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)» New Bern Public The NEW BERN '• ISHED WEEKLY "=ART OF ^t. Si Per w ’Oiy VOLUME NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1962 NUMBER 18 IS # New Bernians, including this edi tor, need to remind themselves at frequent intervals that nothing on earth can smile but the race of man. Gems may flash reflected light; but what is a diamond flash compared with an eye-flash and mirth-flash? Flowers cannot smile. That is the charm which even they cannot claim. Birds cannot smile, nor any other living thing; it is the peroga- tive of man. It is the color which love wears, and cheerfulness, and joy — these three. It is the light in the window of the face, by which the heart signi fies that.it is at home and waiting to entertain friends. A face that cannot smile is like a bud that cannot blossom and dries up on the StdllCi Laughter is day, and soibriety is night, and a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between them, and is more bewitching than eith er. A smiling child, from earliest infancy on, is sunshine itself, but what we seem to forget as adults is the happy fact that you can wear a smile becomingly at any age. It’s one of the few things that the old and the young can share with equal grace. In all other re spects, those of us who are getting along in years*appear ridiculous when we dress up in something that kids look well in. Ordinarily, the oldster who clingg to youth when youth is no more is a foolish and pathetic figure, nothing pathe^ " ■«lgM or - - =- . Perhaps the big reason smiles look so well on an elderly person is the, solemn truth that most of us smile less and less after we reach middle age. Worries, real and imaginary, get us down, and aches and pains in varying degrees make us grumpy and depressed. It has been our observation that those who smile least of all are the self centered, who insist on living in their own little world and have no hobby — no concern for others. Such folks should heed Adam Clark, who said, “I have lived to know that the great secret ot human happiness is this: Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of too many irons in the fire conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many poker, tongs, — and all, keep them coins.** Dickens observed that “without strong affection, and humanity of heart, and gratitude to that Being whose code is mercy, and whose great attribute is benevolence to all things that breathe, true hazi ness can never be attained. His were the words of a very wise man, who knew human nature and con veyed the fruit of his talent to others with his facile pen. Socrates described happiness as “unrepented pleasure” while Sheri dan said it is “an exotic of celesti al birth.” As for Bonstetten, he insisted that “one cannot Mly happy until after his sixtieth birth day ” So, if you’re beginning to doubt that life begins at forty, stick around a few more years un til the real fun starts. _ Meanwhile, keep busy at doing something. Grenville Kleiser re affirmed a great truth when he wrote these lines: “One of the most insistent things in life is that you are ultimately judged by what you actually accomplish. The busy world of workers gives scant at tention to assertion, explanation, protest, apology or complaint. “What counts most is not prom ise but performance. Good work speaks for itself, therefore something first, and talk about it afterward if you must. Time spent in promises, regrets, and sions, is usually unavailing. The w>ay to do things is not to dream (Continued on Pago 3) BRUINS TO WATCH—Ashley Smith, an elusive and fleet- footed back, and Billy Aster, the take-charge guy *** aggressive pound-laden line, are counted on beavily ^^y the New Bern High school Bears this season. Smith should reach his fuU stride against Northeastern Conference foes, and spark what could be a potent single-wing attack. Aster, an es^blished star, is displaying his usual brilliance in pre season drills.—Photos by John R. Baxter. improving with age—^Roland Verrone performed like a veteran for the New Bern High school eleven last year, although he was just a sophomore. His mwence at end makes^the task of Coach Ml Klutz less difficult, as the 1962 Northeastern Conference campaign looms ahead. Look for this kid, if glory doesn’t spoil him (and we don t think it will) to develop into one of the great dickers m New Bern’s gridiron history.—Photo by John R. Baxter.
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