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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

hey, OF ATdTdt. N. y.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Fleming
had as their supper guests Sum
day at their country home. GO
shen," Mrs. Grace Gordon and
Miss Anna Dickhoff. Of Farm
Vile.
Mrs. c. B. McGavock. accom-
panied by Mrs. Cecil Brown. of
Antioch. joined the Rev. and Mrs.
Leroy Brown and daughter,
Martha Nell, of Emporia, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hope Hud-
son near Amherst for a tour of
the Blue Ridge Parkway last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Kursar
and children, Susanna and Larry,
Jr., Of Bonbrook, N. j., en- route
to Boone, NJ c., for visit with
relatives, stopped by for week
end visit with Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Hayes.
Club Session Set
Mrs. E. L. Seay, Jr., and Mrs.
Frank Thomas will conduct the
demonstration Monday evening.
August l, at the Cumberland
Home Demonstration Club meet
ing. Selection and Use of In
door Paints" will be the subject.
The meeting will be held in the
home demonstration agents Of
flee at pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Norman
and daughter. Barbara Lynn. ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Call, Of Sandston, to Roanoke
and Stewartsville during the
week end for a visit with friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Smith and
Mrs. j. A. Talley, of Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Asal, of
Antioch. Mr.. and Mrs. w. h.
Pembelton, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Pembelton, Jr., Mrs. Bernice
Pembelton and Mr.. and Mrs.
Eddie Bates and son, Robert, of
Jetersville, were among the re-
cent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
j. Pembelton
Loren Maxey left Monday for
the Baptist Royal Ambassadors
Camp Woodcliff at fairfield on
the Piankatank River to spend
this week. His mother. Mrs. M.
H. Maxey, Jr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Mcconnell, of PoWhatan. accom-
panied him and visited Bob Hat
cher on the Chesapeake Bay,
who is a former resident of Gin
ton in Cumberland county.
j. Midyette has as his guest
at NOrtll1lelQ tTlS week JACK LII
lis, of Westport. Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Ransom
and Miss Joyce Ransom have as
their guests this week Mr., and
Mrs. Fred Arndt and the Misses
Patricia and Dorothy Arndt, of
Akron. Ohio.
Charles, Ann and Jane Milton
Goodman return d to their
homes in Amelia Sunday after
spending several days here with
their grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Goodman.
Miss Barbara Allen is spending
the week with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Allen, at
CurdSvil1p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

James T. Williams, and family
Mrs. E. B. Nuckols spent a
few days this week at Falls
Church visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lille Sanderson Rice.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Newman,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
2. T. Newman, of Powhatan
spent Sunday afternoon in Rich.
mond visiting Mr.. and Mrs. M
j. Newman and Mr.. and Mrs
Cecil F. Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. ank T.
Thomas. who purchased the j
L. Godsey home on the Stony
Point Road, are moving in this
week from "Edgehill."
Visitors Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Brandt were his
brother. John H. Brandt, Mrs
Brandt with their son, Roger, OF
Amelia. and their grandson,
Stevie Shanaberger. of Farm
vile.
Among the visitors of Mrs
Ada B. Shepard Sunday at Dun
leith" were Mr.. and Mrs. G. Ed
ward Smith, of Richmond.
Mrs. Cecil McGavock had as
her guests during last week, her
brother. the Rev Leroy Brown,
and family, of Emporia.
Mrs. j. L. Vogel spent several
days last week at Haymarket
She was accompanied home by
her daughter, Mrs. R. j. Oertel,
and children. Miss Mary Ellen
Vogel, Of Richmond, spent Sun
day here with her family.
Fosters Entertain
Miss Fannie T. Foster and j.
T. Foster, Jr., entertained at din
ner Sunday. Their guests includ-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Charter Wells,
of Farmville, Mrs. C. D. West
man, of Norfolk. and Mrs. M. D.
Newton, of Cumberland.
Overnight guests Friday of Mr..
and Mrs. L. W. Foster we're Mr..
and Mrs A. M. Foster. Jr.. and
family, of Graham, N. C.
Guests Sunday of Mrs. Mae
Ownby and family were her
brother, Ray Ownby. and his
family. of Wingina. Miss Patricia
Thomas was a recent overnight
guest of her cousin. Judy Ownby.
of Trents Mill.
Fitzgerald Baptist Woman's
Missionary Society will meet
Thursday, August 4. at 8 pm.
in the church with Mrs. E. F.
Crockett as leader.
Recent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard R. Bryant were Mr.. and
Mrs. Chrispin Jones and family,
Of Chase City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dot Clabo will
arrive this week from Knoxville.
Tenn, for a two weeks vacation
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Peters ard other relatives in the
Trent's Mill community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max B. Harlan.
Jr.. and the Misses Carol and
Mary Ann Harlan have returned
home from a weeks visit with
his brother, Edward Harlan, and
family in Atlanta. Ga.
Mrs. E. Allen Carter spent a
portion of this week in Waverly
visiting her daughter, Mrs. j.
Howard Settle. and her family
Mr.. and Mrs. Orburn Speas
had as their recent guests, Mrs.
Rachel Lang and daughter,
Cathy, of Richmond, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Bradshaw. Of Powha-
tan. and her brother, DR.. Robert
B. Bass, Mrs. Bass and their
children. of Knoxville, Tenn.
Among the guests Of Mrs.
George Bryant and family the
past week were Mr.. and Mrs.
ODDS w. Bryant and son. Dale
Wayne, Of Waco, Texas; Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester A. Bryant and
daughters, Linda carol, and
Elizabeth Faye. of Mt. Holly,
N. c.. Mrs. Paul E. Huffman
and son, Steven Doyle. of Bel
mont. N. c., and Mr.. and Mrs
Russell P e tri and daughter
Jane, Of Westminster. Md. who
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17
Equipment Check
May Save Money

Every county agricultural
agent has a little philosopher in
him, especially when winter be-
gins to break up, and Kent
County agent George Vapaa is
no exception. One of his favor
lite sayings is do it now"
Lately he has been applying
this one to the job of getting
ready for the spring planting.
He says there is no better time
than right now to get your
equipment ready.
He says a thorough checking
of the corn planter might save
you money. If you have one OF
the old split boot planters, you
should check to make sure the
divider has not rusted out. II it
has, the corn and fertilizer will
drop together. Only the fertiliz-
er will survive, he says, and the
ragweed will get that.
While you're at it you may
just as we'll get that old split
boot off there and put on side
banders. He says many of the
old split boots can be replaced
with side banders rather cheap
lly. He suggested doing it now!
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17
Minimum Support
On go Corn Crop
Set At Sl.O6 Rate

The price of the 1860 corn
crop will be supported at a
minimum national average rate
of $1.06 per bushel, Lister ".
Hall, Jr., office manager of the
Kent Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation County office,
at Dover, said today.
The national support rate on
corn harvested next fall may
not be lower than the announc-
ed minimum but may be in
creased if information at the be-
ginning of the corn marketing
year October l, 1860 indicated
a higher support price.
Under the law, Mr.. Hall said,
corn is supported at 80 percent
of the average price of corn re-
ceived by farmers during the
preceding 3 years, but not less
than 65 percent of parity. The
announced minimum for 1860 is
on the $50 of parity basis,
since 900 of the 8 year aver
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17
Guernsey Breeder
Group To Convene

DR.. William Mcdaniel, chair
man of the department of agri'
cultural economics, University
of Delaware, will be the featur.
ed speaker at the 18th annual
meeting of the Delaware Guern'
sey Breeders Association.
The meeting will be held Sat
urday, March 19, 10 am, al
the Pencader Grange Hall near
Glasgow on Route 896 just south
of Route 40.
Trophies and certificates will
be given to the three best Gold
en- Guernsey salesman, the top
All project leaders, the best
vo-ag project leaders, the tive
highest producing Delaware
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17

age would be two cents lower
at $l.04.
AS in past years, corn will
be supported through loans and
purchase agreements on farm
and warehouse stored corn. AS
in 1859, there will be no acre
age allotments nor commercial
corn-producing area, and all
corn that meets quality and
storage requirements will be
eligible for support.
For 1859 corn, the support
rate is SLIP nationally and
$1.23 in Kent County. If the
relationship of the county rate
to the national rate remains un-
changed, the minimum 1860 rate
in the county will be $l.l7.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17
Insure Your Crop
By Planting State
Certified Seeds

THE crop you harvest can
only be as good as the seed
you plant" according to Frank
B. Springer, Jr., agronomist with
the University of Delaware.
Actual drill box surveys show
that farmers are losing thou
sands of dollars by planting
seed of unknown quality and
performance.
A big step toward better prof
its begins with certified seed,
he said. There is no way to
anticipate the performance of
seed by looking at it. Why
spend time and money on seed
bed preparation and planting
only to endanger the yield by
planting seed of unknown ori-
gin, quality and performance?
When certified seed is used
you know what you're getting.
Before seed can be certified it
must equal or exceed the pre-
scribed requirements for germ
ination, varietal purity, adapta-
ton and freedom from weed
seed.
To become eligible for GER
tification in the first place, a
variety must have proved itself
by high performance in the area
where it is to be grown.
To meet these high standards
the seed must pass impartial in
the-field inspections and labor
atory tests, Springer said. This
painstaking program of certifi.
cation protects the buyer against
low yields resulting from poor
quality seed.
when you plant Delaware
Certified Seed, you are plant
ing seed of known quality and
performance" he said. "It's like
insurance"
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17

to the Bunker Hill Hay Re-
search Farm near Middletown
and then run through the hay
pelleting machine there.
Then agricultural marketing
specialist w. T. McAllister, took
over and lined up some retail
outlets for the manure pellets.
They are, or soon will be, avail
able to home gardeners at gar
den supply stores in Baltimore,
Salisbury, Wilmington and New
ark.
McAllister said the chicken
manure pelleting project is pri-
marily- a marketing test to see
if the pellets will sell. If success
full, the pellets could become a
valuable by-product to the broil-
er industry, he said.
Mitchell said the pellets are
easy to handle and practically
dust-free. They make a good
soil conditioner, which is true
of all organic materials. They
loosen the soil and this in turn
improves air and water move.
ment. They also provide plant
food for grass, shrubs, flowers
and garden crops. The plant
food in the manure becomes
available slowly through the
growing season as it breaks
down chemically.
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17
FARM NEWS
anA:y!!Ika anA:y!!Ik a.
NEWS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS AND FARM FAMILIES
OF KENT COUNTY
New Pelleted Manure Product Being
Marketed Through Peninsula Stores

Scientific research men get in
to many improbable sounding
projects but the ideas usually
show practical implications if
examined closely.
Examples of such unlikely but
practical studies include work
done in Louisiana to find out
how long and how wide bitches
should be in order to produce
the most muskrats for trapping;
and a project carried out in a
western state to develop a chem
ical spray for hay stacks that
would keep elk from eating
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17

them but still allow cattle to
feed.
Less spectacular but still a
bit on the unusual side is a
marketing test being made by
the school of agriculture at the
University of Delaware in CO.
operation with Delmarva Poul.
try Industries, Inc.
Under the direction of agri-
cultural engineer Howard c,
Hoyt and Extension Service ag-
economist William H. Mitchell,
poultry manure from the Uni
versity's Agricultural Substatior
at Georgetown was brought uI
Smyrna times., 1960-03-17

Guernsey herds, and longtime
production leaders.
Evening star., 1960-10-22
chonse Possible

Obviously, nothing much
could have helped Foggy
Bottoms quality while huge
gas-storage tanks domi-
mated the neighborh0od.
When the Washington Gas
Evening star., 1960-10-22

Any such study will show
that the private restoration
movements main handicap
has been q classic one: The
uncertainties posed by Gov
ernment activity.
The first encountered
were doubts arising in the
brief interval-midway In
the redevelopment period
when Government urban
renewal control was an is
sue.
Whatever the merits Of
either side in this matter,
1t is obvious that urban re-
newal had no chance to
dampen enthusiasm, so
great was the momentum
Of private restoration.
. As it turned out, the work
was so rapid that continued
urban-renewal interest In
the restoration area became
dificult to Justify, and was
relinquished.
Another matter altogeth-
er, however, is the certain
damage to be done by the
tragic voracity for central
city land of the monstrous
road : building juggernaut
set in motion by the FEEDER
ally aided highway pro-
gram.
Under present plans, the
west leg of the inner loop
highway system is expected
to devour almost q fourth
Of the restoration area
within the next four or 1ive
years as the six and eight
Evening star., 1960-10-22

restoration area, and would
have left 1t intact. A later
change would have sliced
1t in two and probably COM
pletely destroyed most Of
what has been accomplish
Evening star., 1960-10-22

lane system careens south
ward towards the water
front and the Lincoln
Memorial.
At one time, plans for
this system skirted the
Evening star., 1960-10-22

ed. The current route is ex-
pected to require razing Of
moSt-or all-homes in the
part Of the restoration area
bounded by L street and
Virginia avenue between
Evening star., 1960-10-22

Twenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh streets.
The restoration area rep
resentS only a part of the
section once known as
Foggy Bottom. The extern
Evening star., 1960-10-22

sive, though somewhat OBJ
Scure, boundaries of the
original area are credited
with having extended east
Continued on Page B-6
Evening star., 1960-10-22
Weshinston's Restoration Areos: A Series
Il. Foggy Bottom
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Real Estats Editor Of The Stes

This Is the major tntown residential
areas Of Washington IN Dhch pate restoration GcyhGs
The restoration orenent has cDe quality
major weH defined nhbohods
restoration today Boo Tange
nh ~ a" article on august H CAPITOL HM Geosto
local movement started than IS TEARS Capitol
and Georgetown wtH appear later this section.
Evening star., 1960-10-22

Light Co. converted to use
of natural gas in 1947 and
194S, a dramatic change be-
came possible.
Yet the firm had no sue
cess in selling its land. The
area had a superb location
but no local glamor. An
auction in the Mayhower
Hotel drew 200 persons, but
no buyers.
For several years, the
land just sat there, exciting
little interest. In fact, most
of the land is still sitting
there, but its value is vastly
changed and interest is
blazing.
The change in value in
the Bottom was brought
about by a change in quail
ity. The change in quality
was achieved by the still
little-understood neighbor-
hood-restoration technique.
This was the leverage ex-
erted on the area. This is
the lesson the Bottom, can
teach.
A Clossie HGndieop
A careful study of the
course Of events in Foggy
Bottom since the first house
was restored in 1852 Is
probably as enlightening as
any available college course
in the matter Of what to do
and what not to do-if
you want to help create an
attractive new city neigh
borhood.
Evening star., 1960-10-22
MAYHEM A GAS PLANT

w was built in Foggy
Bottom in 1857, the fate
OF surrounding land was
sealed for over 80 years.
This was the gas house
district in a diStreSSingly
unpreposSessing part Of
town. The picture as re-
Gently as only eight years
ago was of unbelievably
miserable Slums almost
wholly occupied by poverty
ridden Negro families.
Today, in spite of plenty
OF problems and more
trouble to come, the old
Foggy Bottom has been al
most forgotten. Slums have
been erased, the restoration
neighborhood has turned
into a showplace, land
values have pyramided, and
the surrounding area has
become one of the most
talked-about in the city for
desirable apartments and
institutional buildings.
What brought about the
change? Did it just hap
pen? Or was there lever
age exerted that can help
create other attractive new
city neighborhoods?
Evening star., 1960-10-19
KENNEDY
KENNEDY
Senator Intensifies Attack
Opens Drive in New York

Continued From First Page
in the latter part Of the cam
paign.
Evening star., 1960-10-19

one Of the few outright Re-
publican strongholds in the
otherwise usually Democratic
Deep South-perhaps because
Of the large number Of nor
therners living there in retire.
ment-gave the Vice President
a rouSing welcome.
Big Crowd Out
Police estimated that 10000
heard his speech; 5000 greeted
him at the airport and $4,000
cheered him and Mrs. Nixon as
they drove through town in an
open car at dusk.
Mr.. Nixon kept his momen-
tum up by issuing a statement
in Wilmington today, before
his scheduled speech, aSSailing
Senator Kennedy for "pesSi-
mistic talk" about the Nations
lcCOIlOL1y.
He cited statistics to bolster
his claim of unprecedented
economic progress" during the
past years, but said I'VE can
always do better"
He promised a fight against
"featherbedding" as part of
his program ''for keeping our
economy f1t."
Other parts Of a program he
outlined mainly reiterated
things he has said in the past.
He said his program will spur
our economic growth" and will
raise living standards and not
merely living costs"
Evening star., 1960-10-19
PUBLIC

Continued From First Page
cap. he told the group, which
more than any other in the
Republic likes to think it can
lick any man in the house, that
America is slipping.
The LegionaireS were sullen.
The new Senator Kennedy did
not seem to care. In the past,
when faced with a hostile or
unresponsive audience, he has
been won't to quit abruptly.
But yesterday he was in a
take -it-or-leave-it" mood.
He not only gave them the
complete text of his prepared
address, he threw in q couple
of extra challenging paragraphs
for good measure, and, perhaps
adding insult to injury, quoted
T. S. Eliot to them while q
couple Of members Of the ladies
auxiliary on the platform ex-
changed disappearing glares.
Then, a step ahead Of Vice
President Nixon, who followed
him to the Legion platform,
he arrived in Tampa.
There he resumed his dia-
logue with his doting public.
In the cool Of the evening
before the Hillsborough County
Courthouse. he cried: IF you
think everything is all right,
vote for Nixon"
Then he paused, something
he has learned to do in the
past few weeks, and the answer
came back loud and strong
mo-"
Senator Kennedy visibly feels
that the people he once thought
were standing across his path
are coming his way. He seems
to be shifting victory. He has
begun to prance.
Evening star., 1960-10-19
RENEWAL
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
renewal co-ordinator reports
directly to the Engineer Com
missioner under the present
setup, Col. Clarke said he does
not interpret that to mean the
co-ordinator is not responsible
to the Board Of Commissioners
as a whole.
From his study to date, Col.
Clarke today said he feels mo
serious problem" has arisen
from lack Of coordination on
the urban renewal program
within the District Building. He
added that he did not see how
Mr.. McLaughlin's proposal
would speed things up.
However. Col. Clarke main-
tanned time might be saved by
working out a more detailed re-
development scheme before the
builder starts drawing up plans
for buildings to rise on slum-
cleared land. Col. Clarke said
there should be "an earlier de-
termination of precisely what is
to be done in an urban renewal
area" before the redeveloper Is
brought into the picture.
Seeks New Procedure
Contending the land use plan
which is finally cleared after
much effort by the urban re-
newal agencies is too general
to guide fully the architects
and builders, Col. Clarke said
he would work toward a new
procedure which would iron out
many of the details of a prof.
ect before it gets so far along
One method of doing this, he
said, would be to sit down with
the redevelor earlier than
usual and discuss in detail
what he plans to do so the diff
cultieS would show up at that
time.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was in San
Diego today and could not be
reached for comment on the
rejection of his proposal by his
colleagues on the board.
The staff directors of the in
dependent planning agencies
declined to commit themselves
on the Mclaughlin proposal
Both William E. Finley and
John r. Searles, jr., respectively,
executive directors of the plan
ming commission and of RIA
said they would await the find
ing Of the congressional COM
mittees before speaking out on
how they think urban renewal
in the District should be re-
organized-if at all.
William L. Slayton, the
Evening star., 1960-10-19

Webb & Knapp vice president
who shepherded William Zeck-
endorf'S Town Center and
other urban renewal projects
through WaShington's agencies,
said the Mclaughlin proposal
appeared to have some merit"
but he felt the real answer lies
in putting all the urban re-
newal machinery under the
city government.
The District League of
Women Voters is at the fore
front Of those pressing for a
drastic reorganization of the
urban renewal machinery. In
May the league said: There
should be established q single
administrative Office with
authority for the planning,
direction and implementation
Of the urban renewal program. 4"
Evening star., 1960-10-19

Senator Kennedy's expressed
concern that the increased vote
in the U. N. General Assembly
this year for Red China's ad-
mission preSaged a majority
vote against American opposi-
ton in a year or two.
On other issues, Mr.. Nixon
told the Legion that "it is time
to speak up for America
without mentioning directly his
opponents charge, which the
legionnaires had just heard,
that there has been a steady
erosion of relative American
strength and prestige in the
past eight years" The Nixon
assertion brought vigorous ap-
plause.
II happen to know" the Vice
President declared, "and Mr.,
Khrushchev knows, that we're
the strongest nation in the
world. and we're going to stay
that way"
Must Bolster Strength
But, he added, America car
never stand pat" He said it is
essential to increase American
strength, because Russia is
constantly stepping up her mil
itary preparedness, so that the
United States keeps such "ul-
innate power" that no one will
dare start anything against U.s.
He pledged that if he is
elected President there will
never be a dollar sign on what
Americans will be able to do in
the field of protecting the de-
tense Of this country
Mr.. Nixon took the political
gloves of when he moved on
from Miami to speak last night
at a rally in st. Petersburg's
Al Lang Field baseball park.
st. Petersburg, under Repub-
lican control since 1850 and
Evening star., 1960-10-19
Rayburn Note
Misses Target

HICKORY. N. c., Oct. 10
(AP). House Speaker Ray
burn says any letter Of indorse-
ment from him received by
Republican Gov. Robert T.
Stafford Of Vermont "is hereby
repudiated."
Mr.. Rayburn added. "If Gov.
Stafford is using the letter as
q means Of furthering his cam
paign for Congress, he is using
1t as Q lie and it viii do him
no good"
Gov. Stafford. who is running
for Vermont's only seat in the
House. made the letter public
yesterday. It said:
"As we go into the closing
stages Of the campaign, !
want to express my personal
hope you will win overwhelm-
ingly and ] stand ready
to do anything I can to help
you bring about victory.
Il know you recognize the
importance Of having a Presi-
dent Of your own party"
The veteran Texas legislator,
in North Carolina for a series of
Democratic Party rallies. said
his Washington staff sent out
about 100 of the letters to
Democratic candidates in vari-
Gus parts Of the country, and
that the one Mr.. Stafford
apparently received certainly
was intended" for Mr.. William
Myer, the Democratic candidate
1T must have been q clerical
Ierror," Mr.. Rayburn said.
Gov. Stafford, Mr.. Rayburn
added, may have some fun out
of 1t, but it will do him no good
in the end"
Gov. Stafford, in making the
letter public, said he wrote Mr..
Rayburn:
Let me say that ! agree with
you wholeheartedly In your
stated views Of having q Presi-
dent Of my own party in the
White House."