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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
High Command
Frequently Here
In Preparation

| From the flrri president on down
the Spotless Stores organization has
! made great effort to insure success
as tie 10th retail unit in the Vir
einia chain is launched here this
week.
Frequent visitors here during the
.lrst site negotiations. and contin-
uing periodically during the fixture
moving display arrangement phases
prepatory to Thursdays grand open
ing have been:
Russell L Rabb. Spotless Stores
president. Vice President Z. Y.
Dmnna vant and Secretary-Treasurer
j. S. Smith. The three are Rich
mond executives. where the organi-
cation has its headquarters and II
retail stores.
Another busy organization spec
'alist here las been w. H. Zimmer-
man, also Richnonder He GRE
ated' The Farmville store as to fix
t,lre arrangement, merchandise lay
out and interior color combinations
by departments.
Zimmerman, one of the top buy
my stdtterS, also did the layout and
design of the PETERSBURG store.
Manager Herbert R. Wood and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
New Spotless Store Three Day Grand
Opening Here Starts Thursday Morning
Main Street Site
Fully Renovated
For Retail Store
Store Here
Is 10Th In
Chain Line

Spotless Stores of Richmond vii
open their 18th retail store outlet
here with three-day grand opening
this week. Thursday, Friday anG
Saturday.
Nearly 10000 items displayed or
new fixtures. under floureScent
Lights, will highlight the opening. al
the newly renovated store on South
Main Street. formerly occupied by
Farmville Grocery Company.
w. Fl. Zimmerman. of Richmond
one OF the firms top merchandise
buyers and sales ,tcchnicians. made
the interior design Of the new store
from bright color combinations to
placing of fixtures and merchandise
Main Departments
SpotlcSS Stores departmentaliZcd
display system will have the free
rein here of II 800 square feet OF
display space. plus about 1000 more
OF warehouse space in the rear and
second floor.
Chief OF the departments in the
Farmville store will be farm nipple
nents and yard and garden sup
plies; housewares and glassware
stoves. heating and cooking: floor
coverings and lawn and garden
furniture. roofing and building ma
terlalS. general line hardware: wire
fencing, interior and exterior paints
in complete line; sporting goods :;
auto accessories and toys.
Customer comfort will be of con-
siderable Importance at the town S
latest retail establishment Walking
Is eased by attractive tile squares
the customer can buy in comfort
from the air-conditioning units. and
interior brightness is provided by
the full-length. plate glass front
Private Parking
Car-to-S store convenience will be
provided with a 35-car private park
Ing lot, asphalt at the rear
of the store property. A rear-store
door is provided to gain quick en-
trance to the main buying floor
The parking lot is reached by turn
ing right on. Main Street at First
Street then turning right off of
Firsl Street into the lot
The Spotless organization was cs-
tablished at Richmond in 1905.
where today II of the l6 units are
located Other stores are located at
HopCWcll. Fred err c k S b urg.
charlottesville and Petersburg This
is the firms first venture into the
middle Southside
In its earlier years. the SpotleSs
concern was a mail order establish
ment, offering general merchandise
IN Virginia and nearby states With
the coming of modern tranSportat-
ion facilities. the mail order bust
pess was discontinued, and retail
stores established
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17

button Committee and the Do
nestle Distribution Department.
1t cautions that total retail sales
this years will depend largely
upon what happens to automobile
sales, which last year accounted
for 20 per cent of all retail sales.
Certainly non-automobile re-
tailers should set their target for
an increase of around six pei
cent the publication says
The publication adds that high
levels of income and purchasing
power are expected to continue
throughout the year. Consumer
income is expected to increase
anywhere from three to five per
cent with about the same increase
III consumer expenditures
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
NeW Store /
By Manager

Herbert r. Wood. the 36-year-old
manager of Farmvllles new unit
Of Spotless Stores. is veteran Of
is years in the merchandising field.
A pative Virginian. he was born.
raised and educated in the Char
lottesville area at Free Union. IA
miles from the city, Most Of his
working experience has been in that
city. too, where he was with a Sears
Roebucn retail store unit for l6
years.
His connection with the Spotless
organization began about year
ago. ard he has served as assistant
manager at two of the chain S
stores at Richmond in that period.
W W ii Veteran
Wood had his rise in the mer-
chandisinG field interrupted for two
wears in the World War II period
when he served with the Infantry
Mrs. Wood. the former Gladys
Carver. is a native of Free Union.
also. The couple have two children,
Janice. ii. now attending Farm
vile High. and Wayne, IS, a Seventh
grade pupil at Farmvllle Elemen-
tary School The Woods are residing
at 11l9 Eigh Street n one Of the
two new homes erected by Eman-
vol Main, GRO
The managers first assistant will
be william Robert Boisseau. Al,
assistant manaeer, who has been
with the Spotless Store. at Hope
well. for the past six months.
CreWe Native
A native of Crewe. B0lSSeau prev
iously had been engaged in the auto
mobile business at HopeWell Mrs
Boisseau. the former Geraldine
Forbes. is a Bedford native. The
assistant managers mother, Mrs,
Ada Boisseau, formerly of Crewe,
is presently making her home with
them in their new residence here
at 100 N. Virginia Street.
Mrs. Mable H Bradshaw. of Rice.
" ell-FnOWn to wide circle of
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
Increase In Retail Sales Expected
In Current Year, Chamber Rports

Retailers in general expect
1886 sales to exceed those of 1856,
the National Chamber reports
TINS week IN a new publication.
Distribution Trends.
While the gain for the year as
a whole is expected to be mod
crate by comparison with last
years tremendous rate OF in
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
Buckingham Church
Bake Sale April II

The Rev and Mrs, w 7, Kcsslcr
and Mrs. Charles N. Smith arc
heading the list of those in charge
OF the bake sale to be held in front
Of TRINITY Methodist Church at
buckingham Court House Saturday
morning, April u, beginning at 10
trlbutlnp the food. and the proceeds
Will 80 TO the needs of Woodland
Methodist Church, in Buckingham
County. near here
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17

crease, the first six months may
bring a three to five per cent boost
III retail sales, the publication states
The study Is based upon anal
ysis of government and trade as
ISOLATION data in the field of dis
tribution, ana was prepared by
the Chambers Domestic Distri-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
Buckingham Charge
Conference April %

Fourth Quarterly Conference for
the West Buckingham Charge Of
Methodist Churches will be held at
Glenmore Methodist Church. Mon
day, April %. beginning at 80 pm.
according to the pastor. the Rev.
William T. Kessler. Other churches
in the charge are Woodland, Mt Ia
Dor, Centenary and Trinity at Buck
ingham Court House.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
TUGGLE

Mrs. Bessie Bowman. of Rich
mond, is spending this week with
Mn and Mrs. F.. c. Shultz here.
Rev. Alvin Smith. of Hampden-
Sydney. and Miss Pat Hammer. of
Longwood were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs M H. Stay
ION near here.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17
Top Executives Have Aided Start

Assistant Manager w. R. Boisseau
have been here for nearly two
weeks and both have already es-
tablisl4ed residence with their fami-
lies.
A force of a dozen managers and
assistant managers rom other
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17

stores have assisted periodically
With the busy preparation leading
up to this Thursday. to be
exact, when the 10th Spotless Store
unit opens and in proper fashion
If top executive direction can make
If
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17

friends and business acquaintance
i'll this area, will serve as cashier
at the new store.
For the present. the store per-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-17

sonnet staff will be rounded out by
two clerks. Franklin D. Baldwin,
81. Of Cumberland, and William
Mills. 20, Of Farmville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29
$4,000 Red Feather Funds Split
Among Community Chest Agencies

Sl92, 1852 collected in this years
campaign was apportioned among
the y county cnest agencies ana
chest headquarters.
Inc largest amount to any
one agency was aliocated TO the
Social Service League which has
mad an increasing demand for
its services the past several years.
The boy Scouts ana Girl scouts
eacn got $4,000 and $ZS,350 went
to the health fund including hos
pltalIZauon. A total of SASS
was assigned Tor the expenses of
chest headquarters.
Mental hygiene was awarded
SD, 100 while the YMCA of Be
thesda- Chevy Chase received
$500, YMCA of Silver Spring
$500 and the YWCA of Mont
gomery County, $14,700. The
Boys Club of Silver Spring came
IN Tor $500, Campfire Girls
$1,000, Jewish Community Cen
ter $1,000 and the Public Lay
Health Council $500. A special
fund of $1,500 was set aside for
later donation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29

designated by Congress as can
Ger control month.
Many volunteers, both women
and men, are to take part in that
drive, which will have a double
purpose-carrying the facts
about cancer to the people of
Montgomery County and in turn
asking them to contribute to the
unceasing battle against it.
Last year, statisticians est-
mate, about 245,0O0 died of can
GER" Mr.. Reese pointed out,
while some $4,000 were saved
from it. But perhaps $4,000 of
the deaths were needless, occur
ring because the presence of can
GER was not detected early
enough, so that treatment was
begun too late"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29
Reese Named
Cancer Drive
County Head

Appointment of NJ. L. Reese,
county manager, as chairman OF
the American Cancer Society
1886 educational and Embarrassing
crusade IN Montgomery County,
was announced mere TINS week.
Inc campaign viii begin Mon
oay.
headquarters of the drive and
of the local ACS unit are at the
professional Building IN Bethes-
da.
This year." Mr.. Reese said,
"our society will seek a total of
$26,000,000 nationally, money
which will be used to carry on
the fight to control cancer on
three fronts-public and profes-
sional education, service to pa
tents, and research designed to
find new cures for cancer and
eventually to conquer it complete
ly.
"The 1856 quota for Montgom-
cry County will be $4,000. In or
der to raise this quota, we in
Montgomery will ask our friends
and neighbors to Give Where
You Live"
Weeks ago, heads of commit
tees were named, and they have
been working out detailed plans
for the campaign here, which
will continue throughout April,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29
CD Guides
For County
To be Issued

If the civil defense sirens blast
the steady three-to-five minute
alert or the three-minute waver-
ing take cover signal and radio
and TV stations declare unidenti-
fled planes one hour, four hours,
or only IS minutes from our bor-
ders, what survival action would
you take?
In one of the first actions of its
kind in the county, the Mont
gomery County Council has ap-
proved printing Of 100000 home
civil defense emergency plan leaf
lets entitled Your Survival for
distribution to every county fam
lily.
In response to popular demand
the Clvll Defense ADVISORY Board
TO the County Council under the
chalrmansnip of Gen. Lewis Her
Sney and the County Office of
civil Defense assisted the coun-
Gil in the preparation of survival
guldennes Tor county families.
these guides are contained un-
der the meanings of the threat,
the effects of the H-bomb, the
warning signals, the sources of
before and after an
attack, what to do on the alert
and on the take cover signal, fam
lily shelter planning and family
planning. Two pages
of the folder contain an evacua-
ton route map.
Besides CD guidelines, the six
page folder contains short let
ter to county residents as well as
the names and telephone num-
bers of the ID volunteer CHER
civil defense officers promoting
civil defense in the IL civil de-
Tense districts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29
Council . +.

Continued from Page IL
token compensation of ST. year
The new corporation plans to es-
tablish public water supply for
the Damascus area.
2. County public works director
Butcher told the council he has
received 50 letters concerning the
Ross Dhu Moat in Rollingwood,
mostly opposed to draining the
one acre lake owned by B. D..
Freedman. The council previous
ly ordered Mr.. Reese to seek an
agreement with the owner for
lowering the water level, esti-
mated at between 10 and 30 feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29

Good news for the Red Feather
agencies of Montgomery County
came this week IN an announce
ment by Howard BAN, president
of the Montgomery County Com
munity Chest and Council, reveal
ing a three percent increase over
the amount received last year.
The board of trustees of the
chest and council last Wednesday
approved the report of the 15-man
budget committee headed by J.
Walsh Richards in which the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-29
Thomson
CONTINUED from Page u

IL OAAA ~
on March Z and 8. Mrs. Thomson
expressed almost complete agree.
ment with the Good Government
platform which was drawn up at
that convention.
{ The one exception is the plank
calling for the continuance OF
local government by local repre-
sentatives of the people. Mrs.
Thomson feels that this is a ques.
ton that should be answered by
the people in a "charter-surren-
der" referendum.
Before the elections two years
ago, she stated in the Sentinel
that "this question deserves an
answer. 1t is our belief that the
next mayor and council can pro-
vide an answer by capable, long
Sighted administration of town
affairs. =.
The next two years in Rock.
vile will provide a direct chal-
lenge and will decide, in our opin-
ion, whether residents will be con-
tent to hold Rockville's unique
place in Montgomery or whether
the town becomes part and parcel
of the county establishment" she
said.
Asks Survey
Her opinion in this respect has
not changed in the past two years,
she said, and asked for an indie
pendent survey, such as was
made by Palmer Hoyt in the coun-
ty, of the comparative costs of
local and county government to
be presented to the people before
the referendum.
On this basis the people could
decide, she feels, whether they
are willing to pay the cost in dol.
lars and cents, if this proved to
be higher than the county, for the
local charter and local form of
government.
Her reasons for coming to
Rockville four years ago still
stand, she said. She liked and
still likes "the rugged individ,
ualism inherent in a community
that conducts its own business as
1t sees fit" and dislikes 1.-THE
thought of our town having to ap.
pear before the County Council,
hat in hand, to plead for town
needs along with the long line of
unincorporated communities.
Davis Is Pleased
Michael NJ Davis, chairman of
egg, commenting on Mrs. Thorn.
sons candidacy, expressed that
organizations pleasure in having
a candidate in opposition to the
CGG slate because, he said, 1T
will help to clarity the issues for
the voters of Rockville and give
Good Government candidates a
real opportunity to prove the
merits of the cog platform.
MIR. Davis said that the egg
candidates up for reelection have
a record of increased services and
reduced taxes in the past two
years that is unequaled in Rock.
ville's history and speaks for it.
self, and that the new candidate
Frank Ecker has served as chair.
man of the Charter Advisory
Committee for the past eight
months.
He also expressed the hope that
other candidates will file but said
that the CGG slate represents the
choice of many people throughout
the city and that the candidates
were CHOSEN by delegates from
every neighborhood from 10
names submitted.
Mrs. Thomson, on the other
hand, while she feels that the
present mayor and council should
be reelected so they can finish the
work they have started in the
past two years, thinks they can
use a fresh viewpoint.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
Happy Marriage of
Movie Star Jeanne Grain
Goes On The Rocks

LOS ANGELES, Up - Jeanne
Grain accuses her husband, Paul
Brinkman, of beating her uncon-
scious, ripping off her clothes and
threatening to diSfigure her SO
that "she would never work again
and no man would ever look at
her again"
On another occasion, the film
star alleges in an amended div
orce complaint filed Wednesday,
che grabbed her hair and beat
her head against the bed until she
agreed to submit to him"
The complaint pictured the 10
year marriage, long regarded as
one of the movie colony's hap
piest, as one of its most hectic.
The glamorous, 30-year-old act
ress accused the 37year-old for
mer actor and radio manufacturer
of:
Enga ging in Relationship"
with other women and of merely
taking pity on himself after a
magazine article accused him of
an affair with another girl.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
Sen. Frank Barr Moves
To Portland, Will Keep
Seat i'm Alaska Senate

Territorial Senator Frank Barr
and his wife and two children,
Lynn, 7, and Sharon, u, will leave
Fairbanks Sunday to make their
home in Portland, Ore, after SELL
ing their home.
Barr has purchased the Fir
Grove Trailer Park at the edge of
the Oregon city. He is on a leave
of absence from Alaska Airlines,
an organization he has been asso-
ciated with for the past 10 years
as bush pilot.
Barr does not intend to resign
his seat in the Territorial Senate
and will vote in Alaska next fall,
he said this week.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
ShiShmaref Woman With
AZ Grandchildren Wins
Prizes in Anchorage

Mrs. Dolly Komakhuk of Shish-
maref who went to Anchorage
last week, won crystal ware,
boxed chocolates, a photograph,
and an oak key planter filled with
plants from Cars Food Center
for being the mother with the
most grandchildren in a Mothers
Day contest
Originally from Nome, Mrs. Ko-
makhuk has AZ grandchildren and
80 great-grandchildren.
Three girls, Is years old, tied
for the award for the youngest
mother, Said Edward Wolden,
manager
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
Eisenhower Calls
Experts to Study
New Soviet Move

WASHINGTON, R-President
Eisenhower has appointed an
eight-member task force to study
the implications of Russia's an
nounced military manpower cut
back.
Harold Stassen, the Presidents
special assistant on disarmament,
told a news conference today that
the group will assemble in Wash
ington May 30.
Stassen said the group, includ-
ing military, nuclear and econom-
ic experts, would also review
Stassen's seven weeks of diSarma-
ment negotiations with Russia and
other countries at London recent
ly, including my talks with Bull
ganin and Khrushchev."
Presumably, the group would
also plan any move the United
States might make in response to
the Soviet announcement that, by
next May l, the Soviet military
forces will be reduced by 1900,
600 men.
The eight task force members,
who will have aides working with
them, and the special subjects of
each are:
DR.. Ernest o. Lawrence, nucle-
ar; Gen. James H. Doolittle, air;
Gen. Walter Beddell Smith, army;
Adm. Oswald S. Colclough, navy.
Benjamin Fairless, steel; Walter
L. Cisler, power and industry:
DIR. Harold Moulton, military
budgets; and DR.. James B. Fisk,
communications
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
Josephine Murray and
Grandson, David Lee,
Drowned At Solomon

Word has been received from
Solomon that Josephine Murray,
an Eskimo woman and her grand
son, David Lee, were drowned in
Solomon river.
The bodies have not yet been
recovered according to the report.
Two daughters, Betty and Kath-
leen Murray, arrived from An
chorage today with their uncle,
Andrew Kalarak.
Three small children are left
motherless at Solomon, Helen,
aged 8, James 7, and Mabel 5.
The father, James Murray, is
serving a sentence at the Mcneil
Island Penitentiary.
The deceased also leaves a bro
Their, John Kalarak of Seattle.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
Mckay Gets Competition
From Hitchcock in Effort
To Unseat Sen. Morse
CBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sharing national interest in the
Oregon primary with Stevenson
and Kefauver was a hot fight be-
tween former Secretary of the In
terror Douglas Mckay and Phil
Hitchcock, a onetime state legis-
lator. Both Mckay and Hitchcock
are seeking the Republican sena-
torial nomination.
The Oregon primary election is
being held today. No results are
yet available.
Incumbent Sen. Wayne Morse,
a Republican turned Democrat,
has only minor opposition in the
Democratic primary.
McKay-often the target of
Democratic "giveaway' charges
while he was in the Eisenhower
cabinet-entered the Senate con-
test with the Presidents "best
wishes" Hitchcock, too, is running
as an administration supporter.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
CANCER FUND DRIVE
NETS 1915 IN NOME

Mrs. Verna Won der Heydt,
chairman of the American Cancer
Society fund drive in Nome re-
Gently, announced today that the
collections amounted to $676.32.
This amount included $84 realized
from the style show at the
Theater sponsored by L. Virginia
Brown.
Mrs. Won der Heydt expressed
her appreciation to everyone who
contributed in any way to the
fund drive.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-05-18
FBI Arrests Four
In Theft Of Secret
Government Paper

NEWARK, NJ. R-Three bust
nessmen and an Air Force SER
geant were arrested by the FBI
yesterday in the theft of secret
government document-but a de-
Tense lawyer said today it was far
from a spy case.
The FBI, in announcing the ar
rests, gave the case an aura of
mystery by refusing to describe
the document or tell what degree
of classification it bore.
The FBI charged the sergeant
with stealing the document and
the other three with conspiracy.
All were released under bond,
But early today, us. Commits
sioner Thomas w. Clohosey, who
arraigned one of the businessmen,
said he thought the document was
"a classified list of Army or Air
Force personnel"
Later, William Furst, attorney
representing the two owners of a
uniform and emblem firm, ex-
pressed the same view, saying
such list could be used for direct
mail solicitation by the firm.
apparently they obtained mail
ing lists of military personnel so
they could be solicited for uni
forms" Furst said. This has been
blown up Enthusiastically into an
apparent case of espionage when
nothing could be further from the
truth
Sgt. Harold E. Brill, %, was ar
rested at the Manhattan Air Force
Base, Brooklyn, and charged with
the actual theft of the document,
which the FIJI said has been re-
covered. 1t was taken from the
Brooklyn terminal, the FBI said.
Brill, married and the father OF
/ child, was released in $500 bail
Two of the businessmen-Sid-
ney NJ. Stern, 80, and Seymore
Hindman, SO, both of East Orange
own the Distinctive Emblem and
Uniform Corp. there.