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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Dutehtown Rood News
Fire Destroys Scruggs' Pack House
Causing An Estimated $4,000 Loss

Tuesday night around II pm I
terrible fire occurred on the Il M
Scruggs farm Mr. ScruEps to
bacco pack house burned to h {
ground with 1860 sticks Vi his To
bacco In it,
Herbert Morris, who lives on MI
Sc,lfggs' farm also had tobacco ID
thus pack house Nj Morris ano
his family Vert asleep Al theil
house AZ wards from The burning
building when the smoke from the
ire aWuke them
Thanks TO the Burkcvile fire Dc
partmcnt ana an the nelghbors.
The house III which MI MOTIFS lives
was saved This Vas one ol the
best pack houses III this county ana
Mr. ScruRgs sad he figured ii was
a $4,000 loss
Had there been d telephone III
tins community, part Of The build.
ing might have been saved. since
a neighbor. G. II Schmidt. had to
80 10 Bnrkeyiile ~ eci the fire
truck
Mr.. and Mrs Melvln ScrnRRs
and Gloria spent Saturday with Mn
and Mrs II G Rickman Other
visitors were Mrs Harvey Thorpe
ana James ScnlgRS. Of Richmond
and Mr. and Mrs Willie Rickman
Saturday night visitors were Mr.
and Mrs. Dllard ScrugRS and
David and Mr. and Mrs Glenn FL
lott and Glenn Allen
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Morris and
Donald visited IN the Howard Oakes
home near Rice Wednesday nleht
James Scruggs. Of Richmond.
spent the Week Al bis home here
Otha ScrugRs. Of Richmond,
visited III this community Wodnes
day
Mr. and Mrs 4 II Dalton viSitcd
Mr. and Mrs Herman Cook Sun
day
Mac Oakcs. III Rice, spent TN
week end with Donald Morris
Mr.. and Mrs Dillard ScrugRs and
David visited III the Herbert Morris
home Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Melvin Scrusgs ana
Mrs. II 6 Hickman Spent sunday
N Richmond
Wayne Morgan visited with Don
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Civil Service Now Accepting New
Exam Applicants To Fill Positions

Civil service renewed its bid fol
share OF the nations talented
colleee-c a | b e + people with the
opening October ! Of the new Fed
eral E,erNice Entrance EXamina
tloh. offering hiehri slaIilne saa
Ties plus al added premium to At
tract quality candidates tot ca
reets IN a ide range VI Jobs III
Government
As Result oi recent Congress
sluiiiI action starting salaries have
been ialsed by ten per cent Mos,
positions Will b. Tilted AT the grade.
GS 5 ltsel nov starting ut 81 Olu i
Year However, outstanding praou-
att$ o. persons with Sufficient
graduate study or qualifying work
experience may be offered AID
Nahce-tfalIee positions Al grade 7.
paying S4.9S0 A limited number Of
management intern positions Will
be filled through the exam. gen
orally Al grade :. but few at q
starting al S5985 year.
Announcement o. the new exami-
nation signals the start Of the 1853
- recruitment effort which Viii
send Government recruiters 10
abotH 800 college campuSes before
June Applications VII be accepted
through October 80 for the FIRST
written test, which viii De given on
November - al more than 900
examining points throughout { h &
United States Written tests will
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Hessian Fly Damage
Increases In State

Damage 10 wheat from the
ffessian fly has been Oh the in
crease III some areas Of Virginia
during the last two on three years
Damage by Hessian flies does not
become evident until spring when II
/ IS TOO late 70 do anything about
! them The control Is simply to plant
after date based upon location
and altitude Of the field The for
mula for determining the planting
date n the different counties IN the
state Is given in Circular 1872. Safe
Dates for Sowing Winter Wheat TO
AVOID Injury by the Hessian Fly .
County agents have recently re-
ceiyed a new supply Of the circular
4 A recent survey of SIX counties in
southeastern Virginia and the cas-
tern shore showed that soybeans
are practically free Of infestations
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
News Summary
Continued from page II

viii have free hand in the ma
ton s domestic and foreign affairs
for the next four months while the
new governmental machinery is
being set up. During that time, new
parliamentary and presidential
elections will be held Many expect
the 67year-old premier to be a
candidate for president. The presi-
dency will be a much more power
full office than ii has been.
In the next six months. under the
new constitution, those eligible
overseas territories which ap-
proved the constitution will be
brought into new French com
munlty Of nations" Only Guinea in
West Africa turned it down d
thus became independent.
Elmer c. MeukeI, Al, the inventor
of device which the Polaris En-
cheering Company thinks will pre-
vent aerial collisions by giving adj
vance warning. was on his way
home Sunday after a newsman
found him in a shack in a hobo
jungle near Reno, New Meukel left
his home in Los Angeles in June
broke and Respondent The Polaris
Company said the government is
willing to put five million dollars
into the development of Meukel's
device and that the inventor would
get three per cent, or $500
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
George Jarrett
Wins In Close
Football Contest

The two games that We're hstet
on the Football Contest that vert
not played last week were countee
correct for each contestant. Be
cause Of these games. the scores
Of the contest ran Surprisingly
high In spite Of the high scoring
three contestants. George Jarrett
Of Farmyille. c A Ransom. OF
Farmville, and r. H. Franklin. oil
Farmville tied for first place.
When the judges went to the
farlnville Buckingham game to
break the ties they found the scores
Guessed at 2D-l9 1921 and 1926 ~
spectlVely George Jarrett. the first
place winner took first place By
missing the correct score T points
Second place winner. c. A. Ran
son. had guessed 1921. missing the
correct score Is points. taking the
position from R II Franklin. third
place winner. who had guessed To-
26 missing the correct score 2l
points
After three weeks Of guessing al
tie correct score Of the Farmville
game, Mrs R. c Gilmer. Of Farm
VILE. and Mrs B c. Clements. Of
Crewe. tied for the Special Con
test prize which had build up to
So 90 This prize VIII be split be-
tween these two contestants. This
week the Special Contest Jackpot
Will again start at the original
81 90 and viii continue to grow.
until the correct score is guessed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

also be given on January TO- Feb
ltary ~ March IA. April II. anc
May O. l95a In addition TO taking
he general FSEE test, candidates
tuf management intern positions
VIII be required to take other writ
ten tests. tis. lhtern tests vii b.
gttvii only on The I'll 81 iour dates
listed.
Designed to meet Government S
YEARLY need tor young people with
potential for development into top
managers. technicians and special
lists. the fSEE has been used
since 1888 10 recruit thousands OF
college cahber people for profes-
Slonal entrance level positions IN a
number OF career fields IN The Fed
tral service The examination Is
open 10 college graduates and to
people who have had equivalent
experience.
Until now the FSEE has been
conducted on an opcn-continuolls
basis. permitting application at any
time and providing eligibility for
an extended period Hereafter a
new examination Will be opened
each fall to establish fresh lists OF
elieibleS annually Persons " h 0
pass the FSEE but who are not
hired before new list Of ellgibles
is established Will have to recon-
pete IN the new examination if they
want TO continue their eligibility for
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Asian Flu
Continued from pace Il

'COnllnueC from page
outbreaks Of influenza is impos-
slble according to Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company sta
tistlcians who have been charting
the course Of last years epidemic
through policvholder experience
However they point ont that even
though the disease is prevalent in
some measure every year. il is
exceptional for widespread ont.
breaks 70 occur in Successive
years
Il Is estimated that % 900 00o
Americans were striken by the dis
ease in the last four months Of
1857
Last October and November the
disappearing Asian flue hit this
area in full force Only one small
school in Cumberland County was
closed but absences i'll ma II )
schools approached The 50 per cent
mark
Longwood College was also hare
hit by the attack. and tests were
run en- several cases and it was
positively identified as Asian flu
In most cases tests were not run
TO determine the flu type because
II was OF no value in combating
the disease. rather costly, and ths
patients generally recovered be
fore the tests could be completed.
The Asian flue was a new variety
last year that started around Singa
pore and Hong Kong. entering the
q. S. via the West Coast anC
reached epidemic proportions ii
many communities.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Mrs. Boggs To Be
Buried In West
Virginia Thursday

Mrs LEM Rohrabaugh BogRs. o.
Farmvllle died Monday night a,
the National Institute of Healsh
Bethesda. Md
native Of Anderson, w Va
Mrs Boggs came to Farmville
three years ago with her husband
Dr. Earl r Boggs. dean Of Long
wood College. A former resident OF
Charlottesville. she VAS active in
the work Of the Baptist Church
there as Well as 1T Farmville and
Anderson W Va. She taught 4
special Sunday school class for
LongWood College students. a 5
secretary of the Womans Mission
any Society and an officer in the
Council Of Baptist Church Women
She vas a member Of the Order
Of Eastern Star and secretary of
the Farlnylllo Woman's Club
MIS-. Boggs is graduate of
Chenille State College. Chenille
w Va. and the kellogg School of
Physical Education. Battle Greek
Mich
n addition to her husband she is
survived by two sons. Dr.. Dane
Ruftner Boggs. resident physician
AZ the National Institute Of Health,
Bethesda. Md, and John Scott
BOggS, student at Indian Snrinps
School III Alabama. three prandsons
hef latfer. j. II Rohrabaueh. of
georgia, ana sister, Mrs Claude
Reip. Of Lebanon. Va.
Funeral services VIII be held al
2 pm. Thursday from Anderson
Baptist Church Anderson. w. Va.
WITH lnterment II the church GENE
terry.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Milk Production
And Cow Numbers
Show Decrease

MIX production and the dairy COW
population are both down from last
year in the United States, reports
William 5. Griffith, assistant dairy
specialist at VPI The drop in pro
dnction IS much less than the drop
M COW numbers.
Dairy COWS produced one per cent
less milk IN July than they did a
year earlier. cording u the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture This was the third consccu-
tive month III 1853 that output
dropped below THAT Of the CORE
spending period Y wear earlier MIX
production to date for 1853 Is esti
mated AZ 78i billion pounds, down
ir0m level IF 1916 billion pounds
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Hixburs News
Pioneers Honor DIR.
Twyman Williams On
10th Anniversary

! Cars began TO roll by A liGh
came on IN Walker s Presbyterian
Church al . III. Thursday Some
| wondered what could be- going OF
Al that time VI the week II turned
otlt 10 be church party honorinp
Dr. TWyman Williams On his 10th
anniversary as pastor
Besides preaching an outstand-
ing feature of his ministry has been
community minded visiting u the
SICK and troubled regardless ol De
nomination OF aliIlatlun.
Marshall Com. Pioneer president
had charge pt the program He
presented Or Williams with gold
tie clasp and cuff links from the
Pioneers.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Burrell. Who
have sung on TV. added to the
pleasure Of the occasion By singing
two duets She played The guitar
and he played an electric guitar
The audience. and especially the
Pioneers with whom he had worked
were greatly pleased when Dr.. WI
hams announced that Wilbur Max.
well. seminary student. viii As
sist In the evening services at
Walkers Church Mr. Maxwell Will
preach at 7.30 pm on October L..
After singing two hymns, re-
freshmentS We're served
Mrs W M Erwin. of Mount
ulla. N G., is expected Sunday.
October II. to be the guest Of her
brother w. d Xix. Miss Carrie
Xix Will be in Richmond next Mon
and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Field and
MISS Margaret Davis. of Culpcpcr
Will be luncheon guests of Mrs
Boyd Ford and MSS II Nj. Mar.
shall Wednesday From there they
viii 80 to several homes Of other
relatives in the lIixbnrg com
When the table was spread in
Mrs. Grace Williams backyard on
Sept 26. and the Home Demonstra-
ton members were eating. one
big pie IN a pyrex dish quickly dis
appeared There was a camor
"a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

decreasing total numbers Of farms
and smaller proportion Of these
farms keeping milk cows The fav
orable prices for beef and veal over
the past year have evidently caused
some farmers to Gull inefficient
milk producers and calves more
than usual Griffith says The mum
Der of milk cows reported on vlr-
gina farms as Of June / was 3Ie.-
900 This is 5000 fewer COWS than
were reported for the same date
last year
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

production can be attributed to The
favorable conditions Of dairy pas
lures, Griffith says.
A drop Of three and onehalf per
cent IN COW numbers from June Of
last year results IN 1913 million
head. or the fewest since 1890 Ma
liouallg the trend toward larger
cofnmerclalized dairy farms with
more milk cows per farm Continued
but this gam was not enough u UT
set LOSSES IN mix COWS caused by
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

A FIRST solo flight was made rc
Gently hy Naval Aviation Cadet
Howell x Lacy son Of M anc
Mrs. Howell Il Lacy. Of Route q
FarmVllle
IN addition 70 solo flights. hc Is
being instructed III communica-
tons. navigation. engineering. ath-
le,ics. acrolopy and civil AIR regu-
latons during basic flipht training
at Pensacola, Ria
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

lor The same period last year,
Across the country all milk cows
were producing At an average daily
rate Of 2D|3S pounds Of milk as Of
August This was new high for
me date, exceeding the previous
record set IN 1857 by -four pen cent
MIX production in July was at a
record high N Virginia North Caro-
Ina, Pennsylvania. and Wisconsin
put VA only asrtaee ~ below n
l1 States
Much Of the high level Of mix
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07
Continued nom page |

bnllr hAs charge u me reflllihp w
ven - tie sale Of new tx
cay sand i large number III TX
tingnshcrs for home use were sold
several years ago. and ~ suspects
that many are nov useless He
recommends that each Of the COZ
eXlnRulsltrs be weighed ana re4
filled Il needed He SAID a pan Of
baby scales can d. used b weigh
NE eAtineaishers Or Tie local mcr-
chant vii BE- glad 10 use tbs
scales lor tins testing purpose
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

aid Morris Sunday
Mr and Mrs Melvin Scruggs
visited MI and Mrs All Schmidt
Saturday
Herbert Morris VISITED w Nh
Hickman Sunday nioinln1
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-07

Of important insects at this time.
Some fields are still tender enough
that heavy losses could he inflicted
by one or more insects. but no out
breaks are expected
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21
Center Enters
Sports Meet

A four-man team will rep
resent the son Jewish
Community Center in the Ari-
zona Open ping pong cham
pionships at Phoenix this
weekend. Stu RabinoWitz will
lead the team.
The Center also will COM
pete with the Tucson YMCA
in a series of sports events.
Center participants will be
Bob Korn, Mike Cornfield,
Alan Tossman, Neal Greene,
Alan Nedelman, Norm Nedel-
man, Mel Silverman, Jerry
Steinman, Bob Shek, Bernie
Goldstein, Art Brett, Jack
Allen, Len Karp, Stan Hal
lem, Allen Epstein, Jerry
Lederer, Dick Kaufman, Bob
Stu Rabinowitz, Allan
FleiShman and M. Savlov.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21
Live TeIecusf
Of Title Bout
Ser For Tucson

Fight fans in Southern Ari-
Zona VIII have a chance to
see the neralded Carmen Ba-
silio, Sugar Ray Robinson re-
match '1ive" March 25 as a
result of arrangements an
nounced this week for Tue
sons first closed-circuit tele-
vision presentation.
The fight will not be seen
on network television.
Ed Greenland of Phoenix,
vet teran n entertainment pro
moter, announced that he had
compile ted arrangements
.vith TeIe-Promoter Inc. of
New York for a closed-circuit
presentation il Tucson
sports Center. Tine Of the
ilGht is 8 pm.
A 10 by IA foot screen will
be erected in the arena to
provide theater-type viewing
for the 2400 fans who can
be seated for the event.
All seats for the fight will
be reserved, with prices rang
ing from S2.25 to $500. Tick
etts now are on sale in Tue
son at the Crescent Cigar
Shop, Dave Bloom & Sons,
Leo's Auto Supply and West
err Liquors at SwanWay
Plaza.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21

pool and also in the picnic
area to provide more shade
and privacy for families and
groups. The ramadas are be-
ing constructed through the
courtesv of the Busby and
Carroll Construction Co.
OWE BELIEVE these addi-
tional ramadas will enhance
the Center pool and offer our
members a marve4ous recrea-
tional area" Mr.. Shanhouse
declared.
The Center pool will be Of
ficially opened the weekend
of May 3 and to further i'm
prove the swim program a
fourth water safety instruc-
tor will be hired.
Keith Meenan, Center
aquatic director, said that
with the additional instructor
he will be able to intensity
the Center's program.
I'VE will be able to have
more instruction classes in
swimming, more swimming
team events and more team
practices" Mr.. Meenan ex-
planned. "We plan to have
one of the finest staffs avail
able. In addition to our pro-
gramming, we will be abe to
provide maximum safety at
the pool"
Mr.. Meenan has developed
the swimming program at
the Center. Last wear hc
coached the Center swim
team to its most successful
season.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21
Seven-

junior vice-president; Rose
Fassler, treasurer; Sophie
0 Okrent, secretary; Grace
Katz, chaplain, and Rose
Bloch, guard.
Installing officers are Mel
Fine and Harry Bee. The
public is invited to attend and
refreshments will be served
following the installation.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21

OTHER new officers for
JWV are Sol Isakoff, senior
vice-commander; Leo Silver
stein, junior Vice-commander;
Jack Levine, judge advocate;
Harry WeXler, a d ju t a n t;
George Buchsbaum, quarter
master.
Rabbi Marcus Breger is
chaplain.
New officers of the AuXili-
ary are Esther SaltZman, vice
president; Nellie Giamakos,
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21

Israel Vacationers will be
able to spend their summer
and winter holidays at a
large resort, accommodating
400, which is to po '1n at the
Red Sea town of Eilat.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21

UNICEF will supply bot
Ting plants in Israel with ex-
ira equipment, enabling them
to increase production from
10000 to 100000 bottles an
hour.
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21
Center Improves Pool
Area With Eight Romodos

Plans to improve the recreationa adjoining the
Stella Schanger Swimming Pool at the Tucson Jewish
munty Center have been announced by Morris A. Shan
house, acting president of the Center
Eight ramadas will be built in the adjoining the
The Arizona post., 1958-03-21
SchUster, MoIIie WexIer
Are New Leaders Of WV

Bernard Schuster will be installed the president
of the FredmanPau Jewish War Veterans Post March %
at $50 pm at Cong Anshei Israel
joint installation of officers will see Molie Wexer
installed as president of the JWV Auxiliary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Chief Justice Warren Will Pose:
Mrs. Post to Fly to Texas Rite
BY BETTY BEALE

Steinberg from six months
in a Communist prison in
East Germany where he was
beaten by secret police, fed
like an animal. denied the
Bible because God is nom
sense" and driven to a suicide
attempt. All because he had
bought a camera!
All this columnist wants
to say is that this proves
what she wrote three years
ago-that friendly embassies
here are missing a great bet
by not setting up a regular
program for receiving visit
ing delegations from other
parts Of the country. If
each embassy did it once a
week, no one embassy would
have to do it more than once
q year.
If the Midwesterners can
60 wild over Communists be-
cause they entertain them
at the Embassy. think what
the West European nations
could do toward Tightening
allied bonds!
BACK THIS PAST WEEK
FROM PALM BEACH, where
her constant escort was
Herbert May of Pittsburgh.
Marjorie Post will see the
statute of her father, the
late C.. w. Post. un-
yelled April 5 in the Texas
town he built. Danny
Thomas and Spring Byington
will fly from Hollywood to
put on their General Foods
sponsored show following the
dedication. The Augusta
Rossos. the Conger Pratts
and George Williams are
among the Washington con-
tingent that will go down
for the doings. They will
all stay at the Plainsman
Hotel. Lubbock. Tex, and
visit Mrs. Posts big cattle
and oil ranch at Levelland.
Tex, and her other one Out
side Post City.
Mrs. Posts two daughters
and sons in law, Eleanor
and Leon Barzin. who'll come
up from Mexico. and Deenie
and Stan Rumbough, who
will fly in from New York.
will be there, too, along with
her granddaughter. "Mawee"
Waller.
AS VICE PRESIDENT AND
MRS. NIXON get ready to
emplane for their extensive
South American trip that
won't bring them home until
May Is, one can't help think
ing about a side Of the new
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things, he appears to be a
man Of considerable drawing
room ease and easygoing
charm and. incidentally. not
so confident Of destiny's star
as G. o. P. popularity wanes.
All these traits should
make him even more popu-
lar as Americas representa-
tive abroad.
IT'S A GOOD THING
Chief Justice Warren is going
to pose for his likeness in
wax. Maybe President and
Mrs. Eisenhower will even
tually pose, too. because their
figures. plus Eleanor Roose-
velt's and Queen Elizabeth's.
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Nixon" that hasn't been dis
cussed. Newswriters keep
saying the Vice President
has grown a lot in the last
five years. But partygoers
could tell you his political
development is as nothing
compared to his social
growth.
Gone is the Dick Nixon Of
his early years as v. p. when
the knit brow and eager
earnestness bespoke a man
who took himself pretty
seriously. The new Nixon
has social sophistication.
In place of the eager cru
sader bent on doing big
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THE SUNDAY STAR Do
Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1888

are the least likelike in the
Wax Museum.
There are some marvellous
ones. though. One woman
tourist took a look at the
sleeping policeman in the
corridor. then rushed UP and
banged on the Office door. -.
Il just want you to know"
she said Indignantly. that
one Of your guards is sound
asleep" She felt like g fool
when she found out "he"
was wax!