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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-17

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Blake, of
Bristol, Temp, arrived Wednes-
day to visit their son-in-law and
daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Charles
B. Vail.
Mrs. John HarWood and Mrs.
Scott Martin visited Mrs. James
r. Blanton in Richmond for a
few days this week.
Mrs. Dolly Organ, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Folger, of Greenville,
N. c., will leave Saturday to
spend few days in New York
City.
Mrs. E. G. Webster will have
as her week end guests her
daughter, Miss Nancy Lee Web
ster, of Westhampton College.
Miss Sara Ruschhaupt, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, and Miss Janice
Wood, of Charlottesville.
Miss Faye Martin attended the
midwinter dances at VPI last
week end.
Miss Emily Holiday. of New
port News, visited her mother.
Mrs. w. M. Holiday, during the
week end.
Miss Sudie M. Owen and Mrs.
Earl W. Brian, of Raleigh, N. c.,
visited Miss Owens sister, Mrs.
H. T. Baldwin. during the week
end.
MIR. and Mrs. Allen B. Camp
field. of Lynchburg, we're Sunday
guests of his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Hay,
Jr.
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert E.
Withers have returned from visit
ing their son-in-laW and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Patteson,
and family in Houston, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. McIlWaine
Will visit their son and daughter
in-laW. Mr.. and Mrs. Parke NC
Ilwaine, in Arlington this week
end.
Mrs. B. S. HamerSly will en-
terrain her bridge club Thursday
evening.
Wednesday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Crutcher were Miss
Mary James Geddy, Mrs. Will
liam Walton. and Mrs. DeJarn-
cite, of South Boston.
Miss Tiny Pearl Perkins. of
Richmond, visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Perkins, dur
ing the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Davis, of
Boydton. were Sunday guests of
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Shepard, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bland Biggs and
children, Mary Ann and Terry,
spent Sunday in Richmond.
Mrs. F. Hampton Smith, of
Birmingham, Ala, is visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Dr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Mcclellan.
Week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas E. Cumbey were
Mr. and Mrs. L. F.. Edwards. of
Richmond. and w. l.. Edwards.
of Portsmouth.
Miss Sally Ann Clark. Of West
hampton College. spent the week
end with her mother, Mrs. j. H.
Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Hartley
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Bowles in Richmond, Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-17

freShnents.
The next meeting will be held
March Ia at the home Of Mrs.
Mary Virginia Yeats with Mrs
Ruth Croner, co-hostess.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-17

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Mrs. B. F.. Higgins will enter
tain her bridge club Friday eve
ming.
Miss Ann Swertfeger. who at
tended Longwood College last Sc
mester, is attending the Univer-
sity Of Mexico in Mexico City
this semester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Old, Jr.,
and son. Michael, of Norfolk,
visited his brother-in-laW and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Davis,
during the week end.
Miss Lille Austin and Mrs.
George Rex visited relatives in
Lynchburg, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. C. Gillian
visited his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Gillian, in Richmond last
week on their 60th wedding ami
verSary.
L. j. Davis. Jr., of Lynchburg,
visited his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Shepard,
Jr., Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert o. Blair,
of Danville. visited their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Butcher, during the week
end.
Mrs. Emma Anthony was a
guest of Mrs. Margaret Watson
at dinner party at the Charlotte
County Country Club, Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. johnson,
of Hampton. are visiting their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. L. S. Bailey.
Mrs. William C. Holbrook
visited relatives in Richmond
for several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dunlap,
Jr., and sons, Ricky and Kelvin,
visited MIR. and Mrs. w. F.. Ran
son in Fork Union. Saturday.
Mrs. harlie Rosser and
daughter, Vicki, Mrs. Roland
Strickland. and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
L. Garrett, of Keysville. spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Rosser S
sister, Mrs. Chappell Bailey, and
family in Dinwiddie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason BotklnS
and family, of Fairfax, will
spend this week end with Mrs
R. S. Bondurant.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Fulton
spent the week end with their
sOn-in-laW and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Allard, III,
at Virginia Beacr.
DR.. William c. Holbrook spent
several days last week in New
York City on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Han
cock, Of Christiansburg, spent
the week end here. and attended
the funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
Rosa Baldwin.
Mrs. Irene Martin, Of Wash
ington. D. c., is the guest this
week of her sister, Mrs. Walter
Edwards, ST., and family.
Miss Patricia Thompson anC
other members of her econom-
les class at Randolph-Macor
Woman's College will spend this
week end in New York City.
DR.. Thomas E. Gilmer has re-
turned from spending a few days
this week in New York City or
college business.
Joseph T. Trotter was il
Richmond during the week OF
college business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth LANE
attended the Roger Williams
Show in Richmond last Friday
evening.
Evening star., 1961-05-17

create a pretty monotonous
home-life. And 1t seems to
me that more and more,
with all the gay rugs BURST
ing on the market, tn a t
pretty soon that question will
be forgotten once and for all.
A good idea is to pick out
one Of the predominating
colors in your rug and use
that as the wall color. Or
one of the colors in your
slipcover may suggest some
thing to you. Or you may
just start with a color you
adore for your wall and go
on from there.
Whatever you do, don't
worry about should I? Is 1t
being done? Is 1t proper?"
Think, will I like to live
with it?"
Mrs. r. L. asks:
Enclosed is a sample Of a
studio couch I just bought.
I need two new chairs but
would like to know what
material and colors to get.
Can you help me? Have a
matchstick design rug which
includes green, light and
dark. cherry-red, beige, black,
etc. Fireplace Is white. Dra-
peries are medium green.
Bridge lamp with white
shade. one white milk glass
lamp with cherry-red parch-
ment shade. End tables are
mahogany. Walls are Off
white. Have you any Sug-
gestions or changes for me
or is it hopeless?"
Dear Mrs. r. L.:
Not hopeless at all! AS
usual I would like all-white
walls instead Of the Off
white. II the two chairs were
covered in the peacock blue
green Of the stripe in your
studio couch fabric and you
could get a few more red
touches in a painting or a
bowl Of fruit or basket Of
yarn I think you would have
quite an attractive room.
copyright 1851. Dorothy Draper
Evening star., 1961-05-17

may be a few basic prin-
ciples but even those may be
thrown overheard with re-
warding results If you have
a particularly individual
talent. .
In certain rooms, with cer-
tain color schemes a match
ing wall and rug seem to be
called for. While in another
set-up a contrasting rug
wakes up the room and is
just what the room needed.
To always have a rug and
wall matching in color would
Evening star., 1961-05-17
Ask DOROTHY
DRAPER
Your Rugs and Walls
Don't Have to Match

Every day the letters pour in thank goodness)
and always several readers ask the same question:
Should rug and walls match?"
And not to be evasive the answer is THAT all
depends" AS we have said over and over there is
no set rule about anything in decorating There
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Spirited Controversy
A Healthy Sign

question? How long can guy and
girl go together, eh? -.
B. E. G.
On TV. forever. Remember Our
Miss Brooks and the biology teacher?
Cooper and his aides are debating the
adUiSdbility OF tDeddtng, since this
Dould obviously change the shows
direction.
4
missed the movie Barefoot Con-
tesSa" when it was being shown in
our area theaters some years ago. Is
there some way I can find out
whether land when) this Ava Gard
ner movie will be shown on TV?
N. G. S.
The moUie is included in a batch of
films recently bought by WRC-4.
No playing date as of this Driting.
hoiOeUer.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
TV MAILBAG

This is your chance to sound oft
and TV Critic Bernie Harrison
1ptH do his best to dnStDer QueS-
tionS. Please keep letters briet.
Pen names tDiH be used if desired.
want to voice my protest against
such horrible TV shows as Bus Stop
was (the Fabian show. With our
teen-agers seeing such terrible things
it is no wonder they think it smart to
go and do likewise. never saw
anything worse. Mrs. J. d.
My congratulations to ABC for its
fine new program, Bus Stop. 1t is
the best new show this season. 1t has
both originality and fine acting. a
seldom thing in TV today. I hope
Bus Stop has many seasons to go.
r. r.
The controversy (ouer the Fabian
ShoD) continues and the shows chief
value. possibly, is the debate itself.
say Pearl Bailey was born in
Washington. My friend says no.
Who wins? F.V.F.
Pay off. Pearl lDas born in Neto-
port Ne1DS, Va.
One of the best things on Monday
night is Jackie Cooper in Hennesey.
I do wish they would get married be-
cause everybody is asking the same
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Town Changes
Collection DAYS

Town Manager Rex D. Gil.
more has issued a notice that
starting on October 80, garbage
and trash collections will be
made on the following sched-
ule: Monday and Thursday, col
lections made north of Com
merce Street, including the
north side of Commerce Street.
Tuesday and Friday, collections
made south of Commerce Street
including the south side of
Commerce Street. Wednesday,
through the heating season or
until notified otherwise. All con-
tainers of garbage and trash or
ashes shall be placed at the
curb prior to 7 a. m, of the
day scheduled for collection.
Garbage and trash or ashes col
lections falling on a legal holi-
day observed by the Town of
Smyrna, will be skipped until
the next regularly scheduled
collection day.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Hose Auxiliary
Plans Activity

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Citizens Hose Company met at
the fire hall on Monday night
with Mrs. Agnes Boyles presid-
ing. Final plans were made for
the dance at the fire hall on
Friday, October 27, with music
by Bob Wagner. Go-to-Church
Sunday will be observed on Oc-
tober %, and all members and
their families are urged to go.
Members will meet at the fire
hall at 10:45 a. m. Two new
members were voted into the
auxiliary, Mrs. Dewey David
and Mrs. Melba Heinold. The
auxiliary will have a baked ham
and chicken salad dinner at the
fire hall on Sunday, November
IL, from 2 to 7 p. m. Mrs.
George David was named chair
man for the dinner.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Miss Delaware
Accepts Parade
Invitation Here

Robin Whempner, Miss Della
ware of 1861, has accepted an
invitation to participate in the
Smyrna-Clayton Jaycee Harro-
we'en parade here Tuesday, Oc-
tober 3lst. The Newark beauty,
winner of a special ST 900 schol-
.arship award at this years Miss
America pageant at Atlantic
City, N. j., will add a touch of
glamour to the spooks and COB
Inns featured in the annual fes-
tive event. Bands, floats, old
and new cars, horseback riders,
fire trucks and an array of in
dividual entries are expected to
vie for the prizes being offer
ed. Those interested in enter
ing the parade are asked to
contact Terry Hughes at West
ern Auto Store or James Gray
at Pawn's Barber Shop not later
than Tuesday, October "a, to
assure placement in the line of
Paraders will assemble
on School Lane in front of the
Elementary School at $50 p.
M, and will start marching at
ZOO p. M, sharp.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Reynolds Bradley
Guest Speaker
At Rotary Meet

Bad judgment on the part of
persons failing to place an alarm
on the first sign of fire helped
cause the ii, $50 fire-deaths that
occurred last year according to
E. Reynolds Bradley, Fire Chief
of the Citizens Hose Company
of Smyrna. Chief Bradley spoke
to assembled Rotarians as part
of their observance of Fire Pre-
vention Week. All person S
should move promptly to sum
mon help at the first sign oil
fire according to Chief Brad
ley. Smyrna Rotarians were al.
so told that they should pro
vide at least one fire extinguish.
er in their homes, know the
telephone number of their fire
company, and pre-plan for al
ternate methods of escape ir
case of fires in their homes al
night. Chief Bradley also spoke
of the need for stores and in.
dustries to be prepared for fire
emergencies. He praised Ro-
tartan Bill Willis for the fire
brigade" emergency plan in op-
Grafton in his establishment. A
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Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Work Started on
New Addition to
Welfare Home at
Cost Of Sl,l97,37O

DR.. George Botte, acting su-
perintendent of the State We'll
fare Home, has announced that
work has begun on a new ad-
dition to the present medical
center building. On December
2l, 1860, the Board of Trustees
of the State Welfare Home and
Hospital for the Chronically Ill,
authorized the superintendent,
the late DR.. c. ]. Prickett, to
prepare a bill for presentation
to the General Assembly to pro-
vide for an appropriation of ST.
350,000 to erect additional ia
cilities at the home. Following
unanimous passage of this bill,
bids were received for the pro-
ject and the contract was a
warded to the lowest bidder, ].
Roland Dashiell and Sons, Sails
bury, Maryland, in the amount
of ST, 1880. The contract was
signed by the president and sec
retary of the board on Septem-
ber %, 1861, and ground was
broken and the project begun
on October 4, 1861. Anticipated
date of completion is eighteen
months. Federal funds of ap-
proximately $4,000 are avail
able for this project through
the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare Public
Health Service. The l40-bed
unit will provide hospital care
for the long-term chronically ill
patients and also patients who
will require rehabilitative SER
vice after their discharge from
general hospitals. In addition
to modern nursing facilities, it
will provide for an additional
occupational therapy unit for
approximately 1850 patients
daily and also modern physio-
therapy facilities for in-patients.
1t is anticipated extending these
services to some ambulatory
out-patients through the State
Vocational Rehabilitation Divi-
sion. At present the daily pop
ulation averages 545 patients;
81 of these are housed in unde-
sirable beds in the corridors and
wards. The unit will be two
story brick building, matching
the architecture and structure
of the present buildings. 1t will
adjoin the medical center build
ing at the northern end and
extend toward Lake Como, be-
yond Guest Pavilion. Adequate
space will be provided for bed
rooms, living rooms, dining
(Eontinued on Page Tenl
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Grange to Enter
Service Contest

The Smyrna Grange will meet
on Thursday, October 26, with
Harold McGrath, chairman of
the agriculture committee, in
charge of the program. 1t was
decided that the Smyrna Grange
would enter the l96l-62 COM
munity service contest. Mrs.
Laura Stanhope, chairman, was
in charge of the program at the
last meeting. Several ideas from
the guide book were presented
and discussed. Any member
having anything to offer for this
program is asked to contact the
chairman or bring it before the
Grange group. 1t was decided
to enter the Halloween parade.
Several members of the grange
will make pies for the State
Grange special session of the
9th degree on October "a, at
Capitol Grange hall. The pies
will be judged and awards CIV
en- in this contest. Delegates
and alternates were appointed
to attend the Kent County Po-
mona Grange meeting on No
vember 2, starting with a din
ner at 6 p. m, with Fruitland
Grange acting as host. There
will be an election of officers.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Now On

Plans are being made for the
start of the annual fund raising
drive for Boy Scouts of this
area. Jerry Lamb, Smyrna, will
serve as overall chairman, and
James Vaughn will be in charge
of the solicitation in Clayton.
Others assisting in the cam
paign will be Warner w. Price,
Jr., special gifts chairman; Mrs.
Christine Morrow, auditor; and
Frank Elton, chairman general
solicitation. The local drive will
get under way this week and
the support of the community
is urged by the committee.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Miss Gail Mills
MYF Delegate to
Fall Conference

Miss Gail Mills, age Is, ,daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A
Mills, served as the local MYF':
delegate to the annual Fal
Youth Conference held October
l3, ID, Is. The host church fol
the affair was Hillcreast Metho
dist Church, Wilmington. Mis-:
Mills will report back to the
Asbury MYF at the regular
meeting this week. "A Chris.
tian's Responsibility In Race
Relations" was the theme oi
this years conference. The
youth activity was sponsored by
the Peninsula Conference Meth.
odist Youth Fellowship Council
and the Board of Christian So.
cial Concerns. Rev. James Law.
son, the guest speaker, a young
Negro minister from Tennessee
who while a student and later
a pastor, has led sit-in demon
strations in the South. He is
an outstanding Christian young
man, and a graduate of the Bos-
ton University of Theology. The
discussion groups offered were
Facts About Race, The Sit-in
Movement, Prejudice, The Bible
and Race, The Church's Respon-
sibility, Employment and Hous-
ing, Race and Social Questions,
Motives for Action in Race Re-
lations, and Secondary School
Integration. The senior high
MYF group will hold a dance
for it's members and guest this
Friday at the 10th Century Club
building from 8-ll p. m. Jeanne
Gilmore, program chairman, an
nounces that the first of a SER
les of monthly vocational pro-
grams will be held Sunday even
ing at $50 p. m, at Asbury
Church entitled, What Does
God Want You To Be?" SEN
ior high membership includes
youth from ages 1921. Junior
high includes those youth from
ages l2-l4. A cordial invitation
is extended from Patsy Moffitt
and Brad Steele, senior and
junior high presidents, respec-
lively, to attend MYF sessions
On Sunday evenings.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Newnam-Lee-Urban Post Plan Special
Events to Observe V.F.W. Week

November 8, at 500 p. m, with
movies and refreshments. On
Friday, November 10, starting
at 7:30 p. m, a Youth Dance
will be held for boys and girls
from ii to IA years of age, with
live music for dancing. The OBJ
servance will reach a climax on
Veterans Day, November IL,
when an aerial fireworks dis
play is scheduled for 7:30 p.
m, on the Norman Shorts farm
on the State Welfare Home
Road. There will be no admis-
sion charge. Members of the
post will attend church service
in a group. 1t is the hope of
the committee and the organi-
Zation that the community will
participate in the events plan
ned. The VFW is proud of their
post home and want the public
to visit them and help make the
week a memorable one. The
group enjoys working with
other organizations and will do
their part to assist them in any
way possible.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
School Board
Opposes Location
OF Town Dump;
Asks Relocation

The Smyrna Board of Educa-
ton went on record at their
meeting last week, as opposing
the location and operation of
the dump which is located north
of the Town of Smyrna and is
operated by the State. Odors
and smoke from this dump have
been n otic "a b e at athletic
events on two recent occasions.
On previous occasions the dump
has been responsible at least in
part for heavy smoke across
the high-speed highway, route
I3. The newly purchased ele-
mentary school site on the
northern part of town will be
especially effected by odors and
smoke from this dump. The
Board expressed their feeling
that other methods such as san
itary landfill could be found to
dispose of locally collected
trash. If this was not possible,
the Board urged prompt reloca-
tion of the dump. A letter con-
tanning the resolution adopted
by the board was sent to the
State Highway Department, and
an information copy sent to
the Town Mayor and Town
Councilmen. The complete res
olution follows: Resolution
Whereas, the present operation
of the Community Dump"
north of Smyrna on State Prop
erty has become a detriment to
the community and its schools;
and whereas, the smoke and
odors from the dump have of
ten spread completely through
the town even to the extent
that they have been noticeable
at high school athletic events;
and whereas, the smoke from
said dump has created and ag-
gravated conditions on the high
/ CONTINUED on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
Open House Tea
Marks First
Meeting of Club

Mrs. William D. Kirk, presi-
dent of the Twentieth Century
Club, greeted six guests at the
first meeting of the club year
held Thursday, which featured
open house and a tea, with Mrs.
George V. Kirk, as chairman of
the hostess committee. The
guests were introduced by Mrs.
]. Everett Lofland, and includ-
ed Mrs. Carroll Norris, Mrs.
Joseph Laggner, Miss Ruth Col
Inns, Miss Hilda Deakyne, Mrs.
Gordon Nightingale, and Mrs.
Andre Muelenaer. The speaker
was Mrs. Gordon Carey, state
winner of a contest sponsored
by Vicks Chemical Company
and Officials of CARE. She told
of being one of 100 "ambassa-
doris of good will" and of their
fight from New York to Rome,
Athens, Istanbul, and Paris
where they visited various in
stitutions being assisted by Am
ericans through CARE. Mrs.
Carey told of courtesies extend
ed them, of dinners with priv
ate families; of the splendor of
the lighted Acropolis; of seeing
the American Navy in the har-
Dor at Athens; and visit to a
school for the blind. The speak
er stressed the contrasts be-
tween magnifcence and power
ty in Turkey. Mrs. Richard Bob
Yin, chairman community affairs,
urged members to visit the Can
Ger Clinic for check-up on the
third Friday of the month. The
club will hold a rummage sale
on October 27-28 in the Downes
building on Main Street. Mem
bers may bring articles for the
sale to the next meeting on Oc-
tober rs. Mrs. Lawrence C..
Ellery is chairman.
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19

The week of November 6 to
18th inclusive, has been desig-
mated as VFW Week for the
Newnam-Lee-Urban Post 1901.
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
a week of special events has
been planned by the post. Com
mittees have been appointed by
Commander Steven Corso, with
Harry Shirey, as general chair
man, assisted by John Cooper,
Robert Faulkner, and Walter
.Marryat. The week-long pro-
gram will start on Monday, No
vember 9th, at 500 p. M, when
a regular bingo Party Night"
will be held, with special a.
wards. Tuesday, November 7th,
at 800 p. M, will be recogniz-
ed as Veterans Night. A spec
ial invitation has been issued
to all veterans and their guests.
Movies of World War II will
be shown and refreshments will
be served. Open House is sched-
uled for Wednesday, November
8, at 800 p. m, with refresh
ments served. Sportsmen's Night
will be observed on Thursday,
Smyrna times., 1961-10-19
CAP Commander
Guest Speaker at
School Assembly

Col. Louisa Spruance Morse
commander, Delaware Wing
Civil Air Patrol, spoke to the
assembly of the Smyrna High
School on Monday, October Is
She was introduced by Charles
Rebar, president of the student
council. Colonel Morse explain.
ed the mission of Civil Air Pa,
troll as Aerospace Education,
Emergency Preparedness and
Search and Rescue. She stress
ed the folliwing points: 1t has
been said that the nationwide
radio communications network
of Civil Air Patrol, largely cap
able of operating without com
mercial power, can not be
knocked out. Its value has been
proven many times in disasters
such as hurricanes. Aerospace
Education is provided to young
people of this community thro-
ugh the Smyrna Cadet Squa-
dron, which meets Tuesday
evenings at ZOO p. m, in room
l07 of the Smyrna High School.
The squadron commander is
Major William M. Short. The
Civil Air Patrol cadet program
consists of Summer Encamp'
ments, Field Trips, Special Ac.
tivities, and classroom instruc'
ton on Aerospace subjects in
cluding Aviation and You,
Aircraft in Flight" Power foI
Aircraft" "Airports, Airways
and Electronics," Navigation
and the Weather" and "The
Problems of Air Power" A
movie entitled d Accent on
Youth" was shown to the group,
depicting such opportunities as
the International Air Cadet Ex-
change, the Jet Orientation
Course for boys, the Jet Age
Orientation Course for girls,
and the National Drill Competi-
ton.