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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Four County GOO
Posts to Watch
Skies Here Sunday

Local Ground Observer Corps
post at Farmville. Prospect, Rice
and Meherrin will participate in
Operation Stonewan' Sund Y
from am. to 5 pm
Volunteers in the four communi.
ties will scan skies during the dav
to report aiiplane activity of all
kinds to Air Defense Filter Centers
Local post supervisors need volun.
teers to Keep the watch in operation
pver the hours of the alert. Persons
Interested should contact the follow
Ing post leaders:
At Rice, Kermit Cook or Mel
Bradshaw; at Meherrin Maco
Vaughan: at Prospect, j. F. Glenn
ana at Farmvllle, Joseph Weinberg
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
installations Change
Episcopal Services

Installation of a new furnace.
heating system and air conditioning
at St, Johns Episcopal Church will
necessitate some changes in church
services Sunday. Oct. Ia. according
to the Rev. j. A. Vache There will
be no heat in the church building
The Holy Communion service will
be held at m in the parish
house chapel, and the church school
will meet at 80 a m. in the parish
house instead Of at the church
Tkere will be a short service in the
church at II m.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Supervisors
Continued from page |

whom responsibility is fixed for
Starting the fire.
The year before. the county's
Dill was only slightly better
beating the total maximum liabili-
" by six cents
Deans report listed S7.685.21 as
the total cost of maintaining the
office of the Virginia Division Of
Forestry located here. The Divi-
sion IS state-federal program
and draws operating funds from
that source
Oil Contract
Supervisors awarded a contract
Tor fuel oil for the 1861 heat
ing materials at the County Court
House and Jail to Albert BrlSen-
tine, low bidder
In a final action, the board au-
thorized a transfer of S3.043 from
the General Fund TO the fund fol
financing schools Supt, T. J. MIC
1lWalne reported to the board that
estimated october expenditures
for schools would be 500. $50.
Estimated receipts from sources
other than the county will pro-
vide all but the amaunt to be
transferred
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Private SpilIman
At Transport School

Pvt Wesley G Spillman, son
Of MI. and Mrs Earl r. Spillman.
OF Farmville. recently was gradu-
ated from the Army's Transporta-
ton School at Fort Eustis. Spill
man completed the schools ma
rme engineering and repair course
He entered the Army in May of
this year and completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. c.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

j " Wilson Prince Edward
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
!. Marvin Brown In
University Hospital

j Marvin Brown Of Guinea
Mills Double Check, columnist Of
5he Herald, is under medical treat
nlent az University of Virginia
Hospital suffering ali allergy He
Il fulUiGgIflg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
READERS CLEARING HOUSE
and Clock?
Mrs. ]. ~, Viennd

Can anyone suggest where I
might find a C-nn-nt Bill
B--ch record cabinet. The store
here which carried this line
(The HIT Coz no longer car
ries this particular piece. We
have a book case converted to
a "Hi-f1" unit and one record
cabinet and we very much want
a second record cabinet to COM
plete the unit along one wall.
I'd be willing to pay the freight
if I could find one even as far
away as New York.
I am trying to find a picture
of grandfather clock so that
we may replace the part of
the top section Of ours which
was lost in a fire. None of the
library books show clocks any
thing like this one-which has
an open mid-section and nu-
merous brass decorations on the
case. There is no mark on the
works at all. but ! judge it was
built around 1880-1900. It could
be either French or German, if
it isn't American. I don't COL
lect clocks and this one isn't
for sale, but I'd appreciate any
suggestions as to where I might
find information about it.
Since it is so different from
the typical long-case clocks. it
seems strange that the type
isn't even mentioned in any Of
the clock books I've read, and
I've read a couple dozen by
now. Is there a society of coll
lectorS in the d. C. area?
Many thanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

pep at the piano and those
with enough energy left in
dulged in a bit of twirling.
Incidentally, Marie Bidder
wrote stories back from the
Austrian Hungarian bord r
during her visit there last
month, including one about
the entire personnel of the
University of Sopron crossing
the border to set up new class
rooms in Wolfgang See,
Austria.
Her sister-in-law Mrs. Rob-
ert Ridder read the story out
in Minnesota and promptly
dreamed up the idea of the
University of Minnesota's
adopting the University of
Sopron to help provide the
Hungarians with buildings.
books, etc. The plan is now
going into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10

luncheon yesterday drew a
willing group to a blazing
country hearthside where all
could gaze through a wall of
glass at the sweep of the
wintry tree-bordered Potomac.
Commentator Edward Nor
gan was the first to arrive in
a low-slung, silver British rae
ing car. And the David Muir
heads of the British Embassy
were there, the Randolph Kid
ders, Kay Halle squirrel by
Bob Leyland of New York,
lawyer John Donovan, Mary
Chewing. Clayton Fritchey,
George Baker, Teddy Weintal,
and Marie Ridder minus Wal
ter, who's lecturing about his
recent trip to Hungary.
After lunch all repaired to
the recreation room where
George produced considerable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS

tenor aided by Chic Mac
Cracker and Marjorie Rod
riguez.
In the meantime Bob Flem-
ing and Morris Cafritz were
holding a prolonged conversa-
ton over cigars in the dining
room. Look at that pair"
someone observed. They're
probably rebuilding the city,"
The Homer Gruenthers, the
Eric Johnstons, the Wiley Bu-
chanans, the John Simmonses
and Peggy Frazer were others
on hand. Peggy in a shocking
pink satin dress with matching
chiffon scarf. Seems that
Susie Gardner was so crazy
about the color she borrowed
the scarf to wear when she
sat for her portrait.
And finally Luvie Pearson's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Continued From Page BIS

Continued From Page B.!
At least, her friends told her,
she's earning the title Of Miss
Breakage of 1856"
For all who have one foot
in a cast with toes exposed,
Jerry has come UP with the
ideal solution for keeping them
warm. She's bought a set Of
golf club covers, and wears
the driver cover one day, the
midiron the next. and so
forth.
This was a poppy dinner.
Devron played the piano after
ward and a flock giving voice
gathered around him. Prince
di Bisignano carried the
melody with Jimmy Gibson
beating expert time on the
piano frame, while Dick Ru-
bottom harmonized in his nice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Two Whipped Toppings
Mrs. A. D., Arlington

Mrs. A. D., Arlington
For Mrs. M. E. r. Of Rock
vile:
Whipped Cream" using dry
milk-One-third cup dry milk,
70 cup water. / teaspoon le-
mon Juice. u teaspoon vanilla,
Q tablespoons sugar. Put water
and lemon in a bowl; add dry
milk and whip with a rotary
beater until stiff. Add sugar
during whipping. Add vanilla.
Substitute for Whipped
Cream - One package soft
cream cheese, top of milk
Cream on pasteurized), "
cup sugar, vanilla. Beat all to-
gether with rotary egg beaten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Lack of Poplin
Is the Problem
L. w., WASHINGTON

Il. y, w USftLLgLOn
Dear Friends: I come to you
with my problem. I need some
material to make a new collar
for my husbands Army Off
GERS trench coat. The coat is
tan in color and I would de-
scribe the material as being a
heavy poplin which has been
weatherized. I need a piece "a
inches wide and Is inches in
length-not necessarily new,
just in good enough condition
to make into a collar.
I have called many stores
here, including a military tai
lor's but can't find what I'm
looking for. Do any of you
know where I might be able
to purchase the material?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Plonning a Plont Booth
N. W. J., Washington

I have a problem: My
church guild is planning a
Mardi Gras Festival for March
Of 1857. I would like to plan
a plant booth. Could some
one tell me how to force tulips,
jonquils. ETC., to bloom by
March / indoors? I would also
like any suggestions for grow
ing plants to sell in small pots
for this affair. Any help at
all would be appreciated.
Also. can anyone suggest a
place that might be available
for a church group to have an
outdoor garden tea in May?
Thanks for your assistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
Use Sensitive Tope
Mrs. II. w., Falls Church

WIS' n W, FuILS CTLUFCH
The only thing to use for
hanging pictures or anything
on painted wall is Sc--ch
Pressure-Sensitive Tape, made
by the same people who make
the cellophane tape. This
won't remove the paint.
Would someone please sub
NIT some easy-to-make -at-the
laSt-minute dessert recipes?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-10
WEE WOMEN
Forgot About the Soda
M. A, S. Arlington

To 1. L. G. of Washington:
This is in answer to your
request about "Bobbing Moth
balls" You forgot one ingre-
dent. When you put the citric
acid in the water, put an equal
amount of baking soda. I
hope this information will en-
able you to enjoy the bobbing
mothballs as much as we do
each Christmas.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09

with top of II billion dollars. Since
then it's fallen so that last year,
farmers had a net return of only
about ten billion. That's a drop of
about SO per cent in eight years.
Amazing yields last year delayed the
full impact of this approaching dis
aster to Montana. We cannot hope
that will occur again.
''The drop alone isn't what's dis
turbing. It's the fact that the things
farmers buy haven't been going down
too, and they've been caught in a
price squeeze. The rest of the econ
omy has been going up, after level
ing off period, so that one part of
the nation is dragging far behind.
Montana has much more at stake
in this issue than most states. The
farm problem is vital to this state
. paramount. Montana economy is
fairly simple. If we will only stop
to think. We produce and sell, copper,
wheat, lead, zinc, wool, mutton, pc
troleum, lumber and beef. When the
price of copper is high-today copper
is selling in London for fifty cents
a pound, in this country for 46 cents
the highest price in all the sixty
one years of the Anaconda Company.
That is good for Montana. Silver and
gold are depressed. That is bad for
Montana. Cattle are down in price
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09
Enlightened Self Interest Demands
Montana Business Should Support
Return To 90 Per Cent Price Props

way down. That is bad for Montana
Wheat and cattle are our life blood
Both are down.
"And that is not all. We trade
wheat and wool and beef into our
eastern states for automobiles and
refrigerators, for steel and manufac-
tured goods. The price of the things
we buy have for years been mount
ing. The cost of transporting the
things we sell has been going up.
when the price of the things
we produce and sell go down and
price of the things we ship in and
buy go constantly up, Montana is
caught in a double squeeze. Mon
tana was saved from disaster last
year by the largest wheat yields
upon a per acre basis. We can not
expect that again.
"That is why this farm bill and
what it contains is vital to the pros
perity of the Treasure State.
eve need 100 per cent of parity.
There is no hope for that only
80 per cent. We are entitled to that
much, at least.
"Enlightened self-interest would
say that Montana Business should
stand solidly behind Montana farm
ers in the hour of their need, now!
AS the farmers prosper, Montana
business will prosper.
"The economists see that as the
great danger not that farm IN
come is down, but that farm income
is down while national income is up.
And if allowed to continue, the farm
slump will bring other sectors of the
economy down, too. DR.. Renne, of
the State College, has been pound
ing at that theme for months
"The farmers need help now. Many
are in really bad shape. The only
way to get that cash help to them
his year is to up price supports. The
that lower price supports
will cut production is totally false.
As matter of fact, it may have the
opposite effect. With a still lower
price in offing, the farmers may try |
% produce more within their acreage |
lllotments to make up with quantity
what they'll lose in price. Acreage
.llotmentS are the answer to over |
not price supports. And
would be better to have the gov
rnment deal with surplus commodi-
les than to risk depression spread
ng through the economy, with the
arm slump as starter.
owe need 1000 of parity for our
armers not 90%6-but 100%."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09

"The Senate this week starts wind
ing up its debate on the farm bill.
The outcome is very much in doubt.
Not on whether bill will be passed.
That's pretty certain. But the kind of
a bill the majority Of the Senate will
approve is something no one knows
for sure at this point.
''The greatest uncertainty, is over
the proposal to return to rigid, 90
per cent price supports for the major
farm crops and to abandon the flex-
ible price support system advocated
by the Republican Administration.
''The argument isn't new. (. we've
heard it almost every two years in
Congress since World War II. It's
complicated one, dealing with meas
urements of parity E. farm income
as against farm costs.
But there's no argument in
Congress that something has to be
done for the farmer this year.
There's general agreement the gov
eminent must step in to halt the
slump in farm income. The ques-
ton is on how to do it.
First, what about farm income?
The net return to farmers in 1880
was four and a quarter billion dol
lars. 1t went up during the war years,
along with everyone else's income,
reached peak after the war in 1947
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09

| Senators Murray and Mansfield and
Congressman Metcalf want the Pub
lie Health Service to replace the
substandard Fort Peck Hospital.
They said, A PHS report that the
Indian reservation hospital is ga
very poor physical plant" was an
"understatement."
The State of Montana says the
| Hospital is substandard and it's Ii
cense would be revoked if it were
subject to Montana jurisdiction" the
SINS wrote the Surgeon-General.
eve find it difficult to believe
that the Public Health Service plans
to continue to operate this substand
ard hospital in Montana. But that
is the case, since there was no money
in the fiscal 1857 budget to replace
this structure"
They said the Surgeon-General
should request money either for this
purpose or participation in COM
munity hospital project for expan-
sion of local facilities.
GUIDED MISSILE
A Washington columnist tells of
overhearing two House members in
what appeared to be a serious dis
cussion of guided missiles and other
defense weapons.
cts too bad that we've spent SO
much money and time on that weapon
which has turned out to be such
dud," one said.
(Which one do you have in mind?"
asked the second.
"You know" the first began SOL
EMMY, "The one called Civil Serv-
ice; it won't work and you can't |
fire it."
DOT
The SINS have received reports
from two departments in reply to
inquiries prompted by the death of
fish in the Yellowstone River--and
the possible relation to the use of
DOT for spruce budworm control on
the Upper Yellowstone.
Secretary Folsom of Health, Edu-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09


cation and Welfare wrote that the
Public Health Services Kansas City
regional office son the basis of in
formation available to date" concurs
in this Judgment of the Montana
State Board of Health:
eve do not believe, nor do we
have any information to support the
belief, that the DOT in the Yellow
stone River has been harmful to hu-
mans, either through the Livingston
water supply or by eating the flesh
of fish that might contain small
quantities of DDT."
Chief McArdle of the Forest Serv-
ice says the investigation is continu-
ing into the first case of its kind in
the control program which began in
1949 and which has sprayed some 6
million acres in several Western
states.
''The Forest Service is greatly con-
cerned about the loss of fish and
other aquatic life in the Yellowstone
area" McArdle said. eve are hope
full that the specific circumstances
or conditions that occasioned the
loss can be isolated. Moreover, when
they are isolated and if it is shown
that the fish mortality was related
to the spray program, renewed eff
forts will be taken to safeguard fish
and other desirable aquatic life"
GAP FILLER
The Air Force has notified the
3-Ms that gap filler" in the SAGE
air defense system will be located
about rs miles north of Columbia
Falls.
The aircraft control and warning
station will consist of one building
On about one-half acre. 1t will not
be manned.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09
LIBERALIZATION OF VETERANS PENSIONS
HIGHLY LAUDABLE PROPOSAL
By CONG. LEE METCALF

and for all of these people receiving
less than $1,000 year, it is mex
to impossible-if not actually i'm
possible in every case-for them tt
spend this much of their meager in
come for food. Thus we can assume
that nearly all of them do not have
an adequate diet.
That such a situation can exist il
present-day America is a tragedy, /
told the committee in my statement.
There are many ways in which this
tragedy can be eliminated. Certainly
one of them is to increase the in
come for these many elderly Ameri-
cans. While the bill before the COM
mittee would do this only for Amer
ica's war veterans, that does not
lessen its necessity. Much more
should be done, / believe, for all
our older citizens, but this measure
to aid our older and totally disabled
war veterans is, nevertheless, a step
in the right direction.
The war veterans deserve this con-
sideration because of that factor
known as "the inequality of sacri-
flee" Whether regulars in the armed
forces, reservists, volunteer or draf-
tees-and regardless of the role they
played during the war-all Of the
men and women who have served in
Americas armed forces during her
hours Of need have made sacrifices
that may never be rewarded in full.
The veteran, and his family, made a
far greater sacrifice during the time
of war or national emergency than
did those who remained out Of the
armed forces at that time.
Some persons may argue that if
these elderly Or totally disabled vet
Grams need additional assistance it is
the duty Of their state or locality 20
meet this need. That is, in my view,
The responsibility for as
sisting needy veterans rests with our
federal government, not with the
states or local agencies. Theirs was
a national service, now this assistance
FOR veterans is a national obligation.
It should be treated as such.
Not only as member Of the
American Legion, Disabled American
Veterans and Veterans of Foreign
Vars, but also as an American citi-
en- and as Representative of the
Eirst District of Montana, I urged
he Veterans Affairs Committee to
i've earnest and favorable considera-
ion to this matter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09

The House Veterans Affairs Com
mittee last week heard witnesses testi-
flying in behalf of the War Veterans
Security Bill, HR 1886. I believe the
purpose of this legislation is a highly
laudable one.
The bill proposes three changes in
present veterans pension laws.
First, it proposes liberalization
of pension levels for the totally and
permanently disabled veteran. Pen
sion levels would be increased from
the present monthly rates of $66.15,
S78.75 and S135.45 to figures of $85,
S105 and $3.50 respectively.
Second, an increase in the annual
income limitations for pension recipi-
ents is asked. The present limitations
are 81, 400 for veterans without de-
pendents and $4,000 for veterans
with dependents. These would be
boosted to $1,000 and $4,000 re-
spectively.
Third, the bill seeks acceptance of
age 65 as the basic age for determi-
nation of unemployability of war
veterans. This is the same age used
for determination of eligibility for
retirement and social security bene-
fits.
These changes would mean that
a veteran reaching 65, with annual
income within the limitations pro-
posed, meeting honorable wartime
service and other requirements, would
be qualified to receive security al
lowance at the increased rates, sub
ject to filing his application with the
Veterans Administration.
As l told the Veterans Affairs
Committee last week, [ believe there
can be little argument with the need |
for increased security for persons
totally disabled or over the age Of |
65.
| pointed out that a report just
issued by the Twentieth Century
Fund showed that IA per cent of
over age IS either have
no income or have an income of less
than $1,000 per year.
That is woefully inadequate. To
get an idea of how inadequate, take
4 look at the cost Of one weeks food
Is estimated by theAgricultural Re-
earch Service of the Department Of
griculture. Researchers found that :
he average family of two adults,
aving what is called 'low-cost t
dequate diet", would face weekly s
God bill of $13-or SOTO per year. t
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09
SERVICE RENDERED
BY LATE HARRY
NORTON NOTED

Harry Norton, founder and long.
time director of the state Visual Film
Library, who passed away last spring,
was recently post-humously honored
by resolution by the Association of
Chief State School Audio-Visual Of
ficers.
In a letter to Supt. of Public In
struction Mary M. Condor, Floyde
E. BROKER, executive secretary of
the association, noted that Mr.. Nor
ton was one of the founders Of the
association who had done much to
promote the association and its ac-
tivities. BROKER also enclosed a copy
of resolution passed by the mem
bership of the association which said:
To whom it may concern:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harry Norton was
one of the founders of the Associa-
ton of Chief State School Audio-
Visual Officers; and
WHEREAS, he was always a dill
gent worker on behalf of the organi-
zation; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harry Norton was
always endeavoring to advance the
cause of education through the ever
more effective use of audio-visUal
of instruction, and gave
freely of his time, his skill, and his
BE 1T RESOLVED, that the Asso-
:iation of Chief State School Audio-
Visual Officers express their regret
md sorrow at his passing, and COM
mend his memory for the advances I
nd contributions he made to the
'ause of better education ON the
Iational and state levels; and that
opies of this resolution be forward
d to his family and to the State
of Public instruction !
f Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-09
"EnIightened Self Interest Demands

Discussing the growing farmpice and how detrimental
Behind
soy
farmer N of their need"
Craighad
Democratic
Other high points of Craighead analysis the critical
the need for all Montanan joining together
80 price supports, include: