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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03
Dumborton College

Forty girls will graduate
from Dunbarton College at
1890 am. today. They will
hear a commencement address
by DR.. Sterling M. McMulrin,
United States Commissioner OF
Education.
Dunbarton'S baccalaureate
services were held yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03
GuIIuudet COLLEGE

Gallaudet College has a ten
tative list Of IS candidates
for degrees and diplomas.
Boisfeuillet Jones, special
assistant to the Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare,
will be the main speaker at
Gallaudet's 98th commence
ment at 1890 am. tomorrow.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered at 8 O'Clock tonight
by the Rev. Frances E. Rein
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schaeffer of 825 BOnifant
street, Silver Spring, cele-
brated their 5Oth wedding
anniversary yesterday. Mr..
Schaeffer, a retired part
ner in the Silver Spring
Piano Co., Is a native of
Luxembourg. Mrs. Schaef-
fer Is a native Of Ger
many. They have four
children, IL grandchil.
dren and two great
grandchildren.
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Club Plans Cruise

st. Matthews Cathedral Club
will hold its sixth annual moon
light cruise at 8:15 pm. next
Sunday from pier four, Maine
avenue. The cruise will go to
Mount Vernon and back.
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II Schools in Area Set
Graduation Exercises

erciSes and the baccalaureate
will be held on Healey Lawn,
or in the gymnasium If the
weather Is bad.
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Tuesday lon Feature Puse): eOOIs.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
College To Open Bids On Dorm
For 200 More Students Today

Sealed bids for the construc-
ton of a dormitory at Longwood
College will be opened in h e
office of Fred o. Wygal, acting
president, at 2 pm, tod a y
Tuesday,.
Estimated cost of the three
story building to provide ad-
detional space for 200 students is
$500, 900.
College officials say construc-
ton will begin approximately 80
days after opening of the bids
and completion date will be
about a year later. probably
November 1868.
To be located on the vacant
lot at the corner of Madison and
Ely streets. the structure will be
of the design, shape, and APP
proximate size of Wheeler Hall
except for little more length.
This is necessary to take care
Of the 16 more students it will
house than does Wheeler Hall
Thompson and Payne, of Roa-
noke. are architects for tn e
building as they were for Wheel
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

er Hall, its sister dormitory.
The new building will not in
crease the college enrolment by
200 but will bring it up to over
1900 students. Six students are
now housed on the second floor
of the infirmary until OF h e I
quarters are available, officials
added.
At least four more dormitories
in the project will be construct
ed over the next ten years, &C
cording to estimates stated by
Dr.. F. G. Landlord, Jr., college
president. With these additions
it is expected that Longwood
College enrolment will be APP
proximately 1000 by 1870. There
are now 1882 students in the
dormitories and 81 day students
at LongWood College.
The physical education build
ing at the college is the only
building now under construction
and estimates are for it's com
pletion by November /, this
year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Vepco Appoints
Lane Successor
For Rural Work

Samuel j.. Smith, West Vir-
GINA University graduate in
agricultural mechanics, has been
appointed rural representative
for Virginia Electric and Power
Company at Farmville.
He succeeds Kenneth w.
Lane, who was recently trans
ferred to Fredericksburg.
The new appointee, native
of Upper Tract. w. Va. will COW
err the counties of Prince Ed
ward, Appomattox, Cumberland,
Amelia and Nottoway. His work
will be with rural and farm
customers.
Smith is married to the form
err STAMINA Propst, of Franklin,
w. Va. and at present resides
in South Boston while complet-
ing his preliminary training with
Vepco.
The family soon will move to
Farniville.
Smiths appointment was an
nounced by c. A. Smith. Vepco
district manager at South Bos-
ton.
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first gathering called us later to
express their thanks and to say
what a nice time they had,"
Mrs. Watkins said. Mrs. Ralph
D. Wilson, Mrs. M. Henry Bit
finger and Mrs. James M. Helms
compose the committee u n d r
Mrs. Watkins Craftsmanship.
and were on hand to assist
Thursday night.
A home front attempt to meet
the American problem of useful
and pleasant activity for those
of advancing age, the organiza-
tional party started with t h e
guests filling in information
cards. These gave a record of
their preference for future meet
ing times, their hobbies an d
their choices should future &C
tivities include crafts and edu-
cational or informative pro-
grams.
Then came the group singing
with the stately club house re-
verberating with the echoes of
Smile A While, Let Me Call
You Sweetheart Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" and o theirs.
For the major portion of t h e
evening the hostesses assisted
in dividing the group into four
somes for their choice of cards.
The party ended with the re-
freshments and fellowship.
AS in most pioneering tasks,
this first step was no earth
shaking event. But from t h e
vantage point of the jet aircraft
age, the efforts of the Wright
Brothers seems pretty feeble,
too.
Prince Edward county has.
the 1860 census shows. 1,412 per-
sons IS years of age and over,
Or 10 per cent of its l4,l2l popu-
lation. Farmville alone, t h e
same census figures say, has
more than 1000 persons so years
Of age and over.
For those Of this number who
are undiminished in physical
energy, alert in mental capacity
and amenable to friendly So
liability, the Woman's Club in
tends to see that they aren't for
gotten.
With the aging present here in
abundance, with ingenuity and a
community concern, there can
be a lot of future building on
top of Home On the Range"
and a game Of canasta.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

tiffs asked Judge Lewis Septem-
Der Z to compel the supervisors
to provide local school funds.
When this was rejected, the
Negroes submitted and then
withdrew an order that would
have shut down schools through
out the state until Prince Ed
ward schools are reopened.
The defendants state and To-
cal school authorities and the
board of supervisors - asked
Judge Lewis to postpone the fed
eral court proceedings until a
test case is concluded in Rich
mond Circuit Court. This too
was rejected.
The test case. filed in Rich
mond circuit court by the coun-
ty school board, asked the court
in Richmond to decide who has
responsibility for operating pub
lie schools under the State Con-
situation when the local govern
ing body refuses to provide
funds for this purpose.
But Judge Lewis said this was
not a proper issue. The sole
question to be resolved is wheth-
err the public schools of Prince
Edward can be closed to avoid
the provisions of the Supreme
Courts school desegregation de-
cision of 1854 while other schools
are open. Lewis explained.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
New Buildings
To Be Dedicated

The Lancaster library and
Wheeler dormitory at Longwood
College will be dedicated Octo-
Der 2, at l pm. in Jarman Hall.
The library will honor president
emeritus Dabney' Stewart Lam
caster and the dormitory is be-
ing named in memory of the
late Miss Leola Wheeler a form
er faculty member of the col
lege.
Leonard G.. Muse, chairman of
the State Board of Education,
will give the dedicatory address
for the Lancaster library. DR..
Lancaster will respond to this
dedication.
The dedication for Wheeler
dormitory will be presented by
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Education Series, 9Th, Last
Education Series 9Th,
Summary: Let Common Sense Prevail

spread misinterpretation. either
innocently or willfully. His ideas
led to such excuses in some
grade schools as playing grocery
store in order to learn numbers
land social concepts. where
children spent hours painting
boxes and signs to make play
store. The fact that children are
happy learning just plain num-
berS land many delight in it,,
provided the teaching is done in
meaningful and interesting
manner. was completely ignored.
Dewey Extreme
Fortunately. most Americans
now regard Dewey's philosophy
and that of his oftentimes social
istic- minded followers as too ex-
IRENE. but hard-to-dislodge
core of these ultraprogressive
ideas still cling in many school
systems.
For instance. the writer has
been told recently about the pro-
gram of school, in another To-
cality. which is used as a train
ing school by a state teachers
college. The curriculum provides
for woodworking shop for first
grade pupils. and all third grade
pupils learn how to make a
shirt. The point is not that learn
ing to use tools in the first grade
or learning to make a shirt In
the third are a waste of time.
BUT if these activities are al
lowed to replace time spent on
the more traditional subjects of
grade c h DOL. then one may
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
BY JACKIE WALL

What happened in the last sew
eral decades to c h a nge the
schools in the United States?
Somehow or other the emphasis
shifted from the teaching of aca-
demic skillS and the worlds
knowledge "a firm basis on
which to build true creativity
and wisdom. to emphasis, all
too often. on social studies. on
teaching m e tn cd S and not
content. on numbers of teachers
degrees and not ability to inn
part knowledge, on the develop
ment of personality in students
and group compatibility. on hav-
ing fun. etc.
Only just recently are we be-
ginning to shed the idea that to
be an honor student is some
thing shameful and to be hidden
at all costs. AS a matter of fact.
studies show that the brighter
students are usually more lad
justed" and more physically
well-developed than those less
gifted. rather than being the
one-sided scholar grind so often
pictured as the typical intellec-
tual.
Well. it all apparently started
with John Dewey. and the rest
Of the country took it from
there. Rather. the educators
took it from there, and the nom
educators let them Dewey en-
phasized learning through ex-
perience,' a valuable principle,
but one that lent itself to wide
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

There would be no further or
ders to carry out this policy I'M
til the case is reviewed by the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
and the United States Supreme
Court.
The judge has refused to order
the county board Of supervisors
or the state to appropriate funds
for the opera tion Of public
schools. He rejected this idea at
a hearing September Z.
Neither does the order re-
strain state officials from proc
essing vouchers for state school
payments in other localities. If
the judge does prohibit the pay
ment of funds to other localities.
it will in effect cut off state
school funds, which in most
counties, runs about One-half the
total school budget. This might
cause a number Of schools to
close down for lack Of funds, if
the courts use this means to
implement the general policy de-
termined by Judge Lewis.
S. w. Tucker, counsel for the
Negro plaintiffs, said if Judge
Lewis enters the order as draft
ed, he will appeal as quickly as
possible to the U. S.. Fourth Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
The order as drafted probably
won't satisfy the defendants or
the plaintiffs. The Negro plain
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Three Sailors
Charged With
Prospect Break-In

Three sailors have been charg-
ed with the breaking and enter
ing at Woodlawn Service Station,
Prospect. which took p lace
August 81. The three men, John
A. Smith, Larry Matzke and
Charles Divel, 1922 years of
age, are stationed aboard ship
at Norfolk.
They were arrested in Hamil-
ton and were also charged with
breaking and entering in Marion.
j. w. Overton, deputy sheriff,
went to Marion Sunday, and
obtained the confession of the
three men after questioning
them.
No date has been set here for
their preliminary hearing.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

Saturday. Oct. 6, will be the
final day for registration for the
forthcoming, general election.
Registrars in other area coun-
ties maintain varying schedules,
including in some counties, visits
to localities on specific days.
The final day for registration
this time is Octobe. 6 every
where, however.
House Voting
The general election balloting
on November 6 will involve
members of the House of Rep
resentatives and ratification or
rejection of three proposed
amendments to the Virginia Con-
stitution.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt,

Rep. Watkins M. Abbitt, of
,Apponlattox. is unopposed in his
bid for another two-year term
in the lower legislative body at
Washington. The vote for an I'M
opposed candidate is considered
a form of endorsement, or
lack of it, however.
Charlotte county voters in the
Fifth District will find the name
of Rep. William M. Tuck on
their ballots. All other Herald
counties are in the Fourth Dis
trict now served by Rep. Alb
bitt. Every seat in the national
House is involved in November S
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

about six weeks ago, following
contract to lay 1850 feet of
pipe line and build two, two
acre lagoons.
Already, two miles of this line
have been put in and as you
travel along the village roads
and streets you see pipe along
the roadside, ready to be put in:
men and machines digging
across streets, and men placing
pipe into bitches already dug -
John West, of Altavista. is the
operator of the big machine
known as a Bockhoe, and at
present is opening a line on
the east side Of the village back
of the home of Mrs. T. S. Bruce.
Other men and machines are
working on Church street in
front of the Jackson Building.
One and one-half miles from
the Court House on Court House
branch a d. and Dc BULLDOG
ers are clearing the field to
build the lagoons.
John Fuller, of Amelia. who
is employed by the Amelia coun-
ty Sanitation Commission, as in
spector, would appreciate it if
property owners would contact
him when the line nears their
property so. if they would like
any changes made as to where
the connections are to be made.
he could make any adjustment
necessary before the actual
lookup.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Senior Citizens Club Launching
Brings Enthusiastic Response

ments and a spacious. comfor-
table atmosphere, and you have
a delightful evening. That was
the feeling Of both the sponsors
and the SO years old and over
guests at the conclusion of the
party.
II think everyone had a won
derful time, and we are very
happy about the response, Mrs.
Frank H. Watkins, chairman of
the Womans Club Senior Citi-
zens committee, reported later.
Many of those attending the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

Singing is universal in its ap-
peal from six to sixty.
A game of cards warmed with
the congeniality of friendship is
an interesting pasttime at any
age.
That might be said to sum-
Marie the Senior Citizens or
ganizational party of the Farm
vile Woman's Club Thursday
night at the Women's Clu b
House.
To group singing and setback,
canasta and bridge add refresh
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Lower School PTA
To Meet Thursday

The FarnNille Lower School
PTA will meet Thursday night
in the Prince Edward County
Court House at 8 o'clock, Presi-
dent Robert B. Burger announc-
ed today.
Teachers will be introduced,
and Mrs. Nell Griffin, chairman
OF the Longwood College home
economics department will be
que st speaker, the president
said.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Judge Drafts Order, Invites
Counsel To Meet With Him
Order Restates Broad Policy,
But Does Not Indicate ''H0w"

District Judge Orn R. Lewis has drafted copy order
1l-year-old school case
Prince Edward the intended been
sent all the lawyers involved the The
invited discuss the order with Judge Lewis
avey set for Wednesday, October his chambers
repeatedly reteaon Of the general policy
Judge Lewis handed down July which
closed
avoid effect the law Of the land interpreted
Supreme Virginia permits other
schools open the expense the taxpayers
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Post Office Mail
Slots Relocated

The mail slots at the new
Farmville Post Office have now
been relocated in the lobby, and
patrons can now drop mail in
chem from $50 am, to 9 pm.
Previously, these chutes were
located inside the main post Of
flee room, and were not avail
able to the public after the
doors from the lobby to the
main room we're locked at S
pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

question their value.
1t was also learned that gradu-
ates of the college training high
school were conceded by an Of
fetal to be behind the graduates
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Blood Program
Faces l25-Pint
First Quota Test
IT'S Prospective
Donors Needed For
Success Friday
By JOHN STICK

The only place in the world
where the physician can get a
pint Of human blood when a life
is at stake is from another hui
man.
The only possible way for the
cost Of this vital element to be
free is for people to donate their
blood and services which the
private blood bank must charge
for to stay alive financially.
These two facts are the funda-
mental basis of the American
Red Cross blood program, which
begins in Prince Edward county
Friday. Sept. %, with the first
visit Of the bloodmobile from the
ARCS Appalachian Blood Center
at Roanoke.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
? Weeks To Register
Weeks To Register
State Constitution Amendments
To Heighten Election Interest

Voter registration books here and throughout state
close after Saturday Oct for 80 until
election general registrar Prince
ward county, reminded today.
For those wishing register the registrars office the Prince
Edward County Court House Monday p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

of the regular public high
schools. but that after they were
in college, they did better in the
long run.
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
\ EXCHANGE IN THE U.N.
. ORBIT TRY DELAYED
|, ARGENTINE UNREST

THE u. S. AND RUSSIA
squared off over Cuba at a ses-
sion of the UN General Assem-
bly, Friday night. Soviet For
eign Minister Andrea Gromyko
accused the U. S. of aggressive
acts toward the Castro regime
in a 9O-minute general policy
speech. Chief U. S. delegate
Adlai Stevenson replied that the
Soviet Union is threading tn e
peace By supplying military aid
to Cuba. I'VE are not taking and
will not take offensive action in
this hemisphere; neither will we
permit aggression in this henn-
sphere" he said.
THE 1OOTH ANNIVERSARY
of first public draft of tn e
Emancipation Proclamation was
marked Saturday at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D. c..
President Lincoln's famous proc
lanlation which was supposed to
end slavery in the seeded states
did not officially take effect un-
til Jan. l, 1868. Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller presented the draft
to DR.. Allen Nevins. chairman
of the National Civil War Cen
tennial Commission. It was sent
to Albany, N. Y, in 1865 and
ratified off at a bazaar for
for wounded Union soldiers. The
state of New York bought it and
has possessed it since. The cere-
monies also featured a recorded
address by President Kennedy
and remarks by Adlai Steven
son and U. S. District Jud 6 e
Thurg00d Marshall. The docu-
ment will remain in Washington
for about a month before being
returned to Albany.
WALTER SCHIRRA, who was
scheduled to blast off fir o m
Cape Canaveral Sept. % on a
six-orbit flight, will have to wait
at least until Oct. 3. Techmcians
found a sticky valve in hi S
capsules automatic control sys-
tenn. causing officials of the Ma
tonal Aeronautics and Space
Administration to postpone the
flight. Schirra has dubbed his
space capsule the Sigma 7. Sig
ma z follows John Glenn
Friendship 2 and Scott Carpen-
ter's Aurora z; in each case the
2 has stood for the seven origi-
nal astronauts.
THREE OFFICIALS of tn e
University of Mississippi, tn e
chancellor, the dean, and the
registrar, were cleared Friday
of contempt charges stemning
from the failure of the school to
enroll James Meredith a %.
year-old Negro, the previous
day. U. S. District Judge Sidney
Mize ruled that the board OF
trustees, not the school officials
had the sole power to admit
Meredith. The 10 members ot
the State College Board, which
in effect is the board of trustees
for all state colleges. were to
appear in court Monday on the
same contempt charges. Mere.
dith was denied admission after
Gov. Ross Barnett personally
interviewed.
IN ARGENTINA air and
ground forces supported by
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25
Public Sewerage System Rapidly
Becoming A Reality At Amelia

AMELIA, Spet. 24-The sew
erage public system. project
which has been pending in
Amelia for three years, is now
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

rapidly becoming reality.
The English Construction Co.
of Altavista. with their equip
ment, moved into the village
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

Mrs. Anne GRAHAM, general
chairman of the blood program
for the Prince Edward r d
Cross Chapter, said today donors
should report to the collection
center at Memorial Armory at
the time they indicated on their
donor cards.
She urged group chairmen to
return cards Immediately SO that
proper scheduling can be ar
ranged. Monday morning S h e
had only so donor cards against
a need of us to make the first
visit quota-filling success. The
ArmOry will be open from noon
to 6 PM, for blood collection.
Success in Prince Edward
county which means meet
ing at least 80 per cent of the
125-pint quota for each quarterly
bloodmobile visit will COM
pletely eliminate the charge for
blood at Southside Hospital and
other Red Cross blood bank
hospitals for county residents.
The Southside Hospital m u t
charge $25 a pint for blood OBJ
tanned from private bank. If
the SIS connot be paid, the hospi-
tai substitutes a two-for one pint
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-25

IN ARGENTINA air and
grou d forces supported by
Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1962-01-06
Observation-Disclosures
1907 SLEAFORD PLACE

$4,000 3O-YEAR FHA LOAN
AVAILABLE. 3-bedroom brick
Colonial with > screened
porches, living room with fire
place and beautiful wooded
lot. Walking distance to pub
lie and Dar0chial schools. One
Of our BEST home buys. Mrs.
Brewer. WO. $4,000.
Directions: Out Connecticut
Are. to EdSt-West Hiohwdy.
left approximately - mile 10
CheltOn Road beside B.-C.C.
High School, right to Sled ford
Rd. and right I block to Sled-
ford Pl. and left to home.
Evening star., 1962-01-06
CHEVY CHASE, MD.-SI9,5OO
35l5 Turner Lane
CHEVY CHASE, MD.-S3O.95O
1906 WOODBINE STREET

BETWEEN THE CLuBssenter hall 8bedOom Colonial
fishwasher disposal Convenient everything
Directions: Avenue approximately A mile
past Bradley Lane to Woodbtne st. and left home~
Evening star., 1962-01-06

Plans for construction of a
2,200-unit apartment project
at the intersection of Shirley
highway and Duke street,
Alexandria, we're revealed
here this week in announce
ment of the formation of a
joint venture.
Sol C. Snider of Snider
Bros, Realtors, announced
sale of a SO per cent interest
in a 70-acre tract on the
northwest corner of the in
tersection. The sellers were
Meyer Major and Sam Selsky
and the purchaser was Kent
Washington, Inc.
The owners will join to
develop the apartment prof.
ect, Mr.. Snider said, and