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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
Law to Allow Night Jobs
For Girls Under 18 Asked

A member of the District
Commissioners Youth Council
last night suggested that the
city's child labor law be changed
to let girls under IS work al
night.
G. Rowland Show, who heads
the employment committee Of
the Youth Council, said his COM
mittee has talked with District
officials and businessmen about
the idea of amending the law
AS the statute now stands. girls
under 10 cannot legally be en-
ployed after 7 pm, he said.
Eventually his committee viii
recommend that the Youth
Council advise on this and other
changes in the child labor law
he told the other members of the
council. He did not say what
other changes were under study
Employment Opportunity
Altering the law. he said
"would open up a large employ
ment field for such places as
restaurants and drug stores" II
would particularly affect IT.
year-olds, who have finished high
school. he said and who may
roam the streets but cannot
work.
The council voted to ask the
United Community Services tc
ask the Eugene and Agnes E
Meyer Foundations permission
to use $4,000 remaining of a
$500 foundation grant to hire
a special social worker.
The worker would continue
the job of past workers in the
pilot project area of Northeast
Washington between the Capitol
and the Anacostia bridge. The
pilot project was started in 1858
to fight juvenile delinquency
through an organized neighbour
hood citizens board with the
aid of a professional worker.
Guides Energies
The job of the worker would
be to channel the energies OF
rowing gangs" into athletics
handicrafts and constructive &C
tivities.
Capt. John Ryan of the Metro
politan Police Juvenile Squad
objected to the word gangs.
He said it had sinister como
tation. The word groups" should
be used. he said.
Mr.. Shaw also reported that
last summers successful student
employment placement service
will be enlarged to a city-wide
operation this year. Employers
who want to give youngsters
summer jobs will be able to call
one telephone number, and word
of job openings will be sent tc
the % citizens youth commit
tees all over the city, to be passed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
Smile Hike Set

The Wanderbirds Hiking Club
will leave by coach at $50 am
Sunday for Bear Spring Shelter.
where the group will undertake
the eight-mile hike to Waverton
Md. The bus will leave from
Twelfth street and New York
avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
Scholarship for RYAN

on to youngsters. The service will
go into operation when the
school term ends.
Scholarship for Ryan
Capt. Ryan informed the coun-
Gil he has been picked by the
District Commissioners to re-
ceive a scholarship to the De-
linquency Control Institute OF
the University of Southern Cali
fornia for a course from next
September 10 to November 80.
Only four men from areas out
side California are sent to the
courses each year. The classes
will cost the city $1,000, he said
The council met last night at
ID. c. Village, at Blue Plains. The
next meeting was set for 1890
am, May "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-20
Benefit Cord Porty

The Good Samaritan Society
Will hold a benefit card party at
. pm. tomorrow in Fides House
z Scott circle NV.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

ment at IS years Of age has helped
to bring these people South. They
know that living costs are cheaper
there, and this will be especially
true if the United States is going
into a cold cycle" After the North.
it is climate in which to sun and
play outdoors. do advise. however,
that every Southern home provide
artificial heat. Fuel bills are COM
paratively small and clothing is less
expensive No elaborate or expen-
sive winter clothing is needed. al
though the women still want one
little fur jacket! Rents are lower.
One can build very modern house
that may be planned to make house
keeping light. People are finding it
constantly harder to get servants
| and hence are using that money to
90 out to their local Country Club
Long-Term Future
The constantly increasing popu-
lation of the United States is bound
to affect the population Of Florida
and other Southern states. Cities
will grow there very quickly. Think
of your own small town where you
live and you can see for yourself
that since the war there has been
great growth all around you. Con-
Struction companies which you
knew as little concerns before the
war have grown into very large
operations. This will happen to
many present-day small construc-
ton companies in the South as more
and more year-round homes are
built.
Mos Southern cities will have TO
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
BabsQn Discusses Florida, the South

BabSon Park. Mass, Dec This
time of year l begin to think of the
South. The birds are no longer here
to wake me every morning but have
gone to warmer climate: and so
too hope to leave for the South
fairly soon. Hence. if my good Cali
fornia friends will forgive me.
will this week devote my column to
The South" California does not
now need to be doomed. it is al
ready booming
Florida Ideal for Many People
Florida holds a future both for it.
self and for you, Practically all of
Florida is still growing in many d.
rectionS Light industries are find
ing the South more and more
the ideal spot. Labor is somewhat
cheaper and abSenteeism is far less
than in the North People are
healthier and seem happier in a
climate like Florida.
In Florida S expanding economy
there arc plenty Of Jobs for people
who arc willing to work. There ap-
pears to be room for everyone. Ger
iainly, the South is always looking
for young people willing to learn
some trade. The cattle and farming
industries in Florida are growing
Builders and engineers are needed
In fact. most professional men can
settle in the South today and have
no difficulty finding work.
Older People Flocking SOUTH
Men and women still think of
Florida as the ideal place to retire.
Every year thousands go to Florida
to do just this Subsidizmg retire
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Letters To Editor
Peace Be Yours
This Christmas Day
AS 1t Was OF Yore
Editor. The Herald:

Editor. The Herald:
Christmas in he ante-bellum
South was generally an all-night af-
fair. The first words heard on cold
and rainy Christmas mornings Of
the early l8O0's were, christmas
Gift Master and slaves. women
and children. wed to get the verbal
drop on one another, with the early
rising colored folk usually winning
ont a sthey hid behind doors and
other vantage points.
Stockings of the white and colored
children of the plantation household
were often hung side by side.
The stockings were filled from
bottom to top with candies. nuts.
raisins and fruits. One little girl re-
ccived big china doll with kid
feet and hands and dressed in an
old frock trimmed in black velvet. p"
They weren't crude toys by any
means. There was a wax doll with
eyes that opened and shut. 1.-The
nanny" received red and yellow
head handkerchiefs. spectacles. a
delaine dress, and almost lost in the
toe of the stocking was a SIS gold
piece. making it much more de-
liehtful surprise.
After breakfast. the big plantation
bell was rung, summoning all
hands. Then was opened the great
bci that had been in the storeroom
ever since the wagons returned from
the river three months before.
Everyone on the place received
bonnets. dresses, hats and
vests. candies and toys.
When the writer was child. the
Sunday School Christmas tree was
the important event Of the Christ
mas season. There never will be
anything as beautiful or as big as
the Christmas tree decked with
ropes of silver tinsel and little wax
candles. We had our tree at the
schoolhouse and maybe we were all
in constant danger of being burned
to death but We didn't realize it .
We marched solemnly around the
tree, with its real candles. in the
carleton ruffles Of angels and the
flannel robes of the wise men and
shepherds and singing the songs We
had been rehearsing every night for
weeks. The toys, unwrapped were
in full view on the tree and there
was always one special thing that
drew your eye. one you felt that
you had to have.
Your heart was filled to bursting
with the wanting of that one special
toy and the excitement of the mo-
ment when Santa Claus would come
Looping down the aisle singing jim
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Real Christmas Spirit

their command, should look around to dis
cover other ways of helping their fellow
men. Perhaps it would not be a financial
contribution of any kind. 1t might be help
ing them to obtain certain job, or to get
their children in school, to secure medical
help or other forms of aid they might need.
Should all of us assume the task of one
s:ch undertaking, our community would
greatly profit because the spirit of broth
erly love and friendship would be enor-
mously enriched by the active efforts of
those who are able to help those who might
be temporarily struggling through difficult
times.
Our final comment on this subject is
that those who follow the suggestion and
adopt project for their family, or them
selves, will be the real b neficiaries
through living the Christmas spirit and
gaining the full satisfaction which comes
from doing what Christians should do at a
time when they are celebrating the ami
versary of the birth of Jesus
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

would have allowed the former operators
of the canal to function for more than ten
years longer
How do the British and French know
that Egypt will show the T. n. body, or
force, any more respect than was given the
agreement between Egypt and the former
operators, until the U. N. force in the area
is large enough to accomplish its mission,
and also has an agreement with Egypt?
What if the British should pull out sec
ond time and Nasser were to successfully
flout the spirit of the r. n. : and propos-
ed settlement = and once again maneuyer
himself into full control, meanwhile build
ing up his arms by the acquisition of more
Communist supplied weapons?
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Double Check

This hot spell we've been hav-
ing in December is not due to any
Thing the Republican Admins
tratlon has done. The Lord saw
fit to give a few hard headed in
sects chance to find landing for
the winter that's coming People
had better wise up. too this
could mean a real White Christ
mas"
The conditions in the middle
East maybe that should be
YeasD at this time are no better
Nobody knows where Moses went.
and if Hungary is hungry they
don't want Dag Hammarskjold to
come in at this time
In Egypt, defiant Egyptians are
burning American owned and OPP
Grated stores. Woolworth' 5 q
10 just went up in smoke. They
did not want to be thought to
be on the wrong side, as if any
body over there knows right from
wrong.
Over here PLEASE do your
CHRISTMAS mailing NOW ......
Sims Republican Mail is mighty
slow. Any way get EN- in the Mail
If you want to get EN- there
had a much enjoyed visit by
MI George Price. Mr. Price was
the first TO bring Rural Free De-
livery to this section. MI. Grigg
of "Griggs Blvd, from IS to Will
sons gap" Oh Boy. VIC do talk it
up. we even get Cleveland IN the
discussion. And Mn. VIM of Car
tersville. and Mrs. Estes Baker of
Columbia My friends I enjoy
seeing SO much.
Thanks for the visits and
Thanks for reading Subscribe
now to THE FARMVILI4E HER
AID, and Adlia ain ! going to run
no more"
! Yours.
j Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

gle Bells" Nobody ever had any
trouble recognizing Santa Claus al
Eide Swineford or Nat Goodwin
but somehow it never diluted our
pleasure in the occasion.
The wonderful magical thing
about those Sunday School parties
was that you always got the thing
you had your heart set on. And
rafting home in the cold in the
back Of the wagon you listened
Sleepilv to your parents singing or
hashing over the community news.
The stars seemed bright gold in
purply night and you had no way
OF knowing that Christmas would
not always bring all the things you
wanted.
! wish that l might coin an abso-
lutely new phrase but since l dom
know how to start III simply pray
God give you peace within your
heart upon this Christmas Day."
Everett A. Trent
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

enlarge their airports to handle the
traffic and also to make them safe
for the Jet age. All the South needs
more parking space for cars. Taxes
ar, low in Florida which has no
State income or inheritance tax
though it does have an Intangible"
tax.
Land as an Investment
After the next stock market crash
people will recognize that good real
estate. especially in an inflationary
era, is the best investment. l have
always advised buying a small !
piece of property on the outskirts
OF small town and sitting tight
until the town grows out to you. If
you should sell acreage land. hold
onto the mineral rights. Often a
separate and very profitable sale
can be made of these rights alone
later on. The oil industry has yet
to hit the big jackpot in Florida
and the Southeast. but it is coming
some day
Florida and other Southern states
will continue to attract tourists both
winter and summer. Now that the
arlincs and hotels have special
summer rates. the South has a
whole new income undreamcd Of
before. Remember Daytona Beach
with its world-famous hard sand
racing beach. Cypress Gardens. the
Everglades National Park. Hialeah
and its pink flamingoes, Key West
with its famous deep-sea fishing.
Lake Wales and the beautiful Box
Sing in Towgenariadea mn rid M
Sinking Tower " and Ma r-inniand
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

Some of the thincs that the John
Randolph School SEA are trying to
do this year are as follows: the
health committee is trying to keep
the sick room clean. neat and at
tractive The citizenship committee
is trying to keep the halls and lunch
room quiet and bad language off
the playground.
The safety committee planned at
the last meeting to have boxes to
put their punishment in when they
get turned in, The program com
mlttee has asked each teacher to
try to have program at each
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

Shouting, 1--WE want good food the
Demonstrators, all male students, spat-
tered plates of asparagus and vanilla
pudding against the walls.
When officials closed food lines and
cleared the rooms, the crowd continued
the tumult outside. They rocked automo-
biles and threw snowballs at police call
ed to put down the disorder
We wonder.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Are Things Really Better Now?

DEOPLE have more money today than
they did before World War II. But here
are some SOLDERING comparisons: worker
who earned $4,000 in 1899 needs Sc, 1872 to-
day to be as we'll Off The family with
$4,000 income in 1889 has to have S10,583
now And 1899 S25,O00-a-year man was
doing just as we'll as today's executive who
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

trying to keep noise out of the IL
brary and keep it clean.
In November. Nancy Vaughn,
president of the SEA, Nancy Wood
and the seventh grade teacher went
OF the SEA convention at Longwood
College.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

SAC meeting The welfare commit
tee takes care of the drives that
the school has.
The building and ground commit
tee is trying to keep paper off the
grounds and keep the auditorium
busted The library committee is
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

EVERY American family which enjoys
- the benefits of good food, clothing
shelter and some of the luxuries of life,
would do we'll to look around them and de-
eide upon Christmas project for needy
family, or fellow citizen who is less fort
innate
If every family in our community would
assume the responsibility of helping one
other family or some unfortunate, i'll or
needy individual, this Christmas could be
made the best ever observed in the United
States
We are not suggesting that families wait
until Christmas time, go down to the local
store and buy few groceries to take to
some needy family. In this way, the really
deserving cases are not found because there
is not time to investigate the situation
properly and the real spirit of Christmas
is not fully carried out
Those who wish to make this Christmas
season happy one for all the children,
and not Just those children with wealth at
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

With its magnificent aquariums
Finally, if World War III should
come, Central Florida should be a
very safe place in which to live
1t should escape bombing and also
be sure of plenty of food and fuel.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
How Much Background?

WE believe in public education but some
" times we wonder what some education
al institutions are dishing out. An Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Ann Arbor,
Michigan states
Hundreds of University of Michigan
students joined in food throwing, dish
smashing demonstration in dormitory
dining halls last night in protest over
meals.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Pl'ecalious Position

THE British and French are showing a
marked reluctance to agree to the with
drawal of all their troops from the Suez
Canal area and there is considerable just
ification for their attitude
Egypt has not yet agreed to British
French demands that the Suez Canal be
operated by the Z. n, or an international
group, guaranteeing that ships of all ma
tons would be free at all times to use the
facilities of the canal
This was the purpose behind the British
French invasion. President Nasser, having
nationalized the canal, should have no OBJ
jections to an international group super
wishing the operations of the canal Egypt
certainly broke one legal agreement which
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

brings in around $4,000 year. Taxes and
initiation make the difference. No denying
it. the dollar has really shrunk. - CHANG
ING TIMES.
Mars has started moving farther away
from the earth again. Don't know as we
blame it, either = CHANGING TIMES.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

Marvin Brown
The echo., 1956-09-15
SCHOLARSHIP FUND

greatest pieces Of legislation that the went on 's
orddo was enactment of scholarship fund
setup follows: Each local lodge is to $500 year
may lump the lodge desires or 1t mag
be paid al he of 81 25 quarter
the local lodges as they
the civic minded presidents were
scholarship fund that they paid for their lodges
full in the board lodges this fiscal
Lodge No 49, II. Shollie Perkins President ShuqUalak
Lodge 54 Onuie Nobley President Lauderdaie.
LODI 3O1, Mr. Jet Nelson, President State Line
Lodi No Lew Mccarthy President Shubuta
No. 1885, Mr. W. 7. Tate, President Brooksvile
Lodge No David Williams. President Pachuta.
odg No 507 L D. Johnson President Philadelphia.
Lodge No Knox, President Hatiesburg.
Lodge No Frank Johnson, President Newton
No. 100 Mr.. VIM KinsoW, President Waynesboro
Lodge 10 j.. c. Jordan President Waynesboo
Lodge No John Gillespie, President New Augusta
Lodge 10 Donald President Portervile.
Lodge No 3O6 Reverend K. President, Columbia
Lodge 10 Bette Faulkner President Elisvile
Lodge o 5 W. willis President Meridian
the above sixteen local presidents Tor their
officers general assembly reported
making $1,000 starter for the scholar
ship fund
kindly asking all local lodges that have not paid their quotas
to do 50 a the earliest possible date.
anticipate the greatest the Convention 1857 that
looking forward and hour when the
25OOO scholarships to worthy H B A.
students
The echo., 1956-09-15
WEST ENTERPRISE
NEWS

Stop Look and Read! On Satur-
day evening, July %, while every
one was up and down the busy
streets of Enterprise, who, but our
General President, Mr., G. D. Cotton
came motoring through in Sc Roc
ket 88 Oldsmobile. Every one was
really surprised on that day.
Many relatives and friends attend
ed the funeral of the late Mrs. Fran
els McGruder. She was well
known citizen in this community
She was buried on July 30, at the
age of 60 We trust that our loss is
heavens gain. She is gone but not
forgotten.
Ms. Henrietta King is back after
attending summer school in Jackson,
Miss.
Mr. Ned Price, a member of Lodge
No 267, married Mrs. Carrie Gray Of
Enterprise.
". Moses Buckley married Mrs
Elnora Davis, of Pachuta.
Revival services were conducted at
the New Fellowship Baptist Church
August 12-17, with the Rev. Edward
D. Barnes, of Laurel, as the Evange-
list. The meeting was success both
spiritually n d financially. Five
candidates were taken in and $4C613
was raised. The Church has been
spiritually revived and the attend
ance h S increased. Rev M. c.
Thompson is pastor
Many members Of the New Fellow
ship Baptist Church who have been
away attended the revival They
were from the following places: Ra-
cine and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chi
cago and East Chicago, H., Detroit,
| Michigan, Los Angeles, Calf, New
, Orleans, La, and many other places.
Mrs. Arise Oliver has gone to RIA
cine, Wis. to live with her children.
! Mrs. Evelyn Long is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Roger Mae Prestly, OF
New York.
Mrs. Ella Ruth Harmbuckle, OF
Birmingham, Ala, visited her Aunt,
Mrs. Gladly Chambliss, Of Enter
prise, her mother, Mrs. Martha Bar
nett, of Barnett and her grandmother
Mrs. Mollie F. Jordan, of Pachuta
She has returned to her home.
Messrs. Charlie and Worm John
son of Enterprise went to Birming-
ham because of the death Of then
brother on August 10.
Miss Bertha Mae Chambliss,
Reporter.
The echo., 1956-09-15
HEIDELBERG

Mr.. C. W. Wilson. son of Mrs. Lii
lie GiIbery was seriously shot thru
the head by his step father on the
4th of July and has been confined to
the Jackson Hospital ever since. He
was paralized and can't spe a k a
word. His mother has been at his
bedside. He is somewhat better. We
wish for him q speedy recovery.
MIR. Pickens Heard is back home a.
gain after having a wonderful vaca-
ton with relatives in Portland, Ore
gon; Lima, Ohio; Chicago, Ill; and
Joliet, III. Everybody was glad to
see him. He spent some time with
his aunt. Mrs. Vim. Caraway.
Mrs. VIM. Caraway, Reporter
The echo., 1956-09-15
VISITING TN THE CITY

Mrs. Eleanor Stcpp and Miss Lii
lian Eleanor Price accompanied by
Mrs. Anna Belle Stepp are here Wis
iting their mother, grandmother and
friends. Mrs. Eleanor Stepp and her
niece Lillian motored here from De-
troit, Michigan, stopping in Versail-
les, Kentucky, where Mrs. Anna
Belle Stepp joined them. Mrs. Flea
nor Stepp is the daughter of Mrs.
Adlean H ardy and Lillian is the
granddaughter. mrs Ann Belle
Stepp is the sister-in-law of the for
mer.
The echo., 1956-09-15
CULFP0RT NEWS

Miss Matte L. Larkin and Mrs.
Nettie johnson of Meridian spent the
week end on the Gulf Coast at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Breland.
Dinner was prepared for them by
members of H. B. A. Lodge No. 476.
After dinner t lie president, Mrs.
Leona Norwood and a group of other
members, namely; Mrs. Annie
Stubs, Mrs. Magnolia Hargett, Mrs
Minnie Smith, Miss Laura Decker
and Mr. and Mrs. Luther Banks car
ried them sight seeing along the Gulf
Coast, which they enjoyed very
much