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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
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ever. namely, need and promise
OF the student, he pointed out.
Pupil Achievement
F'leischman scholars at Hamp-
den-Sydney total 80. A sampling
Of their achievement in terms of
scholarship and leadership shows
how we'll the Fleischman fund is
being spent.
Three of the scholars are
deans list students, one library
and Latin assistant and president
of the Student Christian Associa-
ton. one a chemistry research
assistant and another an intra-
mural manager and student
writer.
Eight juniors are numbered
among the list. One is vice presi-
dent of the student body, another
will serve as captain Of the foot
ball team next fall and four are
serving as counselors in the
freshman dOrmitory.
Among the lower clasSmen rep
resented in the ranks of FleiSch-
man scholars is the most out
standing member of the freshman
class, who was recently recog-
nized by Omicron Delta Kappa,
national leadership fraternity.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
George Hickman
Dies Here, SO;
Rites Set Friday

George Mckinley Hickman,
SO. of Farmville. died Wednes-
day at Southside Community
Hospital. He was a night patrol
man at Longwood College.
A native of Cumberland coun-
ty. where he was born Septem-
Der 8, 1901, he was the son of
Isaac R. and George Zee Rick
man. He was member of
Farmville Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Edith Young Hickman: a daugh-
ter. Mrs. Glen G. Vought. OF
Charlottesville. two sons, George
E. Hickman of FIT. Knox, Ky,
and John B. Rickman, of Farm
vile; one grandchild: a sister,
Mrs. Howard Bryant. of Cumber-
land, and a brother. John T.
Hickman. of Farmville.
A funeral service will be held
at IL, am. Friday at Doyne-
Burger Funeral Home, with the
Rev J. Hoge Smith, Jr., Of
ficiating. Interment will be in
WestvieW Cemetery. The family
requests that flowers be omitted.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Channels Celebrated
Their 62nd Anniversary

MT. PLEASANT. May l8-Mr.
and Mrs. T. c. Jones accom-
panied the r. E. Dix family to
Richmond last Sunday afternoon.
The Dixes and Mr.. Jones attend
ed the auto races at Strawberry
Hill while Mrs. Jones visited her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Chappell. On April 10. Mr.. and
Mrs. Chappell had celebrated
their sixty-second wedding ami
versary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Wad-
dill attended the funeral of his
brother-in-law, j. T. Sutherlin. at
Arbor Baptist Church near Suth-
erlin last Saturday. Thomas A.
Waddill. of Wake Forest. N. c..
also attended.
The WSCS OF Mt. Pleasant met
Tuesday evening with Mrs. A. D.
Hobgood.
On the evening of May l8 Mrs.
A. D. Hobgood was hostess to a
Stanley party.
Some members of the w. S.
Meadows family, of Salisbury.
Md, spent the week end with the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Green Bay
r. F. d. No, 1

May 10 : Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Camp and family visited Mrs.
Willie Armstead and Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Golden in Amelia
Sunday
Eli Patterson. Of Richmond,
spent Saturday with his son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Barton. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Gum and
family, of Burkeville, were din
ner guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Childress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Barton and
children and Mr. and Mrs Ben
ME Barton were Saturday night
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie
Gum in Burkeville.
Marie Childress spent Monday
night with her sister. Ellen Bar
ton, and Betty Childress spent
Wednesday with Ellen Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Dungans
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Barton
were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Dungans.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Roach
and baby spent Saturday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Roach.
James Childress, Robert Dun
gans. Agnes Childress and LOU
Use Roach visited Mr.. and Mrs.
VERNE Barton in Amelia Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Barton
were week end guests of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Childress.
Mrs. Floyd Roach and children
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
John T. Barton. Jr.
Mrs. Floyd Roach, Mrs. Edna
Barton. Mrs. Lille Mae Hall
went to Crewe Saturday night to
a miscellaneous shower which
was given in the home of Mrs.
George Baldwin for Mr.. and
Mrs. Jimmie Robertson.
About so guests were there
and they received a lot of nice
gifts.
Jacob Roach, of Richmond,
visited his family here over the
week end.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19

Fred Meadows family W. S.
Meadows has been here for sew
eral weeks aiding With the CON
structiOn of their new home which
is nearing completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Covington and
Mrs. Flave Driskill, of Abilene
attended the Mothers Day Serv-
ices at Mt. Pleasant. The Coving-
tons were spending the week end
with her sister, Mrs. Driskill,
and Mr.. Driskill.
Miss Margaret Mohaupt, of
Richmond, visited MIR. and Mrs.
Oscar Nicer and family recently
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Hammock
and children, of Arlington, spent
the week end with her mother
Mrs. Maria Ferguson. and with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Hammock. near Keysville.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Nelson had
their entire family with them on
Mothers Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Covington
visited her parents near Farm
vile on Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Gilliams Enjoy
Informal Family
Week End Reunion

SANDY RIVER, May Is - Mr..
and Mrs. Mercer Gillian and
their daughter. Sara, visited Mrs.
j. L. PettuS for the week end.
They took Mrs. S. NJ. Hughes, of
Rice, to see her daughter, Mrs.
Jack James, in Suffolk. Also
visiting in the home of Mrs. Pet
tuS were Mr.. and Mrs. Joe OAR
den and Mercer Darden, of Ports
mouth. Completing the informal
family reunion were Mrs. t. r.
Boutwell, and family, of Edenton.
A tour of historic Edonton build
ings and plantations, a delicious
family dinner, and a hilarious
session with the tape recorder
combined to make the week end
most entertaining.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Trip and
Ronald Trip, of Silver Spring,
Md. spent the week end with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Tenn
pie jenkins.
Misses Betty and Virginia
Gates and T. w. Gates. Of Roa-
noke Rapids, N. c., visited Mrs.
W. B. Gates during the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Oldham
spent the week end in Yorktown.
Tenn, visiting his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. S. P. Oldham.
Visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Drew
ry Gates during the week end
were Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Will
liams and family. of Norfolk, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Wilson and
sons, of Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paulus Price and
their daughter, Paula. of Craigs-
vile. spent the week end with E Z.
j. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Woodward
and family, of Richmond, spent
the week end visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bruce and Ronnie.
Jessie Bruce, of Farmville, spent
Sunday in the Bruce home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Gates
and Betty 10 spent Mothers Day
! with Mr.. and Mrs. w. l. Kennedy.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Funeral Rites For
G. M. Wingo, 81
Held Tuesday

JETERSVILLE. May 18-Fu-
neral services for Garland Mott
ley Wingo, 81. were held Tues
day at 2 pm. at Milton l.. Jen-
nings Funeral Home, CreWe,
with burial in the family GENE
terry near Jetersville. Mr.. Win
go died Sunday.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Helen Southall Wingo; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lewis Rogers of CreWe;
four stepdaughters. Mrs. j. H.
Owens of Hopewell, Miss Ellen
Southall of Washington. Miss
Mary Jane Southall Of Jeters-
vile and Miss Phyllis Southall
of Jetersville; a stepson. James
w. Southall of JeterSville; two
sisters, Mrs. Rebecca johnson
of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs Ethel
Miller of Richmond: a brother,
Edward H. Wingo of Alexan-
dria, and three grandchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Miss Rex Will
Appear In Final
Student Recital

Betty Ann Rex. CharlOttes-
vile freshman at LongWood Col
lege, will be presented in a
piano recital Sunday afternoon
at o'clock In Jarman Audi
forum.
Her performance will be the
last program in a series of stu
dent recitals, Five Sundays of
Music"
Miss Rex, granddaughter of
Mrs. George Rex. LongWood
house mother. and Mrs. Frank
S. Blanton, of Farmville, will
play selections from Scarlatti.
Mozart. Mendelssohn. Granados
and List.
The public is invited without
charge. The recitals are spon-
sored by the Longwood College
Department of Music.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Registration
Continued from page u

places the county total at 5.539.
Of that number 4.302 are white
and .l37 Negro.
The role of the women is evl-
dent in the several voter drives
Since January. TT per cent ot the
new regiStrants have been Negro
women.
The total for the county's seven
precincts represents good share
Of the eligible population The
current census puts the county's
total population at l4,l2l.
The breakdown of registered
voters. for the county by pre-
cinct and by race is as follows:
Buffalo - white. 321; Negro. Sc.
Farmville precinct-white. 1894
Negro. 327.
Farmville District white, 6l3:
Negro, 81,
Leigh white. $40. Negro. 1870
Lockett - white, Az, Negro. 80
Hampden white. SIS; Negro,
1873.
Prospect - white, 542; Negro,
255.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
N. H. Spencer, 50,
Sawmill Operator,
Buried Wednesday

DILLWYN. May 13-Funeral
services for Norman Henry
Spencer. SO, were held Wednes-
day at pm. at Dunkum Broth
ers Funeral Home. with inter
ment in Mulberry Grove Baptist
Church cemetery. A sawmill
operator, Mr.. Spencer died Mon
day.
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Virginia Fitzgerald Spen-
GER; two sons. Norman E. and
Graham F.. Spencer of Dillwyn
four brothers, Ben l.. Spencer of
HoWardsville, George w. and E.
w. Spencer of Paramount, w.
Va. and Shirley F. Spencer of
Dillwyn and sister, Mrs. AL
fred S. Wood of Wingina.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Masonic Leader
To Visit Powhatan

POWHATAN, May 18-George
Marshall, grand lecturer of the
Grand Lodge Of Virginia will be
at PoWhatan Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights. This is a
fine opportunity for Masons to
secure instruction. The regular
Lodge meeting will be held on
Tuesday night.
The PoWhatan Indians nosed
out Louisa here Tuesday night
5-4 as a result Of three batters
being hit by pitched balls in the
last inning by the Louisa pitch
er.
There will be a Donkey Base
ball Game here on the night of
June 5. This is being sponsored
for the benefit of the Firemen
and Rescue Squad. If all inter-
ested parties VIII buy tickets in
advance it will result in more
profit for the above causes.
Plans are underway for the
big beauty contest in the Pow
hatan High School Friday night,
May 26 at 8:l5 pm. The me
mortal dance will follow in the
gymnasium.
Since it appears that there will
be no James River Baseball
League this year, plans are be-
ing made for an independent
team to play on the new field
here.
Julian Boyer is also a patient
at Stuart Circle Hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Parker
were visitors of MI and Mrs.
Garland Hening in Chesterfield
Tuesday afternoon and dinner
guests at the Meador Brook
Country Club.
High School seniors are busy
preparing for commencement
which is TO be on June g.
Officers and employees of
Bank Of PoWhatan attended the
Southside Group meeting at Ken
bridge Thursday ngiht.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Hospital Nelus

There were 81 hospital patients
Thursday morning.
Patients Admitted
Miss Virginia Overton Herndon,
Rice: Miss Elizabeth Rose Hern-
don, Rice; Mrs. R. E. Farmer.
Jr., Farmville: DR.. Harold Hal
lock. Farmville: Mrs Emma
Allen, Dillwyn: Jessie Tatum.
Keysville, Mrs. H. E. Meyers.
Victoria. Ronny Humphreys.
Crewe: Mrs. M. F. Hangar,
CreWe.
Also. Ned Gayles. Jr.. Chase
City; Allen Hall. Farmville; Mrs.
j. w. McFadden. Prospect; Rich
ard Glenn, Prospect; Robert
Fore, Farmville; Mrs. Stanley
He'll. Farmville: c. j. Cox, Farm
lille; Elmo A. Bondurant. Farm
vile, and J. C. Lee, Rehoboth.
oil titS
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Hilton,
Cumberland. girl. May II.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Matthews
Cumberland, girl. May Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Reed. Jr.,
Keysville. girl, May Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Warren
Victoria. girl. May 10.
CoIored Patients
Earl Wilson, Farmville; Blui,
Andrews. Farmville: Mary Will
liams. Farmville. and Elizabeth
Jones, Farmville.
COIOred Birth
Tralve and Alice Bass, CreWe
boy, May l6.
Discharges
May Is = Mrs. S. w. Warren
Miss Fannie Goodrich. E. A. Bes
sell. Mrs. w. H. Arndt, Mrs. Car
Heifner. Miss Hannie Lewis, Rob
ert Schmidt, and L. D. Whitaker
May 16 - Mary Bordis, Mis-.
Betty johnson, w. D. Brandon
Mrs. C. P. Hancock, Mrs. Emma
McCraw, Minnie Holmes, Mis-.
Betty Jones, Odell Jones, Mis-:
Elizabeth Herndon. Miss Virginia
Herndon, and Mrs. Stanley He'll
May II Robert N. Fore
R. F. Glenn, and Mrs. R. E
Farmer.
May II - William Green, Mrs
H. R. Bollinger, Mrs. w. C. John
ston, Frank Carey, Hilda Jones
l.. E. Berry, Mrs. M. F.. Han
gar. Mrs. w. E. Boldin, and Net
Gayles.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
G. Nc. Ayres, 80,
Retired Farmer,
Buried Wednesday

DILLWYN. May 18-Funeral
services for George McKenna
Ayres. 90. were held Wednesday
at 2 pm. at Sharon Baptist
Church with burial in the family
cemetery near the church. A re-
tired farmer, Mr.. Ayres died
Monday.
Surviving are four daughters.
Mrs. Laura Bare of Fulks Run.
Miss Lizzie Ayres of Roanoke.
Mrs. Arnold Gunter of Catawba
and Mrs. Alfred MaXey of Rich
mond; two sons, M K e n n a
Ayres Of Dillwyn and j. E.
Ayres of Richmond; a sister,
Mrs. Frank Tapscott of Scots
vile, and Is grandchildren and
eight Observation-Disclosures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Tigers Lose Out
On Mas0n-Dix0n
Little 5 Bids

Norfolk William and Mary put
an end to Little Eight title
speculation Wednesday as they
whipped Randolph Macon 70.
Hampden-Sydney plays Norfolk
tndav Thursday at Norfolk. but
the Braves have the Conference
championship seWed up with an
excellent 80 season record.
The Tigers are in second place
with a 70 Won-lost record. well
ahead of Randolph-Macon's SO.
Even if the Tigers lose to Nor
folk today, H-SC will retain sec
ond place honors with a 70 rec
ord.
The Tigers lost their Mason
Dixon Conference bid by falling
to RandolphMacon 86 in a play
off game Tuesday. The Yellow
Jackets will carry Southern di-
vision hopes to Baltimore Friday.
where they will tangle with Balti
more University in the best of a
three game series. Baltimore is
the Northern division winner.
apparently the play-off game
with Randolph-Macon will not
count in Little Eight competition.
If the game does count. the
Tigers second place position in
Little Eight will be contested by
the Yellow Jackets.)
Hampden Sydney and Ran
dolph Macon had tied in the
Mason Dixon Conference with
identical records of 6-3 in the
Southern division. which required
the special play-off game.
This past Monday. the Tigers
defeated RPI 80, as Wayne Cook
drove in the winning run in the
ninth inning with two men out.
John Mcdaniel scattered five hits
and struck out u to earn the win.
Last Saturday, the Tigers fell
to Washington & Lee AZ at Lex
ington. The game did not affect
either Mason Dixon or Little
Eight standings.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Ted Alexander, Al, Principal At
Buckingham, Rites Held May II

BUCKINGHAM, May 18-Fu-
neral services for Ted Alexan-
der. Al. were held at 9 am.
Wednesday at Maysville Pres
bytel ian Church, with interment
at 5 pm. at MapleWood Gene
terry. TazeWell.
Mr.. Alexander, principal of
Buckingham Centr High
School. died Monday in a Char
lottesville hospital, after an i'll
ness of several months.
He became principal of Buck
ingham Central in 1859. He or
merly was athletic coach at
Edison High School. Miami, Fla
and taught and coached at Bris-
toll High School for eleven years
and TazeWell High School.
Mr.. Alexander was president
OF the Buckingham Education
Association and taught Sunday
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19

Schol at Maysville Presbyterian
Church. He belonged to the Buck
ingham Ruritans. the Farm
Bureau and the Young Farmers
Association.
He was a graduate of Milligan
College in Tennessee and re-
ceiyed his MA degree from East
Tennessee State College. He also
did graduate work at the Uni
versity of North Dakota and the
University of Virginia.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Ellendar Daniel Alexander: a
daughter, Miss Gretchen Alex
ander. and a son, Teddy Alex
ander, all of Buckingham: his
mother, Mrs. Myrtle Alexander
also of Buckingham, and two
brothers, Julius Alexander of
Cleveland. o.. and Ralph Alex
ander of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19

POWHATAN, May Is All
citizens of PoWhatan county are
invited to exhibit in the annual
flower show sponsored by the
PoWhatan Home Demonstration
Clubs.
This will be held Tuesday, May
g. All entries must be made
between 8 to II am. DIST. The
show will be held in the War
Memorial Building. Judging will
begin at IL am.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Hospital

Continued from page II
three years. The Commission
program is a nonprofit public
service in the U. S. It adds work
for doctors and hospitals and
costs the four organizations COM
prising the Commission a half a
million dollars annually to keep
functioning.
That much sought-after Certifi-
cate Of Accreditation means
great deal for the hospital. but
its greatest significance is for the
treasured patient.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
POphatan FlOUer ShOlU Planned

The public is invited to see
this show from to pm. and
from to pm, DIST.
Entry divisions with rules and
regulations are available at the
office of the home agent. Mrs.
Joyce Wood, if you do not al
ready have one. The weather
has not been too favorable but
everyone is urged to help make
this show successful by exhibit
ing what you have.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Field Day
Continued from page u

NNOiltlliuCO AlOlll page ~
Roger Layne, Danny Locklair,
Thomas Pinelli and T m m y
LeatherWood: girls. Jane Nc
Chung. Cheryl Noblin, Bonnie
Morton and Anne Newton; boys,
Chuck Green, Wayne Foster,
Julian Gates and J-..y Giles.
Mrs. Anderson awarded an
honorary ri b BON in the light
weight high hump for boys to
Jackie Evans. He was unable to
participate because of injury,
but had done so well in try outs
that he had a good chance to
emerge the winner.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
Real Estate

Continued from page y
Farmville Corporation - lots,
white. $659, 945, and colored. $70.-
1856; buildings, white 1888, 430.
and colored, $2O8 ,28O. Combined,
the towns real estate by groups
total, white. So, 493,375, and col
ored $279,065.
Combining values in both the
county and town, the real estate
totals by groups are: whites, S.
489, 595. and colored, 1899, 5S5.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-19
News Summary
Continued from page u

abouts of Chang himself was not
known. but up to that time he
had not conceded defeat. 1t.
Gen. Lee Han-lim. commander
OF South Korea $ powerful First
Field Army, has ordered his
troops to remain neutral in the
struggle according to a Korean
newspaper the U. S. officially
supports Premier Chang's gov
eminent and is trying to use its
influence to work out a compro-
mise solution.
THE PRIMARY BATTLE for
the states three highest elective
offices has begun to warm under
the friction Of words. 1t. Gov.
A. E. S. Stephens charged this
week that the General Assembly
sessions Of 1859 and 1860 con-
WINGED him that the Byrd fac
ton of the Democratic party had
become reactionary. State Sen.
Mills F. Goodwin. Organization"
candidate for lieutenant-gover-
nor. said Wednesday that it was
StephenS's ties with organised
labor. and not the actions of the
conservative Byrd organization,
that caused him to make the
charge. Goodwin also criticized
state Sen. Armistead Boothe for
his efforts to repeal the states
right-to-Work law.
A CUT in the income tax rate
or massive spending to boost the
nations economy have been
ruled out by the President. Mr..
Kennedy has told Democratic
Congressional leaders he intends
to go along with a group of his
economic advisers who think the
current recovery is solidly based
despite persistent hard core
of unemployment.
i :: :.
THE ARMY has indicated it
intends to fight for its request
for S., 900 additional men to
strengthen its limited war capa-
bility. This request. it says, has
been scuttled somewhere above
the Joint Chiefs of Staff" that
is. by the Secretary of Defense
or the white House. The army
is circulating extracts of a special
message to Congress to it's top
brass, reminding them of what
the President said about the
need to meet nonnuclear war
threats.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS city
council voted T u S a Y night
against setting UP a Joint COM
mission with Petersburg to study
the feasibility of a merger. The
idea had been suggested by
Mayor Marvin Gill of Petersburg
and had been adopted by his
city countil. Gill termed the
action dashing hopes for the
| eventual merger of the two cities
"a little hasty.-' but added tina.
Petersburg officials will hold NO
grudge.
THE DOW-JONES industrials
hit an all-time high of 7O5.52 on
the New York Stock Exchange
ednesday. Earlier in the week
the federal Securities and Ex-
change Commission announced
tiais TO investigate the Ameri-
can Stock Exchange.
Evening star., 1961-12-17
Stocks Slide
Despite Gains
OF Blue Chips
BY ED MORSE
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. l6. - The
stock market this week dis
closed some great strength
among blue chips, but closed
lower on average.
The Associated Press average
of so stocks declined 0.5O to
264.60. The Dow Jones Indus
trial average rose lit to 729.4O.
Business and economic news
was very good. The Index of
Industrial Production was re-
ported at a record high in No
vember. The outlook continued
good for 1862, according to
many experts.
The stock market reflected
this by continuing a rally
among the top quality blue
chips. But as the week pro-
,greSsed, the blue chips had
less and less support from the
rest of the stock list. The mar
ket began to look very top
heavy.
The five most active issues
this week on the New York
Stock Exchange were: Unilever
Evening star., 1961-12-17

to answer questions over the
phone.
(4) Advance rulings for busi-
nessmen are being speeded up
so that corporations can plan
transactions with full knowl-
edge OF the tax liabilities in
volved. I'VE already issue 3d.
900 to 10000 rulings a year."
Mr.. Caplin emphasized, land
ours is the only Government in
the world which performs this
service for taxpayers-tells
them what tax angles will be
involved before a transaction
Is completed. 1 wonder how
many American businessmen
appreciate how important this
service to them is. :"
Complaints to Be Heard
(5D Mr.. Caplin intends to
listen with sympathy" to any
complaints from businessmen
about the questions they are
asked to answer, the forms they
are given to fill out. I'VE have
in the past asked questions we
shouldn't have asked. II we
don't need the information.
we're not going to ask for it,"
Mr.. Caplin plans to call on
businessmen in advance OF a
ruling or a law for their reac-
tionS and suggestions, hopes
that by so doing, he can antici-
pate trouble spots.
co The IRIS is holding and
intends to continue holding fire.
quent meetings with industry
and business groups, leading
organizations of lawyers, ac-
countants. etc.. to discuss reg
ulationS. technical issues and
proposed legislation and give
and get advice.
Then. of course, when our
new system of automatic data
processing gets into full opera
ton and each taxpayer has a
permanent number, we'll be
able by the push of a button to
identify all errors. omissions
and delinquent returns" con-
cluded Mr.. Caplin. ANY dis
honesty by your neighbor will
be Immediately revealed"
distributed. 1861. BY The Hall syndi-
cate. 1nc.). tAll Rights Reserved.)