H Page Eight THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Teen Topics IN NEW BERN TODAY Those of you who are plan ning to be secretaries need to know more than how to type and take dictation. Quite im portant will be the way you an swer the telephone. Pick a dozen New Bern of fices at random, and place a call. More often than not, If the boss Is out, the secretary will simply state this fact and let It go at that. Apparently, the sooner you hang up, the better she’ll like It. What a really efficient secre tary does Is let you know when her employer Is expected back. Also, she will make an effort to get your name and telephone number, so she can relay the In formation when the boss re turned. It won’t be much help to your employer, when you have noth When You Say It With Flowers . . Let Us Say It For You. EMMIE'S FLOWER SHOP 333 Middle St. Dial 637-3768 PIANOS TRY BEFORE YOU BUY $10.00 a Month Rents a New Wurlitzer Piano. Rent Applies to Purchase If You Buy. FULLER'S MUSIC HOUSE 2161/2 Middle Street New Bern, N. C. ing to report except "some man called you.” It could be that the call was unimportant, but how will he know for sure? Here’s something interest ing. Seven English younsters in their early teens have in vented a new detergent that is described as “whiter - than white.” They’ve named the product Wsik because “it whacks all the other brands on the market.” The oldest members of the group are just 14 years old. Before very long our eastern North Carolina teenagers will be enjoying wa- ter sports again on our rivers and creeks, and at the nearby ocean. Promise yourself that, for your own sake and the sake of others, you will observe safety rules. It isn’t the frightened nov ice who Is usually involved in tragedy, but the experienced young person who lets con fidence lead him into care less and reckless behav ior. Don’t allow this to happen to you. Never go boating when wea ther reports advise against It. NavigaUon authorities don’t want to spoil your fun, they just want you to stay alive. If, in their opinion there’s too much wind and the water is too rough, you’d better believe them. Lookina Glass- (Conuiiueu trom page 1) tally, it was in Kilmarnock street that New Bern’s great fire of December 1, 1922, started in a defective flue at a frame dwelling. Chattawka Lane originated in recent years from Chattaw ka, or Chattooka, the In dian name site of New Bern. This was a mispelling of chautaqua, a Seneca word meaning “where the fish was tkane out.” The Seneca Indians in New York were on intimate terms with the Indian in this secton. Eden Street, now justoutside the wall of the Tryon Palace LOFTY PERCH — You may have been among those who craned their necks several years ago, to watch this elderly steeplejack working on the spire of New Bern’s Christ Episcopal Church. — Photo by Billy Benners. Restoration, was named for Charles Eden, Governor of North Carolina Province from May 28, 1714, to March 26, 1722. Metcalf Street, also run ning along the Tryon Palace Wall, was so designated to honor Caleb Metcalf, a resi dent merchant of the town when it was laid out. New Street and PleetStreet were named for streets in Lon don. End Street, now First street, was given the designa tion because it was the western boundary when New Bern was first established. North Avenue was the northern boundary. For Top Tunes by r 1 Your Favorite Recording Stars 1 1 1 YOUR TEEN-AGE 1 MUSIC CENTER IS 1 HAWKS 1 1 RADIO a APPLIANCE CO. 1 327 MIDDLE STREET 1 1 Friday, March 13, 1970 Top Ten Tunes In New Bern This Week 1. Bridge Over Troubled Wa- ters--Simon and Garfunkel. 2. Hey There Lonely Girl— Ed Hoffman. 3. Rainy Night In Georgia— Brook Benton. 4. Psychedelic Shack — Temptations. 5. Thank You—Sly and the Family Stones. 6. Travelln’ Man—Creed- ence Clearwater. 7. Rapper—Jazzerz. 8. Ma Belle Amle—Tee Set. 9. Venus--Shocking Blue. 10. No Time—Guess Who. This week’s Mirror pick for a future spot in the Top Ten is Santana’s “Evil Ways.”) CRAVEN COUNTY’S COUNTY AND WESTERN FAVORITES 1. It’s Just A Matter of Time --Sonny James. 2. Honey Come Back--Glenn Campbell. 3. The FightingSldeofMe-- Merle Haggard. 4. Welfare Cadillac—Guy Drake. 5. I’ll See Him Through— Tammy Wynette. 6. If I Were A Carpenter— Johnny Cash and June Carter. ?• That’s When She Started to Stop Loving you—Conway Twltty. 8. Walk A Mile in my Shoes —Joe South. 9. She’ll Be Hanging Round Somewhere—Mel Tillis. 10. Once More With Feeling —Jerry Lee Lewis. (This week’s Mirror plckfor a future spot In the Top Ten Is Jean Shepard’s “Then He Touched Me.”) TRU-TREAD TIRE CO. Rucapping A Vulcanizing 223 Craven St. - Mi 7-2417 Overhead When you think of diamonds, think of Mike. Home of Keepsake DiamoiuXs 222 MIDDLE ST.. NEW BERN. N. 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