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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-03-11
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
OF OMAHA LABOR BODY

Omaha, Neb. (ANP) - Sandy
L. Perry, representing a music
ians' local, was elected a vice
president of the Omaha Central
Labor Union, AFL-CIO. The
groups only Negro officer, he will
head its anti-discrimination COM
mittee.
Ironically, Perry belongs to a
Negro local which balks at merg-
ing with the white musicians.
Perry is an Urban League staff
worker and is also the lone Negro
player in the Omaha Symphony
Orchestra.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-03-11

Perry is a former industrial sec
rotary of the st. Paul Urban
League.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
BY ELSA MAXWELL

QUESTION: Theresa Klein, of San Fran fys ~
CISCO Wites: Elsa MGxspeH haze .es = -
vitality and fun than anyone Foe <.t;
You'd you ask her if she tell the of -
leading long and happy hje9.. :" We took the
question to Miss Maxwell, and beLOW is her reply.
Miss Klein, the Oovf famous giUeT, Miss MaxOe
ANSWER: You bet there's secret, my dear! But let
tell first that the Maxwell Doctrine sapdash bucket
of happiness varnsh that you daub with sixweek
charm school painbrush am offering short to the
mOOnglOw and magnOias of hapPy-ever-after
In your question for the secret of long and happy he
hope do detect wistu attempt wheedle from
gautous advice to lovelorn You'll get
right off the bat that don't think romantic love the
indispensable passkey to happiness Whatever Oe de Uie
radate do in spite of perhaps because Of the fact that
I've life been in love. love other peoples love
affairs and spend half time untangng them But I've
had any romantic ideals far marriage concerned
lovers. Maybe I've missed something; maybe haven't.
Not for love or money!
hoping that my readers the phrase pursuit of hap
piness than chasing the Almighty Dollar not
stop where you are The Elsa Maxwell recipe for long and
happy life is not what you're looking for.
But have secret rather cluster of hem and they've
worked for You see born in 1897 and will be 73 this
month But believe I'm younger and happier today than
people Onehd my who passvey waiting for happiness
to land like pumed bird Of paradise their doorstep Unlike
Ponce de Leon do not have prospecting through Florida
for the Fountain of Youth Whatever that reuvenang elixir
is, flows abundanty through my veins renewed daily
by miraculous tonic, but by attitude toward fe
am tired. Every day do the work of ten while
having the fun OF ten schoolgirls. Last night BAN
quet and enchanting parties, of which hosessed
Today after copious four hours Sleep am writing chapter
in my book magazine article, and newspaper column giving
luncheon for the patrons of pet charity mot me attend
ing afternoon tea by the greatest vions in the
world who will help less lucky artists and appearing TV
What then long last the Secrets that keep me
going at this pace? My contained in four kernels of
wisdom precious than jewels that my father
whispered in my he lay dying - Continued page I8
Evening star., 1960-05-22

QUESTION: Theresa Klein, Of San Fran
cisco, WriteS: ELSA MGxsOeH seems to haze more
vitality and more fun than anyone Foe eUeT seen.
You'd you ask her if she can tell us the secret Of
leading a long and happy Efe?. We took the
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
st. Peters Church

The Rev. F. Sydney Bancroft,
rector of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, has announced services
on Trinity Sunday, June IL, as
follows: Holy Communion, 8
am; Church School, 10 am. At
ii am, the baccalaureate SER
vice will be held at the John
Bassett Moore High School with
the three churches participating.
There will, therefore, be no IL
o'clock service at st. Peters
Church on that day. On Sunday,
June 10, the first Sunday after
Trinity, the closing exercises of
the church school will be held.
A family service will be held at
the church at IL am. The Daily
Vacation Bible School will start
on Wednesday, June Is and
continue for two weeks.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
EwelI's-St. Paul Church

The services at Ewell's-St.
Paul Methodist Church, Clayton,
as announced by its pastor, the
Rev. Frank Baynard, for Sunday
and the week are as follows:
Sunday School at 1000 a. m,
Morning worship, HOO a. M,
and the pastors sermon text
will be: Romans l4:l7. Bacca-
laureate Service at the Clayton
Consolidated School at 7:30 pm.
Monday-Official Board Meet
ing at 7:30 p. m. All members
are requested to make a special
effort to be present.
Daily Vacation Bible School
will be held June 27 through
July l, during the hours of 900
to HOO a. m.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
First Presbyterian Church

No services will be held as
the First Presbyterian Church
this Sunday. The congregation
will join with the Methodist and
Episcopal Churches in conduct
ing the annual baccalaureate
service at the John Bassett
Moore High School. Sunday
School will be held as usual at
GAS a. m.
Wednesday, 7:30 p. M, choir
practice.
A service of Holy Communion
will be observed June l9 dur
ing the morning worship hour.
Beginning next Sunday, June
10, the hour of morning service
will be advanced one hour. Sun
day School will then commence
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Makes uniformly deli
cious toast to individual
taste. Raises toast extra
high for rem o vim g
smaller slices. Swing
out crumb tray. Heavy
chrome finish.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Kenton Methodist Church

Services at Kenton Methodist
Church for Sunday, June 18th,
as announced by its pastor, the
Rev. Robert Hodgson, will be
as follows: Church School at
1000 am, MIR. Donald Clark,
superintendent. Morning Wor.
ship, III a. m. and the message
for this morning will be given
by the pastor, with his topic be-
ing "Jonah's Cod"
Choir rehearsal on Tuesday
at 800 p. M, with Mrs Loretta
Clark, organist.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Wesleyan Methodist Church

Services at Wesleyan Metho-
dist Church Sunday June IL,
and the week have been an
nounced by the Rev. John M.
Coppock, pastor, as follows:
Sunday School, 10 am, Mrs.
Hilda Clough, superintendent;
Morning worship, IL a. m. The
Rev. and Mrs. David Minkwitz,
of Vineland, N. j., will be fea-
tured at this service. Special
music and singing will be pre-
sented. No evening service has
been scheduled.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Asbury Methodist Church

There will be no morning wor-
ship service at Asbury Church
this Sunday, June IL. Asbury
will DIN with the Episcopal and
Presbyterian Churches in con-
Quoting the annual baccalaure-
ate service at the John Bassett
Moore High School. The Church
School will commence as usual
at 10 a. m, for all ages.
Sunday p. m, the Harvey
c. Jones Class outing will be
held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Russell.
Tuesday, 7 p.m.-The Com
mission on Stewardship and FL
nance meets in the counting
room. William G. Roe, Jr. is
chairman.
Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.,-The
Senior Choir will rehearse in the
Sanctuary.
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service will hold their
June meeting at Camp Pe-Co-
Meth on June 18th.
The Church Family Outing
and Fellowship will be held on
June 10Th at Camp Pe-Co-Meth
at Centreville, Md.
The final coffee hour for the
year will be held on the last
Sunday morning of June, fol-
lowing the morning worship
service.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Asbury Trio Baptized

Three children were admins
tered the sacrament of christian
baptism Sunday morning at AS
bury Methodist Church. The
Rev. ]. Howard Link, pastor,
performed the rites for Jono-
than Scott Beck, son of MIR. and
Mrs. Harry Beck, Jr.; Larry Alan
Poore, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Poore; and Barbara Lee
Poore. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Poore.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Brews four to ten cups of
regular or instant coffee.
Fingertip regulator assures
perfect results. Jeweled
signal light indicates when
coffee is ready. Easy-pour,
no-drip spout.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Edward Little. The dates for
both schools will run from June
20 through July l from $50 a.
m. to IL noon. The closing pro-
gram for both schools will be
held Thursday evening, June 80,
at 8 p. m, in Little Creek Meth
odist Church. Refreshments will
be served July / by the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Ser
vice. All children of the COM
are invited to attend
these vacation sessions.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Christian Science Services

The subject of the Lesson
Sermon in First Church of Christ
Scientist. v. !. A. Building. Re-
hoboth Beach, Christian Science
Society, 30l S. Walnut ST., Mil
ford and Christian Science So
ciety, New Century Club, Dow
er, Sunday June II, 1860, will
be God the Preserver of Man. u
Morning Service and Sunday
School are at ll:00 a. M; Dover,
Sunday School, $50 a. M; We'd
nesday Evening Testimonial
Meetings at 800 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Leipsic Readies
Vacation School

Mrs. James B. Doughten, di-
rector of the Leipsic and Little
Creek Daily Vacation Bible
Schools, announces that there
will be separate schools in each
C ON munity this year. The
school in Leipsic will meet un-
der the direction of Mrs. Harold
Remley. The Little Creek ses-
sions will be conducted by Mrs.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Hartly Methodist Church

Services at Hartly Methodist
Church for Sunday, June IL, as
announced by the minister, Rev.
Robert F. Loss, are as fol-
lows: Church School, 10 am.
Classes for all ages. Grafton H.
Heather, superintendent. Morn
ing worship, ii a. m.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
DeIaney's Methodist Church

Morning services will be held
this Sunday, June IL in the De-
laney's Methodist Church near
Clayton at $50 a. m. The Sun
day School is at 1920 and the
Rev. Mabel Erskine will give the
message.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
Immanuel Methodist Church

The Rev. Larry S. Renner,
minister, announces services for
Sunday morning at Emmanuel
Methodist Church, Townsend, as
follows: GAS am, Churc h
School, John Guessford, superin-
tendent, in charge. 10 am,
Morning Worship.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

ing worship. $50 am. Sunday
School, Earl Downs, superinten-
dent, 1920 a. m. The public is
cordially invited.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09
.HWhurrh lP(nSEE

at 8 a. m, and Morning worship
will be conducted at 10 a. m.
This policy will continue thru
the summer months.
Smyrna times., 1960-06-09

Friendship Methodist Church
Services for Sunday are an
nounced by the Rev. Robert F.
Loss, pastor, as follows: Morn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29

7,3o meeting IN the Methodist
Assembly Center is to receive
reports on tile recent evangelis-
tie program.
Dr. Thomas F. Carroll, dis
trlct superintendent, in announc-
Ing plans for the program. said
reports from the charges of the
district Will be received. He
expects 500 persons to be on
hand to learn the results Of the
ovangellsnc program underway
since October g
Included oil the asenda Of the
one-hour program will be con
gregatioaal singing. district re-
ports Of the Virginia Conference
in a telephone message by Bis
hop OF the Richmond area; and
brief presentation on the evan
gellstic effort by the district
superintendent.
The district superintendent
said that under the direction of
the Rev. Leslie Ross, General
Board Of Evangelism, the Vir-
9lnld Conference had more than
Continued on page 7
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
NATO NUCLEAR WEAPONS
AGREEMENT in CONGO

NTCLEAR WEAPONS Should
Re given to NATO to help meet
any Communist threat to the al
lance. lawmakers from Is North
Atlantic treaty nations, including
the U. S., recommended Satur-
day. The parliamentarians lmani-
animously approved the idea of
a NATO fire brigade equipped
with nuclear weapons ready to
meet any type Of Communist
threat. This plan was originally
proposed by Gen. LalTis Norstad.
supreme allied commander in
Europe They also urged that
NATO be given political control
Of atomic arms and delivery sys-
tens. At present. only the u S.
has authority in this area. The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
Students Stay Busy

Editors Note: This is the
fifth in series of articles
concerning the lower schools
OF the Prince Edward School
Foundation. Information for
the series was gathered by
staff member Bill Wall as he
made tour of every class
room in the county with
school administrator Roy r.
PearSOn.)
What busy beehivel We
walked into Liberty School at
Green Bay at ll:30 just as Mrs.
Coleman S combined fourth and
fifth graders came out into the
hallway to wash up for lunch.
They were a lively bunch. full
of energy as only an II or II
year old can be However, they
quickly moved back into their
home room TO allow a picture to
be taken of their THANKSGIVING
scene. They obeyed their teach
erS requests without hesitation
and were IN good spirits. even
though they had their Wash-up
period interrupted
Mrs. Coleman class uses a
large attic room in Liberty Chris
tan Church. The stairway going
up is too narrow. by modern
standards. so to make the room
disable, members of the congre-
cation built fire escape out the
back window. Now the room is
not only large and bright, but
completely safe. Heating ducts
also were run up to this room.
Thus this class in a way repre-
sents the spirit and solid com
munity backing behind Liberty
School.
There are 85 students at Lib
crty School. with four teachers.
Mrs. Maude Wilson. an expert
cnCed teacher and principal. is
headmlstress Of the school She
teaches the sixth and seventh
grades in the basement room.
which is very large and attrac-
tive.
From the beginning of the pri-
vate school organization in 1859,
Mrs. Wilson has made it abun-
dainty clear that the students in
Liberty School are going to get
the very best in school instruc-
ton. Certainly the teachers and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29

Old tree makes an excellent toy.
Sharing the attention Of the
youngsters ~ an Old barrel that
has both ends cut but and
smoothed. This Is a tunnel. or
what-have-you. that the children
can crawl or peer through.
IN addition there is the stan
dard playground equipment and
large area for games. How
ever, the tree and tn barrel are
ever center of attraction, speci-
ally for the younger students.
Liberty Christian Church is di-
rectly across the street from the
former public school building,
which now stands idle. II is diff
Continued on page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
DIR. Cutler TO Talk
At HIS Thursday

Dr.. Albert 6. Cutler, professor
Of theology at Southern Metho-
dist University, will speak at
Fampden-Sydney College Thurs
day at Gas pm, under aus
plces Of the University Center in
Virginia
Or. Cutler, who holds degrees
from Wofford Emory and Yale.
IS an author. educator and an or
dalncd Methodist minister. His
Johns Auditorium convocation
address at H-SC will be on The
Problem Of a Theology of His
tory"
The University Center in Viz
ginia is a cooperative educa-
tloEal project bringing visiting
scholars to the states colleges
and universities for campus lee
lures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
Shopping Season
Gets Good Start

Christmas hopping in
Farmville got off to a good
start with the first evening Of
late store hours Friday.
T B Rose. III, chairman
Of the Chamber Of Commerce
Real Trade Committee. said
today the turnout on the first
night bettered the record of a
year ago.
The merchants auction, an
innovation this season by
Farnville businessmen in
which customers can obtain
Si,37l worth Of gifts without
money also got of to a good
beginning. One lady had col
lected 5000 worth Of receipts
before closing time Friday
evening.
The 10 money auction Of
items donated by IL partici-
paing firms Will be auchoned
off Wednesday. December IA
from $50 to 7:.3o pm. The
stores VIII also observe late
hours this Friday. December
2. and December 8.
TO bid on the items in the
auction sale. customers must
save their receipts for pur-
chases made between Friday,
November . and the time Of
the auction, Wednesday, De
cember IA.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
NdH0naINe1us Summary

. KENNEDYS HAVE A son
Q GOLD DROPS


recommendations passed at the
groups closing session are onlv
advisory. They will be sent TO
member governments for further
study.
a BOY was born to Sen. and
Mrs John F. Kennedy early Fri
day morning His birth, which
was not expected until early De-
cember causd the President
elect to fly back to Washington
from Palm Beach, Fla. where
nc had flown after having
THANKSGIVING dinner with his
family. The six-pound. three
ounce baby was delivered bv
Caesarian section at Georgetown
University Hospital. Both mother
and child are doing well. He will
be named John F Kennedy, Jr.
j :
AN AGREEMENT between
Congolese government headed by
President Joseph KasaYubu and
secessloElst katanga province led
NJ Noise Tshonbc was annoumc-
cd Saturday. Three leading mini
stels Of the central government
IN Lcopodville met with Tshombe
in FlizabethVillc. a city in IA
tanoa, A communique said the
meeting was held in a cordial at
mosphere ard resulted il per
feet identity Of views. Tshombe
declared that Katanga had Sc
coded from the Congo soon after
BELGIUM gave the Como its indie
pendenco last June 80. he said
he took NE action in opposition
TO the policies Of the since depos-
CONTINUED on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29

the community are doing and
have done everything humanity
possible to make Liberty School
outstanding.
The other classes at Liberty
are divided with grades ? and 3
under Miss Mary Lou Raiford
and the first grade with Mrs.
Nancy Skidmore.
The ingenuity of the patrons
and the imagination of the stu
dents is well eXemplified by the
first grade. They have an old log
that was recently cut down on
their playground. This is alter
nately a train. a horse, a sub
marine. lighthouse. a boat, etc.
With the limbs trimmed up, the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
Academy P-TA
Open House
Thursday

The P-TA Of Tie Upper School
Of Prince Edward Academy viii
sponsor an open house program
Thursday night from $50 to $3.50
0 clock. according to Mrs. w. j
ellis. Jr., vice president and pro
gram chairman.
There viii be no general SEES
sion Of the Association. Instead
parents are invited to visit tho
various classrooms where teach
ers VIII be on hand. and avail
able for conferences and course
outlines.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
$1,000 Unclaimed
Unhurried Bond
Holder Owns
Courthouse Slice
BY JOHN sTEck

All UNMARRIED investor ana a
tWo-year old law will permit
Prince Edward county to gain a
modest financial Windfall, at least
for little while.
Funds amounting to S9.742 on
deposit at a Richmond bank. with
out interest, for payment of coun-
ty bonds, with matured in 1913,
l949 and 1850, will be brought
home and invested for interest
until the over decides to cash in.
The bonds are part of the
SIS 900 issue Of Prince Edward
Public Building Bonds floatcd in
November, 1888, to finance cree
ton Of the present Court House
building. They have been ma
turing at the rate of $1,000 a
year.
10 Years Overdue
All the matured bonds have
been cashed except nine. num-
bered Is to "a, which now have
passed their maturity date by
more than 10 years County
Treasurer j w. Wilson. Jr.. has
attempted for several years to
learn the identity Of the owner
and encourage cashing Of the
bonds. The trail Of correspon-
dence led through the Boston.
Mass. investment firm of F.
Britain Kennedy and Company
to a female owner in Rhode Is
land, who, despite the tempting
50, ZAP now waiting to be claimed
hasn't exercised her right.
The county treasurer's CORES
pondence With First and Mer-
chants National Bank of Rich
mond, where the bond redenfp-
ton money is on deposit. Tin
covered a state law, passed in
1858, which permits the county
to put this money to work until
claimed.
The law specifies such funds
may be invested for interest af-
ter being held for more than
five years. upon authority of the
Circuit Court. Judge Joel w
Flood late last week entered the
order authorizing the Richmond
bank to send the money here.
To Gain Interest
Wilson has no idea how long
the unhurried investor will wait
to claim the $4,000 in bonds and
$742 80 in unclipped interest cou,
pons. but meanwhile his endeav-
ors will bring the county some
interest.
Upon receipt he will create a
new reserve account General
Fund Reserve for Unpresented
Bonds. That will keep the ma
tured sum available to the own
er if and when. At the same
time, the county will start draw
ing interest on the investment.
The treasurer sagely figures
that if somebody wants to keep
owning piece of the Court
House. the county might as we'll
make a little for itself on the
deal.
The Court House bonded debt
has been ruduced from SIS 900.
amount Of the original issue
down to $4,000. That means. at
the annual So 900 maturity sched-
ule, the building will be debt
free in six years.
The Richmond bank could not
ray interest on the 10-year de-
post. since the account was
classed as a demand deposit,
subject to m m d at with
draWal.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
Important Chest
Meeting Tonight

The Prince Edward County
Community Chest Will hold a
special meeting of the board of
directors and the various di-
vision chairmen of the current
drive effort tonight Monday at
8 in the Town Council chamber.
Plans to 60 after the s3.2l9
needed to reach a record $l9.375
quota will be mapped. W. A. Wat
son. III, chairman. said today he
hopes to wind the drive up on
December 8.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29

The additional county grant for
transportation. allowing a maxi
mum payment of $50 per child
for the year. was authorized by
supervisors last week. It will be
made available only to parents
OF children living more than one
half mile from their schools by
the most direct and practical
route.
Oath Required
For parents already approved
for the 500 county grant for
educational purposes the trans
portation application will require
only an additional oath to: ID
the actual distance lived from the
school, and % the actual cost
OF transportation
Parents not having qualified
for the 500 grant, will complete
the full application, which for
them will require all information
needed on the educational grant.
plus the oath as to distance and
actual cost.
Parents eligible by reason of
distance may be reimbursed
whether their children are trans
ported by school bus or private
Nfh1In =
authorizes maximum of S35 per
child, parents will be eligible
only for the actual cost to them
as charged by school bus organi-
cations or as determined BY mile
age driven III the case Of private
cars.
P-TA's To Hc1p
II is anticipated that parents of
children using school bus trans
portation will fill out application
forms under P-TA sponsorship as
was done with the 500 grant APP
pllcations. Private car users will
make application at the office of
the agent for the supervisors
after notice is given.
Approving authority for the ap-
pllcations rests with the board Of
supervisors. and the resolution
authorizing the new transporta-
ton grant provides for penal
action against persons fraudtl-
lently obtaining funds or illegally
using them.
Supervisors have tentatively
approved a seven cents per mile
base for calculating reimburse
ment for use Of private cars. The
patron would be eligible for re-
endorsement for his cost Oh that
basis of a l80-day school session
up to the equivalent Of S35 per
child transported
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-29
Opening Day OF Tobacco Auctions
Supass Price Pegs By ST to $l2
1860 Crops Color, Quality Good
Leaf Lengths Run To Short Size

crop Virginia Type
Monday with length quality
pulling
Mondays opening day offerings approximately 1870 pounds
amounted good
concerned.
Auctions completed at Planters Warehouse Old
Warehouse with the respectively by