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Bill Moore’s death the other day, after long years of 111 health, removed one of New Bern’s braver souls from the local scene. The presence of constant pain failed to blunt the sharpness of his mind, nor did It drain the channel of his deep and abiding philosophy. His passing made fresh and new and shining a quotation memorized In grammar school, and not fully appreciated by us then. In one of our spelling books It said, “Cowards die many times before their death, the valiant taste of death but once.’’ Bill didn’t die on a farflung battlefield, as his brother. Hardy, had In World War H, but In our book he was no less a hero. It takes a special kind of courage to endure prolonged physical angulch, and keep the faith. Bill loved his home town, but more than that he loved his fellow man. Mortals with Intellects far superior to ours have ponder ed why the good often seem to suffer most In this troubled world. We do not know the an swer. This we do know, the um complaining good who bear their burden with Indomitable fortitude offer a lesson to the healthy who whine about their own lot. Offliand, we wouldn’t class^,^ ,, Ify Editor Cletus Brock of the ' Mount Olive Tribune as the sen timental sort. Judging by a fine piece of writing in the latest Issue of his paper, we had him pegged wrong. “Sitting on the front porch early Sunday morning,’’ Cletus penned, “the only thing stirring seemed to be a western breeze with the advance announcement of fall. Occasionally the silence would be broken by the whirring wings of a locust as he, or she maybe, uttered their annual protests about the ending of their life’s cycle. Maple leaves In front of our house waved In solemn agree ment with the wind’s announce ment. Except for an occasional leaf, bold in Its disagreement of the winter’s approach and their coming demise. Most of the leaves waved up and down, ac knowledging the Inevitable. The scarce dissenters, however, moved from side to side, de nying and disclaiming. “Yet the breeze moved on, to tell the oaks across the street, the corn turning brown In the garden plot. There was something soft and generous In the wind’s not stopping to argue with the leaves which denied Mother Nature’s message. “The locusts knew, the corn knew. So did the grass In the yard which hastens to bear Its seed. Most of the maple leaves knew—and somehow we knew, too, because there’s not much difference In the Fall of nature’s world, and that which comes to every man, regardlessly of how vigorously he nods In disagree ment.’’ We daresay that only a very few New Bernlans know the or igin of those benches that line the Christ Church fence along downtown Middle and Pollock streets. Billy Arthur, who prov ed you can get up In the world even If you’re only three feet tall, suggested them when he was City Editor for the short lived New Bern Tribune. Billy later had his own news paper at Jacksonville, and now (Continued on Page 8) New Bern PuBIic Library The NEW BERN • OF 5^ Per Co|»^ VOLUME 6 NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1963 NUMBER 21 ON BOARD THEY GO—It’s well worth the trip from New Bern to Wilmington to see the U.S.S. North Caro lina Battleship Memorial. Saved from dismantling for salvage by Tar Heel donations, the mighty sea warrior is a revelation to young and old, and a now peaceful monument to sons of the Old North State who made the supreme sacrifice in naval engagements. It is fitting to be thus remembered. A SIGHT TO BEHOLD—New Bernians touring western North Carolina, and its highest mountains in eastern America, marvel at this view. It is the meeting place of the two most-visited National Park Service features — the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park. This parking overlook on CUng- man’s Dome towers 6,642 feet in the Great Smokies range. Truly, this IS the Land of the Sky.
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