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Smyrna times., 1957-04-04

LAAOo0 VIM nv oNNSAA6 N@A-'
project school are: Miss Helen
Comstock, Mrs. Margaret Driver,
Mrs. Richard Wilson, Mrs. Emma
Tarburton, Mrs. Elsie Clark, and
Mrs. Thomas Turner, all of Dow
er; Mrs. Arley Taylor, Mrs. Thigh
man Outten, of Greenwood; Mrs.
Nettie Jester, Mrs. Helen Houtz,
Mrs. Dorothy French, Mrs. j..
Longbotham, and Mrs. Harold
Stauffer, of Milford; Mrs. John
Walls, Mrs. Jehu F. Camper, Mrs.
George B. Thompson, and Mrs.
Clarence farrell, of Harrington;
Mrs. Clarence Marker, of Wyom-
ing; Mrs. Doris B. Woodall, of
Lincoln; and Mrs. Laura STAN
hope, of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04

This spring you will see these
aaomemal1ers wearing really pro-
kessionaI-Iooking, original hats.
They have made their own buck
rzEu frames and line and covered
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04

meeting, M s S
Lois N. Kors-
lund, extension
clothing special
list at the Uni
versity of Della
ware, will DEM
onstrate effec-
tive communica-
tion for better
u n d e r S tanding
t h r ou g h the
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04

National Home Demonstration
Week will be celebrated through
out Delaware April % to May A..
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04

cat-quick response of power, and
the easiest handling you've ever
experienced behind a wheel. Just
try this Chevrolet (V8 or Six)
and see!
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04
Kent Home DOingS
BY: Charlotte L. Swanson. Home Demonstration Agent

A special project fabric of their
held this choice.
Tgenty Kent attending this
Smyrna times., 1957-04-04
Effective Communication Feature

OF Home Economists Meeting
Effective communication will be
featured at the smi-annual meet
ing April 6 of the Delaware Home
Economics Association in Christ
Church parish house in Dover.
During the 10 am. to 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-28
OUR VARSITY SHOP FOR
YOUNG MEN STARS IVY

Q. IVY Sport Coots by Botony % royon
lined; 2 inside breost pockets. 3-button
Jacket with flop pockets Others in checks.
Wool and wool blends. 34-4O, 1888
longs 29.95
Ivy Stocks by Asher. Black Jack oobor-
dine by Burlington Mills. Washable
royon docron nylon blend 5-pocket
socks With topered legs, Ivy buckle in
beck Tailored with seroed seams, sep
orote woist band, inside French front,
Upper fly and hook-fIex closure Choir
cool. brown, novy. Waist 1884. 7.99
b. Silk-Look Ivy Leoeue Suit by Botany.
Worsted wool and silk ore blended for
the SiIk-look in Ivy. Single breasted,
center-vented jacket with flop pockets
ond inside breast pockets g lined
with hond-stitched orn1hoIes. No-pIeot
trousers ore Ivy topered with 4 pockets,
buckle in beck. $40, 1888 longs
1895
Varsity Shop-2nd Floor, Washington and
Sitter Spring, Street Floor, PARKinoton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-28
I.H.Q.* FOR HARERDASHERY

+ Ivy Sport Shirts by Collegiate with a new wv feature
tiny buckle strop OF back Of collar and OF shirt
pocket Button down COLOR simulated turnb back cuffs
on the short sleeve Fine cotton in red stripe or
oue ton or yellow solid. $40. 2.99
g. Ivy Belts by Hckok smooth cowhide with beveI
edge Brown with gold color buckle grey black with
sIlver-color buckle. 22-32 81
n. Sprlnefoot Ivy Sox . stretch hose in blend OF
nyIon and cotton Long wearing, n-bindine cosy
woshne Solids and toneies in assorted coors Fit sizes
EIZ. 19c-B9c
Boys Frntshings2nd Floor Washington and Saver Spring.
Ord Floor PARKngton
%N/V uHARNIIInrrne
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08

Slim trim and the words to describe lovely young
cvIva Everett as she this sewityourse hostess cos
adirng audience of more than o eaong
Economists attending national convention OF the me
Home Economics Association in ST. Louis All fashions
at the show feature of the popular ann S
brunch" were Negro models from New 1orA "
st. Louis. ,, 5 or+rev on a
This Spanish matador ensemble, made enueV o
standard home sewing machine offers dramatic PROOF OF e
look the home seasress can acneve py
using inexpensive printed patterns bit of imagination and the
attachments her sewing machine -. ,u.;n.
Combining three different McCas patterns into cnarnlng
eat hoe made by seastresses the erelSs
attschoen for eay duplication by
and career like Mrs Everett The important spanish oe
sener influence the tight fitting slim pants ana sno
white corduroy with richly decorated rate sd green
ding can readily applied from sketch py using
either top braider underbrader on the ane
Spanish accent again the finely rled shirt 'front.' maze
by using ruffler the machine. :, -.
Top stysts that smart IKE TINS ene
ble are easy and fun to make-and to wears
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08
TRAFFIC ISLANDS TO FRONT PARK
CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTER

Better traffic movement On
Central Avenue opposite the
Park Central shopping center
is expected to result from the
construction of a series of palm
tree student traffic islands on
Central between Catalina and
Lexington Avenues. The islands
will also speed traffic on North
Central Avenue which consist
emily is the heaviest Travelled
arterial in the State, according
to figures released each month
by the Arizona State Highway
Department. Recent figures in
dicated the average daily trat-
fic flow on North Central is in
excess of $4,000 vehicles a day.
Eleven palm trees will be plant
ed, on every rs feet, In four
grass-covered islands. Estimated
cost of the project is set at
$4,000. Plans are being made
to install the islands before the
Christmas rush.
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08
TAREA PTTTMAN RETURNS FROM
VACATION AND SOUTHERN TOUR

SAN FR,ANCISCO-Mrs. Tarea
H. Pittman, West Coast NAACP
field secretary, returned this
week from her vacation and an
nual tour of the Deep South.
She visited cities in the East,
including New York, and wound
up her trek with a look at the
bus situation in Montgomery,
Alabama, and a visit to tension
ridden TuSkeegee.
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08

PHARR, TEXAS, PRESS: ITO
pay off the national debt in one
wear would take almost the en-
tire income of everyone in the
nation. The per capita debt
stands at $1,613.38 while the ma
tion's per capita income is only
$1.935."
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08
ARIZONA SUN

LOGANSPORT LA, INTER
STATE PROGRESS: "By the late
3O's, practically all Louisianas
original forests were gone, and
as a forest products state, Louis
lana was written off the books.
But the American Way was in
full play. The lumber industry,
supplemented by it's rapidly
growing companion, the paper
industry, Forestry Commission,
the u. S. Forest Service, private
companies started the long trail
back. AS result Of all this
forestry activity The forests
were in 1854 growing twice as
fast as they were being used!"
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08

DON'T DESTROY YOUR SUN
Pass it on to your employer
cr vow. fellow worker.
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08
--Crass Roots Opinion :

TAYLORVILLE, ILL, DAILY
BREEZE COURIER: . there
are apparent physical and NOR
tai shortages in the American
system of education. It is funda-
mental though that if we are
to remain in charge we must
foot the bills directly or at no
more than the state level"
DENVER, COLO, MINING
RECORD: with the public debt
of the United States now over
1914 billion dollars and with
gold reserves of only $21 ,793, ,O00-
600, the future Of the nation
financially should require
building up of our gold reserves.
An incentive Is needed to speed
up the mining Of gold In our
idle us. gold mining districts,
It would be good business on the
part of Washington to invite
miners to sell their newly mined
gold to the government at a
price that would allow profit"
LENNOx, S. D., INDENPEND-
EMIT: Gall the time saved by
speeding drivers is nothing COM
pared to the lifetime lost by just
one innocent victim of a speed
ing accident"
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08

GREAT FALLS, MONT, LEAD
ER: Though they have a good
deal more real income, higher
living standards and are rated
larger in frame and stature,
Americans today consume just
about the same amount of food
per person per year as people.
did around 1900. The contest of
our diet, however, has changed
greatly in that time Today
Americans eat considerably more
beef, eggs, vegetables, citrus
fuits and milk. This diet is
more suitable for body needs :"
Arizona sun., 1957-08-08

FORT MILLS, S. c., TIMES:
"A beloved college professor who
taught Latin and Greek and who
left upon the hearts of his stu
dents an impression for good
that they will always cherish,
said once that he had seen edu-
cation pass through four dis
tinctive states: Cd Books; (2)
Books and Ball; CD Ball and
Books; "a Ball"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-13

7-Supermon. Adventure.
THE Foce and the Voice..
Georoe Reeves stors.
9-The EorIy Show. Movie.
w Hours. Young Tom Edison"
1910. Mickey Rooney. FoY
Bointer.
$50
4-FootIiaht Theoter.
I Hour. Western films.
7-Miekey Mouse Club. Kids.
The Lennon Sisters ore quests.
The Hardy Boys, The Mystery
Of Ghost Form" Episode II. De
tecfives in Trouble"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-05
S P o R I S
Three County Teams Win In
Week k-end Football Battles

Madison South, Mt. Sterling and
Jonathan Alder won their weekend
football games while West Jeffer-
son was the only team to lose. Lon
don's game with Greenfield was
cancelled because of flu.
Mt. Sterling romped over Sci
oto Valley 800 Friday night in one
of the best games of the season.
Sterling gained 215 yards rushing
and 103 yards passing as Roger
Heise connected for six of ten pas
ses. Mt Sterling also recovered
three of the Scioto fumbles.
Bill Mason scored the first Mt
Sterling touchdown on a 15-yard
run; Roger Heise accounted for
two touchdoWns and three extra
point passes as well as passes to
Frank Sexten and Charles Stump
for three touchdowns.
This week Mt. Sterling meets
Graham at Urbana.
Madison South handed Washing
ton Courthouse reserves a 1876 de-
feat as they permitted WCH to
score only in the first period, and
then only on pass play. In the
first period Paul Ridenour took a
28-yard pass for one touchdown
and made 68-yard run for an
other, and made both extra points.
In the second period Ellis passed
to Ridenour % yards for another
touchdown. Third period play saw
Dave Edwards run 13 yards for a
marker and taking a pass for the
extra fpoint. In the fourth period
Merrell Travis intercepted a pass
on the last play of the game and
ran spectacular IS yards for an
other touchdown.
Jonathan Alder trounced Green
view 400 in their Friday night
game on the new Jonathan Alder
gridiron as they ended their sea-
son with Til record. John Roby
ran "a and "a yards to account for
two touchdowns while Jim Meeker,
taking pass, galloped 40 yards for
another touchdown Underhill, Lit
tier and Tedrick also stacked up
scores and Meeker, Underhill and
Tedrick scored the extra points.
West Jefferson has a season rec
ord of two wins, two ties and two
losses following a 1876 defeat Fri
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-05

day night at the hands of South
eastern at South Charleston.
West Jeff's lone score came in
the final period when Wendell Lilly
plunged over from the one on a
sneak after a 55-yard drive.
Bob Skidmore scored from two
yards out on the end of a 65-yard
drive and Jim Stewart tailed from
one yard out on a 64-yard drive for
Southeastern'S two scores. Gayle
Petermen blocked the second
Southeastern attempt for the extra
point. The winners have 81 rec
ord, the loss coming at the hands
of Northeastern.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

government paid to take oRt of
production were corn. sl36.547.a0
H 3 943-9) cotton si3,342 $685.
peanuts $8l GU sS.3p: hurley TO-
oacco. s29,24s 81 l04.23). fire
cured tobacco. s9s,8o3.al (640.4ol ).
flue cured tobacco. sl42. 975. %
f639Ia); Maryland type tobacco,
sl.83e-s9 (12.e6) and wheat S.
429 tl.2348
ASc also reported that Virginia
farnlers paid TN government
s368.85302 in marketing penal
ties for harvesting cotton. pea
nuts. tobacco ana wheat in excess
Of their farm acreage anotments.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

, The switchboard operator then dials
or calls the proper number and the
telephone connection is completed
/ A field trial of dial radio tele-
phones in Virginia may determine
how extensively such systems will
be used in isolated farming areas
throughout the United States.
The new equipment. built to Rural
liberalization Administration speci-
ficatlons, was installed last May at
Amherst
A similar system has been set
up at Live Oak. Fla.
The new system employs radio
transmission. instead OF conven-
tional lines. To tie in isolated farms
with the telephone exchange. 1t is
used also to provide telephone sserv-
ice to mobile units.
In areas where a farm is too dis
tant TO make a line connection
practical. the distance can be
spanned BY radio waves
George E. podrill. REA engineer
IN charge Of radio telephones. said
reports indicate the system at Am
herst is proving satisfactory. Sev-
eral other REA borrowers in Viz
ginia, he added. are considering in
stalling similar systems.
The equipment is designed phi
marlly for use with automatic dial
exchanges where switchboard oper-
ators are not available.
Dodrill, who helped to install the
equipment at Amherst, said the
dial radio telephone in this general
area will be primarily for mobile
use sor such subscribers as doctors.
veterinarians. taxicabs. and trucks
Of repair and service businesses.
Another advantage Of the new
system. he said. lies III its ener-
gency use A conventional telephone
line knocked out BY a storm can be
replaced within a few minutes BY
. radio telephone within such
combined system. A radio tower is
less likely to be taken down in
storm than poles, he said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15
State Farmers
Get $66O,297
From Soil Bank

vlrginia's farmers receive d
s660.29742 last year for with
drawing 1926 acres of land from
production and putting it into the
nations soil bank. the Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conserva-
ton (ASC) office at Richmond
reported.
The largest slice went ID sun
cured tobacco growers WIG re-
ceiyed s23l,032ol for taking Ill
1929 acres out Of production III
1856.
Other amounts disbursed and
the number Pr ACRES iM paren-
theses fen which fsa federal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

plans on badly eroded lands.
Then necessary fences wer e
erected to keep cattle out Of the
planted areas. Some of the eroded
sites were so deeply quilted that the
land had to be fastened down before
trees could be planted
This necessitated the building OF
log and rock check dams. at pres
cribed intervals. in the gullies. This
slows down the movement Of water
and soil. Grass seed and fertilizer
were raked into the soil and pro-
tectlve cover of straw and tree
limbs was used. Some q acres Of
land were thus treated. AS soon as
a low ground cover was established
pine seedlings were planted.
Abandoned logging roads. left I'M
protected after cutting operations
had To be treated to prevent further
erosion. More than one mile Of erod-
ing logging roads on steep slopes
had to be treated Proper road To-
cation prior to cutting operations
with sufficient cross drains would
have kept these roads open for
future access to the area.
This pilot watershed project while
not getting the fullest degree OF Co
operation from some landowners.
has provided the framework for the
small watershed movement now
underway II has contributed valu-
able information and data necessary
for carrying out an expanding pro-
gram Of management in the field
Of small watersheds.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

Editors note: The following re-
port was prepared by X. +. Holmes.
forester for the Virginia Division
of Forestry. II is OF particular in
tereSt because OF the efforts in the
Herald area Of establishing other
small watershed projects. Charlotte
county has advanced rapidly in its
plan. .and a survey is being made
in that county. Prince Edward
county is still working on establish
ing enough basic conservation plans
50 survey can be requested
buckingham and Cumberland have
started investigation Of establishing
Willis River watershed. ii a
Amelia county has also started an
investigation. While the Forestry
Division works with the cumberland
IN the area, the Sol Gonsery alton
Service carries on siinilai. project
with regard to cultivated iand)
The East Fork Of Falling River
Watershed, in Appomattox and
Campbell counties. was authorized
ii 1853 as one OF 80 pilot plant
watersheds i'll the United States.
The work plan listed control
measures needed to aid in proven
ION OF Hood and sediment damages
All recommended measures were
scheduled for completion III five
years.
The Virginia Division of Forestry.
as one OF the cooperating agencies,
was assigned the management Of
the timberlands. This represents ap-
proxinnately s. per cent Of the total
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

SoybeanS
As 'soybeans in Virginia move
into heavier maiketings. it still is
advisable 10 use the support rate
s204 for l4t moisture beans.
s208 for IL as a selling guide.
holding Ii you can't do al least
that we'll
Most virginia markets were at
OF wen above that rate at the end
Of last week. Baltimore led with
S2l4 t0 S2.23 for trucked beans.
Norfolk was S2l0 TO s2.l2: North
Elm Neck points $2o5. Richmond
Petersburg, S204. and the Eastern
Shore. $500 5000.
Hogs
II you're going 70 sell hogs this
month. this week probably is your
oest bet. especially if your hogs
are at or close to the preferred
weights Thanksgiving week his
.orically brings slack demand for
pork so plan to miss it if you can
Western market receipts have
oeen down around l0Gs below last
gear IN recent weeks.
Virginia markets last week were
unchanged at SIT TO Sl8: Balti-
more sl8-Sl825 and western
markets 25c higher al S16.75 to
ol750.
Cattle On Feed Report
An October ! count Of cattle on
full feed in 70 Underwater. Pied
mont and Shenandoah Valley
counties shows $4,000 head. Over
half were in II northern Piedmont
counties. b little over fourth in
seven Shenandoah Valley coun-
ties and the rest in central and
southern Piedmont and Tidewater
counties Tidewater counties--the
only ones ever counted previously
- showed around 1000 head this
year compared to 5000 last Oc-
tober.
The short corn crop is a major
factor In the drop. About three
fourths Of the total were steers:
f 81 steer calves; l1qc heifers, and
5es heifer calves. Fourteen per
cent weighted less than 600 lbs;
37f1 6o0-90o lbs; AIT 90O-l100
Psi 70e llo0-l300 lbs; and ~
over 1900 pounds. Owners said
they would market "a in Octo-
heri 2lTc IN November; 29C, i'll
December; l4t In January and
l2# after January
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15
Farm Bureau Head
Warns Farmers
OF Fiscal Squeeze

Amelia county Farm Bureau mem
bers Thursday heard their state
president discuss the economic
squeeze on farmers and surpluses.
Roy B Davis, OF PAGES. state
president, listed three alternatives
for farmers Of the future
flt That the government use tax
money to pay the difference between
prices commodities bring on the
open market and the parity set BY
the government III comparison with
other commodities.
KIN That parity b held q a
fixed rate Of 30 percent of the pre-
vions yeats avetase
,3i That Tie government adopt
a program of Strict supports. SINH
lar to tile Bfannan plan
The last David said may prove
too extreme and lead u socialized
agriculture
He called the gradual decrease
Of. farm population a healthy sign
since one farmer is now abl8 to
produce enough to support himself
and l6 other persons, an ever-in-
creasing ratio.
Davis told the Amelia men that
he was not alarmed that the county
was following the national trend
toward fewer and larger farms.
since it releases men for industrial
and defense work
From 1885 to 1850. farm popula-
ton in the county dropped from
ISIS to 5.540, while the number Of
farms dropped from | .535 10 ,0a8.
AT the same time, the number Of
acres in farms decreased from l67,
673 TO l6l .6g5
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

IIe predicted that efficiency II
farming would determine the diff
ference between success and failure
Hi the future.
County officers elected Al The
meeting are Roy Saunders. presi-
dent Waverley Reames. yice-presi-
dent and 7 q Reames. secretary
M and Mrs. Saunders were named
delegates to the state convention,
with Mr. and Mrs ReameS as alter
mates
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15
Radio Telephone Combination May
Solve Problem OF Rural Telephones

The Associated Press recently re-
ported that combination radio and
telephone system may be the com
munication solution for residents in
sparsely settled areas
The radio feature bridges the long
gap between the home and the
switchboard ope tors position
Thus the conversation goes part of
the way by radio transmission and
the rest of the way by conventional
telephone lipes.
Such a system is used commerce
ally m Norfolk. whereby ships a few
miles at sea can call the switch
board operator on shore BY radio
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

land area within the watershed
boundaries.
In the annual accomplishment re-
port recently submitted by the prof.
ect forester, the following major
fore try accomplishments were
listed for the first four years of the
project activity
The forester reports that 1909
acres of forested land has been ex-
amined Once examined detailed
written report was sent to each
landowner concerned. A total Of l34
such reports were written. Include
III each report is sketch map Of
1.-The land examined usually pre-
pared from large aerial photo
graphs. Reference to the map is
made as each major timber group
is described according to its age
growth rates. present growing con
ditions. dead. Of dying trees. major
species found and past manage
naent practices
Then based upon the information
and conditions found. the forester
sets down specific recommendations
for the improvement Of the timber
stands so as TO increase future
yields under sound management
principles.
A total Of 1903 900 pine seedlings
were planted. OF this total, land
owners themselves planted 1893 900
seedlings The balance. 10000 seed
lings, was planted under watershed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15
CORN PLANTING

The Governments 1858 control
program for corn will call Tor fur
thef reductions III grower planting
allgtments This years record
production of livestock
iced sratns aromises No increase
surplus supplies and WIN require
#H4H8Ff eaT A corn ailotmenIs
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15

+ N TURKEYS
Tuisep prices are probably
about NAere' theyll be through
-l'hanfsS iying, but there's a CHARGE
til solac ssrenRthenlns before
especially fOr hens Al
thousil Current Slaughter IL we'll
below lat year Iii this time. cold
storage HOLDINGS put thf supply
ABOVE aaat years level,
PrHc>s. iii Virginia last week YAM
itd ou I'm three types BeItsville
Whites were up A cent w 25c.
heavy relas 4 half cent stronger
at -4 3,ic and. tpms Il half cent
lowe Y: 40 XII
More strength should show up
agailf thls week in esg prices
Alpd sllppls factors should sup
port tAal strength maybe add
TO IL on into The holiday sea
son The factors. cold weather
setting in wall affect production
cnlling during september moved
out OH hens; and the total hen
number Is row about a. below
last year.
IL Richmond at The end of last
week Grade A large eeg prices had
advanced x at SAC dozen: i'll
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-15
" FARM PRICE
" OUTLOOK

prospects Virginia looked 10
Agriculture Friday The Depart
farmers with the that predict
pr,ees and be ritht all the time