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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
Letters to Editor
CARRY ME BACK
TO OLD VIRGINNY

I'm down here in the Sunshine
State
Where fronded palm trees grow
Where flowers bloom in winter
time
And troplc brcezes blow.
Large coconuts and oranges
Are growing here On trees.
And it gives quite a thrill TO me
To see such sights as these
The flowers here are beautiful,
The homes are lovely too,
And many things Of interest
Are here for folks TO view
I have seen great alligatorS
Here baSking III The sun;
The weight Of some Of these large
brutes
Exceeds a half ton
The bathing beaches here are fine.
And in the tropic sun
The bathers ride the white cap
ped waves,
Enjoying life and fun
When it's Virginia winter time
1t does seems strange to me.
To see the folks in bathing suits
Here bathing in the sea
They claim this is a wonder state.
And in these claims there's truth,
But I have not found that foun-
tain
To bring me back my youth
For like old Ponce de Leon
| now have learned to know
We cannot find our youth again
No matter where we go
And while this is a charming place
To visit for a while.
| ! really think Virginia has
II beaten BY a mile
Tho waving palms and tropic
! skies
May give me some thrills,
better like Virginia with
Her valleys and her hills
I NoStalgicallv Yours
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1853
Great Guns. Clean Up

EAFNVILLE Chamber Of Commerce
has appointed a committee charged with
conducting 4 continuing educational pro-
gram to keep Farmville clean. This is
heartcning news. Keeping a town clean
and beautiful is not one man job, neither
can il be done by a small group, but il is
possible through a continuing educational
program which will develop a civic pride
in cleanliness
The important spring Clean Up cam
paign is scheduled for April. At that time
every citizen Will be urged to put forth
concerted effort to remove the gals Of Win
ter and prepare for the beautiful spring.
In the meantime. il would be revealing TO
take a walk around your promises and sur
vey the work 70 be done. We know, we
have done it. A good beginning can be made
now which would relieve the work necessary
during cleanup week. Stray paper and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

the world We are like boy who
IS the gang leader Iii order to 50
remain he starts no fights, but
Il some other boy starts a fight
with him or with any member OF
mis- gang. he must fight that up
start Otherwise. he is no longer a
leader. His influence is gone. This
is the situation which the United
states has gotten into We should
blame no one II just happened.
Unfortunately. we are like the
man who had the bull by the.
tail He was asking himself
shall let 20 or hang on" If we
are TO defend our position Of
leadership We must continue to
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

lis fast shaping up nov the
present administration is having
TO shoulder the burden OF respon-
sibility II amt what the General
thought twas wasn't even
What the Democrats what voted
FOR the biz chanee thought ii
'tWas
As me Governor race shapes
up 4 lot Of Whiteheads are
showing up Republicans are hold
ing family reunions and will
nominate by Convention. They
don't want to be TOO Democratic
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

AneIica i river deep I'D tie
Oceans edge. Tideland Is aughful
argument.
Taking down the ceiling when
what We need is 4 floor makes
good reading but so-misunder-
standable to the consumer. Egen
the Republicans can't under
standable TO the consumer Even
the Republicans cant understand
all the goings.
Counted the Gold in Fort Knox
the Democrats hadn't TOOK a
mite /. . yep it's all there.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

al this time it backfires
sometime
Saw teller going fishing
and he wanted to know if we had
any BIG FISH in Willis River. I
told him We caught fish in Willis
River SO big. We haa to eat off
EN- three weeks fore we could get
EN- out. That's telling EN-
Thanks for reading and thank
you Tor that renewal TO the Farm
Vile Herald
Yours
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
REMEMBER THE BRITISH

Following Rome, Spain and
france. England became the
worlds greatest power. She held
this leadership until the first
World War. Her battle cruisers
were in every port and she
policed the world, and was usually
fighting somewhere. She just had
to do this to hold her position.
England also was rich and did
the worlds banking, insurance
and shipping The English Pound
Sterling was then the worlds uni
yersal currency. as is our Dollar
today. Germany however, then
looked With enviouS eyes upon
England, as Russia IS now jealous
of US. In her endeavol to continue
as top dog England went to
war against Germany in 1914 and
again in 1910. These last two wars
bled England SO that she is now
a second-rate power There now Is
little hope OF her getting strong
again.
WHAT ABOUT THE z. S. A.?
The United States is now the
richest and most powerful nation
Of the world. We have taken the
world leadership from England.
But with this leadership comes
responsibilities We must police
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

rs Stain lives. but she is deter
mined to worry us and bleed us
economically SO long as she can
do so
Mothers. sisters and sweet
hearts are very anxious TO end the
Korean War | think this Will be
done with honor But I further
forecast that. within a year after
the Korean peace. trouble will
break out elsewhere We all must
expect our sons to be sent to
fight somewhere at some time.
The sooner we get used to both
worries and taxes, the better for
all concerned.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
Double Check

Since the Russians pulled the
plug out Of the Jew dam
things been a-hummlnP. Believe
you me the old Rams horn is GET
ting mighty popular and Isralites
are blowing their own horn9
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

Multiple births are very lare
omong COWS.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
WE CAN EXPECT NO PEACE

| have a strong feeling that the
Chinese will get tired OF the fight
ing. Then Eisenhower viii work
out some kind Of temporary
peace with Russia which Will
save face" all around. But it Will
be only temporary Russia does
not want World War III so long
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

There are 1000 million in bill
lion.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17

fight IN Korea and where we are
challenged. This means we must
hang onto the bull S tall', but
this is and VIII continue to be an
unhappy position, On the other
hand. if we swallow our pride
and withdraw from Korea we be-
cntan 4 sncQnd class nation
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-17
Babson Discusses
Korea

Babson Park Fiat may be
an OF place for me-a mere
sfa+istician-to discuss Korea. !
have visited Japan China ana tae
phil,Dpines. bur have never peeii
M Korea One q my experts
howeyer. leaves his month on a
roand-the-world trip and VIII
,a+el bring back report which !
u4ll pass along TO ny readers
IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY
rJare III my winter headquarters
have library Of over lo'ooo
yolinnes some Of which we're
published previous to l76o. Whlie
here the past month ! have spent
much time reading the history OF
,hn modern world. which dates
NIX 10 the Roman Empire. There
arc Two outstanding facts: 81
some one nation was always the
.too dog" 90 That nation was
usually at war with some other
nation which Vas attempting 10
tin over her apple cart"
The Roman Empire started
With good leaders and the best in
,entions. but it was continually at
war. These wars were not to seek
more power but to prevent other
nations from sei2ins the power
which Rome then held. Every
high school student who has
studied Caesar" knows the story.
FINALLY Rome was economically
exhausted with these continual
conflicts, and tho Roman Empire
collapsed. Later the Spanish
Empire took the leadership and
went through the same expert
ences. Then the French took the
ball
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
Louisa Minister To Conduct Services
At Ontario Christian Church June q

1t has been announced BY the
Rev. j. D. Kitchin. Jr., minister,
that the Annual Evengelistic In
gathering Services will be held at
Ontario Christian Church, June
% to July 3.
The church is located in Char
lotte county on Routes $50 and
Is near their junction with Route
622.
There will be two services the
first day at ii a m. and s p. m.
and at p m. only remaining
days OF the services The minister
will preach at the first service on
Redemption. the Remedy"
The Rev Robert A Atkins.
minister for Louisa and Beth
phage Christian congregations,
Louisa county, will be the guest
preacher for all of the evening
services.
Mr. Atkins was educated at
Lynchburg College and Union
Theological Seminary. Richmond.
His former paStorates were Slash
and Independence. Hanover
county and South Salem, and he
is serving his second ministry in
Louisa.
Sermon subjects chosen by Mr.
Atkins will be Cords That Bind,
Does 1t Pay To Be A Christian?
Launch Out Into the Deep, The
Church at the Level Of the Cross,
The Eternal Road and The Steps
to the Cross" These themes of
vital concern TO the whole church
June %, through Friday night,
July 3. each evening at s.
Several committees represent
ing different phases of the church
life have been named from the
local congregation. They Will be
entirely responsible for the pro-
gress of the meeting.
Friends from other Christian
congregations are asked to lend
their prayers and use their tai
entS to help. All folks from the
wider fellowship are urged to at
tend. The public is cordially IN
yited.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
Green Bay

Mr. and Mrs r II. Glascock
took his father, w. C. Glascock,
to the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Bernie White, at Fredericksburg.
where they celebrated Father S
Day His son-in-laW and daugh-
ter. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Sunday. of
Williamsport. ia. met them there.
Mr.. and Mrs R W Jones. of
Roanoke spent Tuesday night
with F, H Jones
Judy Gay and Diane Upton. Of
Petersburg. came home With Nh
and Mrs. John A. Love. Thursday.
and will spend several days with
them.
visits Mother
John Frederick Williams is
spending sometime with his moth
er. Mrs w S Cheatham. and Nj
Cheatham
Mrs. Roy Coleman underwent a
major operation at Southsidc
Community Hospital recently
w. N. Walker was IN Richmond.
Friday.
Mrs. F. U, West arrived Satm-
day from Phenix City Ala, and
vii spend sometime with Nj. and
Mrs G. w Palmer
Travel To Florida
Mr. and Mrs c. F Mcfarland
and daughter. Miss Betty McFar-
land. of Alexandria. came here
Sunday and spent the night with
Mrs Addle Nunnally Monday
morning Mr.. and Mrs Mcfarland,
Mrs Nunnally and Miss Mary
Lou Raiford left for Melbourne.
Fla. where they Will visit Mr.. and
Mrs L. T Nunnally for ten days.
Miss Mcfarland viii be a guest Of
MI and Mrs. j. w. Nunnally
during that time
Mrs jefferson. MIS-. Martin.
Mrs Cunningham and Mrs. Wills.
who are sunlmerlng at their old
home. Tranquility. near Oar
lington Heights, were afternoon
guests of their cousin, Mrs. j A.
Love, Thursday
Mr. and Mrs c, P Kaufman
and Debble left for Farmville
Friday MES Kaufman and baby
are staying with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Newton. While Mr.
Kaufman is in the hospital for
minor operation.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26
Green Bay Rt. |

MI and Mrs Ernie Atkins and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Coleman attended h e Water
Carnival, at Clarksyille. last sun
day.
Mrs. Grace Lail and daughter.
Fay. Of Richmond, were week end
guests of her parents, MI and
Mrs, A. M. Bolton
Mr. and MIS-. r. Hilton. and
baby, Of Moonachie. N. j.. arrived
Monday to spend sometime With
her sister and brothcr-ln-law. MI.
and Mrs John Bubb.
Jack Martin and son. of New
York City are spending several
weeks here with Mi and Mrs.
Fred Hlnkleman
Attending Camp
Miss Joyce Ann Atkins is at
tending Young Peoples Camp.
at Green Bay, this week
Miss Gladys Robertson. who re-
Gently accepted position in Rich
mond spent the week end with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Robertson
Mr. and Mrs q 4. Hall and
Miss Annie Valencourt. Of Rich
mond visited their parents. MI
and MIS- ". NJ. Valencourt. re-
Gently
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Barefoot. of
FarmVllle, MI and Mrs. Willie
CrenshaW. of Rehoboth. ana MI
and Mrs Lynwood Crenshaw and
little son, Of Victoria. were week
end guests IN the home Of MI
and Mrs J " Bazemore.
MI and Mrs. Sam Wagstaff. of
Richmond spent several days last
week with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs George NJ Smith.
Among The Guests
Nh and Mrs Stephenson and
Little daughter Of Ivor. were re-
cent guests Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs T z Hudeens.
Mn and Mrs. Alfred Vaughan
and children Of Victoria. were
visitors il this community last
week
The Rev and Mrs. Lester All
man and children of North Caro-
Ina and Rev and Mrs Coy Grove
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-26

Harvard University reports So,
992 .578 in gifts in tmee months.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Premier PeIIo's Adroitness

For one who took the premiership of his
government in what was generally considered
a caretakers role, Prime Minister Pella of Italy
has shown himself to be an adroit politician
and statesman of some stature.
The most explosive issue in his country in
the past two months has been that Of the future
of the Free Territory of Trieste, historically a
contentious problem between Italy and Yugo-
Slavia On October 8, the United States and
Britain Joined in an announcement that Zone
A-which has been under their joint military
rule since the end of World War II-was to be
turned over in full to Italy, with American
and British troops to be withdrawn. Zone B
would remain, as it has been during the same
period under the jurisdiction of Yugoslavia.
The YugoSlav reaction was one of such quick
and violent diSapproval that no effort has yet
been made to implement the British American
decision, resulting in turn in Italian public
demonstrations against the two Western powers.
1T was situation made to order for the extrem-
iSt political factions in Italy-the Communists
on the left and the MonarchiStS and neo-
FaScistS on the right. For obvious reasons, the
former were glad to seize upon an issue which
might contribute to a rift between Italy and the
Evening star., 1953-11-23

North Atlantic powers, while the rightists,
jockeying for greater internal political strength
took a halfway position.
In two days of debate before the Chamber
of Deputies, however Mr.. Pella rallied his own
forces sufficiently to forestall even motion for
vote of confidence. Most encouraging of all,
his greatest emphasis in debate was upon main
tanning the Atlantic alliance and Italy'S role
within it, and upon his own optimistic belief
that a Trieste solution can be worked out
within this framework of international comfy.
Following the Chamber debate Mr.. Pella has
now assured the Big Three governments that
the Italian attitude toward the proposed five-
power conference on Trieste will be positive
and constructive" Coupling this with indica-
tions that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, despite
some strongly expressed feelings on the Trieste
issue, also desires to avoid real rupture in his
relations with the Western powers, one finds
reason for hope that compromise may still
be reached without serious damage to the over
all Western position.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Politics Wtherinq Hand on the Police

(Chief Justice Earl Warren eE-
pressed himself on lnIU enforcement
before the graduating class OF the
Federal Bureau of Investigators
National Academy on November
20. A condensation OF his remarks
tOllo1DS.)
1T is my considered opinion, based
Il upon over quarter of a century of
activity in the field of law enforce
ment. that when the history of this
last 80 years of our national life is ade-
quately recorded, it will be agreed that
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
has made the most remarkable record
OF any law enforcement agency in all
Of history.
say this not because of any cases
they have solved. say it not because
Of what they have done in kidnapping
bank robberieS and all the other things
that come under their Jurisdiction.
say 1t not because they brought us
through unScathed in World War II
so far as our internal security is con-
cerned but say it because of the lead
ership this great organization has given
to the cause of law enforcement in this
country during perilouS and turbulent
times. / say it because of the basic
integrity that has been evidenced from
stem to stern in this organization and
because of the great self-restraint that
it has exercised through the years.
There have been times in recent years
when we might have come very, very
close to having national police sys-
tenn in this country. But because of
the character of the FBI director and
the men who serve with him, they
never have been able to get very far
with such a result.
This agency has been devoted to
local law enforcement, without which
the American system would no longer
be the American system. This academy,
started 20 years or so ago, has trained
almost 5000 local officers without plac-
ing upon them any restrictions or any
requirements after they leave here. 1t
has been one of the greatest things that
could possibly have been done for law
enforcement in this country. To you
who have come into this field recently,
the difference between conditions today
and quarter of century ago might
not be very apparent. But to those of
us who were IN this business 80 years
ago and who knew people who were in
the system years before that. it is a
remarkable Transformation.
remember when was working with
Mr.. Hoover to start not only this
academy but the schools which the
Evening star., 1953-11-23

FBI has had all over this country. We
had a difficult time impreSsing upon
old-time police officers the necessity
for education in the field Of law en-
forcement. We had dear old police
chief in Oakland by the name of Frank
Lynch. He came into the department
about the. turn of the century and il
was very hard for him to bring himself
to attend school of any kind or even
to have his men take time off to at
tend school. But he was good man
and wanted to cooperate.
One day he was in my Office and
was outlining to him what we would
like to have done in this regard. He
said, "Well, Mr.. Warren, now that sounds
very fine. very fine, and I will be glad
to cooperate with you. But you know,
we old-time policemen didn't have any
police education of that kind When
started in the Oakland department
went to my civic councilman and told
him would like to be policeman so
he took it up with the council and they
said 1 could be policeman"
That is almost literally the truth.
That is the way every police officer
started at the turn Of this century and
it wasn't much different when I came
in the law enforcement business in
Evening star., 1953-11-23

few more steps, but not even grand
mother worried about that; nobody
had ever told her she was abused and
should spend $4,000 getting her kitchen
fixed up to please the magazine editors
and sellers of kitchen cabinets.
When Templeton Jones got his new
rug. he was highly pleased with it for
about, well about 10 minutes.
After that, he saw that something
was wrong. 1t was fine new rug, of
a light tone, such as is so fashionable.
1t looked wonderful, in the store, but
in the Jones living room, it seemed
somehow out of place.
1t made the furniture look old and
faded, as it no doubt was. after 30
years Of living. The new bright rug
called for new bright furniture! How
stupid Jones had been, not to have re-
allied that before, but one doesn't buy
big rug very often.
How was poor old Temp Jones to
know that bright young things have
become very progressive, very bright,
since the days when he was q bright
young thing. too? They had rebelled
against somber and beautiful old fur
nishings. and had gone in for light pas
tel woods and cleaning chromium
chairs and extremely light-toned rugs.
Jones took his fine new rug back,
and got the last of the old-faShioned,
all-over dark-toned ones His furni-
ture still looked old, but not SO .old
as it had for few hours. It is difficult
to mix the old and the new; it's got to
be all-new, or all-old.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
This and That .
By Charles E. TroceweH

you noticed how dingy the dining room
stairway. And the bathroom is a
disgrace
"Templeton Jones has a long winter
ahead
Every truly yours, o. N. K"
The same thing holds true of furni-
ture. as Jones found out
''We need new rug" he announced.
This one is pretty terrible"
In truth. it was. It had been fine
Persian. in its best days, but those had
long disappeared, along with buggies
and their faithful equine companions
Nobody could tell Jones that Persian
rugs do not wear out.
He knew better.
1t was true that ancient carpet
makers never enviSioned the Jones
menagerie. its dogs and cats. some of
them fed on the rug.
No food, of course, was placed right
on the rug. but even saucers with the
widest brims slop over.
You shouldn't feed Pogo on the
rug" Templeton Jones had been
warned. time and time again.
Pogo" said Jones, likes it."
Maybe he does" came the reply.
but his food would taste just as good
in the kitchen"
Templeton Jones breathed a sigh for
/ the kitchens of yeSteryear, when a red
geranium stood in the big window, and
there was plenty Of room because the
cabinets were in another room entirely.
Maybe grandmother had to take .
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Renovoting Monticello

Thousands of admirers of Thomas Jefferson
will be glad to hear that Monticello is being
repaired. Those of his countrymen who have
visited his home have realized that it was in
danger of diSintegration. In recent years the
building has been in such shaky condition that
three of its four stories were closed to the pub
lie. Last January the floor of bedroom gave
way. There were wide cracks in the exterior
brick walls. Dampness was making mischief in
the plastered interior divisions. The directors
of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
finally succeeded in raising money for impera-
tive renovations.
First work to be done was that of water
proohng the outer shell OF the mansion. Open
ings in the brick surfaces have been filled in
with skill and care. The basement ceiling now
has been removed and brick k-and- clay nogging
taken out to permit strengthening of the main
story flooring with five-inch supporting steel
beams five feet apart. The new basement CELL
ing is to be dreproof volcanic ash on metal
lathing, finished to look just like it did before"
Repairs to the second story are to follow. Then
will come similar work on the third story and
the roof.
Precedent for the overall campaign of
preservation is available in records of what
Jefferson himself did at Monticello. He was his
own architect and his own engineer; his own
contractor, Too, IN many parClcularS Many
changes were introduced as the house grew. The
proprietor busted his artisan helpers with i'm
provements as they occurred to him. Under his
personal direction they even fashioned hitherto
unknown tools to use on the property. He
invented hidden stairs, dumbwaiters, disappear
ing beds, trick lighting and ventilating arrange
ments, folding doors and tables, one-arm lunch
chairs, new varieties of clocks and certain other
conveniences which generally are thought Of as
being distinctly modern.
The supervisor 0f the renovation program
has no notion of altering the basic design Of
Monticello. He seeks only to save the building
in the tradition of its original owner.