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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06
Little Boys Baseball Briefs

to ice the game in the fifth.
Spillman was the winning pit
cher. For the Fire Dept. John
Held to only six hits by the Ind's
Farley had a perfect for. 4
performance and five RIBS.
Saturday right proved to be a
thriller for the fans as they saw
two one-run victories. In the
first, the Ind's Sinonini and
Booth held the strong Lions to
lust three hits but center-fielder
Charlie Blair snacked a seventh
inning home run for a 2 to
Lion victory.
Simonini pitched shutout ball
against the Lions for the first
four innings before being re-
placed by Booth. The Lions scor-
ed two in the sixth inning on a
single, walk and Jackie Wom-
ack's double. In the sixth inning
hero Charlie Blair made a des-
peration catch of Charley Simo-
minis bid for a home run up
against the center field fence, be-
fore smacking his game winner
in the last inning. Danny An
drews went all the way on the
mound for the Lions to win his
third game. Simonini had three
| Of his teams six hits.
In the strong game of the
night. the undefeated Jaycees
used their strong pitching for a
2 to l victory over the Moose.
David Harper pitched no hit ball
for the first three innings and
Jackson Chandler hurled the last
three, permitting only one hit.
The Jaycees were held to only
two hits themselves by the
Moses Scottie Spillman and Ed
die Higgins, but scored two runs
in the fourth innings on an err
ror. a single by johnson ard a
two run knock by Harper
Chandler struck out the side in
the last innings to insure his
sixth victory against no defeats.
Tommy Routt got the only Moose
hit.
Monday night, Hurley Myrick
pitched a strong four-hitter for
the Lions and Billy Carwile and
Wallace Duncan hit home runs
for 8 to win over the last
place Independents.
David Brown went all the way
for the losers giving up 10 hits
Lenny Barr homered in the fifth
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Youth League
Stars

Billy Bridgforth, IA year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Bridg-
forth. is currently leading the
Pony League hitters with a $50
record. This average includes IA
hits in Is official at bats, with
II bases on balls and four home
runs.
Billy is no stranger to baseball
fairs in this area. having played
in the Little League two years
and the last two in the Pony
League.
Billy plays first base and
pitches for the American Legion
team, managed by Howard Han
cock. Last year. he hit .58l in
the Pony League and was chosen
on the all star team. While in the
Little League, Billy hit 489 and
491 for two years, being chosen
on the all-star team both years
and playing in the regional and
state rlayoffs in 1859 and in the
Little World Series in South Bos-
ton in 1860.
This year. besides leading the
league in hitting, Billy is one of
the top pitchers in the league
with a and l won-lost record.
In a game against the Modern
Woodmen, he pitched the last
three innings giving up only one
hit and hit a three-run homer
in the last inning to win the
game. Last Friday, Billy reliev-
ed and struck out the last six
men to face him. He has 81
strike outs to his credit this
year.
Billy received the Umpires
Craftsmanship Trophy in the Lit
tie League in 1859.
Billy is So, weighs 1873 lbs
and will be in the ninth grade
at PEA next year.
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Little League
Spotlight

The Jaycees have completely
dominated the Little League this
year. having won Is straight ball
games without a defeat. Much of
the credit for this fine record
must go to a young man who
has won six of these games on
the mound.
Jackson Chandler is the IL
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Chandler. of Ri. 2, Farm
vile. He was born Aug. 25. 1850.
and attends Prince Edward
Academy's Lower School. He
stands So and weighs 1876 lbs.
So far this year, Jackson has
pitched a total of 80 innings. Be-
sides his fine 6 and 0 record, he
has struck out 70 men, slightly
better than two per inning. Jack
son has given up only 30 hits,
and II of those came in one
game against the Rotary on June
|. He has allowed only IS bases
en- balls, three being the largest
number given in one ball game.
When not on the mound, Jack
son plays the outfield. He has
not made an error this year in
the field. He is hitting a respec-
table .275 and has only struck
out twice
Jackson is one of those young
sterS who plays best when the
going is rough. In two games
against the Lions. the only two
games the Lions have lost, he
struck out Is in one game and
IA in the other, giving up only
nine hits in the two games. and
liking four. Last Saturday
night, he received the win in a
tight to victory over the
Moose. in which he allowed only
one hit in three innings and
struck out seven.
This younester is but one of
the fine products of the Little
League system. having played
the first two years in the minor
league and the last two in the
majors. He had 2 and Won
lost record last year for the Jay
Gees.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06

The time to fish for carp is on
the incoming and outgoing tide.
The big carp are from 1850
pounds. but they are not hard to
catch. but once you hook EN-,
the problem is to land EN-. Ed
win Cralle. of FarmVille. has
found one way to land the big
ones. Drag them over to the
other side of the river and pull
'em up on a sandy beach. Or if
they are not too large. spear
them with a heavy pronged
gig. You have to gig them on the
underside, however. because the
plate-like scales on top of the
fish will turn the gig, like an
armored vessel.
There is another plentiful in
habitant of the sWampy marsh
land snakes. The natives
there cry, "Cottonmouthl every
time they see a large snake.
and it is quite possible they are
right every once in a while.
As the four men arrived at
their fishing spot. ore stopped
down to hunt for a few worms.
with which to fish. He immedi-
atcly spotted the tail of a long.
heavy snake
Crallc advised him to hold still
for a minute as he picked up
his gig. 1t was Just a second
later that one large snake was
sQmrmlnc on the end of the gig
Il don't kill black snakes or
other nonpoisonouS sn a k c s.
Cralle SAID, after the dead rep
tile was safely back in Farm
vile. but 7 didn't know what
this one was. so didn't see any
reason to take a chance =
AT first glance the snake could
have passed for a real cetton-
mouth. But the final diagnosis
pinned the big fellow down as a
large water snake
From a distance il had the
heavy body of c0'tonmouth.
and his triangular 81 PED head
looked wicked enough for a
dozen poisorous snakes, His dull.
dark color lacking def iIs mark
ings was characteristic of the
Cottonnlouth too.
Upon closer examination the
snake failed TO show the fangs
that a cottonnouih relies Ellon.
II had no pit between the eye
and the noStnl. and il had a
double row of scales on the
mderside of its tail, A POISONOUS
snake has a single row Of scales
The pupil of the eye was round
too. where a cottonmouth has its
pupil in a vertical shape
The snake had a huge bulge.
and i, was immediately thought.
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that it had swallowed a frog, OF
had enjoyed a meal of some
small animal However, with
DR." Cralle welding the scalpel
his hunting knife, the bulge
was discovered to be "A eggs.
The snake apparently was on the
river bank getting ready to lay
her eggs. This is probably why
she did not slither off into the
swampy underground, complete
~ undetected. The fact of the
eggs is another piece of evidence
that she was nonpoisonous. Cot
tonmouths are viviparous. mean
ing that the young are born
alive. while this harmless va
reity lays eggs.
The name of the harmless
water snake is "Natrix.' This
snake undoubtedly was a Natrix,
but as one observer commented:
1T wouldn't have to be poison
Gus. If it bit me, l think would
die anyway"
A BIG MEAL
Y Hugh Vaughan. ten year old
grandson of DR.. and Mrs. j. H.
Cocks, got a bonus the other day
when he was looking through his
grandfather's binoculars. He was
watching a robin in the back
yard, when suddenly the robin
picked up green snake. With
his front row seat assured by the
powerful glasses Hugh watched
as the robin won the battle and
ate the small snake. It just does
mt pay to be snake = even
the birds will get you.
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inning for the losers. Danny An
drews, leading hitter in the
league. got three doubles and a
walk and Jackie Womack had a
triple and two singles for the
Schedule
July
Ind VS. Moose (7:00>
Lions VS. Rotary 5000
5 Pirates VS. Tigers MINOR
Lions VS. Moose 5000
6 j. C. VS. Rotary t7:0O
Ind VS. F. D. $1,000
8 Giants VS. Pirates 'Minor)
Moose VS. y. c. 5000
IL Ed. VS. Lions t7:00)
Ind. VS. Rotary t9:00o
II Tigers VS. Yankees fMinor)
j. C. vs. Lions to:00)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06

Carp by the hundreds inhabit
Swift Greek. and in this swampy
area below Colonial Heights, the
carp would come in at high tide
and feed all around the far side
Of the island. When the tide goes
out, the carp leave the shallow
marshes Oh the other side of the
island and go back into the
creek. You can stand at a prOmi-
nent point and see the carp
swimming leisurely back to deep
water The tide here moves sew
en- hours behind the tide at
Hampton Roads. Swift Greek is
about three times as wide as our
familiar AppomattoX River at
Farmville.N
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06
Boating

If you lose the plastic knob
from the control panel of your
cupboard motor you are not out
OF luck and you do not have to
go to the trouble of locating
new one. Here's all you do.
Fill a plastic bottle cap with
epoxy putty and position it in
the place of the lost knob. You II
discover it works even better
thar the original item.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06

Clements allowed only three
IOOF hits and struck out l6 bat
tiers as the VFW won - to 8
decision. Clements also was the
only tWo-hit man in the game.
The WV scored seven runs in
the first inning.
Bobby Farmer continued mis-
maSterful pitching by throwing a
fine three-hitter against the VFW
last Thursday night. Held to only
five hits, the MWA used nine
bases on balls to help insure the
6 to 3 victory. Clements wqs the
losing pitcher. Farmer famed 16
men in winning his fifth straight.
The American Legion stayed
on top of the league with a IL to
7 victory over IOOF. The Legion
got only one hit in the game but
received Is free passes from B.
Price and Andrews, five coming
in the first inning when the Le-
gion scored SIX runs. Bridgforth
and Mann held the IOOF to
just five hits. with Bridgforth
tanning all six men in the last
two innings.
Billy Bridgforth had three
straight hits and drove in three
runs as the Legion topped the
VIEW II to 8. In the third inning,
Leatherwood led off with walk
and Garland hit home run.
After Mann was retired, Bridg-
forth hit the second homer of the
inning.
Tommy Leatherwood became
the first casualty of the season
when he suffered a broken ankle
when covering home plate after
passed ball. He will miss ac-
ton for the rest of the year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06
Tri-County Softball

The Tfi-County Girls Softball
League had a game Friday night
with Truxillo downing letters
vile 14-6.
Cumberland has had to drop
out OF the league for lack OF
players.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06
FISHING


Some fishing days nothing
seems to go right. The fish
aren't bitirg. and to make mat
tiers worse, your line gets hope
lessly twisted when you're troll
ling. Here's tip that will
straighten- things out and put
you in shape when the big ones
start hitting: Remove the lure
from your lire, put the line
back into the water, and as your
boat moves along the twists will
disappear like magic. Sounds
simple? 1t is.
A beautiful days fishing can
be just about ruined when it
comes time for the fisherman
major headache cleaning fish.
Ore way to simplify this prob
lem and keep the fish in hand
is to attach a brand-new mouse
Trap 10 tne END OF a tWO-tOOt
board. When the fish's tail is
firmly CT a m pe d under the
spring, scaling the fish becomes
a lot easier.
Fishhook, fishhook, where did
| put that fishhook? That's
many an anglers lament who
carefully laid out his hooks on
rocks orr grass but when he
went to hook up discovered that
the hooks had Disappeared A
small piece Of bright-color yarn
tied to the shank Of the fishhook
will enable an angler to spot
his hooks Immediately and get
down to business.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-06
&deAne Ns.u,
By BILL. WALL
Fishing In The Swamps

The four fishermen gided swampy
looked like real wilderness and from casual glance
had been they year
They stepped quickly from headed
spot they would fishing.
with dense underground almost like Sometimes high
tide. the island would disappear
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Southside=
Baseball ls.su.

Cumberland 10 Burkeville 9
Cumberland z Burkeville 6
Amelia Buckingham 3
Amelia 8 Buckingham
Crewe II Earmville 6
Crewe 10 Farmville
Cumberland gained top spot in
the Southside over the week end
after Crewe lost three protest
games due to ineligible players.
The Dukes took two one-run
games from Burkeville to push
their record to 9 and 4.
Saturday night. Elmo Bryant
started and pitched seven in
nings for Cumberland. relieved
by Price and Marion.
Dave Sreas homered for the
winners in the 10 to 9 victory.
Sunday, Ernest Marion pitched
Cumberland to a to victory
as Jackie Newman homered and
had three hits. Bowman was
the loser and Jennings homered
for Burkeville.
Saturday night. Amelia scored
four runs in the top of the
ninth to snap a 3 to 3 tie as
Anderson singled. Warren singl-
ed. and Ingram walked to load
the bases. BARLEY was hit BY
a pitch scoring one run and a
single by j. B. Flippen scored
two more. The winner was An
derson and the loss went to
Horne, who was relieved by Full
cher in the ninth.
Amelia made it two in row,
after six straight loses, by
knocking off Buckingham again
Sunday, 8 to l. as j. B. F'lippen
turned in a fine five-hit pitch
ing job. GOWN, who was reliev-
ed in the fourth by Jamerson.
was the loser.
Crewe took a IL to 6 win over
Farmville Saturday night, scor-
ing six big runs in the seventh
Inning after being behind 6 to 2.
Utley started for Crewe and
was relieved in the third by
Rickers. Farmville scored twice
N the third on single and four
bases on balls and added four
more in the fourth on three
hits, walk and an error.
In the seventh Crewe scored
six times with the big blow be-
ing two-run homer by Levi;
Eall:pe. Cumbey had three of
CreWe's eight hits. Franklin
pitched the first six innings. al
lowing only four hits. Bowles re-
lieved and was the loser.
Sunday, in game held up 40
minutes in the second inning due
to rain, Crewe pounded out a
IL to | victory over Farmv:ll,.
Mccain and Spencer each had
three hits for Crewe and each
lit a home run. Mansini gave Up
only four hits for the win. Fore
was the loser.
All Fourth Of July games were
rained out.
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Ah that subtle sweet TASTE that fine tender texture
only with Dromedary Scenes! Enjoy 'em with your
favorite spread, meal time, tea time any time.
But Dromedary Scone Mix is not lone mix 1t makes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-11

many magnificent morses shortcake that's sublime
pancakes, sesame rolls, cinnamon brunch cake and
more! Recipes in each package of Dromedary Scone
Mix Get box today! Delightful, to be sure
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drop them into a large kettle
Of boiling sailed water and
boil them for Is minutes.
Skim the dumplings from
the water and drain them
well. Split the dumplings in
half with two forks and ar
range them on a hot platter.
Pour over them u cup hot
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Potato DumpIinqs

To Mrs. P. A. M, Siluer Sprin.
Mrs. B. B. L., Washington
Cooking is my hobby, and I
have cooked around the world.
AS a German, I am familiar
with potato dumplings. In the
wording in your recent re-
quest, asking for potato glaze,
I'm not sure what you mean.
I've never heard of potato
glaze either in Germany or in
my travels around the world,
but here is a wonderful rec
ipe for potato dumplingS:
To four large potatoes
which have been boiled, peeled
and riced add, when cool,
about 112 cups flour. u tea
spoon salt and l beaten egg.
With the hands, work the
mixture into the dough, add
ing flour if the dough is too
moist.
Shape dough into dump
lingS the size of golf balls,
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county junior high school, the
camp program includes the
traditional swimming, hiking.
fire building and outdoor
cooking, singing. sports,
games, crafts and Indian and
pioneer lore.
The campers are to meet
from 8:45 am. to AIS pm.
Mondays through Fridays.
and will spend the nights and
week ends with their families.
Camps are located at Bar
croft, Bon Air, Lubber Run
and Taylor Parks. The first
session is to be held tomor-
row through July 6; the sec
ond. July 9 through July 81,
and the third from July 30
through August II.
Further information is
available at the department.
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READERS
CLEARING HOUSE
Camping Without LEAVING Home

Q "
Parents OF boys and girls aged z to Is who
would like their children to have camping expert
ence without leaving home will be interested in the
summer day camps of the Arlington County De-
partment of Recreation and Parks
Directed by physical education instructor at a
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Drowned butter and sprinkle
them with u cup fine bread
crumbs Drowned in butter.
OF course you realize that
even the most experienced
cook will first make q test
dumping. incidentally. when
the dumplings are done. they
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Raw TIMBER

MTS. II. A. u, Temple HttlS
I am an amateur painter
(oils) and have been pursuing
my hobby while in the hos
pital. One day I got some
spots Of raw lumber OZARK
brown on an especially nice
white pajama top. The ma
terial is either dacron and
cotton or plain. fine cotton,
I'm not sure which. I've tried
turpentine and soap and
water without removing the
spots. / will be most grateful
if someone has a solution to
this problem.
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Here's How

Readers cIeoFins House is con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL as q pubIie-ssries exchange
Of ideos between erso readers. The
Stor eonnOt accept phone calls per-
toiains to This column. All letters
must bear the writer's full name end
address, No advertising is printed.
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will rise to the surface of
the boiling water.
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Records SET
AtShenandoa|l
By DICK O'BRIEN
Star Staff Writer

CHARLES TOWN, W. Va.
Aug. 1.-Two new track rec
ords were set tonight at Shen-
andoah Downs before a crowd
of 10,I06.
The 5-year-old mare Silver
Song established a new mark
for the 51a-furlong distance
and King Tar broke the record
for the 13s miles.
Piloted by Sam Palumbo, Sill
yer Son sped the 51a-furlong
route in 1:052s, clipping two
fifths of a second off the for
mer record. set July II, 1859,
by Six Ways.
Silver Song competing in the
eighth race, the Art Brown
Handicap, also wound up a
twin-double payoff of $4,279.80
for seven holders of tickets on
the Royal Note mare.
King Tar. the 7-year-old
gelding purchased by Calvin G.
Wildhide Of Thurmont, Md,
last spring for $11,500 after he
had hit two twin-double jack
pots worth 100000, raced the
mile and three-eighths in 2:21,
a fifth of a second faster than
the old record rung up Sep
TENDER II, 1860, by Our Day.
Silver Songs margin of VIC
tory was six lengths. She was
never headed after the field of
seven left the starting gate.
The winner paid $500, $3.50
and $3.50.
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Porterhouse Sets
World Trot Mark

WESTBURY. N. y, Aug. II
(AP).-Porterhouse, a Agar
old son of Rodney, came up
with a surprising world record
smashing victory in the $4,000
American Trotting Champion
ship at Roosevelt Raceway to-
night.
Undre the hand Of veteran
Earle Avery, Porterhouse closed
fast between horses in the final
yards and beat Duke Rodney
by a neck with a clocking of
2 minutes 1925 seconds for
IA miles.
The time clipped two-fifths
of a second off the world
standard of 2:33 established
by Florican in 1853 and
equaled by Su Mac Lad in win
ming Roosevelt's International
Trot last year.
The victory automatically
qualified PorterhouSe for next
Saturdays international, in
which Su Mac Lad also will
represent the United States
against the best trotters Of
seven other nations.
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Manufacturers
Key to Safety
BY HANK BOWMAN

with a price tag equal or below
that of a principal competitor.
There are marine trade as
sociations whose purpose is to
raise the engineering stand
ards Of the marine industry.
The Cupboard Boating Club of
America for the last five years
has published an engineering
manual of recommended prac-
tees for manufacturers of out
board boats, motors, trailers
and related products.
Its members, who comply
with the OBC practices and
specifications, may, with per-
mission, display the OBC en-
blem. However. though the
OBC can recommend practices
and has done a noteworthy job
in the preparation of its an
nual engineering manual, the
organization is not set up to
police and carry on a sustained
inspection program of products
bearing its label. Some that do
won't float!
Many repeat buyers of boats
own anchor, lines, compass.
life saving equipment, fire ex-
tinguishers and other accessory
gear. These buyers would balk
at paying for Implications of
this equipment if the boat
manufacturer included it as
standard. This is the argument
against selling fully equipped
boats. Yet any boatman knows
that there are many made
cuately fitted out boats in
operation.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary
offers free safety inspections
and issues a safety sticker to
properly equipped boats. At
best, however, only a small
fraction of our boatmen avail
themselves of an inspection.
With industry aid every
dealer and marine repair OPP
Grafton could become an I'M
official safety inspection sta
ton. Dealers could advise
customers of additional needs
and issue a safety inspected
sticker only to those boats that
leave his showroom or yard
properly equipped. But most
important, the boat manufac-
turer should take it upon him
self to safety check his boat
for performance before releas-
ing it for sale.
The industry cannot dismiss
its safety responsibility merely
by informing the boating pub
lie Of dangerous practices. The
industry's obligation starts in
its plants and doesn't end until
each builder is sure no unsafe
boat or equipment is marketed
under its brand name.
Copyright 1862, Hank Bowman
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racks. Porches were built to
encircle that building and a
large paved parking area has
been added. The former con-
tains eight units, the latter so.
In between is the admins
tration building and new res
taurant with driftwood pam
cling and murals recalling the
days Of sail. Across the road
is a heated, Olympic-Size SWIM
ming pool.
New docks were built, cat
walks added and electrical and
water connections provided to
accommodate los boats of all
sizes. Seventeen of the slips
are now covered. In the winter,
cruisers may be hauled out by
Travelift and stored in a ware
house. Several quonset huts
can house outboardS.
Bill Chapman of Lexington
Park, a partner in the enter