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to criticism because of his famous link
with Washington, he argued that Amer
leans must be ION the side Of the oppressed
of all nations" and that Protestants should
not be selfish and bigoted."
As time went on, Gusts became deeply
involved in Irish causes, writing pamphlets
and songs, making speeches, and even In
later years calling for outright rebellion
against Britain. He apparently missed only
one st. Patricks Day banquet-in l841.
when he and several other notables boy
cotted temporary ban on liquor. Every
other year, Gusts and the Virginia Irish
sailed from Alexandria to the old Four
tenth Street Wharf, marched up town
with the Marine Band, and spent the after
noon and evening at Carusi's, toasting
Ireland and berating England.
All In all, Irish-Americans have good
reason to remember-even II belatedly-
the little man with the bald head and
green frock coat who was once so great
champion of their rights and aspirations.
SUNDAY. THE STAR MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON.
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ZINE. WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 70, 1888
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

pupils to Bic one Of every 10 class
room groups during the past school
year had fewer than Is pupils and
"a per cent Of all classroom groups
in 1889 had single grades tone
teacher to a grade.
The reduction in the pupil-teacher
ratio was attributed by DR.. Davis
Y Paschall, State>Superintnedent Of
Public Instruction, to three develop
ments. action of the General As
sembly in 1852 by which State funds
for teachers salaries were reim-
bursed on the basis of assigned
teaching positions one for every
80 elementary school pupils in aver
age daily attendance instead Of the
previously specified amount per
child; construction Of more class
rooms as result OF the impetus OF
local effort and the state school con
struction fund: and a growing rec
ignition by educators and citizens
of the need for a reasonable pupil
teacher ratio in the elementary
schools.
Other facts brought out by figures
compiled from elementary school
reports showed that one teacher
schools have been eliminated at the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

A substantial improvement in the
pupl-teacher ratio in elementary
school classrooms in Virg inia dur
ing the past eight years was re-
ported Wednesday by the State De
partment of Education.
During the past school year, the
Department said. 7.457 Of the II 289
elementary h DOL teachers had
tclassrooms with enrollemllts of
fewer than 80 pupils. compared to
5.O42 teachers in the same category
in 1852 an increase Of about six
per cent.
In the same eight-year period, the
number Of teachers in elementary
school classrooms having 81 to IS
pupils enrolled increased from 4.l87
to 6,lO8. a gain of as per cent.
Classroom groups exceeding 36
pupils dropped about II per cent,
the Department said
Comparing the size of classroom
groups in 1888 with those Of 1851
50, the agency also noted.
Reasons Given
There was an increase of $3.50
classroom groups. but during the
same period, the average classroom
enrolment decreased from 3d.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Elementary School Pupil Teacher Ratio
Improve, g. Year State Summary Shows

rage Of 100 per year since 1925.
There were 289 such schools in
l958-59 During the past school year
there were 52l elementary schools
with enrollmentS ranging from 800
700 pupils and $50 with enrollments
exceeding 700.
Numbers Increase
During the eight years since 1851
81. the first year detailed elemen-
tary school reports were submitted
by local school officials to the De-
partment Of Education. the enroll
ment in grades one through seven
increased los, TIT - an average
yearly gain of $4,000
The Department said the reports
showed significant improvement in
the holding power Of elementary
schools. OF 80,324 children enrolled
in the first grade in 1852, So 1856
were still enrolled seven years
later-a loss Of 1888 t2O.3 per cent,
in those not making normal prog
ress The loss in normal progress
for similar period beginning in
l925-26 was 612 per cent.
OF the 566 1898 elementary school
children enrolled in 1888, there
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Rice News Roundup
Rice News Roundup
Bailey Children Spend
Vacation With Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Davis n d
children. Of Nassatequa, Long Is
land, NJ Y. Mrs. Jesse Glenn and
sons, Of Halifax. and Mrs. Bill Col
Inns and children. OF Wilmington.
N c.. are spending their vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Bailey Mrs Ernest Rorer,
Of CreWe. visited in the Bailey
home. Monday.
Miss Bessie Gordon Jones, of
Farmville. was the overnight guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Weaver
Saturday. Miss Jones. Mrs w. D.
Mason and Mrs. H. P Bradshaw
were their dinner guests. Sunday
Miss Mabel Vaughan spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs w L. Vaughan. They visited
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. French and
Mrs. Southall Farrar at Sunny Side
Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Martha Foster, of Brandon
is spending the week with her sis
ter, Mrs Lena Morrissette
Barbie Lou Ayres. Of Falls
Church, is spending two weeks with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F
c. Walton
Here For Wedding
DR.. and Mrs. Alan J. Chenery
and Mrs Wyndham Wills, Of Wash
ington. and Mr. and Mrs Arnold
Ocks. Of Norfolk. visited Mrs. c.
j. Bradshaw last Monday and
Tuesday. and attended the Miller
Bradshaw wedding.
Mrs. S. M. Hughes. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gates and family and Miss
Lee Brunette were dinner guests
Sunday Of the Carleton Elan family
at "Belnemus. i Powhatan
Kens Wingo was the dinner
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Bass.
Friday evening
Miss Virginia Bass is visiting her
sister. Mrs Jim Hopkins. and Mr..
Hopkins in Washington a few days
this week
Miss Mary Lyle spent last Thurs
day with Mrs. j B. Massey at
Hampden-Sydney and was the din
ner guest Of Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
Bass, Sunday.
Mrs j. c. Wilkerson. Of Lynch
burg, spent Thursday and Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Vaughan.
Mrs H. L. Bradshaw was the
dinner guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ker-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
TuegIe Items
Mottleys Return
From Visit In Ohio

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Motley, Mrs.
Dale Motley and daughter. Pam,
and Alfred Motley have returned
to their home here after visiting
relatives in Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs F. c. ShultZ and
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson
spent the week with relatives in
Richcreek and Narrows
Miss Mary Fielder, Of Lynch
burg, is spending this week with
Miss Emma Wooten
Mrs. Fred Scyee and children,
Of West Virginia. are visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Wool
ridge.
The Tuggle Home Demonstration
Club will meet with Mrs. Milton
Booth. Of Farmville, Monday, July
q at 8 pm.
The Young People of Davis Me
mortal Church enjoyed n
party at the home Of Mr. and Mrs
w. j. Penick, Friday night.
The Young People Of Appomattox
P. E. Church enjoyed a weiner
roast at the home of Miss Nancy
Kelsey, Saturday night, followed by
a hay ride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Booth, Of
Roanoke, recently visited Mr.. and
Mrs. L. S. Simpson.
We wish a speedy recovery for
Mrs. W. A. Booker who has been
sick for the past week.
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were 6,2l4 Ill per cent? who were
Is years Of age or older. In 1929
those in this age category totaled
eight per cent Of the enrolment.
In 1886, the Department said.
% per cent OF all elementary school
pupils were not promoted In 1857
IS the per cent Of those retained
had been reduced to 90. The first
grade continued to be the one in
which the highest per cent Of re-
tentions was fOund-272 per cent in
1886 compared to 1872 per cent
in l957-58.
Although elementary school class
room teachers mere e. from
1899 in 195l-52 to II ,239 in 1888
50, the number of teachers holding
substandard certificates decreased
from 2,ll9 to 1880 in the same
period.
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( NIT Cook, Sunday
Miss Lottie Huckstep, Of Char
lottesville, was the week end guest
Of her sister. Mrs. George Smith
and Mr.. Smith
Marie Garrett spent the week
| with her cousin, Suzanne Alexander
at High Point N. c. She returned
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.
Garrett, who were overnight guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Alexander
| Saturday.
Week AT the Beach
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Chamber
and children are spending the week
at Virginia Beach
Mr.. and Mrs. j L. Slayton, Mr.
Throck. spent Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Walton and visit
ed the Sayler Greek backgrounds
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Weaver
were dinner guests Of Mr. and Mrs
Fielder Hubbard, Sunday
Clarence Bradshaw spent the
week with Mrs H L. Bradshaw
Connie. Alice and Kootsie Lind
sey and Beverly and Ricky Brad
shaw were supper guests Of the
Farley children one night last week
Mr. and Mrs w. S. Farley and
children were dinner guests Of Mr.
| and Mrs. Joe Bradshaw Satilrda,
evening.
Miss Marian Blake, Of Dillwyn
is visiting her sister. Mrs Tai
madge Yeats. and Mr. Yeats.
Guests At Bass Home
The Rev and Mrs. Parker Per
kins and family were dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs Calvin Bas~. Sun.
| day.
Miss Virginia Bedford. Of Farm
vile, and Miss Mabel Bradshaw
were guests at the Golf Ranch Mo
tel at Virginia Beach several days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs j. l. Slatyon. Mrs
Hobart Land, Of Five Forks and
Mrs. Robert Walton visited Mr.. and
Mrs Jerry Slayton in Petersburg
Friday Carl Slayton returned home
with them
| Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Miller. OF
Richmond. were overnight guests
OF Mrs. c. j Bradshaw, Tuesday
Miss Melissa Myers. Of Farm
vile. was the overnight guest Of
Miss Martha Ann Bass, Monday,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
~ In Delegation

Seventeen students and two adj
visors represented the Prince Ed
ward County Future Farmers OF
America and Future Homemakers
Of America at the FFA-FHA camp
near Smithfield. July 1918.
Camp activities were curtalled
somewhat by rainy weather. How
ever, all competitive athletic events
were completed and the campers
reported a most successful and en-
PERTAINING week.
Prince Edward winners of various
camp awards were as follows:
Best girl camper Of the week.
Mary Beasley; winner of talent
show. Mary Beasley Baton twirl-
ingl winners of dance contest,
Mary Beasley and Indy Cox: win
ner of sports dress contest. Bettye
Lou Fore. and winner of horseshoe
pitching, Charles Watts.
The winning softban team had
Mary Beasley. Ellen Knick and
Ellen Hogan on it. Other winners
were: second place girls ping pong
Mary Beasley: sec ond place
checkers, Lawrence Ward: second
place girls checkers. Betty Adams;
and second place room inspection
Johnny Chernault, Hugh Garland,
Charles Watts, Lawrence Ward,
Doyle Ray, Dickie Thackston, and
Indy Cox.
There were total of 234 stu
dents and advisors from various
sections of the state present.
Daytime activities included soft
ball, volley ball. croquet. horseshoe
pitching, swimming. boating. bad
minton. ping pong, checkers, and
other indoor games.
The night programs proved most
interesting including orientation.
fashion show. q talent show. and
public speaking contest.
Some students also went on Z tour
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Buckingham Man
Serving In Germany

Army Specialist Five William l..
Mcmillan, 80, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Monroe J. Mcmillan. Of Dillwyn. re-
Gently qualified as an expert marks
man while assigned to the 9Th In
fantry Division in Augsburg, Ger
many
Specialist Mcmillan is a member
of the divisions 18th Quartermaster
Parachute Supply and Maintenance
Company. He entered the Army in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

1858 and arrived in Europe III
March, 1856.
Mcmillan attended Marshall Dis
trict High School, Arvonia, and was
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

employed by Seventh Street Auto
Parts Co.. Richmond. before enter
ing the Army. HIS wife, Pattie, is
with him III Germany.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
- In Delegation
Prince Edward FLA, FILA Members
Take Share OF HOnOrs At Smithfield

to colonial Williamsburg and saw
The Common Glory" on Thursday
afternoon and evening,
Papago Indian news., 1959-04-01
PABOQUIVARI NEWS

i1 tina
ifrnia.
The annual
This Will include TqaNa Nmeic cChaco.
Already graduate
of
the second his high
TO contacts @rcuso
WINDOW SCREENING
and rubbish
ated with the Sanitation
pitr ndledb
the tribe Screening will be available
IN
Sells Athletic club easebl1ers Will
out the Indian school l2- in the Afternoon
E.
patient
300
al
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|lish a foreign exchange pool.
and lay the groundwork for
French technical assistance and
trade agreements.
None of these moves. how
ever. can do much more than
keep Guinea's head above
water. For political reasons she
must progress. and to progress
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which will miss the tax reve-
nues derived from these whites
must also find other sources OF
income to replace the develop
ment funds formerly contrib
uted by France.
Human Investment"
In part the brawny Chief Of
State hopes to meet this need
through what he likes to call
his human investment pro-
gram" Natives will be "en-
couraged" to build their own
schools. roads and clinics To
save Guinea's slender resources
for the development Of basic In
dustries.
The $28 million loan which
Guinea obtained as dowry fol
her still unconsummated mar.
riage to Ghana is also calcu.
lated to help Mr.. Toure. So far
however. only about $l1 millior
has been put at Guinea's dis.
posal. A clash Of ambitions
between DR.. Nkrumah and Mr.
Toure or an election defeat fol
the former and Guinea might
well find this line Of credit
evaporating.
In an attempt to bolster him.
self against this possibility. Mr.
Toure has recently shown ar
increasingly chummy attitude
toward his former 'oppressor.
Protocols have been signed with
France which will keep Guines
in the franc zone, maintain
French as the ofiicial language
provide scholarships to French
universities for Guineans, estab.
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GUINEA: RED TARGET
J Capitol Lack Plaques
New President Toure

food crops. President Toure. no
stranger to Marxist circles in
his trade union days. found the
Communists ready and more
than willing to trade.
| AS a result. Guinea is the
|fitst black African country to
enter into extensive commercial
relations with Communist Eu-
Irbpe. Trade agreements have
been signed with Poland, East
Germany. Czechoslovakia and
Russia.
This year. instead Of buying
and selling in Western Europe,
Guinea will barter iron ore.
IIpalm products. diamonds, ba-
|nanas. coffee. peanuts and hides
for Communist heavy machin-
cry, shoes. cement, pharmaceu-
ticals. textiles. rice and medical
equipment.
Czech Arms Gifts
About half of Guinea's total
trade will now 60 to Commu-
mist countries. To seal the deal,
the Czechs have recently made
Mr.. Toure a gift Of at least
two shiploads Of arms. On his
part, he has established a state
trading agency which will see
to 1t that export and import
permits get into the hands of
those firms willing to deal with
the Communists.
But a great deal more than
these trade agreements Is re-
quired to put Guinea on her
financial feet. When the French
flag was hauled down at Coma
kry. the sleepy capital Of the
new republic. some 1000 French
officials and perhaps another
thousand small traders moved
out with the tricolor.
Under the African social sys.
tenn. each employed adult con-
tributes to the maintenance Of
his entire clan. Thus the de-
lparture Of 5000 French has
meant tighter belts for at least
100000 natives who either
worked for them or were re-
lated to someone who did.
j Mr.. Toure's government,
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the country needs foreign
investment.
Despite trade agreements
with the Reds and pique at
France. the President seems to
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realize that his country's eco
nomic future lies with that old
capitalistic devil he so en-
joys lambasting in his political
speeches.
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with France, the colony's ex-
ports of bananas, coffee, palm
products, iron. bauxite and in
dustrial diamonds earned only
Sal million while her imports
amounted to more than $50
million. This was Of only aca-
demical interest while France.
which has put $40 million into
Guinea since World War II,
was picking up the tab.
Guinea's trade in the pre-
Independence days was almost
entirely with the West; rs per
cent Of her products were mar
keted in the franc zone. 8 per
cent found dollar buyers. and
another S per cent went to the
sterling bloc. Her only COM
mercial contact with the Iron
Curtain countries was through
the sale Of a little iron ore
and q few tons Of palm prod
ucts to Poland.
Few Closed Doors
When Guinea became indie
pendent In October. few of the
big Western firms closed their
doors although their countries
showed no pressing desire to
establish trade relations with
the new republic.
Separated from France
Guinea was anxious to get trade
agreements for her perishable
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This Is the first Of several articles Oh
6uinee's experiences as on inds'
pendent republic. M. hempston,
d on leove rom his job os q re-
porter for Tae Stor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-01
ny SMITH HEMPSTONE
contribu.ing Writer

CoNAKRY, Guinea-when
17-year-old Sekou Toure led
This West African republican
10 independence less than a
year ago. h, inherited from
France a country which was.
IN . word. bioke.
In 1857. the last full year in
which Guinea was associated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

Daily Presses
Equal Time
TV Issue

CHICAGO. Feb. 81 (AP).-
Lar (America First) DAILY. CEN
trail figure in a controversy over
free Tv time for politicians,
has demanded more free time
on the air.
Mr.. DAILY, already given time
on three Chicago stations, said
today he has sent demands for
more time to two Of them.
His demand was turned down
quickly by one Of the stations.
The DAILY moves have raised
a legal question Of whether the
free-time principle can be ex-
tended to newscasts.
He has made at least a half
dozen losing bids for various
nominations in Illinois, includ-
ing United States Senator and
Governor. He now is seeking
nomination for Mayor of Chi
cago on both Democratic and
Republican tickets in the Feb
ruary "a primary.
The Federal Communications
Commission Thursday directed
Chicago TV stations which car
ried telecasts of Mayor Richard
j. Daley during the current
campaign to give equal time to
Mr.. DAILY.
The Columbia Broadcasting
System decided yesterday to
take legal action to reverse the
decision. The ruling applied the
section of the Federal Com
munications Act requiring equal
time for political opponents, to
newscasts. CHS said that had
not been done previously.
Sig Nicholson, CHS general
news manager, stated the case
presented a vital and funda-
mental issue. He asserted it
could lead to a virtual blackout
of radio and TV election cover
age.
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the deadline of midnight,
March 7.
His advice to the budding
cartoonist might be sum-
married: Look around you. In
RUPEES" own family, 11-year-
old Jeffrey gave him the idea
for Freddy" although that
lovable imp steadfastly remains
about 6 years old.
Another of his five children,
Anne Marie, now six, is the
counterpart of "Freddy's" fe-
male friend, "Charlene."
1t was in the Far East
through the years 1952-1955
that "Rupe" conceived the idea
for his increasingly popular
comic strip now appearing in
The Star and more than So
OCner papers.
Il was accommodating all these
children" he said, land I began
to think that the things they
did might fascinate others as
they did me
"Freddy's endless wars with
that dumb ole Herman" which
Herman always, seems to win
are the basis for the strip. How
ever. Fred j. McReady" never
gives up the struggle and some
observers have seen the real
message here. Some of Freddy's
fans consider the strip to be
very adult indeed, despite the
simple lines with which it is
drawn.
And yet, Freddy" seems to be
as popular with his own age
group as he Is with adults.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
DEMOCRATS HOLD
PRICE LINE ON
VICTORY DINNER


The Democratic National
committee. with tongue in
cheek. said yesterday 1t
will do its bit to hold the
price line by charging just
500 a plate for its victory
dinner here next Saturday.
The committee said the
price of tickets will be the
same as that in 1852 and
since then, even though 1t
said the cost Of living has
risen 90 per cent since
President Eisenhower took
office.
Democratic Chairman
Butler said:
I'VE have resisted the
temptation to follow the
policy Of administered
price rises which has be-
come so widespread dur
ing the Eisenhower admin
istration. We are holding
the line at 500 with no
reduction IN the quality of
the meal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
46th Body Recovered
At Air Crush Site

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 (AP)
The body of the 46th victim
Of the recent American Air
lines crash near LaGuardia
field was recovered today by
police grapplers. The body
was tentatively identified as
that of John A. Herman, New
York businessman.
Sixty-five persons died in the
crash. Nineteen are still miss
ing an presumed dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22

There's something in his life,
it appears, for everybody.
Even youngsters of Fred
dy's" age age can win prizes
in The Stars contest. There
are four age proups designated
SO that all children will be able
to enter the contest on an even
basis: Up to 8: 8 through IL;
10 to Is and 16 through 1S
years of age. First, second and
third prizes are $35, $25, and
SIS in each age classification
The rules and an entry
blank appear each weekday
in the comic section and on
Sunday in TEEN magazine
until the contest ends
March I.
Original Art
In addition, all the local area
winners will receive Original
drawings by their favorite car
tooniSts from among The
Stars assembly of artists.
Then two of the local win
ners tone teen-ager and one
pre-teen- aged boy or Crib will
be selected to compete against
young people from all over the
Nation in the contest sponsored
by the Newspaper Comics Cou1l-
Gil. These two will automatic
cally receive a special prize con-
sisting of a Western Tablet
collection Of scrapbooks, al
buns and notebooks.
The prizes in the National
contest include: Musical in
struments. original drawings,
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watches, art lessons and equip
ment; games, an all-expenses-
paid week end at the Hotel
Statler Hilton, with chaperoI';
encyclopedias, typewriters, tape
recorders and appearances on
radio and TV.
TOMORROW: Something
from the NebbisheS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
Artist Uses Own Son
As Model for FREDDY

You may find the models your entry into the world of
comic cartoonng right your family according to Robert
G. upe Baldwin the Washington artist who draws Freddy
And he ought to know: Freddy is his jeffrey.
Mr. Baldwin going to be of the judges in The Stars
$500 cartoon contest which has two before
Arkansas State press., 1959-07-10

Africa Is tremendously more cruel
and repressive than the treatment
of the Hungarians by the Russians
Certainly it cannot be contended
successfully that some human be-
ings have more rights to be free
than others. Or can it? Hungarians
come to the UN annually and
stoutly defend the action of Rus
sian troops in Hungary. No hu-
man voices rise and defend what
is going on in the Union of South
Africa and has gone on for the