Paf'e Eight
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 24, 1959*
Teen
Topics
IN NEW BERN TODAY
Criticism of teen-age drivers is
often justified, but we can't resist
pointing with pride to our Craven
County school bus drivers. To give
you an idea of their fine record
during the past school year, we've
obtained some figures from Mr. N.
B Pope, who has charge of pupil
transportation.
Approximately 90 teen-agers
drove 81 buses a total of 531,000
miles. Each bus averaged 36 miles
n day over paved and dirt roads,
and that’s an average for the year
of 6,536 miles.
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Every day approximately 3,721
Elementary students and 1,307
High school students w'cre trdtis-
ported to and from school. Add
these two figures together and you
have a total of 5,028 pupils.
There w'ere only 16 minor acci
dents during the school year. Every
mishap had to be reported to school
authorities, including things like
backing into a pole or tree, or into
a ditch.
Although there were some girl
drivers, all of the 16 accidents oc
curred with a boy at the wheel.
This perfect record for the fair
sex ought to make you feminine
drivers feel proud.
Best of all, only one accident
during the year was a violation of
the law. Tile charge in this case
was failure to yield the right-of-
way. We don’t want to boast, but
you’ll agree with us that it would
be hard for any group of adults to
set a better record under the same
circumstances.
About 60 percent of last year’s
drivers will be back, and we feel
sure that they will continue their
excellent safety record. And be
cause the new drivers are careful
ly selected, and have a lot to live
up to, we are confident that they
will also justify the faith placed in
them.
Top Ten Tunes
In New Bern
This Week
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1. The Battle of New Orleans—
Johnny Horton.
2. Lonely Boy — Paul Ankas.
3. Lipstick on Your Collar—Con
nie Francis.
4. Waterloo—^Stonewall Jackson,
5. Personality — Lloyd Price.
6. Tiger — Fabian.
7. Bobby-Sox to Stockings—Fran
kie Avalon.
8. What A Difference A Day
Makes — Diana Washington..
9. There Goes My Baby—Drift
ers.
10. I Only Have Eyes For You—
Flamingos.
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proof of accomplishing much. —
Mary Baker Eddy.
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Colonel Beard
(Continued from Page 1)
one of his neighbors at Fort Ruck
er has been another New Bernian,
Colonel Jack Tolson.
The Beard and Tolson families
have had some wonderful times
together for several years. Like all
service families they had a great
deal in common, plus the fact that
William and Jack hailed from the
same town, and in their spare mo
ments could exchange the latest
news from home.
In recent weeks, however, Jack
has assumed new duties at the Pen
tagon in Washington. We might
add that we hope to do a story on
Colonel Tolson in the not too dis
tant future, and, for that matter,
subsequent features on other New
Bernians who have distinguished
themselves in the service of their
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known to niany of you as h charming New Bern High school
majorette. — Photo by Billy Benners.
country.
Getting back to Mrs. Beard, and
the feminine viewpoint, she has
nothing but praise for the role of
Army wife and mother. “Everybody
gives everybody else a helping
hand,’’ she says, “and no matter
where you go you’re bound to
bump into old friends from your
earlier days.”
In other words, Mom and Pop
Beard and their six youngsters
have long since learned to take
things in stride. Seven years from
now the colonel comes up for re
tirement. “I don’t know where we’ll
end up,” he says, “but I want it
to be close to the water, and by
water I do mean the Atlantic
Ocean.”
One thing is sure, in the future
as in the past the Beards are going
to get the most out of life.
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