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Evening star., 1953-12-10
By Gordon H. Smith

DR.. Howard Mitchell's read
ing of Handel's Messiah" in
Constitution Hall last night was
a spine -tingling experience from
beginning to end.
The house was packed as was
the stage which held the COM
bined forces of the choirs of the
churches as we'll as the National
Symphony Orchestra and the
four soloiStS.
The electrifying quality of the
performance began with the
first note of the overture. Tempos
and dynamics were handled
Sensitively, and the new per-
sonality of the string tone of the
orchestra. which is a thing of
beauty, enhanced the thrill of
the evening immeasurably.
The soloists were chosen with
accurate care. They compile
mented each other in every way.
Miss Curtin's voice is brilliantly
cool, Miss Krebs' has a rich,
warm quality. Mr.. McCollum
possesses a silvery tenor and Mr..
Steffe, native Washingtonian,
is a superb styliSt.
Handel loved the chorus; he
gave it all the best parts. Last
nights maSsed choir paid their
homage to him by turning in an
excellent performance. They ap-
peared responsive to DR.. Mitch
ellis every desire and he seemed
to wiring every ounce of exhalta-
ton from them.
The Accomplishments to the
SoloiSts were sensitive. The pi-
anissimos shimmered and the
orchestra appeared to be con-
stantly aware of it's Importance.
Nothing was overplayed nor was
there a dull tone quality at any
time during the evening. Lloyd
GeiSler'S trumpet solo was flaw
less, as usual.
The Pastoral Symphony"
with it's wonderfully wet trills.
found us forgetting to breathe.
This was a common occurrence,
we discovered. 1t happened again
in the delicious solo of Miss
Krebs "He Shall Feed His
Flock" Handel must have had
a marvellous contralto to write
for or he could never have COM
posed such music.
Regardless of the tradition re-
quiring the audience to stand
during the "Hallelujah Chorus" :"
it would have been a difficult
thing for any one to have re-
manned seated during this per-
formance.
Whenever large groups are
brought together to produce a
work of this kind, there is always
some disunity Of expression
Evening star., 1953-12-10

Combined Choirs Give Stirring
Performance of The Messiah

among the different choirs, which
is a natural result of the fact
that they are under the separate
disciplines of different directors.
This group was no exception, but
it was gratifying to hear the
uneven articulation only in fast
passages. The MesSrS. w. L.
Hall, H. v. Hall, Prussing and
Shure deserve high praise for
the obvious effort they expended
in preparing their respective
choirS for this production.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Liquor Permit Transfer
Refused by Bourd

The Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board has refused the ap-
plication Of the Economy Wine
& Liquor Store, to transfer its
place of business from 1000
Eighteenth street NV, to 1841
First street NV.
The board based its refusa,
on the protests of homeowners
in the First street neighborhood
and of the congregation of the
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Church. First street and Rhode
Island avenue NV, which is
about 200 feet from the proposed
store. The Bloomingdale Civic
Association also protested the
transfer.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Combined Antibiotics
Fiqht Skin Infections

NEW YORK.-A New York
concern is marketing a new
combination of antibiotic drugs
to help prevent infection in skin
injuries and surgical wounds.
It contains streptomycin,
bacitracin, and plymixin. It
is said to be effective against all
% types Of bacteria found in
skin injuries.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
News Of Music

National Symphony Orchestra.
Howard Mitchell conductor. Con-
stitution Hall, December 9. $3.50 pm.
Choirs: First Baptist Church, Har-
wood v. Hall, director; First Congre-
gational Church. Whitford L. Hall.
director: Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church, r. Deane Shure. di-
rector: New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church, Stephen H. Prussing, di-
rector.
Soioists: Phillis Curtin, soprano:
Beatrice Krebs. contralto; John Nc
Collum, tenor; Edwin Steffe, baritone.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Chal'ting a Course

that makes our productivity the wonder of
the world
THE faith we hold belongs not to US
alone but to the free of the world we
are linked to all free peoples, not merely by
a noble idea, but by simple need. No free
people can for long cling to any privilege
or enjoy any safety in economic solitude
This basic law of interdependence, SO mani
fest in the commerce of peace, applies with
thousand-fold intensity in the event of war.
"The strength of all free peoples lies
in unity, their danger in discord f. we
face the threat-not with dread and con-
fusion-but with confidence and conviction.
1--WE shall be guided by certain fixed
principles:
1--WE hold it to be the first task of states
manship to develop the strength that will
deter the forces of aggression and promote
the conditions of peace -.
1T is the firm duty of each of our free
citizens to place the cause Of his country
before the comfort and convenience of him
self -.
I'VE shall never try to placatc an ag-
gressor by the false and wicked bargain
of trading honor for security. For in the
final choice soldiers pack is not SO heavy
as a prisoners chains
Eve shall never use our strength to try
to impress upon another people our own
cherished political and economic insttu-
tons ;.
1--WE shall strive to help them achieve
their own security and we'll being shall
count upon them to assume their full and
just burdens Of the common defense Of free
dom.
1--WE shall strive to foster everywhere,
and to practice ourselves, policies that en-
courage productivity and profitable trade.
within the framework of the United
Nations to help strengthen such special
bonds (of regional grouping) the world
over.
I'VE hold all continents and peoples in
equal regard and honor
1--WE shall strive to make it Omitted
Nations) not merely an eloquent symbol
but an effective force
"Whatever America hopes to bring to
pass in the world must first come to pass
in the heart of America
This is the work that awaits US all, to
be done with bravery, with clarity - and
prayer to almighty God"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Double Check

This Republican weather and
Democratic prosperity is about to
get me dcwn-to the day the
change takes place it was hay
wire Very few Protectors came
out in this years forecast
Slick" magazines cut their
subscription rates and heightened
their terms to get you folks to
keep reading some even sent
7tamps for return postage
they didn't even get the stamps
back
Just saw where some aged wine
was dug up addressed to winston
Churchill. They are flying i: to
him for the one bigger toast
Make America Freezer" Well
maybe SO.
Patronaee is still the big news
FOR the South never had
t so good SO few key" men.
The "Chowder and Marching
Club" the COP planning board.
garner up the attitudes Of the
committees to tackle new legis-
'atirn they have no vested
interest.
The call for men for draft
duty is a heavy drain on man
power. Draft Boards are left with
no choice whatever.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
New Day Dawning
In Nematode Control

New chemicals ana new equip
ment have ushered IL new era
in root-knot control in gardens.
S. B. Femme. plant pathologist
at VPI. says root-knot. caused by
nematodes. is one OF the most
serious garden pests in eastern
Virginia and affects many vege-
tables.
Use of simple equipment with
jar-top applicator for applying
control chemicals by the row
method will reduce the cost of
treatment. For example. where
DID or 40 per cent ethylene di-
bromide are available at about
S2.75 per gallon a l/l0-acre gar
den can be treated for about
S2.75. Gardeners should make
sure that their seed dealers have
materials available n time to
fumigate their soils next spring,
Femme says.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

the go-getting spirit? Humility
sounds like the opposite of that,
and so we seldom hear it praised.
at Rotary luncheons, in political
speeches or in school textbooks
Even in church VIC don't hear much
about it. Advising people to be
humble sounds like advising them
to aim for the bottom of the lad
der, not the top.
AS for forgiveness. this too goes
against the natural grain. We can
forgive people for mistakes. we
can forgive them with good grace
when they haven't hurt us par
ticularly But when other people
have actually done wrong, serious
wrong. and done it to mo or to
some one | love. how then can
forgive them? Won't / be lowering
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

2. Private non-residential expenditures
were about sl0,7OO,OOO 900 Berlin believes
this outlay may also be equaled in 1858.
3. Government construction of all kinds
totaled about $l060O,0O 900. Berlin ex-
poets this figure to rise in 1853.
4. Modernization and repair construc-
ton volume totaled about Sl0,000.0O0,000
last year and the prediction is that it will
increase in 1858
If Mr.. Berln's prediction is an accurate
one, the industry's peak volume Of 1862 will
be surpassed in 1858 by a new record. This
would indicate another unusually good
business year in 1858
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

loWable office expenses. In certain in
stances congressman have chiselcd on ex-
pcnses in order to make both ends meet 1t
will take all Of the salary and more to
maintain home in Washington and one
back in the home state. which means that
the man of ordinary means can not aspire
to the duty Of public service
We recognize the dangers of too high a
salary and its attraction for those less
qualified, but we do believe public servants
are worthy of their hire and anything less
than cost is unfair to them and unwisc for
the good of the nation. We would not be
avcrsc to modest increase in the pav of
mCnt.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
61()lll6
AlfJ|lI
By Ted Keuis5g

A miracle has taken place in
Pennsylvania. A miracle with the
ponderous name of the Pennsy-
vania Cooperative Farm-Game
Program. The miracle-Worker is
the Pennsylvania Game Commits
SIGN which has succeeded in OPEN
ing to public hunting almost one
million acres OF land that either
vas posted or about to be posted.
Bill Wolf reports that the man
ner in which these million acres
were added to public hunting
grounds is of natural interest in
this day Of growing friction be-
tween landowner and hunter. 1t
started in 1896, when the Com
mission went TO the farmers and
said in effect:
If enough Of you who own adj
Joining acres throw it open to
public hunting. we will give you
something in return. We will set
up safety areas around all your
buildings; we will see that game
protectors are on hand during
hunting season: we will set apart
some OF land as game refugees so
-FOUR land will not be hunted out.
# there are gullies or other ero-
sion on your farms. the Game
Commission will supply seed or
plants that will bind the soil to-
gether. and help plant them If
necessary. If you have contour
blowing problems. we will pro-
vide specially-trained men to help
YOU and we ask only that the
"trip planting be done to help
he game as we'll as the land.
The Commission also said If
YOU or your kids want to raise
>heasants for US. We'll supply the
hicks and pay you for each bird
raised and released at IL week
If age. If your land needs restock
ing. you will get top consideration
hen we stock quail. pheasant
or rabbits. Well do everything II
our power to make your acres
better farm land because then it
ill be better game land. What
10 YOU say?
The farmers said Yes" rattle
slowly at first. But the last few
wears the program has been goin
nth bang. The 1882 report
will show 5000 farms with 10000
farmers cooperating and NOR
than a million acres open tf
public hunting.
The Commission soon learne
that the thing farmers wante
most was protection Of rights. liz
and property. Once he was as
sured Of that, he was open t
other things like wildlife habita'
improvement on his land. Fror
the beginning. the Commission
has religiously seen to it that CO.
operating farmers get that pro-
lection, at the same time subtl'
pointing out.that if it weren't for
the hunters license fees to pro-
vide money to hire protectors the
farmer would have no safeguards
at all against vandals and poach-
ers. Very few farmers ever with
draw from a project. best proof
that the plan is working
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Construction Industry

BANKING just behind the nations de-
Tense, as an industry. the construction
industry established new peak volume
in 1852 of s42 100000. And. despite pre-
dictions to the contrary, many industry
officials Guiding Harold Berlin, vice
president Of the Johns Manville Corpora
tion-believe 1868 volume will exceed that
of 1852.
Berlin broke the 1852 total down into
the following segments: /. $1l,000,000 900
spent in private new residential expendi-
lures. About 100000 new homes were
started in the year. The dollar volume is
expected to be equal ed in 1858.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Two Hardest
Lesson for January 25. 1858

WHEN YOU see a pole-Va"lter
w sailing like bird over the
high bar. il looks like the easiest
thing in the world. When you see
matchmaker putting a hairsprlng
into place. or good cook whipping
cake together. it looks simple,
But the simple things are seldom
as easy as they look So it is IN the
Christian life. 1t can be made 10
sound absolutely simple but il
never is. And II never IS easy,
either. Perhaps the two hardest
things sound the easiest Jesus
made it plain that without them
one cannot call oneself true
Christian. One is humility and the
other is forgiveness. How easy they
sound, But try them They VIII
test your spiritual muscle
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Farmers Showing
Increased Interest
In Crop Drying

show increased interest III crop
drying installations.
K. T. SWink. associate agricul-
tural engineer at VPI, SAID g. dry
ing systems were installed III
1852. for total OF about $50
systems in 80 Virginia counties.
Ten of the installations report
ed were for drying two or more
crops. Swink says this trend will
probably increase as more farmers
learn more about tie advantages
Of drying corn and small grain.
Seventeen uatur2! IL systems
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Con2ressmen's Salaries

CONSIDERABLE discussion has been in
progress in Washington over the
salaries of congressman The dramatic
appearance. Of vice-presidenti-l candidate,
Richard M. Nixon, on televsion during the
recent campaign pin-ponted the difficulty
experienced by public servants in main
tanning standard of living demanded in
the Nations Capital without being unfair
to their families. 1t has narrowed itself
down to a point where a congressman must
be independent financially, or be obligated
to his friends, or sacrifice his ability in
private industry, in order to serve the pub
lie The condition is not healthy
The present annual salary is $4,000 for
both senators and representatives plus al
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

Editor.
The Farmville Herald
wonder. reading Virginia
weekly newspapers. including your
own splendid one. whether our
country editors who are among
the most influential of them all
are devoting enough attention to
the battle-ground in Korea.
Without the services of the
great press associations and minus
foreign correspondents, the week
ly paper carries little beyond an
occasional feature about some
local boy who has come back and
may have seen a mile or so Of the
front or rear areas and little else
With all its full coverage Of
the community's social life, with
columns of print about gangling
young high school basketball
players, and accounts Of the
shiny elegance of the 1853 auto
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER became
the Saith President of the United States
on Tuesday in exercises characterized by
simplicity and an air of implicit sincerity.
The frailty of human effort was recognized
and the strength of an ornipotent God was
sought. In fearless clarity and powerful
earncstness President Eisenhower affirmed
the principles of freedom in a world
fraught with international tensions.
For the first time in history millions of
Americans saw, by means Of television, the
Inauguration of a President. They saw
man assume an obligation fully aware that
it entailed the greatest responsibility any
President has faced. Not only did he rec
ognize domestic problems of Importance,
but more, the grave international situation.
His hearers were further impressed by his
humility and dignity. A serious determin-
alton was plainly shown in his demeanor;
the magnetic smile was replaced with an
impressive expression of earnestneSs. His
audience responded with only two voleys
of spontaneous applause, the remainder of
the time they were thoughtful in rapt at
tention. The occasion was impressive and
made one realize that the United States,
possibly the world was emDarking upon
new course A new leader had assumed mo-
mentous responsibilities which he was to
share with his countrymen and bear with
the aid of Divine Providence. In no other
nation could leadership be changed so
simply, yet with ultimate dignity, recogniz-
ing the fralty Of human ability and rely
ing earnestly upon divine guidance. 1t made
one realize that something more powerful
than armed might and materialstic pro-
gress has promoted the United States to
place of leadership among nations
President Eisenhower said in part:
1--WE are called as people. to give tes-
timony, in the sight OF the world, to our
faith that the future shall belong to the
free.
This faith is the abiding creed Of our
fathers. 1t is our faith in the deathless dig
nifty of man, governed by eternal moral and
natural laws
This faith rules our whole way of life.
1t DEGREES that we, the people elect leaders
not to rule but to serve.
1T asserts that we have the right of
choice Of our own work and to the reward
of our own toll 1t inspires the initiative
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Crossing Over

When YOU cross DER the border into space and the
night
Let your spirit be strong hopes lamp burning bright
If your heart is -wearv and Your footsteps slow
Because Of lifes journey you've Travelled below.
You've seen as you ourncycd the fast flight Of years
The that brought laughter and those that brought
tears.
You have passed thru the valleys Of darkness and pain
And then you've awakened to the sunshine again
When YOU cross Der the border YOU should 80 without
fear.
Hopes lamp ever brighter the shadows draw near
With faith in your heart and with God by your side.
You should without fear at the end of life tide
Hopefully yours,
/. y. Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

VI A'til 10 van 80 8
They are not only
much harder to
ractice than they
sound, but they
sound worse than
they are. What IS
the quality which
all Americans adj
wise, initiate and
practice with all
their might? Isn't
it aPgreSSlVeneSS.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
DEsERTIONS

While the Army has had about
$4,000 assertions from its ranks
by enlisted men since the start of
the Korean war, all except 1000
have returned to duty or have
been picked up. The Air Force re-
ported ISL deserters unreturned
as of October 81; the Navy. 1912.
as Of the end Of December, and
the Marine Corps. 697. for the
same date.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

and one portable drler were in
stalled for long hay, Is natural
an systems and II portable driers
we're installed for baled hay. 9th
CTS included chopped hay. corn,
gram. and or combination in
stallatlonS. OF the total 40 were
natural All systems, % we're por-
table crop dliCrS.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
L. ). POPULATION

Almost half of the population
Of the United States lives in l57
urbanizcd areas, which contain
less than five per cent of the land
area of the country. The popula-
ton per square mile of these ur-
banned areas is 5,438, while the
average density outside the ur-
banned areas is Pts persons per
trtf-af-. ,,tifa
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

myself TO their level if forgive?
Won't il be the same as saying that
what they did was quite right after
all? Snan't / be calling wrong,
right? Isn't forgiveness turning
right and wrong upside down?
Humble Like a Child
Let US look into these matters a
moment. Take humility first.
Jesus illustration Of humility is
not some down-and-out lazy person
without dreams, desires or ambi-
tons. His model is the child. What
is the humility OF child? 1t is the
quality of teachableness. The child
is not set in his ways. He is trust
full. Even the liveliest child, even
the most stubborn, will believe
what he is told. and has never
satisfied curiosity about every
thing You can't tell the college
sophomore much; he thinks he
knows enough as it is. But no child
thinks he knows everything He is
not suspicious, cynical. sophisti-
Gated, superior. He can grow.
Call the roll OF the worlds truly
great men, they all have this quail
ity Of childlikeness. whether
greatly daring person like Scott,
the explorer OF the Antarctic, or
greatly wise person like Abraham
Lincoln. or greatly imaginative
person like John Bunyan. All forms
of greatness have in them the quail
ity Of the childllke. And the special
humbleness that is essential for
Christians is not only this. but
humility before God. For the one
sin that keeps one farthest away
from God is the very opposite Of
chlldlikeness. namely pride.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23
Seventy Times Seven

Consider that other quality. the
forgiving spirit, Docs this really
mean calling wrong, right? We
should. remember that forgiving is
not the same thing as condoning.
You c6nJone wrong when you act
as if il were not wrong at all.
really When God forgives us he
does not pretend that we have done
no wrong, and when we forgive
others.We should not confuse wrong
with right. Condoning means APP
proving; forgiving does not. You
can condone without love; it takes
love to forgive.
But nowhere in the Bible is it
SAID that God forgives, or that we
are expected to forgive, apart from
repentance The hard and unre-
penting spirit makes forgiveness
Impossible. Forgiveness is not a
one-sided affair. 1t calls for hui.
mility on both sides, for forgive
ness is a restoring OF fellowship.
and that cannot be done in pride.
But is forgiveness sign of weak
ness? Wait till you have been in
suited. injured or wronged. and
sou viii learn the truth about 1t.
BASED on outline. copyrighted BY the
Division of Christian Education, Ma
innal Council of the Churches Of Christ
- the S.A. Released BY WNU
IrafuIFs.t
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

Never lose your temper because some
body else cannot think clearly
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

What happens is not as important as
what the people believe has happened.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

Who's the head of the house is often a
matter of argument.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-23

The book of Revelations in the
Bible is called the Apocalypse.