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| This, That And % | The Other % * * * By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis + * % t +++ + ++ ++++**+*++++++++V The front rooms at our house are heated by a coal-burning “cir culator” now in its thirteenth win ter of service. For months the firepot has been cracked so that whenever ashes are shaken down some sift out and fall on the metal mat under the stove. It has gotten 1 to the point that tiny clinkers also J come out. At least twice a day my j son’s wife or I had to mop under the stove, for, as all housekeepers know, you can’t sweep up all ashes. Selma did it quietly, but I was vocal and voluble in wishing the matter might be remedied. ' My husband kept trying to get a new firepot and at last proudly announced that he had found and bought one. Immediately Selma and I looked at each ether and said almost in duet; “Let’s just go on as things are till we don’t need the stove any more this spring and let it be taken apart and put together again after warm weather comes.” Those ashes don't look nearly so bad now, and mopping them up is less trouble. Mrs. A. S. Hinton recently gave | me two quarts of fat fried from i sausage or poured off after cook- j ing ham. (They raise their own j meat.) It was more than I needed ; on hand for seasoning vegetables, I so I put it in a big saucepan with about the same amount of water, boiled it a few minutes, let | it get cold and took the hard ened fat from the water. This process was repeated and by that time the fat was nearly as white ! as lard. Cooking it till all water j evaporated made it fine for bis- ! cuit, rolls or any bread. For some unknown reason I had always thought that pear blooms followed the usual rule for fruit trees and smelled sweet. I broke some sprays of bloom from one of our trees last week and put them in a vase in the din ingroom. Later I went around sniffing for some time before realizing the pear blossoms were the source of the disagreeable odor that had annoyed me. And Monday my son’s wife came in and said, “I’m worried about j Daddo’s rabbits and how we’ll stand them next summer. Already you can smell them out in the front yard.” Again it was the pear j trees and not the three chinchil- \ las, which, with their pedigrees, occupy the long-legged hutches you may see in our back yard. Strange how the fragrance of ripe, mellow pears can develop from such beginnings. You may have seen the new “half hats” advertised. Or you J may have seen one on a young I girl’s head. But you needn’t ex- I pect to get one at half price. They ; seem to be sold by an inverse ra- ! tio. Ewe Lambs For Sale Robert S. Cur-tis, sheep market ing specialist, was in the Wendell j and Zebulon sections of Wake I County for three days this week ! contacting farmers regarding two hundred ewe lambs, which the | department is selling at cost. These lambs, ten months old, I may be sheared in April and bred in July. Any farmer interested in pur chasing any of these lambs should get in t*»uch with the State De partment of Agriculture in Ra leigh, N. C. Social Security More than 1.742,900 men and women in the State of North Car olina now have social security ac count cards. In the years to come, many of these workers will reach the age of 65, retire from their jobs and claim payments of old age insurance. Others will die, leaving dependents who are en titled to benefits under the So cial Security Act. Every worker wants to be sure that he will get the right insurance checks when he grows old, or that his family will receive the right checks in the right amount, if he dies. THE ZEBULON RECORIr Volume 20. No. 30 ,-w-: *. Connie B. Gay, Wake county native, has accepted the position as Producer of a Coast-to-Coast daily farm radio show. The program, to be known as the New National Farm and j Home Hour will come from Washington, Chicago and Holly j wood and will be heard Monday through Friday at 12:30 P. M. ! over 100 stations of the BLUE i Network. Connie was reared a few miles from Zebulon and is a graduate of Wakelon High School and N. C. State College. Before joining ! the network was Director of Ag j riculture for WPTF in Raleigh. Prior to that he was an official of the U. S. Department of Agri culture. He worked throughout North Carolina, the eastern United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bond Sale Success Zebulon and community bought during the 4th War Loan Drive $124,127.50 of war bonds and stamps. Wakelon School sold $6,- 255.85. All organizations deserve special mentions for doing a good job during the 4th War Loan Drive. The Township chairman, | Dr. L. M. Massey, wishes to ex- I press his appreciation to the work ers and to all purchasers. Finch Sells Business Preparatory To His Induction Into USM Douglas Finch, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Finch, and until recent ly owner and manager of the Mid dlesex drug store, has Seen called into service and has sold his busi ness, giving possession Monday. Mrs. Finch, who works in the postoffice here, plans to come to Zebulon after her husband’s in duction. Sultan G. Flowers S. O. Flowers died last Saturday morning after an extended period of declining health and was buried on Sunday afternoon. The final rites were conducted from the home by Pastor C. E. Vale of the Methodist Church assisted by Pas tor G. J. Griffin of the Baptist Church. For more than twenty-five years Mr. Blowers was one of Zebulon’s prominent business men, being owner and manager of Flowers Store. Mr. Flowers was 58 years old ■ nd is survived by his wife, the former Miss Marie Bailey of Pllm City; two daughters: Mrs. T. C. Pippin, Jr., of Dallas, Texas, and Miss Jean Flowers of the home; one son, S. G. Flowers, Jr. also of the homcf one brother, Dr. Charles E. Flowers, Zebulon; five sisters; Mrs. Claude Daniel of Conn.; Mrs. W. C. Campen and Mrs. G. S. Barbee, Zebulon; Mrs. J. A. Strickland, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. Crudup Mitchell, Eden ton. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 17, 1944 Church News BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. In the absence of the pastor a visiting speaker will fill the pulpit. There will be preaching service at the Methodist Church next Sunday evening. The pastor will have as his subject “Remember the Sabbath Day.” Rev.GeorgeGriffin Addresses Rotary Rev. George Griffin had the program, his subject being, Dr. George Washington Carver the noted negro scientist. Dr. Carver was born a slave, his father dying when he was three weeks old. From eailiest youth he wanted an education and worked to that end. He was interested in art and painted some pictures that were said to be good. llis greatest work was putting sweet potatoes and peanuts on the market in a big way. He dis covered they could be used many ways. Dr. Carver never sold any of his discoveries because he wanted the world to enjoy them without their being commercial ized. He never married, as his reason, he did not have the time. Dr. Carver was ahead ol Ins day and as time goes on his work will be appreciated more. Red Cross Sewing News "Work at the sewing room goes well. Fuel this week was given by Mesdames S. A. Horton and Rob ert Edd Horton. Other donations are requested as fires will be needed for a few more weeks. In the sewing room this week were Mesdames R. H. Herring, Foster Young, T. B. Davis, E. H. Moser, , S. A. Horton, Robert Edd Horton. C. M. Watson, M. J. Sexton, Les ter Green, G. K. Corbett, W. G. , Temple. Mrs. R. H. Jenkins came to bring some bandages made at home and to take more back with I her. Mrs. Moser, Mrs. C. V. Whit ley. Mrs. PL C. Daniel and Mrs. a! C. Dawson brought in finished work. More than 150 bandages have been made. The Junior Woman’s Club looks after pressing all material used in making the bandages and has not failed to have an adequate supply on hand each week. All who will help will be wel comed at the clubhouse on Tues day afternoons. The work is not hard to learn and some one will be present to instruct beginners. Names Omitted Names of sewing room workers not handed in last w T eek include Mesdames S. H. Hoyle, E. 11. ; Moser, C. V. Whitley, Lester Green and perhaps, others. A list of knitters has not yet been ob i tained. Demonstration Club Meets The regular monthly meeting of the Home Demonstration club will be held on March 22. In the morning the annual house and yard cleaning will be done, the business session and program to be in the afternoon as usual. All members are urged to be pres ent and help inthe forenoon, bringing something for the picnic lunch which will be enjoyed at : the rest hour. Farm Bureau Meet Zebulon Farm Bureau had the largest crowd at its meeting Mon day. March 13 that it has had at any time. There are nearly 90 paid up members to date. The membership should be over 200, as it is an organization to help the farmers to get a fair price for their produce. Mr. J. R. Williams was the speaker of the evening. He spoke on the seriousness of the farm labor situation and the fight or ganized farmers are making to kee pthe farm units at 12 instead of 16. To do this Congress must over ride the President’s veto. Mr. Williams also warned to bacco farmers that even though they have tobacco control they can lose it if they don’t stay on the job. Mr. Weeks, County Agent, also spoke with regard to things that Mr. Williams discussed. Tiie Bureau voted to have a bar becue supper for the members, ! April 18 at 6:30. Place to be de ckled on later. Anv who wish to get in on this supper join the F; rni Bureau. President, E. H. Moser, Secretary, Yours Truly, Treasurer, Robert Ed Horton. D. D. Chamblee Green Over Berlin Ist. Lt. Allan Green, son ol Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Green of Wakefield is one of the navigators helping ' bomb Berlin. Already Lt. Green , has been decorated for service on the famed Ploesti oilfields raid. He graduated at Wakelon and at State College before entering the Air Corps. Wake County Red Cross Quota Set At $124,000 Wake County has been request -1 ed to raise $124,000 out of a total ; of $2 $200,000,000 for which the country has been asked in the 194 4 American Red Cross appeal for special war and the usual peace-time needs of this organi zation. Organizations have been com pleted in each community in the county under the direction of N. B. McCulloch, general county chairman of the campaign, and formal solicitation was started Wednesday morning, simultane ously with the drive in all parts of the country. Special gift solici ! ■tor: have been at work for sever al days and Chairman McCulloch expressed satisfaction with the re mit obtained to date. Colonels serving under County : Chairman McCulloch are as fol | lows: Rev. John R. Link, Apex; ! Clarence Beddingficld, Cary; j Thomas Proctor, Fuquay-Varina; | W. R. Rand, Garner: W. C. Ste j phenson, Grcenhope; R H. Sherlm, lolly Springs: L. A. Dn*Jl>, j Knightd- le: WiUiam Hatch. Mill i-ook; C. D. Mntheny, Rolesville; | I. O. Jones. Wake Forest: M. C. Todd. Wendell; John Sumner, 7,i uU n: Rev. T. L. Now try), Cara leigh- C’h- n McCulloch d that ■no of the ! <■ t orgonizofPins form d • bet 1 ’ecfrd for the county. About 600 workers have been enlisted for >o campaign compared with • lightly more than 100 for the last drive. “Wake County has accepted what we realize is a heavy quota,” Chairman McCulloch said, “but it ; is only in proportion to the unu- | surilly heavy needs, intensified by the heavy demands of war and the greatly enlarged service being rendered to the members of the armed forces by the American Red Cross. “What we do in gifts of our funds will represent only a small contribution in comparison to what those in the armed services are giving. It is interesting to note the large number of men in the $ 1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance Farmers Advised To Conserve Land Farmers in Wake County are more than ever aware of the need of conserving their land by means of terraces, but they have less time and less labor to use on the job than ever before, says Coun ty Agent Weeks of the State Col lege Extension Service. He suggests, however, that it is still possible to do what should have been done at first, that is to prepare outlets and establish veg etation in then; before building the terraces. The major depressions, such as the draws and gullies in the fields, are the primary run-off pattern, and so are the logical points to protect and make use of as out lets. Ry doing so, the farmer is accepting the natural plan and laying a good foundation with a minimum outlay of money and labor. t Weeks says that proper prepa ration and seeding of these de pressions will give a good meadow strip. To prepare the gullies, plow, cut with a brush and bog. or, if the soil is light, with a disc. As far as is practical, high places should be cut down and low ones filled. Some drag pan work may be nec essary for this. Prepare and seed all the larger gullies and draws. Tiie one's that will not be used as outlets later will be catching up and yielding some return at the same time. In addition to these advantages, with the gullies and draw vegetated, we have a good water disposal plan that will go a long way toward checking soil loss until we can complete the job. Mr. Weeks says that meadow strips should be seeded any time P m the first of February to the middle of March. A good mixture for hot r the Piedmont and Coas tal Plains is: 2 bu. of oats, 40 lbs. of Kob< lespedeza (or a mixture of equj 1 amounts of Kobe and ' Korean) 10 lbs. of sericea, 5 lbs. redtop, and 5 lbs, of orchard grass, per acre. The sericea may be omitted if an additional 5 lbs. of redtop and 5 lbs. of orchard grass are used. The mix ure should be fertilized with approximately 2,000 lbs. of limestone and 500 lbs. of 2-12-6 ftJizer per ••>•. In addition, if practical, a he; vy application of manure hould be used on the area, Weaks concludes. services from the county outside of Raleigh. Some 6.000 out of the approximately 9,000 men in the services from Wake County re side out 1 ide Raleigh. Practically every family is represented in this large group scattered throughout 53 instil tr and continental areas throughout the world where A< tericans are dispersed on our far-flung battle lines. “T know that every person so li'gted will want to give sorne " n° to the Red Cross which, ac cord i-g to General MacArthur, R s helped the service man in hour of danger has sustained him in his hour of nain, and has com forted him in his hour of death.’ “Rome of the services rendered t'> the members of the armed so-cos by the American Red Cross are: * Helps servicemen with person war ■pi oners; aid i service fa mi- • problems; sends food parcels t« and disabl'd veterans; ope rate' service clubs overseas; re e-uit army and navy nurses; handles emergency messages for j ervicemen ant! famili'*> collects life-saving blood: provides com forts; cheer and recreation in hos pitals; makes surgical dressings; helns when disaster strikes; and many other services.” Chairma nMcCulloch announc ed that county residents who work in Raleigh can advise the city so licitor to mark his card to credit his contribution to the area of his residence.
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