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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
ISl i'm III Ris

TlllWNu Is not vet Il boom town
II viii be some tim before amy
actual mining is done al the site
of the Virginia Mining Corpora
tons strike zone north Of the
Buckingham County community
Virginia Mining. Canadian
company with headquarters in
Montreal. announced Saturday
that their engineers had uncover
ed major mineral rich, three
mile front containing quantities
Of zinc. lead and copper ores
which appears TO be ripe for de
velopmcnt
Saturdays announcement bow
ever was based on an aerial sill
very Of a 10 by 20 mile area from
the James River to a point five
miles south Of DillWyn
Resident Engineer. John y. la
gan who has been In charge of
the operations AT DlIiNNn, said
tho survey has indicated encour-
aging a11omahes" conditions Of
abnormal mineralIzaton
Hagain said his engineers haye
been following up" the aerial
survey with ground tests and
have more Of less pm pointed
the areas that look most promts-
ing He cautioned however that
tho anomalies might be concen-
trattons Of pyrite A common min
eral 81 some commercial value,
rather than big deposits Of Yalu-
able copper ores
Must Get Underground
We have, 70 get underground
poke around and SEQ lust what II
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
Soil Conservation
Supervisors To BE
Elected This Fall

Eieht Virginia Soil Conservation
Districts VIII elect supervisors on
November 4 The Robert H. Lee
district. composed OF Amherst
buckingham. AtYomattox. Camp
bell and Cumberland counties is
one ~ the districts IN which cleo
tons VIII be held this year
Tho state Soil Conservation
Committee Is now receiving petit
tioas from candidates who offer
Themselves FOR election 10 this Of
flee.
These petitions Will be received
until August Is. For further in
formation contact your county
agent.
The affairs Of each district are
managed by a board Of FIVE SOL
Conservation District supervisors
OF the five man board two mem
bers are appointed by the State
Soil Conservation committee and
one Of tile two appointed members
Is county aeeist from tile terri
tory served BY Che district The
other three nenlbers are elected
under the regular election laws
Of the state by she qualified yot-
efs OF the district.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15

NOV Prof Speaks
To \ rea Physicians

Dr AlSttn l Dodson. professor
If uroloEy at Medical College Of
Virginia VAS guest consultant at
the regular monthly medical staff
meeting held at Southslde Com
munity Hospital last Neek
some rs physicians from Farm :
*Ile and Southside Virginia at
tended the conference
These monthly programs are
directed by Or Charles L Baird
head radiologist at SoQthslde
Hospital in conjunction with Or.
klnloch Nelson professor Of eli
meal MEDICINE at AfCV
The naAf meeting will BE- held
August Z With Or w r Jordon.
associate professor Of clinical
medicine a, NOV as guest con-
sultant 4IlS topic vi be diabetes
ana is complications
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
Bass, Harrison
Named School Board
Chairmcn In Division

y CALVIN Bass. II Rice was re-
elected chairman Of tie Prince
Edward county school board dur
ing its annual Qeanlzational
meeting this week Bass is the
Lockett District member Of the
board
Lester + Andrews Of Farmvillc
was elected vice chairman and
Mrs Virginia Harper renamed
clerk OF the board
The new chairman has served
on the board since 1851 when he
WAS named 10 fiji out the term
Of the late W l. Vaughan He has
served ono full term since and
tISt recently was selected for a
second four-year term Hc sue
ceeded Nj II Large as board
chairman upon the latter'> resle-
nation last year
Other members Of TIE board
are T Cook Hix. Prospect dis
trlct, r w SpIndlein Hampden
district George p shorter But
falo district. ard Leslie L Bos-
well. Leigh district
II the Cumberland county
t.@>n,-.4f : .a.....e "a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15

The Farmville Chamber Of
Commerce will open an office On
the second floor OF the Municipal
Building on Main street IN the
next few weeks II Will pe equip
ped to serve the public al yell
al center for Chamber board
and committee MEETINGS
In additional action taken TINS
week BY directors With approval
Of the full membership Bar
rye Wall. jr was renamed paid
part time secretary of the Cham
Der
The new Office. 10 be opened az
soon al Office equipment. suit
able street sien and telephone
listing are secured adioins the
secretarys laa office from where
he Vlll be available 10 serve the
public
Route IS Promotion
A Chamber spcnsored project
10 unite business proprietors with
interests along Route Is through
the county in welcome tour
lists promotion was authorized
during tie organization dinner
meeting tins week
John WILSON chairman ot the
rave. promotion AID publicity ef-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
TonsO rial Parlors
han re Ownership

Two changes have been noted
u the ownership Of local barber
shop Harry Yeats has puichas-
ed the g. c Roberts shop and j.
A Harper. the Ideal Barber Shop
Yeats will open a new shop IN
the building vacated by Roberts.
who has not been active In the
business for several years due 10
reasons bf health
Hc said the new shop to be
ready about August will b. air
conditioned and refurnished with
all new equipment II Will b. CIV
en- the trade name Of Harry S
Barber Shop
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
Prince Edward
Voters Select
Clark, Womach
Dillon. Jenkins
Keep Supervisor
Seats Over Rivals

Prince Edward County voters,
turning cut Tuesday IN new Pl'i-
mary record. picked Sheriff James
IT Clark over Wallace II Gil
liam. gave a Whopping majority
to Commissioner Vernon G Wo-
mack over James L Johnson and
favored fellow -countian George
W Palmer over Delegate John II
Daniel 1929 % 099
A smaller segment Of the coun-
tn voters sent two incumbent su-
pervisors back To the county gov
ernlng board Hugh jenkins. III
Leigh District and r Dayton
Dillon. III Buffalo District
Sheriff Clark had a majority
Of 533, winning SAB 10 1910 over
Wallace Gillian. rural mail car
rler and farmer. making his first
bid for political Office Gillian
carried Spring Creek District. but
fell behind III The others, while
giving Clark a strong race
Farmville Vote
Farmvillc went ID CLARK 708 to
535 and thta vas 4 decisive mar
ein it proved
Womack Incumbent commits
sloner, piled Up great ma1orities
IN every precinct While defeating
James F Johnson also making a
first bid POS to l62
The supervisors race in Buffalo
District which Is designated as
Spring Greek Precinct for voting
purposes. vas lively with Dillon.
seeking his second regular term
on the board, receiving $40 votes
10 ia for Lawrence f. Morris
Hugh M Jenkins. appointed to
fill out the term Of fhe late r r.
Wilson on the board Of supcryI-
sors. won handilv to>Win his first
fun term He received 1872 votes
TO SO for James II Glascock and
81 for William + bradshaw
4 study Of the voting returns
IN the race that made Delegate
John II Daniel the Democratic
standard bearer over State Sen
ator George II Palmer had sever
NJ interesting angles
House Race Statistics
The vote IN the two county
House district was at record
high 5.778 although each candi-
dates strength in the o'hers
county was almost identical
Daniel captured 1899 votes Ia
Prince Edward. while Palmer had
only 30 less, o69 III Charlotte
II was Charlottc's greater vote
that may have been decisive.
There the total vote. for both
candidates. vas $3.50 greater BY
722 than the 1929 votes cast in
Prince Edward county The DIFF
ference corresponds approximate
" 10 the 1872 majority the victor
finally achieved
Planners majority In his own
county was only $50. however
Daniel On the other hand achiev-
ed majority Of 1.l12 In his home
county
Daniel captured three Prince
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
DiIImyn No Boom Torn Yet But Engineers
Enihused Orcr Underground Ore Findings

Iii this particular area TIL" com
panv has done SOME $4,000 feet Of
drllliua At cost of So q foot The
Sl40 900 worth Of drilling which
has taken more than two years
time has paid OIL
T Assays on core drill samples
taken from one driII hole showed
that each ton Of ore there con-
tanned Is per cent zinc, worth
$40 five per cent lead worth
SIT rs one-half per cent copper,
worth s360 four ounces Of silver,
worth $500 and % ounces Of
gold worth 10 cents.
Therefore each Ton Of high
grade ore mined from that par
ticnlar driI hole area would be
worth Sos Is before mining mill
ING and smelling costs are sub
tracted
The average grade ore contain
ing these elements usually runs
around Sl850 ton
No Date Set
How much Of this high grade
ore exists can only be estimated
When actual mipnR operations
begin though the company VIII
probably start Al this point
Company officials have declined To
specify any particular date but It
is understood that d shaft might
be sunk this Fall
f}cn With the Shaft ln opera :
tou I would sim BE- pnc time
before any actual c6mmerrl al
mining Is done The cost Of the
venture viii be Tremendous
Haean noted fnat the first or
preliminary shaft would be sunk
some $50 feet below the surface
a. an approximate cost of 5000 a
foot with an additional 500 feet
Of drift underground horizontal
PASSAGES, which cost from $50 to
$40 q foot to construct
The shaft even after construct
Cd would be used mot for mining
but for underground development.
the results Of which Will deter
m.1le any future underground
Rork
200 500 Tons
II The underground work re-
vcaIs what the engineers hope ID
Will, even more tslne any money
would be needed To build a con-
centrator on mill capable Of
handling 2o0-5o0 sons Of ore a
day The cost Of ttgis outfit alone
would be around ! half million
dollars
On the basis OF 200 tons a day
the company would need 10 carry
20 70 90 miners u! their payroll
IN regard 10 future operations
IN the area where the aerial sur
tcv was made HaRan said We
still have 10 acquire several more
options on Lard where these
promising indications occur be-
fore We can proceed with our
exploration and Development Of
the area which of course vii de-
termlne the future Of our oper-
atoms here IN DilaWyn
Another Work. bile Area
None Of the earlE press reports
mentioned operations is miles
north Of Dllleyn III the New Can
Ten area The company did some
5000 feet Of drifting there Al
though Is drilled holes prodlc-
I'd no significant findings. Hagan
said As result 3f the drilling
-ae did and large scattered sui
Continued u PAGE q
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15

Is our plans are now TO dflll
these anomalies within Lnc next
mouth
In the three mile front covered
by the serial survey. %lectromag-
netic Instruments revealed 81
concentrations Of abnormal min
eralization including one zone
more than 4 900 feet long and
some TOD feet In width An 800
toto anomaly is considered a good
average
What HIS actually underground
IN this font remains to be deter
mined through extensive core
drilling which Will require q con
siderable amount Of time
Although the results Of the
aerial survey completely oyefshad !
ows previous discoveries with it's
possibilities, the mining engineers
are Just ~ interested III tho re-
suits 81 then earlier drilling dis
coveries at the site Of the old
London md Virginia mine a mile
due north Of Dillwyn
Premise of Profits
This first phase Of the com
pany operations has mpf" def
mite promise Of profits al tic nres-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-15
County's 1885
OutIays Within
II Of Budget
Years Spending
S3.7OO Below
Board Estimate

Prince Edward county closed
out IFS fiscal year last month Just
81 700 oG of budget eatlmatfs for
tne period ih.ss u less than
one per cent
A cheek ~ the records 81
County Treasurer J W Wilson.
,Ir. shows That funds expended
through hlA office for the year
amounted to s4a2 789 81
FOR The same period the coun-
~ budget prepared by wilson
and the Finance committee 81 the
board of supervisors had esi!mat-
81 expenditures you'd be t436 574
The period covered was the fiscal
year July / 1854 70 Jufc 30.
1855
Total Budget S7758ss
Amounts paii through the
Jre asirer's off1ce. $452 789 81 L,
plus the $3l9 300.of school income
received directly from the state
by school officials add up 10 the
total budget for the year Of
S775.87s
In SIX Of the. 20 divisions Of
county expenditures actual out
laws were greater than budgcted
figures, while IN the remaining
II divisions. anticipated expendi
lures had been zet slightly high
er than Was actually paid ont
No division had discrepancy
between estimates and actual ex-
penditares ercaVr than $4,000
aud that occurred IN connection
with the roappraisaI Of real es-
tate where $4,000 was budgeted
IN each Of the tSo fiscal years IN
which the work was done, FIX
penditures this year. when the
work Of property appraisal was
heaviest. accounted fol the out
Of -kiltef financing
Sample Comparisons
The following are comparisons
between hudgeted estimates and
actual expenditures for the lead
ing divisions Of county operations
The budgeted figure is listed
FIRST
Crime prevention and detec-
ton. si2275 and $4,000 30
Maintenance OF buildings and
grounds, sa,a50 and $61T6 ae
Collection and disbursements
Of taxes. s6.35o and S. $4,000
Public Welfare, state and local
grants. 5000 and 81 1880
Public Welfare federal state
and local. S662r5 and 500 287 81
School operation. 5000 900 and
5000 .a56 40
Recording Of documents. 81
ISL and $500 s.
End OF the reappralsal and
assessment Of real estate fell
within Tho fiscal year For the
work. now required once every
six wears. supervisors had budget
cd $4,000 divided S. 900 against
two annual budgets The actual
work required $40 o6753
At the start 1of the wear last
JULY | the county had a favor
able balance os s472ai 81 dur
ING the year redeemed $40 900 IN
Series + savings bonds. had in
come from all sources Of $500 r
ia and came up to June 30. this
wear. with a Favorable balance OF
S3a lT9 IL
Income help came from distri-
button 81 ABC nrofita 70 The tune
Of s32 l6s Biggest income item
OF all was the S3l7i5ol9 re-
cciyed on 1854 local taxes.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-24
Dillwyn Community News Events

/ Mrs James Christian visited her
/ brother Charles Garrett, a patient
at Mcclure Veterans Adminlstra
ton Hospital. last Friday Mr.
Garrett has been III for some time
/ Mrs P @ DAVIS and Mary Ed
T ia visited IN tne home Of Mr. and
Mrs p G Davis Jr.. Of Mary
land last week end.
/ Mr. and Mrs. r. s. Rainey NOV
ed into their new home this week
/ Mrs. Rainey's sister, Miss Mar
garet McEiroy was recent visit
or
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Shumak-
er, Of Richmond, visited Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Shumaker last week
end
Mrs Willle Whitlow. Of
+ Richmond was recent visitor
Of Mrs. Annie Christian and Mrs.
B. A. Seay.
Bobby Moss and Billy Ayres
left last Monday to join the Air
Force.
Mrs l. p. Gillian and Mrs Ed
ma Pearson visited Miss Sue Gil
liam, at the University Of North
Carolina, last week end
Mfr and Mrs Woodrow Dun
KUN. and Mark spent last week
end with Mr. Dunkum's parents
at Green Springs
Sunday visitors in the r. B.
Ransom home were William Ran
son and family Of Fork Union.
Emmett Ransom, OF Clifton Forge,
and Everett Ransom. Of Newport
News.
Among those attending the
wedding Of Miss Sara Ann Wright
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Harry
Lee Wright. TO Josepph Granger.
Jr., were Mrs r. 3. Spencer. Miss
Ann Shepherd. X. B. Spencer, Jr..
Mrs ID 3 Pearson, Mr.. and Mrs,
f. A. Charlton, Spotswood Charl-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs r. E. Charlton.
Miss Mary Virginia Charlton,
Harvey Charlton. Mr.. and Mrs c
| Pools. Master Irving Poole. and
Miss Joan Poole.
Nick Burrough visited his faith
er last week end in Maryland.
Miss Susan Wrenn Of Surry,
Is visiting her grandparents. Rev,
and Mrs. Ernest J Wrenn
Miss Mary Elizabeth Wrenn.
daughter of Rev. and Mrs Wrenn.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-24
Buckingham


I Mr. and Mrs Tom Rosm and
i daughter. Nancy and MA ana
/ Mrs J @ Homaker, q RicAao45
We're recent visitors ln tla lJU
OF Mr. and Ms > 4 Mas
Visitors for the week na
Mr.. and Ms " Gordon
Benton and NHnd Gordon o
Churchyllle Va } " Gu 3a
left on Sunday for Dlnaau9u
Va where be- employed @tI
the state highway GepAstmen
Guests On Friday 4hd SI.tJH
Of Mr. and Mr. LuAO0i n liu
Vey were Mr. and Mr. lieuE
Jones and daaghtrr Randolph
Jones, Of Lynchbus2 and Sam
A Harvey Of Baltimore
We are glad that Rolf WOOL
Jr. IS able 10 be out after hl
cent illenss
Among those from the coHT
house who have graduated tl
year and have accepted position
IN Richmond are Misses Mass9ret
Ann Land, frankie Thpckm5r-
ton. Florence Wright and Sa.lc
Spencer.
Much sympathy is expressed t3
Mrs. Bill Lacy on the recent
death Of her husband
The Buckingham com bin q
Bible School end Sunday night
with commencement at tine Hap-
list Church The enrolment for
each day was around 100
Glen LeSueur and Mrs Mary
Jane Smith, Of Cumberland were
married recently
Pitcher Tadlu left last Monday
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-24

veg Col ID spend thesummer With
their daughter and s0p-ln-laW.
Mt and Mrs Wilson Coleman
Mrs Harold Coleman Is spend
.ug b few days n Richmond tins
week
Week end visitors ot Mr and
Mrs Richard Dlneyant were Mr.
and Mrs Frank Derrenbacker and
family. OF Wealthia. Mr. and Mrs
Guy l)errenbacker OF Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs O II Simon. OF
nauSytlle y Y Mr. and Mrs W.
F. Duneyant OF Farmville and
MIS- Henry Blanton and children
AZ Cumberland
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-06-24
Jones Chapel Revival

Revival services start Sunday
June 70 az 3 D. m. II Jones Chap
81 Baptist Chur en- Cumberland
TIE guest speaker h re, Kerr
Woifenb4fger o. Knox slie. Tenn
me public e n, st-d
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
and Wool
Program
Made Effective

Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson has announced that
the promotion program for wool
and lambs has been made effec-
tive following the final count of
votes in the recent referendum
showing approval by 72%.
AS a result of the referendum
outcome, Leo S. Ko1stad, State
ASC administrative officer, *
plains that the American Sheep
Producers Council is now in a
position to go ahead with its adj
vertising program previously APP
proved by Secretary Benson and
provided for by the National Wool
Act of 1854. The program for
1856 will be financed from the
cent per pound withheld from
growers payments on shorn wool
and 5 cents per hundred pounds
OF hveweight from payments on
lambs and yearlingS.
Secretary Benson has pointed
out that the agreement between
the Department of Agriculture.
and the American Sheep Pro-
ducerS Council does not create
a precedent nor indicate the de-
SlrablltN for similar arrange
ments for other commodities. I'm
der the National Wool Act. Con-
gress provided for special price
assistance to wool growers thru
payments and also provided the
authority for a market program.
This latter provision has the dual
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29

caught speeding 70 miles per hour
or faster.
These groups include men and
women, younger adults and older
ones, those who ride a lot and
those who ride little, and people
IN all occupational groups, city
sizes, sections of the country, ed
u%cational levels, and political par
ties.
The Sidney Herald presents the
reports of the United States Poll
exclusively in this area.
Follow United States Poll re-
ports in this newspaper. The
United States Poll is a weekly
feature sponsored and paid for
by a group of the nations indie
pendent newspapers.
The service is operated and dis
tributed by the Princetown Re
search Service.
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29

purpose of establishing a pro
gram aimed at enlarging market
demand for wool and lambs and
thereby reducing the extent of
governmental price assistance re-
quired.
In announcing that the pro
gram would be placed into effect
the Department pointed out that
the vote in the recent referendum
by numbers of sheep represented
by those voting was 9.297919 for
and 3,62O,246 against. The vote
by individual sheep growers was
41,954 for and 1884 against. The
vote in Montana, KoIstad said in
terms Of sheep was 54O,559 for
and 18O,260 against, or 74.4% "a
vorable. By Individual growers
the vote was 831 in favor and
398 against, a favorable vote of
$751;. we u
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29

completed on the subject shows
that auto drivers and car owners.
as well as the nations adult pub
lie, favor such a step by a sub
Stantial margin.
Today's vote is all the more
impressive when it is realized that
more than three out of every five
of the nations auto drivers and
two out Of every three of the ma
TONS car owners questioned in to-
days nationwide survey favor re-
voking licenses for two years of
all drivers caught speeding 20
miles per hour or faster.
Chief reason offered for APP
proving the law to revoke driv-
er licenses of speeders is that
high speeds cause accidents. Many
people across the nation are of
the opinion that exacting such
a penalty for excessive speeding
will do much to cut down speed
ing and thus reduce accidents.
Opponents of the idea argue
chiefly that revoking the license
for two years is too harsh a penal
ty, particularly for the first Of
tense, and that it might put some
people out of work if they lose
their driver licenses.
When United States Poll staff
reporters asked the following
question of a representative cross
section of the nations adult citi-
zens:
Would you approve or disap-
prove of a law for your state
that would revoke the driving
license for a period of two years
of all auto drivers caught speed
ing at a rate of 20 miles per
hour or faster?"
These were the nationwide re-
Approve 68%
DiSapproVe 800
No opinion go
And here's the way the ma
ions auto drivers and car owners
eel on the matter:
Car Drivers, Nationwide
Approve $40
DlSapprove $40
No opinion 90
Car Owners, Nationwide
Approve 67%
Disapprove 3O%
No opinion 80
Noteworthy, too, is that solid 4
majority sentiment in every popu-
alton group measured in today's
urvey approves of the idea of
evoking the licenses for a period
t two years of all auto drivers |
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Unwritten Law

To travel the Alaskan Highway
by private car, a motorist must
have a drivers license, six good
tires $500 in cash and an accident
policy. To refuse help for some
n stranded along the road is a
serious violation of unwritten law
In the Yukon
The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
CORRECTION OF INCREASE
ON LENDING AGENCY
TRTTEDT CT mann No.

O- NN@ALL NVN OOO
The program docket which has
been received shows that the in
terest rate to lending agencies is
being increased to 2 3/4% and
not 212% as reported in the Farm
Program News for Sept. 16.