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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Old Currency On
Display At Bank
OF POWhatan

POWHATAN, Mar. 6 = Pow
hatan bank customers will have
an opportunity to view an his
torical collection of currency
dating back to the Colonial Rev
dictionary period, composed
principally of large (old) size
notes. Six panels of various is
sues and series of U. S. Currency
will be displayed at the Bank of
Powhatan on the week of March
6, according to w. R. Parker.
president.
This exhibit, obtained from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond, includes on the first pan
81. currency issued by the Con-
tinental Congress and Colonial
Revolutionary States. Because of
its steady depreciation in value.
the Continental currency gave
rise to the expression, mot
worth a Continental The warn
ing, Death to counterfeit. ap-
pears on large part of the
Colonial currency. Also shown
are examples of obsolete or
broken bank" notes issued dur
ing the period 1850-1866.
On the second panel are ex-
amples of United States notes
commonly referred to as legal
tender" the forerunner of our
present-day currency. Several
widely-knoWn "Chittenden and
Spinner notes are included.
The third panel contains large
odd size notes issued by Ma
tlonal Banks during the First
Original, Second. and Third
Charter periods. Of SPECIAL in
terest is the engraving of the
issuing banks charter number
on the brown backs of the cur
rency issued during the Second
Charter period.
perhaps our most beautifully
engraved currencv was the
third issue of large old size
Silver Certificates. commonly
called the Educational Series"
Parker said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Scholarship
Tests Set Today
At Pc Academy

Fifty-tWo students at Prince
Edward Academy will take tho
National Merit Scholarship Quail
flying Test to-day Tuesday,. X.
c. Gilmer. headmaster, has an
nounced.
The test, a three hour exam
ination of educational develop
ment. is the first step in the
seventh annual competition for
provided by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation and by
sponsoring corporations, founda-
tons, associations and indlvid-
uals.
There are 1882 Merit Scholars
attending 391 colleges in the cur
rent academic year.
Some 10000 semifinalists, the
highest scorers in all of the
states. will be named next fall.
The semifinaliSts take a second
examination to determine final
lists, and from the finalists the
eventual winners are selected on
the basis of school records and
recommendations, test scores,
activities. leadership and accom-
plishnlents outside the classroom.
Scholarship stipends are based
upon financial need, the mini
mum being 500 and the maxi
mum 81, 500 The average stipend
awarded to freshman Merit
Scholarship in 1860 was 1927. The
scholarships continue for four
years of college education.
The scores are used in many
high schools to help students
make decisions about college at
tendance and field Of study
Many students who do not eX-
pect to win a scholarship take
the test in order to learn more
about their individual strengths
and weaknesses.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

urday at the London Clinic fol-
lowing an emergency operation
to save her life. The glamor
Gus film star and four-time Os-
car award nominee underwent
surgery to open her Windpipe
after a severe attack Of pneu-
monia made it difficult to
breathe. Her husband. singer
Eddie Fisher, stood by during
the operation.
THE STOCK MARKET had q
busy week with volume topping
100000 shares on four of the
five trading sessions. The APP
average of 60 stocks advanced
for the third straight week clos
ing Friday at the new all-time
high of $241, up $3.50 from the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Forestry Lag
Continue from page u

will vary from 81 to S. per acre
depending on the number of
stems to be deadened.
III Prince Edward where many
timber stands have been clearcut
and are now being left to reSeed
by natural processes from tree
seed and stems the herbicide pro-
css would be required. But with
out it. followed by reseeding
with pine, the stands will grow
back in low quality hardw0ods
:. a distinct disadvantage eco
nomically to the farmer because:
- the growth rate is only half
that of pine. % the volume Of
disable timber produced is only a
third that gotten from pine, and
the sale price as of today is only
about half of that received from
pine
NISldkt EAtDcdttu
Yet this slow regrowth in hard
woods is repeated over and over
here. as is at once evident to
any one who drives about the
county. Last year only 800. 800
loblolly pine e e d ing were
planted in the county. The num-
Der should have been at least
three or four times greater, for
eSterS maintain if the fOreS-
try economy here is to be kept
healthy.
The total planting cost figure
of $40 to $35 per acre also in
cludes labor. If the landowner
does the tree planting and poison
ing himself there is no actual
cost fore these two labor items.
The cost Of tree seedlings is
$3.50 per thousand. Since ap-
proximately 800 seedlings is the
recommended per acre planting
rate, the per acre cost of seed
lings is only $3.50.
The money needed to invest in
trees does not have to come out
Of the farmers pocket. The Agri-
cultural Conservation Program,
more commonly known as the
ACP and available in every
county through the Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation Of
flee (ASCl. offers cost sharing
plan that will share with the
landowner the cost of planting
up to S2O.85 per acre depending
IN the type of land to be planted.
Can Earn Cash
In all cases the cost sharing
payments will pay more than the
actual annual cost of seedlings
and herbicide. The farmer con
tributes the labor as his part of
the cost slares' plan. Thus a
farmer taking advantage of this
program will actually end up
with little cash earned if
he does the planting work.
The cost of the seedlings can be
further reduced. by half, by tax
ing advantage of Matching Tree
Programs" offered by the indus
trial pulp and paper companies.
Information on both the ACP
program and matching trees can
be obtained from ASC offices or
tire Division of Forestry.
Thus the argument, Cant af-
ford it," simply has no basis in
fact. That leaves the argument.
Don't have time" The tree
planting season occurs during the
months from December to April
each year. These months are usu-
ally not too busy ones for the
farmer once fall blowing is fin
ished ard the tobacco crop sold.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Jaycees' Bosses
CONTINUED from page /


the organization. The speaker.
whose 26-year service on the
Farmville Town Council and 40
years as a newspaper publisher
and community betterment plug
ger are right down the Jaycee
alley, spoke on Live on Top of
Life"
Wall Speaks
Alternately whimsical and
serious. the editor raconteur
recommended an eight point pro-
gram of living to the young
community leaders, starting
with "A sense of humor: don t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

What is necessary is a little
prior planning, and today's farm
er must do that if he's to
stay alive as a farmer.
In a county with nearly 70 per
cent of its land area ideally
adapted to fores try, and
where vast natural resource is
being allowed to dwindle. it's
past time for planning and
planting.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

previous week. Investors SEEM
ed convinced that the proposals
of the Kennedy administration
would lead to high prices. For
this reason, some bought while
others sold and the result was a
huge turnover.
COMMUNICATION STUDY
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, under an
order of President Eisenhower.
will begin experimenting leading
a commercially run connnunica-
tons network in the Space Age.
The world wide network would
use space satellites to transmit
radio, telephone, television and
telegraph communications.
Evening star., 1961-11-05

Susan, who has worked on
the Hill only a few months.
AS a memento of her big
evening, Susan has two books
OF White House matches at
tached with cellophane tape
to a bulletin board in her
apartment.
They are so precious, I
didn't even want to put a
thumb tack in them" said
the wide-eyed receptionist.
The matches caused Susan
her only bad moments at the
White House. After she had
scooped up all she saw on the
dinner table, delighted to
have a souvenir she could
take home, she noticed Presi-
dent Kennedy, an unlit cigar
in his mouth, searching
around for a light. Susan
guiltily returned a package
of matches to the table.
Il don't think the Presi-
dent even noticed" she said
the other day. He was so
busy laughing and talking
and joking with people"
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Flowers by Jet
For q Friend

Mrs. Perle Mesta, a long
time friend of ailing House
Speaker Sam Rayburn,
brought a huge bouquet of
flowers all the way from New
York by jet plane to present
to Mr.. Rayburn in the hos
pital in Dallas.
Planning to stop off in
Dallas on a Sunday, en- route
to making a speech in San
Antonio, Mrs. Mesta says she
brought the flowers along be-
cause II wasn't sure I could
find a florist open Sunday
in Dallas"
She didn't get to see the
Speaker, who isn't having any
visitors these days, but had
chats at the hospital with
his sisters, Mrs. w. A.
Thomas and Mrs. Edward
Barley.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
The Chance
Of q Lifetime

Susan Petty, the pretty
young receptionist in the Of
flee of Senator Jacob Javits
of New York, is still reeling,
weeks later, with the heady
excitement of having gone to
dinner at the White House.
Susan, who met Actors
Walter Pidgeon and Peter
Lawford when the two were
roaming in and out of Senate
offices during the filming of
Advise and Consent" was
invited to the White House
by Mr.. Lawford, the Presi-
dents brother-in- law. Other
guests were chiefly White
House staff members.
1T was one of those freak
things that happen once in
a lifetime" said 21-year-old
Evening star., 1961-11-05
She Lives NOn The Brink" k"
But Cooch's Wife Has No Time for Worry

per's policy to let the colum-
nistS handle their own prob
lens and gave Tom my
address.
Tom didn't call; he just
came. I answered the door
and there he was with fire
in his eyes. But somehow we
never got around to the rea-
son for his coming and
started dating that week"
They were married a year
later.
Mrs. Nugent is as much of
a whiz as a homemaker as
her husband is at introduc-
ing innovations to football
tactics. He is known as the
magician" of football in
the South. But the way she
runs the 20-room white
frame house they occupy on
the University of Maryland
campus without domestic
help, manages nine children
and still arranges to accom-
pany her husband on The
teams out-of-town trips is
nothing short of magic" it
self.
Her Secret
The secret Of how she does
1t is a composite of many
things "a family team
spirit" a well-organized
household that can run"
when she isn't there because
she makes such thorough
advance preparation, and
Peg Nugent's own brand of
faith which believes every
thing will turn out all right"
Herself one of seven chill
dren and the only girl in
the family, Mrs. Nugent
takes management of a large
family in her stride. A great
many of the household tasks
are shared, with the children
offering a great deal of help.
The Nugent children range
in age from 1S to 8 years
five boys and four girls.
The eldest, Tom. jr., is away
at college, a freshman this
year at William and Mary.
The others, in order of
their ages. are Kerry, II;
Peggy, Is; Terrence Daniel
or I'D. to his family, 10;
Patty, IL; Tim. Z; Mimi, s;
Jerry, 4. and Johnny, 8.
Mrs. Nugent's day begins
at 6 am. because it means
getting six children off to
school. plus cooking break
fast for the 8 O'Clock risers,
her husband and the two
pre-schoolers. Echoing a
good percentage of mothers.
she laughed, long ago, 1
Just quit eating breakfast"
Home for All
After breakfast she tackles
the housework and answers
the phone and doorbell. Our
home is always welcome to
the students. Sometimes the
kids come in and just want
Evening star., 1961-11-05

ing and no I don't want
that!' With this many, we
can't allow any fooling
around.
Occasionally well hit a
disciplinary snag. But on
the whole they're wonderful
kids, what my husband calls
normally maladjusted.' "
Their fourth child. T. D..
got his name in an unusual
way. He was born in Octo-
Der, as his mother says,
right in the middle of the
football season" adding with
blithe Irish humor, "a ter
ribly inconvenient time to be
born"
The Nugents were living
in Hopewell, Va, where he
was coach of the high school
team. Mrs. Nugent went into
the hospital a few days be-
fore their big game with
Petersburg.
What's in a Name
A few hours after a 10
pound son was born to the
Nugents, one of the football
players went to see the new
baby in the hospital. He
asked me to promise that
if we named that big, hand
some baby Touch Down
they would win the game"
Mrs. Nugent recalled.
"And they did win. I
heard the game over the
radio from my hospital bed,
and it was a walkaway.
Hopewell won, $50. The
team came to the hospital
with the football, auto
graphed T. D., and presented
it to me for our son. So
we named him T. D. OF
course he had to have a
Christian name so we Sc
lected Terrence Daniel to
fit the initials. But T. D.
is what we've always called
him and always will"
It looks like T. D. is living
UP to his name, for he is
now playing for one of the
Catholic Youth Organiza-
ton leagues, the st. Am
brose team. The other
Nugent children also reflect
the family football-minded-
ness. Last year. Tom played
quarterback and punter at
DeMatha High School, and
Peggy is a cheerleader at
Regina high school.
Mrs. Nugent noted, "All
the children show a great
interest in athletics"
Since football has been
their whole life for 20 years,
the Nugents often look back
to their meeting with some
amusement. With a laugh,
Peg Nugent noted, Hes
told me it's a good thing
1 met him in the basketball
season, because we wouldn't
have had any dates during
the football season!"
Evening star., 1961-11-05
One Wonun's
Words

Vice President Lyndon
Johnson's wife Lady Bird is
still delighting listeners with
her turn of phrase.
Last week. in taking news
women on a tour of the John
sons new house, the Elms,
she showed them the second
floor family room, in which
she has installed floor-to-
ceiling bookcases, and said:
This is where we keep all
the reference books-every-
thing from the Bible to Emily
Post"
Evening star., 1961-11-05
BY RUTH DEAN
Star staff Writer

For Mrs. Tom Nugent
being a football coach's wife
is "a volcanic existence
always living on the brink"
but she wouldn't trade her
role for any other.
Its very exciting, always
changing; it doesn't give you
time to worry" says the
wife of the University Of
Maryland'S football coach
and mother of nine chill
dren.
I'm no Mrs. Amos Alonzo
Stagg (who plotted plays
and secuted players with her
famous football coach hus-
band)," says the former Peg
Foley. shes the all-time
football fan, but I'd like to
think / come in second.
II don't have the work
ing knowledge she did, al
though football was less
complicated in her time.
And besides 1 wouldn't have
the nerve" she added, a
hint of laughter in her Irish
blue eyes.
But Peg Nugent is close
to being an "all-time foot
ball fan" herself, never miss
ing practice scrimmages if
she can help it and accom-
panying her husband on the
teams five out = of = town
scheduled weekend games.
Only since her marriage
has Mrs. NugenS become
such an ardent football fan.
Before that when she was
attending high school in
Lawrence, Mass, she recalls
"the football players gave
me the impression they ran
the team and the coach was
Just there to keep the
mothers off the bench"
Once a COlumniSt
Mrs. Nugent was a society
columnist for the Lawrence
Sunday Star when she met
her future husband. AS a
matter of fact it came about
after publishing of one of
her columns in which he was
mentioned - but not very
happily.
II wrote a kind of chit
chat column about celeb
rites and people in the
news" she recalled. "One
day 1 wrote about Tom and
his record of two undefeated
football seasons. In my ear
nestness to show what a
hard worker he was, I called
him the Simon Legree of
football
1t was an unfortunate
choice of words, as it turned
out. He was more than an
noyed. He called the editor
of the paper and complained,
saying he always tried to be
fair with his boys. The edi-
tor told him it was the pa
Evening star., 1961-11-05
No Change

Representative Frances
Bolton thinks one time Pres
idential Candidate James G.
Blaine hit the nail on the
head about members of Con-
gress when he delivered him
self of the following back in
1892:
There is no test of a mans
Evening star., 1961-11-05

to use the phone. And some
times we have a couple of
lost parents" she added.
The laundry problem is
somewhat simplified for Mrs.
Nugent. She sends out the
flatwork, and buys easy-to-
launder drip dry clothing.
The girls attend Catholic
schools and therefore wear
uniforms which cuts down on
intricate clothing care. At
that the two older girls do
their own ironing as we'll as
the ironing for their younger
sisters. T. D. also does his
own shirts as well as his
younger brothers.
Mrs. Nugent conresses that
she "and the kids" share the
coach's anxieties during the
season.
A coach is always having
to prove himself; there may
be laurels but you can never
rest on them. During the sea-
son Tom works from 9 am.
to midnight every day in
Guiding Sunday, except time
out for church. The rest of
the year, he usually works
until 8 pm, for that's when
the dinners and speaking en-
gagementS begin. It's a busy
life but we love it."
Her husbands long-work-
ing hours during which he
seldoms gets home for din
ner is one of the reasons Peg
Nugent availS herself of the
opportunity to accompany
him. the rest of the coaching
staff and their wives, and
the team out of town.
Even then" she added
with a laugh, II seldom even
see him. But the family
makes up for the times we're
all apart. Birthdays, holi-
days GIVE invented a few")
and summer vacation we're
always together"
A Sort of Secretary
When Mrs. Nugent goes
with the team on an out-of-
town trip, she acts as a sort
of club secretary, manning
the phones and taking mes
sages while her husband and
the other coaches are out
on practice workouts with
the team, and hostessing the
Terrapin Club dinners.
Before she leaves home,
Mrs. Nugent sees to it that
the children's needs have
been provided for.
I'VE always have some
one come in and stay with
the kids" Mrs. Nugent said
in outlining the routine she
follows for the week ends she
and the coach are away.
II leave food for them, all
ready to go in the oven
barbecued chicken, casse-
roles. the Friday fish. l also
leave menus for all the
meals, so there'll be no pick
Evening star., 1961-11-05
CAPITAL FoOTNOTEs
New East Front Almost
Ready for New Session

was built largely at his in
Sistence. finally is completed.
A three-room suite = large
private office, medium-sized
office for secretaries, and a
huge double sized room fitted
with conference table-has
long been earmarked for
Speaker Rayburn, with the
colors to be chiefly the deep
maroon which he likes in his
offices in the old Capitol
Building.
Evening star., 1961-11-05

ability in any department of
public life more severe than
service in the House of Rep
resentatives; there is no
place where so little defer
ence is paid to reputation
previously acquired, or to en-
inence won outside; no place
where so little consideration
is shown for the feelings or
the failures of beginners.
What a man gains in the
House he gains by sheer
force of his own character,
and if he loses and falls
back he must expect no
mercy, and will receive no
sympathy.
1T is a field in which the
survival of the strongest is
the recognized rule, and
where no pretense can de-
ceive and no glamour can
mislead. The real man is dis
covered, his worth is impair
TALLY weighed, his rank is ir-
reversibly decreed."
Before today's solon lets
this laudatory assessment go
to his head, however, he
might recall that its authors
veracity was widely chal-
lenged during the 1884 presi-
Dental campaign, which he
lost to Grover Cleveland.
Blaine's opponents, who
questioned his denial of i'm
proper conduct in some busi-
ness deals, pla stere d the
country with the couplet:
Blaine! Blaine! James G..
Blaine!
The continental liar
from the State of Maine"
Evening star., 1961-11-05
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star Staff Writer

The new East Front Of the
Capitol will be completely fin
ished by the time Congress
returns on January 10, and
the new Capitol restaurants
will be open by December /,
says Capitol Architect j.
George Stewart.
The only thing he foresees
that might cause a snag
would be a holdup in deliv-
cry of new furniture, Mr..
Stewart added, and he does
not anticipate this because
the first of the new furniture
arrived last Tuesday. right on
schedule. 1t has already been
installed in rooms on the top
floor that will house the Joint
Atomic Energy Committee,
Mr.. Stewart said.
The architect wants to
start using the new restau-
rants and renovated kitchens
by December /. Ito give us
some time to work out any
kinks" in newly installed ele-
vators and dumbwaiters, he
said.
Indignant
Mr.. Stewart is indignant
at Wisconsin Senator Prox-
mire's charge last week that
the new East Front will con-
tain % "hideaway" offices
for favored members of the
House and Senate.
There aren't any hide
aways' or any secret passage
ways either" he said, "-un-
less you call every office on
the Hill, including Senator
Proxmire'S in the new Senate
office Building, a hide
away" he asserted.
There is no indication, in
cidentally, that the Senate
and House leaders who deter
mined the ALLEGATION of office
space in the new East Front
have been at all inclined to
change their largely COM
pleted ALLEGATIONS because Of
Senator Proxmire's charges.
Changes
Some changes can be ex-
pected on the House side,
naturally, as an aftermath
of the leadership shifts that
will follow from the eventual
replacement of gravely i'll
Speaker Rayburn.
There have been many
comments on the Hill about
the sad irony of the Speaker
being unable to be present
when the East Front, which
Evening star., 1961-04-14
School nj ri


BY cATHY cRESSWELL
ond ROSEMARY GEORGE
Bryan. School Reporters
William Cullen Bryant In
termediate School in Fairfax
County, Va, can be viewed
from many angles, and we
feel that to know of one is
not to know completely what
Bryant is like.
From the architects angle,
our new school could be
described as a large, sprawl
ing expanse of modern brick
architecture, surrounded by
o newly budding carpet Of
green grass.
The interiOr decorator
Evening star., 1961-04-14
va, I'll {

SVeLlI UpcLlS ~ o.oV d'Lii' dIIu
closes at 7::30D pm. 49,
Rock Greek Nature Center.
Glover road south. of Military
road and Oregon avenue
NV, a special woods in
Spring" program. 10:30 am.
1880 and $3.50 pm. Saturday:
hourly from 1880 to 4::30 pm.
on Sunday. The planetari-
um, featuring Frontiers Of
Space" shows at 10 am, l
Evening star., 1961-04-14
Friday. April "A, ls6i-------

!. Week..
'RYANT
are studied on alternate
days.
Nov, then" he viii pause
for breath, eighth graders
study these subjects on q
required basis: English, the
arts, science and gym, They
may elect to study either
French or United States his-
tory, and also may choose
between beginning algebra
for advanced students or
regular math for normal
students"
whewl 90 much for
studies,
Now, let's study the only
angle left-Bryant through
anw-
Evening star., 1961-04-14

=. = ..s..l -,
Go-Pad, is where you'll
YER the Washington area to-
Evening star., 1961-04-14
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me Love Story
BAcAS
writer
ton that he stayed for five
months. He played piano and
sang and the other members
played bass and drums and
sang. Their repertoire was
fairly sophisticated stuff for
the hotel. but changed to
rock and roll when they
played theaters.
Last June, with the draft
looming. Tommy Joined the
Evening star., 1961-04-14
ICUWUC, WIS, WIIU

BIVCII q PdA y WAtS1 " -
Trinity Presbyterian Church.
"The Student Prince"
musical, at $3.50 pm. tonight,
Saturday and Sunday at st.
Anthony's High School gym,
Tenth and Lawrence streets
NE; 81 for students; $1.5O
adults.
Prince Georges Ballet Co.,
q company of teen-agerS
sponsored by Prince Georges
Recreation Department. will