Mrs Elizabeth Forbes Dies al Farmville; Fites To He Tuesday M: - Elizabeth Gilliam Forbes. "Flow of Alexander Forbes, died !•••..is... le Monday. April !. at tire age of 30. Si:c was burn in Buckingham i uir.y August 27. 1877 the d '. ht'T of John Branch Gilliam • ti N* .mii, Walton Steg 'r Gil i n. She attended Farmville 1' " ! School and wa•• a mem 1. . of Gintfr Park Presbyterian < evc.li at Richmond. Surviving is one brother. T. Walton Gilliam, of Richmond. if si r\ ices will be held to il I\i<ysda.v . at Doyn<-Burger i M ime. Farmville, at 4 p. ir. ... »;tfi nr.' a nient in the oeme t 'a at N w Store Presbvti ian ( . ■ h. Buckingham county Dr C. I. d Afehart. of Farmville, will officiate. (' mbined Hands T't) Present Concert Bands from Powhatan and iion land high schools will enm b ne their talents this week end in iv n annual music workshop. Practices will begin at 1:30 p.m. Jr id.-.y under the direction of John P ’kins, and will continue through u’dav Climax of the workshop v.-ill be a concert by the combined hand. Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Powhatan High School auditor ium.
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Mrs. Nannie Bowlin, 82, Dies at Mattoax Mrs. Nannie Wiggington Bowlin, cld Thursd. y at her home at Matt ...' Funeral services wen .held Sunday afternoon at the ! home, with burial in Pine Qrovt cemetery m Amelia county. The widow of C G. Bowlm, she 1 su.-.ivied by two daughters. Mrs Annie May Rigsbee and Mrs. Em I'"--,. P Gunter, of Amelia; three sons. Clifford F.. Clinton C. and < Woodrow B wlm. all of Amelia: a brothei, A J. Wiggington. of .Stuart a - . : Mrs. S. F Bowlin of Richmond: 14 grandchildren. 2 ( hurches Win Baptist Parsonage !’<>« iia'ai s Bapti. t par.soiiagt auctioned off to Henry W. j Saturday for $8,750 May -a a moduir for Old Powhatan and Red Lane Baptist churches. Tii" parsonage was originally - owned by the two churches and F:ne Creek and May Memorial: tv c.rrrhr., divided. Red Lane and. o;u Powhatan went together to j ! rm out charge, and Fine Creek' . d M :y Memorial formed an
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High, Rigid Price Supports Editor’s Note: This is second in a 'cries of three articles by Dr. Harry M. I.me. department of Agricul tural Economics. V.P.I.. Blacks burg. Taken from an address to tbe Virginia Bankers Association. The second way for making de sons is demonstrated by govern ment trying to protect farmer.' against rapid growth and change by •ermanently supporting their p ices i above those consumers are willing : ‘o pay. This "pegging” of prices at a : definite level rather than letting •hem fluctuate prevents consumers from registering their opinions. Con uraers are no longer free to decide iot to buy since government takes from them, through its tax author ty. the dollars needed to pay pro ducers the fixed support prices. Now hat consumers are unable to tell producers what they w-ant and do ■ ot want it. becomes necessary to apply aibitrary controls. Thus con
Amelia Students To Become Officials Five Amelia students will be come state officials Thursday, Friday and Saturday when they take over as Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y representatives at the model Gen eral Assembly. Gail Dorset is slated to be sen ate doorkeeper, Lee Burnette and Ronald Dillar, senators. Betty Lou Morris, delegate, and E-dwin Smith, page. Dillard will introduce the bill prepared by the Amelia chapters. It provides for the election of the superintendent of public instruc tion by the state board of educa tion. The superintendent is now appointed by the governor. \melia Churches Mold Series of Services A series of services is being held this week at Namozine and Mat toax Presbyterian churches in Amelia county, every evening at 8 p. m. The first of these services was held at the Namozine church last Sunday and will continue though April 5 The Ret James Allen, as sist., nt pastor of Lafayette Pres byterian churclj in Norfolk, for-: .a -ly a student pastor at Rennie Memorial church. Amelia county ! and a graduate of Erskine Col- j lege. S C. will preach on the! Seven Last Words of the Cross. j At the Mattoax Presbyterian' church the first service was held | last Sunday at 8 p. m These | services will continue through the j 8 p.m. one Friday, with the Rev j J. Burdette Sheer, Jr., pastor of Grace C o v e n a n t Presbyteriar ' hurch in Hampton, a 1944 grad uate of Union Theological Sem inary. conducting the services.
other. As Old Powhtan and Red Lam wore half owners of the person age. they will pay only half of thf total purchase price to the othei two churches. Mrs. Yirgie Maxey Dies In Amelia Mr Virgie Reams Maxey, 66 widow of Albert Sidney Maxey died March 27 at the home of hei daughter. Mrs. W. Woodrow Ar rington m Amelia. B. odes Mrs. Arrington she i? surived by three daughters, Mrs Or Leslie Vaughan, of Amelia Mrs Clarence R. Worner am Mrs. Gavlor H Vaughan, both o Richmond: one son. Albert Sid ney Maxey. Jr., of Amelia: on' sister. Mrs O H. Maxey. of Rich mond a brother. W L. Ream? d Amelia, and six grandchildren Funeral services were conduct ed by Rev Milton P. Reid and Dofph Allen pastor and student pastor of Rennie Memorial Pres byterian church Friday. Burial was in the church cemetery. There are 272.000 women serv r as Den Mothers m the Cut' Scout Program.
rols and supports go hand in hand. Consequently, neither consumers nor producers are free to exercise 'heir best judgments as to what shall be produced, how much, and oy whom. Under these conditions he responsibility for making these decisions is given to select men. Thus clothed with authority they Tiust act as though somebody knows moie than everybody. Whep prices are supported above what consumers are willing to pay hey look for cheaper sources of upply and substitute products. Syn hetics flourish while cotton suffers, hleo spreads while butter spoils. Ex port markets disappear as other ■ountries expand their production f cotton, tobacco, wheat, etc. Similarly, as production allot ments are reduced farmers find vays to produce more per acre. They also bid up the price for al 'otted acres in an effort to buy fast enough to keep their rights from >eiiig reduced through cuts. Thus, production is not permitted o decrease in proportion to re duced allotments. Meanwhile, cost per unit of product does not de ciease as might be expected. To the extent that total production is re-1 duced and costs fail to decline pro-: oortionally the farmer's net income is lowei. Producers strive to keep production up despite acreage re ductions. and to this extent contrib ute to the need for further cuts and expand surplus supplies. In order to spare small pro ducers there is a minimum below which their allotments may not b< cut. Those whose allotments arr above the minimum bear the brim1 of cuts until all become so small 'hat the minimum has to be lowered Burley tobacco affords a typical il lustration of what happens. A few years ago the minimum allotmen* was 0.9 an acre. It was reduced to 0.7 an acre In 1955 it was further educed to 0.5 an acre. Now more | than 60 per cent of some 300,0001 farms, or about 180.000, have allot- ; menis of 0.5 an acre or less. This is essentially a process for ' rationing poverty and outlawing ef- ; firiency which would otherwise be : ■xpected. It denies the right to com- i peie and limits opportunity. Those ; growers of tobacco and other com-; moclities who could produce them as cheaply as they can be grown any place and make more satisfac tory incomes than now. are denied 'he freedom to do so. Meanwhile, consumers of these products are 'creep to pay more than the cost should be. To this extent the con sumers have less to spend for other ‘hings which they might buy. This inability to buy other things keeps the standard of living from using. Because consumers are un able to make savings new jobs pro ducing other things are not created. The’clone, the smaller, low income farmers have less opportunity to get into more productive work at higher wages They are doomed to uv • with small allotments which 'ontinue to shrink. Everybody suf fers. Consumers would vote for 'ther pings but cannot save the dollars to support their votes. The )rocess of communication breaks down. The "invisible hand” no long >r beckons toward opportunity Meanwhile, farmers find it very iifUcult to shift the fragments of cropland resulting from reduced al ctments into profitable uses. This 'auses them to turn to other enter irises even though the returns may ie low. Thus, trouble is created for other farmers.
To relieve this situation, supports nd controls are extended. Extend ng supports and controls creates nore problems than it solve s. farmers who might otherwise find vays to shift into main or special red production are now plagued vith fragments. The portions of heir resources which are cut off rnm the controlled crops by allot netits are too small for profitable se in the production of other hings. So it goes, on and on, until 11 is controlled, in farming and ther segments of the economy. It s a step by step process which omes about so gradually that the ■ltimate results are concealed. For his reason it is imperative that we tahou’d always preserve the right to [lepoal and the will to do so when t becomes necessary. : Now, arresting growth and change esults in destroying freedom and he benefits of science. Security is >oupht at the price of stagnation.
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New Berlin-Helmstedt Autobahn Lings Berlin, Germany, and Freedom
Bv NORMAN LINDHCRST (Farmville Herald Foreign Correspondent) Berlin. April 1 — Loudspeakers blare jazz as you drive up to the big orange and black billboard ex tending a "Hearty Welcome to the German Democratic Republic.” The republic referred to is not West Germany but Communist East Germany. The welcome sign marks the stretch of the best-known single stretch of highway behind the Iron Curtain—the 110 mile Hclmsted-Ber lin autobahn. In the past this highway was a favored object of Communist threats and harassment. During the Berlin blockade of 1948-1949 it was closed entirely to Western travel For the last year, however, the Communists have abstained from interference with traffic on this West Berlin-West German lifeline. And, for what it is worth, there is no interference with traffic on the road today, despite Soviet Zone un rest.
Traffic, much oi it ihick traffic is flowing smoothly. West German and West Berlin passenger cars are 'Pin" cleared at both ends of the autobahn with minimum delay. It is the smoothest ride anywhere behind the Iron Curtain—but the Curtain is still there. Despite the music and the big welcome sign ravelers still must undergo one of he most thorough customs checks n Europe. And there are periodic traffic ■hecks as you proceed along the 110 miles. The East Germans want to be sure you haven't picked up a Soviet Zone subject along the high way, or some illicit cargo. Police and East German troops are about en force the entire length of this "nightmare highway." They appear to be more a feature of Soviet Zone life, however, than a highway guard force. The drive to Berlin dramatizes 'he economic contrast between West and East Germany Alone the auto bahn, in West Germany, the fields are filled with tractors, in Eas' Germany, with horses. Not a piece of modern agricultural machinery is to be seen along the entire 110 mile route. Most shocking is the position of women in the Soviet Zone economy Women make up three-quarters of the labor force in the field and or autobahn repair crews. Women perform the heaviest re pair tasks, breaking concrete, push ing wheelbarrows and heating tar Mothers and daughters work to gether in the fields. Chic is not the word for East German women, not those you scr working on the autobahn and in the fields. Wearing work trousers leavy sweaters and caps, they can lardly be distinguished from tin men. Even the autobahn traffic drama izes the contrast between the two Germanys. West German cars are pew. most of them big. and the autobahn is thick with them. Eas! German cars are few. mainly of prewar vintage, and small. Prewar, this stretch of autobahn boasted a chain of elaborate gaso line stations and restaurants. Today, pnlv a few are open. None have had repairs since the war. The autobahn is in bad shape The work under way is piecemeal and insufficient. After nearly four years, however, the East Germans have completed reconstruction of
| the warjd estroyed Elbe Rivet : bridge. Th;s wins the celebvated bridg’f 'hat Marshall Vassily Sokolovsky j ‘hen military governor of East Get manv. used as the pretext for clos png the autobahn during the block * ode. The marshal ruled the tem I oorarv rbilitarv structure then in I use “too frail.” i After the blockade was lifted, the b-idce was found to be rugged enough for continued use, and used *t was until the new concrete and steel structure was completed a vear ago, In another direction. East Ger many's Communists have been in ordinately industrious along the autobahn. Not even Italy or the United States have more signs ad vertising East Germany's major product—Communism. Autobahn bridges are draped with banners exhorting' “Demand pro hibition of the Atom Bomb." or “Join the Fight for Peace.” Road ie signs advise: “We Autobahn Workers Stand Ready to Defend the Peace" Even on the autobahn there is a glimmering of the liberalization bo ng introduced into Communist life. The speed limit used to be 50 miles in hour. A few weeks ago it was rased to 60.
LC Mathematicians Attend Meeting Drs. Francis G. Lankford. Jr . Ethel Sutherland and Blanch D. Badger, all of Longwood College, ittended the 35th annual meeting of the National Council of Teach ers of Mathematics in Philadel phia. Pa., March 27-30. Lankford, as one of the four vice-presidents of the Council board of directors, aided in plan ning the conference. Miss Badger •served as- chairman of the college lection Saturday afternoon when i new book for program planning if mathematics for college fr •■ li nen was discussed While at the conference tie' trio attended a banquet given by the Longwood College Philadelphia alumnae chapter, toured historic al points pf interest that included hojols a ■d committee meetings and heard cports of the latest resean he mathematics field. Music Recital At longwood College The Longwood College music department will have the third in i series of spring recitals Thurs day. Apr] 4 at 4 p. m in the luditorium of Jarman Hall. James McCombs vocal instruc-, or at Longwood College, will pre vent the following vocal students: Ann Barnes a freshman from 'vo! . Joan Sloop a sophomore from Hanisonbu: and Moon vean Warren a junior from New port News. Those playing piano duets will ; be. Judson Mason a sophomore from Martinsville and Adair Camp a freshman from Arling ton: also. Ann Hart and Els’.e Wells, both senior music majors from Richmond Ttiese pianists are all students of Walter E. Ur ben Longwood College piano In structor.
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Vocal Trio Wins Powhatan Show A vocal trio of Powhatan High School students Jean Heath. Nan cy Hudson and Betty Welday sang their way to first place in the tal ent. show held at Powhatan Fri day. Jo Elam won second place in the high school division with a vocal solo, and Mary Clarke and Jimmie Tomlinson won third. In the elementary school divi sion. Helga Ludwig w on first. Clara Lawson second and Nancy Camp bell third. Honorable mentions were a warded Nancy Hudson, for a vocal solo: Sandra Manley, for a flute solo; Tommy Dalton, for a piano solo, and Lists Rudd who piayed a guitar and sang. ScoltsviJlc Scottsville Lions club was host Wednesday to Lions International zone meeting presided over by At well Somerville, of Orange
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There were 59 patients in the hos pital Monday morning. Patients Admitted M r Howard Stewart. Farmville; M's Jesse McMillian, Crewe; Mrs. Anrne Gillispie, Chase City: Miss Emily Rogers, Charlotte C H.: L. ~) Fmnkl’n. Prospect: Miss Jill Davis. Dillwyti; Everett Pennington, Blackstone; Ronald Pennington. Blackstone: Mrs. Lena Barton. Green Bay: J S. Coldiron. Burkc ville M s w A Baldwin. Crewe: Jerry King. Victoria; Mrs. Brenda Ker- V-ctor'a: Mrs J S. Holman. Farmville: Ben Crowder. Hantpden Sydr.ey: Mrs Mary Tucker. Buck nvham: Miss Annie Marie Thacks Lion President Elmer Johnson an nounced that J. B. Tindall, Jr., and Nelson Carroll would head the two teams to conduct the light bulb sale.
ton. Farmville: James Lee Wilker son. Crewe: Mrs. D. M. Mattox. Victoria: Mrs. O J. Borum. Jr. Burkeville; Mrs. J E. Johnson. Hampden-Sydney, and Edward A Carter. Cumberland. Births Mr and Mrs. T. O. Hammonds, Jetersville. girl, March 28. Mr. and Mrs. J H. Goin, Appo mattox. boy. March 30. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Breedlove, Meherrin, girl, March 30. Colored Patients Robert Holcomb, Cumberland; Elizabeth Crown. Farmville: Win ston Vaughan, PampUn; Arthur An derson. Dillwyn; Moses Braxton. Farmville, and Pattie Washington. Prospect. « oiored Birth James and Queenie Wright, Pamp lin, boy. March 29.
SEVENTEEN HOMESITES-ACREAGE TRACTS (The Ida W. Southall Property) ON THE PREMISES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10,1957 AT 2 P. M. Located about 4 Miles West of Farmville, on Routes 160 and 69c, near Dowdy's Corner PROPER! V HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED \ SO BUYER CAN PURCHASE ANY SIZE LOT HE MIGHT DESIRE THESE LOTS LAY WELL, ARE IN GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOULD APPEAL TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN A HOMESITE OR INVESTMENT. Acreage Tracts Front on Route 678. One Tract contains LEO'S acres and has a tobacco allotment of 1 AS acres. Tobacco barn. THERE 15 ALSO A GOOD SPRING ON THIS TRACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT I. C. Watkins, Reallcr, Teh pficnc 758, cr 3056-R ANDREWS REALTY COMPANY, Auctioneers TEL: DRcke 63773 BROOKNEAL, VA. " ^ ^ II Ml 11IBUHHM IHIBM———i
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