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The Farmville Herald AND FARMER - LEADER . _ _ ,»* VOLUME 62 Ho°o« (°r Hcip^o,^ ptwo. FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY T3, 1953 \iT NO. 33

Leaders Organize New Local District For Scout Work R. Lynch, Crewe, Named Chairman At First Meeting An organizational meeting for the new local Boy Scouts of America District was held Tues day night, in the Recreational Center at Crewe. Effective the first of this month, the new district will in clude the counties of Buckingham. Cumberland. Prince Edward. Nottoway, Lunenburg, and Char lotto. Organized in the new dis trict at this time are 15 Scout troops, three Cub packs, and two Explorer posts, according to Lee B. Short, Jr., field Scout execu tive. R. F. Lynch, of Crewe, was named district chairman, with A. B Cummings, of Blackstone. district vice-chairman, and G B Kelsey, of Farmville. district com missioner. Mr. Lynch named these chair men of district operating com mittees at the meeting—T. L. Lancaster. Jr., of Farmville. camp and activities: Dr. Robert Ails worth. of Keysville. health and safety: Alfred Vaughan, of Vic toria. advancement: W. C. Averett, of Crewe, organization and extension: J. B. Murphy, of Crewe, training and leadership: and R. B. Crawford, of Farmville, finance. A name for the new district will be selected by Scout troops in the near future. Mr. Short said. As a part of Tuesday night's program, colored films of the 1950 Boy Scout Jamboree at Gettys burg. Pa., were shown to Scout supporters and parents who at tended the meeting. Those from Farmville attend ing the meeting, in addition to Mr. Short, Mr. Kelsey, and Mr. Crawford, were Bill Carter. R. B. Kitts, R L. Hurt, and R P. Brier ly.

Loncrwood President To Hein In Selection For Jaycee Award Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster, presi dent of Longwood College. has been selected as one , of four judges to select Virginia's out standing young man of 1952. The selection is sponsored each year by the Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce. The four judges will determine from nomination blanks already mailed out over the state the man between the ages of 21 and 35 who has been most outstanding in service to his community and state during last yeai. Announcement of the judges' selections will be made Feb. 14. in Bristol at 'the Jaycee quarterly work conference. Other judges for the selection are Dr. John Everett, president of Hollins College; Fey Rogers, vice president of Raoio Station WCYB. Bristol; and William S. Hildreth, president of Peoples's National Bank. Charlottesville. Ministers To Speak About Citizenship At Prospect P-TA Citizenship will be the discus sion topic at the next meeting of the P-TA of Prospect Elemen tary School. 8 p m.. Monday. Jan. 19. in the school auditorium. Speakers will be the Rev. Arthur Stevens and the Rev. James C. Weaver, ministers of Prospect. Mrs. O. H. Booth, president, will preside over the citizenship pro gram. which is recommended for Jauuary by the national P-TA of fice.

Investors Mutual Inc*. Votes 13* 2C* Dividend Directors of Investors Mutual. Inc., managed by Investors Diver sified Services. Inc. today voted a quarterly dividend 01 13’^ cents per share payable January 21 to shareholders of record December 31. The dividend was announced by H. K. Bradford, president. The entire distribution is derived from net investment income. Mrs. E. R. Spillman Jr. Added to FHS Faculty Mrs. Marilyn Wheeler Spill man. of Farmville. has been ad ded to the faculty at Farmville High School as teacher oi science and mathematics. She replaces Mrs. T. W. Brooks Jr., who has been on the faculty since schools opened this term. Mrs. Spillman is a graduate of Longwood College in the Class of 1950. She is the wife of E. R. Spill mux Jr.

325 Pounds Identify Negro In Farmville Daylight Theft

Arrests made in a Crewe th°ft have led to a solution of a day. light shoplifting case at Verser's Clothing Store dur ng the Christ mas season. vrorking through a naze of nicknames and false names. Prince Edward County Sheriff J. T. Clark and Deputy Sheriff Jack Overton have narrowed the field to six Richmond Negroes, who will be Charged with grand lar ceny in the Farmville theft. Excessive weight, 325 pounds of it, started the ball rolling to ward a solution of the shoplifting. C. T. Agee, an employee of Ver ser's Store, was called to Notto way, Wednesday night, to id n tify the 325-pound Richmond Negro, Roosevelt Harris, 17. While Harris was trying on a hat, and another a, complice a pair of shoes at 5 p. m., Tuesday. Dec. 23. at Verser's Store, two oth er Negroes came into the store. They said that they were just looking around. At just the time when F. L. Verser and Mrs. W. V.

Lynn, an extra employee for Christmas, were working on the shoe sal *, and Mr. Agee was busy with the hat sale, the other two Negroes grabbed a stack of about 10 pairs of pants and ran from the store. Meanwhile, another Negro, George T. Williams, 17, grabbed a $110 automatic shotgun from Moitley's Hardware Store and ran for the street. But this time, citi- ■ zero were on the shoplifters' trail, and the gun was dropped and re covered in the get-a-away. Nothing had been uncovered in i the Farmvil.e .thefts- until Mr | Agee identified the 325 - pound Harris after the Crewe i)reak-in. : He admitted his part in tie Farm ville thefts, and information has 1 led to the arrest of the other five Rlclimond Negroes. However, Mr. Agee said that the $165 worth of pants stolen from ! Verser's Store have not oeen re- 1 covtred. They were sola on the ! streets in Richmond.

Farmers Will Hear Leaf Discussions VPI Specialists Will Come Jan. 15 Worsham Men's Club's regular meeting, Wednesday night, Jan. i4. has been postponed. However, members are invited to attend a meeting in the Worsnam School auditorium at 7:30 p. m.. Thurs day, Jan. 15. County Agent E. F. Striplin will have as guests on the program for tobacco farmers. G. R. Mathews and S. B. Fenne. both of the Extension Seivice, VPI. Mr. Mathews will discuss varie ties. fertilization, rotations, sucker control, and other leaf problems. Mr. Fenne will discuss the to bacco disease situation and pre sent the latest recommendations for control of such tobacco prob lems as Blue Mold. Eiack Shank, Root-Rot, and Root-Knot. Tobacco growers are especially invited, as well as other farmers. If time permits. Mr. otriplin. ex pects to discuss recommended varieties of spring pianted crops.

VPI Economist Will Speak at Farmers’ Club Banouet Friday Dr. T. H. Kruger, agricultural economist on the faculty at VPI. will give the address during the annual banquet Friday of the John Randolph Young Farmers Club. The banquet will be held at John Randolph School at 7.15 p. m. Thomas Scott, president of the club, will preside. "What's Ahead for Farming in 1953". will be Dr. Kruger's sub ject .

County Farm Machine Repair Classes Open The Worsham Vocational Agri culture Farm Machinery Repair Class will begin Wednt day, Jan. 14 and continue through March 21. Paul McLelland. program su pervisor. has announced. He said farmers in Prince Ed ward county are invited to make use of the classes, which will meet from 7 to 10 p. in., each Wednes day and Friday. Instruction in the actual repair of machinery will be offered as well as instruction in shot) work, machine operation and tools.

Leaf Sales Near 3 Million Pounds j Better Quality Leaf Offered i Improved quality of offerings and higher average prices for some grades highlighted fire cured tobacco sales on the Farm ville Market last week. Volume j of offerings was medium, but was expected to be heavy this week. Market officials reported weekly gross sales of 505.998 pounds, which averaged $36.17 per hun ched pounds. That average topped the previous one by $1. Season .-'.ales of dark-fired through last week stood at 2.535,884 pounds for a $35 45 average. Growers have received $398,920 for dark-fired leaf for the season. Sin-cured sales for the season now total 436.838 pounds, with a., average of $30 60 Growers have received $133,671 Last week 68, 494 pounds were sold at at a’ er- i age of $30.07. Belt-wide, through last week dark-fired sales had reached 7,- j 100.008 pounds. The belt average stood at $35.80.

Pronounced increases in the percentage of good to choice quality offerings pushed the aver ages up L.iroughout the belt. Chief marketings were composed of fair to fine heavy leaf, iow to good lugs and fair thin leaf. Majority of gains, belt-wise, oc cured in lugs, nondescript and sh rt leaf, the Department of Agriculture reports. V

Cpl. Calvin W. Rose Dillwyn, Graduates From Army Academy Cpl. Calvin W. Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rose. Route 3, Dillwyn. recently graduated from the Seventh Army's Non-Com missioned Officers Academy at Munich. Germany. During the six-weeks course, he was taught techniqi s of combat leadership. including infantry : squad tactics and deployment of men and equipment in the field. Students were carefully selected by their organization comman ders before attending the school. A squad leader in Company A of the 354th Engineer Battalion. Cpl. Rose entered the Army in October, 1950. arriving in Europe one year later.

Farmville Teacher Will Lead Vnnual Red Cross Drive In March

Morris G Smith. Jr . Farmville teacher, will lead the annual Prince Edward County Hod Cross fund appeal in March, the ABC executive board here was inform ed Friday. Mr. Smith lead the successful usincss area campaign durii g last year's appeal. The Rev B. R. Bruner, chapter chairman, also informed the board that C. F. Wilson will head the special gifts division and that H. L. Newbill Jr . will lead t.he campaign in the business area, and Nat Griggs the colored division. A goal of $fi.07D has heen T the chairman advised the board. Miss Ruth El well, field repre sentative f the Eastern Area office at. Alexandria, was present to ad\lse tlie executive board on Red Cross needs in the coming year. The chairman announced that t.he chapter would soon begin a program to inform the public on the ARC'S new role in connection with the collection of blood for the Gamma Globulin program A blood derivative. Gamma, Glo i J

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bulin lias been found effective in control of the polio virus which causes physical handicaps through attack of the nervous system. 1

Longwood Golf Club Officers Named For 1953 Improvements To Be Completed For Spring Start The Longwood Golf Club mem bership Thursday night elected Everett E. Cook club pisesident for the 1953 season and voted to con tinue the program of improve- j ments to the course here Howard Ferguson. retiring president, presided during the an nual business meeting. T)r. T. G. Hardy presented the slate of of ficers elected along with the new "resident: Armour Rice and Lou R'bertson. vice president: W. P. f’av. Jr., secretary, and Lea Wells, treasurer. Members continued the dues at present rates: $40 annual resident membership, which includes the member's family: 525 non-resi dent. 615 ladies, and green fees | for nc’-members $1.00. Baldwin Commended Archie Witt was also re-em- , plowed as greenskeeper. Kyle Baldwin, playing-super visor of greens end course con struction, will continue in that ; capacity until June, when the cur- j rent improvement program is ex pected to.be completed. With the current rebuilding and improving of No. 6 green, the course will have all grass greens by spring. In addition, all new tee boxes have been constructed *nd will be ready when the spring : plaving season commences. Mem bars roundly commended 1 Mr. Baldwin for the time and ef fort devoted to the work of pro viding the Longwood club with ' lie of the finest nine-hole courses In South'lde Virginia. Want New Members An invitation to prospective members, players or learners, in the community, was extended by the membership committee. In < Continued on Page 7>

VPrSeniors at Cumberland High

STUDENT TEACHERS Lewi* Brubaker and Austin Shepherd, left, are welcomed to new tasks at Cumberland High School by Emmett Speas, FFA chapter president, shaking hands, and E. H. Vassar, instructor of vocational agriculture, who will direct the Blacksburg seniors’ resident practice teaching for the next three months.

VPI Seniors Taste Teacher's Life In Cumberland Classes, Vo-Ag Shops

Two agricultural education ma jors at VPI, who have chosen careers as teachers, are Retting a three-months preview of the pro fession and the field of vocational agriculture at Cumberland High School. One of the few schools in

Farmville Travelers Welcomed 1 j' • - , ■;

H. N Gordon, second from left, and Mrs. Gordon, right of f-'armville. are presented a box of Emunoel County. Ga. products by 4-H youths and Mrs Mirtie Dockery, county home agent, at Swainsboro, Ga.

Local Traveling Couple Feel Impact of Georgia Friendliness

They have a nice little custom of welcoming tourists down a' Swainsboro, Ga.. and Mr. and Mrs. H N. Gordon, of Farmville recently felt th" impact of this good fellowship among strangers. Traveling through the Georgia community, recently.! they were hailed down by 4-H club boys and girls, taken in and entertained

fcr the afternoon, and presented a box of home-erown products prepared by one of the local home demonstration clubs. The 4-H'ers enjoy the friendly Restore of Rood feelinR amone states, and the travelers enjoy the home-amcnR-strangers interlude while tourinR, the Gordons report. In December. Mr. Gordon re

Southside Virginia chosen as a training ground for prospective teachers in this field. Cumberland High welcomed the VFI seniors last week. Lewis Brubaker, of Franklin county. Va., and Ausi n Shepherd, of Fluvanna. Va.. are the Blacks burg college men wno will assist with teaching chores and observe methods closely, until the train ing period ends Match 19. Both are agricultural education maiors at VPI. Like most vocational agricul ture teachers, the seniors have been quickly intrbduced to the busy life surrounding vo-ag folks. In addition to classroom and shop instruction, tire two will have full schedules of home visi tation among boys in the classes. Also chores in evening classes, which are made available to com munities through Vocational Agriculture departments wherever they are found in Virginia schools. They're not worried about the remainder of the time in their new community. "There isn't any." one of the prospective teachers said. Learning to be a good teacher takes a healthy cut out of 24 hours, you see.

ceived a letter from the Emanuel county home agent, extending holiday greetings "from Georgia to Virginia", and telling Mr. Gor don what a happy privilege it was for the Georgians to entertain them. "It helps develop mature boys and girls and increases their un de standing of the worth of the instruction to “love thy neighbor." wrote the agent. Mrs. Dockery, in explaining the program. "Another year of good business in 1953," forecast, guardedly, in Commerce Department report.

NEWS SUMMARY

POSSIBLE TRAGIC MISTAKE IN KOREA Air Force and Army investiga tors Friday examined burned tents. 15 bomb craters and a dud bomb m a/U. S. service unit be hind the lines where several American soldiers were killed or injured in an air attack but fixed no responsibility for the raid. One soldier who saw the attack Thursday declared it came from a U. S. F84 thunderjet, but there was no official identification. Others at the artillery service unit behind the Western Front lines near Yonchom, said the raid was so swift they could not identify (he plane. FRANCENETTTLtn WITH NEW PREMIER Frances new Premier, Rene Mayer, set about forming his nation's eighteenth postwar Cabi net last week with the initial backing of one of the largest par liamentary majorities accorded a French government chief since the end of World War IX. Mayer, known as a financial expert, was a leader of the French government in exile and has held a vurietv of posts in various post war Cabinets, including the iiin

iistrics of Armed Forces. Labor, Justice. Finance and Economic Affairs. PRESIDENT’S SWAN SONG BOMBS AND DEFICITS I President Truman last week warned Soviet Premier Stalin to steer clear of w ar or risk destruc tion of the Russian homeland by awesome new U. S. atomic weap ons perhaps even dwarfing the hydrogen "hell" bomb. And to the incoming Republican administra tion of President-Elect Eisenhow er. Truman bade Godspeed in coping with the grave problems that lie ahead. W'ith it he coupled this admonition: "We must stick to our guns and carry out our policies.’’ President Truman also laid a $78,600,000,000 valedictory budget, before Congress. Truman’s esti mate of government spending was lor the fiscal yeai 1954. uliich begins July 1. The total was $4. 000.000.000 liighei than spending projected by the President for the current fiscal year and $12,500. 000,000 more than in fiscal 1952, which ended last June 30. The increases were almost en tirely for national security pro grams and pointed, 'Truman said, toward a $10.000.0000,000 deficit j 18 ujiouUis iToui iiuv.\ 1

PER CAPITA TAX LOAD WAS $334 Virginians paid Uncle Sam $1 110.502,100.01, or an average of $334.62 pier person in Federal taxes during the past year. Internal Revenue Bureau fig ures released today by Hoke Murray, director, showed that the 1952 classified collections repre sent an increase of $209,161,223.84 over the $901,304,876.17 collected In 1951. The total taxes received in 1953 are expected to be even higher because tax rate increases. WOMEN LOOM AS LIKELY AMBASSADORS Glamorous Clare Booth Luce, former member of the House from Connecticut is being men tioned in informed quarters as a possible ambassador to a Catholic country, perhaps Italy. Mrs. Hiram Cole Houghton of Red Oak. Ia.. former president of the General Federation of Wom en's Clubs, is also being spoken of as President - elect Eisenhower's likely choice for ambassador to The Netherlands. In addition four other women arc expected to be tapped for key posts in the ili um iug mlmiuii.trai.iuu. i

Supervisors Request Reconsideration Of County Salary Scale J J

Utility Company Wi Open Here W. E. (Yoxton To Be Manager A new Farmville business. Prince Edward Utility Company. fill open on or aoout Friday. eb. 6. Located in the former A and P Grocery Store building on Main Ctrect. the new company will be managed by W. E Crox ton. Included in the stock of the utility company will be radios, televisions sets. refrigerators, lrwzer lockers, kitchen equipment, bathroom fixtures, light fixtures, and small ippliances. In addition to new radios and television sets, the company will have a competent repairman foi these household appliances, ac cording to Mr. Croxton. Also of interest to citizens of this area, will be displays of a complete kitchen ana bathrooms. These displays will be set up in order to give customers an op portunity to see the completed room. Front and interior of the building, owned by J E. Pearlove, is being painted and remodeled. New fixtures and ceiling are being built in the building. Local plumbing and electrical . crvice will be taken care of by the new business, also.

Ancestral Home In Powhatan Burns Antiques. Clothing Destroyed In Fire The 100-year-old ancestral home of Mrs. Id;;. Weihfer. "P nc View . ' near Clayvrlle in Powhatan coun ty, was completely destroyed by fire about 2 p. in.. Saturday. Lost in the fire were family anlinues. clothing, food, and outbuildings. Mr. and Mrs. James Weisiger and two children made their home with his mother. However, no cne was injured in the fire. The fire burned the teleph ne lines, so Mrs. James Weisiger. who was at home with the children, during the fire, was unable to call tor help. "Pine View." is the old Howard "lace that has been occupied by three generations of the Weisiger family. Some furniture and clothing were saved from the fire, which is bebeved to have started in the bathroom. Mrs. Weisiger is visiting her daughter in South Carolina until the family makes plans about re building the horfie Mr. and Mrs. James Weisiger and children arc staying with a neighbor. Vinton Weisiger. Mr. and Mrs. Weisiger wish to thank the hundreds of people in Powhatan countv who have helped them and who have offered their help during the loss of their home.

ASKS OBSERVANCE NAT L PRINTING WEEK Governor Rattle ealK attention to the Printing and Publishing Industry of Virginia in a state ment issued m connection with the observance of National Print ing January 11 to 17.

Will Review Increases With State Hoard Members of the Prince Edward C'rnty board of supervisors will review with the State Compensa tion B’ aid increases in salaries for county officers for 1953. ac cording to a resolution passed Thursday. The resolution was presented . by several supervisors who have been told by constituents that the salary scale in the county is out of proportion with that of simi lar-sized counties and out of keeping with the downward trend in farm incomes. It calls for Supervisor W. W. Vaughan and Chairman Edward Carter to meet with the state board in a conference on the matter. The salaries discussed will be those of treasurer, common wealth's attorney and comrr.is sicner of revenue. Pav Scale Set For Pr nee Edward county, the state board recently announced these for 1953 as: treasurer. $4,800: commonwealth's attorney, $3,600. a n d commissioner of revenue. $4 800. The county pays two-tbirds of t.he salaries and the state one third. County governing bodies are given appeal and review authority in such matters. The board also was informed by Dr. H. E. Jenkins. Southside Health District officer, that his department will ask for an in creased appropriation in the next fiscal year. The present appro priation f r the county's share of health district work is $2,675. The county also furnishes heat and light for the district offices here.

Rentals Asked The Health Department has not trade such a request in the past ten years, it was pointed out. despite the cost rise experienced in all phases of public service. A resolution was also drawn up requesting monthly payment of rental for office space in the courthouse building Among bills authorized for pay ment was rne for sliahtlv more than $1,000 for one month's hos pital rare and treatment for medically indigent of the county. Delegations were h»ard bv supervisors on sec'ndary road improvement requests in several districts. These were informed that no secondary funds will be available until the new yea’-, which crmmences July 1. 1953. Present funds are all committed to current projects of improve ment. Delegation Heard

J. L. Slayton and John Ander son requested work on R'ute 686 m Hampden district, and another was heard on behalf of improve ments to Route 714 in the Hell s Crrner area of Leigh district. In final actions, the board pro vided for settlement to Cammie Irby for secondary road construc tion on land beyond right-of-way limits, and requested authority to abandon part of Route 628 that runs on land of Monroe Poster. Moose, (iuests Will Dance Saturday Tlie Royal Virginians, of Staun ton. will provide music Saturday night as Farmville Moose, and their guests, hold another in their series of winter social events. Dancing will start at i) p. m.

Delegate John II. Daniel Named * v To State Legislative Study Post r *

Delegate John H. Daniel, of Charlotte county, who serves that county and Prince Edward in the General Assembly, lias been ap pointed a member of the Virginia Advisory legislative Council. The appointment was an nouncer! last week b\' E. Black burn Moore, speaker of the Mouse of Delegates. Daniel was named to fill the vacancy left by he lesignation of State Senat r Mills E Godwin Jr. of Sufi !k Godwin quit as. House member ol. the VAI.C when he led. the House to win a special election for the Senate list No vember. As a member of t!v VAI.C, Daniel, who has served in the House hive 1044. will head sub committees studying two topics assigned by the 1052 Assembly: < 1 > the problem of local legis lation making exceptions to State general laws, and <2 > laws, regu lations and practices dealing w ith the confinement, separation and rehabilitation of misdemeanants and felons The VALC, fuii'.Uous is

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sembly to make interim legisla tivc .studies, is composed of four Senators and seven Delegates, lire btaaduig ageuev of tiio X>