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The Farmville Herald AND FARMER-LEADER /OLUME 66 Honor itate, Presen’ , FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1957 ', ..Thfrffi 'wS*_N0- 60

n r T sler eSScujc The High Read By DR. HERBERT E. 1H DGINS B.t io”, Kaimviile Methodist ( hnrch

■'To every men there openeth A high way and a low: The high soul climbs the high way. The low soul gropes the low: WhiV in between on the misty flats The rest drift to and fro, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go;" (John Oxenham A Way Chosen ' Early in his life Jesus had chosen the high road, the kingly way, and now that there was danger and a cruel Cross challenging his way, he stii! chose the high road. Maybe he could have avoided the Cress he could have compromised with his persecutors; he could have prevented arret t by running away across the Jordan River, out of reach and away from it all. He could have retreated and. in some little town far away, he could have resumed his trade as a carpenter and lived on to a ripe old age. Hut he had chosen the high road. He had been sent of God on a mission, and now that there was danger and death facing him. he st.11 ‘‘set his face steadfastly" to go on, even though a Cross stood in his way.

Holy Week Services T he Rev Phillip W Thomas, of Pro«p«?et Methodist Church, will deliver the sermon tonight (Mon day opening Farmville commun ity Holy Week Services in the Methodist Church. Sponsored by the Ministerial Tssoeiation. the sendees \s ill con tinue through Friday night at the same church. Speakers through the remainder of the series will he: Tuesday, thp. Rev L P Brown, of Appomattox; Wednes day l)r C Lloyd Arehart; T hurs day. the Rev. J. A. Vache. and Friday; Dr. Herbert F. Hudgins. Services commence at 8 p. m. Area 4-H Contests To lie at Longwood College, April 27

\ Way Followed When I think of Lent, the days trading up h Easter. I think of a Cress and. seeing that Cross. I am reminded of One who was loyal to his task. One who had dedicated himself to a cause and stood by that cause to the very end The Cross', symbol of Lent and the Christian Church itself, reminds me not only of loyalty, but also of the lore of God. of the seriousness if sin. of salvation, and most of ail 1 personally like to think of the Cross as an Empty Cross, the re ■ died, but now lives. He is no longer on the Cross, but Is risen, is alive, giving hope to every man. saying to us that God is one who can chance death to life, a cross to a crown, defeat into victory, a tragic Good Friday into a glorious Easter Sunday, Winter into Spring, sin to salvation. Jesus chose" the high road: it led to a Cross . . and to a CROWN. ( in. us Ticket Sale On By School Pupils Mali school anti elementary school children at Farmville are selling tickets for the circus com ing to Farmville May 2 under sponsor-hip of the Lions Club At the high school, the Senior Class will use its sales proceeds for the anntAl class trip to New York City

Winners from 4-H contests in 16 counties in the Central Virginia 4-H <i!.-*rict will convene at Longwood College April 27 to determine the area winners. The winners of the area or dis trict contest "will represent this sec tion at VPI at the State Short Course during the week of June 24. The Farmville Chamber of Com merce will cooperate with the Vir ginia Extension Service in coordin ating the many activities of the one busy day. Longwood College will be the focal point and activities such as meal preparation, canning, bread rrik: : fro- mg food, laundry home improvpmnt. dress revue, public speaking, and egg grading will be held at the college. Other events that require special facilities will be held at other lo cation.--. Forestry, tractor driving and land judging will be held in the vicinity of the fair grounds about two miles west of Farmville on Routes 460 and 1.1. Dairy judging will be split up as folio w s: Holsieins, Jenkins Brothers: Jerseys. D. A. Gates; and Guernseys, G. W. Palmer. Sheep shearing will be conducted at the A N. Gibson farm near Darlington Heights. Beef, cattle and hogs will be judged at Staunton with other re gional winners. Each of the Herald area counties will be represented at the contest. Opening exercises will be at 10 a. m. a Jarman Audionum. Town Tag's Reminder Town tags must be on tlie car by midnight Apr 1 15. Farmville Police Chief Otto S. Overton re minded today. W. J. Gill, Jr. town treasurer said that tag numbers won ap proaching the mid 800's as of noon Monday. Last year more than 1.000 -(tags were sold.

March 1938 Completion Date Set For i New Student Dormiton \t Lonjjwood * c.

Revised plans for the new dormi tory at Lonnwood Gollepe call for accommodations for 189 students in <W rooms. J H Wantsley. I.onpwood busiof -s nianap-i. anmtnccd re cently Tbo n, w brick structure, sched uled for completion Ma'cli 0 1958, will be similar on the exterior to the the junior v\mui of Cunninpliam Hall. The front ot the dormitory will face Pun.. h • the main entrace will lie on the side parallel to Madison street The Madison street entrance opens into a short corridor that leads to a vestibule To the rniht will be n s'lKieu! i ,h Ac. oss fro m : roon ■ storage space The iio\;. three floes will be idertieal Each will have 29 student rooms, a clothes pressine room, and SP'-arie room for e v c n i n p and formal vivo. All but three of the student rooms wsil hr built in units of tv,o. th eomieclitie baths The ' ether three rooms will have private baths Each room will have a six foot by two foot closet. The fifth floor is desimed far recreational purposes. Ii will house a recreation room, snack room, stcrape space, and sun deck. Three stairways and an elevator will connect the floors of the new building. Corridors from the semoi

’.vine will merge with the corridors of the new wing. Local firms receiving sub-con tracts foi the addition were Price and Wili ams for painting, and John C Cox for electrical work. John Daun-1 and Company, of Danville, is (hi general contractor **■ and Thompson and Payne, of Roanoke, are the architects.

CHARRED REINS OF LOG CABIN CAFE gel two-way fire-fighting treatment during Saturday fire in Cumberland County. Members of the Farmviile tire Department play hose on the timbers and use a gaff to topple the smouldering frame-work.

Saturday Fire Levels Roadside Cafe hi Cumberland; Loss $6,000-$8,000

Fire of undetermined origin leveled the Log Cabin Cafe in Cumberland County at noon Sat urday with a loss of $6,000 to $8,000. according to Mrs. Minnie Allen, owner. The loss, which included the frame, one-story property, stock and fixtures is partially covered by insurance, the proprietor re ports. The roadside cafe, grocery and service station was located 12 miles north of Farmville on the east side of Route 45. The Farmville and Cumberland Fire Departments responded to the alarm at 12:20. but the flames had claimed too much of the building by the time of their ar rival to save it. They concentrated on saving two adjoining home

properties and extinguishing the tire from the blackened and char red ruins. The proprietor said she could not account fox an origin of the fire except for the possibility of defective wiring. She reported that no fires have been started in cafe stoves Saturday morning. No cue was in the roadside cafe at the time, although it had been opeued earlier in the morning for business. It was discovered when the proprietor s mother. Mrs Ger trude Washington who lives in an adjoining house, saw smoke and flame coming from the building She gave an alarm and with neighbors rushed toward the building, but was prevented from entering by heat, flame and smoke Mrs Alien said she had owned the property for 17 years, acquir ing it from her parents in 1940.

Rotarians, Farmer Guests Profit By Speaker's ‘Loaf’ The Rev. Ernest K. Muvian. of Portsmouth, kept members of Parmville Rotary Club and their farmer guests in a high state of laughter Friday night at the an nual farmers’ night banquet. Woven into Ills humorous ad dress with a loaf of bread. Mr. Emurian pointed out that "it was necessary to be well-bred; be careful with your dough, using it for the upbuilding of one1, com munity and churches; develop a good crust, and don’t forget tc loaf—recreation is a prime need today." he said. "There are two heels on every loaf of bread, and generally there are two heels in every group Don’t be a heel." Guests of the Rotary club were Calvin Bass. Frank W. Bruce, Bjoker A. Cunningham. C. W. Dickhoff Eugene Dunkley. J. Monroe Foster. Drewry Gates, J Wood!in Hughes, Hugh M. .Jenk ins. Robert A. Quarles, E. A. Wat son. J. H. Allen Robert William son. E. A. Payne. D. C. Morris, of Prince Edward county: W. V. Li gon. Robert L. Agee. Jr.. W. M Derey, J. A. Parker, Thos. P. Scott. Reuben Johns Eric Robin son, Cary Smith. Jr., of Cumber land: V. C Proffitt. O. P. Sadler, of Buckingham; J. B. Wall. E. F. Stripli'n. and Robert Tavlor, of f armvflle. Annual Golf Club Supper Thursday Longwood Golf Club will hold its annual meeting Thursday eve ning. April 18. at Cedar Brook Tavern. Fannville Supper will be served at 7 o’clock.

Court Postpones Action On Case Brought By N AACP A special three-judge federal court last week gave verbal de cisions postponing final action on the constitutionality of Vir ginia, s NAACP laws. The case was brought to court by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, because the organization ob jected to the Virginia law enacted last September that requires the NAACP and other groups to re veal the names of their membci: and financial donors. The court which met in Rich mond did not rule on the consti tutionality of the Virginia lews It did however decline to grant the motion suggested by the State that the case be dismissed. The court set June 26 for an other session at which time the merits of the NAACP complaints will be argued.

Lily Sale Nets $!Mi Sixteen young ladies fro m Farmville High School sold $106. 03 woith of artificial lilies S»t urday tn ©mi n c in downtown Farmville. The members of the SCA undertook the project in cooperation with the 1957 Easter d campaign for the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Dr. S. C Patteson, president of die Prince Edward chapter said only one week remained to com plete the funds drive, in making the final appeal lie asked that contributions be sent to Charles I. Noble, treasurer at. Farmville, or to Crippled Children, in cue of the post office.

ARTIst DRAWING of new I.ongwood dormitory under construction on the corner of Pine and .Madison streets, where the old \ enable home stood for many years.

Charlotte School Head Retiring; McGhee Moves I p Robert Willis Bobbitt, superinten dent of schools in Charlotte county for the past 3? years, recently an nounced his retirement effective July !. 1957. Grant O. McGhee, principal of Randolph-Hcnry High School, was named by the Charlotte County School Board to fill the position of school superintendent. Bobbitt, a native of Warrenton, N. C , served as principal of the Keysville Elementary School for three years before he left the county to become principal of Tazewell and Graham High Schools in Tazewell county. He returned to Charlotte in 1925 and has served as superinten dent of schools since that time. McGhee also came to Charlotte county after serving as principal of Tazewell High School. He was at Tazewell for five years, having previously held similar positions ir Roanoke county. McGhee is a graduate of Saltville High School; holds an A B, degree from Emory and Henry College; a M. A degree from Duke University and has completed additional gradu ate work at William and Mary Col lege and Duke University Mr. McGhee and his wife, the former Ann Hogan of Charlotte county, live at Charlotte Court House.

Area Counties Get Fund Windfall For Seco n d a ry H i gh \v ay s Six Herald area counties have received a windfall for Secondary Highway budgets by way of a supplementary allocation through action of Congress. Recent passim ■ of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. which established the legality of the in terstate highway system was re sponsible. It prot ides federal, plus ■ Late-matching . funds, for im provement of roads all down the line to county Secondary roads. Allocations to local counties were: Amelia. $10,171; Buckingham. $15,988: Charlotte, $14,506;' Cum berland. $8,446; Powhatan $6,784, and Prince Edward. $11,341. The bill was passed by Congress after the initial 1956-5*7 all na tions were made. The apportion ment to the counties was made on the same distribution formula used for the original allocations.

Miss Bailey’s Origan Recital Tuesday Open To Public Miss Josephine Bailey, assistant professor of music at Longwood College, will present a recital of organ music Tuesday. April 16. at 1:10 p.m.. in Jarman Audito rium as part of the regular assem bly program. The public is in vited. H r program will' include “Trumpet Voluntary by John Stanley. Flute Solo” by Thomas Ainr. Toera'.o in u Minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach. "Chorale in A Minor' by Cesar Franck, "Dialogue for the Mixture Stops' by Jean I.,anglais, "Toccato in p Major" from the Fifth Symphony by Charlie Marie Widor. B fo e coming to Long-wood, Miss Bailey was organist and choir director at St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis, Md. A na tive of Indianapolis. Did., she re ceived the master of music degree from Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, and the bache lor of science degree from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Post Office < in Is Service Across Nation After f unds Arguments

Extra Workers Hit Hardest By ‘Economies’ It’s April 15 and the post office d partment has found itself in the time position of many Americans, that is, short of funds. However, ,__uu tor tne post office shortage are different from the re-son? of John Q. Puh’ic By spending money allotted for tli i^ui in i r an_-ict ui rmie, the post office department is now having to curtail services to try to make ends meet, and most of the services are directly inconveni encing the public. Postmaster General A E Sum m. afield has requested Congress to vote his department $47 million so they can operate full blast for the rest of the year. A bill pto vid: ig $41 million was to be voted Monday in the House of Repre sentatives. Tire $41 million has been approved b.\ the House Ap propriations Commit tee If the House passes the emer gency legislation, it will go to the Stiiate. If the Senate approves the $41 million bill then it will go to the White H Jus. for President Eist nhower's approval. A slip-up along the way can delay the bill indefinitely. ■Sumni i field said if he got oulv j $41 million lie would try to restore all ot the cuts m service that he could, but be could do nothing un til the money was on hand. Wle a the Appropriation.- Com- 1 mittcc threatened not to appropri ate the money : ; q'uesied by Sum merfield. he issued an order to all post offices curtailing mall serv ices.

Sign I p Here Tie reduced service F.ii m v>llc was announced by a sign in the post office lobby saying to lie effect that the otfice would In closed on Saturday until ruth e notice, with no rural, city or par cel post deliveries on Saturday Aiso the stamp and gen ral d livery windows will be open Mon day through Friday from 8:HO a. m to a p. m. and the money ordei end registered mail wind- ■•ill be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Farmville Postmaster D. W Paulette said that these were his instructions and he had received no further communications re garding the service cuts. It appears that the brunt of the cut in the post office is being ab sorbed by the substitute mail workers They have been cut out . of Saturday work and other extra work. The regular workers get : their normal time on the job. Gary Opposes J. Vaughan Gary, representativ e from Richmond, who is head of tbe post office subcommittee of the House of Representatives, has bitterly opposed the emergency money bill He states that the post office could operate efficiently on an extra, money bill of only SI7 million. However, he has been out voted and the recommended bill is $41 million Gary said it is "a dark <Hv in the history of the Appropriations Committee. In my judgment," ’Gary added. "Congress, which is elected by the people, should con trol government expenditu-es r» iContinued on page 1>

POST OKl'K'T NOTICt . pointing out a change in hours, has many readers like this who pause to digest the lobby announce ment. Mere Alts. VA. K. Baker and < I. Agee, patrons read the not:ce. IT ‘da ■ .

Community ‘Woman of The Year' Title To Fjarmville Woman's (Tub Nominee

Worn ;n of the Year for 1956 that was the title awarded Thurs day to Mrs. W. \Y McClimii Announcement of Mrs. McClin iac's selt ction by a comma let of three citizens was made at the an nual Business and Professional Woman's Club birthday banqu* t Thursday night Nominated by the Woman's Club, si e was selected from 16 women nominated by Prince Ed ward County clubs in the "Today in the Community" senes which was curried in the Herald. Miss inna Dickhofl who w..s nominated by U.e American Le gion Auxiliary received a special citation. Special mention was ac corded Mrs Jam.'.- Fleetwood. Mrs. It; x; ■ Taylor Joins Mr Edward if me.mini .m.i Ml- J B. Filing.oi . Mis IV(Clint.ii■. who is :■ iv, fine am dej .trim, nt chairman, was president of trie Woman's Club from 19-9 to 1951. She is also a past, pr ,d nt of the American Lemon Auxin ■ ry. CurrerMy : ii' is librarian of the Judith R-mdol h Chant- Dsugh ■' : the American Revolution, sup'wo-rndfr. of Farmvilli Pres byterian Church children's de lurtm 'ii end a m mb r of South dele Community Hospital Auxili ary.

FARMVILLE'S WOMAN OF THE VI AR. Mrs. W. W. Mr Clirtic. receives congratulations from Mrs. Grace Gordon, route t chairman. Mrs. MeClintie was selected frdm 16 candidates nomi nated by local clubs in the “Today in the tlommunity" series which ran in the lierajd.

I-i. r s in. Madison P. McClintic. :s executive officer of Company G. the l.icai National Guard unit. A second son. W. W. McClintic, Jr., was tailed In Iwo Jima. M:s McClintic's nomination by the Womans Club was based in part on her fund-raising efforts in behalf of the recently-acquired club house on High Street A trained musician, she has served as accompanist and pianist for the Rotary Club for many years.

I>U. CARL A. < OLLILNS, JR. Dr. Collins Will Lead Community Services At Rice P‘\ Ca l A. Collins J-\. of Appo mattox. wll he geest monster for the annual Rice community evange 1 st:c se- vices opening Easter Sun d v night and continuing for a week. The congregations of Sal e m Methodist. Church, Piseah Baptist Church and Jamestown Presby te-oin Chmeh will unite for the series of nightly services. Salem Church tins year will serve as the host congregation, with serv ices commencing each night at 7:41 o'clock. Special music throughout the week will be prov'ded by members of the choi s of the cooperating churches. R. M, B adshaw is chairman for music. D* Collins, pastor of Liberty Bap tist Church at Appomattox, was edu cated at Lynchbu: g College, the Univers ly of Richmoml Union Theological Seminary and Southwes tern Bunt’st Theological Seminary, at Port Worth, Texas At the latter institution, he received his master's and doctor s degrees in religious education Me is at present chaplain lii Hie state organization of the American Legion, and holds the rank of Lieu tenant Colonel in the US Ail Force Reserve, in which he has remained active since war-time active duty as a chaplain. Dr. Collins’ first book, "Paul as a Leader", tracing the apostle's in fluence on Christianity, has just been published by Exposition Press Inc. of New York.