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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-05

Because Of Illness in thd home
os her parents at Virginia Beach.
Mrs. E. c. Boelte and children
Ann, and Steve. have speht the
pasVtwo weeks there Mrs Boelte
is teaching at high Schopl iris
year and in her absence Mrs. E.
f. Yates has substituted.
aMr and Mrs L. J Bow les and
daughter. Joan spent t,he week
end with ne. parents. Nh and
Mrs Lane, in Su7y County
Mr and Mrs Crouch, q Rich
mond visited her mother. Mrs c.
II. Simpson, here last wedk
Mrs II II Dobbns has teceived
word OF The death IN Fld I1da OF
her uncle Tom Anderson
Recent Guest
Mr. and Mrs r a RaFd and
children ana MI Ralds mcther,
Mrs Belle Pndel Rand Il Rich
mond and North Carolina were
guests last week Of their cousin
w. F. Maxey, and family hery
Miss Edith CHS attended the
recent wedding al WestoEer HE
Baptist Church Of Miss jane Por-
ter
Mrs A. l. Bethel and S3n, Billy
and Miss Maude Clump, Of Rich
mond, spent The week cid with
their father. T Crump here
Mr.. and Mrs. j P Full er visit
ed friends at Caundy Recently
The Homemakers Class met last
Thursday night with Nlr anc
Mrs Kenneth DAVIS Lovely re-
freShment were served after de
Yoti0n and d business session
HoStesses we're Mrs. r. Tx B0elt
Mrs Stuart Jones, Mrs. Ct-en Col
ller and Miss Edith Ginj
Miss Haynie Allen of the higl
school aculty, was 4 dinner
guest recently Of Nh and Mrs. r
II. Bret
WINS Officers
New officers were recentiy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-05
Ford Announces Plan
For Personal Car

The Thuaderbird, a new kind Of
personal car, combining perfor-
nance with comfort, convenience
and safety OF a conventional mod
el. was announced today by Ford
Division
The Thunderba'd has Ions. low
lines is an steel body is OF CON
conventional construction T h G
oar is powered by a new, 100 Il. p.
Y-olock va engine. 1t can be
purchase with a special compo-
slt.on hardtop which makes it a
complete, al weather car The
Thmdebrd is equipped with a
convertible cloth top which folds
completely out Of sight behind the
rear seat Ford Motor Company
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-05

Mi and Mrs. John Horne at
tended the anniversary OF the PTA
association at Sandy Hook, Sandy
Hook, va, on Thursday evening.
Feb Is.
Accepts New Post
Mr.. ard MIS- Dennis J TAYLOR
left February to move to Lun-
enburs, va, where Mr. Taylor
has been appointed Superintend-
ent OF Public Welfare Mr. Taylor
was a cottage supervisor for sew
eral years and for the past two
years mad been a casewcrker Mr.
and Mrs Taylor and children viii
be greatly missed here.
Nj Wd Mrs Norman Smith
are moving into the apartment
vacated by the TaylorS
New Stan Houses
The two new stan houses have
been completed and are now oc-
cupied by Mr.. and MIS- Herndon
Laync and My. and Mrs. Stacy
Clements. These are BRICK, SIN
room. oil heated homes, and are
most attractively located in a pine
grove overlooking the lake We
hope 10 have more Of these staff
houses in the future TO provide
more room and more comfortable
Mrs Alice McLane and Mrs
Eunice Layne made a nice col
lection at Beaumont for the polio
fund j w Horne is at present
collecting for the Red Cross.
A number of our staff members
including Mrs. McLane, Miss W0-
/ mack, Mrs Hall, Mrs Sadler, Mrs
Rigsby and Mrs. Horne have beer
sick with flu for a few days
says tins Thunderbud viii bt
placed III production next fall Il
viii be shown TO the public for
the first time February 20 at the
Detroit Aut- mobile Show.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-05
Beaumont

Mr.. and Mrs. John Horne at
tended the anniversary OF the PTA
association at Sandy Hook, Sandy
Hook, va, on Thursday evening.
Feb IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Skip Alexander Testifies
On Plane Crash Injuries
. BY ,hs Associated Preu

DURHAM, N. c., Mar. 81
Stewart (Skip) Alexander re-
turned to the witness stand to-
day after describing the burns
and injuries he received in a
plane crash near Evansville. Ind,
September "a. 1850.
The pro golfers testimony yes
terday came during the second
day of his $279.0O0 suit against
the Civil Air Patrol and the Gov
eminent as a result of the crash
which left Alexander the only
survivor of the four on board.
Alexander has charged that
the CAP CAS- was not air
worthy and that 1t. Oliver Sin
gleton, the pilot, was careless
and negligent.
The former Duke University
star, now a pro at st. Petersburg,
Fla. testified for nearly three
hours. He said he has had II
major operations and has Sccnt
nearly so hours on the operat-
ing table as a result of his in
juries. He said both of his ears
were nearly burned off, his face
and eyes were burned severely,
both hands were burned and dis
figured, his legs from mid. thigh
to ankle were burned, as was his
back. shoulder and neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Montreal in Finals
OF Stanley Cup Play
BY the Associated Press

Already in their accustomed
spot in the finals of the STAN
ley Cup playoffs. the Montreal
Canadiens sat back today to
await the outcome Of the strug-
gle between the Detroit Red
Wings and the Toronto Maple
Leafs.
The Canadiens BANKED the
Boston Bruins last night, 20,
to move one step closer to carry
ing off the coveted cup which
they won last year. Their final
'53 triumph was at the expense
Of the Bruins, four games to
three.
The Canadians opponent
probably will be Detroit. The
Red Wings whipped the Leafs
last night, al. to take a three
games-to-one lead in their best
of-seven semif1nal series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
By Dick SIoy

Florence Chadwick was swim
ming in the Ambassador Hotel
pool, straining at a rope tied
around her waist and anchored
at the other end to the diving
board platform. She had been
doing the American crawl for
about and hour and Is minutes
when Bill Armstrong. pool direc-
tor, called her out of the wa
ter. She wasn't winded in the
slightest.
"Golly. I hope not, after only
a little more than an hour" was
the way the distance swimmer
reacted to the observation Il do
this two hours or SO at a time
and then I'll step it up to four to
seven hours before I try the Juan
de Fuca."
The Juan de Fuca Strait sep
arates British Columbia from the
State of Washington. The. dis
lance from Victoria to Port
Angeles is 1924 miles in a
straight line. Because of cur
rents, the actual swim probably
will cover about "a miles. No
one ever swan the strait at that
point. The best try ended 6
miles from shore.
"A few weeks ago Gin jan
uary) I said no more channel
swimming, Miss Chadwick adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Joost Counts on New Faces
Athletics Hopes Rest Largely
On Bobby Shontz, Vic Power

and four Of them may be former
Yankees or Yankee farmhands.
Sure to open the season are
Don Bollweg at first base, Bill
Renna in rightf1eld and Power
in centerf1eld. AL Robertson, a
fine receiver, may be behind the
bat. This quartet, along with
Third Baseman Jim Finigan and
Pitcher John Gray, came with
bundle Of Yankee cash for Byrd
and Robinson. Finigan is a long
shot to open at third. The other
newcomer certain to hold a
regular job is Forrest (Spook)
Jacobs. a little second baseman
drafted from the Brooklyn chain.
Three Veterans to Start.
AS it stands now, the only
veterans likely to appear in the
opening lineup will be Joe De-
MaeStri at Shortstop, Pete Suder
at third and Zernial in left. The
.37-year-old Joost, still handi-
capped by a stiff right knee, has
given up any hope of playing
short again. Instead, he will
share the third base assignment
with Suder, another 37-year-old
veteran.
Robertson will share the catch
ing assignment with holdover
Joe Astroth. Tommy Giordano,
the Sally Leagues home run king
last year may be the No. in
field utility man. Eddie McGhee
and Elmer Valo will be the out
field requirements.
The trouble with our lineup
is that it has only one left
handed hitter (Bollweg)," Joost
said gravely. 1.-THE only other
left-handed hitter on the club
is Valo. That means the other
clubs are going to throw right
handlers at us exclusively"
Joost's biggest headache will
be pitching-or lack or it. Alex
kellner Q1-12) was the star of
the staff last year. He, too,
begged down in the stretch with
a sore arm. Shantz (5-9), Mar
ion Fricano (9-12), Morris Mar
tin Q0-1O and Bob Cain (4-1O
at st. Louis) figure to comprise
the starting five. Unfortunately.
all but Fricano are left-handers.
Charlie Bishop (3-14) and Carl
Scheib CD will handle the re-
lief. Rockies Bob Trice, Arnold
Portacarrero and Ed Burtschy
should stick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Lakers Firm Choice
In Opening Defense
OF NBA Title Tonight
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. 81. -
The Minneapolis Lakers. pro
basketball champions, open de-
Tense Of their MIA title tonight
against Syracuse, once regarded
as a team of ragamuff1ns.
The odds tabled the Lakers
as firm favorites to win their
sixth title in seven years in this
best-of- seven final playoff.
Syracuse enters the series with
IL victories in Is games. But it
doesn't have the Mikan-
Mikkelsen triumvirate that has
dominated the league since the
late '40S.
Coach AL Cervi of Syracuse
maintained stoutly the Nationals
could keep up the furious tempo
which won them the Eastern
title in six straight games.
Syracuse. becalmed for much
Of the early season, tried end
less combinations before hitting
its stride in midseason. Down the
stretch. performances of Dolph
Schayes, Paul Seymour and
Wally OSterkorn snuffed out New
York and Boston, teams with
superior manpower on paper.
Six of the Nationals have in
juries of some description, in
Guiding Schayes and Earl Lloyd
with fractured hands. Both are
wearing special casts, although
Lloyd will shed his before the
game.
Schayes' status aims
doubtful. although he probably
will play on at least a limited
basis.
Minneapolis awaits this latest
challenge with no great anxiety,
| although few of its playoffs have
been walkaways.
George Mikan no longer goes
into the 40's,' but he is rarely
needed long enough to score
that many. Clyde Lovellette has
been an adequate fill-in at CEN
ter, and Minneapolis guards pro-
duce more points now than they
used to.
One of the guards. Slater Mar
tin. was a member of the LAX
erS' 1850 team which defeated
Syracuse for the championship.
But Mikan. Jim Pollard and
Vern Mikkelsen were the Min
neapolis vital combine then, just
as they are now,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Billy Edwards Gets
District License as
Boxing Promoter

Billy Edwards, long manager
and second for fighters in Wash.
ington, has been issued a license
to promote boxing here.
The license was granted by
the District Boxing Commission
at its regular meeting yesterday.
Edwards plans are not final yet.
but he proposes to promote on a
club-f1ght basis in a former
ballroom and night club at Ninth
and v streets NV.
The license to Edwards makes
four boxing promoters in Wash
ington. Others are Vince Nc
Mahon, who promotes regularly
at Turner's Arena; Goldie
Ahearn. who promotes an oc-
casional Wednesday night tele-
vision bout from Turner's, and
Gabe Menendez, former pro-
moter at Turner's, who now has
an occasional Saturday night
television fight at Uline Arena.
Edwards has been running the
Arena Gymnasium in the market
near Fifth street and Florida
avenue NE. and managing his
fighters from that location. I'm
der District boxing rules, he
cannot both manage and pro-
mote.
Edwards also is a former fight
er. He tells colorful stories Of
the days he was a lightweight
boxer Che now weighs over 200
pounds fighting under the name
Of Ell Kidar. the Terrible Turk.
Edwards says he called himself
Turk because in those days
Negroes had trouble getting
bouts against white fighters. Ed
wards says that that phase of
his career ended when he was
matched against a genuine
Turk-and could not talk the
language.
He says that his promotions
will not be on big-time basis.
but on a fairly small scale and
involving local boxers and those
from nearby cities. His plant at
Ninth and v streets may be ar
ranged to seat up to 5000 on
bleacher seats.
GEORGE HUBER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
0ne-Year Ban Invoked
On Ace Harness Driver
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Mar. 81
Attorneys for Wayne (Curly)
Smart, Delaware (Ohio) harness
horse driver, have filed an entry
of dismissal In Franklin County
Common Pleas Court in their in
junction suit against the United
States Trotting Association.
The USTA had suspended
Smart from driving in case
which Stemmed from use of mar
cotics in treating horse for
which Smart was responsible as
a trainer.
AS a result of the dismissal
of Smart'S action against the
USTA, a one-year suspension of
the reinsman handed down by
the New York State Harness
Racing Commission last Septem-
Der 80 is automatically invoked
under the USTA reciprocity
rules, a USTA spokesman said.
Smart thus will not be able to
train or drive at any race meet
Ing in any State until after Sep
TENDER 80 of this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
By Lewis r. Atchison

Alfred Roberts stout hearted
Eatontown, now being pointed
for Saturdays $15.000-added
Laurel Handicap, and Trainer
A. F. Chicken JIM East. have
one thing in common. They can
retire anytime the going gets
too tough and spend the rest Of
their days in green pastures.
I'm a 20-year veteran, re-
tired from the Navy" East ex-
planned. And before Mrs. Rob-
erts died last year, she made ar
rangements for this horse to be
turned out for the rest of his life
at Mrs. F. Wallace Armstrong;
farm at Moorestown, N. j., where
he was bred. Any time he shows
any misery, that's where he'll
CO."
Eatontown, an 8-year-old geld
ing named for his late owners
hometown in New Jersey, is q
miracle horse" Three years
ago the son of EaSton- Come
Again was stricken with a mys-
ferrous malady that almost took
his life.
Everybody thought it was a
kidney infection" East told us.
"but he really had a bad groin
injury and / happened to find
it. We had him gelded and he
bled six or seven days. Lost so
much blood he went down to
about 500 pounds and we
thought he was a goner. Then
he began to snap out of it. Look
it him now-sleek as seal, isn't
hep"
Profitable Purchase.
Purchased for $500 at the
1947 Saratoga sales by Mrs.
Roberts, Eatontown has earned
SAL $40 and looks good for
more.
Eatontown's trouble keeps
coming back on him. according
to. East. A swelling develops in
the groin and must be drained
and treated, but as long as the
veteran trainer knows what the
trouble is he thinks he can keep
the horse running.
And what an honest horse"
East added. Gives everything
he's got every time he runs.
And as gentle as a lamb. I've
slept in the stall with him on
trips and never worried about
being kicked. You won't believe
this, but when he wanted a drink
of water he nudged me with his
foot"
We went into the stall with
East to look at the old injury and
Eatontown, who was feeding,
nuzzled US, then went back to his
oats.
He won't hurt you" East said.
Hes got a disposition like EX-
Termination. but he was a reuter-
and this horse is a sprinter."
How come he's running in the
Laurel at a mile and one-six-
tenth?
That's not too far If he's in
shape" the trainer said. and I
won't let him go if he's not
ready" Eatontown is in the
Laurel with ia pounds.
Eatontown won the Whining
ton Handicap. Fleetwing and
American Legion Handicaps and
three other races last year. He
also was second in the Bay Shore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Lure OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Too Much for Miss Chadwick

mitted. 81 was getting requests
from all over the world: Swim
here, try this channel I thought
! would just do exhibitions from
now on. but I'm glad I'm a wom-
an and can change my mind.
The Juan de Fuca is a real chal-
lenge, undoubtedly the toughest
I've tried"
Miss Chadwick. who COM
peted as an amateur for 10 years
before turning pro in 1945, is
the only woman to swim the
English Channel both ways. In
1850 she broke Gertrude Ederle's
record from France to England
with time of Is hours. 20 min
uteS. Last September she swan
from England to France for the
second time and did it in 14:42
to eclipse the mems mark.
Her other records include the
Catalina Channel in 13:47 two
years ago. two and a minute
faster than George Young's
time over this treacherous
waterway. Last fall she set sue
cessive records for the Strait of
Gibraltar, Bosporus and the
Dardanelles.
Her most dangerous swim may
well have been the Catalina
effort, during which a COM
panion in the boat shot at three
sharks. killing two. II always
have an expert marksman along
in the boat on every distance
SWIM" she explains. But it's
not the sharks in the water that
bother me. it's the wolves on
land"
Miss Chadwick currently is
appearing in the Sports and
Travel Show at the Armory as
part of a tour for bathing suit
firm. She performs in a water
tank, sometimes held back by
the ! rope, and shows various
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Hoya Nine Cancels
Opener, Will Play
Terps tomorrow

Georgetown University's OPEN
ing baseball game scheduled with
Rutgers today has been cam
celed because of rain and wet
grounds. It will not be resched-
uled.
The Hoyas will play at 3 pm.
tomorrow at Maryland, when the
Terps open their season. Bernie
Foley is expected to pitch for
Georgetown, with either Pat Nc
Nulty or Dave Burton doing the
catching. The battery for Mary
land will be Connie Hemphill
pitching and Charles DingeS
catching.
Right-hander Bob Frederick
Of George Washington. who did
considerable pitching last year.
threw a four-hitter yesterday
as the ColonialS shut out Yale,
80, at the South Ellipse in a
game called after 712 innings
because of cold. 1t was GW'S
third win in four starts.
The senior hurler from Sche-
nectady, N. Y, struck out 10
and never was in trouble. He got
plenty Of help from Steve Kor-
check, batterymate. who bat
ted in four runs. three of them
in the fourth inning on a bases
loaded double.
American University didn't
fare as well. losing its opener,
1872, to Vermont at AU. It
marked the eighth consecutive
opener lost by the Eagles. First
Baseman Joe Wark of Vermont
put the clincher to AUS defeat
with a grand-Slam homer in
the ninth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
NaIon Man 10 Beat Sunday
In Marlboro Auto Feature

Johnny Nalon of Richmond,
who ran second to Johnny
Cramblitt of Baltimore in the
Marlboro Motor Raceway opener
last Sunday. has his eye on first
place in Sundays stock car fea-
ture.
Nalon won the applause of the
capacity crowd of 400 with his
daring driving after starting in
21st place in a field OF IS and
finishing only two car lengths
behind the winning CramblitS.
Other top drivers expected to
compete Sunday will be Bill and
Yves Morgan of Fairfax, Bob and
Preston WEIGH, Horse and Reds
Kagle and Mace and Jack Mat.
tingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
GeIdne's Trainer All Set. Too
EotontoWn Has GreenP Pastures
Waiting for His Retirement

and third In the Camden, Carter
and Tropical Park Inaugural
Handicaps. In six starts this
year he's won a race, finished
second and third once each,
earning $4.625.
The 63Zyear-old East halls
from West Point, Miss, where his
father raised and raced trotters.
Chicken Jim, whose proper han
die is James Albert Frank East,
didn't care much for the sulky
sport, but he loved thoroughbreds
from the time he first saw them
near Memphis. He started out
to be a cotton planter like his
father. but the boil weevil
changed all that. Cotton grow
ers went broke.
Il was at Mississippi A. & NJ, "
East recalled. land three Of us
decided to have a lark and Join
the Navy and see the world. You
could pay $50 for your uniform
and buy out at any time, but I
made chief petty officer inside
Of four years and after I'd been
in IL years they passed a law
that you could retire with 20
years service. So stayed eight
more years and got my retire.
ment. I can quit this game any
time"
East learned to cook in the
service and went into the COM
missary branch. When he re-
tired he was in charge of the
midShipmen'S mess at the Naval
Academy. Jim says he once
served a luncheon for $50 per-
sons at a Notre- Dame Navy
football game in Baltimore, cook
ing everything at Annapolis.
Everything Was Chicken.
East's nickname of Chicken
Jim was coined from one of his
favorite expressions. Any time
the stablehands asked about a
horse that was ready to run. he'd
reply:
Boys, this is a chicken din
ner."
East joined the Navy in 1912
and was on the cruiser Chester,
commanded by the late Admiral
w. A. Moffett, then a command
er, when it shelled Vera Cruz
during the Mexican War. Jim
retired in 1891 and has trained
horses ever since.
East worked for two of Amer
ica's most famous trainers, the
late Guy Bedwell and Sunny Jim
FitzSimmons, who is still carry
ing on in New York. He figura-
lively tips his hat every time
their names are mentioned.
Mr.. Bedwell told me any time
something went wrong with a
horse. you had to start with his
ears and go over every inch of
his body. That's how I found
Pops (Eatontown) trouble. They
said there was something wrong
with his back but I couldn't find
anything. But as soon as I
touched the groin he went down,
and that's what it was"
Chicken Jim has 81 horses un-
der his wing at Laurel owned by
Mr.. Roberts. F. Eugene Dixon,
jr, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bromley, who race under the
Cedar Farms banner.
1t keeps a man busy, but, as
he said, anytime it gets boring he
and Eatontown can go back to
the farm and retire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31
Joost Counts on New Faces
BY Joe Reichler
ASsociofsd Press SPORTS Writer

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Mar. 31.-The fate of the Phila-
delphia Athletics this year rests
largely on two sets of shoulders,
one set belonging to an anemic-
looking, little left-handed pitch
err, the other to a big, powerful
rookie outfielder.
The pitcher is Bobby Shantz,
the American Leagues most val
liable player in 1852 whose VIC
tory total fell off FROM "a to S
last year because of shoulder
trouble. Bobby has pitched cred
itably this spring, showing no
trace of any miseries, but the
jury is still out on the 5-foot-6
28-year-old southpaw.
The outfielder Is Vic Power.
the American Associations
champion batter last year who
came to the AS via the Yankees
In a trade involving IS players.
Thus far Power has teamed up
we'll with Gus Zernial to form q
strong one-two batting punch
that should make life unbear-
able for 'southpaw opposition.
JOOst Promises Hustle.
The AS were a drab outfit in
'53, finishing seventh only be-
cause the Browns refused to yield
last place. The biggest rap
against them, however, was
their lack of hustle and their
tendency to give up once they
fell behind. Eddie Joost, the
veteran shortstop who was pro-
NOTED to the managers job
succeeding Jimmy Dykes. has no
idea where his club will finish in
"a, but he promised to bring
back to Philadelphia a spirited
team that will hustle and have
o new attitude.
Lots of people criticized us
for giving up such established
players as Harry Byrd and Eddie
Robinson for q group Of untried
and inexperienced youngsters. F."
Joost said, Here's what I think
OF 1t. After what I've seen of
those kids we got from the Yam
KEGS, I wouldn't swap them back
even up for the fellows we gave
them"
There may be I'VE new faces
m the opening-day lineup when
the AS face the Red Sox April IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-31

aspects of distance swimming,
including training methods.
feeding during the swim, etc.
Her tour will wind up in June,
when she will head for Victoria,
B. c.. and begin seven weeks of
intensive preparation for the
Juan de Fuca. I'm going to try
it the first part of August" she
says. "They tell me the water
there reaches its highest tenn
perature then, 81 degree, which
is not warm at ALL"