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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Orioles -l)ragons
Amelia Honleco.11
Ey Curtis salycr

Last Friday night the Amelia
Ol9oles and the Green Dragons
Of Park View battled to i.5-l3
deadlock.
Park View cot the first break
# the game early il the FIRST
quarter SIS they blocked Amelia s
fourth down punt and recovered
the ball on Amelia's 50 yard line.
Park View then scored as Mel
vim Crutchfield raced 70 yards
eff left tackle fer the score. Full
back Thomas Jones scored Tie
extra point and took 7Q lead
Amelia also scored late IN the
first quarter and their I'D came
at the expense Of a Park View
mistake. Bob Vance Amelia half4
back, picked up q Dragon fum5lef
in their backfield and raced 30
Yards untouched for the score
The Orioles failed to make the
extra point. f,
Neither team could push across
a I'd in the second and the Ora
CONS led at halftlne IS
Park View received the second
hald kickoff and after a series of
downs moved the ball down 10
the Oriole Z yard line. This time
Thomas Jones fought his way to
the goal line and Increased the
Dragons lead to 13-G. They failed
the extra point try.
Amelia + final touchdown came
IN the third quarter also. The
Orioles put together ali effective
drive and moved the BAH down
70 the enemy 8 yard line only to
be set back y yards By a pen
atty. The Orioles overcarne this,
however. as Oh jerry Hammer
tossed y ward I'd pass to end
Curtis Salyer. David Ingram
capped the scoring with an end
run for the extra point.
Neither team could break the
tie and score in a hard fought
fourth quarter and the game
ended in a 1913 deadlock.
One sad note for Coach Copley
is the loss of 185 pound tackle
Edwin Llewellyn who suffered a
broken leg in the third quarter
and will be out for the remainder
of the season.
Buddy Blankenship led the
Orioles & Ell ensiveIy with B
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Academy To Meet Buckingham,
After q 20 Loss To Victoria

was completed for the score.
The Wolverines came roaring
back with a touchdown drove of
their own to knot the score at
n Bobby Schmidt set the score
up with a beautiful carry from
his own % to Victoria 20 yard
line Bobby Gilmer moved the
ball TO the 10. and Skeeter Fore
and Larry Green carried to the
five Gilmer then swept right
end for the score and his kick
earned the extra point.
The Academy went ahead in
the second quarter as Skeeter
Fore connected with Jimmy
Craft on a perfect pass play for
the touchdown. Paul Simpson,
the outstanding defensive player
on the field, set up the score
when he picked a Victoria FUN
Die out OF mld-alr and Scampered
from his own 80 yard line to
Victoria 5 "a yard line. Gilmer's
kick was good and the Wolver-
ines led l4-7.
The Academy held the lead un-
til the final minute of the first
half when Victoria struck again.
MattoX passed to Wellons for
score on q play that covered l3
yards. Smithson's kick was good
and the score was tied 14-14.
The Acadmey went ahead a.
gain in the third quarter leading
the vaun tie d Panthers 20 IA.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Tigers Face Seluune2 In
Tough Fight On Dads Day

The Tigers of Hampden-Sy
ney face a formidable foe in the
Tigers of SeWanee. who come
to Death Valley Saturday seek
ing to avenge a $50 upset a
year ago
Hampden Sydney's h a d
coach Stokeley Fulton said.
We can expect Shirley Majors
team to want to beat us as bad
as anybody we have on the
schedule" Bill Benson. absent
from the H-SC ranks this year.
spanked the humiliating tilt
with the Tennessee team last
year when he racked up l57
yards on the ground III 18 car
ries.
The two teams will square off
with Identical record one won.
one lost. Both teams came out
on top last week end when
Hampden Sydney trounced
BridgewateI 1870, and Sewanee
toppled Millsaps 22-12. In the
openers H-SC was subdued by
a powerful aerial Emory and
Henry outburst. 1916. while
SeWanee fell to powerful
Howard. of Alabama, eleven.
Pleased with the results at
BridgeWater. Coach Fulton is
not lulled into thinking that's
the type of team to expect Sat
urday He said Bridgewater
didn't have any depth. but
SeWanee does sufficient to
make Saturday a challenging
tilt.
We want to win this one as
much as they do. but it's going
to take so minutes of good hard
playing to win it. we have got
to be CONSTANT, Fulton said
The Hampden Sydney coach
hopes the team is up for the
encounter. but a couple of in
iuries don't help any. End Tony
Rucker with a shoulder sep
aration will be missing from
the lineup at Death Valley, and
left half Charlie Sears with a
pulled muscle is still a doubtful
performer.
Every man on the bench. but
Rucker and Sears, saw action
in the BridgeWater game, and
seven different players man
aged touchdoWns, four Of them
in the final period.
Tackle is still a sore spot for
Hampden-S Sydney, but Fulton
is hoping to have sophomore
Rod Matthews back to help his
freshmen. Matthews has been
sidelined the past two weeks
with a cleat cut.
Tackle display on the Sewa-
nee roster is one thing Fulton
does not like the looks of. He
said his team would face one of
the best linemen of the year in
left tackle Jody Gee. Coach
Majors son. who scored twice
in typical Majors fashion last
week end doesn't cheer anyone
in the coaching staff at H-SC,
either.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

ing by GAINESVILLE. I'VE were
terrible on pass defense and I'm
glad We Will have played two
games before We meet our first
district foe" said Coach Wilson.
The Woodson's backfield will
have three of last years starters.
John Carey will call signals,
Hugh Oliver and j Walter Brown
VIII be the halfbacks. Carlton
Randolph, a 1919 lbs. sophomore
Will alternate at fullback and de
Tense guard Ray Brown. also
veteran, Will play at fullback.
The lire viii also have talent
from last season. WILDER Dean.
2ao lbs, and Freddie Bartlett
l75 lbs, viii give Woodson two
biz ends Both are s." John
scruggs, 1873 lbs. and william
Hodeeman. 167 lbs. viii be at tao
kle Charles Johnson. l65 lbs.
.'.'3 James allllfh. ihl IDS, VIII
llSs 1te GUARDS. me center llne
VII have two veterans, Harold
Lo~is l69 lbs and Henry Wood
o.d ,',a ~ hl i'1'l' u a. '.le 0oys a.
% LII r. ~ - re ~, w. ?
.n,n K,nnc+h u-~nl.,,s,,a ~
r,. e1.' '..'. - y III 80 '''''
rt
~ cos8alng stah Il also nap
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
uestone Shows
Power With 40
D;:ck;n~l? m, Win

Bluestonc. which has not ben
scored on So far this season.
frounccd Buckingham 40 Friday
Aiaht. Buckinahan has yet to
caln q point ID the still Young
season.
Rlnastonc scored IA points in the
opening quarter and ~ in the
second quarter
~Af,e, the half Coach Larc's
buccaneers came back on the
field to hold BlNestone sc0reless
during the third quarter, but they
struck for "A more in the final
period Of play.
Coach Lane made several
changes in his line up last week.
that he predicts will help in the
game against Farmyille Friday
night The Wolverines will play
at Buckingham. easer to make
HIP for their 20-2l los to Victoria
hast Saturday
Garland Swartz switched from
tht quarterback slot to end last
week and snagged three passes
from Bobby Lindsey Lane was
highly complimentary Of Lindsey,
Nho made his first start as a
quarterback.
Larry Reardon moved into the
backtield from is end position
taking Lindsey's halfback spot.
Two additions to the Buccaneer
squad were William Daniels and
Garland Wood. who contributed
to the Buckingham defensive
against the powerful Bluestone
eleven.
Two players were injured Fri
day night. Gary Love. halfback,
his wrist and guard
Joe Jamerson fra ture d his
ankle
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

Mitchell leads the team III
scoring with II points. all Of
them gained III the BridgeWa-
ter game. He picked up a I'D
early IN the third quarter with
the Eagles going over from the
10. H. kicked six out of seven
conversions on place kicks. IL
nine carries he has been good
Tor IS yards in the two games.
In the passing department
ENerettes cumulative tota
stands at 81 yds. for 8 compile
tons in Is attempts. Shelton
picked up ITO yds. with 8 com
pletions out of u tries. Ever
5tes net gain on the ground
s So IN IS carries and he has
im impressive pun3ing average
ot 30.9 339.5 yards III II puntS
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

The Prince Edward Academy
Wolverines will play Buchineham
Friday night at Buckingham.
The Wolverines lost a close 21-20
decision to Victoria last Friday
il one Of the top games Of the
week. The Academy. with two
WINS and one defeat. viii be IA
vored over the Buccaneers III
the battle Friday night.
Victoria came from behind in
THE final three minutes Of play
last Friday night to tie and then
win by one point hard fought
game from a spirited Prince Ed
ward Academy football team.
Victoria speedsters Billy Wei
Ions and Jerry Seamster lived
mp TO game billing BY pro
viding the Painters with the
speed and fancy broken field
running thai kept Victoria in the
game with the underdog, but
well rounded Wolverines.
Victoria struck pay dirt first
as Seamster circled end for the
final yard. The Victoria march
was fed with nice pass from
quarterback Donnie Mattox and
a ritch-out play from Wren to
Wellons that set UP the score
The point after touchdown was
kicked good but 4 holding pen
atty moved Victoria back 10 the
II ward line for another try for
the extra point. This time a pass
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

With fourteen lettermen.
Coach Alfred Wilson and his two
assistants Albert G. Dove and
Charles w. White are confident
that the Carter G. Wood
son Yellow Jackers will be
strong contender for the District
III Group II football title. Spir-
its were dampened in the first
game by a shocking 27-0 trounc-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Schedule

Sept. 30. Central of Amherst
there October Z Lunenburg
homef, IS Russell Grove chome-
coming, u Lvlburn-DoWning
homeJ, 23 Russell Grove
LthernN
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Ladies Duckpin
Bowling Result
BY Adele w. Cumbey

Home Furniture increased their
lead to three games last week
by defeating Taylor Forbes two
out Of three games. Dorothy May
won two and lost one to New
berry's and Leggett's shut out
BaldWins in all three games to
take over second place.
Home Furniture continued their
outstanding bowling and again
last week captured the highest
team three game honors with a
total of l40l. an honor they have
held since the winter league COM
menced five weeks ago
Home Furniture also kept in
their possession another honor
they have earned each week. the
highest team game. The total for
last week was 478 Dolly Noble
and Peggy Wood shared high in
the ndlVlQual three game Gil
vision with a tie Of 1903 while
Frances Andrews walked away
with the highest individual game
Of the night with a total Of 119.
Ten ladies bowled over the 100
mark for recognition, the highest
number 50 far for a single night.
They were: Frances Andrews
ll9, Peggy Wood III. Adna
Yeats Ill, Roche Webb 1O9 and
100, Mildred Roberts 1903, Ann
Ward 1903. Dolly Noble 1903 and
l01, Evelyn Sequin 1903 Marjorie
Huskey l0l and Carrie Moore
100.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
&hAne Ne4v,
High School Football Is Tops
BY BILL WALL

For exciting football fans have had excellent selec
ton i'll the first three weeks the
teams have been matched have lost
but the large the have tops.
The fans who followed the Academy
night without
eleven played like championship all
that the should have been a tie
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

Dads Day at Death valley
viii find the father Of eaeh5
player sitting behind the bench
another reason the H-SC
team Has is eyes sst on victory.
A proven backfield IN sopho-
more quarcerbacks Lewis Ev-
erette and Stewart Shelton.
fullback Tom Tree dway and
halfback Fred Mitchell Will be
counted On heavily in the SeWa-
nee match.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Deadlock 1913;
ing Friday Night

tackles followed BY Willy Morris
With IL.
FRIDAY night is Homecoming
for thc Orioles. They ale PLAYING
TIE Cumberland Dukes. Halftime
exercises win feature the crown
me of the Homecoming Queen
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07

Coach Gilmer said following
the first game, a 1876 win over
Fluvanna. that this tea M
showed excellent spirit. fight
and determination His sum
nation is perfect description
of the high-spirited. hard
fighting Academy team. Ger
tainly the local fans are more
than pleased with the Wolve-
llne showing and a one-point
loss is almost as good as a vic
tory when the score is added
up with the home fans
The real drama of the foot
ball field is how the game is
played rather than the final
score. The Wolverines will not
lack for avid fans, with their
show Of spirit and their excel
lent craftsmanship both on ana
off the ball field.
High school football is the
genuine article. The players
are not paid, nor scholarship
lied. They play for the love Of
the game. You can see some
excellent playing, too Bill
Wellons, the break away back
for Victoria is undoubtedly the
finest runner in the district
His taking and deceptive run
ming is a pleasure to see.
Falmville had a newly born
star on the field Saturday
night. Paul Simpson, a l65 ID.
sophomore. was the defensive
stand out. He was in on prac-
tically every tackle and hi
pursuit game would have
pleased any college coach in
the state.
Pursuit" is an important
thing for the defensive team.
1t can be compared with down
field blocking by the offense.
Whenever you see two. three
or four men tackling d runner.
you can bet the defensive team
is up" When YOU see only one
man bring down the runner.
something is am;ss.
STEADY STANDOUT
Big Donnie Cook. Farmville's
TENNESSEE
star tackle, was without CUES
ton the most 'lmpol tant play
el' on the field" His presence
made the Wolverine offensive
click and the defense hold. The
Panthers found they couldn /
move him with double team.
SO they tried a triple team on
him. When that didn't work
they stopped trying to come
around that side of the line.
When Bobby Schmidt broke
loose on one Of his nice runs.
1t was 225 ID Cook who person
ally threw a body block that
took out three defenders
NEIGHBORHOOD GAMES
Each team in the area has a
game on Friday night. Some of
these will be highly competi-
tive "neighborhood" bout s.
Cumberland travels to Amelia
for one Of the top games. Amel-
Ia has its homecoming sched-
uled and will definitely be @up
Tor the game. However they had
a tough game with Park View
last week. While Cumberland
was free. There's little doubt
that Coach Ed Bessel took the
open date as an opportunity to
prepare a surprise for the ORR
oles. 1t will be an excellent
game.
Powhatan also plays a neigh
Dor. travelling to Midlothian
The Indians are undefeated
TINS season, and Midlothian is
one OF the contenders in dis
trlct 2. Midlothian will probably
also remember several singing
defeats from the Powhatan In
dams.
Another neighborhood game
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-07
Area Games
OF Interest
Games Friday

Games Friday
Cumberland at Amelia
Prince Edward at Buckingham
PoWhatan at Midlothian
Victoria at Blackstone
Brunswick at Bluestone
CreWe at Park View
Colonial Hts. at Emporia
Appomattox at Nelson Co.
Games Saturday
Sewanee at Hampden-Sydney
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
An Opinion
Democrats Learned
Political Lessons
An Opinion.

Both Democratic and Republican leaders
must have learned something from the PR.
mary elections Of 1860.
Let's go back few years
1t was in the Primary election of 1856
that group of relatively newcomers in the
Democratic Party quietly went about electing
a slate of their own liberalthinking Demo.
Gratis" to the Democratic State Convention.
This was big victory for brand new polti-
cal group that was particularly strong in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. area.
This group was happy about its triumph.
One can't blame the leaders behind this move
ment because it was a real victory. And this
success gave them courage and food to or
ganize and campaign vigorously for Steven
son.
Also in the spring of 1856, there was
handed to this group a ready-made issue
around which it could rally. The Silver
Spring Hospital County Council Bill providing
for special tax was to be presented to the
people for referendum vote in the fall cleo
tons.
This was bitter and hardfought fight.
It ended in resounding defeat for the Hos
pital Bill and it helped to solidify forces that
might not have met on common ground so
quickly had it not been for this unwise bill
The liberal movement was really on in
Montgomery County by this time. And it had
just enough success to make regular Demo
Gratis in the County more than a bit nervous.
Therefore, in the early spring of 1858 there
were many attempts to form alliances be-
tween the Caucus Democrats later to be
known as Democrats for SO and the Regular
Democratic organization. This was not DOS.
sible so hot primary fight was held
United Democrats Free Democrats and
Caucus Democrats battled. For the most
part United and Free Democrats won nomi.
nations for the'various State and County of
fices. However, the Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee was divided three to three
with Ann Brown providing the balance.
Along came this year of 1860. There
wasn't much to decide except for the seven
delegates to the Democratic State Convention.
compromise was reached. Members of the
Delegation to Annapolis. except for two, were
to form the harmony slate. Mr.. Levine and
MIR. Wernke both high in the Liberal move
ment, were chosen to join
Two Democrats, Fadler and Frank Proc.
tor, jr., filed independently for the State Con.
vention. Mr.. Fadler lost quite badly. He
should give up. Mr.. Proctor surprised even
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
Mr.. Holland Answered

1t appears to me that Herbert
]. Holland answered his own
letter (Sentinel, May 10, 1861
with respect to the Sandy
Spring community and did
/ detect a note of jealousy?
A good many people who have
come to live in that community
from the outside" are now as
much a part of it as are those
whose families have been there
for a generation.
AS for the banks and their
non-progress: They were two
of the first banks in the coun-
try allowed to open immediate
ly after the "bank holiday;
the Savings Institution paid in
terest rates as high as any in
the country (4% plus 2e6)
upon occasion) until the federal
government regulated interest
rates to be paid :. it is one of
six mutual savings institutions
in the State-the o her five
being in Baltimore-and has a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
Reporters View
Teen Car Uses
Can Be Bad

One of the best things we've seen come
down the pike lately is study in depth of
how the use and ownership of cars affect
high school students
The study was made by Allstate Insur-
ance Companies. They gave 3O-item ques.
tonnaires to students in 80 selected high
schools throughout the United States and Can.
ada. Evaluation of the forms throws search.
ing light on the academic, driving and social
habits of 10000 junior and senior high school
youngsters.
Findings have been put together in book
form and are available to school boards, sup.
erintendents high school principals ETC. 1t
would be gratifying if the Montgomery Coun-
ty School Board and superintendent Whittier
were to study these new findings in light of
the county's highly modified school popula-
ton.
The outstanding feature of the survey is
its overwhelming substantiation of the basic
Importance of parental control of teenagers.
''rhe study leaves no doubt that it isn't the
car, but the control of its use that is import
ant" authors of the report conclude
Some SOLDERING findings of the report:
Accident rate among youthful drivers
is twice as high as that of average adults,
and the average severity in human casualty
and dollar losses is more than twice the
adult rate
Most of the youngsters, and not lust
few, are involved in traffic crashes.
School grades start to suffer when the
car is used more than two school days a
week; students who use cars at least four
days a week are more than twice as likely
to be 3D. or worse students than tw1cea.
week users.
The best academic records are set by
students whose use of the family car is con-
fined strictly to the weekend. The poorest
students of all are those who own their cars.
The last point is explained by citing a
students need to earn money to pay upkeep
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-05-26
Use Your Sense

ylY this time next week. will you of your loved
- ones be among the 'statstcs?"
With Memorial Day falling on Monday, another long
Weekend is and again the National Safety
Council and other organizations concerned with safety
making their usual ghouish predictions about the number
of persons who viii become victims of the senseess af
tic slaughter that characteristic of holiday week
ends Unfortunately their forecasts in recent years have
been made with sckenng accuracy.
On the brighter side though, Montgomery County
has managed to maintain enviabe safety mark having
recorded traffic fatalities "long' weekends since
1856. 1t is tribute to the and good udg
nent of county motorists and to our police, whose omn
present patrol reminder of the need for
safe and sane holiday driving.
Disregard for the law and the rights of others in
varaby the major factors in the nations frightul toll
Of holiday traffic deaths and it all unnecessary
little restraint, good judgment and consideration all
that needed to put the lie to the omnous forecasts of
safety experts who unhappy to hit the nail right
en- the head every time they up with their appalling
Representations.
1t is regrettable fact that the careless reckless
driver rarely recognizes that he himself is likely to suffer
from his actions And, regretabe, when he does
ne usually other persons to suffer- persons
Pletey innocent of any wrongdoing.
We sincerely hope that the time has come when the
average motost will give cognizance to the
ord Of the past and exercise greater degree caution
when he gets behind the wheel
From the standpoint of holiday traffic Montgomery
Countys record is good We'd like to share it with
others.