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Scouts Will Bring W orks To Armory For Friday Exhibit Public Invited To Come See, Executive Says Varied displays and demonstra tions will climax National Boy Scout Week at a Scouting exhibi tion at the Farmviile Armory, Friday night at 8. Troops, packs, and posts from Disti.ct VI of the Piedmont Area of Boy Scouts of America will bring tneir displays to the armory from Buckingham. Cumberland, Prince Edward. Not toway. Lunenberg and Charlotte counties. Citizens of the area aie cordial ly invited to come lo the armory to see the work and projects of the Boy Scouts. Lee B. Short, field Scout executive, said. Exhibits Among the exhibits will be Troop 130, Arvonia. first aid! Troop 118. Farmviile. ancient and modern wavs of communtratmn: Troop 116. Farmviile. handic afts Troop 119. Pamplin. homemade cooking gear; Pack 131. Farmviile. handicrafts; Troop 123. Prospect. and Troop 125. Dillwyn. Tender foot investitures: Pack 136 and Troop 138, Victoria, acrobatics and tumbling, fire-building con test with flint and steel and handicrafts: Troop 140. Burke villc. knot-tying contest; Troop and Post 139. Blacksionc. compass course: and Pad: 140. Camp Pickett, handicrafts Other troops, including Crewe, will be present for the district program, Mr. Short said. National Boy Scout Week. Feb 1-13. opened in Faimville with about 45 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and their adult leaders attending Sunday morning service of the Farmviile Methodist Church at Jarman Hall. Dressed m their uniforms, the Scouts sat in a group The Rev. C. O. Kidd, pastor, welcomed them to the service. Take Over Duties Another feature of Boy Scout Week will take plate Saturday, j when members of Troops 116 and ; 118 in Farmviile take over town and county offices for the day. 1 This project has been planned to teach the Scouts duties and func tions of town and county govern ment. The day will be climaxed at noon with a mock trial in the Cir cuit Courtroom. Boy Scouts, act ing as town and county officials, will try a traffic violator. About 250 boys and 150 adults are active in Boy Scout work in this district. Mr. Short said in re viewing the progress of Scouting since he started his duties. Sept. 1. Six new troops, one pack, and one Explorer's Post have been or ganized in the district during tiiis time. District VI of the Piedmont Area was re-organized, effective Jan 1 And Mr. Shoit commented that a new district oiganization lias been set up. Next year. Scout work in this area will be concentrated on Cub Scout organizations, he said. National Boy Scout Week is ob served by Scouts m the United States annually. It celebrates the incorporation of Boy Scouts of America m Washington, D. C.. in 1910.

Douse Farniville Chimney Fire

' FIREMEN Edward Slate. Don Senuin. t’lvde Fiseher and Fred I.ynn apply a hose to the chimney fire Sunday night in the rental dwelling property of C. II. Dowdy, Jr., on Second street, just east of the Hodges and Dowdy Furniture store building. Firemen con quered the burning soot with chemicals and water without damage to the premises. A general alarm summoned liremen Sunday night at 7:30, ad soot aud accumulated wood ask caui'kt lire.

Longwood BTU Observes Anniversary During Week

Baptist Training Union of L ngwood College observed its tenth anniversary, last week, dur ing Religious Emphasis Week. Miss Lucile Peak is director of the union. About 70 members and guests attended a banquet in Longwood College Tea Room. Saturday night. Speaker of the evening was the Rev. Walton Connelly, pastor of First Baptist Church. South Boston, who discussed important dates in the lives of the students, emphasizing live tenth anniver sary and vocational emphasis dates. Special guests at the banquet were all of the former directors of the Baptist Training Union of Longwood College These formal* residents also lead discussion groups. Sunday night, in connec

lion with Vocational Emphasis Week. Former directors present at the banquet were Mrs. John Batkin-, of Moseley; Mrs. James DeFoe. of Rocky Mount.; Mrs. John Lennon of Clover: and Miss Chris Flint, cf Covington. Other guests at the banquet in cluded the Rev. and Mrs. B. R Bruner. Dr. and Mrs. Edgar John son. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Lamp, and Miss Alice Carter, of Farm ville. and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Winders. Miss Page Taylor, and Miss Dot Daniel, of Richmond. Miss Fiances Hudgins, a former student of Longwood College, who is now a missionary to Siam, heme on lea.ve, spoke to BTU members. Friday night, in con nection with Religious Emphasi Week.

Valentine Dance To Aid Recreation Seek Bleachers For New Field A Valentine dance to benefit the Farmville Recreation Associa tion in its preparations for the Longwood avenue athletic field will be held Wednesday night. Feb H. at the Modem Woodmen hall. The Junior Chamber of Com merce and Rotary Ciub are assist ing m preparation for the benefit dance to provide wide community backing on behalf oi the fund raising program of tnc Recreation Association. Among the current projects of the Association is one to secure bleacher seals Mrs. Ann Graziani bas announced that these are available at a military installa tion m Virginia and that the Association will submit a bid. if sufficient funds are raised to al low it. Mrs. Graziani also announced that the Association is setting its sights on having the field ready for baseball this summci.

‘Turn-Away’ Crowds Bring Double F’rizes As New Store Opens Hundred,' of visitors streamed thioiiEli the new Prince Kdward Utilitv Company store on Mam street for the formal opening Fri day and throughout the day Sat urday. Ten of the visitors walked away with handsomp prizes, with the announced Friday award program being duplicated Saturday when the hu'se, turn-away crowd ap peared Friday's winner were: Mrs. T. C. Glenn, electric range: Mrs. Ila Forbes, of Waynesboro. Va.. deep fryer; Mrs. R. V Carson, eoffe matic: T. C Coleman Jr., elec tric travel irrn. and James F Silver. Farmville Rt.. 2. electric iron. Saturday's winners during the repeat performance were: Mr' Roy Jamerson. home freezer: C. C Roberts, electric lamp: Mrs. \V. T. Smith, of Buchanan. Va . deep fryer, H. Josephson, Farm ville. Rt. 1. coffematie, and Mrs. ollie St. John, electric travel iron.

Agronomy Topics Will Be Considered At Five Meetings In Buckingham Five meetings to discuss agro nomy problems will be held in j different areas of Buckingham county, this week. Buckingham County Extension Agronomy Committee and R. S. Fllis. county ageht. have arranged these meet ings. John F. Shoulders, associate extension agronomist from VPI. wil be the speaker at these meet ings. He will discuss such topics ■ as better use of idle land, pasture management, varieties of alfalfa and corn hybrid and recommend ed crops and fertilizers. “Cash m on Corn." a movie, will be shown at these five meetings, also. Meeting dates and places will be Tuesday. Feb 10. at 7:30 p. m , Curdsville School. Wednesday, Feb. 11. at 1 30 p. m.. Davidson's cold storage building, and 7:30 p. m . Andersonville Giange Build ing: Thursday. Feb. 12. at 1:30 p. m . Buckingham Courthouse, and 7:30 p. m.. Well Water School. Farmers are urged to attend one of these meetings, the one j which will be most convenient. j The Curdsville ano Anderson ville meetings will be sponsored by the Granges in those areas. Another highlight of these meetings will be the awarding of pasture certificates to winners of last year's pasture contest. Members of the agronomy com mittee are Joe Steger. Calvin Morris. G. H. Elcan. Jr., D. H. Rainey. V. C. Proffitt. Lyndel Connaster. A. B Jones. R L. Seay. C. R. Seay and Earl Patte son. Jr.

Tobacco Market Will Have Tuesday. Thursday Sales The Farmville Tobacco Market will conduct sales this week on Tuesday and Thursday with the first sale starting at the usual time. Support prices will bo in ef fect both days for the final ' clean-up" of the 1952 crop. Across the dark-fired belt last week gross sales amounted to j 630.675 pounds, averaging $33.76. Season sales readied 12.316,120 pounds for a $35.48 average. Season sales to the pool Asso ciation now stands at approxi mately 19 per cent of total sales, it is reported. The week s average dropped 41 cents below that of the previous week. Lnngrwood Teachers Give Extension Work Two Longwood College profes sors this week begin graduate teaching courses under sponsor ship of the University of Virginia Extension Division. Dr. E. M. Johnson will teach a course on the graduate level in Sensory Materials each Wednes day at Lynchburg, w hile Dr. R K Swcrtfeger will teach on a similar level in the field of Child Develop ment each Thursday, at Roanoke Soldier from Cullen Heins Build School Destroyed In Korea ; The contributions of a Cullen ; 'soldier and his buddies are help line rebuild a war-leveled Korean 1 school. ; Pfc. Ray R. Routt, '-op of Mr. jand Mrs. Roscoe Routt. Route t 'and other members of the 32 Regiment are giving pa-t, of their monthly pay t.o the building fund. The money is being used to build a new school in Pochon. one of the hardest hit cities in the re public of Korea. Pfc. Routt, who arrived in Ko rea, last October, is assigned as a gunner in the regiment's Com ‘ p-tpv TV

Pickett Soldier Rams Stolen Auto Into Parked Car Private Charged On Two Counts, Held For Another A 22-year-old Ncrro private from Macon. Ga . Robe-l Latti more was filled S150 i b's costs in the Mayor's Cmirt. Monday mora ine. for careless and reckless driving under the influence of alcohol At the same time, the "rial Jnctice Co- i t sentenced the C-mp Pickett soldier to 30 da vs in Gil for a hit-and-run accident. And I atlimnre's ease will be h"ld over for grand .iurv on the charge of nos‘essina a ■ folen automobile The-? charges were the result ef events which happened early Friday morning in Parmville. Policemen O. S Overton and V. 3’. Rickman s iw Latthnore iumo from a car after crashing into a 1951 Chevrolet parked in front of Iiongwood C Here on High Street about 3 15 a m.. Friday. Thev caught tiie soldier i>rte” chasing him for about four blocks. After capturing the soldier, thev found tliat he had stolen the car that he was driving, a 1943 Chevrolet, from Fla/el C Jack son. who lives on Fly Street and teaches at Tuggle Damages t" the parked car, owned by H M Hills, of Broad nax, amount’d to about $403. Damage to the stolen ear were $450. I attimore had stolen the car and was headed bark to Camp Pickett when the accident on High Street orenreri He lias been stationed at Picket1 for about three months The s Idier is bein' lieki at the county mil

State Officer Visits Farmville Javcees At Lung wood House Edward E Lane, state vice president. of Richmond, discussed membership and a candidate for a state office from Farmville. at Thursday's meeting of the Farm ville Junior Chamber of Com merce. The dinner meeting was held at Longwood House Another guest at the meeting was Henri Emurian. director of music at the Farmvil’i Methodist Church Mr Emurian sang several select ions. President Henry Hubbard an nounced again the state quarterly meeting that will be held Feb. 1 Il ia at Bristol. Among the Farm ville Jaycees who will attend this meeting will be V V. Gordon, state director: \V. F Watkins. Jr., chairman of the Jaycce Legisla tive Committee: Dave Schobie: and Mr. Hubbard.

Illness of Speaker Cancels II!) Meeting A special emphasis pirtaic for home demcnstratiou club mem bers in Prince Edward conntv ha' been canceled. The meet in*.: was scheduled for !• 4a this mnrnin*: 'Tuesda*-> in the Trial Justice Courtroom Cancellation of the meeting wa marie because of the ilhiess of the speaker. >yliss Helen AT or home management specialist o! VPI. Marian Baldwin, home agent, said Subject of the meetuu’ was to hare been kitchen arrangements and laundrv r* oms_

NEWS SUMMARY

DULLES TUI.I S Kl KOBE TO HASTEN DEFENCE U. S. Secretary of Slate Dulles is giving the big Western Euro pean powers 77 days to show real progress in setting up a unified defense or risk cuts >n American military and economic aid. a qualified informant said tonight. The April 20 deadline was dis closed after Dulles, m day - long meetings with British leaders, gave assurance that the United States will continue its policy of trying to limit the Korean War and sought to counter their critic ism of U. S. action of Formosa.

WAGE. PRICE (TUBS DROPPED LAST WEEK President Eisenhower went a long way Iasi week toward restor ing the nation to a free-wheeling economy Hipping aside the con lymersisl controls system set up durinr ihe Truman admmistia tion. Eisenhower issued two-fold executive orders: 1. Abolishing all federal con trols over wages and salaries thus clearing the way for quick pay boosts for perhaps a million workers. 2. Junking price cuib.s on thou sands of items, including all meat. c'lotV'hso finnsStMim yo-- 1 ;|i-i

mrafs. bar and tavern drinks, and hundreds of household goods. AK>1V \uoi.s I.F.WE FOR KOREA The second shipment of soldiers being absent without leave, were to fly from Camp Pickett last week. Their ultimate destination: Korea, lake the 71 Fort/ Lee sol du'i's who left Richmond these men were being sent to Camp Stoneman. Calif., under the Ar my's new policy of sending con victed AWOLS to Korea. Thirty-eight soldicis. the Camp Pickett public information officer said, loft the Blackstone Army airfield at a p. in. Saturday, for the port of embarkation in Cali lorma. Thirty-two soldiers were sent to the West Coast from Camp Pickett .tatviaiy 27 They were the tint to leave Pickett under the month-old Army policy.

IN u hn \tion.\i B1 SC 1.1 I LL.1T NAVIS |)| T( l| A fleet of vessels under six fines, aided by a warm of heli copters. rescued 3.000 marooned Dutch islanders last week from the North Sea floods harassing Holland. England and Belgium. The operation was the dramatic Li^lUight of 2 day that saw tlie

icscue phase largely completed even as a the three-nation death toll mounted to 1,889. Sea-going craft of the United States. Britain. France. Belgium. West Germany and Holland join ed in removing the 3.000 from the waterlogged buildings and broken dikes of the twin towns of Oude and Nieuwe Tonge.

T. COLEMAN ANDREWS TAKES OFFICE OATH T. Coleman Andrews. ;>3. of Richmond, Va.. became the 31st Commissioner of internal Reve nue with a pledge to 'restore the service lo ttic great reputation it used to have." last week. Andrews said that under lus administration the giant tax col lection agency would serve the "best interests oi all the people ol ttie United States. Andrews made the remarks to about 2b0 revenue agency officials and employes and treasury offi cials after he was sworn into of fice. Judge Albert V. Bryan, of the East Virginia U. S. District Court administered the oath and Secretary of tire Treasury Hum phrey handed him his commis sion. signed by President Eisen hower.

TOBACCO Jl’BILEE guests of honor pause as Bill and Mary Reed, radio entertainers, perform. Standing at right are Parke C. Brinkley, guest speaker. W A. Watson, Jr., Jubilee chairman, and Congressman Watkins M. Ahhilt. Tobacco growers given special recognition are, left to right Harold Varner, C. M. Smith. G. A. Stonnt'U, and J S. Parsons J. A. Ilazelgrove and other growers recognized, arrived after the oirture was made.

9 TGHACCO Jl BlLIie erow4 y arms over the I'rinee Kdward Courthouse plaza itunns ii« st eoi.d a nt.ua I eelehratfon here Iasi Thursday Poliee roped off Main street as the visitor, spilled over into M tin street, while listenine to the sperehes and ehrekiiiR tobaero stubs dur'ite the ->rze awards of SS.'.O i:i rash and irereliandis? eeriifieates

I ' . jubilee Farmer Recognition ! .Most pounds sold—J. A. Hazel grove C U ill bell a u d. 33.000 pounds: C. M. Smith. Cumber land. 20,224 pounds: ilarold Var ner Cumberland: W. C. Elliott, dullsville: K. W. Gannaway. Buckingham, and J. L. Ransom Charlotte. » Highest single sale averages— W. C Elliott. 1.318 pounds, $657.24. average $10.88. E. W. Gilliam. 1,234 pounds. $608.44. average $411.30. !'’ M. Taylor and Soil, 1.186 pounds, $555.82 aver age $4712. M. I). Harris. 1.632 pounds. $757.28. average $46.40. Growers coming greatest dis tance — \V. E. Mitchell. Bedford. 75 miles, G. A. Skinncll. Bedford. 72 miles: John McCoy. Gladstone. 50 miles: J. N. Bigger. Chase City. 50 miles: Mrs. C E. Strum and C. J Wright. Lovingston. 53 miles. Otis W Thompson. 77. of Route 3 Farmvtde. broke hts leg about 2 15 p. m , Monday, when he was struck by a ear on West Third Street._

Buckingham Board Gives School Bids Work Will Start Early In March Buckingham County School Board accepted a combined low bid of $523,242 for a new white elementary school and a new Negro high school at its meeting, last Wednesday. The contract was awarded to John W Daniel and Company. Danville contractors. Starting date for construction of schools, which will be built at the same time, will be early in March, according to I. S. Driscol', county superintendent of schools. The new elementary school for white children will be built near the intersection of Routes 15 and 20. between Sprouse's Corner and Dillwyn. Site of the Negro high school will be about one mile from the intersection of Routes 15 and 20 rn Route 20. (lie Scottsville road. Fifteen bids for the two schools 1Continued nit Vane 2'

11 * I Jubilee Prize Winners Pir-t prize. $250 merchandise certificates. Mrs Sam Traylor. Cumberland county. Second. $150 merchandise cer tificates. Wallace Shepard. Buck ingham county, i Also 13th Prize winner. > Third. $101.05 merchandise cer tificates. John F. Dean. Bucking ham Fourth, car radio, value $85, Wilbur Robertson. Buckingham. Fifth. Elgin watch. Mrs. Leslie Phaup. Buckingham. Sixth, electric blanket, Robert Hatcher. Cumberland Seventh, electric blanket. Mrs. Minnie Ann Moseley. Buckingham Eighth, auto seat covers, Mrs. Henry Cilenn. Prospect. Ninth. 12 cases Dr. Pepper. Pearl Jones. Buckingnam. Tenth, picnic cooler. Frank Jamerson. Buckingham. Eleventh. $10 merchandise and cash. Branch Hendricks Prospect Twelfth, cycle grinder. George Hlirris, Cumberland. Thirteenth. $5 cash. Wallace Shepard Fourteenth. $5 cash. Mrs Ernest Morgan. Madisonville Fifteenth. $5 cash. C. R Elder. Farmville. Sixteenth. $5 cash. Janie Street. Prospect. Seventeenth, hotel dinners. Mrs. W. R. Baldwin. Guinea Mills

Speech Workshop Will Convene Here Wednesday, Feb. 18 A worksh p chnir for teachers of dramatics and forensics will be held ul Lonewood College. 4 30 to 9 p. in.. Wednesdav. Feb. 18, in Jarman Hall It will be sponsored jointly by the School oi Speech of the University of Virginia and Virginia High Scho 1 League, ac cru'd me to an announcement from Howard If Richardson exe cutive secretary oi the league Lonewood College will sry,p as 'lost to the occasion, with l>r C. L S Laidev profe;.; v of dra matic- at Lonewood College, as chairman for I n al arrangements. Dr -i. Jeffrey Auer, chairman oi the Department of Speech of the University of Virginia, will address the clinic on Uie role of speech in the high school of today. Dr. Farley and other mem bers of the Lonewood College faculty '.vill serve a^ conaultante.

Town Welcomes 1300 At Jubilee. Prizes Awarded Farm Operations To Need Thought, Official Relieves The famed. Southside Virginia phrase, honoi for the past, help for the present, hope for the fu ture just about sums up the sec ond annual Farmvhle Tobacco Jubilee, which brought 1.500 farmers to town Thursday to re ceive the Community's thanks for their tobacco business. There were seats of honor and public recognition for growers who had made outstanding crops: there were helpful words of farm advice from Agriculture Commis sioner Parke C Brinkley, and there were hopeful words of pos sible acreage increases from Con gressman Watkins M. Abbitt. The awarding of $850 in cash and merchandise prizes also con stituted a helpful gesture for the present. In all theie were 17 prizes awarded to lucky ticket holders as little Donald Coin, of Pamplin, poked a tiny, fair minded fist into the huge squirrel cage of luck, containing more than 8.000 stubs. Brinkley’s Advice | Commissioner Brinkley, himself I a farmer dividing his tune be | tween Nansemond county and the Capital office, warned the crowd which thronged the court house plaza, that 1953 will de mand "you use a little more thought" about farm >perations. i.‘ the agricultural squeeze now ; on. is to be successfully met. Tobacco farmers, he urged, must give more serious considera tion to their land other than that devoted to tobacco. "The more you can get from that other land, while keeping up your tobacco, too. the better." Mr. Brinkley said. The Commissioner urged farm ers to get busy on their idle lands, "which are costing you dearly." and to follow every rco ommended practice to get more production from crop lands. In a final word of advice he urged his hearers to consider live stock as a means of diversifying farm operation and increasing farm income

Abbitt Speaks Fourth District Congressman Watkins M. Abbitt saw the Jubi lee as concrete expitssion of the cooperation of rural-urban peo ples "that has made America great." Stating that efforts are now underway in Washington seeking larger tobacco acreages. Mr. Ab bitt reminded the farmers that dark-fired growers will receive nearly $4.500.000 from leaf sales. "That's 48 per cent ol the income from everything sold off the farms in Southside Virginia,'” he declared. Reminding that much has been done to benefit tobacco farmers. Mr. Abbitt said that one out of every six dollars the Southside Virginia farmers has to spend for himself is a tobacco dollar. Mayor W. C. Fitzpatrick, who iomed the Chamber of Commerce President S. W. Putney Jr., in welcoming tobacco growers for tiie day. declared that the Jubi lee is the community's way of expressing appreciation for selec tion of Farmville as the market at which to sell tobacco. "Without you Faimville would n't be the metropolitan city of Southside Virginia," lie declared. "Your help and coopeiation in spire us to perspire a little more for your bencffC" the mayor con cluded. Others making brief expressions of welcome were J. W. Dunning ton. Walter Putney, oenators O. W Palmer. T. R. Hall. Joel Wat kins Jr., and W. A Watson Jr.. Jubilee chairman ana master of ceremonies. Prize Winners Prize winners were jubilant, of course. Mrs. Sam Tiaylor. who won the $250 first prize after one number went by without a claim ant. was the center of the little coterie of prize winners who were asembled to streak a piece over WFLO. "Shaking like a leaf at. my luck." was the typical com ment.. Mrs. Traylor, whose husband has been selling line all his life, nearly didn't make it to the Jubi lee. Despite premonitions that the odds were too great, she hurried off at the last moment, "just in case it would be different this time." It was. $250 worth.

Rouble Winner Wallace Shepard, who sold about 17.000 pounds here thus 'car from his Buckingham farm, was tlie only double winner, lie held the tickets for the second prize of $150 and the 13th of $5. Bill and Mary Reed provided some tuneful hillbilly music to fill in around the shaking and prize award portions of the pro gram. The popular radio enter tainers received much applause lor their well played and sung melodies, t