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Facts of interest about Curdf villc will be included in the his toric display at Dillwvn Elemen l The display is sponsored by the Buckingham County Womarfs Club and will include many items ■ ountv. Fhe Curds' vill be ode of the many items. In an article written several years ago, the late Mrs. Annie Pa e Cox of Sh( ppards, tvrote df Curdsville as follows: "W"it Cold mith alive today, and could make ;l trip to all the old deserted villages of Virginiii. what- a wealth of matt rial he would have on which to work! Not that we would class our state as one of tl i-prog nit in the inevitable shifting of popu lation from the country to title towns aftei th War Between the States, many of the villages. a)s well as the plantations, ware a!; mo t. it not altogether, depopu lated " Buried in these old villages lies much imixvtant ir-; . and i who care to delve, r imanr galo'i). This history, so far qs possibly, .should be pres: rved In many w iys it w aid m ike a valuable contribution to the literature i+.f the State as w 'll as the hr-o-iy inasmuch as th two - are almost inseparable
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