MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1963 jj "J
Native Mew Yorkers Organize To Create City's Image
"Thera it this to be laid
for Now York City: It ii th
en densely populated loca
tion - with in poiiibl ex
ception of Hell - that hai
absolutely not a trace of
local prid."-Irvin S. Cobb.
By DOC QUIGG
United Press International
New York-flffO-The first Eu
ropean eyes to behold the
greatest harbor in the world
belonged to Giovanni da Ver
razano, a Florentine navigator
who sailed his little vessel
into New York bay on April
17, 1524. What a sight!
The great rivers, begEing
for freighters. The noble for
ests, nagging to be cut to
make way for skyscrapers.
The rich land, inviting the
subway diggers. The natives,
friendly, naked, ripe for ex
ploiting. "Whai's-a you name?" call
ed Verrazano, ship-toshore.
"Algonquin," said a young
savage.
"Okay, Al," said the navi
gator. "I'm coming ashore."
The reception he got was
nice enough. The rocks : .id
rills, woods and templed hills,
were great to gaze at. But as
the natives led him along a
trail into the boondocks a
traffic jam appeared in the
persona.,: of a 12-foot tiger
going south on what the Indi
ans had presumed was a one
way path heading north.
As the story goes, the tiger
eschewed the home folks and
set out to chew the stranger,
who quickly left the island.
European Rows Back
Espying their leader row
ing back from land, the crew
hailed him. "Ahoy, skip! How
was it?"
"She's-a nice-a place-a ta
visit." said the great explor
er, drawing alongside, and his
head shook slowly and posi
tively, "but I wouldn't-a live
d e r e fa anyt'ing in da
world . . .
"Come on, boys, uppa da
anch, and let's get on back
home and see what fun the
Mafia has been up to."
Thus, by a t.ger's whim,
was started a canard that has
lasted 439 years, growing
fouler by the year - that this
lovely city is somehow con
triving every minute to be
mean to visitors and less than
kind to those who live here.
There is general agreement
that New York is the mighti
est community in the history
of man," says the New York
City almanac. "There is no
historical parallel to its de
velopment from colonial trad
ing post to 'capital of the
world' in the relatively brief
span of 300 years."
But is it loved?
Defend New York
You bet your sweet bagels,
it is, according to a new
group being formed here "to
combat the slings and arrows
and instill civic pride in the
metropolitan community-the
crusaders are all born New
Yorkers who, for better or
worse, still maintain a domi
cile here."
The words are those of
Thomas F. Moore, one of a
solid core of native New
Yorkers who decided to form
the native residents of New
York City (NRNYC) as a so
ciety to help civic pride rear
its head in "one of the most
self-maligned cities in the
land, if not on our planet."
"A bunch of us were sitting
around talking about the pot
shots and stuff that are being
taken at New York and no
body ever refutes them," said
"The native New
has never had a
Moore.
Yorker
forum."
Show Bad Placet
Another of the founders,
Max Ettenbcrg, said: "We
were at a social gathering at
my house and we got to talk
ing about those remarks you
sometimes sec printed about
New York as a great place
to visit but you-know-what.
And somebody mentioned the
investigation that went on
when spielers on guided tours
were found to be pointing out
all the bad places.
"We decided we loved New
York and ought to be proud
to be New Yorkers. I think
it's the most wonderful city
in the world, and I vc trav
eled all over Europe. I've
been in countries where the
streets were much worse than
ours. That remark by Edna
Ferber once when she came
in on a ship and said wc had
the dirtiest streets! Such re
marks burn me up.
"We thought that if there
was enough interest and pride
in the cily. we could form
an organization to let people
know how we feel."
The idea was born in a
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group of about 10 natives -a
paint dealer, a lawyer, a
public relations man, a cou
ple of small business men,
people like that.
"We have a number of
things we'd like to do. At
the moment our aim is social
and sentimental. But if we
get any backing and status,
we'd like to go beyond that -preserve
historic sites, an an
nual dinner for the most hon
ored native New Yorker,
membership buttons, show
there's an awful lot of local
pride.
"Our prospectus says: 'To
promote pride and participa
tion in civic affairs among
native residents of New Yorlc
in a common bond.'
"Nostalgia. We natives re
member Babe Ruth's era.
Thing9 the whole world has
talked about but the native
feels are his own. Celebrity
parades with ticker tape -they
got to come here to hai e
cm. The Wall st. crash. Both
the good and the bad had a
worldwide effect - but the na.
tive New Yorker was here -didn't
read about it in Wauke
Ran. He was a part of it.
Want Periodical
"Brooklyn and Ebbets
field, and that's gone. People
have cried over it. We need
periodical where natives
who still live here can raise
their voices. In a small town
everybody knows who was
born there. Every small town
as an indigenous group that
represents opinion within the
town.
"New York has a heartless
reputation, but I've heard that
visitors are amazed at our
courtesy. We'd like to attract
some influentials to our ranks.
Billy Rose, Walter Winchell,
a couple of the Rockefeller
boys ...
'Why, we'd get practically
all the police force . . . and
taxi drivers, almost in a body.
The possibilities are immense
and vague. It's like a sleeping
giant. You don t know what's
going to happen."
Well show these out-of-
towners who come here to
work and say they're New
Yorkers and then go home 'or
Christmas. Anybody who has
his roots iirmly planted here
In the concrete - may send
his notions on this fine effort
to Max Ettenberg, 15 Parle
ave. NRNYC wants to move
ahead!
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Man Pays $51.43 in
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Grants Pass Richard K. H.
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area paid $51.43 in over due
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Grants Pass justice court.
Bryant pleaded guilty to a
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last September and failed to
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He was fined $12 in court
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stated.