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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-20
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Supermen!
Thinking about such things, and
such men, has put iron into the
blood of many weaker men and
women. struggling through their
own battles on this earth But it
has a discoura ging side, too. These
en-Abrah a m, Moses, all the
rest, and all the others that Chris
tan history can name-these he
roes OF faith were supermen. we
feel. Quite out OF our class. In such
a company, many humble Chris
tan feels like boy who can't do
simple arithmetic being elected by
accident to a Mathematical Soci-
ETY.. or a boy twelve years old sud
denly finding himself in the mid
die OF football game between
Notre Dame and Texas. It's en-
barrassing. But no-that is a mis-
take The men named to that Roll
Call of Faith were not really
supermen Indeed some of them
felt so small that they tried to re-
sign before God elected them BY
themselves they would have been
no more remarkable than our
selves. For after all, it was not
their faith. or their character. or
their power. that made them; it
was the God in whom they had
that faith. who made them And
God still makes men.
BASED @. outline. copyrighted by the
,ivisicn Of Christina Education. Ma
nal Cornell o. the Churches ef Christ
h. | ). A Released by Cor, unity
g t~rA
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-20
I|5a rI31I37 FOREMAN

Background scripture: Acts 2:4<47:
ebrews le:l9-25; I:1-13:8.
Devotional Reading: Ephesians 4:l-l3.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-20
Marching With the Heroes


For some persons. precise accu-
racy of belief is what makes a
good Christian. Surely accuracy Of
belief is a good thing. To say the
least Of it, there is no point in
believing what isn't SO, or not be-
lieving what is so. But from the
standpoint of this letter to the He
brews, indeed from the standpoint
of Jesus himself, accuracy Of be-
lief and completeness of under
standing are not the last word in
what makes a Christian Faith. in
the way the word meets us in the
famous 18th chapter Of Hebrews,
is not voting AYE" to set of
propositions Faith is doing some
thing for man and God 1t can be
expressed in the slogan, Expect
great things from God; attempt
great things for God" Faith of
this rousing, robust kind is more
than thinking. it is doing 1t is
thinking too; faith certainly is no
substitute for thought Reading the
stories Of the men and women the
writer to the Hebrews lists in his
roll-call of faith. one finds them
planning ahead, working. fighting,
never blindly but with the deter
mination that comes from think
ing faith. Heroes think. plan, be-
lieve: but also heroes DO. 1t is
the doing that makes them heroic
So the Great Company is march
ing, fighting company, marching
at Gods orders. fighting God s
war.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-07-20

MARVIN BROWN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

Agency revenues from on
street parking meters over the
years have resulted in a $1.4
million surplus. So far, the
agency has been strictly pay-as-
you-go.
Among other municipal serv-
ices whose 1858 budget estimates
were released was the Depart
ment of Vehicles and Traffic re-
quest for $1,3l3,00O-a net in
crease of less than $4,000 over
the current 1857 appropriation
Among other things. the money
would be spent for six additional
employees and equipment.
Director George E. Keneipr
put the need this way: "Addi-
ton of new and expansion OF
existing departmental activities
have substantially increased
administrative requirements and
WorK-loao and emphasized GER
tain areas where particular at
tentions and improvement is
needed to correct deficiencies
and achieve and maintain mini
mum standards of efficient, eco
nomical and expeditions man.
agement."
In terse language, the budget
Office informed the Commission
ers the city needs 900 for
partial payments on the city's
outstanding SO million indebted
ness. The 1858 budget figure is
$177,500 higher than the current
appropriation. The four repay
ment items are $154,555 on park
acquisition loans. $198,816 on
the Federal courthouse construc-
ton, $4,000 on water system
expansion loans and S6,62e
toward the cost of Children's
| Hospital building additions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
More Asked for Upkeep
To Sove City Property

West Municipal Center Building
at Sixth and c streets NV,
$680,00O for construction of a
warehouse-shop and records CEN
ter at 1900 Adams place NE.
and $4,000 for permanent inn
provementS to existing build
ings.
However, compensation and
retirement fund expenses raised
that budget request from Sill
million to $12,598,000. Most of
the increase was attributed to
the $1.375,500 more the District
is expected to contribute as an
employer to the civil service re-
tirement and disability fund.
Operating expenses asked by
the Office Of the Surveyor were
$4,000, the same amount
granted in fiscal 1857.
The Commissioners noted that
their job-safety campaign had
resulted in cutting in half the
request for compensation in fiscal
1858. They seek $4,000 in the
coming budget, as compared to
$3.50 900 needed last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
9TH Case Of Polio
Reported in D. c.

The Districts seventh case Of
polio this year was reported
today by the Health Department.
The department said the victim
was a 36-year-old woman living
in the $500 block of Forty-eighth
street NV. She fell III August Q
and was admitted to Georgetown
University Hospital August %
with a paralytic form Of the
disease.
The department said she had
received no vaccine. and that
there had been 81 cases reported
a this time last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

Warning that District-owned
property is fast going to wrack
and ruin, the Department of
Buildings and Grounds today
asked for $1.S47.SS7 in its fiscal
1858 budget to operate and
maintain 20 structures.
The figure is by far the largest
item in the Buildings and
Grounds total budget of $1,000
900 and is $198,578 more than
the $1.652,174 allotted for house,
keeping and repairs last year.
Minimum upkeep figures by
the Building Owners and Man
ayers Association and General
Services Administration were
cited in the buildings justiflca-
ton statement.
Far Below Standard
The statistics show the Dis
trict now spending Z cents per
square foot for repairs and inn
provements-about half the 13-
cent minimum recommended.
An increase of three-tenths of
a cent over the present So cents
per square foot allotted for OPP
Grafton and maintenance was
asked to meet ordinary day-to-
day cleaning expenses. plus the
costs of mechanical supplies and
increased use of electricity.
Budget pairing, the statement
said, has resulted in the older
buildings deteriorating to an ex-
tremely low standard. A con-
tinuation Of the policy will re-
suit in either complete removal
ton of the structures or their
outright replacement at great
cost, it asserted.
The 20 buildings containing a
total of 90 million square feet
Of floor area maintained by the
Department Of Buildings and
Grounds include:
Capital Items
Seven Office buildings. three
court buildings, two warehouses,
two health clinics, two comfort
stations. one combination Office
and industrial building, 1.-The Dis
trict Armory. the Morgue and a
structure housing the city's CEN
trail fire alarm system.
Capital outlay foreseen for
1853 amounts to $1,120,000. 1t
would provide 100000 for plans
and specifications for the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

the same as those included in
other assignment plans. previ-
ously offered. But there would
be this new consideration in
deciding which school a child
shall attend:
"Such other relevant matters
as may be pertinent to the eff
cient operation of the schools
Or indicate a clear and present
danger to the public peace and
tranquility affecting the safety
or welfare of the citizens of such
school district"
Thus, the basic portion of the
Governors programme with
hold funds from integrated
schools-would not be affected
by the proposed assignment bill.
In the funds withholding legis-
lation State money could be
spent only for schools which are
efficient" defined as those sep
arately attended by the white
and Negro RAGS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
Cub Reporter S Novel
Is Potential Best Seller

That newspaper reporter who
was always going to write a book
was in town today.
This one was different.
In the first place, the book
was written. In the second, the
author is a cub reporter Of seven
months experience who didn't
plan to write a book at all.
Lucy Daniels. 22-year-old
North Carolina. girl with the
modesty Of a magnolia blossom.
is en- route home to Raleigh amid
Iaccolades rising from her first
novel, a potential best-seller Of
125 pages.
Daughter Of Editor
She is the daughter of Jona-
than Daniels, editor Of the RAJ
leigh News and Observer: grand
daughter of Josephus Daniels,
former Secretary Of the Navy,
and niece Of DR.. Worth Daniels,
1916 Twenty-eighth street NV.
Miss Daniels has been on the
Raleigh Times since last Janu-
AIRY. dabbling with her theory
that the only way to learn to
write is to write. / like to tell
stories about people"
In Caleb. My Son." she tells
a tragic story of diSsension in a
Negro family. brought on by the
Supreme Courts racial integra-
ton ruling. The actual work on
the book required three months.
On the Raleigh Times she has
been writing city briefs"--when
the Rotary Club meets and things
like that. If I'm lucky and
everyone else is out Of the ONCE,
Not Impressed
That she does have a poten-
tial best-seller on her bands and
that II could mean better as
lsignments never seems to enter
her mind. II like the Job because
it gives me a chance, 10 learn.
I know / have to make a living
some way. The book may be>a
success, but ] have assurance
Ith4eT be another one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

Escapes With $40

A boy escaped with $40 in a
purse-snatching in the TOO block
Of L street NE. yesterday after
he was chased for several blocks
by a passerby on a bicycle.
Mrs. Thelma White, 80,
colored, of $50 Morton place
NE. told police a. colored youth,
about iS years old, snatched her
purse about 10 am. as she was
walking along L street.
Milton williams, is, colored, Of
ga Morton place NE, who was
riding by on his bicycle, chased
the thief for several blocks
before losing him in an alley
in the rear Of the 800 block Of
i street NE. The thief dropped
Mrs Whites pocketbook in the
alley, but Mrs. White told police
$40 was missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
Passenger Injured
In D. c. Bus Wreck

A passenger on a d. c. Transit
Co. bus was injured slightly
early today when the vehicle
skidded in the $500 block Of
Massachusetts, avenue NV. and
struck a tree after knocking
down a. light pole. police re-
ported.
The passenger. Miss Abbie
Fleming. II. a nurses aide al
Doctors Hospital. was treated at
the hospital for minor cuts 10
the forehead. She lives at $3.50
Wisconsin avenue NV.
Two other passengers and the
bus driver, George A. Marchaza,
"a. Of 80 Webster street NE,
were unhurt. police said.
Police said Mr.. Marchaza has
had a months driving expert
'snce. He was not charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
TenpO-Rdzing
Waits Contract

An early contract was antici-
pated today for demolition Of
Temporary Buildings F., @ and
H, involving two city blocks be.
tween Twenty-second and Twen-
ty-third and c and E streets
NV. and beginning Of the new
State Department building.
The indicated low bidder Of
the six contractors who seek the
job is John McShain, Inc, Of
Arlington. Va, who offered to do
1t for $4,000, far below his COM
Ipetitors.
Bids were opened yesterday by
the General Services Admins
ltration. A fast evaluation. OF the
bids is expected, officials said to-
day, so that a contract can be
awarded without delay and the
contractor can begin work next
Thursday.
Between TOO and 800 State
Department personnel who occu-
py the three temporary buildings
viii be moved elsewhere. The
Government win provide space
lat 801 Nineteenth street NV.
and 1909 q street NV, both
In rented quarters, and in the
Munitions Building. Ofhcials
POINTED out the same people who
now occupy the temporary build
ings will not necessarily be
moved into the new space pro-
lvided.
In addition to the McShain
firm. the other bidders for tear
ing down the temporary build
ings and constructing part Of
the foundations for the new
State Department building on
that site are:
Charles H. Tompkins Co.,
S648,648, along with a proposal
that $4,000 could be saved BY
redesigning part Of the founda-
lions: Spencer, White & Prentis,
Inc. Washington, $4,000;
George A. Fuller. Washington,
$500 900: Irons e. Reynolds. Inc, !.
Washington, s67e. 500, and Balti-
Sore Contractors, Inc. s607,0W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
400 Affected;
Total Greatest
In s Years Here
By JAMES G. DEANE

District public schools will
lopen Monday with 1.400 children
on part-time schedules.
/ School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing disclosed today that 40
classes at 10 elementary schools
are tentatively slated to be on
the emergency basis throughout
the school year.
The total is the largest in six
years. Almost no District chill
dren were on double shifts last
school year.
Schools Are Listed
The part-timers, all first and
second graders, will have a
three and-a-half- hour school
day instead of the normal five.
Half the classes will attend from
10 am. to 1890 pm. and the
other half from to 4:30 pm.
Each group will have its own
teacher, however.
The superintendent listed the
tentative double shifts as fol.
lows: Bancroft. six classes; Bry-
an, four; Kenilworth, four:
Madison. four; Maury, six;
Moves, two; Pierce, six; River
Terrace, four. and Taylor and
Webb, two classes each.
DR.. Corning told reporters
there would probably be con-
siderable part-time scheduling
in the city'S schools for the next
several years.
No relief is in sight for crowd
ling at the schools to be affected
this fall. and others may need
Ito double up next year, he said.
Better for Both
From the standpoint of both
the children and teachers,
think it's very much better to be
on a part-time than to have
diversified classes" he declared.
Under the emergency agree
ment teachers of the part-time
groups will fill out their working
day helping individual children.
Wentworth had the only part
time pupils in the last school
year and this was only briefly
last spring. Twenty classes in
THE city were on double shifts
for part of the 1954-5 school
year.
Asked whether there is any
plan to try to speed new con-
: lstruction to head of further
doubling up, DR.. Corning said no.
He said some construction now
under way will ease crowding
}, i'm some parts of the city, how
lever.
4 OvercrOwding Cited
The school system has an ex-
tenSive long-range construction
program, but most of it has not
yet been taken off paper.
DR.. Corning said the schools
will still have entirely too many"
diversified classes this fall de.
spite the addition of Ill ele-
mentary teachers. The additional
teachers will reduce the city's
elementary class size average
from So pupils to slightly above
| IS.
! The Board of Education is
seeking another stable expall-
sion of the teacher force next
year. If this is granted, officials
have indicated the total Of part
time classes may be four or 1--WE
times larger.
i The school system is expected
to have Just under 10000 pupils
this fall AN increase of about
! 1000 over last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
Scottish Beauties

The Scottish Terrier Club of
Greater Washington will hold a
beauty contest for Scotties at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Nicholas, AIS Panorama drive
Is E., at 4 pm. Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
10 Schools to Open
With Double Shifts
Parking Agency Seeking
Funds for Downtown Lot

The District Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency today requested
funds not only to expand its
moderately successful fringe
parking lot program but to
establish a big downtown lot for
lease to private interests.
Combined, the three new I'M
dertakings would cost SAIL. 200.
This amount has been requested
for inclusion. in the fiscal 1858
budget to build the lots in the
year beginning next July /.
The total parking agency
budget estimate, approved by the
District Department Of General
Administration and now before
the Commissioners, comes to a
shade less than $500, 900.
The two proposed fringe park
ling areas would join three al
ready in existence. One would
be located on Hardwood road
just north of Michigan avenue
NE. The other is slated for
the area just east of Sousa
Bridge on the Barney Circle side
Iof the Anacostia River.
On Southwest Freeway
The downtown lot operation,
approved by the parking agency
board last month, would be To-
Gated in line of the Southwest
Ifreeway between South Capitol
street and Second street S.W..
in an area where the freeway is
to be elevated.
This parking lot, to accommo-
date more than 500 vehicles,
would be paved by the District
and leased to a private operator.
The city also would equip it with
lights and pedestrian overpass
of the ground-level arms of the
ifreeway. The overpass would
link the lot with the Federal Of
flee buildings Immediately to the
north.
The first such undertaking by
the city, the Southwest lot
would cost an estimated $254,-
900, to be arnortized through
leasing fees over a 12-year
period.
Two d. C. Operated
The Hardwood road fringe lot
would have a capacity of 800
cars and would cost $4,000. The
Barney Circle lot for $50 cars
would cost $4,000. Both would
be operated by the District, as
are the existing three fringe
areas.
Parking agency director Lewis
R. Watson, jr., said efforts
would be made to get special
rush-hour bus service such as
that now provided by D. C.
Transit System for the South
Capitol street and Carter Barron
Amphitheater lots. A. B. & w.
Transit Co. makes special rush.
hour runs between the Columbia
Island lot and downtown Wash
ington.
Mr.. Watson said the expan-
sion program is desirable even
though the three existing lots
are operating well below capac-
ity. South Capitol street, with
a 460-car capacity, averages only
$50 cars daily; Carter Barron,
240 cars Of a 325 capacity. and
Columbia Island. ITO Of a $50
capacity.
To reach its greatest effective
ness, the director said, a fringe
parking program should ring the
downtown area with lots. In any
case, he added, the Motor Vehicle
Parking Act was approved for the
express purpose of providing off,
street parking facilities for mo-
florists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Branch ONCE Agency
Of the Commonwealth Life
Insurance Co. continues its
meetings in the Shoreham
Hotel.
The American Political
Science Association meets in
the Mayflower and Statler
Hotels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

DOWNTOWN PARKING
The map shows the pro-
posed locations of three
parking lots the District
Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency wants to establish.
One would be at Hardwood
road and Michigan avenue
NE. The second would be
at South Capitol and Sec
ond streets in line with the
Southwest freeway. The
third would be at Barney
Circle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
SUNDAYS BEST READING
PAIRING Polo Prices to Par
Puts Clerks in the Game

GEARED TO FIT THE PURSE-There was day when
the king of sports" could be afforded by only the
wealthy However, it's different story If you play
with the Washington Polo Club. In The Star Mag
azine, Meredith S Buel tells you how the game has
been brought within budget reach of John Does
salary. Action-packed photos by Elwood Baker
THE FIRST SPLASHTACULAR- Televue Magazines
cover story, Bernie Harrison writes about lovely
Esther Williams, the aqua star who will sprngboard
the first of the NBC-TV Saturday Night Specta-
culars this fall.
Masters VIEW OF NASSER-What is the driving
force behind Egypts President whose seizure Of the
Suez Canal has thrown the world into what has
been called the most serious international crisis
since Korea? Read his appraisal Of Egypts role
and his hopes for the future in the Editorial Section
THE NEW "BARUCH PLAN"-Teachers need recogni-
ton says the famous elder statesman Bernard M.
Baruch. In This Week Magazine he proposes sys-
TEN of awards that every community adopt
Read his article and find out why it's needed and
how it works.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR W0MEN-In another Of her series
the great houses Of the Capital Selwa Roose-
welt writes about the opulent history of the Embassy
Of Turkey. See her Mansions Of Washington" in
the Women's Section.
Choose The star on Sunday When You Haze a Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
The
Rambler
CoIorfuI Tinkhum
Had q High Horse
By JACK JONAS

many stories about the pic
turesque life of the Massa-
chusetts politician.
For Mrs. Robert Whitney
Imbrie it recalled the tale of
the beer drinking horse.
For years, she said, her
Uncle Jack Alexander had told
her about the horse in Boston
which stepped UP to the bar
and had its beer or two from
a bucket. The horse, he said,
was Mr.. Tinkham's In his
younger days.
II never believed him." she
said. Uncle always was one
to tell a tall tale.
"But one day at a party I
got up nerve enough to ask
the Congressman about 1t.
"'Of course it's true,' Mr..
Tinkham told me. When I was
a student at Harvard, I used
to ride downtown, OCCASION
ally, Just for the ride. On my
regular route, there was this
saloon with the old-style
swinging doors.
"'The horse would push
through the doors. The bar
tender knew us, and he would
set a bucket of beer on the bar
for the horse, and I would
have what wanted.
Sometimes the horse
would have too much, and at
those times, the trip back
home was an adventure"
Inhumune?
Mrs. Mae Lynch was walk
ing along F street near one
of the department stores
and saw two men beside the
shipping entrance struggling.
to open a big crate. As they
worked, she heard whines,
grOwls and whimpers.
For pity sakes," she
asked, "what have you got
in that bOx?"
The men said they didn't
know, and went on working.
Mrs. Lynch was becoming
indignant.
"DOn't you know You have
air holes in a box when you
ship an animal?" she asked,
hufIily. "How do you expect
It to breathe?"
At that point, they got
the box open. Inside was a
televisiOn set. The work.
men laughed heartily.
some of those men," Mrs.
Lynch said later, twas a
ventrilOquist."
Report
The Smithsonian Torch,
a Smithsonian Institution
employe publication, proposes
this standard no-progress
report:
During the report period
which ends (fill in appropri-
ate date), considerable prog
ress has been made in the
preliminary work directed
toward the establishment of
the initial activities. eve are
getting ready to start, but we
haven't done anything YETI
"The background informa-
ton has been surveyed and
the functional structure of the
component parts Of the cog
infant organization has been
clarified. eve looked at the
assignment and decid e d
George would do it,
Considerable difficulty has
been encountered in the selec-
ton of optimum materials
and experimental methods,
but this problem is being at
tackled vigorously and we ex-
pect that the development
phase will proceed at a salts
factory rate. George is look
ing through the handbook
"In order to prevent un-
necessary duplication of pre-
viouS efforts in the same fields,
it was necessary to establish
a survey team which has con-
Quoted a rather extensive tour
through various facilities in
the immediate vicinity of
manufacturers. George and
Harry had a nice time in New
York;"
Advice
Ray Twynham says he in
vited some Washington
friends down to his home
near Manassas, Va, and
told them to call Union Sta
ton and check on the train
schedule.
sour friends called for
this infOrmat alton" Mr..