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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Upper School P-TA
Asks Opening Hours

The upper school P-TA Of the
Prince Edward Academy recon-
mended Thursday night, that school
hours be designated $50 to 100.
Definite hours for daily school open
ing and perhaps an opening date
for school Will be set at a meet
ing Of the headmaSters Monday eve-
ming
The upper school group agreed to
hold its next regular meeting the
first Thursday IN October, which
will be October ! AT that time d
regular meeting schedule VIII ~
presented
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Sharpe Reunion Held
At Woodfin Place

The annual reunion Of the Sharpe
family was held Sunday. August Is
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Wiley
Woodfin, of Knoxville
Those who attended came from
all parts Of Virginia They wer g
greeted with memories of p a I
years and tables Of bountiful food
A most enjoyable day was had by
all.
Those who attended We're Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiley Woodfin. Of Enonville .
Mr. and Mrs. r. b Sharpe and
son; Mr.. and Mrs. J W. Sharpe
and son. Mr.. and Mrs F. l. Davis
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
Davis. Jr., and family: Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Davis: Carl Ferns. all
Of Hampton
Others present were Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Kali and family. of Scots
vile. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hodges
and daughter; Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Booth and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Shumaker and family. Of
New Canton Mr. and Mrs Walter
Sharpe and family; Mr. and Mrs
Bonnie Thomas and family, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cassidy
Also present were Mr.. and Mrs
Lambert Harding and family. Of
Richmond. Mrs. Willie Harding, Of
Noel; Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Gown
and daughter. of Norfolk, Mrs Ida
Rozell, Mrs. EVE Moss, Mrs. Edna
pearson. Mr. and Mrs Jimmy
Thomas, all Of Dillwyn; Kenneth
Clark, Of Meherrin. and Bobby Dor
rier. Of Scottsville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25

nemos to cover all sales, tn e
used one must be turned in at the
county office when applying for a
new one. and 4 in all cases the
card must be returned to the ASC
county office when all tobacco from
the farm has been marketed.
The September opening Of Old
Belt markets is one week earlier
than last year Virginia markets
comprising the Old Belt are at
Chase City, Brookneal. Clarksville,
Danville. Kenbridge. Lawrence vile
Martinsvllle. Petersburg, Rocky
MoulI, South Boston. South Hill and
Kenbrldge. There are nine Old Belt
markets in North Carolina.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25

The P-TA Of the lower school of
Prince Edward Academy viii meet
Tuesday evening at 2 pm. in the
court house building 10 discuss final
plans fol- school Opening.
Lower school class IS Will be held
in various places in Farmville and
il will be beneficial to all school
patrons 70 attend this meeting for
final plans
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Green Bay P-TA
TO Meet Thursday

The Liberty School P-TA at Green
BaE Wild meet Thursday, at pm.
at Liberty Christian Church. Mrs.
Maude Wilson school headmistress-
announced
The purpose of the meeting will
be to make final plans for school
opening ID September. 1T is impor-
tant that everyone attend Mrs
Wilson lrgeG
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Funeral Services
Held Sunday For
Mrs. Bradshaw, sc

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Lucille Bradshaw. Sc, of Rice. were
held Sunday afternoon at Pisgah
Baptist Church. with interment in
the church cemetery Mrs. Brad
shaw. the widow Of Joseph L. Brad
shaw died Saturday in nursing
home. She was a native of Rice
She is survived BY a son, Joseph
a. Bradshaw, Jr., Of Rice; a sis
ter. Mrs Elizabeth NJ Southall
Of Richmond. two half-sister. Mrs
Elsie NJ. Frank and Mrs. Ruth NJ ,
Kredowize. both of Rice. and her
stepmother. Mrs. Bertie W. Nor
risette, Of Rice
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25

The Rev Allen Blanks. of Long
Island, vii BE- guest minister for
the revival beginning August I'D al
Bethpeor Baptist Church. Service
Will be held each evening at 8.
The public is invited. Rev. n. 7
Brummitt VIII lead the song SER
vices
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Tobacco Market
Continued from page Il

uuIlIS lllt Ildllu liz Stages. 1Jdlt
tobacco bore the brunt Of the cry
spell. while that planted early has
withstood the drought much bet
ter
Loan Rate ~ 55.5 Gents
An average loan rate Of $50 cents
pen pound for the 1853 flue cured
tobacco crop was announced some
time ago b. the U. S Department
Of Agriculture This compares with
546 cents last year The support
rate il designed 10 reflect 90 PER
cent Of parity, TIN level fixed BY
farm law
As Old Belt tobacco farmers ready
their leaf for the markets Septem-
Der Opening, the Prince Edward
ASC Committee points to certain
responsibilities which farmers must
assume in accepting d marketing
card
ASC Chairman Thomas c. 1Iix
sums Up the Responsibilities in the
following reminders. the mar
keting card must hot 5e left IN the
hands Of the buyer q 1t must b.
used only to identify toba cco pro
duced On the farm for which the
card vas issued, 3 if a market
ing card contains insufficient
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25

Mr. and Mrs Ronald Harmon ami
nounce the birth Of their first son
Anthony Baird Harmon, Thursday
August 20. al Seuthside Community
Hospital
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs John M. Baird, Of Farm
Vile
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
League Meeting At
Spring Greek Tuesday

Thes Darlington Heights Com
munlty League Will meet Tuesday
at pm. at Spring Greek Baptist
Church to discuss plans for school
opening. Mrs. Howard Shorter
League president. urged good at
tendance at the meeting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-25
Hospital News
There were 66 patients in the
hospital Monday morning.
Patients Admitted

fdtIentS Aumltte0
Mrs. Bill Scruggs, Farmville.
| Tom W. Collins. Cullen, Miss FL
dora Denton, Keysville. Miss Gail
Bentley, Keysville; Edwin Baker,
Randolph, Arthur Welchlin. Farm
Vile; Mrs. Willis c. Layne, Vic
toria: Miss Betty Jane Elan. Chase
City:
Also. John Robertson. Blackstone;
Mrs. Judith Bagley. Kenbridge,
Mrs. Grace Smithson. Chase City,
Mrs W c. Reid, Lawrenceville.,
Miss Judith Nixon. DillWyn: James
P Franklin. Chase City; Richard
c. Harper. Burkeville; Mrs F. W
Dillemutt. Nottoway Earl Jones,
Burkevllle. Peter T Coin. Dillwyn.
Mrs. L. V. Marks, Dillwyn. and
Mrs. Thomas Burton, Amelia
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald w. Harmon.
Farmville boy, August 20
Mr. and Mrs. James S Paxton
Farmville. boy. August 20
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirby r Motley
Farmvllle, girl, August 81
COlored Patients
James White, Burkevllle Ernest
Boiling, Baltimore. Md. Lloyd
Coages. Burkeville. Easter Cheat
ham, Ontario. and Matte Jayner
Farmville.
COlOred Birth
Mary and General Brown. Pros
pect. boy, Aust 90
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Violent Blasts Fail To Upset
Executive Budget Director Bill

Senate Bill 1, ''the most important
single bill the Legislative Council
has to Offer according to propon-
ents, and "the egg that will hatch a
monster creating three separate de-
partments" "the essence of dictator
ship and "a crazy bill'', according to
opponents, jointed other issues on a
legislative merry-go-round, and had a
precarious existence before it was
given House approval, Saturday.
1t was opposed with great violence,
and on general orders it was accepted
by one division vote, rejected on a
second that followed Immediately.
The debate was interrupted long
enough for the Speaker to sign Sub.
HB 228 (weight-distance), causing
opponents to become very excited
because they thought they were hav-
ing a "fast move" pulled on them.
However, it was only to get 228 to
the Governor at the earliest possible
moment that the debate was stopped.
Immediately it proceeded, and then
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Cotton Unsuccessful In Bid To
Raise School Foundation Program

Senator Robert Cotton (D-Valley)
staunch supporter of an adequate
state foundation program for the
schools, lost his attempt to increase
the program from $3.50 to $50 last
Saturday night.
Cotton's move came following the
defeat of HB 236 in the Senate. HB
236 was a bill relating to the pay
ment of the employers contribution
under the social security act and
providing that the contribution for
school districts be paid from the five
mill district levy or from an addi-
tional district levy if the five-mill
levy is not sufficient to support the
elementary budget including the con-
tribution. HB 236 also provided that
the contributions by high schools be
paid from the county tenzmill levy
or from an additional county levy if
the ten-mill levy is not sufficient to
support the total of the approved
budget of all high schools including
the contributions.
Senator Cotton has never been
happy about the $50 foundation
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Yellowstone Valley
Rural Electric Annual
Meeting, March 10

From II patrons in 1887, to 2,626
at the end of 1868, is the record of
bringing electric service to rural peo-
pie achieved by Yellowstone Valley
Electric Cooperative, Huntley, which
will hold its annual meeting, Tuesday,
March 10.
Managed by Max Mathews, the
patron-owned electric coop, starting
from scratch in 1887, now has over
a thousand miles of electric distribu-
tion line. At the end of its first full
year of operations, the co-op's gross
revenue was $11,709.05. Twenty
years later, at end of 1858,
gross was 1855, ,625.10 for the year,
or an increase of 5.38 per cent over
the previous year. The coop is 1884,
749.74 ahead on repayment of loans
to Rural Electric Administration, and
at present owes REA $1,448,168.14.
This years annual meeting will be
held in the Shrine Auditorium, Bill
lings, and will get underway at 10
am, March 10. At the same time,
the annual youth fair of the CO.
operative will open.
Reports of officers, election of
trustees and free lunch are on the
agenda. In addition there will
be 19 valuable door prizes-each an
electric appliance, such as electric
blankets, radios, power drills, table
lamps, etc.
Capital credit checks for 1851 will
be distributed to all patrons having
same due, at the meeting.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

program but he said, eff HB 236
had passed l would have gone along
with the 3.58o foundation program,
however when it was defeated l felt it
was necessary to try and increase
(the foundation program) to at least
$50, to make up for the difference
defeat of 236 would mean to the pro-
gram
Following the defeat of 236 by a
vote of 21-23 on general file, Majority
Leader Dave James moved to in
definitely postpone, however, Cotton
tried to save the bill by reviving it
through a motion to segregate it from
the committee Of the whole report,
which would have brought it back to
general orders. He lost his motion
by vote of 25-16.
The Valley county senator said Re-
publicans voted solidly against revival
of the bill, but it lost primarily be-
cause so many Democrats did not
vote at all.
He was supported in his attempts
to help the foundation program by
Senators Reider (D-Jefferson), Thies-
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Committee Reports :.
Committee Reports
Parole Board
Should Remove
It's Director

The special committee of the Legis-
lature set up to investigate the Mon
tana Pardons and Parole Board. re-
ported to the Legislature Tuesday
and recommended:
1. That there be a full time board
member at reasonable and adequate
salary.
2. That Ben Wright be replaced as
director by man better able to carry
out the program.
8. That the board be given at least
five additional field personnel.
The report was signed by all six
members of the special investigating
committee who were P. J. Gilfeather,
chairman; Duane Rindy, Leslie Eskild-
sen, William ]. Clancy, Democrats,
and Jerome Anderson and James F.
Battin, Republicans.
In recommending replacement of
the present director, the report reads:
90. Mr.. Wright, is trained and ex-
perienced in penal and parole work,
However we find the board has
had considerable trouble with Mr..
Wright in regard to operations, and
have seen fit to curb his activities to
such an extent that the position is
not being fully utilized. We further
find that Mr.. Wright has great deal
of professional and personal difficulty
with people working for and in con-
nection with him, in fact to such an
extent that it is a detriment to the
program and has and is affecting the
and quality of the work being
performed, not only by himself but
the staff as we'll We find that
the difficulty between the director
and the staff has become so acute |
that the same cannot be satisfactorily |
remedied by any further direction of
the board.
The report also said: eve find |
that Mr.. Mandelko, Mr.. Mcconnell,
field members, and Mr.. Moore, insti- !
5utieral parole officer, are all capable,
conscientious and sincere employees
performing exceptional service in
their fields, however, their case loads
are so large, particularly in the field,
that they are unable to perform the
service expected of them by the courts
and peace officers of the state" Be
cause of this conclusion the board
the additional five per-
sonnet.
The investigating committee found
he parole board "is doing very good
OBJ as to pardons and paroles con-
'idering the time spent and no fault
vas found as to their sincerity in such
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
WHATS In It2
25,0O0 Dollars!

The biggest mystery to come out
of the 1859 session is going to be
HB 29, the recodification of the
insurance laws. The bill is 285 pages
and has 672 sections. 1t is a good
bet few if any Qatter possibility
most accepted) that anyone has
read it completely. However, it cost
$4,000 to get the job done, and
it is going to become part of the
codes for better or for worse.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
PRESENT BUDGET
ONE OF SORTS"

Presently budget of sorts is pre-
pared by the state controller. The
biggest problem with the controllers
budget is the law which governs the
type of budget he must prepare, and
the appropriation given him to do
the job. Involved in SB is the theory
that the best budget would be one
where there is political responsibility
for a determination of state needs
and how the money should be raised
to pay for them.
Rep. Wood (D-Chouteau) said the
present budget system is "unae-
ceptable' =. it isn't good guide"-
Rep. Barnard (D-Valley), chair
man of the Appropriations Committee,
supported the Governors Budget as
set up in SB by saying, 81 have seen
the uselessness of the controllers
budget i. it is high time we place
the responsibility in someone.
"The Legislative Council has skids
creased on both sides of the aisle",
said Rep. McGarvey (D-Flathead) in
opposing the bill, and pointed to the
fact that proponents Wood, Felt,
Howard (R-Missoula) and Barnard,
were members of the Council.
In answer to the creation of a new
bureau, Rep. Felt (R-Yellowstone)
said there will be some additional
cost in this procedure, "but if we
did not believe we were accomplish
ing something we would not be intro
ducing the bill the results will
outweigh additional COST.
Rep. Daniels (D-Powell) said a
governors budget would put the leg
islature at the mercy of one man, the
director Of the budget and 1--WE would
become nothing but rubber stamp.
"What can the Governor do that
the Controller can't?" asked Rep.
Elting Q-Custer).
Rep. Schwinden (D-Roosevelt) be-
lieved the Governors Budget would
establish executive responsibility.
On third reading SB went through
the House 57-16.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

there was a question whether SB /
was properly before the House so
the motions were started again. When
the two tallies were taken there was
a recess while the Rules Committee
met, and as a result the bill was held
over for the next day and debated
a second time. 1t passed the House.
Winfield Page (R-Missoula(, most
ardent opponent, called the budget
director bill the "prize package" of
the Legislative Council, and said it
will create new bureau with three
costing a great deal of
money. Rep. Sheehy (D-Yellowstone)
said the bill would take from the leg
islature the right to anticipate income
and outgo.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

we are coming in again to increase it
| (benefits) so per cent. The small
businessman on main street" believes
in protecting his workers and him.
self. "There is no employer who does
MT want to do something for his
employees We have socialized
this thing so employers can be hurt
easily and employees can do lot of
feather-bedding. do not think we
should increase rates again. Let's let
the businessman absorb and adjust
to the increases he received two
years ago :"
Also speaking against the bill were
Sens. Harken Q-Rosebud) and Keller
(D-Stillwater).
Sen. Hagenston (D-Dawson) said
he felt "the bill should be placed on
general file to discuss more thorough
ly the various phases of it but unless
we can amend the bill to control rates
to the employer will on general file
vote Mo-"
PRESENT RATES ADEQUATE
Sen. Mahoney of Sanders told the
Senate present compensation pre-
MUM rates are adequate. There is no
need to increase them. There has been
concern about the incrase in rates
two years ago. The present rates are
adequate to take care of the increases
proposed in 333.'
Pointing to the inadequacy of pres
ent disability comp. payments. Ma
honey said that Gin two years Public
Welfare has paid over two million
dollars in supplemental payments to
injured workmen. That alone is proof
our present industrial compensation
benefits are totally inadequate to take
care of the injured workmen :"
Speaking further on employer pre-
MUM rates, Mahoney asked: "were
the increases in rates two years ago
necessary" He then presented fig
ures showing that while benefits had
been increased an average of IL per
cent, the Industrial Accident Board |
had bumped employer contributions,
those of more hazardous
industries such as logging, up as much |
as one hundred per cent.
'It WASH t the benefits that
caused the increase. 1t was a change
in the methods used by the IAB,'"
the Sanders senator continued. 81
think it is time for us in the legis-
lature to determine whether we are
going to operate with a tremendous
surplus at the expense of the en-
ployer.
"This bill, properly administered,
will in no way result in an added
nickel cost to any employer in the
tate.
81 do not think it was the intent
If this legislature or any other to set
'ates so they (IAB) could build up
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

Act (Sub. HB 333).
Late Monday afternoon the House
gave it's approval to Sub. 333, as
amended, by 85 to tally and the
bill was on it's way to the Governors
desk for final disposition. The House
when first considering 333, voted
81 to for somewhat higher weekly
benefits for family men than were
finally forthcoming from the Senate.
To Sens. Eugene Mahoney ID
Sanders) and Eddie Dussault (D-Mis-
soula) go major credit for leading
the prolonged and finally successful
fight in the Senate to secure improve
ments in the act ranging from So a
week for a disabled worker with one
dependent to SIS for a man with a
family of five or more, who may be
injured in future industrial accidents.
Minority Leader Rex Hibbs (R-
Yellowstone) led the 27-man opposi-
ton, seeking to keep benefits to a
two dollars a week level higher than
the present law allows.
TIM made a spirited effort to kill
333 outright, but his motion failed
1922, and the bill won debate stage
approval. 1t was following Lehrkind's
defeat that Mahoney and Dussault
won approval of amendments which
preceded final passage of the bill.
(Under the present law, a single
disabled person can receive up to $28
a week; person with one dependent,
$30.5G; two dependents, $3.50;
three dependents, $36.50; four de-
pendents, $40, and five dependents
or over, $42.5O.
(Sub. HB 333 keeps the compen-
sation for a single disabled at $28
a week; for person with one de-
pendent, $3.50; two dependents,
$3.50; three dependents, $45.50;
four dependents, $52, and for five
CT more dependents, $3.50.
Substantial improvements as are
those provided under 333, disabled
worker at a maximum is eligible for
compensation somewhat under the
maximum Public Welfare allowances
in all categories except single per-
son. For example, maximum Public
Welfare assistance to six-member
family is $40 as compared with the
$3.50 proposed under 333.-Editor.)
SPLIT COMMITTEE REPORT
Sub. HB 333 hit the floor Friday
with a split report from the Labor |
and Compensation committee. Com
mittee Chairman Anderson (Lincoln) |
and Siderius, Reardon, Mahoney
(Sanders) and McKenna (Fergus)
urged concurrence with the bill as
passed by the House. Members Mac
kay, Manning, Scofield and Spear
recommended non-concurrence.
The minute the committee re-
port was laid before the whole Sem
ate the fight was on.
Minority reporter Mackay said that
the increases proposed under 333 are
so great that they would be "detri-
mental to any new industry, and he
urged the Senate 'tto keep the door
of opportunity open and not contin-
ually put something more on the cost
of doing business :"
Sen. Mcdonnell (R-Sweetgrass)
spoke out against any increases, con-
tending "we should pull up little
and see if we are saddling employers
with more than is good for Mon
;ana :"
Sen. Lehrkind, speaking against
the bill Friday, recalled that the 1857
conference committee had trouble"
IN reaching a compromise on compen-
sation law revision. 81 am surprised
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

HB 413 was vetoed by the Gov
ernor because of a flaw at the end
of the bill that would have impaired
already existing taxes. Therefore
when Senate Majority Leader Dave
James made the required motion to
override the veto he urged senators
to vote against his motion.
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
Mahoney, Dusaut Lead Sue cessfu Fight
Cannon's Tie-Breuking Aye Vote Puts
Workmen's Comp. improvements Over
dahoney, Dussault Lead Sue cessfuI Fight

1.-The President votes aye With that tebreakng vote by
Lieut. Gov Paul Cannon AS Saturday night the climax
reached in the most dramatic parliamentary hasse of the
seth Legislative Assembly, The Senate by the margin
of vote had put it's stamp of approval major revision
of benefit schedules of Monanas Workmens Compensation
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

sen (D-Richland), and Clark (Mussel-
shelD. He was opposed by Mahoney
(R-Garfield), Brenner (R-Beaver-
head) and Nixon (D-Blaine).
The people's voice., 1959-03-06

a surplus. The purpose of the act, +"
during it's more than Al years exist
ence, he stated, ''is to collect enough
premiums to take care of the injured
workman so he can decently take
care of his family in a time of
stress -
The people's voice., 1959-03-06
NO RATE INCREASE
AMENDMENT

In closing, Mahoney stated that he
would offer an amendment when 333
was on general file stating that "there
shall be no increase in the average
employer premium rates by the In
dustrial Accident Board so long as
the total claims paid out are less than
80 per cent of the total amount of
premiums collected in the preceding
fiscal year."
That amendment plus three others
were placed in the bill by Mahoney
and Dussault in the over an hour long
floor fight on the bill before it was
finally passed, Saturday night.
Figures presented by Mahoney to
the Senate showed that while the
board had walloped the rates upward
as of July 1, 1857, only 64.4 per cent
of the premium income was paid to
workmen, as compared with a Al
year average of 89.5 per cent. The
35.6 per cent was held in the boards
reserve fund. On a "pay as you go
basis" his written presentation point
ed out, Gin the year 1858 the board
would have collected in premiums
approximately one-half of what was
collected from Plan III employers :"
Likewise, in spite of 1857 Legisla-
tive recommendation that the board
refund excess premiums on July L,
1858, not one cent has been refunded
even though the lab has "now over
100000 which should have been re-
funded this year. ."-EDITOR.)
The Senate roll call on Sub. HB
333 shows: