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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXVI. Number 75. FOXHUNTERS AND UNDERTAKERS ARE AIDS TO SOBRIETY Liquor does strange things to people sometimes it even makes them swear off. I know of a cou ple of fellows who took the pledge because of things that happened to them while under the influence, although they didn’t keep the pledge long. When my house was a-building, there was bricklayer working thereon who, when sober, was as fine a mason as I ever saw. But he would hit the bottle, and on the job, too. In fact, he used to bring his bottle with him and hide it in the brick until he just couldn’t stand it any longer. Then he’d haul out the bottle for a snort or two. One day he couldn’t stand it much at all, and he was really under the weather so much un der that he was laying very few bricks and those were crooked. The old fellow was, as we commoners say, about three sheets in the wind. A Mrrraytown Foxhunt About that time one of those celebrated Murraytown foxhunts came through town, apparently all the way from Nash County. It came, dogs and all, straight down Sycamore Street. Down the street until it got to my house, that is. Then the fox came in the back door, went through the kitchen and living room, and then out the front door. A minute later the dogs j followed. Two minutes later the foxhunters came through exactly the same way. My friend observed all this without saying a word or even bat ting an eye. But he did search out his hidden bottle and, though it was half full, he threw it half way from my house to Dave Privette’s pasture. And he laid brick for four days without taking the first drink. Another Turns Sober The other toper who felt con strained to abstain for a while was an officer named Reardon who went through Command & General Staff College this past spring. He went to Fort Leaven worth to learn something, of course, but he never let his studies interfere with his drinking. We had a holiday on Washing ton’s birthday, and Reardon went to Kansas City where he glot roaring drunk. He made it to his hotel that night, but not to bed, passing out on the floor of his room, which was number 613. Now an aged citizen died that night in room 713 of the same hotel, and the undertaker was no tified to pick the body up. He got a passkey and, accompanied by the hotel detective, went up to meas ure the corpse. Unfortunately he i made a small mistake and went to room 613 instead of 713. He Goes to Work He spotted Reardon’s body ly ing on the floor and naturally as sumed it was the late deceased. So he went right to work. Reardon came to and sat up while the un dertaker was measuring him, and the undertaker and the detective both got a nasty shock, though no more than did Reardon when he found they had planned to haul him off to the mortuary. So Major Reardon swore off li quor, and stayed off for six days— until March 1, when he got a bill from the undertaker for $25 for “making an estimate.” —Ferd Davis R. I. P. * By V. I. P. (p: o 'dpk you'll *REST IN \ PIECES if you are /s INATTENTIVE WHILE PRIVINfr JlP ITAL REPORTER Trial balloon artists are hard at work these days, sending up 1 their little wind-gaugers into the j wild blue yonder of next year’s ! gubernatorial primary. The conservatives have followed a pattern noted and mentioned here early in the year. They acted as though Bill Umstead was their boy, trying to smoke out the op position. They saw the east-west tradition would carry much weight, and realized that Umstead would be an easy man to beat, and early in the Legislature shifted their strategy. They handed the floor-leader ship to Kerr Craige Ramsey in the House and in effect said let’s see your stuff, son. They apparently liked what they saw, because the chief propa gandists of the Conservatives are touting the youngster from Row an as “the next governor.” Enin Out, Too They apparently have pulled support from Sam Ervin, but are keeping him in the bull pen warm ing up just in case Ramsey de velops a sore arm. The wise acres politically speaking, that is have ruled out Agriculture Commissioner L. Y. Ballentine, Secretary of State Thad Eure, and are putting the skids to State Treasurer Brandon | Hodges’ toboggan. What About Waynick? There’s been a lot of talk about Capus Waynick, ambassador to Nicaragua, and his political future. Some folks say he won’t run for governor, others claim to have the “inside dope” that he won’t run. LEGION MEETING The American Legion will have a pig barbecue supper Wednesday night, June 6, at 7 p. m., at the Zebulon Wo man’s Club building. A speaker has been engaged for the meeting. Legionnaires and their guests are cordial ly invited. _ . _ _ _ Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, June 5, 1951 Plain truth of the matter is that he hasn’t decided yet. You can look for a formal state j ment from Mr. Waynick within | the next Week or ten days. This statement won’t say he will run, and it won’t say he won’t run. But it definitely will say that he has not removed himself as a can didate. Close friends of the ambas sador have been in contact with 1 him via phone and mail within the past week. Incidentally, Waynick’s close friends Paroles Commissioner T. C Johnson has not gone to Nica ragua to confer with Waynick. Decision in July The general attitude is that Waynick will come home in July and will delay his final decision until then. General opinion is that Waynick will not run if he can get the ambassadorship to either Mex ico or Spain. Meantime, his holding off pitch ing his hat in the ring is keep ing the Conservatives and Liberals alike undecided. Governor Scott has said he will spport Waynick in any way the High Point man would like if Capus decides to run. Other would be Liberal can didates, who would like the ad ministration’s blessing, will wait j until they find out what Capus ! has in mind before making a de cision themselves. And the Con servatives need to know who the Liberal candidate will be in or der to pick their best horse for the Governor’s Derby. Dark Horse Possible All of which leaves the door wide open for a homestretch vic tory by some dark horse. There are several of these: Hubert Olive, Major L. P. McLendon, Dr. Hen ry Jordan, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Clyde Erwin. Os this group, there is a possi bility that one or more will run no matter what. Clyde Erwin seems to be in the best position, with his school support. He is well known throughout the state and would draw backing from both Liberal and Conservative forces. Wake County Health Officer Asks Citizens to Take Advantage of 'sl Vaccination for Typhoid, Diphtheria I frankly admit, and perhaps you will agree, that so long as we live in a free country it is the con stitutional right of any person, as an American citizen, to consider his good health or his illness, if he happens to be ill, a personal affair so long as he is not a pub lic charge or until the condition of his ilness affects others. This is as it should be. When we look at the records and Meredith Finals Held Yesterday; Local Girl Senior Class Member Meredith College's largest grad uating class in history, 133 seniors | earning Bachelor of Arts degrees ! in seventeen different fields of study, yesterday heard Dr. Kirt ley F. Mather of Harvard Univer sity interpret “The Challenge of the Mid-Century Crisis” as the imperative which confronts man kind to make adjustment to “this new world of inescapable interde pendence and potential abundance” and the “radically new relation ship" of all peoples of the world. The failure to do so is, in his opin ion, “the basis for every one of the tensions and the crises of our day.” Many Graduates Carolyn Vivian Massey, the j daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Massey of Zebulon, was awarded her A. B ‘degree in religion, with related study in the fields of edu cation and sociology. An honor student, her name is listed on the academic Dean’s iLst on the basis of her high scholas tic achievement, and she is one of the seven Meredith seniors whose biographies appear in the current edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.” Has Top Office As a senior she has served in one of the three highest campus offices, that of president of the Baptist Student Union, of which she was vice-president last year. She has also served this year as president of the Silver Shield, hon orary leadership society, and has been a member of the Psi Psy- ' chology Club, Education Club, Freeman Religion Club, College 1 Nominating Committee, and As- | troktekton Society. During her earlier college years she has been a YWA circle leader, i 1 secretary of the College YWA, j j committee for Religion Emphasis 1 Weeks for three years, and a mem- ‘ ber of the College Choir and the soccer varsity. ( — ( Mrs. Ralph Bunn Is Hostess to Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary met Friday night at the home of Mrs. Ralph Bunn. Plans were dis cussed for enrolling more women in the Auxiliary, and a report was made of the poppy drive. Mrs. Sidney Holmes was ap pointed membership chairman by the president, Miss Beth Massey. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting will be held July 6 in the home of Mrs. Ferd Davis. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers ; see the progressive and continu : ous decline in the occurrence of ■ the communicable diseases and in ; deaths from the communicable dis • eases from a peak which may have ’ | been reached 25 or 30 years ago to 1 ( today when they have almost ; reached the vanishing point and, in i j some instances, the extermination < point, I am convinced that each i individual more and more realizes that he does have a responsibil ity as a free healthy citizen to con duct his own personal affairs as he sees fit, and that when illness oc curs either in his own person, or in his family, or in the community in which he lives, he will agree that J such illness may become a pub i lie responsibility and that he, has i family, or his community has the right to call upon official govern i mental authorities to control, and if posible, eradicate the disease from which he may suffer and which may threaten the entire community. Health Function This is one of the functions of the Health Department and it is especially emphasized once each year in the control of the com municable diseases for which we have proven vaccines and sera which will prevent or control these diseases. A. C. Bulla, M. D., Health Of ficer, Wake County Health Depart ment. Zebulon National Guard Has Training at School Final training before the week end trip to Fort Bragg was con ducted last night by Battery A of the 113th Field Artillery Bat talion when the two firing sections moved to Wakelon School for out door training, and the other sec tions remained at the armory for review work. The Zebulon National Guard unit will leave here Saturday af ternoon at 1:30, taking two howit zers, five trucks, and the jeep in the convoy. At the gate to the Fort Bragg reservation the five batteries of the 113 Battalion will rendezvous and continue to the artillery range where the howitzers will be pre pared for action before supper. Service Practice Early Sunday morning service practice will begin, with each how itzer section of the Zebulon bat tery allotted 50 rounds of 105-mm ammunition for the day. The trip will provide the first opportunity for many of the Guardsmen to see the howitzers in action. CWO Clifford Gilliam, unit ad ministrator, said that he will be at the armory every day this week, and any men who enlist before Friday will be able to accompany the battery to Fort Bragg. JUNIOR CLUB The last meeting of the year for the Junior Wo man’s Club will be held to night at eight o’clock. New officers will be installed at this meeting.
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