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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10

ne football team, III the midst
OF SprlEg practice. sweats under
fun uniform, as Stokeley Fulton
works them on another field.
The tennis ball adds its hollow
smack to the sound of birds
CHIPPING in the trees. The Tigers
are expecting great things from
their tennis team this year, so
it is no wonder that the players
are showing a great deal of Ell
thusiasm already.
As a group Of thinly clad ath-
lets heads for the woods, one
quickly remembers the arduous
training of the cross country
team. Coach Billy Franklin has
just sert them on a Wind-testing.
endurance trip cross country.
Other members of the track team
sail over the hurdles or with ap-'
parent ease take their laps
around the oval shaped track.
Wrestling is over. but even so
a few of the faithfuls gather to
work out in the close confines of.
the gym. keeping in condition, as
the sound of the basketball is
heard bouncing on the gym floor
overhead.
The sight of a solitary golfer.
practlcing his chip shots reminds
one OF yet another sport, popular
on the Hill and very beneficial
even after school days are over.
ASlce from the sports world, it
is obvious that it is spring as sew
eral groups of students loll
around in front Of the fraternity
houses. completely attired in
scant casual wear, sitting on
book. trying to absorb knowledge
the hard way.
1t is a pleasant scene, full Of
action, yet well planned and typi-
cal OF H-SC in the spring.
Returning from the campus, a
natty convertible, complete with
goods and a busted muffler is an
other sure indication of fair
weather. It's spring fever time,
if it doesn't snoWi
FISH ARE BITING
ASK any of the experienced
fishermen and they will tell you
that flatbacks are really biting.
Flatbacks are not a game fish.
but when YOU pull in a two
FOUNDER that has swallowed the
worm. You quickly forget what is
game fish ard what isn't. There's
nothing quite like catfish and
flatback.
E. M. Sonny Pairet and F..
L. Quisenberry have been rush
ing the bass season. and they
have brought back the goods to
prove it. They made two trips tc
Trice'S in the past two weeks
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
BY Thomas p. McElroy, Jr.

BY Thomas P. McElroy, Jr.
Many Of the birds found about
our lawns and gardens are cav
lty-nesting species bluebirds,
tree swallows, wrens, wood
peckers, chickadees, titnice,
crested flycatchers. purple mar
tins. and others. These birds, if
they are to stay and nest, must
have natural or man-made cav
tiles available for their use; they
will not resort to nesting on open
limbs as a substitute home.
The convenience Of steel fenc-
ing has all but eliminated the
old wooden fence posts that
once provided many homes for
bluebirds and house Wrens. The
practice of modern tree sur
gerry removes dead stubs, open
knotholes and natural crevices
from our garden trees. These
and similar practices. along with
our consistent desire to change
the landscape with bulldozers
and allied devices, has had ad-
verse effects upon many cavity
nesting birds. Fortunately. with
the desire and a little effort, we
can better this situation through
the use of nesting boxes.
Whether you plan to purchase
or build Your bird boxes, there
is one important rule to rem
ember- each box should be plan
ned for a specific bird. not
just for birds. The most &C
ceptable dimensions and styles
for nesting boxes have been
worked out scientifically over
long period of time. Your per-
centage Of occupancy will be
operation. Filing does not obi
gate. but il will qualify the farm
er for participation. Hix reminds.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
Otis Bradley Is Outstanding
Wrestler In MD Conference

Otis Bradley, a 100 ID. Hamp-
den-Sydney sophomore, walked
away with top honors in the Ma
son-Dxon conference wrestling
match, held at Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, March "a.
Bradley won the championship
in his class, which is next to the
heavyweights, and then was
chosen the Outstanding WreSt-
.er in the Mason-Dixon Confer
ence.
The honor was not an easy one
to win, as the competition was
very stiff. In the match, were
several wrestlers who had won
the championship for three
years in a row in their division,
as well as several boys who
upset defending champions.
The smooth moving Tiger
wrestler. who halls from Dan
VILE, opened the match by pin
ming Runkles of Western-Mary-
land in five minutes. IS seconds.
Moving on to the semifinals
Bradley beat Sher of American
University, 80.
Scoring in wrestling for the in
dividuals is based upon 2 points
for take down, 2 for a reversal,
three for near fall, and one for
predicament.
In the final match, Bradley
beat Carey 11-2 to take the d.
vision and with his superb per-
Torrance won the Outstanding
Wrestler trophy.
Art Matney, another Danville
boy. brought additional honor
to Hampden-Sydney as he won
the championship in the III Id.
class.
Big Tim Butler. of Richmond,
took fourth place in the heavy
weight dividion to round out the
scoring by the Tigers.
Hampden-Sydney placed sixth
in the match with 80 points. How
ever Stokeley Fulton was more
than pleased with the showing of
his squad. This is just the Sec
ond year of wrestling competi-
ton for the Tigers, and they
won as many championships as
any other team in the confer
ence. Baltimore U. and Ameri-
can U. also had two champions
while Johns Hopkins, Gallaudet
and Loyola had one each.
Where they beat us was in
depth" Fulton said. They
would take seconds and thirds,
while we just did not have the
Wrestlers to provide the neces-
sary depth
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
Golf Tournament
Set In GAINESVILLE

The seventh annual Amateur
Kinderton Invitational Golf Tour
nament, now recognized as one
Of the greatest golfing events in
the South. will be held Saturday
and Sunday, May 20 and 81 at
the Kinderton Golf Course in
ClarkSville.
wood Holt, tournament
chairman, has already begun
preliminary plans for this years
event, which he expects to be
the biggest yet, with two hundred
golfers virtually assured.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10

greatest if you adhere to these
time tested plans.
Wood is the best material for
constructing nesting boxes. 1t is
readily available and easily
workable. Also, it provides good
insulation from the hot sun as
we'll as adequate protection from
bad weather. Redwood, cypress
and western cedar are good
woods to use. They are especial
ly durable and will weather to
nice natural" color without
painting. Materials such as tar
paper. tin. and plastic are poor
substitutes for wood. They pro-
vide inadequate insulation and
have been known to bake" the
nestlingS.
Ventilation and drainage are
other features to build into
good bird box. Some small
openings or drilled holes under
the caves Of the roof will per-
NIT air circulation. One or more
small holes in the bottom will
dispose Of any excess water that
may enter during driving rains.
The box should open easily to
allow for cleaning after each
brood leaves the nest.
Next to selecting the proper
box, location is most important.
Failure to attract the desired
tenants is often traceable to i'm
properly located houses. Con-
trary to what we might believe,
most birds prefer box that is
located in open or semiopen
areas rather than one in the
dense shade of trees or shrubs.
There are, Of course. exceptions
to this rule, especially among
the Woodpeckers and chickadees
which are primarily woodland
birds.
Bluebirds prefer box mount
ed five to eight feet high on
post or pole in sunny areas.
FenceroWs. orchard and garden
borders are ideal locations.
House Wrens are not quite so
particular. While they favor sun
ny locations, they will accept
boxes placed about buildings and
shaded lawns. Tree swallows
like boxes six to fifteen feet
high on poles around ponds or in
open areas. Woodland borders.
orchards and partially shaded
lawns are good locations for
homes intended for woodpeck-
ers. cMckadees. t,tmce and
crested flycatChers.
More than 80 species Of birds
have accepted man-made nest
ing devices. Many Of these can
be attracted TO yards and gar
dens. A free leaflet on nesting
box designs is available from
the National Audubon Society,
1880 Fifth Avenue, New York %,
New York.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
Ladies' Duckpin
Bowling Result
BY Adele W. Cumbey

Home Furniture won in three
games from Baldwin's and in
creased their lead by one game
while Leggett' S won two and lost
one to Newberry's. Taylor-Forbes
won two and dropped one to
Dorothy May.
Home Furniture also captured
first place in highest team three
game set with a 1347 pinfall and
highest team game Of 466. Lee
Nell Ward rolled 299 for high
est individual three game set
while Linda McFadden took hon
ors in the highest individual
game set with a total of lis.
Nine ladies reached the magic
mark of 100 for recognition. They
were Linda McFadden us. Joan
Shumaker l07. Adele Cumbey
107. Lee Nell Ward 1876 and lo2.
Agnes McFadden l04, Kate Viii
lianlS l03. Roche Allen 1902, 10
Ann F'ulp 102, and Marge Huskey
102.
STANDINGS
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10

and brought back five nice bass
each time. They the bass weigh
between a pourd and a half to
three pounds each. One of the
days they (P. & O. went was
very poor as far as the weather
vas concerned, bat the fish did
not know the difference. They
used black Hawaiian wigglers,
which Sonny says are excellent
during the early spring. but rot
very good during the summer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
Feed Grain Plan
CONTINUED rrom page i,

VContlnued rom page y
IN them only interested farmers
are being asked to report. Char
lotte is one of the major produc-
ing counties, of which there are
n In these major areas every
farm is to report.
Thomas c. Hix. chairman of
the Prince Edward AsC. reports
that while the matter is only in
Dill form. it may be enacted If
the reports are received. a BRO
gram can be quickly put into
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
Pony League Boys Called To Meeting

Farmville and Prince Ed
ward county boys Is, IA and IS
years old interested in partici-
pating in a Pony League base
ball program are requested to
meet at Farnlville Memorial
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10
&e&ne Ne.vs
BY BILL WALL

anyone doubts that around the Hampden-
sydney campus Of the recent afternoons like Tuesday
Will quickly convince the doubtful of doubters
The baseball team working field
te trees this Sdener
OF Coach Bill Pegram and the players
peared to have caught the leisurely spirit spring.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-10

Armory at 2 pm, Saturday.
The session has been called by
adult leaders of the community
baseball programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-24
DEAR ABBY
Better Write Him off, Dear!
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

when we are out in public 1t
becomes embarrassing. How
can 1 stop him?
EMBARRASSED.
Tell this vacuum cleaner
with teeth" that unless he
stays out of other peoples
plates, you'll refuse to eat
out with him.
DEAR ABBY: Our hearts
are breaking with grief. Our
beautiful l6-year-old daugh-
ter ran away and got mar
ried. When they came to tell
us we said things in our hurt
and anger that we meant at
the time, but regret now.
They had promised they
would wait until she grad
uated from high school. We
had so much faith in them
that we kept our home open
to this man. We liked him so
much. He is over 81. Now we
don't even know where our
daughter is. She has quit
school. They won't even let
us apologize. The boy called
and told us to stop trying to
get in touch with them be-
cause they never want to see
us again. We just want to
know that our daughter is
we'll and happy. Sixteen is so
young. What can we do?
HEART-BROKEN.
Wait. Your daughter will
call you.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Int
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-24

DEAR ABBY: l was prac-
tically engaged to a college
boy of 10. l am Is. Every
thing was going along great
until l found out he had
been seeing two other girls.
I asked him to explain him
self but he didn't seem to
want to. so I told him we
were through.
l thought sure he'd call me
up and apologize. hut he
hasn't called me yet, and it's
been over two months. Should
I write him a letter and ask
him to call me? I think he
really wants me back but has
too much pride to call.
CONFUSED.
l doubt II he has too much
pride. He's probably having
too much fun. Don't write
him. Write him off.
=
DEAR ABBY: When my
husband and I dine out with
friends, he will frequently
say, Aren't you going to eat
your potato?" Or, IF you
don't want TO finish your
dessert, III take it." He is
always finishing up some
ones salad or steak, and be-
having like a human gar
bage pail in general. He is
an executive with a good
family background, so don't
tell me he doesn't know bet
ter. I don't mind his clean
ing up my plate at home, but
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-18
Whut's Wrong?

whats wrong with that
planning board?" asks Mr.. H.
A. Knapp.
That l couldn't answer, but
| can tell what is wrong with
his article-a scarcity of ne.
riods. Long sentences are not
easily read and understood.
Yet his piece contains at least
seven sentences with IS or
more words. The elimination
is the gigantic monstrosity
following the numeral 4. This
contains 116 words and sew
eral ideas for the reader brave
enough to search for them.
My suggestion to Mr.. Knapp
is a paraphrase of the neigh.
boring headline Developing
aoiilty 10 Write is a major re-
sponslbility.' / must admit we
are all sometimes guilty of
this mistake, but let's try for
reliability" as well as for
reading ability"
In contrast the Sentienl edi-
torials are always very read
able as well as intelligent in
content.
Carol HI. SPEECH
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-18
Byron's Column

The pulse of the public beats loud and
clear.
It's amazing DR.. Harold F. Briemyer,
president of the Board of Education, hasn't
heard it very well and doesn't seem to under
stand what little he has heard
DR.. Briemyer is quoted as saying: Il
can't help wondering what would have hap
pened if man had been put in space three
days earlier" He was talking about the
school budget cut of seven million dollars by
the County Council
He goes on to say that Board members
are particularly disconsolate at mot being
able to convince the County Council that
there is more to education than just teachers
and salaries"
He is quoted further: "In the future we
will have to be more aggressive about edu.
eating the public to the components of educa-
ton and building up receptivity to our
budget requests"
First Of all, the timing of the man in
space would have had very little effect on the
decision Of the County Council to cut the
school budget.
The County Council made no reductions
that would impair the countys educational
program. And many students of budgets are
surprised the Council did not cut more "fat"
from the school budget
The County Council - all seven members
- is very much aware of the fact that there
Is more to education than "just teachers and
salaries 1t has proven this time after time.
Dr. Briemyer thinks there should be
more aggressive program to educate the
public to the components of education and
building up receptivity to the school budget.
Officials of the school system need never
worry about building up receptivity to the
school budget if the school budget is pre-
pared with complete honesty and to meet the
actual needs of education
The public is, quite aware of various
groups who have one-sided interests in the
school budget. This is to be expected And
1t is not unusual for groups to have single
road that it travels. By the same token. there
are other groups who like to look at the
overall economic view of the county. They
are inclined to be more realistic and less emo.
nonai about various problems. This is the
reason so many business and civic groups
TOOK a more serious look at the overpower
ing school budget and came up with sound
ana intelligent recommendation.
The seven members of the Montgomery
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-18

County Board of Education are dedicated
citizens who serve with practically no pay.
They get small travel allowance.
These board members spend long hours
at the regular meetings school functions and
in various discussions with groups. They are
sincere in their efforts to do good job. And
they spend hours and hours on details that
they should not have to worry about.
1t is the responsibility of the School
Board to appoint Superintendent of Schools
who is capable of organizing an efficient staff
with sufficient ability to prepare detailed re.
ports and make recommendations. Then the
Superintendent could make his judgment and
pass it on to the Board.
This being true, the School Board is re.
sponsible for the school budget. And when
a member of the County Council finds a
gross error in the school budget, it naturally
shakes a few condolences. That is what DIR.
Briemyer meant when he said: Gwen the
most innocent statistical error harms our
position in defending our requests before the
Council"
DR.. Briemyer and his fellow members of
the School Board should have insisted on
more detailed job description in the present
budget, and as Dr. Briemyer points out, 1t
should be certainly done in the future
1t is time for the School Board to insist
on system of candor when questions of
public interest arise. There is no room for
subterfuge
When a problem is not met with com.
plete honesty and forthrightness, series of
misunderstanding begin. This happened In
the book episode. 1t also happened when
school officials tried to explain away the com.
pletely erroneous statement about the 1000
applications from school teachers. And It
happened once again recently when the Super
mtendent did not get complete and factuaI
report on the question of trampolines. All of
these incidents tend to shake the confidence
of the public. 1t would be far better for off.
Gals of the School Board to meet problems
headon, make fortnight decisions and then
forget them.
1t is the responsibility of the School
Board to evaluate the efficiency of the pres
ent school administration and to do what is
necessary to make it the best And then it
won't be necessary for the President of the
Board to say, 1--WE will have to be more ag.
gressive about educating the public to the
components of education and building up a
receptvity to our budget requests"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-18
y The Way
.A-@s@e ss e'as;ss.-s44s s. - ~ sa..ss.,ss
Celestial Horse Race

"Astronaut," oddson favorite to win the
Space Sweepstakes Series" was nosed out
again at the wire by challenger named
"Cosmonaut," in the second heat of the series.
Syndicate owners of the leading contender
are claiming for their sensation the title of
Fastest Horse in The World" The syndicate
has just released elaborate brochures. as part
of sales promotion campaign, to sell stock
in the owning corporation. Syndicate man.
ayers will retain SIG, and stock. after pur.
chase is non-transferable. Investor advisory
services are concerned that gullible prospects
may not realize that under rules of the ten.
heat series, the favorite is carrying double
weight and is not released from the starting
gate until the field is half way around the
track. This handicap applies only for the
first three heats, thereafter "Astronaut" will
run normally.)
Starting In 1916, with captured German
rocket experts Russia embarked on an ex.
tensive research and testing program leading
to the successful development of heavy
booster rocket motors. BY 1866 she had made
sufficient progress to decide that space
exploration program was feasible She also
knew that President Truman had pigeon.
holed his own Space Advisory Committees
program recommendations, and that the
Eisenhower Administration was just begin.
ming to take the matter seriously in 1855,
nine years late. At that point, Russias abiI.
ity to get Into space first was a virtual Ger.
tainty, and 1t was then that we were publicly
challenged to celestial horse race. Promo
nonal announcements for this race, all printed
In Moscow, emphatically stated that winning
would constitute final proof of chronological
superiority" Well, the track results to date
are well known. Russia won the first heat by
orbiting Sputnik in 1857. We came in close
behind with some forty light satellites of our
own, twenty Of which are still DRIFTING. Last
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-18
Letters to the Sentinel

and that they be started this
coming summer.
Perhaps some teachers could
be trained by Primary Day
School in their most success
full method. / would suggest
that the matter is most ur-
gent.
DR.. Whittier in the first
paragraph of his article states,
How children are taught to
read in Montgomery County
classrooms is a perennial ques.
ton of interest and debate for
our parents" Perhaps if DR..
Whittier would adopt unequi-
vocally the phonics approach
to reading, make this fact
known to principals, super
visors, teachers and parents,
and see that the policy is fol-
lowed, he could eliminate the
debate, establish confidence in
the schools, and retain the in.
terest. / think that both teach.
ers and children would profit.
A Conscientious Teacher