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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22
Construction Underway
First Charlotte
County Structure
Near Completion

CHARLOTTE c. H., July 2l-
Five years Of preliminary plan
ming on the Roanoke Creek
watershed project in nearby
Charlotte county is beginning to
take the form Prince Edward
Soil Conservation Service Of
ficials hope to see at home in the
near future.
The first Of II dams in the
al ,9O0-acre project in Charlotte
county now stands near rs per
cent completed, according to Joe
Terry, inspector on the job. The
first structure is being built near
Charlotte Court House and is
identified as Site 37-A.
Second Dam Set
Norman L. Ramsey, work unit
soil conservatiOnist, said today
plans have been completed for
opening bids August Is on a sec
ond structure on Hills Creek.
The bids are now being accepted.
Ramsey said his office is in the
process of preparing data for a
dam on Spencer Creek. The Hill
Creek structure will back up a
27l2 acre lake. and the one on
Spencer Greek, a 30-acre lake.
The order of construction in the
future will be determined by the
signing of easements. Ramsey
reports there are several more
sites where only one or two more
easements are needed. High on
the priority list is one on Spring
Creek near Keysville which will
serve not only as a flood retard-
ing structure. but also as a
source of water supply for Keys
vile.
COST-S3O,877
The clearing of the site for the
first dam was done by the Char
lotte Excavating Company of
Cullen. The bid for construction
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22

Many studies are in progress
at the present time to find out
why people smoke. why some
do not and what effect smoking
has, if any, on health.
Smokers appear to be not too
much concerned over the health
phase, Judging from the figures
on cigarette sales.
Except for the one year 1858,
when sales dropped following a
series of reports connecting lung
cancer with smoking, there has
been a steady rise in consump-
ton. The comeback is attribut-
cd chiefly to the filter-type ciga-
lettes, which gave m ny
people feeling Of protection.
The Agriculture Department
reports that So per cent of the
male population of age Is and
up and sc per cent of the fe-'
male population of similar age
are regular smokers Both per-
centages are on the rise, es-
pecially the female, it finds.
How much do Prince Edward
County residents spend annually
for whatever satisfaction it is
that they get out Of cigarette
smoking. be it relaxation, stimu-
lation, sensory pleasure or just
plain sociability?
The answer is that their ciga-
rette bill is a big one, amount
ing to s437 900, or approximately
S4r per smoker per year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22
New York Contest
Ends Saturday

All candidates for the
Herald New York trip are
asked to turn in all books
not later than this Saturday,
July %. The contest closes
officially this Saturday. and
candidates must turn in their
receipt books for the final tai
ly of points.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22
Abundant Labor Field
Awaits Industry Here
Labor Source OF
Almost 1000; Yet
Unemployment Low
BY BEN BOWERS

A bountlful labor m 7 k c t
awaits prospective industry in
Farmville This is true although
difficult to realize since there
is practically no unemployment
in the area at the present time.
Statistics prepared by til c
employment service headquar-
tiers in Richmond place the cur
rent supply Of labor available
here at 975 persons In contrast
to what number is available
within the town and its environs
20 miles in any direction is the
fact that the local employment
center has only 100 active APP
plicants for work in the seven
counties served by it.
975 Available
Ready to meet new en-
ployer in most any industry
which decides to settle here is
force of 1875 from Farmville.
Equally anxious to have a new
boss are $50 persons within
radius of 20 miles.
How many men and women
are represented in the potential
supply would rate high among
the first questions of a pro-
spective industrialist giving
Farmville the once-o over. His
answer is ready, Of the 1875 in
Farmville, 1870 are men and 65
are women.
From the additional la Dor
drawing areas that make up the
975 persons, the breakdown
shows 800 are male and 480 are
female. The area figures include
persons from nearby Amelia.
Buckingham. Cumberland, and
NottoWay counties. The employ
ment service statistics do not
| include Charlotte county as
| source. According to c. H Mar
tin, manager of the local of
flee, a good number of persons
from that county are gainfully
employed in Farmville, and the
potential supply there would
probably swell the total avail
able for a new industry to a
thousdand.
Supply Character
Another factor along lines Of
employment which carries con-
siderable weight in the decision
of whether an industry selects
a location in one place or an
other is the character of avail
able labor supply.
Again an ans Wer is inn
mediately attainable in Farm
vile. There are lis skilled per-
sons available - IS from Farm
vile and 80 from the surround
ing area. Semi-skilled labor at
the disposal of a new factory
totals 80 persons. Sixty of that
force would come from tn G
immediate locale While $50
would be area persons.
The third category in TIL
supply of labor obtainable here
is the unskilled group. ON
training would be required for
these persons to fit, but a new
industry would naturally pay
less in starting salaries. an item
Of considerable Importance for
a completely new outfit t h t
might make its start in this To-
Gale. Such a force is almost I'M
limited here, but at least $50
persons would be available.
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22
Prince Edward
Reports Balance
OF S l3S,5oS.47
Game Warden
Question Kept
Under Discussion

In addition to adopting two
ordinances to aid the develop
ment of private schools in
Prince E d W d County. the
board of supervisors. at an adj
journed meeting Monday, re-
ceived its annual statement of
disbursements and receipts from
treasurer j. w. Wilson. Jr.
The full text of the two ordi-
nances concerning the private
schools may be found in this
issue of The Herald on page 7B:
The board appointed supervisors
Vaughan, Gates and Jenkins
as committee to employ an
agent for the board, in matters
pertaining to applications for
tuition grants.
Game Warden Question
The supervisors also discuss
ed the question of obtaining
county resident to serve as
game warden in Prince Edward.
They agreed to continue efforts
to have a county resident ap-
pointed by the Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries.
The Game Commission. sew
eral weeks ago, met with a COM
mittee from the board and in
formed them that limited funds
will prevent the selection of a
local resident as Prince Edward
Game Warden. The supervisors
sought to have a local man nam
ed as replacement for the late
G.. Linwood Cox. who served as
warden so efficiently for many
years. The commission has as
signed an assistant warden from
Nottoway County to handle
Prince Edward. =
High Surplus
Wilson's report on the finan-
cial condition of the county
showed an exceptionally high
surplus from the past years OPP
Grafton. The balance on hand
June 30. 1860 was $138. 508.47.
This increased from a balance
on hand last year of 19.767.70
The major expenditures dur
ing the just-ended. fiscal year,
were $50, 1860 for literary loan
bonds paid to anlortize h
debt on R. R. Motion High
School: S74,847.13 to the We'll
fare fund (of which $50, 554 80
was paid into the treasury by
the State, and S3,l67l5 from the
town Of Farmville,; and other
smaller disbursements.
The major item missing from
the county budget. of course.
was funds for public school OPP
Grafton. That figure was 1866, 436
for the previous year, and
amounted to only SIS 1862 l6 this
year. The figure Of 1882 .16
came primarily from the for
estry reserve fund. and the re-
cent session of the General As
sembly allowed the county trea-
surer to disburse these funds
even though the board of super
visors made no appropriation
for schools during the fiscal
year.
The balance of $133 sos. Al.
plus the expenditures cites
above add up to the county bud
get of $342, 731.57.
Income Accounts
Providing the. bulk of the in
come were tax ceiptS of
S185 ,O92.76. Other major income
ite m were ABC profits,
$37 1851: tax receipts from 1858
Continued on page ~
Evening star., 1960-01-28

ord on civil rights shameful.
He spoke in New York.
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell,
speaking in Philadelphia, said
"the Democratic response to
civil rights is to pigeonhole it."
Defense Secretary Gates
failed to reach Portland, Oreg.,
for his speech and it was read
for him. In it he said that
Soviet Russia may "enjoy at
times a moderate numerical
superiority" in missiles during
the next three years with the
difference in numbers reaching
peak in the 1862 period.
But the Defense Secretary
insisted that "all the missiles
the Soviets could muster would
not suffice to destroy enough of
our retaliatory strike forces to
enable their leaders to make a
rational decision to attack"
Boston Speech
Postmaster General Summer
field, appearing in Boston, ac-
cused the Democrats Of "in-
dulging in massive extrava-
gance" and added:
Keep home the fuzzy think
ers, the big spenders, the dar-
lings of the pressure groups
who place the public interest
second"
Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son, speaking in Seattle, blamed
Democratic controlled Con =
crosses for the failures Of pres
ent farm programs.
With the farm problem GER
tain to be a major issue in
the campaign. Secretary Ben
son held out prospects Of i'm
provement. saying:
Some political demagogues
would like the people to think
that all is bad in agriculture.
The outlook for farmers is good.
Agriculture is not going to poi" "
Secretary of Com cree
Mueller hit on the theme why
Change" in his Miami Beach
(Fla) speech:
why turn back the clock?
Why go left when we're going
all right? Why jump ex-
perience for an untried new
conner? Why throw out the
savers and call back the
spenders? Why take a
chance on a change?"
Secretary of State Herter was
the only one of the 10 cabinet
officers who was not out speak,
ing. He and Mrs. Herter at
tended the dinner here.
House and Senate members
and second echelon admins
tratlon officials also were
among the speakers at the din
ners across the country.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
SOUTHWEST
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COntlnued From First Page
delays are of Scheuer- Stevens
making, and said factors which
accounted for them include: :
The necessity of more liberal
FILA financing to asure &C.
ceptable mortgages, enacted by
Congress last year; delay in
the Districts approval of a
change in the Area B plan to
increase the number of dwell
ing units, and tagging con-
struction Of the commercial
Town Center by the firm of
Webb & Knapp to provide
shopping facilities for Area B
residents.
The New Yorker predicted
that the 81 row houses would
be started within the next few
months and said some" new
applications for FHA insurance
on additional units also will be
sought by this summer.
He said that some adjust
ment." however, is needed in
the l,200-day deadline which
exists under the present agree
ment.
Sarioue Toncn.-
Mr.. Searles' letter asserted
that your delays, which are
significantly impeding the re-
development Of Southwest
Washington, are a matter Of
very serious concern to us and
a subject of great public and
congressional criticism"
At the time the general mas
ter agreement" was signed in
1856, Mr.. Searles wrote
Scheuer-StevenS, it was under
stood that you would diligent-
ly and faithfully prepare and
submit" applications to FILA
lin order to insure continuity
of construction"
I'VE expected" the letter con-
tinued, "at that time that
construction would start in 1857
and that the last units would be
completed not later than May,
1861.
"As we got into 1860, only
402 units have been completed
and no other construction is
under way and, we are in
formed. no additional commit
ments have been issued by the
FHA."
Noting that the Scheuer-
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Eisenhower Flies
To Palm Springs
For Golf and Sun

LOS ANGELES, Jan. % (AP)
President Eisenhower left By
helicopter today for a long week
end of golf in Palm Springs
sunshine.
His big 'copter took of at
9:04 am. from his overnight
headquarters at the Beverly
Hilton Hotel for the hour and
l5-minute trip to La Quinta-
resort area near Palm Springs
where he will stay.
The President Travelled in q
big green and white Marine
Corps helicopter, first of foul
to lift of from a parking lot
near the hotel.
His travelling companions wers
Freeman GoSden, AmoSof Amo.
n Andy radio fame, and Pres.
ident c. S. Jones of Richfelc
Oil Co.
The other heilcopters carried
press, security people and Other
members Of the Eisenhower
party.
A crowd of about 200 was or
hand to wave farewell to the
President, who few here yes.
terday from Washington for q
speech launching the Repub-
lican political campaign.
Before he left, Mr.. Eisen.
hover spoke to a closed break.
fast meeting of Southern Cal.
ifornia Republican leaders.
Eisenhower headquarters al
La Quinta are at the home o.
an old friend, Washington bust,
nessman George E. Allen.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

Stevens has been assisted in
a number Of steps-including
f1nancing-Mr. Searles wrote
that RIA also has ION q num-
Der OF occasions urged upon
you the necessity for proceed
ing without further delay"
RIA, the letter said, has de-
termined that Scheuer-Stevens
cannot meet the l,200-day
deadline for completion Of its
1900 remaining units unless
the remaining units are placed
under construction by May,
1861" it added:
For this reason, we must
demand prompt and substantial
action including the immediate
construction of the 81 row
houses behind the Capitol Park
apartments and the fling Of
applications for mortgage in
sura1ce with the FILA on all
OF the remaining units without
further delay.
Unless within 10 days we
receive information from you
as to necessary steps to be
taken to secure construction,
we may be forced to take ap-
propriate legal action to seek
a new redeveloper for the un-
built portions Of the area cov-
cred by out contract. We re-
quest that your statement in
clude the following informa-
ton:
81. How quickly will you OBJ
tain initial Endorsement Of the
mortgage insurance note from
the FILA for the 81 row houses
behind the Capitol Park Apart
.ments?,
%. When will you begin con-
struction Of these 81 row
houses?
"3. When will you file addi-
tional applications with the
FILA for all remaining resi-
Dental units in Project BP
a. How many additional
units will be filed for with the
FHA?
IS. When can you confidently
expect to begin construction on
these additional units?
"6. When do you expect to
have completed construction of
all the units in Project B?"
Evening star., 1960-01-28
ROCKEFELLER
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"if he runs for Vice Presi-
dent. :"
Every time anyone asked him
how he felt. the Governor re-
Piled gamely. Il can't COM
plain"
Upstairs. he had more cause.
He entered a darkened room,
and the spotlight played on
him f1tfully as he made his
way to the dais. There was
scattered applause as he was
recognized.
Introducing Gov. Rockefeller
as "a man who had captured
the imagination of the Amerl-
can people," Finance Chairman
Lewis T. Breuninger spoke OF
the stunning contrast" the
evening was making with the
clamorous get-together of the
Democrats last Saturday night
in the same place.
1t was the evenings only
understatement. Repub licans
do not spend their party eve
nings in the pursuit Of happi-
ness. They see no reason whv
Just because they are all
dressed up and all together and
out for the evening, they should
have a good time. The impor-
tance of being earnest outranks
all others with them.
While Democrats have to be
constantly exhorted to pipe
down, Republicans have to be
implored to whoop it up.
I'VE are going to ask you
to applaud" pleaded the toast
master of the closed-circuit
portion of the evening, so they
won't come on in a pail"
Thus instructed, the crowd
gave Gov. Rockefeller his big
gest hand when he was on the
screen to give a short tribute to
the President. His untelevised
speech brought the coolest OF
responses. No wonder. If he
was still acting like a candi-
date, he was still even more
noticeably talking like one. At
least he never mentioned any
other. The name of his erst-
while rival. Vice President
Nixon, never crossed his lips.
AS he had on the campaign
trail, he warned that after
President Eisenhower would
come the dark for the Re-
publicans unless they ARE in
contact with the people-not
merely with each other"
When he had finished he
went down among the people
again. An earnest young woman
came UP and wrung his hand,
I'VE all owe you a great debt
Of gratitude for bowing out"
she said earnestly.
ITS so nice to be here" said
the Governor noncomittally.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

fighting behind the barricades,
flies to Paris to proclaim that
the Moslem community will
fight with all its strength
against the policies" of Gen.
de Gaulle. Dramatically CLUTCH
ing his wounded knee, he adds:
I'VE Moslems have paid
heavy tribute to the only
fatherland that we know. II
we must fall, we will die to-
gether but we will die as
Frenchmen." There are, he
claims, hundreds of Moslems
behind the barricades in
Algiers. The rest have been
prevented by the army from
leaving the casbah.
And a few hours later the
opposition weighs in in the
person of another Algerian dep
uty, Mustapha Chelha:
"It'S a lie to say that the Mos
lens have taken part in an in
surrectional movement. They
have the utmost confidence In
De Gaulle and the Moslem in
habitants Of Algiers are ready
to die for him"
Strike Order Ignored
On balance the evidence
seems to be on the side of Dep
uty Chelha. Yesterday at a
town called Mostaganem, six
people were hurt in the course
of a brief Moslem demonstra-
ton which started with cries
of "long live De Gaulle" and
down with Massu." Reporters
in Algiers have found almost no
Moslems at all in the ranks of
the insurgents. Residents of
the casbah have not observed
the order for general strike
and at some points barricades
raised by civilian territorial
guards have been taken down.
The results Of today's fiasco
staged by war veterans seems
to prove that the MoSlems Of
Algeria are at the very least
biding their time and taking
no chances. Or perhaps, as
Ferhat Abbas has remarked in
Tunis:
"Once again the Algerian
people, by staying out of the
current developments, give new
proof Of its political maturity
and its sense Of the national
interest"
It's rare enough that Gen.
de Gaulle finds himself in
agreement with anything that
the leader Of the Algerian ma
tionalists has to say. But in
this case, with minor differ
ences of Interpretation, the two
men see eye to eye.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Eisenhower Answers
Housewife in Speech

DENVER, Jan. % (AP).-A
I2l-year-old mother Of two chill
dren, Mrs. Shirley Jean Havens.
was flustered-but pleased
when President Eisenhower
gave a public answer last night
to a letter she wrote him.
The President addressed his
speech-on a closed circuit tele-
cast to Dinner With Ike" cele-
brations in 80 cities-directly to
Mrs. Havens. He explained why
he thinks she should register as
a Republican.
Asked II she plans to follow
the advice, Mrs. Havens gasped,
bewildered, Il don't know"
Guests of Businessman
Mrs. Havens and her hus-
band, William M. Havens also
81, were sitting only a few feet
from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
when they heard the Presi-
dents message.
Mrs. Eisenhower is in Denver
to visit her ailing mother, Mrs.
John s. Doud.
Mrs. Havens and her hus-
band were guests of Aksel Mel
sen, Denver businessman and
friend of the President. Several
days ago, she said, Mr.. Nielsen
called upon her to find out
II she had been sincere when
she wrote the President last
November asking what politi-
cal party she should join.
Brings Presidents Letter
Mr.. Nielsen returned last
Thursday, Mrs. Havens ex-
plained, with a letter from the
Evening star., 1960-01-28

President which said he would
give her a more complete an
sWer later.
Mrs. Havens said her letter
was inspired by her father, Ed
ward H. Edwards, a Denver
plumbing contractor who is q
Democrat.
Mrs. Havens and her hus-
band live in a trailer home In
suburban Arvada. Mr.. Havens
an employe Of the Edwards
plumbing firm, described him.
self as a Republican, but said
neither he nor his wife have
registered to vote.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

not in the end be abandoned
by France.
Here. however, the agree
ment ends.
In proclaiming his policy OF
"auto-determination" for AL
geria, Gen. de Gaulle has
sought a solution that would
be worthy of France" in terms
of world opinion and the polit-
ical convictions of a great ma.
jority Of Frenchmen.
By promising Algerians a
free choice in deciding their
destiny, he has brought new
pressure on the leadership OF
the rebellion to call a truce in
the fighting. At the same time
he has made it clear that
France has no intention OF
abandoning" Algeria or OF
leaving the Moslem population
to their fate.
Oppose Free Choice
On the other hand, the COL
onists as people who claim to
know Arabs" have always held
that Gen. de Gaulle's policy
pointed the way to disaster for
the French in Algeria. To pre-
sent a free choice between COM
plicated political alternatives
to an Yliterate mass unused to
the refinements of democracy
they say, is impossible. The
result can only be to raise a
fatal doubt as to French reso-
luton. The proper course is to
proclaim firmly that Algeria is
and will always remain an
integral part of France.
This in simple terms is the
political dispute that lies be-
hind the struggle that is going
on in Algeria today. And if
there has been no reliable sign
OF what the real Moslem reac-
ton is, there's again no lack
of self-appointed spokesmen
to explain what the people
really think in the casbah of
Algiers.
Thus Mourad Kaouah, Depu-
ty from Algiers, who was
wounded in the first days of
Evening star., 1960-01-28

one side or the other, stage
demonstrations and issue man.
ifestoeS, the Moslems so far
have taken almost no part
whatever.
The state of affairs, to say
the least, is not at all to the
liking Of the extremist Euro
pean insurgents. In 1858 the
rising Moslem population Joined
in with apparent enthusiasm.
The dramatic demonstration Of
fraternity" between the two
Algerian communities was one
of the most loudly advertised
results Of the whole affair.
This time, despite very con-
siderable pressure, nothing of
that sort has taken place. To-
day in a major effort to whip
up some sort of Moslem enthu-
siaSm, a parade of war veterans
wound its way through the
Casbah Of Algiers. The COM
manding general of the sector
himself broadcast an appeal
for Moslem veterans to join in
the fraternal march.
The result was a total flop.
Among the tens of thousands
of potential Moslem marchers,
about 80 turned out. The rest
went quietly about their busi-
ness as they have from the
beginning Of the rioting.
Loyal to France
What they think, however,
is a vital part Of the whole
affair. In terms Of the long
range problem of Algeria, the
attitude of the Moslem popu-
lation lies at the heart of the
dispute between the European
colony and the rest Of France.
Both sides argue that the
large majority Of the Moslem
Algerians are basically loyal to
France and want nothing more
than peace and progress. Both
sides say that the support given
by the Algerian population to
the nationalist rebellion is
largely out of fear of 'fellagha. :"
Both sides agree that the sur
est way of ending the five
year-old war is to reassure the
Moslem majority that they will