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Page Tw’o THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, September 4, I95J KENNEL KAPERS IN KANGAROO LAND Hello again. Have you ever looked in a mirror while shaving or combing your hair or putting on lipstick and been struck by perhaps the dumb est looking face you could imagine? If you haven’t you’re either fortu nate that you possess some good looks or you're unfortunate that you can’t humbly recognize a fun ny face when you see one. The only reason I mention about looking in mirrors is that I've been scanning my head meticulously lately to see how many more hairs have disappeared or how many more have turned gray. Actually T'/e had gray hairs since I was seventeen, and I’ve been forced too often by my school mates to the re,ioinder “Gray hair is a sign of maturity—where’s yours?’’ Bald ness I should expect; my grand- pappy and my daddy have been harbingers of doom on that point. Jean says that she thinks a head of all silver hair is a beautiful sight. (Rationalization I call it.) I’m doing my best to make her happy. ELECTRIC MOTOR REBUILDERS 24-Hoor Servica ACE ELECTRICAL CO. 318 S. Front St. Dial ME 7-7350 Today and Every Day A. D. Laughinghouse Is Ready to Give You Courteous and Complete Texaco Service CCC SERVICE STATION Across from Courthouse ME 7-6827 KEHOE SUN. - WED. There is a teri'ific race on my crovyn between getting bald and getting gray. Some day I envision having just one hair left—but that will be gray, and Jean will love me once more. Still, I’m off the beaten track again. We started off talking about stupid faces, and I must say that I have one of the dumbest looking around. An incident that happened a month or so ago emphasizes that fact. (Now, good people, don't be stupid, too. Of course I’m leading up to story, or else 1 would never admit in public that I look dumb.) From the suburban train ter minal to the University here in Melbourne is approximately a mile, passing through the business dis trict of Melbourne. Sometimes when I’m very energetic and either wish to look at the store windows and pretty girls or save the nine cent trolly fare, I walk to the Uni versity (or to Shop as the students call it.) This day I felt very energetic and Scotch tight. About half way to the school I was tapped on the shoulder by a fairly well dressed, shortish man w'ith a built-in five o’clock shadow, who greeted me with “Ah, you’re an American’’ When I asked him how he could tell so easily, he replied that the give away was my wearing white athletic socks. (Everyone over here prefers the darker woolen socks.) It turned out the “gentleman's name was Mr. Jackson from Mexico City, and he was boni in Boston. From there on the similarities be tween us were amazing. When he found out where I was from, his wife suddenly came fz'om Virginia. When he found that I had an engineering degree, I discovered not too much to my sui'prise that he was chief engineer on a steam ship of the Panamanian lines. To top it all off, Mr. Jackson had been looking for me at the University all morning, having been given my name by one of the American Full- bright scholars. Poor Mr. Jackson. He had been left in Hong Kong by his company to undergo an appendicitis opera tion, and was supposed to meet his ship in Melbourne. But he had found that his ship had been re directed to Auckland, New Zea land, and it was leaving the next morning for Mexico City. He had a plane reservation for that night to Auckland, w'hich was costing him $73; and he had $68.90 with him at the present. Naturally he had been directed to me to borrow the other $4.70 so he could catch his plane and ship KEHOE — Friday & Saturday Bette Davis makes a special appearance as Catherine the Great in "John Paul Jones," Technirama-Technieolor production presented at the Kehoe Theatre. She is shown here with Rdbert Stack,_ who portrays American Naval hero in Samuel Bronston's multi-million dollar production. become tenporarily defeatodi through brute force and the nn i piided efforts of his brothers but-nature’s design for continm;: always ehm.nates impurities, £ freedom of mind and soul 3 eventually win, for it is God’s d» I sign. This is a wonderful • blessed Christian Nation Lel-| keep it that way. Every mi3e1 every day, every year, and tl nation will flower and prosper the rest of time. ‘ miaht’i® might . It IS also written “Beat I your plow shares- into swords’’ ' Etn-nal vigilance is a small price! to pay for truth. Emmitt L. Brinson. Some people think they were I given a conscience so they could detect the faults of their next door neighbor. ' Tru-Tread Tire Co. U. S. 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' Several weeks later I was talking ‘ to one of the Fullbright fellows studying out here; and I was not too surprised to find that he had been approached by a Mr. Johnson of the Latin American lines, who only wanted several dollars. I hope I meet Mr. Jackson again some day. He’s probably still here, because I don’t see how anybody could fall for that line and give him enough money to get out of town. You know, asking for such low amounts, I don’t see how he m-kes a living. Don’t laugh too hard though. I notice that the old “skin” game is still pulled on unsuspecting pas sers by in Raleigh about twice a year. ?'"y final synopsis on myself—I do look dumb, but not that dumb. Cheerio! Bobbie. MIRROR MEDITATION “Freedom” is a creative endow ment of Almighty God. Evei-y living thing on this globe must fol low this set pattern in order to flower and reach its ultimate plan, or life becomes a frustrated and aimless degenerated mass. This al so applies to nations. For communism to state that all people of this earth will eventually become athiest is as stupid as the one who uttered the statement, and certainly places a limit on his intelligence and knowledge of truth. A Nation through force may imprison a man’s body, but it is a physical impossibility for any per son or nation to bind a man’s “mind or soul”. God did not make a mistake in his design of mankind, and as long as there is life—or man—he might Williams' 66 Ser. Ctr. 24-HOUR SERVICE MUFFLERS — TAIL PIPES W'heel Balancing — Brake Relining — Generator And Starter Repairs — It’s «0I Brosd St. — Ph. ME Z-Stet For Groceries & Meats Plus Courteous Servicing of Your Car or Truck, You Can Count on DEXTER WILLIAMS Morehead Highway SUBSCRIBE TO THE MIRROR Give Your Favorite Furniture a New Lease on Life. FREE ESTIMATES PICK-UP & DELIVERY Gray Upholstery Co. Dial ME 7-726( Re E. BENGEL SHEET METAL WORKS Roofing of All Kinds Worm Air Heating 13 n N. 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