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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Railles

The John Randolph PTA met
Thursday night ut the school Dir.
Buswell gave a talk on The effect
Of colds and different types Of flu
on children He also told Of The
various vacclnes available The re-
port of the routine cncck BY the
fire marshall was also eiyen HI this
meeting.
Mrs Arthur Smith was hostess
Wednesday night 10 the October
meeting of the Antioch WSCS Mrs
Smiths sister. Mrs Jeier Saith.
was also house euest there
Master Llnnie Barr, son 81 MI
and Mrs Grover Barr, is paiieat
at Southside Community Hospital
with respiratory a.imem
Mrs CLYDE Foster represented
Antioch FRIDAY night a supper
meeting in Blackstone. featuring
foreign missions and b talk bg a
missionary.
The Fosters recently VISITED tho
Walter Youngs in Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs W G. Moore re-
Gently spent the week end wiih his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Z S Moore
Of Danvllle They attended Sunday
services al Keen Street Baptist
Church.
Eric Robinson attended the quar-
terly bankers meeting NJ Amelia
Tuesday night.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
Trents Mil

We have been enjoying some
beautiful autumn weather Farmers
are taking advantage Of it, and try
ing to get their work completed be
fore bad weather SETS in.
The scenery through the woods
and along the highways equals the
beauty Of the Skyline Drive. with
all the many colored leaves.
Mrs W. d. Wacaster has re
turned from Johnston Willis Hos
pital and is improving Her mother.
Mrs R M. Speas, is with her while
She is recuperating She had a mum
bcf Of visitors while in the hospital
and since she returned
Mrs Curtis Connatscrs mother
has returned from the hospital and
Is improving
Mrs 10y OWnby, who has been
on the sick list, was able to be at
church Sunday.
Miss Betty Floyd Jones spent the
week end at home Or and Mrs.
Irwin knight. fren Richmond, came
up Sunday and took her back to col
leee. Other callers IN the Jones
home were MIR and Mrs Vie Jones
and Miss Gay Gillian
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
buckingham Drive
Seeks xS ,ONO For
Lights Installation

The Student Cooperative Associa-
ION IN cooperation with the Buck
Hgham Athletic Association IS max
NM AN effort 10 raise sufficient
funds 70 install lights at the Buck
ingham Central fllgh Athletic Field
1he goal Is $4,000 Each school
family II being asked to give 81 d
month lor the school year
Through the efforts q the Ath-
leic Association. businesses and I'M
dNatl.lns oi the county and Interested
cl,l1Gns have contributed $1,000
All Of ttis amount has been from
voluntary contributions The fell
A nearing completion aad Is NJ nsr
i0r day time activities
Failure plans Include the revival
Al! fhe county falr which Will be held
WI tins slte
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Arthur Springer has returned
home after being 4 patient IN the
Richmond Memorial Hospital for d
week
Mrs. George Burgess Of Char
lottesyillc. vas d guest over thc
week end of Mr. and Mrs John
Crutc
Mr. and Mrs. Branch Roscn had
their children and families all home
for Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Thompson and family. Of Lynch.
burg. Mr.. and Mrs Carl Rcsen and
family. OF Stanton. and Cullen
RoScn were there
Depart for Georgia
David Cobb left Thursday FOL
Georgia. where he Is stationed IA
the armed services
Mr. and Mrs Hamilton Apcc Sue
and Hamilton and EWcll NJ rgan
were ID Richmond sunday ~ All
tend the move. South Pacific
Mr.. and Mrs Frank llualey HAL
rs their guests far the Weck cnd.
Mr.. ard Mrs THY Harris ana two
daughters. Aylctt and Zenith. NJ
Norfolk
Mr. and MS Brady Jones and
family and MI and Mis- Rolfe Ben
ninghoc, D! Ary0nla. nJtnrcd over
the Skyline Drive dnfine the week
end
Mr. and Ms. Charlie ARcs sneni
the week end web Alr ana Mrs
Beady Jones
Family Reunion
A Rosen family reunion VA held
Sunday at the Robert T. I4nt Way
side PARK A large crowd attended
from Richmond Lvnchbui-g Hafr4
sonbarg and Maryland
Mr. ana Mrs Henry DAYS are
vacahoninp IN florsda Thty wiil j,
gone for a month
Allan Shepherd. who has bnen IN
Japan for tie past - months. why
10 leave Japan Tuesday for horne
MIS- Richard Ellis. III hAs beef
with hnr father III stanton lIr hA.
been very II during The month
Sheriff ana Mrs Herbert Adam
attended an oll convention IN Roa
noke several DAYS last WICK
Harvey Ayrcs and hih orchestra
are playing II ne Veterans Me
mortal Hall Friday night October
30
Guests Sunday Of Mr. AID Mill
Eddie Shepherd were Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Shepherd. MI and Mrs
Stuart Peike and son Of Palmyra
and Mr. and Mrs r u. Gillispl,
and family.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Req. G. c. Shepherd Accepts Guardianship
0fB"ckingham County March Of Dimes Dr.iue

BlckInRham Court House Is tax
ilH on 4 neM look New buildings
are gong up and old buildings go
ms down Mr. and MIS-. Charles
Spencer are nearing completion Of
their new home. also Mr. and Mrs
Earl Davis. A new service station
is IN progress and part of the old
Moselcy Hotel has been torn down
Mrs Jack Moss and daughters
Of Arlington. returned home Sunday
after visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs J Is Boatwright.
Now Doing Fine
Nowlett Bruce is az home and is
dome fine after his recent opera
iion MI. and Mrs. Fisher Bruce. OF
Chester, were guests Sunday Of Mr.
and MIS- Bruce
M anu AIS Mutt Cumby. Of
Richmond. We're visitors Thursday
81 Mr. and MS Frank Webb and
alsa MI and Mrs Orville Dunna-
Want
sympathy Is extended 70 the
fanny # Mrs Emmett Crews upon
hel recent death
Mis- Bernce simpson. Of Ports
m0ah WAS a week end guest Of
Ai 5 Jam Eldfidge Mrs Eldridgc $
daa@lrcss MISSES Joan and Connie
Eldfidae q Richmond, spent the
Week end here
Joe Franklin Shnmaker. Of Rich
mond spent The week end with his
mother MFs Fannie Land
Gene Steger returned to VPI Sun
day vherc he il attending school
after visli with his mother over
the week cnd
See skyline Drive
Mr. and Mrs. T 3 Hall. Jr.. and
ianllS aud Mn and Mrs Charlie
Hal motered over The Skyline
Drive Sunday
MISS Gcftrude sadler returned
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24
DIRTY WORK cOLoRFtL

Neutrality-suspicious. folks VIA took
their clothes 10 do.it Yourself
laundry found even ihe tirah things
came out brightly c0lored
Police said a lbyear-oid boN cor
fessed The boy told Of dropping
green. yellow. pink brown ana red
coloring capsules through the soap
slots Of The automatic machines
The yoangatcr sad he was paid
S. by rival laundromat operator
TO 90 his coloriul. but dirty. work
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

ston-Willis ospital. Richmond
Mrs. Harmon will be remembered
as the former Miss Minnie san
bridge, Of Gold Hill,
Visitors last week at Ufton Ter
race were Mrs. Edna Pierson and
Mrs. Ella Jones'. Of DillWyn, Mrs
jesse NJ Clark. Of Richmond, Mrs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Sunday To Richmond after spending
the week end al her home here
Rev and Mrs. T. r. Jackson are
receiving congratulations on the
birth Of daughter last week at a
Lynchburg hospital.
Rev Allen Anderson. of Arkan-
sas. conducted preaching services
at Maysville Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning at which time Dan
Moore. small son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Mittie Moore. was christened.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Perkins Snoddy u New Canton, and
Mrs D 8 Hams. Of Alpha
Misses Men ana Gladys Poe. re-
turned to their positions in Rich
mona last week and were week end
visitors Of their parents. MIR and
Mrs. W =. Poe Other visitors
there were = Tucker Reynolds, of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Mrs C NJ Rogers was d guest
for The week end Of her sister. Miss
Appllng Moss. in Richmond
Rev G. c. Shepherd has accepted
Craftsmanship Of the National Fom-
datlon. March of Dimes. for Buck
lngham County
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-10-24

Richmond and Pete shunaker, Of
Newport News
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Clark and
Richard Landera, Jr., Of Richmond.
spent Saturday night at their home
here and were supper guests Sun
day Of Mrs f J Harrison. Of
Richmond
, 1958-07-26
I Cordially, as ever,
BRUCE MILLAR

Of the first chapter of this COM
temporary political history of the
Virgin Islands which started in
1885. We taught the people the
best way we knew how that it
was expedient to become inter
ested in the operation of their
government so that their govern
nient may represent their wishes.
And we went along that score
and the people became interested,
in their government to the extent
where the government did have
to pay some recognition to the
voice Of the people. From that
stage we have moved on, but as
/ have said we have been moving
around in a circle. We have to
get out of that circle by adopting
the American political system of
party organizations, and by that
I mean the Democratic and Re-
publican Parties en- the local
level and associated with the ma
tional parties.
RIO be continued
, 1958-07-26
Continued from Thursday

The time has come for us to,
take hold politically of the advan-
tages that we have now. We have
never had these advantages as we
have today. The timo has come
for US to graduate from one stage
of political thought into a higher
state of political thinking which
is purely and truly the American
way, and the time when we are
going to achieve anything that is
politically meaningful is when the
people have the distinctive pleas
IRE and the right to 60 at the
Polls and vote for their own gov
ernor., l hope that that day will
come as soon as possible because
it will be proof that the Virgin
Islands people have matured in
their political know how to the
extent where they can be trusted
to conduct their own government
in a competent, in q just, in an
ORDERLY and in a lawful manner
like it is done in other communi-
ties in the United States.
But that is something, Nh.
Chairman, which is not going to
be handed to- the people of the
Virgin Islands. The people have
got to prove that, meritoriously,
they are deserving of that con
sideration. And | am the type Of
optimist who believe that III
people can and will make a rea-
sonably good case, not only by
words but by deeds. That when
that is done, up in Washington
they will not hesitate very long
in saying that the people of these
islands are showing that they are
competent, they are intelligent,
they are good Americans. And if
other places can have the right to
elect their own governor, then we
will also give that right to the
Virgin Islands. We must start
proving our merit here first be-
lore we should attempt to go any
place with our story.
In my opinion, we r going to
do that first by realizing that the
United States Government is
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REMARKS OF CARLOS DOWNING. ORMER ASSEMBLY
MAN OF THE VI. FOR THE COMMITTEE O. H
WHOLE Of w. LEGISLATURE MAY 2e. 1858

operated on a political basis. And
let me say this, politics in the
highest sense is the substance or
the reality-the meaningfulness
CT Democracy. If you will not
have politics, then, you will not
have a Democracy, you will have
= Dictatorship. Therefore. politics
is an essential feature of Ameri-
can Government. The difference
is between the high-minded type
Of politics and. what we may call.
noliticS that is low down and
chaep. That is the Difference. But
politics on the plain on which it
OUGHT to be accepted is something
that no man or woman should
feel ashamed of because it is the
root-it is the substance-of his
government.
The sense / want to put forward
is that we have got to fashion our
politics in these islands as it is
in the United States, bearing, of
course, on our local problems. We
have got to recognize the fact, and
be grateful for it, that the United
States are giving to the islands
considerable help which has lift
ed our social, economic and edu-
cational standards; and these i'm
provements are not because any
one in the islands was able to do
it for US. but because those people
in Washington who run the Gov
ernment, politically or admins
tratively, saw fit that the islands
should receive such assistance.
Those men up there speak the
language of American politics,
and they would want to know
that the Virgin Islands are pat
terning their political thinking &
organizations along similar lines.
In other words, we should
come now to the stage where we
are going to write what l may
Icall the second chapter in the con
temporary history of the Virgin
Islands. Mr.. Chairman, we first
started out to educate the people
as to the Importance of taking an
| active part in their government.
That was the important feature
, 1958-07-26
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respondenc
May 6, 1853

Mr.. Canute Brodhurst,
Editor THE AVIS
Christiansted
st. Croix
Dear Mr.. Brodhurst:
Had your editorial of April 2,
1853, promoting a statue to Chris
fopher Columbus at Salt River,
been run on April Fools Day it
seemingly would have been more
appropriate
In the first place, as a correc-
ton, Columbus never landed on
this island. His log-book and
.oiary of his second voyage have
not yet been discovered, it is true.
But we know from writings of his
associates that Columbus was i'll
and confined to his cabin on
November IA. 1893, when he
anchored off the reef near Sugar
Bay and saw and christened
Ay-Ay Santa Cruz"
Paradoxical it is to me why
you, DR.. D. C. Canegata, Alva c..
McFarlane, and Ira Ross-or any
progressive Crucian-should wish
to commemorate the memory of a
notorious slave-dealer.
From the time he discovered
New World, Christopher
Columbus was not only the zeal
Gus advocate of slavery but the
actual agent of slavery himself.
Even Queen Isabella indignately
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES right had the
Admiral to sell aWav my ~vassals?"
(And she ordered the first 500 In
dian slaves Columbus sent to
Spain to be returned to the West
Indies!)
Why not, Mr.. Editor, shill for
a statue to a Carib Indian at
Sugar Bay?
1t would be unique, and, I be-
.lieve, a better tourist attraction
land real estate promotion), for
there are many mementoes to
Columbus in the western world.
4 Cordially, as ever,
BRUCE MILLAR
, 1958-07-26
: Chr ST. Urntx Auta :
- -cHAnp1on or PUBLIC R1oHT AND JUSTICE ~"1

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Telephone 48 P. o Box 1888
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VOL. ia SATURDAY JULY 26, 1858 NO. 11
, 1958-07-26
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LATEST NEWS
The people's voice., 1958-12-26

The greatest loss took place in
Montana and northern Wyoming
served by the Billings area office,
which accounted for a loss of more
than one million acres of individual
Indian trust land during the 10-year
period, most of it during the past five
years.
Murray's comments form the intro
duction to perhaps the most detailed
study ever made of Indian land trans
actions. The just-published committee
print, entitled Indian Land Trans
actions, includes the answers to
questionnaires on land transactions
from So Indian agency offices and
several tribal organizations. Murray
ordered the compilation last spring
upon finding that detailed statistics
on the extent of Indian trust land
disposals were not available in Wash
ington.
A total of 3,307,217 acres were
removed from individual Indian trust
during the 10-year period, including
lands which were sold to the tribes
and presumably remained in trust
status. Tribal trust lands increased
by 1880 acres during the 10-year
period. However, Murray said, the
study showed that neither sales to
tribes nor takings for public purposes
(dams, reservoirs, etc. were major
causes for the loss of Indian trust
land.
"The magnitude of these remov-
als,' said Murray, "raises a question
as to whether the Indian Bureau has
exercised its authority wisely in grant
ing so many applications for sales
and patents. Has the Bureau fully
considered the possible adverse eff
fects on both the tribe and individuals
in each case?"
Returns to the questionnaires, said
Murray, show that Bureau field Off
cials edo not follow uniform proceed
ures in passing on an application for
sale or fee patent (However)
the study shows Bureau field officials
and employees are diligently striving
% assist the Indians but are operat-
The people's voice., 1958-12-26

ing under handicap for lack of more
specific direction from both the area
and central Offices
Chairman Murray mentioned sever
al specific areas which the committee
might consider further:
Federal lands acquired for Indian
use and not being so used at this time;
Methods of preventing more land
from going into "heirship" status,
perhaps through some program of
tribal acquisition;
Procedures of Bureau approval of
fee patents and sales to fee status;
Tribal land acquisition programs;
Legislative action designed to as
sist tribes financially in purchase of
individual Indian trust land.
Referring to May, 1858 statement
by Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Emmons that during the past four
years the Department (of Interior)
and Bureau have been giving a great
deal of intensive study to this prob
lem' (of individually owned Indian
lands), Murray indicated that de-
partmental officials might be called
upon for a progress report.
The people's voice., 1958-12-26

in being allowed to use whatever mon
ey is collected for improving the in
stitution.
The type of financing being pro-
posed by the mental health group
perhaps could be compared to the
open-end type of bonding used by the
University System in financing DORM
itory and other facilities.
The Governors Committee has been
studying and working in behalf of
the mental institutions for almost
ten years, and were successful in 1854
in putting over bond issues for the
Warm Springs institution and the
State School at Boulder.
Specifically, the use to which this
money would be put as outlined by
the Governors Committee on Mental
Health brochure are as follows:
Day room and dormitory space
for $50 new patients. Many people
who have lived in Montana for many
years do not realize that our state
hospital is a large, sprawling institu-
ClOiI, Will az uOOplCd1 Ouilu1ilSo anu
as many industrial buildings, cover
ing many acres of ground and hous-
ing many wards, all of which are
badly overcrowded. The Montana
State Board of Health has licensed
us to provide beds for 1880 patients;
the average daily population for 1857
was 1,750. The population is expected
to rise in the near future. Even the
14O beds to be provided by the new
building will not take care Of the over
load.
Replacement of day room and
dormitory space for 500 patients.
Many of our day rooms are dreary
and uncomfortable. On one of our
women's wards 16 elderly women
sleep on poorly heated sun porch.
Sixty feeble, senile women who can
not use stairs are housed on the Sec
ond floor of wretched old fire trap.
If fire broke out havoc and tragedy
would result.
A central cafeteria to replace the
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice., 1958-12-26

First, we studied very closely the
benefits Western Montana has de-
rived from its one and only multi-pur-
pose federal dam compared to bene-
fits obtained from private power
company built dams on the Columbia
River drainage in Montana and came
up with some very interesting facts.
won't go into detail on benefits from
Hungry Horse Dam in the immediate
area such as the Anaconda Aluminium
plant that came here due to cheap
and abundant power nor how the local
lumber industry and agriculture in
dustries have modernized because of
this same factor. | want to show
downstream benefits in Montana be-
cause of Hungry Horse.
Ironically enough, practically the
same pressure groups are appearing
here today in opposition to Senate
The people's voice., 1958-12-26
Public Heurinqs
Sought On Army
Columbia Report

The National Hells Canyon Asso-
citation has asked the Board of Engi-
neers for Rivers and Harbors to hold
public hearings in the region on the
Corps new Columbia River report.
In letter to the Board of Engi-
neers, J. T. Mari, president of the
Association, outlined the basis for
the request. He listed several general
objections to the report, including
the fact that two projects have been
recommended for construction which
were not even mentioned in earlier
hearings.
GAS it happens Mari stated, "both
of these projects (High Mountain
Sheep and Knowles) would develop
areas subject to great prior contro-
versy and are in themselves con-
troversial." High Mountain Sheep
would be in the Nez Perce reach Of
the Snake River, and Knowles would
be in the Paradise reach of the Clark
Fork in Montana.
The Associations letter also charged
that the report does not achieve the
full or fully economical development
Of the Columbia River; that it makes
no provision for the orderly schedul-
ing of project constructions; that it
fails to provide for later and higher
stages of river development; and that
it does not offer positive solutions
to serious problems of fish and wild
life conservation.
The letter outlined detailed objec-
tions to the Army's recommendations
for Middle Snake River projects, and
stated that High Mountain Sheep Dam
can not be supported by the Corps
own engineering and economic find
ings. By proposing High Mountain
Sheep, the Army has attempted ''to
circumvent and ignore sentiment in
the region, according to the letter.
The Association implied that this rec
was not merely coinci-
dental with Pacific Northwest Power
Company's application for license
to build High Mountain Sheep.
The people's voice., 1958-12-26
High Court Bans
Dyed Oranges

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(CNS)-
The Supreme Court has unanimously
upheld federal ban on a red dye for
oranges The dye known as coal tar
Red-32 is used to color Florida and
Texas oranges.
Food & Drug Administration de-
clared Red-32 is poisonous. Florida
Citrus Exchange and others said they
can't sell their products without arti-
ficial coloring.
Justice William Brennan, speaking
for the whole court, said the 1888
food, drug and cosmetics law is plain :
"Where a coal tar color is not harm
less, it is not to be certified (as safe) &.
If it is not certified, it is not to be
used at ALL" The orange growers
have ''no grounds on which they can
legally object,'' he said.
Growers had won decision in the
New Orleans circuit court of appeals.
There the court ruled FDA must keep
the dye on the approved list of harm
less colorings until it could prove
that Red-32 or oranges is dangerous
to humans. This decision contradicted
a New York decision that upheld re-
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