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TjrHaal People & Issues . . . Lore of old capital is recalled; Gavin seen safe in chairmanship By Cliff Blue HISTORIC . . . This week will be historic in North Carolina legislative history. « will mark the first time since 1M0 that a General Assambly has convened other thap in- the State Capitol building which , is regarded by many as one of the outstanding buildings in. the nation. GuUon BorgRwi, the famed sculptor, once said of the building: “I consider that there Js no build ing in the country of its sins which for color, for care in con struction, and purity of style is its superior." ture ns a freshman in 1947, a —» . rgnnrl ndhl nli eu pfm',., WIHCVt rnenRad that the present Capi tol dmfMinB be enlarged to for «fhe iegifletvie committee meeting roems. This proposal to temper with the old Capitol building. caused groups, and particularly wom en'* organisations all oner the state to rise up ...in against any building. The matter of <a new or en larged capitol or . State .Howe -■ lay 'Rairiy dormant Hodges Administration when he gave full support to the idea of a new State House. ~ COfT . . . The present Capitol Building was constructed over an eight - year period irona 1833 to 1840 at a^ oatt of .about 3531,000. That gium in Jhom..,early...Aaj* was gwobatyy .less on a per cap ita income basis than the new le.oowoo. iJigs State House is «***»•, Euan though labor was cheep 125 .yearsago, you can with modgm jMNt and machinery build so much factor now than whan wheelbarrows and buck et* wars so dominant in tha building trade. BRITAIN A FANCE . . . If* hard to understand why Genera] Charles De Gaulle has tuned hts back on Great Britain which twice helped save France from conquest by Germany. In re. cent years General De Gaulle has served as 8 strongman which France sorely needed. But we suspect that he is -getting « little too big for his breeches, to use an old but apt expres sion. . V B<dV in the long run, our thinking , is that4»reat Britain lyHI La aLIa m — — —— a£ .will - W.JBN itself. History hat proved tha* •La . 1a am«{Aa aoaoiiMalul EASTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE . . Recently it . was my privilege and opportunity ,fc> visit in Pitt Couuty aml whih; there I visited and talked wijh Dr. Lao Jenkins, President of. .Eastern Carolina Collage. In recent years EOC has grown by teaPf and bounds with s«uufr h.flMl «studeutsnow enro^ «d 4h«w. Dr« -Jenkins told roe that the freabnaen applications for the 1958bi teems ware some 609.1 ahead ,ot the number a year ggp. Eastern Carolina -College is proAddteg quality education - at the lowest per capita oust -of any state - operated institution of higher learning in North Car, olina „ CARL GOfiRCN . . . After, skipping a session or two, Carl Goorch w»U ho back broadcast, ing doing* of Sbg 'legislature via Kifiniwa "■ . «sw» A# ■ _o. —. -a M. on - — through Friday of each week. <**** daglo Mite. -1 WALTER JONES . . Former State Rep, Waiter Jones of Pitt County js conducting ea<sh Sun day a telsndsion program over pkannal .TJlisi itifatiTOifWPifitf JRaa. Cdaltpu iVUSCf« VJV tern legislators on doings of the General Aa*erobly. Walter, who dropped out of the House to xuo. for Congress |n -the Ftett JWsL rict in 1960,1s regarded as possible candidate for the, Con^ grass post agate in teeLAadAP Ni ■, alcnoRL - certete candidate, should Rep. Herbert Boaaer de NEWSPRINT PAPER FOR SALE ★ Cut In Standard Size Reams ★Cut Jo Your Specifications ★4n Rolls (uncut) COPY PAPER FOR WRITERS DRAWING & SKETCH SHEETS FOR ARTISTS CHILDREN'S DRAWING PAPER ROLLS FOR BANQUET TABLE COVERS A REAL BUY At SALVAGE PRICES! REAM WRAPPED - Sizes ahd Prices: &W x ll-»nch __fust 50* per ream 9 x 12-inch_just 55# per mam 12 x UWnch^-^** $L1D per rnam IB* 24-inch_4us*^a^a per 4ea»n Or In -PMb jrf IB* Mi.JUST tM A PAO C«tt orSee UNunmcf C#npb4ll THE NEWS OF ORANGECOU*f& . ii mi in m u IITiiilifrMl cide to call it quits. BOB GAVIN . . Soma of the OOP leaders feel that State . Republican Chairmen Bob Gav in has garnered enough sup port and backing to hold on to the chairmanship until his term expires in the spring of j 1964 without too much bicker ing from hero on but. Some ! feel that Gavin might likn an- j other try at the governorship in 1964. However, most fool that it will go to either Char lie Jonas, or Janies Broyhltl, from the ninth district. PEOPLE . . . W. A. (Uadi Forbes, the new House . member, from -Pit* County js .-already bet ing mistaken for Ben Ropey, Sanford's .secondary road boas. They look very much alike. . Joe Dester and Dwayne Walls, Charlotte Observer reporters certainly did an interesting and comprehensive series of arti cles on abuses of the absentee ballot in the West. The articles have caused considerable com ment over the state. FATHER ONG TO SPEAK ~ The UNC English Club sdU sponsors lecture by the Ameri can Jesuit Walter J. Ong, P^*., lessor of English at Saint Louis University next Monday. Feb. n. His lecture before the English Club -will deal with one of Fa ther Oog’s main concern: our wndWWUggine of Renaissance #tr titudes and modes of thougfcfe It entitled. “The’ Rhetorical Bias: Rhetoric as a Wejr ol Life the Enlightenment.'’ Tbe. leeture is <®en to the Uc and edU take place *t t m- in . the University,. Faculty CiSbtLouiute. ' Local Heart Council membership, is announced Completion of a Heart Coun cil for Orange County was an nounced by Carl Durham, Pres ident of the Council. Members of the Council are Dr. Thomas C. Gibson, who will serve as Medical Representative in supplying scientific publica tions and information to physi cians, nurses, and members of other health professions who work with heart patients; John Ulmer, publicity chairman, who will report the activities of the Council to the public news me dm; Mrs. Jeanne HOft, commun ity programs chairman. whft will be in charge of the Council’s ed ucational activities and will work with other community or ganizations towards a solution of local heart disease problems; John T. Wettach, Council Treas urer, who will bank and account for all funds raised for Heart jn the area? and Dr. O. K. Corn well, Memorial Gifts chairman. V. BABY DIAPER SERVICE WE DEUVER TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS ONE WEEK'S SUPPLY - Your Diapers_ _$1.7S Our Diapers—$2.25 Call Durhdm* 383-9881 GRAHAM MEMORIAL fments the . , . TRAVEL-ADVENTURE SERIES 3rd Season! 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