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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20

The University of Texas, with
l9.467 students and 1892 faculty
members during regular sessions,
has been the summer wandering
grounds of Dr. Francis B Simkins,
professor OF history and social
sciences at Longwood College
Dr. Simkins has been teaching
two history classes at the Austin,
Tex school where he writes DIR.
william c. Finch Is beating
both DR.. Joseph Robert and
'Dr Francis q Landlord III the
building game
He says. Il am a bit bewildered
by this big and luxurious Univer-
sity of Texas in which l am now
teaching. Its buildings are thrice
as large as those Of the univer.
sitv Of Virginia and more expen-
size than those Of Harvard The
classrooms are half-a mile apart.
I have no hitchhiking facilities
One seldom meets on campus
anyone to whom he feels oblieat-
ed to speak and the University
Commons is 50 biz that a person
Is lucky to spy d friend with
whom to eat
Temperature 95 Simkins Cold
1t is true. as the weather re-
ports say that the temporal ure
here every day tops 95. But
crazy ais Il sounds. suffer from
the cold All the university's lux
uriously appointed buildings arc
r-conditioned, and the primitive
Southerners who run these Yank
&c concoctiones do not know how
10 regulate them
The not air outside is relieved
by certain lightness. and on the
hottest days there is always a
breeze. There are no trees worthy
Of being called such by a Virgin
ian, but last night. after the eve
ning shadows had fallen. l had
-NltP'i III q tii 1t'ilt ilt IA Y dsA
dry breezy and cool, and there
was not as III Virginia a threat
81 mosquitoes.
The Texans arc proud Of their
state and its landscape. They are
Western minded. MANY Of them
no more conscious Of the fact that
their ancestors came from Yin
GINA than certain Virginians are
\ conscious Of their Pennsylvania
ancestors
Cove Cacti Adorn Buildings
The Taxans adorn their build
ings with representations of COWS
lizards. cac.i. and other features
Of the local landscape, But ! agree
WITH Buddy Hubbard and his wife
Carcline two Farmvillians WHO
are here in aviation service. that
The landscape is desolate II is
Noodless and covered with scrub
and castus, Il takes an energetic
millionaire ID have 4 pretty lawn
tn rivers lock Ike trickles from
slop Jars
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20

A fire Of undetermined oreIn
caused extensive damage to Seay
Milling Company building located
in Dillwyn. The fire was discov-
cred about a. m. Sunday and
was brought under control after
about an hour by The efforts Of
the Buckingham County Volun-
teer Fire department.
The Buckingham unit called On
the Farmville department for as
sistance but the fire was under
control by the time The Farmyille
unit arrived.
The fire was hard To fight. since
it was firmly entrenced between
the ceiling and The roof i was in
the main section Of the store and
the merchandise as well as the
building was damaged consider
ably.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
Farmers Mon Told
TO Expect Increase
In Tobacco Acreage

Watkins NJ Abbtt representative
II the Fourth Congressional Dis
t,ct told a large gathering Of
la ners Union members and guests
that he fofesaW increases in the To-
hacco ailotments Of farmers raising
Tvpe d dafk-fi ed tobacco
Speakine At the Farmers Union
fish fry Saturday at Darlington
Heights school Abbitt said short
on IN 1856 plus a 10 per cent!
acreage cut this year and Is per
cent III the soil bank could only
mean An increase III allotment NEXT
Year On TOP Of All that axpecta-
tlcns are that the drought viii re-
dace The tobacco crop by another
p per cent this wear
Abbitt said that ibis bill H r.
T25q. which he introduced could
newer have passed except With the
cooperation Of farm organizations
such as The Farmers Union He
vas high ii his praise for the sup
r0ft gwen nm pN the faliiltf
lnon
4. W Lewis. Of Prospect. presi-
dent 81 the Prince Edward County
CHATTER of the Farmers Union pre-
sided over the meeting and fish fry
J r Vance. state president, I'LL
t~oduced Congressman Abhitt
J y Daniel, state delegate from
rf.ncr Edward and Charlotte coun-
ties spoke bfie5ly al the meeting
He camplimented the local chapter
on their membership growth and
active interest in al affairs that
could affect the farmer He *
pressed appreciation for the cooper
anon of the organization in his
work IN the State Legislature
an estimated 10 members and
s-e4ts Jere present.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
2 Co!ored Schools
To Be Closed This
Year, PIE. County
Green Bay Teacher
Appointed Principal;
Faculty Changes

New principals. new teachers and
in two cases. different schools, will
GREET Prince Edwards Younger sei
next month when the county schools
0per September g.
Ms. Mande q. Wilson. a Green
Bay school teacher. has been ap-
pointed principal Of Green Bay Ele.
mehfa'y School. succeeding J Me
bane Ward Principalships If Prs
rect and Da liiptnn Heights Gle
mehtary schools have not yet been
fllqd
1.-Two colored schools Epps and
Mission will be closed Most Of the
EnpS students Will attend High
Rock. while most Of the Mission stu
dents will 60 I'd Mt. Leigh Actual
assignment Of the pupils has not
been completed
Marriages Provide Teachers
Marriage has provided an answer
TO fhe teaching shortage in Farm
vile schools At the elementary
school three Of the five new
teachers are the brides Of local
men MIS-, Nancy Hughes Good
man. Mrs. Erma 10 Lane and Mrs.
Shirley Funk Waddiil
Mrs Goodman. June graduate
Of I.onewood College, is the wife of
Herbert H Goodman. Farmville
High School science teacher. Mrs.
Lane. from Tampa Fla. is the wife
Of Kenneth Lane, Vepco employee.
Mrs Waddlll Of New Kcnsington.
Pa. is the wife Of Marcellus E.
Waddill, Hampden-sydney College
mathematics instructor.
Other additions to the Farmville
Elementary School faculty are Mrs.
Frances Brooks, who has been
teaching in Amelia and Harold K
Magnasson, Of Green Bay who at.
tended Longwood College.
; New al High School
New at Farmyille High Schoo
will be Mrs. Nancye B Noel, assis.
talt home economics instructor
who has operated kindergarten
John N Austin. June Longwood
graduate III his first year Of teach
ingt and Mrs Ann Robinson. Of
Fah-mville
Mrs Ida r Kennedy who taught
at Blackstone last year. has been
added u thu staff AT Worsham High
School along with r T Redd vo-
cal;ional agriculture instructor VINO
has returned from the service.
At Rice Elementary School Ms.
Cliaddock H Boswell, a housewife,
wiil teach
In the Cumberland schools two
former buckingham Central High
School teachers. MISS Evelyn Har.
RS and Mrs Mary H Driscon. VII
teach at Cumberland High School
Also nov at CHS viii be Bobby r.
Bennett assistant vocational agri-
culture Instructor a graduate Of
Nire MIA Polytechnic Institute.
1oIered Schools Make Changes
II the colored schools, MS. Mary
" Madison Miss Mildred Walden
and Charles Walker. Jr.. have been
added to the r. r, Notion High
School staff, and Mrs. Ernestine
He ndon, Mrs Arneatha T Miller.
Continued On page III
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
n Io.: Of y ss"'''i !"
Reduced Acreage
Allotment Cuts
And Soil Bank
Mean 25ec Less

Reduced allotlnentS and use Of
the TOil bank ware cijod Satu4aay
hy Charles T Moses pFesden. Of
WAN Er4 nia DARK FiraH Taba RID
GROWERS Marx Tine Association
INC as two reasons for 4 loN In
export TOBACCO markets.
In a report at the annual meot-
ina Of thc membership Of tho As
ISOLATION Moses paiHtad a Int
from enSourag!ne picture on the
tobacco scene.
"Dming the pas. war several
things nave happened which d.
not tend to briehten th4 future Of
dark tobacco Moses reported
FIRST Of All. the government an
nounced a no per cent cut in an
lo-ment FIJI 1857 On the heels
" this CAM The soil bank which
WAS attractive enough That some
IS pei cent Of the allottment was
retired This makes for a decrease
Of some % per cent mi total fire
cured tobacco grown during 1851
Moses stated with some e%-
port markets being lost because Of
lack N sufficient grades. this viii
tend to make our export markets
harder to hold.
Separation of Types
An encouraging note was in
iected III The annual report IN
mentioning the congressional Bill
enacted that separated tvpe II
tobacco from other tobaccos for
the purpose\of allotments. Moses
predicted that the bill will m an
4 great dea. to Virginia growers
III The years I'd come
MOSES said that III tile last
marketing season. the Association
Warehouses sold more than 50 per
cent according to the figures
He also observed thai despite
the acreage cuts the prices are
strong and farmers have been re-
caivina worthwhile return nom
the acreage grown
With an outlook for Short
crop this Year, the Dark Tobacco
Sale Cooperative has been moving
quite an amount of pool stocks
into the trade Moses said this
should help the supply picture
vhen allotments are figured fol
1858.
IN asking the members 10 SUP
port the Association. Moses said.
With farm income low and for
eien marketing becomsne more
competitive. ! see no alternative
Pvt for the farmers tn work to-
Hcther through their farm organ
izatinn All other segments OF dir
economy ate oreanized and have
IN the past bettered their POSI-
lions by working together
Officers of the Association vino
7erve vith Moses dire p. 6. Nor
HlSt Fi -presit nt. ri b Hal.
general manager N II Garnet
secretary treasurer; and T 3
Hall Jr assistant manaacr.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
Pisguh Centennial Celebration Sunday

Tho Centennial celebration IT IT'S
cah Baptist Church Rice vas held
Sunday August Ia About $50 mem
helis nd friends attended the lootn
anflive sary Of The church, in spite
Of the rainy Indictment weather
The former ministers we're among
those issued special invitations To
attend tho service The former pas
tors 81 the church were given an
opportunity TO reminisce at the
AFTERNOON service Those attending
included Rev H. ] Parker. Rev.
H. IN. Soyars and Rev. w. r. Hall.
III L=sn liz-2la pa4tor Es~ = y,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
Federal Spending
a.
Attacked By Farm
Bureau Lca.''er
American Way Is
For Government
BY The People

The taxing and spending policy
Of the federal government IS the
root of the evil In our loss Of
saaseS rights. M A. Hubbard.
executive secretary Of the Virginia
Farm Bureau Federation told tile
Cumberland Farm Bureau re-
Gently
Speaking on the topic Of Was
Khiushchev Right?n when he pre-
dlcted our grandchildren will live
under Communism, Hubbard out
lined three major problems con-
fronting the country today ~
avoiding World War III, which if
We are unable to solve will solve
all the other problems, g con-
tinulng Initiation, which viii do
ia our economic system what the
ABomb will do IN physical sense
and (3) big government
Hubbard said we must under
stand the bitter lesson that the
first settlers learned when they
almost starved after establishing
the common storehouse at James
town If we carry our policy Of
making the u S Treasury tie
common storehouse too far. the
results in the end VIII be the
same
We have always thought Of gov
eminent as kindly and benevolent,
doing nice things for people. This
has been true for one reason only
until now, or about now. we have
been tide to keep government un-
der the control of the people being
governed he went on
Hubbard quoted the saying that
government is dangerous servant
and a fearful master TO substin-
tate that wisdom he cited the
plight OF the Germans, Italians
and japanese at the hands of a
ruthless government, He pointed
10 the bloody massacre in Hun
gary, in which boys and girls Of
high school and college age with
their parents. were 50 desperate
they fought guns, tanks and
planes with their bare hands and
bottles OF gasoline. Or. here in our
own country. he continued, what
agency besides the agency of gov
eminent slowly but surely get
ting beyond the control Of it's
citizens. could possibly be respon-
sible for doing to the public school
system OF the Southern States
what is likely TO be done as a
result Of the 1854 Supreme Court
deciSion2N
m every instance Of history
centralized control and direction
Of the activities Of the people has
led only to poverty oppression and
misery. he charged To this, he
SAID there are no exceptions
Tax Bill S1l0 Billion
The total tax bill this year Will
amount 70 S1l0 billion which wll
absorb one-third Of the nations
income according TO Senator
Harry F. Byrd. Hubbard quoted
This means that each of as On
an average must spend four
months working Just to pay olr
tax bill This IS our part in the
common storehouse. he said
Three out OF every four dollars
Of this fantastic bill viii be col
lected and spent by the federal
government
VIC can shout about states
rights nntil on lungs burst but
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
Short Curcuit Fire
At Hospital Sunday

A bad connection il \ fonres.
cent light ii the information Of
flee at the Southside Community
Hospital Sunday caused alarm
J H. James. hospital admins
TRAITOR, said apparently a short
circuit caused q flame in the fix
ture. but the fire disappeared h
SON as the light was cut off.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20

flower committee was composed II
NJ S. Kermit Cock and Mr. n. r.
Bradshaw
THO afternoon serv'ce began at :
pm with Rev Herndon leading the
service
II Clarence Bradshaw. = native
son " Rice. who Is now associate
editor " the Durham Morning Her
aid presented a scholarly talk oil
The Founding and the Founders of
the T'isgah Church. -"
The service and celebration con-
cluded shorty after the reninis-
1saoa AZ 'Ae forna4r 9aators
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20

Larscn ard Rr4 II. H, Bryant WIRE
unable 70 attend Both of these
+olmer ministers now reside i'll
South Caroii4a .
Tie nlosnne pleoatam included
Sunday School AZ n; NJ. and morn
HIM vcrship a@ a.n- Welcome 10
the service wa+ cfeared b. Rev II.
M s3yals ara tlee response BY
Rev H. J .Parker ,Rev Thomas O
Herndon. prescott pastor of Pisgah,
delivered the ssrm3n.
Lunch was served 1by the ladies
Of the church Aifth mrs. WI s.
We sat!A. NJ. !fha.r!nan rhe
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
j. Pluuius Dumps
Wares On State:
Farmers Thankful

ana me rains came
Unforeseen and greatly needed
the siit Of Jupiter Pluyius was
fent to some Of the most parched
hreas Of the state Sunday and
Monday III Farmville. SIN inches
ten between Sunday and Monday
MORNINGS.
Tobacco growers cast thankful
looks up above. as they noted that
the heavy rain helped the late tor
bacco crop a great deal Whether
!, helped THE early crop depended
upon MA condition Of the stalk
n the stalk was hard t1cn tlie
leaves were already dead and the
rain was Of no benefit
Pastures, too. benefited from
the steady rains Should they con
tInus they should greatly eaSe
lhe drought that has Scared east
Pm Virginia tar tWo months
Rains Follow Drought Petition
The rains came day after
Governor Thomas b Stanley
asked President Eisenhower to
designate az Virginia counties III
brought disaster areas. SIX other
Eastern states nave already had
Himilar petitions turned down b.
the president
Should he approve The request,
The counties, including Amelia,
Cumberland haitian and
Prince Edward would Be eligible
lor federal leans. reduced costs
tor shipment u HAY and other M
lief
IN his N essaec to the president.
Stanley said PROLONGED dry
weather n Virginia has created
fI-itica drought conditions III i
large area III the state III X ap-
parent that the drought HIS
feacned disaster proportions.
TIE fiNe-man Virginia disaster
committee Of The United States
pepartm nj 81 Agriculture vas
rot optimistic about the reception
IF tlle Virginia request. States re-
Hussling federal help AID b5in8
ask what they are. doing III
Their states to help tie farmers
hnd how GOOD crops were last
h at. with tho idea that the
Atates should help their own
farmers. and that If the farmers
had A 5000 Year III 1856. tnay
Should be able To weather a bid
pne til 1857
No Funds Available
PARK Brink II. state commits
kicner III agriculture, noted that
Nirginia mas M funds available to
Hid the farmers and that II would
take a special session Of the Gen.
eral Assembly to provide any
money this year.
Some AID may he forthcoming
for Virginia dairy farmers.
Straight from the housewives
purse The state mix commission
was to meet Monday TO consider
increasing the price Of milk from
ia 70 cent 4 quart 10 help
dronght-stricF0n farmers.
Such \ step would be a temper
larry measure. possibly from Octo-
Der to March 81. with consum-
ers paying for all of the price
hike ana the dairy producers r.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-20
Charlotte Schools
Open September .

Public schools III Charlotte
county Will open September 2 fol-
low lnp pre-school conferences of
teachers on September 4. 5 and
&
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-01
weiqhf- Distance Passes House,
Now Under Senate Consideration

More equitable highway financing
came step nearer last Friday when
HB 326-the weight-distance truck
taxing bill-was passed 47-44 by the
House and sent on to the Senate for
consideration.
Before passage, two hours of de-
bate were consumed with opponents
attempting various parliamentary
tricks to kill the measure drafted by
the Highway Fact Finding Committee
after IS months of research and study.
Once in the confusion, and to the mo-
mentary relief of the huge throng of
trucking representatives in the gal
leries. HB 326 was killed. Proponents
Immediately realized what had hap
pened-that some of the bills sup
porters had become cOnfused-and the
measure was quickly revived. 1t wasn't
until the House had recessed Friday
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-01
Montana Produced $20I.9
Million In Minerals In 1855

of 1872 per cent over 1947 and go pei
cent over 1851. Such rates of increase
far exceed rises in the price level over
the same periods.
Between 1947 and 1851, increases in
zinc, lead, and sand and gravel output
were largely responsible for the indus
try's growth in total value of produc.
ton. Copper and crude oil production
remained relatively stable. With the
! discovery of oil in the Williston Basin
in 1851 and production from the Great
er Butte Project in 1852, the first of
several major new development at the
Butte Hill, copper and petroleum as
sumed leading roles in the expansion
OF MOntanas mining industries. By
1856, crude oil production in the state
exceeded the 1851 output by 142 per
cent to set an all-time record. Copper
production was up 60 per cent, al
though it remained well below World
War II levels. Together, copper and
petroleum accounted for two-thirds of
the total value of 1856 mineral produc-
ton
Several new products have added
diversity to Montana's mineral output.
Small amounts of iron ore were pro-
duced in 1855 and 1856. Mining of sig
nificant quantities Of flourspar began
in 1852. Tungsten 1854 and Chro-
MUM ore 1859 are being produced
for the government stockpile program
More processing of minerals is TAX
ing place in the state. Among plants
recently built or under construction
are talc-grinding mill at Barratts in
Beaverhead county; sulphur-recovery
plant near Billings; a char plant at
Red Lodge for processing local coal;
and natural gas processing plant
near Glendive. Developments such as
these utilize material resources which
may have previously been unused,
or sent out of the state for |
and they provide additional |
and income for Montana. |
Mining, metal processing, and petro-
leum refinings in 1856 employed II per
cent Of total nonagricultural workers
in the state, compared to 10 per cent
IN 1851.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-01
Over 5000
Expected AT
NRECA Meetinq

CHICAGO - (NRECA) = More than
5000 people are expected here for the
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Associations 18th annual meeting
March At.
Expanding the meeting, Broadening
the Base of Cooperation" this years
nationally known speakers include
Sen Lyndon Johnson (Texas); Sen.
Edward j. Thye (Minn.); Sen. Paul
H. Douglas 0ll); Leland Odds, execu-
tive director of Energy Research AS
sociates, and former chairman of the
Federal Power Commission; REA Adj
ministrator David Hamil; Jerry Voor-
his, executive director, the Co-opera-
tive League of the U. S. A; NRECA
President J. E. Smith; General Man
ager Clyde T. Ellis, and Riggs Shep-
perd, president of the National Tele-
phone Cooperative Association.
There are five general sessions
scheduled for the Chicago Coliseum
during the three-and-a-half day meet
ing, with eight sectional panel forums
discussing broad variety of manage
ment solutions to take place in the
Conrad Hilton, the headquarters hotel.
Delegates attending the general SEES
lions will also have an opportunity to
'irst hand reports and discussions on
territorial invasions, member partIci-
patton within the rural electrification
program, and inter-organization sup
,ort in three panel forums.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-01

Montana produced S2O19 million
worth of minerals in 1856, according
to an article in the January issue of
MONTANA BUSINESS, monthly pub
LEGATION of the Bureau of Business and
Economic Research, Montana State
University, Missoula. The minerals
article is based on a U. S. Bureau OF
Mines report.
The University publication notes
that among Montana's basic industries
the mineral segment ranks second only
to agriculture in value of production.
It's growth during the postwar period
has been rapid. The estimated $201.9
million value in 1856 represents a gain
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-01
MPCo. Mvsters Enough
Votes To Kill Gas Bill

Although lib 223 by Barnard Cd
Valley survived a move to kill OF
general orders last Thursday by Rep
Regain (D-Cascade) of Montana Power
the forces oposing the bill managed tc
muster enough votes Friday to beat
the proposal 36-43.
HB 223, as noted last week, would
have made it mandatory on gas utili
ties to provide service to potential Gus
toners providing such service would
pay for cost of installation within five
years. Under present Public Service
Commission regulations such service
must pay for installation within one
years time.
In opposing the measure Regain con-
tended there were very few places
in Montana within reasonable distance
of natural gas lines which were with
out gas. Barnard and several others
pointed out there were many such
communities, including some of five
hundred or more population.
Proponents also argued that utili-
ties, in, exchange for being given d
preferential status via franchises and
monopoly operation owe a RESPONSE
bility to provide such service to all
potential customers providing such
service would pay out to the utility
over a reasonable period of time
Killing of HB 223 means that small
communities desiring gas service con-
tinue to be left with no alternative ex-
cept to pay the utility for the cost of
installation and then turn over title of |
such installations to the gas supplier
without reimbursement.
The roll call on HB 223 was on a
motion to reconsider the previous
House action killing the bill, motion