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This, That And The Other By Mrs. Theo B. Davis Dr. Barbee stopped me on the street one day last week and asked me what kind f tree it is that grows on the corner of the Esso filling station lot. I said catalpa. Dr. Barbee said almost everyone here calls it a catawba and he wanted to know how I got so edu cated. It began in early youth. The first tree I remember know ing was a cedar that grew in our front yard. It had twigs that my parents used at times to persuade me to do what I should. The sec ond trees I learned were the enor mous catalpas in my grandfather’s front yard. They had great sprays of fragrant bloom, followed by long, slender pods. They had, too, the most horrific worms that ever fell from branches to writhe and twist over the ground. Dr. Bar bee asked if I ever tried fishing with one of those worms and I told him 1 wouldn’t even taste a fish that would bite one. By the way, the word is pro nounced ca-TAL-pa. I don’t know why it is changed to catawba in these parts. When it comes to being a ma chinist I’m a fairly good cook; but I do know enough about a sewing machine to keep it in good order unelss something breaks. And I believe lint is the worst thing a seamstress has to contend with, if sM has even an average ma chine. Outing or any other fuzzy cloth sheds lint which works down un der the presser foot, around the shuttle, and into the feed plates. First thing you know' it gets mix ed w'ith a little oil and the constant working back and . forth wads it into tiny, hard wedges. Your ma chine goes to running harder, thread breaks because there is not room for it, the needle and the lint, and you are prone to go to working at the tensions. Please don’t: Instead, unthread your machine, take out the bobbin, pick out all the lint you can reach. Take out the screws of that rounded metal piece right under the needle, lift the plate off, and you’ll be amazed at how much lint is there. Use a darning needle or a very small crochet hook for removing it. Oil all the bearings you can find by laying the machine head back. Then straighten it up, re-band it, but do not thread it, and run it rapid ly first one way and then the oth er. This changing direction fre quently dislodges pledgets of lint. See that the needle is properly set and its screw' tight. Be sure the bobbin is wound smoothly and the upper part threaded exactly right. Try it, adjusting the length of the stitch, if necessary. Then, if it does not stitch right, is plenty time to begin on tensions. Authorities say a machine should be cleaned after every eight hours of sewing done on it. One of life’s mysteries is the way many persons resent preven tative measures as regards disease. Take the present epidmic of po liomyelitis. Would you believe that parents who have ever seen the tragic results often following this dread sickness would be of fended when others try t to pre vent its spread? Yet, lam told that some resent the fact that the local picture show has been closed to all under sixteen until • the quarantine is lifted. Since it cuts drastically into attendance re ceipts, what but concern for chil dren would cause Miss Eaton and Mr. Howell to place such a ban? And of what use is that concern if children are permitted to go in numbers to other towns and attend shows? * > I only hope.that if those who refuse to co-operate have a case of polio in the family, they do not lay it entirely on the Lord and moan that they don’t see why He chose to afflict them. Early planted crops of small grains produce larger yields. Fer tilizer at planting helps reduce winter kill and increases spring growth. THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 20. No. 51 Christmas Christmas packages for Army and Navy personnel overseas must be mailed be tween September 15 and Oc tober 15 to assure that they will be delivered on time, Postmaster General Frank C. Walker reminded tonight. Urging that more care be taken in wrapping and pack ing parcels securely, and ad dressing them securely and correctly, he sugegsted these mailing rules; The address of the sender and addressee should be written inside the package as 'well as outside to assure \ delivery in case the outside wrapper is lost. Containers made of metal, j wood or fiberloid are pref erable. Parcels must not exceed j five pounds, nor be more { than 15 inches in length or 36 in length and girth com bined. “Christmas Parcel’’ should be marked plainly on the outside. One sender may mail no more than one parcel a week to the same addressee. Perishable goods, intoxi cants .inflammable materials j and anything that may dam age other mail may not be ! sent. Sharp instruments must be protected carefully. Ration Reminder CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five pounds of canning sugar until February 28, 1945. Apply to local boards for supplemental rations. FUEL OIL Period four and five fuel oil coupons good through September 30. During October unused coupons may be exchanged at rationing boards for new 1944- 45 heating season cou ns. GASOLINE A-11 coupons now valid for three gallons each through November 8. MEATS AND FATS Red A8 through Z 8 and A5, 85, C 5, and D 5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. PROCESSED FOODS Blue A8 through Z 8 and A5, 85, C 5, E5, and F 5 (Book 4) now valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens. SHOES Airplane stamp No. 1 and No. 2 (Book 3) valid indefi nitely. SUGAR Sugar stamps No. 30, No. 31 and No 32 (Book 4) good for five pounds of sugar each in definitely. Stamp No. 33 becomes valid on September 1. Rationing rules now require that i every car owner write his licence number and state in advance on all gasoline coupons in his posses sion. . CottonGoodsPrices (Pathfinder Magazine) OPA is busy revising cotton goods price ceilings upward to conform with Congress’ demands ' that consumer goods reflect parity | prices for raw cotton, but the job 1 won’t be completed for several weeks. . Revision was necessary when Congress approved extension of OPA. However, consumers won’t know how much deeper thdy will have to dig into their pockets for cotton goods until this job is com pleted. New ceilings will apply at mills, processors, wholesalers, ultimately retailers. In some lines, however, OPA will try to keep down con sumer prices by squeezing econo mies into processing and finishing. This is especially true of cotton prints. It may mean disappear ance of hems, borders, luxury trimmings on cotton dresses, all of which were described by OPA as time-and-money-wasters. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, August 18, 1944 $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance Four Wake County Men Listed As Casualties In Latest Report i Four Wake County youths were in the casualty lists Wednesday with Staff Sgt. Charles N. Brooks, 21, of Raleigh reported killed over Austria, First Sgt. Zebulon Allen Rhodes of Wendell and Charles Baucom of Fuquay Springs re ported wounded, and Lt. Hurl E. (Buck) O’Shields reported as a German prisoner of war. The War Department informed Mrs. George H. Brooks, 1022 West South Street, that Sgt Brooks was killed in action over Austria Julv 16. He was a gunner in the U. S. Army Air Force. Sgt. Brooks graduated at Hugh Morson High School and worked for two years with the Noland Company in Raleigh. He entered ■ the Air Force in September, 1943, receiving his gunner’s wings at the Las Vegas, Nev., Army Air Field. He attended radio school at Mac- Dill Field., Fla., and went to Italy : last month. Bethany News t Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Jones of Newport News, Va., were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Da ) vis Thursday night of last week. Mrs. Lizzy McGhee and Mrs. Henry Davis visited Mrs. G. H. Cox Friday afternoon. We are happy indeed to have Mr. Henry Upchurch of Rochester, N. Y., visiting in our community. He is visiting friends and relatives here and is a brother to the late W. A. Upchurch. Mr. and Mrs. Linnie Broughton of Raleigh were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Richards Sun day. Mrs. Roy Peebles and Miss Ma ry Leigh Smith of Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hamrick over the week end and Sunday after noon they visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Blackard for a while. Mrs. Lizzy McGhee has left for Henderson, where she will visit relatives and friends for some time before returning to her home in Elizabeth City. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Vaughan visited Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Davis Sunday. WOUNDED IN ACTION The War Department has noti fied Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mitchell that their son, Pfc. Herbert Mitch ell has been wounded in action in France, July 17th. He is now i» a hospital in England. Interruption In Electric Service There will be an interrup tion of electric service next Sunday, Aug. 20 in Wendell and Zebulon to make needed corrections in transmission equipment, as follows: Wendell lnterruption from 5:00 A. M. to 7:00 A. M. Zebulon lnterruption from 5:00 to 7:00 A. M.; al so from 9:00 to 9:20 A. M. and from 3:00 to 3:20 P. M. in Zebulon, to make adjust ments on transformer equip ment. We are sorry to call for an interruption in service at this time, but feel thfct it is ne cessary in order to effect a better continuity of service in the future. John Sumner, District Manager. With The Men In Service A message was received here Saturday stating that S-Sgt. Al bert Wiggs of the Army Air Corps has been missing in action over Germany since July. He is the son of Eppie Wiggs and was tail gunner in a plane. Allan Pippin, Jr., USN, has writ ten his mother that he has passed the examinations and is now a Seaman, First Class. Killed in Action - - COUP. CURTIS C. CRITZ i i Barrie S. Davis, 15th AAF Mustang fighter pilot, has been promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant. He has been on overseas duty seven months and has flown 45 combat missions over France, It aly, Germi ly, Austria, and the Balkan countries. He has four victories over enemy aircraft to his credit, all destroyed in aerial | combat near Bucharest, Roumania. La Junta Army Air Field, Colo. —William L. Green, Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Green, Sr., Zebulon, N. C., recently was awarded the silver wings of a pi lot at this advanced two-engine pilot school of the AAF Training Command. He was graduated as a second lieutenant after completing the fi nal phase of flight training as an Aviation Cadet in the AT-24 air plane, a slightly modified version of the famed Mitchell B-25 medi um bomber. He is a graduate of Wakelon High School and before entering service was employed as a printer for the Carolina Power and Light Co., in Raleigh. During an Intensive 10-week course of study at La Junta, stu dent pilots learn the flying charac teristics of medium bombers, prac- 1 tice formation flying, obtain pro ficiency in instrument or “blind” , flying, and continue their study of navigation, meteorology, and rec- 1 ognition of friendly and enemy air and surface craft. • On graduating, the pilots go im mediately into specialized opera tional training for combat or to four-engine transition training. Society To Meet The Dora Pitts W. M. S. will meet on Monday afternoon, August 21, at four o’clock P. M , in the home of Mrs. T. M. Conn. Help With The Children All W. M. S. organzations of the Baptist church are asked by the director to take as personal service until the quarantine is lilted, help ing children of the intermediate and younger departments to carry on their Sunday School work at home. Credit will be given for work done under approved super vision so that no child need lose honor points because of classes at church being suspended. *f advice or help is needed, call Mrs. Irby Gill, Mrs. F. E. Bunn, or Mrs. Sam Horton. Departments Suspended Because of the prevalence of in fantile paralysis in the state, strin gent measures are being taken to protect children. Although only one case has been definitely diag nosed in this county, classes of children have been suspended in Sunday Schools, nothing below the Young People’s departments meet ing here last Sunday. This deci sion was reached ■ Iter the Record went to press last week. School openings will most probably be de layed till alter the middle of Sep tember as a further safeguard. Co-operation of parents and inter ested adults will be necessary to keep children fairly well satisfied and contented. It is urged that they be not allowed to travel and that it be explained that not only their own safety but that of oth ers may depend largely on their compliance with rules laid down by the State Board of Health. Red Cross Sewing There is plenty of work in the Red Cross sewing room at the Wo man’s Club. Hospital shirts, hot water bottle covers, khaki kits and shoe-polishing cloths are waiting for makers. Mrs. Temple, chair man, urges that as many as can report for work, since those who do not sew at all may be of great assistance in clipping scraps to stuff fracture pillows. There has been a stoppage of this work in some comunities of Wake County, making it more than ever necessary for Zebulon to put forth extra effort that the county quota may be met. B. C. Bunn In Veterans' Hospital B. C. Bunn, who has been in poor health for some time, has gone to the Veterans’ Hospital, Fayetteville, for rest and to see if his condition cannot ne improved. He will be away for some time and would be pleased to hear from any of his friends. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB The Home Demonstration Club will hold the August meeting on Wednesday, p.m. of next week, August 23; but the picnic previ ously announced will be postponed because of the polio situation.
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