THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXVII. Number 100.
METHODIST PLANS
Rally Day Set
September 27
Church School Rally Day will
be observed in most of the seven
hundred sixty-two Methodist
Church Schools in the North Car
olina Conference on Sunday, Sep
tember 27, according to Rev. C. P.
Morris, of Durham, Executive Sec
retary of the Conference Board of
Education.
Located in the eastern section of
North Carolina, these church
schools have a combined member
ship of 120,491. A record attend
ance is expected on this day which
will open Christian Education
Week. Special programs will be
presented on the theme “Take a
Look” and will emphasize the im
portance of Christian Education.
This is an annual observance au
thorized by the General Confer
ence of the Metholist Church and
sponsored by the General and An
nual Conference Boards of Educa
tion. This year the youth phase of
the program of Christian education
is being lifted up for special at
tention.
The purpose of Church School
Rally Day, according to the Rev.
Mr. Morris, is to inform and chal
lenge the people with regard to the
Methodist program of Christian
education and to receive an offer
ing for the Conference Board of
Education. A goal of $10,000.00
has been set for this offering in
the North Carolina Conference. It
will be used for leadership training
purposes. Each local church is be
ing asked to contribute an amount
equal to one per cent of the pas
tor’s salary as a minimum. The en- i
tire church constituency is being
urged to attend Sunday School and
Church on this day.
Request to Richard j
On Tuesday of this week you
called me over the phone saying
your mother was visiting you and
would like to see me while she j
was here. I arranged to call to see ,
her that afternoon at 2:30 and hung
up the phone. Immediately I real
ized that I had not got your full ,
name nor even your home address.
I am very sorry I was unable to ‘
meet my engagement. Will you
please phone me your full name
and address.
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Pictured above is Ted Davis. Di
rector of Public Relations, Stallings
Air Base, Kinston, N. C., as he
shows the Base Softball Trophy to
his Secretary, Nan Sutton, of La
Grange. The trophy is awarded
each year to the top team of the
eight base softball teams in the
Give them a choice. That’s all
they ask and they won’t disappoint
us. Every town has its bars, its
easy women, its gambling behind
closed doors. But does every town
have clean, wholesome recreation
and entertainment for the Service
man who is on pass or leave from
his base? Does our city help give
him this choice?
There was a time before World
War II when Mr. and Mrs. Aver-
School Menu Given
For Sept. 28-Oct. 2
The menu for Wakelon School
for the week beginning September
28 follows:
Monday: Luncheon meat, sliced
cheese, steamed cabbage, canned
field peas, raw onions, apple pie,
bread and milk.
Tuesday: Hamburgers, slaw,
boiled potatoes, half peach, bread
and milk.
Wednesday: Italian spaghetti,
string beans, beets, caramel cakes,
bread and milk.
Thursday: Salmon croquettes,
slaw, whole potatoes, grapefruit
sections, bread and milk.
Friday: Vegetable soup with
beef, pimento cheese sandwiches,
ice cream, bread, crackers and
Theo. B. Davis milk.
intra-mural league. It was won
this year by Permanent Party Mil
itary Personnel September 7. In
addition to his duties at the air
base, Davis is president of the Kin
ston Little Theater group and vice
president of the Kinston Toastmas
ters’ Club.
USO CENTERS OFFER SERVICEMEN MANY FACILITIES
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Zebulon, N. C., Friday, Sept. 25, 1953
age Parent were not too keen on
having their Johnny join the Army
or the Navy. They knew these
things were necessary for the good
of their country, but would just
as soon have some other boy do
the job not theirs.
Then along came Pearl Harber,
and their Johnny was walking
down main street in uniform just
like the “other kind” of fellow did
who made the Army or the Navy
his career. Suddenly, the uniform
didn’t seem too bad after all. John
ny was just a 19-year-old kid
and a pretty nice guy just the
son of Mr and Mrs. Average Par
ent.
What was it that suddenly gave
this uniform a new degree of ac
ceptibilitv where a young lady
no longer felt it necessary to cross
the street to avoid an embarrassing
meeting. First, so many nice
young guys were in uniform now
just like Johnny that it became dif
ficult for people to associate their
boys with the “old army” ideas.
Something More Important
But there was still something
even more important. A coopera
tive effort was made to maintain
a high moral level among the mil
lions of new soldiers ’and sailors.
One of the most importance of
these efforts was the establishment
of USO Clubs and Centers through
out the nation.
A spokesman from one of these
Centers recently told an audience
in Raleigh that he was from Wis
consin and that the Charleston
USO was a home away from home
for him and many hundreds of
others at the base. He stated
that the USO Centers and USO
Camp Shows in Korea are doing
more for the morale and character
Wakelon PTA Meets
The Wakelon PTA met Monday
night, September 21, at 8 p. m.,
with the president, Mrs. Ruth
Chamblee, presiding. Mrs. Frank
Kemp sang two selections after
which Rev. Bev. Asbury led in
the devotional.
During the business session the
association voted to continue the
project begun last year, raising
funds for the purchase of an ac
tivity bus. Mr. Ferd Davis discuss
ed the bond issue and urged every
one to support it October 3.
Following the meeting a recep
tion was held in the new lunch
room, honoring new members of
the faculty.
training of the men and women in
the Armed Services than any other
recreational activity that they have
available.
American servicemen and wo
men and their families of all faiths
and races find a welcome haven
at the USO Centers. Member agen
cies of USO are the Young Men’s
! Christian Association, National
| Catholic Community Service, Na
| tional Jewish Welfare Board,
Young Women’s Christian Associa
-1 tion, The Salvation Army, Nation
j al Travelers Aid Association and
| Camp Shows, Inc.
In North Carolina and South
Carolina there are 15 USO Centers
near Armed Forces bases. To help
maintain these facilities and to pro
vide funds for the other UDF ser
vices, approximately 70 local
Community Chest and United
Fund campaigns in the two Caro
linas have been asked to raise their
community’s fair- share of the
UDF national goal.
Football Tonight
Wakelon - Wendell homecoming
football game will be played to
night at 8:00 at the high school.
Tickets are on sale at the school
for 25 and 50c. If tickets are
bought at night they will be 50 and
75c.
SPEAKER
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Dr. Travis White
Dr. White, a native of Texas
who is now president of Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson, will
speak at the annual homecoming
exercises at the Wendell Christian
Church next Sunday morning,
September 27.
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
BAPTIST SERVICES
Hales Chapel,
Zebulon Plans
The Rev. Bev. A. Asbury, pas
; tor, will preach Sunday, September
27, at the Zebulon Baptist Church.
The adult choir will sing the
“Beatitudes” by H. R. Evans. The
Training Union will meet at eight
o’clock, the adult union will be
in charge of the program, and will
show a film, “Rim of the Wheel.”
School for Missions
Beginning Sunday, September
27, and continuing through Octo
ber 2, Hales Chapel Baptist Church
will participate in conjunction with
the other churches of the north
ern division of the Johnston Asso
ciation in sponsoring a School for
Missions.
Evening services at Hales will
begin at seven o’clock. During the
first half hour there will be a
study course for each of the de
partments. Books to be taught are
“Found Faithful” for adults,
“Good Stewards” for young peo
ple, “Partners with God” for in
termediates, “The Talking Penny”
for juniors, and “Bonnie Baptist
and the Sunbeams” for primaries.
Immediately following the study
courses, missionaries from various
parts of the world will have charge
of the next half hour. These mis
sionaries were secured through the
Mission Boards, and will discuss
timely and pertinent facts con
cerning their work and work to be
: done in the mission field.
Visiting Missionary
The Rev. Leslie H. Gunn of Ok
lahoma City, Okla., will be the
resident visiting missionary. He
has worked with the deaf since
his youth, and has been a full
time worker among the deaf for the
Home Mission Board in Oklahoma
City since 1945. He will open the
series of meetings on Sunday
morning at 11:00.
Sunday evening services will be
in chare of the Rev. Henry C.
Hooter of Lake Charles, La. He
has served as superintendent of
city missions since 1948 of this
city.
Miss Stella Austin of Lenior, N.
C., is Monday night’s guest
speaker. She has just returned
from mission work in Africa at
Agbor, Nigeria, where she was
connected with a girls’ school.
Miss Bertha Wallis of Birming
ham, Ala., has spent many years
working with religious organiza
tions, including the Goodwill Cen
ter for Italians in Birmingham,
WMU field work, the Baptist Chil
dren’s Home, and training union.
She is now serving as Field Work
er under the Home Mission Board.
Her message will be heard Tues
day night.
From North China
Dr. Jeannette of West Plains,
Mo., has just arrived from North
China where she served as mis
sionary to the Chinese at Tsingtao.
She is to be heard on Wednesday
night.
The Rev. A. Valdez of Browns
ville, Texas, serves the Spanish
speaking peoples of that city. Be
ing of Spanish decent, he will have
a challenging message to offer con
cerning mission work needed
among the peoples south of the
border. This speaker will head
Thursday night’s program.
Miss Rosa Lee Franks of Mia
mi, Fla., is the concluding speak
er on Friday night. She was bom
of Italian parents, but was con
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