The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-02-23
BY EULA N. GREENWOOD

rsNe.s-s y ~ ~OS e
week four candidates for office and
asked them what controls the final
date for filing.
They didn't know and three
of them were not certain how long
opponents have to file against them.
Interesting. One Of them said It is
easier to run than to keep up with
all those dates. Sometimes.
CUTS BOTH WAYS &. Old
politicians say there is an advant-
age for an oldtimer to file early /. /. !.
for it discourages the weak-nerved.
On the other hand, citizens who
have not run for office before are
advised to study first the field
before taking the plunge. Avoid
possible embarrassment.
Example: A year or so ago four
old-time members of q certain City
Council not too far from here let
the word get out that they were
tired of the office, would not run
again.
Ambitious candidates :. all new
comers started bouncing like
blind dogs in a imeathouse. What
happened? Three of the four who
had decided not to run were 'sper-
suaded" all sorts of armtwist-
ing =. to run again at the
last minute. Some of the youngsters
were so soundly and roundly beaten
!. and embarrassed, they may
never run for office again.
But, looking at the other side of
the coin, few candidates make it
the first time.around.
MILK AND NOTHING !. Two
of the hottest men in the two par
ties this February are: Robert Ken
nedy, red-headed, 36 year old
brother of Mr.. Big and now ring
ing-em-up-and- -bustin-em in the
Orient and lantern jawed and
likeable Republican and Rambling
George Romney, leader in the
Church of Latter Day Saints who
has just announced for Governor
of Michigan.
Feature articles on the two which
filled the press last week showed
they have a lot in common :.
among them, being -. and we
quote.
Kennedy, whose favorite bever-
age is a glass Of milk chilled pre-
cisely Is minutes in a freezer. :"
"Romney neither smokes,
drinks (not even coffee or teal and
who gives 1919 of his annual in
come =. $250,000 last year :.
to his church /. :"
Well, if this be the criterion
(Sobriety) the odds are against
either of them being President:
1. Intimates swore that FDR was
at his charming best after one or
two Old Fashioneds, 2. Harry Tru-
man was in Sam Rayburn's office
striking a blow for. liberty" when
FDR's passing made him president;
8. Our Ike is said to have had a
leaning to bourbon-and-bra wa
ter while in the White House. p. S.
Otherwise, R, Kennedq and G. Rom
ney look like Presidential timber.
HOME AGAIN Speaking Of
Rambler. am reminded Of Claud
and Susie Blevins of the Abshers
section of Wilkes County -. and
who look after our little house in
the hills in the used-to-be Lomax
community.
Claud, like hundreds of others in
that lovely Brushy country, works
in N. Wilkesboro >. 10 hours daily
these days and carries load
of workers with him y. to and fro.
Last week he made a trade -. and
as Susie told it:
.tHe left here a-rambling and
come back in a-galloping."
Translation: He wanted a bigger
car -. one more passenger :. so
he swapped in his old Rambler for
a brand new Galaxie.
ABOUT BERWER The news
we get from Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Co. is that Kidd
Brewer had stumbled onto a good
thing" by luck =. and was