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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-29
Veterans Questions Are Answered

Here are authoritative answers
by the Veterans Administration
to questions from former ser
vicemen and their families:
Q-I'm a Korean veteran in
terested in writing. How may I
enter the writing contest con-
Quoted for veterans?
A-The Hospitalized Veterans
Writing Project is sponsored by
Theta Sigma Phi national frater-
nifty for women in journalism.
only for veterans who are
patients in Veterans admins
tration hospitals. Although the
hospitals. service, civic. well
fare organizations, newspaper
and magazine editors. and
columnists cooperate in the pro
ject, it is not open to the general
public.
Q-I am retired with spare
time for some useful purpose
/ have heard about volunteers
at Veterans. Administration hos
pitfalls. Where can / find out
about the VA program for vol
unteers?
Aft you belong to a veterans,
fraternal or patriotic organiza-
ton in your community which
cooperates with the VA Volun-
tary Service, you can get the
information and enroll in the
program through that group. Or
you may as an individual con-
tact the director Of voluntary
service at the nearest VA hos
pital.
Q-The VA hospital where ]
was treated years ago wants me
to return for a recheck, in con.
nection with a medical research
project. Will this affect my com
pensation?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-29

! A-No. A research project has
nothing to do with !cOmpenSa-
ton. You can make a valuable
contribution to medical science
by returning TO the hospital for
reexamination.
A-Can I get transportation
to and from a VA hospital?
I'm World War II nonservice-
connected veteran.
A-Nonservice-connec vet
Grams are eligible for transporta-
ton to and from VA hospitals
if they cannot afford to pay for
it and if they get prior authorize
ton from VA; there is no pro
vision for payment of travel by
ambulance or otherwise unless
the travel is authorized in adj
vance.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-29
Hospital News

There were 66 hospital pa
tients Monday morning.
Harrison Shumaker, Farm
vile; j. A. Gillian, Sr., Pamp-
lin: Mrs. Russell Young, Farm
vile; Mrs. B. D. CLANCY. Me-
herrin; Lonzy Dix, Keysville:
Aubrey Amos, PoWhatan; j. R.
Willis, Piedmont, Alabama: B. r
Gunnels. Piedmont, Alabama;
Mrs. Rosa Griffith, Ontario; Bill
ly Sydnor, Norfolk: Garnett Gil
borne, Burkeville and Jesse
Wood, Worsham.
Also, Miss Jane MoWyer, Ken
bridge: Mrs. Emory Chick
Prospect: Mrs. Oscar Spence
Ebony; w. r. Willis, Farmville
Miss Betty Watson. Hampder
Sydney; Mrs. Roy Watson, Cum
berland; Mrs. Edred Milton
Farmville; Mrs. j. H. Nelson
Amelia; Mrs. Robert Goulding
Farmville: Mrs. William LIE
warne, Prospect and Mrs. HUI
bert knight, Crewe.
Births
Mr., and Mrs. G. T. Rison
Farmville. girl. August "a.
Mr.. and Mrs H. P. Witt, Jr..
Prospect, boy, August "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Stanley
Farmville, girl, August "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Duffey
Keysville, boy. August Is.
COlOred Patients
Leslie Tyler, Keysvlle; Annie
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-29

Green, Cumberland and Ethel
Rose, Farmville.
COlOred Births
India and Lawrence Redd,
Farmville, boy, August 81.
Patients discharged
Aug. 24-Mrs. f. H. Martin,
Mrs. H. B. Rodenhizer, Mrs. FL
mer Wolfe, Miss Jennie Venable
Mrs. T. p. Reynolds, Jr., Mrs. C
B. Camp, Kathleen Skates and
Martha Rather.
Aug. 25-Mrs. Billy Druen,
Mrs. R. f. Morgan. Mrs. Ed
ward Lindsey, Miss Deborah Ros-
en-. Mrs. James Scott, Aubrey
Amos, James R. Willis, Billy r
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-29

Gunnels and Arneatha Miller.
Aug. 26-Mrs. R. E. SOuthall,
George Reid, Floyd Shumaker.
III, Mrs. W. H. Mckay, Mrs.
N. D. Flowers and Miss Jane
MoWyer.
Aug. 26-Mrs. Hunter Osborne.
Jr, Frances Jennings, Charter
Johnso and Mrs. Anthony
| MunoZ.
! Aug. 27-Emmit Lucado, Mrs.
R. r. Price, Mrs. G.. R. Dean,
| Jesse Wood, Mrs. Russell Young,
/ Mrs. David Dickerson, Mrs. Har-
per Pridgen. Sam Ford, Mrs.
/ r. E. Poor and X. B. Worthy.
1 Worthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

terms of building moon
rockets? 1t depends on the point
of view.
william Mrazek, a liquid
rocket designer with the Won
Braun team. says the solid
rocket is still not adequate.
"Just evaluate the performance
Of any kind of Solids" he says.
1.-The thrust requirements for
large boosters are either dis
tressingly high or require
breakthroughS."
Not Ready for Decision
Not SO, says David Sprenger,
of Aerojet-General, a solid
rocket expert. mo break
throughs are needed for these
big boosters" he asserts. 1.-The
breakthroughs we needed were
already accomplished in the
Polaris and Minuteman pro-
grams" A competitor in the
solid field, Vice President Bar
net r. Adelman of United
Technology Corp, says there
is mo question" that solids
could beat liquids to readiness.
Such honest differences by
qualified experts seems to in
dictate that the time for de-
cision is not yet. The parallel
approach decreed by the Space
Council, while costly, may turn
out to be eminently wise.
Difference among solid
rocketeers center on the details
OF making and clustering COM
ponentS for big boosters. But
among liquid rocketeers there
is a far deeper schism, with
an influential segment of the
industry asking:
why build anything as big
and costly and ungainly as a
12-million-pound thrust rocket
as big around as the Wash
ington Monument and almost
as tall? Do we really need such
a monster to get our astro-
nauts to the moon? Or is there
a quicker and cheaper and
simpler way?"
Tomorrow: Rendezvous in
Space?)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

per cent peppier than normal
solid fuels. theoretically,
hotter" solid propellants could
be made. but most solid-fuel
experts think they are not
necessary. They contend that
other features of the solid
outweigh the energy difference.
Col. Harold Norton, officer
in charge Of solid fuel develop
ment at Edwards Air Force
Base, California, lists these as
the solids great advantages
over liquids for booster work:
Simplicity, reliability. ease
of handling and assembly in
the field. storability, high
thrust-to-weight ratio, and the
fact that a Solid-any solid
needs less ground support
equipment than a liquid
rocket"
Col. Morton says that with
a properly conducted solid-fuel
development program there is
mo reason why the booster
Should be the bottleneck, the
pacing item" of Operation
Moon.
Newer Technology
1T would take months only
no. yearS-to build the
necessary facilities" he says.
mo breakthroughs are neces-
Sary. I'd have no hesitancy in
embarking on a Solid-rocket
development program an d
stalking my professional repu-
tation on achieving success. "
If solids are such a sure
thing, why has there been so
little effort behind them until
quite recently? The answer is
that the technology of big
solid rockets is much newer
than that of liquids, and has
only recently reached maturity.
Now the fuels, the heat-re-
SiStant elements like MOBILES,
and the necessary casing ma
terials at last are available
thanks to such weapons pro-
grams as PolariS and Minute
man.
What does this mean in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Rouds Unit Sets
Probe on Boston
By the Associated Press

: A House Public Works sub
Committee investigating the
interstate highway program
will hold public hearings early
in January on allegations in
volving Massachusetts,.
Chairman Blatnik, Democrat
of Minnesota, said the inquiry
will center primarily on accu-
sation of improper appraisals
for land used for the interstate
system in the State and on
acquisition of rightS-of-way.
Most of the allegations of
wrong-doing center in Boston
and nearby areas, Mr.. Blatnik
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

trucks to handle - up to
about so tons. These segments
supposedly would be as
sembled on the pad by stack
ing them six or seven high
and then clustering as many
as seven stacks. 1t has been
calculated that 81 million
pounds of thrust coul be
m@rshalled this way.
In the matter Of cost, solid
and liquid rockets are about
even. Solid fuel costs some
thing over 81 a pound against
2 or 8 cents for kerosene and
oxygen. But in the solid rocket
the fuel is the major cost item,
where in the liquid rocket the
fuel is a negligible element.
In extremely big rockets of the
Nova type the solid first stage
might prove cheaper than the
liquid one, unless provision was
made for the liquid boosters
reuse.
Pepper Fuel
Solid-propulsion experts con-
cede one advantage to tn e
liquid rocket-that of specific
impulse" This is a measure
of a fuels potency. The kero-
sene-oxygen mixture used in
big liquid rockets is about Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Christian Scientist

Charles M. Carr, a member
of the Christian Science Board
of Lectureship of Montclair,
N. j., will speak at II am. to-
morrow in the Jefferson Thea
ter, 800 Arlington boulevard,
Falls Church, Va. His talk is
sponsored by the First Church
of Christ, Scientist of Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Liberation Moon
Solid Rocketeers Push Hard
But Fear q Stocked Deck
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

If the Hqud-fueed rocket today to have the in
side track for the role of the Nova booster it
not for lack of high hopes the part of the competition
The solid fueled rocket industry may be split howto
details but it unified the basic premise that anything
LIQUIDS in the booster role solids do better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15

given q fair shake on develop
ment efforts.
The Air Force will be in
charge Of solid-rocket develop
ment under a division of roles
laid out by the Space Council.
Liquid rockets will be pushed
by the civilian space agency,
NASA.
Under the arrangement,
NASA will be calling the turn
on requirements and funding,
however and this worries
solid rocketeers. They worry
too, about the fact that COM
parative design studies will be
made at Marshall Space Flight
Center in Huntsville, Ala.
! Marshall is home base for the
Wernher Won Braun team, who
are liquid men from the word
60. In short, some solid-rocket
experts fear the cards are
stacked against them.
, But they do not despair.
They contend the virtues of
their product are potentially
so great that the solid rocket
is bound to come out ahead
in the long run.
, PoIymer Chemistry Product
. Simplicity is a principal
) virtue. Where a liquid rocket
is q maze of pumps and
-. plumbing" the solid is es-
sentially a big grain of powder
with q hole running length
wise down the middle.
. The solid-fueled rocket de-
velops thrust by burning the
, fuel and oxidizer which are
mixed together in the grain.
Burning takes place all along
the surface Of the central hole.
, Combustion gases flow out
, through a nozzle, pushing the
rocket forward.
, The solid propellant is the
, product Of polymer chemistry,
/ a branch Of the technology Of
, synthetic rubber. The fuel is
: a rubbery material and the
, oxidizer Is a chemical rich in
easily released oxygen, like
ammonium perchlorate. Some
times powdered metal such as
aluminium is added to improve
the propellant's performance.
These ingredients are mixed,
poured into q metallic or re-
inforced fiberglass form, and
left to cure for several days.
The m Material polymerizes,
changing from a runny goo
to q solid, rubbery material
about the consistency OF a
handball.
Made in Segments
Big rocketS-Say over 100000
pounds total weight-will al
most certainly be cast in seq
ments, as some test rockets
are today. Such a rocket would
have q nose segment, one or
more big central pieces, and
a tail part containing the
rocket nozzle.
The segmented-rocket con-
cept has grown because of the
dead weight involved. Unlike
liquid rockets, casing and fuel
cannot be shipped separately
(although Rocketdyne pro-
poses to get around this by
on-site rocket casting using
that company's "Quickmix"
process. A monolithic solid
Nova, while considerably
smaller in dimension than its
liquid counterpart, would!
weigh between $500 and 5000
tons-quite a load to handle
around a launch pad.
But by segmenting even the
biggest conceivable solids, pro-
ponentS say, they can be
shipped piecemeal to the
launching site in chunks small
enough for airplaneS and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
LOST

BRACELET, gold, z charms; Sept. 2:
sentimental value; reward. RE
1896: after g, HE. 4-251S.
DOG, beagle, male, black, tan and
white; name Rocky; vic. 18th
and Mich. ave. NE; D. c. tag 1870;
= reward. LA. 6-2259.
MONKEY, ring tail, with red collar
= and leash, in vicinity of Kenilworth
- and Rivcrdale I'd; reward. RIA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
FOUND

DOG, keeshond, black and gray, San
Diego tags: found vic. Of Zoo Flor
,ce aye ss n;T; WASH WASHINSToN AM An
Dog. sdh 81 terrier; tan, found vic.
- TON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE,
mo. 7-5730.
PUPPY, collie, female, sable and white:
vic. Ashburton area, Bethesda. OIL.
TOOL CHEST, found in Shepherd
Park area. RA. 6-6S6S.
Published Daily and Sunday
at 225 VirginiS Ave. Sc.
Second Class Postage Paid
at Washington, d. c.
The Adak sun., 1961-11-20

On this Thanksgiving DaX l96l let us remember that we are comnemorating the harvest of Plymouth Colony in 1921, fol- lowing a winter of great hardship. Let ue give thanks bl1at sta arc, :Amsricans & able to enjoy what are fore fathers have gave to us.
The Adak sun., 1961-11-20
20 NOVEMBER 1861.

Enlisted Men, Officers, Civilians and Dependents are cordially invited to. attend" the Thanksgiving Dinner at the Bering Mess Hall. Hours will be from l53O to l7OO. Prices are:
 S1o0 for Officers, not rec- eiving per diems civilians & dependents.
 Sl.35 for Officers, Civilians receiving per diem.
 $s8O for Enlisted Men on Com rats.
 $.60 for Children under l2 yrs ,ations are not necessary. How is reque sted that anyone plan attend, (other than those who / subsist on the mess J, call # give their name and the no. of l their party. Dinner will at l5oo for all military pers- ;eiving rations in kind.
 -TISM~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Trio Spends Week
End At The Beach

PROSPECT, July 24-Charlie
Brisentine spent the week end
of July Is at Virginia Beach.
Lester Coin and George Taylor.
of Hixburg, accompanied him.
They visited Robert N. Brisen-
time at the U. S. Naval Air Sta
ton in Oceana.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Orange, Jr.
had as. their recent week end
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Shananberger and children Lin
da, Ronnie. and Larry Of Sara
sofa, Fla, Mr.. and Mrs. I. V.
Orange and daughter Patsy. Of
Atlanta, Ca, and Mrs. Irene
Orange and Buck of Farmville
Mr.. and Mrs John McFadden
and daughter, Patsy, spent the
week end of July Is at Vir-
ginia Beach.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Amateur I alent
Roundup In
Cumberalnd Set

CUMBERLAND, July "a
Members of the stockholders
committee of Southern States Co
operative here and the Farm
Home Advisory Commute evoted
at their annual meeting planning
conference held recently to hold
a Farm Talent Roundup ANA
teur Contest this year as one Of
the highlights Of their local South
ern States annual membership
meeting to be held on July Is.
The meeting will be held at
Cumberland High School at 8
pm.
This which is being
sponsored by Southern States
Cooperative in cooperation with
the Ted Mack Original Amateur
Hour TelevisiOn Show offers an
opportunity to the winning act
at the local meeting to compete
for an paid, three-day
trip to New York, plus a 500 90
cash award. While in New York,
the act will also appear on the
Ted Mack Original Amateur
Television Show.
The contest is open to anna
tours who are IL years OF age
or over on July II. They must
be members Of the immediate
families of farmer or a South
ern States patron. Neither pro-
fessional entertainers, employees
Of Southern States Cooperative
or its retail outlets and mem
bers of their families, are eligi-
bic for the contest.
Talent acts desiring to enter
the contest should contact Mrs.
Edna Goodman, Cumberland,
chairman of the local Tai
ent Roundup committee or
Agency manager David Bucekl
Other members Of the Farm
Talent Roundup committee are
Mrs. John Putney, of Cumber-
! land.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25

hands up and down like corn
popping. Olives and cheese are
used at breakfast but no meat,
she shook her head.
1--WE have Turkish coffee and
cigarettes after dinner. Only
the old men now use the water
pipes in smoking.
Muradiyes home is in Man
lisa, Turkey. where she lives with
her guardian and an older broth
er. Her parents are dead.
Chamber Employee
After receiving a BIS degree
from Eye University of Agricul-
ture, she is now employed in
the Chamber of Commerce and
plans to work in the agricultu-
raj field in the future.
Miss Sariksla, here under the
sponsorship of her Ministry of
Agriculture. is especially interes-
ted in the Al clubs, home
economics and rural COM
munity organizations. Her hob
bies are music, sports and crafts.
There are a large number
of Americans in Stamboul. An
kara, and other cities Of our
country and the Turkish people
like them very much. she said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25

Mr.. and Mrs. John Beasley and
children, Of Richmond, were re-
cent supper guests of his parents.
the Thomas Beasleys. It was in
honor Of John Beasley's birth
day. Other guests that same
night were Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Beasley and children, of Rich
mond. They had attended the
Newcomb reunion at Mrs. En-
est Beasley's mothers home that
day.
+ Guests Of Mrs. B. M. Hudgins
on Friday were her sister-in-law.
Mrs. c. l.. Hammock, Of Black
stone, and her friend. On Satur-
day her sister, Mrs. T. E. Win
frey, and her granddaughter,
Jane Grey and Ann Winfrey,
visited her.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25

Miss Mary Lee Barnes, of Ken
bridge, was a week end guest OF
Miss Mary Lee Warmer.
The Moore's WSCS met in the
home Of Mrs. Elmer Felts Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Thomas
Beasley led the spiritual meet
ing and Miss Mary Sheppard the
main program after which busl-
ness meeting was held. A social
time was especially enjoyed with
the refreshments served by the
hostess.
The Wendell Key family, of
Bealeton, were week end guests
Of his parents. the w. c. Keys.
was very sorry to hear Bland
Miller, of Amelia, and Ronald
Clopton, of Richmond. had both
been in automobile wrecks re-
Gently.
On Monday Mesdames T, f.
Winfrey, Margaret Winfrey and
her son, Tommy. visited Mrs. 3.
M. Hudgins.
The Juniors and intermediate
of Moores Sunday School put on
an opening program July l6.
Bruce Nelson, of Providence
Forge, was a recent guest of his
parents, the S. l.. Nelson's.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25

time to do as she may desire
before returning to Washington
for a final consultation program.
Searching a Turkish English
dictionary took up a large part
of the interview with this re-
porter. Hand gestures helped
make clear some of our con-
versation.
Il like being in the United
States a wide gesture with her
hands which was repeated each
ime she mentioned the United
States very much and, with
a smile at her hostess, Gail
Lush. and her hand on her
heart. land with you here" she
declared.
Muradiye felt that most city
homes in her country were much
like ours but on the farms it is
"different" People here have
much on a farm. and much
money" she added. AS a gen.
eral rule Turkish farms have
no electricity, refrigerators nor
large machinery, although some
large farms do have them.
Farmers there have cows,
horses and sheep. The sheep
have smaller head and larger
bodies than yours she explain
ed, but Turkey has very few
pigs. Moslems do not eat pig
meat.
Not Their Friend
Asked how the Turkish people
feel about Russia. she said Rus
STA is not their friend and there
is not so much about Russia in
their newspapers as in the United
States.
Most Turkish women wear the
same type Of clothing as Ameri-
can women, she told us, touch
ing her own attractive light gold
colored skirt and coral blouse,
a few wear the "Salyar"- baggy
Turkish trousers.
Their food is somewhat diff
ferent from ours. They use more
seasoning-salt, pepper and spi-
ces; the same fruits and vege-
tables, but corn only on the cob,
not made into pudding. fritters
and such. I'VE have popcorn,
too" she explained by spread
ing her fingers and raising her
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Cosbys Are
Welcomed Home

JEFFERSON, July "a Mrs.
A. G. Smith and Mrs. Thelma
Smith, with her two young daugh-
tiers, all Of Maidens, were viSi-
tors Tuesday afternoon at the
Robert A. Cosby home. Mrs. Rob-
ert R. Cosby and her little son,
Robert r., Jr., have arrived
home from a Richmond hospital.
Mrs. Blanche Denoon, Mrs.
DorOthea Thompson and Mrs.
Martha Norvell, all Of Rich
mond, and Mrs. Luceia Graves,
of Florida, were guests last Sat
urday morning Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cary B. Denoon. They also visited
Mrs. Eliza Game and the DenOOn
family at Trenholm.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hening and
son, Lockley, and daughter, Nan
cy, all of Richmond, were visi-
tors Saturday Of Mr.. and Mrs
H. C. Perkins and Mr.. and Mrs
Robert A. Cosby.
Several neighbors enjoyed see
ing Mrs. M. L. Jones in the com
munity on election day, and also
again on Thursday when she was
at her home here to attend tt
business. Also it was nice tG
learn that Mr.. Jones is much
more comfortable now than he
has been recently. They are still
making their home in Richmond
for the present.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Hoot Mon!

Scot = This London's a fine
toon. There's free parks with free
music, free museums, free pic
ture galleries, and in grand res
taurants where I get my dinner
I'm always coming across a three
penny bit hidden under the plate
as a surprise"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Turkish HYE Delegate
Visits Home In Amelia

week with the G. B. Lushs on
their dairy farm in the Pine
Grove area of this county.
Here For Six Months
She expects to be in this coun
try for six months. having ar
rived May II by plane and IS
leaving around November IS.
In that time, she will have
visited Washington. D. c.. at
tended the State Short Course
at VPI, visited several farm
families in Virginia and Iowa.
Purdue University at Lafayette.
Ind, and had IL days Of free
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
Dodsons Get Early Morning Surprise

CHULA, July "a The Muncie
Dodsons were very much sur
prised the morning of July IS to
see a car drive into their yard
before they had even got up. It
turned out to be their daughter,
Mrs. Charles Utz, Mr.. Utz and
their two sons from F'ollansbe,
W. Va. MI. and Mrs. Utz at
tended her Amelia High School
class of 1851 reunion that night.
They returned to Follansbee Sun
dav.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-25
By HELEN MASON

AMELIA. July. 24-Take a
heaping dash of humor, two
sparkling light brown eyes, dark
hair. sun-tanned smooth skin and
a dimple, mix them with a good
figure and five feet of height and
you have a very pretty and at
tractive young lady from Tur-
key.
Miss Muradiye Sariksla, %
fshe looks about III, is an In
ternatiOnal Farm Youth Elk
change student who spent last