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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 4, 1953
Can you really tell how a kid
is going to turn out, simply by
walchmg his childhood antics?
Maybe yes, and maybe no. Take
Teddy Shapou, for instance. Every
one in town knows, or should, that
he was New Bern’s most decorated
hero during World War Two. His
great combat flying earned him
the Silver Star, the Distinguished
Flying Cross, China’s Air Heroes
Medal, and it we remember rightly,
one oi' two other awards.
Teddy—named for Teddy Roose
velt, was as daring as they come
First associated with General
Chenault’s famed Flying Tigers,
he flew many a successful mission
before ,he returned to the United
States and became a test pilot.
His serious and permanent head
in.iuries were sustained while he
was serving in this test piloting
capacity. Lots of folks have for
gotten the contribution he made to
his country’s welfare while in serv
ice. but the record stands for those
who care to remember.
Teddy’s daring as a young man
bein.g well established, perhaps we
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if he was equally daring as a mem
ber of New Bern’s small fry.
He was daring then too, and
hard to down. Just to give you an
idea, he took a tumble riding his
bicycle out at Ghent school, and
broke an arm. That sort of thing
might slow up the average boy,
but not Teddy. With the arm in a
cast, he climbed aboard a pony.
He took another tumble, and this
time he broke the other arm. With
both arms fractured, he still
romped with other neighborhood
kids. No wonder he turned out to
be a hero, with spunk like that.
A Weekend Prayer
Gracious Father of every human
life, we come before Thee with a
longing for wholeness of body,
mind anS spirit. Some of us are
plagued with serious illness. Some
of us are torn with unholy desires
Some of us are tossed by contrary
winds. We all need Thy help, if
our lives are to find health and
show forth new beauty.
Word has come to us about
Jesus Christ as the Great Physi
cian. We know something of his
compassion for the sick. His pati
ence with the tempted, and His
skill in counselling the confused.
We recall how He has ever gone
about in a spiritual ministry, touch
ing people in their distress and
saying, “Be completely whole
again.”
In sincerity of faith, we now
come to the Great Physician. Our
confidence is that He is not far
from any of us, and that He can
touch us in His mer^ and do
wonderful things for us. We be
lieve that healing and victory and
ncw direction will be ours in pro
portion to our faith. Keep us still,
long enough for the wpndrous
gifts to become our possessions.
As we go forth in newness of
life, O God, may we always be
eager to give Thee the praise, and
to turn the eyes of others toward
the Great Physician. We make our
prayer in His name. Amen.
M. Elmore Turner, Pastor,
Broad Street Christian Church,
New Bern, North Carolina
GARDEN
TIME
There are alway.s numberless
jobs to be done in the fruit, vege
table and ornamentals gardens at
this season of the year. By and
large, the growing season has been
excellent although a little on the
wet side in most sections of the
state.
Let’s consider some of the things
that need attention. After your
black and red raspberries have
finished bearing, remove all of the
old bearing canes and burn them.
Cut them off close lo the ground.
Fertilize With about one-half pound
of an 8-8-8 fertilizer per plant.
The care and handling of dew
berry plants will be different in
the lower Piedmont and Eastern
Carolina than plants grown in the
mountains. In the lower Piedmont
and Eastern Carolina remove all
canes, both old bearing and new.
This procedure will very materially
reduce the disease problems and
the growing season is long enough
for new canes to be developed for
next year’s crop. In the mountains
remove only the old fruiting canes.
Fertilize as for raspberries.
Whether you renovate your pres
ent strawberry planting or start
over with nematode and virus free
plants, will depend on your loca
tion and condition of plants. If your
plants are free, of leaf spots and
virus troubles, and if the planting
is under two years of age, it may
pay you to renovate. Since most
growers use the matted row, ap
proximately 14 inches wide, we can
use this system as an example.
Reduce the width of the row to
about 8 inches by plowing off both
sides. This can be done with a hoe
in the home garden. Thin the re
maining plants in the row so that
you will leave a group of plants
about every 14 inches. Keep the
plants cultivated and free of weeds.
After the runners form, they may
be placed in such a manner as to
fill the vacant spaces in the row.
In the home garden, fertilize the
plants with about two measuring
cups of nitrate of soda per 100 feet
of row. Brush the fertilizer from
the leaves.
Buds
AND
Blossoms
By
MAMIE MILLER
“And the King of Jericho sent
unto Hahab, saying- Bring forth
the men that are come to thee,
which are entered into thine
house; for they be come to search
out all the country. And the wom
an took the two men and hid
them, with the stalks of flax which
she had laid in order upon the
roof.”—Joshua 2:3, 4, 6.
The flax plant is used mostly to
make linen, but it has a beautiful
blue blossom that gardeners enjoy.
This plant was cultivated before
the children of Israel were in Cana
an. Flax makes the oldest textile
fibers that we have. Plant flax in
the fall or set out plants in the
Spring.
Geraniums are ideal for outdoor,
in flowers boxes or in pots. If you
have old plants, start new ones
from them. Cut the bloom stalk on
the old plant. Cut hard, woody
young stem growth.
Cut off the top of the stem,
leaving at least four inches. Re
move leaves from lower stem, let
cuttings dry on a sheet of paper.
Dust the lower end of the stem
with harmone rooting powder. Ask
your local seedman for the powder.
Place stem in good sandy soil
or in vermiculite. Water as yog
would any plant, exposing it to
sunshine for a while each day.
Dig, divide and replant crowded
non-blooming daffodils now. Give
tuberous begonias and coladiums
liquid fertilizer at least every two
weeks. Feed your lawn.
From a Chinese proverb— “l(
you want to be happy for a few
hours, drink wine until your head
spins gaily. If you want to be hap-
py for a weekend, get married and
hide away. If you want to be happy
for a week, kill a tender pig and
eat it. If you want to be happy all
your life long, become a gardener.”
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