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Gore to Promote
Marlboro Races

Al Gore, founder and racing
director Of Old Dominion Speed
way in Manassas. announced
today that he also will pro-
mote stock car races at MARI
boro Motor Raceway this sea-
son.
Gore plans to open his 1853
season with a flve-event pro-
gram for sportsman stocks a
week from Sunday at Mari.
boro. He will begin Saturday
night shows at Old Dominion
on May 9 when he brings in
Dutch Schaefer's American
Racing Drivers Club midget
cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10

ishers, the Eastern Hockey
League decided yesterday to
allow New Ravens protested
victory over Johnstown last
month stand in the records.
Johnstown had protested the
New Ravens I'll victory on the
grounds that New Haven used
an ineligible player, Don Nc
Murty. The league gave New
Haven a chance to replsy the
game but New Haven said 1t
had no ice available this week.
Final scoring records of the
Presidents:
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AT THE RACES
With JOE KELLY

Anyone who has ever driven
TO Bowie through the heavy
pine woods Is invariably struck
by the remoteness of the track
despite It's proximity TO two
large cities.
why was q race track ever
quilt here2" Is a question often
heard.
There was an excellent and
most practical reason.
When Gadson Bryan and
James F. O'Hara selected the
Bowie location, they picked a
spot exactly halfway between
Washington and Baltimore. but
more important, situated on one
of the country's fastest inter-
urban train lines, the now de-
funct Washington. Baltimore &
Annapolis.
That was 1914. That electri-
fed railroad made the Bowie
track. II was not unusual for
the WBA--as 1t was referred
TOTO shuttle 10000 in and
out Of Bowie In those days
One picture, taken in 1921
shows more than 40 cars on the
sidings behind the old grand
stand.
Now Don Lillis and his asso-
ciates. who own the track, are
thinking Of dropping all train
service TO Bowie in favor Of
buses.
The track, which at one time
owed its very existence to trair
service. now finds that its GUS
toners prefer private autos Of
bus travel. For the past two
years it has cost the tracl
money for rail service because
Of a guarantee demanded by the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
\
Marty Meyer, Bowie's track
superintendent, is the only linl
in Bowie's ofiicial family with
the VIDA days.
at was 10 miles from Bowie
10 Fifteenth and Pennsylvania
avenue, and 81 miles to the
center of Baltimore on thu
VIDA. and the service was fasI
and good" Marty explains.
THE main line was only al
eighth of a mile from TIT
grandStand
Everybody rode the VIDA
The first train arrived at 1,
am. and they continued ever!
few minutes until post time a
2:l5 with some of the car
making two round trips.
The trains hauled every
thing into the track, including
the money. Every night trunl
loaded with money was place.
on q Baltimore train. An armet
guard went along and ther
never was a robbery"
q And there were no parkinI
problems then.
Why in 1918. I remembe
there were only two cars parke'
during the races. One of then
was an old Ford that Traine
Paul Watts ran, and the othe
an Overland which belonget
to Bob Smith. who operated
livery stable in Bowie" Mart.
Joked.
1t was not until 1923 tina
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FORT MYERS, Fla. Mar. 10
ZAP 1t didn't take long for
Dick Stuart Of the Pittsburgh
Pirates to get the baseball fans
'oohing and booing" at the
same time.
The colorful first baseman
had three hits, including two
doubles. in Pittsburgh's Us loss
to the White Sox at Tampa
yesterday. But Stuart also COM
mitted four errors, allowing four
runs to score.
Highlander George Witt,
who was scheduled TO pitch
three innings yesterday, came
down with the flu.
TUCSON. Ariz. (APl.-With
a little more work Herb Score
Of the Cleveland Indians is
confident he can regain his con-
troll and blazing speed.
My arm feels fine and as
soon as I get the proper rhythm
! think I'll be all right" the
lefthander said after a squad
game yesterday.
Score pitched three innings
and gave up four hits, includ-
ing a homer bv Larry Dolby
Mike Garcia hurled three in
nings, yielding two runs. Score
cracked a Garcia pitch for a
double.
Minnie Minoso collected a
homer and two singles in his
first active day in camp.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)
Casey Stengel may have ideas
of playing Yogi Berra in the
outf1eld much of the time this
season, but injuries have forced
the Yankees manager to put
the veteran behind the plate.
Stengel was caught short OF
Icatchers when Elston Howard
pulled a muscle in his leg and
John Blanchard suffered a
bruised right arm in a collision
at the plate in Sundays game
with the Cardinals.
Berra and Darrell Johnson
were behind the plate yester-
day when the Braves clipped
New York, 9-6.
BRADENTON, Fla. CAP).-
Manager Fred Haney of the
Braves says Lee Maye can sing
all the rock n roll tunes he
wants because the rookie has
what 1t takes to break up a ball
game.
"Maye has an excellent
chance Of sticking-at pinch
hitter. anyway Haney said
Yesterday after the Braves &c
victory over the Yankees.
Maye. who has earned about
$1,000 singing rock and roll for
recording companies, drove in
five runs. two with single
and the others on three-run
homer that scared over 400
feet to clear the rightfleld fence
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla
(AP). - Jack Urban has in
jected a considerable amount
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Bowie had TO make some room
for parking autos.
According to Meyer, II took
about two and a half hours to
drive from Bowie to Washing
ton In the early 20s and the
roads were tortuous.
II remember driving a solid
tire wheel truck to Washington
In 1920. It was a dirt road
from Bowie to Laurel, and
there you hit what is now
Route /. It was a rough gravel
road at Beltsville," Marty re-
lates
And, I also remember get
ting stuck in the mud with o
team Of horses and an empty
wagon on the Lanham Hill.
Why those horses were ZIP to
their bellies in red clay"
Small wonder that the VIDA
did a thriving business between
Washington and Baltimore.
A short distance to the north
Of Bowie was Meyer Station, a
local stop named for Martyrs
father, who owned a farm
there. Marty now runs the
Ifarni.
I'VE had far better service
those days than now. In the
mornings and early evenings
we had trains through here
every half hour. During the
daylight hours they ran every
two hours"
The VIDA era ended in 1886,
% years after the track opened.
The company went bankrupt.
The Baltimore and Ohio took
over service TO the Bowie track
for two years. and in 1889 the
Pennsylvania Railroad in
herited the business. 1t was
quite profitable for a number
of years until the advent of
superhighways, tunnels and
turnpikes.
The VIDA still may make a
contribution to transportation
in and out Of Bowie. The State
lof Maryland owns the old rail-
road right-of-way. and is con-
sidering building a new road
which would help Bowie traf-
&c conditions if completed.
! Figures kept by Bowie show
that II per cent of those at
tending the current meeting
are using automobiles to travel
to the track. Another Is pei
cent are using buses, and the
OTHERS trains.
It was never imagined in the
early days at Bowie that the
track could exist without the
railroad. This may be the last
year that the trains will rur
through the pine woods ovel
the winding single track into
Bowie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-10
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
star Racing Editor

The first seven highweighted
horses will not start in Sat-
urdsy's $4,000 added Bowie
Handicap at mile and-a-six-
tenth. because Of injuries or
other engagements. However,
field of nine or 10 is expected
for what is billed as preview
for the 100000 Campbell on
March %, Among those not
starting are Bardstown and
Glen, who share top weight OF
1876 pounds, and Sharpsburg,
100.
Treated kindly by Racing
Secretary John P. Turner, jr.,
was Edward Potter, jr's Plion,
who received ia for Satur-
days race. Plion last week
ran the fastest 7 furlongs OF
the meeting when he spun the
distance in l:24 as he was be-
ing eased at the end in an over =
night sprint It was his flrst
race of the year.
Plion probably will be favored
in the Bowie over j. Fred
Thompson:s Sabotage, who
must carry IFS. the likely start
ing lightweight. Sabotage
earned the honor by capturing
the Southern Maryland Han
dicap over Honey's Tiger and
Tinkalero.
Rated Evenly
Rated evenly with Plion in
the weights at ia, are William
H. Bishops Pete's Folly, Fox
catcher Farms Rose Trellis,
j. D. Wimpfheimer's JocEo' s
Walk, and Mrs. j, H. Thovron' S
Ben Lomond.
Tinkalero, who has won three
of Bowie's stakes this season
was not nominated to the
Bowie, but Roy Hunts Hoosier
Honey, third In the Barbara
Frietchie Handicap Saturday
will take on male rivals in the
old stakes run at Pimlico from
1909 to 1882. She was assigned
1O8 pounds. which on the scale
is only two less than Sabotage.
Trainer Tony Puglisi, who
has taken over the Fairlawn
Farm horses formerly trained
by w. A. (Jimmy) Croll. is
working against time II Laurel
trying to ready Sharpsburg fol
the Campbell Handicap
on Sunday SharpSbure was
galloped an easy mill in his
FIRST serious exercise SINCE he
bruised a foot at Hialeah The
injury forced him out Of the
Widener after winning the Nc
Lehman.
Puglisi is enthusiastic, re-
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Boston Red Sox after several
disappointing years.
Baumann. signed by the Red
Sox out of high school in 1852,
must make the club this year
or be turned loose. He has
been farmed out the limit of
three times-all since his dis
charge from the Army four
years ago.
The stocky 25-year-old left
handler allowed one run and
two hits in two innings in a
squad game last week. He gets
his second chance today
against the Giants at Phoenix
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Conference Title
Taken by Boiling

Boiling Air Force won the
Middle Atlantic Interservice
Conference basketball cham
pionship by defeating the Ma
rine Barracks, $3.50, last night
at Boiling.
Boiling finished the confer
ence season with a 100 record.
Marine Barracks finished Sec
ond with a go record, with
both losses to Boiling. AL ohm
son topped the winners last
night with Is points.
naiIine n.
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Final Feature
AT Santa Anita
Gets Big Field

ARCADIA, Canf., Mar. 10
(AP).-Santa Anita concludes
another successful season to-
morrow with It's traditional
windup race. the 100000
added San Juan Capistrano
Handicap.
The San Juan is raced at a
mile and flve-eighths over the
Canine real grass course.
Thirteen or more horses are
expected to run. Included are
Tudor Era, Anisado. Hakuch-
kara, Anxious Moment, Royal
Living, Andrew Alan, Tall Chief
II. Infantry, Kings Canasta,
Mac Bern, Solid Fleet, Spinney
and Aorangi.
Neck Separates Three
One of the top thrills Of the
entire meeting came yesterday
in the 0.o00-added San Ber-
nardino Handicap as Terrane
edged How Now and Bug Brush
with all three horses only a
neck apart.
C. v. Whitney's Bug Brush
who set a world record Of l.462s
in defeating Terrang and
others at a mile and one-eighth
February IA. was the odds-on
betting favorite.
Victory would have matched
the five straight wins chalked
up by her 3-year-old stable
mate, Silver Spoon.
The fllly and How Now
hooked up in a blistering head
and-head duel most Of the dis
lance of a mile and one-six-
teenth. but Terrang came up
on the rail with a rush to grab
the S29.550 top money.
Fillies Win Nine
The Whitney fillies have done
quite we'll here, however. They
won nine races, including eight
stakes, and earned $242,675
net for their owner.
Terrang. who has now won
10 stakes and $554.48 Of Santa
Anita money since 1856. takes
a vacation until the Hollywood
Park meeting opens in May.
Willie Shoemaker, who rode
Bug Brush. observed: She ran
a real good, game race. But ]
think the weight (l23) told or
her"
Terrang carried 1875 pounds
but by the scale. Bug Brush fol
her sex was high weight in the
field.
How Now carried III. He
won three big ones at Holly.
wood last summer. but minol
injuries have hampered him al
this meeting.
| High weight and probable
favorite tomorrow will be Mrs
Herbert Herff's Tudor Minstrel
a 6-year-old English horse con.
sidered by experts to be thu
best grass runner now in train
ing In the Nation. He'll carry
l22 pounds. including Jockey
Bobby Ussery.
Tudor Era was flown here
fresh from a recent victory ir
the $4,000 added Hialeah Turi
Handicap.
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FIGHT RESULTS

NEW YoRK-Alonzo johnson. iss,
Pittsburgh, outpointed Jimmy Slade
i7s sKov hfS SSEf' r. 70 i-Ro.,r Harvey.
i42h. Hamilton, Bermuda outpointed
Walter Bysrs, 14b, Boston. 10.
LAKE WORTH, Fla. Tony Padron,
12s, Caracas, Venezuela, outpointed
r." Egtepa, 100, Miami 10
Aust.aiia1wiIIs ysn .sa,,
Cross, $50, Wales, Io
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NEW YORK. Mar. 10 (AP).-
On a vote OF the top four fin-
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1t was not until 1928 thai
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
Attempted Night Breok-Ir
Deputy OUertOn Arrests Armed Thief
On Train Tracks After Pistol Fiuht

An armed thief was captured
Monday night h Deputy Sheriff J..
w. Overton. Jr., shortly after the
thief was surprised while breaking
into HiX-Carson Store at Prospect.
A running gun battle. and pursuit
by police officers ended in a spec
t3cular capture by Oyerton.
Four warrants have been issued
against Richard Davidson, l9-year-
old Negro, of near Elan, including
a breaking aud entering charge on
November Is. attempted breaking
and entering Monday night, shoot
ing and wounding Charles Full
cher, Of Prospect, and attempting
to shoot and kill Nelson Hx.
Davidson is > also suspected Of
other thefts committed recently in
the area.
The action Monday night began
shortly before seven pm. Just after
Nelson Hix locked his store for the
night. Charles Fulcher. who lives
nearby. spotted someone on an oil
tank. getting ready to break IN the
store.
Hix-Carson Store has broken into
Oh November 10, and approximately
$3.50 stolen. Mr.. Fulcher imnedi-
ately became suspicious when he
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
Buffolo One polior From Goal
Decision To Cut Chest AllOtments
Postponed; TO Re-Work Employees

The Community Chest board Of
directors took no action on cutting
agency allotments at its meeting
Tuesday night. The decision Of
whether on not to cut allotmentS
came UP as a result Of not meeting
the chest goal. Approximately
SI7. 500 has been raised toward a
goal Of $l8.a75.
The decision will not he made
until OH January meeting J. II.
Wamsley, Chest president, declared.
We are going to make an effort
to contact several business places
that may have been missed he
said expressing hope that such a
move would bring the employees d.
vision closer to their goal Of $ ESQ.
This division has turned in 81 .265 "a.
The drive will not be a concerted
effort directed toward everyone i'll
the employees division. but will be
a personal campaign directed by
Joseph H. James. drive chairman:
j. H. Wamsley, Chest president; Or
F. 6 Landlord Chest vice presl-
dent. and Mrs. 3. S. Hamersly.
Chest secretary
WanlSley said It vas not the In,
tention Of the directors to reduce
agency alotlnentS. He pointed to a
surplus q seq, which be thought
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
Stores Open Til
9 P. NJ. Friday

Farmville stores will be open Fri
day night until 9 pm. This Friday
November ~ is the first Friday
night opening date, ushering in the
Christmas shopping season.
Stores will also be open next Fri
day night December A. until 9 pm.
Beginning Thursday. December 10.
stores will be open every night Gin
Guiding Saturday nights until
Christmas eve. Closing time on
Christmas eve will be optional with
the individual stores.
The Christmas lights in the down.
town area will be turned on for the
first time Friday night. The decora-
tons + in place and the lights
Will add their Christmas cheer to
the sibilant whistling Of the wind
blowing through the Christmas dec
OratlOnS.
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spotted the man getting ready to
enter the store through the same
ear window that was used before.
When MIR. Fulcher challenged the
man, they exchanged volleyS of
pistol fire, and Mr.. Fulcher was hit
in the face. but not seriously
wounded.
Nelson HK was called to the
scene. and IN his car he apprcac he'd
the wood yard. where the thief had
fled. He was greeted with q volley
Of shot. His car was struck. but be
was not injured.
The Sheriff's office was called
and fortunately Deputies Jack Over
tor. and Jack Campbell and State
Trooper G. H. Wallace. Jr.. were
close by and they went Immediately
to the scene. Deputy l. p. Wilker-
son followed in a few minutes. and
Sheriff Clark was contacted a little
later.
After checking at the scene, three
police cars patrolIed the area
searching for the escaped man.
Overton figured the most likely
avenue Of escape would be down
the railroad track toward Farm
vile. He followed his bunch and
tcccn,usd On page o
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would be used before a cut was
made. The depletion of the surplus
will leave the Chest in very poor fl
nancial condition. The final decision
will have to come from the board
Of directors i'll January. Any cut in
allotmentS would be only three or
four per cent
Two Over the Top
Only two divisions have gone over
the top in the campaign. drive
chairman. }. II. James. told the
board al directors. These r the
F'aIn,ville residential division.
which collected 1908. 90 with q goal
Of $3.50: and the Hampden district
division. which has 1868. exceeding
a goal Of $3.50.
At the meeting Tuesday night.
Buffalo district reported 1913. Since
then $36 have been turned in to the
office. bringing the total to $349.
with a goal of $3.50. There is no
question that the other dollar will
he raised from Buffalo di trlct,
making this the third division to ex-
coed their quota. Only one dollar
short Of the goal-that is almost a
record ct ClosereSs in itself.
Prospect district is close to the
top, with 1891 so, less than $50 short
<Cc1t1uad O. page .
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
s54,694 Contract
Let For Buckingham,
Cumberland Routes

A So. 1914 contract for improving
a secondary road in Buckingham
county from US 80 east of Rosncy
10 the Cumberland county line
toward Route IS north Of F'armvillc
was among awards announced Wed
nesday by the State Highway De
partment. The road takes a part Of
Routes 632. 654 and 6H.
The contract went TO Lee Hy Paw
ing Corp, of Roanoke. on a low
bid submitted at a November 10
highway letting
Principal Improvements will be
wider shoulders. longer sight dis
lance by flattening hills and curves.
proper drainage with LOSS feet Of
pipe and a six-incf-deep stabilized
base treated with calcium chloride
Resident Engineer J. l. Parker.
Of Dillwyn. said that when funds
are available the Improvement vii
be further continued from the
county line to Route 45 at Browns
Store at Cumberland county. Plans
are already being drawn. he sad.
for a new bridge over Willis River
in Cumberland county west OF
Browns Store
The contractor will be given 81
days to complete construction, cA
Guiding time lost because Of bad
weather. All highway construction
will be under a partial or complete
shutdown until April l because q
winter weather. the road agency
recently announced.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
By BEN BOWERS

Followers Of current events are
wondering when the rumblings
caused by Fidel Castro's revolution
will end. The big question Ameri-
cans seek an answer to is simply
this will the United States be-
come involved all the way in do
nestle problems there?
A man, who has taught the young
rebel hero. should have more than
an average Amerlcan's opinion.
Such a man is Dr.. Chesley Martin
Hutchmgs. j.. H. Whitney visiting
professor Of modern languages at
Hampden- Sydney College this year.
Dr. Hutchings was sent to Cuba
by the U. S. Department of State
to further cultural relations and
specifically to teach English at the
University of Havana during the
summers Of l947-50. In his first
summer there, Fldel was a frequent
visitor in his English classes
First-Hand Impression
Tho Hampden-Sydney language
professor did get q first-hand I'M
preston al Fldel. He didn't i'm
press me too much-the trouble
with Castro is he is not a Com
munlst. he's not anything Fidel is
a young mar interested in rebellion
and the big moment like his tril,m.
plant arrival with open hands III
Havana after the revolution.
Once Castro comes ont on top.
he doesn't know what 70 do. de-
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the field, but we want the AS latter
stripping) answer. What was promis-
ing leaf going into firing harms may
be something else when 1t is cured
and then stripped for marketing. =.
this they all know.
Forecast Good
In general, the forecast is for a
good crop of Virginia leaf running
something over 9 million pounds.
The State Department of Agricul-
lures July estimates were for q
crop Of 5000, 900 pounds. slightly be-
low a year ago. due primarily to
late summer drought. A yield Of
1850 pounds per acre was calcu-
lated then, also down a little over
1858.
There are indications that the
1859 crop may be on the long leaf
side. This could be an important 3
nancial factor this year since the AZ
length grade will carry a lower sup
port price than the former maxi
mum of rs into which it would have
been graded last season. Some Of
the leaf hard to grade distinctly
may be dropped a grade classifl
cation by removal Of some grades
available to government peg men
last season.
Water Penalty
One marketing certainty is tho
removal Of any price support from
tobacco graded wv" or wet. Last
year such tobacco was supported at
80 per cent Of the peg for its par
ticular grade.
This drastic action was taken to
remove. so USDA officials report,
Virginia tobacco from a bad COM
petitivc position in relation to Type
% leaf from Kentucky and TenneS-
sec. Virginia leaf costs more to
Continued on page %
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
1859 Short
November Rains
2.69 Inches After
Tuesday Rainfall

Nearly two inches Of rain fell at
Farmyille during Tuesdays 24-hour
%drenchlng, Weatherman E. F. Strip
Lin has reported.
Observer Stri-l'n's exact meas
urement was 1.76 inches. It brings
the november total to 2.69 inches.
The years total precipitation re
corded at his station at Farmyille
now stands at 1888 inches, Striplin
!. says. That is very short" of a
years normal fall here. which the
Weatherman calculates at between
40 and "A inches.
Sees Gap Closing
Good precipitation during Deem
Der. which can be expected under
normal conditions, would close the
deficiency gap. Strlplin reports. The
good rains this fall have helped a
great deal to overcome any serious
trouble from the years accumu-
lated deficiency.
Since the first of the year, only
the months Of April, winch had
more than normal, and July and
October. which about normal
have not shown a beiow-normal pre-
c%ipitation.
Rain Forecast
The Weatherman said The official
agricultural forecasts call for more
rain during the week end. which
will improve November's contribu-
ton to the catch-up Of water for
underground supplies. Surface con
ditionS present no difficulties nov.
Strlplin also said he expects good
rains i'll the years final month. too.
One of the big farm jobs now is
stripping tobacco IN preparation fol-
tho Monday opening of Virginia :
dark-fWed tobacco markets. Strlpiin
SAYS farmers have generally been
reporting a good crop during his
visitation throughout the area foi
the Farmville Chamber Of Com
merce.