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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
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Editor of Herald:

Editor of Herald:
Since DIR. Gordon Moss has
used the Forum of your valued
paper to point out THE Facts
of the Educational Situation in
Prince Edward County" I beg
the privilege of using the same
media to correct some gross
misstatements which he made.
AS resident Of this COM
munity and an official of the
Prince Edward School Founda-
ton, I feel that it is high time
that DR.. Moss be himself edu-
Gated in a few facts of life con-
corning schooling in his adopted
county of Prince Edward.
DR.. Moss states that certain
Children of the county have
been denied normal educational
opportunities since the fall of
1852"
hesitate to enter a contest
of words with a learned college
dean, but in my lexicon the
word normal means regular,
natural, customary. thus it be-
comes apparent that a normal
education is exactly what these
children we're getting in 1859,
have been offered since, and
could be receiving today but for
the aid, comfort. and conniv-
ance of the NAACP and some Of
its goWned cohorts.
Further, no one has been de-
MED anything, except racially-
mixed education. The parents of
some Of Prince Edwards chill
dren. either by choice or by per-
suasion, refused to accept edu-
cational facilities that by any
standard south of the Potomac
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
Relief Racket

AN investigation in Washington, D. c.,
1 has disclosed that at least $18 mil
lion in relief money has been paid to
ineligible clients in the District of
Columbia in the last five years, Sen.
Robert c. Byrd of West Virginia has
said.
A mother of four children, who had
been receiving 1854 month for four
years, represented the man who lived
in the house with her and earned $85
week asher brother when he was really
her husband
Another mother of six who was get
ting $191 month said the man in the
house was her brother-in-law, when he
Editorial, Atlanta Journal, August 20,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
would be termed normal.

would be termed normal.
As for the Prince Edward
School Foundation; no official q
that organization has admitted
that the Foundation has begun
to deny schooling to children Of
parents who can not meet tn-
ition costs.
The Prince Edward School
Foundation has not denied in
the past, nor does it propose to
deny in the future, its facilities
to any child because its parents
are unable to pay tuition.
The type of parent who will
not be permitted to ''free-ride"
on the generosity of the COM
munity is a family such as
Family A." let us call it. Both
parents gainfully employed.
earning a joint annual income
Of from five to six thousand dol
lars. having one child in the
Foundations school. and fatty
refusing to pay one dollar to-
ward the cost of educating this
child.
In closing I@awould like to
make an observation that re-
mains ever before me:
If the many organizations and
societies which from June to
September profess to be inter
ested in the Negro children of
this county are truly concerned
about educating these children,
where are they from September
to June? With their Handwriting
ing and moaning they induce
oceans of tears from the inte-
grationist press. They bring
forth heart-breaking pictures of
their "crash programs. But
when educational opportunities
are offered them which could
mean something and would be
recognized by the State Board
Of Education. these missionaries
are strangely silent.
Yes, DR.. Moss, the facts are
beginning to come into clear
and unavoidable focus = to Dor
row your words. These socie-
ties don't want the Negro chill
, dren of Prince Edward educated
they want them integrated,
, and furthermore as it has been
said many time by white and
Negro alike, Prince Edward
. Coun ty with its Showcase"
makeshift classr rooms and
closed public schools has been
worth untold millions of dollars
to these same societies and or
CARNATIONS.
E. Louis Dahl
Farmville
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
Education Offered
To All Parents

Editor of Herald:
AS a citizen Of Prince Edward
County I feel that must reply
to DR.. Moss letters in both The
Farmville Herald and the Rich
mond News-Leader.
In The Herald he asks t h e
people to face reality" and in
The News Leader he speaks Of
1.-THE crippled generation.
Surely. DR.. Moss does not
know the facts in the Prince Ed
ward case, or he could not have
written such letter unless he
is trying to brighten the people
of the County-for both Negro
and white parents know that an
education has been offered
every one Of their children.
DR.. Moss knows that there is
not a private high school or ele-
elementary school in the State
that charges $1,000 tuition.
An education without wisdom
is indeed a Gripping thing, and
DR.. Moss, himself, has surely
not faced the reality Of what a
society would be like. that has
lost both its freedom and its
culture.
I think that l can safely say
to the people of this county, that
all children, both Negro and
white, who really want an edu.
cation can have it, and it will
not cost them $1,000 per year
ever.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth C. Beck.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
". D. workmon

The North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization, not the United Ma
tons, is the force holding the
world together these days.
While the U. N. continues its
role as an international debating
society with virtually unrestrict-
ed membership, NATO remains
as the free worlds most effective
obstacle in the way of Soviet
world domination. Since NATO
came into operational existence
decade ago, it has not surrend-
cred one inch of territory to
Communist conquest. BY con
trasts, other parts of the world
have seen the Soviets gobble up
millions Of people and vast areas
of land.
NATO represents one of those
rare developments in history
when freedom-loving nations
have chosen up sides, in advance
of hostilities, in order to pro-
tect themselves.
And in addition to that pre-
paratory alliance concept, NATO
has welded into fighting shape
a powerful air-sea land machine
which is one of the worlds re-
markable examples of true inter
allied coopt. alton. National in
terest have been maintained,
and national identities have
been preserved in the fighting
forces. But all NATO nations
show a unity Of regional spirit
which has made possible a stout
NATO line of resistance facing
the Iron Curtain all the way
from Norway to Turkey.
That NATO line could be. and
should be, stronger than it is.
But even at its present strength
it symbolizes a collective Sc
curity pact which thus far has
deferred the Soviets.
Furthermore, there is con-
scious effort on che part of high
officials within the NATO organ
ization to achieve more political
and econdmic collaboration
among the Is nations which
comprise the organization. Such
cooperation is provided for in
the terms of the North Atlantic
Treaty and the growing inter
dependence Of military. political
and economic factors is giving
added meaning to the total
scheme of joint action.
Since NATO embraces nations
which have fought each other
bitterly in the distant past
the problem of achieving real
cooperation is sometimes touchy.
There are old suspicious and
new Jealousies. There are Mat
tiers of national pride which run
counter to considerations of reg
lonal defense. There are cues
tons of financial ability to carry
fair share Of the arms burden
and OF political capacity to per
suade national constituents of
the necessity Of bearing the bur
den at all.
Yet, despite all these acknow-
lodged and appreciate difficult
ties, NATO is a vital and vi
brant force. The member ma
tons. out of their Joint prepara-
ton against what looms as a
common enemy, are finding adj
dltional means Of welding them
selves together into a truly ef-
fective military force.
It is no wonder, then, that the
peoples OF Western Europeand
particularly those of West Berlin
and West Germany-prefer to
lean on the strong arm Of NATO
than on the weak reed of the UN
for security.
Thus. when proposals are
made that the UN take over Der
lin. or undertake to insure peace
IN Germany. there are few takers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

were led up blind alley by their own demagogu-
eS.
Their cause was hurt, not helped by the Rev.
Martin Luther King and his cohorts
The question now is how much damage has
been done. The solution is in the hands of the re-
sponsible moderate whites. But the irresponsible,
immoderate acts of the Rev. King and his school
of polical action have done such damage that it
may be years before the wounds heal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
Letters To Editor

child per year is as reasonable
as to say the cost Of a loaf Of
bread will spiral to four times
the present cost.
Thank you for giving me the
opportunity to say I have al
ready faced the reality of the
educational situation in Prince
Edward county.
Dorothy A. Glenn
Prospect, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

affect the child's destiny very much.
Unless character had been built in the
earlier youth, no amount of love and
interest can inject it now. The child had
grown out of the parental range for all
time.
The moral of this, if any, is two-fold.
Parents whose children are young
should not neglect the training of their
boys and girls. 1t is task which can
not be delegated to others entirely. And,
children, as they enter into life on their
own responsibilities, should not over
look their power to wreck and make
miserable the closing years of their
parents lives.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
Study In Life

NOT so long ago, we noticed a couple
: in a public gathering and, between
the husband and wife, there sat their
only child, now almost grown.
We wondered at the time if this young
person fully realized all the Importance
of his relationship to the older people
who had carried life's burdens for all
three up to that time?
For the older couple, life is almost
thing of the past. Except for brief
interest in a few remaining years, all
that life still held for them was wrap
ped up in and centered around the
activity and future of their child
Yet, as we all know, these parents,
and others like them, are powerless to
Ners e Courier, Charleston, S. C.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

Advertising works for intelligent
users, regardless of the state Of business.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
A Difference

The trouble with many OF lus is that We would
rather be ruined by praise than save by criti-
ciSm.
The Telegram, Worcester. Mass.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

Education is not complete if all that
the student gets is trained mind
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

Making plans for the future is often
a way to escape work in the present.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31
Chipping Away Again

CONGRESS is chipping away at the
~ U. S. Constitution now. Both the
House of Representatives and the Sem
ate have passed a proposed amendment
to eliminate the capitation tax as pre-
requisite to vote in federal elections.
The proposed Constitutional amend
ment must be ratified by the legisla-
lures Of three-fourths of the states be-
fore it becomes effective. This is the
proper procedure, and the amendment
will be constitutional when it's course
of ratification has been completed.
Had the amendment procedure been
followed in the present movement to
erase racial segregation in public
schools, the procedure would have been
constitutional proper and legal. sWhat
is more important the decision would
have been that of the people, as was
provided by the Constitution. The pre-
sent national turmoil would have been
avoided; the U. S. Supreme Court
would not now be in the position of
legislators and the checks and balances
of the Constitution would have been
maintained and strengthened. The diff
ference probably is in the fact that the
liberals knew they were unable to obtain
their desired results through the amend
ing method, and took the legally ques-
tionable method of amending the Con-
stitution through judicial fiat This
unusual procedure is causing conster-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-31

nation throughout the country.
The present move toward eliminating
the poll tax is another chip from the
Constitution, this time through legisla-
tive action. 1t is action taken against
the five Southern States which have
chosen this method of qualifying voters,
a method written into the Constitution
of Virginia
The amended Constitution would not
preclude collection of capitation taxes,
and or enactment of other qualifica-
tons for voting, as has been done in
other states. In fact many other states
have more rigid qualifications for vot-
ing than do the states now requiring
poll tax payments.
Governor Harrison in a statement
yesterday did not rule out the posi-
bility of poll-tax requirements for state
elections. He stressed that the poll tax
requirement is a simple, easy and nom
burdensome way Of determining Vir-
ginia residents who are qualified to vote.
According to the present Constitu-
ton each state determines the qualifica-
ton of its voters and methods of elect
ing representatives. The amendment
simply will eliminate the poll-tax as a
prerequisite to voting for federal Of
fices and the prohibition will be written
into basic law. In SO doing states will
have surrendered another of their re-
served rights.
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Foundations

Lesson for September 2, 1862
Evening star., 1962-09-13
'Chry,s;oIHe'
3 cups drained canned

3 cups drained canned
crushed pineapple
Pineapple juice and water to
make ga cups
large size package (6
ounces) lime flavor
gelatin
4 tablespoons lemon juice
u teaspoon salt
2 cups cold evaporated milk
! cup finely chopped
California walnuts
cup chopped celery
Drain pineapple. Add water
to juice to make "a cups.
Bring to a boil. Remove from
heat. Add to lime flavor gel
attn and stir until gelatin is
dissolved. Add lemon juice
and salt. Chill mixture until
slightly thickened. Stir in
evaporated milk, walnuts,
celery and pineapple. Pour
into a 2-quart mold. Chill
until firm. Unmold. Makes
about "A servings.
Evening star., 1962-09-13
Funcy but Eusy

Company dessert: Fill
cream puffs with vanilla or
chocolate ice cream and
serve with brandy favored
chocolate sauce.
Evening star., 1962-09-13
Morinote Chops

Add q sliced onion to
French dressing and use as
q marinade for lamb chops
before pan-frying or boiling.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
GET up AND GO!
The Great Affair Is
To Move Stevenson
BY CHARLES YARBROUGH

That rising sound you're beginning to hear is the
whine of travel gears.
For the last two weeks Washington has seen
more travel promotion activity organized basis
than it has seen. Enthusiastic optimism might
describe it.
The Hawaiian Visitors Bureau, sparked by the
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Gardeners to Meet

The District branch of the
National Association of Gar
deners will meet on Friday eve
ming at 8 o'clock at the Walter
Reed Medical Center.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES
PARKWooD GARDEN CLUB, Nj

PARKWOOD GARDEN CLUB, Mon
day, S:15 pm, home of Mrs. Nancy
BatSon,- 420S Glenridge street, Chevy
Chase View, Md. Discussion. of ferns
led by Mrs. Margaret Donnald.
TAKOMA HORTICULTURAL CLUB
45th anniversary dinner meeting, Mon,
Church parish hall, Sligo avenue be-
tween Shri6er street and Carroll lane,
Silver Spring, Md.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK
Of Mrs. Paul Z. Mcguire, 49OI Abe
marie street NV. Illustrated lecture
on daylilies by Wilson Disney,
WooDHAvEN GARDEN CLUB OF
Bethesda, Md, Thursday, $3.50 am.
home of Mrs. Richard Hoddinott, S20l
ccohoSstess. Demonstration. of winter
Muhly.
MONOCACY GARDEN CLUB, Thurs
day, 1880 lunch, River Road Country
Cup near Poolesyille. Talk, "Preparing
Horticultural Exhibits" by, Dr.. Wilbur
Star. Cohostesses are Mrs. Joseph A.
McVicker, Mrs. c. G. Van Emon and
Mrs. Wilson C. Poole.
CHEVERLY GARDEN CLUB, Thurs
day, 8 PM. Cheverly-Tuxedo Elemen-
tary School, Cheverly, Md Talk, "Tht
Wax Scale" by Charles w. McComb
assistant entomologist. University OF
Maryland. The wax scale, which at.
,tacks holly and other ornamentais, ha.
been discovered in Cheverly. Repre-.
sentatives Of other clubs and the pub.
lie are invited.
BIRCHWOOD CITY GARDEN CLUB
Thursday, 8 pm, home of Mrs. Marie
kaufman,, 5S1S Galloway drive Sc.
Oxon Hill, Nd. Talk on flower ar
ranging by Mrs. Robinson.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
'Chessie' Offering
Puy-Luter TruVeI

The Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way has announced a go Now
Pay Later" travel plan cover
ing round-trip rail fare in the
United States, Canada and
Mexico when trips originate on
the Gao.
For 10 per cent down and
up to "a months to pay, a trav-
eler may use the plan for all
expense %ours, as well as regu-
lar transportation, for himself
and family.
The winter package rates in
clude the railroads Greenbrier
at White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va; ski tours to The Home
stead at Hot Springs, Va;
Williamsburg, New York and
Chicago, and will include the
Seattle Worlds Fair opening
April 81. D..
Evening star., 1962-01-28

intelligible restaurant menu
and get service from a waitress
impatient to clear your table
and get on to the next Gus
toner and the next tip?"
Secretary Hodges told Of a
series of seminars scheduled for
the next few months in diff
ferent parts of the country.
They will stress the Importance
of host services. The Com
merce Department and its
new United States Travel Serv-
ice, will offer to cooperate
with any community in estab-
fishing a host program to in
clude everything from an in
ventory of local language abili-
ties right down to a re-empha-
sis of old-faShioned courtesy
and consideration for visitors"
he said.
Although still unable to Of
fer a prediction on what size
the travel flow might be this
year under the Visit U. s. A."
program, Mr.. Hodges did an
nounce that 400 are expected in
a single group from Switzerland
in March; 500 French pharma-
cists, also in March a group
of Swedish furniture manufac-
turers and German industrial
lists.
1--WE must have the Coop
Grafton of the travel industry"
the Secretary said.
"And we must have the CO.
operation of community organi-
cations; the cooperation of in
dividuals people who will open
their homes to foreigners and
who will go out of their way to
be courteous and helpful when
they meet visitors on streets,
in buses, in their jobs or where
ever"
Evening star., 1962-01-28
FLOWER SHOW TICKETS ON SALE

Mrs Felix Holden chairman ticket
about the 18th annual National Capital Flower and Garden
Show coming to the ArmOry March to
at the same time benefit the clubs Others Cleft right
walter Iowel Garden Club Mrs Herbert Grege Trowe and
Rockville Clubs and Mrs Robert American
each holding tickets
Florists and the National Capital Garden League
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Arborist Association
Opens Convention

The National Arborist Asso-
cations annual convention will
open today at the Maytlower
Hotel. AS part of their con-
vention program the arborists
will present an imperial
thornless honey locust to the
Department of Agriculture in
commemoration of this, the
centennial year, for the USDA
The tree-planting ceremony
will take place at the National
Arboretum at 3 pm. Tuesday
Details of the program may
be obtained from Ray Gustin
jr., local chairman and former
president of the association.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Flower Arrangement
Glasses at YWCA

The YWCA announces classes
In flower arrangements and in
landscaping the small property
beginning this week at the Sew
enteenth and K streets build
ing.
Mrs. Frederick Lang will con-
duct the arrangement classes
on Thursdays in day and eve
ming sections.
Mrs. John Herweg will! teach
workshops on Mondays and
Tuesdays for beginners and
more advanced students in
Ikebana.
Miss Margaret Lancaster,
garden consultant and editor of
the Garden Club League Bulle-
tin, will hold classes on Thurs
days beginning Thursday in
"Landscaping the Small Prop
erty." Students problems will
be discussed.
For reservations or cata-
logue call Metropolitan 8-2l00
Ext. 20. .
Falls Church Glasses
Mrs. John Herweg will teach
classes in Falls Church anc
Vienna on Mondays. Wednes.
days and Thursdays. For res.
ervationS and meeting place.
call JE. 4-0909.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
THIS WEEK IN
YOUR GARDEN
January 20

Spring is not far away by
any good garden standard. Feb
ruary we begin the sowing OF
seeds so as to have husky plants
ready for transplanting into the
garden when the weather and
soils are ready. March is flower
show month and also the time
to start other kinds of seeds
and some of the tender bulbs
into growth so as to be certain
of bloom early in the season
March is also the month ir
which we plant dormant shrubs
roses and trees, as well as sci
out cabbage, broccoli and on
ion plants and plant peas, po-
tatoes, and onion sets. Spring
is coming so let's get all Of the
prelimS out of the way.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
BY WILBUR H. YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor

0toE SdIucu EulLOE
Seed planting time is only a
few short weeks away, in fact
some kinds could be tucked into
soil next week if big husky
plants are to be ready for the
border in April and May. These
could include eggplant, peppers
petuniaS, Nicotiana or flower
ing tobacco, cup flowers
or Nierembergia, scarlet sage
and snapdragons. All Of these
require about IL weeks to gel
to a stage for setting. out into
the garden:
Successful plant growing in
doors depends to a large extent
upon having the essential ma
terials and a cool sunny window
or plant growing bed or box.
The materials consist of:
l. Top quality seed of the
right varieties.
2. Sphagnum moss or perlite
or vermiculite, and
8. A well lighted or sunny
space for the seedlings, that is
cool. ..,
The humidity can be sup
piled by a plastic covering. And
if the space is too warm spac-
ing and proper feeding Glow
nitrogen) can Offset tn e
warmth to a limited degree.
Where to Start Them?
However, the main job at
this season is to prepare the
place for starting seeds. Base
ment windows with a south
ern exposure can be enclosed
for spring seed growing; a hot
bed of a suitable size can be
built in the backyard; a we'll
lighted spot in a cool room
can be prepared for seed grow
ing, and the gardener can
build a propagating bed in the
basement. Most gardeners will
find that pots can be prepared
for their seed, enclosed in q
freezer bag and placed In q
cool window with q southern
exposure. Such pots should pro-
duce 25 to so plants, If this
is more than needed Of q kind
Ithe area should be divided In
two or three spaces.
Flower Pot Method
The use Of flower pots fol
seed growing is not new but
by using the freezer bags il
much more practical and salts
factory than formerly. Use
clean pots, or better still sterilize
them by soaking in a chloroz
solution. Fill the lower portion
with soil or any coarse mate
rial-it should drain well, but
the major function is to fill
space. The seeds should be
planted in a half-inch thick
layer of sphagnum moss, perlite
or vermiculite. Some will want
to use a mixture of the Sphag-
mum and the perlite. The i'm
portance of these materials i:
that they are sterile and ma
terially reduce the danger oi
the "damping off" disease tax.
ing the young seedlings.
The seeds are Sown on tor
Of this layer of sphagnuIn, anc
if large are covered with a thir
layer; if tiny they are simply
pressed into the moss.
Water lightly, let the pot
drain for a day or more s.
that there is no danger Of ex.
cess moisture. Then place thu
pot in a freezer bag and til
the top tightly. This keeps ths
moisture inside and does away
with the necessity of frequenr