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Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. ira Brown and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Scott
and son of Baltimore were week
end guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Charles R. Jackson
Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Martin of
Washington, d. c., were luncheon
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Eli
oft on Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElWood Irwin and
daughter Judy of Philadelphia
we're house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hoffman over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Parks of
Washington. d. c., were weekend
guests of Mrs. Manford Parks.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13
NO FISHING

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -(P)-
James Scruggs went fishing and
got into trouble.
Police charged he cast a line
through an open window and hauled
out six white shirts.
Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13

Classified Ads Get Results
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Brenda Wells Wins
Statewide Contest
On Conservation

Brenda Wells. daughter Of MI.
and Mrs. John Wells Of Farm
vile, won a grand prize in the
tenth annual wildlife essay con-
test sponsored by the Virginia
Commission of Game and Inland
Fisheries and the Virginia divi-
SION of the Izaak Walton League
Of America
A S400 scholarship was awarded
for the best essay written by a
high school senior. and eight $50
prizes were awarded for the bet
essays written BY fifth through
twelfth graders. Miss Wells en-
try won in the seventh grade
classification
Friday she will be the guest OF
the commission in Richmond at
presentation exercises IN the
Capitol building senate chamber
I. T. Quinn, commission executive
director, Will speak, and the con-
test winners VOL be honored at a
luncheon.
More than 10000 essays from
all over Virginia we're submitted
this year on the topic, "Widlife
Resource Its Value and Wise
Use
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Spring Institute At Southside Hospital

The Fourth District Medical
Society OF Virginia will hold its
Annual Spring Institute At The
southside Community Hospital,
Wednesday, May at ? p. M
The yearly meeting is tradi-
tionally held at Southslde Com
munity Hospital, since the local
medical staff originated TIL ?
Spring Institute some years aeo.
The staff will be the official hosts
and will conduct the meeting in
conjunction with the Fourth Dis
trict Medical Society The Socie =
ty encompasses most Of the
Southside Virginia area
In addition to several scholar
~ lectures, there viii be an OK
bibit Of items placed by several
Of the drug and surgical apph-
ance outlets in the State The eX-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

Ronald DAVIS, Of Hopewcl. accom-
panies the H-SC singers.
Tie Hampden-Sydney Glee Club
performance alone viii be Randall
Thompson's Testament of Free
dom " II Is a musical setting Of four
passages from the writings Of
Thomas Jefferson
Opening the concert. the Hollins
singers VIII awe a Bach Choralc.
Now All the Woods are Sleeping
They will round ont the first group
with Palestrina S 20 Bone Jesu" !,
Salvation Belongeth TO Thee. by
Mozart Garabedian. Geer'S arrange
ment Of 18th Century Easter
carol Virgil Tomson's arrange
ment Of My Shepherd VIII Supply
My Need and close with Diercks'
Psalm 1870
After the H-sC singers perform
the Testament the Hollins Choir
viii return for "Missa Lulcis
DONNA 1855 by j Samson. and
then SING SIX long songs by Brahms
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Workers Kickoff
Fiye-Day Cane err
Crusade Thursday

A five day campaign and $500
those are the aims Of Dr.,
Charles l. Baird, Of Hanhpden-
Sydney. Cancer Crusade chair
man The intensified campaign
will be held April IS through so
Crusade chalrmen and solicitors
viii meet at Longwood College
Thursday at 7:3O pm TO outline
plans for the drive
Magisterial district chanmen
are Nelson Hix, Prospect Mrs w.
A Odom Lockett, william Dick
erson, Buffalo: Miss Mary Dupuy,
and Mrs. Tucker Doyne, Farm
vile
William ? Hay Jr. will be in
charge Of special gifts, and Mrs.
Mabel Jones will handle residen-
tial solicitations. R A Wllrnoth is
heading the employee division,
and Dr. Francis Ghigo has Hamp-
den-Sydney Mrs. June Ellington
IS acting as assistant campaign
chairman.
The $500 will go toward local,
state and national cancer cure and
prevention programs Last year,
cancer claimed 16 lives in Prince
Edward County Four timds that
number Of county residents are
believed 70 have cancer
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Coffee Too Hot
Firemen Called

An overheated coffee pot
h"ouebt Farmviue flremen to I04
N. Virginia Street Wednesday at
tel noon Joseph Lonskey, who
works at Craddock Terry Shoe
Company left coffee pot on the
stove when he went to work We'd
nesday
The pot melted and the grounds
burned. causing a lot Of smoke.
Since the door to his room was
locked fremen were called
Chief Butcher was the first on
the scene and he knocked the
door IN and quickly had the fire
under conhol-too late for a cup
Of coffee. however. The building
belongs to R F Crane,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Descended this time.

utSCtllQtU ILLS blIllt.
Except for thai reading, Strip
lin calls the present high tcmpcra-
lures about normal Usual to
middle and late April are readings
from so to 90 degrees. When 1t
goes over 90, it is "a little I'M
usual" re admits
While Farmyille's weather sta
ton instruments had not regis
tered more than a trace of rain
through Wednesday night not so
other sections of the county The
weatherman reports mice" show
ers at Rice, Pamplin and the Oar
llngton Heights vicinity
Farm work wise, the weather
man-turned-county agent reports
tobacco bed plants rising Splen-
didly under the impact Of showers
and warm sunshine Farmers are
in the midst of one Of the year S
big jobs-corn planting.
BY the end of the week the
agent estimates a good 10 per cent
of the corn crop will be in the
ground.
They may be mopping broWS in
town, but the turn in the weather
is just what the farmer ordered
excepting the weeds that fine
spring for growing produced
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Three Local Highway Accidents Take
One Life: Place Three In Hospital

Two accidents occurred III this
area this week to transients WHO
were either going to or returning
from funerals.
Tuesday morning Lloyd Brook Z
shire. Al year old resident Of
Chesterfield county was critically
injured in a single car crash on
Route 460 about a mile east Of
Prospect His car swerved off Sic
highway, hit an embankment and
overturned two OF three times. He
was taken to the Medical College
Of Virginia
A passenger IN the car. william
Bailey. 10, a hitchhikinq sailor
stationed at Virginia Beach. es-
capped with minor injuries
Brookshire was repeatedly On
his way home after attending his
brothers funeral in South Caro-
lima. His brother had been killed
in an automobile accident.
Clyde l Julney OF New CaStle,
Del, and his sister. Mrs. Jettie M
Martin were admitted to South
side Community Hospital Thurs
day morning following a head-on
collision of their car with truck
about four miles north Of Keys
vile on Route 800
Mrs. Jurney and son, Jerry
Jrney, 8 years Of age, were treat
ed at the hospital but did not re-
qure disqualification
They were repeatedly returning
home because Of death IN the
family
A third accident in the area re-
suited il the death Of an eight
vear-old buckingham youth. Dav-
i'd Wray Merchant died TUESDAY
night after he was struck by ar
automobile Monday night, mean
his home AT Mt. Vince. Bucking-
ham county.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Nine County Session Monday
State Director, SdnifOril4n1
Head TO Address TB Meeting

w w Wendt executive secretary
Of tho Virginia tuberculosis Associa-
tion ait Richmond. and Or Charles
w Scott. superintendent Of Pied
mont Sanitorium at Burkeville Will
speak here during the first annual
meeting Of the Southside Tubercu-
losis Association next Monday night.
at 100 O'Clock
The Southside Association organ
ized about a year ago. combined
the work Of nine formerly indepen-
dent county groups in Amelia Ap-
pcmattox Buckingham. Charlotte,
Cumberland Lunenbure, Nottoway,
Powhatan and Prince Edward
The work IS headquarered at
FalmYille. with alb executive score
taiy's office and staff
New Board Members
A highEght Of the annual meeting
ii the Circuit Court Room Of the
Court House will be the reception
Ct Is new board members. complet-
ing a 54-menlber board which d.
reefs the programs in the nine
county area
Mrs. Matthew Lyle of Keysville.
president Of the new association.
viii report On activities during the
first year Of organization
Wendt viii brief members on state
level activities while Dr Scott VIII
discuss the Southslde Virginia sttua-
ton as regards tuberculosis
Success First Year
III its first Seal Sale campaign
the Southside Association raise d
$4,000 to support its program and
its share Of funds for the state or
ganization The drive goal was
SIS 600
For its seal sale work-firs t
major project undertaken-the AS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

Urban. In reality we have but one
system and it is an overall system
We cannot gan by taking from one
to give to tie other. rob Peter to
pay Paul. We must see that each
highway gets the attention it
should
To those who contend that lmp~oy-
ing Secondary systems the one that
is apfly described as Virginia
farn-to-market net. IS too slow,
General Anderson pointed out that
in 1922. one per cent Of such roads
were hard-surfaced Now as per
cent are ha d-surfaced, and that is
progress in anyone language. he
declared
In support Of funds going into the
big, Interstate roads. the visiting
execut; We endorsed a Department of
the Army opinion that three factors
must be considered in improving
highways moving large numbe~ S
CT people from one area to another
as civil defense measure. dis
pers ng defensc-essenual industry
and increasing highway transport
line cf communication to serve
them, and moving large volumes Of
heavy military vehicles rapidly by
highway from one area to another.
IocaI Roads
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

hibit viii be Seen during the aft
2rnoon intermision.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander chairman
Of the staff viii make tha well
coming address. Dr. James a.
Thweatt, president Of me Fourth
District Medical Society will in
troduce the speakers.
Dr.. Stuart Ragland. Jr., depart
ment Of medicine of the Medical
College Of Virginia Will speak
on The Medical Management Of
Patients with CTrhosis of the
Liver with Associated Bleeding
Varices Of the Esophagus" His
talk is scheduled for 3 p m
AT 4 ,. m. pr. David Hume
chairman Of the Department Of
surgely Of the Medical College
Of Virginia win address the group.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Pr Memory Book
TO Be Turned Back
With May A Tour

Southside Virginia will gel out
its memory book and fanciest dress
Nav 4 when visitors from other
areas are expected to make fes-
tival tour of historic Prince Ed
ward county
Prince Edward branch, Associ-
alton for the Preservation OF Vir-
ginia Antiquities, and Long wood
Garden club are sponsoring the
tour in conjunction with the four
day tour, May through 5. being
held in adjoining Southside toun-
ties.
The informal tour includes Old
Briery church, Hampden-S Sydney
College. the old debtors prison at
Worsham, Lockett house, Sayler's
Greek battlefield, Old Sandy Riv-
er church Randolph h q u S e,
Longwood College and Longwood
estate
No formal car caravan is plan
ned, and each of the places will be
open throughout the day. Lunch
may be obtained in Venable hall
at Hampden-Sydney Collegte be-
tween 1890 and 1870 p m. A cof-
fee hour will be held from 1890
m. to ~ noon at Middlecourt,
the home Of the college president.
May / and Charlotte bounty
APVA will hold tour Of old
homes, and May Halifax bounty
will hold its thirteenth d nnual
pilgrimage to old Halifax Il ouses
May 5, Appomattox county will
be in the historical spotlight
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

Highway Chairman James A An
dc sen had a word to say to folks
who complain about Virginia s hand
ling Of the ever-present highway
construction program in Farm
vile address last Friday.
The hard-hitting general. whose
voice m a tic h e his commanding
manner Of speaking, told Farmville
Lions in a guest address that motor
transport which includes the high
way network has added more
wealth than anything else that's
ever happened.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Atkinson Addresses
H-SC Alumni Group

P Tulane Atkinson. treasurer Of
Hampden- Sydney College, spoke to
members Of the Allegheny Noun
tain Chapter Of the H-SC Alumni
Association in Lewisburg. w va,
last week. Present we're more than
25 alumni and their wives The
chapter voted to raise a scholarship
fund for the college.
John H. Mcdonald, Clifton Forge
business man, is president Of the
chapter.
Allegheny Mountain alumni in
clude former H-SC students from
the Lewisburg Ronceverte White
Sulphur Springs area Of West Vir-
ginia and the Covington-ClIfton
Forge are Of Virginia
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
General Anderson Invites Study
Highway Chairman Cire$ Proposals For
Routes Is, 400 and As In address Here

The Old Dom mons No. high
way executive also pointed out that
highway records show that within
a month or two the sum spent on
Prince Edward county high ways
since state control was inaugufated
will reach $4,000. 900,
His answer to the perennial cues
tion of apportionment of funds to
the Primary. Secondary and Urban
systems was this
The Right Approach
we glibly talk of four systems
Interstate, Primary, Secondary and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Two Centuries
Dust COMING Off
Historic Shrines
Prince Edward
County Day Tour
Planned May 4

From Accomac to Wythe all Of
Virginia is glorying in its past this
year Prince Edward county will
have its day Saturday May 4
And from all around visitors are
expected to tour such landmarks
as Old Briery church, the debtor S
prison and Hampden-sydney Col
lege
Other highlight places of the
Prince Edward day tour are to be
the Lockett house. Sayler's Greek.
Old Sandy River church, Randolph
house and Longwood College
Old Briery: POP Years
Design. as well as age. makes
Old Briery unusual The present
building was constructed in 1755, or
100 years after Old Briery was es-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

ISOLATION was awarded a Virginia
certificate for outstanding effort
The Buckingham county Negro sale
group, headed by George Harris,
was also awarded a trophy for
raising the largest amount of money
per capita in the Negro Seal Sale
The Buckingham group rails d
1858 29, a per capita giving Of IFS
cents.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
DR.. Thompson Elected
Association Officer

Dr.. Graves II Thompson, pro-
fessor Of Latin at Hampden- sgd
ney College, has been elected vice
president of the Classical Associ-
alton of the Mid West and South.
His elevation in office came
during the Association meeting
April 1920 at Columbus. Ohio.
Re formerly served as president
Of the Associations Southern
Section
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
Hospital Fund
Effort Broadens
To Three Fronts
.Iaycees Begin
Town, County
Appeal Today

Tho offo~t to raise the last $45 009
+ 500 540 required 10 complete
qo"theide Community H0spital as q
roo-hed Functional unit is we'll
launched IN three fronts
Wednesday nioht. the hosn'tal
Hoard of manaeers commissioned
members Of the Farmville junior
Chamber of Commerce to conduct
= selected solicitation in Farmvllle
md Prince Edward county
Today. q 4,000letter solicitation
VIII STAT through the mails des-
tined to reach prospective sup
7orte~s in the wide area Of nine
counties se~ved bv the hospital
In the letters is a brochure eX-
nlainine the construction nlans and
detailing the need behind The an
neal. more bed space enlarged
. services.
Success Seen
Ea~rer. the SPECIAL ai't drive was
launched Under the direction Of
Y oommH'ee headed bv p Wall
He said today that that effort has
been going successfully in its re-
quest for about 60 pe~ cent Of the
needed funds. He said workers may
eD0rt a successful conclusion of the
special appeal next Wednesday
night
The Sl99 500 required to complete
F. the second floor of the hospitals
. newest portion. Mettauer Wing. plus
Other alterations to finish the hos
pitfalls funcuoning plan, is already
in hand to the extent Of Sl54 500
That much was assured through
$4,000 Ford Foundation grant;
$l04 500 made available throuEh
. federal and state aid under the Hill
Burton act to improve community
hospital facilities, 5000 given by
the Prince Edward county tuberCu-
. lcsis association. and a $500 Lions
Club gift.
81 Gets 81
In relation to funds On hand. the
$4,000 appeal to provide the last
sum needed for the total contract
means that every 81 given locally
viii be matched by 81 through these
other sources.
Tho completion Of the second floor
Of Nettauer Wing will add "a beds.
giving the hospital patient room Of
leo beds and q bassinets, The sec
oud floor VIII be a new obstetric
care section Of 10 beds. two delivery
rooms. two labor rooms and
fathers room, all. newly equipped
BY completing this area. others
relieved Of such services will be de
voted to general medical care. thus
providing the needed space the
board Of managers says the hospital
must have to serve properly the
growing lumber Of patients in the
surrounding counties
Other Work, Too
# Simultaneous with the c 0
floor obsteuic section work. addi-
tionaI alterations will make the west
wing, now the obstetricaI section,
into a general medical care section
and the East wing will be provided
for Negro patients Lobby and III
formation desk areas will be i'm
proved in functional design. also.
Central core of the work is the
completion Of the Mettauer Wings
second floor When that is done.
and the other alterations completed.
people in the hospital area will have
seen the end made to a $500 600
addition to the hospital, begun in
1919, that keeps the hospital in the
forefront as leader in community
disqualification
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
9 Big Job Now
Corn Planting Big Job Nov
Casters 93-Degree Reading Brought
Suddenly-Its-Summer Brow Swipes

You were entitled to Sundays
suddenly its-summer feeling. the
Easter temperature rising to 90
degrees TO record the highest April
reading since 1852.
Weatherman E. F. Sdiplin re-
corded a 90 on April %, 1852, Just
one day later than the real heat
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
CUB PACK MEETING

The seven Farmvile Cub Scout
dens will unite for a Pack meet
ING tonight FRIDAY in the FITS
auditorium at 7.30 O'Clock.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26

tablished one Of the oldest Presby-
terrain churches in eastern Virginia
it was the church Of early Prince
Edward planters and the mother of
four colony churches
Presbyterians, too had a part in
establishment Of Hampden-Sydney
College the same year in which the
Declaration of Independence was
adopted During the Revolutionary
War. the entire student body formed
a company The building in which
the college was founded stands near
the administration building today
Guides will lead campus tours from
the administration building On dis
play form 10 am to pm at the
college library viii be old books
manuscripts and portraits Of notable
men connected with the history Of
the college
Highlight Of the Prince Edward
tour will be the old debtor S prison
at Worsham, from 1854 to 1872 the
county seat. Colonial architecture
experts have described the hewn
log building as one Of the few orlgi-
nal debtor's prisons stu IN eXis
tcnce. Prince Edward branch. AS
ISOLATION for the Preservation Of
Virginia Antiquities. has restored
the building. and Worsham High
School students have built stocks
TO be placed in front Of it
Lockctt Hospital Cemetery
The Lockett House. usually more
frequently associated With Confed-
crate history. has been the Lockett
home since the Eighteenth century.
Federal troops attacked Confederate
wagon trains along the lowlands
there. LQckett house was used as
a hospital. the plantation grounds as
a cemetery. Confederate tro o p S
fired OIL the house to dislodse Fed
eral troops
Three miles away is Sayler' S
Creek battlefield park, site of the
last important engagement of the
war Between the States. The park
is now state maintained, and there
are markers describing the events
and Hllsman house which was
used as a field hospital
Near Rice is Old Sandy River
church. established 10 years after
Old Briery. in 1865 Il was built as
an established church. and has been
Sharon Baptist church since 1922
Grant Followed Ice
IN Farnlville itself at Second and
Main streets. is Randolph house
where Gen Robert Z Lee rested
April Z. 1865. and where Gen Il S
Grant spent the night. leaving April
3. 1865 II was on the Randolph
porch that Grant held a council d
war and dispatched notes Of neeotia.
ton 10 Lee
Lonewood College. also in Farm
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-04-26
WANTED: RELICS OF
THE CONFEDERACY

IIostcsses who will serve at the
Randolph House in Farmviiie
during Prince Edward County
nay. May 4. are in need of Con-
federate relics for display there.
Mrs. Anne Atkinson Chamber
layne reports that they will be
safeguarded and kept under lock.
The Herald will relay information
called in. suggesting loans of rel
les to the hostesSes.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

at the close of the meeting. Mex
meeting will be held with Virgini;
Beach.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

Bluffton o. r. s.
Bluffton chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, will meet December for reg
ular meeting.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

A fine compliment to Bluffton's S wo-
men and to the stores which serve
them!
DONOVAN SCHUMACHER, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher
of F1ndlay, former Bluffton residents,
was the featured soloist with the At
lanta Symphony in concerts Friday
and Saturday in Atlanta. He has been
member of the orchestra for the
last four years
ARDEN BAKERS GRANDPAR-
ENTS, Mr. and Mrs. r. j. Keith of
Lima, celebrated 70 years of married
life together last Sunday, and Mr..
Baker and his family were among
those who gathered at their home to
wish them well. Mr.. Keith is 80 and
his wife is 81.
RICHARD SIMON, Beaverdam
service station. is one of two alter
nate jurors selected by attornies in
the Ralph Forsythe case being heard
now in Allen County Common Pleas
court. 1t took total of As persons
under intense cross examination be-
fore the final IL were decided upon
The thirteenth and fourteenth jurors
! (alternates) were then selected.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28
Mainly Personal

LORD LAWRENCE, who writes the
column Meet Your Neighbors' in
the Sunday Toledo Blade, uses very
fancy coat of arms over his rather
fancy name, and if you look closely
the scroll under the coat of arms
carries the words ETAOIN
SHRDLU.
Not Latin, not Greek, this scram-
BILE of letters happens to be those on
the first two rows of keys on the
Linotype machine, as any operator
knows. 1t may be vaguely familiar
to you because it sometimes misses
the proofreader when an operator
makes mistake and wishing to clear
his machine simply runs finger
down the first two rows of keys
etaoin shrdlu.
But what brought us to mention
Lord Lawrence is his observation .ir
last Sundays column: &s%e
1--WE observed what seemed like ar
unusual number of well dressed wo
men in Bluffton, Ohio, and stopped 9
young lady to ask her if we were
just imagining it.
"She was Hannah Egbert, Botkins
Ohio, who believes the well dressee
look can be found in any collegt
| town where the stores stress 9Th,
| latest"