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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, March 17, 1961
Currier and Ives Prints on
Civil War to Be in Raleigh
The Civil War will be re-created
in Raleigh, March 19 through April
1, at a free exhibit of original Cur
rier and Ives prints. ,
The pictures trace the course of
the war from the fall of Fort Sum
ter in 1861 to the surrender at Ap
pomattox in 1865. They will be dis
played at the North Carolina Hall
of History, Edenton and Salisbury
streets. The display will be open
Promptness and
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and Repairing
Radiators
EDWARD'S radiator
SERVICE
Route 5 — Highway 17 South
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. dally except
Sunday, when it can be viewed
from 2 to 5 p.m.
Sponsors of the exhibit are the
North Carolina Department of Ar
chives and History, the North Caro*
lina Confederate Centenhial Com
mission, and the Fine Arts Depart
ment of the Woman’s club of Ra
leigh. The prints are from a col
lection owned by Nationwide In
surance, which is showing them
throughout the country in Coopera
tion with the Civil War Centennial
Commission.
Nathanial Currier and James
Merritt Ives were New York litho
graphers twhose names have be
come synonymous with the life and
times of 19th Century America.
They’ve been called the “pictorial
historians’’ of America’s colorful
past for their efforts in preserving
the panorama of life as lived
hundred years ago.
In 1861 a Currier and Ives print
sold for only a few cents, although
some went as high as $3. Nearly
evei^y home had one. Today the
originals are collectors’ items,
some worth hundreds of dollars.
The intrinsic value of the Civil
War prints,'however, is not based
solely on their relative rarity.
Their value is measured by the
way they mirror the events of the
great war—at a time when photog
raphy was in its infancy and very
few dramatic photos of the conflict
were taken. 'The Currier and Ives
lithographs furnish the only com
plete graphic record of the war.
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Ready class? Then, let’s have a
go at a little “signs of life’’ quiz
cooked up by the traffic safety ex
perts. A passing grade renews your
option on a long lifetime. Now:
1. What are the six basic traffic
sign shapes? Answer: Octagonal,
which always means stop, never
anything else; triangular, meaning
yield right-of-way; diamond, the
caution sign, rectangular, stating
laws and regulations; round, the
railroad warning sign, and the
crossbuck, standing at highway-rail
intersections.
2. Give five different warnings
you have seen on diamond shap
ed signs. Answer: Any of these
such as rough pavement ahead, men
working, curve (an arrow showihg
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when wet, narrow bridge, divided
highway, etc.
3. Give five different regulations
or laws you have seen on rectang
ular signs. Answer: Speed limit, no
parking or limits for parking, no
passing zone, keep to the right, no
left turn, stop for school bus, etc,
4. -Where is the round warning
sign posted? Answer: The sign is
about 300 to 500 feet before the
crossing.
5. Where does the railroad cross
buck stand? Answer: ,At the inter
section of a highway and railroad
6. What action is called for by
a flashing yellow light at an inter
section? (a) Stop( look and go
dh6ad? (b) Give a quick look and
go 'ahead? (c) Slow down, consider-.
Ihg this,.a caution signal for traf
fic in both directions, and proceed
when the way is clear? Answer
(c.).
7. What does a flashing red light
mean? (a) Slow down before pro
ceeding? (c) Come to a foil stop
and look both ways before pro
ceeding? (c) Pay no attention, the
signal needs repairing? Answer:
(b) Stop, look and proceed.
8. Last year in .North Carolina
there were more than 50,000 traffic
smash-ups. The death toll came to
1,218. In about how many of these
accidents were drivers violating
traffic laws at the time when death
struck? Answer: In 1960, about 75
drivers out of 100 involved in fdtal
accidents were violating one or
more traffic laws, according to re
ports in Motor Vehicles Depart
ment files.
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Tip^ From
New Bern's Posf Office
What’s Your Postal I
POftAL PATRONS*NAMSS
ARI CONPIDBNTIAL AND
CANNQT BE GIVEN OUT.
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TRUE?- Names of post office boxholders and names and a6t M f
dresses of post office patrons aiid former patrons are pi-MleSed
matter and may not be disclosed by postal employee^,
mailing lists used by concerns or, persons for the solicitation of
business by mail may be corrected at the expense of the owners of
the lists. Occupant lists, as well as those containing names and
street addresses, may be corrected for e charge of 5 cenfs per Ssi-S
name or street address ($1 minimum charge per list). htfOrniati^'
as to proper methods for submitting mailing lists for cdrr#SHb« ’
may be obtained from your post office. Postal regulations do-hof rf
allow employees to add hew names to O'list or to cOnibite oc'ebbailfP'
or other mailing lists. r- '
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Patience can be a life saver. Im
patience can kill. In the following
situations what would you do?
You approach a railroad cross
ing, marked with a crossb.uck and
a sign that says “3 Tracks?* Bells
are clanging, red lights are flash,
ing. Down the track you see
switch engine and you think it is
either standing still or just barely
moving. What do you do? (a) Wait
30 seconds and barge on across?
(b) Pull onto the tracks Where you
can get a better view? (c) Wait
until the signals stop operating)
indicating the way is clear? 'An--
swer: (c> And don’t be silly. %
that-.«ngine' is not going to mnW
into thg^ crossing and no. othfer
is, cqmii^, somebody - Yvill '-like
"be there to tell yOtfe ■ J .fe
llow about this Case. You ate
walking. 'The gates are down^afr a-
neighborhood crossing you use
hundreds of times a year. School
is just out and a dozen youngsters
are waiting at the lowered gate.
You are in a hurry and the train
is way down the track, not coming
very fast, you think. What do you
do? (a) Start around the end »
the gate, then stop and wiufc-djjc
patiently'for the train to pass?
Stop automatically and wait wl
the others? (c) Run like
around the end of the gate
rush across in front of th6 onc(ro*
ing train? Answer: (b) The kids
setting you the right exampldi^
wait. ■ '■* '• '* ■
A word, to the wife IS suffii
when it’s yes.
KEHOE
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