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SHADOWS OF COMING
EVENTS
Sunday Schools
A college professor in a late ad
dress before a Lynchburg, V a.,
Woman’s Club declared that the
average Sunday School is “prac
tically worthless’" to children
“If religious instruction is import
ant,” said he, “it should be as well
presented as the other phases of
learning.” No doubt many agree
with him. Singing the same chil
dren’s songs Sunday after Sunday,
hearing the Lord’s prayer repeat
ed much like a parrot might say
it, then some picture lessons and
% ’ beautiful little parable from
nature and school is over.
A recent survey to determine
the effectiveness of Sunday
Schools showed a .002 ratio be
tween a child’s development and
what he learns in Sunday School
certainly a very ldw ratio. This
is one shadow of coming events
that pastors should examine
carefully. They might find that
many alodescents experience a
religious crisis because of their
failure to get the right religious
instruction in earlier years, if
what they received might really
have been religious instruction.
Present World Conditions
Have not the most of us asked
ourselves, “Who is to blame for
the present condition of this world
of ours?” Can we truthfully lay
the blame on any one man, or
group of men, or even a nation?
Probably the best place to start
our thinking would be the Bible —
what we call the word of God.
Are its teachings true? Do we be
lieve them as the word of God? Is
their meaning and message appli- (
cable to our times and to us?
If turning away from God, for
getting or ignoring his command
ments, and “turning every man to
his own way” would bring catas
trophe to the race, do we find any
answer to our first question in
the present condition of the
world? Isn’t it time that we recog
nized the Fatherhood of God, the
brotherhood of man, the awful
ness of sin and the certainty of
its punishment?
We believe the world is to
blame for things as they are, tha;
not just one individual, or one
nation has forgotten God, but .o
a great extent the whole world
has forsaken him. In America we
still go to church, we still "have
a form of godliness,’ we still swi
our prayers, we still give a mere
pittance of God’s benelaction
back to him and his church.
Until the people return to God,
repent almost literally in sack
cloth and ashes, we shall continue
to “have wars and rumors of
wars,” and the hand of God will
lay heavily on all people. As long
as man takes advantage of man,
or nations of nations, to mass
more and more gold, we shall
reap the whirlwind of our own stir
ring. It is this kind of man of
whom there are millions, with his
many inventions for power, pleas
ure and profit, that is responsi
ble for all the misery, murders,
sorrow that envelops the earth to
day. It is all the result of evil
thinking and dding. The teaching
of the Bible finds expression in
the words of Shakespeare:
“There is nothing either good or
bad, but thinking makes it so”
We need to take Paul’s advice in
Phil. 4:8 and try that for awhile:
“Whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, what
soever things are pure, whatso
ever things are lovely, whatso
ever things are of good report: if
there be any virtue, and if there
be any praise, think on these
things.”
We need to change our think
ing and doubtless we may change
our way of living. Till then,
“Wars and rumors of wars will
continue, and there will be no
resting place for the dove of peace
in a d r earv. wasted world.
Foresight and Hindsight
No one can afford to forget the
future in the activities of the pres
ent. Quite true it is that he who
looks well to the present has forti
fied himself in much for the fu
ture. Russia and England have
looked ahead and when the mo
ment comes for decision and ac
tion they more often than other
wise are ready. This is illustrat
ed very strikingly in regard to Po
land and other lesser nations freed
from the Huns and Hitler. And it
appears that owing to a definite
course of action outlined and plan
ned, it will be the same in a great
measure with each nation involv
ed, even when the interests of the
U. S. may be vitally involved.
America seems to have nothing
definite to offer the little nations
of Europe in their return to their
countries. The President, the
Secretary of State, and even Con
gress have not arrived at anything
definite as to what they believe
will be best for Poland, Italy or
Greece. While we wrangle* argue,
hesitate, and prognosticate, Russia
and England step in with an as
surance and definiteness that, -be
ing the best in fact, all that is
offered them is gladly accepted.
Too late America realizes that
she is too late!
Our own opinion is that when
all governments of Europe are re
established once more, they will
be advised and dominated by the
three big powers and America will
have little to say and not much to
do except keep on paying the bills
for all the old world. With all
our sacrifice and lend-lease it is
entirely possible, if not probable,
I that our country will have less
; prestige and influence than it did
following the first world war.
Will America wake up to its re
sponsibility and opportunity be
' fore it is too late? For once our
foresight has been eclipsed by our
hindsight. We have been so in
tent on things of the present that
\ve have almost forgotten that
there will be a future. Our coun
try’s attitude casts a shadow
whose length may reach far down
the century.
Gig Champ Too Fat
To the Twenty-third 4-H Con
gress came a chubby 17-year-old
youth. Raymond Taylor. Kentland,
Ind. He was chock full of ambi
tions to win the junior feeding
contest in the Chicago Market Fat
Stock Show with his Prize Ches
ter White porker, Prince.
Ray’s fond hopes were blasted
when Prince stepped on the scales.
Officials disqualified the animal:
“Sorry, youngster, but your pig is
eight pounds overweight.”
Exercise is reducing, Raymond
figured, so he and Prince began a
walking tour of the stock yards.
Boy and pig’s two-and-one-half
hour marathon paid off when
Prince weighed in again, topped
the scales at the proper 299 lbs.,
then stepped down with the grand
championship purple ribbon.
“I expect I lost more weight
than Prince,” Ray said, “But it
was worth it.”
Postwar Outlook
When WPB says “go” on civil
ian cars, the motor industry will
be ready. C. E. Wilson, General
Motors president, predicted that a
pent-up growing demand for au
tomobiles during the first peace
time years will be 50% ahead of
any year before the war.
Ford Motor Co. sets 2,000,000
cars as its share of this vast mar
ket and will be ready three months
after an okay from WPB with a
“face-lifted” version of the 1942
model to sell at less than $-300.
Other Ford plans: A new low
price model, built partly of alumi
num, to run 28 to 30 miles on a
gallon of gasoline, a new Mercury
and two Lincolns.
What price will be right for
post-war cars? OPA began asking
manufacturers for cost data; Pric
ing Chief Bowles was quoted as
wanting a 5 per cent increase over
1941 levels.
Motor makers thought a boost
of 15 per cent to 25 per cent would
be more like it, chiefly because of
hiked labor costs.
Mrs. C. C. Alford and children
are visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Priv
ette. after spending two weeks
with her husband at Camp Bland
ing, Fla. She expects to return to
her home in Newport News, Va
in a few r days.
Candy, Apples, Oranges,
Raisins, Sugar, Coffee,
Tea
A. G. Kemp Zebulon
The Zebulon Record
SMART GIRL
Hilda Tarry —King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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buying MY winter outfit at the Po»l Office this year-—to wear in
1955.”
1945 Census
Farmers throughout Wake
County are advised to take inven- j
tory of their farm operations in
order that they may have fao- j
tual information at hand when the j
census taker visits them to get i
this information. This visit will •
be made by the census taker dur
ing the month of January.
This will be the fourteenth ag
ricultural census to be taken. The
first one was taken in 1840. This
information is used to keep our
nation up to date as to the agri- i
cultural situation and conditions
that exist from year to year.
The census taker will .have
need of information pertaining to
the following subjects: Acres of
different crops planted in 1944,
the yield of these different crops,
the amount of fertilizer used, the
cost of the fertilizer, the number
of heads of livestock and poultry,
the purpose for which they are
used, the amount of farm equip
ment used, the number of heads
of workstock, value of farm build
ings, number of farm buildings
and dwellings, number of differ
ent people livirig on the farm and
their ages, number of fruit trees,
amount of products sold from
livestock, crops, and fruit trees,
and many, many other questions
that are directly related to ag
ricultural production. If possible,
it would be advisable for you to
take a brief inventory so that you
could save yourself and the cen
sus taker’s time whenever he or
she visits you for this informa
tion.
New USES Office
OpenedlnFranklin
The United States Employment
Service of the War Manpower
Commission is opening a branch
office to serve the County of
Franklin beginning New Year’s
Day, January 1, 1945
This office will be located on
the second floor of the First Citi
zens Bank and Trust Company
Building on Main Street in Frank*
linton, N. C. and will be a full
time branch office under the su
pervision of the Raleigh Local
Office, announces L. J. Craven,
Manager .
Mr. Goodridge A. Wilson will
be the Interviewer-in-Charge of
this office. All persons and em
ployers residing in the County of
Franklin will please contact this
office instead of the Raleigh Lo
cal Office for all activities per
taining to both employment ser
vice and claims, which will in
clude unemployment compensa
tion claims and readjustment al
lowance claims for World War 11
Veterans.
For the time being Mr. Wilson
will be found in the office every
morning from 8:30 A. M. to 12:30
P. M.; but will be working most
ly out of the office during the af
ternoons, serving employers and
recruiting for the War Effort.
Therefore, any office contacts you
will please make during the
morning part of the day
Telephone service has been or
dered for this office and will be
installed very shortly.
STUDENTS RETURN
The following young people
have returned to their schools
after spending the holidays at
home here: R H. Brantley, Bessie
Kay Williams, Wake Forest; Mar
garet Bunn, Cleo Glover, Joyce
Temple, Meredith; Rebecca Hor
ton, Anne Massey, ECTC; Doug
las Chamblee, State; Frederick
i Corbett, Campbell; Louise John
' son, WCUNC; Doretha Parrish,
King’s Business College, Raleigh.
Mrs. J. G. Kemp spent the holi
day in Fredericksburg, Va., with
relatives, making the trip with
Dr. and Mrs. Flowers as they went
to Baltimore.
Mrs. W. N. Pitts is considerably
improved from her recent illness
and is now able to be up a good
part of the time.
The Zebulon Grocery
Phone 5481
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES
Complete Line of Meats and Cold Cuts
FEEDS
CORNER ACROSS FROM DRUG STORE
In Old Citizens Drug Store Bldg.
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CPersonaLi •
e/ittention
All of us are doing
without many things
today. One thing, how
.ever, is not rationed . .
the considerate, pains
taking and personal
service we are able to
render those in need.
It is a contribution we
are glad to make.
Zebulon Supply Co.
Funeral Directors pnd Embalmers
Phone 2901
Zebulon, N. C.
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Friday, January 5,1945
PTA Study Group
P.-T. A. Study Group program
for Tuesday, January 9, 1945, at 5
o’clock:
Topic: "Guiding the Citizens of
Tomorrow”.
1. Song—“ America”.
2. Devotion—Mr. George Grif
fin.
3. "Guiding the Citizens of To
morrow in Social Life” Mrs. Ida
Hall.
4. “What Recreation Can Do
About the Citizens of Tomorrow”
| —Mr. Lowry.
Supper
5. Special Music Music Com
mittee.
6. Education For Guiding Citi
zens of Tomorrow" Mr. Pitt
man Stell.
i 7. “Religion For Guiding Citi
zens of Tomorrow” — Mr. C. E.
I Vale.
8. Speech Mrs. R. J. Pearce,
State Chairman Study Groups.
Bring your supper to be served
picnic style in the home economics
building.
Mrs. M. J. Sexton, Chairman.
—
The WFA predicts that the 1945
butter production will be even
smaller than last year, but sup
plies of margarine are reported
ample. Peanut butter promises to
be of better quality.
It is mind, after all, which
does the work of the world. —
Channing
MRS. r. s. BARJiEK
Agent yf
The Hospital Car* Association,
invitee communication* with re
gard to Hospital Iniuraart
lnc.. Durham,
Lard Stands Stone, Tin,
China
Seed Rye, Oats, Barley
j A. G. Kemp Zebulon