The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-30

OSCAR HANIMERSTEIN, II,
was gre tie S t Of all the song
lyricists. There were a vitality,
quality and tone in his tender
ness. romance, bravery, YER
nacular and fun that challenged
the music to come up to them.
brought it up, made the COM
bination an experience for
people Of character, culture, ma
turity. as well as for the senti-
mental alone.
Some enchanted evening. :"
There are such evenings. and
what is destined to make them
SO can run to their beginning
You may see a stranger -
Across the crowded room. :"
There is lightning like that.
and a flash between mortals,
male and female, a leap of all
that makes blood beat and heart
lift and soul do business.
And somehow YOU know. )"
There is a somehow" tn a t
isn't haZy say-so and guess, not
mere infatuation. but a tele-
gram from infinity and eternity
signed by God, and come collect.
to be paid for with all you are
land never let her go"
Words like these can be as
mature or immature as those
who sing them are. They can
mean more to old men than to
young. Oscar Hammerstein was
as clever with rhymes as Gill
bert and Sullivan (which one
was it?) but he was miles near
er to poetry.
FOR MAGNIFICENT NAME
DROPPING 1 nominate my adj
mired but presently meandering
friends Phoebe and Kent Court
ney, third paralysis without peer
or pause.
The Independent American is
currently SO weighted down and
running over with the names of
Strom Thurmond, Herman Tai
madge and Barry Goldwater
that you would think the three
veritable high priests of third
partyism, and Strom Thurmond
its nominee.
Senator Thurmond is not a
candidate at this writing, is only
proposed by the Courtneys.
Senator Talmade, at h S
writing, is still sick with the
sickness Of my native Georgia,
pride in never, never voting
against the Democratic ticket.
He is now for uncommitted cleo
tors. it is said, but he will prob
ably do more than 60 fishing
And Senator GoldWater. Of
course. is actively working for
Nixon as chairman of the Sen
ate's Republican C a m a G n
Committee. He was IN the papers
with praise Of Lodge as the
strongest possible running mate
even while the Courtneys we're
featuring sharp attack on Lodge
by Fulton Lewis. Jr. When the
Senator refused nomination
at Chicago and called on hi s
friends to support the nominee
and platform, he warned that
with the outcome so close. di-
vision could give the election to
the other party. He said the
choice~~was between Republican
.1iberalism'' and Democratic
Socialism 1t is obvious that
calling for a rejection of both
parties now could undermine
what begins to be the biggest
hope Of Nixon and has been
bringing him South. to with, the
Courtneys' Southern home.
Senator Goldwater. hope of
all Courtneys' hope. knows that
it isn't a matter Of waiting I'M
til 1864" If the New Dealers are
brought back now in new yen
to-spend a victory could keep
them in power from now to
eternity or bankruptcy.
KENNEDY AND NIXON may
take the same stands on some
questions but basically they face
in opposite directions. the one
to socialism. the other 10 indi-
vidualism. Projected. they are
therefore as far apart as the
Poles.
Take it from Senator Gold
water that there must be Nixon
or Kennedy. It is the great work
ing truth for which he stnds
out in this election and h a S
emerged as a national rather
than a factional leader
"All the way
With LBJ :"