This, That &
The Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis !
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At our last class meeting, as
the girls snipped scraps or stitch
ed bandages, we began to dis
cuss what work can best left for
later on when one has to get a’t
something else before the house
keeping chores are finished.
Some one asked whether the ma
jority prefer letting the beds wait
and washing the dishes, or the
other way round. We decided
it’s better to do the dishes. You
can, in case company comes in.
pretend you wanted to let the
beds air anyway; but nobody be
lieves airing helps dirty plates or
cups. They just get worse and
worse ... I liked this sentence in
a story I read: “It is easy to be
noble when somebody else does
the dishes.”
For a long time we have heard
of Union Church or Union Chapel.
Such names are by no means un
usual. But it was a bit surpris
ing in reading proof to come
across a Reunion Chapel. The
same association has a church
named Watery Branch. So logi
cal!
Our State Convention lists
among its Baptist Churches
Hanging Dog, Old Shooting
Creek. Meat Camp, Toe String,
Bone Valley, Id Bull Creek.
Shortoff, Tobemory, and Ijames
X Roads. That last one bothered
me. For ever so long I read it
Eye-James, but finally learned it
is pronounced Imes, There are
all sorts of Creeks, Springs,
Branches, Mounts and Groves
and an assortment of Hopes,
Pleasant, New, Good, etc. There
are Hills in variety—Snow, Shady,
Pleasant, Pink, Maple, South,
Zion, and others. There are a
number of Rocks, one of the odd
est being Hickory Rock. In the
western associations are numer
ous Indian names —Tuckaseigee
Stecoah, Tuskeegee, Tusquittee,
But none beat Notla and Tomotla,
which are in the same association.
And Grandmother’s Gap is the
only one of its kind in the state.
It is strange how differently we
are affected by the deaths of men
whom we know only by reading
of them.
When told that our President
had died I sensed it as a major
catastrophe, of importance to the
whole world, so great as to be im
personal. Six days later, told that
Ernie Pyle had been killed, I
felt personally bereft, and tears
blinded me.
It has been said in this column
before, but I repeat that to me it
sounds better to say a person Jr as
died than to put it that he de
parted this life, fell on sleep, pass
ed to his reward, went to meet
his Maker, or did anything else
of that kind. Likewise I prefer
hearing one was born to being
told he first saw the light of day,
began his earthly pilgrimage, or
came as God’s gift to his parents.
It suits me to say I married mv
husband instead of becoming his
bride or being united to him in
matrimony.
Simplicity may be as elegant is
any long words in the dictionary
Are You Satisfied?
A. L. Hatcher of the Wake
County Board of Health has sug
gested that all citizens of this
community who are not satisfied
with the present situation as re
gards d<*»s go before the town
commissioners at their next mee -
ing and petition for a change. The
next meeting will be on the night
of May 7 and Mr. Hatcher has
offered to come down and meet
with those -present.
The fact that rabies is known to
be in the county adds e ravit yj>
conditions that have long been
annoying. Dogs roam at lyge
and no one can be sure al ’ have
been inoculated against the di
. sease that means death, if con
tracted. Measures of safety have
been enacted into laws; but
can not be effective if co-opera
tion of citizens is not se<^ re< *^
If you would like t° see a
change of policy and practiceJn
* dog-control, come to the nexx
town meeting. •
Misses Annetta Burnette of
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Tippett.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 21. No. 35
Wakelon News
Recognizing the fact that many
students a”e unable to study ef
fectively simply because they
have never been taught to do so,
and appreciating the fact that on
ly through effective study will the
pupil be able to do creditable
work and receive the greatest
benefit, a committee of Wakelon
faculty members was appointed to
formulate a schedule whereby the
student might be guided to pur
poseful studying. Serving on the
committee were Miss Rachel
Bright, chairman, Mrs. F. E.
Bunn, Miss Louise Powers, Miss
Lowney Olive, and Mrs. Ena D.
Anderson. Before the committee
drew its plans, the entire faculty
went over a program of study
helps recommended by Profes
sors J B. Edmondson and How
ard Y. McClusky, School of Edu
cation, University of Michigan.
The following points came as a
recommendation from Miss Bright
and her committee:
1. Know your assignment.
2. Organize a study schedule.
3. Plan to study at a particular
time each day.
4. Pick a quiet, well-lighted
and well-ventilated place for
study. Studying in a room with
other people or where a radio is
playing takes twice as long.
5. Collect all necessary mater
ials before you begin.
6. Discard all unnecessary ar
ticles that will distract your at
tention.
7. Don’t waste time; start your
study immediately.
8. Concentrate.
9. Vary your reading according
to its purpose. Read fast to find
main points; read slowly if study
ing in detail.
10. After reading, close your
book and see if you can recite
what you have read. If you can’t,
reread the selection.
11: If you are to memorize the
material, memorize units as a
whole, not bit by bit.
12. Outline or take notes to
vary your studying.
13. Think of questions you may
be asked and answer them by
giving full particulars.
14. When your teacher asks a
question, answer it in youi mind
even though she doesn’t call on
you.
15. Allow a reasonable amount
of time for each subject and ful
fill your schedule.
16. Don’t study too long at the
time; stop and relax at inter
vals.
17. Review frequently.
18! Prepare your written les
sons twice.
19. Discuss your studies with
your family and friends. Expres
sion clarifes and deepens impres
sion.
20. Keep yourself physically
fit.
These suggestions were accept
ed by the faculty group and copies
have been printed. Every high
school student and those in the
higher elementary, grades will
have in at least one bonk a copy
of these study helps. If the stu
dent will follow the schedule, bet
ter studying will result, which
will mean better class room work
and greater progress.
Vegetable Weevil
T Y. Baker on Route 3 has
been puzzled and worried be
cause of damage done to h»s
plants by some unknown pest. He
read in a recent issue of The News
and Observer of the vegetable
weevil, a hew insect that came
to this country from South Amer
ica, went out and searched ti.l
he found some exactly answering,
the description which says:
“The injurious stage of this in
sect is the larva, which is green
ish brown and one-half inch long.
It is a legless grub with a curved
body. It damages plants by eat
ing off the foilage and attacking
the bud. Larvae are generally
found beneath the leaves of the
tobacco plants and may complete
ly destroy the bed, if not controll
ed.”
Mr. Baker says his plantbeds
are almost ruined. The insect has
been found in Wayne County as
well as in Wake.
Zebulon, N. C.. Friday, April 27,1945
Church News
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Members of the Methodist
Church are asked to remember
the Quarterly Conference to be
held here Sunday at 8:00 P. M.
RALEIGH WMU
The annual session of the Ra 1
eigh W. M. U. at Hephzibah last
week was well attended, 449 del
egates registering, while some
failed to have their names list
ed. The local committee did their
work faithfully. In the auditori
um roses, lilies and daisies, ail
yellow, were effectively used. The
dinner served at the noon recess,
was plentiful and delicious.
Mrs. Orion Mixon of Raleigh
presided over the sessions. The
program was built around the
hymn, “Lead On, O King Etern
al,” devotionals, reports and ad
dresses emphasizing phrases in
the different stanzas.
The combined Raleigh-Central
now known as the Raleigh Asso
ciation, has so many societies
they have been divided into
groups for more effective work.
State workers brought messages
of inspiration and encouragement
and the meeting was held to be
most profitable. Special thanks
were given the hostess church for
courtesies extended during the
day.
BAPTIST CHURCH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon: “Overcoming Trouble”
7:15 Training Union.
8:00 Evening Worship. Sermon:
“Overcoming Temptation.”
Middlesex Seniors
Are Entertained
Mrs. Homer Bunn of Middlesex
and Mrs. Frank Kemp, mothers
of the mascots of the Middlesex
high school seniors, entertained
the class at dinner on Saturday
evening at the Zebulon’s Woman’s
Club.
Mixed summer flowers in pro
fusion decorated the auditorium
and diningroom. On the long din
ing table was a centerpiece of
flowers in purple and white, the
class colors. Place cards were m
the form of tiny diplomas tied
with purple and white ribbons.
The three courses served in
cluded fruit cocktail, Virginia
ham, potato salad, stuffed celery,
glazed apples, cloverleaf rolls,
strawberry shortcake and whip
ped cream. Lady Talton and Lou
nell Strickland assisted in serving.
Miss Frances Manning, teacher
of the grade, Clyde Kemp and
Frank Kemp were special guests.
Music was provided by Charles
Horton, pianist, and Hilda Win
stead, vocalist, both Wakelon se
niors Mrs. Kemp and Miss Man
ning also sang after dinner and o
program of games was enjoyed
with prizes for winners.
Sandra Bynn and Terry Kemp
are the class mascots and were
present with the following sen
niors: Jackie Hales, Mary Eliza
beth Morris, Lela Overman, Ange
line Cone, Pauline Cone, Mildred
Bunn, Ereelle Driver, Vanille Fer
rell, Marion Brantley, Elsie
Strickland, Barbara Ruth Strick
land, Ruby Stallings, Inez Batts,
Percy Lee Batt,s, Bobby Murray,
Charles Hagwood, Kenneth
Brantley, A. G. Driver.
Freak Egg.
C. E. Seawell of the Purol Sta
tion brought to the Record office
an egg laid by an ordinary look
ing White Leghorn hen. But the
egg is not
quarter of a pound and has a
seam across the middle as if the
hen had sewed two eggs together,
and having two yolks.
CORRECTION
By error this paper stated last
week that the City Market has
floor waxes for rent. It is a wax
ing machine or “waxer” that .s
for rent. The waxes are for sale.
The waxer, electrically operated,
will save time and strength for
the user. *
Cancer Control
The campaign for the control
of cancer ended for the Zebulon-
Wakefield community with con
tributions totalling $551.10. Taking
part in the drive were:
Wakelon Theater $ 75.00
Wakefield Community 28.05
Rotary Club * 4.00
Shephard School 51.10
Wakelon School 42.40
Miscellaneous 335!95
Wakelon P. T. A. 25.00
Beck Bros. Veneer Co. 25.00
C. V. Whitley ' 10.00
J. K. Barrow, Sr. 10.00
Sr. Womans Club 10.00
Avon Privette 10.00
Jr. Womans Club 8.30
The following gave $5.00 each:
Zebulon Dry Cleaners, Ivey
Narron, J. M. Chevrolet Co., J.
A. Kemp & Son, Flowers Store,
Temple Market. City Market, E.
C. Daniel. Paul Brantley, Hunters
Five & Ten, C. B. Eddins, An
tones Dept. Store, Kannons Case
Massey Lumber Co., Whitley &
Scarboro, Page Store, Peoples
Bank, C. L. Dunn, Dr G. S. Bar
bee, Mrs. A. V. Medlin, Carolina
Power & Light, J. L. Stell Dry
Cleaners, Dr. Chas. E. Flowers,
Dr. J. F. Coltrane, W. B. Bunn,
A. S. Bogen Store, Little River
Ice Co., Zebulon Grocery Co.,
Howard Beck, I. D. Gill, Zebulon
Gin, Elite Beauty Salon, W. R.
Sherron, John Broughton, J. K.
Barrow, Jr., Wakelon Builders
Supply, P. P. Pace, Mrs. Ethel
Parker.
The P. T. A. of the Shephard
School sponsored fRe drive for
the colored people. The ensuing
report was made:
Wakefield Bapt. Ch. $10.60
P. T. A. S. H. S. 10.00
Zebulon Bapt. Ch. 5.00
Christian Church 4.00
Pilot Bapt. Church 5.00
Holiness Church 3.00
Shephard School 2.25
Citizen Improvement Club 7.75
Public 1.25
White Oak School 1.20
Total $51.10
S
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In Service
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March 23, 1945
Dear Mr. Davis,
As a reader of your paper I
want to write you and let you
know just, how much I appre
ciate it. I really do like to read
it and see how my old friends
back home are doing and just
what they are doing toward win
ning this war. From what I can
learn and read they are doing
fine. I, myself, and I am sure the
rest of the boys, are thankful fo~
what they are doing. From the
bottom of our hearts.
In my last paper I saw where
Mr. Vaiden Whitley had lost his
son in action. My deepest sym
pathy is with the family. May the
Lord be with them through their
troubles. I am thankful to God
Almighty that I am still alive and
in good health. And I am still
praying to Him that He will keep
me safe from all harm and dan
ger, and see me home dTter this
war is over.
D R. Strickland,
Co. C. 601, T. D. Bn. APO 758
New Lork, N. Y.
With this letter was a clipping
from Stars and Stripes protesting
against the treatment said to be
given German prisoners here
while U. S. soldiers fare far
worse a sto food and surround
ings. The writers believe that
fines and sentences should be
dealt out to those who fraternize
with Germans here or overseas;
at least until the Germans are
whipped and realize it. They fear
Continued on page 2
$1.50 Per Year, Payable In Advance
April Court
W. E. Jeffreys was the only
white man tried at the April
court. He received a sentence of
30 days on the highways for
drunkenness. This was suspended
on payment of a fine of SIO.OO
plus costs of case.
Colored citizens were tried and
judged as follows:
Albert Fields for assault had a
sentence of 60 days on state roads
suspended on payment of $25.00
and costs.
Andrew Bridges pleaded guil
ty of drunken driving and had a
60-days sentence suspended on
payment of $50.00 and costs.
Ed Wilder, charged with non
support of an illegitimate child,
was sentenced to 6 months on the
roads. This was suspended on
payment of costs and a promise
to pay $30.00 a month to Rosa
Mae Price, beginning June 1.
Mark Hinton pled guilty to a
charge of careless and reckless
driving and a 60-days sentence
was susrpended on payment of
$25.00 and costs.
Louise Fields was found guilty
of assault. Her sentence of thirty
days in the county jail was sus
pended on payment of SIO.OO and
costs. She was also tried for pos
session of non-tax-paid whiskey.
This brought a suspended sentence
of 60 days in jail with payment
of $15.00 fine and costs.
Tallie King and William Rob
erts, alike charged with drunken
ness, paid $5.00 fine and costs.
Ortis Carpenter was found to
have been drunk and disorderly.
His sentence of 60 days was sus
i pended on payment of $25.00 plus
costs.
For public drunkenness Thomas
Wright paid a fine of SIO.OO and
costs.
Henry Bailey was found to
have been both drunk and dis
j orderly. He paid $25.00 and costs.
Arthur Wood, adjudged guilty
j of public drunkenness, was given
6 months on the roads, suspend
: ed on paying $25.00 and costs.
Non-tax-paid whiskey in the
possession/of Nathaniel Christmas
cost him $25.00 and costs of case.
For drunkenness Tom Debnam
paid costs on a suspended sen
tence.
Leroy Horton, found drunk and
disorderly, paid $20.00 and costs.
Wreck Here
Mrs. Ralph Talton and two
other ladies carried a number of
children to Raleigh Tuesday ev
ening to a Baptist Training Union
conference. They returned about
10:30 o’clock. Mrs. Talton, after
signalling, stopped in front 'f
Ruric Gill’s home to let Faye
Gill out. A car with four negro
men in it came up behind, going,
so it is reported, from 60 to 73
miles an hour. The driver put on
brakes, yet the car skidded 80
feet into the back of Mrs. Tal
ton’s car. She was shaken up and
bruised and the Gill child’s
shoulder was bruised badly. The
car was shoved 75 feet before it"
stopped. The rear end was badly
damaged.
One negro escaped, the others
were arrested and carried to the
lockup. Later two of them were
released, one of whom was hurt
considerably. The driver, Graham
Parham, of Wendell is still in jail.
Reports say that the Negroes were
all drinking, and had been speed
ing over the streets for sometime
before running into the Talton
Car.
A number of cars and a bus
stopped at the place of the acci
dent. Pink Medlin came along at
the time and tried to pass the
standing bus, and scraped into its
side, but with little damage. He
was taken up by officers who
found reasonable evidence that he
had been drinking. He gave bond
and was released.
Address Students
Misses Ruth Liner of Hillsboro
and Ruth Lambeth of Moncure,
both cadet nurses at Rex Hospital,
spoke to senior and juniqr classes
at Wakelon Wednesday morning.