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Mt. Pleasant Events

Bible School at Mt. Pleasant last
week wa q very enjoyable and edu
eational orc. Tt was well attended
and the group Of teachers and work
ers are to be congratulated on their
success.
Mrs. Maria Ferguson had her va
cation last week and spent the time
II Arlineton and Alexandria with a
number Of her children and their
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Hurt and
family visited relatives. Sunday.
Mr.. and Ms. Ohio L. Thompson.
heir daughter and MI. Thompson 5
mother Mrs Eanice Niece. spent
several DAYS last week with the
Younger Mrs. Thompson Sister
Mrs r c. Jones. and Mr. Jones
They were en route from Tampa
Fla. TO their home in ST. Michels
Nd They also visited the younger
Mfs Thompson parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. f Chappell. in Richmond
over the week end
Birthday Party
Miss Patsy Nelson attended a
birthday party given for Miss Judy
Lyle in Keysville Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. $. Meadows. Of
Salisbury, Md, recently visited the
Fred Meadows family,
Mr. and Mrs Bill Amos anC
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Hixburs Hishlishts
Hixburs Hshlishts
Glad Are The Villagers That Carson
Has Begun Foundation For New Home

Glad are the Hixburgers that
Walter Carson has begun Oh the
foundation for a new house This
viii be built on the original site OF
the william Watkins home.
Joel Watkins. his son. and family
also lived there Four years ago the
Watkins structure was destroyed
by fire
Pamplin Club Meets
Mrs Rob Martin was hostess to
the Pamplin HID Club or Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Irving with her notes
from VPI. gave suggestions for
pruning and care of shrubs.
Mrs jim Williams demonstrated
five sewing techniques.
H Absent on account Of sickness
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26

was Mrs. Edwin Fore. vice presi-
dent. A get we'll card for her was
signed by the IA members
Luncheon salad supreme, hot ham
biscuits. frozen dessert delight and
coffee. were served by the hostess.
The July meeting will be a picnic
in the home Of Mrs. Jim Williams
The Rev G. y. Price. Methodist
minister from Amherst. with his
wife and six children moved to
Pamplin. Thursday.
As is their custom, the members
provided a covered dish supper at
the parsonage, Thursday evening
50 generous were the proportions
that. Mrs. Price remarked. III not
have 70 do any cooking for a week. 7
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(.Ilula

Mr.. and Mrs Gordon Fleming and
Miss Blanton Felts. Of Richmond
drove up to visit the Elmer Felts
family Tuesday night Their daugh-
ter. Blanton, will return to her
nursing duties at Stuart Circle Hos
pital Thursday
Misses Jean Nelson and Ramona
Dodson. Of Richmond were week
end guests of their families.
Rev Ray R. jenkins preached
his farewell sermon at Moore S
Church Sunday night He and his
family VIA really be qissed after
serving US for six years,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26
Wildlife Food
Planting Help

Game birds and animals must
have food and cover - months a
year. and publications telling what.
where and how to provide these
essentials are available BY writing
TO the Virginia game commission
ut Box 1912. Richmond,
Reprinted from Virginia Wildlife.
the commission monthly magazine
these articles by game biologists
point 2ut where To choose the food
plot location. low to prepare the
@oil how to fertnlze and what to
plant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26

The three Pamplin churches are
holding a Joint Bible school this
week at the Methodist Church The
new minister is IN charge.
Mrs. R. Lee Woodson, of The
Hermitage" the Methodist home in
Richmond. is visiting her sister.
Mrs. W. NJ. Black.
Mrs. Jeter Lyon left Sunday to
be the guest of her son, h II
Jeter, and his wife in Richmond
The Rev. and Mrs W. H. Chap
pell visited his mother. Mrs J H
Chappell. in Durh Ia N recently
While there he had a check up at
a hospital
Mrs Alfred Harwood, Of Apo
mattox. was the guest Of the Gene
Searses for several days last week
Mrs Boyd Ford had a full house
the week of June l3. From States
vile came Billy Ford. her son. and
his wife On Saturday. the Walter
Fords, Of Lynchburg. and the r E
McCalleys, Of Fredericksburg ar
rived
! Mrs Watkins McPhillips and chill
dren, Of Richmond. were guest Of
Mr. and Mrs Ed McPhiliips from
Wednesday until Sunday Watkins
came on Saturday and his family
accompanied him home
Anne Carol and Fay Dickcrsor
were at The Cedars, a camp al
Marion, last week
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to visit another sister, Mrs. w.
Proctor.
Mr. and Mrs c. R. Morton, Jr.
and baby daughter. Elizabeth were
Friday night guests OF Mr. Nor
tons parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Mg-
ton left Saturday for a vacation at
the beach. Elizabeth viii spend the
week with her grandparents.
Mrs. John NJ. Quarles and chill
dren. Of Amherst, recently visited
Mr. and Mrs. r. E Quarles
Mi. and Mrs c. e. Redd and
Mr.. and Mrs c. B. Beck were
recent Sunday night supper guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. O. r Morton
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26

.. c. Anderson, Beverlye and Mary
Adams. Guthrie Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. John W. Anderson, Miss Mar
garet Johns, Edward Garter and
Mercer and Tommy Garrett.
MI. and Mrs. Henry Calhoun and
three sens. of Richmond, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Calhoun. Mrs T. A. Calhoun also
visited her sen and family
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Putneys

Mrs. Ruth Smith has returned to
Lexington after e n d ng some
time with Mrs. j. c. Anderson.
Recent visitors Of the John And
ersons were Mrs. Hubert Gillian
Miss 10 Blanton. MISS Josephine
fowler. Eugene fowler Mr.. and
Mrs. H H DobbLns. Mr.. and Mrs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26

Miss Gail Dorset. Of William and
Mary College. is home for the sum
mer
Aubrey Dodson, Littleton Smith,
Bobby Jennings and several others
OF this community are spending
two weeks at mdiantown Gap, Pa
Mrs. Bessie Felrs and her daugh-
ter. Blanton. visited the Muncie
Dodsons, Wednesday night
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26
ARE EASY TO INSTALL

The finest crushed" type of ice :.
clear, hard, 1000 pure Individual bits
lean be yours for as little as 7c to
Toe per 100 lbs. with the great line Of
Scotsman Super Flakers Eight mod
els, to meet every ice need. They're
simple to install with no complicated
connections. Economical to operate,
and they connect easily into standard
electrical outlets
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kILKARE LAUNDRY

laundry. Cleaning, Storage
Phone 800 Farmvllle, va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26

When | walk out Of my front door,
it always gives me good feeling
to see the spire Of the church down
the street.
A church spire makes you look
upward You have an irresistible urge
to gaze at its highest point. 1t is a
lofty symbol, the physical nantes
tation Of an ideal.
Sometimes, when | step through
my front door, my thoughts are on
the "down" side. Then I look toward
the church, my eyes travel to the
sky, and feel better, no matter what
my troubles.
Next time you're near church
try it and see. Better still, try going
inside.
Copyright 1889 k.i.tss Adv Service. ssr..burs. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26
TAYLoR-FoRBEs COMPANY

Dodge JOB Rated Trucks
Dodge Passenger Cars
Plymouth Cars
Farmville, Va.
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KAYTON FUEL COMPANY

Phillips 66 Petroleum Products
Coal. Fuel Oil, Fertilizer
Phone 166-Farmville, Va.
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FLIPpEN.s STORE

General Merchandise. Hardware.
Farm Supplies. Phone HY 2240l
Cumberland. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26
CUMBERLAND FARM SERVICE
FARMERS COOPERATIVE. Inc.
FarmHlle Phone 971
osBoRN's GROCERY
FARMVILLE ESQ
SERVIlENTE.R

a. F. Osborn, Owner
Across Cumberland Bridge
Farmville, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Crisis at Sondrinqhom

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip are having farm" troubles of a
kind that our own sympathetic legis-
lators and bureaucratS no doubt could
resolve with something that would be
known as the pea plan"
The royal agriculturaliStS, 1t seems,
have been growing peas down Sandring-
ham way and selling them (per acre. to
pea freezing company. The company
now wants to change the price formula
from (per acre) to (per tom. Sandring-
ham, apparently, grows too few peas
per acre, or possibly too many. (Farm
economics are hard enough to figure out
at best, without getting royalty into the
equation.) From this distance, however,
1t seems likely that some form of price
support, combined with acreage control
and bonus payments for not producing
peas, would help Elizabeth and Philip,
and justify the company in charging
the eventual pea consumers a high
enough price to keep everybody happy,
sort Of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Crumbs From Camp David

The fragments OF information
which have come out Of the Camp
David meeting between the President
ana Mr.. Macmillan reveal very little in
the way Of hard facts. This is not sur
prising, Of course, for II Mr.. Eisenhower
and the British Prime Minister actually
have reached agreement on the Anglo
American position in the forthcoming
negotiations with the Russians, they
would be foolish to disclose the
details now.
The President evidently has acceded
to Mr.. Macmillan's urgings for summit
meeting some time this year-provided
only that conditions Justify" 1t. But this
is hardly news, for Mr.. Eisenhower vir-
tually said as much in his recent report
to the Nation. The obvious fact is that
conference of foreign ministers, with
Mr.. Khrushchev In the background,
cannot reach any meaningful agree
ments on the Berlin and German issues.
II there is to be an agreement it must
be reached at the heads of state level,
and world opinion is going to insist that
such meeting be held. A summit meet
ing will fail to materialize only II Mr..
Khrushchev kicks over the apple cart in
really big way.
There were other items in the Camp
David report-all based on briefings by
White House Press Secretary Hagerty
and his British opposite number, Peter
Hope. They sounded like men treading
cautiously on verbal eggs. Thus, we are
told that Britain and the United States
are firmly opposed to any radical"
thinning out Of armed forces in Gen.
trail Europe. They are equally firm in
their opposition to any Encouragement"
which would mean "a pulling apart and
leaving vacuum in the middle"
We doubt that there is much sub
stance to these statements. In the
first place, the qualifications are broad
enough to be very literally interpreted
at the conference table. Secondly, Mr..
Eisenhower has stated categorically that
we viii not fight land war in Europe.
In these circumstances, the firm state
ments on disengagement and thinning
out Of forces sound like talking points.
For If we are not going to fight land
war in Europe, what do we propose to
do with the troops stationed along our
side of the Iron Curtain? It seems to us
that we could well afford to thin them
out or pull them back If, as result. an
acceptable agreement on Berlin and
Germany could be obtained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
AIoho De
lien Dashiell.

May / be permitted to call
attention to a slight error
for which The Star Is more
to be pitied than censured
since 1t is merely the express
sion Of a popular fallacy that
has been accepted as truth
for go years or more.
In the history of the Sand
witch Islands In your weekly
review Of the news, there was
this paragraph:
Among the islands best
known native rulers was
Queen Lilioukalani. who COM
posed the song. Aloha De.
on horseback in 1882"
She may have been on
horseback in 1882. ! don't
know anything about that,
but / do know that in 1852
Charlie C. Converse published
a song titled The Rock Be-
side the Sea-" with the same
music as Aloha De. Since
Queen Lilioukalani was born
in 1888. it is hardly likely
that she composed the tune
before Converse got it. Any
way. she is committed to
1882, 30 years after it was
first published.
Howard B. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Urges Boating Facility

] would like to take this
opportunity Of expressing my
wholehearted approval Of the
proposed Federal-owned boat
club to be built at the mouth
Rock Greek
AS president emeritus Of
the Potomac Boat Club, hav-
ing served eleven terms as
president. as a vice presi-
dent and chairman of the
Rowing Committee Of the
Presidents Cup Regatta As
ISOLATION, as q member Of the
executive committee Of the
National Association of ANA
teur Oarsmen. I should like
to express my personal views
on this subject. I have been
rowing on the Potomac River
since 1899, and in 90 years
have never heard Of any
oarsman contracting an in
fictitious disease from rowing
on the river. The Presidents
Cup Regatta has been held
approximately Is years and
the Potomac Boat Club row.
ing since 1859 with no Ill eff
fects. Oarsmen never touch
the water while rowing. as
the shells glide on the sur
face of the water. the riggers
are six or seven inches from
the water surface.
Sailboats have capized
during the many years Of
sailing races of Hams Point
at the confluence Of the Ana
costa and Potomac Rivers.
where most of the pollution
seems to accumulate, and
again there have been no Ill
effects. For years many peo-
pie have been fishing at the
mouth Of Rock Creek. Many
members Of boat clubs and
friends 60 in swimming of
the floats of various clubs
without Ill results.
A new boat house is a
great need at this time since
rowing is on the increase in
high schools. colleges and
private boat clubs through
out the country. which en-
courages developing physi-
cally At youth. The need Of
physically At youth for the
armed services is obvious and
1t also builds up endurance.
develops coordination, team
work, clean living and good
craftsmanship. All Of these
factors are so important in
reducing juvenile delin-
quency. too.
These are the reasons I am
100 per cent in favor of this
proposed building. Let's row
on the Potomac River for
health's sake.
George A. Herman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Pound Foolish FrugoIity

President Eisenhower has reacted
with justifiable sharpness to the House
Appropriations Committees rejection of
his urgent request for $225 million in
supplemental money for the Develop
ment Loan Fund The fund, which he has
rightly described as a "vital arm of our
foreign policy" has been operating effec-
lively since 1857 as the Mutual Security
Programs chief dispenser of economic
aid. The aid, extended in the form of
long-term loans at low interest rates,
has been designed primarily to promote
economic progress and higher living
standards in underdeveloped countries,
ana 1t has been producing good results.
Last year, when the administration
sought $700 million to finance this opera
ton, Congress cut the request by $225
million. At the same time, however, it
counseled that the President could come
back for supplemental appropriation
II the funds money should run out
before the fiscal years end on June 30.
Well, the money has run out, and Mr..
Eisenhower has done as advised, but the
House committee, far from giving him
what he has asked for, has refused to
grant him single additional penny AS
a result, If the refusal is allowed to stand,
the fund will have to stop all lending
activities for the next several months
a standstill that could have very serious
consequences.
In creating this possibility, the APP
preparations Committee has resorted to
what the President has described as
irresponsible action"-a form Of penny
wise-pound-foolish frugality that can
weaken our own security. It can do so
by cutting of type of aid (loans, not
grants) that many friendly countries
urgently need to build up their eco
Monies. Not the least reason why such
aid is essential, of course, is that it
helps to counter the threat of Communist
subverSion. Mr.. Eisenhower's concern is
therefore altogether well-founded, and
we share his hope that the House as
whole will reverse its committees short
sighted decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Trans Independence

The Evening Star reported
that Prof. Sergev Golunsl:iy.
member of the Soviet Acad-
envy of Sciences, in an article
published in Pravda on
March Is. 1859, attacked the
clumsy" attempts of the
Iranian government to get
rid Of some Of its contractual
obligations to the Soviet
Union, giving the latter the
right, under certain condi-
tons. to enter Iran with
armed forces.
The evolution of the Soviet
credo with regard to impe-
rialism is well illustrated by
the same Pravda on an iden-
tical subject in an editorial
under the caption Colonial
Policy and the Proletarian
Government" published on
January S. 1918 (evening edi-
tom. 1t reads as follows:
Nov the Soviet govern
ment has solemnly declared
that it is going to take its
troops out Of Persia. The
great historical injustice will
be wiped out by the Russian
revolutionary proletariat.
From the capitalist view
point, such a policy is sheer
horror and insanity. And no
wonder. To refuse to SEIZE
such a fat tidbit would seem
the essence of stupidity to
any plunderer :"
How clumsy" indeed!
Karlis Kalnins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Open Season on Economy

DR.. Sumner Slichter, distinguished
Harvard economist, has launched the
year-long congressional study of the
national economy with some free
wheeling challenges to the pet theories
OF liberals and conservatives alike.
Appearing as the first witness before
the House-Senate Joint Economic Com
mittee, he ruff1ed the liberal school of
thinkers by asserting that the high wage
demands Of the labor unions are the
greatest single cause Of current imitation,
that industry profit margins have
dropped rather than increased, and that
the Government should raise, not lower,
Its present interest ceiling on bonds as
a means of competing for investment
funds. Perhaps to an even greater degree,
he shocked those devoted to conservative
doctrine by recommending that the 1860
budget be deliberately unbalanced by
about So billion, by defending creeping
imitation" on several counts-that 1t en-
courages savings rather than lettering
them, that it is unacceptable If there is
to be growth, and that 1t does not inevi-
tably progress from creeping to gallop-
ing. And, finally, DR.. Slichter dropped his
"block-buster" by suggesting that all
tariffs and import quotas be abolished
over ten-year period-or that every
body stop complaining about rising
prices.
Among other things, however, the
professor revealed himself as a relaxed
realist in the area of mixing politics with
economies. Il have little confidence my
suggestions will be carried out" he
remarked dryly during QUESTIONABLE
answer examination Of his testimony.
As practical matter, of course, DR..
Shelters little confidence"
larry on the idea of scrapping tariffs and
quotas-is fully justified. There is, in
fact, marked trend toward greater
trade protectioniSm In this country
today. Most recent manifestation was
the curbing Of oil imports, but there have
been higher barriers raised against
certain metals and manufactured prod
ucts-to point of irritating our nor
mally good relations with Canada and
Britain. Even the automobile industry,
once so complacent about Its power to
compete with anybody that Henry Ford
II in 1858 proposed Slichter-like elimi-
nation Of all tariffs and quotas, is openly
worrying about foreign imports today.
With all this, Dr. Shelters testi-
fnony provides a thought-provoking
kind Of beginning for the committee
inquiry. There will, no doubt, be wide
range of presentations before the group
completes its work and a monumental
Job Of staff analysis before any conclu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Mourns for Trees

May I express absolute
agreement with Mr.. Wood
ward and others who have
written of their dismay at the
ruthless demolition of our
trees and the lack of care for
the few that are left!
For years I have raised my
voice in protest. but 1t is like
one crying in the wilderness.
What can we do? To whom
can we appeal? Have the
city planners and the persons
in authority lost all apprecia-
ton of beauty? Must the city
be simply a thoroughfare in
stead of a pleasant place to
work and to live? Unsightly
air conditioners protruding
from windows can never re-
place the cool shade Of a tree.
With the architectural mon
strosities and the treeless
sire t S, Washington. the
Beautiful, is gone forever.
Even the suburbs present a
sickening spectacle and the
parks have been invaded with
miles of speedways and con-
crete bridges.
Perhaps in the far distant
future Washington will be re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Likes Raw Milk

Could the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers As
ISOLATION please tell me where
I might buy milk from one Of
their freshly Numbered cows,
MIXED with the stainless
steel milking machine. and
watched over by the medi-
cally and hygienically APP
proved attendant, that hasn't
had a fair share Of the good
ness cooked out Of 1t via the
pasteurization process?
Since reading Of the asso-
cations efforts to supply
only the most highly rated
milk, I can see no real rea-
son for mine to be pasteur-
lied, and would be willing to
assume the risk of any unde-
sirable bacteria 1t might con-
tain just to get the raw milk
as nature intended 1t to be.
Mrs. Minnie C. Fullerton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23

@. Did Churchill originate
the term Iron Curtain"?-
K. r.
A. No. This term became
popular after its use by VIM
ston Churchill in a speech
made in 1916, but its origin
may be traced to the early
18th century. when iron cur
tains began to appear in Eu-
ropean theaters as a safety
measure to prevent fire from
spreading. Walter Nicolai,
intelligence chief of the Ger
man General Staff in World
War l. is believed to have
been the first person to en-
ploy the phrase in the sense
of a hostile barrier between
nations. In &c e h e / m e
Machte," he wrote Of the
enemy shutting of Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-23
Not the First

I wish to take this oppor-
tunity to call your attention
to an article which APP
peared in The Evening Star
on Monday, March 9. The
article entitled "27 Laymen
Here Get Honors From
Pope" recited that "a spokes-
man for the Apostolic Dele
cation said 1t was the first
time papal honors have been
conferred upon lay members
of the archdiocese since 1913"
This statement is in error
in view of the fact that on
June 10, 1858. Anthony Izzo,
a lay member of this arch
diocese. received the Order
Of Knight of st. Sylvester,
having been so designated by
Pope Plus XII.
Paul F. Interd0natO.