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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-26
HOgge-MOrt0n
Nuptials Held
At Hampton

! First Presbyterian Church. Hamp-
ton. was the setting June % at five
in the afternoon for the marriage
Of Miss Elizabeth Curtis Hogge.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Lewis Hogge. Of Terrace Road,
Hampton. and Charles Read Nor
ton Jr., Of Richmond. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Read Morton. Of
Hampton and Meherrin.
The Rev DR.. W. J B. Livingston
Off!ciated before a setting of ferns,
baskets Of mixed white flowers and
lighted taperS He was assisted by
the Rev, Dr. l.. N Edmunds. OF
Second Presbyterian Church. New
port News.
Mrs. F L. Thompson played the
wedding music and James E'h. Of
Richmond. sang Because II
Love Thee. and The Lords
Prayer
The bride. who was given in mar
riaGe by her father. wore a we'd
ding gown of Rosepont Chantilly
lace and nylon tulle with pleated
tnlle ruffle bordering the circular
hemline and sweep train She wore
lace mitts and her fingertip veil of
French illusion was arranged with
tiara set with cut crystal and
pearls She carried bouquet of
white roses and lily-o the valley.
Mrs Ferrell Atkins. Of Richmond.
matrnn Of honor. and Miss Martha
Hogee. iunior bridesmaid. sisters of
the bride. wore floor length dresses
of pale pink embroidered organdy
over net ruffleS featuring an apron
cite of organdv caught with a large
bow in the back
The bridesmaids. Miss Nancy
AmOry. Miss Sue Amory. MISS
Blair Roper. Miss Alice Matthews.
Miss Shirley Alcock and Mrs, Phil
lip Worst, all Of Hampton, wore
blue dresses identical to those of
the honor attendants. All wore pic
ture hats of nylon net with insert
of scalloped lace sprinkled with
sequins. and carried cascade bou-
quets of mixed deep pink flowers
and ivy.
Charles Read Morton. father of
the groom was best man 7 h c
groomsmen were John w Hogge.
of Hampton. brother of the bride,
j. william Newsome. H m p o n.
John NJ Quarles, Richmond. cous-
ms of the groom, william G. Key.
Charlottesville. Robert Hornsby.
Hampton, and Ronald Stalllngs,
Newport News.
Immediately following the we'd
ding a reception was held at the
James River Country Club, Upon
their return. Mr.. and Mrs Morton
will make their home at 6752 Miami
Avenue. Richmond
Out-of-town guests attending the
wedding were Dr.. and Mrs r L.
Morton. of williamsburg. Mr.. and
Mrs. c c. Cardwen. Of Oak Ridge,
Tenn. Mr., and Mrs. G. Nj. Hughes.
of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs William
G. Key, Of Charlottesville. Mr.. and
Mrs. John M Quarles. Mr. and
Mrs James Erb and Mr. and Mrs.
Causey Davis. of Richmond: Mr..
and Mrs. Robert E Quarles and
Miss Nancy Quarles of Meherrin.
Mrs G H. Campbell and Richard
Campbell. Of Rainelle. w Va, Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Rodgers. of Scotland
Neck. N c.. and Richard Parke.
of JoncSbOrO. Ark.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-26
State Leader Installs Auxiliary
Officers; Garland Memorial Held

first vice president, Mrs. E A.
Chappell. second vice-president:
Mrs N O Myers. recording sec
rotary. Mrs Virginia Hairless. cor
responding secretary; Mrs. S. W
Putney Jr.. treasurer: Mrs. william
Chapman. historian: Mrs. S. R..
Geyer. chaplain, and Mrs. Harry
Motley. sergeant-at-arms.
The ceremony was opened with a
memorial service in honor O! the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-26
Miss Ayres
Mr.. Mallory
TO Wed In Fall

Mrs j T Ayres. of Farmville,
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Mary Agnes, to j a k
Mallory, Of Richmond
Miss Ayres is a graduate Of st.
Elizabcth's Hospital. Richmond, and
is now nursing at Mcclure Veter-
ans HopSital at Richmond
Mr. Mallory is a graduate of the
University of Richmond.
The wedding will take place in the
fall
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-26

Wilbur F Burger, Of Farmville
was one of l06 Randolph Macon stu
dents whose names appear on the
Gean's list for scholastic attain
ments during the second semester.
Burger. son Of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Burger is sophomore He is
spending the summer here with his
family
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-26

a former American Legion Aux
iliary state president installed new
officers of the Farmville unit in
ceremonies here Wednesday
Mrs. Charles G, l.. Huether. of
Hopewell past department presi-
dent installed Miss Anna Dickhoff
as president of the Jack Garland
Auxiliary unit and a slate of eight
ether officers
Included 1ere Mrs ! G Bruce,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Moments of SEEING

Painting is to me a means
Of heightening memories-to
try to convey the emotional
response awakened by moments
Of seeing or feeling" said John
Dundin, who is having a one
man show through April 10, at
Del's Gallery, 5000 Wisconsin
avenue. Bethesda.
This Washington architect,
who is also an instructor at
Catholic University, is showing
Is oils and watercolors, all
done in the past few years.
THE process of painting"
he continued, lis continual
experiment in a manner not
too cerebral, / fear. Textures.
colorS, lines, forms-there are
SO many avenues Of possible
discovery that the vividness Of
the experience is to me in the
process of the painting itself"
Mr.. Dundin's paintings range
from such naturalistic water
colorS as the handsome wharf
and boat subject with clam
diggers against a golden dawn
sky, to his abstract "Manhat-
tan Madness" expressing in
straight vertical lines and
rising diagonals, the effect Of
tall closely crowded buildings
and activities. Most Of these
paintings show his architec-
tural training in their we'll
defined structural designs. The
majority of them are broadly
handled in Slashing strokes,
and much simplified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
BIume's Travels

The year 1854 must have
been a thrilling one for New
York artist Peter Blume, whose
exhibition Of pen drawings at
Fantasy Gallery, 1865 Connec-
ticut avenue Through Tues
day. has lively captures Of
Hawaii, Australia, New Zea-
land. the Far East and the
Panama Canal.
Mr.. Blume, native of Rus
STA (1906) who came to the
United States when five years
old, obtained his art education
in New York at several schools.
He supported himself by rum
ming a subway newsstand,
working in jewelry factory
and as a photographers APP
prentice. At "a, he had his
first one-man show at the
Daniel Gallery. Two years
later. he went to Italy on q
Guggenheim fellowship which
was renewed in 1886. Mr..
Blume spent much of his time
there working on a large paint
ing THE Eternal City" in
which he expressed his hatred
of fascism.
He has received coveted
awards. and is represented in
nine important museum collec-
lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Greet French

Jean Francois Millet and
Auguste Rodin are seen in
loan exhibitions nearing their
end at the Phillips Gallery
Through Wednesday, Nearly
40 drawings by Millet in the
print rooms have come from
the Boston and Philadelphia
Museums. the Metropolitan,
New York. the Art Institute
of Chicago, the Fogg Museum,
Harvard University, the Rhode
Island School of Design Mu-
scum, and private collectors.
Millet, the gentle painter Of
Barbizon, depicted the French
peasant naturally and nobly.
He had studied classic sculp-
ture. and applied his findings
to the figures of the peasants
in their simple dress. engaged
in their endless labors. They
are beautifully drawn. some in
black crayon. others in sepia
ink and color wash. The col
lection includes a few por-
traits. and landscapes Of the
region. Some Of these draw
ings were subsequently trans
lated into paintings. now well
known. They are not pre-
liminary studies. however. but
finished works, complete in
themselves.
Watercolors by Rodin in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
These Memorable Years
Saw the End of an Era

The rum feet lowered of New
York and many another har-
Dor. Bootlegging was perhaps
the country's biggest business.
Comdr. tthen) Richard E.
Byrd was leading his first ex-
petition to the Antarctic.
Germany. defeated in the first
World War, was making the
swiftest recovery. Unemploy-
ment had reached a critical
phase in England. In China.
President Chang Kai-shek an
nounced that the foes Of
his government had been
crushed.
Both books are written in a
lively, entertaining fashion.
Mr.. Morris analysis Of 1929
is the more objective. Mr..
Postgate, a British historical
writer, has his prejudices and
they stick out. He portrays the
efforts Of Great Britain to end
African slavery, which were
certainly commendable; he de-
picts the Irish Republican
leaders as a pretty hard, bru-
tai lot. Americans, he states,
had just finished an imperial
iStic war in Mexico, and there
was "a senseless rush west
ward motivated by mere greed,
and 1t did not need much gift
Of prophecy to foresee the next
few years of degradation and
violence which California his
torians try to forget or CLAM
oriZe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01

WINGLESS VICTORY. BY
Frances Winwar. Harper g.
Bros; So
Excess and success were the
hallmarks of the life of Ga
briele d'Annunzio, the turn of
the century Italian Byron.
From the age of Is he con-
quered women and critics with
ease. The compulsions that
moved him in love and art
he was prodigious in both-do
not emerge from this full
length biography. part of
which is given over to the life
story of his most famous and
influential mistress, the great
acress. Eleanora Duse.
D'Annunzio was the apostle
of kiss and tell" which is APP
parently not considered so
reprehensible a sin by Latins
as by Anglo-Saxons. Even at
the height of an affair, he was
busy transcribing it for an
avid public. To Duse, he was
particularly ungallant, record
ing in III Fuoco" the signs of
oncoming age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
The Last Empress of Chino
Is New Pearl Buck Heroine

judgement on its own merits,
beyond the circle Of light cast
by its predecessors. It is o
hard fought battle, and in this
case the defeat is almost as
commendable as is the victory.
Pearl Bucks first historical
novel shows much Of her bril-
liant storytelling ability which
gripped readers OF THE GOOD
EARTH; it is a character
study, a love story. an adven-
ture story. all intricately woven
into one plot.
Tsu Hsi's strong will and
extraordinary beauty brought
her an empire, but the empire
built wall through which love
could not penetrate. Her wit
and tenderness endeared her
to many, but her determination
and power made enemies. The
life Of the last empress Of
China contained much OF in
terest and entertainment for
today's reader, and who could
better present the story Of "Old
Buddha" than 1.-The voice OF
China" Pearl Buck?
In the final battle. however,
the new book Book OF the
Month for ApriD must Yield
TO defeat. taking It's place on
a less-exalted shelf than the
one which holds such a once
in-a-lifetime masterpiece as
The GOOD EARTH.
GLADYS Ellison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
An Atomic Age Nightmare
OF the Far Distant Future

tween them the two Auer-
bachs shed much light on this
darkened area.
For eight chapters Miss
Auerbach explains the science
of genetics. In her ninth chap
ter she is ready to discuss the
"genetically permissible" dose
of radiation. Here are some
of her conclusions:
There is no doubt that any
increase in ionizing back
ground radiation will result
In an increased mutation rate.
and that an increased muta-
ton rate is undesirable"
There is a popular idea that
all kinds of monstrosities may
turn up among the children
of a survivor of an atom
bomb explosion" who has re-
ceived a fairly high dose Of
radiation. This idea is en-
tirely wrong"
THE actual danger is OF a
much more subtle kind. 1t
lies in the fact that mankind
already carries a vast number
Of harmful recessive genes and
that radiation adds to this
store Of potential death, dis
ability and unhappiness" in "a
remote posterity" as far away
as the year 5000 or 10000.
EARL H. VOSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Life Story Of d'Annunzio,
Man of Excess and Success

Duse. who loved-and shared
him for nine years, deserved
better than the amorous little
dandy, whose poetical gifts
were SO extravagantly admired
in his day. The book takes on
color and depth when Miss
Winwar describes Buses de-
prived youth. her austere art
tiStry, her sombre triumphs
her hapleSs love. D'Annunzio's
conquests are almost monot-
onously recorded. They were
much alike. He even used
the same pet names for is
mistresses. There was appar-
emily not a drop Of kindness
in his little frame The was S
feet 81. and he was as morbid
in his SenSuality as he was
tirelesS. OF three mistreSses
after Duse. one went mad, one
to a convent and one, literally,
TO the dogs.
He was, however, brave,
and in World War I played a
spectacular role in the Italian
Air Force. At the end Of his
life he was a house prisoner
of Mussolini.
Miss Winwar, affected by
the splendiferous and gram
doise quality Of her subject,
has written a roccoco book,
using much new material. She
attempts no critical summary
Of D'Annunzio's work, so un-
less you read that, you have no
way of knowing If he was as
good a poet as he was as bad a
man. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
GENETICS IN THE ATOMIC

AGE. BY c. Auerbach. tEs-
sential; $2J
Lots OF scientists outside
government have been openly
alarmed about the genetic eff
fects OF background radiation,
increased in the atomic age
not only by A-bomb and H
bomb tests, but by an increas-
ing number Of atomic power
plants. The Atomic Energy
Commission, on the other hand.
has told Americans--and peo-
pie around the world-that
there is little to worry about.
Genetics is a science so well
hidden behind medical COB
bledygook that few laymen
have been able to understand
what the atomic radiation
threat Is. Charlotte Auerbach,
a geneticist at the University
OF Edinburgh, has taken pity
on us poor laymen.
She has stripped genetics Of
Its scientific jargon and put it
into language we can all I'M
derstand. Miss /. q. Auerbach
has provided a charming set
Of Notwithstanding, for
instance. how mutations pro-
duce red instead Of black
|, spaniels, "frizzly" instead OF
smooth featured chickens. Be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Animal Oddities

Twenty years ago. the town
Of Winsted. Connecticut, now
famous for its battle with
Hurricane Diane. was best
known for the Fables Of its
newspaper editor. Lew Stone.
These Fables of Winsted made
the out-of-town papers every
few months, reporting two
headed calves, a Ash that
smoked a cigarette, and other
animal oddities.
The New England title for
the biggest whopper nowadays
may well go to Freedom, New
Hampshire, which claims to be
the birthplace of a dinosaur
Matched from a hens egg.
All the Twitchells were sur
prised when the baby dinoSaur
was born. Even the hens were
surprised. Most surprised Of
all was DR.. Ziemer Of the Ma
tional Museum in Washing
ton, D. c.. who fortunately
was spending the summer
nearby.
How the baby dinoSaur grew
and grew and what a differ
ence this made in Nate
Twitchells life is told by
Oliver Butterworth in THE
ENORMOUS EGG little
Brown; $685.
1t all goes TO prove that
even a dinosaur can be a
lovable pet, If you raise him
yourself. In fact. / doubt If
there has been any other pet.
so unusual and popular, since
Mr.. Peppers Penguins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
City Life

A theme show entitled "City
Life" is on view in the Play
house Gallery Of Art, 727 Fiji
tenth street. through this
week. Prentiss Taylor, who
assemblies these shows, says
the selection pictorially SYM
bolizes the artists impressions
of various cities throughout
the world" Visitors will have
to take his word for it; Paris
and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are
the only cities identified, in
the group of 10 paintings by
nine Washington artists.
Paris inspired Leonard Maui
rer to handsome, rectangular
simplification. Lois M. Pierre
Noel to colorful naturalism and
Celine Tabary to the same,
slightly faceted. Mimi Dubois
Bolton is showing two archi-
tectural distractions, city
Fabric" and New Babylon"
which received prizes in two
recent Society of Washington
Artists ANIMALS. John Chap
man Lewis identifies his sub
ject as Anonymous City,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
This Is the Open Season
For Books About Animals
BY BARBARA NOLEN

It's a well-known fact that
horse and dog stories are
popular not only with those
lucky youngsters who own
horses or dogs. but with the
even greater numbers who
wish they could. Some Of
those youngsters who look
hopefully for a horse under
the Christmas tree every year
may even grow UP to write
horse stories, as Walter Far
ley did.
Meanwhile, it's open season
for animal stories. Dog and
horse heroes take the lead,
followed closely by a stubborn
mule, several Dummies and a
fabulous dinosaur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Remus

Everybody's talking about
Uncle Remus these days. It's
a real revival. After rs years.
Joel Chandler Harris stories
about Brer Rabbit and Brer
Fox are more famous than
ever. Anyone who listens to
these classic animal tales can
not help enjoying their humor.
action and underlying wisdom.
Do not let the dialect dis
courage you. 1t Is worth own
ing your copy Of THE COM
PLETE TALES OF UNCLE
REMUS (Houghton Mifiin;
So, with its friendly and PEN
etrating introduction by a fell
lew folklorist. Richard Chase.
This bumper volume contains
nearly 200 stories from eight
different books, and all the
original illustrations. too. When
you look at the Irresistible
pictures, you'll be too curious
to leave the stories alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
All Because Irwin Shaw
Had to Write Another Book
LUCY CROWN. By Irwil

LUCY CROWN. BY Irwin
Shaw. (Random House;
$3.50
From Irwin Shaw, one Of our
finest young writers, we have
now a disappointing story of
a rootless woman who makes
a career out Of one mistake.
Now when a lovely woman
stoops to folly. no one knows
where 1t will all end. Surely
no one can visualize the dregs
that result from Lucy Crowns
little fling. Momentarily ex-
asperated with her correct and
oversolicitous husband. mo-
mentarily dazzled by her sons
adoring 20-year-old tutor. IS
year-old Lucy gives over to a
few weeks of summer adultery.
She does not love her boy
lover. His heart is almost
equally intact. What is the
point then. you ask? The
point is that Lucy's 12-year-
old son witnesses his mothers
infidelity. So the ground
shifts from morality to discre-
ton. Many people sin. Lucy
bitterly says later, but not
many are so shatteringly
found out.
The solution of this diem
ma is cruel. harsh, monstrous-
ly selfish. Three lives are
ruined by 1t. IT makes one
think there is something to be
said for the doctrine of sin.
1t is at least clearcut. Lucy,
instead Of making PREPARATIONS
as best she can, Furnishes her
son for finding her out. He is
banished from the family.
Such woman made havoc is
absurd. and seems much more
tailored to the demands Of Mr..
Shaw's plot than to the heart
Of a woman we are seriously
told Is a good wife and mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
WHAT A YEAR. BY Joe Alex

WHAT A YEAR! BY Joe Alex
Morris. Harper; $3.50
STORY OF A YEAR: 1S4S. BY
Raymond Postgate. (Oxford
University Press; $4.50)
Mr.. Morris book, What a
Year," is about 1929.
The two years. almost a CEN
tury' apart, different as they
were, had in common a DECISIVE
quality. Each would be called
in more than one country. in
one way or another, the end of
an era.
The year l848 saw terrific
unrest in Europe, with revolts
in France. Germany, Hungary
and Italy. and violent troubles
in Ireland and elsewhere. In
France King Louis Philippe
was forced to abdicate and the
second republic was set up.
though. later in the year, it
was torn asunder by a bloody
revolution of the working class,
of which, says Mr.. Postgate.
"the Paris Commune, % years
later, was nothing but a rep
etition. :" The German
state emerged. In America
gold was discovered and the
rush to California started.
Cholera swept from Europe
into New Orleans and up to
Cincinnati and elsew h er e.
Zachary Taylor, hero of the
Mexican War. was elected
President.
The year 1923 is remembered
history for many Of US. 1t
marked the end Of frenzied
paper profits on Wall Street
and the unprecedented pros
perity of the '20s, presaging
the great depression Of the
'30s. Black Thursday signalled
the crash Of values, the end
of a whole way Of life. though
this was not recognized until
later. Huey P. Long was Gov
ernor OF Louisiana, Jimmy
Walker Mayor Of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01

please the manufacturers to
whom he sells designs, whether
he free lances or works for
someone, and so the issue APP
pears specious.
A Man Of the World
This Nick is, as the books
title tells us, q man OF the
world. He can order a proper
meal with suitable wines. His
manners are beyond reproach.
His taste in decor is admirable,
his artistic perceptions a suit
able balance between the clas-
sic and the modern. He has
no morals, but he has certain
reticence which prevents him
from surrendering himself en-
tirely to q new love until he is.
or thinks he is, through with
the current love. He has no
discernible religious faith. He
Is, in all essential things, self
fish, and, If not entirely ruth
less, not bothered with such
outmoded inhibitions as duty
or Obligation.
Isn't this q composite por-
trait Of q typical hero Of .
contemporary novel? How
many such characters have we
encountered, however varied
the settings and course Of the
stories? Are these typical
heroes Of today'S fiction repre-
sentative Of the better edu-
Gated, more cultured young
men about us? Or are they
merely the noveliSts' idea Of
what a sophisticated man is
like or should be like, the man
who has dropped what he
thinks of as the quaint super
stitions and stuffy morals Of
his grandparents? Are self
sacrifice, beauty and the things
of the spirit disappearing
from our fiction?
Good Writing
Mr.. Kaufman writes quite
well, though there are times
when his approach is merely
smooth, If not quite descend
Ing to the slick. His characters
are deity drawn. He has q
peculiar habit Of backing into
his dramatic situations instead
of facing them head-on; we
meet them as accomplished
facts. then find out how they
happened. He is a writer Of
taste. He never resorts to the
coarseness Of situation and
vulgarity Of phrase without
which some Of our most popu-
lar novelistS feel that they are
unable to describe what they
call life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01

introduction and data about
the six artists.represented with
FIVE to eight paintings each.
These are all ayante garde Ger
man artists, each Of whom is
speaking in visual form for
himself, his world. his ma
tion," according to the fore
word. "a part Of (the artist's)
life work." it continues, "is
distilled on a two-dimensional
surface for you to read or not
to read, depending on your
own personal visual gifts" in
the universal language Of
painting"
Three Of these artists. Theo-
dor Werner, Fritz Winter and
Rolf Cavael, are pure abstrac-
tioniSts or non = objective
painters. Winters "Abstrac-
ton in Yellow" Is one of the
shows outstanding paintings.
with grayed angular forms
overlapping to produce subtle
variations in values. Werner
says Of his gouache and pastel
paintings. "One doesn't paint
with ideas or objects but
with color. Everything is in
a state of flux and flow"
Cavael's large compositions
have strong designs in colors
and black. I thought No. Is
best.
Will Baumeister. another
absolute" painter, died in his
late COS, just as the exhibit
ton started. He based his
compositions on archaic and
monumental forms. Heinz
Troekes and Hans Jaenisch
are abstractionistS, but vouch-
safe glimpses of real forms in
their paintings. Troekes'
"City Forest" for instance,
conveys an impression Of dis
tant tall. crowding buildings
against a sunny sky. Palm
Sunday" by Jaenisch. depists
Christ's triumphal entry. with
several followers. These are
not natural figures, but there
is no doubt as to what they
represent.