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One of the smartest things
done In North Carolina’s
General Assembly during this
or any other session was Its
refusal to approve daylight sav
ing time as the law of the land
In these parts.
On the surface, daylight
saving appears to be an excel
lent Idea, but It ain’t neces
sarily so. Not the least of the
problems It would unleash In
the Old North State would be
Its complete fouling up of bus
schedules.
Many Tar Heels living In
rural areas ride to and from
work on public buses. Because
these buses run on schedules
that tie In with other schedules
hundreds and thousands of miles
away, they couldn’t be changed
for strictly local convenience.
In other words, a commuter
who had been catching a bus at
7:30 a. m. Eastern Standard
Tlmp would have no bus
available at 7:30 a. m. Eastern
Daylight Saving Time. Revision
of an existing schedule in this
manner would mean that through
passengers couldn’t make con
nections in other cities. They
would miss such connections by
an hour.
As a matter of fact, this sad
state of affairs, as far as com
muters are concerned, prevails
In states that have daylight,
and we’re all for It, they can
have the additional sunshine by
hopping out of bed earlier than
has been their usual prac
tice.
And of course there Is noth
ing to prevent offices and stores
from opening an hour earlier,
if employers and employees
feel so disposed. A number of
New Bern business firms have
been doing this for years dur
ing the summer months, and all
concerned seem to be sold on
the arrangement.
With or without the enforced
regimentation of daylight saving
time, you’re missing a lot when
you sleep away the golden hours
of early morning. No matter
how ugly you are, you’ll be the
best looking man on Middle
street If you start your day soon
enough.
You’ll be the wisest man on
the thoroughfare too, which is no
little consolation when you’re a
newspaper editor who, with a
measure of justification, gets
accused often enough of lacking
sagacity. It’s a pleasure to walk
for blocks, and not meet anyone
smarter than you are.
To make the hours of
dawn even more wonderful,
the odds are favorable for you
to get where you’re headed with
out encountering you bitterest
enemy. Later In the day you’ll
have to go to the trouble of
scowling or turning your head,
but nobody has the Inclination to
scowl at singing birds and wak
ing flowers.
Bill collectors don’t get up
early, so you miss them too.
In a few short hours the air
will hang heavy with the fumes
from thousands of exhaust
pipes, but the air at dawn Is as
fresh as the dew on a rose
petal. Breathing deeply Is fun,
as pleasing as the chilled good
ness of well water when you’re
VOLUME 5
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1963
NUMBER 45
OUT OF THE PAST—When Charlotte Duffy had a
birthday party, you could count on everybody showing
up at her home on the corner of Johnson and Craven
streets. A bandaged eye didn’t keep Emily Dewey
Mitchell away, and Janet Hollister (front row) was
happy despite her woeful expression here. Sallie Pat
Kafer (only young lady wearing a bonnet) obviously
preferred a profile pose. See if you can identify Char
lotte. Leah Jones, Bill Wadsworth, Scott Chadwick,
Meta Moore, Harry Paterson, William Ayers, Billy
Minich, Albert Brooks, Inez Barbour, Francis Duffy,
Etta Mae Ives, John Faulkner, Mary Anderson, Martha
Hurst, Teeny Dunn, John Stevens, Hillery Humble,
Kathryn Dean Ives, Betsy Warren, Martha Harper, Dud
ley Suter, Agnes Pollock, Mabel Uzzell, Frances Marri-
ner, Eleanor Stevenson, Lib Nunn, Mildred Chadwick,
Virginia Styron and others.
hot and tired.
As an annoying extrovert,
this eccentric typewriter
pounder doesn’t care overly
much for solitude. And yet,
being alone with God and Mother
Nature when the day Is new Is
a rich experience. "Through the
grace of your Creator, you have
been given conscious moments
again--a new lease on life and a
new chance to live nobler than
you did yesterday.
If only for a little while,
there’s more goodness In your
heart at dawn. A church steeple,
etched against the sky. Is more
meaningful. A stray dog,
wagging his tall, while sad eyes
look hopefully for acknowledge
ment of his friendliness,
exemplifies the universal need
and yearning for nelghborll-
ness.
Call us a fool for getting up
long before we have to, and
rejoice If you care to In slum
bering while the sun sprinkles
Its first rays of splendor on
the rippling Neuse and the
tranquil Trent. Catch those
extra 40 winks of sleep, and
grumble when at last you grope
your way to the kitchen for a
cup of black coffee.
As long as God makes early
morning a thing of ueaui^, «U1U
life Is In us, we’ll reach for
each new day with eager hands.