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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, December 13. 1968
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FOR US ALL
One of the nicest of many nice things about Christ
mas, here in New Bern and around the world, is the
part that music plays in its observance.
Since that first Holy Night, when angels sang
above a Bethlehem stable, the Christ Child’s birthday
has been an occasion for carols. Without the blessing
of song, the Yuletide would lose much of its incompar
able appeal for mankind.
Surely, God intended it this way. Aptly termed the
universal language, music lifts us closer to the heights
of heaven than anything else on the face of the earth.
Carols are as ageless as the Christmas spirit, as
perpetually charming as the happy face of a kid in the
passing throng New songs have their brief, melodic
moment and pass into oblivion, but the old songs re
main, unblemished by time.
“Silent Night” and “Away In A Manger” are as
beautifully fragile as a butterfly’s wing, but they have
the durability of reinforced concrete. Neither wars nor
rumors of wars remove them from the scene.
We can’t visualize a more stupendous task, or an
undertaking more definitely doomed to failure, than the
effort of any contemporary composer to write a carol
that will supplant “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” or
“It Came Upon The Midnight Clear.”
Such permanence is something of an oddity in a
world where mortals in their restlessness are ever anx
ious to switch to the new, whatever it may be.
Come to think about it, everything about Christmas
remains pretty much the same. Who would want it
otherwise?
UNIVERSAL PASTIME
As Mark Twain pointed out as far back as the turn
of the century, everybody talks about the weather but
nobody does anything about it. The incessant discussion
that Twain found prevalent on the banks of the Missis
sippi is equally commonplace along the shores of our
Neuse and Trent.
At times, matters aren’t helped by television fore
casters who insert so many qualifying clauses into their
predictions that consulting an almanac might be just
as enlightening. Even so. Dame Nature delights in giv
ing the weather man a lot of unhappy moments, to
punish him for being occasionally speciiic.
Some of the language used by the U. S. Weather
Bureau isn’t always fully understood by those who hover
over television and radio sets. However, each term does
carry an exact meaning, and knowing the meaning will
help you a little as you try to keep tab on what may
or may not be in store for you.
For example, when the weather man says “Snow”
the terminology means that white stuff will fall for
several hours. Anything less is described as “Snow
Flurries.” If Vhe J“Heavy Snow” pronouncement is
made, the forecast is for a fall of four inches or more
over a 12-hour period, or six inches or more over a 24-
hour period.
When a “Snow Squall” is predicted you can expect
the same kind of heavy downpour, with gusty surface
winds, that you experience here in New Bern every
summer when it figuratively rains “cats and dogs.”
Maybe in a snow squall you could say it was raining
“penguins and polar bears.”
Want to know what a “Blizzard” is? That’s what
ou’ve got gripping you when winds are 35 miles an
lOur or more, heavy and blowing snow is falling, and
the temperature is down to 20 degrees or lower.
A “Severe Blizzard” has wind speeds of at least 45
miles an hour, a great density of falling snow, and the
temperature 10 degrees or lower. Take your pick for a
White Christmas.
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Historical
Gleanings
ELIZABETH MOORE
AN INVENTORY OF THE
’ PROPERTY OF LEWIS BRY
AN, DECEASED, CRAVEN
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLmA,
31 March 1815. (conUnued).
Names of Purchasers:
Thomas Anderson, Jr..Charles
Butler, Jr.,Sarah Butler,Shad
Corbin, John Haddock, Michael
Powers, G. M. Rains, Latham
Moore, Davis Lewis, JohnR.
Good, Samuel Mck^afferty,
Margaret Bryan, W. M. Nel
son, N. Parson, Hollister and
Cannon, Christopher Dawson,
C. H. Dudley, S. McCafferty,
Sarah Hull, Joel Wall,Stephen
Ernul, Allen Dubberly, Thom
as Allen, Ben Harden, E.
Bartlett, A. White, John Wil
liams, W. Hill, M. Nelson,
J. L. Clements, George Lane,
John Carney, R. and Joseph
Anderson, John Williams,Ben
Sutton, Chris. Bragg, D. A,
Murdock, Joshua Mitchell, Wil
liam S. Morris, E. Bartlett,
H. Tinker, Burton Allen,
Guilford Murphy, Betsy Nel
son, Joseph Avery, Samuel
Avery, William Mitchell,
Chris. Dawson, S. Harris,
Sarah Whitfield, John Bright,
John Avery, E.Rease, Jesse
Spear, James Bright, Equllla
Pollard, Lee Bell, J. N. Lang-
don. Hardy WllUs, Benejah
White, Robert Ramsey, Dan
iel earthy, Tolbert Williams,
Alvin Prescott, Simon Bright,
William Bri^t, Samuel Street,
E. Wiggins, E. Holloway,
Thomas Anderson, Williams
Sears, Southy Wltherington,
Thomas Taunt, Irving Taunt,
EUza Weatherington, JohnCar-
ney, Leonard Loftin, James
Anderson, Amey Brown, Shad
Holloway, Lewis Anderson,
Charles Anderson, Oliver Stan-
liff, Jordon Butler, Joel Wall,
Samuel Wiggins, LabonMorris,
Martin Hagins, William Loftin,
Stephen Searles, William
Hardy, Silas Lau^inghouse,
N. Weatherington, A. Cooper,
William Browning, Earnel Wil
lis, S. Willis, Joseph Wiggings.
Notes owing to the Estate of
Lewis Bryan. Returned by Sam
uel Street, Administrator. (ll
pages of personalty. Clerk’s
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CHRISTMAS SEALS
Yilloge Verses
EVERYWHERE
Near and far, to the ends of the earth,
The world observes an infant’s birth;
Thrilling anew to the Christmas story
Of the miracle gift, and wondrous glory
That Bethlehem’s star proclaimed in the sky.
While heavenly hosts sang^ carols on high.
No sweeter day has been given to man
Than Christmas, part of God’s great plan;
In our grand old city, mid historic scenes.
Pause and reflect on all that it means.
—JGMcD.
Loose Papers, Craven County,
N.C.)
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Supplement to the inventory
of Estate of Lewis Bryan de
ceased, which was omitted in
former return. A schedule and
receipts of Christopher Daw
son for notes and accounts in
his hands for collection for
$822.25, one half of which be
longs to the estate of said de-
cea.sed; $109-00 in bank divid
ends. June 15,1819. Returned
by Samuel Street, late adminis
trator of Lewis Bryan.
Clerk's Loose Papers,Crav
en County, N.C.
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