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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

Three members of The Farm
vile Herald staff have been cited
by the Virginia Press ASsocia-
ton for outstanding achievement
in news reporting, feature writ
ing and news photography dur
ing 1861.
William B. Wall, Ben j. Bow
ers and John c. Steck will be
among Virginia neWsmen claim
ing honorS during the state asso-
cations annual Awards Ban
quet in Richmond Saturday
night.
The honors were won in the
VPA's annual writing and photo
graphy contest. The contest has
separate divisions for daily and
weekly newspaper competitions.
Awards
Bowers won two awards. TAX
ing first place among weekly
staffers for news writing and
honorable mention for feature
writing ~-.
Wall gave The Herald second
first place in winning the No |
award for news photography.
Steck received honorable men-
ton in the weekly competition
for a series of news articles.
The association awards $25
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
1e-Day Tobacco
Sales Holiday
To End Monday

Auctions Of the 1861 crop Of
Virginia dark tobacco will re-
sumo at Farmville and other
state markets next Monday, Jan.
8. after a 19-day holiday interrupt
ton.
Approximately 40 percent Of
the crop remains to be sold, and
tobaccomen say that active mar
kets can be anticipated with that
much remaining unsoid. 4
I'VE anticipate heavy sales on
reorening day and throughout
the first week." T. B. Hall, Jr.,
president of the Dark Fired To
bacco Growers Marketing Asso-
citation, told The Herald today.
Ask Good order
Hall said growers had a good
season for preparing leaf when
the holiday closing started. and
that considerable tobacco is
ready for marketing.
Our greatest hope is that
growers get tobacco in better
Of more suitable condition. They
hurt themselves the last two days
before the closing with poor or
dering and the average drop
ped" Hall advised.
The average here dropped
from $33.l5 to $37 SO on dark fired
leaf before the holiday closing.
Tobaccomen attributed most Of
that to the heavy percentage OF
the leaf in unsafe ordering sold
without benefit of support prices
With grower receipts already
totalling 1925 ,848, the resumption
of auctions will Sc the million
dollar point reached and easily
exceeded during next weeks
regular four-day auction.
Season Figures
The Farmville Market has
Continued IN paRe y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
Ruritans ToMeet
Here January 9

The annual dinner and plan
ring meeting of Ruritan Clubs
in Zone 3. Apponlattox District
of Ruritan National. will be held
Tuesday. Jan. 9, at 2 pm, at
Farmville's Hotel Weyanoke.
Incoming and retiring officers
of the Zone clubs at Birkeville.
Buckingham. Cumberland. Cha.
lotte, Evergreen and Pamplin
will attend.
Charles D. MAYER. of Rich
nlond. national director of Ruri-
tan National, will be the guest
speaker.
Heading the visiting leaders
will be E. A. MoSeley. Jr.. Of
Midlothian. governor Of Apo
nlattox District.
Other area leaders Gaming to
help with the planning session
are W. Ben wilkinson, Jr.. Of
Kenbridge, aud l.. A. Startling.
Of Keysville. past ApponlattoX
District governors, E. c. Elicit,
Jr., Of Burkeville. retiring lieu
tenant governor of Zone 3, Luth-
err T. Nash, of Pamplin. incoming
lieutenant governor. and Chan
ming H. Moon. Of Buckingham,
past secretary treasurer. Of
AppOnattox District.
Plans and projected activities
for the coming year in Zone
will be the major topic Of discus
sion.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
4 County Officers Allotted
$55, 399 For 1862 Operation
Debbie Lou Combs
Debbie Lou Combs
7-P0und Girl First '62 Arrival

Debbie Lou Combs prizes out
weigh her 10 to one, but she won
them fair and square being "a
hours ahead of any rival in the
Herald area 1862 First Baby
contest.
Debbie Lou arrived at South
side Community Hospital pre-
cisely at 3:45 pm, on January
l, 1862.
She is the first born of Mr..
and Mrs. Gene Combs, of Beau
mont. Powhatan county.
Vital Statistics
The vital statistics computed
at mid-afternoon on the first day
of 1862: seven pounds, one ounce,
20 riches long. Though puck
ish pink is her predominant col
or just now, the pink is topped
with dark hair and dotted with
dark blue eyes.
Debbie Louis mama is the for
mer Nancy Lou Barden, Of Jet
ersville. Her father. Gene Combs,
a Cumberland native, is a super
visor of boys at the Beaumont
School for Boys.
It was the 'ather who sup
piled the vital statistics, in the
hospital corridor as Mrs. Vera
Harrington, nursing supervisor
in the nursery, brought Debble
Lou to her mother for picture
taking. 1t wasn't hard to calcu-
late that Debbie's going to grow.
Gene Combs at % stands 6'3"
and weighs 2l4 pounds.
Everybody Happy
During the brief photo session.
Debbie Lou had the quiet dignity
suitable for baby who decided
to contribute to her share to the
early expenses Of parenthood.
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
S even Inches Deep

Snow. seven inches of it, swirl
ed into the Farmville area, soon
after the new year rolled around.
A low pressure area and frontal
system moved through the state
early Monday leaving most sec
tons blanketed with the largest
snowfall this winter.
Fair weather returned on
Tuesday, but below normal tenn
pel'atweS remained and kept
the snow from making rapid
disappearance. E. F. Striplin.
local weather observer. said he
measured seven inches of snow
Tuesday morning.
Snow Results
The snow extended the school
holiday for children in Prince
Edward ard adjacent counties
for a least one day and in some
instances more. Highways were
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
SeIf-EmpIoyed, 4.7%

A new social security tax rate
went into effect for nine out Of
ten working people on january /,
1862.
For employed people. the 1862
rate is 3hs per cent payable by
both employee and employer, a
total increase Of ono fourth Of |
per cent. For SeH-employed peo-
pie, the new rate is AZ per cent.
an increase of three sixteenth Of
l per cent. The maximum taxable
earnings remain 81 800 during the
year in earnings. net income from
self--empl0yment, or a combina-
ton OF both.
In dollars and cents the increase
means that an employed person
earning $4,000 or more during
1862 will pay $50 i'll social secu-
rity tax instead Of the $l44 be
paid on these earnings in 1851.
With g weekly checks totalHns
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
Favorable Season
Favorable Seoson
Good Crop Year viii Leave More
Money In Farmers P0cketb00ks
Farmers in Virginia will put Edward

Farmers in Virginia will put
1861 down in their books as good
crop year - a year in which most
of them made money.
The states Crop Reporting
Service places the total value of
1861 crops in Virginia at $685.
587 900, up eight per cent from the
$2S3, $3.50, 900 in 1860.
The season for the year just
ended turned out to be exception
ally favorable for crops through
out most of the state. That goes
for Prince Edward and its neigh
boring counties, says Dudley
Peery. county agent in Prince
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

Edward.
Peery sizes the year up as one
good for most farmers. He terms
1861 as one of the best years for
corn, hay, pastures and small
grain. For tobacco. it was a
slightly different. stsry. iSsme
farmers got a good tobacco sea-
son, others didn't fare quite so
well,' said the county agent.
Ideal Season
An ideal summer growing sea-
son provided the area with high
per acre yields of corn. A yield
that tied, with the record Of So
bushels per acre in 1858 resulted
in total production of almost %
million bushels in the state. The
1859 census of agriculture put
Prince Edwards corn yield at IS
bushels per acre. Perry reports
that that was doubled and tripled
in many cases last year.
Per acre hay yields topped all
previous records. More hay was
made during 1861. although some
OF it was lost at harvest time as a
result of unfavorable weather.
The crop Reporting Service
placed the states production total
for the year at more than two
million tons. Alfalfa. clover-tim-
othy-grass mixtures and lespedeza
were principal contributors to the
record yield both in the state as
we'll as locally.
Top Wheat Yield
Wheat and. other small grains
responded well to the good grow
ing season. Record yields we're
again posted by most farmers,
the states production averaging
us bushels per acre compared
to a l0-year average Of only 1913
Continued on Page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
seIfEmpIoyed. 49,
Employee Plus Employer Social
Security Tax Rate Now 61A Percent

81 800. about II cents more will
be withheld from each check. His
employers tax will also he about
II cents more a week.
SeU.Enployed
A self employed person netting
as much as 81 300 will pay SOS 80
instead of $2l6 for the year.
Spread over II months. this is
about 70 cents more a month, or
by the quarter. $3.50.
In. line with its policy of setting
a schedule Of social security YAK
rates sufficient to meet the cost
Of all present and future insur-
ance benefits. the Congress pro-
vided for the increase to finance
four significant program changes
effective with the 1861 amend
ments signed by President Ken
edy late last June. These chang
eS:
Continued an nara ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
Internal Revenue
Service Hours
Are Announced

The Internal Revenue Service
office IN Farmville will be open
each Friday, effective today
through April 6. AM Stoeplen,
district director announces.
Effective April 9, the office
will be open to assist taxpayers
from 8:l5 am. to : nm uatll the
final day of filing returns. April
16
The deadline for farmers 10
file returns is February Is.
The Internal Eeyenue Service
request that citizens have their
records in as good a form as
possible when they come &C the
office for assistance. The Office 5
phone is Export . 1899.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
NATIONAL
!. NEWS
/ SUMMARY
.,.. !. !,
DEFENSE MATTERS
RAIL TAX RELIEF
NEED CLASSROOMS

PRESIDENT KENNEDY con
ferred with his key adviser:
Wednesday on defense matter
at his vacation headquarters j.
Palm Beach. Fla. It was an
nounced that two national guard
units from Wisconsin and Texas
will be deactivated and replaced
by two new divisions of the
regular army. The change viii
take several months. Discussing
military strategy with the Presi.
dent were Vice President John.
son. Secretary of Defense Mac
Namara. deputy defense secre.
tary Gilpatric. special presiden.
tial adviser Gen. Maxwell Tay
lor. and members of the joint
Chiefs Of Staff.
TAX RELIEF for Virginia r
railroads and the possible use Of
highway median strips for fast
rail transit were among the
recommendations Wednesday by
the Virginia Advisory Legisla
tive Council to boost saggine
railway passenger travel. This
form of travel is estimated te
have declined 80 per cent since
1916. The VALC also suggested
the General Assembly pass a
resolution urging Congress to
repeal the 10 per cent federal
excise tax on public transporta'
ton. The relief measures, il
adopted by the Assembly, would
save the railroads an estimated
rs million dollars a year in
state taxes.
CLASSROOMS built in Vir.
ginia's public schools last year
totaled 1000, but the state still
needs an additional 3.943 new
classrooms according to the U.
S. Office of Education. The re.
port showed that 1902 new
classroonS are needed to ac-
colnmodate e e s S enrolment
and l,641 more to replace I'm.
satisfactory facilities. 1t said
Virginia has an excess of 6l,O2C
public school pupils. based on
the desired ratio of 80 pupils
per teacher in the elementary
schools and 25 per teacher in
the high schools.
PREMIER SALAZAR of Por-
tugal said Wednesday his nation
'Wiu surely be among the first
countries to leave the United
Nations organization Criticiz-
ing the UN. the U. S.. and
Britain for falling to support
Portugal when India invaded
the Portuguese territory of Goa
Continued on pags ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
Vaughan Elected
Chairman, Air
Condition OK'd

In their first session of the
lew year, Prince Edward cOun-
" supervisors reelected w. w.
Vaughan as chairman for 1862,
and approved salary and ex-
,ense ALLEGATIONS for county Of
icers in the IL months ahead.
C. w. Gates was reelected
,oard vice chairman.
The 1862 ALLEGATIONS were
hose worked out by the State
Compensation Board. which
;::xes constitutional officers sal
ary and expense authorizations
.oughout the state.
Supervisors have hte right to
Dpeal. but elected to accept the
Locations which in total repre-
ent about a three per cent in
crease over 1861. A number OF
modest raises in annual COM
sensation, principally for depu-
les, are included.
To Air-Ccndition
The board also gave final APP
prevail to a project to air-con-
dition the Circuit Court Room
with the work scheduled next
spring. The firm Of Hinant.
Addison and Hinant, Lynchburg
architects and consulting engi-
1ers, made tentative calcu-
alton, subject to firm bids, of
;15. 600 as the cost.
The supervisors rejected. pro-
posals of extending the air-con-
ditioning throughout the judicial
suite of judges chamber. jury
rooms and counsel conference
room, and for a project for total
air-conditioning of the court
house building.
A tentative proposal of am
other late winter foX-trapping
program was made. but tabled
to permit board members6 to
feel out public sentiment md
sportsmen's opinio before
reaching any decision. Super
visors expressed the hope that
county people will make their
wishes known in this regard.
The county has had anti-rabies
trapping programs in effect the
past three winters.
Court Briefing
Commemorative attorne
Frank NJ Watkins briefed the
board members ON expected
procedures during next Mon
days tJanuary 81 oral argu-
ments before the Virginia SUI
preme Court on the petition for
a writ compelling the reopening
of public schools here.
Watkins said j. Segar Gravatt
and Collins Denny, Jr., special
counsel for the board, against
which the action is sought, will
present the arguments for the
county. One-hour periods will be
allotted to counsel for all sides,
including the Commonwealth
and the attorney for the Negro
plaintiff.
The highest state court will
convene in its Richmond cham
bcrs at $50 am. with sessions
open to the public as long as
limited spectator room lasts.
Salaries. Expenses
The annual ALLEGATIONS to OPP
crate the offices of the Com
monwealth's attorney. treas
urer, commissioner of revenue
and sheriff will total SIS, 1893 for
the year Of 1862. This is 81. 400
greater than funds allotted dur
ing the past year, or about
three per cent.
Prince Edwards share Of tho
cost will be S24,287. with the
State providing the greater por-
ton Of $50. 237. State and county
are half and half partners in
CONTINUED on page 7,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
Snow Swirls In With New Year

kept open Monday night and IN
Farmville, a new snoW-removal
policy went into effect without a
hitch. Mayor w. F. Watkins, Jr.,
expressed pleasure with the man
ner in which town street were
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

effectively cleared for traffic be-
fore the Tuesday working day.
As the new year made its bow
a wet enc came to an end. Strip
Lin reports that precipitation for
Continued on Page y
Evening star., 1962-05-27
The Changing Scene
By JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Star Staff Writer

THE MEN ofthe Grand Army of the Repub-
Il lie were fast becoming a fraternity Of
cane-carrying gray-beards when some Ofthem
rallied in 1894 at the famous Crosby House
at Third and C streets NV, where the Fed
eral Courthouse now stands.
The Civil War had been over for nearly
30 years, but the Union veterans Organiza-
ton was an active force in America, made up,
as it was, of men in their 4Os, Sos and Cos.
Their reunions were often mileStones oftheir
mature years, and Washington was often
where they met to talk of the old days and
the old battles
Some Of these grizzled veterans are in
this picture Of Crosby's (above), one of Wash
ingtons bestknown hostelries before the
turn of the century. II was located on the
northwest corner. at 248 Third street NV.
The corner as it looks today is shown below.
Leland Stanford Mccarthy, managing d.
Do you haze amy photographs of old Washin
photo selected for publication. The date and Ioc
MGil yours to the Changing Scene Editor, SUM
Washington 3, d. C. Photos accompanied by q
Evening star., 1962-05-27

rector Of the Better Business Bureau of Metro
politan Washington, who lives at 3O53 Chest
nut street NV, sent the old photo to SUN
DAY. He is the babe in arms on the balcony
third from lefD with his mother, Mrs. John B.
Mccarthy, who died in 1910. The little blond
standing beside him is his sister, Mrs Henry
Parsons.
The hotel was opened during the Civil
War and was operated until several years
after the turn of the century by his grand
mother, Mrs. Hannah E. Crosby, wife Of Capt
Francis w. Crosby After their deaths in
1905, the hotel continued under other pro-
prietOrs for another 10 or Is years Eventu-
ally, the property was acquired by the Fed
eral Government for the fine new courthouse
now standing there.
Mr.. McCarthy's father was member of
The Star staff and his aunt was Society Editor
Of this newspaper, he recalls.
a? The Star ,Ul pay IS for the use of any original
m must be knotOn and the picture must be clear.
Z, The Star Magazine, 225 Virginia Guenue Sc,
mped addressed enueIOpe tUiU be Tettyned)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

The answers from both cam
puses was indeed. yes.
Dr.. Charles Vail, academic
dean at Han1pden-Sydney, said
his institutions orientation is de-
signed ito provide the most in
telligent, the most efficient and
the most profitable initiation OF
the students academic career"
At Longwood, DR.. Gord.o
Moss, dean Of the college, said
that the orientation there, in adj
dition to easing the adjustment
to campus life seeks in its funda-
mental purpose to: I'D engender
a discipline of the mind, 20 fix
creative attitudes in a new phase
Of the students life, and 80 to
bring the realization right away
that this is final preparation for
effective living.
Dean Vail said "the serious
ness of students is changing for
the better and he added that
this. in coed part, could be
tagged to the sputnik period.
Our deans list is growing in
numbers, and the general AGA
demic average of the Hampden-
Sydney student body rose two
full points in the 1961-62 session,
from 81 to SO.
Dean Moss said Longwood has
Continued on Page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
$l3O,OoO School
Fund Drive
Gets Underway

Solicitation has begun for a
scholarship fund to assist par
ents in Prince Edward County
who patronize the Prince Ed
ward School Foundation schools.
The minimum goal is $13O, 200
according to Verle v. Gordon,
chairman of the fund drive.
Committees are being complet-
ed in each district in the county
this week, and active soIci-
tation will begin.
DR.. Roy Hsrgrove will direct
the campaign in Farmville. Rob
ert E. Taylor heads the cam
paign in the county, with chair
men and solicitors in each dis
trlct.
Chairman Gordon pointed out
that the scholarship fund is
needed to relieve hardship on
many patrons who have been
q n e d scholarship payments
provided by the State and
County statutes. Over half of the
patrons pay the full tuitio n
charges, and about half will
need assistance in varying
amounts to meet the payments.
he said.
Our committees urgently re-
quest every citizen to make a
contribution to this fund accord
ing to his ability. And it will be
remembered that these solicitors
are giving of their time to meet
this situation. They deserve and
l am sure, they will get a
prompt response from the people
OF Prince Edward County" he
said.
Report meetings will be ar
ranged. and we hope this cam
paign can be concluded prompt
ly in order that requests for
scholarships can be met early
in the school year. BY so doing
the Foundation can complete
its financial plans for the com
ing year" he continued.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
XII dnaping Hoax
CIR Gates Stir
In Cumberland

CUMBERLAND, Sept. 20 .
Bonnie Persnger, a 13-year-old
blonde from Covington caused
quite a stir in Cumberland Tues
day night. She called her par
ents from public telephone
booth in Cumberland Tuesday
afternoon and told her parents
she had been kidnapped and was
being held for $1,000 ransom.
She said her kidnapers we're
forcing her to make the call and
they demanded that her parents
bring the cash to Cumberland
at 10 pm. and deposit it under
tank at the rear of the C&P
Telephone Company building.
Mrs. Persinger, of Covington,
Immediately notified the police
and a swarm Of local officers
and state police went into &C
ton.
The police Immediately locat-
ed Bonnie in the telephone booth,
making a call to a girl friend
who lived next door to her Gov
ington home She talked for
about two hours without inter
ruption. She told her friend,
Pamela Welcher, that she was
talking from a pay station,
where it was and even the
number of the phone. insisting
all the time that her armed
abductors were nearby.
The police dragnet form e d
around the spot, keeping a close
watch on the kidnapped girl, hop
ing to pick up some sign of her
(Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Count voeoney Filled
D. Carleton Mayes Named
Judge OF 18th Circuit Courts

Dinwiddie county's Common
wealth's attorney. D. Carleton
Mayes, was appointed by Cover
nor Harrison on Tuesday. to the
4th Judicial Circuit Court bench.
Mayes succeeds Judge j. Gar
land Jefferson, Jr., of Amelia,
who resigned effective August 81
Judge Jefferson was appointed
to the bench in April 1888 by
Governor James Price, and in
his letter of resignation to Gov
ernor Harrison in May this year,
he gave as his reason for resign
ing ION account of my advanced
age" He is n.
The Governor had high priase
for his appointee endorsed by
state Senator John H. Temple,
the Petersburg Bar Association.
which includes attorneys from
Petersburg, Colonial H G h t S,
Dinwidde and Prince George
counties. and Delegates Arthur
H. Richardson, of Dinwiddie. and
w. Roy Smith, of Petersburg.
Governors Praise
Il have confidence that my
choice. who has spent all his life
in Southside Virginia. is equipped
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

by background, training and edu.
cation to become an able Judge
and to serve with distinction tc
himself and credit to Virginia in
the judiciary of the state was
the Governors statement.
MayeS managed his guberna-
torial campaign for Harrison in
Dinwiddie county, last year.
The new Judge, AZ. married
and the father of two children
has rracticed law in Dinwiddie
county since his graduation from
Washington and Lee where he
received his law degree. Earlier
he had gotten a BIS. degree
from Hampden Sydney College
AT Washington and Lee, he was
a member of the WI Law Re
view. Omicron Delta Kappa, ma
tional honorary leadership fra
ternity. and the Phi Delta Phi
legal fraternity.
A past president of the Wilson
Hebron-Ford Ruritan Club, he
has been secretary-treasurer Of
the commemorative Attorneys
Association for the past siz
years. He has also been a past
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Post-Sputnik Era
By JOHN STICK

Yesterday they were secondary
school young people under the
watchful eye of parental discip.
line. Today they are college
freshmen strictly on their own
initiative far from home re.
straints.
Yesterday, they were the
young Of American homes, many
simply bundled off to college to
make sure they acquired the
status symbol of a degree. To
day, they are our future gener-
alton whose seriousness of pur-
pose or lack of it may be the
difference in the nations fight
for its existence in a chaotic
world.
LOngwOod and Hampden-Syd-
ney Colleges have just completed
their customary orientation of
new students, who this year are
the one-in-four selections from a
list of applicants far exceeding
available space and facilities.
We've gone to the colleges in
recent days with these ques-