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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-07-22

could use their names to sponsor the
show. Various saddle clubs responded
to the arrangements of the sponsors.
Mike Quinn, Boulder valley ranch
er, will again furnish his famous
bucking stock free of charge. There
is no admission charge for this real
western treat but the public will be
allowed to make donations at the
gate. The public has come through
the last two years. Not only have the
expenses been met but small profit
has been shown for the institutions
recreation fund.
Besides Quinn's donation of stock,
the stockmen in the area will donate
their time as judges, secretary, arena
director, announcer, etc., to insure
the smooth running of the show. The
invitational rodeo will have Harry
Dawson, Cardwell, as arena director
who has the sole authority to invite
the riders.
The training school and hospital
is becoming one of the outstanding
institutions for the mentally retarded
in the nation. The training and hos
pital programs are done in the man.
ner of the latest known methods.
There are about 800 on the waiting
list to get in.
The rodeo and swan boat are but
an augment of the regular merry-go-
round, ferris wheel, and miniature
train which form the carnival
grounds. These entertainments are
the special pride and contribution to
the enhancement of life in the insti-
tuition.
If you want to see good show and
feel real good for the price you do
nate, I'll see you at the rodeo
grounds in Boulder Sunday, August
7, at 200 pm. 'Ride 'em cowboyw
Ifs
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-07-22
How can a farm afford
the special services it needs?

Farming q. Like any other industry -.
needs the efficiencies and economies of
specialized departments.
The farm business needs a sales de-
partment and purchasing department
j.. someone to counsel on insurance
and credit . and many more depart
ments to work out important problems.
If it weren't for cooperatives, most
farmers couldn't afford these special
lied services. Purchasing cooperatives
supply materials and products of high
est quality at lowest possible cost. Mar
keting cooperatives help improve the
quality of produce and sell it at the
most favorable prices. Mutual insur-
ance companies provide protection at
lowest cost. Credit associations lend
money for farm operations.
These cooperatives make farming
more business-lke and more profitable.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-07-22

tribes, having stunt night and
talent night, going on the little hikes,
having a banquet the last night, hav-
ing handicraft and bedrooms that we
share with friends.
Along with all the fun we had
classes where we learned more about
the Farmers Union and if we have
camp here next year, am sure will
have larger turn out than this year.
JOYCE PAGE, Bynum.
If anyone knew what Farmers
Union was like they would have the
same feeling as l do. A feeling of CO.
operation and friendliness. | think
everyone should join Farmers Union
because it is for the people and /
know they need and will love it.
Every adult should send their child
to Farmers Union Camp because it
creates this feeling of friendliness
and cooperation. | know they would
enjoy the classes, recreation, and
scenery as much as l have.-LANA
DREYER, Power
Evening star., 1960-05-01

Marshall, one of the most popular men ever exiled
to the position, is still remembered by old timers
at the Smithsonian Institution (which is not far
from the Department of LabOr) for his only half
whimsical request to be made Regent of the Insti-
tuition so II can compare my fossilized life with
the fossils of all ages"
Many other Vice-Presidents have acted as though
the nominating conventions had conferred upon
them an incurable disease. Teddy ROosevelts joy
Gus reaction to the news that he had been named
second man on the ticket in 1900 was short and TO
the point my bolt, " he said, ''is shot"
And when Chief Justice Earl Warren, then Gov
ernOr of California, phoned his l3-year-od son to
tell him he had just been nominated for the second
highest public Office in America in 1913, the puzzled
boy replied: "Is that good?''
1t was fair question. Is it good to be Vice.
President?
Whus the Constitution Intended
The writers of the Constitution certainly intended
that it be! They provided that the man receiving
the second largest number of electoral votes become
Vice-President. Presumably he was the man second
best qualified to be President.
But this method was changed by the 18th Amend
ment ratified in 1904. In the debate over this
Amendment, someone even suggested abolishing
the Vice-Presidency itself! BY emphasizing party
rather than individual, the 18th Amendment per-
mitted the Office to fall TOO often to second-rate
men = instead of second-best-quali6ed men.
1t also gave rise to the political absurdity of the
balance the ticket" 6xatiOn that sometimes made
VCePresident the direct antagonist of the President
since they were from conflicting elements of the
same party.
1t made the Vice. - Continued on neat page
Evening star., 1960-05-01

Tice-Preadentiol nomination. Isn't this Sinking re-
sponabiLty? Isn't the Vice-Peadency The second
highest Office in the land under the CONSTITUTIONAL We
took reader RGdkes question to Secretary of Labor
James p. Mitchell, an experienced government official
tchO has seen the I0Orking of the VicePTeadeHcy at
first hand for many years Here's his reply:
WASHINGTON
ANSWER: When THIS WEEK first asked me to
reply to Mr.. Radkes question, was quite frankly,
more than little hesitant. | answered question
about the Vice-Presidency once before, and I've
been bounded by it ever since. 1t was about year
ago when | was asked a national television show
whether | would accept the Vice-Presidential nomi
nation of the Republican Party.
replied as honestly as knew how that Vice
Presidential nomination should be too great an
honor for any man to refuse. And | believe that
The remark, however, was taken to mean that |
was seeking such nomination. was not. am not
The more | thought about it, though, the more
began to realize that the Vice Presidency - the
most scorned Office in American political life - is
an issue that does need talking about today.
Our historic neglect and downgrading of the Sec
ond highest Office in government as The Job That
Nobody Wants has become too expensive an amuse-
ment at time when the Presidency itself might be
endangered by it. Why? Because the modern Pres
ident has so mountainous pile of responsibilities
to deal with that without an active and strong sec
ond executive to help him, he would find it almost
Evening star., 1960-05-01

impossible to discharge the full duties of his Office.
The Vice-Presidency is no longer "a spare tire on
the automobile of government" as John Nance
Garner one of Franklin ROoseveh's Vice-Presi-
dents, called it in 1884 1t is longer what Gideon
Welles, member of LincOln's Cabinet, called ''an
Office without responsibility or duty worthy of hon
orable aspiration"
Yet we too often treat it as though it were.
no takers for Vice-Prssidsnt
Only few days ago / heard of Washington
photographer assigned TO snap pictures of Presiden
tial and Vice-Presdentia candidates at the Capitol
He returned with sheaf of pictures of would-be
Chief Executives but with lone shot of the
single man he could find who would admit that he
wouldn't turn down the Vice-Presidency!
Candidates in both parties have announced against
the job in no uncertain terms - as though it were
a case of poison ivy they didn't want to catch!
Over the years, public figures have run array from
the VicePresdency at about the same rate Of speed
they have run for the Presidency. One of our
ancient political adages describes the method for
picking Americas No. 2 Man: Throw open the
convention hall doors and the last one out gets it!
Probably the most famous Vice-President of all
time is Alexander ThrottlebOttom, the inept V.P.
mmortalized by Victor Moore in the musical satire,
"Of Thee I Sing" That 6ctiOnal portrait is so
humorous because it has so often been true.
But our kidding of the Office hasn't been confined
to fiction.
I'm sure many people remember the speech of
the late and beloved weep" Alben Barkley, upon
assuming Office: ''Inasmuch as | am about to enter
upon the discharge of duties that require four years
of silence, will be brief. -"
Woodrow Wilson's Vice-President, Thomas R.
Evening star., 1960-05-01

QUESTION: II am puzzled"
wntes ". A. Radke, of Chicago, by
1905 political candidates. Almost to
a man they say they WOuId accept the
nomination for President. But all of
them say they ipOuLd not accept the
Evening star., 1960-05-01

66 1t has GI'cays been
my feeling that this office,
thai is the second highest
honor tChich can be be-
stored By the american
people, has great inherent
potential dignity that has
been sadly neglected.99
Evening star., 1960-05-01

6 A Tice-PreSident can
be most useful as an Gddi-
tiOn0l set Of ears and eyes
for a President, a kind of
MPer-hGndy maH.99
Hn.A. n
Evening star., 1960-05-01

&c The Vioe- President of
the United States should
neUeT be a nOnentity. He
should be used and haze
a pey useful jOb.99
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Important Decision

t;onal fabric Of the greatest free nation
on earth, are threatening to control
Congress theoretically elected by free
people.
Now, with national debt approach
ing $500 billion, political platforms and
presidential candidates promise more
and more at home from the govern
ment's unbalanced, tax confiscatory
budget, and untold billions to govern
ments Of faraway places for the uplift
of humanity.
Was there ever more serious period
in the history Of a nation? Certainly not
in the history of this nation.
On November 8, we will 60 to the
polls to elect leadership to face in
the next four years the most serious
era of our nation Our choice can not be
taken lightly.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Reading. Habits

WYE sometimes wonder what the aver
" age reader of best-seller novels ex-
poets to gain by reading the trash put
out year after year We would like to re-
mind our readers that, to be balanced,
one must read something other than the
usual trash, and sex, which is currently
being peddled at a record rate.
We have also noticed that in addition
to the vulgarity which characterizes so
many best sellers and which, no doubt,
sells the books, many Of them contain
subtle propaganda. The average SEN
sation-seeker, who appreciates a book
in proportion to it's vulgarity, seldom
realizes that propaganda might be in
cluded in today's novels 1t is each cit
liens duty to try to understand the
motivation behind books he reads, NOV
les he sees, and behind other entertain
ment sources. For instance, movie stars
can glamorize cocktails, smoking and
other things by portraying them as
glamorous, normal ways Of life. While
the average American is more individu-
alistic than the citizen Of any other
country, he is, nevertheless, often duped
by the mass effect Of such propaganda.
He is convinced that this or that is the
thing to do, and he conforms and fol-
lows the examples he has read Of, or
seen on the screen.
Mans intelligence can be pretty ac-
curately measured by what he reads.
Every individual should realize that
when he becomes satisfied with his
knowledge and stops educating himself,
he is sure to go backward Intellectually
from that point on. 1t should also be
kept in mind that only the intelligent
are wise enough to continue to seek
knowledge and education.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Double Check

| am down here in Richmond
at the John Marshall Hotel where
the Retail Food Dealers of Vir-
ginia are holding their 1860 con-
vertiOn. They are also putting on
a food buyers show. Evidently
there is no shortage of merchants
awaiting to avail themselves of
the best. the newest there is.
There is a big crowd here. 1t
may be well to tell you folks that
! am here on the Legislative com
mittee and I may need good
pair of spears to get something
done in speeding up these fellows
you send up.
This is, believe you me, the big
gest convention for years and
I've seen some big ones :.
sober too. These boys ranging in
age from the slim EOS to 79's.
Mr.. R. NJ. Robinson, Of Char
lottesville. tops the list of old
sters and carries a picture of
Double Check taken in 1920. In
dependent merchants are not on
the way out.
Because of the short time be-
fore casting your vote, while all
elections are important this is the
most - and Kennedy-Johnson
have the lead in this city. Per-
sonally I have talked with groups
from all over, their expressions
have been free and unrehearsed
It is most gratifying to know that
Democrats are still Democrats
and it does not matter what the
others are.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Driving Courtesy

COME of the accidents that occur on
= highways could be avoided by the
exercise Of good manners on the part of
the drivers involved.
The rush to beat other vehicles to the
start and to get ahead in traffic jam
often leads cultured people to take adv
antage of other drivers in a manner that
does not reflect proper consideration for
others, even in modern traffic snarls.
We think drivers should always bear
in mind the possibility that others, like
themselves, miscalculate speed and
other factors, and sometimes get in a
jam through mental error. If we would
make an allowance for this possibility,
we could definitely add to the safety Of
the highways.
Too often, in driving along the open
road, one meets an approaching vehicle
which, in passing another proceeding in
the same direction, comes dangerously
close to causing collision. 1t is prob
ably natural to "say something" about
such driving without remembering SINH
lar occasions when, through an error in
judgment, we have done the same thing
Common everyday courtesy is a good
thing for everyday living, and it pro-
duces the same desirable results when
put into practice while behind the wheel.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Men Of Many
Religious Faiths
Built America

Editor. The Herald:
They are in action - swinging
about in high gear - spreading
confusion. discord, bigotry. They
have been p perly labeled
HATE MONGERS.' and their
current mission is to create en-
nifty between Protestants and
Catholics for political purposes.
In a nearby country store last
week end. l witnessed one of
these people in action Saunter-
ing up to the proprietor. he pro-
duced small booklet of bigotry
and asked that it be passed
around to all the customers. Then
ensued a conversation in which
he proclaimed that he was a
good Christian After making
mouth full Of uncouth and I'M
true statements about Catholi-
cisn and Senator Kennedy, he
closed with the opinion that Il
doubt if there's another man in
Virginia who hates the Catholics
as much as mel"
I do not think that any good
Christian can hate other good
Christians Just because they be-
long to a different denomination
And do not believe that good
Christians 49, Protestant or Catho-
lie will let their politics be
governed by religious bigotry.
I for one am proud Of the
contribution Of Catholicism to
Americanism and am equally
proud Of the contribution of Prot
estantism to our way of life. In
fact I am proud Of John Payne S
fof Common Sense" fame) con-
tribution to freedom and he
claimed no religious faith at all!
Almost two hundred years ago
Americans Of different faiths
and indeed many Of no faith at
all got together and won our
great heritage. The only way it
seems to me that we can keep
it is to follow their example
GET TOGETHER.
r f. Brown
Rt. Farmville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
10ssm 9t0veS
Political And Social Principles
Need RevitaliZing By Education

But that was before the imagin-
ings or Photography became
so available they are no news
to anybody
AS NATIONAL AND STATE
officials gather at Grant, Ala
bama. today in ground-breaking
ceremonies for the Doris Pike
auditorium Gymnasium
Of the OARS famous Kate Dun
Il Smith School for mountain
whites. with the national presi-
dent general. Mrs. Ashmead
White. of Maine for whom the
new building is namedl and Ala
bama's regent. Mrs. Leonard c.
McCrary, attending, the Daugh-
tiers will take pride in an estab-
lishment grown from a single
building with two teachers in
1924 to 24-building complex
with more than 20 teachers. most
Of it made possible by gifts from
OAR members all over the coun-
try. When I spoke in Portland
Oregon, last year and it happen
ed to come out in conversation
with some Daughters there that
this school is named for Roses
grandmother and that, by reason
of that, I am allowed to be q
trustee, my moral. social and
American credit was established.
Not the view nor the buildings
nor the teachers but the students
themselves are the best-looking
| things at Grant. There is some
thing SO clean-cut. vital and char
acterful about them. And to know
that they are being given an edu-
| cation true to their early Ameri-
can ancestry in values taught.
loves inspired and principles hon.
ored. is to be certain that the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton have no nobler achieve
rnert on their record.
when l grow too cid to dream,
Ill have you to remember )"
A MAN NEEDS SOMEBODY
to remember Also somebody to
pipe him down when he doesn't
make sense, to stop him from
making a nuisance and a fool Of
himself. Pity Harry Truman in
his 10Th year Mr.. Truman has
been told so long he's quite a
card that now he is out to prove
that jokers are wild says The
Birmingham Post-Herald- much
to the embarrassment of his as
sociates Of better taste.
Harry was always like that but
never so bad.
ONLY GEORGIA IN ALL THE
South is certain for Kennedy
now. says the current U S. News
and World Report. Alabama has
gone on the doubtful list And
even in Georgia. it will seem to
some of us, the trick is being
done with mirrors, since the
voters have handed down that
whopping anti-Kennedy advisory
opinion to the Democratic cleo
tors.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
Letters To Editor
On Politicians

Many Of our politicians.
It is quite plain to see,
Care far less for a principle
Than for expediency.
For selfish ends they oft, sup
port
A party's nominee,
Regardless of his platform or
The kind of man he be.
To us these men do plainly show
BY what they do and say.
That party means far more to
them
Thar does our U. S. A.
These men will work for any
man
Their party dominates,
Regardless Of the consequence
To our United States.
It's not Just party loyalty
From which their actions stem;
But rather they are governed by
What it may get for them.
we need more men like Harry
Byrd
IN Washington today:
Because he stands for what is
r,r ' ss' dear !. 5. 4.
u .. Whitaker
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
John Temple Groves

TO say of shame, what is it"
OF virtue. we can miss IT..
OF sin. we can but kiss it
And it's no longer sin
THE POET SWINBURRE
wrote these wanton lines. didn't
believe them, we were assured at
Princeton in my day BY Britain's
visiting Poet Laureate Alfred
Moves. They were just a mood.
Swinburne was fundamentally
one for putting the temporal
into relation with the eternal"
But today the moods Of poets.
ovelists and playwrights tend to
become the moral values Of the
new masses who are reading.
Pity the man who never swoon-
ed like Swinburne, but damn the
man who doesn't recover bal
ance. discipline and code.
\
ARE VICE TO THE
LOVELORN" columns "porno-
graphic? Startlingly Bob Chrys-
tie, c harle st o n radio station
manager. writes The News and
Courier that cleanup campaigns
against newsstand, paperbacks
and magazines ought to include
The Dear Ann" Dear Abby
and Dear Molly" features in
1aily papers.
IN MY ESTIMATE, these fea-
lures are doing a great deal Of
good. They fight fire with fire.
Granted that the subjects-inatter
are often sin, virtue is always
the advice. And not in any odor
Of piety or old fashion. Dear Ann,
Abby and Molly are perfectly
modern, sophisticated, worldly
wise and hep. What they advise
is up-to-date commonsense. dec
ency, compassion. social-minded-
ness, enlightened self-interest. If
the themes attract thousands who
would never be attracted other
wise. that is the fire that is fight
ing fire.
It isn't as if these ladies we're
the original distributors. All the
evils that came out Of Pandora S
box are available in reading mat
ter these days, indeed almost in
escapable And what is demora-
lizing in it is the implication that
this is life as it really is, that the
muck is the regular thing. Ann
Abby and Molly wade right into
the muck, get big attention with
it, and then call it muck They
haven't introduced anything new
they have just damned it like the
hard boiled, decent, civilized
women they are.
YEARS AGO 1T was said Of a
sensational and sensationally
popular - preacher named Johr
Roach Straton that his popularity
came Of the fact that his hour
long sermons devoted IS minutes
to describing sin in Wondrously
imaginative detail and only five
minutes at the finish for calling
sinners to repentance. People
came to imagine, not to repent
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
CLOSE CALL.

Gallipolis, Ohio - 1t was close,
but 2-month-old Peggy Sue Saun-
ders escaped with merely a bump
on her forehead after two rail
road engines and three freight
cars passed over her, at Gallipo-
lis Ohio
The child was playing near the
tracks and toddled out on the
rails as the train approached.
She was lying between the rails
as the train passed over her.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
SELF-ADDRESSED

Among the nine thousand
things I have always wanted to
see. but never will: IAN envelope
addressing ITSELF"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-21
When I Am Dead

10y me gently in eorth's breast
While some friends ore gathered there;
It no teors ore shed for me,
will not core
Flowers placed upon my grave
Will not mean to me, thing.
And il music is desired
The birds will sing
On LIES rood journeyed long,
slipped its joys and tested pain
Under sunshine and shadows,
And walked in rain
Place me down in mother earth
TO sleep beneath the sod;
Let the judgement Of my toll,
Be left to God
l. D. WHITAKER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27

Set eaciouy l4-ace enclosed with ranch
iehsS This striking white brick rambler resembles small estate
with pantry and huge beautiful with bar Low
DIRECTIONS; Out Wisconsin (past Hospital right
open" " ~ - 49, "
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ALTA VISTA AREA-NIH

ALL BRICK RAMBLER! Inspect
and make OFFER! Redecoratedl 3
area, kitchen with table space,
dishwasher, rec. room in full
bsmt Wooded lot! Assume ST., 900.
Asking $20,950. RIPLEY CO., JU.
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