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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
School Board Declines To Ask
For $4,000 In State Money
$4,000 State Aid
is Not Enough 10
Operate Schools

Meeting in special session Wed
nesday night, the Prince Edward
County school board decided NOT
to demand payment of the basic
constitutional appropriation accrg-
ing to the county
T. j. McIlwaine. superintendent
of schools, said the school board
had consulted with its attorneys a.
to the legal right Of the school
board to demand payment BY the
State Board Of Education to the
county treasurer Of the basis con
stitutional appropriation accruaa.
70 the county under Items 1873. l39
and l40 Of the current apD.onT'a
ton act Of the General Assembly
The school board has been ad
vised that they nave the legal right
70 demand such IN ey ~hos
would be approximately s45 900
this year TINS is identical to the
opinion issued Tuesday by Attorney
General Harrison see other story
N this page for details
In written statement The school
board reported as follows
In the circumstances counsel
for tile School Board were Of opMlOa
that nothing would be gained by
demanding payment at this time Of
tho basic constitutional appropria
ton. since it can be expended OILY
for payment Of salaries Of teachers
81 other Institutional personnel HI
tho public schools Of for payment
Of tuition in lieu Of teacher Of other
Institutional salaries Under rule
and regulations Of the State Board
Of Education
The basic constitutional APP
preparation is totally inadequate for
operation of the public schools Of
Prince Edward County during the
session 1880 and as a practical
matter the schools cannot be
operated successfully fer less than
4 full school session Moe oeNer
teachers canno. be employed for 4
ptIIDG VI ltSN tIldH lI4I rL.lu1-
session and commitments Of this
nature cannot be made BY I i A
School Board without the assurance
Of adequate State and local funds
The public schools Of Prince Ed-
ward County cannot be operated un-
til minimum budget requirements
for monthly operation at the least
are made available to the School
Board from County funds or other
sources. Whenever that Is d c.
funds normally accrulng TO he
School Board from the State Will
b c m available to the School
Board
After full discussion Of the entire
matter. the Board determined not
\ to demand payment by the State
Board Of Education at this rina
Of the basic constitutional approP-
ration accruing to Prince Edward
County. II being understood that the
School Board does not thereby
waive the right 70 demand pay
ment at future date
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Harrison Rules
Funds Must Go To
instruction Only

Prince Edward County is eligible
for approximately $4,000 to $45, 900
in school aid money from the State
of Virginia, according to a ruling
by Attorney General Harrison made
public Tuesday.
The money may be allotted by
the State Board of Education. if
requested to do so by the county
school board The money is avail
able despite the fact that the county
is not going to operate public
schools during the coming year
IN his opinion, Harrison said the
money may be used only to pay
teachers salaries or as tuition
grant to the pupils Harrison did
not mention Prince Edward County
by name but gave his ruling in
general. The opinion was delivered
to Dr. D. Y Paschall, state super
intendent Of public instruction. who
requested the ruling
No Local Funds
lic HlCC GO"dI u DOdl VI VI
supervisors earlier refused to APP
propriate money for any function Of
the school system. indica ting that
such matters as insurance, the
superintendent office and staff.
ETC., should be paid out of the
minimum aid coming from he
State However, Harrison's opinion
makes it clear that the state money
can be used only for teachers sala-
ries or tuition grants. In light Of
the ruling, it is quite possible that
the school board will submit an
other budget to the board of super
visors asking minimum funds to-
insure and maintain the several
million dollars WORT of school
buildings owned by the county.
Harrison's opinnion will be be-
fore the State Board of Education
at its next meeting, to be held
August Is at Hot Springs.
| Section 1876 of the Virginia Con-
stitution requires the General As
Il sembly to make minimum APP
\ preparation for primary and gram
mar schools. This minimum in
cludes three things: ~ the annual
interest on the State Literary Fund:
\ ~ the states share of the capita
ton or poll tax. 81 an amount
equal to the total from an annual
tax of one to five mills per dollar
of property values.
All the People
Section 1875 provides the minimum
should DE applied ''for the equal
benefi. of all the people OF the
State" by apportioning it according
| to the number of school children.
ages seven to 20. in the localities.
The section permits but does not
require the Assembly to make ad-
ditional appropriations
Against this constitutional back
ground. Harrlson's opinion dealt
with items 1888, l39 and 140 Of the
current general appropriations act.
These items cover the main state
appropriation for schools, including
the constitutional minimum. by ear
! marking SIS. 500. $50 as the basic
appropriation for teachers sala-
res.
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Dark Fired Leaf
Association Elects
12-Member Board

The l2-member board of directors
Of the Virginia Dark-Fired Tobacco
Growers Marketing Association has
been reconstructed with elections in
the counties served Chosen for new
three-year terms We're
G. n. Moses. Appomattox: B. E.
Ford. Amelia. r. W. GannaWay
Buckingham Robert G. Johnson,
Bedford. J. W. Baldock Campbell
G. S. Dodd. Charlotte, CLYDE Foster
Cumberland, W. LinWood Jones
Dinwiddie and Brunswick. Warren
Goodwin. Nelson and Amherst. G.
Cleveland Marshall, Nottoway and
Lunenburg, and D. c. Morris,
Prince Edward
J. A. Hazelgrove, of Cumberland
now serves as the public at-large
director named by the Virginia Ex-
tension Service That term also is
expiring, and Hazelgrove is ex-
pected to be returned to the post
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

The five Farmville students, All
of whom Will receive a master S
degree are Mrs Florence R Rich
ardson Mrs. Adele Watkins. Miss
Mallnda Ayres Mrs. Jean Smith
Lindsey and John Henry Stuart
The area students are Harold
King Magnusson. Of Green Bay.
and Mrs Georgia Putney Good
man. of Cumberland. who will re-
ceive masters degrees. and Mrs
Marie Thomas Anderson. Of New
Canton. who viii be awarded a
Bachelors degree
Candidates
Mrs Richardson Will receive the
degree Of master Of arts in edu-
cation. She holds the degree 81
bachelor Of science in education
from Longwood College and IS an
accountant IN the Business Office
Of the College
Mrs Watkins will receive the de
gree Of master Of science III edu-
cation She holds the B. S. degree
from Longwood College and taught
in the Farmville Elementary School.
Miss Ayres Will receive the de-
gree of master of arts in educa-
ton. She holds the A B degree
from Greensboro College. Green's
boro, ~ c.. and is the director Of
Methodist student activities on the
Longwood campus
A candidate for the degree Of
master Of science in education. Mrs
Lindsey is graduate Of Farm
vile High ESchool She holds the
degree Of bachelor Of science in
elementary education from Long
wood College and now teaches in
Pulaski
A graduate Of Farmville Hi g h
School and Hampden-Svdney Col
| lege. Mr. Stuart viii receive the
degree Of master Of arts in edu-
cation. He now teaches at Victoria
High School
Mr. Magnusson will receive the
degree Of master Of arts in educa-
ton He holds the bachelor 0.
science degree from Longwood Col
leee and il General Supervisor il
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
from Rt. $50 To Egg Plant
Count,y's First Appropriation For
Industry Access Road Put To Work

ceives ST 900 900 in road funds ear
marked exclusively for conStruc-
ton Of access roads leading into
industrial sites. The appropriation
is designed to help industrializa-
ton throughout the state.
The reconstruction work is being
done on a highway which was al
ready in the county's Secondary
System. An extra. 10 feet of right
of way was acquired to start the
project. That increases the highway
title from 40 to so feet.
The extra right of way will per-
NIT construction Of curb and gut
tiers and a sidewalk in subsequent
years if industrial development Of
the site increases
Factors
The heavy tractor-trailer trucks
transporting eggs and using the
access road daily we're important
factors in getting the project here.
In addition, the location Of the
Farmville airport where it could
be served by the same road was
also a factor in state approval of the
appropriation.
The Highway Department re-
Gently announced that the access
road fund takes only one-half cent
of Virginia annual highway ex-
penditure dollar. The Secondary
Sysem gets IA cents. the Inter-
state, Urban and Primary Systems
IS cents Of that dollar.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Buckingham Girl
Prevents Drowning

Linda Lawson. l4-ycar-oId Dill.
wyn girl. saved a swimming com
paniOn, Kay Thinney, age Is. from
drowning Sunday at Pocohontas
State Park in Chesterfield county.
The two we're swimming about
Is feet from shore when Thinney girl
tainted. The Dillwyn girl kept the
girls head above water for several
minutes until two unidentified boys
pulled her to shore. Administered
! first aid on the spot by a rescue
! squad. she was taken to local
hospital and released after exami-
nation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

The State Corporation Commits
sion charter authorization listed the
foundation directors as Dr. Francis
G. Landlord. Jr.. Longwood presi-
dent, Thomas C. Boushall. of Rich
mond, and J. H Wamsley. of Farm
Vile. business manager Of the col
lege.
Boushall is chairman Of the board
OF the Bank Of Virginia and a
former member of the State Board
Of Education. AS a member of the
board, he was chairman of the
Longwood College committee.
President Landlord reports that
the primary purpose of the founda-
ton is to receive. invest and adj
minister fund gifts to the college,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

scholarships and other gifts.
The foundation board would he
empowered TO seek investment
counse and in other WAYS TO
achieve maximum benefit fro N
financial resources accrung to the
foundation from persons wishing to
help the college
DR. Landlord also said the sepa-
ratelv organized and operating
foundation could provide NOR e
adequate records and administra-
ton. 1t also is expected to provide
a greater stimulus to giving, since
foundation funds could not be APP
propriated by the state to functions
other than those specified.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Farmers Cooperative
Meeting Monday

viii farmers control agriculture
in the future is the big question
to be discussed at the annual meet
ing of Farmers Cooperative, Inc.
at Farmville High School, Monday,
August 8. The meeting is set for
8 pm.
Features of the meeting will be
a report on the local cooperative,
talk and discussion Of the con-
troll question; elections. and re-
freshments. according to Hugh 9.
Cunningham Jr.. district manager
Of Southern States Cooperative.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Juveniles Arrested
For Theft Of Parts

Two juveniles we're arrested We'd
nesday by Deputy Sheriff J. W.
Overton for the theft of about $500
worth of machine parts from the
o, C. DoWdy cabin.
The seven and ten year old Negro
youths entered the cabin Tuesday
and took the machine parts. Over
ton investigated the case and made
his arrest Wednesday morning. The
DoWdy cabin is located east Of the
airport property.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
From RI. $50 To Egg Plant

Prince Edward couatys first road
.proIe-ct beiag financed from a
speclal state Industrial Access Road
fand rs underway leading from
Route 4s0 West into the Fair-Acre
Certified Eag Marketing Service
plant
The project viii widen. straighten
and strengthen the road over the
half-mlie distance from the high
way past The airport hangers. to
the egg grading plant
Work II being done entirely by
Department Of Highway forces, I'M
der i Sl4,500 appropriation
Annual Fund
Tha Drpartmeit annually re-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Motley Bid Low On
Hospital Building

Motley Construction Company
Inc, Of Farmville. entered low
bid of S1,Ol4, 500 Tuesday for con-
struction OF a new patient receiving
building and intensive treatment
center at the Dunbar site of East
ern State Hospital at Williamsburg
The bid carried a completion date
of January |, 1861. 1t is subject to
approval by the State Hospital
Board and Governor Almond. Seven
bids were received on the project
ranging up to 81 ,lOl $3.50
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

the Prince Edward Cumberland
School Division
A candidate for the degree Of
master of science in education,
Mrs. Goodman holds the B. S. de-
gree from Longwood College. She
is principal of the Hamilton Ele-
mentary School in Cumberland
Mrs. Anderson will receive the
degree Of bachelor of science in
elementary education. In addition
10 Longwood, she has attended the
University Of Virginia
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
FarmvilIe Legion
Post Election Set

Election Of officers and reports on.
the annual state convention are on
the agenda for the meeting of Jack
Garland Post 80. American Legion.
at Farmville Monday. August 3, at
8 pm.
All Legion members and others in
terested in the Legion program are
invited.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

SSHOOI OIL utSudN AUGUST d Q
pm. at the Pisgah Baptist Church.
All school patrons are urged to al
tend this important meeting
Foundation has to have a definite
space requirement to work from
total of 1856 applications have
been received as of Thursday morn
ing. out of an estimated potential
of / ,562. This is approximately 80
per cent of the potential
The applications for admission
are primarily to determine h Q
number of students per grade in
each school, so space and teachers
can be arranged for Actual adnls-
sion to the school will be through
registration when the school opens
Pearson said the Foundation Of
flee would be open until noon Sat
urdav to receive late applications.
Headmasters of the schools in the
districts have applications forms
that can be used. The Foundation
office is located on the third floor
fuse the elevator of the Taylor
building on the corner of West
Third Street and North Street
The only school that has reached
its estimated potential is the Spring
Gre ek School near Darlington
Heights. With a potential enroll
ment of 50. there are already 81
students applying for that school
The school will be conducted in
the white columned brick Spring
Creek Baptist Church. where some
six to eight classrooms are avail
able
The fund drive has reached
slightly over s245 900. E. Louis
Dahl. campaign manager an
nounced Concerted effort to obtain
the additional $4,000 to meet the
first years budget. is now under
way he reported
Mrs. Bertha Brisentine. of Pros
pect. is now the campaign secre-
tary. working out of the Foundation
office The temporary headquarters
were moved to the Foundation Of
flee this week. after being in the
town council chamber for about a
month Anyone wishing to make a
pledge is requested to come to the
Foundation office.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Commencement August
Area Teachers, Supervisor
TO Celtic Graduate Degrees

candidates
conferred by
Longwood concluding the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
Newly Chartered By sec
Newly Chartered By sec
Funds, Investment, Administration
Aim OF LongoOd College Foundation

A
ner work and detectives of the college
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31
90 Per Gent OF
Potential Pupils
Apply For School
Foundation Sets
Saturday Noon AS
Deadline To Apply

Applications for. school this fail
must be in the Foundation office b.
noon on August l Saturday. Roy
r Pearson. administrator SAID this
morning. Applications received af-
ter that date will be considered III
dividually in view of available
space" Pearson said
Parents have had since July ID
to apply for admission of their chi
dren to the private schools and the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

There will be meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association OF Rice
School on Tuesday. August 4 al s
pm. at the Pisgah Baptist Church.
tend this important meeting.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-07-31

Meeting in special session Wed
nesday night, the Prince Edward
County school board decided NOT
to demand payment of the basic
constitutional appropriation accra
ing to the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Virginiuns Seek
To Curb Obscene
Literature Spread

Legislation to cut down dis
tribution Of obscene literature
will be recommended for pas
sage at the next session of the
Virginia General Assembly by
the Northern Virginia Citizens
for Decent Literature.
Mrs. Leone Buchholz, chair
man of the Northern Virginia
group, said today that legisla-
ton making II possible to
prosecute dealers in obscen-
ity" will be urged.
Mrs. Buchholz said the citi-
zens' group also decided at a
meeting last night totake the
problem before community or
CARNATIONS.
The public is not sufficiently
informed Of the magnitude OF
this situation" said Mrs. Buch-
holz, a former member of the
Arlington County Board.
She also said that a commit
tee of her group is compiling a
list Of magazines which they
deem Objectionable. She said
newsstands and business
places in Northern Virginia
ARE cooperating by refusing
to )sell Objectionable maya
zines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Husband Kills
Wife and Self
In Frederick

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. IA
(AP). A 59-year-old man
bludgeoned, shot and knitted
his wife today on a road on
the western edge of Frederick
and then put a bullet through
his head.
William H. Scott and his
wife, 61-year-old Mrs. Alma
Slime Scott, both of Frederick.
died shortly after they were
brought to Frederick Memorial
Hospital.
City police said Scott used a
wooden club to beat his wife
and then shot her in the head
and hand with a revolver.
Finally, police said, the hus-
band returned with a machete,
a long blade, and cut his wife
on the neck.
Merrill Wise, a truck driver.
told police he and two COM
panionS rounded a curve in
their truck and saw Scott on a
bank alongside the road beat
ing his wife.
"She was screaming" Mr..
Wise said. I'VE got down to
get him off. George Masser
was first down. He (Scott)
pulled a gun at Masser and
shot wild one time. We went
back to the truck, but he held
a gun on us and we couldn't
get in.
I'VE were helpless. He used
the knife on her. 1t looked
like he cut her around the
face"
Mr.. Wise said Scott then
shot himself four times, aim
ing the revolver at his head.
All the time he kept looking
at u.s." he said.
Scott stumbled into a corn
field and disappeared. Police
later found him about 600 feet
away.
Investigators were unable to
say what caused Scott to at
tack his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Knights of Columbus
To Dedicate Shrine

A shrine to the Blessed
Mother Mary, Queen of the
Knights" will be dedicated by
the Prince Georges Council,
Knights Of Columbus. at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the council home,
5000 Baltimore avenue, College
Park. Md.
The Right Rev. Msgr. James
E. Cowhig. council chaplain,
and other council officers will
take part in the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Arson Indicated
As House Burns

A vacant house just across
the District line in Prince
Georges County was destroyed
by fire last night, possibly the
result of arson.
The four-room frame bun
galow was ablaze when the
District got the first call and
four Prince Georges volunteer
companies were summoned
minutes later, Chief Ralph N.
Small of the Boulevard Heights
Volunteer Fire Department re-
ported.
He said the house had been
vacant about two years. 1t
frequently has been the target
OF vandalS.
Were certain it was arson"
Chief Small said. 1T was too
far gone when we got there. I"
The house was at 4801 Ellis
avenue, Boulevard Heights, at
Southern avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Area Milk Coop Accused
Of PHce-Cutting Moneuver

its investigation there was 9
noticeable slackening OF the
temperatures campaign"
Harvey was able to bid sue
cessfully on subsequent Gov.
eminent contracts, he said.
The Harvey official said he
understood that, while the
coop was engaged in the al
legged price-cutting. Embassy
was being operated at a loss OF
about 100000 a year.
Mr.. Cotter's charges brought
a question from Senator Aiken,
Republican of Vermont.
Protests Seduction"
you mean they Embassy
would sell milk to your Gus
toners in order to seduce
them, you might say. at a
lower price than they would
sell to their own customers?"
Senator Aiken asked.
Mr.. Cotter replied that was
exactly the situation.
That's not unusual in the
milk business" Senator Aiken
remarked.
An amendment to the pro-
posed bill was offered yester-
day to eliminate language that
would give retroactive approval
to the Maryland Virginia Co.
ops purchase of Embassy. The
Embassy purchase is now being
fought in the courts.
The amendment was offered
by a co-sponSor of the bill,
Senator Mccarthy, Democrat
of Minnesota.
His amendment would make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

the Secretary OF Agriculture
primarily responsible in de-
termining whether competition
was being harmed by co-op's
acquiring of marketing facil-
tiles. He explained to reporters
that this would take primary
jurisdiction away from the
Justice Department whose anti
trust division was criticized for
attempting to narrow immuni-
ties presently provided farmer
co-opS under the Capper-Vol-
stead Act.
In effect. Senator Mccarthy
told reporters, his amendment
would make the Agriculture De-
partment enter as a defend
ant" in antitrust cases in
volving acquisitions by Coop
eratives its officials had pre-
viouSly approved.
Senator Mccarthy, in an APP
parent reference to the criti-
cism made by opponents of the
Maryland Virginia co : opera
tive, told the subcommittee the
original bill was not intended
ito bail out" any one coop
having antitrust difficulties.
Among the witnesses appear
ing at the opening sessions of
the hearing yesterday was j.
N. Ferguson, executive vice
president of Thompson's Dairy,
who testified the Maryland
Virginia coop might obtain a
monopoly over the production
of milk as well as the process
ing, distribution and sale Of
milk products here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Man Loses $466
Visiting q Friend

A visit TO an Alexandria
friend turned out to be an ex-
pensive one for a 72-year-old
Washington man yesterday.
Frank Parker, 1877 Eighteenth
street Me-, reported to police
that 1856 was stolen from his
wallet while he was visiting at
the home of a woman acquaint-
ance near the commercial CEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
7 rain Decopitotes
Father of Six

An Edmonston (Md1 fathe,
of six children was decapitated
by a train last night on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
main freight route to WASH
ington.
The victim was identified as
John Jacob Butler, 80, a truck
driver of $500 Forty-sixth ave-
nue..
His mangled body was found
shortly before midnight on the
tracks near the railroad trestle
across the Northeast Branch of
the Anacostia river in the
Bladensburg- HyattSville area.
DR.. John T. Maloney, deputy
medical examiner for Prince
Georges County, listed the
time of death as between HIS
and HAS pm. and ruled it as
accidental.
Police said the victims wife,
Mrs. Francis v. Butler, told
them her husband used that
stretch of the railroad to walk
home each night from Bladens-
burg.