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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30
DOES YOUR FREEZER PAY?

How much does it cost you to
operate your home freezer?
About $40 a year says the De-
partment OF Agriculture. The De-
partment arrived at this figure by
estimating the original cost of a
12-cubic foot box at $420. the life
of the freezer at II years, and the
cost of electricity at two cents a
kiloWatt hour
On this basis, the yearly depre-
citation would be $50, the interest
foregone. STA repairs Figured at
per cent of purchase price, So.
and electricity to freeze and mann
tain 400 pounds of food. S27.
To make your freezer pay. use 1t
wisely. Nutritionists at VPI say.
Buy foods in quantity at
quantity prices whenever possible.
Buy fresh fruits at the peak OF
their season. and process them at
home
Budget your freezer space. Re-
member, a full freezer will hold
the same temperature longer than
an empty one.
Don't keep food IN the freezer
to long use it and replace 1t.
Use part Of your freezer space
to store left-overs and cooked
foods that would otherwise be
wasted
Convenience of having foods on
hand and the variety you add TO
your daily menus Will compensate
greatly for the cost OF operating
a home freezer
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

finished hogs and less to the pro-
Queer Of undesirable over fat
hogs.
There will be no need to change
breeds. Mast said. but producers
who want to hit top grades must
make some changes i'll feeding
and marketing. Hogs of any OF
the major breeds should Qualify
as Choice No. | if selection and
feed and management practices
are properly controlled.
What is the story behind the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

hogs with about the minimum
finish required to produce high
quality pork cuts, Choice No 2
hogs are slaughter hogs producing
high-quallty pork but slightly
over-fat and yielding carcass cuts
that need heavier trimming
Choice No. 3 hogs are hogs that
are decidedly over-fat. They yield
a low proportion of lean cuts and
a high proportion OF fat Medium
hogs are under-tinlshed with
under-firm meat.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30
WORN TROUSERS?

To prevent trouser cuffs from
wear. put wear-guards on the
cuffs Tape will do the trick. Use
heavy tape about 5/8 inch wide.
The first step is to turn down the
cuff. Then haste the guard on just
inside the leg. Place it parallel to
and right next to the fold at the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

Turnips or rutabagas VIII cook
quickly if you cut them into small
pieces, lengthwise. Mash and sea-
son them as you do with potatoes
Tor 3 tasty vegetable dlSk
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30
Tuno RoII-Up Makes
A PLEASING Dish

When you're looking for some
thing easy and economical for a
supper dish, make it a tuna roll
up,
Canned tuna fish, quickly and
easily seasoned with pimiento.
chives and watercress is rolled in
biscuit dough spiced with lemon
peel and juice Bake. and you have
tasty dish that's easy on
hard-pressed budget. too.
Tuna RolI-Up Az
(Serves ~ E6E
2 1-ounce cans tuna ~ EsE
y teaspoon salt
!, teaspoon pepper
pimicnto. chopped
2 tablespoons chopped chivss
or sprigs watercress,
leaves and stems, chopped
Grated peel of "a lemon
2 cups biscuit mix
Juice Of y lemon and enough
water TO make "a cup
egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
Empty tuna into large mixing
bowl Flake and season with salt
and pepper. Mix in pimiento,
chives and watercress. Add lemon
peel to biscuit mix. Following di-
rectlOnS on package. prepare bis
cult mix and liquid. Roll dough
into rectangle about "A inch thick.
Spread with tuna mixture. Roll up
from long side Place seam side
down in creased baking pan. Pinch
ends together. Brush top with egg
yolk and milk Bake in hot (400')
oven for 25 to 80 minutes. Slice
and serve hot.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

back up and tack it In place
If the trousers don't happen to
have a cuff ylp open the hem.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

Mount Everest flnaliy mas peeh
scaled by man.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

Then stitch tape parallel to ard
.eXt to the hen. crease Re-hel
The vrousei.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-06-30

bottom edge OF the Jrouser Stitch
by machine along both edges of
the guard. Then, tdrn the cuff
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/ lere's couple due for your congratulations.
For they belong to generation which will enjoy more
years of life than any other yet known to history.
At least that's what health and insurance statistics
tell us-giving generous share Of the credit to
today's lighter, more sensible diet.
And that's where Pepsi Cola fits into the picture
Because Pepsi is drink that's kept pace with the
changing taste to lighter foods, lighter beverages.
Today's Pepsi-Cola is light, dry (not too sweet,
reduced in calories. Pepsi refreshes without filling.
How long since you've had Pepsi-C Cola? Try one
todayin the familiar economy size that serves two
people, in the smaller sngle-drink bottle. You'll
see why Pepsi is now more popular than ever.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
End of an UnneighborIy Imposse

The overwhelming vote by residents of the
Chillum section of Prince Georges County in
favor of special fire tax presageS the end Of
q dangerously muddled fire protection arrange
ment in that area. Rejection of similar tax
two years ago led to withdrawal of fire service
previously rendered by adjacent Takoma Park.
Subsequent failure of the Takoma Park fire
rescue squad to respond to calls from Chillum
led to number of incidents that provoked i'll
feeling between the two communities.
The Takoma department was accused of
heartlesSnesS when it refused to answer several
emergency calls just across the boundary line.
But the residents of Chillum were not without
blame, for, until the vote this week. they had
been content to rely on other communities for
fire protection and rescue services, while paying
only fraction of the cost of supporting them
It is only fair to say, however, that Chillums
voters quickly swung into line behind plan
TO allot half or more of the fire tax proceeds to
Evening star., 1953-10-11

You must no longer worship things
you manufacture" While the setting
has changed, we see the same tendency
incarnated in the magical things which
out of the cornucopia of plenty are
poured upon us. Viewing, with the
same concern that Moses felt, the
images to which modern man bows
down, through the ghaStly catastrophe
that aff1icts mankind today we hear
God, Eternal, Immortal, Invisible.
saying to our age, If we but have ears
to hear: IF humanity is to continue
on this planet. you must stop wor-
shipping things you manufacture.
It is not only regimented people be-
hind the Iron Curtain who are bowling
down in adulation before the altar
of the might of machinery. Recently
read a solemnizing phrase of Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson. Everybody" he
wrote. soon or late sits down to ban
quet Of consequences" With all the
world America is sitting now at that
banquet of consequences. And, sitting
there. we face momentouS and ter
rifying fact about our modern world,
namely, that in the amazing work of
our minds and our hands we have
created habits Of thinking, priorities
Of living and instruments Of produc-
ton by which our spiritual faculties
can be atrophied and mankind can de-
story ITSELF "The solution of our
human problem lies not in these ma
terial instruments we use. but in the
spirit Of man who uses them, in his
character. in the moral aims he is de-
voted to, in the God of justice and
good will in whom he believes and
whom he serves. Not in the mastery
Of the material realm, but in the spir-
itual realms mastery of us lies the
solution of our appalling problem"
Micah is the prophet we need as his
words thunder across the embittered
continents: ''You must stop worship
ping the things you manufacture. For,
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

The Star for October 7, 1903, re-
ported from Whitewater, Va: Prof
Samuel P. Langley's big
Airship 6O-foot, steel-built man
Wrecked carrying aerodrome was
tried today and found
wanting. Prof. Charles M. Manley,
the aeronaut, escaped unhurt Not so
with the handsome and expensive ma
chine. It is total wreck. The launch
ing took place at 1915 O'Clock this
afternoon from the superstructure Of
the houseboat in the Potomac River.
two miles from this place. Easily and
rapidly the mechanical bird moved
along the 70-foot track. It took
the air fairly WELL For q traction of
a second the aerodrome stood up in
the face of the f1ve-mile wind then
blowing. But when that brief period
had passed there had passed also the
time when the airship had a chance
for successful fight. The next in
slant, the big and curious thing turned
gradually downward. The declination,
though not abrupt. was positive, and
Prof. Manley saw at glance that but
few movements of the second hand
of the stop watch he wore on his LETT
knee would be recorded before he. and
his scientific ship would bel founder
ing about in the waters OF the Potomac.
He did all that he could do under the
circumstances. In the latter stage OF
the downward plunge, when the inevi-
table was before him, he shut on his
motor, which had been working ad-
mirably when the start was made"
Both machine and Prof. Manley were
submerged temporarily, then "the i've
empty conical floats did their function
we'll" The wrecked aerodrome emerged
from the water, its operator safely
with 1t.
On october 8, 1908. The Star COM
mented as follows: 1T Is evident, as
result Of yesterdays failure
Lnn0ley at Whitewater of the Lang
Failure ley aerodro1ae to main
tain itself In the air, that
Prof. Langley has not yet found a way
to utilize the fiotation principle in Sc
curing human flight. His machine
Evening star., 1953-10-11

showed no capacity for sustaining itself,
and the propellers apparently were OF
no value in giving it forward motion.
Thus in both directions his apparatus
fell short of expectations. Mr.. Manley,
who courageously offered himself as
the first passenger on the hazardous
trip, explains that the apparatus was
not properly balanced. This explana-
ton, however, does not entirely satisfy
the doubts raised by the descriptions Of
Yesterdays test, which indicate that
the aerodrome was far too heavy for
it's flotation capabilities, and that it
possessed no independent energy" The
Star published four photographs Of the
Whitewater experiment, one Of them
showing the machine falling from the
LAUGHING platform into the river.
Reviewing book by Francis John
son entitled Famous ASsasSinati ations."
The Star on October 8.
Political 1908, explained: Herein
Murders is told the stories Of 81
crimes. :. The author has
told them from the point of view Of the
student of events and causes rather
ILldll DIS q SpCCldI1ob III 11Ol4OAs All
deed, the actual accounts of the kill
ing themselves are minimized and thus
the rendition does not shock the Sensi-
bilities. The author has evidently
addressed himself closely to the re-
search into the political and social con-
ditions attendant upon each of these
crimes" AS a check list of murders
prompted by partisan motives, the ros-
ter of victims still is interesting. It be-
gins with Philip Of Macedon and in
cludes: Tiberius Gracious, Julius Cae-
sar, the Emperor Tiberius, Caligula,
Claudius, Nero, Hypatia, Thomas
Beckett. Gessler, Inez de Castro, Rizzio,
Darnley, William of Orange, Ivan the
Terrible, Henry w of France, Wallen-
stein, John and Cornelius De Witt.
Alexis, son Of Peter the Great; Peter
III. Gustavus III, Marat. Paul I, August
Won Kotzebue, the Due de Berry,
Abraham Lincoln, Alexander II of Rus
sia, William Mckinley, Alexander ]
and Draga of Servia. Important omis-
sions were: Admiral Coligny, Giuliano
Evening star., 1953-10-11

de Medici, Lord Frederick Cavendish
and Thomas H. Burke, Humbert I OF
Italy, Empress Elizabeth of Austria.
Piers Gaveston, Edward II, Edward v.
Spencer Percival, Marshal Prin, PreSi-
dent Sadi Carnot of France, James of
Scotland and the Dukes of Guise.
Henry and Louis.
Every morning about 8 O'Clock"
said The Star for October 3. 1908,
travellers down Four
ChoIn Gong teenth street will meet
In the Park -. two to three wagons
filed with motley crews
all dressed with a similarity that is par
ticularly striking. Their garments are
late effects in stripes. Broad and black
these stripes have horizontal direction
and alternate with strata of white. They
are the garb of the guilty, and their
wearerS are members Of the chain
gang, committed for various terms to
the District WorkhouSe. It is these
men, under the intelligent direction
of Pvt j. F.. Amos. one Of the Metro
politan police force, who are working
daily in Rock Greek Park, keeping it
in good shape and carrying out schemes
of improvement devised at the Dis
trict Building. These men have also
done much in past years to help re-
claim the land from tangled wilder
ness and transform it by developing
it's most picturesque beauties. There
has been no effort to take away the
rustic character of the topography.
Time and money have been devoted
to road construction and the clearing
away of underbruSh in places where
the stateliness of the trees could the
better be brought out. Few visitors
to the park realize how much these
convicts have done there"
Motor touring for pleasure was be-
coming a popular fad half century
ago. The Star for Septern-
Long Trip Der %, 1908. carried an ac-
by Auto count Of trip made by
MIR. and Mrs. M. M. Parker
and their daughter, Mrs. Burdette.
"a distance of 300 miles, through
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Secretary of Labor Mitchell

Although James P. Mitchell, newly ap-
pointed Secretary of Labor, is not a big name"
in political sense, his long experience in the
Held of personnel and labor relations indicates
that he has high qualifications for the cabinet
post. sscE.s
A Republican in politics, Mr.. Mitchell took
leave of absence from position as vice preSi-
dent in charge of personnel and labor relations
for large New York department store to be-
come Assistant Secretary of the Army. In that
post, his primary responsibilities have been
those of dealing with manpower and reserve
forces. He had previous Government expert
ence in the same general area while serving as
director of Industrial Personnel of the War
Department and as an ex ohicio member of the
War Manpower Commission during World
War II.
j. Reaction to the appointment from organized
labor has been mixed. The most critical, COM
ing from the head of the MacliniSts' Union, was
merely that the department "has been turned
over to business" The AFL offered mo COM
ment" but the CIO said that Mr.. Mitchell "en-
joys good reputation among the labor people
who have dealt with him across the bargaining
table and who have worked with him on labor
management and related problems"
Perhaps the most revealing expression of
Mr. Mitchell's philosophy about labor relations
was cOnCd1neQ III an ADDRESS ne udUG W
American Management Association when he
said: Make no mistake, collective bargaining is
here to stay in our business economy. 1t is
up to us on the management side of the table
to learn to work with it and to recognize that
unions can become our partners in this search
for increased productivity and improved morale"
With the resignation of Undersecretary
Mashburn, Mr. Mitchell presumably will have
opportunity to participate in the selection of his
Sfirst-level assistant. The Labor Department
has big job ahead of it in establishing posi-
ttion, under Republican administration of at
tracing the confidence of both labor and
industry. The much-debated revision of the
Taft-Hartley Act, on which the administration
failed to reach agreement in time for considera-
tion during the last session of Congress, is due
for consideration on Capitol Hill during the
coming winter. Mr.. Mitchell has refrained from
expressing his own views on this problem thus
far, but it is to be expected he will have an
important hand in drafting and presenting the
program later.
Since the department, for various reasons,
had not moved into high gear during the first
nine months of the Eisenhower administration,
MIR. Mitchell now has an opportunity to set his
own course and to participate in formulating
the labor policies of the administration.
Evening star., 1953-10-11

hometown fire squad, the remainder to be
distributed among other nearby fire DEPART
ments Under the plan voted down in 1851
Chillums fire squad-then without any equip
have derived no benefit from the
fire tax. /,
So the citizens Of the thickly populated
Chillum area henceforward may expect prompt
and effective fire protection service from its own
department. supplemented as may be necessary
by aid from neighboringr departments. And
good sense would dictate the negotiation, Of an
early agreement between Chillum and Takoma
Park for reciprocal aid in future emergencies
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Spires Of the Spirit
I his Golf

The supreme folly man can commit
is the endeavor to make god out Of
the things he possesses A manufac-
tured deity spells suicide.
1t was that very piece Of spiritual in
sanity that seized the children of Israel
in the wilderness to which. as a horde
of fleeing slaves under Moses. they had
escaped from Egypt With their leader
absent in the mount, they demanded
of Aaron, the priest, that he fashion
to hear no more of the rules and laws
and regulations and -thou-shalt-
with which the religion of Jehovah had
restricted and encumbered their lives.
With Moses gone, they craved down
to-earth sort Of religion. In modern
parlance, they intended to do what
comes naturally. And so men and
women. eager to exchange discipline
for license. took from their own per-
sons ornaments of gold: and otlt Of this
molten precious jewelry was fashioned
the likeness of domestic animal, a
calf. Here. at least. was voiceleSs god
who would have no rebuke for their
obscene debaucherieS. In the sightless
eyes Of the idol there would be no re-
straining appeal calling them back to
abandoned virtues
When Moses returning appeared, the
sight which met his astoniShed eyes was
as startling as If the President of the
United States, about once more to pro-
claim the fundamental beliefs of de-
mocracy. some morning should be in
formed that overnight the Nation had
repudiated its heritage of freedom and
had eSpoused the false gods of COM
munisrn. With volcanic fury the law
giver turned to Aaron for an explana-
ton of the blasphemous orgy which he
beheld. The recreant priest lamely re-
piled: They brought their gold to me.
I cast it into the fire. And there came
out this calf"
Now the Sobering thing is that the
iniquity depicted on this daStardly page
OF history exactly mirrors the situation
which confronts our generation, as
multitudes in their hearts, and deeds
write God with a small "g." What
Moses saw in his day prophetic eyes see
in this age on ages telling What is the
explanation of the statue of Mammon
which, set UP in this century COM
mandS the inner allegiance and fealty
Of untold millions as it symbolizes the
collapse of pure religion and the relapse
into paganism? It is this, if they would
speak the truth: 1--WE put our treasures
in the hot fires of ambition and compe-
tition and nerve -wracking exertion,
and there came out this 'calf!"'
Long after the scene when there
emerged "this calf" the prophet Micah
pictures God as solemnly warming:
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Change the Law!

District Court Judge Holtzoff in ordering
the Commissioners to retire former Police
Inspector Bullock on pension, made signifi-
cant comment. "The weakness of the Govern
ment'S case," he said, "is that Congress did not
provide for forfeiture of retirement pay for
misconduct This court has no power to read
into the statutory scheme something that is not
there"
So this veteran officer dismissed by his
fsuperiors upon his trial board conviction for
unbecoming conduct, INSTRUMENTATION and ac-
tions "prejudicial to the reputation and good
order of the Police Department. will be added
to list heretofore reserved for officers retired
and penSioned under honorable circumstances.
He will receive pension benefits dating from the
date of his application for retirement, February
H. 1852. AS Judge Holtzoff emphasized, Bullock
met all requirements of existing law for retire
@ment and could not legally be deprived of his
rights, despite his misconduct.
The weakness of the Governments case in
the effort to prevent the retirement and pen
Sioning of this former public servant Stemmed
from weakness of the law governing retire
3ment and annuity privileges for the police.
There is something wrong with retirement
law that guarantees to a diScredited officer the
same benefits awarded to policemen for long
and faithful service. These benefits are paid in
large part from public funds Manifestly, Con-
gress should change the law to make sure that
in the future only officers retired under honor
able circumstances can derive any pension bene-
fits from governmental sources.
Evening star., 1953-10-11

Massachusetts,, was covered in 10 days
without an accident Of any character.
and even without the aid of horses in
crossing through the notch in the
White Mountains, the latter being a
feat accomplished in only one other
instance" Mr.. Parker was quoted as
declaring that "any auto tourist who
will take the trouble to follow" an ap-
proved tourists map "is pretty sure to
avoid the poor roads," His machine
was in as good condition, except for
dust and dirt. as it was when they
started" The Parker itinerary was:
Camden, Union. Gardiner, Lewiston,
Auburn. Poland Springs. Bay of Naples
and Fryeburg, Me-; Conway, North
Conway, Crawford House, Faybans,
Twin Mountains. Whitefield, Limon-
burg, NJ, H.; st. Johnsbury, Morris
vile. Cambridge. Underhill. Bur-
lington, Williston, Middlesex. Randolf,
Waterbury. Montpelier. Woodstock,
White River Junction, VT; Leba-
non, Canaan, Clearmont, Newport,
Concord. Manchester, N. H.; Lowell
and Boston, Mass.
This paragraph is quoted from the
real estate section of The Star of Octo-
Der 10, 1908: ION the
SoeqmuelleF Virginia side Of the river,
House between Alexandria and
Chain Bridge roads,
George Saegmueller is completing q
very handsome home, to cost over
$4,000. The house will be fitted with
every modern convenience. One Of the
features will be a very beautiful
little chapel" The family residence
thus referred to now is known as 5l15
Little Falls road, Arlington. It was
purchased by the Knights of Columbus.
Council 2473, two years ago. Mr.. Saeg-
mueller's sons, Frederick B., George NJ.
and John L.. still live in the general
neighborhood.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Proise for DR.. Harris

There are so many fine features in
your valued paper. and especially in
The Sunday Star. find them enjoy
able and helpful. Let me express appre-
citation particularly for the excellent
religious articles Cor sermons) by DR..
Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of the
Foundry Methodist Church, which ap-
pear on the Sunday editorial page. They
are so well written. so interesting, and
really inspiring. They help me so much
= that frequently I clip them and send
them to friends in other cities, who also
appreciate them. Keep up the good
work! Paul FrOeIich.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Prerequisites of Chief Justice

The editorial section of The Sunday
Star, october 4, contains some comment
on the appointment of Governor Earl
Warren as Chief Justice. No one ques-
tions his honesty, integrity and knowl-
edge of civil government. After noting
the Governors lack of experience on
the bench. as stressed by many notable
lawyers, The Star says "other persons
felt. however, that the top prerequisites
of Chief Justice are common sense
and the ability to administer an i'm
portant arm of Government" Com
mon sense is, of course, desirable but