. 8:00 Evening Worship. Message: “Walking in His Steps” (Notice the change of hour for the evening services.) In Memoriam We the Board of Deacons and Trustees of the Wakefield Bap tist Church, hold sacred memories of our departed brother, Will Fer rell, who was called by the Mas ter on February 21, 1944. For over thirty years ,he has served faithfully as a deacon in our church and when he died he was our senior deacon. His life has been an inspiration to those of us who knew him best. His presence will be) missed in our circle when we assemble together in the future. It was hard for us to give him up, but his gain is our loss. Deacons and trustees of Wake field Baptist Church. More Fruits To Be Canned This Year With about 400,000 steam pres sure canners and 500,000 water bath canners to be produced in 1944, home conservation of vege tables and fruits should reach new heights and help to overcome the shortage of commercially canned foods. Glass jars and tops manufac tured for home canning this year will be of the same types as last year. Since zinc supplies are more ample now, the familiar procelain-lined zinc lid that fits standard mason-size jars will be manufactured again. Manufacturers of the commer cial "63” jars promise supplies of metal sealing disks to fit jars with this smaller-sized mouth. When these jars are saved, it is also necessary to save the metal screw caps that came on the jars. The jar cap must be screwed down over a new, flat metal disk to complete the home canning seal. Rubber jar rings for 1944 will be made of reclaimed rubber and synthetics. These wartime rings require somewhat different hand ling from that recommended in prewar years. The families who own can seal ers will in all likelihood be able to buy plenty of tin cans, because no limit is set on the manufacture of them for home canning. HEN HELPING TO WIN WAR “Tommy” Williams o f the Wakefield community brought the Record office an egg last Saturday morning that was 1 sofffffe egg. It was nearly twice the length of an ordinary egg, and weighed full four ounces. That hen is patriotic in her efforts to feed fighting men and help win the war. and forsythia. They stood as upright as if not convicted of wrongdoing. I have no idea when every thing will be straightened out. The plum tree has been turned into stovewood. Some of the bam boo canes have been sawed into lengths suitable for the grand children to play with. A little of the lettuce has been planted. The figs are to be persuaded to make little trees instead of bushes. The grapevines are bleeding where they had to be cut off to give more room for other things. For a while we shall walk in our back yard with heads up; but before we realize much time has passed we ’ll again be ducking and creeping, pushing back twigs and branches, stepping high owr undergrowth, and finally going through the whole thinning out process again. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 3, 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive Begins By JOHN D. SUMNER, Local Director On Monday night, February 28, a meeting was held at the Wo man's Club in Zebulon to outline plans for the Red Cross War Fund Drive which is to start on Wed nesday, March 1. Mr. McCulloch, County Division Chairman for the drive, made a most able presentation of the ac tivities of the Red Cross and also I presented a film which was highly representative of the various ser vices which are being rendered to S our armed forces. As most of us know that in oil len- were down Tuesday to discuss der for this great organization t arm- //-i i A Hwith the bus drivers the gas situa carry on this valuable work a fai Red KjfJtzL IUL l y -tlMtion. There is very definitely a ser greater amount of money will b ious shortage of gas in our corn needed this year than ever before P/lf')/ munity and it is necessary to con- Many of us will recall that the Herve wherever possible in order Red Cross Drive in previous year' 1 . . . _ to keep our busses operating at was usually thought of as a mem- . lo Sittings in OllT Jill. bership drive, the fee for whicl vlc ® s was one dollar,. and most of m The patriotic program presented gladly gave this and no more. Thd 1 lt general assembly last Friday drive this year is not merely especially good. Miss Smith’s j membership drive but a War bund qd grade began the exercises with Drive, and in place of our usual , devotional of songs and sum . donation let’s at least double the; naries of Bible characters studied amount that we have been aceus- I his year. T\yo old war songs were | tomed to giving, which will be j sung while the boys wore soldier necessary if we are to reach our*‘ ! paps and the g j r i s Red Cross quota of $3250.00. This figure is. j oands. This part of the program well over twice that of any pre- with a dance to the tune of vious one, but is not out of line UUI by Eloise Bogen, with other quotas set for like size j MBk Steve Johnson, Lowell Liles, B. B. ,areas. When we consider some of the | following accomplishments of th^ I Red Cross during the year 1943, 1 i believe that it will be agreed that they are worth a liberal eontribu-’ tion from each of us. Wake Comity 1. Work with service and ex service men and women and their families through Koine Service: 6181 cases handled during 1943. 2. One hundred and sixty-six nurses recruited for the Army and Navy. 3. Maintained a Disaster Pre paredness Program. 4. 148936 Surgical dresses pro duced. 5. 2644 knitted garments pro duced and shipped to our Armed Forces. 6. 450 Christmas packages sent to sick soldiers. United States 1. U. S. Service Men given per sonal aid: 3,800,000 by camp and hospital workers; 2§,000.000 by Chapter Home Service. 2. 50,000 nurses recruited for the Army and Navy. 3. 65,000 Volunteer Nurses Aids trained for service. 4. 119,000 persons aided in dis aster. 15,000 survivers of Marine disasters. 5. 925,000,000 Surgical Dress i ings produced. 6. 12,000,000 garments made. 7. 1,500,000 First Aid Certifi cates awarded. 8. 300.000 Home Nursing Cer tificates issued. 9. 5,000,000 pints of blood col lected. 10. 350 Overseas Clubs for ser vice men and women. 11. Participated in Foreign War Relief Program. 12. 5,300,000 Prisoner of War packages packed. I am sure that few of us would have ever realized that it was pos sible for any organization to have accomplished so much in one year, and in view of this let’s all greet the solicitor with a big donation J when called on. Red Cross Work Room Workers this week at the sew ing room were Mesdames G. C. Massey, W. D. Finch, A. S. Hin ton, A. R. House, J. A Kemp, M. J. Sexton, Donald Stallings and Theo. Davis. The room is open every Tuesday afternoon and helpers are gladly welcomed. State College Hints To Homemakers By Ruth Current N. C. State College Victory Gardeners: Buy only the best seed for the Victory Gar den. Good seeds are usually chep est. Don’t buy more than you need. There will be enough for every gardener if this is done. Plant enough seed for early , canning and for sufficient vege j tables for the table. And don’t forget, we need , green, red, and yellow vegetables jin our diets Kpph +v “ r ‘ «>ont ! ■ a room don’t take time out to do ■ repair jobs. Instead, list on a pad “all the repair needs and later, at a more convenient time, attend to ’ each item in turn and cross it off : your list. Take Care, Lest You Be Guilty ■ ■ Here’s a message for everyone ! who goes into the woods for any 1 purpose, work or recreation. The ; Southland’s most dangerous woods fire season is just about here. When forest litter is dry and brittle. A tiny spark can start a roaring con flagration damaging or destroying 1; timber vitally needed to fight the ' war. Don’t aid the Axis with woods fires. Be careful with camp ' fires, your match, your cigarette, when you are in the woods. Mrs. L.M. Massey Announces Time Os Paper Collection ' . 1 Mrs. L. M. Massey, local chair man, announces another collection of scrap paper next Monday after noon from 2:00 till 5:00; All who , will help are asked to have the pa pers or magazines tied in bundles | of a size convenient for handling. Since the collecting will be done by women drivers assisted by boy scouts, it will be specially helpful i for the paper not only to be bundl ed and tied, but also placed on street or porch it may be eonven ! iently picked up. The paper will be sold and pro ceeds used for payment on club building debts. All donations will be appreciated by the organiza tions and will help relieve the na tional scarcity of paper. Tobacco The Americas are commonly ! thought of as the original home of tobacco but native tobacco plants, different from those in the Ameri cas, were later found in Austra lia, research men report. $1.50 Per Year, Payablejn Advance Monday during our rhythm class we were surprised and pleased to have with u; Mr. Charlie Spencer and his assistant, Hiss Ruth Moore. Mr. Spencer is head of the physical fitness program for North Carolina and rhythmic classes are part of the program he is working on for the schools of the state. Tuesday morning Mr. Randolph Benton, County Superintendent’ and Mr. M. L. Roberts, Superin tendent of Transportation, paid a brief visit to the class also. Mr. Benton and Mr. Roberts Iryant, Charles Alford, and Rod ney Bell. Mrs. Buun’s 7th grade then gave a skit in which Miss Democracy, • played by Becky Clark, with the aid of her loyal followers ousted Dictatorship, played by Johnny Gay. Concluding the program was an oiiginal playlet written and pre sented by members of M’’S. Os borne’s home-room. The authors were Penina Bunn, Betty Baker, Virgie Combs, and Virene Combs. The cast was made up cf Grayson Fowler. Dwight Bunn. Georgia Ed dins, Mickey Driver, Fred Bunn, Mary Elizabeth Ellington, Harold Denton, Cyrus Bennett Barbara Bobbitt, and Mary Fisher Finch. 1 i Tuesday morning Mr. Griffin spoke to the high school gr 7, up | during their devotional period, lo by Brantley and Kenneth Cham blee gave a prayer and read the scripture. J. B. Croom presented Mr. Griffin. Pippin Home Allan Pippin, Sic, is home on furlough with his parents, Mr, and j Mrs. Allan Pippin. Allan has been on Atlantic submarine patrol for the past few months. Save Paper The paper shortage may not b« felt yet in Zebulon save as news papers and magazines have fewer pages; but cities in the state are being much inconvenienced inso far as grocery stores in particular are concerned. A lack of paper bags has caused economy on the part of clerks that is at times re sented by customers who refuse to begin cooperating with govern ment request and try to save as much paper as possible. Ferrell Leaves „ • Billy Ferrell of the Coast Guard is leaving after a furlough spent at his home here. Cropping Several farmers in Hoke C jn ty have definitely decided not to grow any cotton this year, and to . plant small grains and hay crops instead. School News
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