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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
Streets, Water
And Traffic
Confront Council
Blacktopping
Program Delayed
Until String

Streets. traffic and water were
the main items Of business to
occupy the attention of the Farm
vile town council at its regular
meeting Tuesday.
A trio of citizens appeared be
fore the council to request that
truck traffic be diverted from
High and Oak streets to flow en-
tirely along Main and Third
streets.
Making the request for action
were F. H. Hamburg, ST., Horace
A. Adams, and DR.. F. G.. Lank-
ford, all residents in the vicinity
OF the traffic flow. They noted
the objectional noise feature in
the residential section and the
question Of safety along the mar
row upper end of Oak street.
DR.. Landlord also asked for
further action to make drivers
aware Of the pedestrian crossings
in front of the college. The pc
deStrians have the right Of way
in the walkWays. However, the
vehicles have not been yielding
this right of way, with q danger
Gus situation existing.
Blacktopping Delay
Council decided not to have the
blacktopping program done this
fall because it is getting too late.
Authorities have advised that
the blacktopping is not as effec-
tive in cold weather as it is in
hot weather, SO the council
agreed that the program would
be more beneficial next spring
Thus the blacktopping program
has been delayed until next
spring.
Also in the line of streets, the
town manager was instructed to
start detailed work on the extern
sion of Second Street, SO work
could be done the first thing in
the spring.
The council received with ap
probation letter of thanks from
resident engineer j. l.. Parker,
in which he commended the town
for its participation with the
county board of supervisors in
repairing the top end Of Putney
street. That work has been COM
pleted and the street is now in
shape.
Water
The council studied at length
the proposal to extend and i'm
prove the raw water intake line
in the Buffalo river. from which
the town receives its water sup
ply. The council was in firm
agreement that this work should
proceed as rapidly as possible.
However, specifications must be
obtained before contracts on the
work can be let. Therefore the
water committee was directed to
get the details on the plan, so
action can begin.
A petition was received from
Brickert Oil Company. presented
by w. c. Fitzpatrick, that Boat
street be abandoned. Boat street
is a street that exists only on the
town plat. 1t runs from North
Main street eastward to the NV
railway line. 1t lies north of the
rev Brickert Oil Company build
ing yet south of the river. The
council could find no reason that
the street would ever be devel-
oped. so the Mayor was author
lied to appoint three viewers to
follow the legal procedure in the
abandonment of the street.
The airport property was auth
oriZed to be leased in similar
manner of last year. However
John Routt was rented only the
middle building and the runways.
While Baldwin Brothers Transfer
was rented the other two build
(C0nfinuod IN pooo ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14
Four-BallOt Affair
President Not Only Nor. 8 Issue

Long-Sandlng voters qualified by
October registration deadne confronted by four
ballot election November including choice in the national
presidential race.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-14

PREMIER NIkITA KHRUSH-
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Driving Hazardous

Hazardous driving conditions
and impossible roads were re-
ported throughout Northern
Virginia, all Of Maryland. Sec
tions Of Delaware and Eastern
West Virginia. Heavy snow was
reported in eastern and central
Pennsylvania with IL inches
at Philadelphia, New Jersey
southeastern New York and
most Of New England.
The American Automobile
Association said things are
bad all over" from Virginia
through all areas to the North
east. In the Washington area,
the AAA reported receiving 200
trouble calls an hour and said
1t was experiencing some delay
in going to the aid of stalled
motorists. The AAA was ad-
vising, no unnecessary travel
and said motor travel is possible
only with chains.
The hazardous condition OF
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8 inches at National Airport,
the Weather Bureau reported
depths up to 12 inches in the
area surrounding Washington.
Here are some of the reports:
Fairfax, 10 inches; Arlington,
IL inches; Gordonsville. Va,
6 inches; Sterling. Va, at Dulles
Airport, IL inches; Montgomery
County. 10 inches; Martinsburg,
w. Va, 10 inches; Winchester,
10 inches.
Richmond, Va, had a mere
one inch Of snow; Roanoke re-
ported 3 inches; Norfolk. Va.
had rain and only a trace Of
snow, and 2 inches was reported
at Salisbury, Md. on the East
ern Shore.
Evening star., 1960-12-12

THE HAGERSTOWN AL
MANIAC confirms these find-
ings. It forecasts very un-
pleasant weather in January,
February and March. You
had better plan to watch the
inaugural parade on your
TV. The almanac predicts
rain or snow for January 20.
w. A. Shoemaker, the fore
caster Of the almanac, pays
no attention to the weather
lore in the woods.
He figures the weather
from the changes Of the
moon, the position of the sun
and the influence Of the
planets.
He submits q table which
will "show the observer what
kind of weather will most
probably follow the entrance
Of the moon into any of her
quarters, and so near the
truth as to be seldom or
never found to fail"
Evening star., 1960-12-12
The
Rambler
Makes His
Annual Forecast
BY GEORGE KENNEDY
You might as well face up

BY GEORGE KENNEDY
You might as well face up
to it.
You're not going to get by
as easily this winter as you
did through the last one.
Last winter, you will re-
member, we did not have a
real snowstorm until mid
February.
You've had a wonderful
fall-perfect weather.
But you had better recon-
cile yourself to some pretty
rough going.
The Rambler has been In
the woods, checking up.
The squirrels have very
bushy tails and heavy coats
signs Of a hard winter.
The acorn crop is very
heavy-another sign. So were
the dogwood berries.
The woolly bear caterpillars
are very fuzzy this fall.
The growth of moss at the
base Of the trees is very
heavy-another sign.
Hornets nests exposed now
that the leaves have fallen
are in the lower-not the
upper-branches. They know
what's coming.
That snow owl that showed
up in Rockville the other
day was only one of many
harbingers Of a severe win
ter.
A recent visit to the duck
ing shores Of Chesapeake Bay
garnered this information.
The Canada Geese are here
in unprecedented numbers
and there are some snow
geese In the bay.
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Girl Rescues
Boy,3,From
Icy Pond

The 17-year-old daughter OF
a Maryland planning official
waded up to her neck into an
ice-covered pond near Norbeck,
Md. yesterday to save a 3-year-
old boy.
Patricia Floyd Of 14605 Car
rollton road, Manor Club Es-
tates, plunged into the pond
and pulled Kenneth c. Brown
from beneath the ice, according
to Rockville firemen.
Kenneth. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward A. Brown, of 4104 Mont
pelier road, had gone shedding
near the pond on the Manor
Country Club golf course.
The boy, with his brother
Edward, Z, walked out on the
thin ice lying beneath a blanket
of snow. The ice gave way, and
Kenneth fell into freezing water
over his head. Edward also fell
through. but managed to strug-
gle out.
Patricia, according to her
father, John A. Floyd, was pass
ing near the pond on an after
noon walk. She heard the
screams of Kenneth's playmates
and ran to the scene.
Patricia wadei about 80 feet
out to Kenneth, who had gone
under, and brought him ashore.
She applied artificial respiration.
Mrs. John j. Curry, who lives
nearby. carried Kenneth to her
home and called an ambulance.
Patricia and Kenneth were
treated at Suburban Hospital
for exposure and shock and sent
home.
Patricia is a senior at Walter
johnson High School in Be-
thesda. Her father is a men,
Der of the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
The Browns are new neigh
bors of the Floyd family, having
moved to the community a
week ago from Briarcliff, N. Y.
Mr.. Brown is an engineer with
the International Business Ma
chimes Corp. in Bethesda.
Mr.. Brown said the two boys
and another son, Kelvin, S, had
left home with their sleds a
short time after the family
came home from church. He
said he and his wife were
changing their clothes to go
with the boys, but said the
mishap occurred before they
could join them.
Patricia deserves a lot of
credit and our thanks" Mr..
Brown said.
Evening star., 1960-12-12
Police Help Move Cars
Action Is Urged
On D. c. Voting
BY the Associated Press

Representative Kastenmeier
Democrat Of Wisconsin, today
urged Gov. Gaylord Nelson and
members of the Wisconsin
State Legislature to push for
early approval of the 23d
Amendment to the United
States Constitution.
The amendment, If ratified
by SO States. would grant the
residents of Washington the
right to vote for President and
Vice President.
In letters to Gov. Nelson and
members of the State Legisla-
ture from his congressional dis
trict. Mr.. Kastenmeier said the
proposed amendment Is the
minimum possible grant Of vot-
ing rights.
Evening star., 1960-12-12
STORM siDELIGHTs
Stork Bucks Snow,
Delivers Anyway

The snowstorm may have
slowed him down but it didn't
completely ground the stork in
the Washington area over the
week end.
SEVERN. F. Ulmer, personnel
officer for the Virginia Bureau
of Sports and Fisheries, pre-
sided early today at the birth
of his son during the snow
storm in Fairfax County.
Mr.. Ulmer called the FIRE de-
partment when his wife, Maria,
decided the baby was on the
way. But the stork arrived at
3:15 am, a few minutes before
the Annandale Rescue Squad.
Mrs. Ulmer and the new child
were taken to George Wash
ington Hospital by the rescue
squad. Mr.. Ulmer stayed home
TO care Tor the couples Two
other children, Michael, 8, and
Charyl, 13.
There were at least five other
obstetrics run in Fairfax
County over the week end.
! In Montgomery County, the
Silver Spring flreboard re.
ported six ambulance trips tt
hospitals during the night with
expectant mothers.
In one case, a Hillendale
doctor was taken to a hospita
rendezvous with an expectant
mother in a fire truck.
Prince Georges County re.
ported seven obstetrics runs
during the night.
4
A trio that took off on q
sightseeing flight over Wash
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around and moved the cars for
them.
The storm shut down racing
today at Pimlico Race Track
and delayed the Redskins
Giants football game at Grif-
nth Stadium for IS minutes
yesterday.
The. District Government
had 500 trucks and 1900 men
combating the drifting snow
most Of yesterday and all
through the night. Five thou
sand tons of sand had been
deposited on streets at an early
hour this morning.
Here was the situation on
commercial transportation:
National Airport closed down
about 2 pm. yesterday to clean
main runways and taxiways
but most airlines Cancelled all
north and southbound flights.
After having only seven land
ings during the night, the air.
port shut down again at $50
am. today and rcopened again
! at 8 am.
All north and southbound
intercity buses were running as
much as 2 to 3 hours behind
time.
Trains FROM North Delayed
A half-hour delay was re-
ported in all trains coming to
Washington from the north
but trains from the south
were on time.
! Conditions were much worse
in the counties and cities sur
rounding Washington than in
the city. Alexandria and Ar
lington government Offices
were open for business but they
were closed in Fairfax, Prince
eorges and Montgomery
Counties. Loudoun County was
showed in deeply under IL
inches of snow and all second
Diary roads were closed by
drifting snow except Route 287,
All Loudoun schools and
county Offices were closed.
Roads throughout Maryland
and Virginia were treacherous
and chains were urged for all
auto travel. Most back and
secondary roads were reported
as impossible. Snow plows had
mot reached most rural routes
during the night.
The Office of National Capt.
tai Parks closed Ford's Theater
onTenth street NV, at noon
yesterday because they feared
the heavy snowfall might cause
the roof Of the historic theater
ito collapse.
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roads came as o blow to District
area merchants who are not
fascinated by White Christ
masses.
e. A. Pritchard, executive
vice president, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, said
all downtown and suburban de-
partment stores were open as
usual.
AS a precaution, the lights
were left on all night for the
special downtown Christmas
decorations to melt the snow
on them. Mr.. Pritchard said
they were a cheerful note on
F Street on an otherwise drab
thoroughfare this morning.
Shoppers were scarce and
downtown Washington streets
were almost deserted at mid
day.
The main problem in all
jurisdictions was the drifting
snow caused by strong north
west winds reaching a velocity
Of Is to IS miles an hour. AS
fast as sand was poured on
roads by emergency crews. the
wind blew snow on top of 1t
and conditions were nearly as
bad as before.
Scores of minor traffic acci-
dents were reported by all area
police departments but there
were remarkably few personal
injuries. Police said the early
start Of the storm. at an hour
when most people were safely
at home. undoubtedly pre-
vented "a number Of serious
traffic accidents.
The Metropolitan Police Ac-
cident Investigation Unit re-
ported it was getting q call
a minute. But policemen said
they were sure there we're even
more accidents that were not
being reported.
Shedding Parties
But If the storm was a head
ache to most people. 1t was a
boon to children. Sleds, that
have not been used since last
March, were brought out Of
hundreds Of Easements at an
early hour yesterday and sled
ding parties blossomed through
out the area.
The main problem was trans
portation.
1t was the some old story to
most motorists: I'm not stuck
but the guy in front of me Is. /"
The first snow plan invoked
by District officials was Plan 3
which went into effect at 10
am. yesterday and warned
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ington yesterday had to make
q forced landing on Route 240
near the Atomic Energy Com
mission at Germantown when
ice formed on the planes
wings.
The pilot, Roger H. Jones, 26,
of 1912 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, said he was trying to
outrun the fast-moving storm
to the new Montgomery County
Airport near Gaithersburg
when the ice started forming.
/ Police said Mr.. Jones brought
the Cessna Skylark ITS down
on a straight stretch of Route
240 just north of State Route
118 and then TAXED the plane
onto the grass dividing strip
in order not to tie up traffic.
Mr.. Jones described the land
ing as "one of the best I've
ever made"
| The others in the plane were
Edward C. Jones, a brother of
the pilot, and Ann Fulbrook,
81, of Yorkshire, England, a
friend.
Fourteen Alexandria Boy
Scouts had to be rescued from
the deep snow in the Blue
Ridge Mountains yesterday.
Three members of the Up
perville CVaJ Volunteer Fire
Department reached the boys by
jeep and truck about three miles
north of Route SIS at Linden.
/ The Scouts. members of Troop
600 sponsored by the Duke
Street Baptist Church, were
taken to Upperville where they
were checked by a physician and
released to their parents.
/ Scoutmaster Frank Rice. t3.
of 516 North Howard street,
Alexandria, had telephoned the
boys parents yesterday to come
for them. But when the par
ents arrived in the area they
could not maneuver on the
mountain road.
y Il
Two men leaped from q
stalled car on the Southern
Railway track in Alexandria
yesterday seconds before an
oncoming train demolished the
car.
Jonah c. Short. 26, who
police said was driving, and
Wesley c. Hoskinson, %. both
of Route S, Alexandria, said
they tried to stop when they
saw the red warning signal at
See SIDELIGHTS, Page B-3
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motorists to cancel all except
essential trips.
Plan 4 was invoked about
$3.50 pm. and declared q park
ing emergency on arterial
streets. marked with a yellow
ring on the utility poles, from
midnight to 7 am. to permit
snow plows to operate.
Plan S, closing Federal and
District Offices without loss of
annual leave to the employees,
went into effect shortly before
6 am. today.
Plan /, declaring a traffic
emergency because of the i'm
paSsable condition of the
streets, went into effect at 6
am. today.
The midnight to 8 am. shift
Of policemen was held on duty
to help with traffic snarls and
the 8 am. to 4 pm. shift was
called in early by police off,
cials. And police demonstrated
yesterday that they have a
heart.
Police Help Move Cars
Anticipating that many resi-
dents would leave their cars
on the banned streets after
midnight. police began taking
license numbers and calling
people to advise them they
would be ticketed If the cars
were not moved. Encountering
several car owners who said
they were sick. policemen came
Evening star., 1960-12-12
STORM
L Inches Reported at Dulles Airport

Continued From First Page
another disturbance which de-
veloped in the Carolinas and
blew northward during the day.
There was some slackening in
the snow about 6 pm. yester-
day when the flakes changed to
freezing rain in some areas, but
by morning the snow was
falling again heavily.
Although the official meas
urement Of the snow depth was
Evening star., 1960-12-12
NEXT, THE RAMBLER

NEXT, THE RAMBLER
consulted that distinguished
meteorologist, Jerome Nam
las, who is working on a
three-month forecast with
the aid Of a brand-new IBM
7090 all-transister computer.
"As you know" he said,
I'VE don't publish the long
range forecasts that we are
working. We do publish a
30-day forecast and Decem-
Der has worked out pretty
much as we predicted, warm
in the first part Of the month
which will be followed by real
wintry weather.
"And we do have some
thoughts about what is 60
ing to happen that I don't
mind confiding in you.
1--WE are not going to get
by the way we did last year.
Storms are going to spill over
the Great Divide and give
many sections of the East
a rough time"
In programming, more
than a million items are fed
into the machine. These in
clude data on the cloud COW
erage Of the world sent back
by Tiros II.
Mr.. Namias wanted to en-
phasize that the long range
forecasting is experimental
and that the public should
not expect TOO mucn OF IL.
What they need is history.
If that big IBM machine had
been operating as long as the
Hagerstown Almanac, which
was started in 1897, it and
the programmes would be
doing a pretty good Job.
Their first problem is to
record the present situation
Of the worlds atmosphere.
After they have done that for
several years they hope that
patterns of the future will
begin to be apparent.
But they never expect to
equal Mr.. Shoemaker's con-
fidence in forecasting mil
lennia ahead.
Evening star., 1960-12-12

P.S. The above was writ
ten and set in type Friday.
He doesn't seem to know his
own strength. Sorry. The
Rambler.
Evening star., 1960-12-12

Condition Of Areo Roods Listed.
Poee B-3
Weather Bureou Didn't Expect os
Much Snow. Poee B-3
Some Events Cancelled by Snow.
Pose b.
Cleanup to Cost $5oo,00o. Pose b.
Two Die in Boot Sinking in Boy.
Pose B-3
Snow Plan Restricts Porkins.
Pose B-3
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but that dredgers will find the
harvest good from the 1856 oys-
ter set. It has been a good
growing year and these oysters
are exceptionally fat, Mr..
Hammer said.
In some other developments,
the TIC has:
!. Agreed to transfer to the
Department of Forests and
Parks a part of the old Chesa-
peake Bay Ferry property at
Matapeake for development as
a recreational area. DR.. Byrd
said the property includes IS
to 40 acres on the bayfront in
Queen Anne's County and has
a clubhouse in addition to the
beach. The Board of Public
Works will be asked to approve
the transfer.
2. Agreed to open the Hedges
Straits oyster. cultivation area
in Somerset County on Deem
Der l to the harvesting of oys-
tiers by shaft tongs and by pat
ent tongs.
8. Authorized the sale of five
old patrol boats, subject to ap-
proval of the Board of Public
Works! The boats are the Chop
tank, Vera Bee, Tangier, Tired
Avon and Herring Bay. They
are IA to "a years old and are
considered obsolete for law en-
forcement purposes.
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Hickey Due toHeod Up
Montgomery Council

The Montgomery County
Council is expected to name
William F. Hickey president
Tuesday when members select
new officers for the coming
year.
Mr.. Hickey, a 40-year-old
Silver Spring lawyer. is now
president pro tempore and
heads the council in the presi-
dents absence. He was elected
to- the council in 1858.
Outgoing president is Grover
K. Walker, a 53-year-old
Gaithersburg farmer. 1t is ira
ditional for the president pro
tempore to advance to the top
ONCE. Council members this
year see no reason to change
the practice.
David L. Cahoon, the present
secretary, is expected to move
up to the president pro tenn
pore position. This, too, is the
usual practice.
Three-Way Race Likely
A three-way race appears
likely for the secretary's post
Mr.. Cahoon probably will va
cate. The winner will not nee
essarily become president in
three years, however. because
council seats come UP for cleo
ton in 1862.
Probable candidates for the
secretary's job include Jerry T.
Williams. who is a second-term
council member; Stanley B.
Frosh and Joe M. Kyle, who
was appointed last March to
I'LL q vacancy.
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, the
remaining member Of the
seven-member governing body,
was council president last year.
All members except Mr.. Kyle
were elected in the 1858 Demo-
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cratic sweep Of county offices.
Mr.. Kyle also Is a Democrat.
Mr.. Hickey has been in pri-
vate law practice in Silver
Spring and the District for
three years.
Former VFW Counsel
Before that, he was general
counsel for the national Vet
Grams Of Foreign wars for two
years. He was an Air Corps
captain in World War II.
Mr.. Hickey is q past president
of the Maryland Young Demo-
Gratis. He is married to the
former Audrey NJ. Smith. They
have seven children and live at
242l Evans drive.
County council terms run
four years and carry q salary
of $50 per meeting. The presi-
dent and other officers, who
are elected for one-year terms.
lido not receive extra pay.
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School to Plant
Oak in Honor of
Dr.. Gfosyenor

An oak tree honoring Or
and Mrs. Gilbert drosyenor viii
be planted Sunday. December
4. at the Bethesda school bear
ing their name.
DR.. Grosvenor is chairman
OF the board of the National
Geographic Society and It's for
mer president and editor OF
National Geographic Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24

and transplanting OF 8 million
: bushels of oyster shells next
year.
: The State contracted for
; some 4.6 million bushels to be
dredged from beneath the bot
tom Of Chesapeake Bay this
year and most of these were
planted in the Holland Straits
off Somerset County. DR.. Byrd
said they caught an average Of
800 to 900 baby oysters per
bushel of shells. They will be
moved later to harvesting areas
to grow to legal size. which re-
quires about three years.
DR.. Byrd said the TIC wants
to plant 9 million bushels of
shells next year. placing many
of them in areas other than the
Holland Straits nursery. The
legislature WILDE asked to des-
ignate new seed" growing areas
for this purpose, he said.
The Board of Public Works
consisting of the Governor.
Controller and State Treasurer
will be asked to extend the
present contract with c. j,
Langenfelder and Son, Inc. to
mine the shells and double the
amount the State purchases
DrJ Byrd said the net cost to
the State Of the new program
would be about $4,000.
1--WE have been tremendously
pleased with the program thus
far" he said. 1T is the key to
rehabilitation of the oyster in
dustry in Chesapeake Bay"
Ralph c. Hammer, TIC BIZ
ologist in charge of oyster man
agement reported this has been
a relatively poor year for oyster
setting because of heavy rain
fall and low salinity of the
water.
He said the spat count in the
head Of the bay was very low,