This, That &
The Other
BY
Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
Sitting by the fire Sunday night
I lound myself all at once long
ing to hear a sound familiar years
ago—that of a small, swift stream
hurrying along under ice. It ir.
hard to describe, somewhat re
sembling the muffled chuckling of
little children playing after hav
ing been put to bed and hiding
their heads under the covers to
deaden the noise of laughter You
can sit by a frrzen-over brook
and enjoy the sound of the water
until you become numb with cold.
Down here streams don’t run
fast enough to make as much
music as do those in the moun
tains.
Please don’t any of you, any
time, anywhere, suggest that I go
to see a moving picture of any
phase of the war. It may be
cowardly; it is certainly not for
lack of'interest; but the fact is.
I just can’t take if. And anyway,
there is no sense in paying out
money to have my feelings har
rowed. - T —. —
You may alredy have tried this
remnant-saving dessert. If not. do
so. Crumble into dessert saucers
what stale cake or hardened
cookies you may have on hand.
Mix a package of jello with boil
ing water and as soon as the pow
der has dissolved pour the hot
liquid over the cake crumbs
Let it harden and serve with
whipped cream, if you have it:
or boiled custard; or just serve
it.; We prefer using cherry or
orange jello; but pouring it on
hot is more important than the
flavoi.
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Some of 'these days, when
freezer have become com
monplace, we are going to forget
how eager we Were for pressure
cookers. However, you needn't
discard your pressure cooker yet.
for the freezing is still far in
the future as a general conveni
ence. And we shall have a lot to
-AMU -bow . to prepare
meats and vegetables for freez
ing, also hOw to thaw them for
cooking.
My brother in Richmond gave
me some veal that had been fro
zen I don’t know hew long and
kept at zero. We put it in my
son's car about the middle of Sat
urday afternoon, rode around
with it till nearly midnight; and
though the car was heated, tha:
veal thawed barely in time to be
cooked for Sunday dinner, when
it was delicious My sister said
she cooks chickens right out :>f
the locker —puts them on stiff
frozen —but that meats should be
thawed first.
Here is my annual plea for
homemade lye hominy to be used
along with the verious fresh
meats that are a part of the sea
son. Mrs. Cliff Horton sent me a
jar of it last week. She used soda
instead of lye. The hominy is so
good I find it hard to be poiite
when passing it to other fnem
bers of the family. Not having
corn, I confine myself. to advising
about this matter; but you’ll not
go wrong, if you take heed.
Mrs. Clayton, with whom I
boarded the first year I taught
school, used to make a washpot
full of soda hominy as often as we
ate the previous boiling. I’d come
in from school, cold and tired,
and she’d be sitting by a, big
open fire, giving occasional long
sticked stirring to the pot ofcorn,
which was always about done
by the time I got in. I’d begin
eating it and continue till bedtime
Good with butter, this hominy is
at its best with ham or sausage
gravy.
Heard or overheard; ... “I was
so afraid he wasn’t going to give
me a Christmas present; but he
did ”... ‘‘No, we haven’t heard
for three weeks now, but we keep
hbping.” ... “We like the new
way of making fruit cake much
better than the old.” . . . “and D1
simply die if I can’t have a new
permanent before then” . . . “It’s
something we’ve all got to face
one day or another” . . . “and
it’s the .most perfectly darling
ideg” . f . “And he made me pay
him that two dollars, too. Yes.
sir.” ... “I haven’t heard from
Wm in over a month, and I’m
nearly crazy” . . “That canning
sugar coupon had been announced
over and over as being good tilt
February: and now—” . . . “Well,
I can 4o With only one shoe cou
pon this year. Dad gave me his.”
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 21. No. 19
Bookmobile
Notes
} •
i Tne year ‘of 1945 will be the
.fourth ye&!> of Wake County l
Bookmobile service. We of the ;
[ Bookmobile staff wish to thank
you citizens of this county of
J Wake for your fine cooperation
with us in the past and we hope
this year will enable us to bring
you a bigger and better bookmo
j bile service than ever before.
j The bells that rang in the new ;
year seem to have rung in a wave
.ol new books for the bookmobile
I too. A number of these are listed
and reviewed below;
Country Neighborhood by Eliz
abeth Coatsworth. A delightful
book of anecdotes, brief tales, im
pressions and descriptions of
Maine country life. The author |
has lived for years in Maine and*
presents informal pictures of the
people in her neighborhood.
"First With the Most” Forrest
by Robert Selph Henry. Biogra
phy of that effective and much
quoted Confederate fighting man.
Lieutenant General Nathan Brad
ford Forrest who began his mili
i tary career at the age of forty, as
a private, and rose from the
ranks.
Lost In the Horse Latitudes by
H. Allen Smith. The author of
Low Man on a Totem Pole arrives
in Hollywood and turns the town
inside out. This account of his
misadventures in movieland is
i probably his funniest book to date.
Captain From Castile by Samuel <
Shellabarger. If you are one of
those readers who was enthralled
with “The Three Musketeers” you !
will have the time of your life
with Captain From Castile. The
story of a hot-blooded Castilian on :
a campaign from Spain to Mexico.
' Being Met TcfQ&thtr by Vaughan ’
Wilkins. A romantic historical
novel featuring a young American
who goes abroad and becomes an
I agent for Napoleon. The charac
ters are exciting people and the
details of that period of history
are many and authentic.
Young’un by Herbert Best. Writ
ten about the time of the early
fur-trading days of Lake Cham
ilain, soon after the Revolutionary
tVar, the story is primarily con
-1 cerned with a family of children
left on their own in the wilds of
the fur country.
Building of Jalna by Mazo De
La Roche. This,, the ninth of a se
ries of novels about Jalna, is the
| first in point of time. The narra
tive goes back to the 1850’s when
Philip and Adeline Whiteoak mi
grated to Canada and began build
-1 ing the family seat in the wilder
ness of Ontario.
The Letters of Alexander Wool
cott. This collection of some of
the letters that Alexander Wool
cott has written in an interesting
lifetime to various friends and ac
quaintances is full of little things
for fans of the “Town Crier” to
chuckle over and find delight in
and so enrich his life and theirs.
Bookmobile schedule, Monday.
January 22:
Stations Arrive Leave
Rolesville School 9:30 10:35
I Rolesville 10:35 10:45
Hopkins X Roads 11:15 11:30
Zebulon Worn. Club 12:30 1:00
Wakelon School 1:05 2:30
M iss Annie Laurie Wilson’s
Bookmobile Schedule, Tuesday,
January 23:
Stations Arrive Leave
Knightdale P. O. 9:30 10:00
Knightdale School 10:05 11:05
Wendell Worn. Club 11:45 12:45
Wendell School 1:15 2:15
Eagle Rock 2:30
Samaria Church 3:00
CHURCHNEWS
- BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship Ser
mon: “The Third Person”
6:45 Training Union.
7:30 Evening Worship. First in
a series of messages on the Beati
titudes.
Lt. and Mrs. Herbert Stallings
of Raleigh spent Christmas with
Mrs. Stallings' mother, Mrs. Will
Duke.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 5, 1945 $1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
With The Men
Service
Jesse Franklin Pulley AS, U.
S. Navy visited hrs family, the
J. A. Pulleys, for a week lately.
He returned to Great Lakes, Illi
nois, last Satturday. His two bro- ;
thers, James and Wilbur are
somewhere in the South Pacific.'
Technician Fifth Grade Hilton
L. Gay. 22. of Zebulon is station
ed with the Army in England.
Gay entered service in August,
1943, and received his basic- train
ing in the Air Corps at Miami;
Beach, Fla,, where he qualified j
for ASTP training. He was a stu
dent in the ASTP school at the'
University of Georgia before be
ing transferred to Camp Gordon.
Ga. Gay, son of Mr. and Mrs. F
D. Gay of Zebulon, Route 3, went
overseas in November. His wife
is the former Thelma Horton of!
Fountain.
Pvt. H. B. Rowland, Jr., has
been inducted into the army and
is now stationed at Camp Jo
seph T. Robertson, Ark. He was
formerly employed at Temple
Market.
Pvt. Craven Parrish is now at
Fort Knox, Ky taking a •
course designed for training radio
operators.
Lt. Rom Moser has reported to
the Reassignment Center at the
Richmond Army Air Base after
a leave spent in Washington, D
C., and here with his parents, the
-E. H. Mosers.
Cpl James Allen was here
from Ft. Bragg one day of Christ
mas week with his wife and baby
daughter.
Coffeyville, Kans., Dec 31
See. Lt. William I. Green, Jr., 19-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Green. Zebulon, N. C., has
eomnleted 10 weeks of photo-re
connaissance pilot training at the
Coffeyville Amy Air Field and
has been sent to a Tnird Air
Force staging area.
Lt Green received his wings
and commission at LaJunta. Col..
Army Air Field, Aug. 4, 1944.
Captain Barrie S. Davis, 15th
Air Force fighter pilot recently
returned to this country, has been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry during a mission on Aug
ust 22 to Germany when he de
stroyed two German fightei
planes attacking crippled Ameri
can Bombers.
While in Italy Captain Davis
was awarded the Purple Heart,
the Air Medal with 13 clusters,
and the Distinguished Flying
Cross. •
The citation received from the
15th Air Force reads as tqllows:
BARRIE S. DAVIS. 0-811865,
First Lieutenant, 317th !Ftr. Sq
325th Ftr. G"p. For gallgntry in
action as pilot of a P-51 type air
craft. On 22 august 1944, Lt. Da- j
vis led his flight as escort to
heavy bombers attacking strategic
enemy installations in Germany.
Leaving the target area, he re-|
mained with the bombers to af
ford cover for crippled aircraft
after the time designated to leave
them. Enroute to base the crip- i
pled ships were aggressively at- j
tacked by enemy fighters. In the
ensuing engagement, displaying j
outstanding combat proficiency, 1
though engaged by superior num
bers of enemy ships, Lt. Davis
successfully repulsed all attacks
and successfully destroyed two
hostile fighters. Through his con
spicuous gallantry in remaining
with the bombers, he enabled
them to complete their mission
and return safely to base. By his
outstanding courage, leadership
Cherry's Recommendations
f R- Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia,
lawyer, legislator and former sol
dier, took his oath of office as
Governor of North Carolina on
Jan. 4th and delivered an inaugu
ral address that embraced his rec
ommendations to the general as
sembly. The legislative body, in
joint session heard the address.
Speaking for an hour, Gover
nor Cherry presented a program
of outlined growth and develop
ment for the state during the
nevt four years when he will be
North Carolina's chief executive.
Emphasis was given to matters
of finance, health, education,
highways, agriculture, welfare la
bor and the handling of veterans
and their affairs at the close of
the present v. _,r.
Governor Cherry is the second
governor of the state to be inau
gurated during wartime. Zeb
Vance, the other such governor,
took his oath of office while the
civil war was in progress.
Finance
In his statement of fiscal policy,
Governor Cherry said that appro
priations for the coming bienniun,
“must be kept within the availa
bility of revenues estimated to be
received during the biennium.”
The present general fund surplus
he added, will amount to $70,000,-
000 by June of 1945, because of
abnormal wartime business condi
tions. “This surplus must not be
dissipated in current expendi
tures.” he said. He added that
this money should be used in
provide for the retirement of
state debts, to come due in fu
ture years.
His recommendations along this
line are for the setting aside of
a sufficient portion of this surplus
to meet all general fund bonded
debt payments as they come due,
both principal and interest. He
said this would take $52,000,000
-»»d would, by this provision also,
reduce current levies of taxation
by $5,000,000. The remainder )f
the surplus should go into a post
war reserve fund, he continued, tc
serve as a cushion against a sud
den decline in revenue, or for
other possible needs and purposes
that might arise
As a fiscal policy for the imme
diate future, the Governor came
out strong against any new taxes
and for holding unchanged (for
the most part) the present tax
structure. Tax structure changes
and devotion to duty, as evidenc
ed throughout over seventy (70)
successful missions against the
enemy, and six enemy aircraft de
stroyed in aerial flight, Lt. Davis
has reflected great credit upon
himself and the Armed Forces of
the United States of America
Residence at appointment: Zebu
lon, North Carolina.
Captain Davis is now stationed
at the Las Vegas Air Field in
Nevada.
SGT. PACE THOUGHT DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pace have
been notified tnat their son, Sgt.
Warren Pace, missing in action for
more than a j’ear, is considered to
be dead. He was a gu, ner in the
Air Corps and was lost over Ger
many.
Besides his parents, three half
brothers survive: Fred Pace,
Percy Pace and Charles Pace,
with two half-sisters: Miss Ma
toka Pace and Mrs. Annie Jones.
Chief Petty Officer Edward S.
Pearce, USN, was home for the
Christmas holidays and this past
week end visiting his wife and
children in Zebulon.
WANTED INFORMATION
Leading to clarification of how news of my being drunk
reached relatives in Germany before it did my home in
Wakefield, N C. It is said that to spread news, you telephone,
telegraph, or tell a woman. J want to know who told who,
what, how and when.
Signed: B. B. RICHARDS.
Paid Adv. Zebulon, Route 1, N. C.
suggested were to make drugs
used by doctors and patients ex
empted from tax, and permitting
the income tax structure to ex
empt expenses for medical care,
funerals, and of children in
school. He advocated continuing
the war bonus for teachers and
slate employees.
Education
Turning to education h e sug
gested an eight-point program to
strengthen the public school sys
tem. He wants: a base pay of
5125 per month for A-grade
teachers just starting in the pro
fession, with increment for ex
perience; an expanded program pf
vocational training: free text
books through the eighth grade
and rental fees on high school
books only high enough to main*'
tain the rental system; 10 months
pay for principals to provide
for time on the job before school
opens and after it closes; raising
compulsory attendance age from.
14 to 16 years; a program of ad
ditional compensation for excep
tional teachers; state aid in sup
plying better sanitation facilities
in connection with schools and
better fiscal control of public
school funds.
Governor Cherry also recom
mended “adequate provision” of
funds for higher educational in
stitutions. He pointed to future
highway needs and said that as
men and materials are available
he wanted all-weather roads for
all communities. He also urged
further uses of the by-products
of agriculture in the state and the
developments of new products,
and a better program of training
for the boys and girls who will
run the farms of tomorrow.
Veterans
The address also called for sup
plying the needs of 300,000 war
veterans who will return to the
State. This should be cared for
from, the postwar, reserve fund—
“when the needs of the veterans
can be determined.”
The Governor said a grateful
state should provide ndw educa
tional opportunities for these men
and women and should acquaint
them with their rights. The chil
dren of t.iiose who gave their
lives in battle are deserving M
ample protection at the hands of
the state.
Concerning the veteran he said:
“We cannot merely see that he
gets his discharge pay, a parade,
and a few days of glory and ap
plause.We must make him one of
us again.”
Turning to the state’s health
program, Governor Cherry said
he agreed in principle with a re
port made by the commission
named to study the problem of
health in the state This group has
proposed a state-wide program of
hospital and medical care. He
called for further advances in the
field of health and asked for ap
propriations to wage a more com
plete war on disease.
The Governor also advocated:
A strong department of cbnserva
tion and development; better care
of the state’s less fortunate: ade
quate representation of labor on
all state commissions and boards
dealing with the problems of la
bor: a constitutional amendment
lhat will make women available
for jury duty and remove STI oth
er discriminations that exist
against them in the state consti
tution: the establishment of a de
partment of state police to in
clude several now existing state
law - enforcement agencies; a
state —wide referendum on the
liquor question; and further as
sistance for libraries throughout
the state.