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, 1960-03-08
ST. Croix MentoI
HeuIth Association
Meets Murch 9th

There will be a Meeting of
the St. Croix Mental Health
Association tomorrow after
noon at 4:3o o'clock in the
Home Economic Room of the
Christiansted High School;
the principal speaker will be
Gaveston David Of the Insu-
lar School for boys at Annals
Hope.
, 1960-03-08
Social
Event in Years
Cat far MERCK 0A+h

What more beautiful and
lovely setting could be asked
for a gala social party than
charming st. Croix by the
Sea? None, is the answer and
So it is that St. Croix by the
Sea will be the location for
what promises to be an occa-
sion that will make social his
tory in St. Croix.
Leading shops Of st. Croix
vii present their latest styles
in fashion, eye-pleasingly dis
played by some of the most
lovely models ever seen.
Music will furnish a pleasant
surrounding for this tremen-
dous showing of styles. And
CONTINUED on page A.
, 1960-03-08
Ndtionul Foundation
Offers Scholarships to
Fl. S. Graduates

DR.. Andrew c. Preston,
Commissioner of Education,
has been informed by the
National Foundation support
ed by the New March of
Dimes that National Founda-
ton Health Scholarships of
$500 per year for 4 years are
available to graduating high
school seniors interested in a
career in nursing, occupation
al therapy or physical Their
apy; to college s~ophomores
aiming for a career in medical
social work; to college under
graduates accepted for admis-
sion to an approved school Of
medicine. Application are due
On April I, 1860.
Further information may be
obtained from the Depart
ment of Education office or
from the National Foundation
Health Scholarships, 800 End
Avenue, New York II, N. Y.
, 1960-03-08
Two Found Guilty
In District Court:
Totes Wins Appeal
Offers Mode to
Purchase Virgin Is.
Corporation S Assets

Corporations Assets Totes Wins Appeal
Two groups Of mainland In the District Court Of the
Businessmen are actively in Virgin Islands, Christiansted
terested in purchasing the Jurisdiction, Hon. Walter A.
properties OF the Virgin IS Gordon, presiding.
lands Corporation, DR.. Ken Pedrito Archibald charged
meth Bartlett, the Corpora W t h burglary in the
tons president, has disclosed. third degree and grand lar
Assets OF the Corporation ceny was found guilty on both
were estimated at seven mill charges, he was sentenced to
lion dollars. serve 9 months in jail on each
The Board of Directors OF count to run concurrently.
the Virgin Islands Corpora Time to be deducted from
ton has authority to sell the time already spent in Jail.
properties of the Corporation,
ready serving from s to 5
years at Richmond Peniten-
: 4 tiary and charged with escape
from jail, burglary in the,
third degree and grand lar
IL cency was found guilty. Sen
Corporation is that VICORPs
Board of Directors has insist 80
ment.
package. Most of the business Marcelo Maldonado, charged
men Indicating interest have with first degree and aggra-
shown a desire to buy the waited assault and battery, en-
power facilities, which make a tered a plea Of not guilty
handsome profit. They hest through his Attorney Almeric
tate when they feader tbs Christian. His case viii come
ugeslosses suffered in the up for trial on the next Calen-
operation of the Bethlehem dar Of the Court.
Factory. For fiscal year 1859, podri+o T.tas oboroad uitb
production of sugar at Bethle- ona~ou.+od assa,l+ 81 bo+-
onniu - Pcs tContinued on page A.
#@S.
, 1960-03-08
Episcopal Church
Head to be in
C~hristidnsted Friday

Friday night, March 18th at
800 the Most Rev. Arthur G.
Lichtenberger, Presiding Bi-
shop Of the American Episco-
pal Church, will. preside at a
service being held in st,
Johns Church, to mark the
beginning Of the Parish's
200th Anniversary celebra-
ton. The head of the nations
three and a half million Epis-
copalians, Bishop Lichten-
b erger is internationally
known as one of the worlds
outstanding Church leaders.
Formerly a professor OF Pas-
toral Theology, DR.. Lichten-
berger served for seven years
as Bishop Of the Diocese Of
Missouri before being elected
Presiding Bishop. While he is
in the area the bishop will in
spect a number of t h e
Church's missions in the Ca
ribbean islands.
The public IS cordially in
vited to the Friday, March
18th service to hear Bishop
Lichtenberger.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
100 Patients And Space Still Available
Record Hospital Census Easily Handled

tor tWul, Il n center wing (spacc
lett for one, II IN east wing (spacc
left for fjVe), 2s III obsteirical and
nursing area (space left for eight
and nine u gerla'rlcs and metll-
cine area (space lett tor two),
Cause OF Increase
The hospital administrator at
trlbuted the cause Of the influx OF
patients to the unsea eonable, warm
weather which resulted IN bron
ciltl6, pneumonia. and other related
cases The patients were represen-
tative Of the entire hospital area,
not from one or a. few specific COM
rallnltlss = meaning there was no
epidemic area.
Dr.. Charles I Baird, president 9.
the MEDICAL staff and radiolcgtst ct
the hospital, sald-s'our physicians
ard staff handled the increas ed load
very observation-disclosures as # &C
custon1ed to it. He noted that at
the same time the hospital census
Jumped, the physicians had an IN
Continued On page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Text Of School
Board Decision

TIE full text of the Prince Ed
ward county school boards de
ejsion adopted unanimously and an
lounced at 1850 pm. Monda,
hight after nearly one and hall
lours OF elaboration, follows:
Representative of the board
of directors OF Prince Edward
School Foundation appeared be-
fore this board on January II,
1860, and again on january Is,
1860, With many other Interested
persons, requesting that this
board offer for sale the Farm
vile High School Building and
equipment. while others opposed
sale at this time
After having thoroughly con-
sidCred this request, on motion
duly made and adopted. the fol-
lowing resolution was passed:
to wit:
Al TINS TIME the SchO0i
Board does not feel that it
should take the sole RESPONSE
bility of selling the main white
high school in TIE County. This
school belongs to the people of
Prince Edward County, and
State Law provides a procedure
whereby the voters may re-
require and approve such a
sale. We believe this statute
should be followed here"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

clared the Negro minister. He said
the plan calls for operating the
center at least until June, perhaps
longer. More organizational meet
rings will be held to firm up the
program, and the supervisors will
be obtained with the help of sepa-
rate organizations in the county
NAACP Plan Presented
The Virginia Conference Of the
NAACP presented. in broad outline,
plans to divide the county into ten
areas and set up a center in each
where special training would be of
fered in key subjects such as
mathematics and reading, and
where reCreational programs would
be held.
Robert D. Robertson, president
Of the Virginia NAACP Conference,
and w. Lester Banks, executive
secretary Of the organization. So id
there it would take SIG, 500 10 f.
nance the program through June
and help pay the tuition for the
so seniors now attending Kittrell
College, Griffin said today, None
Of the SIG, 500 has been raised yet.
At the Washington meeting the
81 organizations represented voted
to finance the program. Among the
81 is the Prince Edward County
Christian Association.
PreSSllres Cited
Griffin reported at the Washington
session only one application was
made to the private schools offered
bv a group Of white persons. He
told those assembled the fcunda-
ton (southside Schools. Inc.D would
continue to bring pressure upon
Negro parents to register their chill
dren- He also said that acceptance
OF private schools for Negroes
Continued on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

be not less than as per cent Of
the total amount due.
This method. in effect, carries
out the directors decision that the
agencies must share in a cut that
will not exceed four per cent. If
the cut can be reduced farther, the
board certainly will make every
effort to provide more funds, y
Wamsley said
The Chest has a reserve fund of
1927 which added to the fall cam
paign total of $l8, lO7 provides total
working capital of $l8,934, tn e
Chest president pointed out. From
that total. the directors have had to
provide $500 in campaign expenses.
They also agreed that mini
mum reserve of $500 must be re-
tanned. This would be a reserve for
collection Of pledges and for operat-
ing CONTINGENCIES, Wamsley added.
The $l7.634 balance will pay the
agencies their full 1860 budgeted
shares except for four per cent.
The Chest president noted that
the Special Gifts division, led by
Dr. S. c. Patteson, contributed very
substantially to the Chest effort
exceeding its goal of $4,000 by
$l05 The Farmville Residential dl
vision also exceeded its goal OF
$3.50 by securing 1913
Two districts in the rural division
also eqnalled or exceeded then
goals, Buffalo which secured $3.50
against goal Of the same amount
and Hampden, which gave $263
against a quota of $3.50.
All the other districts and di-
visions came close except the EN-
ployees Division, which fell short
by approximately 81 600
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
BY BEN BOWERS

Southaide Community Hospital got
its chance to prove its cape blllty
with a record patient census last
week. Beyond a doubt it proved it
could easily handle some 80 or more
patients than the usual load.
Joseph H. James, administrator
reported the official census bit an
all-tilne high OF 100 at midnight on
January IS. On the morning Of the
18th, 1902 patients were there but
discharges during the day dropped
the official census figure for that
day. Exactly one year ago on the
18th. a peak Of 81 was attained
The fact that the census came
on more or less gradually made us
able to handle the load with fewer
complications than we normally run
into with such a high census said
James. For q week before the peak
the hospital had an average OF "a
patients per day as compared to q
normal compliment Of batWeen 65
ard 81.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Griffin To Coordinate Program
0VFSn 70 IooVdInote Program
Ten Training Centers For Prince
Edlpard Negro Children In Makinq

Plans to open ten training centers
for the schoolless Negro children
in Prince Edward county were re.
vealed here today by the Rev. L.
F. Griffin, coordinator of the pro.
ject.
The first word of the planned
program came after a meeting Of
81 organizations in Washington
D. c.. Saturday, sponsored by the
National Council of Negro Women
At that meeting, Mr.. Griffin, presi.
dent of the Prince Edward County
Christian Association and NAACP
leader, was named chairman of the
project.
Griffin said today, The ex
ecutive board of the association
met last night to initiate planning
the program He said that his
group was in the process Of divid
ing the county into areas and would
then obtain supervisors noca
adults for the training. The leader
IN the training movement expressed
hope the program could be started
by the first Of February.
More Planning To Do
However, Griffin added It {
mechanics Of the thing have moi
been worked out" The plan calls
for the use of whatever buildings
are available. which in some cases
win be churches. Ely Street Hal
tldcsl Ells Aall) have volunteered
the use Of its facilities. noted Grit
fin.
Certain critical subjects, such a:
reading and mathematics will be
offered through the training centers
A recreational program will be z
major part Of the training center
goals.
~ Is -ot ) private school. til
strictly a morale builder" de-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

Another reason attributed 10 the
ease with which the hospital met
It's challenge the distribution OF pa
tents worked out we'll, leaving at
least one bed available Of every
wing. Actually Is more adult pa
tents could have been put TO bed
according to James.
10 cite an example Of the dlatrl-
button at the peak period and that
Of high, but not peak census, let's
look at the figures for January 8
and Is
On the eighth with census Of
80, the hospital had Y IN the west
wing capacity ~, Y in the center
wing Capacity 22>. ten IN the east
wing capacity 20. "a in the OBJ
stetrteel and nursing area (ce-
pacity So and seven in the ger1-
atrlcs and medicine area capacity
IL.
On the peak day, the 18th, the
distribution vas better with ar adj
d;tional ter patients It vent ike
this: g Il the west wing (space left
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
County And Home
AGENTS Offices
10 Close For Week

The Prince Edward county agent
md home demonstration agent Of
fees will be closed January 1923.
Dudley L. Peery said the filing
system in the two offices would
be completely changed during the
period to enable he and Mrs. Elnice
NJ. Motley. home agent, to process
requests more rapidly.
He said it would be impossible
TO keep the offices open and make
the change except in the case
of emergencies, he requests the
public to observe the closing. The
offices will be open as usual
February [
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Telephone Executive
To Address Bankers

William B. Brennan. division ac-
counting m7naeer OF the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
panv # Virginia, will speak at a
meeting of the Southside Regional
clearinghouse Association at Vic
tcria High School, January y.
Brennan, appointed to his present
position in 1919, will address area
bankers at $50 pm. He is also q
member Of the faculty Of the Uni
versity of Richmond evening school
OF business administration.
Representatives Of the IL area
member banks viii be in atten.
dance at the meeting The banks
include the three il Farlmville
Peoples National, Planters Bank
ard Trust Company, and First Ma
tlonal; Union Bank and Trust Com
pany, Amelia, Bank Of .Cumber-
land, Bark Of Powhatan; and those
in Blackstone, Crewe Kenbridge
and Victoria
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Annual Hospital
Meeting Tuesday

The annual membership
meeting of the S0uthside Com
nlunity Hospital Association will
be held Tuesday evening, Jan.
IS, al s pm, Vernon c.
N0rnack, hospital president an
nounced..
The annual business reports
will be presented, and the
election OF members for the
hospital board OF managers is
to he includati on ti,c a.ends.
TIE meeting will be in The
Prince Edward Court House.
Womack urged Interested
persons throughout the hospital
service area TO be present and
hear first-hand the report on
the years work of the conf
munity's center Of health and
welfare.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Prices Holding
Prices Holding
Tobacco Market
Auctions End
On February 4

The FarInville Tobacco Market
has agreed with other dark-fired
belt markets on a closing date Of
Thursday, Feb. d, joel Watkins. il,
chairman of the Tobacco Board of
Trade. announced today.
That will provide two more full
weeks of auctions. since the agree
nlent provides for a full-foIir-day
auction week in February, winding
up on February 4.
This week, the sixth for the auc-
ton of the 1859 crop of dark to-
bacco. was a fairly heavy one at
Farmville Warehousemen report
that combined offerings at the three
houses should total nearly 10000
pounds.
Prices Holding
While a Slackening of orders in
creased the percentage going into
the government pool, bidding was
still active The demand for Jugs
and for common grades of leaf
continued the squirt of last week.
Choice fine and medium tobaccos
continued to bring good prices, but
offerings consisted OF large quanti-
ties of low quality leaf. The general
floor average is expected to hold
close to last weeks, and growers
are still averaging in the high $40 s
and even in the S50's.
Some Of the outstanding sales re-
ported this week follow:
Sales Review
r. L. Seay, Buckingham. 744
pounds. s4l226 from $29 to $67
averaging $50. 10; Henry L. Moore,
Prospect, 974 pounds, S52862, from
fContinr ed on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
Foundation Will
Build New Private
School Building
"N0 Further
Interest" In High
School Building

The Prince Edward School Foun-
dalton has no further interest in
ACQUIRING" the Farmville High
School building. B. Blanton Han
bury. Foundation president. de-
clared today.
Hamburg said the executive COM
mittee of the F u n d at o n will
recommend to the entire board of
directors that the Foundation PRO
coed with plans to provide suitable.
permanent facilities for the upper
schools of the combined Worsham
and Prince Edward Academies by
the beginning of the session in Sep
TENDER $780,"
About ten days ago, the Founda-
ton asked the county school board
to offer the former high school
property for sale. The school board
declined the request Monday night
and suggested that if the Founda-
ton wished to pursue the matter
further, 1t could force the sale of
the building by the referendum law
passed by the General Assembly in
1859.
ut is not our intention to force
the sale of any building Hamburg
said in response to questions today.
I'VE would like to have purchased
the old high school building to serve
the upper school classes next year.
The second phase of our plans
would have required lis to build
new upper school building in a mat
ter Of several years. since the high
school building is too small to ac-
commodate all the students prop
erly.''
Must Build Now
Hamburg contionued, "Since the
board does not wish to sell the
building, we must go Immediately
to the second phase and build the
new upper school building now
Hamburg Indicated that the build
ing should have as many as 26
classrooms. and should be ready for
use next fall. He did not specify
any site for the new building, but
said several are under considera-
ton. Hamburg did not say where the
money for the new building would
come from. but indicated that
sum of about $150.OOO would be
needed. I'VE have several avenues
of income in mind" he said. 1t is
generally believed that $3.50, 900
could be raised in a fund drive.
Hamburg was asked if he thought
a referendum to sell the building
would be approved by the people
in the county. II believe that crowd
Monday night expressed themselves
in that regard" he said referring
to the overwhelming vote at the
public meeting asking the school
board to sell the building.
Hamburg repeated that the refer
endun law was a questionable law
in the eyes of attorneys. and the
Foundation did not wish to take any
action that might be challenged in
the courts.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22

nat VOCe Dy lecllNnS CTOWQ
that filled the Circuit Court Room,
lined the walls and spilled out into
the hallway came after nearly
three hours Of tense. emotion-fllled
discussion, pro and con.
How Crowd Assembled
How the vast crowd assembled
was never fully authenticated by
| speakers Lester E. Andrews, school
board chairman at the outset,
said it was called Ito enable the
school board to receive your opinion
as to whether or not Farmville
High School should be sold There
is some question in our minds
whether sufficient public notice has
/ been given for such a meeting. You
no doubt will have many questions
in your minds about things that are
not clear. We Still don't know how
all the citizens Of the county feel
about the sale Of the school"
Dr.. c. G. Gordon Moss and NJ
Henry Blttinger had requested an
opportunity to present their views
! before a decision was reached by
the board. They were announced as
views in opposition to a sale, par
| ticularly one they considered made
hastily The request was made pub
lie Sunday.
/ The Prince Edward School
Foundation sent out word to its
patrons about the meeting, and
people throughout the county
quickly made up their minds to
\ be present
Vote Is Dramatic
The dramatic vote. taken by B.
Blanton Hamburg Who was elected
temporary chairman after Andrews
ruled TIE board could not receive
such a public resolution, was by a
\ standing procedure.
I! w. Bernard Garrett. a PTA
president at Prospect. offered the
motion: That the Prince Edward
County School Board declare FARM
vile High School surplus and offer
it for sale as soon as possible.
In support was the preponderant
majority Determining the opposi-
ton accurately was difficult in the
tightly-packed crowd but the con-
census of five newspapermen who
endeavored to count was that it
consisted of less than 25 people
Shortly thereafter at 1910, the
tsix-member board retired to its
rooms for executive session and a
decision. 1t was reached about 80
minutes afterWard. A split decision
for the motion came first, then a
unanimous decision against. The
school board views, announced else
where on this page, were framed
following the vote.
Gist of Opinion
! The gist Of opinion among 10
speakers supporting the sale by the
school board was that the Founda
ton needed to determine quickly
whether it must build private ia
cilities. or may purchase now I'M
used public schools.
c. w. Glenn. Of Farmville, asked
the board. If we can't get build
ingS, where are we going to edu,
cate our children? We've got to
know whether we're going to buy
or build. It's that simple.
Many of the speakers supporting
voluntary sale action by the board
also emphasized the improbablltE
of funds to support public educa.
Continued OH page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-22
a Point Of Low
a Point Of Low
What Does State
Code Say About
Selling Schools?

A part of the spirited controversy
which prevailed during Monday
nights public meeting with h e
Prince Edward School board con-
cerned Virginia $ laws regulating
the sale Of public school property
real or personal. What are the
laws, and what procedural dlstinc-
tons do they make2
When j. B. Wall, Jr., legal coun-
sci for the Prince Edward School
Foundation declared: Il would
rather depend on a tested law than
on an INFESTED one I would not
like our people or those outside to
get the impression we are forcing
a sale, or compelling you It h e
school board to do anything -
what were the laws Of which he
referred?
| The ''untested one" was a ref
erence to Chapter 68 of the Acts
Of the General Assembly, Extra
Session Of 1889 That law as a part
of those by which the Legislature
changed Virginia's school course
from massive resistance to freedom
of choice.
| 1853 Law Quoted
II provides that when 10 percent
Of the qualified voters voting in the
F., last presidential election are of the
opinion that any specific school
property is no longer needed fol
public purposes and the schoo
! board has not initiated proceeding
! TO sell. then on petition Of 10 per
cent Of the qualified voters request
ing the same. the Circuit Cour
shall order an election by the
people to be held not less than 20
nor more than 80 days after entry
of the order. The question thu
people determine is whether thu
school property is or is not needed
for public purposes.
I The law further stipulates that i
a majority approve, the schoO
board shall initiate proceedings Il
sell the property within 80 day.
upon such terms and conditions a.
the court may deem necessary t
protect the public interest.
The 1859 laws, as Wall pointed
out, have not vet faced cour
test.
Collins Denny, Jr. Richmond at
torney who has specialized in Con
stitutlonal Law, expressed al
opinion on proceeding under thu
1859 laws, Denny was a guest a
the meeting at the invitation 0
Wall to help shed light on lega
questions as his host informed thu
assenblage.
Denny's Views
! Denny said: If you proceed I'm
der the Acts Of 1853 you open tn
way for the argument that it is on
! of the means we are using to pre-
tect ourselves. Ii the old act j
used, no court can say it was use
| with integratlon or segregation il
mind, or is part Of an evasiv
scheme"
/ Walls tested law reference, a
| we'll as that of the Richmond al
torney ii his preferred method, wa
to Section 22-16l Of the Code 0
Virginia. 1t has been in the Cod
since at least 1919, and is now be
ing used by school boards in thi
area to proceed with surplu
property sales.
It states. The school boart
/ Continued on page s.