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Friday, February 27, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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Every New Bern parent discov
ers, sooner or later, that a very
email tot can stir up a mighty big
argument. Not just an argument in
volving children, but one that
spreads to adults, too.
Some of the town’s foolish feuds
between families result from such
squabbling. A child can be ipad
one minute, and happy and con
genial the next, but when grown
people get mixed up in the fuss
it often causes bitterness that ling
ers.
What we need to recognize is
that everybody’s kid, including our
own, is at fault at least part of the
time. Most arguments among ju
veniles stem from trivial incidents,
and are easily forgotten if indig
nant mothers, and occasionally in
dignant fathers, don’t make a
mountain out of a molehill.
We might as well face the fact
that learning the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth is
well nigh impossible when chil
dren have their differences. The
story you get is apt to be just as
distorted as the one the other
child totes home.
It isn’t always a deliberate case
of falsehood, although fibbing
crops up fairly often. Naturally, a
juvenile who has been in a fuss or
a fight tries to justify what he has
done. He or she is that much like
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a grown person.
Telling the truth might lead to
a spanking, or at least a vigorous
scolding, so Johnny or Mary plays
it smart and paints a picture that
portrays Jimmy or Peggy as the
meanest brat on the face of the
earth.
Admittdely, some of our snjall
fry in New Bern are bullies, even
at a tender age, and your child
may have the misfortune to en
counter such a bully. If the cir
cumstances are serious enough,
there’s probably no alternative but
to bring the matter to the .atten
tion of the bully’s parents.
However, such cases are the ex
ception rather than the rule. Be
sides, the child who bullies his
playmates usually gets his just des
sert in due time. Eventually some
kid clobbers him, and sends him
home whimpering with a bloody
nose, a black eye, or both.
Of one thing you may rest as
sured. Parents, whatever their at
titude, aren’t going to change the
antics and misdoings of early child
hood. As long as kids come in close
contact with each other, , there will
always be quarreling and fisticuffs.
Humans are selfish from the
moment of their birth, and most of
us are still selfish and demanding
when we reach old age. We readily
agree that there are two sides to
everything — our side and the
wrong side.
When it comes to our children,
we are often prejudiced beyond all
reason. We admit our kids aren’t
perfect, but in our hearts we think
that they’re a Itttle closer to per
fection than some of the other
oeighborhood brats;
If your 'child is sweet and inno
cent and inoffensive in all of his
dealings with other kids, the
chances are he needs a toiiic.
Healthy young’uns just don’t act
that way, day in and day out.
The next time, your child has a
squabble, think twice before you
get the other child and his mother
told. Using restraint, if nothing
else, will keep your small son or
daughter from becoming unpopu
lar and unwanted.
Forgive and forget. That's what
your youngster will do, if you let
the matter take its normal and
logical course.
Tehran, Iran—Two doctors have
examined Cayed Ali Saleh Kutahi
and have come away saying they
are convinced he is anywhere from
158 to 185 years old. Kutahi says' he
is 185.
After the aged man’s story was
published in newspapers, the gov
ernment sent two doctors to the
village of Keluseh to examine him.
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Soup can be a whole meal when
it’s as hearty as Down-South Stew.
Rich, rich homemade chicken broth
is the basis. Corn, tomatoes, okra
and spaghetti make soup that is
hunger-satisfying and colorful, too.
Epaghetti is a wonderful addition
to soups. Just add the uncooked
Spaghetti is a wonderful addition
directly to the soup, and cook until
tender.
Down-South Stew
1 stewing chicken, cut up
2 1/2 to 3 quarts water
4 teaspoons salt
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups whole kernel corn
1 cup cooked tomatoes
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
6 ounces elbow spaghetti
1 cup cooked okra
Place chicken in large saucepot
and cover with water. Add 4 tea
spoons salt and onion. Bring to boil
ing. Reduce heat, cover and sim
mer until tender, about 1 hour and
45 minutes. Remove chicken from
broth and cool. Then remove all
but 2 quarts brpth and if necessary
skim excess fat from surface. To
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shire sauce. Cook about 15 min
utes, stirring occasionally. Add spa
ghetti and copk 10 minutes longer.
Meanwhile, remove chicken from
bones and cut into pieces. Use 2
cups cut up chicken for stew. Add
chicken and okra to stew afld cook
just long enough to heat thorough
ly. Makes 6 servings.
Local Farmers Cautioned
About Fla. Pepper Plants
North Carolina farmers should
beware of Florida-grown pepper
plants this year.
J. C. Wells, plant pathologist for
the N. C. Agricultural Extension
service, reports bacterial spot is
causing severe damage in the ma
jor pepper-producing areas of Flor
ida, with some counties losing up
to 90 per cent of their, crop.
“Bacterial spot has also been a
problem in North Carolina for the
last three years,’’ W^lls said. “Most
of the loss has come where Flori
da-grown plants were used.’’
The best way to eliminate the
problem is to produce disease-free
plants at home, Wells added.
And since the disease can be car
ried on the seed as well as the
plants, only seed produced In the
arid regions of the West or seed
that have been treated with me;.-
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used.
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