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Were you one of the shoppers
who took advantage of a «bar-
galn" on 2-lb cartons of boned
turkey at a New Bern super
market last weekend?
Attached to the Item, bear
ing the label of a nationally
known meat packer, was a cou
pon supposed to be worth 50
cents If returned with a portion
of the cover to the firm that
turns out the product.
Not until the package was
undone at home, and the se
curely attached coupon could be
removed, did the purchaser
learn the sad truth that
somebody wasn’t talking
turkey when they displayed the
weekend special.
Printed In small letters on
the reverse side were the ex
asperating words—"offer ex
pires July 1, 1965." Seeing as
how It was then August 6 or
August 7, 1965, even Mr. zip
couldn’t have gotten the coupon
there in time.
As long as we’re on the
subject of food, we might as
well take note of the fact
that this year marks the 7th
anniversary of peanut butter’s
arrival on the American scene.
It had never occurred to us
that the stuff is this ancient.
Less surprising, especially
If you have kids around the
house, is the revelation that
in the Land of the Free alone a
half billion pounds are eaten
annually. Your share lS°”flvS’
pounds, but don’t worry about
It. Junior will gladly consume
any you have left over.
St Louis had the very first
peanut butter, back In 1890.
Originally grocers here in
New Bern and elsewhere ladled
It out of large tubs and In
some Instances ground their
own.
What does peanut butter con
tain? Notiilng but peanuts, ex
cept for a small amount of
salf and a homogenizing agent
And unlike a lot of things your
small fry crams. It’s wonder
fully wholesome.
New Bernlans who remember
Albert Suskln as a brilliant
High school student regret his
death In Chapel Hill, at the
age of 55. Certainly Ms name
belongs on any list of local
boys who made good.
Albert was first and last a
scholar. No one who knew Mm
had cause to be surprised when
he chose teacMng as a profes
sion and in due time became a
distinguished professor at the
University of North Carolina.
Living in Chapel Hill must
have been deeply satisfying.
His interests centered IntMngs
cultural, and you don’t have to
search for tMs sort of environ
ment at Carolina,
Several years ago The Mirror
did a front page story on Sus-
kin. It was a case of handing
Mm flowers before he died,
and now that he is no longer
among the living we are doubly
glad we didn’t wait until it was
too late.
Our own recollections of Al
bert, who was a grade above us
in school, inevitably associate
Mm with James Dawson, Mary
Mitchell, and Gerlad Colvin.
In the modern vernacular of
teen talk, they were brains.
Understandably, the four were
close friends.
Another death during the
week, the passing of Nancy
Carrol, likewise Invoked per
sonal memories. In our day,
every male JuveMle old enough
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The NEW BERN
f niBLISHID WEEKLY
THE HEART OF
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VOLUME 8
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1965
NUMBER
WEREN’T TOO YOUNG—Debbie and Cindy Godiwin,
11 and 12 years old respectively, of Bayboro, partici
pated in their first 4-H Club demonstration this year.
Pamlico and District winners in Rural Civil Defense,
they went to Raleigh and became State champions.
Pictured with them are Dr. Carlton Blalock, State
^sistant Extension Director; Ernest Stallings, Exten
sion Agricultural Specialist; their proud mower, Mrs.
Troy Godwin; and Earl Lemons, Assistant Pamlico
County Agent.
ANOTHER WINNER—Sue HoUowell, also of Bayboro,
brought further 4-H fame to Pamlico County in Wil
liam Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh when she also
won a State crown. Her specialty was fruit and veg
etable marketing. Seen with her are Mel Kolbe, Exten
sion Horticultural Specialist at N. C. State; Earl
Lemons, Assistant Pamlico County Agent; and Dr.
Carlton Blalock, State Assistant Extension Director.
Who said Pamlico is a backward area?