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Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-05-02

to insure mans survival in the
environment of outer space?
JACK BENNY-9:30-At lunch
counter Jack meets Mickey Rooney,
from whom he borroWs $1,000
CANDID RA-10-Dorothy
Collins plays a golf game that's
literally out of bounds.
KFAR-TV program highlights for
Sunday are:
INTERNATIONAL SHOWTIME-
6-Top acts of great animal trainers.
DISNEY PRESENTS-7-"Di
nyland After Dark"-a nighttime
visit to his park.
OZZIE AND HARRIET = 8 =
"Ricky the Drummer" = he sings,
dances and plays the drums.
TALL MAN $50 Judge plots
death for three former defendants.
HAZEL-9-Hazel tries to rid
young genius of personality prob
lem.
9th PRECINCT-9:30-Guest star
Victor Jory portrays an overbear-
ing police veteran.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-05-02

per hour, % cars will race over the
1-mile banked asphalt speedway in
this event which is the first of 13
races toward the national driving
championship. The outstanding field
has 81 entries that must face time
trials to select the % eligible to
start the race.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-05-02
BARRY IN PIC

Actor Gene Barry television's
Bat Masterson-has purchased Jack
Usher's best seller, The Fix and
will star in the film adaptation for
his own Barbety Production Co.
Barry says he hopes to sign ST.
none Signoret and Yvette Mimeaux
as his coStarS
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-05-02
Nap OF Treasure
Starts Big Hunt

While playing pirate with an old
seaman's chest which Mr.. Wilson
has picked up at an auction, Dennis
draws an authentic looking treasure
map and inserts it among the con-
tents of the chest on Dennis the
Menace" Sunday at 7:30 on KTVF,
Channel Eleven.
Mr.. Wilson finds the map, be-
lieves it to be genuine, and organ
ICES an expedition to search for the
buried treasure.
Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-05-02
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
At Annual Meeting:
At Annual Meeting:
Farmers Cooperative Reports Net
Savings Increase For Patrons

At the annual meeting of
patrons of Farmers Cooperative
Inc. Monday evening. the mem
bers heard reports that includ-
ed a greatly increased net saw
ings figure for members. T h G
savings or net profit for the
past year was S2S,515. an in
crease Of almost $4,000 over
last year. This money will be
refunded to the cooperative pa
irons in exactly 10 years in
the form of cash dividends.
The patronage refunds of ten
years ago are payable thi S
year. Cooperative patrons for
the year 1852 will receive
cash payments this year of
$1,000 to be distributed equally
according to purchases made
that year.
The first patronage refunds
were honored by Farmers Co
operative in 1858. when 1891
were distributed among the pa
irons. and cash payments have
been made each year sine e
then. with this year one of the
best on record.
The annual meeting in the
air conditioned comfort of the
Prince Edward courthouse was
not all business, as geodly
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Negro Ministers
Plan To Attack
Area Racial Bars

Three Virginia Negro mini
sters who took part in anti-seg-
regation demonstrations in Al
bany, Ga. recently, have an
nouced plans to attack racial
bars in Southside Virginia, III
Guiding Farmville.
The Virginia unit of the South
ern Christian Leadership Con-
ference made the announcement
in Petersburg Monday The an
nouncement gave the names of
three. Virgil A. Wood. Of Lynch
burg, Milton A. Reid, Of Peters
burg. and Curtis A. Harris. Of
HopeWell.
The plan is an about attack
on segregation policies in South
side Virginia. including the cities
and towns Of HopeWell, Peters
burg. Lynchburg. Farmvillc.
South Hill Enporia and Black
stone.
Three ministers comprise the
executive committee Of the Viz
GINA unit Of the SCLC. They did
not spell out how they would at
tack SEGREGATION policies, but
disclosed they had telegraphed
Governor Harrison requesting a
conference relative to "desegre-
cation Of public facilities in our
immediate state. the abolition
of state statutes relative to the
constitutional right of peaceful
protest abrogatcd by the states
antlprotest law; and other mat
tcrs pertaining to race relations
in Virginia.
In their telegram the minis
ters asked the governor to use
the influence of his office TO
bring about the inevitable in race
relations with the greatest
amount Of goodwill to all -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Paul Simpson,
New Chamber Head,
Selects Leaders

Paul Simpson, manager of
Farmville Creamery. Inc, be-
gan his year as president Of the
Farmville Chamber Of Com
merce this week. He took the
gavel from the retiring presi-
dent, James H. Mahan, during
Mondays dinner meeting.
Simpson, calling for the sup
port of the communities business
smen, also named the following
committee leaders to serve in
the year ahead.
Retail Trade, S. C. Fox, with
Boyd Balm as co-chairman Com
munity and Industrial Develop
ment, E. M. Pairet. Program.
DR.. w. Otis McClung, Legisla-
tive, w. C. Fitzpatrick; Finance,
S. Bruce Spencer.
Also. Tobacco Market and Ag-
riculture. William B. Wall. with
H. E. Coffey, co-chalrman, and
Civil War Centennial, John
Steck.
The members rendered the re-
firing president, manager of the
Farmville telephone exchange,
a rising vote of thanks for his
work and untiring interest" of
the past year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17

Some encyclopedias carry the
simple notation that the LatviaE
parliament voted in 1910 to join
with Russia. thereby attaining
for the country its present day
status Of being one Of the Union
OF Soviet Socialist Republicans.
The Other Side
Dr. Berkis tells it another way.
1t took, he SAYS. the Red Army.
deportation by the Thousands,
outright murder. fake elections,
so called counter-revolutionary
guilt without benefit of legal
trial and an internal fifth col
unn.
Latvia. Ions a province of
Czarist Russia, proclaimed its
rational independence in the
breakup Of the old Russian re-
ginle following the 1917 Red re-
volutlon IN which the Bolsheviks
started Russia into Communism
The little nation Oh the Baltic
Sea was to know independence
only for p years.
With the end of World War
II and the agreements by which
the victorious allies, including
Russia, made geographical set
Elements. the Communists free
" and forcibly reclaimed their
former province, Dr. Berkis
said.
To make the country anenable
to Russia and socialism, the
Communist masters eXiled 1875
600 Latvlans, over six percent of
the population While consolidate
ing their hold between 1914 and
1850.
Several thousands were murd-
cred, pr. Berkis said. LOYAL Lat
vans, many the leading profess
slonal people and intellectuals,
were condemned or exiled as
counter-revolutionarles for sl1ch
normal homeland contributions
as home guard service. Business
men We're singled out as Tex
plolters" of the working people;
ministers and professionally edu-
Gated persons were marked as
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17

share of fun was enjoyed by the
over 100 members who were
pr G s II t. Fifteen door prizes
were awarded and everyone
joined in to enjoy the water
melon feast following the meet
ing.
S739.723 Gross
The total volume of business
done by the cooperative wa S
down slightly from the previous
year, according to figures given
by Thomas B. Hall. vice presi-
dent of the organization. Hall S
report showed a gross business
volume of s739.723. Last year
the total business was 1888 900.
The ret worth of Farmers Co
operative increased to S345, 500.
value that has steadily grown
since the business was founded
Is years ago. Current assets
were shown to be Sl92 .264. with
current liabilities Sl9.363. This
makes the ratio of current as
sets to liabilities 9.93 to l.
Manager of the Cooperative,
O. B. Blair. gave a brief sum-
mary of the years operation
and answered questions sub
mitted by the members. In
managing your cooperative, we
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Brazil To Virginia
By: JOHN STICK

On a beef cattle farm near
Alvares Machado. a town of S.
600 people in Sac Paulo, Brazil,
a 23-year-old farmer dreamed of
visiting the u S. He yearned to
study its methods, learn its Gus
toms and see first hand agricul-
ture practices in a land with
much machinery.
In classroom on the VPI
campus. a 16-year-old Prince
Edward county boy was intrigued
by what he was hearing in a All
Short Course class on World
Neighbors.
Sammy Coleman, Of Green
Bay. a rising junior at Prince
Edward Academy, and a product
of a Southside Virginia beef cat
tie farm. came to understand
the potentiality Of the Interna-
tional Farm Youth Exchange
program fIF'YE). 1T would be
good for us at home. he opined
Of this 4-H-sponsored interna-
ticnal goodwill and education
program.
The wishes of these two
youths. thousands Of miles apart.
went into the communication
lines that unite the world in the
IFYE program. They material
lied Saturday when Jorge
HasheWaga was welcomed into
the Roy S. Coleman home near
Green Bay.
/ Here Until Aug. 81
Jorge will STAY with the Cole
mans until August 3 when he
will conclude his Virginia and
U. S. stay with a farm family
IN Russell county. The young
/ Bra2lllan farmer came to Viz
glnla this week from two mon
tbs visit with four farm fam
lies in Minnesota. There he ex-
perienced first hand life on dairy
beef cattle, corn and small grain
farms. OF these Americans OF
Scandinavian origins Jorge de-
clared. 1t was wonderful
time in Minnesota. p"
+ Between Minnesota and Vir-
! glnla. Jorge attended the IFYE
Mld-Polnt meeting in BroOkings
SC. all foreign youth in the US,
here from As nations.
The American visit is the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Firemen To Host
Area Convention

Farmville firemen Will be
hosts for the seventh annual con-
vention of the Southside Viz
glnia Firenen' Association to
be held here next Wednesday,
Aug. %.
Fire chief P F. GAY said to-
day, the convention is expected
to bring about 1875 delegates from
the 80 local fire departments in
the Association.
Highlights Of the days acti-
VitieS will be 10 m, memoir
ial service, the annual business
meeting in the morning, a 4
pm, parade, and the annual
banquet at 6 pm.
The afternoon parade will in
clude competitive displays of
fire-fighting equipment brought
by visiting companies, marching
delegations of Association units,
and area high school bands. The
hosts are offering S185 in major
prizes to winning units.
The Vile Volun-
teer Company's marching dele
cation will appear in the units
new dress uniforms, recently
purchased with funds raised
in white elephant sales this
spring,
Members of the Farmville unit
expressed today their thanks to
local businessmen for financial
support TO assist with the CON
vention. They pointed out that
efforts have been made to
provide an outstanding conven-
ton, business meeting and pa
rade during the delegates visit
to this community.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Building Contract Awarded
New T POST Office At Prospect

Contract for the construction of
new post office at Prospect
was announced today by post
master Frank Coleman. The
building will be built by J. Nat
Wilkerson with lease to the post
office department for five years
With renewal options.
The new post ffice will be To-
Gated in the village of Prospect,
next to HiX-CarSon Store. on
state route 626. The former Hub
bard Funeral Home, building
will be removed, and the post Of.
flee will use that lot plus the va
cant lot next to Hix-Carson. The
total lot area will be $3.50 square
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17

are constantly re-aSse sslng our
lease construction program to
determine whether present bull
dIngs can be altered or re-
modelled to take care of our eX-
pandlng volume of mail.
The construction program is
being concentrated in those
areas where the need is urgent
and suitable space cannot be OBJ
tanned except through new con
struction.' Day added. I'VE now
have 5000 post office locations
throughout the country, handl-
ing a volume of IS billion pieces
Of mail year. BY 1870 it is
Continued on Page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17

feet.
The post office ding.
will be brick and block con
StruCtlon. with interior floor
space of l.000 square feet, plus
anniple space for parking and
movement of postal vehicles.
Completion date is estimated
for Decembed 1862. Taylor Mfg
Co., will be contractor on the
job. according to Wilkerson. The
building will cost an estimated
$4,000.
Postmaster General J. Edward
Day said today, We are contin-
ulng to build new post offices.
where they are needed, but we
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Council Studies Plans For
Water, Sewer improvements
During Dedication
1865 ReenUctznent ReGdied

The suggestion that the after
rooE-long ev ents at Sayler's
Creek State Battlefield Park
Sunday would make good
fanily-outing aston was
made today BY members Of the
Amelia NottoWay Prince Ed
ward Tri-County Committee, :
one of the Sponsors OF the dedi-
cation of Improvements at the
battlegrounds.
Inviting public participation,
the committee pointed cut that
luncheon Of brunswick stew,
cold drinks and ice cream will
be available at modest cost
from 1880 pm. to 5 pm.
The Amelia County Ruritan
Club will prepare the refresh
ments to be served in a shaded
grove of trees adjoining tn e
Hillsman House. centerpiece of
interest at the Civil War battle
field park
Tour Suggested
A tour of new facilities, in
Guiding cannon. maps and de-
scrlptiVe texts, push-button
recording of the battle ard the
Hlllsman House could precede
OF follow the formal program at
2:25 pm. the committee suggest
ed.
Historians of the National
Park Service, authorities on the
war period, Will be on hand at
the HillSman House to answer
questions al during the after
noon.
Sponsoring the dedication pro
gram with the local committee
are the Virginia Division Of
Parks and the Department Of
Conservation and Economic De
relopment and the Virginia
Civil War Commission.
A b d concert Of 1850
period music and marches will
be presented from ? to 225
pm. By the Virginia National
Guards 90th Army Band OF
Roanoke.
Representative William NJ.
Tuck, former governor, Will
make the address. WITH Rep
resentauVe Watkins NJ. Abbtt
presenting hlm. Judge Valentine
w. Southall. OF Amelia, will
serve as master Of ceremonies.
Recnactmcnt. Too
The new gun carriages Of the
authentic cannon will be pre-
sented to the Virginia Division.
Of Parks by State Senator
Charles T. Moses. chairman Of
the Virginia Civil War Com
mission. Ben H. Bolen. Com
missioner of Parks. will accept
them on behalf of the Common
CONTINUED on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Clear Water Well
Storage Tank,
Sewage Lagoons

improvements to Famvillc's
water and sewage systems. the
major cost items in the current
years budget. received the at
tent.on of town council at the
re Y ! + meeting Tuesday
night
The location of the new clear
water we'll was decided upon
next to the present filtration
plant Plans for the clear water
well and new storage tank
are being completed by Wiley
and Wilson. consulting engine ers
and will be submitted to TIL e
State Health Department for
approval. AS soon as the plans
are approved. bids will be
sought on the combined prof.
ects.
Council estimates the new
clear we'll will cost $50 1872. and
the new million gallon storage
tank will cost S84 200. After the
bids are received council will
decide whether to go ahead
with the combined project or
complete just one of the items
this fall before bad weather ar
rives.
The clear water well is the
reservoir where the treated
town water is pumped before
being stored in the town water
tanks. The old clear water we'll
is obsolete.
According to recommended
tons by the Fire Underwriters
board the town should have
storage of about 1850 900 gal
Ions Of water. The new million
gallon storage tank will take Care
OF this need together with the mil
lion gallons in storage now. The
new tank will also take care Of
the anticipated need of tn
town for the next 10 years or
more.
Both of the water improves
mcnt items are included in the
towns balanced budget.
Town manager T. w. Blocm-
field notified council that he re-
ceived letter advising tn G
town that it would be eligible
for S45,627 in federal aid for the
construction of new sewage la
goons. Detailed plans on this
project are being prepared.
Dump To Move
Council was told by the town
manager that the site of the
new town dump would be ready
in a matter of weeks. The dump
will be moved beyond the air
port property.
Council authorized the toWYf
property committee to investi-
gate the possibility of finding
another site for the Farmvllle
Municipal Airport The present
site may be needed for in
duStrial expansion. and it was
felt new location would be
more Serviceable.
The present airport is leased
to Virginia Areo Spray, ard con
siderable work is needed on the
Continued on Page Y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Red Sox At Home

The Farmville Red S0x of the
Southside League will play host
10 Buckingham Friday night,
August II, at s p.m. FarmyilIe
needs a victory to remain in first
place and Buckingham needs a
win to. tie for first.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Federal Building
Bid Calling Made

Revised drawings for the con-
version Of the former Farmville
post office to a federal building
were distributed to contractors
this week.
Bids were called for August
30 in Washington at offices of
the General Service Adnlinistra-
ton. Original plans required
more than the anticipated cost
of about $4,000. and all bids
were rejested last month.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
. SPACEMEN LAND
q VENUS PROBE READY
q CLOTURE INVOKED
BY
H. v. LANCASTER. JR.

THE TWO SPAC EN- E n
launched into orbit over the
week end landed safely in Rus
STA Wednesday. Both men land
ed in KaZakhastan, Soviet
state, in an area 1.50O Mules
southeast of Moscow, and both
were reported in good condition.
Maj. Andrian Nikolayev had
been aloft for four DAYS; his
partner, 1t. Col. Pavel Popovlch.
was launched Sunday. The land
ings were six minutes apart
Waves of enthusiasm swept the
Soviet Union and youths gather
ed in Red Square shouting, Cos
mos! Cosmos. Cosmosl "
A NEW VENUS PROBE is be-
ing readied at Cape Canaveral,
Fla. A Mariner 2 spacecraft is
poised atop an Atlas-Agena B
Missile for a millionaire
journey to within 10000 miles of
the planet Venus in early Dec
ember. It's launching is schedul-
ed for next Monday at the earl
lest. An attempt to launch an
identical Mariner l failed July
q when a faulty guidance sys-
tenn caused the rocket to veer
off course and it had to be des-
troyed 800 seconds after liftoff
The Russians launched the only
other Venus rocket. but its rad
los failed and it provided no
data while passing within 60 900
miles of the cloud Shrouded plan
ct.
CLOTURE was invoked Tues
day for the first time in 35
years when the Senate voted g.
q to limit debate on the COM
munications satellite bill. But
the bills opponents countered by
offering a series of amendments
to take up more time. Final ap-
proval of the bill to establish &
private-owned. publicly control
led corporation to operate com
municatlons satellites was eX-
pected soon despite efforts tC
introduce civil rights into the
controversy.
A MAIL ROBBERY netted a
gang OF thieves carrying sub
machine guns, about ST 500 OOO
III a daring holdup near Ply
mouth. Mass. Tuesday night.
A mail truck carrying the mon
cy. much Of it in sealed bags
from central Cape Cod banks to
the Federal Reserve Bank OF
Boston. was tagged down by Z
man who looked like a police.
man. Two cars then shot out
from the side of the road tc
block the truck.
FRANCIS GRAY POWERS tn,
w pilot who was downed over
the Soviet Union on May |. 1860
and then dramatically released
early this year. is suing his
wife for divorce. The petition
which states the couple has beer
separated since May 81, charg
Continued on page A.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
Brazil To Virginia
Dreams Can Come True
Brazilian HYE Finds

Brizilian's first trip out of his
native country. His fanily's 800
acre beef cattle farm is in Sac
Paulo, province in southern
Brazil, 500 miles inland from the
Pacific. The family, his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. ToshiI
HashegaWa. and his sister. ia
cira, 20 are trying to specialize
their herd. Like many U. S.
farms they are building. The
herd now is more than half
Brahmas, the breed they want
exclusively some day.
Jorge, a high school graduate
who studied English for five
years and converses in it quite
well, won his caps exchange tour
Oh interest and the intense sin
ccrity of his request by cor
reSpondence for an opportunity
He came to the US. via Miami,
three months ago. then went to
Washington. D. c. for an IFYE
orientation. then on to Mlnneso-
Ia.
Likes Virginia
Now he is in Virginia, which
he finds much more like Bra
zil'' and sharing in common with
his native area the production
of peanuts and tobacco. Viz
glnla's Piedmont hills and val
levs and its August temperatures
also are similar.
He has plunged eagerly right
into the work on the Colcman'S
285-acre Hereford farm with its
pasture, small grain and corn
enterprises. Just now the big
Job is getting up hay" with
the Colemans and joining with
them in excursions to neighbors
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-08-17
D.. Betkis Speaks
Dr. Berks Speaks
Communists Conquest Technique
Described By Latvia Escapee

marked arohleactonary his America
work and anRed writings described for the Chamber Of
Monday night the Communists technique Of national
quest
What Dr. Alexander " Bers professor history
ongwood College related Farmve
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