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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Seen and Heard
Don't Blame Aspidistras
For Present Day Apathics
BY JACKIE WALL

When l was a youngster. | de-
plored the foolish habit" Of
adults who venerated things of
the past.
In those early days, concerned
as l was in exploring the unfold
ing wonders of the world in which
| found myself. that fact that
neighbor- down the-s owned
a comb which had held in place
the top curl of King Tut's first
wife interested me not one whit
Like wise, I was bored to tears
and standing on first one leg and
then the other when the family
endeavored to broaden my edu-
cation with tour through a mu-
scum or somebody's country pail
ace
That's all so stuffy, I thought.
and not up-to-date. l still carry
with me complete adherence of
of aspidistras tnotwithStanding
Oracle Fields and her funny song
because they are synonymous in
my mind with fussy. dark. uncom-
Portable, and antique laden homes
of elderly ladies with whom
endured slipping tea in my best
bib and bonnet.
How Times Change
\ 1t is truly remarkable how time
+ and tolerance change all. l sud
denly realized a few years ago
1 how much Virginias past was be-
| ginning to mean to me. especially
since l was not a Misunderstanding
due credit to the fact, of course
that I am no longer fresh and
green but getting so I too necd a
little busting off now and then.
To show how thoroughly I have
become Anticipated. it has CALLED
me to read letter in the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch's V. O. P,
June !, from a reading who says
that Virginia S lack of interest in
supporting its struggling" Sym
phony Orchestra is due to its de-
votion to archaic tradition =
while modern efforts at progress
are shown the door.
I can think of several answer,
to this readers view point. FRS
of all, rehashing minor details o,
; the War Between the States wher
; done in moderation can be stimu
lating and educational. The fac
that scholars and nom scholar
] cover the ground again and again
] Of past historic events will NOR,
: likely than not bring out a com
! plete and true picture.
Bruce Cation "a Stiffness r
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

One Of the perennially knott,
questions confronting high Schoo
graduates is, What am I goint
to do next year?"
Even If they pass the first HUMP
OF deciding whether it is to bt
college or the business world, only
a small part of the problem has
been resolved The next step is
to decide-if it's work. Their
where, and doing what-and if it IS
college. to gather the largest as
sOrtment of catalogues possible
study them, and make the i'm
portant choice on what college
and why it should be chosen above
the others.
With graduation day only a
short while off. the seniors at
Farmville High School appear to
know where they are going. Only
four. all boys, say they are un-
decided. The remaining thirty-one
have their sights aimed on a
variety Of colleges and Jobs.
Off To College
Nine boys will become freshmen
all over again next fall as they
enter colleges Hampden- Sydney
will claim four: Kenny Kennedy
John HARDWOOD, Gerald Duncan,
and Tommy Clark Billy Scruggs
and Al Johnston plan to attend
" P. l. Jimmy Bradshaw heads
for Longwood College, Jim Whit
lock for Washington and Lee Uni
versity. while Wallace Yale will
journey down South to the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Longwood College VIII claim four
girls out of the ten who plan to
earn a higher education. These
are Joyce Orange. Lillian Irene
Simmons, +. Ann Brierley, and
Bobbie Scott Williams.
The remainder will cross the
portals of education institutions
in Virginia and other states. Pat
Ireland will set out for Ohio State
University, and Patricia Ann Will
moth for Greensboro College,
N c. Nadine Dazell
plans to attend William and Mary
College with ultimate hopes to
enter the retailing field. Connie
Lou Fahrner will attend r. P. l.
in Richmond, and plans to work
for the Division of Motor We
hlcleS at the same time. Betty 10
Cook is headed for Mary Wash
ington College in Fredericksburg
and Sue Hudson for Westhampton
College in Richmond.
Business Schools
Two girls indicate they will CON
tinue their education by attend
ing business schools. Pan Ameri-
can in Richmond will claim both
Marie Shepard and Elizabeth
OF the ten F. H. S. students de-
planning to enter the
business field, Phillip Cook is the
only boy. He states his plans
simply as Work" and gives no
Indication of what that will con-
sist.
Of the girls Elaine Garrison
will become a typist in Ashevillc.
n c., Helen Norton Will take
full time Job at Baldwin's. Bon
ME Notesteln Will head for a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Miss Watkins
Is Special Gu est
At Rice HID Meet

The Rice Homemakers Club was
called TO order by the president.
Mrs Edward Frank at its meet
ing Tuesday May IS, in the home
Of Mrs Arthur Stevens.
An interesting demonstration
was given by the clubs guest,
Miss Nancy Watkins. on flower
arrangements.
The club voted to have anoth-
or bake sale on June 10 at Tom
Bondurant's Store in Rice Home
made pies, cakes. cookies, potato
salad. and ice cream will be sold
During the social hour, refresh
mentS were served by 1.-THE hostess.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
10 Of35 FZzS Seniors Plan
To Attend College In Fall

secretarial job in Florida, and
Evelyn Coin plans to find work
in Farmville as a secretary. Nan
Gillian, June Price. Doris Ann
Ragland, Louise Clabough and
Florence Bowman also plan to
find jobs.
Undecided as yet are Kenneth
Hudgins. Lacy Cumbey who indi-
Gates he will probably go to work,
and Bobby Carter, Barry Lee
Wells says he may still go to col
lege or enter a branch Of the
Armed Forces.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Walter S,Uerifege'' Joins
st. Louis Opera Company

more. and fully expected to be
called back yet another time. IN
stead, there came a letter telling
him he had been accepted already.
Walter, who sang last summer
with the Civic Opera Company in
Evansville, Ind. will take part in
a number of operas with the St.
Louis company-as many as will
be allowed by Uncle Sam who,
unfortunately. is expected to put
in bis appearance all too soon.
Commenting on the honor, DR..
and Mrs. Floyd Swertfeger. Wal
ter's parents, say that it will give
their son. prospective teacher,
experience.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Willis Students
Participate In
Piano Recital

On Saturday night. May 80
Matte Spencer Willis gave her
final recital at her study at l06
High Street.
Those who took part were as
follows,
Shannon Francis Karen Bailey.
Frances Cason. Carolyn Cason.
Brenda Wells, Harriet Mitchell.
Ann Mitchell Betty Floyd. Nancy
Iayne Phyllis Norton.
Also Bcrnicc Morris, Suzanne
Clark Martha Jones Holmes,
Patsy Foster. Lillian Crenshaw
Bonnie Mann, Bill Gibson, U. B.
Morris, Bobbie Fulcher, Eric
CronShaw Wayne Morris. and Ed
win Crallc.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

DR. James E. Worsham, Jr., is
spending a few days at his home
this week with his parents. MI.
and Mrs James E. Worsham, in
Newport News. On Monday. he
leaves for Oak Ridge, Tenn,
where he will work this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Devices and
daughter Dianne, Of Philadel-
phia, Pa. were the guests of Pvt.
and Mrs. Robert E. Oliver, during
the week end.
Mrs. Eura sE. Morris will re-
turn home Monday after spend
ing several days with her grand
son, Gray Blanton. who is conva-
lescing at the University Hospital.
Charlottesville. after verely
breaking his arm.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Mr.. Attix Feted
BY Pattesons

Mr. and Mrs! Charles Patte-
son hoonred Charles Attix. men,
Der of Longwood College music
department faculty this year. at a
dinner party at Longwood House
on Wednesday, June 2. There
were ten guests present.
A number of entertainments
have been and are being held this
week for Mr. Attix, who is leaving
Farmville on Tuesday. He plans
first to visit in Knoxille, Tenn.
for a few days before entering
Columbia University S um m er
school !
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Miss Underwood Is
LOngwood Graduate

Miss Doris Elizabeth Under
wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Underwood, of Victoria is
one of 100 candidates for degrees
to be conferred at the commence
ment exercises at Longwood COL
lege, June 6.
Miss Underwood is a member of
the Cotillion Club. Orchesis. the
modern dance group, Longwood
Players and Theta Sigma Epsilon
social sorority, and a Victoria
High School graduate.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Stake Daughter
Is Christened Here

DR.. and Mrs. .Lenard E. Bell
had as their week end guests their
son. Col. Leon E. Bell. Jr. OF
Phoenix, Ariz., and daughter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Stalk
10 and small daughter. of Spring.
field, Va.
Their daughter, Marilyn. was
christened at the Sunday morn
ing service of the Methodist
Church, with Miss Anne Swetfeg-
er and Col. Leon E. Bell. Jr.. as
godparents.
Mrs. Staklo is the former Miss
Polly Bell.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Mrs. Laing, Fetes
Charles Attix

Mrs. Halle Laing entertained
the Farmville Presbyterian Church
Chlor honoring Charles Attix on
Tuesday night at her home.
Special guests were Mrs. Shell
ton Whitaker Mrs. r. H Digger.
the Rev. James r. Kennedy. and
John Roberts.
The Choir presented Mr.. Attix
with a going away gift.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Warner. of
Farmville, have announced the
marriage of their daughter. Au-
drey Mabel Warner, to Lonnie
ODDS Midkif, Of Cumberland. on
Saturday. May IS at the Metho-
dist parsonage with the Rev F. P.
Look performing the ceremony.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Joins Sorority

Miss Phyllis Pearlove was one
OF 244 women students TO be in
itlated into % social sororities at
the Ohio State University recent
ly. Miss Pearlove. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Jack Pearlove, of Farm
vile. joined the Sigma Delta Tau
sorority
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Club Calendar

W NJ U. Farmville Baptist
Church, Thursday June 3. at
= nj IN the church
Executive Board. Women of the
Farmviuc Presbyterian Church,
Monday June 7. at 3 30 y m. in
tic church.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04
Past Holds Wisdom

| certainly do agree that living
entirely IN the past is a waste of
time and completely impractical
But much Of the past holds much
wisdom for present generations. l
believe, and this wisdom often can
only be achieved after many seem
ngly unimportant details have
been lmearthed and sifted.
AS a history minded resident of
Farmville said to me not so long
ago, Our past history is an in
SpiratiOn for the future.
The gentleman who wrote the
V. 0 P letter referred to an
Englishman remark that Rich
mond seemed much like a con-
servatlve English city The Ameri-
can believed this to be an insult.
| say, who loves the modern
cleaning. cold skyscraperS in New
York? Can one possibly recapture
a little nostalgia of the days when
life was less hurried more grace
full. more kindly in d spot like
the Empire State Building? If one
pauSeS long enough. one certain
ly ca at a place like LongWood
Moreover. l deny that lack of
up-to-datencSs keeps Virginians
from supporting cultural organi-
cation. Television and radio arc
certainly very modern and yet
many VirglnlanS regard these a.
essential to their everyday life.
To my mind, the V. o. P. writer
lay the blame where it did not
belong It's a matter Of values
and not antiquity. We want our
car, our television our movies
/ orr dishwasher, and so on. and If
we don't have time or money fol
such things as symphony orches-
tras. it's just too bad
l believe it's wrong to blame
archaic tradition. TO my mind
we need to preserve the gooo
things Of the past. even if it mean,
encouraging the growth Of a few
more ugly dust collecting. IN.
Necessary aspidlatras.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04


Mrs. Perkins Hazelgrove, OF
Roanoke, and Mrs. E. M. Whit
lock spent Tuesday in Richmond.
The Rev Benjamin r. Bruner
will return Saturday from st.
Louis, Mo, where he is attending
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mr.. and Mrs c. j. Cox moved
to their cabin at Farmville Lake
on Friday. for the summer.
d
DR.. @. w. Jeffers is attending
science planning meeting in
Washington. D. c.
Charles l.. Baird, Jr., student at
the Medical College of Virginia,
is home with his parents. DR.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Baird, of Hamp-
den-Sydney, for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. John HarwoOd are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Julius
Gwaltney at their home in Smith
field.
Mrs William Pollard, of VIM
ston-Salem is visiting Mrs. George
Richardson. at Rochelle" Guests
IN the same home on Wednesday
were Mrs Pollards daughter, Mrs.
Richard Lybrook. of Richmond.
and Mrs Michael Rea, of Sc
WiCkley, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. James Blanton
and Mrs Ann Hudgins, of Rich
mond are the guests of Mrs.
Blanton's mother Mrs. E. Scott
Martin
Miss 10 Ann Cox will return
Monday from Stuart Hall, in
Staunton, to spend the summer
vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Cox
Mrs. Margaret D Bruce motored
to Charlottesville on Wednesday
to bring home Miss Julia David
son. who had been convalescing
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. NJ,
K HUMPHREYS following an opera
ton in the University Hospital.
Capt. and Mrs. Jesse Howard
Lafoon and children. Janet Lynn
and Michael Thomas. of Atlanta.
Ga, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. o. Lafoon.
MI and Mrs, A. E Campbell, of
Washington. D c.. spent the holt
day week end with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Matherly
DR.. and Mrs. D. c. Wilson will
have as their week end guests, Mr..
and Mrs George L. Walker. Jr,,
who will appear at the Sunday
night Music Hour at Hampden-
sydney
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Atkinson
spent Wednesday in Henderson,
N c.. where they had taken MI.
AtkinSon'S uncle. w. f. Jones. Of
Houma. La, to visit his son-in-
law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Colin McKinnc. in Louisburg.
/ DR. T w Williams. Of Apo
mattox. was the Wednesday guest
of Miss Mary and r. w. Dupuy.
Mrs. f. T.. Thomas. of Suffolk
was the Wednesday night guest
of MIR. and Mrs f L. Dahl.
Expected guests Of Mrs. ]. 3
Massey and Miss Jean Massey for
Hampden- Sydney Commencement
are Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Massey
Jr, and j. b Massey. III. of Nor
folk Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Trotter
of Baltimore. Md, and Mr.. ano
Mfs Durette Ellis and daughter
Of Richmond. DR.. B, Henry Mas
sev and daughter. Of College Park
Md. Miss Bertha Massey, anC
Mrs J. T Suffer. of Wytheville.
Mr. and Mrs. l., j Davis. o
Bovdton, visited their SON in-lav
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Oti
Arthur Shepherd for the weeI
end.
= Expected week end guests o
e Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Lafoon ar
1 her mother. Mrs. Arthur XVI
Lovern. of Roanoke. her sister
! Mrs. Joseph Stone. Of Chinco
S league, and her brother, Williar
f Hamilton, of Richmond, who wi
all attend Mrs Lafoon's gradua
p ton from Longwood College o
SUNDAY
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

Walter L. Swertfeger was not
present at The graduation Of his
class at the Cincinnati Conserya-
tory Of Music on Wednesday, June
2.
This is no sad story. however.
because walter was given special
leave to miss the ceremony So
That the young baritone could
Join the st Louis Civic Opera
Company st Louis Mo
Last March, nearing completion
Qf his 3 s Degree in Music Edu-
cation Walter tried out for the
well-knoWn opera group at It's
preliminary additions He went
back again at Easter to sing some
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-04

Appomattox" seems to come alive
as history with his constant re-
ferences to letters and recorded
sayings of actual participants in
the war. Had these writings not
been preserved through the gene
rations, I feel that Mr.. Cations
book would have suffered from
lack Of its present abundance of
local color. -"
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Dorothy Thompson
Children Are Not Born Civilized
Juvenile Delinquency Is Blamed in Part Upon Lack
Of Authority and Disbursement of Inhibitions

juvenile crime with the In
crease in adult insanity.
No one who does not love
children can train a child.
Love, kindness. sympathy, un-
derstanding are necessary in
gradients of all training. But.
conversely, only a saint can
love a child who is a Self-willed
and often savage little tyrant.
The downright cruelty of many
parents toward their children
is often the result of frustrated
inability to cope with them be-
cause they never mustered the
courage to say a firm mo-
and make it stick-when the
children are small.
A child who does not recog-
nize his fathers, mothers or
teachers authority will never
recognize any authority, in
cluding the authority of the
law. The first law is the law Of
the home. The laWlesS early
environment of the child is the
cause of his later delinquency
whether he is brought UP In
a tenement, garden villa. or
a castle.
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Doris FLeeson-
Miss Truman in the Spotlight
Miss Democrat Always the Center of Attraction
At Portes Has DEVELOPED Mature Poise
e Center of Attraction

that. after all, this really was
none of his business, he was
puzzled. He seemed to think
it was every right-thinking
persons business.
With the humor which never
fails her, Margaret carried it
off with good will on all sides.
She said later that she en-
countered a great deal of this
kind of feeling and always felt
it a compliment.
It does suggest, too, some of
the difficulties that young men
encounter when they take her
out. They don't let it stop
them, though there is no pres
.ent indication Of serious ro-
nance in the picture.
Margaret continues to live
in New York and is working
hard at her career in TV and
on the stage. Summer stock
she played the,lead in Autumn
Crocus"- she found both stim-
ulating and slimming.
Much has been said and
written about a personal po-
litical career for her. What
ever happens in that field will
come only after long and Sc
rious consideration by the ex-
perienced politicians who are
her conservative parents, Harry
and Bess Truman. They know
all the pitfalls and of all peo-
ple-unless it is Margaret her.
self-are the least likely to
be deluded by the apparent
glamour.
Evening star., 1954-11-03

Bunche, Assistant Secretary
General, but United States Am
bassador Henry Cabot Lodge
did not.
That Mrs. Roosevelt should
at 70 have achieved her emin-
ence with all the history and
personal accomplishment that
are behind her is not surpris-
ing. It does seem rather re-
markable that a young woman
just entering her thirties who
has no official position should
have come to mean so much to
so many people. .
It is not all beer and skittles
for Miss Truman. What 1t in
wolves are countless demands
upon her time, countless ap-
pearances she feels she must
make and the ever present
knowledge that what she is
and what she says are news.
She never seems to make a
mistake and she has never
looked prettier.
What she has to put up with
from fond and well-meaning
Democrats was shown at a
dinner party here recently to
which she brought a young
man. A former appointee of
her father said to her in all
seriousness that her happiness
and her future meant a great
deal to all Democrats and that
he hoped this young man was
good enough for her. When it
was suggested by another guest
Evening star., 1954-11-03
Constantine Brown

OF all the heads of the al
lied governments. Chang Kai-
shek alone has never received
an invitation--and is not likely
to receive one--to visit off,
cially the United States.
Since taking office President
Eisenhower has played host to
variety of heads of states and
foreign ministers -- allies,
friends and former enemies.
Germany's able Chancellor,
Konrad Adenauer. for instance,
has been in Washington off,
cially twice. The much
harassed japanese Premier Yo-
shida is on the way to Wash
ington to discuss not only
economic matters. but also Red
China's offer for "co-exist-
ence' with his country.
Chang Kai-shek has been
urged to postpone" a visit to
Washington because 1t may
possibly prove embarrassing.
The State Department has
turned a deaf ear to a number
of hints from Taipeh that
Chang would like to come to
Washington to pay his respects
to the President of the United
States and thank the American
people for the help afforded
his refugee government in For
mosa. These diplomatic hints
were brushed off with equally
automatically couched hints
that such a visit would be pre-
mature and might prove en-
: barrassing to both sides.
Ever since the conclusion
of the SEATO, in which Ma
tionalist China with it's 500,-
Johannesburg army was not
included, Chang has suggest
ed a mutual defense pact be-
tween his country and the
United States. He has report
edly pointed out that such an
agreement exists today in fact
though not in form. We are
protecting Formosa from an
invasion from the Red-occu-
pied mainland through the in
Evening star., 1954-11-03

ocrats secretly aimed at pre-
venting any change whatso-
ever in the Taft Hartley law.
the fact remains that the legis-
lation was buried.
Now comes another chance
for the Eisenhower admin
istration to test the good
faith of the Democrats. Will
they pass an Eisenhower
backed measure to revise the
Taft-Hartley Act? Or will
they clutter up the bill with
crippling y 1endments which
would MAKE a presidential
veto imperative? In any
event, If the latter contin-
gency arises, Gen. Eisenhower
would be able to make the
claim that the Democratic
Party had not kept faith with
the country-that it had
violated its pledge to support
him.
This could be the beginning
of a build-up for 1856 such
as Mr.. Truman carried on so
successfully in 1948 when he
repeatedly told the country
that he could not function
with a divided government
and that he needed a Demo-
cratic Congress to support
him.
The argument will hold
good even If there are a few
Republicans who also do not
vote with the President on
his program. For the Demo-
cratic leaders pledged their
entire party to support the
President and. while this al
lows for a few defections, it
can be held to mean that the
majority OF the Democrats in
Congress, in both houses. are
committed to support the
Eisenhower program. Other
wise they will be offering their
opponents q clear-cut issue
for 1856 on the basis of a
broken pledge. If the Repub-
licans are politically alert,
they never during the next two
years will let the Nation
forget that pledge.
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Evening star., 1954-11-03
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Election analysis Half of the candidates won-which is
more than you say for the taxpayers
Ike says sometimes fellow gets tired of political clack
etycack There ought to be law limiting each party
speaker a campaign-and one campaign decade.
Raw cold weather gripped most of the Nation election
day 1t wasn't fit weather for Northern
precinct eight bird dogs tried to vote Republican.
Adlai Stevensons political future tied the election
results The difference between and egghead that
you can beat egg only
Democratic Chairman Mitchell wants Congress investigate
Republican campaign falsehoods The purpose of election
these days to find out which party going investigate
losers.
Independent Senator Morse again he'll vote with
the Democrats The trick Of is to stop
announcements long enough to vote
Batista of Cuba by landslide In
Cuba, big landslide means plenty dirt.