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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Drought Broken
Six New Road
Projects OK'd
For County

The tWO-year new roa d
drought in Prince E d W a I d
county is over. The State High
way Department has authorized
six projects for completion this
summer.
Resident Engineer John L.
Parker informed supervisors
Tuesday that the county high
way budget for the new fiscal
year includes the projects. The
roads will be constructed and
added to the county's Secondary
System for maintenance there
after.
Heavy repair bills induced by
severe winter weather had snuff
ed out this phase of county
highway work for the past two
summers.
All told the six projects add
up to only about three miles of
construction, with the largest
single project seven-tenths of a
mile. However. county residents
have waited long for them, and
the construction will work long
needed improvements in six
separate locations.
The projects will be:
Farmville District is mile
at NoeltoWn just north of Route
60 leading off Route 638; Pros
pect District n mile at Hen
drickstown, leading off to Route
$50; Hanpden District .35
mile leading off Route $40 near
Throck. and 6 mile leading off
Route $50 near Meherrin.
Also, Lockett District ~ IS
mile leading off Route 307 near
Rice, and Buffalo District Z
mile leading off Route ego a
half-mile southeast of Route 400
Parker said the projects prob
ably would be started this
month.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Over Half Million DoIIor Increase
Bank Savings Accounts Increase;
Checking Funds Down Slightly

Time deposits savings ac-
COUNTS have increased at all
three of the local banks, accord
ing to bank statements recently
published. The quarterly state
ments were called by the Con-
troller of the Currency and the
State Corporation Commission S
bureau of banking. The state
ments reflect the condition of
the banks at close Of business
June Is. Last year the state
ments were called June 10.
The gain in time deposits over
last year amounts of $728,S44, a
very sizeable increase. On the
other side of the ledger demand
deposits checking accounts de-
creased slightly from last year
They show a decrease of 1914 .24l
over June 1853.
Thus the net gain in deposits
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

The fourth annual Institute of
Southern Culture at LongWood
College placed its emphasis on
art and music, with a series of
three lectures. Wednesday.
IE an afternoon lecture. DR..
John w. Molnar. professor of
music at LongWood College. de-
clared that his researches prove
t h ere was a considerable
amount of art. or cultivated
music. in the lives of the colonial
Virginians. from the very begin
ming of the colony until the
Revolution.
Speaking on the subject of Art
Music in Colonial Virginia. DR..
Molnar found that Men who
were to be foremost in the Revo-
luton. as well as many from the
solid professional and mercantile
class. figure prominently in the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

participation of music. playing
the compositions Of the best mu-
slcians of the period"
Extensive records of music
and instruments, music books,
and musical activity. DR.. Molnar
said, amply prove that music
was not merely a pleasant pas
time but vital part of the lives
of the colonists. Music teachers,
professional musicians. and the
atrical companies spread the in
terest in music to the very from
tier. and concerts and ballad
operas were presented to large
audiences. Musical Virginians
participated in playing in orcheS-
tras for the concerts, and in the
accompanying of the operas. "
DR.. Molnar also believes there
were attempts made at compo-
sition of original music.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

j. G. Blount, Jr.. director Of
administration and financ
State Board Of Education, has
written the county that tn e
State Comptroller has been mott
fled to make the deduction.
Under Virginia law, such de-
auctions are authorized when a
county does not provide local
funds to match state tuition
grant funds. Prince Edward
made no appropriation for such
local shares last year. although
the board of supervisors has
authorized them in the amount
Of 500 per child for the 1960-61
school session.
Used AT Hampton
According to the State Board,
the grant of $59.82 was made
to a Negro family here, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Thornton, for the
education Of a son, Marcellus
Thornton. who transferred to a
public school at Hampton.
Blunt said the student was not
in class the full year and this
reduced the size of the grant.
The Thornton grant was one OF
nine for last year going direct
to the State Board Of Education,
nearly all Of the 1929 such
grants approved in Virginia hav-
ing been initiated through To-
calities.
The better than 1000 grants
used by Virginia parents for the
t95960 school year entailed ex-
penditures of $776,984, of which
S446 ITS was paid by the local.
ties, and S33O.7O8 by the state.
The General Assembly has
authorized 81 400. 900 each year
for tuition grants for the 1860
81 biennium. For the 1960-61
session, parents may obtain a
state grant Of $3.50 for ca h
child in secondary school and
$l25 for each elementary school
child.
The grants may be used in
| private schools in Prince Ed
ward county or public schools in
Virginia outside Of the county.
For parents sending children to
private county schools here next
session. the county will provide
an additional 500 grant for each
child.
Parents sending children to
public schools outside of t h E
county next session also will be
eligible for the full tuition grant.
The State, in that case, would
pay the whole amount then de-
duct the county's share fro m
state funds accruing to t h e
county, such as ABC funds, as
done in the one case for the
past session.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

The Fleischmann Foundation
was established in 1852, pur-
suant to the will of the late Ma
Jor Max c. Fleischmann with
headquarters in Reno, New. 1t
Is authorized to make grants for
charitable. educational and
eleemosynary purposes.
In commenting on the grant
DR.. Robert Said, ITO preserve
American democracy we must
see to it that economic status
is not the yardstick for admis-
sion to college In these days
of high costs, we need scholar
ship aid which will permit us
to serve the bright and am
bilious boy who is unable to pay
the usual fees. Thus we are ex-
tremely happy to have this
handsome grant from the Max
c. Fleischmann Foundation of
Nevada. In the name of the
Young men who will benefit by
the appropriation. / give heart
felt thanks to the officials of
this far-slghted foundation.
In regard to the grant from
the National Science Founda-
ton. Dr. Charles B. Vail aca-
demic dean Of the College, said.
Grants such as these make
possible a vigorous program of
undergraduate research with an
assured benefit to physics in
struction and to the quality of
our graduates. In this way the
grant will help Hampden-Sydney
to maintain its high standing
among the colleges as reported
in the American Journal of
PHYSICS"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
ChargedIn
Murder OfPage
Walker Tuesday
Wife And Her
Brother Being
Held In Jail

Page Walker. a colored man
about As years of age. was muir
dered at his home near Farm
Vile Tuesday night. Walker, who
was proprietor of Master Clean
ers, was shot twice in the head
with pistol at close range
Being held in the Farmville
Jail. under charges of murder.
are Walkers wife, Mrs. Hannah
P. Walker. "A. and her half
brother. Dan Gravely, AZ, of
Richmond.
No date has been set for the
hearing.
Mrs. walker w"S arrested
Tuesday night, and Gravely was
arrested "Wednesday by police in
Chesterfield County. where he
wor Ike d. Farmville authorities
went to Chesterfield Wednesday
night to bring the suspect back
to the Farmville jail.
The Walker home is located
just west of the Norfolk and
Western underpass on Route 460
and Is west of Farmville.
Sheriff James T. Clark had no
comment on the evidence he has
gathered. saying it will all be
presented at the hearing. Deputy
Sheriff j. w. Overton was re-
called from a vacation trip to
North Carolina early Wednesday
to assist with the investigation.
Funeral services for Walker
will be held Sunday afternoon at
the First Baptist Church of
Farmville. with interment in the
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Free Movies BY
Forest Service

The Virginia Division Of
Forestry will show FREE"
moves in color at the following
locations starting at pm.
In Appomattox County: July
II, Taylor's Store, Hixburg; July
u Franklin's Store, Vera, and
July Is Cheatham's Store. near
Promise Land Church.
In Buckingham County: July
ID, c. B. Branch'S store on Rt.
56 near Wingina; July IS, j. z.
Silver's Store on Rt. 900 near
Willis Mountain. and July Is.
Hunter Cables Store on Rt.
$40 near New Canton.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

Of committees throughout the
county. -
The funds Will be used to con
struct a campus type Academy
plant to house $50 upper school
students at an estimated cost of
5000, and the remainder or
Sl25.0 to be used to provide
permanent facilities for the ele-
mentary schools in the county,
either by constructing modern
buildings or obtaining existing
facilities.
Contributions may be extend
ed over a two-year period. and
all contributions are exempt
when estimating income taxes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

Rav. IS organizing an appeal to
its past graduates. who are not
living in the community Many
former pupils have fo.un
careers in other parts of the
country and will receive a per-
sonal letter appeal for Prince
Edwards private school system.
Interest in the community school
continues wherever they may be
and it is expected that support
will come from the schools
alumni.
$500, 200 Goal
The two-WeekS old capital fund
drive for $500, 900 is just getting
into high gear with organization
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Goodman Renamed
To School Board

Charlie Goodman. Of Cumber-
land c. H., was reappointed to
four year term on the Cumbcr-
land County School Board at a
meeting of the trustee electoral
board June 90. Wistar Anderson
is chairman of the electoral
board.
Goodman begins his second
term on the school board as a
representative Of Madison Dis
trict. He is a retired m all
carrier. having carried mail So
years and 10 months.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Rt. $50 Surfacing
Project S36,145

A contract for SO miles Of BIZ
luminous surfacing on Route 300
between Burkeville and Jeters-
vile has been arded to
Adams Construction Company
Roanoke. for S36,l45.
The contract was one of many
totaling Sl,631,874 awarded this
week by the State Highway De-
partment to put smooth sur
faces ON sections totaling 800
miles Of paved roads.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Second Report Meeting Friday
School Fund Driue Edges To $7I,263

Additional reports have boost
ed the Prince Edward School
Foundation capaign to ST., 1868
since the first report on last
Friday. The second report from
solicitors will be made Friday
July 8. at campaign headquar-
tiers at 128 North street. T h e
fund grow Isl daily as reports
trickle in from workers through
out the county, Mrs. T. l.. Lam
caster, office manager, stated.
All solicitors are urged to send
reports to their captains Friday.
Appeal to Alumni
Liberty School P.TA, Green
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Chamber To Hear
Safety Specialist

Hiram M. Smith. Jr.. director
of the Governor S Highway Safe
ty Committee. will be the guest
spea ker at the Farmville
Chamber of Commerce dinner
meeting Monday. July II, at
6:45 pm.
The meeting program will be
devoted to safety.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
No School Board
Appointed Yet

No announcement has been
made on the appointment Of new
members of the Prince Edward
School Board. P. T. Atkinson,
chairman Of the school trustee
electoral board. said the an
nOuncement would be made as
soon as all six members Of the
board had been appointed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
Notice To Subscribers

The flood of subscriptions
coming in Saturday put the Her
aid subscription department sew
eral days behind. We are work
ing full speed ahead to get
caught up, SO please be patient
as we hurry to get out from
under.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08
State Asked To Authorize
New Deputy For Treasurer
Tuition Grant Use Here Brings
Notice OF State Fund Deduction

The first and only
state tuition for the education
county during the year will be withheld
from funds the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-08

Bubb, Musulin. E. E. Riddleberger. immediate
past commander; Bob Shanaberger service
officer; and Bill Brown, first vice commander.
Other officers are John Mitchell, second vice
commander; Carl Dickhoff, chaplin; Lloyd
White. sergeant at arms; Barry Lee Wells,
assistant adjutant; and Frank Shanaberger,
quarter master.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
CoIored News
F" Sunday Events
''t~rct 800

C--NrBZRL AND, June 1-4T
Sunday programs warn held III
all three Of the county's magis-
toria' districts during the month
Of May in observance Of Rural
Life Sunday.
The eleven ~ clubs in the
county participated in the pro
Grams On Sunday. May 3. the
Flat Rock, New Hope. and L. P,
Jackson An clubs presented a
PROGRAM at the Little Fork Bap-
list Church in Hamilton district.
The clubs of Sugar Fork. Pine
Grove, aud L. P. Jackson Schools
ioired il rrorram on Sunday,
Nav %. at tic Rising Zon Sap
list Church ii Madison district.
TO Climax tho county's Rural
Life Sunday observance. Sharon
Al Club. Hawk III Club, +. r.
Motion All Club and Luther P.
Jackson All Club presented a
Al program at the Union Bap-
fist Church on Sunday evening
MAY %. at pm.
Approximately 300 persons at
tended the programs.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
8 SSc0ttsyille Week
Set June 2S-,July 4

sC0TTsvILLE. June 6 -
scousViIle week will be cele-
hratad again this wear, June %
THROUGH July 4 Some single gill
between the ace Of II and .
With a scottsrille mailing ad-
dress or living within -four
m.les Of scottsville will be
crowned Miss Scottsville" on
Monday July 4
All contestants for the title
must be REGISTERED by june -,
With D. w. F. Moody. who viii
want their name. address. tele-
phone number and a snapshot
Merchants In scottsville will
part.clpate In the week-lona
celebration by passing out votes
with purchases during the
week, one Vote per $l.G0 pur-
chase. Merchants and oreania
tons are urgcd to take part in
the July I street parade wifi
floats, and should contact H
Reeve Nicholas.
Mss Arlene Lanahan was
crowned Miss Scottsville" last
July and viii turn the crown
/ oyer IN 4hp 9irl urhn uriI1 oa,rx
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
Interest High
In Amelia Horse
|ShOw Saturday

AMELIA. June 8 IN Amelia is
looking forward to a big Tlea
sure horse show on Saturday
June IL, according to j. G.
0ickerson, chairman of the pa
ade, which will precede tn
show. This is the feature which
attracting more than tn E
Usual attention as it is an inno-
walton this year. Many horse
men throughout Virginia have
reported that they will be on
hand for the parade, Dickerson
says.
This year an unusual number
Of children are entering the pa
rade and horse show in which
there are always a number of
classes for children Of all ages.
Each evening a good number Of
children and adults are showing
up for practice sessions in the
ring at the horse show grounds.
Two beautiful trophies, which
will be given for the best pa
cade horse and the best parade
rig. are on display at the Union
Bank and Trust Company here
Three classes for jumpers
nave been added this year to
the horse show program. the
Jumps not to exceed three feet
six inches. Ribbons will be Civ
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

day.
Mrs. Elon Wilkerson and Miss
Ollie Porterficld spent a t
Thursday with Mrs. Laurence
Tucker in Crewe. Mrs. Oscar
Vassar accompanied them to
visit her brother.
Denny Throckmorton is one of
the baseball players in the little
boys league.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Mckay
ard daughter. of Prospect, visit
ed Nh. and Mrs. r. H. Mckay
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Arthur, Of Altayista. were their
supper guests Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Tuck
en- ard Tom Tucker. Of Crewe
were week end guests of Mrs.
John Rodgers and Mrs. E,lon
Wilkerson.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
colored News
xtension Program
Leaders Honored

'NeERLAND. June 2 - A
'o2dn~s' Program was presented
IT t'7r Tnarwallet Baptist Church
n Cumberland county on Mon
day evening. May %.
The program was given in or
der to pay respect, honor and
have assisted in promoting an
extension educational plan Of
work for the county.
Leaders who work with youth
md adult extension programs
we're present. A total of 81 lead
RS were recognized who had SO
'eelv given of their service to
make Cumberland county a bet
er place to live.
Ross W. NeWsome. director of
Extension Serv &c for Negro
arm families in Virginia. was
he main speaker for the oc-
aston. He outlined an historical
ccount of the American econo-
nv. He mentioned leaders who
ave made America a great ma
on. Ee left three suggestions
nth the leaders, namely (D the
oallot should be used; ~ Chris
lar principles should guide one
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
Area Forest
Research Work To
Re Stenred I'm

The So''thca stsrn Forest f.
'cr;ment Station announces that
orrst research work in Pied
mont and mountain Virginia is
,eing stcrned up bv the trans
FER of P;et-r E. Hoekstra t.
Charlottesville. Hoekstra will b.
"s"arch rrr7ram leader for
he Stations work headuuartered
Charlottesville and Franklin
In the seven years Hoekstra
as been with the U. S. Forest
'7rvic" at the Lake City Re
search Center in Florida. he ha.
ccome well acquainted witt
outhern pine end the forestr,
'Toblems of the Southeast. Dur
g that time he has worked ir
crest genetics research. long
>afslash pine silviculture. anf
'een a project leader in nava
.ores and slash -longlea
.mber management work. H
'tudied forestry in Holland. GO
lis Bachelor of Forestry from
eva State and his Master Of
Science at N. C. State College
lie was a member of the Re
istance in Holland during the
var, and his early experience
Includes a hitch with the Neither
lands Army. a year with the
Netherlands Forest Service. and
summer of road surveying in
Alaska. He speaks Dutch
French. and German. He is
member of the Society of Ameri-
can F0resters, Sigma NJ fra
ternity. Phi Kappa Phi. XII Sig
ma Phi, and Gamma Sigma
Delta.
Glenn P. Haney. who has been
acting in charge at Charlottes-
vile since August 1857 and made
considerable progress in orga-
nizing the new program. will
continue there as a project lead
err.
The research program on the
Lee Experimental Forest in
Buckingham county will con
tinue to expand under the guild
ance of Hoekstra. Joseph F..
Love, Jr., will continue as for
est superintendent on the Lee
Experimental Forest.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
CoIored News
Cumberland Farm
Agent To Attend
Texas School

The local farm agent Of Cum
berland county, James c. Ayres.
will attend the 18th annual train
ing program for Extension Work
ers which will be held at the
Prairie View Agricultural aid
Mechanical College. Prairie
View. Texas, from June to
June "a.
While at the extension school
the agent will study in two areas.
Community Development for
Extension Workers and "Finan-
cial Management for the Farm
and Home
Ar educational tour to Old
Mexico has been planned for the
agents attending the training
program.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10
School Acirity Takes
Spotlight For Week

WORSHAM, June 9 - 7 hi S
weeks activities have been
eentered around the closing of
Worsham Academy for the sum
nser examinations, picnics.
baccalaureate service Monday
night and the graduation eXer
cises Wednesday night in Col
lege Church. The two graduates
from the village were Miss Betty
Lloyd Irving and Paul Smelcer-
Local seventh graders entering
high school were Lucy Fay
Wilkes. Joyce Lavender. Mar
garet Nicer, Bobby Lane. Joe
Pcyton Irving and Harry Bald
win.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Mckay and
family. of Richmond. were week
end guests of Mrs. Stanley Me
Kay and Ernest Mckay. Their
Tuesday night guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Mckay, OF
Farn1ville.
Miss Eunice Chernault, of
Covington, spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. r, B. Cher
nault and attended the com
mencement exercises at Hanlp-
den-Sydney. Monday.
Mrs. C. L. Irving and Miss
Betty Lloyd Irving visited Mr.
and Mrs. w. N. Baskeryill in
South Boston. Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. A. C. Lindsay,
Of Richmond. spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Greed DeHart
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mckay
have returned to their home in
Richmond after spending a week
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Mckay. They visited the
Tribbles and Arthurs in Hurt
and Altavista over the week end
Sunday visitors Of the Willard
Calhouns were Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Beazley of Colonial
Heights, and Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Calhoun. of Farmville.
Lake-BOund
Mr.. and Mrs, Chester Lane.
Jr.. Bobby and Dennis Lane and
Billy Wright visited Goodwin
Lake and Lees Mountain. Sun
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

the title for a year.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post and Auxiliary No. 8169, is
sponsoring the "Scottsville Week
Celebration"
Bible School
Plans have been completed for
Vacation Bible School at the
Scottsville Baptist Church. Sat
urday. June II. will be Prepare
ton Day when school will be
held from 8 to II o'clock. Each
day the following week. June 49,
II, school will be held from 9
to u o'clock.
The school will be for children
from three years old through 16.
The following workers will be
in charge Superintendent, Mrs
j. P. Elliott, Jr.; secretary, Miss
Mary Jane Allen; pianist, Miss
Margaret Ann Williamson: song
leader, Mrs. Shirley Lanahan;
Murse> Department super
intendent. Mrs. Malcolm Butler
and teachers, Mrs. L eW S
R h d S and Miss Barbara
Brown; Beginner Department =
superintendent. Mrs. A. K Wood
and teachers, Mrs. Martin Turn
CT, Mrs. Shirley Lanahan, Mrs.
Betty Ripley and Miss Margaret
Ann Williamson.
Also, Primary Department :
superintendent. Mrs. Lu t h +
Baber. and teachers. Mrs. Viii
liam Marshall, Miss Wanda Prof
fit and Mrs. Glen Brown: Juni-
CT Department - superintendent
MRS. David Glass, and teachers,
Mrs. Joe Dawson and George
/ Conn Presbyterian $ u d e n
minister.
( The commencement program
viii be held at the Church on
! Sunday evening. June -, at {
0 o'clock.
There were 2.,l0 pedestrians
killed and 65,030 injured on US
roads last year because they
crossed between intersections
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

in dealing with felloWmen. and
t3N Cumberland county should
take a more active part in the
atoms business.
The program was sponsored
by the Cumberland County Asri-
cultural Advisory Board.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-10

There we're 2.ylo pedestrians
killed and 65,030 injured on US.
roads last year because they
crossed between intersections.