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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
Begin New Year
With Friendliness

Editor. The Herald:
Lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven" When the good Master
said that. He didn't set his hand
against earthly treasures as well.
Had there been a reporter from
the Jerusalem Herald at hand for
an interview. the Master would
have. without doubt. gone on 70
say that. forced to choose. the one
is vastly more important than the
other.
IN the New Year. 1t behooves US
all to examine our treasures in
both places and take whatever
steps necessary to secure and in
crease both our treasures in heaven
and on earth. "
Make money? To be sure. Some
body must make money. Where did
we get our great colleges. our fine
and stately churches. our hospitals
our homes for orphans, and all the
other institutions that serve and
bless humanity From the open
hands OF people who know how to
make money" and then hav e
found the happy way Of life that
understands how to get m or c
pleasures out Of giving it than they
got from getting it,
! Make success? To be sure. Who
would want to hive in a world where
every man was failure. Lawyers
doctors. merchants. butchers. bak-
ers-they all have a place in the
plan. To succeed at life's task to
insure progress for mankind The
point is. whatever your or my
''lne's work" is. we should give
II the best we have With the full
intention to succeed" at it.
But more important than making
money. than making success as the
world measures that Elusive ele-
ment. is to make FRIENDS. They
adorn and beautify a garden. With
out them life is as barren as a
corroded hillside abandoned To
weeds of summer and the .cold
winds OF winter.
Follow me closely from here on
what am about TO put down is
important to every living soul
Make friends. Somewhere along the
way you will need them. like a
hungry man needs bread. Neigh
bors Will feed you II you get hun
cry. only a friend can minister to
your soul.
The warmth Of friendship CLOVIS
upon the heartStone OF life like q
friendly fire. and no matter how
LIES winds blow. you walk With
head up-fun Of faith and unafraid
Remember too. to have q friend
you must DE q friend. Blessed
is that person who has the capa,
city for making friends. His money
may disappear overnight. his health
may go like the flowers Of the
morning. but with FRIENDS. be
viii feel rich until the day he dies
Someone has wisely said: The
priceless inredient in the pattern
Of lasting friendship is the power
Of going out Of ones self. and
approaching whatever IS noble and
loving in another"
Begin the New Year with a smile
with an out-stretched hand. and a
heart wanting friends - and willing
T, to BE a friend.
Cordially yours,
Everett A. Trent
Twin Oaks" r. 2
Powhatan. Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
II. Y. Times To Publish
Putnam Letter AS Adv.

Tor MS Very-merry christmas gilt
from the Saturday Evening Post!
He is described in a current article
by one of his employees on The At
lanta Constitution as IT he con-
science of the South The author.
Miss Celestine Sibley, entities her
article They Don't Scare McGill.'
She quotes a typical Albanian as
saying He does my thinking for
me" She reports there are places
in the world where Atlanta, even
America, is known chiefly because
it is the home of The Constitution
Ralph McGill" And his editorials,
she says. "are Atlanta S principal
claims to fame
Great SCOTS. Celestine, don't you
mean Mister Dooley?
Noting the Northern ban on the
Putnam letter. ex-Gov. Sam Jones,
Of Louisiana. writes from Lake
Charles that he is convinced lat
long last that We are up against
national and non-South press which
simply doesn't believe in letting the
South get its story before the nation.
And the sad part is that it is they,
not us, who are giving this country
a bad name in the eyes of the Asian
and African countries
Il still believe that time is on
our side that we should inaugurate
a full-scale public relations program
and cover every part of the coun-
try. but concentrate first on the
western midwest and the noun
tain states where we can make
great progress with the least resis-
In my travel I, too, have found
the western midwest remarka-
bly, inclined to sympathy with the
South I'll be out there most of
| January The western midwest is
not to be confused with the radicals
Of the Far West with whom South
iern Fair Dealers talk alliance
! The Fair Dealing Nashville Ten
\ nessean is another Southern journal
/ to miss the big point about Ala
bama S resistance to Civil Rights
Commission subpoenaf Correctly,
as have been The Shreveport Times
| and other Southern critics it points
\ the folly of refusing the vote to the
! most qualified Negores in the ma
ton those at Tuskegee. But a more
fundamental issue is involved and
the South must stand on it when
A ever and however it appears That
issue is federal judicial, legislative
and executive encroachment on the
states
/ Those of US in Alabama who have
been damning the disenfranchlse-
ments at Tuskegee damn them still
But we join hands with our fellow
AlabamianS and SoutherreTs in de-
termination from now on to resist
X every unconstitutional aggression of
the federal government And We
ask sister Southern states to note
that aggression is involved here
A Applauding ID tense Of the
South" here, George c. Schnitzer.
of Houston. Texas. wishes l We're
"less moderate and more militant :"
I When you call me a Moderate,
4 George-smile
\ But, as for not being militant,
/ try to be pretty militant against the
Supreme Court. the NAACP. the At
torneygeneral, the Communists, the
New England Aboliuonists, the Ash
/ mores and McGills. Also against
Foolish Knights. Fascists and Ruin
/ Gus Reactionaries.
I 1t is true that don't feel militant
against Colored People.
! But they aren't the enemy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
New Year Greetings

The calendar Of Time NOW shows
Another year is gone
Into the bourne Of time and space
While our old earth spins on.
Old Fifty-Egl1t has gone to join
The years that by have sped;
And now IN place Of fifN-eight.
Comes fifty-nine, insteod.
Into the years tfrot have gone BY,
We have q way to see,
But cont glimpse, when new years down.
The things ta,ot are to be.
Viii, foith il God, We can but hope
That happiness moy lie
N ffty-nine, for oil OF US
As it goes swiftly by.
When new years dawn, we often plan
Some things we wish TO 90;
And 50 soy. to you today,
May oil your dreams come true.
May fifN-nine be good to YOU
Wit, oil il hos in store
And bring to you more happiness
Than oil the years before.
i D. WHITAKER
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
Use So Confused

lem because this state is under direct at
tack of the Federal judiciary, the justice
department. politicians Of northern and
western states, spearheaded by the N.A.A.
C.P.
MOmentarily or soon after the New
Year, this problem will become more acute.
Decisions of state and federal courts may
set the pattern for the future actions by
Virginia.
One fact stands out. Nirginians have been
adamant in their stand for state sovereign
IT, Sentiment has been tested on number
of occasions within the past three years.
Several elections are significant. BY over
whelming majority, constitutional con-
vention was called to amend Section 14l SO
as to provide tuition aid to Virginia stu
dents; Senator Harry F. Byrd, stalwart
in the fight for this states sovereignty was
reelected by 2 to | majority: Governor
J. Lindsey Almond was elected over Sena-
tor Ted Dalton by a handsome majority in
a campaign in which state sovereignty was
a prime issue, and statewide racial segre-
cation in public schools as opposed to inte
grafton by local option was chief issue.
There are others which our readers may re-
call.
Again, the General Assembly of Virginia
in 1856 adopted the resolution Of interposi-
ton, which in no unmistakable language
challenged the authority and power of the
[. S. Supreme Court.
Again, through the General Assembly the
Ia ;,,n 1fl c1a+
viding for continued racially separate pub
lie schools.
During 1858, the people of Warren
County, Charlottesville. Norfolk, av e
stood adamant in their position. In the face
of closed public schools, the white people
organized md are operating provisional
private schools under considerable handi-
caps, while the Negro pupils are taught in
separate public schools. Thus, the people
spoke.
Thus the people speak. 1t is our predic-
ton that the people Of Virginia will con-
tinue to speak in 1859 as adamantly and de-
finitely for racially separate schools and
the principle of state sovereignty as in
1858. Those who would compromise the is
sue are far behind the sentiment of Virgin
ians everywhere and we predict will find
Virginians strong in the present stand.
In Farmville, progress is expected in
1859. Inquiries from industries looking TO
Virginia for relocation have increased, and
it is confidently hoped that additional in
dustrial growth will come during the COM
ing year.
Happy and Prosperous New Year to
all Of our readers is the wish of The Farm
vile Herald and it's Staff.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
VANGUARD AIDE QUITS

Paul Walsh. No. man In the
Vanguard satellite program. quit
recently.
The 4l-year-old deputy director Of
the project said that after sixteen
years with the Naval Research
Laboratory. he was leaving for pri.
vate employment here.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02

taken place, Is so
high that it bears
snow even in the
h eight Of sum
mer. But on the
particular occa-
sion of our story,
the summer was
at the top. the
winter at the bot
tom. At the sum-
NIT wa a craro
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
Call for Faith
Lesson for January 4. 1859

THE TOP and the bottom Of
mountain often have quite diff
ferent climates. In one case known
to us, this difference in climate was
not a matter Of weather alone. You
might say it reversed the weather.
The particular mountain whero
these events are believed to have
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
What IS Faiths psvsr

The third question can be an
swered in very few words. What is
the secret of faiths power? It is
right in the story. The disciples
were powerless, for their trust was
in themselves. They had forgotten
to pray. Jesus connects faith with
prayer. Faith alone is nothing: 4
works, only il and because it hays
hold on the power a the mighty
God
tBesed - satlises aopyYiehAsA ~
the Division II ChYfstiA1 Bduan16s0.
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Community Press Se1vioe-l
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02
Can Faith Cure Evsrythisg1

Aside from all other questions OF
what faith can do. take this one !:
Can faith cure everything? We
know now (that is. doctors know
that faith goes long way in the
healing process Of any disease, and
may be a major force in some
cures. It has been reliably esti-
mated that more than half the pa
tents in American hospitals at any
given time would be discharged at
once, if their attitude were chang
ed; in other words more people are
hospitalized for basically psyche
logical reasons than for physical
reasons. The physical trouble is
there, but it's the mental slant that
causes the physical spill. But can
faith cure everything Can faith
ward off everything II a smallpox
epidemic were threatened, should a
Christian refuse vaccination and
rely only on his faith? Most Chris
tans would say No; all health de-
partments would say No. And an
Christians agree that some
troubles are not durable by faith.
You cannot pray a broken, torn-o on
arm back into existence. Destroyed
brain cells never grow again, for
saint or for sinner. The very church
that believes most IN miracles b
the one most famous for It's hns-
pitfalls.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02

of glory and of peace; at the bot
tom was a scene of hustle, hustle,
struggle anything but glory.
At the top was everything to en-
courage faith: at the bottom every
thing to discourage it
Three Questions
Nevertheless it was at the bot
tom Of the mountain that faith was
most needed. The reader Is invited
to picture the story for himself. A
crowd of bystanders most Of
the incidents recorded in JesuS life
had this background OF the gAwk-
ing crowd. The disciples. red-faced,
hot and fiustered, trying to do .
miracle and falling fat. The boy
and man who were the center of
the crowd; the boy an epilepte
perhaps even then in a convul3on,
and his distracted father. begging
for help but getting none
Epilepsy is a disease Of the ner-
vous system which is always en-
barassing and sometimes danger
Gus. In those days land in these
too. without special medical help>
attacks would come on without
warning. The patient falls uncon-
scious; if near water. he may
drown. or if by a freside,. he may
burn to death without help. Epa-
leptics are not crazy. indeed they
are often brighter than NORMAL
people. But they cannot often hold
well-paid jobs, and in superstitious
communities no one will give then
jobs at all
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02

Another question: Can one sazmAs
faith help another man: In this
story it was the fathers faith that
helped his boy. Is this always the
case? Again we have to say some
times yes sometimes NO. Jesus
himself performed more than one
cure, on the faith. not of the sick
persons but Of their families Or
friends. Christians should of course
pray for their sick loved ones, pray
for doctors and nurses and drug
gists too, without inquiring. How
much faith can this patient him
self have?" Yet there are limits
to this Saving faith, the faith that
is a turning from darkness to light,
from evil to God, always has to be
ones own.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-02

Bible Material: Mark 9:2-19: Matthew
l7:l4-18.
Devotional Beading: Romans l0:s-l7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26

Washington welcomed 1.l74,-
900 visitors last month, the
highest total ever recorded for
April.
In addition, last years SIS
million visitors provided the city
with more than 1857 million in
business.
The Convention and Visitors
Bureau Of the Greater National
Capital Committee released
these figures at the committees
monthly meeting at the May
flower Hotel yesterday.
The Bureau is seeking $780,
900 in a citywide fund drive
Ito underwrite its promotional
activities and the annual Sum-
mer Jubilee which runs from
June is through Labor Day.
Milton H. Schlosser, chair
man of the fund drive, called
on the rs GNCC directors al
the meeting to solicit the city's
10000 business firms, only 100
of whom he said actively sup
port the Bureau.
The 1859 fund drive quota
is s65.00O more than last
years $4,000 budget.
Mr.. Schlosser said that many
of the firms which do not sup
port the bureau are the very
ones that benefit most from
the bureaus success in attract
ing tourists to Washington.
He pointed out that bust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26
Airs Appointed
To Highway Post

Thomas F. Airs. the Army's
area engineer on the st. Law
renee Seaway project. today
was named deputy director for
the District Department Of
Highways and Traffic.
Mr.. Airs. So. is q civil engi-
neer who has served as a civil
ian employe with the Army
since 1880. He replaces Samuel
r. Harrison, who retired March
81.
Highway Director Harold L
Aiken said that Mr.. Airs has
an extensive background in the
construction field both in THU
country and overseas.
He will take over his new job
as second in command of the
city's highway department al
the end Of this month.
The deputy post pays $14,430
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26
First Woman Civilian Police Aide
Feted by Bureau on Retirement

about 10 years ago to trap a
murderer. The man, later sent
to a mental institution, said his
wife and daughter we're missing.
Polly talked to him for more
than an hour and became con-
WINGED he was concealing some-
thing.
She advised the husband to
see an attorney. Within a few
hours he was back in Polly's
office. He told her he had
murdered his wife and child
and had buried their bodies on
a farm lot in Fairfax County.
Present at today's ceremonies
were half q dozen FBI agents.
Inspectors Richard j. FeIber.
John Layton, John @. Will
liams and Deputy Chiefs How
ard Covell and E. E. Scott.
The 55-year-old administra-
tive assistant says that now
that she has a little time on
/ her hands that she and her
husband, Robert A. Kane. q
retired Government Printing
Once employe, will travel. The
place she says she most wants
to visit is Hawaii.
If and when Polly gets there.
she will get a warm welcome,
On more than one occasion she
has dashed of a cryptic teletype
message to the tropical para
disc signed Polly Pierson."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26
Long Service Cited

Mrs. Pauline Polly Kane,
the FIRST woman civilian en-
pIoye ever hired by the WASH
ington Police Department, re-
tired today after 80 years
service.
The daughter Of retired po-
lice Capt. Joseph Pierson, Mrs.
Kane was given a gold watch as
a memento from civilian and
police members of the detective
bureau. Presentation Of the gift
was made by Chief Robert v.
Murray.
Polly Pierson as she was
known throughout the Nation
to enforcement officers because
of the thousands of messages
she sent inquiring about miss.
ing persons, first joined the old
uniform and equipment section.
Her first job was checking
harness, turned over by
mounted policemen who were
being taken OF horses and were
being assigned to motorcycles.
At that time. 1929, the depart
ment still had mounted men in
the outlying precincts.
She was assigned to the
Missing Persons Bureau, formed
in the mid-30s. There she re-
manned until today. She held
the position OF administrative
assistant to the chief Of the
bureau, Capt. Michael Mahaney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26
.1,l74,OOO Visible,
Setting April Record

nessmen who help underwrite
the bureaus activities receive
on the average $4,000 fol-
every 81 invested, a ''phe-
nomenal" return.
GNCC officers estimated that
an average visiting unit
husband, wife and one child
spend about $50 during q
three-day stay in Washing
ton. A conventioneer. in the
city for q week, spends an av-
erage Of SITS.
The committee, which has
already raised $500 since the
drive began two weeks ago
praised some Of the favorable
publicity the city has received
in recent weeks. An article by
Bruce Cation in the current
edition Of Holiday" magazine
was cited.
For its promotion Of the
city's Summer Jubilee, the
bureau has invited 100 radio
teleyision and newspapermen
to a three-day hospitality pro-
gram here from June 5 to z
Some 100000 flyers and "Cal-
endars Of Events" in Washing
ton are being distributed By
the bureau in major cite:
throughout the country. About
$50 Gold Keys, included in the
mailings, will provide the lucky
persons finding them with ex-
pense-free three-day week end:
in the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26

Polly was recognized as one
of the foremost authorities in
this area on missing persons.
With unerring instinct she
could tell after q few moments
telephone conversation which
wives or husbands were actually
missing persons and which had
Just decided to take on because
they were tired Of domestic life.
She used this sixth sense once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26
NeWSWomen
OK Plan for
Clubhouse

The two Washington won1-
ems press clubs have ratified
ia memorandum Of UNDER
standing" with William Geek
endorf under which the New
York real estate tycoon pro-
poses to provide clubhouse
space for the women in a
world communications center
in Southwest Washington.
Parties to the agreement are
the Women's National Press
Club and the American News
paper Women's Club.
The ANWC. headed by Mrs.
Alice T. Curran, met last night
and ratified the agreement.
Mrs. Lee Walsh, president of
the Women's National Press
Club, said her group ratified
the agreement at a Hotel
Statler business meeting at
noon.
BaSically, it describes Mr.
zeckendorf's plan to build a
100000 square-foot World
Communication. Center" in the
so-called PLAZA" section of the
Southwest redevelopment area
The huge office building would
be located between Eleventh
street and the proposed South
(Tenth street, Mall, extending
from D street S.W. to. the
new Southwest Of street, free
way.
Mr.. zeckendorf's firm, Webb
& Knapp, will present 9
plan for developing the larger
"Plaza" area, Of which the
communications center" is 9
part, to the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency at a meeting
June 2.
1t was understood that Webb
& Knapp officials also have
sounded out the National Press
Club - the newspaper mems
club which excludes women
about participating in the pro-
posed Southwest project The
New Workers repeatedly have
offered to buy the National
Press Club building at Four
tenth and F streets NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26

WHILE A GREAT hullaba-
loo was raised about it, the
press termed it an outrage"
and a reward was offered, it
did not hurt the fortunes of
the American or Know Moth
Ing Party then making its
first appearance on the ma
tional scene. The stone was
taken ON March l, 1854. In
November of that year they
elected Governors in several
States and sent a score or
more of their nominees to
Congress.
That emboldened tn e m :.
The brains of the local group
was a man with the fascinat-
ing name Of Vespasian Ellis.
Ellis, with the connivance Of
a man named Eckloff, Secre-
tary of the washington Ma
tional Monument Society, OBJ
tanned 800 membership cards.
The Know Nothings packed
a meeting Of the society and
elected Know Nothings to all
offices.
I'VE have stolen the Wash
ington Monument" said YES
pasian Ellis.
Congress had to revoke the
charter of the society and
charter a new one to take the
Monument away from the
Know Nothings
Yesterday the Rambler
went back to his source, to
ask him to 60 in turn to his
informant-the man whose
confidence he preached with
so much self-protection-and
ask him for more details on
the exact location Of the
stone below the pavement of
Twenty-first and r streets,
which quadrant of the cross
ing at any rate, so that ar
theological excavation could
be started.
"oh." said the story teller,
''he's dead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-26

Broyhill, Republican Of Vir-
ginia, couldn't handle increas-
ing trafic.
Mr.. Broyhill wrote Secretary
Strauss requesting revival Of a
1854 plan to widen four-lane
Shirley and improve the PEN
tagon network for about IS
million. After improvements.
sion auditorium, Silver Spring
virginia would maintain the
roads.
This improvement and trans