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This, That & The Other BY Mrs. Theo. B. Davis Last Monday I remarked to my son's wife, Selma, that a line in Kipling’s Recessional has always worried me. It’s the one stating “The tumult and the shouting dies,” and it has a compound sub ject and a singular verb as predi cate. Instead of helping me worry Selma fairly doubled up with laughter, saying when she caught her breath she couldn’t help laughing at one who has so many real worries and still finds time to be upset over a few’ words of poetry. So here goes for some real worries. In our shop they are printing so many handbills for auction sales of farming tools, machinery and live stock that I fear we shall not have enough farming next year to keep things going in this section. It actually got to where our son, Ted, had to make a calen dar of auction sales to prevent two being announced at the same day and hour. I became so anxi ous over the situation I began asking why the farmers were selling. Without exception it was the labor situation. Some felt they were too old to do all the heavy work themselves and could not hire needed help. Some were young enough but could not get satisfactory tenants. All said they simply couldn’t keep going as things are now ... I looked out the window, saw numerous idle strollers, and wondered. Or course the exodus from he*’2 to shipyards and other war wor>c plants has taken many, both met. and women. But we shall need to eat after the war is over. Then, too, once the soldiers are home these delightful government, j checks made out to dependents > more or less dependable will stop! coming; but we won’t stop getting hungry. And I have an idea that from many of those checks more has gone to buy artificial flowers than for war bonds. There is far more seriousness than poetry in the question from the song pop ular in World War I; “How you gonna keep ■ ’em down on the farm?” And how shall we eat, it they leave? The electoral vote is another cf my worries. I’ve been reading the Constitution to see whether each elector must vote as did the ma jority in his state or whether they may vote in ratio to popular vot-j es cast for the different candida tes. Could a state have part of its electoral vote go for Roosevelt and part for Dewey this year? I know states all consistently cast the entire electoral vote for one party; but is that compulsory? If so, we are liable to drift away I from democracy—and I don’t j mean the Democratic party. More than once the losing candidate has had more of the popular vote; and yet we claim ahvays to be gov erned by the will of the major ity. Os course the Constitution was adopted before the present political parties came into exis tence. And I’m worrying about sugar tor the Zebulon Rotary suppers. The allowance has been cut to six pounds for two months for these meals. That’s less than a cup and a half a supper, for ev ery now and then an extra week slips in, our months having more than twenty-eight days. A cup ful has sixteen level tablespoon •fuls of sugar, so you can see that if a Rotarian wants his coffee sweet, the question of dessert needs discussion. In summer you can sort of fool a Rotarian into drinking saccharine - sweetened iced tea, but just try to pass him a tablet instead of sugar when he has hot coffee. It might have to add up to more bakery cakes and jello, and nobody likes that forever. Who’d have thought the time would ever come when buying sugar would be a greater bother than cooking the Rotary supper? But of all present worries the deepest and most painful is catt ed by the following quotation from our latest letter from the son who is now in the Pacific Area. “The war news must be en couraging to you these days. All letters from men from out here who have gone back to the States, THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 21. No. 12 United War Fund The following workers collect ed in the rural districts for the recent United War Fund Cam paign. They did a splendid job. There were others who did good good work also, but lack of space not permit all the names. Mrs. Raleigh Sherron, Wake field $42.20; Mrs. H. C. Mitchell, Wakefield $38.65; Mrs. L. G. Glo ver. Wakefield $13.70; Mrs. A. S. Draughn and Mrs. O. E. Brannon, Union Chapel $28.70; W. I. Hop kins and P. V. Horton, Hopkins Cross Roads $531.00; Mrs. O. E. Strickland, Rosinburg $35.00; Mrs. F. D. Gay, Rosinburg SB.OO. Bookmobile This month's booklist shows a greater variety of subjects than usual. The book of the month for North Carolinians is Carolina Chats by Carl Goerch. Like Down Home this is about Carolina, her history, unusual stories about amusing and interesting places. Green Dolphin Street by Eliza beth Goudge. A romance about the days of the clipper ships. The scene is land in the Channel is lands and New Zealand. Two sis ters in love with the same man and his fight for a fortune. Christ of the American Road by Eli Stanley Jones. The author re veals how many have failed in their churches and lives. Os value to members of Christian organizations interested in social problems. Joanna by Helen Ashton. The life of an Englishwoman whose home is gone, whose husband wants a divorce and whose sou courts death as a flier in the RAF. Westward to Chungking by Hel en Kuo. Written by a Chinese woman this book relates the troubles of a Chinese family, the Lees, who are fleeing to Chung- • king before the invading Japa- i nese. United States War Aims by' Walter Lippman. The author lists P’e six war aims of this country E.id outlines the structure of the peace to come. Argentine Diary by Ray Jos ephs. A day by day account of the growth of fascism is an Ameri can republic. A revelation of the effect of blighting political belief. I Never Lett Home by Bob Hope. This little saga of travels overseas is very funny and very encouraging reading for Ameri can citizens who have relatives abroad. Yankee from Olympus bv Kath'erine Bowen. Biography of Mr. Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Going back three genera tions the writer sketches the fam ily history up to the death of Jus tice Holmes in 1935. Bookmobile schedule Monday Nov. 27. Sta. Arr. Leave Rolesville school 9:30 10:35 Rolesville 19:34 10.45 Hopkin’s Cross Roads 11:15 11:30 Zebulon Wo. Club 12:30 1:00 j Wakelon School 1:05 2:30 Annie Laurie Wilson’s 3:00 Tuesday, Nov. 28. Knightdale P. O. 9:30 10:00 Knightdale school 10:05 11:05 Wendell Wo. Club 11:45 12:45 Wendell school . 1:15 2:15 Eagle Rock 2:20 Samaria Church 3:00 Buster Simpson has been in ducted into the Navy and is in training at Bainbridge, Md. however, declare people back there do not sealize there’s a war going, on, and most of them want to leave the States (even the married ones) and come back to combat again; they say it’s that bad. Those reports come from over, since last June, and perhaps it was that way before. Texas, Montana, Virginia, Cali fornia, New York, Illinois: it’s all the same. But I think that I’m going to be able to stand it for keeps when I come back. If not, I’m certainly spending my time here foolishly now.” What have we done to them? Wherein have we so failed them? How shall we redeem ourselves? Zehuion, N. C M Friday, November 17. 1911 l\>r Year, Payable In Advance Cannery Donors Below is a list of names of do nors to the community cannery j fund with amounts given. Should proper credit not have been given, please call K. F. Lowry and cor rection will be made. The work of soliciting funds is progressing well and those in charge have no doubt of the re quired sum being raised. How ever, it should be remembered that pride in accomplishment is in direct ratio to effort made, apd it is hoped that every person in this section may have cause to be glad of success in this project. Other lists will be published as contributions are made. The lo cal fund must reach at least sl.- 000 before the cannery can be as sured. If you have not already contributed. please see see a member of the committee or send donation by a school child. H. H. Eddins SIO.OO W. I. Hopkins 5.00 Mrs. W. I. Hopkins 5.00 Dr. L. M. Massey 50.00 J. A. Kemp & Son 10.00 Mrs. S. G. Flowers 5.00 T. B. Davis and Mrs. Davis 50.00 Page Store Co. 10.00 Ted Davis 5.00 Martin Case 1.00 Wallace Temple 10.00 J. R. Alford 10.00 Worth Hinton 5.00 C. B. Pace 5.00 W. C. Honeycutt 1.00 J. B. Ferrell 1.00 E. G. Richards 5.00 R. M. Bunn 10.00 W. T. Ferrell 1.00 M. T. Debnam 2.00 Wakelon Trading Co. 1.00 Phillip Massey 2.00 M. J. Sexton 5.00 Charles Horton 1.00 1 Lowell Horton 1.00 J. G. Gill 5.00 G. K. Corbett 5.00 Ivy Narron 1.09 Dr. J. F. Coltrane 5.00 R. F. Lowry 15.90 H. C. Wade 5.00 Mrs. J. K. Barrow, Jr. 1.00 1 Mrs. A. D. Antone 10.00 I J, T. Murray I.oo’ N. M. Screws 1.00 j Lucy Massey 1.00 Dr. Charles E. Flowers 10.00 Eugene Bailey 1.00 R. H. Bridger. 3 2(h00 J- M. Chevrolet Co. 1.00 G. R. Massey 2.00 M. W. Chamblee s^oo Vance Brown 10 00 W. B. Bunn loioo J. P. Gay 50Q Barbara Bobbitt 5.00 Carolina Power & Light Co. 15.00 •UK. Barrow, Sr. 50.00 Mrs. W. T. Ferrell 1.00 R. E. Horton 5.00 Cecil Hopkins 2.00 Graham N. Bunp 5.00 C. S. Chamblee lo!oo P. P. Pace 2(k00 Graham Fowler and Mrs Fowler 1.00 F. S. Edwards 1.00 W. H. Green 500 J. B. Croom 10.00 Miscellaneous .35 JUNIOR RED CROSS The American Junior Red Cross reached a record enrollment of 18,406,340 in 1944, representing approximately 70 per cent of the nation’s school population. En rollment in this world’s largest youth organization for 1945 is ’ being held November 1-15 of this ; year. Get ready to go Put Wake- | lon School over the top 100 per cent. Everybody should belong to the Red Cross. Club News I JUNIOR CLUB The Junior Woman’s Club will ! hold the November meeting on I Tuesday evening of next week. All members are urged to attend at the usual hour. LOCAL CLUB WINS AWARD The Zebulon Woman’s Cluo won the attendance prize at the i district meeting in Cary last week. This award is made annu ally on a basis of members at i tending the meeting and miles | traveled. Going from here were the club’s president, Mrs. R. H Herring, with Mesdames L. M. Massey, Guy Massey, J. G. Kemp, J. F. Coltrane and Z. N. Culpep per. With The Men In Service 15th AAF in Italy—Barrie S. Davis, 20, son of Theodore B. Da- 1 vis, Zebulon, a 15th AAF P-51 Mustang fighter pilot, has been ] promoted to the grade of Captain. Capt. Davis has flown P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs on 70 combat missions over Italy, 1 Fiance, Germany, Poland, Greece, and the Balkan?, and has destroy d 6 German fighter planes in 1 aerial combat. In addition to his rial vic tories, he is credited ' with the destruction of 6 planes on the ground, a locomotive, and 3 oil cars. In June of this year Capt. Da- 1 • .< ; v s participated in the historic Italy-to-Russia shuttle mission, and flew on combat operations from a Soviet base. On August 15 ' he flew two escort missions of 1 C-47 Transports carrying para troops and supplies over in in vasion coast of Southern France. For this he was given special commendation with other pilots and ground crew members of his group. Capt. Davis has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aer ial combat, the Purple Heart fi>i wounds received in action and the Aii‘ Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters. Wallace Pearce came last week on furlough from Texas to visii his parents, the John Pearces, and other relatives. Lt. D. C. Pearce and Mrs. Pearce with their baby son, Da vid, (D. C. Ill) have been visit ing the D. C. Pearces. Lt. Pearce leaves this week, but his wife and baby will be with his parents a while longer. Pvt. Leonard C. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Perry of Zeb ulon, Rt. 3, has just graduater 3 from clerical school at Ft. Sib Oklahoma. He is now stationed at Fort Bragg, where he is a clerk typist in Bn. Hq. His wife, the former Miss Max ie Roaehe of Garrett, Ky., and daughter Frances Carolyn, who were with him at Ft. Sill are now staying with him at Fort Bragg. 1 Before his induction in the 1 army in May he was employed as I a guard at Maryland Drydock Co., j | in Baltimore, Md. He is a gradu- j | ate of Wakelon High School. , Pvt. Perry, his wife and daugh- , I ter spent the past weekend with 1 ' his parents on Zebulon Rt. 3. WOMAN’S CLUB The Woman’s Club will meet on Tuesday afternoon of next week. Mrs. E. H. Moser will have a program on American Citizen ship. Mesdames Guy Massey and Allan Pippin are hostesses for the day, Mr. E. H. Moser will speak. 6th War Loan The 6th War Loan Drive for Zebulon and Little River Town ship opens November 20th and runs through December 16th. The allotment for this township is SIOO,OOO cash value. This is a re duction from the $136,750. of the last drive and is a proportionate decrease of one sixth all over the county, state, and nation. The same committees and workers will assist in getting the drive across. Mrs. Irby D. Gill is chairman of the woman’s division. There will be an auction sale of prizes on Saturday, Novem ber 25th at 3:30 P. M., with a thirty-six piece band from Camp Butner to furnish a band concert and music during the auction sale. The Peoples Bank and Trust Company and the Post Office will be agents through which you may purchase bonds. It is expected that a greater number of people, particularly the farmers, will buy bonds in this campaign, because if they need their money next spring for farming purposes they will be able to cash their bonds in the same manner as cashing a check. This new ruling, relative to cash ing bonds in, is expected to stimu late the purchase of more bonds. Do not wait for someone to call upon you but buy as the slogan for this campaign is “Buy SIOO.- 00 more than we have ever bought Before.” L. M. Massey, Director 6th War Loan Drive for Little River Township. Church News BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon topic: “It is Good To Give Thanks” 6:45 Traaining Union 7:30 Evening Service. METHODIST CHURCH The Methodist Conference met in Raleigh last week. Rev. C. E. Vale, Mesdames W. D. Finch, M. J. Sexton and A. R. House attend ed from Zebulon. Mr. Vale was returned to the Wendell-Zebulon churches for another year. Another church m the Conference was very desirous for his services, but the Bishop reappointed him to this pastorate. Mr. and Mrs. Vale have been living in our community now for two years. They have made a fine impression on the people. Mr. Vale is one of the best preachers ever to fill the pulpit, and the community as a whole repoice in . his being continued at the pastor of the Wendell-Zebulon churches. The Woman’s Missionary Socie ty met with the President, Mrs. I). Finch. Mrs. Marcus Bunn had charge of the program, •Spiritual Life,” with Mrs. M. J. Sexton assisting.. Mrs. Foster Finch was program leader. Mrs. Fred Page gave an inspirational talk on Deaconesses. The Mission Study Class on Southeast Asia will be conducted ?n Tuesday night at 7:30 follow ing Thanksgiving, at the church. Members and friends are ask ed to bring the names *of their boys in service to the Methodist Sunday School, Sunday, Nov| 19. BIRTHS Lt. (jg.) and Mrs. Merle B. Sho walter announce the birth of a daughter in Washington, D. C., on i Sunday, November 12. Mrs. Sho walter is the former Cornelia j Herring of Zebulon. —— ___ Ginning Report Census report shows that 7,301 bales of cotton were ginned in Wake County, Nov. 1, from the crop of 1944 prior to Nov. 1 as compared with 9,018 bales for the i crop of 1943. Mrs. Kinchen Ballqntine of Middlesex visited Mrs. Eger Mas- I sey last week.
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