This, That &
The Other
By Mrs. Thco. B. Davis
At times my son Ted irritates
me with his comments; but when
he remarked that some persons,
instead of having plain “gray
matter” for brains, have “tattle
tale-gray” matter, I was forced
to agree.
It is pleasant to have fr endly
persons send in information.
Since I said last week, in speak
ing of a mu£ic recital at Wakelon
28 years ago, that I could not ex
actly place Raymond Horton, for
mer Wakelon pupil, Mrs. Curtis
Land of Wendell, Staley Denton,
Mrs. John Terry and Mrs. Henry
Hood of Raleigh have told me
he is Mr. Bunk Horton’s son. And
I know him; but he lived too far
from Zebulon for me to see him
when all our transportation was
by foot power or pony buggy.
It ma ybe I shall be fearful of
asking favors of our postmaster
if I tell about his starting to take
Laura Doub to that recital in an
automobile; and of how the mud
was so deep it came up over the
axle and the trip had to be fin
ished on foot. The lady's new
white dress was, however, not of
the evening variety; neither was
it as short as those she wears
now; anyway, they made out.
Mr. Ferebee in the Zebulon
Grocery last Saturday jokingly
asked me whether I might be
hired to keep in place the tools
he uses cutting meat, saying that
he always leaves them some
where and forgets them. I told
him that even if I were satisfac
tory as a finder and keeper of
order, I would surely be fired for
being disagreeable; because it
worries me so to have to hunt lor
something another person has mis
laid, that I keep fussing as I
search. And no employer would
stand that.
The above paragraph does not
mean that I don’t forget where I
put things; but it is easier to for
give myself than others.
Over and over I have been ask
ed when I think the war will end.
Each time I reply that I have too
little knowledge to form an opin
ion. My boys have picked up an
Army slang expression, “I’m
sweating it out,” which means
that the matter in question is one
they are deeply concerned with
but can do nothing about it, save
to watch and wait anxiously. I
am sweating cut this war.
What was your first reaction
on hearing last week of our
President’s death? I heard myself
saying “No man should ever be
allowed to try to serve as presi
dent of this country four terms.’
It is too much to expect of mor
tal strength, and I felt that way
when he was nominated.
I feel, also, that no one man,
however important, is indispensa
ble: that our government will not
wholly stand or fall by the life
or death of any one person. This
is a time for sorrow, not despair;
for confidence, not doubt; above
all, a time for all good men and
true to forget self and political
party, remembering only that we
are one nation, indivisible.
The colored supplement to last
Sunday’s News and Observer
showed cutouts of an evening
dress and lounging pajamas drawn
by Jewell Hood, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Morris Hood of Route 2,
Zebulon.
H. D. CLUB
The Home Demonstration Club
will meet at Wakefield Wednes
day of next week, April 25, to dis
cuss Color, Convenience and Com
fort in the Home.
This is housecleaning time.
Come in the morning and bring
something for lunch, cooked or
uncooked. It is* hoped that all
members may be present for at
least a part of the morning to help
with the work and to enjoy the
lunch hour together.
TO OUR FRIENDS:
Please accept this as an expres
sion of our appreciation of your
thoughtfulness and kindness at
the time of our bereavement. We
shall not forget any of the acts or
words which helped to lighten our
burden of sorrow.
E. H, Greene and Children.
Mrs S W. Bass of Spring Hope
spent Sunday afternoon with her
niece, Mrs. J. R. McSwaifi.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 21. No. 34
Governor Cherry
Favors Campaign
Governor R. Gregg Cherry fol
lows the lead of our President
and other governors in issuing a
proclamation designating Apnl
as Cancer Control Month. A sum
mary of the proclamation follows.
Cancer control is a major
health problem, since this disease
ranks second among those caus
ing death generally, and first
among causes of women’s deaths.
Cancer deaths in North Caro
lina were last year 2,298. One
third of these might have been
saved, if treated in time.
The program deserves full sup
port of the State. Governor
Cherry urges all citizens to obey
the slogan of the campaign:
“Guard those you love—Give to
conquer cancer.”
What better memorial to a lov
ed one dead from cancer than a
gift to help others live? Those
who have known the horror of
this dread disease have the op
portunity now to aid measures for
the prevention of more deaths
from its ravages.
See names of the committee
and give willingly. They are not
doing the work from a selfish
motive nor for pay. Your co-op
eration will be greatly appreciat
ed
Church News
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “What Is A Christian Sup
posed To Be?”
7:15 Training Union.
8:00 Evening Worship. Sermon:
“Hearing God Speak.”
W. M. S.
Mrs. Irby Gill discussed the
benefits of giving to missions
through the co-operative plan,
when the Dora Pitts W. M. S.
met Monday p. m. with Mrs. C.
S. Chamblee hostess. Mrs. Theo.
Davis led the devotional and Mrs.
S. A. Hort >n directed the busi
ness session. A pleasing feature of
the program was tfie singing of
three numbers by Laney High,
Negro Christian worker. Refresh
ments were served and a social
hour was enjoyed after the meet
ing.
Pleasant Hill
The farmers that are through
weeding plant beds are having a
rest as it is so dry no ploughing
can be done. At this writing it is
cloudy and we are hoping to have
rain.
We are glad to report Mrs. Billy
Horton, formerly of this section
is at home in Wendell after a
long stay in the hospital with sev -
eral operations.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Williford
and sons and Mr. Bennie Willi
ford enjoyed a birthday dinner ar
their father’s E. E. Williford of
Bethany. The dinner was in
honor of Bennie’s birthday.
Mrs. Talmadge Gay and little
daughter are spending sometim?
with their parents Mr. and Mrs.
Bryant Gay. She is from New
Jersey.
We are sorry to report Mrs. H.
E. Whitaker is in Memorial Hos
pital, Morristown, N. J. She has
undergone a serious operation
Mrs. Whitaker is the daughter of
Mrs. E. W. Hood.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. and
children of Neuse and C. D. Pur
year and family were at
T. Y. Puryear’s Sunday.
Mrs. James Allen and baby
daughter left Saturday for a visit
with relatives in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Smith of
Wilmington visited the latter
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Cham
blee recently. Mrs. Smith was not
well during the time here, but
has recovered from her indispo
sition. Graham Chamblee was
also home from Raleigh while his
sister was here.
Mr. Randolph McSwain and
Rex Tippett left Sunday after
noon for a brief trip to Norfolk,
Visititig relatives.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, April 20, 1945
MAD DOG!
A. L. Hatcher, of the Wake
I County Board of Health gives no
tice that a dog recently killed in
the Hopkins Chapel community
was found to have been suffering
from rabiies. He l.ad. since being
infected, bitten a dozen or more
; other dogs and pehaps some live
| stock.
Owners of dogs, particularly
! those not vaccinated against rab
ies, should keep them tied for
1 some time. Any person bitten by
any dog in this section should see
proper authorities as to wether
' the Pasteur treatment should be
! taken. Loss of liife may be involv
ed to say nothing of property en
dangered.
Vaccinate your dog, if it is val
uable; if not, get rid of it. Rabies
may be prevented; it cannot be
cured.
SUPPOSE HE WERE YOUR
SON OR BROTHER
Search is being made for a mem
ber of the Marine Corps who, in
Birmingham, Ala., on April 12,
was bitten by a dog, later found to
have had rabies. He m ist take
anti-rabies treatment or run the
risk of having rabies himself. The
treatment is expensive and pain
ful—but the disease is fatal.
TOBACCO COAL
The Solid Fuels Administrator
has issued SFAW Order No. 23
which provides that any dealer
requiring an additional supply of
bituminous coal for use in a
brooder, hatchery or for tobacco
curing for new users may obtain
the additional coal if a separate
order is filed with his shipper on
or before May 15, 1945.
Mr. Russell Powell, chairman,
urged that all farmers who have
been unable to secure bituminous
coal for use in a brooder, hatch
ery or for tobacco curing to con
tact the County AAA Committee
and secure a certification to be
filed with their order for coal
from their regular dealer.
A. J. Wilson, Sec., Wake County
A. C. A.
SENIORS PRESENT PLAY
Last Friday night, April 13,
Wakelon seniors presented their
class play, “Professor, How Could
You!” The play, a 3-act comedy,
was under the direction of Miss
Dorothy Brake, senior home room
teacher and dramatics club spon
sor. It was well attended and
greatly enjoyed.
Members of- Mrs. Chamblee’s
seventh grade were guests of the
seniors for the performance. They
were second to the seniors in col
lecting scrap paper during the re
cent drive.
MRS. E. H. GREENE
The death of Mrs. Pearl Har
per Greene on last Saturday
morning brought sadness to a
host of friends as well as her
family. Though she had been in
failing health for several years,
i none knew the end was so near
and her going was a shcck to the
community.
The final rites were held at
the Wakefield Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon with Pastor
Robert Hughes in charge, assist
ed by a former pastor, Theo. B.
Davis. Burial was in Wakefield
cemetery.
While her strength permitted
Mrs. Greene was an active church
worker, being also "interested in
all community enterprises.
Surviving are her husband:
four sons, Robert and Harold
Greene of Zebulon, Caot. Allan
Greene, now in England; Albert
Greene of the Marine Force; Mrs.
Ethelyn Hawes of Supply; Mrs.
Ruth Montgomery of Raleigh; a
brother, Luther Harper of Rocky
Mount; a sister, Mrs. Annie Liles
of Wadesboro; and nine grand
children.
Avoid planting sweet potatoes
in fields that may have wilt or
stem rot, black rot, scurf, and
other such diseases, says Howard
Garriss, Extension plant patho
ogist, State qpfllege.
In Service
CAN YOU BLAME HIM?
Some time in the course of its
work the local Draft Board call
ed for and sent out Peter Paul
Montague of near Zebulon. This
week the Board received a post
card from Montague, now some
where in Italy. He wrote: “Hav
ing fine time. Wish you were
here.”
Sgt. Abraham V. Starnes ’s
with the U. S. Supply Forces in
France. His Company, the 1783rd,
landed in Normandy last Novem
ber and operates an engineer de
pot in Southern France, which
stocks over 70,000 different parts
of equipment. Even at that, or
ders come in for parts rat in
stock, when immediate arrange
ments must be made to secure
the needed item. Once when a
small gear had broken, throwing
the lighting system of a hospital
out of use, the needed piece was
located /in Columbus, C%io in an
hour after the need was made
known. That same day it was
started by airplane Tor the De
pot in France . . . Before going
overseas this Company trained at
Camp Claiborne, La., and Colum
bus, Ohio.
Dwight Chamblee, USN, is at
i home on leave. His mother, Mrs.
Ruth Chamblee, is expected home
soon from a Raleigh hospital.
With The 83rd Infantry Divi
sion in Germany.—Pfc. Frank
Parrott of Route No. 1, Zebulon,
N. C., has been awarded the Com -
bat Infantryman Badge for dis
| playing exemplary conduct in ac
tion against the enemy. Ho is the
husband of Ruth Lyles Parrott
Zebulon, N. C.
Douglas Finch, USN. is home
! for a short furlough. He is with
a hospital ship.
Lt. Col. Edward E. Hood spent
a few hours last Thursday even
ing with his mother Mrs. E. W.
Hood of Zebulon. He was on his
way home in Boonville where his
wife, two sons and small daugh
ter reside.
Lt. Hood was in the 75th Div.
going over seas in October. His
army No. 2 was transfered to the
first army then to the seventh
and was in battles in Belgium
France and probably others.
He is home on a furlough and
reassignment after his leave.
He rs a graduate of Wakelon
High School and N. C. State Col
lege, in Raleigh.
S-Sgt. Fred W. Johnson, son of
Mrs. Nita Johnson of Route 3,
Zebulon, is a surgical technician
with the 316th Medical Battalion,
now in the Po Valley, Italy. The
job of this battalion is ,to evacu
ate wounded soldiers from the
field of battle, and for the hospi
talization of wounds that are not
serious; also to supervise sanita
tion and food handling for 15,000
men. Leaving the United States
in May, 1944. the outfit has seen
duty in North Africa as well as
Italy. The 316th has had more
than 200 days of active service
in support of combat operations
and has been awarded the Meri
torious Service Unit Plaque for
superior performance of duty.
W. Basco Lewis, fireman first
class, and his brother, Milton
Lewis, are both in the Pacific
area. They are sons of M. E.
Lewis and the late Mrs. Lewis
of Zebulon, RFD. Mrs. Basco
Lewis is the former Ora Hough
Pvt. William Glen Bunn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bunn, is now
at Camp Butner after serving in
$1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
FARM BUREAU
Raleigh, April 18.—" High in
comes for agriculture are essen
tial for continued prosperity in
the United States,” Agriculture
Commissioner Kerr Scott told 600
members and guests of the Zebu
lon Farm Bureau at their annual
spring meeting last week.
In citing some goals for agri
culture in the years following the
war, Scott pointed to the need for
more rural telephones, a rural
health program, and far-reaching
housing projects for country com
munities. These goals ca nbe real
ized, he pointed out, by a stable
agricultural economy.
"The Farm Bureau has shown
its strength in Washington and
elsewhere. Much of the credit for
the farmer’s present favorable
pasition must go to the untiring
efforts of this organization," said
Scott.
He praised Flake Shaw, sec
retary of the N. C. Farm Bureau
Federation, for his work in be
half of the farmer in the Legis
lature.
E. H. Moser, president of the
Zebulon Farm Bureau, was mas
ter of ceremonies at the barbecue
dinner which orefaced the Scott
speech and the business meeting.
the European war theater 32
j months. His wife is the former
, Dorothy Jean Strickland of Mid
dlesex.
Sergeant “Dude” Brannon is
spending a furlough here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kadar
Brannan, and other relatives.
He has been for some time in
service in Italy and expects to
return to that section of the war
area.
T-Sgt. Melvin J. Massey, son
of Mrs. Guy Massey and the late
Mr. Massey, has, with his unit
received a commendation for
helping establish a new recoru
for handling war supplies in the
European theater of operations.
Mrs. Melvin Massey is the lormer
Lattie Johnson of Red Oak.
T-Sgt. H. K. Buster returned
last week to McGuire 'General
Hospital in Richmond, Virginia,
after spending a 15 day furlough
with his wife and daughter. Sgt.
Buster spent 29 months in she
South Pacific. His wife is the for
mer Mattie Wells of Zebulon.
Army Ground and Service For
ces Redistribution Station, Camp
Butner, N. C. —Pfc. Arthur E.
Creech, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Creech, Route 2, Zebulon, N.
C., is currently stationed at the
Redistribution Station, where he
will spend two weeks before re
porting to his new assignment in
the United States.
Pfc. Creech was returned re
cently to the United States after
having served 22 months in the
Pacific theater of operations,
where he served as a machine
gunner in the Infantry. He holds
the Combat Infantry Badge, Pur
ple Heart, Good Conduct, and
Asiatic-Pacific awards.
Atlanta, Ga., April 18. —Com-
mercial laundries and cleaning
plants in the southeast have re
turned $25,974.11 worth of GI
clothing to nearby posts.
This was in, response to an ap
peal by General Uhl for the re
turn of all types of GI clothes that
may be found in homes, hotels, or
business places.
Reports show that clothes from
cotton drawers to wool overcoats
were turned in by the laundries
and were from bundles that sol
diers had left to be laundered or
cleaned. Post Quartermasters paid
the laundry or cleaning bills on
each bundle. Socks,, handker
chiefs, caps, shorts, undershirts,
were turned in by the thousands,
while some of the more expensive
items were 142 field jackets, worth
$10.50 each; .55 wool Overcoats
worth $15.85. Then there were 1,
914 pairs of cotton trousers and
866 pairs of wool pants and 2,099
cotton shirts on the almost end
less lists.
The campaign is continuing and
families of soldiers are again
asked to bundle any GI clothing
they have and send it express col
lect to the Quartermaster, at the
nearest Army poet or camp.