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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
London Chapter Assists AT 18th
Anniversary Convention OF ESA

Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
observed its twenty-fifth anniver-
sary last week when 400 delegates
from 33 states, Hawaii and Dis
trict of Columbia, convened in Co
lumbus for the eighth national and
seventh international convention
of the organization, at the Desh-
ler-Hilton Hotel.
Mrs. Jack Minter and Mrs. Will
liam Hook, past presidents OF
Beta Kappa Chapter of London,
were delegates for the sessions
and were joined Saturday by Mrs.
William Fettfow and Miss Doro-
thy Dunkle.
The London chapter was respon-
sible for the entertainment at
Saturdays luncheon and featured
barber shop quartet, all MEM
bers of the 1854 London High
graduating class, for the pleasure
of the convention. The four Lon
don lads, really did their hostess
es proud, according to all reports
and sang with much gusto and
close harmony several numbers.
In the quartet were, Don Barr,
Jack Raub, Roger Flannery and
bud" Jones. For the main num-
ber they sang, THE Lost Chord"
Mrs. Harold Tumblison, MEM
ber of the London Chapter, serv-
ed as one of the co-ordinators and
co-chairmen for the convention, as
sisting with many of the plans
preceding the opening of the ses-
sions last week.
AT the formal banquet Saturday
evening in the Crystal Room of
the hotel, E. Robert Palmer of
Loveland, Colorado, founder of the
sorority, was guest speaker.
Mrs. Minter, Mrs. Hook and
Mrs. Fettrow, were joined by their
husbands after the banquet for the
dance in the Crystal Room which
concluded the sessions.
- s4
Mr.. and Mrs. John K. Bridgman
and their three children, Connie,
Johnnie and Linda, left Monday
morning by motor for Black Rock
Lodge on Manitoulin Island, On
tario, Canada. On their way home
they will stop at Boyne City,
Michigan, where they will drop
Connie off for a several weeks
vacation at Huntingdon Camp.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25

Amy way You figure value, Pontiac is the head.
and shoulder standout.
- Only at the top of the price scale can you match
Pontiacs size, luxury and big-car performance
Yet it is priced within whisper of the lowest!
That's the big advantage You start with-more
car for less money And here's another reason why,
deal for deal you can't beat Pontiac You pay less
in the long run because you are always trading
Americas favorite used car.
But let Pontiac and generous deal do the
talking Come in for showdown ride and top
dollar appraisal.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25

The thirty-eighth annual inspec-
ton of London Chapter Order of
the Eastern Star, conducted in the
Masonic Temple last Thursday
evening, was attended by 290
members of the order. Mrs. Edwin
Neff and Stephen c. Edwards,
We're presiding officers.
Mrs. Audrey Kalbfleisch, wort
ny grand matron, of Dayton, was
the inspecting officer, and honor
ed members of the Ohio Grand
Chapter were present, including:
Mrs. Bessie Boice, Mrs. Hazel
Beach and Mrs. Laura Z. Magrew,
all past grand matrons; grand
representatives, Jane Mills, New
Hampshire; June Smith, Texas;
Eleanor Geist, Colorado; Ruberta
Blanke, Michigan; Ruhamah Gres-
colt, Quebec; Lucille B. Gardiner,
Connecticut; Cleo Wood, North
Carolina; Mrs. Audrey Kalbfleisch,
worthy grand matron; Herman
Geist, worthy grand patron;
Mrs. Hazel ach, grand
treasurer; Mrs. Mary Hum
phrey, grand chaplain; Mrs. Grace
Grethres, grand marshall; Mrs.
Frances Hester, Grand Ruth; Mrs.
Mary M. Graham, Grand Martha;
Mrs. Magdalene Workman, Grand
Electa; Mrs. Betty Johnson, Grand
Warder; Robert ]. Brown, Grand
Sentinel; district deputy grand
matrons, Mrs. Helen G. Wells No.
i; Iva Gallagher, No. 8; Mrs. Opal
Miracle, No. Il; Mrs. Edna Mar
shall, No. 13; Mrs Margaret jean
drevin, No. IA; Mrs. Martha He
genberger, No. II; Mrs. Mary
Sponsler, No. 18; Mrs. Harriet
Veidt, No. 81; Mrs. Sara Hill, No.
% and Mrs. Lena Mae Drum
mond No. %.
OCner nOnOfed members were
worthy matrons and patrons of
Ohio; past matrons and past pa
irons of London Chapter, a Mason
honored by Masonic Body; dis
trict officers and the chairman of
the Hospital Circle.
A delicious banquet, served by
of London Chapter, was
in the Temple dining room pre-
ceding the inspection. Red roses
climbing over fan shaped trelliseS,
created the atmosphere of beau
tiful rose garden. Blue candles, the
color of the Chapter officers dress
es were placed between the trel-
ises, the full length of the BAN
quet tables. Favors were tiny blue
mint cups, representing the open
rose, with miniature red roses at
tached.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
.1Uanelle Sanders
Is Engaged To
Wed Fred Oyer

Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Sanders,
160 East Center Street, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Avanelle, to Fred Oyer, son of
Mr., and Mrs. Elmer Oyer, IS
Lynn Street, Mechanicsburg.
Miss Sanders is employed at
Dwyer Bros, Inc. Mr.. Oyer is as
sociated with the American Ag-
gregate Corp, of Urbana,
Definite date for the wedding
has not been set.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25
Madison Local
Students At
Ohio u. School

Ann Moody and Mary Renick,
editor and assistant editor respec-
lively of the school paper; Roger
Kronk and Allan Finchum, editor
and co-editor of the annual of
Madison Local School, are in
Athens this week attending the
ninth annual workshop on High
School publications.
The workshop is conducted by
the School of Journalism at Ohio
University, June 81 26.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25

Nanette Willard daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Willard,
South Main Street, has returned
from visit in Columbus with her
grandmother, Mrs. F. E. Willard
and family.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dixon, Elm
Street, have returned from Rus
sells Point where Mr.. Dixon, depu-
ty sealer of weights and measures
for Madison County, attended the
state convention.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
illiamsburg Tour

History came to life for IS Four
tn Graders of the Amelia Elem
entary School recently when they
spent a day at jamestown and
williamsburg Anu Gordon Jen-
kins. one OF the students describe,
The trip as follows
Plans had been under Nay for
several weeks We could hardly
Wait lol The time to go We start
Ell oat early gong TO jamestown
for our first stop The old church.
the statues OF John Smith and
PocahontaS We're interesting but
We looked toward to Williams
| burg more
Our guides at Williamsburg
made the colonist almost step out
CT the pages Of history with their
interesting ways OF telling about
them We visited the Palace. the
Palace Gardens, the Cauital, Blu-
ton Parish Church the Powder
Magazine id the Apothccary
Shop
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

course of behavior, and may be
good for our economy because it
shakes out some of the deadWood,
Sharpens production efficiency.
actiVateS consumer research. I'M
proves quality. makes manage
ment more cost conscious. and
forces 1t to reappralse its pricing
policies. l forecast that neither
legislation, nor a st1ff-neck policy.
nor court action Will outwit the
law Of Supply and Demand. Act
ion and Reaction
Perhaps the time has come for
a reapprasiSal Of profit margins.
Don't get me wrong. I believe
in the profit system A profltless
volume like a prcfitless pros
perity will get us nowhere. What
want to point out, how ever. is
that Falr-Trade" laws or price
cutting are not the real problems.
These are symptoms Of our basic
difficulty What needs to be cured
IS not the symptom. but the pro
blem Let's get on with solving
the problem of more efficient and
more honest Management
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

gram is for L. S. buyers to be able to buy
foregn-p produced goods While IT, s. in
dustries should not be put out Of business
our trade restrictions should be low enough
to allow sufficient foreign goods to be sold
that foreign countries will get the dollars
with WHICH they can buy American pro-
ducts. If we keep our trade restrictions at
a minimum and lower some of our tariffs.
then many foreigners will earn dollars and
many of these dollars will in turn. be spent
for Y. S.-produced goods.
Only through this kind Of program can
these countries become financially indie
pendent, and maintain trade balance
with the United States, and not be forced
to resort to high artificial trade restrictions
II such q program eliminates the need for
billions of dollars in economic aid which
this country has extended since 1947, the
net result will be most beneficial
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
TUESDAY. MARCH 16. 1854
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

THE American people afe susceptible to
propaganda and mob Psychology Espe-
cislly is this true in the urban sections
where most Of the people, are dependent
upon regular and steady employment and
DECISIONS by officials Of large operating
companies affect them so directly. A whis-
pqred bit Of gossip in large industrial
organization can have immediate psyche
logical effect throughout the organization.
A fear psychology is the greatest hazard.
During the Rooseveltan Age, the presi
dent made the important observation that
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

BONNIE Lush and Bobby
Saunders said the famous words
Of Patrick Henry Are those VINO
live III England Better than we
English who Tive in America
Caesar had his RrutuS Charles !.
his Cromwell and GEORGE III
may profit bq ufeu example II
TINS be treason. make the most OF
ltl' IA NJ sat in the room where
The House OF Burae@Ses met
Each Of Us came home @Ith =
story TO tell shout our Wonderful
day
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

barn and rlplnine in opposite d.
rections. Then ! realized that he
had given me a chance to think
Now I realize that a hard boiled
professor in the University OF
CHICAGO A. G. McLauehlin, Was
using the same method Trial and
Error Is really Blunder and Sue
ceSSl One more reference TO my
father and Nili return 10 the FIST
teacher. my neither During the
Inst years Of my UNDERGRADUATE
work Ill Randolph-Ma College
I reached a point Of doubt thto-
logically. reRar ms Evolution,
Present day readers cam % t
understand the marrow orthodoxy
Of early days BY that time I knew
where to 60 for help-to born
teacher My father listened. Wait
ed. and finally said Son. you
have reached the point where you
must think for yourself A longer
pause. There are many things
my father believed that l cannot
believe Sull q longer pause land
then There are things that
believe that ! hope YOU VIII not
believe Today I not only
believe III physical evolution but
IN spiritual evolution Are We not
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
Standing By

When everything you do seems wrong
And you're downcost and blue,
When clouds around you seem 50 dork
No sunshine can get through,
look round you then for someone elst
Whose lite seems all owfy,
Nnd let them know thot as trend
With help, you'fe standing by
When thoughts you have seem black os night
And you feel down and out
Go listen to some brothers woes,
And yours Will flee in rout.
| here IS no surer cure on eorth
For teor drops in your eye,
Thnn drying up onother's teors
Through help and standing by
Eorh grief you have will lighter seen
And be less hard to beor
If with some others for worse off
Your lot you viii compare
With others share the grief they feel
Let them on you rely.
And to your heart will come relief
Through those you're stdndinqby
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
L B. Whitoker
A Teacher Grows In Virginia
By JAMES ELLIOTT WALMSLEY

be wrought hen be taught.
My papa He always under
stood
But while nv father guided NV
education it Was INV mother Mo
took The nrst steps Thp father
vas frequently avav III church
work | learned Ia valk cIinaine
to mothers skirts Like an, emil
dren / kept alkinp avhots thafoe
The new "pgkchology IF Teach
Ing" has neytr Been ncw N Aa4
always been used bv successful
teachers ,,.hl n rr.a..,a, 49,
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
Double Check

In all the huddle and battle of
laws and legislation in times like
these, it had to be woman to hit
at the roots Of the cause Of much
turmoil about in the land. Dele
gate, Mrs. Kathryn Stone. relay
ed to the Senate the bill. passed
by the House, calling fcf a study
OF juvenile delinquency This
should not be political investiga-
ton but good conscientious study
OF the whole situation with
goodly and Cody intent.
Washington is getting the spot
light on more than one thing
these days. Even the COP raps
Mccarthy as Adlai chooses a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

legitimate dealer will give up that
line of goods. distribution outlets
will shrink. orders drop off, pro-
ductlon lag. and workers viii be
out of a Job. For this reason. these
companies say the time has come
for them to spend money on law
yels, as we'll as on ADVERTISING.
They are ready TO spend to curb
price cutting Of fam : traded"
merchandise My sympathies go
out to them
There IS little question that
profit margins IN some indus
tries are slim Let's admit. though
the profit take in other indus
tries Is fabulous. and word has
gotten around. How? Via consum-
er economies courses In public
schools and colleges. consumers
buying magazines, and by word Of
mouth
Some Simple Economics
1t is my belief that price fix
ing won't solve our price pro-
blemS any more than Government
regulation, This once seemed an
solution TO h e problem Fair
trading and inSisten upon
maintaining a price level m
help keep the inefficient business
man little longer. In the long
run, however. it may only pro
long the day of Judgment.
NewtonS Law of Action and Re-
action Is a powerful natural law
which cannot be legislated out OF
Economic periods of
adjustment are just accidents.
Such periods usually develop out
Of excuses practiced during boom
Businessmen become
too bulllsh. they may nllsludge
the future. they overestimate
heir markets and the size of the
consumers pocket book. So when 4
demand slackenS. a reaction sets (
II and somebody cuts prices to
move some stuff.
Price, Cutting MAY Have Uses
T h S is perfectly reasonable
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
Buy and Sell

TIE Federal Reserve Board reported re-
: Gently the time is near when the United
States could halt most Of its huge foreign
economic aid program Soon the other free
nations Of the world win be able to get
along without this aid the Board reported.
The basis for that statement was the
record Of foreign counties during the last
t.iteen months, which -for the first time
ssnce World War II-sold the United States
more than they bought Because IT, S: eco
fomc aid was also being extended in this
period, dollar reserves in foreign countries
built up considerably and this is a very
encouraging economic note
Drawing ON this trend the Board pre-
tlcted that, in the longer run . it should
not be impossible for foreign countries to
earn their way
One Of the prerequisites Of such pro-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

Yes. frankly. the title is borrow
ed. if you remember a best-seller
Of ten years ago from Betty
Smiths "A Tree Grows IN
Brooklyn Brooklyn is a state OF
its own. with a capital Of its own
Ebbett's Field ana Virginia is a
state OF mind with its capital IN
the heart Of every true VrRInian.
This short story is the saga of
one such Nll2inian
I was born many moons ago IN
the extreme western part Of Au-
gusta County a location which
played a significant part in my
education MY great grandmother
was Marearet Hamilton, a name
well known in American history
IN connection With the Hamilton
ian theory of GOV eminent. | can
remember vaguely having seen
/ Margaret Hamilton. when She was
ninety SeVen years old and dis
tinctly my grandfather on my
mothers SIDE. whose Christian
name was Hamilton. He vas Of
about the same build. the same
aristocratic feeling Of his own
sense of honor as his cousin $50
I Was told Alexander Hamilton.
From him as well as from my
father I inherited. OF imbibed. re-
belliouS traits That family, my
fathers, as shown by its crest
Burke's Landed Gentry In Eng
land took part in The Second
Crusade and also in the Conquest
q William the Conqueror. The
family must have favored the
Concueror, for it was granted land
and a castle in Leicestershire
County. England.
My blood seems to be one-half
Scotch my father and mother
We're second cousins. fourth
Norman French, one fourth the
Dutch. All my inheritance spelled
rebellion English Civil War In
the time Of Charles l they rebelled
against Cromwell and the Puri-
tans-With my present point of
view, l should have supported
( Parliament instead of King NV
| people came to America after 1876
but had they been here they
would have been in the thickest
! Of BacOn's Rebellion After that
they rebelled with Patrick Henry
and George Washington / proud
/ ~ wear the Recognition badge
/ OF the Sons of the American Revo-
luton. None Of my family owned
slaves but they fought under the
Stars and Bars They have long
boosted of loyalty to the Demo
cratic Party and to the Methodist
Church in principles. ready to
bolt either organization for speci-
fic issues.
Now, getting closer to my assign
ment, how and why l became a
teacher, like all "old fashioned
VrginianS" l owe what I am. pri-
marty, to two women. my mother
and my wife Agreeing fully with
the elder Oliver Wendell Holmes,
who made the famous answer to
fond mother vino, asked hun
when She should begin the educa-
ton OF her young son. replied 1T
rs too late now to begin. 1t takes
100 years to build a character"
| am profoundly thankful that l
have three generations Of clean.
wholesome living back of me. My
mother was q deyout woman who
made the training of her only son
her life work. My father was
simple Methodist preacher. who
was never, but once. allowed to-
stay more than two years in one
charge. ! wondered at this: My
mother explain Your father
is builder BY the time he has
completed two years. another
charges needs a parsonage. or a
new church building When
later I read Chaucer 1 realized
fully what was meant by First
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16
bdbsOn Discusses
Fair Prices

Babson Park. Florida March
IL I wonder if YOU have noticed
il the columns OF your paper that
another tempest is brewing be-
tween the manufacturers and the
sellers Of their merchandise
Cause Of the blow: merchandise
IS being sold Below faint : trade
grices
: Discount Houses
Before the war. on the Con-
tinent and especially in South
eastern ASIA, nobody ever paid
Tie price unless he had a hole in
MS head AT that time. il, Amer
lea very few ever questioned the
list price Today IN Interesting
Plumbers. Americans are shopping
Tor discounts. l am CONVINCED that
thiS movement Is largely en-
e0uraged By returning soldiers
From aboard After their exrer-
fences both in foreign countries
and in their canteens h e re at
home, it is very difficult to get
them to pay first prices anywhere
i On the other hand courts of
She States having FAM Trade"
laws have upheld the led ality of
such laws Recently, the Supreme
Court OF the United States has
favored the fixed pricer man
ulacturers However, the final de-
alsion hes with consumers, not
Nth the coult Remember what
happened to all the oleomargar-
me legislation
Manufacturers Argument
Price fixing, some mani factur-
Srs say, is necessary in order to
set the widest possible distribu-
ton The argument here is that if
a company's product il being
,mdersold by a price-cutter. the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

Grammatical blitz upon the IN
veStigator. giving the public
run for their money so to speak.
But getting Mccarthy to quiet
down" is about as hard as getting
Winston to resign. It kindles an
old problem for Eisenhower and a
new one for the British There are
some people that don't want eth
er to happen. Remember the old
days when only smart people did
foolish things? Now its everybody.
Among visitors were Mr. and
and Mrs Eddie Blackwell, of Sun
ny Side. Mrs. Easter and family.
Mr. Genus Chappell Of North Car
Gina Genus not only made good
here. but has built up a splendid
business in N c.
Thanks for reading.
Yours, J MARVIN BROWN,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-16

10 much money Is as bad as
TOO little.
Evening star., 1954-02-17
BY q Stuff Correspondent Of The stur

RICHMOND, Feb. 17-Legis-
lation to make it possible for
Fairfax to contract with the
Alexandria Sewage Authority for
joint use of disposal facilities
was before the General Assembly
today
Two bills of Delegates John
Webb and Omer Hirst, both of
Fairfax, also would pave the way
for their home country to take
over the Holmes run sewer prof.
ect, now set up at Sanitary Dis
trict No. /.
The proposed revisions to the
States sanitary district laws
would permit Fairfax to make
full use of the $40 million bond
issue approved by voters last
December. Under the law as it
now exists. the county cannot
carry out all of the objectives of
that bond issue.
One of the objectives of the
bond issue was to permit Fair
fax to take over the Holmes
Run trunk sewer and extend it
to other areas outside the dis
terict. The county already has
built a new treatment plant on
Hunting Greek to handle the
effluent from these lines.
At present there is no pro-
vision in the law for a county
to contract with an author
ity!'-also similar to a corpora
tion-which is outside the coun-
tvs boundaries.
Evening star., 1954-02-17
Fairfax Seeks Right to Join
Alexandra in Sewage System

The Alexandria authority went
ahead with plans to provide
treatment facilities jointly for
the city and for Fairfax County
before it was fully realized that
the law would have to be
changed.N
The legislation offered yester-
day also is designed to prevent
prolonged law suits which might
tie up bond issues. A cutoff
of 20 days would be stipulated
for any suit to challenge the
validity of the bonds and 80
days would be the limit in which
any contest might be filed
against the supervisors who pass
ordinances authorizing sale of
the bonds.
Another feature of the bills
is to make it possible for smaller
units of citizens to organize san
itary districts.
Sanitary districts would be au-
thorized to construct and main
tain streets and drainage facili-
ties. In this way the local areas
might improve roads not meet
ing the States minimum stand
ards so that later they could be
taken over into the highway
system
In another bill. the two Fair
fax delegates would authorize
the county governing body to
name all streets, roads and alleys
outside the corporate limits of
towns. The sponsors said Fair
fax now is studying a master
street-naming plan.
Evening star., 1954-02-17

will present the fire company
with the flag that was flown
over the Capitol February 10
when Mayor Beverley went to
Baltimore to retrieve the fire
engine. Mr.. Broyhill will be
made an honorary member of
the company. .
Others scheduled to take part
in the ceremony are the Rev.
B. Conner Lille. Of Christ Epis-
copal Church. Alexandria; JOS
eph Schwarzmann. secretary Of
the fire company; Robert F.
Downham. president of the fire
company. and Frank j. Bauer,
president Of the Baltimore Fire
Commissioners, who agreed to
return the engine to Alexandria.
Mayor Beverley said he would
read letters from President Eli
senhower. Gov. Stanley Of Vir-
ginia and Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, Of Virginia.