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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret i EDITORIALS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1954 ? How Easter Legends Began How did the Easter lily, the bunny, the egg and the Easter parade get into the present day observance of Easter? * Legend has it that long ago, Easter lilies were yellow. But one day the Vir gin Mary was on her way to the temple. She picked a lily and held it to her heart It turned white and Easter lilies have been white ever since. The rabbit -and the egg as symbols of Easter seem to have their origin in pagan days. The pagans worked with out the benefit of Christ's teachings. But they, often worshipped God as best they knew how, modern scholars sug gest. And they had premonitions of the Easter story. Many of their God legends included resurrection, often as a part of spring celebrations symbolic of rfeviving vegetation. Eggs and rabbits were symbols of fertility in pagan times. They had a part in the spring celebrations. In Egypt, the word for hare is "un," which means open. The hare was so called because he was born <vith his eyes open. So he gradually became associated with the celebration of the opening of spring. Thus, the Easter rabbit. The egg, as a symbol of fertility, was often colored with flowers or, by Christians, for the blood of Christ. It is also suggested that eggs, in olden times, were given up during Lent and were eaten at Easter, after the shells were dyed red. Even our word Easter derives from Eostre, the ancient English goddess of ?pring. In the same way the pagans cele brated spring with a feast, the Chris tians feasted after Lent. New clothes were also an important part of the spring celebrations, and the custom has come down to the modern Easter pa rade. Another fact sometimes forgotten to day is that Easter was linked with the Passover in the very early church. The Christian word Paschal derives from Passover. The Paschal is a great candle in some churches. *? But devout Christians point out that the symbols are only symbols. They are reminders which help the faithful reach a fuller understanding of Jesus and His message. Where Will Ax Fall Next? This country gets more and more like Russia every day. The fellow who was on the top of the heap yesterday is be ing investigated today, is being called on the carpet for the "way he thinks" or even worse than that ? the way he thought six years or maybe 20 years ago. The latest surprise tactic to be pulled is the investigation of Dr. Robert Op penheimer who was instrumental in creating the first atom bomb at the New Mexico research center during the second World War. We thoroughly agree that Com munists should not be permitted to flourish in this country but Dr. Oppen heimer's case comes on the trail of so many groundless charges of "(Tom muniit" tlfkt our first reaction is tftit of the little boy who, watching the sheep, has cried "Wolf" so often that when the wolf really does come, we don't know whether to believe it. There is one redeeming factor about this investigation. It comes through the FBI and not some senatorial investigat ing committee. Furthermore, Dr. Op penheimer was informed of the charges against him and given an opportunity to answer before his alleged disloyalty was shouted long and loud from the At lantic to the Pacific. Dr. Oppenheimer is one of this coun try's leading scientists. Indeed, he is recognized throughout the world. We cannot help but wonder, in the light of developments in recent months, if the brilliance that is needed to make us leaders in this age is being fettered by government. The mental power inher ent in our people has been nurtured by the rights guaranteed us in documents that were drafted when this country came into being. But all this is chang ing. The research student must choose for his topic some innocuous subject like the "use of the subjunctive in Spen ser's Faerie Queen." A student with brilliant mental ability is safer If he selects a subject that can cause no of fense or in no way can set off an in vestigation as to whether he is "think ing" in accordance the way some Washington politician wants him to think. And this hounding of the researcher is causing no end of alarm in the academic world. Centers of learning, through the ages, have always been the citadels of "liberal thinking." There young people for the first time are en couraged to inquire "Why?" They have left the atmosphere of elementary and secondary education where they have been told to learn only what is set be fore them. They are considered to have reached the stage in mental develop ment where by inquiry and study they may come upon things, yet undiscover ed, which may add to the well-being of humanity and open doors that have re main closed to older minds. And to many of us who are not aware of the importance of the unhampered thinking that colleges and universities encourage, this pioneering in the men tal realm is considered "dangerous." For that reason college professors and persons with minds that have far sur passed the mental capabilities of the average person are looked upon with quizzical eye by the laymen. The quizzical eye has come to rest, for the second time, on Dr. Oppen heimer who is director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton. The university says he will unquestionably continue as its director. It is conceivable that some day this inquisitioning in our land will come to an end. But being born of fear, it will not end until fear itself passes away. This country came into being because people in the Old World wanted to escape the very type of oppression that is insidiously creeping over us today. To escape that oppression will men be driven again to find a new land, a new land out in space that is now viewed only through telescopes? The comfortable, satisfied man is not stirred to conquer new lands. And outer space today holds even less terror for our scientists than did unknown seas in the 15th and 16th centuries. Even though we consider this coun try's "inquisitions" dangerous, it is con ceivable, too, that out of them good may come in that again new lands may be sought by men driven to it by their un happy lot. That, you may say, is mighty far-fetched. But people called Colum bus crazy too. It is useless to dwell now on the re mote possibility of what may happen in the distant future. The time is now. "Free thinkers" are being molded, pushed, beaten into an acceptable "line of thinking." Some of the tnen who made it possible for this country to lead the world in science are being question ed as to their "loyalty." They may not ? be marched on to an execution ground and purged as are non-conformist think ers in Russia but through investigations we are just as thoroughly stripping them of dignity and accepting their contributions to our country with a kick to their posterior. Carteret County N?ws-Tim?s WINNER Or NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NOBTB CAROLINA PREtt ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger of The Beaufort Newe (EiL 1911) aid The Twin City Tlmee (Eet IBM) Publlahed Taeodayi and Friday* by Uw Carteret Publbhlaf Company, lac. ?0? ArendoU St. Morahoad City, N. C. LOCTWOOD PHILLIPS - PUBLISHER ELEANORS DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER ROTH L. PEELING - EDITOR . latl Rataa: In Carteret County and adjoining countle*, (8 00 ana year, H 90 tlx month*. ?LSS cm MBtk; alaewhere t7.80 ana year, HOP ?1? : a f Aaoetlatad Pre* ? Greater Weekllea ? N. C. Praaa la entitled exduelvely U no ier republication at OUR SYMBOL OF HOPE Today's Birthday MILTON CROSS, born April 16, U97 in New York City. Disting uished radio an nouncer - com mentator, he is heard from coast to coast on such programs as Metro politan Opera, Piano Playhouse and the Opera Album. He is a pioneer in this type of radio presentation and in terpretation. He wanted to be a music supervisor in public school system but got a job as a radio announcer on a dare. His hob bies include swimming and horse back riding. Silver Beam By LIB STALLINGS Merrimon, N. C. Throw the rope and pull'er ashore, The Silver Beam will sail no more. Lower the anchor and drop the sails For the Silver Beam will forget all gales. The crew on deck, doing their chore 'Neath a weight of silence, will sing no more. Hoping only of a miracle here And the people on shore shout and cheer. The crude ole' ship will be no more, And dust will settle on deck and floor. The Silver Beam has had its day And the dear sailing memories will fade away. Powerful , Unseen Forces Control Cars in Motion Blow your breath hard between two >he?ta of paper held in your fingers ? and you'll aee a graphic demonatration of that powerful nat ural force that takes over part of the control of your car when -you're passing another car. The sheeta don't blow apart, aa you'd expect them to do. They pull together, inatead. That ia what tends to happen when you paaa another car. Suction and vacuum set up by the speed, in visibly pull your car toward the one you're pasaing. That's why you should be doubly aleart? and doubly careful? while passing But that ian't the only extra force that almoat takes the wheel out of your bands. Speed ItaeU la aneth er. You've suddenly speeded up to pan, after a period of steady cruising. Instantly all steering characteristic* change ? and so do your safe reaction times, which shorten toward the danger point. Then the human (actor? the great unknown? creeps in too. Is the man you're passing going to take it suddenly into his head to swerve to the left, without looking into his side-view mirror or mak ing a signal? Is there a hidden side road around the curve, with a car about to pop out of it? Is there a car coming in the opposite direc tion that may speed up ? and make It impossible for you to pas* In time? All of these factors, known and unknown, make the act of over taking and passing one of the most delicate you can perform in your car ? one to be approached with great can. F. C. Salisbury Here and There The following information is taken from the files of the More head City Coaster: FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1954 J. W. Alford left Tuesday for Elon College. Miss Mamie Lillian Davis re turned' this week from Goldsboro where she has been visiting rela tives. G. D. Canfield returned home Tuesday from Greensboro where he visited his daughter, Miss Velna Canfield, a student at the College for Women. Friends of Mrs. B. F. Royal will regret to learn that she is confined to her room with la grippe. Miss Helen Hughes Neal of Beau fort visited relatives here Wednes day. Friends of Mrs. Maggie W. Malli son will be glad to know that she has recovered from an illness of several days. W. S. Swindell Sr., of Vanceboro was a Morehead City visitor Wed nesday. Though somewhat crippled, "old pard" was able to greet a number of his friends on the street. Gurney P. Hood, cashier of the Bank of Morehead City, returned to the city after spending Sunday and Monday in Goldsboro. Miss Lola Piner who has been teaching school at Pinetown re turned home on Wednesday. rriends of Charles E. Davis will regret to learn that he is confined to his home with an attack of la grippe. D. L. Taylor & Company, con tractors for the construction of the Harbor of Refuge at Cape Lookout have moved into their office in the Marine Bank building. A cloak of honor was recently placed upon one of Morehead City's most respected colored citizens when the Rev. S. B. Hunter of this city was appointed Presiding Elder of the Washington District of the AME Zion Church. The commencement exercises of the Morehead City Graded School will be held in the school audi torium on the night of Monday, May 3. The commencement ad dress will be delivered by Dr. B. W. Spillman. On Tuesday the gradu ates will present a play entitled "Just for Fun," a comedy in three acts. The death of Madison C. Klein occurred last Friday at 11 a.m. Be sides three sisters and two broth ers he leaves two sons and one daughter, John A. and Francis B. and Miss Amie H. Klein all of this city. The funeral services were conducted at the grave in Bay View Cemetery Saturday afternoon by the Rev. D. N. Caviness. The survey motor boat "Neuse" is about ready to be launched. Lit tle Miss Catherine '"'ade, daughter of contractor C. M. Wade will act as sponsor. The "Neuse" will be used by the Wilmington District U. S. Engineer Corps. With about 40 laborers hard at work on the construction of the sewer system for the town, rapid progress is being made. Of the four miles of sewer to be laid before the work is done, one third of it has been laid. The recent revival held at the "Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which closed Thursday night, was from every viewpoint a decided successful meeting. Last Sunday morning 41 candidates for church membership presented themselves at the chancel and were received into the church. Stamp News By SYD KRONISH THE NAME Joseph Pulitzer is revered by newsmen. But it also has been prominent ill U. S. stamps. The originator of the Pulitzer journalism prizes was honored in 1947 with a 3-cent U. S. commem orative stamp. On the first day of sale, 6.409.564 stamps were sold The only other commemora tive to sell more was the 1947 Cen tenary of U. S. Postage Stamps. The name of Joseph Pulitzer sold more stamps than the combined names of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas A. Edison and Will Rogers. It is interesting to note that the Pulitzer stamp was a bigger idler first day than the recently issued stamps for Columbia? the school which he endowed in 1903. A TELEVISION set appears for the first time on a postage stamp! To honor its new television in dustry, Italy has issued two special sumps The za lire violet and 90 1 green de pict a TV set with antenna. Regulir tele casts began In Italy laat Jan. 3. The main sU tlon Is Rome. The Italian television sya tem work* in the acme manner u it* radio? a government owned and operated network The programs are not a> varied a* those in the U. S? but there are no commercial!. VENEZUELA hat iaaued five new alrmailt commemorating the centenary of the death of Simon Rodriguei, tutor of the 8outh American liberator ? Simon Boli var. A picture of Rodriguei ap pear* on all the value# ? 8 cen tavos, 10c, 20 c, 4S c, and ? a. Kldd Bwww Raleigh Roundup LOCAL COLOR ... You foUu who were unable to go to Wilming ton to the Azalea Festival might try a little trip to Raleigh. Not only haa this city gone hog-wild over azaleas and camellias, having about a< pretty aa grow anywhere, but Capitol Square, too, is aflame with color. And ? though not aa plentiful perhaps ? the azaleas there are just as beautiful as those at Orton Plantion, or anywhere else. George Cherry, superintendent of Buildings and Grounda, is justly proud of the appearance of the capitol grounds this spring Mack Terry haa been the capitol ground keeper now for more than 20 years. Another tip: Don't mi.a the Duke Gardens during the next two weeks. Then, of course, there is Carolina's arboretum, in which you can lose yourself in more ways than one. A TRUE EASTER STORY ... It may be that before many months have elapsed there will be on per manent exhibit here in a building yet to be selected a 14-by-28-foot copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's fa mous painting, "The Last Supper," which now crumbles away on a wall in Sta. Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. My friend, David Holton, tells how a few years ago his older brother, Eugene, had a dream that the Germans in marching through Italy had stormed over and crunched under Nazi heels the building which houses the paint ing and of which, in reality, it is a part. The dream became an ob session with him. It weighed on his mind to such an extent he could stand it no longer, so sold every thing he had, borrowed all the money he could, and went to New York and employed the best ar tist he could find to go to Milan to catch in every detail Leonardo Da Vinci's famous work. In Italy, the artist visited the Pope, who cooperated in every way possible, encouraging him, ad-vis ing him where he could go to do the most valuable research work and to gather bits of information about the painting. Countless hours were spent in the libraries of Italy. Before returning to America, the artist carefully laid the founda tion for his work. There were measurements and sketches and color charts and blends and an odd assortment of facts and figures to guide him during the long tedious hours to be spent on this gargantu an project. He brought back with him a genuine canvas costing $1,000, so that his painting might approach in appearance that paint ing on the wall of the old buidllng. At last, back in New York, the artist could begin the hard struggle to walk in the footprints of the master on a canvas the same size of the original painting. He paint ed, slowly, but surely and care fully. The figures, one by one, began to take shape and then the personality of each emerged from the canvas. Time went on, the artist, working tirelessly, but the project became too much for Eu gene Holton. He was forced to call in relatives for financial as sistance. Finally the painting was finished. It was purchased by Holton's sis ter, Mrs. Mary Holton Holmes of Washington, D. C. Within the past five years it has been on exhibit in Miami, in New York, and in several other places. No admis sion fee has been charged. Robert Lee Humber, Greenville art enthusiast and the one man who has done most to make North Caro lina art conscious, has conferred with Mrs. Holmes about the paint ing. Mrs. Holmes was in Raleigh recently looking for a place to live. It may well be that this painting will one day soon be placed on permanent exhibit in a Raleigh building - or perhaps in a chapel constructed especially for it. I know very little about art, but I've seen it and It looks like a master piece to me. GRUMBLING . . . Certain ele ments among the leadership of the Young Democratic Clubs are hot under the collar as the result of alleged mistreatment on the occa sion of the recent Adlai Stevenson affair in Charlotte. They feel that they were pri marily reaponslble for Stevenaon's being there, played a major role In making arrangments, etc., but were not given the proper recogni tion. RACE THOUGHTS . . . Ken Scott claims to be the candidate of the farmers, but information we gathered this past weekend shows that much of the agricultural lead ership is on the other side of thfc fence. How come? Fred Royster, who is up to his eyebrows in to bacco as grower and warehouse man, Grange Leader To^i Allen, Farm Bureau Leader Alonzo Ed wards to name a few ? are going down the line for Sen. Lennon. Another thing. You hear a lot of loose talk about Scott's being the poor man's candidate and Len non the money candidate ? but Scott's headquarters here can be regarded as being really elaborate. He has a big staff in Ben Rhoney, Terry Sanford, Bill Whitley, and a half-dozen others whose names might be even more familiar to you. Lennon has only John Rod man and Abie Upchurch. Scott has several robotypers in almost per petual operation (they make all letters look like personal letters and turn 'em out about one a min ute) while Lennon has, I under stand. received complaints about mimeoKraphed letters. Observation: If Lennon has any money, they ought to spend some of it. John Rodman is now forced to kick away too much of his time attending to little things. Lennon's headquarters doesn't lack for any thing the addition of Gene Sim mons, Horton Doughton, or John Larkins couldn't provide. SOUTH PACIFIC . . . When I saw the stage version of "South Pa cific" here last week, it really car ried me back to a solid 12 months I spent in the South Pacific during the last year of World War II. My family and I visited Dennis Day, with whom I served in those fleabitten days, at his sumptuous home in California. This was two, three years ago and he said at that time that "South Pacific" was the best play, the truest to life, he had ever seen. Maybe I'm a little prejudiced, since I hung out, in, on. about and around, over and under the gen eral locale presented in the play, but Dennis was right. It took many a year for "South Pacific" to get around to Brewer, but it was worth the wait. You who did not get to New York and have been unable to catch the road show ver sion have something to look for ward to in "South Pacific" when it reaches you as a movie. FORTUNATE . . . Eric Rodgers, who has just been named assis tant to Ben Douglas, director of the Dept. of Conservation and Devel opment. was recently presented as "Tarheel of the Week" in the News and Observer. He deserved it. A lot of people wonder how he can leave his fine little paper, "Scotland Neck Commonwealth," to do stints for the Democratic Par ty and, now, to carry out an impor tant assignment for the State. The answer is that he has learned to use his time profitably and he has a good, experienced staff sup ervised by a very capable person: Mrs. Rodgers. EASTER THOUGHT ... We heard a minister say it the other day, quoting someone whose name escapes us: 'To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die " Now, he might have added: ** . . . and this is the only way we can find any semblance of per manence on this earth." ESPECIALLY STEERERS . . . Everybody should learn to drive a car ? especially those who sit behind a steering wheel. Be care ful on that Easter trip. Ask your self: are you real sure the few hours away from home will be worth the risk? Smile a While A lady who had been touring through California was discussing her trip with a native son. Pro nouncing the J as in Joseph, she mentioned a visit to San Jose. "Madam," he corrected her sharply, "it's San Hose. In Cali fornia we pronounce the j as h." After he had given her time to recover, he asked her if she had ever visited California before. Her reply was prompt. "Why, I was out here in Hune and Huly!" ?EVERY 4.) MINUTES ?n American U murdered o> MP Um ly wrtwd ???? FBI ChfafJ. E?tf? Hoow. jg
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