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HEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1964
NUMBER 35
New Bern, settled In 1710,
prides itself on being an old
town, but hardly offers a chal
lenge to the oldest of all In
habited cities, Damascus in
Syria.
Like the elderly lady who tore
her birth date out of the fam
ily Bible, Damascus is well
along in years, but just how far
nobody really knows. We do
know it was mentioned in Gen
esis.
It was a city of considerable
distinctlpn before Moses led the
Israelites out of bondage, and
more than 2,000 years old when
Christ arrived in Bethlehem.
It was going strong before any
one dreamed of building Athens
and Rome, so you see New Bern
isn’t ancient at all.
If you think starlings are a
problem. Just be thankful that
eagles haven’t taken a liking to
our community on the shores of
the Neuse and Trent. You don’t
know what you’ve missed, or
what has missed you.
Their nests, built out of
sticks, are sometimes six feet
across and six feet high, and
they live for years and years.
Can’t you just picture a horde
of eagles hatching out still more
eagles on top of City Hall, the
local Postoffice and Court
house, and (heaven forbid) Try-
on Palace?
Irving Berlin’s lyrics for
“White Christmas!’., lamented,..
the fact that Christmas Eve in
Beverly Hills was as warm and
bright as springtime. It didn’t
seem right. We’ve had some
what the same feeling of topsy
turviness walking along Middle
Street in recent weeks of sum
mer weather, with Christmas
decorations hanging overhead.
As long as we’re on the sub
ject, don’t forget to identify
yourself sufficiently when you
sign your greeting cards Uiis
year. “John and Mary’’ can be
pretty confusing to that friend
of yours who happens to be ac
quainted with several other
couples who have these same
names.
If you like authentic Dixie
land music, with explanatory
remarks by a real authority,
you should be a regmlur listen
er to the “Pops” Campbell
Show each Saturday afternoon on
New Bern’s WHIT.
For more than six years his
prized recordings have been
aired here, and before moving
to New Bern he did similar
programs elsewhere, A former
musician himself, Campbell
played with many of the top
names in his Held, and is as
well known in New Orleans jazz
circles as anybody down that
way.
And, since we’re plugging
WHIT, we’ll give equal praise
to somebody over at WRNB.
Congratulations to Bill Jef-
feray, its owner-manager, for
the spectacular success he has
achieved in lining up local
subscribers lor the East Caro
lina College Summer Theater.
Jefferay did rather well as
New Bern’s chairman for the
Theater’s first season, but has
done far better in pushing sub
scriptions for the 1965 season.
He had sold double the quota
assigned to New Bern, 10 days
before the December 1 dead
line, and was still at it.
New Bern’s ham radio opera
tors, and the town has plenty
of ttiem, are an asset to the
community. Albert Parker, who
was a veteran operator before
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COUNT YOUR BLESSS^GS—As you can see, human
claim on New Bern’s
beings didn’t have an exdusive d
observance of Thanksgiving. Eiunice Wray’s ebony
black mongrel, Pudgie, reflects on the good things of
Ufe, while his pedigree guest, Pierre, (Emi
igs
ie Woodard’s
toy poodle of Jacksonville) solemnly waits for grace.
Eumce, who operates Wray’s Studio, made tlm re
markable Mirror photograph. You’ll agree it is one
of the most appealing pictures ever to appear in The
Mirror.
FROM COAST TO COAST—D. L. (Ubby) Ward, a
Carolina Telephone director, dials the first direct dis
tance call from this area. Governor Elect Dan Moore
answered at Asheville. Seated with Ward are District
Commercial Manager JL- A. Coming and Vice-President
J. F. Havens. Standing are New Bern Mayor Mack
Lupton, Pollocksville Mayor R. C. O’Bryan, Carteret
Representative Tom Bennett, Craven Representative
R. C. Godwin and Commissioner Chaiman D. L.
Stallings.