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

There were IS patients in the
hospital Thursday morning.
Patients Admitted
Mrs. w. F.. Dodson. Black
stone; Mrs. w. M. Hamlet,
Lunenburg c. H.: Mrs. Betty
Cook. Draper, N. c.; Mrs. John
Burke, Baltimore, Md; T. L.
Ragland. Farmville; Mrs. Bur
ton Hamersley, Farmville;; Mrs.
T. w. Smith, Farmville; War
rem Jones, Farmville; Mrs. C.
M. Harris. Charlotte C. H., Mrs.
David Rutledge, Red Oak; Mrs.
Ralston R a m y, Charlotte
C. H.; Miss Jennifer Allen,
Cumberland;
Also, Mrs. Lawrence Orange,
Farmville; Mrs. H. w. Elicit,
Crew Mrs. Maria Wicker,
Farmville; Tordy B d W n,
Cumberland J. P. Philbeck,
Keysvile; j m S Marker,
Green Bay; Mrs. w. T. Black
we'll, Cumberland: Mrs. w. F.
Doolev, Crewe;; Sarg Hensley.
Charlotte C. H.; Lewis Cr0wder,
Kenbridge, and Leonard Moss,
DilWyn.
Births
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Freeman,
Jetersville, boy, July Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. C. Hall,
Amelia, girl, July 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. House.
Midlothian, boy, July 26.
COlOred Patients
Eddie Washington, Cumber-
land; Lucy Bayne, Fort Nit
chell; Casandra Harris. Ken
bridge: Gregory Hicks, Ken
bridge, and Willie Chaffin, Vic
toria.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

Political acton has become SO
intertwined with economics that
no business analyst any longer
can afford to ignore what either
the Democrats or the Repubi-
cans propose to do. The plat
forms adopted at the National
Conventions never can be taken
at their face value, because
they always are highly political
documents, but at least they pro-
vide an indication Of the direction
in which the party is moving.
The platform just adopted by
the Democrats at Los Angeles
is truly an amazing document.
II is over 70. 900 words long,
which means that it is one of
the longest ever offered. It in
cludes the strongest civil rights
plank ever put in platform,
and it ranges over a variety of
ideas and problems that is with
out parallel. Here, however. we
are concerned only with those
items Of outstanding Importance
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
White Collar Jobs Increase In
Farmville, Commerce Study Shows

White collar jobs and white
collar workers have beein in
creasing in Farmville in recent
years. So have blue collar.
But proportionately. the num-
Der Of men in white collar jobs
has been rising at a faster rate.
according to reports from the
Department Of Commerce and
other sources.
The trend, which has been in
that direction ever since ma
chimes began taking over some
Of the work that was once done
by hand. has been progressing
more rapidly lately. with the adj
vance of automation.
There has been gradual re-
adjustment among workers, as
a result. Some craftsmen and
operators have left their former
occupations to take white collar
jobs. They have converted to
statesmen, to clerical workers and
to small businesses Of their own.
Others, the great majority
have stayed in blue collar jobs.
many of them finding inches in
the higher-skilled berths in their
fields. The demand for such
skilled workers has been grow
ing.
OF the newcomers to the labor
force. on the other hand. most
Of them have gone directly into
white collar jobs.
In Farmville, the number Of
white collar workers has risen
from Alb in 1910 to 465 in 1850
and to an estimated 523 today
The local increase. in the 49,
wear period, amounts to " per
cent.
The white collar group, as de-
fined by the Commerce Depart
ment, includes professional, tech
meal and k n DIRE d workers,
managers. officials and proprie-
tors, clerical workers and sales
people.
The number Of male jobs Of
all sorts, blue and white COM
bined, also rose in the period.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Boys Baseball
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sented as team units, and then
all participants in Farmville' S
recreation baseball and softball
programs, in Uniform, will pa
rade to the outfield as back
drop for the events. Smith cal
culates that about 300 uniform
ed youngsters will be on the
field in a display Of the towns
recreation activities.
Thomas Memorial!
DR.. w. Otis McClung, Farm
vile Baptist minister, will give
the invocation at the start, and
the program will include a me-
mortal tribute to Bruce Thomas,
a Little Lacquer who died
earlier this month in bike &C
cident while on a visit near
Laurel Fork. The youth was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Thomas.
The pre-game ceremonies will
proceed at swift pace, from
the $50 opening, since double
header awaits opening night
fans after the preliminaries. The
first game goes at Z pm, the
second at 8:45.
"Details of the nights oppon-
ents AND Of subsequent contests
through the week following will
be found on the Sports Page in
this ISSUE
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Town Budget
fContinued from page

sAO0tllluCQ ~ Ulu page
which Farmville has operated on
a pay-as-you-go basis. It leaves
the community debt-free and in
one Of the most favorable of all
small community financial po-
Sitions in the State.
Quisenberry said that the State
is continuing its testing of opera
tons Of the sewage lagoon
method Of sewage elimination
He anticipates longer testing
period to be imposed by the
State before any major enlarge
ment Of the system can be init
ated.
A $500 reserve item is in
cluded in the S10O,3l6 earmarked
for capital OUTLAWS This is a new
item this year and was devised
to provide accommodating funds
for replacement of heavy equip
ment as it becomes obsolete.
The manager has determined
on the amount of this annual de-
probation reserve for heavy
equipment by dividing their cost
by a l0-year useful life estima
ton. The annual total of these
will be the Equipment Replace
ment Reserve item in the year
ly budgets.
Heavy equipment included in
these depreciation calculations
are those such as the fire truck
road grader, bulldozer and roller.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
School Board
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tCOIlLllueu from page ~
names of Lockett citizens. The
43-year-old farm, er attended
Richmond Business College be-
fore devoting his time to the
dairy industry. He will serve the
three years remaining on the
term of B. Clavin Bass, who re-
signed.
Joseph f. Glenn. of Prospect,
is secretary and office manager
of the Production Credit As
ISOLATION Of Farmville and the
National Farm Loan Associa-
ton Of Farmville. A native Of
the county. he still maintains a
farm near Prospect. He is
superintendent of the Prospect
Methodist Church Sunday School
and a member Of the official
board Of the church. He has been
active in all phases Of the com
munity life at Prospect. Glenn,
49, attended VPI. He will fill
out the three years remaining
on the term Of 4. Cook Xix.
w. L. Dickinson, of Darling
ton Heights. is dairy farmer.
He served as chairman of the
Prince Edward County Com
munity Chest in 1858, and has
been active in community work
in Buffalo district. He was form
erly in the lumber business. but
now concentrates on his dairy
herd. with a farm in Maryland
also. He is a graduate of Emory
and Henry College, and is a
Sunday School teacher at Spring
Creek Baptist Church. He was
appointed for a full four-year
term. replacing George Shorter,
who resigned.
Terms Vary
L. = Benedict the neu Hamp-
den district representative, is a
retired consulting engineer. The
68-year-old engineer holds de-
grees from Hampden Sydney
and VPI. His family settled in
the Kingsville community where
he now lives. He will complete
the one-year term remaining
on the appointment of DR.. C. L.
Baird, who resigned.
George w. Palmer, a widely
known dairyman from Green
Bay. was the only member of
the former school board who did
not resign in April. He is
former State Senator from
Prince Edward County and has
been most active in county and
state organizations. He is a past
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

ROANOKE, July % ~ Cover
nor j. Lindsay Almond, Jr., will
report on progress in Virginia 5
industrial development program
in an address Wednesday, Aug
ust 3, before the annual meet
ing of the Virginia Association
of Electric Cooperatives.
The governor will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the meeting of
electric coop members at Ho-
tel Roanoke, Roanoke. T h e
meeting will begin August 2.
The governor is expected to dis
cuss how rural electric coopera-
tives which serve about 100, 900
families in rural Virginia, can
best fit into the commonwealth
drive to attract new industry.
Theme of the big annual
meeting. which is expected to
attract about 300 rural electric
cooperative leaders in Virginia,
will be The Rural Transition,
said Fred Gordon, president of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS: Grace C. Gordon
was in the year 1856 by popu-
lar vote of the citizens of the
town elected member of
the Town Council for period
OF four years beginning July
first of that year she being
the first lady ever to be
elected to that body; and
WHEREAS: Grace C. Gordon
has for a period OF four
years served as a member
of the said Council with out
standing a bility. wisdom,
knowledge and sacrifice, and
has ever acted with remark
able devotion to the town and
for its citizens whom she has
SO well represented; ard
WHEREAS: Because of personal
reasons Grace C. Gordon has
deemed it necessary to re-
tire from service to the town
as member of its Coun-
Gil, now therefore
BE TT RESOLVED: That the
Town Council Desires to ex-
press its deep appreciation
to Grace C. Gordon for her
invaluable contribution to the
efforts OF that body during
the past four years, and to
record its realization Of loss
caused by her decision to re-
tire.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED:
That copy of this resolution
be spread upon the minutes
Of this meeting. a copy be
published in The Farnville
Herald, and that a copy be
forwarded to former Council
member Grace C. Gordon.
Resolutions Committee
T. w. Bloomfield
j. H. Forbes
j. E. HARDWOOD
7-29-1t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

the gain being Is per cent in
Farmville.
The accompanying white col
lar rise. q per cent. shows how
much more rapid was the in
crease in that kind Of employ
ment.
Work. in terms of manual
labor. is steadily disappearing,
the figures show. Continued adj
vances in mechanization are re-
lieving man of laborious tasks.
Despite that, it is pointed out.
the need in the future will be for
a vastly greater labor force than
we have today.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
ABC Profits
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tGOuIluuGO JEpAH 0A8G ~
vious year. Gross revenue will
be even higher after license
taxes and other smaller items
are included.
Distribution Of profits is based
in each subdivision on the popu-
lati0n according to. the most
recent census.
State View
The profits for the year just
ended have particular signifi-
canoe for the state government,
too. When the 1860 General As
sembly tackled a 10 per cent tax
on whisky and wine it wrote
into the law a provision guaran-
teeing that the localities share
Of ABC profits in the year end
ing next June 80 will be at least
as great as it was for the year
just ended. The localities get
almost thirds of the profits.
If sales in the year which be-
gan July ! don't produce as
much revenue as anticipated
this guaranteed locality profit
provision will cut sharply into
the state revenues from the new
tax.
The 10 per cent tax which be-
came effective July / is expect
ed to cut somewhat into this
years sales.
In the last week before t h e
tax became effective sales sky
rocketed to 1888 cases COR
So. 731 ,067). They were up near
" 10000 c SEES (mores than
81 ESQ ,0OO) from the same week
IN the previous year. Revenues
for the week were. up about So
per cent.
Sales dropped sharply after
the tax became effective. In the
week ended July 7 revenues
were down 1915 per cent and
case sales dropped to 1887.
about 10000 cases below the
same week in the previous year.
In the week ended July IA
sales were about 5000 cases be-
low the same week the year be-
fore.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Pearson Report
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Continued from page II
reporter that the situation in
New Orleans seems comparable
to what happened in Prince Ed
ward. Invited to New Orleans
by DR.. Emmett L. Erwin, chair
man Of the 10000 member Citi-
zens' Council of Greater New
Orleans, Pearson received word
after his return plans for pri-
vate c h oling were being
mapped.
The public school superintend-
ent there has been instructed by
the school board to prepare
plans for three possible situa-
tons continued operation on
segregated basis: close d
school system: or an integrated
school system.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

World War II veterans have
two years in which they can
apply for Veterans Administra-
ton guaranteed home, farm and
business loans. This is the re-
suit Of a law signed by the
President on July IA, which ex-
tends for two years the deadline
on this program, which had
been July Is, 1860.
The same law extended for
two years the program Of direct
loans for World War II an d
Korea veterans living in desig-
mated rural areas where guar
anteed CT loans are not obtain
able from local lending institu-
tons.
The Treasurey Department is
authorized by the new law to
advance a total of $50 million
in each of the next two years
for the direct loan program.
The new expiration date of the
guaranteed loan program 10 r
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Cigarette Tax
Continued from page ~

other cent a pack. The going rate
in town is % cents a pack. e
tax addition puts it at Is cents
a pack. Two more cents a pack
would initiate the cost of a pack
to a point where the smoke would
orbit.
To get ready for the Monday
tax the task for the wholesale
distributor hasn't been simple
His inventory must carry the
new red stamp. The c. F. Nor
ing Distributing Company, Of
Farmville, began running the
cartons tn GU g h a machine
Thursday morning.
The distributor purchases the
tax stamps direc lily from the De
partment of Taxation in Rich
mond. The tax also applies to
any stock that retailers might
have on hand Monday. They will
have to pay three cents per pack
on their inventory before August
Is.
The new tax on tobacco prod
ucts is a part Of the package of
state taxes passed by the Gen.
eral Assembly after the state
sales tax efforts Topped.
Along with the liquor and
other luxury item taxes, the to-
bacco take is to help raise $50
millions to balance the states
$498 million general fund budget
for the 1960-62 biennium.
The tobacco tax is supposed to
contribute about $24 600 goo.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
BY EDWARD H. SIMS
and JAMESON CAIN

LOS ANGELES strange
nomination OF Senator John F.
Kennedy at the 1860 Democratic
convention is certain to have
profound consequences in tn e
party and in the. country, some
not yet fully felt or realized.
This curiously unenthusiastic
affair. in which two opponents
received warmer demonstra-
tons at the convention than did
the winner. and which saw the
galleries largely emptied be-
fore the new nominee left the
platform after a brief appear
ance. was without political
parallel.
The inevitable conclusions to
be reached from this event are
several. 1t means that the rul-
ing circle which now is in COM
plete control of the Democratic
Party has written off the South.
I This was the strategy used sue
cessfully in 1913 by Harry Tru-
man. However, circumstances
are different in several ways to-
day; the Republicans, not the
Democrats, are in power, and
the Democratic nominee is not
running against Tom Dewey.
Also, it should be remembered
that in l948 the South had been
sOlidly Democratic since 1923, or
for twenty years. This year
there is no such tradition or mo-
mentum in fact, the South
has not been solid since 1914,
or for sixteen years! The Tru-
man strategy of 1913, then, uron
which the grgup in power in the
Democratic Party now follows,
will encounter substantially diff
ferent circumstances this year.
The nomination of Senator
Lyndon B. johnson, as Vice
President, his personal selection
by Senator Kennedy, is a shrewd
attempt to counterfeit the re-
action against the 1860 Demo-
cratic Convention almost certain
to develop in the South.
The emergence of a ruling
clique that dismisses the South
is not the only profound con-
clusion to be reached in analyz-
ing the results of the Los
Angeles convention.
The platform, its content and
its adoption. make it clearly evil
dent that the Democratic Party
is now firmly in the hands of
the ADA CIO AFL NAACP
This element has long been
dominant in the party. blu t
never before has it gained such
overall authority as it has in
1860.
In fact, Senator Kennedy is
only the young veteran symbol
of the group which is now in
complete control. Those seeking
the reins of the Democratic
Party think it more important
to gain that control than to gain
individual nominee.
And this points up the con-
clusion which must be reached
in analyzing the success of Sen
ator Kennedy. The convention,
in all fairness to everyone con-
cerned, was indeed a pre-ar
ranged affair. The chairman of
the party, who should. of course,
be impartial, worked effective
lily in behalf of his favorite
candidate for more than a year.
In addition to that, he made
it point to cut the ground from
under the Understanding Demo-
cratic official in the country, the
leading challenger to Senator
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'CoIltlIlueQ IRON page ID
The arpointee rose to state
supervisor of secondary educa-
ton. then teacher education d.
rector and in 1858 director Of
secondary education.
He is past president Of the
National Association of State
Supervisors and Directors Of
Secondary Education, and has
served as executive secretary Of
the Virginia Commission on
Secondary Schools; and as
chairman of the central review
committee for public schools of
the association.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29

president Of the Virginia Dairy
mems Association.
The former school board Of
Prince Edward County resigned
in April together with their legal
council. Since that time Palmer
has been the sole representative
Of the school board in tn e
county.
There was no information to-
day as to when the new board
will convene but most observers
feel it will be soon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
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MAT06MAG Gt9TG@
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from the viewpoint Of the future
Of business.
Most basic is the dogmatic
statement that our economy
can and must grow at an aver
age rate of 5 per cent annually"
and this is followed by this SEN
tence:: I'VE pledge ourselves to
policies that will achieve this
goal without initiation.
There is not space even to
list the various policies which
are to assure this per cent
annual growth, but they include
elimination of the high-interest.
tight-money policy, which means
the destruction of the independ
ence of the Federal Reserve
Board, and just about every con-
ceivable type of spending pro-
gram, together with a detailed
direction Of our economic sys-
tenn by the Federal Government.
Where is the money coming
from to cover all these addi-
tional OUTLAWS? To the drafters
of this platform that was not a
problem. The increased rate OF
grow tn will bring in larger
revenues leach one per cent in
crease in the growth rate yields
a bout one billion in larger
revenues, and it is said the
present tax laws can be made
to yield much larger returns.
This latter is to be accom-
plished by collecting 1.-The bill
lions" which at present are ow-
ed but not paid, and by closing
so-called loopholes in present
tax laws In addition it is pro-
rosed to eliminate 'tthe gross
waste in federal expenditures"
Now everyone would like to
see a deletion of the waste in
government spending. and it I'M
questionably is large. and every
one is in favor of the tax laws
being rigidly enforced. But both
of these are not going to yield
billions of dollars of additional
revenues. So-called loopholes
were put in the law by action
of the Congress. and they should
not be changed without most
careful consideration and with
all interested persons having
ample opportunity to be heard
The increased spending. there
fore. cannot be made without
either an increase of taxes or
the development of a deficit
and since a rise of tax rates is
specifically ruled out. what the
platform really is proposing is
a deficit of probably quite enor-
nous proportions.
Combine such a deficit with
the destruction OF the power of
the Federal Reserve to regulate /
the volume Of credit. and it
makes no sense at all to talk /
of increasing our growth rate
without initiation.
This does not mean that our
can not grow more
than it has, Of course
it can, and it is to be hoped
that it does. The policies which
will make this possible. however
are not stepping upon the power
of the Federal Reserve, increas-
ed government spending. run
ming deficits. or forcing 'full
employment To get increased
growth we must have lower tax
rates, elimination Of the mono
poly power of labor union lead
ers, and a shrinkage of the op-
erations of the Federal Govern
ment. We shall now look for
ward to what the Republicans
offer in their platform. (7-2O-6Oi
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Worsham Schedules

A scheduling session for Wor-
sham students will be held at
he Farmville Presbyterian
Church today Friday. The
ninth and tenth grade students
will meet from 9 to II to ar
range their schedules for the
coming year, and the 18th and
18th graders will meet from 1-3
u m
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
ONE MINUTE SPORT QUIZ

WIZ iVAAIN - VIM aOlL
l. Was Jack Dempsey ever
knocked out?
2. Who was the only fighter
ever to beat Gene Tunney?
3. What two brothers were
knocked out by Joe Louis?
4. Who won boxing's biggest
purse?
5. Was Rocky Marciano ever
defeated as a pro?
The Answers:
!. Yes. Fireman jim Flynn
did it in Utah in 1917.
2. Harry Greb.
g. Max and Buddy Baer.
4. Gene Tunney.
S. No.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
STUMPED

II don't know how to fill out
this question. SIR
what is it?"
1T says: Who was your
m t her before she was mar
ried?' l didn't have any mother
before she was married."
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Bake Sale Set

BUCKINGHAM, July % -
The Ladies Auxiliary to t h e
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
9446 will hold a bake sale Satur-
day morning at Dillwyn.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-29
Buckingham

Leon Jones is a patient in St.
Elizabeth Hospital in Richmond.
He is doing very nicely. His
daughter-in-laW, Mrs. Bob Jones,
is with him.
Evening star., 1960-07-17

ARL, s.; S10,950-5 rms: freshly
deg: sood, close-in location: ex-
cellent financing. XII. S-426S
Evening star., 1960-07-17

5. MR.. NEWCOMER. You won't be
sorry that you called to see this
46-ft -long brick rambler in won
derful Northern Virginia location.
Tops in construction and an out
standing area. 3 bedrooms, Q
baths, ground-level basement with
picture window, ranch-type fence.
rec. room partially finished. Work
shop, laundry room. And guess
what Price is only S19,950. Call
WE. S-6700.
Evening star., 1960-07-17
DOMINION HILLS

S-bedroom brick Colonial, large
living room, separate dining room.
fully equipped kitchen, full base
ment. Convenient to everything;
well priced at S17.950. Terms to
suit you. KE. $4,000.
Evening star., 1960-07-17
3 ArHENs nprrcr 1. mh.r. .h.

8. ATHENS. GREECE, is where the
owner OF this property is: wants
quick sale Of his Immaculate brick
home in close-in Arlington loca-
tion. 3 bedrooms, full basement
with recreation room, screened
porch. Assume 41aGt loan, flexible
down payment Asking S2l,5OO
Vacant immediate occupancy. Call
IA. 5-9400.
Evening star., 1960-07-17

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Evening star., 1960-07-17
HONEYMOON Cottage

This cute 2-bedroom home with
nice-size living room, separate
dining room, and fully equipped
kitchen. has q lot of charm. Can
5e bought for less than rent. Only
6-14l6.
Evening star., 1960-07-17

"a acre with trees surround this
new 3-bedrm., 3-bath rambler in
Chesterbrook Woods S3S $50.
DIGGES PROPERTIES, KE. S-5737