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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, March 6, 1959
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The funniest thing we’ve seen
,io far on the trip happened sev
eral days ago in the Mediterranean
Sea. A small 5-year-old boy, with
the biggest ears you have ever
^een. had worked his” head through
ihe railing on the side of the ship,
tie was howling like mad while his
S-year-old brother was trying to
pull him free.
Tills was accomplished at length,
leaving two very pink ears, Not 10
ninutes later, this same boy was
seen for the second time with his
lead caught between two swinging
loors leading to the “quiet” room.
/igain his brother was applying
painful assistance, and what red
ears that little boy had. This leaves
as with the thought that little
poys are hard to figure out, and
hose who read this column realize
hat sometimes big boys are hard to
:'igure out too.
There are two swimming pools
')n the Stratheden. It is half way
interesting and shocking to watch
leople swimming, because the Eu-
opeans use bathing suits that
would make us blush to wear.
They’re almost as small as Mr. Er-
’.lul’s son, Bobby, wears when swim
ning on the State College swim
ming team.
You can ask Mr. Ernul how small
hat is the next time you’re in the
Parber shop. However, the Europe-
ins seem to take this sort of thing
in stride without a hint of embar-
essment.
There are free movies, or “cine-
mas ’ as the English call them, on
ooard ship every night. We have
■seen some rather good current
films, such as “The Perfect Fur
lough,” “Me and the Colonel,”
‘Bell, Book and Candle,” “The Re
markable Mr. Pennypacker,” and
‘Romeo and Juliet”, which is a
Russian film.
that it seemed good to view new
films rather than television. (Of
course, their being free didn’t hurt
our enjoyment in the least.)
Each ship has numerous athletic
events and games, which one has"
the option of playing. Right now
we’re in the middle of a ship-wide
competition in such areas as ping
pong, bridge, chess, deck tennis
etc
On board is a chess player who
is three times chess champion of
Scotland. Robbie is yet to play him
but has beaten two men who have
won previously over the Scotch
gentlemen.
This doesn’t prove a thing, how
ever, because Robbie pulled
dumb bunny and lost to a compare
tively poor chess player in the la
ter rounds of the tournament.
Before we forget it, let us tell
you of our one and a half day stay
in London, which to us seemed
like a city out of a story book. We
landed in Southampton on Sunday
and took the boat train into Lon
don Sunday night.
We had wired ahead for hotel
reservations on the Strand, a very
famous street in London, and we
figured the hotel couldn’t be too
bad. It was plainly a case of mis
taken identity. We had a small cold
room, with a bath down the hall,
toilet on the next floor, and a heat
er that was more like a slot ma
chine than anything else. You had
to feed silver coins into it, and
then for only a chance that there
would be heat. Since we would be
in London for only two nights, we
decided to struggle it through.
Sunday night w'e walked over
what seemed to be half of London
until we checked our maps. Boy,
were we fooled. Monday morning
Robbie had the task of transport-
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trunks, four large suitcases, one
brief case and himself completely
across London from Waterloo Rail
way Station, where we arrived, to
St. Pancras Railway Station, where
we caught our present ship, the
Stratheden.
This job was accomplished, we
are happy to say, at a cost of only
two dollars, three hours and four
arguments.
We did get to see the Queen
Mother and Princess Margaret. We
had wanted to see Queen Elizabeth,
but we were told that we shouldn’t
be disappointed, because it is very
seldom that you get to see any of
the Royal Family.
The event was the Royal Preview
of the movie, “The Horse’s Mouth,
starring Alec Guiness. Ropes were
placed all around the theater and
along the streets. Getting there
45 minutes early, we obtained
places right on the rope, not more
than 50 feet from where they got
into their car.
From a man’s point of view.
Princess Margaret is a very attrac
tive lady. Queen Elizabeth was sup-
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Alcohol And
Accidents Go
Hand In Hand
By Jeanne Smith,
Dodge Safety Consultant
ESPECIALLY TIMELY at
the holiday season are some
statistics on the relationship of
alcohol and accidents released
by the National Safety Council.
Urging
drivers and
pedestrians
alike not to
mix alcoholic
spirits with
the. Christ
mas spirit,
the Council
points out
that more
than 25 per
cent of traf- .
tie fatalities Miss Smith
are the result of drinking.
In Delaware, where special
attention has been given _ to
the problem of the drinking
driver, blood tests, police re
ports and intoximeter tests
show that 40.6 percent of all
drivers involved in traffic fa
talities had been drinking.
A test of 60 volunteers, re
ported by the Council, revealed
that drinking seriously impairs
both judgment and reaction
time.
After the 86 men and 15
women volunteers had first been
tested for driving ability, each
drank an ounce of whiskey for
every 30 pounds of body weight.
(In other words, a 160 pound
man consumed five drinks.)
Forty-five minutes later, the
volunteers were retested with
these results:
Nearly all suffered loss of
visual sharpness. Thirty per
cent showed a significant drop
in depth perception. More
than half were unable to
judge distances well and over
50 percent were affected ad
versely by headlight glare.
When quick thinking is vital.
Council officials stress, the
drinking driver, is severely
handicapped. »:
posed to have attended the pre
miere, but the next morning’s pa
per said that she didn’t as a “slap-
on-the-wrist” to the movie indus
try for always turning the Royal
Previews into little more than
cheap publicity—emphasizing low-
cut dresses.
Anyway, since we were in Lon
don for only 36 hours, we consid
ered ourselves lucky. We took mov
ies of Parliament House, West
minister Abbey, Big Ben and the
Thames river. It was early in the
morning, and very cold.
We had to wean gloves and found
no little difficulty in changing the
film. As a last resort, we went
down in the subway to change the
film, and even then Robbie almost
lost two fingers due to frostbite.
We also went to Number 10
Downing street, the home of the
Prime Minister of England. The
bobbies there told us we could do
anything around the house that we
wanted to, except step on the door
step. We kindly obliged, and did
everything we could think of—min
us the doorstep.
Next week, among other things,
we’ll discuss London traffic. Un
til then—Cheerio.
huAan nature
It’s true that there is nothing
new under the sun—even the mak
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they are poor—others are poor be
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A Weekend Prayer
Blc.ssod Lord Jesii.s. we give
thanks unto Thee tor the privilege
of coming unto You in prayer, and
give thanks for Your presence here
with i(s.
Help us to realize and accept
the fact that You are not only the
Lord of our spiritual and moral
life, but that You are also the Lord
of our financial, physical and busi
ness life.
Help us Lord to put You at the
head of our business, that we might
do business as a child of God
should. Help us to put You at the
head of our family, that we might
dedicate our chlldrei; and our lives
to You, and that You might reign
supreme within the family circle.
Help us to place You first in our
social life, that we might walk in
the light as You are in the light,
and that we may be true witnesses
to You in this life. We ask all
these things and give thanks in
Your precious name. Amen.
—H. B. (Jim) Jones, Pastor
Vanceboro Methodist
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