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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31
All-Stars OF James River League Will
Clash In Labor Day Fete Feature Game

last week end in Southwest Virginia
Troopers Reynolds and Arlington.
Billy Carter and w r. Parker
joined some gentlemen from Buck
ingham county and the S h d n
boys from Toano for a salt water
fishing trip Thursday at Seaford. In
spite Of most pleasant weather and
nice boat they were unable to
locate the big fish
Mrs Paul Blandford has closed
he rcabin on the York River for
the season and has returned to her
home here.
Mrs. M c. Arlington and chill
dren were recent visitors in Pamp-
lin
w B Parkinson and sons recent
~ visited near Colonial Beach Mrs
Perkinson's m o t h er, Of Colonial
Heights. is spending some time
with her.
MS A L Bethel and Miss Maude
Crump, of Richmond. spent the
week end IN their home here
Mr.. and Mrs c. N Elan and
children spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Gordon at South
Hill
Miss Grace Smith, of Richmond
spent the week end with her mother.
Mrs. Effie Smith
Feted at Luncheon
M and Mrs. Baxter Parkinson
entertained Sunday honoring her
mother. Mrs Edwards, of Colonial
Heights There were IS members of
the family present Tables were ar
RANGED on the lawn for lunch and
there wa an abundance of delicious
foods Some Of the family came
from as far as Portsmouth
MI and Mrs Drew Hicks have
purchased the property Of DR. and
Mrs Frederick near jefferson The
Hicks formerly owned this property
Col aud Mrs Leland w. Skaggs
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31
Powhotnn News Events

Stars from Amelia. Cumberland,
Arvnnia, and Powhatan will go
against all-star baseball players
from Fife. Goochland. and Orchid
here at 1890 am, Labor Day
Please note the time. as the game
naust start on time to enable the
Amelia players to return to Amelia
for a game that afternoon
~Plans were made sfor the James
River League playoffs at League
meeting Thursday night A number
Of protested games will be replayed,
II was also agreed.
Mrs W. R. Parker returned from
Stuart Circle Hospital Friday and
Is doing nicely
Mrs 7 G. West was a patient
at University of Virginia Hospital
for the past week
Mrs j 0 Martin is still at Stuart
Circle Hospital but hopes to return
home in few days
Many out-of-tWcn friends and rela
tives attended the Moss-Jennings
wedding here Saturday afternoon
Farlv Y Palmore continues very
III at his home near here
Storm damage reports continue tc
come in Several farmers have re
ported severe damage to tobacco
crops due to the high winds anC
hail The wind tore vines from sew
elal watermelon patches just leav
ing the melons as though they ha(
been picked and left in the field
Numerous roofs are missing. Slate
OF other covering, and the damage
10 trees was widespread.
Messrs. G. K Wright and W r
Parker were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs Eston Baker and family
al Columbia Tuesday night
M and Mrs Howard Hawks ant
family spent the week end in Roa
noke.
Mr. and Mrs j P Fuller spen
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team could have given the be-
loved economics professor.
x X X
Comes note from AL Fahey
of Delaware Park, which opens
a 33-day meeting May %,
that Trainer Sunny Jim Fitz-
simmons may come up with two
money-winning champions in
stead of just one. Nashua. of
course, is only $8.145 short Of
m a tic hing Citations all-time
money-winning record of ST.
085,750 and seems to be a cinch
to SurpaSS it after his victory in
last Saturdays $4,000 Grey Lag
Handicap. Sunny Jim, as Sunny
Al points out, also trains High
Voltage, who ranks seventh on
the list of all-time winning FLIES
or mares with $355,540. Bewitch
holds the record with $462,605.
But High Voltage is nominated
for two Delaware Park stakes.
the $4,000 New Castle on June
%, and the $150,000 Delaware
Handicap a week later-richest
of all filly-mare stakes and the
finale of Delaware's distaff Big
Three series.
High Voltage has some way to
go to reach the goal, but it could
be done. She won last years
Delaware Oaks, first of the Big
Three series, and if she should
take the Delaware Handicap
she'll be breathing down Be-
Witch's neck.
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Marlboro Offering
Trophies Sunday
In Stock Cor Races

Two trophies will be presented
at Marlboro Motor Raceway
Sunday afternoon after the stock
car races and Marv Goldberg
is a good bet to get at least one
of them.
The trophies will be awarded
to the driver setting the fastest
one-lap record and to the winner
of the 25-lap feature. Goldberg.
from Cockeysville, Md. and
president of the Northern vir-
GINA Stock Car Club, is among
the top scorers in the circuit this
season. He has one victory, four
second-place finishes, two thirds
and a sixth.
Goldberg will face stiff compe-
tition from such drivers as Elmo
Langley, Bill Prunier, Bill Nor
gan. Mace Mattingly and Mack
Hamburg.
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BUSY WEEK END IN TRACK
We'll Balanced 1erps
Fovored in ACCMeet

Although Coach Jim Kehoe
says otherwise, Maryland figures
as the team to beat in the At
lantic Coast Conference track
and field championships tomor-
row and Saturday at Durham,
IN. C.
The Terps were champions the
first time the new conference
held a meet in 1854. but finished
second to North Carolina last
spring. They got back by taking
the indoor crown from the Tar
Heels last winter.
Maryland's trip to the ACC
is the feature of a big week end
for track teams here. American
u, Catholic U. and Gallaudet
are entered in the Mason-Dixon
Conference championships to-
morrow and Saturday in Balti-
more.
Georgetown has cancelled a
dual meet with Villanova, sched-
|uled for Saturday. Eight mem
bers Of the 16-man Hoya team
are injured and two others are
taking examinations.
Have Balance, Depth
For the ACC meet, the Terps
have balance and depth, and
what they lose to first-place vic
tories by star athletes at other
schools they should more than
make up with second, third and
fourth place finishes.
Kehoe processes to be worried
about Dave Slime of Duke and
Jim Beatty of North Carolina.
and undoubtedly those athletes,
particularly Sine. figure to be
the individual stars.
In Kehoe'S worst moments he
figures Slime can win five events:
the 100 and 220-yard dashes, the
high and low hurdles and the
broad Jump. Undoubtedly the
red-haired sophomore flash will
win two or three events, but all
five is a rugged program, par
ticularly considering that heats
will be necessary in the dasheS
and hurdles.
Beatty will be the choice in
the mile and 2-mile, but he'll
have to contend with talented
Marylanders in both. Burr Grim,
the IC-4A record holder, goes in
the mile, and Carl Party, the
District AAU champion, goes in
the Emile. Grim had a back
operation last summer and pos
sibly isn't as strong this spring
as he was last. but he should be
close to the front at the finish.
Schwarz, Cooke Favored
Maryland will go to Durham
with at least a couple of favor
ties, Mel Schwarz in the pole
vault and Ed Cooke in the shot,
and has another very strong pos
sibility in George Hogan. the de-
Tending champion in the high
lump. The TerpS also have a
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Catholic Track
Set Tomorrow

Two double winners from last
year lead the defending cham
lpions who'll seek to repeat in
the second annual Catholic
League track meet sponsored by
the knights of Columbus and
starting at $3.50 pm. at George
town University.
Bob Cronin of st. Johns,
winner in the shotput and dis
Gus last year, and Tom Bishop
of Carroll. who took the 100 and
I220-yard dashes. both will be on
hand. Bishop will defend only
his 220 title, however.
Other returning champions
are Tex Alexander of Gonzaga
who tied for first place in the
high jump, and Reggie johnson
of Carroll, the broad jump
winner.
Carroll will defend the team
championship it won by the
narrow margin of 40 points to 80
for st. Johns. Gonzaga, which
scored Is points last year, is
rated a strong threat along with
st. Johns to the Lions hopes for
a repeat. while Georgetown Prep
and Priory have entered in
|dividual contestants rather than
full teams.
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ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
By LEWIS r. ATcHlsoN

The death of Teddy Hughes.
who was buried yesterday.
brought back a flood of pleasant
memories of some rs years ago
when he coached football at
Gallaudet and turned out some
pretty good teams. Gallaudet
didn't win 'em all, but the OPP
position usually left the field
feeling like badly mangled wet
wash.
Old-timers will re m e m b e r
names like Monaghan, McMul-
len, LaFontaine, Rose, Hokan-
son and Ringle, most of whom
would have been welcome addi-
tons on any football squad. But
Gallaudet teams then. as in later
years, had no depth, and in play
ling out of their class, as they
had to do, they usually were
worn down by the enemy.
One game with Maryland.
their 1929 encounter at College
Park, always will be remembered
for the anecdote spawned by a
Idie-hard Maryland fan who was
startled by Gallaudet's courage
Gus stand. Maryland had as
Isumed a TO lead in the last two
minutes of the first half on
Charlie Dodson'S pass to Augie
Roberts and seemed to have
matters well in hand as the
third period unfolded. The Mary
land rooter felt expansive and
secure.
Great team for a little
school," he commented to the
next fellow. Deserve a lot of
credit for putting a team on the
field"
Just about that time Johnny
IRingle, Gallaudet's fine defensive
back, smashed through and
lsmeared a Maryland halfback
like a COB of foorwax.
"Lookit that dirty so-and-so," "
shouted the startled Maryland
fan. HE oughtta be put out of
the game and barred for life"
Maryland eventually won,
1876.
X X X
Teddy coached Gallaudet
when Miller Higgins was bossing
the bruising but colorful New
York Yankees of Babe Ruth's
time and while there is no
analogy to be drawn, it was fas-
|cinating to watch them pulling
the strings on the big boys.
Hughes was a Shrewd coach. He
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HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS


BASEBALL
Results Yesterday
DeAlatha. g.: Mackin, 3.
GEORGETOWN Prep, g.; st; Anthony, z.
Bulls, 5; Anacostia MAS. 4.
Wva,shingtonsLes, 49, II; Episcopal 2.
George WASHINGTON, II; Gonzaga, 6.
Wilson, 8: Carroll, /.
Lackey, 2S; Great Mills, 8.
Games Today
Gonzaga VS.. st. Johns at Georeetowr
High Point at Montgomery Blair, $50
Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Northwest
ern, $3.50.
Suitland at Bladensburg, $3.50.
Poolesville at Gaithersburg. $3.50.
Nokesville at Garfield, 3.
Carroll at Charlotte Hall, $3.50.
Woodward at NTS. 1.45
Games Tomorrow
Chamberlain at Anacostia, $3.50.
Spingarn at Eastern, $3.50.
Phelps at Tech, $3.50
Bell at Coolidge. $3.50.
Dunbar at Wilson, $3.50.
western at Roosevelt, $3.50.
st. Johns at Cardozo, $50.
Annandale at Washington-Lee, 8.
Mclean at Fairfax, 8.
Mount Vernon VS.. Wakefield at Four.
Falls Church at George Washington, 8
George Mason at Loudoun County. 3
Osbourn at Marshall. g.
Luther jackson at Manassas Re-
. Wheaton at Richard Montgomery
. Laurel VS.. Northwestern w at Taft
Gonzaga at Landon. 1918.
Georgetown Prep at Episcopal $3.50
St. Stephens at Priory, $3.50.
. Bulls at Baltimore Junior College
LACROSSE
Result Yesterday
Suitland. 10; Augusta Military Acad-
envy. i.
Charlotte Hall at Suitland, 2:30.
TENNIS
Results Yesterday
Friends. Q: Gonzaga, 0.
George Frosh. s; Bulls. /.
Today
Friends at Landon. g.
GEORGETOWN Frosh at Episcopal. 3.
TRACK
Today
Anacostia and Armstrong at Will
Western and Phelps at Eastern. 8.
Tech and Dunbar at Cardozo. 3.
Spingarn and Roosevelt at Cool
dge, 3.
Northern District. Group cham
at Washington-Lee.
Catholic League championships at
GEORGETOWN, $3.50.
MARYLAND Bi-County League cham
Sherwood at Roger Taney Meet Of
Frederick 80.
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good mile relay lineup with at
least two men back from the
team that won last year.
Schwartz also is strong in the
broad jump and can throw the
javelin a fair distance, as can
Cooke.
Perry Moore is another Mary
lander who is counted on for
important points. He should
give Slime a race in the hurdles,
and he's right behind Hogan
in the high jump.
Others at Maryland who may
garner points here and there are
Dennis Abdalla and Yves Baynes
in the dashes and Dave Leas,
Lou Sergi and Ches Stickel in
the 440 and $50.
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had to be a cutie to make the
most Of a thin supply of talent.
Coaching in the days when the
ball was played from the spot
the runner was downed, he had
a neat little reverse used when
the pigskin was only a yard or
so from the sideline. Worked
like a charm every game when
first used, and after that it was
good for keeping the defense
tight on the short side. helping
open up the opposite end for a
run.
On one of the most daring
plays we ever saw in football,
the Gallaudet halfback would
start on an off-tackle play but,
as he reached the line of scrim-
mage. would flip a backward
pass without looking to watt
ing teammate who took of in
the opposite direction. 1t was
worth the price of admission
which we carefully avoided-to
see the surprised look on the OPP
POSITIONS faces.
You may have heard stories of
supposedly deaf" athletes who
tuned in on remarks that proved
extremely helpful. Rod Thomas
of The Star recalls the time Gal
laudet had one-he might have
been an instructor pressed into
service to round out team
who overheard a rival tackle
laying" for his Gallaudet OPP
posite. The more the villain
tried, the rougher Gallaudet
treated him and eventually he
was carried off the field not
knowing that his threats and
plans had been relayed to the
intended victim, who took ap-
proprlaCe commentaries.
X 4 4 4
1t was inevitable that Gallau-
Diet. like all small colleges, would
decline in football and ulti-
mately throw in the sponge. But
it is significant that Teddy's
popularity was not confined to
sports. The 1856 graduating class
dedicated the yearbook to him.
and had just presented his copy.
at chapel exercises when the end
came. Collegians may admire
coaches and respect their teach
ers. but they dedicate yearbooks
only to those for whom they
have a genuine affection. In a
way it was far higher tribute
than an undefeated football
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Death Wins Final Frame
In Bowler Megow Career

Rescue Squad, which hustled
Megaw to the hospital, but he
was pronounced dead on arrival.
Megaw. a compact 5-foot-5.
was a bundle of bowling dyna-
mite in the 1920s and early '30s.
In 1928 he won the second run
ming of the classic Howard
Campbell Sweepstakes. In 1912,
lat the age of So, he won the
Harry K. Burtner Sweepstakes
against a crack field.
Won Championship
In 1926 he won the all-events
championship of the Washington
City Duckpin Association, a
highly coveted title in those
times. And during an era when
lis was a stars pace, Megaw for
two straight seasons averaged
1923.
Red was fresh from his all
events triumph when severely
injured in an auto accident. But
barely was the cast removed
from broken ribs than Red was
back on the lanes. He was to
team with Max Rosenberg In the
national doubles, but Max
laughed him off when Megaw
insisted on keeping the engage
ment. So Megaw found another
partner, John Waters of Hart
ford, Conn. and while Rosenberg
watched Megaw raped out a
400 set and he and Waters
stalked off with the title.
Megaw, quite as quick to recall
IA defeat as victory, took one
notable beating. In the 1885
Dixie Classic, Ray Barnes of
Baltimore led until the last box.
It was there that Megaw caught
him and there, too, that Barnes
won. After Megaw counted on a
spare he was six pins on top. To
beat him, Barnes needed a mark
and seven. He tossed a double
strike that cost Megaw $3.50 and
a diamond medal.
In recounting the incident, at
an oldtimers' session during the
last Megaw Open, a tournament
that usually attracts many of the
finest duckpinners in the coun-
try, Megaw said: Looking back,
I don't mind the money, but 1
sure would like to have had that
medal. Here's why" And he
plucked from his wallet a picture
of his grandson, George Cole
Megaw, one year old last Thurs
day.
At SIS, while averaging 116,
Megaw set an all-time record for
the fast Clarendon Major League
with a set of 474, almost in
credible considering his age. On
the night he was stricken, it was
beaten. Malcolm (Mac) Weed Of
the Village Grill team rolled 482.
Megaw was a native of Brook
lyn. After service in World War
l he made his home in Wash
ington. He was employed by the
Post Office Department. Lead
poisoning had forced him from
the printing trade. He left Fed
eral service to become associated
with various bowling operations.
This reporter, his friend from
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TWO TRIPLE PLAYS
IN TWO INNINGS

NEWARK. N. j., May 10
R.-St. Benedict's Academy
OF Newark pulled off triple
plays in two consecutive
innings yesterday to preserve
a So victory over Newark
Tech.
In the fifth inning, the
home forces engineered their
first triple killing when an
outfielder caught a short fly
and runners were caught off
second and third bases.
With two men on in the
sixth. a Newark Tech batter
slammed a line drive directly
at the first baseman. He
grabbed it, tagged first to
double a runner off and
threw to second before the
baserunner there could re-
turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-10
BY ROD THOMAS

For more than 40 years, Wal
ter E. (Red) Megaw, who died
yesterday at IS, was colorful
figure in the bowling world and
his last match was in keeping
with a career that spanned most
of the history of duckpins. The
game was introduced at the turn
Of the century. BY some, Red
was rated with its all-time
greats.
Monday night Megaw bowled
with the Leon Fleisher Jewellers
team in the Clarendon Major
League. BY the margin of one
pin the FleiShers lost the open
ing game to the A. H. Cohen
Insurance five.
The second game was close,
too, and toward the end, Megaw
showed signs of illness. Anxious
teammates, including his son,
Walter. jr.. urged him to drop
out, but he insisted on bowling
the last box. His first ball
felled all but the No. 4 and 8 pins.
Beats Old Jinx
Throughout his career the 4-S
break plagued Megaw. Invariably
he picked off the front stick.
This time he clearly swept off
the two. He smiled wanly. 1t
was a clutch spare, and, as it
turned out, the count meant
victory if it was as much as
two pins.
But Megaw never counted on
his final mark. His teammates
refused to permit him to roll an
other ball. He complained of
"shortness of breath" Walter,
jr., escorted him to his home at
1904 Lily Pond drive, Falls
Church.
BY the rules of duckpins, a
substitute cannot roll off on a
laSt-box spare. So Megaw'S
mark counted as a fiat 10. And
his team lost for the second time
by one stick. The third game
was called off.
Yet Megaw, feeling fine" as
he told his wife, Lola, went to
work the next morning. He was
cashier at the K Street Garage,
owned by Morris Cafritz, for
whom he had managed bowling
plants.
Chats With Sponsor
On the way home Tuesday,
Megaw dropped in for a chat
with Leon Fleisher, his teams
sponsor.
II was amazed and delighted, ="
Fleisher says. "He was the same
old 'Pappy', full of ginger and
eager to tell funny story"
Yesterday morning Megaw,
over the repeated objections of
Mrs. Megaw, set out for work.
A paSserby noticed him, obvi-
ously ailing, parked beside Old
Dominion drive, and offered to
drive him to Arlington Hospital.
Megaw insisted on returning
home. There the Samaritan
summoned the Falls Church
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cub days. will remember him not
SO much as a bowler, but as a
kindly humorist. In sport he
was fiery. but ever fair. He was
one Of the cleverest yarn spin
ners we ever knew, but with
never, in any of his tales, a
personal barb.
Megaw's immediate survivors
are his wife. Walter, jr., and the
grandson. Funeral services will
be held at pm. Saturday at the
Hines funeral home, Fourteenth
and Harvard streets, NV, with
Masonic rites at the grave in
National Memorial Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-13

group Of women who manned
the FIRST Red Cross mobile can
teen which left headquarters
the morning after Pearl Har-
Dor to feed American soldiers
guarding the water supply of
war-frightened Washington.
ut was all terribly secret
then. I guess it's all right to
talk about it now" she said.
The Red Cross promptly
launched a frantic expansion
program, and Mrs. White
pitched in to help train sew
eral hundreds more canteen
workers.
Canteen Worker
Before I knew it I was vice
chairman Of the canteen corps
in charge of personnel" she
recalls. This meant she had
the responsibility of juggling
hours for about 600 volunteer
women, making sure that cam
teens at all area military in
stallations were stated at all
times.
"That's when you really
learn the value Of a persons
word, when they say they will
be someplace at a certain
time" she said. II developed
tremendous respect for many
of those women. And the spirit
in wartime was wonderful.
There was no job women
weren't willing to do--even the
grubby, uninteresting ones.
Mrs. White later was put in
charge of ordering canteen
supplies. Here she learned
about quantity cooking, a
knowledge that came in. handy
after the war, she says, when
she became chairman OF the
Woman's National Democratic
Club house committee.
She was house committee
chairman for three years.
finance committee chairman
for another three years. and
also has served on the club
board.
She thus should be pretty
well equipped, she feels, to
deal with one Of the big de-
cisions which faces her adj
ministration as president OF
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Miss Perry
Is Married

Miss Louise Perry, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. Matthew
White Perry, was married yes
terday afternoon to 1t. Robert
Paul Stranahan, jr.. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stranahan Of
Englewood. N. j.
The Rev. David M. Gillespie
performed the ceremony in st.
Adams Church. A reception
was held following the cere-
mony in the Chevy Chase
Club.
The bride, given in mar
riage by her father, was at
tended by Mrs. William Dial
Perry, Miss Cary Hawfield,
Miss Judith CASTOR, Miss Betsy
Miller and Mrs. William Roll
low.
Mr.. Brainard Payne Strana-
han was best man for his
brother and the ushers were
Mr.. William Russell Pickering
Robert Hastings Perry, Mr..
Perry, jr., Mr.. William Black
burn, Mr.. Richard H. Strodel,
MIR. William Dial Perry, Mr..
and LIST 1t. Wilbur L. Hazel
grove, USMCR.
Mrs. Stranahan is a graduate
OF Holton-Arms Junior COL
lege and also attended Briar-
cliff Junior College and the
University of North Carolina.
She made her debut at q. tea
dance at the Chevy Chase
Club and is d provisional mem
Der Of the Junior League.
1t. Stranahan is q graduate
OF the Mercersburg Academy.
Princeton University and the
Harvard Law School. He is
admitted to practice before the
U. S. District Court and the
U. S. Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia. His
clubs include the Colonial
Club of Princeton and the
Princeton Club of New York.
1t. and Mrs. Stranahan will
live at Camp Lejeune. N. C.