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This, That & The Other BY Mrs. Theo. B. Davis Two nice things have been done for me recently. One when I went to Wakelon School to make a chapel talk and was given a nice hot dinner in the school cafeteria; the other when, last Wednesday night Charles Horton of Wakelon Theater personnel called to tell us they had a war film that showed among others, our youngest son. Barrie. Miss Eaton had told him to say if we would come down after the last show they would run that film especially for us. Needless to say we went and enjoyed it. And we sincerely appreciate the kindness of the two mentioned and of Ronald Green who also put in overtime for our benefit. Our son looke ’ as natural as life, and larger. In fact, he looked almost as big a man as we think he is. Among colleges that claim to have abolished hazing is one that has announced a date for “Obe dience Day.” when all freshmen must pay special homage to up perclassmen. After reading it 1 remarked to my son’s wife that if such procedure is not a modi fied form of hazing I just don't know how to reason. Selma re plied consolingly, “Well, if they don’t do something crazy, they won’t even feel that they are in college.” Truly, the course of higher education has strange me anderings. Does anyone know why all children’s wagons must be paint ed red? The youngest grandson’s has become dingy and needs do ing over, and when I asked what color paint should be bought, a surprised chorus of voices re plied “Why, red .of course!” You’d have thought there was a law against using another color. 1 seem to recall having seen a small yellow wagon and maybe a green one, but do remember that most such vehicles are bright red when new. My daughter told me last week how much the family had enjoyed having some soldiers from Camp Butner to dinner. They had ser ved overseas and it was the first meal either had eaten in a home for more than two years. I like the plan in operation now; that of sending bus loads of soldiers to towns where citizens will in vite them to a meal. Raleigh churches take turns entertaining and other towns and communi ties are also having a part in this special hospitality. My shop foreman son remarked one day recently that the reason some persons laugh so heartily at jokes told in the pulpit is that those jokes have been cleaned up and redressed before being fit to be told in such a place, and that many hearers listen with the (very) common version in mind. Hereafter I shall try to trace the I ancestry of any and all “humor ous” allusions I may want to use in public. Rotary Notes Mark Bunn had the program his subject being “The Works of Sam Higginbottom.” He was one of the pioneer missionary farmers in India. Farming has been going on in India, possibly even in Abraham’s , time. The methods of farming have changed very little. The farmers still scratch the soil with wooden plows or crooked sticks drawn by oxen. While he was in India, Sam Higginbottom became interested in these crude methods of farm ing. With the money he collect ed in America, he purchased sev eral acres of land and started an Agricultural School. As there was no other place he taught in the rooms of his home. He soon con vinced the natives that the soil would produce more if scientific farming was used. He had an uphill fight to con vince those unlearned people, but it was a successful fight. Today India is making rapid strides in Agriculture. India is a land where many people live and die having scarcely enough in a THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 21. No. 11 With The Men In Service Oct. 25, 1944 Dear Mr. Davis, I thought I would like to write and tell you how much I appre ciate the Zebylon Record. It’s al most as welcome as a package from home. It seems to take me back to the old home town for a few minutes. Os particular interest to me is your service men’s column.. It’s nice to hear from the old gang. If at some time you have a bit of space to fill in, might I suggest you publish a list of the local boys addresses so that their old time friends would know how to get in touch with them. You see there are lots of boys from Zebu lon in the service that I would like to get in touch with, but haven’t their address. I might mention the fact that I participated in the landing on Pe lelui Island of the Palau group. This stationery, incidentally, is Japanese and like every thing else of theirs, is definitely infer ior to ours Thanks for a swell paper. As ever, G. C. Brannon, Jr. (Sorry, G. C„ but Uncle Sam asks us not to publish full ad dresses of our fighting men. Ed.) i Now in training at the U. S. Maritime Service Training Sta tion, Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., is John M. Bissette. of Route No. 2. Zebulon. i Bissette will receive six weeks of basic training. After completing “boot” train ing he may enter deck or en gine training, including three weeks of practical experience aboard a training ship at sea, or he may apply for one of the specialized schools of training. APO No. 8, in care PM. New York 1, New York 20 October, 1944. Mr. C. S. Chamblee, RR No. 1, Zebulon. North Carolina. Dear Mr. Chamblee: Upon recomme dation of my headquarters the Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded to your son. Captain Graham V. Chamblee. With the exception of the Con gressional Medal of Honor this is the highest award authorized by the American government for he roic action in battle. As a recipi ent of the medal your son has proven himself to be an outstand ing soldier, and among the very few w'ho have so distinguished themselves. The dftmplete citation will reach you in due course. Permit me to share with you the pride and gratification which this award must bring you, and to congratulate you on your con tribution through your son to the success of our military operations. Very sincerely, D. A. Stroh, Major General, U. S. Army, Commanding. Jesse F. Pulley, 19, R. R. No. 3, Zebulon, North Carolina is receiv ing his initial Naval indoctrina tion at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. His recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, mili tary drill, and general Naval pro cedure. When his recruit training is life time for one full meal at one time. Mark’s talk was both education al and interesting as well. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 10, 1944 Womanless Wedding Here On Nov. 17th A Womanless Wedding will be presented at Wakelon School on Nov. 17th at 8:00. The P. T. A is sponsoring this and proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school. Admission will be 20 cents for children and 40 cents lor adults. After the wedding there will be an auction sale of home made cakes. Each cake will be sold in honor of a Wakelon boy who is now overseas. Please come and have a good time and also help your school. Christmas Parcels BECAUSE 50,000 postal work ers and 300,000 railroad workers have gone into the armed servic es and trains are loaded with war materials, to assure delivery by Christmas Day SHOP NOW, MAIL IN NOVEMBER. Mark parcels: “Do not open until Christmas.” Use Postal Delivery Numbers! Frank C. Walker, Postmaster General. Recorder's Court j Fighting and drinking were the chief causes of trials in last Re corder’s Court here. Robert Jenkins was found guil ty of assault and trespass and 1 was sentenced to pay costs. Joe Bennett was iound guilty of drunkenness and was ordered to pay costs, to stop drinking for one year, to report every two months to the Court for one year [ or until otherwise ordered. O. C. Wiggins, charged with criminal assault, waived exami- ! nation and will be tried in Super- j ior Court. James Richardson and Robert Bunn were charged with drunk enness and affray and each had judgment suspended on payment of costs and a fine of $15.00. Oscar Vines for public drunken ness had a sentence of 30 days on the roads suspended on payment of SIO.OO fine and costs. James Pace paid costs and $lO.- 00 fine with a suspended sen tence of 60 days on the roads for public drunkenness. P. G. Willard had judgment suspended on payment of costs on a charge of drunkenness. Bob Miles, also charged with being drunk, paid SIO.OO fine ar.d costs. Church News BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday, November 12: . 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon: “To Give or to Receive?” 6:45 Training Union 7:30 Evening Worship: Subject “Paul’s Acquaintances.” BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. Jones of Washington, D. C. announce the birth of a daughter, Carole Leigh on Nov." 4th. Mrs. Jones w'as formerly Miss Jessie Lee Chamblee of Zebulon. completed, the seaman will re ceive a period of leave. Ray Chamblee, 21, Zebulon, N. C. is receiving his initial Naval indoctrination at the . S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. His recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, mili tary drill, and general Naval pro cedure. During this period a se ries of aptitude tests will be taken by the recruit to determine whether he will be assigned to a Naval Service School or to imme diate duty at sea. When’ his recruit training is completed, the seaman will re ceive a period of leave. Drive Now On To Get Cannery The drive got under way this week to raise SI,OOO necessary to secure a modern cannery for the community served by Wakelon School. The cannery, complete j for operation, will cost $3,500. The Federal government and Wake county will contribute $2,500 of the needed amount if the local people will raise SI,OOO. The can nery will be housed in a brick building on the Wakelon school grounds and will be moderp in ev ery way. It will be available to every family in the Wakelon school district. But the SI,OOO must first be raised by the com munity before the other neces sary funds will be available. By noon Wednesday $262.65 had been contributed. To realize the objective it will be necessary for several citizens to give as much as SSO and even SIOO each. Many others must give $lO and $25 each to assure the cannery. There is great need for this community enterprise and we shall never have such another opportunity to get it with little cost to us. Zeb ulon will do a good part in the in terest of their rural friends, for few town folks have much to can. Bring your contribution or send it by a school child to any one of the following: Wallace Temple, C. S. Cham blee, H. C. Wade, J. P. Gay, R. H. Bridgers, Bridgers, R. M. Bunn, R. F. Lowery, Theo. B. Davis. All contributions, with the names of the donors, will be pub lished in the Zebulon Record un less they request that their names be not made public. P.-T. A. to Meet Tuesday Evening The next regular meeting of the Wakelon P.-T. A. will be held in the school auditorium next Tues day evening at 7:30, Nov. 14. The program will be given by students from Primary, Grammar, and High School grades in connection with Book Week. Miss Hardison, Miss Alston and Miss Bright will be in charge of the program. Miss Smith. Zebulon Farm Bureau to Meet Dear Member: If you have been reading your Farm Bureau Magazine, you know the organization has done many things to benefit the farm ing industry throughout the na tion. These benefits have been realized because interested far mers have been active in legisla tion for the farmer’swelfare. We now see the need of all farmers joining in the effort to keep what we have accomplished. The Farm Bureau is a live and growing organization of farmers to benefit all farmers. Come to our next meeting. Bring neighbors with you. Every farmer in Little River Township should be a member. If we can get the farmers out to our next meeting we can round up our membership drive. Mr. Shaw will be present. Remember the time, Monday, November 13. 8:00 o’clock. Place, Wakelon Auditorium. Sincerely, E. H. Moser D. D. Chamblee Robert Ed Horton P. S. Fuquay has challenged us on a membership drive. Last year. Fuquay had 40. She now has over 200. Shall we accept the chal lenge? Henry Belk with Mr. and Mrs.* L. R. Harris and son, Jimmy, a’l of Goldsboro, came to Zebulon Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Harris is foreman of the News-Argus, Goldsboro daily and Mr. Belk is acting Editor and general mana ger. $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance War Department Alters Procedure for Overseas Men Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.—Requests that soldiers be brought home from overseas because of family hardship must now be made only ! through the American Red Cross, Major General Frederick E. Uhl J says, explaining a change in War j Department procedure. Under this change, Army agen cies will no longer request thea tre commanders to report on the physical condition of individuals serving overseas. The change ha; ! been imposed by the growing vol ume of such individual inquiries and by the heavy military load on available channels of communica tion. As before the Adjutant Gen eral’s Office in Washington will report serious illness and any ma terial changes in health to next of kin as a matter of routine pro cedure as rapidly as information is received from overseas. In the absence of such report it may be assumed that the individual’s condition has not changed mater ially. The new method of requesting return of a soldier from overseas because of family emergency pla ces first responsibility on the lo cal chapter of the American Red I Cross, which makes the initial in vestigation of family conditions. The report and the request are then forwarded together by the Red Cross to the proper com mander, who Ynakes the final de cision and takes final action. Mrs. C. V. Whitley, local rep resentative of this branch of Red i Cross work, is attending special lectures in Raleigh for better un derstanding of the new regulat tions. Behind Scenes In American Business By John Craddock New York, Nov. 6.—With total employment in September reduc ed by more than 1,000,000 from the wartime peak of November. 1943, appraisals of the potentiali ties of business for expanding employment after the war are of increasing interest to the individ ual worker. The construction industry, be cause it has been sharply curtail ed during the war, is one that would seem to promise better than average job opportunities. Another field of business with good prospects for employing more people is trades and servic es, currently operating with a considerable manpower shortage. Each of the 11,500,000 persons to day engaged in trade and service is accounting for an average of $8,260 worth of business. Then years ago each trade and service worker produced only $5,740 worth. Disregarding the factor of increased prices, this comparison serves as a rough indication of the extent of the manpower short age to be overcome, assuming that postwar consumer expendi tures can be maintained at or above the current level of about $95 billion annually. TRAVELING LIGHT With capacity increased seven-fold for war. the chief problem concern ing the aluminum industry in the United States today is to develop new uses for the light metal, and expand prewar applications, par ticularly those bringing heavy volume. The nation’s largest producer forecasts that transportation will use nearly three times as much aluminum as the next largest aluminum-consumer among in j dustries. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Furney Albert Todd announce the birth of a son on Thursday Nov. 2. at Rex Hospital .Mrs . Todd is the for mer Annie Pearl Liles of Zebulon.
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