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The Farmyille Herald ____AND FARMER • LEADER __ VOLUME 62 5,'.‘M;;"'EARMVILLE. VIRGINIA. TUESDAY. JANUARY 26, 135:1 .’iS-MiK ’im“ NO. 115

Mrs. MeClintic Elected President Of Hospital Group Negro Unit Gives Heated Food Cart, Auxiliary Reports

Mrs. w. \v. McClintic was elected t"> serve a two-year term as president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Southside Com munity HosDital at the annual meeting. Friday afternoon. In addition to election of of ficers. reports of work accomp lished at the hospital by the auxi liary were given. Mrs. W. K. Carter was elected treasurer at the meeting, and Mrs. Charles L. Baird was re-elected secretary. The Barnett Unit. Negro wo men's unit, reported that it had raised S450 for a new heated food wagon. The new wagon arrived at the hospital, last week. It will be used on the third floor. Miss Anna Dickoff, retiring president, gave a summary report of the 25 years since the auxiliary was organized. During this time, members have spent over $2"'.000 for linens and for upkeep of the hospital grounds—two chief pro jects of the group. Other units reporting at the an nual meeting were Anderson White. Gills, and Holladay. Plans were made for continuing the plan of Sunday hostesses at the hospital. J. S. Stubbs, super intendent. commended the auxi liary for this helpful project. Alumnae of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority have assisted in the hos tess project. Members decided at the meet ing to* set Thursday as a day for se"ing and mending at the hos pital. Women are urged to come at 10 a. m. It was announced that lunch may be eaten at the hos pital's cafeteria. Sewing will bo continued each Thursday a-, long as it is needed. All auxiliary members were urged to attend the annual meet ing of the Southside Community Hospital Association. Jan. 27. at 8 p. m. Hospital Association Will Report Jan. 27 In Circut Courtroom The annual meeting of the Southside Community Hospital Association lias been called for 8 p. m . Tuesday. Jan. 27. in the Circuit courtroom of the court house. President W. S. Weaver and Secretary J. S. Stubbs invite citizens to attend this meeting for a report of hospital activities in 1952.

Tractor Driving Ability Earns Trips

r Walton Anderson. Worsham High School student, loads his suitcase for his free trip to the Pennnsylvania State Farm Show, lie received the trip for winning first place among white students in the Five-County Fair tractor driving oontest. Others who attend ed the show, left to right, were E. R. Spillman, Wesley Booker, of Cumberland, who won first place in the tractor driving contest for Negro students, and John Lancaster. Pennsylvania Farm Show Attracts * Interested Persons From This Area

Eleven local persons interested in farming and farm machinery traveled to Harrisonburg, Pa., Thursday. to*nttend the Pennsyl vania State Farm Show, one ol the largest shows of its kind in this country. Two of the travelers received their trips to the farm show with comphments of Brirkert Oil Com pany. They were the two fi st place winners of the tractor driv ing contests at the Five-County Elementary P-TA Will Consider Music In Public Schools Music m public schools will be discussed at the next meeting of 1 lie Farmville Elementary School P-TA. 7:45 p. m.. Thursday, at ihe school -uditorium. Speaker will be Russell Hoier. director of music in Farmville >choois. Winners of the membership lontest. which ended Jan. 15. will be announced by Mrs. W. J. GUIs. Jr., membership chairman. George Kelsey will piesent the Cub Scout Charter lo the P-TA during the January meeting, also. P-TA members spor.soi the Cub Scout program in Farmville.

State PMA Clears Bright Tobacco Allotment Muddle - They're Smaller

Flue-cured acreage allotments this year for most farms will l>c about eight per cent smaller than fer 1952. the State Office of the Production and Marketing Ad ministration has announced. C. D. Jordan. State PMA Chair man. has made that fact clear to Virginia Brewers following the ap pearance of certain misleading statements on the matter last week. Jordan explained that a na tional marketing quota for 1953 of 1.234.000.000 pounds was an nounced last July prior to the opening of the 1952 marketing season. Such a quota would have resulted in a preliminary nation al acreage allotment about 121 _■ per cent smaller than the 1952 allotment. However, on January

6. the Secretary of Agriculture announced that the national quota for 1953 would be increased by 60.000 000 p winds. That in crease over the preliminary quota approximately offsets the amount by which the 1952 crop fell be low pre-season production esti mates. Thus, the revised 1953 quota is 1.294.000.000 pounds, which, con verted to acres on the basis of re cent yields, results in a national allotment of 1.048.000 acres. That national acreage is about eight per cent below the 1.127 400 acres allotted for 1952 Notices of 1953 farm acreage all'tments are in preparation and will be mailed to individual farm operators shortly, the PNl A office here has announced.

Fair. Walton Anderson, of Cul len. a student at Worsham High School, and Wesley Booker, of Cumberland, a student at Luther Jackson High School, were the recipients of the fret trips. Wal ton is a member of the Future Farmers of America and W r sham 4-H Club, and Wesley is a member of the Negro Farmers of America. Other persons who attended the show from this area w&re Earl Morris, of Andersonville; Weslev Dunkum. Jr., of Dillwyii: Alfred Spillman, of Cumberland: Charles Joyce, cf Cumberland: Edgar Brisentine. of Prospect: and E R Spillman, manager of the imple ment department of Brickert Oil Company. Charlie Elliott, of Campbell; M. J. Edwards, of Cumberland: and John Lancaster. Prince Edward farm agent, were other Negroes who made the trip to the show in Pennsylvania. Those attending the farm show saw the Pennsylvania State Trac tor Driving C ntest, Thursday night. They also saw exhibitions of farm products from'Pennsyl vania and national exhibitions of farm machinery. Pennsylvania Stnt<’ Farm Show is one of the largest exhibitions of farm equipment/ and farming methods in the United States. One of the exhibition buildings covers 14 acres.

Stolen Sedan-Found Friday Morning: Here The sedan pilfered from tire Taylor-Forbes Cbmpany garage here last Monday night was re covered Friday. It was found parked in the lot behind Jarman Hall. Friday morning. There was no apparent injury to the car, owner J. II. Forbes re ports. Loss of the blue sedan was noted last Tuesday morning as Mr Forbes opened his establish ment. The thief entered during the night, by crashing a window and smashing two locks. Before departing with the car. he left marks of pilfering through desks and the cash register. No other loss was noted. No clue has been uncovered concerning the thief.

NEWS SUMMARY

DEFENSE SECRETARY'S APPOINTMENT HELD I P The Senate Armed Services committee has baiked at giving immedate approval to Charles E. Wilson as Secretary of Defense. Wilson has just retireo as presi dent of General Motors, which holds enormous numbers of de fense contracts. Wilson holds $-’.500,000 worth of GM stock, and informed the committee he has been promised bonuses of more Loan $000,000 over the next four \ cars. The committee wants clarification of the law limiting business holdings of government officials. DR. CONANT NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR GERMANS General Eisenhower nas chosen Dr. James B. Conant. president of Harvard University since 1933. as new U. S. high commissioner for Germany. He succeeds Walter J. Donnelly. At 59. Conant has be hind him a di tinguished career in chemistry and older sciences. He is a member of the advisory committee of the Atomic Energy

Commission. Hr was' wartime chairman of the National Defense Research Commission. TIU M AN LEAVES GOALS BEHIND President Truman said that within tlie next decade the nation can achieve a 500 oillion dollar annual economy with every fam ily having an income of at least $4,000 a year. The 500 billion dollar output of goods and services would compare with 345 billion now. As for family income. Tinman said that in 1951 about 40 i er cent of all American families had spendable income ol less than $3,000. 2nd VIRGINIAN GETS NATIONAL POST Howard H Gordon, a former farmer and now assistant general manager of the Southern States Co-operative, has been named to head the far-flung, multitudious activities of the Department of Agriculture's Production and Marketing Administration <PMA>. His selection was announced by

Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture-designate in the Eis enhower government. Gordon. 53. is the second Rich monder within the space of five days who has been named to a high post in the Eisenhower ad ministration. INAUGURATION C ROWDS l LOCK TO CAPITAL Thousands of propie have pour ed into bunting-bedecked Wash ington to start the hoopla sur rounding the inauguration of the first Republican administration in two decades. The presidential oath of office will be administered to Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Capitol steps at noon Tuesday A 10-milc parade will take nearly three hours to pass a given spot. Carr's program now lists 50 floats. 58 bands, 13 drum and bugle corps, nine mounted units and something undei 30,000 par ticipants. Tlic armed services alone will have more than 20.000 men and women in the parade along with equipment ranging from rifles to au atomic tmmem

('lib Scout packs May Bp Organized Farepts interested in having their 8-to-10-vear-old sons be come Cub Scouts arc urged to come to a meeting at the ele mentary School, Friday night, at 7:30. According to Lee B. Short, field Scout executive, an effort w*ll be made to form several new Cub Scout Packs in Farmville. However, parents must attend this mreting before their sons are eligible.

Thie\ es Continue School Break-Ins Nottoway Safes Iiattered Open Burglars have struck at schools in this area again. The safe at *Burkevillr School was one of three m Nottoway county found ransacked. Friday morning. Thieves got on]' $10 to $15 from the Burkeville safe, John Farrar, principal said. Safes at Crewe and Blackstone schools were battered open. also. Several hundred dollars were taken from these two safes. The three break-ins followed by almost a month a similar night of school entries when schools in a four-county Central Virginia area were entered and their cash boxes rifled. Schools m Chesterfield. Powha tan. Cumberland, and Bucking ham counties were broken into. A total of $350 was taken from the four schools. An undetermined amount of property damage also resulted. A week before the December break ms. two high schools in Chester field county and a third in Pow hatan were entered. About $700 was taken from the three schools, all of which were entered on the same night.

Glee Club Has Six Definite Dates Madison, Richmond, Arlington on List Following mid-term exams, the Hampden-Sydney Gltc Club will begin work on one of its most ambitious spring seasons in recent years. Because of the ‘‘broken-up" nature of the first semester, very little, other than ilie Christmas conceit, could be undertaken: however, the second semester is almost uninterrupted, and this allows the Glee Club time to ac complish a great deal. The following is a summary of the definite appearances being scheduled: programs at Law renceville. at Madison College in Harrisonburg, at Martinsville, at Grace Covenant Church in Rich mond: a Spring conceit here at Hampden - Sydney, and a per formance at Arlington. There aic several other engagements pend ing. and if and when they become definite, they will* be announced. Two of the programs listed above will be "repeat perform ances". Two years ago. the Glee Club visited both Martinsville and Arlington, with some success. At Arlington members were privi leged to sing with the Civic Sniy phony Orchestra and be reviewed by Washington Critic Paul Hume. It is indeed a pleasure to Io'-k forward to another appearance in this city. For this program, the Glee Club will prepare Gabriel Faure's "Requiem. Of course, the Glee Club will be assisted several times during the season by the I.ongwood Chorus' notably at Arlington). This combination of talents has always benefited cvuyonc. Longwood Student Completes Studv Of Honors Course A Longwood College senior has completed one final examination, probably the mast auspicious one she will ever have to face in her life. Elizabeth A Stone, of Rust burg. became this week the first student to complete .. new pro gram of honors courses adminis tered by the college. After preparing lor a whole year, a research topic on "The Concept of the Renaissance in Modern Historical Hit-ion." Miss Stone submitted her 83-page thesis for an oral examination by a committee of visiting professors. The examining committee was composed of Dr. .J V. Cunning ham. professor of English at the University of Virginia. Dr. Fran cis Ghigo. professor of romance languages at Hampden - Sydney College: and Janies M. Grainger, retired professor of English at Longwood College. Di. R. G. Si monini. head of the Longwood English department., served as the candidate's advisor throughout the course. The committee a a aided Miss Stone "Honors in English" for her superior achievement

Old Belt Season Second Largest Ever Recorded Average Drops Hut Harvest Next to 1936

Gross sales and . ;.!ue of the 1952 Old Belt fluc-or.red tobacco crop weie the .second largest on record. However,' the general average decreased lioin tlie pre vious yj-ar, chiefly because of lower quality offerings. The Virginia Department of Agriculture reports season gross sales i Include resales > totaled 327,536.803 pounds lor a value of 158.6 million dollars. The average was $48.43 per hundred, or $2.02 below the one for t.ie 1951 crop. The voliiine exceeded tnat for the prior year by 15.4 million pounds, or 5' , . and was below only the 333.2 million pounds sold in 1946. Value of the crop topped last season's by 1.1 million uollars. and ranked second to the 1950 history peak. Average prices for most leaf and smoking leaf grades moved up over quotations foi the 1951 ci op. On the other hand, nondc- 1 script and primings .mowed loss cs. Cutters and lugs were un- , changed to lower. Most grades surpassed their respective loan: rates by $2.00 to si.00. Nonde script and several leaf grades of red. mahogany, and ualnut colors averaged 50c to $2.50 under their loan rates. Growers delivered 60.9 million pounds, or 18.6'r of gross sales, to the Stabilization Coiporation tin der tlie Government loan pro gram. This compares with 44 9 million pounds, or 14 4':, of sales, turned over to the Corporation in 1951. Opening auctions were held Monday, September C2. Most of the markets closed between the period of December 10-19 inclu sive. Three markets re-opened after Christmas holidays — the first time sales have been held in January since the 1947-48 sea son Final sales weie held Jan uary 9. A flup-cured lobat.c quota of 1.294 million pound.: lias been announced for U.e 1953-54 ; marketing year. Converting this quota tio acres on .lie basis of average yields during the five years 1047-51. the 1553 acreage allotments total appioximalely 1.048.000 acres compared with 1.127.400 acres alloUeu for 1952. Allotments for most farms will be 8't lesd in 1953 than in 1952.

Hoard Of Directors To Convene Jan. 22 Members of flic Prince Edward County Community Chest Board of Directors will hold their Janu ary meeting. 8 p. m., Thursday, m the council chamber, according to an announcement by Mrs. W. W. McClmt lc. secretary. Foundation to Hold Open House, Jan. 21 An Open house will be held Wednesday afternoon. Jan. 21. at the Wesley Foundation Student Center on High Street. Methodists and friends of the foundation arc cordially incited to attend.

Tobacco Market Will Close » February 5, Officials Say; About Quarter of Crop Left

HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Amos, work together to provide more convenient family farm home living dur ing the evening adult education program of the Worsham High School vocational-agriculture department. Here Mr. and Mrs. Amos work out details of their kitchen cabinet, with Paul McLelland, vo-ag instructor, left. Family Teams Find Solution To More Convenient Living

More convenient farm home living is the year's study for adult education clases now under way at Worsham High School, under direction of the Vocational Agriculture department. The ten-week class, which meets each Thursday evening from 7 to 9 30 p. m.. started as a project for women, with mem bers recruited by the Sunshine Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Marian Baldwin, home agent, and Paul McLelland, vo-ag instructor, teamed to get the adult educa tion program started. Instruction is kept as practical as passible, with broad subject fields interpreted in terms of actual projects. Thus better h'me living developed into actual con struction of more convenient materials for the kitchen. Men Take Hand With the class members women, it was only natural that k'tchen cabinets should be the end pro duct for the course. So. such sub Blackstone Begins Fluorine Injection The Town of Blackstone has be gun injecting fluorine into its public water supply. The action w as instituted following a decision of the town council after investi gating the effectiveness of the program as a tooth decay pre ventative. The new treatment went into effect January f>

Jaycees Will Give Prizes At March Of Dimes Party

Farnivillc Junior Chamber of Commerce will give away nine i oor prizes during a skating party for benefit of March of Dimes. The party will be held Monday night. Jan 1!6, at Hill Top Skat ing Rink, east of Farmvitle. Tickets for the oenefit party are available from Jaycees and members of the Rotary Club. Door prizes, which will be on display at th_ College Shop, will include hassock, robe, spotlight, thermos jug. lamp, pictures, and

92 Per Cent Report By A CP Deadline County PMA Says Ninety-two per cent of 849 Prince Edward county farmers who were registered under the county s Agricultural Conserva tion Program last year reported practices earned out as required by the PMA. which administers the program. The deadline for reporting on conservation measures and ma terial used was January IS. Prince Edward county had a $29,981 ap propriation for 19S2 practices to divide among farmers taking ad vantage of the share-thc-cost federal program. The county office has an nounced that checks, based on the farm reports, will be going out to farmers for the next several months.

clock. All of the prizes have been donated by Farniville merchants. E. H. Poston, owner and man ager of the rink, will donate the use of the rink to the Javcees for the benefit party. Also, employees and exhibition skaters will give their time to this Ma:ch of Dimes effort to raise money to work against polio. C. H Dowdy. Jr., and S. C. Patteson are co-chaumen of the project. The 1953 March of Dimes /cam paign opened Jan. 2 m Farniville. with E. E. Cook as chairman Two teams, headed by Z. A. Wells. Allen Fore. Burton Hamersley. and Henry Hubbard, are working to raise at least $4,500 in the month-long effort.

Buckingham Cafe Enlarges Building Buckingham Drug Store anil Restaurant re-opened last week with an enlarged building. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moss, the restaurant is located at Buckingham Court House. A new kitchen and rest rooms have been added to the restaurant. Also, two rooms have been added to Dr. W. A. Pennington's office, which is located behind the drug stoic part of the business. Dining area in the restaurant was enlarged by about 15 feet 1 during the remodeling work.

.ierts as simple carpentry, hew to measure, blue print reading, uses fir wood and handling pain' and varnish have been studied as kitchen cabinets slowly came into being, nail by nail, week by week. At first the women came to class by themselves. Gradually, husbands saw the sense of the idea and. wishing as men will do to see the thing done properly, decided a mans hand was neces sary. So the class has developed, for those who wish it. into a man wife team Anv Thursday night -no may see these folks busily bringing Their projects to fruition Kitchen cabinets, wall cabinets, sink cabi nets and the like are now nearing completion. Small Charges Use of machinery in the vo-ag shop and supervision by Paul Mc Lelland are given without charge. Only cost of the course is for materials actually used for the take-home finished product. The class is part of the three fold adult pr tram of the Vir ginia Vocational Agriculture de partment. The other two are the tanneries and the Farm Mach inery Repair classes. Class Members Among those who have been active in the present series of classes arc Mrs. A D. Habgood. Mrs. Robert Quarles. Mrs. R B Chernault. Mrs. G. L. Cox. Mrs. Charles Pickett. Mrs. Annie Mc Farland. Mrs. Helen McLelland. Mrs. Jeanne Short. Mrs. Dorothv Elliott. Mrs. Bessie Irvine, Miss Marie Allen. Mrs. Maria Ferguson. Mrs. Jeanette Dead. Mrs. It. W. Ames and Mrs V. P Childress Many of the husbands have at tended. with more corning each session. Mr. McLelland reports. In addition a nearby classroom rings with the laughter of chil dren. since to be really effective, an adult pro-ram must provide for the youngsters.

SCOl T KXIUH1TION Scouts of this district will pre sent an exhibition ot their work at 8 p. nr. Fob. 13. in the Fann ville Armory.

Demand Holds Average Firm At $35.40 Here Farmville's tobacco market headed this week into the last three weeks of sales of the 1952 crop. Market officials, estimating the crop 75 per cent sold, have set a closing date of February 5. The belt's four markets have agreed to the wind-up date three weeks hence. Sales last week of 689.4GG pounds, heaviest of the season. • brought the crop poundage here for the year to 3.225,350 pound-. Despite Imperial Tobacco Com pany closing out buying activities for the season, demand remains firm, officials reported Monday morning.

reason Average Last week's average was $35.23 dipping only a fractional part of a dollar. The season average through last week was firm at $35.40. down only five cents from the previous week. F< the season, growers have received for their dark tobacco $1,141,827.12. Warehousemen said today that both dark-fired ana sun-cured sales combined will probably go as high as four and one half million pounds by the closing date. Sun-cured sales for the season now stand at 543.166 pounds. The crop has returned growers $165. 404.57. The season average now is $30.45. Last weeks average of $29.84 dipped slightly from $30 07 of the previous week. Belt Report The Virginia Departments of Agriculture report gross sales through January 15 stood at 9. 262,086 pounds at an average of $35.80 It is estimated that around 70‘7 of the crop has oeen sold. The majority of better quality heavy leaf grades declined $100 to $2.00 a hundred pounds as there w as less competition for these offering. Only a small num ber of minor changes occurred for other grades. Buyers paid $60 00 per hundred and over for a few lots of choice quality wrappers. Point To Jubilee With close of the season indi cated, warehousemen growers, and the community qre pointing to the Chamber of Commerce To bacco Jubilee, to celebrate what has turned out to be a good sea son for the area's cash crop, con sidering the growing difficulties experienced in a oad weather year. W. A. Watson. J^\. chairman of the Chamber's Tobacco Market committee, is expected to an nounce the Jubilee date later this week. A speaking program will be climaxed by awarding nearly $1,000 in prizes during the Jubi lee. Prizes of merchandise certifi cates have been donated by Farmville merchants.

Dimes Drive Totals $742.42; Campaign Leader Asks Spurt As the March of Dimes driic in Prince Edward county today entered its final two weeks. Cam paign Chairman Everett E. Cook called upon residents to step up the pace in the fight against polio. While, there were some contri butions collected but unreported. Campaign Treasurer H. L. New bill Jr., reported Monday morn ing only $742 turned pver to him. "Haling gone through the worst polio epidemic of all time last summer, the National Foun dation and the county chapter ~ here are in greater need of funds than ever !■ ore." Mr. Cook said.

Prayers For New President Given At ( immunity Service Tuesday

A brief service of praver for Dwight D. Eisenhower in fus tasks of guiding America through these tense times will be conducted in Johns Memorial Episcopal Church today 'Tuesday' at 11:55 a. m The Rev Jean A Vache. episcopal rector, will conduct the servire. The community prayers will be voiced as inaugural ceremonies in the national capital center on lie Prosnect HI) Club Studies Etching Prospect Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday, Jan. 6. with Mrs. R A. Johnson. Mrs. Marian Baldwin. home demonstration agent, gave hn interesting demon stration about etching for mem bers who attended the meeting.

president-elect. The service here is sponsored by the Farmville Council cf Church Women. Preceding the service, the Coun cil will meet at 11:30 a. m.. [or the installation of officers. As suming leadership in the forth coming year are: Mrs. E. W. Houpe. president; Mi^s Carri° Dungan. vice president: Mrs. H. V. Lancaster, secretary, and Mrs. B T. Tavlor, treasurer. The Council has also an nounced that the winter quarter collection of clothing and food for overseas relief will be 1 ado by trucks from Church World Serv ice headquarters on February 3. ^ The Presbyterian Church will again be used as the collectin'' point here. Food, for the CROP program of relief is most accept able. as well as clothing. Mrs. A. T. Grav sold today