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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Salute Made To
POwhatan FFA's

BALLSVILLE, Feb. % - This
week is National ETA Week.
This fine group OF young men,
many Of whom will make the
field Of agriculture their life
work. deserve special recog-
milton. Max Undertake. advisor
to the chapter at PoWhatan, has
worked hard to enlarge the en-
rollment. and help the boys with
their enterprises. We have sew
eral boys in this community who
have gone into partnership with
their fathers in the farming bust
ness. or have their own small
part of the business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl cambridge
and Butch" visited Mr.. Dam
bridges mother in Richmond on
Sunday. They reported her as
feeling well and happy to see
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed McCraw, of
Farmville. visited relatives
Sunday night.
Among those who enjoyd see
ing Swiss Family Robinson" at
the State Theater in Richmond
over the week end were: Mrs. l..
L. Jesup. Rixey Jesup and
Alan Stokes. Mrs. R. j. Lester.
David, Jane Ellen and Cinty Les
ter and Penny Hurt.
Mrs. Clarence Brown has re-
turned from Norfolk.
Several people from this COM
munity attended the P-TA meet
ing at the high school on Mon
day. A special program was
given for the unwilling of a por-
trait of P. c. Williams. former
superintendent of schools in Pow
hatan county. Among the speak
ers for the occasion was Col. j.
T. Walker. Jr.. former principal
of PoWhatan High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Micou and
Ann and Mrs. Jane McLauline
visited the Hurt family on Sun
day.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Sells Now Making Home
With The Earl Bantons

WELL WATER. Feb. g : Mr..
and Mrs. John Self lost their
home and its contents by fire
last Wednesday morning. Febl1l-
airy Is. Many neighb0rs from
here went to the fire but too late
to save anything. The Dillwyn
Fire Department also came but
the house had fallen in. A de-
fective flue was thought to be
the cause.
Mr.. and Mrs. Self and their
daughter. Miss Margaritt, are
now making their home with Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Banton until they
can build a new house. Friends
and neighbors were sorry to hear
of their loss, and will help in
any way they can.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Banton were
business visitors in Farmville on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Winfrey
and children, Miss Ir7na. Winfrey.
of Richmond. and Mrs. Phoebe
Foreman and daughter. Of Mary
land. visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Self in the Earl Banton home on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Roberts
and Miss Mary Virginia Bar
bolT, of Richmond. were week
end visitors of Mrs. Frank w.
Bryant.
Mrs. Bette Rush. who has been
unable to get out during the past
two months, spent Thursday
with her son, Rolfe Rush. He is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

at home but not improving in
health much.
Services were held at all of
the churches in this community
on Sunday. II was nice day
and most Of the snow had melt
ed. Dirt roads are Still very bad
Miss Lucy Dahl Johns. of
Curdsville. spent Thursday night
with Miss Linda Baber.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. r. B. Owens,
of Richmond. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Bergob.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Choral Club To
Participate IN
Music Festival

AMELIA, Feb. 20-The Amelia
high School Choral Club will go
to Richmond on Saturday, Mar
CHI 4. to participate in the Music
Festival to be held at Lee Davis
High School.
With Mrs. Betty j. Turner as
their director. the club will sing
among other selections, Carol
of the Bells" and "Joseph's
Lovely Garden
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Frank D. Beck
of Churchland, chats with four former students,
now enrolled as freshmen at LOngwoOd College.
Sue Moseley, Peg Waldo, Susan Birmingham and
Brenda Isbel. The Churchland principal was one
Of - visiting the campus February l6, together
with guidance cOansel0rs, meeting with freshmen
who graduated from their respective schools
Purpose Of the annual visits and chats is to
find areas where high schools can improve prep
aratiOn for college. and where the colleges can
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

enough to be carried and fired
by one man from a disposable
tube made of polyester fabric
and fibre glass.
The idea for it's use is that, in
a tight battle situation. anyone
could fire it-even the cook or
truck driver.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

NEW CANTON, Feb. 23-Mrs.
Athol Butler and Mrs. Virgie
Anderson have returned from
Georgia after visiting her son, 1t.
Fred Mertz, and family. They
came back two days sooner than
they intended as bad weather
was reported due for the week
end, but it turned out to be a
false alarm.
Mrs. Lem W. Apperson, Jr..
spent the week end in Richmond
with her sister, and visited her
husband several times. He is a
patient in a hospital there. Re-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Services Set At
Buffalo And Beale
Memorial Churches

A. Arthur Vance. a student
from Union Theological Semi
nary, Richmond. will preach
at Buffalo PRESBYTERIAN Church
Sunday, FEBRUARY 26. at 10 am.
He will preach at Beale Me-
mortal Church, Pamplin. on the
same date at II am. The public
is cordially invited to attend
these services.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
ONE-MAN WEAPON

The Army has announced that
they have a new four-and-a-half
pount anti-tank rocket grenade
weapon with a powder explosive.
1t is the XM72, and light
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Do itjjust
stand there!
Call your
H0usE POW E
Contractor

Why face the daily annoyance of over
loaded electric outlets? Why shudder
every time you plug in an appliance for
fear fuse will blow?
Your nearby Authorized Horsepower
Contractor can check your wiring and
tell you how little time and money he
needs to bring it up to Horsepower
standards. Then you'll have the power
you need to keep all the lights and ap-
planes working conveniently and de-
pendably. And power to spare for the
wonderful new electric helpers you want
to add now and later.
Look in the Yellow Pages or phone
vEPCo for the name of your nearby
Authorized Horsepower Contractor
he will check your wiring and give you a
free Horsepower cost estimate.
v'Ro.n.A sLEc1R.c Q~
and POWER COMPANY~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

ports are that he is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Loving and
7. B. Anderson. il, were guests
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09
A Few Words
Welcome to the Club

Remember the good old days when as
sembly was included in the price of the goods
you bought?
The doityourself craze-and there's an
apt name, since most do-it-yourself ers really
are crazy-has made it well nigh impossible to-
buy anything that can't be set up quickly
and easily if you follow the simple instruc
TONS"
We're not blaming the storekeepers alto
gether, because if the customer really wants
something completely assembled, down to the
tiniest washer and tap, he can still get it,
Confidentially, we think it's the wives who
got us into this mess.
my husband" they say collectively, "can
take care of it. Besides the box that way is
so easy to get into the car"
This thing is particularly prevalent in the
thinking of Montgomery Countys adult male
population along about now, in the beginning
of what is called the holiday season.
But how much of holiday season is it if
the final four nights before Christmas are
spent in pouring over blueprints that would
tax the ingenuity of graduate civil engineers?
Just two or three years ago, we had the
educational experience of simply" putting to-
gether three toy cardboard appliances. The
instruction sheet as we remember-in one of
its lucid, If completely false, moments-said
one appliance could be assembled in approx
mately so minutes. With our self-confidence,
outstanding ability and construction know
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09
By Kent Palmer

how, the job took just 1873 minutes. Nor could
we lower construction time on either of the
other two Jobs.
The only redeeming aspect of the entire
caper was the fact that-evidently under the
push of strong premonition we started
three days early. Suppose-oh, just suppose
we had waited until Christmas Eve. Wouldn't
that have been jolly? Particularly when
there doesn't seem to be nine hours between
bedtime for the children and the time to rush
to the tree to see if Old Saint Nick has been
there
Perhaps there's an additional and supple
mentary explanation to these questionable
things that are happening
Manufacturers are sending out partly as
sembled toys and other items because they're
actually making work for a group of govern
ment gobbledegook writers who have reached
retirement age and have no other place to go.
We can't for the life of us see any end to
it, short of complete revolution. And we
have the feeling that the men of today aren't
up to anything so strenuous.
So, If on Chistmas Eve, fellows, you've
got an especially knotty problem of construc.
ton facing you-take heart !"
You're not alone. The rest of us will be
there far past bedtime, struggling with which
slot to put tab A through or looking for the
Phillips screwdriver which we haven't had to
use since last Christmas.
We're all part of the same organization
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

For a delegation of five or
six persons from Montgomery
County to fly to California and
spend two weeks looking over
Junior Colleges seems to be an
unnecessary expense. But
do admit that it would be an
enjoyable trip. And it could be
that they will learn enough to
enable great things in the con-
struction and operation OF the
old and proposed Montgomery
Junior College to warrant the
spending of thousands of dol
lars.
The businessmen of Silver
Spring aren't going to forget
too quickly the treatment Civ
en- them by the County COun-
Gil and the Director of Public
Works, MIR. KOrdella, regard
ing the public taxicab stand. on
Pershing DIR. Many of the bus
mess leaders believe the situa-
tons could have been handled
far better.
Several businessmen in the
county are wondering when
the Board of Education adopt
ed the policy of buying so
much material from Maryland
State Prisons. The County
Chamber of Commerce should
initiate a study on this situa-
ton. The quality and cost of
prison-made material should be
known and this compared with
merchandise sold by local bus
ineSSeS.
Clayton Watkins, longtime
Clerk of the Circuit Court, has
said on more than one occasion
that he did not intend to run
for reelection in 1862. How
ever, word is that he now is
thinking about seeking another
term. And although Mr.. Wat
kins is in his early 70's, there
isn't much doubt that the Dem
ocrats would not endorse any
one to replace him if he want
ed to remain on the job.
Reports are that many teach
ers in Montgomery County
aren't too enthused over the
political activities of its official
and professional organization,
the Montgomery County Edu-
cation Association. They do
not feel that such subjects as
public accommodation, the
manner in which 'TrOpic OF
Cancer was ordered from the
Public Library, and other pure
ly controversial subjects not
related to education should be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

Faith requires distinguishing
that which is wholly natural
superhuman, and therefore
trustworthy. I'm God We.
TRUST" We trust that which
is im-personal and objective.
For the physical laws of ma
ture cannot change or be
changed.
Natural things are finite;
they impose limits on growth
in any Species including men
of all races. Just as there can
be too many rabbits, there can
be too many people with
ineluctable catastrophe as a
result. In this Malthusian
struggle what has been fit to
survive can suddenly become
unfit because of competing
innovation which makes the
old fitness" obsolete, subject
to competitive exclusion
which is genocidal. No Com
munistic solution is possible.
Natural law makes a belief in
miracles impossible and i'm
moral in effect; which does
not mean, of course, that or
ganic order or disorder is
purely biochemical and sub
ject to the same invariance as
the laws of matter and energy
where competitive choices
play no part.
Our utopian materialists,
who tread the rosy path of an
optimistic fatalism, must be
remin d e d that Christianity,
with its hardboiled warning
against false prophets -
EVOLVES in Sleeps clothing
who promise the moon to all
good children was a
strange" doctrine which the
generation of vipers" - the
infidels of that day could
not understand. But truth -
the disagreeable, restrictive
truth of natural law-crushed
to earth will rise again. The
human pride that tries to deny
it is precisely that which
"goeth before a fall"
Faith is imperative; but not
in Santa Claus!
Alden Potter
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09
Praises New Chorus

Montgomery County has a
new chorus Of which we can
be justly proud. Those for
tunate enough to attend the
debut concert. of The Oratorio
Society of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Inc, agreed with Greater
Washington area critics that
the 100-voice chorus was "irn-
pressive."
A standing-room-only crowd
Of more than 800 heard the
chorus and a 30-piece orches-
ira do Bach's die Kindheit
Jesu," Schubert's MASS in G"
and "Handels 1.-THE Founding
Hospital Anthem"
Paul Hume of The Washing
ton Post said the free run
ming line of the soprano" and
the good balance between the
voices speaks well for their
early training" He said the
tone was mellow, easy, we'll
conferred in pitch"
Critic John Haskins of The
Evening Star said the chorus,
directed by Hugh Hayward,
sang together Amazingly
well" and the debut concert
was NEARLY all one might
wish" Haskins called the quar-
tet Of soloists a ''well-balanced
group"
Soprano Cleomine Lewis was
outstanding, and at her best
in the Agnus Del in the Schu-
bert. Contralto Rilla Rowe
Mervine used her opulent
voice with exceptional express
sion. The Handel anthem gave
tenor soloist Henry Mason
some excellent chances to
shine, and he did, both alone
and in duets with Miss Mer-
vine. Bass Donald Boothman
handled the Bach and Schubert
solos with easy grace.
Although part of the cost
of the concert was underwrit,
ten by Local 161, American
Federation of Musicians,
through the Music Perform
ance Trust Fund, the Society
gets most of its support from
individual contributions. AS
Critic Haskins put it, the So
ciety 'solicits support and it
certainly deserves it. Seldom
in this area has a new large
chorus been launched so sue
cessfully, and their next APP
pearance should fill an even
larger hall" Contributions
may be addressed to the So
ciety at 202-1O309 Montrose
ave-, Bethesda.
The new group already is in
rehearsal for a spring concert.
Director Hayward says those
interested in filling a few va
cancies in the chorus should
call Mrs. Mary Affelder, DIV
er 2-8579, for an addition. Re
hearsals are Monday nights at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
Thomas ]. Schwab is presi.
dent of the Society, affiliated
with the Montgomery County
Arts Center. Other officers
and trustees are Ben O'Brien,
vice president; Mrs. MART
Woods Thorson. secretary; DR..
Lee X. Buchanan, treasurer,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09
*f 5Aromld The County
By Peter Dawson
q q ~
By Peter Dawson

officially acted upon by the
MEGA.
DIR. Whittier, School Super.
intendent, is a member of the
MEGA. However, he does not
take an active part in the or.
ganization. He said that he
does not feel that the MEGA
should urge or endorse any in.
dividual to run for public of.
flee. He thinks the MEGA is
perfectly within its rights to
do everything possible to en-.
able teachers to be first.class
citizens.
DIR. Whittier also believes
the MEGA should be careful in
the public questions it chooses
to discuss and pass upon. He
said there is matter of taste
involved.
Art Simonds, Executive Sec.
rotary of the MEGA, is politi.
cally minded and has been on
a course of political activity
since assuming his position
some years ago. AS matter
of fact, one of the teachers at
Twinbrook School, told a meet
ing of Principals that a group
in MEGA had been political
and intended to continue with
that political policy.
Gregory and Chris Marrow
of Ashton received an early
Christmas gift-a brother, Mi
Ian Howard, born three weeks
ago. Chris was a little disap-
pointed that he wasn't able to
go and ride the little bike that
he had been saving for him.
And although Milan weighed
eight pounds when he was
born, Chris is resigned to the
fact that it will be a little
while before he is up and able
to ride a bike. :. It's good to
see Hazel Byrnes back at her
desk in the Assignment Com
missioners office. She had
quite a seige in the hospital
but she is back in the groove
again and the Courthouse
people are glad. ). Ward Cad
dington is still in Water Reed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

Writing about Constitutional
law is hard enough without
misprinting to becloud the
meaning. So in my letter,
Beware of False Prophets"
readers must have found, with
Lester Kimble, some strange
arguments which 1 do not fol-
low" The Sentinel printer
skipped a whole line of my
copy! Let me reiterate the
substance of that paragraph.
1t. Kimble had said that
governments are elected, OBJ.
viously making no distinction
between the laws and the will
OF the electorate the mobl
A government has a chartered
sovereignty to which the gov
erned must consent whether
they like its laws or not, even
though it prevents a majority
from soaking the rich" to
share the wealth" so as to
"raise the standard of living"
and assure equality of oppor-
tunity."
The electorate has recently
established, by a constitutional
amendment to which our fore
fathers did not consent, a pub
licly enforced system of
charity by taxing ability to
pay" which exempts public
welfare" projects, that is, a
miscellany of uneconomic &C.
tivities certified charities,
churches, schools, non-profit
cooperatives, ETC., etc. - CIV
ing support to favored causes
without explicit Legislation
that can be specifically re-
pealed. A recent Director of
this system, appointed by
President Eisenhower, re-
signed in order to give EN-.
phasis to his conviction that
the amendment, which as a
statute had been excoriated by
the Supreme Court, should be
repealed. That is why / voted
for him for President, not at
all to support the alleged
sovereignty" of the states.
No government can properly
use taxation to enforce
charity. AS / wrote before
(misprinted) elected officials
'are not at liberty to enact
Communism into law as the
will of the people. Except as
the masses can be controlled
by the classes - by the min
ority, of capitalists - through
constitutional law, there can
be no government"
Many authorities" (Glen-
vile Williams, for example)
evade the basic dispute in
philosophy by writing off a
word (natural) which embar-
raises their obscurantism; for
the whole argument over
science and religion (faith)
hinges on distinguishing what
is alive and purposeful from
that which is purely physical
and untainted by theology.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

Mark Eisen, owner of Mark
Motors, Mercury dealer in
Rockville, is young man with
great interest in sports, the
City of Rockville and in meth
DDS of selling automobiles.
Mark and Bob Bamber, adver-
Using account executive for
the Sentinel, try each week to
come up with an advertise
ment just a little different than
the ordinary run.
/ don't know whether or not
you noticed the advertisement
for Mark Motors in the Thurs
day Sentinel but l believe it is
worth repeating here.
I've been around the world
a few times recently, and I'm
considered somewhat of an au-
thOrity on travel. Here's a little
tip. If you're thinking about a
new car, don't monkey around
with some 'fly-by-night' dealer
or one of those dinl1y little cars
that are as cramped as a space
capsule and don't have enough
power to pull a small monkey
off launching pad. l would
really travel i'm style i'm a
'62 Mercury Meteor from Mark
Motor Co. (Of course).
why not let Mark put you
in Orbit in a Meteor today?
This All New Beauty is a per-
feet size between Monterey
and Comet -. gives you Bib
Car Power, Styling and Room;
Smallcar economy and low in
itial cost. Test drive it today
and see! If driving the new
Meteor isn't more fun than a
barrel of Chimponauts, my
name isn't Enos j. McMonk,
Esq"
Pretty cute, huh?
About six officials Of the
School Board, including two
members of the Board, have
gone to California for a week
or so to visit a number of Jun
Tor Colleges.
Perhaps, it is necessary and
desirable for the Superinten-
dent of Schools and a delega-
ton to leave the tremendous
job of operating the schools in
other hands while visiting
other schools, but it would
seem that Lester ]. WEIGH, Di-
rector of School Facilities and
perhaps, one Board member
could get a thorough physical
picture of these Junior Col
leges if this information is
needed in addition to written
factual Information.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09
Letters
The Public Forum

and Harold Boxer, Mrs. F..
Cowles Strickland, Phillip
Thorson and Mrs. Kenneth G..
Van Auken, Jr.
Merrill EngIund
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

The true civilization is where
every man gives to every other
every right that he claims for
himself.
Robert G. Ingersoli
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-09

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Evening star., 1961-06-23
Youth raining Urged
By Robert Kennedy

able" Mr.. Kennedy replied. IF
more money was available it
should be enlarged, but this is
a start and we could take an
other look at it next year."
Later, Senator Clark, Dem
ocrat of Pennsylvania, presid-
ing, said he has about decided
to recommend to the Labor
and Welfare Committee that
the YCC be expanded to the
figures in the original bill of
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
of Minnesota, which provided
for $4,000 enrollees the first
year, 100000 the second yeS<
and $50, 900 the third year. He
said the Attorney General need
not comment if he so desired,
and Mr.. Kennedy said he would
rather pass that question.
The Attorney General en-
phasized that this new program
is not concerned primarily with
prevention of delinquency. But
he said the fact must be faced
that a disproportionate number
of school dropouts and unem-
ployed youth eventually become
involved in delinquent conduct
Mr.. Kennedy said the extent to
which delinquency cases should
be taken into the new program
should depend on the circum-
stances in each case.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
Jersey Publisher
Wins NEAL Honor

SALT LAKE CITY, June %
(AP).-A New Jersey publish
er, Hugh N. Boyd of the New
Brunswick Daily Home News,
last night received the Ma
tional Editorial Associations
highest award for his "vigor-
GUS leadership in support of a
free and unfettered press in
America"
Lowell E. Jessen, of the
Turlock (CalifO Journal, pre-
sented the MEAS Amos Award
to Mr.. Boyd.
Several hundred newspaper
publishers and editors are at
tending the convention, which
ends tomorrow.
Mr.. Boyd's award was a rec
ognition of his service to the
NEA in the field of freedom of
the press. He was chairman
of a special University of Mis-
souri, freedom of information
committee and represented
NEA on the American Bar As
sociation committee to revise
courtroom photography rules.
He recently was elected a di-
rector of the Associated Press.