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The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Latest Alaska We'll Runs 428 Barrels In Flow Test

ANCHORAGE, R - The con- pletion of another oil well in the Swanson River Unit was an- nounced yesterday by Standard Oil of California, Western Opera tions Inc
 The SRU 12-27 flowed at the rate of 428 barrels of oil and 42 barrels of water on an 11-hour flow test during the night.
 Crews are now laying flow line to production tanks for this fifth well in the field, officials said.
 Plans call for the rig to be skidded over about 25 feet so ii can drill a directional hole which will tap the Hemlock producing zone about one-half mile south of the surface location. This well will be designated the SRU 14-27.
 It probably will not be spudded before December 10, however, as some mechanical repairs have been scheduled for the drilling rig.
 Standards other drilling opera ton in the field, the SRU 32-22 well was drilling at 8,302 feet early yesterday.
 Standard is acting as operator for the field in which Richfield Oil Corp, Ohio Oil Co.,, and Union Oil Co. of California share an interest.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Wife and Family Wiped Out by MisuSed Heater

NEWARK, Ohio, tR - An un- vented gas space heater they were using to warm house they had just moved into ended the lives of two young women and three children.
 William Thurman came home to find his wife, Jean Marie, 27, their children, Nancy Lynn, 4, Torrance Allen, 2, and Timothy Randall, three months, and girl who lived with the family, Mem phis Mae Mabe, 19, all dead.
 Dr. Carl Frye, deputy coroner, ruled the cause was carbon mon oxide poisoning from the heater.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Oldest Lennon Sister Will Marry Hometown Boy

HOLLYWOOD, R - Diane Lennon, oldest of the four sing ing Lennon Sisters on Lawrence Welk's TV show, plans to marry boy from down the block with whom she has grown up.
 She and Dick Gass, 22, will be married some time next summer, she said Tuesday - her 10th birthday. He is an Army para trooper stationed at Ft. Bragg, N C., and scheduled to be dis charged from the service next June l. His family and the Len mons have lived half block apart in suburban Venice for 13 years.
 Dianne said she won't continue her career after marriage. She said her sisters Peggy, 18; Kathy, 16 and Janet, 13, probably will continue as a trio"
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Worlds Largest Logging Machine Is Transported To Sitka Mill

SEATTLE, R - A 5000 pound piece of equipment, de scribed by it's builder as the worlds largest logging machine, has been sent to Sitka for use by Alaska Pulp & Paper Co.
 Washington Iron Works of Se- attle, which built the equipment for Alaska Pulp, said it is de- signed to operate from a float and log off hillsides. It has line ca pacity to reach out 3,20G feet.
 The mammoth machine, the builder said, is combination slack line and interlocking skid der. It has 10 big drums for rig ging and changing lines as the machine moves along the shore and hauls logs from the hillsides.
 The machine is being taken to Sitka aboard the barge Griffin, lowed by Washington Tug & Barge Co.'S tug Captain.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Four Killed in Norway
 Crash of US. Military CAT

OSLO, Norway, R - A U. s. twin-engine military plane crashed and burned in woods north of Oslo today, killing all four persons aboard.
 The C-47 plunged into the trees only 100 yards from where three lumberjacks were at work.
 The lunberjacks were unable to get near the burning plane.
 The plane left this morning from Fornebu Airport, Oslo, for northern Norwegian airport. It crashed only few minutes later as it was making a turn in poor visibility.
 The plane was attached to the U. s. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Oslo.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
State, Federal Officials
 Arrive for Airport Check

Public Works Commissioner Richard A. Downing and large party of state and federal officials arrived Nome today. MT. Downing is on a trip to inspect 13 in- termediate airports to be turned over to the State of Alaska.
 Provision for the airport trans fers, IT in all, was made in the Alaska Omnibus bill enacted by the last Congress.
 The party will check such mat ters as communications, access roads and general airport equip ment.
 In addition to MT. Downing, state officials include T. D. Sher- ard of the Highway Dept, Eugene Roguska, director of aviation, c. l.. Buck, director of communica- tions and Milton Donner, avia- tion consultant;
 The party of Federal Aviation Agency officials are: Al Hulen, regional administrator, George Weitz, Kenneth Roney, Norman Lowenstein, E. G. Fisher, Vernon Euberg, David w. Carr and Willis Bavery.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
New Metals Find, Made on Hill
 Near Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, R ,- Molyb- denum, a metal used in toughen- ing steels and one which is on the federal governments strategic metals list, has been found in the Hays Glacier about 80 miles northwest of Anchorage.
 The deposit, located on large hill, was discovered by prospector Dick Clement. A government as say has indicated the ore is rich in the valuable metal
 In addition to molYbdenum, the assay report also indicated sub stantial quantities of gold, lead, iron, arsenic and sulphur, accord ing to Clement.
 Clement, who has been in Alaska II years and who has done much summer prospecting, made the find September 21 after having landed in the general area August 26.
 The mountain attracted the prospector because of it's highly colored exterior However, he was not certain of it's worth, he said, until he received the results of the government assay recently.
 If the area proves commercially feasible for mining, it will be only the second area in commercial production in the United States, Clement said.
 The other is at Climax, Colo, where the ore is found at less than one per cent of volume. The area containing the ore encom- passes about three square miles. It has been named the Clement Lode and comprises 56 claims to- taling 120 acres.
 At the present time six mining engineers and surveyors are com pleting the surveying of the area in six feet of snow. The work is expected to be completed during the next few days.
 The 34-year-old prospector came here from Marshalltown, Iowa. During the winters he has worked as heating unit repair man. During the summers, he had gone out into the bush to prospect.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
SOVIET EXCHANGE STUDENT HAS LOW OPINION OF U. s. THEORY COURSES

MOSCOW, R - A Soviet ex- change student who studied cleo trical engineering at the Univer- sity of California today said So- viet students are head and shoul- ders" above American students whose training is primarily of a theoretical nature"
 Writing in the journal 'Mos- COW Youth" o. Bondin said eThere is not a single day of prac- tical work in industry during the four-year study course"
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Alaska FiShermen's Union Seeks Higher Prices

ASTORIA, Ore, R - The Alaska F'ishermen's Union wants higher prices for the bottom fish it's members catch.
 Business agent Swan Ohman said Tuesday the union will press for price increases of a cent a pound for perch, founder and rock cod.
 Increases ranging up to two cents a pound will be asked for some other species of bottom fish, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
By STERLING F. GREEN

WASHINGTON, tR - President Eisenhower implied strongly to- day that the government will take decisive action to settle the steel strike if management and labor fail to agree before the Taft Hartley injunction expires.
 He added that unless the par ties can get together in a settle ment which is in the public in terest, somebody is going to lose something.
 The President said further that it would be bad day for the United States if the government was obliged to step in and abridge the right of free collective bar gaining.
 The President indicated he in- tends to insist again, in a sched- uled nationwide telecast tomor- row night, that the two sides get together.
 Eisenhower said his interest in the matter is not an interest in either employer or employe ex- cept that all involved are part of America.
 And it is vital to the American people, he said, that some settle ment be reached before the in junction now in effect expires on January 26.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
FOURTH NUCLEAR SUB LAUNCHED AT NH. BASE

BOSTON, R = The fourth Skate class nuclear-powered sub marine - the USS Seadragon - is to be commissioned Saturday at the Portsmouth, N. H., naval shipyard. The 269-foot twin-screw attack submarine is equipped to carry missiles. Her prospective commanding officer is It. Cmdr. George P. Steele III of Wash ington, D. C.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
Threatens Balanced Budget

In speaking of the effects of the steel strike, Eisenhower said it has placed budget balancing in a very precarious position in the current fiscal year by reducing tax revenues.
 But he said his administration still is trying to balance the bud get for fiscal 1860 - the govern
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
FoGGED IN

LONDON, R - Fog was so thick in Britain during the night that two swans got lost and made forced landing in a garden in suburban Stamford Hill Police kept them in custody overnight and released them on the River Lea today.
The Nome nugget., 1959-12-02
MASS. MAY PUT CURFEW ON YOUNGER DRIVERS

BOSTON, R m Drivers under 18 years of age would be barred from Massachusetts highways be- tween pm. and 7 am, under a bill before the Legislature.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25

y. B. Wall. Jr.. electoral board
secretary. listed the new locations
today as follows:
New Locations
Rice Precinct, Lockett District,
from Rice School to the Percy
Trear Store in the village Of Rice:
Green Bay Precinct. Leigh Dis
trict. from Green Bay School to the
old Jones Store Building. owned by
=. A. Love and located on the west
side Of Route 80 opposite the pres
ent Love Store.
Darlington H e G h Precinct.
Buffalo District. from Darlington
Heights School to the Tom Metcalf
Store in the village.
Polling places at Prospect. Wor-
sham and Farmville will be I'M
changed. F'armville will again have
separate precincts, n for town
residents, the other for Farmville
District residents, at Memorial Ar
mOry.
Judge To Act
The county board Of supervisors
this week adopted a resolution APP
proving the electoral board action
and requesting Circuit Court Judge
Joel w. Flood to enter an order
making the changed locations Of
fetal. judge Flood Is expected to
enter the order on his visit here
Monday.
The Law requires public notice Of
charges IN polling places 30 days in
advance Of any election.
Farmville and Prospect precincts
r not located in school buildings,
while Worsham Precinct. Hampden
District. will continue to use the
Agricultural Building at Worsham
High School. These precincts all
will be unchanged
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Cancer Society Faces
Vote Tonight On It's
Continued Existence

The Prince Edward unit Of the
American Cancer Society will hold
its annual meeting tonight Friday
at s pm. at the Weyanoke Hotel.
The meeting of present and
former members of the board and
other interested persons may be the
last for the unit. The principal sub
ject up for discussion is: Will the
Prince Edward unit remain an
active one in the Virginia Division
Of the American Cancer Society?
Bernard W. Woodahl. executive
director Of the Virginia Division OF
the society, will be the CUES
speaker. A native Of Roanoke, he
was assistant director Of the Vir-
ginia tuberculosis Association with
which he was associated until Feb
ruary, 1854. when he accepted the
Cancer Society executive post. He
is expected to give the Divisions
viewpoint on keeping an active
unit in the county in his address
tonight.
John Wilson. president Of the
unit, announced earlier the meeting
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Academy Starts New Bus Route;
Calendar Schedule Announced
No Big Problems
Seen As Second
Week Is Completed

Private schools in Prince Edward
County completed their second week
Of operation this week. Everything
is proceeding smoothly Roy R.
Pearson, school administrator e
ports. There has been a minimum
of confusion and problems once the
schools started operation, Pearson
revealed.
A new school bus and new bus
route has been added for Prince
Edward Academy. Other schools in
the county purchased sufficient
busses during the summer for their
transportation needs. Only one bus
was purchased earlier in connection
with the Farmvllle schools.
Bus Route
The new bus was purchased BY
Patrons. Inc. and will start its
route Monday morning, September
%. The bus will start at the river
end of Persimmon Tree Fork Road.
and will go up to Route 400 Rice
Road. 1t will go down 400 to Tay-
lor : Forbes Equipment Company
and will then loop back to Persim-
mon Tree Fork Road, or WILDWOOD
Road as it is frequently called. It
will 60 down Milnwood Road to
Routh As (Hampden-Sydney Road
and then in town to the schools.
In regard to equipment for the
private schools, Pearson said
various articles are coming in as
donations that help out very much.
For example a nan from Florida
is sending in a years supply Of
chalk for the schools. The laboratory
is being equipped in the Bloom
field building. and chemical expert
ments will be started in the near
future. Glasses in chemistry. ETC..
are working on textbook material
until the laboratory is completed.
The schedule for the year was
announced officially this week. The
schedule includes Ia schools days
in September. % IN October and
10 in November. Thanksgiving hOll-
days will be observed November
1927.
Christmas holidays will start at
the end Of school December Is, and
will end Monday, January 4. "This
is a long holiday Pearson
planned. but we feel it will aid
the students in obtaining part time
employment during the Christmas
rush. and they can help with in
ventories after Christmas
There will be 20 school days in
January, 81 in February, % in.
March. and 10 in April. Easter holi-
days are set Friday, April Is and
Monday, April Is. May will provide
% school days, and June the final
six for a total of 1870 school days.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
N~eighboring, Counties
Help School Drive
Climb Near Goal

The fund drive for the Prince
E d W a School Foundation is
slightly over $3.50, 600. E. Louis
Dahl. campaign manager. said this
morning, A campaign in neighbor-
ing counties has provided the re-
cent squirt, Dahl said. All of the
nelghboring counties have not com
pleted their drives, Dahl said, but
several have. For instance Motto
way County conducted a whirl-Wind
campaign and raised So, 800 to as
ure white children in Prince Ed
ward an education this year.
Early estimates of the private
school operating budget we're
S295, 900 to $500, 900 for the first
year. I'VE are confident this figure
will be reached" Dahl said, land
We hope to 60 over the top. Every
new donation is deeply ap-
~preciated,' he said.
More than one-third of the
pledges are now in the form OF
cash. Well over 500, 900 in cash has
been received, and the remainder
IS the form of firm pledges that
are being paid on a monthly, or
semi-annual basis.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
EMPLOYMENT COunselor's Service Here
Stresses Help For Youth, Handicapped

and interests. II there are no open
ings available locally in the vo-
cation chosen, the counselor advises
the applicant where he may be
able to secure work. If more train
ing is necessary to enter the vo-
cation. the counselor gives infor-
nation on training courses.
Martin also pointed out that the
services Of the counselor are also
available to handicapped people Of
this area. Persons in need of re-
habilitation are referred to the Vo-
cational Rehabilitation Service.
Many of the people referred to this
agency receive special vocational
training and are then referred back
to the Employment Service for
placement.
The Farmvillc Committee on
Employment Of the Physically
Handicapped works hand in hand
with the Employment Service in
trying to place handicapped people
on jobs which make use Of their
ability. Emphasis is always placed
on their ability not their dis
ability.
The manager invites young
people, handicapped people a n d
others with vocational problems to
visit the office any day, Monday
through Friday, 8:l5 am. to 500
pm, for interviews with the Coun-
selnr.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25

Expansion of facilities and SER
vices in three departments at
Southside Community Hospital was
announced today. The departments
are x-ray. laboratory and anes-
thesia.
The most recent addition came in
the x-ray department where a
second diagnostic x-ray unit was
Installed. j. H. James, hospital adj
ministrator, stated that such an in
stallation new would have cost APP
prximately Sl2, 900. but a good re
conditioned machine was obtained
for less than 81 1000. The install
lation was done at a minimum OF
cost by utilizing existing space and
the addition Of one small lead
lined partition for the protection of
employees.
Second Machine Needed
Increased need for use of facill-
ties in the department required the
purchase Of a second machine. It
will also help the department to
meet the need for rigid scheduling
Of certain follow-up films such as
those on gastrointestinal studies.
according to the administrator.
Or. c. L. Baird. radiologist. stated
that quicker service to emergency
patients without delaying regularly
scheduled patients will now be
possible.
Enlargement of the laboratory by
removing a partition. utilizing
former storage space, and relocat-
ing the work area has been accom-
plished. To meet the need for a
larger laboratory, the enlargement
was made. and only one additional
technologist hired to double the
volume of work that can be handled
In the facility. The e technolo-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
In XRay, Laboratory, Anesthesa
HOsDituI Treatment Potential Increased

years ago would have been sent
elsewhere for treatment. Physicians
in the area. in Richmond and other
larger m G deal centers. have
heaped praise on the laboratory for
the excellent work it is now cap
able of handling.
Anesthesia is the third service to
be expanded within the past few
months. The coming of Dr.. Lewis
E. Wells from the Medical College
of Virginia in Richmond has made
it possible to expand the scope OF
surgical procedures performed at
the hospital
Anesthesia improvements
In the maternity department, the
pu r c h a of special anesthesia
equipment for use in obstetrical
cases has made available all types
Of anestheSia for the patients. The
improvements were made to add
TO the safety and comfort Of
patients undergoing surgery n Tor
obstetrical deliveries.
Administrator James. in discuss
ing the recent developments at the
hospital, said. Even though the
building program Of Southside Com
munity Hospital is completed. it
does not mean the hospital is not
growing. In order to match the
new developments in medicine
made daily. and to continue to
give the good health care this
community deserves and wants,
this hospital must be constantly re-
vising procedures and revamping
facilities.
This hospital shall continuously
strive to give the best medical care
at the most economical pr j e
possible" concluded James.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Reody October q
Reody October q
Track, Fence And
Lights Worked On
By Carting Club

The Farmville Cartine Club hopes
to dedicate its new go-cart track
the first Sunday in October. Bob
Shanaberger. vice president Of the
club, said the field was being
graded this week. and the hard ur-
face would be applied next week. if
weather permits.
The fence and lights will be in
stalled over the week end and dur
ing next week. and the official
opening viii be held October 4, if
everything goes properly.
The track will be a regulation
size one-eighth Of a mile oval. II
runs approximately % feet wide
with standard curbes banked three
feet.
The track is being built in coop
GRAFTON with the American Legion
Post % Of Farmville. at the post
home just east OF town.
The Carting Club was organized
in Farmville last spring after inter
est in the small racers mush-
roomed- At first the Arp parking
lot was used on Sunday afternoons
for the pleasure driving and infor-
NAL races by interested car owners.
An improyised race track was
soon built at the Five County Fair
grounds. and minimum lighting ia
cilities provided. as official races
began.
In August the club. with backing
BY the American Legion Post, de-
cided to build a permanent. hard
surfaced track next to the Legion
Post Home.
In a period of about six months
the Farmville Carting Club has
been organized. Incorporated. and a
permanent track established.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25

Services OF a trained employment
counselor are available through the
Farmville regional office Of the
Virginia State Employment Service,
Charles H. Martin. manager. said
today.
Martin said employment counsel
ing is one of the services of his
agency with which local people may
be familiar, 1t offers many advan-
tageous opportunities. however, he
added.
1t Is the duty Of this counselor
to work with people who have
problems Of vocational choice or
vocational adjustment. He works
particularly with high school gradu-
ates and other young people who
are Just entering the labor market.
helping them to make vocational
choices in line with their aptitudes
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
] Field To Be Ready
For Friday Game

The Prince Edward Academy
Victoria High football game will
be PLAYED on the new athletic
field at the LOngwood Hills rec
reatiOn development tonight
friday.
A crew Of 30 power company
workers from RIack ST
Crewe. Chase City and Farm
vile. began wiring operations.
last phase of the huge crash
program. Thursday.
Poles were erected last week
end. and Academy Coach r. c.
Gilmer has had student yolun-
teers working this week on the
erection Of b!eacherS.
Unless something unexpected
develops, she'll be ready for
use" That was the word today
from X. E. McGahey, one of
the Committee of Ten, a COM
munity group which undertook
the lighting phase Of the pro-
gram.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Civil War Landmark DESTROYED
3 Cumberland Homes 7oPpIed By Flames

threatened. The C%artersville De
partment also helped fight the
Brooks home fire.
Last Of the Boiling family to re
side in the historic home was Miss
Ollie Boiling, who took great pride
in keeping UP the family cemetery
where her father was buried, ac-
cording to a report provided The
Herald by j. Marvin Brown.
There is much history attached
to this home Of bygone days in the
re-making Of the South after the
War" Mr.. Brown writes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25

2 am. and the Willie Brooks home,
three miles from Cumberland. about
8 am.
Origins of the. fires r unknown,
although members Of the Cumber-
land Fire Department believe the
latter two started from faulty cleo
trical fixtures.
Firemen answered the Wednes-
day calls. but could not save any Of
the properties. They did succeed in
saving ou%tbuildings. which we're
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Huguenot Society
Meets Here Saturday

Susanna Rochet Chapter, Hugue-
not Society of the Founders Of
Manakln, will have a luncheon
meeting here Saturday at 1890
pm, at Hotel Weyanoke. Miss Ruth
Pannill. Of Martinsville. chapter,
will preside.
The semi-annual chapter gather
ing, to be devoted to business and
matters Of historical interest. is
preliminary to the annual October
state meeting of the Society.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-25
Southern Link PLUG

Rep. Richard H. Poff. Of the Sixth
Virginia District. believes there can
be mo Justification" for federal au-
thorities "vetoing" the State High
way Commissions choice Of the
southern route for Interstate Ri. 81.