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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-13
Ry MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

| Handicapping, penalties for
hardness, placement of pins and
reward for outstanding perform
ances were acted upon yesterday
by the Middle Atlantic PGA's
Tournament Committee at q
special meeting at Chevy Chase
Club.
Most of the action taken con-
cerned tournaments involving
pros and partners, such as pro-
amateurs, pro-members. pro-
lady, pro-junior and pro-pro
events. At least % of these will
be scheduled. 16 pro-ams, 4 pro-
members and l each of the 9TH
Iers. The schedule will be re-
leased at the March 26 meeting
i at Belle Haven.
The most controversial subject
was a new rule which throws out
all brides made with the aid of
handicap strokes. For the first
three tournaments, at least, any
brides made will be natural ones.
For instance, a golfer with a
basic handicap of IL will receive
three-fourths. or nine handicap
strokes. But in the best-ball
play with his pro partner, the
amateur cannot use handicap
stroke for a net birdie. If the
amateur scores five on a par
four hole, where he has a stroke
coming, he gets the stroke. But
If he scores a par four, he
does not.
Aids Top Players
This undoubtedly will cut down
some of the ridiculously low
scoring. which is the purpose OF
the rule, but it also means the
top pros and the real good anna
tours will dominate the tourna-
ments. 1t will tend to shut out
the higher handicap player. the
fellow who is the backbone OF
the game.
The Carolinas and Southeast
ern PEA sections use this rule,
but some believe it will not go
over here. The vote yesterday
to try it out was 7 to 3.
Ward Burgess, Chevy Chase
pro and the tournament chair
man, announced play will start
from both the first and tenth
tees in pro-partner competition
this year under the following
setup:
The first and tenth tees will
Ibe reserved for starting times at
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|Mid-AtIontic PEA Tries
New Hondicop System

lseven-minute intervals for the
first two hours of play. The next
two hours there will not be any
starting times, as the players
reverse niNes. Then starting
times will resume starting with
the fifth hour.
If a foursome is late, each
member will be assessed a two
stroke penalty in the pro-am
competition and in the sweep
stakes. However, if just one
member is late, the other three
can start and the tardy player
can catch up, but not replay the
holes he missed.
Committee Has Authority
Two members of the Tourna-
iment Committee will be assigned
ito each tournament, and will
have the authority to invoke the
penalty strokes.
The pros received a recommen-
dalton from the USGA on the
placement of pins. Last year al
one of the tournaments pins
were placed as close as five feet
from the edge of the green in
Lorder to tougher the course, ano
that tournament brought a new
high in complaints.
The USGA recommended five
PAGES from the edge of any
green on a spot where it is fiat
for a three-foot area around the
cup. Where the pins are placed
over a trap, more than five PAGES
was recommended.
1t was decided to reward the
pro with the best record on a
point system with a plaque, re-
troactive to 1855. Charley Bass
Ter of Rolling Road, the Mary
land Open and Uplands Open
champion last year, will receive
it at the meeting in two weeks
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK Hardy tBazooka
Smallwood, 100, New York, outpointet
Ray Drake, 100. New York 10).
NEW BRITAIN. Conn.-Floyd Patter
son. 1S3. Brooklyn, stopped JIMMY
Walls. 1893, Bermuda f2D-
TORONTO-Arthur King. 14524, To
ronto. outpointed Chico Vejar. 152 "a
Stamford Conn. 1Ol.
,PPRoVIDENCE, R, iEHafold Comes Gene
O'Brien. 1854. Cambridge. Mass. -12)
ST. PAUL Minn.-Timberjack Wag
nef, 1914 Morton MINI fought draw
with Jim Saunders 22S, Winnipeg tSD
STOCKTON. Calif.-Cliff Shellin, 1871
Reno. New, drew with Reno Abellira
I6l, Honolulu 00).
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Coach Given Raise

LARAMIE, Wyo,, Mar. Is tPl.
Phil Dickens, University Of
Wyoming football coach. has
been signed to a Swear renewal
of his contract at a Substantial
increase" Dickens contract was
Ito expire June /.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
In Another Month

THE PEOPLE Of the United States will
breathe sigh of relief in another month
when the presidential campaign will have
come to an end. Newspapers. radio, tele-
vision bring speeches of the Republicans
attacking the Democrats and the Demo-
Gratis "lowrating" the Republicans. Yet to
be heard from in more than IA states will
be q program of tax reform conservatism
and reinstatement of constitutional prn-
ciples. Opening gun Of the States Rights
party Will be heard in Richmond. Virginia,
on Monday, October Is. when Presidential
Candidate T. Coleman Andrews. of Rich
mond. and Thomas H. Werdel, of Bakers
field. California, former Republican
member Of Congress- the vice-presidential
candidate Mill be "drafted" Until the field
of candidates has been completed and all
sides have been heard from the voters
not definitely partisan will keep an open
mind. Especially is this true in many parts
of the South, in spite Of announced sup
port by Democratic political leaders for
the Democratic nominees. Stevenson and
kefauver.
In the meantime pollsters are having
a field day studying the national trends.
A poll by major newspaper conducted
among big crowds al the national blowing
contest at Newton. Iowa recently. shows
that President Eisenhower is losing farm
votes This is cheering news to the Demo
Gratis and disturbing news to the Repubi-
cans, who have pushed flexible price sup
ports policy which has not yet been able
to halt the decline in farm income on the
down grade for some years.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

This situation raises serious coHsc-
quenccs. which could affect tobacco allot-
ments and tobacco prices. In the period
1851 through 1856. the acreage Of -flue-
cured tobacco planted has been reduced
from 100000 to $4,000 acres This repre-
ScntS a reduction of about twenty per cent.
In spite of this acreage reduction. to-
bacco farmers have increased yield per
acre and tobacco stocks in this country
have, as result. continued to increase II
is estimated that between 1851 and 1856.
stocks increased by 1000, 900 pounds.
This increase has continued although
exports last year were up. From the above
figures 1t seems that tobacco acreage many
come under close scrutiny again end that
reduced planting may be necessary even
tually. The reduction in the amount of to-
bacco put into cigarettes added to techno-
logical developments which have taken
place in tie manufacture Of cigarettes. plus
continuing large tobacco crops, are resp0n-
Slble for the steadily increasing tobacco
stocks.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

warm air and high pressure, the westerIies
have tended to encourage their formation.
Of course, no one knows why the ives
terlieS have changed their direction this
year, Just as no one knows, definitely. that
no hurricanes will cross the I. S. coastlines
this year. Indications are however. that
this may be d freak year, as far as hurri-
canes are concerned and that the United
States will miss the havoc caused by them
If 50. Weather Bureau officials will lack
the glamor, their forecasts lack the com
mandng attention. and, altogether it Will
be dull year for the weather boys and
scientific hurricane testers. For the rest Of
us, the change of course, of the westerlies
means the saving of more than billion
dollars and more than 200 livcs-the cost
Of the hurricanes of 1855
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

should add penny to the value of
waterfront property whether ocean,
lake. or river Cupboard motors and
aluminium boats have been greatly
improved during the past ten years.
According to my friend William L.
Less, of 81 Wall Street, New York
great improvements in these out
board motors are on the drawing
boards. He Will give you amazing
statistics relating to this subject 1t
is rumored that solid gasoline" or
compressed natural gas 800 cubic
feet to one cubic foot, may some
day be purchased to serve as a
htree months supply for the aver
age-sHe boat
In contrast to the above, every
new automobile sold may detract a
penny from the value of interior
land. Autos are getting so thick and
accidents increasing so that people
may some day refrain from using
them for recreation. especially if
they are advised to remain home
Sundays and holidays when the
roads arc closely patrolled.
Gong back to my reference to
stocks in the first paragraph of this
column. l should add that, in most
states, you have no taxes to pay on
non-income- paying stocks. while you
hold them but YOU must pay taxes
on vacant land wherever it is To-
Gated This means that today. when
stock prices are high, il may be well
to switch from stocks to taxable
bonds. Then reverse your invest
ment program later and switch the
non-taxable bonds into stock and
,aCant land when these are again
low IN price.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

The poll showed that over ten per cent
Of those who were questioned. and who
had voted for Eisenhower in 1852. say they
Will support Adlai Stevenson in 1856 More
over. the poll showed that another thirteen
per cent kof those who voted for President
Eisenhower in 1852 are undecided how thew
will vote this year
Yet. no farmer was found who had vot-
ed for the Democratic nominee in 1852 was
shifting to the Republican nominee this
year. There We're only few questioned
who had voted for Adai Stevenson in 1852
who are today undecided
1t is interesting to note that the main
their allegiance is lower farm prices, and
resentment against Ezra Taft Benson. the
Secretary of Agriculture
The greatest factor working for the
President the polsters found was the feel
ing among farm women that President
Eisenhower had ended the Korean war thus
bringing boys home to the farm who might
still have been in the trenches in foreign
lands today.
While this poll is not conclusive, of
course. and was conducted in Iowa only,
it is highly significant in that it supports
other indications and claims of Democrats
that President Eisenhower is not going to
run as strong in the farm areas of the
country this year as he did in 1852 If this
turns out to be true and if Adlai Steven
bo ~ Sol
race Of 1856 nr ght be a great deal closer
than some people have assumed it would
be.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
It Was A Mistake, Maybe, To Separate
Our State From The Old Dominion
As Others See Us

Virginia, a commonwealth which
believes and is prepared to de-
fend- the idea that educational,
social and cultural welfare and
growth Of both the white and Negro
races is best served by separation
CT the races in the public schools,
has crystallized its thinking in a
series Of public laws in opposition
to the race-mix experiment
Our parent state has as was
openly declared September %. dedi-
Gated itself to what Governor Thorn
as B Stanley calls 'unyielding re-
Sistance
A package Of laws. thirteen in
number, which the Virginia General
Assembly completed enactment Of
on September %, is the answer
which the Virginia governor and his
fellow Virginians are making to a
series of challenges made to the
white people CT the commonwealth
by the National Association for Ad-
vancement of Colored People and
their attorneys.
That the Virginians meant bust
ness all the while might have been
seen by the lntegrationists and their
applaudine press had they not been
so busy glOatlng over the Supreme
Court indignation decisions a n
cheering a victory not vet won that
they did not see the storm clouds
that we're appearing in many parts
Of the South
Last February, for example, the
Virginia Assembly. in resolution
Of interpoSition. interposed the SOW
ereignty Of the Dominion st a G
against encroachment upon the re-
I served powers OF the state and APP
pealpd to sister states to resolve a
question of contested power. The
Bingham Press and the other pub
locations in the integration business
sncrtcd and shifted at such basic
declarations as
The State of Virginia did not
agree, in r a t t v II Z the four
teenth amendment. nor d d
other states ratifying the four
teenth amendment agree. that
the power to operate racially
separate schools was to be pro
hihitoI to tha,,, tberoix
/ Horse and buggy stuff, 0utmoded
indivldualsm turning back t h {
clock. the integrationist press will
shout But calmly with a wealth Of
legal talent and a determination tC
rcassert personal liberty and inter
4 pose it against the RECOMMENDATION 0,
the individual and the Big Govern
ment creed Of the current crop O.
phony liberals. Governor Stanlev
his General Assembly and his clti
Hens are going about their business
Of "unyicldlng resistance. AND
their intent as set forth in theii
thirteen laws for the control of pub
lie education in Virginia. are not t.
be brushed aside lightly, as event:
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
From MediSOn Ky. Messenger

will show in time.
Here in Western Kentucky. where
We have recently been given taste
of the bayonet. the tank and the
machine gun in the enforcement of
indignation, We know first-hand the
ruthless determination of the forces
intent upon wrestling control of our
public schools from local boards.
and vesting ii in Big Governoment-
integrationist government
We know now the deadly intent of
the schemerS posing as intellectualS.
who would have us believe that it
r impossible to edugtae ciNeochil
is impossible to educate Negro chill
dren except in the company of
white children. and who would have
us believe that no lawyers should
be drafted for service in the armed
forces except white lawyers
Looking over Virginia way. and
the courageous course to which our
parent state has set itself since the
courts have turned their backs upon
fundamental, intimate and sacred
rights. we Kcntuckians have a lot
of cause, The Messenger thinks, to
regret the day when We severed
our state from the Old Dominion
Many may wish in time. as the stu
alton worsens. that we were still a
part of Flncastle county Virginia
and that We had the same kind of
leadership IN this vital matter that
Richmond now supplies the Virgin
ianS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

Well-located house lots. may be at
tractive. you will profit most by
buying land by the acre before it
is sold by the foot
local real estate broker might
advise buying ocean frontage at
high tide from the natives, and sell
ing il at low tide to the summer
visitors but l guess this rule is
now outdated Waterfront property
in northern and central states can
however. usually be purchased for
less during a winter snoWStorm than
on a beautiful day in summer!
Special bargains can often be Sc
cured Just before subdiviSional shop
ping centerS. and other real estate
Developments are to be started.
Beware of Overlooked Land
When buying waterfront W I h
which you do not have a lifelong
acquaintance it is well to learn
" CtAiSi II IleAS INti OCNiI littttl.
This especially applies to lake or
river frontage The best test of such
property IS to study the character
Of the buildings nearby, and the
trees shrubbery, etc It may even
te wise to spend a day studying
files of the local newspaper cover
ing the last fifty years
Although it is safe to build only
above and beyond the possibility Of
destructive floods, yet the national
and state governments are constant
~ working on flood control Hence
il is reasonable to believe that
flooding will be less rather than
more~m future years This. how
ever. does not apply to ocean 'front.'
age No means have vet been dis
covered tc eliminate ocean storms
and hurricanes. but certain non
erosion work now being carried on
by the Norton l. Holmes Co. of
Lake wales Fla. is worthy Of care
full attention
Outboard Motors and Land Prices
Every new cupboard motor sold
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
unfinished Task
To Be Shown

Scheduled for showing Tuesday.
Oct. 8. in st. Johns Lutheran
Church en- South Virginia Street is
the new feature-length movie, The
Unfinished Task" The showing will
begin at 730 pm
HOLLYWOOD produced. the new 81
minnie film portrays the dramatic
conflict between a young engineer
ing graduate who wants to study
for the Christian ministry and his
engineering father. who violently
objects The film has been hailed as
one of the most ambitious movie
productions ever undertaken by a
church body
The Rev Frank G. Koehler has
invited the people of Farmville and
the surrounding community to see
the picture.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
Letters To Editor
Indifference Our
National Disgrace

Editor Of the Herald
Indifference Our National Dis
grace Why our people don't vote Is
a problem that has troubled Con
gross for long time. The impor-
lance OF voting today far exceeds
its importance in other. less criti-
cal DAYS For today the United
States is locked in a life-and-death
effort to preserve the very instltu-
tons free elections which arc SO
strikingly under-patronized
lndlfferenCe-the state of mind
that makes, YOU say; Why should
l register to vote, one vote more,
one vote less, what's the difference
III stay home and 90 fishing So
you stay home and 20 fishing and
YOU miss a privilege free men have
died to preserve.
Not long ago we were mere
handful Of scattered pioneer set
tlcrs We had no army, but we were
not Indifferent then. we fought and
Won a desperate war to end tax
alton without representation
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
No Hurricanes In 1856?

4 WEATHER EXPERT in Miami. Flor-
- da. predicted that 1856 may be the first
year since 1887 that no hurricane crosses
the United States coastline. Gle overlook
ed FloSSyD
Gordon Dunn, one of the nations hur-
ricane forecasters said recently the reason
for an absence of hurricanes this year is
based on the unusual direction of the ives
tcrlies." Normally, the westerlies are wind
currents which blow through the Temper
ate zone in a westerly direction.
This year, however, the weSteries have
shifted toward the South and arc actually
blowing into the subtropcs. From these
westericS, which are generally high-alti-
tude winds, come cool air and lower pres
sures. Since hurricanes form in the moist,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
King Size Filters

4 RECENT REPORT showed that even
- though cigarette output has turned up
ward again, in recent months. the demand
the leaf has continued to decline
This is possible = though most smok-
ers don't know because Of an increase
in the use of filter cigarettes Filter Gig
arettcS are often slightly smaller in di-
ameter than regulars, and often use less
tobacco because the length from the filter
to the end of The cigarette. is not quite as
long as regular cigarette
Cigarette output in the United States
reached an all-time high in 1929, when
431. 900 900, 5000 were manufactured The
amount of flue-curcd leaf used at this time
lso reached a record in the United States
In the following two years. a SubStan-
tial drop in both output and consumption
of cigarettes in the United States occurred.
In the year ending June 30. 1856 theout-
put of cigarettes poNed to be turning up
ward again, but the total amount of leaf
tobacco consumed was continuing to de-
cline.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

amount of Waterfront, will be- no
greater 100. or even 1000 wears
hence than exists today. Stocks and
bonds can be manufactured indef-
mltely by stock dividends. stock
splits. spin-ofts, and other printing
press methods; but ii is impossible
to increase waterfront property ex-
cept by dredging.
The above statement applies not
only to ocean frontage. but also to
river and lake frontage. II also ap-
Plies to closely interior property
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

with direct, short right way to
the water This. however. should be
carefully protected by proper deeds
and restrictions.
Where and When to Buy
Although the field furthest away
looks greenest, such waterfront
land in the community In which you
live, or Oh land nearby. is usually
the safest. You know the outs
about such property. which you do
not know about other property. Al
though all such land. including
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
BabsOn Discusses Waterfront Property

Gloucester. Mass. Oct 4. A few
final days of my annual vacation
here on the Island of Cape Ann.
including Gloucester and Rockport
convince me that the best invest
ment program is not necessarily
to confine yourself to stocks and
bonds
Population Versus Growth of Land
The population of the United
States S constantly increasing.
Prices, salaries. and wages are also
constantly rising However. tho
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09
!. 5. MOTTO

The Saith Congress passed, and
sent to President Eisenhower. bill
adopting as the official motto of the
United States the phrase In God
We Trust Congress. as early as
1865. voted to permit the phrase to
be used on certain coins. and in
1908 required that the words be used
on some coins. Then. last year the
legislators voted to require the use
Of the motto on all currency.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

Today there are many Americans.
and more than half Of us are taxed
without representation And We who
are so taxed are too indifferent or
Supne to even say. Please don't "
We the non-voterS. elect no rep
reSentatlves and merit no represen-
tation We do pay taxes and work
one day in four to make the pay
ment We comprise more than so
per cent of voting age Americans.
Our percentage is steadily increas-
ing Down the road of indifference
We are coasting to death death by
tho ballot when there is no ballot.
Our destination on the road of in
difference is the slave state
All this fuss about indifference
has special meaning for lis right
now in these prediction days. RI
we expect to find the right answers
to grave problems we face today.
we must give our minds a chance
BY exposing them to all valid points
Of view Let's inform ourselves and
vote
Cordially yours.
Everett A. Trent
Clayyillc. Va
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

Colorado Springs officials behev-
ing that in the Garden Of the Gods
scenery is more important than
atomic energy. have declared the
famous city-owned park "off linn
its" Tor would-be uranium prospec-
tors 1t was felt that any blasting
might threaten the parks unusual
limestone formations, particularly
its Balanced Rock
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-09

Cordially yours.
Everett A. Trent
Clayvillc, Va
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Cathedral Rites
To Be Te|ecast

The Easter Sunday Festival
service at Washington Cathedral
will be telecast from IL am. to
IL noon by Station WTOP-TV,
channel 9.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, will con-
duct the service. Music will be
provided by the Cathedral Choir
of Men and Boys, directed by
Paul Galloway.
Holy communion services will
be held at $50, 7:30 and 9 am.
tomorrow. The Rev. Luther D.
Miller, a Cathedral canon, will
be celebrant at the first service
in Resurrection Chapel.
The second service will have
the Rev. Charles Martin. a Ca
thedral canon. as preacher and
celebrant in Bethlehem Chapel.
At the 9 am. service the Very
Rev. Francis B. Sayre. jr., Ca
thedral dean, will preach. The
celebrant will be the Rev.
Charles r. Stinnette, jr., a Ca
thedral canon. Mr.. Galloway
will direct the Cathedral Choir
of Men and Boys.
The 4 pm. evensong service
will have Canon Miller as the
preacher. Rodney K. Hansen of
Baltimore. organist Of Incarna-
tion Cathedral, will give a recital
after the service.