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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-02
Left Undone

As WE ASSESS the past year we can say
that I'VE have left undone those things
we should have done, and done those things
which we should not have done Regard
less of our good resolutions and regardless
of Our efforts and good intentions we can
never get around to doing all of the things
we should do. 1t is equally true that we
will do those things we should not do. SO
when it is time for New Years resolutions
we can consider only the most important
things We should do and the most import
ant things we should not do To attempt a
blanket resolution covering all of our frail-
ties is to be sWamped to the point that New
Years resolutions far exceed our ability to
cope 1t IS not so if we choose our principal
deficiencies and concentrate on them. re-
lying for help upon One stronger than we
are. In our own strength we are unable to
cope with strongly entrenched habits, and
we must call upon God for help which
means daily contacts through prayer.
The greater number of human frailties
are those of omission. Possibly the great
est crime against ourselves is the wastage
of time. Time moves on necessarily, a min
ute lost or squandered can not be recover
ed, il is gone forever. Therefore, the sys-
tematc use Of time is one of lites most i'm
portant problems. The people we know who
*. things done are those who appropriate
their time to the various activities. Some
how they get around to do the majority of
the Things they have planned to do. 1t is an
art. gained through training and wise plan
ming. The ideal would be eight hours for
labor. eight hours for refreshment. and
eight hours for rest, but we know Of few
who are able to maintain such q schedule
We don't know that progress could have
been made under this Schedule Thomas
Edison is said to have used only four hours
in rest. and other men and women who
have contributed greatly to the progress Of
mankind have exceeded the ideal schedule.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-02

ing such measures-and that public opinion
in both countries will support these efforts
to defeat kremlin. strategy. Christian
Science Monitor.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-02

One Of the marycls of our age is that
the United States continues to go its way
without any form of universal military
training, while depending on draft and its
veterans to supply armed services man
power,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-02
against the mind or the intellect
Bible Meaning of Heart

Even in modern times, with all
our passion for scientifically &C
curate terms, there is no one word
which means just what this word
heart means in the Bible. There
the heart stands for the center of
the personality as whole. II we
used such words as core" or
root" or handspring Of life.
we should be getting at the idea.
II is not emotional. though il af-
fects the emotions. 1t is not in
tellectual though it lies back OF
thinking. 1t does not quite mean
character, rather il means the tap
root Of character.
Let us try to illustrate it. Tell the
same piece of news to several peo-
ple-say the report Of some acct
dent or disaster, and see how they
react. One will be quite indifferent,
one will burst into tears. another
will laugh. another will say,
Cant we do something to help?"
Now what makes the difference?
All have heard the same words.
but the words have different eff
fects. In Bible language, the rea-
son is that they have different
hearts The inner makeup is some
thing deeper than what the eyes
see or the ears hear it is deeper
than the brain. ii lies at the bot
tom of the feelings. When the
Bible speaks Of persons heart,
it is not speaking of the way he
acts or talks or feels or thinks; it
means the way the man is.
God Sees Through Paint
If there was one sort Of per-
son for whom Jesus had no use
whatever, il was a hypocrite A
hypocrite is person who has
learned the fatal trick Of short
circuiting his heart from his out
ward actions. The hypocrite turns
a smile on and off as he would turn
water faucet, not because he
feels like smiling or frowning, but
because he thinks a smile is called
for: he will say one thing and
think another His apparent emo
tons. language, actions. have no
more relation to his real inner
self than the actions Of clown in
A circus A clown can act very
funny with his painted smile,
though inWardly full of bitterness
Of grief He acts comical because
he is paid for It. not necessarily
because he feels gay.
Jesus liked people who live from
within. who have no short7circuit
between what they are on the out
side and what they are on the in
side He did not care much for a
flg-tree which was really nothing
but figs stuck on thorn bush. This
IS Why the Bible has SO much to
say about the heart. II God has a
mans heart. he has the man.
Division of Christian EDUCATION. Ma
:ionaI Council of the Churches of Christ
n the U.s.A. Released by WNU
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-02
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Evening star., 1953-12-26
By g. o. Herndon

How does it happen that q
man suddenly decides to devote
the rest Of his life to God? What
acts. what circumstances cause q
man to dedicate himself to the
spiritual comfort of others?
Here is one answer. supplied
by the new pastor of a Prince
Georges County Baptist congre-
CATION which meets in a still.
unfinished church at Hillcrest
Heights.
Anthony r. Bort. 81, is sure
that he is a preacher now, be-
cause, while serving overseas
during World War II, he was
drafted by God.
Sailing toward France in the
summer Of 1914. TONY" Bort was
a 22-year-old private. He re-
members himself as being "inGe-
pendent, 'onery and agnostic." I"
His father, Harry r. Bort, had
died the year before, a few
months after completing 10 years
as an Evening Star route agent
in Montgomery County. Tony
himself worked with his father
on a Star truck for 13 years.
Series of Narrow Escapes.
The private en- route to the
battles in Europe heard a still
younger man, an evangelist,
preach on the deck of the Liberty
ship. -Four months and four
brushes with death later, Tony
Bort was convinced he had been
recruited into the ranks of the
clergy.
He narrowly escaped death
first in Belgium. AS q member
of an artillery battalion, he was
bivouacked with a command post
crew behind the front lines.
During the night he was
awakened and called to an out
post. Thirty minutes later a
shell struck the spot where he
had been sleeping.
The next time he was in ~Hol-
land. It was in early Septem-
ber. The artillery observers in
the crew had perched their out
post atop a Stag pile near a coal
mine. It was his turn to be
posted up there. But the groups
non commissioned officer decided
to take the duty himself that
day. The non-com died five
minutes later when a mortar
shell exploded at the top of the
Stag pile.
The third time such an Incl
dent happened was in mid
October and the artillery OBJ
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Days of Our Years Is Topic

The Rev. George M. Docherty.
minister, will preach on THE
Days of Our Years" at the $50
and II am. services tomorrow in
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Evening star., 1953-12-26

being wounded and childishly
feeling that God had let him
down, Mr.. Bort says. BY No
vember he was a private first
class and the units jeep driver.
He and the other observers were
posted within mortar range of
the Germans in Heurtgen Forest.
For 13 days the sun remained
behind clouds. Pfc. Bort by then
had begun reading from the
Bible to the other soldiers. He
was sitting on the edge of a
dugout reading to his buddies
when the sun came out. 1t
flashed on the windshield of a
nearby weapons carrier. Sec
onds later enemy mortar shells
smashed into their post. AS the
men leaped into the dugout,
Bort was hit by a shell fragment
"a slight wound in the leg.
Two weeks later, in a hospital
in France, he read in Stars and
Stripes how all the men in his
outfit were among Americans
slain by German troops during
the Battle of the Bulge.
Began Studies in 1916.
He was honorably discharged
from the Army in early 1916
and he Immediately commenced
working toward his now-clear
goal-to become a preacher.
That fall he attended pre-
paratory school. BY 1948 he was
able to enter American Univer-
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Eleventh Session
OF Christian School
Opens Here Jan. Z

The Department of Christian
Education of the Washington
Federation of Churches has an
nounced the opening January IL
Of the 18th session of the Chris
tian School in the Nations Cap
ital at Calvary Baptist Church.
Eighth and H streets NV.
The sessions will be held on
Tuesday evenings through Feb
ruary is. Glasses begin at 6:10
pm.
High light of the school will be
lecture series on "The Chris
tian Hope" by the Rev. Lawrence
D. Folkemer of George Washing
ton University.
Glasses will be offered on the
Old and New Testament, Chris
tian education. family relations
and church organizations. Dean
Of the school is the Rev. William
j. Coulter.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Narrow Wartime Escapes Led CT to Become Pastor

sity, where he majored in philos-
ophy and took a liberal arts
course. He graduated in 1851
with a B. A. degree.
During that time he had to
work also. He earned enough
to continue studying by taking
jobs as an upholsterer. And he
found time to preach at street
meetings for the Central Union
Mission, the Salvation Army
and the Youth for Christ In
ternational Organization.
Apparently not busy enough
with his studies, his job and
weekend evangelism, he added
another responsibility in 1947-
marriage. His wife, Betty, is
an accomplished musician and
is now organist at her husbands s
church.
Interim PaStOrates.
After graduating from Amer
lean University, Mr.. Bort had to
discontinue his studies for a
time. But he continued preach
ing whenever the occasion Of
fered. He has held interim pas
torates at Baptist churches in
Maryland and Virginia.
In September, 1852, he began
years study at the Eastern
Baptist Seminary in Philadel-
phia. Then, last July, he was
called to Hillcrest Heights as
interim pastor.
Church members last Septem-
ber voted to offer him the pas
torate, and Mr.. Bort decided to
discontinue his seminary studies.
Next week there will be a
Baptist ceremony that will sig
nifty for him the attainment of
the goal envisioned nine years
ago in France. On Wednesday,
at 8 pm, in the Centennial Bap-
tist Church, Seventh and Eye
streets NE, he will be ordained
minister of God.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
3Ministers Named
To Be Fellows al
College Of Preachers

The Rev. Theodore o. Wedel,
warden of Washington's Cathe-
dral's College of Preachers, has
announced the appointment Of
three fellows for the winter
term. They are:
The Rev. Albert E. Pons, rec
tor of st. Michael's Church,
Fort Worth, Tex; the Rev.
Henry H. Rightor. jr.. of Christ
Church. Charlotte, N. c.. and the
Rev. Arthur M. Sherman, jr., of
the Church of the Mediator,
Allentown. Pa.
Fellows are former students of
the college now in postgraduate
studies in connection with pa
rochial work.
Leaders Of college sessions for
the winter term include the
Right Rev. Richard Enrich,
Episcopal Bishop of Michigan;
the Rev. Charles Martin, head
master of st. Adams School; the
Rev. Walter Williams, rector of
st. Marks Church, Berkeley,
Calf; the Very Rev. Alden D.
Kelley, dean of Seabury- Vest
ern Theological Seminary,
Evanston, ILL.,; the Very Rev.
Corwin c. Roach. dean of Bex-
ley Hall, Sambier, Ohio, and the
Rev. Robert Dentan, of Berkeley
Divinity School, New Haven,
Conn.
On February 10 and II, be-
tween sessions of the college the
Joint Commission on Ecumenical
Relations. of which the Right
Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopal
Bishop of Washington, is chair
man, will meet at the college.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Stamp Honoring Taft
Urged by Legislator
BY the Associated Press

Issuance of a special Scent
commemorative stamp in honor
of the late Senator Taft of Ohio
has been proposed by Repre-
sentative Brown, Republican, of
Ohio.
In a letter to Postmaster Gen.
eral Summerf1eld, Mr.. Brown re-
called that special stamps have
been issued frequently in the
past "in honor of those who
have contributed to our national
welfare"
He suggested that the stamp
be issued on September 8, 1854,
the anniversary of Senator Taft's
birth, and that the post Office in
Cincinnati, the Taft home city,
be the Office of first issue.
Evening star., 1953-12-26


servers were holed up in a Ger
man pillbox fortress near the
border of Holland. An exploding
shell hurled debris into a pas
sageway of the Notifications.
Tony Bort ran to see if the en-
trance was blocked and, in so
doing, missed being hit by a
second shell which fell at the
other end of the pillbox.
After his fourth, and most
dramatic, escape, the young
pastor says he became con-
scious of the fact He had
called me-"
It began, ironically. by his
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Dr.. EIson Will Speak
At Mems Meetino

The Rev. Edward L. r. Elson,
minister of National Presbyte-
rian Church, will address a
meeting of men from downtown
churches at 8 pm. Monday at
the Episcopal Church of the
Epiphany. 1877 G street NV,
DR.. Elson's topic will be "The
Recovery of Our Spiritual Foun-
dationS."
Members of New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian, Calvary Bap-
tist, Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist, First Congregational, Ma
tional City Christian, National
Presbyterian and four Episcopal
churches will attend. They will bt
guests of the Men of Epiphany
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Christmas Story
Recorded bv Choir

The choir of st. Mary's Semi
nary, Baltimore. the oldest Cath
olic theological school in the
country, has recorded 1.-THE
Christmas Story in Song and
Verse;"
Traditional carols and a nara
tive on the Nativity are included
on the long-play record. The
Rev. Eugene Walsh directed it's
production.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Choral Societies 10 Sing
Messiah al Cathedral

The Washington and Cathe-
dral Choral Societies, under Paul
Galloway, will present Handel's
'The Messiah" at. 8 pm. tomor-
row at Washington Cathedral.
Four soloists will sing with the
200-voice chorus and 40 mem
bers of the National Symphony
Orchestra will play score Of
the original orchestration.
The preacher at an II am.
prayer service will be the Very
Rev Francis B. Sayre. jr.. Ca
thedral dean.
Holy communion will be cele-
brated at 8 am. in st. Mary's
Chapel by the Rev. Charles r.
Stinnette, jr., and at $50 am.
in Bethlehem Chapel by the Rev.
G. Gardner Monks.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Seminary Dean to Speak

The Rev. E. Felix Kloman.
dean of the Virginia Theological
Seminary. will be guest preacher
at the II am. service tomorrow
at the Episcopal Church Of the
Epiphany, 1917 G street NV.
DR.. Kloman's topic will be What
Are You Looking For?"
Evening star., 1953-12-26
ubor to Preach
Lost Sermons Here

The Rev. l.. Ralph Tabor will
preach the last sermons of his
10-year pastorate of Luther Place
Memorial Church at 9 and IL
am. tomorrow. His topic will be
Verdict of the Years."
At the second service, DR..
Tabor will be presented a testi-
monial Of appreciation and graf
itude.
DR.. Tabor will become pastor
of First English Evangelical Luz
theran Church, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Rev. Titus Granny
To Give a Radio Talks

The Rev. Titus Granny of
Catholic University will open a
series of four radio talks on the
Church Unity Octave at 10:15
pm. tomorrow on station
WOOK.
The observance, sponsored by
the Friars of the Atonement,
consists Of special prayers from
January 1925 for the return to
the church of lapsed Catholics
and for the conversion of nom
Catholics. Father Cranny's first
talk will describe the universal
ity of the church.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Church Role to Be Topic

Francis j. Ortman and Joseph
A. O'Connell of the Holy Name
Society of st. AIMS Catholic
Church, will discuss Catholic
contributions to the American
way of life on the Faith Of Our
Fathers program at II am. to-
morrow on station VOL.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
CuIyory Lutheran Buptism

Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
will receive IL new members
through baptism at the 8:45 am.
service tomorrow. The Rev.
George Hoyer is pastor.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Center to Register Pupils

The Montgomery County Jew
iSh Community will register
Sunday School pupils from 8
am. to l pm. January and 10
at the center, 8402 Freyman
drive, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Deaths

Martha Ettie Mansum. SO, 212o Minne-
Hugo 3. Schmidt. SIS, St. Elizabeths
Jessie r. Douglas. 70, 1921 21st. pl. Sc.
Anna M. Russler, 79. SOC Seward Square
Elizabeth Araka, rs, 1908 NJ st.
5P, 1pss I Ts5lsT 5s s1s Buchanan =, q, St NV
T15d THassdie Ma6sT: % 50. 1aa7 IL ! st: NV
KGps Ram aqslvss D Hsrrss s g. ss Dsn St. St.
Sophie B. Cohen, 50. PA Gallatin St,
zsdeE F. FBne 55 6 e. Sa Se st. ave-
Mary E. Anderson. SO. Poll 18th st.
Novsl L. Allen. So. 1914 Ft. Davis pi.
Mildred Long, "a. 339 sth st. ne.
William 3. satterthwaite. 54. 714 Ham
Estelie NJ. Minor, So, 412 Newcomb
Ethel Ethel E; @ Eckel, g, g Pennsylvania; ;.t
Louise J. Mozie 80, Alexandria, Va
william H. Allen 63' st. Elizabeths
Bertha Davenport, 50. 1908 Raum st.
Jack Pearson. 81. Army-Navy Club.
Lavinia Parker, "a. 11s7 Stevens rd.
Carrie l;ri W. Sharpe, so. 2o2o 9Th st. NV.
! Otis Sanders. 40, 1417 9th st. NV.
Leroy H. Mayf1eld, 81, 1924 8. st. NV.
Eve M: Huggens, 30. Washington.
| Ruth Nelson. 20, 1908 N st. NV.
Michael Trent. Infant, AL L street NV,
Deborah Parker. Infant, 726 Bird st. s.W.
Infant Marshall. 70S I st. Sc.
Infant Dickerson; 300 10th st. ne.
| Infant Bennett, 1904 K st. NV.
| Infant Lee, Washington.
| Infant Hackett, III E st. Sc.
| Infant William, Bedford. Va.
| Infant Simmons, 80 K St ne.
| Infant Shaw. 40 st, NV.
| Infant Sharpe. 1926 Montello ave. ne.
Infant Burgess 2524 Evans rd. s.e.
Infant Williams. so st. S.w.
Infant Butler. 1716 Seaton ST. NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Births and Deaths Reported

Bennie and Rosary Wick.
Wendell and Ida Walker.
David and Mary Whitlock.
Ray and Jeanne Wynn.
Michael and Jane Carey.
Thomas and Mary Dawson.
Sidney and Anna Henson.
Rufus and Alma Miser.
Chester and Anna Ray.
Joseph and Mary Savoy.
Orlando and Rosie Williams.
Harold and Elizabeth Barker.
Robert and Sadie Blake
Kenneth and Emily Brace.
Joseph and Eloise Brooks.
Hoyt and Betty Butter.
Gino and Dorothy Capotosto.
John and Levina Carlson.
Edward and Mary Colburn.
kenneth an6 Geraldine Curles.
David and Yukido Dorsey.
Sidne and Marcia Enten.
John and Janet Fairgrieve.
FINLEY and Catherine Goodin.
Ellis and Lucy Hargle.
Robert and Wanda Hedriek,
Norman and Anne Hubbard
Robert and Mary Husmann
Charles and Catherine Hylander,
Joseph and. Margaret Jones,
John and Beryl KeSter.
Lawrence and Catherine Lawhorn,
William and Anne Mallgraf.
anu dAIsdTcI
John and Dorothy Monaco.
| Colin and Margaret McDougalI,
Louis and jamie NapoIi.
| Joseph and Doris Oven.
| Joseph and Jean Popecki.
| Robert and Caroline Reinke.
Carl and Marjorie Roberts.
| Gareth and Mary Sadler.
John and Elizabeth Schneider.
Philip and Janet Sheridan.
| Charles and Winona Shirley.
| Roy and Jimmie SmallwoOd.
| Thomas and elizabeth Snow.
James and Juanita Stone.
| Jerry and Moyne Tackett
| Richard and Glenne Tins.
| Frederick and Edna Voorhees,.
| Donald and Norma Whewell.
| Joseph and Louise Wiessinger.
| Aubrey and Lydia YowaiSki.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Divorce Seeker Asks
Wife for Support
sy the Assoeio,sd Press

DENVER, Sept. 2.-Milton D.
Hayman. Is. sued his wife for
divorce yesterday and asked for
$50 a month support and custody
of their two children.
Mr.. Hayman charged his wife
Virginia, "a, with extreme and
repeated acts Of cruelty" He
claimed in his complaint that
she is IAN able-bodied woman,
regularly employed" and we'll
able to pay $50 monthly support.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Jefferson Hospital Auxiliary

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Sept. Mrs. H. H. Hunter of
Charles Town has been named
president of the Jefferson County
Hospital Auxiliary.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-20
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1853
Farmville And Industry

selection OF a location, some beng peculiar
to the type of product. Each of these fac
tors is considered in competition with those
to be found at other locations. Selection of
locations is highly competitive.
Quite often the locality is expected to
provide some assistance. Some years ago
when industry began to move south, many
towns We'd with each other in eXtravagant
offers. Firms seeking new locations now
are looking more carefully at the natural
advantages, secondarly considering local
offers of financial nature. However,. manu-
facturers quite often desire locally provd-
ed housing for their employees or financi-
al backing in securing a suitable building.
The Herald suggests that the business
men interested in locating additional in
dustry in Farmville organize development
company with a constituted board of direo-
tors and officers. Sufficient capital could
be paid in or pledged to promote and
develop the local potentialities. An inform
al group, the Chamber of Commerce or town
officials can and have served as point of
contact for industrial survey and promotion
but an organization constituted for the
purpose, with financial standing is ulti-
mately necessary to effect the location of
plant. Past experience will bear this out.
A practical step would be to organize the
development company first and then pro-
mote the advantages of Farmville.
One or two well-adapted industrial
plants would be desirable
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-20

Truth ought to be fitted for and
pointed toward, the people who
need it. The Master-Tea cher him.
self showed how this is done. Much
of Jesus most vital teaching was
directed to what we would call
'hecklerS Sometimes their Ques-
tons were meant TO trip him up
dixie the three recorded IN Mat
thew 22) Sometime they were
asked from mere curiosity, some
times they were desperate crop.
lnes for light But whatever the
motive, Jesus always gave them
ansWers-plus. He would take adj
vantage of the moment to push III
a pointed truth If only preachers
and Sunday school teachers and
politicians too-Would spend more
une answering the questions poo
pic do ask, instead Of questions
they don't ask
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-20

That budget contained expenditures of
$78600 00O, 900. Mr. Truman estimated
receipts at about $4,000, 100000 less than
that amount, thus indicating a budget de-
ficit of approximately ten billion dollars.
The Eisenhower move to balance the
budget, and cut Federal expenditures, is a
Weldome move and one which has been long
awaited by the American public. One can
only hope it is the first of a number of
major efforts to cut out deadWood elimi-
nate unnecessary spending and reduce the
level of expenditures generally. 1t is the
hope of most Americans that the efficiency
of their government can be increased by a
reduction in the number of employees. 1t is
well known that some feather-bedding in
government where employees have actually
become so numerous as to impede efficiency
Of operations.
While we assume that Mr.. Truman was
completely sincere in his belief that the
budget could not be cut further, we cannot
accept theory which presumes the vast
multitudes Of government workers to be
absolutely essential to the last man We
hope to see thousands of Jobs eliminated
and billions Of dollars saved, and any lesser
result from the Eisenhower Administration
will be a disappointment.