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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Miss B. C. McCraW
Of Chula, Marries p
Hal' bert {. Williams

The marriage Of Miss Beulah
Catherine McCraW, daughter Of
MI, and Mrs. w r McCraW Of
Chula to Harbert c Williams, son
Of Mi and Mrs. f L. Williams, OF
Woodlawn. took place, Feb %. AT
the home Of the Rev and Mrs. r.
D. White, with the Rev Nj White
performing the ceremony Only
the families and a few close
friends were present.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Putneys Will Leave
On California Trip

MI and MIS- S w Putney will
leave Farmvlllc, Sunday after
noon for a two weeks trip to
California They Will visit their
son and his wife, Mir. and Mrs.
Julian Putney and son il Lynch
burg, Sunday night They will
leave by plane from Lynchburg
Monday morning. for Their two
weeks IN California with their son
and his family. Dr and Mrs. Will
liam w Putncy and William. III.
and James Lee, of Los Angeles.
Calf
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Mrs. Hart Talks
To Garden Division

The Garden Division Of the
Farmville Womans Club held ats
regular monthly meeting with A.
B Holmes last Thursday evening
Mrs Willard Hart gave a talk
Oh Fundamentals Of Flower Ar
ranging
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Club Calendar

Circles Of F'armvlllc Baptist
Church WMU- Monday, March
% Anne Sydner Peut, with Mrs.
/. G. Atkins Edith Bradshaw,
with MIS- Walter Southal. Fran
COS Hudgns with Mrs Raymond
Phillips: Frances Bagby, with
Mrs. Billy Druen, Elizabeth Hale,
with Mrs Alton Williams. Corn
ella Leayell, with Mrs. Murray
Arlington; Ruth Kersev and Eva
Sanders, at church Hazel Moon
circle meets Monday, at 3 p. m.
Longwood Garden Men
day, March % with Mrs. w. G..
Huntington 30 ,. M. at Poplar
Hill Mrs. E S Shields. hostess.
Wevanoke Garden Club Friday
March 20, with Mrs Wayne Har-
per, $3.50 p. m
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
Stat e Hill OAR
Group to Attend
State Meeting

Slate Hill chapter Daughters of
the American Re,outIon viii
have four members attending the
Tuesday sessions Of Jhe 57th state
conference of the OAR at Rich
mond Hotel john Marshall.
Attending Will De ms II V
Lancaster. chapter president MIS-
c. F Wilson. Ms " J Sydnol
and Mrs. Shelton Whitaker
Slate Hill chapter has been or
gained recently. and has tcnta-
lively set meetin. dates for the
third Wednesday, IL each month
at D. m.
The c,1apter tg'caa ion at the
state meeting will hear such dis
tinGuished OAR members as MIS-.
James r. Patton president gem
eral, Miss Gertrude ). CanaWay.
OAR magazine editor, and Mrs.
Benjamin H Williams. chairman.
Bell Tower, at Valley Forge.
Claude Butcher Aubrey Nor
rlssette. and Buddy Jarrett visit
ed Allen Ferguson who is a pat
lent at Mcclure Hospital. We'd.
nesday night Mr. Ferguson, who
has been a patient at the hos
pltal for about a month, has not
improved
Mrs. c. c. Cumberland. OF Ar
llnston. Mrs r B Akcrs. Of Roa-
noke. and Mrs. P. F Critz, Of Nc
Lean, were guests OF Mrs. Grace
c. Gordon for several days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs = II Watkins
were in Portsmouth Friday
through Sunday of last week. Mrs.
Watkins visited her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and MIS-. w
w. Terrlll. and her mother. Mrs.
/. B. Mason. and Mr.. Watkins at
tended meetings of canvass goods
dealers Of Virginia and North
Carolina.
Mrs B. T, Taylor, Mrs. J p.
Wynne and Mrs j P McCraw
attended the Virginia Conference
w. S. c. S. OF the Methodist
Church. at Charlottesville First
Methodist Church Tuesday, Wed
liesday and Thursday this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Fl c. Mathew. of
East Liverpool. ONO we're guests
this week Of Mr. and Mrs. j. p
McCraW
Ben Vargas and son, Bobby. of
Washington d. c.. were week end
guests here with MI and Mrs
c. H. Matherly
Mr.. and Mrs Leo A. Wells and
daughters visited Mrs. Wells
Slster-l law. Mrs. Weldon Jones
in Stuart Circle Hospital, Rich
inond. Saturday
Mrs. John G. Bruce is spending
a ten-day visit with her parents
Mi; and Mrs. J. r. Klmball. at
Fitzgerald. Ga
Super ntcndent l. j McIlWalnc
Miss Lucy Adams, MI and Mrs
j. BOYD Bagby. Mrs. Bessie Cor
non Jones, Miss Lillian Minkel
Mrs. James Fleetwood and Misses
Nancy and Patsy Watkins attend
cd the annual meeting of District
d, Virginia Education Association
at Boiling Junior High School
Petersburg. Saturday.
Mrs. Lucille BlOXtOn. Of Lynch
burg. spent a part OF this week
with her mother, Mrs. S. s. Up
ton
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20
RED CROSS SERVICES

Fed Cross provided services to
the armed forces ana veterans at
a cost 10 the national budget OF
S34 per minute during l95l-52,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

W Herbert Lamb. Of Washing
ton. Son-in-laW Of f r. Booker.
is INF charge OF arrangements for
the complimentary luncheon to
be rendered Secretary Of Com
merce Sinclair Weeks, in the Capt.
tal City, March 90 The luncheon
will be given by Aleppo Temple
Club Of Washington, at the Con-
EreSslonal Hotel
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-20

pastor Of Mehenin Bapti~t
Church. the church and parson-
age have been completely re-
modelled and painted, inside and
out, and running water and a
bathroom put in the parsonage
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Many Factors Affect Chdrens Height Weiqht Study Shows

low-income families and Ober-
Schule those of higher incomes.
When conditions Of nutrition
and environment improved, the
height and weight Of Volksschule
children increased more than
that Of the other group. Both
height and weight were reduced
during food rationing in the war.
Children of the same age were
shorter in stature in the period
1914-192O (World War y than in
1939-1945 (World War IL. The
rate of change in height was
greater than in weight.
At the start of World War II
the rate of growth of all school
children was retarded. Increases
in height and weight began after
the end of the war with some
retardation during the food
shortage due to the drought in
1867.
Evening star., 1953-10-18
A Different Dininq Bar

Here's a good idea for max
ing the most Of limited space.
Instead of a table in the kitch-
en-, a large wooden slab ex-
tends from the wall to a sup
porting post. It differs from
the usual bar in that seating
is provided on both sides.
Chairs can be tucked under
the counter when it is not
used for meals, and it becomes
an extra working or serving
counter. A slab door, obtain
able at any lumber yard, makes
an excellent table top, and you
can cut off the end to achieve
the desired size. Put the small
cut off piece to work, by add
ing iron legs to it and Gre
ating a small table.
If you plan to use the built
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Ironing Bet

A doctors wife moves her
ironer close to the telephone
when she is ready for ironing.
She doesn't have to move from
her chair to answer calls, and
she tells of a little game she
plays making a mental bet as
to how many pieces she can
finish before the telephone rings
next. When she loses, she puts
a coin in the piggy bank and
thus provides extra treats for
the children.
Evening star., 1953-10-18

These physicians believe that
the point is well made that
environment and food shortage
make measurable changes in
increase in height and weight
Of children. That environment
(upsetment in the home and
family has an effect upon the
eating habits and digestion of
foods is an important factor
in affecting the natural in
creases in height and weight
must be admitted. They point
Evening star., 1953-10-18

out, however, that caution is
properly expressed that other
factors such as poverty, stress,
poor hygiene conditions may play
a role"
I have written before of watch
ing a parade of school children
where the various grades repre-
Sented these same grades from
different sections of the city,
Without exception the children
from the families of the higher
incomes were taller if not heavier
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Your Health
By james W. Borton. m. D..


: Notwithstanding all that has
been discovered about the in
huence Of food and nutrition on
the height and weight Of school
children, there are still many
who believe that other factors
are more important. These other
factors are quietness at meals.
plenty Of sleep, heredity. and
others.
In the Journal of Applied
Physiology, Drs. P. E. Horve and
M. Schiller present a study OF
the average weight Of the boys
and girls in the Volksschule and
Oberschule at Stuttgart, Ger
many, from 1915 to 1948. This
covers a long period including
two World Wars, several booms
and depreSSionS, war exhaustion
and beginning recovery.
VolkSSchule children represent
Evening star., 1953-10-18

than those from the poorer
families. This meant that after
teen-age and further growth
ceased these children Of parents
in the better-income brackets
would be taller and heavier.
Evening star., 1953-10-18

in table as q working counter
as well, better investigate q bar
finish that is impervious to
moisture and stands up well
under much usage.
Evening star., 1953-12-16

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. Brown and white print has solid beige jacket
. Misses sizes II to TO- Half sizes l41A to 24lA
. Telephone orders promptly filled
Downstairs Store Misses and Women's Dresses
olso Bethesda Budget Store
Evening star., 1953-12-16

regularly 2.s5 to 500
. Sonforized cotton broodcIoth and oxfords
. white, some coIors and woven stripes
. new style round tob or button down
collors in the group
Q fused and spreod collars
. mony other popular styles in the group
0 most hove ocean peorI buttons
single button or French cuffs
sizes ID to II
see our selection Of 6sc gift Ties
Downstairs Store Mems Furnishings
Sorry, No Mail or Phone Orders Filled
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15
Bulletin Out On
Poison Plants

POISONOUS PLANTS, a hazard
to many livestock owners in Wyo-
ming, are treated in new bulletin
published by the agricultural ex-
pertinent station of the University
of Wyoming.
The bulletin describes 40 plants
of varying degrees of toxicity along
with their effects when eaten by
animals and possible treatment of
stock so affected.
Bulletin 1924, Poisonous Plants
and Livestock Poisoning" by o. A.
Beath, c. S. Gilbert, H. F. Epson,
and Irene Rosenfeld, is available to
Wyoming residents on request adj
dressed to the Bulletin Room, Col
lege of Agriculture, Laramie, Wyo.,
on payment of IS cents per copy,
as well as from the county agent
office.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15

Sunshine is one of the best "disin-
fectants" for helping to keep farms
free of livestock diseases.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15

Under present limitations only
$50 acres of land in a single
ownership. or 800 acres for hus-
band and wife. may be served ir-
rigation wafer from a federal
project. These limitations have
long been a subject of contro-
versY. Current significance of the
issue was pointed up by the fact
that a resolution calling for re-
peal of the limitations was
adopted by the National Rec
lamation Association al lis 22d
annual convention held in Reno
in October. and the Montana
Reclamation Association. which
convened in Kalispell last week.
also urged that limitations be
modernized and made more flex-
ibIe.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15


Limited Livestock
The livestock numbers per farm
were significantly low, returning too
little above fixed costs to make any
important contribution to farm in
come. The units included in the
study were carrying an average of
3.44 animal units during 1850. Can
animal unit represents approximate
ly 1000 pounds of live animal)
Cattle, chickens, sheep and hogs
were the primary kinds of livestock
kept. The average value of livestock
on farms in 1850 was $1,246, COM
puted at average 1850 market prices.
The average machinery invest
ment per crop acre was very high
because of the small size of the
farms. The machinery investment
per farm in 1850 was $4,139 when
using fair market price to value the
equipment. The annual machine cost
per acre in crops was $11.29 as COM
puted from machine hire, cost, re-
pairs and depreciation.
Cost of shelter, interest and in
surance was not included, thus MAX
ing the per acre cost minimum cost
estimate. The same line of equip
ment could have effectively handled
nearly twice the crop production
with little or no increase in fixed
cost to the operator. The variable
costs, too, would have increased at
a diminishing rate per unit of pro-
duction.
Technical TEST
Another, more complicated, eco
nomic test of proper scale of opera
tons was also used. Technically, this
was the procedure of adding togeth-
er the elasticities of the four major
production resources-land, labor.
capital and management. This test
confirmed the evidence of the other
criteria used, indicating that gener-
ally the units would benefit by ex-
pansion of production factors.
1t is hoped that the information
obtained in this study will be of
value in the promotion and develop
ment of economically sound irriga-
ton projects by the Bureau of Rec
lamation and by other agencies.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15

also urged that limitations be
modernized and made more flex-
ibIe.
DURING THE SPRING of 1851,
two University of Wyoming enum-
orators interviewed 146 settlers in
the Wyoming Heart Mountain and
Riverton Reclamation irrigation prof.
ects relative to financial progress,
land use, unit size, management and
organizational problems, financial
structure, and production cost and
returns information. The data OBJ
tanned were carefully analysed in
effort to determine the factors con-
tributing to the general success or
failure of this type of enterprise.
The settlement units are awarded,
through a specific public notice
number, to veterans of World War
II on basis of composite score
computed from the applicants char
acter,. industry, capital and farming
experience.
The study revealed that the start
ing capital position of most of the
settlers was precarious. About IS
per cent of the operators had to
borrow so per cent or more of their
starting capital. The 146 operators
had averaged years and months
of tenure from date of unit award
at the time of the survey and had
increased their earned net worth by
an average of $1,O95 during that
| period.
| Units Too Small
| Every analytical test applied to
the data indicated that the acreage
of the units was too small to utilize
adequately the labor resources avail
able, or to meet the criterion of an
economic unit, when engaged in the
type of farming dictated by the soil,
climatic and market conditions of
the project areas. The 146 operators
averaged owned land resources of
108 acres of land classified as irri-
gable and So acres of dryland pas
ture. Due to inability or lack of
time for proper development, to
seepage, and to other factors, only
869 acres of irrigated land per unit
were actually in crops during the
1850 crop year.
The number of man days per farm
per year needed for production and
care of crops and livestock was COM
puted as 221. From this must be de-
Quoted % days per unit of labor
which was hired during peak cror
labor requirement periods, thu:
leaving less than 200 days of produc
tive work per year for the operator
The 146 operators averaged $25t
apiece in off-farm work during 1854
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-11-15
100 Acres Not Economic Unit
Wyoming Survey Indicates
CIV J. ROBERT TOMPKINS
Asst. Agricultural Economist
University of Wyoming

to compensate for the lack of work
on their units.
Evening star., 1953-05-15
Man Believed Shot
In Chase ESCAPES

Doctors and hospitals today
were asked to watch for a man
believed wounded in a running
chase with a policeman last
night.
The policeman, Pvt. Peter
Grupe. 81, Of the 14th precinct,
fred five shots after the suspect
fired one shot at him during
the chase near Hunt place and
Minnesota avenue NE.
The pursuit began when a car,
stolen from the 800 block of c
street NE, sped past the scout
Car carrying PvtS. Grupe and
William Peterson in the 500 block
of Kenilworth avenue NE.
When the scout car took up
the chase, the man wrecked the
stolen car on a fire plug, leaped
out and ran. Pvt. Grupe took
up the pursuit on foot and re-
turned the fleeing mans fire.
After three blocks, one of
the policeman's shots apparently
took effect. The suspect screamed
and fell. At the same time, Pvt.
Grupe tripped and fell and by
the time he regained his footing
the man had escaped.
The car was stolen from Carl
F. Hawver, secretary to Repre-
sentative Hunter, Republican, of
California.
Evening star., 1953-05-15

tidelands bill, Senator jackson
said: They began with the give
aways. They have already. given
away as much as they dared of
the off-shore oil. and are prepar-
ing to raid the people Of all their
resources, mineral, vegetable and
animal.
Soon after. they proceeded
to the back-away. They backed
away from any number of their
campaign programs, they backed
away from tax cuts and housing
programs. and they backed away
from all our power commit
ments, from Hell's Canyon
through the IVA. AS a result
they are underwriting the Ma
tional income faster than they
ever will be able to cut taxes.
"All this leads directly into
their third technique, the
Evening star., 1953-05-15
jackson Sees 6. 0.P.
Defeated in 81 by
'6ive-Away' Policy
By Gould Lincoln

Senator Jackson of Washing
ton, addressing a Democratic
fund raising luncheon at the
Statler Hotel today. pictured the
record OF the Eisenhower admin
istration and the Republican 83d
Congress as great asset for the
Democrats in the congressional
elections next year.
I'm fact" the Senator said,
"the Republicans are bringing
things to such a pass that the
give-away, back-away, dream
away Of 1858 will become the
vote-away Of 1854"
The luncheon, sponsored by
the Democratic National Com
mittee and the District of CO.
lumbia Central Committee.
brought together a large number
Of outstanding Democrats, in
cluding Democratic members of
the House and Senate. Miss
Margaret Truman, daughter of
the former President, also at
tended.
Mansfield Also Speaks.
Senator Mike Mansfield of
Montana, like Senator Jackson,
scored the record of the Repub-
licans. Following the central
committees slogan "24 for Vic
tory in 54." contributors of $24
were guests of the committee at
the luncheon.
Former District Commissioner
F. Joseph Donohue was chair
man of the luncheon committee;
AL Wheeler, chairman of the Dis
trict Democratic Central Com
mittee, was executive vice-chair-
man; honorary chairmen were
Melvin D. Hildreth and Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman, District men,
bers of the Democratic National
Committee. and Judge William
II. Houston was treasurer.
Tackling the Republicans be-
cause of the recently passed oil
Evening star., 1953-05-15
Extra Pay for Doctors
SOUGHT in Draft Extension
Rx fha Assaeiufad Praas

Senator Hunt, Democrat, of
Wyoming said yesterday the
House apparently forgot to con-
tinue 500 a month extra pay for
medical personnel called to duty
in the armed forces when it
voted to extend the doctor draft
act.
I'm ask the Senate to con-
tinue the present extra pay also, P"
Senator Hunt said. There may
be some opposition. but I believe
the Senate and House will go
along because it's only fair"
Present authority to induct
physicians, dentists and veteri-
narians expires July /. The House
on Tuesday passed bill to ex-
tend it two years.
The 500 extra pay provision.
although part of the doctor draft
act. benefits only those who enter
service without waiting to be
drafted. =
Hearings before the Senate
Armed Services Committee will
begin Monday. Senator Hunt, a
member of that committee, is q
dentist and the only professional
medical man in the Senate.
Evening star., 1953-05-15
BroyhiIl Loses Auto
While Making Speech

The 1858 Cadillac sedan Of
Representative Broyhill, Repub-
lican, of Virginia was reported
stolen last night while he was
addressing a civic meeting at
Swanson Junior High School.
Mr.. Broyhill told police he left
the car on the school parking
lot at 7:50 pm. and it was gone
when he came out of the meet
ing at 1910 pm. Police broad
cast a lookout for the car.
Mr.. Broyhill got a ride home
with friends.
Evening star., 1953-05-15
Three Survive Crash
OF Big in Nebraska;
Nine Others Killed
by. the Assoeiaied Press

SARGENT, Nebr., May Is
Three men were miraculously
alive today to tell about the
crash Of their Air Force B-29 in
rugged Nebraska cattle country
yesterday. Nine others died as
the bomber ripped apart and
burned.
The three who lived were in
the tail section torn away as the
four-engine plane bounced off
one hill and smashed into an
other a quarter of a mile away.
Two walked out unhurt. The
third had only a broken jaw.
Was Flying to Louisiana.
The Military Air Transport
Service plane was flying from
Great Falls CMont.) Air Force
Base to Lake Charles, La. It
crashed on a farm eight miles
southwest of this Central Ne
braska town.
Offutt Air Force Base officials
near Omaha, Nebr., today re-
leased the list of survivors ano
those killed.
Surviving are Airman &c Otto
w. Richmond, Oneida, N. Y.
light bruises; Airman &c James
w. Snyder, Ellaville. Ca, light
| bruises, and Staff Sergt. Lynn
A. Mosher, Madison, S. Dak.,
broken jaw.
Dead Listed.
The dead: Capt. Robert K. An
derson, wife living at Great
Falls; 1st 1t. Elmer j. Ruhlund
(no home address,; I'd 1t. Roy
c. Lowary, wife at Great Falls;
Tech. Sergt. Anthony R. Sceman,
wife at Great Falls; I'd 1t. Ablven
E. Baker, wife at Great Falls:
Maj. John c. Brehm, wife at
Great Falls; Maj. Ernest T.
Anger, wife at Great Falls, and
Staff Sergt. Richard D. Brown,
Red Bluffs, Calf.
Air Force investigators found
the wreckage still smouldering
last night and were without an
explanation of the crash.
Evening star., 1953-05-15
Bill 10 Give Statehood
To Alaska Approved
By House Group
By the Asseeiaied Prass

Legislation to give statehood to
Alaska was approved today by
the House Territories Subcom-
mittee by a 12-to-5 vote.
Subcommittee Chairman Saylor
said he expects approval soon by
the full House Interior Commit
tee, possibly when it meets next
Tuesday.
The subcommittee wrote into
the bill a provision to give Alaska
it's choice of 100 million acres of
land not subject to Federal with
drawal and Is years to select the
acreage,
It also approved a grant of SIS
million to Alaska upon admission
as State. The money would be
used to build roads and harbors
and for survey work. This is a
reduction from the $50 million
originally proposed.
Congress Would Act.
Under the measure as approved
by the subcommittee the new
States constitution would .have
to be ratified by Congress in
stead of being left solely to pres
idential approval.
If Congress failed to act within
so days, the constitution would
automatically be adopted.
Mr. Saylor told reporters after
the closed session that he be-
lieves if the bill can be brought
to a vote, the House will pass it.
The House on March 10 passed
legislation to give statehood to
Hawaii and sent it to the Senate
for action.
Bills Were Combined.
However, the Senate Interior
Committee, in a recent surprise
move voted, 8 to Z, to combine
the Hawaii and Alaska statehood
bills into one package.
An attempt is expected to be
made when the Senate commit
tee meets again to reverse that
vote so each measure would be
considered on it's own.
BackerS of Hawaiian state
hood have expressed fear that
combining the bills would result
In defeat of both.
President Eisenhower told his
news conference yesterday he
believes the Hawaii statehood
bill should be handled separately
on its merits.