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Evening star., 1953-03-15

of the American Bar AsSocia-
tion and grant to lawyers the
same recognition previously
given organized baseball play
ers, printers. motion picture
producers, physicians, poultry
raisers, volunteer flremen,
bankers, locomotive drivers.
chemists and engineers. The
other comedies to the Future
Farmers of America the same
favor accorded the All Clubs
last year.
Mr.. Summerfield likewise let
it be known that a stamp will
be produced publicizing the
Tooth anniversary of the Gads-
den Purchase. whereby the
United States attempted to
mollify Mexico for the losses of
the Mexican War 1846-1848)
and subsequent Indian depre-
dations as well as acquire land
needed for a railroad to Cali
fornia.
The last mentioned of the
first Republican stamps is a
memorial adhesive fora Gen.
George S. Patton, jr., tank
corps commander in World
War II. Announcement of it's
authorization inevitably has
raised the question: What
about a stamp in remem-
brance of Gen. John j. PERISH
ing? Such a stamp was re-
quested when "the Known
Soldier" of World War I died
in 1948. It was shelved al
legedly because of Gen.
Pershing's affiliation with
leading Republicans of his
time.
Dates of release for the
commemorative forecast by
Mr. Summerfleld have not
been decided upon. The Wright
brothers famous fight at Kitty
Hawk, N. c., was an event of
December II, 1908. Perry ar
rived at Yeddo on July Z. 1858.
The first meeting of the Amer
ican Bar Association took
place on August 81, 1878.
Gadsden negotiated his treaty
with Santa Anna on December
80. 1853, and the purchase of
the MeSilla valley was pro-
claimed on June 80, 1854. Gen.
Patton was born November IL,
1885, and died Gas a result Of
a traffic accident) December
81, 1945. The Future Farmers
were organized in Kansas City
on or about November 20,
1928. First-day arrangements
almost certainly will take into
account these dates.
The Future Farmers stamp,
however, may be released in
October, at the time of the or
ganization's annual eonven-
ton. It will direct attention to
a movement in agricultural
education which began in Vir-
ginia but which now has
spread to all 48 States, Hawaii
and Puerto Rico. Each of
$500 local chapters is being
a1erted to make the most of
the publicity opportunities af-
forded by the issuance of the
F. F. A. commemorative. Many
of the 352,916 members al
ready are philatelists and
others may be expected to be-
come interested because of
the Future Farmers stamp.
A stamp to publicize the
50th anniversary of the organ
ization of the Ford Motor Co.
may be authorized shortly.
MaSha Maryn, youth directc
of the Washington Jewish Com
munity Center, 1929 Sixteent
street NV, would appreciat
gifts of duplicates of foreig
issues for distribution to mem
bers of her stamp club.
The General Services Admin
Evening star., 1953-03-15

design the scent Louisiana Purchase SeSQui-cen
teial 1OiU ShoO tactul tdbleGu OF James
Monroe Robert Livingston and the Marquis MarboS sgng
Louisiana transfer at Paris in Scuptured SebGnce and
not the stainless steel ranbo originally proposed by MuSo
being urged to be built
St. Louis Fustday sale stipulated for St. Louis April 90
Evening star., 1953-03-15

The National Photographic
Society has scheduled a stereo
slide program with a discus
sion Of stereo photography .un-
der the leadership of w. Bryon
Hale for the meeting of the
color division Wednesday eve
ming at BIS. A group of so
stereo slides will be shown.
The lecture will cover por-
triture, commercial, technical
work. etc.. and several of this
city's most capable stereo
workers will participate.
Elbridge c. Purdy of the De-
partment of Agriculture will
comment on members slides
in the competition phase of
the program. Each member
may present as many as three
slides in each size class for
criticism. The meeting will be
held in the auditorium of the
Smithsonian Institutions Nat
ural History Building, Tenth
street and Constitution ave-
nue..
The advanced group of the
FOtO- Graft Club will meet at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Harris. 1929 Jackson street
NE, at $3.50 pm. Thursday,
for a print discussion. Mem
bers should bring one print
and camera equipment.
The Alexandria Camera Club
will hold a monochrome print
competition Tuesday night at
8 O'Clock in the Alexandria
Recreation Center. Cameron
and Harvard streets.
Edward Cobb will return for
his third lecture appearance
before the USDA Photographic
ROundtable at next Fridays
meeting. Mr.. Cobb will discuss
prints submitted by members
on a previously assigned
theme: "And This Is Wash
ington." The group will meet
in Room 1909, South Agricul-
ture Building. at 8:15 pm.
Members of the Washington
Society of Cinema -TOgraphers
will attend their premier show
Evening star., 1953-03-15

Members of the Washington
Society of Cinema Tographers
will attend their premier show
Evening star., 1953-03-15

The Alexandria Camera Club
will hold a monochrome print
competition Tuesday night at
8 O'Clock in the Alexandria
Recreation Center. Cameron
and Harvard streets.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

Kodak sonotrack coating, a
magnetic sound track service.
has been made available for
double perforated 16-mm. film.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

A new Leica manual edition
is out, being a revision of the
last one published in August,
1851.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

TUCKED away in the rich
L fields Of Charles County,
Nd, Is q rare old house that
is q delight to those interested
in restoring the sturdy homes
Of Colonial America.
It Is Dents Palace, the
ancestral home of the Dent
family, a prominent name
hereaboutS, but despite its
beauty and antiquity, a well
nigh forgotten place until a
few years ago.
The house with its thick
brick walls, huge hand-hewn
beams, IL rooms, fifeplaces
and heart-pine floors probably
was built between 1720 and
175O. -
Even in 1720 the Dents were
well established in Maryland,
for 1t was then that John
Dent applied for a resurvey of
the property, which included
1900 acres.
Differences in construction
indicate that portions Of the
house were built at different
times and it Is possible that
part of it was built when the
resurvey application was
made.
Family records show that
several Dents who were off,
GERS in the Revolution were
born there; hence, it is likely
that the house was completed
in its present form at least Is
or 80 years prior to l776.
In early years, a wagon road
ran close by the front door
and it isn't difficult to enviSion
Colonial travellers stopping of
at the Dents to discuss the
rising tide against the crown,
the doings of the Continental
Evening star., 1953-06-21
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09

Lancaster. hostess No 1. at $50
.. m. Mrs j p. Lancaster. chair
man. Mrs Hudson and Mrs Re-
hCStesSes, in Student Lounge at
LongWood College. No. at p. m.
Mrs. ] J Fulcher. j.. chairman.
Miss Halle McCraW, hostses. No.
6, At 8 p m. Mrs. w. F. Rhodes.
chairman. Miss Lillian Minkel,
hostess. No 7. at 8 p. IN. Mrs. T
l. Snyder chairman. Mrs. T. j.
Riley hostess No s, at 8 p m.
Yrs II # Southau. chairman,
Mrs. George Jarrett and Mrs w
j. Garland, hostesses, at Hotel
Weyaroke.
Episcopal Group meetings, Mon
day, October u, at 7:30 p m.
in Johns Memorial Parish House
General meeting, with him on ru-
raj missionary work. III Fertile
soil" 3emembe. to bring gil. fo-
Parish House.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09

ticle. as The fashion designers
wanted us to d..
Clothlers must be a little scared
to pull anything too adventurous
on US right now. We never have
taken to readily to styles like the
Bikini bathing suits or some OF
the other dreadful creations to
emerge from Paris. We're buying
and that's enough to keep most of
them satisfied.
However, there is some attempt
to change the length of clothes
again-this time upwards. The
word is going around that Is to
II inches off the floor is the lat
est style and the one most apt to
show off feminine leg. What adj
vantage this would give us, we're
wondering.
Mrs. Eisenhower probably re-
fleets the feelings of most of us
when it comes to following fash
ion trends. She believes in wear
ing what is most becoming to
each Of lis. She likes her hem
lines discreet Is inches from the
floor. and anyway. she sees no
point in spending her husbands
money when her last years ward
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Local Members Join
OAR District Meet

The Southside District OF tht
Daughters of TIE American Revo-
luton met in Martinsvil.e Va. in
September.
The District of which Mrs. Da-
vid Wilson. Of Hampden- Sydney.
was moderator, includes 10
chapters. and 80 members were
present at the meeting.
Mrs. Robert 8. Crawford. State
conservation chairman. and Mrs.
w. w. McClintic, of the Judith
Randolph Chapter. attended from
Farmville.
Mrs. F. K. Ferrow. of Hurt .di-
rector. presided. Also present were
Mrs. c. Bernard Bailey. State re-
gent from Charlottesville. and
Mrs. Everett ice Reoass. Of Sa-
lem vice president genera of the
National Society.
1t the close of the business SEES
sion. the election of officers for
the ensuing the years was held
s'ith the following cilly elected
Director. Mrs J. Eyron Clark. of
Stuart; vice director, Mrs. Win
ston Edwards. of Danville secre-
tary, Mrs. j r Parker, Of Mar.
tinSville
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
$lOO, 900, Tie Clasp
Received Here

J w Ramsey. life insurance
representative in Farnville, has a
new tie clasp with 100000, 900
behind it.
Similar clasps went to all Life
Insurance of Georgia representa-
tives recently as the company
passed the billion dollar mark of
life Insurance in force.
The sales lrark was announced
here by J. c. Pemberton, man
a9cr OF the rynchburg Office. The
company was founded in 1891
with home Offices in Atlanta There
are more thar 5000 field rapren-
tatiVpS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Irrelevant IY'ererent Notes
On Female Fashion World
Ey JACKIE TrALL

All this recent hue and cry
about the latest fashions II VOL.
mems clothes HAS some Of us BE-
Wildered. We're BEGINNING to feel
like SO many pricked balloons that
were blown w for ali occasion
that fi22led..
For the past two months. we've
been bombardec by m8eazines ana
newspaper articles that foretold Of
momcntous alterations in raiment.
From all We can see in depart
ment stores and ads. the dresses
and suits shown there are mostly
variations OH the same old theme
not that most Of us would want
to see any drastic changes.
It's Just that we feel we've been
taken for a ride Here we expected
not merely pencil thin. but Wlre-
thin skirts against which many
OF US were ready TO take up arms
and lobby, If necessary. and the
creations Of genius to soften our
lines. yet keep them to mini
mum.
Perhaps there are a few more
narrow skirts stocked ii stores
now, but side by-side. in great
profusion. are numbers Of flared
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09

rlends On Thursday she went to
LaWrenceVille to be the guest of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L.
Brewer, for several days.
MI and Mrs. ice Wick. Jr..
we're guests on Sunday OF her
brother and sister in-laW Mr.. and
Mrs D W Johnston
Week end guests OF Miss Eliza
beth and Max Mohaupt were Miss
Margaret Mohaupt. OF Richmond.
Mrs. Philip Malone. of Massie's
Mil. and Miss Margaret Malone
of Bedford.
Miss Ollie Porterfield spent sew
eral days last week with Mrs.
John Fl igerS and MS. Ed. Will
kerscn. at Kingsvli'e.
Miss Eunice Chernault. OF Co.
vington, was a week end guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND Cherna 1t
William Mclaughlin. who is
living in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Chernault. spent
the week end at his home in
Scotsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Cher
nault and Johnny visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Julian BeaZley and Mr.. and
Mrs. B NJ McCount, in Bucking-
ham. recently.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09

skirts gathered skirts, and skirts
tucked fore and after-alrnost any
Elna 81 skirt, IN other words, to
suit the endless varieties of the
female figure.
We had some sort of idea that
anything from the waist down
showing any kind of fulness would
strictly passe--like the Fall.
when we came out Of our sum-
ef's Information. to find that the
knee-lensth hens were gone, and
apparel had taken six-inch nose
dive.
That was about as drastic a
change as we've seen in many a
wear and MANY of US would now
tlatly oppose any other move to
aTolutionize the happy rule we
are III. clotheswise. Supposedly
wars brine on startling moods,
looking back to the flapper era
that followed World War I. With
Ears coming so often nowadays.
though, we certainly can't go to
ne trouble aud expense of being
100 startling. II was enough af-
ten the last fight to spend endless
hours lengthenining our knee high
wardrobe. or shelving every ar
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Social Activities
Club Calendar

BPW Club. Thursday. October
6, dinner meeting at Z p m, Long
wood House Emblem program.
WSCS OF Farmville Methodist
Church. Monday, October -. at
8 p. IN. Circle No. .. MIS- c. B
Williams. leader, MIS- w. E An
derson 40 Appon3attoX st host
ess. No. 3. Mrs Gerald Smith
leader, Mrs (. NJ Whitlock. 500
First Ave. hostess No i, Mrs. c.
I Noble, leader. Mrs r. A. Will
month. coo First Ave. hostess. No
S. Mrs. c O. K DID, leader, Mrs
Robert Farmer. HIS Road. host
ess. No. s, Mrs. r. L. Jones. Lead
er, Mrs. G. f. Anderson. 500 Beech
St. hostess. No 7, Mrs. c L. John
son. leader, Mrs Harry MOTLEY
4l2 Third Ave. hostess. No 8. Mrs.
Grace Gordon, leader. Mrs f. G..
Slate, 205 Garden ST, hostess. Nc
g. Mrs S L. DCwdy, leader, Mrs.
G. c. Pearce, 400 Beech ST.. host
ess. No. 10, Mrs. H. T. Baldwin,
leader, Mrs. Pattie Harper, Til
Second Ave. hostess
Farnville PRESBYTERIAN Church
Circles. Monday. october -. as
follows No. at 10 a. m. Mrs
Clyde Bliss. chairman, Mrs r. A.
McCorkle, hostess No 2 at 1920
a. m, Mrs A. M DeMuth. chair
man, Mrs. Halle NJ I.ajng. host
ess No 3, at $50 p m. Mrs. r b
Crawford chairman. Mrs +. P.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Five Forks

Recent dinner guests in the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Swan
were Mrs. j. T. Baker. Mrs. r. f.
Booker, Mrs. Lula Shorter. NJ 5.
H. c. Cunningham. Mrs. Edward
Shorter and Mrs. E. B. Womack.
Miss Matte Jane Swan spent the
week end the same home with her
parents, also Other guests were
Mrs. Mary S. CarWile and Luther
Weiland. of Lynchburg. and Miss
Ella Carter of Staunton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Hancock.
OF Lynchburg, spent Saturday
with S. T Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gillian and
Mr. and Mrs. B. c. Gillian, of
F'armville, attended the home
coming at Rustburg Church.
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Covington
and family. of Roanoke Rapids.
visited his parents. last SATURDAY.
and Sunday. they visited in the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. Bill Coying
ton. of Farmville. Mr.. and Mrs
Arnold Covington, of Five Forks,
visited there, also.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Marriage Takes Place
In Amelia Saturday

The marriage of Miss Mary Lee
Keener. daus nter of Crawford
Keener Of Amelia, and the late
Mrs. Keener. to Lieutenant Virgil
Shaw Wilson. Jr.. United States
Army. son Of Ar. and Mrs. WIFI
son. of Clintonville. Wis. took
place at II a. m, Saturday, Oc-
tober 3. at Trinity Methodist
Church. The Rev c. A. Turner.
III, of Powhatan, officiated.
The bride, gwen in marriage
by her father. wore q gown of
ivory satin. Hci fingertip veil fe
from a cloche Ct lace embroider-
ed in seed pearls and she carried
a prayer book with an orchid
Miss Juanita Anders. of Crewe.
was maid of honor ana Dorothy
Anne Coleman. of Amelia, was
flower girl.
Lieutenant William O. Ney. Of
Camp Pickett. was best man. The
ushers were Wayne Keener, broth
er of the bride and Lieutenant
Britton Murdoch. and Captain
William A. Brooks, of Camp Pick
EFT.
After a reception the couple left
for a Southern wedding trip.
The bride is graduate of Mary
Washington College.
The bridegi DOM attended the
University of Wisconsin Extension.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
WIorshan,

The Rev Ralph Cutler left for
Lynchburg on Monday, where he
will conduct a revival through
October ia.
Mr. and Mrs J. K. Jarrad and
Mr.. and Mrs. J K. Jarrad. Jr.. OF
Norfolk, were recent guests Of A.
NJ and G. NJ Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wood ana
daughter, Shirley. moved during
the week end to Halifax, where
they viii make their future home
Mrs d. w Johnston spent
TUESDAY in Greenfield With
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Darlington Hets.

The Community Chest Drive
will be launched in Prince Edward
county. Monday, Oct. IL. The
quota for Buffalo District IS $500.
Someone will visit the homes to
solicit your donation. Let's all CO.
operate SO that we may 90 over
the goal in helping his worthy
cause
Mr.. and Mrs Howard Shorter
and Mrs Ronald Bowles and son.
visited relatives in Roanoke, Sun
day.
Mrs. Emmett Wilkerson, Of
Roxboro, N. c., visited her moth
er, Mrs. J. II. Payne. last week.
Mrs. Margaret Watson. Mrs. Ed
Davis and the Misses Whsle and
Matte Thornton, OF Pamplin.
motored down the Skyline Drive
to AsheVille. N c.. for the week
end.
Mrs. Mary S. Payne and Mrs.
Lucy Glover are visiting their
brother, j. E Singleton, and Mrs.
Bessie Singleton.
Mrs. j. L. Metcalf visited Mrs
Mary Shorter in Richmond over
the week end She was accom-
panied by Miss Elizabeth Single
ton. who stopped by Powhatan to
visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Payne. Of
Houston, Texas, are visiting Mrs.
j. H Payne
Mr. and Mrs, w w. Woodland
and sons. Keith and Doug. Of
Beaverdam, visited the G. II.
Driskill family last week.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09

robe is standing up well.
OF course, all OF us like a little
conservative change - the kind
that viii make us look a tiny bit
different from everybody else, but
not much.
It's undoubtedly very kind and
unselfish Of the fashion designers
TO give us so much thought. But
they needn't worry about our
wants SO much. Well let them
know the lnomett we're ready for
a New Look.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-09
Girl Born to Hubbards

Nj and Mrs Harvey johnson
Hubbard. ,Tr of Sedley, announce
the birth Of daughter, Dorothy
Lynn at the Obici Memorial Hos
pital, in Suffolk. on Septen' Der 26
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-09-12
NEWS FROM THE
BAHAMAS

The king of the trumpet and
popular band leader is dead. No
more will Prof. Herbert A. Rob-
erts and his famous st. Agnes
Cornet band lead the convention
parades of the fraternal organi-
cations through the main streets
of the convention cities. Known
all over Florida as "Bulla' Rob-
erts. he became famous for his
endurance and his ability to mi
nipulate the high notes on his
trumpet so clearly and he never
rests on a street parade.
After months of illness the end
came at 1920 o'clock on We'd
nesday, Sept. 2 at his home in
East st.
The funeral was one of the lar
gesr in memory. The crowd was
too much for the marshalls to
line up and the funeral was
about an hour late in reaching st.
Agnes church where the body was
funeralized by Canon M. E. Coop
er.
The Southern Band, Catholic
Band and the st. Agnes Cornet
Band played his favorite funeral
marches from the house to the
church, then to the grave yard.
Prof. Roberts spent a number
of years in Miami where he dis
tinguished himself as a band
leader and was well known all
over Florida. After he returned
home to live he shared his ex-
perience with the bands in Mas
sau and organized the st. Agnes
Cornet Band.
He is survived by host Of
friends and a wife, Mrs. Sylvia
Roberts, two sons, Private Eu-
gene Roberts of the U. >. army
and Leo Roberts, four daughters,
Mrs. Gladys McFord of Miami,
Mrs. Lillian Simmons of Miami,
Mrs. Millicient Sparrow of Mi
ami and Mrs. Persis Rodgers of
Nassau, two brothers, Eugene
Roberts, New York and Hartman
Roberts, Nassau, Mrs. Alice Rus
sell, aunt, Is grandchildren and
two great grands.
The Scribe extends his deepest
sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-09-12
OSBORNE KEMP DIES

Mr.. Osborne Kemp, 81, brother
in-law of Mr.. Johnny Johnson
of Miami and a uncle-in-law of
Mr.. Leo Armbrister, passed to the
great beyond at the Bahamas
General hospital shortly after
mid night on Saturday morning.
The deceased was a christian
gentleman and faithful worker
of st. Agnes church. When he
was quite a boy he became a
member of the choir and acolyte,
later he became a Sunday School
teacher and then lay reader, one
of the cantors and a member of
the vestry.
Grants Town witnessed an
other large funeral on Sunday as
st. Agnes Church was. filled while
hundreds stood on the outside to
pay their last respects to this
faithful member of their church
and a friend to all who knew
him. the high mass for the de-
parted was conducted by Canon
M. E. Cooper, who gave every
thing in the line of church SER
vice for the departed and eulo-
gized to his faithfulness to st.
Agnes church.
MasonS and Knights of Pythias
followed the long line of women
mourners. The st. Agnes choir and
acolytes marched in front of the
hearse from the church to the
cemetery where the body was laid
to rest.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-09-12
WELCOME BAPTISTS

This week Miami is entertaining the National Bap-
fist Convention Some 10000 Delegates literally
poured into the city They by train, by bus by air.
by automobile and they here Miami endeavoring
make their stay pleasant one.
The official opening Of the convention took place on
Wednesday at Dinner Key auditorium, with the w.
Prince Vaughn of Birmingham, Ala. speaker.
President Eisenhower wired greetings to the conven-
ton.
The women's department met at the Dade county
auditorium Mrs Mamie Burroughs of Washington D. c.,
president, presiding.
Welcome addresses made by Mrs. j. Riley
Staats president of Greater Miami Council of Church
terfaith Council; Mrs Mamie Williams of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers; Mrs Irene Straughter
of the National Council of Negro Women.
The convention closes Sunday. Miami will be bet
ter off for having had the convention Twenty thousand
people must have spent quite of money for board
and lodging and certainly the visitors especially women
would not leave Miami without doing shopping at
our beautiful stores.
The Miami Times hopes that all delegates will carry
with them pleasant recoectons and will want to again
visit our city.