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New Bern FnLIic Library
The NEW BERN
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN THE HEART OF
EASTERN NORTH
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Last weekend, at Williams
Restaurant, a bedraggled look
ing couple asked lor the
manager. When Tommy Leris
went to the booth where they
were seated, they told him the
familiar story of an empty
pocketbook and an empty sto
mach.
Since Tommy doesn't believe
In starvation—be It friend or
stranger—he served the seedy
pair an excellent breakfast. The
two gave him their name and
address, asked for his, and said
they would mall him payment for
the check when they arrived at
their destination.
Tommy—standing at the cash
register as they departed—
didn’t feel badly about the
matter until he happened to
glance out of the window. The
man and woman, right before
his eyes, stepped Into a brand
new Cadillac and drove off In
regal splendor.
A writer whose name escapes
us at the moment once said
that no man Is a hero to his
valet. And, we might add, the
well guarded secrets of some of
New Bern’s highly respected
citizens cease to be totally
secret when the garbage man
empties your trash can.
,, Jgrchftnce, you don’t like
a heavy drinker, the evidence
Is there. A can loaded with
empty bottles on Monday morn
ing means just one thing. No
getting around it, somebody liad
a rather large weekend, and an
ever larger head when the\
struggled out of bed.
It is doubtful that the gar
bage man takes time to in
vestigate thoroughly, but If he’s
the curious sort he can even
determine what you resorted to
In an effort to get rid of that
awful hangover.
Or, assuming that your ail
ments are bonaflde ones that
didn’t originate from an exces
sive alcoholic Intake, he can
simply scan disgarded drug
containers and ascertain the ap
proximate state of your health.
If you waste food shamefully,
or go to the other extreme and
eat every left over, he knows
that too. Aren’t you glad your
garbage man isn’t a gossip?
According to the last reports
we had, Russia, England and
France won’t be represented at
the New York World’s Fair
when It opens Its two-year run
In 1964. Of the 110 countries
at the United Nations, approx
imately 65 plan to have an ex
hibit.
Twenty five years ago, when
we attended the last New York
World’s Fair on land now oc
cupied by the huge United Na
tions building, the Russian Ex
hibit was just about the most
Impressive structure there. It
was said to have cost seven
million dollars, and we don’t
doubt It.
Towering above it, and visi
ble from a great distance, was
a large red star—the symbol
so dear to dedicated Com
munists. Inside the massive and
ornate edifice to
Ideology, there were numerou.s
gigantic statues, bronzed and
beautiful—If you could call a
likeness of Josef Stalin or om
of his cohorts beautiful.
Also conspicious were tw'
tremendous painting—one a
bloody battle In Red Square, tin
other depicting a May Day fes
tival. The latter, and this will
sound unbelievable, had more
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HERK .AT LAST—There were those who doubted that
New Bern would get a television station. One man did
believe, however, and refused to give up during long
years of struggle and disappointment. Nathan Frank
has good reason to be proud of WNBE-TV, a million
dollar investment. Aside from the fine ABC coverage
it will provide for a large portion of the Old North
State, its publicity value to our town is priceless.—
Photo by BiUy Benners.
liAZZl.l sL .Sl'LE.MlOK—Visitors to our mother city
of Berne see many a beautiful sight, but it took the
camera's eye on a rainy night to permanently record
this lovely photo of the Swiss House of Parliament.
We’re prejudiced, of course, but readere will agree
that as newspaper pictures go this one is, to say the
least, outstanding. Certainly it rates hi^ among the
hundreds of Mirror photos we have published.