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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Longwood's Fee
Increase Follows
State Pattern

Longwood Colleges $50 increase
in student fees for the l959-ep SEES
sion Is in line with recommended
tons OF 4 Virginia legislative com
mission that the increasing finan-
cial burden of higher education
must be shifted from the taxpayer
TO the families OF students.
The commission report. filed re-
Gently win Governor Almond for
consideration By the 1860 General
Assembly. said the time has come
to spare state tax payers from pay
ing the constantly increasing share
Of higher education costs they have
borne since World War II
AS major finding of fact. the
commission said that though the III
comes Of most families have IN
creased. the students parents have
paid less and les ana the state
taxpayers more add more Of col
lege operating costs ID the past i
years.
In the year 1868. state funds
paid 24.2 per cent Of the college
operating costs. For 1868. th {
percentage borne by taxes climbed
to 368 per cent. the commission
calculated In dollar appropriations
from tax funds. the 81 1898, 900 pro
vided for higher education in 1886
48 has grown to $50 $40 900 for the
1880 biennlum
Both state and private institu-
tons have been stalking all students
to sizeable scholarships repre-
senting the difference between the
cost Of an education and what the
student paid In private institutions
the difference is paid by alumni
funds and endowment. but al
state-supported institutions the tax
payer has done most Of the financial
bridging
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
For First Groders Only

The Huguenot Academy. a pri-
vate school for 25 white first grade
pupils. Will open in Powhatan in
September under the auspices Of
the PoWhatan Educational Associa-
ton
Announcement Of plans to operate
the private school was made Mon
day evening by officials Of the as
sociation during a meeting Of some
Is parents and other citizens at the
PoWhatan War Memorial Building
The Powhatan Educational Foun-
dalton, headed by E. M Walton.
Jr, is chartered organization
which previously made known its
intention to operate a countrywide
private system for white children
should the public schools be ordered
to integrate white and Negro stu
dents
Certain Advantages
However. William E. Maxev
clerk of the county, made it clear
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
R. P. Peters, Mrs.
Boggs And Mrs. Lane
Cumberland Justices

The only contest for the justice
of the peace posts in Cumberland
county during the election last
Tuesday was in Madison District.
The voters there had a choice Of
three out Of five candidates. Those
elected were Mrs. Margaret Boggs
with 426 votes. R. B Peters. 377,
and Mrs. D. G. Lane, 344. Others in
the race were Mrs Ethel Franck.
279. and N P Sorenson. 232
In the Friday issue Of The Herald
Mrs. Lane was mistakenly listed as
receiving only 234 votes. where she
actually received 344 votes and was
one Of the three candidates elected
The votes for the justices Of the
peace were the last to be counted
at Cumberland c. H precinct Tues
day night. as the election Judged
pored over. the returns until almost
II pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Second Enrolment
At Worsham Called

Patrons of Worsham School who
have not made application for en-
rollment Of their children are re-
questcd to meet at Worsham Bap-
fist Church next Tuesday at s pm.
Mrs. A. D. Hobgood, Worsham
P-TA president, appealed for COM
plete attendance at the new session.
She said about 16O persons were
present for the first enrolment
meeting this week, but that many
applications remain to be obtained.
Patrons may get applications, fill
them out and leave them at W0r-
sham with Mrs. Robert Porterfield
Mrs. HobgOod said this morning.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

The weather. question mark
lately. cooperated with the Prince
Edward Farm Bureau Wednesday
TO provide dry, sunny afternoon
and evening for the annual Family
Day outing at Hidden Lake Farm.
Members of the county agricul-
tural organization, their families
and guests enjoyed 8 to pm,
day of swimming and boating.
speech-making and Brunswick Stew
and trimmings at the summer home
Of Mr.. and Mrs Jack Jones. near
Prospect.
After a 3 to 4 pm. period of
recreation. supervised by Miss Jo-
anne GRAHAM R. w Dupuy. county
president. presided during an hours
business session.
Speakers Heard
Among the speakers were DR..
? J. Clements. county health direc-
FOR. Miss Sunny Martin. Cumber-
lands State Farm Bureau Queen.
and Alden E. Florv. Of Richmond.
general manager Of Virginia Farm
Bureau Mutual Insurance Company.
DR.. Clements suggested a family
health program, while Miss Martin.
a 1859 graduate Of Cumberland High
and headed for Madison College,
told of her experiences at Boston's
national Farm Bureau Federation
convention.
Among the guests presented were
DR.. J. D. Hagood, of Clover, state
senator for the legislative district
which includes Prince Edward
county. and Mrs. Orba H. Alexan-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Every-Other-Day
Rains Here Add
To 2.7s Inches
More Required
To Overcome
Big Deficiency

IN an every otherday procession
Of mild showers since the first 81
July. total Of 2.73 inches Of rain
has been recorded by Weatherman
E. F. Striplin at the Farmville sta
ton.
He recorde d measurab Bile
amount Of rain on 10 DAYS between
the first Of the month and Monday.
the 20th The heaviest fall
amounted to one-half inch. and the
precipitation measured backward
from that amount to the smallest
total recorded by official records
. "a trace
Nearly as much rain must fall
in the balance of the month as fell
in the first 20 days if July is 70
register normal Of four-p i y
inches.
Six-MOnth Shortage
The Farmville area needs nor
NAL month since only April I 81
inches was up to expectancy The
other five months of the half-year
had deficiencies. At June 80. the
years total precipitation at Farm
vile was l4.7 inches A normal
fall in that period would have pro
duced 23.4 inches.
while the surface has been
greatly benefited by Jlly's show
ers particularly from the gently
soaking nature of the precipitation
Striplin finds the subsoil dry
The rains have helped produce a
temperature consistency slightly
below normal. according to the
weatherman. While some of the
days have been humid and muggy,
.July's highest temperature reading
was the 90 recorded July
The July storms area-wlse have
made a quilt pattern of precipita-
ton making comparisons impos
sjble. Striplin says that the south
ern fringes Of Prince Edward, be
tween Green Bay and Burkeville
have had as much as seven inches
this month.
Crop Status
The daily newspapers have re-
ported abundantly on Richmond
u inces for July Differing amounts
of rain are reported from many
areas within the Herald area, some
more, others less than Farmville.
Crop-wise. the rains have been
very beneficial for tobacco. pas
lures are much improves. and corn
that wasn't hurt beyond recovery
from the June dryness has been
helped.
The Fall hay crop. normally the
largest harvested. will be helped
and the rains have been fine for
farms where supplemental pasture
crops are in the young growing
stage. Perhaps the major agricul-
tliral benefit of the rains has been
the improvement in tobacco growth.
When the big money crop is bene-
fitted. it is significant develop
ment
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
james To Direct
Goal OF $lS,975
Adopted For 1859
Community Chest

A goal Of sl8.975 for the 1859
Prince Edward County Community
Chest, largest In the history Of the
c m m unity organization was
adopted by the Chest board of d.
rectors Monday night.
The October campaign Will b the
first in which the American Red
Gross IL a participating agency
j. H. James, Jr., 1859 campaign
chairman. announced following the
board session. that S. A. Martin,
Of Farmvllle. had been selected al
assistant campaign chairman. and
S. RI Cover. also OF Farmvllle as
publicity chairman
Chairman's Appeal
Division goals were not desig
mated, but they will be as soon a.
leaders for the Chests major fund
raising divisions are selected.
Chairman James appealed for the
cooperation and support of all board
members and the general public
in the forthcoming campaign.
If the community does not want
the bether OF u separate appeals
then 1t is imperative that we sup
port the Community Chest We can
not expect these agencies 10 par-
ticlpato IN an organization which
does not meet their needs, James
pointed out
Y Agencies
1T Il hoped that every citizen
Continued On page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24


rcvcrses inns case, there viii prob
ably be no public school in the
country for many years to come. \
The school board asks specifi-
cally for reversal Of the May rul-
ing by the U S. Fourth Circuit
Court Of Appeals overturning Fed
eral District Judge Sterling
Hutcheson+s d cision granting
Prince Edward county until 1865 to
lntegrate its schools.
The court Of appeals eliminated
the discretion of the district court.
the school board petition states
And this court Supreme Court
may take judicial notice Of the
calamitous results the board
Of supervisors Of the county has
refused tn levy any taxes OF ap-
propriate any money for public
schools in the county for the year
l959-60 II has refused even to pay
the salary Of the superintendent Of
schools Without money public
education comes to a standstill
81, AZ a result Of the action Of
the court 81 appeals in this case,
there Will be no public schools in
Prince Edward county this fall :"
All regards the second aspect, the
board petition refers to the 1865
Supreme Court decision declaring
/ that district courts should have
broad discretion in ruling on de-
1 segregation cases.
1T * clear that the district court
that a court Of appeals could have
only by accident ard does not have
in this case. was given unusually
board powers
But what the court Of appeals
has done IL this case il to say
exactly the reverse" the appeal
notes 1t has required that the
district court conform exactly to
ids notions Oh how to accomplish
desegregation and has left to the
district court only the ministerial
function Of entering orders that it
prepares.
Did this court the Supreme
Court mean that district courts
should have broad discretion? If it
did, the court Of appeals vas in
error here, and its action should
be reversed. If it did not. the word
deliberate has been removed from
The phrase all deliberate speed
The Southern states are entitled
10 know whether this court requires
that Negroes be admitted to white
schools immediately upon applica-
ton If that be true, the rules are
changed significantly and materi-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Majorettes Sponsor
Sock Hop Tonight

The Farmville majorettes will
sponsor a sock hop tonight Fri
day, from to u at the Moose
Lodge
Proceeds from the dance will be
used TO purchase an automobile
amplifier for use when the group
OF majoretts are not placed with
hand at out-of-town parades.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Tobacco Cooperative
To Elect Director

Members Of Prince Edward
County group. Virginia Dark-Fired
Tobacco Growers Marketing Assn.
Inc. will elect director Saturday,
July 25, to represent the county on
the board of directors Polls will
open at County Agents office in
Prince Edward Courthouse fir m
100 to 500 pm.
Donald c. Morris is the only an
nounced candidate. having been
nominated at a mass meeting Of
Prince Edward growers on July IL.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Farm Bureau Gathering
Family Day Site Is Lakesh0re

the dav. discussed the Farm Bureau
Insurance program and how il fits
into the picture Of agriculture in
transition where a smaller and
smaller percentage of the popu-
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
School Enrolment Meetings
Bring Heavy Patron Turnout
School Closing Cited
q. S. Supreme Court Gets
County's School Appeal

appeal Of the Fourth Of Appeal
September desee order reached the Monday
aspects
1he the form Of petition asking the Supreme Court
Tn probable end Of public schools with refusal
to levy funds for schools l95e60:
The peenpve Of the appeals order when the
has ruled
deseeregaton
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

Under the new scale the top
salary for full professor would be
increased from SO 900 to 10000 The
scale permits the new maximum to
be reached IN seven steps. based On
merit and length Of service.
The increases must be provided
through increased student fees and
other institutional resources without
resort to additional state approprla-
tons
Longwood's president. DR.. F. G.
Landlord, Jr. said Tuesday the
salary scale approval by the Gov
ernor permits one-half of it to be
applied in Septic m b err the re-
mainder by the following Septem-
Der.
Fees Raised $50
Dr.. Landlord said that to finance
the increase within institutional re-
sources. the college will increase
student fees by $50 for the 1880
session and draw on other available
funds.
The added fees will raise Long
wood ) total for tuition. room. board
and laundry from the present S675
to sos. Or. Landlord said that
another raise in student fees APP
pears likely for the 1960-61 session
to help finance the second step Of
the salary increase
The higher pay scale will permit
increases for a full professor Of as
much as 81 800 annually during the
next TWO years to the maximum Of
SO 600 If conditions Of merit and
service warrant. The change VIII
make Virginia college faculty sala-
iries equal to the national average
The schedules approved by Gov
.ernor Almond allow increases for
professors. associate professors, as
sistant professors and instructors
The increases apply to all state
supported institutions. except Vir-
glnia and VPI, which already have
their own, higher scales
Scale Listed
For the teaching posts below full
Continued on page 50
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

dor, Of RuStburg Mrs Alexander
is chairman Of the Womenis Di
vision Of the Virginia Farm Bureau
Federation.
Insurance Discussed
Mr. Flory. the guest speaker Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24
Professor Top $4,000
LC Faculty Pay Scale TO Go
Higher With Increased Fees

College teachers viii salary increases
authorized Almond sate-suppoed col
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-24

ally: there is only one rule to be
applied regardless Of local condl-
lions. N
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-17
|IMlUSINcs OF L. MINISTER
|pI- a.esra.a weekly :, I'll
/ 4 DreDWNRDskuHL

lights have been placed to adver-
tise a tavern. Above the tavern's
roof is large neon sign proclaim
ing its name. 1t reads: do Drop
Inn" That many do just that Is
evident from the number of cars
parked there. AS we hear the SEN
suous music and the sound of
revelry from within the inn, we
wonder how many of those who
do drop in" will stagger out and
entering their cars will endanger
their own and others lives. Avail
able statistics disclose that in a
single recent year $1,000 men, wo-
men and children lost their lives
in automobile accidents and in
staggering proportion of these ac-
cidents driving under the influence
of alcohol was a proven cause.
And the moral of it all? Don't
Drop In" and "the life you save
may be your own"
AS the lights of the tavern re-
cede, we enter upon a three-lane
highway. Driving directions and
directions for passing recur at in
tervals. One of these relates tt
self rather closely to ou. present
trend of thinking, indicating q
way of safety for all who are temp
ted to soft shoulder" indiscre-
tions or to drink too freely from the
coup that cheers" This sign reads,
Keep to the Right" In the shere
of pulic morality as we'll as in the
realm of religion there are no
words of direction more needed
than these. Happy is he who obeys
them.
Perhaps nothing can be said that
will change many adults ways; IL
is always hard to teach an old dog
new tricks. For this reason the
message of both church and school
must be directed primarily to our
American youth. This thought is
given accent by still another road
side sign. 1t stands on the corner
of a street where a church Is on
one side and a school on the other
and it reads, Watch the Children
Nothing could be more important.
They are our tomorrow and for this
reason they must remain our first
consideration. Wherever possible
every temptation to impurity and
drink must be kept from soiling
their young lives.
Do you believe in signs? ] hope
so and especially in those by the
roadside as you journey along.
And remember, more is at stake
than travel hazard or a saving
of money or time. Remember,
therefore, that it is important that
you keep to the right and, para
phrasing well-known slogan,
"the soul you save may be your
own"
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-17
Reformation Ev. Lutheran Church
Services held eaeh Sunday in fhs Grange
He'll on S. e. Second Street
DR.. Park w. Huntington

Dr. ParK w. Huntington
Stated Supply
Sunday, July 10
8:15 a. m.-Church World News,
WKSB
$3.50 a. m.-The Service of Wor-
ship
9:45 a. m. The Sunday School
1900 a. m. The Service of Wor-
ship
Vacation Church School will be
held this year from the 10th to
the 21st of August. The Parish
Board urges you to register your
children for this program. Call Mrs.
Bryan Dorman GA 2-S922.
Confirmation Class-Adult con-
firmation class is held each Satur-
day Evening at 500 p. m. in the
parsonage, Gil Lakeview Ave.
Church Choir--We are interes-
ted in reinstating the church choir.
Those of you who can serve the
Lord through the ministry of the
music, contact Mr.. Paul Teare,
GA 2-8701 or Mrs. Roy Reichhold,
GA 2-8835.
During the absence of regular
pastor, members of the congrega-
ton are asked to make inquiries to
Mr.. Wilmer Nauman, Ga 2-4670.
Come Worship With Us AS We
Gather Together In The Lords
Name.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-17
SOME SIGNS THAT MAKE SENSE

SOME SIGNS THAT MAKE SENSE
@NOne pities him that's in the
snare,
Who, warned before, would not
beware"
Do you beive in signs! By this
do not mean to infer that you
might be one of many disciples OF
the occult who read strange mean
ings into commonplace happenings
and believed that they portend
evil or foretell good for days that
lie ahead. No, not that, but the
signs upon which would focus at
tention today are those we see
daily along our highways, signs
placed there by the authority of the
state to insure greater safety for
those who travel here. These signs
have a special message for you
and for me. Follow me, please, as
I try to interpret them for you.
AS the gateway to our thinking
let us imagine that upon a. sum-
mer evening you and | are taking
a leisurely jaunt by car with a
neighboring community as our des-
tination. AS we journey along we
note that workmen have been en-
gagged in widening the road lover
which we travel. The fresh earth
of the BERN is not ready as yet for
any extensive use and so the high
way department has placed sign
of warning here that reads, Dan
ger-Soft Shoulders"
Tx1ok n faxxy Vr1nYlaonfc affnr M sin o.
this warning sign we note an auto
mobile, with all lights turned off,
parked upon the very BERN the
sign has indicated as being a zone
of danger. Coming around a curve
in the road, our lights spot this car
so Unexpectedly that it catches the
occupants of it completely by sur
prise. Two lovers they are, and be-
fore they can untangle their arms
we see how closely his head is rest
ing upon his fair partners
shoulder.
Do they believe in signs? Evil
IDENTIFY this couple does not, at
least not in this one just passed
that speaks about the danger that
lies in soft shoulders" That the
danger is real is evidenced by the
fact that authorities in many COM
munities are trying to break up this
romantic practice sensitively aware
that many hazards to innocence
lie in roadside parking. In the
sphere of our highways as we'll as
in the lives of our youth this sign
makes sense: Danger - Soft
Shoulders"
Continuing our journey we note
that the sky ahead of us is becom-
ing increasingly bright with the
glow of red and yellow lights.
Drawing near we note that the
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-17
4-H'ers Awarded For
Best Home Projects

Hundreds of local All Club boys
and girls are among more than a
third of a million club members in
about 1000 counties across the. ma
ton who are tallying their records
in two useful home projects. Scores
will be singled out for honors.
AS many as eight club members
in the county can win handsome
gold-filled medals for doing an ex-
ira good job in either "beautifica-
ton of home grounds" or home
improvement" programs, the Ex-
tension Service reports.
In addition to an estimated TO-
900 medal winners throughout the
48 states, Individual state winners
will be selected and. 16 national
winners will be named. Club mem
bers will be judged not only on
excellence in project work, but also
as all-around Alters demonstra-
ting good citizenship and leader
ship.
To be eligible for the two top
awards members must be. over IA
years of age and have satisfactorily
completed three years of All Club
activities.
While the All program is con-
Quoted by the Cooperative Exten-
sion Service, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, funds for "a
wards are provided by private citi-
Gems, business, industry and educa-
tional foundations through arrange
ments made by the National Com
mittee on Boys and Girls Club
Work.
Awards in home grounds beauti-
fication have been given for the
past % years by Mrs. Charles r.
Walgreen, Chicago, noted horticul-
turist and All benefactOr.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-17
MILFORD, DELAWARE FRIDAY
Bible PresbYferian Church
Services held each Sunday in the New
Century Club on Church Avenue. Milford
The Rev. Frank z. Mood, Poster
Sunday, July 10

Sunday, July 10
"For the Word of God and For
the Testimony of Jesus Christ"
praise We the Lord. Praise the
Lord, o my soul. While / live will
II praise the Lord: | will sing
praises unto my God while I have
any being. Put not your trust in
princes, nor in the son of man, in
whom there is no help.
1000 a. m. Sunday Bible School.
Enjoy Bible study in our exciting
do-it-yourself, Through the Bible"
lessons. Be a visitor, be member,
as we boost our attendance this
summer. There is a graded class
for each member of the family.
HOO a. m. Morning Worship.
Summertime is visiting time, and
we are looking for you to visit us.
The pastor will bring a message,
"The Greastest Danger Confront
ing the Church Today"
1880 p. m. Evening Worship.
Spend this closing hour of the
Lords Day in His house to praise
Him and Worship. The message
this evening will be, "Fulness of
Christian joy
Tuesday-7:3O p. m. Visitation.
Everyone is invited to visit in the
community for the Lord. This is a
service you can do. Meet at the pas
tors home for prayer and assign
ments.
Wednesday-8:00 p. m. Prayer
Meeting. Meets in the pastors
home, 500 S. E. Front Street. Every
one is invited. Bible study follow
ing the prayer time.
Thursday-8:00 p. m. Choir and
Young Peoples Meeting. Meets at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Coleman, 302 Richard Street. All
young people are invited to serve
the Lord in our choir. Discuss
young peoples problems with other
young people get your answers
from the Lord and from His Word.
This is your invitation to visit
the Bible Presbyterian Church and
worship the Lord. The Bible Pres
byterian Church is affiliated with
the International Council of Chris
tian Churches, the American Coun-
Gil of Christian Churches, the
Christian Beacon, a weekly re-
ligious newspaper, and the Goth
Reformation Hour Broadcast, heard
daily, Monday through Saturday,
from 7:45 to 8:15 each morning,
over radio station WVCH in Ches-
ter, Pa.