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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
January

(
A group OF Prince Edward county
citizens gave support to Virglnlas
efforts towards asserting doc
trine Of int position in a movement
| launched in Memphis The w S.
Copeland award for Journalistic in
fegritv and community service was
awarded to the F'armville Herald
Vcte~s in six Herald-area counties
favored bv a vote Of 81 plan to
arm the LEGISLATURE with the legal
means Of preventing forced inte-
ration in the public schools.
February
James Hickey resigned as Hamp-
den-Sydney College athletic direc-
+or DR.. Ben r. Lacy, il. was
indicted as Hampden-Sydney Col
'ege chaplain James s. Easley
md E Floyd Yates We're elected
delegates to the March 5 consti-
-utional convention R J Martin
died.
Warren
The Constitutional Convention
amended Section al of the consti-
tuition. regarding private tuition
grants Longwood collie & es
Alulnlae house was dedicated at
the 72nd Founders day 800 dele
rates attended the State SEA con
vention here Joseph c Robot
vas inaugurated al the seventeenth
aresident Of HampdenSydney Col
lege.
Tentative county BUDGET Of 1913
988 vas published for a public
hearing Defenders of st a t e
Sovereientv end INDIVIDUAL Liber-
les renewed their pledges of sup
mort in whatever action may be
necessary to protect selves from
threatened indignation Prince
Fdward citizens endorsed segre-
qated Schools.
IO0F celebrated its 50th ami
ve~sarv with F w Hubbard the
only living charter member
beard Of Supervisors re-aff'rmed it's
nol'cv MT to appropriate funds for
the operation of mixed schools at a
nrbl.c hnarln~ 70 the county bud
get The Red Cross drive went
ever Tia top with $685. 50 raised
Bant'sts raised s108. 600 for the reno
4ation Of the 44-year old Farmyille
Baptist church
June
Lopgwood College awarded l04 de-
nees >and Hampden-Sydney 50 in
graduation exercises Alfalfa
weevil hit farmers in this area for
p $4,000 loss MS Grace Cor
don became the<f woman ever
elected 10 the Farmyille TOW n
council. 49,.
July
Trial Justice courts be N c
county courts A summer storm
brought 78 inches OF rain IN one
and a half hours and toppled
trees Appointment Of Katherine
. EIabel as Home Demonstration agent
was approved Farmville Town
council adopted a record budget Of
$301955.
August
Farnlville's new $4,000 fire house
was dedicated The Junior and
Senior Womans clubs formed a
corporation and bought the Irving
house On High street for club
house Louise Walton. of Lynch
burg. received the first masters de-
gree granted by Longwood Col
.lege 'Esten Hollis. Shomo was
appointed executive director of the
nine-o ounty Southside tuberculosis
associate
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
DR.. Boggs To Speak
Before Crewe P-TA

DR.. Earl R. Boggs, dean Of Id ng-
wood College, will be the speake
at the PTA meeting of Crewe High
School. on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Or
Boggs will speak on college EN-
trance requirements.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

Hugh V. White. superintend
ent of Nansemond county
schools, who was appointed one
OF three members of the new
Pupil Placement Board, is re-
lated locally being the brother
of Mrs. John Steck.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
o-County TB Seal Sales Of $4,000
Are Two-Thirds of Way TowardCoaI

Christmas seal sales last week
topped the $4,000 mark on the way
to the $4,000 goal. Southside Vlr
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
Public School Pupil Placement Powers
Transferred TO ~3-Member State Board
School Boards +
Advised Saturday
By kilograms

The Prince Edward County
School Board, and other county
boards throughout this area, re-
ceived kilograms from Virginia S
new Pupil Placement Board Sat
urday telling them that they have
been Invested Of thier power to
assign pupils to schools.
Because OF Prince Edward
county's lack of mid-term ENROLL
ment and policies against admis-
sion of elementary pupils other
than near the start of the school
wear. Supt T. J. McIlWaine said
the school board does not foI'esee
any action under the plan forl the
present session.
The superintendent said that
contents of the telegram FROM the
Placement Board Immediately will
oe circulated among school prin-
cipals and teachers for their in
formation
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
How Plan Works

Under the provisions OF ina ac1
children who do not move or
ora ,,ate will attend the same
school they are now attending
..unlass enrolled for good clause
shown, in different schooF by
the Pupil Placement Board
The placement board and its
agents must take into consldera-
tion several factors other than
race or color in making assign
ments. however.
They include the effect of en-
rollment on the welfare and best
interests of children in particu-
lar school. availability Of facili-
ties; aptitude availability OF
transportation: psychological fac
tors and the effect Of given as
signmont on the public peace and
tranquility Of the. school SYSTEM.
Appeals Possible
Parents dissatisfied with the
assignment of their children file
a written protest with the place
ment board within Is days after
the particular enrolment.
The board must hold a public
hearing within 80 days after re-
ceiying the protest. A decision
must be given within 30 day$ of
the hearing.
Any interested person dissat.s-
fled with the boards deci$ion
may obtain a review of the mat
ter by applying to the Governor
within IS DAYS after the ruhnf
Appeals from the Governhr'S
decision may be taken to the
courts
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

to schools on a temporary basis,
under existing laws, until the new
state board is organized to assume
this function.
The new law. from which stem
med the telegram of instruction,
is part of a block of legislation
enacted at this falls special legiS-
lative session and designed to bui-
wark Virginia's traditional system
Of segregated schools.
Parts Of Telegram
"Undet the provisions Of Chap
ter 70. Acts Of Assembly Extra
Session OF 1856, effective Dec, 20,
1856. the power Of enrolment OF
placement Of spupils in all public
schools of Virginia is vested in
the Pupil Placement Board The
local School Board and Division
SUPERINTENDENT are Invested Of
all such powers Within eason-
able time you will be furnished q
supply Of application forms, place
mant forms. and such other forms
and instructions as may be neces-
sary for the proper administration
Of the Act.
In the interim, and pending
official placement by the Pupil
Placement Board under the terms
of said Statute and such re9ula-
tons as may be nrornUlgatHHE the
pupils who may. be entitled TO be
placed in a school under S1Gtion
of said Act. may. in the DISCRETION
of the School Board and DIVISION
superintendent, and IN conformity
with your practices, be permitted
to attend school on temporary
basis subject to placement by this
Board You will please make prop
er distribution and publication OF
this notice
PUPIL PLACEMENT BOARIp OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA
Richmond, Va.
December 90, 1856,
How Plan Works
1T,,Sar the ,1r0visiOlfS OF tlna act
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
CIpdLS ana ItdCIItIS TOT ILItIIT
formation.
Based On Law

In the telegram were instruc-
tions advising localities that local
school boards may assign students
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Report Shows Flu
Cropping in U. S.

Outbreaks OF flu have passed
their peak in many parts of the
Nation. the United States Pub
lie Health Service reports.
Many States report that new
cases have declined in the last
two weeks compared to the pre-
vious two weeks. the service
added. The total number OF
new cases for the Nation, OBJ
tanned by adding the totals re-
ported by SO States for the week
ending last Saturday. is 780, 900.
The number of deaths re-
lated to influenza and pneu-
monia in 1903 cities dropped Is
per cent for the same week as
compared with the previous
week.
School absenteeism, the
health service report said. has
returned to normal levels in
many areas, including the Dis
trict.
District Health Director
Daniel Leo Finucane said to-
Gay that the outbreak of Asian
flu and severe colds in WASH
ington has leveled of at least
for the present" He pointed
out. however, that health au-
thorities believe there is a dis
tinct possibility of another OUT
break, possibly more wide
spread. this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Dr.. Otto Nathan
Wins Reversal
In Contempt

DR.. Otto Nathan, executor Of
the estate of the late Albert
Einstein, today was acquitted
Of contempt of Congress
charges by Federal Judge
Edward M. Curran, who re-
versed a former conviction.
Judge Curran had found DR..
Nathan guilty of the contempt
charge last April. But today
he reversed himself on the
grounds of the landmark Su-
preme Court decision in the
Watkins case.
The jurist found that the
House Committee on Un-Amer-
lean Activities. before which
DR.. Nathan had testified in
July, 1856, had failed to ex-
plain the pertinency of the
two questions asked DR.. Nathan
and upon which the contempt
charges were based.
The questions asked whether
DR.. Nathan was ever a MEM
Der of the Communist Party and
whether he had answered
truthfully in filing non-Com-
munist AFFIDAVIT with the State
Department in seeking a pass
port for European travel.
Declined to Answer
DR.. Nathan declined to ans
wer these questions and a con-
tenn 4 indictment. trial and
cor fiction followed.
4 the Watkins case, the Su-
p enc Court held, among other
tjlngs, that congressional
,bmmitee must make clear to a
fitness just how questions
asked are pertinent to the in
kestigation underway. At the
time DR.. Nathan appeared. the
committee was investigating
eubverslon in the field of edu-
cation. DR.. Nathan, who is ga
years old, is professor of eco
Monies at New York University.
He had been free on bond pend
ing appeal.
Today's action was the re-
suit of a motion to reconsider
the original verdict and for a
Judgment of acquittal brought
by Attorneys David Rein and
Leonard B. Boudin.
Judges Action Reluctant"
Judge Curran observed that
he did not agree with the Wat
kins decision but pointed out
he was bound by it. He said
he was reluctantly" granting
the motion for Judgment of ac-
quittal.
In a statement to the press,
Dir. Nathan said in part: Il
welcome the decision of the
court since it makes it clear
that the House Committee on
Un-American Activities pro-
ceeded illegally in it's investi-
cations and violated by its
questioning our constitutional
freedoms"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Moore to Take
Post Seek
Son in China

Henry Grady Moore, assist
ant administrator of the Vet
Grams Administration, goes to
a new job January and a new
hope that his son, missing in a
plane in Red China since 1947,
may still be found.
His appointment. as manager
of the VAS regional Office in
Manila was announced today.
a post he expects to take over
about January /. He succeeds
John T. Cooper. who is being
recalled to the States for re-
assignment.
A VA spokesman said Mr..
Moore was notified early in
l947 by National China Air.
lines that his son, Harley. a
pilot for the company. was
overdue on a flight in a private
plane from Shanghai to Pei
ping. The company said he
had last reported while over
Red-infiltrated areas.
The spokesman said that
more than two years after the
plane disappeared, two Chinese
boys who were reported to have
been aboard the plane had
turned up safely and are now
living in Taipei. Formosa-225
miles from Mr.. Moore's new
headquarters.
From Manila, in his spare
time. Mr.. Moore hopes to re-
open the search.
The Philippines is the only
foreign country in which VA
maintains an Office. VA said
this arises from the historic
relationship Of the two ma
tions, during which thousands
of Filipinos served in the
United States Philippine Com
monwealth Armed Forces in
wartime and thus became vet
Grams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Biz Values for the Home
6.99-9.99 Chair
Covers
SIS

Cotton borkeloth or cotton twill In os-
sorted pottens. styles and eoIors; sorry,
no moil or phone orders.
3.ss.4.ss "DacFon"" RuffIsd Curtains,
PE. 2.ss
100 inches wide to the poir; boby-heoded
ruffIes; So, 65". IT,, 81" and go" Iono.
1888 "Dacron"'' Tailored Curtains, So"
iensin ------------------- ~ las
90 inches wide TO the poir; 50" and II"
length, l.69; 81" ond co. length, l.ee.
a.ss'l.ss FibsrgIas Tailored Curtains,
Pr ass
No-iron; with one inch side hens and full
bottom hens. "a" wide to the poir. So,
o., IL, 81" and co. lengths.
A.ss.5.ss FibsFgIas Rufilsd Curtains,
Pr. 3.ss
Need no ironing; So, es", 7z", 81" ond
90" lengths; white
II Peri. 5.ss.s.ss FlbsrgIss Draw
DFapeFies pF. 3.ee
90 inch length; solid eolors and deeorctcs
styled prints; no-iron.
n Peri. SIS Chatham Blankets Z for $50
Washable. nothproof, non-olereie blended
nylon and royon; 72"x64".
SIS comforiers -- 3.ss
Printed eomforters plunply filled with nom
eIeroie, lint-fres oerylie fiber; 72"SS4P.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22

Jr. model with double knee
and Hollywood waist, g.
II, or Jr. boxer style lined
with Sonforized$*" cotton
flannel; Clio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22

50ec new. SOC reprocessed
woods or 1909 reprocessed
wool surcoats with 1907
reprocessed wool Interim
ing and full rayon lining
b-10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22

loo9o woods. blended
woods, flonneIs in ossort-
ed styles and stripes or
solid coIors, 22-30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-25

Five feet long. 50, IS or so ID. pull. An ex.
esllsnt oli-ereund weapon for field and hunting.
Equipped With nylon nocks 0nd right and left
ho"ded melded aluminium grip covered with
genuine eOItskin. A de luxe, accurate bow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-25
The Greet Outdoors

~
was lvsi made for tvnl And no matter
,~hei kind Of fun you like. hschinser's
archery sets (which. by the way, hos ,
become very popular SPORT for the
whole tomily, from pFe-school 10 hunter.
compins oUtS We hove everything you'll
need from conieens 10 tents. And We
hove games ond team sporting equipment
OF oil kinds. Be sure 10 visit our sport. {
ing goods department soon. You'll be
10000 Glad you didl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Route 240 Problems

1ue commissioners ScneQullng OF
public hearing next month on the Route
24O controversy was a sound move. For
we don't believe the facts are clear
enough at this point for the Commits
SionerS or anyone else to reach a final
decision on the best way to bring a suo-
stantial portion of Maryland'S huge traf-
nc volumes into downtown Washington.
Both the Potomac River route and
one along the Wisconsin avenue traffic
corridor" will, Of course, be damned and
praised with equal vigor Wherever it
goes, the new expreSSway will be dis
ruptive TO degree unprecedented in
WaShington'S experience, and no prop
erty owner wants it in his back yard.
The real value of the hearing, however,
will be to focus public attention on a
number OF questions which so far have
not been answered.
This is particularly true Of Wis
consin avenue route, which has the un-
deniable attraction Of providing the
most direct service to the greatest num-
Der of motorists But where would this
route go? Would 1t send eight or more
lanes Of pasSenger-car and truck traffic
through Glover-Archbold Park? II not,
precisely how many lanes would the
park hold, and what is the legal status
of its use? There are some intriguing
points in the Planning Commissions
new-and largely undocumented-idea
to divert trucks through deep under
ground tunnels along Massachusetts,
DfRf fr 0l, 81
practical? Would it be acceptable to the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads, which
will pay 80 per cent of the cost of Route
240? Would its construction coincide
with the Districts construction of the
Inner loop" expreSsway downtown?
These are some of the questions to
which We trust both proponents and OPP
ponents Of the Wisconsin avenue route
will address themselves at the hearing.
And city highway officials similarly must
answer questions about the Potomac
River route they so highly indorSe, par
ticularly in regard to the lesser number
of motorists who would benefit from such
a route.
There is great urgency for decision
on the 240 location. Construction will
take several years. in any event, and the
rapidity with which traffic volume
throughout the area is mounting is
staggering. In addition, uncertainty
about the route already has caused
severe problems for developers in both
Maryland and Washington. We suspect
the result of the hearing will be to define
the issues more clearly, rather than to
point to conclusive decision. And that
is the greatest immediate need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Yonks in kits?

This reader was glad to
note that the headline kits
Too Nice for Scots: Popu-
larity in u. S. Seen" referred
to a London dispatch instead
Of an American one. Taken
seriously, the statement would
imply a petty covetousneSs
unworthy of broadminded
men in either England or
America.
Some jibes of the English
against their Scottish neigh
bors are famous, as. for in
stance, DR.. Samuel JohnSon's
definition Of oats as "a grain
which in England is gener-
ally given to horses. but in
Scotland supports the people, ="
Equally famous is the witty
rejoinder by a Scot that Eng
land has fine horses and
Scotland has fine men. Jo-
seph Conrad, Polish writer
of distinguished English
prose. observed that great
Englishmen boast of their
Scottish connections.
Surely. self-respect and a
sense Of fairness will keep
American men from stealing
the kilt fashion. and will con-
tinue TO confine its use here
to the pageantry of clubs
which have the objective Of
keeping alive their members
ancestral Scottish traditions.
AntIqnAsy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Realistic Farm Plan

The Committee for Economic Devel-
opment has proposed a solution to the
perennial farm problem" designed to
help the farmer share in national pros
perity" while reducing cost of Govern
ment that has totaled nearly S45 billion
during the past Is years. Labeled by the
CED as realistic program, some people
will also consider 1t drastic one in its
suggestion for shift to free markets in
agricultural products during transition
period in which price supports would be
reduced and there would be an effort to
move low income farmers into other full
time occupations. That 1t may indeed
seem drastic undoubtedly reduces It's
prospects for acceptance in a period
when the something for every farmer"
philosophy has become deeply embedded
in national politics, This does not de-
tract, however, from the fact that
quarter-century of costly tinkering with
farm economics has failed to put the in
dustry as whole on sound basis and
has even helped perpetuate marginal
segment Of the industry In which
Chronic poverty" is the rule.
Actually, the CED makes some clear
distinctions in its analysis of various
types Of farm operations. 1t points out,
for example, that A per cent of our
farms are efficient commercial ventures,
producing 90.8 per cent of all farm
products that go to market. At the same
time, 1t makes two other less widely
publicized points: Q That less than
half of these products, on the basis Of
sales value, are under price supports and
(2) that large proportion Of these farms
are individually owned and operated,
not corporation farms" The family
farm is not disappearing from the Amer
lean scene, the committee adds; 1t is in
stead growing larger and adjusting itself
TO modern technology and mechanical
ton. In turn, the elimination Of mar
ginal farms-those struggling to live on
poor soil and without mechanization,
the weakest and most vulnerable units"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10

would strengthen the family farm as
an institution and lead to better living
for the individuals assisted In finding
other occupations.
The Agricultural Policy Subcom-
mittee of the Senate House Economic
Committee opens hearings next week on
the farm problem and multitude of
views will be presented. The CED recon-
mendations present some blunt chal-
lenges. particularly to those who believe
that ever-increasing Government sub
sides in one form or another represent
the best and only hope Of helping the
farm economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Teen-oqe Drivers

Larston d. Farrar. in a
letter. Juvenile Drivers. "
condemns driver training
programs in our schools with
such words as training
dopes to drive cars" Does
he feel all teen-agers are
"dopes"?
He implies Russia better
trains teen-agers, therefore 1t
is mo wonder they are max
ing such strides in COMPETE
ton with a nation that
wastes its tax money" Does
he feel our social and eco
nomic life is inferior to
theirs?
The answer to our driver
problem lies not In age con-
sideration. but In proper
training at teen-age level.
High school training with
proper parental guidance will
do much to lower our high
way fatalities. Certainly
parents who consider their
teen-agers to be "dopes" have
little To offer In such q pro-
gram.
Faml 2. gansA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
AIerts Virqinions

Wake up. people Of Ar
lington. Alexandria. and
Fairfax County! Virginia is
going to use sardine-packed
Shirley highway as part of
new u. S. II
Shirley'S traffic count is al
ready $4,000 cars a day. For
many years, at least 80 per
cent OF Virginia's proposed
new-road-miles won't aver
age $4,000 cars a day. A lot
won't have a 5000 daily
count.
Shirley's design can qualify
1t for the new interstate sys-
TEN: so the 10th district tax
payers are getting gouged
again. Shirley does not have
to be part of new U. S. l.
The State could build a par
allel six-lane road with 90
per cent Federal money.
Shirley may be widened. but
how long would that help?
II Northern Virginia area
people don't do something,
they'll be traffic damned for
ever. In the meantime Fed
eral and State road taxes
will buy a lot of beautiful
Virginia. roads, which will be
relatively little used and out
Of the 10th district.
N. +. Fairfax Co. Resident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-10
Iron Horse StoqqeTs

The Baltimore tunnel Is a
wonderful thing for motor
lists. but very probably 1t
means the end Of Bro
passenger service between
that city and New York. Two
bus lines now announce
schedules faster than the
S&O and they operate into
New York City terminals. not
Jersey City.
Eastern railroads are in a
bad way. The Pennsylvania
and New York Central seek a
merger. II is limited that the
former will reduce its service
to certain western points
more readily served by the
B&O in return for a rail mo-
nopoly of passenger service
between Baltimore and New
York. Agitation for rail con-
solidation has renewed. A re-
duction from l3l top class
railroads to perhaps q dozen
systems is proposed.
New England railroads are
faring worst of all. The Bos-
ton g. Maine wants to cut
about 100 trains from its
schedules: the New Haven
has discontinued many Serv-
ices and sold numerous sta
tions The Boston q Albany
division OF the New York
Central reports heavy loss in
passenger revenues between
Albany and Springfield,
Mass. since the opening OF
the Massachusetts, thruway.
These Developments need
surprise no one. Bus and
plane lines, the railroads
competitors, are greatly IA
vored over the iron horse.
They have no heavy invest
ment in right-of-way. their
taxes are less, their subsidies
substantial. The railroads are
justified In seeking q better
deal.
It may be noted that World
War II was won largely
through the aid Of the steam
locomotive. Most Of the
available oil and gasoline was
needed for military use. Now
that rail motive power is al
most 100 per cent dieselized,
what would happen to this
country in the event of a war
or other emergency that cut
off or reduced greatly our oil
and gasoline supplies? The
Pentagon's logistics branch
might well consider that
problem.
Lee SOmerS.