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The Farmville Herald ___ -_ AND FARMER - LEADER VOLUME 62 H,,oot '"'a !hclpKt»flh 1 P>wnt_ FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1953 'bSmwEi \wT NO. 36

Agent Notes Changes, Additions In Spring Crop Variety Report

Some New Seed Available For First Time Recommendations concerning crop varieties for spring planting were published this week by County Agent E. F. Striplin. Varieties recommended are good far all counties in this area and for any south of the James River, he pointed out. They have been chosen from recommendation prepared by the Agronomy De partment of VPI. For the most part varieties re commended have appeared on past lists. There are several changes of some importance, how ever. As noted by the agent these are: Two new dark fired tobacco varieties. Hastings and Walker's Bread Leaf. There is seed avail able on both: flue cured tobacco varieties, for the first time, are recommended according to con ditions existing on a particular farm. i. e. for farms not infest ed with black shank: for those on farms so infested: for use with severe mosaic, etc. The agent also noted .the ad dition of Williamsburg variety of alfalfa, and added that seed is now available. Also, that a new variety is available in soybeans for oil purposes, and that several new varieties of yellow and white corn hybrids are listed and seed avail able. The complete list follows as published by the agent: Alalfa—Kansas Common. Okla homa Common. Buffalo, ‘bacter ial wilt resistant'. Atlantic and Williamsburg. Red Clover--Certified Virginia Adapted. Certified Kenland and Virginia Adapted. Grain Sorghums - Plainsman and Martin's Combine Orchard Grass — Domestic or Virginia Grown. Soybeans — oil. Ogden. S-100. Dorman. Small grains: winter oats. Ar lington. Atlantic. I-ee Cold Proof and Foredeer; spring oats, An drew and Clinton. Flue-cured tobacco: for use on farms not infested with black shank or Granville wilt — Vir ginia Gold. Yellow Special A. N. C. 402. Hicks and Golden Har vest: for use on black shank in fested farms 'where two or three year rotation can be followed Vesta 5 and Dixie Bright 101: and on black shank infested farms where tobacco must be grown on the same land each year. Vesta 30 or Dixie Bright 102: for use on farms with severe mosaic—Vamorr 50. Burley tobacco. Ky 16 and Ky 41 A. both rcot rot resistant Sun-curcd tobacco, Little Ori noco. Dark fired tobacco. Lizzard Tail Orinoco. Brown Leaf. West Ky. N . 2. Hastings and Walker's Broad Leaf. Corn Hybrids: full season, yel low C. S. 262 or 262A Funks 0704, Funks G136. Woods V51: white — Indiana 909A. Pi neer 510: Southern States 903W. Woods 125W medium early - yellow. VPI 645. US 505. Pioneer 332: early- -yellow. Pioneer 303. and silage. US 262 or 2B2A, US 578 and NC 1032

BAKE SALE WSCS Circle No. 5 of the Farmville Methodist Church will have a Bake Sale. Saturday, in the Bloomfield building on Third Street. __

Men Represent Farmville Church Presbytery Holds Madison Meeting Four members of the Farmville Presbyterian Church attended the Presbytery Meeting at Madison, Tuesday. Representing the local congre gation were the Rev. James R. Kennedy. W. w. McClintic, J. K. Butler, and E. W. Houpe. Two topics—stewardship and youth vocational guidance—were emphasized at the meeting. Dr. J. G. Patton, secretary of the General Council, of Atlanta, spoke about stewardship. A $50. 000 budget for benevolences was adopted for the new nine-months church year.. The Presbyterian Church will have a nine-months jcar, this year, because of a change of church year from April 1 to Jan. 1. Dallas H. Smith, head of the Board of Education s Department of Chrislia Vocation, of Rich mond. and Dr. Maurice D. Allen, of Hampden-Sydney. discussed the guidance and counseling program that will be instituted at Hampden-Sydney College. This program will be available to all young people in this area soon. Defense Bond Goal Set for County, Andrews Reports Virginia's Defense Bond sales committee has assigned a 1953 goal of $275,000 for Prince Ed ward County. Lest* r E, Andrews, local chairman, said today. That is considerably in excess of total sales during either of the immediate paste two years, he said. It will he pointed out. re quire an intensification of interest on the part of citizens who have been purclUeUii; regularly as well as tile recruitment of new pur chasers. Mr. Andrews pointed out that bond purchases represent a cush ion against possible reversals if a business recession occurs. It is wise to save on the assumption that business cannot continue in definitely . ' the present levtl, he said. The chairman pointed out. that that the assigned quota here is part of a $91,000,000 Virginia goal and a national goal of $5,650,000. oco.

Club Sends Cookies To Camp Pickett A report of 50 dozens of cookies sent to C'amp Pickett in December was given at a meeting of the Buffalo Home Demonstration Club. The meeting was held Jan. 8. at the home of Mrs. June El lington. with Mrs. C. A. Pillow and Mrs C' R. Wilkerson as co hostesses. It was decided at the meeting to help with the Prince Edward March of Dimes Campaign, also. Mrs. Marian Baldwin, home agent, gave a demonstration about glass etching at the meet ing. The February meeting will be held with Mrs. Sarah Wilkerson. with Mrs. C A. Pillow as co-host ess.

THOMAS B. STANLEY Stanley Announces For Governor Race Congressman Will Leave Washington Congressman Thpmas B Stan ley. frequently the subject of statewide speculation in Virginia's forthcoming gubernatorial race, Thursday made definite his in tention of seeking the Governor's office, subject to next July's Democratic primary election In announcing his candidacy officially, the Fifth District Rep resentative said that he is vacat ing his seat in the House nf Representatives sj that his south side district will not be deprived of representation while he devotes full time to the gubernatorial campaign. '' Ill Leave Congress Stanley has informed Speaker J< sepVi W. Martin, Jr., that lie plans to leave his post in Con gress on February 3. Thereafter. Governor Battle Is expected to issue a writ calling for a special election ts name Stanley’s suc cessor in tlie House. In a written announcement re leased today from his home m Henry County. Stanley said "at the appropriate time I shall make known to the people of Virginia my views and position on all mat ters which vitally affect the pro gress and welfare 01 the Cmi monwealth '' Throughout 23 years of public life Stanley has been identified with the conservative element of the state's Democratic Pact H first political assignment wa.- in the State Legislature. He w.i elected to the House of Delegates in 1929, serving without inter rupt i-n until he entered Conzresfs m 1946. Connected throughout his adult life with the business and industry of tlie Commonwealth. Stanley began his business career in the banking field but shifted to furni ture manufacturing in 1920. Four tears later he founded and or ganized the Stanlev Furniture Company at Stanleytown of which lie is president and treas urer. During his entire career. Stan ley has been engaged in farming. He owns and operates the tobacco farm en which he was born 62 years asi. His chief agricultural endeavor now is the raising of purebred Hereford cattle and dperatine a modern dairv He is a former president of the Vir ginia Hereford Breeders Associa tion.

HONESTY llpitome of honesty. A town employee returned a niekel that had been lost in a has of carbage to Mrs. .t. J. Marshall.

NEWS SUM M A R Y

EISENHOWER BECOMES 31th l\ S. PRESIDENT Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th chief executive of the United States Tuesday—an event which for Americans pushed news from other areas of tne world off the front pages. The small - town boy from Kansas who moved into the high est office and honor m the land after gaining recognition as one of the world's greatest military commanders, started his adminis tration with a prayer, give us. wc pray, the power to discern right from wrong and allow all our works and actions to be governed thereby and by the laws of this land, ile had written the prayer himself. Reporters on the scene wrote that when Eisenhower asked the crowded thousands to bow their heads, a complete absence of sound or movement was apparent, as though that vast audience knew that here was the one sure approach to a solution to tne problems which the U. S. shares in common with its weald neigh bors. In his inaugural address, the president set his administration le/varel j. deal cl ----- 1 u-i

PRESIDENT EISENHOWER

or. U must be, he said, a peace based on strength and unity in the free world, and mere must be no appeasement, because: "A soldier's pack is not so heavy r. burden as a prisoner's chains." Otliei excerpts from the Stir ling ig-cc-cL. :t a. vuc *a:tli iu the

deathless dignity of man. govern ed by eternal moral and natural laws .... this faith rules our whole way of life It decrees that we. the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve . . . the enemies of this faith know po good but force, no devotion bnt its use. They tutor men in treason. They feed upon the hunger of others. Whatever defies them they torture, especially the truth.

DULLES. STASSEN TO VISIT EUROPE President Eisenhower, himself with a first-hand look at Korea and the Ear East, will get a good, second-hand view of the Europe he left, when John Foster Dulles, the new Secretary of State, and Harold E. Stasaen. Mutual Securi ty Administrator, leave for Eu rope. The president lias directed them to head across the sea as soon as possible. It is a recogni tion of the graveness of the de cline in European common de fense unity and a breeching of French - German understanding. One more look they will take is at the dee|>er significance of the llxnit ot *•••• - .

Famed Virtuoso To Be Presented In Organ Recital Vireril Fox Will PIpv a* College February 3

Virgil Fox. virtuoso organist, will appear in concert in Jarman Auditorium, February 3. at 8 p. m. Mr. Fox. who is known as a complete mastei of his instru ment, will give a crncert of the world's greatest classical music in co-operation with the Long wood Artist Series. Now in his thirties, he has t iven concerts in such rcknowned churches in Europe as Westminis ter. Lincoln and Durham Cathe drals. and the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. During the summer of 1950 he gave a series of concerts in Paris. Centerbury. Edinburgh, and London in aclditi n to a British Broadcasting Company program. Concert Scries At the close of his army career. Virgil Fox played a series of con certs at the Library of Congress These were under the auspices ol the Elizabeth Sprague Coohde.e Foundation. He lias also appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Na tional Orchestral Associate n of New York City. He is now a re cording artist for RCA Victor and Columbia labels. "Zest, color, and elegance mark the Fox recitals according to Hartford critics. Jarman Organ The concert will be given n t lie Jarman Memorial Organ, which was dedicated at a concert given by Mr. Fox on October 30. 1951. The four-manual organ is one of the most complete instru ments in the state. It was built through funds amounting to S25. 000.00 raised by the Alumnae As sociation in memory "f Dr loseph I.,. Jarman, president of Long wood College from 1P0J-1048. At present. Mr. Fox :■ organist at the Riverside Church in New York City.

Council President Will Speak Jan. 29 Mrs. Roscoe M. White, presi dent of the Council ol Church Women, will speak at the Farm ville Baptist Church. Thursday. Jan. 29. at 8 p. m. Her subject will be Africti Mrs. White is a member of the Board of Missions of the Method ist Church and past president of Virginia Conference of WSCS. The public is invited to hear Mrs. White in the lecture room of the church.

God Works In Strange Ways

The Rev. Kcnnclli Lee Barnes and his son, Randell. peek Into the window of Maysville Presbyterian Church in Buckingham Court House—the way the' did on vacation in 1951. It was this chance visit to the old Buckingham church that brought the Min nesota minister to Virginia to serve as pastor of the church.

Chance Visit Leads Pastor To ('hurches in Buckingham

C; rl works.in strange ways. This ,/act has been impressed on members of Maysville and New store Presbyterian Churches in Buckingham county. When the minister of these churches, the Rev. Allan C. An dersom resigned several months ago to go to Arkansas, members lelt that their churches might join the lengthening list of churches in Virginia that are v ailing for ministers. However, because of a chance visit to the Maysville Church by a Minnesota minister in August. 1951, tins was not to be.

Adndre Church The Km. Kenneth Lee Barnes and ins wife were impressed with the beauty I the old colonial churi h the first time that they -aw it on that vacation in 1951. Thev h.ul been to visit Ids par ents in Warren county, Pennsyl vania Aftier the visit, they decided to return to their heme in Bruno, Minn via the southern route. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes traveled down the Skyline Drive, visited Charlottesville, and spent- the night at Fork Union When they passed through Buckingham Court House the next day. they .aw the May-ville Church and •stopped t - admire it. They fell into conversation with Mrs. C H Agee. Ji.. a member of the church who lures next d or to it When they left. Mr. Barnes told Mrs. Agee to let him know if the ( hurch ever needed a pastor.

Wesleyan Methodist Pastor Heads Farmville Ministerial Association

The Rev. Lewis Cockcrill, pastor of the Farmviilc Weslevan Methodist Church, is the new president of the Farmviile Minis terial Association, succeeding the Rev. James R. Kennedy. The Association extended an official welcome to the Rev. Charles O Kidd. Methodist | u.> tor. who has been in tile com munity since October but was meeting with the group m offi cial session for the first time. Rev. Mr. Kidd was also chosen Association secretary. The ministers made plans for the annual series ol pre-Easter services, to open Monday. March 30. and also granted approval to community church youth to again sponsor the Easter sunrise service. The Associations new leader. Rev. Mr. Cockcrill, came to the charge here in 1949. A native of Arlington. Va . he received his ministerial degree at Marion Col leg. Marion. 111. He was ordained to Elders Orders in tne Wesleyan Methodist Church two years ago.

Jaycees Announce Two Other Prizes For Skating Party Prizes for the oldest and.young est skaters will be given at the March of Dimes benefit skating rarty at Hill T p Skating Rink. Monday night The party will he sponsored by the Karmville .Jun ior Chamber of Commerce There will be manv other door prizes for guests. Prizes have been donated by Farmvillc merchants. C. H. Dowdy. Jr., and S. C Pattc son. co-chairman of the service project, have announced. E. H. Postern owner and man ager of the rink, will (donate the use of the link to the Jaycees for the party. Employees and exhi bition skaters will give their time, also, to this effort io raise money i ■ i

REV. LEWIS F. COCKER1LL Three WSCS Circles Invii<' Church Women To Study Sessions Three WSCS circics of the Farmville Methodist Church in vite women of Farmville to join them in three study class sessions. Sunday. The teacher will be Mrs. John H. Davis, of Lynchburg, a teacher of the Methodist Confer ence Board of Education and a member of tlir Mission Commis sion of the Methodist Conference WSCS. Two sessions of the study class, based on the book. "Toward Un derstanding the Bible, by Geor gia Harkness. will be held at 3:45 p. m. and 4 p. ni. in the YVV Lounge of Longwood College. The third session will meet at 8 p. m. m Jarman Hall. Sponosring circles of the Farni villc Methodist Church will be Circle 6 Mrs. Douglas Gee: Cir cle 10—Mrs J. 13. Williams; and C:.civ 3—Mrs V.'. L MmTlen.Pd

Myysville Church members did let Mr. Barnes know when they needed a pastor, and he will be installed as pastor of the church-' es in the near future. Bruno Churches A veteran of World War II. Mr. Barnes is a graduate of North western Seminary in Minneapolis. Before coming to Buckingham, this mr nth. he served two church es in Bruno. Minn., for six and a half years. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have three children—Robert Lee, 11. Ruth. 9, and Randell, 4. In explaining why he and his family came more than 2500 miles to a new field of work. Mr. Barnes said that he liked the church, the community, and the area, and that he felt that God had work for him to do in the heart of Virginia. A chance visit to a church, a chance conversation with a mem ber—-God works in strange ways.

TV Inaugural Brings Event To Sharp Focus For Students, Adults

Annual Hospital Meeting Tuesday A number of important re ports will be riven during the annual meeting of the South side CommunityMiospital Asso ciation next Tuesday night in the Circuit courtroom at 8 p. m. Building and construction. School of Nursing, finances and operational reports on the past year, will provide citizens with a complete study of the hospi tal in 1952. Association Presi dent W. S. Heaver will also make the annual president's report. 3 Draft Boards Send 13 Inductees Prince Edward Has Volunteers Three local Selective Service Boards—Prince Edward. Cumber land and Amelia—sent 13 men for induction into the armed forces, this month. Prince Edward's quota was fill ed by Charles Edward Bucknam, 1 rospect: Jerry Thomas Brown. Prospect: and Hayward Vernell Daniels. Newport News, formerly of Prince Edward. Prince Edward Board sent four other men. also. Three of them were volunteers—Eddie Johnson. Prospect: William Luke Lewarne. Prospect: and David Williams. Jr. Clarence Henry Franklin, of Prospect, was sent this month, also, but his induction had been postponed for several months, so he would be able to save his farm crops. Amelia Local Board No. 6 sent five men in January. They were Chisholm P. Johnson. Jr . Richa’ d E. Love. Horace H. Adams, Anthony H. Mosley, and Harrell A Wilkerson. Cumberland county sent one man—Herman Harvey Dunivan, Cartel sville.

.1 ll'o’-rf nr f-'lu Don't Try to Beat It, Nurse It Or Best. Prevent It, Jenkins Says

Southside Health District resi dents were reminded today that a few simple precautions should be observed in guarding against spread of flu which. Dr. H. E. Jenkins said, has hit greater num bers than usual, but is not yet in epidemic proportions. The district health officer said the type prevelant in this area starts as the common cold, then turns to nnld flu lasting three to four days. The number of cases lias not required any epidemic precautions and has not been sufficient to justify closing of any schools in the district. It is prevalant enough and enfeebling enough, however, to deserve wide public attention. Dr. Jenkins feels. Rules To Follow qii is can best be shown by ob serving the known, but so fre quently. ignored precautions against colds. Adults themselves should observe these and should double efforts to see that children do. He listed these chief precau tions:

Church Women Ask Clothing, Food For CWS Collection The Farm v ille Council of Church Women will again spon sor tlie quarterly appeal for food and - clothes to be sent to the needy overseas under the direction of Church World Service. Tlie pick-up will be made here February 3. and Council leaders publish the date now to enable residents who wish to cooperate to begin putting materials aside. The Council announcement stressed that food is particularly desirable, and is distributed through the CROP program. This collection will tic the regu lar quarterly appeal through Church World Service. The Pres byterian church will again serve as collection center. FIRE ALARM BL'T NO DAMAGE WEDNESDAY Firemen answered a general alarm Wednesday at 11:30 a. m.. which summoned aid to 524 S. Main Street. Oil used as fuel ignited but was extinguished without damage.

Avoid use of towels, classes and utensils in common with other in dividuals. Cover 'the mouth and nose when couching and snee/inc. Avoid people with colds. Dress for the weather and avoid drafts: get plenty of rest, and keep the feet dry and warm. Cold (symptoms and a temperature should be warning signs that par ticular care is needed "Nurse" Along Dr. Jenkins said the best pre caution is to nurse the starting cold along with a period indoors or in bed. rather than trying to "beat” it while continuing the normal routine. If possible, avoid exposure in bad weather. If symptoms persist cr are aggravated, call the family doc tor. was his final word of advice.

Local Youths March With VMI, VP1 Cadet Corns The age of science works in devious ways its miracles to per forin. The inauguration of a president of tire U. S. once not so long ago was but a strange, vague printed word impression for most adult Americans. The inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as 34ih president of the United States was real, alive, inspiring to the tiniest youngster on up in Farmville—and across the U, S. At Farmville High School a TV set was installed in the auditor ium and students watched the proceedings from 11:15 a. m., to 1 p. m. Manv See At Home Eighth graders at FHS, study ing the U. S. system in personal Problems classes, were divided into groups of 20. under the supervision of teachers, and in vited to homes to watch tire events. At the Elementary School, youngsters whose parents request ed it, were permitted to leave school at 10:30 a. m.. to watch in homes where TV was available. For those who remained at school, there was a radio in each room. Later TV-viewing students re turned to render reports in each classroom.

March in raradr Actual participation.in inaugit ral ceremonies was an honor shav ed by a number of Farmville stu dents at Virginia higher educa tion institutions. James J. Mottley. a junior cadet at VPI. marched in the parade as a member of Tech's crack Persh ing Rifles. The famed drill team was accompanied by VPTs prize taking band, the Tech Hight.v Tities. For the Per-hing Rifles. It was the second inaugural, the team having marched as Honor Guard for Governor Tuck at the Truman inaugural in 1949. Eight of Farmville's nine youths at VMI marched passed the re viewing stand smartly. Only Everett Irby, confined with flu. missed. Marching were Ronald Coleman. David Paulette. Ned Whitlock. Arthur Koch. Elliott Booker. III. James Whitt. Buddy Hubbard and Frank T. Wootton Jr. A catastrophe for parents and friends of the VMI cadet corps marching unit occured when the TV sponsor's time expired and the program was cut off. The VMI unit was to have been the next to appear on the screen. A bit of after-inauguration ex citement rippled along Main street in Farmville Wednesday when the limousine of the Gover nor of North Carolina, with its shiny No. 1 license plate, appear ed. En route home from Washing ton. the neighboring gubernatorial delegation stopped here for a brief luncheon. It is not known whether the governor was in the group or not. since he was re ported confined by illness, and had been represented in Washing ton by North Carolina's Lieu tenant- Governor.

High Tone of Inaugural Impresses Local Visitors

The high tone if the inaugura tion of President Dw ight D. Eisen hower. Tuesday, impressed two Hampden-Sydne.v visitors — Dr. and Mrs. David C. Wilson. Soil District Supervisors Will Attend State Session The Piedmont and Robert E. Lee Soil Conservation Districts will be well represented during the 14th annual meeting of the Virginia Association of district supervisors next Tuesday, at Vir ginia Beach. Representing the Piedmont district will be Mason Knabc. of Powhatan, district chairman; R. W. Dupuy. of Worsham: Paul Cassell, of Nottoway; W. T. Chumney, of Amelia, and Claude Folkcs. of Ford. From the Robert E. Lee district will go R. W. Ciannaway. of Buck ingham: and E. L Seay, of Cum berland. Also attending will be soil con servation specialists operating in this area. T. M. Dean, of Farm vine. antf Frank Carr, of Appo mattox. Delegates will consider a water conservation program for Virgin ia. will tour the Norfolk Navy \ard, and will hear, among other leading speakers. Dr. R. M. Salter, chief of the U. S. Soil Conserva tion Lvrvivj. WaOiUigtoti. D C.

“Of course, we were thrilled that the weather was so beauti ful," Mrs. Wilson said. “And we thought that the floats that de picted Mr. Eisenhower’s life in the parade were especially impres sive." Almost every state had a float in the parade. Most of them dis played products and industries in the states, Mrs. Wilson said. The Hampden-Sydney visitors had excellent seats opposite Blair House. They went to Washing ton. Sunday afternoon, and re turned to Hampden-Sydney, Wed nesday morning. "There was a tremendous hand when the veterans of the Korean War marched by in the parade." Mrs. Wilson remarked. “The mili tary part of the inaugural parade was quite outstanding, with tanks, men in different kinds of uni forms. and oilier military arms and equipment." Two of Virginia's contributions to the p arade. VPt and VM7 bands and cadets, were "snappy and outstanding." Mrs. Wilson said. California and Texas sent beautiful Palimino horses to Washington for the parade. Tremendous crowds lined the streets in Washington." Mrs. Wil son said. And this may be a great consolation to those many other Farmville citizens who viewed the inaugural happen.ngs irom then television sets in comfortable liv ing room*.