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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22

nc iohS " do COlIilJlctSlg III dlll-
ed last fall, and the entire fish
population removed. Then fol-
lowed a restocking program de
signed to build back the lake at
the popular state park to good
fishing qualities.
Look at Bottom
The Commission look-at-the-
bottom revealed this situation:
tons of fish present. but scarcely
any catchable- size fish. Hundreds
CT large white suckers. many
weighing more than four pounds
gasped in the mud Tipping their
tails. Around 80 carp, averaging
better than 10 pounds were re-
moved. together with thousands
Of stllnted. four to six-inch crap
pie. three to four years old.
Less than two dozen crappie
larger than one-uuarter pound
were collected, and even fewer
catchable size IT. or over blu
gill, pumpkirsed or other sun
fish were noted. Aging studies
revealed b G sunfish were
growing at the rate of only one
inch per year.
The meager largemouth bass
population was made up Of less
than 30 bass over IA inches in
length. around 100 in the 3-to-13
inch group and only 300 smaller
bass. Three large channel cat
fish and one large flathead cat
fish made up the remainder of
the catchable- size fish.
Restocking Plan
What does the Commission
and its technicians do for "a re-
birth of Isaac Walton delight at
such a place? Here's the plan
used:
After the suckers carp and
other rough fish were removed,
the lake was restocked with the
few good size good game fish
left, and additional yearling
game fish from state hatcheries
were added at the prescribed
rate of SO bass and 500 sunfish
per acre to produce a balanced
fish population with best growth
and survival
For a season. the small aver
age size OF the fish used for re-
stocking will be reflected in the
fisherman S creal. Fishing will be
allowed. though, with one pro-
wise: Commission biologists re-
quest the cooperation of fisher
men in releasing small bass that
are not deeply hooked.
With fishing restored to go
with Hungry Mothers fine noun
tain air. pine-scented and clean.
the good food and comfortable
quarters available. maybe va
cation trip westward is in order
again especially if the head
of the house is a man who de
mands fishing with his time Off
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
Six-Team James River Baseball
League Starts Play This Week

The James River League regional base
ball organizations which neither
will launch its 1860 campaign this week end
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
H-SC Star Elected
Amelia Captain

Larry Hammer. regular out
fielder On Hampder Sydney
Colleges powerful nine, will be
field captain of the Amelia team
IN the James River Baseball
League. Eldridge McMillion is
business manager.
Thirteen players have signed
up for the season with Amelia.
and more are expected on the
squad roster by Saturday nights
opener with Powhatan on the
Amelia County Athletic Field.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
Academy Home
Debut DELAYED

The home debut Of the base
ball SQUAD Of Prince Edward
Academy originally planned for
tonight CFriday) against Crewe
Highs Railroaders is in the
"doubtfuF category, Coach X. c.
Gilncr said Thursday.
Progress in reodying tie ath-
Ictic field on L0ngWoOd Hills has
not progressed quite far enough
to allow play, Gilmer calculated.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
H-SC, Jacket Clash
Saturday Is Vital
State Title
Claims May
Hinge On Score

Hampden Sydney and Ran
olph-Macon, both having lost
only once this season in a COM
bined 2lgame start, are due for
showdown match at Death
Valley Saturday afternoon.
Coach Claude Milam's H-SC
Tigers brought their record to
Ill Wednesday afternoon down
ing Lynchburg Colleges Hornets
7-3. Senior Lew Drew went the
route yielding only seven safe
ties. and thereby being a chief
arty to avenging the only Tiger
loss. rs affair to the same
Hornets April 7.
The Tigers continued their
hard hitting work at the plate
pounding out IA hits against two
Hornet tWirlers.
RPI Bumps RIM
The Ashland Jackets were
sailing alone on a fine breeze
OF state newspaper publicity at
80 until this week when lowly
RPI administered 4-3 whip
ping at Richmond
RIPS stylish Hunter Talbot
pulled the trick with a neat six
tier.
The results leave the Little
Eight race in a three way knot
Hampden Sydney. Bridgewater
and LynchblTg all having 81
marks.
With the Jacket invasion due
Saturday, to be followed bv
Brldgewater's visit here next
Tuesday, that stalmated state of
affairs won't exist long.
Homcrs Win
Hampden-Sydnev is defending
Little Eight and Mason Dixon
champion. The squad is cunning
to hand Coach Milan fifth
straight MD title as farewell
present.
Monday afternoon, the Tigers
Whacked Baltimore l4-5 in a Ma
son-Dixon game on the Death
Valley diamond. and the Tiger
power showed up we'll. Vernelle
M RI tin, Leon Hawker and
Tommy Davis, three heavy-hit-
ters, Walloped homers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22

All six of the loop teams, in
GLIDING a new entry from Rich
mond, the Southside nine, will
see action. Two games are
scheduled Saturday night, the
third Sunday afternoon.
Tomorrow nights openers will
match Arvonia at Cumberland,
while Powhatan and Amelia tan
gle at Amelia on the County Ath-
letic Field.
The 3 pm. Sunday encounter
will bring the Southside team to
Orchid.
After the opening contests, the
League will operate every week
end through August II. Except
for Orchid. loop teams have
lighted parks and most of the
games except those with Orchid
as home team will be nighttime
affairs.
Night games will commence at
8 O'Clock. afternoon contests get
the play ball command at 3
pm.
The team managers for the
1860 campaign are: Amelia, Ed
ridge McMillion; Arvonia. R. E.
Toney; Cumberland, j. D. Ran
son; Orchid, Roy Sheridan: Pow
hatan, Alvin Mann, and South
side. Charles White, of Rich
mond.
The Richmond Umpires AS
ISOLATION will again provide Of
ficiating personnel for the loop
games.
The League has been organ
lied with George Wright, Presi-
dent. Robert c. Yates, vice
president, and Mrs. Gray Mes
senger. secretary treasurer
All are Powhatan residents. j.
D. Ransom. of Cumberland. will
serve as reporting secretary.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
Bowling Results
Mems Ten Pins

Results Hub 3, Billy Nc
Kay's 0; Coca Cola 2. Jenkins
Atlantic l: Leggett 5 2, David
sons 1.
Summaries high single
game, Julian FoWlhes. jenkins.
2ll pins; high three game total,
Billy W tson, Coca-Cola, $50
pins for l77-pin average; high
team total, Coca-Cola, 1856 pins
for l5S-pin average per player.
Standings Jenkins Atlantic,
IS wins. 81 losses; Coca Cola
1888 Leggett' 50-36; Hub AZ
40 Billy McKay's 40-46 David
sons 1911.
Ladies' Duck Pins
Results Newberry's 3. Tay-
Forbes 0; Baldwin S 2, Home
Furniture l. Leggetts ,, Doro-
thy May l.
Summaries - hig h single
m e, Mable Fulton, New
berry's, 112 pins; high three
game total. Mable Fulton, 3O4
pins for l0l-pin average: high
team total, Home Furniture,
1920 pins for 88-pin average.
Makeup match results
Baldwin S 2. Newberry's |, Leg
gets ?. Home Furniture /: Tay-
lor-Forbes 2, Dorothy May |
High game, Carrie Moore, Tay-
lorForbes 100 pins: high three
game total, Carrie Moore. 295
pins for 98-pin average; h G h
team, Leggett's, 1909 pins for
87-pin average.
Standings - Newberry's, 10
wins. II losses: Leggett's and
Baldwin's, tied for second, 1912
each; r-Forbes 1914;
Home Furniture 1918 and Doro-
THY May 7-23
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
A LITTLE TOUGH

Above ALL the doctor arg,l
ed you must eat more fruit
and particularly the skin of the
fruit. The skin contains all the
virtues and the vitamins. What
BY the way, is your favorite
The patient looked gloomy.
"Coconuts," he said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22

Field & Stream
Commission Sets
Tentative Dates
Hunting Season

Virginia general open hunting
season this fall and winter will
be the same as last years. if
the sta tie game commission
adopts a proposal made April 7
at its next meeting, scheduled
for Nav a. The proposed season
on rabbit. quail. grouse and
squirrel is November 81 Janu-
airy 81 east of the Blue Ridge
and Nobember 81 January Is
west of the Blue Ridge.
Turkey hunting regulations, as
proposed, would remain the same
November q January Is, one
a day. two a season, either sex,
where permitted. King George
County would be opened to tur-
key hunting. while Buckingham
County. at the request Of its
Board of Supervisors, would be
given a December 20 January
20 turkey season.
The Commission emphasized
that, although it has proposed to
leave the small game seasons as
they were last year, it may
shorten these seasons by emer-
gency action next fall after con-
sideration of game breeding sue
cess reports.
Deer Seasons
The Commission proposed that
the bear season this year begin
with the opering of the general
hunting season on November q
and continue through January S.
Deer seasons proposed by the
Commission for local counties
are the following:
November q January 5. two
deer a season. bucks only: Acco-
mack, Albemarle, Amelia, Am
herst least of U. S. 29o, Apo
mattox. Brunswick, Buckingham,
Charles City. Charlotte, Chester
field. c Il m b erl and d, Dinwid-
die, Greene, Greensville, Isle of
Wight Nov. 10 Jan. 81 James
City. Lunenburg. Madison. Neck
lenburg, Nansemond Nov. 10
Jan. 5 and Oct. : Nov. 3O), Mel
son least of Route 1917, New
Kent, N way. Powhatan.
Prince Edward. and Surry.
Trout Fishing
Fishermen of all ages, shapes,
and sizes. using all manner of
tackle. descended upon VMginia's
mountain streams last Saturday
to have a part in the opening
day of trout season. Awaiting the
arrival of the $4,000 persons who
make this annual pilgrimage to
the streams were the 1926, 300
one and tWo-year-old brook and
rainbow trout already stocked by
the state game commission in
some 100 streams and ponds in
SO western counties.
The Virginia trout season
opened at 1900 O'Clock noon
April l6 and runs through De-
cember 81 The daily creel limit
is eight. Trout fishermen must
have trout fishing licenses in ad-
dition to regular county or state
fishing licenses. and also need a
national forest stamp if fishing
on a national forest. Only arti-
fetal lines with single hook
may be used in Shenandoah
National Park. where a nine-inch
minimum size limit is in force.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
The contest will be played if
progress warrants, however.

Some 2,o98 packets of conser-
walton literature were mailed by
the Virginia game commission
education division to the 3O7
schools which entered the 18th
Annual Wildlife Essay Contest.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22

Amherst County. on January
|. became the 69th Virginia
county to take over the en-
forcement of its own dog laws.
Temporary slipsheets listing
three changes in Virginia fish
ing laws for 1860 will be mailed
out with 1859 fish law digests
by the game commission until
the General Assembly adjourns
and a 1860 digest Incorporating
all changes made by the as
sembly can be printed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22

The lake was completely drain
ed last fall, and the entire fish
population removed. Then fol-
lowed a restocking program de
signed to build back the lake at
the popular state park to good
fishing qualities.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-22
&de&ue Ne,u,
BY JOHN STICK

Perhaps sp0rtsrnen who, like sidelner have fshed
hungry Mother Lake in Smyth without
nbble will be interested knowing body Of
water has been unproductive for game fishermen
The Virginia Game Commission Just recently published
findings during its following
chrome complaints of taxpayng license buying
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
Three Reappointed
To County Board
OF Assessors

J. H. Gillian. S. G. DoWdy and
j. Woodfin Hughes have been ap-
pointed to a board of assessors
for the 1860 re-aSsessment of real
property in Prince Edward
county.
The appointments we're made
by Circuit Court Judge Joel w.
Flood The three member board
is the same as the one which
served for the last e-assessment
in 1854.
Earlier the board of super
visors had requested the court to
reappoint Gillian, Dowdy and
Hughes.
Prince Edward is due for a re-
assessment this year under Com
monWealth legal provisions which
require such review and equali-
cation every six years. For 1859,
the county's existing assessed
values in real estate amounted to
S6.214,410.
In the last assessment the
county used current conservative
market values in determining ap-
praisals. The assessment for tax
purposes was established at 20
per cent of appraised values.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
Fire Destroys
Metcalf Home

A fire believed to have started
from faulty wiring destroyed the
j. B. Metcalf home half mile
east of the Green Bay road near
Sandy River Church Monday
night.
The eight-room, frame house
was leveled by the blaze which
brought an alarm to the Farm
vile Fire Department at Ills
pm. The conflagration was too
far advanced to be checked after
the fire trucks arrived.
Firemen concentrated on con-
filming the blaze to the home and
wetting down the smouldering
timbers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Metcalf we're
away when the fire started.
Neighbors discovered it, and
managed to save several pieces
of furniture before being driven
back by the flames.
The owner, a carpenter, had
returned from construction work
in Washington 10 days ago to
help with harvesting the tobacco
crop raised on the property.
Metcaf said that the loss was
partially covered by insurance.
He told Fire Chief Phillip Gay
that he believed defective wiring
led to the fire.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
County Tax Income
Increases Coming

Prince Edward cOunty's
1860 tax income on its new
81 per hundred rate applied
against a new record high
of SIS. O99. 1866 in taxable prop
erty as S e S m ent IS will
be $494,349 also a record
high.
The tax income chart, ap-
pearing on this page, shows
that tax income will increase
by s306,626 over the $1S7.722
realized last year when the
schoolless tax rate was low.
cred to SLIGO per hundred.
Much of the gain has been
earmarked for county tuition
grants, which will provide
500 per child for all school
age children, s to 20, in the
county, both white and Negro.
Chief tax gains will come
from real estate, amounting
to $154,758, and on public
service corporations, which
which will pay $50, 495 more
than a year ago.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
Vast Public Service
Vast Public Service
College Reflects That Crammed
10th Year Was RecOrd-Setter

LongWood College. still in the
flush of its year-long 18th ami
versary celebration of 1889. may
well find that its 10th year now
ending was the brightest ever,
bringing with the accolade i.
helpful public servant.
An almost constant stream of
events bringing. by conservative
estimate. 10000 visitors. has oc-
CURED since DR.. You Chan Yang.
Korean ambassador, delivered
the 18th anniversary convocation
address last October.
On top of the regular and sum-
mer sessions. college officials
have turned facilities over to 700
delegates to the state convention
of the Student Cooperative AS
ISOLATION. to the 16-county re-
gional All contests: the three
day state training session Of
Knights Templar; a weeks state
meeting Of $50 high school princi-
pals.
Community Use
Jarman Hail. the college audi
forum, was provided for the
commandments of the Prince
Edward Academy Upper and
Lower Schools. the annual To-
bacco Princess contest. two dane
ing school recitals, among
others.
The Student Lounge was made
available to the annual session of
the Southside Medical Society. to
monthly sessions Of community
garden clubs. to the regional
meeting of the Future Business
Leaders Of America. Civic and
professional societies were vel
coined to the College Tea Room
and dining room facilities on
numerous occasions.
Educational history was estab-
lshed at the college during the
summer session when it was
chosen to offer two pioneering
mathematics institutes. One was
sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, the other
under Spong Commission direc-
tive to the State Department of
Education.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
State Tuition Forms
Not Yet Received

Application forms for state tu-
ition grants for private schooling
in Prince Edward or public
schooling outside the county have
not vet been received from the
State Department Of Education,
Superintendent T. ~. McIlWaine
said today.
When they are received, he
will publicly announce detailed
procedures to be used by par
erts or guardians in obtaining the
scholarship grants. The state
grant provides $50 for a high
school student and Sl25 for an
elementary pupil. Application for
the state grants is made through
the county school board.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
Couple Charged
With Murder
Waive Hearing

Mrs. HanDah F. Walker and
Dan Gravely, charged with the
July > murder of Page Walker
here, waived preliminary hear
ing Monday in Prince Edward
County Court.
Judge William p. Hay, Jr.,
sent the case on to the grand
jury after receiving the charged
couples signed waivers present
ed by their attorneys, R. E.
Garland for Mrs. Walker and
Roscoe Garden, Of Victoria, for
Gravely.
The County Grand Jury will
be convened next on September
when. the murder charges will
be presented.
Mrs. Walker. wife Of the de-
ceased who was found shot twice
in the head from close range,
and Gravely, her brother, re-
main in the county Jail here. Pc
lice found Walker dead after be-
ing summoned to his home the
night of July 5.
Mrs. Walker was arrested that
night, while Gravely was pick
ed up on murder charge the
next day in Chesterfield county
where he worked.
Both Of the charged persons
are Negroes Gravely uses an
assumed name, his rightful
name being John A. Penn. ac-
cording to Sheriff J m $ r.,
Clark.
Walker was proprietor Of
Master Cleaners here.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
Worsham P-TA
Meets Tuesday

The Worsham P-TA will meet
Tuesday, August 80 at Worsham
Baptist Church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26

Melville Jennings, director Of
the Virginia Historical Society,
delighted the APVA audience
with description of the work
Of his organization, and the part
played by Prince Edward pio-
neers in its formation.
Jonathan P Cushing. t h G n
president of Hampden-Sydney
College. and Nathaniel Venable
were two Of the founders in 1881.
Down through the years h e
county has contributed di-
rectors. John Bell Henneman,
DR.. Joseph Eggleston. and pres
emily. DR.. Joseph c. Robert, re-
firing H-SC president
The Society, which had Chief
Justice John Marshall as its
first president, now has 500, 900
historical volumes, l25 900 PAM
phlets. $4,000 newspapers, in
Guiding the only surviving copy
of Virginia first newspaper,
The williamsburg Gazette. Jen-
ningS recounted.
Without tax funds or support
from public monies of any kind,
the Society has grown to one Of
the great American historical
Institutions through the interest,
pride. love and generosity Of
Virginians. The Society serves
without charge to scholars and
researchers, making all its col
lections available to them dur
ing visits to the Society quar-
ters," the director said.
There authentic background
material on Virginia may be
studied. The original diary of
William Byrd. Of Westover; the
Continued on page Z
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
September l Last
Day TO File For
County Grants

September l is the last day
day TO file for Prince Edward
County scholarships, a mini
mum Of $4,000 each. Mrs.
Dixie r. Cheatham, agent Of
the Board of Supervisors is
in the office next to Prince
Edward Courtroom, from
$3.50 am. to Noon; 1900 to
$500 pm. each day from Mon
day to Friday. Assistance, if
needed, is available with
notary sevice at nO-charge.
September l is designated as
the final date for filing ac-
cOrding to the Prince Edward
County ordinance.
Foundation School Admins
TRAITOR Roy r. Pearson urges
all parents to complete the
application for admission i'm
mediately. P-TA presidents,
headmasters, or head mis-
tresses of each, school, or the
Foundation office i'm Farmville
will assist.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26
George Elliott
Gets Cumberland
Education Post

George P. Elliott, SO. h a S
been named supervisor of eie-
mentary education in Cumbsr-
land county. He succeeds Harold
K. Magnusson, who resigned to
become a member of the Long
wood College faculty.
Elliott assumed the duties of
his office August Is. A native
of Burkeville. he was graduated
from Burkeville High School. He
spent three years in the air
force as a psychiatric social
worker.
Following his tour of duty with
the air force, Elliott returned
to Burkeville where he remain
ed while earning his B. A. de-
gree from LongWood College.
In August he obtained M. A.
degree in education at Long
wood.
A veteran Of five years Of
teaching, he taught in Fairfax
county one year and in Hamp-
ton for four years. In Hampton
he taught the sixth grade for
one year and the seventh grade
for three years.
While in Hampton, Elliott was
active in the education associa-
ton. He served as chairman Of
the social studies section for
District B. and was on the
executive board of the Hampton
unit.
T. j. McIlwaine, superintend-
ent of schools, said today
Elllott's responsibility would be
that Of general supervisor Of
elementary schools with full
charge Of the testing program
The superintendent said he
was pleased to have such an
ably-qualified man join the staff
Continued on page Z
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-08-26

heal estate, assessed at So $751;
760. will produce $25l ,46O, or
nearly 30 per cent. of the antici-
pated revenue from the recently
completed assessments.
New Corporation
The addition of The AppOmat-
tox Telephone Company and the
absorption Of The Virginian Rail-
way by the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company leave the
county with Is such corporations
same as a year ago.
T h e Appomattox Telephone
Company became corporate
county taxpayer this year when
it constructed lines in the Pamp-
lin-Darlington Heights area.
The Norfolk and Western Rail
way Company, with three lines
running through the county, is
the greatest tax contributor of
the Is corporations. The N & w
this year will pay $62,O1O against
its assessment.
The N & w has its Main Line.
the Burkeville-Pamplin Line and
its new Virginian District Line
within the county. The latter is
that portion absorbed in the mer-
ger last year.
Tax Payments
Following the Norfolk & West
ern, the next three heaviest pub
lie service corporate taxpayers
are, Virginia Electric and Power
phone and Telegraph Company,
Company 500 1882; Virginia Tele-
Sll. 474, and Southside Electric
Cooperative, $500.
The electric cooperatives, of
which there are two, pay the
same tax burden as the other IL
corporations.
The remaining corpora tons in
the county are American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company,
Central Virginia Electric Coop
erative, The Chesapeake and Pc
tomac Telephone Company of
Virginia. Southern ailway,
Southern Telephone Company,
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany and Railway Express Ag-
ency.
Assessment Method
The State Corporation Commits
sion assesses public service cor
poratlons for tax purpos IS.
whereas this task for other bust
nesses and individuals in the
county is done by the county
through the Commissioner of
Revenue office.
The sec uses an assessment
ratio Of 40 per cent Of depreci-
ated book value. This is made
against actual worth appraisals
Of real and tangible personal
property of the corporations for
tax purposes.
This system, although produc-
ing variations from time to time,
results over a period of years in
the public service corporations
paying taxes Of approximately
equal assessment to that Of all
other taxpayers.