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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
Evelyn M. Downs
Widow of Army
Briqudier General

Mrs. Evelyn Murphy Downs
widow Of Brig. Gen. Sylvester
Dewitt Downs, died yesterday
at the Baptist Memorial Hos
pital in San Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. Downs, daughter Of the
late Col. Truman oscar Muir
ply. a graduate Of the class Of
1891 at West Point, was borr
at Fort Wayne in Detroit
Mich.
Gen. Downs, who was gradu-
ated from West Point IN 1914
was stationed in the Washing.
ton area on many occasions
during his military career.
Mrs. Downs had been living
at 800 Rosalie avenue, San An.
tonic, since 1912. For many
years, she was active in ladies
work in the Episcopal Church
OAHC oAcO was 6CbANC Al A4A6Ai1
Army organizations.
Funeral services will be hell
at st. Paul's Episcopal Church
in San Antonio tomorrow
GraveSide services will be helC
at 10 am. Thursday in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Survivors include two daugh'
tiers, Mrs. Katherine Down
johnson, wife Of Brig. Gen
Chester Lee johnson, a 193'
graduate Of West Point, who i
now the Army attache at tn,
American Embassy in Mexico
and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Downs, on the staff Of st. Mar
garet's House, Berkeley, Calf.
and two grandsonS.
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Mrs. S. w. Purdum, Widow
Of Veteran Postal Official

Mr.. Purdum died three days
after his retirement in 1945,
and Mrs. Purdum had since
lived with a daughter, Mrs.
Edward A. Fuller Of ala JET
ferson street, Hyattsville.
Mrs. Purdum also leaves q
son, Smith Hastings Purdum,
of Howard County, Md, and
four other daughters: Mrs.
Elizabeth Lemerise of Bladens-
burg; Mrs. Raymond Hunt,
Charlottesville, Va; Mrs. Jo-
seph w. Brookhart, Grand
Forks, N. D., and Mrs. Harry
C. Butler of Centerville, Md;
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the University of Michigan
After college. Mr.. Hertz worked
in Panama while the canal was
being built.
He was in the investment
banking business in Washing
ton for many years before going
into real estate in Falls Church
At his death he was associated
with the Florance Realty Co..
Inc. Of Arlington. He lived at
1850 Lee highway.
He leaves two sons, A. Burke
Hertz, the Falls Church COM
missioner of revenue, who lives
at 10l5 Fowler street, Falls
Church, and Gustav of Lees
burg, Va.
Services will be at 2 pm
Thursday at Parsons Funeral
Home, 472 North Washington
street, Falls Church, with
burial in National Memorial
Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31

MOSCOW, July 81 (AP).-
Choking with emotion, Sir John
Hunt told today how two Brit
ish climbers slipped on an icy
slope and fell to their deaths
in the wild Pamir Mountains.
They were killed instantly
by the fall of almost a mile"
said the man who organized
the first expedition to conquer
Everest. Nobody could do any,
thing to help. I said a prayer
for them, but that was ALL"
Sir John said the joint Brit
ish-Soviet expedition he is
leading would continue its as
Sault on the 24,500-foot Peak
Of Communism" in Soviet Gen.
trail Asia.
Sir John. reached by tele-
phone at DuShambe, said he is
returning to Britain to explain
to the families of Wilfred
Noyce and Robin Smith how
they met their deaths on July
"a. Mr.. Noyce was with Sil
John on the Everest expedi-
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Mrs. Smith w. Purdum, IS,
widow Of the second assistant
postmaster general. died Sun
day at Prince Georges Hos
pital.
Born Laura Dolan in Wash
ington, Mrs. Purdum was mar
ried in 1908, when her husband
was a postal inspector. The
family lived in several States
until he was appointed chief
postal inspector for the Wash
ington division during the VIII
son administration, when they
moved to Hyattsville.
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Bruno Maine

NEW YORK, July 81 CAP).-
Bruno Maine. Sc. art director
of the Radio City Music hall
for 8 years and designer of its
famed Christmas and Easter
pageants. died yesterday. He
was born Bruno Manninen in
Finland and came to the United
States in 1909.
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nine grandchildren and two
.great-grandsonS.
Services will be at 1880 pm.
tomorrow at the First Pres
byterian Church of Hyatts-
vile. Burial will be in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
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Gustav Hertz, Is.
Real Estate Agent
For Many Years

Gustav c. Hertz, 76, a real
estate agent in Northern Vir-
ginia for "a years, died yester-
day at Arlington Hospital.
He was a native of Kansas
City. Mo-, and q graduate of
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Matthew DysduIe

LONDON, July 81 (AP).-Sir
Matthew Drysdale, SO. chair
man Of Lloyd'S for six years,
died at his London home yes
terday. He had been an under
writing member Of Lloyd's since
1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-31
More City DweIIers

LONDON.-More than fouI
fifths Of Britain's 100000
people live in cities-more than
5000, 1000 Of them in London.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
County To Pay
$24,4SS.65 For
ACP This Month

A total of $24 ,488.6 is to be
paid to $50 Prince Edward coun-
ty farmers this month who have
completed their work under the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram (ACPl, administered by
the Agricultural Stabiliza-
ton and Conservation Commit
tee for the county, according to
D. S. CAN'T. manager Of the
Prince Edward office.
There were 438 farms enrol
led in the ACP this year COM
pared to 282 for 1861. A sum of
S37 1898 has been obligated to
the 438 farms enrolled.
The federal cost-share program
is a national one to protect and
conserve the soil and water re-
sources Of the nations farms
and ranches. Under the pro-
gram, the Department of Agri-
culture shares the cost of the
practices approved for the coun-
ty with individual farmers.
Practices approved for Prince
Edward in 1862 include the fol-
lowing; seeding new pastures
and top dressing old ones, linn
ing farm land, strip cropping,
forest establishment and i'm
provement. sodding waterways,
building ponds, and establishing
winter and summer cover.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

law would be most effective aid in
enforcing the laws of the county, He
estimated that it would reduce the after
midnight traffic in town and county by
about fifty per cent.
Deputy Sheriff j. w. Overton pointed
out that only two places in the entire
county are open after midnight, those
two being, the East Coast service station
in Farmvlle, and Guinn's Truck Stop
about three miles west of town. almost
all of the drag racing in the county takes
place after midnight Overton stated.
The teenagers of this county are in
volved to a minor extent" Overton said.
Youths from other counties gather here
and that is where most of the trouble
starts.
The exact details of the curfeW would
have to be determined after considerable
study
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Court, School
Trustee, Warden
Posts Filled
Judge Flood
Reappoints
5 In Couny

Recent Prince Edward Cir
cult Court appointments by
Judge Joel w. Flood have re.
turned to their posts the judge
of the County Court, the county
dog warden and members of the
School Rustee Electoral Board
William P. Hay, Jr., was re-
appointed judge of the County
Court of Prince Edward and
judge Of the Juvenile and Do
mestic Relations Court.
The term will be the second
four-year tenure for Judge Hay
on the county bench. He was
appointed originally to fill the
unexpired term of the late
Judge John F. Lewis in 1857
and a year later received a full
four-year term reappointment.
SC1OOl trustees
The Court appointments to the
School Trustee Electoral Board
return present incumbents, P.
T. Atkinson, j. Hugh Cocks and
E. T. Bondurant, Jr., to this
body. The trio appoints men,
bers of the county school board.
The appointments are for four
years from July l.
Wallace H. Gillian was re-
appointed as county dog warden
for a four-year term, also from
July !. Gillian has held the
post stree the county dog war
den system was instituted here
in 1859.
This is the first four-year ap-
pointment of the warden. The
Legislature in its session this
year changed state law to per-
mt appointments of from one
to four years. Previously the
law limited the office tenure to
one year.
Extend Term
During their June meeting
members Of the board of super
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

dency Of teenagers to stay out late at
night, and our police problems are in
creasing in proportion" the common
wealth attorney added.
Mayor William F. Watkins Jr. of
Farmville. said this morning that the
town should work closely with the county
to provide a uniform curfew law. if such
law is considered necessary by the town
council.
Chief Of Police. Otto S. Overflow said
most Of the breaking and entering by teen
ayers has been done after midnight, and
a curfew would be very helpful in pre-
venting this type Of trouble
when our patrolmen are called away
from their routine checks to investigate
racing, firecracker shooting etc. it re-
duces the efficiency of our police protec-
ton, he said.
Sheriff James T. Clark said "A curfeW
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
For Town And County
7eenage Curfe,v May Be Considered

The possibility Of curfew hour on teen
ayers is now being talked about in Prince
Edward county and the town of Farmville.
There has been no official action on the
~ o. e t but Commonwealth Attorney
Frank N. Watkins said he intends to in
troduce the subject at a meeting of the
board Of supervisors, for their considera-
ton
Watkins is obtaining copies of effective
cur1ew laws from all over the state It is
his intention to have all the information
possible to supply the board of supervisors
when they take up the subject
The laws Of the Commonwealth Of Vir-
glnla were amended recently to allow a
curfeW. If the supervisors favorably con-
slider such action, any new bill would
have to be advertised and a public hear
ing conducted" Watkins said.
MY main concern is the growing ten
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

county courthouse incident to
repair work underway in the
ancient building.
Supervising the work, Robert
Taylor discovered that another
floor, possibly the original one,
once existed three feet below
the present flooring.
Evidence Clear
1t is obvious that another
floor was once there because
some of the strips of Dashboard
still remain. Workmen also
found two steps under the floor.
apparently going down to the
old floor. The present founda-
ton has been built up under
the doors and windows as we'll
with different brick from the
original building. When was the
Old floor replaced with the new
one, some feet higher? This
seems to be a mystery. No one
at Charlotte Court House knew
that the floor that was torn M
wasn't actually the original one
While inquirrg into the mys-
terry, this reporter had a talk
with a 9o-year-old gentleman,
Hobson NorVell. Norvell was
clerk Of the Charlotte >Circut
Court when he was onlv 16
years old, which dates back to
1887. He said that he had sat
many times on the steps If the
Court House and the CLERKS of
ice and listened to the old law
yers and judges talk, but never
mad he heard any discussion of
the remodellng to the court
house.
From the evidence found, the
second floor must have been pnt
down many years ago. The
Jolats supporting The floor were
not sawed by machinery. They
were hewn out by hand and
then possibly, amoothcd out by
hand or cross cut saw.
Jciferson's Time
There was evidence also Of IN
indoor stairway, which is 50
typical of the architecture Of
Thomas Jefferson, who was the
designer of the courthouse. Tav-
Tor said he believed this stair
way went up to an elevated
judges stand at the rear Of the
courtroom.
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
TB Directors Told:
TB Directors Told:
Help The Public Know Truth

DR.. James L. Hammer, prcsi-
dent of the State Board of
Health. told directors of the
Southside tuberculosis Associa-
ton here Monday night that one
of their major jobs is TO com
bat the dangerous views and
careless statements that lowers
the public guard against the
still potent power of tuberculos-
is.
The Mannboro physician. past
president of the Virginia Medi-
cal Society. said that despite ac-
curate diagnostic tests and prov
en- treatment techniques. the
disease remains our No com
municable disease.
Moderating a panel discussion
on the subject. what makes an
effective board member?" Dr..
Hammer said that local associa-
ton leaders must get the
truth across. That truth in
cludes the facts of the great
public costs of a durable dis
ease: the unreasonablcness of
unused accurate tests for tu-
berculosis the necessity to
create a public willing TO use
The diagnostic tools and treat
ment facilities" which can
eradicate the disease.
Leaving the job of stopping
tuberculosis to public health of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Cancer Crusade
Raises S1,100

The 1862 Cancer Crusade in
Prince Edward county raised
LOO during the first week Of
the appeal. John E. Allen,
chairman, said today.
The bulk Of the funds was
realized in the residential ap-
peal, this source providing 1864,
Allen said.
With several residential sec
tons to be completed and more
calls remaining in the business
division, the Crusade appears
successfully headed toward the
goal Of S1,5O0.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

help devise plans and they
must help to carry them out. >
Effectiveness with the first hat
is often cancelled out by failure
or indecisiveness with the lat
ter hat, she pointed out.
The board members also
adopted action recommended
tons by three of the nine-coun-
ty Associations committees
case finding, school health and
health education. and program
and budget. These were offered
by Dr.. Anthony Munoz. of Farm
Continued on Page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

Il wouldn't trade the expor-
ience gained at Girls State for
anything. l learned so mach
more about so many things in
s snsh a short time n'ri'y'
She reported many of the girls
questioned her on Prince Ed
ward countys private schools,
seeming to think they were only
for the boys and girls whose
families had money, the boys
wearing coats and ties to school,
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Experimental 5-Day United Leaf
Sale In Offing For Bright Growers

eligible for price supports in I'M
tied form after 1862 will depend
on the experience gained in the
forthcoming marketing season.
Price supports on united to-
bacco will be less than that for
the same grades in tied form.
The difference has not vet been
determined. however. Growers
VIII have to make up their
minds whether to sell their first
''pullings in the first five days
or wait until the higher price
support program includes tied
Jugs and primings from the
sixth day on.
County Acreage
Prince Edward county S 1862
allotment of flue-cured acreage
is 1902, up 4.3 per cent from a
year ago. The county has 448
| growers.
The Virginia Crop Reporting
Service calculated the county S
1861 production at 1880 pounds
to the acre producing a total of
l,057 900 pounds.
While 1862 prospects are con
sidered generally good. recent
heavy rains produced some
drowning and yellowing. the
Service reported. Some grow
ers, omple ting cultiva-
ton, have started printing bot
4 tom leaves.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20

ficials is a great error the
Local health officials must have
the active and planned coopera-
ton OF doctors and active in
formed tuberculosis AsSsocia-
ton leaders. he said.
Other members of the panel
were Mrs. Matthew Lyle. of
Charlotte, Farrar V. Shelton. of
Farmville, and George Raiford.
Of Victoria. Mrs Lyle, charter
member of the Southside board
and a longtime worker in her
county. said that board mem
bers wear two hats. They must
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Outstanding Citizen
Girls State Had 7iUo
Fa1n,uiIIe Winners

FarnIville figured in both the
model city group and the out
standing citizen group at the con-
clusion Of Girls State last week
at Radford College.
Two out of three years that
Mrs. Warren Kernodle, Of
Farmville. has been counselor
there. her city has been chosen
as the model city of the SEES
sion. This year it was called
Tyler city.
Marllyn Shepard. Is. dele
gate to Girls State under the
American Legion Auxiliary
post, was selected as an out
standing citizen, first for
Farmville.
Upon arrival at Girls State,
Marilyn was put up by her party
for mayor of Madison, city Of
AZ citizens. all girls. The aver
age population Of the cities was
40 to AZ. Upon winning the
mayoralty her Job was to wake
up the other girls in her city each
morning, see that they marched
properly. two by two, to all
events. singing, and inspect their
rooms. The girls participated in
all activities as city.
IS Each mayor worked to make
her city a model one. She pre-
sided over all city sessions. On
Wednesday, recordings were
made of a question and answer
period by the majors. On Sat
urday each mayor reported the
accomplishments Of her city.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
BY GERALD DUNCAN

When building dates back
to the time of Thomas Jeffer-
son, one cannot help but be in
trigued by the aura Of history
that permeates the place. Who
trod these floors? What voices
have rung from the halls? Are
there mysteries or secret pas
sages in the building itself?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Federal Building Delay Seen
AS Bids Top Allotted Funds

Bids in excess of funds avail
able will result in at least a
months delay in start of the
project to convert the former
Post Office Building at Farm
billie to a federal offices build
ing.
The General Services Admin
istration (GSA), the fe d e r a
agency which serves as Gus
todial agent for federal proper
ty. last week rejected all bids
on the project, the lowest of
which was $81, SIG.
Architects from the GAS's di-
vision of design and construc-
ton were here this week to re-
wise plans and prepare new
drawings. cir Spokesman,
who preferred to remain I'M
named, said new bids probably
will be called about August 10,
based on revised plans.
Want About $4,000
The GSA architect said it is
planned to revise building and
material drawings to produce
bids approximating the s45 900
to $4,000 the federal agency
has budgeted for the project
here.
1t had originally been planned
to get the work underway early
this month with completion and
occupancy set next summer, ac-
cording to an earlier announce
ment by Robert Baker. deputy
director Of the GSA office Of in
formation at Washington.
A Portsmouth firm offered
the low bid at last weeks bid
call session. There were nine
bids in all. Plans for a new
boiler. new plumbing and air
conditioning required bids well
in access of allotted funds.
The general plan for convert
ing the Main street structure is
to set aside the basement floor
for an installation of the federal
Civil Defense network of Of
fees, consolidate federal agen-
cies now scattered throug h
downtown Farmville on the
main floor, and to use the third
floor for storage purposes.
To Determine Occupants
The architects could not esti-
mate how many Of the federal
agencies here can eventually be
gathered in the 5000 feet Of
floor space in the former post
office building. 1t appears
doubtful if all of them can be
provided space.
Still using the building and al
most certain to remain are the
Army and Navy recruiting Of
fees and the Prince Edward
Selective Service Board. Other
federal agencies qualified for
occupancy are the Internal
Revenue Service. Soil Conser
walton Service. the Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation
office, and the Tobacco Division
of the Agriculture Marketing
Service government grad
ing Service).
Whether the Farmers Home
Administration, another federal
agency, and the Extension Serv-
ice agents. primarily state en-
ployees with federal support,
can be accommodated appar
emily remains yet to be deter
mined.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Mrs Stone Is
Town Treasurer

SCOTTSvILLE. July ~ Mrs.
Charles A. Stone was elected
treasurer of the town of Scot
tsville at a special meeting of
the town council on Tuesday eve
ming. July Il. She will take office
on August /. succeeding Mrs.
Wiley J. Beal who resigned this
month after serving in the Of
flee for approximately 16 years,
Mrs. Stone is the former Mary
Agee. daughter of c. Hamilton
Agee. of DillWyn.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
Charlotte's Court House
Mysterious Floor Discovered
In Jefferson-Designed Building

And what changes have been
wrought by the passage of
''' One of tn E se long ago
changes, presently surrounded
by an air of deep mystery.
came to light this week when
Workn1en Of Taylor Manufacture
ing Company tore up the court
room floor of the Charlotte
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-07-20
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
. ARMY IN PERU
q MEDICARE BILL KILLED
Q BALLOON IN SPACE
By
H. V. LANCASTER, JR.

IN PERU military forces ar
rested President Manuel Prado
and took over control of the
government. The action came
after Prado refused to agree to
the demands of the military to
annul a recent presidential cleo
ton. A broadcast by Radio
Lima said the military had sus-
pended constitution guarantees.
The U. S. and Venezuela quickly
suspended diplomatic relations
with Peru, and Venezuela limited
it might ask the Organization of
American States to help restore
constitutional government.
MEDICARE through social
security was in effect killed
this session of Congress Tues
day when the Senate voted 52-48
to table a compromise measure
which had the backing of Presi-
dent Kennedy. A coalition of 81
Republicans and 81 Democrats
IL of them Southerners includ-
ing Sens. Byrd and Robertson
OF Northumberland up to de-
feat the measure which had
been offered as an amendment
to a welfare bill. The President
called the decision a major set
back for the nation and vowed
to take the issue to the people
in the November Congressional
elections. Even if the bill had
passed the Senate. it is unlikely
it would have won House APP
proval: but the administration
has hoped to at least bring the
issue to a vote in the House.
SOVIET SPY DR.. Robert Sob
len was denied his plea for free
dom by British court Wednes-
day. but he was granted the
right to appeal. This appeal
will delay his return to the
U. S. Where he jumped boil
shortly before he was scheduled
to begin serving a life sentence
for sending American military
secrets to Russia during World
War II.
A BALLOON l3 stories high
was ! II n CHI G d into space
Wednesday from Cape Canav-
eral. The shiny sphere was car
ried aloft by a Thor missile
and inflated as it separated
from the missile. The balloon,
which was not intended to go
into orbit. was the forerunner
of new series of Echo com
munications satellites W hich
will be used to bounce radio
signals, thereby providing COM
munications between two points
on earth in much the same
way that a mirror can reflect
light around a corner.
THE SOVIETS accused the U.
S. of wanting disarmament only
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