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Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Don Barrett
Among Leaders
In Mid-State
By Phil Wallace
Especial To The HeraId)

| Ethel's Tigers and Acker-
mans Indians are all alone
atop the Mid-State Conference
standings today, just where
everyone said they wouldn't
be.
Durant and McAdams were
picked to fight it out for the
championship, and still might
do SO, but today it's all Ethel
and Alderman especially
Ethel since Alderman is max
ing it's debut into the Mid :
State and won't be eligible
for the football championship.
Ethel became the circuits
most prominent team last Fri
day night when it shellacked
McAdams, 200. Only a week
before, McAdams had halted
Durant, the first time Durant
had lost a game in thrbe
years.
Two conference games high
light this weeks menu. Lex
ington goes to Walden while
North Carrollton tests Ethel.
Meanwhile, in other games,
Alderman gets the week start
ed by playing at Calhoun City
Thursday night in a non-con-
ference game, while Durant
calls at Kilmichael and Nc
Adams hosts Madison Ridge
land of the Capital Conferen-
ce.
Walden, not having played a
conference game yet, is third
behind Alderman and Ethel.
Lexington and McAdams are
tied for fourth spot with l l
loop records with Durant and
North Carrollton last with OIL
conference marks.
Counting all games, it's still
Ethel and Alderman with 20
records while Walden is 10.
Ethel's David Chambers is
the loops leading scorer with
ia points while Alderman
William Arnold has 20. Other
top scorers include Vaiden's
Tommy Butler and Lexing-
toms Don Barrett with 13 each
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Slater Services
Held In Alabama

Mrs. Claudia Pitchford Sla-
ter, sister of Mrs. D. c. Lun-
dy, died in the Beasly Nursing
Home in Fairhope, Ala. last
Thursday. Her body was ship
ped to Lexington for final
rites. She was 70.
Services We're held at 1000
Saturday morning in South
ern Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. Jerry Brownlee of Cru
ger officiated. Burial was in
Odd Fellows Cemetery with
Southern in charge.
Mrs. Slater was born and
reared at Cruger. She had
been a resident of Alabama
for the past several years.
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20

balls to be given as first, Sc
cond and third prizes for each
age group, or five top Lexing-
ton winners in all. Scores
throughout the state then will
be compared to determine the
five top Mississippi winners,
and these scores compared to
determine the most skillful
seven, eight, nine, ten and
eleven year old Hedging foot
ball stars in each of the areas
covered by the telecasts of
the ii National Football Lea
que Teams.
Area winners and their ia
theirs will receive all-expense
paid trips to a National Foot
ball League game in their ar
lea, and will compete during
half-time to determine the five
top Eastern Division winners
and five top Western Division
winners. These ten boys will
visit Washington and the White
House, accompanied by their
lparents, and then will go to
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Annual Punt Pass And Kick
Contest Scheduled This Fall

Lexington area grade school
boys from seven through IL
can pit their football skills
against thousands of other
throughout the nation in the
second annual Punt, Pass &
Kick competition which will
eliminate with a White House
reception and an appearance
at the National Football Lea
que Championship game for
the top ten winners.
Sponsored nationally by the
Ford Division of Ford Motor
Company and the National
Football League, the Punt,
Pass & Kick Program or
PIP & K will be staged in
Lexington by Moses Ford Co.
Lexington youths will be
tested for their ability to punt,
pass and kick (using a kick
ing tee) footballs on the same
day as thousands of other boys
all over the country, with
warm-up jackets, football he'll
NETS and autographed foot
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Functions Of Eyes
| alked AT Rotary

DR.. H. A. Reese of Cleve-
land, a practicing optometrist
there, spoke at the regular
Tuesday luncheon meeting of
the Lexington Rotary Club.
DR.. Reese, a guest of DR..
Frank Houston, delivered a
most interesting address on
how the eyes function.
Program chairman was
Louie Beall Nichols.
In other business, local at
torney P. P. Lindholm read
a telegram from State Attor-
ney General Joe Patterson, ex-
pressing his appreciation for
a resolution the club drafted
last week in support of his
position on recent federal in
tervention moves in the state.
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Holmes Bulldogs Travel
To Kinds Thursday Night

Despite Northwest leading
in just about every depart
ment in the first half, Holmes
held their winning score, but
the defense buckled down and
really got rugged in the second
two quarters allowing the
Rangers nary a first down no
pass competitions and only %
yards rushing.
Still Muslin has big job
with offensive attack which
lis Becoming weaker with each
showing. The head mentor an
ticipated some changes for
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Lexington Grammar
School Menu

Monday, Sept. "a Hot Dogs,
Chilli Beans, Lettuce and To.
mato, Chocolate Cake, Milk.
Tuesday, Sept. Is Spaghet-
ii and Meat, Green Beans,
Lettuce and Pineapple. Cake,
Rolls, Milk.
Wednesday, Sept. 26 HAM
burgers, Buttered Limas, On
ion and Pickle, Banana Pud-
ding, Milk.
Thursday, Sept. 27 Fried
Chicken, Mashed Potatoes,
English Peas, Fruit Salad,
Rolls, Milk.
Friday, Sept. % Tuna Sa-
lad, Buttered Carrots, Butter
ed Corn, Apple Cobbler, Rolls,
Milk.
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20

Kinds, loser to Perk last week,
42-6.
Quarterback Charles Myers,
despite an injury, continues
to lead the team in total offen-
sive yardage and it would
probably be a lot more had
his receivers held onto the
ball. a5
The Eagles hold a COM
manding 11-5-2 margin in the
series since 1915 with Holmes
coming out on top last season,
1913.
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
By Bobby Irwin
Especial To The HeraId)


Holmes Junior College is
getting set for it's game with
arch rival Kinds Eagles
Thursday night in Raymond
and unless the offense starts
to click it could be a dismal
evening for Coach Billy Mus
tins crew.
The Bulldogs have had prac-
tically no offense in their first
two games, losing the opener
to Perkinston, 1876, and edg-
ling Northwest, 7-6.
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20
Durant Tigers Smash Tehu|a
In $50 Gndiron Encounter

Halfback Elmer Keith scor-
ed two touchdowns to lead the
Durant Tigers to a $50 grid
IRON win over the Tchula Pan
theirs on soggy Bennett Field
Friday night.
The offensive efforts of both
teams We're hampered by the
damp field, but a pair of ex-
ploS1ve runs by Keith of Is and
IA yards respectively proved
to be the difference
Keith Scores
Keith's first score was for
IL yards in the opening quar-
ter with the final marker com.
ing In the fourth period. Char
les Durham recovered a FUN
Die in the end zone following
the last touchdown for the
Tigers only successful point
after touchdown attempt.
The Tigers, coached by
harvey Ray, accounted for
their other score in the third
quarter when Wesley Mcbride
recovered a blocked kick in
The Tchula end zone which he
and John Rhyme had stopped.
Two additional Durant dri-
YES were halted by furnbles
Holmes County herald., 1962-09-20

Years of research have gone into
the production of the Burroughs
electronlc accounting machine. I'm
surpassed for dependabihty and ac-
uracy, it represents major step for
ward in our continuing efforts to
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Mortimer J. Adler
To Speak This
Week At LC, H-SC

Philosopher Mortimer J. Adler
viii speak at Longwood and
Hampden-Sydney Colleges this
week under auspices of the
Visiting Scholars Program of
the University Center in Vir-
ginia.
He will be at Longwood on
Tuesday for a l pm. address
on Problems of Education in
an Industrial Democracy"
His Hampden Sydney address
is scheduled Thursday in Johns
Auditorium at 1890 am. His
subject then will be The Cues
tons Science Cannot Answer. "
The speaker is president and
director of the Institute for
Philosophical Research. He has
held teaching posts at Column
bia from which he received hts
Ph.D.. and at Chicago as pro-
fessor Of philosophy Of law.
Included in his published
works are Art and Prudence, -
"A Dialectic Of Morals.'' How
To Think About War aaadA feace
and his most recent, The idea
Of Freedom"
The public is invited to attend
the lectures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
&c. Carter, Y,
County Native
Dies In Raleigh

Robert Clyde Carter, y. died
It his home in Raleigh. N. c.,
Saturday night, March 3, while
asleep. Funeral services will be
held In Eden Street Methodist
church, Raleigh, Tuesday morn.
Ing at 1000 o'clock. with inter.
ment Tuesday afternoon at 100
O'Clock in Prospect Methodist
cemetery.
Mr.. Carter, the son of Robert
lanes Carter and Ellen ellis
Carter, was born at Prospect on
May q, 1890, He attended public
schools, Randolph Macon Acade-
my and Randolph-Macon College,
where he was a member of the
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He
joined A. M. Pullen Company, as
a certified public accountant in
Richmond, later establishing his
own firm in Raleigh, N. C.
He was active in the social, fra
ternal and religious life Of Raj
eigh, a member of Eden Street
Methodist Church, a Mason and
Shriner. and member of the XII
wants civic club.
He was twice married, first to
Miss Larinda Hooks, Of Colds
boro. N. c., and after her death
to Mrs. Katherine Brewer Smith
Of Farmville.
Surviving are his wife, and one
sister. Mrs. Bennett T. Taylor, OF
FarmNlle. and many relatives in
this section.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06

The Cherry Grove Society. Chill.
dren Of the American Revolution.
met Sunday, February Is. at the
home Of Miss Betty Bennett Tay-
lor. Betty Bennett and Billy ellis
served as hostess and host.
The invocation. a prayer. writ
ten by George Washington. was
given by Anne Holmes, chaplain.
The pledge of allegiance, led by
Tone DeMuth. was recited.
President Lucy Lancaster re-
ported on the business session Of
the CAR State Conference. and
Betty Booker Smith and Betty
Bennett Taylor reported on the
social activities and general at
mosphere.
Cherry Grove decided to send a
donation to the newly established
CAR State Scholarship Fund.
The fund was established in
honor of Mrs. E. Stewart James.
an active worker in both the OAR
and CAR activities.
Mrs. w. E. Smith, senior presi-
dent. gave an interesting and in
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
B. c. Garrett, p
Retired Farmer,
Cites Set Tuesday

CUMBERLAND, March 5 -
Benjamin Calvin Garrett, Y, oil
Cumberland County. a retired
farmer. died Sunday, March 4
at Southside Community Hos.
pital. He was born March IS.
1889, a son Of the late Benjamin
Hughes Garrett and Eleha Far.
nier Garrett.
Surviving are his wife Mrs.
Adeline Davis Garrett. of Cum
berlard; and two sisters, Mrs.
J. D. Carpenter, of Cumberland.
and Mrs. J. L. Landram, Of
boswell.
Gravesides services will be
held Tuesday at 3 pm. at the
Grove Methodist Church Gene
terry. Cumberland County
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
buckingham Group
70 Tour Wat ershed

A tour Of the Roanoke Creek
Waterehe development in Char
lctte county is scheduled Wedres-
day by members Of the Will
lis River Watershed Association
and officials and interested cit
7ens Of Buckingham county.
The Willis River Watershed de-
velopment is underway in Buck
i~gham county.
w. L. Blair. work unit con-
servationist for Buckingham
and Cumberland county, said the
tour group will assemble at
Curdsville and leave from there
at 9 am.
Norman Ramsey, Charlotte
cou-ty conservationist, will lead
the tour of the Roanoke Creek
development. It will include in
specticn of one completed dam,
another dam in the process of
completion and some stream bed
Improvement work.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Baptist Women:
To Observe
Prayer Season

The WMU of Far1nville Baptist
Church will observe q season Of
prayer for home missions. March
So.
The following schedule will be
followed.
Monday - 8. pm. general
meeting at the church. Carolyn
Goodwin Circle In charge. ''Help
Us o God for the Glory Of thy
Named.
Tuesday - 8, pm, Prayer SER
vices In the following homes. Mrs.
'obert Anderson. leader, Mrs.
w. o. McClung: Mrs w. B. Hob
son, leader. Mrs. George Rod
gers, Mrs. A. M. Arlington. lead
er. Mrs. J. A. LeSueur; and Mrs.
s. r. Geyer. leader. Mrs. Rich
ard 1nge. M.
Wednesday = 7::30 pm, prayer
service at the church. A film
''Our Priceless Heritage" will be
shown with VIZ. w. o. McClung.
narrator.
Thursday % pm. program at
the church with the ingathering
of the Annie Armstrong offering.
College VIVA in charge.
Friday - $3.50 pm. World day
of prayer at College Church.
Hampden-Sydney, sponsored by
the Council of Church Women.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Mrs. C.. A. Smith. 40
Buried Monday In
Buckingham County

! SOUTH BOSTON, March S wv
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Spencer Smith. AZ. Of Hall
fax Road. South Boston, were
h e l d today Monday at 1890
am. from Brooks Funeral Home.
South Boston. with graveside serv-
ices at Smyrna Methodist Church
Cemetery, Sheppards. at 2 pm.
Mrs. Smith dice Saturday
March 3, at her home. She was
born in Mullens, w. Va, May %,
1912, a daughter Of Willie Popock
and Sarah Elizabeth Baldwin
Spencer. She is a graduate of
Longwood College.
Surviving are her husband, Ce-
Gil A. Smith and two sons, Wayne
Andrew and Melvin Spencer
Smith, all of South Boston: two
sisters. Mrs. George F. Bol'u1n.
Of West Point, and Mrs. c. j. De-
Witt, of Victoria: and two broth.
ers, William H. Spencer, of Rich
mond, and Willis Thomas Spenc-
er of Fal1nville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Funeral Rites For
E. G. Patteson, 81,
Held Sunday

DnLWYN, March S - Funeral
services for Elwood George Pat
teson. 81. of Roanoke, were held
Yesterday Sunday at $3.50 pm.
at Dunkum Brothers Funeral
Home, with burial in Salem Meth
odist Church Cemetery. Mr.. Pat
teson died Friday, March 2.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Hazel Rigney Patteson of Roa-
noke; three sisters. Mrs. A. A.
Waldburger and Mrs. Rudy Ben
nett OF Richmond and Mrs. Frank
Bruce of Farmville. and two
brothers. John D. and Kemper
Patteson of Alexandria.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
H-SC Science
Continued from page II

first ten of over 1900 colleges ard
Universities in the number of
alumni listed in Kh0's Who in
America.
A study in 1852 ranked it first
among Southern independent col
leges in relative production of
SCIENTISTS and also by the num-
Der of doctorateS earned by its
graduates In the last Is years.
Strictly Liberal Arts
The scientific achievement of
the college has not lessened its
adherence to a strict libral arts
curriculum. Fourteen of 20
courses needed for either the
bachelor of arts or bachelor of
science degrees are required.
The arts candidates have a
good Saturation of science re-
quired. and the science students
get a full dose of the arts in
Guiding everything from Bible to
language.
The college holds on to its
distinction in the liberal arts
field. For example, Han.pden-
Sydney was placed in the first
five per cent of all colleges in
the relative number of gradu-
ates receiving dcctorates in
! arts. humanities, and social sci
ences. from 1886 to 1850. accord
ing to the report of the National
Research Council in 1856.
But. the colleges recognition
in science, being the latest be-
slowed upon it, merits addition
al attention. The record certain
ly didn't come of bigness or
large endowments.
Close Look At Science
A reporter made several visits
to the several departments to
discover something of the why
behind the record.
First. the excellence if its in
struction stands out in each of
the several departments in sci
ence. Dedicated instructors are
supported by the administration
on their hard courses, the entire
science curriculum. The diff
Guilty of the courses is known
by the student before he UNDER
takes them for it's a tradition as
old as the school.
The physics department. to
which; many of the recent hon.
ors have come, now has a young
map in charge. DR.. w. T. JOY
ner. He succeeded DR.. Thomas
E. Gllmer, who moved up to
president last year. DR.. Gilmer
was known not only for his cap
able instruction in physics but
for his inspiration to young men
interested in the field.
Hampden Sydrey's physics
continues to stress the basics as
it adds on the new to its
courses. Individual attention In
small classes is there, but
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Program On George Washington,
Featured At CAR. Meeting

formative talk on the life Of
Martha washington, wife Of the
first President. She stressed the
ability Of Martha to make q home
for George even during war
time Mrs. Francis SiInlins
was scheduled TO talk but was i'll.
After the meeting was ad-
j0urned. refreshments In Wash
ington motif were served.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06

"babying" is out.
Performance Demanded
! In the biology department,
where the pre-medical instIuc.
ton HIS resulted in national re.
cords, the most unique char.
acteris:ic is the very high level
.ot performance expected by the
head of the department. Prof
fesor H. B. Overcast.
Recitation. becomeing more
and more popular III modern
teaching, has long been the edI-
cational weapon utilized oy
Hampden-Sydney's biology de.
partment. The student is made
to do his work.
The mathematics department
has been revised and strength
ened. For one thing, the new cur
riculm allows a larger percent
age of freshmen to begin col
lege mathematics with analyti-
cal geometry and calculus.
Over half of the long range i'm
provement program in the chem
istry department has been ac-
complished under the direction
Of DR.. Charles B. Vail and DR..
G. T. Miller, Jr.
A challenging course in fresh
man chemistry has been intro
duced and a carefully designed
research program for freshmen
has provided the students the
stimulation and background re-
quired for significant achieve
ment at the advanced level.
To maintain the high stand
ards, facilities and laboratory
curricular Of advanced courses
are being upgraded by substitut-
ing for the conventional chemis-
try laboratories a Researcher
tented program. Cookbook ex-
rerimentS are out. There is al
unknown in every experiment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
F. i. Shelton, 70,
Retired Farmer,
Rites Saturday

KEYsvnLE. March S = Flu.
neral services for Floyd Lenwood
Shelton. 70. were held Saturday
at 2 pm. at Browning Funeral
Home. with burial in the Union
Grove Church Cemetery. A re-
tired farmer. Mr.. Shelton died
Thursday. March l..
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Annie c. Shelton: a son. Bailey
Shelton Of Keysville: two broth
ers. Eddie and Frank Shelton,
both of Keysville; and tire e
grandchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
2 T. Cowherd, 70
Huried Monday

COLUMBIA, March S : Bern
ard Taylor Cowherd, 70, of
Columbia died Saturday In a
Richmond hospital.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Avail F. Cowherd; daughter,
Mrs. Winston Conner of Rich
mond; a sister, Mrs. Dabney
Cosby of Richmond. and two
brothers, Marshall Cowherd Of
Gordonsville and Philip Cowherd
of Glade Springs.
A funeral service was held at
II am. Monday at St. John S
Episcopal Church, with burial
there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
OBITUARIES
Funeral Services
For David Harden

David H. Harden. Is. a form
er resident Of Buckingham. died
Monday. February Is. in a Rich
mond hospital. Funeral services
with Masonic rites we're held on
Wednesday. with lntermnnt in
Sls0ck0e Cemetery.
The son Of James "A. Harden
and Winnie Ella Burkey Harden.
he was born in Lynchburg on
March %. 1887. The family
moved to Buckingham where he
attended private schools. and as
a young man joined the U. S.
Navy serving a four year en-
listment. He then established
residence in the Southwest,
spending many years in Cali
fornia and Iowa. while employed
as a signal maintenance special
list for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. In 1918 he returned to
Virginia with the r. F. L. p.
Railroad. retiring In l947 to
make his home in Richmond.
Mr.. Harden was a 32nd de-
gree Mason and member Of
Meridian Lodge in Richmond.
Surviving are four sisters
Mrs. W. w. Moore. Mrs. Lee
M. Medlin, of Dillwyn, Mrs.
Susie Honrahan. Of Redwood,
w. Va. Mrs. Dixie Harden
Bryan. Of Crockett. Calf:
three brothers. Robert E. Har-
den. of Richmond. B. B. Har-
den. of Roanoke, and James E..
Harden. Of Bonneville, Mo.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06

six to eight-cent hourly wage
increase while the union was
holding out for the equivalent OF
l0-cent hourly hike.
A SPACE CAPSULE dropped
by the Discoverer SO satellite
after orbiting over the poles
four times was caught in mid
air by an air force plane Satur-
day. It was the eighth such
catch over an area north of Ha-
wall known as the Pacific ball
,ark. -Four other capsules from
Discoverer satellites have been
recovered by Air Force frog
men. The Discoverer series has
zen launched In a north-south
direction from Vandenberg Air
Ease, Calf. The purpose of this
latest shot was announced.
A COOL RECEPTION was
given to Soviet Premier Mi
kovan Saturday when he arrived
In East Berlin en- route to the
Leipzig trade fair. The Com
munist regime headed by Wal
ter Ulbricht, who met Mikoyan
at the airport. had called on
East Berliners to give Mikoyan
a hearty welcome. apparently in
the hope Of rivaling that given
Attorney General Robert Ken
nedy when he visited West Ber-
lin. But although some persons.
mostly children. lined the route
of the notorcade and dutifully
waved flags. there was a start
ling silence. No one cheered. One
reporter. who had seen both,
said the difference between the
Kennedy and Mikoyan recep-
tons was lik the difference be-
tween a ticker tape parade and
a funeral.
JOHN GLENN had no such
difficulties as he continued his
triumphful tour following his
three orbital flights around the
earth! On Thursday an esh-
mated 100000 persons lined the
streets of New York to watch
what was said to be the biggest
ticker tape parade for any
single Individual. He toured the
UN building on Friday and the
next day visited his hometown
of New Concord. Ohio. At least
$4,000 persons lined the parade
route in the town with a normal
population of 2.l27. Several
times he appeared almost over
come with emotion as he par
ticipated in ceremonies in the
gym Of skiing m College
which he, his wife, and his
mother had attended.
TRADING was mixed on the
New York Stock Exchange last
week as prices rose and fell to
a minor degree in dull trading.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Remarkable Versatility Displayed
By KeysrilIe Woman Of Near 100


Charlotte Court House she is
vitality interested in, a member
OF the Simeon r. Walton Chap.
ter OF the United Daughters Oh
the Confederacy. and a loysl
member Of the Keysville Presby.
terrain Church. She attends
church and the meetings of the
Women Of the Church regularly
Mrs. Ingram relatives and
many friends of all ages drop in
on her often. not so much to
cheer her up. but to enjoy the
warm hospitality of a true.
Southern lady.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-06
Area Development
CONTINUED from page II

tCOnuuue0 from page ~
ton, and by County Agent Peery
who reviewed the present agri-
cultural situation.
Summing up the general opin-
tons expressed by persons
present. Steck said following
the meeting, Those present
felt that the program would be
beneficial as a method of en-
abling all citizens to help already
existing groups, such as the for
esti.y committee and the develop
ment corporation. achieve sue
cess.
They also agreed that a rev.
resentative citizens committee
giving its attention to the major
problems presently existing,
such as the population loss and
lowered farm income would be
desirable" =