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Kew Bern Public LibraiT
All of us here in New Bern,
if we linger on this earthly
sphere, will come to appreciate
these lines by Esther Mary Wal
ker. She calls them "Beatitudes
For Friends Of The Aged.’’
Blessed are they who under
stand my faltering step and
palsied hand.
Blessed are they who know that
my ears today must strain to
catch the things they say.
Blessed are those who seem
to know that my eyes are dim
and my wits are slow.
Blessed are they who look
away when coffee is spilled at
the table.
Blessed are they with a
cherry smile, who stop to chat
for a little while.
Blessed are they who never
say, “You’ve told that story
twice today.’’
Blessed are they who know the
ways to bring back memories of
yesterday.
Blessed are those who make
it known that I’m loved,
respected and not alone.
Blessed are they who know I’m
at a loss to find the strength
to carry the Cross.
Blessed are they who ease
the days on my journey home In
loving ways.
Esther’s Beatitudes bring to
mind an elderly local gentleman
(we won’t mention his name)
who made the mistake of using
a 10-cent type Gold Bond trading
stamp to mail one of his let
ters during the recent holidays.
The letter went through the
New Bern postoffice without de
lay, and reached the party for
whom it was intended. Because
the sender is a nice old gent
and fairly well known, postal
employees may have detected the
error and still moved the let
ter along.
They would never admit this
token of Yuletide kindness, of
course, since it could cost some
body their job. On the other
hand, it's easy to understand
how the letter might get through
without the error being
discovered.
Over a half million pieces
of mail were handled by the
local postoffice during the
Christmas rush. This was far
above the usual load, and much
of the overflow had to be en
trusted to temporary employees
who were willing but in
experienced.
Writing about the trading
stamp incident won’t embarrass
the gentleman who mailed the
letter, since he doesn’t know that
the mistake occurred. Besides,
most of us did some foolish or
absent minded things during the
holidays.
Likely as not, you goofed on
quite a few of the addresses
hurriedly scrawled on Christ
mas cards, but in most instances
the postal employees here and
elsewhere did a mind reading job
and set things straight.
That’s what happened last year
when a Christmas card arrived
from out of town addressed to
Mr. and Mrs. Ida Tucker. For
tunately, somebody working at
the New Bern postoffice knew
that Mrs. Harold H. Jones, be
fore her marriage more than 25
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The NEW BERN
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VOLUME 5
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1963
NUMBER 35
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SALLY WYLY
JANE MORGAN
It's Just Like Jane Morgan
To Encourage Other Artists
One of the things that im
pressed us most about Jane Mor
gan, when we first met her two
years ago, was her genuine con
sideration for others. It’satrait
equal in magnitude to the talent
that has brought her fame as
a TV star and successful re
cording artist.
Jane puts her heart in the
songs she sings, just as she
puts her heart in the many un
publicized acts of kindness that
characterize her busy life. It
was a good day for New Bern
when she married one of its
native sons, Laurence Stith, Jr.,
and adopted our town as her home
town too.
Latest example of her eager
ness to lend a helping hand is
the way she has gone all out
to boost Sally Wyly’s St. Cecilia
Music Club concert, sched
uled for Saturday night at Tryon
Palace Auditorium. She itn’t do
ing the promoting alone, mem
bers have pitched in, but Jane’s
enthusiasm has been a driving
force.
Sally hails from Gastonia, and
Is pleasantly surprised that a-
nother singer, one quite famous,
has seen fit to champion a stran
ger who resides in another
section of the Old North State.
Jane knows the young soprano
chiefly by hearsay, but is con
vinced site has the talent to go
far in the world of music.
Members of the St. Cecilia
Music Clulj, who were privi
leged to attend the State Con
vention of the North Carolina
Federation of Music Clubs here
tional Young Auditions in April,
during the convention of the Na
tional Federation of Music Clubs
at Pittsburgh, Pa. On March 19,
she will be heard as a solo
ist in Verdi’s “Requiem’’ with
the Winston-Salem Orchestra
in a state-wide radio hookup.
Sally began her musical train
ing at the age of six, has per-
in New Bern last spring, well
remember Miss Wyly’s impres
sive performance for that gat
hering.
For her return appearance
here, Sally will present a re
cital of classical, modern and
contemporary songs and oper
atic arias. Other recitals are
contemplated elsewhere
throughout the state, sponsored
by the North Carolina Federation
of Music Clubs.
Miss Wyly is entering theNa-
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formed 23 operas with six major
roles. She has performed with
such notables as Licia Albanese,
Roberta Peters, Giovanni Con-
siglio and Laural Hurley, and
under the baton of Max Rudolf,
Carlo Moresco and Franz Wax-
man.
Mrs. Arvids Snornieks is
serving as chairman for the St.
Cecilia concert committee, and
Laurence Stith, Jr., is co-chair
man. Other members of the com
mittee are Mrs. Laurence Stith,
Jr., Mrs. Raymond Watson, Miss
Caroline Davis, Mrs. Harry
Wright, Mrs. Lawrence Erdman,
Miss Catherine Latta, Mrs. Jack
Carr, Mrs. Floyd Johnson and
Arvid Snornieks.
Incidentally, among the happy
moments experienced by Sally
Wyly have been the occasions
when she won Young Artist Au
ditions at Transylvania Music
Camp, the Junior Young Artists
Auditions, the Winefred Cecil
Award, and the North Carolina
Symphony Auditions. She will
appear with the Symphony this
spring.
And now another big moment
has come to her, the boost that
Jane Morgan is giving her
career. Not only is Jane giving
Sally a boost, but predicting that
she will eventually be one of
the great artists in her chosen
field.
If it comes to pass, no one,
not even Sally, will be more grat
ified over this turn of events
than Jane Morgan, who is hap
piest when she is helping others.