The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-25
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Stars Fall on Central

Stars Fall on Central
While stars fell on Central
early Wednesday morning. the
student body had the rare privi-
leee Of seing the moon a hundred
miles away. No. we weren't on
rocket ship. We went behind the
scenes at Mt. Palomar Observa-
tory and with the aid of the Big
Eye we moved out into space
a realm OF many suns, moons.
stars and shining gases. We felt
like Mark Twain's hero racing a
comet across infinite space 500,-
0o0.000 light years from here.
The moon was big disappoint-
ment. 1t looks romantic shining in
a June sky, but close up it is
moistureless, atmosphereless waste
covered with pits like a pock-
marked face. There is no life on
the moon so the girls had to give
up the idea Of the man in the
moon"
The sun is constantly sendinp
up hydrogen balloons while little
black spots race across it's surface
and affect our weather and dis
positions. If we don't like the
weather, or we fall out with the
girl friend. blame it on the sun
spots. They are the little rascals
mat kick up the atmospheric
disturbances and cause the worlds
affairs to go haywire.
= Saturn is our most spectacular
planet. 1t is unique with its rings.
but it is too far away even for the
big Eye" to tell us much.
: We followed along with DR..
-Sloley and his pictures through
the planets and the consultations.
We recognized the Milky Way"
rSome of the students thought
this a new kind of CANDY but
when we came to "Nebulosity of
Anoromeda' We gave up Our
imagination had reached the
limits OF its capacity
What if the world is about to
get hit by something from outer
Space! We vii lsit back and wait
another 400.Oo0.0OO years and
start worrying then.
Junior Officers Picked
President-Billy Ayres: vice
president Cynthia PatteSon:
Secretary-Richard White. treas
urer-Donnie Shepherd. and re-
porter-Bobby Moss.
"A New Paint Job
After fourteen long years Buck
ingham Central is having its
face lifted"
on returning TO school we were
greeted with the smell of paint. |
Upon investigation we found three
painters busy shaping paint !
here and there. Among the colors /
were pink and green. gray white |
and yellow.
One day to our amazement we
found one of the painters asleep |
on the Job" Someone suggested |
throwing paint brush at him. /
but we decided it was against all
rules and regulations. The paint |
ing has caused some inconveni- /
'enceS. but since we've seen this new |
paint job we think We, the student |
body need a face lifting" too,,l |
Sniff, Sniff, Sniff, PheW!l That |
-paint!i!"
The Centralizer Staff has been |
chosen for 1953-54 Editor, Shir- |
ley Stout; Assistant Editor, 10 Ann |
Agee; Managing Editor. Lucy
.Wooton; Advertising Manager, c. |
c. Shumaker. Circulation Man
-ager, Ann Cook
= Also. Sports Writer'S. Ann At
water and David Cobb; Typists,
Alice LeSueur, Ruth Newton,
Edna Jamerson, Audrey Taylor
Exchange Editor, Carolyn Jones
Treasurer, Billy Ayres
Other members OF the Journal
ism class are: Laura Ayres, Alice
I(agland, Ressie Adcock, Paula
Hill. Annie Oliver. JUNE Wee
Jones, Paulette Agee
A Great Day Cometh
September 10, was a great day
for the Seniors Mr.. Anderson,
from the Balfour Company. pre-
sented his class rings to the AZ
members of the Senior class. 1t
was SO hard to decide upon one
ring when there were so many to
choose from. There were whisper
ed consultations and noisy dis
cuSSlOuS IL want q blue stone