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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
Dance, Food Sale

With the incentive provided
by assurance of a fire truck,
Prospect citizens have embark
cd on Embarrassing program to
provide a fire house.
The next benefit event takes
place tonight Friday. a dance
and food sale at the Farnvllle
Moose Lodge Activities are
scheduled to begin at 9 pm.
Phillip F. Gay. Farmvllle fire
chief, will be auctioneer during
the food sale. Interested sup
porters of the newly-organized
Prospect fire company have pro-
vlded the items for the sale.
The Woodmanaires will pro
vide music for round and square
dancing during the evening"
A lot for the proposed fire
house at Prospect has been do
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18

PRESIDENT ELECT KEN
NEEDY flew to the Texas ranch
Of his running mate, Vice Presi-
dent-Elect Lyndon J 0 h n 0 n,
Wednesday, It was the first time
the two had met since the cleo
ton. They we're expected to dis
cuss the problems involved in
the change of administrations
next January and to make a
start on the legislative program
which Kennedy will present to
Congress. Earlier this week Ken
needy met with Vice President
Nixon and Gov. Abraham Ribi-
coff of Connecticut in Florida.
Ribicoff was an early hacker of
Kennedy's. and it is rumored he
will get the post of Attorney Cen
eral or a seat on the Supreme
Court if a vacancy occurs. He
is said to be sympathetic to the
South.
RUSSIA made it clear Tues
day night that she will not bar
gain seriously with the Eisen-
hover administration at the UN,
but wants only to do business
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18

with Kennedy. U. S. Ambassa-
dor James J. Wadsworth called
the Soviet attitude an unjustified
interference in the internal af-
fairs" Of the U. S. He and So
Wet d equity foreign minister
Valerian Zorin FLASHED in the
Political Committee after Zorin
threw his weight behind COM
promise Indian resolution on dis
armament. Wadsworth chal-
lenged zorin to accept several
amendments to make the reso-
luton more explicit. Zorin re-
fused, adding that in view of
WadsWorth's position the only
solution was to have a UN meet
ing at the summit level next
spring.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
Wing Constructed For School
W0rshnm Has Excellent Facilities

not Just happen" They came
as result of the Worsham com
munity working together to pro-
vide a place for their children
to 60 to school.
In the summer Of 1859, when
it became apparent that public
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
Club Bake Sale

The Happy Home Club will
sponsor bake sale Saturday
at Newberry's.
Project chairman, Mrs. Billy
Druen, announced today the sale
would begin at 8 am.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18

turned over to the lower school.
The lower school is now To-
Gated in the Worsham Baptist
Church building. Last year the
upper school was there and the
lower school was in the College
Church at Hampden-Sydney.
These excellent facilities did
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
School Board Studies Grants.
Equipment Removal Status
Training School
Cleared: 1910
Grants PrOcessed


board heard reports of two major
accomplishments in the past
month during its meeting Mon
day evening.
Superintendent T. j. McIlWaine
reported that his office had pro-
cessed $40 applications for state
tuition grants and that he has
only one more to process,
Board members were told all
applications were made by par
ents Of white children attending
schools of the Prince Edward
School Foundation with the ex-
ception of -four for Negro chill
dren. OF the total. % are for
children living in Cumberland
county.
McIlWaine noted that the APP
plications for Cumberland chill
dren were for the maximum al
lowable amount based on per
capita school costs - S240. For
Prince Edward, the state grants
are $125 for elementary school
students and $3.50 for high school
students. County grants of 500
per pupil make up the major por-
ton of tuition charged by the pri-
vate schools.
Very few applications for the
state grants had to be turned
down. McIlwaine said, There
were one or two white applicants
to go elsewhere that were denied
because the schools were sec
tartan"
Equipmnt Removed
Removal of all equipment from
Farmville Elementary School
quarters, the training school
property Of Longwood College,
was announced. Cafeteria equip
nent in the basement was not
removed since it belongs to
groups such as the P-TA, and
not the county. Library materials
also were not relocated.
The equipment was stored in
Mary E. Branch Elementary
School. sufficient space being
available in that building.
Earlier this fall, the college re-
quested that the first floor of the
building be cleared. 1t plans to
use the building to house a tenn
porary library while the main Ii
brary undergoes extensive reno
vations that will require evacu-
alton of the building.
Board members decided that J
While in the process of moving
equipment from one floor of the
building, it would be relatively
simple to go all the way and
store it in a county-oWned build
ing.
BIS Sales
McIlWaine. in a report on bus
sales, said two buses had been
sold to Cumberland county-both
valued at less than $500. He
noted that one had been deliv-
cred. and the second would be
some time this week. 1t was sug-
gested that McIlWaine inform
other school divisions that the
board has buses to sell, some of
them being more modern than
those already sold and thus
valued at more than $500.
A request for homebourd in
struction for a child in Buffalo
district was referred to the
Prince Edward School Founda-
ton after it was pointed out the
board has no funds to employ
teacher.
insurance OIL INC unused Scn0Ol
property throughout the county
expired in November and a
period Of grace runs out Deem
Der |. The superintendent told
the board. discussions between
attorneys for the board and sup
ervisors on a request for funds
to pay the fire insurance are still
being held. About $4,000 is needed
TO pay the premiums.
Two actions were taken by the
board. The first authorized the
superintendent to proceed with
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
Chamber Asks
War Centennial
Observance Here
Business Men
Hear Plans For
Tobacco Jubilee

The Farmville Chamber of
Commerce this week approved
plans of its Tobacco Market COM
mittee for support Of the forth
coming auctions here. and set in
motion studies on a Civil War
Centennial observance and a
Farmville slogan.
The Monday dinner session
heard Chairman E. F. Striplin, of
the Tobacco Market committee,
describe the enthusiasm with
which twon merchants have con-
tributed $500 in cash and mer-
chandise to give substance to the
proposed tenth annual Tobacco
Jubilee.
Striplin said his committee
plans to repeat the Markets
opening day cash prizes of form
er Jubilees, and then follow the
market closing with a days sa-
lutte and prize giveaway to grow
erS who marketed dark-fired to-
bacco here.
Members authorized an ap-
preparation from the treasury to
be used by Striplin's committee
in getting information to growers
about such advantages of the
Farmville market as the free
parking authorized by the town
council, tobacco prices. shopping
facilities and the end of the sea-
son Jubilee.
Centennial Plans
The Travel and Publicity COM
mittee received the assignment
to devise suitable ways to par
ticipate in the 1876 Civil War
Centennial. The assignment fol-
lowed lengthy Chamber discus
sion indicating the community's
firm belief that participation
would be desirable and beneficial
to Farmville.
The committee was requested
to bring back to the general
membership within sixty days
proposals for Chamber partici-
patton in the state and national
centennial of the war.
E. M. Pairet's Industrial De-
velopment committee was given
the assignment. with the backing
of Chamber funds, to devise a
plan, possibly a prize contest, to
get a slogan for Farmville.
The action came after a dis
cuSsiOn in which members evil
denced a belief that hometown
selling program by businessmen
and employees would be bene-
fetal. A kit of facts on Farm
vile ard its historic Shrines, to
be placed in the hands of all per-
sons coming in contact with the
travelling public. was proposed.
The slogan would be used along
with the kit. and tlso with Cham
Der and municipal advertising
and promotion campaigns.
Pairet reported that his COM
mittee is continuing its contacts
with prospective industrial con-
Germs. He said I'VE have a cur
rent contact underway. and we
remain hopeful of obtaining in
duStry for Farmville.
Allen Fore reviewed plans of
the Retail Trade committee for
the Chamber-sponsored holiday
shopping plan. It provides:
Friday night store openings on
November Is. Dec. 2 and Dec. 9.
Then on Wednesday. Dec. IA. a
merchants auction" will be held
signalling formal start of the
shopping season. From that date
on. stores will be open every
night until Christmas.
The afternoon auction will offer
prizes donated by merchants.
and the public may use as money
all sales slips or cash receipts
for merchandise purchased in
Farmville from November Is to
the day Of the auction.
The plan is part of the Cham
ber's DO Your Christmas Shop
ping at Home project
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-18
NationaINelps Summary
By H. V. LANCASTER, JR.

: FIRE HOSES USED ON NEW ORLEANS CROWDS
. IKE CUTS COSTS RUSSIA WAITS FOR KENNEDY
Evening star., 1960-05-19
THIS IS PEOPLES
Policy On Advertised
Comparative Prices

II Peoples hos sold the item before, the CON-
porotiVe price used is thot at which the item
hos been Sold
II Peoples hos not sold the item before but
il hos been sold in the trodine oreo by others,
the comparative price shown is the usual
retoil price in the trodine oreo.
II the item hos not been sold by Peoples or
others in the trodine oreo and comparative
price is used, Peoples intends to clearly label
the comparative price to indicate precisely
from whot source the comparative price is
obtoined
} Know You Con Rely On Peoples Comparative Prices
Evening star., 1960-07-27
u. S. Steel
Profits Show
Sharp Drop

NEW YORK, July 81 (AP),
Earnings Of United States
Steel Corp. fell sharply in the
second quarter this year COM
pared with record income a
year ago. the company re-
ported yesterday.
Net income for the three
months ended June 80 totaled
$80.893.489 equal to $l.38 a
share, compared with a record
$148,363,193 or 1854 a share
last year.
Directors declared a dividend
Of rs cents a common share,
payable September 10 to stock
holders Of record August S.
This is what the company has
been paying quarterly.
Net income for the six
months ended June 80 totaled
$193,472,24l or $3.35 a share
compared with a record $254,-
948,496 or $3.50 a share last
year,
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DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, July 81 CAP .-Divi-
dendS announced:
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Stock Prices Higher, :,
Recovery Continues

Steels. motors, retails and
electronics were higher. Lead
ing chemicals produced some
good gains. Tobaccos eased.
Drugs were mixed.
Most of the advances were
fractional and a. wide assort-
ment of stocks showed little or
no change.
American Stock Exchange
prices were mostly higher in
very slow trading.
Corporate bonds were slight
ly higher. Government bonds
improved.
Evening star., 1960-07-27
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. July - (APl .-Soybeans
posted broad gains again today in a
steady TO firm grain futures market.
General buying which dealers said
apparently included an extension Of
long positions boosted soybeans a
cent or more buSnel with offerings
scarce The strength described as
still related to the possibility that
supplies in commercial positions may
become little tight before harvest Of
the new crop.
Wheat and rye were up major frac-
tions in spots as hedse selling slack
ened and commercial buyinE improved
Corn and oats wee firm.
Wheat was ss-ss cent bushel
higher at noon, September 1S4is
corn UNCHANGED 10 ,. higher. Septem-
Der l6Ss: oats - - higher Septem-
Der 617s; rye - HIGHER. sovbeans
liza higher. September 2.l6l4
Evening star., 1960-07-27

Net Steady

: NEW YORK, July 81 (AP)
s-Standard Oil Co. New Jer-
,sey) reported today its first
half profits this year matched
the year. earlier level.
| The big oil concern estimated
ltS net income for the six
months ended June 80 came to
$3l5 million or $l.45 a share.
Earnings in the corresponding
1859 period also totaled $3l5
million but per-share net was
$1.47 because fewer shares we're
outstanding.
Z Total revenues edged up to
$4,3l7, 100000 from $4255, ,000,- :
BOO.
Evening star., 1960-07-27
NEW YORK. Iulv

NEW YORK, July 81 (AP)
THE stock market continued
Its recovery early this after
noon. Trading was very quiet.
The list was carrying through
a technical recovery from just
above its 1860 lows-a level
which provided support twice
before.
Brokers felt the news back
ground was a bit brighter.
United States Steel reported a
recovery in orders. Auto sales
cpntinued their uptrend.
Evening star., 1960-07-27

x-Ex dividend b-PMs stock divi.
dtnd PLUS extra or extras. a-De-
flared or paid SO far this year.
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COTTON

NEW YORK, July - (AP) Cotton
futures were irregular today Trading
was mixed. Nearby December drew
support through trade buying. A lead
buyer Of that delivery Svnall hedge
selling was in evidence. Commission
house buying supported the distant
months, The crop weather news was
favorable
Late afternoon prices were 10 cents
a bale lower to 25 cents higher than
the previous close. October Bib,
December 31.24. March 81 81 bid.
Evening star., 1960-07-27
METALS

NEW YORK, July 81 (AP).-spot
nonferrous metal prices today: Copper
80 cents a pound. Connecticut Valley.
Lead = cents pound, New York
Zinc ] cents pound, East st. Louis
Tin 81 ,O494 a pound, New York. For
eign silver al cents per troy ounce,
New York. Pittsburgh scrap steel No. /
30.O0-31 90
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
Furnished by the Assoeiated Press

s:SSEs sSd sa5ss iSSs Net
Dividends (estO High Low 2:20 chg
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! NEW YORK BOND MARKET
Furnished ACTIVE ISSUES
Bend, rate, term

- S@
Am & F p 4.80s 81
Am Mach l. F CIV IS 773
Am Tel & Tel IS q l
Am Tel & Tel ass IS l
Am Tel & Tel 3I4s "a
Armco Steel 4.35s "a ]
Armour IS 81
AvcO Mfg Co CIV SIS 70 !
Balt&Ohio 4l2s 20l0 A
Beth Steel cv 3l4s 80 /
BOeing Airc cv 4Ias 80
Burroughs cv 4Ias 81 /
Cater Tractor 4ly2s n /
Ger dePaS cv 5l2s 70 !
Chi & f III inc CIV 5s97
CHI Ind Lou 4l7s zoos
c NJ S P & P SIS 2O55
CIT Finance 4I4s II ]
Colo Fu&Ir cv Alas n /
ColumbiaGas 3ats n
Comw Ed 2a4s ~
Consol Edison 5IGs SO /
Consol Edison SIS 81 !
COnsOl Edison cv Is 70 ]
Cons Electro CIV 4lasS4 ]
Consel Nat Gas SIS 50 !
COnsum Pwr 4s4s 81 ]
DouElas Airc cv Is "a
Dow Chem CIV IS 80 ]
Erie r r cv 4los 2Ol5
Food Fair CIV Is 79
Gen Am Oil cv 474s 81
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ODD-LOT TRADING

NEW YORK. July 81 (AP).-The
New York Stock Exchange reported to-
day these odd lot transactions by
ChsseS Of 303.24T shares; sales OF
p61. 1.433 shares including 2965 shares
sold short.
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Record Spending

NEW YORK, July 81 (AP).-
A record $2,233,O0O,00 is being
spent this year by gas utility
and pipeline companies for new
plant and facilities, the Ameri-
can Gas Association reported.
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D. c. SECURITIES

sales-Pot Elec Pwr-2OO at 80, 100
q so e. dGo as aSN st 80. 42S sS :. s aSs: sS3:
200 at 299l, 40 at 29ss, 100 at
295s, so at 80, 80 at sea, so at
29la, 80 at 29A,
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Hourly Sales On the EXCHANGE

1l:o0 am. 4eo 600 Noon o.soo 600
100 pm. l $50 900 400 pm 500 600
Rates Of dividends are annual paw.
ments based on the last quarterly or
seni-annual declaration. Unless other.
wise noted. special or extra dividends
are. not included
Meaning Of symbols in New York and
| American Stock Exchanges
Unit Of trading 10 shares or sales in
full; a-Aso extra or extras. b-An.
nual rate plus stock dividend. DE
clared or paid in 1859 plus stock dividend.
e-Declared or paid so far this year.
Payable in stock during 1859, esti.
mated cash value on ex-dividend or eX-
distribution TaN1tsTa date: sa7.Paid last year;
or split up. k-Declared or paid this
year, an accumulative issue with divi.
dends In arrears. p-Paid this year
dividend omitted, deferred or no action
taken. at last dividend meeting. DE.
clared or paid in 1860 plus stock divi-
dend. t-Pay20le in stock during 1860,
estimated cash value. on eX-dividend
or redistribution date. Y-Liquidating
dividend. eld-Called. x-Ex dividend.
x-dis=-Ex distribution. xr-Ex rights.
rants, wd-When distributed. Wi-When
issued. nd-Next day delivery. GIN
bankruptcy or receivership or being re-
organized under the Bankruptcy Act, OF
securities assumed by such companies.
Evening star., 1960-09-17
Against Church

The idea for the meeting
Mr.. Gill said, started with DR..
j. Elwin Wright of Rumney
N. H., who contacted the Rev.
Harold J. Ockenga of Boston,
and others. Ht
Mr.. Gill said the group was
not against Senator Kennedy
personally but against "the Of
fetal position" of a "monolithic
church" which is opposed to
separation of church and state" "
Mr.. Gill said the issue is in
volved in every political post
held by a Roman Catholic. He
added that contributions to Cit
izens for Religious Freedom,
totaling $4,000 thus far, have
come from concerned people
all over the country"
In Los Angeles yesterday, DR..
Wright, a 70-year-old Con-
Evening star., 1960-09-17
Burdick Rops
Republicans
Farm Policies

GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa
Sept. II (AP).-Senator Bur-
dick, Democrat of North Dako-
ia, says the Republican ad-
ministration's farm policies
have failed because the De-
partment of Agriculture failed
to take the farmers of the
country into its confidence"
Mr.. Burdick charged that
the Department Of Agriculture
under President Eisenhower
and Secretary Benson, "has
been professor minded from
the beginning"
"T he Nixon Eisenhower =
Benson farm record has set a
modern record for the lowest
net farm income in history, il
one allows for the shrinkage OF
the purchasing power of the
dollar" he said.
Senator Burdick, by invita-
ton, spoke yesterday at the
Iowa plowing matches, along
with Vice President Nixon, the
Republican presidential candi-
date.
The North Dakotan reiter-
ated the Democratic claim that
Mr.. Nixon has been one of the
chief architects of Eisenhower
farm policy and one of the
chief defenders of Mr.. Ben.
son.
He called their farm record
the most costly in history, ano
said it has produced the big
gest accumulation of surpluses
and the highest retail cost OF
food in history.
Evening star., 1960-09-17
Church Paper
DepIores Row
Over Religion

The official newspaper of the
Catholic Archdiocese of Wash
ingtons says there is mo justi-
fication for fear over the pos
sible election of a Catholic fol
President"
In an editorial yesterday, the
Catholic Standard commented
on the issue raised by the pres
idential candidacy of Senator
Kennedy. a Catholic, by saying
THE coming election is fol
a President, not a dictator who
will rule according to his whim
If his performance in Office il
not approved he is subject
to impeachment and certainly
he will not be reelected"
The paper went on to say
that the candidate best quail.
if1ed should be elected, anc
added that the profession Of
the Catholic faith is not g
disqualification for the pres
idency."
A similar position was taker
earlier by the official papers Of
the Archdiocese of Baltimore
and Richmond.
The Standard pointed out
that it was a Catholic priest
the Rev. William Matthews
who to a large degree was re.
sponsible for the organization
of both public and parochia
school systems in the District
in the early part of the 19tt
century.
Father Matthews, the paper
said, found no conflict between
the systems"
Evening star., 1960-09-17
GoIdwuter Rups
Kennedy Tactics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. II
(AP) Senator Goldwater, Re-
publican of Arizona, says the
Democrats are trying to get
the Catholics worked up to vote
as a bloc" and suggests that
they "just shut up about it,"
In a two-stop swing through
Alabama yesterday, he said he
believes the Democrats are hit
ting at the religion issue in an
attempt to make the Catholics
so mad that they'll desert the
G. o. p"
Il have yet to hear of a Re-
publican bringing up the ques-
ton of Kennedy's religion"
Senator GoldWater said. But
Kennedy and his brother Bobby
always do. -F
I'm beginning to believe
Senator Kennedy is doing it on
purpose in order to encourage
a bloc Catholic VOTE" he said.
Evening star., 1960-09-17
Judge Hats
Rail Strike
On 17Lines

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. Il
(AP.-Federal Judge John o
Henderson yesterday issued 6
temporary restraining order
against a projected strike by
the Switchmen's Union of NORTH
America.
The strike, scheduled to be-
gin at 6 am. Monday, would
tie up major rail traffic ir
Western and Southern sections
of the country. About II rail-
roads would be affected in all
Judge Henderson granted the
temporary restraining order or
motion by an attorney fol
the railroads here. Buffalo is
the headquarters for the
Switchmen's Union.
The complaint filed here
charged that the union had moi
exhausted all provisions pro-
vided in the Railway Labor
Act.
Judge Henderson directed the
union to show cause here or
September 26 why a prelimi-
nary injunction should not be
issued.
Negotiations between the
railroads switchmen and the
western conference committee
representing the railroads broke
up Thursday in Chicago-ir
what Federal Mediator Robert
c. Boyd called "a frozen at
mosphere."
In Chicago, Neil P. Speirs
president of the switchmen
said kilograms were being dis
patched to union officers or
the affected lines, urging that
"the court order be fully COM
piled with"
Evening star., 1960-09-17

Bennett also came from DR..
Carl McIntire, president of the
International Council of Chris
tian Churches.
Christian people in this Ma
tion have a perfect right to
consider any question relative
to a candidate which they deem
pertinent to the welfare of the
Nation" DR.. McIntire said in
a statement. This includes
his religious affiliations"
Drs. Niebuhr and Bennett,
DR.. McIntire said, are leaders
in a movement within Protes-
tantism which is seeking an
accommodation with the Ro-
man Catholic Church and ul-
innate reunion"
Inere was no lmmedlate
comment from Drs. Niebuhr
and Bennett.
The International Council of
Churches is a small fundamen-
talist group and has no connec-
ton with the National Coun-
Gil of Churches, to which most
Protestant churches in this
country belong.
The New York Herald Trib-
une said today the Rev. DON
aid H. Gill, executive director
of the Citizens for Religious
Freedom, said that he took
the primary role IN drafting
the statement" which the group
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Gill said names of some
of the ministers attending the
Washington meeting were be-
ing withheld because some oi
the people involved might be
subject to real pressure" He
did not elaborate.
Evening star., 1960-09-17
Nixon Won't See
Soviet Premier

GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa,
Sept. II (AP).-Vice President
Nixon says he would not con-
slider visiting Soviet Premier
Khrushchev during the latter's
New York stay under any
circumstances"
Mr.. Nixon, was asked about a
report that Mr.. Khrushchev
may try to see him and Senator
Kennedy, Democratic rival for
the presidency, on his visit to
the United States.
Il have had no feelers," Mr..
Nixon said when questioned as
to whether Mr.. Khrushchev
had sought to set up a talk.
Whether Senator Kennedy
would or not, I think it would
be very bad for the two candi-
dates to call on Mr.. Khru-
shchev while he is in the United
States. I would not consider it
under any circumstances"