This, That And
The Other
By Mbs. Theo. B. Davis
My son in Italy sent me an ac
count of the building and dedica
tion of their new chapel. It has
walls of mud-brick and a tile
roof. All the wood used in build
ing it was salvaged from pack
ing cases. It is the first chapel to
be built in Italy by an outfit.
They made candle holders of emp
ty shells and Barrie says it is all
“pretty nice” and that I’d like it.
He sent a program of the dedica
tory service. They sang “Holy,
Holy, Holy”, “Onward Christian
Soldiers”, “Fight the Good Fight”
and the Doxology. The Scripture
lesson was from Luke 4:16-21, the
account of Christ’s going up into
the synagogue on the sabbath “as
His custom was.”
Most appropriately, in the dedi
cation pledge was repeated the
special scripture for the day:
“Except the Lord build the house,
they labor in vain that build it.”
And both chaplain and men ded
icated themselves “anew to the
worship of God in this sanctuary
and to the establishment of His
kingdom among men everywhere.”
I am grateful that amid the
horror of war my son and others
had such a service and have such
a house of worship.
It is said that the richest man
on earth is the Nizam of Hydera
bad, ruler of one of India’s twen
ty-five states. He is 58 years old,
is monarch of 17,000,000. subjects
—not citizens as we know the
term—and has an income of about
$15,000,000 dollars a year and his
wealth is estimated at two billion.
Out of this astounding sum he al
lows himself five dollars a week
to spend. His living expenses are
paid from public funds.
The Nizam has a diamond big
enough to be used as a paper
weight—his father did use it for
that purpose—and literally bush
els of pearls. He has a solid gold
table service for 150 persons,
while the King of England’s gold
dinner set serves only 24. He lives
in an unpretentious building and
has to stay on the porch much of
the time because his house is so
cluttered up with boxes, bars and
blocks of gold there is no room for
him. On the grounds stands a
truck which was driven there
twenty years ago, loaded with
gold. There was no place to put
it so a sentry was ordered to
guard it. It is still being guarded.
In addition to looking closely
after the affairs of his kingdom
the Nizam writes poetry. He al
so writes a column for an Indian
paper.
And after reading the long ar
ticle dealing with his life and his
possessions I found myself feeling
thankful not to be in his place.
And now they are telling us
Mother’s Day is not an innovation
of late years; that as far back
as 1385—more than 550 years ago
—there was an annual celebra
tion in rural England known as
Mothering Day or Watering Sun
day when young people were ad
monished to take wafers to their
mothers.
Wafers were at that time used
in communion services. They are
said to have been something like
waffles, were cooked on irons with
designs cut into them, but were
served cold instead of hot.
A recipe for the wafers includes
the stomach of a pickerel as one
ingredient. For that reason, if for
no other, I am glad to be living
now instead of when my child
might have brought me a wafer
on Mothering Day.
But I * believe Mothering Day
has a better sound than Mother’s j
Day. It implies more, giving us i
older mothers a part not suggest- :
ed by the present day custom of I
receiving gifts and hearing a spe- j
cial sermon.
I have plenty of petunia plants
now, thaHks to Mrs. J. B. Outlaw,
who gave me whole clumps of
seedlings. And the family is ac
cusing me of using this column as
a medium for supplying my own
wants.
Mr. and Mrs. Mabry Whaley
left Wednesday to spend some
time with the former’s relatives
in Brent, Alabama. Mr. Whaley
has not wholly recovered from
months of illness.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 2ft, No. 38
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday, May 14:
10:00 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship. Sermon
topic: “Home”.
7:15 Training Union.
8:00 Evening Worship. Message:
“Outward Appearance”.
METHODIST CHURCH
Charles S. Vale, Pastor
Service Sunday Morning 11:00
Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
A welcome to. everyone.
Dr. J. F. Coltrane, Supt.
Recital
Mrs. Ollie W. Pearce will pre
sent her piano pupils in Recital
May 12th at twelve-thirty o’clock
i nthe auditorium at Corinth-Hol
der School.
Those who will take part are—
Mary Edna Pate, Nellie Gray
Price, Addie Williamson, Geral
dine Corbette, Bettie Jean Brown,
Barbar Nell Boykin, Jeanette Hin
ton, Ernestine Corbette, Carrie
Lee Ellis, Allien Ellis, Dorothy
Ann Johnson, Jean Bunn, Mary
Elizabeth Barrow, Ava Jean Hin
nant, Libby Jean O’Neal, Bettie
Freeman, Pauline Whitley, Ann
Boyette, Mary Frances Wilder,
Yvonne Barrom, Evelyn Creech,
Eleanor Fowler, Mary Louise
Stancil, Katie Sue Hocutt, Charles
Weathersby, Joe Bass, Harold
Brown and Lou Nell Strickland
of Zebulon.
All interested are invited.
WAKEFIELD HOME
DEMONSTRATION
CLUB
The Wakefield Home Demon
stration Club will hold the May
meeting on the 26th instead of
May 24 as that is the date for the
district meeting which will be held
|in the High School building at
Pittsboro. It is hoped that many
members of the Wakefield Club
will attend the district meeting.
WOMAN’S CLUB
The May meeting of the Wom
an’s Club will be held on Tues
day afternoon of n§xt week, the
sixteenth. All members are es
pecially urged to attend. The en
tire program will be given to
music and flowers. Each person
coming is asked to bring a flower
arrangement, type and grouping
being entirely a matter of her own
choice.
Members of the Junior Woman’s
Club and the Home Demonstra
tion Club are invited to be pres
ent.
G. C. Brannan Has
Dance With Star
In a recent letter home G. C.
Brannan, Jr., now in service on
; the West Coast, told of a trip to
Hollywood and of seeing screen
| stars. Not only did G. C. have the
; opportunity to meet some of these
notables, but he had the pleasure
of dancing with Carole Landis.
Miss Landis was one of four
actresses who made a tour of U.
S. camp*- overseas entertaining
soldiers, and is not averse to en
tertaining them on this side the
ocean.
Upchurch Runs
R. Pearson Upchurch, candidate
for the House of Representatives
from Wake County is a native son
of Wake and the son of John R. !
Upchurch, who was reared near
Morrisville and later removed to
Raleigh, where he died in 1911.1
Mr. Upchurch attended the pub
lic schools of Raleigh and Wake
Forest College, was admitted to
the bar in 1925 at the age of 21
and has since practiced in the
courts of Wake County. He is
married and the father of three
sons. Mr. Upchurch states that he
is not committed to any special
legislation, and if nominated and
elected, he will act and vote in
the sole interest of the people of
Wake County and the State.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, May 12, 1944
DANGER!
Typhus Fever
The South is in great danger
from typhus fever, or Bubonic .
Plague. Cases of this dread dis- I
ease have been in Wake and ad
joining counties.
Rats carry this disease. Kill
them! A Campaign is on in Wake
county to destroy all rats, and rid
the people of danger from this
dread disease.
On May 15th Zebulon will put
on a Campaign to destroy every
rat possible. Poison will be dis
tributed in every store, house or
outbuilding where signs of rats
are found.
The town authorities ask of the
citizens:
1. Gather all trash and garbage
and put it where the garbage
truck can get it not later than
Saturday morning. Cover up all
i feed or grain so rats cannot get
to it.
2. Shut up all cats, dogs and
chickens when the poison is put
out. If they eat it they will be
mighty sick, though it will not
kill them. See the rats get it!
By the Town Authorities of
Zebulon.
| Recorders Court
Cliff Crudup was found guilty
of larceny. A sentence of 60 days
was suspended on payment of
costs and fine of $15.00.
Millard High received a sus
| pended sentence of 30 days for
I drunkenness, and had to pay costs
| of case.
J. W. Carroll paid a fine of $50.-
| 00, paid costs and surrendered
| his license, being found guilty of
drunken driving.
\ B. H. Privette, found guilty of
! public drunkenness, had judgment
j suspended with choice of paying
I costs or spending 30 days in jail.
Jack Ferrell had a 30-day sen
tence suspended on payment of
costs of charge of public drunken-
I ness.
j Ed Curtis was found guilty of
larceny and had a 6-months sen
j tence suspended on payment of
! costs, paying for chickens and a
$25.00 fine.
William Horton —Home brew
for purpose of sale. Judgment sus
pended on payment of costs.
Lin wood Hart. Public drunken
ness. Sentence of 30 days sus
pended on payment of costs, a
promise of good behavior for
twelve months, with added prom
ise not to drink whiskey for same
length of time.
Bettie Smith. Failure to appear
for medical treatment. Sentenced
to pay costs, to remain inWo
man’s Prison one year and to
treatments regularly for
twelve months. Case was con
tinued.
Douglas Watson. Found not
guilty of careless driving while
intoxicated.
Hallie Richardson. Assault.
Sentence of 6 months suspended
I on condition the defendant not to
go to Bogen’s Store and pay fine
of $25.00.
Arthur Horton. Drunkenness.
Judgment suspended on payment
of costs.
James “Fluke” Jeffries—Fail
ure to appear for medical treat
ment. One year on highway. Must
work roads. A charge of vagrancy
1 brought a 30-day sentence, to run
; concurrently with other sentence.
Walter V. Ellington. Drunken
ness. Sentence to 30 days in jail
: suspended on payment of costs
and promise of good behavior one
year.
Garland Turner. Drunkenness.
Sentence of 30 days in jail sus
pended if costs paid by April 8.
Sully Bailey met two charges,
drunkenness and assault. Prayer
for judgment. Continued on pay
ment of costs in each case.
Gattis Bailey. Public drunken
ness. He received same sentence
as above.
Otis Woodard. Jr. Reckless driv
ing. A 12-mos. sentence was sus
pended on condition defendant
appear in court each month for a
year, not drive car or truck dur
ing that time, pay costs of case,
get a job and work continuously.
Tommie “Fab” Manning. Drunk i
Wakelon Commencement Is
Smooth And Quite Colorful
On Thursday of last week the
Wakelon commencement got un
derway.
On Sunday evening the com
mencement sermon was preached
by Rev. C. E. Vale, pastor of the
local Methodist church. Many said
it was the best sermon they ever
heard on a commencement occa
sion. His subject was “Covetous
ness.” He based his message on the
Tenth Commandment, “Thou
shalt not covet,” and Paul’s words,
“Covet the best gifts.” He men
tioned five things vital to the right
kind of success in life: Desire for
the future work for accomplish
ment, intelligence to plan, char
acter for right ends, and God who
is vital and fundamental in every
phase of asuccessful life. While it
had much for the good of every
one, it was peculiarly applicable
in its appeal to young people.
On Thursday evening of this
week the Senior class exercises
will take place in the school audi
torium
The public is invited to these
Class Day exercises. A playlet,
“The Rainbow Trail”, will be giv
School Festival
This Spring Festival was
was worthy of Special note with
Maypole folk dances and stunts.
Children were asked to pay only
ten cents each for the crepe paper
which under the direction of Miss
Burnette was fashioned into bon
nets, caps, aprons or sashes to pro
vide uniformity for groups of
children.
Uncle Sam was present in re
spledent dignity of high hat, long
coat and patriotic pants. The pro
gram in content and variety en
tertained the large assemblage
that gathered on the campus and
enjoyed the comfort, unusual for
such occasions, of seats —which
i had recently been given coats of
| paint, and were fresh and clean.
The Maypole dance was remark
able in that the dancers not only
| twined the ribbons but were able
l to untwine them also instead of
leaving them half done and half
j undone, as so frequently happens
j when a mistake is made by some
child’s becoming confused.
The patriotic idea was stressed
in “Americans All.” Special
characters besides uncle Sam,'
played by Ned Frazier, were Peg
gy Perry, as Miss Columbia and
Oscar King as the Herald. Pri
mary, junior and high school pu
pils aided in the presentation.
Mrs. Miller and her assistants
deserve credit as do the pupils for
the excellence of the festival.
With The Men
In Service
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., May
5. —Pvt. Allan Buryi Denton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Denton, Rt.
1, Zebulon, N. C., has reported at
this station of the Army Air Forc
es Training Command for medical
and psychological processing,
classification and training to de
termine his qualifications as a
pre-aviation cadet.
Upon successful completion of
this phase of his processing, he
will be sent to a college or uni
versity for five months further
study or directly to a pre-flight
center for cadet training, depend
ing upon his previous academic
background.
and disorderly. Sentence of 90
days suspended on payment of
costs.
Jessie Hicks faced two charges
of larceny, was found guilty on
each, and sentenced to six months
on the state highway.
I,
$1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
!en by the Seniors. The exercises
will begin at 8:30 o’clock.
On Friday morning at 10:30
the graduation exercises will take
| place. Dr. Carlyle Campbell, pres
ident of Meredith College, will de
liver the address. Presentation of
I diplomas, medals and prizes will
| follow.
This year has been one of the
; best in Wakelon’s history. Below
is the list of graduates:
Audrey Amos, Dorothy Barnett,
Wayne Chamblee, Doris Cone,
! Frederick Corbett, Ralph Creech.
| Rochelle Doyle, Ruby Mae Duke,
i Bobby Ross Eddins, Ronald
j Greene, Geraldine Hagwood, Ly
i ! dia Hinton, Oliver Horton.
Wyatt Horton, Elizabeth Ihrie,
Betty King, Rudine King, Etta Vee
■ Lyles. Edsel Martin, Mary Frances
■ May, Eloise Mitchell.
Frank Moss, Pansy Oakley, Do
retha Parrish, Imogene Pearce,
I H. C. Perry, Jr., Myra Perry, Vera
Ruth Perry, Fred Pippin, Kather
ine Pulley, Naomi Puryear.
Elizabeth Richards, Leslie Simp
son, Ellis Weathers. Bessie Kay
Williams.
Middlesex Seniors
Are Entertained
On Friday night. May 5, in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ed
dins, the senior class of Middlesex
High School was entertained by
Mrs. Eddins and Mrs.
Green. The honor guest,
Margaret Manning, their sister, W
the tdnth of a family of twelve
'children to graduate from the
same school.
Guests were greeted by Mrs. Ed
dins. Mrs. Berdon Eddins pre
sided over the punch bowl in the
entrance hall. Mrs. Harold Green
was in charge of games and con
tests. Prizes were awarded win
ners. * The hostesses, assisted by
Misses Frances Manning, Katye
Joyce Eddins and Fan Green,
served ice cream and cake.
Guests included members of the
senior class, Misses Pauline Cone,
Annie Mae Hilliard, and Frances
Manning, Messrs Ben Manning
and Fid Kemp (who was a member
of the senior class before being
(inducted into the army), all of
Middlesex; Mr. and Mrs. Burdon
Eddins and Mr. Braxton Eddins of
Wakefield.
A big surprise and a very
pleasant conclusion to the party
was the entrance of a brother, Jo
seph P. Manning, CMOMM, U. S.
N., of Middlesex, who is stationed
at Portland. Maine. He is home
on leave for the graduation of his
sister.
Manning Reunion
On Sunday. May 7, the Man
ning family of Middlesex had a
reunion at the home. All mem
bers of the* famliy were present
except two brothers in the armed
services, Cpl. John W. Manning,
U. S. A., of Fort Worth Texas, and
T. B. (Chick) Manning, G.M.5-C,
somewhere in the Pacific War
Zone.
After attending the baccalaure
ate services at the Middlesex High
School the family gathered for
dinner. Present were Mrs. Alton
Chapman of Ayden, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Eddins and children. Ka
tye Joyce and Franklin, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Green and children.
Fan, Billy, Judy, Janie Faye and
, Joseph Allen, all of Zebulon, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Manning and
children, Sue and Rose. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Manning and children,
Henry Lee, Jr., and Bertha Jane,
Misses Frances Manning and Mar
garet Manning and Messrs. Wilson
and Ben Manning all of Middle
sex, and Joseph P. Manning, U.
S. N.