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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 22, 1960
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
Published Every Friday at 510 Pollock Street
New Bern, N. C., by the Sole Owner
j. GASKiLL McDaniel
.Editor and Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Ona Year : $2.50 Six Months.
-$1.25
Entered as second-class mall at New Bern April 4,1958,
under the act of March 3. 1879.
IT ISN'T EASY
What, we’ve often wondered, is the Emily Post way to
eat Crab stew daintily? To be sure, good manners would hard
ly dictate getting your face, hands and forearms deluged in
juice, but how else can you fully enjoy the eager devouring
of these steaming denizens of the deep?
Certain gastronomical delights simply do not lend them
selves to dignity and culture, and to be finicky and reserved
at such a time as this is to miss out on the pleasure that only
a crab stew can offer.
The juicier the stew, the better we like it. While fellow
plunderers in the pot go into sheer ecstasy over claws and
other portions of crab anatomy, a few of us are content to
douse the available liquid on slice after slice of loaf broad.
It isn’t exactly laziness on our part, although we shall
remain forever firm in our belief that what you get from a
crab claw doesn’t justify the necessary effort involved. Those
who argue otherwise can, of course, back up their contentions
with some fairly strong points.
Actually, Emily Post would probably take crab stew in
stride. Born in Baltimore in 1873, she was the daughter of
a successful and wealthy architect. Married soon after her
debut to society, and divorced a few years later, she turned to
the writing of fiction to support herself and two young sons.
Her famous book—Etiquette—was written in 1922, and
has been frequently revised to embrace in this remarkable
encyclopedia the ever-changing practice of what has been
termed “polite behavior.’’
The best proof that Emily could never be classified as a
silly prude, like some of her followers, lies in the fact that
she has often expressed the frank opinion that good manners
are less a matter of rules than “a sensitive awareness to the
needs of others.”
No one should be so crude as to eat revoltingly in front
of others. However, when it comes to crab stew the eaters are
much too busy to notice the atrocious manners to the left and
to the right. Only a bystander, with no taste for crabs, would
be shocked by such glorious abandon.
Historical
Gleanings
-By-
ELIZABETH MOORE
FAME THAT FADED
Many of New Bern’s older citizens felt a little sad the
other day when .Lawrence Tibbett died. Vaguely they remem
bered the robust baritone as the first opera star to sing in a
motion picture, and the first to appear on a commercial radio
series.
As for our town’s younger generation—intently enthralled
by the gosh-awful mouthings of rock and roll—they not only
had never heard of or from a character named Tibbett, but
were blissfully unaware of what they might have missed.
Born in Bakersfield, California, he was seven years old
when his father was killed by “Wild Jim” McKinney, an out
law. This childhood tragedy was a strange blessing for young
Tibbett. His family moved to Los Angeles, where he started
his musical career as a choir singer.
He made his operatic debut in Aida, back in 1923. His
great break came a few miles from his home in the Hollywood
Bowl. Two months later he was appearing in Faust at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
Tibbett helped found the American Guild of Musical Art
ists, which he long served as president, arid was also the head
of the American Federation of Radio Artists from 1940 to
1945. In many contributions to music, he was a man of dis
tinction.
New Bernians, most of whom have never been exposed
to opera except through the media of radio and television, owe
much to Tibbett. Not only did he use his great talent to bring
operatic selections in entertaining fashion to the masses, but
burst into song with stirring renditions of the popular songs
of the day as well.
Lawrence Tibbett conceded without the slightest display
of reluctance that operatic music wasn’t the only good and
significant music that the world had to offer. He didn’t feel
like he was slumming on the frequent occasions that he strayed
from opera, and he personally enjoyed popular ballads.
It’s pathetic that he outlived his fame and time.
CRAVEN COUNTY
ADMINISTRATION BONDS
1757, July 5. Bond signed by
John Benton, Richard Garrett and
John Rice for John Benton, de
ceased, 500 pounds to Governor
Arthur Dobbs. Wit.: John Jones.
1758, June 13. Bond signed by
Ann Bohannon, widow, John Gray,
and Janies Bowie of Orange county
for Dunkin Bohannon, deceased,
200 pounds to his Excellency the
Governor, wit.; William Reed.
1757, Dec. 13. Bond signed by
Patty Bohannon, John Patterson
and Thomas Wiley for Joseph Bo
hannon, deceased, 500 pounds to
Governor Arthur Dobbs. Wit.: J.
Watson.
1759, Mar/:h 6. Bond signed by
Giles Williams, John Cleeves and
William Mallison of Hyde county
for John Williams,' deceased, 30
pounds to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Wit.:
Robert Sage, Stephen Denning.
1760, Oct. 2. Bond signed by
George Pope, Ephraim Lane and
Samuel Lane for Charity Dreading,
deceased, 100 pounds to Gov, Arth
ur Dobbs. Wit.: Peter Conway.
1760, July 2. Bond signed by Ja
cob Blount, John Kerney, Christo
pher Dawson and Edward Franck
for Mary Marr and John Marr, both
deceased, 1000 pounds to Gov.
Arthur Dobbs. Wit.: Peter Conway.
July 1760. Bond signed by
Longfield Cox, Joseph Coart, for
James Arnol, deceased, 200 pounds
to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Wit.: P. W.
Conway.
1762, Jan. 9. Bond signed by Wil
liam Barber, Benjamin Sanderson,
John Ives for George Barber, de
ceased, 200 pounds to Gov. Dobbs.
1762, April 6. Bond signed by
William Barber, Benjamin Sander
son and John Ives, for George Bar
ber, deceased, 200 pounds to Gov.
Dobbs. Wit,: Robert Gordon, Johil
Abbott.
1762, Oct. 9. Bond signed by
Richard Blackledge, Frederick Bec-
ton and John Cox for Charles Gor
don, deceased, 1000 pounds to Gov.
Arthur Dobbs.
1766, July 1. Bond signed by Phi-
lipe Ambrose, Thomas McLin and
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Village Verses
WHITTLING .
Back yonder in the long ago, when I was somewhat littler, .
Most anywhere you chanced to look you’d spy a happy whittler;
Relaxed, and sort of comfy like, armed with a Barlowe knife,
He pared off curly shavings, as he gave his views on life.
Youngsters in the neighborhood would listen with-delight.
Marveling at the things he carved—his blade so sharp and bright
Fashioned fancy walking sticks, and boats complete with sail,
And while he whittled he found time to tell the tallest talejs.
Conversation would never lag, when whittlers got together^
And on those wintry evenings, or in sultry summer weather,
They whiled away the pleasant hours, praising and belittling,
Discussing weighty world affairs, all the time a-whittling.
Today we do things differently, we’re in a scrambled age, y
And we choose to be as jumpy as a squirrel inside a cafe; ^
We get no fun from being still, we’ve got to be a-going.
Home ain’t where the heart is, it’s where we hang our hat, i.,
And home, alas, in times like these we’re seldom ever at;
We’re folks plumb full of fidgets, we try a pace that kills,
Too doggone much commotion is to blame for all our ills.-
So sometimes I get to wondering if it weren’t a better life,
When folks just sat a-whittlihg, with a good old Barlowe knife.’
—JGMcD. ;■
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John Daly for Dr. Andrew Scott,
deceased, 500 pounds to Gov. Wil
liam Tryon. Wit.: John Rice.
1768, Sept. 14. Bond signed by
James Barrenton, John Edmondson
and James Reel for Isaac Barren-
ton, deceased, 100 pounds to Gov.
William Tryon. Wit.: John Gray
Blount.
1763, Oct. 4. Bond signed by
Katherine Williams, Durham Leigh
and Joseph Kinsey for Edward Wil
liams, deceased, for 100 pounds to
Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Wit. Thomas
Patridge.
1772, Sept. 11. Bond signed by
Benjamin Beasley and others for
James Anderson, deceased, for 100
pounds to Gov. Josiah Martin. S.
Edward Gatlin, Joseph Letchwood.
Wit.: John Cooke.
1772, June 9. Bond signed by
Obadiah Always and Henry Al-
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HE LEADETH ME
He leadeth me. )
In pastures green? Not always.
Sometimes He who knoweth best
In kindness leadeth me in weary ways
Where heavy shadows be;
Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright.
Out of the sunshine into the darkest night.
I oft would yield to sorrow and to fright
Only for this: I know He holds my hand.
So, whether led in green, or desert land
I trust, although I cannot understand.
He leadeth me.
Beside still waters? No, not always so.
Oft times the heavy tempests round me blow.
And o'er my soul the waves and billows go.
But when the storm beats wildest, and I cry
Aloud for help, the Master standeth by
And whispers to. my soul: "Lo, It is I."
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say:
"Beyond the darkness lies the perfect day;
In every path of thine I lead the way."
So whether on the hilltops, high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys, where
The shadows lie—what matter? Ha is thara.
And more than this; where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me helpless, broken reed.
But His Own hand, sufficient for my need.
So where He leads me I can safely go.
And m the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom He hath, led me so.
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