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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Brooks have
returned from their vacation.
they visited her brother-in-law
and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Gay
lord Bevan and Mr.. and Mrs
Lee Mingate. ir Wilmington, Del.
They also wen. to the Skyline
Drive. Hot Springs, Covington.
q. d White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va.
Mrs. M. O. Holden, of Wood
bridge. and Mrs. A. E. Camp
,cli. Of Alexandra. spent sew
raj days this week with their
mother. airs c. II. Mathelly.
They also attended the dedica-
On service o. the Farmvllle
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Frank Crawford, Miss
Jennie Venable. and Mrs. Jack
4ordon were IN Richmond Tues
lay to attend the funeral of Miss
Tnna ble's brother. A. Reid Ven
Vie.
Dr.. Waverly Cole and Jahr
Took Of Ric h III ond. visisea
ENDS here TUesdav.
~ 3ii'v Mcr-av ord Ms
Landon atkins vislte d Mrs.
Clyde MacKey in Richmond, Sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Sweet, Jr.,
md family. Of Pittsburgh. Pa,
will arrive today for week end
visit with her mother, Mrs. Mon
roe johns, ST..
Mrs. S. A. Brooks left Mon
day for Buchanan to attend the
funeral of her nephew, Hugh
Thompson.
Billy Mckay is attending a
Tastee F'reez convention in Chi
cago this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Cumbey
and children. Alan and Lisa, of
Ivor, were week end guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Cumby
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Tuck and
family visited relatives in Rich
mond d urln the week end.
They also attended the Manches-
ter-George Wvthe football game.
Mrs Winston Orange. of Roa-
n0ke, was guest Of her sister-in-
law, Miss Sarah Orange, during
the week end.
w. L. Womack and Mrs. Callie
Cats. of Durham. N. c.. were
Saturday guests Of his mother,
Mrs. W. A. Schroeder.
Mrs, d. S. Hudson and cousins.
J. Ashbv Armistead. III. and Ho-
ward Armistead. Of South Hill,
spent the week end with her aunt,
Mrs. J. A. Armistead.
Mrs. w. M. Suyes, of Rich
nond, is spending several days
this week with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr., and Mrs. Cal
vim Tuck.
Charles Martin. Jr.. of Y P l.,
spent the week end with his par
ents, Mr.. and Ms. Charles H.
Martin.
Col. Samuel V. Wilson, Of Fort
Bragg. N. c., arrived Thursday
to spend several days with Mr..
and Mrs John D. Wilson. He will
be the speaker at the Lion s
Club luncheon Friday and at the
Chamber Of Commerce meeting
Monday evening.
Mrs Carla V. Keys, of John
son City, Tenn, arrived Wednes-
daY 70 spcnd several days at her
second home
Mrs Norm an Myers and
daughter, Karla. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Peters and daugh-
ter, Kathy. visited Melissa NV
ers at the College Of William and
Mary. Williamsburg, Sunday.
Miss Nancy Lee Webster, of
Westhampton College, will
s G d this week end with her
mother. Mrs. E. G.. Webster.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hurt, OF
Charlottesville, visited her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones,
during the week end.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris G. Smith
entertained at their home Satur-
day evening honoring the Rev.
and Mrs. Benjamin R. Bruner
and son, Roger. of Temple Bap-
fist Church. Norfolk.
Assisting Mrs. Smith we're
Mrs. Robert Burger, Mrs. E j
Andrews. il, Mrs D. T. Bill
ings. and Mrs j. G. Hudson.
About 50 guests called bstween
and 10 pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Club Calendar

FarmviIlc AAUW Chapter-Fri-
day, October z. $50 PIN. buffet
supper at home If Mrs. +. r.
Crawford Guest speaker ~ Mrs.
j S. G. Carson.
Senior Women's Bible Class OF
ihe PRESBYTERIAN ChurcI,-F ridav
October 7. 3 pm, with Mrs. ].
Watson Elliott.
Epi copaI Women of the
Church Monday, October 10,
$50 nm. Group at the Parish
House. 8 pm. Group at the
Parish House. Group 3 with Mrs.
Harry Lancaster.
Methodist WsCS General
meeting. Monday, October 10. 8
pm. in the Fellowship Room.
Modern Woodman Of America
Tuesday October IL, 8 pm. at
the center.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

ms. Harry HI dnall. IF Farm
vile VAS honorad with a stork
shower on Thursday September
%. By Mrs Garnet Banton and
Mrs. jeff Huddleston at their
home in Cumberland.
There were 40 invited guests.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
From Bad to Worse

The expanding row over the Air
Force manual, communism in churches,
or what have you, is approaching stage
at which no participant is going to win
the battle and all are going to lose
the war. Someone should step forward
and blow the whistle on this unseemly
performance.
For what they may be worth, we
offer the following suggestions:
Air Force Secretary Sharp has put
himself in hopeless position. Caught
between conflicting preSsures from the
House Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities and the National Council Of
Churches, he has wavered, equivocated
and let himself be backed into position
which he cannot possibly defend. The
best thing for him to do is to cut his
losses. And the best way to do this is
Tor Mr.. Sharp to stand on the decision
to withdraw the controversial Air Force
manual. The worst thing he could do
would be to reissue it after substituting
q generalized for more or less specific
indictment of church groups and church
leaders. Either course is going to hurt
MIR. Sharp, but the latter would hurt
far more.
Certain church leaders seem to be
making a mountain out Of something
that should be treated for what 1t is-a
blunder Of molehill proportions.
Six OF these leaders have demanded
that Representative Walter, chairman
Of the House committee, apologize for
and retract what they regard as an un-
true statement respecting Communist
tnf1ltration Of churches. This was a
tactical error and Mr. Walter was quick
to take advantage of 1t. Instead of
apologizing, which he will never do, he
has invited the six churchmen to come
and testify before his committee. Two
of these church leaders have replied
that they would cooperate with "any
agency Of the Government that is sin
cerely trying to get at the truth of the
allegations" Presumably, this excludes
the House committee and amounts to
rejection of the invitation.
We hope so. For it is difficult to
think Of anything which would do more
to eXacerbate what we believe to be an
essentially phony issue than for these
churchmen to appear before the COM
mittee and attempt to refute, explain or
Justify the material in its files which Mr..
Walter relies upon to support his claim
Of Communist infiltration of churches.
The result certainly would be Roman
holiday to end all Roman holidays.
The time has come, we think, for
responsible men to act reSponsibly in
this situation. And by this we mean
that they should try to put out the
fire instead of doing things and saying
things which can only serve to spread it.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
No Yoke on Teachers Poy

The Maryland General Assembly, in
passing the TaweS program for increas-
ing the pay Of experienced teachers, has
consigned to the wastebasket proposals
for ceiling on teachers salaries. That
Is where such unrealistic and absurd
proposals belong.
The movement at Annapolis for
statutory lid on teachers pay scales was
aimed directly at Montgomery County,
whose pay range of $4,000 to $1,000
is the highest in the State. Delegates
from some Of the rural counties argued
that Montgomery'S high scale was Turing
teachers from outside its boundaries and
was forcing other counties to consider
higher pay for their teachers. But Mont
gomery Delegate Blair Lee III denied
that his county was "pirating" teachers
from other counties and denounced as
"monStrouSly unfair" any attempt to put
his or any other county under "such a
(Salary) yoke" He pointed out that
Montgomery County must compete with
the District of Columbia and other sub
urban Washington communities in the
teachers pay field.
And Delegate Margaret Schweinhaut
of Montgomery succinctly summed up
the pay-lid movement as an effort "to
tie progress to the lowest standard"
It is unfortunate, of course, that some
counties are unable or unwilling to raise
teachers salaries to the Montgomery
level, but that is no reason for penal
izing teachers in county where the
citizens demand fine schools and high
standards of instruction.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Crisis in Rome

Italy today is back in familiar state
of political crisis, for the 18th time in
IA years. The resignation of Premier
Segni is on the desk of President
Gronchi, and there are predictions that
formation of a new government may
take longer than ever before in the
republics postwar history.
Many factors contributed to the cur
rent emergency in government, but the
basic one lies in the composition of the
Italian political structure itself. 1t suf-
ferS, as have others, notably France be-
fore General de Gaulle'S constitutional
reforms established a strong executive
as the backbone of Frances Fifth Re-
public, from too many parties and the
consequent augmentation of strength.
In a parliamentary system where a
government survives only so long as it
commands a majority vote in the
legislature, this condition of widely
scattered power and responsibility is a
constant invitation to crisis. Eight
parties, plus handful of independents,
currently hold seats in the 596-member
italian Chamber of Deputies And while
the Christian Democratic Party has been
dominant since the republic was founded
in 1946, its present big bloc of 273
deputies still is not majority.
The solution for Premier Segni, up
to now, has been informal alliance with
three right-wing minority parties-the
Liberals, Monarchists and Neo-FascistS.
Increasingly during the past year, how
ever, this alliance has been an uneasy
one-primarily because of a liberal VS..
conservative split among the Christian
Democrats themselves. Last October, for
example, crisis was averted only when
the Segni conservative faction agreed
that the right-wing splinter groups
would not be allowed to water down a
governmental program of social and
economic reforms. The Liberals, a con-
Servative group despite their name, have
been restive under this condition. They
have also been critical of alleged Chris
tian Democratic Irritation" with the
leftiSt Socialist Party and of President
Gronchi'S recent visit to Moscow. The
current crisis came when they decided to
withdraw their support from Mr.. Segni.
Mr.. Segni himself, or someone else,
eventually will make the necessary bar
gains to form new majority coalition.
Even then, however, the inherent polit-
tcal weakness will remain and the 18th
crisis will have a date on the future
book.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
forever Happiness

Pretty Princess Margaret has ended
the long guessing game as to where she
would eventually bestow her heart. For a
decade, more or less, the petite younger
sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth has
been gay and charming figure in Lon
don's social life. Virtually surrounded
by eligible bachelors her every date for
dancing, dinner or the theater has been
examined" by press and public OBJ
viously fond of Meg" and romantically
anxious that some day her "true love
would come along" Once before, in the
person of Group Captain Peter Town
send, it seemed as if perhaps he had,
but the fates did not look approvingly
on that match.
But just as happens so often to
young people, and fine thing, too,
Margaret met the boy of her eventual
choice at party about two years ago.
Described as handsome, as we'll as mis-
chievouS, no doubt good combination
for suitor of one as lively as Meg, Tony
ArmStrong-JoneS has wooed and won.
Presumably not hurting Tony's cause
was his standing as London'S top So
ciety photographer-an occupation that
brought him into close relationship with
the royal family and frequent opportu-
nifty for the pleasant duty" of taking
'just one more" picture of his Princess
to-be.
Both Queen Mother Elizabeth, who
announced the betrothal, and the reign
ing Queen Elizabeth have expressed their
pleasure at such an obviously happy
match" Britain often described as
staid is reported whirling with delight.
The world does indeed love lovers, and
we join in wishing Meg and Tony the
best of everything for long and happy
life together.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Independent Church

Since the National Coun-
Gil Of Churches of Christ in
the U. S. A. and other coun-
ellis have been receiving so
much unfavorable publicity
from the Air Force manual
affair we would like 1t to
be known that the Arling-
ton Church Of Christ and
other Churches of Christ
known to us are not asso-
ciated with councils and
never have been. Churches
of Christ are strictly inde-
pendent congregations and
are opposed to all sorts Of
denominational and interde-
n o m i n a tional Affiliations.
Please do not confuse us with
councils that have a similar
name.
Caleb J. kirkpatrick,
Evange elist, Arlington
Church of Christ.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Loyal to Stevenson

Surely editors Of The Star
could not have approved Of
your commentator Ralph
McGill's headline February
%, l960) to the effect that
"Stevenson's Followers Bow
Out" Not true. All over the
country there is a vast, vital
corps of Stevenson followers
who will never bow out.
I realize that The Star does
not necessarily indorse Mr..
McGill's opinions. On the
same day you printed his
column against Adlai Steven
son, you printed several let
ters taking issue with Mr..
McGill's opinions on ccn.sti-
tutional law. If you do that,
I hope you will print letters
questioning Mr.. McGill'S po-
litical analyses.
Ask Mary McGrory. She is,
in my opinion and the opin-
ion of many others. the best
political reporter in Wash
ington. I read her stories al
ways, and admire her work
very much.
There may come n day next
July in Los Angeles when Mr..
McGill will learn how many
Stevenson supporters have
bowed out"
Mildred Reed Bundy.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Bonn and Madrid

Speaking through Defense Minister
-Franz-JoSef Strauss, West Germany now
has given firm assurances that it's nego-
tiationS with Spain for military supply
depotS and air training facilities are
subject to the approval Of its allies in
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
In other words, unless NATO itself con-
SentS to the idea, no agreements will be
concluded between Bonn and Madrid.
The negotiations in question, even
though they appear to have hardly be-
gun, have stirred up storm of sorts
in free Europe-especially among Brit
aims Laborites, who take dim view of
Francois Spain and who tend at the
same time to be extravagantly suspi-
rciouS of Bonn's long-range objectives.
Accordingly, the news of Mr.. Strauss
initiative for talks with Madrid has been
received in some quarters-where the
ghosts of the Hitlerian past wander
noiSily about-as an indication of sin
lister doings afoot.
Needless to say, of course, no such
doings are really afoot. For the fact is,
as NATO'S highest authorities have in
uICaCeu, CnaC west Germany, II IL is TO
make its proper contribution to the al
lance, must go outside its own borders
for supply and training bases. That is
why 1t has been seeking such facilities
lin countries like France, within the
Atlantic community-and also in Spain,
which is still outside that community
but which is cooperating closely with
it through defensive arrangements with
the United States.
In these circumstances, the critics
OF the Bonn-Madrid talks seem to have
generated teapot tempest. Although
the West Germans have blundered in in
itiating the talks without NATOs prior
approval, they have now rectified their
mistake by making clear that there will
be no deal with Spain unless the Allan
tic allies agree to it. This should be
Evening star., 1960-02-28
MARYLAND Delegates

The Maryland General AS
sembly has just killed a very
modest attempt to correct.
even slightly, the appor-
tionment Of representation in
the States House of Dele
gates. This minimal reform,
set forth in the Walsh Re-
port, would not have elimi-
mated the minority domina-
ton Of our State government
now enjoyed by rural coun-
ties having an aggregate OF
one-fourth of the States
population. At present,
Maryland's four most pop
ulous counties Gncluding
our own Montgomery Coun-
ty) have about one-eighth
as much representation per
capita in the House of Dele
gates as the smallest coun-
ties; the proposed reappor-
tionment would merely have
reduced this discriminatory
ratio to about six to one.
The present discriminatory
ratio of twenty to one
against the larger counties
in the State Senate would
not have been affected.
BY their vote, the small
county representatives have
shown themselves unwilling
to give up the least bit OF
their unnatural power until
they are forced to. That be-
ing so, there is only one
course for those of us who
believe that democratic gov
ernment should represent
people, not acreage. We
should like to put the rep
resentatives from the rural
counties on notice that we
and many other Marylanders
are not going to accept their
minority rule. We pledge our
selves to continue the fight
for true, democratic reap
portionment based on pop
ulation, for so long as is
necessary to prevail. Dis
elimination in voting privi-
legeS based on residence in
Evening star., 1960-02-28

A recent Star editorial
sympathized with the Fine
Arts Commission plea for de-
laying inner loop construc-
ton, but concluded that
since the mass transporta-
ton survey called for free
ways, freeways it must be.
This conclusion is naive.
The only people who have
been hired to do transporta-
ton surveys in Washington
in two decades have been
groups which are involved
in some way in the design
and construction of free
ways. Would you really ex-
pect such consultants to
recommend traffic solutions
which do not involve free
ways? Does a doctor ever
recommend the services OF
a chiropractor?
Peter GIickert.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Suspects School Plot

Can the school classroom
and teacher crisis kept ever
before our eyes by National
Education Association and
other similar propaganda
agencies be actual or Just a
money-raising bogey?
In Arlington. where our
school administration is ex-
pert at using this technique,
kindergartens for $500 chill
dren are planned for the
1960-61 school year despite
the halliday classes with
which we begin each new
year.
There was some talk Of US
ing churches for this pro-
gram. Suddenly, however, 1t
was discovered that regular
school space was available.
At the specified IS children
per room, this means that so
classroomS have emerged
from the dire shortage Of a
few months ago.
Just where were those so
classrooms six months ago
when numerous classes we're
put on half time because of
the shortage? Have the tax
payers Of Arlington been bled
white to provide unneeded
rooms which can be filled
only by creating kindergar-
tens? If so, Just who has
mulcted this community Of
the millions of dollars those
surplus rooms cost?
1t seems to me that Con-
gress should investigate the
classroom shortage thorough
ly before providing funds for
school building. If Arlington
Is typical Of the Nation,
Am erica's taxpayers are
about to be bilked Of billions
for classrooms the need for
which may exist only in the
greedy minds Of NEA.
Charles w. Carter.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Dramatic Appeal

The proposed demolition Of
the Belasco Theater, the old
Lafayette Square opera
House. poses a basic ques-
ton about cultural life in the
Nations Capital: Are we
really interested in culture,
or only in the appurtenances
thereof?
There is talk Of build
ing q cultural center for the
performing arts in Washing
ton, an enterprise estimated
originally to cost $6l million
land I understand that that
figure has been increased by
some $40 million additionaD.
There is at least an outside
possibility that this sum may
not become available with
in the time limit which the
law provides. And even If
this dim view is unjustified,
several years will pass in any
case before our monument to
Washington's cultural status
rises from Foggy Bottom.
Can we afford to tear down
fine theaters. without any
hope of replacing them in the
foreseeable future, while our
community has no opera
house nor an appropriate
public recital hall? The Schu-
bert Theater could have been
restored and adapted to both
purposes; but 1t is gone. 1t
is not too late to save the
Belasco.
Isn't one theater standing
on Lafayette Square worth
three in the shrubbery Of
Foggy Bottom?
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Manual O. and A.

When Secretary of De-
fense Thomas Gates apollo
gized to the National Coun-
Gil of Churches of Christ
was he admitting that the
material on communism in
religion in the Air Force Sc
curity manual was COM
pletely and wholly wrong?
Com m un S m, as is well
known, is a deadly enemy Of
freedom. 1t is, therefore,
necessary that information
gathered by security forces
and by Government commit
tees be entirely correct for
guidance of the people. The
big question is: Is this in
formation as presented in the
manual correct? If it is cor
rect why all the hullabaloo?
If it is wrong, destroy it.
Matthew A. McKavitt.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
100 Years AGO

Wash1ngton's public schools
were suffering growing pains
100 years ago. The Star, on
March 3, 1860, reported: THE
success Of the public schools
during the past year has been
good. Several hundred pupils
have been added to schools:
the applications for places
flow in every day by degrees.
The trustees have found it
necessary to create as many
as four new schools during
the month just passed-one
in the Second District, in the
basement of the M. E. Church
South, which is in charge of
Miss Laura Reed; two in the
Third District, the first being
located in the old Capitol,
under charge Of Miss Free
man, and the second in Odd
Fellows Hall near the Navy
Yard, under charge of Miss
Lucy B. Davis, and one in the
Fourth District, located in
Island Hall. in charge Of Miss
Anna Dawes"
Goat alley was becoming
hog alley 100 years ago, ac-
cording to a letter to the
editor of The Star on
March 8, 1850. 1t said: THE
hog nuisance is as intolerable
as the authorities seem to be
inexorable and impotent on
the subject. They have been
appealed to in vain, again
and again. I hope the hog
catchers will Immediately,
while the grunters are at
work in this rain-wash
weather, make a clean sweep
if they ever cam of Square
440 Goat alley), which is a
perfect hog menagerie.-
(Signed) Sufferer"
A harsh way Of dealing
with recalcitrant children 100
years ago was revealed in an
item in The Star March 5.
1860. 1t reported: Conrad
Remberg, a boy of about IA
years Of age, was taken before
Justice Dom this morning.
by his stepfather, upon the
charge of assaulting and
beating his mother. The boys
face was scratched and
bruised, and it was evident he
had been fighting some; and
the cut lip Of his stepfather
indicated he had been In the
fight. The wish Of the legal
guardian was to have him
sent to Jail until he could be
bound out to q strict master,