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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07
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WHEREAS, February 8, 1851, is the fifty
first anniversary Of the founding Of the
Boy Scouts Of America, chartered BY the
Congress Of the United States Of America
as program for all boys, and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts program
has affected the lives Of over 100000
boys and men since 1910, and now has an
ootive enrolment Of more than 5, 100000
OF whom 900 are active locally within
the Powhoton Arrow District, Piedmont
Area Council, and
WHEREAS, the movement seeks to
troin more Of our youth in character and
qualities Of good citizenship, now there
fore, be it
RESOLVED, that William F. Watkins,
Jr, mayor Of the city Of FornviIle, in the
stote Of Virginia. do hereby proclaim the
week Of February 7 to Is as Boy Scout
Week and acclaim its theme, Strengthen
America Character Counts I"
| do urge our citizens to recognize and
support the unseIfish patriotic service rem
dered to our community by the volunteer
leaders who give generously Of their time,
their efforts, and their energy to the bene-
fit Of the youth Of our community and
also the assistance given by religious
bodies, school organizations, veterans as
socotions, froternol groups, and service
clubs thot sponsor our Club Scout packs,
Boy Scout troops, and Explorer units.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF have here
unto signed my name officially and caused
the seol Of the city Of FormvIe to be Of
fixed, this LIST day Of February, 1851.
WiIIiom F. Watkins, Jr.
Mayor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07
BY BEN BOWERS

Strengthen America, Charac-
ter Counts is the theme of the
5lst anniversary celebration of
Boy Scouts of America.
The four word slogan typifies
the high ideals manifest in the
movement since its founding. On
the local scene the Powhatan
Arrow District, which serves
seven counties, saw considerable
progress in 1860. both from
character building viewpoint and
IN an expanded set up.
Membership in the district
jumped from 897 boys to ,0O5 in
1860. Volunteer leaders, the men
and women behind the boys,
climbed from 2a8 to $50. Powha-
tan Arrow troop units increased
from ~ to - in a years time.
Success OF Scouting
William X. Quick, scout field
executive, Of Farmville. pin
points the success of scouting in
this area He said. 1.-THE Bow
Scouts of America was founded
by volunteers. and for 81 years
they have directed and control
led 1t. Dependence on the volun-
teer was the strength of the
movement at its inception and it
has continued to be from the
national down to the local
level.
Speaking Of the volunteers in
tins section, Quick said. many
volunteer scoutmaster. cub
/ master. or explorer advisor will
work as hard to become a sue
cessful leader as he does his
livelihood 4
The successful leader draws
heavily on his leisure time. He
knows no quitting time. He not
orly goes the second mile. but
the third, fourth and the fifth for
the BOYS he serves. stated the
scout executive. The communi-
ly owes a debt of gratitude to
these fine people who devote
much of their time to molding
character and building leader
ship qualities in boys today"
SAID Quick.
The local adult volunteers are
the advance guard Behind them
rare an army of willing workers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07

adult leaders in the district in
clude the following. Cleveland
Jones. Of Sheppards, district
commissioner, R. P. Brierley,
vice chairman; George Kelsey,
vice chairman: Ivey Holland. of
AppomattoX, vice chairman; and
w I. Blair, IL, and Darrell Car
penter, assistant district COM
miSSioners.
Also in the top echelor of vol
lmteer adults are the operating
committee chairmen They are:
Dr.. ". A. Pennington, of Buck
ingham. advancement: Emory C.
Harrison, of Cumberland, camp
ing ard activities; Dr.. F.. j.
Clements. health and safety: Jack
Pcery. leadership training: Wal
lace Johnson. organization and
extension, and w. H. King, Of
Burkeville, finance.
The district chairman. Merritt.
in seeking extension of the scout
ing endeavor in this area points
to the many present and former
scouts who attest to the pro-
gram. A program. he terms as
one responsible for helping pro-
duce so many outstanding Amer
lean leaders and citizens.
Camping Emphasized
Camping is the major emphaS-
is in this area. Self reliance in
the outdoors is fostered through
the camping program made pos
sible by PoWhatar Arrow Dis
trict sharing in Camp Monacan
A 485 acre bllshment in
Nelson county, Camp Monocan
serves tic scouting movement in
the Piedmont Area Council.
High character levels OF citi-
LtiH ALL Stltilgl1ltii ILLS lIdtlOH
to meet increasing challenges.
problems and opportunities. as
one adult volunteer put it.
As a scout, each boy pledges
himself to be physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally
straight. The slogan for the 51st
anniversary event is nothing new
10 the scout movement, but its
impact today is perhaps more
necessary than ever before for
as everyone knows character
does count and America needs
strengthening.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07
Council Chairman Harold Tate Says
Juvenile Delinquency
Out For Explorers

Juvenile delinquency among
teenage boys is no problem
among members of Explorer
posts, according to Harold Tate.
a Prince Edward Academy
senior. Harold is chairman of
the Piedmont Area Explorer
Council Cabinet
The football and baseball
player, who heads up the EX-
plorer work in "A counties as
well as serving ais president Of
the Farmvilie post, has his rea-
sons for saying juvenile deln-
quency is no problem among En-
plorerS.
Reckless driving is out. MANY
Of the posts are adopting prof.
Gets IN auto mechanics, and if a
boy wants to race he goes 10 4
drag-Strip. says Harold
The good thing about the EX-
plorer program is that We can do
what we want TO do in the way
Ct projects so long as We stay
with the bounds Of scout
ideals. Harold said. For exam
pie, some posts study criminal
law, etc, he pointed out
In cases where an individual
can't do what he would like to
20, sometimes he finds he can do
that same thing in a group, the
young leader said.
In the Piedmont Area Council,
two programs are currently be
ing emphasized on a colmcil-wide
basis. winter sports and a trek
over the Route of Lees Retreat.
Harold hopes tho trek from Say
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07

Seven Farmville Cub Scout
dens and one from Prospect
attended services at Farmville
Baptist Church Sunday. More
than 50 cubs joined in the an
nual tradition in observance of
Boy Scout Week. Shown are part
of the group making their exc
dus from the church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07
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in the council ard in the district.
PoWhatan Arrow District is in
the Piedmont Area Council which
services 5000 scouts in $50 units.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-07

Robert E. Merritt, associate
professor Of biology at Longwood
College, is chairman of Powha-
tan Arrow District, Other top
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NEW POSTER MARKS 1861 BOY SCOUT WEEK

The nations 100000 Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts Ex-
porerS and adult leaders observe the 51s anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America during Boy Scout Week Feb z
to IL under the theme Of strengthen America
will select top boy member its spokesman at com
munity and local observances. Twelve Eagle Scouts will
be selected to make Scoutings Report to the Nation
In Washington, DC, during Boy Scout Week.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
AGING HELD INVITING DEATH
BY BAN ON ALL EXERTION

New York doctor says that adults are needlessly
harmng themselves by believing that physical exeron
and stress harmful.
DR.. Theodore g. Klumpp president of Winthrop Lab
oratories. said that this abstenton from activity
taken the form OF "a national psychoss that swept
the country like ancient plague We are afraid to live
for fear of dying"
Speaking last night at meeting at the White House
Conference on Aging DR. Klumpp said that because of
the fear pSychoss against exercise and exerton
mdde-aged and older people reduce their physical actv
ties still further with what believe is especially
damaging II not disastrous results"
Dr.. Klumpp recommended moderate or graded
stress necessary to the maintenance of good health
. Il am convinced" he said IF you will just sit and
walt for death to come along will not have to wait
so long. .--. ,
Evening star., 1961-01-10

house the bequest of that won-
derful nonconforming eccen-
tric, Mr.. James Smithson. he
did not feel compelled to ad-
here either to the Federal
classicism or to an archaeology
cally precise Gothic revival"
Mrs Moholy-Nagy said.
She said the Fine Arts Com
mission, which passes on Fed
eral building designs, should
be brought up to date as well
Finley Comments
David E. Finley. chairman
Of the Fine Arts Commission
who spoke before Mrs. Moholy-
Macy. contended that Wash
ington would end up with bet.
ter Federal buildings if Gov
ernment designers were required
to explain why they rejected
his commissions advice and
brought their plans before that
body earlier in their develop
ment.
Leonard L. Hunter, assistant
commissioner for design and
construction at GSA. denied
that GSA STILES creativity
pointing to the contemporary
design of many Federal build
ingS.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
Red Authors Toe the Line, S|onim
Tells Library Of Congress Session

There are new signs, he says
that writer's are growing Out
of the strait jacket of official
but declining socialist realism.
Even party theoreticians are
.conceding many obnoxious
ideas have infiltrated into art
and literature" he said.
Sick Of Idols
Poets andsauthors are circu-
lating unpublished works in
what a visitor to Russia re-
ferred to as official clandes-
Unity" He said the young
ones are interested in such con-
demned Western writers as
Glide, Proust, Kafka. Joyce.
THE new generation is sick
and tired of dull conventions
and false idols of the Stain
era He added it was difficult
to guess the direction these
tendencies would take.
There was a period he de-
lightfully referred to as the
"Thaw" period from 1854 to
1857. This was a time when
Boris Pasternak's "Dr. zhivago"
was published and gave us a
glimpse of what was hidden be-
hind the respectable facade of
Soviet law-abiding letters"
He added that it was inter-
esting to note that this work,
the most widely read work of
fiction to come from Russia
since the revolution, is not even
printed in Moscow.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
$4,000 in Bogus Bills
Seized With Suspect

A 30 year old Hyattsville
(MdD man. sought in connec.
ton with the passing Of coun.
lterfeit $40 bills in area shop.
ping centers recently, wa!
farrested in a nearby Virgins
motel today, the Secret Servict
announced.
A spokesman said the sus.
pect, identified as Morris E
Anglin. jr.. had $4,000 in phonS
bills on him when arrested. HI
has been charged with passing
and possession of counterfeit
money.
The Secret Service declined
to identify the motel. A spokes.
man said a woman was with
Anglin when he was arrested
but would say no more about
her.
! The Secret Service said about
Evening star., 1961-01-10
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Stan Writer

Life in Russia sounds like a
lot Of caviar If you're an au-
thor who doesn't mind being
told what to write, according
to Marc Slonim.
The RusSian-born. 66-year-
old author, teacher and critic
opened the 1861 Library of
Congress season last night with
some revealing comments about
contemporary Russian novel;
lists.
They are rich and are in
vited to the state functions and
get fringe benefits like vacation
and housing centers just for
writer's. Some have statues
and monuments built for them
when they die.
He said Russians are so used
to this that when visiting the
United States they auto
matically look for statues of
Mark Twain or Walt Whitman
in parks in New York.
Follow Tradition
The hitch is that literature
like all other activities in Rus
sia is an integral part of the
state. Creative writing is a
public function and controlled
by the party"
Mr.. Slonim said the author
is not a free agent in our sense
of the word and he always
carries the burden of social
Evening star., 1961-01-10
District Sets
Hearing on
Repair Rules

The Commissioners today re-
ceived the proposed new home
improvement regulations and
PROMPTLY set up public hear
ing for February /.
The early hearing date was
fixed on, the Commissioners
said. because both the public
and the industry are already
familiar with the problems and
the proposed rules to curb un-
scrupulous practices in the
home improvement industry.
Citizens groups. interested
individuals. industry represent
atives. as we'll as all those who
worked on drafting the rules.
will be invited to testify at the
session TO be held at 10 am.
on February l in the District
Buildings Board Room.
The regulations. providing for
the licensing and bonding of
home improvement contractors
and statesmen, are designed to
carry out the law approved by
President Eisenhower last Sep
tember. The law had sped
through Congress after The
Star pinpointed fraudulent
practices in home repair in its
Home Owner Beware" series.
The proposed rules protect
homeowners from such prac-
tices as work performed with
out a required permit, uncom-
Ipleted work and payment for
work that is never done. Lii
|censes are required of contrac-
tors who take on jobs costing
more than $500 and accept any
payment in advance of COM
pletion.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
Police. Set for InouquroI
With Intricate Hookup

communicate with each other
in addition to staying in con-
tact with the headquarters bus
Directed by Capt. Nally
The entire auxiliary system
will be directed by Capt. tohr
w. Nally. an expert techniciar
who heads the departments
radio DIVISION
1t. Frederick McCloud will be
in charge Of communication
at the Municipal Center, with
Corp. Jack w. Billhimer, ar
electronics expert. overseeing
operations at the departments
transmitter, located in the 10th
precinct house. 720 Park road
NV.
Chief Robert v. Murray will
be instantly available If the
need arises. The shiny new car
which will carry him in the var
Of the parade will also be
equipped with a mobile unit.
Evening star., 1961-01-10

Is bogus $40 bills were passed
in the Langley Park Md.
and Seven Corners (VaD shop.
ping centers just before Christ.
mas.
The bills, a spokesman said
originated in Union City. N. j.
where a counterfeiting ring wa!
uncovered in early December
and 10 persons arrested.
On December %, two mer
suspected Of passing the coun.
terfeits touched off a chase
through the crowded stores al
Langley Park Clerks who
spotted the phony bills sum.
moned police, who set off after
two suspects, but lost them ir
the throng of shoppers.
Agents said other counter.
feits had turned up in three
stores at Langley Park.
Evening star., 1961-01-10

the Washington Board of Trade
on "the appearance of the
Federal City"
Mrs. Moholy Macy charged
that the General Services Ad-
ministration and others re-
sponsible for planning Federal
buildings were wasting tax
dollars and were guilty of a
basic contradiction" in evolv-
ing architectural design.
RidicuIes GSA Ideas
The critic said that GSA's
idea of being contemporary is
to take away a few porticos and
substitute square piers for
round columns. This. she said,
is counter to the whole idea of
"historicism in architecture"
True reverence for tradi-
tion," Mrs. Moholy Macy said.
shows itself in preserving the
best of the architectural rec
ord. not by initiating what has
passed"
She opened fire on such build
ings as the Federal Reserve
Board and the new Smith
sonian building much better.
She liked the old brick Smith
sonian Building much better.
When James Renwick de-
signed the first building to
Evening star., 1961-01-10

The Washington police de-
partment is setting up the most
elaborate communications sys-
tenn in its history to guarantee
order and security on Inaug-
uration Day.
BY next Tuesday. the depart
ment plans to start testing an
auxiliary communications set
up which will employ II walkie-
talkies operating on a special
emergency wave length.
Officers equipped with the
walkie- -talkies will be stationed
at strategic spots along the
parade route. The sets belong
to the force, and we're bor-
rowed from the civil disturbance
unit for the occasion.
Bus Is Headquarters
Headquarters for the aux
iliary system will be a bus,
borrowed from Civil Defense,
which will be stationed at John
Marshall place and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
There. two dispatchers and
two radio technicians, under
the direction of 1t. James j.
McAuliffe. will man a mobile
unit and stay in constant. two
way communication with the
walkie-talkies.
They will also have a direct
line to the dispatcher handling
the regular communications
system at police headquarters
in the Municipal Center.
If any of the walkie-talkies
goes on the blink. a radio test
Outstanding by outside the
bus-will be directed to the
scene to make repairs. The test
car will also be equipped with a
mobile unit.
The officers m a n n ing the
walkie-talkies will be able to
Evening star., 1961-01-10

Legislators I
ToGet Bill
Bonning Slots
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staf Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. l0.-A bill
to ban all slot machines in
Maryland will be introduced in
the General Assembly, the
Charles County Ministerial AS
sociation said today. .
1--WE definitely will have spon-.
sors for a BILL" said the Rev.
Andrew Gum. president of the
ministerial association.
The association yesterday,
passed a resolution petitioning
the Legislature to pass a bill
abolishing slot machines in this
State"
Mr.. Gum said Protestant
ministers from all sections of
Maryland will meet with Coy.
Tawes January 80 to seek his
backing for the measure. Gov.
Tawes last year called slot ma
chimes an evil" which should
be eradicated, but he said it
was up to the legislators from
the localities where they are
legal to do something about
them.
The Charles County Minis
terial Association said that the
problem is a Statewide one
since 1t is the State that allows
the counties to have them"
and because the State re-
ceives a one-half of / per cent
tax on all slot machine reve-
nueS."
I'VE believe that the voters
Of Maryland should be en-
titled to vote on the question
of eliminating the slot ma
chimes completely from this
State" the organization said.
The Charles County Asso-
citation backed a referendum
last fall which limited the
number of slot machines in
any one establishment in that
county to 35.
Slots are legal in Charles, =
Anne Arundel. Calvert and St.
MaryS counties.
Evening star., 1961-01-10

serve as advisers to younger
men. ..
Members of Mr.. Bells work.
shop. charged with developing
tentative recommendations on
education about aging, were in
general. agreement that al
though some Federal funds were
desirable for education and
research. private funds should
be encouraged. too.
They stressed that an over
powering Federal program
would reduce private initiative
by religious organizations and
service clubs who so far have
taken the lead in countrywide
programs for the aged.
The majority of America S
aged were described last night
as being poor, ill-housted and
\ suffering from inadequate med
ical care:
These problems and others
relating to the plight of the
Nations 65-and-over popula-
ton were discussed in work
groups today by the delegates
! Gov. Robert B. Meyner of
New Jersey, one Of the main
speakers last night. set forth
what he considered to be the
three main areas of concern
facing the aged.
Our aged are poor" Gov.
Meyner said. I'm 1858. about
so per cent Of those over IS
had less than 1000 in money
income during the year.
Medical Care Needed
Our aged are not obtaining
needed medical care" he said.
"One Of the major problems of
Americas senior citizens is how
Ito finance the cost. of medical
care when income is low, dis
ability high and adequate
voluntary insurance practically
unobtainable."
AS a solution, he gave his
support to the controversial
plan to extend the social secu-
rity system to include medical
insurance for Americas senior
citizens.
Our aged are ill-housed." he
said. THE elderly urgently
need safe, sanitary and suita-
BILE housing at a rental they
can afford"
To increase financial aid to
aged he advocated a plan
which would raise social secu-
rity benefits, increase the wage
level taxed for social security
from $4,000 to $4,000, and pro-
vide that when United States
savings bonds are redeemed at
retirement the face value of
the bonds would be adjusted to
reflect the actual cost of living
at the time.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
ANA ...=
Delegate
Reps Views
Of Meony

COntlmued from First rage
without coming up with any
constructive alternative.
1T was only when the ad-
ministration, for quite obvious
political reasons, came up with
an inadequate. unwieldy and
unrealistic substitute plan last
summer that the ANA at last
grudgingly gave tepid support
to any form of Government
health plan for the aged" Mr.
Meany said.
He was referring to the
Kerr-Mills bill, which provides
a Federal-State matching fund
system to aid those persons
who become INDECENT because
of illness.
Mr.. Meany said that most oi
the aged today have no health
insurance and can't get 1t
Speaking of the social security
approach, he charged that al
sorts Of invalid and unworthy
attacks have been directed
against it,"
But, he added. now is tht
time for all intelligent people
to lay aside propaganda ane
consider this issue on the merit
and on the facts"
Cites FOrand Bill
Three years ago. he recalled
legislation was proposed to til
In a health insurance plan with
social security. Referring tt
the so-called Forand bill, III
said it and similar others woule
be paid for by small addition!
to social security taxes and no
by the Government.
AS the two opposing side
locked in battle, a spokesman
for the American Nursing
Home Association pleaded fol
delegates not to become boggec
down in bitterness over how
best to finance medical care fol
the aged.
Alton E. Barlow, president ot
the association, urged delegates
and others at the conference
to keep the explosive medica
care issue in proper perspective
during the remaining three
days of the conference.
He said that the conference
has required more than two
years of preparation and ha!
involved hundreds Of thousand
OF persons in every community
With more than $500 delegates
working in some 1873 workshop
covering 20 broad fields Of in
terest. there are only 279 per
sons who will actually vote or
a recommendation for som'
system of medical care, pay
ments. Mr.. Barlow said.
Evening star., 1961-01-10
Refunds to Students
Provided in Bill

A bill to give the District
Commissioners power to make
refunds to nonresident stu.
dents has been introduced ir
the Senate.
Previously, the Commission.
ers have lacked the authority
to refund partial tuition tt
nonresident students who leave
the public school system before
their term is up.
The bill was introduced by
Senator Morse. Democrat OF
Oregon, and referred to the
Senate District Committee.