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This, That & The Other By Mrs. Theo. B. Davis In my mind schools and organi zations never have a personality until I know some one connected with them. Recently the State School for the Deaf at Morganton has become to me a friendly, pleasant place; because Carl Bunch of near Clyde’s Chapel worked for us last summer. Carl has for some time been a student at Morganton. He has for two years studied printing in ad dition to his other work; so we were glad to have his help during vacation, finding him most satis factory. He has been deaf since birth, but, seeing him, you would not no tice any deficiency. His manner is pleasant and when he has to take out his writing pad and pen cil it does not embarrass anybody concerned. But one of the wonders of teach-, ing the deaf is that they can be taught to talk, although they can not hear a sound. Noting that Carl occasionally spoke I suggest ed that he talk to us in the shop. There was one time when he and my son Ted were talking that no listener could have told Carl did not hear every w r ord said. He reads a speaker’s lips and I felt much complimented w r hen Carl’s sister, Mrs. Braxton Hinton, told me he said Ted and I speak plain ly. After becoming accustomed to us he would speak short sentences fairly often. Even when Carl did not speak, it was surprising to find how sel dom one actually needs to talk. A nod, a shake of the head, a lifted eyebrow, a wave of the hand, a slight shrug of a shoulder, can af firm, deny or explain much. And at times the silence is peculiarly restful. Printing is said to be an occupa tion especially suited to the deaf. Carl has decided to continue his | study of it, and we hope to have him back with us again. And knowing him makes us much more interested in the Morganton school. Gray Finch of this community is also a pupil at Morganton. though he is too young to have de cided upon his life work. It was, I think, either Jacky or Dorothy Denton who first brought the little chameleon to Zebulon. By progressive gift-making it be came the property of my son Barrie. At present it is at home in a glass jar that once held paste for labels. Before that it lived in one of Barrie’s gloves with a piece of tobacco twine tied around its. neck for station identification. You know, of course, that a chameleon is a kind of lizard. But do you know what it eats? The one here has not eaten anything so far and we have no idea what it wants. And it began Sunday to shed its skin. The part coming off split at the base of the long tail and has gone both ways. Now on Tuesday morning a thin streamer like fine, white tissue paper hangs fropi the end of the tail and the other part is draped about the chameleon’s head. It looks like a tired little old bride in a wedding veil. We took the string off to help along the skinning process. Add to that the bother of having to change color every now and then, and you’ll feel that Barrie’s pet can’t be too happy. Its changes are tints and shades of brown and green; it can’t do much about purple or red. You can cook a rabbit in beef suet and have a good dish; you can use more than half suet and fry fish they are strong enough to come out more than conqueror; but it will take some time longer for me to like biscuit made with anything but lard or a good sub stitute for shortening. I am hop ing that the weather will soon be cold enough for some one around here to kill a hog. Lard is for most of us only a sweet memory of the past and a glowing hope for the future. Neither of which helps today’s bread. COTTON CROP SHORT The smallest cotton crop in 60 years is in prospect, as reported a month ago. The carry-over of cotton, equal to a year’s consump tion, is mostly short staple and in ferior grade. THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume 22. No. 6 Southern Belt Sees Big Task A 5300.000.000 to 5400.000.000 construction and installation pro gram aimed to meet the ex panding telephone needs of the Southeast was announced today by Hal S. Dumas, president of the Southern Bell Company, through Edwin A. Clement, District Man ager. The largest program ever un dertaken by the Southern Bell Company, will extend over the next five to six years. In this comparativly short peri od of time this company will spend a sum for expansion about equal to the dollar investment in the facilities they now possess. A large proportion of the amount to be spent by the tele phone company in the near future will go tow r ard clearing up pend ing applications for service. Primary emphasis at first will be placed on the installation of equipment and outside facilities needed to care for the more than 240,000 orders for service now pending. The Company is already well along, too, in the planning and engineering stages of its rural de velopment program, which was interrupted in mid-1942 because of war needs for materials and man power. “Southern Bell is keenly inter ested in providing service to more and more rural dwellers through out the South”, Mr. Dumas said. “For the three years before the war, we spent more than $3,000,- 000 building rural lines and added nearly 30,000 rural telephones. Actually, since 1935, Bell-operat ed farm telephones in the South east have more than quadrupled. Avon G. Kemp Dies Avon G. Kemp. 71 last May, died at 5:00 A. M. Wednesday at the home of his brother Alac E. Kemp, near Zebulon. He had been in declining health for five years and seriously ill since last March. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock with Pastor G. J. Griffin in charge, assisted by a former pastor, Theo. B. Davis. Burial will be in the family cemetery near the home. Mr. Kemp was one of Zebulon’s best known merchants and had large farming interests. His store was one of the first to be operated in Zebulon. He was a member of the Zebulon Baptist Church. Surviving members of the fam ily are his stepmother, Mrs. E. H. Kemp; three sisters, Mrs. Ira Hes ter, Mrs. Edgar Bunn and Mrs. J. F. Coltrane; one brother, Alac Kemp; two half-brothers, Edward Kemp and Worth Kemp; a half sister, Caroleigh Kemp. ZEBULON’S FREEZER LOCKER PLANT 0 ■ • *, • New Freezer Locker Plant tn Zebulon as it will appear when completed. The building is now being erected near the Little Zebulon, N. C., Friday, October 12, 1945 CHURCH I NEWS I BAPTIST CHURCH Services for Sunday. October 14: 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship. Com munion service. Theme: “The Kingdom: God’s Part —Our Part.” 6:45 Training Union 7:30 Evening Worship. Sermon topic: “Signs and Superstitions”. ZEBULON METHODIST CHURCH Charles E. Vale, Pastor Revival Services are being held this week at Wendell Methodist Church. Reverend Russel Har rison of Cary, the visiting minister, is doing fine preaching. The ser vices are at 7:30 every evening through Friday and will be con cluded by, the Pastor at the regular evening service at 7:30 Sunday. Charles E. Vale will preach in a revival the week of the 21st at Calvary Methodist Church on the Clayton Charge. Schedule of Services Sunday, October 14, Zebulon Methodist Church: Church School: 10 A M. Preaching Service: 11 A. M. Sermon Title: “Let's Be Reason able about Religion.” The pastor will endeavor to prove that failure to attend and to support whole heartedly the church is both fool ish and dangerous. Y. W. U. CLASS The Y. W. U. Class held its reg ular monthly class meeting in the home of Mrs. Rochelle Long, with Mrs. Laura Strickland associate hostess. The class officers were elected and passed on. Their duties were discussed. After the business, the clat en joyed a social hour. The hostess served a plate of pimento-cheese sandwiches, cocoanut cookies and Coco-Cola. In the evening the class visited Janie Hinton taking her a gift. Mrs. Ruby Manning, Mrs. Tydid Driver and Mrs. Hazel Beck will have the next meetings and devotional. CLASS MEETING The Senior Fidelis class of the Baptist S. S. met Monday night with Mrs. R. H. Brantley hostess and Mrs. Ruric Gill, the new pres ident. in charge of the business session. Mrs. R. H. Jenkins led the devotional. The members decided to resume the former plan of studying some book at meetings, this- having been discontinued in order to give more time to Red Cross work during the war. River Ice Company’s plant. Lockers are still available, but to secure one, those desiring lockers had better rent them Bentcn Explains The Reasons For Lack Os Cannery Building DEADLINE NOTICE Beginning next week, copy turn ed in for publication in the Record must be in the office by Tuesday or it will be necessary to hold it for the following week’s paper. Too much work and not enough workers have made it necessary lor us to go press with the Record as early as possible in the week. We are sorry if an earlier dead line inconveniences anyone, and we will return to our regular publica tion date as soon as possible. C. R. Whitley Is Killed by Auto Charles Rupert Whitley, 24, of Zebulon, Route 2, was killed early Thursday morning on Highway 95, about five miles from Zebulon, when struck by an automobile driven by Lawrence Phillips of Zebulon. Whitley was a member of the Maritime Service and was home on a short leave at the time of his death. Phillips told State Highway Pa trolmen investigating the accident that he was rounding a curve when Whitley suddenly stepped onto the highway in front of him. He declared that it was impossible to stop in time to avoid hitting him. An investigation of the death was conducted Friday afternoon by Nash County Coroner M. C. Gulley. Young Phillips was placed under SSOO bond. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home in Nash County, con ducted by the Rev. T. B. Davis. Burial was at Union Chapel Church. Surviving Whitley are his wife, Mrs. Cleo Carter Whitley of Zeb ulon, Route 2; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Whitley of Zebu lon, route 2; three brothers, Clay ton and Benny Whitley, both mem bers of the Maritime Service, and Beaman Whitley of the home; six sisters, Norma. Isolene, Pauline, Doris and Lettie Whitley, all of the home, and Mrs. Junnie Bunn of Zebulon, Route 2. soon. The prospect is that more will be wanted than available. Similar plants are being built at Wendell and Wake Forest. $1.50 Per Year, In Advance October 4, 1945 Mr. Wallace Temple Chairman Wakelon School District Zebulon, North Carolina. Dear Mr. Temple: Having looked over the financial statement for Wakelon School for the year 1944-45, 1 note under the heading “Cannery” cash receipts of $699.04 with no expenditures. This calls to mind the fact that some of the contributors might like to have the facts as to why the building has not been started. It was through the efforts of the people of various communities in Wake County that this com munity cannery project was start ed about two years ago. The Board of Education was approach ed by the people of the communi ties who had raised some funds lo cally and was asked to help in the construction of buildings. The Federal government was making funds available to purchase boil ers, canning equipment, pipes, etc., as a government contribution to ward the establishment of these community projects. After full consideration, the Board of'Edu cation voted to encourage all com munities in the establishment of these projects. As a result six new buildings have been con structed throughout the county. Two other available buildings have been converted into excellent projects, making a total of eight canneries now in use. Some time before the close of the school year 1944-45, the Fed eral government suspended this project. We had not quite com pleted the last cannery building when these funds were withdrawn. It so happens that the fine people of your community were in the process of putting up sufficient funds to assure the building of a project at Wakelon. The Board of Education approved the pur chase of additional land to make ample room for the establishment of a cannery at Wakelon. On be half of the Board of Education, it should be stated that the spirit shown by your people is very fine and fully appreciated. It should be further explained that the Fed eral funds provided practically all of the equipment for these pro jects. Os course, no one can speak for the Congress of the United States, but indications are that funds will be made available in the future for encouraging just such fine projects as we think the canneries are. I wish .therefore, to assure you and all your fine citizens that the Wake County Board of Education will be ready to proceed with the erection of a cannery building at Wakelon just as soon as the gov ernment agencies are in position to take the matter up again. It is my understanding that the funds referred to above are on de posit in Zebulon and I presume will n >t be touched for any other purpose than the one for which they were given. Personally, I feel sure that this project will be taken up and completed before the end of another school year. Unfortunately we have lost sev eral valuable agricultural men from communities in which we have canneries. We are finding it difficult to secure the proper as sistance to carry the canneries on in these districts. It should be explained, however, that the peo ple of the Wakelon School District are entitled to the use of the can neries in other school districts and that they are invited to do so. Please feel free to make use of any part of this letter, to explain : the situation in which we find our ! selves at this time, should there be requests for such explanations. With high personal regards to you and all of your good citizens, 1 am Yours very truly, . Randolph Benton, County Supt. of Schools.
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