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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

Mrs. John Vance spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Math-
ews and Kathy. On Friday Kathy
enters Southside Hospital for a
tonsillectomy. We wish her a
speedy recovery.
Ronald "Boze' Wilson return
ed home Saturday after complet-
ing his National Guard training
at Fort Jackson, S. C. Miss
Erma 10 Wilson, of Newport
News, also spent the week end
at home.
Mrs. Clyde Godsey and Miss
Christine Godsey, of johnson
City, Tenn, were week end
guests September IS of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ford Wilson.
Mrs. Blaine Vance and Mrs.
w. C. Hedrick will accompany
their mother. Mrs. Leslie Lane.
Of Dendron, to Charlottesville
Friday for a check-up of her
eyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Stinson
and Mrs Margaret Morgan and
Thomas Stinson are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Stinson and
family and Earl Stinson in North
Carolina.
Mrs Geraldine Wilson and
Janet are expected home this
week after a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Martin Ed
wards. in huntsville, N. C.
Ford and Robert Wilson, Jr.,
are spending several days in
johnson City. Tenn, with Ford's
father. R. T. Wilson. who has
been quite sick but is better at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Spencer
and Miss Pauline Corson visited
Miss Sarah Corson at Mcclure
Hospital last Sunday. Her con-
dition remains about the same.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

J. Meade Andersons Sunday aft
ernOon.
Miss Billie Morg spent
Thursday night at her home
here. Friday, she was in Roanoke
and saw Miss Virginia Ander-
son. On her return she stopped
in Bedford and brought Miss
Louise Morgan home for the
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lightfoot Crews
and daughter. Miss Jean Crews
spent Friday night in the Nor
gan-Cole home. The three mem
bers of the Crews family were
or their way to Ferrum where
Miss Jean would enter college.
Saturday on their return to Ports
mouth. Mr.. and Mrs. Crews,
minus daughter, broke the trip
by another night in the Morgan
Cole home. Another overnight
guest was Miss Faye Thornhill.
Sunday, the Morgans. Mrs. Cole
ard Miss Thornhill spent the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Morris
near Burkeville.
The organs and Whiteheads
are families who, without fuss
or fanfare, get things done. They
enter into new enterprises quiet
ly and finish them the same
way.
Recently Harry Bryan bought
a trailer and he. Mrs. Bryan and
their daughter, Janet. moved
to Biacksburg where Harry has
enrolled at VPI. If he is going
to farm, he figured that the best
techniques were worth the few
years it would take to acquire
them.
The young organs had been
living in an apartment in the
house with the Rev. and Mrs.
Dott Bryan.
EesldeS his pastoral duties,
the Rev. Bryan and his son,
Bob, are operating a farm.
With Harry's departure, two men
were left to do the work of
three.
One day this week Bob suf-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
Deatonville

Sept. q - Mrs. Daisy Nc
Chez, Mrs. Bill Ellerson and
Mrs. Raymond Hughes, Of Rich
mond, visited Mrs. A. c. Mann
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Koven Carter, of
Crewe. Mr. and Mrs Jake Car
ter, of Farmville, and Mr. and
Mrs Howard Garrett and Miss
Virginia Garrett visited Miss
Smithey Carter and brothers
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe ellis and
girls, Mrs. Weldon King and
girls and Mrs. Stanley ellis
visited Mrs. Alice ellis and Miss
Linda Farley in Newport News
Sunday.
Mrs. Oscar Hamlet and son,
Douglas. spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Tommy Wells in Rich
mond. Mr.. and Mrs. Wells and
daughter, Donna, returned with
them for a few days visit
Henry Mann and James Mann
visited Chum Mann Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Alice Jenkins and her
house guests. Mrs. George Shpil
and sons and Mrs. Melvin Jen-
kins and son, of Richmond, visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Booker
in Crewe Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Alice Jenkins also called to see
Mrs Robert Bucknam while in
CreWe.
Floyd ucker spent last
Thursday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. David Hudson in South Bos-
ton and he spent Friday night
with MIR. and Mrs. Raymond
Newton at Clarksville.
Mr. and Mrs. Kester Tune, of
South Boston, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Witt Borum.
Miss Virginia Garnett, of Rich
mond. is spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gar
nett.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
Guinea Mills Is Well
REPRESENTED At The Fair

GUINEA MILLS, Sept. 2S-The
State Fair in Richmond is at
tracing several from this COM
munity. Saturday evening Mr..
and Mrs. Blaine Vance attended
the fair and car races. Mr.. and
Mrs. D. W. Sutton and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Hedrick expect to at
tend the fair Thursday night.
Also. one day this week Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Moorefield EXPECT
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Sims
and family and attend the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manville Wright
visited her brother, David
Franklin. at Medical College
Hospital last Sunday.
Cdr. and Mrs. j. X. Metzger
and Jean spent the week end in
Lynnhaven visiting friends. Re-
cent guests Of the Metzgers at
Anchors Down" we're Mr.. and
Mrs. S. T. Wills. of Newport
News.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hohmann,
of Richmond, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Vogel over the week
end.
Recent guests of Miss Pauline
Corson were Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Spencer, of Farmville, the Rev.
Jesse Hutchinson, of Hampton,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Flippen,
of Ashland.
Saturday visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. j. Wright were Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hobinet, Of Rich
mond, and Mr.. and Mrs. Man.
vile Wright. Sunday callers were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Lockner, of
Guinea. and Friday guests were
Mrs. Tommy East and children,
of Sandston.
Beth Blanton was a week end
guest Of Mrs. Lottie Brown, OF
Guinea. Sunday, Mrs. E. W.
Blanton spent the day there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

ANDERSONVILLE. Sept. 28-
A star is fine to make wish on
if you have nothing better. Cyd-
ma Morgan had something bet
ter and much nearer. It was
the most beautiful birthday cake
in the world with her name on
it, decorated with roses. and
proudly bearing four candles.
Friday afternoon, while she
waited impatiently for her cou-
sins. Susan and Nan Forbes
sometimes school is forever let
ting out and her grandmother
to come to her party. she amused
herself by lighting and relighting
the candles, blowing them out,
and making a wish. And do you
know what? The wish came
true: Among her gifts was the
tea set which has filled her life
with delight.
Until her fifth birthday rolls
around Cydna will have to wish
upon star" but always she
will pin her faith to the candles
on a birthday cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Cos
nell were guests in the w. B..
Anderson home several days
this week. Wednesday,, W h e n
they returned to Baltimore, they
took Miss Cammie Anderson and
U. B. with them for a visit.
Miss Bettye Mills and Sam
Starnes were supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P. Mills Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Herman Anderson spent
Tuesday in Appomattox with the
Emmett McCraws. Sunday the
McCraw family visited the An
dersons.
Mrs. J. c. Morgan is back at
home after visit of several
days with her son-in-law and
daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Cur
It's Holloman.
80th Division Reunion
Jack Anderson was in Fred
erlcksburg over the week end to
attend the reunion of the Both
Division. In his absence. the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

fered a hand injury while work
ing with a power saw. Stitches
had to be taken and Bob was
told not to use his hand for
two weeks. And now, three hands
are doing the work formerly done
by six. Knowing the organs
there isn't much doubt but thai
will be done efficiently and well
A Busy Family
Saturday the Rev. Keith
Whitehead, Mrs. Whitehead anc
their three children moved from
their home in this community
to Appomattox County. Mr.
Whitehead. who is principal Of
Oakville School and pastor OF
Maple Grove Church, has now
received call to a second
church, Red Oak Baptist. With
two churches and the admins
tration of a school to fill his
days, Mr.. Whitehead decided
it would be better to live near
err the scene Of his activities.
With their sens in school anC
their small daughter in gooo
hands. Mrs. Whitehead plans te
attend Longwood College this
winter.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
Cydna Morgan Finds More Than A
Star To Pin Her FOndest Wish On

Juan Andersons came from
Richmond to be with Mrs. An
derSOn.
Mrs. Richard Gee, of Roanoke
was the week end guest Of Mrs.
Julius Coleman. Mr.. and Mrs
Fields Webster had lunch with
Mrs. Coleman Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Drumeller
were supper guests of Mr.. AND
Mrs. William Chappell Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. Hattie Morgan. Ivanhoe
Morgan ard Dorothy Dun n
visited relatives in the Alcoma
neighborhOod Sunday.
Mrs. j. Meade Anderson and
Mrs. J. Branch Forbes attended
the Farmville District Seminar
at Kenbridge Thursday.
Supper guests in the Robert,
son-Farrar home Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Holland
their daughter, Jean, and Mr.
and Mrs. Walker Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Alternately
and children were Sunday din
ner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Anderson.
Texas Conference
Charles Anderson is attending
a church conference in Glade.
water. Texas. Anderson will be
in Texas for about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sites, Of
G d tone, and Mrs. Tom
Ewart. of Roanoke, called in the
homes of Mrs. Eva Glover anG
Mrs. Julius Coleman Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Sites
and Mrs. EWart were supper
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H
Flood and Miss Lula Flood.
Nat and Aubrey Walden spent
Saturday night and Friday with
their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. j. Thompson. The boys
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Walden, bought them to the
country enc night and returned
for them the next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Coleman
and their son, Bill, called on the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29

GenitO Presbyterian Church last
Sunday. with an interesting pro-
gram and a good attendance
Among those taking part in the
service beside the pastor were
Diane Goddin. Monte H arris
Sonny Hawks, Mrs. Christine
Rush and Glenn Simmons.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
ULTIMATUM

Two girls were being followed
by a lone male on a beautiful
Spring day. Finally one of them
in apparent Indignation turned
to the young man and exclaimed
Either you quit following us or
or-Or 20 get a friend"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-29
Study Class Planned Saturday

CLAYVILLE, Sept. % The
Graceland Baptist WINS will
have a mission study class at
the church on Saturday Septem-
Der 30 at 2 pm. Mrs. Coan
Agee will teach the book, Chris
tians Sharing of Possessions. ="
Mrs. Pauline Allen and Mrs.
Emma Moore spent last Friday
in Richmond. They also visited
Mrs. John Lilly who is a patient
at Staurt Circle Hospital. We
hope she will be at home soon.
Mrs. Annie Nichols and Mrs.
Herman Miller, Of Richmond.
visited their mother, Mrs. r. I.
Sayles and sister. Mrs. Bernard
Allen. on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.. Lipscomb
and son, David. Of Gloucester,
spent Sunday afternoon with his
mother. Mrs. Olive Lipscomb.
Miss Laura Allen spent last
week with her brother and fam
lily. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth AL
len, in Bon Air.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Bradbury
and son. Gene. and Mrs. Ger
trude Bradbury visited Mrs. Sa-
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or-or go get a friend.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
By the Associated Press

The last capital Of the Con-
federacy may have been Rich
mond or Danville, Va, Char
lotte. N. c.. Abbeville, S. c.,
or Washington, Ga.
Civil War Historian Clifford
Dowdey of Richmond says take
your pick, for each location has
as much claim as any other.
A thorough examination of
just where Jefferson Davis and
his cabinet functioned as a gov
ernment for the last time prob
ably would prove futile. Even
if it did provide a definite an
Swer, at least one town would
deny the conclusion.
Davis would not accept the
fall Of the Confederacy and
when he was forced to leave
Richmond on April 2, 1865, with
the fall of Petersburg, he still
had hopes of establishing his
government at Danville.
According to a historical
marker outside of the Danville
public library, Davis established
that building as the Confed-
crate capitol and used 1t as such
from April 3 to April 10. The
marker also proclaims the
building as "the last capitol Of
the Confederacy."
Evening star., 1961-04-09

he and IL detectives, three
minutes after the coronation,
ran onto the Sylvan Theatre
stage, scrambled through the
princesses and uncrowned Miss
Howard.
The crown, Mr.. James ex-
planned, is worth 100000 and
has to be carefully guarded.
Before the 5000 seated viewers
and the other thousan d
sprawled on the lawn nearby
began disaSsembling, the crown
was whisked back to a vault in
the Treasury Department.
Prior to the crowning g-un-
crowning ceremony. the page
ant featured a program of song
and dance.
The United States Air Force
Band, the Singing Sergeants,
the George Washington Uni
versity Glee Club and the
Choralettes, who had come all
the way from Houston, Tex,
for the event, sang show tunes,
old popular songs and a Japa-
nese folk tune.
Among the dancers were a
children's ballet group, the
Ballet Petite.
The Coronation Pageant
the climax to the weeks fes-
tival activities-will be repeat
ed today at 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
SOUTHS LAST CAPITAL
Settles Vie for Honor

1t was there that Davis re-
ceived the news of Lees sur
render at Appomattox. the
event that signifies the end oi
the Confederacy to many his
torians. Danville claims the last
meeting of the Confederate
cabinet was held there.
According to Mr.. Dowdey
Lees surrender did not mean
the end for Davis. It only
meant, to him, that Lee had
turned against him.
So Davis, still with hopes of
establishing a permanent cap
ital, moved on to Charlotte,
N. c., near the area where Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston command
ed the last major army Of the
South.
Davis established headquar-
ters in Charlotte April %. He
stayed there with his dimin-
ishing cabinet until the 26th.
when Johnston surrendered to
Sherman.
jefferson Davis still held the
dream of the Confederacy.
He continued toward Geor-
gia, still with a hope of setting
up a permanent capital, said
Mr.. Dowdey.
On May Q he met with his
remaining cabinet members in
Abbeville, s. C.. There is no
Evening star., 1961-04-09

way Of telling if there was a
quorum present or if the meet
ing served as a functional gov
ernmental meeting. From there
he proceeded to Washington,
Ga.
Historians agree that meet
ings held in Washington did
not include all cabinet men,
bers, possibly not a quorum.
However, the cadets with Davis
disbanded there and the re-
naming Confederate bonds
were burned. 1t seems that at
Washington, Ca, even Davis
realized the cause of the Con-
federacy was lost.
Therefore, the small Georgia
town is in the running for the
last capital title.
On May 10, Davis was finally
captured and sentenced to
Fortress Monroe, Va, where
he spent the next two years.
His capture came almost a
after Lees surrender and
four months after Lee had told
him the Zig was up," as Mr..
Dowdey put it.
Richmond has an undisputed
claim as a Confederate capital.
But assuming the Confederacy
was still vital after Petersburg,
it's out of the running as a
"last capital"
Evening star., 1961-04-09
00,000Crown Marks
Coronation Pageant

A shivering crowd of 1000
braved yesterdays winds to
watch the annual Cherry Bios
som Festivals traditional Coro-
nation Pageant in a intradi-
tional setting.
The event, usually held at
the Jefferson Memorial, was
moved this year to the Sylvan
Theatre. at the foot of the
Washington Monument.
The backdrop Of cherry bios
som trees was planted by the
National Capital Parks five
years ago in anticipation Of the
move.
The pageant, which lasted
over two hours, was olimaxed
with the crowning of the Cher
ry Blossom Queen, Kentucky's
Miss Elizabeth Marshall How
ard, by Interior Secretary Udall.
Mr.. Udall, conspicuous for
his lack Of an overcoat, placed
the 412-pound crown of pearls
on Miss Howard's head as the
81 other princesses, their es-
corts and the crown bearer,
6-year-old Jaye Marie James,
looked on.
Also watching closely was
Miss James father, Jimmie,
who was not watching his
daughter.
Mr.. James is head of the
National Detective Agency and
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Montgomery
OKs Survey for
Trash Removal

An item of 100000 for a
survey and plans which may
lead to a county-sponsored
trash removal system were ap-
proved tentatively yesterday by
the Montgomery County Coun-
Gil.
Such a system, which might
cost initially as much as $5.5
million was recommended to
the council last week by a con-
Sulting firm. Most of the gar
bage collection in the county
is now handled by the WASH
ington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
The council also gave tenta-
tive approval to a $4,000 sur
vey of the need for a commu-
nifty renewal program. Both
items must be submitted to a
public hearing, tentatively
scheduled for 8 pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star staff Writer

Nearly a quarter million
Washingtonians and tourists
lined Constitution avenue yes
lterday to watch the city'S big
springtime show-the Cherry
Blossom Festivals annual Pa
rade Of Princesses.
The record turnout was at
tributed to the daylight sched-
uling of the event.
In past years, only the
hardest could stand through
the nights chill air and
Festival officials hoped a sunny
sky would entice the less hardy.
1t did. and viewers, this year
were only well chilled instead
of frozen.
The wind was brisk and tenn
peratures stayed in the low
SOS during the nearly two and
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Blossom Parade Turnout Credited
To Switch From Night Schedule

a half hours it took the 5000
marchers to strut from Seventh
to Seventeenth streets NV.
The weather was hardest on
the high school drum major
cites. who were the most
scantily dressed of the paraders.
Most of the princesses riding
floats or in open cars, were in
better shape because they were
allowed to wear fur wraps over
their gowns. But a few of the
northern princesseS, like Miss
Alaska and Miss Massachusetts,,
wore bare shoulders and seemed
not to mind at all.
They drew whistles and ap-
plause from the crowd which
also cheered the grand mar
shals, all television personali-
ties, such as Gardner Mckay
Of Adventures in Paradise; "
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Dick Clark Of American Band
stand" Paul Burke and Hor-
ace Mcmahon Of Naked City,
Connie Stevens Of Hawaiian
Eye" and local personalities
Pick Temple and Pete Jamer-
son.
Among the favorite parade
personalities were a pair re-
sembling President and Mrs
Abraham Lincoln who rode
down the avenue in an open
carriage. They drew some very
surprised exclamations until
they got close enough so view
ers could see they were wax
figures-obtalned from the Ma
tional Historical Wax Museum.
Miss America-Nancy Ann
Fleming-preceded the parade
and amid whistles and cheers
left her car to inelp narrate the
event for WMAL-TV. Across
the street in the reviewing
stand, the District Commits
sioners watched as the Dis
trict's THANK You For the
Right to Vote" float, sponsored
by the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce. slipped by.
The Commissioners, Parks
Superintendent T. Sutton Jett
and the rest Of the crowd
stayed on through the whole
show which included 81 floats
and 210 units made up of high
school and college bands from
all over the Nation; clowns;
horses; a dance combo: model
is; and military marches.
When it was all over, the
judges picked these as the best:
Overall unit-University of
Oklahoma band.
State Bands-Bristol Central
High School, Bristol, N. Y;
Clearwater High School, Clear
water, Fla. and York Suburban
Knights, York, Pa.
Non-State Bands Lenoir
City High School Band, Lenoir,
Tenn; Lewistown High School,
Lewistown, Me-, and Wheaton
High School, Wheaton, Md.
Majorettes - Emmaus High
School, Emmaus, Pa; Hemp
field-Spartan Band, Green's
burg, Pa; and Jeb Stuart High
School, Falls Church, Va.
ROTC Marching Units-Utah
State, Ohio State and Clemson
Pershing Rifles, Clemson, S. C.
State Floats-Colorado, Ar
kansas and New Jersey.
Non-State Floats u. S.
Navy, District Jaycees Thank
You for the Right to Vote" and
Coca Cola.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Election Law Plan by DC.
Goes to Congress This Week

fication or disqualification for
voting.
Both New York and Ohio
laws prescribe stiffer penalties
for fraudulent voting than does
the Commissioners draft.
The official city version will
be reworked at Commission
erS' meeting Tuesday. Then 1t
must be cleared through the
Budget Bureau before official
submission to the Senate and
the House.
Walter N. Tobriner. president
of the Board of Commission
ers, said he would furnish
working drafts Of the bill, as
submitted to the bureau, to
congressional sponsors this
week.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Museum Set
For orAntietum

ANTIETAM, Md, April 8
(AP).-A volley Of cannon fire
will mark the opening Sunday
of the Antietam-Sh -Sharpsburg
Civil War Museum here.
Attending the pm. cere-
mony will be officials of the
State of Maryland and the Ma
tional Civil War Centennial
Committee. American and Con-
federate flags will be presented
and speakers will include Civil
War historians.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Drivers, IS,
Face Curbs
In darlington
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

An ordinance making it
tougher for 15-year-olds to
drive was adopted by the Ar
lington County Board yester-
day.
The ordinance makes it lille
gal for youths under 16 to
drive before completing a.
driver-training course and un-
less accompanied by an adult
with an operators permit. The
minimum driving age in Vir-
ginia is Is.
The regulation, similar to
one being promoted through
out the Washington area, be-
comes effective August !.
In other action, the board
voted to establish a commit
tee to prepare a code of gov
ernmental ethics, and asked
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg to consider installation of
crankcase ventillating devices
on county government vehicles
to reduce air pollution.
The board also was involved
in another emotional hearing
on the controversial case of
Arlington Police Sergt. Russell
Runyon. The hearing ended in
conclusively after the former
detective and his wife once left
the hearing in tears.
County board members again
expressed disapproval of the
way Mr.. Lundberg has handled
the case.
But they concluded that they
are powerlesS to intervene and
effect transfer of Mr.. Runyon
from the one-man parks and
property squad.
The continuing controversy
began last August when the
policeman returned to duty af-
ter two years of disability re-
tirement during which he twice
unSuccessfully campaigned for
the County Board on a plat
form advocating dismissal Of
the County Manager.
Attorney Orem Lewis, jr.,
representing Sergt. Runyon
charged that Mr.. Lundberg or
dered Sergt. Runyon first to
walk a beat in the County
Property yard and then to pa
troll parks, in retaliation for the
Sergeant's campaign state
mentS.