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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, April 10, 1964
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HE WAS THERE
Inevitably our thoughts turned to Pete Cook last
Sunday afternoon, when General Douglas MacArthur
departed from the ranks of the living.
One of three kids we taught in Sunday school
who didn’t come back from World War II, Pete’s life
drained out in the cruel and bloody “Bataan Death
March.”
Thousands of American and Filipino prisoners
were forced to walk more than 70 miles to prison
camps, in keeping with an order issued by the Jap
anese commander, ,Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma.
Hundreds of ailing and wounded died of thirst
or starvation enroute. Still more were killed by their
captors. Pete Cook was one of the victims of this
torture.
For 98 heroic days. General MacArthur and his
greatly outnumbered men beat back Japanese attacks
on Bataan Peninsula. Cut off from all possible help,
they were hampered by shortages of food, ammunition
and medical supplies.
Rations for the soldiers were mule meat, wild
pigs, water buffalo and a small amount of rice. Fin
ally, 200,000 Japanese attackers broke through. 'The
Americans and Filipinos withdrew to the ve^ tip
of the Peninsula, burning their abandoned military
equipment as they went.
General MacArthur was ordered to report to
Australia, but as he departed he solemnly promised,
“I will return.” And return he did, almost three years
later.
His troops landed on southern Bataan, captured
points on Corregidor, and opened Manila Bay. In
1954, President Ramon R. Magsaysay of the Philippine
Republic issued an order making the battlefield areas
of Bataan and Corregidor national shrines.
&ich recognition for Pete Cook and others who
made the supreme sacrifice, and for the no less
heroic who lived to return to their homeland, was
indeed fitting. This nation and the entire free world
owes them a debt of lasting gratitude.
It seemed appropriate when the heavens wept
last Sunday, as General MacArthur quietly passed into
eternity. A proud man, whose dignity often brought
him criticism, he was never more dignified than in his
final hours on earth.
Pride and vanity are two different things. Mac
Arthur undoubtedly had some of both. The exact pro
portions could be argued at great length by his ad
mirers and enemies.
More important was his valor. MacArthur’s sever
est critic would have a hopeless task tr3dng to mini
mize his courage. His long military career had ups
and downs, but first and last, MacArthur was a brave
and good soldier.
Like a lot of Americans, the editor of The Mirror
has always had mixed emotions about the MacArthur-
Truman showdown. It was easy to underetand the
General’s frustration when he had to pull his punches
against the enemy.
On the other hand, MacArthur’s disdain for the
President’s authority placed Truman in a position
where he had no choice but to relieve the General
of his command.
History will be able, perhaps, to evaluate and
obiectively analyze the occurrence and its end result.
Those of us who are part and parcel of the era in
which it transpired are probably too prejudiced one
way or another to judge fairly.
One thing we may be sure of. A great American
will be laid to rest Saturday at Norfolk. He was great
as a leader, great as a conqueror, and greatest of all
as a respected peacemaker.
And in his greatness he inspired kids like Pete
Cook, who died a hero a long way from home.
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Historical
Gleanings
■—By—
ELIZABETH MOORE
Account ot Mrs. Esther Nel
son, Guardian to Josephus Nel
son, 1840-47.
1840. To A. Ayers for shoes
and boots $5.95, to E. R. Stan
ly for material $1,79; to J,
Goodell by N, N, Taylor for
Clothing $6.57; to William G.
Hall for books &c $2.79; to
New Bern Academy for tuition
for son Josephus $4; to 1. V.
Blackwell by W. L, Hlgson for
material $ ; to John B.
Blackwell for material $14,75;
To John Charlotte for mater
ial $11.23; to E. R. Stanly $2.-
40 for material; to T. L. Har
gett for one palm leaf .75;
1841, to T. L. Blackwell for
clothes $12.04; to A. Ayers for
boots $9.35; to E. Hull and
Company for Hat and boots
$3.62; to Turner andHughesfor
School supplies $4.58, receipt
of Mr. McKeithan by R. E,
Maddox; to Raleigh Institute,
Mr. Gray for five months tuition
for son Joseph, ending 14 Dec.
1841, $15.00—school opens
again on August 16th; to Wm,
White for shoes $1.25; To
Catawba Springs by Rev. E. M.
Forbes $2.00 for Joseph Nel
son; to Marian E. Allen for vest
$1,50;
To Oliver and Smith for
making jacket and pantaloons
$4,00; to Wm. H. Mayhew for
tuition for son Joseph $3,75;
to Oliver and Smith for making
a suit $4,00; to M. E. Hall
for books and school supplies
$1,54; to Thomas Sparrow for
9 months and 17 days board of
Joseph Nelson @ $8.00 per
mon^ $76.53; to E, R. Stamly
for material for clothes $12.50;
to J. L. Wilkins $10.00 for
clothes; to Mrs. M. Brlckell
for board for Joseph $85.00;
1843. To Thomas S. Singleton
for board for self and son $15.-
33; to James Ellison for mend
ing shoes $1.65; to Gulon Scott
for shoes $14.30; to Rev. E. M.
Forbes for Jeremiah Murphy
tuition for Joseph $15.93.
1844. To Samuel S. Duffy
for 2-1/2 yards of Gambroon;
Cravat, buttons. Shirting $8.80;
to Wm. T. WllUs for cutUng
jacket $1.25; miscellaneous
items, p:^)er, quills, at Catawba
Springs, pocket money, tuition,
stretching hat, board &c; to ,
Gulon Scott for shoes $8.90;
to R. N, Taylor material lor
clothes $20.69; toSamuelSlmp-
son for H. W. Jones $8.92;
to B. Lee Craft for shoes $1.00
1845. To R. N. Taylor for
clothes $3.65; to M. Hoke for
board lor Joseph Nelson $42.75;
to Mrs. Patridge for making
jacket $1.10 to Maria E. Hall
lor two months 13 days board
$18.46; paid by Mrs. Esther Nel
son lor son Joseph lor books to
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Village Verses
A CALAMITY
Could mortal man be more distressed
In this life of woe and) aches.
Than when he’s rushing to get dressed
And one of his shoestrings breaks?
In deep despair, he’ll fume and swear.
While deploring what Fate has done;
He’ll fashion a knot that ain’t so hot.
Then to that appointment he’ll run.
Dignity never takes fleeter wing
Than at the snap of a worn shoestring.
—JGMcD.
Maria E, Hall $4.93 1/2, to
T, L. Hall for shoes $1.50; to
Alexr. H. Stanly by Emmett
Cuthbert materials &c $10.19;
to Wm, G, Hall lor school sup
plies $6.35; to F. J. Prentiss
lor clothes $17.50; to Joshua
Scott for shoes $2.30.
Received of Mrs. Esther
Stanly by Wm, G. Hall for Greek
Reader, Lady of theLake; Bunch
of quills, visiting cards &c.
$5,20; to William G. Bryan'
Treasurer of New Bern Acad
emy $8.00; to E. J. Huggins
lor one album, one violin bow
and bridge $13.00; to Wm, G.
Hall for school supplies $5.20;
to R. N. Taylor for cloth $3.-
65; E. J. Huggins for books &c
$5.10; to Prentiss and Phelps
for cutting jacket and panta
loons, 5/8 yards Wiggins, 1/6
yard of serge, buttons lor jacket
and pantaloons, fancy vest pat
tern, cutting and trimming two
vest $6.95.
1847, Received of Alexr. H.
Stanly and wife Esther, Guard
ians for son Joseph, tuition
lor son Joseph, New Bern Acad
emy $8.00; to R. Castlx, $2.-
40 for shoes; to Samuel Simp
son by H. W, Jones $7.25;
to Emmett Cuthbert for clothes
$5.38 to P. P. Brown for shoes
$2.00; to T. L. Hall for clothes
$9.07,
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