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Evening star., 1961-12-24
BY FRANCES LIDE
Star Staff Writer

1t was a cold, clear Christ
mas eve many years ago, so
the story goes.
Martin Luther. leader of
the Reformation, was walking
through the forest when he
looked up and was entranced
by the beauty of thousands
of glittering stars which
seemed to speak of the Won
der of God.
Returning home, he tried
to explain the inspiring ex-
perience to his wife and chill
dren.
Suddenly he had an idea.
Going into the garden, he
cut a small fir tree and took
it into the children'S nursery.
Then he simulated the
stars by tenderly placing
lighted candles on the
branches. ..
The Germans also have a
folk tale about a woodsman
and his family living in a
lonely forest.
They had spent a cheerful
Christmas eve about the fire
one wintry night and were
about to retire when they
heard a tiny knock outside.
The forester quickly opened
the door and there - buffet
ed by a snowstorm and ex-
hausted from hunger - stood
a small child.
The wood man quickly
drew the little stranger inside
while the family set about
tending to his needs.
They warmed him by the
fire, brought out food, and
one of the foreSter's small
sons insisted on giving up his
bed for their guest.
The next morning the fam
lily, awakened by the sound of
beautiful music, looked out
and saw a choir of angels.
Thus they discovered their
visitor was the Christ Child.
Standing "a dian t before
them. the Child broke off a
branch from a fir tree, plant
ed it by the door. and said:
Il have gladly received your
gifts, and here is mine to
you; this tree will never fail
to bear its fruit at Christmas
and you shall always have
abundance"
Fact or fiction, legend or
no, the Christmas tree has
become part and parcel of
the Christmas celebration.
And whether yours is an
evergreen reaching to the
ceiling or just a sprig of tin
sci it helps to capture the en-
chantment of our most joy
ouS of HOLIDAYS
Brilliant Holly
With red berries glistening
against lustrous green leaves,
holly is the favorite of the
Christmas greens.
Aside from its festive
beauty, however, holly also
has a sacred association in
the lore of Christmas.
In medieval thought, its
thorns resembled the crown
of thorns pressed on the Saw
ior's brow. while the berries
were likened to drops of blood
drawn by the cruel wounds.
With a star of light in the
center. the holly wreath thus
symbolizes both the joyful
mysteries of the incarnation
and the Sorrowful mysteries
of the cross and passion.
Long before ChriSt's birth
however, evergreens were re-
Evening star., 1961-12-24
Letter From Korean Union Mission
Dear Friends:

Dear FTlenuS.
In our mission work In Korea, we often hear
appeals for pictures to be used in teaching children
the stories of Jesus. We have tried to give to these
people some pictures and training aids that they
could use in teaching the children But the requests
Evening star., 1961-12-24
Santa Claus

Like so many Americans,
Santa Claus has his roots in
the Old World.
He was imported to our
shores by the early Dutch
settlers of New Amsterdam
only in those days he was
known as Saint Nicholas.
In the melting pot that be-
came the United States, Saint
Nicholas lost his identity as
a Bishop of Asia Minor and
took on the character of the
white-bearded jolly elf DASH
ing across rooftops in a min
iature sleigh drawn by eight
tiny reindeer, as portrayed in
the immortal lines beginning,
Twas the night before
Christmas"
CartooniSt T h m a Mast
gave him his ermine-trimmed
red coat, Americans adopted
the German dimunitive of
his name and Santa Claus
emerged as a modern version
of one of the oldest of the
Christmas traditions.
Evening star., 1961-12-24
Here's How

Readers Clearing House is con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL os q publie-seviee exchange
Of ideos between ureu readers. The
Stor cannot accept phone coils per-
toining to this column. All letters
must bear the writer's full name and
address. No advertising is printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18

Madison. Wis, would lend the
money in turn to its $50 men,
bers. The original loan (om
the bank would be guaranteed
by the Peruvian government.
PeOple-to-People Diplomacy
Father Mcclellan in an in
terview yesterday said the credit
union Ian offers the United
States a people, o-people di-
plomacy in South America.
Governments come and go
but the people are always
there" he said. Tine United
States cannot give money di-
rectly to people, but these loans
get right down to them.
Two thousand dollars to a
credit union III a small town
in the Jungle that's not even
on the map will do more good
tnan $40 million Tor SABRE letS.
Father Mcclellan added that
the South Americans have been
shown they are dignified hu-
man beings and that they can
expect more than they have.
The credit union plan fits
the bill, he said, because it
mobillzes their small savings.
worthless hidden as they were
under mattresses, and because
the unions belong to them.
None of these people wants
a give-away program" Father
Mcclellan added. They want
to feel they are helping them
selves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
U. S. Buys Food
For Foreign Aid
By the Associated Press

The Agriculture Department
announced yesterday vast new
purchases of vegetable oil prod
ucts to be distributed TO needy
persons overseas through the
Food for Peace program.
Secretary Of Agriculture Free
man said the program called
for the Commodity Credit
Corporation to supply some 400
million pounds Of such products
for foreign distribution.
AS a first installment. Mr.,
Freeman announced the pur-
chase of approximately 100 mil
lion pounds Of vegetable oil
shortening. so million pounds oil
soybean salad oil and 30 million
pounds Of cottonSeed salad oil,
The oil is to be delivered
between November Is ano
March 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Peru Missionary Seeks
Credit Unions for Poor
BY T. w. TIRANA
Star staff Writer

The Rev. Daniel Mcclellan
says he has found a way the
United States can help the poor
snd the ignorant. the people
who consider communism an
alternative to misery. through
real alliance for progress.
His solution is credit to Dor
row money.
Father Mcclellan, a Roman
Catholic missionary. saw what
credit could do in Puno. a town
of $4,000 formerly shoeless.
illiterate Indians high in the
Andes Mountains where he was
sent as pastor.
He said that when he first
arrived in Puno II years ago
ne had trouble tending to his
parishioners' souls because
their stomachs we're growing
with hunger.
Then he had an idea. He
talked % villagers. none of
whom ever saw more than 500
wear. into contributing SOB
soles about $24) to form a
credit union. Each would be
able to borrow at l per cent
monthly interest
Success Stories Told
Previously. in emergencies
such as broken roof that
needed repairing or a relative
who needed a funeral. the vii
layers had to borrow money at
10 to so per cent monthly in
terest. Few would be able to
get rid of these debts.
Under Father McClellan's
plan, however, the villagers
were able to borrow money at
reasonable rates not only for
emergencies but also to start
a trade or business. One opened
a sandal-making business. us
ing old tires as material. with
a small loan from the credit
union: another became a ga
rage mechanic. and third was
able to buy onion seeds to sell
in neighboring village.
The plan was a success. Puno
is now a prosperous town COM
plete with electric-oven bak-
cry. refrigerated packing
plant and even a radio station.
And there are $50 credit unions
now IL other towns throughout
Peru which had heard Of
Father McClellan's miracle"
Default Rate Low
None of the social anthro-
biologists would believe these
people could save" Father Nc
Clellan declares.
The Puno credit union has
$4,000 in funds today. and has
made SIS million in loans. he
said. The other credit unions.
with a total of So million. have
given out SIS million.
The loss from people failing
to repay loans is less than it
is IN the United States. Father
Mcclellan says. 1t is less than
one-terth of l per cent. The
= loss here is one-fifth Of l per
cent.
Eater Mcclellan, a tall. lean
former boxer of as with an in
tense. no-nonsense manner is
in Washington to negotiate a
81 million loan from the Inter-
American Development Bank
for the Peruvian Credit Union
League.
The league. a member Of the
Credit Union National Asso- /
citation with headquarters in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18

Mr.. Marsh was in charge of
security for the installation Of
electrical and electronic equip
ment at the II Atlas missile
sites that will ring Plattsburgh.
a Strategic Air Command base.
The installation work will be-
gin when the massive concrete
silos. in which the missiles will
be stored before firing, are
completed.
General Dynamics is the
parent company Of Convair,
which builds the Atlas inter-
continental ballistic missiles.
The giant weapons are capable
of carrying nuclear Warheads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Missiles Security
Officer MISSING

PLATTSBURGH. N. Y. Oct.
Is AP.-Police in II States
today sought the chief security
officer for General Dynamics
Corp. at Plattsburgh Air Force
Base. who disappeared Sunday.
Philip c. Marsh, As, left home
about noon Sunday to buy some
beer, his wife told police.
State police said Mr.. Marsh
had a nervous condition and
was in a depressed state of
mind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18

EARLY, SHOP LATE AT ALL 3LANSBURcHs
Washington, c. 9TH, 9Th $4,000
Langley Md- 8 shirnsten, to pm.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24
Separating Reel
Lincoln From
MvPh Difficult

New York, NY. - Today, 9e
years after John wilkes Booth
shot Abraham Lincoln, scholars
are out to assassinate another
Lincoln - q plaster saint con-
structed Of rmor gossip and fic-
ton. According to an article in
the February Coronet no other
American has been the object Of 80
much mythmalcing. Experts are
now trying, by painstaling re
search. to kin the fictional Lincoln
and preserve the man beneath the
myth.
They have made substantial
progress. For instance, the we'll
known love story Of Lincoln and
Ann Rutledge has been complete
ly disproved This myth says that
Lincoln. In 1884, was madly in love
with an angelic beauty named Ann
Rutledge, who died before he could
marry her. The tragedy supposed
ly marked Lincoln for life making
him forever melancholy.
The story first began when will
liam Herndon, Lincoln's onetime
law partner, told it in a lecture. He
neglected to mention that he had
gotten his information from sec
ond and third hand accounts gath
cred from the residents Of New
Salem, Illinois, where the romance
supposedly occurred. These ac-
counts were ftIzzed over by the
passage Of 81 years He also neg
lected to mention that at least
some Of the people he interviewed
denied the story.
Years went by. Then in 1928 a
packet Of diaries and love letters
that had repeatedly passed between
young Lincoln and Ann Rutledge
turned up. These letters survived
some pretty intense scrutiny and
seemed to confirm the romance. 1t
took Paul M. Angle, secretary Of
the Lincoln Centennial Association
to discover discrepancies like the
use Of the word Kansas" 20 years
before the name came into being.
Today no reputable Lincoln scholar
believes in the story.
However, the experts are re-
signed to Ann Rutledges' immort-
atty, Coronet says. No matter
how often the love affair Is deflat-
ed she manages to rise anew as
Lincoln's "one and only love"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

ia fraction Of whom are idantifiable
by their color. "a recent study IN
New York shows that the latter
have already moved up faster than
the Negro in the hotel trades.)
II the Negro can be confined by
slums and segregation in the more
tolerant North, as well as in the
South. we may be forging the first
enduring exception to our historic
formula Of social and economic
fluidity. Housing Is therefore
emerging as the main front on
which the contest for equality win
be wagod.
The study by Chester napkin
and william @. Grigsby explores
what has happened in four Phil
adelphia netghborhoods during the
last decade. As the whites left
them, their place has been taken
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

Nuremberg laws. If the pace Of
Indignation has been slow, it should
be remembered that a whole gen.
Grafton Of suburbanites has been
educated in such gospel.
When the housing shortage for
minorities has abated and the
choice Of neighborhoods is ade-
quate, the fear Of sudden neigh
borhood change and its consequent
ces should subside. With it may 60
the tensions that now threaten
neighborhood peace. More studies
like these and constructive action
upon their recommendations can
do much to speed the event.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24
Progress In conbCfing
DiscFimin0fion In
Housing Is RepoFfec
(Continued from Pare LIN

(Continued from Page 1-B)
volume, Residence ana Race"
non-whites may be 20 per cent Of
central city populations in 1875
compared with IS per cent in 1850.
The exploding suburbs, however,
remain predominantly white.
Unlike earlier migrants, the Ne
gro cannot alter his color by chang
ing his dungarees for flannels. He
can therefore more easily be kept
Gin his place" His access to work,
his right to move about and live
In a healthy environment are an
affected The Negroes rise in the
economic milieu win be more dir
ficult than the Puerto Rican's, only
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

largely by Negroes. Few new
houses have been built for the
newcomers. Only $4,000 out OF
126, 900 non-wlhtes earn 5000 or
more. They manage to pay their
rent largely by sharing apartments
with others. Few whites have well
coined their new colored nelghbors.
Though the Negroes usually move
into sections already suffering de-
terioration, they are blamed for 1t.
Despite emotional strains how
ever, the transition has bean &c,
complished peacefully, thanks to
the good work Of civic agencies.
As initial fears have subsidized,
some whites have even ventured
back into these areas, while in
some moderately priced new de-
veIopments Negroes have been able
to purchase homes ON equal terms.
This 10 not yet general trend but
Ii viewed as a good omen. Though
the higher-priced areas Of Phil
adelphia continue white and firmly
exclusive, both whites and Negroes
have improved their relations In
the city, and 1t should not be long,
the authors conclude, before a per-
sons worth, not his skin, win be
the passport to social acceptance.
The volume by twelve social
scientists, edited by Nathan Glazer
and Mr.. McEntire, deals with the
problem as it manifests itself
mostly in Southern cities. Here
the Negro fares badly but better
than before. His housing Is gen.
orally decrepit and overcrowded.
Even where he can afford decent
housing, he finds the market re-
served primarily for whites. AS in
the North, the whites surge to the
suburbs leaves vacancies In its
wake that the Negro crowds into;
and these, together with the other
slums, now constitute the Negroes
housing alternatives.
simultaneously the housing sup
ply available to the Negro Is being
reduced by demolitions and decay.
In the South more than in the
North, clearances for public hous-
ing, public works and urban re-
newal are frequently undertaken
to uproot the Negro from areas
in which he Is unwelcome, and the
steam shovel is often accomplish
ing the school segregation that the
courts have prescribed. Violence
has accompanied the Negroes ef-
forts to escape the ghetto though
the chapter on Miami, contributed
by one Of its prouder residents,
omits mention Of it.
One Of the things that prompt
whites to take off for the suburbs
is the fear that values Of their
houses win collapse when Negroes
buy In; real-estate textbooks have
worked this up into a new "Gres-
hams Law" But Luigi Laurenti's
painstaldng study Of seven cities
shows that while values have
dropped in some cases, they have
risen in others. If whites sell In
panic, the market becomes glutted
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24
Boxed PoSufoes For
A Cold Ninhf

Ingredients
5 middle-sized potatoes, washed q
dried
/ small can Of mushrooms in
butter
1 small onion
3 tablespoons Of milk
salt and pepper
u stick Of butter
Blue cheese dressing to taste
Grated cooking cheese - small
amount
After potatoes have baked, scoop
out middle, leaving skins intact
Place in bowl for MASKING. Add
butter, milk, salt, pepper and blue
cheese dressing. Add finely chop
ped mushrooms and onionE Put
back in shells and top with grated
cooking cheese.
Place in oven for 5 minutes.
Serve piping hot II you don't like
blue cheese dressing, use more milk
and whip mixture until creamy.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

Former Asfuekod
BY BcuFs Dies
Whiteville, N. c. (ANP) - Col
umbus County police reported last
week that a farmer was killed by
a hog which attacked him on q
farm near Bolton.
Coroner J. B. Long said Percy
Smith, 20, and his father were NOV
ing some hogs on the farm, when
two bears began fighting. Smith
attempted 10 separate the hogs and
one Of them attacked him. Smith
fell and the boar slashed him with
his tuslts, puncturing lung.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-02-24

However, the experts are re-
signed to Ann Rutledges' tmmort-
atty, Coronet says. No matter
how often the love affair is deflat-
ed she manages to rise anew as
Lincoln's "one and only love"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
LEGAL NOTICE

VIRGINIA:
In the Circuit Court of Prince
Edward County:
RE. LOUISE GLENN OSBORNE
ESTATE
SHOW CAUSE DECREE March
20. 1861.
1T APPEARING to this Court
that a report of the account of
the Peoples National Bank of
Farmville. Virginia. Admins
traitor c. I. A., who qualified as
such on the Estate of Louise
Glenn Osborne, deceased, on
March IA. 1850, (See Will Book %
page 1872. and Of the debts and
demands against her estate has
been filed in the Clerks Office of
this County, and that more than
twelve m 0 n h S have elapsed
since the aforesaid qualification.
on motion of the aforesaid per-
Sonal representative 1T rs OR
DERED that the creditors of and
all other persons interested in
the aforesaid Estate do show
cause. if any they can. at 1I:OO
am. on the oath day of April,
1861. before this Court at its Cir
cut Court Room in FaImville.
Virginia. against the payment
and delivery of the estate of
Louise Glenn Osborne to her
legatees and or their aSSlgncs
without requiring a refundlng
bond of them OF any of them.
A Copy TeStc:
V. c. WOMACK. Clerk
W. G. FITZPATRICK. pa. ) "a At
VIRGINIA.:
In the Circuit Court of Prince Ed
ward County. March %, 1861.
MANUEL l.. BAKER
Complainant.
Vs. Az AIldIiltIN
GRACE fGRACIE) MACK BAK-
Elk. Defendant
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tam for the Complainant from
tho Defendant divorce from the
bond OF matrlmony on tho
grounds of wllful dcaertion and
abandonment for q period of
more than one year.
/ An affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant,
Grace tGraClel Mack Baker. is
not resident of the State of
Virginia. il is ordered that she
do appear within ten days after
due publication of this order and
do what may be necessary TO
protect her interest in this suit.
VERNON G. WONIACK. Clerk
J. Y. LEWIS, Pc. o-ol-4t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
BurkeuiIIe Garden Club TOH0Id
Spring Tea At VIII. King Home

Parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. D.
Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edsel Owen and
family, of Charlotte, N. c. spent
several days visiting both of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H
j. Strange and Mr.. and Mrs. D.
C. Owen.
College IN d e n t S home for
spring vacation include Sharon
Robertson and Margie Boswell
of Westhampton. Freida Bow
kins, of M adj SON, Dickle
Gregory. of Randolph Macon,
and Floyd Clingenpeel of the
University Of Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Horner
and Debbie Joe. of Richmond
spent the week end with her par
entS. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Jenk-
ms.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Farmville Firm
Low Bidders On
Emporia School

Andrews Large and Wmdden.
Inc, Farmville contractors, were
low bidders on an II classroom
school building in Greensville
county last week. Their bid was
$l67 1897. R: G. Martz- Co. - of
Petersburg, was next low with a
bid of $l68, 23l, with Silas S. Kea
g. Sons. of Ivor bidding Sl72 100.
Taylor Mfg. Co., of FarmvIlle
was next at $l82 700.
The Negro school building will
be built in the Zion magisterial
district and will consolidate four
smaller school buildings. Approx
imately 300 students will be &C
comnodated in the new building
Because the low bid was
greater than the $l50.OOO appro.
priated for the project by the
board of supervisors, acceptance
by the school board is subject tc
the approval of the board of su.
pervisors before the contract can
be officially awarded.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07

BURKEVILLE, April 6-Mrs.
N. j. Terry was hostess to the
Burkeville Garden Club, at her
nome on Monday evening. Nine
teen members attended. Mrs. w.
n. King, chairman of the tea to
be held at her home on Wednes-
day, April II, from to 5 pm. an
nounced plans and special COM
mittees. Guests will enjoy tour
OF Mrs. Kings garden and tea
Will be served on the patio.
This meeting required each
member bring an arrangement
Mrs. William Bernard Farrar
won first place and Mrs. j. w.
Hickman, second. Members were
reminded that the May meeting
will be held at the Municipal
Building with a plant exchange.
Guests In Maryland
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Walrod
and family were guests of Mr.
and Mrs E. H. DeJarnette. of
LaPlata, Md. for the Easter hol-
iday.
Dr. and Mrs. George Latham,
of Wilmington, Del. spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T. Agnew and family.
Mrs. J. P. Monahan, of Lynch
burg, spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Fowlkes
and family.
Mrs. H. R. Nunnally and Hen
ny, Jr., visited relatives in Ham,
let, N. C. over the week end.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
Shore for the week end were
Mrs. Lizzie Cobb and Mary
Katherine Cobb, of Rock Hill.
S. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Walker
and children of Culpeper,
spent the holidays with her par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. R. E.
Priddy.
Mrs. S. P. Gary and son,
Wayne. of Richmond, spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. R.
B. Orange and Mrs. Maude
Orange.
The Rev. and Mrs. Ray Jenk-
ms and family, of Richmond,
spent Monday visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. R. H. Osborne and Mrs.
H. G. jenkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Vince nt Nc
honey and d aughter Helen
Brooks, of Laurel, Md, spent
the week end with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harris
spent the Easter holiday with
relatives in Birmingham. Ala.
Miss Mary Kanipe, of Johns
ton Willis Hospital, is spending
a week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Kanipe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Dalton
and son, Ricky. of Newport
News, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Meherriin

April - Mr.. and Mrs. Hester
Clark and family. OF Washington,
D. c., spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. higgins. of
Victoria, were visitors OF Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. l.. Elliott Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Spark
man and family, of Pennsyl-
vania. spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sparkman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Waller, of
Henderson, n c., Rev. Koehler
and family, of Hopewell, and
Alpheus Leights, of Wilson, visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Price
Sunday and attended services at
the Lutheran church: