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Holmes County herald., 1959-04-30
Piano Recital
On May 7

The Lexington Grammar School
Piano Recital will be held Thurs
day, May 7, at 7:30 pm. in the
Grammar School auditorium.
Pupils of Mrs. E. c. Wentworth,
Mrs. Jean Porter and Mrs. Mar
garet Mitchell will participate.
The public is invited to attend.
Holmes County herald., 1959-04-30
Flower Show Attracts Over 300 Spectators

Ellen Shows
Scene IL : Name That Tune"
Blue Ribbon : Sally Barrett
Yellow Ribbon : Phil Watson
Scene IL 1--WE Grown Accus-
toned To You"
Blue Ribbon David Lail
Scene IL II could Have Danced
Holmes County herald., 1959-04-30

All Night"
Blue Ribbon : Pat Slack
Red Ribbon = Brenda Berman
Scene Is : with A Little Bit Of
Luck"
Blue Ribbon : Julie Temp
Red Ribbon : Becky Temp
Yellow Ribbon : Virginia Smith
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Io Honored Today
DIR. Webb To Give
Phi Beta Kappa
Lecture At H-SC

Dr.. Walter Prescott Webb pro
fcssor Of history at University Of
Texas and president of the Ameri-
can Historical Society. will deliver
the Phi Beta Kappa Day address
at Hampden-Sydney College today
Tuesday at 1880 am. in Johns
Auditorium.
The morning assembly honors
nine seniors recently elected to the
national scholarship society.
DR. Webb. who taught as Harms
worth Professor Of American His
tory az Oxford University in 1912.
will speak on The South Bright
Prospect.
a native Of Tanola County. Texas,
Or. Webb received his undergradu
ate and graduate degrees at the
University of Texas He also holds
an MA. from Oxford University,
{, Il & q il d, and has received the
honorary Ltd. from Southern
Methodist University.
The nine students who will be
honored during today's Phi B G a
Kappa Day activities are John
Brinkley, of Charlotte, N. c., Nor
wood Cardozo. Of Reedville, Bert
Osborn. Of Bremo Bluff, David
Moore, Of Los Angeles, Calf. David
Robb, Of Alexandria. King Waddill.
Of Meherrin. John Wilcox and Tyler
Whitley. Of Richmond, and Barron
Weed. Of hampton.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Prince Edluard's Income Tax Total
Seen Topping 81 Millions In SurUeu

How much will Uncle Same be col
lecting. in the form of individual
income taxes, from residents of
Prince Edward County this year?
The Government anticipates that
it will be more than it was last
year, when local income and en-
ploynent taxes came to approx
mately $2.0l3,0O0.
The figure. an unofficial estimate.
is based on a breakdown of the
statewide total announced by the
Treasury Department and on local
earnings and income distributions
The returns from Prince Edward
County represent O.33 per cent Of
the amount garnered from the STATE
as a whole.
Returns Higher
Nationally. the Government looks
for the payments now being made
to be $22 billion greater than they
were last year. This budgetary in
crease reflects an average rise in
income amounting to 2.8 per cent.
Assuming a proportionate rise To-
cally, the current returns from indi-
viduals in Prince Edward County
viii be about $2O69. 900.
According TO the Presidents new
budget. further increase in per-
Sonal income tax return totals will
occur IN 1850. The boost e4peCtei u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

over So billion. 1t is to result from
bigger incomes in 1859 and from an
increase in employment taxes.
The total take from individuals,
through income and employment
taxes alone. would then exceed $50
billion. historic peak.
Spending Rates
To keep pace with this budgetary
planning and to continue bearing
their present portion Of the tax bur-
den, Prince Edward County resi-
dents would have TO raise their
combined income by approximately
So per cent in the year
A study by the Tax Foundation
disc1oSes that the U S Government
is presently spending at the enor
nous rate Of $3.50 million per day
over SIS billion per week.
Expenditures in 1858 were 81
billion above the 1857 total. and
those, in turn, we're $l1 billion over
the 1856 outlays.
The Federal tax take, to meet
these expenses. is now running at
ST. billion a year. State and local
governments get on additional So
billion.
One-fourth Of our gross annual
product is thus removed III taxes,
s.ate3 the. Foundation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

powers Of capital and industry. the
South had 10 look 70 its own re-
glonal autonomy for its protection
and perpetuation
Dependence upon northern CAPT
tai and machinery for manufacture
81 raw naatrrialS.s a form Of co
lonial status. Intensified tho Sltua-
ton.
For quartcr-ccntry the two
regions Erappled in lone, bitter and
intense discussions and arguments
Of the three issues growing into
moral convictions,
In the end people were lifted
out OF the realm Of the concrete
into the realm of the abstract and
men became ready to fight for
these distractions which they held, "
Dr.. Craven declared
BY the 1905 most Americans
knew exactly what they supported,
hold their views with intense con
victlonS and headed into war That
~ NcilitO CuU HollF tOUlJ DIt
vent, the lecturer said America
divided had nourished divided con
vlctlonS," he said. and il remained
bit for tho extremists and hot
htads to lgnitr The spark
Bitterness Hurt
Or Craven said that the bitter
and lnaccurately drawn condemna
tions helped spark The holocaust.
The denunciations by jealous abo-
lltionists of a highly religious re-
gion: humanitarian instincts fired
BY such misconceptions as Uncle
Tom and Simon Legree.
The North Carolinian lecturer. a
teacher at University Of Chicago.
chose 10 recap the marrow Of his
lecture ii rebuftal to remarks Of
the two diScusSants. He said.
Men who can think only in alb
stracuons and legalisms had best
prepare to use tcrCe."
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

total 10 275 inches. which Striplin
calls "A little over half Of the
normal rainfall tor April.
50 far this year. rain has been
scarce as January. FEBRUARY. and
March. we're all short Of water.
Between the three months they
put the year some five inches be-
hind the normal April has a good
chance to be the first above normal
month IL the Year
Up to six inches Of snow and
sleet fen in some northern n d
western areas Of Virginia over the
week end, while Farnaville area
citizens bundled UP and kindled
fires that had gone out last week.
The Oil d driving rain was a fan
cry from tho summer-likc 80 degree
weather that everyone enjoyed last
week.
Tho official thermometer tan up
10 80 degrees Oil April and 9. The
low for the month was an icy e
recorded Oh April ., Sunday night
WAN All uncomfortable "a degrees.
and Snipln predicted even lower
temperatures Monday night.
The balmy weather last week
was lust enough to tempt fruit
trees to blossom forth, and many
may Get cought in the current
low temperatures However. Strip
lin said most fruit trees were safe
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

or a Jail sentence from 10 days to
six months.
III addition. the DMV will decline
to register a Car on which a false
insurance certificate is filed and
Will revoke the persons driving IL
cense for one year.
If car owners do not have liza
bllltv insurance. they arc required
TO pay D SD fec IN addition to the
$40 license charge. This additional
fec does not give insurance proteC-
lion.
The town tags are sold from the
town office. They cost $40 this
year, increasing from the So that
had been charged in recent years.
The increased cost of tags will in
crease town revenue almost $4,000
per year. 1t is estimated that the
new rates will bring $l40 while
the old So town iag tax brought in
some 5000 annually, BY increasing
the automobile tag tax, the council
will eliminate the old personal
property tax. beginning neAt year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Appeals Court
10 Hear School
Arguments Today
NAACP, School
Board Briefs
To Be Reviewed

Oral arguments will be heard to-
day Tuesday, in u S. 4th Circuit
Court OF Appeals at Richmond on
the appeal of the NAACP for start
OF desegregation in Prince Edward
elementary schools next September.
The arguments will support a
brief filed with the court last month
in which NAACP attorneys con
tend the desegregation delay
granted the county by Federal
Judge Sterling Hutcheson is with
out legal foundation.
The brief also contends that the
Prince Edward county school board
has presented no circumstances
that justify substantial delay in
school indignation
Last November Judge Hutcheson
entered an order permitting Prince
Edward to delay indignation Of its
schools until 1865.
School Board Brief
In today's proceedings the Ap-
peals Court will also consider a
brief. previously filed by counsel for
the school board in answer to the
NAACP brief It contends that the
decision delaying desegregation is
in the best interests of both races.
and that the delay has the implied
approval of the United States Su-
preme Court
I'VE deal here with the intimate
lives Of many people. people who
may well be leaders in decades to
come the school boards brief
contends.
I'VE strive to bring them to sound
maturity. free Of prejudice. able to
face with intelligence. training and
S o m e knowledge Of the accumu-
lated wisdom Of the past the many
stirring problems that those de-
cades will surely bring An affirm
ance of this d decision Judge
Hutcheson will enhance our
chances. a revesal will hinder our
efforts"
Cites Little Rock
The school board counsel also
said in its reply brief that the US
Supreme Court has given its i'm
piled, if not direct. approval Of
similar plan calling for the desegre-
cation of the Little Rock, Ark,
schools by 1863
How can it be said that plan
for complete compliance by 1868
for Little Rock is proper, but an
order for such compliance for 1865
tby Prince Edward) is improper
the Prince Edward school board
brief asks the court.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Tolrn And State Tags Must Be On
The Car By Wednesday, April Is

Town tags must not only be pur-
chased by midnight on Wednesday.
April IS, but they must be put On
tho car Police Chief Otto S. Over
ton reminded today
New state tags must also be pur-
CHASED and on the car BY that date.
Farn1Jlc police put a reminder
card on al cars last week still
rarrNln. the I'D town licenses.
Chief Overton Sald II Il hoped
that the reminder cards will save
everyone III town the trouble Of pay
inc fine for being late, he &c
marked
The state licenses arc sold this
year only upon presentation of an
insurance certificate indicating that
the car owner has liability insur-
ance.
Officials Of the Division OF Motor
Vehicles warn that every insurance
certitlcation under the uninsured
motorist law will be thoroughly
checked The penalty for knowingly
filing false insurance certificate
is Z fule oi from $50 to 81 900 and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
National News Summary
Shot May Have
Been Fired At
Governor Almond
BY II. v. Lancaster, Jr.

An unknown assaiIant is reported
TO have fired shot at Gov Almond
early Friday afternoon as he was
walking TO his office in the Capitol
from lunch in the executive man
sion. Police think a gunnlan was
standing outside the Capitol
grounds, hidden from the Cover
nor's view by shrubbery when he
fired. Security measures around the
Capitol have been frightened as a
result Of the incident.
The L. S. will ask its allies TO
insist on an all Berlin" policy at
the foreign ministers conference in
Geneva May II. Representative Of
the U. S., Britain, France, and West
Germany will meet in London this
week TO discuss a common approach
at the Geneva conference. The U S.
will propose that both East and
West Berlin be included in any new
international plan for the city. This
U. S. officials feel, would retain
the status quo four power occlpa-
4 ton Of Berlin until a permanent
! solution is worked out.
Three Maryland officers were
charged with manslaughter Friday
following the shooting on a Virginia
vessel on the Potomac river last
Wednesday Charles County Sheriff
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
3, JOHN STICK

Dr. Frank f, Vandlver. associate
professor Of history at Rice In5ti-
tntc in mis- native Texas. viii de
liver the second lecture tonight
Tuesday in Hampden-S Sydney Col
lege's April Civil War Symposium
Author, as we'll as teacher, DR..
Vandiver will lecture on The
South at War" a subject on which
he has published several books and
essays.
The second Of the symposium lee
lures will be held in Johns Audi
forum at pm Dr.. Bernard Mayo.
OF the University Of Virginia. will
again serve as moderator. with
Dr. Francis B. SimkinS. of Long
wood College. and Dr.. Robert D.
Meade. of Randolph Macon. serving
as discussants of the evening lee
ture.
Tho first lecture in the month
long symposium Tuesday was a
dispasslonatc look benea h the
blood-red passions Of the war to
its long int the making origins.
With the chlnents Of IM
years removal and prominence oil
scholarship in the war period. Dr
Avery Craven launched tho sym
postum with such neutrality Of view.
point and sympathetic insightS into
both sides Of the fratricidal con
flict as to make this first event an
experience as well as century
anniversary lecture
Basic Elements
Stripped to its barest historical
elements. the conflict. DR.. Craven
said. arose from exactly opposite
answers TO three burning national
issues shaped by the two distinct
cultures and economies that made
America north and south IL
the mid 18th Century.
The three Ques tlols wheel
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Robert Burger
Heads Lions Club

Robert Burger has been elected
president Of the F'armville Lions
Club. succeeding James Fl Forbes,
whose year ends III June 4 S o
elected were
Or r G. Landlord. Dr., VICE
president. Travis Stanley. score
tary treasurer. tail twister. NJ Y.
Digger. and lion tanner. Lloyd G.
Arehart T. W. Bloomfield and w.
A. Watson we're chosen for h c
board of directors.
Roy R. Pearson was chosen dele
gate to the annual convention Of
Lions International, and Lion S
Burger. J. H. Wansley and f. l..
QuiscnbeIry we're named the plan
ming committee for Ladies Night
Lion Johu D. Wilson was the
luncheon speaker describing obSer
vations on his recent visit to Cuba
With Mrs. Wilson.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

Dr. Beverly Ruffin is featuring
the Dead Sea Scrolls at Longwood
College while Miss Kate O'Brien.
Farnyllle High librarian. is con
centrating on local literary effort
IN highlighting the books OF Dr..
Francis B Slmkins. Longwood Col
lege historian.
At the high school. Miss o Brien
and members Of The Library Club
and SEA Will entertain at tea
III the library from four TO five
O'Clock this afternoon Tuesday
The school book display exhibit
Will be Judged and prizes awarded
last preceding The tea
Sinkins' Books
Dr. S;nkins books VIII b. ar
ranged Ill ali FHs exhibit appear
ing in the window Of Martin the
Jeweler.
The Longwood Library Club VIII
present a film on the Dead Sea
Scrolls today Tuesday during a
student assembly in Jarnlan Hall at
pm. The college also is making
Library Week exhibit at South
side Sundry
Al Hampton Sydney Librarian
Continued on page 7,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
The South At War Is Subject
Var Symposium Lecture Tonight

formed The basis for the Longest
self-look in American history" dur
ing the 1905 and 1905 were what
were to be the character and
powers Of the U. S. government:
the relative importance Of persons
over property: and the ca pital-labor
upheavals occurring with tho IN
dustrial revolution i'll this country
The Great Debate" in these 10Th
Century years produced differing
viewpoints in the industrial north
with its banking. production and
marketing development and in the
South with its agrarian society.
Interests Clash
The North looked to a strong fed
eral government to protect, encour-
age and consolidate its emerging
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
FIirtotous Month Weother-Wse
April Toys With High; Drops Below
Freezing; Dumps 2.75 Inches OF Rain

Il know We needed RAIN. but
does il all have to come at once M
Is typical Of the remarks Monday
morning after a week end Of ram
IN one Of the biggest rain storms
Of the year, 1913 inches Of rain were
dumped on the Farmvllle area. ac-
cording to reports from E r. Strip
lin, official weather observer
Most Of tho ram fell Sunday and
Sunday night, contributing so in
ches to the one third Of an inch
that fell Saturday. Two previous
rains this month bring the April
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Farmyille P-TA
Delegates Will
Oppose Program
District Meeting
At Amelia Set
Thursday At $3.50

| Delegates from Farmville High
! School PTA and Farmville Elemen-
tary School P-TA will attend the
district PTA meeting at Amelia,
Thursday. April IS, with instruc-
tons to vote against the entire
legislative proposals suggested by
the state organization The high
school has six delegates and the
elementary 81.
The legislative program is find
ing favor at a number Of district
P-TA meetings. The legislative pro
posals require three fourth ma
jority before they can be included
in the state P-TA legislative plank.
Two Of the most controversial
items in the proposals are Item l.
which calls for support Of public
schools and Item &c. which sup
ports compulsory school attendance
laws.
The Southside district voted
against the entire program. and the
Richmond district defeated the
compulsory attendance item. The
Richmond district has two votes be-
cause Of its large population. The
Rappahannock Valley district voted
against the public school item also.
1t takes seven votes against TO
defeat any given item. Thus the
pubic school item has Two votes
against il and the compulsory at
tendance item has three votes
7 against it.
The Farmvllle district meeting
will be held at the War Memorial
building al Amelia The meeting
VIII start at 800 pm and will be
dinner meeting rather than the
customary luncheon meeting
The election Of one officer. Sew
eral talks and the vote on the legis-
lative program will highlight the
meeting
Proposed Items
The items Oh the proposed state
legislative program are as follows:
!. Public Schools W. urge that
educational opportunity be provided
for every child IN a public school
which Will enable him to develop to
the maximum Of his capacity.
2 Special Education = We recon-
mend strengthening the program OF
special education Tor exceptional
chlldreh through increased appfop-
rlatlohs LOT expansion OF services.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Presbyterians Hear
Far East Missionary

The Rev. W. F. Junkin. Jr., a
Hampden-Sydney graduate and now
a Presbyterian Church. US. mis-
sionary to Formosa. spoke at wor-
ship services at Farmville Presby-
terrain Church Sunday. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Junkin and
their three children. all of whom
assisted with Church School classes
Rev. Mr. Junkin. who spoke on
mission activities in Formosa. is
chaplain at Tunghai University
there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Church Men Will
Honor Scout Troop

Boy Scouts OF F'armvillc Troop
llS and their leaders will be guests
Of honor during the monthly sup
pet meeting Of the Mems Group Of
Farmville Presbyterian Churc II
Wednesday at I pm.
The church men are institutional
sponsors Of the troop. Members Of
the troop will present the program.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Dance Recital Tonight Opens Longwood
College Week Long Fine Arts Festival
Public Invited
To Five Events
In Jarman Hall

An Evening of Dance, pre-
scented by Orchesis, student mod
ern dance society, opens Longwood
Colleges week long Festival Of
Fine Arts tonight Monday at Jar
man Hall at O'Clock.
The dance compositions to be
presented are varied. including folk
themes. lmpresslonist numbers set
to musical strains of such masters
as Malament and Chopin. and to
modern elements Of Gershwin,
Bernstein. Brubeck and Rogers.
Mrs. Emily K. Landrum, assocl-
ate professor Of physical education
and advisor to Orchesis, Will direct
the student presentation
The Festival. dedicated to t h e
colleges 18th anniversary celebra-
ton this year, is open to the public
and all events begin at 8 pm. for
the five nights through Friday
Choral Concert
The second performance Tuesday
night will consist of a Joint choral
concert. featuring the Longwood
Choir and Madrigal Singers and the
Glee Club Of Washington and Lee
University
Dr.. John W. Molnar will direct
the LongWood Choir in its separate
numbers. with Robert Stewart. con
ductor, leading the visiting w and
L singers in a group Of numbers,
James McCombs will direct t h G
Madrigal Singers in several works
during the first half of the pro-
gram.
Following intermission the Long
wood and w and L choruses will
combine to sing several German
waltzes from Brahms Lie
beslieder Walzee. Opus 81 Robert
Stewart will conduct the combined
groups.
Art Lecture
On Wednesday evening h II
Canaday, Of the Philadelphia Mu-
scum Of Art. Will lecture on Mod
ern Art and Tradition as the third
event
Recent water colors by MIS-. Jan
ice Lemen, associate professor Of
art at LongWood, will be displayed
nightly before and after each per
/, Torrance in the Lobby of Jarman
| Hall Selected junior and senior art
majors work Will be displayed
! daily from 8 m. to ) pm. in the
Browsing Room of the library Cur
rent student art work will be dis
played daily ON am. to 10
pm. in the art department.
| Canaday did undergraduate work
at the University Of Texas and
graduate work at Yale University
in art history and completed there
the professional course in painting
He taught at the University Of VIII
ginia from 1888 to 1850 with three
! years out during the war to serve
as civilian in the Belgian Congo
and then as lieutenant in the
Marines in the South Pacific After
leaving Virginia he was for two
years the director of the School Of
Art Of Newcomb College. Tulane
University. New Orleans, and then
went to Philadelphia as chief of the
Division Of Education at the Mu-
scum Of Art.
Faculty Recital
Three members of the college
Music department faculty will be
presented in recitals as the Thurs
day evening event Of the Festival
/, Clifford 4. Smith, II, trumpeter.
will open the concert recitals. with
Miss Josephine Bailey. organist.
performing next, Walter E. Urben
pianist. will play in the concluding
portion Of the program
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
Gates Outstanding
Student At VPI

John A. Gates. Jr, an archi-
tectural engineering student of VPI
was one Of y out Of approximately
$500 students who made all "A's"
the past quarter The preceding
quarter he also made the dean
list.
Gates. junior at VPI. was a
1857 graduate of Farmville H g h
School.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14
National Library Week On
Librarians Use Displays
To Whet Reading APpetites

during this weeks observance National Library
follow the advice N the weeks theme Wake Up
here a.
CivilW War
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-14

LIBRARY interesting volumes
the Civil
Craven's Civil
memoir of the last Regulations
Confederate States published at Richmond
10 volume books the
the military FarmvlIe
military records.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-04-18

still that much that could be gotten rid of if we could get the cooperation we need from every one.
 Today should wind up the clean up, he added, and trucks will be available all day for anyone who needs: them. A call to the City Hall will bring quick action.
 Mecca Cab and Ace Cab have offered their wreckers for hauling any ear wrecks away, and Mayor Coon expressed his appreciation for their assistance, as well sa the following: Russell Wright, who furnished two trucks, driver and himself; Harry Felton and Alaska Transfer, both who fur nished trucks; and Frank Nc Conaghy, who hired a man.
 Mayor Coon also expressed thanks to the Kodiak Mirror and the AFRS radio-TV stations for publicity furnished.