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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Holrard Toney Fetes Surprised Wife
With Large, Festive Birthday Party

Mrs. Robert Baker Anderson
and his brother. GRANVILLE And
erson. went to Richmond Sunday
to see Mr.. Anderson.
Mr.. ana Mrs. George Breed and
family spent the week end visit
ing her aunt Mrs. Mertz, and her
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Anderson.
Freddie Merit U. S. N. All
Force Of Texas, has been spend
ing several days with his mother
Mrs. Preston Merit. She met him
in Washington
Friends Grieved
Her many friends were grieved
by the death Of Mrs. Lewis Guer-
rant. A very large crowd attend
ed her buria at Buckingham
Church.
Harry Mann called Sunday a.
m. on the NJ K. Davises and de-
lighted them with some Of his
sweet violin selections
Vernon Bickford is on a visit to
his family and Their. Mrs.
Blckford. He has an injured hand
and arm
Arvonia Boys beat the Genito
Red Caps at M. D H. S. Sunday
II to 5
Mr. and Mrs. Willie 1'atum
were luncheon guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Tatlm, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Tonev
ana Mr. and Mrs. Alger Martin
were week end guests Of Mrs.
Mary Davis
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Buckingham Senior Wins Honors
With Home Made Six-Inch TELESCOPE

Meet Jimmie Charlton, the
young man who decided he want
ed a telecope. made one by hand,
and wound up with an honor
able mention in the Virginia
Junior Academy Of Science Con-
test, and second place IN the
Regional exhibits at the Uniyer-
sity Of Richmond.
Several years ago Jimmie re-
ceived small telecope for
Christmas. and as he puts it. I
Just wanted a larger one and
built this one the way thought
it should be built. " Using surplus
lenses, Scray metal, and his own
ingenuity he constructed bar
relltype. SIX inch rejecting tele-
scope The main lens is six INCH
es III diameter, the Darrell is
nearly six feet long and is
mounted on a permanent base in
the Charlton front yard
Jimmie also designed and built
and electric drive which tnrn the
scope automatically to conlpen-
safe for the earths rotation and
keep what ever he is observing
in view at all times. on clear
evenings the 17-year-old- Buck
ingham Central senior can be
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Sunday, May %, at 7:3o ,. m.
pr c. c. Bell viii preach the ser
mon. after which the Quarterly
Conference will be held
Pastor Elmer L. Thompson
urges a large attendance at this
important conference and asked
that committee heads please bring
all reports for the year
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

be given by All Club girls
Rev. Mr. Reynolds invites the
public to share IN the services of
recognitions.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Quarter ly Conference
AT Bethel Church

The final Quarterly Conference
of the year l953-54 viii be held
at the Bethel Methodist Church,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

peoples groups
Buddy Hurt. Misses Barbara
Booker and jamie Glenn will lead
the depotions. Special music will
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY BANK
DILLWYN, VIRGINIA

many the talked Buckne
County
Charlottesville Virginia following
Evening star., 1954-12-27
For Outstanding Service
For Outstanding Service .
Pvt. Harris Cited for Rescuiing.
Youth I 7roppedinBurninq Store

The Commissioners Com
mittee OF AUards for Meritori-
Gus Service, Police and Fire
Departments, this year selected
sepen District policemen and
three District fremen for
aUGrds for heroism and out
standing service in the line OF
duty. This is one OF a series
detailing the acts of all 43 men
nominated for the honors the
10 TeceiDed.
One of the years most heroic
acts, which required courage and
almost super-human strength.
was credited to Pvt. Theodore
c. Harris, a 18th precinct motor
cycle policeman.
Passing Sparks Drug Store.
1918 Seventh street NV, Tues
day morning, March %. he saw
smoke and flames coming from
the windows.
Pvt. Harris ran to the front Of
the building where he heard
faint cries from inside for help.
Unable to enter at the front be-
cause of flames, he ran to the
rear and pin-pointed the source
of the cries as just inside the
back door.
Getting into the door was the
problem. Pvt. Harris did not
hesitate. He began using his
Evening star., 1954-12-27

body as battering ram. In
recommending an Award of
Merit for the policeman, Capt.
Marshall r. Gore Of the Traffic
Division wrote:
by a Herculean effort Of ply
sical strength, Pvt. Harris
smashed this door down by run
ming back and then hurting his
body against it."
Breaking through. he dragged
out Lemon Reid. Is. colored. of
2705 Thirteenth street NV, q
store employe who had sought
to beat out flames In the kitchen
and found himself trapped. He
had fallen to the floor, half -suf-
focated and crying for help.
Young Reid suffered from burns.
Both Capt. Gore and Acting
Capt. William r. Rector of the
18th precinct. who also recon-
mended an award, noted that
this was no ordinary feat.
'It is to be noted that the
door Pvt. Harris smashed down
was no ordinary one." wrote
Capt. Gore. "This door was made
Of one-fourth inch plate steel on
two-inch solid-oak frame and
was bolted and locked"
(Tomorro1U. HOtD Police Pot.
ChGncey r. D'Puoh sGued a
lite.J
Evening star., 1954-12-27

lief. in ritual and in temporal
order" and added:
"The techniques, among which
and by which we live, multiply
and ramify, so that the whole
world is bound together by COM
munication, blocked here and
there by the immense synapses
of political tyranny"
DR.. Oppenheimer said scient-
lists should work in universities
to avoid the isolation Of their
specialized laboratories.
"The patronage Of science by
and through universities is its
most proper FORM" he said.
"For it is here, in teaching, in
the association Of scholars.
that the narrowness of scientific
life can best be moderated, and
that the analogies, insights and
harmonies of scientific discovery
can find their way into the wide
life Of man."
DR.. Oppenheimer's speech, en-
titled Prospects in the Arts and
Sciences" was the final one in
a series commemorating the
200th anniversary Of Columbis
University.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Bond for IsroeF
Program Is Informal
By Robert Paris

Big Show for Israel. vardi Nishni.
piano; Jennie Tourel; mezz9-sopratno'
prorrsm fao rssrcs ssraSands sfnSs snd Toessss
peBussy: Alborado del Graciosa.
mit,sSion aa sSsslni ksifmsn kSI asn: Eaeh:m
Mana-Zucca: La Leggierezza. Liszt:
Three Brazilian Dances, Mlhaud: Toe:
sssa ss Ben T.,di Hahn Yd6sh 9s ns fek OSeRsi sOsR
Bluebird Of happiness
The National Theater was all
but sold out last night, and since
everybody In the audience had
to purchase a "bond for Israel
to get in, it was apparently a
happy occasion for one and all.
The master of ceremonies was
Rabbi Isadore Breslau. who ham
died the presentation of the
three artists smoothly, and was
by and large responsible for the
informal tone which prevailed
throughout the evening. (There
was no printed program, Incl
dentally, since the sequence Of
events, and at times the actual
choice of music. was seemingly
improvised0
Varda Nishni, a young Israeli
pianist, and student of Claudio
Arrau was the first to appear.
The formidable task of warming
up the audience with the De-
busy Saraband did not seem to
phase her; she projected it with
more poise than could be ex-
pected of a novice. She is a
pianist Of considerable talent,
still a student perhaps, but one
who no doubt can play better
than she did last night, harassed
as she was by her difficult posi-
ton Of first performer on a bene-
f1t concert and by the lowered
curtain which ate up much of
the resonance of. the large piano.
The occasion fell on the eighth
and last day Of Chanukah, the
Feast of Lights (commemorating
the victory of the Maccabees over
the invaders of Israel In 1874
B. c.. Eight candles were lit,
and Mr.. Peerce appeared infor-
mally to sing the traditional can
torials. For a while the at
mosphere was one of the syna-
gogue rather than the concert
hall: Mr.. Peerce put on his can
tors style and purple skull cap,
later returning without either to
sing the second act aria from
"Traviata."
Once the candelabra had been
removed, Mr.. Breslau introduced
Miss Tourel, who sang songs in
Italian, Hebrew and Yiddish, all
with conviction. The Rossini aria
from "The Barber of Seville"
was the least successful of all
the pieces she sang; for. while
she essayed to sing it in the
original high key, her c6loratura
was not all it might have been.
On the other hand, Mana -Zuc-
cas- "Rachem" (Mercy and the
Hebrew songs were projected
with the appropriate intensity.
When Mr.. Peerce returned, he
explained that he had been
asked to sing at least one piece
in Yiddish. The audience was
delighted with "Dudele" and
"Yrushalaim." While no one,
after the last curtain, seemed to
regret his investment in Israel,
there is little doubt that a more
familiar and less specialized
program would have been more
entertaining to an audience that
came primarily to aid a popular
cause.
The crowd of 1,400 bought
$125,000 in bonds.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
0ppenheimer Urges
Men 10 Cling 10 Love,
Friends and Tradition
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Dr. j.
Robert Oppenheimer, atomic
physicist, advises that men
cling to friends, love and tradi-
tion in order to survive the
complexities Of modern times.
DR.. Oppenheimer. who got
caught up in one Of the worlds
current complexities last June.
when the Atomic Energy Com
mission barred him from its
secrets as security risk, said
in a Nationwide radio speech
over the Columbia Broadcasting
System yesterday:
There has always been more
to know than one man could
yet never before today has
the diversity, the complexity.
the richness. so clearly defied
hierarchical order and simplif1-
cation. -.
Integrity Of Intimate.
"Never before today has the
integrity of the intimate. the de-
tailed, the true art, the integrity
of craftsmanship and preserva-
ton of the familiar. of the hui
morous and the beautiful stood
in more massive contrast to the
vastness of life, the greatness Of
the globe, the bitterness of people,
the bitterness of ways and the
all-encompassing dark"
"This is a world" DR.. Open
heimer continued, "in which each
of us will have to cling to
what is close to him, to what he
knows, to what he can do, to his
friends and his tradition and his
life, lest he. be dissolved in a
universal confusion and know
nothing and love nothing"
DR.. Oppenheimer, now head Of
the Institute for Advanced Study
at Princeton, N. j., made no ref
erence to the Acc decision that
destroyed his standing as q lead
er in government nuclear re-
search. During World War II he
had been in charge of the Los
Alamos IN. M atomic bomb
laboratory.
Techniques Ramify.
He spoke of the massive
character of the dissolution and
corruption of authority, in be-
Evening star., 1954-12-27


Rarely in a season of concert
going does a reviewer collect as
many genuine musical rewards
as this one did last night. The
Motet Choir of Washington, un-
der the direction of Oliver S.
BeltZ, making what was probably
its professional debut at The
National Gallery of Art. offered
the rewards. II that concert
was q sample Of what the group
can do regularly, this choir may
be ranked among the finest Of
Washington's smaller choral or
ganizations.
The Motet Choir, Of about 80
voices. has everything. Rich tonal
variety. fine balance, intonation
that is fiawless, and o sense Of
rhythmic vitality were every
where evident last night. Even
more pleasant was their ability
to communicate . musical mes
sage to the audience.
The program included i've
choral pieces by Bach, Sweelinck.
and Handel, q dozen or more
carols ranging from the 14th
century "Of the Fathers Love
Begotten" to the Goth century
Christmas Spiritual by Beach.
and a rarely heard three-move-
ment motet by Horatio Parker.
The Choir sang from memory
for we'll over an hour with great
stylistic variety. impeccable en-
semble, and fine musical dis
cipline.
Mr.. Beltz is to be congratulated
for the results he has obtained
with his group Of laymen in q
relatively short time. He is OBJ
viously a musician Of taste and
imagination. His program was a
model of what Christmas pro-
gram can be, and he conducted
unobtrusively and efiiciently.
Even if q few tempo changes
were IIlduc d u1t 44ApuAoAfClyr AO
harm was done; the choir's So
nority was not upset, nor were
the overall rhythmic proportions
of the music spoiled.
Parker. one of the leading.
New England composers at the
turn of the century, has been
almost forgotten in recent years.
Today's audiences are thereby
deprived of hearing his serious.
well-made music with its own
brand Of restrained eloQuence
and originality. Parker's motet,
"Adstant Angelorum Chori. |"
based on q text by Thomas q
Kempis, is an impressive work.
Though its harmonic scheme re-
lates it to 19th-century German
Romanticism. it sounds not the
least bit like the music Of
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Seven Shoot Il Out
Over Killing Of Dog;
Unarmed Man Slain
Bv ire A..eeio,ed Pres.

JASPER, Tex, Dec. 27.-Two
ranchers and five hunters who
accused them of killing hunt
ing dog shot it out in a wild
Christmas Day gunfight, officers
said.
A sixth hunter-the only one
who didn't fire a shot, the
sheriff said-was slain. Both
ranchers and another hunter
were wounded in the furious ex-
change of about 40 shots. Six
men were charged with assault
to murder.
Deputy Sheriff Wayne Pullen
picked up a handful of empty
rifle and shotgun shells at the
scene. He said "a carload" of
guns. including three .30-caliber
rifles and three shotguns. were
seized.
District Attorney ]. L. Smith
said the grand jury will take up
the case January 3.
Hunters Were Warned.
Sheriff Tom Nixon said five
hunters fought in out with two
ranchers they accused Of killing
a hunting dog. He said the
ranchers had often warned
hunters they would kill any dogs
they found in their pasture.
Roy Muench, 81, Beaumont,
Tex, killed by a rifle blast
through his right shoulder, had
left his gun In his truck, Sheriff
Nixon said.
The bachelor rancher brothers,
Sterling Darlington, So. and
Dalphin, 43, were among those
wounded. Sterling was hospital
lied at Beaumont, in critical con-
dition, with a rifle shot in his
stomach and gunshot blasts in
his neck, chest and back Dali
phin was in a Jasper hospital
in serious condition with face
wounds.
The sheriff said, "These hunt
erS came up to the Garlingtons,
where they were sitting in their
pasture. One or two words
passed between Charley Ellis
one of the hunters-and the
Garlingtons, and the shooting
started"
Carried Rifles.
Deputy Pullen said Sterling
Darlington ducked behind q dirt
embankment and Dalphin ran
across a ravine as the fight be-
gan. He said both had .30-caliber
rifles.
Dalphin Darlington was among
those charged with assault to
murder and released under
$4,000 bond. The others, all
among the hunters, were Charley
Ellis; his father, Travis Ellis, who
was shot in the face; Gerald
Sanford. Richard Morris and
Clarence Willingham. All are Of
the Jasper or Beaumont areas.
Travis Ellis was in satisfactory
condition in a Jasper hospital.
Evening star., 1954-12-27

Oratorio, Part 2, Bach: Chorale Pre-
1ude on Won Himmel Hoeh. Paeheioel.
Enclosed In q parenthesis Of
settings of the Lutheran Christ
mas chorale by Bach and Pach-
elbel. played on the organ with
great spirit by Richard Dirksen,
the Evensong service at WASH
ington Cathedral yesterday was
q varied and beautiful selection
of seasonal pieces that made the
big church on the hill awash
with Christian joy.
The center Of the program was
the second part Of Bach's Christ
mas Oratorio. a loosely united
string of contatas which suffer
nothing at all by being per-
formed sing1y. The pastoral
sound Of the four shepherds
pipes Cor oboes) in the overture.
nasal yet gentle and peaceful,
lead to some of the finest sing
ing Of the choir and its two
soloists, Armand Harkless. tenor.
and Dom Crane. baritone. that
the Cathedral has heard in some
time. Mr.. Harkless was espe-
cially good in the difficult color
atura aria Haste. ye shepherds"
although in some parts Of the
building his voice was inaudible
In its lower ranges. The trebles
Of the choir made GLORY to God"
ring out with a strength and
purity that could have hardly
been bettered.
The ''Chanticleer" Of Richard
Dirksen, associate choirmaster
and organist Of the Cathedral,
Is q breathless scherZando for
chorus, orchestra and organ
using the excellent text of
William Austin to exult over the
solitary nighttime Growing of
the cock announcing the birth
Of Christ. The piece is one of
Dirksen's BEST short but COM
plete. as triumphant as the song
Of the rooster itself.
Corpus Christi" for a cappella
chorus, is a remarkable work
o little masterpiece by a petit
maitre. Peter Warlock, known
equally by the name of Philip
Heseltine. was an English musi-
clan and writer who at his early
death left only small handful
of compositions, of which the
best known are his carols. OF
these. Corpus Christi" is per-
haps the best, yet it is not con-
spicuous among, its fellows.
beautiful though it is. The text
is one of those weary, rotted.
bloody English ballads of which
Edward" is the best known, and
'La Belle Dame Sans Merci" the
most famous imitation. The sig
nificance of the stone with Cor
pus Christi" marked on it at the
bedside of the dying knight is
elusive but somehow overwhelm-
ing. The passionate, exhausted,
and despairing chromatic wall
of the music fits the text no less
than perfectly.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Admiral Rudford Meets
Philippines President
BY the Associoted Press

MANILA, Dec. 27.-Admiral
Arthur Radford, chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of
Staff, met today with President
Ramon Magsaysay to discuss
Philippine defense problems.
Admiral Radford was to con-
fer later with top officials of the
Philippine armed forces headed
by 1t. Gen. Jesus Vargas, chief
of staff. A
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Beautiful uISeosonoI Selections
Offered by Cathedral Choir

Brahms. or Bruch. or even Elgar.
Last nights performance did
much to prove that this music
has vitality and q right to be
heard by the present generation.
Especially If 1t Is performed as
well as it was by the Motet
Choir.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Debut of Motet Choir
Is Called Outstanding
By Homer UIrich

The Motet Choir of WASHINGTON.
Oliver s. Beltz. director. at The Ma
tional Gallery Of Art; Gertrude Wolo-
hon. soprano; Ena NJ. Phillgreen. alto:
Edwin A. Miller, baritone; Robert
0uade. piano. Program: Bide With Us,
Bach; Born Today. Sweelinck; His
Yoke Is Easy, Handel; Break Forth
o Beauteous Heavenly Light. Bach;
Glory to God. Bach: Fourteen carols
from the 14th to the goth centuries;
"Adstant Angelorum Chori," Parker.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe

washington Cathedral Evensong.
PAUL Cailavay. conductor. Chamber
orchestra Of winds and strings. Solo
ists: Armand Harkless. tenor: Donn
Crane. baritone: Robert Eiltnwood.
inTton Cathedral. Program: Fourth
Canonic Variation on Won Himmel
Hoch. Bach: Chanticieer. pirksen:
Corpus Christi. Wariock: Christmas
Iude on Won Himmel Hoeh. Pachelbel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

the idea of making home for her family,
but daughter marries with career in mind"
DR.. George M. Wheatley. Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company vice president. has
noticed definite trend" in that direction.
Mrs Elinor p Zaki. consultant on family
problems for the Family Service Association
of America. put it this way: Most Ameri-
can males carry in their heads an old. and
often dim, picture of dutiful wife stirring
in the kitchen to make breakfast while the
husband shaves. A generation ago the dream
was reality in most households. but the
true picture today is frequently that of the
husband frying his own eggs while the wife
sleeps"
Opinions Slightly Missed
WELL. what's the answer? Should wife
make her husbands breakfast or shouldn't
she? We threw the question into the laps of
authorities = psychiatrists. sociologists,
marriage counselors and college professors
who teach family relations Then we asked
the husbands and wives themselves what
they thought. We got some strong opinions.
all right, but they were by no means har-
monious ones.
To begin. there was sharp difference on
fundamental issue involved. On one hand.
some experts believe that wife, obligation
to her husband must be placed above every
thing else and. therefore, no excuse for not
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SHOULD WIVES COOK BREAKFAST?
Continued from page SereN

making breakfast is valid. Mrs. Robinson,
for example. said fatty: IF a woman's job
or her children stand in the way of getting
her husbands breakfast, she must adjust
her schedule so that she can"
IA Matter Of Agxeeznent'
ON THE other hand, DR.. Bella S. Van Bark,
a New York psychoanalyst. feels that
whether or not woman makes the break
fast has nothing whatever to do with being
good wife. Its neither virtue to do it,
nor lack of virtue not to-" she asserted.
1t s merely matter of mutual agreement.
rational and healthy compromise worked
out without resentment on either part"
Everyone seriously considered the rela-
tionship of breakfast to health. Many men,
we learned. didn't bother to prepare bal
anced meal for themselves if their wives
didn't do it for them; they took coffee and
bun either at home or on the way to work.
This, DR.. Wheatley, of Metropolitan Life,
pointed out, is bad, especially from the
standpoint of weight control. IF you don't
have substantial breakfast he said,
1.-The tendency is to eat heavily at lunch,
filling mp ON fatty foods
No one doubted this, but there was a
sharp clash on just where the wife fits in.
Said Mrs. Robinson: "A man must keep
busy to provide for his family and it's the
Continued on next page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11


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The frontiersman., 1954-05-13
UNITED PROTESTANT CHURCH SCENE OF AFTERNOON WEDDING

In a single ring ceremony per formed by Rev. Brian Cleworth in the United Protestant Church on May g, Msis Virginia L. Nick lta became the bride of Bobby B. Call.
 Duane Huntley sang % Prom ise Me-, accompanied by Mrs. Max Sherrod, organist, who play ed additional wedding music dur ing the ceremony.
 The bride, who was given in marriage by Rev. Kenneth Hugh es, chose a navy blue dressmak- er-type suit for her wedding, with which she wore white access sories. Her flowers were white carnations, fashioned in a shoul- der corsage. Her cousin, Mrs. George Ondola was her matron of honor and wore a forest green suit and pink carnation cor sage.
 Best m a n was Delbert w. Jenson, friend or the couple.
 Following the ceremony re- ception was held for the couple Il the church basement by Rev. and Mrs. Hughes. Those presid- ing over refreshments were: Mrs. Walter B. Huntley, who served the three-tiered wedding cake; Mrs. Helen Pearson who presid- ed over the punch bowl, and Helen Carol who assisted with the gifts.
 Previous to her marriage the bride was employed at the Ma tanuska Hotel. The bridegroom. who is a graduate of the Palmer High School class of 1850, is an 
 The couple are at home at the Ken Foster Apartments.