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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Club Calendar

A. A. Z. W., Friday, May 81, at
p. m Guest speaker and picnic
supper with Mrs. l.. B. Franck, in
Cumberland
Order of Eastern Star, Robert
Morris Chapter, Thursday. May
20, at 8 p. m, in Masonic Lodge.
Women of the Moose. Thursday
May 20, at p. m, in Moose Hall.
Weyanoke Garden Club, Friday.
May 81, at $3.50 p m. with Mrs.
w. K. Carter. Speaker. Mrs.
Frank Blanton on mass arrange
ments. Exhibits: luncheon table
centerpieces.
Garden Study Club, Thursday
May 81, at $50 p. m. with Mrs.
H. l.. Newbill at LongWood House
Exhibits: composition expressing
ancestry English. French, ETC.
w. NJ. Z. Circles of Farmville
Baptist Church, Monday, May "a
Hazel Moon at church at p. m.
Following meeting at p. m.
Frances Bagbv with Mrs. Frank
Jones; Edith Bradshaw with Mrs
John Hickman; Elizabeth Hale
with Mrs Waverlv Gillian: Fran
ces Hudgins with Mrs. Frank
FallWell Ruth Kersey with Mrs.
Mel Estes. Cornelia Leavell with
Mrs L. E Andrews: Eva Sanders
with Mrs f j Andrews Jr., Ann
SNYDER Petit With Mrs Asa
Smith.
Judith Randolph Chapter D. A.
r., Thursday, May 20 at 8 p. m.
Annual business meeting at Long
wood House with hostesSes. Miss
Nancy Watkins. Miss Patsy Wat
kins. and Mrs ] w. Garnett
Longwood Garden Club, Mon
day. May "a. at $50 p, m. with
Mrs. E R. Elliott at Hampden-
Sydney.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Mrs. H. E Vaughan has as her
guest her mother, Mrs Florence
Kicker. of Newport News. MIS-.
Vaughan also had as a recent
visitor in her home. George A.
Still, Sr., Of New YORK
Miss Bette Daniel still contin-
ues i'll. and entered the Soqthside
Community Hospital as patient,
on Thursday.
Mrs. N. c. Stevens and son
Norvin, of Arlington. are spend
ing this week With her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs D. T. Billings. En-
pepted week end guests in the
same home are Mr., Stevens ana
Miss Thelma Stevens, of AIRING
ton. and Miss LYDIA Ebaugh, Of
Stewartstown, Pa.
Wallace H LaPrade left We'd
nesday on pasture tour through
t h Shenandoah Valley an d
Northern Piedmont section. max
ing Charlottesville his main base.
He viii return Saturday,
George Carter, of the U. S. Air
Force, is spending leave with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Nat
Garter after spending the past
six months IN Greenland.
Sgt. and Mrs. Sydnor Newman.
Jr. and daughter. Katherine
Sydnor arrived here Wednesday
to spend thirty days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sydnor New
man Sgt Newman has been sta
toned with the Air Force iii
wichita Falls, Texas, and nov
expects to be sent to England
Mrs. w b. PettigreW and a. V.
Wade will have as their week end
guests Stewart and PettigrcW
Clare. Mrs. PettigreW will return
with them TO Ithaca, N ", to
spend some time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs, Stewart Glare.
Mr.. and Mrs. ClaybrOok Lester.
Of Martinsville, were the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Fleenor on
Tuesday night.
Mrs E c Andrews and daugh-
ter, Betty, spent several days re-
Gently with Mr.. and Mrs. w M.
Andrews, Of Kcnsington. Md.
They also visited Mrs. r. b. ellis,
OF. Alexandria, and saw the Safe
ty Patrol parade in Washington.
D. c.
Mrs. John Hickman visited her
husband, who is a patient at Nc
Cures Hospital in Richmond, on
Wednesday night.
Mrs Sydnor Newman and Mrs
John Cox visited their another.
Mrs. Margaret Grigg. in Bucking-
ham on Wednesday. Mrs. Grigg is
sick
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Mrs. T L. Ragland had sur
prise telephone call on Mother S
Day from her son. Sgt. Ralph
Ragland, in Japan.
Elliott r.. Booker, III. u. S. Army
Air Corps, has successfully COM
pleted his course of study in Radio
and Radar at Scott Air Force
Base, near St. Louis, Mo. and
has been assigned to Japan. He is
now spending a few days with his
grandfather, E. r. Booker, ST..
and Mrs. Booker, before leaving
for the West Coast and the Orient
on May 25.
Mrs Susie boyce, who under
went an operation at SouthSide
Community Hospital, Monday. is
improving satisfactorily.
MI. and Mrs w. r. Bondurant,
Jr., and children. Tommy and
Carol left Monday morning to
return to San Antonio. Tex,
where Mr. Bondurant will be
| headmaster of the San Antonio
Military Academy, Of which his
father is president. Mr.. and Mrs
Bondurant will take approximate
ly ten days to arrive in Texas,
stopping en- route at Myrtle Beach
S. c.. Miami, Fla. New orleans
La and other points along the
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs Aubrey Trear and
family. Of Christiansburg, spent
the past week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. L., A. Johnson.
Nh, and Mrs Harold Berkey
and daughters, Jackie and Pat
of Waynesboro. and Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Johnson and son. Bobby
Of Farmville, were Sunday guests
in the home Of Mr.. and MIS-. Aus
tin Ayers, of Jackson Heights.
Master Sergeant Charles T
florence. Jr., and family. Of Abb
erdeen, Md. were Friday guests
in thu home of Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Elicit and Miss Cecil
Terrence.
Sgt. George r. Davis has been
visiting his sisters. Mrs. Harvey
Bollinger and Mrs Walker Single
tary for the past thirty days. He
has been stationed in Alaska
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Ham
ilton and daughter Fave spent
the past week end in Blackstone
with her mother, Mrs. w (,
Duncanson
George A. Still, ST., who has
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Willard Hawkins for the past two
weeks. left Sunday evening for
his home in Valley Stream, Long
Island, N. Y While here Mfr Still
visited with Mr. and Mrs Mike
Papas and her brother. G. W.
Roberts.
Mrs. Ida Southall and Miss
Cecil Terrence spent Sunday at
at Lamordy Farm. near Rich
mond, with Mr. and Mrs. w w.
Woodland, ,Jr
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Miss Carrie Taliaferro returned
TO her home in Orange after
spending some time in Farmville
on account of the illness of h0
sister, Miss Dare Taliaferro. The
latter had been a patient at the
Southside Community Hospital
before being moved TO the Martha
jefferson Hospital, in Charlottes-
Vile
MIS- c Willard Hart Mrs F
II Hamburg. Jr., and Mrs. F. S.
Blanton attended a flower show
n Roanoke, on Wednesday,
Nh and Mrs Baldwin Mac
Donald, Of Durham, N, C. visited
mis- parents, MI and Mrs w F.
Macdonald during the past week
end
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
ShrinerS Meet

Members OF tn Farmville
Shriners held a meeting last
Thursday at Walkers Restaurant
in BUkeville. Those attending
we're Joel Watkins. Jr,. DIR. j. f.
Walmsley. r. j. Martin. Emmett
Webster, Franklin Bruce. Charlie
Johnson. and j. E. Trice.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

with major IN Business Educa-
ton has been Secretary Of the
Leroy Moore, Miss Moore. who is
working towards a B. S. Degree
Delta Pi, national honor society
IN education. and Alpha Kappa
Gamma. national honorary fra
ternlty for leadership She is a
graduate OF Manchester High
School
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Senior Glass Program chatham
OF the Commercial Club. Treasurer
Of Future Teachers Of America,
and Chairman of Major Elections.
she Is also a member OF kappa
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Miss Adna Hatcher
Becomes Bride Of
Raymond Yeats

Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Hatcher
announce the marriage Of then
daughter. Adna Blanche, to Pfc
Raymond Yeats. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David G. Yeats. of Rice,
The marriage took place in
Bennington. S. c., on May Is
Pvt Yeats is with the U S
Army at Camp Gordon. Ga.
where the couple plant to stay
until he completes ms training
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17
Retired Preacher, lO4 Years Of Age
Convalescing in Spears Nursing
Home at Charlottesville, Virginia
By Randolph l.. White


Charlottesville, Va.-Although it NAV sound fantas.
tic, it is nevertheless true the Rev. Wilson Murray re-
aby reported having been born in the year. 1850 is
convalescng at local nursing home
minister, preaching the gospel" for more than 70
years. Rev. Murray has been and about almost all of
his 1O4 years except for the past three that
has been confined patient at the University of Vir
gina hospital and the nursing home combined.
Although he relaxes in comfortable wheel-chair
during most of the daylight hours the centenaran gets
around his very well afoot notwithstanding his
recent operation.
Recalling of the incidents of pre-Emancipa-
ton Days, few of which he seems to remember quite
wildly for his years Rev. Murray says his first owner
was George Gordon of Orange County, Virginia near
Barboursvile Financial seems to have over
come this owner and Murray said he sold to pair
of noted traders of that daytwo brothersRobert and
Bush Hunter They in turn traded him to man whose
surname was Baker, making neat profit the deal
Being possessed of desire to learn how to read
and write, Rev Murray he paid kindly disposed
white people to instruct him until he reached the point
where he could do very well on his own.
Commenting on the progress his race has made dur
ing his lifetime, the old gentleman said he believes the
end of the ra for his people in sight and his prayers
are to live to the day.
Married three times Murray's third wife is alive
and although totally blind she gets around remarkably
we'll for her In fact she continues to perform the
usual chores of housewife doing her washing
ironing, cooking, cleaning etc.
Mrs. Clara Murray the wife's name not only per-
forms her household duties but for many years been
bringing water from spring quite distance from their
Orange County home guiding herself to and fro by
means of strung wire which the Reverend contrived
for her. n 4Ny
While he cannot remember the exact number of
children born to him and wives of his three marriages he
says there at least dozen more ali of whom
are dead. Among them, his eldest daughter Mary
He recalled that she became prominent school teacher
went to California and taught number of years before
she died in the early 1920's.
According to attendants at the Spears Nursing Home
T12 Concord Avenue, where Rev. Murray is reeaining
his health, he is splendid patient
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17

Miss Alfredo Johnson, Mr.
EUGENE Johnson of Weirton
V. Va; James King O.
'tubensville, Ohio; Mr.. an,
1rs. Robert Parham O
Washington; Mr.. and Mr.
'larernce H. Edloe and sor
,rnest of New York City
)r. eLonard l.. Edloe an
children, Leona and Leo,
lrd, and Robert White 4
richmond; and Mr.. an
FRS. Marvin T. Horton
st. Adams, w. Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17
Miss Leila Dean EdLOe Becomes
Bride of EdaUard Johnson

Miss Leila Dean Edloe,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George P. Edloe of Char
lottesville, Virginia became
the bride on Friday, April
End at 8 P. M. in Trinity
Episcopal Church to Charles
Edward Johnson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert John
son of Wierton, w. Va.
The Rev. Charles w. Fox,
Jr., Minister of the Church,
officiated at the ceremony
which took place in a setting
arranged with decorations
of white gladioli, ferns and
candles.
Mrs. Robert Parham of
Washington, D. C. was or
ganist for the occasion.
Master Ernest Byrd, cousin
of the bride, of New York
City sang the Lords Prayer.
Given in marriage by her
father. the gride was attir-
ed in a ballerina length gown
of white nylon lace with a
fitted jacket, and a white
lace hat. She carried Il white
Prayer Book with q white
orchid. Her only ornament
was a strand of pearls.
Mrs. Doris Lewis, aunt of
the bride, was her only at
tendant and she wore a bal
lerina length gown of blue
lace with matching access
sories. She carried a hand
bouquet of pink carnations.
Mr.. Marvin T. Horton of
Institute, w. Va, was best
man. Ushers were Leroy
Austin, Jr., Joseph Scott,
Jr.,, and John A. Bearing,
Jr., cousins of the bride.
Serving as altar boys were
Leon Austin and Charles
Fox, 3rd.
A wedding reception was
held at the brides parents
home for the family and
friends.
The bride is q graduate
of Jefferson High School
in Charlottesville and is now
a junior at West Virginia
State College, Institute, w.
Va. She is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor-
ority.
The groom is also attend
ing West Virginia State Col
lege and is a graduate of
Dunbar High School in
Weirton, w. Va. He served
for 312 years in the u. S.
Navy.
After a short wedding
trip, the couple returned to
continue their studies at
West Virginia State College
and reside in ST. Adams, w.
Va.
Out Of twon guests includ-
ed: Mrs. Robert Johnson,
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17

Yet grooming the fomily cor Is Just one 81
countless ports OF American life todoy thos
IS made much eosier. more efficient, and
more pleasant through the vital but token.
for-sronted contributions Of electric power.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17
WHAT ABOUT YOUR
ELECTRIC SERVICE Biil7

Here ore fhs foes. Iodoy. moss 40.
polaehlon customers ore using moro sSon
twice os much electricity fhan hey Used
ten shon yeon oeo. This h bseov,s
they. ond folks sysNwhsrs. se}oy iiviao
electrically.
NofvrolN. your bills ore higher. But, With
h~ies 'bs use. bills ore oniy h~o-fhlrds
higher 'hon shoss Of m ysen ego.
Whof else do yov sss every doy shos
YOU poy 'en for now ihon 70. poId Nm
yeon ogo?
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-04-17
HELP YOURSELF, SON

A friendly smile. lot Of mechanical skill.
,ond willingness unlimited I. . u tokes these
and more to run a service sfofion. One Of
the other things II takes . but perhops you
never thought Of it,. is electricity.
Air for kids bike tires? Electricity
pumps it in. Il pumps the gas in. too, when
you order fill Ter up" Electricity lifts your
cor heod-hish for ereose Job. Il keeps the
soft drinks cold :. and Of course i. provides
the olI-importont lights for the mechanics
to work by ond to illuminate the stoiion
at night.
Service station men take pride in their
obIIify to sense and eofer to the MOTORING
Pvblie's every want and within. In adopting
50 mony electrical aids to help them serve
you. they've justified fhuf pride eonvneinaIy.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15
What Type Storage
Will Do Your Job?
By E. B. WILSON, Extension agricultural Engineer

vantages because of their shape. In
the first place they have more volume
per square foot of outside surface than
any other shape The outside surface
is what we pay for in any bin. Second,
the wall material is stressed in tension
instead of bending and can therefore
be much lighter weight
Round wood bins make excellent use
of the above principle. Since wood
will not bend to as short a curved sur
face as sheet steel, round wood bins
are built in somewhat larger sizes than
steel bins. Common capacities are
from 1900 to $4,000 bushels. In these
sizes they can be built for from 10
to Csc per bushel of capacity. Skilled
labor is needed to construct round wood
bins In fact, construction should not
be undertaken without previous expert
ence, or unless detailed plans and in
structionS are available.
Arched-ROOf Buildings
These buildings were developed dur
ing World War II. They make use of
their curved surface to gain strength
and rigidity with light weight mate
rails The original and most common
arched-roof buildings have steel ribs
forming the arch.
Another manufacturer uses lami-
mated wood ribs. These have the in
herent advantages and disadvantages
of wood over steel.
Other wise, the buildings may be con-
sidered very similar.
Another arched-roof steel building,
gaining popularity very fast, does not
have any ribs at ALL 1t obtains strength
and rightly by curying the sheet metal
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

number of companies make round bins
and prices for comparable sizes are
fairly uniform. They are very popular
for low capacity storage. Round steel
bins are fire resistant, excellent in pre-
venting entry of rodents and birds, are
easy to protect from pilferage and
are very simple to erect. They are
easily damaged by wind or careless use
of vehicles.
Round bins have two inherent ad-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

IN BUILDING or buying grain stor-
age structure the farmer is interested
in such items as cost per bushel, time
and labor required to erect the build
ing, ease of filling and emptying, fire
resistance, its ability to keep grain
without loss of quality or quantity and,
in some cases, the adaptability of the
structure for other uses.
AS far as cost per buShel is con-
cerned, one of the most influential
factors is size. The larger the ca
pacity, the smaller the cost per bushel.
However, such items as kind of ma
terial, shape, convenience and the like
do contribute to cost differences, and
should be considered carefully. Also,
certain types of buildings are more
readily adaptable to large-size bins and
can be obtained at a low cost per
bushel, while those types ordinarily
used for small bins will cost more
per bushel.
Round Metal Bins
Round galvanized steel bins have
been used successfully for years The
most common sizes range from 1000
to 1000 bushels. Cost per bushel in
these sizes varies from soc to 45c. A
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

very sturdy construction, has long life
and low maintenance. 1t is not fire.
proof, or rodent proof and has little
use for purposes other than grain stor-
age. The main justification for cribbed
construction is when high structure
is needed or desired Since cribbed
bins are usually high the horizontal
dimensions are relatively small and
sloping floors for effortless emptying
are very practical. Materials for an
1000 bushel, two-bin elevator as pic
tured will run about 28c per bushel.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

granaries have several bins which in
crease the overall cost per bushel.
Also inside driveways, overhead bins,
and working areas tend to increase the
overall cost per bushel considerably.
These features do, Of course, increase
the usefulness and value of granaries.
Cribbed-WaIl Buildings
Walls made by laying Pinch ma.
terial flat, one on top of the other, are
common in tall elevators. They require
about twice as much material and la
Dor as wood frame structures. 1t is a
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

They are common in sizes as smalI an
500 bushels and up to 5000 or 5000
bushels. The cost of materials per
bushel for the 500 bushel size may run
as high as soc to 6Oc. but it will de-
crease rapidly to around 3Oc for a
5000 bushel bin. Many wood frame
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

sirabIe for other farm uses, as well
They are available in a number of
sizes. The most common grain storage
capacities being from 1900 to 10000
bushels In these sizes the cost of ma
terials per bushel ranges from &c
to 33c.
All steel buildings can be erected
with minimum of labor on the farm
and, of course, they are fireproof.
Wood Frame Buildings
Most of the nations farm grain stor-
age is in wood frame buildings. Cost
of materials is low and farm labor is
more used to this type of construction.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15

should never be shorter than the width
of its arch. Thus they are not readily
adapted to small capacity storage. For
capacities from 10000 to $4,000 bush
els, costs of materials per bushel vary
from tic to 32c. Prices for the three
arched-roof buildings described above
are similar for comparable sizes How
ever, there are some differences which
may be determined by close compari-
son.
The arched-roof building has many
uses besides grain storage, such as
machine shed, general storage, work
space or livestock shelter.
The fact that building can be used
for more than one purpose increases
its value to the farm and is an impor-
tant point in selecting the type of grain
storage structure However, as is gen.
orally the case, making building or
piece of equipment to do double duty
has some disadvantages. In this case,
since the dual-purpose feature will
mean that it has large doors in at
least one end, it will increase the diff
ficulty in keeping rodents and birds out.
When the building is used for other
purposes at the same time, grain con-
termination may become quite a prob
lem.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-15
Straight Side Metal

Buildings with walls and roofs made
from interlocking metal panels are
quite successful for grain storage. Their
straight walls make them very de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02

The Maryland State Roads
Commission yesterday reached
formal agreement with the Prince
Georges County School Board on
use of an Oxon Fill junior high
school site for a SUPER highway.
Thomas S. Gwynn, jr., assist
ant school superintendent IN
charge of construction. said that
at a conference in Baltimore yes
terday the roads commission ap-1
proved provisions Of a tentative
agreement between the School
Board and Leroy G, Moser, SRC
engineer.
The tentative agreement was
reached November % after the
School Board and the roads COM
mission were apparently dead
locked over the use of a 23-acre
tract tagged for the new John
Hanson Junior High School. The
agreement has not been signed,
Mr.. Gwynn said, but only an adj
verse report on test borings to
be made this week could hold it
up now. =
The School Board will swap its
original school site at Indian
Head highway and st. Barnabas
road for two nearby tracts of Is
acres and 8 acres. The roads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Use of Oxon Hill School Site
For Highway Is Agreed On

commission is throwing in side
walks and safety lanes for stu
dents, q cash adjustment on sew
age disposal costs and architects
fees and other inducements, Mr..
Gwynn said.
The deal was proposed by the
SRC after road officials said
they needed the school site. pur-
chased from the Federal govern
ment in August, for an inter
change on the proposed Cir
cumferential highway where 1t
crosses Indian Head highway.
The roads commission in Sep
TENDER said it had had no adj
vance word that the 5000. 900
school was planned directly on
the route of the highway. School
Supt. William S. Schmidt said
at that time the school would be
built, "even If the highway runs
over the top of il"