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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29

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published in Chicago, ILL.,. Novem-
Der II, 1851
Whether Virginia churches. which
are predominantly Protestant. con
semi 10 aid the Byrd machine III its
massive resistance against thu
suMemn Court >ruling Oh public
sch pol segregation will soon be
knd wn. Their temptation is real and
the issue cannot he postponed The
fourth U s circuit court of appeals
rec entity ordered Federal Judge
Hutcheson Of Richmond to set a
firm and earlt date for tho adj
mission o, negro cniidren to previ-
onsly White schools in Prince Ed
ward couaty where one OF the five
cases de c az d BY the Supreme
Court ,:n .i954 originated
The sta5e political machine. made
arrogant BY its recent lop-sider
vlctory at the polls, is committed
to connecting. pubic schools 10 pri-
vate schools az way to avoid inte-
grafton Il plans to give parents a
tuition. ayowance for their children.
In Prince EdWard county political
leaders have formed a 5000, 900
private educational corporation
and havs called upon churches to
make thyl. facilities available to
house 'th.e proposed new private
school. system.
Some politicians propose that the
churches Aoperate a system OF paro-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29

chal schools supported by state
tuition grants They need churches
70 provide housing for their "pri-
Vate schools They also need tho
sanction 0t religion for their morally
and legally wrong enterprise. for
WITHOUT II many people viii hesitate
70 support the enterprise. We hope
the churches realize that the whole
scheme VIII collapse if they refuse
70 give their sanction On the other
hand. if they bless If or cooperate
with it, they viii be held responsible
fer its consequences. which VIII be
grave indeed.
Some churches may DC attracted
by the prospect Of advantage or
revenue. Should they allow them
selves 70 be used as instruments Of
racial hatred and political anarchy.
leopardizing the union of the United
States and the whole system Of free
dom and equality under law for the
sake Of a few dollars or a transient
popularity? Even if they are ready
to answer Yes to that question, are
they prepared TO scuttle the
church's mission Of reconciliation
under God? The churches Of Prince
Edward county are silent, but under
terrible pressure. Their faithfulness
To the gospel should become the
subject Of nationwide intercession.
tSee Editorial Commentl
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
2oen 1snP.sS s-exs.
Destructive Criticism
Not Wanted Now

world if Mr. Eisenhower should
resign because of mess America
was in. as Mr.. Pearson tells us is
discussed Imagine the undeimin-
ing doubt in all directions. the
wild running to national cover.
the signal to Russia Mi. Pearson
invites some Of this with the very
tattling Of his tale
Shocked into action by Sputnik
and what 1t discloses Of lag in
science and arms, the country
needs TO be heldAin that shock
And ii needs to be sure the pro-
gram Of comeback is ample and
viii be well-manned - something
Of which 1t is not sure yet in spite
of Administration assurances. But
t Is entitled TO be spared the sem
satlon- mongers and politics play
mrs Who would make hysteria Of
the situation and pull down the
Presidents name and the nations
before the world that looks to
those names.
Here is something Of which We
need IN very truth TO ask what
will Asia say. and Africa, Europe,
South America.
> story from Washington last
week that our missile and rocket
people were interesting themselves
in the possibility of controlling
gravity seemed unaware Of the
GRAVITY Research Foundation and
rs work.
Roger Bahson saw his sister
drown when he was small boy.
He never got over the thought
that the killer was gravity 1t had
pulled her under the water. That
MORROW grev later to the scientific
interest in controlling gravity
which resulted IN formation of
this Gravity Foundation, an or
eanization which has had the ser
louS cooperation of scientists and
AVIATION industrialists.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Letters To Editor
Lovers Lane Chat

10 the Editor.
7 hope there is space III our
paper for little chat from Lovers
Lane in Akron.
wa Ute having beautiful weather
here yet
We were very sorry to read Of
the death Of Mr. Sturgeon Smith.
He MIS- indeed \ good man Our
sympathy is extended to the family
Hope Mrs ] M Putney is much
better, also Mn j. Marvin Brown
HI missed his Double Check" and
40 hope he will be writing again
soon
Also enjoy Dr. Whitaker's poems.
WE would BE- lost without the
Herald-have taken it many years
We have had the pleasure Of
meeting Mr. and MIS- Charlie Hol-
man and family. who are very fine
people. Mr.. Holman also is from
Cumberland. We attended church
supper with the Holmans. and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Brown
We visited our son-in-law and
daughter, Grace and Tommy Smith.
over the week end i'll Lima. Ohio.
Wen guess the old turkeys are
getting iittery ere this holiday
comes up,
Wish we Gould spend Thanksgiv-
ing in Virginia. but the weather is
too uncertain to travel that far
wish all the Herald staff and Its
readers a happy Thanksgiving day,
and every day through the year.
Best wishes
Mrs. John Arndt
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Double Check

This introduction To the eIe-
ments has caught up with us. Yes
Esir-ree am told when we heard
about the launching Of the Sput-
mix No. 1. We loaded one Of our
cannons with balls from the old
ball bearings and took aim at the
sun. And. boy, they reached a
speed unbelievable About 81 miles
up they were attracted to the
force Of the sun and we got photo
graphic copies of the whole thing
Now, our little sputniks are rolling
around the sun
Don't treat the Russian ambas-
sailors Of the elements too lightly
Those guys may know what they
are doing. Anything that can as
found the thinking world as this
! did is the most.
Hats off to the Hampden- sgd
ney Tigers they did well. chalked
up SIX and came home all in one
piece We are very proud of you.
AT this time this administration
neither licked or stopped initiation
'or deflation. We still have lot of
/ initiation and may get deflation
when We leaS: expect.
Margaret may not marry Peter
Townsend but she will act silly.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Joh b Tenp,es Graves
"All the earth and air
With thy voice is loud

IS DrewPearSoh willing to panic
the free; world for sensations sake
or TO play his current likes and
dislExesg !,
He gpssiped monstrously Sun
day Of 3. rt,mor that the President
is about to run out on the country
in Russian crisis Of his own
making against which little hope
is in sight taS pictured by MI.
PEARSON He talked of Mr.. Eiscn-
hover AS possibly resiening be
causes Of the >unaappy state Of
affairs and a desire to be relieved
Of The Burden of them.
~ is one thing to say mistakes
have been made recently and in
years before, that VIE have fallen
dangerously behind Russia iii
some respects and that the nation
is profoundly challenged. It Is an
other tll1ng 10 talk as Mr.. Pear
son did to his rsputed 2o.oo0,OOo
radio listeners. i.
re may haye thought himself a
Paul Revere bat he was more a
MORALE 81 eakere and a panic-mon
ger IN 4h' face Of the enemy
His sre edom Of. speech involves
freedom in others to damn his
speaking for deadly harm to his
coun trr- 80 on else Oh the planet
is permitted To- approach SO many
9th er people His is rot only free
speech bit enormous special priv
ileee.
He atpsed it Internationally
Sunday Tght.
we have our qsairel with Dwight
Eisenhower in tie South but it is
not Drew Pcarson's quarrel. nor
would we use lis method. Imagine
the utter demeraiiza ton. perhaps
the very collapse, Of the Western
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
No Jalopy This

ME saw picture the other day Of 1858
luxury automobile, modified especially
70 lit the needs of President Jimenez, of
Venezuela. The $4,000 end result Is, in
teen-age lingo, the most.
IN the back seat President Jlmenez has
two telephones, small bar teleyision. u
tape recorder and a footrest which can
garry two~iarge guns The teevelon anten-
ia y installed on the rear bumper in the
center, and ar-eondtionlng is carried in
the trunk.
The teleyision Set is l7-incher. In addi-
tion the rear seats are motor driven and
convert to loungng position
All in Ill, It's pretty sporty ialopv. Tie
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29

thought which occurs TO us, however, is
what might happen to the poor devil who
bumps into the car parking. or elsewhere
II the first place, he would probably
knock down the television antenna, proha-
bly, disturb the wiring, IN addition to the
ether damage If the damage
Further complicating the picture, one
might we'll knock the glasses of lemonade
off the bar il the back Of the car with
good rap on the rear bumper and run the
risk Of seeing the rear seat occupants reach
down for the gun-carrying section. The
section is designed TO carry several gre
nades So tap on the bumper might set of
quite Latin explosion
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Farmers Union
Performs Good Job
Ed itor d Herald .

Editor 81 Herald
After Glenn Martz held the
Farmers Union organization up
before the public as co-travellers
with the Communist Party. I
wrote Congressman Harold d.
Cooley to give me the low-down
on the Farmers Union representa-
tives who appeared before his
committee. \ should like to pub
fish his reply. Congressman Cooley
Is chairman of the House of Rep
resentives Committee on Agricul-
turc, Washington. d. @.
He replied in part:
Representatives Of the above
organization Farmers Unionl APP
peared before our Committee from
time 70 time in connection with
bills which are being considered
by the. Committee The National
Farmers Union is respected by
Members Of the House Committee
on Agriculture and the views or
its representatives have been most
helpful To our members. I sincere
~ regret that anyone would make
Az effort to reflect djscredit To all
organlza ton composed of farmers
'ot America who have been patrio-
tic and loyal citizens Of the United
States. 1t seems to me that the
farmers themselves would revolt
and protect the organizations Of
which they are SO much a part.
Please convey to the members
.of the Prince Edward Farmers
Union MY congratulations for the
splendid work they are dc,n- Ii
behalf Of agriculture.
! submit this letter Tor publ
cation AZ an open letter 10 the
editor.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Thanksgiving

Greet Sod divine, we bow today
2 give our thanks to Thee
Fer oil that Thou hast done for Us
And our prosperity.
For power that quickened seeds to sprout
And brought US harvest days.
for mellow sunshine, rpenno oll
Accept, dear God, our praise
The pageant Of the seasons change
IN blazing triumph moves;
Thine ore the hills With pine trees dressed,
The bright vermon groves
The dome Of blue above our heods,
Sun, moon ond stors thot shine,
he lovely birds that sing for US
Proclaim Thou art divine
Greet Giver Of the gift Of thought,
And higher happiness
lhot springs from wisdom, justice, law,
And thirst for righteousness;
we thonk Thee for the truth supreme,
Revealed from ooe TO ooe,
Our foith in Thee. deep in our hearts,
When we, IN prayer. engoge
leooh US to use Thy gifts orioht,
ny grace to Us import
each Us Thy goodness, God, To show
On lips. in life. in heort
6ront Us Thy guidance 70 discern
he way to woIk With Thee;
fiji Us with foith, that we may proise
Thee through eternity
With humble heorts we give our thonks
On this Thanksgiving day,
Abide with Us ond guide US Us
we trovel life's highway.
-L o WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29

nothing to expect
but d death sen
tenee. he was
wen along in
years, too; just
at tlie time of
life when a IA All
welcomes com
forts. Paul bad ID
gct along without
them Paul need
ed the prayers Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Full Courage
Lesson for December l. 1857

COME Of the best Of the Bible
- was written in jail. In fact. the
Bible was mostly written not only
about, but BY and for. people III
trouble. When Saint Paul wrote his
famous little letter to the church
at Philippi. he had been in a Ro-
man prison for some time. II his
trial Went against him. he had
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Prince Edward Position Restated

fused to approve the budget for integrated
schools. The action followed q full discus
sion and an endorsement by citizens at a
public meeting.
On June Il 1855, 1900 patrons Of white
schools convened in Farmville, formed a
corporation to assure education to their
children, and two weeks later subscribed
to sufficient fund to operate their schools
for the ensuing year. We point that these
actions were taken BY the people Of Prince
Edward county not by politicians, not
BY outsiders ~ but by the people Of the
county after full discussions
The word massive resistance" was to be
coined by Senator Harry f. Byrd more than
year later. Instead Of the people Of Prince
Edward aiding the Byrd machine in mas
siye resistance, as charged, quite the con-
trarv might be true
The Prince Edward Educational Corp
GRAFTON was not formed BY politicians 1t
resulted from the will Of the people acting
in calm. careful deiberation The officers
and the board Of directors are parents and
patrons Of school pupils in the public
schools, OF interested in the schools and the
community no politicians are they.
No person in Prince Edward County has
suggested that "the churches operate sys-
TEN Of parochial schools, supported BY
state grants No person in Prince Edward
needs THE sanction Of religion for their
morally and legally wrong enterprise. for
without It many people win hesitate to sup
port the enterprise
On May 3, 1856 d resolution declaring
their convictions was passed at a public
meeting Of the Board Of Supervisors. and
petition presented containing over 1000
signatures Of white citizens and taxpayers
over n years old, reaffirming their posi-
ton in requesting the board to refuse to
levy taxes for county schools unless operat-
ed racially separate.
The churches of the county have made
available the facilities Of h q Sunday
Schools for use by the Prince Edward Edu-
catonal Corporation to operate secular
schools. No monetary gain has been thought
of by the church boards. After all, the
churches are supported BY the same people
who support the schools and certainly they
can make use Of their own property for
their own people.
The misconception OF the Christian Cen
fury is not new Many other secular organs,
particularly III the North, have misrepre-
sented the true facts and made unwarrant-
ed presumptions The pity it is that these
journals will spread d false impression
among many people who will never know
better
May il be said to the everlasting honor Of
our people that in all Of this controversy
and misunderstanding BY people Oh the out
side, the people of both races in Prince Ed
ward County have lived in courteous re-
spect for each other We trust that ii may
always be thus
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Delinquent Kids Passing the Buck

mobsters. Asked al elder, why do you be-
have like this? You know better And the
reply: Its your fault. We haven't got any
thing TO dol" The same children had at
tended the recreation program at the
schools in the morning and had enjoyed
the pool in the afternoon
We've talked 50 much about recreation
programs for the children and let our con-
Germ for them be So evident that the kids
are using the business against lis. The word
has passed around: Just tell them we
haven't anything to do and you can yet by
with anything"
The PeHd (fa.) Chronicle
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Sincerely yours,
A. w. Lewis. president
Prince Edward Farmers Union

the state board of pharmacy ex-
aminatlons IN Richmond la S t
week.
Among them Is Shirley Mae
Spencer G. rstrev.,,e.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29

Saturday Is the most dangerous
day Of the week for motorists, &C
ccrdlng 10 the National Safety
Council Safest day? Tuesday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Shirley Mae Spencer
Licensed BY Board

A total 81 i9 persons have beef,
.scs-SSa a...e-- Successful rl4ksSss
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Everything Against Him

jaiI.ilg i'te caGstb Calls fpr
some stiffness Of backbone. even
ii America Young people WHO do
IL ktow that on lnc fence there
IS d gathering Of vultures wait
ing for them to make their first
mistake commit their first sin
Az church members venting for
the chance 10 make fun. 10 say
i told you So - But it takes even
more courage To confess Christ in
a country where Christians arc
thought 10 be unpatriotic, and
Christianity foreigners reli-
gion It takes most courage of
all ii fanatic world where per
son who becomes a Christian runs
a risk Of being killed for il.
Paul would understand this. for
he had everything 10 discoura &c
HIM On the outside Of his jail
there were some Christians"
preachers Who had their knives
out for him. character-a ssassins
as they were And inside the pris-
Ell al TIE company Paul would
save were other prisoners and
Roman Soldiers.-no very sympa-
hetic congreg cation, Vet Paul
ent right 81 being j Christian
and speaking a good word for
Iestts. II Was a situation that had
everything 70 dishearten him.
Many another ID the same Tx
would have thought. What a glori-
GUS testimony can give when /
gct out of herel
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
God Brings the Best

We know from Romans that
Paul had wanted vcry much To
visit Rome and preach there. But
he hadn't the slightest ambition
10 90 10 jail there. He was eager
to give Christian witness, but
ii hadn't occurred to him that God
would provide for him a very
small church and a mighty I'M
promising congregations a church
house 40 bigger than a jail cell,
a congregation mostly criminals
and prison guards And yet. -
faced With this. he made tho brave
best Of it. and was actually happy
over II God knows best: he
brings the best ou' of the worst Sit
uations. the least likely people.
flor one thing, tile Gospel had
made its MA, only a beginning,
but still real start, II circles
thai would have been very hard
to crash from the outside The
Praetorlan Guard Was made Of
hard men; but they were begin
ming TO catch on 10 the Gospel
Tirfid Christians. one suspects out
SIDE the iaii aS weil as M. were
lifting their heads catching the
ontaeion # Faul1s courage And
suppose the dssth-cell Il ahead
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-29
Virginia Churches Face Race Test

From The Christian Century,
published in Chicago, ILL.,. Novem-
Der u, 1851
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-06-07
Methodist Grads
Brunch Guests

A brunch last Wednesday morn
ing was given at the dining-rooms
of the Methodist Church compli-
menting members of the congrega-
ton and friends who are members
of this years senior class at Lon
don High.
Mrs. Wallace v. Nichols, secre-
tary of Student Work" for the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice of the church, sponsoring
group was toast mistress. The Las
Jovenes Class special committees
were responsible for the decora-
tions of summer flowers and appro-
pirate favors, preparing and serv-
ing the menu.
Special guests were Reverend
and Mrs. A. M. Shenefelt, S. S.
Supt. and Mrs. Forrest r. Hanson,
Supt. and Mrs. j. j. Hartley, Mrs.
William Kennedy, and Ray Creigh-
ton of the School Faculty and Mrs.
Glenn Sponsler, all of who re-
sponded to an introduction.
Seniors present who gave their
future plans as far as possible
were: David Ferguson, ClarabeIle
Wilson, Jerry Adams, Douglas Stu
thard. Norma Rowe, Nancy Peters.
Shelton Green. Sharon Roberts,
Barbara Price, Sandra Cuniff. Bar
bara Kennedy. Robert Brake, John
Harrington, Beverly Lowery
Gwendolyn Farrar, Jerry Hartman
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-06-07
Amvets Will Hear
Congressman At
Dayton Meeting

COLUMBUS - The Honorable
William H. Ayres, United States
Congressman from Ohio's 14th Dis
trict and one of the key members
on the Committee of Veterans At
fairs in the House of Representa-
tives, will address the Annual
Commanders Banquet at the 18th
AMVETS State Convention on Sat-
urday Night, June Sth, Biltmore
Hotel, Dayton, Ohio. This was an
nounced by State Commander Ed
gar L. Williams of Hamilton.
"Ohio AMVETS are honored to
have such Key Member of the
House Veterans Affairs Commit
tee to speak to them on matters of
Importance concerning the veter-
ans, Commander Williams said.
Congressman Ayres is now Serv-
ing his 4th term in Congress. He is
a member of Akron AMVETS Post
No. s and at the National Conven-
tion last year was the recipient of
the AMVETS Congressional A
ward, as the member of Congress
who done more for the cause of
veterans than anyone in Congress.
This Award is not presented each
year by AMVETS, but only when
deserving.
Congressman Ayres is recogniz-
ed throughout the United States
as champion of the cause of Dis
abled Veterans. He led the fight
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-06-07
Witbeck-Raub
Rehearsal Party

A dinner in the Century Room
of the Red Brick Tavern, Lafay-
cite, complimented Miss Joyce
Witbeck, Jack Raub and members
of their wedding party following
the rehearsal for their nuptials
which will be an event of Sunday,
June 9, at two o'clock in the La
fayette Methodist Church.
Covers were laid for, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. +. Witbeck, bride-elect's s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Raub,
parents of the bridegroom-to-be,
and their sons, Robert and Billy,
Mrs. Ernest A. Wall, pianist and
Mrs. Norman K. Jones, violinist,
and Mr.. Jones, Miss Romaine Rec
tor, honor attendant; Miss Rose
Hayman, London and Miss Caro-
lyn Hayslip, Circleville, brides
maids, Jim Smith, best man, Don
Barr and Ben Kennedy, ushers, the
Reverend William Turner, who
will perform the ceremony. Other
guests were. Mrs. Ben Kennedy
Robert Brown and John Drury.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-06-07
Shenefelts
Honored By


A large number of friends were
present to bestow good wishes
and Godspeed to Reverend and
Mrs. A. NJ. Shenefelt on the oc-
casion of a farewell reception held
in their honor in the social Hall
of the First Methodist Church,
Sunday, May 26.
From three to five with them
in the reception line was Mrs.
Forrest r. Hanson, president of
the W.S.C.S., the hostess group.
Mrs. Charles Cecil was general
chairman. The reception table was
decorated i'm a variation of pink
and white, pink daisies and carna-
tions used in the centerpiece. Serv-
ing the guests were Mrs. Harry
Dickerson and Mrs. Thomas Selby
of the W.S.C.S. group, Miss Sue
Jones and Mrs. Thomas Cligrow
of the Wesleyan Service Guild.
During the afternoon Kenneth
c. Phleger, president of the Off
cial board assembled the guests
for a group picture as the Rever-
end Z. A. Wall presented the
Shenefelts a gift from the men,
bership in appreciation of their
nine years of fine service with
the church and its congregation