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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
Supervisors Allot Funds
To Roads, Civil Defense
Public Health
Nurse Force
Increase Due

Prince Edward county super
visors Tuesday approved a
$309.3l2 Secondary Highway
budget for the u months COM
mencing July that will adj
vance the county road network
to a record level CT improve
ment.
1t provides for construction or
reconstruction of nine bridges;
authorizes $32 $50 to retreat
hard surfaced roads Or add
stone to gravel surfaces, and in
cludes $500 for one new road
in Farmville in addition to pro-
viding $137 ,096 for ordinary
maintenance of present roads at
1922 per mile.
Resident Engineer A. P. R.
Lowell told the board that
when the budget year is com
plcted the county will have only
one Secondary Road. Route 600.
with a traffic count of 50 We
hicles per day which hasn't
been hard surfaced.
Yours is the only county in
the residency at that stage of
advancement. You may be
reaching. at least in several
years, the point where you can
lower the vehicular count for
a criterion in selecting roads
for hard surfacing,' Lowell told
the board.
Civil Defense
Supervisors also agreed tenta-
lively to participate in a federal
state-local Civil Defense adj
ministrative assistance program
providing Joint sharing of the
cost of administering and direct
ing local civil defense organiza-
tons.
Answering a request by Doug
las L. Moore. Jr., State CoOrdi-
nator for Civil Defense, for an
estimate of what local pro-
gram might cost, the board set
a tentative figure of $500.
Moore told the board that the
proposed program in Virginia
contenlplates the States shar-
ing in so percent of the local
cost. He said further details re-
main to be worked out.
Care of Aged
DR.. F.. J. Clements outlined
to the board a new State Health
Department plan to provide adj
ditional county public nurses
who will put special emphasis
on care of the aged i'll. There
will be two additional nurses
provided for the four counties
in Southside Health District,
Buckingham, Cum b e + land,
Prince Edward and Appomat-
tox, directed by DR. Clements.
Continued on page g.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
Honorary DID Degree
Honorary DID Degree
County Natiue Son, Church
Founder Honored By College

The Rev. William L. Wilson, of
Richmond, a Prince Edward
native son at Rice, who gradual
ed at Hampden-Sydney College
in 1919, sunIma cum laude, re-
turned to his alma mater Mon
day to be honored during its
commencement.
The pastor of Tuckahoe Pres
byterian Church received the
honorary degree of doctor of di-
vinity. one of three honorary de-
grees awarded by the institu-
tons at its 186th commencement.
DR.. Wilson. born July 10, 1918
at Rice graduated at the high
school there in 1885. Seven years
in the tobacco industry and three
years Of World War l Air
Force service interviewed before
his enrolment at Hampden-
OyuLey.
He graduated cum laude at
Union theological Seminary in
1852. He founded his present cap
ital city church, which has
grown to 900 members with
Sunday School Of 1853, the larg-
est in Hanover Presbytery.
Dr. Wilson has served as presi-
dent of the Presbyterian Minis
ter's Association of Richmond,
moderator of Hanover Presby-
terry and member of the Coun-
Gil of the Synod of Virginia.
He now serves as chairman
Of the Council of Hanover Pres
bytery and chiarmans its advis-
DRY committee He is president
OF the Virginia Church Temper
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
Prospect Firemen
Plan Red Tag Sale

PROSPECT, June Z - The
Prospect Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will have a red tag sale
at $50 pm. Saturday. June %
at the Prospect fire house. The
purpose of the sale is to raise
funds for a new water truck
and additional fire equipment.
Items to be donated for the
sale will be greatly appreciated,
according to R. H. Nordstrom
at Elk 2-4430.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08

ance Council, composed of s.
600 churches representing one
a half million members.
Married to the former Mary
Stackhouse, of Mullins, S. c., he
is the father of three children,
ages nine, seven and four.
DR.. Wilson is the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Wilson,
Of Rice, and a brother Of John
D. Wilson. of Farmville.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
L0ngw0od College Summer Session
To Include Seminar, Institute

The regular summer session
at LongWood College opens on
June 10 and will include a three
week course for graduate and
advanced students ending July 6,
and a regular eight week
course for undergraduates which
ends August IL. Both courses
offer classes five days a week.
Certain graduate and advanced
undergraduate courses will be
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By
II. v. LANCASTER. JR.
! WEST POINT ADDRESS
, NIXON WINS PRIMARY
! HIGHER TEACHER PAY

SIDENT KENNEDY
told graduates of the U. S. MIL
itary Academy that they VIII
have a responsibility to deter
wars as well as to fight and
win them" In a prepared ad-
dress at commencement exer-
cises Wednesday at West Point,
N. Y, the Commander-in-Chlef
told the newly commissioned Oh
ficers that American forces
must perform more than MILL
tary roles in their future as
signments. They must be a COM
plement to our diplomacy.
ambassadors of good will and
good works around the globe"
BROWN AND NIXON have
squared off for the California
gubernatorial campaign by win
ming the Democratic and Re-
publican primaries. respectively,
Tuesday. The former vice presi-
dent, who was defeated for the
presidency in 1860, showed he
still has plenty of political pop
ularity by defeating his conser-
vative opponent Joseph c. Shell
with a tWo-tO-One margin. Gov.
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, who is
seeking his second term, roll
led to an easy victory over token
opposition.
COLLEGE TEACHERS in Vir-
ginia will get pay hikes effective
Sept. l under a plan announced
Wednesday by Gov. Harrison.
The salary increases will range
from no change in a few cases
to l5~per cent. The increases
will be paid for by four mil
lion dollars appropriated to the
states institutions of higher
learning CODY the 1862 General
Assembly. In announcing the new
salary Gales. the Governor said
they would make Virginia COM
petitive with any other institu-
ton in the country. He added
they marked a tremendous
STEP enabling state institutions
(such as Longwoodl to attract
and retain good teachers.
TREASURY secretary Doug
las Dillon said this week the
administration will submit a
comprehensive tax reform bill
to Congress early next year. He
said tax rates might be cut a
few per centage points but the
tax base would be broadened to
compensate for loss of revenues.
The announcement was seen as
an effort to bolster confidece in
the economy without taking i'm
mediate or direct action.
THE TRADE BILL which
would give the President extern
sive tariff-cutting powers for the
next five years has been ap-
proved by the House Ways and
Means Committee. 1t has beer
scheduled for floor debate June
Is. The President says the bill
is necessary to deal effectively
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
Joint Effort For Saftey
Crack Do,un On Speeding
Promised By Officials

Town. county and state law officers are combining
for crack down speeding the request of Com
monwealths Attorney Frank N. Watkins
Watkins has written letter James T. Clark sheriff Otto s.
Overflow chief OF police; Sgt Stanley Of the Virginia
State Police Department. asking their cooperation putting
stop to reckless driving"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08
More Income Seen
More Income Seen
Number OF State Income Tax
Returns, Total Due, Both Up

increases in both the number tax assessed were
reported TO-DAY IN of here by
j. ellis Jr Prince Edward county commissioner of revenue
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-06-08

mer Treatment Center, and
local clinic for dental and oph-
thalmic work for INDECENT chill
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
Indian Art
Exhibit to
Be Offered

A portfolio of paintings by
Indian children, presented to
Mrs. John F. Kennedy by Nine.
Indira Gandhi of India, will be
displayed for the first time in
the United States at a Child
ren's International Art Exhibit
May 26 to May 81.
The exhibit, to be held in the
Missouri Room of the National
All Club, ZOO Wisconsin Ave.
Chevy Chase, will also include
paintings and block prints by
children from 16 other foreign
countries and the United States.
Collected by Mrs. Paul Alice of
Rockville, this part of the ex-
hibit will contain works by area
youngsters.
The exhibit will be presented
by the Montgomery County
Arts Center, Inc, in conjunction
with Mrs. Allee's Children's
Art Exchange, both non.profit
organizations, in an effort to
give children around the world
a chance to communicate with
one another through personal
artistic effort.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17

whose home is on the Woodfield
I'd.
The LaytOnsvilIe District
Volunteer Fire Department
held their Annual Fried Chick.
en-COuntry Ham Dinner Sat
urday, May 5. Chairman Crav-
err GLAND reports that 665 sup.
pers were sold. With contrib
utiOns received and the sapper
the total amount raised will
be in the neighbOrhOOd of
$500. A new ambulance is
proposed for the department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Sabine
of the Willow Lane Apartments
are the proud parents of baby
daughter, Michele Elaine, born
May Z at Montgomery General
Hospital. Mr.. Sabine is the son
of George Sabine of Damascus
and Mrs. Sabine is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Violette Crawford
of Hughesville who has been
visiting the Sabines for several
weeks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
May Proclaimed
Senior Citizens
Month in State

May has been designated as
Senior Citizens Month by Gov.
]. Willard Tawes in honor of
Maryldnd's 275,00O residents
who are 65 and over.
Purpose of the special month,
to be conducted under the aus
pieces of the State Commission
on the Aging, is ito focus at
tention on the increase in life
expectancy and the obligation of
society to include older people
in the social, economic and spir.
itual life of the community"
Montgomery County State
Sen. Margaret C. Schweinhaut is
chairman of the commission,
which coordinates programs for
the aging on a year.round basis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
POOlesville
Youths Tell
OF Benefits
In4-H
BY Cathe C. Linthicum

At recent group meetings of
young people in the community
it was clear their poise, eff
cheney and sincerity belied their
years.
Over 100 members, parents
and guests attended the second
annual Poolesville All Club BAN
quet held recently at tn e
GAINESVILLE Pavilion. Peter Dill
onardo asked the blessing after
which a roast beef dinner was
served. Mrs. Richard P. Brown
was in charge of the meal and
was assisted by some of the par
ents.
Following the dinner the
president, Mona Brown, intro
duced the guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
Hambleton, Mr.. and Mrs. R. N.
Whip, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Smith and Mrs. B. Best Linthi.
cum. Leaders present were Mrs.
Robert Kirwan, Mr.. A. L. Dilo-
nardo, Mr.. Robert Dorsey and
Mr.. Clifton o. Martin. Other
officers present were Clifton
Williams, vice president; Me-
linda LANCE, treasurer; Kathy
Dilonardo, secretary; Susan
Straw, project recorder and
Carolyn Moore, reporter.
A short program followed.
Melinda spoke on what is
4-H?" She stated All club work
means keeping a project of your
own choosing with accurate
records on these projects. Lead.
ership is taught as well as how
to get along with other mem
bers, officers and leaders. The
program also offers outside
activities to which all Alters
are eligible.
Billy JamisOn told about his
project and what All work
has done for him and what it
will continue to offer in the
future.
Mr.. Martin explained the i'm
portance of All projects and the
variety offered. "Four-H is a
tool to build future leaders and
citizens" he declared. THE All
meeting itself is a tool in de-
veloping the members as illus
trated tonight by the young
people putting on the dinner
and making speeches"
About "a families are repre-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
Stevenson
Again Wins
Civic Post

Woodrow Stevenson, former
president of Hungerford Towne
Civic Association for two terms,
has been elected to that post
again succeeding Gordon Nc.
Donald.
Other new officers: vice
president, Wells Martin, 1041
Welsh dr.; secretary, Louis
Leopold, 300 Mt. Vernon pl.;
treasurer, Gene Antoniacci,
1881 Welsh dr.; and assistant
secretary, Robert McFarren,
SIG Bowie I'd.
Stevenson, of 841 Bowie rd.,
was the originator of the
groups policy of annually
selecting an Outstanding civic
leader" in Rockville each year
with the individual being honor
ed at Civic Ball at the Civic
Center.
Plans for the fourth annual
ball June 16 are now being
made.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17

scented in this group of 50 mem
bers. Each member introduced
his or her parents. The All
Pledge ended the evenings pro-
gram.
The Future Farmers of Amer
lea of Poolesville school held
their annual Parent-Son ban
quet on Wednesday night in the
auditorium. Harry King, who
is president of the group gave a
welcoming speech and intro
duced the officers whose reports
opened the ceremony. Report
ing were Ronald Magaha, vice
president; Joe Croft, treasurer;
Clifton Malone, secretary; ia
mic Jamison, reporter and Cliff
ton Williams, sentinel. Follow
ing the invocation by the Rev.
Timothy Lee of the Poolesville
Presbyterian Church a fried
chicken and country ham din
ner which was prepared by
FLA mothers was served by the
girls of the Future Homemak-
erS of America under the direc-
ton of Mrs. John T. Fyffe, jr.,
Home Economics teacher at the
school. The lovely floral ar
engagements were by courtesy
of Guides Nursery. Background
dinner music was played by
student pianist, Lynne Maxwell.
Guests and parents were
introduced by Ronald Magaha.
Among the Out.Of-town guests
was Harry Mcdonald, Tow
son, State Supervisor of Agri-
cultural Education for the
State of Maryland.
Facts on farm safety were
brought out by Joe Croft who
cited all too real traffic accident
cases in his speech about THE
Other Fellow" Following the
Honorary Chapter Farmer cere-
mony a brief history of the
Poolesville Chapter of FLA was
given by Bob Lawson. Awards
in leadership were presented by
Care til Lease, agricultural
teacher at the school. The cere-
mony closed with the Pledge to
the Flag.
FILA members are: Arthur
Boon, Raymond Brooks, Larry
Burgess, Robert Burress, Henry
Carter, James Carter, Joe Croft,
Jamie Jamison, Richard LETTERS,
Harry King, Bob Lawson, DON
ME Lewis, Ronald Magaha, Tom
my Magaha, Clifton Malone,
Robert Stephan, Leonard Stew
ems, David Overholtz, Clifton
Williams and Sam Woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lathrop Smith
and Mrs. Hugh M. Beshers held
a Coffee at the Smith home
near Boyds, Tuesday, for their
guest speaker, Plummer Shear
in, candidate for Judge of the
9Th Judicial Circuit Court.
Among the guests was Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
Psychiatric Clinic
Benefit Set June 8

A colorful Moroccan atmos.
phere will prevail at the Com.
munity Psychiatric Clinics
benefit ball Friday, June 8, at
the Norbeck Country Club.
Plans for the gala affair,
which will be developed around
the theme of "Come to the Cas-
BAH" include the display and
sale of unusual native Moroc-
can articles offered by the Am.
bassador of Morocco, Ali Ben
gelloun.
State Sen. Margaret C.
Schweinhaut will be honorary
patr0ness of the ball, to
which members Of the Wash.
ingtOn Psychiatric Society and
the Montgomery County Men
tai Health Association have
been invited.
Exotic dancing girls, costum-
ed in native attire, and a stroll
ling troubador will highlight the
evenings entertainment.
Mrs. Rufus King is chairman
of the ball, assisted by Mrs.
Christopher Bever on invita-
tons, Mrs. Felix Spurney on
reservations, Mrs. r. H. Kinser,
.jr., on decorations, Mrs. Homer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
Classified Ads

COMING EVENTS IS
MAY S0-Country Ham & Fried
Chicken Supper, beg. 2 pm, at
Salem Methodist Church, Rt. 81,
Cedar Grove, Md. 4t-5-24
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
Garden Tour
OF Iris Society
To Be Sunday

Third annual spring garden
tour of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Iris Society will cover
seven gardens in Silver Spring,
Takoma Park, Beltsville, Lam
ham, Cheverly and Baltimore
May 20.
The tour will start at 8 am,
at the garden of Frederick
Stuntz, 1875 Colesville rd., Sill
yer Spring. Other Montgomery
County gardens to be visited are
those of Mrs. T. N. Labash, 1910
Somerset Ia, Silver Spring, and
the Hutmire-Rhodes Garden,
7412 Holly ave-, Takoma Park.
Final stop is scheduled in Bal
timore at a pm. DR.. Donald w.
Mitchell of Lanham is tour di.
rector.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17

the big fifteenth annual carni-
val which will be held on the
grounds during the week of
July 1921. A report was given
of the Spring Conference of
the Ladies Auxiliary to the
Maryland State Firemen's AS
ISOLATION near ReisterstOwn
which was held recently. The
delegates attending were Mrs.
Fulton, Mrs. Fritz and Mrs.
Reddick. The next meeting is
scheduled for June IL.
The local tour of homes,
though near the end of the
planned home and garden pill
grimages in Maryland, is we'll
timed because Nature has now
fulfilled her springtime prom
Use. The Women of St. Peters
Episcopal Church of Poolesville
have outdone themselves in adj
ditional features in this eighth
annual affair. If the desire for
antiques is whetted by the love-
ly old possessions in the homes
visited, Parish Hall in Pooles.
vile will have on hand not only
antiques but quilts, hooked and
braided rugs and books by local
authors. Many of the items will
be for sale. No souvenirs, but
plants and real homemade good
les will be offered.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
2 Walter Johnson Students
Win i'm National Science Fair

less with higher radiation
temperature of the atmOs.
phere.
William Murray lives at 1909
Roxbury dr., Bethesda, with his
father and mother. His study of
decay relationships between iso-
TOPICS, which form decay series
and may hold a key to the mys.
terry of radioactive decay, also
won him a Navy Science cruise
this summer through the county
science fair in which he has
been a winner since 1860.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17

Richard Lee Falwell, II, and
William E. Murray, jr., 16, both
seniors at Walter Johnson High
School in Rockville, placed first
and second, respectively, at the
National Science Fair in Seat
tie, Wash.
Young Falwell was one of 10
first award winners for his pro-
ject spot Cycles of Jupiter and
Saturn" He also won a Space
Science award of the National
Aeronautical and Space Admin
istration, the first award of the
Optical Society of America, and
a u. S. Navy Science Cruiser
award.
One of the 13 second award
winners, Murray was one of ten
finalists for the Atomic Energy
Commission top certificate
which gives him a trip to the
Argonne National Laboratory
in Illinois this August. His pro-
ject was "The Stability of Radio
active Equilibria.
Falwell is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee o. Falwell, 5000 Rock
hurst rd., Bethesda. A grand
prize winner in the 1861 Mont
gomery County Science Fair,
young Falwell took a fourth
award at the 18th. annual Ma.
tional Science Fair last year. He
has been a science fair winner
since 1859.
By means of some 500 OBJ
servatiOns through a telescope
that he made himself, Falwell
showed that heat from the
sun affects the life span of
clouds in the atmosphere of
Jupiter and Saturn and that
persistence of the clouds is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17

Gudelsky on dinner and Mrs.
William H. Matthews on the
casbah sales.
The affair will be open to the
public. Further information and
reservations are available from
Mrs. Spurney at VIII. 1884.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-05-17
LaytonsvilIe
Miss Darby
HOnOred by
WSCS Unit
BY Elizabeth c. Kile

Miss Hetty Darby is the re-
cipient of the Life Membership
presented by the Women's So
ciety of Christian Service at
Wesley Grove Methodist
Church. The Young Adult Stu
dy Group met at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Howell on
Woodfield I'd. .on Friday night.
The Methodist men met at the
Hall on Monday evening.
Mrs. f. c. Magdeburger at
tended the reception in honor
of the Twentieth Anniversary
of the District of Columbia Rec
reation Department of which
she was a former member. The
reception was held at the Rec
reation Board Offices on 10Th
ST., Tuesday, May 8.
Dale Robinson formerly Of
SnOuffer School rd., who was
retired from the Navy for dis.
ability shortly before moving
to 474 Moss ST., Chula Vista,
Cal. died last week. His
friends will be saddened by the
news.
The Red Cross held an orien-
tation meeting for the Damas-
Gus, Laytonsville Area workers
to complete the training for
qualified workers for the Blood
mobile, in the Educational Build
ing of the Damascus Methodist
Church on Wednesday, May 8.
The next visit of the Bloodmo-
bile to Laytonsville will be July
16 at the Firehouse. Mark your
calendar NOW for this date.
The sympathy of the commu-
nifty is extended to Mr.. and Mrs.
Andre Boyd in the death of
their infant daughter Andrea
Kay. Andre, jr., the twin broth
er is a patient in Childrens Hos
pital, Washington, D. c.
John D. King, son of Mr.. and