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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-20

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The Buildi.,Gs Committee Of
May Memorial Baptist Church
met last Sunday, and hopes 70 be-
gin construction Of the Education
al Building in TIE early Sprins
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Harmless Cicodos Laying Eggs
In Peach Orchard Ruin Trees

slashing open the Hough tree
twigs at a great rate. The twigs,
weakened by the gashes. snap
under the weight Of the fruit.
The heavier the fruit, the
more broken twigs. That's why
the damage is mounting. The
surviving peaches are growing
heavier all the time.
Mr.. Hough has about 500 trees
on one orchard, and an interest
in some 1,200 younger trees on
another place. Peaches furnish
his money crop. With the
peaches gone, there won't be
any money.
It's easy to see why he can't
go along with the theory that
17-year locusts are affable fell
lows.
Spraying? He tried spraying.
but it didn't work very well.
"I've seen spray hit a locust
square," he said. "and the locust
would just sit there. It looks
like there's nothing you can dc" )"
Mild Pruning Doubted.
Some newspaper stories have
described the locust cuttings as
nothing more than "a mild
pruning at Mr.. Hough's orchard.
It's wholesale saving.
This brood of locust is sched-
uled to call it a day about the
end of this month. The pests
won't be back until 1870.
And once every II years, Mr..
Hough feels, Is plenty.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Rail Officials Open
Hearings on Cause
Of Manassas Wreck

Officials of two railroads were
conducting a hearing at Alexan-
dria today in an effort to deter
mine the cause of the collision
between a Southern Railway
passenger train and a train
which killed two trainmen near
Manassas Wednesday.
The inquiry opened shortly
after II am. in the Southern
Railway Offices at South Henry
and Wolfe streets, with crewmen
and company officials called to
testify informally. A spokesman
for the Interstate Commerce
Commission said ICC agents will
hear the testimony and report
to the commission.
On the basis of this report,
the commission will determine
if a public hearing is necessary.
The session today was closed to
the press and the public. The
meetings were expected to con-
tinue for two or three days.
Southern officials said the
Chesapeake and Ohio freight
had halted on the main
line to permit another north
bound freight to switch cars
ahead of it.
It was said that an automatic
red grade signal was flashed
along the track to the south
and the c. & o. flagman went
Is car lengths to the rear of
the stationary train as an added,
routine precaution.
The red lights were supposed
to indicate a 10-mile-an-hour
speed. One witness said the
passenger train from Atlanta.
had reduced speed. A railroad
official indicated that tests
would prove nothing was wrong
with the brakes.
The men IN a position to give
the clearest explanation, how
ever. were killed. They were
Engineer George A. Schelhorn
and Fireman H. w. Sublett, who
were trapped in the cab of their
Diesel.
Both victims lived in Alexan-
dria.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Driver Who Injured Two
Gets Suspended Sentence

An Arlington Police Court
judge yesterday gave a 37-year-
old plasterer a suspended SEN
tence on a reckless driving
charge and fined him S. and
costs for operating without a
permit.
The defendant, James Terry,
colored, Of the 2800 block Of
South Twenty-fourth road, Ar
lington, had pleaded guilty to
both charges, which arose from
an accident on May 80 in which
two pedestrians were injured by
an automobile that ran over a
sidewalk. The accident occurred
in the $500 block Of Washington
boulevard.
Injured were Morris Mann. jr.,
SO, of $500 North Sixteenth
street, Arlington, and his son
Morris Mann III, 10. Mr.. Mann
suffered broken legs and Is in
Arlington Hospital in fair con-
dition. The boy was treated for
abrasions to his left arm and re-
leased.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Bank Robber in Virginia
SIugs Man, Gets $1,000
BY the Associated Press

SPEEDWELL, Va, June ga
lone robber wearing adhesive
tape for a mask strode into the
small Speedwell bank yesterday.
tied a cashier with a rope, and
escaped with an estimated $4,000
after bashing a customer over
the head with a pistol butt.
State police said the robbers
fast getaway car headed south
on State Route IL away from
this small Southwest Virginia
community of about 700 persons.
Stanley King, a stock holder
and director Of the bank, said
the medium height robber tied
the cashier, S. E. Cornet, hand
and foot, and left him on the
floor while he locked the bank
door and grabbed the money
from the cash drawer. He left
only a small amount of change.
AS he left the bank, Mr.. King
said, the bandit hit a customer,
James Stuart, over the head
with the gun. Mr.. Stuart, who
was about to enter the bank, was
not seriously injured.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Woman Pleads Guilty
In $500 Office Theft

A 24-year-old woman, formerly
employed by the Western Union
Co. in Arlington. yesterday waived
grand jury indictment and
pleaded guilty to a charge that
she stole some $500 worth Of
money orders and checks from
her employers Office.
She is Mrs. Rosemary L. Rob-
erts of Roanoke, Va. and for
merly of 1886 Sixteenth street
NV. The larceny took place
last January /, according to the
commemorative attorneys of
fee.
Mrs. Roberts was released
under $1,000 bond and the case
was turned over to the county
probation officer for recommen-
dation.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Tokeoff From Shirley Highway
Ends Flyers Day Of Illustration

Hundreds Of motorists along
Shirley highway late yesterday
afternoon fumed in impatience
as a small private plane, using
the highway as a take-of strip,
scared aloft to resume an inter-
rupted journey to Pittsburgh.
Police had blocked off the
highway for some $500 yards to
allow the takeoff. The delay
motorists experienced. however,
was nothing compared to the
pilots afternoon Of tribulation.
The plane. an Ercoupe, piloted
by William A. Sethre, Is, of
Pittsburgh, alighted around /
pm. in a field belonging to the
Grassy Knoll Hatchery, Inc,
next to the Fairfax-Alexandria
line at Duke street and Shirley
highway.
A farmer who leases the field
from the hatchery refused per-
mission to cut the grass for a
takeoff. His hay, he said. would
spoil in the damp weather.
The pilot was enroute from
Piney Point airport. near Pa
tuxent, Md, to Pittsburgh. He
said poor visibility and the Eif-
Evening star., 1953-06-09

Periodical cicadas, or 17-year
locusts as they're better known.
are popularity represented as
harmless creatures.
Irritating, maybe. but harm
less.
But these Harmless" things,
back at work in this area for the
first time since 1896. are blast
ing fruit trees and ornamental
shrubs. >.
Take the case Of Jasper E.
Hough. He owns an orchard
or did own it; the cicadas have
taken it over now = in upper
Montgomery County. on Peach
tree road.
Mr.. Hough's hopes and purse
were tied up in his peach trees.
Now the hopes are shattered and
the billfold is flat.
Damage Mounting.
The 17-year locusts already
have destroyed half his peaches
and damages are mounting
daily.
She-cicadas lay their eggs in
twigs. The mothers have spear
like contraptions on their after
decks. They gouge these spears
through the tree bark and de-
posit the eggs in the open
wound.
The locusts-they really aren't
locusts, but that's what they'll
be called here - have been
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Safety Play Yard Contest
Started in MONTGOMERY

Montgomery County parents
were reminded today that the
annual Safety Play Yard Contest
is now under way with prizes
totaling $500 to be awarded to
parents who construct the most
attractive off-street play yards
at the smallest cost before Sep
tember /.
A committee of judges repre-
senting the Montgomery County
Safety Board, the school board
and other cooperating agencies
will inspect play yards and award
five prizes for the best individual
home-built play yard and five
prizes for the best indoor play
room.
Parents may obtain entry
blanks from the Safety Board at
the county building in Rockville.
or from Sergt. c. O. Seek Of the
Bethesda Police Station.
Evening star., 1953-06-09

f1culty of finding an airport near
Baileys Crossroads caused the
landing.
AS soon as the aircraft was
towed across Lincolnia road into
Alexandria, Fairfax County pol
ice yielded authority to Alex
andria police. The latter called
City Manager Ira F. Willard for
advice.
Meanwhile, MIR. Sethre called
the Civil AeronauticS Admins
tration. Mr.. Willard decided he
could not rule on the takeof and
said he would follow CAA rec
concentrations. BY this time,
the throng Of official consultants
included Virginia State Police
and State Highway Department
officials.
A meeting of minds was ef-
fected at about $50 pm. and on
the basis of the CAAS technical
advice, the Ercoupe was allowed
to make its takeoff run south
down Shirley highway. Robert
e. Bell and George S. Fox, avia-
ton safety agents of the CAA.
were on hand for the final clear
ance.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
GreenbeIt Council Hits
Use Of BeItsviIIe Airport

The City Council of Green
belt, Md. went on record last
night as strongly opposed to the
selection of Beltsville Airport as
a supplemental field to National
Airport.
Such a plan has been proposed
and repeatedly is being pushed
by the Board of County Com
missioners for Prince Georges
County.
Mayor Francis j. Lastner de-
clared such a move would Com
stitute a disturbance and a
hazard" for Greenbelt residents.
The Beltsville field is located
less than 2 miles from the city's
boundaries.
The Mayor added that the
council had not been notified
officially of the boards sugges-
ton Ito place a busy airfield in
our back yard"
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Two Radar Speed
Tests Are Slated

Radar devices to expose speed
ing motorists will be demon
strated in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties Friday
and Saturday respectively.
The new equipment will be
demonstrated Friday on Route
301 near Upper Marlboro. Prince
Georges Police Chief F. Allen
Richards said county officers and
representatives of the Maryland
Traffic Safety Committee will
cooperate in the tests.
Major Richards added that
similar demonstrations may be
conducted later on county roads.
Montgomery County's show
will be on Georgia avenue be-
tween Silver Spring and Wheaton
Saturday morning.
Arthur E. Miller, the county's
public safety director, promised
that no traffic charges would be
filed against speeders trapped by
the tests.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
-Four New Members
Join School Board
In Prince Georges

The Prince Georges County
School Boards membership was
increased from three to seven
today by the induction of four
new appointees in a ceremony
in Upper Marlboro.
More than so county leaders
including former Representa-
tive Lansdale Sasser and State
Senator John r. Fletcher were
present when the new members
subscribed to the oath of Office
administered by Circuit Court
Clerk w. Waverly Webb. ~
They were recommended by
Democratic and Republic a n
County Central Committees and
were appointed by Gov. McKeldin
in conformity with legislation
enacted by the last General AS
Sembly.
The four new members are
Mrs. Louise D. Yuill, Lanham:
Raymond E. Steele. Hyattsville;
Mrs. Louise D. Cowgirl, Univer-
sity Park, and William ]. Crit
fifth, Upper Marlboro.
Mr.. Griffith, a professional
bonqsman, is the first colored
person named to the county
School Board.
The three holdover members
of the board are Mrs. H. Edna
Pitts, Brentwood, president OF
the group: j. Frank Dent, Clin-
ton. and James H.. Harrison
Laurel.
Mr.. Dent who was absent from
the ceremony because of illness
and Mrs. Yuill are Democrats.
The others five members of the
board are Republicans.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Three Win Essay Contest
In Prince Georges County

Prizes Of $25 have been
awarded to each of three winners
in an essay contest sponsored by
the Independence Day Commit
tee for Prince Georges County.
Winners, who wrote on the
theme What independence Day
Means To Me-" were to appear
on television station WTTG at
3:45 pm. today.
They are William r. Earn
shaw, Of Frederick Sasscer High
School, Upper Marlboro; Phyllis
Chasanow, Of Greenbelt Junior
High School, and Shirley Former,
Of Beltsville Elementary School.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Benefit Dance Arranged
By Silver Spring VIEW

A benefit dance, sponsored by
the Silver Spring Veterans OF
Foreign Wars. will be held in the
Glen Echo Park ballroom tonight
beginning at 8 pm.
Tickets are priced at $1.20
each. Proceeds of the affair are
for the Boys Club Of Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Democrats to Meet

The Council of Democratic
Women of Prince Georges County
will hold its last meeting of the
year at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
Maryland room, home economics
building, University of Maryland
campus. Jim Naughton, legisla-
tive analyst for the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Com
mite will be guest speaker.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Early Voting Is Light
As Falls Church Picks
Local Administration

Voters in Falls Church, Hern-
don and other Virginia towns
and cities are electing local Off
cials today.
In Falls Church. voting was
light in the early hours but there
was considerable activity out
side polling places. Workers
were handing out an unusually
large amount Of literature for
a municipal election.
At $3.50 am, nearly $50 votes
had been cast In the city's three
wards. About $500 citizens voted
in the 1852 presidential election.
Polling places will close at
1880 pm. They are City Han
for ward /; Madison School,
ward 2, and Broad Street Mo-
tors, ward 3.
Six Seek Reelection.
Mayor Charles Z. Kellogg and
five other City Council members
are seeking reelection In Q field
Of IS candidates. Councilman
James E. Durant is the only in
cumbent not seeking reelection.
Three candidates are running
for city attorney to succeed Lyt-
ton n. Gibson, who Is not run
ming. The yare former City At
torney LaRue Van Meter: VIII
liam M. Baskin, the city'S sub
Stitute trial justice, and David
o. Walter, a Department Of JUS
tice attorney.
Also on the ballot is . pro-
posed 100000 bond issue for
street and storm sewer improve
mentS.
A group Of three council mem
bers has joined with another
candidate to form one Of the
states seeking election. In this
group are Council Members
Samuel E. McCrary, Mrs. Mar
garet King and Francis A. Wag-
ner, and Mark s. Jones.
A group known as the "Inde-
pendent Five" also is in the race.
The candidates are Herman l..
Fink, S. E. Kite. Charles C. Sey-
mour, Grant G. Hilliker and M.
Eldon Colby.
Other Candidates.
The remaining candidates,
who have been indorsed by the
"Non-Political Committee In
terested in the Welfare of Falls
Church" are Mayor Kellogg,
Councilmen w. Raymond Taylor
and Alvin Tasker. and Donald
G. Benn, Elmer Blekefeld and
Thomas A. O'Halloran.
The council members, who
take Office September /. will
elect the Mayor from their own
membership.
In the race in Herndon are
Calvin A. Kidwell, unopposed for
Mayor, and, for the council,
George w. Smith, Frank Ma
honey. Philip M. Nachman,
Frederick H. Doe, jr.: H;lda p.
Gillette, j. B. Mcdaniel, Lee
Massett Ennis, Homer r. Slut
man and Holden S Harrison.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Send a Kid to Comp
Send a Kid to Comp
7 Fun-Loving Children Who
Have Never Been SWIMMING

Summer really hasn't arrived
yet, but it already is sitting in
the Yardley'S two-room apart
ment.
They have tried to get another
place. but nobody seems to want
to take a family with seven
children-at least not for what
the Yardleys can afford to pay.
It isn't so bad during the day
when the kids are out playing.
On hot night it is hard to get
a good nights rest with nine
people sleeping in two rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yardley and two
week-old Ernestine sleep in the
combination bedroom dining
room kitchen. There are two
beds in the living room. One is
for Dorothy. IS, Betty, 3. and
f1ve-year-old George. John, jr..
10; Willett, 9, and Bernard, 6,
share the other.
If the three Oldest boys could
go to camp this summer, things
wouldn't be so bad for awhile.
But that costs money-a rare
item around the Yardley home.
In a good week, if there isn't
any rain, Mr.. Yardley brings
home about $50 from his wreck
ing company job. There haven't
been many good weeks lately.
Out of that salary. Mrs. Yardley
manages to pay the $15-a-week
rent, the gas and electric bill and
food. The grocery bill last week
was $25.
That doesn't leave very much
for clothing and, certainly, moth
ing for summer camp.
IF the children need clothes
or medicine. my husband bor-
rows money from his boss on
Saturday" Mrs. Yardley ex-
planned. But he just has to pay
it back the next Friday when he
gets paid. Then he has to bor-
row right back the following day
to meet expenses again.
1--WE would like to move, but
we can't get a place. They keep
saying we have too many chill
dren. We have to move soon.
When it rains, it comes right in
the house.
"And Dorothy is getting pretty
big. She ought to have a room
by herself. She's a big help
to me-"
A wide grin came over the
boys faces when they heard
about summer camp. None of
the children has been in SWIM
ming, except for a little wading
in the pool in front of Union
Station. None Of them has ever
been to a camp. And they have
only one chance to go.
That's If you help through the
Evening Star Camp Fund.
The following gifts are &C
knowledged today:
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Falls Church S
Council Retains
City's Tax Rates
School Boord Budget
Adopted os MeCrory
Drops Bus Proposal

The Falls Church City Council
has voted to retain the present
tax rates for the 1854 fiscal
year.
At a budget hearing in Madi-
son School last night. the coun-
Gil voted to leave unchanged the
real estate tax rate Of $2.75 per
500 Of property valuation and
the personal property rate
of $4.40.
The school budget was ap-
proved as recommended by the
School Board.
The council voted for a budget
Of about 1925 900, including
schools and general city ex-
penses. Approximately 1886, 900
was voted to schools as the city's
contribution to a total school
budget of about $4,000. The
remaining school funds come
from Federal and State sources.
Other Revenue Found.
When the budget was proposed,
a 12-cent tax increase would
have been required to carry out
the full program. However, the
School Board reported last week
additional revenue of about $16,-
900 from Federal and State
sources. This amount and a
change in the contingency fund
permitted the council to adopt
a balanced budget last night
without increasing tax rates.
Teachers will receive salary in
creases Of at least $1OO, in addi-
ton to regular increments.
Councilman Samuel E. Nc
Crary suggested, and later
dropped, proposal to eliminate
school bus service. He also sug-
gested a number of changes in
schol-city administration that
he contended would save money
and lead to better service.
Urged Consultations.
His final motion, which left
bus service in the budget, in
cluded certain consultations of
school-city offices and omitted
the school "psychiatrist."
Mrs. Margaret King and Fran
els A. Wagner supported his po-
sition. However, Mayor Charles
z. Kellogg and Councilmen
James E. Durant. Alvin w. Tas-
ker and w. Raymond Taylor op-
posed Mr.. McCrary. The ma
jority supported the budget as
recommended by the School
Board and by City Manager w.
Rodes Woodbury..
100 at Hearing.
More than 100 persons at
tended the hearing. most of them
by their applause indicating
they favored approval of the
school budget as proposed.
The council passed its general
fund budget almost without
comment. After the debate on
the school budget had lasted
until midnight, Mayor Kellogg
ordered the clock stopped be-
cause. he said, the council
could not conduct business on
election day.
In other business, School
Board Chairman John A. john
son and Oliver Caldwell, board
member, were reappointed for
three-year terms.
Named TO the Library Board
| were Mrs. Mary Persinger, Edgar
Vandivere and Adam Yarmo-
linsky.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Democrats Session
Al Rockville Tonight
May Stir Disputes

An intra-party row over pol
icy and leadership may come to
a head tonight when the Mont
gomery County Democratic AS
sembly meets at 8 pm. at the
Richard Montgomery High
School, Rockville.
The assembly, open to all reg
istered Democrats in the county,
has some $40 members and q
turnout near that figure Is an
ticipated in tonight's session.
The meeting will be the first
held since the assembly was
established more than q year
ago. Tonight'S session was called
by Warren Browning, chairman
Of the State Central Committee.
One section Of the party is
disturbed over the chairman's
announcement that no action
on resolutions viii be taken to-
AAA6AAVs E5y
"StalIing" Charged.
The leadership Of this faction
is charging "stalling tactics" TO
the State Central Committee.
Probably q dozen resolutions
are slated for introduction TO-
night. They involve not only
party organization but also Dem
ocratic policy which probably
will set the tenor for next years
county and State election cam
paign.
Some precincts have already
submitted to the leadership of
the Assembly resolutions which
they felt were to bs acted upon
tonight. Mr.. Browning, how
ever. said last night that since
this was the FIRST meeting Of
the Assembly these resolutions
would be introduced and ex-
planned on the floor Of the meet
ing. Then, he said, they will
be referred to appropriate COM
mittees for study and report be-
fore being voted upon at a later
meeting.
School Budget Is Issue.
One Of the resolutions involved
would bring the controversial
School Board budget directly
into the political arena. A num-
Der of precincts have submitted
the resolution supporting the
School Board budget request
which former County Manager
Irving G. McNayr slashed 81
million in operating funds and
$3.2 million for school construc-
tion.
Many Democrats feel that one
OF the major county campaign
platforms next year will be econ
omy in government and that
getting into the present dispute
over school expenditures would
weaken the future issue. The
budget must be adopted by June
80 and a failure of the Assembly
to act on the resolution tonight
probably would mean it would
become a moot question.
Also slated for an intra-party
squabble are a number of resolu-
tions aimed at the present party
leadership. One would bar the
State Central Committee from
indorsing publicly any slate in
next June's primary campaign.
Others would shorten the terms
Of precinct chairman from four
to two years and prohibit any
person from serving in this ca
pacity in any precinct other than
the precinct in which he lives.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Kindergarten Opens
In Daniels Park Area

The North College Park Youth
Community Center. Inc, was to
open a tuition-free summer
kindergarten program this morn
ing in the Daniels Park area.
Arts and crafts. dancing, ma
ture study and similar outdoor
activities are to be included in
the program. The kindergarten
will be held each Tuesday and
Thursday from 10 am. to noon.
It Is expected to continue for six
or eight weeks, depending on
the response Of parents.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Annapolis Historic
Group Reports Tonight
SpeeiuI Dispotch 10 The Stur

ANNAPOLIS, June "a pub
lie report Of Historic Annapolis,
Inc. outlining the organizations
plans for the next six months
and itemizing accomplishments
Of the past six months, will be
presented at a special meeting
at 8 o'clock tonight in Mcdowell
Hall Of st. Johns College. ,
Frederick L. Rath. jr., director
Of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, will speak and show
colored slides illustrating the
organizations program.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Flood Plan Is Topic

A staf member Of the Corps of
Army Engineers will explain
plans for the Anacostia flood
control project at the meeting
Of the .Riverdale Citizens ASso-
citation in the Riverdale Elemen-
tary School at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
PIunt Closes. Trees Suxed

WINCHESTER, Va. June 9
R.-The Draper Corp, which
has been buying and cutting dog
wood trees in Virginia, has closed
its local plant. There had been
much unfavorable reaction to
cutting the trees for commercial
purposes.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Camp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4, D. C.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $35.72 for IL
days, or $17.86 for six days.
The Star will acknowledge
your gift.