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Those New Bernians whohave
had occasion to move from one
house to another during recent
days aren't by themselves. Au
thorities tell us that 40 million
Americans, one-fifth of the
nation's population, switch
homes or apartments each year.
If you end up living in the
same dwelling for a lifeUme,
you'll have done something that
only three out of every hundred
persons in the country do. Con
sider yourself an average
couple if, in the course of your
voyage on the sea of matri
mony, you move five times.
The guys who figure such
things say half of those who
change scenery stay within the
boundaries of their respective
county, and that only one-fourth
move outside their state. The
transplant bonanza, it is said,
produces more than $1 billion
for operators pf moving vans,
each and every year.
Don’t be too skeptical when
you see and hear “real people"
instead of professional actors
and models doing television
commercials. New York’s
Madison Avenue has reached
the conclusion that you or your
neighbor can do a more con
vincing selling job than trained
performers who talk and look
much better than most folks
you brush shoulders with.
This Is hardly a new dis
covery. Our earliest recol
lections of old-time almanacs
center around the advertise
ments displaying photographs
and testimonials from suffering
mortals who had been remark
ably cured by this or that pill
or tonic.
What confused us, at a tender
age, was the fact that the photos
showed each of the happily cured
still wearing a miserable ex
pression. Apparently, the ail
ment had left a permanent mark
of extreme discomfort,or may
be there was something new
ailing these sad faced individ
uals.
Television commercials are
already too Ibng and too fre
quent, but imagine what they’ll
be like if some of the chronic
comphdners we are all ac
quainted with get a chance to
describe their condition in full
detail to millions of fellow
humans. If you think TV has
given you a complete education
in the unseemly behavior of
balky digestive systems and
congested nasal passages, wait
until these sell appointed
authorities get into the act.
Any New Bernian who has
reached middle age, including
those from the so called best
families, recalls how in child
hood he or she was periodically
subjected to sessions with a fine ■
tootl) comb, close to the window
where the light was better. If,
bless goodness, you picked up
bugs at school, your Ma aimed
to find out pronto.
Apparently, the little varmlts
aren't as prevalent as they once
were, althou^ they do crop up
in local classrooms from time
to time, and are not entirely
unknown among some of the pa
tients admitted to hospitals.
A fine tooth comb, in the old
days, not only dislodged unwant
ed inhabitants, but could crease
a kid’s cranium permantently.
We would hesitate to place our
faith in such a weapon today,
if the juvenile under scrutiny
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The NEW BERN
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VOLUME 11
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1968
NUMBER 8
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HAPPY TRIO—Three of a kind adds up to a full
house for Charles R. and Katherine Flowers Adams,
who reside at 715 Pollock, here in New Bern. Their
triplets, born Easter 1967, are Sarah Katherine on
the left, Nancy Kennedy in the center, and Molly
Forrest on the right. Nancy underwent three serious
operations shortly after birth, but threatens to be
the smartest of the lot. All are strawberry blondes,
although the tendency is toward a .sort of che.stnut
color. Sarah and Molly, identical twins have gray eyes.
Nancy, just to be different, has bright blue optics.
Thev are marvelously well regulated, awake at seven
in the morning and in their beds at six thirty in the
evening. They eat heartily, enjoy each other’s com
pany, and aren’t shy with strangers. "No trouble at
all,’’ say their equally well adju.sted parents.—Photo
by Eunice Wray.