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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
LOuisianans Call DIR. Simkins Back
To Deliver Lecture Series April 9-l0

airy tongue n-cheek wit familiar
to his students. Last fan the
Southern scholar delivered the J
P Young Lectures in Memphis
State College.
He always welcomes an opDor-
tunity TO eradicate from the minds
of his listenres the concrete
dogmaS" which have gained ''un-
critical acceptance by historians
of the South He has accused
some of these historians of failing
to- grasp the most elementary
concept for the sound historian
the ability to appraise the past by
standards other than those of the
present
A native South Carolinian and
4 reS'dcne of Virginia for 80 years
Dr.. SimkinS listed these as some
of the dOgmaS growing out of the
uncrltlcal acceptance of the creed
of contemporary Americans. the
church and the state should be
separate. but not the schools and
the state. school but not church
attendance should be compulsory :;
urban standards are better than
rural standards. small farms are
better than plantations: national
ism is better than provincialism
Wins Honors
For his untiring efforts as his
torian and author. many honors
have come to DR.. Simkins from
states other than Virginia. Among
these are the Dunning prize
awarded HIM by the American
Historical Association in 1882 and
the election to the presidency of
the Southern Historical Associa-
ton in 1858.
His wife Mrs Margaret Robin
son Simkins. a native Virginian.
with a flair for telling a story Of
ten entertains her friends with
stories about her husbands alb
S'llt VI I'M
voriteS is about the time the usu-
ally hatlcsS Dr.. Simkins went off
to history conference in Chlca-
90.
Mrs. Slmkins presented her hus-
band with a newly purchased hat
as she put him on the train. and
said. Francis. don't dare come
home without this hat" When She
met her husband at the train on
his returned, he was still hatless.
He explained he was so afraid of
losing his hat, he had put it in
his suitcase as soon as the train
pulled out of the Farmville sta
ton. where it remained during
the whole trip. Mrs. Slmkins found
1t wrapped around pair of shoes,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Council Nominee
Meeting Called
Three Have Terms
Expiring July |

Mayor w. c. fitzpatrick has
called mass meeting of Farm
vll}e voters next Wednesday. April
IL, at 100 p. m, in Prince Ed
ward Courthouse. to nominate
cdnd dates for the Town Council
The custom Of nominating coun-
cllmen at a mass meeting OF
citizens was established about ten
years ago
Terms of three members,
Councilman Morton L. Davis, j.
H Forbes, and NJ r. Large, ex-
pire July l
; The July date is a change from
the past since amendments to the
Town Charter by the 1856 Legis-
lature changed the fiscal wear Of
the Town from September i
August 81, to July June 30.
The municipal election will be
held June II and the last day for
filing notices OF candidacy will
be midnight Friday. April 10,
Councllmcn VIII be elected for
a term OF four years.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Daniel TO Address
Farm Bureau Tonight

Delegate John H Daniel. of
Charlotte G. H. will discuss con-
selVation and development Of
water resources during a member
ship meeting of the Prince Edward
County Farm Bureau tonight
friday i'll the Circuit Court
room at 8 O'Clock.
The Prince Edward Charlotte
delegate in the General Assembly
is chairman of the water resour-
ces committee of the Virginia Adj
visory Legislative Council. His
committee recently concluded its
study of surface water resources.
Earlier it had made study of
sub-surface water supplies.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
March Building
Totals SllO,S55
Five New Homes
Among IL Permits

Five homes and extensive com
mcrc.al property improvements
are included in construction work
now underway for which building
permits were obtained in March
There were II permits granted
for s1l0,S5a in estimated costs.
A year ago. March produced
Is permits and work valued al
S88 .307.
Three of last months permits
were for commercial constructor
within Farmville. These went to
Planters Bank and Trust Com
pany, alterations, $4,000; Whit
lock Zimmerman Motor Co. $l8.-
600 storage room at the A q P
property, and F. G. Baldwin.
$25 900 alterations to the former
Farmville Groce Company
property North Main street.
The remaining eight permits
we're granted for construction in
the county. Two of these were for
service station buildings granted
to a. Y Brisentine, in Falmville
district. and A. w Gibbs, in
Lockctt district.
Five Of the remaining permits
were for new homes, with the
last obtained for residential re-
pairs. RS Dental permits were
lsSucd to Phyllis and Emerson
Hamlet w G. Putncy and l.. B.
Sanford. in Farmville District.
and to Bernard H Jenkins and
Frank w Bruce, in Lockett Dist
riot
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06

Longwood Colleges rowing am
bassador of southern culture. Dr.
Francis Butler Simkins, will de-
liver the Walter l.. Fleming Lee
lures at Louisiana State Univer-
sity, Baton Rouge. April $40 His
subject will be Religions Is a
Factor in Southern Civilization.
From his base at Longwood Col
lege where he is professor of
history. Dr.. Simkins has been
roaming the country for years ad-
vocating acceptance of the South S
past in the light of the standards
and customs of the times rather
than the Judging of it in accord
ance with the crlteria of today /
In l948 the noted authority on
the history of the South went to
Louisiana State University as a
visiting professor The Louisianans
liked him so much that they pc
vailed upon him to remain there
for three years. He had been back
on the Longwood campus only a
year, when he was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship and took
a leave of absence from LongWood
during 1928.
The again off again Long
wood professor was invited by
Princeton University to conduct a
seminar on The Changing South
in the American Civilization Pro-
gram during the first semester of
1854.
Ideas 'Crackle
For the past two years. Dr..
Simkins, who was once described
as a history professor with
IDEAS about the South that snap,
crackle and pop" has contented
himself With short lecture tours
and attendance at professional
all over the United State
where he speaks with the custom
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Post NJ, TPA Elects
Wells President

Leo Wells is the neW president
of Post NJ. Travellers Protective.
Association. Elected with him
during Fridays annual meeting
were: l. NJ Pairet, first vice
president: Paul D. Jones. second
vice president. and A. B. Holmes.
secretary trcaSurer
c. c. Pearcc, J Hugh Gillian,
r. B Crawford and f NJ Wait
lock were elected to the board Of
directors for tWo-years terms. A
Post delegation of j K. Butler,
Leo Wells, r. A. Hubbard. r T.
Hubbard c. c Pcarce. T. A.
Allen and T. B. Holmes plans to
attend the state convention at
Old Point Comfort, May HIP
j K Butler heads a post com
N ttee preparing for ladies
night program in the near future.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
DR. Lacy, Mrs. Crawford Participate
In Inauguration Seminary President

Dr. Ben r. Lacy Jr. pastor of
College Church and chaplain at
Misunderstanding College, gave
the charge of office as Dr.. James
Archibald Jones was inaugurated
third president of Union Theolog-
ical Seminary. Wednesday at
Richmond
Dr., Lacy, who came to the col
lege community here March l..
was president Of the Seminary
from 1926 until his retirement in
February this year
Mrs F r Crawford of Farm
Vile brought greetings from the
Friends of the Seminary during
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
NAACP Attorneys Say Motion
For Prince Edward County
School Indignation Coming
Action Seen AS
Move To Prod
Toward Compliance

Attorneys for Virginia anc
Prince Edward county have re.
ceived notice that a motion fol
an early start toward public schoo
desegregation will be filed within
two weeks in Richmonds Unitee
District Court.
Notice of suca intention wa:
given last week by lawyers of the
National Association for the Ad.
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP).
1t is expected the motion would
be in the form of a petition TO,
relief of Negro school children ir
Prince Edward county under the
terms of Supreme Courts deci-
sion of last May outlawing ra-
cial segregation in public schools
The action apparently would
act to put the Commonwealth and
particularly Prince Edward coun-
ty school officials in position to
defend their actions under the
courts mandate to put schools
ION a racially nondiscriminatory
basis with all deliberate speed "
Attorneys Meet
The NAACP lawyers. headed
by Chief Counsel Thurgood Mar
shall. of New York City. notified
Attorney General Almond and
Prince Edward attorneys Of their
proposed act last Tuesday in the
offices of T. Justin Moore. chief
counsel for Prince Edward coun-
ty.
Subsequent to the visit. Com
monwealth and county lawyers
have conferred on several public
announcements of how the action
was to be met has been made.
The motion will go to the spe-
cial three-judge Federal Court
which last Summer declined to
order desegration in Prince Ed
ward for the current school year
but retained jurisdiction for pos
SlDle 1uftnef action.
Courts Ruling
The three judges entered an
order restraining and enjoining
Prince Edward school officials
from refusing on account of race
or color TO admit to any school I
under their supervision any child
qualified to enter such school
from and after such time as the
defendants may have made the
necessary arrangements for the
admission of children to the
school on a on-discriminatory
basis with all deliberate speed as
required by the decision of the
Supreme Court in this cause
The judges added, however. lit
would not be practicable, because
of the adjustment and rearrange-
ment required" in making the
transition, for them to order
Prince Edward schools desegre-
gated for the school year begin
ing last September.
The NAACP counsel action APP
pears to point toward renewal of
efforts to seek indignation of pub
lie school children here by the
l956-57 session starting next Sep
TENDER. although no specific men
ton of such a target date crept
into reports of the meeting.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Telephone Executive
TO Address Students

John Ccrvarlch. of Richmond.
general traffic personnel manager
for Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, will speak
at Hampdcn- Sydney coll c c
chapel exercises today tFrldayp
at IL 80 a. M.
The public is invited 10 tho
program in Johns Auditorium
The visiting Executive viii dis
cusS career opportunities in the
field OF public communications.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Dir. Landlord Attends
Wisconsin Meeting

Dr.. Francis G Landlord. ~.
president Of Longwood College, will
attend the annual meeting of the
National Council Of Teachers Of
Mathematics to be held in Mllwau-
kee, Wis. April 1914
Dr. Landlord is the vice-presi-
dent of the council in charge of the
college section and chairman of the
planning committee for the summer
meeting to be held August 1929
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Glenmore Young
To Have Bake Sale

4 bake sale will be held at TIE
Jack Patteson store at 10 a. m.
Saturday by young people of Glen
more Emmanuel Church, under
auspices of tho Woman's Auxil-
larry Pies. cakes and hamburgers
VII be sold.
A feature of the sale will be
biscuits made by MIS- G. D Eu-
bank, of New Bern, N. G., using
the recipe which won her the
blue ribbon at the New Bern
Far Mrs. Eubank is sister of
MIS-. Robert E. Withers. Jr
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
DIR. Robert To Attend
Mississippi Meeting

Dr. Joseph c. Robert. president
of Hampdcn-Sydnoy College. viii
attend the 10Th annual meeting
of the Southern University Con-
ference April 1913 at Edgewater
Park, Mass.
HIS College has been mem
Der of the Conference. which m
cludes So SoutF ern colleges and
universities. since 1854.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Or. | anc Attends
Canada Meeting

Dr. Charles F. Lane. professor Of
geography at Longwood College.
attended the annual meeting of the
Association of American Geogra-
piers held at McGill University,
Montreal, Canada, April "a.
DR. Lane is the president of the
Virginia Geographical Society
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06
Cub Pack Meeting

Cub Scouts in all Farmville dcns
will attend Cub Pack meeting
tonight tFridayp in the Elemcn-
tary School auditorium al 1880
c clock.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-04-06

vices will be held at the Pisgah
Baptist Church of Rice with James
town Presbyterian and Salem Meth
odlst Churchs COOPERATING. The
public is invited to hear this gifted
speaker.
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a lot o talkin'. boy" Truer word
a villain never spoke. but this
fellow is not very observant. Had
he >eei, paying attention he
would have known that every
body in the new film at the
Palace has been doin a lot o.
talkin'.
This, as you already know. is
Sinatra's first effort as a movie
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a man. Finally he meets gum
slinger-turned- preacher (Kee-
nan Wynn who sends him home
to face the varmint who chased
him away.
MCGUIRE, who directe d
Johnny Concho" in addition to
collaborating on the screenplay.
manages to make much of the
picture interesting in spite of
its uneven pace. And in spite of
all the talk. which, having writ
ten, he apparently didn't have
the heart to edit.
He has permitted some of his
players to get away with over
wrought acting that occasionally
resembles a bid for a Section s
discharge from this outfit. At
the same time he has elected eff
fective performances from some
of the others.
Sinatras is one of the latter.
even with those moments when
he obviously was uncertain of
Just how Johnny Concho felt.
Keenan, Wynn makes the most
of his brief appearance, too. as
the reformed man who still has
the good sense to pack a six
shooter under his preachers
frock coat.
William Conrad is a most sat-
isfying menace as the soft-Spoken
desperate who tries to take over
Cripple Greek. Miss Kirk handles
her somewhat thankless role
.competently And Harry Bartell.
Howard Petrie. Willis Bouchey
and Wallace Ford are credible
townsfolk.
Mr.. Sinatra made one notable
mistake in his producing debut.
Veteran producers of Westerns
know that the idea is to keep
the actors at top speed, shooting
often and never saying much
more than "Yup," Nope" or HE
went thataway," and that they
must be filmed widescreen and in
color. That way the customers
are (a) so confused they can't
notice shortcomings of the plot
and (b) so struck by the beauties
of nature that they don't care.
I Sinatra's Johnny Concho" is
a standard-screen, black-and-
white movie. There is not a thing
to divert your attention from the
fact that the plot now and then
taxes credulity.
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q hard living on Broadway is the
fellow who dials the phone
operators. complains he Just lost
a quarter in the box and asks
that the refund in stamps be
sent to his home. He then
peddles the stamps at cut rates.
49,
Want big steak dinner for
free? Just figure out what to do
with the sign on top of Gil
Blum's Charcoal Room. Seems
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NEW YORK.-The Olivetti
typewriter people still keep one
of their machines on a pedestal
in front of their store on Fifth
avenue. near 48th street and
passersby remain fascinated
with the machine. The other
day one of this columns scouts
removed the paper with the
messages pecked out by stroll
lers. A psychiatrist would be in
terested. Here are some of the
random thoughts put down:
Dave missed the train all
right" Australians arise |"
I"Adlai Stevenson or Chaos .
Workers of the world revolt. I"
What happened to George in
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MIDTOWN NEW YORK
Cryptic Are the Messages
By ROBERT SYLVESTER

the NoArBoat?" Hell Nancy
thomas h. sheridan is a rat"
William Haynes your under
arrest" Fred Welty is a gorge
Gus cat" This is the Columbia
Broadcasting System. Ida rose
was here 1856 beechwood blvd.
pittsburgh hazel 1862 CALI" "
There's only room on top" 81
thought that I would leave a
line to say that I was here on
time" I'm a newspapermsn
from Tucuman Argentine ever
heard of one?" Dead man love
me right"
Some of the messages are a
little critical such as "Thiss tipe-
ritter Is no dammne good"
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7sezE NE|CHDORHOO6I geaIGsS
Films of More Than Routine Merit

Films of More Than Routine Merit
"THE AMBASSADORS DAUGHTER"-OIivia de Haviland
decorates romantic comendy set in Paris.
AWAY ALL B0AT"JeR Chandler and George Nader In
exciting narrative Of in the Pacific.
"DAVY CROCKETT AND THE RIVER MANIFESTATIONS
and comedy broadly played for young Disney fans.
THE KING AND Assumptions film version Of the musical de-
light winnngy played by Deborah Kerr and Yu Brynner.
"A MAN CALLED PETER-Richard Todd plays Dr. Peter Mar
shall In q distinguished screen biography.
ION THE WATERFRONT"-Marlo Brand0 in the multiple
award winner about violence the docks
"PICNC"-Wiam Holden unhinges kim NOvak and Kansas
town In the movie version Of william Inges play.
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME"-PauI Newman In the
frank account Of Rocky GrazanOs from the sums.
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JOHNNY coNcHo." United Artists
release Of a Kent Drank Sinatral pro-
duction. directed BY Don Mcclure,
screenplay BY MCGUIRE and David p
from q story By Harmon. At
the Palace Thestsr. 80
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Jay cormody. dromo editor Of The Stor,
is on vocation. His column will be
resumed tomorrow.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA-AND ACTION
You will have to peek around that movie to
it, but here is your first view of somewhat Noteworthy
movie event. rushed from London via air mail It's sort
of cnematc meeting at the summit that's what it is In
case you haven't recognized them it is Sir Laurence
Olivier bussng Marilyn Monroe for in 1.-THE Sleep
ing Prince being filmed by Producer Director Olivier
in England.
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l"where the devil is the back
spacer?" and even Santa. !
would like Royal typewriter
for Christmas, Miss Anne Gates. 4"
Jefferson Records has put out
a long playing record titled 1.-THE
Democratic Party--The History,
Campaigns, Presidents, Music"
which is narrated by Henry
Fonda, David Wayne, Arthur
Kennedy, Myron Mccormick.
Robert Preston and Martin
Gabel.
The record is the major at
traction at a downtown Republic
can club. The members use the
donkey-decorated album cover as
a dart board target.
& ~
Katy Jurado, the Mexican
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Katy Jurado, the Mexican
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THE PASSING SHOW
There's Lot o ToIkin'
In Sinotro's Western
BY HAIRY MACARTHUR

Frank Sinatra whether his intent producer
of johnny Concho has turned out Western in which the
villain establishes himself insight complete
He does this the end Of the m sneerng the
direction of Johnny Concho and snarng YOU'RE dom
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producer. 1t will not get him out
of the profession but his fellow
producers are not likely to nail
any commemorative PLAQUES on
him. either. It's a good try, but
with all the talk and a general
fuzziness OF the story it never
quite comes off. Sinatra, in the
title role. does not help matters
by seeming to be insure himself
of Johnny's true nature. He's a
crazy, mixed-up Concho. all
right.
The Johnny Concho" screen
play, by Don Mcclure and David
P Harmon from a story by Har-
mon, leans toward mood and
character rather than action.
Sinatra, it must be admitted. did
not rely on the tested formula
when he produced his first West
ern. At least he did not rely on
the Western formula. His
Johnny Concho is a craven bully
who finally discovers courage at
the climax and that is a differ
ent formula.
Johnny's story develops with
somewhat faltering pace in the
film at the Palace. At the out
set he is bullying the town OF
Cripple Creek. which not merely
endures him but lets him live
high. because his brother is Red
Concho, gunslinger. The shadow
of Reds gun. somebody remarks
falls over Cripple Creek. II
protects his cowardly brother
and it also keeps other gun
singers from coming around
there to disturb the peace.
In considerably less time than
1t takes to tell it on the screen
another gunslinger does come
around. He has shot Red dead
and now he gives Johnny ar
ultimatum-get a gun and draw
or run. Johnny runs. What
makes Johnny run? He's scared
stiff, that's what.
He continues scared and con-
tinues to run, despite the pleas oil
the girl phyllis Kirk who ha;
followed him and wishes he were
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Second ave. is . one-way street.
The sign points the same way
traffic goes so the only way any
body can see it is in looking
backwards after they're past the
restaurant. 1t can't be turned
around because another building
is in the way. It's the most USE
less sign in the world and Gil
Blum will feed you free for any
idea Of how to utilize it.
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actress. dined at Fred Chiaven-
tones the other night and Fred
purposely instructed the chef to
use extra seasoning and make a
side order Of hot peppers. Miss
Jurado ate her dinner and Fred
asked If she had enjoyed it.
"Oh, yes" she admitted, "but
how do you Americans manage
to eat such spicy foods?"
%&E
Thu nnnr,nrA nlnn "a nfo,. lnancAli.nr
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The newest character hustling
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Stainless has put such beauty airs that you'll set your
table with for all occasionsparty every day lunch
Attractive and heavyweight for longife use It's bright
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economy price-6piece setting for just ST. Setting in
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fork salad fork and soup spoon Choice of three pat
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THE HEIGHT Goth Washington Spring PARKingon
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Three and Two PIeose." The
story Of q worm-heorted. fun
loving nun whose Christmas re-
wolves around a boy, q bike and
Christmas tree. Loretto Young
stars.