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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Chairman Carter Says
Supervisors Can Hold
Tax Line For l054-55
Budget Hearing Date

The public hearing on Prince
Edward County's propoS-
ed S7S4Se4 budget for gen
eral government and schools.
W II open at 10 a. m. Thurs
day. MAY 6, IN the Circuit
Courtroom, according to an an
nouncement by the board of
supervisors
During it the public will
have opportunity to express
opinion on the budget and the
prGp0s3l TO raise the levy on
real and personal property by
20 cents to So 10. and the levy
on merchants capital invested
in business by 80 cents to a
total OF 7C cents.
These have been proposed
as one method of putting the
l954-55 budget in balance.
Without the increase. the bud
get as presently drawn shows a
deficit Of S12.521.00
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Registrar Office
10 Open Saturday
May s Final Day
For Town Election


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" participate ~ lile June mum
lcifal election in FarmVille when
mayor and four councilmen VIII
BE- elected
pa,.. ,1
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gay he WIZ Keep ms ounce, on the
second floor Of the Prince Ed
ward County Court House. open
~ M fina1 Sa+,rday f,o,,, a d, =,
W = r. l'''' eNeVp' i0i d i''ii' Il -io''i
from l. 70 P. m.
Mr. Aliens office normally is
open Monday Of each week d,n.ing
+bo g.va ho,rs IA n.i, r,o;n+at,
i''A' % = vi ''''S ne D" '0 'o0"S ! e
9lstrauonS nave been extremely
heavy for a municipal election.
and that interest indeed from
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
FHS Publications
Receive Awards
At Press Meeting

Farmvi'le High School gained a
place in the Achievement Award
Group for the school newspaper
Focus. during the 25th con
ventlon of the Southern Inter
scholastic Press Association meet
ing at washington and Lee Uni
versity this week
The F H S. Yearbook, ca
valier, received an Achievement
Award in the group with school
enrolment Of 30l to 600
Delegates from the local school
were among the nearly 900 schol-
astic editors and faculty advisers
who attended representing high
chool publications from II
Southern states and WASHINGTON,
ID c. Professional newspaper and
graphic arts expert led round
table discussions and gave speech
es designed to improve the quality
of interscholaStic Journalism
The seventh annual Scholastic
Press Award Of the Virginia Press
Association was won by The
Communique" Of Manchester Dis
tIlct High SShool Richmond.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Milk Pr ice Cut
Half Cent Quart
State Body Starts
Slash on May |

Seasonal retail price cuts of a
half-cent pea quart of milk were
ordered by the state Mix Com
mission in the F'armville and
Amelia marekts, along with u
other Virginia producing areas.
BY the order cuts will be re-
stored about October and,
should the order continue in ef-
feet in other years. the spring
reduction Will stat April l
The Commission also ordered
comparable >cuts in retail prices
on containers of less than one
quart The .state body also order
ed unifokm minimum price of
six cents a half pint on milk sold
in schools across Virginia
The order said the producer
price would be sliced from $685.
to $685. per hundredweight in
these same markets Effect Of this
order, the commission said was to
feQuce prices PAID to the farmer
by % cents hundredweight in
the summer with no increase in
the distributors spread
The order last week resulted in
reduction Of the retail price
here to 2&and ? cents a quart.
Purchasers will have to buy in
double quantities. at least to reap
any benefit, since single quart
will cost "a cents
For this. area. the order grew
out of hearing at Petersburg by
the Commission on April % Pro-
ducers ana distributors in the
Farmville- Amelia area attended
Similar hearings were held for all
IA markets
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Heralded NeU York Trip
wiz Keep Seniors RustAng

Twenty-ntnc members Of The
Senior Glass at Farmvillc High
School accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Sturat Beville, Mrs Louis
Dahl. and Miss Alma Porter, viii
board a Trailways Bus Wednesday
night for the lone awaited trip to
New York City
1t is a trip the students have
worked for Proceeds from bake
sales, special Games, productions
and othereyents will help pay a
stable part of the three-day VEN
ture
Leaving from the High School
at 1880 p m. the group will arrive
at the Hotel Picadilly in New
York City in the carly hours of
Thursday morning The remain
der of the day will consist Of a
tour through Manhattan. visits to
the Hayden Planetarium. the Mu-
scum Of Natural History. and the
Rockefeller Center The day viii
end after dinner, with h trip to
Radio City Music Hall for movie
and show featuring the Rock
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

approximately $50 Faculty
Fellowships have been awarded
this year TO able young teachers
throughout the country who show
exceptional promise and who wish
to broaden their qualifications for
teaching their respective fields as
part of a program OF liberal edu-
cation The Fund expects, as
a result of these fellowships, to
strengthen college teaching in the
United States"
DR.. SchleQcl is granted the
years absence from Longwood
College to spend the time de
voted to study, observation, or
experiment tthat will renew and
enrich the intellectual lives Of the
recipients Of these awards
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Civil Service to Fill
Treasury Dept. Posts

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination for the position Of
Treasury Enforcement Ag G n t
Criminal Investigator S3410,
S4205, and $1,000 a year. The po-
sitions are with the Treasury De
partment in the States of Virginia.
Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky and
West Virginia.
A written test Will be required
and applicants will also be rated
on the basis Of their experience.
Full particulars regarding the
examination or instructions on
where such information may be
obtained can be secured al any
Post Office or from the Executive
Secretary. Board Of IT, S. Civil
Service Examiners. Internal Reve-
ne Service. Pc Box PIG, Cincin-
natl l Ohio. or the Sixth U. S
Civil Service Region Post Office
and Courthouse Building, Cincin-
natl .. Ohio.
Applications will be accepted
not later than May 20, 1854
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
One Arrest Made
At Buckingham Still

Raiders arrested a Manteo man
broke up a still and conflscated a
pickup ruck in a raid Saturday,
six miles west of Buckingham
Court House. ATTD Investigator
Steve Hughes reports.
Arrested was
Arthur Hall Moore 43. Of Man
teo.
Hughes said he was charged
with the manufacture Of Illegal
whiskeysand was bonded for $500.
A hearing will be held this week
A 45-gallon still was destroyed
and the raiders found 100 gallons
Of mash and a small amount Of
whisky. A pickup truck on the
site was confiscated.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Longuood College May Day Pageanty
Matches Brightness of Saturday SKY

May Pole Dance by the "children"
in whom lies the promise of the
future
Miss Ann Foster, of Farmville,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Foster, reigned as May Queen and,
surrounded by her curt. watch
ed the unfolding of history in the
dances.
Court Presented
In the prelude to the whole
event, the May Court walked
gracefully into the dell to be fol-
lowed by the Maid of Honor, then
Miss Foster. Barbara Assaid, OF
Waynesboro. maid of honor,
crowned the queen and then the
court assembled in seats of hon
or to watch the proceedings.
Students. who had for the first
time organized. costumeNand di-
rected the program. then present
ed the historic highllghts. start
ing with the dances of the Wey
anoke Indians, Then followed the
simple dances of the hard-Work
ing pioneers: the elegant and
graceful minuets of the colonial
period and the break with Mother
England.
Historic Eras
The educational period follow
ed when the need of free peo-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
I nited Nations


Friday will be busy with a tour
of the United Nations and the
National BroadcaStlng Company,
Barnun and Bailey Circus show at
Madison Square Garden, dinner,
floor show and dancing at Bal
Tabarin." ending with a tour Of
Obseryatories at the Empire State
Building at 10 p, m
The events of the last day. Sat
urday. viii include a three hour
cruise around Manhattan on a
Circle LING Yacht in the morn
ing The afternoon VIII be left free
for a show the ball game between
the Yankee and Athletics, r
whatever pleaSes the group. After
dinner they will take in a live TV
or radio show before boarding the
bus at II p m for the trip back
home
The bus is scheduled to land the
sightseers at the High School at
5 m Sunday morning.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

LongWood College students por-
trayed the historic highlights of
Prince Edward County's 200 years
in May Day festivities Saturday
afternoon that blended tradition.
color and beauty into a biccnten-
NAL event that delighted a large
catherine in the newly terraScd
and grassed Longwood Dell
Eight of the brightest. and
saddest, and hardest and most
poignant areas of county history
were expressed in dances, while
connecting thread of narration.
by Miss Georgia Jackson. a stu
dent. gathered the history into an
interesting whole from the found
ing in 1854 to the present day.
represented in the traditional
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Mai. Dugald Hudson
Has Part In LogeX-54

Mai Dugald w Hudson son Of
Mrs. Coline M Hudson Of Lone-
wood College, Farmyille. is one Of
1000 officers and enlisted men
who will take part in the Army's
giant logistical maneuvers, LogeX-
Sd at Camp Pickett, Va, next
week,
Normally stationed at The Ad-
jutant Generals School, Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind. he en-
tered the Army in 1914 He is a
graduate Of George Washington
Univ ersity
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

pie for trained young men arose.
Others, advancing history, por-
trayed the rise Of agriculture and
the Piedmont Planters; the sad
years of the Civil War; the Res
toration period and the right to
education of young ladies at the
newly founded Female Normal
School; the tragic days of World
War 1 followed by the blithe and
gay twenties and the reign of the
flapper, then to World War II
and the present.
Miss Jean Hodges Of South Hill,
headed the student committee,
which directed the pageant, under
the sponsorship Of the Student
Council
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Hidden for 80 Years
Hidden for 80 Years
Civil War Relies Still Exist Here
If Your Eyes Are Young And Keen

The War Between the States
exists here in more substantial
form than in history textbooks,
memories and historic shrineS, as
Pete Vanderpool seventh grade
student at Farmville Elementary
School, proved the other day
Pete, son Of MIR and Mrs. Roy
B. Vanderpool, happens to live in
the vicinity Of High Bridge.
There, even now if you have
young, keen eyes exists haven
for rclic-minded persons.
Just a few days ago, Pete was
helping repair fences at the fam
lily home a mile and a half from
High Bridge AT one point he saw
a rusty piece OF iron protruding a
few inches above ground Fully
withdrawn it turned out to be a
bayonct of the Civil War type
Buried 80 Years
VandcrpoOl reports that a short
time before a road machine had
cut roadside cutters and had
shoveled into the earth several
feet at some points He presmes
that the shovel dislodged the
rusty and Cnlled. but still sturdy
weapon fl N its underground
hiding placs of 30 years,
1t is the second bayonet nc has
found in The same vicinity He
has also found numerous minnie
balls IN whole pieces and frag
mentS.
Richmond Report
A school mate, Victor Harper.
took the bayonet to the Confede-
rate Museum at Richmond several
days ago. There, Pete reports II
was identified as the shorter
variety which were issued to nom
commissioned officers, and Of the
type that was issued early IL tho
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Seniors Will Visit
New York on Tour

Thirty nine Randolph Henry
High School seniors, with Miss
Eleanor Berger and Raymond Ba-
Delay, as chaperones, will leave
May for a class trip and tour
to New York City
The piccadilly Hotel, on fab
ulous Times Square, will be quar-
tiers for the visitors from Char
lotte c. H,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Chamber j Meets At
Cedar Brook Tonight

The FarmYille Chamber of
Commerce VIII meet tonight
Monday at Cedar Brook at 6 As.
The meeting time has been NOV
ed up one week from the usual
second Mondag in order that the
members maycmeet together prior
to the Prince edward county bud
get hearing Thursday. May 6.
w A Watson, Jr., Chamber
president. reports that much Of
the meeting will be devoted to
discussions of the proposed 1854
So general fund and school bud
get of the colnty totaling 1874,
874
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

ing's theme THE Christian Wo-
mans Trusteeship. The Rev J.
A Vache' and the Rev j r
Kennedy Will assist in the service.
and Miss Carolyn Clarke. Of Long
wood College, will be soloist
Following the program in the
church, there viii be a refresh
ment hour in the Parish House.
MIS- l. z Johnston, president
Of Johns Memorial Woman's
Auxiliary. is chairman Of the COM
mittee making arrangements, The
other committee members include
Mrs II V Lancaster Mrs. Rob
CRIT Taylor, and Mrs Harvey
Whitaker
The public is invited to attend
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
May Fellowship Day Plans Told

The May Fellowship Day. spon-
sored s9y the Farmville Council
of Church Women Will be held on
Johns Memorial Episcopal church.
Friday. May at 8 p. m, in the
Johns >Memarials.
F w King. Ir., superintendent
of Public Schools IN Buena Vista
and Lay Readers in the Episcopal
Church. will speak on the meet
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Hospital Head
Explains Hikes In
Blue Cross Plan
Approved Rates
Become Effective
After June l, 1854

IN commenting on the increased
Blue Cross rates effective June /
Joseph Stubs Jr., Southside
Community Hospital administra-
tor indicates that the hikes will
have no effect on the local insti-
tuition other than to keep the Blue
Cross plan ION its feet"
AS an institution cooperating
with the prepaid disqualification
program, the Southside Hospital
gives hospital care for up to sixty
days per year to each Blue Cross
subscriber who pays a certain
sum, determined by the classifi-
cation Of the subscriber, each
quarter to the plan.
Blanket Fee
Blue Cross does not pay on a
bill from the hospital" says Mr..
Stubs. 1T pays the hospital a
blanket fee for each day the
patient is in hospital. Any losses
and gains in this system are alb
Sorbed by the hospitals. "
BY way Of explanation. he
stated that ON short term stays
the hospital loses money, but that
this loss is generally offset by
patients who remain in hospital
for long period of time The cost
of disqualification decreases with
the length of stay, whereas Blue
Cross continues to pay the same
amount per diem for six days or
sixty DAYS
Two Service Changes
Mr. Stubs remarked that in
line with the new changes. there
VIII be two differences in service
The length of OBJ stay Child
bwth is reduced from ten to
eight days, and the sos or half
covcragc period will be dropped
from the plan The latter means.
in other words, that coverage for
All subscribers will be a straight
60-days per year.
Although Blue Cross rates are
increased all down the line. Mr..
Stubs indicates that it is not a
blanket increase. Because it was
found that certain groups of par
Elephants use hospital facilities
more than other classifications.
the new rates were drawn up to
cqual2e the costs.
1T was found that homegrown
subscribers utilize hospitals more
than group subscribers. SO non-
group rates went up, explains the
local administrator Individual
contract holders use facilities less
than family groups. so the rates
were adjusted accordingly There
IS a slight increase in group CON
tracts, but the bulk of the in
crease occurs in the non-group
contracts"
sec Approved
Bite Cross disqualification and
Blue Shield medical surgical
contracts rates were increased
earlier this month by the State
Corporation Commission after the
agencies showed that present
rates. and even previous rate re-
quests would not pull the oreani-
cations out Of the hole Losses
each month have been running
into thousands Of dollars in Vir-
ginla
New Blue Cross rates. covering
some 100000 subscribers in Cen
trail and Southside Virginia. cf-
fectiye June /, are as follows.
In group plans, the rate will be
$500 a month for individual con-
tracts. $3.50 for subscriber and
child, and $420 for family.
Non-group rates will be $3.50
for individual. $3.50 for subScrib-
or and child. and SIS 90 for family.
per month.
Previous rates for group and
non group subscribers were $3.50.
$500 and $500.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Cites Economics,
Possible Extra
Income AS Reasons

/ Citing certain possible ccono-
mics and extra income during the
year as reasons. Edward A. Car
ter, chairman Of the Prince Ed
ward county board of supervisors
said today he fayors holding the
line on taxes. but will be govern
ed by the wishes of taxpayers. If
, sufficient make their wishes
known during the public hear
ing on the county budget May
g.
I Referring to $l2.521 deficit an
4 ticipated in the l954-55 county
budget without an increase in
4 taxes Nh Carter said there are
only two courses open to h c
board one is to increase the levy
! by the proposed amount Of 20
cents, the other is to economi2e to
hte extent Of the deficit hereby
wiping out.
1T IS the duty Of your board
to see that one or the other is
done as the law says must bc
done | shall do all in, my power
TO see that the law is complied
with and I chose the way by
economy, he declared
Agriculture Hit
The chairman said a tax in
crease would work particular
hardship on farmers already
caught in the farm squeeze. and
that an added tax burden on pub
lie service corporations will only
be passed on to taxpayers in
higher cost Of service.
Extra income, not possible 20
include in the budget but which
may materalizc during the year
as seen by Mr. Carter are ~
state sales tax resulting from
the action Of a special session of
the General Assembly. t2) an in
crease in the county'S taxable
values resulting from the current
. re-assessment Of property. and
~ a state Discretionary Fund
grant from the State Board .of
Education. if requested. to help
With school costs
Possible Economics
Economies he sees possible are
Ar stopping the $4,000 annual
cost Of cannericS bv putting them
on self-sustaynine basis. ~
elimination Of one school bus of
two proposed for purchase in the
school budget capital outlay item
Of $500 49, take out of rhc
budget $4,000 carmarked for pur-
chase Of water tank truck for
the county fire department.. and
"a certain economies can and
viii be made in the Welfare De-
partment
MI Carter thinks the school
bus might be financed with extra
money the county may get from
increased school attendance. and
that a water tank for the fire
truck can be made from materials
already available here, al a great
liz reduced cost
No Service Cut
# believe with these facts. and
by strict economy the needs Of the
county can be provided for with
out any serious curtailmcnt of any
county service, with the present
tax rate
| can think of no wand reason
why 4 levy should be laid now
for the 1886 fiscal year and
that Is what We would be dome
II tho levy to provide for more
money than We need for 1854 s.
is laid
Mr. Carriers views are the scc-
ond TO be publicly expressed for
holding the line by a member Of
the board Last week. r. b VIII
son. Jr., said he believed the bud
get can be balanced by some
drastic economics and by diliacut
search for other sources Of rev.
enuc than that If increasing the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04

war.
To High Bridge folks. some Of
the relics are pretty much every
day occurrences. Pete has a friend
of older years who has found so
many minnie balls that, after
filling his own personal museum,
he uses the remainder as sinkers
on his fishing line.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
Cuih Members Trained

Also, during this week about 10
members Of clubs in Prince Ed
ward are planning to attend the
District III Home Demonstration
Federation Of Clubs 10 be held in
AppOmattCX on Tuesday, May 4.
at the Liberty Baptist Church
On the same date, counties in
Guiding Buckingham and Cum
berland comprising District 10
will meet at Buckingham Central
High School for their annual
meeting
At the District III meeting.
Prince Edward County viii be re-
sponsible for presentine TIC PEN
MES for Friendship collection,
which is the movement that helps
to fiance the Associated Coun-
try Women Of the World FLAGS
Of all nations Participating for
the movement have been made for
the meeting by the Worsham Art
Glass under the direction Of Mrs.
James Kennedy
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-04
County HID Clubs
Plan Events For
National Week
Large Delegations
TIC Attend District
Meetings Tuesday

The over two hundred members
of twelve Home Demonstration
Clubs in Prince Edward County
will JON with 10000 club mem
bers throughout Virginia in com
memorating National Home Dem
onstration Week, May through
8.
As part of the Cooperative Ey-
tension Service and the Virginia
Agricultural Extension SerV ice.
stemming from the Virginia Poly
technic Institute Home Demon
stration Clubs emphasize a pro-
gram aimed toward the home
maker Its aims are ITO strength
en- home and family life raise the
standard of living, and stimulate
civic action
To Attend Appomattox Meet
Club members receive training
in community leadership food
and nutrition. clothing. manage
ment, house furnishings, housing
and better planning in general
that leads to the ultimate aim of
better living for families
Local units this year. IN add
ton to holding regular meetings
attending demonstrations. and
leader-training courses, are spon-
soring All clubs, providing cook
les to Camp Pickett through the
Red Cross. making bandagCs for
Cancer, and assisting with the
Cancer Crusade and other drives
along with many other activities
Plans in celebration Of the na-
tional Home Demonstration Week
in Prince Edward County include
a window display in Farmivlle
and a program on Station WFLO
during the regular Homen1aker s
Hour Of which Mrs. Frances
Gee local agent is the regular
commentator The program this
Thursday will feature work that is
beng done locally and the couu-
TVS detectives.
Members in the charge Of the
weeks activities ,are MIS-. Bert
SWalley, Mrs. A B. King, and
Mrs, Jack Campbell
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-04
Polio Collections
By Officers Wiues
Reach S753.59

The Officers Wives Club in the
Key West area, have collected a
total of $753.59 for the emergency
March of Dimes it was announced
during the business meeting pre-
ceding the program at the Fort
Taylor luncheon yesterday.
The money was collected at the
Fleet softball tournament, the SUBJ
ron Wives Coffee, the Mothers
March and in advance ticket sales
to the polio benefit dinner dance
at Fort Taylor tonight.
The nurses at the hospital con-
tributed to the Wives Mothers
March effort.
Mrs. o. B. Stanley Fort Taylor
o. w. C. chairman, also announc-
ed plans for resuming the special
interests group of the Officers
Wives Clubs and asked any one
who was interested in taking part
in these activities to get in touch
with their Fort Taylor representa-
tive.
A list of these activities will be
available next month.
The buffet preceding the dance
will be served from 1880 until 800.
Another dance has been schedul-
ed at Fort Taylor on September
IL.