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REFLECTIONS
I wonder how poor, poor 'Tom" was?
I wonder how poor is his shadow.
His tunes were his Times complement,
His crescendo a molotov banjo
Homesprun from his whittlings
And plucked instinctual:
"Yas shu, Mistuh - Yas ma'am, Miss
Ef whut yuh heah please yuh,
An whut Ah plays please me,
Yuh ah happy, an Ah'm happy,
So whut mattah hit make us one?
Ah ain't black no mo,'
Yuh ain't white no mo,'
Ah don' wonta be yuh,
Yuh don' wonta be me:
We jist bof wonta be."
I wonder how poor, poor "Tom" was?
I wonder how poor, is his shadow.
For the tune that he played twined
The banjo he'd make in the shade by
A pool that hallowed the green of
An acre long barren.
He dreamed of lost wishes that lingered:
The twig that he'd planted but never would
Sleep 'neath its shadow
But others would come, the militant young
Retreat and sane reparations for all
Their potentials forced fallow.
I wonder how poor, poor Tom was.
I wonder how poor is his shadow.
MARY BOHANON
ABSENT BUT ACCOUNTED FOR
Awake with Susie before the morning dew
settles upon the flowers.
Away with Dawn when the rising sun
filters its light through the sky.
' Noon with Sharon, shifty, sun-filled eyes,
and satin skin.
Evelyn in the evening light,
Homecoming much to my delight.
And what of Eleanora's flight?
She should be here in bed tonight.
KIM McEACHIRN
YEARNING
I'm searching for something
I never really had.
In you I find it.
Please let it be mine?
LARRY B. MACE.
A SECRET
I lean to whisper in your ear
A secret I wish the world not to hear.
And though I try not to show
I am sure that many know,
That what I am about to say
Is how I feel in many a way.
So is it a secret no one will know?
WILLIAM PHILLIPS
TIME
Time...l don't care
When I enjoy
What I'm doing
For time is
Something.. ..that
Can be wanted
wasted
waivered
or whatever
but.. ..only used once.
TERRY RICHARDSON
Berlin's Trots: Always on Sunday Too
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stand facilities of any race tracji in Europe. It is in
Mariendorf, fully climate-controlled, cost $8.5 million, with
five levels where some 6,200 fans can watch the trotters
whiz by, year-round every Sunday, Wednesday and on holi
days. Opened in 1913, this was also the first track to in
stall floodlights for nighttime racing (1928) and to intro
duce the automatic starting gate (1956).
At Berlin's Mariendorf (site of the annual German trot
ting Derby since 1952) the cards list 9-12 races with at
least nine horses competing in each, enough to generate
all the excitement one can handle. If this works up an ap
petite, there are three bars and a cafeteria, a buffet for
fast-service snacks on every floor, and the more luxurious
Club Lounge. With admission at $1.60 to $2.40 tops, where
else can so little buy so much fun for so long, even if bets
on the computerized "tote" do cost extra!
But the new, ultramodern grandstand at Berlin's Marien
dorf race track Is a multi-purpose facility that Berliners
and visitors alike use also on the no-racing days of the
year. They flock there not only to enjoy the surroundings
(which Include a 13th-century church, a lake for sailing
model boats, a Dutch windmill built In 1888), but also to
avail themselves of the grandstand's catering facilities,
excellent orchestra and dance floor, playrooms and pony
rides for the kids, etc. Truly, a place for all seasons in
anyone's book.
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SUPPORTERS GATHER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBlTlON-(Top) Flanking the
Christopher Gonzales sculpture, "One of Us" at the opening reception of the Contemporary Jamaican
Art Exhibition, recently held at the University of Pittsburgh, were (left to right) Dr. Al Moye, Vice
Chancellor. University ,of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Maxine Bruhns. Director of the Nationality and
Intercultural Exchange Program. University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Ray Coble, Executive Assistant to the
Chancellor, Walter Worthington, Chairman of the African Heritage Classroom Committee, Jamaican
Artist Christopher Gonzales, Luddy Hayden, Community Relations Representative for Gulf Oil
Corporation, Pat Golden, Resident Director of the South Oakland Arts Council, Dan Williams, Lower
9th Ward Neighborhood Council, and Charles Biggs, Assistant Director of Development and Alumni
Affairs. Bottom photo shows Christopher Gonzales, Luddy Hayden, Don Williams, Lower 9th Ward
Council, Dr. Moye and Dan Williams. The exhibition which will be in the United States for 6 months,
is scheduled for additional showings in Hartford, Conn., New York City, Washington, D.C., and
Southern University, in Baton Rouge, La.
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Do you bite off thread
instead of using a pair of
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your teeth, chew on pencils,
bit hard candy, or crack nuts
with your teeth? These
widespread "habits" often
result in chipped teeth.
Crunching ice is another that is
a source of tooth damage. It
can cause hairline fractures in
fillings and teeth.
But not doing something
can be considered a bad habit,
too. Not practicing good dental
hygiene, for example, or not
seeing a dentist regularly as
well as at any time when teeth
or gums ache, can prolong
discomfort, and in the long
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Today, preventive dentistry
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dentists and dental assistants
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dentistry." New home care
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or sensitivity when his teeth
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HONORED-Whlter Kennedy (L), National Basketball Assoc.
commissioner, receives frist annual Heritage Award plaque from
Christopher F. Edley, executive director of United Negro College
Fund, during ceremony here. Kennedy was honored for his
contributions to interracial progress in sports. (UPI).
coffee, or a favorite fruit, the
dentist may apply a jet of air
to the suspected tooth or teeth
as a "diagnositc tool." If the
problem is toothe sensitivity,
the recommendation may be
simple one. Just using a special
toothpaste such as Sensodyne
and perhaps a gentle toothush
developed especially for the
condition usually helps. The
condition may be a temporary
one.
It is still early enough in the
year to make a new year's
resolution important and
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Mrs. Narvie H. Lassiter of Rt,
3, Durham, has graduated from
the Air Force Logistics
Command Noncommissioned
Officer Leadership School at
Robins AFB, Ga.
The sergeant, who was
trained in military management
and supervision, is a law
enforcement specialist at
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Sergeant Lassiter is a 1967
graduate of Horton High
School, Pittsboro. His wife,
Ernestine, is the daughter of
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