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__TUESDAY. FEHUUAKY 17. I_ (I real duns! Cleun lTp

LT\RM\Il.I.E Chamber of ('unmii'iw has appointed a committee charged with conducting a continuing educational pro pram to keep Karmville clean. This is hearteninp news. Keepinp a town clean and beautiful is not a one man .job, neither can it be done by a small proup, but it is possible throuph a continuing' educational propram .which will develop a civic pride in cleanliness. The important sprinp Clean I’p cam paien is udiedult'd for April. At that time every citizen will he urped to put forth a concerted effort to remove the palls of win ter and prepare for the beautiful sprinp. In the meantime, if would be revealiup to take a walk around your premises and sur vey the work to he done. Wo know, we have dulie it. A pood bopinninp can be made now which would relieve the work necessary durinp cleanup week. Stray paper and

trash arc in the hedge and corners of the fence, a lot of debris in tlie back yard, ashes may In* in a pile near tin* house you go out and look around and then plan to spend April doing your part to make Farmville the cleanest town in Southsidc Virginia. The Herald promises the Chamber ol Commerce committee full support in the job it is attempting to accomplish. Febru ary is not too early to plan a campaign and begin to enlist the interest of the public. In the business sections cleanliness de pends largely upon the habits of people who frequent the streets. If they discard paper cups, candy wrappings, or other Irtish in the streets and gutters instead of putting the debris in containers provided for them, it is humanly impossible to keep the streets Clean. We might check up on ourselves as we walk down the street and he conscious of our habits good or had.

Conquer Flu

/■’»()(■)!) NKW'S for thousands who sutler ^ the ravages of influenza e\er\ sear conn s fmn: an announcement by the execu tive hoard of 1 lie Inited Nations World Health < >rean isat r >u. The board believes the sear 3 Ho 1 will see developments of ‘.Meat nudicaiicc in this direction. 1 he attack of some form of infiuen-a this win ter has !„ cii f> 11 hy a majority of families in th ■ rs a. Foi ately, the attack- \\ ere mild in most cases, causing extreme discom fort but few death-. However, the victim, yennalls. is licit weakened and listless tor a period after tla attack has passed. Hie loss ot man hours has been extensive and a control of this disease will be welcomed hides d. Tin run jor hops' s* siis to he hass-d on a si rii*s I f \accinsis, each designed to combat a specific twio n[ the sh-e.-ass1. 1 h< com

plication is that uteri' arc so many varia tions of inllium/.a that the suitable vaccine is somewhat difficult-to determine. The recent epidemic, for example, was termed the A-l’rime virus influenza. Once it wa> identified, a vaccine was prepared and used with some suqcess in the lijzht ayainst the threatened epidemic. There are three main typos of influenza, termed A. It. and 0 types. If the type can he recoyni/.ed early enuuyli, proper vaccines can be made in time and an epidemic avoid ed. The Executive Board ot the l . N. Health Organization believes that, by Idol, sufficient research will have been done to enable quick identification and mass distri bution of suitable vaccines to combat in fluenza epidemics. This .should la* excel lent news to all those who have sampled the late t Hu epidemic in the Tinted States.

Babson Discusses Korea Babson Park Fla —-It may be of place for me—a mere •miisticiun 10 discuss Korea. I . .jsiied J i an China and the pines: but h ive never been . . •»,. nvnPfiS i • ■■ modern v orld. which dares b ck to the Roman Empire. There two outstanding facts: <1> ,Ki>me one nation war; always the ■ i,,p doc " '2' That nation was us ially at war with some other nation which was a tempting to tip over her “apple-cart ” 'l l Roman Empire started A til good leaders and the best in tentions. but it was continually at war. These wars wen not to seek more power but to prevent other nation., from seizing the power winch Rome then held Every high setiooi student who has studied ‘Caesar knows the story. Finally -Rome was economically exhausted with these continual conflicts, and the Roman Empire collapsed. Later the Spanish Emprie look the leadership md went through the . ame experi ences. Then the French took the ball.

REMEMBER THE BRITISH Following Rome, Spain and France. England became the world s greatest power. She held this leadership until the first World War. Her battle cruisers were in every port and she policed the world, and was usually j fighting somewhere She just had 1 to do this to hold her position i England also was rich and did the world’s banking, insurance ■ and shipping. The English Pound Sterling was then the world's uni versal currency, as is our Dollar today. Germany, however, then looked with envious eyes upon England, as Russia is now jealous of us. In her endeavoi to continue i as “top dog." England went to j war against Germany in 1914 and i again in 1940. These last two wars bled Engalr.d so that she is now a second-rate power There now is j little hope of her getting strong again. WHAT ABOUT THE U. S. A.? The United States is now the richest and most powerful nation , of the world. We have taken the J world leadership from England. ■ But with this leadership comes responsibilities. We must police j

the world. We ate likt a boy who : ks the gang leader. In order to so remain, he starts no fights, but it some other boy . tarts .1 fight . witli him or with any member of Ms gang, he must fight that up . start. Otherwise, he is no longer a leader. His influence is gone. This is the situation which tiie United States has gotten into. We should blame no one It just happened. Unfortunately, we are like the t man who had the bull by the tail He was asking himself: ' 'Shall I let go or hang on':" If we 'ate to defend our position of leadership we must continue to

field in Korea and where we an; challenged. This means we must 'hang onto the bulls tail": but this is and will continue to be an unhappy position. On the other hand, if we swallow our pride and withdraw from Korea we be come a second-class nation. hi; can expect no peace 1 have a strong feeling that the Chinese will get tired ot the fight ing Then Eisenhower will work out some kind of a temporary peace with Russia which will "save face" all around. Hut it will be only temporary. Russia does not want World Wai III so long

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Letters to Editor CARRY ME BACK TO OI.D VIRGINNY I'm down here in the Sunshine State Where Bonded palm trees “row ; Where flowers bloom in winter time And tropic brei've.s blow. Large coconuts and oranges Are growing here til trees. And it gives quite a thrill to me To see such sights as these. The flowers here are beautiful. The homes are lovely too: And many tilings of interest Are here for folks to view. I have seen great alligatoi Here basking in the sun: The weight of some of these large brutes Exceeds a half a ton The bathing beaches here are fine. And in the tropic sun The bathers ride the white cap lied waves, Enjoying life and fun. When it’s Virginia winter time It does seems strange to me. To see the folks in bathing suits I 1 Here bathing in the sea They claim this is a wonder state, And in these claims there's truth, But I have not found that foun tain To bring me back my youth For. like old Ponce de Leon. 1 now have learned to know We cannot find our yout h a s ain No matter where we go i And w hile this is a charming place To visit for a while. If really think Virginia turn It beaten by a mile. Tho waving palms and tropic skies May -live me some thrills. I better like Virginia with Her valleys and her lulls Nostalgically yours. I D. Whitat ker Palm Bench. Fla.

Double Check Since the Russians pulled the plug out of the Jew dam . . things been a-humming. Believe vou me the old Rams horn i.s net ting mighty ixiptilar and Isralite are blowing their own horn? as Stalin lives: but she is deter mined to worry us and bleed us esconomicallv so long as she can do so. Mothers, sisters and sweet- i hearts arc very anxious to end the Korean Wat I think this will be done with honor. But, I furthei forecast that, within a year after the Korean peace, trouble will break out elsewhere. We till must expect our sons to be sent to tight somewhere at some time. The sooner we get used to both worries and taxes, the better for1 all concerned.

Ameticu i.. river tit rp u: Tli Ooeans edge. Tideland Ls aughful argument. Taking down the reiling when what ve need is a floor makes good reading but <o-misundev standable to the consumer. K\.-n the Republicans cunt under standable to the consumer liven the Republicans can . undo!stfind till the goings. V'ontiled the Gold in Port Knox . . the Democrats hadn't took a mite . . . yep It's all there. I ..

Us last shaping up now . . tho present administration is bavins to shoulder the burden 01 respon sibility It ain't what the General thought was wasn’t even wh.at the Democrats what voted for t)ie b:", chance thought it ‘twas. A the Governor race stiapes up a lot of Whiteheads are ■ liii me ui). Republicans are bold ine family reunions -and will nominate by Convention. They d'-n’t want to be too Democratic

at this time . . . it backfires sometime. Saw a It'ller going fishing . . . and lie wanted to know if we had any BIG PISH in Willis River. I told him we caught fish in Willis River so big, we haa to eat Off 'em three ueeks Tore we could get 'em out. Tliats telling 'em Thanks tor leading and thank you lor that renewal to the Farm* ulle Herald Yours J Marvin Brown

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