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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Elementary School
Praised For Dimes
Effort by Chairman

Tho February meeting of tho
i'aunvllle Elementary School Stu
dent Cooperative Association was
held on February 3. with Walker
eileen presiding
Reports we're given by the Off
GERS Of the SEA and committee
ch9Hmcn
The meeting WAS hFhightcd by
a short tax by George Streblow
chairman of the Prince Edward
County March Of Dimes. He said
chat. Of that date. $4,000 had been
collected by the drive and that
more than 4 tenth % this had
been collected from this school
The Elementary School contribut
ca S426a3 20 be exact
He praised the school for It's
good work and presented it with
"A certificate OF merit Jay Harp
ef reporter
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Mcclure Patients
Entertained BY
Local Auxiliary

The JACK Garland Unit OF thu
( American Legion Auxiliary was
hostess TO approximately 200 pat
tents and personnel Of Mcclure S
Veterans Hospital on Thursday
evening Feb II, In the recreation
hall Of the hospital IN Richmond
The following young ladie
from Longwood College provided
an hour Of entertainment Of piano
music singing and tap dancing
Jeanne Lynch Hobbs Of Roanoke.
Pattle Parker Of Newport News,
Nancy McLaughorne OF Norfolk
and Karen Spencer OF Tazewen.
GayncH Edwards 0! Franklin
served as manager Of the group.
Refreshments were served by
the unit
Attending front the local Auxi-
liary were Mrs ] G Bruce. Unit
rehabilitation ch arm n. Mrs.
Grace c Gordon Mrs. Richard
lnge. Mrs w b Bruce and Miss
Anna Dickhoff
Lauck Crawford ofgthc Post ac-
companied the group Il ? IN
Providing entertainment for
patients IN Veterans Admlnistra-
ton hospitals is one Of the AuAI-
Larry rehabilitation projects.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
L.enten Services
Begin at Local
Episcopal Church

Lenten services begin on Ash
Wednesday. Feb. %. at Johns
Memorial Episcopal Church in
Farmyille
According to the Rev. Jean A
Vache. pastor. Holy Communion
Aill be held at 7 a, m. on Wed
nesday. followed by the LItany
and pcnitential Office at IL a.
III ending With the Lltany and
Meditation az p. m These sery-
Ices viii be on "Meditations from
the Gospel OF St John.
on Thursday. Feb "a, Holy
Communion will be held at IT'S
4 in at Hampden Sydney and at
Ill a m in the chapel here
Each Monday from now until
Easter. Rev Vache will conduct
Z school Religion at 3 p m.
N thn Parish house, The pastor
N,rds 2 cordial invitation to all
to attend this school which has
thc adult confirmation class as
tts core The childrenS contirma-
Iou class meets each Friday at
y 30 y m
Regular Sunday services VIII he
Held us usual at m . SOFA. m.
and II a. m
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Club Calendar

World Day of Prayer services,
Friday Feb IS at 3 p. NJ in
Farmville Methodist Church. Mrs.
f. r. Crawford, speaker
Elementary school P-TA, Thurs
day. Feb "a. at 7 As p NJ. in
school auditorium Speaker Rev.
c. Q Kidd on Your child and
Religion "
Mission Study Glass. Thursday,
Feb. "A at 745 p. M. IN Young
Adult classroom Of Farmville
Methodist Church. Speaker Mrs
t. F. Lancaster.
Hoiton Bible Class, Tuesday
March. ! at p m. with MIS- NJ
p. Farrier. 100 Grove Street.
Circles. vile Baptist
Church. Monday. Feb. % at p
m. AS follows Frances Bagby
with MIS-. L. G Atkins. Edith
Bradshaw with Mrs. Alton Wa
llams: Elizabeth Hale with Mrs
Celia Young. Frances Hudgins
with Mrs. w. T. Fallweu. Ruth
I kersey with Mrs. S c Patteson
Ann Snyder Petit with Mrs
Forest Pillow. co-hosteSs Mrs
Eugene Forester Eva Sander:
With Mrs f. A Bruce, Cornelis
leayell at p. NJ on March
With Mrs A. Nj Arlington, Ha2e
Moon on Monday. Feb q Ut
. N at the church
Nomsns club. "Wednesday
March :. At p. NJ. in Audio
Visual Room. college library sue,
jcet. History Of Furniture il
America
Women of Farmville Prcsby
terrain Church. Monday, Feb 20
al y m. in lecture roon. Speak
er Mrs. William p. Boyle On
"J-p-@.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
LC Senior Wins
First State Award
For Welfare Study

Miss Martha Jane Bailey. Of
Lexington, a senior at Longwood
College. has been awarded a
scholarship which will cover all
fees Of the college for the senior
year by the State Department Of
Welfare and Institutions.
She received the first scholar
ship awarded by the Department
Of Welfare and Institutions 10
seniors IN accredited colleges and
universities in Virginia who are
preparing for professional posi-
tons with the state or local vel
fare OF juvenile and domestic
relations court in Virginia. Reel
pientS Of the scholarship are re-
quired to work for one year IN
such positions in Virginia
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Dark Of Moon
Next LC Play

Dark Of the Moon BY Howard
Richardson and William Bcrncy
has been selected by the Long
wood Players as the colleges an-
nual spring play to bc presented
March II. 10 IN Jarnan Hall
According to Dr Steven BARLEY.
assistant professor Of English the
play is a musical fantasy Of
earthly mountain life III Tennessee
and 1T calls for a large cast James
Nichols. Of Hampdcn-SydneY CoI-
Icge. win play John Utchbov
who wishes to BE- changed to Il
normal boy so he can marry Ban
bara Alien beautiful mountain
girl played BIS Nancy Nelson
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
aptain Named
For LC team

Mis- Mary Ann Ward Of Ga
lax has been elected captain Of
the varsity basketball team at
Lonpwood College
she has played on the team for
Tour years and received tho blaz-
Al award this year for participa-
ton IN various sports. Miss Ward.
major in physical education. Is
ce-preSident OF the Athletic AS
ISOLATION She Is also a member
of the Monogram Club. Cotirlion
Club, Future Teacher OF America
and Alpha Sigma Alpha, social
sorority
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Mrs. Lynch t'eted
AT Shower Friday

Mis- Frances Craft VAS hostess
at shower for Mrs Robert
Lynch Jr, O CfeWe. the former
Miss Marie Shepard, last Friday
night at hcg home on South Main
street
twenty-five invitations were
issued ihg guests present enjoyed
games, after which Mrs Lynch
opened many lovely gifts
a green ard white color scheme
vaS carried out iu tie decorations
and refreshments which included
j tlclcd bridal cake
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Expert to Discuss
Furniture History
To Woman's Club

L. o. Moser. Jr.. of the Moser
Furniture Company VIII speak to
the Farmylle Womans club on
Wednesday. March 2. at 4 p. m.
on the History Of Furniture
Making in America The meet
ing. to be held in the Audio- Visual
room in the basement Of the
Longwood College library, will be
open 10 members of the Junior
Woman's Club and guests Of club
members
Mr. Moser indicates he Will
start discussing the first furniture
made in America and bring the
art up through the 18th century
He will illustrate his talk with
slides
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25

Quite d number Of women from
this area attended the Prcsoy :
tefial Executive Board meeting
held Wednesday IN Charlottesville
Those attending the all-day
meeting from Farmvillc we're Mrs
- r Taylor Jr., Mrs w w Nc
Chntc Mrs. f r Crawford and
Mrs Ernest Paulson
From Hanpden-SSdney went
Mrs. Graves Thompson. Mrs P
i. Atkinson and Mrs j II Whit
ted
Mrs Richard Barnes attended
from Buckingham
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
THE FARMvILLE tva5 HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY Is. 1855
Social Editor Moves
Office To Home

Beginning Friday morning
Feb. Is. Mrs. j. r. Wall, Jr..
Jackie Wall social editor, will
have her office at her home.
a02 high Street. Farmville.
phone SAG. Call her there, morn
ing or night, for social events.
for making picture appoint
nlents etc. In the future. she
will confine herself to gather
ing news for the Herald social
pages. including feature stories.
Deadlines for social news will
be:
M0aday at 10 a. m.
Thursday AT 10 a. M.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
LongWood AIumna
To Speak TO
Women Of Church

Mrs, William P. Boyle. of Ja-
pan. viii be the guest speaker at
the meeting Of the Women Of the
Farmville Presbyterian Church.
Monday. Feb %. at 8 y. m. in
the church lecture room.
Mrs. BOYLE is the former Ella
Banks Weathers. a graduate Of
Longwood College. Glass OF 43
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25

Dr Il G Simonini head Of tho
English Department at Longwood
College VIII speak on Italy.
Some Impressions Of the Country
Its People and It's Culture" ut a
meeting Of the Lynchburg Teach
er's Club or Monday. February "a.
at $3.50 p. NJ.
Df Simonini spent last year in
Italy OH leave OF absence from
t-g..y..l-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25

daughters Nancy. Sarah II d
Beth Mr. and Mrs william A
Johns With children Ferdle, Mary
Porter and Allen Nh and Mrs
, Monroe Johns With children
Frances and Jimmy. Mr. and Mrs
Frank II Johns with children
Lucy Dahl Agnes Ann, Martha
and FRANK. il and Mr. and Mrs.
Edward y Sweet. Jr., with chill
dren Bobby and Peggy; also pre-
sent we're the Misses Patsle and
Harriet Johns. sisters OF the late
Nj Johns
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Deans List

Miss Alice Newman. daughter Of
Mi and Mrs George A Newman
Of f'aimylllc ~ listed ON the
Deans List At Richmond Profess
slonal Institute. where she Is now
s.4A ,}.et...g lie. .e4.Qg ye-r.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25

scholarship students, but b G
takes personal interest lii each
one if her girls at Longwood are
any example Selection Of students
for her aid is made with great
care ana study Applicants must
clearly define their needs and
their hopes To her. She requires
four letters Of recommendation
and a worthy high school record
Once a student is accepted. she
keeps up with her progress, and
sometimes little reprimand is
forthcoming If she finds the girl
rs taking too many cuts or spend
ing too many week ends at home
When she was IN school, she says.
there wasn't any cuts. and travel
ling was too hard to 60 home
even once year ait Christmas
She knows the families Of several
Of her girls. and pleased one Of
them enormously during her visit
here when SIZE told her She had
taught her father
Sacred Trust
Mrs. DuPonts influence Is her
sacred TRUST t0 bc used wisely and
III thc right way SAYS one 81 the
college staff members who has
worked with NOR Through the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-02-25
Seen and HeaId
Member Of DUPONT Family
Comes HOn,e' In Visit Here
by JACKIE WALL

Mrs Alfred l. Dupont, a mem
Der Of the Dupont fancy of Ne
mours. Wilmington DelS was the
distinguished visitor of Dr and
Mrs. Dabney S Lancaster and
Longwood College eatly Chs week.
Here for only Sunday right and
most OF Monday. she devoted alt
of her time TO meeting :members
OF the faculty talking IL the stu
dents IN informal gfouIss and III
touring the buildings ane grounds
and Longwood Estate Il was Ii
her own words, "A coming home
As young country gu: she had
attended LoneWood College for
the school year 10000. The
school vas then house4 IN one
building and though she vows
that Farmyllle has chsaged it
has been place She Fas never
forgotten despite her May travels
m the United States aisd almost
every country Of the vsrld And
1t was here she told "a member of
The college staff that IS. learned
the important lesson of l.lng Wien
people
Mrs. teseie nan nnro,t I'LL.
born h HonesIdo ,:,a non
eXistant spot IN Northumberland
County va Hen lamil1 had a
farm therr AHA ebe = luz
Identified herself ~T,rsI
glrl shf has neycf go tan il3af
either
Io,e,.ood 1,rt..
Scores Of LoueWood graduates
and twenty seven e5rlS estudying
there This year haze rsaaons to
thank then lucky stars snat Ms
Dupont doesn't forget, All 81
them without assistance from the
scholarship fund She basaproyidod
Lonewood would probaIIy never
have reached the college lcvel
/ Although MIS- Dupont Goes help
some glrls itom THE .lty her
special pets afe sails from the
country whose home crndltlons
make IT wc1 ni2h imp9*siole for
them TO attend school md She is
! particularly interested sn these
who wish 70 be teachers.
During her VISIT here - volced
her lifelong concern fog girls of
ambition who lack funds = con-
tinue studies size beliges THAT
rural girls have "a tremendous
aoFail1"ke " oiie sense 1YeI elfis
from other areas because often
theH nome environment q . &
background VIII offset a..y deflci-
Evening star., 1955-01-16

sardnes the state dining The people pho do get
epen remember ,Dhat Mrs Eisenhower wearino
Why can't these parties be organized differently every
body long look at their hosts and have room
to about? British Embassy reception the
Mother the receiving line stood against the far wall Of the
ballroom the line of guests moved around the edge Of the
ballroom allowing each person that enjoy
watching the lady he had come TO see.
the President and rs lady to stand in the East
the to the Green Room everybody could
observe them good 10 minutes before shaking their
hands Esenhowers could during their mdrecep
ton break in the Green Room and the and Red
could help relieve the jam In the dining the rooms
suffered and result they would
evening at 1900 Pennsylvania avenue might again
remain behind locked and guarded doors permitting each
guest one brief look and no more
a WHITE HOUSE ROMANCE pEl be melodized on the
month Washington hasn't realized It. but the
fr Joint musical EFFORT Of Presidential Assistant Charlie W
and for Deeks by Bdrnees Orchestra at the Shorehd
"Under the Starlg Be sang By Rise Stevens and
the Fhesone Hour chorus TV broadcast February T.
Everybody that the Harvey Frestones petite red
headed offspring composer and had tossed of this tune
Lyrics by Charles Fountane" Charles Fountain Willis
and that the romantic words had been written BY the attractive
young Republican PATRONAGE Watch for more songs from
this new harmony team in the future.
PERLE MEsTA was shcwered with flowers and congratu-
atory telephone calls after publication Of the that she
reprmanded Katie Malone booing Senator Neuberser
welker ETC. contingent In washington YOU can't separate
politics and social life. so there's trying
CLARE LUCE and FTEUR cowI.Es are both involved in
the needepont project for washington Cathedral that Peggy
spring exhibit that chapel she gave
the West Coast In Of her daughter She took the
but having no time she asked some Catholic sisters to finish
It for her. win be sent over here for the exhibit which win
that magazine do on this amazing project that
droves women In six different countries doing nerepoint
chons re her.elf y 4 ns - ne.eDont cover s for enc
OF the Cathedral kneelers.
Evening star., 1955-01-16
BY IsobeIIe Shelton

One Of the big thrills for
brand-new members Of Con-
gress and their wives is their
first invitation to an official
White House function.
Such an occasion came Fri
day evening to Sc new mem-
bers of the House and Ii new
members of the Senate, the
majority Of whom are seeing
service here for the first time.
This is the story Of one such
couple, Representative and
Mrs. E. Keith Thomson Of
Cheyenne, Wyo.
Although they have visited
Washington In past years
neither had ever been to the
White House, even as a tourist.
The day after Congress
opened Representative Thom-
son brought home in his pocket
the invitation for Fridays
White House congressional re-
ception. It threw the Thom-
sons into somewhat of q dither.
as it did many another new
Evening star., 1955-01-16

for nothing but Frances OK.
to unlock them. And while
the toes Of the mighty tapped.
heels cooled and thumbs
tWiddled. France herself was
doing just q wee bit Of jumping
the gun on her own and here
is how it happened.
SHAPE, the hive immedi-
ateiy surrounding Gen. Alfred
M. Gruenther. requires a school
for the drones' offspring up to
the age OF IA. The one which
was established for them Is
actually run by the French
Ministry Of Education and
after SHAPE demands are met
accepts al comers. The direc-
tor Is Rene Tallard. an amaz-
ing Frenchman Of many lan-
Ruages, Q talent for the violin,
q passion for American sports
jackets and d man 0E strong
Evening star., 1955-01-16
New CononessionoI coupeGoes to White House
They Agree IT Wos q Night TO Remember

house at S:l5. to pick up the
Barretts.
The first thing that struck
Thyra, after they had checked
their wraps and gone up to the
East Room to join the receiy-
ing line, was how big and
stately the White House is.
Somehow I expected it to be
more honey" she said. But
every one was so friendly !
soon forgot about that"
Keith had q good time be-
cause the party gave him q
chance to meet and talk to so
many people, including many
White House stan men. He had
q chat, too. with Vice Presi-
dent Nixon. Thyra met Mrs.
Summerfield. wife Of the POST
master General. whom she
thought stunning"
Thyra found Mrs. Eisen-
hover Charming she Is Just
lovely. Just beautiful. She said.
Good evening, we are happy
to have you here And you felt
she meant it. 1t was . night to
remember"
Evening star., 1955-01-16

hours q week classes break into
national groups TO study their
own languages, history. and
geography and to apply gen.
eral lessons to SPECIFIC exam
plies. The weeks study about
rivers becomes q close exami-
nation Of the Mississippi. the
Thames. the Seine. the Rhine.
the 20. or the st. Lawrence.
without denying that the
German system Of education
Is q humdinger. Tallard still
believes the French one is bet
ter, and he fairly chuckles
with glee over the idea Of get
ting young German minds
under French control. He's
convinced a German won't
bite the hand that educates
him. Hell tell you. I'm Ger
many they give a child q page
OF Goethe TO read ana memo
rize and then he's given a
page Of criticism and is told to
tnemorize that. too. m France
we give them the Goethe, or
more probably Victor Hugo,
tell him to read 1t and re-
member it and then we ask
him for his opinion. So i. !"
The international school
master shrugs his Gallo shoul-
ders, raises his eyebrows and
utters g sound which clearly
says, That's much better,
n'est-ce-pas?"
French Divorces
or all countries actually
granting divorce DEGREES.
France makes it the most dif-
icult--so much 80 that unless
o husband and wife COM
pleteiy agree and really CO..
operate. it may take ysars 10
Evening star., 1955-01-16
DoteIine:: Paris

republican views which we'd
call democratic
Looks for Efuulein
Nearly q year ago. and with
the complete blessing Of the
Ministry which pays him. he
started looking for q German
fraulein to head the German
language classes he began last
fall. The Bonn government
pays her salary and originally
submitted her name along with
four others, but Tallard made
the final selection. She has
three Austrian students and
eleven Germans at the mo-
ment, all Of which are Of civi-
liam embassy families. Accord
ing to Tallard, they all At in
beautifully and this isn't just
Pollyanna talk e. it's true"
he ssys. II don't know II 1t
made the difference but Just
before they arrived I went to
each class and told the young
sters I didn't want any fuss.
The only jealousy we've had
around here lately was be-
tween two English speaking
mothers: one thought the
others child was being favored
because Of his country's harder
currency"
German speaking children
follow the same routine as
those Of the other fourteen ma
tions. Except for six class
hours q week all students study
in French and follow the Min
istry's standard curriculum.
but children tend TO become
internationalized with embar-
raising speed. The problem is
70 remind them Of their own
countries and traditions % stx
Evening star., 1955-01-16

congressional family. What to
wear? How to act?
A Heed Stort
Thyra Thomson had q bit of
q head start over some con-
gressional wives because she
had gotten q briefing last
month in Wyoming from Mrs.
Frank Barn -. wife Of the
senior Wyoming Senator.
MRS. Barrett told me about
the White House reception and
other parties we'd be expected
to go to, and what ] should
wear. She said I'd need long
white kid gloves at the White
House. 50 ] went out and
bought them In Cheyenne.
They cost me $16."
Then there was the problem
Of a suitable dress. Mrs. Bar
rett said people wore full
length dresses to the White
House. ] think that's kind Of
nice. to be very formal at the
home of our President. But I
didn't have anything appro-
pirate. Out home everybody
wears short evening dresses"
So Mrs. Thomson went on q
Evening star., 1955-01-16
|, White House

shopping expedition on r
street. She found q lovely white
pure silk taffeta ball gown with
q very full bouffant skirt with
an apron effect In the front
decorated with clusters Of
paillettes. At the back of the
skirt two huge poufs form q
hustle.
Representative Thomson de-
cided to settle for rented white
tie and tails, which he stopped
OF to have fitted on his way to
the Office Tuesday morning.
Typical Couple
Keith and Thyra Thomson
are typical Of many flrst-term
Congressional families. He is
IS, . World War II veteran
tinfantry). q lawyer. q Young
Republican leader. Q veteran
Of two terms IN the wyoming
State Legislature. They have
three children.
AS the big day approached.
Thyra got more and more ex-
cited. She was dressed and
ready early, and they left the
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Frenchmon Runs SHAPE School,;
Mrs. Eisenhower Has NewNon1e

reach final pronouncement.
Frequently couples reconcile
because there seems nothing
else to do and often in the
mind Of one Is the value Of
having his slate wiped clean
by being condoned by the 9TH
er. or he may hope 70 lay o
trap to get necessary grounds.
It's quite devilish but not rare
and, when preliminary charges
have been especially bitter and
have nearly run the ganut.
genuine reconciliation seems
miraculous. Was it q miracle
Of love that brought together
ex-King Peter Of Yugoslavia
and Princess Alexandra over
the holiday? When Peter filed
suit against the former Greek
princess in October. 1858. the
mildest revelation was that
their real love match Of 10
years ago had been as politi-
cal and cold-biooded as any
royal pairing.
Velvet and Mink
Offered by romantics as
I954's surest sign that pros
perity has returned to Britain
was that 4-year-oid Princess
Anne started TO appear in
velvet and mink when wool
would do The Frsneh
think that Mamie" is pro-
rlounced Nanny and it's
always startling 70 hear !.
YesI Originals" iegitimately
bearing labels Of top name de-
signers. can be bought in Paris
for the price Of "a good suit"
in Washington. They were first
sold to be exhibited or copied
but never worn. Prices usually
include alterAtions.
Evening star., 1955-01-16

NATO mem
hership for
the Bonn
government.
the other Is
member ma
tions funed
In frustra-
ton.
M o n : n 3
ago America
had supplies
ready for
d iiv cry
from Euro
pean depots
and waited
Evening star., 1955-01-16

according to tradition, an invitation to attend
one is tantamount to a command. The only
excuse etiquette has ever accepted for nom
attendance was illness or absence from town.
A White House invitation is supposed to take
precedence over all other engagements.
But what's happened in this city where
oficialdom has grown to unwieldy proportions
and every official invitation list is q headache?
Not just few. but several hundred invited
show up.
They figure they're doing the President
and his Utte fapor By supplying fesoer
hands to shake. And they don't iDant to
stand in line for an hour to get q split-second
nInriee nf their hnsfs then he anncked Ike
Evening star., 1955-01-16
BY Brendo Helser
Spseiaf ccrespondsni ot Ths Ssus

PARIS. Jan. is. While
France practically scared her
soul in q quandary over the
pros and cons OF ratifying
Evening star., 1955-01-16
Exclusively Yours
White House Could Change
Customs to Enhance Parties
BY Betty BeoIe

ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE THINGS about washington
social life is that invitations the most domcle In the
United frequently ignored reception the White
is closest thing America royal and