The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-18
Supervisors In Amelia County
Supervisors In Amelia County
Approval Of Sanitary District Petition
And NelO Office Building Made By Board


ditional territory in the sanitary
district formed in the county in
1910. at their meeting M 0 n d a
morning. September IA.
Charles A. Holman III. chairman
of the committee from the Amelia
Development Association which is
proposing a sewerage system for
Amelia. c. B. Goodman and John
F. Dickens. asked the supervisors
for permission to include the ad
ditionl area because Amelia has ex-
banded considerably since 1910
when the sanitary district was set
up. The petition was signed by 80
persons living III the section pro
posed TO be added
Limits of New Area
When asked how much more land
they proposed adding Holman said
ii vas not figured in acreage The
mex boundaries would start at
Ralph Turner's home on Route IA.
run from there to the county atil-
letic field and take in James Bur
nette home. then through to Route
30 at Calvary Baptist Church.
across Route sos and the Southern
raload tracks. through a part Of
r. B Walton farm and over to-
Gordon Tilman's home on Route
ST. then south TO take in the two
schools in Amelia and back to
Turner's ard Route H.
The order was presented 10 Judge
J Garland jefferson who said he
would get in touch with the bond
lawyers in New York: He had no
idea how long it MIGHT be before
the additional area would be in
cluded
p B. Childress. Amelia soil con
seryationlst. told the supervisors
easements were now being OBJ
tanned on the key site for the Nibbs
Greek watershed prolect The State
Conservation Committee has agreed
to pay half the cost Of the legal
work connected with the easements.
if they would be willing to pay the
other half. The board approved
$50 for completion of easements
on site one. There will possibly be
three sites with total OF A ease
ments. Site one requires 20 ease
ments out of the total. Cost Of the
A easements will be $500 and the
county share $3.50 Childress said
the dam would be built between
Route 81 and the forks OF the
creek which are approximately 1900
feet UP the stream
New Office Building
Plans for the new building 10
house the jefferson Historical col
lection and county offices were sub
mitted by the architect J. Arthur
Helsler OF Richmond. and were APP
proved by the board. H. E. Jack
son. representing the committee tor
: the collection and Judge j. Gar
land jefferson. representing Wy
cliffe c. Jackson. Of Griffin Ga
who will give 500 shares OF GIN
stock toward the building The con-
tract was signed by the board. The
building will be known as the Jack
son Building
The plans call for one large room
and a small office for the Jefferson
Memorial Collection. These rooms
will be called the Amelia Ancestral
Memorial. Six rooms will be used
as offices for the county treasurer
the commissioner Of revenue and
the county welfare board
The building will have = foot
front and be 10 feet deep II will
DE built of cinder BLOCK with brick
veneer. Floors will be Of concrete
covered with asphalt tile OF GOOD
quality of vinyl tile if money per
nits. Plans call for ain condition
ing. Toilets and a furnace room
will be in a small basement Gravel
for parking spaces and planting OF
grass and shrubs are included in
the estimated cost OF between
S33 900 and SAG 600
Cost of the lot where the build
inc will be erected was said 10 be
*; 900. 1t is located on the corner
Just southwest OF the old iail site
III courthouse square The building
will face the road LEADING to Judge
Jeffersons home
Nnurn E.i L-unGs.
In other business the board APP
proved 5000 to be used fol- a Negro
fair this year
The Amelia County School Board
approved the appointment of three
teachers and a new secretary at
Russell Grove NEGRO school;
changed several bus routes to pick
Up approximate 50 more pupils
and put three new bus drivers on
the routes.
o. A. Norton superintendent told
the board the official enrolment in
Amelia white schools was 557 pupils
IN the elementary grades and 29l
in the high school at the end Of
the first week In Russell Grove
Negro schools there were 245 pupils
in the elementary grades and 333
n the high school making a total
OF 202e pupils III the county schools.
This compared with $50 pupils in
white schools and 1870 in Negro
schools at the end OF Tie first month
IN 1853.
The board authorized the superin-
iendent to send a music teacher to