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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Neu Craddock- Terry Plant Manager,
Sc, Is H-Year Veteran In Company

Robert Lee Davis. a l7-year
veteran with the company. has
been promoted to manager of Grad
dock Terry Shoe Corporation S
Farmyille plant.
Announcement of the selection Of
the 36-year-old Cumberland county
native was made this week by Rob-
ert S. Lockridge, Craddock- Terry
vice president in charge of manu-
featuring.
Davis, who had been assistant
plant manager since 1856. succeeds
T. A. Allen, who retired April 30
after nearly 50 years with the or
ganization He had been manager
at Farmville since 1884.
Up Through Ranks
The new manager joined the
Craddock-Terry organization here
IN 1912, three. years after gradua-
ton at Cumberland High School,
BY 1852. he had been promoted to
supervisor of the Stitching depart
ment, and four years late he be-
came assistant plant manager.
Davis. who has been at the Lynch
burg plants for training courses on
Two occasions. is at home in any
Of the Farmville plants seven de-
partments. Cutting, Lasting, First
Making. Second Making, Stitching
Stock Fitting or Finish and Pack
ing, he knows the operation through
out. For four years he has been
attending meetings of the National
Shoe Manufacturing Association.
A son of the late N. L. Davis,
Cumberland miller, the new mana
ger is married to the former Doris
Elizabeth Old AS a Norfolk stu
dent. Mrs. Davis graduated at Long
wood College in 1850, and is now
Second Grade teacher at Farm
vile Elementary School.
Civic Affiliations
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis, who make
their home on Route as just south
Of Radio Station WFLO, have two
children. Patricia Gail. 5, and Rob
ert N. Davis. 2.
The new plant manager is a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

pany "Farmville is to be congratu-
lated that Your experience rate Of
toWn-to-country and .country-to-toWn
calls has shown the need for bring
ing the two together in the new
system.
The investment being made by
Virginia Telephone and telegraph
Company here was broken down BY
Noggle into three chief categories.
central office equipment. $4,000;
land and buildings. S146, 600, and
wire, cables and phones, S128. 900.
The contractor on the new Dis
trict office at Farmville has given
the company use Of the building,
and installation Of central office
equipment started last Monday, the
traffic manager said.
Toll Calls
Long distance service will be pro-
vided through direct contact with
the national toll switchboard at
Lvnchburg The present toll call
waits that average about two min
utes, will be reduced to 50 or so
s e ON d S with the dial system,
Noggle said.
The present l6 toll or long dis
tango circuits will be increased to
"a 15-ln and laout and any
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Petitions Received
New Town Code
e""as;1 rs s%;'s:

The soothing salve OF a hand
some set of new. bound books
formally designated the Code Of the
Town Of Farmville, was on hand
to relieve the town council Of
municipal sore spot. Tuesday night
The books are an up-the minute
compilation. indexed and crossin
dexed. of existing Farmville ordi
nances. Mayor w. FL Watkins. Jr.,
Town Attorney j. B Wall, jill. and
Treasurer WI J Gills, Jr. all told
the council they are impressed With
the usefulness, appearance a II d
value of the new Code books
The old code book did not provide
grouping of laws on the same
subject Finding what the munich
pal fathers have ruled In municipal
matters down through the Years
was difficult procedure formerly
s3,3l9 Project
The S3,3l9 appropriation for the
project provided for compiling
printing inNexing and binding Of
the new Code II also provided %
copies Of the two-volume set The
work was done by Niche Pubhca
ton Co, Inc. Of Charlottesville
Three citizen delegations and two
petitions also confronted council
men IN a session devoted prin
cipally to matters proposed by
residents
Property owners along that por
ton of Putney street whiting mimi
cipal limits and unpaved appeared
to request extension Of surfacing to
the town line Council N expected
TO give the project ltS blessing aS
soon Us materials and equipment
can be assembled
A Farmvllle Area Development
Corporation delegation requested
extension Of water facilities To the
DoWdy property west Of town The
Water and Sewer committee vas
given the matter for study and
recommendation The Corporation
wants the extension to the lndust-
rial site near the airport TO facili-
tate its efforts to attract industry
Doyne ST. Closing
A petition from Gilbert N Wood
requesting the abandonment Of
Doyne street, between S. Main
street and Venable street was re-
ceived Wood owns most Of the
property along the short stretch
Councilman authorized placing Of
| notices indicating that petition for
the closing Of the street haS
started Mayor Watkins is expected
to name viewers shortly to make
a recommendation The closing Of
Doyne street would be coupled with
the opening of the new connection
Of Madison street With S. Main
nearby.
Residents along the Buffalo-St
George street intersection +
Johns Memorial Church presented
request for a traffic study of the
intersection. With existing parking
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

Inc DOard look no action on the
request Monday night at its regular
meeting, and did not discuss the
matter further after the appearance
Of the delegation from the Darling
ton Heights school.
School Superintendent T. j Nc
Ilwaine had no further comment on
the subject Thursday morning, ex-
cept to indicate that two teachers
had been planned for the school and
the request for third teacher
would be considered by the board
Board chairman Roy R. Pearson
told the delegation that the school
board wanted to administer the
situation in the fairest way possible
but the board has definite rules
laid down by state policy.
Leslie H. Hamilton. chairman Of
the committee. said We love our
school. and we don't want our
school closed up"
Population Problem
The entire probe m revolves
around gradual shifting of popu-
latlon that has reduced the average
daily attendance Of pupils in the
Heights school to approximately so
The same problem confronted the
school board last year. and it was
resolved last year BY maintaining
the school with its regular three
teachers.
With 80 pupils and three teachers
the Heights school is below the
theoretical average that calls for 80
pupils to a teacher in the elemen-
tary grades and % pupils to one
teacher in the high school grades.
This is the ratio upon which the
county receives aid from the state
Teachers that are employed in adj
dltion to this ratio, are supported
from county funds with no state
aid.
Mrs. Calhoun pointed out that
there would be more pupils in the
Darlington Heights school if the bus
were routed differently Parents
of many of the children have no
choice but to send their children
elsewhere. according to the bus
schedule Mrs. Calhoun SAID She
cmpha sized the importance Of the
school to the community and asked
that favorable consideration be
given to operating the school with
three teachers, and routing the
BUSES SO more children could con
veniently attend the Darlington
Heights school.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
BrOadened J0bless Insurance Would
Effect Half OF County Business Firms

business establishments with less
than four employees.
They represent 55 per cent Of the
278 nonfarm enterprises in h e
county. Their employees would be
eligible for jobless pay benefits at
a rate and for a length of time to
be determined by the state legisla-
ture
PCS Workers Added
The Federal government pre-
scrlbes who shall be covered and
imposes payroll tax to finance it.
Most of the receipts, however, go
to the states.
The amounts paid in unemploy-
ment insurance vary widely. For
a worker with no dependents they
range from minimum Of S. a
week in some states to a maximum
Of S45 IN others The length of
covcragc. also. follows no fixed pat
tern. 1t is as short as five weeks
in some and as long as 28 weeks
IN others.
In the State of Virginia. the pres
ent minimum is S. a week for
eight weeks and the maximum, S28
for Is weeks.
Nationally. for every business
with less than four employees, an
average Of lis workers would gain
coverage. Using this average To-
cally. some 268 people in Prince
Edward county would be added to
those now protected.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

These and other pertinent facts
about the sWitchover 70 the dial
system u take place October
4 We're detailed for Chamber
Of Commerce members Monday
night By John B Nogele division
traffic MANAGER for Virginia Tele-
phone and telegraph Company.
The Charlottesville engineer, who
has blueprinted technical details for
IL dial conversions. was accom-
panied BY S. Fenton Collins. dis
trict manager at Farmville. who
discussed the local rate structure.
HIS. Rural TOO
Hampden-Sydney Will be Included
in the new system and phones there
will be dialed BIZ calling. appropri-
atcly enough. Academy, Noggle
pointed out
The present rural system will
also be incorporated in the dial
conversion, and Nogalc said that
this Is rather new with his com
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Presbyterian MenWill
Hear Nationa! Leader

Cliff W. Coleman. who heads the
work Of officer-training for men )
organizations in the Presbyterian
Church, u s.. Will be the guest
speaker for the monthly supper
meeting of Farmville Presbyterian
men next Tuesday night.
The Richmond lay executive of
the Division Of Mems Work for the
Board Of Christian Education for
the Southern Presbyterian Church
has been in his present post since
May. 1856 Prior to that he was
superintendent of operations for a
motor transportation company at
Memphis. Tenn. for p years.
The meeting will be held at I
pm, one night earlier than the Gus
tomary third Wednesday. according
TO S. W. Putney. Jr.. president.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

Nearly IS per cent of the bust
ness fir m $ in Prince Edward
County. and their employees. are
affected by new plans to broaden
the unemployment insurance sys-
tenn.
The program. outlined before a
group of state governors last month
in Washington by President Essen
hover. would extend to others the
jobless pay protection which now
covers some $4,000. 900 Of the ma
tons workers.
Hearings in connection with il
have been started before the House
Ways and Means Committee.
Small Plants Sought
The Administration wants to OK
pand unemployment insurance Gov
crage so as to include those who
work in small establishments. OF
present. it applies only TO those bust
nesses that have four people or
more on the payroll The new plan
would bring in firms with less than
four employees.
This extension, alone. would add
100000 workers. states the Gov
eminent. Another 100000. who are
employed by nonprofit organiza-
tons. would be brought under COW
erage. also under the plan.
In Prince Edward County. ac-
cording to recent Department OF
Commerce statistics, there are l5a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Sta Stay y Of Of 9 9ssss
In Appeal Case

The Prince Edward County School
Board instructed its legal counsel
to appeal to the United States SUI
preme Court the recent migration
order of the U. S. Fourth Circuit
Court Of Appeals.
Meeting in executive session Mon
day night. the local school board
made its decision to appeal. The an
nouncement came in a written state
ment from Superintendent 7. j. Nc
Ilwaine this morning. The statement
reads as follows:
AT the regular meeting of the
Prince Edward County School
board held on May II, 1859, coun-
sci for the board were directed to
take all legal action available to
them to contest to conclusion the
recent decision of the United States
Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals. di-
recting desegregation of the public
high schools of Prince Edward
County. Va, beginning in Septem-
OCl IJoJ, dilo W VI liiS dOOut 1Olii-
statement of the decision of Judge
Sterling Hutcheson of the United
States District Court in which he di-
rected desegregation of such schools
not later than the year 1865, unless
otherwise directed by him
It was not specifically stated in
the statement that a stay of the
Appeal Courts order would be
asked. However, it is apparent that
such a request will be made. If
granted. the stay will postpone the
effective date of the Indignation
order until the Supreme Court has
acted upon the appeal.
No Change
Blanton Hanbury. president Of the
Prince Edward Educational Cor
poration. said this morning that the
appeal plans Of the school board
will not change the plans for private
schools in the county for this fall
Our aim is to guarantee our
teachers a job. and to guarantee
schools for next year Hanbury
said. and we're going to be ready
in the fall"
Just one week ago. the Prince
Edward Educational Corporation
issued a statement that affirmed
the intentions of that group to u
assure employment to the white
teachers Of Prince Edward schools
for the coming year p to study ex-
listing state laws relating to educa-
ton as enacted by the special SEES
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

Concluding that event VIII be the
forming of the traditional Daisy
Chain by Senior class members and
their little sisters. They Will form
on the campus the Senior class
numerals 50.
At $50 pm. a reception at the
President 5 home Will be held for
graduates and their friends Con-
GLIDING Saturdays events Will be
Lantern Parade at 1890 pm. on
the campus
At the graduation exercises Sum
day. Governor Almond will speak
on the subject Of early public edit
cation in Virginia He will deal pri-
nlarily with the period in which DR..
William Henry Ruffner was the
first state superintendent of public
instruction and later was Long
wood S first president.
After the dress, President
Francis G. Landlord. Jr.. will
award l73 bachelor and three mas
ter's degrees He Will then announce
the names Of honor graduates.
This years graduation program
is dedicated to the founding of
Longwood College in 1894 as Vir-
ginia first state supported college
for women.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Chamber Seeks
Phone Tax End

FarmVillc Chamber Of Commerce
members would ike To start neW
dial telephone system rate pay
ments here without paving the extra
10 per cent in federal excise tax.
A resolution. adopted unanimously
during Mondays Chamber dinner
meeting, will be forwarded to area
legislators IN Washington to work
for elimination Of the tax.
This would be a good place to
stop and reduce the overwhelming
tax grasp against essential serv-
ices" the resolution states.
The Chamber also DESIGNATED
Mayor w. f. Watkins, Jill. its repre-
sentative to the Governor Indus
trial and Economic Development
Conference at Richmond OH Friday.
May %
Several additional Chamber mem
bcrs, doubling in brass as represent
tativcs Of The Farmvlllc Area Dc
vclopmcnt Corporation Will also at
tend the state wide planning
session.
Tho ono day conference has been
arranged jointly BY The Virginia Dc
partmcnt Of Conservation and Eco
nonic Development and tho Vii
ginia Chamber Of Commerce at
Governor Almonds request to build
the framework for stepped-up
program of industrial activity for
Virginia.
Chamber President @. H. Goodwin
named a committee Of three i'm
mediate past presidents 10 bring in
slate Of l95960 officers for cleo
ton at the June dinner session.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Elementary School
May Day Set Today

May DAY exercises of the Farm
vile Elementary School will take
place today FRIDAY at 1880 pm.
on the grounds Immediately be-
hind the Longwood College Library.
"A Pixies Tale of Virginia's Herr
tage, is the theme of the program
Betty Booker Smith and Jesse L..
Jamerson will reign over the fes-
tivity as queen and king. Patsy
Morton is the maid Of honor.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15

Governor j. Lindsay Almond. Jr..
will deliver the commencement ad-
dress Sunday at 3 pm. in Jarman
Hall. Earlier in the day the Right
Reverend David S. Rose. of Peters
burg. suffragan bishop Of the Do
cese of Southern Virginia. will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon at
IL am. in Jarman Hall
The two-day program will begin
Saturday at pm. in the English
Department with the presentation
of portrait of James Moses
Granger. who was chairman of the
department from 1910 to 1880
Senior Glass Day exercises will
be held at pm. in Jarman Hall.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Defenders. Convention

Former Georgia Governor Marvin
Griffin Will be the principal speaker
at the state convention of the De
tenders. Saturday. May % at Z pm.
at the Hotel John Marshall.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Business Men Briefed
Business Men Briefed
FarmviIle's S4Sl.OOO Dial Phone
System To Be Designated Export

The S484 600 dial telephone
the quality
hal double the simultaneous
the
VI varying percentages 3 rate
Will present
VIII be considerably than that.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
It's Bachelors, Masters
Record Breaking Long,uood
Glass Has I8I Graduates

Saturday Sunday 81 This
graduating
history college.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-15
Board To Appeal Indignation Order;
No Change In Private School Plans
Darlington Heights Asks Board For
Three Teachers At Their School

The Darlington Heights
School Of
asked that their elementary school retained
Speaking the Darlington
Allen Calhoun
three teachers THE school
grades"
Evening star., 1959-11-10

animals before projecting the
technique.
Early efforts used rubber or
plastic tubes, which deteriorate
In the body. DR.. Pudenz uses
q noncorroslve,. nonirritating
tube Of silicone. q kind Of fiex-
ible glass.
Formerly the drip end Of the
tube was simply run down into
q vein and in time the tube
became clogged. DR.. Pudenz
devised O tiny valve. smaller
than a match head, which
floats free in one Of the cham
bers Of the heart. It can't clog.
and allows the fluid to escape
into the heart as pressure
builds up In the skull.
Word Of the technique has
spread swiftly around the
world. A medical supply house
reports 1t is selling the tubes
to surgeons and hospitals at q
rate Of $50 q month. DR.. Pu-
denz' royalties have been
turned over to the foundation
which sponsored his research.
Evening star., 1959-11-10

normally circulate at even pres
sure through the body some-
times become clogged in the
brain cavity. making the head
swell to grotesque proportions.
The intense. pressure pre-
vents the brain from growing
and in q short time literally
crushes its delicate tissues. The
result is at best a retarded and
crippled child, at worst-death.
That was the outlook for
Beverly B. at birth four years
ago.
But today Beverly is q bright
and beautiful child.
Surgical miracle"
What happened?
Beverly happened to become
one Of the first hydrocephalic
children helped by q new
surgical technique pioneered by
DR.. Robert Pudenz. q neuro-
surgeon and research scientist.
OF the 21 infants DR.. Pudenz
has operated on in the last four
years, 10 are still alive. Some
show traces Of brain damage
caused by pressure prior to the
operation - Beverly, for in
stance. win need leg braces for
q while = but all now have q
chance for q normal life.
What is the secret Of this
new hope for the / in 5000
babies born with this def
cheney?
A piece Of tubing about two
feet long.
In a recent talk before the
Western Neurosurgical Society
at La Jolla, Calf. DR.. Pudens
told how the tubing works.
Evening star., 1959-11-10

During q two-hour operation
q small hole is drilled In the
skull above the ear. One end
Of the tube Is inserted into one
Of the plugged UP brain cavities
where fluid collects. The other
end is run downward through
the neck and into the heart,
allowing the fluid to drain away
into the blood stream.
Silicone Tube Used
This sounds simple, but re-
search teams have been work.
ing since the turn of the CEN
tury to accomplish 1t. DR.. Pu-
denz himself, who says "Td
give up neurosurgery II I
couldn't do research too," spent
two years experimenting with
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Dentists Get Work

NEW YORK-An estimated
90 percent Of the people Of the
United States have received
some form Of dental examina-
lion or care.
Evening star., 1959-11-10
Miracle Surgery Suves
HydrocephoIic Infants

PASADENA Calf. Nov. 10 (Ar)-Afer three boys Mr. and
Mrs B. desperately wanted daughter, Mstt
When baby girl finally arrived they thought the fates
had smiled on them.
Until they learned she hydrocephalic.
This the infant had water the BRAIN Fluids that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30

The Associations goal is the
establishment of a Center that
viii offer recreation, compan-
ionship and guidance to persons
In Jacks plight.
Since returning to his Silver
Spring home, Jack has been
sitting around the house except
to 60 out for an occasional
movie or long walk.
Despite the somewhat irnpa-
tent pleadings Of his mother, a
widow who must work full,
time, Jack hasn't phoned any of
his old friends and has made no
move to find a job.
The boy is not lazy. He doesn't
enjoy doing nothing" He is
frightened and he is confused
insure. after his long confine-
ment, of his own ability to aft
in" and Of how others viii react
toward him
For many such ex.patients,
the confusion and fear can be-
come so overwhelming that
they have to be re-hospitalized.
Every time that happens, the
loss to society and to the In
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30

In high school. he was 4 mod.
srateIy good student, a half.
miller on the track team and gen.
orally wellhked by his class
mates.
Suddenly, five weeks after
graduation. he became 80 de-
xpondent and Hstless that he
missed work five days In a row
and was fired. Two weeks later.
he was admitted to a Maryland
State Hospital.
Discharged last month. Jack Is
one Of the more than 100 former
mental hospital patients who
will be released this year to live
in Montgomery County. Some
of them win have spouses, jobs
and friends waiting to accept
them back to the lives they
knew before disqualification
Others. like Jack. win find
the transition a lonely and baf-
fling period. 1t is to help this
group that the Montgomery
County Mental Health Associa-
ton has launched a novel prof.
ect that is being watched by
mental health authorities all
over the nation
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30

dfvidual is incalculable.
True, the tax cost Of hospital
care can be measured. But how
do you value . contribution to
society that might haye been?"
How do you measure self-esteem
and the joys of friendship and
productive work?
Authorities are agreed that
the period Of refrigeration into
society IS one of the most crit.
cal phases in the process of re.
covery from mental illness.
Unhappily, state and county
agencies, hampered by lack OF
manpower and money, are not
equipped to offer the assistance
they would like to give.
1t is to fill this gap-to help
Jack and others lover the hump
to social adjustment - that the
Mental Health Association con-
ceived the notion Of q recreation
and social center.
The idea grew out of a sew
eral-month study by a special
committee which worked closely
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-30
Free X-Ray
Schedule
Is Listed

Free chest X-rays win be pro.
Hded by the Montgomery Coun-
ty tuberculosis and Heart Asso.
citation the next eight days as
its mobile X-ray truck tours the
County. Registrations viii be
handled at the truck by various
community organizations. A list