Page Eight THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, March 24, 1972 TEEN Topics IN NEW BERN TODAY Think twice before you choose teaching as the profession you’ll follow, after you graduate from collie. Accordins to a report by the National Education Association, 234,000 new teachers will be competing next summer in the nation for the 118,000 positions that are going to be avaUable. Circumstances could improve by the time you receive your diploma, and embark on your New Bern Loan & Jewelers Your Reliable Diamond & Watch Store. 215 MIDDLE ST. YOU'LL FIND YOUR TOP TUNES AT . . . Central News & Card Shop 202 MIDDLE ST. NEW BERN Low Prices, Low Overhead career, but don’t count on it. The trend is discouraging. Four years ago, vacancies and ap plicants were just about equal. Mount Olive College has inaugurated a policy of ac cepting High school students for some of its courses. Welcome are those with excellent scholastic records, and available time to supplement their study in High school classrooms. This should be good news for some of the students in the Mount Olive area. With all necessary High school credits accounted for, they can get an early start on Uieir college education. For the average student this would appear to be an am- Ixtious undertaking. The new policy has merit. Right there at home you can better prepare for your college years ahead by studying reference subjects on what you plan to major in. One disadvantage is the fact that a great number of High school graduates change their minds about their major after they enroll in a college or university. Some of them remain undecided beyond their freshman year. WILLING VICTIM—Rebecca Hines, 18 months old, not only tugs at the heart strings of everyone acquainted with her, but delights in yanking the hair of her four year old sister, Stephanie. They’re vivacious like ^eir mother, Betsy, but are the exact image of their father, Steve. The grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hines of New Bern, and Mrs. H. F. Capps of Jacksonville. HXUND irSON I ■ts^^sas J Complete Reol Estate ^rviee ELKS aWLDMa DIAL «IMU1 DIAL «M-1737 When you think of diamonds, think of Mike. Home of Keepsake ZXamond.i 222 MIDDLE ST . NEW BERN N C 637‘9775 Looking Glass — (Continued from page 1) sophisticated, however, and didn’t involve deadly weapons as such. And in case you’ve forgotten, cartoonists found it profitable to take sly digs at law and order. Slim Jim, built like a basketball center suffering from the last stages of malnutrition, always got the best of the cops. Only in those days, a man with a badge wasn’t referred to as the fuzz, or called a pig. For Teachers, professors, and parents may be helpful in your selection of a profession, but the final decision should rest with you. Until you know your own self better ttian you think you do now, make haste slowly. The opportunity for financial reward cannot be ignored, but this won’t suffice to make life meaningful, if you prove to be unhappy in what you are doing. Steady work becomes monotonous, but it helps if you love your profession. For example, if you are someone who likes to travel, don’t settle for an occupation that will keep you in one place. On the other hand, you may prefer to remain in Oie same community for a lifetime. SAVE CASH THE WHOLESALE WAY PLUJMBIN6 ELEaRICAL HEATING BUILDING SUPPLIES General Wholesale Building Supply Co. that matter, Slim Jim wasn’t a punk. He never did anything really bad, but just enjoyed jumping fences with the police hotly ctusing him. And, in the realm of comic strips, disrespect for parental authority is nothing new. Every youngster in New Bern, a half century and more ago, delighted in the constant majdiem cooked up by the Katzenjamer Kids. Taking advantage of the fact that their old man, the grumbly Captain, was usually in capacitated by a bad case of the gout, they made life miserable for him. They were especially adept at whacking him solidly where it hurt most. You could always rely on Mutt and Jeff to sock each other in your Sunday morning paper. Jeff, a little short guy, in variably got the better of the much taller Mutt. This was a source of great satisfaction to their creator. Bud Fisher, who was a little guy himself, as we discovered when he visit^ New Bern. Dried In the Sun There are four kinds of raisins produced commercially—natural raisins, golden-bleached, sulfur- bleached and lexia. Lexia raisins are dipped in a lye solution that has a thin film of olive oil on it, then dried in the sun. Top Ten Tunes In New Bern This Week 1. Without You—Nillson. 2. Hurting Each Other- Carpenters. 3. Down By the Lazy River— Osmond Brothers. 4. Lion Sleeps Tonight- Robert John. 5. Precious & Few—Climax. 6. Joy—Apollo 100. 7. Everything I Own—Bread. 8. Sweet Seasons—Carole King. 9. Heart of Gold—Neil Young. 10. Let’s Stay Together—A1 Greene. (This week’s Mirror pick for a future spot in the Top Ten is Runnin’ Away by Sly & Family StHie.) CRAVEN COUNTY’S COUNTRY AND WESTERN FAVORITES 1. Bedtime Story—Tanuny Wynette. 2. It’s Four in the Morning— Faron Young. 3. Ann—Tommy Overstreet. 4. Only Love Can Break A Heart—Sonny James. 5. Take Me—Tammy Wynette. 6. Untouched—Mel Tillis. 7. Good Hearted Woman— Waylon Jennings. 8. My Hang-Up Is You— Freddy Hart. 9. The Best Part of Living— Marty Robbins. 10. Cry—Lynn Anderson. (This week’s Mirror pick for a future spot in the Top Ten is A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash and Evangel Temple Choir.) TRU-TREAD TIRE CO. 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