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Smyrna times., 1959-12-31
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Eagles Quintet Opens Campaign
Tuesday Against Milford Five

Smyrna Highs sparse basket
ball ranks buckle down to ser
ious drills this week for the sea
son opener next Tuesday nigh
at Milford. Coach Richardson
Tritt's varsity quintet, owners o.
a successful 9-8 campaign las
season, are faced with rebuild
ing task and a stronger sched
ule.
Veterans of past-season play
expected to form the nuclei OF
this years squad are Wayne
Cole, star football halfback; Joe
Walker, promising senior candi-
date; Bob Eckhart, a standout
on last years team; and Luther
fChub) Lucas, reserve who is
expected to nail down a start
ing berth.
Other candidates vying for
starting jobs are Bill Mcintyre,
a standout football end who is
trying the winter sport for the
first time; Corrado Melega, for
eign exchange student who also
is novice to the game; and New
lin Wood, Dave Passmore, Jim
Fischer, and Bob Boyer, all re-
turnees from the 1859 aggrega-
tion.
Major problems confronting
Tritt are lack of height and lack
of reserves. Eckhart and Lucas,
the teams two big men, will be
heavily counted on to handle
rebOunding work. The success
Of these two under the boards
could well determine the out
come of the Eagles campaign.
With only ten aspirants bid
ding for the starting five, Tritt
again will be hampered with
an inadequate bench. Early
consensus is that the varsity
mentor may be forced to dip
into the ranks of the jayvee
basketeers where coach Ebe
Joseph, boasting a starting five
averaging over six feet, envis-
ions successful year in his
coaching debut. Joseph's forces
include Bob Pritchard, Brandy
Jones, Eddie Sterling, and new
conner Gary Harvath.
The Eagles play their first
three contests on the road, op-
posing Milford, Middletown, and
Dover in that order before op-
ening their home season Janu-
ary 10 against Chestertown.
Making initial appearances on
the Smyrna schedule are two
Smyrna times., 1959-12-31

Not everyone celebrates the
beginning of the New Year on
January /. But people in all
parts of the world have special
customs to insure that the New
Year will get off to a good start.
Church services and frantic
parties, for example, are typical
ways of celebrating in the u. S.
In many European countries,
gifts are exchanged on New
Years Day. The custom origi-
mated with the Romans. Back
in TAT BE-, repeatedly, they
presented the king of the Sa-
bines with branches of bay and
palm trees consecrated to Siren
ia, the goddess of strength. The
"strenae," or gifts, became more
elaborate, in expectation of
royal favor, and the emperors
came to regard them as deserv-
ed tribute.
Augustus Caesar is said to
have passed the word along that
he had had vision in which
he saw himself receiving gifts
from the Senate and the people
on January l.
Claudius finally stopped the
influence-peddling by limiting
the cost of gifts.
Henry III introduced the Gus
tom into England in the l200s,
and Elizabeth | collected enough
loot to replenish her wardrobe
for a year. The custom went
out with Oliver Cromwell.
In Scotland, bad luck is in
store for family if the first
person to set foot in the house
on New Years Day is a woman
or a gravedigger-or person
who walks with his toes turned
in-or a man with red or blonde
hair.
To minimize the risk, the
Scots appoint a tall, dark man
as the 'first-footer." On New
Smyrna times., 1959-12-31
WOrrilOw Made
Regional Head

George M, Worrilow, dean of
agriculture at the University of
Delaware, was installed as reg
ional chairman of the northeast
for the agricultural experiment
station section of the Associa-
ton of Land Grant Colleges and
State Universities at the recent
meeting of Land Grant School
Administrators in st. Louis.
Mrs. Alice King, state home
demonstration club leader, was
elected secretary of the Home
Economics Extension Section.
Smyrna times., 1959-12-31

doWnstate court powers, Sea-
ford and Georgetown. Both will
be met on a home -and-away
basis. Both will be engaged in
the proposed Diamond State
Conference once formal organi-
zation of the group is complet-
ed.
A special mid-season attrac-
tion will be a varsity-alumni
battle and a jayvee-f a c ul t y
clash. This program will be
played in the newly-completed
field house, site of all home
games. Eagles teams will be
utilizing the new facility this
year for the first time since its
completion last May. Junior
varsity preliminary contests at
all games get underway at 7 pm.
Smyrna times., 1959-12-31
Money Matters

No man is rich whose expend-
itures exceed his means, and no
one is poor whose incomings
exceed his outgoings.-Thomas
Halliburton.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-30
.Ashby

Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.. Sanderson
were overnight guests of Mrs. Lii
Rice in Falls Church Saturday. Mrs.
E. B. Nuckols accompanied them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denpis Hart en-
tertained friends from Shenandoah
for dinner. Sunday.
Miss Sunny Martin, Of Mary
Washington College, spent Satur-
day night at home.
Frequent telephone calls from
Miss Rebecca Hart in Kansas City,
Mo, to her parents state She is
fine and enjoying her work there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rayburn and
daughters. of Richmond. were call
ers in the w. P. Sanderson home.
Sunday afternoon.
The Ashby club was entertained
in the home of Mrs. H. S. Bigger
on Wednesday. Fifteen were pres
ent Mrs. Wilkerson gave a demon
stration on cuts Of meat. after
which the group was served coffee.
homemade cake and cookies.
Generalization to the Cumber-
land football team for winning the
game with Kenbridge. Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Luckdo. of
Amelia. were recent dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. z. Randolph Harri-
son. The r. S. Martin family and
Dean Agee We're entertained also.
This correspondent wishes to
rect a mistake she made last week
stating Mr.. and Mrs. L, J. Dawson
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. S. F..
Dawson on the Skyline Drive when
they went to jamestown and vii
liamsburg instead. The travellers in
sist the correction is not necessary.
but we insist the Herald news must
be made correct.
Again in naming those present at
a recent kitchen conference in the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Bigger
the names Of Mr.. and Mrs. Den
MS Hart were lost somewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Chimney.
Of Amelia. spent Saturday with Mr.
and Mrs. l.. j. Dawson and visited
Miss Mary Austin.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-30
At Homecoming Meeting

Al SOAaSN AAAAS
start of construction of a new Ii
brary at Hampden-Sydney College
will be forthcoming in a few days"
DR.. Joseph C. Robert. president.
told a gathering of the General
Alumni Association last Saturday
morning during H-SC's home
coming.
A new library is one of the ma
jor projects included in the campus
building program to be financed
from recent fund campaigns in the
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia and
among college alumni and friends.
William B. Spong. Jr.. of Ports
mouth. presided during the alumni
session in Johns Auditorium. As
Alumni Association president.
Spong presented two cups in recog-
milton Of outstanding class and
alumni chapter participation in the
annual Alumni Fund appeal.
Cup Winners
Andrew Briggs. OF Chapel Hill.
N. c.. accepted the cup for the
winning class that of 1852.
Frank T. Hancock. of Bluefield.
w. Va. received the cup awarded
to the winning Bluefleld alumni
chapter.
DR.. Robert told the group that the
college is emphasizing training for
making the good life, rather than
for making a living He told the
group that you return because Of
a sentimental recollection of people,
and indeed. the glory of this col
lege has been the people here. You
will expect us to retain the people
and that is our foremost aim"
The homecoming decoration on
petition among the campus fla
ternities was won by Kappa Alpha
for its Tigers Rule the Roost'
theme. A live horse, retouched with
paint to represent a Tiger. chomp-
ed hay blissfully in a rustic roost
surrounded by faded and ruffled
OlfdS. representing the John Hop
kins Jays. The JAYS. incidentally.
went down to 1918 defeat in the
gridiron feature Of homecoming.
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity was
decoration runner-up.
w. B. Wall. of Farmville. Class
Of 1850 was chairman for the home
coming celebration. and invited
alumni to follow the Tigers" to
Petersburg Saturday. Oct. 81, for
the game with Washington and Lee
at Cameron Field at ? pm. The
Petersburg Rotary Club is sponsor
ing the game.
A luncheon. an aftergamc cot
fec hour. fraternity buffet suppcrs
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-30
CAB. SIR

Lcckport. N. Y. Walter Van
Burcn scrambled into his a to
purusc a pair Of vandals he had
e e tamperlng with his tires. The
chase came to a sudden halt. how
eve when the wheels fell off Van
Burcn's ar.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-30
At Homecoming Meeting
New Library Building Announcement
Due, Hampden-S Sydney Alumni Told

and the German Club dance were
other Homecoming h%ighlights.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-10-30

Pald Political Advertisement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
By the Associated Press

Two Southern Senators have
come out against recess ap-
pointments to the Supreme
Court on the ground that il
robs the Senate of some meas
ure of control over nominations
Senators Eastland, Democrat
of Mississippi, and Johnston
Democrat of South Carolina
gave their views yesterday in a
minority report opposing Sen
ate confirmation of Potter
Stewart as an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court.
The Judiciary Committee, OF
which Senator Eastland is
chairman, approved Justice
Stewards nomination by a 1913
vote April Is. Senate action
has been held up to await the
minority report.
Justice Stewart, a former
Judge on the United States
Sixth Circuit Court Of Appeals
has been serving on the Su-
preme Court since last october
under a recess appointment
made by President Eisenhower
while Congress was not il
session.
His nomination to succeed
former Justice Harold Burton
also of Ohio, was submitted
formally on January II.
Senator Eastland and Johns
ton directed their minority re-
port entirely to the issue o
recess appointments, except foI
one final paragraph in which
they said:
"We are further opposed Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
RALPH MeGILL
ReveIry in the Face of Danger

Soft eyes looked loUe to eyes
Which Spdke again,
And all tDent merry as a mar
rage bell;
But, hush. hGrkl A deep
sound strikes like a ris-
ing kneu"'
1t was the beginning of
Waterloo and the destruc-
ton of the Napoleonic power.
This human, but nonethe-
less curious, effort to escape
from the reality OF a situa-
ton was never better il
Illustrated than in the Con-
federate capital city of Rich
mond in the last anguiShed
months before it fell. Mrs.
Mary Boykin c hestnut's
Diary From Dixie" reports
its frivolous, almost frantic,
attempt to disregard what is
painful until it comes.
Today many Americans are
needing what Tolstoy called
1.-The second voice" They
squirm away from the reality
of the sacrifice in taxes and
goods which must be made.
They try to find an escape
in criticism and doubling.
But there are enough who
will face the issues to solve
them. There is within the
republic the will and intel
ligence to find ways and
means to meet the threat
which is of war, yet not war
alone, but war plus a fanatic
theology appealing to millions
long without food, direction.
education, information or
any concept of order. Those
who insist on listening to
that second voice" are just
the extra weight we must
carry into the fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
DORIS FLEESON

The case of the lady who
didn't know enough to quit
when she was ahead has en-
gagged the Senate a second
time, but her ambaSSadorial
future rests entirely with her.
President Eisenhower stood
by Clare Boothe Luce, though
conceding that her post-con-
firmation comments we're ill
advised. Her husband, Pub
Usher Henry r. Luce, has Of
fered her the perfect exit
from the situation with his
published statement that he
had asked her to resign. Mr..
Luce calamity shouldered all
the blame, saying that her
enemies really were enemies
of his Time, Inc.
No new action is contem-
plated in the Senate. 1t is I'M
happy about the final direc-
ton the debate took. the Am
basSador herself and the gen.
eral picture Of United States
diplomacy presented to the
world.
This Pandora's box broke
open when Mrs. Luce, after
her confirmation by the over
whelmingly Democratic SEN
ate. coupled her for m a !
thanks with a gratuitous
sheer at the last Democratic
Secretary of State. Dean
AcheSon, and a slur on the
major opposition spokesman,
Senator Morse.
Senate reaction indicated
widespread support for the
Morse charges of Unstable
ity," most OF it coming from
Senators who had originally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
DAVID LAWRENCE
Splitting the Beans on Paris Talks

that very few differences APP
peared between the Western
foreign ministers and that
they we're agreed upon a gen.
eral approach to be made at
the Geneva meeting on May
IL There is. indeed. a very
pleasant feeling between the
Western governments.
Even the stupid remarks on
an American television pro-
gram by Viscount Montgom-
cry, who managed to insult
the United States and its
present leaders in a dozen
ways. are not likely to spoil
the friendly relations which
exist between the govern
ments Of the United States
and Great Britain. Maybe the
eccentric Britisher, who now
is trying to make headlines
by his talks with Khrushchev
in Moscow, will realize the
big blunder he has made when
he reads the scathing denun-
citation Of his television inter-
view by all sections Of the
British press.
But 1t is precisely the be-
lief. engendered by such
things as the Montgomery
episode, that the Western
allies are not united or have
no confidence in each other
which encourages the Krem-
lin to think it can disregard
the Allied proposals in the
coming negotiations.
Moscow would, of course,
like to have in advance the
details of the Western pro-
posals, and it is too bad that
the Allies do not really OBJ
serve a secrecy rule before
a big conference is held.
What the Western diplomats
and attaches ought to do,
perhaps, is to consult John
L. Lewis. Walter Reuther and
David Mcdonald about the
techniques of hard boiled
negotiating. None of them
ever tells in advance what
his price happens to be and
how long he will maintain a
strike or threat Of a strike.
The Western governments
need to get more hard boiled
about keeping their own
counselS prior to a negotia-
ton. The Communists ma
turally want the Western
press to tell them each day
what has happened, so that
it will be easier to demolish
the Allied arguments at the
Geneva conference.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Better Allied Understanding Of Crisis
And Concerted Action Is Urqed

Recently ! watched a tele-
vision Western in which bad
men" planning to rob a'bank
created q diversion by start
ing a fire in the opposite di-
rection. While the towns
citizens rushed to put out the
fire, the robbers leisurely
blew open the safe.
The Soviet leaders have
adopted the same method.
Comrade Khrushchev threw
the Berlin bomb last Novem-
Der. The whole West rushed
in that direction, leaving
Khrushchev's gang free to
operate undisturbed In the
Middle East.
The Pentagon and the
Central Intelligence Agency
seem to have recognized the
Communists maneuver early
in the game. But the diplo-
mats--particularly on the
other side of the Atlantic
failed to do likewise. Unless
some miracle happens, lraq
is expected to join the other
victims Of the Soviet Union
sometime this year. The
miracle can take only the
shape Of a better understand
ing of the Middle Eastern
crisis by ourselves and our
major allies, which might
bring a concerted action in
that area.
Unfortunately, this is a
remote possibility. AS a long
range proposition, the danger
to all the free world is that
once Iraq definitely has be-
come a satellite, a direct cor
ridor between that country
and the Soviet Union would
be established through Kur-
distan. The whole Of the
Middle East may then fall
piecemeal into the grab bag
of International communism.
Even Turkey, the most deter
mined and powerful opponent
of Russian imperialism, ulti-
mately may share the fate Of
its neighbors.
The criticism usually heard
in the Middle and Far East
against the United States and
its European allies is that the
Western free world fails to
see the real dangers which
affect its survival and is
doing nothing to cement a
strong and active alliance of
the free Asian nations to act
as a safety belt against the
aggresSiveneSs of the Soviet
Union and China.
There is no need to rehash
here the plumbers coumitted
by the free world since the
summer of 1851, when it
failed to move with deter
mination in Korea to defeat
the Reds, as all military men
in the field maintained that
it could have been done, to
last year when we condoned
the murder of King Faisal of
Iraq by quickly extending
diplomatic recognition to the
regime of his assassins.
That is now water over the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
N Circuit to Bring
Truman Dinner Here

A closed-circuit television pro-
gram, covering the $100-a plate
dinner celebrating the 18th
birthday of former President
Truman in New York will be
shown in Washington May 8.
Tickets to the program. which
will begin at 8 pm. in Consti-
tuition Hall, will range from
$3.50 for a seat in the balcony
to 500 for a box accommodate
ing five people.
Former Secretary of State
Dean Acheson will be televiseC
live in Washington, as will thu
choir of Howard University.
Other attractions will include
! interviews with Mr.. Truman
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Ada
Stevenson, and House Speaker
Sam Rayburn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

dam and properly viii be
judged by future historians.
But there still is time TO pre-
vent Red domination Of that
vital area If the leaders in
the West show more under
standing and less fear Of
aggravating the Communists.
The men in the Kremlin
know they have Iraq in the
bag and are now extending
their tentacles toward Iran.
They tried to capture that
country in l945. But the
determined. stand of the
United States and Britain,
assisted by the newly born
United Nations, frustrated
their detectives. There were
repeats in 1854. when the
Tudeh Party seemed to gain
control Of the country. Again
the determined stand Of
America prevented Iran from
falling behind the Iron Cur
tain.
The Russian leaders are
not easily discouraged, how
ever. Since last year they
have been waging a virulent
campaign against Shah Mo-
manned Pahlevi, whom they
regard as the main obstacle
to their control Of Iran. The
first attempt will be made,
according to those familiar
with the situation, by an
internal coup d'etat. 1t will
be directed especially against
the Shah, who was the deter
mining factor in Trans sign
ing a few months ago what
is described as a military
treaty with the United
States.
A very active propaganda
campaign against the mon
arch is going on at present.
1t is conducted by Russian
agents and their Iranian
stooges. Moscow is reported
to be spending more than
SIS million a month for that
purpose. It's propagandists
are using American material
Skillfully.
Last summer when the
Shah was in this country,
Life magazine printed a num-
Der Of pictures of alleged
dates of the young monarch.
Millions of copies of the
pictures were reprinted in
Moscow and recently were
distributed among the IRAN
ian people, together with ex-
tensive anti-monarchist prop
uganda. The Interpretation
of the Life pictures is that
the Iranian ruler was SPEND
ing laviShly on wine. women
and song while his subjects
suffered.
Moscow expects this type
Of propaganda to pay divi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
DAVID LAWRENCE

PARIS = What a familiar
paradox.-50 reporters unsuc-
cessfully pressing an Ameri-
can government spokesman 70
ten them what the Western
allies plan TO agree TO at the
forthcoming Geneva confer
ence. whiDe a French after
noon newspaper prints the
details Of the so-called pack
age plan" which is to be Of
fered TO the Soviets.
Forty years ago it was much
the same. This correspondent
then watched the American
delegation keep faith on the
secrecy rule while the British
and French "briefed" their
own newsmen at that time
on important news develop
ments at the Paris peace con-
ference. 1t did not matter
then. because the enemy was
not to be present anyhow at
the summit" conference in
Paris, and everything agreed
upon by the Allies was to be
submitted to the defeated adj
versary to be signed later on
the dotted line.
But today the enemy" is
very much in evidence. The
Communists, Of course. have
plenty Of stooges in Paris
nowadays. but they only have
to read the French press to
get vital information before
the negotiations start.
Notwithstanding these
handicaps. it is apparent that
Secretary Of State Herter is
standing firmly on a broad
plan that offers the Soviets
a palatable program-if they
are in a conciliatory mood
but one that does not alter
the substance Of things. Thus,
the idea now is to present
a three-step plan-deScribed
in some detail by the French
press-with the ultimate pur-
pose Of establishing a unified
Germany through free cleo
tions. When former Secre-
tary Dulles recently aban-
doned temporarily the con-
cept of free elections as a
requisite to discussions with
the SovietS, it did not mean
that the United States was
giving UP the proposal al
together. 1t took a little while,
to reaSsure the West Ger
man government on this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
French Paper Criticized for Printing
Details of Allies 'P0ck0qe Plan

point. But now all is fully
understood in Bonn.
The program now, In the
first stage. is 10 issue a num-
Der of declarations Of a
"non-aggression" character.
along with the establishment
Of two committees. One
would be a permanent four
power committee to discuss
European security. and the
other would be an East-West
German committee or "coun-
ell" to discuss continuing
contacts between the two
rival German governments
and to draft an electoral law.
This council" would not be
created unless the Soviets
accepted from the outset the
proposal that within a stated
period-probably five or six
years-free elections would
be held to unity Germany.
The second stage would
provide a system Of control
of forces and armament in
q zone" as large as possible
in Europe. preferably from
the Atlantic to the Ural
The third stage would be a
reunification Of Germany by
free elections, which would
be followed by a free choice"
by Germany as between an
alliance with the North At
lantic Treaty Organization
and a position of neutral
ity." The German choice
would determine the kind Of
permanent security structure
that would be established in
Europe. Only in this stage
would there be a limitation
or a ceiling on armed forces
and on ornaments in general.
Berlin would meanwhile be
kept in its existing status
until the third stage had
been accomplished. when it
would become the capital Of
a reunited Germany.
The American spokesman
naturally was inhibited today
from saying how much Of the
French newspaper article was
accurate. but it is assumed
generally here that it covers
the substance of what was
discussed by the foreign min
\ listers.
The information that was
officially divulged by the
American delegation here was
confined to the statement