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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, April 18, 1958
Teen
Topics
IN NEW BERN TODAY
Stiidenls at New Bern High
'-f'hool don’t think much of ail this
t.ilk about shooting a rocket to the
Moon, and splattering dye on it.
Even if the United Slates is able
to do it ahead of the Communists,
local teen-agers won’t like it even
a little bit.
The younger set is satisfied with
the moon the way it is, especially
when it’s full, and messing it up
for the sake of science would in
tlieir opinion be very stupid.
As one moon-struck student puts
i., it would be awful to do your
courting under a moon that looked
J'ke someone had thrown a bucket
of paint on it. Maybe it wouldn’t
be much of a splotch, but like
ink spilled on your suit or your
dress, a little would go a long way
in more ways than one.
Speaking of .courting, students
participating in a recent panel
discussion at a PTSA meeting got
kidded afterwards because they
called parking and getting chum
my with your girl friend or your
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Floyd Paul, Sr.
Floyd Paul, Jr.
boy friend by their pet phrase—
“Making out.”
Our research shows that in the
good old days when Grandma and
Grandpa were getting around, it
was called sparking or spooning.
Mom and Dad called it pitching
woo, petting, necking, and smooch
ing. It seems to us that “making
out” sounds a lot better.
But, getting back to the moon,
or getting under it at the first op
portunity, we want to repeat that
we are very much against throwing
dye on it What good is it going to
do to disfigure anything as pretty
as that?
Whoever the scientist is who
started it, we bet he is older than
Methusalah and never had a date
in his whole life. How could any
body who ever had a date and sat
with his one and only in the moon
light be so foolish and cruel?
Wc hope if he or anyone else
tries it that the rocket will back
fire or something and fill his eyes
full of the stuff.
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seems to be getting quiet down in
Lab, Virginia pops up with some
fantastic idea.”
The description of Eula Willis
indicates that she is “witty, wise,
big-hearted and never disagrees.”
Frances Davis was “cheerful, good
natured and generous.” Margaret
Cannon—“our most popular girl”
had a “magnetic personality” and
Mildred Chadwick was “a shining
light in Latin. Her vocabulary is
enormous, and she is*always talk
ing.”
Mildred Arnold Gibble was “re
served in her conservation” and
“enjoys our greatest respect.”
That’s how some of your rela
tives and friends, as New Bern
High school seniors, impressed
classmates thirty years ago. Have
they changed a lot, a little, or re
mained the way they were?
Veterans
News
New standards for normal lung
function in humans and a better
instrument for doctors to use in
testing lung function have been de
veloped by Veterans Administra
tion, the agency announced.
Both will be valuable aids for
diagnosing the degree of lung dam
age in patients with lung disease,
VA said.
The set of standard values for
various lung function tests is for
normal persons in all age groups
of the veteran population. The in
strument is a spirometer, or device
for measuring the volume of air
breathed. These resulted from a
large-scale cooperative research
program begun by VA in 1954.
The next phase of the long-term
VA-Armed Forces study will be
concerned with measuring and in
terpreting abnormal lunf function
in various diseases.
The researchers are studying em
physema, a condition in which the
lungs over-expand and breathing
becomes difficult and less effective.
Emphysema is common in men and
rare in women. It is associated with
asthma and chronic bronchitis, but
in many cases develops without ap
parent cause.
VA doctors hope to find drug§
that will be more useful in treat
ing this disease.
Pulmonary function tests also are
being done on patients before and
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planted for her that old time re
ligion she was taught as-a young
ster.
Most women are a bit touchy
about their age, but you couldn’t
accuse Grannie Whitehurst of that.
After all, when you’ve got ninety
candles burning oh your cake you
can make light of anything. The
designs on some birthday cakes
are beautiful, but the arithmetic is
terrible. Grannie would never have
juggled numerals to appear young
er than she actually was.
To begin with, all those years
that Grannie lived added- up to an
awful lot of happiness. That was
the on’y total she cared a hoot
about. Other folks, getting along in
years, are apt to reach a time in
life when their idea of getting
ahead is just staying even.
Inevitably, they arrive at a time
in life when they exchange their
emotions for symptoms, and would
rather not have a good time than
experience the discomfort of over-
ing it. Unlike Grannie, they sour
on the world, and end up wonder
ing why there’s nothing but bitter
ness left for them in the bottom of
the cup.
“Let me grow lovely, growing
old.” That, as far as we’re concern
ed, would be the perfect epitaph
for Grannie—at peace with the
world and with God, in a little
country graveyard.
after chest surgery, to develop pre
operative lung function values and
to investigate how lung function
changes after surgery, VA said.
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ful .when sowing seed. Nothing can
take the place of good seed bed
preparation. The land should be
prepared in such a manner as to as
sure fine soil particles so that they
will come in close contact with the
seed.
The depth of planting'is very im
portant and will be registered by
the seed siae. Such crops as cab
bage, kale and lettuce should not
be planted more than one-half inch
deep. Tomato, turnip and pepper
from one-fourth to one-half inch,
while the larger seed, such as snap-
bean, should be planted three-
fourths to one inch. This is more
or less common knowledge but care
lessness when planting may materi
ally reduce germination of the
seed.
Many soils bake and crust be
fore the seed has a chance to germ
inate and push out of the soil.
Here is a suggestion: After you
have planted your seed, mulch
lightly over the row with either
HE PLAYS SAFE
New Orleans, La.—Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence J. Martello were argu
ing heatedly in their home after
she had asscused her husband of
trying to poison her. Martello
stormed out and drove off in his
car. She followed him in another.
Catching up with him, she rammed
his car three tirfies. ■
Thinking Martello was driving
a stolen car. Officer i^ed Thorne
joined in the 80-mile-an-hour chase,
firing three times at the frantic
husband. One bullet ripped a tire,
and Martello stopped. He thought
it was his wife shooting.
Later, at police headquarters, al
though he had more than enough
money to bail himself out, Martel
lo said: “Nothing doing. I’ll stay
here where it’s safe.” \
ON THE JOB
Peshtigo, Wis.—Finding a dia
mond in a deep snow drift sounds
mighty like finding the proverbial
needle in the proverbial haystack.
Police officer Stewart Jarvis, how
ever, once more proved “our police
men are wonderful.”
Miss Evelyn Brown reported
dropping a diamond out of her ring
into the snow as she stepped from
a car. Jarvis shoveled the snow in
to a tub and melted it. In the sec
ond tubful, he found the diamond.
pine needles or ground corn cobs.
Both of these materials are light
and will prevent most of the crust
ing and baking of the soil. These
materials should not interfere with
the growth of the young seedlings
but you should make frequent ob
servations and adjust the mulch as
needed.
You are now, no doubt, familiar
with nematodes which cause root
knots. The knots formed by the
feeding “eel worms” prevent the
normal functioning of the roots by
blocking intake and movement of
water and nutrients. They present
a knotty problem and can be seri
ous, as many of you l^ave found
out. Your county agent can supply
you with information concerning
the control of this pest.
In the lower Piedmont and East
ern North Carolina, it is time to
plant cool season vegetables such
as cabbage, mustard, spinach, gar
den peas, onion sets, beets, carrots
and Irish potatoes. Maybe some of
you have already planted these
crops, but not if the weather has
been like ours. This is a good time
to plant strawberries for next year’s
crop in the lotver Piedmonth and
Eastern North Carolina. Better wait
a while to do this job in the moun
tains.
Pretty Days Get Local
Gardeners Mighty Busy
Local seed stores had a busy time
of it on the pretty days that bobbed
up the first of this week. Farmers
and townspeople alike got planting
in their bones.
Here and there around the city
you could see home owners in their
back lots. Sick of cold weather and
rain, they wanted to make up for
lost time and start their vegetables
on the way to a bumper crop.
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