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i 1 . Dusting oif the memories: When Paul Stevens became a Justice of the Peace years ago, he discovered that it could lead to some interesting if rath er disconcerting complica tions. His first marriage ceremony Involved an elderly couple. The protective bride and groom were as nervous as a frying- size chicken when the preacher comes calling. As for Paul,he got the shakes so bad the trem ors all but busted his shoe laces. The bride to be did quite well in her responses, but the man couldn't have done worse. Paul was having a tough ttme too, which didn't help matters any. Finally, the elderly husband to be threw up his hands andfalr- ly shouted, «l'il do anything, so help me God." Whereupon his intended bride clapped her hands in^^ee and added a rousing "Amen." With an all - Inclusive pledge like that from the object of her affection, she could hardly be blamed for this exhibition of boundless Joy. Whether the old man lived up to his comprehensive procla mation, made in the presence of witnesses, is something we are in no position to passupon. More certain is the fact that no other.., Craven .County.groomy - before or since, ever got more completely wedded. It actually happened at aNew Bern drive-in one nl^t, quite some years ago. A man park ed in his automobile noticed a mongrel puppy snlUlng around the wheels of the vehicle. C urious, the motorist got out and discovered that the small dog was scrutinizing a crisp dollar bill. Summoning await- ress, the driver ordered a dol lar's worth of hamburgers,and gave them to the hungry pooch. "After all, he found the dol lar," the man said. Judging by the way the hamburgers disap peared, the dog couldn't have picked abetter item on the menu if he had placed the order him self. Before the motorist could be identified he drove away, look ing as happy about tiie whole matter as tee mongrel he had befriended. Can you really tell how a kid is going to turn out, simply by watching his childhood antics? Maybe yes, and maybe no. Take Teddy Shapou, for instance. Instance. Everyone in town knows, or should, that he was New Bern's most decorated hero during World War n. His great com bat flying earned him the Sil ver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, China's Air He roes Medal, and, if we re member ri^tly, one or two other awards. Teddy (named for TeddyRoo- sevelt) was as daring as they come. First associated with General Chennault's famed Flying Tigers, he flew many a successful mission before he returned to the United States and became a test pilot. His serious and permanent head ipjuries were sustain ed while he was serving in his test piloting capacity. Lots of folks have forgotten the contri bution he nude to his country's cause while in service, but the record stands for those who (Continued oh Page 8) Nno Vmt-€rattfn (Zlotttttg fublfr CibratH The New BERN 1^01^ 1^©^ PUBLI8HID WHKLY Jf' IN THI HIART OP i i VOLUME 12 NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1969 NUMBER 34 HOW IT WAS — If you remember New Bern, the way it looked 20 or more years ago, you’ll recognize Broad St^reet, heading west, near its intersection with Middle. The frame building on the ieft housed Eula Waldrop’s Green Door, where delicious Southern meals could be topped off with the, best Boston cream pie you ever tasted. Broad Street, not yet widened and strip ped of its beautiful trees, was rarely congested, and crossing it presented no problem. Some of the stately trees, growing in profusion, can be seen in the back ground. The Queen Anne Hotel and Kafer Memorial Hospital, converted from the Blades and Jones man- sjons, aren’t seen in the photograph, but both were still standing.
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