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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12

BELLE HAVEN
Superior location near the golf
club Appealing new brick home with
large, bright rooms. bedrooms. ga
baths. : i1replaces, Large easv TO
arrange living room. family dining
room. fully equipped kitchen. level
lot. high elevation. full basement
Priced at So $50 In a S35, 900
neighborhood. $4,000 cash will han
die.
RoUTH ROBBINS REAL EST. CORP
go MADISON ST XII. $4,000
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WILMINGTON ON THE POTOMAC

WELLINGTON ON THE POTOMAC
Tapestry brick rambler: stretch,
living room with corner fireplace
separate dining room. fully equipped
kitchen with eating space: 3 laret
bedrooms. . full baths. full bsmt
rec. room. glassed-in breezeway and
earaRe. Don't miss this lovely home
Assume $4,000 Az, LIST trust
balance tnu,,il IN easy terms, You will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-12

5-bedroom brick. 4 years old. with
full bsmt. and garage . full baths;
large liying room with fireplace
separate dining room; big kitchen
well equipped; screened porch, shade
trees. An unusual value: high on q
hill. close to the Army-NavY Coun-
Try. Club and Pentagon. Only
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VIRGINIA'S BEST BUYS
ALEXANDRIA
Go 7E0

The unusual and individual home
In area OF Alexandria. close to bus
and new Francis Hammond High
School and Maurey Elem. School
Living room with brick fireplace:
dining ell. equipped kitchen, . nice
bedrooms and bath: permanent
stairs. to partially finished attic;
Ienced ward. Immediate occupancy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Double Check

Had wonderful day Slndav n
welfare Hospital "Mr, Bid"
came to see me and brought me the
best box Of candy
Having hard time swallowing
an the setbacks Of the past days.
Vanguard flop appears To top the
lot. The news OF this one encircled
the world faster than anything the
Russians have ever had rather
humorous
The Democrats blast the Republl-
cans they, III turn put the blame
on publicity The scientists blame
the equipment makers and the Gen
cral blames Martin 50 around and
round SHE goes It's the greatest
cure for deep draiking since the
3-A's
America never steps We 70
toward right on from here The Pen
tagon may recover but it will take
time. No need for us to worry, we
flop so often
I Weep. Nixon threw blanket
over the whole thing Shut up. We
know where our "Whatnik" ISL
I Thanks forr reading
Yours,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Decisive Wonan-Vote Coming

IF WOMEN do not decide the presidential
race in 1860, they probably viii do so
before long. The Census Bureau estimates
that in that year there Will be 52,250,ooo
men of p years Of age and over. and So
100000 women The women's majority Of
3.250,000 will be gain from 1856, when it
was approximately 100000 SO II the
women all stood together they could elect
their choice regardless of the men.
If they an stood together. As everyone
knows, they do not. any more than men do
Also though exact figures are not availa-
BILE the experience in most states it that
more women than men fail to vote. De
spite the part that women play in business
and civic life, many are still uninterested
in politics
Nor is this surprising. The woman suf-
frage amendment to the Constitution is
only little more than generation old. II
takes more time than that for radically
new idea to take hold fully.
The difference in male and female voting
records will grow gradually less and less
With males now a minority and steadily
Of the future is likely to address his cam
paign more and more TO what he considers
the womans point Of view This conclusion
is hard on the male ego, hut it is one Of the
political facts Of life.
the Uarrensbnrg (No.) Daily STAR Journal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
John Tempe Groves
TO hand out the Jobs
and to Job the handouts

III spite Of frightful set-backs
there are nobler roles for Republi-
can leaders In the South now than
this ancient one
Free Southern Republicans AS
well as Free Southern Democrats
are called to make this region
count.
Richard Nixon. more and more
statesman. remains none the less
politician Republicans in the
South might impress him with their
political worth if they used their
neWfound bAlt declining numbers
to reject purely patronage minded
leaders and declare their deteImi-
nation TO be free Of the national
convention.
But il would De necessary To take
party control away from those who
don't care what the Southern vote
is or the national issues are so long
as they are allowed TO hand out the
Jobs and to Job the handouts.
Then there's the other leading
young man. the one we're in love
with and who loves us, both blindly
the mop-head from Massachusetts
we kissed In the dark. Senator
Kennedy. too. is a politician as well
as a statesman To keep his love
light burning we must let him know
we mean to be free Democrats Who
won't stand without hitching for the
Republican Party any more than
we'll come without calling for the
Republican.
Senator Kennedy writes The
Charleston News and Courier that
he himself was surprised when the
ADA rated ME 50 highly that they
approved y out OF the IA votes that
they had rated all senators on
Locking over the votes he says he
finds his high score hot particularly
radical II was exactly the same as
that Of Senators Synington. Lyndon
Johnson, Carl Hayden. Green
0 Mahoney. Mansfield Magnuson.
etc hardly group of radicals
It Jagged behind Douglas Morse
Humphrey. L e h m n, Neuberger
Kefauver ane Gore
/ Something else Ks that III recent
piping times Of prosperity and
peace where a way now?l 'many
measures have involved no issue as
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Sl2,5O0 Damages
Duel Against .Amelian

Damages Of S12.50O last week
were awarded Richmond wom-
an, mother of a l7-year-old boy
WHO was killed in an accident near
Chesterfield O. H. June s.
= seven-man jury found for
Mrs. Dorothy Baker Nicely in her
suit against Louis S. Burton. RID.
Amelia Chesterfield Circuit Judge
William Old entered the order
awarding the $l2.5o0 judgement
Mrs. Neely's son. William Neely
~, was killed when the motor
cycle he was operating colllded
With truck driven BY JASPER G.
smith, Route 2. Amelia. at the in
lefsectlon OF Routes 10 and GOA. A
passenger Oh the motorcycle was
injured.
me lumber truck was owned BY
Burton.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Don't Blame The School

fingerprints We ate told that
the bows came from "gocd" homes
The idea that crime stems alto
gether out of poverty and run
down neighborhoods is unsound
We have entirely too many ex-
amples such as is furnished by
these two youngsters
The Woodshed is gone The ra-
zor strap is gone Peach-tree limbs
have gone out Of style Mother S
slippers have such spike heel
on them that they don't serve the
purpose But the Good Lord pro
vlded every youngSter with pad
ding III the proper place to re-
cure from paternal discipline
Maybe cur trouble is that Pop has
resigned and Nom Is at the bridge
club or taking a siesta
Don's blame the school The
school authorities say these two
Twill be back in school when the
damage Is paid for. Considering
that arson is felony should they
get out Of it for less?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Letters 10 The Editor

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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
John Tempe Groves
TwoDaringg Young Men
On Political Trapezc

between liberals OF conservatives
and may have found such oppositcs
AS the ADA and the NAM on The
same side. Senator Kennedy says.
Sen. Bridges and | voted against
a cut in military assistance abroad
without knowledge that the ADA
would label that a right vote
The youthful senator is a child Of
the New Deal-Fair Deal era of
social Hlindedness over all in-
Guiding the individual and The Con
stitution Since the other young
man has managed TO swing from
conservatism TO liberalism. it is as
possible for Senator Kennedy To
continue an indicated partial swing
from liberalism to conservatism
He viii never. Of course. swing
TO Calvin Coolidge or Mark Hanna
That means he never please one
denomination Of conservatives. but
these are the country's principle
socialist menace. Their eXtremism
invites counter extremism, limits
the chance Of conservative realists
10 hold the line
/ big difference between the two
daring young mon on the presl-
dental trapeze is that one looks ID
the Negro vote as his main chance
while the other courts the South
The Vice President IS reported. pre-
pairing to crack down hard now OH
the nti-discrimination clause iii
/ government contracts he IS char
man OF the Presidents committee
On enforcement and to make all
possible other overtures To the Mel
gro vote in big Northern cities as
his party's hope Of pulling through
the coming elections The Negro
press Is filled with bis praises
Could the South change Nixon *
mind or defeat him for the nomi-
nation if not? Free Southern re-
pubFcans might 10 IL No oppo-
sition 70 him for the nomination N
/ In sight, but it's long time to 1860
Bill Knowland may achieve such a
+ victory in California that he'll de-
eide to run for President after all.
+ OF Secretary Of Defense McElroy
already an unheralded sputnlk force
his impressive behavior and person
atty ii new office may become \
veritable Sputnik Number One
Either might win over Nixon with
Free Republicans from the South.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Live With Joy
Lesson for December Is. 1857

NOBODY wants 70 be unhappy
The trouble IS. people look in
the wrong places. or in the wrong
ways, for happiness. They look for
il under the Christmas tree. Or at
the race track. or IN the taMarnS
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

Milnwood Home Demonstration
club held covered dish supper
last week at the home Or Nh. and
Mrs. v. v Gordon.
Fifty persons attended the an
nual supper.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

or in books
They think hap
plness is some
thing you ( a q
pay for and pick
up like a ticket
TO N e " Y 0 + k.
Well, you can get
short-lived happl-
ness, Of sorts, in
many Of thes E
and other ways.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Fear Propaganda

TIiERE is nothing 70 fear but Tear ITSELF
1 Is one 81 the wisest statements Of Pres
ident F. d. Roosevelt, who knew how to
coin phrases which caught the public atten-
ton He was the greatest mob psychologist
America has ever known. Emergency after
emergency he proclaimed, each time taking
i little more power into the central govern
mcnt chipping away at the Liberties OF the
individuals and the states. Whether the
various emergencies were real OF fancied
will never be determined, because Congress
reflected the will Of the people by giving
more and more power to the executive and
bureaueraces Propaganda PLAYED an i'm
portant part in we'll designed plans to so
ciaiize the United States. For twelve years
or more in the '30's and early '40's the peo-
Ole Of America were agitated through 2
fear psychology.
We are reliably Informed that people who
ike il the larger cities Of America are fear
full particularly in New York. This teem-
ing metropolis is nerve center and sus-
ceptible to changing conditions in other ma
tions worldwide The national barometer.
tie stockmarket, rises and falls from the
least stimulus President Eisenhowers i'll
ness was reflected there instantly. we
never have understood why business II so
sensitive. The sputnik, whatever that is, is
the most recent cause for alarm il the big
city The people are fearful Of bombing
possibilities Possibly the subway strike
that tied up the citys transportation sys-
tenn this week will give them more about
which to worry and take their attention
from Sputnik City folks generally react to
stimuli Of uncasinesS quickly and unless n
calming stimulus II brought into play they
cab 80 into frenzy. Sure it would be tragic
if several Of Americas big cities and dis
tribution popints were demolished, but It
would not mean necessarily the end Of the
United States The fear is unfounded.
The Russians are past masters at propa-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

Congressman Watkins NJ. Abb
bitt. former Alter from Appomat-
tox County. received a national
alumni recognition award at the
National All Club Congress in Chi
cage during the first Of December
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Running Out OF Days

The year is running out Of days,
Its coiors oil have fled
The green Of spring, the flowers hue.
And outunn's gold and red.
The summer sun thot early rose
And filled long Days with light,
Is slow to rise ond swift to set
70 make more long eoch night
! never knew in days of youth
How short each Year could be-.
Nor thought ! then how flight Of time
Could mean SO much to me-
But now when | am growing old,
At each years end sigh
The eyor is running out Of days,
And like it, SO am l.
q o. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

IA + lo0k 4 tour Of the county schools
+" last week and refreshed our faith il OUT
children
Here were elasSrooms, with their odor Of
chalkdust and new varnish no veteran Of
grade. school can ever forget Here were
frosh-scrubbed first graders, fairly burst
ing with the vibrant energy Of a child try
ina Il Nj t.ll.in strange room check full
81 exciting attractions
Teacher said Nov everybody who does
nj have eravons. hold up your hands"
Most 81 them raised their small arms
dutiully. but personality differences Was
already being expressed One small. blond
fellow lust fairly waved his arm off, pip
ine II haven't any, teacher, | haven't ann.
ley | haven't any, teacher"
On the other extreme was voungstcr 50
shv he couldn't even bring himself to raise
his hand to receive the utensils The erayons
were passed out Teacher asked. Nov has
anyone been LETT out?"
\ brief silence, then our small blond ex
trover:
Hey, Jimmie didn't set any. teacher; he
didn't, hey he didn't get any, teacher.1
Jimmie shrank further into the protec-
tive vel behind his desk, furtively nodded
assent e teachers nquiring look. Gently
she explained 70 Jimmie tile need for com
munication When he wanted something
Jimmie nodded quickly. ewes on his inkwell.
snAtched the proffered crayons and tried
"A melt further into his seat
Later. While they folded paper and coll
cred great squares with their brand new
traNons. another distinction could ID Jill
served The girls worked primly. moving
ever-so-earefuly at the edges Of thecolored
square, holding their crayons just 81 III sec-
retaral style Boys fairly attacked the
squares with q knife-lke grip on their tool
Set the square covered and devil take the
margins, was their manful motto.
1t was i lesson ii personality amy bar
ents would have enjoyed for the full elias,
session And before Il WAS over. the signs
Il growth bad already begun to show.
Teacher looked over the productions and
stopped IN Jimmies desk Why that's a
very misc Job. Jimmie, Why don't YOU show
II TO the rest Of the class2't
Jimmie started. shrunk moment then
suddenly eiutched his production and held
II up for all the world To see
The class looked, some Ii envy, some
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
First Achievements

with boredom, most with appreciation Of
such masterful style
Isn't that good job GLASS; asked
teacher. The class nodded, while the blond
boy spoke for the group.
Hey, that's good" He pronounced With
authority.
Teacher said il was. too, then told Jimmie
he could sit down and moved on Jimmie
sat down, but just then, Oh his first day ii
school, he felt six feet tall.
The Hood Rirer (Ore.) Neus
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

ganda. and It appears to us that we are
playing into their hands now to help them
scare US to DEATH The metropolitan news
paper headlines scream. PRUSSIA CAN
WIPE OUT q. S. CITIES, SAYS KHRU-
sHEV" What Of it? That is what Khrushev
said Over the years the Russians have
claimed the development Of every modern
invention including electricity and atomic
energy. They have made SD many claims
we know to be false, why get too excited
about these new claims
No one can fail to understand the posi-
bilities in the artificial satellite, sputnik If
launched and perfected it could become a
strategic weapon Of Importance At present
it is an effective propaganda weapon, and
We, our newspaper radio and television me-
dia have had big part in making it effec-
tive. We are actually soaring ourselves to
death Just what the Kremlin planned and
wanted
Let Is not forget that the United States
has a plenty of defensive Weapons. capable
Of demoishing vast areas any place il the
world It has navy second to none; an
airtorce efficient and alert; all army, mo-
bile by air and ground; and hard-hitting
weapons deployed in strategic spots uni
yersalIY. Americas strength and t h q
strength of its allies are the potent forces
to prevent war Until and unless this ma
tion n disarmed by fear propaganda, Amer
lea Will continue to be the great world pow
CT.
There are many other conditions more
serious ii our opinion than the Russian
sputnik some Of which arc Russian in
duced Our unbalanced budget the develop
ing racial tensions. the easy immigration
policies, the depletion Of natural resources.
the lack Of craftsmanship, socalistic trends
and protection Of communists are Of great
~ Importance
we may be naive and foolish. but we Just
wont help the Russians 'scale Us to death 7
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13

One BeiieriHc mother who likes To take her
small daughter with her everyplace. asked
her daughter if she would like to attend d
shower with her. Her tiny replied, "Yes,
Mommy, ii won't get very Wet
The BcNeriNe fKan.) Telescope
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
For Now and for Always

Realizing tins, many Christians
have worked out another scheme
Id their minds. They figure that
happiness. or JOY. IS not to be had
in this life, only in the next In
deed some have gone So far AS To
believe that the unhappier YOU are
III this world. the more happiness
will be piled on your plate at the
heavenly banquet And 10 TIL q y
WIN even go To a lot of trouble ~
make themselves as miserable VS.
possible, like doing without propel
food and clothes 5. wearing han
shirts and heavy CHAINS around
thcir bodies, 81 earning happiness
lii the Future life.
All this is quite off the Biolc
beam The worldly man IS righi in
thinking happiness II to ia found
hcrq and now The hair-shlter WHO
wakes up al 3 a " TO beat him
self With whip while he sings
noufnful Psalm Is right m think
ina rcal happiness ought q be a
lasting thing proof against pam
ard disaster But the wording is
wrong IN thinking happiness is the
same thing as kicks and that just
anybody can have T. and Ma halr
shirter Il Wrong ID thinking you
have TO wait fof death to USHER
you r. tho land 81 JIM The Bible
tells IF t1ue joy and i II some
thing for now and toE always
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Editorial from Dallas tTexas)
Morning News

Two lads entered a school build
ing. stole money from desks, threw
ink Oh the walls and set fire to
the structure ITO cover up their
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
How to Have It

Paul did NOT have Joy as yof
might have a parakeet Whseh M
lct out n us cagc to piay wli
now and then Hc livcd III jo
il Was the atmosphere Of his 1f
But With Paul, as with ali Cnr
uans Who have learned iae San
secret ioy did not come aloag
The Christian 10y Is sFeasur
beyond price
Ifit is not the ioy oi The Lord
il u not genuine 81 II is always
found only III those Who have tho
Christian faith, ana the Christian
love The selfish life the loveless
life. never can know what 10y IS.
Ihls Is one e cat reason Why true
happiness and the MY true hap
piness is the JOY Of the Christian
cannot be found by chasing it,
For the person who seeks JOY for
his own benefit is still selfish. and
selfishness and joy are eternally
strangers.
Chased on outlines copy rig hted by the
Division Of Christian Education. Ma
tionat Council OF the Churches Of Christ
in the l s. a. Released by Com m unity
rrrss servirel
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
The Quality Of 10y

BLDG 1tiiS4oii- especially M{iki4
Mia come u the New Testament N
religion VI JPN MD vcry word
Gospel means Good news,
one Of our Lord final words vas
that MY Joy may be in you ana
that yum joy may IKE full CONN.
i5;lia PAU. III Writing ~ his
friends at PhilippI, was writing III
circumstances which could hardly
be called cheerful He was gotting
older and felt has agc hc MAS not
ard perhaps never had been 4
completely Well man lie was \
poor he needed the help his friends
sent him ana furthermore he was
IA jail Vet il WAS precisely in
those circumstances that ho wrote
the classic passage about Joy lr
Philippians 4, beginning Rejoice
IN the Lord always
A thing like joy meyer exists NJ
itself 1t is always III somebody
It is name for the way some
people are True joy is woven n
With lifc So II can best bc IN
served and studied hot Az II you
could put ii into tcst-tubc
Under a microscope You can sct
what joy is by watching the poo
plc who Rave il When Faui talkec
about lave ana icy, ana faith
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-13
Club Has Supper

-YoIlrS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
DATELINE PARIS
u. S. S. Forrestdl Crew Fdscinotes
Members of the British Press

young man very close to being
a lord.
This romance has caused all
Britain to be indignant that a
family that's been royal only
since the early 18th century
should high hat a family that's
been noble since the 18th
century. But the indignation,
especially from the Douglas
Home family itself. has been
tinged with healthy good
humor. This drove Sweden's
King Gustaf to admit all that's
needed is for the young man
to make a name for himself in
some dignif1ed, ruling class
sort Of way"
Will Change Position
Count Won Essen, the Kings
on-again-off -again spokesman
suggested. Perhaps he will be-
come a British MP. or some
thing like that. and then, of
course. the position will be
different" Now that the terms
are down. any British party
could sign up Robin Douglas
Home. run him in any constit-
uency whatsoever and be
dead sure the romantic public
would elect him without a
single vote going to his rival.
The Embers. a New York
hight club, offered him 81 900 a
week to play his piano and
they added that the money
would be Ito help the romance
along" A night club directly
across the road from the royal
palace in Stockholm offered
him 81. 800 a week to play there.
Both offers have been refused.
You see. it's not the money
he needs: it's q seat in the
House of Commons.
It's worthy of note that
Robin Douglas-Home tpro-
pounced "Humew hasn't es-
corted a single eligible woman
in London since Princess Mar
garet left town. High season
though it is. he goes to parties
in large organized groups and
then sits and talks with his
men friends: incidentally,
Lady-in- Waiting to the Prin-
cess Margaret used to be
Cecilia Birch who left her side
only to take a job as secretary
at the Swedish Embassy in
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19

the receiving line for the last
party they will attend. Also
with them-and also leaving
were Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Elvin
G. Lyon. and Col. Hallett D..
Edison. president of the class
Of 1884. and Mrs. Edison.
Newcomers who will stay
on and who were in the re-
ceiving line last evening in
cluded Col. and Mrs. Wilson
D. Neal, Col. and Mrs. Theo-
dore @. Bilbo, jr., Col. and