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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Junior Women
Ask For Stamps
To Help Veterans

The Junior Womans Club OF
Farmville is asking for tile CO.
operation of banks. otiic $. boards
factories. clubs and lndil iduals
IN saving stamps which VIII be
sent to wounded veterans for
their enjoyment.
Since the mail before Christ
mas is always heavy. the club
suggests that readers chs ok pack
ages and letters before destroying
them,
These are the stamps desired:
/. All U S. stamps costing 4
cents or more.
2. All foreign stamps.
3. SIND Whole envelopes or at
least cut from the envelope with
ample space around all four sides
of the stamp A postmark on an
envelope may mean Home" to the
veteran who receiv it. Do not
cut off the perforations because
then the stamp has no value
a. Send old collections which
are no longer Of interes- TO the
original collector,
S. Send stamps in combinations
on an envelope. as these are ne
cessary for proper collection
Stamps Not Needed
The following are stamps that
people are asked not to send Do
not send regular. current /, W.,
2 OF Scent United States issues
or NATO stamps, as they are too
common, not TB. Crippled. Chill
dren. or other stamps OF this ia
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Education Systems
Compared 4 # l-TA

The Green Bay P-TA met al
the Green Paw School Thurs
day night. MI Bush. PRINCIPAL or
Farmvlle High School was the
guest speaker hf gave uu inter
estlne comparison between our
democratic system Of education
and the system Of education in
Communist Russia.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Jolly Joker

Jolly Joker Clown by Gund
is sofe for boby' Funny
from his derby on top Of
Red Hair right down 10 his
ridiculous spots
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Deadline Nears For
Draft Deferment Test

College students have only UNI
til next Tuesday, Nov %, to lake
application for the December 2
Selective Service College Qualif-
cation Tests.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
3-pc. China
Set

Expensive looking
3 pc quilted china
Cigarette set by Lip
per ond Monn hos
matching 4 lowered
bon bon dish Inn
ported from Jopon
for budget wise
CITING pc set
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19

The applications must be post
marked not later than midnieht
Tuesday To be eligible 10 apply
for he test the student must IN
tend t0 REQUEST deferement as A
student, be satisfactorily pur-
SUNG . full-time course OF in
gtruct.oD and must not previous
~ havc taken the qualification
test
Students whose academic year
ends in January, 1855 have been
urged TO take the December 9
test so they viii have a score on
file at their local boards before
the boards reopen the first of the
year and reconsider their cases
tar deferment
Not one person survived the
Custer Massacre of June IS. 1876
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Handy
Bitter Disl,

Perfect tor serving Sabine
ceromlc Bitter tidblt dish in
decorator hues to brighten
your party tabie Chortre-
use/qreen, forest green/
chartreuse burgundy/orey,
black white II" hiqh
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Senior Glass At Worsham High Sponsors
Schools First Yearbook In NanyA Year

Worsham School, for the first
time as long as anyone can re-
member viii have an annual this
year
The Senior Glass decided earlier
IN the season that the school
ought to have yearbook. and SO
they voted to undertake the pro-
lect for the entire class No one
person is heading up the plan.
All members Of the class are
pitching in to solicit ads. write
the copy and work on the lay
out. The ANNALS name has not
been decided upon as yet.
Senior Glass officers are presi-
dent Ralph Hines ce-presi-
dent, Joe Clover: secretary
treasurer, Virginia Bailey Mrs.
Charles Pickett is sponsor.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Words of the Wise

The history of the world Is
the record OF a man in search
OF his daily bread and butter.
-(H, w. Van Loom
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19
Worsham Daze"

Another innovation at h e
school is the printing of a paper
called "Worsham Daze Anne
Harris is editor. and assisting her
is Lewis Gillispie as sports editor.
Cynthia Thompson. currtn /
events Earl DeHart art Dora
Denton and Joan Scluggs, gossip
columnists. and Joe Clover. Ber-
nard Mckay Betty Adams. Lois
Finch and Margaret Southan
serve as reporters.
Other officers elected to each
of the classes in the high school
are. Eleventh Grade. president
Peggy Mckay vice president
Carl Slayton secretary treasurer.
Wilson Mylum Tenth Grade
president Earl DeHart. vice
president, Loretta Brehm. secre-
tary Nancy Quarles.
Also Ninth Grade. president.
Dora Denton vice president.
Marie Bailey. secretary treasurer.
Mabel Ferguson Eighth Grade.
president, Phyllis Paulson. vice.
president. Denny Fore, secretary.
Paul Smelcer treasurer. Birdie
Goforth
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-19

California produces more frui,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Philippine American Day

In these tense times of strained inter-
national relations it is refreshing to note
that today is Philippine American Day,
marking the seth anniversary of friendly
associations between the American and
Filipino peoples. It was on August Is, 1898,
that Manila surrendered to American naval
forces under command of Admiral Dewey,
ending the long period of Spanish misrule.
Our occupation of the islands was resisted
by the .Filipinos at first, but within few
years we were looked upon as benefactors,
not dictators american aid fostered edu-
cation, industry and general prosperity Of
the old Commonwealth. When World War
II came, Americans and Filipinos fought
side by side against the Japanese invaders.
On July 4, 1916, the Philippines became an
independent republic, an event which we
joined in celebrating as an act OF justice.
Today as President Magsaysay declared
in proclamation changing the name OF
Occupation Day" to Philippine American
Day, we stand together as "loyal partners
in the active defense of freedom" It is
partnership that proves that East and West
can meet in mutual amity and respect,
bound together by like ideals Of right and
justice and allied against common enemies
of those ideals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Repoir-or-Roze Program

Long-overdue action to rid Washington
OF insanitary, dilapidated buildings will fol-
low the signing into law of the Districts new
condemnation legislation. There are more
than 400 abandoned structures in various
parts Of the city that are suitable targets of
the new authority Although the houses
have been condemned as unfit for human
occupancy, the owners have been unwilling
or unable to repair them. They are Ravens
for rats and other vermin, hazardous play
places for children, occasional hideouts for
criminals and unsightly depreciators of
property values.
Up till now the District could close these
buildings but could not force owners to
renovate them or to tear them down. Under
the new law, however, any owner who
refuses to make repairs sufficient to abate
the nuisance may find himself assessed for
the cost of essential repairs after the work
has been done by the District. If restora-
ton of the structure is impossible, it may be
torn down by the District at the owners
expense. Congress properly protected the
right of property owners to appeal to the
courts in such cases. But the law recog-
nizes the paramount right of the public to
be protected against health, safety and
crime threats inherent in the long existence
of vacant shacks in residential neighbor-
hoods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Longest Days of the Year

The longest day Of the year, one is told
by the astronomers, comes each spring. This
is undoubtedly true, in a technical sense, but
the astronomers obviously do not include
the school vacation in their calculations.
They have not considered the romp through
the house from attic to basement and back
again, the swinging and banging screen
door, the endless questions which in an
orderly society would be answered by teach
ers, the Encouragement of the refrigerator
during the search for q soft drink, and the
urgings to exercise In the form Of game
of catch.
If one is parent, the longest days of
the year begin on the last day Of school in
the spring and continue until school takes
up again in the fall. They do not show in
the carefully worked out studies Of the
movement Of thex sun, but the need for
repairs to the backyard swing, the mischief
that is surely afoot when the house is still,
the use Of the garden hose as cooling
shower, and the cuts and bruises of hap
hazard play, all have part in determining
the length OF the day.
When those who are on school vacation
are trapped indoors by summer rain, the
day becomes that much longer. They are
flexible, these school-vacation days, but all
of them are long. AS the summer wears
along, one begins to appreciate more and
more the teacher and her problems, and
resolves to be less critical OF her impatient
moments
One can escape to his daily job, leaving
much Of the long day to another. But the
evenings lengthen. despite the firm enforce
ment Of the view that an early bedtims is
conducive to- good health. One wonders,
sometimes, II the day win ever end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
This and That !.
BY Charles E. TroceweH

Jo-Jo. at any rate, liked the slice.
He poked out that long neck from his
protective shell and went to work.
But by this time he was beginning
to attract attention from another liv-
ing creature.
This one had four legs, too, and
tail. but there all resemblance ceased.
This one, named Nappy. was half
and-half cat
The half -and-half cat has no stand
ing in the cat books. of course
Perhaps there never was cat quite
like Nappy.
The back half Of him, including that
bushy tail. is Persian.
The front half is all common alley
cat.
Nappy is, therefore, one cat, when
an observer sees him coming. quite a
different one. when he is seen going.
He is maltese gray. except for a
white shirt front and four very white
and very large paws.
He is a roller. by nature.
HIS greeting is to lie down and rob
over. =
breaking up the brAad-eating at once.
Jo-Jo withdrew into his shell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

1t is an expression sometimes applied
to disgruntled human beings, and you
would have to see Jo-Jo in operation
to know exactly how fitting it is.
The difference is that the turtle
physically withdraws into his shell.
The cat gave the turtle the full bere-
fit of his most tom-catty expression.
head on.
Then. turning away, he waved the
Persian plume of q tail In retreating
disgust, for cats Of all breeds have no
use for turtles. tortoises, or what have
you.
That shell stops 'em.
After the cat had retired, the turtle
came out again, but this time he de-
ciled that he had enough, both Of
bread and cat.
He set on as fast as he could 60 to
the phlox border.
What he was thinking, we do not
know. Emerson said that the thoughts
of turtle are all turtle. This does not
seem to help much.
We are on surer ground with Nappy,
the cat. :
Maps eyes said. as plainly as words.
That's the first hard-shelIed mouse
ever saw"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
He Leaves a Permanent Record

President Eisenhower's tribute to re-
firing Capitol Architect David Lynn accu-
rately sums up the record of public service
rendered by this veteran official Of the
Governments legislative branch. Few
men," said the President, "have so many
permanent reminders of their accomplish
ments"
During his more than half century
of active duty in the Architects Office, flrst
as an engineer and for the past 81 years
as head of the Office, Mr., Lynn has had an
important part in improving the Capitol
and grounds and in building Senate and
House Office structures to facilitate the
handling of congressional business. One
of Washington was the clearing of the plaza
between the Union Station and the Capitol
and its transformation into an attractive
park-an undertaking that he supervised
with much enthusiasm. Recently he has
been directing the reconstruction of the
Capitol terraces.
1t was through no fault of his own
that he has been unable to fulfill his dream
of completing the east front of the Capitol.
Repeatedly he has sought funds for this
major project just as architects before him
have done-without success. David Lynn's
successor, whoever he may be, will find this
project the only piece of unfinished buSi-
ness left by the retiring architect The
job will be done some day, of course, and
1t will be only fair then to credit David
Lynn with an assist in the long -hoped-for
achievement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

Jo-Jo, the turtle boy, does not be-
long to the human species.
Therefore, quite logically. he is all
turtle.
Jo-Jc Is about inches in diameter,
quite dark. and possesses an unusually
long neck.
When he suddenly appears from the
phlox border he reminds the observer
OF snake.
There is something serpentine about
all these odd creatures. with their
heads no larger than their necks.
Jo-Jo's first expedition came to a
halt before red ripe tomato.
The trouble with the tomato was
that 1t was cold. ice cold. having just
come from the refrigerator.
Jo-Jo did not like it. and that was
that. You cannot argue with turtle.
Next day, on his appearance, he
was offered a slice of bread.
The man who made the bread par
layed q $500 investment into q three
miIlion-dol1ar plant.
The book that processes to tell you
how he did It does not do So Of course.
They never dol
The magic ingredient is always miss
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Have q Core Biz Brother IS WotchinQ!

years. Hasn't had an accident in fifteen
except for dented fender one New
Years eve.
What If the limit is nifty? He's en-
titled to go sixty. He's no public
menace. Why, he asks himself. don't
the cops concentrate on the crack
pots driving jalopies instead Of
molesting respectable citizens with good
records.
But no motorcycles crouch behind
the billboards. No sleek scout cars
Turk up corn-bordered byways.
Suddenly rounding curve he's
brought sharply to his senses. There,
standing in the middle of the road,
creased britches, tightly fitted tunic,
shining boots, holStered revolver and
all, is a State trooper.
Is this some trick the summer sun
has played on him?
He hopes it's just road block or
perhaps an origin and destination sur
vey.
I'VE clicked you by radar at sixty
one," the trooper tells him. "I'Il have
to take you in"
Dazedly he follows the scout car to
the next town. Radar! He'd figured
those radar patrol signs were put up
just to scare people.
How do you plead, guilty or not
guilty?" The justice of the peace
blinks at him over half-moon specs.
He's talked his way out Of one or
two Of these before. he recalls. But
then it was man to man. Now things
are different How can he argue apaiyaSt
something as awesomely impersonal as
radar.
Guilty" he responds, parts with $40
and costs and. already late for supper,
resumes his journey at forty nine and
one-half miles per hour.
He finds that much of the zest OF
the trip has ebbed away. Like most
Americans, he possesses an almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

quest Of the State Of Illinois that the no.
torious prohibition-era gangster be held
behind bars until higher courts can review
the district judges decision. Judge Barnes
decision, holding that Touhy was convicted
OF kidnapping on perjnred testimony, ought
to be reviewed by higher courts. Touhy
is public menace" las the State Attorney
General described hiIn) who should not
be turned loose solely on the authority of
a lower court order that runs counter to
the Supreme Courts 1s47 ruling that Touhy
should stay In prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

idolatrous respect for scientific dis
covery. But now. instead Of having
offered him better material existence,
it has taken some Of the tang out Of
life. No longer, he reflects with trace
of nostalgia. win he be able to play
on fairly even terms at the great Amer
lean outdoor sport of outwitting the
traffic police.
He wonders whether radar evidence
has been thoroughly tested in the
courts, but, sensing that 1t probably
has. quickly drops this line Of thought.
It's just possible that If he's q read
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Threat of Russiun Conspiracy

A recent letter by Walter H. Nc
Clenon urges a change in our attitude
toward the admission of Red China to
the U. N. on the ground of realism and
practically.
On the basis of Mr. McClenon's argu-
nlent the United States could hardly
have mustered enough courage to de-
clare its independence. It would have
been more realistic for Washington and
his stubborn friends to recognize the
actualities of colonial status and hope
for change in George III. In a like
manner. Lincoln should have aolxnowl-
edged the departure of the Southern
States; perhaps they would have re-
turned of their own free will later.
Later still, Germany'S virtual defeat
of France in 1917 was manifest reality
and Wilson should have had better
sense than to be SO stubborn and nom
realistic. Perhaps the dynamism of the
Second Reich would have abated in
time; perhaps, even Wilhelm and
Franz Josef would have begun quarrel
ing between themselves if we had only
let them gobble up Europe. Thus, too.
our stubborn old F. D. r. was terribly
unrealiStic in having Wilhelmina hang
ing around. to name but one case, when
the German occupation of her country
was realistic enough and, to boot, a
rather expensive commitment. Perhaps
Seyss-Inquart would have mellowed or
grown FESTIVE under Hitler's constant
interference; in any case, Wilhelmina
no longer controlled an acre of Holland
SO why did we bother? And why should
we bother now?
I'll tell you why, Mr. McClenon. Be-
cause some of us. neither McCarthyites,
capitalists nor unlettered fools, find the
growth of the Russian conspiracy as
terrifying menace and as much
threat to our way of life as Washing
ton found the ties of empire, as Lincoln
found Secession, as Wilson found Ger
manic hegemony in Europe and as you.
am sure, found the Nazi peril / only
wish that we could ask of you people
the tenth part of the energy you dem
onstrated when Communism was In
danger Of extinction In the early
forties.
ID. M. C..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

perspiring breadwinner fortunate
enough to own or rent q summer cot
tage at week-ending distance from the
Office.
A few minutes later he turns the
questing grillwork Of his car toward the
beach.
Already he can feel the cool surf
cleansing him Of city CRIME, mentally
SAVIOR his favorite supper. even now
being prepared by loving hands against
his arrival.
The speedometer hovers around sixty.
He ought to be there by seven easy.
He keeps one eye peeled for the high
way patrol. They have way of popping
up Friday afternoons. But. he reflects,
he's held his own with them in the past.
Hasn't been fined for speeding in ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Letters to The Star.

pay lCS 1alr snare OF the cltyS opera
tional COSTS With such payment the
necessary improvements for the Dis
trict of Columbia could be made and
many fine people now leaving the city
for the adjoining States would be
proud and pleased to remain here.
In all, it is apparent, not only from
the article mentioned but from the
obvious conditions in the District of
Columbia, that as long as equal rep
resentation in Congress is denied the
residents of the District of Columbia
the situation is not likely to improve
Voteless d. C. Resident.
Cause Of Sea Sickness
An article, "Seasickness Caused by
Heave, Navy Finds" by Thomas R.
Henry in your July % issue comes as
complete surprise to the writer. Sci
entific acquaintance with the cause of
mal-de-mer has been available for at
least is years. The only mystery about
1t is the puzzling reluctance of passen-
ger-carrying boats and airplane COM
panies to making this knowledge avail
able to passengers.
AAA tAAC AiAAA4oAI C01 CA1ClO 10 q olkldll
inner ear half filled with liquid. When
person is surrounded by objects in his
home or Office that are predominantly
level, his eyes transfer that thought to
the ganglia of nerves at the "pit" of
the stomach and the level of the liquid
in the inner ear checks the result to
the same place. If, however, the eyes
thought" something was level which
uyoSYa'f tho innap would
ferent message and thereby set up
conflict Of opinion in the nerve ganglia
which soon would cause q CONFUSION
resulting in the stomach emptying
itself
Any person on a boat or in an air
plane can cure feeling of seasickness
in matter Of seconds by simply star
ing at the horizon. And no day or
night is so dark or stormy that the
horizon is not visible Within a few
moments, when the silly fear has been
dispelled, the patient is forever cured
A news story about a haunted"
house on a Massachusetts beach some
Is years ago brought this subject to the
writer's attention.
This small structure some IL feet
square, was divided into two rooms
with small entry hall from which
door led to each room. At the end Of
each bathing season, the windows were
boarded up and the doors locked. High
winter waves gradually washed away
the sand around the four stones which
held up the house so that 1t settled
slightly but unevenly. being less than
two inches out of level.
One summer, some boys pried off the
lock and entered. Within just few
moments they were "seasick." Others
went in and experienced the same dis
comfort.
Soon. the story OF the haunted
cabin became so widespread that local
"non-believing" scientists made an in
vestigation, and they also got seasick
But, one had rush of brains to the
head. He pried off the boards from
one window and his seaSickness was
cured in that one room, but it re-
appeared when he entered the ether
room.
That was the answer: A false torizon
was subconsciously assumed to be level,
but the water level of the inner ear
knew better. It tried to tell the eyes
the truth but they would not believe,
thereby setting up conflict Of opinion
in the ganglia of nerves familiarly
known as the solar plexus'
Troy Carmichael.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
Back to Prison

It is reassuring to know that the
processes of orderly justice have sent back
to prison the one-time public enemy"
Roger (the Terrible) Touhy. Touhy's re-
lease earlier this week by Federal district
Judge in Chicago, who held that his con-
viction more than 90 years ago was In
Error had shocked Acknowledgement au-
thorities generally. Now the Federal Cir
cult Court of Appeals has granted re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13

ing man, he's reminded of 1894" by
George Orwell. in which the author
imagines an all-powerful dictator, big
Brother" who keeps tabs on his hapless
fellow citizens by reverse television.
He shakes his head and turns into
the side road that is the last lap of
his journey. His spirits rise.
But he knows in his heart that ever
after. as he spins across the country
side. still small voice will be saying:
Have care. Jackson. Big Brother
is watching''