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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Sunday Clio sing
Law Effects Here
Sigh It To None
No Complaints
Keep FirmsIn
Norma Operation

Virginia new Sunday closing
law. better known as the Blue
Law. has had little if any effect
on trade in Farmville, and is I'M
likely to cause much trouble I'M
til its constitutionality is proven.
Enforcement Of the law to the
letter would not do any major
harm in Farmville as most bust
ness concerns are closed on Sun
day anyway. However, the sale
of certain items are prohibited
even by service stations, most
of which open along with other
establishments that cater to the
motorist such as hotels, motelS.
restaurants, etc. Several area
grocery stores would be affected
by strict enforcement, and drug
and sundry buiness, too. to a
lesser degree.
Nature OF Law
The law, passed unanimously
by the 1860 General Assembly,
prohibits the sale on Sunday of
dry goods, and food which must
be cooked or prepared before
eating.
Frank N. Watkins, Prince Ed
ward commonwealth attorney,
said today, Nobody has COM
planned as to the enforcement of
the law. It is my intention to do
like most other commonwealth
attorneys, that is, take no action
until confronted with an official
complaint at least until the le-
gality Of the law is determined"
Watkins said that none Of the
merchants had even discussed
the matter with him. He added,
Il assume they will go along as
in the past until the constitution
ality of the thing is proved"
Chamber View
The president of the Chamber
of Commerce, John Wilson. sees
very little in the way of a prob
lem here of stores remaining
open on Sunday. He said, 1T is
my opinion that mqet people
agree with the general principle
of setting up %common day of
rest, and would be very much OPP
posed to the wholesale opening of
stores on Sunday"
Dave Crute, proprietor of
Southside Sundry, a firm which
does not exactly fit into the cate
CORY with firms catering directly
to the tourist, has been staying
open on Sunday because it's
what the community wants. He
said. Quite a few persons COM
planned nicely, but loud and
CONTINUED on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

CUMBERLAND, July Is -
The Congo is not ready for in
dependence" a missionary to
the stieftorn nation said here
Saturday.
Arthur L. Davie, who leaves
from New York Wednesday to
return to his mission station in
the Congo, cited two primary
reason why the little a tt o n
was not ready for independence
from Belgium on June 30-the
people are heather and there
are too many languages.
Davie, director Of a Seventh
Day Adventist station with
IA, 900 members there. has spent
most of his life since age six
in the Congo.
Behind the driving force of
the revolt in the Congo is the
fact that people who were
brought up in heather back
ground are getting into power
today. They haven't been out of
heathenism for Is years at most,
and although they may look
civilized on the outside, they are
still heathens on the inside de-
clared Davie.
The missionary cited an ex-
ample Of the inner heathenistic
spirit prevalent among tn e
small nations leaders. He said,
LAS soon as they obtained in
dependence, they went back to
the old system of justice-the
use of wichdoctors. He added
further. These leaders fight
Christianity. they fight mission
aries"
Contributing to the ferment
of trouble is the fact that each
tribe has his own language-all
heather, all proud" the mis-
sionary said. Every tribe wants
to be leaders, there are 113 ma
jor political parties in the coun-
try and they have a hatred of
the white mans paternalism, "
stated Davie.
What will happen in the future,
Davie wouldn't predict. He said
he was returning to the Congo,
that true missionaries wanted to
stay there. and that some who
were evacuated want to return,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

tlonary era. The original house
was owned by Richard Wood
son, II. who patented land on
Brlery River in 1913. In 1892.
Mr.. Huntington bought Poplar
Hill from his father in-laW, Mr..
Knight. remodeled and added to
the original house about 1897.
Around Poplar Hill roll Virginia
fields in high state of cultiva-
ton. Presiding over the home
for Well-nigh century, Mrs.
Huntington has made it the
center Of love and affection, the
ideal for large family of dis
tinguished sons. and daughters,
grandchildren and great-grand-
children. Her love of flowers,
nature and Of the soil is trans
lated in the surrounding gardens
and fields. AS late as ten DAYS
ago she was directing the work
in her gardens.
Her interest and benefactions
have left their Influence
throughout the community's life.
She was member of Farm
vile Presbyterian Church, char
ter member of Longwood Gar
den Club, and for many years
the moving spirit of the Farm
vile Flower and Dahlia Show
Continued on page 7
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Farmville In
League Play-off

The Prince E W ard
Academy Wolverines won
seven Of their last eight
games to win the privilege
Of playing in the High
School Sumner l. ague
Play-offs.
The FarmvilIe team will
play their first s m
Wednesday night at 5 pm.
at Crewe, Coach r. c. Gil
mer announced. The second
game will be in Farmville
Thursday night at the Rec
reaction field. If third
game is necessary to deter
mine the play-off winner, the
game will go back to Crewe
Friday.
The winner Of the Crewe-
Farmville play-off will meet
the eastern division winners
for the district champion
ship.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

One Of only five institutes on
the teaching of arithmetic for
supervisors and supervising prin-
cipalS in the nation is currently
in progress. This institute is
under the sponsorship Of the Ma
tioral Science Foundation.
The second institute is the Vir-
GINA Math Institute. one of two
in the state this summer, This
program which is for high school
teachers of mathematics is an
outgrowth Of the work of the
State Commission on Public Edu-
cation. the Spong Commission.
The National Science Fo,m-
dalton sponsored program opened
July 6 and is scheduled to con
clude August 3. There are 26 par
Elephants in the institute, includ-
ing six supervisors and 20 super
vlslng principals.
From II States
Twelve states ranging from
Texas to Wisconsin and Connec-
tlcut are represented in the
group. Each participant repre-
sents a key group to the i'm
provement Of arithmetic teach
ing in the elementary schools
since it is felt that supervisors
and principals carry a major re-
sponsibility in up dating the
teachers in the field This opin-
ion comes from DR.. Blanche Bad
ger, director of the institute and
head of the mathematics depart
ment of the college.D
The purpose of the arithmetic
institute at LongWood is to give
to its participants three things.
Cd a meaning concept of the
Fundamental mathematical ideas:
~ methods of translating these
| AANdc AkiNO IllC al 1LliII!CllC CltIIltu-
lum aud classroom procedures
and '3l suggestions for teacher
in-service programs, said Dr..
Badger.
Threc-Phasc Program
To achieve the detectives a
three-phase program is used. A
mathematics course in the folln-
dations of arithmetic presents
the logical structure of the num-
Der system and the mathemati-
cal concepts basic to arithmetic.
In developing these ideas special
attention is being given to his
torical background. according to
Dr.. Badger, the principal instruc-
tor for this phase.
The second course. one on the
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Worsham Students
To Set Schedules

Upper school u d e n I S
from Worsham will have
special scheduling session at
Farmville this Friday to ar
range their schedules for the
coming year, according to
r. c. Gilmer. headmaster Of
Prince Edward Academy.
The ninth and tenth grad
ers will meet from 9 to II
am. in the b a 5 me Mt Of
tt FarmvilIe Presbyterian
Church, July 20 to go over
their schedules.
The 18th and 18th grade
students from Worsham will
meet Friday afternoon from
10 pm. to arrange their
schedules. at is very inn
pOrtant that these schedules
be gone over at this time"
Gilmcr said as he asked the
cooperation OF all students TO
get this work done as soon
as possible.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Seuen More Win Trip To
NeU York As Contest Ends

Seven members were added to
the Herald New York tour as
the final report period closed
Saturday, July %. Those. going
over the top were Mrs. John
Nunnally, Jr., of Green Bay:
Mrs. Blaine Vance, of Route l.,
Farmville; Mrs. Lorene Wright,
Route /. Gladstone; Mrs. Doris
Newly, Of Farmville: Miss Re
becca Morris, of Amelia; Miss
Mary Woodford Ward, of Amelia,
and Miss Gail Waycaster, of
Route |, DillWyn.
They join the IA winners al
ready announced, who include
Mrs. Dillon Hamlet, of Farm
vile: Mrs. Carrie Dowdy, of
Dillwyn; Mrs. Minnie NJ. New
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Meeting Set At
Patrick Henry
School Thursday

There will be a very impor-
tant meeting Of the P trick
Henry P-TA Thursday evening at
p. M Mrs. j. G.. Shannon,
headmistress of the school, an
nounced this morning.
The meeting will be held at
Patrick Henry School. and Ad-
ministrator Roy R. Pearson will
be present to discuss certain
phases of the coming school
year.
Applications for admission to
school will be covered at the
meeting. and all parents and
guardians are asked to attend.
Continued on page 7
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Kyanite Mines Gets
Safety Award

DILLWYN, July Is TIL e
Kyanite Mining Corporation is
the recipient of a certificate of
achievement in safety from the
United States Bureau of Mines.
The plant was one of a few
in the United States to be award
ed such a certificate by tn e
bureau. Gene Dixon. president
of the corporation. accepted the
award.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

favor of farmers to the presence
IN warehouses and barns of an
other Just harvested bumper
crop of 1860 wheat. Wheat sup
plies on hand July | were nearly
1906, 900, 900 bushels, government
estimates show.
The favorable vote Thursday
means the continuation of farm
allotments, marketing quotas,
marketing penalties and price
supports on the 1861 crop.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Farmers Get Little
Relief With Showers

of a lot, particularly the hurley
and dark-fired tobaccos. Scatter.
ed thunder showers from time
to time have resulted in scatter
ed good crops in the county
There are cases where a farm.
err will get a rain on a piece
of tobacco on one side of the
road, and not on the other"
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

He pointed out that the influence
of Christianity was spreading
among the 16 million Africans,
but the revolt in the Cong
might return many to heathen-
ism.
THE uprising Of the Congo
populace has revealed that it
was partly edged on by the
Communists said Davie after
his talk at the Canvas Cathedral
set up in Cumberland for
Sevenh-Day Adventists.
Asked if he thought Russia
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
Missionary De cIares Congo Not
Yet Ready For independence

would send armies to the Congo,
the missionary said, Il think
not, it might look that way, but
the president is not Communist
inclined. Davie did not lay the
blame for all the trouble in the
newly independent republic on
Belgium as Premier Patrice Lu-
munba Of the Congo has been
doing.
Lumumba is now in this coun-
try to enlighten the United Ma
tons on the troubled situation
in his country.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26

Scattered S h Wers brought
little relief Sunday to area farm
ers hit by one of the driest
summers in sev vera | years.
Saturdays official high tenn
rerature Of SO, a record for the
year, did little to help h e
scorching crops.
And Sunday, with. the eXcep-
ton of the scattered showers.
was not very helpful either with
the thermometer soaring to a
high Of Sc degrees. The rain
fall in Farmville amounted to
only a trace, too little for an
official reading, according to the
local weather statician, E. F.
Striplin.
Takes Dim View
The dry June followed by a
dry July normally a wet
month prompts a dim view of
the farming situation in Prince
Edward by County Agent Dud-
ley Peery. Peery was asked to
run down the present status OF
the several crops affected most
by the dry weather. Here are
his views after circulating
around the various sections OF
the county:
Tobacco ~ As it exists right
now it is stunted and nowhere
normal for this time of year.
Flue tobacco is burning up at
the bottom while hurley and
dark-fired are doing slightly bet
ter Rain in the immediate
! future will bring it out a whale
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
NAACP Contends
School Closing
Subverts Rights
NAACP Lawyers
Oral Arguments
Are Due Friday

The legal arguments NAACP
attorneys intend to present in
support of their move to bring
re-opening of public schools in
Prince Edward county by fed
eral court orders were placed in
the hands of United States Dis
trict Court Judge Lewis at Rich
mond Friday.
The arguments were contained
in the attorney, brief filed
with the federal court at Rich
mond. A brief summarizes the
legal reasoning to be presented
orally, and in the Prince Ed
ward case, Judge Lewis has
designated this Friday. July %,
as the day for hearing of oral
arguments.
Formally. the brief supports
the NAACP's legal staff request
for permission to file a supple
mental complaint in the nine
year-old Prince Edward school
segregation case. In essence,
the complaint seeks to open new
legal nlaneuvering to bring about
school desegregation which has
not been secured through htiga-
ton to this point.
Denied Rights
The brief, which Judge Lewis
will now consider in preparation
for hearing Fridays more in
volved oral arguments, con-
tends:
Notwithstanding the due pro-
cess and equal protection re-
quirements of the Fourteenth
Amendment (of the d. S. Con-
stitution). all children of school
age residing in the county of
Prince Edward are being denied
the benefit of state-established
and supported system of public
free schools while that privilege
is extended to all other children
in the Commonwealth of school
age"
- s.s4.Rnblic. 4 T1alst' s.s-
The brief also contends: 1T
is clearly in the public interest
that public officials execute the
public trusts in them reposed.
Their failure to do so cannot be
allowed to subvert the rights Of
citizens and to Illustrate judicial
orders which have been sought
and obtained to vindicate rights
guaranteed by the Constitution.
The judicial process cannot be
reduced to mockery"
The judicial process refer
ence above recalls for tn e
Courts consideration, a m on g
other things, that in May, 1859.
the U. S. Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals ordered Prince Ed
ward county to desegregate its
high schools Immediately and to
begin in specific planning for SINH
lar action at the elementary
school level.
Restraints Sought
That order would have
brought desegregation with the
school term commencing Sep
TENDER. 1859. The county.
through action of supervisors in
refusing to make any school ap-
preparations for the 1880 fis-
cal year, then withdrew from
public schools.
The original supplemental
complaint filed a month ago
asks the Court to: Cd restrain
Prince Edward officials from re-
fusing to maintain and operate
an efficient system of free pub
lie schools. and f2) prevent
county officials from conveying
leasing or transferring title to
public schools to any private
group or groups.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-26
lie Arithmetic Institute
Moves Into Forward Stage
II States Represented In Group

Numbers and problems at
LongWood College a. the present
And the that there amount of
mathematics being taught in the regular school
firsts begin scored for College
Mathematics Department
Evening star., 1960-03-28
I'd Woman Dies
From Fumes in
Bethesda Home

A second woman died today
as a result of escaping fumes
in a Bethesda home Saturday.
Mrs. Anne D. Littlepage. SO,
Of Atlanta, died in Suburban
Hospital at 7 am. about 40
hours after her sister, Mrs.
Stuart R. Knox, so. was found
dead in her home at 6006 Will
NETT road in the Wyngate sub
division.
The 6l-year-old husband Of
Mrs. Knox remained in critical
condition today at the same
hospital.
All three we're found about
3 pm. Saturday in the Knox
bungalow. Montgomery County
Medical Examiner Frank Bros
chart ruled Saturday that Mrs.
Knox died as a result Of carbon
monoxide poisoning.
A Washington Gas Light Co.
official speculated that a draft
down the bungalows chimney
may have caused flue gases to
flow back into the house. There
were no gas leaks found in the
house, according to Donald
Ryan, safety director for the
firm.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Clark BiIIWouId Create
Housing Cabinet Post

Senator Clark, Democrat Of
Pennsylvania. announced today
he will introduce a bill this
week to create a cabinet-rank
Department Of Housing and
Metropolitan Affairs.
In an address prepared for
delivery at George Washington
University, Senator Clark said
he would propose creation Of
the new department from the
present Housing and Home FL
nance Agency.
Senator Clark said the new
department would have the
responsibility Of serving as a
spokesman within the Govern
ment for urban communities. "
A former mayor Of Philadel-
phia, Senator Clark has for
some time urged a cabinet-rank
department to represent city
dwellers and help solve growing
Evening star., 1960-03-28

problems Of large metropolitan
areas.
I'VE have a Department of
Agriculture with a budget Of
$6 billion "a year," he said
I'VE have a Department of
Interior concerned with mil
lions of acres of empty land.
But we have no department
concerned with the prob
lens Of the metropolitan areas
where most Of our people live
and where the need for expan-
sion Of public services is so
heavily concentrated"
Senator Clark rejected pro-
posals by Robert r. Merriam,
Deputy Assistant to the Presi-
dent. for a high level commit
tee to coordinate Federal ac-
tivities relating to metropolitan
areas, or a co-ordinating agen-
cy with q full-time staff within
the executive department.
Senator Clark's address Is
one of a series sponsored by
the School of Government at
George Washington on the re-
lationships between the Fed
eral Government and American
cities.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Cemetery Guilty
Of Overehoreing
Fined $1,000

The National Memorial Park
Cemetery in Falls Church
pleaded guilty today to charges
Of obtaining money under false
pretenses by charging for serv-
ices 1t either did not render or
was not permitted to render.
The cemetery was fined a to-
tai of $4,000 by Fairfax County
Circuit Court, Judge Arthur w.
Sinclair. -.-
Charges against three off,
GERS of the cemetery corpora
tion, Robert Marlowe. presi-
dent; Norman Marlowe, vice
president, and Lee ElSen, busi.
ness manager, were dropped.
E. A. Prichard. attorney for
the cemetery, said the money
had been refunded to the per-
sons involved in all four cases
listed in the charges and to all
persons who had paid similar
fees.
Commonwealth's Attorney
Robert c. Fitzgerald said the
cemetery had made charges for
such services as title examina-
tions and deed preparations.
which. under the law it was not
allowed to do.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Northern Virginia
PTAs to Meet

The Northern Virginia Dis
trict of Parent Teacher Asso-
Citations will hold an annual
meeting at 8 pm. Wednesday
at Mount Daniel Elementary
School, Falls Church.
State Senator William B.
Spong, jr., of Portsmouth, will
speak on Virginia Schools in
the Atomic Age"
PTA delegates will consider
a resolution, approved by the
executive committee, urging
Congress to continue aid to
federally impacted areas. B
Alden Lilywhite. a resident OF
Arlington and an official Of the
United States ONCE of Educa-
ton, will speak on the Federal
air program.
The delegates. from Airing
ton, Fairfax, Fauquier, Lou
doun and Prince William
Counties and the cities of Alex
andria and Falls Church, also
will select a chairman to re-
place William B. LightSey who
recently resigned for business
reasons.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

force Southern support for the.
Democratic Advisory Council
platform which Butler has ar
ranged to be adopted for the
1860 Democrat campaign" Mr..
Potter said.
Says Kennedy Is Favored
"It is quite obvious the
Charlottesville Butterflies view
with favor the Kennedy nomi-
nation as predicted two weeks
ago by Butler and are now
feverishly trying to drum up
advance support" the Republic
can chairman said. Their
panic-like concern is well
founded and I join Mr.. @.
Fred Switzer, Democratic ma
tional committeeman, who pre-
dicted that Mr.. Nixon would
carry Virginia against Ken
nedy."
The Charlottesville meeting
was organized by Delegate Rob-
ert Whitehead OF. Nelson Coun-
ty and Francis Pickens Miller
Of Charlottesville, who have
been fighting Virginia's Byrd
Democratic organization for
years. Named chairman of the
Straight Democratic Ticket
Committee was State Senator
Blake T. Newton Of Hague.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

raising funds equal to one.
quarter of a branch library's
cost for one year.
Area residents, who formed
a group which became known
as the Friends Of the Library
in BaiIeys Crossroads, nave COL
lected more than $500 of a
necessary total Of $500. They
hope to have the remainder by
April 25, when the hoard of
County Supervisors we'll hold
its annual budget hearing.
Mrs. Harold F. Huddleston,
a housewife. of 600 Tyler street
who is a member Of the group,
said organized Embarrassing be-
gan last November with a con-
tribution Of $500.
II county heads approve a
$4,000 appropriation required
to establish the branch, 1t will
serve some 5000 families living
within a two-mile radius of
Baileys Crossroads. Mrs. Hud-
dleston said.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
WormupJob
Sturts Here
On Census
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star stan Writer

School starts today for some
1000 census takers in the
metropolitan area who will be
given intensive training for the
next three days on how to con-
duct the areas biggest popula-
ton count in history.
This is the warmup for the
1860 census which starts
Friday.
A preliminary step is to be
taken Thursday night when
every hotel, motel and other
transient residence will be
visited by census takers to
count those who are temporar-
lily on the move.
The census takers are being
trained by their immediate
bosses-the crew leaders. Each
crew leader has about 20 to IS
enumerators under his or her
command who will cover the
enumeration districts they've
been assigned. The crew lead
ers have been trained over the
last two weeks
Glasses are being conducted
in schools, churches and COM
munity buildings throughout
the area.
The census takers will be
taught how to win confidence
and still be persuasive enough
in getting the answers. Under
the law. everyone is required
to answer all the questions the
census takers asks. At the
same time. the census taker il
sworn to strict secrecy.
Every household has received
an advance census form in the
mail. These are to be filled
out before the census takel
arrives. The enumerators will
then transfer the answers II
a tally sheet.
At every fourth household
q second form-a blue one
will be left which is to be filled
out and returned by mail. This
form contains more detailed
questions such as the number
of television sets owned, occu.
patton and means of trans.
portation used in getting tC
Jobs, and other housing items
Census takers. with the CO.
operation of hotel and mote
operators. will count all per-
sons spending Thursday night
in a room that costs at least
$1.25 for the night. Rooms
under that amount are consid.
cred flophouses and these are
to be covered along with mission
houses on the night of April 20