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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-22
Rani,es

RAINES. June 81 = Miss Ruth
Simpson, daughter of Mn. and
Mrs Edward Simpson, was
crowned Miss Cumberland of
1862 at the annual beauty pag-
cant sponsored by the Cumber-
lard Ruritan Club and the
Woman S Club Of Cumberland.
Twenty eight girls participated,
with Cullen johnson, Director of
Safety, Virginia Farm Bureau
Federation serving as Master Of
Ceremonies.
Betty Ruth has just completed
her first year at LongWood Col
leee, after having a very active
high school career at Cumbcf-
land High. Her talent display
WAS TIE modelling Of a completa
outfit of clothing she had made.
The second runner-up in the
Junior division of the Miss Cum
berland contest is also from
this community. She is Miss
Olivia jenkins. daughter of Mrs
George LeStourgeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Mike"
Taperino were called to New
York last week on account Of the
death of his father, Vincent
Taperino. Funeral services were
held on June Is. III their abb
sence, Mrs. Charles Scott spent
the week in the Taperlno home
with Rita and Michele Ann.
Mrs. Virginia Hutchings, coun-
ty nurse, presented an interest
ing talk TO the John Randolph
Home Demonstration Club on
improving family health through
better meal planning. The meet
ing was held in the home Of
MesdameS j. K. and Eric Ro-
binSon.
Joseph Kerkbride Robinson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Robin
son, was christened on Fathers
Day, June II, during the church
service at Antioch, with Rev.
Lewis Brandt, the pastor.
Guests of the Eric Robinsons
Tor a picnic lunch on Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. San
derson John Sanderson, Miss
Ola Walton, Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
Sanderson and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Sanderson, Jr. and
sons, and Rev. l.. w. Brandt.
The Women of Browns Church
met last Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Edward Simpson led the pro-
gram: Choosing Your Voca-
ton.
The picnic for the children of
Browns Church was set for July
]. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Easter.
Bible School for Browns and
Cumberland Pre- b " terrain
Churches will be held at Cum
berland Church for two weeks,
beginning June 25.
The Childrens' Day Program
was held at Browns Church on
the afternoon of June 10.
A fellowship supper followed at
the church. Leaders in planning
chlldfen's program were Mrs.
Annie Simpson, Mrs. Claude
REYNOLDS and Mrs. Ruth Easter.
M. and Mrs. Eric Robinson
attended the annual Five-County
Fair Association meeting Mon
day night at Hotel Weyanoke.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-22
SANDY RIVER

Many people from this COM
munity attended the funeral of
Mrs. Fioence Weaver jenkins in
Farmville. Monday. She was
former resident of this COM
munity.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-22
Frank Spencer, Jr.
Wins Scholarship
70 Cornell Univ.

BUCKINGHAM June q
Frank a. Spencer, Jr., son Of
Captain and Mrs. Frank A.
Spencer. of Alexandria, has
won a scholarship Of $1,000 to
attend Cornell University in the
He was one of three students
to receive the highest honor the
school confers at George Wash
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-22
SANDY RIVER

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Trip. and
Ronald, of Silver Spring, Mary
land. were week end guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Temple Jenkins.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

one of willingness to work, a love of
freedom and independence and faith
in God and religious freedom
We would, Of course, caution the
young people that they cannot believe,
without intelligent inquiry, everything
that they read. Printing has been a
great aid to the advancement of know
ledge, but it is also means by which
error can be perpetrated and maintain
ed. The honest seeker for truth will be
known by the questions raised, the
sincere study Of existing facts and the
intelligent deductions drawn from es-
tablished things.
We trust that the students, now won
dering whether to continue their scho-
lastic work, will not lose interest in
their studies under false impression that
they are not important. Proper prep
aration for life itself is the most serious
business that can confront youth.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

much of it as put on show. And
they can understand something
OF the pseudo-religious talthough
God-less) fervor of Communism.
The Communists have a single
bill of goods to sell. They are
all aagreed on their product
and they all make the same
sales pitch. Different arguments
are used upon different occa-
slons. but always there is the
answering devotion to making
the final sale. And every ma
tlohal effort = whether educa
tional. industrial. military eco
nomlc. or psychological - IS
made a part of the sales BRO
gram.
There is no such unanimity of
purpose among those who would
sell the American way. We are
unable or unwilling to achieve
full agreement here at home on
things political, economic, re-
ligious, or otherwise. We cannot
even decide whether We want
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15
w. D. Workmon
w. 3. Workmon
Sheep Or Goats-Americans

It is ironic. and somewhat
frus trating. that one Of
Americas greatest strengths as
a nation of free men should at
the same time be a weakness
in seeking to sell American
ISM"
The United States is a plura-
hStic society - one which en-
braces a multitude of different
ideas, t tudes and values.
There is room for. and toler-
ance of, all shades of political
opinion, religious belief, occupa-
tional pursuit, and social pre-
ference.
Ask a dozen citizens how thew
would define the national pur-
pose, the American dream, or
the nature of democratic gov
eminent - and you get dozen
answers. Try to force any Of
the same dozen folks into ac-
cepting the same set Of stan
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

free enterprise or governmental
control. or a mixture of both.
in the transaction of our daily
business.
Thus, it is impossible to bring
together into single document.
or into a unified package.
statement WHICH accurately re-
fleets 1.-THE American way
There. are ways" of American
life, but no single or simple
way"
And back of this fact is per-
haps the greatest single bless
ing OF US Americans-our free
dom Of choice, threatened
though it may be, in this age of
governmental encroachment.
Not many new nations OF the
world = nor old ones either. for
mat matter clearly perceive
the nature of Americas plural
Ism. It is a hard concept to sell.
But is is a dear concept to pre-
serve.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15
We Listened

lie preached only fifteen minutes at
College Church. He said much in
this allotted time We listened. Every
sermon impressed us. We were better
for having heard him.
He mingled with "the boys" on the
athletic field, at the loafing place, The
College Shop, and we listened and we
learned.
We knew him when he was Hamp-
den-Sydney College president. He had
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

likely to be confronted With the
fact that Communism - as a
way Of life NV makes q stronger
appeal to newly-freed masses
than does the more amorphous
term Capitalism" or its dirty
word equivalent, imperialism"
both Of which are equated by
our enemies with American
ism.
This is discouraging and irri-
tating - but understandable.
Communism is a monolithic
doctrine. It stems from the
single source of Marxism, as
adapted through Leninism. And
it stands before the world as a
definable, definitive code of con-
duct.
The Communists, present as
we'll as past, have all the an
swers. Their responses to con-
ditions Of the moment, and Of
the future. are neatly packaged,
by the book and by the num-
bers. There is an accumulated
store of Communist doctrine
which spells out in detail the
"evils" Of capitalism, the "glo-
ries" of Communism, and the
"inevitability" Of Communist
domination of the world.
When this fixed theology is
coupled with the undeniable
achievement of the U.S.S.R. in
the realms of science, space,
and armament, the net result
is impressive to unsophisticated
newcomers on the world scene.
They can see the physical prog
ress of the Russians Cor as
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15
Double Check

There are rumblings around
the country that didn't come
from no bomb or airyplane
these voters are beginning to
raise their voices that will be
heard in Washington. The Presi-
dent is on the carpet so to speak
and he is having a tough 60
of his efforts to put America out
front. It's just our democratic
way Of life and when we
shoot we really hit.
We have lost our standards
some were along the line we
took up With the money and laid
all former do rightness aside. No
wonder so many wear dark glas-
ses, they can't stand to see what's
before them.
But every thing will be all
honkey do,ry comes the next
election. President defends his
tax proposal boy he has to
defend every thing he starts.
It's so new to us we just don't
seem to understand any thing
atall.
News seems to be sorter slim
mified Dinah Shore got an
mother divorce it's the only
way to get known down in Holly
wood
This is the year for the seven
teen year locusts. they are
said to be popping up in some
sections. Harrison came out for
Governor Almond that
should be styled what the
Governor Of Virginia said to the
Ex-Governor of Virginia A fell
Ter Texan named Estes turns out
to be a regular stink weed"
for both parties, each trying to
nail him to the other.
Mothers day is here and there
is Just not much To write about.
Thanks for reading.
Yours,
j. Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

dards enunciated by any other
of the group. and you'll likely
have a fight on your hands.
Despite the growing trend to-
ward uniformity and confOrmi-
ty, the United States is still a
land of individualism. There are
those persons and trends which
seemingly would cast us all in
the same mold but not yet
have they won out over our
American diversity.
Americans would not have it
otherwise, for this heterogene-
Gus grouping of peoples has
made for both freedom and
progress. We have been called
a nation of sheep, but we could
as well be called a nation of
goats-because of our perversity
ana our resistance W UclllS
herded.
But the very Americans who
thrive under the pluralistic sys-
tenn are frequently those who
complain most loudly about our
sometimes distressing inability
to "sell' the rest of the world
on the American way of life. :"
When we measure our propa-
ganda successes against those
of the Russians, we come out
on the short end too often. And
when we try to persuade emery
ing nations that ours is the bet
ter way of national life, We are
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15
Commencement

TSHE young people who have almost
completed their formal education
in the year 1862 should not make the
mistake of assuming that they know
enough. They have only begun to learn!
What students receive in school, in
terms Of learning how to read, study
and thing for themselves, is more i'm
portant than the subject that passed
into their brains. If, in the process of
acquiring a diploma, one has glimpsed
the tremendous spread of human infor-
nation and realized that what has been
studied is the merest faction of what is
thus known, then the way is open for
the individual to proceed intellectually.
Millions of American students. about
ready to graduate, are entering
world which is somewhat confusing.
and, We believe, more confusing than.
that which has faced graduates in many
OF the years of our recent past. 1t seems
necessary in these times, for the gradu-
ates Of 1862 to bear in mind the simple
truth and basic principles which have
made our country great. The story of
Americas rise to power and riches is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

more or less together: but diff
ferent groups can act very diff
ferently.
90 Bonds : other than gov
ernments were almost noneX-
istent until IS years ago when
corporation bonds began to be
issued. A study of quotations
shows that the bond market is
usually going down when the
stock market is going up. Care
full investors will hold both
stocks and bonds in a proportion
varying according to conditions.
For instance. good corporation
bonds can now be bought to
yield AZ per cent while the
stocks of the same corporations
will yield today per cent or
less. Hence. the switching of
stocks into bonds has now begun
on Wall Street and it will con-
tinue ntil the stock yield
equals the bond yield.
60 Naturally. everyone who
knows Wall Street will advise
diversification of all kinds. Don's
put all your money in stocks or
bonds. Real estate can be
bought in the Central West and
South West at SIS per acre. One
must pay more to get land in
an oil or mineral terrain.
There never will be any more
land. If you can get enough
rent for pasture rights to pay
taxes, buy such land. When
buying land. be willing to pay
for adjoining fresh water. Some
day fresh water in quantity will
almost be liquid gold!
l believe in African gold
stocks - also good mutual funds
and especially insured savings
to pay Az per cent. 1 once
asked Thomas A. Edison who
was the greatest inventor. He
replied THE man who invented
compound interest. The lower
Manhattan Island = with Wall
Street later its center ~ was
bought from the Indians for
few trinkets valued at $24. If
the Indians had taken the cash
and invested it at 6 per cent
interest. compounded quarterly.
this $24 would today amount to
around sixteen billion dollars.
So don't forget the great power
of compound interest even if
the bonds yield you only Az per
cent.
(7) Seek the professional opin-
ion of investment advisers who
have been in business over so
years and have made money for
their clients. Tell your adviser
that you want to diversity &C
cording to the basic fundamen-
tails = but that you are willing |
to do some gambling by buy
ing now into companies which |
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

lost none of his personal magnetism,
enthusiasm or determination. His re-
cord speaks for itself He was grand
to have as leader, as companion.
We loved him in the sunset of his
life. He was still dynamic, enthusiastic
and companionable That was DR.. Edgar
G. Cannon, Grip" to his many friends,
whose untimely passing leaves void in
the lives Of his multitude of friends.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

may have a big future.
80 Keep in good health = do
not worry. Unless your health is
good your judgment cannot be
good. You do not need capital
or a college diploma to gam
BILE successfully; but you do
need good health, a good wife,
plenty of sleep, and to say your
prayers.
go The best gamble of all
is a bunch of good children.
Have enough of them and some
are sure to turn out to be
'WhlzzeS very smart. Keep
out OF debt. l have never bor-
rowed or loaned one dollar in
my life or bought on margin.
tl0) Profits must come from
forecasting the future. Your
bankers will call it gambling.
But every forward-looking man
has been a gambler : from
Columbus to those scientists Who
like M.I.TS Provost Charles H
TONNES, are now working on
c o n d ems e d light rays and
masers and lasers! Forget the
moon; but capitalize on four big
things: Cd the heat of the sun:
~ the coming scarcity of fresh
water; 80 the cellulose of wood
and cotton. to give us cello
phane. plastics. and fibers; and
a. science. Stick to these four
fundamentals, although you can
diversity your holdings over
many companies.
We are living in new age
the age of 'television, fuel
cells, ion engines, Harvesting
gravity. and good bacte ria.
Don't spend too much time on
present educational courses bas-
ed only upon memory. Rather,
learn to forecast the future by
reading scientific magazines. In
a previous weekly column l dis
cussed stocks in good honest
drug companies. Just now they
may be selling for all they are
worth. But these drug compa-
MES are great gamblers: if
you own their stocks they will
do the gambling for you!
In closing let me say the U.
S. Navy is supporting a project
at Santa Fe Springs, Calf, to
make bacteria batteries! The
chemists ale raising bacteria
for new insecticides. The seed
dealers are using same to i'm
prove quality of seeds. Interest
in good bacteria and other mi
croorganisnls is now so high
that the American Type Culture
Collection, the national reposi-
tory for germs in Washington,
D. c., is planning to build new
facilities to house its expanding
activities. Read more scientific
news!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15
Babson Discusses Investing vs.. Gambling

BABSON PARK. MASS. May
10 - / have spent the day read
ing remarkable book - The
Pictorial History of Wall Street"
-268 pages size II" g.. This
history shows clearly that the
fundamental facts underlying in
vesting during the past decades
apply equally today. This is an
anniversary of the New York
Stock Exchange founded just 10
years ago. Let me describe ten
facts.
% Safety and income come
from careful selection and SUI
perviSiOn of your investments.
Profits come ually from
gambling; although youSs total
investment will rise and decline
in value" along with the Dow
Jones Averages. But big profits
come from buying into new
ideas, new discoveries. and
seize ntific developments. To
make big money. read scientific
journals rather than ordinary
financial news.
t2) Newtons Law of Equal
and Opposite Reaction can be
depended upon when the AREAS
involved are properly consider
ed. This was first noticeable
when African slaves and gold
were the only commodities
traded on Wall Street 200 years
ago. l believe that we will con-
tinue to have periods of de-
cline and depression during the
next few years Congress can
legislate only to temporarily
postpone declines; but cannot
change the AREAS involved.
49, A study of Wall Street his
tory during the past ITO years
shows that dips in the stock
market have always come unex-
pectedly. without warning. This
was true when slaves. gold. or
stocks were selling abnormally
high as at present. Such bear
markets have always followed
great wars. from Napoleonic
days through World War I. No
such bear market has yet &C.
CURED following World War II.
The d. Industrial Average was
around 100 in 1912 and has since
climbed fairly steadily upward,
standing around $40 today.
"a Special groups of stocks
have acted differently during
the past $50 years. The demand
for slaves and land declined
from lS60-65 while the demand
for gold and railroad stocks was
very active. Then. being over
popularized - as the electrOnics
and space stocks are today
they had a terrible slump with
most Of the companies going
INTO receivership. Most of the
stocks in the same group suffer
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-05-15

New definition Of free democracy :;
Any country where the government al
lows the Gallup poll. - Columbus co.
Citizen Journal
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1962-01-05
Ftenai Looks a Financial
Picture after One and Half
Years o incorporation

8 financial summary for The
City o. kenaf following one geaH
and six months Of Incorporation
has been released b. City Clerk
Frances T8HkiIsen.
Aenaf residents voted 70 in
corporate the village IF Kenai
into a city of ire first class o.
May to. 1850
During TIE first stage Dc o.
ganization there seemed to be
no tine to consider what this
change means to The ara, says
Mrs. Torkilsen. with the pas
sage Of time. 3 schedule gradu-
ally energies and there are mo-
meats Of retrospeetion when
one begins TO think What have
we accomplished What are we
going = de- Has T been worth
II It.
Some Of the answers, she add
ed, may be found IN the follow
ing account.
The citizens Of Kenai have as
(of Dec. I. 1861 So, 1880 IN
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sled racing follows d ! pm. for
both junior and adult racers. a
community movie is scheduled for
5 pm. 70 be followed by Alaska's
5ayefite game sponsored by The
Anchor Point Homenakers st 8
o'clock.
Saturday. Jan. 20. will feature
the second ard final heat Of The
dog races. beginning at pm.
for adults and juniors
Tie queens coronation wi /
take place during The sno- Flake
Ball. which begins at s pm. The
candidates fur queen 8onors are
Donna Norman. KeHai; Barbara
0'Roafke. seIdotna, and VERDI
Bee of Anchor Point. Sslee6Ien
s based upon ticket sales
Queen candidates turn II theis
ticket stubs st 1870 pm and af
midnight tie winner VII be an
Hoaaeed and will be crowned with
the traditional tiara, presented BY
Rickiey's Dept. Store BE Anchor
Point.
The queen will be EMBODIED il
blue velvet royal robe and her
tiara viii be placed On her head
BY Phyllis Wilson, Kenais queen
for 1861.
During the dance q drawing for
door prizes NilI b held # If 80.
Sunday, Jan. q. oHe=ios and
thgee-dog team weight pulling
contests begin at j pm. 1hefe'll
be entries ii light and heavy
weight divisions in each contest.
Last years winning team Of
three dogs, belonging to mnshar
Larry glendeneHs pulled more
than three tons, setting new
worlds record.
After weight pulling contests,
there viii be snoWshoe races. sled
and skiing races and sAiiorine in
which spectators are invited to
participate lhrine your own skis
Dogs or horses may BE chosen for
skijoring
Final events Of the three-day
winter jubilee viii Be the Mnaaa-
ers Mesa buffet dinner free
20 everyone spectators as well as
participants r and the p3eseH
ton Of awards and prizes.
The Mushers' Mess, with food
supplied by the Anchor Point
community. begins at ESQ pm.
At TAO the newly crowned queen
viii present the awards 20 vim
mig dog mushers. Admission IS
By queen tickets.
The threezday event IS co.
sponsored By the Anchor Point
Chamber Of Commerce and the
Anchor River Sled Dog and RAGS
ing Association.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1962-01-05

the bank. 0f dhis, SIG 900 IS On
time deposit and i earning IN
terest at 3 per cent Accounts
receivable property taxes IS
Of July /. 1861, we're s37 .006.a9
&c which all but Ss.656.84 have
been collected.
All property tax monies col
leeted from property owners a
cross the Keaai River II set a.
side 4 special fund for help
ing toward spanning the river.
Il hen the state builds TINS
bridge. "a per cent Of the money
viii Be furnished b. the federal
aid program and the City vii
pay me remaining six per cent
Sales taxes collected since
July L 1861, amount ta 81. TIC
sc. The budget estimates of So
1000 from July /. 1856 tc Juas
SO. 1852, seems to have been
far estimate. says the clerk.
Other revenues IN the form Of
police fines, penalties for de-
linquent tax payment, filing fees.
docking fees, interest. s0bdivi=
sion fees, taxi and chauffeur per-
nits. business Tax refund,
fish fax refund. building FsE.talss
etc, amount to S17.s03 3.
Fixed assets Of tie City amount
to S6,312.02 and consist Of q dock
site. 4 recreation and public pun
poses site 8 grader, police car
and office equipment. Upon conn
plation Of The jail fixed assets
wi have been Increased ~ over
$4,000 II addition fixed assets
include the firehaiI. ed federal
jail. 653e administration building
and grounds.
Expenditures for Hhe same per
iod amount 20 ST, 437.S7 Of which
S1z.644.85 vas applied a. t1s bud
get Of the school with s9,af8.3f
due yet this fiscal Yearl. 81 GOALS
was used fer fanHs $4,000 fer Al
aska Housing Authority assist
anes With e5Hy planning 81 .s65.7a
for power appraisal sNB4.s4
for bridge fund and me remainder
foE salaries attorney fees, asses
scr fees insurance IoaI maInteH=
anee, snow removal equipment
maintenance telephone, utilities.
and 50 forth.
Conducting CIT government
is a business, states the city
clerk. It's citizens are shaYeHeld=
ars. Their interest and bartieipa-
ton can promote their invest
meglt. 2
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1962-01-05
WEEKLY SERYIl. ~

Sssll51IIlIIillEE=II n 4 = ReVs James q.
Simmons A1is4hnraae = aas eaiss-
ing to eoldotna each week to
serve as pastor 81 tHe T RS 2
Southern Baptist Mission. Sunday
school and church services are
held from I0 am. to II noon at
the o0ltba0na Community BLDG.