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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Il. PRESTON COOK
EarrviIle Student
Named To Who's Who

i. Preston Cook, Of Farmvjllc.
was recently named TO Who's
Who Among Students III Ameri-
can Colleges and Universities.
AT VPI. Cook has had the fol-
lowing activities: editor of the
1858 Bugle Omicon Delta Kappa
RI Delta Epsilon, treasurer; Scab-
bard and Blade. Arnold All So
clety; Pershlng Rifles American
Institute Of Industrial Engineers,
Cotillon Club, and the Peanut
C!ub
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Elementary School
Will Graduate is

The graduation program for
students Of the Seventh Grade at
Farmvllle Elementary School will
be held Friday night. in the
school auditorium, at O'Clock.
Allen Fore. of this place. will
address the group leaving the
elementary school for the journey
next term to Farmvllle High. The
grade numbers 46.
Student performers in music
and recitation will share the pro-
gram with Mr.. Fore.
Parents and friends of the stu
dents ere invited 70 b pre- 1T
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Cumberland ounty's 100000
Dial Telephone System Opened
AT Ceremonial Dinner FRIDAY
{ and PC company
Service Extends
To SOB atrons

Cumberland county folks cele-
brated Their new 100000 dial
telephone system in appropriate
fashion Friday night
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company engineers tied IN
the last wires that will carry serv-
ice to SOB customers Just before
100 took SEATS al the Cumberland
Rurltan Clubs ceremonial bann'et
and program. celebrating the long
hopedfor service.
There vas appropriate and ring
ing speechmaking after a banquet
IN the high school cafeteria. there
were ceremonial calls to promi-
nent Virginians, put through with
enjoyable and neW-fOund dispatch,
here were tours through the
school shops to view a display OF
telephone equipment, through new
central offices a Cumberland and
Gainesville, and to a display OF
wire splicing technique by c & p
lineman
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Hompden-Sydney College 18TH
Commencement Program Given
Monday, June 8

monday, June 3
ll.0o a. Northumberland
Exercises, Johns Auditorium -Ad-
dress by Dr.. Frederick II. Olert.
pastor Of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Richmond. Va.
1880 p. m.-Comnlencement
Luncheon, Venable Hall Lawn
ZOO p. m.-Meeting of the
General Alumni Association
Johns Auditorium. Presiding John
r. Brlnser, '27. president of the
Alumni Association.
This is the year for the fol-
lowing Glass Reunions: 1908.
1913 1923 1893 and l942.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
SATURDAY., June 6

600 p. m.-Phi Beta Kappa
Society Initiation and Dinner,
Graham Hall
1870 y. ln.-ReceptIon to Alum
nj, Seniors and their families
Alumni Lounge.
SUNDAY. June
100 a -Baccaiaureate Ser
vices, College Church Sermon by
the Rev. Harry A. Fifield, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
Atlanta, Ga
800 p. m.-Music Hour Col
lege Church
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Farmville Nine
TO Open Tuesday

Manager Billy Hays Farm
''iie baseball team will open its
1898 campaign with two games
next week, on the FarmyiIlc
High field.
Tuesday night. Pamn,;,.s
Patrick Henry League sou,d
VIII ne the opposition i'm the
curtain-raiser. Saturday night
the Powhatan Indians. of tho
James River Leapue will no
here.
Game ti,,,c !
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05
Issue Features

Issue Features
. SO you know plug casting?o
Sports Afield editorial
page.
. Why Was America so cX-
cited about the coronation?
. Opinion, Please" column
Social page.
. British Coronation - an
editorial.
. Graduating class pictures.
Amelia. Burkeville. Wor-
sham high schools. county
pages.
o Ready To Serve You a
full-page, new listing of
services available locally.
page s.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05

y. y JACOBS, Q4NlSlOn commercial
manager OF c & p, invent ried
the work involved for the banquet
guests His 5000 average invest
ment per telephone" on the part
OF his company. came from the
placing OF 1900 poles; the stretch
ing and mounting of All miles Of
open wire the precise connection
Of 81 miles Of cable splice, plus
labor and material costs.
Citing the chief new ADVANTAGES !.
prompt service; phone connections
to anywhere; ease of hearing. and
rodern, dial sets. he also asked
those who are patrons to observe
some rules Of party line courtesy.
He asked them to give way on the
line in emergencies: to restrict
calls to five minutes, TO space
calls, and TO give numbers when
calling long distance.
To those who have suffered
patiently through previous service
he pointed out that c & p has
footed a Sl30,000,0O0 investment
in new telephone plant. with over
10000 persons in the c {: P's one
third OF Virginia area still await
ing service We are 9 cling as fast
as finances Will permit At that.
the past SIX years. have seen more
progress than the previous quarter
century" Mr. Jacobs said
E. Armstrong Smith, Cumber-
and High School principal and
Ruritan CLUB leader, appropriately
placed the Ruritan Clubs place in
the effort TO obtain the service.
He saw the project as "realiza-
ton Of a Ruritan dream. backed
up by waking hours of energetic
effort and as a typically Amer
lean venture Of free people
working together that all might
have a share of comfort, economic
incentive and social pleasure.
Ceremonial Calls
FIRST messages TO 60 over the
new lines were ceremonial calls
made from the banquet room. with
a loud speaker hook-up to enable
guests to hear the voice as it came
IN from the distant end.
Calls went out to CONGRESSMAN
Watkins NJ Abbitt, al Appomat-
toX. from John Warner. as Puritan
Club president; from County
Treasurer Marion Blanton 10
judge Fl. Lester Hooker. member
OF the State Corporation Commits
sion at Richmond: from Frank
Baber to DR., N P. Snead. al Car
tcrSVille, and from George Wilkin-
son to Mrs. w H. Peasants. who
served long and faithfully as a
central. at Cartersville.
The event concluded with Omen
House at the new telephone build
lngS. at Cumberland and Carriers
vile, which ran simultaneously
with equipment displays in the
school SHIPS
Inc Ruritan Clubs sponsoring
ana entertainment committee for
the celebration event was: M. E.
bianton, chairman Z. H. Vassar.
j F. Fleming; j. H. Warner. and
E. A. Smith.
~ was, guests declared, fitting
celebration for 100000 invest
ment in better living.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-05

CALLING CONGRESSMAN ABBITT please Ruritan Presi-
dent John H. Warner with phone places
calls during the banquet celebration
High School cafeteria With 100 guests watching
special speaker hook for the distant
called Congressman Watkins Nj Appcmattox In
conversation Mr. Abbitt
of Cumberland county this step forward
Thanking Mr. Warner left Jacobs commercial
and right, c. II. Gibson of
Telephone Company.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

NAASS AN0ACy W OA0AhSs
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Nancy Caroline
Blanks, daughter of Mrs. Rich
ardson Blanks of Norfolk and
Bethesda and Mr.. Robert
Thompson Blanks, jr., of Norfolk
and Washington, to Ensign AL
bert Harold Hinman, U. S. N. He
is the son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert H. Hinman of Home
stead, Fla.
The wedding took place on
June 6 at st. Andrews Chapel
of the United States Naval Acad-
emy in Annapolis, the Rev. Aldon
Besse officiating.
After a wedding trip to the
Pocono Mountains, the couple
will reside in Norfolk.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Observation-Disclosures
For Summer Season
F festivities on Embassy Row;
Al Fresco Concerts Resumed

Mrs. M. j. Gamboa will give a
reception June 26. The Foreign
Secretary is expected to arrive
in New York aboard the Queen
Mary June % or % and will
come to Washington for a week
or 10 days on his way back to
Manila.
Charge d'Affaires and Mrs.
Gamboa will entertain in the
Embassy where Foreign Secretary
Elizalde himself has been host
so many times when he was Am
bassador to Washington. He
resigned his post here to assume
his present position as chief of
the Philippine cabinet.
Pan American Concerts
The Council of the Organiza-
tion of American States will re-
sumo the very popular summer
concerts in the Aztec garden
June Is. The program will be
of lighter vein than usual with
a leading singer of popular music
in Cuba, Miguelito Valdez, and
the Air Force Orchestra giving
the concert. This opening of the
summer season for the charming
garden which is like a fairyland
on such occasions, will honor the
delegates to the eighth congress
Of Pan American Railways, which
will be meeting in Washington
next week.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
By Katherine M. Brooks

Colombian Ambassador and
Sonora de Restrepo have taken
a cottage at Rehoboth Beach for
the summer and are planning to
go there the end Of this week.
Also in the diplomatic colony at
the popular nearby resort will be
the dean of the corps, Norwegian
Ambassador and Mrs. Munthe de
Morgenstierne and their son-in-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Coleman, and the latter's
small son.
Cuban Ambassador and Sonora
de Concheso came back yester-
day from London where they at
tended the coronation hut they
do not plan to be here more than
a day. They will go to Indiana
to attend the graduation of their
son Aurelio, jr., from Culver
Military Academy this week.
They will be back here again for
a day at the end of the week on
their way to Cuba.
The Conchesos will be accom-
panied on their trip home by
their daughter, Maria Teresa,
who is a student at the Convent
of the Sacred Heart, and young
Carlos who attends Landon
School. The yonger members of
the family will return to WASH
ington in time to resume their
studies. Aurelia. jr.. expects to
enter Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology and Maria Teresa
and Carlos will return to the
schools they attended the past
winter.
Festivities Planned
Ecuador Ambassador Jose
Chiriboga will entertain at din
ner Monday evening. June Is,
in honor of Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. John M. Cabot.
Thai Ambassador and Nine.
Sarasin also have, plans for a
party this month and will cele-
brate their national holiday June
"a at a garden reception.
Weather permitting the hosts
will receive in their garden at
the back of their Kalorama road
Embassy and buffet tables will
be laid in the shade of the tall
hedge with smaller tables for
groups of guests.
Philippine Foreign Secretary
Joaquin Elizalde, who is in Lon
don where he went for the coro-
nation as personal representative
of the Philippine President, will
be the guest in whose honor
Philippine Charge d'Afaires and
Evening star., 1953-06-07
MissVunPeIt,
Mr.. Cromwell
TukeVoWs

Miss Joan Katharine Van Pelt,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph K. T. Van Pelt, became the
bride yesterday of Mr.. Roger
James KiSsel Cromwell. He is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis
Cromwell Of Morristown, N. j.
The ceremony took place at
st. Johns Church with DR.. c.
Leslie Glenn officiating. The re-
ception took place at the 1925
F Street Club with music by
Meyer Davis and his orchestra.
The bride wore a white en-
broidered organdy dress. Her
veil was Of heirloom Brussels
appliqued lace and she carried
bouquet of lilies of the valley
and gardenias.
Mrs. Horace B. Bent Of Bryn
Mawr, Pa, was her sisters ma
tron Of honor and the maid of
honor was Miss Abby Ann K.
T. Van Pelt Of Radnor, Pa.
The other attendants were
Miss Joan Kellett Of Radnor,
Miss Ann Dunn Of New York,
Miss Louise Philler of Wynne-
wood, Pa, Mrs. Lndley G. Mil
Ter Of Oyster Bay, Long Island,
sister of the bridegroom, and the
flower girls were Deborah Nor.
ris and Angela Van Pelt, nieces
of the bride.
Mr.. David E. Cromwell of
Greenville, S. c.. was his broth
er's best man. The usherS were
the Messrs. Herbert Helle of
Crawford, N. j.; Paul Benedurn
of Pittsburgh, James Mather of
Akron, John D. Greene, George
E. Watson III and John Ziegler,
all of New York; Howard Gowan,
Randolph j. Platt of. Philadel-
phia, Stephen C. Chandler of
Chicago, Lindley Miller of Upper
Brookville. N. Y, and Richard
and Donald Kirk Of Morristown,
N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cromwell are
spending their honeymoon in
Bermuda. They will spend the
summer in Morristown, N. j.
The bride is a graduate of
Foxhollow School in Lenox,
Mass. She made her debut at
the Philadelphia Assembly. Mr..
Cromwell is a graduate of st.
Marks School and is attending
Brown University where he is
member of Zeta Psi Fraternity.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Miss Mary Elizabeth Mahoney,
daughter of Mrs. John Joseph
Mahoney of Chevy Chase, Md,
and the late Admiral Mahoney,
became the bride June 6 of DR..
Robert Joseph O'Donnell, son of
DR.. and Mrs. William Francis
O'Donnell. The Rev. James j.
O'Donnell, brother of the BRIDE
groom, officiated at noon and
said the nuptial mass in the
Church of st. Thomas the
Apostle.
Mr.. Philip Sheridan, uncle Of
the bride, escorted her to the
sanctuary, where she was awaited
by DR.. O'Donnell and his brother,
DR.. Vincent Lane ODonnell, who
acted as his best man.
Mrs. John Earl Byrne was ma
tron of honor for her sister and
other attendants of the bride
were another sister, Mrs. Wayne
H. Middleton: Mrs. William A.
Rapp of Coronado. Calf, sister
of the bridegroom; Mrs. John j.
Dyer, Mrs. John E. O'Connor and
Mrs. James A. Carmack of Vir-
ginia Beach.
Little Mary 10 Byrne was her
aunt's flower girl and the ushers
included DrS. Leon A. Martel,
John r. Conley and Seamus P.
Nunan, Comdr. Rapp and Mr..
Robert D. Fuller.
The reception was held in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mahoney
in Bethesda, after which DR.. and
Mrs. O'Donnell left on their we'd
ding trip. They will live in Ar
| lington, Va.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
By lsobeIle Shelton

A friendly suggestion was passed
along to well-intentioned Ameri-
cans the other day by a visitor
from Egypt, Mrs. Nagiba Abdel
Hamid.
She put it more politely. but in
effect her idea was that it's time
Americans learned a little some
thing about the great wide world
beyond their own borders.
Il was very much impressed
by the friendly attitude Of the
American people," the small,
dark-eyed. black-haired visitor
began tactfully.
But you can't make friends
with people if you don't know
anything about them. I found
that Americans are very igno-
rant of the outside world. They
think Of Egypt as still in the
Middle Ages, not in the Twen-
tieth Century.
wherever I went people asked
me about my native costume. ;
They wouldn't believe that this
(gesturing toward her smartly
tailored grey flannel suit and
crisp white blouse) was a typical
outfit for middle class working
woman in an Egyptian city like
Cairo today. Apparently they
expected me to come garbed in
heavy robes. with my face
hidden. They still think of
Egyptian women as women be-
hind walls.
And it isn't only Egypt they
don't know about" she added
Many other foreigners tell me
the same thing"
Here Under Point Four
Mrs. Hamid has just completed
q six-month visit to this country
under the Point Four program
An inspector of private social
agencies for the Egyptian Min
iStry Of Social Affairs, she came
here to study this country's in
stitutionS for juvenile delin-
quents. She has visited juvenile
detention homes in West Vir-
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Mrs. DAVID A. COLVlN
The former
Miss Barbara A. Crabtree.
Miss Barbara Ann Crabtree,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Crabtree of Oakton, Va. became
the bride on June 6 of Pfc. David
Arthur Colvin, U. S. M. c. He
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Colvin of New York City.
The ceremony took place at
the Oakton Methodist Church
with the Rev. c. L. Stillwell off,
ciating. There was reception
at the social hall of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Colvin will reside
in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Miss DoWney
Is Married

Miss Jacquelyn DoWney,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man D. Downey of Arlington.
was married on June 6 to 1t.
Deryle Taylor Whipple, U. S. A..
at the Fort Myer Chapel. Father
Edward Kinirry officiating. A re-
ception followed at the Admiral
Club.
After a wedding trip to the
Laurentian Mountains in Cam
ada, the couple will reside at
Fort Bragg.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

The marriage of Miss Celeste
Murray Bartlett, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Howell Bartlett
Of New York City and Old Chat
ham, N. Y, to Mr.. F. Russell
Lyons, II, son of Mrs. Lyons of
Washington and Kent's Hill, Me-,
and the late Col. Lyons, took
place June 6 at st. Joseph's
Church, Maiden Bridge, N. Y.
The Rev. Kieron Patnode per-
formed the ceremony, following
which a reception was held at
the home of Col. and Mrs. Roger
Brunschwig, uncle and aunt of
the bride, in Old Chatham.
The bride graduated from
Skidmore College and studied at
the Sorbonne and Ecole du
Louvre. She graduated last
month from the Parsons School
of Design. The bridegroom
graduated from Staunton Mill
tary Academy, attended the
United States Military Academy,
and was graduated from Will
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Americans Ignorant
OfRest of World
You Can't Make Friends With People
You Know Nothing About, Says Visitor

ginia, Virginia, Colorado, Mon
tana, Utah. Illinois and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
In her particular field of juve-
nile delinquency the visitor from
Egypt declared herself much
impressed with what you are
trying to do in this country to
keep children in their home en-
vironment if possible. I think it
would be much better for us at
home to do that, even if it cost
more. Taking a child from his
home sometimes is successful.
But it always leaves a scar"
Mrs. Hamid said she was in
terested to observe that in this
country many child delinquents
come from middle and upper
class families.
"The main cause Of delin-
quency in my country is pow
erty." she said. "The main
ofense is stealing, and generally
they steal for need-food, some
times clothing.
"The majority of your boy de-
linquents here steal cars" she
said. "The majority of your girl
delinquents are sex offenders"
She believes that the reason
there are few youthful law
breakers in middle and upper
class Egyptian families is that
family discipline is so strong.
Only where you have broken
homes, or dire proverty, does the
discipline break down."
Admired Doy Nurseries
Although they were outside the
line of her particular study in
this country, Mrs. Hamid also is
going home with a lot of ideas
about day care nurseries.
This is something we don't
have at all in my country, that
would like to help introduce, I"
she said. II visited several of
them, and I think they are won-
derful.
"We will need this type of care
in Egypt in the near future, as
the number of our working
women increase"
She explained that her country
expects to launch a large-scale
program of industrial expansion
in the near future, which she be-
lieves will bring many married
women into the labor market for
the first time.
Mrs. Hamid is herself a work.
ing mother. Her daughter, Aisha,
2, is being cared for by her
mother. Her husband, Mr.. M.
Mounib, is a private lawyer in
Cairo.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
ZetIin-GeIIer

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Zetlin an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Mae to Mr.. Bernard
Geller, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Abe
Geller of Baltimore. Mr.. Geller
was recently separated from the
United States Army, having
served in Germany. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Brooks Photo,

Miss Jeanne Marie Blum,
daughter Of Mrs. Nathan Blum
of Bethesda became the bride
on June 6 of Ensign James Cor
don Douglass, Jr., U. S. N. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass
of Silver Spring.
The ceremony took place at
the Naval Security Station Chap
el with Chaplain Merlin T. Dit
mer officiating. Following a re-
'ception at the Kenwood Golf
and Country Club, Ensign and
Mrs. Douglass left on a wedding
trip to the Pocono mountains.
They will reside in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Miss Sterling is a graduate of
Madeira School and attended
Bennett Junior College and the
Corcoran School of Art. She
made her debut in the spring of
1850. 1t. de Wolf attended ST..
Albans School and George WASH
ington University. He is a vet
eran of World War. II.
The wedding is planned for
October 10.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

The engagement of Miss Maeve
Frederick Sterling. daughter of
the former Minister to Sweden.
Mr.. Frederick A. Sterling, and
the late Mrs. Sterling, to First
1t. Francis Colt de Wolf, Jr.,
U. S. A., was announced yesterday
at a small reception at the home
Of the bride-elect.
1t. de Wolf is the son of Mr..
Francis Colt de Wolf of the De-
partment Of State, and Mrs. de
Wolf.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

liams College. He now is con-
nected with an American firm in
Munich, Germany.
Following a wedding trip to
Paris, the couple will live in
Munich.
, 1953-08-24
Whut Most People
Eat Under Criticism
by Amer. Geo. Society

Most Of the people in the
world are suffering from poor.
diets; they are literally "starv-
ing to death, according to q
study just completed BY the
American Geographical Soc
iety, Washington.
II is not only women who.
want to look like 'sMiss Amer
lea" who are dieting them
seelves to death. Most Of the
pople studied cannot help
themselves. They are victims
of too much population for the
food available, faulty market
ing Of foods, inability to buy,
waste, cultural and religious
taboosS and inefficient farm
ing methods.
In the Western Hemisphere
the West Indies are included
among the places where diets
are weak" and inadequate.
In this hemisphere adequate
diets are available only in the
USA, Canada, Paraguay and
two-thirds Of Venezuela.
, 1953-08-24
President Ike" Gives
Businessmen New
Recognition

Whatever happens in, or
about, business during the
Eisenhower administration,
will not be able to say that
they did not have a hand and
i voice in this regime.
Months ago, a business Adj
visory Committee was named
and the Defense Department
is headed by a president Of &c
neral Motors, etc.
Sunday the Summer White
House in Denver announced
that President Eisenhower
had set up a network" Of eco
nomic experts, all known for
their business acumen,' to
advise the President on trends
in business.
Their reports will be sent
once a month, or %oftener, to
the White House and will be
analysed by Walter Williams,
under secretary Of commerce.
, 1953-08-24
Futher E. S. Thomns
Expected for Second
Visit to Honneldnd

The Rev. e Sydnor Thomas,
veteran Episcopal priest and
native Of St. croix. win visit
the Virgin Islands for a month
beginning next weekend. He
was here last il 1851
Father Thomas was born in
Frederiksted and has been
rector af St. Barnabas Episco-
pal Church, Germantown, Pa,
for As years. This has been his
only paStorate.
Father Thomas is the father
of Mrs, Betty Delagarde, Isl.
Thomas, wife Of the director
of the Virgin Islands Redevel-
opment and Housing Author
ity.
, 1953-08-24
South Koreuns Awurd
John Eisenhower
Meddl 10 MOTOR

Major John Eisenhower, son
Of the United States President
has beeen awarded the South
Korean Distinguished Mill
tary Service Medal with gold
star for outstanding profess
sional skill, resourcefulness
and ingenuity. an announce
ment by the Army said.
Aomng others honored by
the South Korean Govern
ment were Brig. Gen. Wilbur
Dnukelberg, 1t. Col. MILFORD
Woehl, III. Col. Chester Dick
enson, and Maj. Clarence G.
Lee.
All five men were cited for
their work with South Korean
units during the battle Of the
Kumsong bulge, Il the last
days of the fighting
E&E8Nd