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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14

of Richmond.
Mrs. Lottie Brown. Conduit Math-
eWs and daughter, Phyllis. attended
the funeral of Mrs. Elsie Hagan, on
Tuesday. in Richmond.
The William johnson family. of
New Jersey. were Thursday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Hazelgrove
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Walker
have returned home from a few
days visit in Norfolk and Roseland
MI. and Mrs. j P. Stratton were
Thursday guests of Mrs. w A VIII
son and Miss Nancy Wilson,
On July %. the Carl Matthews
family accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs Andrew Stanley. of Richmond.
attended services at the Baptist
Church in Fredericksburg
A good many from here attended
the Southern States Cooperative
meeting at Cumberland High School
Tuesday evening.
F.. D. Ferguson was a recent
guest of his brother, Van Ferguson.
and family, of Richmond. and &C
companied them on a fishing trip.
A large number attended prayer
meeting at Guinea Church Thurs
day evening, conducted by the Rev
j. w Orders. Rev and Mrs. F. P
look also attended
The Conduit Mathews family
Mrs. E w. Blanton and daughter
Martha Elizabeth. Mrs. Robert L
Davis and daughter Patricia Gail
were guests of the Fred Fischer
family. of Springfield, Ohio. Aug
ust 3-5.
Robert L. Davis was week enc
guest at 'HoIs du Monde. Sun
day guests were Mr. and Mrs
Frank Ransom. William Ransom
and Mrs Louise Make and Patsy
Mr.. and Mrs Wyndham B. Blan
ton. of Richmond. are spending the
week at their country home. ives
Hill Their house guest is Mrs
Blanton's cousin. Miss Nathalie 30
co of Athens, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy McAbee ant
children. of Petersburg, and Mrs
Ray Mathews and children. of Rich
mond. were among the guests in thu
Ernest Davis home Miss Linda SUI
Bernard. of Richmond, was Satur
day guest.
The Guinea H. D. Club met witt
Mrs. Joe HaZelgrove on Wednesda,
afternoon. July IS. with a splendid
attendance.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14
Guinea

Last weeks guests of Mrs. War
rem Walker and family. Of White
Hall we're Mrs. J. S. McGhee and
children. Jimmy and Brenda, Of
Denbigh: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lift
sey. OF Emporia; Mrs. T. P. Scott
and children. Betty Ann and Por-
ter, of Stoddert; and Mrs. W. D.
Walker. Mrs. Capitola Green. who
had been on an extended visit. re-
turned to Richmond Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. william johnson
and son. Billy. of Freehold, N. j..
returned home Saturday after an
extended visit at Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. william E. Peter
son. of Hollywood Md. have an
nounced the birth OF daughter,
Deirdre Ann. at a Washington. D.
c.. hospital on July 30. Mrs. Pet
erson. nee Miss Marjorie Meador
is the daughter Of Mrs. j. P. STRAIT
ton
Mrs. Joe Hazelgrove and chill
dren, David Wynn. Nancy Ellen and
Jean. Mrs. David Hazelgrove and
Mr. and Mrs. william johnson were
Wednesday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Gordon In Bedford.
W. B. Walker. Jr., L. E. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. j. p. Stratton. and
Mrs. Ernest Davis attended the fl.
neral Of J. l.. GodSey. at Cumber-
land. Monday afternoon.
Recent week end guests Of the
Carl Matthews family we're Mr.. anc
Mrs. Andrew Stanley and Mr. ant
Mrs. Garland Bates and children
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14

speaker for the joint revival serV-
ices Of the Guinea Presbyterian and
Centenary Methodist Churches.
Tho services will be held at the
Guinea Presbyterian Church. begin
ming on Sunday night August II.
and continuing each night through
Friday Of that week The hour is
1:45.
MI Walker is a native of Cum,
be:iand County He is the son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Walker and a
former member Of Guinea Church
He attended Cumberland Hie b
School and was graduated with
hOn0rS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14
Powhatan All Club Members Attend
jamestown Camp July q Thru %

Willis and j O. Hatcher and H W
Henry. County Agent.
Mrs c. N. Elan. Royal Palmore
and Ann Lloyd attended as leaders.
10 Elan was elected Big Scribe
OF the camp She also sang a solo
at one of the vesper services. Mint
Spring was elected song leader and
Susan Sutt, cheer leader of the
Chickahominy Tribe Doris Pitts
was cheer leader of the Passa-
pheague Tribe. Some of the Ais
went on a tour of williamsburg on
Thursday and also went to see The
Common Glory "
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14

twenty-five boys and girls of
Powhatan County attended James
town All Camp July 1923 The total
enrolment at the camp was $50
Those attending were Mrs. Edith
II Parker, agent, Mary Gayle Hat
cher Margaret Hatcher, Page
Brown Susan Stjtt Mint Spring.
Betty 10 Meyer. Susan Book, Doris
Pitts and 10 Elan
The BOYS included Meaux Thorn
ion, Carl Jennings. Alvin Mitchell.
B Wilson j. Jimmy Wilson,
Douglas BonovItch Johnny Book.
Tommy Brown Jerry Sears. Alan
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14
Farm Bureau Picnic
Set In cumberland

The annual Cumberland Farm
Bureau picnic will be held at Bear
Creek Lake Saturday. August IS.
Howard Gordon assistant general
manager of Southern States, WIZ
7 ak at 200 p m Members. thei
am lies and friends arc invited
or the usual stow and program,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14
Federation OF Home Demonstration
Clubs Adopts Program For The Year

tive table settings for different oc-
caslons,
The nominating committee pre-
scented the names Of Mrs. T. B..
Craig for vice president and Mrs.
d. B. Parsons for treasurer.
The federation adopted resolu-
ton as tribute to the memory OF
Mrs. j Spraggin Marshall, form
er federation president.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14

Newport News. Mrs. H. o. Mar
shall, Mrs. Mary B. Anderson.
Miss Reba Hardy and Miss Laura
Allen
Mrs. Lillian Guthrie IS i,.pro-
wing at her home here.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-14

The following officers we're elect
ed: president. Mrs David Hazel
grove: secretary Mrs Reuben Ad-
dleman; treasurer, Mrs. Charles
Simpson.
Mrs Ethel Amos was guest of
honor Mrs Georgia Wilkerson was
also present
Mrs. Joe Hazelgrovc and Mrs.
Charles Simpson gave 70 d
demonstration. This food, with re-
freshments was served.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Two Pedestrians Hurt
In Auto Accidents Here

Mr.. Spearring was admitted to
Garfield Hospital for treatment
of undetermined injuries. The
car which struck him, police
said, was driven by Judith Ellen
Hoyle. is. of the $500 block Of
Fairfax avenue. Bethesda. She
has had her drivers permit for
two weeks, police said.
The victim Of the second acci-
dent was admitted to Freedmen's
Hospital with two broken legs.
cuts and head injuries. Police
said the car which struck her
was driven by William F. Ebel.
So. of the 1900 block Of Fourth
street NV.
No charges have been filed
against either driver.
In a third accident yesterday,
two elderly women were hurt. not
seriously. though both we're adj
mitted to Georgetown Hospital.
They wer identified as Miss
Lucille s. Locker, 70. OF 1880
road NV, and Mrs.
Thomas. 81. q next-door
neighbor.
Police said Miss Locker was
driving a car. in which Mrs.
Thomas was a passenger. In the
4400 block Of Connecticut ave-
nue. when 1t rammed the rear
Of q parked car.
Evening star., 1956-12-30

mark by pointing out that in
matters Of school integration,
The District Is in a unique posi-
tion jurisdictionally.' He said.
The Supreme Court of the
United States is our supreme
court-there is no separate State
sovereignty. It's mandates are di-
rectly and Immediately control
ling upon U.S."
Although the Supreme Court
permitted localities TO integrate
gradually. he said. THE District
Board Of Education decided TO
act forthwith rather than drag
the process out over several
years II seems to me on
the whole that decision was
sound.
Everyone knows that integra-
tion could not be effectuated
without complications. The Davis
report has emphasized and re-
ferred TO what was expected
when integration began"
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Scientists Describe
Elastic Iron

Elastic iron which can be
stretched close to 5 per cent Of
its original length was described
to the association by DR.. Sidney
S. Brenner Of General Electric Co.
Scientists also have produced
elastic copper and tin--not so
good as the iron.
The stretchable metals are in
the form Of crystals known as
"whiskers" - fllaments from q
ten-thousandth to a 200th of an
inch in diameter.
Most crystals, DR.. Brenner said,
deform and lose strength when
stretched to only a hundredth of
/ per cent.
The strength of these "whiS-
kers" is maintained even at high
Temperatures, he said. Equally
remarkable is the recovery be-
havior shown in IRON and copper.
I'VE have found that when these
whiskers are deformed they will
recover their original shape even
when annealed at high tempera-
lures. They have opened up new
avenues of approach. but their
chronological use must wait fur
-ther research. Their strength
decreases as their size increases,
but it is possible that modifica-
ton of present growth processes
will allow us to produce large,
superstrong crystals"
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Dulles Will Assist
President in Rites
At New BuiIdino

Secretary of State Dulles will
assist President Eisenhower at
IL am. next Saturday in laying
the cornerstone Of the new $57.4
million Department Of State
building at Twenty-third and c
streets NV.
This was announced by the
department yesterday in a
statement which said Mr.. Dulles
had invited members of the dip
lomatic corps, members Of Con-
gress, senior government ON
cials and all members Of the
State Department staff TO the
ceremonies.
The Presidents plans to at
tend we're announced a week
ago.
The new building is TO be
completed in 1860. 1t will bring
under one roof Offices now scat
tered in 20 buildings throughout
the city with savings estimated
at 81 million a year.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
SCHOOLS

Continued From First Page
'cessful and that there is no diff
ference in the mental capacities
Of races.
Karrick Voices Question
District Commissioner David
b. Karrick last night questioned
the validity Of references to juve-
nile delinquency in the report.
The report approved by q ma
jority Of the subcommittee,
pointed to an appalling" rate
of delinquency as a result Of the
integration of District public
schools.
Mr.. Karrick. speaking on the
WWDC Report TO the People"
radio program, said, "As a Com
missioner. the only appropriate
stand for me to take" regarding
the committee report. ''is to as
sumo that the committee MEM
bers have acted with impartiality
and objectivity."
But, he said. Whether or not
there is an increase in juvenile
delinquency which could be logi-
cally tied to integration is a
matter OF question. Unless spe-
cific facts are shown to support
the conclusion. I should be In
clined to reject it."
Mr.. Karrick prefaced his re-
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Hay Pellets, Plastic Si|os
Predicted by Engineers

field chopper and put into stacks
of from eight to 35 tons. The
only packing used was the ac-
tivity of one man in shaping
and topping these stacks.
Polyethylene Aim was used to
cover the stacks. An alright
seal was made by burying the
edges of the plastic IL inches
deep.
The silage is of quite high
quality, the Purdue experimenter
said. There was no mold growth
of spoilage. Hot summer
weather with high winds had no
effect. The plastic, however,
was highly susceptible to punc-
lures by plant stems or finger
nails and even a pinhole would
permit a localized growth of
mold. The remaining problem
is how to avoid such pinpricks,
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Pre-Christ Civilization
Revealed in Mexico

other Mexican archaeological ex-
cavations enable scientists to
date one in terms Of the others.
Thus, it said. the measurement
affects the dating Of many finds.
The test specimens at La
Venta we're gathered last winter
on an expedition led by DR.. Phi
lip Drucker of the Smithsonian
Institution and DR.. Robert F.
Heizer Of the University Of CAL
ifornia.
DIR. Matthew w. Stirling, chief
Of the Bureau of American Eth
nology at the Smithsonian, said
the new dating was the most
important Mexican archael-
ogical discovery in recent history.
La Venta was inhabited about
2,700 years ago by the Olmec.
described by the society as an
accomplished people with strong
political, religious and artistic
talents. They worked fragile
sculptures in semiprecious stone
as well as huge monoliths such
as eight-foot-tall carvings Of
human heads.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
BY the Associated Press

Ancient civilizations in Mexico
existed before the time Of Christ,
1000 years earlier than had been
believed, the National Geo.
graphic Society announced yes
terday.
The new determination was
made by measuring the amount
of radioactive carbon present in
charcoal from ancient fires, the
society explained. The tests were
completed recently at the Uni
versity of Michigan. Because
radioactivity is dissipated at a
steady rate. careful measure
ments of that remaining can de-
termine the age of specimens.
The test specimens were dug
up in La Venta, Mexico where
the civilization under study was
believed to have existed between
400 and 500 AID. The new tests
show the specimens came in
stead from a period 800 to 400
years BIC.
The Society said cultural par
allels between La Venta and
Evening star., 1956-12-30
French TogoIond
Asks Free Hand

PARIS. Dec. 20 R.-The
government Of French Togo
land decided today to ask the
United Nations to abolish the
u. N. trusteeship under which
that West African area has
been run since December. 1896.
Local autonomy was favored
by q massive vote in a referen-
dun held there October %.
The trusteeshlp committee OF
the U. N. General Assembly de-
eided December 5 to end a
trusteeship over adjoining Brit
ish Togoland next March s.
French Foreign Minister
Christian Pineu told q news
conference that when he goes
70 New York January 8 he
wishes 70 discuss the Togoland
question with z. n. Secretary
General Deg Hammarskjold ard
several delesations before the
issue s raised In the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
LOG OF HOLIDAY DEATHS

Z pm: Deaths. II traffic, 7
fire. 7 miscellaneous-total 85.
8 pm: Deaths. n traffic, 7
fire, 9 miscellaneous--total 90.
$50 pm: Deaths. 7s trafic.
5 fire, . miscellaneous--total
e5.
9 pm: Deaths. 81 traffic, 8
fire. 10 miscellaneous-total
80.
$50 pm: Deaths: "a traffic. 8
fiTe. 10 miscellaneous-total lO2.
10 pm: Deaths: SO trafic 8
fire, II miscellaneous--total l0s.
l0:30 pm: Deaths. 80 traffic.
8 FIRE. IL miscellaneous--total
ITO.
Pennsylvania recorded its 18th
highway fatality and continued
to rank as the State with the
highest number of New Years
trafflc deaths. Next highest were
Texas and Ohio. with seven each.
ii pm. Deaths: "a trafic. Q
Are. i3 miscenaneous-total ll6.
i2 midnight Deaths. 81 traf-
&c. Q fire. IA miscellaneouS--total
i2o
Evening star., 1956-12-30
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
star staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Hayloft
and silo are on their way out.
An end to these hitherto sup
iposedly eternal parts of the
American farm scene was pre-
,dicted by agricultural engineers
before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
here tonight.
Pitching hay is hard work and
hay takes up a lot Of space, said
DR.. William Chancellor of Cor
nell University. Why not change
its form to eliminate most Of the
work and the space?
Hay, DR.. Chancellor said on
the basis of recent Cornell ex-
periments. can be compressed
into pellets. weighing from 20
to 40 pounds per cubic foot,
which can be made to flow" "
like small grains. down inclined
runways into a storage space
from a third to a sixth as big as
that required for storing loose
hay in a barn loft.
Made in Field
Such pellets" he said, can
be made by preSsures of about
2,500 pounds per square inch
applied by machine in the
field. They will be quite diff
ferent from the familiar baled
hay. which is bound together
with wire. Livestock. he said,
eat these pellets with even
greater relish than ordinary
hay.
AT present." DR.. Chancellor
said, "only one pelletting proc
ess is being used, but a more
efficient one Is available. Sew
eral manufacturers are working
on designs of field machines in
cooperating this process"
They Will make possible, he
said, fully mechanical harvest
ing. storing and feeding Of the
hay crop.
Even more revolutionary. for
the small farmer will be new
plastic bag silos for storing
silage in the fields. described by
DR.. D. L. Hill and his associates
of Purdue University.
Silage Kept Well
In Purdue experiments, he
said. alfalfa and alfalfa grass
mixtures we're harvested with a
Evening star., 1956-12-30
President Maps Plans
For Defense of Mideost

unlikely that the United States
will join the pact itself at this
time.
AS 1t has developed, the origi-
nal concept Of a coalition of
anti-Communist states has taken
on unfortunate new characters
tics. Today it is largely an instru-
ment of internal politics within
the Arab world, sharply dividing
Arab countries such as Iraq and
Saudi Arabia. with which the
United States seeks friendly re-
lations. Beyond this. for all non
member states. the pact has be-
come a focal point Of anti
British feeling.
Further evolution of the Bagh-
dad Pact might ultimately make
lit possible for the United States
to join it, or possibly a new
treaty system for the area could
be devised. But for the time
being, no new formal alliances
are planned.
Similarly. the program for
Istepped-up economic aid will not
involve reconsideration Of United
States refusal to finance build
ing the ASwan Dam in Egypt at
this time. The objections to this
venture. expressed at the time
of the American decision last
spring. still hold good. Without
an extremely close working re-
lationship with Egypt, it is felt
that chances of success for the
long-range and costly project
would be small.
Success Expected
Primarily. the economic pro-
gram is designed to counter
Russian offers of aid to under
developed Arab nations and
lessen the opportunity for sub
versive political activity. In this
competition, it is felt that the
United States stands every
chance of success, since, except
for surplus arms, Russia has
little in the way of substantial
economic aid to offer.
A major American aid pro-
gram, it is felt, would do much
to reverse the trend toward Arab
governments sympathetic to
communism such as have been
developing in Syria, Jordan and
Egypt. A part of the fund might
also be used to replace direct
subsidy which Britain has pre-
viously paid to Jordan to bolster
its economy and support its
government.
Finally, it is emphasized that
none of this proposed American
in any way conflicts or
the current efforts of
the United Nations to establish
peace in the Middle East. AS
Mr.. Dulles, will make clear to-
u. N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold in New York to-
day, the administration still plans
to coordinate its policy closely
with the world organization in,
trying to resolve the dispute be-
tween the Arab states and Israel.
The present plan would be cal
culated to reinforce the U. N.
effort and to cover areas of the
Middle East problem which the
u. N. is not prepared to cope
with.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
EIectronic 'Bruins' Replace
Clerks in Federal Offices

lmatic machines to the assistance
of the technical experts who ex-
anime patent applications. In
order to determine whether the
ideas in a proposed patent are
new, the patent examiner must
search through the large tech
nical library Of the patent Office.
Automatic electronic techniques
appear to offer some hope for
speeding up the granting Of
patents. The present effort TO
apply electronic data processing
techniqueS grew out of recon-
mendations of the advisory COM
mittee on application of machines
to the patent Office. appointed
by Secretary of Commerce Sim
clair Weeks and headed by DR..
Vannevar Bush.
Exhaustive Search
In the NBS experiments a COL
lection Of over 200 descriptions
of complicated chemical COM
pounds called steroids was ex-
hauStively searched by FAC to
answer typical questions that
might occur in evaluating a
patent application. AS a result.
SEAC will soon be used to assist
in processing patent applica-
tions concerned with the drug,
cortisone, which is a type of
steroid. The methods developed
can be applied with slight modi-
ficati0n to examine descriptions
of most chemical compounds.
In the process developed,
SEAC is also used to convert
chemical information from one
form into another. Diagrams of
chemical compounds as drawn
up by chemists are described to
SEAC by clerks, using q simple
code. SEAC then translates this
into a code more suitable for
controlling the electronic proc
esses Of the computer and re-
cords the information in its
memory. The machine is then
ready to search its memory for
the answers to questions put to
it by the patent examiner.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
BY the Associated press

Deaths in holiday accidents
throughout the Nation totaled
100 by midnight (ESTD las
night. At that time, the count
which began at 6 pm. Friday
local time. showed 81 killed il
traffic. nine in fires. and IA II
miscellaneous accidents.
Since that time, these have
been added:
2 pm: Deaths, 81 traffic. s
fires. 4 miscellaneous. Total. 81.
2:30 pm. Deaths. so traffic.
6 fires. 4 miscellaneous. Total.
20.
3 pm, Deaths. So traffic. s
fires, 5 miscellaneous--total 70.
$50 pm. Deaths. So trafic.
8 fires, 5 miscellaneous -
total "a.
4 pm Deaths. 65 traffic, s
fires, S miscellaneous-total rs.
43o pm Deaths. 65 traflc.
6 fires. 5 miscellaneous
total rs. The total remained
UNCHANGED for a half hour.
S pm Deaths. 65 traffic. s
fires. 5 miscellaneous---total rs.
The toll was unchanged for
the second consecutive half
hour.
$50 pm. Deaths 81 traflic,
s fires. 5 miscellaneous
total 70.
pm. Deaths. 81 trafie I
FIRE. 5 miscellaneous--sotal Tg.
$50 pm, Deaths. 80 trafbc.
Z fire. 5 miscellaneous-total
81
Evening star., 1956-12-30

Two elderly pedestrians were
critically injured in traffic acci-
dents in the District yesterday.
Lloyd Spearring, 81. Of 280l
Wisconsin avenue NV. only re-
Gently released from a hospital
after suffering a heart attack
was struck by an automobile
when he stepped from q street.
car loading platform on Wiscon-
sin avenue near Fulton street.
A woman. tentatively identified
by police as Lula Aikens, So. ad-
dress unknown, was hit by an.
other car while crossing Kansas
avenue at Georgia avenue NV
Evening star., 1956-12-30
BY a star stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-1ts ba6
news for the Government clerk
but electronic brains are taking
his place.
They have been harnessed to
a variety Of jobs in over a dozen
Government agencies, freeing
workers from previous time-con-
suming routines and doing other
Jobs that a few years ago would
have required hiring of hun
dreds of additional persons.
Government scientists attend
ing the first meeting Of the newly
formed American Documentation
Institute. meeting in association
with the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
here today, reported that me-
chanical marvels like Univac,
Illeac and Maniac represent the
best way for the Government to
keep pace with the growing pop
ulation and expanding economy
without creating a swollen bu-
reaucracy. They estimated there
are now more than 100 such ma
chimes in Government service,
doing everything from helping
the Weather Bureau predict
weather to aiding counterintel-
ligence keep track Of Soviet wal
potential.
Drs. Louis c. Ray and Russell
A. Kirsch of the National Bureau
of Standards described pilot OPP
erations using the high-speed
electronic computer (SEAC).
Patent Office Aided
With better than human accu.
racy SEAC automatically search
ed through highly complicated
patents in the field Of chemistry
to determine whether a chemical
compound had previously beer
discovered. Moreover. the meth
DDS developed for SEAC can now
be used by other equally powerful
electronic computers.
Conducted in cooperation with
the United States Patent Office
this is the first step in a long
range program TO bring auto