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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-23

Denoon. of Michaux. Mr.. and
Mrs. Aubrey Denoon, of Rich
mond, Mr.. and Mrs. Snead De-
noon and son. Of Powahtan. Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Stratton and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Denoon, and family and Esten
Denoon, of Clayville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montell Cole and
family. Of Richmond, and Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Palmore. of
Powhatan1 visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Palmore Sunday.
Milton Cole, Of Richmond, was
a visitor there.
Mrs. P. L. Duncan, Jr. and
son. of Lakeside Village. visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. j.
Willis Sunday.
Geroge Hamm, Of Calverton
in Fairfax County and Wilfred
Stokes. Of Richmond, spent
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. W.
I. Stokes, and hunted some.
Mrs. w. H. Smith is spend
ing the week in Richmond with
her nephew, Conway Crews, Jr
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Duke
and family, and Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Hatcher and family were
supper guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
B. w. Wilburn, Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-23

DILLWYN. Dec. y The Dill
wyn P-TA met Monday night.
The meeting mas been postponed
from their guar meeting
time, becagGe of nclenlent
weather. A program of Christ
mas music was presented bE Il 4
dents from Ms J. II. Bur
roughs and Ms A. Laurie Pitts,
Jr's sixth grades. John c. Nor
gan. j.. princi al showed the
group a film strip entitled.
Christina around tho World. :
Mrs. j. r. Sacddx. Jr. Was iii
change Of refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. @ D Calhoun.
Of Lofton. were Saturday night
dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
R j H. Grow.
Guests Of Miss AIargare
Elan last Sunday were Mrs.
Willie Elan. Mrs. Louise Smith.
and Mn and Mrs. Russell Shep-
herd, Of Richmond. They also
visited IN the homes Of Mrs
David Harris, Of Gravel Hill
and OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Stone, Of scottsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. F Q, Williams
were Sunday guests Of MI. and
Mrs. Fred G. Williams and their
family in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. SINNERS Max
ey and their daughter, ELAINE,
and Mrs. Cora Bavlock. Of Rich
nond, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Maxey.
DR.. and Mrs. N. NJ. McClung
and their children, Of Athens
Ga, arrived last week end to
spend the holidays with Mrs.
McCluag' S parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph S. Raiuey.
The Woman's Society Of
Christian Service Of The Browns
Chapel Methodist Church held
their annual Christmas meeting
party last Tuesday evening. A
Christmas program WIS held al
Browns Chapel on Wednesday,
December q with a tree for the
children Of the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin c. Goode
and their family and Mrs. John
Carton attended the James Riv-
er Baptist carol sing at Bethle-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-23
ProgramOfChristmas
NusicPresentedP-TA

hem Baptist Church last Sun.
day.
Capt. and Mrs. NJ S. Grow
and their children. Stephen and
Kathy Lynn. arrived in the Uni
ted States from Germany, De
cenber IS to spend the holl-
days. Capt Crow is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. H. Grow OF
DillWyn.
Dr.. and Mrs Garland Dyches
visited with Dr. Duches' mother
n Glover. last Sunday
MIS-. W. A. Shepard. Of Bilm-
nghan. Ala returned home
Wednesday after spending ten
days as the guest Of MI. and
Mrs, r. j. H. Grow.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-23

PRINCE Edward scadeys Future Homemakers Of America
will Christmas real of family
who recently lost their fire The students brought
mended, and in
altered them before gift boxing Also rounded the family
and Christmas stocking for each
smaller children gingerbread baked the
delivery. Here chapter members
putting finishing touches of items.
Evening star., 1960-02-07
By HARRIET CRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

according to letter in 1948 Phila-
delphia Museum of Art Catalog which
Miss Baker likes to quote to her students.
Il have always tried to hide my own
efforts and wished my works to have the
lightness and joyousness of springtime
which never lets anyone suspect the
labors it has cost" the French painter
wrote. He was apprehensive that the
young seeing only the apparent facility
and negligence of drawing, would use
this as an excuse to avoid the SLOW and
painful preparation" he considered in
dispensable.
At American University, where she
is associate professor of art, Miss Baker
teaches freshmen from choice, along
with some graduate students
Il think it is important that students
get thorough grounding in the use of
paint and in drawing" she explains.
They have to know something about the
chemistry of paint, and how canvas ex-
pands and contracts"
Miss Baker was born in Memphis.
the daughter of a country newspaper
man whom she describes as the most
impractical man I've ever known
When was 10 or II, my mother told
my sister and me there was no money for
college, and that we'd have to win schol-
arships," she recalls. so we won them"
IINGTON d C.. FEBRUARY Z, 1860
Evening star., 1960-02-07

GARAH BAKERS paintings, like the
~ artist herself, are individuals
My paintings belong in homes"
she says. They don't look too we'll in
galleries. unless it's one-man show, be-
cause they're quiet. They are intimate,
sensitive to color.
But in houses, they look right"
Miss Baker, on the other hand, might
be called something of a catalyst Among
her favorite activities are the informal
seminars that take place at her restored
pink house on New Hampshire avenue.
About IS students, young painters,
come to talk" she explains. Il have cof-
fee and they bring food and we just sit
and discuss various things that relate to
the arts.
My own art student days were so
free. These kids have college work to do.
Sometimes they don't get to know one
another or discuss things. An exchange
of ideas is important.
AT times, l ask older painters or
sculptors to come. Sometimes we have
an argument. All sorts of things have
happened. People have gotten better
jobs, and two got married"
Miss Baker was living in Paris lin
the widest part of the l92Os,' and was
hailed by her teacher there as young
Matisse."
Evening star., 1960-02-07
An Abstract Artist Turns Objective

Since the age of4, she had been draw
ing things she had seen. In her second
grade, someone put up goldenrod for
the pupils to draw.
Il still couldn't read or write" she
says. Il had problem of being very
left-handed. But would draw the letters
so they looked like everybody else's.
painted the goldenrod in little dots.
The art supervisor came in and said,
This child is an impressionistr They
wrote story about me and hung the pic
ture in the library.
Il was always in the dog-house.
used to draw the honor roll, but was
never on it,"
The family subsequently lived in
Baltimore, where Miss Baker went to
the Maryland Institute at night on a
scholarship. She then won scholarships
to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, and to travel in Europe.
She spent IS years teaching at Bryn
Mawr and st. Timothys Schools in Bal
timore before going on to American Uni
versity, where she began in 1945 with Is
students of her own choosing. She now
has about go
In another two years or SO, Miss
Baker hopes to retire from teaching
Then she will devote her full time to
painting.
Evening star., 1960-02-07

Il was doing cubism then" she re-
calls. Il came back to Washington full
of Picasso and Matisse."
There wasn't much going on in the
field of modern art here, though. AS
matter of fact, she was asked to stop
talking about it to students at gallery
where she worked because it upset"
them. She and another artist were writ
ten up as degenerate painters"
1t is perhaps typical of her indivi-
dualiSm that the various movements
in art have tended to find Sarah Baker
out of step with her colleagues. She has
turned out successful distractions, but
now paints effectively.
The current abstract-expreSsioniS
painting she believes, is perfectly valid
as a transition movement through which
established painters achieve more free,
romantic expression. She considers
it a bad influence, however, on young
painters.
When Oackson) Pollack dropped
paint on his canvas, he was welltrained
artist and knew where to drop it," she
explains But when this particular
movement drifts out, the young painters
will have to go back and learn such
things as how to draw and use paint"
Matisse one of the greatest masters
of modern art, himself feared as much,
SITNDAY THE STAR MAGAZINE W
Evening star., 1960-09-23
Master Plan
For Rockville
etsApprovuI

|. A master plan for the de-
velopment of Rockville, Nd.
was approved unanimously by
the city planning commission
last night.
The plan will be used by the
city council as a guide in ruling
on coming requests and anneXa-
ton proposals.
Three copies of the revised
plan will be available at city
hall in about three weeks.
The only major change in the
plan as proposed last March
was an increase in the use of
industrial park zoning.
The plan. prepared by the
planning commission and four
consulting firms, provides for
Rockville'S growth through
1880. 1t emissions a popula-
ton increase from the present
$4,000 to $4,000 and an increase
in area from the present Z
square miles to IA square miles.
The Federal Government
paid half of the SIS. 800 cost of
the master plan.
In other business the COM
mission approved a proposed
six-year $3.5 million capital
improvement program.
Several residents requested a
referendum on the capital i'm
provement program before ap-
propriations are made.
Leslie M. Able. a commission
member, said the program is
only a suggestion to the city
council and that referendum
request should be made to the
council.
Evening star., 1960-09-23
Mother Stubs
3 Children,
Cuts Wrist

A Washington housewife
stabbed three of her four chill
dren in the chest this morn
ing while they lay in bed, and
then cut her own wrist, police
reported.
The mother, 80, and chill
dren, aged /, 2 and 8, were
treated at District General
Hospital. Doctors there said
none was in serious condition,
and all would be released.
Police said the mother, who
lives in the 100 block of STAN
ton terrace Sc, would be
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon.
The oldest son, who is 10,
was not harmed. He said his
mother stabbed each of the
three children while they were
still in bed about TAO am. He
said that his father had gone
to work as a truck driver.
He also told police that his
mother had previously spent
80 days in District General
Hospital for a nervous con-
dition."
Evening star., 1960-09-23
. r. w. Powers
Is IsAppointed
CircuitJudqe

Ralph w. Powers, a Hyatts-
vile attorney, was appointed q
Judge of the Prince Georges
Circuit Court yesterday.
Mr.. Powers. SO, was named
by Maryland Gov. Tawes to fill
a vacancy created by the death
on August 81 of Judge John r.
Fletcher. The new judge was
recommended to the Governor
last week by the county bar
association.
A resident Of the county most
of his life and Democrat, Mi,
Powers served in the Maryland
House of Delegates from 1886
to 1912. He is a past president
of the county bar and a former
vice president of the State bar,
The new judge said he plans
to close his law Office at 5000
Baltimore boulevard, Hyatts-
vile. He probably will begin
hearing cases at the opening of
the new court term on Octo-
ber |,
Evening star., 1960-09-23

yards Of black-and-whita silk
drapes that close the dome 10
Massachusetts, avenue traiflc.
A flip of a button and they
ripple back to reveal to passers-
by a gray-pillared room with
oval conference table and red
leather chairs.
Outstanding features of the
Office building are the library
and ambassadors office-a 33-
by 19-foot room lined with
walnut panelling and a desk
topped with Tinos green marble.
The building, the largest
single building ever erected by
the British Ministry of Works
outside Britain. cost $3.4 mil
lion. Much of the material
came from England.
Labor Costs Cited
The entrance hall walls are
faced with marble from a
quarry at Swanage, Dorset.
Much Of the furniture and cur
tain material came from
London.
Admitting that this was In
part to show British crafts
manship. Mr.. Bedford also in
dicated that "the labor cost in
England is about third
cheaper so it was better to
bring things from England in
the long run"
Mr.. Bedford and Mr.. Bryant,
commuters from London to
Washington for the past two
years, will appear at tomor-
rows ceremony and will take a
last look at their product before
returning to England.
We'll go back Thursday for
good, I'm sorry to say" said
Mr.. Bryant.
Evening star., 1960-09-23
Second Drowning
Victim Is Found

Bodies Of both the men who
drowned in the Potomac River
below Little Falls Dam last
Sunday have been recovefed.
Glen Echo fremen found the
body Of the second victim. Ray
mond Lambert, 10, of 209 E
street NV, Wednesday after
noon, less than "a hours after
recovery of the body of Army
Sergt. Ireland johnson, 80, of
1910 North Courthouse road,
Arlington.
The two men were swept into
the swirling waters below the
dam after their f1at-bottom
outboard boat went over the
dam and overturned in 25-foot-
deep water.
A third man, Orville Work
man, 90. of 307 North Howard
street, Alexandria, brother-in-
law of the Lambert youth, was
rescued,
Evening star., 1960-09-23
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
TV Magazine Debuts
In The Sunday Star

NEW FROM COVER TO COvER-This Sunday The
Star brings you the first issue of it's new compact
pocket-Size TV Magazine. All new from cover to
cover printed on hgh-quality paper TV Magazine
Will contain more pages of magazine color, more TV
news and personality stories plus listings for all
channels for the entire week in streamlined easier
to-read style.
PAPERBACK REVOLUTION Because the paperbound
book is revolutionizng the reading habits of the
Nation, The Star this Sunday brings you special
16page tabloid section devoted to discussion of
their present and future role in our modern life
AWAY FROM 1T ALL AT HATTERAS-If you like sand
Dunes turbulent seas, and soaring skies, Carolinas
Outer Banks are the place for you Jim Birchfeld
brings you picture story of the famed land where
ocean, sea and sky meet, in SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine
TEEN-AGE FRONTIERSNIEN-Two Northern Virginia
teen-agers took summer jobs in Alaska as lumber
jacks land gold Planners on the side. The story of
their adventures on Americas last frontier Is told
in TEEN Magazine.
HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS-The Star this Sunday
presents in the travel pages another "Stes of War"
story designed to help those who want to visit and
know more about Civil War points of interest This
Sunday, you're taken to Gettysburg where the high
tide of the Confederacy broke heart rendingly on
the slopes of low ridge.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-09-23

dent Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. The
association was the chief spon-
sor Of the enabling legislation.
Used in 20 States
Mr.. Pritchard said that the
licensing and bonding of COL
lection agencies would protect
not only the merchants but
the public as well. At least %
States now have these regula-
tions.
Mr.. PritChard cited some re-
ported incidents of fraudulent
practices by the collection
agencies.
From their comments, how
ever, most of the members of
the council appeared to favor
Mr.. Ilgenfritz's viewpoint that
she merchants should protect
themselves by being more care
full in selecting a reputable
collection agency to handle
this work.
The council, after debating
the matter, finally decided to
table the whole thing until city
officials complete a study of the
Districts licensing regulations.
When this will be, nobody
knows. The study has been go
ing on now for about two years.
Evening star., 1960-09-23

avenue NE, attempting to rape
the housewife and stealing her
wristwatch.
The pleas were entered in
District Court before Judge
Henry A. Schweinhaut, who re-
ferred the case to the probation
office for investigation pending
sentencing for which no date
was set.
Williams pleaded to the
lesser charge of second degree
murder in a count that had
accused him of first degree
murder in the death of the
little girl.
Assistant United States At
torney Victor w. Caputy point
ed out that the maximum
penalty for second degree mur-
der is life Imprisonment. Mr..
Caputy also pointed out that
the maximum penalty for each
of the other counts-house-
breaking, assault with intent
to commit rape and robbery
is a term of 5 to Is years.
Counts which accused Will
liams of raping the little girl
and killing her while COM
mitting rape are to be dis
missed at the time he is SEN
fenced on the other charges.
The child, who lived in the
600 block of Morton place NE.
was found dead by police early
on the morning of February 7.
She had been missing from her
home since the night before.
3-Year-Old With Body
With her at the time was a
3-year-old girl who was found
suffering from shock. She was
taken to a hospital for treat
ment.
A charge accusing Williams
of taking indecent liberties
with the 3-year-old child also
is scheduled to be dismissed at
Evening star., 1960-09-23
ECHO WILL APPEAR
ONCE TONIGHT

The Echo I balloon satel-
lite will make one pass
which may be visible in
the skies over Washington
tonight, the National Aero
nauticS and Space Admin
iStration said today.
Weather permitting, the
the bright object may be
seen at 7:54 pm, in the
south. % degrees over the
horizon, going southeast.
Evening star., 1960-09-23

W. .. bryant SalQ, were DONG
a lot of building like this one
now. The general tendency
that we're traditionalists is
quite wrong. It does take time
to acclimatize. though. The
British are not used to it yet.
I must say the Americans are
accepting this building much
better than. the British press. "
Rather RestfuI"
Chief Architect Eric Bedford
said, 1T is in general, a utility
hall - for meetings, cinema
shows. cocktail parties and SO
on. The wooden wall at the
back is movable and reveals
a small space for a committee
room or bar.
I'VE hope the general char
acter of the building is rather
having a flavor Of its
own, but not in any way over
powering the buildings next
door"
The Offices will bring back
under one roof a working staff
OF over 500 Britishers previ-
ously scattered in temporary
buildings.
We've taken down those
awful things put up during the
war;" said Mr.. Bedford in obvi-
GUS glee, referring to the new
building erected on the site of
demolished temporary build
ings.
Standing nearby is the staid
brick chancery, built 29 years
ago, which will continue to
house the British government
staff.
The dome Conference Hall,
attached to the rest of the new
office buildings by an airy en-
trance hall, seats $50.
Ultramodern Othellos. Cleo
patras and other Shakespearean
characters march across $50
Evening star., 1960-09-23

THE 1860 CENSUS indi-
Gates that, with a few excep-
tions, each of the 435 men,
bers will represent more than
100000 citizens. The excep-
tions are due to the fact that
some States-Nevada, Yer
mont, Wyoming, Alaska
have fewer than 100000 p9-
sons, and each State is en-
titled to at least one member
in the House.
AS to those bathroom ques-
tions, Conrad Taeuber, the
bureaus top population eX-
pert, assured the Rambler
that they were not suggested
by Kohler of Kohler or
United States Standard Sani-
tary, but by planners inter-
ested in slum clearance.
Mr.. Taeuber would like to
ask other questions. In Can
ada, for instance, census tax
ers ask "origin?" Canadians
whose ancestors came to
Canada more than 200 years
ago answer France" More
recent arrivals answer Eng
land, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Poland, Germany,
etc"
Our census merely asks,
Where was this person
born?"
1t also asks, "Is this per-
son white, Negro, American
Indian, japanese, Chinese,
Filipino, Hawaiian, part Ha-
waiian, Aleut, Eskim o,
(etc.) ?"
Mr.. Taeuber promised that
right after he finished work.
ing on the report to the
President he would let the
Rambler know how many
persons had been listed un-
der "(etc.D?"
- regrets that the ques-
UIun Of the citizens religion
has never been asked across
the Nation by the census
taker. All the statistics as
to the religious divisions in
our States which the politi-
cal writer's have been citing
have been complied by the
census efforts of the churches
concerned.
Evening star., 1960-09-23

Oul lllS uloCuoSlOIl Oll WllEGllSI
the Commissioners should
adopt licensing and bonding
requirements for collection
agencies.
A law giving the. Commis-
sioners the authority to re-
quire bonds of licensed collec-
ton agencies was passed by the
last Congress. These agencies
are not now licensed in Wash
ington, but the city has the
authority to impose this re-
quirement.
Opposes Proposal
Today, Mr.. Ilgenfritz told the
citizens group that he does not
favor requiring licensing and
bonding for the approximately
80 outfits in the city that collect
overdue bills. He argued that
the proposed regulations would
chiefly benefit the merchants
and that need has not been
shown for their adoption.
The city'S licensing require
ments are supposed to protect
the health. welfare, and safety
of the general public, Mr.. Ilgen-
fritz explained. Licensing COL
lection agencies does not fall in
this category. he said.
Speaking in favor of the pro-
posed regulation was E. A.
Pritchard, executive vice presi-
Evening star., 1960-09-23
Negroes Score
InAChievement
Still Below Norm,
State Tests Show

RICHMOND, Sept. 23.-
Classroom achievements of Vir-
ginia's Negro students are run
ming ahead of their capabili-
ties, test results presented to
the State Board of Education
showed today.
According to the tests, the
Negro students are far below
national norms, but their
achievement scores are above
their ability scores, particularly
at the high school level.
White children, on the other
hand, scored achievement re-
suits more nearly in line with
their abilities. The white chill
dren generally exceeded the ma
tional median.
Board Member Gladys v. v.
Morton emphasized that the
comparisons were made to ma
tional norms. which include re-
suits Of tests given both white
and Negro children.
Explains Comparison
A. L. Wingo, co-ordinator of
research, guidance and testing.
admitted this situation distorts
the results to an undetermined
extent but would tend to show
Virginia's white children some
what higher and the Negro
children lower than the national
medians, based on both races.
Mr.. Wingo was asked why the
combined results of white and
Negro children were not COM
puted for comparison to the
national figures. His answer was
that such a comparison also
would greatly distort the results.
Mr.. Wingo said the tests were
given to all of the 822, 900 chill
dren in Virginia schools of
which 202 ,000-or about Is per
cent-are Negroes. Based on
latest census figures, Mr.. Wingo
said it can be presumed that
Negro school enrolment ma
tionally is about II per cent of
the total.
Thus, he reasoned, an overall
comparison between Virginia
and the national picture would
be matching enrollments with
Is and IL per cent Negroes,
respectively.
Scores Are in Line
Generally speaking, ability
scores for white elementary
pupils approximate the national
scores" Mrs. Morton reported.
Achievement test scores for
these pupils are generally in
line with their ability test
scores.
The ability test scores for
Negroes are substantially below
the national scores, but their
scores on achievement tests ap-
proximate or exceed in some in
stances their ability scores.
Scholastic ability scores for
white high school pupils gen.
orally exceed national scores by
a considerable margin. With
a few exceptions. the achieve
ment test scores for these pu-
pills are as high, or somewhat
higher, than their ability test
scores.
Ability test scores for Negro
high school pupils are Substan-
TALLY below national scores.
With only one or two excep-
tions, however, the achievement
test scores exceed then ability
scores by a significant margin"
Evening star., 1960-09-23

the time of sentence on the
charges to which Williams
pleaded guilty. Williams was
represented by Denis K. Lane.
Williams, according to police,
had been at the home of the
5-year-old girl playing cards ON
the evening she disappeared.
1t was early the next morning
that the two little girls, one of
them dead, were found in the
vacant house.
Williams was arrested by
police in the basement of a
building in the 100 block of
Morse street NE, where he
formerly had lived.