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It tpok tti6 printing of a group photojgraph, unidentified, on the front page of our Dec. 3rd issue, to make us realize just how much The Mirror gets around. Ever since it anoeared our telephone has been jangling, and numberous letters have come in. Folks are stopping us on almost every block to either firnish a name, or a^ if we’ve found out who the seven men are. A number of readers thought we were spoofing when we wrote the cutline, but, honest injin, we didn’t recognize these guys. Neither did Albert D. Brock who owns the picture. It quickly became obvious that our ignorance wasn’t shared by ali. Thanks to better informed citizens, we’re one step closer to being educat^. Incidentally, some of the in formants exploded our theory that only someone well past 65 could come up with the answer. Now we can tell you that seen in the photograih are H. M. Groves, M. D. Lane, Steve Fowler, Tom Holton, Charlie Heath, C. D. Bradham, and J. E. Daugherty. They were seated on steps at the Craven Cointy Court House. Groves was County ac countant, Fowler was County register of deeds, and the other five were County com missioners. We were even able to determine the fact that the picture was snapp^ during their 1914-16 term. So, if you have an ancient photograph stored in the attic, or stuffed in a bureau drawer, and can’t figure out who in the heck is staring back at you, we may be able to help you. Somebody, we’re convinced, knows evwbody. ■t"-I-+-f-f-1- Yesterday was when, 82 years ago, a booklet about New Bern said “The average minimum winter temperature for the past 30 years is about 20 degrees. The average diurnal mean temperature for the winter is 46 degrees, which is atout the same as Southern France.’’ And the booklet added, “The entire winter frequently passes without snow, and sleets are practically unknown, the thermometer seldom registering below the freezing point. The coldest day of the , winter was Decembw 30th, when the record at sunrise showed 21 degrees, rising during the day to 33 d^rees. . Furthermore, “This was the only time during December that the temperature fell below the freezing point, the cold spell lasting three days. During the entire winter there were twenty four days that the thermometer re^stered less than 32 d^rees, half the number being in January.’’ Memory plays tricks on all of us, and a lot of old timers reading these lines will swear that It used to be colder than it is now. That’s becuase, over the period of a long lifetime, we remember the blizzards. How come, if it wasn’t colder, us kids had to wear long-handle drawers from October to April or May? Venturing out in (Continued on page K) NEW BERN-CRAVEW COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY The NEW BERN PUBLISHID WIIKLY IN THI mART OP lASnilN NORTH CAROLINA 5^ Per Copy ■ , .... •- -j-i- •, . ONCE UPON A TIME—This was the appearance of New Bern’s Pollock Street at the turn of the cen tury. Facing east from near Hancock, you can see the spire of Christ Episcopal Church. Where’s the Elks Temple, why it hadn’t been built. Facing west from Craven, you’ll recognize familiar buildings on your left. That fire hydrant on your rifdit is at the present Qty Hall comer.—Photos from Albert D. Brooks collection.
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