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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
August 15, 1958
Childhood has many Udightful
aspects. None is more intriguing
than the way the very young take
even tlie most fantastic things liter-
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Santa Claus cruising through the
heavens isn’t hard for them to visu
alize and accept. Neither is the
Good Fairy or the Sand Man.
In a world of little faith it’s nice
to know that kids at least have a
little bit of it in their hearts. Gul
lible though they are, beyond the
boundaries of adult comprehen
sion, they possess something as
priceless as it Is fleeting.
Well do we remember a. classic
example of this limitless faith.
Francis, the Talking Mule, was
playing here. Grown folks knew
a mule couldn’t converse with hu
mans, but a goodly number of New
Bern’s small fry had seen it happen
on the screen and were thoroughly
convinced.
One morning, on upper Hancock
street, the owner of a mule left
him parked near the curb in a high
sided truck and went shopping. The
mule, a patient critter, was just
standing there in the truck, mind
ing his own business.
He wasn’t ignored very long.
Two small boys spied him, climbed
upon the truck, and tried to strike
up a conversation. They talked and
they talked, asking him his name,
where he lived and a lot of other
pertinent questions.
By the time the owner got back
the small boys were talked out. As
for the mule, he had been talked
at so much that his ears flopped in
utter weariness.
The mule, no doubt, was glad to
get back to the business of plowing
in a hot sun. At that, he wasn’t half
Beware of the Garbage Man
It's apt to be an embarrassing
day for a lot of New Bernians, if
their garbage man decides to write
a book.
Think of all the material he
picks up. You can fool the preach
er, or even your next door neigh
bor, but your garbage man really
has the goods on you.
He can count the beer cans, or
empty fifths, and tell at a glance
what kind of weekend you had.
And the tomato juice cans, why
they’ll let him know if it was hard
Rifle Club
Popular with
Local Boys
Thanks to a suggestion made by
Harold H. Jones, and the assist
ance he got from other New Bern
ians interested in boys. New Bern’s
Pot Shot Lot Junior Rifle club is
going like great guns here.
As of now, membership is limited
to scouts who belong to Ship 214
and Explorer Post 13. Members in
clude John Howell, Robert Tyson,
Chunn Purser, Tommy Faulkner.
Larry Heath, John T. Jones, Bill
Howell, John Gaskill, Willis Mason,
Harry Kahn, Eugene Stowell, Jr.,
Ed Robbins, Tommy Johnson, Bil
ly Hunt, Charles Carter, Ronald
Jones and Charles Alford.
Eugene Stowell, long active in
scout work here, is club leader
and Louis Shields is the instructor.
John Tucker Jones is president,
and other officers are Tommy
Faulkner, vice-president; John Gas-
kill, executive officer; Willis Mas
on, secretary; Larry Heath, treas
urer.
Serving as advisors are Charles
W. Bray, Erroll T. Bennett, James
B. Land, G. Lee Howerton; George
L. Slaughter and Dr. William I.
Gause. Recognized officially by the
National Rifle Association, the club
received its charter on April 10.
Among the Junior Rifle Awards
that the youngsters are striving for
are Pro-Marksman, Marksman,
Marksman First Class and Sharp
shooter. A range has been estab
lished at Glenburnie, and in rainy
weather the facilities of the Na
tional Guard Armory are available.
Using 22 caliber rifles, the local
lads not only become proficient
in the use of firearms, but develop
keen awareness of safety meas-
to take the morning after.
You may brag about the T-bone
steaks, but the garbage man has
the low-down when he finds sar
dine cans or not dog wrappings
in your tossed-out trash. If he
wants to be thorough about it, he
can check your unpaid bills, with
threats scribbled on the bottom,
your discarded bank statements,
or your love letters.
What kind of medicine are you
swigging nowadays? Do you go for
tranquilizers, headache powders,
vitamins or strong laxatives? Has
your doctor, because of your in
sistence, prescribed youth pills?
What are your reading habits?
Do you cram your library shelves
with laudable literature, and then
sneak hidden hours of pleasure
ures. Dr. Gause conducts a hunter’s
safety course consisting of four
one-hour lessons. Not until a pros
pective member completes the
course and passes his examination
does he become eligible for mem
bership in the Rifle club.
from trashy paper-back novels and
confession magazines?
These are revelations that repose
in your garbage can. One day, J>er.
haps, they’ll end up in a bo6k u
may not be well written, at a
book of the month selection, but if
nobody else buys it the neighbors
will. Maybe, just to be on the sif^
side, you should oughta buy your-
self an incinerator.
There’s no use hurrying if you
are headed in the wrong direction.
Love is blind; friendship tries
not to notice.
— Otto Eduard Bismarck
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so disgusted as his would-be
friends. “He sure ain’t smart like
Francis,” one of them complained
when the truck departed.
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SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
At New Bern High School Auditorium - Trent Park
DICK MILHAM, Song Leader
KIRBY BUCHANAN, Soloist
Matt HOWELL, Program Director
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—August 17th_3:00 P. M. NJte s‘ch*arff' T^tny
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