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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-19

Don't forget Dad this Sunday
And by golly if he's a grand
father too, he rates a double
gift. No matter how tough tho
going was. dad always found a
way to give us most of the
things we wanted. There's an
old proverb: a father can take
care of 20 children but 90 child
rem can't take care Of father
Don't forget Fathers gift
Sunday = The Hub is being an
conditioned for your shopping
comfort Had a birthday June
18th I'm always glad to see
it come - at least I'm here.
Z. Weinbere
Evening star., 1953-02-22

tised the place for sale in 1772,
he mentioned no house, only
an excellent dwelling site.
Details of the house are
equally obscure. Before Au-
guStine Washington moved
there, an advertisement in the
Virginia Gazette of 1893 de-
scribed it as "a very handsome
dwelling house" Fredericks-
burg tradition says it was a
typical rich planters home,
probably with two stories and
eight rooms.
The same Gazette advertise
ment credited the farm with
three storehouses, several
other convenient outhouses
and a ferry belonging to it."
The general layout Of the
grounds Is known from a
survey Washington made in
It'll. It shows a kitchen gar
den to the north and a strip
of woods to the east, behind
the house. Beyond were fields
Of corn and tobacco. Open
fields stretched of to the
south. On the west, the lawn
dropped in terraces to the
river.
Efforts to restore Ferry
Farm have had little success.
One attempt, started in 1922,
failed during the depression.
The latest, the George
Washington Boyhood Founda-
ton, Inc, was formed seven
years ago. Composed mostly
of Fredericksburg residents
under the leadership Of Ed
Evening star., 1953-02-22

ward H. Cam, the foundation
hopes eventually to make the
place another Mount Vernon.
In the meantime, thousands
of tourists speed past Ferry
Farm each year on their way
to Washington's birthplace,
Evening star., 1953-02-22
George Washington's Boyhood Farm
By George F. Kahns

include little mention of the
Rappahannock River farm
where the first President
spent his boyhood.
In contrast to his other
well-known homes, Ferry
Farm, on the outskirts of
Fredericksburg, Va, has been
largely forgotten. Recently,
its remnants were all but
swallowed up by a new sub
division.
Yet for generations, Wash
ington's boyhood adventures
on the farm have been stand
ard storybook fare. 1t was
there he supposedly cut down
the cherry tree and threw a
dollar across the Kappa
hammock.
Washington was 6 when his
father, Augustine, bought
Ferry Farm in 1888. On it's
rich $50 acres, George grew
to manhood, received the bulk
of his formal education and
learned the surveyors art.
His first surveyors Office, a
tiny one-room cabin, still
stands.
Ferry Farm was Washing
toms first property. After his
fathers death there on April
IL, 1743, the farm became
Georges share of the estate.
It was held in trust until he
came of age.
During those years, George
made his first surveying trips
to the West for Lord Fairfax.
He spent little time at Ferry
Farm after his 18th year.
Mary Washington continued
to live there, however, and to
manage the farm even after it
became her sons. Not until
1772 did she move to the
Fredericksburg home George
bought for her and which still
stands at Charles and Lewis
streets.
Four years later, Washing
ton sold Ferry Farm to DR..
Hugh Mercer, a brigadier
general in the Revolutionary
Army.
Today only a narrow 50-acre
strip along the river remains
of the farm which took its
name from the ferry that
joined Fredericksburg with
1.-THE Great Road" that ran
down the Northern Neck of
Virginia.
Other than the land, little
that Washington knew is left.
The only relics are a stone
lined pit, once a part of the
family icehouse; a great elm
planted during his childhood
and his surveyors Office.
The present farmhouse was
Evening star., 1953-02-22
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Evening star., 1953-02-22

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begins to strengthen tired blood in
>2@ hours. In one day Geritol-iron
is in your bloodstream bringing
strength and energy to every part of
your body. 2 tablespoons contain
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vision with.
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Evening star., 1953-02-22

Wakefield, 80 miles distant.
Few see the highway marker
pointing out the farms loca-
ton. To most, Ferry Farm
has little more substance than
the Washington legends which
surround it.
Evening star., 1953-01-14
Summit Park Citizens
Favor Area Hospita|

The Summit Park Citizens AS
sociation last night favored the
establishment Of a hospital on
the east side Of the Anacostia
River.
The members feel the increase
in population more than war
rants an increase in medical ia
cilitieS.
The newly elected president,
Donald j. Mclaughlin, con-
Quoted his first meeting in the
Beers School, Thirty-sixth place
and Alabama avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1953-01-14
Join1 Agency 10 Handle
Arms Projects in Europe
By the Assoeiosed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan
IA joint Army-Navy-Air
Force agency to handle all Amer
ican military construction in
Western Europe will be set up
soon in Paris.
The Army's big building pro-
gram in the French zone of Ger
many has been under investiga-
ton for several months on Sus-
picion of widespread irregulari-
ties" in contracts. Yesterdays
announcement made no mention
of this probe as having any con-
nection with the reorganization.
"T'he consolidation is being ef-
fected to achieve efficient, eco
nomical and rapid completion
of the programs presently under
way and those contemplated for
the United States forces in
Western Europe, the announce
ment said,
Evening star., 1953-01-14

jackson. Republican. of Wis
consin; Representative Brooks,
Democrat, of Texas; Represent
tative Davis. Democrat, of Geor-
gia, and Representative Holt,
Republican, of California, a vet
eran of the Korean war.
There will be a reception at
Z pm. for guests and members
Of the national staff Of the
league. The Marine Corps Drum
and Bugle Corps, the Marine
Band and the Inaugural Drill
Team will entertain.
On Saturday. the league will
meet with it's national staff and
Northwestern Division represen-
tatives in the Emerson Hotel.
Gov. McKeldin, of Maryland, will
address the meeting.
Evening star., 1953-01-14

ing members
Of Con g ress
who served in
the M a r in e
Corps.
The affair
will be held
in the Hotel
Statler. Guests
will include:
Ch a ir man
Case of the
Senate Dis:
trict Commit
tee; Senator
M &C ar t h y
Pan11hlianA ~
Evening star., 1953-01-14
Womon, los, Decd,

WILLIAMSON. w. Va, Jan.
IA (P.-Mrs. Rebecca Jewell
Davis, believed to be the oldest
person in West Virginia, died
yesterday at los. She would
have been 106 May 2.
Evening star., 1953-01-14

Wisconsin; Senator Smathers,
Democrat. of Florida: Senator
Mansfield. Democrat, of Mon
tana; Representative Devereux,
Republican. Of Maryland, who
commanded the Marines on
Wake Island; Representative
Evening star., 1953-01-14
League 10 Honor Marines Now CONGRESS Members

Chairman Short of the House
Armed Services Committee will
address the Marine Corps League
banquet at 8 pm. Friday. honor
Evening star., 1953-01-14

Copied from the rare beauty Of Petit
Point weoves centuries old. A thick,
nubby oII-wooI high and low Iooped
texture with Q three dimeRsionoI pile.
Sturdy weight for heavy wear with
deep dense clover Wilton pile. Tone
on-tones Of grey. green, ond beige.
9, II, IS foot widths.
mot All Colors In AIl Widths)
Evening star., 1953-01-14

Features Greek Aconthus leof design
with cut high loops and uncut low
loops. SeH-tones Of sunrise beige,
avocado green. forest green and cleor
grey. A brocods pottern Of Jocquord
Wilton construction woven Of 1909
virgin wool.
g, IL. Is widths.
Smyrna times., 1953-07-30

to eat a pie made by his bride OF
two weeks. a man burned the book
that contained the recipe.
Baseball has become fiat and
still losing interest among all
classes. Years ago a fellow walk
ed from our town to Warwick to
see a ball game but in these days
it seems nobody would try to walk
few yards to see a game. The
lukewarm feeling is so bat that the
matter of baseball is hardly ever
mentioned by anybody. No matter
where you go you find that out.
Even the small boys are cool to-
wards the great game and seem to
think that no such a game was
ever played around here. A creep
ing palsy seems TO have fiattened
out what enthusiasm that had ex-
listed beforehand and the subject
is to be out until cold weather
comes next fall or winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bender
left for New York on July 10th to
attend the international Conven-
ton of Jehovah's witnesses at
Yankee Stadium July 10th to 26th.
They travelled by train. In New
York they met with over 125,000
other witnesses of Jehovah who
came from about 100 countries to
participate in the largest religious
convention ever held in America.
The convention did show that peo-
! pie from all nations and races can
have complete unity when Gods
Word and laws are the basis for
what they do. They will also visit
the Watchtower Society's head
quarters and printing plant in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The dream game of baseball at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday, July
14th made the folks here and else
where swarm around the television
sets and what grand afternoon
they had. While the most of them
thought that the American league
should have won they became re-
conciled to any other result and
SO they were happy, while the big
event was in progress. The game
drew $4,000 fans to the. stadium
at Cincinnati.
The tomato marathon went into
tail spin and finally ended up
with a new contestant winning the
honors of the first grower this year
In other years, it was different and
the contest did not become settled
until July 3rd or 4th. Usually
first one grower and then another
would cop the honors and the light
was one hard to predict its out
come early in the season. All the
growers took an active part and
the sweepstakes was filled with
friendly rivalry from start to fin
ish. And the winner steps forth
proudly upon his laurels to get the
praise of the ones not so lucky. He
is the proudest man in the whole
state. Well, who wouldn't be?
George Jenkins of Reading, Pa,
was visitor here on Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1953-07-30
THE SMYRNA TIMES THURSDAY MORNING. JULY so, 1883

Elmer Sellman of Elmerding,
Pa, was a visitor here on Satur-
day.
This section used to be one of
the leading ones in the state for
the growing of peaches. All kinds
of peaches were grown and the
sources for relivery were the peach
dryer and the city market. New
York used to get several carloads
from our community per day and
the stealy price was one dollar per
basket. George Hall and Edward
Thompson used to be the leading
growers and they thought nothing
of delivering thirty wagonloads or
prime peaches to the local markets
before noon of each day. Every
where the scene was peaches and
by the end of the season most
everybody grew tired of looking at
peaches but they had their pockets
well lined with cold cash. Such
days made a truly prosperous COM
munity and the new generations
say they would like to see the hap
py days come back once wore.
Charles Phillips used to clear $4,000
off of his fine orchard every year.
George Thomas who claims to
be the champion horseshoe pitcher
in the state had a contest with
Samuel Tilden of Philadelphia and
won over Tilden. He began to
pitch the shoes when IL years of
age and has grown to be an expert
in a series of contests. He says
that 30 ringers a game is like
child's play to him. He also says
he has met all the champion pitch
ers of the sport and defeated all of
them. Thomas is from Shetland,
Pennsylvania.
The dream game of baseball
made one happy fan lose his din
ner. He was so enthused over the
great contest that he forgot to go
home at mealtime and his wife
thought he had gotten his dinner
elsewhere. He discovered his mis-
take at the close of the game and
said he could blame no one but
himself. He said the dream game
at Cincinnati was all right but he
sadly missed meal by watching
it.
The dream game of baseball
drew millions of fans around the
TV set and the contest was thrill
ing from start to finish. The game
was played at Cincinnati, Ohio,
and had $1,000 spectators on the
grounds to enjoy the greatest ball
game of the year. 1t was treat
that eclipsed all other line of
sports. and easily outclassed other
events in attendance and full-de-
gree interest. We know that many
are wishing that this great dream
game could be played much more
often.
William Timmons, who is back
here after being away for AS years,
makes the seventh resident to re-
turn to this community after a
long absence since last August. AL
Smyrna times., 1953-07-30

Of them have marveled at the
changes in the layout of the town,
noting the big changes and also
amazed on seeing so many new
faces. All of these hcarges come
with a lapse Of years and still
make one glad TO see the old town
again after being away for years.
Those coming back after years
way say they plainly recall the old
town pump where so many people
Smyrna times., 1953-07-30

would quench their thirst ON hot
summer night and the pump gen.
orally was the meeting place for
friends to gather around it and
stay there for real personal chat.
II waf the magnet for the visitor
to hang around and never seem to
want to leave it.
Edward Carmine of Elgin, Ill,
was a visitor here on Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-04-21

one baSically responsible for the
creation Of a modern classic IN
musical drama.
It was he who dared to re-
place the simpering hero of such
entertainment with an unadul-
terated heel such as Pal joey.
This cheap nightclub entertainer
is a composite Of all the vices Of
human nature. He boasts, lies,
cheats. and steals and In denying
him a single, saving touch Of
pathos. O'Hara makes him q
claSsically comic figure.
So are most Of his fellow
habitues. male and female, in
the seamy night life of Chicago.
Nevertheless they are perfect
musical play material in O'Hara's S
bitter observation Of their wiles
and ways. They have the vi
tality Of primitiveS whether they
are engaged putting on a sleazy
revue or making their strange
mating arrangements. 4.
4 + i
This tempestuous energy of
their singing. dancing and love-
making is brilliantly packaeed in
the current production Of pal
joey"
Robert Alton, who directed the
production and designed the
dances. has decided the musical
should move with the speed and
force of a tornado. In addition
to Lang. who has evolved into a
corking actor as well as a dancer,
he has found some impressively
moving spirits to fit into his de-
sign. One Of these is Beverley
Bozeman; another, Elaine Dunn,
and a third (to mention but a
few. Betty O'Neil, as the strip
tease newspaperwoman.
These, backed by dancing
choruses which obviously are de-
lighted to be alive and working,
give pal joey" an unequalled
zip.
The Rodgers-Hart music of the
show at the Shubert, heard in
context again. is completely un-
flawed by time. "Bewitched,
Bothered and Bewildered," as
Miss Bruce sings it, clearly is
the most wearily wise and witty
ballad ever written. II Could
Write a Book" has its old charm
unmarried. What Is a Man."
another of Miss Bruce's num-
bers, asks a good question bet
ter than any other tune one can
think of, and "The Flower Gar
den of My Heart" ridicules old
fashioned musical-Show tunes as
only they deserve.
And. as if all this were not
enough, O'Hara toSses in a won-
derful comedy dessert character
in the shape of Lionel Stander,
an echo of Chicago gangster
types that no one will ever for
get.
That all the handsome, vi
brant creatures Of Joey'S Jungle
like world should have the right
setting and costumes, the pro-
ducers employed the services of
Oliver Smith and Miles White.
They could not have chosen more
worthily on behalf of one of the
most worthy contributions to the
modern musical stage.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
The Posing Show
Brilliant Pal Joey O pens
Fortnight at the Shubert
By jay Cormody

pal Joey the brilliant musical that led the
the wilderness of mawksh
4os is another work Of art that improves with age
Moving OF Broadway the week end after $40 perform
settled night
make this happier wiser community during the weeks
Evening star., 1953-04-21

Tnat is an interval Wnlch
should prove all too brief to
satisfy the municipal appetite
for a show as sharply favored
as this one.
Seeing it again, which is an
endlessly pleasant experience, one
is reminded that it is pal joey"
not "Oklahoma!" that initiated
the era Of great musicals in the
American theater. In rescuing it
for contemporary theatergoers,
Producers julie Styne and Leon
ard Key have performed a public
service that mere money cannot
reward adequately. ---
It can encourage wholesome
faith Ia the taste Of theater-
goers, of course, and this is al
ways welcome.
At this late, but memorable,
date it is apparent that pal
Joey" has the merits Of exactly
the same perfect collaboration
which resulted in South Pacific"
and THE King and l."
It's brilliance begins, but only
begins, with John O'Hara's book.
the study Of a nightclub heel.
To this remorseless, hilarious
narrative, Richard Rodgers add
ed a perfectly matching musical
score, and the late Lorenz Hart
the correSpondingly inspired
lyrics. The blend is completed
in the Styne-Key production
which stars Harold Lang and
Carol Bruce and has a speed,
glitter and sardonic humor that
could not have been matched in
the original.
It is a minor and unworthy
duibble that on its weekend
move from its two-season ten
ancy at the Broadhurst Theater
In New York Pal joey" en-
countered opening might nerves
It is a great show that need not
ask forgiveness for a few first-
performance fumbleS in strange
environment.
4 \ y 4
The single major change in
the cast of the touring pal
joey" is the replacement Of Vivi-
enne Segal by Miss Bruce. AS
the whole world should know,
Miss Segal is no supportable loss
as Joey's predatory patroness,
but Miss Bruce is the girl to
make it bearable. Her Vera
Simpson has the authentic ring
Of life's wear and tear on wealthy
women who take up with the
likes Of the lad played by Lang.
While all those who contrib
ute to the excellence of pal
Joey" have matched Author
O'Hara's inspiration. the cur
rent production-and no doubt
all those to come-makeS it clear
that his was the first. And the
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Forum Scheduled
On Shakespeare

Six stars of can Evening With
Will Shakespeare" which begins
a two-week engagement at the
National Theater next Monday
night. will join with representa-
tives Of the four daily Washing
ton newspapers in an after
theater forum on Saturday, May
2.
The event will start after the
matinee performance and will
be concluded at $3.50 pm. Men,
bers Of the audience are invited
to remain and ask questions OF
any member of the panel. The
stars participating are John
Lund, Eva LeGallienne, Basil
Rathbone, Faye Emerson, Mar
garet Webster and Viveca Lind
fors. Jay Carmody. drama edi-
tor Of The Star. will moderate.
The forum will be sponsored
by the American Shakespeare
Festival Theater and Academy
for the benefit of students anc
suburban theatergoers.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Stage.
National "Tumultime", $3.50
pm.
Sam S. Shubert-"Pal joey"
$50 pm.
Arena-"Arms and the Man"
$50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - 1.-The System:
1:35, 3:35, 5:35, 1885 and 9:40
pm.
Capitol - Desert Legion: II
am, 1:45, 4:30 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage: 1885. $40, 6:25 and 9:10
pm.
Columbia-"Call Me Madam;
11:l5 am. 1870, $3.50, $40, 7:50
and 10 pm.
DupOnt-"High Noon; /. 2:45.
l:30, 6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Keith's - Peter Pam; 1l:55
am, 1:55, 1855, 5:55. 7:55 and
p:55 pm
Little - La Ronde"; 6, 7:25,
$50 and 1920 pm.
MacArthur-"The Importance
Of Being Earnest; 6:15. sos and
10 pm.
MetrOpolitan-"Hans Christian
Anderson; II am, LOS, $40,
Sis, 1880 and $40 pm.
Ontario - Anna: 1:25, 3:35,
$40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Palace - Moulin Rouge;
l0:45 am, 1855, $40. 5:25. TAO
and $50 pm.
PlayhOuSe-"Come Back, Little
6heba";; 11:25 am, 1:25. 3:25.
$50, 1885 and $40 pm.
Plaza Tonight We Sing:
HIS am, 1885, $40, $50. 7:55
and 10 pm.
Trans.Lux-"Salome";; IL am,
1880. 2:45. 4:40, 6:35, 8:35 and
1890 pm.
WarQer-"The System; 1880
am. 1880. $3.50, 5:35. 7:4O and
GAS pm.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Burns Is Burning
AtCritics' Churoe
BY the Asseeiotsd Press
HOLLYWOOD,

BY the Assoeiatsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.
George Burns is burned up
at producers and critics who
accuse performers Of playing
down to the level of 12-year-
olds.
"The truth is" says George,
most of us have to play up to
the kids Of today. The average
kid can do his homework
while watching television and
listening to radio at the same
time.
"And most of them get all
AS in the process. None of us
old-timers were that sharp"
Evening star., 1953-04-21
New Roth Theoter
In Silver Snrinn

Sam Roth, president OF the
company operating the Plaza
and the Little Theaters. an
nounces plans for a new theater
to be built in Silver Spring
Daunit and Sergeant are the
architects of the building, which
is to open the latter part of May.
The theater, which will have
a seating capacity of 600, will
have a policy of f1rSt-run domes-
tic and foreign films to be shown
simultaneously with the Plaza
Theater.
There will be a lounge with
television and refreShment bar
in the theater and a parking lot
directly in the rear.
Tuckerman and Barbee are
the contractors.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
my Sister Eileen
In Return Showino

my Sister Eileen" starring
RoSalind Russell. will play at
the Georgetown Theater for one
week, starting today.
The film was used as the basis
for Miss RuSsell'S current Broad
way play. Wonderful Town."
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Stage Lorcu PIuy

The drama department Of
Howard University will present
Federico Garcia Lorca's "The
House Of Bernardo Alba" tomor-
row at $3.50 pm. in Spaulding
Hall Little Theater on the How
ard University campus.
Evening star., 1953-04-21

ducyed oy julie styne. Leonard Key and
Roigers. lyrics BY Lorens Hart, book By
John O'Hara. dances and musical num-
bers staged By Robert Alton, settings BY
Oliver Smith, lighting BY Peggy Clark,
costumes By Miles White. book directed
by David Alexander, entire production
supervised BY Alton. At the Sam. Q.
Shl,heFk
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Architectural Exhibit

An exhibit of student archi-
lecture work and oil paintings
by John E. Dundin, an archi-
lecture instructor, will be held
by the architecture department
of Catholic University in Build
ing 2 on the university grounds
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
The exhibit will be open to the
public from l to 5 pm. Sunday
and 9 am. to pm. Monday and
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-05-31
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