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Evening star., 1957-08-18

farmer got about 40 cents from
each food dollar and others got
so cents. Developments indicate
that the farm share may drop
even lower this year, as well as In
the years to come.
Much Of this change reflects the
desire Of today's housewife to turn
over to others the task Of preserv-
ing. preparing and even cooking
the family meals. This Is reflected
in q steady increase In retail sales
Of cakes, pies and other pastries
which once were baked in the
home.
1t is reflected in prepared cake
and pie mixes, canned and frozen
soups, pre-prepared meats and
vegetables, and numerous other
food preparations once made up
In the home.
In other words, the food indus
try is selling maid and cooking
services along with the foods pro-
duced by the farmer.
Restricts Budgets
Some farm leaders say this
hurts farmers-at least to some
extent. They say that In the case
Of lower-income families this pur-
chase Of these services restricts
the total volume Of food such fam
lilies are able to buy. They argue
that If more families bought more
food in the Impressed form. they
could purchase q much larger and
perhaps more selective volume.
The amount received by labor
employed in processing, transport
ing and distributing farm pro-
duced foods was not too far behind
the amount farmers received. The
government estimates lahor's
share at nearly $14 billion.
Labor's. share has been going lip
as the farm share has been declin.
ing. This is q reflection princi-
pally Of the fact that consumers
are buying more and more maid
and cooking services with their
food. 1t is taking more and more
workers to handle the job Of get
Evening star., 1957-08-18
Labor Probe:
No ANSWERS

Senator McClellan's committee
investigating labor union racket
eering continued last week its
task Of turning the seamier side
Of labor unionism TO public view.
Among the charges made at the
hearings, still Awell attended BY
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ginia under the existing highway
fund distribution system.
Current distribution formulae
are based on a number Of factors
such as population. road mileage.
etc.-which do not necessarily re-
fleet an areas needs.
The consultants found that
under the present setup. one
county would not be able to un-
dertake any secondary road work
during the next 13 years, while
another county would have three
times as much money as 1t needed
for secondary roads.
Secondary roads are the So
called farm-to-market roads. Other
Evening star., 1957-08-18
VIRGINIA REPORT
BY MARY LOU WERNER

The Virginia Advisory Legisla-
tive Council and the States two
major candidates for Governor
have blackballed q proposed high
way expansion program that would
have brought millions Of dollars In
road improvements to traffic
clogged areas like Northern Viz
ginia.
All Of the extra money to be
raised from q penny increase in
the States gasoline tax and a 50
boost in automobile registration
fees, which a firm Of consulting
engineers recommended, was to go
where it Is needed most-and
Northern Virginia ranks at the
top Of the list.
But the VALC last week spurned
the whole idea and recommended
that the State stick to present
revenues-even though they ad-
mittedly viii fall far short Of get
ting Virginia roads out Of the
rumble seat era.
Attorney General J. Lindsay
Almond, jr., the Democratic NOM
inee for Governor. and his Repub-
lican opponent, State Senator Ted
Dalton, cheered the VALC de-
cision, saying that they likewise
opposed the recommended tax
increases.
With such formidable oppo-
sition, it seems unlikely that the
consultants' recommendations will
get anywhere when the General
Assembly meets next January.
Perhaps the recommended gas
tax and registration increases are
not the most palatable way to
raise additional highway money.
but the consultants' statistics pre-
sent an impressive. case for more
funds from some source-and
quickly.
The New York engineering firm
Of Parsons, Brinckerhoh. Hall and
Macdonald was retained by the
VALC a year ago to study Vir-
ginia's ailing highway system and
recommend what could be done to
improve 1t.
Last January, the engineers SUBJ
mitted their report. They tailored
their study to coincide with the
13-year Federal interstate high
way program, and found that even
with the added millions in Federal
money there wouldn't be enough
funds from present sources to
scratch the surface Of State high
way needs by 1870.
They calculated the States needs
through 1870 at $2,177 ,262 900,
and warned that existing revenues
including the Federal money
would fall $572 million short Of
that mark.
BockIog Of Needs
Their estimate Of highway needs
included q current backlog Of
S634.9 million. Only 10 per cent,
or S63 million Of this backlog, can
be reduced with present sources Of
income by 1870, the engineers pre-
dicted.
In other words, 13 years from
now the State will still be trying
to catch UP with road construction
that should have been accom-
plished 10 years ago.
All is not hopeless. however. If
any Of today's motorists survive
long enough, they may see better
driving days. The engineers said
present highway income will al
low the state to reduce the back
log by 40 per cent in 1880. There
still won't be half the new high
ways then that there should be
right now, but it's a start.
The outlook is especially gloomy
Cor urban areas like No nern Vir-
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Only q Ysors

With the added income, the en-
gineers figured the State could
catch up with its highway needs
In % years. At least 70 per cent
Of the backlog could be taken care
OF In Is years. they reported.
One Of the reasons given by
the vALC for rejecting the con-
sultants' revenue plan offers Q
clue to what is wrong with the
States tagging highway program.
The VALC said the extra money
would not reduce the backlog
Immediately. nor would it. for Q
long time. even provide sufficient
revenues to do away with the con-
struction backlog"
Perhaps in an off-election year,
the State will 60 after the extra
highway income 1t needs. The
VALC did not deny the need was
there. and virtually admitted that
additional revenues must be
sought eventually. It suggested
that after the highway depart
ment has expanded sufficiently to
make efficient use Of additional
funds. consideration can be given
to providing the additional funds
required to cut down the backlog
Of estimated needs"
Evening star., 1957-08-18
BY OVID A. MARTIN

For decades the farmer was the
major stockholder. so to speak,
in the Nations food industry.
That is not 50 today. He has
been relegated to q position Of q
minority holder. He has been
forced by developments to trade
places with professors and dis
tributors.
When the farmer was the top
man. the bulk Of the money con-
sumers spent for food went to
the tillerS Of the soil. In the early
years Of the country, processing
and transportation played minor
roles. This was particularly true
Of processing.
Consumers bought most Of their
food In the raw or Impressed
form. The curing, the canning,
the drying. the preparation and
the cooking were done in the
home.
But as the years went by, service
units were set up outside homes
to do more and more Of the
processing and preparation. Along
with this went increasing shares
Of consumer expenditures for food.
There came the meat packing
plants, the -four mills. the butter
and cheese makers, the canning
companies. the bakeries and more
lately the food freezing and cook
ing plants.
No longer does the farmer get
the major portion Of the consumer
food dollar. This portion now goes
to the processing, transporting and
distributing phases Of the food
industry.
On the Short End
Latest government figures show
that in 1856 consumers spent
roughly $4S billion for foods pro-
duced on American farms. OF this
amount. the farmer got about $19
billion. The remainder-$20 bill
lon-went to professors, trans
porters and distributors.
Stated in q different way, the
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categories in the State system are
urban roads. primary roads. and
the new Federal interstate roads.
Even In the present system Of
distributing funds among the four
different types Of roads. the con-
sultants found inequities. They
said present ALLEGATION methods,
with current revenues. would allow
the secondary system to fulfill 81
per cent of its needs by 1870. the
primary system so per cent Of its
needs. and the urban system only
80 per cent Of its needs.
But the consultants we're wise
enough to realize that Virginia is
not a State to give up its time
Evening star., 1957-08-18
VIRGINIA REPORT
Bod News for Old Dominion's Highways

honored customs easily. Instead of
proposing that the present fund
distribution system be scrapped.
the engineers came forth with
what they thought was 3 COM
promise proposal" to set up an
equalization fund for distribution
solely on the basis Of need. The
additional gas tax and registra-
ton fee were suggested to finance
the new fund.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
NEWS Or LYNCHbURG and VICINITY

The list and 9th anniver-
Chapel Baptist Church came
to a happy close on last Fri
day with a banquet in honor
for the pastor, Rev. E. e.
Harper, members and friends.
The pastor received many
gifts, both money and per-
sonal. The church also voted
a months vacation, with pay,
to Rev. Harper, beginning
August 1.
The Home Demonstration
Clubs, of Amherst County,
are making an educational
tour to jamestown EXPOSE
ton on Saturday, August 3.
Members attending FIR o M
Madison are the Mesdames
Bertha Thornhill, Bessie
Thompson, Mildred Jordan
and Lena G. Wood. Miss Y.
V. Bell, the home agent, will
accompany the group on the
tour.
The Sunday School Cenven-
ton was held July 24-25 at
Whit Rock Baptist Church.
Delegates from Scott Zion
Baptist Church We're Miss
Juanita Campbell and Miss
Dorothy Jackson.
Scott. Zion Baptist Church
Sunday School had a picnic
Saturday, July 81, at Snow
den Park in Snowden, Va.
Mr.. Samuel Turner, of
Pittsburg, Pa, is visiting his
relatives, Mrs. Lottie Camp
bell and mother, ON the Amer
lon Road.
The Golden Tones, of
Lynchburg, are sponsoring a
program of quartet singing
at Lovingston Bapti s t
Church.
The Masonics laid a corner
stone at Paramount Baptist
Church in Stapleton, Va,
July %.
This is all for this week,
readers. Hope you have en-
joyed the news happenings.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

Jean Hale, Miss Nina Charlie
ton and Mrs. Beatrice Mitch
ell, Mr.. L. D. Austin, Mrs.
George Epps.
Fraternities, Clubs, Soro-
rites, Business Organiza-
tons: Mr.. Earl Cannady, Miss
Katherine Pullen, Miss Alice
Turner, Mrs. Della Downing,
Miss Nettie Traynham, Mrs.
Virginia Reeves, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Cundiff, Miss Bethel
Hytten, Mrs. Lucy Brooks,
Miss Beatrice Watkins.
Our Public Schools and
Colleges: DR.. w. H. Butler
and DR.. Ryan dentist and
octor-professional organi-
zations).
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ings bomb throwings and
shots fired into their homes.
In Belzoni, Miss. in 1854, a
Negro minister who refused
to remove his name from the
voting list was shot down.
a fact that did not prevent
the coroner's inquest from
returning a verdict of "acci-
dental DEATH" And in Ten
sas Parish, La, where not
one of the 4,50O Negro in
habitants is registered, the
only Negro who tried it re-
Gently was taken by the reg
istrar to see a law officer,
who asked him, aren't you
happy here? Is something
wrong with the way things
operate around here? If you
aren't happy, perhaps we can
arrange for you to leave"
The N egro promptly re-
piled that he was happy, that
his attempt to register had
been a mistake. The Negro
stayed on in his community,
but his wife lost her job.
The other side of the South
wide picture Is the Roadway
through Border States. and
the fact that Negro registra-
tion, however small, has been
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
MORGAN STATE COLLEGE
BEARS ANNOUNCE
GRIDIRON SCHEDULE

Baltimore, Md.-A nine
game schedule, including its
first football contest with
rival Maryland State College,
looms for the Morgan State
College Bears in the 1857 sea-
son, Athletic Director Eddie
P. Hurt disclosed today.
Hurt announced that Nor
gan will play in a total of
three classics and three night
games, with the Maryland
State meeting scheduled for
October IL, 8 pm, in Memoir
ial Stadium here.
The Hawk-Bear contest,
long viewed and long awaited
as a natural" will pit the
longtime powerful Morgan
eleven for the first time in a
gridiron battle against the
Princess Anne school which
has become one of the top
teams in the Central Inter-
collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton.
T h e complete schedule,
first nine-game one for the
Bears in several years, is:
September % - Central
State College at Baltimore,
Md.
October 5-North Carolina
College at Durham, N. G..
(Night).
October 12-Maryland State
College at Baltimore. (Night)
October 19-Howard Univer-
sity at Washington, d. C.
October 26-West Virginia
State College in the Capital
Classic at Washington, D. c..
(Night).
November 2-North Caro-
lima A & T College at Balti-
more. Homecoming.
November 9 - Virginia
Union University at Rich
mond, Va.
November Is - Hampton
Institute at Hampton, Va.
November % - Virginia
State College at Baltimore,
Md. Thanksgiving Day
Classic.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

Mr.. Laurence Hamlar,
former chairman. Business
organization; Mr.. William
Brothers, Publicity; DR.. E.
D. Downing, Dentists; and
Miss G onst lance Johnson,
Radio Script, TV publicity.
We are grateful to every
one and we hope for con-
tinued contributions and sup
port by all of our citizens.
We have missed a number
of people who usually have
supported this fund that
makes greater opportunities
for our youth in educational
fields. We do hope that we
will hear from them in the
next campaign.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

Grafton of the pumps will be
generated at the company's
C o al fired steam electric
plants, using coal from Vir-
ginia and West Virginia. 1t is
estimated this will require
more than 100000 tons of
coal per year, This method
'of using pumped. storage has
been successfully applied at
other hydroelectric installa-
tions.
In announcing the en-
larged scope of Appalachian's
project, Furr pointed out that
it is contingent upon the COM
pany's ability to proceed with
the pending plan for the dam
at Smith Mountain. This, in
turn, largely depends on ac-
ceptable final action in the
matter of road and bridge
relocations being taken by the
three counties affected and
the State Highway Commits
sion. While agreement on the
scope of such relocation has
yet not been reached, Furr
expressed hope that satisfac-
tory disposition of these prob
lens will come about in the
near future and, thereby, re-
move a barrier to the carry
Ing out Of the eompanx's
plaas FOR Roanoke River de-
velopment.
M e an while. Appalachian
yesterday filed a petition to
intervene tn the matter of the
Coeperativs's. application for
an EPC preliminary permit
for it's own hydroeleetrie de-
Evelopment, including a dam at
Leesville. This would utilize
the reservoir site, which will
De required for the proposed
Appalachian expension in the
Smith Mountain area.
Mr.. Fur said that repre-
sentatives Of his company had
conferred with officials Of the
Cooperative and had explain
ed to them the expanded
plans and the work done over
the past several years in de-
veloping-t these plans and that,
therefore, the company was
compelled to petition to inter-
vene and to oppose any devel-
opment in conflict with the
company's expanded Smith
Mountain project.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
Rustburg Roundup

Sunday, July %, at 8 pm,
there were two gospel quar-
tets on the program at Law
yers Baptist Church in Law
yers, Va. The quartets were
the Silvertones, of Roanoke,
Va, and The Gospel Four, Of
Altavista, Va.
Little Miss Mary Frances
Mitchell spent the weekend in
the home of her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling Scott.
Mrs. Ernestine Nowlin and
family spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pat Smith.
Master Randolph Nowlin
went back to his home in
Evington, Va, after spending
tire weeks vacation with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pat Smith.
Miss Marion and Elizabeth
Scott are going to Hunting
ton, w. Va, to spend a week
with their aunt.
Mrs. Dorothy Cottman went
to the hospital for an opera
ton Tuesday, July 30.
On Saturday, August 3,
there will be a party at the
Community Center.
On Saturday the Sunday
School of Cross Road will go
on picnic at Snowden Park,
Snowden, Va.
Madison Heights Highlights
sary services for tbs Rose
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
Roanoke UNCF Report

The Inter-Alumni division
of Roanoke United Negro
College Fund realized $582.00
in the 1857 drive. The chair
man, Mrs. S. HI. Watson,
wishes to thank all the work
ers and all the sororities, fra
ternities, clubs, the churches
and individuals who shared
in this worthy cause. Mr.. E.
l.. Phillips served as co-chair-
man of the campaign, Mr..
Percy Welding as secretary,
and DR.. H. T. Penn as treas
urer.
T e volunteer workers
were Rev. P. M. Caldwell and
Rev. E. l.. Glaspie. Churches:
Mr.. Ralph Coleman, Mrs.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
Southern Negroes
And The Vote
CONTINUED from first page)

Continued from first page)
in the plantation area of
Florida were told by whites
lounging around the court
house: GO ahead-if you
can take what comes after
wards" In M &c CORN j C k
County, S. c., what came af-
terward for several Negro
sharecroppers was that they
could not find white buyers
for their produce; in Hum
phreys County, Miss. Negro
b u 81 n e smen registrants
found that they could not get
credit. In calhoun County,
S. c. any Negro who tries to
get a registration certificate
is called a smart" Negro, and
Calhoun County encourages
smart Negroes to migrate.
The specific threat of ply
steal violence looms in rela-
lively few areas (and rela-
lively few white Southsrners
will stand for it). But where
it looms, it Is terribly effec-
tive. In Liberty County, Fla.
last year, all but one Of the
first ten Negro registrants
in the county's history took
their names off the voting
list after a set of cross burn
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

climbing steadily and rapidly
during the past ten years.
There is hope for a faster
rise as Negro economic and
educational opportunities ex-
pand. Ever since Reconstruc-
ton, however, it has only
been by the pressure of pub
lie opinion and the specific
spreading of the processes of
justice, e.g., FBI routine
checks" on election preced-
ures, that the Deep South has
moved forward at all.
The heart of the Admins
tration's civil rights bill, de-
signed simply and solely to
rid the u. S. of mass disfran-
chisement," is thus dedicat-
ed to the proposition that as
evils exist, it will take not on
ly law but prosecution to cor
rect them. 1.-THE right of CT
items to VOTE" says the 18th
Amendment, "shall not be de-
items to VOTE" says the 10Th
or any, state ON account of
race, color, or previous con-
Otion Of servituda." The
date Of the 18th Amendment {:
1870.
Time Gully 20. 1850
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
AEPC Plans
To Enlarge
Proposed
Smith
Mountain
Area

Appalachian Electric Power
Company yesterday announc-
ed plans to enlarge substan-
TALLY it's proposed hydroelec-
trio development in the Smith
Mountain area of the Roa-
noke River, and it's filing of
a petition with the Federal
Power Commission to inter
vene in the Southside Electric
Cooperative's pending appi-
cation for a preliminary per-
NIT for q hydroelectris devsl-
opment downstream from
Smith Mountain.
Enlargement of Appala0A-
ian's development would IA
volve the addition of pampsd
storage, made possible by tae
construction of a secondary
dam near Leesville. Va, b.
low Smith Mountain.
In making the announce
ment, G. L. Fur, vice prei-
dent and general manager VI
the Company, said "The ep'
largement of the Smith Mous-
tain development offers q
number Of advantages ovg
the original plan for q singk
dam. 1t has been recognized
that there is only a marginal
economic justification for a
single dam at Smith Noun
tain, due to the relatively
small stream flow of the river
which limits the amount of
power that can be generated. "
"This truly comprehensive
development Of the upper
Roanoke River will result IN
more than doubling power
production" Fur said. "The
total investment will be in
creased by a significant but
as yet undetermined amount.
The creation of a second lake
will add to the recreational
value of the development"
Furr said, '"The feasibility
of making such an enlarged
development in the Smith
Mountain area has been I'M
der study. for a number of
years. The plan requires the
building Of a secondary dam
some II miles below Smith
Mountain, a site for which
has been obtained by the
company"
The use of a secondary
the increase in generating ca
dam, as is proposed, permits
pacity by refusing q portion
of the water. This is accom-
plished by using water from
the main dam to generate
electricity at the time most
needed. A large portion Of
the water is temporarily
stored in the downstream res
ervoir created by the addi-
tional dam. During periods
of low power requirements
usually at night and over
week-ends-the stored por-
ton Of the water is pumped
back into the main lake for
reuse at times when the
electrical dearand Of the COM
-. - $500. = ---.~zA~~&
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

Newest necessity for the we'll
equipped cook is an all-purpose
can punch designed to open evap-
GRATED milk and juice cans with
equal ease. "s /.
Compact and sturdy, the 8" long
steel opener has a special attachs
ment which catches under the rim
Of the evaporated milk can, pro-
viding sufficient leverage for the
user to open the can with q mini
mum Of pressure, Reverse side
of the opener, clearly marked for
easy use, punches a wedge-shaped
hole in cans with q raised edge
or Zip. The opener also removes
bottle caps, and hangs up for
easy storage.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
Continued from first page)

Penn and Mrs. F. G. Samp-
son. Rev. M. A. Camper is
the director. 1t is hoped that
the complete works of Rev.
Camper and perhaps some of
other local composers may be
presented by this music en-
semble in the early fall.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03
Forest Spotlight

The Peaks of Otter Sunday
School Convention was held
at Washington Street Baptist
Church In Bedford, Va, on
July 24-25. Delegates from
Forest were Miss Judeli An
drews, Mrs. Vergis Williams
and Misses Ellen and Rosa
Rucker. The delegates
brought back a very success
full and inspiring report. The
financial report of the Sun
day School was more than
$4,000.
Mrs. Carrie Lee Poindexter,
who has been very i'll, is now
improving. Mrs. Martha Hen
derson spent the weekend in
husband, Mr.. Henry Hender-
Lowlan, w. Va, with her
son.
Visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Armistead Fucker during the
weekend were Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Day, of Alpha Grove,
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Hicks,
of Bluefield, w. Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1957-08-03

Fred Cheatman, Mrs. Mary
Randolph entertained Mrs.
Mary Green as their house
guest from New York City.
The guest list included Mrs.
Mary Green, Mrs. Sally Wood,
Mrs. Norris Johnson and Mrs.
Glen Banks.
The Gospel Four Quartet,
of Lynchburg, Va, appeared
on Radio Station WBRG Sum
day morning at $3.50. Also
appearing were the Travelling
Six, of Monroe, Va. The num-
bers which the Gospel Four
sang were: Nearer My God
to Thee, All Things Are Pos
sible, Oh When / Come to the
End of My Journey and Well
Done. The group is under the
management of Mr.. Lester
Bradley. Other members are
Mr.. William Quarlles, Mr..
Wesley Bradley, Mr.. William
Bradley, Mr.. Mass Mickles,
Mr.. Leroy Wade, Mr.. Preston
Jones, Mr.. Herman Wathall.
The Travelling Six of Mon
roe sang, Tell Me Who Will
Your Captain Be, Anyway
You Blest Me Lord, and He's
My All and All. Guest with
the Travelling Six were the
Junior Jubilee which sang,
Nearer My God to Thee.
The Gospel Four Quartet,
of Lynchburg, will appear
Sunday night, August A, at
8 pm, at the Pilgrim Baptist
Church in Roanoke, Va. At
3 pm. they will appear at
Central Baptist Church in
Roanoke, Va, Aug. II, at
8 p. M, at Nazerine Baptist
Church in Phenix, Va.