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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21

Traditionally leading contrib
utors TO community fund
raising projects. Government
workers this year have fallen
behind IN pledges to the United
0ivers Fund campaign.
n the drive fails. says Mall
colin H. Holiday. jr.. campaign
manager for the Agriculture
Department. Government
workers win defeat the very
fund raising set-up they asked
for,
1.-THE U0F method Is the d.
rect answer 10 demands from
employees 70 put an end 70 mule
tipie solicitation Of funds, :" Mr..
Holiday pointed out.
The October Is tally showed
the drive in the Agriculture De-
partment was I per cent behind
last years returns at the same
date. although more givers al
ready have taken part this
gear.
$500 Agriculture Donors
Agriculture has iO.0S2 en-
ployes, and q record for impress
sive per capita gifts in the past
This years quota Is S1oo. 900.
Sixty-four per cent Of the
goal had been reached BY Octo.
Der Is last year. The money
came from $500 eivers.
This year. $500 employees al.
; ready have made their pledges
But only approximately 90 pei
cent Of the goal has beer
reached
eThe department has esti.
mated $40 as its average .faiI
share" gift. That average ha;
never been attained in any Of
the three campaign reports Il
date. Instead. 1t has dropped
with each report.
To put It bluntly. the volun-
teer campaign manager de.
Gared. too many people are
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"UGF II Answer
Star stall Photo
q voluntary matter. and the
secret envelope Is perfectly
fair"
This Is the first year the Sc
cret or white envelope" hai
been used.
Returns at Agriculture show
that 10 per cent Of the en-
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play Friday to meet Benedictine
i'll an intra-city game at Rich
mond.
Stafford. which is still close to
the top with a 90 record, should
fatten their average with win
over Spottsylvania Friday.
Albermarle and Orange 20 at
one another tooth and nail this
week. meeting on Wednesday
night and again Friday. If Orange
could win both games they would
have an enviable 81 record and
could possibly squeeze into first
place by percentage figures. How
ever this is not likely to happen.
The top eight in the district
may exchange positions. but they
are pretty definite to meet in the
tournament play for the district
The top eight are Douglas Free
man. Varina. Orange. Jam s
Monroe, Stafford, Albdrmarle.
Powhatan. and Thomas Dale.
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FarmUille 157-Pounder Helps VP'I
Mould String OF 10 Straight Wins

While the headlines go to per-
formers in the more publicized
sports. a Farmville wrestler on
the Southern Conference cham
pDnship team at VPI is associat-
ed with one of the most colorful
winning records in the Old Do
minion.
John Smith is the 157-pound
scrapper on Coach Frank Teske's
all-winning TIE h m n. When
Smith pinned his West Virginia
University opponent In lac last
week, he contributed that much
to the wrestling Gobblers' 10th
straight victory on the mats.
Teske's squad has been South
ern Conference champions and
undefeated IN the last two sea-
sons. If the opposition ahead this
campaign-North Carolina, Vir-
GINA, Wake Forest and Davidson
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- are disposed of, the Techman
will roll to their 23rd consecutive
triumph.
Smith who won two and drop
ped three matches while letter
ing in his last campaign, is on y
winning margin this season. He
lost in the opening match to WI
pinned his man in $40 minutes
in the Washington and Lee match
and improved it with the lac
performance in the match with
West Virginia.
The VPI senior. in addition to
matching holds with the best in
the Southern Conference. has one
big opportunity this campaign
when the Southern Conference
tournament is held at VNII. The
Techmen have three conference
champs from last years matches
- one more would be fine.
Aze-ssss<F-s s&Fsss9s fssssss s~~sass
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FHS Whips Brunswick
,ClayboughCets28
Lafooll, Carter
Add q Points
In 7tEl Victory

Falmvlle came from out of a
25-24 halftime deficit with hot
so per cent shooting performance
in the last two quarters TO take
a 1882 win over the Brunswick
Bull Dogs Tuesday night at Law
renceyille.
The win over the sixtb-place
Brunswick squad was the Wolv-
crimes seventh and moved them
into third place in the conference
standings. Howard Claybough, in
the thick of the fight for state
Group II scoring honors. collected
% points. 10 i'll the first half, Is
in the second.
The Bull Dogs built their half
time lead to seven points midway
Of the third period, but when the
Wolverines got their shooting eyes
working. they took a 21-18 third
period edge to go into a 45-43
lead as the fourth period got I'M
derWay. and then pulled away.
Center Randolph Lafoon and
Kent Carter helped the FITS
cause with double-figue scoring,
Lafoon collecting II including six
charity conversions and Carter 10
on field goals.
Brunswick had two players in
double scoring, Hancock collect
ing Is and Fahn IA.
Claybough boosted his point
total to 240 in the Wolverines 10
games for a 240 per game aver
age.
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l ilH 6QllQBIS u RAJ ulN44ie MALI
ufacturing Co. were held to their
lowest point total and shortest
victory margin Of the second
round last Thursday night, but
had five starters in double figures
to finally prevail over Craddock-
Terry $3.50.
The win was the fifth straight
Of the second half and assured
the Builders Of at least a tie for
the league crown, with regular
season play ending this week.
Next stop for league squads will
be the league tournament Febru-
ary 10 and IA
In tire second game Of the
weekly doubleheader. the second
place National Guardsmen took a
1881 victory over the tail-end
Depositors of First National Bank,
Builders Shoemen
The Builder Shoemen ella s. n
featured the double figure scor-
ing of the former squads Lacy
Cumbey 49,, Robert Franklin
40 Billy Franklin t12), Ronald
Bowles lo) and Billy Gibson
(l1.
Quint Overton who left tile
Farnvllle High School squad last
week because Of scholastic trou-
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Powhatan Assured
Tournament Berth
In District 2

Powhatan is out of the top
competition for first place in dis
trict basketball, but the Indians
have assured themselves one of
the coveted places in the District
2 tournament play.
Riding high last week with on
ly one defeat, the Indians ran
into a pack Of trouble and turn
ed in good performances but came
out short on score against two of
the leagues leaders, Douglas Free
man and Varina.
The Indians took an easy win
Monday night Of this week over
HenlyClay which is currently
and apparently permanently in
the district basement.
However Tuesday night was not
SO delightful as Fred Spicer and
Company of Varnia turned in d
fair performance in turning back
Powhatan 65-45. Varina held a
1922 lead at half time, but the
Indians cooled Spicer off in the
third quarter and pulled closer
with Varnia leading 46-4l. Varina
did not lose the range to the
basket as they pumped in 10
points in the last quarter while
the Indians got only four.
Varina is tops III the league
with 10-l record and they play
push-over Henry-Clay Fri d
night for another sure victory.
Thomas Dale of Chester with
an unimpressive record of 6-3 has
been the giant-killer in the
league play They bumped off
James Monroe and Stafford last
week and each team stood at the
top OF the list before the Chester
boys chopped them down. Thomas
Dale goes to Midlothian Friday
night and are favored over the
plunky Trojans.
Freeman steps out Of district
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CIR eve Farmyille
Game Thursday
Night Crucial

Something viii have 10 give to
night Thursday in the Farmville-
CreWe basketball clash in the Crewe
YMCA gymnasium. 1t will either be
Crewe's string of eight straight vic
ferries or F'armville's ambitions to
share second place honors in Dis
tsict 3.
Which it will be depends ON whom
you are talking with The Rail
readers. after starting with losses
to Buckingham Brunswick,
have run through without defeat
Blackstone t51-45l, Victoria twice,
Bluestone, Amelia, Kenbridge twice
ard Greensville. Their supporters
say il could be nine consecutive
wins after Thursday.
F'armville. with 7-3 mark to the
Railroaders' 80, has only one 10
point loss against Buckingham down
| decisiVely. The other two defeats
were a tWo-pointer to Park View
and the fiVe-pointer to Randolph
Henry when Gene Gfyder had a hot
night on "a points. It is the kind OF
a record. FHS supporters say that
can't be discounted lightly
1 What everyone is agreed to is
that it is q crucial contest In adj
dition to the struggle for second
place. it will test the Railroaders
NEEDLE against one Of the District S
top clubs after a series of games
with halfway
/ For another, the scoring abilities
Of Howard Claybough will be tested
against the Districts best slow play
squad Coach Bob Golubics players
run to the deliberate. eareful-pass
ing, control y type Of basketball
They'll sacrifice points to keep con
troll if they get a lead. III six Of
their games this season. the Rail
readers have been in the 40's ant
SOS in point totals.
In their last two outings they
whipped Greenville 48-38 and Ken
bridge AZ 80. Golubic has the
4 scorers, however, Center Norman
:; Emerson being among the district;
top six. and backing him are Vet
Grams Joe Meadows. AL Crannis
Sterling Horner and Tom jenkins
Coach Bob Gimer's Wolverine
will have Friday outing at home
this week, too, their third of the
. seven-day span. The OLA Bluestont
Barons come to the Armory 70
another going over.
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District 3 Summary
Buccaneers Fall
To Eagles 1915:
Crewe Takes 9Th

Team Standings
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Team Standings
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Scoring Averag eS
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Totcn Basketball League Summary

bles, collected 20 points and led
the Shoemen in rebounding to
keep the contest close. Other CT
scoring went to Edgar Brooks, Is.
Bob Ward and Jake Wamsley 8
and Bobby Elam 8 The Builders
had a 31-22 halftime lead.
Builders ..~.... IS 16 10 ID g.
Shoemen ....~...~, 13 9 Il 20 Sc
Guards VS. Bankers
Center LOUIS Parham' s % points
led the Guardsmen victory over
the Depositors III the second
game. The losers Bob Gagnon
Was close behind with q. Parham
got double Figure support, how
ever, from CLARK Lowe f13) j,
Chuck Stanley 10). and Bob
Chaney (10) while the Guards
men were breaking the second
half ice with their first win in
five starts.
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BY JOHN STICK
A LOOK AT THE NCAA

HAMPDENsYDNEYs recent admission into membership in the
intercollegiate gives
interest activities that big powerful organization which
the U s from starboard
Bob Thaman athletic director gives the NcAA these
purposes promote athletics
literature meeting
bring
ruling that the
5s NCAA recently st
ceiling a athlete
from ali
tuition through
test against these continuing violations using stmuants play
without medical authority sdelne coaching
coaching responsby legality ubstiutions
practice
final action, the NCAAs Committee blasted
practice of face grabbing becoming lead
to dangerous situations 1t put 15yard penalty
GROUP IL TOURNAMENT
Group tourney for
March 60 VP the districts comprise
ginia's middle-sized school population
No matter how hard look won't than
OF delea suffered by te present ot-fe buckingham Cen
trails Ill district record bettered matched least eight
of the
Varin and Douglas Freeman lead the District chase with 81
records Rustburg is District mark
while Waynesboros Little Giants
at Ito MaltnsVie unbemshed in District with TO
and Handey High of Winchester has yet defeat
nlng eight district outings
9 is Al while in the Southwest Virginia
District where of the Old Dominons
ball is played there's dingdong featuring
norton wise and Appaaa You can always count the District
winner having been through tough district mill before
Blacksbmg
But District 3s Buccaneers the present
only Kenbridge Park put
needs close tight before
tournament tourney
month at HSCs Cannon
the big show without basketball under
R-H BUMPS INTO CLARK
Randolph Henry Highs Statesmen pleasure
tanglng with leading scorer with
26l the other
William Campbell High
nets for sc. points
Even with Clarks HEROES
fourth in District 4 behind
<o2) Atavsta 9-3) The Campbell
Campbell in as many starts the Statesmen got
good game from Sophomore points.
The comparative indicates the
basketball gets the regional
leaders
siDELINE Big Frazer Hampden- sydneys ALL
Little Eight tackle
23rd the
depa He Virginia gridders
The word is that Frazer plans
football
Hampden Sydney Lees 1857 football
schedu the two schools meeting Death Valley
Generals Southern Conference
foe and
Macon the
GROUP II BASKETBALL tourney by the
Virginia High representatives
Group conference will Blacksbrg
group II track meet is scheduled l011
SCHOLASTIC by FFfSs Overton hit
hard at the Wolverines reboundng
sweeping the boards until troubles
grabbing rebounds CraddockTery
INVITATION Henry manager
the Richmond International
World In brief
remarks the visiting baseball executive nvkd
Parker Field this You'll
there You'll like he of
statement about the nations
are i'll shade hello r1aaoI
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SAME NAME

San Diego, Calf Robert Brown
ing moved here from New York and
bought a house. He left the sign out
fl ont. which reads: The Robert
Brownings Live Here" The former
owner is an unrelated r . bert
Browning.
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Area Court Games

Thursday.
Farmyille at Crewe
friday
BlueStone at Farmville
Amelia at Ran. Henry
Brunswick at Greenville
Crewe at Park View
Buckingham at kenbridge
Blackstone at Victoria
lCollegiatel
Thursday
Lynchburg at H-SC
Varsity and Jayvees)
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Buckingham fall on their
home court from the undefeated
ranks after II straight wins,
CreWe's notch,ng of its eighth
consecutive Victory and the
emergence of at least six Of the
teams sure Of q tournament berth
highlighted basketball activity in
District 3 this week.
The Buccaneers fell 49-45 to a
| 600 team, the Greenvllle High
Eagles $50. whose pivotlnan
Ken Sodergren m a h d the
Buckingham rebounding, while
ganging UP with his mates in out
scoring the visiting B-CHS squad.
Sodergren and Pete GOWN. Buc
forward. topped the scoring with
Is points, but Greensville's Jim
Rice added Is to help with the
victory The Eagles capitalized
on lean first half for the Buc-
cancers who were behind Pills at
intermission. The third period
was evenly divided in scoring at
l4-all, while the BUGS had q 16-
IA edge III the final period
Buckingham scoring: Gown Is.
Huddleston IS, Shepard 8. Viii
/ kerson 6 and Davis 2.
Crewe AZ KHS 80
Crewe's eighth straight win
after two opening losses was at
the expense of the tough-luck
Kenbridge. Comets, who nave been
giving all opposition tough time,
The Railroadeps. were behind 35-
"a at halftime. but made an ga
advantage III the last quarter pay
off
Center Norman Emerson with
IA, and Al CraDnis with II led the
CreWe victory run Parrish led the
Comets with IA The Comets
eight losses include three-point
and tWo-point defeats by Crewe.
a six-point fail at Blackstone, a
one-poiut loss TO Park View and a
three-point whipping from Green
vile.
Other Games
Blackstone continued its off-on
pace with a 1888 passing of Ran
dolph Henry. while Park View
handled Amelia 66-46. The inc
vitable also happened as Victoria
administered the 14th loss TO
hapleSs Bluestone 51-37.
Now certain Of tournament
berths are Buckingham. Crewe,
Farmville, PARK View, Blackstone
and Brunswick, The last two
places in the eight-team event
viii be determined in the last two
week scramble among Greenyille,
Randolph-Hens'y and Kenbridge.
The weeks events make it look
from this point that the forth
coming tournament will be one
Of the best in years. The Bucca-
neers must be. conceded the fav-
orite role, but the records begin
to indicate that the title might
60 to anyone in the tourney.
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The Guardsmen started fast to
hold a $500 halftime lead, which
the Depositors could never over
come. although out-scoring the
winners 1912 in the last period.
Other scoring; Guards, j. Par
ham and j. Cumbey 4, Smith 2;
Depositors. Shelton 8, Carter 6,
Yeats 5. Higgins, q, McGal1ey 3
and Horne 2.
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Engineer Of Voice
Busy Collecting
Science Degrees

Edgar T. Martin of 922
Twenty-sixth place south, Arl-
ington, has been pretty busy col
lecting degrees during the last
few days.
He took a masters in govern
ment last night at American Uni
ersity. On Wednesday, he re-
ceived a law degree at George
Washington University.
\ Chief engineer of the Voice of
America, he already held bache-
lor and master of science degrees
in electrical engineering from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Martin. 80 and married.
has been going to schools even
ings since 1854 to earn his two
latest sheepskins. He was sig
nal officer during World War II
and then went into military gov
eminent. He has been with the
Voice five years.
"A good portion Of my career
has been in the international
aspect of Accommodations, :"
he said. explaining his interest
in government and law studies.
He did not know what his next
moves will be.
But he is looking forward to
relaxing in the evenings, at
least for the present.
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loyalty to the Republican Party.
His father, a Government en-
ploye who lives at 4042 North
Twenty-flrst street. Arlington,
also is a Republican.
The Potters moved to Airing
ton from Tower City, Pa, in
1920. He ran unsuccessfully for
the County Board and the House
Of Delegates in the late 1940s.
Mr.. Potter has been a printer
real estate man. professional
musician, and special assistant
to the Secretary of Labor before
coming to the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
He majored in business ad-
ministration at Southeastern
University and has been in the
real estate and building business
in Arlington since 1885. He is
a former director Of the Wash
ing Association Of Home
Builders.
Mr.. Potter is an expert on the
piano, accordion and organ.
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HEADLINE PERSONALITY
AMusicion Tunes Up
For Operation Dixie

The man chosen to head the
Republican drive for votes in
Dixie is a dynamic, vitamin-
eating Arlingtonian with three
hobbies-music, golf and winning
elections.
I. Lee Potter pops a vitamin
pill into his mouth every morn
ing ITO get going fast in a
hurry"
The 47-year-old chairman Of
the Virginia State Republican
Committee has been going fast
in a hurry" since he became head
of the Ballston Precinct Com
mittee in Arlington about II
years ago.
It was q short step to the
craftsmanship of the County
Committee two years later. then
to the Craftsmanship of the
Tenth District Committee in
1850 and the State leadership in
July 1856.
The news leaked out Saturday
and was officially announced to-
day that he has been named
special assistant" to Republic
can National Chairman Meade
Alcorn to lead Operation Dixie. :"
Greatest Challenge"
The rapid-talking personnel
director for the National Com
mittee said he considered the
new job, which he will assume
July !. 1.-The greatest challenge
of my career"
His job will be building up the
party and garnering votes for
G. o. P. candidates in IL South
ern States. where Dixie and
Democrats have been practically
synonymous.
But facing long odds is moth
ing new for Mr.. Potter. Take
July 81. 1856 in Roanoke, for
instance. Mr.. Potter had an
nounced his candidacy for the
Virginia G. o. p. Craftsmanship
just the day before and had ar
rived at the Republican conven-
ton with practically no sup
port"
1T was 2 am. when ! was
advised in my hotel room that
would be swamped and should
pull out" he said. At daybreak.
Joel Broyhill Republican Rep
reSentative from the 10th Vir-
ginia district and I went down
to the lobby and started shak-
ing hands. I shook hands with
everyone at the convention that
day and won going away. My
hand was bruised for two weeks. T"
In 1854. Mr.. Potter took on
another task that seemed almost
doomed to failure. He was man.
ager Of Mr.. Broyhill's first at
tempt to gain control Of the
nearby Virginia Congressional
seat which traditionally had gone
to Democrats. Mr.. Broyhill won
by 322 votes. In the 1854 cleo
ton, which Mr.. Potter also man.
aged. the Republican Congress-
man widened the margin.
Next Big Job Noted
His next big job as chair
man of the State organization is
to try to wrest the governorship
from the Democrats. He says
the new National Committee job
will not require that he give up
the State Craftsmanship.
Mr.. Potter. has had a varied
background. but one thing that
has remained constant is his
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IMAM tWo-tnlroS OF them gradu-
ate degrees.
I'm the Soviet Union. the
greatest concentration of eff
fort is being placed on the crea-
ton of machinery for mass edu-
cation" he said.
If it is successful in produc-
ing new leaders for Soviet in
ternational policy. scientists,
technical experts and specialists
in international education, or
as the rest of the world would
phrase it-external conquest,
you members of the graduating
class as we'll as the Nation face
rugged competition" he de-
clared.
Cities Wiles of Russians
At present. he said. I'VE are
exposed to the charms of peace
full coexistence, and the cur
rent line of the Soviet leadership
"is not without a seductive
quality.
But he said that "for us, the
hard fact remains that the Sys-
TEN is essentially unaltered and
that the threat to our civiliza-
ton exists with varying degrees
of intensity depending upon the
party tactics of the moment"
He told the graduates that sit
is your responsibility as citizens
in this democracy to promote
the best interests of your Gov
eminent in its international re-
lationships.
THE issues involved in those
relationships govern war and
peace" he said.
Mr.. Murphy was awarded an
honorary degree Of doctor OF
laws.
Other Honorary Degrees
Other honorary degrees went
to Luke E. Hart, New Haven
Comm attorney and supreme
knight of the knights of Co.
lumbus. doctor of laws; John
Henry deRosen, artist and art
consultant to the Board of
Trustees Of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception
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Church Group
Evacuated in
Bomb Hoax

A bomb hoax yesterday can
celed Sunday school and church
services for an Arlington con-
gregation which usually meets
in the Abingdon Elementary
School.
Two bomb experts from Fort
Myer joined Arlington police and
|firemen in a two-hour search of
the school building after the
threat was received by a school
janitor and the minister, the
Rev. James A Dreamer.
About 30 Sunday school stu
dents were evacuated from the
building when the call was re-
ceived shortly after 10 am.
Mr.. Creamer, 80, minister of
the Church of God of the
Christian Brotherhood Hour,
sad a youthful caller identified
herself as Miss Tic Toe and said
the bomb had been planted in
the school and would explode
within an hour. He said the
call was received by the janitor
who Immediately put the minis
ter on the phone.
Mr.. Dreamer said he felt it
was lust youngster trying to
scare us just for kicks" But
he said he felt it his duty to call
the police and let them decide
whether the building should be
searched.
Besides canoeing the Sunday
school program. church SER
vice scheduled from IL am. to
IL was also Cancelled, Mr..
Creamer said.