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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
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Hall Is Officer
In New Statewide
Council OF Co-ops

Thomas B. Hall. Sr., has been
elected vice president and a di-
ector of the new Virginia Council
Of Farmer Co-operatives.
Hall is vice president and a
board member of Farmers Co.
operative. Inc, at Farmville.
The new Council is an organi-
cation of "a co-operatives in the
state. including those in the
fields of marketing. purchasing
and service.
Among the purposes of the new
Council are the development of
closer relations among the GOODS
and between them and the agri-
cultural colleges and regula-
tory agencies; assistance to
members in the interest of bet
ter service to farmers: the pro-
motion and development of agri-
culture, and to create for the
general public an understanding
OF the aims, purposes and opera
ton Of temperatures.
DR.. E. M. Johnson, president
OF Farmers Cooperative, Inc, at
tended last weeks organizational
meeting of the Council at Rich
mond with Hall. As its president.
the Council chose Chester F..
Blctch, CT Arlington, representa-
tive OF the Observation-Disclosures Co
operative Milk Producers Asso-
citation.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
Over 200 Tested
For Employment
At POwhatan Plant

POWiATAN, Feb. 5-Over 200
persons were interviewed and
given aptitude tests for employ
ment at a factory considering
locating here by the Virginia
Employment Commission last
week.
The 200 and some persons test
ed by A. w. Clopton, manager,
and Frank Shul. assistant man
ager were selected from 1860
who returned survey cards.
A garment factory which
would employ in the neighbor-
hood of 800 persons is consider
ing locating in Powhatan if suf-
ficient labor is available. Wom-
Ell. with previous sewing mach
inc operating experience, were
not included in the total inter
viewed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06

have left home to attend school.
Mrs. Croner said the first
five centers were being opened
as a ''feeler" to determine how
many will be needed. She re-
ports that a survey among par
entS indicates a good amount of
interest.
Fifteen centers opened last
year with an enrolment of
about $50. Over $50 stuck with
the program throughout the
year.
Volunteer Transportation
THE five centers are located
where they are because they
are in the most heavily popu-
lated areas" Mrs. Croner said.
Transportation is on volunteer
basis among the parents as in
the past.
No prediction on enrolment
was made for several reasons.
Cited were the changeable
weather conditions and the in
definite status Of the Negro pu-
pill population which is believed
to have changed considerably at
mid-semeSter.
The potential enrolment is
not what it used to be. The new
school census, completed in late
1861, shows Negro pupil count
of 1873. Not included in that
count are 799 below the age of
seven. In November the school
boards sus calculations
showed that 289 Negro children
were attending schools outside
Continued on page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
What Does 1t Take
To Merit A DSA?

What does it take to win
a Distinguished Service A
ward? Here is Jacob H.
Wamsley'S record.
Business manager of Long
wood College, youngest
man in state to hold such
a position.
Past president, Prince Ed
ward County Community
Chest.
Past president, Farmville
JayceeS.
1861 president, Farmville
Memorial Recreation AS
ISOLATION.
Active member. Lions Club
and Masonic Lodge.
Youngest member of Farm
vile Methodist Church to
serve as a lay reader.
Vice chairman of church
board of stewards and
head Of building commit
tee.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
Weight g To Make
CoodLeaf Income
Despite Quality
Dollar Volume
Now Third Best
In Last 10 Years

The 1861 crop of Virginia dark
tobacco wasn't one Of the better
quality crops of recent years.
but the general disappointment
over quality can't completely
overshadow some favorable as
poets of the marketing season
which draws to a close this
week.
At Vile, sales will
amount to the third highest dol
lar total in the past 10 years.
Through last week. growers
elling here had ceive d
81. $50. 500. with two clean up
sales today 'Tue sday) and
Thursday remaining.
Only the crops of 1852 and the
record-setting year of 1856 top
that sales gross in the last dec
ade. The other years in the ten
year span have already been eX-
ceeded in dollar volume.
Weight Compared
In weight of dark-fired to-
bacco at Farmville, the 1861
crop is running second only to
the 1859 crop. Through last
week the auctions here had
reached 1884 1856 pounds Of
dark-fired leaf. That is only
1850 pounds below the heavi-
aSt total in the last 10 years,
that in 1859 when the dark-fired
weight was 1888, 300 pounds.
There is a faint possibility that
this weeks two sales may see
that exceeded.
With 270.l36 pounds of sun
cured leaf added, the total
weight sold at Farmville this
season now is ABA pounds.
This will be the fourth con-
secutive season that sun-cured
sales and dollar income here
have increased since growers
had to convert to either dark
fired on sun-cured production
back in 1857. Prior to that
time. a farm could have both
dark-fired and sun-cured allot-
ments.
Sun-Cured Rising
Since that adjustment, which
sharply reduced slm-cured allot-
ments in the Farmville market
area, the warehouses here have
shown steady gains in sales of
what Sun-cured leaf was left.
The first year resulted in a
drop from 772.354 pounds of
sm-cured to 1918 pounds for
the 1858 crop. In the seasons
Confined on page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06

Centers were quietly placed
into operation in the following
locations: Beulah A. NJ. E.
Church in Farmville, Virso
Community Center near Meher-
rim, st. James Methodist Church
in Prospect, a lodge building
near Hampden-Sydney. and in a
private home in the Sulphur
Springs area of the county.
Maintain Morale
Mrs. Croner issued a brief
statement on the opening Of cen
ters. She said, We are operat-
ing activity centers to help
maintain the morale of the chill
dren. The centers are not in
any respect offered as a substi-
tute for schools
The new director was groom
ed for her task as director by
serving as administrative assis-
tant to the Rev. L. F. Griffin,
president Of PECCA, the past
two years. Mr.. Griffin. who di-
rected previous center opera
tons and also special consul
ant for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People. is currently hospital
lied in Richmond.
Resumption Of the training
center program marks the third
year such a project has been
sponsored in the county. public
schools having been closed in
the face Of court-ordered int
grafton in 1859. Private school
offers were turned down.
Unlike the previous two years
of center operations, the cur.
i rent one is starting out as a
oVI ANSAy IVC0Ay AkfbAIEGS1u II U1tte
Some indication of aid from the
| outside has been made but no
actually carried out yet.
The new center operation viii
be very similar to those Of the
past years. Mrs. Croner said. A
supervisor and an assistant is
planned at each center.
The personnel, some of them
former public school teachers
are practically the same as last
year. Hours for the five-day-a-
week program arc 10 am. to
l:30 pm.
There is no age limit for par
ticipation. Mrs. Croner said.
However. in previous years the
bulkfof the enrolment has come
from the younger age groups
since many of the older children
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06

A crowd estimated well over
a thousand people braved sleet,
snow and cold weather to part
icipate in the eleventh annual
Tobacco Jubilee in F'armville.
The Jubilee was held in the Mid
die Warehouse Thursday at 1870
pm.
The WOodmenaires set the
stage with a half-hour of string
music before the program got
underway. w. A. Watson, CO.
chairman of the Jubilee, in
troduced William F.. Watkins.
Jr.. FarmWille Mayor. who ex-
tended a welcome from the
town Of Farmville.
James H. Mahan. president Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06

Der to let all the tobacco growers
know they are always welcomed
in Farmville.
Wins $l53
The first number called in the
drawing met a quick res
ponse. The number was worth
$l5S i'll merchandise prizes. Hold
ing the winning ticket was Mrs.
Lucille Lee, of Route 3, Farm
vile.
The second prize, worth 500
worth in merchandise prizes, al
SO went quickly. Charles Won,
ack. Jr.. Route l. Farmville,
was the lucky ticket holder. Win
ming the third prize. Of $50 in
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
Touring Ballet
Concert Tonight

The touring Dance Drama
Company will perform tonight
Tuesday, in a program in Jar
man Auditorium Of Longwood
College at 8 o'clock.
Emily Frankel directs the
visiting performers and is the
featured dancer. The company
will present three ballet plays
during their performance.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
MYF To See Film,
Operation Abolition

The senior group Of the Farm
vile Methodist Youth Fellow
ship will begin a study of Com
mumst influence Sunday night.
Feb. II, with a showing of the
film. Operation Abolition to
which the public is invited.
The program will be held at
7 pm. in the church Fellow
ship Room.
The three-Sunday study will
be devoted to the influences of
Communism on religious and
business life and will probe tic
drive for youth enlistment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
Magician At Blue
And Gold Banquet

Bill Ragsdale. Hampden-Syd-
ney senior. will present his
magician's performance for the
Cub Scouts tonight Monday at
the annual Blue and Gold ban
quet at Cedar Brook Restaurant.
The Cubs will receive their
awards at the banquet before
enjoying the magical tricks.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
Five Training Centers For
Negro Pupils Opened Here
Artmobile Viewing
Hours Announced

The Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts Artmobile is locat-
ed in Farmville beside the
LongwoOd College science
building for the period. Febru-
airy So.
A pref Columbian collection
Of art is on exhibit.
Viewing hours announced
by the Junior WOnlan's Club
are.
General public -- Monday
thru Friday, 3:3O-4:3O pm.
and Z to 8 pm. Tuesday and
Thursday.
Clubs ~ Monday thru Fri
day, 2 to 1880 pm. and 7 to
pm. Tuesday and Thursday
School = Monday thru Fri
day, 10 am. to 2 PIN.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
. EMBARGO ON CUBA
. ARCENTINA'S CHANGE
Q ALGERIAN TROUBLES
u. Y. LANCASTER, JR.

A COMPLETE EMBARGO on
goods imported to the u. S.
from Cuba was ordered by
President Kennedy Saturday
The move follows the return Of
Secretary Of State Rusk from
tie inter-American foreign min.
isters' conference at Punta del
Este. Uruguay. where Cuba was
voted out Of the Organization OF
American States. It will cut off
Cuba's IS million dollar a year
trade with the U. S. Castro has
reported ly been using this
money to carry on an illicit
arms trade and stir up revo-
ludon1ry activities in other
Latin American countries. About
80 per cent Of this trade was in
tobacco for the cigar manufac-
turing industry in Tampa, Fla.
The remaining 10 per cent was
for fresh fruits and vegetables.
The U. S. has been exporting to
Cuba about 1876 million dollars
q year in food and medical sup
plies; this trade will be allowed
to continue. The embargo takes
effect Wednesday.
ARGENTINA'S President Ar
turo Frondizi is apparently bow
ing to the demands of his mill
tary leaders and reversing his
nations soft" policy on Cuba.
Argentina advocated a go-Slow
policy on Cuba at the Punta del
Este meeting. but a government
communique issued Friday night
said the custer should come "as
soon as possible. Observers
say a break in diplomatic re-
lationS between Argentina and
Cuba is certain. but it will be
accomplished over period of
time. FrondiZi has summoned
his ambassador home from Ha-
vana as an apparent first step.
SOME $4,000 POLICE and
riot forces patrolled the streets
of Paris over the week end. The
government arned rightists
that any attempt to block Presi-
dent de Gaulle's. plans for peace
in Algeria would be beaten
down with force. An announce
Inent that the French govern
ment and Algerian nationalists
have reached agreement was
expected at any time. and this
was expected to precipitate an
attempt by the outlawed GAS
and rightiSt SympathiZers to
take over the government. GAS
terrorist activities have con-
tinued undated in Algeria since
the beginning of the year and
have been blamed for various
bombings and bomb plots in
Paris recently.
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-06
$500 In Prizes Shared By 10
Winners At Tobacco Jubilee

the Farmville Chamber of Com
merce explained that the Jub-
lice was sponsored by the Cham
Evening star., 1962-04-29
ADD PRIVACY, TOO

:. with Privacy fence in ranch maroon,
solid aluminium panels of board-on-board
or basket-weave design. Never needs paint
ing. Won't rust, rot, split, or warp, ever.
See Anchor for your favorite kind of fenc-
ing in all-aluminum or wood. Styles, heights
and designs to fit all homes.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Beauty m.FIowers
Small But Most Attractive
By MRS HERBERT H GREGER

Periwinkle blue is about the
loveliest blue color that I can
think of. I always feel that a
bit of blue sky has dropped
down into the green glossy
mats of the vinca minor, which
is the name of this hardy
ground cover. The adjective
minor" distinguishes this
plant from the larger edition
which is equally beautiful but
which has large blue flowers
and a less robust constitution
for our climate. 1t dies down in
the winter while the vinca mi
nor stays perfect and suitable
as an ornamental groundcover
( Every year I pick a few of
these heavenly blue flowers to
hold them close and to marvel
over the purity and special
chemistry which created out of
the same rich loan in my gar
den the miracle Of the glossy
green leaf and the color peri
winkle blue for this flower
Three or four of them are so
entreating that I feel loath to
combine them with other spring
flowers.
A pale yellow pottery bowl
just about big enough to fit
into the palm of your hand
was set upon a small teakwood
stand. This happy combination
suggested itself for a tiny ar
rangement in which the peri
Wrinkle could be given a promi-
nent part, perhaps as the CEN
ter attraction within a diminu-
tive setting.
Most of us have the expert
ence that when we concentrate
our thinking in a specific direc-
ton, facts and supporting data
suddenly seem available.
Without trying too hard,
Evening star., 1962-04-29
SHOWS

Tsday-Mstropolitan African Violet
Club annual show. to 4 pm. Wood
ward q LothrOp 2 Corners store.
TOday-Bethesda-ch Chevy Chase Edu-
cational Foundation benefit tour Of
Coe. Lee and Mecrillis szslea gardens.
road. s00i overhiii road and 6Si0
Greentree road. Tickets 81.
Today-S to s pm. students Of Mrs.
Dorothy K. Smiths flower arranging
classes In Montgomery. County Adult
Education Department. to conduct
rsstion Center O of cOiesvlsn OS NnsTs rosd Fes st
EdgeWood street. Silver Spring.
TuesdAy-Fort Belvoir Garden Club
show. Mackenzie Hall on post; AS
embassies, White House invited to
nE.ssrrSipaEt; E.sp n. 2;SO ;S 70 S;SO pm. Theme:
Tuesday-Down to Earth Garden
Club benefit house and flower show.
1889 farmhouse No Gain. furnished in
ant1oues 1721 Brookvtlle road, Chevy
ThursdAy-osrdsn Club Of Chevy
Chase garden tour.
Friday-cathedra Flower Mart, IL
An. 70 pm sponsored BY AL Hal
saturday-Rock sprinR Garden Club
snow Spring Is Tnere II You're
Aware" to $50 pm, Neighborhood
House, SOLO Little Falls road, Arling-
ton: For schedule: Mrs. r. v. Howard
Saturday and next sunday-Landon
school azalea gardens display. IL noon
TO 10 pm. Benefit scholarship and
endowment funds. Mrs. John n KEN
nedy, honorary chairman; Mrs. oscar
D. Nohowel. chairman.
saturday-Monocacy Garden club
art and flower show. 2 to 8 pm,
Poolesville (Md) High School.
Other dates include:
May -9-QC Of Chevy Chase gsrden
tour. May 11-Seedltng Garden Club
Of Roekvills SHOW, to $50 pm,
Maryland" May 19-F1ye Hills &C
show at Our Lady Of Good Counsel
school in Vienna: May 19-GC Of
Belle Haven tour "spring Beauty" with
Brown; y Fort drive: May si-Srad:
Methodist Church. Brown road at Ala
Sined Sma .sOT sUsnus Ui Forest hys Mfy GS %o%
ans Community Club and Woman's
Club Of Chevy Chase, May 22-Manas-
sas &C home tour and flower show.
MAY 20 - CarTollton &C show at
Westbrook and Lamont drives. Nav
25.26--Fernwood &C flower show at
SSetnesda Congregational Church, "a
show.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
GARDEN CHORES

1t is time prune the forsytha remove the oldest
canes close to the ground In the protected
sections OF the few tomato plants may be set
out. Buy reinforcing steel wire and make the wire
cylinders for tomato vine supports Clean out the
perennial borders fertize and mulch the plants
well as cover the roots that exposed by winter
freeze and thaw weather. =.
Spray the trunks of the dogwoods with five or
10 cent solution of DDT to control the borers Set
the lawnmowers to cut the bluegrass and fescue lawns
at 11a inches higher. zoysa and Bermuda grasses
should be cut at "a inch. Check the dahlia tuberS,
divide and get them ready for the planting season-id
May. Visit the azalea display at the National Arbore-
tum-W. H. Y.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Large Gourds
Can Be Used as
Bird Houses

Bird houses are only one of
many things that can be made
of gourdS. So put large-size
gourdS on the list of seeds
you'd like to plant this spring
Soak the seeds overnight in
water and plant them in a
sunny place in the best soil
you have. Give them plenty of
water whenever it does not rain
for a week. Sprinkle fertilizer
around the plants once a
month so they will have larger
fruits for larger bird houses.
You can wait until after
frost to harvest big gourds or
even until next spring. When
you cut them off the vines,
leave an inch or so Of stem
attached to each gourd. Tie
string around this stem so you
can hang the gourd in a dry,
airy place to cure. Wipe it with
a soft cloth wrung out Of coal
tar disinfectant if mold forms.
After gourdS are so dry that
seeds rattle in them when you
shake them, drill a small hole
in one side. shake out the seeds
and then saw a hole the right
size for the bird you want to
use the house. For wrens, make
the hole just the size of a
quarter dollar.
Drill two little holes, one on
each side Of the top Of the
gourd, and through these push
a piece of copper wire long
enough to go over the branch
of a tree and twist on itself
several times. This wire holder
will make it easy for you to
hang up your bird house when
it is finished.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Healthy Root System
key to Tree's Value

mass of a tree is in the roots,
A healthy root system of a big
oak may total hundreds of
miles in length. Roots range in
size from big-fleshy-li like arms
to strands so fine the naked
eye can barely see them.
These need air and water
and nutrients. This is why
feeding especially in springtime
is important. Feeding intro
duceS air into the soil. 1t pro-
vides nutrients to stimulate
growth.
Feeding roots often push way
beyond the area of the crown.
Sometimes they go into a
neighbor's garden in search of
food and water. But such roots
can be kept at home" by
periodic feeding and giving
them the right soil environ
ment.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Herbs Will Grow
In Full Sunshine

Herbs. used in cooking. give
mundane dishes a different
flavor. Most herbs can be
grown easily from seeds. II
your soil is poor, your garden
in full, relentless sunshine, and
you wonder what will grow in
it-herbS will thrive. A herb
garden can be just as interest
ing as any other type; is
usually laid out along formal
lines following herb gardens
of old.
Get a ball of cord, some
stakes and a measuring tape
or yardstick and have fun lay
ing out formal beds. Then buy
the seeds and plant them.
Evening star., 1962-04-29

A handsome shade tree re-
quires a healthy root system
Roots are the supply lin e
through which minerals and
water move. They also anchor
O tree.
Deny roots air and water
and mistreat them in other
ways then the whole welfare
Of q tree is upset.
Tramping and packing the
soil above roots Smothers them.
So does flooding.
Constructing the root system
by drives. curbS, walks, build
ings has direct effect on the
health of the leafy area or a
tree. There's a balance be-
tween the size of root and
crown. Cut back one and the
other becomes reduced.
. About 10 per cent of the wood
Evening star., 1962-04-29

anyone can find, spread all
around, a great variety of
plant material which would be
suitable in scale for an ar
rangement in miniature or even
smaller.
Once the decision of a con-
tainer is cast, the size relation
ship of it to the size of flower
and leaf or branch is decided
also.
Therefore, If you decide that
your container should be but
a thimble, your flowers, leaves
and linear material must fall
into the very smallest size of
plant material. 1t is quite an
achievement to so scale an en-
tire group that everything is
in a true scale.
My arrangement is larger
than a thimble. I like to supply
my group with enough water to
last through the day without
strain. A bowl of 21a inches in
diameter can easily do that
Pieris Japonica, often called
Andromeda jap, supplied the
two little branches which frame
the blue flowers in the pale yel-
low bowl. The rumpled, light
green leaves which reach so eff.
fectively over the rim and
which contrast the sharp IAN
ceolate form of the periwinkle
foliage are baby rhubarb leaves,
the first shy fumplings of our
common and delicious "pie''
plant.
Well now, please do me a
favor and reduce yourself to
the proper scale of such an
arrangement. If you can be
happy for a moment to be the
size of a little ladybug, you
will find that this small world
represents a whole kingdom in
a few inches of space.
Evening star., 1962-01-30
Here's How

Readers Clearing House is con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL as q pubIic-seviee exchange
OF ideos between oreo readers. The
Stor connot accept phone coils per-
toinine to this column. All letters
must bear the writer's full name and
address. No advertising is printed.
Evening star., 1962-01-30

ization has been shouting
'socialisms' at all economic
and welfare gains in the Ma
tion for the past 25 or 80
years." Mr.. Ribicoff said.
This is not a welfare state
we are proposing" he con-
tinued. 1--WE do not need a
welfare state. ! do not favor
it. What we are doing is
strictly in the tradition of the
Mayflower Compact and the
Constitution"
The time has come, the
HEW Secretary added, "for
Democrats to talk positively
about programs such as
medical care to the aged and
education.
This "is a progra
America needs. to show we
have confidence in our fu-
ture," he added.
On education, Mr.. Ribi-
coff said, the administration
is convinced that better
trained teachers are an alb
solute first step, and that the
Government has an obliga-
tion ito give a higher educa-
ton to every boy and girl
capable of benefiting from it,"
Evening star., 1962-01-30
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star Staff Writer

Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare Ribicoff
offered what he called a
deal" to the American Med
ical Association yesterday,
under which he pledged sup
port of an AMA-backed Blue
Shield plan for payment of
doctors bills.
I'll go along with them to
get the doctors bills paid if
they'll go along with us to
find a way to pay basic hos
pital COSTS" the HEW Secre-
tary told a record-breaking
luncheon audience at the
Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club lunch.
Sixty five per cent of the
average medical expense for
elderly citizens is in the hos
pital bill, which the newly
proposed Blue Shield insur-
ance plan makes no provision
for, the cabinet officer de-
clared.
The administrations backed
Anderson-King bill, which
the ANA bitterly opposes,
would pay both hospital and
doctor bills for the aged
, through an expansion of the
Social Security program.