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BECKLEY Top O' The Morning BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. MONDAY. MORNING, JULY 15, 1963 BECKLEY POST-HERALD REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPEN FOR $3 YEARS PUBLISHED EVERY BUSINESS DAY BY BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION 339-343 Prince St Beckley. W. Va.

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Our Senator, Congressman Have Helped Kill Us! A number of years ago our then-Rep. Robert C. Byrd told us why he wanted so badly to become United States senator and was, in effect, putting the representation for the congressional district in the hands of Charleston and Kanawha County for the first time. He declared emphatically that it was because, as a senator, he would be one -of then-96 members and would have' a great deal more prestige and influence -than he ever could as one of 435 members of the House of Representatives. This, he said, would allow him to do -much more for this community and this state than he ever could as a mere representative.

We said then that we felt the had failed to prove himcongressman self worthy of such a promotion so soon. The years which have passed since then have only served to confirm our view and opinion set forth then. Senator Byrd won his Senate seat and passed his old House seat along to John M. Slack Jr. of Charleston, a whose primary qualification was that he had served as assessor of Kanawha County and stood in well with the -political machine there.

SINCE THAT TIME there have been -many occasions when it appeared that and Raleigh County had no representation whatever in the Congress. Congressman Slack has devoted virtually all of his attentions to Kanawba, County and all but ignored of the rest of his district. For all the difference that having a -U. S. senator has made on many occasions, we might have been totally without representation.

When the New River Gorge program was proposed, Raleigh County appeared in excellent shape to share in this potential national park development. The gorge formed what must 1 be 25 miles or more of Raleigh, County's border containing beautiful falls and rapids and overlooked in breathtaking vistas such as Grandview and Spur. The county had a senator, expected interest from the Kanawha politician representing us in the House, had a former Beckleyan as a representative of the Area Redevelopment Administration involved, and a Beckleyan as head of the state's Commerce Department. In addition to all this, the county had shown continuing interest in Grandview for decades, resulting in its incorporation into a state park, the constructing of a good highway, and ultimately investing around 000 in the production of "Honey in the Rock." We had been trying to help ourselves and had made a fine start. Surely such initiative would create a real impression, and attract added interest if the gorge was to be developed.

WHAT HAPPENED? Well, comparatively Grandview got almost nothing. The big development was aimed at the ends of the gorge on both sides of us. Two counties which were not even: a part of the gorge were to participate in government largesse on a big scale. They were all represented by Mrs. Elizabeth Kee who must really have something on some people in Washington particularly at the ARA.

Where were Representative Slack and Senator Byrd while all this was going on? We think that is an excellent question. It's one which should defeat both men in Raleigh County at the next election regardless of what the rest of the state does! Smoking And Advertising With all due respect for the influence of advertising, doubt may be felt that the tobacco industry's decision to discontinue advertising in school papers will have any strong deterrence on cigaret. smoking by young people. For many generations, smoking has had a strong appeal to youngsters. Oldtimers can remember rolling their own cornsilk coffin nails long before they had ever seen a cigaret advertisement.

And in this present day, legal restrictions against selling cigarets to minors have been wholly ineffective, as can be observed by noting the number of junior high school pupils who light up a fag as soon as recess time arrives. Our own guess is that the chief effect of widespread cigaret advertising is not to increase the number of smokers, but is rather to create a preference for one brand over others. Those who keep statistics on such matters have noted there is a direct relation between the sales of different brands of cigarets and the amount of money spent advertising them. -The Morgantown Post Greenbrier County Missing The Boat By BILL CHILDRESS As we learned again last week, West Virginia is misfortuneOn our combination honeymoon-vacation trip. we drove throuth quite a bit of the state, along with sections of several adjacent states.

Perhaps we're wrong, but we think cne good bet the state is missing is development. is of true that potential some effort recreational has been displayed along these lines, but frequently in rather isolated sections, on a limited scale. A good example of partial development is the Blue Bend section of Greenbrier County. The National Forestry Service has constructed a highly attractive camping area in this rather remote section but getting there is a pain. We more or less stumbled onto the Blue Bend section, by leaving U.S.

219 to visit White Sulphur Springs. We didn't want to drive the nine miles back to Lewisburg so we took the seconiary road that goes north from U.S. 60, about one mile east of White Sulphur. -0- The map didn't lie. This is: a secondary road, highly secondary.

About 10 miles north of Route 60. we turned west at the small cluster of buildings known as Alven. From that point back to 219, the road is paved only about two miles of the 12-mile distance. But virtually in the center of the unpaved section is the Blue Bend recreation which consists of one of the best camping developments we have arca, seen. We were immediately sorry that we had not brought along camping gear.

We didn't count them, but there are at least 40 camp sites, suitable for either tent or trailer camping. And most of them were occupied. Restrooms and water fountains were spaced at regular intervals along the road that leads into the area. Blue Bend Creek, a small mountain stream, runs along beside the camp sites and is suitable for swimming and fishing. -0- Perhaps the real beauty of this section is its isolation from the main highways.

But the narrow, twisting dirt road certainly detracts from its beauty. Ten miles of not too high quality pavement would make the area more accessible and more attractive. At one point in particular along the dirt road is a truly beautiful view that would probably rank as a major scenic attraction in another state. The road crosses the top of a hill and on one side is a view of a horseshoe bend of the Greenbrier River. On the other side is a view of Blue Bend Creek which lies several hundred feet below at the bottom of a gorge.

But other than a rather small marker, this scenic, viewpoint is entirely undeveloped. Again, the dusty road proves to be a detraction. -0- The entire route from Frankford on Route 219 to Alvon with relatively little work and expense could be turned into a highly attractive scenic drive. Most of this route within the Monongahela National Forest and therefore the project likely would be under the jurisdiction of the federal government. While major camping areas attract tourists from all over the nation, state residents in general and Greenbrier Countains in particular are perhaps the greatest users of the Blue Bend area.

We think the people of Greenbrier and adjoining counties are missing the boat if they don't push for a better road and more extensive development there. The proposed Highlands Scenic Highway, which would traverse similar areas in the National Forest, would definitely be an attractive facility. However, less expensive projects such as improvement of the road into the Blue Bend area should come first. -0- The Scenic Highway would move folks through a highly beautiful part of the state. Unless additional development work is completed, driving and looking would be all tourists could do.

For the most part, U.S. 219 is an enjoyable scenic drive but unless you are familiar with the location of the various attractions along the way, you can easily miss them, For instance, we intended to visit Watoga State Park, which is located just northeast of Droop Mountain. We watched for signs all along the highway but we drove about 20 miles too far before we realized we had missed the road to the park. The state has also failed to promote, by way of clear road signs, such attractions as the Cass Railroad and the Green Bank 0b- servatory. Until we made the trip, we hadn't realized that Raleigh County has made laudable progress in promoting its attractions when compared with the rest of the state.

Top of the morning! MY ANSWER by QUESTION: I am not satisfied with my present position and 1 would like to change jobs. Would it be right for me to pray and ask God for help in finding a job? L. E. ANSWER: Certainly, pray about your job and about a possible chage! At the same time, remember that prayer about such matters must not be making a convenience of God but rather of finding out what God has planned for your life and then doing His will. In all of our lives, there come times when we desperately need the direction God alone can give us.

Do not make your decision in the light, of your own personal desire leading from God. This may come while praying, or, while reading your Bible, or, through a friend or a combination of circumstances. Shooting Stars TROMNEY WATER GOV. SCRANTON 7 ROCKEFELLER LIBERALS' And Today- Echoes DONNELLY Bostic, princiPeterstown ElemenLindside Ruritan to address July 4th at the Park. It is one of the Yesterday Town few counties in current West Virginia from which territory was taken to form counties in the old mother state.

Lindside is an old, old community. It is in historic Red Sulphur District not far from the waters of Rich Creek. Long ago an Englishman named James Sweeney settled in those parts and it is believed this man gave the settlement its name. In that area the linden tree has long flourished like the green bay tree of Holy Writ distinction. One authority remembers a.

linden tree that stood hard by the Linden school house. Still another recalls that linden trees once graced the eminence close to the post office. This is a tree which some refer to as the lynn tree and from whose beautiful blossoms bees sip nector for honey manufacture. Some call this tree the basswood, a tree that yields a fine species of lumber. By SHIRLEY Through Claude pal of the tary School, the Club invited me assemblage on Lindside Community A journey through Monroe County of the state's oldest shiresis a never-tobe forgotten experience.

A day in 164-yearold Monroe brings a lot of history to mind. YEARS AGO I visited in an old house in the Princeton section which was sealed completely with lumber of the basswood tree. That was 25 years ago when the late Rev. Dr. Stubblefield, pastor then of First Baptist Church, Princeton, took me to call on a family in that dwelling.

Name Of But first a word about Peterstown, the ancient town near the Virginia border that echoes the name of Christian Peters. It was about the year 1783-the year Great Britain made peace with the American coloniesChristian Peters, then a young man of some 22 years, settled on the land whereon Peterstown sprawls today. On May 3, 1785, he married Catherine Belcher, who bore him three sons and five daughters. Christian Peters had a sister named Mary who married John Dunn and reared their cabin close where her brother and his wife Catherine lived. John Peters, brother of Christian Peters, settled at Giles Court House, called Pearisburg, Virginia.

CHRISTIAN PETERS LIVED a couple of miles or so what is now the heart of Peterstown. His home stood on a tract of territory which was known for years as the John Fleshman farm. Old -timers in those parts will recall this place. On the banks of Rich Creek were several mills which the industrious. Christian Peters operated.

Also his land holdings were extensive. He was a man of affluence and it is well known that he presented the land upon which Peterstown is built today. On the Main Street of the town a tavern was operated by this pioneer more than 160 years ago. There he had his home, a land mark in those times. That house stood till 1924 when it was destoyed in a fire.

Christian Peters was a sergeant in the colonial line during the Revolutionary War. In a subsequent column it is planned to deal with his service record in the country's struggle for independence. Now for the children of Christian and Catherine Belcher-Peters, his wife. Christian Peters IN AN OLD, OLD COPY OF John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progreas in German, appears the names and birth dates of their eight children, together with the marriage date of the pioneer couple. Here is, as appears in the apparent handwriting of the head of the family: "Christian Peters and Catherine, his wife, was (sic) married day of May, 1785." "Conrad Peters, son of Christian Peters, was born the 14th day of March, 1786." John Peters was born the 27th day of February, 1788.

Jacob Peters was born the 8th day of January, 1791. Molley Peters was born the 20th day of May, 1793. Elizabeth Peters was born the 15th day of June, 1795. Rhoda Peters was born the 3rd day of August, 1798. Nancy Peters was born the 4th day of September, 1801.

Salley Peters was born 14th June, 1804." ANOTHER ENTRY IN this book states that "Conrad Peters and Clary, his wife, was (sic) married the 20th day cf July, 1809. and of the Commonwealth the Thirty-fourth." An interesting thing occurs in connection with the case of John Peters, second child of Christian Peters. He was known in the land as Captain "Jack" Peters because he was an officer in the War of 1812. He was given a grant of Monroe County land for that service. His first wife died and he next married Eliza Spangler who died at Peterstown in 1934.

At the time of her death she was one of the three surviving widows of soldiers who rendered service in the War of 1812. Captain John (Jack) Peters was a prominent citizen. He was Chairman of the mission appointed by the Governor of Virginia to lay out, construct, and keep up the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike. Drew PearsonHarriman, Khrushchev Are Old Friends WASHINGTON The U. S.

diplomat who sits down with Russian and British delegates to negotiate a test ban agreement has had more experience with Stalin, Khrushchev, and the Russian people almosts any other American. run thane the gamut of many jobs in the USA, from governor to Cabinet member. Averell Harriman was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and critics -used to say that otherwise he might have had dit ficulty, feeding himself. The first part of his life was devoted to polo ponies and Long Island society. The second part to public service.

He and Nikita Khrushchev are about as opposite numbers as you could find any place in the capitalist-Communist world. One is rotand and roly-poly. The other tall and lean. One is the son of a Ukrainian coal miner who left school at the age of ten to help his father in the mines. The other is a graduate of Groton and Yale, and instead of helping his father in a mine, inherited from his father a sizable chunk of the Union Pacific Railroad, part of the Illinois Central, and the Western Union Telegraph Company.

BUT FOR SOME STRANGE reason the two like each other. Khrushchev once told me: "I Ambassador Harriman a reasonable man. He and I once joked about his becoming my economic adviser. 'What kind of a job could you do for I asked him. 'How much would you pay me? Would you give me a Harriman asked, referring to the Russian country house.

'If so, I'll take this 'Okeh, it's I said. 'Let's sign a "I'm still waiting for him to come to work," said Khrushchev. Andrew TullyNonaggression Pact Is Deal's Monkey Wrench WASHINGTON As the United States and with the Soviet Union Great Britain opened a nuclear test ban agreement negotiations on Moscow today, diplomatic cirin trying not to seem cies here were too hopeful. From President Kennedy on down, everybody wanted to be optimistic about the talks but didn't quite dare. The past has taught them that when the Kremlin zigs it is often merely to get the stage devastating zag.

And vet for a they would like to believe Nikita Khrushchev when he business. says that this time he means Khrushchev has said it plainly enough that he is willing to and accept underwater a ban on tests, while excluding atmospheric underground tests. But few as weeks predicted in this pew a he has come up with the usval ago, Russian gimmick. This is his proposal for a nonaggression Warsaw pact between NATO and the. Treaty bloc, which could be the monkey wrench in the deal.

IT ALL DEPENDS, of course, how Khrushchev's East Baron lin speech is read. After proposing the partial test ban, he added that "at the conclusion of a test ban agreement," a nonaggression should be signed to ease inpact ternational tension. Some Russian experts say means Mr. K. will demand some fine print in the test ban agreement providing for the nonaggression pact.

Others say he meant only that he hoped the West would sign such a pact AFTER an agreement had been reached on a test ban. Naturally, the State Department is hoping the latter interpretation is correct, since the negotiations for a nonaggression pact would pose dreadful complications, including possible Soviet insistence on recognition of East Germany. But if Mr. K. is willing to agree to a test ban and then talk about the peace, treaty, there's NO reason we cauidn't go along.

In any event, the U. S. could not negotiate it unilaterally would for affect such: part, since our NATO allies. MEANWHILE, THE TALKS ch the test ban between Khrushchev and his aides and the United States' Averell Harriman and Britain's Lord Hailsham already are complicated by Moscow's with China. Aiready accused by Peking of appeasing the West, Khrushchev may want to torpedo the discussions merely to show Mao Tse-tung that he can be tough with the capitalists, too.

Or he may decide to go ahead with the test ban as a means of putting additional pressure on Peking to join a world-wide agreement to stop testing. As one diplomat here puts all, Khrushchev has been arguing that peaceful coexistence with the West is possible. These negotiations offer him a chance to prove that the West will go along with his premise." It is possible, too, that Khrushchev the proposed test ban is something the Administration can sell to the Senate. It is one that has been jointly sponsored by Sen. Hubert Humphrey, (D.

a long-time advocate of a ban, and Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, (D. wino has been critical of the whole idea of suspending tests. And 33 other Senators have signed the resolution.

CERTAINLY, THE SENATE would be influenced by the fact that public opinion in the United States is solidly behind a ban. The latest Lou Harris poll in the Washington Post reports that 73 per cent of those polled favor the ban agreement, and 47 per cent gave it their unqualified approval.If it is really something Khrushchev wants, he will consider these evidences of American approval as an indication that he can have it. If he's just kidding again, it won't matter much what Harriman and Lord Hailsham say to him. Hal HumphreyA Long-Term Next-Door Neighbor Gets Own Show HOLLYWOOD San Francisco the stock company doing shouted angrily at "TE you don't think replaced, you're been never replaced, er quit working. The longest Bea is the time it takes the telephone and she is available.

stint on radio and Burns and Allen, door neighbor Six different actors band role (Harry never occurred to replace Bea. Whenever anyone she wasn't Blanche, her down on my knees every time I play steady work, and discounts this is Years ago in producer of a "The Witch" one of his cast, you can be crazy!" It turns out that he couldn't cave been more wrong. The object of his te temper was a girl with the odd name of Bea Ben nadert. Since then, Bea not only has she has nevis out of work her to pick up tell her agent During a 20-year television with Bea was nextBlanche Morton, the husMorton), but it to George Burns asked if tired of being answer was, "I get and thank God the role it's any actor who AFTER BURNS AND ALLEN retired from television, Bea tock on two jobs Wilma the housekeeper for the one and only season of "Peter Loves Mary" (Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy) and the voice of Betty Rubble in "The Flintstones." Along with "The Flintstones" and a series of other odd jobs, Bea bridged the gap until Paul Henning asked her to test for the role of Granny in "Beverly Hillbillies." Irene Ryan got that part, but Paul created Cousin Pearl Bodine for Bea. "I know Paul from the days when he was a writer for Burns and Allen, and he always said, Bea, someday I'm going to have show for and now, by golly, he has." says Bea, still with a tone of surprise in her voice.

BEA REFERS TO "Petticoat Junction," in which she stars as Kate Bradley, owner of the Shady Rest Hotel. Filming already has begun On this newest Henning production for next season, but Bea still can't acclimate to her new status. "Maybe I don't think I am a star, maybe it's as simple as she says, trying to explain Notes On The News- "We had to hire him, He was going to charge us with discrimination." BEA BENADERET finally gets her own place- the Shady Rest Hotel-on next season's "Petticoat Junction" television series after playing the nextdoor neighbor or something oddball like Cousin Pearl on the "Beverely Hillbillies" for most of her career. her lack of reaction. Or, is it possible that Bea still hears the ringing reprimand of that Simon Legree in San Francisco who threatened to replace her? Despite her solid talent as a comedy character and a professional background that won't stop, Bea is no ham.

She is a realist, and she knows jobs for actors don't always depend on their talents. This good natured camaraderie between two representatives of two directly opposite political systems exists despite some clashes in the past. Of all the Americans who had business with the Russians before the war, Harriman was in the -and with unfortunate results. One of his companies had purchased the manganese deposits of the Caucusus, which the Soviets canceled, with a long wrangle ensuing and no love lost on either side. HARRIMAN ALSO OWNED 35 per cent of the Silesian -American Corporation in Poland, trolled a large share of the world's zinc and was also seized by the Russians.

Despite these clashes, Harriman was sent to Russia as a war -time ambassador and proceeded to nag and goad Washington into speeding up the supply line to the Red Army which helped turn the tide of battle at Stalingrad, and eventually the war. Regardless of past differences, Harriman knew that the key to victory was the Red Army. After the war, however, Harriman turned sour. He came back to the new Truman Administration after the death of FDR to caution Truman against further cooperation. At that time, Truman faced two schools of advisers -one was led by Harriman, who believed in the straight -arm for Russia, the other by Henry Morgenthau, then secretary of the Treasury, who believed that the peace of the world depended on cooperation between the world's two most powerful nations.

GRADUALLY, HARRIMAN has come around to the point of view which he once opposed. He has made the transition partly because of changes inside the Soviet, the more liberal policies of Khrushchev, and partly because Harriman himself has changed. Harriman is a slow starter. He did not get into public life until he well over forty, and then was extremely reticent. He dabbled diffidently in NRA, in the early days of the New Deal, became a friend of Harry Hopkins, accompanied FDR on the famed mid battleship meeting with Winston Churchill, later became ambassador to England, then to Russia.

It was as secretary of commerce under Truman that Harriman really began to develop. He showed great courage in combating McCarthyism, and considerable executive ability. He also served as ambassador for the Marshall Plan in Paris, later came back to run for governor of New York. CLOSE FRIENDS SAY that Averell's chief handicap in those years was his ambition to run for president. This colored his thinking.

sometimes made him too cautious. He worried too much about political reactions. But as he approached 65, Averell gave up ail idea of running for president, and since then he has reached his prime. A slow starter in age as well as politics, Averell looks ten years younger than he is at 71. In the first days of the New Frontier, John F.

Kennedy didn't quite know what to do with Harriman. Here was a very president, with an elder statesman who had been governor of New York, a member of the Cabinet, and held about every job in the book. Kennedy wanted younger men, men he knew well. So he shunted Harriman off with the difficult job of settling Laos. Privately, Harriman wasn't happy.

But no one ever knew it, least of all Kennedy. And as time passed, the President got to know him, liked him, gained confidence in him. They may differ, but they have respect for each other, just as he and Khrushchev differ but have respect for each other. In Moscow, Harriman can look back long vista of years and experiences that have told him that now is probably the last chance we will get to negotiate a test ban agreement. If this chance is lost, the poisoning of the earth's atmosphere con- tinue, the Red Chinese will get their OWI atomic bomb, and World War III may be inevitable.

ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE the socalled star of a television series, it's like being the lead duck flying over a marsh ambushed with hunters on opening day. The sponsors, the network, the producer, and the rest of the cast are all watching intently. If that first audience rating isn't a good one, it's your fault. As the next-door neighbor, housekeeper or squeaky voice of a cartoon character, Bea is smart enough to. know that she has the protective camouflage of the "dependable second who occasionally can steal a scene, then run for cover again.

At least one thing she won't have to worry about in her new role is a dialect. Kate, of Shady Rest, is just plain American. Shady Rest is a town 150 miles from anything and very rural. "I had a tough time with the hillbilly dialect for Cousin Pearl," says Bea. "But my son, Jack, helped me a lot.

He's a fine dialectician." BE SURROUNDED in "Petticoat Junction" with three daughters is sexy, one cerebral, and the other loves besides Edgar Buchanan, Smiley Burnette, and Rufe Davis. The latter trio is so rural it takes a gardener instead of a barber to cut the bair of any one of them. Meanwhile, Bea keeps practicthe Brooklyn accent of Gertrude Gearshift, the flip telephone operator who pops up every so often on Jack Benny's show. That's another job Bea has had for the past 20 years. FETE PLANNED GHENT, Belgium (AP) Celebrations are planned in this medieval city next year to mark the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent.

The Dec. 24, 1814 treaty ended hostilities between the United States and Britain and established the principle of the freedom of the seas. 3.