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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
FHS Student Sails Through Math,
Science To Win 81 900 Scholarship

Sally Ann Clark, of Farmville
high school, became the first mem
Der Of the fairer sex to move into
the Semifinals of the 1889 Uni
verSlty Of Richmond WRNL radio
scholarship aulz by outpointing two
male rivals ~ Sunday broadcast
The F'armvllle high student gov
eminent president won her 81 900
scholarship the hard way-in three
overtime periods after being tied
With Robert Hasty. Of Chesterfield
County Manchester high school.
Al the close Of the regulation time.
Both contestants sailed faultlessly
through overtime drills in mathe-
mates and English but Hasty fall
tered in the history round.
Hasty and John Buck, of PoWha-
tan high school, who was only ten
points behind his adversaries at the
close Of the regulation broadcast,
each Will receive scholarships of
$3.50. Miss Clark will have an op-
portunlty to increase her scholar
ship 10 ST 500 in the semi-final
round and, j. successful there, to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

So 900 in the finals.
During the Is weeks the program
will be on the air. the University
will give a total Of Sl5.5O0 in
scholarship awards.
Miss Clark, the daughter Of Mrs.
Clarlce Q. Clark, Of Farmvillc, is a
member Of the staff Of the Focus.
her school newspaper. and ha s
played on the basketball team for
three years, She is . member Of
the Beta Club and the Monogram
Club She is currently the number
one ranking student III her class
academically.
She is president of her Sunday
School class in the Farmville Bap-
fist Church. vice president of the
Baptist Training Union. and secre-
tary of the VIVA. She plans a
career as mathematics teacher.
In the sem-finals she joined two
81 600 winners Of quiz1es previously
aired: Robert L. Davis, Of Doug
las Freeman high school III Hen
rico County. and Alvin Smith, Jr.,
Of F!uvsnna high school.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

The drive leader is relying upon
the record Of the Red Cross in its
humanitarian efforts which cover al
WIDE range Of activity from welfare
services for the armed forces to
emergency relief in disaster areas
to put over a successful campaign.
In commenting on the needs Of
the American Red Cross. Dr.. Nc
Chung mentioned the heavy burden
borne by the organization in carry
ing out lis work in several states
hit by devastating floods and tor
nados since the last fund appeal. He
also noted the organization 5 local
contributions to program for safe
guarding the health Of individuals
including blood, home nursing. first
AID and other voluntary services,
Business district assistants for the
drive are Felix Barthelemy, Eric
Robinson MIS-. J, 7. Clark. U. B..
Morris, James Fore. t. w. Brooks
G. L. Tench and George Lewis. So
licitation in the residential area
VIII be handled by civic organiza-
tons
District chairmen for the drive
are Mrs. Joseph f. Glenn. Pros
poet. r. NJ Bradshaw, Lockett;
Leslie Hamilton, Buffalo; Mrs John
Nunnally Green Bay, and Mrs.
Walter ( d ward $. Farmville A
chairman for Hampdcn district has
not vet been named, nor have
leaders for the district colorcd cam
paigns.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

Six Permits
February Building
Totals $4,000;
Record Year Seen

Building estimates in Prince Ed
ward County so far in 1859 have
more than doubled the estimates OF
building in the first two months Of
1853.
February contributed $40. 700 on
the basis Of six permits issued. This
is added to a healthy start in Janu-
airy when nine permits indicated
construction valued at s35 500. The
two months total SIS 200.
Main strength in February came
fr 0 m commercial construction
plus new homes. There were five
permits issued by V. C. Womack
commissioner Of the revenue, for
construction in the county and
only enc issued BIZ f. L. Quisen-
berry town manager, for construc-
ton IN Farmville.
The following permits were is
sued in the county: Halnpden dis
trict. Walter w. and Virginia X.
Nelson, for dwelling Farmville dis
trict, Robert A. Smith Company
Inc, for store building on Routes
460 and Is just west Of Farmville:
Lockett district, Lester w. and
Helen H. Echols. chicken house:
Leroy and Robert jenkins, milk
house: and Prospect district. Ar
thur H. and his NJ. Bucknam,
dwelling.
Inc single permit issued in town
went to Mayor William F. Watkins.
Jr.. for addition to his dwelling on
Second Avenue.
The total estimated construction
figure Of $40. 700 il very good com
pared with recent years. 1t is well
over the Sl4.le for February Of
1888. and the so 800 for 1857. How
ever. it fell way behind the boom
ing ST. 800 that was typical Of
1856.
The biggest construction year on
record is last year, 1858. when
building picked up in the last six
months to exceed the record year
OF 1856. Several commercial build
lngs last year gave the needed i'm
petus to make 1858 a record year,
and it appears that commercial
building in 1859 may also be the
wave that will bring construction
to a new high water mark.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

State Group II championship tour
nament next week at VPI, Blacks
burg.
The BUGS went into the final
game with preliminary victories
over Amelia (70-48) in the fir t
round and over Crewe t50-42l in
Friday nights semi-finals.
The champions had the poise in
the latter stages of the semi-final
and final games, and won going
away after close first half contests.
Against CreWe, the BUGS were
down 2l-l9 at intermission, but put
things in order by taking 1874
scoring edge in the third period.
Coach Conway's squad rugged up
a zone defense that Victoria never
succeed in mastering in the cham
pionship game.
Victoria 5 Panthers went into the
final with successive wins over
Greensville 63-5l and Brunswick.
1888. That latter semi-final win
was the big one. Brunswick having
defeated Victoria twice in regular
season contests, both times by four
points, 67-63 and 1854.
Cecil Huddleston and Bucky Falls
led the BUGS in scoring during the
march to the tourney title, but it
was the Conwaymen's solid perfor-
nance throughout the line up that
was chiefly responsible for the
third consecutive title for Bucking-
ham.
Farmville and Randolph Henry
lost out III opening rounds, FHS 60
ing down to CreWe SAT and Ran
dolph-Henry falling to Brunswick
62-59.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
High School Business
Education Students
Compete March 7

The second regional meeting Of
Future Business Leaders Of
America, District III. Will be held
Saturday. March 4. in the Student
Activities Building of Longwood
College.
Delegates from 23 high schools Of
the region are expected. Following
registration at $50 m. delegates
Will compete for prizes and the
change to enter in the state and
national competitions. Contests will
be held in public speaking. spelling
parliamentary law, Mr.. and Miss
FBLA, essay. scrapbook. exhibit
and bulletin board The winner OF
the public speaking contest will
receive a Sa5 government bond do
mated by the First National Bank
Of Farmvlllc,
During the afternoon session. new
regional F'BLA officers VIII le
elected and installed fol- The com
Ing year Tho Iongwood Business
Education Department viii super
wise The davis actlvllie.,
Representatives. from tBLA
chapters are expected to attend
from these high schools: E. c.
Glass. Appomattox, Dan River,
Renan, Halifax County. Nels on
County. Cranky. Maury, Great
Bridge. NorvleW Princess Anne,
Southampton, Franklin. Cradock
Woodrow Wilson. Churchland Suf-
folk. Whaleyville. M nche st Ell
Prince George. Powhatan. Sunny.
SIDE Mckenney, and Midway.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
Touring Theatre
Groups Twelfth
Night Thursday

Players Incorporated. nationally
touring classical repertory theatre
group, will be presented in Shake
speare's Twelfth Night" in Jar
man Auditorium at Longwood Col
lege Thursday night.
Curtain time for the college artist
series performance, to which the
public is invited, will be pm.
Tickets may be obtained fro IN
members Of the Farmville Lions
Club, and they also will be avail
able at the box office.
7 ne touring performers, all
graduates Of tho Speech and
Drama Department Of Catholic Uni
verslty Washington. D. C. arc cur
rcntly celebrating Players Incor-
porated's 10Th anniversary season.
The = actors now comprise the
loneest-runnlng classical repertory
group in the nation, touring an
nually from early fall TO early
spring.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
An Anesthetist.
DR.. Wells Joins
Hospital Staff

The latest addition to growing
staff at Southside Community Hos
pltal is Dr. Lewis E. Wells, an
anesthetist, born, educated, and
well seasoned with Is years Of prac-
tice in Pennsylvania.
pr. Wells comes to the hospital
as an independent doctor with an
agreement with the hospital that he
provide all aneSthesia services. For
the past two years he has been a
member OF the anesthetic depart
ment at the Medical College of Vir-
einia, staff appointment which
has not yet been completely ter
minated.
Hospital administrator, Joseph H.
James, in commenting on the ar
rival Of the new specialist and the
change in tho hospitals program.
had this to say today, AS result
Of having MD anesthetlst on the
staff the safety factor in surgery
Is increased at very little additional
expense to tho patient DR. Well S
service / cp aces the 3neotllesla
services formerly provided II d
charged for by the hospital. said
James.
The staff newcomer received his
undergraduate and medical training
at the University of Pittsburgh
Prior to World War II he did gen.
eral practice and anesthesia work
in Pittsburgh. After the war he
turned to full-tlme anesthesia prac-
tice il tho Pittsburgh area until his
staff appointment at NOV.
A N m Der Of the Richmond
Academy Of Medicine, the Virginia
(Coct.,uee Or page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
National News Summary
English Teacher
Named University
OF Virginia Head
BY II. V. LANCASTER, JR.

Dr. Edgar r. Shannon was
named president Of the University
Of Virginia BY the board Of visitors
Saturday He Will take office
sometime next summer, succeed
ing Colgate WI Darden who has
held that office since l947, A former
r h d 5 scholar Shannon. 49,
teaches English at the University
and is recognized authority on
Victorian literature He Is a native
of Lexington. holds degrees from
Washington and Lee Duke, Har-
ward, and Oxford Universities. is
married. and has two children
Americas first Discoverer satel-
lite was launched from Vandenberg
All Force Base, Calf, Saturday
The .3OO-pound cylinder is the first
IN new series Of earth satellites
designed to gather more data to-
show whether man can safely Ven
ture into outer space II wa flied
50 AS to orbit the earth III d north
south direction Most Of lhGse
launched from Cape CanaVeral
have circled the earth near | Il Y
equator The All Force said ii DID
not know yet whether the satellite
had achieved orbit.
Soviet Premier khrushchev Will
90 to East Germany to attend the
Leipzig trade fair which opened
Sunday. the official East German
news agency announced Saturday
He Is expected to arrive IN Lclpz.g
Wednesday after British Prlm "A
Minister Macmillan leaves Moscow
on Tuesday The announcement
came amid speculation that RnsSla
is getting ready to sign a peace
treaty with East Germany
The Russians have said they viii
turn over control Of their sector OF
Berlin TO the East Germans, May
y. The West does not recognize the
Red regime of East Germany Al
though, the Russians have agreed
TO guarantee the West free access
TO West Berlin. they are trying to
force the West out of Berlin BIZ
giving East Germany control Of tho
Vests lifelines to Berlin since
Berlin is II miles within East
German territory. the Reds can
stop supply conveys going through
the area.
The Defense and State Depart
ments are taking concrete steps to
meet the Russian threat in Berlin.
U. S. officials reported Saturday
The U. S. plans to reach an early
agreement with Italy providing for
the establishment of intermediate
sc Il 500-milel missile bases
there. A program to replace Flo0
Jet fighters overseas with newer,
faster Fl0ls will continue.
Los Angeles was officially chosen
as the site Of the 1850 Democratic
Nation Convention Friday. The
national committee confirmed the
choice Of the site after a five hour
wrangle in which those favoring
Chicago and Philadelphia fought to
the bitter end. The choice va
Seen as giving California 4 Coy.
Edmund G Brown boost among
presidential hopcfuls. As host gov
ernor, he will have an early op-
portunity to go before the conven-
ton in his welcoming speech
Doctors are gratificd by the pro
Continued on page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

Keith FL Schiller, Of Farmville.
who with w. S. Gills, Of Appomat-
tox, owns the telephone company,
said the expansion has been in the
planning stage ever since t h E
Pamplln exchange was completed
in February last year.
The AppomattoX Telephone Com
pany started in l943 with 1913 tele-
phones Oh the line. At the close of
1858 there were l.07l telephones be-
Ing servlced by the company
The cost Of getting lines out to
these outlying areas il rather phe-
nonenal Schiller explained. and
Is best illustrated by the following
estimated changes. the program
viii make III tho companvs fill
nancial and operating situation.
The number of telephones will
increase about 40 per cent from
l,07l to 1862, he continued The
gross revenue viii increase about
50. per cent The investment in plant
and equipment viii increase about
pos per cent.
SAG. 900 Investment
Schuler explained that the OK
pallslon would cost over half
million dollars. making total in
yestment Of STAG 700. The expansion
Il being financed through the help
Of RIA
SINCE the investment co-t N so
nigh fol- the -mall number of teIe-
phones x he added. Y Small gen
elal rate increase for All telephone
customers VIII 5e instituted after
the work Is completed Schuler pre-
dicted that the major portion Of the
work would be completed BY the
end OF 1859 At that Tune it viii
be possible for subscribers to talk
over distances up to 25 miles with
out paying toll charge
TO call Farmyille there will be
q ten charge Of ~ cents for a
three minute conversation. All long
distance calls Viii Be handled
through Lynchburg, but il viii cost
only 70 cents to call Farmville.
That il the same Standardization
rate that prevails from Farmville
to Dillwyn Buckingham. Cumber-
land, OF Burkeville.
MadisonviIle Ready
The entire expansion program is
dependent upon community CO.
operation, Schiller explained. The
Madisonville area has virtually as
sured itself of the expansion by
having 81 applicants signed-up and
ready for the telephone service.
Continued Oh page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
Third Straight Title
Poised Buccaneers Defeat
Victoria In Tourney Final

Buckingham, denied the regular
season title. avenged the defeat
that was responsible in whipping
Victoria 59-49 in the championship
final Of the District basketball
tournament at Hampden Sydney
Saturday night.
Coach Martin Conway's poised
and veteran Buccaneers thus de-
Tended the title they've won during
the previous two tournaments.
They'll represent the district in the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
ECONOMIC NATo' IDEA

A proposed economic NATO" re-
portedly is getting support in some
Administration quarters.
The proposal would have the
North Atlantic treaty Organization
countries set up tne economic group
To bolster Western defenses against
Soviet economic pressures Its pur-
pose would be to tighten trade re
strictions with the Communist bloc
The proposal would halt. if not
reverse. the cautious relaxing Of eX-
port curbs on shipments to the
SOVietS.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
Illumination Data
From Survey
Shows Shot Needs
Health Director
Calls For Review
OF Home Situation

Many adults and children under
school age have not received the
Salk polio vaccine nor has quite a
few school children taken the neces-
sary three dose series completely
concluded DR.. F. j. Clements. after
an extensive study and examination
Of questionnaires distributed through
county schools.
The survey which began in mid
January was initiated by the South
side District Health Department S
director. Dr. Clements. More than
1000 missionaries were distributed
to determine the extent of protec-
ton the Prince Edward population
has against polio and other pre-
Ventable diseases.
The missionaries which were dis
trlbuted through the schools were
worded in such a manner that
study of other immunizations could
be made at the same time. Specific
data was requested on child and
adult immunization Of diphtheria.
Whooping cough, tetanus lock jaw
and smallpox
Very cooperative was the way
the health director described the
response of parents who received
the QUESTIONABLE. DR.. Clements said
the results were very revealing and
should prove quite useful in the
future making a survey a definite
success.
II took more than a month TO
0 m p lete the difficult task of
eValuatlng the returned ques
tlonnaires since a great deal Of rec
ord checking for verification was
required on the part of doctors in
the county as well as the health
department
In commenting on the status of
polio lmmunlzation revea e d
through the survey, DR.. Clements
pointed out that parents apparently
had left too much responsibility to
the teacher. and when the govern
ment issue of vaccine was used the
large free clinics had TO fold up
The parents did not assume their
obligation IN many cases, and the
children probably preferred not to
discuss the matter, he said
A careful review Of the protection
situation in the home should be
made by parents who have neglected
this responsibility warned the health
director because many individuals
are not properly protected at pres
ent.
Another observation uncovered
by the survey was the fact that
very few people in the county over
II years of age are properly pro-
tected against smallpox and lock
jaw ttetanus, The principal eX-
ception to this was persons who
had been in service.
County doctors have recon-
mended the following routine Of
injections for preventable diseases.
Illumination for diphtheria, whoop-
ing cough and lockjaw OPT series
Of three at age three, four and
five months: vaccination for small
pox at age five or six months;
OPT boosters at age l8 months and
again at age three to five years,
and reyaccination against smallpox
at age five 10 six years. The
smallpox imnlunizatlon should be
repeated every five years-even for
adultsl A booster for protection
against lockjaw every three years
is strongly recommended.
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03

willie High School Friday The University of Rich
mond Scholarship Quiz was broadcast Sunday
afternoon over WRNL Judges Miss Alma Porter.
Of Farmville. and DR.. H. r. Atkins. Of Richmond
sit At left. Announcer Frank MesSer and Producer
Bill Morrison complete TIE group.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-03-03
Telephone Expansion From Pamplin May
Include Darlington Heights Community
Schiller Predicts Work Will Be
Completed By End OF This Year

The Appomattox Telephone establishing
phone exchange Pampln
ther expansions the Pamplin
Three major south Pampn
the future These Madsonvie
Darlington Heights we'll the Pampm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

all representing different moods of one
wolf are jiggled from an overhead plat
form on strings. Others are arm puppets
animated by Bill.
Only one scene, by the way, will be cut
from this performance of "Peter And The
Wolf" Viewers of last years program may
remember one moment when the camera
Inadvertently focused on man in shirt
sleeves - obviously a stagehand - crawl
ing stealthily along the floor in back of Art
Carney. The unfortunate man was seen to
reach for wolf that lay Imply on a table
and which was needed in the next scene.
Clutching the beast, he "sneaked" off in
full view of millions.
Fire that nitwit right now!" a TV
executive shouted.
The culprit wasn't fred it turned out
to be Bill Baird, himself. He'll be back next
Sunday - seven wolves in very sheepish
clothing. LESL'E liEssa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

Although only God can make tree, Bill
Baird can make a very fine wolf in two
shakes of a lambs tail. Mr.. Baird turned
out whole pack of wolves which will be
seen in cart Carney Meets Peter And The
Wolf on ABC-TV next Sunday.
This show is a re-run of last years
warmly-acclaimed Proko6eff fairy tale fea-
turing Art Carney as Peter, and the Bill and
Cora Baird puppets as a whole menagerie.
The photos on this page show puPPet-
designer Baird at home manufacturing
wolves. This can be quite an ordeal for the
family. To capture just the right snaggle-
toothed look to be6t grandmother wolf,
Bill glOwers for long periods into mirror,
snarling at himself and screwing his face
into fendish knots. Sometimes he takes
practice lunges at his wife Cora.
The Baird wolves are made Of gray
knitted cloth encasing realistic set of ribs
and loose joints. Some of the seven puppets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-26
Terp Swimmers
Seek ACC Crown

CHAPEL HIlJ N. c., Feb.
20 (AP)--one event, the 800
meter race, opens the annual
Atlantic Coast Conference
swimming and diving cham
pionships here tonight.
The three-day program will
draw about 100 swimmers from
the eight conference schools.
Freestylers Harry Bloom and
Brent Nash and Randy Dodson,
butterfly ace, will lead North
Carolina regular season con-
ference champion.
The conferences top divers,
Bob Kohl and Jim Thompson,
head the Maryland squad.
The programs preliminaries
are scheduled Friday and Satur-
day mornings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-26
Senators Hope Len Tucker
Can Muscle Way Onto Club

about dealing with New York.
The answer was ''yes," but
for a regular infielder or OUT
fielder. Grifhth viii confer
with George Weiss. Yankee gen.
eral manager, in st. Petersburg.
March Is.
There has been no answer
from Sievers 10 the latest let
ter Cal wrote him Saturday.
:. Grifhth says the slugger has
his final offer. Jim Lemon.
also not satisfied. is remaining
home at Roanoke. Va.
Outfielder Jim Delsing, also
among the missing. says he
can't accept the Senator'S
terms because II he puts in
another year in the majors
he'll be ineligible to play win
ter baseball and thus viii lose
$4,000 or so from that source,
Norman zauchin signed for a
slight cut. leaving eight un-
signed. zauchin. Tucker.
Faye Throneberry, Ron Sam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-26
Here Are Your Straight-Ball
Angles
By JOE WlLMAN

Today's drawing shows a
number of angles for a straight
ball bowler who is shooting at
various spares and splits. They
are the ST., 5-10 and the 4-10
splits as well as the Clio spare.
The 4-10 split requires a deli
cate touch. The ball must strike
the 4-pin lightly on the left to
send it back and across into
the 10. The same sort of touch
is required for the 5-10 where
the angle is not quite as acute
The ST split should have the
ball come in on the right side
of the S pin to send it across
and into the 7-pin.
It's possible to hit both pins
with the ball in shooting for
the clio spare. l like to shoot
this right-side spare from the
leu size, giving Jne pail as
much room as possible. The ball
is released to the left of center
and angles across and into the
right side of the 6-pin before
continuing back and into the
10.
You'll note, too, from the
sketch that the back four pins
the Z, 8, 9, l0-can all be shot
from these same starting points.
The only change / would make
is to shoot the 7 more from
the right side of the alley and
angle the bali across the alley.
Read Joe Wilman's pamphlet. How
To Pick Up Splits" A copy's yours
for 10 cents and q stamped. return
envelope to Joe Wilman. in care OF
cOpyfiSht 1859. John F. Ollie Co.