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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Prospect P-TA Will
Get GOO Briefing

Spade work for organization of
a Ground Observer Corps unit at
Prospect will be started tonight
Tuesday, at a meeting of the
Prospect P.TA In the school audi
forum at 8 O'Clock.
A representative Of the Roa-
noke Filter Center nerve center
for aircraft Identification and
spotting in this area Of Virginia
will be present to explain the
GOO program and to assist with
the work Of organizing a local
unit.
P-TA President j. F. Glenn has
requested full attendance because
of the important matters to be
taken up.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Cumberland TB Seal
Sale Figures Given

Cumberland county TB seal
chairman, Mrs. Marvin Jones an
nounced this week final figures
for the sale.
Receipts for the county totaled
S564.89 District chairmen. Mrs.
c. T. Agee, Mrs. E. A. Carter and
Mrs. P. L. Duncan reported sales
from their areas as follows: Ran
dolph District. $1,000: Madison
District S253.30; Hamilton Dis
trict. $3.50.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Hundreds Due
Friday School

Farmers in an ll-county South
ide area will attend the forag"
nd pasture information school
here Friday under Joint sponsor
hip of county agents. the Ex-
tension Service and Virginia Ag-
ricultaral Experiment Stations.
H. L. Duntcn. head of the Ag-
~ononny soil sciance> department
1T VPI. and 1865 Man of Agri-
ultural Service in Virginia will
'iscuss "A Look at Nitrogen Fer
i,izers' at the opening session
rom 10 a. M, to l0.45.
Two additional morning ses-
ions are planned before IL to
80 p. m. luncheon interruptions:
controlling Alfalfa Insects,
from l0:45 to 1880 a m. by A.
A. Muka. who helps direct Vir-
ginia's agricultural research pro-
grams. and r. E. Blaser's discus
sion Of 'Middieburg Station and
Virginia Forage Crop Research
Program. from 1870 a m, to
noon.
Blaser is regarded as one of the
top men in pasture and forage
science in the U. S.. according to
Prince Edward County Agents E.
F. Striplin.
The same speaker will open the
afternoon session. d i Gu S S n G
Twelve Months Feed Program
from 100 to 2.15 p. m. j. F..
Shoulders will discuss Alfalfa
Production from 2:15 to $50,
and w w. Lewis will talk on
Temporary Crops for Pasture and
Silage' from $50 to BIS p. m.
Both are top Extension Service
soil scientists.
The concluding period. from
315 to $3.50 p. m. will be devoted
to H. L. Dunton's discussion on
Forage Crops for the Area
The School is open to all far
mers and those interested in ag-
riculture without charge. Strip
lin reports. Farmers will be well
coined to the whole program or
any portion Of it they are free to
attend.
One Of several similar one
day schools planned in Virginia.
Fridays session here is primarily
for farmers in the counties of
Appomattox. Amherst. Amelia
Buckingham. Charlotte. Cumber-
land. Lunenburg. Mecklenburg
Nottoway, Powhatan and Prince
Edward.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14

In addition to a number by j.
S. Bach, Mr.. Carson will play
Prelude Fugue and Chacon-
ne" by Buxtehude: Sonata No.
2 in c Minor" by Mendelssohn:
"Chorale No. / in E Major" by
Cesar Franck: "Rhosymedre pre-
lude)" by Ralph Vaughan Will
liams: "Requiescat in Pace" by
Leo Sowerby; "Poeme Mystique
on hymn tune Mama by Rich
ard Purvis: and March on a
Theme of Handel by Alexandra
Guilmant.
Mr.. Carson Joined the Long
wood College faculty this fall af-
ter serving as director Of music in
number of Alexander, Va, and
Washington D. c. churches. He
received his B. S. degree from
Emory University in Atlanta. Ga.
in l948. and his Masters degree
in Music from George Peabody
College for Teachers in Nashville.
Tenn. He has also attended the
University of Michigan School of
Music and taught in the Jones'
boro tGa.l public schools, From
1914 until 1916. he served in the
U. S. Army in which he was as
signed to the Army band as a
horn and general brass instru-
mentalist.
He is member of the Ameri-
can Guild of Organists and Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia. music frater-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Landlord to Address
Mathematics Group

DR.. Francis G. Landlord. Jr.,
president Of Longwood College.
will speak at the Annual Confer
ence Of Mathematics Teachers to
be held at the University of Viz
ginia. Friday. Feb. II.
He will report on the two-year
research project on the teaching
of artth metic in elementary
schools he conductede during his
last two years at the University
OF Virginia. where he was profess
sor Of education. The Farmville
Elementary School. used by
Longwood College as training
school he conducted during his
one Of the schools taking part in
the program.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14

yised the students 10 capitalize the
words faith. courage and action il
they wish to write boldly in life
And if they wish to know how to
shake off a young mans temerity
at getting started, he suggested:
Take active part in church ac-
tivities; share in com m u nifty
drivesfi join civic betterment or
CARNATIONS and keep abreast Of
what local governing bodies are
Thinking and doing.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Tobacco Market
Starts 10th, Last
Full Week Sales
Final Cleanup
Sale To Be Held
Next Thursday

Light sales are anticipated as
the Farmville Tobacco Market OPP
crates for the 10th and final fuN
week Of sales Monday through
Thursday this week.
One extra day will be provided
next Thursday. Feb. %. for the
tobacco left at the end of the
week.
Increases in the percentage Of
low and fair grades and monde
script tobacco marketed hast week
dropped the general average to
$26.56 or $1.67 below the average
for the previous week.
Pounds Hold Up
Sales Of 365 .567 pounds OF dark
fired leaf and 98.37S Of sun cured
tobacco produced a fairly active
week. Of sales. however.
For the entire season through
hast week eales of dark fired TO-
becco reached 3.4l7.l10 pounds at
an average Of $29.o5. Sun cured
sales totaled 754.26 pounds aver
aging $23.34.
Total poundage for the season
is slowly pushing close to that of
the 1854 season. With a full week
Of sales regadning. dark fired to-
becco Is only 238.8sS pounds be-
hind the figure OF 1884, while sun
cured poundage Is only l03, 1888 be-
low.
Dollar Value Down
It is in the dollar value of the
crop that this years crop COM
pases unfavorably with the 1854
crop. To equal 1854. growers must.
in the week remaining. pocket
$237, 1857 and for sun-cured tobac-
CO 500 $50. Last season. the dark
fired average closed at $34.22 and
sun-cured at $28.50-$4.57 higher
for the former. $5.16 higher for
sun cured leaf.
Throughout the Virginia belt
last week sales totaled 95l.539
pounds averaging 1882 decrease
OF 1922 over the previous week
For the season sales hit 1O,O45,-
468 pounds at a $3l.63 average.
Season holdings by the pool asso-
cittons now Stand at about Is per
cent OF the crop.
Last seasons sales were, con-
cluded with light full weeks sales,
plus four extra days spread over
two weeks. a.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-02-14
Longwood College Organist's Recital
Opens at 8 Tonight In Jarman Hall

james c. Corson instructor Of music longwood Co..
eee will present organ recital in Joon Hall Tuesday,
Feb A. OF Open to the public without CHARGE the
will present from the 18th the pres
Evening star., 1956-08-30
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

FIRST OFFENSE: wilbert
Robinson was the manager OF
the Brooklyn Dodgers when that
club was the dafiest in the
majors.
The team committed so many
boners that one day Robinson
called the players together and
announced the formation of q
Bonehead Club.
Prom now on" he said, "every
time a man makes a boner, he'll
put 10 dollars into a kitty. At
the end of the season. we'll divide
it among all the players"
For several minutes, the men
Fmulled over this proposal.
"You don't have to think so
hard" growled Robbie. IF we
keep up the way we've been
going, we should each get more
money than the fellows who play
in the World Series"
This was an appealing pros
|pect. The players looked at each
other and nodded.
"Is it agreed then?" asked the
manager.
There was a chorus Of ap-
.proval.
Whereupon, Robinson went out
and gave the wrong batting Or
der to the umpires.
Evening star., 1956-08-30
Potients Cun Get
Beauty Treatments

LOUISVILLE. KY, Aug. 80
tR.-A "beauty shop on wheels
is now available for seriously Ill
patients at Louisville's Jewish
Hospital.
The Dayton (ohio) owners Of
the service. begun yesterday. say
it's aimed at boosting morale,
thereby Fastening recovery.
Two beauticians wheel around
q glamour wagon" with facili-
ties for giving shampoos, scalp
treatments, facial messages and
manicures.
The rolling cabinet includes a
dryer and its own compartment
Evening star., 1956-08-30

october because of the paper
work and figuring involved in
adjusting the payments. The
money for the retroactive raises
will be included in the October
/ check.
The increases will be paid
automatically; thus no one need
apply. The Railroad Retirement
Board has asked those getting
payments not to write asking
about their increases because
it will delay work on the pay
ment adjustments.
Most to Get 10 Pct. Boost
The bulk of the increases will
be 10 per cent of the present
payments. Although the most
Immediately affected people are
those now drawing payments,
the increases will be reflected in
the payments of railroad work.
ers and their survivors who come
on the rolls in the future.
Most of the people who will
not get increases now are those
receiving payments as wives of
retired railroad workers or sur
vivorS OF deceased railroad work.
ers.
Here are details Of the raises
which should enable you to tell
whether you'll get a raise.
Retired worker-Out of some
32l 900 retired railroad workers
Evening star., 1956-08-30
Constunt Checkups
For Cancer Urqed

DR.. Peter D. Comanduras, as
sociate professor Of clinical me-
dicine at George Washington
University Medical School, yes
terday warned that the only way
to prevent cancer is to get con-
slant medical checkups.
He addressed a luncheon meet
ing Of the American Public Re-
lationS Association in the Bur-
|lington Hotel.
DR.. Comanduras pointed out
that from 40 to so per cent of
these who go to physicians be-
lieving they are in excellent
health turn up with some distur-
bance that might eventually lead
to severe illnesses, including
cancer.
He said cancer is the No. /
cause Of death among children
from 5 to IL and the second
greatest cause Of death among
children from IL to IA.
Evening star., 1956-08-30
LAW IN THE NEWS
Martin and Lewis SPLIT
Involves Legal Dispute

lis a matter Of critical concern
to the entertainment world.
In regard to the more concrete
problem Of ability to perform
there is an interesting comment
in the Restatement of Contract
Law (Which most Jurisdictions
accept that may be pertinent to
the Martin-Lewis hassle. 1t says
this:
"Impossibility Of performing
a promise that is not due to the
nature Of the performance, but
wholly to the inability Of the
individual promisor, neither pre-
vents the formation of a con-
tract nor discharges q duty Gre
ated by q contract"
Remains Sound
Roughly. this means that II
some development is brought
about solely by the action of one
of the parties to a contract
and if the development makes
lit impossible for that party to
perform his promise as agreed
he remains bound.
And if he is bound to perform
according to the contract, but
cannot. the other party has the
option Of cancelhng the whole
deal without liability.
NBC could be banking on this,
although there is no way of
knowing at present. But If such
is the case. much will depend on
whether the courts will now view
Martin & Lewis as a commercial
entity or just a couple Of guys
getting together to put on an
lOcCaSi0nal art -. 50
Evening star., 1956-08-30
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Nobody seems to know for
sure whether the comedian team
Of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
is still together or whether il
has split up. The status quo
appears to shift from day to
day, and further seems to de-
pend on which Hollywood col
umnist you read If any.
But at last reports the big
Martin-Lewis lawsuit against the
National Broadcasting Co., a
matter Of some SO million, was
definitely on.
York Pictures Corp, Of which
the Messrs. Martin and Lewis
are part owners, was alleging
breach Of contract in regard to
the deal requiring NBC to lay
out $250,000 each for four Mar
tin-Lewis TV productions every
year for five years.
NBC was alleged to have brok-
en- the contract.
Inability to Perform
II true, the basis for cancel
lation by NBC may well have
been inability to perform" That
is. the split-up Of the comedian
team. in the opinion of the
broadcasterS. would make it i'm
possible for the boys to continue
their partnership performance
A secondary legal factor, and
perhaps an important one, might
be the loss Of audience-appeal
derived from public knowledge
of the strained relations between
the two. While the opposite
could be the actual result. this
Evening star., 1956-08-30
The nature
Of a husband

How can you make his home
coming q daily joy? How much
should you know about his job
% you can help him succeed?
Why may his needs for physical
love differ from yours?
In September Readers Di-
gest, a father tries to explain to
his daughter the peculiar mas
culine qualities she'll encounter
in the man who Is her husband.
Get September Readers Di.
gest atnewsstands today: 42ar.
ticles Of lasting interest, includ.
ing the best from leading maga-
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condensed to save your time.
Evening star., 1956-08-30
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Are You a MiddIe-Aged Athlete?
By DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

in refutation but they would
laugh them of. After all, one
King is worth a few dozen plain
Joes."
I recall a 42-year-old woman
who prided herself upon her
youthfulness and slim figure. One
day she got into a basketball
game at a gymnasium with some
teen-agers. In rushing for the
ball she misjudged and ran head
on into a concrete wall. Fortu-
nately all she got was a concus-
sion-but she suffered from
headaches for years.
"What . DOpe!"
She said What dope
Imagine me trying to prove to
myself-and perhaps to those
kids-that I have a special in
with Father Time. Better warn
your middle-aged patients to be-
have, doctor. or they'll be getting
into worse trouble than I have,
Years ago I worked in a medi-
cal clinic with fine medical man
OF about As. He was leaving that
afternoon. he said, for some ski
ing. Aren't you too old to be
taking that up now?" I said.
Who. me9a he said.
Three days later they brought
him back with q broken thigh.
I visited him. He smiled and
said: mo fool like an old fool--
especially when the fool is a
doctor who should know better
It's one thing to engage in
moderate exercise if you enjoy it.
It's something else to take on
competitive sports and risk your
head and heart.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc
Tomorrow Should critically IN BE- told
Evening star., 1956-08-30

The comedian Danny Thomas
recently broke an ankle. Not,
mind you. while cavorting around
on the stage or making a film.
Some college boys were visiting
his daughter Margaret, 18, and
got up basketball game in the
Thomas yard. You can guess
the rest.
The "old man." who is AZ, must
have begged to get into the
game. He'd show these modern
youngsters how basketball really
should be played! I think
Danny's pride must have hurt
him more than his ankle when
they carried him off.
I speak with experience. At
the age of 40-right after my
book was published warning 40
year-olds and UP against exer-
cise-I got into a softball game
and was carried off the field with
the worlds worst charleyhorse.
We people over 40 just can't
seem to accept the fact that we
aren't good enough to compete
with youngsters. Even the 81
year-old Miss Marciano threw
her dad Rocky, and put him into
q hospital with a slipped disc!
Gets BristIy Replies
Whenever I warn "middle-aged
athletes" they come at me with
fire and birthstone. They say:
Go sit in your rocking chair.
Wither away in disuse. You're
not going to convince us to sit
around twiddling our fingers
while we wonder if it's the rock
ing chair or our bones that we
hear creaking." ~
I hope you don't think I am
gloating about Danny Thomas
broken ankle. But I must hold
UP somebody well known as an
example. Especially. when 1
think back how many years my
detractors pointed their fingers
at the octogenarian King of
Sweden on the tennis court.
IF an 80-year-old can play
tennis. how about me? I'm only
So" For so many years the kind
ly old King was my nemesis.
Every time he walked off the
court on his own steam'my mid
dle-aged" athlete friends would
say: What more proof do you
need?"
I could bring up many cases
Evening star., 1956-08-30
Visitors Muy Share
Japanese Home Life

KYOTO, Japan.-Visitors to
Japan now have a chance to visit
Japanese homes and get ac-
quainted with japanese family
life. A home-visit system in Kyoto
is proving popular.
Tourists may spend a few hours
or a few days in q Japanese home
under a plan worked out by the
municipality.
Evening star., 1956-08-30

lin my younger days. and I know
the value Of being your own boss
and working to build something
for yourself and your family.
I don't care what the aptitude
tests show. Our son has always
wanted to come with me to the
store and has never complained
about helping. It is true that
he is shy and doesn't wait ON
customers. But he Is very use.
full and willing when he helps
me. and he seems to know good
deal about the merchandise.
Maybe it's all right in Russia
for the authorities to disregard
the parents and tell q youth how
he should run his life, but / feel
that ! should have something to
say about my sons future.
THE COUNCILS VIEWS
Aptitude tests are a modern
educational tool. but they should
not be mistaken for destiny or
used as substitute for free.
conscious decision.
The fact that this youths ap-
titude tests do not disclose q
talent for dealing with people
and indicate other aptitudes
should not bar him from an
opportunity In his fathers bust.
ness. For one thing, there are,
as the father points out, other
phases to the business besides
waiting on customers. For an
other thing. it is possible to
overcome the weaknesses In
dicated by al aptitude test.
The father surely has q right
to expose this youth to his busi-
ness and to encourage him to
enter it. On the other hand, If
the son has been made to feel
that he dare not aspire to some
other career, that would be
wrong.
In this case, it seems that the
mother misunderStands the pur-
pose Of the aptitude test and
wants to rule out the family
business simply because the ap-
titude test disclosed that the
youth has some feeling for
science.
If the youth knows the mer-
chandise and has skill in man.
agement, the fact that he lacks
the disposition to make small
talk with the customers should
not prove the decisive factor. He
can hire q good salesclerk when
the time comes for him to run
the business.
Copyright. 1856. General Features corp.)
Evening star., 1956-08-30
FEATURE Rcz
SECURITY FOR YOU
Oct. Check to Include
Rail Benefit Increases

now getting payments. 289, 900
will get a 10 per cent raise and
5000 will get raises Of less than
10 per cent. The $4,000 who will
not get increases are retired
workers who are getting pay
ments (a) equal to their average
monthly earnings while they
worked, or (b) equal to what
they'd get in Social Security
payments If their work had been
covered by the Social Security
program.
Wives of workersLOf the l14,-
900 wives getting retirement pay
ments, $1,000 will get increases
of 10 per cent and $4,000 will get
less than 10 per cent. Wives who
are now getting $54.30 a month
will get no increase. Those re-
ceiving more than $49.36 will
have their payments raised to
$54.30. Those getting $49.36 or
less will get a 10 per cent raise.
$1,000 Widows to Benefit
Aged widows-Of the 153, 900
aged widows on the payment
rolls. $4,000 will get 10 per cent
raises and 1000 less than 10 per
cent. The aged widows who will
not get increases are those get
ting payments equal to what
they'd get under Social Security
if their deceased husbands had
actually worked under the Social
Security system.
Only a small number of the
widowed mothers, children and
parents now getting railroad
survivors payments
will get raises. The bulk Of the
raises will be to such survivors
if they're not getting payments
equal to Social Security had the
railroad workers employment
fallen under the Social Security
system.
All retirement pensioners and
Evening star., 1956-08-30
BY RAY HENRY

Nearly two-thirds of all the
people now getting railroad re-
tirement or survivors payments
have had their payments raised
as Of July /.
But no additional money will
show up in benefit checks until
Evening star., 1956-08-30

for sterlizing equipment. It also
has . cap. gown and mask for
use In the maternity ward.
Patients pay for the service
Evening star., 1956-08-30
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Evening star., 1956-08-30

Sixth in series on new changes in
Sociol Security, Roilrood Retirement
and Civil Service Retirement.
Evening star., 1956-08-30
FAMILY COUNCIL
Is Aptitude
Test Key
To Career
THE PROBLEM

ASN81~AAAAAf8
BONNIE-My husband rejects
the aptitude tests.
JACK-I know our son would
At into my business.
THE DETAILS
Ronnie-Our son is going into
his senior year in high school.
and we are naturally thinking
of his future. My husband is ter
ribly anxious to have him to go
into his business, but the boy
has taken aptitude tests that, to
my mind. indicate he should not.
My husband, Jack, was op-
posed to his taking the aptitude
Evening star., 1956-08-30

those drawing the survivors op-
ton under the railroad retire
ment system will get raises Of
10 per cent.
4 \ 4 \
You may write to Ray Henry
in care Of this newspaper about
your Social Security or retire.
ment problem. Please enclose a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
and Is cents in coin.
(From AP Newsfeatures)
The next orticle in this series will
Evening star., 1956-08-30

tests, but they were recon-
mended by the high school and
he reluctantly agreed. The apti-
tude tests showed a marked sci
entific bent in our son, and in
dicated that he would not be at
his best in dealing with people.
My husband is furious because
I want to encourage the boy in
the direction indicated.
Jack-I have worked very
hard to establish my little retail
business. I had my fill of being
kicked around from pillar to post
Evening star., 1956-08-30

Tomorrow: Couple have q spot every
time her porents come for visit.
Evening star., 1956-08-30
THE DETAILS

The FomiIy Council consists Of q Judge.
q psyehiotrist. , cIersymen. news
poper editor women's editor and
two writer's. Eoeh orticls IS a sum-
mary Of on oetuol report. The Fomily
Council does not give advice; it
merely reports on problems thot hove
been dealt with by responsible osen-
cies and eounseIors.
Evening star., 1956-08-30

The next ortiele in this series will
oppsur Saturday.
Evening star., 1956-08-30

Tomorrow; Should critically in Be ioI
the TRUTH
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-01-06

pot-luck supper. This is the annual
meeting at which reports are pre-
sented and new vestrymen are
elected. There will be movies for
the children during the business
meeting and it is expected that the
meeting will not be too long. Fol
lowing the Parish Meeting the
Vestry will meet in the Sacristy
for organization and election of Sr.
Warden, Jr. Warden, Treasurer,
Clerk, and delegates to Diocesan
Convention.
Tuesday, 7:30 pm. = Troop 1863,
Boy Scouts of America
Wednesday, IL am. - Christian
Education Class; 7 pm. st. Thomas
Choir will rehearse under the di-
rection of Mrs. Robert G. Owen, Jr.
Thursday, 10 am. = Holy Com
munion
Friday, 4 pm. = Junior Choir
will rehease in Guild Hall under
the direction of Miss Faythe Duffy
Saturday, 1920 am Children
Confirmation instruction