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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
DR.. Coppedge
Starts Medical
Practice Here

DR.. Charles w. Coppedgc, SO
began his practice of general
medicine n Farmville. opening
his office last Wednesday. His
office is located in the Farm
vile Crea merry building or
North Virginia street.
He has been a resident Of
Powhatan, moving there at the
age of II. He received his BIS
degree from Tie University OF
Richmond. and graduated from
the Medical College Of Virginia
In 1859. He served his intern
ship at c h arlest ton wv. Va
Memorial Hospital.
DR.. Coppe0ge served with the
U. S. Navy for five years as a
commissioned officer, before at
tending medical school.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
Regional Bee
Faces Spelling
Winners Tonight

The chance to move on to the
National Spelling Bee in Wash
ington on June comes tonight
Monday for school bee win
ners and rumners-up in Buck
ingham. Cumberland. Charlotte
and Prince Edward counties.
They will compete with win
ners in 10 county and city di-
visions at William Marvin Bass
School in Lynchburg.
The county winners and run
ners-up moving on to Lynchburg
tonight will be presented c a S h
prizes by The Lynchburg News,
the former $50 and the latter
SIS. The regional winner gets
an expense-paid trip to Wash
ington for the national bee al
the Mavflower Hotel
Miss Lucy Adams. headmls
tress 81 the Prince Edward
Academy Lower School. and
Claude ". Anderson. Bpcking-
ham attorney. will Join Mrs. Es-
Their Wheeler. of Lynchburg. as
judges for the regional bee to-
night.
Competing tonight from local
counties will be: Buckingham
Ronnie Garrett and Carolyn Ann
Smith; Cumb erl md. Betty
Bowles and Alma Lee Bryant;
Charlotte. Forrest Eudailey and
M garet Ann Jones, and
Prince Edward, Ronnie johnson
and Patricia Slaytou.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
Pc Watershed
Easement Push
Talks Thursday

Representatives of the Farm
vile town council. the Prince
Edward county board of super
visors and the Farmville Cham
Der of Commerce will meet here
Thursday night. April 9. for an
information and planning ses-
sion with the Buffalo Greek
Watershed Committee.
Immediate area of discussion
will be the securing of ease
ments necessary before ad-
ditional construction is possible.
The town council and county
supervisors this month provided
identical $3.50 appropriations to
assist in obtaining easements. A
Chamber of Commerce commit
tee has been helping the Water
shed Committee in this phase Of
the preliminary work.
H. M. Collins. are conserva-
ZIONIST. Of Chase City. will be
present Thursday night to assist
with planning.
Only one O the nine water
impounding structures has been
built on the 77,O0O-acre Prince
Edward county project. Funds
are available for additional con-
Struction when the necessary
easements are on file.
The meeting will be held in
the town council chamber at
8 pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
Bells Of Freedom
Peal Out Thursday
In Thanksgiving

Bells will peal out across the
nation Thursday, April 10, at
the stroke Of pm, in dem
onstration of patriotism and ma
tional unity under sponsorship
Of The American Legion.
A moment of prayer to God
for the Nation is asked during
the dramatic demonstrate Of a
dynamic conviction of Ameri-
canlSrn.
John M. Bub. commander Of
Farmville's Jack Garland Post
30, stated. I'VE have asked all
citizens and especially churches
and schools to participate in
ringing bells of freedom and
praying fervantly with us in
Thanksgiving. May VIC rededi-
cate ourselves to true patriot
ism with the help OF Almighty
God"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
BY JOHN STICK

Life memberships in the Vir-
ginia Congress Of Parents and
Teachers were presented to five
local P-TA members Friday
during the annual meeting of
the Farmville District P-TA at
Dillwyn Elementary School.
Presentation of the life mem
bership certificates recognized
long service to local P-TA's and
the District by the five recipi-
ents. Life membership funds 60
into Virginia Congress pro-
gram of providing scholarships
to young people preparing for
teaching careers.
The five recipients were J. A
Hazlegrove. district director,
and E. Armstrong Smith. of
Cumberland, Mrs. w. H. Chap
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
H-SC Announces
Commencement
Speakers June 3, 4

The l36th commencement eX-
ercises will be held at Hamp-
den-Sydney College on June 3
and A.
DR.. John K. Roberts. pastor
of the First Presbyterian
Church. Danville, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon in
College Church at II am. ON
Sunday, June 5.
The commencement address
will be delivered in Johns Audi
forum on Monday morning at
II O'Clock. by James F. Oates,
Jr., of New York. president Of
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society OF the United States.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17

Congress theme. Families and
Communities Mold responsible
Citizens.
Smith reviewed legislation in
support Of education enacted by
the 1862 General Assembly.
Summarizing the legislators
work in this field, Smith said,
Il think l can safely say that
more was done at this session
for education in Virginia than
was ever done in the history of
the State
The Cumberland superinten-
dent also saw a portent in that
legislation. declaring his opinion
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
Union Service
Of Preparation
Wednesday AT 3
Churches Plan
Pre-Easter Holy.
Week Rites

An interdenominational pre-
paratory service will be held
Wednesday at 8 pm, in Farm
vile Presbyterian Church under
the sponsorship Of the Farmville
Ministerial Association.
The ministers of the Associa-
ton said the union service is
designed to prepare the hearts
of Christian people for the
events of Christs crucifixion
and resurrection and to serve
as spiritual preparation for later
UNCONVENTIONAL observances of
the Sacrament Of the Lords
Supper.
The Rev. James c. Murphy.
pastor of Farmville Methodist
Church, will preach the sermon
Wednesday, Farmville Metfo-
dist, Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches and Johns Memorial
Episcopal Church are uniting
for the Wednesday union serv-
ice.
The Ministerial Association in
vites other worshippers to par
ticipate.
Other Holy Week services to
precede Casters eliminating
worship are planned by a num-
Der of churches, too. including
the Presbyterian. Episcopal and
Lutheran Churches.
Johns Memorial Episcopal
Church will cele brat e
communion during a Maundy
Thursday service at 7:3O pm.
A Good Friday service at y
/ noon viii mark the seven last
words of Christ. The service
will last an hour Or less. DR..
Charles E. Fishburne, Episcopal
rector, has announced.
Farmville Presp ian
Church will have a Holy Week
communion service at 8 pm,
on Thursday. The service will
include reading of the story of
Holy Week, special music and a
communion.
St. Johns Lutheran Church
will conduct a Good Fri
day service at pm. with the
Rev. Donald G. Ortner, pastor,
in the pulpit.
Longwood and Halnpden-Syd-
ney Colleges will have student
services preceding Easter in OBJ
servance of Holy Week, also.
At Hampden-Sydney. a Holy
Week service will be held in
College Church at 1880 am,
while Longwood students will
have a Sunrise service at Gas
am, Friday. The service will
be held in the sunken gardens.
The Friday Farmville Herald
will include accounts of the
Easter services planned by the
various churches. Numerous
sunrise services on Easter Sun
day are being planned, and
these will be included.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17

Miami, and has served as a
District Executive in the South
Florida Council and the North
Florida Council, Boy Scouts of
America.
He is married to Margaret H.
Lewis and has two daughters.
Sherlene LaVerne. six years of
age, and Janelle Karen, five
years of age.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
P-TA To Meet

The John Randolph Elenen-
tary School P-TA will meet
Thursday. April 10. at s pm,
in the school auditorium.
Mrs. Georgia WilkerSon, home
agent in Cumberland county,
will be the guest speaker.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
Interesting Election Races
Develop In Five Area Towns
Brooks Qualities
For Reelection
In Farmville

7. w. Brooks. Jr.. an incum-
bent councilman qualified for
reelection to Farmville town
council Thursday afternoon, to
raise the number of candidates
to seven for the four available
seats.
Brooks was nominated to run
for the position at a public
meeting April 6. but following
the meeting he said he did not
think he would seek reelection.
80 many people called and
asked me to run, that l had to
reconsider my previous de-
cision.'' Brooks explained.
Brooks will be seeking his
second term as councilman.
having been elected four years
ago. He is chairman of the
street committee, and holds po-
sitions on the important prop
erty and finance committees.
He is an official in the Robert
A. Smith construction company.
The three other incumbents
also have qualified for the cleo
ton. They are Mrs. Grace Cor
don, A. o. Lafoon, and c. J.
Cox. Three other candidates for
the council are Mrs. S. w. Put
ney, j. M. Watson, and w. B.
Wall.
DILLWYN. April 16 = The
election in Dillwyn will find con-
testants for the mayors position
as well as the six council seats.
R. j. Jones, incumbent mayor,
will face opposition from R.
Kenneth Ransom. Both are mer-
chants in DillWyn.
One councilman will not seek
reelection. This is R. B. Ran
son, who has been a member of
the council since DillWyn was
incorporated in 1912. He is the
oldest councilman in the state
OF Virginia and according to
available records is the oldest
councilman in the nation.
The five incumbent council
men who have qualified for the
election are j. Leslie O'Bryant.
Austin c. Goode. F. H. Self,
Thomas N. Morgan and Grover
G. Jones. The three challenging
candidates are Paul D. Seay
Edward LeSueur and H. l.. Por-
ter.
CHARLOTTE C. H., April l6
"A wide-open race has develop
ed at Charlotte C. H., with
three candidates for, the mayor
and eleven for the six council
positions.
Mayor j. Hobson Norvell will
not seek reelection. However,
three men have qualified for the
position. They are David C.
Watkins, Leo Garrett and Har-
old Hardinge.
Incumbent council1nen who
are seeking reelection are w.
E. Daniel. Taylor Dunnavant,
R. B. Gaulding and j. E. Mills.
Other candidates for the coun-
Gil are A. B. Williams, Miss
Mary Eggleston, Durwood w.
Ramsey. Lewis T. Williams,
Jesse T. Paulett, R. B. Moore,
and Mrs. Margaret H. Bradner.
No opposition has developed
for the towns of Keysville and
brakes Branch. so no election
will be held in those towns, ac-
cording to E. H. Hoy, clerk of
Charlotte county.
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
~
NV. LANCASTER, R.
! BIG STEEL BOWS
! PRISONERS FREED
} NAVY EXERCISES

BIG STEEL bowed Friday to
pressure from the administra-
ton and Cancelled its price in
crease Of S. a ton which q. s.
Steel Corp, the nations largest
producer, had announced late
Tuesday. It was a clear-cut and
significant victory for President
Kennedy who, visibly angered,
had charged the steel conaosn
with disregarding the national
interest. Op hearing the news
the President said. The people
of the United States are most
gratified. Attorney General
Robert Kennedy. although elated
by the price cutback, said it
will not have any effect" on
federal grand jury investigation
he has ordered in New York into
possible violations of antitrust
laws by big steel.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY a
former naval officer. watched
the Atlantic fleet and segments
of the U. S. Marine Crops go
through their PAGES over the
week end. He flew to Norfolk
Friday and spent the night a.
board the command ship North
hampton as she sailed south
ward to a point so miles off the
North Carolina coast. There a
notilla of 40 ships with more
than 10000 men went through
antisubmarine. carrier. and mis-
sile-firing maneuvers. Later
in the day the President went
ashore and was joined by the
visiting Shah of Iran and other
dignitaries to watch the ma
rines assault an enemy" beach
at Camp Lejeune. N. C.
SIXTY EX-PRISONERS ar
rived in Miami Saturday aboard
a commercial airliner after hav-
ing been released in Cuba. They
participated in the unsuccessful
Bay of Pigs invasion last year
All of them were wounded or
injured in the invasion attempt,
and they were rushed imnled-
lately to a Miami hospital for
medical treatment. Their re-
lease was negotiated by a team
of four representing a Cuban ref
ufee organization in Miami. The
negotiators said Castro ordered
the release after they promised
to deposit rs million dollars in
a Canadian bank payable to
the Cuban national bank. They
expressed the hope that all of the
1.l79 prisoners will be eventual
~ ransomed.
IN FRANCE President deGual-
lie accepted the resignation of
Premier Michel Debre and other
members of the government Sat
urday. Debre has served as
premier for IS months, which is
something of a record in France
Later in the day. Georges
Pompidou, Paris banker and
longtime friend of deGaulle S,
was chosen to try to form a new
government. On Friday former
Gen. Edmond Jouhaund was
sentenced to die for leading the
outlawed GAS in Algeria. IN pro-
test the GAS called a strike
which paralized Algiers.
PREMIER K H R u S H C H E v
has rejected an appeal by Presi-
dent Kennedy and British Prime
Minister to agree to a nuclear
test ban with an adequate in
Spection system. Instead he has
vowed to match the West test
for test, underwater. under
ground. in the atmosphere. and
Continued on page Ii
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-17
From, M;om;, Flo.
from Nt0mI1 TO-
New District Scout Executive
25-Year Veteran In Boys Work

Clifton H Lewis. Jr, Of Miami years
Scouting appointed district Powhaan
District Piedmont Council Boy America
Evening star., 1962-08-31
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

I'VE cannot hope for society
to achieve perfection" said Ar
thur Goldberg, although he
looked as though he thought
that, for once, it had.
In being named as a Su-
preme Court Justice, he was
realizing a lifelong dream. That
would have been quite enough
But there was more. President
Kennedy had picked Willard
Wirtz. his dear friend, his first
aide and his first choice, to
succeed him as Secretary OF
Labor.
Arthur Goldberg's cup was
running over, and he didn't
care who knew it.
Mr.. Wirtz sat beaming on his
right side. Mrs. Goldberg and
her son Robert sat beaming on
his left side. When he and Mr.
Wirtz came in As minutes late
from Chicago yesterday, the
reporters stood up and ap-
plauded. The press conference
that followed was more like a
wedding reception. full of un-
ashamed emotion. congratula-
tion and inquiries as to how
it had all happened.
Mr.. Goldberg said he was
delighted beyond words" He
said that none of the develop
ments of the last two days hac
pleased him as much as the
Evening star., 1962-08-31

that fear and suspicion are
influencing Soviet policy las
in the West"
Radio Moscow said Mr..
Thant's speech was translated
into m any languages and
broadcast in full abroad, but
only excerpts were carried on
the home service Cor Soviet
listeners. The radio editor on
duty today said he was unable
to say just what excerpts were
broadcaSt-or when.
AS recorded by the Associated
Press a Friday evening Soviet
broadcast of Mr.. Thant's mes
sage included only his express
sions of gratitude to the peo-
pie and the government of the
great country for having made
this visit possible" and for his
warm and friendly reception. p"
1t referred to his discussions
with Soviet leaders on world
problems. and said they i'm
pressed me with their striving
Evening star., 1962-08-31

the Defense Department said
on August 20:
The data so far available
indicate that as a whole the
belt is decaying by a factor of
two in a period of two to three
weeks"
Such decay rate would
mean that, within 20 to 80
weeks-late 1862 or early 1868
the belt would be down to
only about one-tenth of l per
cent of its original intensity.
DR.. O'Brien'S data indicates a
much longer lifetime.
The Iowa scientist defined
the belt as a swath of high
energy electrons about 1000
miles wide, coming as close as
between 100 and 200 miles"
from the surface at a point
over the Atlantic just south of
the equator. The heart of the
belt contains particles with
energies of about Is million
electron volts. Electrons are
tiny negatively charged bodies
about 10000 the mass of al
oxygen atom.
y Peak intensity OF electron
; in the natural Van Allen be
See BELT. Page A
Evening star., 1962-08-31
GOLDBERG REJOICEs
Some Dreams Come True

They are feelings of great
gratitude to the President.
They are feelings of happiness.
They are feelings Of pride and
of humbleness. I feel a foot
taller than I did earlier this
morning. 1t is a reflection
of the character of the man
who just spoke that, as he rose
before you as the newest as
sociate juStice-With the con-
sent of the Senate-it was to
speak to you of his successor.
Il suppose that democracy
would make no apology that oc-
caSions of this kind would be
no changing of the guard but
rather a strongly emotional.
personal experience"
God fulfills himself in
many ways" he quoted from
Tennyson. "'lest one good habit
should corrupt the world.
". Or, if you will, corrupt
the Department of Labor" he
added.
He was asked what was the
greatest problem he inherited.
Arthur Goldberg" he said
promptly.
He was asked if there would
be any change in direction.
None, he said. from refurbish-
ing Pennsylvania avenue to
dealing with the Metropolitan
Opera.
The less people notice any
difference, the happier I will
be-"
Evening star., 1962-08-31
Montgomery Boy Dies
Of Sleeping Sickness

A Montgomery County boy
has become the victim Of an
outbreak of sleeping sickness
that has hit the Florida west
coast resort area around st.
Petersburg.
The boy, Richard Willard
Martin, Is, of Spencerville, died
Saturday in Orangeburg, S. c.
while on his way home from
Florida with his family.
Pinellas County CFla.) off
cials have reported 108 sus-
pected cases of the illness.
formally called encephalitis.
and say they suspect eight
deaths have been caused by it,
according to the Associated
Press. Health officials say it
is caused by the bite of mos
quitoes carrying the disease.
South Cardinals health Off
Ger, DR.. G. S. T. Peoples, has
cautioned residents of his State
to steer clear of the west coast
area if they visit Florida.
Richard, his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Willard Martin, and his
brother, Kenneth, 8. were on
their way home from Orlando,
which is in the center of Flor
ida, when Richard became i'll
in South Carolina.
He was taken to the Orange
Evening star., 1962-08-31
By DANA BULLEN
Star staff Writer

Four young lawyers who live
near Southeast Washington's
Marine Barracks today lost a
legal skirmish with the Corps
over parade parking arrange
ments.
The Corps, represented by an
attractive woman lawyer, won
dismissal of the residents suit
to halt exclusive use by the
Marines of the Ninth street
S.E. block where they live.
The four lawyers, who live at
901 G street Sc. wanted to
stop the Corps from barricad-
ing the block between G and I
streets Sc. Friday evenings
for parade guest parking places.
They said that while their
own cars were ticketed, the
parade guests were directed by
the Marines to parking places
that blocked sidewalks and
rutted graSSed areas.
THE police have abdicated
their responsibility and the
Marines have just taken the law
unto themselves" Jack M.
Goldklang told District Court
Judge William B. Jones.
Mr.. Goldklang, 25. became
indignant when he discussed the
barricades and Marine guards.
That's not the Brandenburg
Gate" he said, that's Ninth
street on a Friday night"
"Abutting property owners
would like to have at least the
same rights as anybody else, >
Mr.. Goldklang argued. His
three roommates nodded theil
Evening star., 1962-08-31

Wirtz Plans No Shift in Labor Policy.
Louds Goldberg. Poee A-3
Presidents appointment of
Mr.. Wirtz.
Nor was he alone. he said.
Mr.. Wirtz was the choice of all
floors of the Department of
Labor, The very best man for
the job" his only candidate.
The country is to be con-
graduated, said Mr.. Goldberg.
Among the first to rejoice,
when Mr.. Writ own turn
came. were lovers of the Eng
lish language.
A man of grave demeanor
and elaborately noncommital
manner, Mr.. Wirtz gave ex-
preston to his feeling in a flow
of graceful and impromptu
eloquence such as this city of
Federal prose seldom hears.
Mr.. WirtZ has been known to
have a way with words. He
wrote speeches for Adlai Ste
venson in two presidential cam
paigns. But he cam also talk,
and for Is minutes yesterday
his sentence scared and
swooped and wound to per-
/ feet close. He opened with a
pun, a quotation from Tenny-
son about the old order and
a tribute to Arthur Goldberg.
/ " You will know that I have
feelings well beyond what
would like to confess" he said
Evening star., 1962-08-31

1OuT SeCEGI IHlllIdIy SdG6lllIeS
have been launched this year.
several of them into orbits that
almost certainly go deep into
the heart OF the belt.
DR.. Brian O'Brian, at the
State University of Iowa in
Iowa City, said in a telephone
interview yesterday that only a
major sun-spot storm would
wipe out all traces of the high
energy radiation band before
mid-l963. Since the sun-spot
cycle is entering its quiet phase,
such a storm is unlikely, DR..
O'Brian added.
The Iowa physicist. a close
associate of the original radia-
ton belts discoverer, DR.. James
A. Van Allen, has been OBJ
serving the artificially created
band by means of a small sat-
elite called "Injun." Based on
about a months data from
Injun, DR.. O'Brian said, per-
sistence of the belt can be pre-
dicted "for many months. pos
sibly of the order of a year.
Early Government announce
ments gave the belt a mucl
shorter life expectancy. Tn
Atomic Energy Commission ant
Evening star., 1962-08-31
Parking Suit Is Added
To Marine Victory List

approval from a nearby counsel
table.
The Marine Corps was rep
resented by Mrs. Ellen Lee Park,
an assistant United States at
torney. She argued the Corps
wasn't doing anything that it
shouldn't do.
Mrs. Park said the Commis-
sioners have given the Corps
the authority to use the space
for parade parking. She said
that parking is a privilege, and
the residents lacked standing
to sue.
1t was the permit given the
Corps by the Commissioners
that decided the matter. Judge
Jones dismissed the suit be-
cause it had not been brought
against the District.
The judge said the District
was a necessary party because
the residents had based their
suit upon the alleged invalidity
of the permission given the
Corps.
The suit was against the
Secretary of the Navy, the
Commandant of the Marine
Corps and the commanding
officer of the Marine Barracks
at Eighth and I streets Sc.
Il guess we didn't make
enough copies," said one of the
young lawyers, as they left the
courtroom. Mr.. Goldklane
said the residents were con-
sidering an appeal.
The other three plaintiff:
were George Fleerlage, 80,
Gerald Kadish, Is, and Howard
Karasik, also 25. All four are
employed by Government sgen.
cieS,
Evening star., 1962-08-31
Smallpox Scare
Quuruntines 200

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 (AP) =.
persons suspected OF
having smallpox definitely do
not have the disease, Bellevue
Hospital said today.
The cases had caused a quar-
antine of 200 persons at Idle
wild Airport, where they had
arrived from Brazil.
Instead of having smallpox,
the hospital said, the two per-
sons were suffering from mite
infestation. The patients are
to be kept at the hospital four
or five days for treatment.