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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-17
Gentlemen Asked To Take Buch
Seat AndListen To Fish Tales

JEFFERSON, June 16 - Well
it is time for all the gentlemen
to take a back seat and listen
to some real fish tales. Mrs. H.
c. Perkins landed a beautiful
five pound. seven ounce bass
last week from one of the To-
cal farm ponds and her tw o
fishing companions tell that one
bigger than that got away about
two days before.
Another lady. Mrs. NJ N.
Bradley on Saturday surprised
her son-in-laW, Raymond Porter
by going with him fishing for the
first time in about so years. She
did not land any large ones
particularly. but kept Mr.. Por.
ter continuously busy taking fish
off her hook and rebaiting. They
were off shore in a boat also or
a local pond.
General and Mrs. L. P. Col
Inns have returned home after
spending two weeks at Ormonc
Beach. Fla. with Mr.. and Mrs
Werner Scharb.
M. l.. Jones returned home
Monday after having spent ter
days as a patient at Johnston.
Willis Hospital in Richmond. He
is responding to treatment but
will still have to spend about
PIX more weeks in bed. H $
hieiioS wish HIM a speedy re-
covely.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-17
Buckingham

Mr.. and Mrs. Herd Saxon, of
Dothan, Ala, are guests this
week of their son and daughter
in-laW, Mfr. and Mrs. Ed Saxon.
Mrs. S. M. Harris, of Peach
Grove" King and Queen county
is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowlett Bruce for several
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Carl
A. Broaddus, Of "Fleetwell. "
King and Queen county. were
visitors in the same home On
Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-17

Mr.. and -Mrs. Montelle Jack
son and family visited relatives
and friends in Trenholm on Mon
day. They called on Mrs. En-
nett Wilburn and Mr.. and Mrs.
Brownie Wilburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Murphy
and family. of Richmond, visit
I'd MIR and Mrs. Fred Murphy
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Murphy
and family, of Columbus, Ca,
have been spending several
days with his parents, Mi. and
Mrs. Fred Murphy. They also
visited friends in Washington
D. C.
Mrs. Cary B. Denoon. Mrs
Marion McGruder and Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley McGruder left
Michaux early Sunday morning
june 5 for Baltimore. Md. te
spend the day visiting Mr.. anC
Mrs. Ewell Dencon. Ewell is a
7atient at the Veterans Hospi
tai there and continues to be
quite sick. having had strokes
Of paralysis.
Mr. and Mrs. l. B. Wilson
daughter, Joan, and son, Jimmy
spent Sunday at St. Brides with
his parents and other relatives
Mrs. A. G. Smith. Jr.. and
Mrs. Mason Smith and two chill.
dren, Of Maidens, spent last
Thursday afternoon visiting
Mrs. R. A. Cosby and Mrs
Bobby Cosby and her daughter
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-17

MISS SANDRA SAUNDERS Il, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Ralph the NIaoax Amelia county
crowned Miss Amelia last Friday night senior in
high school Amelia county Tobacco
Festival Richmond October. Jeanne first
Lynch the contest
Evening star., 1960-09-18

to the mammoth Capitol Hill expansion
program.
Most of the GSA buildings will pro-
vide new office space, relieving the plight
of thousands of Government workers.
In time, they will permit progressive
removal of the dozens of trashy tempos
which disgrace the central area. They
will stimulate Southwest redevelopment
immeaSurably, and add stature as well
to other sections Of the city.
In hailing these advances, credit
should be given to Congress for clearing
most of the construction money during
the last session. They are more ac-
curately attributable, however, to the
long-range plan of Federal construction
which GSA carefully developed to dem
onStrate the needs as well as the values
For five years, the plan was buffeted by
Setbacks. Now 1t finally is beginning to
pay off, and the gains to the Federal
City will be substantial.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
so Years Ago

Chief Wagner of the Dis
trict Fire Department tried
out his spanking new official
car so years ago and it was
quite an event. The Star OF
September %, 1910, said:
"The ordinary peaceful at
mosphere of Georgia avenue
was shattered to a thousand
bits this morning when Chief
Wagner sped along that
thoroughfare at 65 miles an
hour in his first trip in his
new fire automobile. Com
missioner Rudolph went
along, holding onto his derby
all the way. The chiefs
chauffeur is o. r. Moxley.
who has been in training four
months for the only chauf-
feurship which carries COM
plete immunity from arrest
by the bike cops. The
most impressive thing about
the new car is that it seems
to have no limit to its speed.
1t goes over a ditch like a
biplane and lands easily. ...
One can almost see the air
dividing in front Of 1t in
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Making Highways UsobIe

Few things are as CALLING to motor
lists as the sight Of completed highway
improvement they can't use. This was
true in the case Of the Route 240 ex-
preSSway, miles Of which stood madden
ingly idle in the Montgomery County
countryside for years because there were
no connections from Bethesda. The
same Illustration threatened to occur
in the case Of Washington'S Southwest
freeway, which happily now will become
available to motorists as soon as it is
completed late in 1862.
BY that date, the massive eight
lane freeway is expected to be completed
from Half street S.W. westward to
Eleventh street, and from there across
the Washington Channel to connec-
ton with the Potomac River bridges at
the foot of Fourteenth street. Under
the original plans of the Highway De-
partment, however, ramps that would
permit autos to get on and of the east
end of the eXpreSSway were not planned
for completion until the end of 1868.
BY re-shuffling its money, the depart
ment now intends to begin the eaSt-end
ramps Immediately, so that motorists
will have freeway shot from the
Potomac bridges to the Capitol Hill area
at the earliest possible time.
This decision, it seems to us, is
nothing more than common-senSe plan
ming, which required no genius to figure
out. To have allowed the completed
freeway to stand idle for year would
have been ridiculous.
The Southwest freeway, of course, is
only one portion of the expresSway net
work which ultimately is proposed to
encircle the entire downtown area, and
we suppose there will be more than one
bottleneck where the freeway traf1c
meets city streets in the neighborhood
south of Capitol Hill It's net results,
however, should be highly beneficial.
The horribly congeSted south end of
Fourteenth street, for example, should
be relieved considerably, as should east
west traffic on Independence avenue.
Motorists, Furthermore, will get
their first taste of modern-day freeway
travel in downtown Washington, and
the experience should be especially re-
warding to commuters from nearby
Virginia The eventual fate Of the entire
inner loop" freeway system is some
thing less than clear at the moment.
Whatever it is, however, we hope that
highway officials take the same pains
that they have in this case to insure
that freeway sections are usable as soon
as they are finished.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
AH-Time Record

A routine announcement the other
day that the General Services Admin
iStration is about to seek construction
bids for five new Federal buildings in
downtown Washington warrants more
than passing attention. For this means
there actually will be under way within
the next few months the greatest volume
of Federal construction in the history
of the Capital-a sudden abundance
which will do much to relieve the back
log of needs which has piled up since
World War II.
The five new buildings, coupled with
three others GSA already has under
way, represent an investment of over
$151 million. And this figure excludes
such giant suburban projects as the $46
million headquarters which GSA is
building for the Central Intelligence
Agency at Langley, Va, and the new $50
million Bureau of Standards center at
Gaithersburg, Md. It is in addition, also,
Evening star., 1960-09-18

may live to see its dawning
The Union is much to
the South; we prefer to have
it as it is. But if 1t is dis
solved, it shall be dissolved by
those who are warning on the
South and seeking to dis
solve the Constitution and
the Union. Let Northern
men see to it that they pre-
serve that Union if they
want to preserve their COM
merce, their manufactures or
power, and If they wish to
preserve the South as the
best mart for their products
and fruits of industry. II
we of the South are driven
to support ourselves. we are
independent Of the world;
we have the great peace
maker-King Cotton-with-
in our midst :"
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Rebellion in Georgia

Georgia Democrats, who have never
In the showdown failed to deliver their
States electoral votes to the party'S
presidential ticket, are threatening
seriously to do something else this year.
BY statewide primary referendum
they have voted clear preference for
having their presidential electors un-
committed to the Democratic candidate,
and free accordingly to withhold all or
some Of their IL votes in the electoral
college. The referendum result is not
binding on the electoral slate, but the
wide margin by which the primary
voters favored the principle of no ad-
vance commitment may be considered
a mandate.
Actually, the stage for this unusual
situation was set in 1858 when the
Georgia legislature enacted tempo
rary" law, expiring in 1862, providing
that the States electors would be chosen
without reference to a presidential
candidate. The Democrats already have
designated such slate, headed by Gov
ernor S. Ernest Vandiver, but the Gov
ernor subsequently announced that
barring unforeseen developments" he
would cast his own electoral college vote
for the Kennedy-Jo johnson Democratic)
ticket, despite his continuing dislike for
the obnoxious" party platform. Seven
other electors concurred in the Vandiver
position. There is possibility that all
may review this position in the light of
the referendum result, although first
indications were that the Vandiver
group would hold firm behind the ticket.
If the Georgia delegation should
take an independent position in the
electoral college, and the way is clear
for an additional handful of Southern
electors to do the same, 1t could deprive
both the Democratic and Republican
tickets from toting up the 269 majority
votes needed for election. In that case,
the choice would be thrown into the
House Of Representatives Although this
has happened only twice in the country's
history-after the elections of 1900 and
1S24-and Congress as whole inter
vened to settle the 1875 dispute, an
otherwise close race around the country
could easily bring about Standoff in
electoral votes. For example, in 1e48
when the States Rights Party COM
manded 80 votes in the electoral COL
lege, switch of only a few thousand
popular voteS-from Democratic to Re
publican-in California and Ohio would
have left both major candidates short
of the electoral majority which the
Constitution requires. 1t still could
happen in 1860.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Old Glory Misused

We Americans have closed
our ears to accusations from
other countries that we are
soft, spoiled, and patriotically
indifferent. Isn't it about time
we woke up to some of the
evidence we see and live with
every day and reform our
selves?
The time when I most feel
the patriotic blood of our IA
theirs is being washed away
by fads and fancies Of today
is when I see the cheap. sissy
way Old Glory is being dis
played. If George Washington
could see the flag of the
United States today. he would
not even notice the stars Of
so glorious States before he
observed the material was
plastic and the handsome
navy blue field a soft baby
blue.
Won't the American public
do something about the dis
graceful way the symbol Of
our great Nation is being
used as a bargain eye-catcher
on dime store counters? 1t is
up to us to refuse to accept
such trash.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Nosser at u. N.

I came across in The Star
an incredible news item
that the United States in
dorsed the Dictator of Egypt
to represent the Middle East
on the United Nations Sc
curity Council. The U. A. RS
candidacy for the Security
Council could be likened to
the candidacy of a highway
robber for the post of Justice
Of the Peace. Is it at all
possible that our Govern
ment is contemplating to
place the peace of the world
in Colonel Nasser's hands
while they are still dripping
with the blood of the as
sassination of Premier Ma
jail Of Jordan?
Moreover, the non-perma-
nent members Of the Security
Council are elected on a
Evening star., 1960-09-18

regional basis, but can the
u. A. r. really represent the
Middle East? She certainly
would not qualify as the rep
reSentative of Turkey, Iran,
Iraq, Jordan, or Israel.
To favor, therefore, the
U. A. R. for the Security
Council. as long as she per-
sists in her subversion and as
long as she does not deSist
from the use Of coercion.
would be a provocation
against all the countries of
the Middle East which have
been outraged by Colonel
NasSer's highhandedness and
an affront to the United Ma
tions mission and purpose.
Vivian Dean.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
IS Years Ago

Adolf Hitler, who has been
called many things since, was
being cast in something OF
q holy role Is years ago. The
Star of September Is, 1895,
reported from Nuremberg,
Germany: "A new German
religion, with God manifest
ing Himself in an invincible
German nation, with Adolf
Hitler its modern Mahomet,
appeared in the making TO-
night if Nazi Party conven-
ton events and utterances
could be taken as indications.
You, Mein Fuehrer, have
given us an exalted and holy
religion said DR.. Robert Ley.
Hitler's trade union commits
sioner :"
Evening star., 1960-09-18
FROM THE STAR FILES.

order to keep from being
scorched :"
A ruling Of Importance to
Government employees was
made by the White House so
years ago. It stemmed from
the case of one George E.
King Of the Forest Service.
who had been elected Mayor
of Vienna, Va. There was Seri-
Gus question about his being
permitted to serve his town.
ship in this capacity. The
Star of September IA, 1910.
reported: Federal employees
who work in Washington and
live in the numerous small
towns outside can hereafter
take an active part in their
home politics and even hold
municipal Office without rum
ming afoul of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. President
Taft said in settling the
CKing) case that he was glad
to see residents taking an
interest in municipal i'm
provementS; that he thought
it was a good thing and
wanted to help it. :"
AS living costs swung up
ward so years ago. the trend
was reflected in various ways.
The Star of September 2l,
1910 said: Packages Of all
American made cigarettes
and tobaccos are being re-
duced in size to make up for
the increased revenue tax of
SIPS q thousand. Packages
Of several well known brands
which used to contain 20
cigarettes and sold for 5 cents
now contain only IS and sell
for the same price. Packages
that formerly held 10 now
hold 8, :"
Evening star., 1960-09-18

was genuine turns out to be
nothing but a wicked imi-
tation our heart sinks within
us and we feel like one who
has been stabbed. There is
nothing which so takes the
life out Of US as the discovery
that some one whom we have
trusted has been other than
he seemed to be. And yet,
how common make-believe
windows are in the journey
across the iSthmuS of life.
A very great minister who
was Singularly free Of cyni-
cism, after dealing for many
years with the inner lives Of
people of all types and voca-
tions. exclaimed: What a
miserable old humbug of q
world we live in. full Of trick
cry and dishonesty and de-
ceit of every kind. Society is
cursed with affectation; busi-
ness is honeycombed with
dish on sty; the political
world abounds in duplicity
and chicanery-there is sham
and pretense everywhere"
Yes, how true it is that
many a man and many a
woman lives back Of a facade
Of make believe windows.
And yet, how many there are
also whose lives are not DOM
mated by deceit, but who
nevertheless, habitually say
things they do not mean.
express emotions which they
do not feel-who praise when
they secretly condemn, smile
when there is a frown on the
face Of the heart. compliment
when they are really thinking
curses, striving scores Of
times a week to make people
think that they are other
than they are.
But, who is so free from
painting on the outside Of
his house make-believe win
dows as not to ask himself,
Lord, is 1t ~"
No prayer book Is complete
without this petition: Lord,
save me from inSincerity, keep
me from hypocrisy. make me
real" Unreality was the sin
against which the rebukes Of
the Man of Galilee were most
unSparing. He uttered bit
ing, blistering words Of mer-
cilesS severity when He knew
that q public profession Of
pious respectability was hid
ing the insincere. the arti-
fetal, the make believe,
wearing masks and donning
the livery Of Heaven to serve
the Devil in. No wonder that
Katharine Mansfield wrote in
one Of her letters: IF I were
allowed one single cry to God,
that cry would be, I want to
be real"
Who can doubt that there
is no modern prayer to which
the Crystal Christ would utter
a more heartfelt amen than
to the pungent petition Of
Studdert-Kennedy-
o by Thy cross and passion,
Lord,
BY broken hearts that pant
For comfort, and for loUe of
Thee,
Deliuer US from cant.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
The Defectors

So we are more secure
without Martin and Mitchell
are we? We would have been
more secure possibly If we
had never had them. But we
did have them. We had them
in a position of highly senSi-
tive, tremendously important
work. They detected. These
two men did not merely run
away from the United States.
They ran to the leading foe of
the United States and carried
with them much Of the neces-
sary knowledge needed to
cause this nations demise.
They carried with them
sufficient knowledge to betray
our intelligence gathering
network but worse, they car
ried aid to the Russian intel
ligence gathering services.
Prior to their departure
they had betrayed one Of our
sources Of intelligence, the
overnight, and a very valu-
able source 1t was, too. Sub
Sequent to their departure
they gave or will give the
SovietS the knowledge neces-
sary to crack our electronic
code system Of communica-
tion. This means that if the
Soviets have tapes or records
OF them. they will now be able
to decipher them. And why
assume that the SovietS have
not made this effort?
Why should any person be
employed In any position
where indiscretions in his
personal life are going to
place him in a compromising
situation to such an extent
that his only choice is to face
public disgrace. loss of Job
and status, and other embar-
rassmentS or to defect with
his knowledge and abilities to
a temporary increase in his
personal status within the
sanctuary Of his country's
leading adversary?
My theory is that M. and
M. were compromised and
threatened with exposure or
blackmail. Francis Gary
Powers is the victim of the
blackmail. Newspapers fur
ther state that the investiga-
tion into the U-2 incident, by
the United States and NATO:
were leading directly toward
Martin and Mitchell. Prob
ably sensing this, these two
boys skipped out just in time
to save their own skins and
the embarrassment of expo
sure of their faults. Then they
issued a statement from Mos
COW decrying United States
spy methods. Again they
took the shame away from
themselves by offering their
version of a perfect Squelch.
Both parties. not just the
Democratic party. should
compromise and instigate a
thorough house cleaning
through all the Government
departments and agencies.
Be beastly, gentlemen.
James A. McCann,
Evening star., 1960-09-18
Good Somoritons

1t Is refreshing now and
then to turn from the daily
accounts Of yokings, purse
Snatching. gang violence. and
other forms of hoodlumism
on the part of teen-agers in
our Capital City, to observe a
different pattern Of behavior
in youth.
In old Georgetown a COM
pact car was stalled at a
street intersection. The driv-
er, an attractive matron, was
apparently at her wits end to
start the engine. Drivers be-
hind her acted in variable at
titudes Of impatience and dis
gust. Only one offered to help.
a beautiful girl in an expen-
sive car who couldn't have
done much anyway.
Suddenly from an opposite
corner of the street a group
Of three boys in their late
teens Swooped down upon the
hapleSs driver and offered to
push the car out of traffic
and to try starting it. With
the uncanny knowledge of
mechanics so many boys
have. they soon had the en-
gine purring. The fellow who
had taken temporary charge
of the wheel smiled as the car
decided to get up and go, and
handed the occupants of the
car his card. They read there
on this message: You have
been assisted by the StrokerS
Hot Rod Club of Clinton,
Maryland, an organization
dedicated to public safety.
1t was a concrete modern
example of the Biblical Gold
en- Rule, the Good Samaritan,
and the man of the other
mile, all rolled into one epi-
sode. 1t was a tribute to the
Capital Boys Club, Boy
Scouts, the StrokerS, and all
other organizations that are
intoxicating into growing
youth the principles of good
citizenship. Americas future
is safe if we can raise the
next generation motivated
with such ideals as this Incl
dent illustrates.
An appreciative observer,
H. nj. Tippett,
Contributing Editor, Life
and Health.
Evening star., 1960-09-18
100 Years Ago

Historians have it that
William Lowndes Yancey,
of Alabama, was offered the
Democratic vice presidential
nomination a century ago If
he helped deliver the South
to Stephen A. Douglas. This
plum, plus a promised shot
at the presidency itself in
the next election, was re-
jected. Yancey preferred to
champion States rights
rather than further his per-
sonal ambitions. He scuttled
Douglas by splitting the
Democratic Party and then
got behind the splinter Dixie
Democrats and their nomi-
nee, John Breckenridge. Odd
ly, Yancey, an ex-member
of Congress Q844-46). de-
spised, national politica a l
groups. In 1847, he said: If
this foul spell of party which
binds and divides and dis
tracts the South can be
broken, hail to him who shall
break it." The spell" was
broken in 1860, thanks to
Yancey and others like him
who wanted a sectional
party for Dixie. Yancey
made more than 100 speeches
for Breckenridge at points
between Boston and New
Orleans. He spoke here on
September 81. 1860. The
Star of the following day
devoted 21a columns to the
fiery Southerner's oratory.
An Immense crowd" and a
band whooped it up as this
secessionist said: 1--WE (of
the South) do not desire
disunion My disunion-
ism consists of this: I stand
by the Constitution, which
1 look upon as the shield OF
the South -. When that
shield shall be taken from
us by a dominant sectional
majority for its own Sec
tional purposes-to make us
hewers of wood and drawers
of water-we intend to take
that Constitution with US,
and, if there is no other
place where we can erect and
keep this Constitution, we
will take the banner of lib
erty and plant it on the
mountains of Augusta, and
there we will entrench our
selves as a body of free men.
We hope that day is far
distant and that none Of us