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VOLUME 16
NEW BERN, N. C. 28560, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1973
NUMBER 10
Yesterday was when no other
teacher at Central Scho(d could
whack the palm of your hand
with a ruler as admtly as Miss
Ruth Berry. The first thi^ a
misbehavi^ pupil discovered
in her third grade was how bad
pain can be.
It wasn’t like that in Miss
Lizzie Hancock’s second grade.
She sent you out for a switch-
from some nearby tree, and
snuurted your legs with it. Both
of these ladies were more
saintly than sadistic. They
simply demanded discipline
and respect, and got it.
Lat«r, in the basement of the
Moses Griffin building, here
Vance Swift taught chemistry to
Hi^ scIkkA students, he usm a
different approach. Anyone
caught chewing gum had to roll
the stuff in epsom salts, ami
resume chomping.
Yesterday was when the Boy
Scouts of New Bern’s IVoop 8
were invited to attend Or. R. A.
Tory’s revival in the Banner
Warehouse, line upfin the front
row, and say sentence prayers.
Although one of the members,
Harry Gddman, was Jewish, he
was eager to attend with the
rest of the boys. The other kids
prayed short prayers, like
“Thank you, God, for our
mothers and fathers,’’ but
Harry didn’t go for that.
He expresaki gratitude for
everything imaginable, and
such eloquence you’ve never
heard. Unfortunately, the
revival’s choir director was
named Mr.Woolslagel, and
when Harry closed «dth a
fervent flourish he said, “Thank
you, God, fnr Dr. Tory and Mr.
Bootlegger.’’
Yesterday was when another
evangelist. Dr. Mordecai Ham,
who later converted Billy
Graham, came to town and
pitched his sprawling tent on
East Front Street, where the
Holiday Inn now stands.
Dr. Ham never knew it, but
ri^t in the midst of his fiery
sermon a little boy and little
g rl, seated across the aisle
om each other, exchanged
expressions of affection by
in&eating the numbers of
hymns in the song book.
Each would hdd up fingers to
inform the party of the second
part what page to turn to. With
nmns like I Need Ihee Evorv
Hour, Almost Persuaded,
Why bo You Wait, Dear
Brother, and Love Uftkl Me it
worked very well.
Yesterday was when the lawn ■"
you pay several dollars to have
mowed now, if you can find
someone todo it, was mowed for
25 cents or less. That included
cliping around the edges
with scissors, and raking.
Yesterday was when the town
ww full of roosters. Used to,
widkingbome after our dates,
some ofitoliws would crow Just
once, and Mt.^otf a chain
reaction that got Syery i^ter
downtown and in Gbent^and^
Riverside started. You could do
the same thing with dogs by
barking.
Yesterday was when the fire
whistle we had at the Water
Works cotdd be heard for many
mOes around. Farmers tolling
in the field easily heard it give
(Continued on page 8)
SE(!^ND time Around—diir apologies to those
of you who suffered aye strain^ or felt stupid a week
agOk because you couldb’t locate New Bern on the
sat^te photo we’re redrlnting today. You couldn’t
find the junction of the Neuse and Trent, as we said
you would, since the extreme right portion of the
picture got left out in reproducing it for publication.
This is the kind of mifihap that gives an editor
ulcers and keeps him awake all night. Take another
look. The extreme upper right comer of the'photo,
snapped by Earth Resource Satellite-1 (ERTS-1)
from an altitude of 588 miles, clearly reveals the
Neuse and Trent rivers joining at Union Point. New
Benfi and Bridgeton are seen as light areas, as are
other populated portions of the picture. The black
spot immediately b81oW is Catfish Lake. Below
that, and also left out last week, is White Oak river.
Themuch larger stream, further down on the right,
is New river. At the bottom is the Cape Pear and
Wilmington. The photo was taken at 11 a. m., on
Oct. 11, 1972, by three cameras aboard the un
manned satellite, and transmitted to earth. Three
colors, green, red and infrared were recorded, and
combined for this composite photo at NASA’s
Ckiddard Space Flight Center. Those dots near the
center of the picture, as we stated last week, are
elliptical “bays” or depressions. Once thought to be
impact craters, they are now thought to be the
result of marine erosion. Some are fUled wiA
water, to form lakes. We are grateful to NASA for
releasing the photo to The Mffror.