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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, June 16, 1972
TEEN
Topics
A great deal has been written
and said about the importance
of the youth vote, since the
minimum age for registering
was reduced to 18.
It was predicted by many
observers that young people
would flock to the poUs, in sharp
contrast to the pattern of older
citizens.
These predictions did not hold
up. In North Carolina’s two
primaries, highlighted by the
state’s first opportunity to
determine a Presidential
nominee, teen agers were as
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MIRROR MIRTH
An amateur carpenter who
grabs a hammer and tries to
build something, is Just like
lightning. He never strikes
twice in the same place.
Nothing else under the sun is
ever as crowded as the pair of
slacks a fat woman wears.
nature can demand, than we
start to contrive artificial ap
petites.—Samuel Johnson.
The most important thought I
ever had was that of my in
dividual responsibility to God.—
Daniel Webster.
IN NEW BERN TODAY
indifferent as other voters.
Thousands under 21 were
conspicious by their absence,
proving the mscouraging fact
that teniagers are more eager
to complain about wimt’s wrong
with American than they are to
do something about it with
ballots.
Hiis has been the dismal
finding of Student Vote, a
national nonpartisan
organization of young people,
dedicated to promoting youth
registration and political ac
tivism.
More than 60 percent of the
eligible students in the United
States are registered which is
higher than the figure for older
citizens, but the voting per
centage for both groups was
apiN*oximately the same in
most Primaries.
Seasoned politicians are
convinced that there will be no
significant increase in the youth
vote, when the Election is held
in November. Less is being said
now about the imporatnace of
this portion of the registration.
In Columbus, Ohio, according
to Student Vote surveys, a 300
percent increase in the num^r
of youths registered to vote
didn’t alter the number of young
people voting. The percentage
for all voters was 61.3. In two
student populated districts the
percentage was only 57.9.
Despite an increase of 3,000
newly registered young voters
in Madison, Wis., the youth
In my youth I thought of LooklnO OloSS —
writing a satire on mankind, ^
but now in my age I think I
should write an apdogy for
them.—Walpole.
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If we consider the frequent
reliefs we receive from
laughter, and how often it
breaks the gloom which is apt to
depress the mind, one would
take care not to grow too wise
for so great a pleasure of life.—
Addison.
Have the courage to be
ignorant of a great number of
things, in order to avoid the
calamity of being ignorant of
everything.—Sydney Smith.
The nearer I approach the
end, the plainer I heard around
me the immortal symphonies of
the worlds which invite me. It is
marvelous, yet simple.—Hugo.
We are ail of us more or less
echoes, repeating involuntarily
the virtues, the defects, the
movements, and the characters
of those among whom we live.—
Joubert.
When necessity ends, desire
and curiosity begin; no sooner
are we supplied with everything
segment made a poor showing
in that state’s Primary. The city
tirnout for all voters was 52.4
percent. In six student
precincts, the turnout was only
46 percent.
Boston, where there was been
a strong effort to register those
under 21, is a sad example of
indifference among young
voters. Nearly three out of four
among the youth registrants
failed to cast a ballot.
you’d better believe.
“Your answer to the sixth
question was like hers too,’’ the
teacher informed us,’’ but you
wo*e trapped on the seventh
question. Aileen wrote I don’t
know, and you wrote I don’t
know either.’’
And then there was the time,
as soloist for the New Bi«m High
school glee club, we sang
Among My Souvenirs at a
concert hdd in the Masonic
Theatre. We had practiced for
weeks and we^s, and had it
down perfect.
Two little old ladies, one of
them apparently hard of
hearing, sat on the very first
row. As we concluded the solo,
in the silence before relatives
started the applause, one of the
old ladies turned to the other.
With a whisper so loud tiiat it
rattled the rafters in the deepest
recepts of the balcony, she
croaked, “Well, anyway he’s a
nice boy.’’
Learning to add sums in
grade school was a nightmare
for us. We couldn’t seem to
catch on to that four and two to
carry stuff. “Let me take Joe
into the cloak room, and I’ll
straighten him out,’’ said
another kid.
Later he told the teacher that
he simply explained to us that
carry is the same thing as tote.
These and other confessions
to those students at Briarwood
the other night won us ac
ceptance, and maybe approval.
Top Ten Tunes
In New Bern
This Week
1. Candy Man—Sammy
Davis, Jr.
2. Oh Girl-Chi-ytes.
3. Sylvia’s Mother—Dr. Hook
& Medicine Show.
4. Nice to Be With You—
Gallery.
5. Little Bitty Pretty One—
Jackson Five.
6. I’ll Take You There—Staple
Singers.
7. Walkin’ in the Rain With the
One I Love—Love Unlimited.
8. Song Sung Blue—Neil
Diamond.
9. I Didn’t Get to Sleep At
All—Sth Dimension.
10. Tumbling Dice—Rolling
Stones.
(This week’s Mirror pick for a
future spot in the Top Ten is
Todd Rundgren’s I Saw The
Light.)
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1. The Happiest Girl in the
Whole U. S. A.—Donna Fargo.
2. On Our Latest Date—
Conway Twitty.
3. Grandma Harp—Merle
Haggard.
4. Made in Japan—Buck
Owens.
5. Lost Forever In Your
Kiss—Porter Wagoner and
DoUy Par ton.
6. Lonesomest Lonesome—
Ray Price.
7. Eleven Roses—Hank
Williams, Jr.
8. All the Lonely Women—Bill
Anderson.
9. Kate—Johnny Cash.
10. That’s Why I Love You
Like I Do—Sonny James.
(This week’s Mirror pick for a
future spot in the Top Ten is
Hank Thompson’s Cab Driver.)
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