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The Farmville Herald AND FARMER-LEADER ! /OLUME 66 H°n°t 1°, He^or^ Pre«", FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12,1957 NO. 59

f 1 Easier cSSaae [5% IJR. < I 1.0V O AREHART Pastor. I armville Presbyterian Church "AEONI All NOT ALONE." John lb::;: "! am not alone, because the I ather is with me.") Loneliness and suffering are perhaps more universally linked together in this world than any other two conditions of human experience In fact, any feeling of loneliness is always experienced as a mild suffering, an acute loneliness is almost unbearable The unrelenting urgency of the many to seek the milling mod'ing" crowds stands as an irrefutable argument tor such a surmise

.So wlu*n wo stng. "He sutierea, hied, and du d alone,” and under • rand wh.u the sot.-' is trying tp portray, we come close to under standing the awful significance of Calvary for Jesus Christ. In our own day those who have thought about it continue to link suffering and loneliness. Russell Dicks has pointed out that he firmly believes that there are only four distinct types of suffering, and he of these is loneliness. He states the prevalence of this feel ms by saying that "loneliness un derlie!) more human behavior than any other emotion unless it i.- hunger " Reasons For Forsaking As we study the accounts that tell u$ of lire events leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection, we realize that this was a situ ation in the life of our Master in which; Hie was very much alone and yet in which He was not alone In one place we are told ti it ail His trends forsook Him f | diseiplies directly. "I am not alone, because the Father is with me." John 16:32'

We. who sometimes sufier from pangs! of loneliness, are prone to ask w!iy one like- Jesus, one so cemi’ie innate, sympathetic, and considerate of others would ever be lonely v\ i y mould J! . <:: - Sorted- or forsaken by those wJU whom: he associated in His cm th ly life ‘ The an.se wvr in one ease, that of his encounter with the Phari sees. is that he was doing the will of Goh and ■ y v. , e not. J * n‘s Gosptil tells of how Jmis pro claimed himself as the li.-ht of the world and the agent of his heavenly Father, and the Phari j ridicule Him. The, reason is ob viousij Jesus said. "1 do always the tilings fh.at arc pleasing to Him ■' -4; a is w h ! 1 ah >ne in ata crowd against the way of life that i. pleasing to God. Some- IVerr M’rairi It is an astonishing fart also that his friends forsook Him in Ins hour of need. The reason foi their flight is clear; they ran be en use' of fear. They had not pur posed in their hearts to desert 1 nt in fact, some had boasted that they would never forsake Him but m tlie houi oj testing

they weakened and failed him W<- readily understand this situ ation for we have failed Christ because of feat. But by far the greatest num ber of those who lift Jesus lone ly did so because of their indif ference and non-concern. Those who stood about the cross and heard his anguished cry to God turned away with deaf ears and hardened li arts saying "Let Him alone; lets see what God will do for him.” They, like the vast ma jority of the people of our world were willing to turn away and lei the oppressing cruelty run its course. They left him alone. But Jesus was not alone. The reason he was not alone was ex actly :ht .ins as that which made the crowds leave him alone; K was d' :n : tile will of his Heavenly Father: "He that sent me is with me; He hath not left me a loro for I do always the : 1.ai■ ’s that are pleasing to him.” John 8:29'. And even if for the moment of tile cross he has for saken by God tor our sakes, yet il not utterly alone, for God iContinued on page 3)

Family’s Tragedy Lightened I>v Lifts People have been so very good to us." i we.e the words of Jack 1. whose home and four child ren v.vre lost in a flash fire April 1 v sen he picked up a load of clothing donated by Furmville residents for his six surviving eiiiltlr-n and his wife. L«'< . ...d that the children. Wel ker. 17, Samuel, 16, Elnore. 13. John Lewi . 10. Ellen, 8, and ha ;■ti ..... enough clOtL.es. to donations collected by the Po d Cross, Other contributions to the Lee family :ia\e included a table, r. i haa ,.nd some beds. Another bed • •nd kitchen equipment, such as a -love, aii still needed, accord •i. • > Mi w. V Lynn. Red Cross executive secretary. Le< is fixing up an old build m iut t W rsiiam for temporary quart er- 1,:: . family. He told Mrs. Lynn that he hopes to rebuild it v'elr. lea the fire loss was nut retried by insurance.

Mrs. I.yjp Prt‘sensed Award Hi issociulion \s 'drou th in Giving* Recognized During Stul(> Convention

'I., nine-county Soul i-.side Tu berculosis Association took suite lsmoi s in :• ■ : a si year A -Chr.stmas Seal Sale Award' ! id a:i...i : h ■ Ills: ” donors in tiie nine counties dur ing tia annual seal seal, was pre sented to Mis. Matthew Lyle of Keys\ IK a sons', ion president, during ti.e annual Virginia Asso ciation convention last w<- k at Roanoke Pari:, ills; point of emphasis made by W B Carle;, president 01 the Virginia Tuberculosis As sociation. In presenting the av.ard to Ms- 1 vie was the $15,100 rais ed during the Christmas Seal campaign listen. Shorn:- executive secre tary of the area a.-ociation with 1 ;u. - 1 rmvill- .-. P at tin- annual awards a e pre sented only to local associations show:: unpim-ements ;n cam paign -fehmejurs and contribu tions TV or:• i-'ij-.iv; performance' avv.cd tor 'hr Sgot!d:dc A.-socia t .-n was won on the basis of its •-errsiscd ..ying over wbrtt the i: nr sepaiate county ‘--socialions sm a wear a a. Also, for the m e lease m new donor,-, the per centage of donors in the higher category, and the attainment el goals by all divisions of the drive. The ion ri S'-.tioO more ti.an the nine .- -pa late I'ountv groups las'. > a; The state niei"p a emphtimed the problem facing V::.;m.a in

connect ion with tuberculosis on <: case finding. Frank Gib son member of a National Tu bi culo-.;s .Association study term

which had just completed a study pointed out that there arc 8.000 to 10,000 unknown cases in ne state.

IB \sSOCI.\TION AWARD, a certificate for an outstanding ( ;m tmas s. ,i| sa'o in the Southsidr Association now hangs in the li-edoc ,rH" s office here. Max Watson, association treasurer, and 1 ten Shomo executive secretary, admire the new framed award. *' was presented to Mrs. Matthew Lyle, association president, dut c:i <h~ annual tuuvesttos of the state xiaxiition.

! Darkness and Confusion Bolt of Lightning Struck Elam Home Monday Night During Electrical Storm

The home of Dorothy and Clarence Burrell near Elam was ■xploded by a bolt of lighting Monday evening at 7:57 p. m. The tune was marked exactly, bn •ause the clock in the kitchen topped dead, and hasn’t started sunning yet. There were seven people in the wo story frame home when the ■xplosion occurred and no one was •eriousl.v injured. Besides the 3urreH s there were present their on, David Booker, an uncle, Frank •Vomack. and Sidney and Joan 3reen and their two year old son. 3idney, Jr , The baby received a ■tit on the head and a bruised ye and Clarence Burrell was cut >r bunted on the leg. "It was just 1 ke an explosion.” said Dorothy. When it hit she was n the front livingroom. It stun ned everyone in the house for a ew moments. She said as soon as she saw the lights were Out, she started upstairs for a flashlight. vVhen she got to the top of the stairs, she saw during another flash of lightning, that the entire loor was ripped up. and she could not get to the flashlight. In the meantime those down stairs were fumbling around in he darkness The devastation was even more complete downstairs, .is ceiling, walls and floors were ipped and torn.

Several of the doors in the louse were ripped off and many window panes were blown out. One section of the wall was knocked out here the electric line entered the house. The cinder block and cement front porch was haltered and cracked. It had been in perfect condition up to Monday night. Rain Favorable; No Damage Seen By Recent Frosts Despite much comment on the recent rains, a check by E. P. Striplin, official weatherman, shows that unusual amounts have not fallen in the Farmville area. So far in April there have been 1.25 inches of rain, with most of it falling last Friday and Mon day Other areas report heavier rain fall, however. Buckingham measured 2.18 inches of ram Iasi j Friday, climaxed by a heavy downpour early in the evening. Buckingham reported 1.06 inches from Monday’s rain. Striplin reports a March rain figure of 2.4 inches which is be low normal for March. March averages a little over three inches, Striplin explained. Early birders will attest to the i heavy frosts reported in Farm ville Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The official low temper ature was reported at 30 degrees both days. There was no crop or other wind damage reported from the Monday storm, Striplin said. He indicated that tobacco beds are m unusually good shape and lias no report of blucmold. However he warned that damp cool weath er is ideal for the development of i Continued on page 3)

Clarence who had served over seas in the war. said it was the closest he had ever come to be ing hit by a bomb. The house was covered by five lightning rods The east to south one was knocked loose from its mooring and dangled to the ground, with part of it lying some

20 yards from the house in the side yard. No one saw a flash or "ball of fire" or anything, but they specu late that it was caused by lightn ing. "It was like being inside of a paper bag that was blown up and then popped " is the way Dorothy summed it up.

DOROIUV BIRREI.L HOLDS THK LIGHTNING ROD that was knocked from her housetop in the storm Monday evening. The side of the wall above her was knocked loose by the lightning. No tice the; lack of windows on the downstairs and partially blown out upstairs. The roof was torn up and the top of the chimney shaken off as well. Inside floors were ripped up and plaster blown off during the freak storm.

Council Continues Study of Sewage Disposal Lagoon At Tuesday Meeting

Much ol the meeting of tile Farniville Town Council Tuesday was taken by a report and dis cussion of the sewage treatment lagoon led by Town Manager L. Z. Jdfen.ston. The town office has been busy this month confering with their Lynchburg engineering firm and members of the Virginia Water Control Board on details of the proposed sewage lagoon. Analysis of the sewage content oi the west end line is being made to determine the size, design, lo cation. etc., of the first lagoon. The first lagoon, estimated to re quire some three to five acres will take the sewage that is now being emptied into the Buffalo River. Johnston reported that no loca tion lias been selected, and that further study will be made before buying tlie necessary land. Some of the economic considerations arc costs of the sewage line, cost of the land, construction costs, whe ther dikes will be needed, etc. These factors must be determined and tlie proper balance between cost and effective service reached. The second lagoon will pick up the sewage from the other sewage lines now emptying into the Ap pomattox River. The council authorized the use of the electric speed tuner device

within the town limits, and au thorized the erection of proper signs to warn motorists that speed is being timed electrically. This was officially written into the minutes of the town council to back up the action taken at the last meeting when the purchase of the equipment was authorized. Johnston said that the signs should be erected within the next two weeks at which time the tim er will be put into use. C. L. Spurlock. Jr., and I H. Yeatts appeared before the coun- i cil to request sidewalks on Watson Street, which is located between Park Avenue and Richardson; Street. The council agreed to put m the sidewalks if the property landowners would share one-half the cost Johnston pointed out that this is the standard policy of the town in constructing sidewalks in residential sections. In another tentative approval, the council authorized a town water line from Buffalo Street to Appomattox Street along Third Street. This hue was requested by Buffalo Shook Company so they could establish a fire protecting sprinkler system in their plant. The line would be built on a cost sharing basis by Buffalo Shook Company and the Town of Farm ville.

Students Spend $17,000 Monthly C ollege’s Dollar-Anri-( ents Value To C ommunity Traced For C hamber

In addition to the cultural val ue of Longwood College, there is a dollars and cents value to the economic well-being of the com munity, Dr Francis G Lankford told the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening. The biennial operating budget is $1 million, a large portion of which is spent locally Salaries and wages for 150 employees, including 60 faculty member, average $50,000 monthly, he said. Of the 60 faculty membcis. dd own their homes, eight having bought homes within the past two years. Students spend over $17 000 a month in Farmville, he said The Slater System supplies the food service at the College and employs 28 persons. A good por tion of the food is bought locally F ■ j* t*»c I'* — ■ <i • 11 ii *. .j >.* 'o—u i

$967,700 will be spent for capital improvements. Under construc tion is a dormitory to house 189 additional students. Much of the funds spent for construction will find its way into the economic life of the community in the form of labor and materials purchased locally Unroltmont to Doubt* Though Longwood College Wi'I remain in the small college clas;, its enrollment is expected to grad ually increase yearly and by 1970 to reach 1.674. approximately double the present enrollment. "Whatever the future demands of Longwood in meeting our share of the vast 'educational' problem, there are two policies that we in tend to preserve: our emphasis on teacher education and our se Contiuu&ci on page . '

LC’s Southern Culture Institute Lectures April 26 Richmond Editor Two Writers To Be Presented The Institute of Southern Culture 'n be held at Long wood College on April 2fi will feature lectures by scholars of varied backgrounds. The first lecttre on “Education that Doesn't Educate: The Persis tence of Virginia Folkways” will be given by Dr. Francis B. Simk’ns. professor of history at Longwood. Dr. Simkins. a South Carolinian by birth, has devoted a lifetime to teaching and writing in the South. He is the author of well-known his tories of the South and of Virginia and of many other books and articles in the field of Southern his tory A past president of the South ern Historical Association. Dr. Sim kins has given special lectures in his field at such institutions at Louisiana State University. Prince ton University, and Memphis State College. Editor Coming The second lecture in the series will feature Dr. Louis D. Rubin. Jr., assoc’ate editor of the Richmond News Leader, who will talk on “The Image of an Army: The Con federate War in Southern Litera ture ”

■ Dr. Rubin is a graduate of the University of Richmond and of Johns Hopkins University where he took h's PhD. in the esthetics of literature. He is the author of a book on Thomas Wolfe and of numerous essays on Southern litera ture and for several years previous to his present position served a executive secretary of the American Studies Association Taplin Lecture The concluding lecture will be given by Dr. Gardner B. Taplin. as sociate professor of English at Long wood. A New Englander by birth and educational training. Dr, Taplin taught at Indiana University and at Boston University before coming to Longwood A biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning has just been pub lished bv him at the Yale University Press. Dr. Taplin's topic for the Institute lecture will be ‘ Critical Esays in the Southern Literary Messenger.” The lectures will be held at 11 a.tn.. 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively in the lounge of the Student Activi ties Building of Longwood College and are open to the public. Dr. Robert To Address Superintendents Dr. Joseph C. Robert, president of Hampden-Sydney College, will address the opening session of the Superintendents' Annual Confer ence to be held in Roanoke Mon day April 15 through Wednesday, April 17. Drs. Francis G. Lankford. Jr., president, and Earl R. Boggs, dean, of Longwood College, will be among the other representa tives from colleges in this area who will attend this three day conference.

Noel To Enroll At Virginio FHS Athlete, Scholar - Leader Wins $3,400 DuPont Sholarship

By LINDA TAYLOR Editor, EHS ‘Focus’ Howard Noel, a senior at Farm vine High School, has won the Du Pont Regional Scholarship to the University of Virginia. The $3,400 scholarship, donated by DuPont, will cover a four year period The winner of the scholarship was determined on a highly competitive basis. First. Noel was nominated by the principal of Farmville High School, M. U. Lrete. based on ability, scholastic achievement and financial need. The next step was to appear before the DuPont Re gional Scholarship Committee in Petersburg for a personal interview. Noel and five other boys survived pus screening and were guests at the University of Virginia during the weekend of March 22. Five nominees from each of the other four regions of Virginia were also guests. At the University each boy was interviewed by the DuPont State Scholarship Committee for final analysis of attitudes, personality, character and ambitions. A written examination was the final test to determine the recipient of the scholarship. Although this is by far the biggest , of honors bestowed upon Noel, many honors have come his way through Ills classmates, who have recognized his cxcrllent leadership and sports manship qualities. His biggest job this year has been in editing the FHS yearbook, the “Cavalier.” Be side playing halfback for the “Orange and Black" and maintain ing a 97.54 scholastic average, he is president of the Monogram Club, a member of the Physics Club and the Beta Club, national honorary - -A- »m. di>. o j r

HOWARD NOLL

seven Farmville High School seniors to receive a special award this year for leadership which is given to students through the S.C.A. .Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs John F Noel, of Farmville. will take up civil engineering when he enters the Um.e}s;ty uc.-.t September

USI)A, Tuck Back ‘Separate* Type 21 At Washington Hearing

Savings Deposits! i To Earn 3 An Increase in the rate of in terest on savings accounts from two or three percent, effective July 1. 1957. has been announced by First National Bank. Peoples National Bank and Planters Bank and Trust Company of Farmville. The decision follows a banking trend evident recently in many areas of the state. The higher rate will apply uni formly at the three banking houses on savings deposits up to $2,500. ueneral increases in money rates in bank system financing and in public transactions have been cited as the chief contribu tors to the increase now to accrue to savings depositors. The uniformity in interest rates applies to the depositor's first $2,500 m savings. Above that sum, the rate produced differing deci sions. Almond Address Next Week Open to Public

Attorney-General J. Lindsay Almond. Jr., will speak at Black stone Tuesday. April lfi. under the sponsorship of the Blackstotje Junior Chamber of Commerce. His subject will be Challenges of Young Virginians". Everett Pennington, president of the Blackstor.e JC s invites the public to hear the state’s top leg al oiiicer. The meeting will be held at tire Blackstone Memorial Center beginning at 8 p. m. License Plate Deadline April 15 With four days left for Virginia motorists to purchase their 1957 license plates. Commissioner C H. Lamb announced today that the period of 15 days grace, end ing at midnight April 15. will no’ be extended. "Avoid the last min ute rush", he added. At the same time Commissioner Lamb made another suggestion to motorists who had already secur ed their 1957 plates. "Either de stroy or mutilate your old plates or keep them in a safe place so that they cannot be used", Pre-School Clinics Set up Examinations Children who expect to enter seven county elementary schools next fall are to bo examined at three pre-school clinics next week. The examinations will be given at the county health department office in the courthouse. Should parents so desire, private n’nv-. - Clans may give the same exami nation.

Kentucky, Tenn. Legislators Fire Questions The Department of Agriculture and Congressman William M Tuck spoke out for Virginia Type 21 dark-fired tobacco, against a barrage of questions from Ken tucky and Tenn ssee legislators * during Washington hearings on a bill to separate Type 21. The bill is Congressman Wat kins M Abbitt's, and it would make Virginia’s leaf a distinctive type of tobacco to be considered on its own merits for quotas and 5 price supports. The hearings, before the House of Representatives tobacco sub committee of the Agriculture Com mittee. have brought together to bacco grower, processor and buy ing Interests with the subcommit tee and U S.D A. representatives. Many Testify Committee members heard Vir ginia spokesmen speak out forth rightly from 12 years of frustra tion on the subject of separation. T B Hall, general manager of the Virginia cooperative market ing organization, testified there is a short supply of the Virginia

l y pt Congressman Tuck, of South Boston, and a former governor of Virginia, requested the committee to approve the separation. He em phasized Type 21's produetion less-than-demand situation, and added "It is my understanding that separation will in no way damage the producers of other types. At the same time it benefits producers of the Virginia Type ”1 " The Department of Agriculture hr.s reported to the committee t at it considers placing the Vir ginia type on an independent footing would be beneficial al though it would be undesirable for administrative purposes. I'SD.Vs View The proposed change, the de pa rtmeni said, should improve the prospect for placing on a sound basis” the price support program for the Virginia type and should improve prospects for the export market, which takes about one haif of the Virginia dark-fired. J Mott Robertson, who is presi dent of the Virginia organization ol' independent warehousemen, told the committee Virginia dark fired tobacco is being reduced to a point where growers face the threat of going out of production. • We feel that if Type 21 is sepa rated and made to stand on its own feet we would not die as fast as under the present situation." Robertson told the committee. Buyers told of unfilled trade de mands: growers of acreage penal ties because of the tie-in with leaf produced in other states not hav ing Virginia leaf demand. Objections Heard The questioning came from Reprepsetat-ive Watts, of Ken tucky. and Representative Bass, of Tennessee) Both repeatedly asked witnesses their opinion whether or not separation would hurt (.Continued on page 3)

Magic Pastor To Be Guest Speaker At Rotary Banquet Guest speaker Friday even::', at tiie Annual "Farmer's Night" banquet at the Farmvillc Rotary Club will be the Rev. Ernest K. Emurian. pastor of Elm Avenue Methodist. Church Portsmouth In addition to being an author, lecturer, composer and pastor Mr Emurian is a member of the In ternational Brotherhood of Magi cians. He is the author of seven books, the latest including "Living Stories of Famous Hymns" and "Famous Stories of Inspiring Hymns" < 1956 >. His other vol umnes are collections of plays and pageants on a variety of themes, principally stories of hymns and writers, and long-neg lected incidents in the history of the United States. Mi Emurian is a composer himself writing many hymns, an thems, classic and novelty songs. Iff is a member of the Amci a n Guild of Organist: American So ciety o{ Composers Authors, and Publishers: The Lions Club: and i recognized lecturer on h.vnmo :ogy and religious dramatics. Mr. Emui'itan was chosen tire ‘First Citizen of Portsmouth" in 1953 During the past nine years ie has led his church in budding and paying for a new church sancturary. a modern parsonage md two educational annexes. He received his BA. at David lon's College, his B.D. from Union rheological Seminary in Rich pond. Ins Th.M. from Princeton ,nn has been a member of the Virginia Conference of the Mcth d:_t Church ou:c 19J6.