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to the series Of traps that were not far away from the camp. He start ed back early being wary of the weather. He was in a ravine out of sight of the camp. He was about quarter of mile away on a rise when he noticed a telltale surface cloud to the south. Almost imme- diately he felt a wisp of breeze from the south. He knew what it meant and started to run toward the camp. By the time he reached home, a full-fledged storm was in the making.
 Despair
 In his haste, he had failed to see the missing sled and dogs as he en- tered the sod igloo. He saw the children and looked around for Ke- shorna.
 "Where is your mother?" he ask ed. He was appalled, at hearing the answer. "She went to get some wood"
 "Ahlaqaa! Sumahva imna?" tAlas! What has she done) he despaired The despairing exclamation alarm ed the children and they broke into sobs. Father comforted them as best he could and then went out the door into small hallway and out the other door.
 Helplessness
 The storm was now raging in full fury. There was nothing he could see beyond the door. It was all mad swirl of gray whiteness that obliterated everything. He couldn't leave the children. There was mo- thing he could do!
 "keshorna! Keshorna" he shout ed helplessly. It was the only thing he could think of doing. He might as we'll have done nothing at all. How could Keshorna hear him in the midst of the screaming fury of the storm? To venture out, even few feet. in that storm was extremely dangerous. One can lose his sense of direction in a matter of moments. He shouted for his wife - the only thing he could do.
 Father came in and out of the little sod ogloo. He comforted the elder children who, by now, had realized the full gravity of the situation mother was lost in the storm!
 Despairing Vigil
 Fathers anxiety for Keshorna gripped him and he couldn't stay still. To him the inadequacy of his vigil was appalling. He was help less to do anything except to go out and shout hoping his wife would hear him. She was somewhere out there in the swirling maelstrom of a terrible Arctic storm. To try to look for her was out of the ques- ton. All he must do was wait - but long must he wait?
 The relentless storm! Each time he went out, the fury of it had in- creased. This was the Arctic, un- compromising. merciless. When it's mood was terrible, it worsened. It was now venting forth it's terrible fury, giving no quarter to any liv- ing thing - and Keshorna was out there in the middle of it's sternest storm!
 Trust
 After fighting the overturned sled, Keshorna edged forward. Her progress was little better because of the lighter load, but then, the gusts of wind were now buffeting it more frequently. Her mittened hands were getting stiff from grip ping the sled but she did not dare to let go. Her face was getting numb from constant contact with flying snow.
 Somewhere up ahead of her were the dogs. Through the wild rush of the gale, she could hear one of the dogs yipping and barking. It was Spot. There was no question about it. Reassured, Keshorna thought,
Tundra times., 1963-08-05

at Cape Thompson itself. In be- tween times he would go out to the ice to hunt seals and polar bears. The hunting period usually lasted about two months and the family would come back to Point Hope in time for Christmas.
 Unusual Weather
 The time of the year was around the latter part of November. The weather had been beautiful. It was not cold. One day the skies clouded up briefly and big snowflakes began to fall almost straight down. There was hardly any wind that day. The temperatures was around three be- low. The flakes settled on the wind packed snow and remained un- driven by wind.
 There were three more days of this type of weather. The skies would clear up and the sun would shine beautifully. The flakes fell until the layer was four inches thick. It was featherlike and fluffy. When one walked in it, the slight whiff of wind from ones footstep would blow the feathery snow from all sides of the footprint and made an ordinary mans tracks look like tracks of massive polar bear.
 Feathery Snow
 As youngsters, my young friends and l loved to play in the snow of this type. We would run and stamp hard with each step to see which one of us could make the biggest tracks. The winners tracks wound up measuring about the size of a tub.
 On the fourth day, the sun came out It shone on the virgin snow creating myriads of diamond points of light. There was not breath of air. The temperature had warmed to about six above zero.
 "A beautiful day to hitch up the dogs and get some wood," thought keshorna.
 Shortly before, father had gone up into the hills that morning to look after some of his traps. I'll go to the ones nearby and I'll be back around midday" he said We found out later that he had been wary of the weather conditions.
 The family camp was located mile and half from the shores of the Chukochi Sea. There is fresh water lake, oval shaped. between the camp and the sea. The little sod igloo was located on the north bank of the lake on slope about 50 feet from the lake shore.
 Hateful Decision
 There was still about two or three days of wood fuel to last the fami- ly, but mother made a snap deci- sion to hitch up the dogs to go af- ter drift wood on the beach some five miles down toward Cape Thompson. There was no sign of inclemency in the weather It was beautiful day.
 The dogs had not. been worked for several days. They showed their en- thusiasm by galloping vigorously when Keshorna got underway. She noticed that Spot was acting rather peculiarly. He seemed morose but led the dogs as usual" mother re- | called.
 Keshorna travelled the five miles in comparatively short time. The dogs as they galloped made little puffs of drift on the fluffy snow. The sun shone on and the weather was beautiful, quiet, serene.
 Ominous Cloud When Keshorna reached her de- situation she started at once to load it with wood. When she was about ready to start on her return trip, she felt whisper of breeze from the south. She looked south auto- matically and was startled to see an ominous gray cloud on the sur- face of the ice on the Chucki Sea.
 Birth Of A storm
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Monday, Aug. 5. 1883

he had. She tried to encourage him, "Mush, Spot, mush!'
 Keshorna didn't really know why she was doing it but she kept it up. She had no idea where she was or what direction she was going. One thing she knew she had the urge to keep going. Was Spot inspiring her to push on? She didn't know.
 Near Exhaustion
 She struggled on and on. The ex- ertion and the terrible elements were beginning to tell on her strength. She began to think con- stantly of, My children, my hus- band" It seemed to give her re- newed energy. She struggled on. Snow swirled cn her face. It work. ed down her neck, around her waist. It worked down over the top of her mukluks to her ankles.
 Up ahead. she could faintly hear Spot yipping and barking. He seemed more insistent. Although she was near exhaustion, and not know- ing where she was going, Keshorna encouraged her leader, Go ahead Spot, Mush"
 And then the team stopped! Keshorna shouted for Spot to go ahead, but the team did not budge. She strained against the sled and pushed but the front end of the sled seemed to be up against an ob- struction. She could hear Spot barking insistently. His bark seem- ed to come from an elevation.
 q must get to Spot and see what is wrong" Keshorna decided. She edged along the sled and came to the wheel dogs. She was startled when she saw them curled up for protection against the storm. They hardly noticed her. She labored on using the dog traces as guides Spot was barking continuously up ahead. She could sense that she was going up an incline.
 Saved!
 And then with great suddenness, she heard, "Keshorna!' She was startled beyond words. She recog- nized the voice - her husbands voice!
 Father met her two tandems of dogs back from Spot. Keshorna didn't see father until he was about three feet from her; the density of the driven snow was so great. He helped her, using the traces to guide them. The leader kept barking all the while. A great gust of wind hit and toppled them. They held on to the traces as they fell dragging the two-dogs nearest them.
 When they reached Spot, he was right at the door of the little sod igloo!
 Courageous Leader
 Spot. as dogs go, would never have won popularity contest. There was nothing beautiful about him. He was hated by the dogs he led, but he was dog among dogs. His looks did not matter. His great heart, his courage, intelligence, strength, were the qualities that counted in the Arctic country in which he lived.
 Keshorna was one of the human beings Spot saved during his great career as leader He saved Eebru- lik, Keshorna's eldest son, through another one of the great blizzards.
 Spot was not killed by the fangs of the two huge malemutes He was killed by the chain around his neck. There is little doubt that he would have survived if it hadn't been for the awful hindrance. This was bourne out by the terrible marks he left on his attackers.
 Spot had to fight all the way through his life He didn't shrink from his enemies vicious dogs and the treacherous north country.
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Wary Hunter

wary IIuIItCT As father had said that morning,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Mr.. and Ms. 7. j McIlwaine
left on Tuesday to visit their
grandchildren, Susan and Tom
McIlwaine, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harro Wuf, in Arlington.
Mrs. Katherine McFerron, Of
Pearsburg. has joined the staff
of Southside Community Hos
pltal as record librarian. She is
making her home at 500 Oak
street.
Major w. B, Pettigrew, Jr..
has re urned to his home in
Laurel, Md, after visiting his
mother, Mrs. Pettigrew.
Mrs Jesse Sanderson and
Mrs. Eugene Ward visited rela-
tives IN Norfolk for a few days
las week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grove
and son and Mrs. Lawrence
Hampton, of Richmond. visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mcdaniel
on Sunday.
Here for the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ward
were Nh. and Mrs. Gene Ward
and son, Of Lawrenceville, and
Mr., and Mrs. Eddie Ward Of
Richmond.
Mrs. w. E. Anderson has re-
turned after two-month stay in
Lordon with her daughter, Mrs.
(. Frank Liebrecht, and Nh.
Liebrecht. They took several
trips around England while Mrs.
Anderson was their guest.
Mr. and Mrs. E. w. Scruggs,
of Virginia Beach, are spending
several days this week with his
grandmother, Mrs. Luther R.
Gillian.
Mrs Helen Moore. of Wash
ington, D. c., visited her sister,
Mrs. H B. Hughes, during the
week end
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Bridal Shower
For Miss
Betty r. Ayres

Miss Betty Ruth Ayrcs,
whose wedding to Bruce Dunn,
OF Crewe, VIII take place June
8, was entertained at a bridal
shower at the CreWe Community
Center on Friday night, May TO-,
by Mas. Thurman Elliott a II d
Mrs, Everett Tucker.
Spring flowers were used to
decorate the Center and t h c
shower gifts were presented to
Miss Avres in basket decorat-
ed with pastel ruffleS with minia-
tWe umbrellas around the top
A color scheme Of Green a n d
white was carried out in table
decorations and refreshments
Guests from Farmville were
MIS- Austin Ayres Mrs. R. A..
Ayres, and Mrs. Charles P. And
GrS0n ,Jr
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Poppy Day. through contribu-
tons received. helps bind up the
nations wounds, helps to take
care of him who has borne the
battle, and gives aid for his
widow and orphan when in need.
Through Poppy Day, these
things are achieved as we'll as
a tribute paid to the honored
dead.
The Jack Garland Unit 80, of
the Legion Auxiliary has aided
nine families and 26 children
during the past year with some
of the money received from
Poppy Day, Miss Carrie Bliss,
child welfare chairman, report
ed at the May meeting Of the
auxiliary The unit also has a
$500 scholarship for the child of
a veteran. Z.
VIII you wear a poppy on
Saturday, Poppy Day?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Charles J. Pltr'uises
Celebrate Anniversary

home of the Rev. R. j. Jeffar-
son in Washington, D. C. On that
day as on the same day 50 years
later. the sun shone brightly.
The Rev. John F.. HarWood
Jr., pastor of Salem Methodist
Church, read fitting tribute to
the Pmvises and to a happy
marriage. The spirit Of friend
ship shown and the many gifts
made a memorable occasion for
Mr.. and Mrs. Purvis and their
relatives and friends.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
lid Members Interested
In Cancer Society Work

Ore concrete way their inter
est and concern is expressed is
in the making of cancer dress
ings for the health department.
Several clubs at present are
working on this project Of re-
plemshing the stock pile. Mem
bers gather at special times
other than club meetings. in
their current effort they've made
a ! m 0 S t 200 Of thc eight-inch
dressings.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Pay Your Tribute
Pay Your Tribute
Peoples Will Bloom All OUer The
United States On Saturday, May Is

On Poppy Day, Saturday, May
25, millions Of the little red nc
mortal flowers. symbol Of our
personal tribute to those V no
sacrificed their lives for our
country, Will be worn by men
and women i'll cites, towns, and
rural areas all over the United
States
Thousands of American Legion
Auxiliary volunteers with bas-
kets loaded with little red crepe
paper peoples, Will be stationed
at strategic points askings pass
ersby to contribute and wear a
poppy, replica Of the famous
blossoms which doomed be
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

MI. and Mrs. Royal Mi Tor
and family, Of Culpeper, spent
the week end with her mother.
Mrs. Epsie Vale. and grandsons,
Steve, Doug, Chuck and Nike
Green.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Norris G. Smith
attended the Grand Lodge Of
Odd Fellows and Pebekah AS
sembly in Richmond, Tuesday
through Thursday Of this week.
Dr. Charles B Vail was called
to Bessemer, Ala, Monday, on
account Of the death Of his sis
ter. He is expected to return to-
day (ThursdayN
NJ SIS Cynthia Thompson was
graduated from the University
Of PENNSYLVANIA at Philadelphia.
on Monday. May 20. She will be
with her parents, DR. ard Mrs.
Graves H. Thompson, until June
IA, when she sails for Europe 10
spend the summer months Dr.
and Mrs. Thompson we're in
Philadelphia for the graduation
exercises.
Mrs. R M. Anderson has re-
turned after visiting her son-'n-
law and daughter. Mr. ard Mrs.
Thomas Woodland in Suffolk
and her sisterin-law. Mrs. Jack
Grimes, in Smithfiald.
Week end guests Of her moth
CT. Mrs. Luther r. Gillian,
were Mr.. and MIS-. walker
Scruggs, Of Virginia Beach.
w A. Watson is among those
attending the Grand Lodge Of
Odd Fellows and Rebekah AS
SeInDIy III R1CInnollu. inns week.
Miss Sandra Anthony. stu
dent at Chowan College, Muir
reesboro. n. G.. was the week
erd guest Of her mother, Mrs.
Emma Anthony.
Ronne McCIung spent the
week end with his parents, Dr..
and Mrs w. Otis McClung, and
returned Sunday evening.
Mrs. w A. Watson, Jr.. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert
A. Vaughan, in Franklin. She
expects to return home today
Thursday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

A recent special event in Dill
Wyn was the golden wedding
celebration Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles ]. Ptuvls.
Tho Pinvis home was bright
with spring flowers as friends
and relatives from the surround
ing counties registered in til e
guest book.
II was on May. 1913 that
Miss Mary Shepard became the
bride Of Charles j. Pm'vis The
ceremony was performed in the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

tween the crosses. row on row"
that marked the heroes graves
il Flanders Field.
Listen for a few moments to
what the Poppy has to say. for
this Poppy Of ours has a voice
Which Will speak if We give an
attentive ear, It viii tell Of a
young American who gave his
life that we might live in free
dem. 1t says, "Hospitahzed vet
Grams made me. They earned
money making me. Every dime
people give when they wear me
goes toward helping disabled
war veterans and the needy chill
dren Of veterans.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Mar, aad MS. W. x. Whidden
were at Virginia Beach the past
week end to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Earl Willis. Mr.. Willis was
formerly administrator at South
side Community Hospital and
they made theft home here.
Mrs. c. f. Agea has returned
after spending about two months
with her daughter, Mrs. Kermit
Locke, and Mr. Locke in Beck
ley, W. Va and her son and
daughter-ir-law, Nj. and Mrs.
Douglas Agee. in W4nston-Salem,
N c.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Home Demonstration Club
members Of Prince Edward
County have long been interested
IN the work of the American
CANCER Society. They have. al
tines. included ii i'll their year
round program of work, with
distribution Of bulletins monthly
to all members, and have spon-
>ored checkups. tests, films,
and other special programs deal
ing with cancer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Sweet william, 50 easy to
grow from seeds, viii produce
flowers that scent the garden
and the house in June if seeds
are sown early enough. The
flower really is a biennial, 50 if
YOU do not get your seeds into
the ground early, leave the
plants in place and they'll flow
er next year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Luncheon At Tea
Room Honors Three

Miss Jean Morris, Miss Alma
Thomas, of Roanoke, and Miss
Mary Morris, Of New York City,
We're guests Of horror at lunch
con on Saturday, given by Mrs.
x E. Schiller in tho tea room
at Longwood College
Following the luncheon, the u
guests played bridge at M s.
schuler's home on TIC Hampden-
Syney road
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Soft blue flowers Ill summer.
equally blue when cut and dried
for winter use, are those Of Sal
via farinacea. Blue Bcdder or
the rarer Saliva patens. Iii mild
climates both Of these Salyias
may Be considered perennial.
paters being less hardy than
fannacca Up north both arc
grown as ANIMALS.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Nora Lancaster
Garden Club Hears
About Lighting

The Nora Lancaster Garden
Club heard a program on out
door Lighting Of Shrubs n d
Borders" given BY Miss Barbara
Linds;rom, at their meeting on
Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Rob
ert Hudgins' home.
The exhibit was Colonial Ar
,-angement Mrs. Bruce spenc-
er won a blue ribbon Mrs. I. j..
Fulcher, red. and Mrs. W. F..
Watkins, Jr. yellow
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

A eood crop Of roasting cass
depends on good poInaation,
Other things beng equal the
distance between the tassels Of
one corn plant, which agc the
male flowers and Tie silks of all
other which lead to the female
flowers may be the deciding
factor Of your crop. That's why
corn should be planted IN sew
eral short rows instead Of one
long row
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

A teeai s a5.a= ; u ,@..t
Mrs. Blanche j Fletcher. clerk
Of the Prince Edward County
Court. Will attend a meeting Of
the Association 81 Clerks of
County and MIniciDal Courts of
Virginia being held on Saturday
at Chesapeake Nus Fulchar Is
a charter member Of the or
ganizatlon, and its treasurer
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Mrs. W. A. Watson, Jr., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert
A. Vaughan. in Franklin. She
expects to return home today
Thursday.
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