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Evening star., 1961-09-20
HURRICANE
Seoboord Prepares
For Esther's Fury

Mr.. Griffin said one ham ra-
dio operator on the coast said
"as far as he was concerned
it wasn't more than a normal
northeaster."
Thousands evacuated the Vir-
ginia and Maryland coast areas,
Esther, the seasons first
hurricane to menace the East
Coast, churned up wages SO
feet high as she labored past
the Diamond LightShip off
Cape Hatteras, known as the
graveyard of the Atlantic"
The 48-mile ocean highway
from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras
was under water. Hundreds Of
Outer Banks residents re-
fused to leave their fishing
villages and were marooned
when the rising waters blocked
escape roads.
+ As the storm swirled north
ward, alert State and civil
defense officials put emergency
plans to work. Many low-lying
costal areas were evacuated
Huge military and naval in
stallations were shut tightly.
New England Alert
Air bases on the seaboard
sent their planes inland.
The storm, labeled big and
dangerous" by the Weather
Bureau. apparently did little
damage in the rich. Eastern
North Carolina agricultural
region. The billion dollar flue-
cured tobacco crop already had
been harvested.
Preparations for meeting the
expected blow were intensified
during the night along the
coast from Virginia northward
Thousands already have fled
costal areas in the path of the
storm.
City, civil defense and mil.
itary officials in the New York.
New Jersey Connecticut metro.
politan area of some 16 millior
people-almost one-tenth of the
Nations population-urged cit.
izens to prepare for a possible
emergency.
New York City's Mayor Rob-
ert F. Wagner called an emer-
gency meeting of a host of city
agencies today.
I Civil defense officials in the
city had cots, blankets and fooc
in readiness, and 35 school.
were designated as temporary
shelters.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

aimed directly at the pencil
thin strand of land along the
coast.
Many city officials along the
coast backed up the Governor
Mayor A. B. Cooper Of Atlantic
Beach, a town a few miles from
Morehead City, said his call
for evacuation was mot a de-
mand but a very strong sug-
gestion."
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Outer Bonks Residents
Ride Out the Storm

CAPE HATTERAS. N. c..
Sept. 20 fAP). The folks
whose forebears have stood up
to three centuries of hurricanes
on North Carolina's Outer
Banks weren't going to be
chased by Hurricane Esther.
And they weren't. Even
though their Governor pleaded
that the long. thin strand Of
islands par2lleling the coast
line be completely evacuated.
Most of the natives on the
Outer Banks are from families
who have lived there two or
three hundred years." explained
grizzled, old Alpheus Drink
water, 86-year-old Associated
Press correspondent. Mr.. Drink
water lives at Manteo. an Outer
Banks outpost.
"They didn't leave said Mr..
Drinkwater of the natives. Nor
did Alpheus himself. He's
stayed at his post for so years
as A. p. correspondent.
But the touristS-the natives
cali them .the hi2hlanders"---
fled inland as Esther churned
northward offshore yesterday
and last night at times evident
" headed for the banks.
Even some permanent resi-
dents left. They and other
coastal-area residents packed
up and moved as far inland as
Kinston. N. c.. where they
lined up at motel and hotel
counters seeking rooms.
Even before nightfall yes
terday, wind-whipped tides
closed off roads which may
have been the last escape route
for the hardy folks who stayed
put on the Otter Banks.
Among island communities
stranded by rising hurricane
waters were Hatteras, Frisco,
Buxton, Avon, Waves, Rodan-
the and Whalebone. Each has
about 800 to 400 permanent
residents. Also marooned by
the high water was the lonely
Cape Hatteras lighthouse.
Mayor George. Dill Of More
head City, about 10 miles south
of Hatteras, said beach areas
were evacuated, except for po-
lice guards. but that it was de-
cided not to evacuate Morehead
City, hard hit by Hurricane
Donna on September IL, 1860.
Gov. Terry Sanford's plea for
complete evacuation of the
Outer Banks came at a time
when the great storm appeared
Evening star., 1961-09-20

retirement provisions Tor mem
bers Of Congress and legislative
employees.
OUTSIDE CHANCE There
is only one chance remaining
this year for the bill to permit
Federal employees to retire on
full annuities after 80 years
service at age S.. And it's an
outside chance at that.
The House has passed the bill
to provide nearly TOO more
super-grade and other high
salary Government jobs. The
Senate is due to approve a SIM
liar measure within the next
few days. There is a possibility
that the Senate will tack the
30-year retirement bill on the
super-grade measure.
But if the House balks. the
30-year provision would be
dropped until next year. All
concerned are agreed that no
dispute should be allowed to
block passage of the admins
tration'S strongly sought super
grade increase bill.
s. q
POSTAL PROMOTION DE.
LAY-The Post Office Depart
ment has delayed from October
81 to october % the date of its
examination among rank-and.
file postal workers for promo.
tionS to supervisory jobs.
7 CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Jerry
Kluttz of the Washington Post
and Francis McMenimen of the
Public Service Electric g. Ga!
Co. of Newark, N. j., will bt
the speakers at the luncheon Of
the National Capital Chapter
of the National Association Of
Suggestion Systems at 1871!
pm. Tuesday at the Occidental
Restaurant, 1411 Pennsylva.
MIA avenue NV. :. The Fedora
Conference on EmplOye Man
: agement Relations will NEE
from 9 to II am. Tuesday il
Room l19 of the Veterans Ad.
: ministration's main building
Evening star., 1961-09-20
HOUSE APPROVES
BUST IN ROTUNDA
FOR JOE MARTIN
By the Associated Press


The placement Of a bust
of Representative Joseph
w. Martin, jr.. Republican
of Massachusetts,, former
House Speaker and Repub-
lican floor leader, in the
rotunda of the Old House
office Building was au-
thorized today by the
House.
The House adopted a
resolution by Representa-
tive Morse, Republican of
Massachusetts,, to pay trib-
ute to Mr.. Martins 81
years of distinguished
service to the Congress and
the Nation"
Mr.. Martin was elected
to the 69th Congress from
Massachusetts, 14th Dis
trict in 1924, and to each
succeeding Congress. He
was elected minority leader
in the 18th to the 85th
Congresses except the 80th
and 83d, in which he was
elected Speaker.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

complete their vote on contract
ratification by october 8.
Asked what would happen
in the case Of, some of the locals
that have been slow in work.
ing out agreements with indi-
Vidual GIN plants, Mr.. Reuther
replied: I'VE expect all GIN
locals to abide by the will of
the majority of the GIN
Council.
He referred particularly to
the Fischer Body plant by
Pittsburgh where the UAW
local leaders have revolted
against the. international
unions contract policies.
Asked if leaders of the Pitts
burgh local would be at today's
GIN council meeting, Mr..
Reuther said: "No-and I think
it's best they stay in Pittsburgh
and work with our regional di-
rector to get a settlement
there" He declined to speculate
on what action the interna-
tional union would take If the
Pittsburgh unit fails to abide
by the GIN Council decisions.
Today's contract replaces a
three-year agreement which
expired originally at midnight
August 81. The three major
parts are the economic pack
age, estimated by the union to
be more than IL cents an hour
in take-home pay the first
year; the non-economic ma
tional agreement covering such
things as working conditions,
and the local working agree
mentS.
The local agreements proved
to be the major snag.
Evening star., 1961-09-20

the dashboard. one addressed
to police, one to a girl friend
and the other to his parents,
Col. and Mrs. Michle Multrier,
in France. The parents lived
here for three years, leaving
last June to return to France.
Young Mr.. Multrier roomed
at S240 Hiatt place NV, where
his landlady described him as
a very quiet boy who read and
studied a great deal"
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Esther Stirs Plea
For Weather Funds

Senate D e ocratic Whip
Humphrey of Minnesota cited
the hurricane moving up the
East Coast today in support
of his belief that the January
session of Congress should in
crease weather research funds
for Government agencies.
The Senator said he will urge
the next session to double the
research item, which Congress
has placed at only SO million
for this year. He said the
Weather Bureau requested more
than $21 million.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
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Continued From First Page
warnings should seek safe har-
bor."
Virginia and Carolina Coasts
apparently were spared as the
hurricane changed to a more
northerly path. In North
Carolina. tides were 4 to 6
feet above normal.
Roads Damaged
The Dare County Sheriff's
office at Manteo, in radio con-
tact with officers on the Outer
Banks. reported gale force
winds so miles per hour at Cape
Hatteras, N. c., and sea swells
of about 20 feet high
There is some intermittent
rain, but the intensity of the
storm has lessened," said Dep
uty Sheriff Mrs, Donis White,
The Dare County shsr1ff's
office said roads on North Car
olina's Outer Banks suffered
the major damage. About 900
residents of various fishing
communities spent the night
in the Buxton School on the
Outer Banks.
With the serious threat to
North Carolina apparently past,
State Civil Defense Director
Edward F. Griffin said today,
I'VE have come through it in
grand style and with very lit
tie damage" s.
Gov. Terry Sanford said ANY
damage is too much, but of
course we are very grateful
that the full force of the hur-
ricane passed us by. We are
going to determine how much
damage was done by water"
The civil defense chief said
the only damage reported was
to the roads ON the wind
lashed Outer Banks.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Ex-Rudio Student
Found Dead in Car

A former student at the Cap
ital Radio Engineering Institute
here. identified as Bernard
Dominique Multrier, 81, was
found dead in his automobile
off Falls road in Great Falls,
Md, Monday night by Park
Police Pvt. Huntington F..
Smith.
Police said the windows were
tapped and a piece of hose was
attached to the exhaust pipe
and run through the trunk of
the car.
Three notes were found on
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Senate Group
OKsGag Probe
AT Pentagon

The Senate Armed Services
Committee voted today to
study and appraise" Pentagon
policies on cold war propa-
ganda.
The resolution was a modi-
fled version Of one sponsored
by Senator Thurmond. Demo-
crat of South Carolina, calling
for a fun and complete study
and investigation OF charges
that anti Communist speeches
by military officers have been
''muzzled."
Senator Thurmond said he
was satisfied that the study
ordered today will enable the
committee to "get to the
source" of what he called a
pattern Of censoring out hard
statements against commu-
nism. - at
The committee voted to let
Chairman Russell, Democrat
Of Georgia. either appoint q
special subcommittee or des-
ignate one of the existing SUBJ
committees to carry out the
study.
Gets Subpoena Power
No special funds were au-
thorized, but the subcommittee
will be armed with subpoena
powers.
In a series Of Senate speeches
and in a preliminary hearing
by the committee on his resolu-
ton, Senator Thurmcnd has
charged that the Defense De-
partment gags and muzzles"
military personnel who try to
speak out militantly against
the dangers Of communism.
Secretary of Defense McNa-
mara has given the committee
transcripts of 1900 speeches
delivered by military personnel
to prove, he said, the speeches
were anything but soft on
communism"
Seeks Subpoena Power
Senator Thurmond said in
advance of today's action he
thought the committee could
use the investigative staff of
its Preparedness Investigating
Subcommittee or recruit a staff
of special investigators.
Senator Thurmond said he
does not see why this should
mean any long delay in an
actual start of the hearings
There have been estimates that
it might take until January to
recruit a special staff and COM
plete preliminary investigative
work preparatory to actual
hearings. But Senator Thur
mond said he can't see why 1t
should take more than a week
or two or three"
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Driver Eco q Peril

MONTREAL. Sept. 20 (AP)
Harry Fletcher, an instruc-
tor at Pennsylvania State Uni
versity's Institute of Public
Safety, said in an interview here
the biggest danger facing the
average motorist is the illusion
he Is an above-aVerage driver.
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Auto Workers Agree
On Contract With GIN

DETROIT Sept 20 (AP)-General Motors and the United
Auto Union agreed hreeyear national contract
today for GINS $4,000 hourly employees.
JAW President Walter p Reuther said he confident
the national GIN Council would the settlement
at its meeting later today.
the contract will bind all 129 UAW locals
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16

Through the kindness Of Abner
Pinchbeck, whose farm was just
outside the village, we were per-
mitted to use a portion of his
COW pasture for our show
grounds.
1t was about this time that my
son. and only child. volunteered,
joined the Navy and left home.
l would not have had him do
otherwise, but that separation
was the greatest shock / ever
experienced. 1t seemed that
just could not bear the burden
which the war had brought upon
our country.
He and l were real buddies.
We hunted together. fished to-
gether. played golf together.
camped together. We were in
separable. There seemed there
was nothing / could do that l did
rot miss the best buddy l ever
had.
About this time John D. Hindle,
of Richmond, and formerly Of
Amelia, came up to his farm one
week end and invited me over
Sunday afternoon. Upon my ar
rival he escorted me down to the
barn and brought out a beautiful,
sorrel gelding. and requested me
to ride the horse and tell him
what I thought Of his horse. l
rode that horse for an hour. The
longer 1 rode the more l was
convinced that here was some
thing that I might enjoy and
which would help pass away
those sad days.
Monday morning we started
out to find saddle horse. We
found one and Immediately got
in touch with Stephen Farrar,
Jr.. George Taylor, Guy Wootton
and several others, SO would
have someone to ride with.
The Beginning
The sponsors of the Livestock
Show. the few farmers who then
had small herds Of beef cattle,
DR.. James L. Hammer. Otis Ward
and Henry Vaughn, to mention
few. got together with the horse
men, and together they decided
to also sponsor Horse Show
along with the Livestock Show.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
Livestock Show Was A Big Factor
Behind Founding OF Horse Show

Editors note: J. Gordon Dick
erson. vice president Of Union
Bank and Trust Company, of
Amelia, was one Of the founders
of the Amelia Horse Show. The
Herald requested him to write
this brief history Of how the show
came into being.
BY J. GORDON DICKERSON
The Amelia Horse Show, so far
as its inception is concerned.
must share the spotlight with the
Amelia Livestock Show.
The local bank, with the Co
operation of E. L. Wood. then
county agent. and the other pro-
fessional agricultural workers of
the county, sponsored a livestock
show, the purpose Of which was
to encourage our farmers to
adopt a diversified farm pro-
gram. including more livestock
on the farm.
It was during World War II.
when our sons had gone to war.
away from home working in war
plants or otherwise engaged in
the war effort.
Almost everything was ration
ed. farm machinery scarce and
almost no extra labor available,
yet we were urged to produce
more food and fibre.
Everyone had the so-called
Monday blues. Gasoline was
rationed. our automobile tires
bedecked with blowout patches,
little. if any, entertainment, and
if there had been, there was no
way to go anywhere, except on
foot.
Uncertain Future
We were facing an uncertain
future. Conditions were changing
rapidly. We needed not only
greater effort to produce more
food and fibre, but we needed
something to cheer us up in those
dark days.
We had two problems to solve
before we could hold livestock
show. One, we had no place to
hold the show, and second. how
could we induce the people to
come to the livestock show.
something entirely new in Amelia
county.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16

AS often happens in situations
of that kind. the man who makes
the suggestion gets saddled with
the responsibility of carrying out
the suggestion.
l knew nothing about horse
shows, and still less about how
to go about organizing, operating
and managing one. So l went to
Richmond. had lunch with that
well-knoWn Virginia gentleman
and horseman. Walter Craigie,
who writes the weekly horse
column. "Hoof Prints" for the
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Walter received us with open
arms, and Immediately evidenced
a deep interest in our project.
He told us many of the things
we needed to know. made up our
first program and secured DR..
Ernest Trice, of Richmond, to
Judge our first show
w;th III. 49,. ,,;,,;a
~ ,au,;os K. n y -
ao,,n,,ar ,.
horsa 5000 - 80. ~
lumber and fence nosts brought
his entire saw mill crew I'm one
week end and m,ilt orr first show
ring making us present If II
Kenneth LINDSAY the vocational
agricultural teacher here and bic
vo-ap boys bult the cattle RING
Birdie Club Formed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
Bride Club Has
Full Day OF
Events Planned
New Show Classes
To Be Featured

10 BE Featured
Persons coming to Amelia on
Saturday, May 20. for the parade
and horse show sponsored by the
Amelia Bride Club had better be
prepared to spend the day. A full
schedule has been planned by Of
ficialS.
Be on time. The Parade will
start at IL am. from the fair
grounds to the south of Amelia
on route SO. and march to the old
athletics field across from Amelia
High School next to the fire
house.
There. an address Of welcome
will be given followed by a con-
cert by the Buckingham Central
High School and Crewe- Burke
vile bands. From there the pa
rade goes back to the fair
grounds for judging the winners
in each section after circling
Courthouse Square.
Parade Awards
A trophy and a ribbon rosette,
donated by the bride club, will
be presented to the winner in
each Of the five parade sections.
These sections are: ~ Parade
Horses D. GLIDING Western
horses tackled Western style, rid
ers suitably dressed for this type
of horse; (2) Pleasure Horses
English or flat style saddle; 80
Costume Class - horse, pony or
mule may be used, vehicle may
be used if part Of costume, to be
judged as one entry.
Section "a Vehicle Class-any
type vehicle or rig. any type
horse. pony or mule; (5o Pony
Glass - any size or breed, no
vehicles.
Scattered through the parade
will be entries from the fire,
health, and forestry departments.
emergency squad. and approx
mately Is commercial entries. No
awards will be made to these
entries.
Sneci2I Attracfi0ns
Special attractions will be the
Crewe Teen Twirlers. and the
All Club pony team from Bed
ford which will do a close order
drill.
The Amelia Emergency Squad
has the food concession at the
horse show ring and is prepared
to serve 900 lunches.
Two passes to the horse show
will be given to each exhibitor
for each horse entered in the
show. parade, or both.
Promptly at 2 pm. the horse
show begins. Fourteen classes
are listed on the program with
three especially for children
Leadline, for six years Of age
and under; Children's Equitation
ten years of age and under.
and section two of class five,
Cross Country Equitation, Is
years of age and under.
Two jumping classes are sched-
uled Working Hunters" and
KNOCK Down and Out" Class
six is Western barrel race and
class II, a Western pole race.
These two are recent innovations
Continued on page III
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
Amelia's Largest Parade And
Horse Show UnfOlds Saturday
Amelia May Days
Promotion Gets
Townwide Support

Amelia businessmen have join
ed together for the first townwide
promotion in Amelia's history.
Twenty three merchants and
businesses are participating in
three day Amelia May Days
Sale" to be held Thurs day
through Saturday, May 1920.
The highlight Of the three-day
sale will come Saturday as people
from far and near flock to
Amelia for the 18th Annual
Amelia Horse Show and Grand
Parade.
Adding to the general excite
ment of the excellent horse show
and parade will be various prizes
that will be awarded by the bust
ness places on Saturday. AL in
all it promises to be a gala day
in the historic town of Amelia.
Among the free prizes being
offered by the Amelia merchants
are groceries, electric lawn now
er. radios, sewing notions, a
cemetery lot. fans. paint. etc.
In addition to the lucky prizes
there are special items being Of
fered in the stores for the three
day sale only. Some of these
items are special one-of-a-kind,
and others are in plentiful supply.
In either event the merchants
suggest that the "early bird will
have the best selection as well
as first choices on the items.
The horse show is being la
beled the biggest ever" and
the townwide promotion adds an
other factor to assure the sue
cess of the horse attraction. A
brass band, majorettes, twirlers,
drill team horses, ETC., will be a
part of the exciting big day Sat-
urday that takes in the entire
Amelia community.
One of the best features of the
special Amelia May Days Sale
is the fact that most of the mer-
chandise offered at bottom
prices is special summer goods
that are currently in demand as
the hot weather Of summer is
seen just around the corner.
Bargains and specials" are
the keynote of the townwide pro-
motion. Participating merchants
are giving a sample of their
specials in this tabloid section.
Other mot advertised specials"
will be found in the various
stores also. A quick glance at
the special tabloid section will
give an idea OF the comprehen-
sive nature Of the townwide pro-
motion, as % of Amelia's most
progressive m ere hants offer
values to attract new customers
as well as their regular custo-
mers.
BY staging the event over a
three day period. everyone will
have a chance to visit Amelia
and participate in the special
sale. Saturday. of course, will be
the climax. and a tremendous
crowd is anticipated to take part
in the double barreled attraction
Amelia May Days and the
Amelia Horse Show.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
McNumuru Likes
Service Schools
By the Associated Press

Secretary of Defense McNa-
mara says he thinks Vice Ad-
miral H. G. Rickover is one
of the outstanding authorities
on atomic power, but II don't
think I would put him in that
category on education.
The Defense chief voiced
that opinion yesterday in reply
to news conference questions
about testimony given by Ad-
miral Rickover at congressional
committee hearings during re-
cent days.
Admiral Rickover had ex-
pressed sharp criticism Of the
academic courses at the mill
tary service schools and also
asserted that the Navy should
fire about 10000 of its present
10000 officers.
Mr.. Mcnamara said that
what have seen Of the acad-
emies impresses me favorably."
He added that, of course, the
Pentagon constantly examines
the educational programs of
the Navy, Army and Air Force
Academies.
AS to Admiral Rickover's idea
about dropping 10000 officers
from the naval service. Mr.. Nc
Namara said he thought such
action is extremely unlikely"
Evening star., 1961-06-24
ASSAULTS
ASSAULTS
Hondymon Sought
In Hammer Attacks

Continued From First Page
prison. He began his term in
1949, police said. and was re-
leased on July /, 1855.
An earlier entry revealed
ITonker was charged by
twelfth precinct police with
striking a woman, and was
sentenced to serve $50 days in
Jail.
Well-KnOwn Artist
Tonker had worked for Mrs.
zimmele for about two years
before leaving her employ, and
then returned last March. In
between, he had been a porter
! for a funeral home and an
employe of the Salvation Army
in Washington.
Mrs. Zimmele is the daugh-
ter of a wealthy and prominent
Pittsburgh banking family and
has been widowed twice. A
well-known artist, she has lived
in the Washington area since
shortly after the turn of the
century but spent her sum-
mers at a home she owns in
Great Darlington, Mass. A
brother, the late Cornelius
Scully, was Mayor of Pitts
burgh in the thirtieS.
Mrs. Zimmele belongs to a
number Of women's organiZa-