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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
Chapter Ready To Act
Red Cross Blood Program Seen
If Chest Drive Assures Funds

The proposed Red Cross blood
bank at Southside Community
Hospital provides an additional
incentive for successful Prince
E d W ard County Community
Chest campaign, leaders of the
Chest believe.
Last week the Chest board Of
directors authorized Red Cross
quota of S3,673 in the 1862 Com
munity Chest budget. That is a
1878 increase over the quota au-
thorized year ago, and was
approved to permit the county
Red Cross chapter to start its
blood program during 1862.
The extra funds will be nee
essary to help pay the costs
Of the quarterly visits Of the Red
Cross bloodmobile, and for its
supplies and personnel.
hppIUVdlS secured
The required approvals of the
Southside Community Hospital
medical staff and physicians in
the hospital area. plus that of
the Red Cross chapter directors.
have been secured.
The new blood bank would pro-
vide all the blood needs of hos
pital patients without charge or
replacement obligation to the
hospital. Under the present blood
program, patients must either
pay SIS a pint or replace blood
on a two-for-one quantity basis.
The blood would come from
the regional Red Cross blood
center at Roanoke as required
by hospital needs. The Appal-
achian Regional Center at Roa-
noke receives blood from the col
lections during the various local
Bloodmobile visits, processes it
and sends it out as hospitals re-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
NatiOnaINe1us Summary
BY H. V. LANCASTER, JR
Q SYRIA BREAKS WITH EGYPT, UPSETS JAR UNITY
. NIXON WILL RUN . REEFS FOUND Guilty

said to be one of the critical
topics discussed separately by
Secreatry of State Rusk and
British foreign secretary Lord
Hume in informal talks with
Soviet foreign minister Gromyko
in New York last week. This Sc
ries of informal discussions on
the Berlin crisis began Septem-
Der q and ended Saturday. But
Rusk and Gromyko were to meet
again in Washington this week
where Gromyko may talk with
the President.
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD, the
late Secretary General of the
United Nations. was laid to rest
in state ceremonies in his native
Uppsala, Sweden. last Friday.
Vice President johnson headed
the U. S. delegation to the fu-
neral of the statesman who help
ed mold the policies of the UN
for eight years. Russia, often
critical of Hammarskjold, who
was largely responsible for frus-
trating Soviet designs in the
Congo, sent only an ambassador
MELVIN DAVIS REEFS, JR.,
was found guilty by a Spotsyl-
vania county circuit court jury
last week. Rees. 80, was charged
with the murder of Carroll Yer
non Jackson, %, of Louisa county,
in January 1859 Rees may die in
the electric chair, but sentencing
was deferred pending disposition
of defense motions for a new
trial.
RICHMOND, Henrico. and
Chesterfield abandoned daylight
saving time and returned to
standard time at 2 am. Sunday.
This means that metropolitan
residents got an extra hour of
sleep Sunday morning. They will
have a chance to express their
opinions of daylight saving time
in November referendum.
EPISCOPALIANS were urged
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
Amelia County
Fair Saturday

The Amelia County fair will
be held this Saturday, October z
with a full day of events planned
Livestock and dairy judging will
be held gil a m. The horse show
will be held at II am. Crops,
homemaking and education ex.
hibits will be judged from 7::3C
pm. to $50 pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
Prospect Volunteer Department
Building A Modern Firehouse

Construction of Prospects S
firehouse now stands rs per cent
complete. S. c. Campbell, head
of the building committee. an
nounced today.
The Prospect Volunteer Fire
Department. a company of about
20 men headed by R. H. Nord-
strom. was organized only a
year ago. Today, its firehouse
construction project represents
a real example of community
effort. hard work and coopera-
ton. according to Nordstrom.
The building is the second ma
jor project for the department,
the first being the purchase of
fire truck. The Incorporated body
purchased a truck from the coun-
ty for 81 200 last November
when the supervisors purchased
a new one.
Located in the center of the
village. the new firehouse is of
cinderblock construction. Di-
mentions of the structure, design
ed to house the present engine
and tanker the department
plans to buy later, are % by
So feet.
The erection of the building
is being handled by Campbell,
assisted by F. L. Orange. with
volunteer labor at any time con-
venient to people who have their
own work to keep up with. Camp
bell said. 1--WE have been work
ing off and on now for about
six weeks whenever any of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03

SYRIA broke away from Egyp-
tan rule last Thursday and on
Saturday unfurled the flag of the
new Syrian Arab Republic. The
apparently successful coup SEEM
ed to spell the end of Canal Alb
dull Nasser's United Arab Repub-
lie, formed by a union of Egypt
and Syria in 1858, and of his
dreams of pres siding over a
united Arab world. The new gov
eminent has asked foreign diplo-
mats in Damascus, the capital,
to seek formal recognition for
the regime from their govern
mentS. Turkey and Jordan have
already accorded Syria diplo-
matte recognition.
TWENTY THREE MAYORS
from the U. S. arrived in West
Berlin Saturday to bolster mo-
rale in that beleagured city.
Headed by Mayor Hayden Burns,
of Jacksonville. Fla. and includ-
ing Mayor Richardson Duck
worth. of Norfolk. Va. the group
was to meet with West Berlin
Mayor Willy Brandt and Gen.
Lucius D. Clay. President Ken
nedy's personal representative in
Berlin.
RICHARD NIXON, former
Vice President. announced last
week he will rot run for Presi-
dent in 1864 but will run for the
California governorship in 1862.
Former Gov. Goodwin Knight,
also a COP gubernatorial candi-
date, charged that Nixon had Of
fered to appoint him chief justice
of the California supreme court
or to any other state office he
wanted if he would stay out of
the gubernatorial race. Nixon
Friday branded Knights charge
false and hbelous on its face. !"
THE WEST is reported to have
told Russia it will not negotiate
with Communist East Germany
over the right to keep allied
troops IN West Berlin. This u
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quire.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
State Supreme
Court Told All
Actions Lawful

The Virginia Supreme Court
If Appeals, which has been Pc
itioned to compel reopening Of
public schools here, now has the
board of supervisor assertion
that all its actions have been
in accord with state and federal
law.
This legal defense is one of
the major contentious in the SUI
pervisors' answer to a pentition
for writ of mandamus filed with
the States highest court on Sep
TENDER 8.
In that new development in
the county's public school segre-
cation litigation, the Rev. u. F.
Griffin asked the Court to COM
pei the board of supervisors to
appropriate money for schools.
Rev. Mr.. Griffin filed the petit
ton on behalf of his son, L.
Francis, Jr.. a former elemen-
tary student in the county.
Starts New Term
The State Supreme Court con-
vened for new term and a
new court year Monday morning
at Richmond. It docketed the
mandamus petition last month
while sitting at Staunton, and is
expected to consider the petit
ton now.
The Petition. offered by
counsel for Rev. Mr.. Griffin,
contended that supervisors de-
liberately refused appropri-
ate school funds because such
action would require the county
school board to permit white
and Negro children to be taught
together in public schools.
The Court was also told in the
petition that the school closing
was the supervisors reaction to
the decision of the order Of the
federal Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals directing the county to
desegregate schools here in Sep
TENDER. 1859.
The petition argued that Sec
ton l29 Of the Virginia Constitu-
ton requires the board to ap-
propriate funds for such schools
as lin the judgment of the
school board the public welfare
may require"
The board of supervisors an
sWer to these charges in the long
drawn out case was presented to
the Supreme Court clerk Satur-
day by Commonwealth Attorney
Frank Nat Watkins and j. Segar
Gravatt, special counsel for the
board.
Boards Answer
In the answer filed with the
court, in which attorneys for the
supervisors contend the petition
must be denied, supervisors said
the Virginia Constitution does not
impose any duty on them to ap-
propriate funds under their con-
troll for schools regardless of the
judgement of the school board.
The board commended that its
motives for failing or refusing
to appropriate funds for public
schools do not and cannot as a
matter of law take away, alter
or impair the legislative dis
erection reposed in said board of
supervisors under the Constitu-
ton of Virginia -
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
Parents Get School QUESTIONABLE;
Answer New Petition
School Board
Seeks Help For
Report To Court

The Prince Edward School
Board Monday asked parents ii
all Sabotage children in the
county II they would enroll their
children In a desegregated pub
lie school if such schools are
opened this school year.
The board placed In the mail
letters to LAO families, parents
or guardians Of some $500 chill
dren. The questionable ask,
will you enroll this child in a
desegregated public school If
such schools are opened in
Prince Edward county this school
year. that is. 1892"
The results Of the survey
among parents along with those
Of a school census currently be-
ing completed will be used to
make a progress report to Fed
eral District Judge Oren r.
Lewis.
In August, Judge Lewis or
dered the school board to submit
to him by November IS a prog
ress report on q plan for ad-
mission Of pupils to county ele-
mentary schools without regard
to race or color. The county has
been under federal court orders
to integrate its white high school
since April of 1850.
The survey. considered a rou-
tine thing by the school board,
is necessary to enable the board
to make a report to the court,
since no type Of plan can be
made until the. number of STU
dents is known. according to
T. J. Mcnwaine. superintendent.
The QUESTIONABLE is expected to
reveal whether there is feeling
Of possible acceptance Of inte-
grated schooling in the county.
however.
A letter from the school board,
signed by Mc1lwaine, accom-
panied the QUESTIONABLE. 1t said:
Text of Letter
"The United States District
has ordered the Prince Edward
county school board to admit
pupils to the high schools of the
county without regard to race or
color, and has also directed that
the school board and the division
superintendent of schools make
plans for the admission Of pupils
to the elementary schools of the
county without regard to race or
color. and to receive and con-
slider applications for admission
to such schools so that, if and
when, the public schools Of
Prince Edward county may
again be reopened, the school
board and the division superin-
tendent Of schools will be ready
to proceed in accordance with
the directions of the court"
Your county school authori-
ties cannot intelligently obey the
order Of the court unless they
know what children will attend
the public schools if they are
opened on a desegregated basis,
that is without regard to race or
color Of the child"
Every Parent Queried
The letter to parents says fur
Their: I'm order to ascertain
what children we might expect
to attend public schools II they
are opened at some time during
the school year just beginning.
we enclose a QUESTIONABLE to be
answered by you for each child
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03

men could get away from their
crop harvesting"
A series of benefit events and
generous contributions of mate
rial have aided the Prospect unit
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-03
Weekend Football
Game Results

H-SC 81, Bridgewater 7
Brunswick 7, Cumberland s
Ran. Henry Z, Crewe 0
Blackstone 26, Emporia 0
P. E. Academy 7, Victoria
Park View 20, Amelia IL
Roanoke Catholic IA,
Appomattox
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25

stall or bathtub or both de-
ponds largely on the makeup
of the family and its budget.
Small children and older people
require a tub. Studies indicate
that for most people the bath
tub is the more essential. One
survey of family living habits
revealed that only three out of
100 women reported that they
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25

always take showers while all
the rest of the women said they
use the tub at least part of the
time. A combination shower
and tub generally is considered
the most economical.
One of the considerations in
choosing a bathroom should be
an abundance of light by day
or night. Progress in artificial
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25

pears to be gone for good. Any
UNI Der of attractive color
schemes are available for the
bathroom. New plastic wall
coverings and new colorful tiles
as well as color in fixtures have
given elegance to this much
used room of the house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25

lighting as well as mechanical
ventilation have largely elimin-
ated the need of a window in
a bathroom although some
people still prefer to have
window.
The day of the regulation
black and white bathroom ap-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25
Selecting A Bathroom

0OANNCAAk6 "A ONOhtA OOAAh
The new look in bathrooms
spells glamour in capital let
tiers. They are colorful and
cheerful, a joy to the home
owner and a delight to the
house guest. Yet the attrac-
tiveness of today's bathrooms
is but one of the Improvements
in this important part of the
house. Along with glamour,
they contain many practical in
novations.
It's only about so years ago
that plumbing moved inside. In
those days any space that didn't
happen to be needed for some
thing else was used for the To-
cation of the bathroom.
Home builders today regard
the location of the bathroom
or bathrooms-as one of the
first and major considerations
in drawing up plans for
house. They realize that wise
home shoppers appreciate the
convenience Of the bathroom to
the living and sleeping area.
There are a number of fac
tors to keep in mind when Sc
lecting the bathroom that is
right for you and your family.
One of the newest trends is
toward compartmentalization.
The division of the bathroom
into compartments avoids bot
tlenecks and is welcomed by
homemakers with small chill
dren getting ready for school at
about the same time the man
of the house is rushing to get
ready for work.
Vanities with double wash
basins also are boon to fam
lilies with small children. AS
one mother of two youngsters
said, 1T seems the children al
ways went to wash their hands
at the same time-the double
wash basin eliminates lot of
squabbling over who goes first
and saves wear and tear on my
nerves."
The counter vanity is one of
the most popular recent inn
provements in bathrooms. 1t
provides a wide ledge that is
handy and that keeps tooth
paste or a razor from slipping
down into the wash bowl.
The question of whether the
bthroom should have shower
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-25

S MI. N. OF eAITHERsBURG at
Cedar Grove-4 Bedrm. z story
Dwelling: no Bath. plus z room
Tenant House. some oufbuildines
on Va acre lot w/stream. Rent
income on lse. Hse. $50 p.mo..
tenant hse. rents for $40 p.mo.
Full price $io,q5o VT 81 500
down; payments IS p.mo.
9 MI. N. OF DAMASCUS in
Fred. Col new 4 room House,
no Bath. on 10 acres on hard
road. Priced $3.50 WIS., 900
down; payments SIS per month.
also
20 ACRE FARM with z Houses.
rents out for $50 per mo-,
other rents out for $45 per mo.
You can buy all this for $ll,-
$50 WIS., 900 down: payments
$05 per month.
FREDERICK COUNTY LOTS near
Johnsville-$3o0 per acre. will
sell I or more acres. Located on
hard road. Ideal for retirement
or weekend place. Low TAXES.
TRAvlLAH RD.--5 rooms & bath,
very neat dwelling plus z room
apt. renting for sac per mo.
Chicken house plus several out
bldes. on acre. All this for
$l3.95o. Terms.
TRAvlLAH RD.-6 room & bath
2 story dwelling. vary neat home
inside; 4h acre Of nice land.
Priced $l5.q5o w/$3.ooo down.
Many other good buys on
Farms. Homes. Lots &
Businesses
KEN McGREW
REAL ESTATE
Travilah Offiee-PO. 1853
G'burg Offiee-WA. 6-Io50
Ewes. WA. 6-057l
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ROOM-SiZE
REMNANTS
ONE WEEK ONLY!

Free Rubberized Waffle Cushion to fit any
remnant listed beIow-even at these low.
low roll end prices.
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at Tremendous I

thousands of yards Of choice luxury carpets fantastic
This event. All wool twists tweeds continuous fiament nyo
fine plush carpets. Bring asuremen+s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12

Jubilee
Meeting

Mrs. Paul j. Mackin Of
Pasadena, Calf, national
president of the Christ Child
Society, will arrive here Mon
day to help make preliminary
plans for the society's 18th
anniversary celebration to be
held here next spring.
Mrs. Mackin will confer
with Mrs. Maxwell H. Stokes,
president Of the society here,
which will be hostess to the
convention.
1t was voted to hold the
convention here because the
society was founded here in
1887 by the late Miss Mary
Virginia Merrick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Cards For
Cancer

According to Mrs. Norman
D. Schmidt. executive secre-
tary of the Arlington County
Unit Of the American Cancer
Society, Is different styles of
Christmas cards are still
available in exchange for a
contribution to the American
Cancer Society.
This is the seventh conSec-
utive season that the unit has
offered the opportunity to
the public Of giving to charity
while obtaining Christmas
greetings and last year the
fund netted over $1,100.
Cards may be selected from
the display at the Unit Infor-
nation Center, located on
North Garfield street in Ar
lington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
TOMORROW

Woman's Club of Chevy
ChaSe-Meeting. Of the pub
lie affairs department, civic
section, at 10 am. A film,
Signal &c." dealing with auto
safety will be shown by Sgt.
De Vries of the Montgomery
County Police.
AAUW Alexandra Branch
Meeting of the literary
group at 1890 am. with Mrs.
Henry Stauss. Mrs. c. E.
Reeves will review Andre
Maurois' "Adrienne, Wife Of
Lafayette"
Inner Wheel CIub-Lunch-
con meeting at the May
flower Hotel. DR.. william B.
Walsh, president and found
er of the People to People
He alth Foundation. will
speak. =
American Liberty Chapter,
d. c. DAR-Meeting at the
Silver Spring home of Mrs.
Harold c. Marsh at i pm.
Faculty Women's Club of
George Washington UNIVERSE
ty-Meeting at 2 pm. in the
board room of the university
library. Dean Elmer Louis
Kayser will speak on the
founding of the George
Washington University.
Katherine Montgomery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Symphony Workers
Guests at HiIWOOd

the rooms lovely old wood
panelling from an old cha
teau near Paris, and over the
white mathematical fire
place the portrait Of the En-
press Eugene, painted by
Winterhalter in 1857 after the
birth of her first child.
Rare Vases
They also might have been
told that the two vases on
the mantel we're made in the
Imperial Porcelain Factory
in st. Petersburg during the
reign of Catherine the Great.
On the walls they saw tapes
tries woven at BeauvaiS after
the cartoons by Francois
Bouche, and on the floor a
fine -textured 100 = year old
Savonnerie rug. AS they
strolled out to the garden,
they may have noticed two
majestic Chinese vases from
the K'ang-Hsi period resting
on pedestals which thanked
the doorway.
Among yesterdays guests
were Mr.. Gerson Nordlinger,
president of the Symptoms
executive committee; Mrs.
E. H. Cushing, secretary Of
the board: Mrs. Jouett
Shouse, second vice president
of the board: Mr.. George
Ferris. treasurer of the board
and Mrs. Chauncey Blair.
president of the Women's
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12
Mrs. Kennedy
Returns to
Newport
BY the Associated Press

Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy
flew back to Newport, r. l..
yesterday after another "a
hour social-duty visit at the
White House.
She and the President en-
tertained at a judicial re-
ception for some $50 guests
Tuesday night. The First
Lady came here especially for
the event.
The White House said Mrs.
Kennedy departed from Ma
tional Airport aboard the
Kennedy plane Caroline"
about $3.50 pm. She had ar
rived at 1:46 pm. Tuesday.
This was the second time
in the past two weeks that
Mrs. Kennedy has inter-
rupted her extended summer
Cape Cod-Newport vacation
to return to Washington for
official social events.
She came back for just "a
hours October AS for a state
dinner given at the White
House in honor of President
Abboud of the Sudan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-12

More than 200 ticket sales
campaign volunteers for the
National Symphony Orches-
tra's Women's Committee
were the guests Of Mrs. Her
bert A. May at Hillwood yes
terday.
It was a memorable after
noon for the group as it
marked the near-close of
their ticket selling campaign
which began on Labor Day
and the achievement of a
goal that will make this the
best year for the Symphony
since the l959-60 season.
1t was memorable day for
the volunteers personally, too.
For, as guests Of Mrs. May.
who is first vice president of
the Symptoms Board of Di-
rectors, they had the rare
opportunity of seeing her
priceless collections of Rus
sian and French art and
Strolling in Hillwood's spa
cious gardens where the chry-
santhemums are now at the
full height of their fall bloom.
AS Mrs. May was Ill with
a cold she could not be pres
ent, but her daughter, Mrs.
Augustus Riggs ", presided
in her place.
Receiving Line
Also in the receiving line
with Mrs. Riggs were the new
president of the National
Symphony Orchestra Associ-
alton and Mrs. Milton King,
the conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra and
Mrs. Howard Mitchell. and
Mrs. w. r. Hunnicutt, jr..
chairman of ticket sales.
The receiving line formed
in the beautiful drawing room
of Hillwood with its Louis
XVI French period decor. AS
the guests arrived they had
ample opportunity as they
awaited for their turn to go
through the line to see