Snails and turtles will never
win many races, except maybe
against other snails and trutles,
but they do have one distinct
advjintage over tlie humans who
belittle them. By carrying their
shelters quite conveniently on
their backs they escape every
semblance of a housing prob
lem. ^
Most especially they avoid
the exasperation experienced
by New Bernlans when they
move from onehome to another.
Considering ail the headaches
and the lalmr Involved, it’s a
wonder all of us don’t stay stuck
in one spot until the roof over
our cranium falls apart and
tumbles down around our ears.
Very few of us do that. No
one knows this better than the
folks at tlie City Water and Light
Dejiartment, the telephone com
pany iujd the gas company. Day
in jind day out they are constant
ly tnuisferring utilities from
one location to luiother.
Before you shed tears for
these public servants, It should
be remembered that some of
tliem would be out of a job. or
have a poorer paying job If
local citizens decided to sbiy
put indefinitely. Besides,
people who have moved Into a
new house, and are witliout
ll^ts and Water, are exceed
ingly grateful tor the services
rendered them by public utll-
ittesi
Everyone who moves—even
the most diligent housekeep
er—discovers with consider
able dismay that they’ve been
living in the midst of an amaz
ing amount of gjtliered dust.
Spring and fall housecleanings,
are supposed to bike care of
that, but a housecleaning will
never turn up the dust Uint a
full-fledged moving reveals.
It makes one wonder just how
much dust imd how many un
detected cobwebs there must be
in a home where the occupants
have lived for generations.
Plain, ordinary dust must not
be too unhealthy, since some
of the healthiest New Bernians
we’ve ever known have been
the ones who wouldn’t think of
moving.
There’s no better time thim
moving day to get rid of all
the junk you’ve been hanging
onto. Some of it does get
thrown out, but unless you’re
blessed with strong charac
ter you’ll end up carting the
l)ulk of it to your new place.
Isn’t it true of all of us
that we’ll sort through the
mess, grumbling all the while,
and save countless things that
“I might need some day.” You
haven’t needed the stuff for
years and years, but you still
cling to the warped notion that
you might have a use for it be
fore sun-down or certainly by
the end of the week.
Actually, if you ever do need
some of tlie junk, on .short no
tice, you won’t have the remo
test idea of where to find it.
More tlum likely, as a matter
of fact, you won’t even recall
that you’ve got it on hand. If
this hasn’t happened to you,
it can be marked down that
you’re a rare individual indeed.
Unfortunately, very few of
our local honeymoons last over
ly long. But if luckily yours is
still in bloom, don’t whatever
you do make the foolish mistake
of moving. No husband and
wife—even a bride and groom
with the scent of orange blos-
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The NEW BERN
PUBLISHID WIIKLY
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BASTBRN NORTH
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VOLUME 9
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1966
NUMBER 34
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ON THE TRAIL—This previously unpublished photo,
snapped near New Bern by Theodore Baxter, appeals
to us so much that we can’t resist passing it along to
you. November is a melancholy month tor oldsters,
lut the sad notes of its song were lost on these three
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youngsters, tram|;ing happily through the woods with
their equally happy dog. Fallen leaves, littering their
path, are symbolic of the dying season, and Spanish
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moss hanging forlornly overhead lends emphasis to
the somber surroundings. Only a child’s heart can be
gay at such a time. That’s part of the price paid by
adults when they grow up, and find that life holds
fears and frustration for those beyond the tender
S ears. No wonder Ponce De Leon made a search for
le Fountain of Youth his pet project. Wouldn’t you
like to discover it?