This, That And
The Other
By Mrs. Theo B. Davis
One day not long ago I decided
it would be well to experiment
with the Yankee way of drying
apples; peeling them, cutting each
apple into quarters or sixths, and
stringing these thick pieces on a
strong thread to hang up for dry
ing. A big needle was threaded
with string saved when opening
out feed sacks (tobacco twine
would be less trouble and probab
ly better.) My husband became in
terested and helped a while. To
gether we strung about three
yards of apples and I hung them
over the clothes line in the hot sun.
We were surprised at how nicely
they dried. The strings are
handled much more easily than
are driers of fruit. Once when it
was raining I hung my strings of
apples over the curtain rods in the
little upstairs hall, and my
grandson thought I was making
some sort of newfang’ed portieres.
Mentally, I apologize to the north
erners who have for years done
their sun-drying this way. No
more spreading sliced apples for
me.
If you are already canning all
you have time, strength and pro
duce for. don’t even read this par
agraph. If not, remember that the
chances are canned vegetables and
fruit will be harder to get next
winter than you’ve ever known
them to be. No matter how the
war goes, extra supplies will be
needed overseas. Many big com
panies have contracted to furnish
the government more than they
formerly put up in a whole season.
Wholesalers are finding it very
hard to contract for definite deliv
eries of canned goods. For these
reasons it wil be well to look out
for our own needs to the best of
our ability. True, we get fearful
ly tired at the work;' but we
shall probably rest up before time
to eat what we put into the jars.
On Tuesday afternoon I went
with my husband to the burial
service fok young Betty Belvin,
whose tragic death was such a
shock to the community. Bethle
hem church has a nice looking
congregation and it was most
courteous for a number to intro
duce themselves to me. One la
dy—l think she said she was Mrs.
Pulley—told me she reads this
column every week and has taken
the Record twenty years, which is
also something of a record.
After the funeral we were to go
to Wake Forest to deliver some
printing, and Theo. thought it
w< uld be better to go on from the
church instead of turning around
and going back to where we left
the paved highway. He said we’d
strike the paved road to Wake
Forest after a few miles.
It was beautiful along the way.
Tobacco was being suckered or
barned, the yellow leaves trans
lucent in the sun. Corn was dark
green, though much of it had been
flattened by the recent storm and
lay with only the tasseled tips up
right as though stretching out
hands and listening with all ears
for help to come that it might
straighten out again. Fruit trees
were laden till they swayed tired
ly in the breeze. A man and
woman picked butterbeans from
vines as tall as they were. Gold
enrod told us that autumn is on
the way.
Sure enough we hit the paved
road and drove along it for some
distance. I remarked on the at
tractive homes to be seen and all
at once we were on a street, which
astounded the driver. He asked
“Where are we?”, and aside from
being in our old Chevrolet I had
no notion. Then he saw that we
were in Rolesville and wondered
how we had passed that junction
between here and Daniel’s filling
station without seeing it. I didn’t
know, but my sense of direction is
so poor I can get confused in Zeb
ulon. I excuse myself by saying
I inherited it from Mother and let
others decide which way to go.
Anyway, that Rolesville street is
worth going to see.
We didn’t get off the track any
more and were soon returning
from Wake Forest. It worried us
to see. first, two mules grazing on
what looked at that distance like a
sweet potato patch. And further
on a fat red cow stood in the road
watching two other cows that had
Your Chance
Here, Girls
With a steadily mounting num
ber of returned war casualties, the
Army Recruiting Stations in North
Carolina are making an all-out bid
to enlist women as WAC Medical
| technicians, according to Sgt. Mar
i ian Radder of the Raleigh Army
Recruiting Sub-Station.
Minimum requirements for ser
vice in the Medical Corps are a
high school education and an ear
nest desire to learn this type of
work. The Army is seeking al
: ready trained technicians as well
as qualified women without pre
vious technical training. It was
j pointed out by Sgt. Radder that
I training received for Medical
Corps assignment will be invalu
able after the war to Wacs re
cruited for this field.
Wacs are trained for these du
ties at the Medical Department
Enlisted Technician Schools at
Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Ind.
i Courses last from 8 to 16 weeks.
Following training, the Wacs will
!be assigned to hospitals in the
states as well as overseas.
For additional information, wo
men may write or see Sgt. Radder
at the Raleigh post office.
Betty B*Mn
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at Bethlehem
, Baptist Church for Betty Belvin.
16-year-old daughter of Mrs. V. V.
Belvin of the Mitchell's Mill com
munity. The Rev. Theo. B. Davis
was assisted by the Rev. A. D.
Parrish, a former pastor of Miss
Belvin, who died Monday morning.
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Card Os Thanks
(Omitted by mistake from an ear
lier issue of this paper.)
The family of thet late Alonza C.
Chamblee express grateful appre
ciation of words of sympathy and
acts of kindness at the time of
their father’s sudden death on Ju
ly 7. .
Rotary Club
.
The Zebulon Rotary Club con
tinues to hold its 100 per cent con
i secutive meetings. Last Friday
| evening all members were present.
I Varce Brown had the program,
his subject being, “Do we live the
lives we plan, or do we plan the
lives we live?” Vance had four
speakers, two on the negative side
: and two on the affirmative. The
! following were the speakers: E.
1 H. Moser, Vaden Whitley, Luther
Massey and Charlie Vail. The
negative won, as they had the
strongest side. As a rule the man
or woman who plans their lives
have something to look forward to
and try to prepare themselves for
one particular thing. All other is
sues in their lives are side issues.
This was the impression of the ro
tary members. No visitors were
present.
Recorders Court
Judgments following were given
jin Recorder’s Court last w r eek,
Judge A. R House presiding.
Chunk Bennett, charged with
drunkenness, had judgment sus
pended on payment of costs.
Charlie Horton, for careless and
reckless driving was sentenced to
pay a fine of SIO.OO and costs.
Bronco Warrick a»d W. B. Duke,
Jr., for illegal transportation of
intoxicating liquor, had sentences
of one year on the state roads
suspended on payment of SIOO.OO
fine and costs and were plated on
probation for two years.
All other cases were continued
or sent to a higher court.
which way that was. Driving into
Zebulon after having been gone
WILTEJcJcLfIIfcLi
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 20. No. 50
Zebulon, N, C., Friday, August 11, 1944
Curtis C. Critz
Killed InAction
Mrs. Curtis Critz, formerly Miss
Etha Strickland, received a mes
sage from the War Department
Saturday informing her that her
husband had been killed in action
on July 6 on the Normandy Penin
sula front. He had been previous
ly wounded, but had recovered and
returned to combat duty.
An infantryman with the 79th
Division, Cpl. Critz had been in
service since June, 1942. He had
been overseas since March of this
year. Mrs. Critz is with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Strick
land, of near Zebulon.
Prior to entering the Army Cpl.
Critz was a printer, learning his
trade in Danville, Va., where his
parents lived. For a while he was
a member of the Record Publish
ing Company staff, working also
for the Raleigh Times.
In addition to the wife and par
ents, two brothers and two sisters
t survive.
It may be worthy of note that
this is the third casualty among
those who have worked with the
Record Company. First was Lt.
Eric Davis, son of the firm’s head.
Second was Sgt. Louis Poythress,
who left his position here to en
list.
Ration Reminder
MEATS. FATS Red Stamps
AM through ZB, A5, B 5 and C 5
good indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS Blue
Stamps A-3 through Z 8 and A5
through F 5 good indefinitely.
SUGAR Sugar Stamps 30, 31
and 32, each good for five pounds
indefinitely. Sugar Stamp 40, good
for five pounds of canning sugar
through February, next year.
GASOLINE ln 17 East Coast
States, A-11 coupons, good thru
November U. In States outside the
East Coast Area, A-12 coupons,
good through September 21.
FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5
coupons, good through September
30. New Period 1 coupons now
good.
SHOES Airplane Stamps 1
i and 2. good indefinitely.
This One For You Kids
More low cost candy and better
price control for candy are two of
the aims of the Office of Price
Administration in setting up four
new advisory committees of candy
manufacturers. Just in case you
kids are interested, these manu
facturers represent “general line
candy,” “candy bars,” “package
goods” and “wholesale candy.”
Tires For Farm Vehicles
Because farm vehicles must be
kept in service, they may be
equipped with used truck tires if
available, as well as with used
passenger tires. OPA announces. |
Plant Cover Crops
Farmers of Wake County may
earn a practice payment of $1.50
per acre under the 1945 AAA farm
program for establishing winter
cover from seedings this fall of
wheat, oats, barley, rye, or mix
tures of these grains, it was an
nounced today by Russell Powell,
chairman of the county AAA Com
mittee.
To qualify for this payment ,a
protective winter cover must be
provided and the crop must not be
harvested for grain. Howfcver, it
may be pastured, cut for hay, turn
ed under as a green manure crop,
or left on the land as a “go down”
crop next spring. The seed bed
should be well prepared and the
seed sown sufficiently early to
permit plants to withstand winter
freezes.
In view of the expected short
ages of legume seed this fall, farm
ers of Wake County should take
advantage of this opportunity un
der the AAA program to protect
their soil against erosion through
use of small grain cover crops.
Union Hope News
Our Sunday School met today a
little earlier owing to the preach
ing that followed, as usual, on ev
ery first Sunday. Our pastor, Rev.
Stancil, preached a very good ser
mon that everyone seemed to en
joy. The right hand of fellowship
was also given to new church
members. Attendance was extra
good, and we had a lot of visitors
from other churches. Rev. Hard
ing, also a visitor from Corinth
Church, dismissed the congrega
tion.
Most people of this section are
very busy with their tobacco, es
pecially those that the wind storm
hit last Tuesday night. A lot of
tobacco, corn, and other crops were
lowered by the wind. We are
having a lot of rain now, which
will probably finish the late crops.
Late gardens are real good and
most women are doing lots of can
ning.
Mr. Charlie B. Whitley celebrat
ed his 56th birthday Sunday with
j a big family dinner. Some of his
friends were also invited.
Martha Lee Denton is spending
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Rudolph Brantley of Pilot.
Bcrlie Brantley, S2-c, recently
arrived in Italy and had the plea
sure of meeting a near relative,
Cpl. Dorsey R. Strickland, and al
so another close friend, Frank
Chamblee. Both boys have been
serving with the army overseas for
two years. The letters sent home
from all three boys expressed joy
in the reunion.
Bethany News
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parks of
Henderson visited Mr. and Mrs.
Hoyle Davis Thursday.
Mrs. John Blackard. Mrs. Dewie
Ray and Mrs. George Wats- vis
ited Mrs. Molly Blackard at
Knightdale r jturday afternoon.
Miss Ketnrine Watkins is spend
ing the summer wif’i Miss Elouise
Davis. Both Miss Watkins and
Davis held jobs in Raleigh and
quit to come home and help with
housing the tobacco.
Mrs. George Cox spent Thursday
at Mrs. G. H. Cox’s canning.
Mrs. Lizzie McGee and Helen
and Hurley Harward of Elizabeth
City are spending some time with
her grandson, Hoyle Davis.
Miss Christine Green of South
Boston, Va., is visiting Miss Cor
rina Robertson.
Mrs. S. T. Davis and Mrs. W. A.
Davis celebrated their birthdays
Sunday, August 6th, one’s being
the 6th and the other’s the 7th.
The dinner consisted of barbecue,
chicken, slaw, and Brunswick
stew. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Davis and family, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Blackard and Walter,
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Ray and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Poole and
family, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Watson
and family; Mrs. Lizzie McGee
and Helen and Hurley Harward,
all of Elizabeth City; Miss Kath
erine Watkins of Raleigh, and Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyle Davis. After din
ner every one was invited to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Davis
to a watermelon slicing. A num
ber of friends and neighbors
were there to enjoy the occasion.
Shotwell News
Glad to report a very good meet
ing, good attendance and good ser
mons.
Mrs. L. A. Doub of Knightdale
gave her husband a very nice
birthday dinner Sunday. She had
all his sisters and brothers and
their families, as well as his moth
er, present for the occasion. We
all had a real good day together.
Mrs. Paschal of Knightdale
spent the week with Mrs. L. L.
Doub and attended church. She
delights in going to church and is
a faithful member of Oaky Grove.
Mrs. J. H. Tucker of Kinston
spent the week with her mother,
Mrs. L. L. Doub. Her husband
had gone North to buy goods for
the Harvey Store.
Mrs. Hay visited in Wendell
$1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
With The Men
In Service
PURPLE HEART
First Lt. Philip D. Pe; rce, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dollie Pearce
of Zebulon, has received the Pur
ple Heart for wounds received in
action in Italy. He has served with
the Fifth Army for 15 months,
having gone overseas in April,
1943. He entered the service in
October. 1939.
Excerpts from a letter of recent
date from Talmage Harper, Bari,
Italy. ,
“1 have recovered from my in
juries enough that I’m now with
my group, flying missions again.
“We made a trip over Corsica,
Sardinia and Mt. Vesuvius this
week. Mt. Vesuvius is a tall
I mountain with a large, deep hole
in the center. Smoke was still
coming from the hole. It looks
exactly like the pictures you've
seen. On another trip we flew ov
er Cassino and the Abbey that
caused to much trouble. Cassino
is no more than a pile o,f rubbish—
might say a ‘Ghost Town’.
“Another trip we visited Naples,
Rome, Pompeii and the Holy City.
Rome is much like the cities back
home, modern conveniences.
“Seems the farther North we go
in Italy the better it is. Harvest-
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ing of grain is much in evidence,
civilization more real.
“The Italian melons and fruit
are good, but are vastly different
from ours.
“I had a most unusual experi
ence and coincidence recently. As
we were returning from a mission
with two of our engines shot out,
we were afraid of being attacked
by enemy fighters. Some place
over Yugoslavia one of our fighter
planes came into sight (a P-51).
I called hi mon the radio and ask
ed for escort bark to friendly ter
ritory. When he came near by, I
read ‘Tar Heel IP written on thej
ship. Immediately, I asked if it
was Barrie Davis, and to my de
light it was. Due to radio connec
tions we couldn’t carry on a con
versation except by friendly ges
tures. He came back half way
across the Adriatic and then went
back to help another bomber.”
Fred Pippin leaves this week
for induction into the Navy. He
is the second son of the Allan
Pippins. His brother, Allan, also
in the Navy, is now in the Cen
tral Pacific area.
Sgt. Clarence Morgan was home
la*t week on furlough from his
station in the Canal Zone. He was
not able to get here when his
mother died a few months ago.
In a letter to his parents, the M.
T. Debnams, Capt. Dwite Debnam,
USMC, tells of being wounded in
the head and arm. He was in the
hospital when he wrote and said
his wounds were not serious. He
has for some time been in the Pa
cific area. He has been recom
mended for the Purple Heart.
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