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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21
-FeIden Report
Roitts Take To
Air To Dust For
Tobacco Worms
FeIden Report

John Routt and son, Johnny. have
done much busting of tobacco
around Blackstone. Wylliesburg and
other parts Of the country. They use
plane to dust for worms and
suckers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howson Cole and
daughter. of Richmond. Miss Mary
Dupuy and Richard Dupuy. of Wor-
sham. were dinner guests of Mrs.
Ruby Redd and Clyde Ransom. Sat
urday
Mr.. and Mrs. Overton Barksdale,
Clarence. Walker and James. from
Keysville. spent several days last
week at their cabin near Mrs.
Barksdale's fathers pond.
Miss Kitty Sue Cox is with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Cox,
after attending Longwood summer
school. She will leave September 20
for Madison College where she is a
sophomore.
Indy Cox was in Chicago several
days last week attending the FLA
convention.
Richard Hillsman. Of Stanley,
N. c.. is staying with his aunt. Mrs.
B. w. Allen. and Mr.. Allen.
Guests in the j. H. Allen home
and Mrs. Robert Kerr and children
Sam Snow and three daughters
OF Miami. Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Char.
lie Price. OF Newport News. j. c.
Badgett and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Bowman and family. Of Richmond
we're Sunday afternoon callers Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Saunders.
The community was saddened last
week by the passing of Mrs. Beu.
lab Jones Steele. a former resident
of this vicinity. We extend to hel
family our deepest sympathy
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21
Piedmont Baptist
Youth Attend
Music Camp

The second annual State Baptist
Youth Music Camp is being held
at Eagle Eyrie, August 1922.
Those attending from Piedmont
Baptist Church are Sandra. Nancy
Bobby, and Patsy Saunders, and
Miss Esther Wilmington. choir di-
rector, counselor for the group
Miss Carolyn Poore Of Mattoax
Presbyterian Church is also at
tending This is a wonderful OPP
portunity for the young people OF
the church to come together for
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21
THE FARMv11LE (ve) HERALD FRIDAY, AUGUST H. 1853

Shirley Blue. Of Richmond. spent
Sunday with Mrs. Wiley's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Beasley.
Mr.. and Mrs. King Barden visited
his father. Leon Barden. Wednesday
night at MCGUIRE Hospital and found
him looking much better.
Mrs. Bessie Felts and her son,
David. visited in the A. M. Dodosn
home, Saturday night.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21

Mr. and Mrs Joe Garland and
Hugh Cabell Garland arrived home
Saturday night after visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Moring In Charles
ton $. q, Mrs r w Carter. Jr..
and family in Nashville. Tenn. and
Mrs. D. L. Mcrryman in Hartsville.
Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ellington
vacationed at Virginia Beach last
week
Mr. and Mrs. Howson Cole and
Betsy Hill Cole, Of Richmond. were
week end guests Of Miss Mary and
R " Dupuy. Mr. and Mrs. j F.
Morton. Of New Orleans. La. ar.
rived Sunday to spend some time
with them.
Miss Eunicc Chernault has re-
turned TO Covineton to resume her
teaching duties.
Mrs. G. L. Irving. Misses Betty
Lloyd Irving and Bettye Lou Fore.
and Richard D. Fore attended the
Allen Reunion at Douglas Church,
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan Hammock
a n d Debbie. of Sandston. and
Archer Southall. Of Richmond. spent
the week end with their parents.
Rev, and Mrs James McGhee
and children Of Altayista. called on
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Porterfield
recently.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21

fellowship and fun. and to learn
more about church music.
The camp is under the leadership
Of Miss Kathryn Bailey, State Bap-
fist music secretary.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21

Most bike riders in accidents with
motor vehicles are violating traffic
laws. a National Safety Council
study revealed. Most bike accidents.
the study showed. occur during
April September.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21

On August 3. 1912. Mildred Helen
MacFee was commissioned a lieu
tenant in the Navy to become the
first woman officer of that service.
later heading the WAVES.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-21
Southside Electric Cooperative Now
10-Million Dollar Organization

Members Of the Southside Elec-
trio Cooperative who attend their
22nd annual meeting on Saturday,
August %, at Crewe, will get re-
ports which will show the growth
of the cooperative to a Sl0-million
dollar organization.
The plant investment today is
$40, 1922, 900 according to the report
which will be made to the member
ship. It was only 81 100000 IS years
ago.
Consumers today number $500
on more than 1000 miles Of line 1t
last week were Captain and Mrs.
Gerry Gentry, Of Aberdeen. Md,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M Bell, of Rich
mond: Mrs John H. Allen. Jr..
Sheriff., Jack and Sherrill's girl
friend. Of Silver Spring. Md, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Allen and
son. Of Charlottesville.
Mrs. r "A. Calhoun has been stay
ing with her son. Allen, and family
of Darlington Heights
Two of Mrs Martin Covington $
nephews from Richmond spent two
weeks with her and her family.
Farmers are hoping It will rain
soon. Everything is getting dry.
Pastures, late crops and vegetables
need rain badly.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
Food Costs More In Stamp
Stores But Premiums
More Than Worth II
WASHINGTON D. C-(CN

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)
On an average, food costs $50
more in stores that give trading
stamps, but the merchandise that
stamp-savers get more than offsets
the higher prices.
Agriculture Department probers
warned, however, that this is an
average. In their report January
FL they said the effects of trading
stamps vary from city to city, from
store to store, and perhaps even
from time to time.
"It would appear that, on the
average, in the 21 cities studied,
consumers who save and redeem
stamps can more than recoup the
relative price difference between
stamp and non-stamP stores," they
said.
Merchants pay about $2.25 per
1000 stamps or $2 a cents for each
ST of sales. But food prices don't
go up this much, USDA men said,
because of (1) economies associ-
ated with increased volume and CD
declining profits per sales dollar in
the trading stamp stores.
The survey covered November,
1853, to March, 1857.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

the joint labor lobby, protested. He
said it has been proven that Smith
has consistently appeared as an op
ponent to labor's program and should
have been heard during opponents
time.
Sen. Earl Clark D-MusselshelD
chairman of the Senate Social Sc
curity Committee, overruled the OBJ
jections of TIMBER, and Smith was
allowed five minutes.
At the close OF Smiths presenta-
tion c. V. Huppe, attorney for the
AFL-CIO, moved to the front of the
House and asked, since opponents
had been allowed extra time, it seemed
only right that proponents of SB 18
and 19 should be allowed a like
amount of time. While Clark was
trying to decide, Huppe took the
microphone and said Smith was using
"scare tactics to try and deceive the
people" at the hearing, and that it
was interesting to note that Smith
repeated figures used by Sam Goza,
attorney for opponents, and Mr.. GOA
seemed to be the only one who was
able to get these figures from the
Commission"
Following the hearings there was
discussion among the labor repre-
sentatives about the effects of the
chairman of the commission that dis
tributes jobless benefits, using the
force of his position against those
who are supposed to receive benefits.
The tensions broke loose after al
most two hours of hearing during
which employer representative Sam
D. Coca inserted the first vitrolic
challenge when he called labor bills
"most unreasonable" and accused Ia
Dor of 'sneering" at the II million
dollar premiums employers have paid
to the UCC fund over the past years.
WORKERS HELD
UP TO CONTEMPT
GOA condemned the 1857 Legisla-
tive amendments to the UCC law
and showed great contempt for sea-
sonal workers when he said, "The |
pea pickers and Christman tree trim
mers-or cutters-or whatever you |
call them, come in and get the same
as others get-these people that only
work when they are hungry-our job
IS to get them out of here we
nave to do something that is going
% tighten this up''.
In rebuttal, Ernest Salvas, execu-
i've board member of the Mine-Mill,
asked employers, "Who is going to
oick these peas and cut the trees when
hey need to be cut? What does Mr..
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
JobIess Comp. Hearings Almost
Got Out of Hand Last Friday

Things BODIED we'll for getting out of hand in the closing
minutes of joint House and Senate hearings unemployment
compensation bliss last Friday afternoon when after the
agreed time had been used by proponents R. D.
COrete coordnator for aborsponsored bills
asked that Chad Smith, chairman of the UCC allowed
present figures prepared from a survey
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

employment and training opportuni-
ties but at the same time need for
more and better housing? We do not
know the answer, but it has been a
thought provoking question"
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

In 1871 Philadelphia carpenters
struck unsuccessfully in May for a
1O-hour day and additional pay for
overtime. This was the first recorded
strike of workers in the building
trades.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
POPULATION, FEWER
SKILLED WORKERS BY 1865

Several paragraphs of Yaeger's re-
port are worthy of reprinting for the
forecast of things to come in the
skilled labor field. They follow:
"The U. S. Department of Labor
has made exhaustive surveys and
analyses on estimated man-power re-
quirements to fill present and future
needs of industry. Surveys, include
estimated numbers in the workforce
necessary to produce a greater Gross
National Product (meaning value of
all goods and services) and fill de-
mands of our expanding and advanc-
ing economy generally. The Depart
ment has published booklets on these
subjects. One such booklet is titled
Our Manpower Future, 1955-1965'.
One chart shows, for example, that by
1865 there will be 100000 FEWER
men aged 1854 years than there was
in 1855. During the prime working
age group of males, 25-44 years, there
will be practically NO increase. The
reason for this is because of the low
birth rate during the 1930s. 1t is
estimated our Gross National Product
in 1865 will be about $500 billion as
compared to about $491 billion in
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
Apprenticeship Training i.
apprenticeship Training ;.
2,412 Apprentices Received
Certificates In Last II Years

In the past IL the State Apprenticeship Council has
awarded certificates of completion of apprenticeship to 2412
apprentices according the biennial report of the Council
prepared by State Supervisor Henry A Yaeger These appren
tees completed training in ss of sixty different trades
and
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

GOA intend to do with them?" Sal
vas said there would be no business
without labor force when and where
it is needed.
Salvas said, "The employers
have tears in their eyes and say
we sneer at the millions of dollars
they have put into this fund. think
our presentation here has been as
sincere as any employer. We are
concerned for the labor force and
the people you need, not only as
your workers, but your customers.
This program is one of an economic
insurance against economic depres-
sion and yet all we hear here is
cost. People are willing to pay for
economic security and dignity in
the State of Montana. do not
want to see workers on a dole, !
want to see them with good job op-
portunities. The alternative to this
program is welfare and there are
social consequences to people rails
ing children on relief checks and
being fed on welfare funds, and
having to go on their knees to get
what they need to live".
r. E. Sheridan, special accountant
for the Anaconda Company, opposed
Iabor's bills stating last year that Ana
conda operated at loss of ten mil
lion dollars and anything that will
increase our costs will adversely eff
feet our Improvement He also said
increase in benefits only tends to
increase the incentive to abuse it,.
"There has been much said about
nigh rate of unemployment, he said,
but ACM can not employ the miners
hey want right now the men
1on't want to work when they can
lraw unemployment.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
APPRENTICE PROGRAMS MUST
BE GEARED TO NEEDS

"New developments, methods and
techniques come about almost daily
in the production of goods and serv-
ices. New products also come into
existence almost daily. Training pro-
grams, including apprenticeship, must
be geared and changed to meet cur
rent industrial changes. They are both
ever-changing. And so we repeat,
NOW is the time to train.
can adequate number of appren-
tices should be in training at all times
to fill present and future skilled man.
power needs. For example, right now
in Montana there is only 1 appren-
tice to every 40 journeymen in one of
the more popular building trades. Is
this adequate? The ratio of the num-
Der of apprentices to journeymen in
bargaining agreements in this par
ticular trade would permit the en-
ployment of about 10 apprentices to
the 40 journeymen. So bargaining
agreements between management and
labor do not cause the present only l
to the 40 journeymen.
There appears an adequate interest
by young men to enter this trade, so
that apparently does not cause the
problem. Is it because of lack of
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Hundreds of these trained journey.
men how hold positions as superin-
tendents, foremen and leadmen, the
report continues. Many others have
gone into business for themselves in
the trade they learned via apprentice
ship training.
Registered apprentices active in
training as of November 80, totaled
925. Between July 1, 1857 and No
vember 30, 1858, 256 completed their
training. In same period, 447 either
dropped out, or were suspended from
the program.
The carpentry skill, as of Noven-
Der 80 last, had the largest number
of apprentices with 119 in training.
Next was inside electricians with 100;
third is telephone linemen with 81.
The seven next highest, in order, are !:
plumbers, 68, auto mechanics, 64;
telephone installers, so; meat cutters,
46; sheet metal workers, AZ; auto
body fendermen, 81, and printers, 33.
Indicating the eight" fields of some
pursuits, II crafts or trades had
only one each registered apprentices.
These include: tile setter, sign paint
ing, shoe repairman, prosthetist, photo
engraver, neon sign electrician, meter
man, matchmaker, linotype machin-
ist, photographer, dental instrument
maker, gunsmith, equipment detail
craftsman, engineering craftsman,
cook and/or chef, telephone central
office installer and blacksmithing.
FIRST SET UP IN 1941
The Council, joint federal-state
affair, was created by 1941 Legisla=
tive action, following establishment
of the federal Bureau of Apprentice
ship within the U. S. Department of
Labor, in 1886.
Apprenticeship is a system of earn
ing pay while learning skilled trade.
On-the-job training is supplemented
by related and supplemental instruc-
tion of at least LA hours per year,
under the control Of state and local
boards of vocational education. I'm
ions and management have found this
field of training skilled workers one
in which they work together in the
greatest of harmony. Periods of ap-
range from two to six
years, depending on the skill involved.
Each year, various media are used
to bring home to as many people as
possible the Importance of constantly
renewing and expanding skills by way
Of thorough apprenticeship training.
In the past year the media of tele-
vision was used in Helena through
he courtesy of KXLJ-TV. This pro-
gram featured the apprenticeship
ceremony of several fledg-
ing carpenters and cabinet makers.
It is estimated that around $1,000
people may have seen this program
ind gained better comprehension of :
he work being carried on. This was =,
he first time completion ceremony :
vas televised in Montana, and the {
Council believes ''it is the first in the :
United States as special feature.
dORE POPULATION, FEWER 7
KILLED WORKERS BY 1865
Several paragraphs of Yaeger's re- +
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

| 1865. An increase of about soy bill
lion.
"Our population in the Unitej
States is anticipated to increase from
168 million in July, 1856 to about
1888 million in 1865. An increase
of about 25.3 million people. This
means a tremendous additional de-
mand for more homes, foods of al
kinds, schools, factories, highways
automobiles, farm machinery, refrig-
orators, stores-in fact more of ev-
erything that represents our Gross
National Product. And we in Mon
tana are a part of this overall. In
fact, American industry is focusing
more attention all the time on Mon
tana and it's potentials.
HOW WILL WE MEET SKILLED
MANPOWER NEEDS
"What does all this mean in respect
to filling skilled manpower require
ments for industry to produce all this
in just few short years, or by 1865?
Where is this skilled workforce going
to come from? How can this tre-
mendous increase and demands for
goods and services be fulfilled with
practically NO increase in our prime
working age group 25-44 years by
1865? Will it mean retraining of
present workers to increase their skill
and productiveness? Attenuation? Re-
employment and re-training of older
workers? Greater employment of
women in the labor force? Employ
ment of younger workers? Develop
ment of new machines and methods
to produce more? Will these things
do it? All of them involve the train
ing of people.
"We believe one way to fill large
part of this future manpower need,
is by attracting more young people
into the skilled trades NOW, through
apprenticeship training. We believe
that NOW is the time to train.
"The engineers, architects and
other similar professional people |
from our colleges and uni
versities each year, hold promise of
a better future for all Americans. |
But where are the skilled workers
going to come from to make all these
plans, blueprints and dreams into
'eality? The elaborate blueprint of
he most ultra modern home means
)ut little unless we have skilled work.
,rs to construct it. The strength of
,ur nation depends on our skilled
and industry's know-how
md ability to produce. Both are tied
ogether-one means but little with
'ut the other.
"Skilled workers cannot be plucked
rom midair, nor do they just happen
o come into existence by accident.
skilled workers result from planned
raining programs to meet present
nd future needs of industry and our
eople. One of the best ways to ac-
omplish and fulfill demands for
killed workers is by sound up-to-
ate apprenticeship programs.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
11.7 WEEKS AVERAGE
LENGTH OF PAYMENTS

Harris pointed out, 'Tn spite Of
the general belief that great per-
centage of unemployed workers draw
the maximum number of weeks pro-
vidd by law, now set at % weeks,
statistics from the commission show
that for the year 1857 the average
duration of benefits drawn was only
III weeks. In 1868, during the great
recession period in Montana the aver
age duration of benefits drawn was
only 14.7 weeks Montana work
ers do not want to draw unemploy-
ment benefits if there are jobs avail
able .. -
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
AMPLE REDRESS AVAILABLE
TO ANACONDA

Salvas rebutted that statement in
his closing remarks when he said, 81
am sure Mr.. Sheridan knows the UCC
law better than l do, and if there
are miners who are on compensation
he can stop them by offering them
a job and if he is not stopping them
1 don't know why he isn't. There are
$50 to 400 former employees of the
ACM who are not working and who
do not have unemployment compen-
sation who are surviving through
funds from the welfare.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Sam Goza, principal speaker for
opponents, was against SB 18 and 10
because it includes state and county
employees and will cost about one
million dollars in taxes; Incorporates
the principle of "our old friend, the
guaranteed annual wage, so that if
and when the guaranteed annual wage
is negotiated in Montana workers
will be able to draw full unemploy-
ment compensation along with the
guaranteed annual wage; if will in
crease benefits from $32 to $40 a
week, increase duration from % to
33 weeks and raise average rate from
1.2 to 1.5 per cent. "Last and most
unreasonable, he said, at raises the
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Robert Harris, speaking for the
AFL-CIO, said in the field of insur-
ance, no matter what kind, when the
hazard increases so does the premium,
therefore it is our belief that since
unemployment of workers does exist
in great numbers in Montana at this
time, the rate of contribution under
the law should be set in such a man.
ner as to correct this natter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
White Man Gets
Life for Ripping
Negro Girl, II

RALEIGH. N. c., July II
(AP).-Ralph Lee Belts, SO,
white father of four children,
was sentenced to life imprison-
ment yesterday for the rape of
an 11-year-old Negro girl.
A Superior Court jury of IL
white men spared him the
maximum penalty Of death by
recommending mercy. The
jury was out 2la hours.
Judge Malcolm Paul pro-
nounced the mandatory life
sentence in a courtroom crowd
ed with spectators, nearly half
of them Negroes.
Mary Lois McDougal testi-
fed Belts came to her rural
home and ordered her to enter
his car. She said the attack
occurred in a wooded area after
he threatened her with a pistol.
In 1851, Belts drew a 12-15-
year sentence for attempted
rape of a minor white girl. At
that time, the trial judge noted
that Belts sis a sex pervert and
this is his second offense in
this court of unnatural lust
against young girls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
June Housing
Sturts Show
Increase
BY the Associated Press

Housing starts rose to 1876, 900
in June, up 1000 from May,
and represented the highest
volume Of new residential &C.
tivity in June for any year ex-
sept 1850.
The Commerce Department,
announcing the figures yester-
day. noted that the increase
from May to June was contrary
to the usual seasonal trend.
OF the months total, 131, 200
of the starts were privately
owned dwellings. The number
represented an annual rate of
10000 after adjustment for
seasonal variations.
This was UP slightly from the
1,340 900 annual rate in May,
but below April's 800, 900.
The number of June starts
for both privately and publicly
owned dwellings was 20 per
cent greater than a year ago.
BY the end of June, q total
Of 709,500 new private and pub
lie dwellings have been put I'M
der construction this year, an
advance Of 80 per cent over
the first six months of 1858 and
the highest for the period in
any year. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-17
Johnston Bill
SeeksChunoe
In Risk RuIinu

--~-~N~~NN~
Senator Johnston, Democrat,
Of South Carolina wants Con-
gress to enact legislation COW
ering the use of confidential in
formation in Government Sc
curity programs.
Senator Johnston, who in
PRODUCED what he called ian
emergency BILL" said the Su.
preme Court in a recent deci-
sion destroyed. the previously
existing industrial security pro-
gram of the Defense Depart
Inent."
Under that program, ap-
proximately 5000 workers in
industrial plants holding de-
tense contracts had to have
security clearance if they had
access to defense secrets.
The Supreme Court held
that neither Congress nor the
President had authorized an
industrial security program
under which suspected secur-
ity risks were denied the right
to face and cross-examine
their accusers.
Under Senator Johnston's
bill, no officer or agent of the
Government would be required
to disclose confidential infor-
nation or. the identity of con-
fldential infornants in security
cases involving either defense
plants or Federal employees.
The Supreme Court has
never ruled directly on whether
Federal employees have the
right to know their accusers,
or may be discharged from
sensitive jobs on the basis of
secret information.