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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15

The Genito Home DsmonstI alton
Club had liz Christmas party and
buffet supper In the home Of MIR
nd MIS- J c. Weisiger Gn Fri
Jay evening. Dectriber Al
Pvt r. l. Cook. Of Hitchcock
Texas. was a guest OF Sgt and
Mrs John l.. Harris on December
Z and 8. He and SGT. Harris en-
joyed hunting. although they
brought in very little game.
Lee. Paul ard Mark Noel r {
recovering from the measles.
Charlie Moore Is in st. Luke's
Hospital in Richmond where he is
improving slowly
Mrs Dorothy Denoon has re-
turned home from the hospital. She
is recovering nicely.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
c. Edgar Foreman
Dies; Rites Saturday

JE1TERSVILLE. Dec. IA &C. Ed
gar Foreman died Thursday at his
home here. Funeral rites we're held
Saturday at Sandy Creek Baptist
Church with burial there.
Surviving are two brothers. R. c.
Foreman. Of Richmond. ard II. c..
Foreman. Of Jetersville: three sis
ters. Mrs. Mamie Southall. Of Jet
ersvtlle. Mrs. Eugenia Raikes. Of
Roanoke. and Miss Bessie Fore
man of .IetersYille
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
Rites Here Saturday
For Mrs. Sheffield, rs

Dec. IA NV Mrs. Ada Dowdy Shelf
field. rs. died TIL, .,sday at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Virginia s.
Smith, in Richmond
Funeral rites were held Saturday
at Doyne-Burger Funeral Home
with burial in Westview Cemetery.
Dr.. c. Lloyd Arehart officiated.
Born in Cumberland county. Au-
gust %, 1888, she was the daughter
Of the late Charlie Dowdy and Lucy
Hazlegrove Dowdy She was a mem
Der Of Guinea Presbyterian Church
in Cumberland county.
Also surviving are two sons,
George w. Sheffield, Of Farmville.
and Charles r. Sheffield. of Rich
mond. and three grandchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
George L. Wood, 70
Dies; Rites Saturday

SCOTTSVILLE. Dec IA George
Lewis Wood. 70. died Thursday at
a Palmyra nursing home. He was
a retired paint and varnish manu-
factmer.
A funeral service was held Satur-
day at Scottsville Cemetery.
He was the son Of the late Will
liam D. and Jessie Parks Wood His
wife was the late Nell Frances Nc
Neil Wood.
Surviving are son, George l..
Wood. Jr., Of Scottsville; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Russell Appleton. of
Freeport. N. Y, and Mrs. Victor
Van Ger Werken, OF Clinton. Conn.
and one grandchild.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15

Virginia hunting and fishing Ii
censes are not valid until signed
en- the reverse side.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
Cheerleaders Win
Richmond Contest

POWHATAN, Dec. IA Powha.
tan High School cheerleaders. led
by Dorothy ellis, won the cheering
contest held at Benedictine. Dec
in the division for high schools
with 400 or fewer people enrolled
PoWhatan has $50 enrolled Her
mitage High School won in the
division for larger schools.
The PoWhatan cheerleaders are:
Clara Lawson. Carol Reid. Patti
Gills, Brenda Lawson. Linda Law
son. Carol Richter. Madge Riddle.
Pat Wilson and Lois johnson.
The judges Of the contest were
the cfeerleaders from the Uni
versity of Richmond.
The girls were judged on uni
folmity. originality OF song. APP
oearance and volume
The sponsors Of the cheerleaders
are Mrs. c. NJ Elan and Mrs. G.
?. Gordon. They promised the girls
a steak dinner if they won. Plans
for The dinner are incomplete.
Virginia hunting and fishing Ii
censes are not valid until signed
~, tba ,axarca eide
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
Lower School SEA
Hears DR.. McClung
Ey Graham Webster

On November Is. the second meet
ing CT the Prince Edward Academy
Lower School SEA was called to
rider By the president, Bill Ian
caster. The devotion was given by
Cheryl Noblin.
After the devotion was given. the
secretary. Cheryl Noblin. then gave
the minutes Of the last meeting
Committees and the reporter gave
their reports.
DR.. W. Otis McClung gave a talk
on Reasons To Be Thankful" In
closing America and America
The Beautiful" were sung.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
Letter To Santa
Dear Santa

Dear Santa.
! am little boy seven years old
would ike to have some build
Ing bricks and q gun and q hen
target game.
Don't forget Mother and Daddy
also Mr.. and Mrs. Wrenn and all
The other boys and girls. I hope this
IS not too much.
Acie Allen. Jr.
DillWyn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
Opef ion Santa Claus
CONTINUED from page u

"a residents viii be distributed to
needy children u the community
None 81 the toys Will 60 else
where. said Price This is a local
protect ard we intend to see to it
that not a single needy boy or girl
III this area Is forgotten he added.
Names and addresses of needy
children to whom the toys are to
DC delivered will be obtained from
recognized welfare agencies.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15

Tom: My, but the girl you just
introduced me to ~ magnetic.
Hill. She ought to be. Every
thing she has On Is charged. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Rood-e-o Test Defeats
EnterPrising Reporter

I stopped just as Old 81
plowed through my rear fen
der.
Before I could recover, it
was Drive in Low Gear" which
was easy to do-right over a
traffic island.
Then He Shuts Eyes
When red light winked on
Ito signal Stop at OnceD,
panicked, jumped on the
clutch, turned off the ignition
and closed my eyes.
From the innards of the test
ing machine came an ominous
clanking, and Mr.. Stats broke
his silence:
Take it easy-that machine
costs $500"
Not three commands later
tho devilish car spun COM
pletely off the board and hung
by its cable, whirring angrily.
That's the end of the test
Mr.. Stats said.
He said the Psycho-Physical
counts Is per cent in scoring
the teen-agers participating in
the Road-e-o and acknoWl-
edged that 1 had set a new low
mark.
That may explain why 1 was
not invited to take part in the
actual road tests the Junior
Chamber of Commerce is spon-
soring tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
By MICHAEL MOK
Star STAFF Writer

Forty-nine of the country's
best drivers saw me smash up
car today.
AS I stumbled from the
wreckage in the Statler Hotel,
the contestants in the Safe
Driving Road-e-o looked away.
I've never seen anything
like it, and I've been giving
these tests for ten years." said
Tester Ryneer Stats.
You drove the car right off
the board-that's like throwing
bowling ball out of the alley
and into the street."
Youngsters Do II
1t had seemed so simple.
One youngster after another
sat down at the machine and
drove a toy auto down a make
believe highway.
AS the contestant piloted the
car with standard steering
equipment, such signs as Back
From No. 5 to No. 4" flashed in
front of him-no more COM
plicated than instructions to
go back three spaces" in a
parlor game.
Behind the wheel it was a
different story.
I found myself driving down
a twisting road when the COM
mand stop for Railroad Cross
ing" popped up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11

Rule Stands,
RIA Is Told

The District Commissioners
today rejected a request from
their Redevelopment Lam d
Agency to lower restrictions on
the size of families in District
public housing.
( The commissioners, while
deciding to maintain the pres
ent housing regulations, noted
that exceptions can be made
in individual cases by city IL
censing officials.
+ The chairman of the land
agency, John A. Remon, told
the Commissioners there has
been extraordinary difficulty
in trying to relocate II large
families ousted from the South
west urban renewal area.
There are from IL to IA per-
sons in each of the families,
all of whom are eligible for
public housing on the basis
of income. Mr., Remon said.
However. he pointed out in a
letter to the Commissioners
that the families are ineligible
because Of their size.
The largest public housing
units have five bedrooms and
these are restricted to families
of no more than 10 persons.
The Commissioners, however,
decided that these cases, along
with any others, should be
judged on individual merit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Liquor Credit
Cutoff Protested

Press Liquors. Inc, SGT Four
tenth street NV, yesterday
asked District Court to throw
out a regulation of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board
which the corporation says is
running its business.
Under attack is a rule bar
ring further wholesale deliver
les of liquor to retailers who
have not paid for the last
shipment within a specified pc
riod. New supplies from the
wholesaler are embargoed until
the bill is paid.
This regulation, says attor-
ney Ellsworth T. Simpson, rep
resenting Press Liquors, put
the ABC Board in the role of
a collection agency and is I'M
fair.
The board has barred fur
ther shipments to Press Liquor
from a group of wholesalers
pending payment of the bills,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11

thority. A public hearing would
be held before final approval
would be given by the Com
misSioners.
The National Capital Plan
ming Commission now will be
asked to give its approval to
the proposal for transfer of
jurisdiction. The final step
would be a formal application
to GSA.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare is in
terested in temporary use of
the old hospital building for
laboratory work.
The action today was taken
on the recommendation of the
Districts Administrative Serv-
ices Officer, James L. Mccall
lister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11

212 acres OF the old hospital
site for a new elementary
school. This piece of land is
at the north end of the prop
erty at Eleventh street and
Florida avenue NV.
2. Gave preliminary approval
to a request by the National
Capital Housing Authority that
the remainder Of this tract be
used for a public housing
project.
3. Endorsed Board of Edu-
cation proposal that about 7
acres of the Camp Simms land,
located in the Washington
Highlands area of Southeast,
be transferred for a school site
School officials have selected a
site at Fifteenth street and
Wheeler road.
General Services AdminiStra-
ton took over the old hospital
property when Garfield moved
into the new Washington Hos
pital Center. GSA also has
Jurisdiction of the Camp
SimmS property, which has
been declared surplus by the
Federal Government.
officials emphasized that
preliminary approval only was
given on the four-acre tract
requested by the housing au-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Senate Unit
Votes Public
Building Bill

House-approved public build
ings legislation today won sup
port from the Senate Public
Works Committee.
The legislation. intended to
set up a new procedure for
future Federal building con-
struction. was changed by the
Senate unit in only minor
respects.
One of the alterations would
give General Services Admin
istration authority to lease
space for Government use for
20 years instead of a l0-year
maximum under existing law.
The building bill would re-
quire advance approval by the
Public Works Committees of
Congress of future Federal
post Office, warehouse and
other buildings and renovation
projects, with certain eXcep-
tons. The latter include new
b vi ldingS costing under
100000 and remodeling cost
ing under 100000. Military
and certain specified other
agencies are not covered under
the proposed law.
Besides advance committee
approval the bill would require
General Services Administra-
ton to make an annual prog
ress report to the Works Com
mittees on all projects and
would limit to 80 the number
of new projects which could be
authorized without Appropria-
tions Committee action in any
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
1T DIDN'T LOOK as

1T DIDN'T LOOK as
though it will be completed
this year. When reached on
the telephone, Norma an
Prichard, engineer of the
Maryland Roads Commits
sion, confirmed this.
1T won't be completed
until 1861 if everything goes
WE'LL" he said, land it won't
be finished then if Congress
doesn't do something to
make good on Federal high
way commitments to the
States.
That "A miles of highway
will cost SIT million. Cross
ing the Pennsylvania Railroad
electrlned tracks involves a
lot of difficulties. Raising
the power wires at the Land
over crossing alone cost
100000.
1--WE have three more
bridges to build. We hope to
advertise the grading con-
tracts this year and the paw
ing contracts next. But we
aren't going to advertise any
contracts anywhere in the
State if Federal matching
funds are cut off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11

District for work on the build
ing.
However, a permit was
granted the Potomac Electric
Power Co. for drilling for the
electric lines. PEPCO has also
been given a permit for the
work to commence today. ac-
cording to District officials.
Assured of Repairs
Mrs. Chatham yesterday re-
ceived a visit from c. S. Dixon,
co-ordinator for the District
Highway Department, VIII
asked if it would be conven-
lent for her if the digging got
under way to bury the trans
formers. Mr.. Dixon said he
hoped it would not cause any
more cracks.
Il assured her that some
body will take care of fixing
those cracks and any others
that might occur" Mr.. Dixon
said. He said that the construc-
ton firm has been told not to
start drilling before 9 am. to
let the residents sleep late. Mrs.
Chatham. however, said she'd
rather workers start early and
get it over with"
A structural engineer called
in by Mrs. Chatham found that
the cracks were recent but that
no serious damage had been
done to the historic home. The
foundation walls of Prospect
House are % inches thick. The
home, built in 1888, is a George
town landmark.
Mrs. Chatham said she has
resigned herself to the two
weeks drilling ahead and has
decided to suspend social events
at her home until October.
by october I hope to have
the damaged parts of the house
redecorated and this whole
thing over with" she said.
"Since this whole thing
started" she said, II have
heard from about so Senators
and Congressman who have
called me about it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
BOYS NEST EGG
FOR VACATION
DROPS TO 500

The saddest boy in town
today is 10-year-old
Michael Brown.
Four days ago he started
his first job hunt to earn
some spending money for
vacation he'll soon be TAX
ing with his parents at
Beverly Beach, Md.
The hunt was successful.
NeighborS couldn't turn
down a little boy dragging
a lawnmower along city
streets. After cutting six
lawns, Michael had earned
nearly 81.
He was proud of his
cal ningS and carried them
wherever he went.
Yesterday. Michael was
out looking for more work
in the $500 block of First
street NV. when he was
accosted by three colored
youths. about II years old.
One of them grabbed the
brown change purse from
his right rear pocket.
Michael's mother, Mrs.
James T. Brown, 1910 First
street NV, called the
sixth precinct police and
they're searching for the
culprits.
Mrs, Brown says if the
money isn't found, she'll
replace it.
But Michael doesn't feel
that's quite the same thing.
He wants the dimes and
quarters he earned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star STAFF Writer

The new Miss Washington,
tall, talented and terrif1c-has
set her beautiful blue eyes on
Broadway.
And those who watched
Virginia (Ginger) Pailes in
action last night at the Capitol
Theater are sure she has what
it takes to get there. She has:
/. A stunning smile.
2. A good figure.
3. A vibrant voice, and
4. The brains to put it over.
Ginger is no dizzy blond. She
made up her mind after grad
uation from Northwestern High
School in 1856 to forge a ca
reer on the stage and she has
plotted her course ever since
with all the doggedness of a
detective in search of a thief.
Such determination comes
naturally for Ginger, an only
child. Her father is a Metropol-
itan policeman, Corpl. George
Pailes of the twelfth precinct.
Although she was born in Mil
waukee, she moved with her
parents to Washington at the
age of one month.
Promotion in Mind
This is my city, and I love
it here" she said. And l in
tend to use my title to promote
the city - the ball club, the
people. just everything"
She was a finaliSt once be-
fore in the Miss Washington
contest, but her age and lack
of experience worked against
her.
Il was only 18 back in 1856"
she recalls. Nov I'm 81 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
AIexundriu's
UGF Status
StiIIin Doubt

The United Givers Fund
board of directors yesterday
included funds in its budget for
welfare planning in Alexandria,
but there is still a question of
who will administer the pro-
gram there.
The Alexandria Community
Welfare Council, Inc, in the
past has handled the funds,
amounting to about $4,000 a
year. but the Health and We'll
fare Council for the Metropol-
itan Area has threatened to cut
off money to the Alexandria
group.
The controversy arose over
the Alexandria groups refusal
to give up its autonomy to par
ticipate in the program. The
council told the Alexandria
organization that funds will be
cut off in 1860 unless it gives
up its independent status and
aff1liates with the HWC.
A spokesman for UGF said
funds for Alexandria were in
cluded in the budget on the
assumption that some arrange
ment would be made to ad-
minister the. Alexandria pro-
gram
Carleton D. Smith, UGF
chairman. said that UGF and
council officials had offered new
proposals to "allay the fears"
lof the Alexandria group.
However, Mrs. Merrill Beede,
chairman of the Alexandria
Council, said her group has re-
ceived no new proposals. She
said HWC has written a letter
spelling out its previous po-
sition.
William Clark, public rela-
tons director for HWC, said Of
f1cials still are trying to reach
an agreement with the Alexan-
dria organization.
I'VE expect to come up with
a plan agreeable to both Sides"
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11

bury electrical transformers
now standing on the sidewalk
behind a wooden barricade.
The owner of Prospect House,
Mrs. Thurmond Chatha m.
Washington socialite, said the
District asked her permission to
do the work this time.
Last month construction
workers carried on around-the-
clock drilling operations to
renovate part of the D. C.
Transit Systems Office building
next door. Electronic compu-
tiers, displaced by the Pentagon
fire and moved in, have been
processing Air Force secret
data in the new Office space,
part of which is under Prospect
avenue.
Five Feet of Granite
Workers had to drill through
a f1ve-foot granite wall to in
stall electrical lines. The
foundation of Prospect House,
at 3508 Prospect avenue NV,
is adjacent to the transit COM
pany'S property.
Shortly after the electronic
computer center was installed,
Mrs. Chatham informed D. C.
Transit of the cracks in the
wall of her house.
The matter also came to the
attention of Brig. Gen. A. c..
yelling, District Engineer Com
missioner, who looked into the
situation. Last week he wrote
Mrs. Chatham, widow of
the Democratic Representative
from North Carolina who died
in 1857. that since construc-
ton was for the Federal Gov
eminent, there was no require
ment of a permit from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
Science Institute

BALTIMORE, Aug. IL (AP)
The third summer institute
for high school teachers of sci
ence, co-sponsored by Morgan
State College and the National
Science Foundation, will close
Friday after eight weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
SINGS LIKE DORIS DAY
Miss Washington { yes Broadway

come from singing by working
as a typist at the Western
Electric Co. in Arlington.
But I definitely don't want
to make a life's work out of
that" she smiled. 81 want
to make recordings and appear
in some Broadway shows"
Consciously or unconsciously,
she performs like Doris Day.
Five feet 6 inches tall and
weighing 100 pounds, she is
slender (36-24-38) and plati-
mum blond, much like the movie
star.
Miss Granger Second
But it's not until she belts
the song out-dramatically and
winningly - that the resem-
blance becomes so startling.
Il like her choice of songs
and style" Ginger admits, but
1 really don't try to copy her"
Ginger was chosen last night
by a panel of II judges from
among nine lovely finaliStS.
She will represent the city at
the Miss America contest in
Atlantic City on September II.
The runner-up, an attractive
brunette, was Miss Matte
Helen Granger, 81, of 280l Fiji
teenth street N. w.
The new Miss Washington,
who lives at 1902 Twenty
fourth place. Hyattsville, Md,
was excited but composed
about the whole affair, Spon-
Sored locally by radio station
WWDC. And typical of her ma
ture. she is already laying
plans for the future.
I'm going to use that
scholarship $1,000 to 60 to
music school," she said. After
that. l hope - - Broadway"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
SO YESTERDAY he

so YESTERDAY he
DROVE out East Capitol
street, out Palmer highway
to the new Route so, went
up on it and around the bar
rier that had stopped him
the night before.
He drove 3/10ths of a mile
toward Washington and the
road stopped smack-dab in
a hemlock woods. Could it
be that nothing had been
done?
He went back to the Palmer
highway and stopped in a
garage.
They're working on it,"
the garageman assured him.
mot far from where the
road ends in the woods they
have built a big bridge to
take it over the circumfer-
entail highway which is to
come through here a few
years from now. A big bridge
standing all alone in the
woods.
And beyond that they are
grading a long ramp to take
Route so up onto the bridge
that will carry it over the
Pennsylvania Railroad. II
you will turn right on the
Ardwick road, it'll take you
right there"
The Rambler did so and,
as he approached the rail-
road, he could see big pans
in the woods moving earth
for the ramp. He crossed the
railroad on grade and there,
a little to the left, were the
concrete piers that will carry
over the railroad at an
oblique angle.
The new highway will par
allel the railroad on the left
side of the tracks for a
couple Of miles on the way
to Washington. After about
a mile it will go under the
LandOver road. Bridge con-
struction at this point is
nearing completion.
When the new highway
leaves the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks and swings
to the right toward the Bal
timore expresSway, it has to
go under the Baltimore &
Ohio freight tracks. A bridge
to carry the railroad over
the highway is nearing COM
pletion.
Only a few hundred feet
beyond that are two ribbons
of concrete, blocked off by
barriers. This is the high
way. 1t is complete from
there on into the Kenilworth
interchange. 1t was com
pleted more than two years
ago. Boys have been using it
for go-cart races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-11
The
Rambler
Wonders When
It'll Be Finished
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

On Sunday the Rambler
came back from Ocean City
on Route so, or John Hanson
highway, one Of the finest
roads in the country.
He was driving into the
setting sun after crossing the
Bay Bridge. The recent rains
had the tobacco standing
high with plenty of broad
leaves. White faced here
fords we're fattening on lush
paSturage.
A little after sunset we
rea CHI ed the bridge over
Palmer highway, the road
built in the cut made for the
old Annapolis electric line.
There we had to leave the
splendid Route 50-barrierS
barred driving farther on
it-and take the cloverleaf
turn down onto the Palmer
highway. 1t is an old black
top road without the safety
factor of a median strip.
Traffic from the beaches
must use it for five miles to
get to East Capitol street,
another splendid highway.
Remembering that Route
so, the magic carpet to the
beaches, reached the Palmer
highway in the fall of 1857,
the Rambler decided to find
out what progress had been
made since to complete the
remaining Az miles.