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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
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TIE responsibility for the education Of
Of the youth must soon be determined
VIII it become the responsibility Of the
Federal Government? Is it the responsible
ity Of the State Government? Or. is it the
responsibility If the local government Or
II it the responsibility Of the parent?
When education began IN Virginia i
was lhe fe' p"hSip'iily u e''e p"ieht9 oO'
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TOWN. pr area combining ~ e7'"'''o''
SCHOOLS.
Within the past 50 years operation Of
the school system was responsibility Of
the county appropriations were made and
taxes were levied for operation Of schools
by county government. ReadIn, ~ritln and
rithmetic the three Rs were the principal
subjects iii the grammar" schools, and IN
some places Latin, algebra ancient and
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
The Great Out Of Doors
BY f LOUIS DAHL

sightseeing please be particular
lyI careful Of your smoking and
camp fires. one little bit Of care
le5SucsS can ruin The part 'ai the
erFAt out-oi doors for years to
cosne
FEhiS IS q fine season Ok tlac year
fob shooting eroundhOgs They
aTf forac.ousy hungry nov after
thtsf l0ns winter Information
and too the vegetation isn't SO
hes!vy as to readily conceal their
Inducements
The crows arc nesting and from
ud0 until the young ones are old
enough to shift for themselves
is ;be time % hunt them Get q
crtiw call conceal yourself In
thr woods and you can have q
loi OF fun and a; The same time
da your friend the farmer a go5d
turn
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
The Fall Of Spain

MAY WE TAKE a lesson from the exper-
ences Of Spain There is a a parallel
with the conditions which we in the United
states face today With millions Of Amer
lca's young men exported 10 every corner
a the world with diS8ension growing be-
tween capital and labor, taxation grinding
down the great middle classes. and deep
MISUNDERSTANDING before the races and
with the loss Of the great forest areas; is
there parallel?
Please read an interview between
Mosell Clark. publisher Of the South Bos-
ton (Nal News and Dictator Francisco
Franco, Of Spain we quote MIR Clark:
We had the opportunity last fall TO
have a most enlightening but brief inter-
view with Dictator Francisco Franco of
Spain. We said, MIR Dictator. in the 14th
and 10Th centuries Spain was the greatest
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Double Check

Boy. them few Democrats
Wbass left and had money really
went 20 town up in Washington
la{t Saturday They had Aibcn
Barkley Senator johnson from
Texas, and please pardon the
mention1 Harry $ Truman ON
the front page of most all the Re
publican papers IN the country
thcy sim believe Harry d eoo4
foi Republican victory evident
IN.
They we're dome Hl this wien q
hundred dollar bin on each plate
for beloved Mi sam Rayburn.
taR' is but the party lot br
real benefit therefrom
Rdlal Stevenson. that's tie VII
Liam jennings Bryan OF 50 hc
Was there
In the diagnosis Of the outcome,
me Democratic Party has only
thFce basic principles TO stand flor
social progress civil frdc-
dom and PEACE that
throwing the book at EN- ohr
thing they dood that win knock
the props from uudar The weak
kntes. thy buried the $50 called
loyalty oath that was onc
issue tnat busted thc party THAI IS
hap the National political picture
io<eke from her Democratic
Bout an amy guy on gal nas 4 ot
t0 du these days is to get a~gopd
1lnaot Is % prove that he " as
hfcd on II author Godfrey sad NJ
The worlds greatest soup and Tea
drinkers thanks TO TV
Ig0Wn here n Cumberland we ye
zoo few scared politicians
ana otlicehoiders. too Talk about
shake, rattle and roll they ale
silsply the WOW
ihanks for trading
Yours. J MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

About ten years ago. rather
well to do young man was left
three thousand dollars by an old
uncle lie hardly knew He did non
particularly need the money. 81
did what appeared To ~ 4 very
foolish thing
He went 70 stock BROKER and
told him that be wanted To put
three thousand dollars IN one of
the lowest priced listed securities
he could find that had a remote
possibility Of increasing IN value
over a ten-year period og NJ He
said THAT he fully realized that
chances 0f setting his money
back were extremely slim but
nevertheless tie was determined
to Take shot at Il
When the broker found tina, lac
could not persuade the foolish
young fellow not to Throw ms
money away he suggested That
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

food products to the school lunch rooms
More and more the paternalistic govern
ment is furnishing funds directly or in
directly 10 the schools. The next step will
be control Federal control will be the loss
Of the last vestiges Of local control in edu-
cation 1t will mean the control Of the
minds Of the youth. 1t can conceivably mean
the end Of the Republic.
Congressman Forester, Of Georgia, has
introduced bill, r. II 1859, which reads
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States OF Amer
ica in Congress assembled That the Supreme
Court Of the United States. the United States
Courts Of Appeals the United States District
Courts and all other Federal judicial tribunals
quasi judicial tribunals and all administrative
and executive agencies. shall have no Juris-
diction to decide or consider. either originally,
on appeal by other means Of review. any
matter drawing IN question the administration
by the several States Of their respective edu
cagional systems.
q All laws or parts Of laws inconsistent
with this Act hereby repealed or modified
TO the extent Of sucn inconsistency
In support Of the bill Congressman Forester
said in part III passed this bin will restore to
the respective states the administration Of their
educational systems The passage Of this bill
would be the complete TO the threat
fact as the may be. that the Federal
Government is regimentng trying to regi-
mcnt education
II know Of nothing new novel in this
legislation The power TO pass this legsla-
ton is found IN Article g Section 8 clause g.
Of the Constitution Of the United States deal
ing with the appellate jurisdiction Of the
Supreme Court
The present administration says it
wants TO aid the States in the field of education
without dominating, regimenting OF impairing
the state school systems. The motive inspiring
me to introduce this bill is to make 1t safe for
the Federal Government To assist education as
the need may arrive taid which the States
cannot furnish for themselves. without fear
upon the part Of the Congress. Or the States
that the power Of the States to control admins
tration Of their educational systems will be
destroyed abridged"
incidentally, the passage of the bill
would put the responsibility Of public edu-
cation squarerly where it belongs. namely
a State function. States could follow suit
and yield power TO the local subdivisions
in control of public education, and let the
responsibility rest where it should on the
local school district.
Congressman Forrester's bill is before
the Judiciary Committee where it has been
since February 3, when it was introduced
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Letters TO Editor
Birds Appreciate
Friendly Home
Editor Of The Herald

Editor Of The Herald
| ! have read the bird lover. Miss
Bird May Baughs articles with
interest Personally / did not
know anything about birds until
about a year ago In fact. could
not tell a rose breasted grosbeak
| from a double breasted seersuck-
/ Ell.
/ I am sorry Miss Baugh does
not have any Belona P o. am
/ sorry 70 say that lot l have read
about birds IS also baloney I do
not mean To convey by this that l
dislike birds ! became mildly
fond Of birds when my wife had
me build a feeding station and
bird bath They have attracted a
/ score Of new friends to us Every
day we watch the birds fly III for
seeds and corn bread we put
there Jerking their tails and COB
Dl-'s : Imp siee'iiis nav "
and came to the conclusion that
birds and people arc very much
alike
I
~ - RI 1'c'1'a' y po9SeaA ~,
M Niip'0 assam 49, ioueea %
p'O,''e o'O, = ~ te'u aild 5P"i
o"Sls 'ie olI 70 VINO ~ o oio1oF.
~ e''' p'i's -" ''oi' 'fs ~, 81
fee mple and thew soueh, to
drive Of newcomers even though
there val food enough for ali
There WA pair Of English
sparrows which routed the o|le
birds from their home Ia / nl,te-
aed up the opening ID get Fla az
them TIN frustrated male SOAR
row sat on the box and uttered
harsh shilI crvs untU his mate
left him Now he needs A pSYchi-
ARTIST for Nix personal probgrr,s
the same Il, 4 bcwtldcrcd human
neine
"t 4" ! po'' N il''''-',+'' I XII 7.
Ni''''l ''''.'" H Z s"'' I. III '' ,
sp' iiAA ai'u 'i1'iiNs - r. - ''''
bombs other birds ABUSING tfsem
I shrllly. and heartlessly se Zine
tn chase them from, uhat he ann
/ xiderS his property This IL the
Seauv side Of bird life
4
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

l .eatned FIRST hand This past
week end that Dream ARE now
taking top-water flies while up
~ Camp Monocan with a group
Of Explorer Scouts ana Sea
Scouts Charles Martin Wilbur
Burger and I tried most every
thing In the tackle BOX and
though the water was quite mud
dy we caught Dream on bo,h
poppalg bugs and worms
And while the muddy water
didn't stop the fish from biting
neither did the low temperature
deter hose Scouts from taking a
dip Sd fat AN ! know none ~
fAam 81 .as worst tor y
After advocating a ualk III the
woods Tor Easter week end 7 cam
recommend an auto trip t0 your
fayoritf mountain hyehVay with
the redbud and douwo5d at It's
very peak. Saturday. and sunday
Of this week should be 0ie most
beautiful Of Spring
The trout streams Of Amherst
and Nelson counties we're truly
tempting. but the trout season
doesn't open unlI Monhap May
2, since the usual opeiltng day.
May / falls on Sunday
II you 20 into the beautifully
wooded hills OF Virginia THIS
Spring whether trout fishing 90
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Cody Nations
Lesson for April "a, 1885

WE MAY as well admit tina. no
W such thing az godiy ma
ton" has ever been seen
not il you take the word god
ly" al It's full meaning A god
ly nation. 100 per cent. would be
one where every citizen keut
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Lsadsrshis In the Nation

Preachers and churches VIII
have an uphill time Of il. At the
best, even when they do see and
work for the doing Of God $ VIII
in everyday social and political
ard business life. There is too
much organized and unorganized
selhshness abroad to give the
God Of Love much chance. So
in our time, as in King Asa
long ago. there is need for lead
ers outside the pulpit In those
days i, was the king himself who
took the lead We have no kings
In America nut 2e do have lead
ers. all the way from village
mayors Up To Congressmer. sena-
tors. supreme court justices and
the President
Based en- eHsitsss cspyfirkssd BY the
piytsten of Christian Education. NJ
ssenai Eeanssi Of tht tharrhes Of Christ
tn the L = 4 Released b. Corn anisy
Pysss Ssttiesl
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

AT PottsYllle. Pa. hoses are
nusily sucking up $4,000 900 900
gallons Of water. d Job that viii
take three years. IN order 10 open
the way 10 mining OF coal under
..y.l4s via. = ao@ q AT LAKE.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Is God on Our Slider

VIZ Jaw dE1 tihF W RiRif}Et FNtF-
cially vhen We are at war, cold
or hot. with other nations, that
God is on Our side We like ~
think that We are God people
and the other side, the enemy IS
not. The truth Of the business is
that no nation is either complete
ly right or completely wrong
no nation fully carries out
God IS will and no nations Who'll
ly defy it No nation in the
world today is composed entire
ly ~ Christians, no nation in the
world today is without Christians
in it. But having said all this.
we can still say truly that God
is on the side Of some people and
nations more than he is on 9th
ers In the Old Testament we
have good example OF nation
that made this mistake Of sup
posing God would be for them
whatever they did and they we're
dreadfuily dismayed when they
discovered that they could lose
wars ard generally eat bitter
ness Many Jews thought God
had let them down when such
things happened but the proph-
cts knew better Azariah, proph-
ct in King Asa's time. put the
truth IN a nutshell The Lord is
with you while YOU are with him.
he sald
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

God commands.
where every act
OF Congress cor OF
Parliament, Of de ?
cree OF KING
would be such a S
God would fully
approve For the
matter OF that. a
hundred per cent
godly individual is
also unheard Of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22
Leadership In the Church

King Asas times. and the
times o. President Eisenhower
and Queen Elizabeth. are not so
very far apart after all What
was needed for godly nation In
the days Of Asa? The need that
the prophet mentions first is
teaching priests There were
plenty Of priests who went through
but what the nation needed vas
teaching priests, religious leaders
who could teach the Law of God
that is to say. priests who could
show the people what religion
meant in daily living. in dealings
between man and man So long as
religion stays inside the church.
so long as religion concerns IL
self only with the Other World
so long as religion tries To con-
fine itself TO what is exclusively
spiritual. IL will not be Biblical
and II viii be poWerless to build
gcdly nation An officer In a
young people church group once
told the writer: Our bunch real
ly means business. This year We
raised the money to extend the
chancel two feet and that was
all they did One suspects that
there vas something missing IN
the psrson sermons. II those
young people got the idea that
the business 81 religion mainly
has to do with how long or short
the chancel is God s Law is not a
law for Sunday mornings only.
But until and unless there are
teaching priests who take the
lead in showing us how We can
apply Gods laW-~snd above all
the Law 81 Love--to our life as a
nation We shall be godly only
on Sunday mornings Il ever
The most church going city in the
south Vas for years also the city
with the highest murder rate, the
place lacked teaching priests
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

And yet we can speak Of cody
men and ungodly ones So We can
speak Of more or less cody ma
tions. nations whose trend and
direction is toward God or away
from him
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-04-22

EVERETT A. TRENT
cl2y7 LIZ va .p..l u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Fringe Porkine Lots Sought
For Virginia Commuters

Workers who commute to
Washingtonfr from Virginia should
be provided with fringe parking
lots to encourage use Of mass
transit to get across the river,
according to the Metropolitan
Area Traffic Council.
The council. at its quarterly
meeting yesterday in the George
Mason Hotel in Alexandria, &C
cepted a recommendation by its
Traffic Improvement Committee
that such lots be established in
Virginia with District funds.
The committee called the es-
tablishment of fringe lots in Vir-
GINA highly desirable" even
though 1t would probably require
changing District statutes be-
fore the District could spend
money outside the city limits.
The Districts young fringe
parking program has so far set
UP lots only for commuters COM
ing into town from Maryland.
The addition of Virginia lots, the
council believes, would help re-
duce auto traffic on the Potomac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Automohile drivers of the
washington area should study
the new Blstrsct safety respon-
sibility law closely because it is
expected eventually to bring
about the suspension Of many
drivers licenses.
Joseph p. Murphy. financial
responsibility officer of the Dis
trict. yesterday said this has
been the result wherever this
type Of law has gone into effect.
Addressing the District Asso-
citation Of Insurance Agents at
the Mayhower Hotel, he pre-
dicted o great deal of confusion
In the first 90 days after the law
goes into effect on May Is. but
said officials would try to use
forebearance and common sense
in the imposition Of penalties.
He disclosed that a much more
complicated form for reporting
accidents here has been prepared
and will be put into effect
shortly. District officials were
not satisfied with questions on
the comparatively simple form
now used and the new form was
prepared with the help Of in
surance experts, he said.
In order to prepare the public
for the new responsibility law,
and its threat of license suspen-
sion. an elaborate publicity
campaign will start with a press
announcement on April "a, Mr..
Murphy declared.
George E Keneipp. director Of
motor vehicles and traffic, will
outline salient points Of the law
in a radio speech on April a..
Additional press releases. movie
trailers, and round-the-clock
radio announcements are PLAN
ned. A television program has
been scheduled for May 81 along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Two Boys Injured
When Car Hits Pole

A l4-year-old Chevy Chase
boy was in Suburban Hospital
with a broken wrist today after
he smashed his automobile into
a utility pole in Bethesda while
trying to Escape a justice of the
peace.
A 14-year-old companion was
treated at the hospital for head
and arm cuts and released.
John F. c. McAuliffe, justice
of the peace at the Silver Spring
station, made an unsuccessful
attempt to stop the car to check
the age Of the driver. He drove
after them on Leland street and
the boy, after serving to avoid
another car. crashed into the
pole at Woodbine avenue.
The driver faces juvenile ac-
ton for unreasonable speed and
driving without q permit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
County Heads
Reject Pleo by
Palmer Park

Prince Georges County COM
missioners have returned a re-
quest to create a special improve
ment district in Palmer Park on
grounds it did not meet legal
requirements.
The board, at its meeting yes
terday. noted that only IA Of
the Is petitioners are property
owners as required by law. The
rest are buying properties on
ground -rent plans, therefore have
only lease. The commissioners
suggest that hackers obtain sig
natures Of IS bona fide property
owners.
The board said it will consider
q request from the Town Council
Of Fairmont Heights for o police
man to be stationed at the
intersection Of Addison and
Sheriff roads as a crossing guard
near the Fairmont Heights High
School. s.
Council spokesman said the
town is unable to continue pay
ing fora town policeman at the
heavily travelled intersection
used by 500 students daily.
Also taken under advisemept
was a request by Don Mclean.
Washington newspaperman, that
the county require the licensing
of door-to-door solicitors. Mr..
Mclean said solicitors have be-
come nuisance in the Metro
Ipolitan Area and that residents
are entitled to protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
BY FRANK sARTwELL, JR.

The District Welfare Depart
ment today has broad plan to
meet the neglected needs Of chil-
dren here. including a residential
treatment center for emotionally
disturbed youngsters, and more
and better-trained workers in
the field.
The program is aimed at the
fiscal 1857 budget. The fiscal
1856 budget is before Congress
now.
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea said he could not testify
in favor of the program when
he appears before the District
Committees soon unless he is
asked about it by Congressman.
Parts Of the program had been
requested by the Welfare De-
partment in the 1856 budget. but
were cut out by the Commits
sioners.
Council Approves.
The program was approved by
the Public Welfare Advisory
Council at a meeting yesterday.
Among the recommendations:
/. Establishment of the resi-
Dental care center for disturbed
children who are wards of the
department. There is no such
center here now, except a private
one with q capacity Of IL.
q. Setting up more .out-pa-
tiente care Of less seriously dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16

bridges as well as relieve down
town congestion.
The council suggested study oil
these sites for new iots--an out
door theater on Route ! in Vir-
ginia. the Industrial Home School
on Wisconsin avenue NV, the
National Training School on
Bladensburg road NE, the East
Capitol Street Bridge plaza area
and any surplus Federal or Dis
trict government property which
otherwise might be disposed of
or put to other uses.
The committee report, pre-
pared by j. N. Robertson. director
of the District Highway De-
partment. was presented by
Clifton Stoneburner, Arlington
County highway engineer.
In other reports. the council
renewed It's support OF radar
speed check devices in area juris-
dictions not already using them,
use Of chemical tests as evidence
in drunk driving cases, and pass
age of a compulsory auto inspec-
ton law in Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-16
Study
Asked

The Arlington Chamber Of
Commerce would like team Of
experts to conduct a study Of
county government and school
operations to see If the taxpayer
is getting his moneys worth.
The cost of such a project
would be paid for by the county.
The chamber. at a membership
meeting yesterday, voted to ask
the County Board to authorize
a fund for such study.
The vote came after members
heard a report by Ashton Jones,
jr., head of the Tax Study Com
mittee. The report called for
a cut in Arlington budgets to
keep taxes down.
AT an earlier meeting. the
board Of directors went on record
in favor of locating an alternate
airport at Burke, Va.
The Alexandria Chamber Of
Commerce has already voted for
the Burke site.