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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07
Farmville Herald
Wins t wo Awards
In State Contest

The Farnhvllle Herald viii re-
ceive two awards at the annual Vir-
glnia Press Association awards ban
quet Saturday night at Old Point
Comfort.
The Herald will receive honorable
mention certificates for excellence
Of front page makeup and also for
handling Of display advertising in
competition with other class A
weekly papers in the state.
Excellence Of front page was won
by the Loudoun Times Mirror. with
honorable mention going to the Cul-
pepper Star Exponent publisher
Walter Potter formerly of Farm
Vile. and the Fauquier Democrat
as we'll as. The Herald
Excellence of display advertising
was won BIZ the Eastern S h + e
News with honorable mention going
to four other papers as well as the
Farmvllle Herald.
Herald Publisher j Barrye Wall
is expected 10 be on hand Satur-
day to receive the certificates in
behalf of The Herald.
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lexico were admitted to the Union
Hard To Find

Mexico were admitted to the Union.
Hard To Find
Finding the new flags was a hard
assignment for Farmvllle Herald
reporter. but one was located at
the business establishment Of j
Marvin Brown, in Cumberland.
Brown, the fla m e d Double
Check columnist OF The Herald
never has been afraid to throw the
light Of honesty and plain speaking
at American affairs Neither has
there ever been a question Of the
devoted patriotism Of this Cumber-
land writer businessman, as h G
new flag attestsi
The 49-star flag was first flown
three nights ago, at one minute past
midnight from historic Fl. McHenry
IN Baltimore harbor There l45
years ago. Francis Scott Key saw
The star srangleG banner in the
first flush of dawn still waving de-
tlantlv m the face II scattering
all-night British bombardment.
Keys Immortal Norus
Key pulled an envelope from his
pocket and penned a poem. H 5
stirring words later were pared
with the melody Of an English song
and adopted as the American ma
tional anthem.
For the ceremonies July at mid
night. the new Old Glory was raised
Oh Douglas fir staff. hand hewn
TO duplicate the pole that resisted
the 1914 bombardment BY / h e
British fleet
Normal regulations require the
Colors to be flown only between
sunrise and sunset, with five ex-
ceptions One Of these and all
are exceptions Of locations is
at Fl. McHenry. where in the har-
Dor darkness at 1901 three days
ago, the Union Jumped to 40 states,
headed for the 50th
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07
NotionoI News Summary
Old Glory Flies
Saturday With
New Star Added
BY H. V. LANCASTER, JR.

President Eisenhower warned
against complacency and said the
preservation Of freedom is a never
ending task. in a Fourth of July
speech in front of the nations l68
year-old Capitol. He laid the corner
stone to an extension to the east
front of the Capitol. the first major
addition to the building in over 100
years. II is hoped that the new
structure will be finished in time
for the 1861 Presidential Inaugural
ton
The 10Th star became official on
Old Glory Saturday. The first Of
fetal 40 star flag in the U. S. was
raised over FIT McHenry in Balti-
more. where Francis Scott Key
watching the British lombard the
city from a Warship. was inspired
to write The Star Spangled Ban
ner.@ The new flag. honoring the
49th state Of Alaska, was already
flying over the q S. embassy in
ohSO WiiCiC y uit al SCNOi a
hours before it did in the States.
The Saarland, fabulously rich in
iron and coal and long a bone Of
contention between France and Ger
many. was returned to complete
West German control at midnight
Sunday The 1000 square mile area.
one of the most highly industrial
sections of Europe, twice taken
away from Germany after the
World Wars. was economically in
tegrated with West Germany months
ahead Of schedule in friendly
move by the French government
The Saar became politically part
Of Germany on Jan /. 1857. but
its economic lntegratlon was not to
be completed until 1860
Frol r. koslov. first deputy pre-
mier of Russia and No. 3 man in
the Kremlln, is touring the y. S.
after opening a giant Soviet scientl-
fic and cultural exhibition in New
York City He told a National Press
Club luncheon in Washington that
force would be met with, force in
Berlin. if ii ever comes TO that.
A fire in an underground section
OF the Pentagon caused approx
mately six million dollars damage.
mostly to electronlc compAtors and
memory tapes used to store
statistical data for the armed ser
vices. Heavy smoke from the burn
ing plastic tapes hampered firemen
and several were overcome by the
fumes. but no one was seriously
injured Most Of the valuable data
can be replaced through duplicate
tapes stored elsewhere.
Louisiana's Gov. Earl Long NOV
ed about his state under doctors
care following his release from
state mental hospital. He is plan
ming an active campaign for re-
election as governor but may have
to give it up because of a weak
h cart His wife. seeking legal
separation. is suing for 81 800 a
month support payments. and the
FBI is reported checking into the
Continued on page 3
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Gates is a member Of Sharon
Baptist Church and has served as
superintendent Of Sunday School
and is Mission treasurer. He is Past
Grand of the IOOF and Past Mas
ter Of the Masonic Lodge Of Farm
Vile. He is a member Of the Order
of Eastern Star. Rice P-TA and the
Defenders, as well as being on the
board Of directors Of the First Ma
tional Bank of Farmville.
In regard to the fund cut off
plan. Gates said, ] voted for the
cutoff plan. as well as every other
member Of the board From the
very beginning, | have always
taken definite stand to carry out
what | believe was the wishes Of
the majority of the people of Prince
Edward County. and voted for the
original resolution providing month
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07
&c Events Wednesday
Institute Lecturers Will Review
Early Southern Education Themes

speak on Factors in the Virginia
Educational Renaissance" for h c
afternoon session.
Concluding the series will be DR..
G. G, Gordon Moss. professor Of
history at LongWood. who will speak
on the topic Education, Formal
and Informal, in Colonial Virginia Z
The Institute of Southern Culture
was founded in 1856 to promote the
study Of the traditional aspects Of
Southern civilization. 1t is financed
by the Longwood Alumnae AS
ISOLATION
Lectures this year are dedicated
to the 18th anniversary Of the found
ing Of Longwood as Virginia's first
state supported college for women.
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Two historians and an educator
will discuss early Southern edu-
cation during the summer lecture
series Of the Institute of Southern
Culture at Longwood College to-
morrow Wednesday, Lectures are
scheduled at 1890 am, in Jarman
and at 4 and 8 pm. in the Stu
dent Lounge All lectures are open
to the public.
The morning lecture will be pre-
sented by Dr.. James W. Patton, di-
rector Of the Southern Historical
Collection at the University Of
North Carolina. His topic will be
The Southern Reaction to ia e
Ogden Movement.
NJ. Boyd Coyner, retired prefes-
sor Of education at LongWood, will
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07

has been campaign worker for
the Community Chest and Red
Cross Vaughan helped organize the
seXen-countT Production Credit As
ISOLATION and National Farm Loan
Association which has its office To-
Gated In Falnville He Is currently
serving Al. president Of tlTat seven
county organization
In answer to the first question
Vaughan states Il was one of the
sponsors Of the fund cutoff plan
and stood shoulder to shoulder with
the other board members on this
issue
As to future situations. Vaughan
said u am ready to do anything
to improve tho situation as long as
it conforms with the basic princi-
Piles Of separation Of the races in
schools and local control
As to question three Vaughan
says, The present board has been
studying all angles possible to Sc
cure legislation beneficial to this
county AS treasurer of the League
Of Virginia Counties. am closely
associated with the aims Of that
oganizaGon, and will continue to
work for the advancement Of all
Virginia counties. especially Prince
Edward and my home district Of
Prospect.
L0ckett District
In Lockett District. 3O-year-old
]. Calvin Cook is making his first
political bid in an effort to unseat
Charlie WI Gates. who has served
on the board for the past u wears.
A farmer and a native Of the
county. Cook attended Green Bay
and FarmVille public schools. He Is
q member Of Bagby Memorial Bap-
list Church, where he is superin-
tendent Of the Sunday School. He
is a member of the Woodmen Of
the World and has been a All Club
state All Star since 1915.
In regard to the fund cutoff plan.
Cook said, Realizing that our
board Of supervisors has been le-
gally advised on the fund cutoff
plan, am in agreement with their
action and believe this action ex-
presses the will Of the majority Of
the citizens Of our county"
To the second question Cook
stated. I do not believe school in
tegratlon in Prince Edward County
will serve the best interests Of
either race The procedure | will
follow in future situations regard
ing lEteeratlon will be governed BY
the wishes Of the majority Of people
! would represent if elected to this
office"
Concerning legislation, Cook said,
i shall use every honorable means
within my power for the advance
ment Of my district and my
county"
G. w. Gates
A native Of Prince Edward
County, 81 year old Charlie w.
Gates is dairy farmer. He at
tended Rice High School. He was
first elected to the board Of super
vlsors in 1947. He has also served
as a member OF the county Demo
cratic committee.
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Taylor Mfg. Company
Trashpile Burns

Farmville fire fighters en-
countered a stubborn fire in the
trash pile adjacent to the River
Road near Taylor Mfg. Company
on July 4. Discovered about 8
o'clock Saturday afternoon, tons Of
water we're used to control it.
How long it had been burning
underneath before it broke into the
open, firemen were unable to de-
termine. There was no loss.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07
AIosko "a, Howoii Next
Hard T0-Find 49-Star Flag Waves
In Cumberland Breeze On Julu

The official U S 49-star flag is
only three days old and already
due to be the nations shortest-lived
Old Glory.
Formally adopted by the Aneri-
can nation at 1901 am, on July 4
the National Colors viii be due for
redesigning before long to provide
the 50th star for Hawaii
The 4a-star flag, signifying the
admission Of Alaska as the newest
state, was the first star-change
since 1912 when Arizona and New
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-07

best answers available to tho prob
lens Of agriculture.
Vance called 100 per cent Of eco
nomic and social equality Of farm
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people with people off the farm"
the objective Of Farmers Union.
ITO get that we've got to have 100
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1959-10-08

missioners to restore a total Of
about $12.6 million which was
cut from their requests by bud
get officials.
Three Month Trend
The tentative prediction that
revenue during the current fls-
cal period may total So mill
lion more than had been esti-
mated came from Finance Of
flcer Kenneth Back.
An upward revision of more
than Sis million in the next
years estimated revenue figure
is expected to be reported next
Monday.
Mr.. Backs calculation, which
would lift the total figure to
about $245.7 million, was based
on a revenue trend during the
past three months.
During this period. District
revenue totaled nearly $75 mil
lion, an 8 per cent increase over
the comparable figure last year.
Mr.. Back said.
The increase, moreover, was
registered despite a revenue
drop of $2.8 million last month
under the September, 1858 fig
ure. This decrease, however.
was due mainly to a later re-
ceipt of first installments Of
property tax payments than a
year ago, he said.
Evening star., 1959-10-08
Policeman Wounds Assoi|ont Trying
ToCIub Him erCrosh, Car Chase

A 10th precinct policeman
shot and wounded a man last
night who was attempting to
club him with a heavy iron
stanchion as the two fought
on a darkened playground in
the 1000 block of Park road
NV, police reported.
Pvt. Thomas F. Jackson said
he fired three shots at George
Donald Singleton. 80, of the
5000 block of Park place NV.
Two of them lodged in Single
tons chest, wounding him seri-
ouSly.
The playground battle came
as a climax to a high-speed
auto chase that began at Thir-
teenth and Shepherd streets
NE. when a small TV repair
truck Singleton was driving
crashed into a parked car.
The owner of the parked
auto, Robert v. Neary, %, of
1347 Shepherd street NE. told
police he ran from his house,
Evening star., 1959-10-08

detectives, Singleton was stand
ing in a dark corner near a
high chain link fence holding
a heavy iron stanchion in his
hands.
He said he ordered Singleton
to drop the weapon, but the
TV repairman refused. Instead,
the policeman said, he took
several swipes at him with the
metal bar.
Pvt. jackson said Singleton
threw the bar at him and then
attempted to scramble over
the fence. He said that he
drew his gun and fired.
Singleton, in serious condi-
ton at Washington Hospital
Center with gunshot wounds
in the chest and buttocks, is
charged with two counts Of
assault. two counts of collid-
ing, one Of leaving the scene
of an accident and one count
of reckless driving.
Evening star., 1959-10-08

leaped into his damaged auto
and gave chase.
He said he managed to stop
Singleton once but the truck
pulled away and again side
Swiped the Neary auto.
Pvt. Jackson, on foot, was
almost knocked down by the
speeding truck as he crossed
the intersection of Georgia
avenue and Kenyon street
NV. before he was met by
Mr.. Neary, according to police.
The two continued the chase
in Mr.. Neary's auto north on
Georgia avenue to Randolph
street and then west to Four
teenth street. The truck
turned south on Fourteenth to
Park road and west again to
the playground.
Pvt. Jackson said Singleton
leaped from his truck and dis
appeared into the shadows. AS
he approached Singleton. Pvt.
Jackson told Homicide Squad
Evening star., 1959-10-08
$500 JACKSON
BILL WORTH 81 IN
CITY'S STORES

FREDER ICKSBURG.
Va. (AP). The South
may not be rising Cup in
arms, that Isl. but save
your Confederate money
just the same. Some of 1t
is legal tender here.
Reprints of a $500
Stonewall Jackson bill en-
bossed with the city seal
are worth 81 in merchan-
disc at any local store. The
Chamber of Commerce
mailed out 1000 of the bills
several weeks ago, and so
far about 80 have been
cashed in.
The whole idea is to en-
tice persons on the mailing
list to make Fredericksburg
a tourist stop.
Evening star., 1959-10-08

tions on credit and secure
Housing and Home Finance
Agency approval.
The board set November 16
at noon, probably at its head
quarters, 919 Eighteenth street
NV, for the holding of an
auction for the sale of these
sites.
william Zeckendorf, New
York real estate man, is ex-
pected to begin actual con-
struction on one-half4 of the
Town Center, between I street
and M street and Third and
Sixth streets S.W., next month.
The lease papers are expected
to be forwarded today or to-
morrow, but officials said this
will be a formality.
John r. Searles, jr., RIA ex-
ecutive director, told the board
that there are a number of
pieces of land in southwest
that are now ready for sale.
Land also is for sale near the
new southwest market area,
now under construction, at
Fourth and E streets S.W., Mr..
Searles told the board.
Three displaced businessmen.
whose names we're not dis
closed, plan to put up a Joint
project, believed to be satisfac-
tory to nearby st. Dominic
Catholic Church, on the site,
Mr.. Searles said.
Mr.. Zeckendorf is ready to go
ahead with the plaza develop
ment, in conjunction with the
Tenth street mall, the director
asserted.
The board heard a discussion
by Wilhelm Won Moltke, its
consulting architect, regarding
efforts to solve the pedestrian
problem in connection with the
overlook that will terminate
the Tenth Street Mall in South
west at the waterfront.
Mr.. Searles said this project
is sufficiently advanced to con-
struct a model. The National
Capital Planning Commission
has approved it in principle.
Evening star., 1959-10-08
Rush-Hour
Traffic Rule
Shift Seen

A proposal that the morn
ing and evening rush-hour
regulations be extended by half
an hour has a pretty good
chance of being adopted. &C
cording to 1t. Col. Jess P
Unger, chairman Of the Com
missioners' Traffic Co-ordinat-
ing Committee.
The committee, at its regular
meeting yesterday. ordered q
hearing in three weeks on the
proposal, advanced last month
by Francis E. Twiss, deputy di.
rector for traffic and opera
tions and a member of the
committee.
The proposal also must bf
approved by the District Com.
missioners.
Col. Unger. who is the AS
sistant Engineer Commissioner
said traffic counts indicate a
need for extending limits of the
rush hours from $3.50 to 10 am
and from $50 to Z pm. They
would begin at the present
times. 7 am. and 4 pm.
He said the hearing has been
ordered to obtain possible pro-
tests against the change from
merchants and apartment
dwellers on streets where rush.
hour parking is prohibited
Those persons might be in
convenienced by the change,
he explained.
With the hearing scheduled
in about three weeks, the Traf-
f1c Co-ordinating Committee
could take a final vote on the
proposal at its November meet
ing.
Evening star., 1959-10-08
Hurrisonburq
ProwIerSIuys
Policeman

HARRISONBURG. Va, Oct.
8 (SpeciaD "A veteran city
policeman was shot to death
early today in a gun fight with
a prowler he apparently sur
prised inside a diner.
The officer, Sergt. Manuel w.
Trenary, 40, was shot in the.
chest and stomach.
The aSsailant got away with
$500 taken from the diner.
A widespread manhunt was
called of later this morn
ing and police started checking
out some two dozen leads they
received.
A Car resembling that in
which the killer was believed
to have fed the area was
spotted about 8:43 am. by a
policeman directing traffic in
Washington near the north
bound Fourteenth street bridge
across the Potomac River.
Police Chief Julius S. Ritchie
said Sergt. Trenary, a 26-year
veteran on the force, appar-
emily surprised the suspect
inside the darkened L & S
diner on North Liberty street.
S. w. Burton, who lives
across the street, said he heard
shots about 3 am. CEDT) and
looked out his window.
II saw the officer come
around the side of the diner.
He leaned up against the side
of the building and then COL
lapsed."
Right after the shots. Mr..
Burton said, he saw a crouched
figure run from one side of
the diner to the other, behind
the counter.
-Four .25-caliber shell cas-
ings, apparently from the
prowler's gun, were found in
the Kitchen, Chief Ritchie said.
The officers gun. which had
been fred twice, was found
at a railroad siding about so
yards behind the diner.
At Rockingham. Memorial
Hospital, the fatally-wounded
officer said he had seen the
prowler around town, but did
not know his name. He de-
scribed him as a short, stocky
white man, wearing a light
colored shirt.
Sergt. Trenary, who died
about 40 minutes after the
shooting, leaves his widow Ada,
They had no children.
Sergt. Trenary was the uncle
of two men living in the Wash
ington area. His nephews are
Dwight F. Kiracofe of 6641
Twenty-fourth place, West Hy-
attsville, Md, and Leo F. Kira-
COTE of 500 New York avenue,
Takoma Park, Md.
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S.W. Gas Station Sites
Up for Auction Nov. Is

A rosy picture of progress in
redeveloping Southwest Wash
ington was presented today
to the Redevelopment Land
Agency Board.
The board announced that
various gasoline station sites
are now ready for sale, and oil
companies have until Novem-
ber 9 to submit their qualifica-
Evening star., 1959-10-08
GANGS
Police BoIk Fight
Near Anocostio High

he punched the Kent youth in
the face.
At the same time, two other
boys also jumped him from be-
hind knocking him unconscious.
He suffered. cuts to the head
and face police said.
A white girl walking to school
with the Kent boy, Nancy Nor
wood, Is, of 1929 Fort Dupont
terrace Sc, also was struck
in the face by the attacking
juveniles while trying to stop
the fight. police said.
Both students we're taken to
the Kramer Junior High in
firmary and treated for minor
cuts and bruises, according to
police reports.
Another fight in the same
area was reported at 3:15 pm.
Tuesday. Police said that Gloria
Franklin. IL. Of 3101 Twenty
eighth street Sc. and Theodore
Saunders, IA, of 2726 Irving
street Sc, both colored, were
beaten by two white boys.
They were not seriously in
iured. according to police.
During yesterdays disturb
ance, Detective Sam L. Frank
lin of the Juvenile Bureau
found one teen-ager carrying a
seven-ineh switch blade knife
and another a cane with a re-
movable handle concealing an
8-inch dagger-like weapon.
Another disturbance involv-
ing juveniles also was reported
Tuesday night at the same COR
ner, where large numbers of
students from Anacostia, Kra-
mer and Eastern make bus
transfers.
A juvenile squad officer said
police saw several youngsters
exhibiting the Til tatoos.
Called Serious
Schol Supt. Carl F. Hansen
acknowledged today that the
gang situation in the Anacostia
area has been serious for the
last couple of years and that it
is a continuing problem.
He emphasized, however, that
in recent months all such
incidents have occurred away
from school premises. "We
have received no reports of
such difficulties in the schools
there" he said.
At his press conference
today, DR.. Hansen praised
police for the valiant job"
they are doing to protect school
children on their way to and
from classes. He added he
understands the gang problem
is being caused by non-stu-
dents and some adults.
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GANGS
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of the agitation is racial and
that students have been pro-
voked by adults"
The breakdown order will in
clude Cd the concentration of
all available police personnel
in the trouble area and 90 a
request for cooperation from
school officials in talking to
students in special assemblies.
Il have requested Capt. John
Ryan of the Juvenile Squad to
ask school officials to call as
semblies this morning to ex-
plain the seriousness of the
situation" Inspector Winters
said. ="
Basic Cause Sought
He said the request would be
placed in the hands of John
Koontz, assistant superintend-
ent in charge of senior and
junior high schools. Police Of
f1cers will be assigned to talk to
the pupils if school officials re-
quest it, the inspector added.
The police officer said recent
incidents have been provoked
by members of each race. but
that the basic reason for the
trouble has not been deter
mined.
When policemen converged
yesterday afternoon, they found
some members of the so-called
Avenue Gang, which has been
in the area for some time, and
some other boys who had linked
"7-11s on their arms. No mem
bers of either group were be-
lieved involved in yesterdays
brief flareup. Police said the
members Of both gangs are
white.
Much of the activity has CEN
tered around the Hart Junior
High School, COL Mississippi
avenue Sc. Other incidents
have occurred in the vicinity of
Anacostia High School, Six
teenth and r streets Sc, and
Kramer Junior High School,
Seventeenth and @ streets Sc.
A score or more boys and
girls have been questioned in
recent days, and two Of them
turned over to juvenile authori-
ties.
Police reported that at 8:45
am. yesterday a white boy,
Wayne Kent, is, of 4144 South
ern avenue Sc, an AnacoStia
student, was knocked uncon-
scious by three colored young
SterS.
He told police a 15-year-old,
now under custody. stopped
him and accused him of being
a member of the Avenue Gang.
Without waiting for a reply.