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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Ballsyille

Mrs r. f D. Blantdn enter
tanned the home demonstration
club Friday night at her home
"Blenhein The following Off
GERS we're elected Tor the coming
year and Will begin duty in No
vember president, Mrs r j,
Laster vice president, Mrs. L. L.
! essup, secretary, Mrs. r. E D.
Blanton ana treasurer. Mrs t. L.
Tlmberlake, Jr
Plans were completed for the
PoWhatan. Goochland and Louisa
Fair. which comes off this week
A fun attendance and good ex-
hiblts are expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Courtney and
daughter Of ST Louis. We're visi-
tors of Mir and Mrs r f. ID.
Blanton and the Misses Wharton
-Als week
Thursday Guests
Arr. ana Mrs. Gene Kinniur. OF
Asbury Park. N j., Miss Moses
Nunnally and Dianne. OF Rich
n0nd. and Mrs. Eulia cambridge
were the guests Of Mr. and Mrs
Palnore, Thursday
Mir and Mrs. r. J Lester had a
very delightful trip to Hot Springs
and the Skyline Drive, last week
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

This Geld has been properly
tested. After consultation with
his county agent the farmer
begins his rebuilding program:
The right amount of fertilizer
where 1t will do the most good
ut the right time.
report of your soil test and your
cropping history to your county
agent and get his advice about
seeds and fertilizer.
Soil testing is not an exact sci.
ence. but it serves as a pretty
sound indicator of nutrients in the
soil. That's long step toward
success in crop production.
And 1t is well to remember
that over-doses of fertilizer can
be as harmful to a crop as the
right amount can be helpful.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
.CaIra

Mr. and Mrs. Henry RouSch
Joseph and John Rousch, and MI
and Mrs. Sam DoWdy spent the
week end in King William county
Sunday visitors of Mrs. Lyle
OWnby were Mrs. John Wright
and children. Bertha and Wayne.
Labor Day guests were Mr. and
Mrs. D. OWnby. of Tennessee and
Columbus Ownby, of Trents Mill.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Grain Bunk

The type Of grain bunk pic
tured above has proved very
practical for small calves. 1t is
only Is inches high and three
2 8's wide. Then, too, it can
be used for yearlings or any of
the cattle. Many cattlemen use
this same type bunk in their
barns. If it is TO be placed
against a wall the legs on one
side should be extended 20
inches to that a back of one
inch lumber can be added-it
will save feed.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

ing the week with her daughter
Mrs. Elmer Gish, in Richmond.
J. G. Pullen made his usual
visit with friends here, Wednes-
day
Miss Reba Martin. Of Rich
mond, was the week end guest Of
Miss Shirley cambridge
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

foundations national executive di-
rector
The long, star-studded list from
stage. screen, radio and television
includes Henry Fonda, Edward G.
Robinson, Groucho Marx, Rosalind
Russell. Jimmy Durante, Rosemary
Clooney, frankie earle, Guy Lom-
bardo, Spike Jones, Gene Autry.
Hopalong Cassidy, John Cameron
Swayze, Eddie Cantor. Jack Benny,
Kate Smith and many others.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
Colored News
Council Will Meet
At Griggs Residence

The Council Of Colored Women
will hold an important meeting
at the home of Mrs. Annie May
Griggs. GA South Main street.
Farmville, Monday, Sept. IA. at
Z p. m.
All members have been urged to
be present, reports Mrs. Pearl
Madden. president.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

tons top ranking
personalities of
the entertainment
world are giving
their active sup
port to the 1858
polio fund appeal
Of tn e ST t e r
Elizabeth Kenny
Foundation, now
under way. ac-
cording to Mar
vim 7. Kline fha
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
John Randolph P-TA
Will Meet Teachers

John Randolph P-TA will have
its first meeting of the school
year, Wednesday, Sept. IT, at 8
p. m. All parents are urged to be
present to meet the teachers. Re-
freshmentS will be served.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in Buck
lngham county.
In her declining years after the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
CALRA

Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Dowdy, OF
tlndston, were week end holiday
visitors Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter DoWdy.
Mr.. and Mrs Leroy Kisses were
week end visitors Of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Jamerson.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

death OF her sister, Eliza, she went
to Washington and lived with ner
two nieceS.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

d declared. 1.-The
Kenny Founda-
ton is dependent
upon public con-
tributions for its
program of train
ing additional
Kenny Therapists
and for making
the Kenny treat
ment available to
polio victims. 1t
- - ~ An
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11
TOP ENTERTAINMENT
STARS SUPPORTING
KENNY FUND DRIVE

Minneapolis, MINI. - T
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, reigns kngpin
world Gun-chewng Joey Sims pitched o-o
victory inte finals OF the 1858 world
Transport Pa holding Schenectady N.Y. hits
stop Mckee tagged out by Donahoo slides
into second base In the Below winning Aabamns
presented with their trophies
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-11

source of revenue for this work"
Evening star., 1953-04-12
to Elect Officers
|AtAnnuoI MeetinqHe

e. Kinney Of Columbus, Ohio,
chairman Of the Nominating
Committee, will present the pro-
posed slate Of officers.
Mrs. William A. Becker, chair
man Of national defense, will
offer resolutions approved by the
society's National Council, and
the society's national project,
two scholarships to the graduate
school Of midwifery at the
Frontier Nursing Service in Hy-
den, KY, will be discussed.
The newly elected officers will
be honored at a reception to be
given next Sunday at the May
flower. Introductions will be made
by Comdr. Daniel F. Rex. Ar
rangementS are being made by
Mrs. Palmer Way of Wildwood
Crest, N. j., national chairman
of hospitality, and Mrs. Ryland
c. Bryant of the District Society
The presidents of the 80 State
societies will assist in receiving
the members and their guests
Retiring officers and national
chairmen will preside at the tea
table.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
| Silver Spring.
|AntiQue Tour

Members Of the Martha Chap
ter, Silver Spring Church Of the
Ascension. are lending their per-
sonal antiques to be displayed
during q tour Of flve homes to
be held from I to 4 pm. Tues
day.
The tour will begin at the
home of Mrs. William Summers
of Z Park Valley road, Silver
Spring.
Other homes on the tour, all
in the Sligo Park Hills area,
include those Of Mrs. Reginald
Comstock, 8106 Park Crest drive;
Mrs. Donald Parker, 10 Midhurst
road; Mrs. John Lange, 8 Mid
hurst road. and Mrs. Hubert
Thomas, IL Devon road.
Tea will be served at the end
of the tour at, Mrs. Thomas res
idence.
Proceeds from the benefit af-
fair will be used for the Ascen-
sion Church Parish Hall build
ing fund.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
IAzuIeu Tea
Slated in
|ArIinqton

A benefit silver tea, sponsored
annually by the Women's Aux
iliary Of the Anderson Ortho-
pedic Hospital in Arlington. will
be given from 3 to 6 pm. next
Sunday in the azalea garden Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Frisbie Of
636 South Twenty-fifth street,
Arlington.
The Frisbie garden is noted
for its variety of azalea blooms
of both vari-colored and rare
purple hues.
The event is open to the pub
lie and in case of rain will be
postponed to the following
Sunday.
Mrs. Frisbie. a member of the
auxiliary, will be assisted in
plans for the tea by Mrs. Carl
Hengen Of Arlington and Mrs.
John E. Foreshew of Alexandria,
co-chairmen.
Mrs. M. r. Ullom is president
Of the auxiliary which recently
presented a $3.50 exhaust ceiling
fan to the hospital as well as an
81 800 mobile X-ray unit for use
in the operating room.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

The National Society, Daugh-
ters of Colonial Wars, viii hold
its goth annual meeting on Sat-
urday. beginning at 10 am. in
the Mayfiower Hotel.
Mrs. Charles r. Curtiss OF
Joliet. Ill, national president,
will preside at the sessions which
will feature reports Of national
officers and State presidents and
election Of new officers for the
next three years.
A highlight Of the meeting
will be the presentation Of a
charter to the newly formed
Missouri State Society. of which
Mrs. Charles D. Tofflemire OF
Marshall, Mo. is organizing pres
ident.
The memorial service for men,
bers who have died during the
past year. will be conducted at
noon by Mrs. John Scott Wei
born, of High Point, N.C., ma
tional chaplain.
In the afternoon, Mrs. James
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Petworth Club
ToGive PIuy

The Petworth Woman's Club
will present a benefit play en-
titled, "The Paisley Shawl" at
8 pm. Friday at the Petworth
Methodist Church, Grant Circle
NV. -a.>.
Proceeds from the event will
be used to help entertain dele
gates to the convention Of Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs
to be held here next month.
Action Of the play takes place
on a Sunday In 1863 on the Ore
gon Trail, and members making
up the cast will be costumed in
the clothes Of that period.
The play was adapted from a
manuscript written by Mrs. F. j.
MacMaugh. a member of the
club, and the music was COM
posed by Mrs. r. v. Brown.
After the performance, re-
freshments will be served under
the Craftsmanship of Mrs. c. G..
Fisher.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

The Woman'S Club OF Chevy
Chase will hold its annual elec-
ton of officers at its monthly
meeting on Wednesday at the
clubhouse, 7431 Connecticut
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
A new president, two vice
presidents and recording Secre-
tary will be elected.
Names of winners of club
scholarships will also be an
nounced.
The, program preceding the
business session. will feature a
talk by DR.. James G. McMana-
way of the Folger Shakespeare
Library whose topic will be,
Shakespeare Attends the Cor
onation."
Luncheon will be served at
noon. The Rev. Henry w.
Snyder, pastor of st. Paul's
Lutheran Church, will give the
invocation.
Mary Van FoSsen Schwab will
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Sisternood
Plans 2-Duy
HobbyShow

Many unusual items will be
among the attractions at the
antique and hobby show to be
given by the Sisterhood Of the
Adas Israel Congregation on
Tuesday and Wednesday in the
Kay Auditorium. . =
One Of the displays will be an
authentic Small-scale reproduc-
ton of a Japanese Emperor's
court, with dolls dressed as
members of the Japanese royal
family and other members Of
the court. Mrs. Hale >Sehorn
will be the exhibitor.
Other attractions will include
rare china, glass and wood mini
atures, table settings in silver,
brass and copper and demitaSse
cups and saucers.
Among those exhibiting are
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Carter,
Peter Brown, Mrs. Julius Fox,
Mrs. Sylvan Blechman, Mrs.
Austin Jeffries and Mrs. Morris
Gewirz, who is chairman Of the
show.
For the garden minded, Mrs.
Nathan Kluft, Mrs. William
Norwitz and Mrs. Martha Fried
man have arranged a flower
mart which will offer for sale
everything from seedlings to
potted plants.
Other chairmen manning
booths for the show will be Mrs.
Charles Rosenthal, homemade
cooked delicacies; Mrs. Ned
Bord, candy: Mrs. Louis Abra-
ham, refreshments; Mrs. I. s.
Turover, handmade articles and
Mrs. Herman Cohen, plastic ar
ticles. Mrs. Samuel Bloch, Mrs.
Nathan Gildenhorn, Mrs. Louis
Dubit and Mrs. Philip Goldstein
will have charge of prizes.
Mrs. Bernard Berman and
Mrs. Stanley Wiener are assist
ing Mrs. Gewirz with arrange
ments for the gala occasion.
Other committee chairmen in
clude Mrs. Ethyl Fisher, white
elephant booth; Mrs. Irene
Schlossberg and Mrs. Anne
RoSenblum, antiques; Mrs. Hy-
man Berman and Mrs. William
Smith. commission booth; Mrs.
Nathan Katz, tickets; Mrs.
Blechman, decorations and Mrs.
Joseph Zupnik, hoSteSSes.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Auxiliary to Meet

A meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the American Insti-
tute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers will be held Tuesday
at Hotel 2400, to be followed by
a luncheon and program.
Derek Lawford of the British
Information Office will be the
guest speaker at the luncheon.
He will be introduced by Mrs.
George S. Rice, program chair
man. .s-l.-s.
Mrs. Robert Lafayette Ander-
son, president, will preside at the
business meeting.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Club to Mark
Anniversary

Members of the Woodbridge
Book Club will meet for their
26th anniversary luncheon at
1890 pm. Tuesday at the Hotel
Broadmoor, Connecticut avenue
and Porter street NV.
DR.. H. B. Allen, director of edu-
cation of the Near East Founda-
ton, New York City, will be the
guest speaker.
The committee in charge of
arrangements for the event in
cludes Mrs. w. w. Spanton, Mrs.
Joseph Parker, Mrs. James A.
Gamble. Mrs. Roger Craine and
Mrs. Freeman Weiss.
Mrs. William White, club pres
ident, will preside.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Chew Chase Group to Hold Election
-Stor Stoff Photo

describe "ExperienceS in the
Writing and Marketing of Short
Stories and Articles" before the
literature section at 2 pm. Fri
day in the clubhouse. Mrs.
Bernard N. Burnstine and Mrs.
Charles w. Barber will be tea
hosteSSeS.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

AMERICAN PAGEANT-Mrs. Shirley Workman (Unce
SAM and Mrs. Roland MeheII THE suffroeette) both
members Of the Silver Spring Womons Club display
TUNES they in recent club pageant portroyne what
America means to Americans. Miss Gloria Garcia of
Peru looks She one Of several students from the
Americonzotion School here who attended the event.
-Stor Stoff Photo.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Rhetorical Nonsense

An attorney whose client has just been
found guilty is seldom inclined to sing the
praises of the court. Even so, however, At
torney Charles E. Ford is laying it on pretty
thick when he suggests that there was
Communist taint to the special trial board
which convicted Police Inspector Albert l.
Bullock.
Mr.. Ford, of course, did not quite say that
the members of the board were Communists.
What he said was that some of their criticisms
of his Client Inspector Bullock, were "but an
echo of the phraseology used by Communist
representatives" This is an observation which
invites variety of inferences, but the faireSt
and most charitable inference is that Mr.. Ford
is talking nonsense.
He added another comment, however, which
arouSes a surge of hope. This politburo de-
cision," Mr.. Ford announced, will soon be in
our courts where there is no iron curtain"
This suggests that an appeal is to be taken
AN appeal in which all of the facts will be
brought out in the open. In such event. who
can tell what may happen? 1t is even possible,
with the iron curtain lifted, that the people OF
Washington at long last will find out where
Inspector Bullock got $4,000 in excess of his
police salary ip the period 1946-48!
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Dr.. Astin's Reinstatement

In reading your editorial August 16,
on Secretary Weeks reinstatement of
DR.. Astin, am struck with the COM
plete Sidestepping on the most impor-
tant aspects of the case involving the
battery additive.
Pavlcv started something when he
proved that nature could be swayed
from its course by conditioned re-
sponse." BY every known media our
children and we, the general public,
are slowly but surely becoming victims
of conditioned response" that
science is a sacred COW.
Many men in the past, in fact some
of our greatest benefactors, have not
been men of the academic sciences
These men also had their jousts with
the entrenched academicianS, the bu-
reaucrats of their day.
Pasteur, Gallileo, Da Vinci and
most recently, Edison, Ford, and the
Wright brothers believed that "all
things are possible to man" and that
the surest way to ignorance was con-
demnation before investigation. These
were not men with long degrees after
their names denoting successful alb
sorption of other mems ideas but rather
seekers of facts arrived at after ex-
haustive research and many heart
breaking failures.
A small businessman was subjected
to mail fraud order without one
Evening star., 1953-09-02

A great many letters come to this
desk which, through one reason or an
other, cannot be used.
Every once in awhile, in Shuffling
through a pile of them, we come onto
one we think perhaps we should have
used, after all.
Here is one of them.
1t is from A. C. N. of Arlington, and
is as follows:
This is letter from a murdereSS-
a cold-hearted wanton slayer.
I'm watching the baseball game on
TV, but all can see are the beautiful
little faces of the hundreds of yellow
dandelions I slew yesterday.
We've had the weed killer for two
yearS-and each time picked up the
can and read the instructions, there
were so many cautions about drift of
spray to other shrubs and plants that
/ put the can back on the shelf.
X
'The only reason used it finally
was because the dandelionS would
spread to a neighbor's well-kept lawn.
But now my heart is broken when
I behold the lifeless, poisoned blooms
What was their final agony? How
did they die? And why did they have
to die? And will ever be forgiven for
killing them?
Their short little glory beautified
the spring morning-and ! adored
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Communist Political Design

It is not news perhaps but it does serve
as a timely warning to have the Daily Worker,
official organ of the Communist Party in the
United States, advise it's followers that they
should not stand aside" from the important
struggles among the masses who form the base
of the Democratic Party"
There is no likelihood today, of course, that
the Communist Party or its members, by sub
version or inf1ltration, can gain any dangerous
foothold in the leadership of the Democratic
Party. Of the two major political organiza-
tionS in this country, however, the Democratic
Party is the more vulnerable to Communist
design because it has in modern times been the
party of greater appeal to the So-called liberal
elements of the population The gradationS and
variations in liberal PHILOSOPHERS, in turn, can
and have provided "cover" under which politi-
cally Skillful Communists may work toward
their own objectiveS.
It is in the tradition of the Democratic
Party that it should direct much Of its attention
to the interests of "the masses" and for its
own sinister reason, the Communist Party wears
a similar cloak of pretended concern about the
working classes and those of lesser economic
means In this country and in many others it
has been favorite and effective tactic of the
Communist Party to attempt to align itself
with more responsible and powerful political
forces. If you can't lick then-join them, is
formula that has been applied often for Com
munist purposes, with the ultimate objective of
turning on or even attempting to capture the
Evening star., 1953-09-02
This and That

them-as do all wildf1owers-all un-
pedigreed things and people.
And I hereby vow never again to
destroy weed of any kind-not even
poison ivy.
IF forgiveness is the fragrance Of
violet that clingS to the heel which
crushes it. then my memory of their
beauty and the lift they gave my heart
will haunt me for my deed forever"
What this reader suffers from is what
has been called reverence for life"
Templeton Jones has attacks of the
same malady, from time to time.
So do all honest and good persons.
Jones has had a big can of fancy
new rat poison for at least three years.
1t is tastelesS, odorlesS, and causes
the rat to die by bleeding to death in
ternally.
Baltimore has just started using it
in cooperative effort to get citizens to
rid their premises of rodents.
They are delighted with it over
there.
Templeton Jones, over here. is not
so sure.
Time and time again, he has looked
at his big can of this rat poison, which
works on a different principle from the
terrible old poisons formerly used for
such work.
The rats are said to return to the
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Letters to The Star.

complaint being issued against his
product and with no intent to defraud.
This mail fraud order was issued on
the testimony of one postal inspector
and upon the testimony of nine or 10
Bureau of Standards scientists. The
Federal Trade Commission was not
called.
During the recent hearings of the
Small Business Committee, it was
proven that the National Bureau of
Standards did seek scientific and legal
advice from an outside source that was
in part responsible for instigating the
action against the additive in question.
This advice was sought from said
source instead of from the Commerce
Department solicitor or the Depart
ment of Justice. How many other small
businesses have been stifled in like
manner, and how many other bureaus
are swayed by outside influences?
These are the questions that should be
pursued by the so-called crusading
press and not popularity contest for
Government worker against his Su-
perior.
Stanley w. Olsen,
Director, CORTLAND D. Ferguson, Inc,
Public Relations Counselors..
Evening star., 1953-09-02
1t Isn't the Humidity

The current hot weather is unique in
malicious sort of way. This time it isn't the
humidity but the heat that is making every
body so uncomfortable This meteorological
turn of affairs has had two advantages. 1t
has provided sufferers with the somewhat
consoling thought (best not expressed that
things could be a whole lot worse And it has
forestalled the traditional, profound cliche:
"It's not the heat, it's the humidity"
Weather experts have emphasized the dry
ness of the heat wave which has engulfed most
of the Nation recently. The relative humidity
hereabouts has ranged between the middle
twenties and thirtieS-per cent, that is The
usual midsummer heat spell is accompanied
by much higher percentages of atmospheric
mosture-often in the eighties and nineties.
That combination is the kind that brings out
the perspiration and the meaner traits in the
average man.
There is one possible advantage of higher
humidity at time like this. There comes a
peak of saturation that can lead to thunder
storms and blessed precipitation to cool things
off, Right now, however, there isn't enough
water in the air to precipitate. So the heat is
likely to be with us for a while yet making
life miserable for those who have to work by
day and want to sleep at night Perhaps a
rapid rise in humidity, with attendant precipi-
tous developments, is what the country warmly
needs.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
By Charles E. TroceweH
Veritas.

bait even when they can scarcely stag
ger, not knowing that it Is the food
that is killing them.
"a dirty trick" opines Templeton
Jones, and will have none of it.
So the rats in his garage thrive.
Jones has to admire them as efficient
living things, themselves the victims of
germs.
Rats are totally ignorant of the fact
that they are dangerous to mankind.
What rat is after, primarily, in
this world. is what human being is
after, namely, something to eat.
To kill him by tricking him in his
search is not regarded by many as
exactly sportsmanlike.
But a rat is rat, of course.
And a dandelion dandelion?
Vastly more persons will Sympathize
with a fair deal for dandelionS than
with fair deal for rats.
Dandelions, after all, do little harm
in this world except to human tempers.
And many persons have found them,
as our (belated) correspondent. charm
ing, really, one with violets, and the
spring beauty and the common white
daisy.
In the old days our grandmothers
and mothers loved the daisy more than
any other flower. 1t was often the only
one they had.