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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Farm Group Elects
Officers; Calls
For Harmony

An appeal for greater harmony
among farm. organizations was the
keynote during the county convent
ion Of Prince Edward Farmers
Union Saturday afternoon in the Cir
cult Court Room
State Senator Charles T. Moses
called for mutual effort among such
organizations in his guest address.
and the members present agreed to
seek such ends here in the year
ahead.
The convention reelected A. w.
Lewis, Of Prospect, to his fifth term
as county president. Other officers
elected were j. B. Cook. OF Oar
limgton Heights. vice president. and
Mrs. j. B, Cook. secretary
treasurer.
Elected to the county board Of
directors were Prospect district. T,
c. Xix. w. B. Garrett, c. B. Gillian
and Anderson Coleman: Leigh dis.
trict, Clarence Glascock. S. M.
Weaver. w. IT, Cook and Charles
Huson.
Also, Lockett district, W. L. Simp-
son, Tom Smith and o. L. Cook.
Buffalo district. Emory Dillon, L.
+. Morris and Norman Southall.
Farmville district. w. l.. Barksdale,
Frank Huddleston. E. j. Ward and
Eugene Dunkley. and Hampden dis
trict, Joe Hines, Leonard Slayton
and NJ. O. Chappell.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Finds Christmas
Beauty Everywhere

Editor.
Sunday evening, December %.
1857.
Our town is beautiful tonight
The sky is filled with million
stars.
The people Of the town have
decorated their churche $. their
doorways their W In d ow s. their
porches and shrubs to help cele-
brate the birth Of the King
The youth Of the town from all
the churches joined together carol
ing, riding around and stopping be
fore each house that had lighted
candle in the window and singing
a beautiful Christmas carol.
After they had passed by, l took
one more look at the decorations
in my home. turned out the lights
and thought OF the children sleep
ing snug in their beds dreaming
the hours away till Christmas
morning. | could still hear the
carolers in the distance and / said
ito myself: Farmville is beautiful
tonight!
Mrs W. j. ellis. Jr..
Farmville, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Letters To Editor
New Deal" Math
Won't Work Here
Editor Farmyille Herald

Editor fafmYl!ie Herald
] am having a little trouble here
At my home and while realize that
You do not make practice OF reg
ulating and advising on domestic
relations, knowing that the paper
you publish carries much weight in
each edition and covers the nation
like blanket or at least like a thin
gaiEe or very light mist, am re-
questing you to use your great in
flllence to help me out.
What is at the bottom Of my trou-
Bile, are the advertisements IN the
various magazines that cater to
women. These magazines carry adj
vertisements for labor saving de-
vices for women to use in the home.
They tell in glowing terms how a
certain washing machine will save
half the labor Of washing clothes.
ironing machines cut ironing labor
in half certain washing powders
eliminate half Of all necessary rub
bling and so on and SO on.
Now my wife reads these adver-
tlsements and they have so much
impressed her that she has come to
the conclusion that she wants me TO
buy her two of each OF these labor
saving items. She has gotten the idea
that if she had two OF each Of these
labor saving items, each OF which is
advertised to cut labor in half. she
wouldn't have to do any work and
would then have more time to de-
vote to social activities and playing
bridge.
l tell her that you can't belive
everything you read in these mag
azines and on the television screen
like you can believe all that's pub
lished in the Farmville Herald, but
1t doesn't seem to alleviate the de-
lusions she is imbued with concern
ing these labor saving devices she
sees advertised.
Anything you can do viii be great
ly appreciated by your constant
reader and subscriber to your in
fluential paper.
Respectfully yours,
l.. D. Whitaker
Editors Note" New Deal" mathe-
mates has never worked won't
work now. J
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

and statesmen al her councils
Who knew the seasons
A grand alliance for the con-
stitution and the national interest
against socialists. centralists. one
worlders and government By pres
sure group!
That is the vision this column
and Others saw dimly last sum-
mer when out OF seeming nowhere.
inspired by Dick Russell, mar
shalled by Lyndon johnson.
Senate majority appeared for the
jury trial amendment to the Civil
Rights bill The amendment was
emaSculated week later but
memory of the alliance fingers on.
It included liberals and conser-
vatives, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, Southerners and Northern
ers.
And what created it vas the
Constitution Of the United States
is II possible for such an al
lance, without being third party
and without being confined to
conservatives, there Just aren't
enough to dictate the president
ial nomination Of 1860? This
column is convinced Of it.
A move in the direction is
formation now OF a national non
partisan organization OF "Ameri-
cans for Constitutional Action. :"
conceived In conservative counter
part to the leftist Americans for
Democratic Action. Naturally it
counts on much support in the
South. and will have it. 1t can be
a very great force unless it is led
by men too far right to be accept
ed by significant numbers of us
who oppose the ADA. Lunatics of
the right and or nobodies of the
right, however, could ruin it,
make 1t an actual leftist menace
The South may be in grand
alliance" with this AGA but it
cannot afford to be absored by it..
What has brought the South to-
gether in more unity and passion
than it has known since the Civil
War and makes us presently the
most potent American minority is
not confined to conservatives.
Neither can the South afford to
carry all manner Of causes of
conservatism along with its own
llfe-or death cause.
The Southern resistance which
Is making history now Is no more
exclusively conservatives than Ku
Klux Khan. 1t is all OF US. and il
mustn't be diluted with issues On
which many Of Us disagree.
II can't afford to merge with
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Mrs. Sarah Chapman,
Curdsville, Dies 81


Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Anne Chapman, 81. Of Curdsville,
who died Tuesday, Dec "a. at Nor
folk, were held at p. M, Friday
at Doyne-Burger Funeral Home at
Farmville. fnterment was in Con-
cord Baptist Church cemetery. near
Sheppards.
She was native OF Russell
county. Va, where she was born
November Is. 1873. She was a
member of Free Will Holiness
Church. .f"
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Of Orange,
and Mrs. Dave Leary. Of Norfolk
five sons, William M. Chapman. Of
Marbury, Md. John T. Chapman,
Of Orange. Robert and Everett r.
Chapman, both Of Norfolk. and
Morris Chapman Of Curdsville. 10
grandchildren. and IA great-grand-
children
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
West-German Comeback

TllE economic resurgence Of Western Ger
many has been one Of the authentic mir
acleS of this chaotic age. She suffered al
most unimarmabe physical destruction,
followed BY Years Of occupation by the vic
torious military forces Yet today Ger
hiany's industry is booming; the country is
extremely prosperous by European stand
ards. her trade balance Is highly favorable.
and her currency is remarkably stable IN
credible As i seems. Germany is likely to
snpersede Britain as the worlds third pow
q, after the United States and the Soviet
Union.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
John Temple Groves
Americans For Constitutional Action
Conceived BIZ Conservatives

The Americans for Constitutional
Action but it can he joined III
grand alliance and appear with
that and others before both
national conventions with ali the
delegates and electors it can elect.
Richard Freeman. OF Birming-
ham, finds this column inconsist-
ent about the New Deal. What he
overlooks is that the constant
song llere has been that the New
Deal is dealt. not dead
MIR. Freeman tauntS me. too,
with having lost "penchant for
scoring eggheads /" Not So It's
Just that; for moment, there
aren't many around. He doesn't
understand what an egghead is.
Tie thinks it's an intellectual but
It's only pseudo one with q party
line, not thinker but dim, mis-
dealer in thoughts OF others,
Eggheads. for example, took
The basic truths Of progressive
education and made a mess Of
education. They took the New
Deal and tried to deal forever.
They took the dream Of world
organization and let Mrs. RoOse-
welt have it for one world social
lists Now they seize on the right
Of colored people to equality under
law and to brotherhood under
God and spoil it by trying to
make white and black Identical
twins.
The most intderable civil rights
legislation, well : say Randolph
Russell in The Augusta Herald.
wasn't legislation. 1t was the 1854
Supreme Court edict against
school segregation" Congress it.
self" he reminds us, has never
passed any law against school in
tegration. Does it embarras the
court. you wonder. that Congress
is SO -implementive?
Strom Thurmond means SO
much to the country I'm glad hes
going to have Randolph Russell
helping him. But many of us will
miss this brilliant gentleman S
editorials i'll The Augusa Herald
with their "soundness of think
ing and constructiveness Of pur-
pose. as Publisher William S
Morris puts it in bidding him
goodbye. Randy has an ope n
mind, and, what's more. fine
positives come into the opening
! Withal. he is natural scholar,
writer and publicist.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Golden Anniversary
In West Virginia

Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Mann form
erly OF near Warminster celebrated
their Golden Wedding anniversary
at their home in Oak Hill. W. Va.
on December Is. Mr.. Mann is a
brother of R. A. and R. B. Mann
who live at Warminster. Mrs. Mann
is the former Miss Mary Margaret
johnson of Carlisle.
Mr.. Mann has been retired for
five years. Before that he worked
AZ years for the New River Coal
Company as an engineer. The open
house celebration was attended by a
large crowd Of relatives and friends.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

definite place. Education has held spot
light during the past year
Race relations, one Of the vulnerable
spots in America, have deteriorated during
the year Racial differences have become
more acute nationally. Unfortunately, in
the cities, especially in the North, racial
consciousness has been accentuated. Con-
tinued agitation among the non-white pop
ulation plays into the hands and plans Of
the communists who would split the people
Of America by internal dissension pitting
class against class and race against race In
this field some clear thinking will be need
Cd in the coming years. 1t should begin in
the Congress Of the United States. Our wish
is the father to the thought, we fear.
Virginia has made progress. The state
government has lived within its budget
Capital improvements have been made at
colleges, mental and penal institutions on
highways, bridges and tunnels. State policy
in support of constitutional principles and
defense of racially separate schools was a
principal issue in special session Of the
legislature Change of leadership in 1858
from Governor Thomas B. Stanley to Gov
crnor-elect j. Lindsay Almond and an
overwhelming endorsement Of Almond in
4 campaign in which separate schools was
4 primary issue would indicate a continuing
strong policy in this field.
Locally, the schools Of the county have
continued to operate efficiently without in
terruption. Federal courts have adjudicat-
ed several important phases Of the school
problem. The year 1858 will no doubt bring
test to the people Of the county regarding
the continuance Of public schools on the
existing basis. 1t is to be hoped that ways
may be found to stabilize the school prob
lem and forestall further racial tensions or
uncertainties.
Industry in Farmvlle has had 4 good
year Employment and production have
been stable. No new industry has been es-
tabllshed. even though several prospects
have spent considerable time during the
year Investigating possibilities in this area,
and at years end more have shown an in
terest. The Farmvile Area Development
Corporation, at least, forms point Of con-
tact and has information and sites available
for manufacturing enterprises interested
in locating in the area.
The municipality has lived within its
budget; closes the year without debt, and
with well conceived plans for further ex-
panslon OF utilities and services.
number Of improvements have been
made in the physical appearance Of the
business section, new store fronts, new
banking houses, and other improvements
showing progress and enterprise. Many
new homes have been built by new home
owners, indicating happy, satisfied cit
izenry.
All in all 1867 has been satisfactory
year IN this community, and we look for
ward to 1858 with optimism.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Into History

1957 passes into history nj midnight, and
4 whole new year dawns The successes Or
The failures Of 1867 can not be changed
they can be used rs guide posts Tor the
dawning year ahead. As we pass from one
Year to another we are conscious Of some
thing old and spent. and look forward to
something new and challenging.
The past year, busnesswise, was not as
good Or profitable as was 1856. Predictions
for 1863 Indicate that the first six months
will follow the general pattern Of the past
NIX months bit slow in sales, bit I'M
certain The last six months will show
pickup in business generally and as a whole
1858 outlook is bright.
Congress held tighter rein on spending
during the year. reducing appropriations to
meet balanced budget Money became
tighter, interest rates higher, which have
been blamed for the pseudo-recession gem
orally apparent Yet initiation Of prices con-
tinue. taxes remain high wages increase
without production increases, and caution
replaces risk capital.
The cold war between communism and
free government continued Real war was
aycrted in the middle East: little is heard
Of Red China and Free China: Russian in
trigue continues regardless of changes III
lis government heads through power poll
tics, 1ndonesian nationalism concerns the
Dutch and nationalism in North African
colonies dsturbs France. Little wars are
possible in any one Of these areas, and with
Russia practicing international power pol
tiles, little wars" could easily spread AT
years end there is international concern.
Launching Of an outer-space m i s | Z.
"sputnik" by Russia, followed BY a second
missile, caused some hysteria in the United
States. Hysteria. far beyond its actual i'm
.rortance The value Of the propaganda Of
this event will be TO spur the defenses Of
the United States and the speedy develop
ment OF the lntercontnental missiles.
Education has come in for considerable
attention during the year. Projections H.
dictate that more students will apply for
admission in the next few wears than
schools and colleges can serve. Federal aid
to education. first for construction in sec
ohdary schools. was strongly advocated
particularly by professional educators. The
Juror over the Russian "sputnik" has given
new impetus to demands for scientists, and
almost every phase of American life is now
being compared to Russian progress. While
we do not sell Russian development
short, we do believe its progress has been
and is being overemphasized We are sus-
eeptiblc to Russian propaganda and the
kremin is past master in the art. The
fnrore for scientists could we'll cause new
look at our entire educational program and
process With beneficial results, but we re-
fuse TO belive that every student should be
4 scientist and do believe that for a bal
aneed Intellectual people the arts have d
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

Quotation. from Communist Catechism:
what is religion? Religion today is
nothing but fetishism backed up by legends
and subtly taught fantasies"
DR.. Jules B0cknan, economics experts.
New York University:
Almost all prices in our economy are
set by administrative action. This is true
for the giant automobile industry and the
smallest retail store"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

Mrs. Mary Lord, U. S. representative to
General Assembly Of the United Ma
tons:
thinkThe most important thing in the
world is to understand other people and to
learn how to get along with them"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

lanes z. Mitchell. Secretary Of Labor:
our Tree enterprise system, driven by
inc talents, energies and skills of our peo-
PIE, has produced the greatest and most
widely shared prosperity in our history"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

Y
n. General Assembly:
The United Nations can serve, but not
substitute itself for. the efforts Of its mem
per governments to stop wars, and to pre-
vent them
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

Virginia is good place to do
business. Figured On the per cap
ita income in 1855. the average
Virginian earned Si,6s5 In 1880,
on The same basis. i was only
S334
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
The Norris (Ninn.) Tribune
An Age OF Chance

The older get, the younger older women
look and the Older young ones appear to be
The Winfield (lowa) Beacon
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
IsHdiIy Happens

The choosy Miss who waits for the right
man to Come along usually finds he comes
along with another woman
The Corrver, Pensacola. Fla.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
William f. shauahnessu. Milwaukee Cir.

cult Court Judge:
The wife who objects to her husbands
FISHING is unreasonable and overexacting )"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31
Double Check

Christmas Cift!i It's less used
these days of Sputnik. atom per
Torrance. but It's as timely as
ever. We 0ldsters often think back
TO childhood days
The summit trip was taken and
the President and Secretary Of
State have made their report 10 the
nation. How it appears to the world
is yet to be seen. This writer. blind
to everyday living, will never win
any Nobel Prize, but am certain
they are on the wrong track for
real World peace. We must find
some common ground with Russia
to have world peace Piling up war
materials in other countries and
building hatred in the minds Of
people win not bring peace any
where.
Ours is way u war Only by
war can we show our superior
strength, or weakness.
l was honored BY visit BY the
Mayor Of Farmville. Hon. W. @
Fitzpatrick. also Mr.. Ernest Paul
son and family Of near Hampton
and many others Cards and letters
continue to pile up Thanks foi
reading and thanks for everything
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-12-31

Editors Note. Our columnist.
Double Check, has been discharged
from his Welfare Hospital. and
will enter the Eye Hospital Of Medi-
cal College on January 8. for an
eye operation in anNetfOrt to restore
his sight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
HOLLYWOOD
Writers Hit Back at Pot Shots
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN
HOLLYWOOD tNANA).

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Sights and sounds:
If something went wrong
with his last picture you can
always get to the bottom Of
things by asking the star.
Chances are odds-on he'll
blame everything on the story
and his writer's. In fact. a
group Of leading screen per-
sonalities appears to have
launched a general attack on
the inferior quality" of scripts
now being developed by the
movie authors.
Writers in the past have
taken such sporadic pot shots
sitting down. But today, led
by Frank Nugent, president Of
the Writer'S Guild - Western
Division. they are striking back
stingingly.
There is always q shortage
in quality-even in stars" said
Nugent, land there is more
work in creating a fine screen
play than in creating q star"
The writer's remained calm
enough until Bing Crosby won
national attention recently by
complaining that he had read
100 scripts without finding one
he liked.
1T does not automatically
follow that what Bing wanted
was good script quality and
that what the writer's offered
was not Nugent commented
acidly. Shakespeare would
have peddled in vain to Der
Bingle; 50 would Shaw, O'Casey
and probably Tennessee Will
liams. I ask Mr.. Crosby and the
others not to stop looking; or,
better still. to hire q good story
editor or q producer. They may
find something the boys have
overlooked"
( + =
/ We were reminded via a little
accidental eavesdropping the
other night how the Academy
Award Theater, official audi
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! loose ends once she does quit,
Una SCOTS at the idea. There's
plenty to do. she insists. plenty
to catch UP on.
For instance. there are hum
dreds of books / never got
around to reading. And ! think
I can put my dramatic train
ing to good advantage by read
ing to patients in hospitals. It's
ridiculous that retired actresses
should be the object Of such
concern"
Una never married. and her
only relatives are in Ireland,
but she'll make her home in
New York which she became
found Of during her last Broad
way 1un-two years in Witness
for the Prosecution"
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torium of the movie industry,
came to life. 1t was through
the inspiration and dedicated
purposes of three men.
George Murphy. who retired
from his dancing star duties
several years ago to become
Hollywood's unofficial ambas-
sador Of good will, was enter
tanning two distinguished visi-
tors from abroad at q press
screening there.
you know" Murphy was
telling his guests, I'm always
proud when I come into this
theater-for two reasons. First,
because it's a beautiful little
house with the finest projection
equipment and, second, because
I was one Of the three men who
made 1t possible"
George explained that, when
the industry decided 20 years
ago 1t needed such a showcase
for its own pictures, he and the
two others put up the money,
at 5 per cent interest.
II got my principal back in
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side Of two years" said George,
land now I'm the only member
Of the trio alive. The others
were Jean Hersholt and George
Skouras."
Wispish Una o'Connor. vet
eran Of 40 Years in show bust
ness. revealed on the set OF
Arthur Hornblow's Witness
for the Prosecution" that this
will be her last acting job. .
II feel" said Una, who
started out with the Abbey
Players in Dublin. that I've
had Just about all I can take
at my age. The business has
been good to me and I've man.
aged to put by enough so I car
live comfortably through my
remaining years. I don't &C
along with those old-timers
who fatty refuse to retire
People in other jobs usually
retire at IS or 70, so why
shouldn't actresses"
AS for being bored or al
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