davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Special Gifts Near Goal
Special Gifts Near Goal
Community Chest 2-Weck Total $40. $50
Reported At Pace Doubling Year Age

With sl0,l50 reported. Prince
Edward county's effort 70 raise
SIG 900 for its Community Chest Is
proceeding at pace almost double
that Of year ago.
Last year. the fourth year in
which the drive fell below its goal
s., 400 had been received after two
weeks of effort.
Wednesday marked the tWo-week
point Of the 1858 campaign which
opened October 3 with a Today
special gift appeal. The general
solicitation started last Saturday
the 18th. and is to continue until
Ocober 81
Division Near Goal
Chest headquarters reports today
showed that the special gift diyi-
sions, headed by Dr. A. M Dc
Muth. is just 81 400 short N its
goal with So. 100 reported against
an appeal target Of slo500
With only six days of the general
solicitation past, workers have just
begun reporting On hand. by diyi-
sion reports, Thursday morning
were these totals.5
Business area employees.
SALTS; F a m willie residential.
sl46; Buffalo district. Sl55: Lockctt
district. sl61: Farmville district.
x31 and colored 81 20
The quotas are employees.
$3.50; residential. s575; colored
500; Buffalo district, $3.50. Leigh
district. s275. Farmvilla dis
trict, $500; Lockett district. $500.
Hampden district. $3.50. and Pros
pect district, $500.
Colleges Help
Reported with the special gift
totals were two significant contrl-
buttons, one from Longwood Col
lege of 1888. another from Hamp-
den-Sydney College of s494. Both
are considerable increased over
previous years, and represent sue
cess in special field Of en-
deavor this campaign.
DR.. F. G. Landlord Jr. 1853
campaign leader, expressed opt
nism today over the results thus
far. He is particularly gratified
that the solicitation is progressing
according to time schedule He had
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Police Solve
August Telephone
Thefts In Area

A newspaper clipping. an alert
state police investigator. and a
track down all-leads attitude BY 10
cal police solved the pay telephone
theifts that bit this area Ill August
Farmville Police Chief OTTO s.
Overton, Prince Edward Deputy
Sheriff J w Ovcrion, Buckingham
Deputy Sheriff W W Snoddy and
Buckingham State Trooper J M
Law went 10 Smithficld. n G.
Tuesday 70 question a man III the
prison camp there III connection
with the telephone thefts
After several hours Of interroga-
ton Chales Il Coburn confessed
that he and Jimmie Robertson, both
OF Portsmouth stole the pay tele
phones The two youngsters said
they heard a couple Of sailors talk
Ing about robblng pay telephones
50 they got into Tho business.
ON one trip, the night 81 August
l3, they came this way from Ports
mouth. picking up pay telephone
In Buckingham. two or more IN
Appomattox the one at Turns ESQ
and another al East End ESQ In
farmvillr. another In Meherrin
then N CreWe and oil down the
line 10 Portsmouth, Their pattern
uac M Yin tha nhnra frars, tba VIA II
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Virginia Education
Fund Gets $1,000
From County Defenders
To Help Operate
Private Schools
In Closed Areas

Prince Edward County Defenders
have sent So 220 to the Virginia fidu-
cation Fund. for use IN areas where
public schools have been closed due
to the indignation problem
c. w. Glenn a member Of tlle IA
visory Board of the education fund
and also a member Of the board az
directors of the Prince Edward Pc
tenders. said no further fund drive
by the Defenders was being con
sidered at this time but the treas
urers books are still open ana do
nations for the fund arr snll being
accepted BY J B Clark
Lewis Pendleton. Jr.. OF Rich
mond. president OF the Virginia
Education Fund. said contributions
have exceeded $40. 900 thus far. and
SD 600 have been dispatched to aid
the local group in Warren County
This is just the start. Pendle
ton said We have no idea how
much money Will BE- needed IL
bridge this emergency. but II must
be raised if the displaced school
children are to be educated without
the loss Of a year Of schooling
Former gov ernor Thomas =
Stanley is chairman Of the advisory
board OF the Virginia Education
Fund, which includes the following
members from thls immediate
area: H E Boswell Burkeyille
DR. j. L. Hammer, Mannboro Val
entine Southan, Amelia G d Wei
slger. Mannboro Robert K Brock
Farmville. William r. Blandfofd
Powhatan; c. W Glenn. Farmrille.
and E Floyd Yates. Powhatan
Others in the area include W G
Epes, Jr.. Blackstone. VI S h'by
Sr.. Kenbridge. " S Klnchel0e.
Crewe: J. T Wadden, Jr. Lunen-
burg; F. L. wilson, Nottoway
County, j. Segar Grayart. Biack
stone: and also Watkins NJ Abbitt
Appomattox. w. NJ Tuck. South
Boston. and W. P HazelgroYc. Roa-
noke, in addition TO others through
out the state.
las we contact people over The
state" Pendleton said. We find It
more evident that the public school
system. as it has been operated in
the past, is in jeopardy and untM a
workable solution is found. this or
ganzation viii do everything il can
to meet the emergency
The Defenders organization III
Nottoway County sent ii 81 600 last
week to the fund. j. B Wall. Jr. Of
Farmville, was guest speaker at tile
Nottoway meeting, last Thursday,
when he described the organization
of the Prince Edward Educational
Corporation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Massive Resistance Vote
Ends In Tie; State P-TA
Recommends Local Option
Conservatives
Fail TO Elect
Slate OF Officers

The Virginia Congress Of Parents
and Teachers dlvi d c into two
camps during its session in Rich
mond this week The liberals who
have dominated the state organi7,
latIon IN recent years, continued TO
exert theii control by electing their
slate Of officers. and passing most
Of the resolutions they wished
The newly actIVated conservative
group failed BY one vote TO enact
It's major resolution which called
for PTA support Of Governor AL
mond and the General Assembly's
massive resistance stand This reso-
luton ended in a tic vote Of 557 to
So, lacking by ore vote the simple
majority needed for passage.
The delegates then voted SIS to
5l3 in favor Of a resolution recon-
mendng that districts, councils.
local and individual P-TA members
support the local option solution to
the erega ton problem in
schools
New officers elected at the con
pention were DR. Edgar M. John
son professor Of education at Long
wood College, president, Mrs. George
HarnSberger, Of IIarrIsonburg. vice
president. Mrs sydney Arthur
Greenlcaf, If Fairfax. secretary:
and Tom Faulkner, of Rockbridge
County, treasurer
The new officers represent the
Slate Of officers endorsed by the in
cnmbent PTA administration, and
they defeated 81 a group Of con
selyatiVes@ nominated from the
floor by supporters Of massive re-
siStance "
Voting is allowed on a basis of one
vote for every . members of
local chapter. The Farmville dele
CATION had 10 votes. Nearly 400 dele
gates arrived Wednesday from Arl-
ington and Waynesboro taking part
in the decisive activities Wednes-
day.
William R. Blandford, of Powha-
tan, was among the leaders and
was chief spokesman of the South
side Virginia delegation that Of
fered the resolution for support OF
the Governor.
4 proposal by Preston E. Hicks.
Of Henrico County, to contribute a
maximum of $50, 900 in surplus
State P-TA funds to Warren County.
Charlottesville and Norfolk was de
teated. The trea surer's report
showed that the State group has
surplus Of $4,000 A resolution to
reduce state dues from 20 cents to
- cents was also defeated, in spite
of the large surplus.
The congress also acted on sew
eral other resolutions, however.
many resolutions were killed, tabled
and Withdrawn SO the group could
act on the main issues. The COM
pick parliamentary procedure kept
most delegates completely confused
most Of the time.
John B. BoatWright, Jr.. of Buck
ingham and Henrico Counties,
moved for adjournment on the
grounds that under the rules of the
convention it had to end at 1908
I'm. However. the president ruled
that the rules had been suspended
earlier when the delegates voted to
dispose of the resolutions before
turning to other business.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24


thai tbe Department has It's assis-
tant resident engineer. j ID
Niiaht Jr. living at Farlnville.
He is available for local contact
and emergencies. and will continue
70 transport Two clerical employees
III France Edward county. the
letter stated
Keeping local contact employees
WITH 4 residence al Farmville and
providing transportation for chri-
cal employees was part OF the
agreement made when the office
was moved To Dillwyn.
Wright Has replaced j. S. Pankey
presently assigned ID research
project Oh HIGHWAYS. us assistant
u j II. Parker. Tie resident engi-
nocr.
Study Made
Commissioner Davis had his staff
prepare d l0.factor statistical study
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
H-SC Students Hear
Talk On Military

Col. Henry M Gross, director of
the selective service system of
PENNSYLVANIA spoke to the Hampden-
Sydney Convocation Thursday morn
ing.
He talked frankly about his exper-
fences in military service in a
speech entitled Military Service
and the College Student"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Red Cross Meeting

The Prince Edward Red Cross
chapter will hold its annual meet
ing today Friday at ! pm, Dr-
Otis McClung, chairman, reports.
The session, to which members
and friends are invited, will be
held in the basement rooms of
Farmville Baptist Church
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

part u determination BY some
to place TIE Chest IN n M ore
favorable Il hi Vii eitoff Should be
made to enlarge the Chest to in
clHde a number of drives nov con-
Quoted Independently they believe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

cessive modesty, particularly
among women. and plain fear,
DR.. John r. Heller, director
Of the Nation nal Cancer
Institute, said that 100000
Ap1eficans are currently being
treated for cancer. Some
$4,000 new cases viii be
diagnosed and about 250.00C
will die Of cancer this year, he
added.
He noted that new drugs are
constantly being tested in an
attempt to find some useful in
controlling the disease.
Wide Range In Ages
The delegates ranged in age
from Q to rs. They came from
20 States and the District.
/ A giant-sized aluminium
sword-symbol Of the Crusade,
will be lighted at $3.50 o'clock
tonight on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Fifteenth and
Fourteenth streets NV.
The sword will be lighted
from the stage Of the Uptown
Theater where the premier
performance Of the picture.
South Pacific. viii be held for
the benefit Of the local Cancer
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
PooIesviIIe PTA
Votes Tonight on
Quitting Council

The Poolesville MD PARENT
Teacher Association will vote
tonight on Withdrawing from
the County Council Of Parent
Teacher Associations. i.
Roger Hayden, president Of
the Poolesville unit, said the
vote will climax long -smolder-
ing dissatisfaction among mem.
bers with the county organiza-
ton.
He believes, he said this
morning, that members will
decide to retain afiliation with
the parent group.
Last fall. the Poolesville pTA
voted to withhold It's contri.
button to the county PTA
council.
Members protested that
they're outYoted at county Ses-
sions. that they have difhculty
travelling to down-county meet
ings and that Poolesville rep
resentatives have not been rec
ognized from the floor during
debates on integration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
Tex Ruling May Cost
MARYLAND Millions

payer involved but not the only
one.
The issue was opened for
legislative action in 1857 when
the Court Of Appeals, in cases
involving the Aerial Products
Co. and the Baltimore Foundry
Co., ruled the Controller had
wrongfully collected sales or
use taxes affecting government
contracts.
Legislature Acted
The Controller went to the
Legislature to prevent q parade
Of claimants getting back what
was then estimated at around
SIS million in taxes already
collected and to protect future
collections.
The Legislature acted speed
lily. 1t passed an emergency
bill saying such collections were
legal and by legislative intent
had been since 1947.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

Virginia area 50 far--including
the SIS million interchange at
Seven Corners.
Like a plate Of tangled spa
'ghetti. the many ramps. under
passes and overpasses weave
over and under each other in an
intricate pattern devised to
avoid direct trafic crossings in
any direction.
The Southern Railway tracks
and Back Lick Run add to the
completely Of the Interchange.
The railway requires two Of the
IL bridges. The run has TO
be relocated. and requires sew
eral bridges besides.
Shirley highway win pass
over the westbound lane Of the
circumferential. and under the
eastbound lane.
Compared with the estimated
500 million total cost Of the
circumferential. the Shirley In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
Kensington Man
Held Not Guilty
In Police Shooting

A Montgomery County Cir
cult Court Jury yesterday ac-
Quilted q 72-year-old Kensing-
ton man in the shooting Of
O county policeman last Hal
loween night.
Joseph L. Bockovac. q retired
Navy man living in the 400
block Of Franklin street. Ken
sington. was charged with as
sault and battery after Pc.
lice Pvt. Richard Russell, ~.
was shot in the leg.
The defendant previously had
complained to police about
pranksters bothering him. the
court was told. Afterwards he
want outside and sat In q lawn
chair in the dark.
A police car went by the
house on patrol. It was testi-
fed, and It's two occupants
thought they saw something in
the yard behind q tree. They
climbed over q hedge shining
o fiashlight and Mr.. Bockovac
let 60 with q blast from q 81
caliber pistol.
Mr.. Bockovac, represented by
Attorneys Walter w. Dawson
Of Rockville and Jack Pinkston
Of Silver Spring. admitted the
shooting. but said 1t was an
accident the policeman was hit,
He testified boys earlier had
bothered him with flashlights,
He said he shot towards the
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

return on its savings share ac-
counts. In addition. he ex.1
planned. the member may--not
must-obtain life and disabil-
ity insurance equal to the
amount Of his account. He said
/ per cent charged for this in
surance Is deducted from divi-
dends.
He said the insurance is pro-
vided by the American Savings
& Loan Indemnity Co., for
merly known as the American
Indemnity Co. He de0ribed
this concern as q Panama cor
poration qualified to do busi-
ness In Delaware where 1t has
segregated S750.000 Of It's 81
million assets for the benefit
Of American claimants.
Mr.. Cohen described the
Family Association as operat-
ing In the same way as Q Fed.
eral credit union is operated.
Formed about az years ago. it
has accounts totaling 81 mil
lion and assets Of 50 million,
mostly in Government insured
mortgages. he said.
The association has eight Of
fees In Maryland. three of
them in Washington suburbs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
BeoII Hits Advertising
Of Savings, Loan Firm

Senator Beall, Republican Of
Maryland, asserted yesterday
In the Senate that the Family
Savings & Home Loan Assbci-
alton Of his State is guilty Of
misleading advertising.
Association officials immedi-
ateiy denied this. They said
that Senator Beall may have
accepted misleading statements
by competitors which viii be
proved false.
Senator Beall said the COM
pany advertises that 1t pays
q AZ per cent return on saw
ings, which is above the cur
rent rate. He added that q
careful reading Of the adver-
Using discloses that actually
az per cent is paid in cash
and / per cent Is credited for
insurance.
He said the accounts are in
sired by q company called the
American Indemnity Co. and
that as far as he knows this
company has no office In the
United States.
Sherman 8. Cohen. vice pres
ident and counsel Of the Family
Association, replied that the
company pays q AZ per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

American Cancer Society. The
delegates met at the StatleI
Hotel.
Although medical research
stands at the threshold of q
breakthrough in the field OF
cancer. the congress was warned
that the 1858 slogan Is still
Fight Cancer With a Checkup
and a Check"
DR.. Lowell T. Coegeshall,
president Of the American Can
Ger Society. told the group that
20 years ago research showed
little promise-10 years ago,
scientists talked Of beachheads,
now there is hope Of break
throughs."
Now One In Three Saved
In 1888. he said, one in every
seven cancer victims was saved.
In 1913 the figure was one in
four. Now it is one in three.
He urged the delegates to
become ambassadors of cancer
control" when they return
home. He listed four enemies
TO combat during this months
Cancer Crusade: The belief
that an annual checkup is un-
necessary, the fear that a
checkup will cost too much, ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
Miss Daisy
Retires at 70

Western Union lost one ofAits
best-known staff members yes
terday with retirement of Mrs.
Marguerite miss Daisy Hojf-
gard after so years with the
telegraph company.
One Of the few women in the
company's plant and engineer
ing department. Miss Daisy is
widely known throughout the
organization as far away as
Boston. She did secretarial and
clerical work.
Miss Daisy, 10, was born in
Washington. Her hui b q nd,
Frank. died in 1919. She lives
at 1909 Tilbury street, Be-
thesda. Md.
Associates surprised her on
Friday with an open house in
her honor and presented her
with an automatic washer. a
long -dreamed-of convenience
Earlier in the year. she had
received q gold watch in ap-
probation Of her so years
service on January II.
From now on, Miss Daisy
plans to take 1t easy and do
the things I haven't been able
to do" One target Of her new
found leisure will be her garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

terchange Is Just . drop in the
bucket.
The circumferential Is part
of the Federal interstate sys-
tenn. with 80 per cent Of the
funds coming from Federal aid
and 10 per cent from the State.
The State Is proceeding with
construction Of the circumfer-
entail without any set timetable
for various sections like the
Shirley interchange. When each
section is built win depend on
the availability Of funds, right
of way. and plans.
Contracts totaling $2.l mil
lion already have been awarded
for the first grading and DRAIN
age work on the circumferen-
tial. Another SAT million has
been set UP by the State for the
next fiscal year to continue con-
struction. These sums include
both the Federal and State
appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

q cashier. Miss Marie J. Ruper-
tus. 50 Of 2400 Wagner street
Sc, to change q dime. When
she turned around she was
facing q gun that proved to be
a toy. He dropped it in his
haste to Zee with about $500.
He was described as colored.
wearing dark glasses. a brown
hat and q topcoat.
Another bandit took $246
from McGrory's Five and Ten
Cent Store In the Parkington
Shopping Center last night.
Walter Nixon Of Haddonfield,
N. j., q restaurant supervisor
for the McGrory chain, chased
the bandit until the latter
wheeled and fred a shot at
him.
The money was taken from
Miss Shirley Mills, II, a part
time clerk who was putting il
away as the store closed at
$3.50 pm. The bandit: de-
scribed as white, in his 40s
and weighing about 200 pounds.
grabbed the money bag out Of
her hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01

ANNAPOLIS. April / -(R.-
The State Of Maryland is faced
with paying approximately
100000 in sales tax refunds
to defense industries as a re-
suit Of a Court Of Appeals
ruling yesterday.
Over a longer range, the
action will probably cost mil
lions.
The court ruled unconstitu-
tional an attempt by the 1857
Legislature to plug q so-called
'loophole" If the sales and
use tax laws and specify that
the comptroller could collect
taxes on certain types Of equip
ment and machinery used in
Government contracts.
The taxes had already been
collected and the effect Of the
1857 statute was to legalize
them. all the way back to l947
when the sales and use tax law
went into effect.
Says Constitution Violated
The court said the action
violated the due process Of law
clause in the 18th Amendment
to the United States Constitu-
tibn and also Article % Of the
Maryland Declaration Of Rights.
"The statute seeks to tax
transactions completed long
before the tax was in exist
ence." the high court said.
This is an awful blow said
Walter F. Kennedy, chic. OF the
sales tax division, when advised
Of the ruling. He said that up
wards Of $500, 900 in taxes all
ready collected will have to be
refunded to say nothing Of fu-
ture losses.
Martin Co. to Benefit
The chief recipient will be
the Martin Co., which went to
court and challenged payment
Of $3ll,539 In taxes made to
the State between March /,
1851, and April 80, 1854.
Mr. Kennedy says the refund
due Martin win be closer to half
a million dollars by the time
the last three years are con-
sidered.
Martin was the biggest tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
Civilians Help
Catch Suspect
After Ho|dup

Combined efforts Of civilians
and police resulted today In the
capture Of q man charged with
robbing q restaurant owner Of
$648 with q toy gun.
It was the second toy-gun
holdup of the night. Earlier
q bandit employed one to grab
$500 from the crowded base
ment Of the Woodward q 10th
rop North Building.
Victim Of the holdup al
Randy's restaurant. l113 Fiji
tenth street NV, was the
owner, Irving A. Cooperman
20. Of 1885 Missouri avenue
INV. Mr.. Cooperman's father
Samuel Cooperman. So. was
slain in August. 1851. by q
gunman attempting to rob his
liquor store at Florida and New
York avenues NE.
About 3 am. today Mr..
Cooperman was in the restau-
rant talking to Roland Earl Nc
Lellan, "a, who until recently
had worked there as a counter
man.
Waitress Grabs Man
Two mattresses, Mrs. Ger
trude Lewis, 80. and Mrs. Marie
Coil, 80. both Of 1871 Clifton
street NV. had Just left the
closed restaurant. Becoming
suspicious, they looked back
and saw Mcclellan, hand in
pocket, leading the proprietor
TO the safe.
Mrs. Lewis ran to a hotel to
summon police. When she re-
turned. Mcclellan was leaving
the restaurant. The waitress
grabbed him by the jacket and
said, where's Sonny? tMr.
Cooperman)." With that the
man broke away and ran.
Appearing on the scene then
were three Washington Post
and Times-Herald printers,
George A. Kidwell. 20, Of Nc
Lean. Va: Robert Burkhardt,
Of l626 Haliet court, Rockville.
and Jon Hyde Of 1909 Elson
street. Takoma Park, Md.
While two of them chased
the suspect. Mr.. Kidwell noti-
fed Police Pvt. Edward w.
Clouse at Fifteenth and K
streets NV. He pursued Nc
Lellan to Vermont avenue and
L street. pulled his revolver
and ordered the fugitive to
stop.
Pvt. Clouse said he found
the toy gun in one pocket and
$648 in the other. Mcclellan
was charged with holdup and
robbery.
Store Loses $500
The Woodward a. Lothrop
holdup was staged about 1850
pm. with about $50 late shop
pers on the floor.
Police said the bandit asked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
Soil
Group Will Dine

The Montgomery County Soil
Conservation District will hold
It's NTH annual dinner meeting
at z pm. Wednesday at the
0aithersburg Agricultural
Center.
j. Frederick Hazen. county
conservationist, will report on
progress Of the District In 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-01
FIRE DISPATCHER
SOUNDS ALARM
ON OWN FIRE

Harry Leep. the Arlington
County fire departments
dispatcher, went TO work
post haste today-even be-
fore he reached his ONCE.
He was driving to work
when smoke began TO pour
from his 1850 automobile.
Mr.. Leep ran TO q firehouse
q half block away. Firemen
extinguished the flaming
engine. A police car took
Mr.. Leep the rest Of the way
TO work.