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I—- Sii'm vHottuiiji jpimiu iuiiimy Th« NEW BERN fj. '^HBDWIEKLY “'TOP ^d- fi°h)a^t>t. St Pe. ^ ^0 % f'^% VOLUME 12 NEW BERN. N. C.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969 NUMBER 38 If like this editor you are one of New Bern’s southpaws,It’s a shame you can’t visit a most unusual shop in London. The sign over the door reads ANY THING LEFT HANDEDLIMIT- ED. On sale inside are articles made especially for portsiders. Included are such diversified items as golf clubs, fountain pens, egg beaters, scissors, bricklayer trowels, can open ers, palettes for artists, po tato peelers, T-squares for draftsmen, and even lefthand ed playing cards. The woman who originated the business in a small upstairs office, but quickly had to move to a larger, first floor location, is not a southpaw. Mrs. Clau dia Gruby says the idea oc curred to her when she repeat edly heard her lefthanded friends complain about the awk wardness experienced in using articles designed for ri^t- handers. Citing just one example, she points out that check books, with the stubs on the left, are incon venient for portsiders, and grow increasingly so as the checks are used and the stubs mount. This Is the sort of prob lem that righthanders never think of, and lefthanders have been forced to accept. Telephones, except the ones especially ordered for your own home or office, are made for righthanders too. Show us a telephone with a twisted cord, and we’ll lay you two to one that a lefthander has been using it. The cord at our house stays twisted, but it doesn’t make for domestic harmony. Approximately five persons out of each hundred are port siders. Remembering how V.P used to get rapped on the knuck les with a ruler at Central School for writing with the “wrong’.’ hand, we’re glad edu cators finally woke up to the fact that folks like us are born the way we are. And, if you’re rl^thanded, think twice before you smirk and make a wisecrack about “dumb lefthanders.” Plenty of. them are dumb, and you can in clude the writer in this uncom plimentary bracket, but statis tics show that the ration of out standing lefthanders compares quite favorably with the percen tage who excel or exhibit high Intellect. Because we’re outranked 20 to one or more, it will remain a righthanded world filled with rl^thanded utensils. Even so, we’re glad that lady in London recognized the problem and did something about it. She is mak ing money hand over fist. The left hand, that is. You can trust Hallmark Cards to come up with quality television, and heaven knows the three major networks need a little quality Interspersed in the usual tripe served view ers. “The Littlest Angel” last Saturday night was deli^tfiilly presented. Casting Jody firom “Family Affhir” in the title role was a stroke of genius. More power to Hallmark, and likewise to those who produce “The Bell Telephone Hour.” Originality isn’t common place In any field of endeavor, nor has it ever been. However, we refuse to believe that in this land of more ttian two hundred million people there aren’t to- «> • •(Continued Off Page S)'*'*''*' ★★★★★★★ A A A★★★★★★★★★ I , * L ' « • ■■ v,4>' -"'i' f' fj: r mi' y .» -i 5 V-'. THE GREATEST EVER — New Bern High school’s Charles (Chuck) Mohn, acclaimed from Manteo to Murphy as North Caroiina’s athiete of the week, has been dubbed by dozens of astounded sports writers and college coaches as the most outstanding per former in the 33-year history of Chariotte’s annual Shrine Bowi game. Seen here, grimly determined in his Ail-Star Jersey, Chuck came off the bench in the closing minutes of the final quarter last Saturday, with North Carolina’s High school elite trailing South Caro lina 20-7. While 27,500 fans packed in Memorial Stadium roared so loudly that officials had to quiet them, to let young Mohn^s Tar Heel teammates hear him cooly bark signals, the Bruin quarterback passed^ South Carolina’s formidable outfit dizzy. Twice, with time running out, he quickly moved North Carolina from its own goal line, then handed off unselfishly to other backs, after reaching the five and one yard stripes. When it was over, the impossible had happen ed. A team hopelessly beaten emerged victorious, 21-20. The Shrine Bowl game, most successful of all such games staged by Shrine Temples in North Amer ica, netted $453,800.00 for hospitals built and main tained for crippled or burned children, whatever their race, color or creed might be. These tots, thousands of them, are taught to believe that with faith and cour age, almost anything is possible. Listening to radio sets Saturday, in hospital wards, they heard a New Bern boy prove it by converting the impossible dream into reality. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ • lit III » I « I I I I I ( » I I I * » • I I I • I • » » I > « t « * « t t * t « I
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