This, That &
The Other
By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis
V
Now that the floods have passed
by and are spreading over fields
farther east, we are beginning to
feel less moldy and mildewed.
But the bureau drawers are still
swollen and stuck. A week ago,
in getting ready for church, I had
to select a third dress to wear be
cause the belts to the first and
second choice were in a drawer
that positively refused to open.
Two more are stuck half-way and
will neither open nor close. Please
tell me what is best to be done in
such a case, if it’s anything be
sides waiting till the wood dries
out.
Mrs. W. N. Pitts made a deli
cious variation of my scutterbotch
pie. She used part molasses and
part sugar, instead of all sirup
and added crushed pecans to the
mixture. Best of all, she gave me
a piece of the pie.
If you want hollyhocks to bloom
next summer, better sow the seed
as soon as possible; there is
barely time for them to be up
and growing before frost. Where
I came from we had to get the
seed in the ground in August to
be sure the plants would bloom
the following summer. Frost
comes later here and I believe
there is yet time. But hurry. My
sister sent me so many this year’s
seed that I did not need one-fourth
of them. They are in shades of
pink and rose, many being semi
double. If you want some of the
seed let me know, and I’ll be glad
to divide as long as they hold out.
Had you noticeu that walnut
trees are the first to shed their
leaves, not even waiting for fall?
They look almost immodest, stand
ing around naked among other
trees still fully dressed. Maybe
they are Lying to call attention to
the walnuts, which are certainly
worth saving any time, and espe
cially now.
I hardly know which is worse,
hulling green walnuts or storing
them as is and then having a bad
time keeping the particles of dried
hulls out of the kernels when
cracking the nuts. Somebody said
bore an auger hole and place the
walnuts over it to hull them, hit
ting hard enough to force the nut’
through and leave the hull. I’ve
never tried that, going at the job,
if at all, in the old-fashioned way
staining hands and clothes.
Have you ever made a floor
stain with walnut hulls? It can
be done satisfactorily.
One day last week I read this
sentence: “We must be
strong enough not only to resist
evil, but to believe in good.” That
may be merely a different way of
saying what has been said before,
but it impressed me. There is on
ly a dreary outlook when one re
sists evil unless a better day is
hoped for; unless we “trust that
somehow good will be the final
goal of ill.” Believing in good
puts joy into living and zest into
action. Belief in goodness makes
us kind.
It is surprising how many per
sons who pay no attention what
ever to what the Bible says about
the end of the world will get all
wrought up over a so-called
prophecy by an ordinary mortal.
Even here in Zebulon were those
who felt some uneasiness last Fri
day morning and some days
before. Some wondered if they'd
be in a better position if they had
joined a church and joining a
church has never yet saved a soul.
Other actions and reactions varied,
but minds were concerned with
what might happen.
Since Christ plainly said that no
man. and not even the angels in
heaven knew when the world was
to end. why should anyone think
it has been revealed? Christ also
said it will come “in such an hour
as ye think not”; so why stand
around watching for it?
For my part. I feel sure my own
life on earth will end before the
world does. And that is plenty
for a mind like mine. Being ready
for the end of my life is for me
of more importance than any date.
Little Claire Pippin is visiting
in the home of her uncle, Claude
Pippin, while her mother, Mrs. L.
L. Pippin of Bunn, is in the hos
pital.
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 22. No. 4
Work Is Begun On
Freezer Building
Construction has begun on the
frozen food locker building in
, Zebulon, near the filtering plant
j and court room. Barnet and Hilp,
a $34,000,000 construction con
cern with head offices in San
Francisco are the contractors.
They have a branch office in Ra
leigh which serves the South.
A beginning has been made on
the foundation work on the locker
building for both Wake Forest and
Zebulon. Don Johnson and Sons
of Wake Forest will be the owners
of these plants. Mr. Johnson has
been engaged in the cotton mill
business for a number of years.
Each colonial-style structure will
house 630 frozen food lockers.
Southern Foods, Inc., will con
tract the insulation, equipment
and other parts of the locker sys
-1 tern.
The growth of the freezer-lock
er industry in the United States
has been outstanding. From a to
tal of 2,923 plants and 1,016,106
lockers at the end of 1940, the in
dustry grew up to a total of 4.556
plants and 1,736,807 lockers at the
end of 1942 when food rationing
began. It is estimated that when
the plants are fully developed
there will be 18,345 plants and
9.203,318 lockers in. the United
States. The growth would have
been more rapid in recent years if
the necessary building and equip
ment materials had been avail
able.
It is believed that the plant be
ing erected in Zebulon will be a
great saving and convenience to
the people of this section. It will
be completed within a few months
unless unforeseen trouble arises
in securing the necessary building
material and equipment.
Local Red Cross
Is Commended
Below is a letter received re
cently by Mrs. Wallace Temple,
chairman of Red Cross sewing
here.
Mrs. Wallace Temple
Zebulon, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Temple:
For some time we have been
thinking of you and your fine
contribution to he Wake County
Chapter Red Cross sewing and are
taking this opportunity to thank
you for it. We hope Zebulon will
find pleasure in making sleeping
garments accepted as your quota.
These garments are more difficult,
to make than some, but we know
they will be finished on time.
From National Headquarters we
hear that our sewing must go on
for a long, long time in order to
make the hospital supplies of hot
water bottle covers, bed room
slippers, bed pan and ice bag
covers, pajamas and shirts, as
well as more utility and bedside
bags, needed for the convenience
of our returned sick and wounded
men.
We are not asking you to double
your efforts during this fall and
winter, for we feel sure you will
continue to do all within your
oower to help the children of oth
er countries as well as our own
boys.
Cordially yours,
Maude Bernard Browne,
Production Chairman.
Robena A. .IcLean,
Executive Secretary.
Mrs. Temple asks for volunteers
to take completed work in to Ra
leigh headquarters in the Wo
man’s Club building. She has been
urged to forward completed work
as rapidly as possible instead of
waiting till the quota Os garments
has been made.
Charles Hinton, USN, and Jack
Hinton, AUS, were here for the i j
weekend with their parents, the
A. S. Hintons.
Mrs. Evelyn Morrow came from j 1
Pittsboro to spend the weekend :
with her sister, Mrs. Ida Hall.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, September 28, 1945 $1.50 Per Year, In Advance
Club News
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
The Junior Woman’s Club held
its first meeting of the club year
Tuesday night, September 18, with
Lucy Massey, new president, in
charge. The attendance was very!
good and the business session gave
promise of one of the best year’s
work on record in store. All local
young women interested are in
vited to join the club.
JUNIOR CLUB BOOTH AT FAIR
This week at the Five-County
Fair the refreshment booth is be
ing operated under the sponsor
ship of the Junior Woman’s Club.
The Club solicits and will appre
ciate the patrjnage of all “fair
goers.”
Specialist Here
Miss Velma Shivel, Cara Nome
Beauty specialist, will be at Zeb
ulon Drug Store October 1-6 to
give demonstrations, using her i
Company’s toilet preparations.!
This is the finest of all opportuni- 1
ties to acquaint yourself with [
Cara Nome products and at the
same time obtain a first class
beauty treatment free.
Church News
REVIVAL AT HOPKINS
CHAPEL
The annual revival meeting will
begin on the fifth Sunday night
; at Hopkins Chapel and continue
through the week. Rev. Mr. Tal
ley, who assisted in the meeting
last year, will be with the pastor,
Rev. James Adkins, again. The
public is very cordially invited to
I all services.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday, Sept. 30: i
10:00 Sunday School. Promotion
j Day exercises
11:00 Morning Worship. Ser
mon topic: “Tips or Tithes”.
6:45 Training Union.
7:30 Evening Worship. Sermon
topic: “Now I See”. (Note
change of hour for evening ser- (
vices.)
I
W. M. S. MEETS
Mrs. E. C. Daniel was hostess to
her W. M. S. on Monday night.
Mrs. Avon Privette led the devo
tional and Mrs. Ruric Gill was in
; charge of the program. Pastor
Griffin was present and spoke
briefly of the proposed unified
budget for the Baptist church.
WAKEFIELD Y. W. A. MEETS
On Wednesday night. Sept. 12.
the Nowell Y. W. A. of Wakefield
Baptist Church held its regular
meeting in the home of Mrs. Edi
son Wood. The president, Mrs.
Herman Eddins. presided over the
business session.
Mrs. Raleigh Sherron was in
charge of the program as follows:
Scripture readings— Mrs. Bobby
Williams. A Message From Mrs.
Turner Mrs. Raleigh Sherron.
“They Were Not Afraid to Die”
Miss Matoka Pace. A Look Into
the Lives of the W. M. U. Presi-
dents from 1888 to the Present 1
One —by Mrs. Raleigh Sherron. <
“Three Ships A Sailing” Mrs. 2
Douglas Pace. A Review of the i
Life of Ann Jane Baker Mrs. j \
Herman Eddins. Poem. “Septem- r
ber” Mrs. Harold Green. c
After the program a contest on 1
the Famous Southern Baptist
Women was held. c
The hostess served banana salad 1
with Pepsi-Cola. j
— | c
Mrs. W. H. Moss is at home im- t
proved in health after a stay at c
Mary Elizabeth Hospital.
E. C. Daniel, Jr., will go to f
Cairo when he leaves this country
for his next foreign assignment a
with the New York Times. r
Bookmobile Notes
A part of the charm of Fall wea
! ther lies in the anticipation of
the joys of winter. Below are
listed some of the new fall pub
; lications. Your Wake County
■ bookmobile carries these books
| and others for your enjoyment
Enrico Caruso, His Life and
Death by Mrs. Dorothy Park Ca
ruso. Those who heard the great
tenor sing and those who have
not will be equally charmed by
his intimate story.
A Lion is in the Streets. The
main character of this book by
Mrs. Adria Langley will bring to
mind the career of the late Huey
Long. Laid in Louisiana with
a background of sharecroppers
and bayou fishermen it is prob
ably not great writing but makes
for good reading.
The Open City. A novelized ac
count of life in the Japanese camp
in Manila (Santo Tomas campb
The author, Mrs. Shelley Smith
Mydans, and her husband, photo
graphers for Life magazine, were
imprisoned at Santo Tomas for
eight months before they were
repatriated on the Gripsholm.
1 Winds, Blow Gently, by Ronald
j Kirkbride. South Carolinians
! were amused when a Pennsylva
| nia Quaker family moved in and
; began farming. A gay tale of
1 farm life told with originality.
Dark Medalion by Dorothy
Langley. An absorbing story of a
proud Missouri family and the
tragedy which befell it. The nar
rator is an appealing little girl, a
member of the family.
Bookmobile Schedule for Mon
day, October 1.
Stations Arrive Leave
Mrs. W. H. Lloyd’s 9:20 9:40
Rolesville School 9:50 10:45
i Rolesville, Robt. Gro. 10:50 11:00
W. A. Perry Store 11:10 11:20
; Mrs. B. C. Horton 11:30 11:40
Hopkins X Roads 12:10 12:30
Wakelon School 1:25 2:15
Zebulon Woman’s Clb. 2:25 3:00
Miss Annie Wilson’s 3:25 3:40
J. B. Watkin’s S. Sta. 3:50 4:10
Schedule for Tues., October 2.
i Stations Arrive Leave
| Knighdale P. O. 9:30 10:30
i Knighttdale School 10:40 11:40
i Wendell School 12:30 1:30
Wendell Woman’s Clb. 1:45 2:45
Eagle Rock 3:15
| Paul Earp’s 3: 40
Lake Myra 4:00
Mrs. 8.8. Brantley
Mrs. Clydia White Brantley, 52
j of Zebulon, Route 2, died late Fri
day afternoon at Rex Hospital. Ra
leigh, following a short illness
Funeral services were held Sun
! day afternoon from Pilot Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Pegram, pastor.
Surviving are her husband, B.
B. Brantley; and 12 children, Ru
dolph, Avon and Hester Brantley
and Mrs. Bruce Young, all of
Zebulon, Route 2; Mrs. K. W.
Tunnell of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. H.
i M. Hudson of Washington, D. C.; |
W. E. Brantley of New York City;
Clemoth Brantley of Washington,
D. C.; Mrs. Cruma Ray of Dur
ham; Mrs. E. O. Pearce of Ra
leigh; Cpl. Robert Brantley, some
where in Germany, and Sgt. Le- j
roy Brantlev of Punta Gorda, Fla. ;
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Jine Up Now
Music lovers of Zebulon are in- j
vited to become members of the
Raleigh Civic Music Association
during the week of September
24th to 29th inclusive. This is the
annual membership campaign
week, and headquarter for en
rollment are in the Raleigh Room
of the Sir Walter Hotel, and will
be open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The association will present six
outstanding concerts this winter,
highlighted by two major sym
phony orchestras, the Cleveland
and the Pittsburgh. Other attrac
tions will be announced at the
close of the campaign.
Dues remain as always adults
$6.00; students $3.60,
federal tax.
Membership will be limited to
auditorium capacity and there are
no single admissions. I'
Seen & Heard
■
Philip Massey passed John
Barrow Jr.’s house Tuesday noon
with a paper bag in his hand. As
he passed by, Johnnie 111 was
playing with Gardner Temple.
The two children watched Philip
as he went by and‘then trotted
along beside him a few steps.
“Hey.” they asked, “What you got
in the bag?” We didn’t catch Phil
ip’s reply, but evidently it didn’t
• satisfy the two youngsters, for
Johnnie informed Gardner in a
matter of fact tone, “I know what
he’s got in that bag.” Gardner
countered “What?” “Whiskey,"
answered Johnnie, “Two quarts!”
Two people passing by were
heard earnestly discussing the
Epes murder trial. “Why,” said
one woman breathlessly, “It don’t
even read like news, it’s just like
a good book or something. I ain’t
missed a single day’s instalment.”
Zebulon’s new stop light, at the
intersection of the highway and
Arendell Avenue is a great added
safety factor for the town’s most
dangerous corner. However, some
of our urban neighbors haven’t
quite figured it out yet. Monday
one negro drove up while the
light was red, stopped, and in
spite of the vigorous horn tooting
of the car behind, sat through the
green-light period, and when the
light again turned red, drove
through it barely missing a car
corning up the highway whose
driver turned red with anger, and
from the way his lips moved, he
wasn’t saying the Lord’s prayer.
The Davis brothers, Ted and
Barrie, can be seen at all hours
of the day out looking for a site
for the proposed Zebulon Memor
ial Airport. They have found sev
eral strips that would do with a
little grading, but immediately
after neonle find out it’s for an
airport, the lowliest pasture be
comes the best tobacco land in
the entire South, and the price
goes up to figures that lock like
the World War II debt. However
let us put in a good word for sev
eral who haven’t been too evor-
I bitant in their demands, chief of
which is Ted Hood.
N. C. Kemn returned Mondav
from Florida where he has been
visiting his son who is in service.
While Florida with its fruits, flow
ers and water were all verv inter
esting to him. perhaps the tail
end of the hurricane which did
millions of dollars worth of dam
age to crons and buildings, was
even more interesting.
But the outstanding sight was
! the world’s largest plane Martin’s
| Mars, which flew into Pensacola
Bav to eceane the hurricane. The
huge flving boat, a nart of the
Naval Air Transport service, has
a wing spread of 200 feet, is I*>o
feot long and 48 feet high It is
powered with four Wright en
gines of 2.200 horsenowe- each
and has a flving range of ,‘y.OOO
miles and a erasing raced b r more
than 175 miles an hour.
Mrs. Frank P. Gay
Mrs F>*anh D Gav 48 of Zeh
! 'ilop. Poiite 3 died in Pex Hos
i oital at Paleieh Faturdav mora
mg after an illness of two weeks.
Funeral service* worn conducted
hv the Rev. A. D Parrl*h Fundav
afternoon at 4 o’clock from
Pearce's Church. Burial was in
Ppnrfp’c POmofppi
Furviv'nr are her husband, five
children. Mrs. Alton .Strickland n f
Middlesex. Route 2. Wilbur. W*l
con and Horace Gav of Zebulon
Ponte 3. and Hilton Gav of the
4>-mv in Europe; three
Robert Pearce of Raleieh Potfj_
grew Pearce of Zebulon. Route 2.
aerl Badms Rearce of Youngs—
viße. Route 1; f’ve balf-hrothc-s.
F"gen« Pearce of the Army in
Europe, and Fred M. Pearce of
California* five half-sisters. TJn
ror« and Vivian Pearee. and Mrs.
A T Hopkins of Raleigh. Mrs.
Jimmv Rarne* of Pennsylvania,
and Mrs. Wiley Bobbitt of Zebu
lon. Route 3; and four grand
children.