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School Budget
CONTINUED from page II

pupil budget shows $282 900 in
expected state funds: $4,000 in
county tax funds, and a final
$4,000 from state-federal sources
available under long standing
public school procedures.
The one-system, all-encompas-
sing budget of S846. 200. includes
financing for situations that have
arisen since the county's last
year of public schools, the 1883
SO session.
The budget for l958-59 totalled
$3.50, 529, or some $86. 900 less than
the budget projected for 1861 50.
The proposed budget would re-
quire $39O,325 in county funds,
with S44S.375 available from the
state, plus the $1,000 in state
federal funds. Instruction costs
would be 1921 900, with transpor-
tation requiring $50 900.
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Supervisors
Continued from page u

county. has been here since last
July.
Supervisors voted to request a
30-day extension CT the current
fox trapping program. which. if
agreed to by the Game Com
mission. will extend trapping UNI
til May Is. The board noted the
long delay in this years trapping
start due to cold and Indictment
weather in agreeing to the ex-
tension.
Truck Inspection
In a final action. the board
approved a plan for semi-annual
inspection and maintenance
checks on the new county fire
truck. These will be made by
the manufacturing company
by field inspectors working in
the state The Fire Department
had recommended such inspec-
ton and se"vicing of the new
equipment.
Petitioners making road i'm
provemant requests before the
board Tuesday were, by dis
tricts, Farmville, John Porter
Glenn, Route GAG: Hampden.
Arthur Smith. Route 633. Mrs.
A. D. Hobgood and Mr.. and Mrs
e. Reed Morton, Route. 632;
Leigh, E. C. Cardwell and j. e.
Martin, R cute 621, and Pros
pect, Charlie Hendricks, Jesse
Hendricks and Mckinley Dun
gee, Route 6 IS
New road petitioners were c.
H. Lafoon in Town of Farm
vile. and P. T. Atkinson and P
L. Clabo. Farmville District: j
E. Layne. Buffalo District. and
J. Hugh Gillian, Lockett Dis
trict.
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Open House For
Goth Anniversary
Set At Appomattox

The National Park Service will
observe the 96th anniversary Of
the close of the Civil War with
an open House" on April 9 and
10, at Appomattox Court House
National Historical Park.
An important feature of this
years celebration will be the
opening Of the John w. Woodson
Law Office. Park Superintendent
Thomas F. Norris announced to-
day.
Born in 1924. John Woodson is
listed as a practicing attorney at
AppomattoX in 1850.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
Sunday Vespers to Mark Beginning
of Centennial At App0matt0x

APPOMATTOX, April = A
Vesper Service at the surrender
grounds in Appomattox will
mark the beginning of annual
observances in connection with
the Centennial celebration of the
End of the War Between the
States.
The Vesper Service will be
Sunday, April 9, at pm.
The guest speaker will be DR..
Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr., Pastor
of the College Church and chap
lain of Hampden-Sydney Col
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lege. DR.. Lacy is president
emeritus Of Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, and was
president and profes r
Homiletics of the Seminary from
1926 until his going to Hampden-
Sydney College in 1858.
Plans are being made for spe
ial music by a Community Choir
representing all of the local
churches. The music will be un-
der the direction of Miss jeanne
Stephens, minister of Music and
Education of the Liberty Bap-
fist Church.
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Mrs. Cannon To
Review Book For
Woman's Club

Mrs. Edgar G.. Cannon, of
Hampden-Sydney. will review the
book. Porcelain Through the
Ages by George Savage for the
Literature and Drama Division of
the Farmville Woman's Club. on
Wednesday. April IL. at $50
pm, in the club house.
Mrs. Cannon will show some
samples of porcelain to illustrate
her talk. All members are in
vited to bring guests.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
FUTURE prospects

Mrs. Justwed - I can't help
feeling jealous of my husbands
first love.
Mrs. Longwed = My husband S
first love doesn't bother me any
more, it's his next love that l
worry about.
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New Motel
Continued from page y

VIUlItIlIuCu from page II
owns the old Sydney Faris farm
property at Swope's Store. He is
a brother of the late Mrs. j. E.
Glenn, of Prospect, and the late
Mrs. M. E. Madison, Of Cum
berland. Faris is on the official
board and member of the board
OF stewards Of Community Meth
odlst Church in Princess Anne
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
To Air 'confederocy'

The two-hour music and dia-
logue performance, The Con-
federacy' will be presented over
Farmville Station WFLO Sun
day. commencing at ! pm.
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Hospital Nelus

The following patients have
been admitted and discharged
from the hospital from Thursday
morning. March 80. to Thursday
morning. April 6. There were "a
hospital patients Thursday morn
ing.
Patients Admitted
Mrs. John Vannoy, Farmville:
Miss Connie Clements. Victoria;
Larry Perkins, Kenbridge: w. F..
Ransom. Cumberland: W. j..
Payne. Sr.. Pamplin: Mrs. H. L..
Bowers. Chase City: Mrs. E. C.
Poore. Amelia: D. A. Hillsman.
Jetersville: G. C. Hammock.
Blackstone; j. c. Harris, Pamp-
lin: Miss Jesse Walden. Farm
Vile: Miss Katherine Adams.
Keysville.
Also. Dean Marion. Keysville:
Kirk Baldwin. Farmville: Will
liam Dalton, Keysville; Mrs. c.
l.. Stlumb. CreWe: Mrs K. T.
Thorpe. brakes Branch: Mrs. Le-
more LeWarne, Farmville: Mrs.
w. c. Kingery. Crewe; Mrs. O.
A. Shepard, Farmville; Lloyd
Shumaker. III. Farmville: Rob-
ert Wright. Cumberland: NJ. A.
Speas. Cumberland; j. E. Rob-
ertSOn. Victoria
Also. Mrs. R. D. Dickerson.
Crewe; Mrs. Leroy Foster.
Wylliesburg: Mrs. Richard Mez-
zatero. Hampden-Sydney; Cecil
Robinson, GAINESVILLE; Clyde
Glenn, Prospect: Mrs. Dennis
Richardson. Crewe; Mrs. w. S.
Cheatham, Green Bay; M is S
Deborah Hastings. Amelia; Mrs.
Sam Coin, Prosp ect: R. T..
Naples. Farmville: Mrs. Odell
Overstreet. Rice, and Miss Bar
bara Jean Weaver, Fal1nville.
blrtnS
Mr.. and Mrs. P. f. Thomas,
Farmville. girl, April 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Carr. Farm
vile. boy. April 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Wick.
Crewe. boy. April 4.
COlored Patients Admitted
Herbert Jackson. Jr.. Farm
vile: Dorothy Jones. Prospect;
Mary Williams, Farmville: Kath-
crime johnson, Farmville, and
George Morton. Cullen.
COlOred Births
James and Alice Oliver. Burke
vile. girl, April 8.
Herbert ard Almeda boswell.
Burkeville. boy, April 3.
Charles and Amelia Wilkerson.
Jetersville. boy. April 4.
Discharges
March 80 - Mrs. Susie Coving-
ton. Bland Biggs. Walter Bailey.
Mary Jones, Mark Tankersley
and George w. Wallace.
March so - Billy r. Lacks,
Miss Beckie Brehm. Betty Tuck
er. Odessa Haskins, John D.
Guthrie. Mrs. Fred Putney, Mil
burn Brown. Mrs. George Carter.
Edward w. Kidd and Swanson
Jennings.
March 81 - Frank N. Watkins,
Mrs. R. A. Willis, Mrs. L. A.
Dixon, Mrs. D. C. Watkins. Henry
Hudgins. w. F.. Ransom. Miss
Connie Clements. Larry Perkins
and Mrs. Lloyd Arlington.
April l Elnora Walker, Mrs.
H. L. Bowers. Miss Katherine
Adams, Mrs. Melvin Locke,
Marion Dean, Mrs. R. T. Naples.
Walter G. Glascock and Blair
Garrett
April 2 - Mrs. M. r. Witt.
Miss Esther Shumaker, Mrs. For
rest Barron, Watt Richardson,
Mrs. E. M. Paulette and Joseph
Hughes.
April 3 Mrs. Lemore Lee
arne, Roy A. Emert, Mrs. c.
c. Wilkinson. Mrs. John Vannoy,
Mrs. William Kingery and Mrs.
j. R. BauSerman.
April - William Dalton. Kirk
Baldwin and Floyd Shumaker,
III.
April 5 - Dorothy Jones, Mrs.
Leroy Fisher. Louis Cason and
John A. Hudson.
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SALOME' CUT
This noturoI look Of simplicity
and lightness is achieved with
poinstokine care and in keep
ing with the ltoIion fashion
tradition Of the natural look.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Johns Hopkins Is Set
To Stort BuiIding-He

Johns Hopkins University
announced today that con-
struction will begin shortly on
a new SIS million building in
Northwest Washington.
DR.. Francis o. Wilcox, dean
Of the school Of Advanced In
ternational Studies, said con-
struction will begin-as soon as
the university takes possession
Of its new site at 1884 Mas
sachusettS avenue NV.
The university's present
property at 1906 Florida ave-
nue. NV. and 1880 Nineteenth
street NV. will be sold. The
proceeds will be applied to the
new building, Dean Wilcox
said. ....
Architectural plans are well
under way, he added.
The building Is part Of a a.
247,000 expansion program
which has received support
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Wreckers Take Over the inaugural Stands

= Workmen today began dis
mantling the elaborate inau-
gural stands at the Capitol.
Treasury Building and White
House as statesmen on the scene
took orders from all comers for
the secondhand lumber.
However. wilbur Garrett. jr.
vice president Of Skinker Il
Garrett Contractors, Inc. the
firm that built the stands. said
he had been asked by the
Capitol Architects office to
delay the dismantling of the
presidential stand and the
photographers stand on the
east front Of the Capitol.
A spokesman for the archi-
tect's office said the request
had been made because a bill
to preserve the two stands has
been referred to the House
Rules Committee. The bill
would preserve the stands for
the re-enactment In March Of
Lincoln's first Inauguration.
At the Capitol, Daniel Good
man Of the Ace Wrecking Co.,
the firm with the demolition
contract, said the wrecktng
work on the remainder Of the
stands will be completed in
about three weeks.
"The weather is holding us
up a Bit" Mr.. Goodman said.
"The wood Is frozen, and that
makes 1t split when you try
to pry the boards up"
The The Ace firm has sub
let contracts to two other
wrecking companies, General
Wrecking and ABC Demoli-
ton Corp. The three firms
are operating under the title
Of Tempo Sales for the stand
wrecking job.
i Six salesmen from the three
companies were at the Capitol
Evening star., 1961-01-23
BY DAVID BREASTED
Star Staff Writer

1T was the first time I ever
sat down to write anything
specifically for anyone - the
first time, and the last" said
Robert Frost. firmly but a bit
wistfully.
The S6-year-old poet made 1t
quite clear last night that he
was through with poetry-to-
order a. OF his Dedication. "
which sun glare forced him 10
abandon reading as o preface
to The Gift Outright" on
the Inaugural platform Friday.
"Oh. IL really didn't matter, -
Mr.. Frost philosophical. "The
important thing was that 1t
got printed all over the coun-
try" s
The bard had Just finished
Saying" some Of his poems to
about 400 Institute Of Contem-
porary Arts members at the
National Education Associa-
tons auditorium. 1901 Six
teenth street NV.
His attitude toward the ILL
timed sunlight and other haz-
ards. was summed UP in a
couplet he included in the re-
cital.
Forgive, oh Lord, my little
Jokes on Thee,
And Iu Jorgive Thy great
big Jokes on me-"
Rapid-fire Frostian nuggets
laced his recitation. which EN-.
braced the green beneath the
bark Of young birch trees
among other matters dear Il
his heart.
On Fridays misfortun e.
Somebody said I was struck
blind by Apollo. Hike q poet
You know. like Homer, Quite
an honor"
On his pet suggestion for ,
Secretary Of Art In the cabinet
He'd reach into the postal de-
Evening star., 1961-01-23
STRICKEN LIKE HOMER
Custom-Poet Career
Cut Short by Frost

partment. On these poetry
books they send me, it says
educational materials That's
absolutely objectionable. He'd
put a stop to that"
On disarmament: They've
got all these bombs they're
going to run sewing machines
with"
On Walter. Lippmann: Hes
in favor Of stalemates, and all
that. IshelieVa in @ates, but
not stalemates..''
And on q new frontier for
poets: II have q letter in my
pocket right here from q friend
who wants me to do something
right away to get $35 q week
for all pooets. He even has q
plan for who's going to pick
out the poets. I don't know
who's going to help me, but ]
have quite a pull"
But Mr.. Frost suggested q
more modest scheme on this
score. II think it would be
pretty to have a poets pit
tance"-about $40 q week
just enough to scrape by If you
stayed with your folks"
Fellow octogenarian and re-
tired Senator Ralph Flanders
surveyed Mr.. Frost and said
Hes following an old Vermont
tradition. You don't begin to
fade until you're 30. and your
heads good even then"
What party are we going tc
now?" asked the poet. and of
he went.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
NAVY SEARCHING
81 BUILDINGS FOR
LOST PLUTONIUM

Button, button, who's got
the button?
A small team with q
sensitive scintillation coun-
ter is searching the Naval
Research Laboratory's "a
buildings here today for a
tiny vial Of radioactive
plutonium reported lost
last week.
Containing three.fourths
of q gram Of the element.
the case is about the size
Of O button! sss
An ordinary geiger coun-
ter cannot detect the miil-
uscwle bit Of radioactivity.
So q more sensitive scintil.
lation counter must be
used.
Even with that. the team
must be practically next to
the button before their
counter will signal.
The button Is dangerous
only II opened and the
plutonium eaten or inhaled,
officials say.
Scintillation counters are
used by customs officials to
check baggage. It can de-
tect the radiation from the
luminous dial Of an alarm
clock.
Evening star., 1961-01-23

from six foundations: Ford,
Rockefeller. Carnegie, w. K.
Kellogg, Avalon and Old Do
minion.
Dean Wilson said one Of the
advantages Of the lew location
is that it will permit a closer
relationship between the school
and the Brookings Institution.
The new site is known as tie
Peter Force School property.
The building will contain an
auditorium. lecture halls, Of
fices, classrooms and enlarged
library quarters as well as stu
dent recreational facilities. It
also will house the Washington
Center of Foreign Policy Re-
search, which is affiliated with
the school.
Justement, Elan. Callmer &
Kidd Of Washington are the
architects.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Judge Bars
Permit for
New School

District Court Judge Leon
ard P. Walsh today granted q
preliminary injunction against
issuance of a building permit
for a $3.50, 900 parochial school
at Twenty ninth and Garfield
streets NV.
The injunction was granted
at the request Of Mrs. Louise
Smethurst. representing Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Robey Of 1925
Garfield street.
The Robeys have objected to
the building Of the school on
a vacant 11s-acre plot across
from their home. They filed
suit in District Court in No
vember. A second suit seeking
to block construction of the
school was filed last month by
the Woodley Hills Citizens As
sociation.
Residents in the area. in
cluding the Robeys, charged
that the District Board Of
Zoning Adjustment should not
have granted a special excep-
ton permitting location Of the
300-student st. Thomas the
Apostle School at the site.
They charged that erection
/ of the building by the Catholic
Archdiocese of Washington
would violate the residential
character of the neighborhood.
near the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The special exception was
granted by a 3-to-2 vote Of
the zoning board last May.
The school is now quartered
in converted homes at Twenty
seventh street and Woodley
road NV. The land on which
the new school is planned Is
now used as a playground by
pupils.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Thompson Is Nomed
Acting FHA Chief

President Kennedy today
designated Lester H. Thompson.
controller Of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration and q career
FILA official for 20 years. as
acting FILA commissioner.
Pierre Salinger. the Presi-
dents press secretary. said Mr..
Thompson will act as head Of
the FILA until q new commits
sioner Is appointed.
Evening star., 1961-01-23

THERE WERE TRACKS on
the surface Of the new fallen
snow, some Of them the
scratch marks Of hippety-
hoppety birds, some left by
fur-bearing animals.
I'm not very, good at
animal tracks," said John
Krisko, who comes from
Kansas City.
That encouraged the Ram
bier to identify one set Of
tracks as those Of q rabbit.
II don't think so," said
John. while they do seem
large, I'm almost certain they
were made by q squirrel. It
couldn't be q raccoon or a
'possum because those ami
mails walk. It was made by
an animal that jumps along"
The Rambler pointed out
where the rabbits hind legs,
or jumpers, had made their
imprint, which gave US the
direction. We followed the
track a few yards to a dog.
wood tree, where it disap-
peared. It began again al
the foot Of q shag bark
hickory tree about 20 feet
away.
The Rambler is always
wrong. Rabbits don't clint
trees. There could be M
doubt shout 1t. It was
squirrel.
Evening star., 1961-01-23

expansion OF the naCl0nal sur.
plus food program for needy
families. announced Saturday.
Mr.. Kennedy's order called
for "a greater variety and
quantity Of food" The White
House said the program would
be expanded by the addition
Of three to six more foods to
be taken from surplus stocks
or bought on the market as
necessary.
Requests Expected to Grow
With more variety and more
attractive food offered in the
package, Mr. Shea anticipates
that 10000 to $4,000 eligible
people who have not been TAX
ing advantage Of the program
will do so. This would be from
5000 to 5000 a addition a !
families.
There were 10,940 families
representing 36.957 persons-on
the surplus food lists last
month. The program reached
q peak in October, 1858. when
14,203 cases involving 1870
persons were involved. The
program was initiated July /.
1857.
At present, these items are
given: Corn meal, flour, rice.
powdered milk, lard, powdered
eggs. Butter again will be
available next month.
Eligibility Explained
Those receiving food must
live in the District and have
cooking facilities. All on public
assistance are eligible.
Also, families with breadwin-
ners may receive surplus food
II their income is comparable
to that of a public assistance
recipient.
The present standard Of in
come eligibility Is:
One person, sos a month;
two persons, $l35 q month;
three persons, SITS a month;
four persons, 5000 a month. For
leach additional person $2S,
with no ceiling. ~@'
Mr.. Shea Is asking the Com.
missioners to consider raising
these standards. He also Is ask
Evening star., 1961-01-23

ing them to consider unemploy-
ment itself as q criterion for
eligibility. At present, there
are restrictions. For example,
if q person has a bank account
totaling more than he would
receive if he were on public as
sistance for two months he is
not eligible for surplus food
though unemployed.
The liberalization the wei
fare director is proposing would
tie the surplus food program
less closely to relief and relate
it more directly to need.
Virginia Picture Given
Col. Richard Copeland, di-
rector Of welfare and institu-
tions for Virginia, said today
the coal mining area Of South
west Virginia would benefit
most in the State from an ex-
tension Of the program.
Northern Virginia areas next
to the District will not be in
cluded in the program. he said.
Surplus food is given in Vir-
ginia to the unemployed and to
those on public assistance, but
not to employed persons with
low incomes, as in the District.
Most of the 10000 Virginia
recipients are in seven counties
in the coal mining area-Lee,
Scott. Dickinson. Wise, Bu-
chanan. Russell and Tazewell.
Giles County has Just been
added.
Under $4,000 in Maryland
The bulk of the fewer than
$4,000 surplus food recipients
in Maryland are concentrated
in Baltimore, with some in
Washington County, which in
cludes Hagerstown.
Thomas j. S. Waxter, Mary
land welfare director, said the
State arranges for any county
to receive the food, but coun-
ties must put up the money for
storage Of such commodities as
butter. and for distribution.
I MONTGOMERY ana Prime e
Georges Counties In nearby
Maryland have not taken part
in the surplus food program to
date.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Minister Elected

The Rev. Jesse A.. Brown,
pastor Of the Second Baptist
Church, Southwest. has been
elected president Of the South
west Civic Association, succeed
ing Leon s. Calhoun, president
Of the group for is years.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
The
Rambler
!. Enjoys
/, The Weother
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


For some time the Rambler
has been promising himself
arwinter walk in the woods.
: And what better q day for
1t than yesterday-new snow,
brilliant sunshine, ,tempera-
-ture 20 above zero and .
brisk breeze.
He called the naturalists'
office In Rock Greek Park
and asked when the Sunday
nature walk would start.
He was surprised to learn
that they don't have nature
walks In the winter, a time
when the woods have q
beauty unexcelled at any
other tine Of year-even On
the wildflower days Of May.
"But come out anyway"
said John Krisko, a young
Park Ranger. naturalist.
"We'll give you a guided hike
along our nature trails"
The park was pretty empty,
not even many automobiles
going north and south al
though Beach drive was clear
all the way. A few ski en-
thusiasts were sliding down
the short slopes Of the valley
and some parents had
brought their children to
try out their Christmas sleds
or the sliding saucers that
look like trash-can tops,
"I won't be able .to get
away for q few minutes"
John Krisko said on our ar
rival. "You might 60 out on
the balcony and watch. the
birds at our feeding station,
and downstairs in the audi
torium we have a lecture
going on tape and slides
entitled The Rock Greek
Park Story !"
In q few minutes I saw
hundreds Of iuncos, and .
few cardinals, chicadees.
downy woodpeckers, tufted
titmouse, a white-throated
sparrow and the white
breasted nuthatch.
Downstairs "The Rock
Greek Park story" was espe-
cially interesting for its use
of tape-recorded sound to
give the call Of a bird while
its picture was on the screen.
I think I shall recognize the
eight hoots of the bagn owl
the next time I hear them.