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The NEW BERN Ref^^ional Libraiy 400 Johnson St* ivrov» som rir 2C660 V^VIIJ PUBLI8HID WIIKLY IN THI HIART OP ■ASTIRN NORTH CAROLINA 5^ Per Copy VOLUME 13 NEW BERN, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1970 NUMBER 1 Yesterday was when local kids, In early springtime, hated those sharp oyster shells used In surfacing New Bern streets. Tender, bare feet didn't get throughly toughened until mid summer. Meanwhile, soles really suffered. Yesterday was when some of the politicians In the town's fourth ward made a habit of voting citizens long after their burial in Cedar Grove ceme tery. The ward's registration book had much In common with names carved on tombstones. Also, yesterday was when the spiciest Jokes In print, at least down this way, were those In the latest Issues of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. They In cluded no tour lettered words, however, and today would be considered tamer than a tran- qulllzed lamb. Yesterday was when motor ists had never heard of whip lash, but a fellow could break his arm cranking a car. Light ing In stores here was hardly more Illuminating than' the glow generated by three or four healthy fireflies. Yesterday was when the fair sex knew that concealing, not revealing. Is the smartest way to hold a man's Interest over the long haul. And It was when preachers didn't have assis tant preachers, but managed to pay a week-day visit to ail ing or lonely members of the flock now and then. Yesterday was when folks with nothing more to do on a Sunday afternoon strolled down to the river shore and gazed at the Cutter Pamlico. Some walked the bridge to Bridgeton and back, or stepped it off the Glenburnle Park. Yesterday was when no one had started counting calories, and you ate all of what you wanted without pangs of con science. By the way, what happened to those dewberry dumplings, wrapped In a piece of flour sack mid boiled In a pot? Yesterday was when every body knew who Harry Houdinl was. Master magician and es cape artist extraordinary, he made several movies during his career. They played to packed houses at the Athens Theatre. Houdinl despised all faskers, and made no claims to being a miracle man. Repeatedly he exposed those who pretended they could communicate with the dead. "If It's possible," he told his wife, "I'll con tact you after my death." They agreed on a coded message, but It never reached her. Yesterday was when skinny little boys thumbed through pages of Bernard MacFadden's Physical Culture magazine, stared admiringly at a photo graph of magnificently mus cled Charles Atlas, and dreamed of dupllcatl^ his chest measurement. Now they'd rather grow tall, and get a basketball grant In aid. Yesterday was when william S. Hart lasted for years as the top star in western movies, and never once Idssed his leading lady. Which perhaps was Just as well, since Invariably he was old enough to be the heroine's grandfather. If you think Ed Sullivan has a stone face, you should have (Continued on page 8) fwhlU Cibranj A BOY AND A BOAT — Cliff Bright, son of the J. L. Brights of Vanceboro, envisions himself riding the bounding main on an old time sailing vessel. Young sters, since hardy mariners first challenged uncharted seas, have entertained similar thoughts. No doubt, Columbus, Magellan and others who conquered the waves in days of yore were much like Cliff in their early years. Florence Hanff of Wootten-Moulton Studio caught his mood perfectly in this exceptional R ortrait, and its excellence won for her a Court of onor ribbon when the North Carolina Photographers Association held its recent convention at the Robert E. Lee Hotel In Winston-Salem. Our congratulations to Florence, and a salute to the dreamy eyed little skipper who served so admirably as her subject.
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