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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
WINTER NIGHT

St. Mary's warm resilient oil wool
blanket. Rose, gold, blue, white,
green or nutmeg. mot shown).
4D-twin 66x9o", special. 1898
4E-doubIe size 8Ox9O,"
specioI 1893
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Buckingham Notes
Buekinehom Notes
Fashion Show To Benefit Dimes
Drive In Buckingham Thursday Night

There viii be a fashion show for
the benefit OF the March Of Dimes
at Buckingham Central High School
on Thursday, Feb 5. at 7..30 pm.
This is under the direction Of Mrs
Dave Ward
Mrs. Parker Lambeth and Mr.
and Mrs Jim Black were week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Spencer.
MI. and Mrs. Johnny Crute and
daughter, Of Roanoke. visited Mr.
Crute's parents. Mr.. and Mrs John
Crute last week end.
Mrs. Appling Moss, of Richmond.
was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Peyton Moss.
Much sympathy is expressed to
E. J. Throckmorton on account of
the death Of his father
Mr. and Mrs. J B. Boatwright
and family. Of Richmond, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Boatwright re-
Gently.
Mrs. George Wood. of Salem.
visited with her mother. Mrs Julia
Mitchell. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs, Curtis Pucket. of
Wytheville. stopped over on Thurs
day night for a brief visit with Mr.
and Mrs Buck LeSueur before
going on to Richmond to visit Mrs.
LeSueur's sister. who is patient
in Richmond hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Davis and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Community Chest
Continued from page u

tCOnClnueG from page ~
Grated drives. but added that the
membership of the Society, at its
annual meeting in the fall of 1857,
directed its National Board of Di-
rectors to formulate policy to end
all participation in federated cam
paigns by 1860 AT present we are
in the process of terminating the
several federated campaign agree
mentS we have in Virginia, and we
are. of course. not affiliating with
any other Community Chests or
United Funds
Dickinson and the Chest direc-
tors issued the invitation after Sc
curing the support of the Farmville
Chamber of Commerce, the Lions
and Rotary Clubs for the action.
The expression Of SO many sup.
porters of welfare agencies in this
area decidedly sets forth the desire
Of these supporters that contribu.
tons to all levels Of welfare be re.
ceived in one general fund raising
campaign" Dickinson wrote the
agencies.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Richmond Market
Ends Auctions
OF Sun-Cured Leaf

Virginia sun-cured tobacco sold
at Richmond during the week end
ing January % was considerably
lower in quality than during the
previous week. Volume of sales
was light. Around half of the grades
showed small price declines. The
market closed on January 80.
The Virginia Department of Ag-
riculture reports gross sales during
the week totaled 282, 100 pounds for
la S35. SO average. This average
was drop of 81 90 from the one
OF the week before. Season sales
stand at $50 82 pounds averaging
S377l per hundred The 1857 CROP
sales at Richmond were 1920, 13e
pounds at an average of $35 AZ.
Deliveries to the Cooperative con
| tinued to run at less than one per
cent of sales for the week anc
season
In addition to sales at Richmond
1854 pounds Of this type have
been sold on the Virginia fire-curec
markets during the season for ar
average Of $31.l6. Sun-cured sales
for the season at Richmond ane
on the fire-cured markets com
bined have totaled LAS 1888 pounds
averaging 1857.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Scouting Session
Continued from pasr u

He was assisted by his young son
Lewis, a Boy Scout himself and
several Of the local Cubs.
The Responsibility Of a Cub
Scout Parent" was the title of a
brief talk given by William Quick
district scout executive. In stress
ing the importance of the role
adult leaders play in Cub and Boy
Scout work, he pointed ont that the
young boy gets exactly what he and
his parents put into the work He
cited the value parents play in rem
dering community service through
their cooperation and assistance
as den mothers, etc.
Next on the agenda for the pro
gram Of varied events was an
award presentation ceremony at
which service pins. gold arrow and
silver arrow points were dis
tlibuted to deserving cubs
Several business matters were
discussed including the observance
of Boy Scout Week in February
with a banquet Plans for expan-
sion Of dens also drew considerable
attention with Petrakos outlining the
program for the new year
Farmville Boy Scout Troop l16
under the direction of Scoutmaster
Darrell Carpenter. presented skit
entitled, What Scouting Is" to con-
clude the program.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

business. AZ Carwile pit II. things
like equipment and milking par
lor will help me build house.
but house would never help me
buy piece of equipment
Piece by piece, he purchased
equipment lncludine a tractor. pa
ler, combine milking machine.
truck. etc The necessary equip
ment was purchased III M u Ii
the same way as the Increase III
the number OF cattle "a could
afford it-nof beforeI added this
and that, SAID CarWle.
Active In Civic Affairs
Active in Oak Grove Presbyterian
Church near Cullen CarWile a :
held number Of church offices
including that Of superintendent.
He is community committee
man Of the ASC a member Of
Charlotte county Farmers Union
and the Farm Bureau He was the
first secretary treausrere of the
Virginia Brown Swiss Association
Of which he is still an active mem
Der. He il an advisor to the AZ
ricultural Resource Study Com
mission. He has also been quite
active in the planning Of the Roa-
noke Greek Watershed develop
ment program.
On tour of the farm, the last
place Carwile took this reporter
was the spot where he plans to
build his house There on top Of 4
hin overlooking the entire farm. It
was easy to admire such a success
ful man Who had paved his own
way
A genuine love for his work is
sufficient to sum up the reason for
his successful farming operation
With Carwile farming is truly as
much an ayocation an 4 vocation
He deserves any recognition which
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

An educational meeting for dark
and bright tobacco growers d m
been scheduled Wednesday. Febrl-
airy 4. at 80 pm At Cumberland
Court House, +. 4 SeaY, JE
county agent announced TO-DAY
G R. Mathews tobacco Special
ist from VPI will conduct the dis
cussion, which will include the lat
est information on recommended
varieties. proper fertilizers, plant
bed management, and disease ana
insect control
Each year We afe faced wth
new diseases and insects Sea NJ
said. land many Cumberland
County allotments have been clH "
the point where we cannot afford
to take a loss due to these pests
Mr. Mathews is the best qualified
man in the State to bring us this
information. seay stated
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Building Permits
CONTINUED from page 81

'COntlntleC from page ID
construction in the county went to
Robert and Leroy Jenkins for a
workshop in Lockett district.
In the town of Farmville a new
dwelling permit was issued to Tay-
lor Mfg. Co. for a building on the
corner of Bridge street and Park
Avenue.
Other permits in town were is
sued to George w. Brown, for adj
ditlon to a dwelling at $40 Hill
Street, S. c. Newman for a metal
storage house on North st. George
Street; and Vanity Beauty Shop for
permission to hang a sign at theil
new location on the corner of High
and Main Streets
Following hard on the heels o.
1858. which was the biggest con
struction year ever recorded ii
Prince Edward, January SOW.
little indication>. of the buildine
strength for the coming year. How
ever. it is almost certain that 1875!
will reach record proportions since
The Farmville Shopping Center vii
be constructed during the comins
year
If each month continues to reacl
normal and average figure. sucl
as was seen in January, then 1875
will reach record heights. thank
to the added impetus of the new
Shopping Center, which was an
nounced last Thursday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

stead Of from six to seven In 1858
he marked q and if they were
anything like the 10 he has now
they were fatter than fat
Puts Advice TO Use
Regardless of the nature of the
enterprise. CarWile follows the lat
est recommendations of his exten-
sion service advisors All health
precautions including cattle vacci-
nation for Bangs disease. etc., use
CT purebred breeding stock. and
feeding well balanced diets hold
for his livestock program.
In soil conservation the latest
techniques in erosion control, con
tour farming diversification of
crops, and irrigation are used He
utilizes an Sos map Of the farm,
keeping an accurate record Of each
field
Another goal Of the young farmer
is to build his home i'll the not
too distant future. Right now, the
CarWiles live in a modest frame
house, owned by his brother. The
bllld'ne Of the house was post
pOned until after complete develop
ment Of the farm into a paying
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Tobacco Market
Continued from page 4

CONTINUED from page /
The beltwide report showed de
mand was weak for the small vol
ume Of Virginia fige-cured tobacco
sold during the week ending Jann
airy p Around 35 per cant of the
weeks sales went 10 the pool with
the seasons receipts moving up to
about % per cent
The weeks sales crossed $50 746
pounds and averaged S35.23 per
hundred, or 80 cents below the pre-
vious week. During the season
9113.63O pounds have changed hand
for a s37.08 average. The 1887 crop
sales totaled $500 1928 pounds ave.
raging S387 rs
Losses of 30 Gets to 81 90 a
hundred pounds occurred in ave
rage prices for nearly half of the
grades The remaining grades were
mostly unchanged. Majority Of the
baskets either went to the FOOL Of
we're taken by buyers at inst one
bid above the loan rate.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Local Commissioner
For Sci'tball Sought

Any person interested in serving
Al Farmville Softball Comnns
s0ner and CONDUCTING a district
slow pitch softball tournament for
mems teams in August is requested
to write immediately to State Soft
ball Commissioner Hank Wolfe. ll3
Seneca Road. Richmond IS, va
Wolfe states that district touIna-
nents are already scheduled this
summer at Lynchburg, Roanoke
Martinsville, Richmond Hampton,
Portsmouth. Norfolk, Winchester,
Charlottesville, Staunton and Cow
lngton.
Solomon searched the nearly
treeless desert of the Promised
Land for wood to build his temple,
although stone and clay lay at his
feet Wood has strong place In
the objections of most humans. Il
is symbolic of shelter. and even in
this machine age. more than 80 per
cent of all dwellings, in the U S,
are built predominately Of wood
If you have to pun off the road
at night. switch on your interior
lights and turn signal lights 1t's I'M
pOrtant that you let approaching
motorists know YOU are parked off
the road and not in traffic lane.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Personal Mention

Miss Judy Touchton. of Dade
City. Fla, and Duke University in
Durham. N. c., is spending the be-
tween semester holidays with her
aunt. Mrs. w. j. ellis. Tommy
Touchton, Of Dade City and Wash
ington and Lee University in Lex
| ington.s also visited his aunt, Mrs.
ellis. during the week end
Miss Patricia Thompson. of Ran
dolph- Macon Woman's College in
Lynchburg, was with her parents
DR.. and Mrs. Graves Thompson. for
the week end
Mis-. t. j. F'ulcher and Mr.. and
Mrs T. j Fulcher. Jr.. and daugh-
ter. Sara, were in Roanoke Sunday
where they visited Ashby Fulcher
who is surgery patient at the
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Calvin Hatcher. Of New York
City. spent several days last week
here with his uncle. j. W. Garnett.
Mr.. Garnett returned to New York
with his nephew and will enter Co.
lumbia Presbyterian Hospital Tues
day
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Collins re-
turned Saturday after a two-week
vacation visit at Miami, Fla
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

family have moved into the real
wing Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Davis
home. They have completely re-
modelled the wing.
Gene Steger is home with his
mother. Mrs. Ruth Steger. He is
making plans to attend the Uni
yersity of Richmond next semester.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Shepherd are
receiving congratulations on the
birth Of daughter, Deborah Lynn
at Southside Community Hospital
Both mother and baby are doing
fine Mrs. Shepherd is at home. but
the baby will remain at the hospi-
tai for few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Crews
were recent week end visitors in
Maryland They visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Nicely and Mr.. and
Mrs Alex Crews.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Throckmor
ton. Of Richmond, visited with Mr..
and Mrs. E j. Throckmorton re-
Gently.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shepherd of
Goldsboro, N c.. visited Mr. :.
Shepherds parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton Agee, during the week
end
Mrs. Ed Saxon and children. Yves.
Dick and Marty left Tuesday to
spend few days with her parents
at Weyers Cave.
Miss Beth Forbes is entertaining
the Women Of the Mayesville Pres
byterian Church Circles and 2 al
her home IN Andersonville on
Thursday February ) at s 80 pm
Miss Jane Station and Carl Allan
were married Monday, Jan 26 in
North Carolina Congratulations to
! both Jane and Carl.
Mrs. Hugh Ragland is with her
small son in Richmond, who under.
went surgery in Stuart circle
Hospital last week.
Mrs G. A. Roop was a patient
IN the Grace Hospital for a few
days She was there for observa.
ton.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Rites Held For Mrs.
Lillian III. Hamaker

Funeral services for Mrs Lillian
Hugh Hamaker who died Monday.
January 26 were held at Woody
Funeral Home in Richmond with
burial in National Memorial Park
in Fairfax county on Wednesday
Mrs. Hamaker was living at
Methodist Hermitage Home in
Richmond and she was formerly Of
Buckingham county. widow of ia
cob Gish Hamaker, one time ag-
ricultural agent in Buckingham.
She is survived by one son, RIM
Hamaker. of Washington. and one
daughter, Mrs. Clifford j Hynning.
of Arlington.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
News Summary
Continued from page Il

highest for the month since Jan.
1929. The AP 60-stock average set
new all-time high of $4,000 on
Jan. 81 Profit-taking grew more
insistent toward the last Of Il E
month and was responsible for last
weeks decline.
Bold. bald move. Dr.. James B.
Hamilton. chairman of the depart
ment of anatomy. State University
of New York. Booklyn told con-
ference Of hair growth and hair
regeneration Saturday that bird,
the male adult waited starting
may help science learn more abeut
badness in men This bird loses
its head feathers in much the same
way men become bald. Female
waited starlings usually do t
become bald. but if they or inn
mature birds receive injections of
male harmoneS. they too lose their
feathers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Interstate Highway
Continued from page ID

increase of COS per cent.
The purpose Of the studies which
were just completed by the High
way Department was to. provide
complete data on both locations
After public hearings. are held. the
difficult task of selecting a route
will be left in the hands of the High
way Department
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Edgar D. Routon, "a,
Buried At Prospect

Funeral services for Edgar Dur
phey Routon, "a. who died Friday
Jan. 80 at his Prospect home, were
held Saturday at the graveside ir
Olive Branch Methodist Church
Cemetery at Prospect.
He was a member Of Olive
Branch Church
Surviving is a sister. Mrs Bes
sic Mickle.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

When you're walking. don't force
drivers to slow UP for you especi-
ally on slippery roads You risk
having approaching cars brake sud
denly, which could cause them tc
skid or 60 out Of control.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

this contest can brIns d HIM Ill
an area state national u Mt4t-
have YOU level
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03

Dos and Donts of Water
Safety are pictured on a Virginia
Game Commission poster avail
able free Of charge.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-03
Jaycees Select
Continued from page II

Continued from page II
purchased Sd acres Tad been laid
off into 20 contour slips.
Eiahtv acres Of the farm was
open land to begin with. Carwile
cleared ten more acres for pas
tiiA~ Ise AaS nDN begun clearing
an additional ten acres which VIII
aire him roind 100 open.
However, there are Just two
thing uppermost il his mind at
My tme being The first Of these
VIII take Us off the, subject of farm
.ng for moment or two.
The CarwIles haze one child a
-ilrae-ycar-oid arl named Linda
G4A All addition ~ THE family Is
-aanEHtaMlE expected III fact, BY
tae finle this II III print the biz
event might have occurred The
,lan Of TIE house has his hopes
or two things one. the adj
dition VIII be a boy and two. that
he Wlll grow UP to be interested
MA farming The odds are that if he
Ks \ boy. AZ will be 50 indoctri-
mated M the art Of Quality farm
.ag 5E thc tinle lie bits His teens,
1e " bound tn follow ii the foot
Steps ol his fathera pathway
paved with accomplishment
The second goal of the young
farmer is 10 build milking par
nr for his choice herd Of q Brown
Swiss dairy cattle Starting out
from scratch with two Brown
S'NisS heifars and selling grade G
mix he has built his dairy business
up to the point where he is now
marketing grade B milk With the
completion OF the milking parlor in
April he will have advanced his
datrying venture UP to grade A
sales.
Dairying Built Up
Dairying has already knocked
dark-flred tobacco out as the num-
Der one cash enterprise. Not entire
~ though because he has increased
The production of his three acre
allotment from 1900 pounds to al
most 1000 per acre. The secret
here- \ SAYS CarWile- lies in soil
fertility Improvement" Ever
three years he has his soil tested
practices thee-year rotation Of
crops. uses high analysis fertilizers
and to top it all plowS in cover
crop every year.
Other crops such as corn, barley
oats, hay and alfalfa are grown for
domestic use. Though most Of these
tleld crops are used to feed t h E
cattle and hogs right on the farm
similar advancement has been
noted IN both Yields and acreage
increases.
Taking nothing and turning it into
something is hobby with h e
young farmer The farm had no
buildings On it to speak Of when
he purchased it. CarWile remodeled
an old store building into gran
ary, salvaged tobacco barn and
two decrepid sheds into a first
class dairy barn, and designed and
constructed a modern hog parlor
doing most of the work HIMSELF
4 The hog parlor is one Of the best
examples Of the well rounded in
genllity Of the young farmer. He
located the facility just below a
Y spring thus eliminating the need
for an expensive water system
Everything needed to produce
hogs is right there. corn crib anc
all
Carwile produces and markets
hogs in less than five months in
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TRADEGY
CONTINUED from Page One)

couldn't find better"
Fayetta Marie was a student in
Norfolk Christian Junior High
School. Ida jeanne would have en-
tered that school from the Chris
tan Grammar School next month,
Both girls were active in the
Sunday school and other organiza-
tions of the Tabernacle Church.
Besides their parents, they are
survived by their maternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Wade
of Belhaven, N. c., and paternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Malosh of Preston, MINI.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Holloman-Brown Funer-
al Home Thursday at 2 pm. by
the Rev. John Dunlap, pastor of
the Tabernacle Church. Burial was
in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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"SURFMAN"
Continued from Page One)

right on to the beach He made
it back to Cape Hatteras station
in 1947 and served his last IL years
there.
So little note was taken of the
exploit of the Tervo Rescue here in
1866 that it is rarely spoken of on
the Island. Tervo was Seabee who
swan off the Lighthouse, using a
monster inner tube for raft. He
was asleep in on the beach one day.
A sudden spring squall came up,
with gale winds from the South
west and the raft was swept to
sea. 1t was an hour before til e
alarm was given. Before he finish
ed hearing it Burrus had called di-
rectly to the Coast Guard Air Base
at Elizabeth City and his message
was radioed to Capt. Jimmie DeJoy
who was just preparing to land.
Instead he headed for Cape Hat
teras.
Twenty minutes later he was
circling above the Station and by
radio asking Burrus for sugges-
tons. Captain" Burrus said, "this
southwest squall took him. Seems
to me the thing to do is go to the
and let the wind take
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$50 OF YOUR DoLLAR-FoR LABOR

Now that Labor Secretary Mitchell has appointed NM
self factfndlng committee to keep the Fresl
veaed fact most especially and particularly nope nc
carry to the White House.
This revelation presented to the Congress by KEEP
Phil Weaver of Nebraska out of the scholarly and meuc
lous ANALYSIS National Industrial Conference Board
that ter exclusion of all taxes labor gets 852 cents
dollar of income generated the national econ
omy"
The Nebraska Congressman oberved that Everybody
is talking nflaon but that the average person pretty
up just what the word means He thinks have
nation failed to understand the relationship OF labor
and productivity that have muffed the simple
selling for more"
So long higher wages in step with higher pro-
ducvy Mr. Weaver pointed out they helped to boost our
living standards But the important fact is he said hat
wage increases have far ahead of productivity in
In manufacturing whole he noted basic
increased 60 percent from 194 to 1856 while productivity
only As percent In the of Steel wages went
percent productivity only 20 percent Obviously the diff
ference had to be made rising pricesand at the great
est pain to those whose incomes had not gone up
"Al of this is reflected, he said Gin the declining pur
chasing power of the dollar The 10Ocent dollar
1910 worth 63 cents in 1947 and by md-1958
worth only 40 cents"
What to do? First thing the Congressman suggests is
let industries make enough buy tools to
productivity And with manufacturing profits de-
the outlook not rosy Unless the people demand free
dom for ree enterprise may be our way back
to an 'oxcart economy.
Zone alternative to system of risk capital" says
Mr. Weaver docs exist Capital investment by
under stern political the experience of many
countries shows the unfortunate results of political
agement economic enterprise"
This would say, is usually called Communism. And
it's what heading forfast-when labor takes SO
cents of the dollar we pay for goods