1959 )urs. iril’s public ictions obeyed my u will Iship’s jesty’s ppoint !■ I am unnec- you 51 Friday, April 3, 1959 THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Page Five Ai 5—n in The Mirror's SPORTS QtfVS' cv\o^^ of Athletes and Events New Bern fans are happy to have Fred Shipp back in town, aft er recent surgery. There’s no doubt about it, pound for pound he was the greatest gridiron star we ever turned out here. His football feats at New Bern High school need no detailing at this late date, and his spectacular ball carrying for Trinity (now Duke University) is equally familiar to oldsters. As a professional, performing for the Ironton Tankers, he had the distinction of playing with Amer ica’s greatest athlete of the cen tury, the one and only Jim Thorpe. It’s hard to visualize a back weighing just 140 pounds, excelling in pro ball against adversaries in the 200-pound class. However, Fred did stand out as a David among the Goliaths, and even in the twilight of his career was able to lead the WE SELL USED AUTO PARTS We Buy: Brass—Copper—Radiators Batterios—Scrap Iron and Steel SAULTER AUTO SALVAGE CO. Morehead Hwy. — Dial ME 7-3910 Wherever thiMy ijpeople are..* ^ attack for a New Bern pro outfit that met the Charlotte Bantams at Kafer Park. With all due respects to Charlie Justice and others, Fred was the best broken field runner we ever had the privilege to see. He was brilliant in his own era, and in modern football he would have been just as brilliant. It’s still too early to draw defi nite conclusions, but as of now the Northeastern Conference baseball campaign looks like a wide open race. With good pitching, and they may get it, the New Bern Bears can be a factor in the final outcome. And now, a question from our mailbox. Who was the first New Bern player to make an All-Coastal Plain League team? The answer is Uriah “Swamp” Norwood, who got the centerfield berth in 1934. He repeated in 1935, and that year Lefty Kennel joined him in the se lect group. MATTER OF PRIDE After all it takes a lot of courage to/admire the man who made a success of what you gave up as a failure. For Expert Plumbing at Reasonal Prices, Cali James L. Cayton ME 7-9389 N. C. License 1697 YOU NEVER HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT QUALITY AND FRESHNESS WHEN YOU TRADE AT Nelson's Seafood & Poultry Market no Middle street ME 7-4132 THAT WILL LEND YOU MONEY WHEN YOU NEED IT? For any worthwhile purpose ... to anyone with a sound credit picture^—we are always ready to extend the money that's needed. We loan at low, bank interest rates and payments may be made by the month. See us for a loan anytimel Branch Banking & Trust Co. Established 1872 Member Federal Insurance Deposit Corp. BILL BELTS ONE—Getting into the swing of things, Bill Guthrie of New Bern High school golf team give the lit tle white ball a stiff wallop. 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In the picture he drives a hot rod, talks over the telephone, rounds up a gang of spies, and res cues a girl from drowning, among other things that you would natur ally expect of a dog that a teen-age boy had been turned into. Tommy Kirk, who had the key role in Disney’s “Old Yeller,” plays the hapless lad whose mis adventures confuse a whole town. And Kevin Corcoran, teamed with him in “Old Yeller,” again plays his little brother, a boy who is delighted to have a dog in the fami ly- Fred MacMurray plays the boys’ bewildered father, a retired mail man who hates dogs, and Jean Ha- gene, for three years the wife of Danny Thomas on television, comes out of a brief retirement to play their rattle-brained mother. “The Shaggy Dog” marks the motion picture debut of Annette Funicello, the shapely, black-eyed 16-year-old who for three years ap peared as the darling of Disney’s Mickey Mouse club on TV. 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