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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

sell something. When 2 man lives
around Tv q long time he gets
where he doesn't pay any attention
TO II. He closes his ears and his
mind 70 It. and lets It babble on.
like an idiot. in the next room. Stay
away from It awhile. though. and
this shell Of inattenuon cracks. Il
takes awhile to build up the walls
again.
And l finally realized it would
take some time before I got adj
justed 70 community living again
deaf 70 the clamor and the jangle
the loud and sudden sounds that
beat upon the mind. For awhile.
knew. I'd be as confused as q coun-
try hound. who suddenly finds him
sell on Main St. with all the horns
and whistles blowing.
But It is good 70 Be home. any
how. At least I keep telling myself
It Is. But u you want TO stay young
turn back the clock. and follow the
woodland trails you followed as q
boy.
Cordially yours.
Everett A. Trent
Twin Oaks" Rt. 2
POwhatAn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
BY NORMAN LNDHURST
Foreign Correspondent


Giengen. West Germany A
polio stricken German girl, Presi-
dent Theordore Roosevelt and a
tradition Of craftsmanship have
combined to turn a remote Swabian
town Of 1000 persons into one of
Santa Claus principal workshops.
1t is a workshop that produces
$4,000 stuffed animals in more than
500 varieties every day.
The Steiff Toy Factory. still a
family enterprise. was born in the
warm heart of partially paralyzed
Margarete Steiff- It grew up when
Americas 26th President gave his
name TO a little stuffed bear that
was on the verge Of becoming an
orphan.
She couldn't run and play with
the other children in Giengen. Ger.
many. on the Brenz. But Margarete
was the most popular child In the
little town because she could think
only Of the happiness Of her play
mates.
She was constantly inventing new
games and making up new stores
to tell them. At Scholastic had to
be carried up and down stairs
she learned dreSsmaking.
Though confined to a wheelchair
until her death In 1903. Margarete
Steiff made herself financially in
dependent early in life. In 1880
she was then 33-she made a small
elephant Of felt which at first serv-
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Teddy Roosevelt Named Teddy Bears so Years Ago

ed as a pin cushion. It was a gift,
and became the worlds first stuff
ed toy. Margarete made eight that
year.
During the next five years. 500
of the elephants were produced
with the help Of girls she had hired
for her flourishing dressmaking
business.
AS word Of the toy elephants
spread, Margarete discovered a
market for her novelty creation.
In 1896, nearly 1850 elephants
were turned out by the little sew
ing circle" and a monkey. donkey.
horse. pig and camel were added.
The little business confined to
flourish In its own quiet way until
a nephew. Richard 6teiff. came
back to Giengen after completing
his art studies in Stuttgart. Ger
many.
His notebooks were filled with
drawings Of brown bears he had
made while idling away hours In
the Stuttgart 200. From them he
worked out a model Of a toy bear
with movable head and legs.
The first sample was sent to his
brother. Paul, in America, early in
1908. but, though Paul was en-
t%huSiastic, toy buyers in the States
were not. They said the bear was
too fat.
The brothers took the bear TO the
Leipzig fair that year. but didn't
show it because Of the ridicule
which had been heaped on it in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
Double Check

Trying to sell Alaska to the
Americans on the 18th anniversary
Of Pearl Harder amt doing so hot.
there is longer nights but its SO cold
you can't enjoy them. I thought
about stalking out a claim but from
the pictures they get down here I
don't see no place to drive the
stake. all frooze UP. II it ever
thaws up It will be a mess.
Then there is Little America, hits
froze up too. so there just amt no
where on this globe that q teller
can go to get out Of this IFS million
people jam without running into ice
and snow.
So we start Moon gazing. What q.
wonderful future!! Wives can send
their husbands.-u'n they don't Just
want 70 git rid Of them they can
find . passage on the same rocket
and this will be . fine place to live
always did Like IL.
There has been more pictures Of
Democrats in the papers OF late
than for many moons but they all
sing the same song so can't tell vet
II the line is a'going to hold for
long.
TO 20 places you got to be odd.
Elvls Presley come out Of TenneS-
G with no shave. no hair cut a song
and a Gittar. He was odd. Look at
Andy Griffin long talk. couldn't
sing but ne was odd boy you
just got to be to get any place.
Thanks for reading,
Yours
j. Marvin Brown
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yeAa Temple Groves
"A Stiffness AT AppOmattOx'

mission, as these members are re-
minding fellow Southerners, exists
to investigate. 10 find and report
facts. to explain, not to judge and
punish.
What report could be more
factual and correct than this? The
stop sign the South has erected
against Negro advancing Including
advance in voting to which, with
qualification. the South is well re-
cOnciledl has resulted from the
Great Do Good Of May II, 1854. 1t
has come Of the rape OF common
sense and the Constitution and the
larger psychology by nine men
elected to nothing and totally with
out mandate for changing the a
ture Of American government and
the lfe-way of Southern people.
Report this to the President and
the Congress, Gov. Carleton, Gov.
Battle and Dean Storey! Report it
in a minority if need be, but it
may be that your report could be
a majority one. Many in this land
begin to see a great light.
You can report demagogy here,
yes, and extremism, but all pas
sionate situations bring these. And
the fury of resistance in Alabama
r. what YOU deem a mere inquiry
into voting practice is not a thing
apart. II belongs to a total. 1t Is
part Of a total halt the South call
ed to its growing advancement Of
colored people when the Supreme
Court undertook the unconstitution-
al. lntolerable. impossible PROPOSE
ton Of mixing in the init
mate. domestic, immature situa-
ton Of public schools,
Perhaps the Southern members
Of this commission might even be
willing to subscribe to the PROPOSE
ton that The Most Civil OF Alt
Civil Rights is the Right to be Let
TiOiIC Wy 9it oUtGt inIitlit.
They wouldn't be just rebel-yel-
ling. They would be repeating
America first loud cry for liberty.
Freedom from the government -
from an oppressive distant gov.
eminent that didn't care or unoer-
stand-Was what Patrick Henry
meant when he called for that OF
death.
What is the answer for those Of
US who truly believe in open minds
and academic liberties when We
see III young people in college
bralnWashed 10 sociailsms in the
name of that openness and those
%liberties2 It may be, as a study
sponsored by the always socialist
leaning Fund for the Republic re-
ports, that many college profess
sors and instructors have been per
secuted in recent years for their
liberal beliefs. But ever if this
is so, they may know that they
have mot died in VAIN Their In
fluence has brainwashed enough of
the nations youth to endanger con
stitutional American princi-
pies which made our country great
and are required for continued
greatness.
Academic liberty is a fine thing
but it isn't one of the liberties
named in the Bill of Rights. Per-
haps the omission is proper. since
professor and pupil r not really
lin spite of community Of schol-
ars" sentimentalists like DR.. Hut
chlnsl a couple Of equals in free
swinging exchange. The professor
does speak with authority and the
pupil does. consciously or not, sub
init to authority. The authority has
been used in recent years at least
as much to undermine the Ameri-
can way as to support it.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
CHRISTMAS FEATURE

For a colorful way In garnishing
a Christmas ham. lend an ear.
Carve citron in the shape Of holly
leaves. Tint them in green food
coloring. Use red cinnamon candies
to stimulate red holly berries. Ar
range citron leaves and cinnamon
candies or orange slices. 1t viii
lend that final Christmas touch tc
a holiday ham dinner.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
To Our Neighbour
Everett A. Trent

Editor. The Herald:
As we 60 about our work each day
OF our usual toll and labor.
We can always find great happiness
In the friendship Of 4 neighbor.
Just an unexpected visit or q phone
Call Of concern
WIN help TO brighten up the day
And give 1t q lighter turn.
But We happen to have a neighbor
Who wants to do still more,
And morning. noon or evening
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
DO WE?

The Lord IS my shepherd, | shall not won't"
Are the words Of David Of Did
When he wrote in his Psalms of pastures green
BY waters STILL God restored his soul.
He told how God wos guiding him
In paths Of righteousness.
And even IN the valley Of death,
From them he would not di9ress.
He sold no evil would he feor
When God walked by his side,
His rod ond stoff to comfort him
And al his footsteps guide.
He wrote Of the oil upon his head,
His cup filled 70 to soiety;
And Of goodness and loving kindness
Thot ever with him would be-.
He mentioned the table that God prepared
Where his enemies might see.
And asked That God might pardon him
For his iniquity.
And 81 ties that bound him to God
He never in life would sever,
And IN the house Of Jehovoh,
He promised to dwell forever.
These PsoIms thot David wrote back then
To all Of Us ore known.
But foith in God like David hod,
Today seems weaker grown.
In God we trust" our motto is,
But is this REALLY 50?
The answer will leave to you
Because do not know.
- b. WHITAkE
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

"Press where you see my white
plume shine
Amid the ranks OF war,
And be your oriflamme today
The 'hslnnet Of N~avarre!"
The party Of its fathers declared
war on the South last week and
Paul Butler was Navarro. appear
ing 'fifst as chairman Of the Demo
cratic National Committee, then as
chairman Of the Democratic Ad-
visory Council stevenson. Truman
Williams, Humphrey. Hartman
and SUCH. II any mar knows cause
why Mr.. Butler shouldn't be the
Democratic nominee for President.
let him speak now.
The doubl e-chairman's orr
lamme Is all over the place.
Overwhelmingly the National
Committee endorsed his South-bait-
ing civil rights agitations. In fierce
detail the Advisory Council damned
Republican inaction on civil rights
stronger measures and removal Of
the South's last weapon. Rule q
"A stiffness at Appomattox i
Bruce Cation. historian Of the
E1Yil War. whose Stiffness at Ap.
pomattox'' won the Pulitzer Prize
In 1854. Is describing that war as
Americas Tragic Experience II
his current lectures. The lectures
should be popular. The war is ir
many minds now for what it set
tied and what it didn't settle.
Would it ever have been fought
II John Calhoun had had his way
u the South had united behind hin
against economic inequities which
might have been removed If South
ern politicians had been willing K
put them above politics? In Janu
airy l849. the year before his death
he called a conference Of Southern
Senator's and congressman. begged
them to hold this Southern Situa
ton above party allegiance HI
predicted a tragic r for The
South u the North was permitted t
have its majority way. But his fel
low Southerners were not con
vinced. Only a minority Of then
would sign his manifesto. A politi
cal stand which might have sayet
the subsequent one at arms wa
refused.
"Sir. the Federal Civil Right
Commission reports no progress
II reports a blank wall and tota
resistance. II reports no surren
der!"
Such a report might conceiyabl,
come from a body upon which tW,
able and devoted one-time South
ern governors and a famous dea,
Of Southern Methodist University
law school are serving. The Com
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Co.!
Lesson for December IL, 1858

a WEALTHY American woman
L with time on her hands and
unable to become interested in
any Of the things that need doing
around our country wanted above
all things to Contemplate" She
achieved her hope. and incidentally
some notoriety for which she no
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
Get Yourself A Helicopter

driven on the ground, and capable Of a top
speed Of 100 m.p.h. in the air. 1t can travel
about 60 m.p.h. on the ground.
Additionally, it will be able to airlift a
payload of about 600 lbs. and will be very
simple to operate. In fact, its manufacture
ers claim that anyone able to drive a car
will probably be able to fly the new Gyro-
Jet. And, the manufacturers claim, it will
be very easy to get a license to fly one.
Whether it would be that simple we do
not know Certainly helicopters, priced rea-
sonably, and operated simply would al
leviate the highway traffic, speed trans
portation and save time. Parking would in
crease as a problem, and pedestrians would
have the problem Of lodging cars on the
ground and helicopters from the air. Insur-
ance agents would have another popular
policy, to protect against falling aircraft,
and life would be more complex. But that
is the outlook for the future.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

doubt h adn't
hoped; but as any
one might guess.
she had to 60 out
side the Christian
religion to find
what she wanted.
She 10 ned the
Zen sect OF Budd-
hism, a sect that
specializes in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

money and certainly my good disposition, =
she said.
Farmville stores are filled with holiday
merchandise with new items being added
daily. The stores will be open until 8 o'clock
every night from now until Christmas.
There is a plenty of parking space in the
free parking lots in Farmville and several
miles of on-street parking within easy walk
distance of the shopping area.
Take a tip from this shoppers expert
ence and Shop Farmville First" We be-
lieve you will be pleased.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

sons for misunderstanding, or failure to I'M
derstand on the part Of northern periodi-
calls and people.
For the federal officials information the
schools systems Of the southern states are
to be maintained, in one manner or another,
according to the will of the people. TO be
efficient they must be maintained on a
racially separate basis. Private enterprise
would prefer it thus, is our considered
Judgment and experience.
OF course we can differ with the attorney
general in regard to the decision Of the Su-
preme Court, and the constitutional re-
~quirements, etc. This has been done in these
columns before and for us it is the prime
question, namely, whether the United States
remains a constitutional republic or drifts
into a judicial oligarchy by reason of us
urpation Of power by the Supreme Court.
The attorney general speaks with consid-
cradle authority and we wonder if his adj
dress was intended to foreshadow future
actions by the federal bureaus and the adj
ministration in an attempt to blackmail
the South into submission. They would be
whistling up the wrong tree. The South will
not be blackmailed. Incidently, the South
means SO much TO this nation that it will
ever have a place economically, culturally
and politically. Its persistence may save a
nation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

He may knock upon your door.
He'll either have some vegetables
That he. himself has grown
Sometimes he brings lucious fruit
The best you've ever known.
Maybe he's brought flowers, too
Or an arrangement he has made
That Is so very beautiful
You wonder at his trade.
It seems he is truly happy when
He's doing these nice things
And he certainly makes you happy
With all the things he brings.
Yes. all these thoughtful deeds
Are appreciated every day.
And We thank u neighbor, MIR.
Trent.
Who Is so thoughtful in every way.
A Neighbor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1858
B~lackmailing The South

UNITED States Attorney General William
n P. Rogers, speaking before the Anti
Defamation League of B'nai Birth in New
York Sunday said community tensions re-
sulting from racial prejudice could deprive
a locality Of new or expanded federal facili-
ties and even drive away private capital.
Such tensions 'are not without their eco
nomic Implications"
He said that private enterprise, in max
ing new investments, will necessarily take
into account the climate Of public opinion
and the public facilities that will be avail
able to personnel. BY the same token, the
government in determining the location Of
new and expanded federal facilities, will
nave to give consideration to the ~availa-
bility of public schools and other public
conveniences, as a matter of fairness and
justice to it's personnel who will be or duty
there"
The Supreme Court, he said, explicitly
recognized public education as a primary
concern of the states, but held also that
state action must be consistent with consti-
~tutional requirements.
The attorney generals expressed opin-
ions do not square with the facts. The facts
are that the South has progressed industri-
ally more in the past five years than any
other part of the nation. Industry is moving
south. which can easily be one Of the rea-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12
Shop Farmville First

GENERAL Farmville shoppers have told
= US this week that the Shop Farmville
First advertisement appearing in The
Herald every two weeks is truer today than
ever. Their experience in bucking the eager
beavers in the city brings a resolution to
shop Farmville first and last. AS one shop
per told US, it required one hour of driving
to find a parking place. The stores were
jammed with bargain hunters. Extra clerks
for the holidays did not know the stock. All
in all it was a push and a shove. Il just
came on back home and did all my Christ
mas shopping in Farmville. | believe | saved
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-12-12

ANOTHER prediction - and there have
: been many - that the age of helicop-
tiers is almost upon us, has been made. One
forecaster expects that within a year and
one-half some commuters may be able to
jump into their private %helicopters, in
their garage, drive to the airport, take-off,
and proceed to work. Or, if one happens
to have one of these helicopters near his
office, the trip might be a trip homeward.
A company in Glendale. California, is
about to market a two-blade helicopter
coupe for civilians. 1t is estimated that it
will cost about 5000 and the first models
Of the Gyro-Jet are expected to be flying
within six months.
In another year, after the first models
fly, the Gyro-Jet is expected to be on sale,
and distributors are already being lined up
by the firm. The interesting thing about
this aircraft is that it is a combination
automobile and h%elicopter.
1t will have fold-up %rotors. and will be
Diario las Américas., 1958-04-08
Para|izado ell Esfuerzo Anglo,
~Norteamericano en- Case Tdnez

franco-tunecina nuevamente en-
manos del Consejo de Seguridad
de las Naciones Unidas. La cues
ton fue enviada al Consejo, des-
pucs del ataque aereo frances a la
aldea tunecina de Sakiet Side Yu-
Ssef, pero Sc lie retro al aceptar
Francia y Tuner la mission anglo
norteamerlcana.
FuenteS fidedignas manifesto
ron que aun hay esperanzas de So
lucionar satisfactoriamente varias
cuestiones 81 los ~fanceses retiran
su insistencia en ell control neu-
trail international de la frontera
arselino-tunecina.
Estas cuestiones comprenden la
evacuation de las tropas francesas
del antique protectorado, ell status
future de la gran base naval de
Bizerta, ell control de los aerodro-
mos ahora ocupados por los france
ses en- Tunez, y la reapertura de
los consulados franceses que dispu-
so cerrar ell gobierno t~unecino des-
pues del bombardeo de Sakiet Side
pues del bombardeo de Sakiet Side
Yussef,
Diario las Américas., 1958-04-08

lizar todas las renuncias razona-
bles que ella exija, la homestead
en- la discussion de sus problemas,
deberian naturalmente disipar las
-sombras de la desconfianza, "pero
81 este no 10 quiera Dios- no
sucediese, Sc sabria finalmente a
quien atribuir las responsibilities
des de las actuales desarmonias'.
Ell Sumo Pontifice lego su men
safe de Pascua desde ell balloon
principal de la Basilica de San Pc
dro, ante mas de 100000 personals
congregadas en- la plaza del mismo
nombre. AL mismo tempo la pala-
bra papal fue transmitida al mum
do entero pdr radio y television.
Insisti6 en- TODD su mensaje en-
ell tema de la paz. Dijo que "indi-
viduos y pueblos, naciones y Esta-
dos, institutes y grupos, son invi.
tados por ell Rey de la Paz, a insis-
tir o confianza en- esta dificil y
urgente obra de gloria divina. A
esa obra debera dedicarse toda la
imponente reserva de inteligencia,
de prudencia y, donde fuese nece-
ePasa Q h PaglBa -
Diario las Américas., 1958-04-08

PARIS, abril 7-(UP).-El es'
fuerzo anglo-norteamericano por
solucionar la crisis entire Francia
y Tuner quedo hoy cast totalmen-
tie paralizado.
En- Tunez, Sc dice que ell primer
m~andatario tu~necino, Habid Bo.
urguiba, ha llegado al Unite de sus
"concesiones", y que corresponds
ahora a Francia hacer algunas.
En- Paris, Sc tiende a culpar del
estancamiento a Burguiba, en- Wis
ia de su negative a aceptar la ad-
ministracion neutral internacio-
nal de la tirante frontera argeli-
no-tunecina.
Los deiegados de 'buenos off
clos" de Gran Bretana y Estados
Unidos, Harold Beeley y Robert
D. Murphy llegaron aqui anoche y
Primer Ministro frances, Felix
Gaillard.
Los observadores Green que la
conferencia con Gaillard determi-
nara la cesaci6n O continuation
de las gestiones de buenos oficios.
La cesacion de los esfuerzos de
Solucion podria colocar la crisis
Diario las Américas., 1958-04-08
At Muertos al
Estre|Iarse
0tro Avion

MIDLAND, Michigan abril T.
(UP).-Un avion Viscount, de cua-
tro motores, de Capital Airlines, Sc
estrell0 en- una grania situada
aproximadamente a un kilometro
del aeropuerto local, causando la
muerte de las AZ personals a Dor
do.
Ell cuatrimotor realizaba ell via
je. lleno a ~capacidad, con personals
que regresaban de viajes de Soma.
ma Santa, a otras ciudades v Sc in
cendi6 tan pronto TOGO terra.
Ell aparato descendia en- ell aero
puerto Tri-City, pero, aparente.
mente, sus Instruments lie falla-
ron y Sc paso de la pista. I'm porta-
voz de Ia Inca aerea, dijo que ell
photo nabia sostenido c~ontacto ra-
dial con ell aeropuerto, pero que no
habia indicio alguno. de que ell
avion tuviese desperfectos.
Funciouarios de la Capital Air
lines, dijeron que es ell primer ac-
cidente ocurrido a esa compania
desde 1949 en- que hay perdidas de
vida. Ell avion es de fabrication
inglesa.
Las autoridades dijeron que has
ia ahora, as cadaveres han sido res
catados y llevados a la morgue pro-
visional preparada en- un hangar.
Las operaciones de rescate de ca
daveres Sc suspendieron q las cua-
tro de la manana, a Ia espera
del amanecer.
Diario las Américas., 1958-04-08
Fuerte Sisn1o
Registrado al
Norte de Chile

MOBILE, Alabama, abril 7. (UP)
Ell sismografo del Spring Hill CO.
llege registr6 un "terremoto muy
destructive" y segun SUI director,
Padre Louis j. Eisele, puede haber
ocurrido en- I'm punto a unos
ochenta Kilometres de Iquique en-
Ell norte de Chile. No Sc pudQ es,
pecificar en- que direction pudo es
tar ell epicentro.
Ell Padre Eisele diio: "Tuve que
desconectar ell mecanismo. Los sa.
cudones estaban hacienda saltar
las agujas."
Ell registro dio una intensidad de
ocho a 8 y media de la escala de
Richter.
Este es ell mas violento tamblor
que haya registrado en- ell ultimo
ano', dijo ell Padre Eisele, Isl ha
ocurrido en- terra ha sido muy deS-
tructivo, y las olas constituiran I'm
grave peligro 81 tuvo su epicentro
cerca de la costa, en- ell mar. Calcu-
10 Ell epicentro a unos ochenta XII
lometros de distancia de Iquique,
en- ell norte de Chile.
Dijo que la primera sacudida Sc
registro a las $40 AM, (1440
GMT), y la segunda siete minutes
'deSpues,