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son and daughter n-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard w Ransom
Little Miss Sheila Ship. Of
New Canton. spent the week end
with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. a. Shipp.
The Rev and Mrs. J. A. Figg,
Of Columbia, were dinner guests
Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs S T..
Ransom.
Mrs. r. H. Flanagan and daugh-
ter, Ann. spent Thursday in Rich
mond
Sunday night supper guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs Leland Smith were
Mrs. Henry Bell and children. of
Wilmington.
Freddie Ship, of Roanoke,
spent last week end with his par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. r. A Ship.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Ransom. Mrs.
G.. P. Clements and Mrs. Dorsey
Smith spent Thursday in Rich
mond. shopping
Mrs. James Ferneyhough. Of
Fayetteville, N. c., is visiting her
sister. Miss Ann Cabell.
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Chestnut Grove

This community and others
were saddened by the unexpected
death Of Granvill Chappell. FIJI
day night. Funeral services were
conducted at New Store Church
with burial in the family cemtery
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
Sympathy is extended to the fam
lily.
Joe Chappeil returned from
Southside Hospital Saturday eve
ming
Mr.. and Mrs. / H. Routon and
Miss Ruth Routcn. Of Lynchburg.
and Mr. and Mrs Charlie Seav.
Of Gladstone. were visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. W. N Morris last Sun
day afternoon.
w T. Cook and w. H Beasley
visited Joe Chappell in Southside
Hospital, Tuesday night.
Misses Connie and Frances
O'Brlen and J. E. O'Brien. of APP
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weeks with Mrs. SUSIE Ragland.
John Profit spent several days
IN Lynchburg, and returned to his
home here Saturday.
George Ripley of Howards-
vile spent several days last week
with Mr. and Mrs w. F. Branch.
Marvin Ripley spent Saturday
with the Branch family
Miss Mary E. Glover entertain
cd the weekly bridge club at her
home on Friday night.
Miss Ilene Hughes. OF Mary
Washington College, Fredericks-
2urg. spent the week end at her
home here,
hsel, Barley, Of Scottsvllle. visit
ed in the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Cunningham. at Manteo, On
7unday.
Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Spears, o.
Schuyler, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
q r Branch and Mrs. Minnie
TAYLOR near Wlngina, during the
week end
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. r Moon. Jr
ana three children and Miss
Mary E. Glover were dinner guests
Sunday at Travellers Rest.
Ruritan Meeting
The Regular meeting OF the
Buckingham County viii be helc
Thursday February II at Moss
Restaurant at Buckingham.
Miss Louise B. Horsley with
Mrs, F. r, Nom, Jr.. and Annie
Lou and CenieRe Moon were in
Farmville Saturday and VISITED
MI. and Mrs J B. Wall they al
SO visited MI Perkins Ellis al
Buckingham.
Mills F. Goodwin, Jr, Past Pres
ldent Of Rulitan National viii be
guest speaker at the regular meet
ing of the Buckingham Count,
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speak each night through Friday
and on Sunday morning.

speak each night through Friday
and on Sunday morning.
The Dillwyn Baptist Field will
come together for this week Of
Inner Awakening Of all
phases OF church life. and on the
third Sunday morning at Dillwyn,
Enon and Bethlehem and in the
afternoon at Cedar, the week will
close with T.thlng and Offering
Demonstration Day.
Mr.. Connolly has a Winsome
personality, and his messages are
full OF hunor as well as interest
ing and inspiring, and he will
help the people to realize the po-
tential power spiritually and fl
nancially IN the churches. Rev
Mr. Wrenn reports.
1T is important that all dea-
cons, Sunday school officers and
teachers, Training Union workers,
and w. M u. members be pres
ent: We urge every member of
the churches to attend these con-
ferences," the pastor says.
At the Dillvyn Church, a spe-
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Wdrniinster Nem5
History Of County Post Offices ToBe Giuen
At Nelson Meeting District Posfmasters

= he Nelson County League Of
District Pc tmasters will have
their annual spr ig meeting, Fri
day. February l9 in the Loving
ton High School at $50 p m.
A business meeting will follow
the dinner and the public is in
yited to come at eight O'Clock
for an interest ng program on the
IL tor" OF P st Offices IN Nelson
an d the howing of a
i OWE 'Pigeonholes and Progress"
'khlch IS distributed by the De-
cart. ent showing the operation
OF a Post Office. which should
BE Of interest to everyone. Earl
Lsbsco-.b of Schuyler is chair
ian at the Nelson County group
:. l. farmers are pillow ING
~here the land is dry enough and
stthers are cleaning fence rows
and general spring farm work,
gardeners have begun work in the
aarden and some have planted
peas, cabbage plants and onions.
e n h sign OF approaching
spring is the increaing flow CT
eggs.
Visit In Schuyler
q Mr.. and Mrs George Wotten
and two daughters. and Mr.. and
Mrs. ElWood Ragland and son
Waverely visited Nh. and Mrs
Hermon Wotten and family. at
Schuyler, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Taylor
OF Schuyler, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ragland
Mr.. and Mrs, william Mullins
OF Richmond, and Mr.. and Mrs
aubrey Pace and son. of Schuyler
spent the week end with Mrs
Susie Ragland.
{ Mrs. Nora Ragland has return
ed home after spending several
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pomatox. were Sunday dinner
guests Of MIR. and Mrs. 9. H
Morris
MI. and Mrs. f. II. Chernault
and Geraldine visited Mr. and
Mrs, A. n Morris, last Sunday
evening
Visits Exchanged
Mn. and Mrs. r. l.. Harris and
Anne visited in the MANS home
near Farmv lie, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Harris and
children visited Mrs. j. J Cher
nault, near Vera Sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs, Lewis Morgan, of
Andersonyille, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. w H. Beasley. Tuesday night
Miss Mamie EeaSley and MI
and Mrs. j. II Beaslev of Farm
vile. We're Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and MIS-. A g. Hancock,
IN Appomattox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. D. Senger and
sons visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
O'Br.en and Mr.. and Mrs. "A. n
Morris, Sunday afternoon
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Brelno Bluff

Mrs. Milo Blauvelt returned
home Sunday from Medical Col
lege Hospital with her infant
daughter. Shirley.
Mrs. Mary E. Smith, of Will
mington, visited Thursday with
her son and daughter-in law
Mr.. and Mrs Leland Smith,
MI and Mrs Randolph Turner
spent Sunday with his aunt. Mrs.
Mamie Baker, in Richmond. Miss
Mary Holman was a dinner guest
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carey Cooke, at Lower Bre-
mo.
Richmond Visit
Mrs. w IT Ransom spent the
week end IN Richmond with her
cial effort Will be made on the
third Sunday morning TO raise adj
ditional funds for the contem-
plated new church building.
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puritan Club Thursday, February
IL at 7 p m. in the Home Eco
nomic National Cottage, at Buck
ingham Central High School At
this meeting the club will observe
Charter Night. D. E. Moore is
president ana Thomas B Hall.
Jr. is Secretary
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Roanoke Pastor Will
Aid Dillwyn Field
With Stewardship

Beginning next Monday night,
Feb. IS, at 7:30 at the Dillwyn
Baptist Church, Rev H w Con-
nelly, Of Roanoke, will assist the
pastor. Rev. j. Ernest Wrenn, in
a Week of Stewardship He will
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Having dinner with large group Of psychiat-
rists must be an unnerving experience. One can
hardly avoid the suspicion that ones dinner com
pauons eyeine clinically and that ones
neuroses we're showing
Our old friend Or Kinsey Of Indiana t. recently
had the doubly unsettng experience of dining with
the hesdshrinkers and then having the chief of the
tribe get up and publicly rdicue his (Kinsey's)
book on the human female.
DR. Karl Menninper called Knsey naive in his
approach" said his book was shocking misrepre
sentation of female sexuaty.' The title ought 10
be changed, DR. Menninger suegester TO: What
5000 or 5000 Rather Talkative Ladies Told Me About
Sexual Behavior of Women in the United States I'm
der Certain Conditions"
Needless to say, Or. Kinsey was highly enraged
al this moekeery from a fellow scientist So he got
up and boldly answered the criticism. How? BY
charging that religious groups were trying to stop
his studies The Rockefeller Foundation and Indiana
Univ are being pressured by unnamed religious
groups to cut off his funds, Or. Kinsey alleged
That as any fool can plainly see, took care Of
DR. Mennnger's complaints.
We are moved TO suggest that the unnamed relig-
ious groups If any, can relax the pressure now
Kinsey's fellow scientists are beginning 10 do job
on him which will send him back 10 his IBM in
tears. He might even go back TO the gall wasps
Guest Ediforisl-The Indiana Catholic and Record
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Sin-In Movies and Elsewhere

movie nov being distributed in Columbus por-
trays situation that, no doubt, happened many
times during and after World War II or any other
war for that matter-far more often than person
would like to think II portrays girl who is alone
and friendless in Paris with no home, no job,
money and no food She takes up with soldier,
lives with hin--they live as man and wife. They
fall In love. Their concubinsee, therefore so the
implication goes, is act of love, rather than an
act OF sin
Those responsible for the movie tried TO make
the point that there is only thin line between
an act of love and act Of sin Fortunately this
line vas not permitted TO remain in the film We
read in the advertisement There is world of df-
ference between an act Of sin and act of love :"
Many girls faced with this same situation after
the war did not prostitute themselves IN this
They cherished their virtue than the comforts
of life They preferred cold and hunger to sin.
Not even this is new story Heaven is peopled
with saints who made the same choice, hard as il
was
TO many people in our secularlstc society, this
Is not understandable Being maerialistie and having
no respect for virtue, they approve Of trading In
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Rome. The name comes from
Baldocco, the Italian name for
Baghdad, from which place ma
terials came TO make these can
opies. 1t is. also known as CT
borium, not to be confused with
the sacred vessel of the same
name.
@. Could you tell me some
thing about st. StdniSldus?
A. The Benedictine Book of
Saints" lists two saints of that
name. St. Stanislaus, Bishop,
lived in the eleventh century
and was born near Cracow. of
which he later was Archbishop.
In resisting the impious king
BoleSlaus II he was killed by the
king himself after the soldiers
refused to carry out the kings
orders. ST. Stanislaus Koska
lived in the sixteenth century.
He was also Polish, but died in
Rome as novice in the Society
of Jesus, at the age of eighteen.
The earlier saints feastday is
May seventh, the latters Au.
gust 18th.
Q. Is the Church against Tenn
perdnce movements?
A. The Catholic Church up
holds the virtue of temperance
as it does all the virtues. 1t does
not particularly approve of socie-
ties which declare that total alb.
stinence is the only way to this
virtue in the matter of intoxi-
eating liquors. While advocating
total abstinence as a means for
moral progress and penance the
Church has never imposed as
necessary for virtue something
which is only useful. Christ and
the Apostles, with a great part
of the human race, saints and
sinners alike, have used various
alcoholic beverages. Things, be-
ing made by God and given to
us for our happiness, cannot be
evil. 1t is only the misuse Of them
which leads to sin and other
evils. The Catholic Church adj
vocates temperance. For some
this certainly means total abstin-
ence.
Q. | haze crucifir I'd like
TO haze blessed. Could it be
blessed if Just took it NTH me
TO Sunday Mass?
A. No. Upon occasion of mis-
sions or retreats religious artic-
les are blessed upon being held
up to view by members of the
congregation. The priest bless
ing anything must have the in
tention and ordinarily the article
to be blessed should be present
ed at the rectory. Merely having
it in Church during Mass would
not confer upon it any of the
qualities of a sacramental.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward r. Healey, The Inquiry Cor.
ner, The Catholic Times. Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
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MONSIGNOR HIGGINS
A Sense OF Balance

in Witness" a vague but OBJ
viously sincere religiosity, which
is lacking, or at least is not as
strongly emphasized, in Where
We Came Out" Mr.. Hicks as a
matter of fact is disappointingly
doctrinalre in his casual agnos-
tic references TO the subject of
religion. But there is in his study
a better sense of balance, a more
rounded perspective, a more ju-
dicious weighing of the evidence
on a number of important sub
lects and notably on the subject
of socio-economic reform.
Detraets From Effectiveness
Mr.. Chambers, in our opinion,
is anything but balanced on the
latter subject. He and several
other well-known ex-communists
have arrived at the conclusion
largely from undocumented
premises-that the great social
reform movement popularity
known as the New Deal was per-
ilously akin to communism. Un-
fortunately, this opinion is shar-
ed by goodly number of other
intellectuals who, while they
we're never members of the Com
munist Party, were at one time
or another favorably disposed to-
wards communism.
Granting the right of honest
men to disagree on the subject
of politics and specifically on
the subject of the New Deal, we
fully concur with Mr.. Hicks when
he says that this extremist
estimate of the New Deal is not
only completely unreliable but
detracts from the effective fight
against communism. In this re-
spect, he very pointedly suggests,
Chambers, Max Eastman, John
Dos Passos and company are do
ing as much harm to the anti
communist cause as are the so
called Retarded Liberals.
These men began. like some
of the rest of us" says Mr.. Hicks,
by thinking that communism
was right, and then they came to
the conclusion, again like some
of the rest of us, that it was
wrong and had to be fought. But
the more they have fought it, the
bigger and more frightening il
has appeared to them, and the
harder it has become for them
to distinguish between real dam
gers and imaginary ones. The
danger of communism is real
enough, but it is a danger that
must be carefully analyzed if it
is to be successfully combated."
Emotional, intellectual Rslanes
Mr.. Hicks has succeeded better
than the majority of ex-commun-
lists in carrying out his own ad-
vice in this regard. He has an ex-
traordinarly sense of balance,
emotionally and intellectually.
He is humble about his own opin-
ions and exceptionally charitable
in his judgment Of other peoples
motives.
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tegrity for the material things of life-whether
these be plain meals or fancy minks. Others look
upon the Moral Law, which directs and regulates
mems actions, as being man-made. Therefore, they
think the circumstances demand that it be set
aside at times. They quickly demand exceptions
This is the opinion of the reviewer in local news
paper, who feels that the Moral Law interferred
with the happiness of the couple in the movie and
should have been applied with compassion"
The Moral Law comes from God Man lives by
IT. 1t Is not TO be put aside Just to accommodate
the desires of men. 1t is sure and steady guide
to our eternal happiness in heaven No matter how
greatly sin is slamorized nor with low much emo
ton sinful situations are dramatzed in movies or
plays, act of sin is act of sin and its measure
is the unchangng Moral Law, a Divine gift to man.
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LOUIS r. BUDEM
SOuiet Mythology, US. GuIIibiIity

mythology. And the major item
In that mythology as the 'neces-
Sltg" and 'ineUitdbility" of the
SoUiet uorld dictatorship. We
cannot obtain peace with such a
power by negotiations or by sur
render TO it from time to time
The United States is obliged, if it
intends to survive, to bring
about revolt in the enslaved peo-
Piles under the satellite regimes
and in Russia itself.
Only Make Believe
To get some measure OF the
mythology that gives stimulus
TO Soviet plans for world con-
quest. we can note in the Com
inform organ for April % that
the first session of the Supreme
Soviet of the USSR held its
Fourth Convocation" on April
20 This was presented as great
democratic" gathering. But in
reporting the victory of the Peo-
Piles Bloc" in the elections
which chose the personnel of
this body. the New Times OF
March 20 had proclaimed the re
suit as triumph of soviet So
cialist democracy"
The democratic" quality of
this election" is a strange one
indeed. In the first place, the
voters in Soviet Russia, the sub
jectS of the dictatorship, could
vote only for one ticket. which
was cynically called the Peo-
pies Communist and Non-Party
Bloc" And then we learn from
New Times that e9o8 per cent
of the total eligible voters went
TO the polls. Of these. 1884 per
cent voted for the only ticket
they had before them With what
might be called pride, New
Times up all of this by saying:
"On March IA. the Soviet people
unanimously supported Dicta-
tor Malenkov and his bureauc-
racy
Tension" Smoke Screen
But Americans must under
stand the type of mind which
can accept such mythology as
reality-that can be induced by
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Father HeGIey.

@. What is the point IN huv-
i1o a place Catholics call Limbo?
It sounds silly. 1t seems, Ike Pttr-
qdtory, TO be a mere intention OF
the Church Just to make religion
more complicated. | believe IN
heaven and hell, and nothing
more.
A. Whatever the name may be
we know from the Bible that
there were souls neither in heav-
en- or hell until Christ led them
into heaven. Il Peter 3:18-19 He
led captivity captive" psalm
67.19) and the whole Christian
pattern in the Bible and Tradi-
ton show that even the good
people of the Old Testament
COULD NOT enter heaven until
Christ redeemed us. Where were
they2 The place of waiting We
call Limbo. Also the name is ap-
piled TO children who die with
out Baptism, and again we know
from the Bible that NO ONE
can enter heaven without Bap-
tism John $50. st. Thomas re-
fleets the common opinion in
saying that they will not be un-
happy, but all agree to the
Church's teaching that they can
not have the supernatural vision
of God in heaven. If they are
not in heaven or in hell where
are they? The place we call Linn
DO and many theologians hold
that it is a place of natural hap
piness. Purgatory is also real
place as indicated by the Bible
III Machabees 12:46), Christian
Tradition and solid reasons.
Q. What has the Catholic
Church got against MaSons?
A. The Catholic Church is not
against" Masons, although it
does forbid its members to Join
their lodges. This carefully-con-
sidered and repeated rejection of
Freemasonry is based principally
on its nature as religion of
naturalism" which ignores Jesus
Christ. Its oaths have been judg-
ed as immoral in principle lie.
no Catholic man can promise 10
accept and obey as they require.
The Catholic Church never con-
demns people in any other relig-
ion but simply states the error
of their position and the impos-
sioility of a person being Ca
tholic and member of such a
group. For details see the article
in the Catholic Encyclopedia or
such books as THE Question
BoxD
Q. What is q bdtddchino OF
bdLddch1nufn?
A. 1t is a dome-like canopy
over the high altar of a church,
supported by columns or sus-
pended by chain. 1t was origi-
nally designed to protect the al
tar from dust or material falling
from above. The most famous ex-
ample is that of St Peters in
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WASHENCTON LETTER
Genera Casts Long Shadows

by others equally above any sus.
picion of being tainted by COM
munist propaganda--that Euro
pean religious opinion does not
seriously worry about Soviet ag-
gression, perhaps because Euro
peanS have lived next to a vol
eano too long"
Europeans holding this opin-
ion, he says, ARE convinced that
the Soviets are fully occupied
with domestic problems and
should not be baited."
The writer believes il TO be
the dominant European attitude
that nothing must be done that
could possibly disturb the exist
ing status quo and could provoke
a reaction that could provoke
another reaction, that in turn,
would provoke wal"
Finally, and most disturbing OF
all, the writer flatly states it as
his honest view that a great num-
ber of Europeans. again includ-
ing what he terms religious
opinion, refuse to believe that
Americas motives are sincere.
One thing is certain: If the
writer has presented a faithful
picture of Europe's present state
of mind, then this country is
faced with a reality that, before
long will require public opinion
TO make some of those "agoniz-
ing reappraisals" recently envis-
aged by Secretary of State John
Fnster Dulles
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this mythology to use any means
to bring about world conquest
by this true democracy" of the
Moscow dictatorship.
II the Communists deceive
themselves by such make-beheve,
it makes them all the more cum
ntng IN persldding non-Con1-
nttniStS 10 do lUhat thiS demo
cratic poioer ,pants them TO do.
That is why the Daily Worker
can count heavily on the gull
bility of a certain section of
Americans and American leader
ship when ii gives orders about
messages to Washington.
In August, Dictator Malenkov
raised the cry of easing inter
national tension" Under cover
Of that cry Communists expand
ed military conflict, which GER
tainly is tension. in Asia.
Just as the Stdlinite cry of
peace" aCdS the cooer for the
Korean aggression By the Com
nauniStS, so Mdlenkou'S utterdnce
aOos the smoke screen under
i0hich the attack tuds stepped up
in Indo-China.
Peace" Through Triumph
In the New Times of April 3,
coming lately from Moscow, it is
solemnly stated in the chief ar
ticle that "all potentialities for
peace must be utilized. But when
we read through the article, we
quickly learn that the only pos
Sibility of peace is for com
plete agreement By the United
States tcith all Soplet demands.
In the face of these continued
assertions that peace" is only
attainable through complete So
Wet triumph, orr representa-
tioes still 90 TO Berlin and Ge-
nepd.
This sort of farce will be pro
longed until enough American
community leaders are aware of
their duty to transmit to Wash
ington, with the same fervor as
the Communists use, their insist
ence that Soviet Russia, Red Chi
na, and all the satellites cannot
be dealt with In this sense.