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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-25
By DEAN COLLINS

Farmvillc's sixteenth annual
Five County Far has attracted 4
visitor from far country. this
year He is George hkuamoa
Boatcng, Of the Gold Coast. West
Africa.
This is the first country fair
that the 29-yem-old Africaner. a
member Of the Ashanti tribe OF the
COLD Coast, has ever attended.
"A country fair Is a new idea. 7
he said. I'll see if | can take it
back to my country and work it
into our agricultural program.
Georges country. the Gold
Coast, IS a self governing colony
and protectorate Of Eneland II
lies along the Gulf Of Guinea for
1874 miles on the west coast of
Africa The Gold Coast las an
area Of 1892 square miles. with
a population Of about four million
people
Field Training
Gcorge is taking SIX moHthS OF
field training N extension work
under a plan set up by an Amer-
can foundation the Institute Of
International Education. III New
York City He arrived III Farm
vile, last Saturday to work for
several weeks with j. 6. Lancas-
ter farm agent He arrived in time
70 take part III his first country
fair.
George, who speaks wish a Dis
tinct British accent has lived in
the United States for four years.
He studied agriculture at Cornell
University in ithaca, N. Y. and
received his Bachelor of Science
in Agriculture, last spring
After his six months Of field
Work he plans to return Il Cor
nell and study for his Master of
Science Degree.
Georae will spend two of his six
months IN VIRGINIA, where he
wants to study peanuts. fertiliza-
ton and farming 0 red soil. which
is similar to tn soil in the Gold
Coast, All Club work and truck
crops
Same Problem
He said that his country faces
one of the same problems that has
confronted V!rfinia ior many
years-a onc-crcp economy The
Gold Coast relics on tho cacao
bean for its cash crop. producing
abou, one-half Of the Worlas out
put u tho bear. which makes our
chocolate candy, cakes and drinks.
possible
I'VE must diversity our agri-
culture" George said.
Another important product Of
the Gold Coast is manganese
which averages aobut 10000 tons
per month. second only to the
USSR. Aluminium reserves are
great In the soil Of the country,
also
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-25
5Local Counties
In State AMOS
Disaster Belt
Washington Will
Rule on Request
For Drought Aid

Amelia, Buckingnham Cumber-
land NottoWay and PoWhtan are
among Al VIRGINIA counties des-
ionated as disaster areas by the
State Agricultural Mobilization
Committee meeting in all-day
session Wednesday at Richmond.
In addition the State AMC rec
commended Is counties, including
Buckingham. Cumberland Not
toWay and PoWhatan. for special
federal credit.
Sixty-one counties in all had
/ requested to be DESIGNATED as dis
aster areas. but the state commit
tee turned down 20 The requests
we're III answer to the State
AMOS summary Of drought con-
ditiOnS.
Go To Washington
Thu recommendations will be
forwarded to L. S. Secretary Of
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson for
study and final action. General
purpose of the disaster dcsigna-
ton, If finally approved in Wash
ington. is to set relief measures
III motion designed to tide
drought stricken farmers over the
winter.
All Of the disaster counties ap-
proved VII be eligible for the
purchase Of feed at about one
half price. This would come from
Commodity Credit Corporation
storage bins.
For the Is counties, recon-
mended by the Virginia body ad-
dltionally for federal credit. final
OK in WASHINGTON would make
available long term. low interest
rate government loans
No Local Credit
These lG counties were recon-
mended for the government credit
because local credit is not avail
abb IL sufficient amounts Twenty
five OF the disaster area counties
will not qualitr for credit since
the state AMC believes local pr
waite credit VIII suffice.
The Virginia survey, according
to the Mobii'2ation Committee,
showed that with the exception
of one county, those approved for
disaster area status form broad
belt from north to south across
the center Of the state
Primary reason for tic turn
down Of 20 counties was that
conditions were not actually as
bad as they were pictured Such
counties may request further
study. however.
No Request Here
Prince EdWa, d county did not
request disaster status. the Coun-
ty Mobilization committee feeling
that such a DESIGNATION would not
help matters locally Great need
here, the committee found is for
hay That commodity is not among
those available through federal
help
Like the state. Virginia counties
have an Agricultural Mobilization
Committee. composed Of profess
sional agricultural workers and
county farm leaders. Such COM
mlttees made tie local decisions
whether or not to request disaster
status
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-25
On Planning Body

Mi Smith also serves as vice
president Ct the Virginia odd Eel
lows Planning co m Ission
charged with building odd Fell
lowship throughout the state Nj
Watson serves on the same body
as a member
Under the s35o.0O0 project
buildings nov standing on the
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

ter Paul Palmer; opening chorus
by Kenton group; duet, Mrs. Helen
Walker and Mrs. Clara Ford;
Thanksgiving reading, Mrs. Elma
Faulkner; song, Franklin Woodall;
duet and chorus, Mrs. Walker and
Mrs. Ford, and chorus; monolog,
Mrs. Belle Palmer; song, Franklin
Woodall; Hat Contest, Mrs. Elmer
Cohee was the winner of the hat;
Vegetable quiz. Closing piano solo,
Mrs. Agnes Crossley at the piano.
Mrs. Belle Walker aged 88 years
died in the Kent General Hospital
late Sunday night. Funeral SER
vices were held from FAIRIES Fun
eral Chapel on Wednesday. Rev.
Donald Dewey assisted by Rev. ].
L. Johnson, officiated. Interment
was made in Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
/ Mrs. Ethel Wright of Clayton
spent the weekend with Miss Pearl
Short. Miss Short is recovering
nicely from recent accident.
Mrs. Steve Urban and son Jim
my of Wilmington were recent vis-
itors in Kenton.
Mr.. George Woodall, Sr., is on
the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anstine Stafford
of Harrington visited Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G. Walker and family on Sun
day evening.
Mrs. James D. VanPelt, wife of
Jimmy VanPelt, formerly from
Kenton has received her honorable
discharge from the Navy and is
now making her home in Elkton,
Md. She was a visitor with Mr..
and Mrs. Jay VanPelt and family
on Sunday.
Pvt. Edward G. Drake, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Drake of Ken
ton, who is stationed at Camp At
terbury, Ind, is home on ten
day furlough.
Mrs. Bermuda Ward, wife of
VIM. Ward of Kenton, who has
been patient at the Brandywine
Sanatoriun for two years, has
been discharged and is now home
with her family.
Mrs. Addie Arthurs, Mrs. Agnes
Crossley, Miss Carolyn Crossley
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
KentOn

TWenty-four members attended
the class anniversary banquet held
in the church on last Wednesday
evening. A short business meeting
was held with Mrs. Helen Rowlin-
son presiding. An Xmas party
was planned to be held on Wednes-
day evening, Dec. 9. Entertain
ment consisted of readings, songs,
and games. A very enjoyable ev-
ening was spent.
The Homemakers Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Herbert Ruch
ON Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. B. Palmer will preside. The
topic for the meeting is Making
the Best of Storage Space" pre-
sented by leader Miss Swanson.
Ten members attended the County
Achievement Day held in Dover in
Grange Hall ON last Thursday.
Kenton Club had the honor of
making the guest corsages, also
one of our members modelled in the
fashion show.
Eight members and two guests
attended the visiting program held
at Trophy Grange, FELTON,, on Mon
day evening. Mrs. Susie Knots,
lecturer of Kenton Grange, pre-
sented the following program: The
Lamp of Fellowship was presented
to Master Winfred Cruel by Mas
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
THE SMYRNA TIMES. MORNING. 9.

on the ring. It is thought it was
designed for a wedding ring about
1860. Other Messiok family pieces
donated to the museum are a
heavy watch chain made of hair on
which is attached a gold vest pock-
ct hook with a lizard motif on top
and two hair bracelets. They also
urned over to the museum a num-
Der of old documents and photo
graphs as well as yellowed copies
of the first newspapers, the Lewes
Breakwater Light and the Della
ware Pilot, first issued in the early
eighties. The museum has a loan
of other Messick family relics-a
Staqordshire pudding dish, a
stoneware pitcher, and a fooot-
warmer lent by Mrs. Laura
('Birdie") Messick during her life
time. The curator is also exhibit
ing Godey's Lady's Book of De-
cember, 1862, from Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Lynch of Lewes, and a
bound volume of all issues of 1850
loaned by Mrs. Henry R. Higgins
of Rehooboth Beach. Originally
called 'Lady's Book, this was the
first United States magazine for
women, started in 1880.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

lists of wholesale outlets for Del
marva chicken, recipe leaflets, etc.
The exhibits theme, that Del
Mar-Va Chicken-Land, Sea, Air
Tops All Chicken, Anywhere!"
was further emphasized by posters
showing a few of the more famous
placed the three-way broiler-fryer-
roasters are exclusive served, in
this country and around the
world. The displays included rec
ipes featuring Delmarva chicken
secured from such noted chefs as:
CASTOR Hertrich, Executive Chef
of the New York Statler; Rolf
Svensson, Chef de Cuisine of the
Swedish American Lines new lux
ury liner M. S. Kungsholm; British
Overseas Airways' Catering officer
for North America, Sydney Duck;
A. H. Smith, General Superintend-
ent Dining Service, New York
Central System, and the 20th Cen
tury Limited; and r. ]. Pearse,
Chef de Cuisine on the United
States Lines IS America. Beside
Mr.. and Mrs. Yutzi, others who
tended the Delmarva booth at the
Hotel Exposition We're: Otis G.
Esham, of Parsonsburg, Maryland,
past president of the Delmarva
Festival, and Mrs. Esham; B. v.
Carmean, of Laurel, Delaware,
past chairman of the Delaware
State Poultry Commission, and
Mrs. Carmean; Mr.. Earle Hawk,
poultry grower of Greenwood, Del
ware, and Mrs. Hawk; Mr.. David
B. Greene, feed dealer of Dover,
Delaware, past president of the
Delmarva Festival and member of
the Delaware State Poultry Com
mission; MIR. Edgar Timmons, OF
Millsboro, Maryland, member OF
the Delaware State Poultry Com
mission, Mrs. Timnons and daugh-
ter, Louise; Mr.. Wilson o. McCabe
Georgetown, Delaware, member OF
the State Poultry Commission, and
Mrs. McCabe; Mrs. R. Crawford
Holland, wife of the owner of the
"Sandpiper", Ocean City, Mary
land; Mr.. Edward Martin, manag-
er of the Sandpiper; MIR. and Mrs
Ellioott Evans of Ocean View, Del
aware; Mr.. and Mrs. George E
Grey of Selbyville, Delaware, and
Roy Twilley of Chincoteague, vir'
ginia.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
CHICK EXHIBIT
AT HOTEL SHOW
Poultry Heads Attend Nation
al Hotel Exposition In
New York
ATTRACTS LARGE CROWD

Leaders of the Del-Mar-Va poul-
try industry cooked for thousands
of the country's chefs and other
food-experts of the hotel and res
taurant trade in New York City's
Kingsbridge Armory last week at
the 38th National Hotel Exposi-
tion. Crates of young, tender
chicken, for which the Delaware
Maryland Virginia area is world
famous, were shipped direct to the
Del-Mar-Va booth at the Show,
and quick deep-fried under the at
tendees' tantalized noses. Cooked
according to a favorite home-area
recipe, Chicken Sandpiper" (from
r. Crawford Hollands renowned
Sandpiper Restaurant in Ocean
City, Maryland) gathered far larg-
er crowds than any other exhibit
at the Exposition, including those
of the nations top chefs in the Sa-
lon of Culinary Arts. Participat-
ing in the Exposition for the Bird
consecutive year, the Delaware
State Poultry Commission was
this year Joined in its major
trade-aimed promotion by the Del
marva Chicken Festival. Com
mission members, directors of the
Festival, their wives, and other
area leaders representing all seq
ments of Del-Mar-Va's $100,000,-
600 poultry industry took their
turns cooking, serving, and pot
folloping." 'eWe planned this
years exhibit for the maximum of
nose and mouth appeal" said E. A.
Yutzi, President of the Delmarva
Festival, with the idea that once
these people get Whit of our
chicken frying, they'll want to taste
it, and once they taste it, they'll
know it's the best in the world
and never be satisfied with any
thing else" Proof that the joint
Commission-Festival board had
planned their promotion shrewdly
was not only the amount of chick
en- consumed, but the many thous-
ands of pieces of promotional lit
erature picked UP at the booth
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

were visitors with Mrs. Cora Kim
bles of Church Hill, and Rev. and
Mrs. John Anderson of Fairlee on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clough were
visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. d. A.
Parks of Hacks Point on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Graham
and sons of st. Georges, visited
Mrs. Bessie Graham and daughter
on Saturday evening.
Mrs. Stubs of Cheswold, Mrs.
w. Peterson of Dover and Mr.. and
Mrs. Delbert Shockley of near Do
yer were Sunday visitors with Mr..
and Mrs. Loren shockley and fam
lily.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

Society will be used for financing
it's tuberculosis activities for the
year. Seal Sale Head
quarters are in the Society's Build
ing known as the Bucikner Build
ing, 1908 Delaware Avenue, Will
mington. Many individuals, or
CARNATIONS, radio stations, the
press and advertisers are assisting
in publicizing the drive. Last week
Boy Scout Troops throughout the
state distributed window posters
and cards. The radio and TV sta
tions will broadcast programs in
the interest of the Seal Sale.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
ZWAANENDALE MUSEUM
Jewelry of An Almost Forgotten
Era Donated to Museum at Lewes

Jewelry of An Almost Forgotten
Era Donated to Museum at Lewes
Soome new additions of hair
jewelry of an almost forgotten
era, including what is believed to
be a mans yedding ring encasing
strands of his brides hair, are
among some ancient relics of Lew
es natives donated to the zwanen-
dale Museum, at Lewes. The
museum established year roound
visiting hoours this fall. However,
the curator, Miss Catharine c..
Maull, says it will be closed on
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. Nor
mally the weekday visiting hours
are from 10 am. to $50 p.m., ex-
cept Mondays, and on Sundays
from 1890 to $50 pm. The hair
jewelry was discovered in old fam
lily possessions of Laurence G. Mes
sick, now living in Garden City, N.
Y, and his broother, E. Hewes
Messick of st. Simons Island, Ca,
when they were preparing for sale
their boyhood home here, owned by
their late parents, Captain Edward
r. Messick, a Delaware River pilot
and Mrs. Laura Hewes Messick, on
Front Street. The mans gold
band ring has an inset of braided
hair. 1t was owned by their ma
ternal grandfather, schubel p.
Hewes, whose name is engraved
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE

Annual Sale of Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis Society Opened Nov. 16
The 47th annual Christmas Seal
Sale of the Delaware Anti-Tuber-
culosis Society opened on Monday,
November 10th, with the delivery
of approximately 10000 direct mail
appeals to the residents of Della
ware. The funds obtained by the
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

Mrs. Bessie Graham and daugh-
ter Betty, were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Graham on
Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

The Library Club had its first
November meeting on Monday,
November 9. Election of officers
were held and the following people
were elected:
President: Janice Hollett
Vice President: Gay Scott
Secretary: Renee Stevens
Treasurer: Marie Gardner
Book reviews were given by Car
olyn Marsh, who reviewed The So
journer by Marjorie Rawlings, and
James Haas, who reviewed Queens
Gift by Onglis Fletcher.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

The annual football dance in
honor of the players and coaches
will be held at Smyrna High
School on Friday, December A. The
General Organization has engaged
the services of the "Starlighters"
to play for the occasion. Dancing
will begin at 800 pm. and con-
clude at 1900 midnight. The
gymnasium will be decorated ap-
propriately for the occasion. The
attire for the affair will be strictly
informal.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

The Thanksgiving assembly pro-
gram, featuring 'The Pilgrim
Story under the direction of Mrs.
Mendenhall, will be held Tuesday,
November "a, at 1:30 pm. in the
high school auditorium. The fol-
lowing students will participate:
Charlotte Pryor, Tommy Price,
Richard Price, John Clark, Ber-
nard Martin, Charles Sandberg,
Isabel zippe, Ruth Wiley, Doris
Smith, Beth Denney, Renee Stew
ents, Marguerite Pratt, Karl Geb-
hart, George Takach, Tom Simp-
son, James Roth, Kendall Hudson
and the Senior Chorus.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19
SCHOOL
REPORTER

The eighth and final game of the
1858 football season will be played
on the Smyrna Athletic Field next
Wednesday night when the Eagles
entertain the Caesar Dodney Rid
ers. This will be the last game for
three Smyrna boys: Bill Cook, Bill
Denney and Norman Alexander.
This is the one game that can
make the season successful if the
Eagles can capture it. The Red
and White has tied the Riders and
lost once in two previous games.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

School will be dismissed next
Wednesday at 1850 am. on Mon
day, November 80.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

MIR. George Wright, Superin-
tendent of Schools, addressed the
high school on the subject, 'They
Have Not Died in Vain" in his an
nual Armistice Day message to
the students. At exactly HOO
am. on November IL, Mr.. Wright
delivered his address over the
school amplification system as a
memorial to our heroes who have
not returned that their sacrifices
may not go unnoticed.
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

qs learn of responsibility through caring
animals helping with household Tasks this reproduction of the
1854 National All Coendo Ponng Big Sister interrupts her sewing
watch lamb unchme while Little Sfer-o pofenio 4Her
with On All Achievement Day. November H. young
people who have eoned by doing receive the poud of their
communities encouragement TO further accomplishment
Smyrna times., 1953-11-19

AT meeting of the Junior Glass
last week Ronald Stevens was
elected editor of the Spy Glass"
and Barbara Shortt was chosen
business manager for the same
publication. These people will
serve as junior assistants to the
present staff for the 1953-54
school year and next year will as
sumo complete charge of the pap
er, which is published three times
during the school year.
Janet Wickham was elected edi-
tor and James Haas was elected
business manager of the Smyrna
Eagle" the school yearbook which
is being published for the third
time this year. Those two people
will serve only in an advisory ca
pacity for the present and next
September will assume their dut-
les.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-06-03
Cherry Hill Baptist
Burris Carter PASTOR
Pine Level Free Will
Baptist
Gurley Baptist

Rev. T. W. HcarDe, Pastor
sunday School. ....... 10: 90 4. NJ.
Worship Service
FIRST sunday. .........l. 90 \. VI.
Third SEn.lN- M u 81
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-06-03
MIR. and Mrs. Rogers
Attend Western
Auto Show

Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers,
Western Auto Associate Store
Owners in Tabor City and Loris,
received their first Christmas pre-
view of the nations newest ideas
in toys, sporting goods, and other
fall and winter merchandise this
week. They attended a Western
Auto Supply Company merchan-
disc show at WinSton-Salem, n. c.
1t is from this previcw Of over
1000 ChriStmas-Selling items that
the Rogers said they made selec-
tons to fit the particular needs
and desires of this trading area.
Besides toys and sporting goods,
the show featured wheel goods,
bicycles, guns and gift merchan-
disc. They also said that more than
600 carefully selected toys and
wheel goods items alone were
displayed at the show. Among
them were new-deSign electric
trains and accessories, space guns
and space suits. dueling pistols.
action-packed hot-rodS and dream
cars, highway-building wheel toys,
and farm, ranch and Medieval
castle sets and Roy Rogers watch
es. For little girls the Saucy Walk
er doll was featured as well
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-06-03

as a complete line Of newprocess
plastic head dolls. outstanding for
realism.
New wheel goods numbers in
Guiding a new Space Cruiser, a
lightweight English-model bicycle
for boys and girls. an 1 many other
styles of wheel goods.
Careful attention also was de-
voted by Western Auto to assem-
bling diversified makes and mod
els of acknowledgements rifles and
ShotgunS for the hunter and target
shooter as well as a galaxy
of other Christmas merchandise,
including electric roasting ovens,
electric blankets, Silverware. steak
knives and carving sets, baseball
and other sporting equipment, and
Photographic supplies.
MIR. Rogers who has been a
Western Auto Associate Store
owner in Tabor City Is years and
Loris 3 years, is one of PAL dealers
in four states who attended the
show at Winston-Salem, N. c.
There are 2.780 Western Auto
Associate Store owners in 81 states
who are supplied by Is Western
Auto Wholesale Houses.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-06-03
Garden Time

A good lawn well kept is a
beautiful thing and is an asset to
any property. This is not the prop
er season to plant lawn grasses
except Bermuda grass but from
now on through the hot weather
Is the critical period in the main
tenance of the lawn. Fertilization
IN the spring is not enough to last
all summer. A lawn should be
fertilized every five to six weeks
throughout the growing season.
II you haven't already fertilized
your lawn put on an application
OF complete garden fertilizer
such as 5-l0-5 or 6-8-6 at the
rate OF Is to 20 pounds per 1000
square foot. Water this in or apply
Just before a rain. For the applica-
lions during the remainder of the
summer use about five pounds of
nitrate Of soda per 1000 square
feet at each application. This
should be applied when the grass
Is dry and preferably just before
a rain.
Watering is a very important
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-06-03
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1858

operation. Soak the soil thoroughly
at least once a week during dry
weather rather than light sprinkl-
ings each day although these light
sprinklings do some good.
Frequent cutting is desirable,
but close cutting will do much
harm to some of the better grasses
such as Kentucky bluegrass. Set
the mower blades little higher
for these grasses.
Ii you have a good stand of
grass, weeds will not thrive; but
II weeds become established use a
spray of 2. AID to kill them. Use
z. 4-D with care because it will
Kill your shrubs and flowers as
well as your weeds. Even the spray
mist carried by the wind may
cause lot of damage to other
plants. There are also sprays that
will kill our crabgrass without
harming the principal lawn
grasses.
The latest thing in sprays for
lawns is a material that is SUD-
posed to keep grass from growing
and therefore make moving un-
necessary. This is material
known as maleic hydraulic which
stunts the growth of many plants.
1t has not been thoroughly tried
out yet so don't expect all the
results that the adver-
tisements claim for it. II you use
any Of it try it out on a small
scale first.