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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Double Check

Gong HOME, My doctor finally
gave his consent for nc TO spend a
few weeks al home. then come
back for the final operation. am.
AS yct. blind 10 all true sense OF
reading or getting about.
want to thank each OF YOU dear
readers for the wonderful cards
and letters My daughter. EneaS.
and granddaughter, Jean have read
SO sWcctly your every word lmagi-
nation is SO great 70 tho blind. and
Use i to further understand your
wonderfully inspiring messages to
this writer Of the Farmvillc Herald
column.
II is very fitting that tho admin
istration ask that We refrain from
any criticism Of the administration
for SO days. ] hope BY that time
this writer will be able to give EN-.
what Harry says they deserve
Evidently something Is about to
happen. Voc Dc unto the Pcntagon.
What Ike saw down there will rest
With others and published commit
tee reports.
Please bear with me. hope to do
better. Thanks for reading.
Yours.
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Trouble In Schools

luton Firmcr check on school pupils, WITH
more attention paid to teaching and learn
ing and less to outside activities, could be
considered
The basic concept Of universal education
might be examined for some changes An
opportunity should be given every child for
a bisic education - certainly 50 far as liter
acy il concerned That Il a duty Of the
parents. the state and the local community.
But pupils who do not apply themselves,
nor have the capacity, nor the ambition
need not tear down an educational system
which has cost 50 much to provide and to
maintain.
The problem is there. We have no prccon-
ceived opinions as to its solution, but We DIP
believe every citizen has obligation To
give it some thought, and that parents with
children in school must furnish their chill
dren inspiration and desire. Az We'll rs ca
operation with those responsible for furn-
Shing the instruction,
bill proposed IN the Virginia General
Assembly would provide for an investiga-
ton Of what is being taught and how in Viz
ginia schools. 1t seems to US that the par
ents of children in the schools might per-
form this service to a large extent. After
all, if we get poor service from our automo-
not the manufacturer. A poor analogy we
admit, but a keencr interest in your childs
education could work wonders
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Dead on it's lowest
common denominator. -

1t Is for the United States, not
Soviet Russia, that the sputnks
lavc really bccped
Nothing else could have made us
get a move on. against Tags in
science and defense. and equally.
let Us hope, against the creeping
diseases Of democracy
Suddenly We scc--Or do We See
that democracy has been killing
itself and us. dying Of the multi
plying medlocrities Of ever lower
common denominators. Of indis
criminatc worship of the average.
The majority. the norm.
Especially III education
They cal ed II Progressive" "
once. and II was. but the capital
r." has been lost 10 educational
parrots who know the noises but
not the notes. Dumb 10 the big idea.
they have gone IN As directed for
adjustments to life, To liberty.
70 vocation but have forgotten to
remember the item TO be adjusted,
the individual child, his character
and the contents Of his mind.
II America is saved in time S nick
from sputnik racial indignation may
be looked back upon some day as
The back breaking ultimate of the
Progressive" folly. For all the dis
eases threatening democracy are in
the unscientific scntlmcntalty that
is forcing the two races I'on each
other in education. 1t isn't only that
4 South whose peace. order. culture,
vitality, education and nation-cre-
ating biology are at stake means
FAR more 10 the nation than what
Asia and Africa may Just possibly
DC saving but aren't really II is
also as witness the educational
slauRhterhouSc and SHAMELESS now
in the capital city that an ultimate
has been reached in sacrifice OF
science and sense 10 eqllalltraian
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

Editor The Farmvillc Herald
\ Referring 10 Mr. Martz : answer
Ito my two letters that were pub
lshcd in Your paper Mr.. MarH
used every known form OF propa-
ganda 10 show that the Farmers
Union is sympathetic with com
munism or being used by the Com
NUNS, party when he made his ad-
dress at Farmvillc. II readers Will
| rc-rcad his letter in your paper pub
\ liShcd January u. they Will be able
to use their Judgment ! am unable
/ to understand what our Farm Blu
\ rcan members think they Will ac-
comnlish
ri am sure when The farmers
know tho facts they viii BE- able TO
sec which Is trying 70 DO the things
/ that the farmers stand for. The
American farmer voted IS per cent
b sustain the acreage control on
wheat. Some Of our Farm Bureau
members IN the county were asked
Ito vote against control acreage BY
( their leaders This shows their po-
sition toward The farm program
As a matter Of information.
would Ike to state that ono Of our
members was asked 10 join the
Farm Bureau and he was told that
\ the Farmers Union insurance was
\ no good The Farmers Union In
snrance vas granted charter
nnder The insurance laws IN Viz
ginia and has a higher rating IN
Bradstrect than the Farm Bureau.
This docs not mean that the
Farm Bureau insurance is not
sound but It docs mean that the
Farmers Union insurance has a
higher rating
I Mr. hIartz advised me TO review
tho flies 81 the two Government
Commuters that investigate UNI
Americanisn II I had the same
attitude toward the Farmers Union
that he has would have done what
\ he did. but vas looking for con
structiyc information. When Scna-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

Excellent Reports

EXCELLENT reports We're made Tuesday
= night by officials Of the Southsidc Com
munity Hospital. Financially, the cash po-
stion was improved, and contributions
from the Community Fund, individuals,
counties and towns reduced the deficit sub
stantially.
The establishment Of permanent en-
dowment, created principally BY $1,000
contributions honoring Mrs India X Dun
nmgton on her Tooth birthday, is step
forward 1t is hoped that this fund can be
increased from time to time 50 as to become
an important factor in financing this insti-
tuition
Probably 200 members of the Hospital
Association and friends attended the meet
ing Missing were many people. supporters
OF the institution, who will find the annual
meeting an inspiration another year. The
hospital needs the interest and support Of
everyone, and one way Of showing it is to
attend the annual meeting.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Letters To Editor
County Farm Group President Calls
Marn Criticism Propaganda Tool

tor Mccarthy was chairman ~ the
Senate Committee on IN American
ism Nj stated that his Committee
had not discovered any information
that would ind icate that the
Farmers Union was communistlc
have no higher defense to offer
this is the highest in existence.
Mr.. Martz was editor OF the
National Farm Bureau paper and
he Is acquainted with the record
Of the National Farm Bureau ]
am glad that the Farmers Union
has never had the Senator's and
Representatives TO ebuke the
Farmers Union representatives and
accuse "a m Of bftraying the
4 farmers. but this Is more than you
i can say for the Farm Bureau
+ Referring to the Marshal Foun-
dation, Mart2 has accused all mem
bers Of the Board OF Trustees OF
being members of the Communist
party but one member. Mr.. Gard.
ner Jackson I would assume that
all the rest are dead but this mem
Der or Martz has made himself
liable for Islander and know he Is
4 too wise for this Also referring to
Mr.. Harris, who Is dead and can"
make any defense. is the only mem
Der Of the Farmers Union thi!
man must have been highl,
respected as he was placed on this
i important committee and needs NJ
| other defense ngreSS m a !
Cooley, chairman Of the House
| Agriculture Committee. Mr.. Rue
ther. president OF the Clio. and Mr.
Patton. Pre- 81 dent Of Farmers
Union. need no defense as the 20
sihon that each holds in the conf
dencc Of their members speaks fol
4 their defense. | believe in organ
lied capital organized labor. also
organized farmers, as long as they
arc right and no longer
A, W. Lewis
President. Prince Edward
County Farmers Union
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1868
Untapped Resources

We recall several years ago meeting q
Scotsman. Appomattox was his prime int
terest Of historical places in America. He
knew more about Ice, Jackson and their
military maneuvers than did We Needless
to say, we accompanied him to Appomat-
toN, and learned from him. The attractions
nearest Us NAV be the least known
Lees Retreat from Petersburg 70 Appo-
mattox is a saga in American history which
has not been fully developed or exploited.
Possibly the most important event in the
Civil War era. we are at a loss to know why
the people in this area have not been suc-
cGssful in developing.
Now that we know the Canadians are in
terested in Us, We might find il interesting
and profitable to reconstruct this page in
our history. not only as an attraction for
visitors but as a memorial 10 those men who
fought for the great principles Of our Com
stitutional government.
Fortunately, through the efforts, almost
single-handed efforts of W. X. Garner, Of
Blackstone, the route has been marked. Mr..
Turner's knowledge Of the terrain and the
battlcfeds should now be preserved as be
is an authority on this subject.
What a project for the chamber Of COM
merce, the Lions Clubs or other civic groups
along the way. What q boon to business for
the service stations, the mcrchantile estab-
ishments i'll this section.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Thrift Replaced by Financing

TIE economists are in other. There are
as many theories about the future eco
nomc we'll being Of the country as there
are magazines or newspapers to publish
them
Democats say the Eisenhower boom is
wearing thin at the edges, pointing to con-
tinue increases in the cost Of living
Republicans IN turn point to new employ
mcnt records and the highest average in
diyidua incomes in history
But every one Of us has felt the bite Of
initiation home which could be built for
$4,000 in 1910 costs $4,000 today A home
which cost $4,000 in 1916 will cost $4,000
today.
And the financing of home Cor any
thing bought on time paymcnts) costs more
today.
Automobile financing Is expected to cost
more next year
but there are indications that the "casv
payment boom is going to taper off.
Auto finance companies are beginning 10
turn down poor risks. a typewriter COM
pany this week notified dealers that the
dealers must be more selectiye in selling ia
credit customers and the dealers must as
sumo greater responsibility for reposses-
sions.
It appears that NE money lenders are
going to teach lessons in thrift and personal
money management. Families which have
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
John Temple Grove.
Sputnik May Be Blessing
To Awake People OF America

.deology.
| keep remembering that angry
gentleman In my audience at Mon
terrey. Mexico. last fall who wanted
me to know the sputniks had dated
'all this states rights and segre-
cation stuff The gentleman was
our Of orbit If only could have
thought Of that rctort al the time
YOU never don II Is the sputniks
which are telling America not only
to look 10 It's arms but to watch its
lowest common denominators. its
mixtures that don tlsTiix, It's abuse
Of the fighting South.
What is wrong with the electoral
system Of the National Council OF
Churches when a gentleman like
the Rev, Edwin r Dahlberg can be
elected president? The radical
views and affiliations OF Mr.. Dahl
berg cant conceivable reflect ma
jority Of the Protestant millions
NIpo1 AIiII tilfH SlippDit tlic AOtHi-
Gil or be tolcrable TO that majority
Yet there he stands. speaking by
implication for us all
Something S got to give
# Miss Polly Bergen, telcvision's
sublime sweet Saturday evening
star" doesn't stop Juggling in her
transfixed papa and adoring him so
fatuouSly the star may set in the
skyline. What is It in politics and
entertainment about brother acts.
father and son ones. and mother
and daughter, that IS so unattrac-
tive while husband and wife. and
parent and children. ones 60 over
big2 Freudians have now a musty
answer but II has been so adver-
tised and exaggerated that this may
be ono Of It's unfair fruits
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Chosen People
Lesson for February 2, 1853

MOST church members do not
~ realize what a privilege II
is to be one The Bible passages
for this week are extremely sug
1gcstive and viii bear careful study,
As usual. there is room here for
comment only on two Or three
points brought out in one Of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
A New Kind q People

srdtflt f'1FF, NIiilftR ~ IstpN t'
had probably never seen. darcS "
say 10 them some vpry high things
He could Say these things because
while hc did not know them sepa
fately and personally. he knew The
church and what God intended il
70 he You h. wrote. rare a
chosen race, 4 royal priesthood a
holy nation A chosen race .
The church, SO far as II is . true
church, is made up Of persons
whom God has chosen He has
chosen them not like separate It'll"
pearls each in lis own oyster, but
rs The gathered pearls on ghan-
inG necklace Peter uses tho word
race rather than rganizatian
or group Or society, Race Sage SIS
blood brotherhood IL Suggests .
common ancestor common lsfc
If each race ~ mankind has some
thing special ahou; IL 50 the Chris.
tians. as the chosen race have
something special about thcm A
church which cannot hc told apart
from l,ist any club, church whose
members arc no, apprcctahly dit
fercu' from people on tho outside
is a Church in name only Chris
tlans Us q family arc noN KIND u
people They have been born anew,
they have = quality a life no other
people have.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
May Become a Virtue Again

bought and bought and bought az long as
they could sign a deferred payment agree
mcnt may learn the value Of good credit. if
not the value of money in the bank
Perhaps the day will rctdrn when thrift
will again be one of the American virtues
The Nortinsburg (Pd.) Morrison's Core
Herald
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

One of the first findings Of the
International Geophysical Year ex-
petition to the South Pole has been
the discovery Of coal Tin large
amounts. report leading to
speculation that the Antarctic may
not always have been a land Of
zee and SNOW.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

most striking
sentences ever
pcnned 10 the
church. To the
church As Well as
4 about the church.
for most Of the
New Testament
book S were writ
ten as letters to
churches As the
re der think S
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

In 40 years the volume of coal
produced by surface mining OPP
erations in the United States has
risen from less than ne-half Of one
per cent to nearly Is per cent, ac-
cording to recently published sta
tistics Of the Bureau Of Mines.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
The International People

The church is also holy ma
ton II has not always been
clearly understood What Saint Pet
or meant by this. Did he mean
that Christians must withdraw
from tho world u little holy Isl
land or ghetto Of their own, there
10 alct the rest Of the world 20
hy7" Did he mean that Christians
arc 4 sUpcrnation, empowered to
dictate to all other nations. owing
allegiance 10 no flag but the Chris
tlan flag? Unless Peter was ont Of
line with all the rest Of the New
Testament, he probably meant no
such thing. He did mean at least
this much: first that the Christian
church lives by higher laws than
the Kingdom Of this world. The
church is the nation where the Law
Of Love is the constitution. Second,
since the binding force in this ma
: ton is not race or tradition or
geography but holy love, it will
not have any earthly boundary but
will spread throughout the world.
The church is the great and only
completely international society.
tRases ~ outlines eepyEiebtes ~ the
Division o. Chrtstlan EAuest ks-
besaI Cesaeu u the ChsYekes ~ Ckslst
II the U. 3. A. Released ~ Gem - seity
Pvsss esrvtes.l
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

Coal dumpings at mpton
port rose nearly 20 per cent in
the first six months OF 1857 TO more
than 81 900. 900 tons. Virtually all
coal shipped abroad passed thro-
ugh the port Of Hampton Roads.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

CANADIANS are interested in Virginia
~ and Nirginians are interested in Canadi-
ans. T. Tulane Atkinson, Of Hampden-Syd-
nev at a recent Farmville Hotel Corpora
tion meeting gave an interesting account OF
his visit last August TO the Canadian Ma
tional Exposition He was intrigued with
the Canadians he met and we believe there
is an untapped resource BY attracting our
friends to the North to our section for
their "holidays' The Canadians refer to a
vacation" as holiday" They are happy.
attractive, friendly people, just the type
to be entertained in Virginia.
Considerable contact has been made with
the Canadians By the Virginia Travel Coun-
eli, which annually exhibits the vacation
land of Virginia at the Canadian National
Exposition Route Is is the shortest high
WAY south for these people seeking q holt
day.
This area of Virginia has many attrac
tons which have not been properly devel-
oped Historically, the Sayler's Greek Bat
tlefield Park, Lees Retreat from Peters
burg, and finally the surrender at Apo
nlattox. are points in history which would
be of interest to any person visiting Virgin
ia. As odd as il may seem. the people Of
Scotland. England Ireland an other
Northern European nations have an intense
interest in Virginia, especially General Lee
and the Appomattox Surrender Grounds
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

T1IlERE seems to be rash OF trouble IN
the administration of schools
The principal Of Brooklyn, n. Y. school
killed himself as grand jury awaited his
latest testimony on violence in his school,
heset By hoodlums not registered as pupils.
II happened to be an integratod school,
composed Of about ten per cent Puerto
Ricans As per cent Negro and As per cent
white pupils AT another Brooklyn school
an assistant principal was forced to resign
under fear of harm. and another youth
gang attacked woman teacher in an Gle
mentary school.
Recently in Richmond youth was shot
by policeman in self-protection at an all
white school This youth was not register
Cd pupil
IN Southsidc county. high school youths
have been charged With vandalism, and
some with cattle ruStling.
These incidents give no pattern for a
problem which appears 70 exist We wonder
if the pupils Of today hayc the respect for
the schools and the teachers as the Gus
tom in generation ago. If not, why not?
The problem is not one alone for the
school administrators We hear Of incidents
Of this kind, but we do not always consider
pupils whore there is good order and re-
spect Even 50. the trend il not to be passed
lightly. Parents have large part in its So
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31
Playing Lies Game

How you may play the game 81 life
And what success you know,
Depends on how much You possess
Capacity to grow.
We ever should be striving TO
Seek for greoter knowledge
More broad ond in addition 10
Thot learned IN school OF college
How to progress, IN schools know,
70 degree IS fought.
But progress in It's truest sense
Cannot by Us. be bought
Though influence and weoIth az times
We may have behind Us.
There still ore human limits thot
May to progress. blind US
We think we ore progressing for
When it may not be true
Unless we eoch con qon success
BY what We know nnd do
So II IN life, You would progress
And keep upword going.
Nov must not let Your mind grow stole.
But keep il eyer growing
[ D WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-01-31

over the words, he should keep in
mind not This means me. but
This means the church. IN which
| am privileged TO be a member
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
JANGOS AT WORK
Teen-Agers Aid Patients
By Fiji GORSKA
star stan Writer

light goes o n a number the switchboard
Of Doctors Hospital In them smiling young bright
Jumper bordered with a peppermint stripe.
The bghteyed the a
water to bedside On the another girl
blue whose
into patients bursting with flowers
The with the
teenaged girl pitcher youthful serenity
Of helping people and enjoying 1t.
The girls in the blue and peppermint JANGOS JANGO
the initials Of the Junior AmyNavy Guild Organization nonpot
that started 1912 to relieve wartime shortage Of
The with the flowers and the water not the only
there 125 JANGOS who work Doctors Hospital
10 the hospital about helping
for the Doctors the only hospital
JANGOS do their volunteer work At Belvo V0 hospital
and the Naval Hospital Bethesda there than 80 JGOS
who their time Another guild Of the JANOS
the Canee girls work at the Soldiers Sailors Marines and Amen
Club.
Technically they daughter grand
daughter officers served serving
the JANGOS If they daughters
civilian apponees the Defense Department Most
officers the service
There Kathy Burpo 4yeaod Montgomery Blair sophomore
who is the daughter of a Navy commander.
81 the first girl the JANGOS to work 800 hours before was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

capped" she said. "Usu-
ally, it's 100 hours we
work during our four
month training period"
Besides getting their
JANGO caps at a special
ceremony held twice a
year, the girls are
awarded chevrons. A
white chevron is for 200
hours, q blue chevron
for 800 and a red chew
ron for 500 hours. Last
week at the Gaping
ceremony, Kathy was
awarded the Talbot
Award for being an
outstanding JANGO.
JANGOS aren't just
turned loose in a hoSpi-
tai. They are trained.
The first thing they do
is learn to make an UNI
occupied bed. A thick
manual is their text
book and a nurse is
their teacher. After "a
hours of claSSwork lat
Doctors the classroom is
the solarium on the top
floor they spend rs
hours of on-the-floor
duty with patients.
Zone of the patients
calls us Miss BedpanS
Of 1885," explained SUI
san Perrenot, a George
Mason High School
sophomore as she sat in
the Central Supply
cOatinssd On Pose Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-07
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