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VOLUME 7
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1964
NUMBER 21
Our thanks to Mary Balkofor
passing along the following to
us. You’ll agree that in this in
stance, at least, history has a
way of repeating Itself.
Both Presidents Lincoln and
Kennedy were concerned with
the issue of Civil Rights.
Lincoln was elected in 1860;
Kennedy was elected in 1960.
Both were struck in the head
from behind by bullets. (And
The Mirror might add, both
were seated at the time.)
Both were slain on a Friday,
and in the presence of their
wives.
Their successors, both
named Johnson, were southern
Democrats, and both were in the
Senate.
Andrew Johnson was born in
1809 and Lyndon Johnson was
born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth was born
in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald
was born in 1939. Booth and Os
wald were southerners favor
ing unpopular ideas.
Booth and Oswald were both
killed before going to trial.
Lincoln’s secretary, Kennedy
by name, advised him not to go to
the theatre.
Kennedy’s secretary, whose
name was Lincoln, advised him
not to go to Dallas.
Both President’s wives lost
children by death while in the
coin in a theatre and ran to a
warehouse.
Oswald killed Kennedy from a
warehouse and ran to a theatre.
The names, Lincoln and Ken
nedy, each contain seven let
ters.
The names Andrew Johnson
and Lyndon Johnson each con
tain thirteen letters.
The names John Wilkes Booth
and Lee Harvey Oswald each
contain fifteen letters.
Fate, or something, certain
ly gave us similarities to pond
er.
The Mirror disagrees with
any New Bernlan who contends
that one vote in an election
doesn’t count for much. Aside
from the satisfaction of exer
cising your right to cast a bal
lot, you might just change the
course of history.
Thomas Jefferson was elect
ed President by one vote in the
electoral college. So was John
Quincy Adams. Rutherford B.
Hayes was elected President by
one vote. His election was con
tested, and it was referred to an
electoral commission. Again
he won by a single vote.
The man who cast the deciding
vote for President Hayes was a
Congressman from Indians, a
lawyer who was elected to Con
gress by a margin of one vote.
And that one vote was cast by
a client of his who, thought des
perately ill, insisted on being
taken to the polls to vote.
Just one vote gave statehood
to California, Idaho, Oregon,
Texas and Washington. Today
all the millions living in those
five states are Americans by
Just one vote. So who knows,
one of these days the one little
vote of yours may make a whale
of a lot of difference.
Tell the truth now, do you
know a very important differ
ence (and we don’t mean size)
between a honey bee and a
bumblebee? We didn’t until we
go to reading on the subject.
When a honey bee stings you,
the batbed stinger and venom-
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EAGEIRLY GRASPED—Creed Mills loses little time ac
cepting the Stuart Flythe Memorial Award that proves
that he was the most valuable National Leaguer in New
Bern’s Babe Ruth Leagues this season. Guy Hamilton,
Jr., makes the presentation at Fort Totten Park. Ruth
at the height of his career enjoyed visiting New Bern,
and hunting at Camp Bryan east of here where many
another celebrity found relaxation along woodland
trails.—Photo by Billy Benners.
TffiULLING MOMENT—Glenn Ipock will remember
this occasion as long as he lives. Less than a minute
before this picture was snapped, he learned that he
had been chosen the most valuable American League
player in the Babe Ruth Leagues here. Guy HamUton,
Jr., long active in the program, presents to him the
Stuart Flythe Award. Flythe, deceased, starred for
N. C. State and New Bern’s Coastal Plainers, and hurl
ed for the Philadelphia Athletics —Photo by Billy
Benners.