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VOLUME 11
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1968
NUMBER 10
Yesterday was when New
Bern’s most effective lawyers
chomped on a cud of tobacco
while eloquently addressing
Juries, and convenient brass
cuspidors were standard equip
ment In the Craven county
courtroom.
It was also when the last slide
the Masonic showed on Its sil
ver screen,beforethe malnplc-
ture started was ’’Ladles
Please Remove Your Hats.”
Incidentally, those hats had pins
sufficiently long and 'sharp to
seriously Incapacitate any male
patron who got fresh with the
woman seated next to him.
Yesterday was when your
milk came to your door like
It came from the cow. It wasn't
homogenized, but you could
measure the cream at the top of
the bottle and tell whether pump
water had been added. As for
cleanliness, you had to have
faith or lack Imagination.
Yesterday was when a kid
really did believe that sooner
or later he would find a dia
mond ring In a box of Cracker-
jack, and a man who spent more
l^an a nickel for a couple of
cigars needed to get acquainted
with El. Reeso. With a dime's
worth of cheese you could have
fed an army of mice, and had
some left over.
Yesterday was when no one
had ever heard of an alcoholic,
you sliced your own bread, and
no fool would have built a house
without a nlcefrontporcbwhere
you could set a spell and cuss
Kaiser Bill with your neiidibors.
It was also when you squinted
at the sky and made your own
weather forecast. Instead of
turning on radio or television.
Yesterday was when a
stranger was an oddity on Mid
dle street, every bride needed
a washboard, and few people
In town had ever eaten a toss
ed salad. Air conditioning hadn’t
come to churches, but congre
gations were bigger.
We don't know who wrote the
following, but it found Its way
to our desk and we want to
pass it along. Perhaps In this
confused and bitter world you
will get something from It.
1. Go placidly among the noise
and hast; and remember what
peace there may be In silence.
2. As far as possible, with
out surrender, be on good terms
with all persons. Speak your
truth quietly and clearly; and
listen to others, even thie dull
Ignorant; they too have their
story. Avoid loud a^resslve
persons, they are vexations to
the spirit. If you cam pare your
self with others you may become
vain and bitter; for always there
will be greater and lesser per
sons than yourself.
3. Enjoy your achievements
as well as your plans. Keep
Interested in your own career,
however humble; It Is a real
possession in the changing for
tunes of time.
4. Exercise caution In your
business affairs, for the world
Is full of trickery. But let
this not blind you to what vir
tue there is, many persons
strive for high Ideals; and
everywhere life Is full of hero
ism.
5. Be yourself. Especially
do not feign affection; neither
be cynical about love, for in
the face of all aridity and dis
enchantment It is perennial as
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V
SAVE YOUR PITY—Don’t feel sorry for Adonis (Don
nie) Brown, who completes the seventh grade at
New Bern’s West Street Elementary School today.
It’s true he was born without arms (he has two fingers
on his left shoulder) but the youngster has talent,
and more than that a will to achieve that puts the
rest of us to shame. With those misplaced fingers
and his mouth he manages to grasp the tools to draw
pd paint in chalk, crayon and water colors. His art
teacher, A. W. Burney, who impresses us too, says
the only problem with Donnie is persuading him to
take time out for a rest. The 13 year old is an ex
cellent student. If you’d like to contribute to a scholar
ship fund The Mirror is establishing, mail your contri
bution to Jerry Thomas, cashier, New Bern’s First
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.—Photo by Wray Studio.