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VOLUME 15
NEW BERN, N. C. 28560, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1072
NUMBER 10
For those New Bemians
who have already had their first
case of sunburn, and for those
who haven't, a few winters
from the American Medical
Association are worth passing
along.
Actually, a good suntan has
little or no physiological value.
But there is a therapeutic result
in the sense of relaxation and
well bef^n gained from baking
in the warm sunshine down at
Morehead City, or along the
shores of our Neuse and Trent
rivers. The idea is not to overdo
it.
An over-exposure to hot sun
can cause burns, as almost
everyone knows. Less known is
the fact that continued over
exposure over a period of years
can cause the skin to look
weather beaten, wrinkled,
leathery and coarse, in texture.
Human skins vary a great _
deal in the amount they can~
stand. Redheads, blondes,
brownettes, blue-eyed, fair
skinned and (literally thin-
skinned) people need to be
especially wary of direct hot
sunlight. Dark-skinned, dark-
haired, dark-eyed persons have
more immunity—but no com-
jdete immunity—from sunburn.
The time of day of exposure is
important. The burning
idtraviolet is most intense from
11 a. m. to 2 p. m. No sunburn is
likely before 8 a. m. and after
4 p. m. High noon is the hotest
time of the day for sunburn.
Rays from sand and water can
birn, even though you may not
be directly expo^.
First day, expose skin to sun
for 15 or 20 minutes. This means
15 or 20 minutes each on face
and back, and the time on which
these fi^es are based is s
noon. Second day, IncreaM
exposure by one-thfird, to a little
less than half an hour. Third
day, again increase by one-
third, to from 30 to 40 minutes.
And 80 on.
By the fourth dy, a new
dgment should begin to darken
your skin, hi a week you should
have enough skin thickening
and pigmentation to give con
siderable protection agatost
btarning sunshine. As individual
sensitivittes differ, you must to
some extent learn for yourself
how much sun you can tolerate.
As you can see, it is wise
where possible to already have
a suntan before you go on your
vacation to the beach. That isn’t
ttie most convenient thing in the
world, if you’re a New Bemian
every day for a
ared or not, we
1 eno««gh to bdieve
pend^st 15 or 20
u> dM sun when you
first get to the beach for a week
or two of relaxation.
Most of the suntan lotioiu,
according to AMA, contain
chemicals caUed sunscreens,
whidi absorb various wave
'yo
who works
living. Pre]
aren’t fool
that you’ll
minutes in
burning ultrai
irious cwgrees.
;
ONCE UPON A TIME—If you’re a newcomer to
town, or young in years, you never saw the Stewart
Home that st^ on what is now a parking lot at the
northeast comer of Pollock and Crav«i. l«ng
before its decline and demolition, the sprawling
frame residence was surrounded by the pick^
fence seen here. You’re a real oldster, with a good
memory, if you recall that fence. In those distant
days, \i1iat is now New Bern’s City Hall, at the
intersection’s northwest comer was the local Post
Office, housing the Federal Courtroom in the
second fl(x>r. Many a trial was held there. Best
remembered of the judges who held sessions was
Elizabeth City’s stem but witty jurist, 1. M.
Meekins. He seasoned justice with droll humor, but
never let it interfere with stiff punishment. Hie
Stewart Home, in its twilight, was an object of
neglect, but to the last it seemed to reach out for
charm forever lost.—Photo from Albert D. Brooks
Collection.
rays —- . .
better lotions aUow you to ^y
in the sun kmger with less risk
of burning. ^ „
They m not keep out aU
radiation, or else you would
never tan at all.
really good way to tell which of
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