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•, • fcpijtlimejcl, qq Pftirv ,•. • 1 V New Bern motorists who cuss parking meters, or consider them at best a necessary evil, would find the business streets of Peace River in Alberta in teresting. Mayor E. R. Whitney, insist ing that the public should be trusted, has seen tolt that there are no time clocks on the town's newly Installed meters. Those who park overtime are expected to put another dime in the slot. Police don't even check on Parker.s, to see if they're as honest as the Mayor believes they are. “it will never be come necessary for us to put time clocks on our meters," predicts Whitney. Speaking of parking meters, who would have dreamed less than half a century ago that buildings would one day be torn down in New Bern's dowtitown business section to provide va cant lots for automobiles? Incidentally, how many New Bertilans recall when you could drive up to the curb on Middle street, between Pollock and South Front, and get your gas tank filled? Leon Scott, Sr., had a handy pump on the out side edge of the sidewalk. At least, that’s the way we remem ber it, and probably so do you. Incredible as it may seem, the word from Louisiana is that citizens have had a state song for 30 years juid the fact was overlooked. According to the official records, it is “Song Of Louisi.ana" written by Va.shtl R. Stopfer. North Carolina’s state song, penned by New Bern's William Gaston, has been around a lot longer than Lousiana’s, but you can safely estimate that per haps as many as two million Tar Heels know neither the tune nor the lyrics. Without question, the most familiar and best loved of sev eral gotxl Carolina songs is ‘‘Carolina Moon." Morton Downey, the soprano-like tenor, gave it maximum radio expo sure when, quite appropriately, it was chosen as his theme song for the coast to coast Camel program. Imagine the reaction of a visi tor from the mountains who mi^t expect to find a semb lance of familiar terrain in New Bern's Country Club Hills, For est Hills or Colonial Heights. Our town has much to offer, in cluding attractive subdivisions, but honest to goodness hills just ain't. That's too bad,because view ing New Bern from way up, as you can when you're in a plane, you are able to appreciate Us beauty. Air travelers, many of whom don't have occasion to stop, get an excellent impres sion of tills city of ours where the Neuse and Trent join hands. We envy residents of Bridge- ton. Not the least of what their proud little community has to boast of is an excellent van tage point to gaze at sunsets. Those who live close to the .shoreline are treated to one of Dame Nature's most beautiful sights, as twillfdU approaches. Of cour.se,New Bernianshave a chance to see dawn from our side of the Neuse, but few take advantage ot it. No two dawns are alike, nor for that matter no two sunsets. God, in His Srm-®ratini (Bomrtg Hlbrof® The NEW BERN mmm FUM.ISHID VlfllKLY IN THI HUKf OP lAfnilN NORTH CAROLINA .100 VOLUME 11 NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1968 NUMBER 27 HAPPY VOYAGERS—Bill and Katlw Dlmond, travel ing 8,500 miles from Alaska to Florida in an out board motor boat, had completed 7,300 miles of the ‘ )urney when they pulled in to New Bern’s Union oint on Monday. The cruise is being sponsored by P Evinrude Motors to demonstrate the dependability and durability of their product. Charlie Kimbrell, local distributor, was on hand to greet the Missouri ,, „ couple, chosen for the trek from 1,800 applicants. stand a littfe correcting.MPiioto by Bill Benners Also present were City officials. Miss North Carolina and Miss New Bern, and a reception at the Holiday Inn’s Charcoal Hearth followed. The pah* left Juneau Alaska on June 10, and expect to reach Key West approximately October 9. The remainder of their trip, along the inland waterway, should offer smooth sailing compared with portions of their jaunt. (By the way, the spelling of Carolina on that sign could ;le corre **— ~ ~ li (I
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