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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
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| BY Motion Picture Committee of
| the Farmville Women's Club

BY Motion Picture Committee of
the Farmville Women's Club
From Here to Eternity - The
pre-Pearl Harbor life of regular
army men at Honolulu Montgom-
cry Gift, Deborah Kerr and Burt
Lancaster do some fine acting and
present sense of solidity in the
Army-poignan scenes along with
the rough and lusty Adults and
mature young people. Excellent
Houdini - Film biography. ex-
citing for its staging of famed
maglcian's remarkable escapes
Tony Curtis. Janet Leigh. Tech
nicolor-Adults and young good.
Column Soutu-Audie Murphy
as Union Office trying to keep pace
with the Navajos. Technicolor-
Adults and youth.-good.
Abbott and Costello Meet DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde-A fair re-
production of an old story which
some fans will like, others just
endure. Adults and young people
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
General Deans Experience

MAJOR-GENERALW William F. Dean, re-
Gently released by the Communists af-
ter several years as prisoner of war, told
neWsmen IN the National Press Club, in
Washington, he had come close to commit
ting suicide during his captivity. The Cen
eral even captured pistol and tried to
fire 1t, but failed in the attempt
Speaking more frankly than he has
since his release, Dean suggested military
officials and all Americans should not
Judge I. S. prisoners who signed confes-
sions too harshly He went so far as to say
that he might easily have signed something
himself had the pressures on him persisted
He noted that at one stage when he
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

not good for children under IL.
Blueprint for Murder-Mystery
from start TO end, starring Joseph
Gotten. Jean Peters. Excellent
acting. without gun fire and vio-
lence. Adults and youth-good Of
a kind.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
Help The Hungry
Lesson for November %. 1888

AS CHRISTIANS. we owe a
1 \ great deal TO our mother-re.
hglon, the religion OF the ancient
Hebrews. Two of the charactcris-
tic strong points Of that religion
are ours too: one is that religion
has everything to do with our ev-
eryday life. and the other is that
society chat is. the persons who
make up society has sacred
duty to care for the weak and
friendless. Now in ancient times
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
Hunger Around The World

In the time OF Moses. and Of
Jesus, indeed till most recent
times, our neighbors. those whom
We could help. were those whom
We could see. within walking dis
lance Of our homes. No doubt
there were famines in India. foods
in Japan, while Jesus was living.
But he never said a word about
aid to India. because in the first
place the Galileans themselves
lived on the edge of starvation.
and in the second place if they
had had a million tons Of surplus
wheat they could never have
reached India with a quart Of it.
In our day the world is smaller
Based en- outlines copyrighted by tie
Division Of Christian Educatior. Ma
tiona! Couneii 81 the Churches Of Christ
in the L. s. A. Released by Communit.
Press Service.l
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

living except by almost slaVe-la
Dor; orphans even less; and as for
The sojourner, in most places II
hose days even his life was in
danger. II anybody starved in a..
ancient city, it would be the so
journer frst, then the widows and
orDnanS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
KILLS DEER WITH KNIFE

Sturgjs. Mich.-A tame deer re-
leased from park Just a few
days before. attacked Ike Stroup,
10. causing him to lose his gun
with which he was hunting squir-
rels. Stroup killed the deer with
his hunting knife. after he had
suffered severe cuts on his fore
head and his thigh.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

the most helpless
people in the com
munity were the
wild VS., tn e or
phans and the So
iourners." that is
to say. migrants.
pe ople with GU t
land or family. up
roote d a nd dis
,la ced perS ons.
Widows had very
.ilne chance at d
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

in Virginia. Truly a pioneer, Miss Sally
led the way and set an example for others
in the early days Of public education
Former Superintendent Earle X. Pax
ton, Of Lexington, Va in tribute to Miss
Sally, at the recent dedicatory exercises
said
"She had a passion for service. Her
school was unique in that there was no age
limit She taught the old and the young to
read One quotation from her seems to
give the secret of her success: wherever
| taught studied and can testify that,
without a teacher, if one applies oneself,
one can learn quite a great deal. And /
realized the fact that one could not make
a subject clear without having mastered It, .
In a one-room log school forty years or
more ago, a teacher inspired the young and
old to gain the fundamentals of an educa-
ton, and led a community in the establish
ment of public school system She over
came obstacles, she alayed suspicious and
she won the esteem of people who have
fittinglv pcrpetuated her memory by eStab-
fishing the Sally b. Dickinson library in the
consolidated Mountain View School,
Long may the memory of her contribu-
ton to education remain and again and
again may the story of the pioneer teacher
be. told to inspire both teacher and pupil
to greater desire for knowledge and its use
toward the upbuilding of more intelligent
civilization.
The Sally B. Dickinson Memorial Ii
brary is a fine tribute to a great character
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

The Consumers Price Index,
rising for the seventh straight
month to another record. stood in
mid-September exactly per cent
above the same date last year.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

1t is strange how tired a man can be on
Sunday morning, about church time. and
how quickly he can recover by mid-after
noon, if something turns UP.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

In the talk about farm subsidies. do
not overlook the fact that the federal gov
eminent spends more each year subsidiz-
ing business than it does substituting farm
ers
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
/ ShoII Awaken Too

When am gone from here, my friends,
crave no costly stone.
Just bury me in mother eorth
And leave me there alone.
sholI not sigh for things had,
Or tosks | left undone
Nor fret when winter winds blow cold,
Or clouds blot out the SUM-
sholl not erieve if you forget
And of me speok no words;
Nor long for Spring to come oeoin,
Or singing Of O bird
sholt be port of bud ond Ieof
And Of the gross DER me;
Port Of the dust from whence came,
Through all eternity.
| know deaths night will end at lost
The down come breaking through,
The flowers will awake in spring,
And I-shoI awaken too
D Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
EVIDENCE EXPLODES

Tulsa, Okla.-Hearing what he
thought to be shots in the sheriff S
office. Deputy r. B. Jones rushed
inside, gun drawn. He found in
stead that six gallon-jugs of
bathtub beer. seized in q raid a
few days before, and held for
courtroom evidence, had blown
their tons
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

Any speaker can make his case sound
pretty good il his audience doesn't know
the facts involved, or does not ask the
right questions, or any questions
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

1t is hard to understand why some peo-
pie fear death, and it is not hard to under
stand why others fear it.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

Sweat, blood and tears"
The present investigation Of one Harry
Dexter White, who held high office during
the Truman administration, is an example
of misplaced confidence and errors in dele
CATION Of authority, which is inconceivable
Extreme care is taken to check the back
ground attitudes and record of the COM
missioned officers in the military service of
lowest rank. We are at loss to know how a
tendencies, can be appointed to high office
of responsibility in the Treasury depart
ment The why's and wherefores do not JUS
tify the appointment. Patriotism and loyal
ty are the prerequisites for responsibility,
more particularly positions of government
trust
Congressional committees investigating
Un-American activities have had rocky
the late 1905 until the present. Regardless
of their procedures it does appear that
some value is coming therefrom. When the
White House recently disclosed that 1,456
government workers had been fired or fore
ed to resign for security reasons between
MAY q and September 80 of this year the
need for a closer scrutiny of government
employees is obvious. If congressional in
vestigations perform the one purpose of
keeping under close scrutiny the complex
and far-flung activities of our employees
they will perform a valued service
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
In Memory Of Great Teacher

CONSOLIDATION of schools is proceed
- ing in Rockbridge County, Just as in
many another Virginia county. The Sally
B. Dickinson School on Irish Greek is now
part Of the Mountain View Elementary
School. Thus small mountain school loses
its identity of forty years standing. but
the name of its founder, benefactor and
friend will continue to live in the hearts
of those children who seek knowledge. The
library of Mountain View School will be
known as the Sally Bruce Dickinson Lii
brary and we trust that those who study
there will catch the spirit Of this great
teacher
Miss Sally Dickinson was native of
Prince Edward County, the daughter of
Judge Asa D. Dickinson and Sallie Cabel
Irvine Dickinson, and received her early
training in the private schools of Prince
Edward. among them the school at DR..
Thomas Peck's home taught by Miss
Georgia Colston, of Baltimore, and at The
Oaks" the home of DR.. J. D. EggleSton,
ST. She was a diligent student and a prac-
teal teacher.
Her first and most of her teaching OK
pericnce U9l3-l920) waa in Rockbridge
County. Virginia, where she pioneered
schools and won the hearts of her pupils
and patrons. because Of her determination,
her sincerity and deep understanding Her
contribution to elementary education in \ir-
ginia was notable Her success was nspir-
ing to those who had dedicated their eff
forts toward establishing school system
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20
What Goes On?

GOVERNMENT has become so large that
it is impossible for any one person to
know what goes on. Spending SIS billion
per annum economically and advantageous
~ is beyond the conception of most people.
No executive can direct such a stupendous
program without the aid and support of
every employee from the top to the bottom.
A team of honest, patriotic, wise, and ex-
perienced people is essential.
President Eisenhower has gathered
around him a cabinet of men who are cap
able of doing the job as team. The people
of the United States have sent to Congress
a group of men who we hope will subordin-
ate political, business and personal inter
ests and feelings in their service to the ma
ton as a whole. Millions of government
employees have a responsibility to execute
their trusts with patriotism. And. the fu
ture of 100 million people depends upon
how we'll this team works together for the
common welfare of the nation
1t is too much to be hoped that every
member of the more than two million en-
ployee team will cooperate and coordinate
their work, but it certainly can be expected
that those trusted with key positions of
responsibility will be patriotic American
citizens, far above any suspicion of col
fusion with foreign governments seeking to
tear down the greatest and freest nation in
history, a system Of government establish
ed by patriots, and maintained through
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-20

Scripture: Leviticus 1870: Deute-on
omy lol8-i9; Ruth 2:l-lS: Matthew
}: 80: 23:3o- 10: Mark l:31-34a; 8l-3
Devotional Reading: Matthew 25 34-49
Evening star., 1953-03-05

Now you can enjoy
using real silverware
in the lovely leaf and
rose pattern. Fork,
knife with stainless
steel blade. salad fork,
soup spoon and 2 tea
spoons.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
WHY NOT DISPLAY A FLAG?

Memorial Day, 1853 is just month away but now is
the time for the citizens of Caldwell and Noble county
1t will be recalled that several out-oown visitors
tended the service which is held here every year
they especially for this program but they visit
ing friends and relatives and joined the local popuace
honorng its hero dead.
One of these visitors later said that he only three
flags displayed in the business district Caldwell
day."
Isn't tragic that we are so involved in observ
ing holiday with frivoity and family dinners gatherings
etc. that forget the real meaning behind the observance
Are we fast becoming generation that longer
for the sacrifices that others that
enjoy the American Way of Life?
There is solemn observance here of but usually
only members OF the patriotic organizations take part and
q few school children.
We speaking today of the hundreds of other citizens
in Caldwell who could take only few minutes of their
time and display the American flag Memorial Day.
Next May 30th would be good time for and all
to take part This includes not only the business district but
the residential sections, where small large flag
could be displayed in reveren tribute to loved who
gave their lives that others mi ght live
There should be flag each of the four corners of
the public square and the commissioners do have
them there is still month in which to order them.
We feel that the commissioners public servants of
the entire county should lead the with other business
men following in their footsteps.
1t would also be fitting tribute to the memory of Mrs.
M Merry who for than 81 years devoted her entire
life to this very program.
1t always her wish that flags and many of them
number be displayed Memorial Day. We would like to
feel that May 80, each flag would small
be symbolic of the efforts which Mrs Merry in her lifetime
displayed
Mrs. Ethel Moore is Amercanism chairman for the
auxary TO the veterans OF Foregn Wars NO. 4Zl and she
is also taking active part this crusade to display the
American flag Memorial Day We borrow from the pen
of another in the following words:
On flames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents spread
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30

Classifieds Pay Dividends
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
HOUSE BILL 70

Noble County is to be congratulated it's selection
last November of energetic young to represent them
at the Tooth General Assembly in Columbus.
Last Tuesday, in less than four months Gov Frank j.
ausche signed house bill 9 into law and with his signature
the general assembly its 18th bill enacted into law
This bill gave to the village of CALDWELL the former state
highway garage building south u S. route 2 and event.
uay will be the City Hall At the present it
ing only headquarters for the Caldwell volunteer fire de-
partment.
For years. the village of Caldwell has rented building
space North street for their City Hall In the not to dis
tant future this will no longer be necessary.
The building has sufficient space that the city hall will
provide ample office quarters for the village clerk
council and board Of public affairs addition to general
quarters for the maintenance and the fire department.
Mayor Homer Johnson is already laying the ground
floor for the above and predict will become reality
this his second term.
all above would have been possible had not
the voters the last general election thruout the entire
county made choice in representation at the general
assembly.
BY popular mandate of the people in every sector of
Noble county, Edmund G. James of Caldwell, sent to
Columbus in this capacity.
By hard work, dgent labor proper contacts and the
knowledge of when and how act he going places but
fast
There several other bills in the hopper auhored by
our own Eddie James, and maintain that HB 79 is only
the beginning
We indeed fortunate in more ways than one, that
Eddie James representing Noble county in the general
assembly.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
The
CAPITOL
DIGEST
IN COLUMBUS

A $820.4-million budget for
two years starting July will be
voted on in the House of Rep
resentatives April 80. Budget is
$40 3I4-million less than recon-
mended by governor. 1t includes
his proposals for increased old
age pensions and wage adjust
mentS for state employees.
Welfare Department bore
brunt of slashes by House Fin
ance Committee. COP apparently
is optomistic regarding continued
economic prosperity. 1t cut $2.5-
million from old age division
grants because of dwindling pen
sion roles. $6-million was cut
from salaries for mental and
penal institutions.
Final budget approved by both
House and Senate will probably
be considerable higher than $831-
million recommended by Cover
nor LauSche. COP still hasn't full
filled promised $121a million in
crease for public schools and
Senate may add additional bill
lions.
Highway Program: House Pub
lie Affairs committee this week
will get subcommittee recon-
mendationS for ton-mile tax, one
cent increase in gasoline tax,
higher license fees. Lausche fav-
cred ton-mile tax and gas and
fuel tax hikes, but opposed puni-
tive license burdens on small
farm and delivery trucks. COP
will also propose $750-million
bond issue for immediate instead
of pay-as-you-go program. High
way program will add $50 to $100
million to state expenditures for
tWo-year period.
State Highway Department will
seek bids next month on $20-mil-
lion work for construction. Funds
came from $15-million appro-
priated from surplus and federal
Continued On 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
The AMERICAN WAY
Secretary Benson Prays

One more evidence that the
men who are now occupying key
positions at Washington acc
mindful of Americas spiritual
heritage is the prayer offered by
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of
Agriculture, at the beginning of
the first informal Cabinet meet
ing of President Eisenhower held
in New York City on January II,
1853. On that date, Mr.. Benson
was the Secretary of Agriculture
Designate and General Eisen-
hover was the President-Elect
The prayer was called for,
without previous notice. at the
beginning of the luncheon and
was given spontaneously. Secre-
tary Benson explains that never
before has he attempted to write
PRAYER. but at the urgent re-
quest of the press, reconstructed
this one as nearly as possible. The
prayer is of such beauty that it
is passed on to the readers of
this column just as Secretary
Benson reconstructed it:
Our heavenly and Eternal
Father, in deep humility and
gratitude we approach Thy holy
throne in prayer. We thank Thee
for this blessed privilege for we
realize, in part at least, our great
dependence upon Thee.
eve are deeply grateful for
this glorious land in which we
live. We know it is land choice
above all others-the greatest ma
ton under Heaven. We thank
Thee for all of our spiritual and
material blessings. We thank
Thee for liberty-for our free
agency, our way of life and our
free institutions.
"We acknowledge, gratefully,
the unselfish service of those who
have preceded us, especially the
Founding Fathers of this union.
We thank Thee for the glorious
Constitution of this land which
has been established by noble
men who Thou didst raise up
unto this very purpose. We
praise Thy holy name for the
glorious and eternal concepts en-
| bodied therein. Help us ever, we
pray Thee, to be true and faith
full to these great and guiding
principles.
Our Heavenly Father bless,
richly, we pray Thee, Thy son
end servant who has been chosen
by the sovereign people of this
great nation, to serve as their
Chief Executive. Our Father, wilt
Thou endow him and all of us,
with a deep spirit of humility
and devotion. We know that with
out Thy divine help we cannot
succeed in the great responsible
ties which have been placed upon
us. Sustain us, our Father,
through Thy divine power.
Bless in special manner Thy
servant, our leader, with wisdom,
understanding and the inspiration
of Thy Spirit to guide him in his
heavy and all-important duties
Bless him with unbounded en-
ergy, health and strength. And
may he always be blessed with
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
C0nQuerOr of the Northwest

June 1778 Clark started down the Ohio River
pedon the Northwest Landing at the
mouth of the Columbia River marched to Kaskasa securing
surrender and the town of Kahokia Vncennes
General Hamilton, English Commander hearing of Clarks
victories marched upon Vncenes retakng with little difficulty
9 he the most marches
taken by armyrough and thawng days winter
wading swimming sleeping
until at the point of starvation his of less than $50 arrived
at Vncenn settlement of 800 inhabitants
diers Clark demanded Hamon this Clark
his that Hamilton
Der He opened fire. until at last bewidered
ton surrendered Clark had accomplished his which
he received neither honor.
In 1803 in i'll health he returned the
the falls of the Ohio While living poverty
the State of Virginia him
Clark refused replying when Virginia
her bread"
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-04-30
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NOOT kooN HoIITR S<SS7
U.S.A.
THE OLIVE BRANCH
Dear Editor:

For good the Russians have opposed all sincere
decent people for world Their of
hate dsunion fear and spite
Suddenly they have changed their approach the unthnng
along the the home Now they
they They with other nations dsarmng
the world.
What behind this sudden changer Is for
world and cooperation? posted the daboica
scheme there of
the of the fundamental articles of the faith of Karl
Marx make the socaed capastc nations spend themselves
into ruin. After that they take
How smoothly they working the scheme First they
state of fear free nations Make them spend staggering
billions building machine This done they
forth with for world Get the opposing nations dis
After this they another period fear
make them build and unit. a
hausted and they and take within troubled
One thing faith hope possibly be placed
in anything says Communists simply
be trusted
Yours a keen watch, Uncle Sam" Stile