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Smyrna times., 1961-07-27

the power for a l21s k w dyn-
amo, which in turn furnishes
the current for both the Overall
and Underwear mill. This in
cludes over SIS sewing machines
besides the pressing and iron-
ing department. There are 35
machines in the Underwear De-
partment, which as above not
ed, is to be increased to so,
and 20 machines in the Overall
Department. The current also
supplies the light for both mills
in which some thirty l6-candle
power lights are in service.
MIR. ]. Fletcher Truax is on
a business trip to Buffalo, N. Y.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward LAM
bert and children, of Easton,
Pa, have been visiting Rev.
and Mrs. George w. Burke.
Mrs. E. w. Stevens of Dov-
er, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas H. Coverdale.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27

culture has published a bulletin
titled "Family-Farm Records. l."
! 1t gives pointers on how to
keep food farm business rec
ords, for the operation of a
typical family farm, McAllister
says.
For the majority of family
farms a system of record keep
ing based on a foundation of
five kinds of business records
is re com m ended. These five
kinds of records are: Documen-
tary records, balance sheets,
sales and purchase records, end
of-year summaries, and produc-
tion records.
On most farms all of these
records can be kept by the
| farmer or some member of his
family; there is no need to go
to the expense OF hiring an ac-
countant or bookkeeper, accord
ing to McAllister.
Because no two farms or
farmers are alike, a first con-
sideration in setting up an ac-
counting system for the farm
is to decide what is wanted
from the records kept. Usually,
farm records should at least
provide a basis for computing
net income and equity in the
business, ror preparing income
tax returns, and for finding
strong and weak points in the
business.
A free copy of the publica-
ton ''F a mily-Farm Records" !"
Farmers Bulletin No. 2l67, may
( be obtained from your County
Extension Agent or Bulletin Of
flee, Agricultural Hall, Univers-
| ity of Delaware, Newark, Del
aware.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
A 1V YEARS AGO
Taken From Our Old Files OF Corresponding Week

Smyrna will play Wyoming
at Smyrna on Saturday, July 20.
The game will start promptly
at 3 o'clock and will be played
in Jeffersons' lot. This team is
one of the fastest Smyrna will
be up against this year, Wyom-
ing having defeated the strong
teams of Camden, FELTON,, Dov-
er, etc. If the attendance at
this contest proves satisfactory
from financial standpoint
Smyrna will endeavor to secure
some good players and arrange
games with the clubs represent
ing Harrington, Camden, Dover,
Wyoming, Newark and War
wick. The admission will be
only twenty-five cents, so come
out everybody and help the
boys along.
On Saturday afternoon, as
Mr.. S. T. Swettman, a we'll to
do fisherman of Blackbird Creek,
was hauling homeward a quar-
ter barrel of beer which to keep
cool he had packed in ice and
inclosed in a sugar barrel, the
wagon broke down near the
Catholic Church and he left it
there to go and get another
wagon. While he was gone
some dry individual stole the
whole outfit" barrels and all,
And Mr.. Swettman was mad,
very mad and no wonder! 1t
would seem that it must have
taken more than one worship
per of Gambrinus to have done
the trick. Mr.. Sweetman in his
wrath offered Chief Hilyard, of
Middletown, a $40 bill if he
would catch the theft or thieves.
Naturally "Barkis was willin"--
but as yet he has not earned
the juicy yellowback.
While preparing breakfast on
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27

a gasoline stove at about eight
O'Clock this morning, fire broke
out in the double property of
Mrs. William H. Murphy on
Smyrna Avenue midway be-
tween Smyrna and Clayton and
destroyed building and contents
at a total loss of over $1,000.
The contents on the first floor
of the property were saved but
the flames spread with such
rapidity that the second story
contents were entirely consum-
ed. Mrs. Murphy was obliged
to make her escape out of the
window on the porch roof and
was helped down by friends. In
a short while the building was
reduced to ashes as it was ut
terly impossible with a bucket
brigade to do any good. The
residence of her daughter, near
by known as the old DR.. Tul-
'lege property, was saved by
careful and persistent work.
On Saturday next, the Under
wear and Overall Factory of
the Demarvia Manufacturing
Company and the Overall Fac
tory, of which Charles P. Thorn
ley of this town, is general
manager, will shut down for re-
pairs as well as to give his
employees and operators a
weeks vacation. During next
week and in the near future a
cement floor will be laid in the
engine room, and about 25 new
machines installed in the un-
derwear department. Two weeks
ago Mr.. Thornley, installed a
28-horse power gasoline engine
to replace the 15-horse power
steam engine, which was made
quate for his growing business.
This handsome Ohio Engine,
which runs like a top, generates
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27

Mrs. Sarah Cotton of Lans-
downe, Pa, is visiting G her
granddaughter, Mrs. Glenn S.
King and MIR. King.
MIR. and Mrs. /. H. Merrill
have returned from a motor trip
through the mountains of Penn
sylvania.
MIR. and Mrs. John w. Jac-
obs, Jr., and family have moved
into the home on west Com
merce street recently vacated
by Mr.. and Mrs. Lands Wilson
Mrs. George Boehmler and
Mrs. Joseph Ennis entertained
twenty at a bridge luncheon on
Friday at Mrs. Ennis's home,
"The Gables" The color scheme
of green and yellow was used
throughout the affair.
Mrs. Robert D. Hoffecker re-
turned today after a two weeks
visit at Bar Harbour, Maine,
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Hof-
fecker.
Mrs. Ernest Rowland is visit
ing Mrs. Harry L. Grier at her
cottage at Slaughter Beach.
MIR. and Mrs. John Fearon
have returned from a weeks
visit in Cape May, N. ].
MIR. and Mrs. William Bell and
daughter, Mary, of Williams
port, Pa, are spending two
weeks with Mr.. Bells parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Rowland Bell.
Smyrna times., 1961-07-27
Farmers Urged
To Keep Business
Farm Records

The successful farmer of the
COS must apply business meth
DDS to the business of farm
ing, says w. t. McAllister, farm
management specialist, Univer-
,sity of Delaware. A farmer will
be as much as a businessman
as the local banker or merch-
ant.
In keeping with this trend,
the U. S. Department of Agri-
Evening star., 1961-12-24

know he meant to be your bear Washington? It's
better they don't know they aren't disappointed
because one child is good the next anyway And
they all love bears Even if they've And
this little boy most certainly had In fact
he had never had toy I mean real toy made by
brownies at the North Pole. His family lived way away
They lived in very small house made with mud and
grass But they loved their little boy He would go
to school for the first time The neghbors all build
ing school together . and in the meantime all the
parents teaching their children some important
things you shouldn't have go to school to learn like
being quiet when grownups talk and not taking things
that don't belong to you.
"Saro" said the father when the boy-whose name
actually, Saro-came in from the field "Saro! Where
did you get that?"
"This?" inquired saro looking down at the who
dangled happily from his clenched right hand.
That" said Saro's father.
It think this is bear" said Saro.
Eyes, know" said saro's father. where did you
steal it?"
saro's father knew right away he'd said the wrong
hing-not only by the way Saro mother knet by saro
but by the way Saro looked at him.
Well you could hardly blame Saro's father either 1t
could safely be said that there had been teddy
bear within five thousand miles of their home Surely it
belonged to passing traveller.
But you know this ordinary traveller 1t
Santa And though Saros father let Saro take the
bear to bed with him that night for the soundeSt sleep
the two of them ever had-Santa wasn't getting any
sleep, believe
He had just dismissed his investigating committee
for incompetence-and burning midnight whale oil
1t appeared the bear not anywhere to be found
not in the factory, or the house nowhere. Which
meant the brownies had indeed put it the sleigh. So
it must have fallen off Where? When? Ah yes-probaby
when the sleigh urched that time because of those
pranks at Cape Canaveral Yes he over Bandana-
land when that happened. Bandanaand, place he'd
vised-paty because nobody there had ever even
heard of him. never mind believed in him.
fallen
unused Santa sketching ring around the field that
belonged to Saros father You don't circle the earth
every year hundreds of years without becoming some
thing of a navigator, and Santa Of course is tops
Second Trip for Santa
"Bandanaland," he unused. Then he did something
he had never done in his life He got up put his boots
his slippers and went out into the outdoors-n
his nghtshirt mind you-with a thin cotton wrapper
and a stocking cap 1t one of those things you do
on impulse. If you're Santa. Most peoples impulse
would be to go to bed in weather like that But not
Santa. He had a small WaShingtonian on his mind.
Well he got very surprised Vixen out of her stall
and saddled her up An unheard Of thing, saddling
Evening star., 1961-12-24

drifting down down through the darkness into
the golden light of sunset the far side of the world
Smiling and unconcerned the bear fell and the green
earth rushed up fast The bear arrived Luckily it landed
in nice, big soft hayStack and bounced up about six
feet and came down again rolled three times
and stopped Stopped with its head resting on very
small shoe with sole the bottom but nice if dirty
little foot inside 1t little boys foot And there was
the little boys face looking down at the bear with
wonder and surprise and delight And there was the little
bears face looking at the little boy with relief Toys
aren't told where they're going So how was the bear to
Evening star., 1961-12-24
THE TOY THAT FELL
BY JAMES w. SYMINGTON
Contributing Writer

Have you ever wondered how all those toys Santa
has packed his sleigh keep from falling off? Well,
they don't mean they don't always keep from falling
off. One fell off once. You're going to hear about it
right now-if you're good and. quiet, that is.
1t happened recently. You can't blame Santa. Espe-
cally when you realize more people-mainly children
have been born in the last 100 years than born in
the previous 1000 thereabouts right back to the
The writer of this White House ode ond the 54yeor old
Of Msous enotor Suur Symneon He lives with his wife ond
two children at 509 Forty fourth NV.
first of all ChrStmaSeS That's lot of years And that's
lot of kids. So first Santa had to get bigger toy
bag-then one with elastic top-then Upper He
even had to get his sled done few times-more
trunk space stronger But every year and
toys. More and important that his brownies
pack the sleigh right.
Now, take those brownies. They're not perfect
They don't claim to be. They're just brownie beings
with all the merits and all the faults of brownie beings
and of that's why we love them. And that's why
Evening star., 1961-12-24

Santa forgives them-even when they make mistakes.
Like the you're going to hear about right
don't interrupt too much.
One day just before Christmas things in their
usual confused, hectic state up at the North Pole Sort
of like Mommy and Daddy just before vacation You
picture Santa-bouncing around with his big red coat
open showing his galuses huffing and putting and tell
ing his brownies to hurry up for goodness sake it's De-
cember 24th and you know what day that is!
Burned Up at His Brownies
Okay now there Santa with his coat unbuttoned,
his shoes united his galluSe fappng in the cold north
wind and with anything but twinkle in his eye. He
had fire in his eye Unless those brownies shaped up
he going to fire the lot of them. What you might
ask were the brownies doing, not doing, to make
Santa angry? Well, it's hard to know where to begin.
The brownies who supposed to get the sleigh out
of mothbas on December 23d for washing oiling and
checking of parts-had oversight So the sleigh wasn't
ready for Santa
And other brownies who were supposed to
bring in the reindeer and give them rubdowns had for
gotten what day it was and had gone fishing in the ice.
Santa, personally had to round up his own reindeer and
Santa is not a young man. Whew! He hadn't been so
mad since the time he caught some brownies reading
kids letters Nobody but Santa reads those leterS And
did those brownies scurry! And did they try
to make up for lost time So finally at just pm on
December oath the sleigh ready
Well, almost ready-like so many things if you'd
been there you probably would have it, You prob
ably could have told Santa that teddy bear sticking
out Oh, brother. A teddy bear sticking out. A
teddy bear you had special interest in Yes, you Why?
Because in your letter to Santa you had said and oh
yes bear" And this that bear! So if you'd been
there you'd have yelled Hey, santa-hey =. My bear
is !" But your voice would have been lost on the
cold north wind lost in the fapping of the harness.
the Snorting of the reindeer the beating of their hoofs
on the snow and the swish of the sleigh rising up up
and out into the night So couldn't have done any
good at all you could just have watched And if you
could have watched far enough you'd have seen it
happen
What do you think it's like driving a sleigh around
the sky these days? With SputnikS and rockets and
Evening star., 1961-12-24
TIE FELL
Christmas Story About Bear Small Boy, and You

aStronautS orbiting around everywhere It's menace.
But Santa had long learned to take human beings as
they and he kind of laughed he wondered what
they would be up to next since they about up
to the already Humans" he chucked to himself
And he deft with the eins and camed the reindeer
with his kindly gruf voceso they relaxed and flew
But then it happened. 1t Bandanaland,
and before Santa had made his first STOP 1t hap
pened when of those satellites went by-even brush
ing the seigh-Scarng Prancer and causing Bitten
stumble The sleigh lurched and Santa jerked the
rens and-it happened The toy fell. The bear that
sticking out worked its way all the way out and
tottered the edge of the toy bag balancing the
upper, smiling if it didn't know what happening.
Then it fell through the night sky tumblng
slowly over and over drifting down through the
stars down, down, ever down as high above, the
sleigh raced with Santa struggling with his reinS
unaware that toy had fallen.
But toy had fallen
A bear had fallen.
A bear meant for small Washington person Namely,
The bear didn't fall in Washington. 1t didn't even
fall in the United States Because Santa wasn't the
United States He over somewhere way away. And
back in your house you aSeep-and very confident
you would wake up and run downstairs into the
living room and jump and grab stocking off the
mantepiece, and reach in it and pull out bear But
that wouldn't happen now. mean all the things could
happen mentioned but you would not pull out bear.
Maybe some walnuts, a tangerne with soft spot,
and broken candy stick. But bear Pretty disap-
pointing to be frank about it, But you okay
because it hadn't happened yet and still asleep
So let's leave you sleeping and catch up on Santa.
Bad News From the Viewing Station
Just in the very darkest part of the middle of the
night he had gotten back to the North Poe and taken
off his boots and breathed his first deep breath He had
just opened his red coat-and though there
still frost the fur collar his vest and shirt and flannel
underShirt were wet-with perspration It's work being
Santa. So he was back. And his brownies
ever glad to see him. They took the reindeer out right
away for rubdowns and warmed oats They brought
Santa his wrapper They rubbed his feet They lit his
pipe They even ramped through the to the North
Pole viewing station to get the early reports This is
usually just formaity because usually nothing goes
wrong. But this time they brought back report that
certain someone in Washington would not get certain
bear Because that bear had made the trip to Wash
ington!
Well that was sad time for Santa He dismissed
his brownies so he could be alone And he paced the
floor of his study his wrapper and he read the report
and over, and there sadness in him. AS he
turned it in his mind, he remembered the very
house, and how the chimney bit in places
yes, and how he had thought momentarily something
missing but it late, and he had his rounds to
Evening star., 1961-12-24


your heart And he smiled. And he went back in the
house and scribbled note and put it by Saro
He did not take the bear. He just patted the bear
Then he put his finger by the side of his nose which
was more or less habit, and jumped out the window
right onto Vxens back and up, up and away, singing
Merry Christmas to a and better late than never"
and "I shall return!" and other variations and
jingling payfuly with Vixen's bells.
It woke Saro up And Saros parents, too But by
the time they ran to their windows Santa out of
sight 1t only when Saro started to lie down again
he his note.
It's not so important really what it said.
I'll just tell you this Saro may believe in
Santa But he will believe in YOU
Think of that Put that in your pipe and bubble it!
Now you didn't dream this-but you might. So
goodnight now-and remember somewhere way away
lives a little boy who believes in you.
Evening star., 1961-12-24

reindeer But Santa is Santa And Vixen eapt up obedi
enty-and scared into the night sky, and the
world What relief not to be Juggling that sleigh
1t was kind of fun actually. And sight to behold,
to look at for that matter When they
over Bandanaand Santa nosed Vixen down in gentle
Spiral-making timer and timer turns until he landed
as light as leaf right saros house top. There
no chimney, so Santa went in through little window
Saros window.
And there was Saro, with covers and no pajamas,
but just in his work Clothes and almost Just lying the
floor except there were some boards under him with
some cloth them. But in all his travels Santa
had never such a face such a happy face
such wonderful happy sleeping face of good boy
hugging something he liked lot a bear. Your bear?
Santa looked down at Saro and he fused with his
stocking cap and he Sniffed and he lifted the hem of
his nighShrt touched to his eyes, Because there
were tears there
Vixen getting worried Santa had never STAYED
so long in one place First she just somped impatienty
around the roof Then she graceful little bound
to the ground and peeked in the window Santa was
just in there thinking You know what he was thinking?
He was thinking What should do?" Here was prob
lem indeed But it was late, And Vxen's duty was to
get Santa back before dawn. So she tapped out a
message with her hoof Leave note and take the bear
to Washington"
Santa Gets Some Advice
Santa glanced again at Saro Then all of a sudden
he climbed out the window and looked up-way up-up
right up to Amerca-becauSe you know Santa can reav
see when he puts his mind to it. If you'd been watching
you'd have thought he looking help or something
"a little help maybe in making the decision he had to
make-looking for help from kind of small but
with pretty good judgment in matters of this kind
looking for someone like that with his keen bright blue
eyes. And then he just that someone.
Now who could that be?
Well it's getting late. I'll have to tell 1t you
Yes, you. You weren't aware of it. You weren't really
talking to him. Even though you could have told him
in minute that you would be okay, and not to worry
of tbnrn ne otbo IN
and many Christmases to But you weren't talk
ing In fact you still under the covers fast
aSleep-about to wake up on Christmas day.
But just by looking up at you Santa could really
tell what you would have said if you actually had been
Evening star., 1961-12-24

make and he didn't check his list and how he even
caught his trousers loose brick the chimney going
up Santa reached down to feel the slight tear place
then realized the brownies had put his trousers in
the laundry. The brownies! Didn't they put the bear
in the bag? Santa hated to miSrust his brownies but
it beginning to look like that's what happened The
situation called for investigation at least the ap
pontment of a committee
Well, you say, that parts all rght-but how about
the bear? Where did he fall to?
Remember how the bear fell? Slowly tumbling
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-27
Receipt OF Social Security Does
Not Mean You Can't Work Again

ability to work. your payments
and your family's s. will be con-
tinued for an adjustment period
of months after you recovered.
The recent change in the law
allows you to continue to receive
your benefit checks while you
are trying to work. The law in
tends to encourage you to at
tempt Standardization.
A disabled person should i'm
mediately report his return to
work to his nearest social Sc
curity district office. That office
is located at III Langhorne
Road. Lynchburg, Virginia or
you may contact your local rep
resentative who is at the Court
house in Farmville on Wednes-
day of each week at 1000 am.
and at the Courthouse in Buck
ingham on the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month at 1000
q m
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-27
CONTINUED from page u

tCOnLlnueQ from page ~
is Brenda Gay Thornton, "A. with
minor injuries.
No injuries were received by
occupants Of the third car in the
mishap. Occupants of the 1853
Rambler operated by LinWood
Preston Skinner, of CreWe, were
Mrs Skinner, and their daughter.
10 Ann, II. all of CreWe, and
Mrs. J. H. Dennis, of Cumber-
land.
Ambulances converged on the
scene from the Cumberland and
Powhatan rescue squads, Rose
Funeral Home of PoWhatan,
Doyne-Burger Funeral Home of
Farlnville, and Dickerson Flu
neral Home of Cumberland.
The body of James R. West,
Jr., was sent from Farmville to
Newport News for burial, that of
Mrs. Lorine Ritter to Radford for
burial, and that of Charlie Henry
Dawson to Lynchburg for burial.
The Cumberland accident push
ed the states highway fatality
total up to 359 compared to 342
a year earlier at the same date.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-27
School Rejection
Continued from page |

dent Of PECCA and head Of the
organizations board of dirnc-
tors which came up with the
decision to turn down the school
beard offer, gave only one rea-
son for rejecting the offer.
Overwhelming Sentiment
He issued the following pre-
pared statement to the press
while the Prince Edward
County Christian Association APP
preciateS this overture on the
part of the school board to help
alleviate a ma ty situation i'll
Prince Edward county. we were
compelled to decline the offer
because of the overwhelming
sentiment of the Negro citizens
against it." Mr.. Griffin declined
further comment on specific rea-
sons why the offer was fatty
refused.
However, in his letter to DR..
Smith, mailed Saturday after
noon, Mr. Griffin did say. I'VE
hope that public schools in the
couny will open in September
and offer our assistance to the
Prince Edward county school
board to the achievement Of this
end"
Mr.. Griffin letter said that
the association had given care
full and deliberate thought and
consideration to the school board
offer. He wrote Dr.. Smith, Il
am directed to advise you of
the association decision declin-
ing the offer" but offered no
reason for the decision.
Offer Exchanges
The school board offered VITA
the use Of the school buildings.
free with custOdial and janitorl-
al services and utilities pro
vided. and possible use of the
county owned busses on June IS.
Several days later the VITA.
which originally announced plans
for the summertime crash pro-
gram for Negro children, tossed
the offer back to the school
board, and said it was a matter
for determination by the citizens
of the county through their or
ganization, PECCA.
The VITA ruled that it could
neither accept or reject the Of
fer since the VITA program de-
veloped after an invitation to do
something for the children from
PECCA. 1t noted that VITA en-
tered into an agreement with