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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15

and for striving for the better
ment facilities for those in his
care"
1t was DR.. Scott who initiated
and helped plan the first mobile
x-ray unit in the nation for the
diagnosis of tuberculosis in 1880
at Hague, Westmoreland county.
A native Of Rockingham coun-
ty. DR.. Scott graduated i'll the
school in 1923.
He began medical work. for the
State. conducting diagnostic and
case-finding clinics for tubercu-
losls from 1925 to 1912. except
for two years of private practice
IN Hampton and Newport News.
He has been at the helm at
the Burkevllle sanatorlum since
1912.
While treatment facilities I'M
prove steadily. it will be educa-
ton and case-finding major
emphases of such organizations
as the Southside TB Association
=. which will finally win the
victory over TB. Dr.. Scott be-
lieveS.
Such support as the Jingle
money" provided patients and
Continued On page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Unique Session Nov. IL
Unique Session Nov. IL
National President TO Address
Convention OF District Ruritans

The annual convention Of Appomattox District Of Ruitan
ona the Virginia Methodist Assembly Blackstone
Thursday Nov will number
its to be displayed.
Health welfare and public will tell story
and exhibiting will be Souhsde tuberculosis
Fund The National
Virginia The State Department Of Conservation
veloplcn the Industrial Department Virginia Division
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Expanded Garment
Company Operation
Starts This Week

Farmville Dress Com a n y
Monday began a moderately ex-
banded operation. with occu-
pancy Of the first floor of the
Taylor Building at Third and
North streets formerly used by
the Academy Sandwich Shop.
Addition of a receiving and
shipping department and five
machines on the first floor, com
bined with continued operation
of the second floor, will increase
the employee force from "A to
so, according to John Mitchell
manager.
The company fabricates sub
teen and misses dresses, six to
las. under contract with Abby
Teens. Of New York City, dis.
tributors
The shipping department viii
be new phase of the operation
here, that work formerly having
been done at Appomattox. Leon
ard E. Anderson, owner of the
dress company, also manufac
lures garments at the Virginia
Novelty Company. Appomattox
Anderson acuIirnd tho droc
company here last February
purchasing it from Mitchell Gar
ment Company. The expansion
Monday will make the operation
equal or slightly larger than thai
under the former ownership.
The AppomattoX owner ha.
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
College Drama
Units Plan Fall
Presentation

The LongWood Players and the
Hampden-Sydney Jongleurs will
present the play, Hedda Babler
in Jarman Hall, November 1919
at 8 pm.
The play by Henrik Ibsen will
be directed by David Wiley, as
sistant professor Of speech and
drama at LongWood College.
Typically Ibsen
Hedda Gabler, a theatre clas-
sic, is typical Ibsen social COM
mentary or criticism. The basic
conflict is a revolution between
the new 'unWomanly' woman
and the feminine woman. Hedda
Gabler. portrayed by Neal Banks,
a sophomore at LongWood. typi-
fles the new woman with the
domineering, aggressive, mascu-
line touch, in contrast to Mrs.
Elvsted. played by freshman. 10
Ann Self, a typically feminine
character Of the century before.
This play, coupled with Ibsen's
earlier play, Doll House. had as
much to do with Woman's eman-
cipation and suffrage as did Car
RE Nation or Susan B. Anthony
in the nineteenth century. The
events Of the play occur in the
1905 in Norway.
Jerry Good from Blackstone
portrays the brilliantly naive,
dull intellect, as Tesmand, the
leading male role. He remains
completely oblivious to all around
him except for his writing of a
completely unimportant historic
journal. Ashby Jones, of Hamp-
den-Sydney, portray s Judge
Brack, a h I a t e entirely
aware of the interplay between
all the characters. He is the male
counterpart of Heddda.
Mike Caver, as Lovborg; Betty
Atkinson as the typical fawning
aunt of George Tesmand; and
Berta. the maid, portrayed by
Ann Tweedy; all become a part
Of the social plot, All performers
in the play are newcomers to the
Jarman theatre. with the excep-
ton Of Neal Banks and jerry
! Good.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
H-sC Religious
Emphasis Period
Now Underway

Religious Emphasis Week is
being observed at Hampden-Syd-
ney College today Monday
through Thursday, November II.
The speaker for the annual
series of programs. sponsored by
the colleges Student Christian
Association. is DR.. George H.
Wick, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church. Charleston, w.
Va.
DR.. Wick will speak at 1890
am. chapel programs throughout
the four-day period, and again in
the evening at 7:30 All of the
services are being held in Col
lege Church. Members of the
community and friends of the
college from the Farmville area
/ are invited to attend the services.
A native of North Carolina, Dr..
\ Wick received his A. B, degree
from Louisville Theological Semi
rary in Kent lucky. He was
granted the Master of Theology
degree by the Louisville semi
\ nary for his work as a student
under the Fielding LeWis-Walker
Fellowship at the University Of
Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Hampden-Sydney speaker
completed his resident require
ments for his electorate at Union
Theological Seminary in Rich
n1ond. He is the recipient of a
doctorate in divinity from West
minister College in Fulton, Mo-,
and the LID degree from Davis
and Elkins College in Elkins, w.
i Va.
For the past Is years. DR.. Wick
has been pastor of First Presby-
terrain in Charleston. Before that
he served as pastor of First Pres
byterian i'll OWensboro, KY, and
First Presbyterian in st. Joseph,
Mo. He was in Missouri for three
years.
Under Dr.. Wick direction his
Charleston church has expanded
to a membership of 3.400, and a
successful million-dollar building
program was completed. Four
new churches have been organ
lied as a result of his efforts
in extension.
Active in civic affairs, his par
tlclpation in the various church
organizations has also been great.
He was a representative to the
Presbyterian System meeting,
held under the auspices of the
World Allan of Reformed
Churches, in Geneva. SWitzer-
land in August. 1913 and again
| in Princeton. N. j., in 1858. DR..
Wick was all observer at the in
itial meeting of the World Coun-
Gil Of Churches at Amsterdam,
! Holland in August of l948.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Interest In Learning
Offsets Temporary
Nature OF Schools
Series Starts On
Lower Schools

The article at left is the
first Of a series of write-ups
on the lower or elementary
schools in Prince Edward
County. The first story is an
overall impression following
a tour to every classroom in
the county. Other articles in
the series will review each
individual school.
The basis for the series is
a tour taken Friday under
the guidance Of Roy r. Pear
son, S c h 90 | administrator.
The actual purpose of the
tour was to inspect the build
ings for fire hazards. Fred
Lynn, inspector for the Farm
vile Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, took care of this impor-
tant task. Since the inter-
ruptiOn had to be made in
each room, Pearson also in
vited Bill Wall of the Herald
and Jim Berry of the Times
Dispatch to make the tour
and see first-hand, what the
county schools look like in
operation.
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Convention registration will be
gin at Pm. J Barrye Wall
editor aud publisher of The
Farmvllle Herald, t'arnvllle,
will be sfterpqon guest speaker
at 5 O'Clock. The business SeS-
sion and election of officers will
follow.
A reception at $50 pm. will
honor the president Of Ruritan
National, Fulton Stokes, of White
Oak, N. c., and the ladies of
district m m bers. President
Stokes will address the banquet
gathering following the reception
Banquet Highlights
Other banquet features will be
the presentation Of awards for
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15

the year {, hest attendance record
and for outsta nding community
service projects and installation
of 1a6061 officers.
AppomattoX District was or
carried i'll 1913. and all past gov
errors. lieutenant governors and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
issued special invitations. Apo
mattox District consists of 80
clubs and approximately 1000
members. Leonard A. Startling, of
Keysvllle, is district governor.
Charming H. Moon, OF Bucking-
ham, is lieutenant governor for
Zone 8
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Friends Invited
To Acquire Annual

Interested parents. friends or
organizations may order copies
of the 1860 yearbook of Prince
Edward Academy Upper School,
The Cavalier" Orders may be
placed through Mrs. T. c. Cole
man. Jr., or the Prince Edward
School Foundation office.
Orders for the annual must be
received no later than Friday,
and deposit Of ST toward the
cost must accompany the order.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Eager Students,
Superior Teachers,
Good Combination
By BILL WALL

On Friday, this writer visited
each and every classroom used
by the lower school students in
Prince Edward County (excluding
Farmvillel. The tour began by
stopping first at Worsham at 1855
am, followed by visits to Pros
pect. Darlington Heights. Green
Bay, and ending at Rice at 100
pm.
The buildings used for the
lower schools are all church
buildings. Since the beginning of
the private school program some
Is months ago, the word ITEM
porary facilities" has become a
familiar term.
The school facilities we saw
Friday are definitely temper
airy" This does not mean that
the buildings are inadequate. Not
by a long shot! It does mean
that the buildings were not de-
signed for permanent day school
operation. These are primarily
church school buildings, and tenn
porary changes had to be made
to make them suitable for pri-
vate school classes.
Teachers Are Tops
In spite of physical arrange
ments, we found something very
permanent, very solid, and very
necessary for the education of
children. This was the excellent
corps of teachers, who were uni
formly on the job Friday. In
every instance. as we popped un-
expectedly into classrooms, we
found the pupils hard at work and
the teachers teaching in a posi-
tive manner. In many instances
there were tests on the black
boards. and the students took
only passing notice at our pres
ence and continued with their
difficult job at hand, learning
Administrator Roy R. Pearson
pointed out that last year 83 per
teachers had one of the two top
certificates issued by the Virginia
Board of Education. He has not
figured the percentage for this
year. but estimates that the fig
ure is even higher than the re-
markable percentage of last
year. To see these experienced
teachers at work under class
room conditions is a treat in it
self. Their knowledge and de-
votion easily makes up for the
temporary nature of the build
ings they are using.
Eager Children
Another impressive feature of
the tour was the calibre of
the children who attended the
schools. They were all neatly
dressed, bright-eyed and happy
Their healthy. ruddy compilations
gave outward evidence of the
quick, alert minds that were
feeding upon the knowledge that
was available to them.
The calibre of the children was
evidenced in another manner
Their care of the school and
church property. At no school die
We detect the slightest misuse Of
the church buildings. There were
no marks upon the walls; the
desks were all c lie a n and I'M
SCARED: the classroomS were al
neat; and the general atmosphere
was one of appreciation of the
use of the buildings to allow
these youngsters to pursue theil
education.
It is interesting to note at this
point that the buildings are al
being used without cost to the
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15

Emerging the winner from the
morning and luncheon talks was
the grading system instituted last
year which cut price support
props from under leaf graded
Nv" and ~" The first is wet
tobacco in unsafe order. the lat
ter is leaf classified as in I'M
sound condition.
Progress Seen
Stephen E. Wrather, director Of
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
lures Tobacco Division of the
Agricultural Marketing Service
summing up the meeting here,
said.
I'VE worked hard on it last
year, and we made progress
This year we're hoping to dc
even better. and that's essential
if Virginia Type q growers are
to stay in a good competitive po
sition.'
The Washington official said as
a result of last years discourage
ment of wet tobacco buyers go'
80 pounds of processed and pack
ed leaf for every 100 pounds pur
chased on warehouse floors. The
year before, they got only z
pounds for each 100 pounds
purchased. That's progress,
Wrather pointed out
Type % Advantage
What Virginia growers mus
realize is that buyers can pur
chase 100 pounds of Type % lea
in Kentucky or Tennessee and &c
80 pounds of processed and pack
ed tobacco.
That's ten more pounds thai
they can get from a COMPARABLE
amount Of Virginia leaf, and il
this day Of lesser demand and
profits squeeze from foreign com
petition it's a vital difference il
vor of Type o." Wrathe
pointed out
Despite lastyear's emphasis
close to $4,000 pounds of wv
and III" tobacco was markete
in Virginia a season ago, an
v growers suffered considerabl
losses, particularly in fair an
choice quality leaf.
These qualities Of unsafe OF
der or wet tobacco averaged s.
cents per pound under quotation
for the regular grades. Nearl
tWo-thirds Of the grades Of we
or Nv" tobacco, including 10y
quality grades, were four to min
cents under regular quotations
A number of grades showed pric
losses of as much as 10 to l
cents per pound.
No Price Supports
The session also agreed her
Thursday that. in addition t
these specific grower losses. th
offering of large amounts of t6
bacco in poor handling conditio
very often causes a depressin
effect on the entire market.
The meeting also emphasize
that tobacco graded "W' or ~
this coming auction season wi
not be eligible for government
loan as was the case last yeal
too.
The gathering here before tn
marketing season begins was t
provide growers with infornatio
beneficial to them in securing tn
most money possible for thei
1860 crop.
Group Attending
Presiding at Thursdays scssio
was r. B. Brldgforth. AssistaL
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Chest Total Edges
Up To $16,29S

The Prince Edward County
Community Chest climbed up
1915 closer to its record goal dur
ing the week end.
A repor from Mrs. B. S.
Hamcrsly. G h c S t secretary,
showed the Monday morning to-
tai at SIG ,298.03.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
II VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
. VERY CLOSE VOTE

PRESIDENT ELECT KEN
NEEDY, at the invitation of Presi-
dent Eisenhower, has named
Washington lawyer Clark M.
Clifford as his personal repre-
sentative to work with the White
House staff to help smooth the
change of administrations next
January. Kennedy will meet with
the President sometime after
Thanksgiving. He announced he
will retain j. Edgar Hoover as
head of the F'BI and Allen Dulles
as chief of the Central Intelli-
gence A ency- Three other
members of the new President s
team will be: Theodore Soren-
son, special counsel to the Pres
ident: Pierre SaliEger, White
House press secretary: and An
drew Hatcher, a Negro, Salin-
ger assistant.
A VIRGINIAN David j. E.
Bruce of Charlottesville is being
mentioned as a possible choice
for the important post of Secre-
/ tary of State in the Kennedy ad-
ninistration. Bruce, an ardent
Kennedy supporter during the
campaign, was named by Ken
nedy along with three others to
advise him on national security
between the election and inau-
guration. The Virginia diplomat
served as ambassador to France
from 1949 to 1852 and ambassa-
dor to West Germany from 1857
to 1859. For about a year he was
Under Secretary of State under
Dean Acheson in the Truman adj
ministration.
GOV. LUTHER HODGES OF
North Carolina has been picked
by President-E Elect Kennedy to be
the new Secretary of Commerce
the New York Times reported
Saturday night. This is the first
official or unofficial announce.
ment Of a selection for the new
Presidents cabinet. Kennedy
announced Saturday he plans tC
meet with Brazilian President
Elect Janio Qua dros. He re-
ceived a delegation representing
Quadros at his vacation head.
Continued on page Z
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-11-15
Push Against Wet Tobacco
Starts With Session Here
Dollar Reasons For Price Prop
Withdrawal Given At Conference

Vrginia yearold discourage
preparing darked tobacco for marketing reviewed
evauated here Thursday and resomdng
Representatives frecured
erS ana graders met with o. S. Department
socktakng at Hotel Weyanoke
Evening star., 1960-07-27

Baker, jr., and Gabriel
Hauge, his former economic
advisor, who is now with the
Manufacturers Trust in New
York.
The gathering in the beau
tiful ballroom filled with
pink covered tables continued
to fill up after the Presidents
departure.
There was Pennsylvania's
Senator Hugh Scott with his
wife, telling our Ambassador
to Spain, John Davis Lodge,
that he would be quite happy
the envoy were nominated
for Vice President. The cur
rent talk, of course, is that
Johns brother Cabot Lodge
will get it.
Other Guests
There was Alfred Gwynn
Vanderbilt with his good
looking wife, saying he wasn't
active in politics, just inter-
ested. And the John E.
Swearingens of Chicago. He's
Evening star., 1960-07-27
By BETTY BEALE
Star Staf Writer

CHICAGO, July 27.-They
called it Ike Day" But if
you ask me it was Ike's after
noon. evening and midnight
to boot.
President Eisenhower, still
in a jubilant mood after his
tremendous ovation in the
convention hall, wound up
the day at a private party
given by Dan Gainey, treas
urer of the Republican Party.
The President arrived at
the party at 11:40 pm. with
two Of his top aides-Tom
Stephens and Jim Hagerty.
He had only to come from the
Sheraton Blackstone Hotels
presidential suite (Which was
redecorated two weeks ago at
the cost of $15,000) to the
Crystal Ballroom a few floors
below.
Flushed from the Newport
sun and the elation of the
evening, he went the rounds
with his host, vigorously
shaking hands and swapping
comments with all the other
early arrivals.
His eyes sparkled. his face
was wreathed in smiles, he
was full of himself.
Really Sweated"
To a woman guest who
complimented him on his
convention speech, he said,
II will tell you one thing.
I really sweated over that
one"
Evening star., 1960-07-27
First Lady Is in
Sparkling Mood

mie with her cute, close
cropped haircut. They came
to town Monday; were leav-
ing today.
And in the box next to
them DR.. Milton Eisenhow-
.er sat beside his daughter
Ruth, leaning forward to
concentrate on the effec-
tiveneSS of his brothers
words.
Recalled 1904
The names of famous Re-
publicans present went back
to the first part of the goth
century. Theodore RooSe-
velt's daughter Alice Long
worth was surveying the
scene and remembering the
year 1904 when she longed
to attend the convention but
wasn't allowed to. In those
days, she said, not even the
nominee was present. He was
officially notified by a dele
cation of 40 or more men two
weeks later.
The Herbert Hoover, jrs.,
watched from another box.
And Mrs. Richard Nixon,
her two daughters and her
mother-in-law, and the Vice
Presidents brothers and sis
ters-in-law, witnessed the
proceedings from two adjoin-
ing boxes that also included
a Secret Service agent.
Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller
and some of her brood were
in the same box they had
occupied the night before.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's
only Republican child, John,
was in a front row seat, as
were young Nicholas dupont
of Delaware and Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon of Washington.
Received a Bracelet
All saw Mrs. Eisenhower
presented with a handsome
memento of the memorable
night-a smooth gold band
bracelet about an inch wide,
bearing the presidential seal.
Presented by Mrs. Peter
Gibson. president of the Ma
tional Federation of Repub-
lican Women. it was enscribed
inside as follows:
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
First Lddy-1953-196O
With respect, admiration,
affection from the Repubh-
cans OF the United States of
America.
Presented at Chicago,
July rs, 1860.
Mrs. Eisenhower opened the
package with enthusiasm and
put the bracelet on then and
there.
ITS perfectly lovely" she
exclaimed. @
So was her whole evening.
Evening star., 1960-07-27
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
It's ike Day All the Way
Anyway You Look at 1t

To a man with similar
praise, he told how he had
come back into his hotel
room to find himself still
speaking on the tclevision
screen. IT said. Turn that
darn thing off," said the
President, chuckling.
To John Slender, head of
the BoilermakerS Union in
the Northwest, he began tell
ing how he used to work as
a boiler man in a creamery
in Abilene, and he waved the
air with his hand, going
through the gestures.
To a woman who men
toned the gold bracelet that
was presented to Mrs. Eisen-
hover on the Amphitheater
platform last night, he said,
1T is very pretty. 1t has a
seal on it,"
And to another guest who
said, when are you going
back to Washington" he re-
piled, Il don't know"
Then added with a grin,
Not before I have to-"
Returns to Suite
A few minutes later, at
1905 am. to be exact, he dis
appeared into the elevator to
rejoin his wife in Suite 508-
10.
While there he had greeted
the men for whom the party
was given - the Republican
leaders of the Senate-Ever-
EFT Dirksen of Illinois, Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire,
Leverett Saltonstall of Mas
sachusettS and Thomas Ku-
chel of California.
Evening star., 1960-07-27

president of Standard Oil of
Indiana.
And there was Senator
Gordon Allott of Colorado
and Mrs. Allott, Gordon A.
Zimmerman, poking his nose
outside of the Platform Com
mittee meetings for the first
time. Everybody from Gov.
Rockefeller to Senator Gold
water was satisfied with the
finished product, he said.
Senator Kuchel was feeling
so much happier about the
whole Republican picture. he
was exclaming, "Oh, I feel
better. I have been worried.
That was a great night to-
night"
The Eisenhower touch had
done it again.
Evening star., 1960-07-27

Vice President Nixon also
had been billed as an honor
guest, but he was not there.
Indeed, it is a rare private
party that is graced by both
the President and Vice Presi-
dent.
The Chief Executive also
had greeted Illinois Gov.
and Mrs. Stratton, West Vir-
ginia Gov. and Mrs. Under
wood, Secretary of Commerce
Mueller, TWA President and
Mrs. Charles Thomas, White
House A Assistant Homer
Gruenther, Mrs. Howard
Evening star., 1960-07-27
The stars Convention Bureau

Ahe okai NOhfShtAOh OuAeoN
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July q -
Mamie Eisenhower was radi-
ant last evening. In the same
convention hall where her
husband swept to a victory
eight years ago, she was wit
Messing another great tribute
to him on the eve of his de-
parture from Office eight
crowded years later.
For Mrs. Eisenhower this
was enough. The coming re-
tirement would be welcome
as long as he left the pub
lie scene with the familiar
sounds of esteem still ringing
in her ears.
The first Lady's sparkling
mood was reflected in her
eyes. in her three-strand pearl
necklace, in her jeweled tone
turban of sapphire, and anne
thyst printed silk and full
skirted dress of the same
material; in the diamonds of
her earrings, and the dia-
monds in the elephant pin
that adorned her dress, and
her amethyst colored SIX
pumps.
Not a Drab Note
There was not a single
drab note in her get-up nor
her attitude as she stood
again and again to wave to
the cheering aSsemblage, or
sat and listened to her hus-
band speak without taking
her eyes off him.
The Eisenhower clan had
gathered to witness the
event. There was Mrs. Eli
senhower's younger sister,
Mrs. Gordon Moore, in a
beige silk suit dress and
beige hat veil seated in a box
with her husband, Col.
Moore, and their daughter
and the First Lady's name
sake, pretty 18-year-old Ma