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Evening star., 1961-02-05
:BeIeion Strike Aide
rs Sued for 2 Cents

::1LIEGE. Belgium, Feb. 4
tAP).-Andre Renard, a leader
OF the Socialist strike that
pAyalyzed Belgium last month
Il being sued for nondelivery
ofmail during the strike.
lawyer Yves Philippart de
Fey seeks symbolic damage.
Of only / franc q cents) but
hopes to establish a precedent
faAking union leaders legally
responsible for individual and
eetporate strike losses running
into millions.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

forced to withdraw when ma
chine-gun fire penetrated its
cabin. No planes have tried to
land at the airport since.
Rebel army headquarters in
Stanleyville has ordered the
troops to stop their attack and
q Congolese officer, Col. Ayayo,
is on his way from Stanleyville
to try to bring the men under
control.
He is expected to arrive to-
morrow along with 1t. Col
John Ionsi, the Nigerian COM
mander.
Seek Lumumba Talks
The day-long battle was the
largest manifestation Of the
anarchy existing among Congo
lese soldiers. -
For weeks they have reported
ly roamed the countryside at
tacking villages and outposts in
defiance Of orders from head
quarters. but until now the vio-
lence has been limited to small
skirmishes.
In Leopoldville a committee
Of the U. N. conciliation COM
mission had another talk with
President Joseph KaSavubu to-
day, hoping to further their eff
forts to interview ex-Premier
Patrice Lumumba in his Ka-
tanga Jail.
The 11-nation African-Asian
Commission had already OBJ
tanned Mr.. KaSavubu's permis-
sion to see Mr.. Lumumba, but
yesterday was told that Katan-
ga Premier Noise Tshombe
barred an interview.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Lumumbists Hold Fire,
StiIISurround Nigerions

LEOPOLDVnLE, The Congo, Feb. CAP) - Revenge
seeking Lumumbst soldiers generally confomed to ceasee
order but their positions encrclng United Nations bar
racks vu Province today United Nations Headquarters
reported.A
ms cease-fe negotiated after hot gun battle Friday
Evening star., 1961-02-05

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G6reSOs Chevy Cheese.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Five Doy Trip
Is Candidates In HeraIds NeU
York Club; More Entries Expected

peake Bay, busy tours of fabu-
lous New York City, theatres
shows, and a visit to the fashion
able New York night clubs. Trav-
cling in congenial group from
this area affords an opportunity
to go places one would never see
travelling alone. And it is all free !!
Club members are as follows:
James Falls. Amelia.
Miss Mary Bruce. Rice.
Miss Diana Sutton, Carriers
vile,
Mrs. w. D. Walker, Route 1,
Farmville,
Mrs. c. H. Agee. Jr., Buck
ingham c. H..
Mrs. Virginia L. Dryer, Farm
vile.
Mrs. Charles Goodman, Cum
berland C. H.,
Mrs. Gay c. Thackston, Wor-
sham,
Mrs. Marilyn S. Fore, Route 3,
Farmville.
Mrs. William Xix, Pamplin.
Mrs. Calvin Doss, Prospect,
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

Rose Marie and Kenneth. Rose
Marie. who also won the l6-
county regional competition re-
Gently at Longwood College, will
enter the State finals in public
speaking at VPI next month. She
spoke on the subject she'll use
in the state championships,
Communism"
Kenneth. third place winner
In the regionals. spoke on con-
servation and the Nations basic
heritage of soil and water.
Judges Recognized
Also special guests for the
monthly dinner session were
Misses Mary Clay Hiner and
Carrie M. DUNCAN. former teac-
hers who served as judges for
the Chambers essay contest.
On the contest they rendered a
unanimous verdict: A worthy
community project and a worthy
response from the young COM
petitor.
In sponsoring the ESSAY con-
test and supporting its two COM
peuive divisions with a total of
500 in prizes. the Chamber
sought to impress the student
writer's with some purposes Of
the Centennial observance
Among them are: awakening in
terest In the war period and a
serious study of the nation s
time of trial, and learning Vir-
ginia's true role in the great
conflict through which the nation
was bound more firmly.
Prizes of S25, and SIS and $40
were offered in both of the
and 18th grades. and the 9th,
9Th and 10th grades.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Five Doy Trip

There are 10 members now
actively working on the five day,
all expenses paid trip to New
York. These have all entered
since the Herald trip was an
nounced in last Fridays edition.
Additional entries are expected
as the enthusiasm for the excit-
ing trip mounts.
Club members have come from
widely scattered areas through
out the Herald's circulation area.
There is still plenty of room,
anywhere in the six county Her
aid area, for additional candi-
dates. Some areas are particu-
larly wide open" for candidates
to jump in and win the trip with
a minimum of effort.
Additional candidates can find
entry blanks on page IA of to-
days Herald. For those candi-
dates already at work, bonus
of 50 points will be given for
each book that is completed by
June 80.
The five day trip is highlighted
by a night cruise up the Chesa-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
been fishing.
Race For Help

had been fishing.
Race For Help
Harry then raced to the home
of Ira Brisentine, about two
miles distant. to summon help.
Deputy Sheriff Jack A. Campbell
and Luke LeWarne. of Prospect,
rushed to the pond. They i'm
mediately gave Perkins, then in
bad condition from water con-
sumption, artificial respiration.
DR.. Joseph Vance administered
further emergency treatment
upon arrival, and finally Perkins
was taken to Southside Hospital
in the ambulance of C. A. Jones,
Jr.
The Southside Hospital listed
Perkins condition as fairly
good" Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, Prospect area resi-
dents began diving in attempts to
find Patterson. who went down
apparently in a 10-foot hole in an
off-shore section primarily be-
tween four and five feet in depth.
Grim Search
Further summons of help
brought members of the Farm
vile Fire Department about 5
pm, with emergency floodlights,
who began probing the bottom in
the area from a boat. Later the
CreWe Emergency Squad. with
Capt. Tom Lawson directing the
efforts of II members using two
motor boats and emergency
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

porter.
The contact Of tree and power
wires set up a short circuit power
surge. That opened protective
switches and cut out power in
two of Vepco's three circuit
phases which serve Farmville
and Hampden-Sydney.
The third phase giving
complete community blackout :.
was purposely cut off for "a
minutes for safety reasons after
the fallen tree was located and
Workmen set about clearing the
hanging tree. 1t snapped off
about four feet up the trunk
from the ground level.
Locate Trouble
The protective switches, known
as re-closers, cut power on High
street. First, Second, Third and
Fourth venues. the back
Hampden-Sydney Road and at
Hampden- Sydney.
With power lost and pitch
black prevailing over huge
stretch of territory, Vepco Off
Gals first faced the problem of
locating the trouble spot, To
save time consuming cruising
over the area, a momentary
power charge was permitted
through the lines. Readers may
have seen their home lights
flicker at that moment.
Watching from atop the So
foot poles where the re-closers
are located, workmen saw the
bright flash set up against the
dark skyline at the short circuit
point where the tree had fallen.
After that. they located the
exact spot quickly.
Safety Precaution
To insure safety while work
men removed the tree. the re
naming circuit was cut for the
"a minutes it took to do the lob.
Then that circuit was cut back
on, and workmen turned to re-
setting the switches and return
ing power to the remaining two
circuits.
That job was completed and
lights restored over the balance
OF the area at about $40 pm,
an hour and 20 minutes after
the tree toppled IN the lightning.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Prince Edward
Host To German
IFYE Delegate

Prince Edward county greeted
its first International Farm Youth
Exchange delegate today, Miss
Gertraud Allgaier, of Germany.
The host family for the r.
year-old rural German is Mr..
and Mrs. C. L. Gibbs of the Bag
by Chapel community. Miss ALI
gaier comes to Prince Edward
from Appomattox where she had
a similar visiting period for a
number of days.
She will re ms in with the
Gibbs family until June 26 when
she will accompany the Prince
Edward All delegation to the
annual VPI short course.
Greeting Miss Allgaier will be
a All member of the Gibbs fam
lily, 14year-old Katherine. While
in the Gibbs home, the German
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Bond Payment
Approved BY
School Board

The Prince Edward school
board approved payment of a
SO 900 Literary Bond issue out of
its current funds on hand, Mon
day evening. The action came at
a regular meeting of the board.
The decision was made after
board members learned of a
balance Of funds on hand total
ing Sill .462. The board also ap-
proved payment of Stills in in
terest on the So 900 bond.
The bond was on the old Neg
70 high school building on the
corner of Ely and South Main
streets. 1t was issued in 1910
and was payable at an annual
rate of S1,075. 1t is now known
as the Mary E. Branch School.
Use of some of the school
boards SAL $50 in constitutional
funds from the state will mar
row the county'S school building
debt to the one on R. R. Motion.
Supervisors recently redeemed a
$1,000 bond. The debt on Motion
is now $433 800.
The State Board of Education
has approved the boards plan
to hire a part time superinten-
dent Of schools, the board learn
ed. T. j. McIlwaine, present sup
erintendent in both Cumberland
and Prince Edward counties,
will fill the part time post, eff
fective July |.
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
go Minute Power Blackout
Starts With Crashing Tree

One eight-inch diameter pop
lar tree reduced a good part of
Farmville and all of Hampden-
Sydney to helplessness for an
hour and 20 minutes early Tues
day night.
The tree, weakened from a
half cutting some time ago when
someone got part way through
the trunk then decided to let it
stand. fell across the Virginia
Electric and Power Company
lines on the north side of Mil
wood Road near the rear en-
trance to LongWood Golf Club.
Here is how W. N. Cummings,
Vepco manager here, pieced the
story together for a Herald re-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
District Court Bars i. S.
In Prince Edwards Case
Complaint
Hearing Set
For July "a

Federal Judge Oren R. Lewis
Wednesday denied the Justice
Department permission to inter-
vene in the Prince Edward
county school segregation case.
but kept the NAACP's legal at
tack against the county's system
of private school financing on his
active court docket.
The United States Judge fixed
July "a for a hearing on the
NAACP supplemental complaint.
which attacks local ordinances
providing for educational grants
and tax credits for contributions
to private school foundations.
Counsel for the Commonwealth
and Prince Edward county had
petitioned the Federal District
Court to dismiss the supplement
tai complaint, on the grounds
that the county's present pro-
gram raises issues not related to
the original suit involving racial
separation in public schools.
NAACP counsel contends the
educational grant plan. support
ing private schools, merely frus-
trate and circumvent federal
court orders to the county to be-
gin desegregation of its secon-
Diary and elementary schools.
This same contention is main
tanned by the Justice Depart
ment.
Judges Denial
Judge Lewis summarized his
reasons for denial of permission
to intervene to the Justice De-
partment in memorandum
opinion. In it, he cited at least
five reasons for his refusal.
First. he showed, the granting
of Intervention would unduly de-
lay and prejudice the adjudica-
ton of the rights of the original
Negro plaintiffs and the Prince
Edward county school board
(sole parties to the original suit
eliminating in the 1854 U. S. SUI
preme Court decision.)
He also pointed out that the
Department had requested the
Court to prohibit Virginia from
expending funds to maintain free
public schools elsewhere in the
state SO long as Prince Edward
schools remained closed. Calling
this IAN unnecessarily punitive"
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Bricks Fly
AS Bolt Hits
Shoe Plant

A bolt of lightning struck the
Craddock-Terry Shoe Corpora
ton Tues d lay night during
Farmville's dry electrical
storm sending bricks flying and
giving workmen inside some I'M
easy moments, but otherwise
proving harmless.
Robert Lee Davis, plant man.
ager, said the 7:45 pm, bolt
struck with enough force to
knock IS to 20 bricks loose from
the ornamental facing on the top
front Of the building. Several of
the bricks sailed across the
street and were found on the
pavement along the side of the
Huntington Tobacco Company
warehouse.
A machine rerairman, work
ing on the third floor told Davis
the bolt seemed to send fire
running all over the floor
Porters working on the first
floor said the bolt appeared to
strike in the rear of the building.
Davis reported.
Davis stitute a check
Wednesday. but could find no
damage beyond the dislodged
bricks and several machinery
power lines out due to blown
fuses.
The severe bolt may have been
the same one that blew out So
OF the 81 street lights in Vepcos
white way system llluminat-
ing Third and High streets. vep>
CO Manager w. N. Cummings
said Wednesday there was no
way Of determining what caused
the blowout
The 7:45 bolt jolted the entire
community, its boom rever.
beratins IN all directions.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

The business managers of 1861
liked W h a they saw of. and
heard from. the potential man
ager of the 1905.
The occasion was doubly sat
isfying because the Chamber
members also were able to as
SeSs the results of their per
sonal and financial contribution
toward the development of the
younger generation.
Youth Recognition
The occasion for the Cham
ber's setting aside. for one meet
ing at least, of the community s
business and economic interests
was a program in youth rec
OgnitiOn.
Monday nights post dinner
program was devoted to l
recognition of the Virginia EX-
tension Service and the efforts
of county Extension agents to
help youths through the All
Club programs, 90 recognition
that the Virginia Civil War Cen
tennlal observance Is underway.
Eight youths we're special
guests. four OF them formally
participating in the program.
Rose Marie Lan1berth and Ken
meth Stockton, the county, top
All public speakers and mem
bers of the Darlington
Heights All Club, delivered ora
tons. Sara Gillian and Mary
Molnar, students at Prince Ed
ward Academy. read their first
pr1s WHINING essays on the CIV
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

hccn lntcTcSL
The members Of the school
board have noted with the keen
est interest that the Virginia
Teachers Association proposes
this summer to attempt to OPP
crate a crash remedial pro-
gram" for so many of these
children as will avail themselves
Of it. We trust this program will
meet with great success. Sup
ported as it will be by your or
ganization, it should elicit the
confidence of those whom it is
designed to aid" the lie tt e
stated.
DR.. Smiths letter stated fur
Their: THE school board be-
lieveS that it should do all it can
to help. We have, as you know,
the buildings formerly used as
public schools. They stand idle.
l am directed by the board to
offer such of them as may be
helpful to your organization for
the furtherance of this program
without cost to your association.
The board, of course, does not
desire or seek in any way to in
fluence your program; since it
is responsible for the upkeep and
repair of the physical proper
ties. it would at the expense Of
the board maintain suStodial
and janitorial supervision and
provide all needed utility SER
vices and attempt to be Of aid in
any other respects you might de-
sire. The board still owns some
school buses, and perhaps plan
for making them available could
also be perfected.
Conference Offer
IF this proposal will be of
assistance to you and you de-
sire to avail yourself of it, rep
resentatives of the board will
be happy to meet with repre-
sentatives of your association to
perfect the details. l would
think that the sooner we get
started the BETTER DR.. Smith
said.
Dr. Smith informed DR.. Picott
that an early conference can be
arranged by contracting him, T.
j. McIlWaine, division superin-
tendent; or Collins Denny, coun-
sci for the school board.
A copy of the letter, which
was drafted at special meeting
Of the school board Wednesday,
was also filed with the Federal
District Court in Richmond.
Early Thursday morning, DR..
Plcott, executive secretary of the
organization of 5000 Negro
teachers. said he had not re-
ceived the letter nor had he
been in any conference or had
any contact with the Prince Ed
ward school board at any time.
PicOtt Statement
DR.. Picott said. The WAS
project is a crash remedial pro-
Continued on page 7,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

lowing PatterSon's $50 pm,
plunge.
Perkins, attempting to rescue
the drowning youth from a boat
about 40 feet off the pond dam
breast, fell in when the boat
overturned. Unable to swim, he
was pulled from the water by
Lawrence and Harry Scott, II and
Is year old brothers, part of the
group of five Negro youths who
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Cancer Crusade
Visitation Tonight

A Cancer Crusade visitation
will be conducted in Farmville
tonight Thursday and Friday
night. John E. Allen. general
chairman, announced today.
Some 80 members of the
Woman's Club and the Junior
Woman's Club will be calling at
doors in the residential sections.
They will distribute literature
and seek donations. beginning at
pm. The LOngwOod College Ro-
tunda will be the central location
for workers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

il War.
-Four other youths whose es-
says took prizes IN the Cham
ber's 500 contest on the War
Centennial written theme. 1.-The
Ideals of the Confederacy' were
also recognized. Eleanor Redd
and Edward Ernouf second place
winners. and Edward William
son and Nelson johnson. Jr.,
third place essayistS.
Extension Agents Mrs. Eunice
Motley and Dudley Perry ex-
planned the All Club public
speakl1s program and presented
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Council Grants
Land Request OF
2 Organizations
w. P. Hay, Jr.,
Appointed New
Town Attorney

Farmville town council ap-
proved the deciding of portion
OF Church street to the Memorial
Recreation Association and the
Prince Edward School Founda-
ton, in regular session Tues
day night.
The two organizations asked
that a so foot wide strip of land
from Catlin street to Barber
street be decided to them for de-
velopment as a private street
The recreation units pool and
ball fields lie on one side of the
section of land and Prince Ed
ward Academy is being built on
the other side.
The area is owned by the town.
but is not Incorporated nor is
that tract of land sought by the
two organizations a dedicated
street, councilmen were told. C.
H. Lafoon, Jr.. appeared before
council as a representative of
both the foundation and the rec
reatiOn association.
Specifications Included
Approval of the deed request
was = granted provided that
clauses be included that would
specify the property would revert
to the town in case either or
both of the organizations cease
functioning or in cas- the area in
question is annexed.
Councilmen were told the two
organizations plan to install curb
and gutter and maintain it. With
out annexation, the town could
not fix the street.
William P. Hay. Jr., county
judge. was appointed town at
torney to succeed j. B. Wall,
Jr.. who resigned for personal
reasons. The appointment will
become effective July /. The
action came following a recon-
mendation of a special commit
tee headed by Councilman James
H. Forbes.
$l,312 Written Off
Treasurer James Fleetwood
was granted permission to write
off the books fines and costs be-
lieved uncollectible. amounting to
81 ,312.7O. He was also granted
permission to write off a sewer
bill of $500 and a property dam
age bill of $3.50
The fines and bills were termed
uncollectible since the people in
volved are now deceased or have
moved from section. However,
the fines and costs were not dis
missed, leaving them collectible
If the persons involved should re-
TURN 10 town, IL was noted.
Davis Pontiac Sales submitted
the low bid for two new police
cruisers, under councils two-a-
year replacement plan. The low
bid, including trade-ins of 1859
and a 1860 Pontiac, was S1,475.
Bids were also submitted by
Newman c vrolet Taylor
Forbes, Harris-Cook, and Brick
ert Oil Company.
Council turned down request
from Mrs. Robert Franklin that
it sell to her an alley bordering
her property and running into
South Main street near Franklin
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
}. H. Mahan Elected
Chamber President

James H Mahan. telephone
executive here, was elected
president of the Farmville
Chamber of Commerce Monday
night.
Mahan, manager of the Farm
vile Exchange of Virginia Tele-
phone and telegraph, will be
installed as successor to John
D. Wilson in September.
E. L. Qmsenberry. Farmville
town manager. was elected vice
president. Added or returned to
the board of directors were w. A
Watson. Jr.. w. Henry Hub
bard. Morris G. Smith and Rob-
ert B. Burger.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Tuesday Pond Tragedy Takes
One Life, Nearly Claims End

Norman Patterson, ID, of Route
|, Prospect, droW e d from
cramps after attempting a cool
ing swim in the four-acre J. H.
Chernault pond. three miles
northeast of Prospect, Tuesday
evening.
A companion. Garland Lee
Perkins, "a, also Of Route l, Pros
pect, narrowly missed the same
fate in the tragic incidents fol-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
For "Crash Remedial Program"
Schools Are Offered VIA
By BEN BOWERS

Edward Thursday offered
its crash remedial program scheduled for
letter J. Rupert Picott executive the
Teachers Association E Smith school
school Edward county
generally the county deeply
substantial county
years been
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16

Illuminated dusk along Milwood
Road.
Without the protective switch
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-16
Chamber Statutes Winners
Youth Writer'S, Orators Impress

FanVlle business executives the
mece. who know the value of
word had look Monday younger generation
being along these lines
Evening star., 1961-12-24

SWN RECENT interview actress Jayne
A~ Meadows stated the succnctly for
Steven Allen. her talented husband
whose future on televison is far from secure
Said Jayne: Il live with writer of earthly prose
and lyric poetry, a thinker, a comedian, musician
and tender father with television sideline
Despite the difficulties with the ratings his
"sideline"-an ABC weekly show-the Aliens live
happily, creatively and optimisticaly in Californias
beautiful San Fernando Valley.
, 1961-02-28
NOTICE TO FOOD
HANDLERS

HHEZM GE&
The Bureau Of Environ
mental Sanitation, hereby
notifies all Food Handlers,
Food Service Workers, and
Bar Tenders, that they
must procure their Health
Certificate Cards, for year
1861, before March 10,
1861.
Persons that have not
procured their Health Ger
ticate Cards by March 10,
1861, will not be permitted
to work in the above-men-
toned positions.
Health Certificates can
be obtained + Q m the
Charles Harwood Hospital,
from Monday to Friday
excluding Tuesday, from
800 AN. to 11:30 AM.
Fee $1.00.
Pedrito Francois
Director, Bureau OF
Environmental Sanitation
M-to-F 4.