Vol. 28 No. 12 Issued monthly by the Virginia Department of Highways as a medium of departmental news and information. H. H. Harris, commissioner; F. A. Davis, chief engineer; Floyd Mihill, editor; Catherine Welton, artwork and layout; Lillian Golden and Pauline Jenkins, vari-typists; W. T. Heath and Reggie Carper, photographers. Multigraphed by Charles Holmes, Jr. Published under the direction of the public information office.

TOUCH HANDS Ah, friends, dear friends, as years go on and heads get gray, how fast the guests do go! Touch hands, touch hands with those that stay. Strong hands to weak, old hands to young, around the board touch hands. The false forget, the foe forgive, for every guest will go and every fire burn low and cabin empty stand. Forget, forgive, for who may say that Christmas day may ever come to host or guest again. Touch hands! W. H. H. Murray John Norton's Vagabond OUR BIGGEST WORK SCHEDULE

nly 69 miles. of Virginia's vast age yet to reach the preliminary 0 interstate highway network have engineering phase is on Interstate not reached the planning stage, 77 in Carroll County and Interstate Commissioner IL II. Harris said at 64 in \lbemarle and .-\ugusta Coun­ a meeting of the Virginia Road ties. lie told the contractors that Builders -\ssociation at \\'hite Virginia now ranks fourth in the Sulphur Springs, ':Vest Virginia, on nation in the qollar volume of its November 28 . .\t the same time, he interstate work, with 357 million announced a record-sized tentative dollars' worth of interstate projects advertising schedule for the first in construction, engineering, and half of 1 963. The Department, he right-of-way phases. lJe noted that said, would call for contractors' about 140 miles of the syste.,, have bids on 139 projects having an esti­ been completed to full interstate mated construction cost of 12 1 mil­ standards and opened to traffic. rhe lion dollars-by far the biggest work system, which is financed 90 per cent schedule for any six-month period. by the federal government and 10 The proposed projects, which per cent ()y the state, is scheduled remain tentative until all planning for comr,letion Dy 1975. and right-of-way acquisition is com­ The tentative schedule lists 43 plete, will go up for bids in announce­ projects on the interstate system, ments on January 9, February 6, involving 102 miles at an estimated ~.larch 6, April 3, \lay 1, and June 5. cost of 85 million dollars; 31 pro­ The list of work includes 1 54 bridges jects on 60 miles of the primary and involves 285 miles on the state's system at an estimated cost of 19 four road systems. It was the first million dollars; 1 3 urban projects time that a six-month schedule ex­ involving 17 miles at a cost of 11 ceeded the 1 00-million-dollar mark. million dollars; and 52 secondary Reporting on progress on the projects involving 1 06 n1iles at six 1,053-mile interstate program, the million dollars. Commissioner said most of the mile- VRBA photo A CHRISTMAS SAMPLER

V1e have asked several Department employees who come from foreim countries to tell us something about Christmas in their lands. It was impossible to include all our foreign employees but we wish all of them a happy Christmas in the land of their adoption. The employees here represented work in the Central Office in the bridge, location and design, and traffic and planning divisions.

A CHRISTMAS IN THE BLACK FOREST OF GERMANY

by r:hristel Albus

Would you like to experience a Christmas in my country with me? We shall go to a small village in the Black Forest. Since the first Sunday in December, people have been baking Christmas cakes. All homes have an aroma of fruit cakes and cookies, and under a beautiful blue sky while the sun is shining, children are having fun in the snow. Christmas with­ out snow is unthinkable for us. This Sunday is our first , and at twilight we light the first candle together. In every home we find an accraccively decorated Christmas wreath, made of real pine, with four candles. Every following Sunday, we light one more candle. The lase candle signi­ fies the Golden Sunday, and a replaces the wreath. The anxiety of waiting is over, and approaches. Christmas Eve is our time for giving presents, rather than Christmas morning. Our trip takes us through the beautiful Black Fore st. Ringing sleigh be 11 s and softly falling flakes of snow give us the spirit of the season. Here and there you see a deer at a food bin, because in the winter the forester feeds them. In the distance, we see the first lights, and down in the valley we see a large Christmas tree in the center of the village. Already you hear children singing and bringing joy to the sick, the aged, and the orphans. With tears in their eyes and a happy smile, the old people accept the songs and presents. On the graves, you see little Christ­ mas trees and candles. The town's band plays "Silent night, Holy night." Christmas is a time of joy and togetherness. We think of distant loved ones and those who have died. Finally, it is time to light the candles on the tree. It is the first time the children are allowed to see the tree. With impatience, everybody waits for the presents to be opened. First, however, Santa Klaus, portrayed by a neighbor, is heard outside, ac· companied by a ringing of sleigh bells. The children, the smallest of whom are some­ times frightened, gather round co meet him. Santa asks each child to recite a verse, which has been carefully memorized, and each receives an extra present. With in the background and much excitement, the presents are opened. All too soon, it is time to put the children to bed. Happily satisfied and with rosy cheeks, they sink into a slumber with their favorite toys. We ready our­ selves to go to and give thanks for the peace and happiness chis 2 evening has given us. On our way home, we hear a trumpet solo drifting down from the hills. The trumpeter is playing "Ave Maria" and other holy songs. The magnificent notes drift over the valley and echo off the hills. We still have two Christmas days to visit friends and relatives or welcome them into our home. We enjoy our Christmas tree until the New Year is well on its way; then the tree is dismantled and thrown out. We say goodbye to it with "Oh You Heavenly Christmas Time."

CHRISTMAS IN ITALY

by I. P. Liberto

Christmas in Italy is not commercialized as 10 America. It is more strictly a religious holiday. The week before Christmas, every family displays a repre­ sentation of the Nativity with small statues of Mary, Joseph, and the baby . Each church has a similar representation, and at the largest church in each town there is usually a large on which much time and effort have been spent. On Christmas Eve, everyone goes to church for high mass, which starts about nine or ten o'clock and lasts for two or three hours. At the end of the service, the C1Urtain on the altar is lifted, and the Nativity scene revealed. Everyone during and after the ceremony joins the chorus in singing praises to God. After the mass, everyone goes home to a large meal, which is all the more enjoyed since Christmas Eve is traditionally a day of fasting. People then get together for card playing or go visiting. It is also customary to make gifts of various homemade desserts. The Christmas tree is not seen so often in southern Italy, where I come from, as in the northern sections. In the south, the Nativity scene expresses the Christmas feeling of a people who are devout Catholics. Interestingly enough, even Communists in Italy, who in their way of thinking are not similar to typical Russian Communists, come to see the religious ceremonies, even though they may not take part in them. The closest resemblance to the American Christmas comes on January 6. This is , the day when the three wise men arrived at the cave where Jesus was born. On that morning the children find by the fireplace gifts that have supposedly been left them by LaBefana, a good witchwho, like , will make the well· behaved ones happy. The children hang up their stockings, just as in America. With this day, which is a big event in the young world, the season's festivities are over.

CHRISTMAS IN HUNGARY

by Eugene Milvius, Istvan Tolnay, Paul Von Mille

The Christmas in Hungary was a religious family occasion without any commercial fanfare. The Jesus Child donated the presents and not , who has in European traditions really nothing to do with Christmas. The celebration occurred on Christmas Eve. After twilight, the candles on the tree were lighted, the - children were called in, and there was a prayer said, g1v1ng thanks for all blessings. The presents were wrapped the same way as here, but the decorations of the tree were more colorful. After enjoying the presents, the family settled down to a special Christmas supper, where the main dish consisted of fresh-water fish, as a rule, because it was a fast day of the Catholic Church. The family celebrated the arrival of the Child Jesus in solemn serenity. There 3 were no guests invited, not even brothers or sisters if they were married. The following day, Christmas, was the day of enjoyment, with big dinner parties and visits to relatives and friends.

NATIVITY IN TEGUCIGALPA by Maria Teresa T,opez In the picturesque city of Tegucigalpa, D. C., capital of Honduras, my dear motherland, we celebrate the Nativity with joy. It is the custom of the people to make a representation of 'the place where the Baby Jesus was born, and some organi· zations give a prize for the most original. For these festivities, we prepare a pastoral play with beautiful Christmas carols composed by our immortal Father Jose Trinidad Reyes. During the night of December 24, every family has a reunion and waits for midnight, the time when Baby Jesus was born. The happiness is everywhere; you can near music and fireworks, and the bells of the churches let us hear their melodious sound, calling to all to pray for peace and happiness and to hear the saint mass. When the mass is over, people go back to their homes where the supper is ready. This supper consists of the traditional nacotamales, baked pork, turkey, torrijas for desserts. wines such as wine of maranon and wine of nance, tropical fruits, and rompope, which is delicious. During the supper, we drink to the health and happiness of our families and friends. Mean while, the old people are remembering their youth, and the young people are celebrating and hoping to realize their golden dreams in the New Year.

CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY - AS I REMEMBER IT by Tailli '! amway

The Christmas decorations in the streets and stores of Richmond remind me that this will be my sixteenth Christmas in America, but my teen-age children often bring memories of the holidays in Germany where I grew up. In my home town, the teacher started early in December to have the class write in immaculate handwriting Christmas poems, songs, or holiday greetings in ink with a fancy border of different colored ink. Of course, our curiosity was aroused when we became aware of the secret preparations our parents were making. in every town, the usual was opened. I lived in Berlin, and I remember the anxious ride to the place where the merchants di splayed their goods; the location was in the center of the capital between the Berliner Dom (cathedral) and the baroque castle designed by Andreas Schluter, the famous architect and builder. Throughout the city, one could hear church bells ringing, putting a veil of Christmas spirit over a city of four million people. Children were reminded once again that they would have to tell Saint Nikolaus whether they had been obedient. Their parents took them to a department store, where they could tell Santa their wishes. Finally, on Christmas Eve, each family attended a festive church service. After returning from the church, the children saw for the first time the tree that their parents had decorated the night before; it had lighted wax candles and, up to the highest branch, chocolate-covered marzipan candies. But the gifts had to remain wrapped until each child had recited a poem: Lieber, guter "'eihnachtsmann sieh mich nicht so base an stecke Deine ?ute ein ich will auch f!,anz artig sein! This was a plea to Saint Nikolaus not to look so angry any more and to put the

4 switch away because the child promised to be very obedient. The presents could then be unwrapped, though a Thank you had to be said after each opening to the relative who made the gift possible. Most Germans had and still have goose for . The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth are the last two holidays of Christmas, and, as in America, people go visiting. Miles, as you can see, don't make much difference in the Christmas season.

CHRISTMAS IN CUBA by F:rnesto Nunez

The birth of our Lord Jesus Christ is celebrated in Cuba, as it is in every Christian land of the world, with reverent humbleness and spiritual joy. Above all, it is a family and religious affair-the families getting together on Christmas Eve for the traditional banquet at which typical dishes are served until late evening, followed by Christmas carols or simple friendly conversation. The Roman Catholic Church, to which the majority of the population belongs, nolds special services and rituals at mid­ night-the so-called Cock's Mass. It is one of the highest points of the Christmas celebration in Cuba, and there is an exuberant display of Christi an faith. Christmas trees and allegories are maintained until January 6, when an exchange of gifts takes place amidst noisy and bewildered children. It is currently accepted that on January 6 the three wise men, guided by the Star of , brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newly born Christ. In the past few years, Cuba has been under atheistic leadership, and the true spirit of Christmas is fading away. This is not true in the hearts and minds of the people, however, where a constant and lively flame is burning-the flame of hope.

CHRISTMAS IN FORMOSA

by Shou-nien Hou

Although the history of China is almost five thousand years old, the Christmas celebration is merely a story of this century. Especially in the recent decade, west wind prevails over the Formosa Province of China. The increasing number of Chris­ tians is remarkable, and Christmas is becoming more and more meaningful to the Chinese people in Formosa. Since Christians are still the minority of the whole popu· lation, people only exchange cards, which had usually been exchanged during New Year not long ago. Unlike in the United Stares, there is no big shopping going on, except that cards and tree decorations are shown in book stores. Most young people like Christmas. This does not necessarily mean they are Chris­ tians, but some are merely attracted by the big occasion. Some "modern" families may give some dancing parties with candles and nicely decorated trees, or they join with American friends there. Anyhow, it is a day full of social activities and gaiety. As for the real Chinese Christians, they go to group study, midnight mass, and parties sponsored by churches. Things in China are rapidly changing. The space age means the age that makes

5 everything possible. Maybe before too long, all the Chinese people will celebrate this Christmas with fire crackers, playing dragon lanterns, and exchanging gifts, as they usually do on the New Year-in February. Then, there will be no more East or West.

THE OLD ENGLISH CHRISTMAS by John T. Dacre

At the age of 19, I celebrated my last Christmas in England. This will give you some idea of how it was done then. The schoolchildren learned carols and gathered in the halls to sing them on the day they got out of school for the holidays. The head principal gave out story books, candy, and other gifts. On Christmas Eve, carol singing started around 11 p. m. and continued until early in the morning. Bands broke up in small groups and went over the town playing carols safely; they would stop at clubs to get rabbit pie, , beer, and other Christmas foods, and then resume their playing. Christmas morning was a time for families to attend church services together. On Christmas night, we gathered around open fires and told Christmas stories and had a "merrie time." The next day was called "," and no one worked. The trash man and the mail man went from door to door to receive boxes (gifts). We celebrated the entire week visiting and partying and ended with a dance on New Year's night.

CHRISTMAS IN TURKEY by Krikor r:. Tatlidil

Christmas in Turkey is celebrated by the Greeks, Armenians, and foreign embassy people, because Turks belong to the Moslem religion. You can observe a comparable spirit at the New Year, a celebration which has recently been introduced in Turkey. By December, all shops in large cities where there is Christian population, such as Istanbul, Tzmir, and Ankara, are decorated for the occasion. It is customary to give gifts to children and sometimes to very dose relatives. There, too, children wait for the coming of Santa Claus and hang their stockings at the chimney on Christmas Eve. Most Christians and Greeks celebrate Christmas on December 25. Armenians who belong to one of the oldest churches, the Armenian Apostolic Church, or to Roman Catholic and Greek churches, celebrate it with Epiphany on January 6, as in the early days of Christianity. At Christmas Eve, a mass is celebrated at seven in the evening in Armenian churches. Before the mass, it is customary to read twelve scriptures from the Old Testament. About a month before Christmas, each scripture is assigned to a boy or girl under twenty years old, and this is a matter of pride for the reader and his or her family. After the mass, everyone goes home for a nice Armenian Christmas dinner, because this is the end of one week's Lent before Christmas. On Christmas day, church services start at about five in the morning. A mass is held at seven, after which a special service is held for Epiphany. The celebrant priest puts a cross in a silver bowl full of water to symbolize the baptism of Christ. Hymns are sung; then the water is blessed by holy oil (symbol of the Holy Ghost) and distributed to the congregation. Greeks celebrate Epiphany the same day in a very peculiar way. After the mass, the celebrant priest comes out of the church with a cross in his hand, and with the congregation singing hymns, he goes to the nearest water, gets into a boat, and throws the cross in the water. Young boys jump in, and whoever catches the cross 6 and brings it out is the best man of the year. After church services and dinner, young people visit their old relatives, kiss their hands, and get their blessing for the occasion.

CHRISTMAS IN BRAZIL

by Oscar 'loeclwt

Essentially, Christmas in Brazil follows the same pattern of celebration observed all over the Christian world. Early in December, profuse decorations cake over the c1ues, from the far suburbs co the downtown section; department scores keep late shopping hours, raising prices and stirring the old issue of commercialized Christmas. Christmas Eve is reserved for family gatherings, turkey dinners, and religious services; the Catholic population attends the midnight mass, and the Protestant community crowds into their few churches for the Christmas vigil worship. Children's bedtime, however, comes no later than ten p. m., for they must save a good deal of energy for the noisy Christmas morning, when half-sleeping parents have a ball catching snapshots of big-eyed tots unwrapping presents at the Christmas tree. As far as the weather is concerned, however, Christmas season in Brazil is quite different from the one enjoyed in the Northern Hemisphere. Santa Claus-in Brazil, Papai Noel-arrives in town by bus, helicopter, and what not, never on a sleigh pulled by reindeer dashing through the snow. As a matter of face, there is no snow even in the June mild winter, let alone in lace December, when summertime has just come from around the corner, bringing clear skies and temperatures in the BO's. No wonder Santa Claus takes some time out from his· busy schedule for a splash in Copacabana Beach before returning co the Pole. No matter the season, the grandeur of Christmas is the same the world over. In America, it is proclaimed through the magnificence of a snowfall. In Brazil, the trees get all dressed up in their best green foliage, and all over the parks and gardens a great variety of colorful flowers have their way of announcing "Glory in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

THE DUTCH YULETrnE SEASO:\'

by naniel De Yollilf!,

Here in America, Santa Claus flies from the North Pole in a red sleigh drawn by eight reindeer; he lands on our roofs and comes down the chimney, leaving toys and presents for all. In Holland, the children anxiously await the arrival of Saine Nicholas on the sixth of December, which is appropri­ ately designated as "." On the eve of Saint Nicholas Day, the children lay out hay, straw, carrots, and other food for the hallowed saint's horse. This will be their last good deed prior to the arrival of the seasonal celebrity. The gifts left by Saint Nicholas for the deserving children consist of fruit or candy. On the festive day, the Dutch children all over Holland simultaneously see Saint Nicholas, accompanied by I3lack Peter. walking in their town parade. Saint :\'icholas, dressed in a bishop's robe and miter and white gloves, and with an enormous bishop's ring on his left hand, rides his traditional white horse. Ile is followed by Black Peter (who represents the devil on this occasion), carrying a large bunch of switches that will be used to discipline the children who are not deserving of Saint Nicholas's gifts. The remainder of the day is spent in playing games, exchanging gifts, and attencl-

(('ontinueJ 011 ,naie 32) 7 NEW LANDSCAPE ENGINEER

Walker Turner, former assistant Turner studied engineering at VPI Elandscape engineer, has suc­ and worked as a chemist for the ceeded the late Raymond L. Nicar as Atlas Power Company, of Wilmington, landscape engineer. Delaware, and for the Virginia Public Mr. Turner, who took his new post Service Company, of Charlottesvill~, on December I, began his career with before joining the Highway Depart­ the Department in 1930 as a rodman ment. He is married to the former on a survey party. In November, Margaret Louise Sellers, of Louisa. 1934, he was assigned to landscape In addition to his landscape work, work in the Culpeper District, and Mr. Turner has been professionally in November, 1938, he was trans­ active in another field-dog raising. ferred with a promotion to the Central He and his wife own and operate Office. He became assistant land­ Greenaire Kennels, specializing in scape engineer in March, 1961. spaniels, poodles, and keeshonds. A native of Trevillians, Mr.

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Spealcers' Platform . K. Hunsberger, assistant loca­ tober 12 at a meeting of the Society Ation and design engineer, ad­ of Residential Appraisers in Lynch­ dressed the Shenandoah Valley Motel burg. Association at Harrisonburg on Resident Engineer D. B. Hope, November 20. of Lebanon, will discuss interstate Fred T. Anstey, right-of-way work at a meeting of the St. agent m the Lynchburg District Paul-Dante Lions Club on De­ spoke on "The Appraisal and Ac­ cember 20. quisition of Right-of-Way" on Oc-

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... Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton signs a pact between Virginia and the e,ureau of Public Roads making Virginia the seventeenth' state to restrict billboards and other adverti~ing next to interstate highways. The signing took place in Washington on November 20. Commissioner H. H. Harris Oeft) also !>igned the agreement, which entitles Virginia to a slightly higher share of federal funds for highway building than the 90 per cent given to states that do not regulate signs along the interstate right-of-way. Already participating in the program are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine. Maryiur-d, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Cregon,Pennsyl­ vania, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The present Highway Commission is shown at the Le;ington conference in the first picture ever token of the group. Seated, from the left, are R. S. Holland, of Virginia Beach; VI. M. Sclater, Jr., of Uarion; Commissioner P.. H. Harris; R. S. Weaver, Jr., of Victoria; and lucker C. \latkins, Jr., of South Boston. Standing are George C. Landri1h-, of Alexandria; W. Ransdell Chilton, of Lancaster; Burgess E. Nelson, of tit. Jackson; and S. S. Flythe, of Martins­ ville. Heath photo.

9 Reprinted from the Hir,hwayman lryoming State f!ighway Department

n the last couple of years several national publications and at least one network I television program have had a lot to say about the highway program-almost none of it good! The Highwayman is anxious to get in on the act, and kick the victim while he is down, so we have made our own probe of the highway program and the results are published herein. Naturally, we have been completely objective in this investigation. Everything reported can be documented and the accompanying photos provide visual proof of the nasty goings-on in the highway program, and everyone knows that pictures don't lie. Moreover, we employed a man of national prominence to conduct this probe, a man of unquestioned intelligence and integrity. He is an authority on all subjects, he is relentless in his pursuit of the truth, and he is good to his mother. It is our pleasure, therefore, to present the BIG DEAL, authored by the one-the only:

DAVY HINKLE

SHODDY MAINTENANCE

A combination of poor engineering judgment and substandard materials caused this culvert to foiL Evi­ dence that nothing hos been done to repair the damage is quite ap­ parent-the car at the right hos been waiting to cross since 1920! Lock of prompt attention to maintenance prob I ems should not be tol eroted! (Flash Photo)

PLUSH AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT

Here is a flagrant misuse of funds, This state vehicle is equipped with a de luxe, three-window top, when a standard, one-window top would , hove worked, Al so, the Hi ghwoy Deportment plans to trade the vehicle for a new model, despite •::~ the fact that there's still tread on -- the tires, And why two spores? ·. (Telephoney Photo) BRIDGES HAVE COLLAPSED

This bridge, located on a busy superhighway, failed within a few years ofter it was constructed. In­ vestigation revealed that salt woter was used in the concrete-a per­ fect! y acceptable procedure, except for the extremely high cost involved in trucking the salt water all the way Jrom Salt Lake City! (Sneaky Pix)

ROAD TO NOWHERE

This junior interchange, under construction, leads to nowhere. In­ vestigators felt that an excessive amount of equipment is being used on the work. Two wagons are being utilized, whereas one would have sufficed. Furthermore, two healthy horses could pull the fresno pictured In the center rather than the four being used, (Slick Photo)

TRAFFIC COUNTS PADDED

Evidence shows that traffic counts were deliberately increased in some areas to justify costly structures from which politicians could reap excessive profits. Can you see more than one car in this pie? Also, the bridge is so low that a large boat would have trouble passing beneath it. (Slick Photo)

ENGINEERS HAVE PROFITED

Investigators found that engineers accepted gratui- < ties and filched materials from project sites to build themselves sumptuous va­ cation cabins, This air­ conditioned beauty, with every modern convenience, is mounted on wheels in case the owner is required . to move suddenly. (Ace DAVY ~.- _-~~:!;~?-Photo) ~:-tr-- ·l..---,-."',111 ~·" ~ ..... ·~ TEN TIPS FOR A HAPPY HOLi DAY

es, this is another_ one of those One violation may be fatal. Ysafety articles. It's short, and S. Check your rear-view mirror there's nothing in it that any driver and be extra -careful when changing shouldn't know. Still, in a busy lanes. Never pass on hills or curves. holiday season, it could become the 6. Signal before turns; then make most important article you've ever turns properly. read. So here are 10 safe-driving tips 7. Don't drive bumper-to-bumper for the protection of you, and others in the city, and on the highway keep too, not only during the holidays but a car-length behind the car ahead throughout the year: for each 10 miles per hour of speed. I. Keep speed under control. Remember, brakes don't stop a car­ Legal speed limits are set for ideal they only keep the wheels from conditions, which may not prevail spinning. in wintry weather, at night, or during 8. If you drink, don't drive. Drink­ holidays. ing drivers figure in one out of every 2. Keep to the right of the center three fatal traffic accidents. line. Violations are a leading cause 9. Be sure your car is in good of accidents. operating condition. 3. Yield the right-of-way, even if 10. Drive defensively. Which means it's legally yours. (And this is Rule simply to watch out for other drivers Number One for pedestrians.) and to drive with extra care. 4. Obey traffic signs every time. PERFUME IN PLANTS

ith perfumes in mind as a Christ­ rhizomes and rootstock possess a W"mas gift possibility, our thoughts violet-like odor which forms the turn to aromatic plants. There are base for many of the so-called violet many plants so renowned for their perfumes. aroma that it is a good idea to have The clove is an example of an a special garden bed of them. aromatic substance contained -in Their aromatic character is almost flower buds. In coffee, the aromatic always due to an essential oil, which character of the seeds is brought out can be extracted for perfumery. We by roasting. have had the pleasure of visiting two The better known aromatic resins perfume plants and found them very are found in shrubs in the myrrh interesting-and their product ex­ family: Burseraceae, myrrh, and pensive. frankincense. Some aromatic woods are dis­ All of us are familiar with the tasteful to insects and are useful plants with fragrant leaves. Con­ for drawer and closet linings. Cedar­ spicuous among them are thyme, wood and camphorwood are examples. sage, mint, napeta, lavender, rose­ The aromatic character is some­ mary, marjoram, and horehound. times found in the fruits of plants, Many of these plants make an such as pepper and nutmeg. In interestiug addition to a flower bed. ginger, the aromatic property is P .S. It's time to order your new developed underground. A similar garden catalogs. instance is that of the iris florentina Landscape Division and iris germanica, in which the 12 culpeper

Charlottesville

We welcome Julius Morris, W. F. Wade, and Franklin Shiflett. Mr. Morris replaced Richard Staton, who entered the Army. Mr. Shiflett trans­ ferred from the Fairfax Residency. J. T. Mawyer is improving after a long illness. Mrs. C. H. Pugh is in the Martha Jefferson Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Runkle visited their son, Captain William Runkle, and his family in Dayton, Ohio, for a few days. Charlene Hurtt

Culpeper

C. M. Satterwhite, superintendent of Camp 11, paid us a visit. Though he underwent a very serious operation a month ago, he said that he felt fine and hoped to be back at work in three or four weeks. lrven J. Utz, who has worked for the Department since 1935, retired on November 13. R. Lee Amos, foreman in Orange County for a number of years, plans to retire on January 1. District Shop S. M. Eason, assistant resident engineers. The EBA picnic at Lake Fairfax We welcome Jacque Rankin, was enjoyed by all. Plenty of good clerk-typist, who replaced Lorraine food, good companions, and a Kibler. beautiful lake to swim in on a hot Mrs. Eleanor Haley, clerk-typist, day. What more could anyone want? went to Amelia to visit her daughter Welcome to Diane Longerbeam, and family on the Veterans Day Kathleen Heffernan, and Shirley M. weekend. Corbin, clerk-typists. Biedler Settle, mechanic, spent a week's vacation at home. EBA A. B. Bradshaw, shop foreman, has been going to the University Hospital at Charlottesville for treat­ ments and is planning to enter the hospital shortly for an operation. Lee Hoffman, clerk-typist, won herself quite a few honors this summer with her horses. The big event was the registered quarter horse show at Frederick, Maryland, where she won second place in the halter division for registered quarter horse fillies. She placed fifth in Richmond in the same division. She has won a total of 17 ribbons in five New officers: R. M. Strauser, presi­ shows and also brought home a dent; Mrs. H. Vt Howard, publicity trophy. director; Mrs. Helen Richards, ·Everett Shell, stockroom clerk, is secretary; and 0. G. May, vice­ back after being involved in a slight presi dent. automobile accident. He has been having trouble with his neck and is still seeing a doctor. Helen Boldridge is back after being in the hospital for a few days and recuperating at home. She had a severe back injury after landing on a rock when she fell from a horse. She is hoping to get back in the saddle next spring. the Out­ !!elen L. Roldridge to Frank

Fairfax

F. L. Burroughs and H. H. Shockey attended the highway con­ ference at Lexington. We were sorry to lose G. W. Alexander, assistant resident engi­ neer, who was transferred to Harrisonburg as resident engineer. We welcome R. B. Goodloe and There's magic in the If air.• 11 14 R. M. Strauser, of Charlottesville, award to the marine flyer of the was elected president of the Cul­ year. Lt. Colonel J oho H. Glenn peper EBA at the association's was the recipient at a very im­ annual party and dance, held at the pressive ceremony. The oldest Pot and Kettle Club on November member of the association is 89; 16. Also elected was 0. G. May, of the youngest, who was a bugler in Charlottesville, vice-president; Mrs. 1918, is 62. Three members, the Helen Richards, of Culpeper, secre­ oldest of whom is 72, still hold tary; and Mrs. H. W. Howard, of pilot licenses, and one flew his Culpeper, publicity director. own plane from Oklahoma to the Mrs. Kennedy, the outgoing pre­ reunion. sident, presented the association's We welcome Norman Patterson, Outstanaing Member Award to Frank Jr., to the traffic and planning Prewoznik 10 recognition of his department. Mr. Patterson will "hard work and willingness to co­ assist our district traffic and operate in anything he was asked planning engineer, Mr. Echols. to do." We also welcome back Fred Mr. Prewoznik, director of social Bellamy to the drafting room. Fred activities, introduced Winton Carroll, has been on military leave. president of the International Brother­ David Campbell, of the soils hood of Magicians, Washington laboratory, has left for military chapter, who entertained the group service. with tricks of magic. District Engi­ Gerry Honaker neer C. W. Kestner made a brief welcoming address. Door prizes were won by Payton Wytheville Young, Jimmy Minnis, R. C. Sharpes, L. W. Butler, Roy Currier, and Mrs. We welcome J. E. Henegar, Roger Printz. inspector, and C. K. Burton, R. I. Dorothy Hitt Goss, and L. B. Watson, inspector trainees. We also welcome R. L. Pickle and G. S. Spraker, hourly employees. brlslol J. D. Hensdill, levelman on Survey Party 11, is on military leave. W. S. Tarter, equipment repair District Off ice foreman, is the proud papa of a son, born on October 14. E. T. Hackler H. M. Morecock, district engi­ neer, J. F. Turner, resident engineer at Wise, and J. R. Swartz, district shop superintendent, attended the National Safety Congress in Chicago. lrederlcks• B. T. Cocke, assistant district burg engineer, and his wife attended the 25th reunion of the First Marine Aviation Force Veterans Association District Office in Washington, D. C., and Quantico, Virginia, November 1-4. Of the 0. T. Aichel, district engineer, remaining 294 on the association's was a delegate to the SASHO roster, 81 attended this meeting, conference at Louisville, Kentucky, which was highlighted by the October 28-November I. presentation of the first annual Miss C. D. Johnson is sporting a 15 This group represented Virginia at the annual meeting of the American As­ sociation of State Highway Officials at Miami Beach early in December. The session drew nearly 2,000 delegates and their wives. Seated, left to right: S. V. Munsey, F. A. Davis, Commissioner H. H. Harris, John Sullivan, and A. B. Eure. Standing: J. N. Clary, J. P. Mills Jr., C. W. Kestner, J. V. Clarke, 0. N.. Huddle,• and E. W. Turner. Photos courtesy Florida Road Department. 1J;:'~"',.,;' ...... ,r~.:·· ~\:,}.~ ..,~.\: ./,..._ ·--~ --::-...,,~\~.'··. ~-· I , <~..,.,"'. .._·_)· ' -~- "l''J '· . ' ~ (\ '· "; ... 'i '· . ~ the system and said he felt the sug­ \i'._ 1 ·J l\ by Don Knight riff, gested goal was "entirely.practical." l,i_·1 Florida's tropical breezes and the Commenting on Whitton's address, l) facilities of the 60-million-dollar Highway Commissioner H. II. Harris \ -~ Americana Hotel put a welcome said Virginia may not meet the 1964 ·t added touch to the busy convention goal ''but it is reasonable to assume ' of the American Association of State that Virginia's l ,053-mile system Highway Officials at Miami Beach will be finished by 1972. Mr. Harris early in December. noted that the construction orogram Five clays of meetings, seninars, will be of such scope by 1964

Bowling Green

Survey Party 50 has experienced quite a turnover in personnel. W. D. Bradshaw resigned to accept employ­ ment elsewhere; Lindsey Gordon Jett transferred to the Division of State Police; and D. W. Shifflett and John Kemp Smith are new employees. Our last engineer trainee, W. L. Hayden, left on November 1- to report to the Fredericksburg Residency for Hardy tackle. He's Larry Hardy, further assignment in his training 15-year-old son of Jesse Hardy, program. We shall miss his trips to carpenter lead man at the Bristol the store for us. District shop. Larry plays football R. M. Bryan attended the highway for the John S. Battle High School, conference in Lexington with two where he is a sophomore. supervisors from Caroline County, 18 C. A. Hollaway, ooard chairman, eight-year old son, Ernie. and John Pitts. Shirley Clark and her husband Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. have moved into their new home, Jesse J. Martin on the birth of a which was included in the "Tour of daughter on October 20 at Mary Outstanding Homes" of the Northern Washington Hospital. Neck Counties on November 8. The R. F. Taylor and his family tour was sponsored by the Home toured Virginia in October and ended Electromation Program. up in Nashville, Tennessee. At the monthly safety meeting Audrey B. Torrence on November 1, S. G. Spencer, assistant district engineer, pre­ sented the Warsaw Residency Fredericksburg certificates of award for 12 months without a motor-vehicle accident Congratulations to James M. and 72 months without a lost-time Saboe on the arrival of their first personal injury. child, Catherine Anne, on October ,)lartha C. Sandy 28 at the Mary Washington Hospital. L. T. Shelton and R. W. Sealy are on sick leave at this writing. 1 R. C. Chinault has been on a lynchburg three weeks' vacation, mostly rest­ ing at home. We welcome W. L. Hayden, engineer trainee, who transferred District Headquarters from the Bowling Green Residency to work on Interstate 95 bridge J. H. Phillips, district engineer, projects in Stafford County. attended the 50th Annual National James M. Hutchison has moved Safety Congress held in Chicago, from Colonial Beach to Fredericks­ October 28-November 2. Mr. Phillips burg on Butler Road, saving himself is editor of the Newsletter, a monthly a long drive twice a day. Slydelle S. ,:Jorgan

Saluda

The Saluda Residency was given a certificate of award for completing 12 months with no motor-vehicle accidents. V. H. Callis, bridge tender on Gwynn Island Bridge, is a proud grandpa again. J. L. Parker attended the high­ way conference. in Lexington. J!ary Van !Tagenen

Making an early public appearance Warsaw is LaVonda Sue Roark who weighed 5Yi pounds on her arrival on Sep­ Congratulations to Maston Krentz tember 19. She is the daughter of on the birth of a daughter, Marilyn Peggy Roark, clerk-typist in the Turner. The Krentzes have an Bristol District shop.

19 publication of the council's Public delegate from the Virginia National Employees Section. Guard. We congratulate him on his The employees of the district recent promotion to major. office and shop held their annual W. L. Moore, who recently retired, dinner in the district shop building was presented· a watch at the annual on November 9. In spite of a steady safety meeting by the employees of downpour, about 300 attended. A Cumberland County. delicious meal of country ham, A speedy recovery is wished for fried chicken, fish, slaw, potato M. L. Foster, who has had quite a salad, pickles, olives, and several stay in the hospital. kinds of pies was enjoyed. We were We are glad that Mrs. A. P. R. glad to see Mr. and Mrs. Leech and Lovell is home after major surgery Eleanor Fleshman from the Central at the Medical College of Virginia Office. Hospital in Richmond. Dot Evans, of the right-of-way Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baird visited division, and Preston Hamlet were their daughter and her family in married in Midway Baptist Church at Richmond and their son and his Phenix on October 26. family in Accomack. 1\fr. Baird is We welcome Mrs. Caroline s up e r in tend en t in Buckingharn Craddock, of the auditing office. County. Sue and Dave Wood journeyed to Durham in their new Ford Fairlane 500 to visit Sue's relatives and to attend a football game. richmond Halifax District Off ice Congratulations to D. B. Ratcliff, assistant resident engineer, and his Best wishes to Faye Pritchett, wife on the arr iv a 1 of a son, who became the bride of Frank Christopher Keatlhy, on October 15. Godwin on October 13 in the Washing­ W. L. Martin, area superintendent ton Street Methodist Church, Peters­ in Halifax County, is back in the burg. The couple took a trip through hospital. We wish him a speedy re­ the mountains of Virginia, Kentucky, covery. and Tennessee and are now making Wedding bells rang out for H. J. their home 1n the Carroll Arms Blackwell, inspector, on October 15. Apartments in Dinwiddie County. A delayed honeymoon was spent in Mrs. Godwin is a stenographer in Florida between October 22 and 31. our right-of-way division. A. R. Chaney, materials clerk, We welcome Elliott Jones, right­ and his wife spent several days of-way agent. Although he has been visiting friends in Red Lion, Penn­ living in Florida, Petersburg is his sylvania. He enjoyed pheasant home town. hunting and was, we understand, We sincerely wish Jordan Temple, quite lucky. son of R. R. Temple, right-of-way J. T. Lester and F. C. Whitlow, agent, a complete and speedy re­ inspectors, were transferred to the covery. South Hill Residency on November l. Rose Mason, stenographer, took a vacation and visited the mountains Dillwyn of Virginia, Natural Bridge, and many other historic locations. C. 0. Jones attended the 84th Congratulations to Carroll Dean National Guard Association con­ Cockerham, right-of-way technician, ference in Denver, Colorado, as a and Carol Smythers, who were mar- 20 Hospital. W. M. Bach, of the drafting room, has transferred to the Central Office in Richmond.

Amelia

K. T. Wingo, assistant resident engineer, spent October 27 grouse hunting near Kingwood, West Virginia. He reported six inches of snow there. M. T. Thurston, Jr., resident engineer, attended the highway con- ference in Lexington. A. D. Shelton, equipment operator, Friends. Grover P. (Tye) Beasley, 1s back at work after being a patient Ill, is the son of Mrs. Nina B. at the Farmville Community Hospital. Beasley, clerk-typist in the Ap- Congratulations to A. C. Williams, pomattox Residency. equipment operator, on the birth of a daughter on October 30. ried on October 18 in Kenwood Congratulations to R. T. Wingo, .\fethodist Church. For their wedding ro

District Office

Congratu ations to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kurtz on the birth of a 7 - pound, 1-ounce son, Bradley Lee, on October 16; and to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ware on the birth of a 7-pound, 9-ounce son, Michael Hunter, on And in the far corner, weighing in at November 6. 12 pounds, 2 ounces ... Christopher We welcome W. A. White and Darrell Summers, two-month-old son R. T. Rash, who have been trans­ of Johnny Summers, inspector trainee ferred from the Suffolk District. in the Culpeper Residency.

22 handed out on a silver tray. J~atherine B. Duke

central office

Location and Design

Comings and goings: We welcome new employees E. T. Wright, J. W. Barbee, Jr., J. D. aurleson, L. W. Creasman, J. T. Kozlowski, and "You mean he's coming down that Charles Hammond. We also welcome chimney?" Rita Gold Robertson is G. N. Mollock, who transferred from the 16-month-old daughter of R. J. the materials division; W. M. Bach, Robertson, foreman in the Louisa who transferred from the Richmond Residency. District; Mrs. A. C. Uzel, who has returned after a visit from the We welcome back Margie Hicks, stork; and R. H. Maxey, who who has been on "stork" leave. returned in late September from six Her newest is Darryl Craig, who months' duty in the U. S. Army. was born on September 26 and We bid goodbye to L. B. Colwell, weighed 7 pounds, l l ounces. G. P. Darg, W. W. Browning, Jr., Kay S. Simons and L. M. Northington, Jr. Wedding bells: J. C. Butler and Rebecca Harcum were married on October 13, Charles Sobrito and Suffolk Marjorie Jennings on October 26, Ellen Christian and Steve Garati We welcome William Babb and on October 27, and Charlene Cottle James Rhodes, inspectors. and Kenneth Boyle on November 3. D. J. Boyd has joined the staff Ned Hartle and Peggy Jean Hudson of the new city of Chesapeake. were married on October 27 and Joe Dvorak has returned from a spent their honeymoon in Washington. vacation in Texas, where he visited Kenneth L. \\'yatt and Bernice his family. We understand he gave Jeffries were married on September those steers quite a chase. 1 and honeymooned in :\ ew York City J. H. Preacher Wills has been and Niagar·a Falls. walking ever since one of the men Diaper data: Congratulations to in the shop pushed his pick-up ~Ir. and \frs. A. C. u ze I on the truck off the hydraulic horse. Do arrival of an 8-pound, l 2-ounce we have a Sampson among us, or is son, Brian Wayne, on October 6. this a plot for a new pick-up truck? Betty Tsou (ayne J.M. Burge and his wife, Thelma, are working hard on their new home in Windsor. Construction G. T. Johnson is still on the sick list. Joyce Moore, of Mr. Scott's office, Thou-ght for the month: Peace is was married to Jack Foster in the to be worked for, and not to be First Baptist Church on October 6.

23 to be getting along OK. Evelyn Davis, of Mr. Townes's section, with husband George and daughter Vanessa, has gone to Phoenix, Arizona, to live in the hope of getting relief from asthma. ], Sand J

Purchasing

Here are some tidbits to let everyone know that the purchasing division is still around. Kathleen Speas, who has been with the Department for about two years, resigned to become the bride · of Dan Grimm, of Sistersville, West Virginia. The couple were married "I love tho~e Ii ghts on the Christ­ on November 25 and honeymooned mas tree." Sharon Elizabeth Harrison at Niagara Falls. They will live is the year-old daughter of Sandra in Sistersville. Harri son, clerk-stenographer in the We welcome Carolyn Nuttycombe, Central Office right-of-way di vision. who has replaced Kathleen. Mrs. Joyce Hufner returned for a Jackie Norman, of Mr. Talbott's short visit to see how things were office, was married to John Loving, running since her retirement. of the location and design division, Your reporter was elected alter­ in the First Baptist Church on Oc· nate trustee of EBA Group Five on tober 16. Both couples honeymooned November 5. on the Skyline Drive. Shirley and Billy Moore are sport­ ing a new red Falcon. Pauline Field took a week off to complete her fall cleaning. Robert Lee Hundley, Jr., was baptised in Centenary Methodist Church on Octooer 21. He is the son of Bob and Leah Hundley. Mr. Talbott attended the SASHO convention in Louisville Kentucky October 28-November 2, with Mr'. Harris. Their wives accompanied them. Mr. Clarke, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hundley, Mr. Townes, Mr. Dobie, and Mr. Laube attended the highway con­ ference in Lexington. Sally Lackey, formerly of Mr. Slate's office, has moved with her husband and son to El Paso, Texas. .. He's my friend." Lynne Allyn She says that other than not being Hayden is the nine-month-old daughter able to speak Spanish (since every­ of Jerry L. Hayden, right-of-way one around there does) she seems agent in the Salem District office. We wish a speedy recovery to Mrs. Helen Combs, who has been on sick leave since October 30. Louis Timberlake has trans- ferred from the mail room to the duplicating section. David lf alsh Pou·ers

Right-of-Way

Comings and goings: We welcome Linda Radford, Marie Hardy, Clyde Reams, Richard Baker, and R. D. Hawley. Jim Cooley was transferred to the Staunton District as an agent (Jim bought a new Mercury just be­ "Holding down a desk job is easy." fore leaving, so evidently there must Karen Charisse Gardner is the be gold in "them thar hills"). Jean year-old daughter of Charles Gardner, Phillips has accepted a position with right-of-way technician in the Salem the government. District office. Stork club: Mary Alice Tuck sur­ prised us on December 2 by having shower. twins, a boy and a girl. We are Melvin Stone was married on reasonably sure that her time will November 16 to Cynthia I. Harvey in be occupied. the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Hitching post: Jackie Bruce be­ Jim 'i eagle came the bride of John McCoy on November IO. The girls in the office Bridge gave her a surprise luncheon and

We welcome Tze·J an Ku, from Hong Kong, and Frank L. Miller, Jr., from Staunton. Scally \1aurice's wife is in Grace Hospital. Red Sluder's wife will be admitted to Richmond Memorial Hos­ pital soon. Aubrey Young is in Grace Hospital for an eye operation. Deno J ovaras heads the American Legion Little Football League in Colonial Heights. The league won nine games straight and the cham· pionship. Dave Catogni has a new V. W. bus. D. J. De Young and Steve Tolnay have a new German shep­ "Pl eased to make your acquaint­ herd. ance." They are two-year-old Palmer Hortensia Galliano spent several Lee and four-year-old Margaret days in Canada, sightseeing at Mays, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Toronto and Niagara Falls. George H. Dyer, Jr. George (Buck) Jim Tavenner and his family Dyer, Sr., is a road design engineer attended the VPI-VMI game and in the Central Office. visited relatives rn Roanoke on

25 Thanksgiving Day. Wally Mc Keel and his family also attended the game. John Gates is organist, and his wife choir director, at the Chester Methodist Church. Dick Justice and his family visited in-laws in Henderson, North Carolina, during the Thanksgiving holiday. Joe McCabe and Scout Troop 859 Captain James L. Shelton, Jr., re­ camped at Crabtree Falls in Nelson tired superintendent at Leesburg, has County and were practically snow­ an eye for the ladies. They are Mrs. bound for three days. Dee Grey visited in-laws in Ashe­ J. M. Burton, whose husband is a superintendent at Manassas, and Mrs. ville, North Carolina, during Thanks­ giving and returned to Richmond with E. I. Bing, whose husband is an engi­ a German shepherd puppy. neer clerk in the Charlottesville Residency. Nancy Martin's beau, who is stationed at Houston, Texas, will be arrival in January. home on a two-week leave on De­ Pauline Jenkins, of the Vari type cember 21. office, took a fall vacation. She ] ohn Gates and her husband and son visited friends in Tennessee and "sight­ seed" at Rock City. Public Information Don Knight spent a week in ~1iami attending the AASHO conference, where he was one of the speakers. Lillian Golden, of the Varitype A postcard showing the beach at the office, has left to await her baby, Americana Hotel contained the brief due in late December. We hope to message: "I may never coP1e back." have Lillian back with us in March. We are happy that Paige Slayton's Patsy Long will be leaving the mother is out of the hospital and last of the month for an expected doing nicely. Mickey Turner has heard from

,,,,,,,,, Lynchburg District Engineer J. H. Phillips addresses the annual safety Meet­ Ing of the Amherst Residency, held on October 12 at Amherst Court House.

26 Thailand that her son-in-law has Deep mystery: One of the girls at been promoted to captain. a luncheon was wearing a flamboyant hair-do and a pill box hat perched Traffic and Pian n ing precariously on the back of her head. As she started to eat her crabmeat "We plan our work and work our salad, the hat fell off. She picked it plan." up from the floor and put it back on, Cupid's corner: David Anderson, but it fell off again. Later, as the of the drafting section, and Marsha strawberry meringues were brought Ellen Evans are engaged. Incidental­ on, disaster struck again. "I'll be ly, a canary will go with them on darned," she muttered as she reached their honeymoon in January. for the hat once more. "I wonder how Stepping up: Walter Douglas has Jackie does it." been promoted to engineer grade A. Thought for the month: Someone This and that: Jim Harris, of the has aptly defined the five ages of accident section, took a week off to man: "Daddy, I know how to do hunt. everything," said the little boy of Calvin Clements, of the accident five. "What I don't know isn't worth section, is building a new home. knowing,'' said the young man of Strictly for the birds: Your reporter twenty. "Well, anyway, I know my proposes that in consideration for own trade from A to Z," said the man paying the total cost of any new of fifty. "I have learned a bit, but bridge the donor would have the not much, since I was born; know­ bridge named after him. ledge is so vast that one cannot be­ Finally made it: "Why, Casey, come wise in a short lifetime,'' said you a state trooper? How did you the man of sixty-five. come to join the force? "I've always !I. l'. fuller, Sr. wanted to be in a business where MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA it's the customer who's always wrong." The price tag cometh (Diamonds are nice), But the gift of Christmas Knou·s no price. fm

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' .. Believe me, I've had a busy day." The son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ross Singleton, of the Culpeper District, IT ith a rattle in her fingers and bells he weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces on on her toes, his arrival on November 20 and was She shall have music u·herever she only a day old when this picture was goes. taken. Billy was formerly employed Her name is Susan Kimberly Cook. on Survey Party 27, and his wife, Dad is H. M. Cook, Jr., bridge design Lorraine, wgrked in the district shop. engineer in the Central Office. 27 Equipment into an apartment at 204 Bland Street. The annual EBA Christmas party is planned for December 28 at West­ Welcome: W. Addison Gough, wood Supper Club. Phillip T. Hughes, David S. Jenkins, Service pins have been awarded W. Kenneth Fisher, and James R. to B. L. (Mike) Martin and E. P. Harris. Taylor (40 years); S. B. Taylor and Sick: A. J. Onesty, Jr., has been G. P. Parrish (3 5); J. S. Hailey _and ill for several weeks. C. M. Lemmon W. B. Proctor (30); and Edith S. Winn is a patient at McGuire Hospital. (20). Mrs. Martha Cash had a tonsillectomy "We should be home soon," says and is recuperating at home. C. R. a card from Mrs. Blanche J. Cocke, Mahon has returned to work after a who was in Springfield, Illinois, on lengthy illness. J. R. Miller's bro­ November 24. Blanche and her hus­ ther, J oho G. Miller, III, an official band plan to visit her niece in of Norfolk and Western Railroads in Indianapolis before returning to Roanoke, had a heart attack on Richmond in time for Christmas. November l 4, but is much improved FROM US TO YOU at this writing. A MERRY CHRISTMAS Stork news: Grandma again. That's HAPPY NEW YEAR, TOO! Mrs. Mary Smith, who has her fourth Eleanor Fleshman granddaughter. Nancy Cheryl Perkins was bcrn in North Carolina on No­ vember 4 and weighed 8 pounds, OBITUAR.IES % ounces. Henry P. Ile ck, a member of the · Horton D. Parsons has a new son, first State Highway Commission, James Leonard, who weighed 7 died on November 24 at the age of pounds, 6 ounces; and Marvin E. 94. Mr. Beck, who for many years Holzbach has a new son, Marvin was a building inspector for the Troy, who weighed 7 pounds, 14 city of Richmond, served on the ounces. Highway Commission from 1919 to Vacations: Mrs. Lena Whitlow, 1923. There are no immediate sur­ Mrs. Ethel (Sassy) McAlister, Mrs. vivors. Dorothy Kern, Edith Winn, and Sam B. Taylor spent vacations at home. Mr. Taylor spent a good bit of time Condolences to making brass castings and brought R. R. Adams, Ashland Residency, samples of his fine handicraft for us on the death of his father. to see. S. L. Gillen joined a friend L. M. Burruss, Fredericksburg in Dunbar, West Virginia, and toured Residency, on the death of his the Gravley Tractor Factory there. brother. D. R. Usher visited his brother in M. M. Dalton, Chatham Residency, Buffalo, New York. on the death of his brother. A huntin' these did go and some Charlie Dye, Bristol District, on had game to show (deer, rabbits, and the death of his brother. birds): Hubard Taylor, R .. N. Nash, J. T. Edwards, Halifax Resi­ H. C. Woodcock, G. N. Gunderson, dency, on the death of his brother. and a trio-W. R. West, E. A. Mus­ J. G. Hall, Fredericksburg Dis­ grove, and W. L. Hogan. trict, on the death of his grand­ Od'z - en 'z: Pamela Greenway, of mother. Waynesboro, visited her mother, Mrs. Sherman and G. W. Harper, Dill- Stella Greenway, during Thanks­ wyn Residency, on the death of giving. their sister. George J. York and his wife, Yeager Hume, Culpeper District formerly of Lynchburg, have moved shop, on the death of his brother. 28 Annie King, Central Office, on on the death of his brother-in-law. the death of her sister. Norman Patterson, Jr., Bristol Allen Layne. Central Office, on District, on the death of his father. the death of his grandmother. L. G. Shifflett, Charlottesville C. Moore, Chatham Residency, Residency, on the death of his on the death of his brother. mother. John W. :'Jicar, Bristol District, W. C. Watson. Wytheville Resi­ on the death of his b_rother. dency, on the death of his mother. Roby :'Jichols, Bristol District,

LETTERS

HELPFliL PEOPLE these men who work so hard to keep \'ovember 11, 1962 our roads deserve a vote of thanks (To Commissioner Harris) from us all, and they certainly have Believe it or not-ran out of gaso­ mine. line 15 miles from home on one of Thank you again and please your fine highways. Inaccurate gas convey our appreciation to the men gauge. who did the work. The nice part of it was - one of .l!rs. ]. l'. lluddleston, fr. your highway trucks came along !.umberlan,l, T'a. "when a fellow needed a friend." A WORD OF PRAISE A young chap-one of the drivers­ October 26, 1962 stopped and I asked if he could get I wish to commend your Mr. some gasoline for me. The young Dudley Patterson, of the Keene, Va., chap-Wayne Hays, of Hillsboro, shop. said, "Yes, sir, just wait until he Patterson has done a fine job delivers his assistant and gets an Mr. in this area in all types of weather OK.'' The gasoline arrived pronto. and conditions for a number of years. My thanks to your Highway Com­ Our thanks go out to .\fr. Patterson mission for having such fine and and the Department. helpful people associated with the ". P. K. !lunter highways. 1 Scottsville, T'a . .'larry 1( f iener :1! r. Patters on is a ,,wintenanc e 1.harles Touin, rv. Va. superintendent in the Charlottesville A VOTE OF THANKS "esidencv. October 19, 1962 GEST-,1Amrnn ROADS (To Resident Engineer A. P. R. Lovell, Dillwyn) We recently completed a I'd like to. express my thanks for 2,600-mile, two-week vacation the work that has been done on State through Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Route 711. I know I am speaking for District of Columbia, 'lfaryland, and every one of us who live on and use Pennsylvania. Now we are writing this. road. complaints and compliments to the I'd also like to compliment the states we passed through. men who did the work. During the In our opinion, Virginia has the past few days I had an opportunity to best-marked roads of the lot. We see these men at work. From the traveled Route 58 from .\1iddlesboro, operators of the heavy machinery and Kentucky, to Bristol, where we trucks, right down to the men who picked up US 11 and took it into dug the ditches for the pipes, I have Washington. We stayed at a beautiful never seen men work harder. I think Howard Johnson's motor lodge in 29 Roanoke. hospitality extended to me and to So we wish to compliment you on our group on the recent Virginia the clarity and accuracy of your road Travel Council inspection tour. It signs. Virginia is a joy to travel is only typical of the genuine friend­ through. We hope that some day the liness and enthusiasm that I have white line on the shoulder side of always experienced in my contact the road will be adopted throughout and travels through your state. the country, as it is the greatest Your part in our tour, in my aid to night driving ever invented. opinion, contributed greatly to the ,:fr. and Mrs. ,Raymond Carver fine job that is being done in pro­ Southgate, lfichigan moting the tourist potentials of your state. Virginia has much to offer. HOSPITALITY APPRECIATED As far as I am concerned, all roads lead to Virginia; we will keep our (To Director of Toll Revenue Fa­ members coming. cilities E. H. Orange) n. lf'. ffakanson I wish to personally express my Fast Florida flivision most sincere appreciation for the American ;1 utomobile Association SIX OUT OF TEN f the 10 outstanding engineering Pentagon, and the Newport News Oprojects in Virginia selected re- Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. cently by the membership of the Announcement of the 10 biggest Virginia Section of the American engineering achievements came at Society of Civil Engineers, six were the fortieth anniversary meeting of highway or bridge projects. The High- the Virginia Section of the ASCE at way Department was represented by the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond, the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, November 22-23. The session fea- the George P. Coleman Bridge, and tured discussions of civil engineering the interstate system. The remaining practices in both the highway and projects cited were the Chesapeake missile fields. Among the speakers Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the Richmond- were General James A. Anderson, Petersburg Turnpike, the Skyline former highway commissioner, and Drive, the Dulles International Air- A. K. Hunsberger, assistant location port, the John H. Kerr Dam, the and design engineer. ASCE delegates examine a highway model built by the. Department's model shop. From the left are General James A. Anderson, A. K. Hunsberger, Colo­ nel Joe J\. Clemo, Edmund Friedman, Daniel B. Ventres, and Colonel James M. Morgan, Jr. Heath photo. DEFENDERS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

by D. R. LaPrade

ta Chesterfield Courthouse stands A most unusual monument. The inscription reads: "On this spot were imprisoned 1770-1774 William Webber, Augustine Easten, David Tinsley, Joseph Anthony, Jeremiah Walker, John Weatherford, Apostles of Religious Liberty." It seems that dissenting Chester· Powhatan Church-founded in 1771 field Baptists, led by the fearlessly and still in use. courageous Eleager Clay, defied the Established Church of England. bars. The Baptists of Chesterfield Their offense-preaching without a were incensed and in 1775 joined license. with other Baptists at old Powhatan History records that Joseph Church in Powhatan County, where Anthony and William Webber were the Baptist General Association the first to be arrested and jailed, adopted a memorial to the Virginia and that they preached to large Legislature Cont em plating two congregations twice a week through objects: freedom of the Colony from the windows of the jail. They British rule, and freedom of religion remained in jail for three months. among the people of the Colony. Augustine Easten was tried in June, Independence from British rule 1772, for preaching without a license came sooner than religious freedom. and was ordered to put up a good-be­ The Baptists, assisted by· the havior bond of 50 pounds. Tanner Presbyterians, persisted, and during and Weatherford were arrested on his term as governor, Thomas May 15, 1773, and were jailed­ Jefferson wrote the statute on Tanner for only a short period, but religious freedom which, with the Weatherford for about five months. help of James Madison, became in The last to be incarcerated was 1786 a state law, and later, on David Tinsley, who spent four December 15, 1791, Article I of the months and 16 days in confinement well-known Bill of Rights. in 1774. It appears that while the ministers fditor' s note: I; e u ere sorry to were in prison, the jailer built a hear of the illness of 1/r. l,aPrade, high wall around the building to 1rho is in (:race ffospital in Rich­ prevent their preaching through the mond. Fe hope lz e 1rill be back soon. Do-It-Yourself Engineers Restore Sign . R. Perkinson, Jr., associate traf­ Mills concurred that something Hfic and planning engineer, was should be done and done quickly. on his way to church when he saw a Both men got into working clothes, decapitated stop sign at the inter­ gathered up an array of tools, and section of Hilliard Road and US l in cold, rainy weather labored to in Richmond. Mindful of the traf­ restore the sign. In a matter of fic hazard, he telephoned J. P. minutes the sign was up-temporarily Mills, Jr., tra ffi__c and p 1 an n in g at least-and traffic on Hilliard Road engineer, who was preparing to proceeded safely once more. watch a televised football game.

31 (Continued from page 7) ing parties where carols are sung and special foods are served. Christmas Eve afternoon is spent by the families in church. Christmas Day finds the families again in church and later just enjoying them­ selves at home. Christmas in Holland is a very religious day for a very religious people.

CHRISTMAS IN GREECE

by T)eno Jovaras

Christmas in Greece is primarily a religious celebration, with fasting, prayers, and church services, beginning November 15 and ending January 6 (the day of Epiphany). During this period, a number of interesting customs are observed. On Christmas Eve, children go from house to house singing the Kalanda. The Kalanda, songs which resemble American Christmas carols, praise the birth of Christ and express good wishes for each member of the family. The singing of the Kalanda is continued until New Year's Day. Christmas Eve in some villages is the time to slaughter the rig that each family has been fattening all year long. The slaughter of the pig follows an ancient ritual. Prepa,rations on Christmas Eve are centered around preparing the Christmas meal and baking the Christmas bread. You may find chestnuts, fresh and dried fruits, pork, chicken, and honey. Before the family begin their meal, they will lift the table three times and say, "Christ is born, joy has come to the world." The Greek people consider the Christmas meal sacred; there is food set aside for the poor and for the remembrance of the dead. The bits and crumbs remaining are dedicated to the earth and to their flock to ensure a good crop, protection of their herds, and prosperity for the household. Then wine and oil are poured on the hearth, for it is from the hearth that the goodness of the table was made, and the goodness is dedicated to God and to llis Son. Thus begins the .

CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN

by Peter F' err er

Christmas in Spain is mainly a religious celebration. It begins on Christmas Eve and ends on January 7, the date on which the three wise men arrived at the birthplace of Christ in Bethlehem, bringing their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Creches of varying degrees of elaboration are used in Spain as a symbol of Christmas instead of the Christmas tree. These creches vary from a simple manger scene to very elaborate models covering many square feet and requiring many days of preparation. A creche may consist of a representation of , Bethlehem, with scale models of houses, moving figures of people and animals, rivers with running water, hills with trees, and beautiful real green moss covering the ground. People visit these exhibits and gather around them to sing Christmas carols. The season is not as commercialized in Spain as ,it is in the United States. Ex­ changing of gifts among adults is not customary, but the children receive toys and other gifts, brought to them on January 7 by the three wise men instead of Santa Claus. In Spain, because of the lesser degree of commercialism at Christmas, people seem to enjoy a more meaningful spirit of the Yuletide.

32 • SAFETY SCORES •

'10TOR \'EIIICLI< -\CCIDFNTS · SEPTEMBER. 1962

\ um her of Yumher of '.filcaKe \um0er o( !>rirers l ccidents [)riVf'n Frequency 1ccident_~ Pena/i:;cd Since :::.ince .'l'ince ·1ccident Change From Thstrict >,'erttmber, ]96:.! _J_ul_x_! ,_I% 2 J~lx_J_,_1__962 ! ul, 1, 196:! Frequency Last J'ear Lynchburg 2 4 4 1,457,617 2.-r -0.5 Richmond 2 2 1,695,18' 4.1 -4.2 Fredericksburg l 4 5 1,198,903 4.2 -6.4 Bristol 2 6 8 l,-:'23,065 4.6 ..L0.9 Staunton 4 5 9 l, 578,372 5.7 -1.7 Salem 2 11 1,828,914 6.0 .,L1.3 Culpeper 4 14 2, I 07 ,626 6.6 -1.9 Suffolk 3 10 1,400,082 '.1 .,Ll.l Equipment Depoe 0 1 149,175 6.7 -20.7 Toll Facilities 0 l l 117,030 8.5 ..LO.! Central Office -2. 2 7 530 634 13.2 -3.9 State-wide Frequency 22 40 ,, 13,786,605 5.6 -1.4

ACCIDE>;T PREVENTIO>; - HO>;OR ROLL

l. Goochland (182) 28. Buckingham (40) 55. Charles City (12) 82. Russell (5) 2. Powhatan ( 182) 29. Dickenson (38) 56. Campbell (12) 83. Lynchburg Surveys (4) 3. Staunton Shop ( 148) 30. Charlotte (38) 57. Brunswick (l J) 84. Page (4) 4. Patrick ( t 27) 3 l. New Kent (37) 58. Bedford ( 11) 85. Fairfax (4) 5. Northumberland ( l 1 l) 32. Salem Shop (31) 19. Sussex (l l) 86. Culpeper Surveys ( 4) 6. Lancaster (11 0) 33. \lidd!esex (31) 60. Pulaski (10) 87. Rockbridge ( 4) 7. York (108) 34. Smyth (30) 6 l. Fluvanna ( 1 0) 88. Appomattox (4) 8. Franklin (99) 3 5. Amelia (2") 62. Clarke (9) 89. Suffolk Surveys (3) 9. Westmoreland (97) 36. Surry (26) 63. Nelson (9) 90 ..\ugusta (3) 10. Carroll (88) 37. \farhews (26) 64. Fredericksburg Shop (9) 91. Salem Surveys (3) 11. Richmond (76) 38. Arlington (2,) 65. Essex (0) 92. Stafford (3) 12. Rappahannock (76) 39. Craig (23) 66. Wythe (8) 93. Albemarle (3) 13. King George (75) 40. Nottoway (22) 67. Henrico (8) 94. Bath (3) 14. Richmond Shop (69) 41. Grayson (21) 68. (,reensville C') 95. Botetourt (3) 15. Lunenburg (69) 42. Bristol Surveys (2 I) 60. Tazewell (7) 96. Loudoun (3) 16. James City (64) 43. Culpeper (2 l) 70. Scott ("') 97. Warren (2) 17. Henry (63) 44. Greene (20) 71. Prince George (7) 98. Wise (2) 18. Giles (62) 45. Madison (19) 72. Shenandoah (7) 99. Roanoke (2) 19. King \l'i!liam (62) 46. Staunton Surveys (l )) 73. Highland(') 100. !\ansemond (2) 20. Lynchburg Shop (59) 47. Fredericksburg Surveys (I4) 74. Isle of Wight (6) IOI. Rockingham (2) 21. Halifax (53) 48. Richmond Surveys (14) 71. ~fontgomery (6) 102. Caroline (2) 22. Bland (52) 49. Amherst (14) 76. Culpeper Shop (6) 103. Pittsylvania (2) 23. Bristol Shop ( 47) 50. Hanover (13) 77. Princess Anne (5) 104. Norfolk (2) 24. Northampton (47) 51. Cumberland ( 13) 78. Alleghany (5) I 05. Buchanan 25. Spotsylvania (47) 52. Lee (13) 79. Washington ()) 106. Dinwiddie 26. Prince Edward (46) 53. Fauquier (13) 80. Accomack()) 107. Orange 27. Gloucester (44) 54. \fcck!enburg (13) 81. Floyd (5)

EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTS - SEPTEl\1BFR, 196:?

Lost-time l,ost-tirne '.fan-hours Frequency Injuries in Injuries Since Reported .r....'ince l ccident Change From District ~tember, 196'.! f '!b'.__]_,_1962 _ Jut, _!_,_!_ 962 .f!!!!i.~ Last Year Salem 0 1 605,234 1.7 0.0 Lynchburg 0 1 485,227 2.1 -7.6 Bristol 0 2 666,919 3.0 ..Lt.5 Richmond I 2 654,160 3.1 -5.9 Culpeper 2 3 881,873 3.4 -3.0 Fredericksburg 0 3 472,751 6.3 .,L3,8 Suffolk I 5 608,827 8.2 ..L4.8 Staunton 2 5 603,603 8.3 .,Lt.4 Toll Facilities 0 0 117,645 0.0 0.0 Central Office 2 3 546,032 5.5 Is. s Equipment Depot 0 l 79 005 12.7 -l.2 State-wide Frequency 8 26 5,721,276 4.5 -0.3