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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Farmville Group Adds Appeal For
Restoration OF Old Court House

A group from Farmville at
tended the meeting in Appomat-
toX, Friday night. protesting the
decision of the National Park
Service not to reconstruct the his
toric old AppomattoX Court
House.
The Park Service proposes to
build modern visitors center,
but the opinion of local spokes-
men was overwhelming for re-
storation of the old court hourse.
Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt, of the
Fourth District. who arranged
the session. contended the at
tempt to recapture the atnos-
phere of the surrender site as it
appeared in 1865. could not be
done by the Park Service without
restorat ton of the court house.
Herald publisher. j. B. Wall,
speaking for the F'armville group,
said the Yankee tourists wanted
to see the place the surrender
happened not just another mod
ern building. "Of course" he
pointed out, 1.-THE surrender oc-
cured in the Mclean House. but
the old court house is the focal
point in attracting tourists.
Others from Farmville included
w. C. Fitzpatrick, S. w. Putney.
Jr. and William j. ellis, Jr..
commissioner of the revenue.
Ebert Cox, regional director of
Park Service. said he would re-
port this expression of local resi-
dents to Conrad l.. Wirth, Ma
tional Park Director in Washing
ton.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Demonstrotions Wednesday

Prince Edward county super
visorS today urged closer confine-
ment of dogs during the next 90
days while the county's third an
nual fox trapping program is
underway.
The action is not mandatory
but is asked by the board in or
der that the program may be
successful. and that injury to
pets may be avoided.
The trapping program will be
launched tomorrow Wednesday,
with six demonstrations Of trap
ping tie h iques by Gerald
Blanks, trapping specialist with
the Virginia Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries.
The traps arc specially made
lightweight ones which arc not
strong enough TO lnlur6 large or
heavy dogs. However. smaller
animals may be inadvertently in
jured. The program requires a
daily visit to traps by all those
participating in the special state
license program.
Wednesdays trapping demon
STATIONS -. one in each magis-
terial district will be held
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Mercury, Rain
Ignore 'NOrmals'

February went out like a lamb
to break some records. E. F.
Striplin'S weather report shows
temperatures and rainfall in the
above-normal category.
The principal record breaker
came on February "a when the
mercury climbed to 78 degrees
That was the Warmest day in
February recorded here since
1854.
March, known for acting like a
lion. came in like February went
out. On the third, temperatures
rose to a high of 70, termed by
Striplin a little high for the time
Of year. Rainfall in March stands
at IA inch.
The month of February got off
to a real Winter-like beginning,
the low temperature being nine
degrees on the sixth. For the
month the average temperature
was 1913 degrees, or AZ above the
39.1 normal. Warm days toward
the end of the month pushed the
average up.
Rainfall added up to 81 inches.
That's 2.66 inches above the %
year normal average, and was
enough to cause some flooding.
-Four inches of snow. three of
them on the third of the month,
added to the variety of weather
recorded here.
High winds, with gusts esti-
mated at so miles per hour, hit
the area on the 26th. That storm
Knocked out power and phone
service in several county areas.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

or pointed out.
His listing of club accomplish
ments included: the fencing of
the community athletic field,
AL bought and paid for" the
Santa Claus party with its nut
sic. parade, treats for the kids
and St. Nick's visit, sponsorship
Of the championship winning
Jaycees squad in the Little BOYS
Baseball League. The boys were
also Jaycee Banqueted at Hamp-
den-Sydney College with the
campus coaches present after
the season.
The jos annual regional Jun
ior Golf Tournament had re-
served for it some of the presi-
dents highest praise. IF you
want to see something fine,
come out to the LongWood Golf
Club this spring and watch this
event. The boys eat it up" Kay
ton declared.
The annual picnic Jointly with
the Junior Woman's Club. the
annual New Year S Eve dance
and hosting the regional JAY
Gees meeting were other activi-
ties in the full agenda called off
~ the leader.
Maximum age for eligibility in
the Jaycees is IS years. After
that age, members must move
on, since they have attained
what the organization knows as
the exhausted rooster stage.
The bosses learned to under
stand the phrase better Thurs
day night.
To climax the evening. Pro
gram Chairman f. M. Pairet
presented j. Barrye Wall. editor
and publisher of the F'armville
Herald and honorary member of
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
DR.. Pennington
Supports Goodwin
For Lt.-GovernOr

Dr.. william A. Pennington,
representing Buckingham. APP
pomattoX and Cumberland cOun-
ties in the Virginia House of
Delegates, announced his sup
port of Mills E. Goodwin, Jr. for
lieutenant governor in the July
II Democratic primary.
Dr.. Pennington said he is
backing the Suffolk state sena-
tor because of His ability and
his devotion to conservative
government
Eight other members of the
General Assembly also issued
separate statements of support.
They are John H. Temple of
Petersburg. H. H. Purcell of
Louisa. Joseph c. Hutcheson of
Brunswick; Francis B. Could
man of Fredericksburg. L. H.
lrby. OF N 0 tow way; c. w.
Cleaton of Mecklenburg; R.
Maclin Smith of Lunenburg;
and H. M. Burrows, Jr. Of Char
lottesville.
Goodwin is the only announced
candidate for Lt.-Gov.
Those endorsing Goodwin are
also generally recognized as sup
porting Attorney General Har-
rison for Governor. and State
Sen. Robert Y. Button. of Cul-
pepper for attorney general. The
Observation-Disclosures ticket is
regarded as the one supported
by the Byrd-Democrats.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Medical Social Security Called
Alternative To Mounting Taxes
AAUW Panelists
Air Problems
OF Aged, Aging

Medical care Of the aged con-
fronts the public with two
choices, a mounting tax burden
or a voluntary employee en-
plover contribution plan, John E.
Raine, chairman Of the Virginia
Commission or the Aging, main
tanned in a public forum at
Farmville Friday.
Advocating the latter choice,
Raine said a social security type
program to meet medical care
lis no more likely to socialize
medicine than polio vaccine
has
Raine, who has headed the
state commission study of the
problems of the aging and aged
since 1858. was one of four pan
elists discussing the problems Of
the aged at a public forum spon-
sored by the American Associa-
ton of University Women.
Panelists
Other panelists were w. L.
Painter, director Of the Division
Of General Welfare, State Depart
ment of Welfare and Institutions,
Dr.. W. Otis McClung, Farmville
Baptist minister, and w. Roland
Walker, Kenbridge businessman
and Methodist layman.
The State Communication Chair
man. a former member Of the
board of regents of the Univer-
sity of Maryland for 10 years,
said the need for action in the
field of medical care for the aged
is intensified by the growing per-
centage of the population COM
posed of persons over IS and the
limited income Of the majority of
the aged
In Virginia, he said. the num-
Der has doubled since 1900 and
today compoSes 261 900 persons
or seven per cent Of the popu-
laticn. In addition, three-fifths of
persons over IS have less than
81 900 income per year, Raine
pointed out. In Buckingham,
c harlotte, Cumberland and
Prince Edward counties. the
population includes 10.5 per cent
over the age of IS, he said.
INDECENT Costs
Last year alone, he added. Viz
GINA paid out $1,000, 900 for hos
pital treatment for those declared
medically INDECENT, or unable to
pay the cost. Yet these same
people we're not on welfare rolls
they could sustain themselves
but not meet heavy hospitaliza-
| ton costs, Raine declared.
In addition. the four area coun-
ties at last report had 252 per-
sons on old age assistance rolls
who received $102 $50 annually in
such welfare payments, he point.
ed out.
Raire praised Social Security
for its beneficial effect on the
economy. with its $1.975,144 an
nual distribution in the four coul.
ties, but pointed out that every
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

MORE TROOPS are being
sent to reinforce the UN COM
mand in the Congo to try to re-
store order to that strife-torn
land. India has promised to
send 5000 men, and this togeth-
Ell with offers from Liberia and
Tunisia brings the total of new
forces volunteered to about 4,
600. The UN's original force in
the Congo was 10000 but with
drawals in protest against Dag
Hammarskjold's Congo policies
have cut this to $500. The Sec
rotary General say he needs up
to 25.000 men to keep order in
the Congo. where open fighting
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

The third in series Of articles
on Prince Edward county fOres-
try resources. written in cOopera-
ton with Don Morton. profess
siOpaI forester with the Division
Of Forestry district office at
FarmvilIc. Succeeding articles
will discuss management and
harvesting techniques.
enough so that he can set aside
tree planting time each winter.
If for any reason the landowner
cannot find the time for the work
there are reliable tree planting
contractors who will plant the
trees at reasonable cost.
Costs Analyzed
A tree planting machine can
be obtained from the Division of
Forestry for a maintenance cost
Of 81 per thousand trees planted.
Two men using a machine and
tractor can plant from 1900 to
10000 seedlings per day :.
enough TO cover about 10 acres
The average farmer can plant
from 800 TO 1000 seedlings. or
about an acre. per day with a
hand planting tool available with
out cost through the Division of
Forestry. Thus the item of equip
ment is Of negligible expense.
Low quality trees and brush on
cutover areas must be deadened
with a herbicide available at any
farm supply store. The herbicide
is 2,4,5-T. The cost of this item
Continued On page Z,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Lions Request
ROadCommission
To Stand Firm
Civic Club
ReendOrses
Southern Link

The Farmville Lions Club has
added its voice to those protest
ing selection of the northern
corridor through Virginia for the
eaSt-west Interstate Highway
link.
Members approved a reSOlu-
ton Friday reendorsing the 1859
southern corridor selection of
the Virginia Highway Commits
sion. The resolution will ask the
Commission to insist on its de-
cision, maintaining that if it
was right then, it remains right
today.
A copy of the resolution will
be forwarded to Highway Com
missioner H. H. Harris, and to
Tucker Watkins, Jr., of South
Boston, commission member for
this area.
Override State
In 1859, the Highway Commits
sion voted to in favor of rout-
ing the Interstate, Route ga over
a corridor through Southside and
Southern Virginia via Farmville
Lynchburg and Roanoke as best
serving the overall detectives
and purposes of the interstate
highway system.
Ten days ago, the federal
Bureau of Public Roads an
nounced that it had approved
the northern corridor, via Route
$50 from Richmond to Char
lottesville and Staunton and
Route so to Lexington and the
West Virginia line Approval of
the Bureau is required on all
Interstate Route locations.
Letters and resolutions of pro-
test from Southern Virginia over
the federal decision have been
going to the Commission office
since the Bureau decision was
announced.
Alternatives
If the road doesn't go north,
the federal bureau will withhold
its funds-90 per cent of the cost.
If it doesn't go south. the state
commission may decide to build
it with state funds or, possibly
not build it at all.
Highway Commissioner H. H.
Harris, who earlier gave a 60
ahead signal to his road depart
ment to begin construction plan
ming. now says he was "a little
hasty'' and that the federal
state differences first must be
resolved.
The commission meets next on
March 16 here and undoubtedly
will discuss the problem. The
upshot may be a commission ap-
peal through Governor Almond.
he also says he doesn't like the
federal choice - to Commerce
Secretary Hodges or President
Kennedy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Building Limited
To 2 New Homes

New construction in Prince Ed
ward was limited to two homes
in February.
The two permits, issued by
Commissioner of Revenue W. j.
ellis, Jr., totaled 500, 800.
In Farmville district a permit
was issued to M. R. Lafoon, and
in Hampden district one went to
Herman Duncan. Both were for
construction of dwellings,.
The February permits bring
the years total to four for a
value of $35 800.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

Resolutions were also pre-
scented by the Appomattox board
of supervisors, the AppomattoX
town council. and the Pamplin
town council.
The reason the Park Service
wants to construct a modern
visitors center is because it is
felt the restored court house
would not be large enough to
provide the necessary facilities
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Why Forestry Lag?
Money, Time Excuses Not Valid

confronted with the facts, neither
will stand up.
True, it requires investment
ranging from $40 to $35 per acre
depending on the conditions on
the area to be planted in seed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

lings. However, use Of existing
government help can reduce this
greatly, or, if the landowner per-
forms the planting labor. elimi-
mated entirely.
Time-wise, with a little help,
the average farmer can get at
least five acres planted each
year without taking more than
two weeks from his other farm
ing activities. All that is needed
is for the farmer to plan ahead
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
BY JOHN STICK

The two most used reasons for
off badly needed tree
planting in Prince Edward coun-
ty are: ID can't afford it, and
% don't have the time When
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Moy Queen Named

Miss Vivian Frances Callahan,
Colonial Beach senior, has been
shosen May Queen at LongWood
College. The senior beauty will
reign during the annual Long
wood Dell festivities in May.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
Appreciation Banquet
yaycees Prone To Bosses
That Time off WeHSpent

you're going have little time off, it's
to know: grateful used the good adj
vantage.
employers at the Farmvie Junior
Thursday had
and true of this 72menber
of businessmen
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07

has erupted again in the port
city of Matadl.
TWO RB47 FLYERS who re-
turned about a month ago from
seven months in Russian
prison answered questions pub
licly for the first time Friday
in 7 op k a. Kan. Air Force
CaptS. John R. McKOne and
Freeman B. Olmstead are be-
lieved to be the only survivors
OF a crew of five shot down last
July | over international waters
north of Russia. The pair re-
vealed for the first time that
their plane. previously describ-
ed as unarmed. had two 20-mm.
cannon in its tail with which
they returned the fire of the So
Wet MIG Jet fighter which shot
them down. But their, replies to
questions as to the nature of their
mission, what happened to the
other three creWman, and how
much information they gave the
Russians. left these things still
very much of a mystery. They
said they were subjected to ex-
IRENE hardships. including SEEM
ingly endless questioning. in the
Soviet prison.
sen. HARRY r. BYRD ID
VaD sharply criticized the pi'in-
clple implicit in report that
President Kennedy Is consider
ing cutting off federal aid to
all public colleges and unlver-
sites praCtlclnC racial dlscrln-
nation. The renort that Kennedy
Is considering issuing an cXecu-
tive order to this effect appear
ed III the Washington Star last
week. Byrd said that this is
exactly what he has been warn
ing: that federal aid will even
tually lead to federal controls.
If accepted, federal aid means
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-07
NdtiOnaINe1us Summary
By Fl. v. LANCASTER, JR.

MORE TROOPS SENT TO STRIFE TORN CONGO
= IMPRISONED PILOTS TALK = BYRD WARNS OE .
Evening star., 1961-05-16

skip a second chimp launching
Mas. and go directly to
manned flight as early as No
vember /. This seemed un-
likely, however, for a number
of reasons.
Rocket Is Fragile
First, the reliability Of the
Atlas itself is not up to levels
NASA would like, even though
Mr.. Webb stressed today that
the Atlas as converted for Mer-
curry use is "man-rated." The
extremely fragile construction
of the big rocket is a source of
concern to many officials, who
say Atlas is far from ideal for
the job.
Second, the autumn brings
bad storms in some parts of the
world over which the Mercury
capsule must travel in orbit.
Weather must be perfect or
close to it at 18 station sites
from Cape Canaveral to the
middle of the Indian Ocean,
from Central Africa to the Aus
tralian desert, and from the
Hawaiian Islands to the Ba-
hamas.
Evening star., 1961-05-16

! school aid hackers, who ex
pressed the belief it would
seriously jeopardize chances of
passing the measure in the
House.
A spokesman for the National
Education Association said that
group, which provides much of
the lobbying support for the
bill, was sticking to its position
that Congress should consider
help for parochial schools in a
separate measure, if at all.
Senators and Representatives
long active in the development
of school aid bills took the
same stand in private COM
ments.
Some of them said they be-
lieved yesterdays Supreme
Court action strengthened the
view that serious constitutional
problems would beset any eff
fort to provide additional pub
lie funds to private schools.
President Kennedy's Official
ly stated position has been that
the constitutional questions in
any proposal for aid to paro-
chial schools are so serious that
they should be considered sepa-
rately from the public school
aid bill.
Evening star., 1961-05-16
MERCURY
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for the unsuccessful launching
Of an Instrumental space cap
sule late last month. In this
shot - designated Mercury
Atlas 4-the capsule will con-
tain only an assortment of in
struments and ballast designed
to simulate an astronaut's S
weight and some Of the human
metabolic functions.
MAJ could go as early as
July 4, according to present
space agency plans. If orbit is
achieved and the capsule is re-
covered after three trips around
the world, the way will be paved
for an orbital shot with a CHM
panzee in the Mercury capsule.
The chimp shot - MAS,
could hardly take place before
September /. in the opinion of
program officials at the space
agency. About two months is
considered the practical mini
mum interval between orbital
launchings.
A space official close to the
Mercury program said that if
MA-4 and MAS both go per-
fectly, it might be possible to
Evening star., 1961-05-16
VOTE

Continued From First Page
maintained that the compre-
hensive projections of his "a
page bill should be incorporated
with either the administration
or Broyhill proposals.
Apart from discretionary diff
ferences, bills vary in voting
ages-21 in Broyhill and Harsha
measures and 18 in the Ken
|nedy bill-and in residence re-
quirements-one year in Repub-
lican proposals and six months
for primaries and 80 days for
presidential balloting in the ad-
ministration draft.
Minority parties could be
petitioned into existence by SOC
signatures and a 10-cent-per-
head fee in the Broyhill bill, by
500 signers in the Kennedy pro.
posal and by 5000 signatories
in the HarSha version.
Shipley Testifies
Carl L. Shipley, chairman o.
the District Republican Statt
Committee, today's single major
witness, stressed the Importance
Evening star., 1961-05-16
Lord AttIee Has
Pleasant Visit
With Kennedy

Lord Attlee, 78-year-old for
mer British Prime Minister,
had what he called a pleasant
visit" with President Kennedy
today.
Brushing aside reporters
questions about any details of
his talk with the President,
Lord Attlee said only that they
discussed world affairs.
Asked what he thought about
prospects of a meeting between
President Kennedy and Soviet
Premier Khrushchev, he said,
Il understand it is coming off,
isn't it?" He added, however
that he did not discuss this
with the President and Il know
no more about it than you do
Lord Attlee, British Prime
Minister from 1945 to 1851 and
long time Labor Party leader,
plans to meet with former Pres
ident Eisenhower in Gettys-
burg, Pa, tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1961-05-16
Committee Vote
Fuvors MORGAN
By the Associated Press

The Senate Commerce Com.
mittee today approved, by q
divided vote, the disputed nom-
ination Of Howard v. Morgan
Of oregon to a post on the
Federal Power Commission.
The nomination is headed for
a fight in the Senate. Some
Republican committee members
are making an issue over a
minor arrest on Mr.. Morgan's
record which he said he had
forgotten to list on a Federal
job application form. and an
other case in which he was
fined on an assault charge.
The committee announced it
had counted a majority of its
members as voting at a closed
door meeting for approval of
the nomination.
It reserved the announce
ment Of the exact vote, until
some absent members can be
recorded.
Evening star., 1961-05-16
sKENNEDY
KENNEDY
Moscow Note Described
As Reply to U. S. Message
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chief at a neutral capital such
as Stockholm or Vienna. The
idea would be to have a short
get-acquainted session Of day
Or two.
Mr.. Khrushchev has been
puhlicly noncommittal so far
about such a meeting.
,%Mr. Kennedy was said to
have been considering a possible
meeting with Mr.. Khrushchev
during the past eight weeks.
The President probably will
make up his mind definitely
within a week, it was stated.
) Mr.. Kennedy would like to
make plain to the Soviet leader
that the United States and its
allies will stand firm on issues
of vital Importance.
He also would like to persuade
Mr.. KhruShchev to modify the
Soviet position in the dead
locked Geneva negotiations for
a treaty to ban nuclear weapons
tests under firm international
Inspection provisions.
Advisers Cautious
Some Of Mr.. Kennedy's ad-
visers. meanwhile. were run
ming up caution signals about
a meeting with Mr.. Khru-
shchev, the Associated Press re-
ported.
The danger of building false
public hopes for dramatic
strides toward peaceful under
standing looms large among the
obstacles.
The idea in seeing Mr.. Khru-
shchev would not be to hold
negotiations in the formal man.
ner of a summit conference.
Rather, the meeting would be
an informal affair giving Mr..
Kennedy chance to get ac-
quainted with and personally
measure the leader of the op-
position on the East-West
scene.
Evening star., 1961-05-16
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Illinois said he personally had
mo particular feelings" about
the wisdom of adding the Ma
tional Defense Education Act
provisions to the general
school bill.
Senator Javits, Republican
of New York, told reporters he
had believed that raising the
parochial private school issue
in this bill would complicate
its passage, but if Senator
Mansfield has large support
for that kind of compromise, it
would be all right with me-"
Goldwater Has Amendment
During the caucus, Senator
GoldWater. Republican of Ari-
zona. told his colleagues he
planned to offer an amend
ment on the floor to include
parochial schools in the bene-
fits of the bill, but there was
no discussion of a party posi-
ton on this issue.
The strategy suggested by
Senator Mansfield, however
was opposed today by other