This, That & 'j
The Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis I
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As I worked in the back - yard
Monday the three-year-old grand
son played around. He found a
work-bench which he declared
was a boat. He got hold of a long
stick and a piece of rope, said he
was going fishing, tied the rope to
the stick, climbed onto his “boat"
and was industriously fishing
when his mother came by.
“Have you caught a fish?" she
asked brightly.
“No", he replied, adding in the
patient, explanatory tone reserved
for tiny children and low-grade
morons, “I’m just playing there’s
water around here.”
Have you tried putting plain,
close-fitting covers on your pil
lows under the regular ones? If
not, you’ll be amazed at how much
. soil they keep off the ticking.
That’s another good use for feed
sacks or for the corners of worn
out sheets.
Here’s a real question: Have
you read the complete charter
which was drawn up in San Fran
cisco at the Conference of the
United Nations and which has
been presented to our Congress for
adoption? Or are you, like me.
waiting for a chance to study it
carefully and, perhaps, discuss ij
with the family? We’d better not
wait too long; and we really ought
to read it word by word. Only in
that way can we really understand
what is being aimed at, and how.
It might be a good idea to ar
range for group study of the char
ter.
The Christian Science Monitor
reminds us that one “simple anti
dote for hot weather is a mental
quality called Serenity.” Accord
ing to Webster serenity is the
state or quality of being serene;
and serene means fair and calm;
free from anxiety and unrest;
marked by peaceful repose; plac
id; tranquil. A person who could
establish serenity now probably
would not be troubled by calami
ties worse than hot weather.
Has anyone found away to pre
vent flies from congregating when
and where an outdoor meal is be
ing eaten? You can manage the
first part all right, before the flies
have found out you’ve come out
side. But about midway they ar
rive in full force, active and hun
gry. From then on it is a free-for
all and the best man doesn’t al
ways win. The hostess can't help
feeling embarrassed, though the
flies are surely not her personal
property nor is she responsible
for their behavior.
The trouble about using the
spray that keeps flies off cows
while they are milked is that the
odor may affect food flavor,
though I am not positive it would.
Has it been tried?
These days there’s no use try
ing to buy wire screening enough
to make an outdoor dining room—
we can’t even find enough for a
couple of windows.
It really looks as if the time and
money so many of us put into out
door fireplaces was largely wast
ed, unless we can be less finicky
about insects.
WRECKS
The intersection of Arendall
Avenue and the State Highway at
the Baptist Church corner is a j
dangerous crossing. The last two
Sundays have seen two serious
collisions of motor vehicles at this
junction of roads. In each case
persons were seriously injured and
hospitalization was necessary. It
has not been possible to secure j
nom.es of drivers of all the cars.
Many are of the opinion that
authorities should place a stop
light at the crossing instead of
leaving all to the judgment or
lack of judgment of drivers. And
it is certain that more care should
be used than is being evidenced at
present by an alarming number of
travelers in cars.
NEW CURING
In the Peoples Bank here is a i
bundle of newly cured tobacco!
leaves. They are smooth and
bright, if a bit thin. Farmers are
beginning the usual summer rush
of priming and curing with good
hopes of high prices for the sell
ing season.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 21. No. 16
join The Marines
During thejnonth of July a lim
ited number of 17 year old young
men will be enlisted in the U. S.
Marine Corps, it was announced by
Major John M. Greer, Recruiting
Officer for this State.
Young men who have not yet
attained the age of 18 years and
who have an eighth grade educa
j tion should write or apply to the
Marine Recruiting Office. Post
Office Bldg., Raleigh, N. C., for
application blanks. Such young
[ men as apply should provide
| themselves with birth certificates
and parents’ consent form.
Accepted applicants will be sent
| to Parris Island, S. C., for recruit
\ training and will be given six
j months training before being sent
overseas.
Ration Calendar
Processed Foods (Blue Stamps)
—T2, U 2. V 2, W 2, X 2, now valid,
expire July 31; Y 2, Z 2, Al, 81,
Cl, now valid, expire August 31:
Dl, El, FI, Gl, HI, now valid, ex
pire Sept. 30; Jl, Kl, LI, Ml, Nl.
now valid, expire, October 31.
Meats and Fats —(Red Stamps)
—K2, L 2. M 2, N 2, P 2, now valid,
expire July 31; Q 2, R 2, S 2, T 2,
U 2, now valid, expire August 31;
V 2, W 2, X 2, Y 2, Z 2, now valid, ex
pire Sept. 30; Al, 81. Cl. Dl, El,
now valid, expire October 31.
Sugar; Sugar Stamp No. 36,
good for 5 lbs., expires August 31.
Shoes: Airplane Stamps Nos. 1,
2, 3. now good.
Fuel Oil: Periods 1,2, 3,4, 5,
valid for 10 gallons each.
Gasoline: A-16 coupons valid
June 22 through Sept. 21.
Revival At Wake
Cross Roads Now
Revival services will begin at
Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church
| Sunday night, July 15, to continue
; through the week. Services each
evening at 8:30. Rev. A. D. Par
rish, pastor, will do the preaching.
Barn Hangars
Oklahoma. ?.lore than 40
farmers in this state are using old
barns as hangars for their air
planes. In each case the farmers
have cleared smooth runways in
their pastures near the barns.
However, landing fields outnum
ber the planes for many other
farmers who do not yet own a
plane have cleared runways so
that their flying farmer friends
may visit them.
ThatAirmarker
Nobody has yet done any
thing about Mark Twain’s big
problem—the weather. We
are still waiting for the sun
to shine, the camera man on
hand, smooth air, a plane,
and a pilot all the same time.
We almost had that one day
this week twice, but after
noon thunder-storms and rain
thwarted our best efforts. We
believe that we will be able
to take that promised picture
this week some time we
hope.
The only new contributor
this week is Chief of Police
W. B. Hopkins.
FIRST COTTON BLOODS
The first cotton blooms for this
season have been brought in by
C. B. Bryant, who manages a farm
belonging to R. L. Isaacs. This
was on July 5, one blossom being
white and the other pink.
Mrs. M. D. Hood brought in
blossoms found in their fields on
July 7 and 8.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, July 13, 1945
| In Service
Sgt. James Eason is home after
a long period of service overseas
with an honorable discharge from
I the Army. He, Mrs. Eason and
| their little daughter are beginning
housekeeping.
Staff Sgt. George H. Temple,
Med. Det. 717 Ry. OPN. Bn. has
been given an honorable discharge
according to the point system after
four years in the Army. He was
inducted in April, 1941, at Ft.
Meade, Md., and served 31 months
in England, France and Germany.
Lately an old Wakelon School
boy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
Edwards of Zebulon, Route 3, re
flected honor on the school and
this community by a baptism of
fire before and enroute to Mu
nich, when twice he assumed com
mand of his platoon during vicious
fighting, the second time to con
tinue until commissioned Lieuten
ant. During one battle he was
captured and held for six hours,
released by friendly troops, re
joined the platoon, reorganized it
! and went back in the fight to mop
up the entrenched Germans.
For superior service and great
courage he was promoted from
Sgt. to Lieutenant. He also has
! won the bronze star medal. He is
| still in Germany.
With the 103rd (Cactus) Divi
j sion in Austria. Pfc. Doctor A.
| Lucas, Route 3, Zebulon, has been
awarded the Combat Infantry
! Badge for outstanding perform
j ance of duty with the 193rd Infan
! try Division in ground combat
against the enemy. He is serving
with the 410th Regiment of the
! Cactus Division.
Sgt. Clarence Morgan arrived in
Zebulon last week, having re
ceived an honorable discharge
from the armed forces.
i Chief Commisary Stewart Jarvis
Gay has returned to the States af
j ter 17 months in the Pacific. He
has been in servicce 6 years -md
; participated in two European in
vasions before being transferrred
to the Pacific theater.
With the 103rd (Cactus) Divi
sionin Austria. Pfc. Wilford Ho
cutt. Route 1, Zebulon, has been
awarded the Combat Infantry
Badge for outstanding perform
ance of duty with the 103rd In
! fantry Division in ground combat
against the enemy. He is serving
with the 410th Regiment of the
Cactus Division.
John O. Rankin, Quartermaster
of the Marines, who volunteered
for service in 1942, died of wounds
received on Okinawa the 23rd of
June. He was at Parris Island
nearly three years before going to
the Pacific last July. He leaves
his wife, formerly Henrietta Bien
field, of Beaufort, S. C., and a
1 six months old daughter. Monica
Montgomery; a father, John O.
Rankin, Jr.; two sisters, Margar
et and Winnefred of Gastonia, j
and one brother, James Thomas
Rankin, who is in Italy.
He was a nephew of Mrs. A. R.
House of Zebulon, son of the late
Placide Dunford Rankin. Another
nephew, Richard Bataeman Dun
ford was killed in Italy a year ago
the 3rd of June. Both boys have
visited here.
CURRENT TROUBLE
Some time during the threatened
storm Tuesday afternoon trouble
developed at the local sub-station
of the Carolina Power & Light
Company. Users of current
found it diminishing till it finally
stopped and machinery run by
electricity was forced to idleness.
However, as usual, repairmen were
right on the job and everything
was soon brought under control
again. Workers lost only a little
time.
G. J. Griffin New
Rotary President
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J Early Moser installed the new
Rotary officials in office with a
brief talk pregnant with the
ideals of International Rotary.
George Griffin’s inaugural talk
embodied a promise to uphold his
office with sincerity; help the
club maintain its-100 per cent at -
tendance meetings so long as this
could be done without disregard
ing the sound principles of Rotary
integrity.
Officials and committees for the
coming year are:
President George Griffin
Vice-President Raleigh Alford
Secretary Luther Massey
Treasurer Vance Brown
Directors D. D. Chamblee
Howard Beck
Sgt.-at-arms Charlie Vale
CLUB SERVICE COMMITTEE
Vayden Whitley, Chairman
Program Early Moser
Attendance Raleigh Alford
Fellowship Ralph Talton
Classification Ted Davis
Membership Oliver Glover
Rotary Information .. Early Moser
Public Information Ted Davis
D.D. Chamblee
Magazine Irby Gill
Song Leader Ralph Talton
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Charlie Vale
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
Howard Beck
COMMUNITY SERVICE COMM
Luther Massey, Chairman
Boy Scouts Oliver Glover
Irby Gill
Vance Brown
Rural-Urban D. D. Chamblee
Youth Service Roy Lowery
Gwyn Price of the North Caro
lina Conservation Committee was
a welcome visitor.
THANKS SENT
Because farmers in North Caro
lina cheerfully and generously re
sponded to pleas for help in se
curing tobacco plants for this
year’s crop, a letter of thanks has
been sent from grower* in Hali
fax County. First printed in the
Record-Advertiser of South Bos
ton, copies have been sent to pub
lishers of weeklies in this section.
The letter says a good stand has
been secured and that farmers are
most grateful for the kind recep
tion and splendid co-operation
given them.
Individual statements from
farmers in Campbell repeat the
expressions in the letter from Hal
ifax. Wake, Franklin and John
ston counties will be kindly re
membered in Virginia.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge P. Den
ton of Washington, D. C., an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Diana Lee, on July 7. Mrs. Den
ton is the former Miss Edna Lee
Thompson of Washington. Mr.
Denton is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Denton of Zebulon.
Captain and Mrs. James Arthur
Rosenstock announce the birth of
a son, James Arthur Rosenstock,
Jr., on July Bth, at the Good Sa
maritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. Rosenstock is the sorter
Miss Ann Kemp of Zebulon.
STOLEN, BORROWED OR LOST:
One pair good leather work
gloves, one 8-foot folding step
ladder, one Plumb carpenter’s
hammer. These were taken
from new shop building on
Main Street. If the ones who
“borrowed" them do not need
them worse than I do, please re
turn them any time between
6:00 P. M. and 8:00 A. M. No
one will be working between
these hours. A word to the hon
est is sufficient.—Tbeo. B. Davis
$1.50 Per Year, In Advance
County Youths In
National Contest
1 Seven Wake C' un’v farm youths
j will oit their .. . v. .edge of effi
; cient produi tion and marketing
methods aga no hoy d girls of
45 states in i e fi*‘ annual con
test of the National Junior Vege
table Growers AssoHathn
This countis’ entries are eligible
to compete for aw is frot- the
i $6,000 scholarship fund provided
I annually for the association con
test by the A & P I nod Stores,
J Prof. Grant B. Snyder, of ” assa
chusetts State College, advisory
chairman of the junior group, r -
J ported. The awards include a
| SSOO national championship, four
S2OO regional awards, and 33 -
I tional championships of SIOO each.
Two war bonds are offered out
standing contestants in each state.
“The 1945 contest has a dual
purpose,” said Prof. Snyder. “One
is to emphasize the vital need for
increased food production this
year and the second is to illustrate
to young people how necessary ef
ficient production and marketing
methods will be to vegetable
growers of the future. Winners
are decided on the basis of the
contestants’ efforts on studies of
production and marketing their
vegetable projects and their com
! munity activities.”
Among the contestants enrolled
from this county are Wyatt Coley
and Billy C. Brewer of Holly
Springs; Parker R. Faison of
Wake Forest; Bobby Barker, Bill
Forrest, Winfield Dunn and Jean
E. Jordan of Raleigh.
CHURCH NEWS
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BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for July 15: a ’<*
10:00 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon topic: “Obligations of
Church Membership”.
7:15 Training Union.
8:00 Evening Worship. At this
hour Mr. Charles Horton will
bring the message.
METHODIST W. S. C. S.
Mrs. Fred Page, leader, gave an
inspiring talk on Advancing in
Understanding (races). Mrs. Hit
ching told of the small doors by
which to enter to create a better
i understanding.
Jocelyn House played the na
tional anthems of the following
countries: America, Japan,
Greece, China, and Russia; also
Negro spirituals. Ten were pres
j ent.
The spiritual life group that
met in the home of A. R. House
i consisted of fifteen.
CLASS MEETING
"
The Young Married Ladies
Class of the Wakefield Baptist
, Church held its monthly meeting
, at the home of Mrs. Edison Wood
| on Friday night, June 29th, with
fifteen members, two visitors, and
three new members present.
Mrs. Edison Wood had charge
of the program. Her subject was:
| “On Going Home”. Mrs. Douglas
Bobbitt read the devotional. A
poem was read by Mrs. Douglas
Pace, “A Worthy Life”. Mrs. Wi
ley Bobbitt read notes from a
chaplain’s diary, “A Leg For
Christ”. Duet by Mrs. T. C. Pip
pin and Mrs. Jim Stephenson, ac
companied at the piano by Mrs.
Harold Greene.
During the social hour contests
were enjoyed, with prizes award
ed the winners.
The hostess served fruit salad,
cakes and punch with little flags
stuck in gum drops for favors.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. W. R. Sherron. We
urge all members to be present.
WINDOW-WASHING HINT
U6e an up-and-down stroke on
the outside of the pane when
washing windows, and a side-to
side stroke on the inside. If a
mark is left, you can then easily
tell which side needs additional
polishing.—Farm Journal.