This, That &
The Other
BY
Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
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Does anyone understand the
working of a hen’s mind? Why do
so many want to lay in the same
nest? Two weeks ago my husband
changed the position of the row of
nests in our hen-house and refill
ed each with clean hay. There are
eight in all. Sunday night I found
twelve eggs—seven of them in
one nest, four in another, and a
lone egg in a third. The other five
nests were unused. Why?
My neighbor, Mrs. Merritt
Massey has had more than a doz
en nice hens killed by dogs re
cently. The chickens were not de
voured, so the killers must have
done their work for pure love of
;t. Mrs. Massey is a pretty good
shot, but is considerately sending
word around before taking aim at
any dog. In these times pets are
pets, but good hens are a big part
of living expenses; so, if our dogs
are untrained, we had better keep
them confined.
Slowly, by means cl’ some dowr
but mostly feathers. I am accumu
lating a “wild” pillow. To date I
have feathers from two wild
geese, six partridges, one dove,
two wild ducks, all given us by
friends who enjoy hunting. Ac
cording to what I was tcild years
ago at Morehead City, moths will
never go near that pillow, no mat
ter how hungry they get. Later on
I’ll report results.
It’s odd how many of us must
have something to worry about;
and it is also odd to realize how
completely a big worry can dis
place numbers of smaller ones
Here is an example: Last week
we were in a fidget about the
work on hand that ws to be fin
ished as speedily as possible, and
were going the limit to gat thru
with it. Then our foreman son,
Ted, was taken sick and went to
Rex Hospital Saturday morning.
Immediately the shop shrank in i
importance and we found ourselv- !
es calm and composed about
whether it could run at all, let
alone on schedule. We are not
trying to do more than our best,
which may be much or little; only
our best.
It must seem passing strange to
our men overseas to read what is
published in this country about
the war. For instance: Our son.
Ferd, writes from the Dutch In
dies that reports of Japan’s van
quished air power, like those of
Mark Twain’s death, have been
greatly exaggerated. Ferd says his
comrades and he have undergone
more than 130 Japanese air raids;
that at times they do not pay any
epecial attention to them; but that
they were surprised recently, on
getting up in the morning to find
a bomb, unexploded, half-buried
in the soil a few yards from the : r
tent. Ferd thinks it might be we'l
to tell the Japs they have been
overcome, since it would probablv
be news to them.
Brantley Finishes
Wake Forest, Jan. 16. —There
are 14 candidates for degrees at
Wake Forest College at the close
of the first semester on January
15.
Willie Gray Powell of Hender
son will receive his LI. B. degree
Those who have earned a com
bined degree in dentistry are Wil
liam P. Hinson, Jr., of Monroe,
James H. Stubbs of Rockingham
and Robert Bruce Warlick of Gas
tonia.
Candidates for the bachelor’s
degree are: R. H. Brantley, Jr,
of Zebulon, C. D. Chapman of
Wake Forest, Mrs. Willie Mae
Collier of Durham, Leslie Fowler
of Stem, B. D Keyser of Ottoman,
V>., Calvin S. Knight of Leaks
ville, Leona Peterson of Delco,
Mrs. Dorothy J. Poston of Shel
by, Mrs. Jim Satterwhite of Win
ston-Salem and E. C. Upchurch
of Gaffney, S. C.
A total of 196 farmers keeping
demonstration poultry flock rec
last year, says Clifton Parrish
ords reported 172 eggs per bird
last year, says Clifton Parrish Ex
tension poultryman at State Col
lege.
The annual meeting of the N.
C. State Mutual Hatchery Asso
ciation will be held at the Caro
lina Hotel, Raleigh, December 13
and 14.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 21. No. 21
With The Men
FROM WILBUR PULLEY
~ ... Dec. 25, '944
Dear Mother and all,
I want to say that deep down 1
m my heart I am with you all on
this Christmas day. I am there in
imagination and in spirit. So
sorry I have said before that I am
P° t uldn,t b e with you all!
this Christmas. It’s the third one !
as you know that I have been,
away and I hope that it will be!
In 6 * ' We can h °P e and P r ay'
that the coming year will bring
victory and peace throughout the
nation. May we pray also that all
of the service men will spend
Christmas of 1945 in their homes
with all our loved ones.
Surely I am hoping that these
few lines will find all well and
having an enjoyable good time
Maybe it’s a White Christmas:
tnere and believe me I sure would
enjoy some snow. It’s the hottest
Christmas I have ever spent and I
hope I never spend another one
as hot as it is here.
Went over last night for Com
munion Service and enjoyed it
lots. Sure cRd enjoy the Carols
and they were sung so beautiful.
It was about the best singing I
believe I have ever heard and I
will never regret going. There
was about sixty from our ship
went. Porter went with us and all
of us enjoyed it. The church was
packed full.
Love,
Wilbur
An Air Service Command Sta
tion in England:—Lt. Fred N. j
Hales, the son of Mr. and Mrs
Fred P. Hales of Zebulon, N. C
recently completed an orientation!
coursfe designed to bridge the gap
between training in the States!
and con\fcat soldering against the
enemy in Germany.
His next station will be one
from which America’s fighting
planes cover our advance into
Germany.
Before entering the Army Air
Forces, he was employed by the
Zebulon Drug Co.
CHAPLAIN PROMOTED TO j
CAPTAIN
With The American Forces.—
Chaplain Ralph L. Cannon, for
mer Zebulon, North Carolina, |
clergyman, has been promoted
from first lieutenant to captain, it
was announced.
Chaplain Cannon, a native of
Stanley, N. C., is a graduate of
Wake Forest College. His wife
lives in High Shoals, N. C. He is
serving with an infantry division
headquarters.
Sixth Army Group, France A
brilliant record established in
North Africa and Italy is being
lived up to by the men of a Tank
Destroyer Battalion, fighting with
the American Seventh Army in
the southern Saar Basin of Ger-
The battalion came into South
ern France on D-Day and too';
many.
nart in the chase of the German
19th north through the Rhone
Valley.
Evidence of the valor and abil
ity of the men of the battalion is
found in the more than 600 deco
rations its members have receiv
ed. Included in these are seven
Croix de Guerre and a Lesion of
Honor, awarded by the French.
Some of them fpueht in North
Africa, some at Salerno. Thev
helned at Anzio four months.
Among the men of the battalion
are Cpl. Dorsey Strickland, Mid
dlesex. R. 2. and Pfc. Frank R.
Chamblee, Zebulon, R 2.
Wheatland maize will be given
a thorough test in Franklin Coun
tv next year as a substitute feed
crop for corn. It can be planted
relatively late in the season.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, January 19, 1945
Horse & Mule Clinic
By L. T. Weeks, County Agent
Horse and mule clinics are
I scheduled to cover Wake County
under the supervision of the
county agents and Doctors,
Koonce, Scarborough, and Moore.
These clinics will be held during
January and February. The pur
pose of these clinics is as fol
lows:
1. To demonstrate the benefits
derived from the control of inter
nal parasites.
2. To promote or conduct com
munity or county-wide clinics
during which horses and mules
will be treated for large and small
roundworms and for bots in areas
where prevalent.
The teeth are to be examined
and where dental work is needed
the veterinarian will perform
such work if agreable to the far- I
mer.
4. All horses and mules brought
to the clinics will be examined
free. In no case is a farmer obli
gated to have his animals treated
after examination.
5. A limited amount of time will
be used to discuss feeding and
management of workstock. Bulle
tirle, circulars and other informa
tion on breeding and feeding will !
be available to farmers having
animals treated.
Schedule for horse and mule
clinic, date, place, time and vet
erinarian.
January 30, Zebulon—Cham
blee’s Livery Stables, 1:00 PM to
3:00 PM, Moore.
January 30, Mitchell’s Mill—
Mack D. Perry’s Store, 3:00 PM
to 5.00 PM, Moore.
January 31, Fellowship—Gul
ley’s Store, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM,
Koonce.
January 31, Auburn—Watt’s
Store, 3:OOPM to 5:00 PM. Koonce
February 1, Webb Allen’s Old
Store, at Store, 1:00 PM to 3:00
PM, Scaroorough.
February 1, Bethany—Cary
Robertson’s Store, 3:00 PM to 5:00
PM, Scarborough.
February 2, Knightdale—Par
rich’s Blacksmith Shop, 1:00 PM
to 3:00 PM, Scarborough.
February 2, Wendell—Cam
pen’s Livery Stables, 3:00 PM til
5:,00 PM, Scarborough
February 2, Wake Forest
Jones' Hardware Lot, 1:00PM to!
5: 00 PM, Moore
February 5, Rolesville—Wil
liams’ Blacksmith Shop, 1:00 PM
to 3:00 PM, Koonce.
February 5, Millbrook, Mill
brook Post Office, 3:00 PM to 1
5:00 PM, Koonce.
February 6, Bay Leaf—Holli
day’s Gin, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM,
Koonce.
February 6, Stony Hill—Stony
Hill Voting Precinct, 3:00 PM to
5:00 PM, Koonce.
First Home Games
On Friday Night
The boys and girls basket ball
teams of Wakelon High School
play their first home games on
the local court Friday night Jan
uary 19, when they meet the
strong Bunn High School teams.
The gymnasium floor has been re
finished and modern fan-shaped
blackboards installed.
Friday night’s game will mark
return of interscholastic basket
ball competition in the local gym
nasium after a lay-off of two
years. The local teams are inex
perienced and will find Bunn
tough competition. The girls’
game is scheduled to start at 7:30.
Probable starting teams to’-
Wakelon are as follow's:
Girls
F Hilda Lewis
F Hilda Winstead
CF Carolyn Massey
G Margaret Horton
G Camilla Driver
G Georgia Ruth Eddins
Boys
F E. G. Richards
F Hilliard preen
C James Robert Fowler
G Mitchell Duke
G Baxter Hopkins
Fuel oil rations will remain the
same “Our best estimate is that
supplies will be no more than
enough to meet military n eeds.
plus civilian requirements on the
present ration basis,” the PAW
says.
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Speaker For The
Baptist Hour
Chaplain (Major) William C. i
Taggart. attacr®»: to the AAF
Regional Station Hospital No. I o: !
Miami, Florida, is announced Dy
S. F. Lowe, Director of the Radio
Committee; S. B. C., of Atlanta.!
Georgia, as the speaker for the
Baptist Hour next Sunday morn
ing, January 28th.
Major Taggart, according t•>
Mr. Lowe, was Chaplain before
Pearl Harbor, and has ministered
to military men in training
camps, encouraged and strength
ened them as they entered fierce
combat, held the hands of many
as they died, and burie dthe bod
ies of some in foreign soil. Know
ing the experiences of our mili
tary men thus, he will be of unu
sual interest to all America at
this time.
His subject, “My Fighting Con
gregation,” is the title of his book
which tells of his experience as a
Chaplain and is used by permis
sion of the publishers, Doubleday,
Doran and Company.
He resigned the pastorate of a
church in Wichita Falls, Texas, to
enter the service as Chaplain, and
is a graduate of Hardin-Simmons
University and the Southwestern
Baptist Seminary in Texas.
His message can be heard in
North Carolina over stations
WBIG. Greensboro, WPTF, Ral
eigh, WSJS, Winston-Salem and
WWNC, Asheville, 9:30 EWT
CHURCH NEWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “The Difference Christian
ity Makes”
6:45 Training Union.
7:30 Evening Worship. Ser
mon: “The Quality Os Mercy"
W. S. C S. ENTERTAINED
The Ida Fisher W. S. C. S. of
the Methodist Church had its in
stallation service at the home of
Mrs. S. G. Flowers on Monday af
ternoon. The following officers
were installed by Rev. C. E. Vale
President, Mrs.'W. D. Finch; Vice
President, Mrs. H. C. Wade; Sec.
and Treas., Mrs. G. C. Massey
(Pearl); Corresponding sec., Mrs.
R. E. Kitchings; Supt. Social Re
lations and Church Activities, Mrs
S. G. Flowers; Supt. Missionary
Education and Service, Mrs. A. R.
House; Supt. of Literature and
Publication, Mrs. M. J. Sexton;
Council of Young People, Miss
Lucy Massey; Supt of Supplies,
Mrs. Marcus Bunn; Supt. of Spir
itual Life, Mrs. C. E. Flowers.
Mrs. C. E, Flowers had a short
Spiritual Life program and it
was the wishes of the Society to
separate this meeting from the
monthly meeting of the Mission
ary Society and meet the first
Sunday night at the church at
7:3n o’olock
Mr's. M. J. Sexton, leader for
January rendered a beautiful
program “Behold I have set be
fore Thee on open door.” Sever
al contributed to it.
A short business meeting, new
hand-books with oroerams for
\he vear were distributed.
All officers, hostesses, leaders
for each month, names and the
month to place flowers in the
church appear in these books,
pipns*' cop vonr president and get
your book if you were not at this
meetine.
Eighteen were present.
$1.50 Per Year, Payable In Adraace
Recorder's Court
Drinking and gambling seem to
have been the prevalent sins in
Zebulon according to the records
oi court held January 3.
Morris Jeans, Frank Roger
Walter Horton, James Horton, An
drew Bridges and Ollie Perry,
convicted of drunkenness, were
sentenced to 30 days on state
highways, supencf«U on payment
of costs and a five-dollar fine in
each case. They were tried sepa
rately.
Raymond Strother, found guil
ty of gambling, received a sus
pended sentence of 30 days, on
payment of costs and SIO.OO fine.
Henry Richardson and Babe
Oakley, charged with d. unken
ness, were fined five dollars each
and paid costs of cases.
Curt Tuck, for drunkenness,
had a 30 days sentence suspended
on payment of costs.
Dry Cleaning Prices
Ceiling price posters have been
sent to all retail dry cleaners or
pressers and must be posted not
later than January 15, 1945, Theo
dore S. Johnson, district director
for the Office of Price Adminis
tration announced.
Dry cleaning services, repre
sent an important part of each
family’s budget, and it is neces
sary that posters be conveniently
placed so that customers may
know their ceiling prices.
If operators of dry cleaning es
tablishments have not filed their
ceiling prices with their local war
price and rationing board or dis
trict office OPA may establish
ceilings for their services as com
parable prices in the same area.
W.M.S. Meets
W. M. U. of Wakefield Church
met January 15, 1945 at the home
of Mrs. C. D. Pace. There were
fifteen members and two visitors
present.
The meeting was opened by the
president. Mrs. T. C.Pippin gave
the Scripture. Theprogram was
given by Mrs. L. J. Glover and
Mrs. W. J. Perry.
The president appointed the
committee for the coming year.
Mrs. Tippet closed the meeting
with a prayer after which the
members present enjoyed a social
meeting during which the hos
tess served fruit salad, coffee and
cake.
POLIO DRIVE
Mrs. Willard Gill is again
chairman of the polio drive in this
section. She is proud of the fact
that last year’s donations for this
purpose were the best on record
and that this community led all
others in Wake County. She hopes
that in memory of last year’s epi
demic and in prevention of an
other, contributions ma> even ex
cel what has been given hereto
fore. Receptacles are being plac
ed in public places for donors to
give what they will.
Principal Lowry at Wakelon,
Principal Garland Crews at
Wakefield-Zebulon School will be
in charge of work done by chil
dren and teachers; and Miss
Eaton at Wakelon Theater will
again co-operate in the work.
FARM DOLLARS
Pathfinder Magazine
Farm income for the first 11
months of 1944 totaled nearly
$18.5 billion, 6 per cent over the
same 1943 period.
Cash receipts from farm mar
ketings during November topped
$2 billion, higher by $63 million
than November, 1943, but $3151
million less than October because
of seasonal defines in wheat and
cotton marketings.
The January-November, 1944,
income from dairy products was
estimated at over $2.6 billion;
from poultry and eggs, over $2
billion.