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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Teenage Social Club
WIFI BE Organized
By Local Woodmen

A young peoples club will be
formed and name selected dur
ing a teenage dance at the Mod
ern Woodmen hall at Farmville
Thursday. March %, from 8 to ii
y. N.
The social affair will be free
and parents arc invited. The
Noodnen organization will pro-
VIDE chaperonos. Young people of
almVllle and surrounding coun-
ties between the ages Of - and
2l, are invited
A WoOdmen announcements to-
day states that dances for the new
club Will be held once a month
with the date for the next to BIZ
selected Thursday night
Those attending vii! be request
ed to suggest a club name anC
suitable types of entertainment
A prize Will give given for the win
ming club name.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
College Magazine
Awards Announced

Miss Martha Foster. Of Farm
vile won first place in the short
story division Of the annual con-
test sponsored at LongWood Col
lege by the Colonnade, literary
magazine, for her story, That S
The Way 1t Is" For her entry,
Retreat From Darkness Miss
Vivian Willett. of Bowling Green.
placed first IN the poetry division
Harold MagnuSson, Of Green
Bay. was awarded first place for
his entry IN the essay section,
Mental Inferiority of the Negro,
Fact or Fancy" Miss Meade
Mann, of Petersburg, took second
place with her poem, The Happy
Time" and Miss W4llett's The
Slaves received honorable men
ton. In the short story section
Miss Helen Warmer. OF Amelia
was awarded second for Uncle
Peter" Honorable mention went
10 Miss Barbara Heck, of Airing
ION. for The Souvenirs"
The contest was Judge by Dr.
Walter S. Hartley. assistant pro-
fessor Of music; Dr.. Dorothy
Schlegcl, assistant professor Of
English: and Pro NJ. H. Bittinger.
associate professor of history
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

ISOLATION also showed gains
Glenn reported, At December 81
1855. the organization stock and
other liabilities and net worth
were sos, 444. up from the figure
of S74.l56 reported a year ago.
Fifty long term NF'LA farm
real eStJte loans were granted
Csul ing the year amounting to
3 1894 800. That was a significant
advance over the 81 loans and
1896 400 granted at the same
period in 1854, the secretary
said.
w. w Vaughan, of Prospect,
who presided during the morn n9
session IN the high school audi
forum, was reelected to the
NFLA board Of directors. which
he cha.rmans. Other directors
elected were r. K Little, Camp
bell county. r. I. Hubbard and
George Pettus, Jr.
Palmer Reelected
George w. Palmer. of Green
Bay president OF the Production
Credit Association. was reelected
to the board in the only election
necessary in that organization.
The days principal address. by
William H. Johnson, of the Balti-
more office Of the Farm Credit
Administration showed the error
n the common ASSUMPTION that
Pea and NFLA operate with
federal OF government money.
/ Neither is a fact, he pointed
out. demonstrating by a flannel
board talk how funds for the
operations. funneled through
Federal Land Banks and Inter-
medal Credit Banks. are secured
from commercial banks. private
corporations, insurance companies
and investment capital sources.
Both the Farmvllle Pea and
NFLA are wholly member owned.
and loan capital is completely
commercial OF private money
johnson said.
Clears Misconccption
He also said that many per-
sons do not understand the
average agricultural value" con-
ditlons under which NF'LA loans
are granted. That term refers
not to the intrinsic real estate
worth, he said, but to what the
farm has returned over a period
of years. NFLA loans are limited
to IS per cent of the average
agricultural value.
About $50 stockholders were
given box lunches by the organi-
cations at the CONCLUSION of the
meeting They were prepared by
members Of the Social Hour HI
Club.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

legeS and universities while re-
cognizing the private instltu-
tons as the surest guardian OF
freedom.
DR.. Francis Pendleton Gaines,
president of Washington and Lee
University brought greetings
from private institutions, praiSing
the cooperation which exists be-
tween them. There is no COM
petition between lighthouses, and
there must be none between the
lighthouses of learningS' he said.
DR.. James Mcdowell Richards,
moderator of the General ASSN
bly, of the Presbyterian Church.
U. S.. brought greetings from the
church which helps supports the
college. The Presbyterian Church
has not supported her institutions
as they should have been and
must be-" he said,
DR.. Graves H Thompson re-
presented the faculty in WISHING
the new president we'll while
James II. Smith. head of student
body. spoke for students
Library Reception
The Inauguration program con
cluded with a reception for all
campus guests in the college
library, where historical exhibits
earlier in the day had proved a
fascinating hit
The reccivlng line included Dr.
and Mrs Johns Dr. and Mrs.
Robert, Sir Percy and Lady
Spender. Lewis G.. Chewing, vice
chairman Of the board OF trustees.
and Dean James Z Kinard
Guests were served punch with
" YES of trustees serving includ-
ing Mesdames Stuart Bell. Jr
" nch2stcr, Joseph S GnhSpic,
Wythcvillc. Robert w. Lawson
u Charleston w. Va, and VIII
Lam T. Pugh. Lynchburg
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

cellent rating Amelia and Pow
hatan high bands were rated III
or good
Three vocaljsts, two at Pow
hatan High, and a third at Anne
liza High. were rated excellent
10 Elan and Mary w Brown
sopranos, of Powhatan. and Anet-
te Reid, of Amelia, also soprano
received this rating.
Two Powhatan choral groups
participated, the Girls Chorus re-
cciving a rating of excellent. and
the Mixed Boys and Girls Chorus
receiving a rating, Of good. The
Amelia High Mixed Chorus was
rated good
GLORIA Nichols. of PoWhatan.
playing a clarinet solo. was rated
good, under the instrumental soil
and ensemble competition Dale
Blankenship. Of the same school.
was rated excellent for his trum-
pet solo.
The Powhatan Brass Quintette
was rated good, while Sandra
Saunders. Of Powha tan, received
rating of good for her piano
solo
More than 700 students from
% schools participated in the
day long competition which kept
q panel Of judges busy for more
than SIX hours Dr.. John w Mol
ar, Of Longwood College. super
vlSed the competition.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
NAACP Subpoena
Motion I Postponed
Would Have Called
For School Records

A motion, instituted %by MACE
attorneys to subpoena Prince Ed.
ward county school officials ane
records for a deposition taking
session. has been postponed in,
definitely.
Instead Of hearing on the mo-
ton, originally scheduled in Rich
mond Federal District Court fol
April 4, lawyers for the county and
NAACP have agreed to confer
soon.
Evident purpose behind the ORR
glnal NAACP motion was to build
a court record Oh what Prince Ed
ward County may have done to-
ward compliance with the Su-
preme Courts deSegregation deci-
sion. 1t is supposed the Informal
ton was to be gathered as a pre-
liminary to further NAACP legal
action
In the motion how sidelined. a
subpoena request was to be made
for the presence of Supt. T. J. Nc
IlWaine and school board mem
bers. together with official school
board records
In the forthcoming conference
attorneys tor the county and the
NAACP Will attempt to agree or
Stlpulatlng what facts are rele-
want to such a study Fedora
Judges Sterling Hutcheson ano
Armlstead M. Doble were present
when the new agreement wa:
reached.
Archibald G.. Robertson, counSe
for Prince Edward County. togeth
er with Attorney-Gen j. Lind
say Almond. Jr., objected TO tn,
subpoena. and agreed that infor
nation on relevant questions
raised at the forthcoming confer
ference. would be made avallabl
without requiring school boar,
personnel OF records.
No date has been set yet for tn
future conference of ATTORNEYS
Spottswood W Robinson III an
Oliver w Hill, NAACP attorney,
we're present for the sess.on WhiCl
produced the agreement for
later conference.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

at the Virginia Hospital Service
Association Annual Membership
meeting Thomas c. ROuShall.
chairman Of the Blue Gross Plan
board of directors. made the pre-
Sentatlon.
Blue Cross. the only hospital
service plan that the American
Hospital Association has officially
approved. offers TO subscribing
members a contract providing for
tho actual hospital services need
cd at the time OF disqualification.
rather than an indemnity allow
ancc. Hospitals that agree 10 ron
der these needed serves aud ac-
ccpt payment directly from Blue
Cros, arc known as Blue Cross
Hospitals. :
There are 81 Blue Cross HoSpit-
ais in Virginia. Throughout the
United States. more than 5000
hospitals with over IS, of the
nations general hospital beds
t.cipG.s II Elue Cco-s
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
NFLA and PEA Meet Saturday
Farm Credit Organizations Here
Report Gains as Stockholders Meet

Farmvllle Production Cred t
Association net worth increased
$1,000 to 1927 900 during 1855,
Secretary j. F. Glenn disclosed
IN his financial report during the
annual meeting Of the Pea and
NFLA here Saturday.
The years net earnings were
1916, with 26,637 shares out
standing. The years operation II
creased the book value of stock
to slll0 approximately 40 cents
higher than year ago, Glenn
reported
The net earnings we're in ad-
dltlon to reserve of $4,000 set
aside as 1t, provision against
losses.
NFLA Gains. Too
The National Farm Loan As
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

Johns. chairman of the board of
trustees. Laws spiritual, moral
and natural are part Of the
ordered universe, and survive
scholarly examination and no
college is worth the cost of
classroom key if it is not a sane
tuary for TRUTH" the new presi-
dent declared.
Sir Percy Speaks
Sir Percy declared Nowhere
III the world is the scholars at
t.tude OF critical enquiry, loyalty
to truth and of independent
Judgment more needed than in
democratic politics
Speaking before 1870 robed
delegates. he paid tribute to the
'stinguished record Of the col
lege Older than my country
and an institution whose start
almost comedies with the birth
of your country as an indepen-
dent nation.
Introduced by Justice A. c
Buchanan. of the Virg MIA Su-
preme Court of Appeals. Sir Percy
SAID: 1t seems to me from what
| have learned that here IN these
gentle surroundings have been
discovered the true functions Of a
university and its task of sending
out into the world not only men
of high educat- onal and cultural
standards but men also Of vision,
Of courage, Of honesty and decl
S on.
The university has a part to
play in safeguarding liberties Of
thought and expression, he de
claIcd. 1t is "ensuring the free
{ Iculat on and open encounter
of ideas essential for the exposure
Of error and the real zatlon OF
truth.
President Speaks
After taking the oath OF his
new office. Dr.. Robert, 49-year-
old NJ sSssippian. glanced back
ward to the start of his l80-year
old institution and the care given
selection OF. the first faculty.
This is the secret" of a con-
SpicuouSly successful past, this is
the formula for the future-the
people who teach. Our cor
poratc responsibility here at
Hampden- Sydney is to train the
mind, Our studies. If they are
succ cSsful lead the student TO
think with precision, and to ex-
press his thoughts with clarity.
Dr.. Robert said
After the formal exercises
delegates were guests of the COL
lege during a luncheon in the
Commons. with Frank c. Bed
niger. alumni president. presiding.
Greetings Brought
Colgate w. parden. Jr.. pres
dent Of the University of Virginia.
brought greetings from state col
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Y. TIT. Co. Rewards
g Safe Employees

A T. Berry. S T. Collins. A. 3.
King aud w d. Grafton were
among 3S employees Of Virginia
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany presented awards at cere-
monies here Friday. In total the
awards representa- 200 years of
accident-free working and II years
of safe driving
Berry was presented awards for
rs years Of safe working and "a
years of safe driving: Collins
awards for "a years safe working
and IS years safe driving: King
Is years safe working and Grafton
IA years safe working
The recipients work in the ex-
changes at Farmville, Bucking-
ham. Dillwyn and Hampden-Syd-
new
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27

Five pastors Will rotate in bring
ing the message each night. with
the host pastor. DR.. w. Otis Nc
Chung presiding for the other por-
tion of the series. The message
schedule is:
Tonight, the Rev. j. A. Vache.
Johns Memorial Episc opal
Church; Tuesday, the Rev. David
stone. Wesleyan M c II 0 d j {
Church. Wednesday. the Rev. J
r. Kennedy. Presbyterian Church !.
Thursday. tic Rev. Charles O.
Kidd. Methodist Church. and FIJI
day. Dr. McCIUng.
Tho Baptist choirS under the
erection Of Mrs. Jud,on DcWdv
organlst and leader. will provide
special music for each service.
The nightly offerings. as in the
past. will be contributed to Church
World Service for its programs
Of allevlsting human suffering
Throughout tLe world
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
College Inauguration Renews
Pledg to Truth and Freedom

sure the free circulation and open
encounter OF ideas essential for
the exposure of error and reali-
zation of truth" declared Sir
Percy Spender, for five years
Australian ambassador to the U.
S, and the days principal speak
er.
There IS not one truth on the
chapel lectern, and another in
the science laboratory" Dr. Rob-
elt said after accepting the 1873
charter from DR.. Frank Stoddert
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Henry c. Lindsey
At Colorado Camp

Pvt. Henry c. Lindsey, of Farm
vile, is receiving basic training
with the 9Th Infantry Division at
Fort Carson, Colo.
Lindsey is training with Medi-
cal Detachment of the division s
4lst Tank Battalion. The unit is
preparing for its move to Europe
next fall as part of Operation Gy-
roscopc. He is 1856 graduate of
the University Of Virginia
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Princeton Lecturer
At Longwood Today

Dr.. Willard Thorp, professor of
American Literature and Chair
man Of the American Civilization
program at Princeton University
will speak on why Johnnie Can't
Write Either in ,Iarman Auditor
i,nn. LongVood College. at D. m.
Tuesday. March 81.
DIR. Thorps most recent book is
"A Southern Reader" a survey
Oil southern civilization as inter-
preted by vide variety Of writ
ers. The pubic = II itad 70 attend.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Post M, TPA's Annual
Business Nj Getting Set

Farmville's Post M. Travellers
Protective Association. will hold
its annual meeting for election Of
officers and directors and other
special business Thursday. March
%.
J. x Butler. president, said the
session will begin at 8 p. M. in The
Town Council Chamber.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
First Aid Course
Begins Wednesday

The first aid instruction course.
sponsored by the Prince Edward
County Red Gross chapter, Will
begin Wednesday,, March %, at
8 p. m. Glasses will be given in
the meeting room in the new fire
house on South street.
Mrs. w B. Lynn, Chapter execu-
tive secretary, said today all per
sons wishing to take such in
struction are wccome to attend.
Hnp Ragland, chief of Crewe's
Rescue Squad, will be the in
Structor, and several members of
The Farmvillc Fire Department
have registered for the class.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Salem WSC'S Sets
Bake Sale Here

The WSCS "r Salem Church
buckingham. Will hold bake sale
Saturday. March 81. in front Of
the Home Furniture Co. III Farm
vile.
Tho sale Is to start at Q 30 a. IN.
and will feature home baked goods
and meats. Proceeds will benefit
NoCS rrCjeCt..
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Area High School Musicians, Singers
Win Excellent Ratings at Festival

Randolph-Henry High Schools
band received a rating of excel
lent, highest given here, during
The District III. Virginia High
School League. Music Festival
Saturday at Longwood College.
Only three of the II bands
playing received the II, or eX-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Rcd Cross Campaign
Returns Now S3,276

Contributors TO the 1856 fund
campaign Of the Prince Edward
County Red Cross chapter have
reached 1925, Felix Bathelmey
Jr., director, announced today.
The returns left tho campaign
leader most encouraged" that the
$4,000 goal may be reached. The
drive viii continue until April /,
he said.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
DR. Robert Takes
Oath of Office

Hampden-Sydney College en-
ereed from magnificent inaugural
exercises Friday with its 18th
president, Joseph Clark Robert,
and the charge that. with sister
institutions, it above all else must
elevate truth and sustain its
faculty in this moral duty.
The university must en-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-03-27
Community Holy Week Services Begin
Tonight In Baptist Church O'clock

Union Holy Week services,
sponsored by the Community Pro-
testant churches, will begin to-
night Monday and continue
through Friday. The Joint congre-
CATION Will assemble each night in
the Baptist Church at O'Clock
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

The oft-read headline Farm
Employment Lower Farm
Wage Rate Higher" is an apt
summary for the farm outlook
for the next several years. believe
agricultural economists.
They point out that industrial
development in Virginia continues
to move forward rapidly. and each
new industry brings q demand for
labor to be drawn primarily from
the rural areas. Farmers will have
to compete with this industrial
development for their hired la
Dor supply.
The average wage rate paid by
Virginia trainers in 1854 was
$0.57l per hour. Available data
indicate that 1855 labor costs will
average about the same. During
1856. the farm labor situation
will be similar. with perhaps a
Slight rise in the cash wage rate.
Farm laborers will continue to
shift to non-farm employment.
The family labor supply which
reached its peak on Virgi n a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20

farms in l943 when many men
were III the armed services. has
dropped fairly steadily since that
time. The number Of hired work.
ers on farms has decreased sharp
" since 1929. The trend is apt to
continue indefinitely.
The economists say this is not
an unhealthy trend. Many farm
people have been 'u1der-em-
ployed" during the past IS years.
The lack of continuous productive
work on the farm. a result Of
small farm businesses and in
adequate capital supporting farm
workers. is major cause Of much
of Virginia's low-incone farm
problem.
Competition from nom farm en-
ployment in the future Will not be
confined to wage rates, the econo-
mists say. Farmers will also have
to consider the fringe benefits
which laborers often receive from
industry. such as health and ac-
cident insurance plans. vacation
with pay. sick leave. shorter hours
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Second In Series
Protection Under Old Age, Survivors
Insurance Program To Become Reality

of the partnership farm income
on Schedule H for income tax
reporting) and on Schedule C
Cor social security purposes).
Partnership Return of Income.
which was filed by the partner
ship.
Farmers who operate alone and
on a cash basis will enter their
income from farming on Schedule
F.. On Schedule F you will itemize
your farm income and expenses
for income tax purposes. At the
bottom of the last page of this
schedule is a smaller form. Sche-
dule Sc. ~ S. Report of Self
Employment Income" Cor Feder-
al Old-Age and Survivors Insur-
ance). Schedule Sc is the report
of your self -employment net
earnings which will be credited
to your social security account.
On this brief form you will enter.
in addition to your name and So
cial security account number. the
amount of your total net earnings
from Unemployment. wages df
any from which your employer
has deducted your share of the
social security tax. and the
amount of your self employment
income on which you must pay
the social security tax.
There is one important fact to
keep in mind. While the small
form Schedule Sc is a part of
Schedule F. which, in turn, must
be filed with Income Tax Return,
Form 1040. the purpose of this
brief form is wholly independent
of your income tax form and
schedule. The earnings on which
social security tax is due should
be entered on Schedule Sc: For
reasons described above. this
amount may differ from the
amount used to figure income tax
In my next article. I shall ex-
plain how you figure your net
earnings which will be credited to
your social security account.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-20
Second In Series
BIZ James w. DinUiddie.
District Manager

Lynchbnro Social Security Office
In my first article in this series
I told how protection under the
program will become a reality to
50 many self employed farmers
by mid-1956. Today 1 want to
tell about the responsibilities that
go along with this protection and
which must be met by every farm
operator who had net earnings
of at least $500 in the calendar
year 1865.
If you are self-employed in any
kind of agriculture, either alone
Or in a partnership or Joint VEN
+ure, and had not earnings of at
least $4OO in 1855, you are requir-
ed to report your earnings CUP
to $4,000 and pay the 3 per cent
social security tax on those earn
ings for the year. You should ra-
port your earnings and remit the
social security tax along with your
Federal income tax return not
later than April Is. 1856
IT may be that you will not owe
any Federal income tax for 1855,
because of family exemptions. For
example, if your total income for
the year is less than $4,000 you
would not owe income tax if you
have four exemptions $500 each
for yourself. your wife. and two
children However. if your net
earnings were as much as $500
III 1855. you are obliged to fill
out and file a return and pay the
social security tax
A self employed farmer should
file his return on Income Tax Re-
turn Form 1870 In most cases. he
will enter his net earnings from
farming on Schedule F.. "Sche-
dule of Farm Income and EX-
penses. of this form. In cases
where the farm operation is a
partnership OF Joint venture. he
will enter his distributive share