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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27


III connection with tnelr All Club
Farm and Home Electric Proiect.
IN January they studied fuses
how To replace q bad fuse and
kinds Of tuseS-and saw move
about how electricity can servo
people and they repaired and made
extension cords in February, They
will wind up the series OF lessons.
next month. by taking a tour Of {
farm and home to see how eiectrl-
city can improve standards Of lil-
ing
Instructors for these classes are
.. c. Stables and w A. fowler,
rural engineers for the Virginia
Electric and Power Company. OF
South Boston. Cumberland county
agents, Mrs. Goorgia WilFcrson
and E. l.. Seay. Jr. ARRANGED for
the CLASSES and help with their
supervision
This is the secona year that
All Clubs of John Randolph
School have had the Farm and
Home flectrc PiojecJ How over
Mrs Margaret p. Scott. school
principal and teachers of the
school felt chat the project would
be of great benefit for the stu
dents. Mrs. Scott and her staff Of
teachers are strong supporters and
willing advocates OF the Al Club
program, Mrs. Wilktrson SAID.
Students taking the project pur-
chased The parts for five dozens OF
lamps from West Virginia COM
pany tor toul dollars each. 1t takes
about two hours to assemble the
lamp complete with White,
maroon, or green SHADE and bulb
"These are better lamps than
some I'VE seen that sell lot Ten
dollars Mrs. WiIkersoa SAID
Making the lamp was Just one
of the objectives Of Tins 4 H Club
Project Other obJcctlyes ate to
study reasons why electricity is
SO important to modern fathers
and homemakerS. TO lsg electrical
equipment in their homes. to do
actual electrical Work. ana To care
for two or more electrical appli-
ances in their homeS.
Nh, Stables and MI fowler have
conducted about &c such projects
n II counties 50 far this year.
John Randolph School is d All
Club school, thanks TO the help
and interest OF the principal and
teachers, A total Of lncre than 200
students are members Of clubs in
the third. fourth. fifth, sixth and
seventh grades. The school has an
enrolment Of about 275
One Of Mrs SCOTS concerns
about the lamp project was how
80 students and SO study lamps
were going to ride the BUSES home
that night and still have all Of the
lamps in working condition.
Officers of the sixth grade All
Club are: Aubrey Collins presl-
dent; Margarete Johns, e-presi-
dent: Harold Foster secretary:
and Ann Agee and Margaret
Johns. song leaders.
Officers of the seventh grade
club are, Guy Norman. president:
Joyce Oertel, vice-prGsident; Mary
Jane Smith. secretary: and Doris
Warner and Robert Higgins, song
eaders
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27
County PRIESTHOOD
Clinic Set March 80

Examination Of Cumberland
county children entering school
Tor the first time next fall Will be
held at the Health Center at
Cumberland on March 80, begin
ming at noon Dr. Margaret Pen
nington will conduct the clinic
and Mrs Margaret s. Mitchell.
nutritionist VIII be present also.
The clinic is being held in CO.
operation With the State Depart
ment and the Department of
Education
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27
kn0Mledge of Electricity
Taught Cumberland Clubs

About a dozen pieces of wood
metal. wire and paper and two
good hours of supervised work can
produce an excellent electric study
lamp That's what 80 sixth and
seventh grade Ali Club members
Of John Randolph School in Cum
berland county found out. last
week.
Making the lamps was one o.
four tWo-hom lessons that boys
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27

Richmond and Charlie Palmore
and j W Palmore were luncheon
guests in the w d. Walker home.
Sunday. March IS
Mrs. j p. StrattOn attended the
District Institute on Chu!cA Or
sanitation and Authorization at
Kenbridg" Monda" March l6
Thomas Scott. OF Centenary
Church ALSO attended tAc meet
ny
Attend supper
MI and Mrs r 3 Addleman
attended the American Legion
Auyirary supper At tn Fatryill@
Baptist Church. TIcStay evening.
March T.
Mrs william E. Peterson. OF
Hollywood, Md. was All overnight
guest OF Mr. and Mrs. j. T. STRAIT
ton. Tuesday. March II, That
evening. Mrs. Peterson anG Mrs.
Stratton motored to Lynchbure.
where they had i visit and dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs Robert j.
Meador and children. Barbara
Ann and Bobby, Of Roanoke
! Nj. and Mrs. Nathan Womack.
of Richmond were guests AT
White I,all." las week.
DR.. and Mrs Wyndham h.
Blanton of Richmond. spent some
time recently Il their country
home. West Hill "
Attend Funeral
Mr. and Mrs. II. n. Addleman
and Barbara attended the funeral
of f. A. Flppen at Thomas Chap
ell Church Friday afternoon
March 20
Mrs. J. P. Stratton and MIS-
william f. Peterson spent Wed
nesdav. March 10. in Rlchfnoho
The latter was en- route 10 her
home in Maryland.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27
Guinea Social NeTS
{. c. Smith Family Visits
Mrs. BIN. Smith In Louisa

4 zone meeting II Payne Memorial
Church, March - This meeting
was pertaining to The eyangeliStic
crusade, Thomas Scott attended
also
Mrs. Lottie Brown and Mr. and
Mrs. Conduit NJ a news and
daughter. Phyllis, We're guests Of
Frank Ranscn and family, of
Richmond Sunday March IS
Henry Cook and the c. c. Smith
family were recent guests IN the
j. E. Meador home
Mrs R B. Addleman an d
daughter. Barbara. were luncheon
guests of Mr. and Mrs George
jenkins. of "Woodside. Sunday.
March IS, in honor Of their we'd
ding anniversary celebration
MYF Meets
MYF OF Centenary met at
Guinea Church. Sunday evening
1 March Is. Mrs. l.. R Womack led
/ the program. The Rev. J S King
was present. Some from d dlstan, e
attended the meeting
Nh. and Mrs. Irby and children,
Anne and Junior. of Bon Aiy, were
guests of Mrs. f. S Walker il.
and her sister Mrs. pattie w
Blanton, OF White Hall" Sunday
March IS Other recent guests
were Mrs. II c. Ferguson, MI. anC
Mrs. j P Stratton. Mrs Lottie
Brown and Mrs. G 70 n d II f.
Mathews
Mr.. and Mrs j B Palmore, Q
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27

had been postponed from March
5 because Of the heavy SNOW.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
|Neighbors Pitch In for Girl, 10,
Hurt on Horse in Montgomery

There's a little old-fashioned
neighborliness in progress In
Montgomery County.
It's object is l0-year-old Mary
Jane Myer. who is in Suburban
Hospital after a fall from her pony
Monday.
She may be in the hospital for
weeks although she was taken off
the critical list Thursday. She
suffered a head injury and a
broken leg.
Hospital bills are expensive, and
friends of the Myers decided the
family had had more than it's
share. Mary James brother
Robert, z, had gone through a
siege at Children's Hospital with
the after-effects of measles not
long ago.
So a Beallsville friend, John
Hunter, started the ball rolling
on a little Embarrassing drive.
Yesterday, more than $400 had
been collected.
Mary James father, r. c. Myer
OF Comus, who operates several
farms, said he did not know ex-
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Glenn Dale Deaths Fell
To Record Low for 1852

Glenn Dale Sanatorium dis
charged more patients and lost
fewer by death during 1852 than
in any previons year, DR.. Daniel
L. Seckinger, District director of
public health, reported today.
Approximately $50 patients were
admitted to the Districts tuber-
culosis sanatorium, an increase
over the preceding year. There
were 413 discharged, compared
with 386 the preceding year.
The death total was 81, COM
pared with 72 deaths in 1851 and
108 in 1850. =
DR.. Seckinger said patients re-
ceived better care. In addition to
the standard antibiotic drugs,
such as steroptomycin and PAS, a
new drug believed to be of great
value in tuberculosis treatment
was used.
The dietary department estab-
lished selective menus for patients
and graduate social work training
was started with several colleges.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Changes Made in Route
OF 81, U-2 and " Buses

Rerouting of buses on three
Capital Transit lines was ordered
yesterday by the District Public
Utilities Commission.
The So line between Georgia
and Alaska avenues and the old
Post Office Building will be shifted.
effective February l, from K street
to ! street on the outbound run.
between Twelfth and Sixteenth
streets. This change is aimed at
relieving traffic snarls when the
buses have to cut through K street
traffic while making the turn into
Sixteenth street.
The inbound route of the U-2
and X-2 Benning lines will be
moved. en- February /, from I
street. between Tenth street and
Vermont avenue. to New York
avenue. !.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Opera House for District
Proposed in Bill by Kearns

Establishment of national
opera house and theater in the
District was proposed in a bill
prepared for introduction in the
House today by Representative
Kearns, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. Kearns urged that such a
structure be built and maintained
as a memorial to men and women
of the armed forces. He said it
should be devoted ito the fine
arts of the theater which are of
the highest Importance in inter-
preting for our generation the
values and cultural heritages of
western. democratic civilization. .
The Kearns bill would author
ize appropriation of $4,000 for
preparing a design for the build
ing subject to approval by the
National Capital Planning Com
mission and the Commission Of
Fine Arts.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
6. 0. P. Ends 3O:Year Split
With 7 MARYLAND Senators

For the first time in nearly 80
years the Republicans have two
Senators from Maryland, Senator
Butler and the newly elected Sem
ator Beall. In 1921 Senator o. E.
Weller and Senator Joseph I.
France were the Republicans from
Maryland, following the Harding
landslide in 1920.
Senator Butler today issued a
statement complimenting former
Senator Herbert r. O'Conor, DEM
ocrat, of Maryland, who retired
voluntarily from the Senate. He
said:
1.-THE retirement of Senator
O'Conor eliminates an outstand-
ing career of more than 81 years
OF public service, which has been
particularly noteworthy in con-
tributions of leadership and FORE
sight. Senator O'Conor has been
a valuable and effective member
Of the Senate"
Evening star., 1953-01-03

1ne inaugural COmmlCCee WILL
limit to IL the number of times
the Stars and Stripes will be
carried past spectators in the
parade on January 20.
The idea is to reduce the con-
fusion and discomfort caused by
constant rising and saluting when
the Flag goes by frequently.
$50 many National Flags have
been carried in past parades that
the requirements of standing to
render honorS have been exees-
sively repetitious and have de-
tracted from the dignity of the
tribute" the Armed Services In
augural Committee said.
The committee will allot one
set Of colors to each of the 10
parade divisions, in addition to
the massed colors in the Presi-
dents party.
1t said this limit Of II should
make the proceedings more dig
nified and, at the same time, COM
Portable for officials and specta-
tors alike"
Meanwhile, it was disclosed that
the regular police force will be
augmented for the inaugural pa
rade by 1,500 members of the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air
Force and Coast Guard.
One detachment will come from
the Officer Candidate School at
Fort Belvoir, it was reported.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
THIS SUNDA Y'S BEST READING
Q)e Sunday $taf

CLASS OF 52-Fhteen among
the Senoe this this
with the much discussed Gloss 49, which
pleted its first full term? The members
eussed in the Editorial Sections Review Of The Week.
FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE
the Sunday speeo with Stor nono Editor
Donald Hodey discussing the effect administration likely
to hove on the Washington business community.
YOUR COMMISSIONERS REPORT-Now Mondoy night
homes the WkAL featuring
The mode this when
token by the city heod while they The story
Your Commissioners Report produced feoture Of The So Pic
toioI Magazine
oPTMlT AT LARGEone Of the Ameron writer's Sand
burg looks to the to without trepdot Here article
that will bring thrill In it, will wok oons city with
beloved oteIer hear tokins Sondburs
See Greet Doys Ahead" in This Week Magazine
ANSWER MANlos people ok Of Joseph
Ston onwe that Usually wo he imptont
the toct that he said something shown Eo Section oe
BY Earl vos which oees Stofns differences from 1916 do
MESS IN WASHINGTON w the departments
the only facing denteeet Eisenhower Frederick Guhem
Editorial Section feature Mr. Guhm ofcio Of the
Institute Of Architects points out that ewGs the
incoming Chief Executive.
DAY EVENING
LAND SUNDAY STAR HOME DELIVERY SITS MONTH. NlGHT
FNAL EDITION. 70 CENTS ADDITIONAL, PHONE STERLING $1,000
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Seized Dope Fugitive
Could Aid by Talking,
u. 5. Attorney Thinks

United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan said today he is sure
John r. Wetherbee. fugitive key
man in a major narcotics case,
"can be very ehelpful if he is will
ing to talk"
Wetherbee, %. whose arrest 18
months ago led to one of the
largest marijuana seizures here,
gave himself up to California au-
thorities earlier this week. He
had jumped bond and had been
missing more than a year. i
Wetherbee had told The Star
he would fight extradition to the
Capital. but Mr.. Irelan said he
had not been officially informed
of that yet. The prosecutor sent
a bench warrant to California
Wednesday to hold the fugitive.
Action If He Resists.
If Wetherbee fights attempts to
remove him it would be neces-
Sary TO SEND a representative to
California to make a formal iden-
tif1cation of the fugitive, Mr.. Ire
land said.
A strong possibility emerged
that Wetherbee would be ques-
toned in the Governments prep
aration of the narcotics conspiracy
trial of Police 1t. H. H. Carper,
for which no date has been set.
The Senate District Crime Sub
committee was told that RAN
dolph Catfish Turner, since con-
victed as a narcotics boss, had
said he received from 1t. Carper
a pound of the marijuana con-
fiscated from Wetherbee's car.
Discrepancy ON Amount.
Police originally reported the
marijuapa in the car amounted to
Evening star., 1953-01-03

1913 pounds but Federal agents re-
ceived only "a pounds. The actual
amount of marijuana in the car
is one of the items about which
Mr.. Irelan would like to question
Wetherbee.
Asked If Wetherbee would be a
witness in the Carper trial, as
suming he could be returned in
time, Mr.. Irelan said he would like
to learn any information Wether-
bee might have to offer about any
case.
He pointed out his first reason
for wanting Wetherbee is for him
to stand trial in his own case.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Transit Riders Group Asks
New Hearing on Bus Radio

Radio programs over streetcars
and Suses are more like point
to-point" communications, such
as radio telephone or closed-cir-
cult theater television than simple
bEoadcaSting, the Transit Riders
Association has declared in legal
brief.
The brief is on file in the U. S.
Court of Appeals for the District
Of Columbia as part of a plea
that the court order the Federal
Communications Commission to
grant the association public
hearing to protest renewal of the
broadcast license to WWDC-FM.
The latter station sponsored the
local transit radio.
The Transit Riders Association,
according to Claude N. Palmer,
president, is a non-profit organi-
cation opposed to the transit radio
practice. The brief was filed by
Attorney Carl Shipley.
Evening star., 1953-01-03

actly how the accident happened,
but it appeared the pony fell on
the child during a jump.
He said Mary Jane had been
riding for two or three years and
is fairly skillful jumper. He said
he got word of the accident from
Patsy Jones. II. who was riding
with Mary Jane. Jack Hersberger,
who happened on the scene while
going hunting. helped get the
child to a doctor.
The neighbors recalled that Mr..
Hunters son John, 10, had suf-
fered fall from the same pony,
Rowdy, two years ago.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
New Charges
TO Sewer Users
May Be Fixed
Plan for Montgomery
And Prince Georges
Near Completion

Fixing Of a new sewer usage
charge in suburban Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties is
expected "in the near future" the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission said today.
In a prepared statement. the
commission said the rate would
be established as soon as terms
of an agreement with the District
of Columbia for treatment of the
suburban sewage are completed.
The agreement is in its final
drafting stage and should be in
the commissions hands in q week
or 10 days. Young j. Wright.
superintendent of the District
Sewer Division, said today.
Under terms of the agreement,
the commission win pay the entire
cost Of constructing a trunk sewer
running from its Bladensburg
disposal plant to Anacostia ave-
nue. just north of Bladensburg
road. From there the line will
run to the Districts disposal plant
at Blue Plains, but Maryland will
pay only proportionate share Of
this cost.
Study Near Completion.
The commission also will base
the new charge on the cost of 9TH
ar Ynroiartarl %,.,,y,ly ea,r,e,, n =, Il ~~x,,
age pumping station construction.
A study of these plans should be
completed within a week, the COM
mission said.
The fee, when established, will
be made retroactive to January /.
The commission contends it will
not be an extra charge"
At present the cost of construct
ing trunk sewers and other major
sewerage works is borne by front
foot benefit charges and a Scent
ad valorem tax tagged for retiring
general construction bonds.
The commission said it feels this
is an unfair method of paying for
major sewer projects since, in
many cases, a land owner is as
sessed for improvements he never
uses which abut his property.
At present the cost of maintain-
ing and operating the commits
sion's entire sewerage system is
included in the commissions 27-
cent 1,000-gallon water consump-
ton charge. The commission saws
some $500 water consumers, as
q result. are paying for the sewer
system when their homes are not
even connected with it.
Charges May Be Cut.
Theoretically, establishment of
the sewer usage fee could mean
that the water consumption
|charge or the ad valorem tax rate
could be cut.
The commission. however, is
making no such promises.
Harry B. Shaw, chief engineer
for the commission, said the
agency's expansion program-in-
cluding construction of the new
Rocky Gorge reservoir on the Pa
tuxent River-may block such
cuts.
Mr.. Shaw. however, said the
front foot benefit assessment for
future trunk sewer construction
will be abolished.
The commission said it feels the
establishment of the sewer usage
charge will spread the cost Of
major construction over a longer
period with present and future
users paying their share as they
use the facilities.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Numbers Ruiders Net
Cleaning Shop Owner

Police yesterday raided clean
ing establishment in the 700 block
of F street NE. and arrested the
52-year-old proprietor on charges
of operating lottery and possess
sion of numbers slips.
Irving W. Linkous of the 800
block Of Seventh street NE, who
operates the Temple Cleaners, ad-
mitted he was doing a $40-a-day
numbers business, according to
police.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Mrs. Truman and Kin
Among First Visitors
TO Senate Opening

Mrs. Harry s. Truman and four
relatives were among the first vis-
itors to- arrive at the Capitol to-
day to watch the opening of the
Republican-controlled Congress.
The woman who win be the first
lady of the land until Gen. Eisen-
hower's Inauguration, January 20.
stepped briskly into the Senate
gallery 30 minutes before the
Senate convened. She was ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Truman of Kansas City and
David and Martin Wallace Of Al
buquerque. N. Mex.
Only a scattering Of other spec
tators were On hand at the time. 4
Evening star., 1953-01-03
John Doe No. 528 Goes
To Grave, Unidentified

Still unidentified, despite more
than a months efforts by police,
John Doe No. 528 was buried yes
terday in potter's field.
He had shot himself to death
in a cafe here last November. All
labels had been removed from his
clothing and his pockets were
empty save for a blank notebook.
A similar case occurred here
about IA years ago when a woman,
killed in a leap from a bridge,
never was identified.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Forum on Air
At LIS PM. Tomorrow

Problems of education in Spe-
cialized fields will be discussed in
a forum on Station WGAY, Silver
Spring, at lis pm. tomorrow.
Ernie Tannen of the radio sta
ton will interview educational and
civic leaders. 1t was reported in
The Star yesterday that the pro-
gram would be broadcast at
1o:1S am.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
|Ly|e Snader Named
House Clerk; Began
Service on Hill in 40

The new clerk Of the House
under the Republican organization
is Lyle o. Sander, SO, a vet
leron of IL years service on Capitol
Hill and one of the reading clerks
in the past Congress.
!. He and a list of other patronage
appointees were elected by the
House today after their nomina-
tion yesterday by the Republican
conference of the House.
These include William F. Rus
sell, So. of Philadelphia, sergeant
alarms; Thomas J. Kennamer of
Monett, Mo-, doorkeeper, and
Beecher Hess, an Ohioan, House
postmaster.
Chaplains to Continue.
Also continued in Office was
the Rev. DR.. Bernard Braskamp
as chaplain. Likewise, there will
be no change in the chap
lain of the Senate, since both
Republican and Democrats yes
|terday recommended continuation
|of the service of the Rev. DR..
Frederick Brown Harris.
Mr.. Snader, a native of Dixon,
Ill.,. was one of the reading clerks
lat the Republican National Con-
|vention last July. He also served
on the staff of the congressional
Republican Speakers Bureau inl
the past campaign.
He came to Washington in 1910
as secretary to Representative
Allen, Republican, of Illinois, and
was clerk of the House Rules Com
|mittee in the 80th Congress, when
Mr.. Allen was its chairman.
Served in Air Force.
During the war, he enlisted in
the Army, serving in an admini-
strative position with the Air
Force. He now is a major in the
Air Force Reserves. = He and his
wife, the former Jane Wright,
live at 218 Eighth street S.W.
The new Senate Secretary is
j. Mark Trice, who started
work here in 1915 as a Senate
page. Later, for 10 years, he was
secretary to the Senate sergeant
|at-armS.
Mr.. Trice then practiced law for
several years and in 1882 became
deputy sergeant-at-arms for the
Senate.
Secretary to Party.
He served in that capacity until
1947 when. under Republican SEN
ate control, he was made secretary
to the majority party. Since 1949
he has served as secretary to the
minority.
He and his wife and daughters,
Linda Jean, 8. live on Worthing-
ton drive in Westmoreland Hills,
Md.
The new House sergeant-at-
arms, Mr.. Russell, also is a Capt.
tol Hill veteran. He came here in
1889 as a minority employe. He
was House Sergeant-at-arms in
the Republican 80th Congress and
since then has held a minority
party post in that Office.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Inaugural Crowds to Salute
Parade Flags Only II Times

The Inaugural Committee will Marching section
limit to IL the number parade high
the Stars and Stripes will Inaugural Com
carried past spectators the mttee said
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-12-03
Births

The following births were recorded
at Button Community hospital dur,
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Schick
Bluffton, a boy, Robert Lynn, born
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ream
Jenera, a boy, Dennis Charles, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Leatherman
Jeipsic, a boy, Kenneth Eugene
born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Steiner
Pandora, a girl, Cathy Ann, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Layman
Bluffton, boy, Gerald Albert, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Preston
vida Vandemark), Ada, a boy,
born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. K. Holloway
Lima, a boy, Terrell Lee, born Mon
day at Lima Memorial hospital
Mrs. Holloway is the former Janet
Andrews, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Andrews of Bluffton.