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Evening star., 1953-12-20
Miss Mocknet
Is BetrOthed-

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Kenneth
Macknet Of Ridgely Farms:
Aldie, Va, formerly of Takoma
Park. announce the engagement
of their daughter Evelyn-La-
Verne to Sergt. 1/c Donald
Beck, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice c. Beck of York, Pa.
Miss Macknet attended EN-
manuel Missionary College in
Berrien Springs, Mich, and
Washington Missionary College
in Takoma Park. She is pres
emily employed by the Office of
the Chief Of Engineers of the
Army here.
The prospective bridegroom
has been stationed in Italy and
Alaska and is now stationed at
the Department of the Army
Transmitting Station in Wood
bridge, Va.
The wedding will take place
in February.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
BY Harriet French

Eyes. I am making hooked
rllg, now that winter is here" !"
Said slender little Nine. Khin,
whose husband is in the export
import business here. II make
one every winter. but have kept
only the first one that I made
and sent the others to my two
sisters in London"
I The idea of this interview was
to learn about Nine. Khin's
hobbies. but the story of U. and
Nine. Khin sounds like a fairy
tale that ends with their living
happily ever after in a gay.
modern house on the edge of
Rock Creek Park. Washing
tpn. D. c.
Many years ago. in Burma, a
marriage was arranged for
Yvonne Christoffelsz and u.
Hhin to take place in 1941. But
there was war. Yvonne was
agble to scramble onto the last
Crowded little plane to leave
Burma before the last airbase
vas occupied by the japanese.
Y. Khin had to walk to India.
"Those who have not gone
through a war do not understand
how it is. You do not know
when you will get your next
food. but you have no appetite
just fear" Yvonne worked in
the British Information Service
in India and later in China until
1945, when she was able to come
to San Francisco. where U. Khin
was waiting.
Together, they went to Su-
perior Judge Sylvan j. Lazarus
and told him that they wanted
to be married. According to
Buddhist custom. their hands
were tied together. in this case
with a gauze scarf, and sprinkled
with scented water from a bowl
Of floating flowers: a blessing
was asked for the couple. their
hands were released-and that
was all.
After this brief ceremony, an
exotic Burmese wedding feast
was served. There was hin-jo
(soup with beaten eggs, sesame
oil and garlic). ah-loo oet-thok
(potato salad with fried cucum-
bers and powdered shrimp and
oogyaw (eggs with fried red
pepperS).
When the feast was over, the
guests. according to custom, held
a golden chain across the bed
room door to prevent the couple
from entering. 1t was necessary
for the bridegroom to pay off
the pranksterS else the marriage
would have been cursed with un-
happiness. After the bride and
groom had entered their bed
room. their bachelor friends
threw pebbles at the window to
denote their disappointment at
not winning the bride. U. Khin
had to pay off again.
Divorce is easy" said Nine.
Khin, "all you have to do to
obtain one is to go before a
Judge, or an elder, say, I no
longer wish to be married to
this man. However" she added,
"Buddhists have less than 2 per
cent divorces. A divorced wom-
an in Burma has no place in
society and is looked down upon.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Miss Mclaughlin
To Be Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. John Francis
Mclaughlin have announced the
engagement of their daughter
Patricia Anne to 1t. Byron AL
bert Morgan, U. S. N. r., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Morgan of
North Hollywood, Calf.
Miss Mclaughlin was gradu-
ated in 1949 from the College of
New Rochelle in New Rochelle,
N. Y, and is now associated with
the Columbia Broadcasting sys-
tenn.
1t. Morgan was graduated
from Loyola University in Los
Angeles, and did graduate work
in playwriting at the University
of Southern California at Los
Angeles. He served in the Navy
as a pilot during World War II
and the Korean war, and now is
stationed at the Navy Photo
graphic Center at Anacostia.
A February wedding is
planned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21
Gunfighter' 5 Return
!. u...,....... by Leslie Ernenwein
That bafied Jim Rimbas,d. Why
ErnenWein

That baffied Jim Rimbas,d. Why.
had they waylaid him?
And after yanking him from the
saddle, why had they carried him
out here?
He thought about that Is he
walked over to his roam, and could
find no logical explanation. Il
didn't make sense. Two men had
ambuShed him with a rope, had
carried him for q few feet, and
then dropped him like q sack of
grain. Rimbaud fingered the
bloody bruiSe on his head and
swore morosely as he rode into
the dark defile again.
Hallway through Rimbaud
heard the roan's hoof strike metal,
and guessed instantly that his gun
lay in the dust. Dismounting, he
felt for the Buntline and found il,
and understood why he had been
carried out Of here. The two men
hadn't been robbers. They had
mistaken him for someone else,
and toted him into the moonlight
for a look at his face. He won-
dered who they had been after.
Must be someone about his size
and shape; someone they wanted
to take alive. He was still think
ing about it Is he rode into June
ton.
The town looked exactly q Rim
baud remembered it. Sprawled in
the moonlight its frame and
adobe structures made an untidy
pattern that began with q hodge
podge of stock pens here &C the
west end Of Main Street and
petered out near the base Of Gem
etery Hill TO the east.
Observing the lamplit windows
of Eve Odegarde's restaurant js1st
beyond Gabbertss Livery, Rim
baud felt a high sense Of anticipa.
ton. He tried to remember II Ewes
eyes were blue or gray, and was
surprised that he couldn't recall
their exact color. But ha hadn't
forgotten how those eyes could
warm . man, deep down inside.
Wide set, they were, with lonR
black lashes that had made sooty
shadows on her lamplit cheeks the
night she stood over there n ~
doorway and said good-hy.
It occurred 10 Rimbaud now
that Eve might have changed heR
ways trifie IN two years: might
not be 50 straight LACED where
men were concerned. Especially .
man she hadn't seen in Z lona.
long time. For Eve had liked him-
SLe'd shown that plain enouRh.
Rimbaud smiled. This might Be
more Of . celebration than he'd
planned on, il Eve happened -
be in receptive mood.
He was savoring the nne flavor
Of expectation when q man In the
deep shadows Of the stable door
way called sharply, 4 got you
coveEedl"
eEe - esntlnuelp
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correct. He'd found trouble aplen-
ty these past two years, and little
else.
I'm RIMBAUD didn't see the
y loop that darted down from
above him. He heard it wish past
his ears, then felt the rope bite
both arms as it yanked him head
long from the saddle. He was try
ing to get a hand up for protec-
ton when the ground exploded
against his face.
For brief, blank interval Rim
baud felt nothing at all Then he
became remotely aware of voices,
of being lifted, and of being
dropped. Afterward he understood
that he was lying face down in
the road. Blood and dust made a
gritty mixture in his mouth, and
there was a throhbing ache along
his left temple. Turning over, he
supported himself on an elbow
and peered about him. The roam
stood cropping grass a dozen yards
south of the highway, that me-
thodical crunching the only sound.
1t occurred to Rimbaud that he
wasn't in the defle; glancing al
the dust, he saw boot tracks where
two men had carried him out here
Still dazed by the impact of his
headlong fall, Rimbaud got slowly
to his feet Noticing that his hol-
ster was empty, he muttered, $50
are my pockets--and my belly"
He wondered if the bandits had
left him enough to buy supper,
and was astonished to find the
seven gold pieces along with some
silver coins in his pocket
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21
Chapter Two


WHEN finally he came to the
w hills, Rimbaud halted and
scanned the plain behind him.
The cavalry was a long way off
now, strung-out dots below
greasy rag of dust. Adde'S" he
called, and was mildly surprised
at the croaking tone of his voice.
It sounded, he thought, like the
creaking of rusty hinges on a cor
raj gate. Riding up the first brush.
tangled slant of the hills, he took
his bearings and chose pass that
should lead to Smuggler's Well,
and hoped it would
It did.
Near shutdown Rimbaud lay full
length in hoof-packed mud and
drank cheek to cheek with his
horse. American mud and Amer
lean water. It reminded him of
an opinion Durango had expressed
this morning while he sucked the
seepage out of COW tracks in a
dry river bed: "The goodness of
water is in thirst, amigo"
A queer cuss, Durango. The son
of a wealthy landowner, he had
risen to position of power Sec
ond only to Diaz'. Yet he had been
so filed with pity for the down.
trodden poems that he turned his
back on the well-fed aristocracy.
A true Robin Hood, he had raided
the rich to feed the poor and won
the highest acclaim a man could
achieve: bdndido terrifico! ALI the
poor ones had rallied to his call.
Presently he investigated the
saddlebagS and found seven dou-
BILE eagles remaining; a hundred
and forty dollars. There had been
upwards of two thousand dollars
worth of them at noon, which was
the approximate price he had paid
for the privilege of living.
Cheap" Rimbaud said. Pock-
citing the seven gold pieces, he
added, Enough for a celebration
in Junction town." and wondered
if Eve O6egarde still ran her little
restaurant next door to Gabbert's
Livery. Remembering how wom-
anly and appealing and self-suffi-
cient she had been, Rimbaud
grinned. There, by God, was a
woman. Every bachelor in juno
ton had made try at counting
her, without success. She had
seemed surprised because he
didn't, and had mentioned it once
in roundabout fashion. But he had
understood that she would accept
nothing less than marriage, and
a wife was the last thing he'd
wanted. Thinking back to the
night he left Junction, Rimbaud
recalled that Eve Odegarde had
wished him luck and said soberly,
"A drifter finds only trouble, no
matter how far he rides"
Well her prediction had been
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21
MONROE CALENDAR
GIVES HIM TROUBLE

Los ANGELES 1-Phil Max's
business 10 Marilyn Monroe cal
endars At 81 ! throw was good
until the cops horned In.
Max had one Of the celebrated
art works, for which Marilyn said
she posed In the days before she
got to be q movie star. ID the win
dow Of his camera store.
The gendarmes weren't attract
ed through any artistic motives.
There's city ordnance foFbldding
the diplay Of nude pictures that
are visible from q public Sidewalk.
Max was at liberty here on $50
bond.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21
.AHergiic To
Rays OF Sun

CHEYENNE, Wyo. R - Harry
Brockley, 20, an employee of the
Wyoming Game and Fish Depart
ment, wears pillow-case mask
when he is out in the sun.
He suffers from lupus erythem-
atosis, which means simply that
he is allergic to sunlight.
Brockley says there is no known
cure for the rare malady. which
he believes he caught while serv-
ing for three years as a crew
member on a patrol torpedo boat
in New Guinea and In The Philip
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pines. However, the disease did
not become apparent until last fall.
The disease also causes severe
rheumatism which curtails his
his physical activities. he aid.
A few minute Of direct sun
light, Brockley explained. causes
a breakdown of the connecting it's
sues-blood. nerves and cartilage.
resulting in a skin rash and nau-
sea. When he goes outside. he
wears the mask and ues q skin
cream that filters the ultra. violet
rays from the sun.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21

The most hits off one pitcher in
one game In the majors was 80.
They were smackcd off John Wads-
worth when Louisville was in the
National League back in 1894.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-21

correct. He'd found trouble aplen-
ty these past two years, and little
else.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
Senator Robertson
Senator Robertson
Hopes For Significant Results From
Eden's Talks With /. S. Officials

The conference
in WASHINGTON last
week and this week
between the British
Deputy Prime Min
lister and For eign
Secretary Anthony
Eden and Chanccl-
Tor OF the EXche-
- -
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
GIuucomu Is Huzurd
To People Over 40

NEW YORK-Glaucoma Is 4
word which carrie, very little
meaning to most people. yet that
word will one day sound bitter
overtones to one out Of every 50
Americans over 40 years Of age.
These men and women-s00. COO Of
them-ar slowly losing sight from
the eye disease glaucoma becaese
Of ignorance and neglect. Unfor-
tunately. most OF them do not real
ize that they face blindness"
To tell people over 10 the facts
about glaucoma. the National So
ciety for the Prevention Of Blind
ness has published pamphlet on
the eye disease. Copies are avail.
able without charge.
The pamphlet points out that the
best defense against glaucoma Is
thorough eye examination at least
once every two years after you
reach 40.
1t emphasizes that the three main
points to remember about glau-
coma are:
Strikes after 10 In most eases.
Is difficult to detect in the early
stages, as a result, many have the
disease and don't know it.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
PIunetorium Shows
Complex Universe

PHILADELPHIA - The Fcls
Planetarium sh W. Hurting
Through Space. shows just how
many and how complex the mo-
tions OF the earth really are.
There are many excellent and
graphic ways to prove the rotation
OF the earth There is the Foucau
pendulum There is the centrifugal
effects Of the earth's rotation,
which accounts for the uphill flow
OF the Mississippi River, and there
is the apparent rotation OF the
heavens.
The first proof OF the earth's ro-
tation was furnished in 1879 when
the English physicist Hooke veri-
fled a prediction made by Sir
Isaac Newton. Newton held that,
if the earth rotates. body on
it's surface will not be travelling as
fast as a body in the top Of high
tower, for the latter body will be
farther from the axis Of rotation.
He computed that at the equator
a ball dropped from a 400-foot tow
er viii land more than IA inches
east OF the point where it would
have fallen if the earth were not
rotating.
This rotation Of the earth pro-
duces other effects as well. The
Earth is not spherical but has an
equatorial bulge. just like peo-
Pile That equatorial bulge makes
the axis of the Earth wobble. SO
that the north pole is not always
pointed to the same part Of the
sky. Because Of this slow change,
in about $4,000 years the bright
star Vega will be the pole star, in
stead OF the present pOlariS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14

night.
Miss Rebecca Easter. OF Rich
mond Ranny Denny, Of Peters
burg, and Mrs, B. Denny. Of Mat
toax. went fishing Monday and
reported a good catch
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Heath
Midkiff Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs
Eddie Harris and children of
Richmond, Mr. and Mrs Estel
Midkift and children and Mr. and
Mrs Benton McMlnion and son
of Chula
Miss Iona Easter, Of Richmond,
spent the week end with her SIS
ter Mrs Estel Midkiff
Picnic Trip
Mr. and Mrs Randall Johnson
and Mr. and Mrs r E Midkiff
Bud. Virginia and Leroy went to
Willis Mts,. Monday, for picnic
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith,
Nancy. James and Alvin spent
Sunday evening at John Kerr
I Dam
Z Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Hudson. Of
/ Winston Salem. N. c., spent Fri
day night with Mr.. and Mrs A. G..
Long. Mrs Long. Jane Long. Pat
/ and Mary Combs went with Mr.
and Mrs Hudson TO Washington
D. c.. Saturday TO visit Mrs.
I Longs sister, Mrs w. w Linville
Mrs. w w Linville. Of Wash
ington, D c.. and Mrs. Walter
Combs accompanied Mr. and Mrs
Hudson to winston Salem, and
Mrs. Berthe Mae Bennett. OF that
I place, returned home with Mrs.
Combs for a visit with her mother.
Mrs A. G. Long
Mr. and Mrs. James Reid and
Jerry of WaynesborO. Mr. and
Mrs Frank Keener and sons, OF
Richmond, Miss Marylee Keener
Of CreWe, Miss Margie Easter, OF
Washington, D. c.. MIR and Mrs.
! Charles DodsOn, OF MattoaX. and
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Easter, Of
PoWhatan, were Sunday dinner
/ guests of Mr.. and Mrs Lewis
/ Easter
( Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, OF
( Richmond, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs Will Shrum
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Morven

Mr. and Mrs. Otis Morris and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Morris visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
row Morris, near Sandston, last
Sunday.
Miss Shirley Taffer. OF Mattoax.
gave miscellaneous shower in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Mid
kltf Friday night for Mr.. and Mrs.
Randall Johnson. They received
many lovely gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb HAYNES. of
Lincolnton. NJ c., spent last week
with Mr.. and Mrs VIII Shrum.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith. Joyce
Frances, Billie, and Wayne Smith
of Newport News. ana Mr.. and
Mrs. Teeny West, Of Moseley visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs Dick Smith. Sat
tuday night
Pfc, and Mrs. Jim Shaw and Mr.
and Mrs G. M Easter were sun
day dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Jerome Easter
Mr.. and Mrs, Richard Inmar
We're dinner guests Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Inman. OF
JeterSvile.
Return After Accident
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Harding
OF Jetersville. are both back home
after their accident about twt
/ weeks ago near South Boston
when the steering column on theii
car broke. Mrs. Harding was bad
~ bruised and Mr.. Harding s back
was broken. He IS now III a cast
and will have to wear one for al
least six months Their little girl
Diane. got only a few scratches
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Burton were
Saturday callers in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs Alton Burton.
Salem NJ E Church had al
Easter Egg hunt for the children
Saturday evening
Miss Peggy Burton spent The
week end with her mother il
Richmond. Miss Rachel Easter
and Red Stone. of Jetersville. also
visited them Sunday afternoon.
Military Guests
Cpl Joe Easter and Cpl. Nit
chell Easter. of TT Bragg, n. c.
( visited their uarpnts Mr. npd M,
H. J. Easter, Saturday Mrs H
Joseph Easter Jr.. has moved tC
Ft. Bragg to be with her has.
band. She is the former Mis-.
Julia Tucker. OF Moseley
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Easter
Pete. Garland and Dana spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
SpeaS of Cumberland Mr.. anc
Mrs. Tom Easter called on Tr
and Mrs H. j Easter, Sunda,
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can officials are highly signifi-
cant because of their relation to
our efforts TO shift from a pro-
Gam OF foreign aid to ore Of
balanced foreign trade: Senator
robertson writes this week.
Mr. Eden gave assurance. on
arrival In Washington. that the
British mission was not here TO
ask for more aid but to explore
ways OF removing some of the bar
Tiers which have divided the world
INTO economic blocs. Since Great
britain, in the past, has been n
clined to erect its own barriers
that gave an advantage TO Brit
lsh Commonwealth nations IN
dealing with dollar traders. it was
encouraging to hear MI. Eden say
that sound world economy cam
not be established on a regional
basis but must be resolved on a
Worldwide scale This thought
was reemphaSi2ed by MI Butler
Who said that the Sterling ma
ions no longer wanted prefer
ence or discriminatory bloc
With a ring fence around it,
Through our give away
program since the end Of World
War II our exports have been
aVeraGlng five billion dollars a
year more than our imports. Last
year when we cut down on eco
nomic aid our exports OF farm
products fell off thirty percent
and the effect upon farm prices
Don was apparent. Wheat for
example. dropped some thirty
cents bushel in the free market.
Notwithstanding exports under the
International Wheat Agreement
For the last five weeks repre-
s9ntatives Of over forty nations
have been negotiating in wash
in9ton for a new wheat agreement
but have been deadlocked because
the exporting natlons-the United
States, Canada, Australia and
France will not agree to the low
Price demanded by importing ma
tons. Ii those delegates leave
Washington without reaching an
agreement, it is not likely thar one
can be reached before the present
agreement expires on June 30.
That emphasizes the necessity for
continuation Of the Reciprocal
Trade program
The American producer sells
his goods for dollars only and the
exchange OF any other country is
worthless TO him unless and dntil
converted INTO dollars But there
.re only two ways in which for
ign nations can get dollars one
lis for us to give them away and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
New Pyramid Is
Found in Egypt
By Scientists :

CAIRO-A heretofore unknown
pyramid has been discovered at
Saqqara on the edge OF Egypt's
Western Desert. 50 miles from
Cairo.
II is a step pyramid like the
nearby Pyramid Of loser. the
earliest known building in the
world made entirely Of stone. The
step pyramids were built in as
cending stages. each smaller than
the last, as contrasted with the
smooth outline of the later true
pyramids.
Scientists think the new pyramid
probably was built for King loser S
successor about 2700 B. c.
Discovery was made by archeol-
ogists sinking trial pits in late 1881.
They found vast terrace. 1903
feet long and $50 feet wide. sur
rounded by remains OF an enclos-
ing wall. one section Of which was
perfectly preserved
Ruined Temples
Within the enclosure were piles
Of broken stone and masonry sug-
costing the temples. shrines. and
secondary tombs which make up 4
pyramid complex. A pit dug in the
exact center OF the terrace uncov-
cred three parallel leaning walls.
The scorching heat OF the Egyp-
tan spring stopped work for time.
and the dimensions OF the central
structure have not yet been sscer-
tanned. When digging begins again,
efforts will be concentrated on a
search for the well hidden burial
chamber.
Egyptian officials say legendary
curses will not stop the excavators.
The most bistering curses in
scribed on many tombs were di-
rected more against violaters OF
endowments than against grave
robbers. Set up in lands and rev
enues. endow1nents insured proper
religious services for the care OF
the departed soul.
They were protected by such
curses as Penno engraved on his
rock tomb in Ibrim: las for any
one who shall disregard it, Anon
King Of the Gods shall be after
him. Nut shall be after his wife.
Khonsu shall be after his children.
He shall hunger! He shall thirst.
He shall faint! He shall sicken."
Desert Quarfies
But dynasties rose and fell Bur
ial chambers were entered and
robbed despite thousands OF tons oil
stone blocking the passageways
Chief damage was done by lime
burners and builders who used the
pyramids as convenient quarries
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
Cflula

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Vaughn
and daughter. Mrs Lillian Ran
dali and two daughters and Mrs.
Maude Harris. of Richmond, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. !. w.
Vaughn this week.
j. A. Lawrence, Lester Law
renee, and N M. Crawford made
a motor trip to Norfolk Tuesday.
They will visit Sandy Lawrence
Mrs A. NJ Dodson and Aubrey
were business callers IN Far.nville
Tuesday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14

we have tried that program and
it has failed The other is Cor Us
to buy foreion goods and pay dol
lars for them Ii we can obtain
genuine cooperation with the
British Commonwealth nations
toward this end which means that
they must eliminate some Of their
own barriers III trading with our
other allies-we shall have made
real progress toward a stronger
economic as we'll as military de-
tense of the free world against
Communism
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-14
Huguenot Springs

Mrs. Eloise II. EdmundS has re-
turned TO Lower NorW God" after
Today stay at Medical College
Of Virginia Hospital. Mrs Ed
munds many friends wish her a
speedy recovery
Miss Alice Rogers had as her
week end guest. Mrs Lillian
Stroud, Of Richmond Miss Rogers
LETT by plane on Thursday for a