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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
400 Attend Annual
Meeting in Dillwyn

Approximately 400 Dillwyn area
Southern States cooperative mem
bers attended their annual member.
slip meeting recently
Elected to the local advisory
board were Herbert Maxey Of
Route 3 Scottsyille and David
Word III Of Dllwyn Mrs. w V
Waycastef Of Dlllwyn and Mrs
Herbest Maxey Of Route 3 Scots
vile were named To the local farm
home advisory committee.
Richard Ellis Nv Of Alcoma was
elected chairman Of the local board
with Harold Bailey as secretary
Mrs Waycaster and Mrs. Maxey
were elected chairman and seere-
tary respectively Of the FILA com
mittee
Word was chosen to represent the
local board at the annual stock
holders meeting in Richmond No
vember and 8 and Ellis was
named alternate.
Representing the board at a dis
trict election meeting in Lynchburg
October 10 will BE- Bailey Dr. his
alternate Forest Guthrie Of Scots
vile
l. D CoucE presided at the meet.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
Green Bay

Miss Carrie Green visited Mn
and MIS- @ VI Palmer Thursday
Nh and Mrs. 7 V. owen and T.
81 Owen. Jr,. attended the burial
OF Rev Norman E. Allen at Fred
elicksburg Thursday Mr., Allen was
a former pastor OF Liberty church
at Green Bay He has been serving
at the Christian church at Shenan-
doah since he left Green Bay
MI and Mrs. F. y West and Mrs
/. A Love were in Richmond Thurs
day
Mrs. Paul MAINS came Thursday
to bring her boys. Michael and Pat.
and Kim Smith to spend the week
end With relatives. She went home
Friday but viii return Monday to
take the boys back to Bowling
Green
Invitations have been received
hefe to the wedding u Ut John
Frederick Williams and MISS Char
laia Lander Saturday August BIT.
at the Base Chapel Laid Ali Force
Bas Alaska
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27

F'ive iaeal Ground observer Corps
posts at4, szl ng the u IN thls dis-
trict WHEN nave pCen DESIGNATED as
+cutstaAhaie' ln.ts for voluntary
seryicds rendered. ID contribution ID
the nah4sS sir defense.
There AIRY 70 posts in the district.
Ashbyg viti lldiidee sanderson,
supervisor, !curdsville Ernest H
Bowlins Jrsi Dniwyn, Z =. Tai
bott MshelaiF Macon Vaughan
and Rice Robert Bradshaw are the
local ulitS tited,
rte alsls $ach called aircraft
spotting$ n the Richmond plotting
board on every scheduled alert con
Quoted during the past year includ-
Ing the 44~hcsr civil defense test Ill
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
John Busnrod Agee
Leaves 81 Survivors

Funeral s~lvices were held Satur-
daY at Sharon Baptist church ior
Jaha Bashrod Agee ~ who diad
august Y II bis home nsar SCOTS
ville Burial was III the church
cemetery.
Mn. Agee Is survived by six sons,
John ID. Agee. Of Lynchburg. +. II.
Agee, Of sabot. Wellman R. Agee
and Alton r Agee, Of Richmond.
James B. Agee. OF Newfield. N. j..
and Irwin 7 Agee, of Scottsyille .
five daughters Mrs L. L. Baber.
Of Holton, Mrs W E Hege and
Mrs. r Q Bowden. Of Winston
Salem, n G., Mrs G A. Berry. Of
Greensboro n c and Mrs Cosby
Patteson. q scottsville IS grand
children and u areat-grandchildren
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
Methodist Writer
Conducts Revival

Dr.. A. Purnell Bailey Richmond
Methodist minister and author. il
preaching at revival services at
Trinity Methodist church in Amelh
c. H each night this week.
The services began August d anu
continue through August 80. at b
pm. Rev Ray X. Jenkins is pastoR
Of the church.
Bailey writes DAILY Bread ami
Bread OF Lit" newspaper columns
broadcast and heads a counseling
conducts Night Pastor radip
service at Centenary Methodist
church in Richmond Of which he is
now pastor
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
Hospital News
There were = hospital patients
Monday morning

There were = hospital patients
Monday morning
Patients Admitted
Ms, 81 Y Yeats. Jttersyille.
Miss Vanessa Lovern. Victoria .
John Thomas Cumberland Miss
Patricia Thomas, Cumberland. Mrs
W. C. 7. Parker. Chase City. Bruce
! Hogan. Farmville; Harry Arvin.
Meherrin Mrs. r. j Thalnan.
Hampden-Sydney Mrs r. +. Potts.
Fredericksburg, William Ash y.
CreWe, Mrs, X G. Jones. Crewe.
Mrs. Leslie Parrish. Victoria.
Also, Miss Katie Huff, kenbridge.
I'll w. Alley. Crewe. MIS-. Lizzie
Parker, Palmetto, Fla Miss Kath-
airline Hale, Farnvills; Orion r.
Parrot, Farmville. Miss Nancy IN
gram, Kenbridge j. j. wilkins
Victoria, Miss Ann johnson, Farm
vile. c. C. Smith. Chase City
j. r Anderson, Andersonyille S. I
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
3 powhatan Men
Charged With Illegal
Possession Of Alcohol

Three Powhatan men were ar-
rested Friday on chatges Of Illegal
possession Of alcoholic beverages
A PARTY OF five men Including
the sheriff and Alcoholic Beverags
Control officers, obtained search
warrants for Robert n Burton Jl..
49, OF Michaux, Deamos Lipscomb
So OF Tobaccoville, and William
Taylor. 10. Of Fine Greek Mills
Searches Of the Negroes houses
found the illegal wlliskey
All three Of the men are to ap-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27

pear III county court September 4
Sheriff + W. Simpson. Deputy
Sheriff j w Hatcher. ABC myesti-
gator r A Arlington and Federal
Alcohol and Tobacco taXman Ray
naond W Tatnan conducted the IN
designations
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27
Church To Be Sold

Want 10 buy a church,
Old May Memorial Baptist church
auditorium and addition IN Powha
tan G. H. win 90 to the highe4
bidder for cash in an auction sen
TENDER 3 at 800 pm.
The building must be remoVdC
from its present location.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27

Master Sergeant Ernest ) FLEET
cher. stationed in Richmond, is res
ponsible for training the civilian vol
unteers At observation posts in this
nraa
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-08-27

Vaughan Prospect ana M ~
Walker. Farmville
Births
MI, and Mrs. r v. Davis. Farm
vile. bcy Aug ~
Nh ard Mrs. john II Wright.
Buckingham Gill Aug ~
AN. and Mrs y r. Harris Chase
City. boy. Aug 23-
MI and MIS- " B Grain. Pamp-
lin boy Aug %
Mr. and Mrs e 0 Womack
Darlington Heights. girl. Aug %
Colored Patients
Gwendolyn Williams Farmville
Melvin Roberts, ontario, John
Mathews, Philadelphia Pa and
Alexander Patterson. Buckingham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-04
Thoroughbred Parade



ID a
thoroughbred nurseries McIns Belmont Jones Auey willis
congnments the yng
Of
IL
/ n
quality steadily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
New Seminary
Service Friday

Ground will be broken for the
new So million Wesley Theo-
logical Seminary at 3 pm. next
Friday on the American Uni
Verslty campus.
1t will be the first Protestant
seminary in the Nations Capital.
Five Methodist bishops and the
presidents of both schools will
take part in the historic occasion.
The ceremony will mark the
start of construction on the SEM
inary's administration building.
chapel and first dormitory.
The structures are expected
to be ready for the new seminary
to open In the fall of 1858.
Wesley Seminary is being formed
by the move here of Westminster
Theological Seminary. Westmln-
lister, Md. which is serving as the
nucleus of the new institution.
DR.. Norman l.. Trott, seminary
head, recently announced that a
SIS million grant has been given
to the institution by the Kresge
Foundation of Detroit. The gift
is contingent upon the church S
raising a matching fund.
Methodist Bishop G.. Bromley
OMAN Of Washington, DR.. Hurst
r. Anderson. president Of Amer
lean University, and DR.. Trott
will be among those taking part
in the service.
Bishop Oman, president of
the board of governors, Wesley
Seminary, and Robert V. Fetch
er, chairman of the board of
trustees. American University
will represent the two boards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Justice Aides
Get New Code
By The Associated Press

Attorney General Brownell has
made public a new code of
conduct" for Justice Department
employees. spelling out in greater
detail a previous prohibition
against speculative stock trans
actions.
The Justice Department said
main provisions in the new
standards for its employees would
ban.
Speculation in stocks by buy
ing on margin; short selling or
buying or selling within a brief
period OF time; investing in
companies whose affairs the en-
ploye has clear reason to be-
lieve' will come before him in
his official capacity: investing on
the basis of information he OBJ
tains within the department; and
adJudicating over companies M
which he owns stocks.
The Attorney General also
made public a letter to Chair
man Celler Democrat of New
York, of the House judiciary
Committee in which he said.
Il wish to express my appre-
citation to you for your assistance
and that Of your staff in this
matter because, after investiga-
ton by the Antitrust Subcom-
mittee 'also headed by Mr.. Gel
lep. you first recommended our
study Of this matter which has
resulted in today's action"
MIR Celler commended the
Attorney General for promul-
eating the order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30

trials and are primarily intended
to cover adults. :"
No Trial Power
The judge added that CON
sidering the law as a whole,
then. in this particular case it
would appear that there is no
power in this court to try these
children criminally or to certify
them for criminal trial else
where.
1T is equally an unacceptable
conclusion that there is no
power in any other court TO try
them criminally. nor can they
be indicted"
If. Judge Reid wrote. the Dodd
brothers are found to have COM
mitted an act which brings
them within the purview of the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court law" they may be sub
ject to any of the disciplines
commitments or dispositions au-
thorlzed by the law, except
criminal punishment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Board Trial SET
For Policeman

A 9th precinct private must
appear before police trial
board April 10 to answer charges
that he failed in his duty in
connection with a murder case
last year.
Pvt. James c. Childress. 90. Of
1909 Fffty-second avenue, Eagle
Heights, Md, was named on four
charges involving Is specifica-
lions. He was charged with neg
lect of duty. willful failure to
report crime PROMPTLY, MAX
ing untrue statements to SUI
periors and conduct preludicial
to the reputation of the police
force.
Pvt. Childress. then assigned
to the Police Training School
and detailed to the I'd pre-
cinct, was accused of seeing
Mrs. Jamie Duncan holding a
gun in her home at 2 am. March
IL, 1856, without asking her pur-
pose.
Last November, Mrs. Duncan.
SO, was convicted of second-de-
gree murder in the fatal beat
ing on March II of her gambler
husband. Orrell Duncan. SO.
Duncan's body was found in a
grave near Providence Forge. Va.
Two other men were also con-
victed in the case.
Pvt ChildresS also was
charged with falling to make
report the following morning
and willfully withholding infor-
nation with knowledge a crime
had been committed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Tuipei Denies Reds
Shot Down Two Planes

TAIPEI. Mar. 80 (P).-Chinese
Nationalist Air Force headquar-
tiers today denied Chinese Com
mupist claims to have downed
two Nationalist Thunderjets this
week off Southeast China.
The Reds claimed they shot
down one plane Tuesday and
another yesterday, both off the
coast of Kwangtung.
THE Reds" an air force
spokesman said, have developed
the habit of claiming kill every
time their antiaircraft guns open
up. Their latest claims are nom
sense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Reds Plead for Tunes

LONDON, Mar. 80 (P).-Dmitri
Shepllov has urged Soviet COM
poSers TO turn out tuneful. lyrical
music that will inspire labor for
the victory of communism. Mos
COW radio said the ex-Foreign
Minister and editor told a COM
poSers' conference they should
write operas and symphonies
about the grandeur of Soviet
man. and avoid "lifeless indi-
vidualism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30

the power of the State as a CEN
tralized Federal Government, .
he said, and advised:
Let's keep the Government in
the hands of local people"
I'VE are telling the world the
wrong story" he said. "Ameri-
can dollars are not all the an
swer to world peace"
Others from Congress
Mr.. Dorm was introduced by a
Bible class member, Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat Of Arkan-
sas.
Others attending from Con-
gress were Representative Long,
Democrat of Louisiana; Repre-
sentative Mason. Republican OF
Illinois. and Representative Ash
more, Democrat of South Caro-
lima.
Officers of the Bible class are
ANGEL (. Cook. president; Dean
Mathis. Thomas o. Jones, Will
liam G. Bailey and Asher Seal,
vice presidents; Warner F.. Ham
ct. and P. Owen Walkinshaw.
Teachers are John Gordon Mein.
Dr.. Everett E. Lund and Dr..
Franklin l.. Burdette.
Past presidents Of the class
present last night were Dr.. Rice.
Edward l.. Tolson. DR.. A. Owen
Penney. William L. Ford, Hugh
w. Smith. William Z. Harvard.
Jesse L. Ward and Claude H.
Richardson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
'b-52J JET Bomber
.Exp|odes in Air.;
z Civilians Die

TULSA, Okla. Mar. 80 (P.-A
giant B-52 jet bomber, costing SO
exploded in a bright ball
of flame" yesterday, then crashed
into a farm pasture about IS
miles north of here killing two
crew members.
Two other crewmen para
chuted to safety. Both were hos
pitalized, one in critical condi-
ton.
All were Boeing civilian en-
ployes on an experimental flight
from Wichita. Kans. The dead
were identified as: Ross B. Pat
rick, 81. pilot. Wichita, and John
w. McCort. 80, navigator, Null
vane, KanS.
Charles P. Craven, "a, Wichita,
copilot, suffered critical injury
to the brain. Earl c. Reed, 80,
Wichita, technical observer on
the flight, had minor decorations.
Explosion Breaks Windows
Debris rained over a 2-Square-
mile area. The plane exploded
only half mile from Skiatook.
a small Northeastern Oklahoma
community. The shock from the
explosion blasted out half the
store windows in downtown Ska
took and broke dishes in homes.
The craft is the Air Forces
largest jet bomber and is pow
cred by eight engines. It's i'm
mense size caused many to be-
lieve originally that two planes
had collided.
The two bodies were trapped
in the fuselage and rescuers had
to hack through torn steel and
wires TO free them. Fortunately,
no one on the ground was in
iured by the flying chunks of
metal.
The parachute of one crew.
man was snagged in a tree about
three-quarters of a mile outside
Skiatook. The other crewman
landed in a pasture miles north
OF the town, and was unconscious
when rescuers found him.
Within few hours, Air Force
officials from Boeing in Wichita
and from Tinker Air Force Base
in Oklahoma City joined with
Civil Aeronautics AdminiStra-
ton personnel in investigating
cause of the crash.
Hundreds of persons in an
area reported seeing the plane
explode. Those in Skiatook
could clearly describe the mid
air blowup as a bright ball of
flame"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Senate Amends
Auditorium Bill

The Senate yesterday passed
and sent back to the House for
approval its amendments to a
bill to extend the life and change
the name of the District of CO.
lumbia Auditorium Commission
Up for final action was the
House approved bill Of Repre-
sentative Morrison. Democrat of
Louisiana. Also before the
Senate was an identical measure
by Senator Beall, Republican Of
Maryland. containing several
amendments, including ono to
change the name to the Com
mission for a National Cultural
Center.
The original bill directed the
commission to consider" pro-
posed sites. whereas the amend
ments direct it to select and
recommend" a site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Age Bars Trial Of 2 Boys
Held in SIoying Of F other

Frank and James Dodd, the
young Arlington brothers who
have admitted Staying their IA
Their. cannot be "criminally"
tried for the crime because Of
their ages. judge ruled yester-
day. Both boys are under IA.
The ruling by Juvenile Court
Judge Hugh Reid was released
in a four-page written memo
randum which cited conflicting
laws governing the case.
The two boys, Frank, Is. and
James. II. have confessed killing
their father, Frank j. E. Dodd,
a 52-year-old construction work.
er. on January %. Mr.. Dodd's
bGllet-ridden body was found
March 2 in a shed behind the
nome at l405 North Sycamore
street.
Statutes Cited
The boys said they shot him
with a .22-caliber rife as he
dozed in a living room char.
They said he had beaten them.
The nature OF the crime,
coupled with the ages of the
brothers. led to speculation over
whether the boys should appear
in Juvenile Court or in an adult
court.
Judge Reid said one section
OF the criminal code states that
no child under IA can be certi-
fled as an adult for trial. An
other section gives Juvenile
Court jurisdiction of all ofenses
except murder and manslaughter
committed within a family.
II this is taken literally, Judge
Reid ruled, and as applicable to
juveniles then no court could
deal with a murder or man.
slaughter case against a child
under IA. 1T is inconceivable
that the General Assembly
should have intended any such
illogical situation" he added.
Judge Reid said the use OF
such words in the statutes as
prosecution. criminal warrants
and indictment indicate that
these sections refer to criminal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30

he got total of 81 900 from Mr..
Braggins last September 4. ac-
cording to evidence.
Mr.. Braggins had drawn $500
from one bank and a similar
amount from another to turn
over to Newman so the latter
would leave him alone, it was
stated by Assistant United States
Attorney Victor w. Caputy, who
prosecuted Newman.
Finally Trapped
Mr.. Braggins made several re-
ports Of the robbery to the police.
When officers were about to close
in, Newman had disappeared, Mr.,
Caputy said.
Newman finally was arrested
when the victim turned over a
dummy envelope to him in a bank
last September Is, Mr.. Caputy
said.
Judge Laws referred Newman
to the probation officer for inves-
tigation pending sentence. for
which no date was set. Maximum
penalties for housebreaking and
robbery run up to Is years.
The trial was Newman's second.
A jury before whom Newman
was tried Fast month was UNI
able to reach a verdict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
ProbeSet
On TruveI Bon
BY the Associated Press

A second congressional group
next week will begin an exami-
nation of the State Department
ban OH travel to Communist
China.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has asked Secretary
OF State Dulles to appear at an
inquiry starting Tuesday. Mr..
Dulles has been widely criticized
for his departments refusal to
permit United States newSmen to
go to Red China.
Several groups protested this
ban yesterday at a Senate Con-
Stitutional Rights subcommittee
hearing on State Department
passport policies. Protests came
from the American Society of
Newspaper Editors and the
American Newspaper Guild,
among others.
Executive editor ]. Russell
Virgins of the Washington Post
and Times Herald, speaking for
ASNE. said the ban infringes on
the right of Americans to know.
through their own reporters.
about conditions in China.
President Joseph F. Coils of
the American Newspaper Guild
said the restriction clearly vio-
lateS the spirit, if not the let
ter, of the First Amendment"
which guarantees freedom of
the press.
The United States does not
recognize the Communist re-
CINE as the legal Chinese gov
eminent. and has forbidden
United States citizens to enter
China on grounds that Ameri-
cans are still held prisoner
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30
Douglas Gives
ADA Keynote

Totalitarianism and man-made
barriers of faint heartedness
fear and complacency stand in
the way of future progress, SEN
ator Douglas. Democrat OF I'LL
nois, today told the Americans
for Democratic Action in a key
note address prepared for de-
livery at its 10th annual con-
vention at the Willard Hotel.
What is required to realize
the greatness of this great
country is the will and the
leadership to give form and
effect to the will," Senator
Douglas declared.
He praised the organization
for its work in the past 10 years
in behalf of social measures and
civil rights. but urged liberals
to endeavor to improve social
gains.
The Senator warned the or
ganization to throw out any
Communists who might slip into
the ranks under the guiSe of
being liberals" He expressed
confidence I'VE will not relax
our vigilance against any Red
interlopers.
An ADA member himself, Sem
ator Douglas told the convention
that despite their internal diff
ficulties. American Communists
are still under the control of
Moscow"
AT tonieht's banquet, Gov.
Theodore r. McKeldin OF Mary
land will be the featured speaker
Today was the second day of
the three-day gathering. The
program includes speech-mak-
ing. adoption of a restatement
of ADA principles and reports
from political and foreign policy
commissions it set up.
In his annual report, Joseph
L. Rauh, lr.. national chairman,
said in the 1856 party platforms
neither Democrats nor Republic
cans went as far as they should
on civil rights.
He told the convention he be-
lieved failure of the Democratic
Party Enthusiastically to indorse
the Supreme Courts decisions on
civil rights weakened the moral
standing Of the party with white
and Negro citizens alike and lost
it many millions of votes in
the election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30

class for DR.. Eugene C. Rice,
only surviving charter member
DR.. Rice, SO. is one of a group
of five men who attended the
first session of the class under
the direction of Francis William
Vaughn.
The idea of fully organized
and stated class was new then.
class records show, and it
quickly spread.
Dorm Speaks
The main speaker last night
Representative Dorm. Democrat
of South Carolina, called on the
Baptist Church to guard against
three major problems facing
us "-tendency to worship the
material, worship the power of
the State and the challenge of
securing world peace.
Mr.. Dorm said I'VE are worship
ing things OF the material world.
These instruments CIV. radio.
cars. etc. should be controlled
by US. We should not let them
control our lives"
I'VE are beginning to worship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-30

pSychiatry. Department of Men,
tai Health.
Both testified Fischer was sane
when he killed Mr.. Grove.
However. they qualified their
opinion stating il was not as
firm as they would like it to be
They explained they were UNI
able to get Fischer to answer
any of their questions.
Ruling Sets Precedent
The novel situation developed
through precedent-setting rul-
ing by the Circuit Court. At
torneys for Fischer won the right
to be present during the mental
examination.
Fischer refused to answer
questions asked on advice OF
counsel based on grounds of sell
determination.
Principal defense witnesses
included Leonard H. Ainsworth,
a psychologist attached TO the
supreme bench of Baltimore; DR.
Winfred Overholser. superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital; DR.. Manfred Guttmacher
of Baltimore. and DIR. Leon j.
Epstein. Sacramento, Calf, for
merly with st. Elizabeths.
During the trial Fischer was
pictured as two men. Prosecu-
ton witnesses described a heavy
drinking, free-wheeling spender
and cold-blooded killer. Those
for the defense had him a kindly
man who drove himself to near
destruction by overwork. Most
said he seldom, if ever, took a
drink.
DR.. Guttmacher said Fischer
told him he had not had a drink
IN l8 months until the night he
fired the shots that killed his
business partner.