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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31
Mystery Farm Acres Granted By King
Travellers Rest Mem cries Include
Costing Dinners, Sheridan's Guns
BY Russell Moon

Last weeks mystery farm pic
ture has been identified as Travel
ler's Rest Farm" located in Buck
ingham county. on the James river.
near Warminster
Miss I.o'rise Brady Horslev and
her sister, Miss Ida Yancey Hors-
leg. live at Traveller Rest" with
their nephew and his wife. Mr.. and
MS Claiming Horslev Moon. who
live in the cottage in the vard
Tire plantation WIS granted from
the KING Of ENGLAND n the present
owners ancestors when the Hors-
levs came here from Wa minister.
Fnelarf and settled on the south
side of the James river.
The opposite side of the James
was granted to the Cabell family
who came at the same time and
also from the same town. The land
on both sides Of the river is still
owned BY the HorSIev and Cabell
'H'Sttl'tiHHiS VIII illttI llldt Ieu Ill
the early days.
Built in 1921
"T"ave1ler's Rest was built in
l72l IT has three stairways. hand
hewh sills and homemade nails.
Miss Louise B. Horsley, who is
81 years old. and her sister, who is
IS. recall MANY interesting stories
Of this home where they We're born
They are of a family of seven girls
and two boys. All were born in the
Same room.
Miss Horslev recalls that her
fathers birthday was August II
was day Of great celebration with
bio birthday dinner served in the
middle of the dav The menu was
traditionally of virginia ham
chicken. lamb and coslng. with all
the trimmings. available vegetables
and desserts. II is said that one
wear there were Is different vege-
tables served Their father. John
Horsley. died at the age Of 81 and
his father died on deer stand.
Now Active Farm
Claiming H. Moon has spent his
entire life at Travellers Rest"
and MANAGES the farm WITH his
right hand man, Elwood Ragland
who has been there his entire life
with the exception of a few years
he worked on the c and Q Railroad
They raise black angus cattle.
CON. hav and small grain NJ
Moon also has An insurance AGENCY
and manages . general m~"chan-
disc store AT Shipman He was for
q number of vea"s member Of the
BUCKINGHAM board of supervisors
from James River District and has
been active in all civic affairs
He is president of the Bucking-
ham Ruritan Club and chairman of
the Buckineham National Founda-
ton for Infantile PARALYSIS.
Mrs Moon is a member of the
Buckingham Womans Club. They
all attend Grace Episcopal Church
at Manteo which was built by the
late Mr. aud MS, John Horsley.
parents Of the Misses Horslcy.
Travellers Rest" hes on the
James River in a natural horse
shoe bend. Across the river is Mel
son county.
Directly across from the planta-
ton, where there was one of the
old locks on the James River-Ka
nave Canal. General Sheridan. dur
ing his raid up the James River
Valley set his guns to fire on
Travellers Rest" across the river.
He was told that Yankie sympa-
thizers lived there. so he did not
fire as planned. This is one time a
lie did some good for no stauncher
family for the South or democracy
ever lived anywhere
So Travellers Rest still stands
and for .he Southern way of life.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31

Cattle
The grass fed cattle market does
mt promise any great improvement
any time soon It looks like a good
idea to sell as they are ready,
weighing the historical fall price de-
cline against weight gain
Virginia auction prices last week
we're 50 cents lower. with standard
grade at SIG to $40; good grade
SIG to S2l50
On the Chicago market last week,
heavy prime steers were holding
their own. while lighter weights
100 pounds down-were slow and
so cents to 81 so lower. some as
much as IS under the recent high
Last weeks receipts on the IL
major markets were down 5 per
cent from the preceding week In
Virginia. there was an untitled de-
mand for choice grade.
The fed cattle market looks en-
couraging to at least about the first
Of the year with prices expected to
te generally better than last year
AS we said before. if you have hay
or corn available. and plan to feed
feed good quality animals.
Graded feeders will be available
du. ne September and October al
the Virginia Feeder Cattle sales.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31

- per cent at this time last year
Sn-cgred harvest was becoming
more general but only about seven
per cent had been harvested COM
pared with IS per cent at this time
last year.
Many farmers seeded alfalfa.
pastures and cover crops during
the week. and large acreage was
plowed for seeding early cover
crops
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31

First Lieutenant John Trevett,
who reported for duty in Nov
ember. TITS. is believed to have
been the first Marine officer
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31
Weekly
FARM PRICE
OUTLOOK

This the prospects Virginia prices
to the Virginia Department
partmen it o warming
predict prices he right all the time.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27
Hitler Helper Moy
Head Arob Country

CONTINUED from Page Onel
the Multi but a swarm of similar
renegades, exiles and terrorists
gathered together in Cairo from
all parts Of the Middle East and
North Africa. Never before in
modern times has there been or
ganized in the Middle East
ramified network of such intense
and widespread subversion.
The United States Government
pressed Britain TO grant EgYpt's
demand for evacuation of the
Suez without seeking from Egypt
any substantiative assurances re-
garding regional peace of aboli-
ton of the Suez Canal blockade
against Israel. Israel protests were
ignored. The State Department
told Israel that once this historic
Egyptian goal was attained. Mas
ser would gradually abolish the
blockade and enter into converse
lions leading to peace with Israel.
Instead, the reverse happened.
The Nasser regime intensified its
policy of military, political, and
propaganda aggression against Is
rael. Death and destruction prov
ed the State Departments predic-
ton tragically mistaken. Nasser
then bought Communist arms,
opening the Middle East to Com
munism and bringing danger of
world war. Cairo radio announced
Israel must be wiped OUT
The State Department. however.
continued not only to justify
Nasser's attitude but refused to
sell Israel defensive arms to main
tain power balance. In Britain
and France there was rising in
dignation as Nasser risked world
peace for his selfish ends.
Britain and France grasped that
the Egyptian dictatorship was
bent not upon social reform and
economic progress but upon ex-
ternal hegemony, exploitation of
anti-Western and anti-Israel i'm
pulses and tactical maneuvering
between the Great Powers to
serve Egypt's expansionist aims.
But Secretary of State Dulles said
in Washington that Nasser was
"actuated primarily by a desire
to maintain the genuine indie
pendence of the area-the same
desire that I expressed"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27

from the window Here there
seems to be caste system =. &. The
leader duck eats the bread crumbs
which we throw on the lake, and
only after he is satisfied do the
other ducks get a chance at the
other food
So, you see how difficult writ
ing can sometimes be and in
the spring when the window is
open, as it is now, it becomes in
creasingly difficult to write of
anything but the birds, and the
bees-especially when they are
right under your nose
*
One of the incest tasks we have
accepted for ourselves is the Of
fering of congratulations on SIM
chaS This week we have the
unusually enjoyable task of con-
graduating Samuel J. Klepper
upon his recognition from the
Jacksonville B'nai Birth Lodge
on the occasion of his Both birth
day and the sixty years of men,
bership in Ben Birth :. This
was done Thursday night before a
gathering in the Jewish Center +.
Samuel Keeper h a S ALWAYS
been a favorite of everyone in
Jacksonville e.. He is the kind of
person that makes you very proud
of the human race He is of the
old school-a gentleman and a
scholar, whose graciousness and
charm make his sharp intellect
the more intriguing At So he
keeps up with the times; although,
1 think he is still very far ahead
of it :.
The honor awarded him by
B'nai Birth is long overdue F..
However, 1 think the reason is
that no one ever realized that
Samuel ]. Klepper might stop
long enough to recognize a mile
stone -.
Our very best wishes to our
dear friend May his wit be
as nimble and his step as quick
on his seventy-fifth year with the
organization which is honoring
him as he is on this sixtieth year.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27

groups. She is an advisor to a
Young Judaea unit, a member OF
United Synagogue Youth, a Su,,-
day school teacher, president Of
Future Teachers of America at
her high school, and co-managitg
editor of her high school paper.
Miss Horowitx found her sum-
mer job Of supervising eleven
ambitious. wound-up and active
7-Year-old boys" excellent train
ing for her future career as a high
school teacher of English and
journalism.
Miss Bette Shear, Is, a BIG
member in her hometown of Lar
caster, Pa, was runner-up with
her letter on door to-door selling.
The Vocational Service Bureau.
which sponsored the contest. pre-
pares and releases on a non-profit
basis material covering employ
ment facts and opportunities. Es-
tablished as an agency Of B'nai
Birth in 1888. it also provides di-
rect vocational guidance to Jew
ish youth in major communities
throughout the United States.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27
BY Ethel Teddy" MoscoviAE

Wrote two book reviews for this week,
and then miSlaid them! -. In this house
things are put away so we can find them,
and then we spend weeks unearthing
them again ". Then in the rereading
wonder how I ever had the courage to
submit the piece in the first place =.
and into the waste basket, it goes. :.
The incest thing about this sort of bus
mess is rummaging through drawers and
coming upon things had forgotten were
there, for instance: a delightful letter
from Irv Ashkenazy in Hollywood :.
Ashky is our writing friend ;. But now
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27

Miss Horowitz is vice-president
of the Esther Byers B'nai Birth
Girls in Kansas City, a former
cultural chairman of the Missouri
Kansas Region Of B'nai Birth
Girls, a regional discussion win
ner, and co-author of skits which
have been presented before adult
B'nai Birth groups. She has also
found time to be active in other
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27
B'noi Birth Announces Award Winner

Sybil Horowx busy l7Year-old senior at Southwest High
School in Kansas City first place nationwide
contest by the Ba Vocational Service Bureau
Bureau headquarters In her letter on the
Given subject describes work assistant
counselor day camp conducted by the local Jewish Community
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-04-27

IL seems MS tremendous hulk has
gotten him into the movies as a
character actor In the Davy
Crockett films he takes the part of
a "goony clown" We tried to
find him during the run of the TV
series and were able to dis
cover him as the big brute
Moose" who always got in the
way Looked nothing like the
boy we knew who once wrote
poetry for the New York Times +.
Ash writes: Worked the past
week as a farmer in another pic
ture, "The Friendly Persuasion"
with Gary Cooper and Dorothy
Mcclure It will be released
sometime in the late spring or
early summer 1856 In it I'm
all decked out in a walrus NOUS
tache and 1862 costume :. Fl. farm
er-type, that is \. I'm one of the
suckers in a Playground she'll
game Only we trim the she'll
game artist in this particular bit
:. Acting is fun writing is
work -"
Dear Ashky-how well we
know it :. But it is pleasure to
hear from one who does so well
at both working and having fun.
am beginning to think that in
order to write at all one must
place himself in a bleak dark
room, and go to it i. That's what
Herman Wouk did when he first
started Around here there are
too many distractions :.
Last week we placed wild
bird feeder on the tree outside our
bedroom window in front of
which is our desk and typewriter
stand Now the blue birds,
cardinals, red birds, bluejays, and
less gaily-feathered birds have a
constant traffic right before me
They never fight for the
feeder ledge-one bird waits on
the ground until the other is fin
ished eating d. :. There seems to be
a mutual respect of one species
for the other One day a
squirrel got into the feeder, and
quite busily ate up all the seed
-. The birds sat around in clust-
ers watching him One cardi-
nal was visibly upset, and flutter-
ed his wings in agitation, but he
never made an attack on the in
vader The birds flew off for a
moment when son Howard came
out to refill the station (. Then
they came backbone at time .
Now, the ducks on the lake on
which our house is built are diff
fnronf These. too. we watch
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

The City of Harrington suf-
fered its greatest industrial
loss. estimated at $250,000.
when lbe cutting plant of
George Sherwin Shirt Com
pany was entirely destroyed by
fire together with its contents
shortly before s o'clock last
Saturday night.
A public installation cere-
mony will be held on Sunday,
May 19. at 3 p. m. in the Hous-
ton Methodist Church by the
new auxiliary of the Marvel
Taylor Post, Veterans of Fore
IGN Wars. Officers are Mrs.
Martha G. Benson. president;
Mrs. Grace Lehman, vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Hilda Manlove,
junior vice president; Mrs.
G ladys Morgan, secretary;
Mrs. Jane Smith. treasurer;
Mrs. Elizabeth C0ulbourne,
Iudpidlhs MIS- I1CSiC1 r1dl u
ing. conductress; Mrs. Edna
Smith. guard; Mrs. Hester
Forrest. Mrs. Grace Manlove.
Mrs. Nellie Bennett. trustees;
Mrs. Blanche Counselman, pa
triotic instructor: Mrs. Mabel
Armour, historian; Mrs Grace
Manlove. musician; Mrs. Fran
ces Parvis. Mrs. Grace Coul-
bourne, Mrs. Geraldine John
son and Mrs. Lulu n. Pearson,
color bearers.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
Thirty Years Ago.
Taken from the May Z, 1926 Issue

Taken from the May z, 1926 Is
Mrs. Gertrude Walls has pur-
chased of William Esham of
Laurel. his home on the State
Highway. Millsboro.
&os
Lucille Cooke, Bertha Eliza
beth Cannon, Kathryn and
Sara Gum of Frankford, we're
weekend visitors Of Blanche
Daisey of Omar.
Sewell Thornton of Chinco-
league, Va, spent a part of
last week with his wife in Rox-
ana. His sister, Miss Juliette
Thornton, accompanied him.
&o&
Helen Coleman, Reta Mae
Tatman. Mildred Long and
Thelma Buell.. of Newark Col
lege, spent the week end with
their parents in Greenwood.
At the Glendale school
election held at the school
house on Saturday afternoon,
John w. West was elected to
fill the vacancy in the board.
Fl. w. Jester, the retiring MEM
Der, did not desire reelection.
&o*
Joseph L. Marshall of Lewes,
was elected school commissions
er hast Saturday at the school
election to succeed Postmaster
Napoleon b. Register, resigned.
Mr.. Register has held the off
ice for ten years and has made
an efficient commissioner.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
Twenty Years Ago.

Taken from the May s, 1885 Essu
Roy Ritter, who has been
employed near Bridgeton. N.
j., for several weeks, spent the
weekend with his family in
Overlook.
Mrs. u. II. Campbell and
daughter. Sarah Dunreath and
Mrs. Casper Kollock. have re-
turned to their home in Days
boro, after spending some time
with their parents, G. III. Cutch-
ems at Franklin, Va.
&o#
Mr.. and Mrs, p. Gilbert
Stewart of Harbeson, are be-
ing congratulated upon the ar
rival of a son, born at their
home on Saturday, May End.
The little boy has been named
David Louis.
Miss Betty Shears of Prince
ton, N. j.. was a weekend
guest of Mrs. Emma Warren
of Magnolia. The latter ac-
companied Miss Shears to New
York City after spending a
couple of months with her mo-
ther.
4oa
Seaford City Council has ap-
pointed Preston Marvel, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Marvel,
assistant engineer at the power
house. The Council also de-
cided to lay an additional con-
crete surface at the corner of
High and Pine Streets. Seaford.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
The Past in Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
orty Years Ago.
Taken from The May 5, 1916 Issue

Taken from the May ), 1916 Issl
A new pipe organ in the
Roperville Methodist Church
was used for the first time on
Sunday, much to the delight
of the entire congregation.
Mrs. A. w. Powell, Miss
Edith Powell and Miss Eliza
beth Ackerman have been
visiting in Philadelphia, Will
mington, and at Beechwood
College, Jenkintown, Pa.
sc&
Fire, supposed to have start
cd from a spark from the
smoke stack Of the Delaware
Lumber Company at Selby-
vile, Del, totally destroyed
the mill and contents Tuesday
evening. The fire started be-
tween 8 and Z o'clock and con-
tinued burning until ;fearly 10
o'clock. The loss Is estimated
at fully $4,000 with no in
surance.
Howard G.. Sapp, one of Mill
ford's we'll known garage
owners, and Miss Helen House
man, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John f. Hoaseman. of South
Milford. were quietly married
Sunday evening last at the
Manse by Rev. Fl. l.. Bum
stein. Following the ceremony
the bride and groom left for
Harrington in an automobile
where they took a train for
northern cities.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

Miss Mary Flood and Louise
Rogers of the Selbyville school,
the best spoilers iii Sussex
&o&
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Trader of
Delmar, left on Wednesday for
a trip to Pasadena, California
and other western points.
%o&
The Misses Helen j. Martin
and Virginia Biddenlan of Bea-
CONS Business College, Will
mington, were the weekend
guests of their respective par
ents in Milford Neck.
Bud Coy, who is secretary
and treasurer of the Sussex
Construction Com pany has
been in Norfolk, Va, the past
week purchasing lumber for
his company.
County, will go to Whining
ton. Friday. to compete in the
State spelling bee. They will
be the guests at a theatre party
at the Stanley Theatre, follow
cd by dinner at the DUPONT
Hotel.
Preparations are being made
for the erection of a palatiaI-
home for f. P. Nicholson on
Lavinia Avenue by William HI.
Workman. the contractor. This
dwelling will be built on the
hill overlooking Lake Fan
ganzyski in Milton.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
Clarence Burton Is
Held I'm Fatal Crash
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said she was injured.
Both cars were travelling south
On Route IA, police said, when Bur-
toms car struck the rear of the
ear driven by Collins. forcing it
1ut of control and causing it to
'Overturn. Burton's car struck a
rec following the collision, bsst he
was not injured.
Police investigating the accident
found Burton at the scene when
they arrived He failed to give them
any information at that time but
is said later to have told them
about striking Burton's car. 1t is
believed that he saw his wife in
ssthe other mans car" and started
in pursuit.
He was arraigned before Magis-
trate scar B. King of Georgetown
and was released in $4,000 on the
manslaughter charge.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

Norman Trader, who is at
tending Beacon Business Col
lege in Wilmington, spent the
weekend in Lewes with his
parents.
Waldo Lovett and Miss Ten
nyson, of Newark, DEL, landed
in Greenwood in an aeroplane
on Sunday afternoon and spent
the afternoon and evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Car
Isle.
On Monday evening, May 4,
1886, at Denton, Md, Miss Vir-
ginia Adkins, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Adkins, be-
came the bride of Townsend
Holston, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Holston. The young
couple will live in Milford
where Mr.. Holston is employ
ed by the Masten Trucking
Company.
Mrs. Vance McCabe of Rox-
ana, a school representative
from Sussex County, observed
teaching in Richmond. Va, and
Washington, ID. c.. on Thurs
day and Friday. She also visit
many places of interest at Will
lia1nsburg, va, and the flower
gardens over the weekend.
She returned home on Sunday
from a very pleasant and in
teresting trip.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
John Rollins Endorsed
For Governors Post
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for reelection. Nobody answered
and finally Mrs. Eliza Stephenson,
Bridgeville, said that it was get
ting to the time when someone
should make up his mind.
why can't we telephone Roll
Inns right now and ask him?" she
queried.
Cecil Carpenter. Milford, said
that the problem was somewhat
like the old question of which
comes first, the egg or the chicken.
'ssaybe they're waiting to see
what we are going to do" he re-
marked.
Jack Wheatley, Delmar, said that
he liked to be in the minority in
order to keep the majority in
line"
1--WE should have done a little
spade work" he continued. I'VE
should have consulted Rollins and
Boggs. It's unity we want, not dis
sension."
One after another, members of
the committee spoke in favor of
the resolution, stating that the
Sussex County committee should
have a candidate and that by vot-
ing support for Rollins, he could
later give this support to Boggs if
the latter decided to run.
At one point in the argument.
Lawson said to County Chairman
Thomas l.. johnson, ST think you
know right now that Boggs is go
ing to rum"
Someone asked for a re-reading
of the resolution which was grant
cd with Lawson saying, Make it
loud and slow"
Goslee insisted, 81 think that we
should include the phrase if
Boggs isn't going to rum"
Lewis 0rivits, Seaford, present
ed the resolution.
Among those who spoke in its
favor was William ]. Swain, form
er county chairman, from Bridge
Vile, who said, "I'm Sussex
County boy myself and l want to
see a Sussex County governor.
The general feeling of the COM
mittee seemed expressed in a re-
mark made by Bob Short, AYR
leader. Let it never be said that
Sussex County is without a candi-
date"
At the beginning of the meeting
Thomas L. Johnson was reelected
chairman. as were the other Off
GERS including Mrs. Marguerite
Messick, vice chairman; John
Kitchens, treasurer and John c..
Lank, secretary.
The endorsement said in part
that Mr. Rollins sis much-respect-
ed and admired for his wisdom.
business ability and for the high
position he has attained in the bus
mess and professional life of the
State of Delaware
chez has served iile state
unselfishly and patriotically dur
ing his present term as lieutenant
governor of the State of Delaware
(he) has long been active
in the Republican Party and has
had the courage of his convictions
nm some very controversial issuee
and never failed TO express himself
unon any issue which came before
the Republican Party
''.s (he1~is beyond question
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

one of our most colorful and in
teresting personalities in the gov
ernmelft CT the State of Delaware
... (he) is sincere, conscien-
tious and honored citizen, respect
ed and honored by his many friends
as well as by his opponents, and
he serves the State of Delaware
with unselfishness and for the COM
mon good of all the people of our
beloved state -.
/" the Sussex County Repub
lican Executive Committee en-
dorses the Hon. John w Rollins
as a candidate from Sussex County
for the office of governor of the
State of Delaware to be voted for
at the general election to be held
on Tuesday, November 6, 1856"