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Poindexter Street Elizabeth City NORTH CAROLINA CAPITOL POPULAR WITH TOURISTS North Carolina’s 116-year-old State Capitol building in Raleigh rivals newer attractions as a tour ist objective. Since June 15 of this year, visi tors from 44 states and 27 foreign countries have registered at the re ceptionist’s desk in the Capitol rotunda. Here, attractive Evelyn Clement is on duty as hostess to answer their questions and provide them with travel information about the Tar Heel State. A janitor will take visitors on a tour of the entire building. Completed in 1840, the Capitol is constructed of native granite and is of Grecian architecture. The ceil ing of its dome is 97 and one-half feet above the rotunda. It contains the Legislative chambers, and of fices of the Governor, State Treas urer, and Secretary of State. Oth er state offices are in buildings near Capitol Square. Capitol Square is on U. S. High way 1, a heavily traveled north south route, and covers six and one-half acres adorned with K va rieties of trees, numerous flower ing shrubs, and impressive statues and monuments. On the north side of the square is a statue to the three presidents born in North Carolina: Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson. Johnson’s birthplace, open to the public as an historical shrine, is within two miles bf the Capitol, near U. S. 1. Other much-visited attractions near the Capitol are the new North Carolina Museum of Art with a $2,000,000 collection of Old Mas ters; the State Museum of Natural History; and the State Historical Museum. Four miles south on U. S. 1 is the parabolic arched State Fair Arena, called “the most sig nificant new building in America.” The Capitol building is open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 8:30 a.m. un til 12 noon on Saturdays. The grounds may be visited at any hour, and tinted floodlights illum inate the exterior of the building until 10 p.m. GLIMPSES OF THE PAST By CAROLYN LLOYD I! > The month of November, in case anyone is interested, is so named because, in the calendar of the ancient Romans, it was the ninth month. The Latin word for nine is “novem”—simple, isn’t it? This month became the eleventh month when Julius Caesar set about reforming the calendar, which, as it was, had even the Romans confused. It might be said of the Romans that they truly didn’t know what day it was”, since the calendar had only ten months, the first being March, and 355 days. Just how they explained the extra ten days left when the year was over is a mystery. Any how, when Caesar became dictator he proposed to do something about it. At first he was a little con fused himself, but it was obvious that the months and seasons could be brought into their true relation only by the addition of extra days. Accordingly two additional months were put in between November and December*of the year 46 8.C., giv ing this year a total of 445 days. That year is referred to as “Annus Cbnfusionis” (the year of confu sion), but by 45 B.C. they had the whole thing straightened out and the calendar was set up much as it is today. Somehow Caesar’s Annus Con fusionis seems appealing today. Just think what two extra months between now and Christmas would mean in 1956: two additional pay checks before Christmas, sixty extra days to put off Christmas shopping—the possibilities are endless. Almost everyone would agree that 1956 has been pretty much an “Annus Confusionis” any how, so it wouldn’t do any harm to addle people a little more. In this country the charges and coun ter charges of candidates for of fice have been enough to confuse any ordinary citizen. “Chaos” is a better word for what the year has brought in Europe and the Middle East and to the mind of ,the aver age man, who wants nothing more than to live out his life in peace. It seems more and more ironic that November marks the anniver sary of Armistice Day. Perhaps then, it is just as well not to add two extra months to such a year, for there is always hope that 1957 will be better. November also marks the anni versary of Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and promotor of the. Suez Canal. One wonders what he might think of his canal now, blocked to traffic by sunken Egyptian ships and the source of world controversy. One hundred and fifty-six years ago in November Congress met for the first time in Washington, D. C. The nation’s capital today is a far cry from the overgrown vil lage of muddy streets that was our capital then. Far different, too, were the problems that beset our Congressmen then, though in twelve years this young nation was once again to put mighty Great Britain in her place. How those early solons would have scof fed at the idea of a United Na tions,, for few could foresee that someday we could not avoid being concerned with the troubles of even the most obscure countries. Perhaps if we could go back to the old Roman days when there were ten days left over at the end of the year, we could declare them as “time out” for all trouble —a sort of world Sabbath when every nation should forget its am bitions and spend the time making friends with others. Not that such a thought every occurred to the Romans. Peace was the least of their worries as long as they were the top dogs, and very few of them ever sat around thinking wishful thoughts—or writing them, either. Maybe there is a lesson there for so-called columnists. 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Problems of civic in terest were considered, ranging in character from the deepening of Ocracoke Inlet and the preserva tion of the island’s north shore in the face of severe erosion, to com munity trash disposal and town water supply. The November meeting of the P.T-A. will be held next Monday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the school library. On Tuesday night the Willing Workers Class of the Methodist Sunday School will meet in the Church Recreation Hail. * At a recent meeting of Circle 1 of the Woman’s Society for Chris tian Service, it was voted to-spon sor a Christmas Bazaar on Sat urday, December Ist. The newly organized circle of younger women held their second meeting last Thursday night with Mrs. Geraldine Tolson presiding. Three new members were wel comed. The roster so far includes in addition to Mrs. Tolson, Mrs. Merian Belle Hoggard, Mrs. Alice Belle Williams, Mrs. Hazel Gar rish, Mrs- Lana Willis, Mrs. Cora Louise BulTuS, Mrs. Margaret Gar rish, Mrs. Peggy O’Neal, Mrs. Annie Lou Gaskins, Mrs. Maxine Mason, Mrs. Norma Preston, Mrs. Mary Rhodes, Mrs. Geneva O’Neal, Mrs. Margaret Garrish, Mrs. Peggy O’Neal, and Mrs. Annie Lou Gas kins. weeks’ revival service at of God Church was completed on Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. C. C. McAfee and son, of Forest City, left on Monday for services elsewhere. Warren Harding, who spent the spring and summer months at Ocracoke, left yesterday to spend the winter in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cum ming, who have been occupying the Runyon cottage during Octo ber and November, left Monday for their home at Davidson College, N. C. Mr. Cumming is speaking Wednesday night at a meeting in Lenoir. They plan to work during the Christmas season with the Reader’s Digest Association in Pleasantville, N. Y. Irvin Garrish of Wilmington, Delaware, spent the week end here with Mrs. Saide Garrish. James Parsons of Philadelphia visited his family here this past week end. Mrs. Charlie McWilliams has re turned home from a trip to Black Mountain and a visit in Norfolk with her daughter, Mrs. Corinne Roberts. Mrs. Laura Bragg is back home from a visit in Norfolk with her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Cullifer, and her son, Eric Gregory Bragg, and other relatives there. Recent visitors to Beaufort in cluded Mrs. Taft Howard, Mrs. Wilson Jackson, Mrs. Etta Scar borough, and Mrs. Nancy Williams, Mrs. Ruby Garrish, and Mrs. Wil ma Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Brooks had as visitors in late October, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kopp of Solo mons, Maryland. Home this past week end from work in the North were Millard Williams, John Midgett, Jr., Hor ace Gaskins, Thurston Gaskill, Charlie M. O’Neal, and Theodore Mutro. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Garrish and Capt. I. F. O’Neal are back from a trip to Washington, N. C. George H. Broadley of Balti more, Maryland, is here at the Howard Tourist Home. Also there early this week was John L. Loch head, on four-day vacation from his work at the library in the Mariner’s Museum of Newport help clear up our “Annus Con fusionis.” ROANOKE ISLAND CLUB AND LODGE MEETINGS MASONS: Manteo Lodge, Sec ond and Fourth Monday Evenings, in Manteo Town Hall. Wanchese Lodge, First and Third Thursdays, Wanchese Lodge Hall. EASTERN STAR, Second and Fourth Thursday evenings in Wan chese Lodge Hall. ODDFELLOWS, Second and Fourth Thursday evenings in Manteo Town Hall. REBEKAHS, First and Third Monday evenings, Manteo Town Hall. MANTEO ROTARY, each Mon day evening, and MANTEO News. This was Mr. Loehhead’s first visit to Ocracoke. While here he plans also to visit the village of Portsmouth across the Inlet. Back for some surf-casting, hoping for better luck than they had a week or ten days ago are Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mooney of Swansboro, D. C. Mooney of Reidsville, Allen Crews of Kerners ville, W. T. Starr of -Gastonia. Also at Wahab Village Hotel are W. A. Caudle, Roger Neff, Charles Wilson, Lefty Frank, E. Nottage, E. Rose and Frank Gedroisez of lovington, N. J. Several hunting enthusiasts, as well as sportsfishermen, are reg istered at Silver Lake Inn, among them Dr. T. F. Adkins, M. H. Mil ler, M. G. Carpenter, John B. Beninage, J. B. Long Jr., D. W. Miffin, Martin Willis, E. M. Mor ris, G. Crawford, S. Jennings, all of Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fletcher and Douglas Sides of Winston-Salem are also at the Inn, and Dr. H. S. Wiley and Frank Maloose of Seamville Park, N ,J. At Sound Front Inn are Alex C. Prorskine of. New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fisher and son of Ocean City, Md. Samuel G. Jones, Sr. of Norfolk flew in Saturday on a short busi ness visit to Berkeley Manor. 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