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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
End Revolution
Series Lecture
At H-SC Thurday

DR.. Dumas Malone, Thomas
Jefferson Foundation Professor
of History at University of Vir-
ginia, will deliver the second
lecture Thursday night at 7:30
o'clock in Hampden-Sydney Col
lege's forum on The Winning
of independence. The Era of the
American Revolution.
Professor Malone's subject
will be Character and Char
acters of the Revolution. A
Mississipian. Emory and Yale
educated, DR.. Malone taught at
Yale and Columbia before tax
ing the Charlottesville chair in
1858.
A former director of the Har-
ward University Press and edi-
tor-in-c h Il eff. Dictionary of
American Biography. DR.. Ma
lone is the author of Jefferson
the Virginian" and Jefferson
and the Rights of Man" vols.
and II of Jefferson and His
Time. Saints In Action and
The Story of the Declaration
of independence" among other
works.
DR.. Edmund S. Morgan, of
Yale University, initiated tn e
historical series at H-SC on
April 4. lectlring on Origins
of American Independence" DR..
Richard b. Morris, of Columbia
University. will deliver the third
and final lecture May 4.
The college seeks through the
lectures to help bring under
standing of America s heroic
age of inception and therein
to find symbol and meaning
for "our own time of trial and
crisis"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
ExpIonot;on For Joycees
Exp'onot;on For Joycees
Politics Behind kangaroo Court
Drug Investigation, Dean Exhorts

The pharmacist S side of the
story behind the kefaiver hear
ingS was fully exposed to the
membership of the f'armvllle
Iaycees. Thursday evening
Or Warren E Weaver. dean
Of the School Of Pharmacy at the
Medical College If Virginia. laid
the Kefauver Investigations low
in 20 uncertain terms. He said,
The pharmaceutical business
was tried in a kangaroo court set
up by a man running for election
and intent on making newspaper
headlines.
MIR. Kefauver gave the indus
try a real beating declared
Weaver. HE saw that testimony
on his side was limited to II
am. to meet press headlines,
while tic timony from the
pharmaceutical industry was set
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12

The key provision of the Civil
Rights bill as passed, provides
for federal referees to register
voters. where a federal judge
finds pattern or practice of
discrimination. = The law will
have little effect in Virginia,
where the constitutional right to
vote has long been extended to
all persons in the state.
Several other provisions of the
bill as amended provide that
records of federal elections be
kept for % months and shall
be made available to the At
torney General for inspection.
Also. that penalties are provid-
ed for persons obStructing by
force or threats any federal
court orders and punishment for
fleeing across state lines for
bombing any building. The pro-
visions were made broad enough
so as to apply not only to the
South, but throughout the ma
ton.
KILLED"
The bill is more important in
what was not passed than what
was passed.
Senator Byrd said, The more
vicious proposals and the worst
features Of the administration
bill were eliminated.
The senior Virginia Senator
continued as follows:
"One of the most offensive
provisions was declaration by
statute that the illegal Warren
Court school decision was the
supreme law of the land. This
was defeated by a vote Of more
than two TO one.
Also defeated was the pro-
vision to bride with federal pay
ments States or localities which,,
without opposition. would into
CRATE public schools under the
Warren decision.
The FEPC provision was de-
feated. The language of the So
Continued on page z
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
Census Takers Find Few Obstacles
As Count Reaches Halfway Point

be appreciated" Mrs. Mahan re-
ports.
Easy To Spot
An enumerator in Leigh Dis
trict of Prince Edward county
found it necessary to withdraw
from the work, and delay in
finding a substitute will prolong
the effor there, the leader point
ed out.
Mrs. Mahan told persons who
may be concerned about answer
ing the door when they see a
stranger approaching to remem-
Der that all census workers carry
a brief case-looking brown folder
and wear the official census
Identification badge.
She also points out that the
badge is the workers authority
for seeking census information
and that the law is behind the
enumerators as they perform
tasks the government itself has
assigned.
Mrs. Mahan also said house
holds which have not received
the pre-census information forms
should not be concerned. The
enumerators will get the re-
CURED information through ques-
tioning, although the interview is
Spceded up when the blank is
filled out in advance, Mrs. Ma
han states.
Objection Answered
There has been some slight OBJ
lection in some quarters to the
household QUESTIONABLE to be
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
Banks To Close
Wednesday

Banks and state institutions
will be closed Wednesday, April
ID. in observance of the birthday
of Thomas jefferson, great Vir-
ginia patriot
The day is officially a holiday
III Virginia, but will be observed
only by banks and state inStitu-
tons. The post office and all
stores kept state owned
stores will be open as usual this
Wednesday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12

The nominees included j. H.
Forbes and John E. HARDWOOD,
incumbent councilnen W h e
terms expire this year. and Mrs.
John G. GRAHAM and Oscar w.
Mcintosh, who with the incum-
bent council members have fill
ed formal notices. Also nominal
ed were c L. Spurlock, Jr.,
j. Max. Watson, James B.
Clark and Charles H. Dowdy,
Jr.
Mrs. Gordon Withdraws
Mrs. Graziani's nomination
was made by Mrs. Grace c.
Gordon, present member Of
the council and first woman
ever to be elected to the post,
who at the same time announc-
ed she would not seek reelection.
II think it's a good thing to
have a lady on the town coun-
Gil" Mrs. Gordon told the as
sembled citizens. Sometimes
we offer viewpoint men don't
have
Mrs. Gordon. who gave rea-
sons of health for her decision
to withdraw from service, said
that working for and serving
the town through her council eff
forts has been one of the great
est experiences Of my life She
added, 1T was a great honor
for me to be elected four years
ago. but under present cmcum-
stances. | couldn't do justice to
the tasks if | ran again. 1t
wouldn't be fair to the town or
to you citizens
The assemblage gave her a
standing ovation as she sat
down.
The municipal election will be
held on June ID. and the dead
line for qualifying as a candi-
date falls so days prior, or
April 10. This June three coun-
Gil posts must be filled
Mayors Review
Farmville Mayor w. f. Wat
kins. Jr., touching only the
highlights and emitting many
other accomplishments out
lined some of the significant
municipal ARRANGEMENTS of the
last two fiscal years. Mayor
Watkins state of the town re-
port was an innovation fol- the
traditional public nomination
meeting.
For la58-59 he recalled TIL e
organization and training Of an
auxiliary police force; the
$4,000 street black topping pro-
ject; the re-codification of town
ordinances first since 1897;
improvements to Madison, High
and S. Main streets, and pur-
chase of the $4,000 bulldozer.
During l959-60 came authori-
cation and engineering studies
preparing for the soon-to-be
water system expansion: special
training schools for police and
flremen. acquisition of the N.
Main street parking lot from the
N&W Railway, improvements
to hpromattox river bridge and
N Main street from the bridge
to the railroad tracks, and plan
ming for a new fire siren.
One big problem, as you
pr Q b b y realize, has been
omitted from my list" the
mayor said That is snow re-
moval, | hope councils re-
Gently formulated snow removal
plan solves that"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
3 More File

3 More File
Charles III. Dowdy. Jr., James
B. Clark and c. Lewis Spur
lock, Jr.. have filed notices of
candidacy for the council since
Thursday nights public meet
ing at which they were nomi-
mated. Incumbents John E.
HarwOOd and James III. Forbes,
together with Mrs. John G..
GRAHAM and Oscar w. Nc
Intosh, had previously filed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
2-Year New Road
Drought May Be
Broken Here
Six Projects
To Be Pushed
In New Budget

A ray of sunshine has filtered
into the bleak new road situa-
ton in Prince Edward county,
where like sister counties
throughout Virginia. there
hasn't been dime for such work
in two years.
During the county's annual
roads meeting last week, John
L. Parker, Highway Department
resident engineer announced he
would try to have six projects
for building new roads included
in the country's Secondary High
way budget for the new year
commencing July l.
The resident engineer empha-
sized the word try pointing
out that the budgets are figured
at Richmond headquarters. He
said he could give no assurance
that the projects would be in
Guided. Final authority rests
with Richmond.
Even that somewhat indefinite
situation was a cheering one,
however. At the time Of these
annual meetings for the past
two years, Parker had already
received word that no funds
would be available for new road
construction. That word hasn't
come here yet. at least.
Projects Described
A new road project is one that
takes an existing path, trail or
street that is not in the high
way system, and improves it to
department specifications at
public expense. The road is then
officially taken into the county
Secondary System and thereaft-
er receives annual maintenance
by highway forces.
State law permits only a
small amount of such work each
year Mileage of such projects
IN any year may not exceed
one per cent Of existing Second
airy mileage. and then only if
that much can be done with
out diverting more than five per
cent OF that years Improvement
fund. The Improvement fund is
that remaining after mainten-
ance and maintenance replace
ment projects have been provid-
ed for.
The six proposed projects are
the oldest existing requests on
record here. On four of them,
right of way deeds already have
been recorded. Two others must
have this deed work done before
approval is granted. All have
been on request with the board
OF supervisors since 1858.
Projects Listed
BY districts, and the best
available location description,
the projects are:
Farmville fNoeltown), begin
ming at point on Route 638 just
north on Route 400 and extend
ing southeast for a distance of
Is mile:
Prospect, beginning at a point
on Route 657, nineteenth of
mile east of Route 626 and ex-
tending south for a distance of
. of a mile;
Lockett. beginning at a point
on Route 307, about two miles
east of intersection with Route
600 at Rice and extending along
private road north for SIS mile:
Leigh. beginning at a point on
Route 800, a quarter mile east
OF intersection with Route $50
(Cortip,,ad ~, Nora ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
Victory" In Defeat
CiuiI Rights Bill Mild
Compared WITH Original

Southern have generally claimed victory"
taking sting Civil Rights which
enacted by the Senate vote 80 to 18 Friday.
Senator Harry F. Byrd recently
of the Provisions, which defeated
felony
this loosely worded perhaps
the Edward County
gull tv of fe
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
3 Town Council Nominees
File; Field Now Totals Z
Public Meeting Offers s Names;
State-Of-t the Town Report Given

Eight nominees, including who already filed
notices Of candidacy offered potential
council candidates public meeting Thursday night
The nominations the purpose only public recogni
ton Of the nominees fitness Those
candidates unless they cam
didacy. with the clerk of Circuit Court
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12
Not;onoI News Summary
South Africa's
Premier Shot;
Is Recovering
BY H. V. LANCASTER. JR.
SOUTH AFRlCA'S PREMIER

SOUTH AFRlCA'S PREMIER
Hendrix VerWoerd was shot in
the head Saturday at a trade
and agricultural exposition in
johannesburg. A white man was
seized by police and taken to a
police station on the exposition
grounds. The attempted assassl-
nation occurred as the premier
sat on a platform after address
ing the crowd. He was one of
the architects and current en-
forcer Of South Africa s apar-
theid or strict racial segrega
ton policy which has been the
object Of bitter and bloody pro
tests by Negroes in G
weeks.
A RECESS in the donation
general disarmament confer
ence at Geneva has been agreed
to by both East and West. The
recess will run from the end
of this month until June so the
conference will not be in ses
sion during the summit meet
ing which begins May Is in
Paris. Secretary of State Herter
suggested Friday the Russians
might want the recess so that
khrushchev could present a dra-
matte new disarmament propo-
sal at the summit meeting. but
the head of the U. S. delega
ton in Geneva emphasized Sat
urday the recess had been
agreed to in principle by both
sides. Herter then denounced
the excessive length Of the re-
cess in what seemed to be a re-
buke to our ambassador in
Geneva.
THE RICHMOND CITY Coun-
Gil appointed three-man com
mittee to conduct a preliminary
investigation into possible con-
nections between the police bur
eau and gambling operations in
Richmond. More than 300 police
men appeared before the COM
mittce last week. Most of them
testified they had received moth
ing of value directly or indirect
~ from gamblers.
THE PRESIDENT OF the
Philippines. Carlos Garcia, said
Saturday the U. S. would be
welcomed to keep nuclear
weapons. including missiles, in
the Philippines. He added that
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY Colleges Phi Beta
Kappa chapter initiated II men in ceremo-
mics on the campus, April 6. Phi Beta Kappa
Day was observed the following day with
DIR. Russell E. Fox, an associate Of the West
ingh0use Corporation, the guest speaker.
Elected to membership in the national schol-
arship fraternity were: back row, left to
rightly Thomas Nelson Allen, Henry Cannon
Spaulding, Jr., Louis Harrison Drew William
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-12

be appreciated" Mrs. Mahan re-
Evening star., 1960-07-24
By JOHN ROSSON
TEEN Editor

At the age of Is, Rob-
ert S. Owendoff of near
by Falls Church already
is judged an expert.
The young Virginian,
a junior at George Ma
Evening star., 1960-07-24
BOB OWENDOFF-
An Expert at IS


direction as we'll as time
so he won't be travelling
in an unending circle
under a continually
moving sun.
Even better, Bob's dis
coveries, including in
StructionS regardin G
their proper use, can be
stamped on the back of
an identification card
or "dog tag" making
unnecessary the pos
session of the specific
scientific instruments
themselves.
"Time and direction
finding methods now in
use, even by the Govern
ment," Bob says, "fall
short of these points.
When you get right
down to it, many cur
rent methods are full Of
loopholes, and you most
always must have the
necessary instruments
on hand"
So thorough have the
yout his Investigations
been, that he thinks he's
found discrepancies in
Sundial articles in the
current Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
"I checked some of
the points with local au-
thorities," he says, "and
when they said they
thought I might be
correct I sent them to
Britannica as suggested
changes in the next edi-
ton"
But Bob is working on
other Sundial projects,
too:
l. A parallactic SUM-
dial, making use for the
first time of what he de-
scribeS as the "parallac-
tic angle of the sun" to
tell time.
2. An improved in
Strum ent for taking
shadow readings to make
them more exact. His
m a terials are simple
threads and machine
parts mounted on a
board.
To top things off,
however, the young
Virginian has proved so
adept at his Sundial call
ing Though he doesn't
know yet what field of
science he will choose as
a career) that he has
been invited-and has
accepted an invitation
to work with an eX-
pert at the Naval Acad-
emy on a special Gov
ernment study of space
navigation.
"It'S a great honor"
says Bob. "The Arabs
used to use SundialS to
tell the direction of
Mecca. Well be using
Evening star., 1960-07-24

son High School, is an
authority on SundialS,
and his discoveries have
the Government stand
ing on it's ear in amaze
ment.
Relegated some years
ago to decorating back
yards or dressing up
patios, Sundials, Bob
feels, are m king a
comeback as essential to
better studies of time
and direction, and he's
determined to be a part
of the movement. The
Defense Department
agrees. AS a matter of
fact, one Government
official says Bob may
prove instrumental in
starting the movement.
Drawn to SundialS
while working for a Boy
Scout merit badge in
surveying a couple of
years ago, Bob, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
A. Owendoff of 153
Gundry drive, Falls
Church, has the Penta-
gon definitely interest
ed" in two specific in
ventionS: His pocket
size navigator and an
aStoundingly sim pie
method of telling time
and direction by placing
a stick in the ground,
neither of them previ-
ously perfected to the
point of infallibility. The
Government is interest
ed because Bob'S diScov-
cries offer new and i'm
proved survival methods
for lost military and
civilian personnel in the
event of war or disaster.
According to both Bob
and the Pentagon, the
value of the teen-ager'S
findings lies in the fact
that the pocket-Size nav
igator-Sundial is COM
pact, and does not re-
quire that the user have
q great deal of knowl-
edge concerning sur
veying and navigation
methods. 1t also can be
used at any latitude,
which is something new.
The youths "stick-in-
the-ground" method of
Sundialing is important
Evening star., 1960-07-24

Editors Note: This is
one of a series of articles
appearing in TEEN this
summer on outstanding
teen-agerS In the Wash
tngtOn area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24
Frank Howard Surprised
To Win MI Rookie Award

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,
Nov. "a (AP) Prank Howard,
named the National League
rookie of the year.. has no
designs on Babe Ruth's record
Of 60 home runs in one season.
Il don't think l have a
chance. to approach his record"
the towering strongboy who
hit % homers for Los Angeles
this year said when it was
suggested he might be a likely
challenger for the mark.
Howard, who is leading the
Puerto Rico Winter League in
home runs with six, said he
was completely surprised" by
his choice. The 24-year-old
resident of Columbus, Ohio,
received IL of the % votes
cast by a special committee
Of the Baseball Writers As
ISOLATION.
II had no idea I was up for
the HONOR he said as he re-
Taxed in a movie after his
Coriollos club was rained out
last night. Il am very lucky
There are a lot of good rockies
in the National League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24

Howard played winter ball in
the Dominican Republic last
year. but says he likes Puerto
Rico better because sit has bet
ter family life." The first base
mans wife, Carol, and g.
month-old son Jimmy are here
with him.
Winter ball helps me a lot
for regular season play" he
said. Il get good experience.
The baseball here is more like
that of the United States
than that in the Dominican
Republic"
Howard, a 6-foot-7, 245-
FOUNDER, began the 1860 season
with Spokane, but after hitting
.37l in the first 26 games he
was recalled. He took over a
regular outfield berth with the
Dodgers and batted 1858.
Other players receiving votes
in the balloting were Pancho
Herrera, Philadelphia second
baseman, 4; Art Mahaffey
Phillie pitcher, 3; Ron Santos
Chicago third baseman, 2, anc
Tommy Davis, DodRer out.
fielder, 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24
Juveniles Return
Special Shoe to
Georqio's Kicker

ATHENS, Ga, Nov. "a (APD.
"A hayward shoe, on which
might ride the University of
Georgia's hopes for a football
victory in the Georgia Tech
game Saturday, has been re-
turned.
The square-toed kicking shoe
belonging to Durward Penning-
ton. star placekicker, was stolen
from the Bulldog field house
Sunday along with a large
quantity of other sports equip
ment.
Coach Wally Butts said yes
terday he found the shoe on his
doorstep when he returned
home Tuesday night.
Pennington, who has booted
Is of II extra point attempts
and eight field goals this year,
said he couldn't kick in his new
shoes, which he had been trying
to break in at practice this
week.
Police Chief E. E. Hardy an
nounced last night a group of
juveniles had admitted the
theft.
Hardy quoted the juveniles as
saying they returned the shoe
because they didn't want to
jeopardize Georgia's chances in
the big game Saturday"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24
Texas Tech Coach
To Quit Monduy

LUBBOCK. Tex, Nov. "a
(AP). - Texas Tech awaits
Coach Dewitt Weaver'S resig-
nation so it can revamp its ath-
letic setup for the coming year.
Weaver said yesterday in
Austin that he would resign,
probably Monday, so that he
can enter private business at
Mobile, Ala. where he will be
distributor for a refining COM
pany.
This has been in the fire for
some time and last summer
the Texas Tech board of di-
rectors took steps to close the
gap in the event Weaver
stepped down as athletic di-
rector and coach before the
football season opened.
It was recommended by the
athletic council that Polk Robi-
son, veteran basketball coach,
be elevated to athletic director
and j. T. King, Weaver's as
sistant. become head coach.
The Athletic council is due
to meet December 9 and will
make recommendations to the
board of directors December 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24
Racing Opens
At Tropical,
Fair Grounds
BY the Associated Press

Winter officially arrived In
horse racing today with the
opening of Tropical Park in
Florida and the Fair Grounds
at New Orleans.
Tropical Park hoped to send
the 126-day Florida racing
season of to a good start with
the $10.000-added Hurricane
Handicap as the chief attrac-
ton. The top event on the
inaugural program of the Fair
Grounds 87-day meeting was
the $500 Thanksgiving Handi-
cap.
Aqueduct presented the $685.
000-added Firenze Handicap
for flllies and mares and Pim-
lico offered the seth running
of the $25,000-added Dixie
Handicap.
Roman Colonel, winner of
three stakes at Tropical Park
last winter. picked up top
weight of 127 pounds in the field
of nine sprinters named for the
Hurricane. Alhambra d20)
also was well regarded along
with April Skies Ql8).
Fulcrum was expected to be
the choice over Is other sprint
ers named for the Fair Grounds
6-furlong feature.
The Firenze, a mile event, at
tracted nine f1llies and mares
with the Australian-bred s.
year-old Wiggle II picking up
l24 pounds, 2 more than the
consistent Make Sail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-24
Much Injured Rinemon
Aqoin Amozes Doctors

LONDON, Nov. "a (AP).-
Bobby Neill, former British
featherweight boxing champion,
is making a recovery that once
again amazes the doctors
around him.
This time his dramatic re-
covery"-the words of his doc
tors-followed an emergency
operation to remove a blood
clot from his brain.
The 27-year-old Neill was
rushed to hospital early yester-
day after taking a fearful beat
ing from Terry Spinks in a
British title fight at London's
Wembley Stadium Tuesday
night. Neill was down twice be-
fore being counted. out in the
l4th round. "a
The Scot is a man used to
f1ghting-in the ring and for
his life; in a hospital bed. "a
= SToId to Quit Ring
Neil. was only IT and dream
ing Of becoming world cham
pien when he was manned in an
auto accident.
Specialists put him in a plas-
ter cast and told him: Forget
about boxing. You'll be lucky if
you walk again. let alone fight"
The indomitable Neil still
dreamed of making a name in
pro boxing. Even two more
bone-shattering accidents failed
to break his courage.
He returned to fighting with