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Weaver Re-elected SS Hospital Assn. Leader For 1953 Progress, Service Keynote Quarter Century Reports

The Southside Community Hos pital Association Tuesday night began its second quarter century on a strong note of progress and a challenging call to greater serv ice in the immediate years ahead. The hospital closed 1952. its j 25th year of service, with an in crease in the service rendered in every department", as Adminis trat Dr J. S. Stubbs, reported dur ing the annual meeting. Before detailing a list of long[ improvements over the past 12 months. Mr. Stubbs capsuled the significant place of Southside Hospital in these words: "More and more of our people : are availing themselves of facili ties offered by their own h s pitai. in their own area. As more and better facilities become avail able. more and more people in Southside Virginia will be able to satisfy most of their medical needs without the expense and in convenience of traveling to other centers." Weaver Re-HUcted Association President W S Weaver, unable to be present due to illness, was re-elected to an other year of leadership in the office, as were Vernon C Wo mack. vice-president and M I Newbill. Jr., treasurer. K Arm strong Smith was elected to the office of Association secretary. President Weaver's report, read by Mr. Womack, termed the year "very successful." Noting an in crease in rates and salaries dur ing the year, he declared the h -s pital remains "in the lower brac ket in rates, but in the higher bracket of service." Pressing Needs He li.'ted three "pressing" needs at tive institution, which upped its bed capacity during the yea: from 57 to 87. as- completion of the third floor; additional serv ice personnel, and instituting of a school of nursing The membership named to the board f managers the follow ing G. W Palmer, of Green Bay; J. M. Shepard, of Cumberland: Nelson Hix. of Prospect: Mrs. R. H. Watson, of Darlington Heights: W. S. Weaver, of Rice, anti M. R Large. J B. Wall. G A. Newman. R. E. Garland. F. Curtis Hubbard. Allen Pore and R. J. Martin Jr., of Farmville. They will serve three-vear terms. Among improvements listed by Administrator Stubbs were these: installation of x-rav machine pro viding m re complete diagnostic x-ray service: expansion of bed rapacity from 57 to 87. providing 15 private beds 28 semi-private and 4 5 ward beds.

uncrating Mute Also, installation of a new een tral sterile supply facility, pro viding equipment for the prepara tion of sterile packs and instru ments for operating rooms, sterile trays for the various floors and bandages and dressings for gen eral use. Also, opening of the new operat ing suite, containing two major operating rooms, a sub-sterli/ing room, work room, st irage space for instruments and supplies, a fracture room and a minor sur gery room. and two recovery rooms equipped with oxygen and suction facilities vital to the treatment ; f opcraticc emergen cies. « Mr. Stubbs also noted that the second floor was given a thorough face-lifting with paint and new asphalt tile flo ring. The year al-o saw significant progress in the i roblem of patient financing, with such methods as insurance, iContinued < n Pane 7 '

Old Dance Regains Favor With Powhatan Youth

With a snappy tune from the Kent Store String Bard of Cumberland <ountv. let.. Powhatan youth take part in a Virginia Reel at last Saturday night's meeting o! the l’<nviiatuu T. n-V.i C.uii —a new club that has been formed in the county to provide recreation to taiiit so t. I and relaying graces hi members. The club is sponsored by different civic and community groups a the count'

Memorial Building Adds New Meaning For Youth In Powhatan Teen-Age (dub

Hold Officers, Board Re-Elected Inside Renovation Prom ram Complete Present officers and directors were re-elected and a report of capital lmporvcments made dur ing tlie year presented, as stock holders of the Farm viile Hotel Corporation met here this week. A highlight of the annual ses sion was a report of approxima e iy $25,000 spent in interior im provements, which have been made during the past 12 months the last of which lias just been completed. Many improvements Over the 12 months span. 24 new bati s have been built in. These are a combination tub and shower type lined with ceramic tile. In the same period, all rooms have been repainted and a num ber recarpeted. In addition, a new system for distribution of hot water was in i Continued on Pane 8'

Diagnostic X-Kay riinic Set Feb. (> |n Favmviil,> Office A elicit diagnostic X-ra> clinic will be held at the Health Depart ment. Court House Building, Farmvillc. on Friday. Feb 6. iroin 10 a m to 4 p. m . to check oij the progress of all contacts, suspected, arrested, and active cases of tu berculosis ii Prime Edward County, according to Di. H K Jenkins, director. Letters have been sent to all people reported to have tubercu losis. Doctors in the county have been notified also to send any suspected eases to the clinic. "This is not a mass X-Ray". Dr. Jenkins advised. But merely a chock-tip on the progress of con tacts. known and suspected eases." The clinic is not for the tenoral public, but loose who arc eligible for this service. The clinic is being held m cooperation with the Prince Edward County Tuber culosis Association.

Powhatan's War -M < in o r i a 1 Building lias imam a lot ol thing, to a lot ot citizens m the county And recently, this fine, new cen ter of community life has taken on an added meaning to tlie teen agers of the county. After much ground work and preparation, civic and community organizations in Powhatan have oragni/.' d a Teen-Age Club fui youth between the ages of 13 and 19. About 35 members have paid the one dollar annual due., and are now active members of the club. Members meet every other .Sat urday night from 7:30 to 11 at the War Memorial Building to dance play games, sing, and tak part m jolly recreation aimed to build so cial and relaxing grace... \ irKiiiie. Bee' Last Saturday night, for c> - ample, about 35 members gather ed at tile War M morial Building to take part in a breath-taking round of the Virginia Reel. Group singing, basketball, dancing, and refreshments occupied the re mainder of the evening. Jimmy Laync is pres.dent of the Powhatan Teen-A' . Club with Gay Knabe as vie. - president Adult sponsors are Mr. and Mrs. ! felines Bottom Mr. and Mrs. C Mason Knabe. and Edgar Boltc. B aid ot ducctor:- ot the club i. made tip of rt prcsentatives from noil county oieamzations as home demonstration clubs. P-TA. American Legion. National Guard Unit, and Run:an Club. Ollie Mar tin is president of the board, with Kenneth Wright, treasurer, and Mrs. C. Mason Knabe, secretary Director

Among the three tors are uch community Raders as William Ulandford. W R. Park'".. K F. Yales. Mrs Ned Hicks. Jesse Green. Col. Loland Skaggs. Allen Brauer and others. C A Turner. 111. student minister of Methodist churches in the county, is anothci active supporter of the ciuo. Tihe present program is just, a beginning, according to Mrs. C. Mason Knabr. secretary of the board. Plans coll for development ol such a recreational program for an ever increasing number of fen-agers from Powhatan and surrounding counties.

NEWS SUMMARY

1H LI.ES. STASSEN LEAVE FOR El KOI E Secretary of Slate Dulles leaves Friday for a 10-day survey of Western Europe that may clinch important policy decisions in this country's foreign relations. The secretary and Mutual Se curity Administrator Harold Stas sen will talk to American and European officials in seven capi tals. gathering information on which to base President Eisen hower's potentially explosive for eign aid budget. They will visit Home. Paris. London. Bonn. The Hague. Brussels and Luxembourg.

WII I t.tM REMINGTON ( ONVIdED OE PERU IIV William W Remington. former government economist, lias been convicted ot perjury in denying lie ever gave secret government data to Elizabeth Bentley for re lay to Russia. He aiso was con victed on a second perjury count for falsely denying knowledge of the existence of a unit of the Young Communist League at

Dartmouth Collier when ho was a student there in the ltKtOs ftcniiUKton. 3f>. could be sen tenced ut> to 10 years in prison and $4,000 m fines on the two < omits

A AN I l.l I T S I API AVI I I I’K VISES ItOK ARMV General Van Fleet said he be lieves the South Korean Army could be limit up within Hi months to hold the entire 155 mile Korean battle front if the United Nations should decide to stay on the present line. The Re public of Korea Ainu is a proven army.'' he told a new; conference 'They have sufficient manpower in Korea to import a much larger army." I KI EPOM V1IAI.II I" THWARTING PEPS The little-publicized ' Freedom Airlift" is being bet led up to aid refugee - crammed West Berlin. The Freedom Airlift is, a German opeartion taking out refugees ’ Coionuii- ’ .'ury*'. _inci tor

ror m East German.! a luinian cargo the Russians never won id permit to co through their occu pation /one by ran or road It is a magic carpet ride to freedom and new hie in West Germany for nearly 1.000 refugees a day. It is financed almost en tirely b> the West German gov ernment. which pays the fares on British. French and American commercial planes and the cast of resettling them in the West

MW ATOMIC I’l.W I 1)1 I TOR II I.INOIS Tin' Atomic Knergy f'nntims..i‘’n nas announced n will construct a new L’O-mi'lion-dollai explosives assembly plant in West-Central Illinois, and quickly threw a cur tain of mystery around the proj ect. Simultaneously, the commission announced it will conduct a series of tests involving new and im proved" atomic weapons — plus some IS.000 troops - beginning in March on the yucca flats of the Nevada Desert

Truck Flip-Flop Injures Three Men Accident Happens On Lake Road Three Bjra. '•>. re injured about 5:33 1> in. WetiiK -dav u.icn the dump truck loaded with construc . ton (r uipmein :u which tin \ were " i * :i'" did .. ccmplete fhp-tlop. cue 111.1 lint. I: Route Ikili south of 4t»o. The nil i cvkei of the S. O. Stech ('. n.st ruction Company. oi Ruslbll!: weir t.il'-a; in Soutll Mdr Community Hospital Two o! limn. Waite; Bagm and .John Steppe. wcie Heated and dischai i d 1‘he ot hi i nii<ii. Jaek Ro..; of Ru- thin • will tic cun tint'd to till hospital tor about two week .cent ti.lr i i K. J). b.ce’.e Knu. hum up the new sidewalk job m Green Bay. tne men were hauluni ip itpmint buck to Rust burg on H ute t>UH. Goodwin Lake Road ! he dump •: nek. loaded w ith i instruct. n ii ilpment. imSde a i ample"c en : me-fir s flip, landed on its wheels and crashed off to the side ! Lie load Dam age to tru k an i equipment has been estimated at about $400. The non-colli n accident hap pencid a tit Route inn.

FHS, liandoiph-Uor.ry f»amo 5 riciay (iianued To H a m pc!c*n -SyJ n ry Site of (hr Farmvillr, Kali dolph llrnrx haskrtliall game game Friday night has lieeu changed to Haliiplrii-Sydliey College Both Inns ami girls «■" play, with the girls heginning at 7:31) p. ni. Vut horitics o* both school agreed to H’c ehatige this week to permit the large crowd anti cipated to attend, ine lines game *s decisive in determining a leader > n District 3. Both squads have identical, unde feated records in nine games. .1 hig delegation ot Charlotte county folks is expected and. Farmvillr school authorities hope the home five will lie ade quately supported lor the im portant gamr. Farmvillr will also inert ( II Friend High of South Boston on the Hampden - Sydney College floor Saturday night.

Tobacco Jubilee Date Fixed February 5; Parke Brinkley State Commissioner, To Speak

Nearly SI 000 To He Given In Prize Awards Nearly S 1.000 in prizes — the first worth a solid $250—are ready for the giving away next Thursday, when the Tobacco Jubilee replaces Lne market chant. Between 8.000 and 10.000 tick ets. qaulifying tobacco growers for prizes, have oeen issued through the three warehouses on the Farmville market—one with each sale. The prize award portion of the Jubilee program, to which roin munity and growers have been pointing since tlie market opened here December 1. has a number of i m p o r t a n t requirements. Chamber of Cbmmeice sponsors remind farmers.

Prize Rules To be eligible for a prize, the wumer must be present to claim li In addition, the correct num bered coupon must be presented. After that, it's every man for himself and his luck. Other prizes are: $150 mer chandise certificate, second: $100 merchandise certificate. third: car or truck radio, fourth: Elgin watch, fifth: Ptulco ladio. sixth: auto seat covers, seventh, and many more, the committee re ports. Nearly too Farmville businesses have cooperated with the Cham ber of Commerce in providing the prizes, backing the Farmville Market during the season and in working toward the Jubilee. f irst W inner l he prize program leally began on the first market selling day. when a $50 cash award was given tor the highest general average for a sale of 1.000 pounds or bet ter. tV. C. Elliott, of Curdsville. veteran grower who has sold for a lifetime here; copped that, lie sold 1.500 pounds for $1,318. aver aging $48 86. Last year first time for the i vent an estimated crowd of 3. 000 tanners was on hand, to share in the distribution of $700 in prizes An equhl number is ex pected this year, with an even greater prize dividend on hand.

I'un For All The 1952 event was neatly sum med up as one of the towns businessmen explained: 'everyone t moved it, especially the prize winners, but for the town it meant an opportunity to give back a token of appreciation to '.lie men who do their tobacco business in Farfnvillc. Webster, the dictionary man has a word for it too. Ho calls jubilee- a season or occasion of general joy.” There was just one final word of advice to growers from the sponsors: begin getting those cou pons together. It would be tough to have the number called that's I ack home in another pair of pants. Powhatan Sidewalks Ft. m) In Road Rids Highway improvements projects m two local counties arc included in work for which bids will be opened February 17 uy the State Highway Department. The proj ects include: A mile of 24-foot concrete pavement on Route 260 west of Hurkeville to close a gap between tin' new Hurkeville overpass and the Prince Edward line. Approximately two-tenths of n nine of concrete sidewalk at Pow - hatan C. II.. along Route 13.

\ olunteers Asked lor New Ground Observer C orps Tost For Farmville

A Farnmlle unit of Car Ground Observer Corps will be organized during a meeting of interested prrs ns next Wednesday night in the Crinre Kduard eountv Circuit, Courtroom at 7 :t0 p. m The unil \vill opei i'e under suix’n i.-ion of tin Roanoke Filter Cenler. pulse for a rhaui ol local gr<Hind ohsei”, er I a M n : 1 rung acros . Virginia Civil a Phoril ies rcenn: pegs nnel and a 'minister record'- The C. S. Air Force is responsible for the training and tactical operation ol the unit Such a nnii constitutes part of the national defense program, in that phase, providing the alert against air raids. Gi nuid observer units cooperate in providing the A i > • 1«T • . i , • i • * 1 > it f/ivi'-if ' \' i nit ♦ 1 i >

movement of aircraft, particularly low flying craft, hard to pick up on radar screens. W. J Gills. Jr . has been de signated chief observer for the local unit, and Joseph Weinberg, supervisor, f’hey rep >rt men. wo men. high ,-elioo) students and Hoy Smuts are eligible to serve, and wanted as volunteers .Service, with twrsonncl rotated would require about. two to four hours watching, about once a m nth. usually on week ends, and during daylight hours. Volunteers arc provided silver observer wings and identification card* Civil defense authorities arc building a string of local observa tion posts, similar to that to be * .t jjvl ' W* 'I lll-VO >i el'/ui ♦ !>«% TT

TOBACCO JUBILEE PLANNERS map program for the com munity celebration next Thursday. Fob. 5. in recognition ol the part tobacco plays in the economy of SoulhsZdc Virginia, Left to right arc. Morton I Davis Woodrow Young Joel Watkins. !r Chairman. \V A Watson Jr. and .!. !I Whitfield

California Nixons Dine At Meherrin Virginia hospitality was substi tuted for Washington f irmahty last Saturday as a little croup of Meherrin folks had a two-hour visit with Vice President Richard Nison's parents. There was quite a stir at Mrs. Allen's Tourist Home about f> 30 p. m . that day as Mr. and Mrs. Francis A Nixon, and a Mr. Gardner, of California, stopped for dinner en route to Washing ton. Protocol was forgotten as the little California group warmed up ui the friendly atmosphere cre ated by Meherrin folks. Mrs. Al len. Mrs. R. P. Poaa. Fred Schmidt. Harris Gee and Julian Price. It wijs two hours, a din ner. and much conservation later when the car drove once more on its way. One tidbit cf the conversation lias come to light: The elder Nix ons admire the State of Virginia. At one time they wanted to buy a farm here, but finally purchased one at York. Pa., instead, so they told the Meherrin group. President Eisenhower has (ne 30 miles distant at Gettysburg, Pa.

C hurch Young People To Observe Week With Sunday Service Yeung people of Fnrmvillc churches will observe Interde n 'minational Christian Y o u f h Week Sunday with a service in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church at 6:45 p m The Rev. William R Rotters, pastor of College Church. Hamp dcn-Sydncv. will bring the mas sage. The Rev. .T imes B. Kenneth , pastor of the church, and officers of the Youth Council of Farm ville Churches will take part in the program. Miss Jo Dear in g i< president of the young pe jpies' org anization. Young [x'ople of Farmville churches and their friends are in vited to share in the fellowship meeting.

Pickett Advertises Bids For Housing c. Work Will Hejrin On l nits in March Camp Pickett, in co-operation with the Public Housing Adminis tration. will sotn begin construc tion of 250 new housing units tc help alleviate an acute housing shortage which has existed since the camp was reactivated m 1948 Advertisement f ir bids began Monday, according to a Camp Pickett spoke-man. and contrac tors are expected to submit then bids by Feb. 17 Work on the pr pert to oc lo cated in the area south of the U. S. Army Hospital and between Range Road and Thirtieth Street is expected to get underway early in March. The new pre-fabricated house will all be standard PHA three hedr >om units with a living room kitchenette and bath, believed adequate to accommodate service men with from two to four chil dren. All contract arrangements will be handled by the Public Housing Administration in Richmond, the Camp Pickett spokesman said, and upon completion of the project the PHA will maintain and lease the houses The new h uses should be ready for occupancy in August or Sep tember. Monthly rental for similar three-bedroom houses now being used at Cain]) Pickett is $51. but it is not known at this time if (lie itrw houses will be leased for .the same amount. Camp Pickett already has one Public Housing Administration pro ire! e nsisting of 2.18 houses and located near the Black lone armv air base. Only 25 per rent of the present units are equipped with three bedrooms

FOX ORGAN RKCITAI. NK\r Tl'KSDAV NIGHT VirRil Fox. virtuoso ornanist. will appear in concert in Jarman Auditontini. February 3. at 8 p. m. Mr Fox will Rive a concert of the World’s greatest classical music in co-operation with the Lonywood Artists Series.

Four-Legged Chicken Fools TVature Again With \n Fgg

"Beady laid an egg." That was the startling news an nouncement tliat Georgia Beasley made In The Farmviile Herald of fice. Tuesday morning. Beady is the chicken with four legs that Jack and Georgia Beas ley. fourth grade students at Farmville Elemental y School, have raised from a chick. Given to them by their uncle. A. J. Wood, of Buckingham. Beady came to the Bcaslej children with the promise tliat such a chicken, with normal legs and two small legs tucked above tin normal ap pendages. wouldn't n. e for more than two weeks Well, Beady is about six months old now and she has and an egg. It wasn't a very large egg." Georgia said, "but Beady made a nest in a dog house and laid it there. We found it Monday morn ing." Georgia and Jack Beasley are the children of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beasley, who live two miles east of Farmville. It is strange that Beady chose 'i r\ rj'j VlQMCjJ tfj CiilCrCV" * lit- 1 '.4 ' • ’ •

ol nature again shi lias had In fight for her life wuh other jx-ts of the Beaslev children a cat and three dogs Started m a bird cage. Beady outgrew that home. Then, slm had to make her way in the Beasley yard. Besides the obstacle of other pets in the household, weeds presented a problem to the chicken with four legs. Her two extia legs kept catching in the weeds, and the Beasley family wouid have to answer Beady's call for help. Last November, the child)en's uncle, who raises broilers in Buck ingham county, offered th<m $f()0 for Brady No thanks, the children said it wa •. reward enough to own such an oddity to show off to other chil dren. They took her e school one day. And. now. it seems that the children had good business sense. What with Beady's laying eggs, they might go into the four-leg ged chicken business. What will an egg liom a four legged chicken hatch should be [)n.t n«»vt i i >t. ♦ <1»■* t /'•♦ ♦ It i •: vfcjpt*

1:30 I\ M. Hour Set to Start Celebration Parke C. Brinkley, Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture will be the featured speaker during: the annual Tobacco Jubilee cele bration here Thursday. Feb. 5 The second annual Jubilee. Chamber of Commerce-spoils ired event to pay homage to the area's cash crop and the men who raise it. thus will present a man who know^ farmers' problems as well as any other Virginian The Tobacco Market committee of tfie Chamber through Chair man W. A. Watson Jr., lias an il ' meed that the program of speech-making and prize award ing will get underway at 1:30 p m . from the steps of the Prince Edward county court house

Ahbili Olay t onto Fourth District Congressman Watkins M. Abbitt. who nave the principal address during last year's first Jubilee, has been in - vitjed. according to Mr. Watson. He will be here if Washington events will permit x A new phase will be added to Hie program this year, when the sponsor.^ will have a brief •'Farm er Recognition" period, during which some half-dozen tobacco viewers who have made outstand ing poundage, average or hauling records at Farmville warehouses this season, will be called up for public recognition and a hand shake Irom Chamber members and community public officials. The event, which in its Initial presentation last year attracted a huge throng from Southside coun ties. will open at 1:30 p. m , with welcoming remarks from Mayor W. C Fitzpatrick It will conclude ■With the awarding of nearly fcl.000 in prizes to holders of winning coupons These were distributed to t jbacco gr avers with each sale this year.

Brinkley Kerords Commissioner Brinkley, who rose from Nansemond county farm boy to prominence in h'.s State government, was named to the top agriculture post in Vir ginia in 1950 At 34. then, he was cne of the youngest men ever appointed to head a major de partment in the Commonwealth. A VPI graduate in animal hus bandry. he possesses a record as businessman as well as farmer, having served m the past as bank director and as an officer of the Holland Peanut Company. A Virginian by birth and fam ily. he is also Virginian in his principal hobby, the raising and showing of bird d 'gs He has served as an officer of the Vir ginia Amateur Field Trial Asso ciation. and is known across a rood part of the U. S., as a field trial judge. The Tobacco Market committee expressed elation today over se curing Mr. Brinkley for the event. "His public stature is in keeping with the significance we att-aeh t ; this event to honm our farm ers.'" Mr. Watson said. Chamber Leaders On the Chamber Tobacco Mar ket committee are. in addition to Chairman Watson. L. M. Pairet, J H. Whitfield. H. C. Kayton, Joel Watkins. Jr.. Ttios. R. Hall. M. h. Davis. C. L Tench. O. B. Blair and W. H Young. Since its organization four years ago. the Chamber has viewed the J" bseen Market here as one of the chief contributors to the com munity's economic well being. Throughout its organi/^ion it has sought to assist warehouses offer the best service and facilities for grrwers. Thus the annual Jubilee cli maxes the community's rccogni tr ii of the part of Cash Crop Tobacco and its growers.

$800 In (’ash, Checks Taken from Office Newman Ice Company About $800 in cash wild chocks was stolen from the office of \v. C Newman Company on West Third Street, last week Discovered Wednesday morn ing. Jan. 21. circumstances of the tlicit have been pieced together. Mr Newman left the office with the safe opened for about 15 min utes. Tvfcsday, to attend to some business. Someone entered the of fice while he was gone and made away with the cash and checks. Tlie theft was not discovered until Wednesday morning. Police are investigating the flw.ff