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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Who'll Win

The National League race gets interest
ing when one realizes that the Dodgers
might not win it. The Milwaukee Braves.
the ST. Louis Cardinals or perhaps even
the Cincinnati Reds or New York Giants
might get into the fight if the Dodgers
faltcr. The first two or three weeks may
show how good Dodger pitching is to be
this year.
In the American League, we see little
chance for miss by the Yankees but if
they should stumble, the Boston Red Sox
might get into the act or even the Chicago
White Sox, or the Detroit Tigers-as a
dark horse.
We do not look for the Chicago White
Sox to take the pennant on the strength
of better plate punch but there are those
who give Marion's Chicago team chance.
And there are many who rate Cleveland
the second strongest team in the League.
At any rate opening of the baseball sea-
son gives us some mental relaxation.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Double Check

Frost hit the apple crop and
Byrd reckoned on Johnson from
Texas and i'm the Democrats
don't nominate him looks like the
Bird Will not and cannot support
the Democrats :. YOU know what
that means . | heard Adlal on
Meet the Press" and he is
smart man !. he's so smart they
are going to have him examined
by the same doctors that eXamin-
ed Ike he says he is all right
physically never felt better
but amt saying MUM about
the mental portion | am a
Democrat III more ways than one
but I'm letting the convention
decide the issue We get so
much stuff pushed over on us
these DAYS . YOU Just got TO be
a quick Jumper got to watch
them civil rights that's one
thing Republicans don't have
and if they keep on we won't have
any right everything YOU do
YOU better ask somebody these
days got to consult YOU doc
tor, your lawyer, your dentist
boy. this is a consulting season 50.
no need to consult the weather
man He don't know nothin
had a most wonderful visit
by the Rev. Dudley of the Adven-
fist Church and Mrs Warren
also the Flippens on Wash
ington D. C. Thanks for the tie
.. its red all over Thanks for
reading.
Yours. ]. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
kultitudss and Lonely Man

The carly church reached out
in two ways They went where
The crowds we're. and also they
went TO far lonely places We
near about crowds in Jerusalem
and Samaria and elsewhere We
also have the story OF Philip
gong down to desert ROAD
where his only congregation Was
one lonely puzzled foreigner The
going church today. the outrcach
ing church. the New Testament
kind of church also will be reach
ing out TO the multitudeS and to
the lonely man. II will be sending
missionaries into great cities, IN
our land and overseas, working
among oVcrcroWded tenemcnts
and sWarming streets 1t Will be
reaching out to cowhands on the
open ranges. to lighthouse keep
ers' families along the seacoast,
to little villages on the edge OF
the Arctic and under the dripping
tropical ralnforestS
Based 81 outline ccrtrishtea BY TIE
rt,,stcr ~ Christian Education, Ma
,nnrl Ccp~.tl % II. Churches Of Ch.tst
-. Released r, Cc-r,unitt
-r~eS S.r,t~-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Herald Feature,
Support The Church
Series, Wins Award

For the second time. the Keist-
er Support the Church" series.
which is currently running in this
newspaper. has won a national
award from the Freedoms Foun-
dalton. Valley Forge. Pa.
In April. 1854 the Support the
Church" series was honored by
receiving the George Washington
NJ dal for an outstanding
achievement in helping to bring
about a better understanding Of
the American Way OF Life"
Now again. in 1856, the Sup
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

inercial fishermen on the Outer
Banks. If you look at 1t purely
from a monetary standpoint. we
believe that a fifty pound- drum
means more in tourist arade-
transportation. tackle. food. lodg-
ing. boat rental etc. than the
three to four cents a pound it
will bring at a fertilizer plant.
Many other interesting matters
were discussed. and while the del
egates seemed to enjoy Farm
ville's hospitality, the sportsmen
IN this neighborhood surely bene-
fitted from the meeting.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

THE FORECASTERS are now predicting
that Brooklyn, in the National League,
and New York. in the American League,
will win in 1856.
We are also of the opinion that these
two teams are the favoritcs, but in recent
DAYS we have begun to wonder whether
the Dodgers pitching is strong enough to
make them the overwhelming power they
were in 1855 The Dodgers have lost John
nv Podres, and sore arms seem to be bother
ing Billy Loes and several other Dodger
mainstays.
If Carl Erskne and Don Newcombe ex
pcrience trouble this year with their arms,
the Dodgers may not win it after all.
The New York Yankees seem to be
strengthened They have picked up new
pitching strength, and Mickey Mantle
seems to be in better condition this year
than he was before. He is the outstanding
star of the Yankees and was highly i'm
prcssive in spring training
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

The Air Fore as revealed that
it is working on two kinds Of ocean
spanning ballistic missiles and one
type in the mid-range field. The
two long-range missiles are the At
las and the Titan. The third type
a missile in the l.5OO-mle informed
late rauee Is kncan as the Thor,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Church Must Grow
Lesson for April 20, 1856

n CLUB can close its member
"A ship list at any time. 1t can
decide not to accept any more new
members for six years, or sixty
But if a church decides to do the
same, it is not church any more,
only a club A church that is for
good reasons not growing nay be
a true church OF Christ: but
church that does not want to grow
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
The Clock of Time

The clock Of Time keeps ticking on
And fost the moments fly;
The years Of life allotted US
Ere long will soon poss by.
Eoch posing tick the old clock makes
Reminds US nov ond then
6och second that the clock ticks off
Con ne 'er return again.
The old clock licked when we were born
And ever it ticks on,
It ticks our moments one by one
Until they oil ore gone.
No one can stop the flight Of Time
Or oouse it to deloy;
And we cont save it bit Of it
To use some future day
Eoch doy that downs is ours to use
However we see fit.
To reod or play or work for gain
Or Just to idly sit
The clock Of Time viii still tick on
When we have ceased to be,
And time itself will never end
Through oil eternity
The Bible soys God always wos
At Times first beginning,
And il is He who winds Times clock
While in spoce we re spinning,
/. D. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

is certainly no
church that Christ
would recognize.
60" Jesus said,
into all the world.
A church that has
no Go about it. a
church whose no.
rizon is limited by
its own parking
lot, a church with
out an outreach,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

1t will continue SO long as the school
system is operated on racially segregated
basis. Relationships between the races have
been cordial, understanding and sympa-
thetc. We trust this will continue regard
less of the pressures and tensions, or diff
ferences of opinion.
The Board of Supervisors shouldered the
responsibility last year in several emer-
gency decisions 1t is right and proper that
the people who are most affected should
share directly in these decisions. Fortu-
nately, the demands are now known. and
the people have an opportunity to affirm
or reaffirm their position and support the
action of the Board of Supervisors. To
that end statements of affirmation are
being circulated throughout the county
for the signatures Of those who believe the
separation Of the races is necessary in the
public schools Of the county and in case
of enforced Indignation prefer to educate
their children in some other way.
Even though the Board of Supervisors
has the unqualified vocal support of a
large portion of the people of the county
the reaffirmation of support will further
assure them and all others both within and
with out this county.
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those in need of medicines. He founded the
store which bears his name in 1920 and
directed it until 1915, when he sold to A.
its customers until this year
His retirement will allow more time in
his flower garden among the beautiful
roses, church work, civic interests and just
relaxing. His friends rejoice in his we'll
earned leisure
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Virginia Veterans
Receive SIS Millions
From VA in 1855

Veterans Administration dis
trlbuted 5.90994l IN cash and
services to veterans and their
families in the State of Virginia
during fiscal year 1888, VA an
nounced
VAS Annual Report for 1855.
now on sale at the Government
Printing Office, Washington 25,
d c., lists wide variety of cash
benefits and services distributed
under law to veterans and their
families in Virginia.
Compensation for serylce-con-
nected disabilities and pension
for total and permanent non
service-connectcd disabilities we're
paid to 43.229 living veterans IN
the amount Of S32 .330.889
Death compensation and pen
sion we're paid to the dependents
OF l7.27l deceased veterans in
the amount of Sl4663. $3.50 Ger
tain CT insurance and indemnity
payments totaling S7,598.633 were
made to veterans OF their benefit
Charles in Virginia for the year
An average of 45l disabled
veterans of World War II and OF
the Korean conflict were trained
during the year under the voca-
( tlonal rehabilitation act TO over
come the handicapS of their dis
abilities. They received total of
S674,082 in subsistence, tuition,
supplies and equipment.
port the Church series has re-
ceived the Certificate Of Merit
from the Freedoms Foundation
and this newspaper is proud to be
among the over $50 newspapers
throughout the DSA. Canada and
Alaska which presents this out
standing series to its readers.
The Keister support t h e
Church" weekly series was first
produced in 1914, and has become
Americas outstanding religious
newspaper feature.
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is not the real thing
Hurdles and Handicaps
The early Christian church was
surely the real thing. II was a
going. and therefore growing
church. But it could have had
if it wanted, all the mouldy ex.
cuses which lazy churches ofTct
nowadays to explain Why they don't
reach out. For example. the early
Christians could have said We
can't reach out, we haven't any
money" But they managed to &C
around, or at any rate some Of
them did. They could have com
planned, We have shortage OF
ministers Well they did but
they had no shortage of laylnen
BY the time the distinguished
apostles got down to Samaria they
found an enthusiastic layman
Philip had been there already and
got work started. The church
could have said. We can't afford
to send missionaries all the way to
Africa" They couldn't. to be sure
But what they could do was to
make Christian Of an African in
their own country. trusting that
he would take the gospel back to
his own people, (And he did the
tradition tells us)/ A track man
does not complain about seeing
hurdles in front Of him; he jumps
over them A good golfer does
not "go home mad because h.
has to play with handica@
against him. He takes ii as com
pliment and a challenge So the
early church took their hurdles
and handicaps as challenges.
Laymen and Clergy
When you see present-day
church with no outreach. one Of
the reasons may be that the
people leave all the ching
to be interested in missions. sure
that's his business. But the peopl.
well. we have hard enough
time raising money with our ba
zaar just for the preachers salary
you can't expect us to think
about missions' In fact one has
seen churches where the only
really active member was the
preacher Now the early Chris
tians talked no such nonsense
They did not have the hard and
fast division into ''laity and
clergy that churches today have
ven if they use other words like
member" and preacher o.
pew holder" and pulpit orator
The Apostles. il is true. were mer
set apart But the outreach of the
early church was mostly done BY
people Who were not Apostles
And SO far as we hear IN the bool
If Acts. the Apostles did not dres
differently from any one clsc
They did not claim exemption
from taxation, they did not CLAIM
teduced rates at stores or when
travelling They were not given
titles like Reverend or Doctor
everybody called them just Paul
or Peter or whatever. without so
much as Mr." in front of their
names. They worked at outreach.
yes, but the point is, they were not
looked on as professional out
reachers While the "laymcn' were
profCSsional sit -backerSi
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Prince Edward Stand Steady

THE NAACP legal counsel brought the
case of Prince Edward County before
the Federal district court in motion filed
Monday, requesting hearing on May Z,
The lawyers asked the court to require
three steps they said were basic to an eff
fective transition to non-segrcgated school
ing" These were listed as:
Cd A prompt and reasonable start to-
ward compliance.
(2) Completion of the desegregaton
process in Prince Edward by the com
mencement of the next school session
in September 1856
(3) Interim reports from the de-
PENDANTS to be filed with the court
showing plans with steps whereby the
desegregation transition is to be ac-
complished.
The motion forces the people of Prince
Edward to take stand in no unmistakable
way. The demand is clear. The answer
must be clear.
Last year the Board of Supervisors 'in-
terposed" by appropriating funds for a
segregated school system only. AS a re-
suit education has been carried on this
year in a normal and satisfactory manner.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Well Earned Retirement

THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS in this sec
ton rejoice with A. r. Gray in his we'll
earned retirement, after 81 years of ser
vice in drug store. much Of which time
was spent in Farmvile. He has served at
least four or five generations of Farmvil-
lians, supplying the needs to relieve suf-
fering.
The hours were never too long when an
epidemic occurred, nor the weather too
bad in an emergency, for DR.. Gray to serve
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27
Hurdles and Handicaps

is a parody on a true church
is not the real thing.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-27

Bsekgrsund Scripture: Acts 8:4-40
Devotional Reading. Luke 1919
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SITUATloNS-MEN

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ACCOUNTANT, CPA, 5 years varied
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Box 1S-R. star.
available; references. 10. 3-4395.
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AND COST ACcTG.-
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BUSINESS SERVICES
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LARGE ROOM, kit. semipyt. bath.
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ROOMS EURNIsHEp-N.W.

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MIscEL. for SALE Cont

DIAM0NDs-Ladys IN cts. en-
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