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NEW BERN-CRAVEN COUNTY PUBLIC LlBi^ABV The NEW BERN I WMKUY V4X. 5H Pfc. ^■g? ’«& VOLUME 10 NEW BERN, N. C„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1967 NUMBER 22 Norman Kellum, Jr., whose career as a local attorney Is barely underway, has at least one good friend at the Post OfQce. When a letter arrived from New Jersey the other day, ad dressed “ToTheMostRespect- ed And Distinguished Lawyer In New Bern, N. C.” It was promptly placed In Norman’s box. Other members of the legal profession here have kidded him about It, but he took It In stride. What’s more, he’ll probably hang on to tliat en velope long after a lot of other envelopes have been discarded. Young Kellum Is rather on the small side, and that brought on considerable kidding too, while he was In service. He did a hitch as a paratrooper, but won’t confirm the accusation that welc^ts were tired to his feet, each time he balled out, to make sure he came down. His service background not withstanding, there’s nothing flighty about Norman’s handling of legal matters entrusted to him by clients. He Is serious and consclentous, and It Is a pleasure to give him this un solicited free plug. Turning our attention to someone much older than Nor man, it Is our considered opin ion Hiat no other visitor to Netv Bern and the Coast Country during our lifetime has approached the brilliance of John Kleran. Inevitably, we think of him. Babe Ruth, Bud Fisher, Irvin S. Cobb, Frank Stevens, Charlie Keller, and Ted Williams in connection with Camp Bryan, down in Craven County’s lake section. All of them enjoyed the outdoors there. Kleran, sports editor of the New York Times for many years. Is perhaps best remem bered by a lot of New Bern- lans as a remarkably proficdent panelist on die famed radio show, "Information Please.’’. He Is a man of almost limit less knowledge. Suffice to say that he Is a recognized expert on more than a hundred subjects. Natural ly, you would ej^ect him to be an authority on sports, but he Is equally at home In su^ fields as bird study, flowers, art, literature and astronomy, to name only a few. Somewhere, a long time ago, we heard a story that adequate ly points upKleran’sbrilliance. He had been Invited to speak before the student body of a college at the school’s regular assembly period. On this particular morn ing, the program was in charge of a Latin professor who ap parently didn’t have too high a regard for the Intellectual qualifications of sports writ ers. The professor seemed almost apologetic, if not downright be littling, when he introduced the speaker and Idenlilled him as the sports editor of the New York Times. It was an at titude that did not go unnoticed. Kleran, equal to the occasion as always, stood up and in stead of delivering his address In English, spouted forth the entire speech in flawless Latin. When he sat down, the stu dents gave him an ovation that (Continued on page 8) TRAIL SONG—Everywhere in North Carolina, here in the Coast Country, among the Piedmont's rolling, red clay hills, and higher stifl in the Land of the Sky, the call of the woodlands arrives on the first Sep tember breeze. In a matter of days, August will breathe its last hot breath, and the subtle spell of early Autumn will descend upon the Old North State from Manteo to Murphy. Dame Nature, usually par tial to green, arrays her brightest hues for this bitter sweet season of splendor and melancholv, and issues a blanket invitation to young and old alike to survey her handiwork. If you’re convinced the world has gone hopelessly haywire, turn your back on human frailty for a few golden hours, and renew your faith in the wonder of forest serenity.
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