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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
SENATE DEMANDS
AMMUNITION FACTS

A Senate committee called Oh
top Pentagon Officials to clear up
confusing and conflicting" re-
ports as Gen. James A Van
Fleet reaffirmed his testimony
that serious ammunition short
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Dimes Campaign
Raises S404S.Sz

Farmvillc March Of Dimes
workers have turned i'll s4048.s
according to II. l.. NeWbill. Jr.,
treasurer. A goal OF $4,000 was set
for this years effort However
several workers have not Turned
in their contributions
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Board Adopts
L ntative Budget
Expects Present
Levy To Remain

The Prince Edward county
board OF supervisors has agreed
70 a tentative 1928 budget Of
s7l0.732 without any change in
the present tax levy
The budget-up from the 1851
52's s634 .5lo-.uill be given ina.
consideration during the boards
April 2 session, after publication
Of the figures for public study.
A report from Maurice r Large.
school board chairman, and Sup
erirtendent T J Mc1lWaine that
payments on borrowings for the
new r. r. Mot~n Scho0i viii not
commence until after the next
fiscal year led to the tentative
decision to keep the levy at pre-
sent rates.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
New Stamp Honors
National Guard
Long History
Is Recognized

The Farmville Post Office has
JuSt put OH sale a three cent
item with a million dollar mes
sage
The item is three cent
stamp. The message honors the
National Guard, with the brief,
but meaningful sentence The
National Guard. ins war and
peace. the Oldest military organi-
cation in the U. s."
The new commemOl alive issue.
placed on sale across the u S. on
March 3. bars the picture of to-
days fighting Guardsman.
against background sketches
showing Guardsmen making a
beach-head landing. III war. and
assisting with a hone-front dis
aster. III peace
Can't Lick Guard
Historically. the organization
nonored operates i'll reverse order
from the new stamp. The stamp
must o. ,iG<Cd to be used Amerl-
cas- enemies have tried to do the
same thing to the Guard since
Lexington and Concord without
success. That's why The Post Of
flee Department brought out the
new issue.
The National Guard name. as
such. came into being III 1924
when that designation was given
state militia units to honor Cen
cral Lafayette, great friend Of
America. who commanded the
Guard Rationale, III faris.
But militia predecessors are
older than the Nation itself. First
recorded home militia unit was
the l82nd Infantry Of Massa-
chuSetts organized IN MiddlcseN
county IN 1886. II participated in
the action at Lexington and Con-
cord, where the AnnlCan tradl-
ton Of the Minute Mon was born.
Co & History
Company G's history can be
traced back to l648 and Revolt
tlonary War fighting, giving it a
i78-year fighting tradition. Mill
tia units. which eventually were
absorbed in the National Guard
participated in the Civil War. in
Guiding Gettysburg and Pickett S
charge, the War With Spain.
World War and World War II.
The official designation today.
Company @. came into being in
1917 when the 29th Division was
formed and Farnvi..e S unit or
gdnized as Company G. ll6th In
iantrY. 29th Division. AT the time
III Federal service. the unit was
Comapny A, End Virginia Regi-
ment, guarding supply and COM
municationS i'll Southwest Viz
glnla
1t participated with the Goth
in World War I and II with
valarous deeds still a live memory
in dozens Of Farmville homes.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Auto Accidents
Claim Three Lives
In Loca &c ounl;cs
Phenix Crossing
Train-C Car Crash
Kills r. c. Harvey

Three automobIlc accidents
have claimed the llYes of three
men III this area since Thursday.
A funeral service tor Raleigh
Cleveland Harvey. 90. Of Phenix,
Charlotte county, viii be held at
ii this morning at Henderson S
Funeral Home IN Blookneal. BIZ
rial will take place in Fort Hi.
Cemetery. Lynchburg
Mr.. Harvey was injuled fatally
Saturday when the Cal in which
Re was the lone occupant was
struck by a fast passenger train at
the Virglnian Railroad crossing
at PheniX. The q ash happened
about ! y. m.
puipwOod Dealer
An ambulance from BrookDeal
responded to the call and at
PENDANTS gave the injured man
emergency treatment. but he Was
dead upon arrival IN Brookneal
Born III Pittsyivanla count.
Oct. g. 1884, and reared at Whit
nell, he was son OF the late
Elisha James Harvey and MauGe
May Barbour Harvey He was y
dealer in pulpWoOd ana a member
of the Phenix Presbyterian
Church
Surviving are his HIle. Lillla.i
BriehtWell Harvey; tour soEs.
Edgar of RoXboro. N c., Bernard,
Of the u. S Navy. New Orleans
Clifford, of Staunton. and Ben
Harvey of the Naval All Base
Norfolk, two daughters, Mrs. l..
c. Lock and Mrs. Grayden Pol
lard. of Keysvllle, Jour brothers.
Willie, Oakley and Henry Harvey.
Of Danville, and Gene Harvey, of
Norfolk, three sisters. Mrs. Hattie
Robinson and Miss Lizzie Harvey
of Danville. and Mrs Howard
Hundley, Of Axiom.
Negro Dies
Robert Franklin Whitlock. So.
a Negro, of Route Z, Richmond
died Sunday afternoon in a Rich
mond hospital from injuries he
received when his Car ran off the
DAD in Powhatan county, Satu-
Gay night. The cal turned over
on him
A state trooper SaIo the west
bound car ran off the left side Of
State Route I'll at Huegenot in
FoWhatan county The man was
alone III the car
Amelia Manager
Charles d O Connor, manager
Of the Western Auto Store in
Amelia for the past eight months
was killed Thursday night III an
automobile accident near Baltl-
more MI O'Connor had gone to
Baltimore on a business trip.
A 29-year-old Negro from VIM
glna. Henry Brown, was brought
20 Southside Community Hospital
early Sunday morning. for exam
nation after his car IAN off the
road two miles west of Bucking-
ham Court House He entered
tn hospital at 1880 a. M. and af-
ter examination. he was dis.
charged
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Music Concert

Founders Day Will close With a
concert Of sacred and secular
music by the 60-voice Longwood
Choir and the Hampden-Sy duay
Glee Club to be presented in Jar
nan Auditorium Al 8 d. M. 1 meier
the direction Of Dr. John w Mol
mar
An aIumna Of Longwood CN-
lege Mrs Decker has been a lead
CT in the field Of education for
many years. She is a mem0ev. Of
the Board Of Trustees Of the Uni
verSity Of Richmond and The
Richmond School Board She
taught English at the University
Of Shanghai for five years.
A graduate Of Westhampton
College MIS- Decker was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa at the Univer-
sity of Richmond in l947. She is
past president OF the Richmond
CHAPTER of The American AssNr-
latiOn of University Women. She
IDS OttAi dtt4ht III CIV IL ana CltI-
tural affairs in Richmond for
many years. where She is a mem
Ner OF the boards of the Virginia
Home for InCurableS and the
Valentine Museum. Her public
tons include book, World Air
WAYS fer the King"
DR.. c. CT. Gordon Moss. hoa5
Of the History department Of
Longwood is the chairman OF the
Founders Day Committee. Other
members are: Miss Emily Barks-
dale, associate rr7fessor of mod
ern languages, Miss Emily CLARK.
assistant professor Of rlusic. Ms.
Mildred 3 Davis. associate pro
fesSor Of English Miss Ruth
Gleaves, Dean of Women. Dr.
George w Jeffers, head Of the
biology department, and Prot.
Thomas A. McCorkle professor Of
chemistry and physics
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
EWS SU "A IA AIRY

death and the elevation Of NAL
enkov as tho new Soviet dictator
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
All Old Hands

There isn't a single team in the
field that hasn't competed n the
Group II tourney at least once.
and five Of Observation-Disclosures,
Manchester, Farmville, c. II.
Friend and HarriSonburg L. won
their district titles in 1852
Manchester earned it's second
District 2 crown Saturday night
with narrow 44-43 squeak past
Spotsylvania. the same team the
LancerS defeated in the district
finals last year.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

In connection with considera-
ton OF school finances. the board
approved a request from the
school board for an appropriation
Of $1,000 for construction OF
school bus repair shop to be To-
Gated near the new Motion High
School.
Supervisors also postponed their
public road meeting, with Resi-
dent Engineer R H Ingle and
county citizens, un,l Ap:ll ..
Then the annual secondary road
work will be mapped out.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Resignation Coming

Miss Lucy Blake, district home
agent Of Blacksburr, vas present
to request the additional approp-
ration for the home AGENT. She
informed the board that the re
placement for Mrs Marian Bald
win whose resignation VIII be
Forthcoming shortly. has been
found.
In a final action, the board
received a report of the State
audit OF the records and accounts
of John F. Lewis, county Trial
Justice The auditors reported full
accounting made and commended
the manner in which the records
are kept.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Undefeated Teams

Churchland and Farmville, the
only undefeated basketball teams
remaining in state scholastic COM
petition. and Manchester had been
conceded a chance TO bring the
Group II title back to Eastern
Virginia for the first time IN seven
years
With the pa1rings set Up as they
are. the three teams now have to
Kill each other off-and Clntwood
as we'll. Harrlsonbure, apparently
situated in the easier of The two
brackets. may be able tc hang on
20 the diadem for another year.
With the times reversed, The
Friday night semifinals match the
HarriSonburg Friend W inn =
against the Marion William Elem
ing victor at 7:30 p. m. and the
Churchland Manchester winner
against the Farmville- ClintWood
victor at S:45 p. m. The final
game-and a consolatlon-Will be
played Saturday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Farmville High
Opens CroupH
Bid Thursday
Squad To Leave
Town Wednesday
Morning At 9

Coach Robert Gllmer and his
l2-player squad Of Farmville High
courtmen leave Farmville by car
caravan at 8 a. m. Wednesday
for an important date A. Blacks
burg.
Luck Of the draw has given the
Wolverines a man-si2ed lob on
their fifth trip to the State Group
II tourney in the gym at Virginia
Tech. In the first round they clash
with ClintWood 1872 Thursday
Afternoon at AIS.
Clintwood, District k,ngoins
after a years absence. were State
Champions in 1850 and 1851. The
team breezed past JoneSville So
Is to win the District 8 crown
Saturday night. The Clints have
now won SO Of 80 games during
the last four years.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
General Registrar

Also tabled until an adjourned
meeting March 81 at 10 a M, vas
final consideration If the matter
OF appointing a General Registrar
for Prince Edward county This
would consolidate in one office.
the district registrar system now
in effect.
Supervisors increased the coun-
ty appropriation for its Share Of
the home agents salary BY $500
annually, MAKING the new total
1900 The county share Of the
county agents salary was also in
creased from 5000 to $4,000.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Alumnae Coffee

A coffee hour will be given bv
the Farmville Chapter of The
Lonewood College Alumnae AS
ISOLATION in the newly decorated
student lounge at 9.15 a. m. Sat
urday. March d Members of the
GranddaughterS Club will serve as
hoSteSSeS
Mrs Decker will speak to the
student body and alumnae in the
Jarman Auditorium at II a m.
Following lunch in the recrca-
ton hail. the Nati~nal Alunnac
Association will hold business
meeting at p. m Miss Helen E
Costan. of LvnchbWg. president
Of the association. will pres dc
over the meeting
President and Mrs. Dabney 6
Lancaster will hold open hol Sc at
their home at 4 p M and an in
formal dinner will be served II
the college dining hall at ESQ
n m
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Draw Luck Hurts

Chances of an Eastern Virginia
squad returning with the state
diadem of Group II ran into a
snag with the announcement OF
the pairings. which pit several of
them against each other. While
they're knocking heads. the strong
Western clubs may have o better
chance OF survival.
Coach Gilmer will take the
squad directly to Pembroke. Va.
near Blacksburg, for workout
and the night Wednesday. The
tournament teams get only 20
minute preGame familiarity with
the VPI floor.
Tourney pairines show
3 p m-Churchland 1870
District l champion, VS.. Manches-
ter tl9-2). District . titlist.
4l5 p. m.-Farmville (22-0)
District 3 croWnholder. vs.. Clint
wood 1922, District 8 champion
7:30 p .-Harrisonburc 90
p, District 5 king and defending
Virginia champion. VS., c. H..
Friend OF South Boston 14-9
District titlist.
845 p m Marion (2l-2). Dis
trict 7 crownholder. VS. william
Fleming Of Roanoke $3.50 Dis
trict champion.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Longwood's Goth Year
Will Be Celebrated
Founders Day March q
Mrs. II. w. Decker,
Of Richmond,
To Bring Address

Hundreds CT alumnae Of Long
wood College will gather in Farm
vile to observe the 69th anniver-
sary OF their alma mater on
Founders Day March 81.
High light OF the program for
graduates Of the college. formerly
known as Farmyille State Teach
ers College and state Normal
School for Women, Will be talk
on A Great Profession" 5y Mis-.
Henry w. Decker. educator and
welfare leader of Richmond
The program viii open with a
presentation of Death Takes a
Holiday" Walter Ferris trogi-
comedy, by the LongWood Players
and the Hampden- Sydney Jona-
leurS in Jarman Auditorium AZ 8
p. m, Friday. March 20. The play
will be directed by Or. c. l.. s.
Farley Instructor Of English and
drama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Gertrude B. Park,
Bicycle Performer

Mrs. Gertrude B. Park, 81,
famous in the 1905 for her trick
bicycle exhibitions in vaudeville,
died October 2 in Los Angeles,
according to word received by
friends here.
Mrs. Park and her husband
Harry lived here for many years
and operated printing shop in
the LIE Droit Building at 816 F
street NV. Later they moved to
900 F street NV.
One of Mrs. Parks bicycle ex-
hibitions was jump from high
runway across a 30-foot gap to
a platform.
Mr.. Park rode down the steps
on the Capitol in 1885 on 40
inch high bicycle. On August l.
1892, he rode down Pixies Peak
on the ties of railroad track
In 1897 he set a New York
Washington bicycle record, MAX
ing the trip in 25 hours and As
minutes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park were men,
bers of the Calvary Baptist
Church for many years and took
an active part in the Sunday
school.
The couple moved to Portland
Greg, and then to Los Angeles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Mrs. B. Wighfman,
Wife Of Executive

Mrs. Chauncey Beach Wight
man, wife of the vice president
of Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd,
sugar firm. died Friday in Homo
lulu after a long illness.
The former Harriet Kinche-
loe, she was born in Manassas,
Va, and went to schools in
Washington. New York and Cali
fornia. She and her husband,
who used to be with the Associ-
ated Press here. had been living
in Honolulu since about 1886.
Mrs. Wightman was former
member of the Riding and Hunt
Club of Washington and All
Souls Episcopal Church here.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Jo-
seph Kincheloe, Manassas; a
son, Chauncey Beach Wightman
III. a senior at the University of
Virginia; a daughter, Miss Pa
tricia Wightman. Honolulu;
three brothers, Joseph Carl and
Connie Kincheloe. both Of Ma
nassas. and Paul Kincheloe,
Burke, Va. and two sisters. Mrs.
Cyrus Kitchen, 1924 Tilden
street NV. and Mrs. Thorvald
Solberg, 1926 Forty ninth street
NV, wife of Rear Admiral Sol
berg.
Funeral services were to be
held today at st. Clements
Church in Honolulu.
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on Constitution avenue and
Journey Through Life" in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Recently Mr.. Fraser executed
a statue of the Mayo brothers,
which stands at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, MINI.
In addition to the pre-1938
nickel, with buffalo on one side
and an Indian profile on the
other, Mr.. Fraser designed a
number of coins and medals, in
GLIDING the Navy Cross.
He won the gold medal of
the Institute of Arts and Letters
two years ago. and was former
president and honorary presi-
dent of the National Sculpture
Society.
Designed Model at II.
The Buffalo nickel and 1.-The
End of the Trail" the latter
modelled when he was only II,
grew out of Mr.. FraSer's early
life in the Dakota territory,
where he was taken by his rail-
road engineer father.
He also studied in Paris and
became apprentice and later
assistant to the noted sculptor,
Augustus st. GaudenS.
A native of Winona, Mimi,
Mr.. Fraser began carving things
out of stone from a nearby
Gladstone quarry when he was
8. His father wanted him to
become an engineer, but on the
advice of a prominent railroad
official who praised the boys
work, he was sent to the Art In
stitute in Chicago when he was
Is.
It was st. Gaudens' illness that
gave his youthful assistant the
chance to do the portrait bust of
Theodore Roosevelt.
He had lived here for the past
IS years. His widow, Laura Gar
din Fraser, is a sculptures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-12
Herbert B. Thomson,
Was Democratic
Leader in Virginia
By The Assocloted Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Oct. H.
Herbert Bruce Thomson, SIS, of
Bedford County, businessman
and a member of the State Gen.
trail Democratic Committee, died
Unexpectedly yesterday while en-
route by train to Denver, Colo.
The wealthy landowner was
associated for many years with
the Coca-Cola bottling industry
and was one of Virginia's lead
ing beef cattle breeders.
His death came while he slept,
according to information re-
ceived at the family estate. Ivy
Hill, from a son. Herbert B.
Thomson, jr., of Greeley. Colo.
Mr.. Thomson was recently
named co-chairman of the Dem
ocratic gubernatorial campaign
Finance Committee and previ-
ously for many years had served
on the State Central Decorate
Committees Executive Board.
He was a director of the Vir-
GINA Foundation for Independ-
ent Colleges and a member of
the Boards of Trustees for Ran
dolph Macon College at Ashland
and Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute.
Mr.. Thomson had been presi-
dent for almost a decade of the
official State fair, the Atlantic
Rural Exposition. He was for
mer president of the Virginia
Hereford Breeders Association
and a patron of State All Clubs
and Future Farmers of America.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at IL am. Wednesday at
Ivy Hill, with burial in St. Ste
phen's Cemetery. Surviving are
Mr.. Thomson's widow, son and
two daughters.
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Mrs. Robin Miller,
Child Welfare Chief
For District 3 Years

Mrs. Robin r. Miller, former
chief of the Child Welfare Divi-
sion of the Districts Depart
ment of Public Welfare, died
yesterday at George Washington
University Hospital, where she
had been patient since July.
Mrs. Miller retired September
% after heading the Child We'll
fare Division for eight years.
She was the widow of Lawton
Miller, who was Washington
representative of the Parke.
Davis Drug Co. He died in
1912.
Mrs. Miller held one of the
most responsible positions in the
Welfare Department, which she
Joined in January, 1925.
Interested in Legislation.
The Child Welfare Division is
responsible for foster home place
ment of children, investigating
cases of neglect and mistreat-
ment of children. for adoptions
and for special services to chill
dren.
An attorney, Mrs. Miller took
special interest in progressive
legislation for more individual
lied care of children. Her tenure
saw a particular development in
social services to children in
their homes to keep parents on
the job. These services stress
the preventive aspect of child
welfare. to keep the necessity for
foster care to a minimum.
Mrs. Miller was supporter of
the so-called baby broker bill
passed in 1914 to protect adop-
tive children from black market
dealings.
Outstanding Administrator.
She had worked up from
social worker and supervisor to
become assistant chief of the
Child Welfare Division on Janu-
airy 16, 1943. She became super
intendent in April, 1945.
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea said the standard and
quality of the division was 'tre-
mendously improved" during
Mrs. Miller's SUPPLEMENTARY
He cited her as outstanding in
her administration of complex
responsibilities.
Mrs. Miller was the daughter
OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Robinson. She was born in Ala
bama but was reared in Macon,
Ga. She was graduated from Mer-
Ger University in 1924. She taught
school and practiced law briefly
in Macon. She took special grad
uate work at the Pennsylvania
School of Social Work, Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Miller, who lived at 1910
Twenty-ninth street NV, was
member of the Women's Bar
Association, the District Bar AS
ISOLATION and the Chevy Chase
Club.
Her nearest survivors are an
aunt and number of cousins.
The body will be cremated.
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Jefferson Davis, s.,
Area Union Official

Jefferson Davis, SO, vice presi-
dent of the Maryland State and
District of Columbia Federation
of Labor who was the first Negro
to hold a vice presidency in that
organization. died Saturday in
Duke University Hospital, Dur
ham, N. c., of a liver ailment.
He went to North Carolina four
weeks ago to visit his brother.
Mr.. Davis, of Baltimore. was
vice president of the Atlantic
Coast District of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's AsSocia-
ton. officials said he had been
considered for a high post in
the reorganized lila.
Mr.. Davis had attended the
convention of the Maryland and
District Federation of Labor
here in May at the Mayf1oWer
Hotel.
Mr.. Davis was born in Will
mington, N. c., and lived at
Halethorpe. N. c.. for many
years. He went to Baltimore
when he was 16 and became a
longShoreman. He Was\ presi-
dent of Local 858 of the Inter-
national Longshoremen's Asso-
citation in 1885.