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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

Kilkare Laundry
: Taylor Mfg. Co.
DOyne- Burger
J. J. Newberry CO.
Collins Florist
Farmville Mfg. Co.
Southside Sundry Co.
Newman's Mems Shop
Price Farm Equipment
Deluxe Cleaners
A & p Super Market
Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Taylor Forbes Equip. Co.
Watkins Awning & Sign Co.
Putney Plumbing & Heating
w. ]. Bloemfield 4 Son
Farmville Auto Radiator Shop
Farmvllle Dairy Isle
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THIEF HOLDS UP WEDDING

Los Angeles The marriage @
Virginia Lee Vaught, &c. and d,
eraser. =. was delayed wht
someone stole the marriage licena
from Miss Vaught's car.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
FARvE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS FIRMS
INVITES YOU TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO N GRANVILLE

F. w. Hubbard
L. G. Atkins, Realtor
G. f. Moring
Martin The Jeweler
Home Furniture Co.
The Floor Shop
Gordon's Transfer, Inc.
DR.. Pepper
Clawson Furniture CO.
Carl Heifner
Cedar Brook Restaurant
Leatherwood Texaco Service
Farmville Creamery. Inc.
Newman Chevrolet Sales Corp.
Ned'1 ESQ
Ingle Equipment Co.
Brisentine OH Co.
Mckay Tastee- Frcex
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Shanaberger g. Sons
Vaughan's Grocery
Hodges -Dowdy Furniture Co.
State Theatre
w. A. Watson
w. A. Price Co.
Verser's Store
Price Farm Equip. Co.
SpOtless Co.
Sears-Roebuck & Co.
Farmville Electric Appliance Co.
S & S Contour Shop
B & B Tire Co.
Farmers Cooperative, Inc.
NewcOmb Auto. Parts.
The Record Shop
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

use Convention housing arrange
ment as q club to induce party con
tributi0ns Is unprecedented.
The National Committee staff ia
Washington believes it will bear
fruit. however.
Estates which have met their fl
nancial obligations to the National
Committee win be given some
preced1Ace over those who have
not" Mr.. Brightman said
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

Vice President Richard M. Nixon
will lose the Republican nomination
for the presidency because party
leaders fear he could not carry his
own state OF California. Sen DIN D
Johnston predicts.
Johnston said he believes New
York's Gov. Nelson Rockefeller will
be nominated BY the Republican
National Convention because Of the
resounding victory he scored in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

Harry's Barber Shop
Army Goods Store
Electric Shoe Shop
Farmville Iron & Metal Co.
Farmville Motor Co.
Kleanwell Cleaners
First National Bank
Peoples National Bank
Planters Bank
Longwood jewelers.
Gray's Drug Store, Inc.
Owen Sanford Drug Co.
Farmers Supply Co.
Discount Furniture Co.
Stop & Shop
Southside Electric Supply
Smltty Bsethers
Garland \ Harwood
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27
New York in that states recent
gubernatorial election.

Senator and Mrs. Johnston plan
to leave Washington for Bonn. Ger
many. where the Senator will head
group Of American legislators who
have been invited by the West Ger
man government to sit in on ses-
sions of the Bundestag. the German
equivalent of the U. S. Senate.
All expenses for the trip are being
borne by the West German Govern
ment
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Taylor Raymond Ransom spog9n Marshall Earl Moore Willis
Robert Banton Anderson ia3d Dunn
tonee A of and experienced tobacco handlers will
be on duty to serve the growers
RANDOLPH, OR OLD WAREHOUSE operated y tie Virginia
Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Association, with Harry f. Hubbard
He assisted BY Fred W. Putney Edmurd Puney R. l.
Bonton4 Mrs Ruth Hubbard w n Glenn II A. Gonnoser w M
Agee A. Parker and Robert II Palmer Harold Dunn and c.
Richardson Or
Each warehouse we'll lighted clean The soIes
system under direction Of experienced
tho each warehouse will have 0
FULL CORPS OF BUYERS representing all principal monufoe-
will be hand for the offerings spirited bidding The
market expected this year, generally
foctoy
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large growers 81
FARMVlLLE oldest
kets for Virginia dark fired tobacco the world
Located here Leaf known world vide Dunnna
Tobacco Company probably the Oldest tobacco firm the dark
fired Pney Tobacco Company ovoob both the
domestic foreign Formvle only market with
large independent buyers
FARMvltLE MIDDLE WAREHOUSE operated BY the VIZ
eno Dark Fired Tobacco Growers ASSOCIATION With corter
Reody C. M Carter. l. Bonton Wallace
Shepherd Donald Cooper r. Meadow Bune Overflow oil expert
enced tobacco handlers The Harold Dunn and
Richardson
PLANTERS WAREHOUSE is under the Of Joel Wot
kns J who ably assisted BY Mrs Martha Gorne Smith, George
Evening star., 1959-12-06

plete jurisdiction and taxing
powers over land taken by cities.
Loses Political Control
In the case Of towns, the
county loses political control over
the area but still collects property
taxes from the residents. But once
a town gets past the 5000 popu-
lation mark it can become a city.
There have been rumblings for
city status in Vienna and the
town of Fairfax. both Of which
are past the minimum population
figure.
Annexation suits in Virginia
are decided by a special panel of
three circuit court judges. Gen.
orally the town or city seeking
more territory has little difhculty
convincing the court that it needs
more land for expansion and can
provide more services to the area
than can the county.
Some officials feel q major
shortcoming of the annexation
laws is the lack Of a provision
for a referendum in the area to
be annexed to see If the residents
want to come into the munich
pality. Despite this lack, the
counties recently were heartened
by a decision Of the Supreme
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The payroll is the financial
backbone Of this city of some
10000 residents, the seat Of Alaska
government since 1906.
The whole dispute, says Alaska's
governor and its congressional
delegation, shouldn't be added to
the existing problems facing the
State. More important matters
are at hand.
Such comments have cooled the
controversy, to some extent. But
the dispute shows that statehood
has not dimmed the Alaskan sense
of humor.
Among the many solutions ad-
vanced to solve the capital loca-
ton rumble, the Bristol Bay News,
a weekly newspaper mimeographed
in far. Western Alaska, showed
the most whimsy.
1t suggested putting the capital
aboard a surplus Navy aircraft
carrier to provide "the only bona
f1de seagoing ship Of State i'll the
world"
With giant tractor treads on
the side and a huge bulldozer
blade in the front, the newspaper
said, the ship could ply Alaska's
waters and then head inland to
carve new roads in the wilderness,
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nearby Maryland have been rela-
lively small. and in many cases
have been initiated by the resi-
dents of areas outside the bound
aries Of municipalities.
Maryland Annexation
Annexations in Maryland are
carried out by action Of town or
city councils. But before the
council can declare an area
annexed, it must have petitions
>favoring the annexation signed
by owners Of Is per cent of the
land involved and rs per cent of
the registered voters in the area.
A referendum must be held If 20
per cent Of the registered voters
in the annexable area sign a Pc
tition in protest.
Although county officials have
raised little protest, some feel there
is a potential danger in annexa-
tions If they become larger and
more frequent. This would result
from division Of governmental
control and loss of revenue re-
bates from the State. When a
resident goes into a municipality,
he is counted as part Of the mu-
nicipality's population instead Of
the county's in figuring distribu-
ton of State funds.
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Despite its political status of
equality with the old 48 States
and the romantic appeal of Ha-
waii, the 50th State, interest is
increasing in Alaska's rugged at
fractions.
ITO say that our mail from
other States is quadrupling," says
45-year-old Gov. William A. Egan,
would be conservative.
More important than inquiring
letters, new venture capital has
been flowing into the State since
Alaska joined the Union last jan
uary 8.
National food and variety stores
have extended their chain opera
tionS into Alaska, a major oil
company has established its first
marketing outlets in the State,
and new hotels are under con-
struction at Anchorage and well
past the planning stage at Juneau.
Oil now flows on the Kenai
Peninsula from four joint hold
ings of Richfield- STANDARD Oil Co.
of California. Union and Ohio
Oil Co. have made Joint major
gas strike in the same area, and
may soon be supplying an Anchor
age public gas utility.
Japanese industry Is intensity
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costs Of schooling for the boy in
his new life Of blindness.
This is a State where, 10 months
after its birth, controversy ragged
over where the seat Of government
should be located.
Should it remain at Juneau, the
territorial capital for half a CEN
tury? Or should it be moved some
where near Anchorage, 600 miles
to the west in South Central
Alaska?
Juneau, says the Anchorage
Daily Times, Alaska's largest
newspaper, is not suitable. It's
surrounding mountains insulate
officials from the pulse of the
people. With no roads connecting
Juneau to the rest of Alaska, few
of the States 100000 residents
can watch their government in
action.
Air transportation makes the
present capital easily accessible,
replies the Juneau Daily Alaska
Empire. Anchorage, contends the
Juneau paper, is just greedy. 1t
not only has the largest popula-
ton of any city in the State, esti-
mated at more than $4,000, but
wants the State government pay
roll as well.
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carrying the capital to every
trapper's cabin in the State.
On a more realistic level, Alaska
finds one of its major problems as
a State similar to that facing a
housewife with not enough closet
space to store the family'S sum-
mer clothes.
In all of its $685. square
miles, Alaska doesn't have enough
office space at present to serve
the burgeoning needs Of its Gov
ernment agencies.
Between its annual legislative
sessions, AlaSka'S House of Repre-
resentatives chamber in the cap
itol here is used as a big storage
room. Enough desk space has
been cleared to provide for emer-
gency use by one or two persons
when no other place is available
for them to work.
Room for High Court
The Senate chamber, where 20
State lawmakers crowd during
sessions into an area designed
IS years ago to seat comfortably
eight territorial Senators, may
have to serve as the room where
Alaska's new Supreme Court will
hear its first cases.
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Counties Annexation Troubles Boom
As Urbonizotion Moves Steadily Ahead

Court Of Appeals which said that
the best interests of the area pro-
posed for annexation should be
considered as well as the best
interests Of the town.
The latter case dealt with an
annexation proposed by Timber
vile in Rockingham County. Many
residents and industrial firms in
the annexable area protested the
annexation and the court ruled
against the town on the grounds
that 1t appeared to be a case Of
the tail wagging the dog. The
area sought was several times
larger than the town.
Maryland Low
Annexations by cities and towns
in Maryland were made possible
through the passage Of the Home
Rule Act of 1855. Before then, the
only way a municipality could ex-
pand was to have its boundaries
changed by an act Of the State
Legislature.
So far, Montgomery and
Prince Georges County govern
ments have made little protest
against annexations, mainly be-
cause the counties retain their
taxing powers over residents Of
cities and towns.
Most Of the annexations in
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NEED IS FOR MORE PRESTIGE
A Council on Education?

ulum or administrative control
over education. But the Senator
would expect the council to work
with State and local education Of
ficials to raise academic standards
and the quality Of teaching. In
fact. the council could encourage
State education officials to prepare
q number Of specific plans to i'm
prove the curriculum which might
stimulate changes by local school
boards.
Such q council would REQUIRE a
membership Of IL to is, perhaps
two-thirds leading citizens with
recognized cultural interests rep
resenting varying points Of view
and the remainder educational
statesmen like DR.. Conant.
To be effective it is essential
that the President be sincerely
committed to the principle Of a
top level group selected not for
political reasons but on the basis
Of understanding Of our educa-
tional requirements. A council
determined to provide national
leadership with genuine White
House support could attract the
highest caliber membership. It
could exert an influence not only
on administration policy but on
education activities of Govern
ment departments and agencies
much more successfully than a
departmental committee.
White House Group Fovored
For some time the American
Council on Education has favored
a White House group that would
advise the President on all levels
Of education. Annual Federal ex-
penditures on higher education
alone now run around 50 bill
lion and affect more than 20
department and agencies. Some
observers claim that there is
little coordination among these
programs and there is now no
Federal agency capable of achiev-
ing coordination of policies and
procedures. Education is some
what submerged in the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare because the great pre-
ponderance Of personnel and funds
are devoted to its other two
activities.
Some proponents Of a national
advisory council are convinced
that its functions would expand
as Federal involvement in our
educational system increases. They
would favor a national Board Of
Education with supervision over
the Office of Education and power
to appoint the Commissioner Of
Education, somewhat similar to
the Board of Regents in New
York State.
In any case it might be desir-
able to place the Office of Edu-
cation under the Council in order
to avoid administrative confus on
and to provide necessary staff
support.
Although the Office has gained
status in recent years and has
attracted higher calibre personnel,
especially since it was given re-
sponsibility for the National De-
fense Education Act a year ago,
it does not rank with an inde-
pendent agency like the National
Science Foundation, also deeply
engaged in scientific education.
In addition, it is worth noting
that its top pay scale is lower
than the education departments
Of several States or even large
cities.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
BY GEORGE w. CAKES
Contributing Writer

Since the passage Of the Ma
tional Defense Education Act In
September, 1864 measure de-
signed for specific purposes
broader education legislation has
foundered on the rocks Of econ
omy, segregation and religion, en-
couraged by public apathy and
some confused thinking.
Yet the problem remains and
the basic facts are well known:
A public school enrolment Of
36 million children, rising 1 per
cent a year.
135,000 too few clasSrooms.
Too few qualified teachers serv-
ing on too low a pay scale ($4,500
a year average.
In the prevailing public attitude,
which DR.. James Bryant Conant
describes as lacking q sense Of
urgency" many educators believe
that the President could take q
step that might help bridge the
gap between what is being done
and what most authorities agree
is required.
New York Commissioner Of Edu-
cation James z. Allen, jr., and
Senator John Sherman Cooper,
Republican Of Kentucky. have
proposed recently the creation by
the President Of a permanent Ma
tional Advisory Council on Educa-
ton, somewhat similar in char
acter to the Council Of Economic
Advisers. Many leaders in educa-
ton consider that such q top Gov
ernment group could spur US to
raise our national sights on edu-
cation. Senator Cooper makes the
point that this device might make
us move faster to translate our
national educational requirements
economic, defense and cultural
into action in local school op-
erations.
Continuing Impetus Needed
Although there have been many
temporary presidential commit
tees in recent years which have
made significant studies and rec
concentrations, no permanent
council Of educators and leading
citizens exists to give continuing
high-level impetus, guidance and
direction to a vigorous national
educational effort in order to put
these ideas into effect.
The addition Of another per-
manent presidential council to
the ever-growing Federal bureauc-
racy would be justified, in the
opinion Of its proponents, by the
following unique functions it
would perform:
/. 1t would make an annual as
sessment Of the goals, progress and
deficiencies of education in the
United States-in our public and
private schools, colleges and uni
versities. Its findings would be
submitted to the President and
Congress and would be published.
For example, 1t might point out
the need to maintain a balanced
curriculum in the schools by en-
phasizing the Importance of the
humanities as well as increasing
study Of the sciences. Or it might
stress the view held by top edu-
Gators that raising the level Of
teaching may be even more es-
sential than the addition Of more
claSsroomS.
2. The council would recon-
mend to the President legislative
proposals to be enacted by Con-
gress.
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ing its interest in Alaska coal and
other mineral resources. A new
$50 million Japanese-owned pulp
mill has begun production at
Sitka, the Russian capital Of
Alaska when the United States
purchased the territory in 1867 for
$7.2 million.
Unexpected Problems
The conversion of governmental
operations from a territorial basis
also has been progreSSing-but not
without complications.
1--WE have found in the first 10
months Of statehood that there
are many, many problems" says
Mr.. Egan, Democrat and for
mer storekeeper at Valdez. MANY
frankly weren't anticipated-little
ones as well as matters of great
Importance"
We've been cautious in making
changes" the Governor adds. ut
might be in some quarters people
say We have been too cautious, but
don't subscribe to that phi
losophy."
AS chief executive, Gov. Egan
has more extensive powers than
the Governors of most other
States. Under Alaska's streamlined
constitution, he and Secretary of
State Hugh j. Wade are the only
elected executive officials. All
otherS-including judges-are ap-
pointed by the Governor.
The States legislative branch is
in the hands of so elected law
makers, including 40 members Of
the House and 20 members of the
Senate. In the Democratic land
slide Of the first State elections
last year, only two Republicans
won Senate seats and only six won
places in the House.
Financially, the new State has
more demands on its available
money than does a 9-year-old boy
at a carnival.
Salmon Production or
It's tax income during the last
fiscal year amounted to only S24.5
million, less than a million more
than in its last full year as a ter
ritory.
This summer, Alaska'S canned
salmon production-once the main
prop in economy-was at its low
est level since 1900. The catch
was 40 per cent under that of :
1858, and not much Improvement !
is expected in 1860.
A long carpenters strike Grip I.
pied Alaska's construction season >
for nearly three months this sum- 9
mer, and its full economic impact .
will not be felt until next Febru-
ary or March. .
Meanwhile. to meet expanding
needs. State expenditures amount :
ing to some 1888 million have :
been approved. The Legislature
is counting on a previous surplus
and oil revenue to balance the
budget.
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8. The council would also pro-
pose action that could be taken by
the States in order to carry out
its general recommendations.
4. The council would act as a
high-level body to coordinate all
Federal departments and agencies
concerned with education.
5. Finally, the council would
utilize the prestige of the White
House to keep public attention
focused on improving our educa-
tional system as an urgent national
problem. Leading educational or
ganizations. as well as Government
officials, feel the need for national
leadership to stimulate public
awareneSs of our educational de-
ficiencies.
Another Group Authorized
> Legislation enacted in 1854 au-
thorizes the Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare to appoint
an education advisory committee.
There are reports that Secretary
Flemming may do so soon. How
ever, such a committee could not
command the respect and atten-
tion even within the Government
itself or throughout the country
that would be shown a higher
level presidential council on edu-
cation.
Both Commissioner Allen and
Senator Cooper would oppose the
establishment of a national curric-
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saloons and roadhouses from SELL
ing whisky and beer on a 24-hour,
SeVen-day-a-week basis.
But new regulations that would
have enforced closings of at least
S hours day were taken to court
by bar owners, and judge ruled
the State Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board was without authority
to set uniform operating hours.
Then last week the State Su-
preme Court restored the uniform
hours regulations, pending a hear
ing on merits Of the issue, and the
f1ve-hour-a-day closure again was
enforced.
One argument advanced by op-
ponents of the ABC regulations
was that such restrictions might
damage the tourist trade-an
increasingly important factor in
Alaska's economy.
Alaskans everywhere - from
Government officials here to ma
tive ivory carvers on the Bering
Sea coast 1,180 miles to the west
welcome tourists, not alone for
tourist dollars.
They want more of the world to
know this State of Alaska, where
modern cities adjoin frontier
country untouched by the political
inducements of statehood.
Alaska is approaching its first
birthday as the 49th State of the
Union.
On Mercy Missions
And even as a State, it remains
a place where bush pilots fly mercy
missions over remote and frozen
north country and through rugged
island mountain passes in the
southeastern panhandle. Half a
dozen such missions were flown
Just last month - hundreds are
logged each year.
Alaska is still the land Of the
open heart and open pocketbook-
where neighbors reach for their
poke for such causes as helping
finance the recovery of a boy
blinded by an attacking brown
bear.
The latest victim of such an
attack was Lee Hagmier, a IT.
year-old high school pupil who
was mauled last July near Juneau.
Within four months, $15,700 had
been donated for a trust fund to
help Offset medical expenses and
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A husky yOunsster is getting ready
to celebrate its first birthdoy as our
49th stote. Here is the story Of how
booming AIosko, which in some woys
is olmost too big for its britches, is
solving the problems Of statehood.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
BY WILLIAM TOBIN
Associated Press stan Writer

JUNEAU, Alaska.-None Of the
gold dust glitter has rubbed OF
since Alaska shed It's territorial
togs and donned the dignifed
robes of statehood.
True, for three weeks in No.
vember the State blocked Alaska
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-07-16

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