davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Mrs Lost Roert 81.
: eoves 27 Survivors

Ms. Anna B0elt. 81, wife of Iairis
Hlt { Cumberland. died Novena-
ner A a ben home III Cumberland
M'peTal services were held Satur-
Gay At Garrett funeral home. with
N'Nal In Powhafan cemetery.
q native of Wisconsin. Mrs. Boe,t
~sa lived IN Cumberland for many
vears She is survived BY two
7aNgh'ers MIS- Viola Geda, Of
Detroit. Mich. and Mrs. Leona
N nlsaft of Roanoke four sons.
a A Boeit and q. p Boelt. both
\ Richmond f F Baelt Of vii
snlsbnra IBID r. Fl. Boelt. Of
7owhataa p grandchildren, three
1's'ars- Ms Louise Scralow. Of
Cumberland. Mrs Josephine Morley,
Utica N Y, and Mrs. Ella Clutter
Of Pittsburgh Pa, and foul
BROTHERS. Herman H. Ehrlich, Of
Cumberland, William A. Enrich
s~A r Cha~lie Enrich. both 81
Richmond. and Alfred 4. Enrich
of Powhatan
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Personal Ne ntion

Mr. and Mrs. B Blanton Hanbugy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Quisen.
berry were among those III Lynch
burg Saturday evening fog the vM1-
Citadel game
MI. and Mrs. X. &. schuler and
Miss Jean Morris viii return Tues
day from a weeks stay ia Dallas
Tex.
Mrs. Margaret D Bruce visited
her sen. Bill Bruce at Fork Union
during the week end and attended
the Fork Union Military Academy
VMI freshman game
MS Laura Elizabeth price spent
the week end NJ Front Royal WITH
her family
Mss Hazel Joans8n. of South
Hill, and Mrs J. W Johnson. o.
Union Level, were guests 81 Mrs.
Frank Beer and Miss Frances Bee
for the week end
II. NJ. Thompson. af palias mex
visited His sister ana family Mr
and mrs Richard Nslsaa. during
the week Ell route home from Wash
ingtan, D C.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Mrs. Ella McElroy
Dies At Age Of 81

Mrs. Ella Cowterd McElroy. 81
the widow Of George 8. McElroy
5iad November II at a Charlottes-
vile hospital
The daughter Of the late DR.
Colby cowllerd and Mrs. Mary
Jane Cowherd, she was naUve
Of Clifton, Orange county.
Surviving are three daughters
Mrs. Ralph s. Rairey. Of Dllwyn
Mrs Roy S Helms. Of Manassas.
and Miss Mavgarat MeFlwo~ Il
colonial Heights; three grandchil-
aren. and four great-grandcail-
dren.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at II a. m at Dunkum
Funeral Home in Dillwyn. with
burial If Mani who'd Cemetery at
Gordonsyille at 2 p. m.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Mrs. w. II. Booth, AZ,
Dies In Hospital

Funeral services were held at
1880 p m Monday at Doyne-
Burger funeral home, with inter-
nent IN the Vaughan family Gem
etery near Rice, for Mrs. Claudia
Manning Booth. At The Rev. H.
~ Soyars officiated.
The wife Of William Merlin
gooth, Of Burkeville. She died NO
y5mber ~ Al Southside Commu-
aity Hospital
Other survivors include two
daughters. Mrs. Viola q. Grind
staff Of Cartersville, and Miss
Melin Rose Booth, Of Bukeville
our sons, Lewis u. and Raymond
q. Giles. Of Winston-Salem N. C..
end william M aid Alvin c.
2oath, both of Bnkeville 4 foster
MIA. Hubert Manning, Of Burke
llle seven grandchildren, her
parents. Walter ice Manning, Of
Rice. and MIS-. Rosa shelton Man
7ine Of Rural Hall, N. O., three
sisters Mrs Rosa M. Pierce and
MS Cora L MCGEE, of Rural
8all N ri and Mrs. Mary L. Da-
Fls of Rica and three brothers.
@altaf Manning III Rocky Mount.
M C Carl Mamma III winston
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

given statements 10 investigators
fer the committee and these state
s'lents We're tape-recorded By the
investigators without the knowledge
+ the witnesses.
ION one occasion. when one Of
-he essas represented hv
N1ACP counsel had coITDlate'r
altered hen testimony as To the
origin If the Prince Edward county
sun and as 70 her participation in
i, the tape recording vas PLAYED
heck to her
.oa smother re sion ona Il tn
Aresses ape sarted bv NAaC7
s,e~l Ia 4 tf-+- -~se
stating he had lied to the investi-
H8 ~ An mas tas sdAosiy s+a N M
7litfee No stated he knew the re-
N#pcse "a the SHIT and was III ac-
IT'D With 1t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

Continued from page ID
'ane recordings 70 trap IT'S Wit
nesses.
FarInville Testimony
AT a hearing in Farmville in mid
May. the report said, the committee
called as witnesses several plain
tlffs in the Indignation suit against
Prince Edward county. Most Of
these plaintiffs, the report said
testified to three main points:
n That they had been told q suit
would be filed to get better schools,
that they had gotten new school
and that consequently they felt all
legal action was over.
q That many of the witnesses
did not know their names were
used as plaintiffs In the suit until
they were interviewed by committee
81 That they did know that the
suit brought by their lawyers. Hill
Martin and Robinson, was for the
Of migrating white and
colored children In the public
schools
But, the committee reported.
there was an exception to this uni
formity Of testimony" 1t said that
witnesses represented by NAACP
lawyers substantially altered their
testimony implying that those not
represented by counsel had lied
"It was found during the hear
ing" the report continued. that
the NAACP lawyers had arrived in
Farmville and held a meeting with
those witnesses that they were to
They discussed with
-hese witnesses the substance Of the
testimony they were to give
These witnesses who we're rep
resented BY counsel had previously
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
School Case
Continued from paev

Date Is Contested
On one Of the cases downward
accelerations IN 1855. three-jndge
federal court ruled the county must
make deliberate speed In arranging
fnr admission Of children on non
discriminatory basis. The court did
net set specific starting date. how
ever.
-Four months ago, counsel for the
original Prince Edward Negro plain
tiffs asked Judge Hutcheson to fix
a definite date for such compliance.
He ruled against it stating that con
ditions require more time for the
best interests Of all concerned.
Last Monday the appellate court
at Baltimore reverse Judge
Hutchinson and said Prince Edward
should now make "a prompt and
reasonable" start toward racial
desegregation
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Agnes Cobb, 70, were held Sunday
at Doyne Burger funeral home. with
nterment in Westview cemetery
Dr o. LLOYD Arehart, Of Farinville
ana the Rev Stewart Merriam. Of
Portsmouth. off.ciated
A former resident Of Farmville
MIS- Cobb died November Is at q
Portsmouth hospital She was a
member Of Farnlvnle Presbyteria
church,
She is survived BY four daughters
Mrs. Fred c. Harper, and Ms
T ances Bishop, Of Portsmouth. Mrs
Ms. Frank Becker. Of Richmond
and Mrs, Gilbert Wood, Of Farm.
vile. Il grandchildren and 10 great
3 eatchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Willie Booker Crute
Retired Farmer Dies

Willie Booker Crute, "a, retired
former, died Friday at Southside
Community Hospital. Funeral SER
vices were held Sunday at Bathpeor
Baptist church. with burial in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters. Miss
Lillian Crute. OF Victoria, and John
D Clute, Of Pamplin; two grand
children, two sisters. Mrs. w. H
Hamilton, Of Pamplin. and Mrs. J
L. Dillon. Of Victoria. and one
! brother. N. c. Crute. Of Lynchburg
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Responsible Citizenship Must Start
Early, Say Sponsors Of Neu FHS Group

Christine Kelly. treasurer. vacello
HaW kins, reporter. Jackie Schmidt,
SEA representative and Annette
Emeit and Lucy Wood. historians
Committee chaiimen are Anne
jenkins. program Linda Mathew,
hospitality, Jean Roach. welfare,
Vacello Hawkins. publicity; Anita
Trear. degrees Of achievement.
Shirley vaughan. parliamentary
procedure. and Annette Emert and
Lucy Wood scrap book.
Tie unit has mapped a plan Of
activities for the year Included in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

Fireman GAYLORD d. Pipjunge.
the son Of Mr. ana MIS- Albert f.
Pipiunge, Of Route ! Box lo8-
Cumberland, has been honorably
discharged from the Z 5. Navy
attached to the U S. Naval re-
ceivjng station at Norfolk
His wife. Mrs. Gaylord c. Pip
junee. lives al SOL Second street
Farmville-
The Norfolk receiving station
processes approximately 5000 men
a month on their way To ana from
Navel activities all over the world
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

this are program on the state
camp. skit on degrees Of FILA
achievement, toy collection for
hospital children. a Christmas party
and participation In federation and
state projects.
Group faculty sponsors are Mrs.
Jessie 5. Grigg and Mrs. Nancye
Noel. These sponsors point out that
there are many advantages in a
Eighth grade separate unit. but the
greatest is early leadership training
fer responsible citizenship.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

For the first time a Future Home
makers Of American group has been
organized as a separate unit in the
Eighth grade at f'arnyille High
School 1t has 80 members with its
own officers and committees.
The officers are Nancy Vaughan
president. Anne jenkins. vice presi-
dent. Mary wright. secretary ,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
News Summary
Continued from page i.

four Federal Reserve Districts from
\ l-2 u B PER cent had tonic ef-
feet On the stock market The an
nouncement came Thursday afte~
the market closed with prices still
falling On Friday the m ark e
rallied sending the Associated Press
average Of 90 stocks up IL 70 l56 3
Fridays gain was the best since
0ct 23 of this year. tha pest ona-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

VConIlnued iTom page =
~ = ~ channels
That is the smallest weight listinr
hast since 1852 acco~ ding to the
USDA's listings. The USDA Lists in
hOlfings NJ tobacco uns1ld
at farm. III green veg
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Co,o-ed Patients
Colored Birth

James and Thaima Harris, Pros
pect. boy. Nov HI
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Patients Admitted

Falltbts Adfnltted
Miss Peggy Frank, Rice; Miss
Ginger Hart, Chase City; Roger
Hart. Chase City. Mrs. W. J. Jen-
klnS, BJIkeTille Mrs S l. Fn~vft-
sprH Farrnyille; Miss Donna Dowdy.
FarnVilie, MIS- R. H Crews,
Mdnteo: Miss Sheila Wilson. Crewe.
Miss Beverly Noble, Rice; Miss
Temple Lipscorah, Farmville Her
tert McCargo+ Slapwith, Bagby
Foberis. Ricef Mrs. W. G, Davis.
DhllNgn jerry Huddlestnn Farm
vElle- and Rhonda Lockner. Farm
viila
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19

There were &c hospital patients
Monday morning.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-19
Committee Renort

Continued from page ID
'she recordings 70 trap its wit
neSSeS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15

trim. Edging. where grass or ground-cover
plants have overgrown walks or garden Dor
ders, will save trouble in the spring. Several
kinds Of shrubs and young trees respond
best to transplanting in the fall Digging
holes and preparing beds for these plants in
advance Of getting them from a nursery will
cut down on their exposure time, and make
future growth easier.
There are plenty Of tools available to
help the gardener get his chores done But
the basic ingredient is still a lot Of hard
work, and it's not going to do any good to
get mad all over again about the leaves
that blow onto your lawn from the neigh
bors' trees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Fall Care For Your Lawn

EARLY fall is the time for pampering
II lawns. Beaten by the heat Of summer
and often scared by dry spells. lawns need
a thorough repair job to insure the return
Of strong, green grass in the spring. The
sight of autumn leaves gently drifting to
earth puts the good gardener in mind not
only Of his rake but of fertilizing, adding
topSoil where needed, reseeding bare
patches weed control, and looSening up the
ground where it has become hard-packed.
Also, for anyone unlucky enough to have
to start a new lawn fall is the ideal time.
Nature usually sees to it that by mid
fall the grass has stopped growing, but a
few last turns with the mower will keep It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-15
Baigkt"ss s.,
co@ss too!

that's merely white is no longer the best you ca
do Now aII-purpose Surf contains special brghtene
puts ultraviolet Oe those in sunshine) to wor
for you. Todays Surf actually adds brghtness-even
perfect Wilderness bnghtens coIors, too Try Surf
you'll see for yourself. II you don't get the whites
brightest wash you've ever seen, Lever Brothers wi
refund every penny you spent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
4th QuintupIet
Dies in France

TOULON France, Oct : p
Roland. fourth OF the Chris
tofie qulntupletS. died about 4
m. TODAY after a fiye-day
fight for his life.
Physicians would make no
prediction about the chances
Of survival for the remaining
baby Michele.
The five babies were born
three months prematurelv
Wednesday to AIRS Camille
Christofle, the wife OF a Social
Security Official. A boy.
Philippe. and two girls. Helene
and Genevieye. died within 10
hours.
The babies weight at birth
ranged from ? 10 % pounds
The doctors reported Yesterday
that Michele had gained a third
Of an ounce and Roland half an
ounce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
Neurology Professor
Named TO PHS Council
~ the Associated Press


Dr. James OLeary. a profes-
sor OF neurology at the Wash
ingtOn University School OF
Medicine, st. Louis. has been
appointed a member of the Ma
tionsl Advisory Neurological
Diseases and Blindness Coun-
ell.
The council Is appointed by
the surgeon general OF the Pub
lie Health Service and advises
him concerning grant and re-
search activities of the Ma
tional Institute Of Neurological
Diseases and Blindness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
British Fear Queen
Faces Peril in u. S.

LONDON, Oct. 7 R).-Brit-
ish security officials are re-
ported worried about the safety
OF Queen Elizabeth II during
her state visit to the United
States later this month.
The Sunday Dispatch said
Comdr Leonard Burt. chief Of
Scotland Yards special de-
partment. lust back from a visit
to America. is anxious about
precautions being taken to
guard the Queen and her nus
band. Prince Philip. on their
scheduled tour.
Comdr. Burt was said TO be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07

present cut OF the funds.
close schools program will
result in mass indignation or no
schools. He has advocated a
local pupil assignment plan
like North Cardinals. which
has survived a legal test all the
way to the Supreme Court He
has called the admission Of
seven Negro students to North
Carolina schools this year
token, voluntary" admission
made to preserve validity Of the
assignment law
No Limited Indignation
II have never found any
lawyer or anyone else who can
explain limited indignation. -
said Mi. Almond There is no
such thing as limited integra-
ton. When you say limited in
tegration, you limit that which
The Supreme Court has defined
as the constitutional right Of
individuals 49, all individuals. -
He continued:
The court has said and the
court is sound IN that pro-
nouncement. that conStitu-
tional rights are personal. they
are present. they are individual,
So. say that five Negro chill
dren go into a white school
where 100 or more might at
tend You could not limit that
to those five. or less. or more
but the school authorities
would have to act upon the APP
plication of every Negro child
entitled to go into that school
whose parents made sppllca-
ton to enter in that school
and the authorities could not
reject any individual on the
basis of race.
so there is no such thing
as limited migration and those
who feel that some Semblance
some token compliance. some
compliance with the courts de-
clsion inform but not in sub
stauce will satisfy the man
dates of the court that's Just
wlshful thinking You
either comply or you don't
comply and the authorities
must address their attention
and their concern to the appll-
cations OF individuals whether
they De few or whether they
be IN the thousands.
Senator Dalton has empha-
sized the fact that in North
Carolina only a handful OF the
Negroes who applied to go TO
white schools were admitted.
and with that States assign
ment law still working. the
others would have 10 90 into
court individually to upset as.
signments But IN Virginia. &C
cordlne to Senator Dalton.
when the placement law falls
there VIII be no way to DENY
admission TO any Negroes VINO
seek 70 enter white schools
no matter how many there
might be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07

particularly alarmed about
dangers facing the Queen in
New York. where she is SEIZED
uled TO get a traditional ticker
tape reception during slow
ride along Broadway. He feels,
the report said. that in city
the size of New York it is i'm
possible to provide 100 per cent
security and to check on all
anti-royalist factions.
British security officials have
asked police cniefs in every
United States city on the
Queen 5 tour to carry out a
thorough check of persons sus-
pected of serious anti British
or anti-royaliSt sympathieS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
BY MARY LOU WERNER


J. Lindsay Almond. Jr., Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor
OF Virginia. conceded yester-
day that no doubt" there Will
be some court-enforced school
integration in his State. but
he promised to hold 1t of as
lopg and as effectively as We
possibly can"
1t was the first time the
possibility OF eventual inteera-
ton was acknowledged pub
llcly by Mr. Almond. who is
campaigning on a platform
that calls for continued school
segregation.
His unexpected concession
WAS made here during an IN
terview by Joseph McCaffrey
on WMAL-TV'S Celebrity Pa
rade
II Southside Virginia
speeches, MI Almond ha.
warned If We yield one inch
We are lost forever and "Vir-
gtnla has no alternative but
To maintain segregation there
can be no compromise with
principles there can be nc
middle ground that viii pro-
vide an avenue OF escape
Position Unchanged
When his televlSion state
ment was read back TO him
at his home, Mr.. Almond said
that was not exactly what he
had said when the interview
was filmed. Then ne added:
OF course, there is pos
Slbllity OF integration in Vir-
cinia' He said there was
nothing inconsistent" IN that
statement with his past pro-
nouncementS. and declared III
doesn't reflect any change IN
my position at all. II there
is any integration. II Will be
forced
IN response to other CUES
tons on the teleylSion show
Nj. Almond said
!. II Virginia 5 pupi' place
ment law is held unconStitu-
uonal, and the pending order
Of Judge Albert V. Bryan to en-
roll seven Negro students in
white Arlington schools IS car
rled out. the schools involved
automatically will close under
present State laws.
, II the Governor fails 10
reorgani1e such schools on a
segregated basis. the county
school board OF governing BODY
can reopen the schools on an
lntegrated basis, put the county
Will lose its State school funds
3 There IS no such thing as
limited lntegratIon or token
.nteeratlon. winch the Repub-
ilcsn SUPERNATURAL nominee
Ted ( Dalton has mentioned
N describing North Carolina S
pupil assignment plan.
Acceptance Held Unlikely
Mr. Almonds comments on
segregation began as he was
asked If he could foreSee the
time. within Is or 20 years.
Waen there might De some in
tegratiOn in Virginia schools.
He replied.
4 do NOT foresee the time
Wen the mixing OF the races
n the public schools OF Vir-
SiIia will be sccepted-wlli be
90 an acceptable basis. and /
mean BY that l do not foresee
the tlme-I cannot foreSee the
time when the mixing of the
races will not greatly and
~eriously initiate against our
system Of public education.
No doubt there will be some
in some areaS-enforced in
tegrat.on under the mandates
OF Federal courts. II will be
our purpose 10 mitigate 1t as
much as posSible-certainly the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
Almond Sees Delay
In Mixing Classes

effects of il as We now visualize
those effects as reflected in the
deep sentiment of our people
And IN this campaign ]. as
the candidate for the Governor
of my party and my associates
on the tlcket-We are deter
mined to do everything within
the power OF the State con-
SlStent with honor and within
the trameN of the law 10
hold It of as long and as ef-
tectlvely as We possibly can
feeling deeply that the decision
is wrong. not based on consti-
tutional principles. but solely
motivated by reason Of political
eXpedlency
And we know beyond any
shadow OF doubt. that the mix
ing OF races III great areas OF
Virginia will force the public
school system IN those areas as
We know 1t 10 close. To the
serious detriment OF colorec
children and for white chill
dren a thing which We deeply
deplore
Embarrassing Situation
Mr. McCatfrey asked Mr.
Almond II he did not think Ar
llngton County would be IN an
embarrassing spot If the State S
pupil placement law is held un-
constitutional and the county
Is forced to follow Judge
Bryan'S ruling
OF course. 1t is a very en-
oarraSSlng position for the
county and the State Mr.
Almond declared The oblec
tive or the purpose Of the pupil
placement act was TO relieve
the local school board as far as
the State could do so and put
the pressure on the State
Localities were crying out 10
high heaven for relief the
NAACP was putting this terrific
pressure on them. and that
was the purpose OF il. 10 con-
solldate The assignment OF
children at the State level
The pupil placement law
which vests all student assign
ment power IN a three membe,
State board, is part OF the leg
iSlative program adopted by the
Virginia General Assembly a
year ago 10 preserve segregated
schools The placement law has
been held invalid IN It's first
State test and Anal decision
IS expected any DAY now by the
Supreme Court The rest OF the
antl-integration program IN
matlcally close The Governor is
fund cutoff Laws.
Continuing with his reply 10
the question about Arlington 5
embarrassing position. Nj
Almond said
Now assuming as YOU have
that the pupil placement act
will oe declared unconstitu-
tional. If that happens. and. OF
course, migration under court
order takes place then. unde!
existing statutes. that school Or
that school division would auto
matlcally close he Governor is
authorized 10 step in and en-
deavor through legitimate proc
esSeS. through the application
OF reason il he can. and dis
cusslon With those affected. to
compose the situation on a
segregated basis.
Assuming that he fails in
that. and Indignation takes
place. under present Virginia
law. the State funds only for
that division Of the schools
would be stopped-no more
would be forthcoming
Mr. Almond was asked If Viz
ginla could hold of indignation
II crucial areas by allowing a
little indignation" in some
sections. Senator Dalton i'll his
campaign has warned that the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-03

a talk at the cornerstone laying of
Bishop WatterSon High School.
I'VE Americans would not wish
to live in a country where God is
banned. and the teaching of relig
ion prescribed" he asserted.
AS general secretary of the
NCWc, he often appeared before
congressional committees to rep
resent the Catholic viewpoint on
legislation. and proposals affect
ing education, immigration and
federal housing.
He denounced Facism, Nazism,
and all totalitarian forms of gov
ernment, and took Russia to task
for its dealings with Poland when
Russia was regarded as a United
States ally in 1914.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-03

the Catholic viewpoint on legisls-
ton and proposals affecting immi-
grafton, education, federal housing
and other matters of national inn
p0rtance.
His efforts on behalf OF divinity
and theological students for ex-
emption from military service,
bore fruit when congress voted to
exempt all who fell under this
classification.
In 1943, on the silve jubilee of
his priesthood. he received the con.
gratulations of Pipe Plus XII and
President Roosevelt.