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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Letter To
The Editor
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
The Michigan Army National
Guards 18th post war summer
field training periods has drawn
to close. II has been classified
by military authorities as one of
the most successful cncampmcnts
ever held at this historic military
reservation. The 10th Infantry
Division continues TO rank among
the top Guard units in the nation
Your splendid cooperation has
contributed materially TO this
cnviable record We feel certain
that all of the nearly 5000
Guardsmcn in Camp Crawling as
well as their relatives and friends
in your area join us in saying
how much it is appreciated.
would, therefore, in behalf of
Mai. Gen. Cecil J. Kennedy, Com
manding General Of the Michigan
Iron Fist" Division, like to take
this opportunity to thank you
and your staff for the noteworthy
assistance you have given us.
We will be very grateful for
your continued support through
out the coming Armory training
year. The unit commanders have
indicated they will be most will
ing TO work with you to provide
covcrage OF the many interesting
activities TO be conducted at their
home stations.
Yours sincerely,
Harold II. Weinman
Maj, Inf. Mich ARNG
Information Officer
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29

Information from the office OF
the Detroit Bible College states
that registration for the Fall
term is scheduled for Sept. 5.
,iasscs will s"me Sept. z.
Gilcad Baptist Church will be
host for Detroit Bible College Day
IN Sunday, July 80. The services
will be opened to the public.
The members cf Calilce Bap-
tist reported that l0-ycar-old
Mary NJ Boyd is a fine musician
for their Sunday School.
q
Miss Louise Scott, secretary 10
Dr. G.. Merrill Lcnox. executive
director Of the Detroit Council
Of Churches is spending her va
cation in her native Scotland
Hr o
Mrs. Marie Gardner, general
chairman. announced program
participants for the annual Cot
ton Tea. sponsored by the senior
choir of United Christian Church,
at 1854 LaSalle Blvd, Sunday,
July 80, at 4 pm.
Included will be Wallace C..
Wilson and the young peoples
choir at United Christian Church
Committee members. assisting
with details, are Mrs. Shirley Bell
and Mrs. Jean Waters. co-chair.
men. Hostcsses will be Mrs Ethel
Barksdalc. Mrs. Carrie Gray. Mrs.
Alice Stanley, Mrs. A. d. Hor-
ton.
Members Of the senior choir of
Greater King Solomon Baptist
Church will entertain guests at
their annual Calendar Birthday
Tea. held in Labor Temple. Sun
day, August n at 4 pm.
Mrs. EInora Drain, general
chairman Of tle event announced
in the planning meeting Sunday
that "if you did not celebrate
your birthday with q party and
8 you don't plan one for This
year. come TO the gallo affair
sponsored by this group"
Assisting with intricate details
arc John Dcnnard and A. G..
Thompson. co-chairmcn; Mrs Ar
melee Tinsley. president of SEN
Tor choir. and the Rev. r. l..
Bradby. host pastor
approximately 1000 youth and
adult workers will attend the
North mcrican Ecumcnical
Youth Assembly in Ann Arbor
Aug. 1923 More than 400 OF
these delegates will come from
Canada and overseas countries.
The assembly will seek to cx-
pose this generation of young
rcnplc To- major concerns faciro
the church and the ecumcnicitS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29

NEW YORK - The choirs of
four member colleges OF the
United Negro College Fund VIII
be heard during August over
the ABC Radio Network Negro
College Choirs" series. The choirs
represent UNCF member colleges
in Louisiana, Georgia and Virgin
Ia.
The weekly programs originate
in New York City. The dates
given here are for WABC-N.Y.
(Sundays, 10000 AND. In 9th
CT sections of the country Abe
affiliated stations carry Negro
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29

First we will Europe then the mass OF ASIA then
we will ence United States We will not have to attack
will fall like an over.rIpe fruit into our hands."-lENlN
Communism relentless Its tactics Its aim does not me
tally sheet Of tyranny is testimony to that
Look back years. The worlds lone Communist eoun
Try Soviet Russia 10 million people and million square
miles Today the Soviet empire dominates IL million square
miles and 300 million people, Communism driving ruthlessy
master Of oneouh the globe onethrd OF mankind
Look ahead. Listen to today's prophets
1.-THE Communists will destroy capitalism -"
%" the day will when will bury you.''
81" your children will live In Communist society"
Communism pursues plan with iron That plan
to split freedoms Split from the world and among
ourselves Split strength Of democratic process
That strength your power free individual How you use
FREE DIGEST Of the Report Of the Presto
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-07-29
Continued from Page "

The great population OF vn-
employed and ovt-of-school
young people in our city slums
is social dynamite" Mr.. Gold
berg said. III is potentially the
moot dangerous social condition
in America today.
IF we consider that by 1865
we will have 40 percent more
persons under 20 years of age
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Averages Holding Up
Tobacco Market Has Busiest Week

sales reported by the three ware
houses this week. we're:
R. L. Agee e. Mac Foster
Cumberland 1882 pounds from
s38 to $50 averaging S5o.22; Will
Baldwin. Pamplin. 1872 pounds
from S37 to $50 averaging $50.9l;
w. W. Parson. Charlotte c. H.,
$50 pounds from $28 TO $6l aver
aging S50.60;
B. F.. Allen, Cumberland. 1886
pounds from S27 to $50 averag-
ing $50 50. Albert Gee Hester
HlX, Prince Edward. BOZ pounds
from S3S to SIS averaging $50 30.
W. II e. F.. D. Jennings g. led
better. Madisonville, | .352 pounds
from S37 to $el averaging $40 a..
wyatt Elliott, CurdSNllle, 1854
pounds from s25 to $50 averaging
$40 So.
J. G. Walton & Davis, Buck
lngham, s34 pounds from S28 to
S57 averaging 1854, Elmo Good
man, Cumberland, 756 pounds
from $23 to $50 averaging SAC. 30;
Howard Simpson & Davis, Pros
poet, 1872 pounds from SIS to $50
averaging SAT 50. 4; NJ. Shep
herd, Cumberland, Loo pounds,
from 81 to So averaging 81.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Investment Class
Now Being Formed

A second 10-week class in
Investment Problems" I'M
der auspices of the adult edu-
cation program of the Prince
Edward School Foundation is
tentatively set to start Febru-
airy l.
DR.. j. P. Wynne viii in
struct the class which viii be
limited to 30, and will meet
once weekly for a two-hour
evening period. Dr., Wynne
taught the first class which
recently concluded.
A tuition fee is required.
Information may be secured
and I gi $ tration made
through w. j. ellis. Jr.. until
further notice. Thursday is
the tentative meeting night.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
BY JOHN STICK

mat agriculture like business,
increasingly requires progress
slve keeping up with the
times management is clearly set
forth in the annual narrative re-
port of Prince Edward County
Extension Work by Dudley L.
Peery. county agent.
That it is constantly beset by
the vagaries of the weather, dis
eases of plants and animals. and
insects is also abundantly clear.
They strike all through the 1870
day growing season.
But from the report. the Prince
Edward county farm energies as
a businessman pretty we'll hold
ing his own and abreast Of the
new technology required. If he
doesn't so emerge, he's lost in
the shuttle of controls. restric-
tons and research findings that
surround him and goes into
! another industry. Some Of the
LOO aren't making it.
Many FLIGHTS
His phghtS are many His to-
baccO is hit by blackShank. now
the most prevalent leaf disease;
his alfalfa is consumed by the
weevil or checked by chlckweed
for which % per cent Of the
farmers now must treat chemi-
Cally.
| Maotltls strikes at his DAIRY
animal herds, In fact. Agent
Feery had to write for 1850. If
+. q, change Is not made in tntne
herds, It Is my belief that some
dalryrnen will be forced out Of
business
The poor distribution Of water
IN 1860 =. excuses in the
spring. deficiencies in the sum
mer and fall ", required two
paintings To get ono crop Of corn
Dry, cold weeks during tobacco
marketing led 70 the use Of ex-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13

The heaviest week of the sea-
son was in prospect for the
Farmville T bacco Market
Thursday morning as the market
ended its fourth week and first
week of post-holiday auctions.
Little decline in prices over
the 1891 average for the last
week Of sales before Christmas
has been experienced. Toward
end of the auction week how
ever the quality of offerings de-
clincd.
About 2O0.000 pounds was auc-
toned on each Of the first three
DAYS this week with the third
sale getting underway after a
lunch halt. Offerings were light
er Thursday and the continued
absence Of a season led TO specu-
latlon that sales will now be light
until one arrives.
The warehouses reported fire
1uent sales of top quality leaf
still bringing in the high $40's
and sos. Daily averages for
numerous growers went above
S45 and a considerable number
went into the sos,
The markets busiest week Wa
the third when 63l,25c pounds
were auctioued. Some o. the TOP
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Board Stops Bus
Sales; Goes Along
With Cumberland

The Prince Edward county
school board decided Monday
evening to cease sales of its
better buses for the present.
The action which followed an
executive session was attributed
to the uncertainty of the school
situation in the county and the
fact that the better buses arc
not deteriorating to speak of, Dr..
W. E. Smith, board chairman,
said.
The classification of better
buses was explained to be those
models of 1856 to 1858 vintage, of
which the county has 10.
Support Cumberland Move
With expressed regrets. the
board agreed to concur with the
Cumberland county school board
in its request to the State Board
Of Education that the Cumber-
land-Princc Edward school di-
vision be separated
Dr.. Smith and T. j. McIlWainc.
superintendent, were appointed
as committee to draft a reSo-
luton of concurrent approval by
the Prince Edward board to ac-
company Cumberland S request
to the State Board of Education.
Board members noted that the
/ disassociation with Cumberland
had its rcgretftu points. citing
that the 81 years together have
provided a pleasant relationship
between the two counties.
McIlWainc explained to the
! board that the idea in Cuunbcr-
land was not d new one because
Of the unsettled conditions in
Prince Edward The superlnten,
dent Of the Joint division since It's
formation IN 1888 said the idea
had to come TO a head before an
other fiscal wear
Will Not Seek office
noting that he did not Ike to
make announcements. McIlUalne
SAID he would not be a candidate
for reaprolntment when his term
Of office expires in June Also, he
said he would not be a candidate
in Prince Edward or IN Cumber-
land for the superintendent post
| if the State Board Of Education
secs fit ~ split The division.
The superintendent reported Oh
Continued On page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
BY BEN BOWERS

RED HILL, Jan l2-The Pat
rick Henry BOYS Plantation Will
SWING INTO operation February
/, with six boys.
That's the word from the re-
Gently employed superintendent
and assistant superintendent.
Mr.. and Mrs ". Upper Wing
field. They moved into the sin
gle building on the site near the
Patrick Henry shrine here on
January
The two, " ihtten years eX-
perience in social work in boys
homes. brought with them their
own concepts of what the new
boys home should be like. Al
ready they have convinced the
board that cottages are far super
ior to dormitories in such an i'll
stltutIon.
NN'fch 10 ottdSeS
This means abandonment Of
the previously published plans
for a large dormitorv and adj
nlnistration building in the first
phase Of construction. Wingfield
said, we have presented our
objecuVes to the board of direc-
tors, and they have accepted
them F"
Included IN those objectiVes is
a requirement for cottages TO
provide family type" quarters
for youngsters, age six to IS. The
administrator said, We are
planning on having one more
cottage. and possibly two. con
structed II 1861
/ The present building i cot
tage. dedicated IN June. 1859
II Wa built with two memorial
Gifts, $40 900 from the Lynch
burg Foundry Company and
<a $50 from the Alice KYLE dis
tllct. Virginia Federation Of
Women ; Club.
It's capacity including the
Wlngflelds. will he six boys at
the start. Wlnglleld said. when
we get other cottages their ca
paclty viii be Y although VIC
mnghe have to place - Ill them
to begin with.
For the beginning. the iustitu'
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Ndti0naINe1us Summary
By H. V. LANCASTER, JR.

the creation of an international
control commission. The reiec-
ton is said to have been given to
Secretary of State Herter by
Soviet ambassador Menshikov at
their 40-ninute conference in
Washington Tuesday. Britain has
led the move to revive the three
nation commission consisting Of
India, P 0 l d, and Canada
Russia contends the self-exiled
neutralist government Of Prince
Souvanna Phomna Is the only le-
Ultimate government Of Laos.
RICHMOND will go on DAY.
light Savings Time this year, the
City Council voted Monday night
Clocks IN the City will gain ore
hour at midnight, April 80, to al
low an extra hour OF daylight in
the afternoon during the summer
months. and Will revert 10 stan
dard time IN October, Other gov
ernmental units III the vicinity Of
Richmond are now considering
the measure.
THE CUBAN PRESS and radio
still bristle with warnings that
the u. S. will attack Cuba before
the Inauguration Of President
elect Kennedy January 20 OBJ
servers say Premier Fidel Castro
may soon announce the strength
of the Cuban army has frightened
off the American aggressors.
Wollld-be defenders of the island
seem to be losing some Of their
enthusiasm.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY. Nobel
prizc- winning novelist. is under
treatment for high blood pressure
at the Mayo Clinic. He has been
there for a month under an as
sumed name.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13


This had to be rejected then
when the developers pointed out
that the footage required would
remove parking spaces below the
number they were committed to
renters to reserve.
Subsequent Investigations led
to the securing of an option on
a site, meeting Department re-
quirements, on the southeast cor
ner Of Third and Virginia streets.
The option was obtained, Col.
Paulette points out, only after
careful investigation throughout
downtown Farmville by the Rich
mond representative of the real
estate division.
Shortly thereafter, local bust
neSsmen projected the matter to
the F'armville town council, and
arrangements were made, which
subsequently ensued. for consul
tations by the Richmond special
lst with the town council. These
talks resulted in Department con-
sent to appraise all sites which
could be suggested and on which
options obtained.
Five additional sites were sub
sequently offered for considera-
ton by the Department, on four
Of which options were secured.
The fifth site suggested, the
Prince Edward Hotel, was not
optioned. The other sites We're:
New Sites Offered
% the properties just south of
the Post Office on the west side
OF South Main, including an
apartment house. the Lee The
alter, the garage, the drive in
lunch counter and a faculty resi-
dence of LongWood College on
Venable street; ~ the apart
ment property next above and
Just south of the Virginia Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company
on the same side of South Main;
Continued on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
ScOttsvilIe P-TA
Wants To Build \
Swimming Pool

SCOTTSVlLLE. j a II. T.
Plans we're made Monday night
al the Scott5villc School P-TA
meeting to build a swimming
pool for ScottSville
A mass meeting Of citizens
will be held on THURSDAY, dan
uary 26 10 formulate and start
the hall to rolling
The meeting will be- held IN
the school auditorium A con-
mlttee TO arrange the meeting
and program Wa appointed by
John Held They Will present
possible site, costs and other
information Everyone interest
ed Is lnVlted 10 t ten d. The
meeting will be at g pm.
Members of the committee arc
John Held. ralph DeGroat. the
Rev. John Elliott. the Rev Gar
ny Shelton, W. Robert Pitts and
Russell Neon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
superntendents Policy Adopted
Patrick Henry Boys Plantation To
Open February | With Six Youths

ton Will take local boys who
need homes. Once the facilities
are available, and IN the en-
VlSloned million dollar project
they Will be, boys will not be
turned down from anywhere.
Wlngfleld said.
Plans call for eventual con-
Struction of a gym, shop, chapel,
infn'mary and living quarters
for staff members who do not
live in the cottages. A fund drive
is currently underway.
The Wingfields, natives of Roa-
noke, have worked with children
for a long time. He said he had
been a scoutmaSter for 26 years.
For almost ten years they have
held posts at Boys Home in
Covlngton. the Virginia Baptist
Homo at Salem and at the Uni
ted Presbyterian Home at Nor
llStoWn, Pa.
Policy Adopted
A graduate Of the University
of Pittsburgh. Wingfield has his
philosophy of what Boys Plan
teton should be. His wife does.
toe. And that's the philosophy
the board of directors have adop-
ted.
He said. The aim of our home
will be to teach each boy who
comes TO our doors, a concept OF
right and wrong, provide them
feeling OF being accepted, and
To develop i'll them leadership
qualities and a high sense of
values
We want each boy when he is
ready to leave our home tn be
able TO take his place IN society
without fear and be capable Of
making hi own way as a we'll
rounded citizen" SAID Wlngfleld
The superlntendenfs. who will
be h1usemother and all at first.
say they are prepared to accept
the many challenges Of a new
project. Mrs. Wingfield said
Every child VIC have cared for
in other homes. VIC have tried
TO theat hum as if lie we're our
own son. We plan to do the same
thing here"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Savings Rise 81 Million
Year-End Statements Show Banks
Resources At Record $19.3 Millions
Resources of Farmves jumped IT'S during
the past IL months and oaed high on
cember 81 1860.

Time deposits, or savings ac-
counts, increased $1,056, 1872 dur
ing the r. months period since
end-of-the-year reports of 1859.
They amounted to the all-time
high total of $lO,578, 482.
Demand deposits, or check
ing accounts fell $359,547 to
$685. O2, but this was more
than offset by the jump in say
ings to give the banks an in
crease of 1896, 645 in these two
important sources of operating
funds.
Total Deposits
Total deposits, (which include
those held for federal, state and
local governments as well as the
time and demand deposits of in
dividuals and businesses. we're
up S9l6,6O2 to a high OF
SIT, $50, Jas.
At years end, loans of the
three banks combined totallec
81 1866, l61. That is an increase o.
S736, $50 over the amount out
standing a year ago.
Loans generally reflect al
active, expanding economy, ane
this increase was an important
element in the rise in total re
sources.
Statements In
The figures are combined ones
using the year-end call state
ments of the First National Bank
Peoples tional Ban /
and Planters Bank and Trus
Company. Itemzed statements
for each of the banks separately
appear elsewhere in this issue o.
The Farmville Herald.
Record levels Of resources en-
abled the banks management II
add $73.490 to their capital &C,
counts structure after substan
tial dividends for the year.
These additions brought the
combined total of capital. OF
stakeholder ownership accounts
to 81 1921.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Savings Rise ST Million
Spencer Named
To Bank Board

A year of substantial earnings
and significant growth through
gains in resources, deposits and
loans. That is the bank manage
ment view Of 1860 as reported to
stockholders here Tuesday.
The shareholders of Farm
ville's First N a t j. on a Bank,
P copies N a t.ional Bank
ard Planters Bank and Trust
Company, met in separate annual
meetings that day to hear re-
ports of conditions and to effect
management organization for the
new year.
First National
The stockholders of First Ma
tional Bank elected S. Bruce
Spencer to the board Of directors,
in the only action of the day af-
fecting bank boards. Spencer, a
Buckingham native and Hamp-
den-Sydrey College graduate is
cashier and trust officer of the
bank.
All other officers and directors
were reelected at First National
where stockholders received de-
tails of what E. w. Sanford Jr.
executive vice president called
the most profitable year on
record" Robert K. Brock of
Hampden-Sydney presided dur
ing the shareholders annual SEES
sion.
Peoples National
At Peoples National Bank
President l. C. Glenn called 1860
1.-THE best year we ever expert
enced." He said total resources
deposits and loans all made sub
Stantial gains.
All officers and directors were
Continued on page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-01-13
Council Stays
Quiet On New
Postal Site
Delegation Asks
Recommendation
By Town Body

The FarnVille town council
made no recommendation on a
site for the relocation of the
Farmville post office. The coun-
Gil received for its information
a resolution from the chamber
of commerce asking that the
post office be kept on Main
Street. See other story on this
page for full details Of chamber
meeting and resolution,
The council also heard several
spokesmen from a delegation of
citizens suggesting the council
recommend specific sites for
the new post office building. At
ter considerable discussion, the
council decided that it should
make no recommendation to
postal authorities regarding a
new location.
Among the group of citizens
attending the council meeting in
regard to the post office reloca
ton were w. A. Watson, Jr. W.
C. Fitzpatrick. C. w. Harris, B.
C. Balm, D. A. Gates, Jr.. Harry
Motley. John Wilson, and j.
H. WamSley.
Watson asked that the post of
flee be kept on Main Street,
pointing out such things as bust
ness attraction, the traffic haZ-
ard if the building is moved. etc.
Fitzpatrick. a former mayor
of the town, said he thought the
business interests would be bet
ter served if the post office were
kept on Main Street, and also
pointed out that the interests Of
Longwood College would be bet
ter served if the building were
kept close to the college. One
fifth of the population of Farm
vile is LongWood College," Fitz-
partick reminded.
Gates, the only other citizen to
speak, said the new location
should be such that it will bene-
fit every businessman and every
CONTINUED on page 81