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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
A Fires Burned
$50 Acres In
Southside Area

Fire losses were low in Southside
Virginia woods during the first six
months of the year MAYNARD Stod-
dard, district forest fire chief re-
ports
In the l0-county district served
from the Farmville HEADQUARTERS
there have been a. escaped fires
that burned 1870 acres since January
J. Two Of the biggest fires &C
counted for "a acres. One was in
Appomattox consuming 40 acres
and the other in Halifax. burning
81 acres.
Amelia has had two fires. APP
pomattox. two. Buckingham. four
Charlotte. two, Cumberland. three
and Prince Edward, seven. for the
first six months.
Stoddard pointed out that there
were several very dry periods dur
ing the first six months although
the general spring season was a
vet one. He attributed the low fire
occurance principally to increased
public knowledge of fire laws and
q greater determination to be care
FIJI with fires
Of the "a fires that escaped
brush burning stands as the pri-
mary cause of forest fires.
Careless smokers were re-
sponsible for large number of
fires also, and camp fires and
warming fires left INTENDED con
tinue to account for few
In releasing the six months
figures. Stoddard reminded that
though the less from fire is low. The
coming dry summer and fall
months pose new problem and il
is everyone's responsibility to be
careful with all fires
Escaped fires should 81
promptly reported to the nearest
forest warden Stoddard said. BUT
better vet. let's prevent that fire
from starting"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Named To ABC Board
Named To ABC Board
FarxnuiIIe RenItOr, County
Supervisor Gets State Post

Appointment Of John q Bruce
Of Farmvillc, to the three member
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Beard was made this' week BY
Governor Almond
Bruce. teal estate business pro
prictor here and member Of the
Prince Edward county board 81
supervisors representing Farmville
District. replaces K Nice Bulling-
ton
Burlington. "a, who announced his
retire mcnt Just preceding Bruce Is
appointment. had served on the
board since rs creation n 1894 by
Governor Pcery.
The position carries compensa-
ton OF $l3 900 annually. and prob
ably will require Bruce and his
wife, the former Margaret Kimball
Of Fitzgerald, Ga, to move TO Rich
mDnd The new appointee added
that he would need further con
situations at Richmond before be-
Ing certain on the matter Of resi-
dence.
County Native
Bruce a.. is from a family ma
tive TO Prince Edward, the son OF
the Mrs. w Basil Bruce and the late
Mr. Bruce His father represented
Prince Edward and cumberland coun-
ties In the Virginia House OF Dele
gates for several terms.
He was educated in Prince Ed
ward county public schools and at
Hampdcn-Sydney College Fro m
1896 TO 1912, he served In the sales
department Of Brown and william
son Tobacco Corporation
Hc terminated that employment
in 1912 TO enlist in the Army. and
served as a combat infantry divi-
sion captain In the European cam
paigns He was the first company
commander Of the rrorganized
National Guard unit al Farmville
Company G. ll6th Infantry after
the war. taking active leadership
In rc-activating the historic unit. He
terminated active Guard service In
1862 due to the press OF business
Named Supervisor
In 1853 he was appointed to the
Prince Edward board OF super
visors to fill the unexpired term OF
the late James n Clark.
After returning from military
service. Bruce became member
Of r w Bloomfield and Son. Inc,
Farmville plumbing and heating
contracting firm, until he sold his
interest last year
He serving as an aid in the cam
palgn headquarters organization 81
Governor Almond in his.race with
State Senator Ted Dalton Bruce
returned to Farmville last January
and opened his own real estate
business
iiit rs" dpPoiHttt n Past ilIdStti
OF the Farmville Masonic Lodge
past president Of the Farmville
Junior Chamber Of Commerce. a
deacon Of Farmville Baptist Church
and member Of Jack Garland Post
49, American Legion, the Lions
Club and the Moose Lodge at Farm
vile.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

daughters Of the church.
DR.. r. G. Hutcheson, former pas
tor Of Browns and Cumberland
Presbyterian Churches will conduct
the morning service at II m. The
afternoon service will feature Mrs.
Gaffin. the Rev. M. S. Simpson. Of
Clarksville; the Rev Charles Hutch
eson. Of Brookneal; and the Rev.
Fletcher Hutchinson Of Altavista.
A picnic lunch will be enjoyed on
the church grounds at the noon hour.
The Browns Church building is
100 years old this year. However the
actual church goes back further
than that.
A plat at the church pays tribute
to its founder and first pastor as
CONTINUED on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Average: Sis Per Home
Average: S715 Per Home
Prince Edwards Family Food Basket
Cost $2,751 900 During Past Year

Food maintained a high place in
Prince Edward County budgets in
the past year
A grand total OF s2.75l 900 was
spent-in the local supermarkets
grocery stores. bakeries and the
like-for food for home consump-
ton. It topped the prior years
81. 624 900.
Added to this were expenditures
in restaurants, at soda fountains
and in other places selling food and
beverages for on-the-spot use.
Sis Per Home
The years purchases in the To-
cal food stores. if apportioned
equally among the local population.
would represent an outlay Of S7l5
per household
The facts arc brought out in the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

annual marketing study made BY
| the Standard Rate and Data Ser
vice to determine how the CON
sumner spends his retail dollar
and for what. The survey covers
all parts OF the country.
Among Prince Edward County's
retail stores. it shows. the ones
selling food collected a larger part
Of the consumers dollar than did
any others except automotive and
general merchandise stores. They
got Is cents Of it,
Oar' Of tho wears large food out
lay is attributable to- increased
lists ana lne olner part to the
trend toward a somewhat better
diet than before Many housewives.
also, paid more in order to get
convenience foods. such as shaped
hamburger patties. shelled peas.
washed spinach and cut-up chicken.
as well as frozen and pre-cooked
products.
Hdu MORE Money
As whole. the public had more
money available for spending dur
ing 1857 than they had the year
before, enabling them 10 improve
their scale of living.
Most, but not all, Of the other
retail lines also did Well in the
year. according to the survey.
Stores selling new and used cars
and other automotive equipment.
except trucks. had sales totaling
So sos 900, representing q cents of
the retail dollar.
General merchandise stores ac-
counted for S3,26l ,O00 amounting to
Is cents.
Sales in apparel shops came to
1857 900, or Gents, while drug
stores chalked up s6o7 900. equal
to 3 cents.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Polio Foundation
EXPANDS TO Birth
Defects, Arthritis

s. Il. Graham A N Fore and
Mrs +. II HarburY were among
those Whd attended A closed circuit
telecast al john Marshall Hotel
Tuesday when the National Fonnda-
ton oi Infaoiile pasalVS'e discussed
its project Of inclnding arthrliis and
birth defects Iii its ambitious pro
gram
The telccasl WIS press confer
ence featuring a penal Of doctors
in New York and Basil oiConnot
president Or the National FoVmda-
ton
Graham. vino has served rs chair
man of the Prince Edward Polio
Chapter for many years said the
National Foundation would turn its
tremendous research talents on the
problems Of arihritis and birth de-
fects. while continuing its work on
polio The low incidence Of polio.
thanks 70 the development Of vac
cine BY the research department
makes the expansion possible
Graham explained
He said thu local organization will
not change its present operation, and
the fund drive TO be hold next Jan
uary viii still be called the March
Of Dimes
The Bic difference is that the big
guns Of the foundation viii be train
Cd On targets Arthritics' and
births defects, now that polio is
on the run Graham also fastened 70
point out that polio is far from de
fcated. but certainly the picture ~
much brighter than Il has ever been
in the past.
This Is our concept for the fu-
ture said President OConnor dur
inc the special program The de-
.elopmcnt Of az organized voluntary
force In the fields Of medical re-
search. patient care and profess
sional education. flexible enough 70
meet new health problems as they
arise. with specific goals initally.
h The heart Of the new program Is
research. "O'Connor continued Re
search will not be confined to a
single disease but ~ill attack at
least five areas
He said the National Foundation.
which is the new name dropping
the traditional For InfaAtlle Pa
ralysis would carry on its win
ming fight against polio continue it's
history-making virus research pro
gram and Investigation Of disorders
Of the central nervous system. and
to these activities would add re
search and III the near future. would
add a patient aid program in arth-
rits and birth defects.
OtConnor made il clear that the
enlarged program while a natural
oufgroWth Of work done in the course
Of finding polio preventive and
caring for polio victims, is a begin
ming program only and that the Ma
tlonal Foundation By contributing
It's 20 years Of broad experience in
the field Of health to the solution Of
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
New Randolph Henry
Principal Comes
From Luray High

Hugh Penn Nolan, principal at
Luray High School in Page county
for the last three years. is the new
principal at Randolph-Henry High
School at Charlotte c. H.
The new principal holds the B. S.
and NJ Ed degrees from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute.
He h S served as classroom
teacher at Blackstone and Handley
High at Winchester and was form
erly principal at Cape Charles High
School, Cape Charles, Va. before
going to Luray High
Nolan is a member of Rotary
International, Ruritan National.
Future Business Leaders Of
America, the National Honor So
ciety and The Methodist Church.
He is married to the former
Marjorie Goodwin Taylor, Of AL
berta The Nolans have two young
children
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Boyd Enters Plea
OF Guilty In
Rarsen's Murder


Willis d BOYD y confessed ki-
Ter Of r. B. Ransom. .Jr.. Of Dl'lwvm.
repeated his plead OF guilty. To FIRST
degree murder fer the benefit Of the
Goochland County Circuit Court
Wednesday His plea was hsarT
shortly after grand Jury indicted
him on the murder charge
No testimony was offered We'd
nesday JUDGE C. Champion Eo~les
directed probation officer to pre-
pare a pre-sentence report. winch
is to be submitted to the court at
10 am, AUGUST Il
Two Goochland attorneys have
been appointed to represent Povi
Appointed we're J. Kenneth RAIDER
and p A. l.. Smith
In Richmond. BOYD has BEN III
dicted BY the Hastings Court grand
jury on charges of robbine a gro
Gerry store and Of sei2ine and secret
ing young girl Trial dates III these
cases have not been set.
A charge of raplng a mentally re-
tarded girl. also placed against
BOYD by Richmond police. has been
certified to the Hustine Court from
the Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court
Exactly one month ago. Boyd adj
mitted killing Ransom III all inter
view with newsmen. Boyd said -Au
| want now is that chair. | don't
want TO rot in some filthy peniten-
tiary." He continued. Il went there
to kill him and decided may as
well rob him
Two others stand charged with the
robbery. James D. Williams and
Gordon Gum. also of Richmond. are
implicated in the robbery which took
place at a service station north OF
Richmond. before Ransom was fore
ed into Boyd S car and taken to
Goochland County where he was
slain, Gum. a l5-year- old Juvenile.
is charged with murder, but he says
he sat in the car while BOYD killed
Ransom The gun that was used In
the murder BELONGS to Williams. who
was apprehended last week.
Richmond police records show
that BOYD previously served sent
ences at the West Virginia state
penitentiary for auto larceny and at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. while in
the Army.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Br0lun's Church Will Observe
Centennial And Homecoming

Browns Presbyterian Church in
Cumberland county will observe its
Tooth anniversary Of the present
church building. and Homecoming
Day, Sunday. July q.
Special services have been held at
the Church all this week at 8 pm.
each evening. The Rev. Richard B.
Gaffin. missionary from Formosa,
is the guest speaker Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights. Mrs. CAT
fin who has been with her husband
IN the Far East most Of the time
since he started his work in 1885,
spoke Wednesday night. Mrs. Gaffin
is the former Miss Pauline Osborn
of here.
The Homecoming Centennial cele-
bration Sunday will feature sons and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Sales Mix-Up

west bypass proponents.
After giving preliminary estimate
reports on both an east and west
bypass. he said The Highway De
partment believes the west bypass
most feasible and in the best pub
lie interest" Yeats had given
these summaries on both routes for
the four lane, limited access. 200
feet right of way construction:
West bypass, 50 miles long cost
81 $50 900 East bypass. 81 long
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
susonne Mcdonald Plays July 80
Harpist's Recital Last Of LC Series

Paris Conservatory # Music
AT the age Or 20. MISS Mcdonald
was tie winner Of the Grand Pre-
mier Prix in harp at the Paris
Conserva. o.y and is the first Ameri-
can cve~ ~ be 50 honored The
23-year-od havp!st has been pre-
sented in concert in Paris, New
YORK. Les Angles and Chicago and
has made appearances on radio and
television.
The public is invited to attend
Tickets will be on sale at the box
office the night Of the performance.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Prince Edward Red
Cross Meeting Set

The annual meeting Of the Prince
EdWard chapter Of American Red
Cross will be held Friday. Aug J.
at 4 pm. in the Farmville Bap-
fist Church. Chief item on the
agenda Will be election Of officers
for the 1888 chapter year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

Rep Watkins M Abbitt Il spon.
sor Of the BIZ which passed one
half It's Congressional test Monday
II mast be- passed by the Senate
To become law
The three major provisions OF the
bill are N holding Of referendum
Of all sun-cured and dark-fired
growers 10 determine whether they
favor permitting growers with both
types ID consolidate their acreage
into either darkfircd or sun-cured.
N Il authorized bv a referendum
growers Who have farms producing
both types would have the right 10
decide which Of the two they choose
70 produce IN The years ahead. and
NJ that The total acreage allotted
both types would not De increased
or decreased as a result Of the
farmers choices
A Limitation
Although there may be- ain in-
crease IN one type and a decrease
m the other. as a result the com
bined total acreage cannot be re-
duccd under Abbltt's bill
Virginia presently la s 1877
farms having allotments Of both
dark-hred and sun-curcd tobacco.
These growers would be the ones
permitted to select which type to
grown
Altogether. the state has 1853
farms raising dark-fred tobacco
and 1000 farms producing su
cured leaf The 1877 producing both
types ate included III the above
totals All growers would vote in
The referendum
The referendum would require a
'To-thrds majority Of those voting
to put provisions Of the bill into
effect
Sales Mix-Up
CONGRESSMAN Abbitt's bill is de
signed To eliminate tobacco mar
kctlng headache for warehouses.
buyers and sales associations. Much
Slin-cured tobacco Is marketed as
dark-fired with a consequent further
depressing Of the situation Of that
type
Continued on page 50
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

cost $2.078 900.
Geography Vital
Yeats reference to public in
terest was acknowledgment of the
peculiar geography Of Charlotte
county in relation to its one i'm
portant primary highway. Route
36o-l5 which are Joined as they
wind through most Of the area.
Keysville and the highway strip
are on the eastern periphery along
narrow corridor connecting Keys
Continued on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Fire Department Puts Years
Property Losses At $3A,945
Firenen Answer
~ Calls Stree
Last July |

Statistical testimony 10 tn e
severity Of the past winter is eyi
dent in the Farmville Fire De
PAYMENTS annual report which
lists 81 calls and estimated property
losses Of s344 .945
The report covers the period for
the Il months ending June 3 It
was presented to the Farmville
town council and Prince Edward
county supervisors last week BY
Fire Chief P F. Gay
+ h G Department S summary
listed total property values involved
In the 81 emergency calls at
1893. 10 Losses were estimated at
$344 945. or IS per cent Of total
property value
IS Per Cent Saved
More encouraging from the fire
mems point Of view is statistical
evidence Of the contribution of the
department 1914 ,225. or S. per cent
Of total property vaMe involved
saved from destruction
The report for the previous year
listed only SIS calls and losses of II
per cent. o. Slo7 800, Of total values
struck by fire Of s647 $50,
BY distribution Of calls. the re-
port lists the following locations.
Prince Edward county. 33. Farm
Vile. 80, Cumberland ID, and Buck
ingham. A.
Loss distribution was Farmville.
Sl53 900 Prince Edward county.
sll3.995 Cumberland, s39 ,975. and
Buckingham 500 900 Losses for
Buckingham county concern only
those fires in which the Farmville
Department was involved The sum
does not include further calls by
the Dillwyn Department
10 Hours Per Man
The Departments Volunteer fire
men devoted $40 man-hours to
fire fighting during the year. That
represents about 40 hours Of Sc
we're and dangerous labor per mem
Der
Losses within Farmville town
limits were given as 80 per cent
Of values involved, while county
losses We're 36 per cent,
The fire which destroyed the
Cralle Building on Main street
Farmville last October was the
years major conflagration, with a
loss estimated in excess Of $3.50, 900
Cutting Of the Derry Manufacture
ing Company plant just east of
Farmville in August was another
fire Of considerable proportions.
Home Losses
Other commercial property fires
destroyed jenkins Brothers Store
and Prices Store at Green Bay. A
$4,000 barn was lost on the W.
Leslie Boswell farm near Burke
vile, and the old Curdsville Mill,
in Buckingham, was lost.
H o m e losses were sustained.
among other. by: Oscar Nicer.
Worsham: John E. Jones. near
DoWdy's Corner; Sam Spencer and
p F. Bottom, Green Bay Road:
George Nash. near Rice: Mrs. W
p. Walker, Cumberland; w. G.
Fore, near Farmville.
One fatality occurred during the
year when Porter Brown. 76-year-
old Negro, persisted in the fire
which destroyed his home near
Cumberland last January.
Another fire not included in local
summaries badly damaged historic
Graceland Baptist Church, at Pow
hatan, in January Damage was
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

Susan Mcdonald harpist, will he
the final professional artist pre-
scented by Longwood College during
the summer session. She viii ap-
pear in Jarnan Hall Wednesday.
July 30. at 8 pm.
Miss Mcdonald has been a stu
dent Of The harp since the age Of
six. At IA, she was first harpist
and soloist with the Tri-City Sym
phony Orchestra. For two and
half years she was a pupil Of Nile.
Henriette Renie. French composer
and harp teacher. and studied un-
der Nine. Lily Laskin at the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

The Department must use such
means as the proposed bypass to
control and improve traffic con
gestion. Through town arteries
only serve to build up volume. and
improving the existing road would
in the end lead to the building Of
a bypass Of bypass.
y F. Yeats, locating engineer
for the Department, placed tn G
VDH. at least temporarily on the
side q geography finances and the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

"e-lr' crossing permits for Viz
GINA iirc-cureh tobacco currrs per-
m'iiira iheir entry into Canada are
available n. I've Virginia Fmplov-
mcnt Service Office now Manager
G. II Martin sad today
These requesting permits should
have evidence t,iat a Canadian
ataifiave~ Eas request their ser
si,e, Martin added.
C,,L,- Pro;rce Exnors;on
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

C-rAr-- Praises Exponsion
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

You can get Farmvllle Roanoke
round-trip ticket for S646. including
tax but the Norfolk & Western Rail
way II spending $50, 900 900 to make
it a ride powered with diesel smooth
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
CIV to Face
Stiff Test in
NCAA PIuy

GASTON1A. N. c., May 81
R.-George Washington plays
Florida State and Clemson
meets Florida in Tuesday nights
opening games of the NCAA
District 3 baseball tournament.
The winner in the double
elimination tourney goes to the
college world series at Omaha,
Nebr.. starting June 10.
Florida State was regional
winner last year, and this year
has an even better team, &C
cording to Coach Danny Lit
whiler. The Seminoles compiled
"a 20-5 record to gain entry to
the tourney as an at-large team.
CIV represents the Southern
Conference, Clemson the At
lantic Coast Conference and
Florida the Southeastern Con-
ference.
The ColonialS, who had a 1876
record, will be without the serv-
ices of several stars because of
the NCAA rule against fresh
men and four-year varsity play
ers. Second Baseman Jack
Henzes and the two leading
pitchers, Frank Campana and
Dennis Hill. are among those
banned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Ashburn Gets
1,9OOth Hit as
Red|egs Bow

PHILADELPHIA, May 31[P
The Phillies punched II hits,
including two by Richie Ash
burn that took him past the
1000 mark for a 5-4 victory
over Cincinnati today. The Red
legs outhit the Phils by one.
The 1,9O0th hit of Ashburn's
major league career came in
the second inning when the
Phillies scored two runs on Joe
Nuxhall on RICHES safety, Rip
Repulski's double and Stan Lo-
pata's single.
Harry Anderson brought in
Lopata in the second inning
with a single and scored him
self in the fifth on Ashburn's
triple. Chuck Essegian tripled
in the seventh and scored on
Repulski's sacrifice fly.
Robin Roberts evened his
record at SIS and pitched no.
hit ball until Gus Bell and Jerry
Lynch homered consecutively
in the fifth inning.
Bob Thurman, who had
three hits, scored in the sixth
and eighth innings-firSt on
George Groves single, then on
Don Hoak'S fly to Ted Kazanski.
CTNrTNNATT puIT AnFT DINA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
Tech object
Anacosfia in
TitIeGame

Anacostia and Mckinley
Tech, which split two games
during the regular East Divi-
sion schedule. square off at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in Griffith
Stadium to decide the Inter-
high League baseball cham
pionship.
Tech, which upset Wilson,
7-6, in a semifinal game Thurs
day. probably will come back
with Loranzo Temple on the
pitchers mound tomorrow.
Temple a steady highlander,
gave UP six hits. two walks and
no earned runs against the
West Division champions.
Coach Cliff Nethertcn of
Anacostia has a choice Of
Ronnie Slant, who is unbeaten
in four decisions; Lance Klein
OLD or Kenny Peed 800 as
his starting pitcher. Stant's
clutch hurting last Monday led
the Indians to a 6-l victory
over Western in the first semi
final.
Jack Burke, Anacostia s
cleanup hitter who did not play
against Western because of a
sprained ankle. may be ready
tomorrow.
Tech won the first game be-
tween the two this spring, 81,
but Anacostia took the return
meeting. Al. Home teams won
on both occasions.