The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-02-02
THE FARMv1LLE (va.) HERALD, TUESDAY, FEB 2, 1854

town and play. They must have
paper and pencils and colors and
musical instruments around to
use whenever they want In adj
dition, whatever the children
achieved they were encouraged
to go further, Whenever they
would bring home good drawings
from school or paint something
attractive in their play at home
Mrs. Granger would never fail
to exhibit the products on the
walls of the house.
Growing Up
Every child sooner or later
played some musical instrument.
Interest was first aroused in each
tot. by an fashioned angelus
player" which was one Of the
first pieces of furniture the
Graingers Installed Their idea
was that children should be able
to play good music from the be-
ginning and be able to enjoy it
Each succeeding child would
pedal the levers, but he truly
came of age when other members
Of the family would burst with
the news Jimmy con reach,
meaning that the one II question
had grown tall enough TO hang
on to the top Of the player with
one hand and regulate the levers
with the other.
Family Roll
The roster Of the children,
reading from the oldest to the
Youngest, gives some idea Of the
interests of each. Fannie Gillian.
the family piano player. is mar
ried to Wallace Gillian and lives
in FaTmville. David, the violinist,
a civilian craftsman and designer
working for the Navy in Con-
necticut, has been trained III art
and architecture. The one TO play
the big bass in both the family
and Longwood College orchestras
is Martha Ann Morgan, who hops
around the country with her city
enumerator husband. Living in
HopeWell is James Moses. Jr.,
former science t Q a c h G I, who
eventually superseded his father
as the family's flutist, Inslee is
a lieutenant in the Navy, is
married and works in the In
telligence Department in Wash
ngton. He was the celliSt.
Alice changed her last name to
Remsburg when she married and
moved to Louden Co, where she
is a versatile public school music
teacher. She is a flutist. sings,
and knows how to play several
other Instruments including the
drums and the big bass. Mary IS
married to J. w. CraWley and
lives at Hampden- Sydney. From
playing the viola in the family
orchestra she switched to paint
ing, and is now conducting two
courses in art. Number eight on
the list is Wilson Liberator, nam
ed after Woodrow Wilson. and
who is sometimes called "carbu
rotor by his friends. Wilson is
now a @. T. student at Char
lottesville studying electrical en-
cheering Youngest Of all is
Annette Drummond. who is mar
ried. has an infant baby, and
lives in Interlaken N. Y.
Home Leaving
AS each one Of the. children
grew up, they left behind the
rutted dirt road and mailbox to
live where their interests took
them. Home, however. is by the
Buffalo, where their parents still
lead an active if less crowded
life
Mis-. Granger says, It's only
natural and right for the chill
dren to grow up and move out
into the world Anyway. the two
of us are worked to death all the
time Mrs. Grainger's chief con-
Germ now and ever is that of
diet She keeps studying the
latest word i'll this field and
subscribers to a number Of maya
2lncs that are great help, and
I'm finding out many things ]
never knew before. She also
has made al intensive study on
indian life caused by the I'M
arthInE ot relics on then land
Since Mr.. GraingerS retire
mcut from LongWood College III
lQaN after 80 Years Of service to
the local institution, his main
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