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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-25

Little Miss Sally Ann watkins. of
Farmville. spent the week end with
her grandparents. Rev and Mrs. II.
N. Soyars.
Mrs. Willis Farris and Mrs. Paul
Blankenship, of Roanoke. visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. B Vaughan. Mon
day,
Mrs. H P Bradshaw was t h g
week end guest of Mrs Estelle Brad
shaw in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs Fielder Hubbard
and Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Banton and Diane spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert ToombS
and Mi. and Mrs. william H W
thorne in Ashland
Little. Miss Judy Digger. of Farm
vile. spent the week end with her
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. F. G.
Walton.
Clyde Bradshaw, of Norfolk, spent
Saturday with Mrs, H l., Bradshaw
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pulley and
daughters. Pamela Sue and Cathrvn
Ann of Norfolk, have been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. B.
Vaughan. Mr.. and Mrs. Pulley and
daughters will sail for Panama May
q from New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Bass, of Ar
lington, were week end guests of
Mr., and Mrs. B. G. Bass. Mrs Mat
tie Carter. of Arlington, and Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Smith We're dinner
guests in the same home Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. R. B Chambers and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs c NJ Glenn, Of Halifax.
Mrs. Jimmy Druen and sons and
j. D. Wilson, of Warwick. visited
relatives in the neighborhood during
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Bass an
daughters. Martha and Beverly. at
tended the 25th year reunion of Mr.
Bass class and commencement &C
tivities at Maryville College in Ten
nessee and were overnight guests
of DR.. and Mrs. James Proffitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Gates and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn and
sons were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs R. B. Walthall, Sunday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-25
Independent Companies Experience
Great Growth, Telephone Mgr. Says

The AHA Independent (non-
BelD telephone companies Of
America. of which Virginia Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company
is one. and which serve 1000
communities and tWo-thirds of
the geographical area of the coun-
try, now operate s ,46l 900 Of the
56,490.000 telephones in the Unit
ed States. its territories and pos
sessions and have a total plant
investment of S2,042833 900.
According to w. D. Grafton.
local manager of the Virginia Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company.
figures released by the United
State Independent Telephone AS
ISOLATION reflect the continuing
growth and progress of the indus
try. which has been expanding at
an accelerated rate during the past
10 years to meet the unprecedent-
ed demands for telephone service
occasiOned by population growth,
increased usage. and prosperous
economy While the country's
population increased 81 per cent
during the 20-year period from
1885 to 1855. the number of in
dependent telephones scared from
3.lB5 900 to 8,46l 900 or 166 per
cent, the Association said
The independent industry has
introduced a number of major
technical advances in the tele-
phone field. including the first
practical automatic switching sys-
tenn.
The nations long distance serv-
ice is furnished primarily by the
Bell System toll network. All long
distance facilities are intercon-
nected with independent tele-
phone company lines. Long dis
lance traffic between two seq
ments of the industry is freely in
terchanged. Agreements are in eff
feet covering routings and divis-
ions of revenues on the inter
changed business. Many indepen-
dent companies themselves own
and operate a large mileage of toll
lines. mostly regional in charac-
ter, all interconnected with the
Bell network and with the toll
facilities of neighboring indepen-
dent companies.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-25
Legion Auxiliary
To Sell Poppies
In Cumberland

Members of the Cumberland
American Legion Auxiliary and
volunteer helpers will sell peoples
Saturday from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
in business houses throughout the
county.
Preparation for this years sale
were made by Mrs E. L. Seay. Mrs.
w. L. Dandy and Mrs. W. v.
French. Funds from the peoples.
worn in honor of our war dead,
are used by the American Legion
Auxiliary for veterans rehabilita-
ton and child welfare.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-25
Newman Promoted
To Sergeant

Ernest w. Newman. USING, has
been promoted to sergeant, it was
learned this week. Newman is a re-
frieeration mechanic with the First
Marine Air Wing in Korea. He is
the son of Mrs. Ella NJ Newman,
of Farmville.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-25

Steel output set a new high j
April
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Alexandra Youth
in Sale
Of Sleeping Pills

A 16-year-old Alexandria youth
charged with illegally distribute
ing dangerous drugs was ordered
committed yesterday to the State
Training School for Boys.
He was one of two juveniles
arrested July 16 for illegally dis
pensing sleeping pills.
Three adults were arrested
after a three-month investiga-
ton Of reports that such pills
were being distributed to teen
ayers. Cases against the adults
and the other juvenile. a 17-year-
old sailor. were continued until
Friday after their attorney, T.
Brooke Howard, challenged the
wording Of the warrants and
asked for a bill of particulars.
The 16-year-old pleaded guilty
before Juvenile Judge Irene PAN
coast. Authorities said he had
been before the court on other
offenses and already was on a
suspended commitment to the
Training School
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Forum to Sponsor
Candidates TuIks

An organization aimed at
sponsoring unified meetings be-
tween citizen groups and polit-
ical candidates was organized in
Fairfax County. Va, last night.
Named the Fairfax Forum, the
organization was set up by rep
resentatives Of the Federation
of Citizens Associations and the
League Of Women Voters.
1t will seek to avoid the
numerous meetings with various
clubs and associations candi-
dates have had to attend in
previous years and also expand
the scope of such forums.
The executive committee ten
tatively set August Is as the
next meeting. when representa-
tives Of the political parties will
be called in to help set UP d
schedule Of candidates meetings.
Named to the committee we're
Mrs. Albert Farwell of Vienna,
chairman; George VERIFY of
Bucknell Manor, vice chairman:
Dan Schimmel Of Falls Church.
secretary; Ray l.. Wood Of
Groveton, treasurer. and Mrs.
Raymond Lahr Of Falls Church,
publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Alexandra Leads in Drive
For Nearby Juvenile Home

morrow, the Arlington board
Saturday and the Falls Church
council next Monday.
The commission will come into
being as soon as all jurisdictions
pass the resolution. The resolu-
ton provides for two commission
members from Alexandria, Fair
fax and Arlington and one men,
Der from Falls Church.
The four jurisdictions have set
aside $4,000 to build the home
but construction has been de-
layed by lack Of legal regional
body to build and administer it.
and by opposition to site from
residents.
The council also authorized
the trial use of an diversified bus
by the A., B. g. w. Bus Co. The
company said it plans to use
the bus, which has greater ma
neuverability and safety design,
for a 30-day test run.
The bus is approximately 80
feet long. The Virginia Highway
Commission also will have to-
give its approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

Alexandria has taken the lead
in setting up a commission to
and operate a juvenile
detention home for Northern
Virginia.
The City Council last night APP
proved a resolution to create a
seven-member commission. Its
establishment was authorized
under a new State law which
went into effect July /.
Just before the council acted,
a Joint committee composed of
representatives of the four
Northern Virginia jurisdictions
the resolution which
must be concurred in by the four
governing bodies. The resolution
was approved last week by the
Northern Virginia Planning Com
mission which has led the drive
for construction of the home.
Joseph H. Freehill, chairman
of the Fairfax Board Of County
Supervisors and chairman of a
Citizens advisory committee OF
the home. said the resolution will
go before the Fairfax board to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Right-of-Woy
Study Slated
BY Maryland

BALTIMORE. July 81 R.-
An outside agency has been
called in by the State Roads
Commission to study its right
of-way department.
Robert o. Bonnell, chairman
OF the commission, said the aim
is to improve the department
and to make sure that we are
not missing any tricks"
The study will be made by
an organization headed by Henry
j. Kaltenbach. former solicitor
for the Federal Bureau of Roads
Mr.. Bonnell said the right-of-
way department will have "even
greater pressure on it" in the
future because an attempt will
be made to speed up construc.
ton OF roads included in the
l2-year roads program.
Money available under the new
Federal aid to roads bill will
permit the speed-up, he said.
The Kaltenbach organization.
Mr.. Bonnell said. will be able to
furnish information of how
right : of way departments in
other States function.
Furthermore. he said, I'VE are
anxious to make sure we are
using the new laws as effectively
as possible"
In addition to the Federal aid
bill. the State is operating under
"a law passed by this years Gen.
eral Assembly which provides
for mass freezing of property
values as the first step in &C
quiring land for road construc-
ton.
The idea of the bill is to do
away with land speculation at
the States expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
S.SfATE EDITION
Two Missing Girls
Return to Homes

Two Alexandria girls missing
since Sunday have been returned
home, police said today.
Judy Lindsey, IS, and Mar
garet Names, 10, both Of Temple
Trailer Village, were located in
New York. Police said they had
hitchhiked ride to New York
on a produce truck.
Parents of the girls reported
them missing early Sunday
when they failed to come home
Saturday night. Two men who
said they drove the girls around
in the Alexandria Fairfax area
for several hours Saturday night
have been charged with con-
tributing to the delinquency OF
minors.
The girls turned themselves in
at a police station after they got
to New York, and said they
wanted to go home. police re-
ported. Their parents wired
money and they returned by
train last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Montgomery Democrats
Plan to Raise $4,000

Montgomery County Demo-
Gratis will attempt to raise $20.-
900 within the county for the
1856 campaign.
The goal was announced last
night at a meeting of 80 pre-
cinct chairmen and campaign
leaders at the County ONCE
Building in Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

willard A. Morris, head of a
finance steering committee, said
a finance committee will deter
mine how the funds will be APP
portioned among the State, ma
tional and local candidates
drives.
In a discussion of a voter
registration drive, Ward w. Cad
dington, a registrar of voters
and chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee, told the
meeting that large numbers OF
voters "are walking in" to regis
ter on the county lists.
The heavy summer registra-
ton is following the pattern OF
1852. when $4,000 new voters
were signed up. He predicted
10000 new voters by the time
the lists close late in September
Registrations are running 8-5
Democratic, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

saw him "iddling around" the
unlocked election box.
Councilman Samuel A. Bell
said the Mayor cursed him and
called a town policeman to take
him away after he asked the
Mayor 'in a nice way" to stay
away from the voting activities.
All witnesses agreed Mayor
Warren was not alone in passing
out literature and picking up
last-minute votes. and said such
incidents are commonplace in
Riverdale.
William w. CaincroSs, said,
you could hardly get past the
corner for them sticking these
ballots in your face. was very
much disguised with the whole
thing"
Mr.. Burnside contended the
charge, brought by Mr.. Wade and
Others. was politically inspired
and filed only after the Town
Council refused to investigate the
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
MARYLAND-VIRGINIA NEWS
Pool Permit Granted
For Wheaton Woods

The Montgomery County Board
of Appeals announced today it
has granted special use permit
to the Wheaton Woods SWIM
ming Pool Corp, for construction
of a community pool on a four
acre tract, at the end of Land
green street in the Aspen Knobs
subdivision.
Hearings on the pool permit
application were held on May
% and July IA. Several home
owners in the neighborhood sur
rounding the pool site protested
the application and further OPP
position was recorded from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
County Housing
Project Limited

The Montgomery County
Council decided last night to-
restrict Rockville's proposed rs
unit Federal low-rent housing
project to the city's Lincoln
Park section.
1t sanctioned a contract be-
tween the Rockville Housing Au-
thority and the Public Housing
Administration after voting
down. Az, an amendment that
would have permitted construc-
ton of the project anywhere in
the city.
Reason Cited
Robert T. Snure, council pres
|ident, said the restriction on the
slum-clearance project was
placed because the council does
not want the housing placed on
potentially valuable industrial
sites.
Land on which the housing
will be placed will be tax-exempt
The county will receive 10 per
cent of the rent receipts, after
utility costs, in lieu of taxes.
The council also heard two up
county coming change requests,
Ideferriug action on both.
RezOning Asked
David T. Cavanaugh asked the
council to rezone IS acres on
two sides of Route 240 near
NeeSville, to commercial use. The
Upper Montgomery County Plan
ming Commission recommended
denial of the application pending
the findings of a contemplated
land-uSe study in the upper
county.
The commission recommended
approval of the request of a group
of applicants for rezoning to in
IduStrial use 1919 acres adjacent
to the county dump on South
lawn lane north of Rockville.
Owners of the tract are DR.. 10.
seph A. Stimek, Woodrow w.
Neal and Ola T. Neal.
w. B. Mckinney. acting plan.
ming engineer for the county, had
urged denial of the change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Driver Killed,
8 Hurt in Crash

One man was killed and six in
jured seriously last night in a
head-on collision on a winding
section of old Defense highway
near Annapolis.
Carl M. Burns. Al, of Land
over Hills, Md, was pronounced
dead at Anne Arundel General
Hospital. Anne Arundel County
police said he had a crushed
chest and fractured skull.
Admitted to the hospital in
serious condition we're: William
Ernest Brown, 81. of Bowie, driv-
er of one car; Daniel Carrigan,
SO. of Beltsville: Mack McKisson,
1906 Fifty-second street, Bla-
densburg; George Herman Green,
80. colored, of Davidsonville,
driver of the second car; Solo
mon Hillary, 20. colored, of
Davidsonville. and James Blake,
IS, colored, of Davidsonville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

revised to include penalties for
dog owners. Fines ranging from
$40 to 500 for violators were
recommended by Fred Myers, ex-
ecutive director of the National
Humane Society of Washington.
Mr.. Myers, who said he will
speak at the 8 pm. public hear
ing in the Rockville County
Building auditorium, declared
dog control ordinances without
penalties would not be enforced
properly.
Dogs Have Champions
The Council received a letter
from Bethesda man who de-
clared that dogs allowed to play
freely are "a cohesive influence
in a neighborhood." The letter
writer, Charles A. Brown, jr., of
4406 Gladwyne drive, declared
that in a California community
where roaming dogs we're banned,
" the boy and his dog were
overruled and were replaced by
a painted woman with q French
poodle with a red bow"
A Bethesda couple who wrote
to protest the upcoming ordi-
nance declared that tied dogs
become mean.
I'VE think all children should
have dog" Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Moreland of IA Lucas lane
added.
Mrs. Murray Ressler of 1908
Cottrell terrace, Silver Spring,
urged the Council to pass a law
with stiff penalties" She de-
clared that her son was bitten by
a stray dog in March.
Another letter received by the
Council contained a poll on the
dog proposal in which the writer
said that "a Of 81 homes in one
residential block favored tighter
control of roaming dogs. Several
other residents declared that SUBJ
urban neighborhoods in the
county are too densely populated
for roaming dogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
IS Passengers Hurt
In Streetcur Crash

One passenger was seriously
hurt and IA others suffered minor
injuries yesterday when one
streetcar ran into the rear of
another, police reported.
The accident occurred on In
dependence avenue near New
Jersey avenue Sc. with both
vehicles travelling east.
The seriously hurt man, police
said. Is Emmett Sanders, SIS, of
1851 Forty-second street Sc,
who suffered head injuries. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital.
A hearing will be held in the
corporation counsel's Office at
Municipal Court August 20,
police said.
Except Mr.. Sanders, all the
injured passengers were in the
streetcar operated by Emory B.
Howard, Is. of 713 Nineteenth
street NV, police explained.
This was the one that crashed
into the other. The car in front
was operated by Omar E. Shaffer,
81, Of Manassas, Va, they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
HyuttsviIIe Mans !.
Death Held Suicide

ANNAPOLIS, July 81 (P.-Dr.
Elmer G. Lingardt. county med
ical examiner, has returned a
f1ndin gof suicide in the death
of a 56-year-old Hyattsville man.
Charles Schonwetter, visiting
at the home of a sister at Cape
st. Clair, was found wounded
Sunday on the floor of his room
with a rifle nearby. He was pro-
nounced dead at Anne Arundel
General Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Voitak. his sister,
said he had been under medical
care since the death of his wife
in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
RiverdoIe Mayor Fined
For PoIiticking Near oils

Mayor Claude r. Warren of
Riverdale. Md, was fined $25 in
Hyattsville Police Court yester-
day for politlcking too close to
the polls during town elections
last May Z.
Although conceding he solic-
tied votes for his favorite candi-
dates from his town Office ada
cent to the polling place on
Queensbury road in violation of
town election laws, Mayor War;
rem posted a $50 bond pending
an appeal Of the guilty finding
by Trial Magistrate Grover Lee
Small.
Mayor Warren contended,
through his attorney. Waldo
Burnside, that button -holing
voters within so feet of the polls
on election day is a general
practice in Riverdale and that
everybody was doing it," He
said the voters came to him for
advice.
Judge Small agreed cleo
tioneering near polls is wide
spread during balloting. He called
1t "a despicable practice" how
ever, and said, Il think this sort
of practice should stop"
IF this sort of case comes be-
fore me again, I'm going to put
somebody in JAIL" he declared.
Election Contested
The charges against Mayor
Warren grew out Of a contested
election in which Hanson D.
Powers was defeated for re-elec-
ton as treasurer by Robert @.
Fuerst, and Mrs. Edna F. Wade
lost to Charles L. Graefe in her
bid for reelection as a council
member from Ward 2.
Mrs. Wade's husband, Erwin d.
Wade. testified he saw Mayor
Warren take three people into his
Office by the arm" as they were
approaching the polling place.
and later saw him passing out
literature.
Gerald Gilmore said Mayor
Warren insisted he and his wife
go into the town Offices where
the Mayor asked them ITO vote
for his side" He said the Mayor
offered them a sample ballot,
but that was going too far"
Mrs. Hazel McMullin, a poll
watcher, said Mayor Warren was
tin and out" Of the door between
his Office and the election place
all day. She said she frequently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

Wheaton Woods Citizens Associ-
alton, a recently-organized group.
John w. Neumann, attorney
for the pool corporation. said the
appeals board stipulated that the
swimming group offer proof of
its ability to finance pool costs
up to $4,000. Project plans call
for a pool 80 feet long and AZ
feet wide, a wading pool and a
parking space for 100 cars or
more.
Directors of the pool group will
meet tonight to determine a date
for the beginning of construc-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31
Montgomery Hearing Set
On Leushing Of Dogs

Montgomery County residents
who favor leashed or fenced-in
pets and those who believe that
a boy and his dog should be
allowed to pursue happiness I'M
restrained will state their cases
at public hearing in Rockville
on Thursday.
The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil will conduct the hearing on
an ordinance prohibiting dogs
running at large and barring
canine pets without leashes OF
muzzles on school grounds.
The ordinance, as proposed,
applies only to pets in the more
densely populated southern por-
ton of the county, known as the
suburban district. The ban
against dogs on school property
would apply only on schooldays
between the following hours: one
hour prior to school opening and
one hour after closing.
The regulations before the
Council provide for the impound-
ing of stray, unsupervised ami
mails, that may be reclaimed byI
owners upon payment of a So
per-day fee for the impounding,
up to five days.
Controls Appear Favored
County officials indicated the
dog ordinance or one similar to
1t stands a good chance of being
enacted. Letters from citizens
urging dog controls outnumber
opposing letters by about four
to one. The County Board of
Education recently went on rec
ord in favor of appropriate
legislation for the protection of
our school children" School
heads have received numerous
complaints from principals,
mothers, and parent-teacher
groups about stray dogs attack
ing children.
In the opinion of some. the
proposed ordinance should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-31

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, 1956-08-11
Storm Mornings
Up ia yirq;n Islonds
and Puerto Rico

Hurricane Betsy which has
been moving near the Lee
ward islands was reported
heading for Dominica. Hur-
ricane warnings were report
ed up in st. Lucia, Antigua
and other islands in that area.
Storm warnings were up in,
the Virgin Islands and Puer-
to Rico. The local Weather
Bureau has warned listeners
not to confuse storm" warn-
Continued on page A
, 1956-08-11
United Stutes. Fyunce
and Brituin Plan for
Control Of Suez

The United States has join
ed with Great Britain and
France to work out q plan for
joint operation Of the Suez
by an International
The suggestion was
first made at a meeting Of
the three Foreign ministers,
shortly after the waterway
seized by President Gam
el Nasser Of Egypt.
Democratic and Republican
will meet with Presi-
dent Eisenhower at noon in
the White House tomorrow to
the crisis. They win
be briefed personally by Pre-
sident Eisenhower.
A special plane is being sent
By the Administration to fly
, 1956-08-11
GOV GORDON ISSUES PROCLAMATION
CONVEYING LEGISLATURE SEPT. path.

Governor Walter A. Gordon has issued 4 proclamation
the Legislative Assembly in Special Session on
Monday. September "A. 1856. at II am. FOR consideration
cf the following matters and for no other purpose:" than
the Enactment Of . Virgin islands Code. ccdifyinu all the
basic laws Of the Virgin Islands to date and Enactment 81
legislation levYtng taxes to secure revenue Tor the operation
Of the Virgin Islands Government"
, 1956-08-11

its title, and for pos
Of it men steal fight
and even commit murder