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This, That &
The Other
By Mrs. Thec B. Davis
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B.
Davis announce the birth of
a daughter. Crystal, in the
Baptist parsonage at Newton
on January 13, 1906.
The above is published because
humerous persons express surprise
on hearing that we have a daugh
ter. My most convincing proof
that our town has changed is the
fact that so many here knew only
a part of our family. Crystal has
been with us only at intervals
since we came back to Zebulon
nearly twenty-two years ago when
she was a student at Meredith
College. Since she was twenty
one she has been Mrs. James Mc-
Connell Potter and she lives in
Raleigh. Anyway, she’s entitled
to a birth announcement; we
didn’t send out any when she was
born.
Not one grocer in Zebulon com
plained last Saturday at not hav
ing to count out ration points. But,
so far as buying was concerned,
I was reminded of an incident of
years ago. One neighbor had gone
away for the summer and had
placed her organ in our home for
safe-keeping. Another neighbor’s ,
small son came over one day and j
took possession of the instrument,
pedalling vigorously, pulling out 1
most of the stops, and singing a';
the top of his voice. As my pa
tience wore thin he paused to ask,
“Don’t you think I’m doing fine,
Mrs. Davis?” “Well,” I answered,
“you play loudly enough; but, if
you were not to sing, I couldn’t
tell what song you had in mind.”
“That’s right,” he said, “I’ve got j
the playing all right and I can
sing all right. The only thing I
lack is the tune.”
Rationing is off and most of us
have some money to pay for our
purchases; the only thing we lack
is something besides beef and
bologna.
Occasionally I suggest some
plan for building that my husband
thinks is wholly impractical, and
then he explains that I know very
little of such matters. He is right
in saying I don’t know how to
build houses; but I’ve had lots of
experience in living in them, and
know many ways in which they
might be improved.
My latest wish is for chimneys
with openings at the bottom so
that soot might be raked out. Have
you ever been the one who had to
take a ladle and dip out a few
pecks of damp, greasy soot that
had accumulated under ihe stove
pipe till rain coming down the
chimney Tan out, down the wall
and on the floor, inky black and
taking all your scrub cloths to j
clean up? (That’s what’s the
matter lots of times when your
wall below the pipe opening gets
wet and stained. The soot has
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BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
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Date Teams Place of Game
Dec. 18—Franklinton vs. Wakelon Franklinton
Jan. 4 —Millbrook vs. Wakelon Millbrook
Jan. B—Rolesville8 —Rolesville vs. Wakelon Rolesville
Jan. 11—Wake Forest vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Jan. 18 —Wendell vs. Wakelon Wendell
Jan. 22 —Rolesville vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Jan. 25—Wake Forest vs. Wakelon Wake Forest
Feb. I—Franklinton1 —Franklinton vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Feb. B—Wendell8 —Wendell vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Feb. 15 —Knightdale vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Feb. 19 —Millbrook vs. Wakelon Wakelon
Feb. 22— Knightdale vs. Wakelon Knightdale
THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume 22. No. 12
Archie Denton
DiesinHospital
Unexpectedly!
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Archie Denton, 34, of Buffalo, j
N. Y. and formerly of this com
munity, died unexpectedly in a i
Niagara Falls hospital following a j
heart attack.
Surviving are his wife; three
brothers, Jessie and Gilbert Den
ton. both of Buffalo, and Corporal
and three sisters, Mrs. Rodney
Floyd Denton of San Francisco;
Murray and Mrs. Opal Pylor, both
of Raleigh, and Mrs. Sidney Hall
of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr. Denton was a son of the
.ate Mr. and Mrs. Jonnie Denton
of Zebulon.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon in Buffalo
with interment in Montlawn Cem
etery there.
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Zebulon All-Stars
Being Organized
Several former basketball play
ers, including Ralph Talton, lanky
manager of the local CP&L office,
and Buck Vaughan, manager of;
the Wendell Theatre, have offered
to play with the Zebulon All-
Stars cagers. The team w being
organized now, and anyone who
knows what a basketball looks
like is invited to play.
The Davis brothers, Ferd Ted,
and Barrie, will form the back
bone of the third string team.
They will be allowed to play
whenever the All-Stars are 50 or
more points in the lead.
Coach R. F. Lowry has offered
to play a practice game against
the All-Stars as soon as the town
team scrounges up enough players
to last the full game.
Bulldogs Begin
Cage Practice
The Wakelon Bulldog basketball
team is rapidly rounding into
shape, according to Coach R. F.
Lowry. Their first practice was
held Friday night in the gymna
sium, and Coach Lowry was very
well satisfied with his team.
Very little conditioning work
is necessary for the players, be
cause they are all in top shape
from the football season. Friday
night’s practice, which they des
cribed as “rough,” took up the
fundamentals of the game.
Zebulon, N. C., Friday, November 30, 1945
Building , Roads, Movie To Be
Topics For Town Meeting Friday
NEW COTTON PICKER
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Pictured is W. Kerr Scott, North Carolina Commissioner of
Agrculture, operating; the mechanical picker at Red Springs.
Bright Future Is Seen
For New Cotton Picker
CHURCH
NEWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Services for Sunday, Dec. 2:
10:00 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship, Sermon
topic: “We Come to Worship”.
6:45 Training Union.
7:30 Evening Worship. Message:
“The Leader.”
World Wide Bible Readings for
the week are:
Thurs., Nov. 29, Exodus 20:1-17:
I Timothy 2:1-8.
Friday, Nov. 30—James 1
Sat., Dec. 1, Ephesians 6
Sunday, Dec. 2, I Cor. 13.
Monday, Dec. 3, Psalm 24.
Tues., Dec. 4, Hebrews 11; 12:1-2
Wed., Dec. s—Matthew 6
Thursday, Dec. 6, Romans 8
ZEBULON METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday, Dec. 2
Sunday School 10 a m.
Preaching Service 7:30 p.m.
Sermon Title: Christ Confronts
Our Inner Conflicts. A vital
Christian experience can help us
solve our conflicts, fears, tempta
tions and irritations, and give us
peace and inner harmony.
Charles E. Vale, pastor.
SEASON OF PRAYER
The Season of Prayer for For
eign Missions will be observed by
all circles of the Baptist W.M.S., ,
beginning on Thursday night of i
next week. Another service will '
be held on Friday night. On Sun
day night the membership of the
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The South—and Zebulon—may
be ready to welcome a new era of
cotton growing, with the staple be
coming “King Cotton” again, if
mechanical cotton pickers prove as
practical as first tests indicate.
North Carolina’s one machine,
owned by the Liberty Manufactur
ing Company of Red Springs, has
been picking cotton down in Robe
son County all fall. It picks cotton
that is remarkably free from trash
—as free as that picked by hand,
says W. Kerr Scott, State Commis
sioner of Agriculture. He says the
average cost is $1.25 a hundred,
much cheaper than Zebulon farm
ers are getting their cotton picked
for this fall.
The only drawback is that the
machine will pick only 85 per cent
as much cotton as a hand picker.
Even so, the expense of picking
will almost always counterbalance
the loss of staple. Ferd Davis, who
went to Bennettsville, S. C., to see
the Stewart picker in operation
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Teen-Age Girls
A club is being organiz
ed especially for your ben
efit and entertainment by
the Junior Woman’s Club
on Monday night, Decem
ber 3, at 8 o’clock at the
Woman’s Club building.
All girls from thirteen
through nineteen that are
interested are urged to be
present at this meeting to
help make plans for this
new club.
$1.50 Per Year, In Advance
Building, roads, and an aerial
moving picture of the town will
be the main features of the Town
Hall Meeting this Friday night at
7:45 in the Carolina Power and
Light Co. show room. Chairman
Ferd Davis will be in charge.
This meeting was originally
scheduled for November 23. but,
because this was the day after
Thanksgiving, it was decided to
postpone the affair one week.
The meeting will open with re
ports from the various commit
tees. Vance Brown is to report
on what real estate his committee
has found for sale or rent, and
Oliver Glover will report on the
present situation regarding build
ing materials.
Following reports of the com
mittees, open forum discussion
will be held regarding the paving
of routes into Zebulon from
nearby farm communities. Other
matters of interest will also be
brought up at this time.
After the business and forum,
a 100-foot movie of Zebulon, made
from the air by Ted and Barrie
Davis, will be shown.
The first of Zebulon’s Town
Meetings, held three week’s ago,
was highly successful. The diffi
culties of obtaining buildings ma
terials was the main topic of dis
cussion, and since then much
more material has been found,
according to the committee, and
building in Zebulon is progressing
rapidly.
Length of the meeting will be
held to one hour, if possible. The
steering committee feels that citi
zens should be able to go about
their business at 9:00, unless
something of unusual importance
comes up.
Everyone from Zebulon and the
surrounding community is urged
to attend. If there is anything
you feel the town can do to make
Zebulon a better place to live and
trade, this is your chance to do
something about it.
Scouts Plan Trip
To Court of Honor
The Zebulon Boy Scouts held
their regular weekly meeting
Monday night at 7:30 in the Scout
cabin. Asst. Scout Master James
Debnam was in charge.
During the business session
plans were made to attend the
Court of Honor next Monday
night. There are several Scouts
who will go before the Court for
merit badges.
The hike, which was scheduled
for next week, was called off be
cause too many Christmas activi
ties interfered.
Charles “Snooky” Wells ex
pressed a desire to become a Ten
derfoot Scout, and was given a list
of questions to be learned in order
to qualify.
Scouts present were: Pine Tree
Patrol: Patrol Leader Roderick
Horton, Billy Brantley, George
Massey, and Jack Terry; Flying
Eagle Patrol: Asst. Patrol Leader
S. G. Flowers, Bob Vance Brown,
and Robert Kitchins. Visitors were
Billy Pippin, Henry Kitchins,
Charles Wells, and Rotarian Bar
rie Davis.