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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
Sandy River

Mrs DreWry Gates, Miss BeVer-
" Gates ana Donald Gates left
Monday to spend the week as
guests Of MI ana Mrs Emmett
Williams, at Virginia Beach.
Miss Martha Bass returned
home Tuesday after spending
several days with MIS-. Z. J. Raj
ord in Petersburg
Mrs Frank Bruce ana son ana
MIS-. f IT Patterson spent the
week end in Roam ke visiting
Mr. and Mrs. f 7 Hartman
They attended the wedding Of
MS Pattersons granddaughter
on Saturday evening
Mrs John Davis ana sons. Of
z Woodstock. Conn, visited Mr..
and Mrs. James Gates, Thursday
and Friday
Nit ana Mrs Charlie Palrino,
Of Arlington we're week end
guests Of Nh ana Mrs. Temple
jenkins Mr and Mrs John
CLANCY, Of rasmville spent sun
day visiting Mr. ANA Mrs. Jen-
k.nS
MI and Mrs.. r. B. Walthall
ana A. F. CD III and sons spent
sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Gates
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
-Four Students Are Chosen
10 Attend Girls State Soon

Four girls from this area are
among the fifty-four girls from
the Fourth District of the Ameri-
can Legion who have enrolled for
Virginia Girls State. to be held at
v. P /, July 10 through 10. &C
cording to Miss Anna Diekhoff
member of the Procurement Com
mittee Of the American Legion
Auxiliary. who has handled regis
trations in this district,
Girls from this section who will
attend are Mary Ann Robertson
of Gainesville, from Cumberland
High School. sponsored by the
Junior Womans Club Nan Gil
liam, of Pamplin, from Farmville
High School, sponsored by the
Farmvllle Business and Profess
sional Woman's Club, and Ann
Brlerley, OF Falny lie, from
Farmville High School. sponsored
by Gordon's Transfer
Mrs. Grace c. Gordon Will be in
charge of the religious worship
each day at morning assembly.
Girls'S State is a program Of
The American Legion Auxiliary
which provides a week training
IN citizenship for outstanding girls
IN Virginia, IN their third year Of
senior high school.
The three hundred and seventy
tive girls. sponsored by organlza-
tions throughout the State, viii
be divided into nine cities and two
political parties City and state
sc.crnment viii be studied, and
election Of local and state offices,
including that OF governor. viii
be held in exact duplication of
present political procedures
A planned recreational program
viii be followed throughout the
week. and evenings Will be de-
voted to various forms of enter
talnment, including participation
in the Governor S Bail with the
citizens of Old Dominion Boys
State.
A group Of cOunSclOrs who are
specially trained in government.
law. athletics. music, and enter
talnment Will be present to super
wise the activities.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

will be auons 800 cadets assign
ed to the 1858 ROTC Engineer
summer camp, at Fort BelVcir.
Va, The siX-WeeK course VIII end
August |.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

Whit, junior student at VMI
is the son OF Mr. and Mrs. j A
Whit. and Motley, a junior at
VPI. IS the son Of Mr. and Mrs
H E Motley They VIII undergo
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

officers training during the sum-
meT camp and will DE eligible for
commissions a Second Lieut. a.
ants in the e 5. Army Reserve
after compile ms it
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
vou'll find i'm the Sd Ford:
|. Avs engine powerful and smooth!

Iord's famous hgh-compression
vs. IS a leader III quiet. flexible,
economical performance. Ford,
ncnembcr, has built more VS.
than al other makers combined
over lj million.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

nas made to the American Medi-
cal Association House of Dele
gates.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
J. A body thot's the styIe-sefter!

Only Ford in its field gives YOU the
advantages Of hull-tight Crcstmark
Body the trend maker in design
and beauty. Ford's body is the
longest and Ford's trunk, the largest.
You enjoy more disable space.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
8. New driving eonvenienees!

Ford's first in is field with such
"Worth More" features as easier
acting, suspended pedals that elimi-
nate floor holes foam rubber
cushions on front and rear seats IN
all models and convenient
Center Fill Fuehng.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
FarmviIIe Cadets
Attend ROI'C Camp

Cadets James A Whit and
James Y. Motley Of FarmWlle.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

which gives YOU both the get-up-
and-4o Of automatic gears and the
smootAnc>s Of a fluid torquc con-
Ncrtcr. # you choose Fordomatic,
you viii End that it makes all your
lrNm9 easier ;. more relaxing.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
6. lorgest choice Of models in
the Iow-priee field!

Ford alone gives you choice Of IS
different models a SIA or VS.
Fordomatic, Conventional or
Ovcrdrive the widest variety Of
body, color and upholstery COM
binations. You can practically "de-
sign" your own Ford.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
10. It's worth more when you sell i'll!

An impartial survey of used oor
prices proved that Fords rcttnn !
greater proportion Of their original
cost than any other cars ~ America.
It's anoth0 fact to add to Ford'~
reputation as the Worth More" car
But don't take our word for it. Stop
IN and Test Drive this Ford for
yourself We predict you'll be sold
before you're in second 1t was true
last year and it, even trucr this
wear: YOU can pay more. but YOU
can't buy better than Ford
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
MEDICINES PROBLEM

Secretary Opeta Culp Hobby re
Gently declared that organized
medicine must meet the conunu
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
9. An automatically controlled ridel

When YOU Test Drive this Ford,
notice how the WIDE front tread
widest il the ow-pricc field takes
tilt out Of turns give, YOU a
more level ridc. With new "haIanccd
suspension, new sprImg and shock
absorber action and new rubber
compression bumpers, road shock
IN the front end 0ionr is reduced
up o SOG.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Spires of the Spirit
Wet Paint!

Wet paint! Always under that ia
miliar sign, in invisible letters, we
read: Beware! The very warning
makes one instinctively shrink in eau
ton. 1t suggests the dreaded smear
campaign in which new paint engages
with sort Of impiSh glee. Like most
smears, it is likely to leave a perma-
nent aftermath of regrets. Things are
never quite the same again. And so,
"Wet paint!" is one of the most ubiq-
uitous signs. It suggests a hazard
which at all odds must be avoided.
When buildings or fences, by winter
or weather, are shorn of their once
shining garments and cry out to be
clothed upon anew and find their
prayer answered, then like the blos-
SONS OF spring appear the fluttering
little banners "Wet paint!"
OF course, the danger implied is not
to the adorned lumber whose native
nakedness is covered by a coat Of,
perhaps, many colorS; but to the un-
suspecting passerby who. all unawares.
may brush against it before the new
outer garment has been firmly pinned
down. That takes a little time, and
the interlude presents narrowing pos
sibilities. And SO. wherever and when
ever the transforming brush is WELD
ed. near the glistening surface is lifted
the warning finger, wet paint!"
X X
Now that sign is not in any sense a
reflection on the paint. That protec-
tive and decorative covering has been
applied where it belongs; doubtless,
where it Is greatly needed. It is full
filling its mission. It makes all things
new, and that is what paint is for. The
warning has to do with the possibility
that daubs of paint while still wet may
be transferred to the clothing or even
to the person Of one who may be
oblivious to the peril of proximity.
Paint where it does not belong presents
an emergency so devastating that in
some cases it can be coped with only
by the professional service of q gar
ment doctor. In any philosophy of
clothes wet paint spells possible
catastrophe.
Now the whole matter of wet paint
is a parable Of life itself and Of ones
attitude to others-eSpecially II the
"others" seem a roadblock in the path
of ones own ambitions. For instance,
the success of another, the recognition
and the acclaim which lifts another to
some pedestal of pre-eminence, may
smear us with the wet paint of envy
and jealousy and covetousness. They
all belong to the same green-eyed fam
lily. That will not harm the one we
would fain bring down from his high
estate with our discounting appraisals;
but what it does to us may be disas-
trous.
Francis Bacon called envy "the vilest
of all the passions" It is the wet paint
that ruins the garments of our integ-
Evening star., 1953-06-14

wife would have to be taken back, and
he consented to take her with him"
Maj. Cutchins and the young couple
went to the ST. James Hotel to wait
until train time. The Star said that the
major was 'far from being in a for
giving mood"
The Star of June S, 1908, carried an
advertisement Of Saks & Co., Pennsyl-
=. vania avenue at Sew
Photographic enth street NV, head
Supplies ed: Many Leaders for
the Amateur Photogra-
pher.' Cyclone Junior cameras, 31ax
312, with double plate holders, we're
special" at $3.15. Extension cameras,
size 4x5, with automatic lens, carry
ing case and double plate holders, also
were "of list" at $4.98. Perfect plates,
rapid and true" could be had at "a
cents dozen. Hypo- soda crystals,
worth Is cents for pounds" were
Is cents; toning and fixing solution, 25
cents per 8-ounce bottle; bulbs and
tubes. % cents: squeeze rollers. 8 cents;
drying racks that will hold "a plates"
cents: ruby lamps with double glass;"
49 cents; copying lens, AXIS and ski,
$1.50; combination washing box and
drying rack, 79 cents: 5-inch trimming
boards, 40 cents; 3-joint maple tripods,
$1.4S. 1t seems evident that photogra-
ply was not particularly expensive
hobby in those days.
X
Halt century ago Eastern Presby-
terian Churcn had 700 children avail
able to share in a chill
Shiloren dren's day program. The
At EosteTn Star for June 8, 1908,
told how they marched
into the auditorium under the leader
ship Of James M. Rauch, superintendent
Of the Sunday school. Rev. DR.. Thomas
c. Easton, pastor of the church, well
coined the youngsters with an address
on Signs and Seals" The congrega-
ton, all ages uniting, sang Gloria"
then repeated the Lords Prayer. Haw-
ley Smith, Anna May Moore and Maude
Bailey recited. Helen Potts and Ethel
Evening star., 1953-06-14

and the court-six days before 1t would have
lost Jurisdiction of the case-ordered the COM
mitment.
After reviewing the record, the appellate
court found that the procedural rights of the
daughter had not been respected in the Juvenile
Court, and also came to the conclusion that
neither the welfare of the minor nor the
safety and protection of the public justified
the order entered In this case"
There was no suggestion, however, that
Judge Cockrill had not done what she believed
to be best for the daughter. In effect, what the
appellate court was saying is that the Juvenile
Court, although permitted by law to operate
informally behind doors that are closed to the
public, must nevertheless conduct its proceed
ings In manner which respects basic rules of
procedure and evidence. A mistake was made
In this Casa mistake which should not be
repeated.
Evening star., 1953-06-14

Belts next sang "The Golden CITY
Florence Stonebraker and Mrs. Deborah
Meade spoke. Rev. DR.. G. w. Bailey nj
Salt Lake City pronounced the bene-
olctlon. AT the church last Thursday
tney said: Yes. we have all those
names in the old books in the safe.
Miss Belts still comes here, though she
lives on the other side of the city" This
was verified by telephone Miss Belts. a
mainstay of the Federal Communica-
tlons Commission. was at work at the
moment; but her cousin said: "Oh.
yes; she Is very devoted to Eastern
Presbyterian. She has taught there
where she herself was a child and she
has tried to be helpful in other ways.
too. Thank you for remembering!"
The Star OF June 13, 1903, told how a
party Of four persons had ridden horse
back to the highest
Mountoin Climbing level of High Top.
On Horseback a peak Of the Blue
Ridge range on the
boundary line between Rockingham and
Greene Counties, Va. Starting at STAN
ardville. the party followed county
road, then mountain trail and finally
made its own path through dense un-
dergrowth and over rough footing" to
the crest-"a huge table of rock 40 feet
square" The view from that stage"
was magnificent, and "the party secured
numerous snapshots" In the group were
the Misses Minnie Pennington and
Beaufort Stevens, L. B. Franck Of Rich
mond College and L. Bruce Kline.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

On June S, 1903, The Star chron-
icled a famine in the Trans-Caspian
territory of the Russian
Not Our empire. A plague of
Cicodos locusts." it was explained,
had stripped the area.
"The pests have. appeared in such
myriads that it is impossible to pro-
tect the grain and fruit crops from
their ravages." People in Turkestan
already were starving. Their distress
was not attributable to any insects re-
sembling the 17-year locustS of Amer
lea. It was caused by millions Of grass
hoppers, not cicadas like those now
drumming" around Washington.
Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee.
first Bishop of Washington. laid the
cornerstone of the Episco-
Episcopal pal Eye, Ear and Throat
HospitoI Hospital Building, Fiji
teenth street between l.
and NJ streets NV, on June 6. 1908
and The Star for that day featured a
tWo-column halftone engraving of the
facade of the new structure and COM
prehensive report of the ceremony on
the site. Three clergymen assisted the
bishop. They were: Rev. Clement
Brown, Rev. Charles E. Buck and Rev.
C. r. Stetson. DR.. E. Oliver Belt, DR..
H. S. Dye, DR.. Maurice E. Miller. DR..
L. S. Greene, Dr. H. A. Polkinhorn, DR..
j. j. Richardson, DR.. Robert S, Lamb.
DR.. w. M. Suter, DR.. o. A. M. McKim-
mie, DR.. Walter A. Wells, DR.. j. 3.
Nichols and DR.. Jesse Reeve were
ushers. The vested choir of st. Johns
Church sang under the direction of
H. H. Freeman. william M. Poindexter
was the architect
*
F. A. Crandall wrote to The Star of
June s. 1908, to deny that the Govern
ment had failed
Rewords for Lincoln to pay the re-
Assossins' Capture wards advertised
for the arrest Of
the murderers of President Lincoln. He
said: "The rewards were ali paid,
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Letters to The Star. .

these 1886 seems to us harsh indict-
ment in the absence Of documenting
data. How many dependents have
they? What was their total expendi-
ture for private disqualification and
medical treatment before they entered
a veterans hospital? Had they ex-
hausted their savings on private care
and were they sent to the VA hos
pital on the recommendation Of their
family physician? (American Legion
surveys indicate that approximately
one-third of the nonservice-connected
patients in VA hospitals are admitted
at the request of private doctors)
The GAO made no attempt to an
swer these and other questions, all per-
tinent to any fair conclusion with re-
gard to possible violation of the law.
Your editorial further suggests that
because of these "abuses" the privilege
Of free medical care to INDECENT vet
Grams be abolished. The American
Legion does not subscribe to the logic
that because law is abused, it should,
therefore, be abolished. If this prin-
ciple were to be adopted as a rule of
Jurisprudence, we should, indeed, be
forced to eliminate every law in the
land.
The American Legion asks only that
the laws providing veterans with medi-
cal and hospital care be studied and
examined in the light of equity and
justice. We submit that these laws
studied from this viewpoint will be
found worthy.
Edward F. McGinnis,
National Director. Public Relations,
the American Legion.
Editors note: The Stars editorial
did not apply the term "chiselers" to
veterans being treated for nonservice-
connected ailments. It did, however,
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Community Chest Says Thank Your

Beginning today the Community Chest
Federation for the National Capital Area will
be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the
setting up Of the original Community Chest
organization in Washington. The observance
Is to continue through Saturday, June 20. 1t
will take the form of review OF the work
that has been done since 1929 in terms of
appreciation for the doers of that work
thousands of men and women who unselflshly
have earned such a composite THANK you!"
Many of the pioneer Community Chest
volunteers still are living and will hear the
federation's expression of gratitude. Others
are gone, but their example survives to help
later generations. The cause which all have
served has grown consistently throughout the
entire quarter century Approximately $40
million has been raised and disbursed in aid
Of 101 Red Feather agencies in six member
Chests. Only 8.8 cents out of each dollar has
been used to finance the solicitation and man
agement of the funds. The saving as compared
to the former ways of collecting and spending
subscriptions for community health welfare
and recreational activities has been very con-
siderable, indeed. There no longer can be any
justifable question concerning the efficiency
and practical economy Of Community Chest
procedures. They have proved their value in
Is years of constructive social history
So the entire metropolitan community has
reason to thank the overall Community Chest
fellowship. During the next quarter century
there should be a similar growth of mutual
respect and affection based on similar principle
and performance.
Evening star., 1953-06-14

rity, If it has been rubbed of on us
from some one else's good fortune.
Even Andrew Bonar, sanity preach
er. conflded to his diary: Envy is my
hurt. And today I have been seeking
grace to rejoice exceedingly over the
usefulness Of others, even when it casts
me into the shade" He had seen the
sign wet Paint!" and was struggling
to avoid it. He was ashamed Of the
hated smear which threatened to spoil
his life. When Lord Byron's poetic star
suddenly blazed in the literary sky. Sir
Walter Scott. who had been heralded
as the leading poet of the day, with
glorious generosity was the very one
to write an anonymous tribute declar-
ing that Byron was greater poet than
Scott.
When Jesus of Nazareth appeared
and John the BaptiSt's spectacular pop
ularity began to wane, there was no
trace Of the wet paint Of envy staining
the attitude Of the one who had been
as voice in the wilderness. Recogniz-
ing the Masters superior significance,
John, with no resentment, said: "He
must increase, but must decrease"
Then this sign, wet Paint" along
life's highway has to do with the al
legged wrongs perpetrated upon us byi
others. The temptation, Of course. is
to get revenge, as it is put, Ito get
even." That is always the wet paints"
smearing the life of one who stays too
close to prevarications about him. Rev.
erently we could say that it was a wet
Paint" sign to which Jesus was point
ing when He said: Blessed are ye
when men shall revile and persecute
you and say all manner of evil against
you falsely" The whole context Of that
comment involves the proviso that one
entertains no thought Of revenge. If we
do, the blessed" changes into blot.
There was no sign of that in the white
record of Abraham Lincoln. Suddenly,
he had the power to pay back with in
terest those who had discredited, dis
Evening star., 1953-06-14

$4,000 for Booth, $4,000 for Herold,
$4,000 for Atzerodt. $4,000 for Payn.
They were divided, the largest sum.
$4,000, going to E. ]. Conger, detec-
tive, and the smallest, $1.653.84, going
to Boston Corbett and the same to
about 20 other non commissioned
officers and privates."
Flowers and Music" was the head
ing on the story Of the graduation
exercises of the Acad-
Holy Cross emy Of the Holy
Commencement Cross in The Star of
June II, 1908. Seven
young ladies received diplomas. They
were: Marie Estelle Brett. May Ellen
Howard, May Anna Madigan, Mabel
Montgomery, Eleanor Moriarty, Mar
guerite O'Toole and May Teresa Wells
Grouped on the stage of the National
Theater. they were greatly applauded"
by large audience of relatives and
friends. William E. Andrews was the
speaker of the occasion, delivering "a
strong argument for Christian culture" !"
Half century later Holy Cross gradu-
. ated IS girls in its own beautiful
chapel.
Maj Sol Cutchins, "a member of the
Virginia bar and an officer of Gov.
Montague'S staff" ar
tofher Come rived in Washington
Too Late about / o'clock on the
morning of June 13,
1908. land returned home three hours
later" The Star of the date referred
to explained that: HE came here for
his 19-year-old son, Coleman Cutchins,
and found him at police headquarters
with his bride of few hours" Maj.
Cutchins was disturbed because the
young lady was, in his opinion, too
young-15 rather than 19 as stated at
the courthouse when a marriage license
was applied for. The major. reaching
police headquarters. informed the Of
flcers that he was interested only in
the son and that he had come to see
no one else. He was told that the child
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Abuse of Veterans Facilities

In your editorial of June S, titled
"Abuse of Veterans Facilities" you
state a Government Accounting Office
survey of 1886 financial statements Of
veterans receiving free hospital care
showed that half of these men had
incomes over $4,000 year.
The implication is that one-half Of
all veterans hospitalized for nonservice-
connected causes have incomes over
the $4,000 mark.
This is not so, and editorial state
ments which fail to clarity the point
serve a questionable purpose.
The GAO report said these 1886 cases
were selected at random" on the
basis that the listed employment of
such veterans might indicate higher
than-average income, i. e., doctors, law
yerS, bankers. accountants, etc.
Representative John Phillips said
some 10000 cases were checked by
GAO. GAO itself, in its report, said
cases were examined in 46 VA hos
pitfalls. The 336 "sore-thumb' cases
obviously were selected by Mr.. Phil
lips to support his attacks upon the
Veterans Administration.
The GAO report also indicated that
steps had been taken to correct the
conditions found in it's Investigations.
(The Investigations were made in 1851
and early 1922 No mention of such
corrective steps has yet reached the
public press.
So, out Of 20 million veterans, the
GAO found 1856 abuses (no names
given), and the Recommendation wasn't
complete in these cases. Does any
law affecting great numbers Of people
show smaller percentage of abuse?
To apply the term, "chiselers," to even