Whatever your religious faith
may be — whatever your church
denomination — you owe it to
yourself to hear Dr. A. Purnell
Bailey during his six-day stay in
New Bern.
Countless millions the world
over have listened to his devotion
al broadcast — “Daily Bread” —
a program that originated on the
Armed Forces Network in Tokyo
Other millions gain spiritual
strength from his daily newspaper
column — “Bread Of Life” — pub
lished here and abroad.
A Virginia minister, currently
serving as the District Superin
tendent of the Richmond District
of the Methodist Church, he was
an Army chaplain in the Pacific
during World War II. He spent
considerable time on Leyte and
Luzon in the Philippines, entered
Japan the first day of its occupa
tion, and was there for 15 months
before his return to the United
States.
Dr. Bailey will be presented
twice daily in a series of services
at New Bern’s Centenary Metho
dist church, starting Sunday. Sel
dom in the history of this 252
year old first State Capital has so
learned a theologian been in our
midst. In the vernacular of our
modern world, he is in the truest
sense a celebrity.
Despite his background as a
scholar with many college degrees,
‘ his notable success in pulpit and
press has resulted from the sim
plicity of his messages. He doesn’t
resort to dramatics nor spelbbind
ing oratorical extravagance to get
his reasoning implanted in the
minds and hearts of others.
In Richmond, the citizens there
of all faiths — and those who
have little or no faith — will tell
you that Dr. Bailey practices what
he. preaches. Despite his terrific
schedule, he is active in commun
ity affairs. He has served as presi
dent of the alumni of the Duke
Divinity School, and is a trustee
of Randolph-Macon College and
the Southern Seminary.
★ ★ ★ +
There were 22 drunken driving
cases on the calendar in Craven
Superior Court this week. Mean
while, North Carolina’s traffic
deaths for 1962 show grim signs
of passing well beyond the thous
and mark b^ore remaining Tar
Heels get arohnd to placing a tin
seled and lighted tree in their liv
ing rooms.
Have you ever pictured a thous
arid coffins lined up end to end,
or a thousand hearses in a single,
ghastly procession? Or, to put it
another way, have you ever paused
to figure that the persons killed
on highways and streets in the
Old North State during the past
15 years could populate a city the
size of New Bern?
How befuddled is the average
drunken driver? Suppose we cite
an actual example, revealed and
undenied in Craven Superior Court
last Monday. A driver pleaded guil
ty, and then sat silently as High
way Patrolman Pat Herring testi
fied on the stand under oath.
“I saw him leaning over the
steering wheel,”' said Herring, “as
he started across the Neuse river
bridge at the corner of Broad and
East Front streets. I followed him,
and his car weaved from side to
side. When he got across the
bridge, he continued down the road
leading into Pamlico county.”
The patrolman halted the swerv
ing vehicle, and asked the driver
to step out of his car. “He was
staggering badly,” testified Her
ring, “and had the strong odor of
intoxicants on his breath. I asked
him where he was going, and he
said he was headed for New Bern.”
Obviously, the drunk had passed
through New Bern a few minutes
before, without even being aware
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THEY’LJj BE YELLING—Undaunted by the 24-7 clobber
ing handed the Bears by Morehead City, New Bern High
school’s varsity cheerleaders will exercise their lungs again
at Washington Friday night. Left to right: Cathy Turner,
Kay Vereen, Teresa LaMar, Linda Regan, Carol Gentry,
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Patsy Ward. Second row: Eleanor Dixon, Carol Ragan,
Connie Toler, Peggy Pate, Sally King, Jane Cox and Shar
on Smith. Jenny Hollister is head cheerleader.—^Photo by
John R. Baxter.
SELDOM SILENT—New Bern High school’s junior varsi
ty cheerleaders sound off at every opportunity, and take
their job quite seriously. Left to right: Tony Safford, Hel
en Heath, Leslie Geiter, Peggy O’Neal, Rosali Henderson,
Sandy Kelso, head cheerleader; Cheryl Cobb, Betsy Turn
er, Penny Rice, Ann McCutcheon and Dandy Bryan. Like
the varsity cheerleaders, their efforts add color and ex
citement to gridiron battles here.—Photo by John R.
Baxter.