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Evening star., 1961-09-03
Chicago sun-Times.

Thus, they said, the talk of a
100-megaton bomb was aimed
primarily at the public opinion
in the West and in the uncom-
mitted nations. The Soviet lead
ership probably felt that a war
scare would force Western lead
ers to yield to Soviet demands.
President Kennedy Immediately
moved to forestall any fear in
the West by assuring the Ameri-
can people and their allies that
the United States atomic stock
pile was wholly adequate" for
any emergency, and that the
United States would not yield to
any form of atomic blackmail
designed to substitute terror for
reason"
Earlier in the week, plans had
been laid for a Western foreign
ministers meeting here on Sep
tember IA to discuss Berlin and
the possibility of inviting the So
Wet Union to a later conference.
The plans have not been can
celed, but the West Is watching
the world situation very care
fully, and will refuse to talk under
pressure. Western ambassadors
in Moscow are sounding out So
Wet officials to learn if an area
of negotiations actually exists.
Pentagon experts downgraded
the 1O0-megaton bomb as a
political bombshell'' but Of limited
military potential. They said the
real Soviet intention in resuming
tests was probably to refine its
smaller weapons and missiles,
more valuable in case of war,
since they can be concealed better
and can be more easily carried.
They added that the Soviet
decision to resume testing-in the
face of the propaganda setback
was an implied admission that
the Russian nuclear arsenal was
weaker than the Vests, and that
Soviet political leaders were un-
der pressure from their military
to resume tests.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
Defeat on Schools

Mr.. Kennedy met more COM
plete defeat in another area last
week when the House decided not
to consider a watered-down COM
promise aid-to-education bill this
year. The vote was 242 to 1863.
The idea of Federal aid for
school construction and teachers
salaries has always drawn the OPP
position of Republican and South
ern Democratic conservatives.
This year the attempt to pass
Evening star., 1961-09-03

such a measure was subjected to
an additional hazard the re-
ligious issue involved in the effort
to win Federal help for parochial
schools.
Although Mr.. Kennedy said he
would try again next year, con-
gressional leaders have indicated
that they see little chance for
success. Representative Thomp-
son, Democrat of New Jersey and
an administration stalwart, said,
for example, that aid to education
will have to wait until after the
next presidential election.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
Tests of 1853

In October, 1858, the United
States completed its last nuclear
tests at its Pacific proving
grounds, and on October 81, the
Conference on the Discontinuance
OF Nuclear Weapon Tests opened
in Geneva, attended by the United
States, the USSR and the United
Kingdom.
The Soviet Union set off tests on
November / and 3, and until Fri
day, those were the last tests
by any of the three participants.
France has held four explosions
in the last two years.
The purpose of the conference
was to establish a system of con-
troll reliable enough to ensure that
one nation was not cheating while
the others were observing ban.
Until this year, the negotiators
had moderate success. They
adopted a preamble, II articles,
and two annexes of draft treaty.
1t was, felt in the West that if
there were to be a genuine rap
proachment with the. Soviet bloc,
this conference would be the place.
When President Kennedy as
Sumed office, he expressed a strong
desire to bring about a treaty, and
sent Arthur Dean to Geneva with
several concessions.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
U. S. Objection

The United States objected,
stating that such a treaty is i'm
possible if a nuclear test ban can
not be agreed upon first.
When the Soviet position be-
came known, apprehension grew
in Congress and the Pentagon
that the Soviet Union was testing
secretly, and therefore, for its own
security, the United States should
resume testing.
President Kennedy refused to
be pressured, and sent Mr.. Dean
back to Geneva two weeks ago
for a final try. He was still in
Evening star., 1961-09-03
Effect

The Soviet decision to resume
testing had the widest political
and military implications.
In that Intangible forum of
world opinion" the Soviet Union
lost ground. Coming so soon after
August 18th sealing of East Berlin,
the resumption Of testing cost the
Soviet Union almost all the good
will it carefully has cultivated in
the past three years.
The reaction at the Belgrade
Unaligned Nations Conference, for
Evening star., 1961-09-03
THE NATIONAL SCENE.

lion for the five-year development
loan program. Congress last week
authorized the spending of $4,-
253, 100000. of which $1.2 billion
is the limit on the first years in
stallment of the five-year loan
program, now cut to $7.2 billion.
Evening star., 1961-09-03

the Soviet Union chose this time
to resume testing-and on such a
grand scale.
Some experts felt the Russians
expected this initial barrage of
criticism, but believed that in the
long run, testing would help them
gain their principal international
objective-solving the Berlin and
German questions on their own
terms.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
Khrushchev Reasoning

They reasoned that Premier
Khrushchev may have decided
that whereas the West would not
give up Berlin through reason, it
might compromise to avoid a
showdown.
Evening star., 1961-09-03

"any experiments with nuclear
weapons instill alarm in people,
make their hearts ache"
Evening star., 1961-09-03

in a general disarmament con-
ference.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Funeral Services
Held For Rev.
Richard Hicks. 81

POWHATAN. Oct. 26-Funeral
services for the Rev. Richard
Fleet Hicks, 80, were held Sun
day. October %, at 2 pm. at
the Joseph w. Bliley Funeral
Home in Richmond, with inter
ment in the Fine Greek Baptist
Church cemetery at Jefferson
He had been a resident of the
Baptist Home at Culpeper for
several months. He died there
Friday, October 20. Early in life
he gave himself to definite Chris
tan service in the Fine Greek
Baptist Church, going out from
there to study for the ministry.
He served as pastor Of number
of churches in Virginia. He re-
tired from the ministry while he
was pastor at Schuyler, and was
postmaster there for 10 years.
He is survived by one son,
Richard A. Hicks. of Richmond,
and one daughter, Mrs. William
E. Sewell, of Highland Springs:
a brother. Lafayette T. Hicks, of
Richmond, and four grandchil-
dren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Old Library
Continued from page l

AAUAit1IuCu IL 0Al Qd6G -
moved to Richmond in 1898.
That is when the college got
its first real library building, and
it was opened under the super
vision of faclty members. The
books for it came primarily from
the collections of the two literary
societies. The library operated
that way until 1920 when Miss
Emma Venable volunteered her
services to keep the library open
for regular hours each day.
In 1885 the annex or back wing
was added to the building and
until the present day it has
served as the college library. In
May of l94l the main section Of
the building. the old seminary Ii
brary, burned out and the IL
brary operated in the annex un-
til after the war. In l949 it was
renovated with some major al
terationS.
The building. now undergoing
extensive renovations and being
added to again, will be the col
lege's first tud e n t activities
building when completed in late
January.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Buckingham
Homecoming
Queen Named

BUCKINGHAM, Oct. 23-Miss
Barbara Ann Huddleston, a sen
ior. has been chosen homecom-
ing queen at Buckingham Cen
trail High School. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff
HuddlestOn, Of Buckingham.
She will be crowned at half
time at the homecoming game
October q when Buckingham
plays Fluvanna.
Miss Huddleston. II, was cho-
sen to reign over the celebration
by members of the football team.
Barbara likes sports and dane
ing. She is member of the
basketball team, the monogram
Club, and the FILA.
Her plans for the future are
not definite yet, Barbara said.
Other members Of Miss Hud-
dleston's court are: maid of
honor, Miss Martha Alice Smith;
and princesses. Sharon Baber,
Kay Webb, Pat Sprouse, Darline
Duty, Marian Moseley, Mary
Baird, Judy Senger and Peggy
Boggs.
A dance will follow the game.
1t will be in the school cafe
terra. The queen will be crowned
again during the dance.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
H-SLibrary
Continued from page

tCOntlnued from page II
listening room, smoking area on
each floor and eleven acoustical-
" treated tipping rooms for stu
dent use. An island of cOuches
and comfortable armchairs on
each floor also adds to student
appeal.
Extensive Stack Area
Planned to handle an enrol
lement of 900. stack space is
provided for lO6,275 volumes,
all open except the rare book
room. The rare book collection
is now located on the third floor.
deliberately furnished in memory
of Alfred Alexander Jones,
former student who died at Two
Jima, the room bear his name.
Open space rather than divi-
sion into separate rooms is the
apparent plan of the structure.
From the vestibule, one looks
through glass doors and a glass
partition to the spacious central
Lobby. which features an expanse
of glass beyond. Behind the
glass windows at the rear is the
outdoor reading terrace on the
second floor.
From a service viewpoint,
the library leaves othing to be
desired for an institution the size
Of Hampden-Sydney. The cir
culation space is connected con-
veniently with the general order
and catalogue. all located cen
trally on the main floor.
Other features are: librarians
office, microfllm room, three
faculty study rooms, three SEM
mar rooms, a staff lounge with
a small kitchen designed also
to serve on special occasions Off
events in the rare book room, and
an electric book lift which serves
the three floors.
Dear Friends"
To Hampden-Sydney students,
past and present, books have
been and are dear friends. A
description of the new depository
for books on the Hill cannot
adequately picture the beauty
and usefulness achieved in it. It
will require a visit.
But. books will never be dearer
to anyone than the man for
whom the building is named, DR..
Eggleston, president Of the col
lege from 1919 to 1899. DR.. Egg
gleston came to Hampden-Syd-
ney after serving as superin-
tendent of public instruction for
Virginia from 1906 to 1918 and as
president Of Virginia Polytechnic
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Leaf Market
(COntinI1en from mace

CONTINUED from page II
vile meeting, the dates for the
Virginia dark-fired markets at
Farmville, Lynchburg and Black
stone will be:
Opening day, Tuesday, Nov. %;
Christmas closing, Tuesday, Dec.
II, after-holiday reopening, Mon
day, Jan. s, 1862. The holiday
over Christmas will extend for
two and half weeks.
The USDA's September 80 esti-
mate Of the 1861 Virginia dark
crop was lO.300.000 pounds. Buy
ers are hopeful for a crop of at
least 10 million pounds, since last
years production was we'll off in
weight. Producers sales amount
ed to approximately nine million
pounds.
Area Forecast
Forecasts from the 16 produc-
ing counties are optimistic about
the 1861 crop at least in COM
parison to that of last year. Both
yield and uniformity are expect
ed to be better
The government has not yet
announced either the average
peg price or separate grade
prices. The 1862 average peg,
however, must be at least equal
to last years $3.50 per hundred
weight under current regulations.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Song Festival
At Centenary
Church Sunday

GUINEA, Oct. 26-There is to
be a Song Festival at Centenary
Church. Sunday evening October
%, beginning at pm. The public
is cordially invited to attend, and
also to participate.
The many friends of Mrs. w.
B. Walker Jr. are delighted to
have her home again, and able
to attend church. Her ten-day
stay at the Mayo Clinic in Ro-
chester. MINI. seemed a great
blessing. Her friends hope her
good health will continue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Mahan,
of Richmond, spent a recent
week end at her home, here.
The David Hazlegrove family
were Sunday luncheon gusts of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
rye Perkins, of Petersburg.
Other guests there were the
Richard Ludwig family, of Rich
mond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Turner Memorial
CONTINUED from page y

the retreat. as the boys sat
around their campfires. The
Scouts appreciated his work and
his interest that they decided to
call the trek the w. R. Turner
Memorial Trek
j. Barrye Wall, publisher and
editor Of The Farmville Herald,
will speak. Explorers. Boy Scout
and Cub Scout units will send
delegations. and Girl Scouts and
other youth organizations are
also invited.
Also appearing on the program
will be the Blackstone High
School Band, the Crewe ensem-
BILE and delegations from patri-
otto societies. The NottoWay and
Amelia County Civil War Centen-
NAL Commissions are also con-
sidering the ceremonies as a part
of the Civil War Centennial OBJ
servance. State and local govern
ment officials will also attend.
There are several signs direct
ing traffic to the Sayler's Greek
which runs from near Rice on
U. S. Route 460 to Jetersville on
U. S. Route 800. Also, for those
living north of Burkeville, a
good route is to proceed west on
400 and approximately gig miles
west of Burkeville turn right on
county route 617 and follow the
signs to the battlefield.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
:KeysuiHe Day. Set
For December ~

KEYSVILLE, Oct. 26 = KEYS
vile merchants have selected
Tuesday, December IL, for the
annual "Keysville Day" celebra-
ton.
Dave Hammer was elected
chairman and j. T. Thompson,
treasurer.
Santa Claus will lead the
Christmas parade which will fea-
ture the Randolph-Henry High
School Band. The highlight of the
event will be at pm. when the
names are drawn for prizes to
be given away by the merchants.
Registration for the prizes will
begin five days prior to the
drawing and each merchant will
have a registration box in his
store. Winners must be present
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27

dock. of Richmond. spent the
week end with his mother, Mrs.
John Craddock.
H. r. Nunnally entered the
Richmond Eye Hospital on Tues
Gay for surgery.
Mrs. Chester WalrOd, John
Walrod and Mrs. W. B. Farrar
spent Saturday in Richmond and
1 visited Miss Helen Leath who re-
turned home with them for a
week.
( MIR. and Mrs. S. P. Gary and
+ son. Wayne, of Richmond. spent
he week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Orange and Mrs. Maude
Orange.
Mrs. r. j. Puryear spent sew
eral days in Petersburg with her
son, Edward Puryear. and his
family.
National Guard Tour
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Mason
and family, of Richmond, spent
the week end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. M a n.
Dougie will leave on Wednesday
for a tour of duty with the
National Guard.
H. E. Boswell, Jr.. is attend
ing a meeting Of the Farm Credit
Bureau in Baltimore. Md.
Stanley Worsham. who attends
Lynchburg College, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Worsham.
Doris Lee Thompson, of the
Pan American Business School,
spent the week end here with her
mother. Mrs W. B. Thompson.
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Beckham,
of Farmville. visited Mrs. w. B.
Farrar, ST.. at Burke's Tavern
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Dunn,
Of Wake Forest. N. c., were the
week end guests Of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Dunn.
Officers of the Brotherhood and
the WINS of the Baptist Church
were installed by the Rev N B.
Habel, of Victoria, at an installa-
ton service at the Baptist church
on Wednesday evening
The Rev. C. E. Dixon attended
a meeting of the Presbytery in
Richmond on Tuesday.
The annual stewardship COW
cred dish supper will be held on
Sunday evening. October 20. at
$50 at the Presbyterian church.
Members and their families are
urged to attend.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
William Nelson, Sr.
Rites Are Held

POWHATAN. Oct. 26-F'uneral
services for William Edward Mel
son. Sr., 81. retired judge of Lun-
enburg County Court. were held
Tuesday, October "a, at 2 pm.
in the Victoria Baptist Church.
Victoria: Interment was at Lake
view Cemetery.
He died Sunday at a Richmond
hospital where he had been a
patient since August.
A native of Culpeper county.
he was graduate of the old
Richmond College Law School.
and member of the House of
Delegates from 1880 to 1882. Re-
firing last July as commissioner
of accounts for Lunenburg coun-
ty, he had retired from the bench
ten years earlier.
He was member of the board
of trustees of Victoria Baptist
Church. and served as clerk of
the church.
Surviving are three sons, Will
liam Edward Nelson, Jr., of
Beaumont, POwhatan county,
with whom he had made his
home for several weeks before
his illness; Irby Monroe Nelson,
of Victoria, and Epes L. Nelson,
of Richmond; two brothers. T.
F. Nelson, of Culpeper. and DR..
w. r. Nelson, of Charleston. S.
c., and a sister. Mrs. Mary N.
Stiff, of Topping, in Middlesex
county.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Homecoming And Halloween Party
Top Week End Events In Amelia

Senior candidates for queen
are: Hannah Casseu, Anne Smith
and Faye Anderson. The home
coming court also includes Judy
Jones, Eight Grade; Joan West,
Freshman; Nancy P a ! m e i,
Sophomore. Mary Brandon, Jun
ior; Saturday night there will be
the Homecoming dance. Grad
yates and those attending
Amelia High School are invited.
There will be a Halloween
Carnival in the War Memorial
Building on October 81 at tbs
pm. There will be costume
parade, house Of horrors. cake
walk, fortune telling. door prize
and prizes for games. This
carnival is sponsored by the sin
iors.
The Amelia Elecentary SEA
program for October was made
extremely interesting by the
play given by Mrs. Whites sew
enth grade in which Pete Atk-
inson portrayed Father Time.
The Importance and use of
time became clear not anly to
the players but to all men,
bers of the sea, who applaud
ed enthusiastically at its con
clusion.
Another interesting feature
was the talk given by Mrs. G. B.
Lush, who explaines the IFYE
program to us.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Mrs. Percy Lucado Reelected
President OF Pamplin Club

HIXBURG, Oct. 26 - Mrs.
Percy L NC a d o was reelected
president of the Pamplin Home
Demonstration Club Thursday
when Mrs. j. A. Carson was
hostess. Other officers elected
are as follows: vice-president,
Mrs. R. E. Fore: secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. J. A. Carson:
and assistant. Mrs. Leslie Hart;
federation program chairman,
Mrs. F. M. Irving; program Of
work chairman. Mrs. j. A. Will
liams; and leaders, clothing,
Mrs. Tivis Reeve; home furnish
ing. Mrs. r. K. Martin and Mrs.
H. ]. Coyington; and food, Mrs.
j. A. Williams.
The 25th anniversary (which
was held Saturday. October 81,
at Appomattox E e m It a ry
School, was discussed. Our club
was proud to have four charter
members who have been active
for the past Is years.
They are Mrs. w. M. Black,
Mrs. H. M. Marshall, Mrs. H. T..
Terry. and Mrs. L. N. Lyon.
The club will sponsor Christ
mas decorations for the outside
of doors and houses. The club
wishes to invite all the people
in Pamplin and the community
to participate. A committee
composed of Mrs. Leslie Hart,
Mrs. J. A. Williams and Mrs. H.
NJ Marshall will announce rules
Of the contest later.
Mrs. F.. M. Irving led the dis
cussion on bomb shelters. after
which the hostess served re-
freshments.
After visiting relatives in Rich
mond for the past two weeks,
Miss Bessie Irving has returned
home.
Michael Lair, student at
Bluefield College. was home for
the week end. He is very happy
with his work and surroundings
there.
Robert Walker Covington, Jr,
will be indicted into the armed
services on November IA.
Henry Covington. who has been
confined to the house for the past
two weeks. is walking around
outside now
Mrs. James RoSser. who re-
Gently returned home from Vir-
ginia Baptist Hospital, is improv-
ing nicely.
Confined to her bed is Miss
Maggie HiX Our dearly-loved
correspondent. Miss Carrie Hix
is not well either.
Cousins who had not seen each
other for long time, had a talk
fest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Sears on Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Morton Dillon. of
Lexington. Mr.. and Mrs. o. L.
Brown and daughter, Carol, Of
Laurel. Md, and Harry E. Gil
liam. of Lynchburg. enjoyed the
get-together
Many happy days were recalled
by Mr.. Gillian and Mrs. Dillon
as they toured the house and Of
flee. This old Gillian house was
built by Captain Gillian, Harry
Gilliam's grandfather, before the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27

at the drawing.
Jody Rainwater, a local enter
tainer, will broadcast live from
one of the stores from ten to
twelve in the morning and will
give away records and auto
graphed pictures.
Santa will distribute goodies to
the kids after the parade. The
band will be entertained at the
community house by the Keys
vile Woman's Club with hot
chocolate and doughnuts.
Marching units, floats. fire
companies, show horses and new
car dealers are invited to par
ticipate in the parade and are
urged to contact the committee
as soon as possible.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27

Sunday.
We are sorry to- hear that Babe
Morris is back in the Watts Hos
pital in Durham, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Belloff. of
Silver Spring, Md, spent several
days with MI. and Mrs. H. l.
Shorter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Epps and
children. of Newport News. spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall Driskill.
Charles T. Anderson. son Of
John Anderson, volunteered for
service in the army and left
Monday for Fort Jackson. S. c..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27

80 and 81, at 7:45 pm. and
producers from Buckingham and
adjoining counties are invited.
The following persons will
speak on these topics.
Outlook for swine in Virginia
and what is a good swine pro-
gram for Buckingham county.
by Role M. Cooley: assistant
extension animal husbandman,
VPI, DR.. Coy Brooks. professor
Of animal husbandry, VPI. feed
ing Of swine for most economi-
cal development: G. D. Kite,
Extension Agricultural Engineer,
VPI, economical swine building
and equipment; and Dr.. John
Davis, veterinary science de-
partment, VPI dis of
swine.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-27
Ttu0 Clubs Learn Score
On Ciuil Defense

BURKEVILLE, Oct. 26 = The
Rev. w. D. Gravatt was guest
speaker at the Crewe KiwaniS
Club supper meeting held on
Tuesday evening at $50 pm.
From there. Mr.. Gravatt went to
Blackstone where he spoke to the
Woman's Club at pm. He spoke
I" narh group on civil De-
fense."
MFR. and Mrs. j. j. Morrissette
attended the VPI-University of
Virginia football game Saturday
at Roanoke. They met their son.
Joe, who attends VPI. for the
game.
Sharon Robertson and Margie
Boswell. of Westhampton College,
Richmond, spent the week end
here with their parents.
Jay Michael. of Richmond.
spent the week end with her
grandmother. Mrs H G. Jen-
kins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kidwell
and Mrs Frank Baughman. of
Washington. D. c.. spent the
week end with their parents. Mr..
and Mrs R. NJ. Kidwell.
Mrs. w. L. Boswell spent
Wednesday with her mother,
Mrs. w. L. Hamersly. of Ran
dOlph.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Farrar
and children visited Mrs. Far
rar's mother, Mrs. j. D. Rand, a
patient at Johnston-Willis Hos
pital. Richmond. on Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Berry spent sew
eral days in Wildwood, N. j.,
and attended the funeral of her
brother-in-law, Mr.. Beasley.
Mrs. Henry Lideter, of DAYTON.
Ohio, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. K. M. Garrett.
Association Meeting
On Thursday evening the Rev.
W. D. Gravatt, Howard Martin
and DR.. H. C. Smith attended a
meeting of the Appomattox Bap7
fist Association held in Farm
vile. On Friday. Mr.. Gravatt.
Mrs. D. C. Owen. Mrs. j. F..
Borum, and Mrs. Tom Farthing
attended an all-day meeting of
the association held at Spout
Spring. Mr.. Gravatt is moder-
ator of the association.
Miss Margaret Beasley, of
Richmond, was the week end
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Cook and Mrs. Louis Cook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Grad