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This, That & 1 I he Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis ! — r At- breakfast, drinking hot cof fee and eating toast spread with what I think the best of the mar garines, I wondered how scien tists developed such good-flavor ed food from beans, peanuts, and such. Then I wondered how they ’d have come out if they had not had real butter as a model. The head of our household has announced that this year he is not going to experiment with new vegetables nor try fancy varie ties of old ones. Realizing that he is too old to plow much by hand, unable to secure a team when most needed, and too busy to depend on chopping alone, he will plant only the plain, de pendable garden truck—snaps, squash, butterbeans, lettuce, to matoes and such, and try to make every lick count. No tampala, no Swiss chard, no edible soy beans . . . Amen and amen. It surprised me last week to realize how many memories of childhood are, so to speak, hung on trees. The very first trees I remem ber were cedars in the front yard. Present day parents may not know that a tiny, keen cedar switch is a potent persua der if applied to small, fat legs, but my parents found it so. Next I remember the cherry trees in the back yard; not small trees with sour fruit, but trees that grew sometimes to a circumference of nine feet, with red or “black” fruit that was sugar sweet with a delightful acid add ed. Then the leaning apple trees we used to climb at home or at Grandpa’s . . . the peach trees, blooming in pink or white—and my husband for some time refus ed to believe peach blossoms were ever white . . The pear tree near the house where the mock ingbirds lived for feathered gen erations, and the pears that were small and hard as wood until thev finally mellowed to an incompara ble flavor . . . Walnut trees near the house or in the woods; hick ories and “scaly-bark’ ’on vhe mountain slopes; all with nuts to be picked up in late fall . . . I knew also the big honey lo cust that bore the long, bean shaped locusts that we called “honey-shucks” with a sweet gummy jelly all down one side of thepod. (And now we are told that these same locusts make line feed for cattle.) They ripen m the fall. The trees, though thorny, make fine shade . . . Other shade trees were catslpas, homes for dreadful looking worms; as pens that made me sad because they shivered all the time; mimo sas that sickened me with their faintly sweet odor; an occasional holly carefully tended and usu ally scant of berries ... At the edge of nearby woods were ta". tulip poplars bearing in spring hundreds of greenish yellow blos soms with honey in the bottom ol the "tulip” cups .. . Black gums, that we children called toothbrush trees; sweetgums wi'h winged branches; sycamores that looked immodest because of them habit of shedding their bark and looking too naked . . . Willows along creekbanks, one variety that we called Indian-arrows being different from any 1 ever saw elsewhere. They grew about three feet high before Pitting out any side shoots and made the r , t wonderful whistles when a father or an uncle would set him self to the task of getting the bar.: from the wood. You had to rub the bark just the * right way while sap ran high in spring, and then it could be slipped off th i smooth white wood in a long tube. Willow whistles make the sweetest-toned sound of any except chinquapin .. . didr say forest, but woods, and they were made up of P ine - ' oaks, and smaller trees with enor assn?®? ,= -M; ten dipping sassaf sss ”nd srs mJer growth filled in under the trees. The white ash was unbelievably beautiful when cow ered with its lacy fringe of bloom !!*, t d bushes, or service ber nes grew high enough tor us to time’s sake I may slip mtc g vard and ™ ck a f™ e ] young They’ll make me ieei y again. THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 21. No. 30 Red Cross Report Last reports brought in to the committee total $2655 for this community’s contributions in the present Red Cross drive. Ze'p ulon has gone well ahead of the quota set, which is a matter of p-ide to leaders here, indicating as it does, deep interest and act ive concern for those in need and especially for those in service overseas. Report of Red Cross Drive for Negro citizens of Little River Dis trict, Zebulon; Shepard Hi School Fac. $30.00 Shepard School P. T. A. 7.00 Mt. Zion Holiness Ch. by Mrs. Lenor I very 7.00 Mrs. Ernestine Cain (North Zebulon 11.80 Mrs. Fanny Pretty (North Zebulon 21.00 Mrs. Aldonia Pace (Merry Grove) 14.25 White Oak School Dist. by Mrs. Christine Locke D. R. Baker 19.00 Frank Perry 10.00 Mrs. Lucille Parks (Rosenburg) 12.25 Miss Sophia Dunn (Rosenburg 10.53 Miss Estelle Jenkins (High Town) 18.00 Wakefield Baptist S. S. by Mrs. Ethel Hopkins 8.45 Mrs. Ada Perry (Wakefield) 1.35 Beaver Chapel Christian S. S. Miss Fentonia Roberts 21.00 Miss Geneva Todd (South Zebulon 9.15 Zebulon Bap. S. S. Mrs. Catherine Baten 8.00 Zeb. Bap. S. S. by Mrs Mattie Floyd 4.30 Mrs. Margie Ellis 1.00 Mrs. Louisa Richardson LOO Lemon Wilson 1.00 R. P. Richardson 2.00 Total $218.08 I wish to thank all workers who | monerated most whole-heartedly with us in raising more than our | quota in the drive. With sincere good wishes, I remain. Red Cross, Dist, Chmn. R. P. Richardson Windows Repaired The post office window, brok | en some time ago by a car with | faultlv brakes, has been repaired. | Instead of merely new panels of j glass, hew foundations wera built of tapestry brick, higher | than the marble slabs which had formed the supports for the win dows. At first there was considera ble curiosity among onlookers as to whether both windows would he changed. They were. The post ff'ce looks much better with its new face, and both sides are ' alike. Sunday Blaze. A forest fire in miniature v a. extinguished her! Sunday after noon by the efforts of the local fire department, householders • id the interested onlookers at tracted to the scene. According to statements if small boys, one of their number started the flames by striking matches in the edge of the woods back of Mrs. R. H. Jenkins’ home. Spreading through the heavy growth of briers and under growth in the muck, in a short while the fire threatened fences I of the W. B. Bunn and Allan Cawthorne homes. The fire truck with its big hose well ma red, 1 counter firing on the Barrow lots on the corner of Gannon .and Wakefield streets, and raking of dead grass from near the fence, saved the day and the property. It is not news to re-state that small boys and matches are a dangerous combination, but it is nonetheless important to remem ber it. P. P. Pace was taken Sunday to Duke Hospital for treatment of injuries received when a tree fell on him ten days ago. Mrs. Pace and Miss Matoka Pace vis ited him Tuesday and were told that hope for complete recovery is justified. Zebulon, N. C., Friday, March 23, 1945 Recorder's Court • Recorders Court for March in dicated that but for drunkenness officers would have had but lit tle to do for the past month. Artis Carpenter, S. G. Bunn, Bil lie Hopkins of Route 1, Ted Bell, all charged with being drunk and disorderly, received similar sen tences: fines of $lO in aclditi m to court costs. For possession of non tax-paid whiskey Elmore Vick was fined $25 in addition to costs. Charged with public drunken ness were Chester Faison, Otis Hicks, Early Liles, Fred Clark, Leroy Baker, Luther Richardson, Kalep Todd, all of whom paid $5.00 fine plus costs. Harvest Perry, on a similar charge, had a choice of $5.00 fine or 30 days on state highways. He paid fine. Boots Tuck on a sirriiTar charge was given a choice of paying $lO or 30 days on the roads. John O. Horton was found not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, but William Horton, charged with a like offense, was found guilty and paid costs with p S6O fine. The pistols were con scripted according to law. Daris Morgan, found guilty of gambling, paid $5.00 fine and costs. Church News BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Ser mon topic: “The Cross” 7:15 Training Union 8:00 Evening Service: At this time two pageants ape to be pre sented by the G. A.’s under the direction of their leader, Mrs. I. D. Gill. DORA PITTS W. M. S. The Dora Pitts W. M. S. met Monday p. m. in the home if Mrs. W. L. Simpson. Mrs. S. A. Horton conducted the business session and the month’s topic was ablv discussed by Mrs. T. M. Kimball of Wakefield. Seventeen were present. During the social hour refreshments were enjoyed. Club News H. D. CLUB* Mrs. K. P. Leonard, pi-esident, announces the meeting of the Home Demonstration Club a; Wakefield on Wednesday of next week, March 28, at the usual hour. “Well Planned Meals from the Pantry Supplies” will be con sidered. Members are urged to at tend. JUNIOR CLUB MAKES GIFT At the joint meeting of Wom en’s Clubs here Tuesday night the junior organizations delight fully surprised the seniors by th< < lerous contribution of $3lO on the club debt. Os this amount $261.25 was contributed by citizens of the town during a drive for funds made by the club with Mrs. Eugene Privetto chairman. The remainder, $48.75, was from the club treasury. The Junior Club desires that credit and thanks be given pub licity through this paper to all who have helped made this sub stantial donation to free the club house from debt. Minstrel Friday The Minstrel Frolic which is to he given at the High School on Friday night, March 23, at 8 p M. promises to be a lively even ing of music, dancing, and black face comedy. Mr. Interlocutor, Fred Bunn, will set the pace for the show, and the four hilarious blackfaced end-men, S. G. Flowers, Cyrus Bennett, Ben Massey, and Rod erick Horton will keep you laughing. Members of the Glee Club will present specialty numbers of cur rent popular songs, ballads, and old-time favorites. The chorus will support the soloists. Admission fees will be 15c and 30c ahd the entertainers promise to keep you laughing. Men In Service Pvt. Benny L. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Perry of Zeb ulon. is serving with the 78tli Division in Germany. He entered the Army in October of 1943 and went overseas last November. Private Perry was a student ui Wake Forest College when he en tered service. Fifteenth AAF in Italy—Mat thew B. Liles, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew B. Liles, Sr., of 4C 6 Sumter Drive, Maffit Village, Wilmington, N. C., a pilot on a B-24 Liberator, now serving witn a 15th Air Force heavy bomber group, has recently been promot ed to the rank of Captain. Capt. Liles entered the service, March 19, 1942 and received his training at Foster Field, Texas, and March Field, California, be fore coming overseas in August of 1944. He has flown 25 combat missions and has hit targets in Italy, Germany, Austria and the Balkans. 16 March, 1945 Augusta, Ga.—Technician sth Grade William Phillips of Zebu lon, N. C., has arrived at the Army’s Oliver General Hospital here, and is now a patient on Ward 5. Tec. 5 Phillips has just return ed from overseas where he serv ed with the Engineers Corps. He has been in the service for four years and his wife, Elsie, lives at the above address. Pvt. William G. Bunn has re turned from 31 months overseas in the European theater of action. He arrived at Ft. Bragg before going to his home on Route 2, Zebulon, where he will spend a furlough. He is the son of Mrs. R. E. Bunn. The 115th General Hospital, England—Staff Sergeant Romie W. Watkins, 23, of Zebulon, N. C„ wounded by fragments from a mortar shell in Luxembourg, is recovering at this United States Army general h jspital in Eng land. Sgt. Watkins, who had served in Panama for more than three years, was with the Fifth In fantry Division in Luxembourg, participating in a counterattack on the German salient. He said his company was mov ing forward after building up a defense line when he was wound ed in the left wrist by shell frag ments from a tree burst. A com pany aid man with his unit gave him immediate first aid. Later he was hospitalized in Luxembourg and France and flown to Eng land. Sgt. Watkins first saw combat in the battle for Metz and after the fortress was captured he mov ed with his unit into Germany Before entering the Army Feb ruary 7, 1940, he was a farm worker. His wife, Mrs. Ruby Watkins, resides at Zebulon. His parents, Mr and Mrs. Romie O. Watkins, live at Rt. 2, ake Forest, North Carolina. Talmadge Ga.y soa of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Gay of Route 1, Zeb ulon is with the Navy on the USS Cambria. He entered service in June, 1941. His wife and daugh ter live in Sterling, N. J. He at tended Wakelon high school. Chanute Field. 111. S-Sgt. Joe R. Sawyer, son of Mrs. J. R. Saw yer of Zebulon, N. C., has been graduated from this school of the ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND. While attending this Army Air Forces Training Command school he received instruction in the air plane electrical mechanic’s Course and in various technical opera tions vital to the maintenance of the country’s fighting planes With The Third Infantry Divi sion, Seventh Army. France — Pvt. Wilbert D. Driver, Route 2, Zebulon. N. C., has been awarded the Combat Infantrman Badge. This badge, for “exemplary conduct under fire against the enemy,” is awarded only to frontline infantrymen who have distinguished themselves in com bat. It is considered the ground forces equivalent of the Air Medal. • . Since making their initial land- §1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance Union Hope Pvt. Dewey Lee Brantley is home on a two weeks furlough. He took his basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla. He is to re port to Fort Meade, Md. Burlie Brantley S 1-C was home last weekend for a short visit. His ship crew is now at Newport News, Va. Earnie Brantley is home with an honorable discharge after four months service in the Army. Ronnie Ray Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Carter is home from Gastonia, where he was treated for about three months. His condition still isn’t so good as yet. Mrs. Lennie Massey returned home last Monday from Wood ard-Herring Hospital. She was being treated for Ptomaine poi son. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Strick land of Rocky Cross were visi tors in the home of Mrs. Sarah Strickland last Sunday. Mrs. Wwight Hinnant and family of near Zebulon were visitors in this section last Sun day evening. Mr. Paul Massey went fishing last Monday and had the good luck to catch a peck of nice fish. Some one please pass this good news on to his friend Mr. Robeit Eddins. Mrs. C. B. Whitley is still on the sick list this week. Pilot News Bobby Massey is on our sick list this week and has been for some time. He is now in Duke Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Alford of i Burlington spent the weekend here with Mr. and Msr. S. C. Al- I ford. Mrs. William Brooks spent a few days last week in Washing ton, D. C. Mrs. Troy Bunn is taking | treatment at Duke Hospital this week. Kenneth Cone of the U. S. Coast Guard has been spending a few days at home. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Glover and Mrs. Julian Whitley of Mid dlesex visited Mr. and Mrs. Cor bett Tant here Sunday. S-Sgt. and Mrs. Dwight Taut visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long of Zebulon Sunday. Mrs. Frank Narron has re turned home after visiting her husband’s relatives here, coming to see her father-in law, Ivy Narron, who is conva lescing from a recent illness. Miss Rebecca Horton is home sos a few' days from ECTC, Greenville, where she is a mem ber of the senior class. «srro-a a tanwr—r- Don't Let'er Starve Mrs. Doris Horton Privetta came in the Record office Tues day greatly disturbed. She had lost the whole family’s food ra tion books—her own, Eugene’s, Gayle’s and Dottie’s. They were Nos. 3’s and 4’s. They were left in Temple’s market or some oth er grocery store in Zebulon, or possibly lost on her way home. The finder will please return them to the Post Office or to Mr;-;. Privette wKa will fully ap preciate the kindness. iiiw hi m mm tuwmu ——i u-mmmmmrrmmmmmmm ing on the beaches north of Feda la. French Morocco, November 8, 1942; the men of the Third Infan try Division have participated in every campaign fought in this theater. • For the final clearing of the Colmar pocket, south of Stras bourg, the 3rd Division has been awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm. Mrs. Earl Hardison of Grifton wishes to thank friends in this community for cards and letters received at the news of the death of her husband, Cpl. Earl L. Har dison. Jesse Pulley, USN, is home on furlough with his parents, the James Pulleys.
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