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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Alton Turns Replaces c. w. Harris
As Vice President OF Motor Co.

j. Alton Turns has purchased
the business interest in Harris
Cook Motor Company. Inc, pre-
viously held by C. w. Harris, ac-
cordlng to an announcement
from E. E. Cook. president of
the corporation.
Turns, who is life long native
Of Prince Edward county. has
been a salesman with the Ford
and Mercury automobile dealer
ship here for the past Is months.
He will continue to work pri-
marilv in the sales department
as well as being vice president
of the corporation. Cook ex-
planned.
c. w. Harris. who has been in
the automotive BUSINESS in
Farmville since 1922, said he
wished to take this opportunity
TO thank everyone in the area
for their past patronage and
hoped for he same fine spirit
of cooperation and patronage in
the future. Harris will continue
to work for the company which
he and Cock re-organized under
their names in 1854. Both Harris
and Cook were active in the
management of the old Whit
lock zimmerman Motor Co.
which they replaced III January
1854.
Cook said no change in name
was contemplated We are
happy to welcome Mr.. Turns in
to the corporation, Cox said.
with his wide business expert
ence and many friends in the
area, we know he will be a val
liable asset to Harris Cook
Meter O..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

the American Society of Civil
Engineers.
NoelS paper was a report on
the performance of the sewage
lagoon system at Farmville
Noel, an engineering major at
the University, shared top honors
in the competition with a VMI
engineering student. James v.
Bickford, III. who wrote on the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tum-
mel Project.
The awards were made during
the ASCE session April 10
at VMI. Lexington.
Praise From VPI
William J. Farley. Jr., a 1850
Academy graduate and son of
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
PresbyteryGroup
To Install New
Minister Sunday

An Apron attOx PreSby-
terry Commission will install Of
ficially the Rev. j. Hoge Smith,
Jr., as minister of Farmville
Presbyterian Church during the
II am. morning worship service
on Sunday.
The Commission will consist of
the Rev. j. F. Merlin. of Lynch
burg, who will preside; the Rev.
Fred A. Smith, of Danville, who
will preach the sermon; the Rev.
Alvin H. Smith, of Hampden-Syd-
ney. who will charge the minis
ter. and DR.. Thomas E. Gilmer,
president of Hampden Sydney
College. who will charge the con-
gregation.
The Rev. Fred A. Smith, who
will preach the sermon, is a
brother of the pastor to be in
stalled, and is also stated clerk
of Appom ttox Presbytery.
Others who will serve on the
Commission the S. E. Blek and
Ambrose Shepherd. elders of Elon
Church, Madison Heights.
The public is invited to attend
the installation service.
In the afternoon, the Farmville
congregation will begin an inten-
Sive Bible study dealing with
some of the important doctrines
of Presbyterianism. At 3 pm,
the Rev. Alvin Smith will present
a study of the Sovereignty of
Cod" and at 4:10 pm, the pas
tor. the Rev. j. Hoge Smith. Jr.,
will discuss the Possibilities and
Problems of Man."
On April 30. at the same hour,
DR.. Robert Boyd, of Richmond,
will present two more studies in
the series.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

Report From Colleges
Scholastic And Technical H0nors
Are Won By FarmUilIe Graduates

Scholastic honors have just
been won by four members of
the first graduating class of
Prince Edward Academy, and
fifth S IL d n t, a graduate of
Farmville High School, has been
cited for technical achievement.
Mary Catherine Lancaster and
Charlotte McClung, 1860 Acad-
envy honor graduates. tied with
a third student for the highest
scholastic ranking in the 400
student Freshman class at Long
wood College. The third student
is Marie Murphy. of Halifax
county.
The three ended the first
semester with identical 2.88
averages. A 80 verage is
straight A. For their work, they
were cited last week by Kappa
Delta Pi, national honorary edu-
cation society. The campus So
city this year began the award
to the freshman student or stu
dents with the highest scholaS-
tic average in the frst-year
class.
The two are the daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Lancaster and
DR.. and Mrs. w. Otis McClung
all of Farnrville.
Echols Scholar
Jay Harpter. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. W. Harper. of Farm
vile. was included with the other
IS Echols Scholars at the Uni
verSity of Virginia in feature
story in the University's Alum
nj News" March 1861 issue.
Harper was pictured on the front
page.
The Echols Scholars arc the
IS students who had the highest
scholastic averages among en-
tcring freshmen at the Uni
versity. They are housed togeth-
er and as far as possible are
placed together for course work
The Alumni News article re-
prints a recent story about the
Echols Scholars, a new Univer-
slty program designed to en-
courage scholarship. from the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. Gist
Of the article: the Scholars are
bearing out in college the prom
lEe expeC cite d from their high
school records.
Technical Paper
Howard Noel. a scholastic
scholarship winner at the Uni.
versity Of Virginia and a 1858
era d u a tie at Farmville High
School, shared top honors in a
technical paper competition at
the 1851 student chapter con
ference q the virginia section q
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

Virginia may get as much as
So million through the program
for distribution to farmers, CAN'T
pointed out. The remaining half
of farmer benefits will be paid
about July l.
Deadline Dates
The AS office manager ad-
vised farmers today that his Of
flee will take applications for
farm participation through May
II. Making application does not
obligate the farmer to partici-
pate. In the process, the farmer
merely gives information to the
AS office on his 1859 and 1850
acreage and production of feed
grain crops.
With that information, the ASC
sets up for each cooperator
base acreage and a payment
rate he may expect. The farmer
may take or leave that offer
after learning what his rates will
be.
Farmers who agree to the plan
and make formal request for par
ticipation may do SO Immediately
and receive half of the payment.
They have through May 10 to
make formal request, CAN'T said.
Each cooperating farm under
the program will have a per
mitted acreage for corn and
grain sorghum. according to T.
c. Xix. chairman. Prince Edward
County ASC Committee. This
permitted acreage" will be the
largest acreage of corn and
grain sorghum that may be pro-
duced on the farm in 1861 in or
der for the farm to continue as a
cooperating farm.
Benefits
For diversion of the rest of his
acreage he receives a special
payment, and he qualities for
price support on the normal pro-
duction of his 1961-crop corn and
grain sorghum acreage. He also
becomes eligible for support on
other 1961-crop feed grainS-bar-
ley, oats, and rye.
Continued on page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

Amelia, Appomattox. Charlotte.
Cumberland, NottoW way and
Prince Edward were among the
states 81 counties experiencing
a decrease in highway deaths.
Buckingham and PoWhatan were
among the IS counties where
deaths rose over the previous
year.
The final tabulation for 1860 by
the Governors Highway Safety
Committee shows these totals for
Herald area counties in the order
of: 1860 deaths, ranking among
the 90 counties. and 1859 deaths
i'll parentheses:
County Rankings
Amelia - two. 35th a.. Apo
nlattox owe. 5th. a.. Buck
lngham seven. 18th, f6N. Char
lotto seven. 64th. (8): Cum
herland none. 3rd. f5l. Motto
way three. saith. 50: Powha-
tan - four. 36th. az. and Prince
Edward, four. SIND, 81.
The 1860 statewide summary
adds these statistics:
Number of highway crashes,
SO.323, up 5000.
Number of fatal crashes. ga,
Crashes killing more than one
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
\ LAOS SITUATION WORSE

AN INVASION of Cuba was
launched Monday. A twin-en-
CINE Bog dropped a bumb on
Cuban air force headquarters Is
miles from Havana and then
strafed the city killing three per-
sons Tuesday night. The govern
ment radio identified the pilot
as Leo Francis Bell of Boston,
Mass, and said this was further
evidence of American agrees
sion. He was killed when his
plane was shot down by Cuban
anti aircraft fire. Two other
Americans died Wednesday in
Cuba; they were charged with
smuggling arms into the coun-
try. The State Department has
lodged a protest.
THE DEFEAT of the Cuban
invaders appe cared likely
Wednesday night because Cas-
tros forces far outnumber the
invaders. One report said the
main beachhead had been pratt
cally wiped out with a few es-
Gaping to join gorilla fighters in
the mountains. In the UN most
countries think the U. S. is re-
SponSible for the invasion, and
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
Recommendation Tuesday night Of
the Castro regimes ason
against Cuba drew little sup
port. Furthermore, a victory by
Castros forces would probably
embOlden the Reds in other Latin
American nations.
LAOS appealed Wednesday to
its friends and neighbors" for
help in fighting what it termed
a major new rebel offensive. For
eign Minister Tiao Sopsaisana
indicated his government would
ask for more and better arms
plus more U. S. military ad-
visers. He said Laos is thinking
of asking for foreign troops if
the situation worSenS. Britain is
still negotiating with Russia for
a ceaSe-fire in Laos. but most
Western observers agree that
Russia is stalling so that if and
when a cease-fire is arranged
the Communist rebels will con-
troll most of the territory.
THE EICHMANN TRIAL con
tlnued in Jerusalem Wednesday
with the court listening to 3 tape
recording made by the defend
ant last June. In it the former
NaA official said, Il know that
l can expect the death sentence
and ! don't ask for clemency."
On Monday the three-judge court
ruled that Eichmann could be
tried under Israeli law. The &C
cuSed slayer OF millions of Jews
then pleaded not guilty to the
Is o-..--S g the Indictment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

Turns is q native of the Five
Forks community Of Prince Ed
ward county. He graduated from
Prospect high school. and served
IN the infantry from l942-46.
with about six months in the
European theatre of operations.
Returning from World War II.
Turns worked with C. F.. Moring
Distributing Co., later operating
Turns ESQ Servicenter until
1853, when he joined Harris Cook
Motor c.. u E sales capacity.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Prospect Fire
Unit Buys Lot
For Building

PROSPECT, April 20 - The
members Of the Prospect Fire
Department have voted to buy a
lot in the center of the village on
which it plans to build a fire
house.
The lot. owned by Walter
Southall, is adequate in size to
house the proposed building for
the department S fire truck and a
water tank it plans to buy at a
later date.
Plans are already underway for
the construction Of the building
which will also be avaible for
public meetings in the COM
munity.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Development Talk

Raymond Parrot. economist
with the Industrial Development
Department Of Norfolk and West
ern Railway, will be the guest
speaker at the Friday luncheon
meeting of the Farmville Lions
Club.
The visiting economist, who is
participating in the N & VS. in
dustrial potential surveys in this
region. will discuss "Prereqm-
sites for E nomic Develop
ment.'
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
ASC Office Begins
Cash Payments For
Feed Grain Cuts

Farmers agreeing reductions under the 1861 feed
will receive half of their total benefit
Immediately, D. c. Can't of the Prince Edward
Agricultural Sterilization and Conservation office
Under the feed grain designed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture to relieve SURPRISES and reduce
the farm producer grain agrees acreage
formerly planted to these to conservation
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21


Oring the late w. r. Turner, Not
tOway county historian, and fur
nisEed by the Blackstone Lions
Club, will be placed and dedi-
Gated in May.
The monument. to be placed at
the Hillsman House at Sayler's
Gre has been tentatively
authorized by the Division of
State Parks of the Virginia De-
partment of Conservation and
Economic Development. The
Parks Division will take formal
action authorizing the monu-
ment at its next session, with
the memorial ceremony fol-
lowing next month.
and marking of Lees Route of
Retreat. That 1855 project was
a joint undertaking of the Vir-
ginia Highway Department of
the Department of Conservation
and Economic Development.
From Sayler's Creek the Elk
plorers will follow Route 62O to
the Apponlattox river, about two
miles east Of High Bridge. A
task force of U. S. Army En-
gineers will span the Appomat-
tox this morning friday with
a pontoon bridge for the crossing
OF the nIarcherS.
Campfire Halt
Across the Appomattox. the
line Of march will follow the
River Road to near Cumberland
Church, then the old stage road,
now Route 636, from the church
to Sheppards and from Shep-
pards to Appomattox, via Route
GAL and Route "a.
A Saturday night halt for $50
supper and campfire will be
made in Cumberland county near
the Buckingham line. with the
march scheduled to resume Sun
day at us a IN.
Arrival in Appomattox is
planned for approximately 1890
pm. A lunch will follow, and
then an outdoor church service
at the Mclean House, scene of
the surrender, at 2 pm, will con-
clude the trek.
Harold Tate, of Farmville, who
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Appointment Effective July
E. H. Vassar To Succeed Smith AS
Cumberland High School Principal
BY ETHEL FRANCK

CUMBERLAND, April 20 The appointment E. H Vassar
principal High announced today
T. j. McIlwaine, division superintendent.
Cumberland 945 will succeed E.
Armstrong Smith July recently named upeneu-
dent effective with the beginning of fiscal year
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Cumberland Slote Clean
Cumberland SIote cIeon
rs OF States 756 Highway Deaths
Occurred In Eight Area Counties

highway crash deaths in 1860 occurred all
glnlas % counties and Cumberland The seven
remaining counties the the state
total Of 1855
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
NutiOnuINe1us Summary
By H. v. LANCASTER, JR.
= CUBAN INVASION is FALTERING

n LIZ TAYLOR GETS OSCAR
PETERSBURG has proposed
the possibility of merger with
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21

Eddie Baker took the East shearinE
championship in contest staged at the H. ".
Fsrnve, Wednesday afternoon. Of MIR. and Mrs C.
Baker of ScOttsvlc Eddie beat
county, by Of 98 10 S2l possible points
brother Chester the national All champion searng
1857 He professional sheep seaer and works through
out the southern states The contest followed
demonstration for Al members 16county dis
tict
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-21
Scouts Assemble TOnight
For Retreat Route Trek
Week End March
Sayler's Creek
To Mclean House

Explorer Scouts in the Pied
mont Area Council will make
the w. R. Turner Memorial
Trek, a 36-mile march following
General Robert E. Lees retreat
route from SAVERS Creek to APP
ponaattox, Saturday and Sun
day.
Much in the fashion of the
Army of Northern Virginia,
about so Explorers, oldest of the
organized youths in the Scout
ing program, will break their
overnight camp to begin the
winding march at IT'S am. Sat-
urday morning.
The Explorers will assemble
from throughout the Council area
of South Central Virginia Friday
night, and will establish pre-
march tent assembly for the
night. They will pitch tents at
the Yeats farm at Sayler's
Greek.
The march is a tribute to the
late Wilmer R. Turner, of Black
stone, historian of the latter
years of the Civil War. His re-
search and authentic writing
were the basis for the mapping
Evening star., 1961-06-11

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fashion with the pod and pois that the
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fobc how collar eft) perfect for evenings Available
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-03-19

WASHINGTON. D. C. MARCH 10. 1851
Evening star., 1961-08-16

rangements, and a natural
prosperity based on exports of
tea, rubber and coconuts.
Experts Are Wary
But today a foreign trade
expert here says, 81 certainly
wouldn't put my money in this
country. And I don't know any,
one else who will"
The usual reason for invest
ment is the chance to make
profits under stable conditions.
But Ceylon, plagued by tension
between its Singhalese majority
and Tamil minority, looks any,
thing but stable.
And profit is almost a dirty
word here. Many leading poll
ticians, including ministers, use
capitalism" as a term of con-
tempt for private business.
This does not necessarily
mean Ceylon is going Commu-
Evening star., 1961-08-16
CeyIon Needs Investor
But Scores Him AWoy

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Aug. IS
'(AP P.-Ceylon, a jungled is
land Of farmers but few fac
tories, badly needs foreign in
vestment to help its economic
development.
But it has scared the foreign
investor away.
The government talks with
one voice to encourage outside
capital. With another it speaks
Of naturalization.
Government actions, which
speak the loudest, include Sc
we're commercial restrictions on
foreigners and seizure of oil
company facilities to start a
government competitor.
Ceylon can offer better IA
cilities than many other Asian
or African countries. It has a
talented middle class, good
communications and trade ar
Evening star., 1961-08-16

the government" says the Rev.
Victor Rankin, a Methodist
missions official. THE others
are not able to express them
selves on the matter under the
police state conditions"
Despite the various pressures,
however, the Cuban churches
seem to be persevering, even
growing, and attracting bigger
congregations than ever before
as assessed from reports reach
ing both Catholic and Protes-
tant officials in this country.
Church Work Increases
Except for the schools, every
aspect of church work has
been increasing remarkably, 4"
said the Rev. DR.. Wilbur Lar
son, head of Latin American
affairs for American Baptist
Missions.
There are plenty of ques-
tions about the future, but up
to now, the Cuban churches
are experiencing a spiritual vi
tality and enthusiasm that the
present difficulties are not able
to quench or put out"
About 80 per cent of Cuba's
population, 51a million of 6
million people, are listed as
Catholics, but three -fourths of
them, or more, are inactive.
There are 100000 Protestants,
mostly Baptists, Methodists,
EpiscopalianS and Presbyte-
rians.
Evening star., 1961-08-16

Ghem into a single National Pro
National Catholic Church.
But no overt steps have been
taken to do so, and the evi-
dence is conflicting. The odds
seem against it.
Church Schools Seized
All church schools-about
$50 Roman Catholic schools
and rs Protestant schools
have been seized by the gov
ernment, and the Catholic
clergy has been reduced to a
tiny remnant, by expulsion or
flight.
Yet most. bishops remain at
their posts, and the Papal
Nuncio, Archbishop Luis Cen
toz, has appeared recently at
state ceremonial occasions.
The paradoxes abound. Cuba,
religiously, is a land of super
charged uncertainty, of almost
overpowering tensions, of a
clouded fate.
mo one there dares any
longer to speak out in criti-
cism," a Roman Catholic
source said. "It's a church with
a gun at its back"
Church pastors either ap-
prove Prime Minister Castro or
say nothing on the subject.
Roman Ties Threatened
Some indications and nu-
merous reports have arisen that
the government plans to ma
tionalize the churches, Severing
Catholic ties to Rome, in the
pattern of Communist China
and some European satellite
countries.
This still is a possibility, but
the available information is
ambiguous. Church leaders
hold varying views on the ques-
ton.
"It is only a matter Of time
before Castro sets up a schis-
matte church." says the Rev.
Emiliano Guezuraga, a refugee
Catholic priest now in Miami.
Priests Leave Country
But another, the Rev. Ar
mando Jiminez, says it is un-
likely. "It would be difficult
for him to do because most
Cuban priests are leaving
Cuba"
Of 761 Catholic priests for
merly serving there. he esti-
mates that only so remain. It
is known that at least 800
priests, and several hundred
nuns, have fled, mostly to
Spain.
Premier Castro, a nominal
Catholic although his son be-
longs to a Methodist church
and his sister sings in a Bap-
tist choir, has made i1is sharp
est attacks on non-Cuban
clerymen.
"Falangist priests" he calls
them. Counter revolution
aries criminals in cassocks
terrorists against the re-
volution Of the lowly. He or
dered foreign priests last spring
to start packing their bags"
Handful Back Castro
Nearly three fourths of
Cuba's priesthood had come
from abroad, mostly from Ire
land or Spain-only about 200
of the 761 were native Cubans.
A handful Of the Cuban priests
are openly backing the Castro
program.
So are a segment of Cuban
Protestant leaders.
"a strong minority favors
Evening star., 1961-08-16
Huge Eaters Cram
Zoos Grocery List

BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) How
would you like to put together
this grocery list every week:
Horsemeat-1,600 pounds
Smelt and mackerel - 200
pounds
Eggs-30 dozen
Apples-7 bushels
Carrots and spinach - 6
bushels
Oranges-1 crate
Grapes-50 pounds
Green peppers-18
Sweet potatoes-250 pounds
Bananas-80 pounds
That's the weekly grocery
list for the Buffalo Zoo. The
tab: About $1,000.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
Air Force Colonel
Rose Fast in Rank

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)-
The new commander for the
Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps CROTC) pro-
gram at Ohio State University
had rapid rise through the
ranks.
He's Col. Donald D. Renwick,
who became a second lieuten-
ant then first lieutenant at
%, captain at %, major at "a,
lieutenant colonel at Is and
full colonel at 80. A native of
Marion, Ohio, he enlisted in
l941 as an aviation cadet.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
Coalition Cabinet

Coalition Cabinet
The cabinet Of Mrs. Sirimavo
Bandaranaike, contains both
conservatives and leftists. The
government as a whole is
vaguely dedicated to an un-
defined socialism.
Britain, which governed Cey-
Ion until 1913, has the only
large foreign investment here,
primarily in tea estates and
trading and banking companies
The tea planters are not re-
investing their profits to i'm
prove the estates. AS a result,
production of Ceylon's most
important export crop probably
will begin to decline before
long.
Foreign businessmen point
to labor unrest, a low produc-
tivity rate and the possibility
of confiscatory legislation as
good reasons for leaving, or
not coming at all. Others are
special taxes on foreigners and
a proposed absolute ceiling on
income after taxes of $4,000
rupees ($11,13O for a family
man.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
Tip Is Old

LONDON. One of yester-
years forerunners of the mod
ern tipped cigarettes had a
telescope cardboard mouth
piece" designed to enable 81
whiskered dandy to consume
the full length of his smoke
without singeing his mustache.
Evening star., 1961-08-16
Cubons Have q Church
With Gun at Its Back

NEW YORK, Aug 16 (AP).-A strangely animated hush
today grips the Christian churches of Cuba.
Politically, they submissive silent
Yet their sanctuaries reported crowded.
Rmors persist that Fdel Castros regime intends to force
them into single National Protestant and schisrnac
Evening star., 1961-08-16

mist. But there is a strong in
fluence ranging from mild So
cialism to communism.