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Evening star., 1961-02-21

Democrat of South Carolina,
with a grin.
The lawyers argued at length
over whether county clerks had
q right to submit to the Secre-
tary of State letters purport-
ing to make corrections in the
original count in the canvaSsing
boards. It was these correc-
tions which formed the bases
the Roush claim of a 2-vote
margin instead of Mr.. Cham
bers' original margin Of IL
votes,
Evening star., 1961-02-21
Shipping Hearing Set

Chairman celler, Democrat
OF New York, Of the House
Antitrust Subcommittee, has
fixed March Z for the start Of
a new round Of hearings into
the ocean freight industry.
Evening star., 1961-02-21
RivoIs Agree to Recount
In Indiana Seat Contest

Both sides In the closely Indiana House election
agreed today complete recount should be made by the House
But former Representative Edward Roush the Democrat
who claims he reelection by two votes asked House
Election Subcommittee seat him pending the recount
George O. Chambers his Republican opponent who claims
victory by u said settled only by full
Evening star., 1961-02-21

cent snowstorms and efforts to
reduce the crime rate in the
city.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

caster, who is chairman of Vir-
ginia's 1861 Thanksgiving Festi-
val, also said that there is much
in common between salesman
ship and competitive games. A
winning team knows thoroughly
and applies confidently the skills
required, and understands the
opposition's merits and weak
nesses. A losing team fails to
know its own product and also is
often surprised to his discomfort
by what the customer does,
Soden said.
The chairman of the Cham
ber's In ustrial Develop
ment committee, Lester E. An
drews. informed the members
that the Farmyille Area Develop
ment Corporation is currently
preparing a brief for considera-
ton by a firm with sewing
operation requiring about 100
employees.
The brief will go to the State
Departmental Conservation and
Economic Development which is
in contact with the firm. The
brief outlines Farmvilles re-
sources and industrial potential.
Andrews also said that similar
contacts through the state agen-
cy are current with a housing
prefaber and a paper stock COM
pany. The state department has
not broken contact or indicated
these firms have yet reached de-
cisions on locations.
Help With Industry
Both Andrews and S. w. Put
ney. Jr., have pointed out that
the recently-reorganized depart
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
School Board Survey Now
Sixty Per Cent Complete
Thermometer At $4,6S5
Chest Has Eight lOO% Firms

One of Farmville's newer bust
nesses, SafeWay Stores, Inc, has
rated a first in new Com
munity Chest stimulant to Civ
ing, public display beard of 100
per cent firms. and the combi-
nation brought broad smile to
the face of Jack Lewis, cam
paign manager, today.
This is a wonderful perform
ance, in the true spirit of our
campaign slogan for 1862 Give a
days pay the pledge way"
Lewis beamed as he watched
the food stores name appear at
the very top Of the new sign on
the Prince Edward Court House
lawn.
The stores q employees, some
of whom are on a partime basis
contributed 1902, exclusive of
what Safeway Stores, Inc, will
give, Lewis said.
Calvin Tuck, store manager,
was equally pleased as he watch
ed the name 60 up with Lewis.
I'VE feel we are members of the
community and that we have a
responsibility to our community.
l am delighted that our en-
ployees showed they share this
feeling" Tuck told Lewis.
Total Giving
Lewis announced Thursday
morning that total contributions
up to that time had reached
$4,685, or nearly a sixth of the
way to the campaign goal of
$l9,573. It had come primarily
from the combined Employees
Special Gifts Division.
Included in the total were
eight companies which could re-
port 100 per cent participation of
employees in giving to the Chest.
The first are, in addition to Safe
way Stores, Gray's Drug Store,
W. A. Price Company, Owen
Sanford Drug Co., Peoples Ma
tional Bank, Wilson'S Home and
Auto Supply, Wilson Tire Com
pany, and Wilson Texaco.
The Chests effort to carry its
story to employees, whose num-
bers can make or break the APP
peal, depending on their re-
Spouse, is proceeding at the rate
of five to seven visits daily.
Chest leaders have appointments
with employers and are making
one appeal and one visit with as
sembled employees.
Lewis Optimistic
While the effort has not pro-
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Decision Time: March?
Virginia Supreme Court Sets Up
Time Table For School Petition

port them mandatory for the
county board and the General
Assembly.
Attorney General Frederick T.
Gray was admitted as legal
participant in the suit also dur
ing this weeks consultations of
attorneys with the court. The at
torney general was admitted as
a friend of the court, upon the
request of the State.
Time Table
The order tht counsel for the
supervisors and Arrorney Gen
eral Gray file briefs by Deem
Der l sets up a tentative time
table for litigation of the new
suit. The court also directed
S. W. Tucker, counsel for Rev.
Mr.. Griffin to file his reply
brief by December "a.
these procedures would permit
the states highest court to hear
oral arguments celebrating on
the written briefs during its Jan
uary term. A decision presum-
ably would come after the court
had time to consider the argu-
ments and reach conclusions
perhaps by March.
In his brief presented Wednes-
Continued on Page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

bitt will give the main address
Of the meeting. to which the
public is invited. The session
will be held in the Nottoway
Circuit Courtroom at 7:3O pm.
He will speak on Virginia S nat
ural resources and their con
servation.
County officials and members
of boards of supervisors in the
Districts five counties have been
invited, together with state and
county professional conservation
workers.
Governor j. Lindsay Almond,
-Jr,. has designated the period
October 1921 as Virginia Nat
ural Resources Conservation
Week. He marked the period for
special attention with this mes
sage:
Governors Proclamation
The citizens of Virginia in
herited a land rich in natural
resources. Through the years, the
soils and waters, forests and
Wildlife of this State have Yield
ed abundantly.
I'VE cannot afford to misuse
our soil. waste our water, or
Continued on pass u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Illegal Whiskey
Arrest Made
In Buckingham

DILLWYN, Oct. 12-Bucking-
hams deputy sheriff, w. w.
Snoddy, made a routine auto
mobile check Thursday after
noon and uncovered 1870 gallons
of illegal Whiskey. Snoddy arrest
ed Marion Mcclure, a 34-year-
old colored man. from Green
vile, Tenn. Mcclure was driving
a 1854 Ford car, with a trailer
attached.
Mcclure was tried in the Buck
ingham County Court Friday
and found guilty. He was fined
$3.50, and received a six month
jail sentence, which was sus-
pended on condition of good be-
haviOr.
The arrest was made at 2 pm.
on Route so, as the illegal whis-
key was being taken to an I'M
disclosed place somewhere to
the north east.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

Industry Report Given
Chamber Commerce Hears Frank
SOden Speak On Public Relations

The techniqueS of salesman
and good public relations are
the same whether being applied
by the drummer or by a COM
munity. Frank Soden, general
sales manager of Radio Station
WRNL, Richmond, said in a
talk before the Farmville Cham
Der of Commerce Monday night.
Soden. whose sportscasting of
VPI football and Richmond Vir-
ginians baseball has given him
one of the states best known
voices. spoke on craftsmanship
and Good Public Relations.
The basic ingredients of sue
cessful craftsmanship, he said,
are knowledge of the product
and the customer. together with
a confidence and enthusiasm that
bringing the two together will be
beneficial.
The sales manager sports
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
NatiOnaINe1us Summary
BY H. v. LANCASTER, JR.
By H. " LANCASTER JR.
Q SYRIA PROPOSES UNITED ARAB STATES U.ASo
. BRITAIN WARNS RUSSIA q TAYLOR TO WET NAM

ARAB UNITY was the subject
of a 14-point appeal by Syria's
new revolutionary regime on
Wednesday. The appeal urged
all Arab states from the Allan
tic ocean to the Persian gulf to
join in the formation of a United
Arab States. The U. A. S.. &C
cOrding to the announcement,
would be a voluntary Pan Arab
union on a constitutional decen-
tralized Basis" with each mem
Der remaining independent. It
would follow an international
policy of neutrality and peaceful
coeXistence. The proposed union
is obviously an attempt to seize
the initiative for Arab unity from
Egypt's Nasser. from whose
domination Syria successfully re-
volted September %. The U. S.
officially recognized the new
Syrian government this week.
BRITAIN has told Soviet for
eign minister Gromyko that it
fully supports U. S. determiEa-
ton to defend Western interests
in Berlin. Gromyko met with
British Prime Minister Macmil-
Ian Tuesday in London on his
way home to Moscow. British
foreign secretary Lord Home
told Conservative party meet
ing at Brighton that the allies
have at last convinced Russia
they will resist interference with
Western access routes to Berlin.
TALKS on successor to the
late Secretary General Hammar-
skiold were repeatedly snagged
Wednesday on the timing of a
statement to be given by the
nominee and the nationality Of a
fifth secretariat deputy. The
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Cumberland Civil
Defense Session
Set October "a

CUMBERLAND, Oct. p - A
special Civil Defense planning
meeting with the board of super
visors will be held here October
"a, Comdr. John K. Metzger,
county coordinator, announced
today.
The meeting will be held in
the courthouse at 8 pm.
Metzger urges all office hold
ers. county, state and federal, to
make a special effort to attend
the meeting. All other interested
persons are invited to attend.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Makeup Rabies
Clinic, October 81

A makeup rabies vaccina-
ton clinic for dogs will be
held in FarmvilIe Saturday,
October Fl. DR.. F. j. Glenn
ents, Southside health direc-
tor, announced today.
DIR. Cleme nts said the
clinic will he held at the fire
house with the cost per dog
re ma lining at $1.5O. The
clinic will open at 10 am.
Dog owners were reminded
today that the new dog tags
go on sale November l, and
that one of the requirements
necessary for purchasing
tags is a certificate showing
that the dog has been prop
erly vaccinated against ra-
bies.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Town Considers
Building More
Sewage Lagoons
Parking To Be
Restricted On
High Street

The Farmville town council
authorized Wiley and Wilson. en-
gineering firm. to run prellnl-
nary survey to determine the
location and size of additional
sewage lagoons for Farmville
The new lagoons will be designed
to serve the remainder of the
town population.
Farmville is the first COM
munity in Virginia to use the
lagoons as means Of treating
raw sewage This initial pro-
cess has been studied closely by
the state water control board
and has proven very Satisfac-
tory so far.
Doe of the problems that faces
every community is automo-
bile parking. The council took
steps to restrict parking at two
locations in Farmville. Parking
will be restricted on High street.
from Ely to First avenue. The
parking ban will be on the south
side of the street.
The other location to be mark
ed mo parking" will be on St.
George St., from Buffalo to High.
This will be on the west side.
High St. Study
In addition to the parking re-
Striction on High street, the coun-
Gil instructed the street commit
tee to study rebuilding High
street in the next fiscal year.
At that time the question will
arise as to widening the street,
by eliminating the grass plots
and trees that grace this busy
thoroughfare. It was the appar-
ent thought of the council that
perhaps the widening could be
postponed, if the parking restric-
ton one side was successful in
the eyes of the public. The park
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Decision Time: Morch?

The Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals Wednesday directed
counsel for the Prince Edward
county board of supervisors to
file briefs by December / in the
petition seeking the courts ord
er to reopen public schools in
the county.
The suit involves a petition
for writ of mandamus sought by
the Rev. l.. F. Griffin on be-
half Of his son, Francis, Jr. The
petition contends that Virginia S
constitution makes public school
ing and appropriations to sup
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

One farmer from each Of the
Districts five counties who has
accomplished outstanding work
in soil and water conservation the
past year will receive the
award. Piedmont District is
comrised Of the countries of
PoWhatan and Prince Edward.
The work accomplished by
each farmer during the year will
be outlined as part of the pro-
Abbitt To Speak
Congressman Watkins M. Alb
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

is leading the effort to provide
$4,000 to furnish and decorate a
new student lounge in Venable
Hall.
During the morning meeting
parents and friends will vote on
their selection Of a young lady
to be Parents and Friends Day
queen. Each of the campus fra
ternities will present a queen
candidate to the voting audience
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

Registration. coffee hour and
the library tour are planned be-
tween 1920 and 11:3O am. At
the latter hour a meeting of
Parents and Friends of Hamp-
den-Sydney College" will begin
in Johns Auditorium.
President Thomas E. Gilmer
will address the meeting, and
R. Garnet Hall, of Richmond,
will present a report on behalf
of the organizations special pro-
ject committee. The committee
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
One White OK's
Indignation OF
Public Schools

Sixty per cent of the Prince
Edward DOL desegregation
questionnaires have been re-
turned, T. j. McIlwaine, di-
vision superintendent, said today.
The number of families return
ing the QUESTIONABLE through
Wednesday was $50, or 60 per
cent Of the 400 mailed October
4. OF the number returned. 500
are white and PSI Negro
The new total represents a
jump of 202 over the one re-
ported by McIlwaine at the
school board meeting Monday
evening
One White Eyes"
McIlwaine told the board that
only one white family has said
to date it would send its children
to an integrated school. He also
reported that five or six Negro
families had said no to the
question, will you enroll this
child in a desegregated public
school if such schools are opened
in Prince Edward county this
school year?"
The superintendent noted that
two or three white families sent
letters along with their question
naires saying mo" to integrated
schools under present circum-
stances" Three or four Negro
families attached notes to their
questionnaires marked no."
saying that 1--WE don't believe in
school integration," McIlwaine
added.
Answers to the QUESTIONABLE
are split straight down racial
lines. With the exception of the
SEVERAL deviations reported at
the school board meeting, whites
are continuing to say mo" and
Negroes Eyes" to integrated
schools.
/ The school board was given an
! optimistic outlook on chances of
getting most of the question
naires returned. McIlWaine said
he had been told Negroes were
being urged in community meet
ings to answer the QUESTIONABLE,
and added that replies from Ne
gro families were picking up
each day.
Purpose of Survey
The school board is conduct
ing the survey to be used as a
significant part of a special
school desegregation report the
board must make to Judge Oren
R. Lewis by November Is.
In order to meet that target
date, the board asked parents to
return the QUESTIONABLE within
two weeks Today, McIlwaine
issued a plea urging families to
get the questionnaires in as soon
as possible. Noting that there
have been a few cases where
families were missed, he sug-
gested that any parent not re-
ceiving the QUESTIONABLE, contact
the school board office.
In making his report to the
board. McIlwaine observed that
there are less Negro families in
the county than white but more
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
College Property
Auction Saturday

An auction sale of Longwood
College surplus property will be
held Saturday at 10 am. at the
knitting mill on Race and Red
ford streets.
Listed among the furniture for
sale are three pianos. domestic
roasters, beds and miscellaneous
items.
W. W. Dickerson. auctioneer.
is donating his fees to the Farm
vile Memorial Recreation As
ISOLATION.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
TB Directors
To Meet Monday

There will be a meeting of the
board of directors of the South
side tuberculosis Association on
Monday, Oct Is, at 7:3O pm,
in the Prince Edward County
Court Room.
Max Murray, of Virginia Tu-
berculosis Association, will be
guest speaker. He will speak on
respiratory diseases. The public
is invited.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Moose Lodge Family
Day Sat Saturday

An address by Congressman
Watkins M. Abbitt and a fish
fry supper will highlight the an
nual Family Day gathering of
Farmville Moose, their families
and invited friends at the fra
ternal lodge here Saturday even
ing.
Alton S. Williams, lodge gov
ernor, said today the affair will
be held from to 8 pm. The
evenings featured address by
Representative Abbitt will be
held after the supper.
The annual affair is for mem
bers of the Lodge. their fam
lilies and invited guests.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13

statement, a concession to the
Soviet demand that the major
power blocS have a virtual veto
over the secretary generals &C
tons, would promise close col
liberation between the interim
secretary general and his depu-
ties in his daily work. Russia
wants this statement made be-
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Public. officioIs Invited
Public, OffcioIs Invited
Piedmont Soil Conservation District
TO Cite Five Outstanding Farmers

Five farmers will receive Certificate special
meeting Monday at Notoway Court House in
observance Of Virginia Natural Week
the Piedmont Soil Conservation
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-13
Football, Too
Football, Too
H-SC Parents And Friends Day
To Include Queen-Picking, Tour

Parents and Friends Day will
College Saturday Library
HSC Tigers football game with Maryland College
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Order of Publication

The object OF this proceeding
is to secure the foreclosure of
all rights of redemption in the.
following properties sold by the
Director of Finance and Tax
Collector for Montgomery Coun-
ty and the State of Maryland,
for State and County and other
taxes and charges to the Plain
tiff in this proceeding:
1. Property known as Lot Z,
Block F, Connecticut Avenue
Hills, 18th District, assessed to
Benday Construction Co. at the
time of sale.
2. Property. known as Lot 9,
Block F, Connecticut Avenue
Hills, 18th District, assessed to
Benday Construction Co. at the
time of sale.
3. Property known as Outlet
c, Block B, Wilson Knoll, 7th
District, assessed to Selkirk
Corporation at the time of sale.
The Bill states, among other
things, that the amounts neces-
sary for redemption have not
been paid although more than
a year and a day from the date
of sale has expired.
1t is thereupon this 10th day
of June, 1861, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting in Equity,
ORDERED, that notice be given
by the insertion of a copy of
this Order in some newspaper
having a general circulation in
Montgomery County, once
week for four successive weeks
before the Oath day of July,
1851, warning all persons inter-
ested in the said properties to
be and appear in this Court by
the 25th day of August, 1861,
and redeem the respective prop
critics described and answer the
Bill, or thereafter final decree
will be rendered foreclosing all
rights of redemption in the
property and vesting in the
Plaintiff an absolute and indie
feasible title to the same, free
and clear of all alterations and
descents thereof and encum-
brances thereon.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy--Test:
| CLAYTON X. WATKINS
( Clerk 4t-587-7-13
I
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
zONING AMENDMENT
DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTION AND LICENSES
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Rockville, Md.
A public hearing on the fol-
lowing application for Zoning
Amendment will be held in the
Auditorium of the County OF.
flee Building, Rockville, Mary.
land, on
MONDAY, JULY "a, 1861
AT 8 O'CLOCK PM.
or as soon thereafter as it can
be heard.
NUMBER C.628, c. Edward
Nicholson, Attorney for Artery
Construction Co., Applicant, for
the Redistribution from the
R-90 Zone to the R-60 Zone of
part of Lots II, 10 and IA, Block
ID, Rolling Hills Subdivision,
located at Faircastle and Glen
moor Drives, ~ Chevy Chase,
containing 1928 square feet,
more or less, In the 7th Election
District, all as will be shown
in the application on file for
public inspection in the Office
OF the Director. Department of
Inspection & Licenses.
E. w. BUCKLIN
Director
Department of Inspection
and Licenses 1t-581-6-22
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-06-22
Order of Publication

The object of this proceeding
Is to secure the foreclosure of
all rights of redemption to the
following property, namely,
part of a tract of land called
Chestnut Ridge" containing
one-half acre, lying and being
in the Ninth Election District
in Montgomery County, Mary
land, being part of land de-
scribed in Deed from Donald
Kirby and Grace Kirby, his
wife, as recorded in Liber 1858,
folio 557, one of the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County,
Maryland, sold by the Treas.
urer of Montgomery County,
Maryland, for taxes due and in
arrears for the levy of 1858 to
Allen Johnson, and by them
conveyed to the Plaintiff in
this proceeding; the property
having been sold in the name
of Louella Johnson.
The bill states among other
things that the amount neces-
sary for the redemption of said
tax sale has not been paid al
though more than a year and
a day from the date of sale has
expired.
1t is thereupon this 14th day
of June, 1861, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, ordered that notice
be given by the insertion of a
copy Of this Order in some
newspaper having a general
circulation in Montgomery
County, Maryland, once a week
for four "a successive weeks
on or before the Path day OF
July, 1861, warning Julia
Waters Davis, Louise Waters
Butler, Mrs. Helen Waters, Mrs.
Edith Lamar Waters, Richard
L. Waters, Jr., Perry E. Waters,
Mrs. Clara Ray Waters Dame
miller, Mrs. Alice Waters, Gin
ton Waters, Barbara Waters
Mrs. Ellen Griffith Humphrey
and Mrs. Elizabeth Chaplin, and
all other persons having any
interest in the said property to
be and appear in this Court by
the 25th day of August, 1861
and redeem the property afore
said and answer the Bill OF
Complaint for thereafter a final
decree will be rendered fore
closing all Rights of Redemp
ton in the said property and
vesting in the Plaintiff Deed
free and clear of all encum
brances.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Montgomery County
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk 4t-591-7'1;