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Building Permits
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produced only % permits. Home
construction accounted for al
most half of those, while COM
mercial expansion in Farmville
contributed the remaining per-
mitS to the record.
Town Treasurer James Fleet
wood issued four permits in
June. They went to the First
Baptist Church for parsonage.
the Farmville Shopping Center
fer a paint store and a coin
operated laundramat, Dr.. P. w.
Beckham for remodeling his of
flee building. and to w. M. Gil
liam for a house.
The commercial permit for adj
dltional buildings in the shop
ping &c n ter was the major
Farmville permit for the month.
1t totaled $4,000. The cost of
the parsonage for the Negro Bap-
list church was placed at $12 900.
In the county Commissioner of
the Revenue Williams J. ellis.
Jr., issued five permits. three in
Farmville district and one each
IN Hampden and Leigh districts.
-Four of the five county per
mlts were for building new
homes. They went to Sylvia
Guthrie, William j. Miser, Ar
thur Redd, and Irene D. and
Louis Phelps. The fifth permit
was taken out by Earl johnson
for construction of a garage.
The record year for building
in the county was 1859 when per-
mits added up to a whopping
1865 $50. The year 1860 Jared
almost as well with 1898 ,684.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-04
Mrs. Sallie Roberts
Dies Here Sunday;
Rites Set July 5

Mrs. Sallie Bocock Roberts,
Of Chase City, widow of Viii
liam Allen Roberts, died Sun
day. July 2. at Southside Com
munity Hospital.
She was the d aug h tie OF
Thomas S. Bocock. only Speaker
of the Confederate House of Rep.
resentatives. and of Ann e
Holmes Faulkner, of Martins.
burg. w. Va.
A member Of the Presbyterian
Church, Mrs. Roberts was &C
tive in civic and patriotic af-
fairs, being a member of the
United Daughters of the Con
federacy, a past president of the
Virginia Division. UDC. and a
member Of the National Society
of Colonial Danes.
She is survived by a son
Charles P. Reynolds. of Rich
mond: two granddaughter: a
great grandson, and two nieces
and a nephew, Misses Elinor and
Anne Faulkner Johnson and DR.
Thomas Cary Johnson, Jr.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. Wednesday at Chase
City Presbyterian Church. In
terment will be in WoodlaWn
Cemetery at Chase City.
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Mrs. Lyle Ownby, Route g.,
Cumberland,
Miss June Cakes, Route !,
Rice,
Mrs. M. H. Maxey, Cumber-
land. and
Mrs. Robert Walton. Ballsville.
Mrs. Margaret C. Smith, r. 2
Dillwyn.
Mrs. Leo Wells, Farmville.
Miss Jeanne Claire Morris.
Amelia.
Mrs. Graham A. Emerson, Of
Amelia.
The New York Club will leave
Farmville Monday, July 81 by
chartered bus for Norfolk, where
they will sail at $50 pm. on
the Old Bay Line for Baltimore
Dinner on the steamer. and a
delightful night up scenic Chesa-
peake Bay.
Tuesday, August /. arrive. in
Baltimore after breakfast
aboard the steamer. Leave by
Greyhound for New York, ar
irving in the early afternoon.
Dinner and a night boat trip
around New York, with its mil
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N~OAAcAhttNeA - ciii ResSSt
ternational Film Festivals later
this year. Tuesday evening 4
program will feature a dance
performed by Frances Vessels.
instructor in modern dance
University of Richmond. and
three assistants.
Friday evening there will be
exhibited in the Art Department
the results Of the morning
workshops.
Speakers in the opening ses-
sion were Leslie Cheek. Jr.. di-
rector, Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond: Harry Elmore. as
sistant superintendent Of public
instruction, Richmond: Armando
Guerra, architect from Hamp-
ton. Raymond Hodges. professor
of dramatic art and speech at
RPI; Helen HILL, artist. Rich
mond; Robert Porterfield man
aging director OF the Barter
Theatre, Abingdon; Dorothy U.
Troubetzkoy. poetess and editor
of the Virginia Cavalcade: Fran
ces Vessels and James Yeats.
instructor Of painting and arch
itect. Roanoke Fine Arts Center.
The opening session and the
film presentation, both in jar
public.
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NSOliIliIuCu ~ lil PdSC -
program.
A research project is a BY
product of the remedial pro-
gram. We want to find out
what has happened to these chill
dren who have been out Of school
for two years" DR.. Picott said
The same teachers will conduct
the experiment.
Keyed to this phase of the
project, a battery of tests was
given to ZIG children Thursday
and Friday.
The tests are expected to show
two things:
% Attrition in levels of in
telligence, achievement. person
atty structure and community CO.
hesion resulting from prOtracted
litigation and subsequent school
closings.
% The basis for selecting
types of learning experiences
which would narrow the gaps in
intelligence and achievement
levels of the children.
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lions of glittering lights

lions of glittering lights.
Wednesday, August 2. sight
seeing tour Of lower New York.
fabulous Wall Street, lower East
Side, the famous BoWery, Civic
Center, East River and Hudson
River piers, with stops at China
town and the Battery Park.
There, you will be taken on a
boat ride across New York Har-
Dor to BedlOe's Island to visit
the Statue OF Liberty, and a
view of the New York Harbor
and lower Manhattan Skyline
The afternoon will be free. Aft
err dinner you will visit the
glamorous Music Hall Theatre
in the evening.
Thursday. August a tour will
be made Of uptown New York,
passing Rockefeller Center, Ra-
dio City, the fashionable Fifth
Avenue shopping district. Mil
lionaire's Row. Columbia Uni
versity. and Harlem, stopping
at Cathedral Of St. John the
Divine. You end up at Radio
City. with the fastest elevators
in the world, and a breath
taking view of New York City.
The evening will be spent on
a tour of MITE LIFE" with din
ner at the fabulous Copacabano
with floor show and dancing
Then to Sammy's Night Club on
the BOWery, to hear the good old
songs by former stars: Conclud-
ing at the gay Hawaiian Room of
Hotel Lexington.
Bright and early Friday
morning, on August 4. the party
will leave for home by chartered
bus, via New Jersey turnpike to
Washington and Richmond.
This campaign, as heretofore
is being conducted by The Her
aid staff II is not a subscrip-
ton contest, but reward fol.
energetic people in this terri
tory.
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New Charge Added
BY GENEVIEVE AGEE

BUCKIN HA M, July 3
Church members on the West
Buckingham charge have been
on the move this past month.
Do it yourself enthusiastic
members have been busy re-
pairing and redecorating the
parsonage for the new minister
and his family, the Rev Ran
dolph Rilee, who has assumed
duties of the pastorate here.
Trinity Church, located at
Buckingham. is in the process
of being remodeled and redec-
Grated. Hardwood floors have
been laid. a new paint job OF
the whole interior has been done
and the peWs have been given a
new look. The floors will be en-
HANGED with a new carpet when
other work is completed.
The West Buckingham Charge
formerly was composed of five
churches. Trinity, Centenary
Mt. Tabor, Woodland and Glen
more.
As a result of some changes,
a New charge, the James River
Charge. has been formed by
combining Glenmore and Cente-
nary with the Arvonia Methodist
Church.
Since the forming of the new
charge the West Buckingham
unit only includes Trinity. Mt
Tabor and Woodland Churches
The Rev. Norman Tucker. the
! former pastor of the charge will
serve the new James River
charge and will live in the par.
sonage at Centenary. Mr. Rilee
will serve the West Buckingham
/ Charge.
Mr.. Rilee. a newcomer to the
Virginia Conference is a native
of Saluda. He came here from
Richmond. Before entering the
ministry he was a case worker
/ at the Methodist Childrens Home
He received his BIS. degree from
RPI.
During August Mr.. Rilee plans
to attend the Pastors School al
| Duke University in Durham N. c
He is married to the former
Jane Brown, of Urbana. They
have one son Philip, who is five
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New Charge Added
West Buckingham Charge
I'm The More For Month

months old.
Trinity, the largest church on
the charge was started sometime
during the Civil War period and
was not completed until after
the war. 1t has always been a
disputed point over the years
whether Charles Christian or
Joiner Word gave the land on
which the church is built, as all
records were destroyed when the
court house burned.
1t is told that Charles Chris
| tian, a large land and slave
owner said he would be liberal
contributor if the Methodists
would have the church built with
a gallery. so his slaves could
worship in the church. The gal
lery was built and has now been
Gartitioned off and is being used
for Sunday School rooms. 1t has
an enrolment Of about 100 mem
berS.
Mt. Tabor and Woodland are
about so years old Woodland
has about 100 members enrolled
and Mt. Tabor about IS mem
bers on roll.
The West Buckingham Charge
preaching schedule has been re-
vised since the change.
Trinity will have a Sunday
morning service every Sunday
at HIS am. Woodland and Mt.
Tabor will have two services a
month. at Woodland on the first
and third Sunday at 10 am. and
at Mt. Tabor on the second and
| fourth Sunday at 10 a m
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-04

Miss Eliza Hashins is a pa
tent at the University Hospital,
Charlottesville.
Mrs. Shelton Whitaker has re-
turned from a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Imboden in Pu-
l'>ki.
Miss Susan Agee is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. Dan McMullin, in
Bljlefield. W. va.
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and that he had made his stand
clear on just the opposite side. -
i think our schools can be pre-
served with maximum segrega-
ton. said Goodwin. There are
two candidates. If you want the
man who has the support of the
CIO Political Action Committee
ard the NAACP, don't vote fol-
me. Our stand is clear and we
owe no one any obligations. The
choice is clear. Shall we stand on
the proven path or shall we turn
to another course, ticket that
talks one way in one place and
another in another place. God
win declared.
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er, and a Lynchburg College
graduate student.
Misses Draper and BarkSdale
who look hopefully toward the
day when institutions of higher
learning will have language
buildings corresponding to the al
ways present campus science
buildings. speak no less enthusi-
astically of the institutes accom-
plishments than do the students.
The students speak of their
experiences after overcon-
ing an initial period Of difficulty
in the total immersion process
r. in superlativeS.
Typical of their observations is
this report of one. 1--WE are
learning SO much. 1t was tough
at first, but now we are really
progressing. l have gained SO
much confidence. and a new
sense of mastery that is most
beneficial.
In Virginia, a similar institute
is being held at the University
of Virginia. National institutes.
using funds provided by the Ma
tional Defense Education Act. are
also running this summer. Vir-
ginia is one Of the few states to
supplement the national program
with its own institutes.
Eligible teachers had to be col
lege graduates with at least two
years of successful study of col
lege French or Spanish.
A similar institute in mathe-
mates is also underway on the
LongWood campus this summer
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presented Mills F.. Goodwin. Jr.,
of Suffolk, the anchor speaker
and candidate for lieutenant GOV
ernor.
Goodwin Talks
A member of the State Senate
since l94o. Goodwin declared the
issue is. ARE we gong TO TAX
more: spend more, and, per
haps, integrate more or are
we going to continue. sound. pro
gressive government in Viz
ginia ?"
Goodwin stressed the coopera-
tive work Of the three ticket can
didateS in past years III the
state government. Virginia
needs governmental harmony in
the State Capitol. We can pro
vide the State with that which
she needs, tranquil political
waters he declared.
Goodwin. referring to the CIO-
AFL and NAACP endorsement
Of the opposition ticket. declared
I'VE are not against the Negro
Or the union member, but against
the dictatorial and autocratic
leadership Of labor and the
NAACP in Virginia. We pledge
to stand firm against the in
roads of these two groups
Congressman Abbitt told the
rally crowd that more than 600
ladies has attended a | to 3 pm,
open house for the wives Of the
candidates at the Petersburg Ho-
tel. 1T was a heartWarmine eX-
perience. indeed he said.
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sible. To do this. the 80 students
speak French or Spanish all day
long. sit together at meals and
are housed in special wing OF
Wheeler Dormitory where con-
versation is limited to the two
foreign languages.
All class lectures, whether in
French civilization CT converse
tional spanish. are in the native
tongue. Students do not take
notes. they make recordings of
all lectures. then can play them
back in the colleges language
laboratories as long or as often
as necessary to asSimlate that
days lessons
Using the resources of the col
lege's three language labs, the
students can record their own
voices in the language, play
them back and thus ascertain
their lingual progress.
Major Emphases
Recordings in the languages in
q variety of forms are available
to the students. who may spend
as many headphone isolated
hours listening to poetry, con-
servation or a dramatic produc-
ton as they wish.
Six fields of instruction are
emphasized at the institute. the
native civilizations, grammar
and composition. advanced and
intermediate conversation, Ian
guage laboratory techniques and
methods of teaching
The institute staff consists of
three members of the Colleges
foreign language faculty and
three visiting informants. The
faculty members are Miss Helsa'
Draper. institute director and
chairman of the colleges Depart
ment of Modern Languages, and
Miss Emily Balksdale and Mrs.
Anita Ernouf, of the department.
The visiting informants are
Mademolselle Lyiane Michel. of
Lyons. France. Elizabeth Lehem-
hre. of Toucoing. France. and
Antonieta Farias, of Mexico City.
The latter two remained at Long
wood for the institute after hav-
Jig served as informants during
the past regular session. Made
moiselle Michel was secured es-
pecially TO complete the native
staff
Misses Draper and Barksdale
conduct the teaching methods
and laboratory technique phases
Of instruction. Mrs. Ernouf lee
lures in French and Spanish
american civilizations and gram
mar and composition. The in
folmants are constantly avail
able for assisting with modern
French and Spanish life, compo-
sition and oral use of the Ian
suageS.
State Aid
Public school teachers receive
q state stipend of Sl20 toward the
SLAB cost of the institute. Twenty
six of the group are public sec
ondary school teachers. There
are three private school teachers,
including Mrs. Walter Robinson
and Miss Frances Armistead, of
the Prince Edward Academy fac
ulty, a st. Stephens School teach
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News Summary
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effect for another year the So
per cent tax on corporations and
other emergency" excise taxes;
- to raise the debt ceiling
temporarily to 298 billion dol
lars: and 81 to appropriate 32.2
million dollars to pay the United
States share Of the United Ma
tons military operations in the
Congo.
THE STOCK MARKET ended
for June with a week of caution
and INDIGESTION. V0lumne was off
last week as the market was
generally stagnant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. 7. B. Rose spent
Wednesday and Thursday in
kannapolls, N. G.
Mary Lou Chapman. of Har-
risonburg, spent ten days with
her grandmother, Mrs, w. A.
Chapman.
Mrs. c.. Willard Hart is visit
ing her son, Billy Hart. in Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Robert Button promised to
work diligently to perform the
duties of attorney general and to
advance the, collective beliefs eX-
pressed by the Harrison team
within the framework OF the law,
if elected.
Senator Harry F.. Byrd, Jr., in
troduced God in. He said,
From l943 to now. / have never
known where Boothe stood. He
stands where he thinks he will
be the most popular" Praising
the Harrison team, he said, 1.-The
voters choice amounts to
whether they want to continue
and preserve sound and progress.
sive government in the state or
turn to something socialistic.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26

yeas is believed to be the oldest
living member of the church, also
attended the ceremony, along
with a number of other interest
ed members, despite the incle-
ment weather.
The Rev. H. L. Beasley, Dis
trict Superintendent of Green
wood planned to be present for
the ceremony but was unable
to arrive in time.
Colonial Design
The lovely new home will be
of modified colonial design with
a 30-foot front porch containing
four columns and two gabled
ends. 1t will be built of old brick
with white shutters and trim and
consist of a living ana dining
room, den, kitchen, three bed
rooms, two baths, utility a d
storage rooms and a two-car
garaqa.
The new home for the pastor
will occupy a lot north of the
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
7chu|a Girls, AIS Boys
Win Holmes Gage Tourney

Tchula girls defeated Durant
Ills 1873 10 cop the Holme
-ounty championship for 1861
q the finals pl3yed at Tchula
:chool Gym Sa urday night.
Holmes Agricultural High
,chool at Goodman came out o.
sop in the boys play by de
feat:ng Tchula boys 50-49 in a
spirited finale of the three-day
play.
High scorer for the girls in the
final game was Gertrude Baker,
Tchula forward. Others scoring
were Mary Ellen Pike, 8 points,
Jan Jones, 7, and Susie Gwin,
S, for the total of 81. Billy Ran
die is the coach of the girls
team and Tchula boys are coach
ed by Billy Bole.
Linn Cain scored high. for
Goodman with II points, follow
ed closely by Frank Killebrew
with Is, Jordan Lehner with II
points and Jerry Burrell with 8
for a total of so. The AIS boys
are coached by Wayne Sims.
Preliminaries
Tchula girls defeated Lexing-
ton 1928 in the semi-finals Fri
day and Tchula boys beat Lex
ington 56-49 Friday night.
Goodman boys defeated Du-
rant 64-61 Friday night to 60
into tho fin7ls. Lehner was high
with Is points while Linn Cain
scored %.
Durant boys beat Coxburg 35-
IA and then played Tchula.
In preliminary play Licking
ton girls beat Goodman 1921
Thursday afternoon and Licking
ton boys defeated Coxburg Ct
%.
Miss Dorothy Thomas coaches
the Abs girls who were defeat
ed by Lexington girls Thursday
night.
Coach Dale Brasher coaches
the Durant girls while Coach
Harvey Ray direct the girls.
L~exington's coach for boys and
girls is Johnny Davis.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
Lexington Methodists To
View Film Sunday

A glorious message of Christ's
redemptive and healing love pro-
claims his reality in loving serv-
ice.
Over 35,135 full-time en-
ployees serve in the 236 Metho-
dist hospitals and homes caring
for 1,520,913 sick, aging, and
children needing sheltered care.
In the morning worship -serv-
ice a divine imperative of the
gospel, go Heal,' will be the
sermon subject of the minister,
the Rev. Elvyn L. Jernigan.
The evening worship, z o'clock,
will be a continuation of infor-
nation concerning the ministry
of healing.
The Commission on Missions
has arranged for the. church to
have the privilege of viewing
a new color film, Medical Mis-
sion (33 minutes). 1t is informa-
tive, interesting, and inspiring
concerning the ministry of heal
ing in mission fields. Every
Methodist will rejoice in the
work being done in the name
of Christ.
Visitors and friends are al
ways welcome.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
Methodist Mems Club
Sponsors Breakfast

The Methodist Mems Club OF
the Lexington Church invite al
families of the community tC
enjoy a pancake breakfast on
Saturday, January % from COG
a. m. until $50 a. m. in the
Grammar School Cafeteria, when
all the treats of breakfast will
be served. Cost per breakfast
will be rs cents.
The Mems CLUB sponsors this
breakfast each year as a public
service to build fellowship and
high community feeling. The
event gives the ladies an oppor-
tunity to enjoy a leisure meal
with no thought of the dishes
to be washed.
The members of the club hope
that everyone in Lexington and
the surrounding areas will take
this opportunity to join his fri
ends and neighbors for an hour
Of good food, fun and fellowship.
Don't forget: Saturday morn
ing, January %, at the Gram
mar School Cafeteria. Make your
plans to attend - you will not
be sorry!
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
Rites For Mrs. Weems
Held Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Del
la Simpson Weems, go, of Durant
we're held at 2:30 Wednesday
rom the Sails Baptist Church
in Attala County. The Rev. Mr..
Childs officiated.
Burial was in the Sails Gene
terry with Wright and Ferguson
of Jackson in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Weems was a former resi-
dent of Raymond and a native of
Sails.
She is survived by her hus-
band, S. w. Weems of Durant;
three brother, Ernest L. Simpson
and Surgeon Simpson, both of
Sails; and Charles B. Simpson
of Long Beach, California.
Pallbearers were Steve Mus
selwhite, Jim 1. Hutchinson.
Melvin Culpepper, Morris Gull
pepper, Billy Irby, and Harry D.
Powell.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
Holmes Wins Over
North East Is To g
Preliminary Games At
Goodman, January 81

Results of games PLAYED last
weekend at Goodman. The score
was Itawamba SO and Holmes SO.
itawamba has an outstanding
team in Junior College Con-
ference and is undefeated at the
present time. The win at Good
man last week was the 18th win
n the conference.
Holmes won handily in the
game held at Goodman Satur-
day night defeating Northeast
(Booneville) by a score of rs to
So.
Holmes lost a thriller Tues
day night on their home court
to East Central of Decatur. The
score was "a to So.
The game was exciting through
out. Neither team led by more
than three, points at any time
during the game. The score at
half time was tied 1892.
Holmes will meet Northwest
Rangers Tuesday night, January
81 at Goodman.
Durant and Holmes AIS will
play in the preliminary games.
Girls will play at $50 and the
ASH boys will play at $50. The
Holmes-Northeast game will be
played at 800 p. m.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-26
DUrunt Methodists Build
New Parsonage Soon

Durant Methodists broke ground
last Thursday morning for a
beautiful new parsonage which
is now under construction for
their pastor, the Rev. R. E. Was
son and Mrs. WATSON.
The Rev. WATSON led in the
COMMUNICATING ceremony with
an opening statement and prayer
and read the declaration of why
the building was being construct
ed.
Participating in the ground
breaking We're Herman Clements.
chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees; j. c. Robertson, chairman
of the. Official Board of the
church: Dan Wells, finance com
mittee chairman; F. V. McCullar,
church lay leader; Mrs. w. c
Castleberry and Mrs. Harper
Jones, well known citizens land
s:sters) of Durant, whose father
originally gave the land for the
church.
Mrs. B. w. Moore, who at 81