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Support Is Urged
The five projects chosen by the Finer Zebulon Steering
Committee include something from every phase of com
munity life, and if they are put into action, tremendous
changes for the better will be realized almost overnight.
For years people have talked about how the community
needs a park and playground. There has been lots of talk
on the need of good sidewalks and paved streets. One or
ganization or another has suggested that highway ap
proaches should be beautiful. And the Town Ordinances
have been cussed and discussed. The cnher improvements
included in the five projects are just as important.
A special meeting has been called by Chairman Wilbur
Debnam for tonight when the project chairmen will sub
mit written reports and plans for their individual projects.
Even before the reports have been made, we have heard
pessimistic predictions about how flat the whole campaign
will fall.
We cannot agree with the cynics and the doubters.
We will not accept defeat until November 1 ends the com
petition and the results are determined. And we will count
it a victory if at the end of the months of work, any improve,
ment at all is noted in the community as a result of the
campaign.
Our complete support has been pledged to Chairman
Debnam and his Steering Committee. We have promised
our full cooperation in any effort to better the commun
ity, and we urge the entire community to work together to
achieve the selected goals. The prizes that have been award
ed in the “Finer Carolina” contest are incidental. The
important thing is a finer Zebulon.
Honesty and Toil
“What we need in government today is rugged honesty
and honest toil,” William B. Umstead told members of the
Zebulon Lions Club and their guests last Thursday night,
and there was no person present who could disagree. Cer
tainly at no time since this nation was founded has there
been such a need for honesty and work in government. Day
after day we need and hear story after story telling of scan
dals and waste in national affairs. Somewhere, somehow,
many people who have been elected and appointed to places
of trust and leadership have lost their sense of right and
justice, and selfishness, greed, and friendship frequently
circumvent conscience.
The Roman Empire was wiped out because of internal
rottenness, and the United States can suffer the same fate.
Those who would build themselves up at the expense of
their fellowmen can bring the whole structure of govern
ment tumbling down upon themselves, destroying not only
the wrongdoer, but the innocent as well.
Appointed officials are notorious for sitting on their
hindsides until those who appointed them give the word to
move. Politicians will not act for efficient government un
til they are forced by those who elect them. We will not
realize a cleanup in government until we, the taxpaying elec
torate, demand it.
It's Like Insurance
In recent weeks we have read of a group of people
who refuse to pay income taxes to the Federal government
because a large portion of these taxes is used to build
and maintain our armed forces. These so-called pacifists
are against war (and sin, we suppose) and everything con
nected with warfare. They don’t want this country to have
an army, a navy, an air force, or the guns and ammunition
used by these forces.
Sometimes we wonder if these folks refuse to pay mu
nicipal taxes for the same reason. Some part of the city
tax is used to finance the police department, and the police
men are armed with guns, and sometimes they have to use
those guns.
We don’t want to use our army and navy and air force.
We don’t like to shoot people. But sometimes when aggres
sor nations go on the rampage, we have to do some fighting
and shooting for our own preservation. Just as the police
man maintains the peace, so it is necessary to have a global
police force to maintain international peace.
Taxes for maintaining peace are like insurance. It
seems like a burdensome and useless expense when things
are going smoothly, but when misfortune strikes, we ful
ly appreciate the protection we have afforded ourselves.
The Zebulon Record
Published Tuesday and Friday of each week at Zebulon,
Wake County, North Carolina
Entered as second class matter June 26, 1925, at the post
office at Zebulon, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879.
The Zebulon Record
Uncle Ferd slipped up and for
got to mention the birthstone for
March until the month is nearly
over. March’s birthstone is beryl,
and the gem is the same chemical
ly as an emerald, except that it is
blue instead of green. The reason
for the difference in color is the
different arrangement of its cry
stals, which means it reflects
blue light better than any other
color. Beryl is not so valuable
as emerald because it is not so
rare. The rarer a thing is, the
more valuable it is. Thus a ten
dollar bill in Uncle Ferd’s pocket
is about the most valuable thing
there is.
Another thing: we are now ope
rating under the sign of Aries, the
ram, and have been since March 20.
During this period you should take
extra good care of both your head
and your feet; use lots of cold
cream and corn plasters, and this
period of the Zodiac will be full of
success for you. People born under
* Aries are likely to be fleet of foot,
but somewhat stubborn.
Lady came in the other day to
get some circulars printed for a
department store sale. Said she
was amazed at the size of our plant.
“I didn’t know they had shops
like this in small towns,” she said.
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Some visitors in town Sunday
were greatly impressed with the
neat appearance of the Western
Auto Store and Hales Farm Sup
ply Company. These two new
stores add much to the beauty of
main street.
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The other day I got to thinking
how dependent we are at our house
on electricity. One evening the
lights went off and there was
heck to pay. The baby’s supper
could not be warmed, nothing could
By Rosa Lee Armstrong
Have we taken the heart and
soul out of the kitchen?
For years now researchers have
made extensive studies of the phy
sical area of the kitchen. We have
spent much time using the pedom
eter to measure our footsteps, cal
orimeters to measure the energy
used in doing various jobs in the
kitchen.
Much has been done to save
our homemakers time and energy,
which is fine. It’s no small job to
keep a home, prepare meals and
do the other endless jobs that we
women have to do. But with all
By Robert Schmidt
For the person who is looking
for a colorful and easy-to-grow
cut flower, the gladiolus should
prove most satisfactory. It will
grow in any type of soil as long
as it is well drained and plenty
of water can be supplied.
The gladiolus should have full
sunshine all day for best results.
Go easy on the fertilizer, especially
fertilizers rich in nitrogen. Care
must be taken that the fertilizer
does not come into contact with
the bulb at planting time. Bulbs
should be planted 4 to 5 inches
deep and spaced from 4 to 6 inches
Uncle Ferd’s Almanac
Sixteen years ago today Mrs.
Percy White and Miss Doza Black
ley joined the Wakefield Demon
stration Club, and 14 years ago to
day Eric Potter (Jack’s youngest
brother) fell eight feet smack dab
on his head on the concrete floor
at the Record office. Being half
Davis, he hardly felt it. We car
ried him to Dr. Flowers, who wash
ed his face and put him to bed;
next day Eric was good as new.
One year ago today was Easter
Sunday, and there were sunrise
services at both the Methodist and
Baptist Churches. * It was an extra
good Easter for the Methodists, be
cause their church was newly free
of debt. Later that day Miss Joyce
Temple and Mr. Charles Cimerro
were married at the Baptist
Church; Wallace Temple had re
covered sufficiently from a sinus
infection to giv'e his baby sister
away.
Eight years ago today Mr. “Teet”
Hopkins was mighty sick, and on
March 25, 1932, George Tharring
ton, local night policeman, found a
Seen and Heard
be cooked, and there was not even
a candle in the house.
It’s an electrical age, sure
enough. Count up your appliances
powered by electricity and you’ll
be amazed at the number. At our
house in the kitchen alone are in
cluded a radio, coffee pot, mixer,
toaster, broiler, stove, fry-well,
waffle iron, electric iron, and bot
tle warmer. Those are all sepa
rate items, and pretty near fill our
small kitchen.
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Salas are the order of the day in
Zebulon, with Flowers Store and
Tonkel-Silk both offering unusual
bargains in merchandise.
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You wouldn’t have found many
of us at work in the print shop
You wouldn’t have found many
of us at work in the print shop
Watt’s Hew?
this improvement, and time plus
energy-saving kitchens we are now
developing, what have we done to
our families?
Time was, and still is in some
homes, when the kitchen was the
focal point of family life. It wasn’t
just a place to prepare our food
a tiny efficient two by two, but a
warm, inviting center, where we
played, worked, ate, and had our
general good times.
The family’s social life nearly
always has food in it somewhere.
When you go visiting, almost the
group moves to the kitchen. Have
you ever tried to prepare snacks In
Garden Time
apart in the row. .
For early blooms, plantings may
now be made in eastern North
Carolina, during March in the
Piedmont, and during April in
the mountains. For a succession
of blooms, make additional plant
ings at two to three week intervals.
If you buy your bulbs at local
stores, select plump, high-crown
ed bulbs; they will give much
better results than the large, flat
shallow ones. Mixtures are usually
cheaper in price than named vari
eties but there is a great satisfac
tion in knowing varieties by
name.
Tuesday, March 25,1952
man sleeping in the Zebulon de
pot and carried him off to jail. Af
ter he got him locked up. George
discovered the fellow was wearing
stripes underneath his coat it
turned out that the prisoner was
Alfred Bass, an escaped convict.
Bass had escaped from a road
camp by throwing lye in a guard’s
eyes.
That same day Mrs. Vera Rhodes
held a birthday party for her hus
band, Mr. Creech Rhodes, then 75
years old. Mr. C. A. Flowers did
a soft shoe dance for the occasion,
and a string band, including Albert
Joyner, D. D. Camblee, Starkey
Hoyle, and Mrs. Albert Joyner,
furnished the music. I never had
the pleasure of seeing Mr. Flowers
dance, but I remember pleasantly
hearing Mr. and Mrs. Joyner play
and sing. One played the guitar and
the other played the autoharp, but
I don’t remember which played
which. The autoharp is a zither
with an Arthur Godfrey-type chord
attachment, and it sounds better
than its description.
Friday afternoon. We took off on
a “busman’s holiday” to visit some
printing plants in Durham. Do
grocers and dry goods merchants
enjoy visiting other stores in the
same line of business as much as
do printers?
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In Tuesday’s announcement of
the valuable prizes being given a
way by Whitley Furniture Com
pany, we included two errors in
the advertisement. First, we call
ed the beautiful bathroom fixtures
“Eiger” instead of “Eljer,” and,
second, we said these fixtures are
sold by American Plumbing and
Electrical Supply Company, and
Tom Monk says the local plumbing
and electrical whosesalers are dis
tributors rather than sellers .
a sterile, efficient, space and step
saving kitchen with your friends
going in and out, or your children
playing in the kitchen? Rather
hard to do, isn’t it?
Then again, I have been in some
homes when a warm, friendly kit
chen was the entertaining room.
We sat in chairs, or stools, and
chatted while the work was going
on. Not only was it easy on the
hostess but the guests relaxed in
the good atmosphere, and felt at
home.
Is your kitchen one like this?
Again I say, have we taken the
heart out of the kitchen?
A few very fine- varieties that
are reasonably priced are: Snow
Princess, Florence Nightingale,
Margaret Beaton, Corona, Eliza
beth the Queen, Picardy, Blue
Beauty, Red Charm, Spotlight, Spic
and Span, Chamouny, Gen. Eisen
hower, and Burma.
In cutting the flowers, leave
three or four of the lower leaves
to develop the new bulb for next
year.
Thrips, small sucking insects,
may damage the flowers, especially
in hot dry weather. They can be
controlled by spraying or dusting
with DDT every week or ten days.