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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
Powhatan School
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been assigned by the State Pupil
Placement Board to the Powha.
hatan high and elementary
schools.
Another question mark at Pow
hatan is the status Of the ath.
letic program. William Stafford
Powhatan High School principal
said the status of the football
team would not be known until
after school begins. Only IA
turned out for preseason prac-
tice last week. Stafford also said
the school will not have a bas-
ketball team this winter. Negro
students transferring from Poca-
hOntas will not be eligible for in
terscholaStic athletics for h e
first semester.
AS this reporter visited Pow
hatan County Saturday, a va
riety of activity was noted al
the private school location. A
new 12-classrOom brick veneer
structure is nearing completion
next to the lower school OF
Huguenot Academy about two
miles north of Powhatan C. H
E. M. Walton. Jr.. spokesman for
the Academy. said the buildings
would be used this fall.
In addition to the new broom
structure there is a temporary
classroom building nearing com.
pletiOn behind the elementary
school building. There is also a
home economics building almost
ready on the sprawling campus
that was a bee hive Of activity
"A sewerage lagoon is located to
the rear of the campus site.
Huguenot Academy also has
a five year lease on the Pow
hatan War Memorial Building
that is used as a school gym
nasium. The privately owne d
football and baseball field is To-
Gated adjacent to the War Me
mortal Building.
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also attended the Sykes-Rosen
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Baldwin
and sons, Lee and Bill also at
tended the Sykes-Roseh wedding.
The Buckingham Central High
School football cheerlea ders met
with their sponsor, Mrs. Claude
Anderson, at her home Tuesday,
Aug. 20. for their first practice
session for this season. TIL e
first game Of the season will be
held here Sept. Is. with Ran
dolphHecry, at 8 pm.
Dr. and Mrs. John Mac Leod
and their four children. Sally,
Mollye. Danny and William, of
Lynchburg. were guests OF the
members at the annual Sunday
school picnic at the Maysville
Presbyterian Church held on
Wednesday at Peaceful Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Shepherd,
of Goldsboro, N. c., are spend
ing two weeks at tn cir homes
here before leaving for Japan IN
September where they will be
located for the next three years.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Buchinsky
and son, Joe. of Gene Iva, Ala.
were house guests the past week
OF Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spen-
GER. They also visited Mrs. Nan
ME Spencer. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Adams while here.
Marvin Ragland underwent
tonsilectomy Friday at the South
side Community Hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mullins
and four children, Douglas. Har-
old. David and Rebec ca Ann,
moved here this week from Wise
County. They are cclrying the
bungalow formerly occupied by
the Hurts. Mr.. Mullins is Mrs.
Phil Shumaker's brother.
Guest the past week Of Mrs.
Mary Baird was Mrs. Raw Bailey
of Washington, who visited from
Wednesday through Saturday
Week end guests we're Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Nicholas, of Hyatts-
vile, Md.
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Powhatan News

Aug. 26 Miss Irva Jessup.
OF Charlottesville, spent the
week erd with her sister. Mrs.
w. R. Parker.
Mrs. A. l.. Bethel and Miss
Maude Crump. Of Richmond.
were week end visitors here.
We are glad to have Mrs. E.
Floyd Yates back home from
the University of Virginia Hos
pltal.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Julian BoWles
and Joan Bowles spent 4 few
days at Virginia Beach. last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Crump
and childen were recent visitors
Of her mother at South Hill
Mr.. and Mrs, James A. Til
man and ia mily visited in
Gocchland. last week.
Mrs. Joyce Dobbins and chill
dren have returned home from a
weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon B. Rob-
ertson and boys were recent
visitors at Virginia Beach.
The Rev. Charles Crawford
preached at homecoming serv-
ices at jenkins Church in Cum
berland, Sunday He will con-
duct revival at Muddy Greek
Church, this week
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
THE FARMV11LE WAY HERALD TUESDAY AUGUST 27 1863
dressed q joint session Of the
Wyoming Legislature.
Through acting president,

dressed q joint session Of the
Wyoming Legislature.
Through acting president,
Fred o. Wygal. Of Longwood
College. DR.. Soto was offered
the position at the college and
he and his family arrived in
Farmville on Aug. Z. They all
say they like Farmville. the two
ladies say 1T is SO pretty Soto
says they hope to find the
weather better here than in Wy
Oming. not 50 cold" They are
also closer to their parents who
are now living in Miami and
New Jersey. Also. he adds. Il
will be able to help my country
a little bit more
The new professor is proud to
have among others. a letter of
recommendation from Sen.
StrOm ThurInond whom he met
some years ago. He considers
Sen. Thurmond as one Of the
most intelligent men in the Sen
ate.
He is not so much concerned
with his own political standing
as he is with the present and flu
ture good of this country" he
declared.
Going back to the subject Of
Cuba and Fidel Castro, he
pleads. 1T is not question Of
Cuba but Of entire Latin
America. If we do not want to
lose Latin America. we must
extirpate the Communist cancer
in Cuba. This can be done with
out American intervention.
In a few words, because Of
Castro, the country is in a real
and positive danger of losing
Latin America and without Latin
America. due to military, his
toric. geographic. but mainly
economical reasons, the United
States cannot live. So, this is
happening. and unfortunately
America has not walked up yet"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
OBITUARIES
Mrs. Robinson
Buried Friday

WING1NA. Aug 26 - Mr. s.
Nancy Hinmen Robinson. died
Wednesday in New York hos
pital. She formerly lived here at
her home. INDIAN Hill Farm.
and was the widow of Colonel
Writ Robinson, famous col
lector of Indian Relics.
She has lived in New York for
a number Of years.
She is survived by a daugh-
ter. Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd
Stewart, of 50 East 18th street.
New York City
Funeral services were held at
2 pm. Friday, Aug. %, from the
Old Cadet Chapel. West Point,
N. Y.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
Jones Rare Book Room.

Jones Rare Book Room.
Some of the books in this
room are priceless from a mon
etary as well as a sentimental
standpoint. Three are seven vol
umes of Audubon's Birds Of
America" published in 1910.
and three volumes of Audubon S
"Quadrupeds Of North Americ-
ca published in 1854. The first
textbook ever used at Hampden-
Sydney College, philosophical
Grammar" by Benjamin Mar
tin, published in London in 1863.
can be found in this room. A set
of books known as Historic De
Geneue". by NJ. Berenger, pub
liShed in 1878 is there. This set
of books was presented to the
College by one of her first trus-
tees. Patrick Henry.
On one side of the room there
is a glass case which contains
the most valuable books in the
library. The three books in this
case are a sermon by Martin
Luther. printed in 1852 in Wit
enberg; a German Bible. printed
in 1898, and bound in wood with
stamped leather cover; and a
Latin Bible printed in 1891 in
Basel. Switzerland by Nicolaus
KeS!er. This 1891 Bible is the
oldest book in the library.
There are two books in the
Rare Book Collection that have
a great deal of local interest.
There is a copy of "A Memoir
of Structure of The Urethra". by
John P. Me.tauer, M. D.. LID,
published in l849 by Saunders
and Cowan, Of Farmville, and a
pamphlet called Prince Edward
County For A Home In Vir-
GINA, published for Prince Ed
ward county in 1888 as a resi-
dent attractor". Even the Lii
brary of Congress in Washington
does not have a copy of DR..
Mettauer'S book.
1t is logical that this collection
of books should be kept under
lock and key at all times. How
ever, if any of the students find
that book they are seeking is
shelved in the Rare Book Room,
they are allowed to go to the
room and use the book there.
No books can be removed from
the room. The room is also open,
by appointment with the college
librarian, to any person who
wishes to use the books found
there as a reference source.
For anyone who is interested
in old books, the Rare Book
Room at Hampden-Sydney is an
Utopia. Paul Grier, the librar-
ian, said that he would be glad
to show the room to anyone
who calls at the library on Mon
day through Friday between 9
am. and 4 pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
Rsr,ona(
M!r4.r

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Hudgins
and family, Of Lynchburg. we're
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles P. Anderson.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D. w.
Dickerson have been Mr.. and
Mrs. otis Johnson and son.
Michael, Of Enfield, N. G.
Mrs. Annie Holloway and
daughter, Mrs. Ann Clowdis, and
her daughter. Diam also Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Holloway, Of Rich
mond. spent the week end in the
Washington area. visiting Mt.
Vernon and Alexandria, and
stopping in Fredericksburg to
visit j. W. Weaver.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Digger
and daughter, Judy, accom-
panied by his mother, Mrs. r.
H. Digger. who has been visit
ing them at the Beach, arrived
here on Saturday and were her
overnight guests before return
ing to their home at Virginia
Beach.
MIR. and Mrs. w. E. johnson
and children. Peggy, Ronnie and
Frank, have returned from a
camping trip at Parry Sound on
Georgian Bay, Canada. While
there they visited Toronto and
Niagara Falls. En- route home
they stopped at Monticello, the
children's first visit there.
Tommy Rodgers, of Kingsville
is spending this week in Hill
Crest Heights. Md. with his sis
ter. Mrs. John Neil, and Mr.
Neil.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Clarke
left on Saturday for Beaufort,
S. C., Miami. Fla, and other
points on their vacation.
Mrs. Eugene Forester. Jr., o.
Richmond, has been spending
some time with her husband s
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Forester
Mr.. Forester. Jr. is in training
at Fort Gordon, Ga.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
buckingham News Notes
Countrywide Ali Picnic Friday

BUCKINGHAM. Aug. 26-Fri-
day, Aug. 30, is the annual
county wide All picnic beginning
at 6 pm. at NeWton's Snack
Bar. Each member or t mily
group is asked to bring two
dishes of food and drink. Every
one will eat together. Plates,
cups, napkins. forks and spoons,
will be furnished. Supper will be
followed by a business meeting
with reports from this years
State Dress Revue winner and
others Recreation will be led by
the senior club members.
Buckingham county forester,
Bob Holmes. urges extreme eau
ton to citizens when burning
trash due to the present dry
weather. Extreme conditions
exist, and Buckingham county is
having its share of fires, he
said. Two fires which burned six
acres and 40 acres were set by
power saws while in use. A 20
acre and ~ acre fire resulted
from trash burning. Several of
these fires burned right up to
the dwelling houses. An electric
fence also started a fire near
Buckingham Courthouse, he said
Miss Susan Stanley, Of Rich
mOnd, is spending this week with
Miss Mary Lou Driscoll.
Guests for two weeks of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Werling are
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl West and
their three children, Wayne.
Michael, and Charline, of Con-
necticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gill Riggs and
children. Miss Pattie Riggs, John
and Tommy. of Takoma Park,
Md. spent the week end with
Mrs. Riggs parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Horsley. The Riggs,
Horsleys, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Wyland. Miss Faye Wyland and
Wayne Davis went Up on the
Skyline Drive on Saturday for a
picnic supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wood,
Jr.. will move the first of Sep
TENDER in their trailer. which
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Mrs. James Spi Ger,
Burial Tuesday

CUMBERLAND, Aug 26 =
Mrs. Ada Reeves Spic4r die d
Saturday.
Surviving are her husband,
James G. Spicer; four daugh-
ters. Mrs. Grace Knit ler, Of
Mt. Hope, w. Va, Mrs. VERNE
Meador and Mrs. Helen Cook
both of Cumberland, and Mrs.
Madeline Ragland. Of Richmond,
and son, Charlie Spicer. Of
Richmond.
A funeral service will be held
at 2 pm. Tuesday at Ga k
Grove Baptist Church, with
burial there.
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Free School
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meeting were:
ID Buildings = Arrangements
are nearly complete, but con
tracts have rot been signed. fol-
the use Of three public school
buildings at Farmville and Wor-
sham. In effect, no rent will be
paid. but the association will
pay the county for maintenance,
repairs and other costs incidental
to the school operations.
county school buses, mostly idle
for four years, the association
will pay costs Of repairs, me-
chanical tune-ups, rev tires and
other operating expenses.
~ Faculty - 1t appears about
s. teachers will be needed, and
recruiting has begun.
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they recently purchased. 1t is
located near their service sta
ton at Buckingham Coul~hol sc.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Adams
entertained members of the art
class at their cabin at the con-
clusion Of their summer classes
Monday night.
Lyle Blanks is a patient in the
JohnSton-Willis Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hill and
daughter. Margaret Page, of
Hampton. were guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. R. LeSueur, Mon
day Mr.. and Mrs. Hill were
here to attend the Camden re-
union Sunday at God Hill. Mr..
and Mrs. LeSueur also attended
the reunion.
Mrs. Walter Daniel. of Black
stone, is spending several days
with her son and Gaughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Daniel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. LeSue,r
attended the Chick Scofield we'd
ding at Bumpass Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Jack Sanford, of Rich
mond. ard children, Jack. Jr..
Susan and Bobby, are spending
two weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. j. Throckmcrton, at
-Sprouses Corner. while Mr.. San
ford is at National Guard Camp
in Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Agee.
Jr.. attended the Andrews re-
union held Sunday at Bryan
Park in Richmond. Mrs. Lula
Brooks. of "Ellerson Drive"
Mechamcsville. returned with
them for a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Wenger
and two children, Miss Karlynn
Wenger and Fred Wenger, of
New Orleans. arrived Sunday to
Sperd several weeks with Mrs.
Wenger'S parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Springer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Hayes
spent the week end in Kingsport.
Tenn. While there they visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hay and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27
Bethel Church To
Hold Old Fashioned
Country Stew

An old fashioned country stew
made in an old fashioned iron
pot will be served Saturday,
Aug. 81 at $50 pm. at the
Bethel M e t odiSt Church,
Amelia county. Home n made pies
and other good things to eat
will also be available!
The proceeds from this event
will be used for the church's
landscaping project. I he Rev.
Trueman R. Tremble is pastor
of Bethel Church.
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Rare Books
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Continued from Page y
throughout Southside Virginia fol
his missionary zeal Mr.. Alexan-
der was an excellent choice for
the head Of Hampden Sidney
College in 1896. That year Phil
adelphia made its first attempt
to draw him thither. He would
rot go as yet. but settled down,
with his group of Liberty Hall
coadjut0rs, to the tough business
OF revving and maintaining a
college in Southside Virginia; in
despite Of the Revolution .
After four years they (The
Board Of Trustees) could see
some results. Them Mr.. Alexan-
der resigned and took year off.
He went away to get amrried
and to look over the middle
states and New England. He
came back in 1902. interested his
Board in securing a better phil
osopMcal apparatus, a better
library and a house for both
with a post and rail fence
fence around the collegium.
Then, in 1906, Mr.. Alexander
through it time for him to be
getting on to Philadelphia. Leav-
ing Philadelphia in 1912 pine
Street Church,, he went a little
way to Princeton and there he
stayed. living his real life which
was that of a christian philoso-
pher and author"
When DR.. Alexander left Phil
adelphia and went a little way
to Princeton, he went for a
purpose. The Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary was founded by
DR.. Alexander in 1872.
Grier said that the four vol
umes that were most valuable
to the college were Memoirs of
The Life Of Miss Caroline E.
Smelt', by Moses Waddell. D.
D., third edition, 1920 Moses
Waddell was one of the most il
lustrious Of the Colleges alum
ni.J; 1.-THE Life Of General
George Washington With Curious
Anecdotes, by the Rev. Mason
L. Weems, 1909; Poems Writ
ten Between the Years 1903
1884,, by Philip Freneau 1895;
and Sketches of the Life and
Character Of Patrick Henry, by
William Writ. of Richmond. 1917.
The collection will be housed
in the Rare Book Room in the
Eggleston Library. where all
publications published by Hamp-
den-Sydney alumni. and rare
books are kept.
The collection which is now
housed in the Rare Book Room
was formed about 1880 when Dr..
Earl G. Sven. then librarian at
the College of William and Mary,
came to Hampden-S Sydney at the
request Of President j. D. Egg
gleston. He took certain vol
umes from the shelves hat he
thought should be given special
attention. The books that he re-
moved were put in locked
room in the basement of the old
library, and formed the nucleus
of the present Rare Book Room.
In 1850 the College felt that
these valuable books should be
moved to a better place. The
rooms off the balcony in the old
library were selected for this
purpose. The rooms were furn-
ished by DR.. and Mrs. A. P.
Jones, of Roanoke, in memory
OF their son. Alfred Alexander
Jones, AZ. who was killed in ac-
ton during World War II.
When Eggleston Library was
being built handsome room on
the third floor was designated to
house the books in the rare
book collection. When the new
building was completed, the
furnishings and books were NOV
ed across Via Sacra to their
new home-The Alfred Alexander
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Health Program
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tC0p 1nued from page II
The health clinics starting
Thursday are for the children
who have not attended school be-
fore. It is estimated that there
will be approximately 400 to 500
to attend the clinic.
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Demonstrators
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day. and it could not be learned
if the five were successful in OBJ
tanning release under bond, or
had refused.
The Municipal Court also was
to try two additional cases Mon
day afternoon in connection with
the recent racial demonstra-
Illegal Parading
The Rev. Goodwin Douglas,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-27

pastor Of Farmville's Beulah
AME Church, was to stand trial
on charges Of parading without
a permit on August 3. Wilbert
Eanes, %, also of Farmville. is
charged similarly
Also set for Monday afternoon
trial was the case Of Fred Wal
lace, of Ohio, charged with ours
irg and abusing and assaulting
a police officer. He was arrested
Sunday afternoon, July %,
in the Prince Edward Court
House following the kneel-in at
Farmville Baptist Church. He
was released on 5000 bond
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News Summary
Continued from page l.

sAOut4AuCN LULU QdSC -
Republicans. Mr.. Kennedy has
described as "short-sighted. ir-
responsible and dangerously par
tisan" the House decision to limit
overseas aid this year to no
more than $500, OOO, 900.
4
HURRICANE BEULAH, chock
full of silver iodide crystals to
sap her strength, nevertheless
whipped the tropical Atlantic
Sunday with lO5-mile -an-hour
winds. She was far from land
375 miles southeast of Bermuda
and the Weather Burueau said
she posed no threat to the United
States mainland. Beulah wa S
seeded Friday and Saturday with
silver iodide crystals, but they
caused no spectacular change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-19
Marines Gain
SemifinaIs Of
Own Tourney

QUANTTCO, Va, Dec. 10
(AP).-Quantico' Marines,
bidding for their sixth straight
title and their ninth in 10
years. go into the semifinals Of
their own Christmas Invita-
tional Basketball Tournament
tonight with three college quin-
tets who aren't likely to deth-
rome them.
The Marines, who outlasted
an iron man quintet from Phi
ladelphia Textile, 1919, in last
nights opening round, take on
Capital University Of Ohio in
tonight's semifinals. Westchest-
.er (Pa,) State meets Austin
Peay Of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, in
the other round-of- four en-
counter.
Capital came from behind to
whip Randolph-Mac of Ash
land, Va, 87-72; Westchester
rolled over Ohio Northern, 90
81, and Austin Peay edged
Kings College of Wilkes Barre,
Pa, 63-57, in other first round
games.
Today'S losers bracket en-
counters matched Kings COL
lege against Ohio Northern and
Randolph Macon against Phil
adelnhio Tevti1a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-19
Rhodes Makes Hornets
Prince Georges Threat
BY DALE SPROUSE
Star Special Writer

II Don Rhodes can maintain
his high scoring pace, Surratts-
vile High School should be-
come a solid contender for the
Prince Georges League cham
pionship.
Rhodes passed the 20-point
mark in his fourth straight
game yesterday as he led the
Hornets to a 1852 victory over
previously unbeaten Northwest
ern in q league game at Sur
rattSville.
The 6-foot-3 forward was
held to only seven points in the
first half but broke loose for
five goals in the third period
and went on to take scoring
honors with 81 points. Rhodes,
who has been averaging "a
points a game, was one of five
Hornets in double figures.
Surrattsville jumped to an
liza lead early in the first pc
Rod and increased its margin
to IL points by halftime. A hot
third quarter practically guar
anteed the victory.
Behind the consistency of
Rhodes and junior Ed Carmi-
chael, the Hornets moved 10
points ahead. Both Rhodes and
Carmichael accounted for 10
points each in the third period.
In the fourth quarter North
western threw on a full-court
press and at one time cut Sur
rattsville's lead to II points,
but that was the closest the
Wildcats could get.
Mike McQuay, a 6-foot-1
senior, led the losers with 20
points. SurrattSville now has a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-19
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS
BoIden Keeps EN- Running

to 2 O'Clock because Of several
outbreaks among fans at q
game between the two schools
last year.
The game scheduled Feb
ruary Z at Oxon Hill also has
been switched to the afternoon
from the evening for the same
reason. The switch was an
nounced In both schools Tues
day.
DeMatha, the defending
Cath oil c League basketball
champion. win take on Johns
town OPa.) High School in the
opening round Of the Johns
town Invitational tournament
December 1928. Bishop Nc
Cort meets Catasauqua In the
other semifinal.
The winners will meet for
the title on the 2sth. DeMatha
skipped the tournament Q year
ago after losing in the final
game Of 1861 tourney to Nor
ristown. The Stays lost to
Msckin in in the semifinals Of
the Carroll tournament in 1862.
HHS
Principals Of the Northern
Virginia Group Ia League
have shortened quarters Of
junior varsity basketball games
from eight to six minutes. The
scholastic games have been
heightened because the clock
stops every time the referee
blows his whistle.