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Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

tributions as passed through the
hat netted a good sum for them.
No one, for years, could remem-
Der ever seeing a club like the
Mutuals, either before nor since.
When the season closed they were
missed by a sorry crowd.
Mrs. Alvan Atwell has return
ed home to Collins Park after
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Hart.
Among the more clever actress
es are women who laugh heartily
at other husbands jokes.
The tomato crop is again real
puzzle to the growers and the
buyers. AS usual they go on the
sliding scale, being 80 cents one
day but so cents on another day.
Pickers are getting 10 cents per
basket for$ picking, while the
grower gets from 40 to so cents.
At this time last year the price
remained from rs to 95 cents per
basket and the demand was brisk.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

The keiffer pear crop is still
slow and drawn out. A few years
ago many orchards were seen and
they produced a bumper crop of
the fruit. The buyers used to
load two or three cars here day
and they were shipped to Chester
and Hazelton, Pa. The price paid
at the loading car was 25 cents
per basket and about $4,000 bas-
kets of the fruit were gathered
on the local farms every year.
That gave work to a large force
of men and women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oakley Banning
and grandson of Middletown and
Mrs. Rosie Skaggs and grand
daughter, Rose Marie Skaggs,
have returned from wildwood, N.
j., where they had an enjoyable
visit.
Many of our residents have
been fortunate enough to get a
chance to go to the mountains or
seashore and they have come
back looking better of complex
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15
Townsend

George Barker says he hasn't
seen a baseball game or attended
a commencement. He is 60 years
of age. How come? Well, he
says he has been too busy to 60
and see them. That's good ex-
cuse, no doubt.
Holiday deaths were high. Ac-
cidents over the long Labor Day
weekend took a total of 578 lives,
including Ala traffic deaths, 79
drownings and s8 fatalities in
miscellaneous mishaps. 1t had
been predicted that there would
be 400 car killings. The second
high was 461 in 1851.
An aged local resident once told
us that he never attended a base
ball game or rode on a train. APP
parently he was busy in his work
and planned to add to the COM
forts of his home as much as pos
sible. Once, two friends begged
him to ride with them on a train
but he declined to go with them.
He did not state his reason for
declining to accompany them on
the trip, however.
Edward Castleman of New
York City, spent the Labor Day
weekend here.
George Fiddler Of Accomac, Va,
spent the Labor Day weekend in
this locality.
Our residents, some of them,
still remember the former days
when the late Daniel B. Jones and
Mrs. Jones used to pack up and
60 to Ocean Grove, Nj, to spend
a week or two at that great re-
ligious resort. There they heard
fine sermons by prominent min
listers and it must have been a
treat to mingle with the people
who filled the auditorium there on
big occasions. The auditorium
there is credited with capacity to
seat 10000 persons and the meet
ings generally draw attendants
from sections within 200 miles of
the resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis d. Hurd of
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Wilson, also with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hurd of
Clayton.
The church has never failed to
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

be an elevating, refining force, de-
voted to the best interests of the
people everywhere. 1t seeks to
inform, entertain, teach the high
est morals and social principles,
improves thought and inspire
achievement.
James LeRue tells us that he
got a parking ticket in Whining
ton and protested the action like
this-"Thanks for the ticket and
here's the check, now that you
are paid you can go to heck.
Passing through, I stopped for a
meal that day. Now I'll eat else
where, not bother you anyway"
Years ago a local man had a
carload of western horses shipped
to this place. The horses were
great kickers and kept everybody
afraid of them. On sale day he
had big sign in the pound where
the horses were being sold. The
sign read Look out for these
horses, they can kick the shorten
ing out of a biscuit" And at
nightfall nobody got kicked!
Slow but safe-Old Dobbin had
his faults but 3-buggy crashes
weren't popular in his day.
There's not much use for an ex-
clamation point. Nobody is sur
prised at anything anymore.
Middletown's surprise baseball
club had many surprises to give
the spectators. The players in 10
games of the Mutuals knocked A
home runs and stole 33 bases.
This. crack team played 10 games
and struck out 100 batters. The
club beat every team that played
there in 1882. william Biggs
pitched for them often.
Looking for bargains was quite
plan back in 1895 and continued
till 1887. People had an eye on
the bargain towns and went to
them on Saturdays in peach wag-
ons, dearborns, and sulkies and
did not return home until the
hour of midnight. They reported
things cheaper in Smyrna, also at
Middletown, and they grabbed
everything worthwhile while the
grabbing was good.
Mrs. William McCafferty of
Philadelphia spent the weekend
with her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert E. CHM.
Mrs. Betty Baker and daughter
Joan, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert E. CHM.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Berry
and daughters Barbara Lee and
Carolyn, of Newark, Del, spent
the past weekend with Mrs. Ber-
ry's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Lee.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

named George Bradshaw. He crit
icized the appearance of proper
ties if not entirely clean and Of
ten made the owner mad by his
keen criticism of what he saw.
He did this for several years and
the irate citizens were not sorry
when he quite coming to our town.
He said he lived at Port Penn,
but efforts to find him there were
unavailing.
Smyrna times., 1955-09-15

ion and roster in health. 1t has,
indeed, been a happy season and
the general welfare of the people
living hereabouts has been great
ly improved. We believe that
more people have taken a much
needed vacation this year than for
many years in the past.
A bothersome fellow who used
to come here and look over the
properties of our people was
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-10-25
Amelia Woman's Club
Panel ON Emotional
Pupils Held Tuesday

A panel discussion o( MEETING
the Needs Of Emotionallv Dlstub-
"a Children viii be presented bt
the Welfare Department oi the
Amelia County Wom1ue CLUB
Monday Oct q at \ . MI n
the Methodist Church basement
Or James L Hammer Will be
moderator for the pane. t0 con-
slst Of parent a teacher minis
ter and visiting psvch.atat
The Wonans Club invites pag-
eats to the open meeting
Members Of the panel arr Mrs
Klnsey Wingo, OF Jetersullc u
parent and religious education
supervisor in Amelia schools Mn
Patty jackson First Grade
teacher at Amelia, the Rev y t
Christian. OF Blackstone. pastor
81 the Blackstone Seventh DAY
Adventist Church ana Ut Fl-
tllc!a Denton. Of Richmond p-y-
oh!atIIst with tho Child Gaze
Bureau. Virginia Department oi
Welfare and Rehabilitation
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-10-25


Visitors last week al Cfton
Terrace g-t' Ms r j Hat-
risen Nj. Nauce Paiey and
Ms Virginia p-etlow all Of
Richmond and M and Ms
jesse NJ CLARK Mfr and Mrs
Clark drove Tip from Richmond
on Wednesday, and brought their
Uncle Dr Charles G Camden
Jr from Medical College Hospi-
.al wlare ha faS been pat
KENT f1r several weeks
Fl P White has also returned
ta Oakdale hls home here
greatly benefited from all eN-
tended stay lH Richmond hos
uIcai
Lay Leader Marvin Dunkum
ot Rocky Mount Methodist
Church preached All excellent
sermon at Aryona Methdist
t!-4fcA 94Acay morning It'll "
@-c "as Bt fe up III q the WoFd
-'i44 -'D1
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DunHuin ana Marvin Duhkuin
MI ana Mrs. Jesse NJ : 'ai K
entertained ~ dinner oceooei
. me occasion was MRS. nat
ne {. atkinson oItlilaay-
mother OF MIS- CIaFk. Members
OF MIS- atkinson FANNY Attending
were MI. ana MIS-. "eidoh huild-
ICY Mrs lheIlil9 Lewis ana lam :
liy MIs. hichafo LauoeTs. FlcKy
nm " illain camden. MISS DoFlS
I'M 81 q Hampton. MIS-, htklh-
son received many lovely gifts.
MIS- Joseph ross ferkAtls VINO
ilaa oeeh patieht ~ flch-
mona hoaplIa4 IoI some tliile' mas
le!l tfie hospiIa4 ana y visiting
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-10-25
1000 Tax Statements
Mailed Out To
Cumberland Payees

Nearly 1000 personal and land
tax plus another 600 income tax
statements were mailed out to
Cumberland county residents
Monday BY Treasurer Marion
Blanton
Along with the tax notices Went
cards reminding county car own
ers Of a recent ordnance passed by
the Board Of Supervisors rcqt1r-
Ing the purchase Of vehicles tags
the first Of the year
Blanton said the county wo.ld
realize s6l.8l278 from real estate
taxes. s32,l3g7l from personal
property levys and $l8.23l SO in
corporation taxes Another 1871
TOO 81 he said was marked lor
state officers
The treasurer also noted that
the county has collected q frac-
ton over 88 per cent Of 1854 cur
rent taxes as Of July ]
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-10-25

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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-10-25
Drug Store Will Be
Opened at Powhatan

A drugstore will be opened al
PoWhatan i'm the former Bank OF
Powhatan building about Janu-
AIRY / 1856. according to an an
nouncement today by w II. Par
ker
lie said that the owners. MIR
and Mrs. Francis r. Bloxton. OF
Kockbridge Baths near Lexington
viii begin making improvements
to the building in the near future
in preparation for the new en-
tcrpriSe
Such an enterprise is consider
cr one of the community 5 great
est needs Parker reports.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Five Cleared by U. 5.
In Texas Wheat Case
.Ap Wirephoto.
By the Associated Press

HOUSTON. Tex, Feb. 12.-
Federal conspiracy indictments
against E H, Thornton. sr., for
mer Galveston wharves man
ager. and four officials of the
Bunge Corp. were dismissed to-
day at the request of the Gov
ernment.
Federal Judge Ben c. Connal-
ly dismissed the indictments and
at the same time accepted a plea
of guilty on an indictment charg-
ing the Bunge Corp. with con-
spiracy and fined the grain firm
$4,000,
All the indictments were re-
turned following a Senate Agri-
culture Committee probe of al
legged illegal operations at the
Galveston wharves. 1t was al
legged that the indicted persons
conspired to violate the inter-
national wheat agreement.
The Bunge officials who were
cleared by today's court action
are Robert F. Straub, Andrew
Hirschler. Simon Kern, all of
New York City. and Walter F.
Mulloy of Kansas City.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Soviet Bid for Talks
On Formosa Outside
u. n. Is Turned Down
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 12.-The So
Wet Union disclosed today it is
plugging for Geneva-type con-
ference on Formosa with the
Chinese Reds at the table and
the Chinese Nationalists left out
in the cold.
Moscow radio announced that
Foreign Minister v. M. Molotov
had proposed that Britain and
India join in trying to persuade
the United States to agree to a
donation meeting either in
Shanghai or New Delhi later
this month.
In Washington, informed Off
cials said Britain and the United
States have decided such a
conference without Nationalist
China would be unproductive and
have rejected the proposal. The
officials added they understood
this was the view taken by most.
if not all, of the British Com
monwealth prime ministers at
their London meeting, where the
Soviet move was thoroughly dis
cussed.
The Moscow broadcast said
Mr.. Molotov made the proposal
in q communication to British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
on February 4 and that negotia-
tions "are continuing"
Mr.. Molotov also commune
Gated his idea to Prime Minis
ter Nehru of India.
A British Foreign Office
spokesman said Britain has in
formed the Kremlin that a
conference without Nationalist
China would not be represen-
tative" and could not have a
useful result"
Mr.. Molotov reviewed the
breakdown of efforts in the U.N.
to get ceasefire talks started and
said that for this reason "coun-
tries specially interested" should
consider this question at an ap-
propriate conference.
He suggested these countries
could be the United States. Red
China, Britain, Russia, France,
India, Burma, Indonesia, Pakis-
tan and Ceylon.
The U. N. Security Council
will meet Monday to take up
again the cease-f1re question.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
RetriaI Motion Filed
In SANDER Case
Against Pearson

A motion for retrial Of the
$3.50, 900 libel and SANDER suit
successfully defended by Colum-
mist Drew Pearson against a De-
troit woman was filed yesterday
in U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia.
The papers were submitted by
Attorney David w. Louisell on
behalf of Mrs. Mary g. Gariepy,
who charged Mr.. Pearson i'm
pugned her character in a radio
program over the American
Broadcasting Co. The company
also was a party to the action,
but both defendants were alb
solved under the verdict Of a
Federal jury here.
One basis for the new trial
motion was that the columnist
tried to curry favor" with seven
Negro members Of the trial jury.
Attorney Louisell contended that
this took the form of a column
published by Mr.. Pearson the
day the case went to the jury.
In the article, Mr.. Pearson told
how he sponsored Louis Lautier.
colored reporter, for membership
in the National Press Club.
The motion also charged that
hearsay evidence. which should
have been excluded. was ad-
mitted in the trial.
The libel accusation stemmed
from Mr.. Pearsons broadcast
that Father Charles E. Coughlin
paid Mrs. Gariepy's estranged
husband $4,000 as compensa-
ton for alternating Mrs. Gariepy's
affections.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Mrs. Reeve Lewis Heads
Columbia Women S Board

Mrs. Reeve Lewis. 2314 Tracy
place NV, has been elected
president of the Women's Board
for Columbia Hospital. She sue
ceeds Mrs. Robert E. Moran Of
Bethesda who has headed the
board for the last two years.
Other officers elected are: Mrs.
Robert D. Blackstone. first vice
president; Mrs. G. Brown Miller,
second vice president; Mrs.
George Reber Littlehales, third
vice-president; Miss Laura K.
Cooke, fourth vice president.
Also Mrs. Robert v. Fleming,
treasurer: Mrs. Richard w. Mil
Ter, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Ed
ward A. Beard, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Homer B. Hudson,
assistant recording secretary;
Mrs. Charles Goetz. correspond
ing secretary and Mrs. Jerome F.
Crowley. assistant corresponding
secretary.
Evening star., 1955-02-13

An atomic age chemistry
building designed to provide
above-ground protection against
nuclear, biological and chemical
attack has been completed at the
Naval Research Laboratory.
The windowless structure. built
of monolithic type reinforced
concrete at a cost Of $3.50 900,
has meteorological and chemical
warfare filters installed in its air
conditioning system.
Air locks on revolving type
doors provide pressurized.
contamination-free atmosphere
throughout the entire second
floor. Washroom facilities are
SO designed that they be readily
converted to decontamination
shelters in an emergency.
The Navy said last night the
objective had been to provide
maximum protection at mini
mum additional cost. The fea-
lures added only five per cent to
the total construction cost.
However. cost limitation objec-
tive precluded underground con-
Evening star., 1955-02-13
taxpayers Reminded
OF Larger Deduction
For Medical Expenses

Changes in income tax provi-
sions broadening allowances for
medical expenses were called to
the attention of taxpayers yes
terday by the Baltimore Office of
the Internal Revenue district in
cluding Washington and Balti-
more.
The Internal Revenue Code
revision enacted last summer
permits larger medical expenses
deductions for most taxpayers.
1t also was designed to help tax
payers deduct a larger share of
extraordinary medical expenses.
Persons under IS are entitled
to deduct medical expenses which
are in excess of 3 per cent of
adjusted gross income, instead
of only those in excess Of per
cent, as had been the procedure
since 1889. Outlays for drugs
and medicine can be included
only to the extent that they
exceed / per cent of adjusted
gross income.
Full Amount Over 65
For taxpayers over 65, all of
the amount paid for expenses for
the taxpayer and his spouse may
be deducted. A 3 per cent in
stead of the former 5 per cent
limitation applies to dependents.
The limitation on maximum
deductions has been raised from
$3.50 to $2,500 per exemption.
The overall limitation per re-
turn was raised from $2,500 to
$4,000 in the case of a separate
return. and from $4,000 to $10,-
600 on a joint return.
When the revised revenue
code went into effect the House
Ways and Means Committee
estimated that the reduction in
the limitation from 5 to 3 per
cent would involve a revenue
loss of about $125 million a year.
$50 Million Cost Seen.
The tighter provision concern
ing medicine and drugs would
make the overall loss about $50
million. This new provision al
lows inclusion of all medicines
and drugs whether or not re-
quired by prescription, but spe-
Evening star., 1955-02-13

PUFFY, In vie. Of Nebraska and Nc
kinley nv: male. black. with white
s chest snS sseSSs paws: cropped tail. Call
Evening star., 1955-02-13
FOUND.

car. female,I blush gray, family striped,
Apts. about Jan: Is. AP. 7-s790.
DOG. white with black head, long tall,
young. male; highland dr., Kenwood.
Evening star., 1955-02-13

cifies that "toiletlies and sun
dries" do not come within the
definition.
The new law retains the same
general definition of medical
care" as in the 1899 Code. It
also provides for transportation
expenses as a deduction item If
such costs are primarily for and
essential to medical care"
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Air Force DepIoys
Sabrejei Squadron
To Duty on Formosa
By John A. Giles

The Air Force will base a
squadron of F-s6 Sabrejet fight
ers on strategic Formosa for
training" and presumably to
help keep an eye on any new
Chinese Communist threats to
that Nationalist bastion guard
ing the approaches to the Red
held mainland.
The announcement came yes
terday after the United States
7th Fleet finished evacuating.
without incident, the civilian
population and Chang Kai-
shek's troops from the Tachen
Islands. Those islands are about
200 miles to the north Of For
moSa.
The Air Force deployment Of
the 25-plane squadron of TOO
mile an hour F-86s, which
proved more than a match for
the Soviet-built MICS during the
Korean war, appeared to be pre-
cautionary.
Discounts Massing of Junks.
Vice Admiral Robert P. Bris-
coe, Deputy Chief of Naval Oper-
ations, told a Pentagon news
conference there were no signs
of immediate danger ahead.
Concerning reports that Red
China was massing a feet of
junks, some carrying guns. near
Nationalist-held Matsu Island
south of the Tachens, the ad-
miral said:
"It has been pretty we'll de-
termined that those junks are
there for fishing. The fish from
the area are a principal source
of food for the Chinese. 1t is not
unusual at this time of year to
see as many as 1900 fishing
junkS.
"Of course some of them are
accompanied by armed patrol
boats, but that is an historic Gus
tom. They are not above piracy
along that coast. A fishing fleet
frequently brings its own protec-
ton"
Mai. Gen. Richard c. Lindsay,
Air Force plans director, told the
same news conference that the
wing of Sabrejets dispatched to
Formosa to help with the evac-
uation would be returned to
Okinawa and the Philippines.
Then he added that the rota-
ton of such craft between Air
Force bases in the Far East and
Formosa bases "for familiariza-
ton and training has been
planned for some time"
1872 Ships Join Evacuation.
Earlier, the State Department
said the evacuation forces would
resume normal operations" in
the troubled far Pacific while
keeping "alert" to any new con-
centration of Red Chinese forces.
Admiral Briscoe said the 1872
warships of the 7th Fleet which
took part in the operation would
return. to training duties. He
added the evacuation turned
out entirely routine - fortu-
nately."
President Eisenhower dis
patched well done" message
to the men of the fleet and air
wing from his quail-hunting
headquarters at Thomasville, Ga.
He called the evacuation a diff
flcult and delicate assignment"
About 10000 organized Chinese
Nationalist troops, 1000 guer-
rilas, 14,500 civilians and 10000
tons of military equipment and
supplies were evacuated. Ad-
miral Briscoe said the evacuation
was completed "a hours ahead of
schedule-in six days instead of
seven.
The admiral said there had
been no visible evidence of the
massing of troops or planes in
the Tachens area. Nor, he said.
has there been any evidence of
Communists moving into the
now abandoned Tachens.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
THE SUNDAY STAR AS
Washington D c. A*e
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1855

a large air-tight chamber lined
with stainless steel. in which
materials useful industrially but
harmful to individuals may be
studied. External instruments
and controls furnish the needed
scientific data on the materials
being studied with complete
safety assured to the investiga-
tor.
1t was built for the Navy by
the Southern Commercial Con.
struction Co., 134l Pennsylvania
avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Church Group Holds Porty

The Mems Club of Westmore-
land Congregational Church will
hold its annual ladies' night
party at $50 pm. tomorrow in
the church's social hall, / West
moreland circle.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Club PIuns BUILDING Tour

The public affairs department
of the Garrett Park MD
Woman's Club will tour the
Montgomery County Office build
ing and attend the County
Council meeting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
New Navy Building Provides
Protection in NucIeur Attack

struction. this providing only
partial protection against atomic
attack.
For habitability. the walls are
light green in color. contrasting
with a light-colored fioor-tile
pattern. The equipment is
medium gray in color. Wire glass
panels between adjoining work
areas prevent a cell-like atmos-
phere.
One feature Of the building is
Evening star., 1955-05-15
THE FRONT COVER

WITH ARMED FORCES DAY coming Saturday,
w The Star Pictorial offers an advance salute
to all the members of all military services The
photo shows enlisted representatives of military
monial units in front of the Capitol Left to right
Sergt Thomas Twomey Army; Seaman Jim Lohrenz
Navy; Airman &c Paul Shannon Air Force; PFC
Charles Coke. Marine Corps and Yeoman 2lc Roger
Egan. Coast Guard
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT COLOR PHOTO
Evening star., 1955-05-15
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