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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Supervisors See State Court
Finding No Basis For Haste
Boards Statement
On Court Decision

The following is the full
text Of the statement on this
weeks Supreme Court de-
cision by the board of sup
ervisors given to news
men by Chairman w. w.
Vaughan Tuesday:
The Board Of Supervisors
Of Prince Edward County is
greatly pleased with the de-
ciSion of the Supreme Court
of Appeals of Virginia an
nounced on yesterday.
I'VE intend to give the
most careful consideration
to the decisions which must
now be made by this Board.
It should be apparent that
those decisions cannot and
should not be made until we
have had ample opportunity
to study the effect thereof
and to ascertain the desires
of the people of the County
to whom we are responsible.
The law does not contem-
plate and the grave RESPONSE
bilities involved do not per-
NIT precipitate action on our
part. We will announce our
decisions in due course as
they may be reached
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09

mowers. lawn furniture, gym sets,
etc.
This will be the first Grants
store ever 10 locate III Farmvllle,
and Manager Carter said this
morning that he is very pleased
to he III Farmvllle and is looking
forward to the opening Of the
store. SO he can begin to serve
the people Of this area.
Grants is the latest store to 10
cate IN the Farmvllle Shopping
Center which has been developed
in the last three years by Mar
rice II. Large and Lester E. An
drews. Also in the Shopping Cen
ter are a Safeway Stores Super
Market. OWen-Sanford Drug Com
pany. State operated ABC store,
Sherwin-Williams Paint S store.
The Wash Bowl. The Farnville
Manufacturing Company retail
store, and a suite of offices.
"'..,i2n =. Grant. founder G.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
BY BETTY Upton

CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE,
March 8 = The directors of the
organization to promote indus
try for Charlotte county decided
to become Incorporated and sell
5000 shares of stock at $50 per
share, when they had their first
meeting Tuesday evening.
Every citizen OF Charlotte
county will BE- given an oppor-
tunity 10 buy at least one share
OF stock. spokesman said.
The IS directors had been
elected Tuesday evening a. week
ago when an open meeting was
called Of county citizens inter
ested IN this project. Some 100
people attended.
The directors decided to name
the new corporation the Char
lotte Industrial Corporation, Inc.
us registered agent will be w.
T. Ingram, of Charlotte Court
House, who is chairman of the
board. The home office of the
corporation will be the county
seat, Charlotte Court House.
a vote was taken to increase
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Area Baptists'
Conference On
Set

The AppomattoX Baptist As
sociational Evangelistic Confer
ence will be held at the Farm
vile Baptist Church on March
IL with services beginning at
7::30 pm, the Rev. R. L. Owens
by, of brakes Branch, Associa-
tional Evangelism chairman, has
announced.
Outstanding leaders in adult
and young peoples work from
Virginia and North Carolina will
lead the conferences. Miss Joan
Spencer. BSU director at Long
wood College, will be conference
leader for young people. Mrs.
Ray Mckay, of Wake Forest,
N. c., will be the conference
leader for the ladies'. Ben Dud-
ley, layman from Lynchburg
will be the conference leader for
the men.
DR.. Ray Mckay, professor of
preaching at Southeastern Bap-
tlst Theological Seminary. viii
bring a special message entitled,
THE Message of Evangelism. =
Special music will be rendered
by the BSU Choir Of Longwood
College. Everyone Interested
in carrying out the task of evan
gelism for Christ is urged to at
tend this conference. Rev. Nh.
OWnsby states.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09

The w. T. Grant Company S
new store will hold its Grand
Opening in Farmville next Thurs
day. March Is. The official open
ing. with ribbon cutting ccre-
mcny, will be at 10 q M Farm
vile Mayor William F. Watkins.
Jr.. Will perform the rbhcn cut
ting in the presence Of company
officials, who will be here for the
Grand Opening.
The new store IN the Farmvllle
Shopping Center is one Of the
largest stores in Farmville. with
a 1873 foot front and % feet deep.
1t is completely modern. with ex-
cellent lighting. ultra modern dis
play counters. air conditioning
and all the trimmings.
An outside area facing Fourth
street, is also part Of the store.
This will be the Garden Center, "
manager B. B. Carter said. It
VII! include such items IS Lawn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
or the opening of bids.

for the opening of bids.
Plans and specifications have
been drawn by Hinnant, Addi-
son and Hinnant, Architects and
Engineers. of Lynchburg. The
firm. which was architect for
the Court House building. esti-
mated the cost Of the project as
between $4,000 and $4,000.
Supervisors again refused to
honor a request to pay tuition
money charged by the City of
Springfield. Mass. for the pub
lie junior high school education
of Prince Edward Negro child,
Brenda Smith. She was enrolled
in Buckingham Junior High in
that city in January. and the
bill was for $212.50. a fractional
part of the years full tuition of
$425.
Last month. the board denied
Continued IN Gage 7
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Charlotte Industrial Corporation
Begins Effort To Raise $175. 600

the directorate from Is to l6.
James H. Hammer. of Keysville,
was elected its newest member,
Ingram read a letter from the
party interested in locating a
plant in Charlotte county. Sew
eral OF the other directors agreed
to meet with Ingram and the
company party Friday to dis
cuss further plans. These will
be presented at the next meet
ing of the l6-man board,
Each director was furnished
with cards to be signed by any
one interested In obtaining in
dustry for Charlotte county. ALI
subscribers will be given 60
days notice before any money
will be collected. The goal is to
have $4,000 pledged in the
next 80 days.
Anyone wishing to help who
has not been contacted is re-
quested to get in touch with w.
P. Ingram or T. R. Watkins in
Charlotte Court House. James
H. Hammer in Keysville, or ~.
e. Franklin IN brakes Branch.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
s25o,ooo Saved
By Fund Action

Prince Edward county Of
ficials took action Tuesday
which will save the county ap-
proximately S25O,00O in school
construction costs.
The savings will result from
applying Sl75.l57.24 remaining
to the county's credit in unused
Battle Fund" money to the
balance owing on a Literary
Fund loan of $564.0O
The loan was obtained in 1852
to help finance the construction
Of the $850.00O R. R. Motion High
School. The loan, which has a
3O-year $4,000 annual amorti-
cation schedule, plus interest,
has present balance of
$4l3, 800.
8 Less Payments
Applying the Battle Fund
credit to this remaining balance
will eliminate nine and a frac-
ton OF the yearly repayments.
save about $4,000 in interest
charges, and reduce the loan
balance TO $233,443, or by 40
per cent.
Prince E wards original
share of the SIS million fund.
uncovered during the admins
tration Of Governor John S.
Battle and divided among colm-
ties for school construction aid.
was $469.OO5.
The county school board used
S293,848 Of its share in 1852 TO
help finance Motion High, with
the balance obtained through
the l. rary Fund loan of
$564,000. The unused S175,l57.24
portion of Battle Funds was not
then available, and the county
has since had no school con
struction against which to apply
it.
$4,000 Interest
Literary Fund loans bear two
Continued on Page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Proof OF Gods Existence From
A Philosophical View Explored
BY BEN BOWERS

The Proof for Existence OF
God" was the topic of a lecture
presented to the Longwood Col
lege student body Tuesday by
DR.. Mortimer J. Adler, philoso-
pher.
Adler. an author and scholar,
is associate editor of the Great
Books Of the Western World. He
came to Longwood Tuesday
under the auspices of the Visit
ing Scholars Program of the
University Center in Virginia.
veral philosophers have
proved the existence of a god,
he noted in the beginning, but
added that this god is not the
God of estern religious
thought. This proof is not valid
for most western peoples be-
cause it concerns the god of the
philosophers. not the God wor-
shipped by Abraham and Isaiah.
To explain how one can he
certain that anything exists. Ad-
Ter said there Is existence by
inference from the past and the
fact that one lnt,uts his own ex-
iStence.
Concept Of God
A concept of God is necessary
before His existence can be
proven. To answer the question.
What is God?" Adler said
there are only three POSSIBLE
ties. They are: % God is I'M
like all the things Of the world.
~ God is essentially like all
the things Of the world. and 80
God is partly like and partly un-
IKE The thing: G The weird.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Rites Held For
Man Hit By Train
Here Saturday

William Welton, of Route 2,
Farmville near Dowdy's Corner,
was killed Saturday night about
ILLS pm, when struck by a
WeStbound Norfolk and Western
Railway freight train near the
Buffalo Shook Company cross
ing.
The 47-year-old Negro was
dead when Farn1ville police,
nothing the long string Of freight
cars was not moving, investilga-
ted at the scene with the help of
trainmen.
Dr.. william p. Terry, Prince
Edward county medical exani-
ner. ordered a blood alcohol test
made through the office Of the
Chief Medical Examiner for Vir.
glnla. Results of the test have
not yet been received here.
He is survived by hi, wife and
eight children.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Grand Opening Of ". I. Grant Store
Next Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Grants, parlayed a sound mer-
chandising idea and $1,000 into
the nationwide family of stores.
Grant opened his first store Dec.
6. 1906 in Lynn, Mass, as a "25c
Department Store" It set out TO
fill the family needs in the pricing
gap between 5 and lnc stores and
the large department stores.
His phenomenal success is at
tested by the fact that today there
are over 900 w. T. Grant stores
serving communities in A states.
Grants has a full credit pro-
gram. including 30-dayS accounts.
a Credit Coupon Plan. and special
accounts for larger purchases.
In addition to our credit pro-
gram. our customers will find
the lowest prices available any
where. plus the added savings of
S&H Green Stamps" Carter add
ed.
Continued &c gage y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09


The snow piled up nine inches
on Monday. Tuesday and Tues
day night added four and a
half more inches and in some
cases made deep drifts as a re-
suit of winds estimated at IS
miles per hour. Gusts of wind
exceeded the IS mile per hour
estimate.
The area escaped major dam
age in the snow storm. Other
areas Of the state Jared much
worse as lengthy power failur-
es and severe water and wind
damage mounted up, particularly
along the coast. Only limited
traffic snarls were reported in
the area Of Farmville while
deeper SHOWS stalled highway
traffic III many sections of the
state.
Mti CuIN OTOpS 10 II
The low temperature for the
past three days was u degrees.
warm compared TO the II and II
degree lows of last week. A high
of - on Wednesday helped melt
the snow at fast rate.
Farnlville $ snow removal pol
icy got a good workout With the
most recent snow Town Mana
ger 7. w. Bloomfield, when ask
ed TO comment on the snow re-
nOval. said, Il just hope we
don't have any more He added
that everything went perfectly
with the temperature being a
big help.
A total of 30I nlanhourS were
expended by members OF the Pub
lie Works Department tC clear
the town S streets. The cost to
the town was $373.5S. The latest
snow upred the total manhours
required for removal to l,l82 for
the winter at cost of 81, $40.
Feed The Birds
Taking a beating with the snow
are the birds. A number Of per-
sons have contacted The Herald
TO urge people in the area TO feed
the birds. These people will be
interested to know that at least
one organization is doing some
thing about the plight of their
featered friends Members of the
Cumberland Future Farmers of
America chapter purchased some
bird feed. and Farmers Coopera-
tive matched their purchase
pound for pound,
Continued ON page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
School Board
Begins Budget
Preparations

The Prince Edward county
school board, still operating
under Virginia law as well as
orders of the Federal District
Court. this week initiated school
budget-making for the fiscal
year commencing July I.
The board is required by law
to have the budgets, in this case
covering the 1928 school term,
in the hands of county super
visors annually on or before
April l..
Superintendent T. j. Nell
waine said the committee was
directed to prepare two budgets.
One would provide for a deseg-
regated public system for all
county pupils. the second for a
public system to provide for all
students not enrolled in the pri-
vate Prince ward School
Foundation system.
Two Budgets
Mc1lWaine said the first syS-
tenn. the only all-mclusive kind
which could be operated under
existing court orders, will prob
ably require a budget Of be-
tween $500. 200 and 5000. 900. The
second budget for about 1900
pupils, pri m arily Negroes.
would total about $3.50. 900. This
budget would assume that all or
most white children would con
tinue in the private system.
The two budget method was
first used last year when the
school board attempted to dis
charge its school planning func-
ton on a realistic" basis.
State Funds
Both budget totals include an
ticipated state funds available
for any public system. State
funds would cover more than
half Of the cost of each system
under present statehood finan-
cling plans.
The superintendent said the
figure Of "about 1000 pupils for
the second system was arrived
at based on results of the recent
school census and a pupil sur
vey made as part of the school
boards court-ordered continuing
planning tasks.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09

Inc statement, issued by W..
w. Vaughan, board chairman.
indicated the supervisors pleas
ure with the court decision. In
that d e CT s ION, the Supreme
Court held there is no state con-
stitutional requirement that the
board Of supervisors appropri-
ate funds for public schools.
The Court held that: % the
Virginia constitution m a k e S
county tax levying for schools a
matter entirely Of the board s
discretion. and ~ that such tax
and appropriation authority in
the field of public schools is a
legislative function reserved to
the board over which there can
be no judicial compulsion.
Appointments Made
During their formal March
session Tue sday supervisors
acted on matters Of civil de-
snfee, improvement to the Court
House, a second request for tu-
ltion money from Springfield,
Mass, fox trapping and a con-
tract for fuel at the Jail.
The board also announced that
its annual public meeting for
h G airing Cecondary and new
highway requests for construc-
ton or maintenance will be held
at II am. on Tuesday. April 3.
-Four appointments of key per-
sonnet for the county's civil de-
Tense program were made on
the recommendation of Thomas
W. Bloomfield. county CD dil-ec-
tor. The appointees are:
Col. D. w. Paulette, Farm
vile postmaster. county coordi-
nator: A. E. Koch. assistant CO
ordinator:; Vernon C.. Womack,
county clerk, chief adnlimstra-
tive officer. and Otto S. Over
ton. Far1nvllle Police Chief,
chief Of the CD Police Division.
Air-ConditiOn Bids
Work on the advertisement of
bids for air-conditioning the Cir
cult Courtroom and jury room
was completed with the setting
OF Tuesday, April 3, at 3 pm,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Spelling Bee
Finals Friday

Prince Edward County district
finals of the Lynchburg Area
spelling bee will be held Friday
i.ient at s pm. at the county
courthouse, J. Boyd Bagby, head
master of Worsham Academy
has announced.
There will be IA winters and
rIlrerS-up from the preliminary
n.atches who will participate.
There are three boys and IL
girls in the group.
L. J. McIlWaine. Superintend-
ent OF public schools, will be tn !,
pronouncer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09

The first possibility was elirni.
mated because if God were to-
tally unlike the world He would
have no being. So was the sec
on for if He were totally like
the world, then God would be
finite. corporal, imperfect. ma
terial and changeable. all char
acteristicS which would be re-
jected in God.
CONTINUED o. gage u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
DIR. Burleigh Talks
Here March 1874

DR.. Hugh Burleigh will preach
at F'arnrville Methodist Church
March II, - and Il for the con
gregation's Three Nights for
God" services at s pm.
The visiting minister. lead
ing preacher in the Virginia
Conference, is pastor of Epworth
Methodist Church at Norfolk.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
March Wind Brings
Record Snowfall OF
Almost IA Inches

Old Man Winter threw what people will last
fling early this E. F. Sripn official
Farmve measured snowfall of 1872 Monday through
Tuesday night.
With spring only about two weeks the snowfall
ord a number Of the
Farmve the winter of 94O
ed in the thofMa
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
Saw New Decisions Must Wait
On Study, Sentiment-SOunding

Any of precptate hasy on the Virginia
Supreme Courts decision this week ruled
Edward county board Of supervisors Tuesday
Instead the board statement issued newsp1en
that decisionaking must had ample oppor
nifty to study the effect thereof and
people Of the county to whom we responsible
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By
II. v. LANCASTER. JR.
D PRE-SUMMIT MEETING
} POWERS TESTIFIES
} TIDEWATER FLOODS

THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S
Of the U. S. Britain, and Russia
may meet in Geneva next Mon
day to discuss disarmament. This
week Soviet Premier KhruSh-
chev sent President Kennedy a
note agreeing to the Western pro-
posal for a foreign ministers
meeting prior to the opening of
the Geneva disarmament talks on
March IA. The President replied
quickly expressing delight at the
Red leaders acceptance and the
hope that this would be the &C.
casion for real progress rather
than sterile propaganda. Khrush-
chew also said this week that if
the U. S. resumes atmospheric
nuclear tests, more Russian tests
Of new weapons" will follow.
FRANCIS GARY POWERS.
the W pilot downed over Russia
in 1860, was given a clean bill
OF health this week by CHA Direc-
tor John McCone, who said he
had done everything possible to
protect U. S. interest under the
circumstances. Powers testified
Tuesday in open hearing before
the Senate Armed Services Com
mlttee. He told of an explosion
which may have been a near
miss by a Soviet rocket, of seeing
a second chute when he himself
parachuted to safety, and of be-
ing held in isolation prior to his
trial. Powers said he was not
physically mistreated by the
Russians but was questioned in
tenSively. for sometimes as much
as IL hours at a time. He has
gone on vacation but will return
to work for the CHA for an in
definite period.
FRENCH AND ALGERIAN
negotiators began what is hoped
will be the final round of talks
before an Algerian cease-fire in
Envian, on the shores of Lake
Geneva. Wednesday. Their prin-
cipal problem is expected to be
how to keep order in the be-
leaguered North African coun-
try. Violence continues to mount
in Algiers and Oran. On Tues
day "a persons were killed and
81 wounded as the secret right
wing army organization, which
is determined to keep Algeria
under French control, continu-
ed their terrorist activities and
the Moslems retaliated.
SNOW, torrential rains. and
high winds battered the eastern
Seaboard Monday and Tuesday.
More than two feet of snow fell
on parts of northern and central
Virginia. and flooding was re
ported in the tidewater area
Wednesday with the Hampton
Roads Bridge Tunnel closed
temper arily for the first
time in its four-year history.
Some 5000 homes in the Rich
nlond area alone were without
electricity or heat Wednesday
morning as power crews worked
to restore service. One woman
said in a telephone call her
house had been without power
since Monday night. her chill
dren were down with the flu.
and the temperature was 40 de-
trees, only 10 degrees above
the outside temperature. At least
IL deaths have been attributed to
the storm.
THAILAND'S air force receiv-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-09

THAILAND'S air force receiv-
Continued on Page y
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The Nome nugget., 1962-03-14
New Wages X Hours Laws Pass Senate
SMALL BUSINESSES EXEMPTED FROM OVERTIME LAW

JUNEAU R - The Senate re- versed itself today and gave it's okay to a bill, SB268, which would exempt businesses with 10 or less employees from the over time provisions of the State Wages and Hours Act.
 The vote was 11-9.
 Yesterday, the Senate had voted agaisnt the bill 10-9, with Sen. John Coghill absent.
 The Senate also reaffirmed it's passage of a bill, SB259, which sets the state minimum wage at 35 per cent above the prevailing federal minimum wage, 13-7.
 The vote today on the overtime bill showed the following sena- tors for passage: Bradshaw, Bron- son, Coghill, Greimann, McN Nealy, Nolan, Brad Phillips, Vance Phil lips, Pollock, Walsh and Weise.
 Voting against were Sens. Eng strom, Hopson, Logan, McNabb, McNees, Metcalf, Owen, Smith and Peratrovich.
 There was no debate on SB259 but the Senate went over SB26e for almost an hour before getting around to final vote.
 This an election year." Sen George McNabb told the Senate land I have an idea this measure was introduced in an effort t ernbarrass the Democratic mem bers of the Senate and the admin 1 istration"
 Sen. Lester Bronson, D-Nome said the bill was not a partisal measure and he was seconded b. Sen. Howard Pollock, R-Anch., Pollock said McNabb's state ment was an attempt in frustra ton to make the bill partisai issue"
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-14
FIVE CUBANS ARRESTED
 FOR PUSHING NARCOTICS

MIAMI, Fla. R - The Fed era1 Narcotics Bureau accused the Cuban Communist regime today of pushing opium into the United States from Red China in an att tempt to demoralize the North American continent and acquire important US. dollars.
 Arrest of five Cubans who posed as refugees and attempted to sell opium and cocaine in the Miami area is proof that the presence of Red Chinese in Havana has brought a vital new narcotics traffic, Charles Siragusa, Asst. Commissioner of Narcotics, Wash ington, said here.
 Dissemination of opium in free countries is an integral part of the cold war being waged by the Soviet Union and it's Communist allies, Siragusa said.
The Nome nugget., 1962-03-14
SCHOOL TO CLOSE THREE DAYS NEXT WEEK

Supt. Conrad Potter announced today that Nome Public Schools will be closed next week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 21, 9 and g.
 The closure is effected to allow members of the school staff to at- tend the Alaska State Teachers Convention in Fairbanks.
 According to state regulation the school will close if over 50 per cent of the teaching staff at- tends the convention. and at the present time more than half oi the Nome teachers have made their reservations.
 Glasses will be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 18th and 20th, and will resume again on Mon- day, March 26.