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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

BUCKINGHAM, June 9 -
Ruby Maxey and Bonnie Jamer-
son are valedictorian and saluta-
torian Of Buckingham Central
High School. Ted Alexander,
principal announced MAY &c at
an awards ceremony held at the
school.
Miss Maxey, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Maxey. of
Buckingham. was presented the
Balfour award given to students
judged outstanding in scholar
ships. achievement and loyalty
to the school. She also was
named the outstanding English
student of the year.
Miss Jamerson, of New Can
ton. who was named the out
standing senior business educa-
ton student. also won the title
of secretary Of the year. T h e
award was based on her aver
age in tipping and shorthand.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs A. L. JamerSon.
Other awards went to A. j.
Steger. junior, best first-year
tyrist and outstanding science
student. and Nancy Connatser.
best typist of the year, and an
outstanding contribution on. the
Centralizer staff.
Nancy Pennington received
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
Miss Johns Get
Degree From Agnes
Scout College

DECATUR. GA, June @
Frances Elizabeth Johns, daugh-
'er of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Johns.
Of Farmville. received the bache-
lor Of arts degree in commence
ment exercises at Agnes Scott
College on June 6.
Principal speaker for Agens
7cott's 7lst commencement was
George V. Allen. director Of the
U. S. Information Agency John
F. Anderson. Jr., pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Or
lando. Fla, preached the bacca-
laureate sermon on Sunday. June
5.
Miss Johns, an English major.
is the feature editor for the STU
dent newspaper and a member of
the French club. She is on the
business staff of the campus Gre
alive arts magazine.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

Miss Penny Harrison. Of Rich
nond. and Danny Mcqueen. of
Clinton. S. c., are visiting in the
harrison home in the village.
Mr. and Mrs. I. NJ. Baker. j..
# Richmond, are spending sew
raj days here with Mrs. I. M.
Baker and Miss Austa Abel>
athy.
Mrs. Frances Pierson. of Ala
anna. is spending several days
iere with her parents. Mr. and
,Irs. George Whitlock.
Mrs, G. l.. Rlarton visited
riends at Charlotte C. H. Thurs
ay.
r. w. Dillard and Mrs. j. H.
peasants have returned to their
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
VP1 Degree Recipients Include
Total OF Is From Area Counties

Area candidates for degrees at
Virginia Techs 88th graduation
exercises June II number 10.
The CANDIDATES by county are
Buckingham = R ic h al I'd l..
Bryant. Jr., agricultural eco
Monies: Harvey j. Charlton,
mathematics; and Frank H.
Maxey, agricultural education.
Charlotte = Paul r. BartholO-
new, electrical engineering:
Roland H. Canada, metallurgi-
cal engineering; James M. Gar
lett, animal husbandry: an d
William R. Mailer, electrical
engineering.
Cumberland R o b ert E.
Speas, agricultural education.
Amelia Phillip E. Barnard.
agricultural education: and Wv
,liffe c. Jackson, business adj
niniStratiOn.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

Pbwhatan - Carlton N. Elan.
Jr.i dairy science; John E. Pace
industrial engineering; and
James R. Thornton, mechanical
engineering.
Prince Edward - James G.
Anderson, agricultural educa-
ton; John A. Gates, Jr., archi-
tectural engineering; Burton B.
Hamersly. mechanical engineer
ing; Kenneth w. Lane, master
Of science in agricultural edu-
cation: ard Benjamin M. Nor
ris. business administration.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

homes here from Richmond hos
pitals.
The Rev. and Mrs. j. X. Clark.
Mrs. w. l.. Moore. Mrs. j. Alex
Ransone and Mrs. J. H. Banton
attended the Nell Putney Group
meeting of the James River Bap-
list Association at Jones Chapel
Thursday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
NOT THERE.

Far out in the Texas desert
was little gas station with this
sign on it.
Don't ask us for information.
If we knew anything we
wouldn't be here"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

This man can see for many,
many miles, but he's not up in the
clouds; his feet are on the ground!
Contrary to what some people
think, that's what the Church does
for a man, too. Certainly it gives
him broader vision; it lifts up his
eyes to see God and the eternal val
ues Of love, truth, justice and service
which God inspires. It gives him .
divine perspective from which to
view his job, his family, his country
- his life.
But the Church always keeps
that mans feet on the ground! It
accepts him for what he is ~ re-
CARELESS Of the clothes he wears or
the job he holds. It looks evil in the
face and sees it for what it is "a
devilish cancer which only God can
cure. 1t keeps man squarely in this
world while it lifts up his eyes to
see another beyond the horizon.
And this is what the Church can
do for you! 1t can give you greater
vision. But it's not up in the clouds.
1t keeps your feet on the ground!
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Peyton Place Skeletons
Stay in Their Graves

Of the respectable citizens to
reveal their not-so-respectable
skeletons.
Prominent Doris Palmer,
who wants Chris Pappas out
Of the school system because
he's Greek and because she
suspects he got his wife, Lisa,
pre-maritally pregnant, is
found to have long ago tan
talized an. old man (for q
sum-.
In Mrs. Ms wanderings we
uncover a homosexual
teacher, the tragedy Of the
town scion's wife bearing q
mongoloid child, and many
other things. That much Of
this has little or no bearing
on the main plot matters
naught to our author. She
polishes of the one character
with an overdose of sleeping
pills, another, drunken, is left
sobbing on a bed. Two are
happy ones who get to leave
town.
Perhaps most annoying
about Mrs. Metalious' writing
in addition to its common,
unbeautiful phrasings, is that
her character sketches lack
depth. The people and the
situations they find them
selves in are often as hack
neyed, shallow and obvious
as pulp magazine fare.
-MYRA MACPHERSON.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
World Neiqhbors

Emphasis on foreign LAM
guage teaching. and head
lines in the news, have
brought fresh demand for
more lively and up-to-date
books about our world neigh
bors. suitable for wider and
younger age groups.
For children under 10,
there is a pleasant, outgoing,
Photographic book: MY W.
LACE IN GREECE by Sonia
and Tim Gidal pantheon.
$3.50. and a sensitive, in
prospective story of Ceylon,
NIHAL, by Eleanor A. MUIR
ply (Crowell. So. Both are
attractive and useful for
teachers and Librarians.
Another method Of intro
ducing a foreign land, which
combines history. literature,
and a child's interest in ami
mails is used to good advant-
age in THE BIBLICAL zoo
by Susan Nevil mckay.
$3.75.
There Is no attempt. to
teach but a great deal to be
enjoyed in several excellent
stories which introduce other
cultural backgrounds. In
MIX AND THE PROWLER
Harcourt. $2.95), Yoshik
Uchida writes about a Japa-
nese American boy. In
MARIO doubleday. $3.50,
Marion Garthwaite's hero is
a young Mexican shanghaied
across the border. In DON
TIBURCIO'S SECRET (PaA-
theon. so, Jeanne Loisy UNI
ravels a mystery about a blue>
parrot and a castle in Spain. I
The Dutch floods of 1853
are the true background for
rescue work by four teenagers
in THE SEA BROKE
THROUGH by Ardo Flax
kenberg (Knopf. $2.75). Jet
pilot training takes on vivid
significance in EDGE OF
DISASTER, q Norwegian
story by Left Hamre (Har-
court. $2.75). In the much
neglected field Of Arab cul-
ture, TEN THOUSAND DES-
ERT SWORDS by Russell
Davis and Brent Ashabran-
ner Little, Brown. $500 will
appeal to young hero-wor-
shippers Of Robin Hood and
King Arthur.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Book More Often
Quoted Than Read

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Translation and introduc-
ton by z. A. Wallis Bulge.
university Books, Inc,
$l2.50.)
New Hyde Park, N. Y:
This Is q new edition Of
what is perhaps the oldest
book in existence. 1t dates
back to four or five thousand
years before Christ. Most
important and perhaps the
only existing writing Of the
pre-Dynastic Egypt, it is a
collection Of texts which the
ancient scribes composed for
the benefit Of the dead. There
are incantationS. hymns, lit
anies. carved on tombs or
cut and painted on ancient
walls This handsome new
edition contains the hero
glyphics from which the
m o d dern tranSlations are
made.
The book Is, Of course,
more often quoted than read.
It's Importance in our civil
lization is shown by the
fact that 1t is referred to by
the sagest Of contemporary
scholars and the widest Of
beatnikS. -E. T.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS s.
Growing Needs Keep
School Libraries Busy
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Contributing Writer

Almost every year, some
thing new is added to our
school program: More science,
more foreign languages. more
about family living or for
eign lands, more emphasis
on individual teaching. And
so today the school library
Is hurrying to catch UP with
these needs. The single text
book is no longer adequate.
The school library is the
answer. The librarian is a
specialist who can select a
wide variety Of reading ma
terials on a wide range of
subjects for q wide variety
Of children. Fortunately, she
has q wide variety of books
from which to choose.
This emphasis on the i'm
portance Of children's books
was brought home to me the
other day when I walked into
the first meeting Of q class
in children's literature at a
local university. Three times
the usual number Of students
had enrolled. Some are par
ents. Some are preparing to
teach in schools which require
children's literature for the
teachers certificate. The
trend Is clear.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Personal Choice

Children read more, and
with greater enjoyment, when
they have q wide choice Of
suitable books. This choice
can begin even in the first
grade with some Of the at
tractive library-type "be-
ginner books"
Action and humor compete
successfully with comics and
TV. In the best ones, such as:
HURRY, HURRY. BY Edith
Thacher Hurd. (Harpers;
$3.50
ONE FISH, TWO FISH,
RED FISH, BLUE FISH. BY
DR.. Seuss. Random; $3.50
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
BY Eva Knox Evans. Golden
Press: 81
DAVID AND THE GIANT.
BY Mike McClintock. Harp
ers; $3.50
There are simple science
books nowadays which lay
the foundations for scien-
tiflc ideas. The modern
youngster Is quick to catch
on. He often knows more
about science than his par
ents or his teacher. and he
likes to meet these contem-
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Nancy Hale
Yields Is
Treasures
THE PATTERN OF PER-
FICTION. BY Nancy Hale.
(TikklA n~a,rr,n. eAN

i 4IE y n Il \ k1s&N OE INV
FICTION. BY Nancy Hale.
(Little, Brown: 50.
Nancy Hale is the perfec-
ZIONIST chronicler Of dis
traught woman. No detail Of
dress or decor evades her eye.
No accent of despair or hos
tility fails to catch her ear.
Miss Hale's heroines are
not heroineS in the grand
sense. They are barely hang
ing on with their bright-red
fingernails to some shaky
ledge like alcohol. illusion
or appearances.
She describes them pun
gently with compassion. ex-
cept perhaps in the case Of
two fashion editors, one ac-
tive, one retired, at q meeting
in q stately home in Vir-
ginia. There she allows her
self to revel in the full feline
flavor Of oneupmanship and
hollow cooling.
A Common Theme
Her theme in most Of these
Is perfectly turned stories Is
the suppression Of truth or
instinct and the havoc 1t
works in the soul. IA Sum-
mer's Long Dream" Is q mas
terly portrait Of Q spinster-
drudge who is the victim Of
her mother and her aunt.
They whine and bicker and
berate her during o "vaca-
ton" in Maine. Miss Hale is
quick to point out that the
old maid has grown to love
her chains or at least has lost
the courage to strike them of.
Then there is the teacher in
the school for invalid chill
dren, who before she welded
duty, loved q man she found
too precious to expose to her
wholesome Boston household.
The finest, most evocative
and soaring story is 1.-THE
Haunting" which tells in
delicate counterpoint Of q
mother and daughter on Hal
lowe'en. The mother clutches
to herself the ghost of her
dead husband. The daughter
is haunted by her divorced
husband. also dead. The
daughter asks her mothers
help in breaking UP the
dreadful communion; re-
fused, she strikes at her
mothers dream. It Is an
awful commentary on the gap
between the generations and
on the failure Of love.
Not all Of the stories 60
so deep and so true. But the
collection is exceptional In its
range and polish.
M Meg.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Fighting Irish
Defend Their
Reputation
SAINT PATRICK'S BAT.
TALON. By Carl Kruger.
(Dutton: S3.Q5)

SAINT PATRICK'S BAT.
TALON. BY Carl Kruger.
Dutton; $3.95)
Saint Patrick's Battalion
was composed Of Irish SOL
diers who, while lacking citi-
zenShip status, enlisted in the
war against Mexico 1886
4S) and deserted by twos and
threes to the enemy. This
novel is sympathetic with
these immigrants, command
ed to kill Catholics defending
their homeland from inva-
sion-a state Of things well
known to dwellers In Ire
land. The author heightens
this tension by making most
obnoxious the treatment the
Army accorded them. At
wars end most Of them were
hanged through q deliberate
misinterpretation Of orders,
but q half dozen got of with
near.fatal f1opQinpS Names
popping UP in minor roles
include Robert E. Lee, U. S.
Grant and Jefferson Davis.
Good descriptive writing.
H. A. L.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
AIl-Americun

Books about America touch
children'S interests and the
curriculum at many points:
they are rich sources of IN
formation and challenging
incentives to further reading.
INDIANS OF THE PLAINS
by Eugene Rachlis was pre-.
pared in consultation with
John Ewers of the Smith
sonian. (American Heritage
Junior Library. Golden Press.
$3.50. Autographs, paint
ings, drawings Of tools and
costumes supplement the
text. A rich collection of
photographs. drawings, and
old prints also form an es-
sential part Of Helen Bauer's
HAWAII, THE ALOHA
STATE Doubleday. $3.50l,.
How people live and work
is always a fascinating part
Of the American story.
LUCKY FOUR by Anne Col
yer (Duell, Sloan & Pierce.
$2.95) deals with the tears
and smiles Of All champions.
THE BEARCAT by Annabel
and Edgar johnson Harp
ers. $2.96 paints the black
shadows on a Montana coal
mine in the early days of
labor unions.
Evening star., 1960-10-02

authors, editors and teach
erS.
ESSAYS IN AMERICAN
HISTORIOGRAPHY. Ed
tied by Donald Heehan
and Harold c. Syrett.
columbia, So A collec-
tion of essays covering a
range of subjects in the
writing of American his
tory and geography.
THE CHURCH AND THE
FINE ARTS. BY Cynthia
Pearl Maus. Harper g.
Brothers, $685. This is
an unusual idea: An an
thology of art, songs, poems
and prose extracts from
the viewpoint of the con-
tribution which the fine
arts have made to Chris
tianity and the contribu-
ton which the Christian
religion has made to the
arts. Some of the selec-
>tions are obviously more
for historical than artistic
value. This is particularly
true Of a lot of the paint
ings reproduced. The Prot
estant Episcopal Church
Of st. Clement in Alex
andria, Va. is given as an
example of modern archi-
lectures contribution to
the church.
FORTUNE IN YOUR HAND.
BY Elizabeth Daniels
Squire. (Fleet, $685.
Palmistry.
TRADE UNIONS AND THE
LABOR PARTY SINCE
1945. BY Martin Harrison.
(Wayne State University,
$3.50 A study of the
most controversial alliance
in British politics.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Shurecroppers
20 Years Ago

LET US NOW PRAISE
FAMOUS MEN. By James
Agee and Walker Evans.
(Houghton Miflin; $6.500
This book, first published
more than 20 years ago and
little read or noticed at the
time, describes the results Of
a journalistic assignment.
The authors were sent to
disclose the actual daily lives
Of sharecropper families in
the South at the depth of the
depression. Mr.. Agee wrote
the text, Mr.. Evans took
remarkable photographs. Mr..
Agee, who died in his middle
40s a few years ago, was
awarded a posthumous Pull
itzer Prize for his novel, "A
Death in the Family" The
republished book, Let Us
Now Praise Famous Men,"
contains sharp descriptions
Of families in cabins, the
aura Of extreme poverty,
people at work in the fields.
There are poetic passages
and other pages overblown
with rhetoric. &C. B. J.
Evening star., 1960-10-02

porary ideas on q books
pages. 1t makes the book
seem like a familiar friend. It
makes reading easier. Here
are q few: :.
A BOOK OF TONGUES.
By Anne Guy. (Steck, $1.75D
PLENTY OF FISH. BY
Millicent Selsam. (Harpers,
$1.950
A BOOK TO BEGIN ON
NUMBERS. By Leslie WAL
Ter, (Holt. $2.50.) Time and
weather are treated in the
same way by the same au-
thor.
Two fascinating animal
tribes are brought to life for
slightly older readers in THE
BEAR FAMILY, by George F.
Mason Morrow, $2.75 and
SHAG, LAST OF THE
PLAINS BUFFALO Morrow,
$2.95). These books combine
scientific information with
dramatic stories about people
who have tangled with buf-
falo and bear.
Evening star., 1960-10-02

over the years, regarded as
particularly meaningful re-
ports on current scientific
Developments.
It is impossible to pass
critical Judgment on Mr..
True's method Of rejection
without having read all 5000
articles which he examined.
This I have not done. But
it is possible to comment on
what is left. The so articles
covering II scientific diSci-
plineS give an excellent over
view of the state Of science
UP to the beginning Of the
Space Age.
Later Developments
The one conspicuous lack
in this 1.200-page collection
Is q report on that branch Of
technology loosely known as
space science" This is ex-
planned by the fact that no
Annual Report touched this
field until 1858, by which
time the collection was in
work. Foundation papers on
rockets by DR.. Robert God
dard were published by the
Smithsonian about 40 years
ago. but because they were
technical in nature, they
have no place in the Treas
ury. That, at least, Is the
Smithsonian'S explanation,
and it makes sense.
Although the Treasury Is
essentially o collection Of re-
prints, Mr.. True has wisely
asked living authors to up
date their contributions with
addenda. Documents by au-
thorS now dead. such as DR..
Samuel Langley'S STORY Of
Experiments in Mechanical
Flight" are reproduced un-
touched as matters Of his
torical interest.
For Science Shelf
Physically, the three vol
umeS are an unremarkable
even shoddy, job Of printing,
but for the pref Christmas
price Of $12.95 who is asking
for vellum and fooled Moroc-
CO? The set would be q gift
warmly received by any SCI
ence bun, and belongs on the
shelf Of every browser in SCI
ence. along with Newman'S
(1966) 4-volume World Of
Mathematics" and Schwartz
and Bishops (195S) 2-volume
Moments Of Discovery"
WILLIAM HINES.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
FICTION

THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF FRANCOIS WILLOW,
with an introduction by
William Carlos williams.
Translation by Anthony
Bonner. David Mckay
Co., Inc, $3.95. There are
no more than 5000 lines
to the entire body of VII
Ions work but fewer poets
have been quoted more
often. Mr.. Williams has an
extraordinary perceptive
Introduction and the
poems are given with the
French text beside the
translations.
A KIND OF JUSTICE. BY
Benjamin Siegel. (Har-
court, Brace, $3.95.) The
story Of q young Jew who
went to England in 1888 to
seek revenge for the death
of his wife.
THE VORTEX BLASTER.
By E. E. Smith. (Gnome,
$3O Science fiction.
WALL OF NOISE. BY Dam
iel M. Stein. Grown,
$4.95.) The story Of q
WEDDING TRAIN. BY Mar
garet Scherf. Doubleday,
$4.50.) The story Of q
young girl who arrived in q
small town to marry, sight
unseen, her cousin.
THE DRY PLACE. Jeanne
Davis. (Day, So The
trials and tribulations of a
big executives wife.
RUN AWAY HOME. BY
Charles Christopher Mark.
CDuell, Sloan g. Pearce.
$3.95) First novel. Con-
Germs the crossing OF a
Evening star., 1960-10-02
THE TIGHT WHITE COL
LAR. By Grace Metalious.
(Julian MeSSner- Incl

LAX. BY Grace MetaliouS.
(Julian MesSner, Inc)
Grace Metalious took 26
letters, made them into 100,-
900 words-and came up with
nothing.
Whether this author has
done 1t again." only those
who read the phenomenally
popular "Peyton Place" can
say.
With a shallowness border
ing on the high school COM
position level, Mrs. Metalious
begins with a chapter of ex-
traordinarily ordinary obser-
vations about the seasons, i.e.:
Purple violets poked their
little heads suspiciously out
Of the ground and the more
daring crocus rose defiantly
out Of patches Of now harm
less snow."
From there she gets to her
thin story about a school,
teacher on the outside who
wants in and how he's kicked
out Of the small New England
town Of Cooper Station by its
little bigots.
The main theme Is con-
fusingly halted many times
while the author gets into
the back bedrooms of many
Evening star., 1960-10-02

directed man." Mr.. Schle-
singer calls him. borrowing
David Riesman's term for the
fellow who takes his stand
ards from the group rather
than from interior con-
viction.
The Vice President. as Mr..
SchleSinger sees him. lacks
three things most: A sense Of
history, Q sense Of humor,
and taste. He is. says the
historian, "obsessed with ap-
pearance rather than the
reality Of things"
For this reason, he cor
ruptS the political dialogue"
He restates eloquently q
plant heard from hard-run-
ming press pack following the
Nixon troupe aroun d the
country. Everything has to
be made simple, dramatic,
emotional. explained in ia
miliar and childish terms or
explained away entirely"
What's Not Missing
Senator Kennedy, on the
other h a n d, says his good
friend, has a sense of history
and a sense Of duty, a sense
Of dignity, and q sense Of
destiny that may have over
taken him during his severe
illness Of 1854. Like all lib
erals. Mr.. Schlesinger Is dis
turbed by Senator Kennedy's
lack Of courage on the Nc
Carthy issue. He thinks.
however, that since that
lamentable silence, he hal
learned more about the rightN
Of man.
Actually. Mr.. Schlesinger
makes q slightly better case
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Story Of the Saviour
From q New Viewpoint

as very mortal humans.
Thomas was the willy, skepti-
cal ex-peddler: Peter was
called Windmill" because he
was swayed by every chang
ing opinion and Matthew.
the scribe, was ignored be-
cause he was a publican.
But the strongest, most
able and closest to Christ
was Judas, who had come to
murder Jesus as a traitor
to Israel. He was Q fierce,
brooding figure. reluctant to
accept the doctrine Of love.
In the end. a devoted fol-
lower, he carried out the
betrayal at Christ's request,
so that the prophecies might
be fulfilled.
Author Studied Buddhism
The Last Temptation was
adjudged heretical by the
Greek Orthodox Church. The
author was born in Crete
in 1883 and wrote treatiSes
on Nietsche. Bergson and
Russian literature. He was
q student Of Buddhism
and translated Homer, Dante
and Goethe into modern
Greek. On his death in 1857,
Mr.. Kazantzakis was per-
mitted q Christian burial in
Crete.
Dramatically, at his grave
side, a huge peasant stepped
forward like q character
from a KazantzakiS novel,
grasped the coffin and low
cred it unassisted into the
grave.
JOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1960-10-02
Both Young, Ambitious and Tough
But There the Resemblance Ends

against Nixon than for Ken
nedy. Towards the end Of
his brief book. he swings into
q singing critique Of the
Eisenh o wer administration
and resounding d defense Of
Senator Kennedy's party, al
most as II that were the
thing he liked best about him.