Page 3

French Give Up Pack of Smokes To Fix Palace FARIS—-The French are cutting down on cigarettes to help raise money for the Palace of Versailles. A special appeal has been made to every citizen to contribute the price of one pack toward the $14, 000 000 needed to restore the palace and gardens. Non-smokers are contributing too. for the French love Versailles and flock to see it from all over the country. On an afternoon jaunt from Paris or a trip from the provinces, they visit the palace and walk in gardens where over 150, 000 plants are set out each year. Families spread picnic lunches on the grass, and the children play by the fountains. Occasionally special attractions are listed among theater notices m the papers. Some Sundays all the fountains are playing; on cer tain evenings they are illuminated while tile opera ballet performs by the fountain of Neptune. Or there may be fireworks displays reflected in the Grand Canal. J Built on Marshland y After almost total neglect dur ing World War II many repairs are needed in the gardens. The con dition of the palace is even more critical Built by Louis XIV around his father's hunting lodge on marsh land 12 miles from Paris, and w ith no outside downspouts to mar the beauty of its facades, the palace is crumbling within from dampness. The largest building and most visited historic shrine in the coun try. Versailles has always been very much a part of French life. Louis XIV, who said bluntly, "I am the state." established there the seat of government, luring nobles to his brilliant court. There they stayed, dependent on him finan- ] cially and politically. t ows and Goats Sightseers were freely admitted along with official visitors. Corri dor were thronged with princes and ambassadors, servants and peddlers. Cows and goats were hr light daily to the doors of those of the : ability who insisted on fresh mil. Tin: public also was allowed U1 the gui de :> and canto- in such tninibns tl., t guards: had to clear a | atli for the kingly constitu tionals.

Russians to Increase Vodka Production MOSCOW The 19th parly con pi'*.-', n • by Deputy Premier Anastas I Mikoyan that produc tion of vodka was below that of 1940 hut that it would bo upped. But the U \ orate producers won't play ar:y favorites with the drink that ha come to bo recognized as the national drink of the Russians. In fact, grape wine output, which was 39 per cent more th.s year than 11 1940. will be doubled by 1959. Champagne and cognac production, j in 1952 double that of 1940, will be 31 z times more in 1955. Right now. beer production is ; 42 per cent more than before the war and will be doubled by the end of 1955. Mikoyan's speech caused "'on- , livenment in the hail." according to Soviet new-papers. Seems as if the Russians are going to do a bit of drinking in the next few, crit ical years Naked and the Dead Get Public Preview WASHINGTON — The National Memorial Tark cemetery here uas crowded recently by 10.WO cul hired. or just curious, people to inspect the massive “Fountain of Faith" sculpture, a group of nude statues, presentori m thr'r natural state, just as Swedish sculptor Carl Milles carved them. Fig leaves might have been held in reserve against violent public reaction to the naked figures, but the statues were accepted without that attire Milles was reported to be bringing several f:g leaves with him when he left Sweden for the dedication here. The statues, according to Milles. represent some of my friends I met m different countries." He was trying to show thorn as they ap peared in "the next v- rld ‘ I believe life cannot finish, but always must go on," Milles, 77. said.

Slick Up, Not Stick Up, the Mon Said FAR ROCK A WAY N.Y - A terri fied girl ran from a chain store here and screamed for help. Police lushed into the store and arrested Arthur Brown as the causer of the disturbance. He claimed that he had said nothing unusual to the liering gn I She claimed Rial In told her he “at- going to Mlgk UP the '.tori* Mio-rn finally rnnviiiod police (hat hr V. a' a r*Oi tr| employed bv Ihr lore and that hr had told the : il )*| u anted In ..|n*l\ up the 'tore Only An Offu er judge What's flic charge against this man. officer?” Officer Vagrancy, your honor. He was loafing around a street corner all the afternoon. Judge—Ah. impersonatii g an officer 30 tiayr ::: -til'

To Help Combat Heart Diseases

Governor John S. Rattle present his Heart Fund contribution to itaipli II. Bogle. Sr., chairman of Virginia Heart Association's 15*53 Heart Fund Campaign for SI80.000. The Heart Fund is con ducted throughout the state and nation during February by Ameri can Heart Association and its affiliates. Governor Battle and Sen ator Harry F. Byrd are honorary campaign chairmen of the Heart Fund in Virginia.

Buckingham Downs Roanoke Boys 45-36 To F*ost Seventh Win Buckingham Central High's basketball squad posted its sev enth victory Friday night at home 1 with a 45-36 triumph over the! R anokc Boy's Club. Kyle Knott. Rowlett Bruce and Melvin Jemerson hit in double1 figures to lead Coach Dolliver's Buck five. Knott was the top! scorer with 13. The visitor's lanky forward. Black, however, collected the best scoring total for the night with 20 points. The Bucks tiok command in the second period in which they outscored the visitors 17-6. to en joy a half-time advantage of 23 16. They made it 37-26 at the end of the third period, then held on in the final period which went to Roanoke 10 to 8. Scoring: Buckingham. Shu maker 6. Hardiman 4. Bruce 12. Knott 13, and Jamerssn 10: Roa noke. Wright 6. Black 20. Munn ?. Fielder 4. and Frye 4. B-C 6 17 14 8—45 R'ke 10 6 10 10—36

Sheppards Dr. Ft J Hutching*; was in Richmond. Monday and Tuesday. nd attended the Post Graduate Clinic at the Medical College of Virginia. Mr and Mrs Patti Jones had as dinner guests. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joint Steek, of Farmville Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Rainey had as their week end guest, their niece. Miss Doris Wells, of Rich mond. Mr. and Mrs J L Jones and Miss Mary Hannah Jones were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Jones. Mark Elcan. of Danville, visited his parents. Mr and Mrs. M. C. Elcan for the week end. Sunday , afternoon. They called on Mr. and Mrs. John Garnett in Farmville. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jones called m the same home Mrs. Edgar Johnson visited Mr. and Mrs Cleveland Jones. Sunday night. Miss Flora Ballowe. of Danville, spent the week end with her par rots. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ballowe. J 1. Jones attended the dinner meeting. Tuesday night, in Black stone of the United Evangelistic Mission. Miss Alice Pcttice Smith ■jus among the guests at the din ner.

Enon villc C' pi K Gilmore Hanson, of Camp Le Juno. N. C.. srent, the, " eek end in the home of his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Ranson j Mr and Mrs. G Tvler Goodwin I nid children, of Srottsville. visit- j ed Mrs. R. I,. Gillispie. Sunday Miss Ruby Gilli-oio and Mrs. Anne Neil.0 n. of Richmond, spent j ihe week end in the same home. Scott Word, of Newport News, -pent the week end in his home here. Mr and Mrs. Dick Pavne of Richmond, spent the week end in the home of Mrs.* B. K. Payne, at Arcanum. Dave Word. Jr . visited relatives here. Sunday. He arrived home from Germany, last week, where , he spent 14 months in the arm? Mrs B. G. Rail-on and Gar land visited Mrs. W L Robertson ■at Arcanum. Monday evening. Mrs. S. H Self and daughter. Louise and Virginia, and Mrs. A K. Coleman shopped and visited in Fuj-mvillr. Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Coleman, of Buckingham, and Mr. and Mrs. John Word visited Mrs. A K Coleman. Saturday evening. Mrs. C 1, Duly and children of An dersonville. iisiied Mrs. Coleman Monday afternoon Meeting to Convene llowardsvillc, Feb. 10 The Second Quarterly District Conference of the Methodist Church will be held ;n the How - ardsville Methodist Church at it p. in., Tuesday. Feb. 10. The pas tor. the Rev. Jack B. Taylor, has ijnrn/1 t'j ;'c yc^cnt 1

Buckingham Board Supervisors Approves $2,600 In Accounts The Buckingham county board of supervisors devoted most of its meeting on February 3 to finan cial matters, studying and ap proving for payment accounts totaling $2,600.00 The board also adopted the tentative 1953 budget of the county welfare department as presented by E. A. Charlton. A t50 appropriation was authorized on behalf of the Match of Dimes. • A compensation claim for lambs killed by dogs was awarded L. M. Swartz from the Dog Tax Fund. Twenty - five dollars was the amount of the reimbursement al lowed.

Well W ater i Sympathy is extended to the family of the late L B. Staton m their recent bereavement. Miss Mary Lazenby, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis, of Roanoke. Misted in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. V Webster last week Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Self have received a message from their son. Walter, of his safe arrival in Tokyo. Holman Self is critically ill in a Charlottesville hospital. Rev. R. L. Jones, of Dolphin, viisted friends here last week Mrs. Hav Norvell leaves this week for an extended visit to liei sister, in Abingdon. Va. Mr. and Mrs. J. H Self visited her sister. Mrs. Theo Southwards, near Columbia, last Sunday Mrs. Southward's husband is a patient m a Charlottesville hospital. Col. Glassburn. of Millbrook Farm, who has been ill. is now bet ter.

(iiiinea H. D. Club Studies Techniques Of ‘Meal Planning’ On Wednesday afteinon. Jan. 118. the H. D Club of Guinea held the first meeting of the year in the home of Mrs. Geoigia W. Wilkcrson. the home agent. The meeting was opened by the presi dent, Mrs. Charles Womack. Mrs. W. D. Walker had the devotional. The demonstration on Meal Planning" was given oy Mrs. Wil kerson. who also gave a talk on "The Basic Seven Food Groups' . The hostess gave the members blanks to be filled lor planning their meals by "The Basic Seven' . Members present were Miss Pauline Atkins: Mcsdames R. B. Addleman. R. E. Garnett. John Holman. Martha Jenkins, Thomas Scott, John Stratton, W. D. Walk er and Charles Womack, Jr. Visitors were Mrs. Louis Agee, Mrs. Guy Allen. Mrs. Jack Allen and Olivia Jenkins. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The group is e.xi>ected to meet in February with Mrs. Conduff Mathews, at "Hors du Monde ". The demonstration will be "One Dish Meals" by Mrs. R. B Addle man and Mrs. Conduff Mathews. Landscaping and (he Pruning of Shrubs will be discussed at this meeting, also. Cumberland Visitors m tiie home ol Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pembelton Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Talley, of Rich mond Relatives and friends are happy to know that Miss Mary Jane Smith h.xa returned home after an illness. The community welcomes Mr. and Mrs. R. K Pembelton, who have moved here from Melierrin. Oak Foresl Mr. and Mrs. C. A Stonncll and Carolyn. Nellie Mae and Janet spent the week end with Mi and Mrs. Sidney Sheldon, of Wil liamsburg. They also visited Mrs L. H. Robeiis and family at Lanexa. 1

TV Frontier Is Fast Reaching Around World WASHINGTON, DC.—Television is pacing off new paths of commu nication over the face of the world with twenty-league boots. Only a quarter of a century ago, the first crude silhouettes appeared on glass screens in London, New York and Washington. This year, Tanganyikans may see a television show. At latest count, 17 countries other than the United State' have tele vision transmitters on the air. The list includes England, Fi ance, Ger many, Russia, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden. Switz erland, Czechoslovakia, Canada. Mexico, Cuba, Brazd, Argentina and Japan. As this country lifts its television freeze and opens the way for more than 2,000 stations at home, at least 13 additional nations are planning TV tests. Nigeria anl Morocco, Cyprus and the Dominican Repub lic. Thailand and India are among them. TV Won’t Bern! Unlike radio, a television broad cast Is limited by the fact that the earth is round. It’s signal can reach little beyond the visible horizon— perhaps 60 miles, or 20 leagues, at best. Then it shoots off into space. In conquering new fields, tele vision's towers are rising from deserts and jungles, seacoasts and mountaintops. Coaxial transmission lines—hoi- : low tubes carrying electronic im pulses at the speed of light—span the United States. Aboveground. 107 reflector-topped microwave towers zigzag between New York and San Francisco. Both systems carry tele vision programs to local transmit ting stations. Biilh have been seri ously proposed for sending TV around the world. 80 Million Americans More than half the people in the United States will be within range of television under the recent air wave allocations of the Federal Communications Commission Much higher percentages of population are already blanketed in such countries as England and the Netherlands. Within the coining year, the Voice of America estimated recently, ns many as 23.000.000 people in other countries will see TV regularly. Television is find ng strange and wonderful uses. A submarine sunk in the English Channel was found by a underwater "eye” last year. Surgeons in New York may watch a delicate heart operation taking place in Los Angeles. Customers can walk into a Lon don bank and see their balance sheets on a television screen, al though tiie files are kept 12 miles away. Factories, arsenals, atomic energy laboratories and electric power plants have put cameras to work as silent, unblinking watch men. The Army, Navy and many universities are teaching classes by television, foreshadowing the day when mass education in the na tion’s living rooms may be possible.

Church People Defend Custodian, Former Red McALESTER. Okla.—Church peo ple here have taken up the cudgels i n behalf of a church custodian— r former Communist—and his wife who have been ordered deported to their native Belgium by immigra tion authorities. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roelants, came to toe United States in 1948 to live with their daughter, Mrs. Harry Lay, the Belgian war bride of a McAlester postal clerk. Roelants, 54, is custodian of the Grand Avenue Methodist church here. Roelants admits he was a mem ber of the Communist party for a short time after World War 11 but said he renounced his membership when he realized what the party stood for. He said his declaration to immigration officials that he be longed to no political party at the time of his arrival in the U.S. was true, since he had quit the Commu nist party more than a scar pre viously. Members of the Grand Avenue Methodist church and of the Church of Christ, where the Roelants are members, have joined in sending a stream of letters to congressmen and other officials in Washington, asking that the deportation order be revoked.

Cancer Sufferer Who Urged Prayer Dies HATTIESBURG, Miss.-E. N Hendry, 58. who suggested a na tional day of prayer for divine help in speeding the discovery of a cure for cancer, died of the disease at Methodist Hospital here. The former cattleman knew that he had only a short time to live when he made his appeal. From his hospital bed he said: "I would like to see a day set aside for all the praying people m the United States to get on their knees and pray that God will guide our scientists in their search for a cure for cancer. "It's too late for it. to do me any gcod, but if I can know that I had something to do with starting such a day, then I will be content to die.” Before his death Mr. Hendry was told that his appeal was being given national notice. W. s. Anderson vi ited Mr and Mrs. .) Gordon Smith in Rich mond. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mrmhar 1 and Gordon, of Farmville. and Carl Meinhard, of Guinea Mills, visited Mrs. C. E. Meinhard and Mrs. Vf £. Anders an Sunday

Youth Learn Value of Reforestation

Students are busy planting trees given to schools in this dis trict by the Virginia Forest Service. Peak of the seedling planting season will pass in -March, and the Virginia Forest Service oltice in Farmville urges anyone interested in participating in reforesta tion to contact it -Seedlings may be purchased at a reasonable rate from the service, and a forester will be happy to help with the

Church school attendance at Thomas Chapel continues good. Last. Sunday, teacheis and three classes were 100 per cent. Another interesting feature was the ex hibit in the Intermediate Class, taught by Mrs. E. C. Walton. Jr. Following a study of Africa, the students had gathered facts about Africa. These were on exhibit. Linda Mae Proffit. two-month old daughter of Pvt. and Mrs. Lee Proffit. attended the nursery class Sunday. Pvt. Lee Proffit who is in Japan, is expected home this month.

Miss Ann Smith leturned to Medical College Hospital. Mon day to continue her classes there. Bobby Sanderson, of RPI, and Audrey Sanderson, of Madison, enjoyed their mid-term vacations at their respective homes. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Dinkle and Janet, of Richmond, spent the week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R L. Adams. Other week end guests from Richmond visiting their respective homes included Mr. and Mrs. J. G. San derson and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Walton, and Miss Wyland Smith. Mr and Mrs. Carol King and Sandra, of Barnes Junction, spent

f C umberland County Red Cross Appoints Program Chairman The Rev. J S. King ha.; been appointed chairman of the blood program of the Cumberland County Chapter of the Amen an Red Cross. Chairman of the chapter. R. H. Bianton. an nounced Mr King r appointment. Mr King is pastor of the Cum berland Charge of Methodist Churches. Citizens of Cumbet.and are in vited to go to Powhatan, Thurs day. Feb. 26. when a Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the county, to give blood. Transportation will be arranged for the trip, Mr. King said.

Guinea Mills Rt. 1 -Mrs. H W. Fields and sons. Buddy and Douglas, of Richmond, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Trent, last week. Guests in the same home. Sunday, were Mrs. Juki Trent and family, of Rice Recent guests of Mr and Mrs. Jeff Huddleston were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huddleston and daughter. Opal, of Farmville. and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Seal, of Rich mond John Morgan, of Ronceverto. W. Va.. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. H Morgan. He will be inducted m service. Feb. 12. Miss Delores Huddleston and Lee Pueit. of Richmond, were guests of Mr and Mr-. Morton Huddleston during the week eivi The Rev Mr. Hodges and R. M Richardson visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs R. L. Trent. Friday. ‘he week end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Meador.

The "carbuncle,” mentioned in the Old Testament, was a pre cious stone probably resembling the ruby. _

CUT TIMBER Faster; Easier

With a VW§W HOM ELITE One Man Chain Saw Purrs through in 18' pine in 16 seconds, in 18" oak in 28 seconds. And brings down trees 48' or more in diameter. Handles perfectly on every type of cut. Aik vi for froo dtmonitrotion > STRAIGHT UADI AND low SAWS F. W. Shanaberjrer & Sons ROI.'TE IGO—FAST Thone 201711 FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA

Magical “MoonglcanT . . . needs no ironing . . . dries in minutes . . . exquisite nylon trimmed, combed cotton crepe . . . Iushious to look at ... a delight to wear . . . parfait pastels of pink. mint, maize, blue SLIPS—GOWNS—PAJAMAS—PANTIES x a*

Sdudnlt^ m»vi it risKD in MADEMOISELLE

ABOVf—Non - twist'ng non - climbing fashion Stride slip. Nylon trimmed. White only. Proportioned short, averasr. and tall lengths in sizes 32-40. S3.98.

M OVi: Butcher boy pa jama with nylon embroidrr od yok( smooth romfy Hat Rak yva’sl. Size.. 32 to 40. 55.98 IXKT — flown with nylon ruffle. Sizes 32 to 40. 53.98

LINGERIE DEPARTMENT FIRST FLOOR, RIGHT

The House Of Quality Farmville. Va.