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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

MIAMI, MAR. Luis Ernesto Aparicio
has startlingly small hands, which he
waved as he sat on one of the Baltimore
Orioles battered and Clipped orange trunks
in the clubhouse. They're also the quickest
and surest hands, perhaps, of any shortstop
! in the major leagues.
"No, I didn't exactly tell the White
/ Sox was quitting if they cut my salary"
! Luis said. what told them was that
I'd stay home"
The White sox apparently did not
appreciate Aparicio's attitude. They traded
him over the winter, along with Outfielder
& Al Smith, for Hoyt wilhelm, Ron Hansen,
] Dave Nicholson and Pete Ward, rookie
1 third baseman. I'm glad" Luis volun-
teered. II always belonged to Chicago and
I liked it there. But when liked it best
was when Bill veeck was boss"
When the Orioles mailed Aparicio their
first contract the little Venezuelan fired it
right back-signed. Never did that be
. FORE" Luis chuckled, but they were very
fair. The White sox, they wanted to make
q deep cut"
THE full, allowable Is per cent?" he
was asked.
Darn near it." Luis grumbled.
80
Aparicio and Smith, who will play
rightfield, are two of the reasons why the
Orioles think they can win the pennant.
It can be done-jumping from seventh
place to first-as the Dodgers proved in
1859. I'm going to have my best year Of
my life, wait and see" Luis predicted.
An interviewer said, Everybody seems
to agree that Baltimore now has the best
infield in baseball. You, and Brooks Robin
son at third base. Then Jerry Adair at
second and Jim Gentle at first"
well, think so, too" Luis said agree
2 ably. 1T win be nice to have Robinson
taking care Of the old man."
~old mani" asked the other, puzzled.
Me-" Luis said with grin. II am. i.
how do you say It? !. the dean" He is
%, a few months older than Gentle. Adair
is 26. Robinson only IS.
Manager Billy Hitchcock, passing on
his way to his office, heard the last re-
5 mark. Luis" he said, with you and
Brooks on that side of the infield every
. one Of our pitchers ought to be low-balIers."
.
LUIS PEEvE AGAINST the White sox
does not mean that his friendship with AL
Lopez, the manager, was damaged in any
way. "Al and got along fine. 1t wasn't
Lopez who said bad thing"
what bad thing?" man asked.
"They blamed me, Jim Lands and
Juan Pizzaro for finishing fifth last sea-
son." he explained. "If we had good years,
they said, we'd have won the pennant."
Luis, who has seven-year career
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Kubek Starts With a Banq
In Return to Regular Duty

fresh moved to leftfield, a
position he had never played
before. His fielding was out
standing there, and he hit 20
home runs and had a .286
average.
fresh combined with Roger
Maris and Mickey Mantle to
give the Yanks what probably
was the top outfield In the
league. With Kubek playing
between Bobby Richardson and
Clete Boyer. Houk now has one
Of the better defensive in
fields around.
Frank Thomas. the Nets
hardest-hitting outfielder,
ended a To-day holdout yester-
day, signing for an estimated
$32, 900. Thomas. who hit "a
home runs and drove in "a
runs last season, is expected to
report today to the Nets St.
p petersburg (FlaJ training
camp.
However. at Phoenix the
Giants are still seeking the
contracts Of Juan Marichal
and Orlando Cepeda. Vice
President Club Feeney con-
tacted Cepeda by phone at his
home in the Dominican Repub-
lie but said the talks now are
at an impasse."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07

Early Wynn, one pitching
victory short Of the coveted 800
mark, is scheduled to make his
first start Of the training sea-
son for the White Sox today.
The 43-year-old Highlander
is scheduled to hurl for two in
nings in a squad at Sarasota,
Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
Baker Enhances Bid for Senators Berth
Southpaw Works
3 Sharp Innings

changeup and a curve, hoping
to pick up one of them" Baker
said yesterday after his impress
sive showing.
Baker thinks he has a $3.50
chance of making the Senators.
IF they keep me 1t will be as
a lefthanded reliever, I mag
ine," he said, although nobody
has said anything to me about
it. In looking over the pitchers.
I'd say that it's between Art
Quirk and myself"
Baker led the International
League In appearances last year
with 60-12 starts and 48 relief
jobs.
Manager Mickey Vernon and
Sid Hudson. the pitching coach,
both have been impressed with
Bakers finesse, but they want
to see more Of him.
when he keeps the ball
down I can see he's tough"
Hudson said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-07
ONE FOR BAKER

T0i' drOuSSS ~ ous TI To- lss.irdfe, ~ az
2 grounded out fof Heiter Ia I'd,
, sinRled for brker IN ath, reached
base for Phillips In the 4th. error. B
lined out for Decker In 9TH struck
out Tor Baker In bth.
CASE ---------------iiO OoO-a
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Yosl, 1875. Dp-Hamiin and Phillips.
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Retser. eF--uardner,
Baird ..- /
ln SP UsSg:o SH .Sd R:r s:,' I'ss
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
Vandalism

/ Asst week it was the Manistique Tri-
bune reporting from the Upper
Peninsula in Michigan A statue Of the
Virgin Mary had been destroyed in a
shrine. Someone threw rocks.
Harry Golden writing in the Satur-
day Review reported that in his town.
Chalotte. NJ G.. some people take their
hub caps off on Friday night and don't
put them back until Monday morning
Earlier this summer the Greenwich
(Ohio) Enterprise reported the unnec-
essary damage to new park and lake
Al the Loain County Fair co-opera-
ton WAS asked ~ the management not
to repeat the damage to farm ma
chinery on display that took place last
year.
In the Grange dining hall this year
someone loosened the lids on some of
the salt and peppers and at least two
dinners had to be reserved at Grange
expense. Why? Why Why?
Recently McCalls Magazine carried
an article attrihutine this wanton juve-
nile destruction to the casual dress of
adults that has become. all to often.
positively sloppy
A first-day visitor to multimillion-
dollar shopping center near Cleveland
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05

happy.
Water, air. and proper foods
are fed in as raw materials.
These move along through con
veyors and cooking system"
not unlike those found within the
most up-to-date electronic fac
tory. The raw materials are
magically changed into muscle
and cultural gifts" And there
is far more. Students can turn
an electric knob" and find out
whether his or her automatic
factory will produce physical
force of the sort used by COM
mon labor, brain power such as
that required by executives and
other leaders, or a cultural
product such as music, painting.
and poetry.
Use Your Factory Fully
/ think it is time for school
committees to wake up. and to
tell students to do likewise. Au-
tomation has already caught up
with us. You have probably seen
one of the more fascinating re-
suits of electronics: Cordless re-
mote control. You can turn
radios and TV sets on or off
without getting up from your
chair. with just flash of light
Darkness can turn on your bur-
glar light, daylight turns it off.
TV channels can be changed
without wires or cords. CONNER
Gals can be shut off. This pow
er OF remote control all students
have had from babyhood on. But
are they using it to best advan-
tage? It should surely be one
OF the great responsibilities Of
the public schools and Of the
parents to teach students their
capabilities in time for them to
use them early and completely
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
Double Check

AS we come to another Gene
raj Election Day we may take
notice in the great lack of any
interest being shown by the
people. We can thank God that
we are as yet free to mark
our ballots as We see fit and
realize that those rights at this
moment ale in jeopody.
There is the bundle of pre-
meditated trouble for all who &C
cept that resolution passed at
the United Nations with all the
unprecedented mandatory req
uisition that any one ever heard
tell Of. I am proud that the Unit
ed States Delegation objected
and did not cast their vote for,
and with. the accent of Freed
om-Where- thou air of con-
fidence. The guys what wrote it
must have been crazy and
looking for commitment before
the ink dried. This in no way
concerns Congress nor what they
have before them.
This Administration is showing
plenty Of CUTS but a full lacking
of any common sense in the. way
they are upsetting decent cit
izenship or any hope of con-
tinuing a democratic way of life
within the confines Of the USA.
This idea of keeping peace with
the balance of the world by
starting war at home is not rea-
sonable.
Many, many things are being
done to keep themselves in pow
eli THEY SHUOLD BE RUN
OUT Giving notice to any coun-
try ITO recall their spies" like
they were ambassadors they
should be shot on sight.
Oh there are a lot of things
need overhauling if we are to
continue.
Yours and thanks for reading.
yrnnr- M nav
j. Marvin Brown.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
2 Cub Scout Dens
Form Pack sos
At Keysville

KEYSVILLE, Oct. 81 - The
newly organized Cub Scout Pack
No. 508 held its first meeting in
the Keysville Methodist Church
on Tuesday at 100 pm. Con-
sisting Of two dens there are is
boys enrolled, through II years
Of age.
Mrs. F. G. Layne is den moth
er for Den l, and Mrs. c. j.
Bigger for Den 2. F. G. Layne
is cub master and the Rev. M.
L. Yaple serves as pack COM
mittee chairman. T. S. McKen-
zie, Jr.. is treasurer, and Mrs.
Louis DuVall is secretary.
Russell Baker and C. j. Big
ger are den dads, and Mrs. w.
c. Wight. Jr-, and Mrs. R. D.
AilsWorth, Jr.. are helpers. Gar
ry Layne will be den leader for
Den 1, and Den 2 has not chosen
its den leader
The two dens plan to meet
separately one evening each
week and there will be a pack
meeting once a month. At the
pack meetings. awards will be
made and achievements exhibit
ed for parents and friends. All
meetings will be held in t h G
Keysville Methodist Church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
Mrs. Herbert Jones H0nOred Blu
Cumberland W0man's Club

club treasurer for the two years
prior to her election as the first
vice-president and was chair
man Of the 1868 Cumberland
beauty pageant.
Mr. Jores, who has been as
sistant county agent, has accept
ed the position Of county agent
in Isle OF Wright and Will as
sumo his duties about the first
of November.
During the course of the even
ing, a silver vase was presented
by the club to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones. Cumberland county's loss
will be Isle Of Wight county s
gain.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05

measure. He is saying it is less
than he favors. but the foreign
aid program "can live on that"
President Kennedy and the
State Department are going all
out in pressure drive to head
off steep cuts in the bill.
The President is inviting crit
cal and doubtful senators to the
White House in personal efforts
to win them over. And every top
State Department official is lob
bying furiously on this legjsla-
ton.
Senator's are describing this
massive b ack stage pressure
campaign as the biggest of the
session.
CRYSTAL BALL - President
Kennedy and former Presidents
Eisenhower and Truman will at
tend the dedication next May %
Of the General George Marshall
Research Foundation, Lexington.
Va. All have accepted invita-
tons. and Kennedy will speak.
In charge of arranging the cere-
mony is General Omar Bradley.
who served under all thre e
presidents Neither the civil
rights nor the tax bill will be
acted on BY Congress this year.
Both Of these major administra-
ton measures Will go over to the
next session that begins January
IS. For public consumption.
Democratic leaders are still say
ing there is a chance the civil
rights measure will be disposed
of before the Christmas holi-
days. But that's empty talk
Britain is continuing to provide
Communist puppet Fidel Castro
with extremely valuable eco
nomic help. In addition to sup
plying about thalf the freighters
hauling Soviet bloc supplies to
Cuba, Britain has bought some
10000 tons Of Cuban sugar for
delivery in the first part Of 1864
This purchase will give Castro
urgently needed foreign curren-
cy to buy machinery and parts
in the world market.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
" nchester Oa.) Ereninq Star
Just How Moral Is The Question

hOES your heart bleed for President
Kennedy and his brother, the At
tornev General?
They are having difficulty getting
the Congress to do what they want done.
few months ago dong after the 1860
electlonl the question of rights for
Negroes became a moral issue (accord-
ing to the kennedys) Those who did
not agree With their stand with
'vipahD We're unchriStian and not hep
to the moral issues of the day Every
thing - but everything - must be done
right now.
II the great moral" issue was not
handled now, according to the Kennedy
brothers. the Negroes would demon
strate in the streets. Their demands
must be met. the Kennedy brothers
proclaimed Ma radio television. Meet
the Press. etc.
SO hearing how vital this great
moral" issue is to the welfare Of the
United States - and the United Ma
tions and Africa - the members of
the Judiciary Committee Of the House
of Representatives determined to vote
Tor legislation to accomplish what the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
BabsOn Discusses Modern Schools

BABSON PARK. MASS. Nov.
a = Everywhere | go l see spec
tacular new schools. | am ne
minded of the time my late
cousin. the DISTINGUISHED Major
Elmer Babson, shocked the peo-
pie of Gloucester about ten years
ago by building a modern"
school
New School Architecture
The local taxpayers immedi-
ately dubbed it the New Fac
tory, and they did not intend
this as a compliment. But my
cousin realized long before most
Of his contemporaries that the
day OF the old schoolhouse -
built as an architectural ad-
dition to a city, with fancy col
umns and elaborate stone trim
mings was definitely over. He
had the vision and the courage
to make a radical charge and
to provide space for the most
efficient teaching conJ.t.0ns pos
sible.
We are now in the day o.
brain factories. and rightly
so. This is the time when every
schoolhouse should be built as
an efficient plant. with teachers
being paid to be efficient mana
gers, experts, and fore m n.
Even the more backward school
committees and taxpayers are
adopting this factory idea.
with their cities and towns the
better off for it. The hope of
every community is its children,
provided they are PROF erly
taught the right things. Il think
some of the things taught today
are silly and pointless. And too
many of the new school build
ings are wastefully fancy and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05

Kennedy brothers advocated A mai
GRITTY decided to take the kennedys at
their word
But
When this came about Mr.. Robert
Kennedy, the Attorney General, hur-
ried before the Committee to say that
the Committee should not take his re-
marks, and those Of his brother. the
President too literally. (White voters
in the North are getting aroused)
Therefore, said the Attorney General,
the Committee should be "realistic." 1t
should forget the moral" issue and give
the Administration a civil rights bill
that would keep the Negro voters for
Mr. Kennedy and at the same time not
ALLEVIATE from Mr.. Kennedy the white
voters.
Shrewed fellows, these Kennedys.
When the votes are with them the issue
is a moral one; when the votes are
against them. they say the moral" is
sue should take back seat to real
ism.
All Of which suggests that this great
moral" issue is in fact political one
= and one subject to manipulation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
Attenuation Here To Stay

expensive
Attenuation Here To Stay
Every day students hear talk
about AUTOMATION. This is an
other way Of saying automatic
factories Raw materials are
fed into one end and the finished
products come out the other.
Such factories are worth what it
costs to construct them, because
they Will turn out the same vol
uine Of shoes, cloth. candy, ETC.,
with 30 employees that factories
used to produce with, say. 500.
Let me say here that automa-
ton depends almost entirely or
electronics which l trust is be-
ing taught in all high schools by
now. Electronics makes possible
two key things: sll the turning
Of a very faint electric current
INTO a powerful current. as illus
trated by loud speakers and TV;
ard ~ the turning on or off of
an electric current by light,
sound. or temperature instead of
by hand. This is seen in the
electric eye which opens the
door for you when you 20 into
the supermarket.
Our Own Personal Factories
! desire to point out to teach
ers. ministers. and parents that
their young charges already DOS
sess the most wonderful "auto-
matte factory" Of them all. All
young people should realize that
they own and control such an eff.
tlcient factory within their
heads. Show them how NV with
a good working knowledge Of
reading. writing, and arithmetic
this brain can make every stu
dent healthy, prosperous, and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
Mrs. Aaroe To Talk
At nssti" Ne Of =
Garden Club

POWHATAN, Nov. 4 Mrs.
Alden Aaroe, of Richmond, will
be guest speaker and show con
servation slides on flowers at
the meeting of the Powhatan
Garden Club on Thursday Nov.
h, at 8 pm. in the basement Of
May Memorial Baptist Church.
Exhibits will include horitcul-
ture and artistic arrangements
according to the schedule in the
year book.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05
BY Ruth Metzger

CUMBERLAND, Oct. 31JThe
Cumberland Woman's Club
combined a family supper party
with farewell to their first vice
president. Mrs. Herbert Jones,
with 80 present on Wednesday
evening Oct. % in the high
school cafeteria.
The entire Cumberland com
munity will be sorry to see Mrs.
Jones leave the area but the
Womans Club will be the great
est losers. No task has been too
great for her. She served as
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05

reported a few women wearing hats, a
few more wearing gloves. Two weeks
later she returned and reported not
seeing one woman who looked fit to be
out Of the house.
| wish there was law that all shop
pers had to wear white gloves. They
keep the hands clean and protect the
merchandise. And did you read the pro-
posed law to license women to wear
shorts or jeans? Five dollars if you are
l25 pounds or under. Ten dollars if be-
tween l25 and $50 pounds. Fifty dollars
if over $50 pounds.
| wonder if this disrespect for public
property could be caused by the mega
tive, undermining attitude of adults in
the home?
| hope | am wrong = but | venture
hardly a day passes that someone. in
the presence of children, doesn't say,
There's nothing in this town." These
stores are no good" "These officials =
or my boss all wet" Down. down.
down - just listen sometime and check.
The wellington (Ohio) Enterprise
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-05

With all our talk about charity and
helping our fellow man, few of us ever
hurt ourselves by generosity.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-04

ulous banks known as Wildcats
that had no intention Of redeem
ing them.
Wat Lincolns Secretary of
the Treasury had in mind. there
fore. was an improved new
banking system capable Of in
surfing a stable currency for the
whole country and Of providing
other basic financial services for
the people and its government.
And since the government at the
time had costly war on its
hands. ore specific service he
was also interested in having the
new system perform Wa % help
the government pay It's bills by
invest ng in Treasury bonds
His proposals which, after
some changes. We're enacted into
law can be described very
simply.
Under its provisions. any
group Of five men could obtain a
charter from the federal govern
ment TO organize a national bank
If they furnished the necessary
capital. inves ed sec fed
part Of il in Treasury bonds.
and met certain other require
meats They were then allowed
to issue the new uniform m
monal currency created BIZ Lax
up to 90 percent Of TIE value of
the bonds and the government
assumed the responsibility Of
paying these notes o. ceitlfi-
Gates OF indebtedness # the
bank failed
The federal act. which embod-
led some Of the best features Of
the state banking acts then in
force. also contained special
safeguards 10 ensure that the
new banking system would be
operated prudently. All nation
al banks, for example, were re-
quired to maintain adequate
cash reserves and made subject
10 number Of carefully design
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-04
1868 National Currency Act
Heralds New Banking Era

A highly significant Act of
Congress. though it got little at
tenton al the time, provides the
historical basis OF the commerce
ial banking industrys Centen-
nal celebration.
The event was the enactment
in 1868 Of a piece OF Federal
legislation commonly referred
to as the National Currency Act
This legislation, according TO the
Amer can Bankers Association.
provided for the issuance OF
national currency. helped to fl
nance the Civil War. and laid
the foundation for our present
day dual system OF state and
nationally chartered CONNER
cial banks.
To fully appreciate the signif-
icance Of this and subsequent
banking legislat on. it is neces-
sary to have a look at the chao-
tic currency situation that exist
ed at the lime Secretary Of the
Treasury Salmon P. Chase the
man on todays $4,000 bill pro-
posed IT,
While there Were a number Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-10-04

cd quality controls" over their
lending OPP rations. And to make
sure tina, these requirements
were carried out, special fed
eral ageI cy-the Office OF the
Comptroller of the Treasury De-
par.ment 10 charter and to SUI
perviSe them.
AS often happens with an am
bilious and comp. ated new
piece Of legislation, the Natioanl
Currency Act soon revealed
some defects which had to be
taken care Of before ii could
really begin doing the job Chase
had IN mind. It was accordingly
revamped in June 1864 and
within six nor hs after these re-
visions almost zoe national
banks were in operation. When
Congress N 1865 imposed 4 pro
h.bitory tax Of 10 percent Oh all
currency issued by state chart
cred banks, vitually all such
currency was forced GU. Of cir
cIlation and a steadily increaS-
ing number of banks came INTO
the national banking system.
By 1870 more than 1870 banks,
representing three-fourths Of The
country S banking resources,
were functionng uadey nat.oaal
charters and the formative
stage Of The new system WAS
completed III siosequent vears.
state-chartered Banks discover
cd that they could operate Pro
fitab,y without .ssuing currency
and these banks, too, continued
to GROW and to flourish.
The Currency Act thus iaaug-
urated a dynamic new era of
American banking progress an
era in which Observation-Disclosures
commercial banks and their
state chartered coun.eiparts
worked and moved ahead to-
gether in response to the ever
growing needs of the nation for
money and credit to finance It's
growth.