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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
New Officers
Elected Include
w all And Lecte

I A new slate Of officers anJ a re-
Fort on recreation activities for the
year were the highlights OF the an
nual membership meeting Of the
Tarmville Memorial Recreation AS
sociation Wednesday night.
4 Newly elected officers are W. B.
Wall president; NJ. U. Leete, vice
president, Miss Anna Dickhoff,
secretary and B. S. Hamersly.
treasured The officers were elected
, by the board OF directors who met
following the membership meeting.
| The membership, which includes
/ the various civic clubs and churches
in Farmville, elected the following
/ members to the board Of director
for three year terms: T. G. Coleman.
Jr,. A. NJ Arlington. and NJ U.
Leete.
Pool Contract
v S. Bruce Spencer. retiring presl-
dent, reported that a contract had
been signed for the swimming pool.
The deed for the land was p. esented
N the membership, and the president
and secretary were authorized to
\ sign the deed following the recon-
mendati0n Of study committee
composed Of Spencer, w. P. Hay, il.
and B. O. BAN
4 Tom Overman was recognized as
7 the representative of the Farmvllle
4 Catholic Church which had been
7 extended membership in the organi-
cation II was also noted that Long
wood College had been extended
membership during the past year
The committee chairmcn made
detailed reports and recommended
4 tons on tho various activities Spon-
sored by the Recreation Associa-
ton during the past year The acti--
vitieS backed by the Association In
clude; summer swimming, baseball
high school and little league
recreation center on Main Street,
church league and town league
basketball. Grove Street Park. week
end basketball instruction at the
high school, and development Of the
Longwood Hills Recreation Area.
Spencer Says Thanks
Retiring president Spencer eX-
pressed his appreciation 10 the mem-
bers and the pubic Tor their nelp
and support during the past year,
ard paid particular tribute TO the
rarmvlile Lion CUB Ior tnelr part
in conducting a fund drive to make
the swimming pool in the Longwood
\ Hills area reality.
\ b. Cl BAN Of the Lions Club, re-
ported that the main portion SWIM
ming pool has been completed. and
the finishing touches of tile and
marble ike covering will be in
stalled soon. The filter plant is IN
process of being constructed
Balm reported that $4,000 was
~o.iecled or pledge on the swimming
pool drive, and the pool viii he
opened June |, 1888. He suggested
ina. If there is anyone who has
not been contracted to make a dona-
non. his name be submitted to A.
N. Fore al Gray's Drug Store, who
is enc OF the drive chairman.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
.KVG Crews Trained
AT Farmville, Amelia

High school boys in Amelia and
Prince Edward counties have been
ira ned to fight forest fires by
Virginia Division Of Forestry for
eStcrS
The fire fighting crews, called
Keep Virginia Green Crews, have
been organized to assist forestry
personnel in preventing and con-
trolling forest fires in the county
The annual training sessions
were conducted i'll the forests 10
better acquaint the boys with the
problems and techniques OF forest
fire control as well as TIMBER man
agemrnt.
Chief Forest Warden J. A. Law
renee, Of Amelia county, and Chief
Forest Warden o. G. Dowdy. OF
Prince Edward county, say that
the boys will benefit greatly tho
fire control organizations OF Their
counties
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
Weeks Old Belt
Average Off $1.21;
$500, Goes To Pool

Deliveries TO the Old Belt flue-
cured tobacco markets Slackened
considerably last week especially
towards >she. latter part Of the
week Nest average prices were a
little loves than the week before.
Quality remained about the same.
The seasons low weekly average
Of S5045 rer hundred was paid for
l9,985.ii0 pounds. The average
was $l.2l under last week. Season
sales were placed at l92.845.459
pounds averaging 1891. r b c
markets have been operating "A
days. During the comparable per-
iod last year 290.ll5,48 pounds
were sold for an average OF s5l03
Losses in grade averages were
mostly 81 90 and $500 per hun
dred. Several showed small gains
and a large number were I'M
changed. The declines we're more
numerous for leaf.
There was very little change in
the overall quality Of offerings. A
small increase appeared in the
percentage Of poor leaf and non
descript hut this was offset by
similar increases in good and fine
qualities. Princip marketings
We're again poor To good leaf. fair
Jugs and nondescript.
Deliveries 70 the Flue-cured
Sterilization Corporation under
the Government loan program
continued to. climb. jumping TO
around IS per cent Of gross sales
this week. Season receipts We're
raised to approximately 20 per
cent.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
IE Supervisors Hold
Late Meeting Today

1he November meeting Of the
Prnce Edward county board Or
supervisors was postponed Thurs
CAV 70 allow members to attend
sessions Of the 1lth annual Viz
ginia Highway Conference AT VMI
il Lexington
The board wild convene today
Tuesday for It's monthly session.
Highway planning Is annually
featured in the Lexington confer
ence and county supervisors
throughout the state are always
Wcll represented
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
October Building
Five-Year High;
New Homes Squirt

October building construction
here hit a five-year high. with
new homes the chief contributor
to a ll-permit, $4,000 volume.
Eight residences were included
and the balance Of permits was is
sued for additions to present
homes.
Seven Of the new homes are 60
ing up in the county, Hampden.
Farmyllle and Prospect districts
all having a share IN the construc-
ton total
Farmville proper had three Of
The IL permits, one for a home
and two for one-room additions
Persons TO whom new home
permits were issued and the con-
struction locations are;
Farmyille proper, Ella n d
James Evans Hampden district.
Etha and " G Benedict, Bessie g.
Cannon and c. r. Scott: Farm
Vile district, w z. Dow. Albert III.
Page and Calvin M. Chichester. and
Prospect district, William G. Fos-
ter.
Permits for additions to present
homes were secured by James and
Flossie Womack and E. M. Skel-
ton. Farmville proper, and Ray
mond and Helen Wilmer. Farm
Vile district.
THE 3o-day period Of October
was exceeded only BY April con
struction this year. That month
the total was S79,825.
Last October the building total
was s32 ,59T and for October 1865
the total was s63,l00.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
Britisher To. Speak
At H-SC Thursday

PROFESSOR Harry {. Allen. 81
London. England, VIII speak dur
ING student convocation At
Hampton Sydney College tomor-
row "wednesday at 1920 n. n.
Or. Allen is visiting professor Of
History at the University Of VII
einia this session. The Omicron
Delta Kappa honorary society will
conduct It's annual tapping exer-
cises at the same session.
Townspeople are invited To hear
the lecturer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

was the high-light OF the battle !"
Chaplain Adams received an III
dlvidual citation from Admiral
Nlmitz and shared unit citation
in both World Wars. Mr. Adams
said his individual citation was only
for what he was supposed to do. -"
It grew out Of letter. one Of many
he wrote, to parents Of fatally in
Nlred Marine.
The wonderful sense Of humor
Of our fighting men was major
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
BY JOHN w. MOLNAR
tLC Music Department.

A large and enthusiastic audi
nee was delightfully."- transorted
rom Jarman Hall to the Vienna
If 1878 through the magic Of the
music Of Johann Strauss last We'd
nesday evening. The occasion was
4 performance Of Die Fielder
naus' by the Grass Roots Opera
Company on the Artist Series of
Longwood College.
The entire production was as
fine as anything that has been
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

Sufschi
description, MI Adams continued
The ocean was literally covered
With ships Of every types. Aircraft
We're making systematic runs from
the ~ carriers that dotted the scene
and this bigger ships lay off and
blasted away at the japanese
stronghold, while Marines procured
onto the Island III seady stream
from the transport ships and am
phibions vessels The flag raising
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
Study Sessions NOV. l719
Duke Teacher, Adult Work Director
Lead lnter-C Church Bible Conference

a professor in Duke UnIversity's
Department Of Religion and a
Virginia Methodist Conference
audit work director Will lead an
aFea-wide Bible study conference
Nov. 1919 at Farmville Methodist
Church.
The inter- dcnomlnational con-
ference is sponsored jointly BY
Farmvllle District of the Method
list Church. the local Methodist
Church, the Longwood College
Wesley Foundation and the Farm
vile Ministerial Association.
Or. CLYDE Manschreck. Of Duke
University. will lecture. and the
Rev Gilbert Golfer Of Richmond,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

June Ellington. J Berrye Wall, the
Rev RI T. Withcrs, Jr., Joseph II
James, and Mrs. A. VI Mcknight.
County Members
Prospect, Mrs. Bertha Brlsen-
tine. Mrs. Jack Jones and Mrs D.
H. Booth: MeheIrin. Mrs. a. d
Hobgood; Worsham. Ms. Bruce
r e d d, FEanpden sydney, Dr
Francis Ghigo; Rice, Mrs. Grace
Bradshaw Green Bay. Mrs. c. r,
Beck and Mis-. Caude Wilson. and
Darlington Heights Mrs, Howard
Shorter.
A medical board TO work il
special advisory capacity with the
regular board was also chosen. It's
members are Or. Ray Moore, Jr.,
DR. F j Clements, DE-. Cecil
Patteson. Mis-. Tucker Doyne Jl'-
Mrs. Thomas Lavne and MIS- Mel
lie Coles.
BY laws regulating activities
and business procedures and set
ting up the chapters program OF
cooperation = in the annual April
Cancer fund drive were alSc
adopted by members.
Guests Speakers
Bernard Woodalll, executive sec
reiary Of the Virginia Division
American Cancer Society. and
Jeraleen Jones, field representa-
tive IN this area, discussed the
Society's threshold program OF
education, prevention and treat
ment.
The county has continued It;
annual Embarrassing effort in re-
cent years with the cooperation o.
home demonstration clubs anc
public-spilited individuals. How
ever, the ycar-round work of edu-
cation and treatment programs
had suffered i'll the absence of an
organized unit.
Miss Jones. field worker from
the state office, had been working
with the reorganization effort for
more than year She also assist
ed with the fund drive the past
year, when DR.. c. l.. Baird led a
successful campaign
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

director Of adult work i'll the vir-
glnia Methodist Conference. viii
be the discussion group leader.
Theme Of the conference will be
The Kingdom Of God. There win
be tWo-hour session, 1880 to $50,
each night OF the three-night con-
ference.
Concurrent with the conference,
Bible displays will be presented at
the Wesley Foundation Student
Center and at the Falmville Meth
odist Church
Interested persons from church
es ~ the community and through
out Farnville district are invited
70 the conference meetings
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
Parker Appointed

W. r. Parker. of Powhatan. has
been appointed area chairman for
Farm City week, November %
through %.
His area takes in 20 counties,
including Amelia, Buckingham.
Cumberland, Powhatan, Prime e
Edward, Charlotte and Nottoway.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12
Farmville- Bedford
Game Here Tonight

The Farmville Bedford football
game, postponed Friday night by
inclement weather. will be PLAYED
here tonight Monday Game
time is s o'clock
The meeting with the Offers of
Bedford High. District oppon-
ent. will be the final home appear
ance Of the 1857 Wolverines. They
wind up their campaign Friday
against Bluestone there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

SMOKE from the home Of Grover Rarr as Farm
Ne hrenen bring the hsze under Monday
morning ihe trc gained considerable Roadway
OF tue wat
'h part q he LEGAL unit The home
nes north Of farmsie Cause
determined but II thought children playing
nave started it, Two other kep
volunteers jumping Saturday defective
tue brought the femen TO tho A.
fst Avenue The alarm
Tor smoky furnace at the J. Newberry Company Both Of the
1sss. I've -1sr,s Ss;s h..ad without cossrl,cat,a.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-12

students to tie their future. what
eyer endeavors they choose. 10 the
three-point foundation of physical
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

by Gov. Thomas B. Stanley,
president Of the VIRGINIA
State Chamber of Commerce.
A request for the return of
the invitation was telegraph
ed Tuesday
In Richmond, the executive
director of the chamber of
commerce, Verbon X e m D,
said tonight there had been
an error" in issuing the in
vitation. He said the names
of some 600 persons invited
had been compiled various
ly."
DIR. Powell, a physician as
well as a publisher, was born
in Newport News, Va, in
1894. He is in who's Who
in America"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Prominent Virginia Negro
Asked To Return Invite
To State Dinner Fete

New York, April 1O-Dr.
Gillian B. Powell, prominent
New York Negro and a native
of Virginia, has been asked
to return an invitation to a
dinner in his home state to
which he was invited last week
by the governor himself.
DR.. Powell, publisher of the
Amsterdam News in Harlem,
had already accepted the in
vitation to the dinner "for
distinguished Virginians in
Richmond on May II. The
dinner was described as part
of a celebration of the 350th
anniversary of the first per-
manent English settlement in
America at Jamestown.
The invitation was signed
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Shutdown District
Convention To Be
PresentedAprill Is

The Shutdown District Con-
vention will be presented on
Tuesday, April IS, at Addi-
sen High School, at 8 pm.
The satire will feature the
annual sermon by Or. j. B.
II. c. Bigjohn," ABB, LID,
BID, and C.B.B. Addresses
will be given by outstanding
members of the convention.
Among the topics to be dis
cussed will be, How to Rear
Your Children, and an Ap
peal for the Redemption of
Shutdown"
The presentation is being
sponsored by the Trustee
Board of High Street Baptist
Church. Mr.. William Bro
theirs is Program Chairman.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Fisk University
Plans Two New
Buildings

Nashville, Tenn.-Plans for
the construction of two adj
ditional buildings on the Fisk
University campus have been
announced by the universities
interim administrative COM
mittee.
These buildings are part of
the $1,750,000 reorganization
plan envisioned by the late
President Charles S. Johnson,
and carried forward since his
sudden death last October by
the interim administration.
The new buildings will be
erected at a combined cost of
$855,000, and are being fl
nanced by a loan from the
Communities Facilities Adj
ministration.
One of the proposed build
ings is a dormitory to house
$50 students. Tentative plans
adapt it for coeducational
usage. This would become the
first coeducational dormitory
on Fisk's campus, and one of
the few of it's kind in the ma
ton.
The building would have
separate wings for men and
women, but common lounges
and foyers. 1t would be used
as a coeducational housing
Continued to page fOur)
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Twenty wolAlabama
ex1zz1
Negroes Fined Tn Test Law

A Montgomery Grand Jury
declared On February 10 that
is Indictment of four white
men for dynamiting Negro
oncs and churches Should
lot be construed as any weak
ming of determination
to preserve our segregat-
ed Institutions" That deter.
mination was reaffirmed last
week when Birmingham judge
Ralph f.. Parker fined % Ne
groes $55 each for defyin
the city bus segregation ia}
December 26. They wer
among 100 who tested Hil
mingham's bus jimcroW Law
after the us. Supreme Cour
had ruled Montgomery's I'M
constitutional.
Judge Parker said the high
court had made a mistake
n outlawing Montgomery
iimcrow buses and that to
outlaw them in Birmingham
would create "a state OF
emergency" He said he re
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

Howard McClain, acting
dean and professor of phar-
macy in the school of phar-
macy at Florida A and M
University, has been awarded
a science faculty fellowship
by the National Science Foun-
dation to study at the Uni
versity of Minnesota during
the 1957-58 academic year.
Dean McClain is a graduate
of Xavier University and the
University of Wisconsin, and
pursued study at Minnesota
during the 1856 academic
year.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
NAACP Paws
$4,000 Fine

Raleigh-The National AS
sociation for the Advance
ment of Colored People has
paid a $500 penalty for viola
ton of laws requiring the
registration of foreign corp
orations doing business in
North Carolina.
The check came from Con-
rad o. Pearson of Durham,
counsel for the NAACP.
The law provides the penal
ty for any foreign corporation
which does business in the
state without registering with
the secretary of state. Atty.
Gen. George Patton said he
received the check after mott
flying the NAACP that he
would take court action to col
lect the penalty.
Patton said the payment
was IAN admission that they
were doing business here" be-
fore the organization register
ed. The organization had
maintained earlier that it was
not doing business in the
state.
The NAACP filed suit
seeking a declaratory Judge
ment that the law did not
apply to it. 1t later dropped
the suit, however, and regis
tered with secretary of state
Thad Eure in February.
The NAACP still has not
registered under an act re-
quiring registration of or
CARNATIONS which seek to in
fluence legislation or public
opinion. Patton said there are
no plans at present to force
registration under this law.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

terian Church, Amelia Co.,
Va, were certified as the du-
ly elected Commissioners to
represent the Presbytery of
Southern Virginia in the
169th G. eral Assembly,
which convenes in Omaha,
Nebraska, May 1922, 1867.
The General Assembly is the
Supreme Judicatory of the
Presbyterian Church in the
u. S. A. The Presbytery ac-
cepted the invitation to hold
its Stated Fall meeting with
the Richmond First Presby-
terian Church, Richmond, Va,
Wednesday,, September 18,
1857. Visitors addressing the
Presbytery were: Rev. Flo
l.. Henderson of Charlotte,
N. c.; Field representative
for the Catawba Synod; and
Rev. Julious 7. Douglas, pas
tor of st. James Presbyterian
Church, Greensboro, N. G..
Officers of the Presbytery
are: Elder Hannibal w. Rid
ley, Moderator, N ewpor t
News, Va; Rev. James w.
Barnette, Vice Moderator,
Burkeville, Va; Mrs. H. c..
Johnson, Treasurer, Rich
mond, Va; Rev. Thos. A.
Robinson, Stated Clerk, Alex
andria, Va; and Rev. Otha
c. Harris, Assistant of the
Stated Clerk, Petersburg, Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Zeta'S Blue
Revue Success

Omega Zeta Chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority held
its Blue Revue last Friday
evening, April 5, at Booker
Washington Junior H ig h
School Auditorium. Prizes
were offered for the best
skits. The first prize went
to the Tiny Tots Dramatic
Group of Salem. The young
sters participating were Reg
enald Hoffler, Nancy Stewart,
Jean Shropshire, Andre a
Joiner, Michael Landers and
Ernestine Jones.
Winners of the second
prize were members of Troop
Nos. Al and AZ, First Baptist
Church, Brownie and Inter
mediate groups. They pre-
sented a skit entitled Sleep
ing Beauty"
intermediate Scout Troop
No. sc won third prize with
the skit, "Queenie is a Bean
ie."
Miss Bernadine Harris won
the title as 'sMiss Blue Revue"
by selling the largest number
Of tickets.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
State Presbyterian
Meeting AT Amelia
Real Success
DR.. Elwood D. Downing
Announced Moderator Of
The Next Cataba Synod

The Presbytery of South
ern Virginia convened in it's
10th Annual Stated Spring
meeting with the Russell
Grove Presbyterian Church,
Amelia County, Va, Tuesday,
at 10 am. The Reverend Hen
ry w. McNair, DID,, was host
minister.
Opening devotions were led
by Rev. H. E. Williams. Ell
der Hannibal w. Ridley, a
ruling Elder in the Carver
Memorial Pre- S by t e. a n
Church of Newport News,
Va, delivered the opening adj
dress. Elder Ridley is vice
president of the Crown Saw
ings Bank of Newport News,
Va. He was reelected Mod
orator of the Presbyteryy by
exclamation. DR.. e. d.
Downing of Roanoke was en-
dorsed by the Presbytery as
the next moderator of the
Catawba Synod which meets
in June of this year at Bar
ber-Scotia College, Concord,
N. G. The Reverend James
w. Barnette of Burkeville,
Va, was named vice modera-
tor of the Presbytery. The
recommendation of the Pres
byter's General Council, to in
vite the Presbytery of Wash
ington City to extend it's work
as far south in Virginia as
the northern boundry of the
Rappahannock River. Except
ing the Community Presby-
terrain Church in Alexandria,
Va, was approved. The Rev.
erend Richard B. Strong, pas
tor of Community Presbyter-
ian Church, Alexandria, Va,
and Ruling Elder G.. A. Wright
of the Russell Grove Presby-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

fused to be responsible for
such a calamity" He then
challenged the basis of the
Negroes constitutional right
to equal protection of the law
by declaring the 18th Amend
ment null and void" He
said its ratification "was CO.
creed by military govern
ment."
The Montgomery Story:
The Montgomery Improve
ment Assn. in it's March 8
newsletter reviewed results
of the Supreme Court mis-
take:
"For a few days Indignation
worked smoothly, without in
cident. Both races appeared
Indifferent and seemingly ac-
cepted the inevitable. Bus
drivers, who had been fur
loughed without pay for
months, were noticeably hap
py.
"Then the city officials
Cont lued to page two)
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

a highlight of the meeting
is the annual Talent Hunt to
be held on Saturday evening.
Twenty young musicians of
high school age, who have
won out in local chapter elimi-
nations held throughout the
area will compete for District
prizes, opportunity for con-
sideration for full scholar
ships offered by the District
and an invitation to appear
at the National Talent Demon
STATIONS to be held at st.
Louis, Mo-, come December.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
Buchanan Baptist Church Holy Week" Speakers

Thursday Night, April Is
Sermon by Rev. Dogan
illiams Of Lexington.
Rev. Williams is pastor of
20 Larger Parish" of Lex
ngton's Randolph Street
Methodist Church and others
or the circuit.
Rov. Williams will furn.s,r
music from his churches, ac-
companied by his Officers
Members and Friends of tbs
respective congregations.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13
500 Omegas Expected To
Attend Charleston Meet

Charleston, S. C.-Nearly
500 Omegas and their guests
from the two Carolinas are
expected here on the week
end of April 1928 for the
annual Sixth District Meet
ing of the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity.
Harleston Fleming, District
marshall, in charge of ar
engagements for the local Mu
Alpha Chapter, hosts for the
meet, told reporters this week
that advance registrations as
sured a record turnout.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

Sermon by Rev. Harris,
pastor of Wrightsville Bap-
fist Church of Wrightsville,
Music by Wrightsville Choir,
accompanied by Officers and
Members Of Rev. Harris
church.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

Sermon by Rev. Lewis of
Roanoke.
Music by the Junior and
Senior Choirs of First Bap-
list Church of Buchanan.
Mrs. Clora Terry, organist
and director. Miss Joe Anne
Lee, pianist.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-04-13

Sermon by Rev. Nowlin, pas
tor of Cloverdale, Lily Of The
Valley and Indian Rock Bap-
fist Churches. Music will be
furnished by the Cloverdale
Choir, accompanied by off
Gers and members of the re
spective churches.