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minutes after the House con-
vened at noon.
Subcommittee members re-
fused to identify the projects
or disclose those previously ap-
proved subject to ratification
by the full committee.
Subcommittee work reported
" was making progress. There
was no indication, however, as
Evening star., 1962-09-26
SUIT
64 LIZ

Comparable VoIue 1898

News in Washington at this low price every skirt
seat lined, every jacket lined all through in soft oyon
crepe, button holes beautifully tidy skirts cut to fotter
you know quality when you see it, and you'll love
it at this price! Build wardrobe the easy, foshion-
tempting way with two suits, three suits, MORE in
this big sale! Misses sizes to TO- Sorry, no mail or
phone orders.
The co.-BeuIsurd suit-H Stores
Evening star., 1962-09-26
JUWzORS!
JUST 80
1000 cLoW-eoLoR
COTTON SMIRTWAISTS
Comparable values 14.9s to 1898

Q Grey Brown Q Gold . Putty Q Rust
. Green . Block . Copper sRoyoI Olive
Something's olwoys going in our Junior Depart
ments! Here ore the beautiful stondbys you choose
by Is and IS at much, much more . . wonderful
fotterers in eosycore, smoothly finished dark cotton
with glow and richness to their coIors that you
must see to believe. Naturally, these beautiful eye
eotchne eoIors wash without worry too! Sizes 5
to IS -. not every marvellous color in every single
size, of course.
The Heeht co-YOung Woshinsonions shOps-AH S Stores
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Col. Glen" PIussers
Secret Stamp Cache Had Postal
Employees Really Holding Breath

Like millions of. Americans.
employees at the Farmville Post
Office followed Marine Col. John
Glenn's epic orbital flight Tues
day with bated breath. but they
had an extra protion Of plugging
to do for this plucky hero.
They were holding commcmO-
rativc "Proicct Mercury
stamps ready for Issue If
tho flight was successful The
stamps. part Of a loo nnlllon
government printing. had ar.
rived earlier With specific III
structlons for disposition, one
way with success. an entirely
different way if not
Everyone knows the story Of
success, and within minutes of
Glenn's and the Nation mas
terry of orbital flight the four
cent stamps were going over
the counter here.
The stamp porlrays a capsule
in space with portion Of the
earth in the lower left corner
c. tbs dss-gr. The wording II
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23

U. S. Man in space is sup
erimpoSed over the globe and
PROJECT NJ E CUR " is
across the bottom of the stamp,
blue, yellow and white issue.
Provision has been made for
collectors to obtain envelopes
bearing tho now stamp with the
cancellation Cape Canavcral.
Florida. the date and hour of
recovery OF the capsule. and the
wording First lay OF Issue. I
from the rhllatellc Sales Asen-
CIV. Fost Office Department.
Washington Is. d. c.. at one.
cent above tic face value of the
stamps involved. Thus the cost
of d cover bearing single
stamp will be five-cents, a block
of four 17-cents, etc.
Orders to the Philatelic Sales
Agency for these special covers
must include no other issues
ard outer envelopes should be
endorsed "A cents Project Mer.
curry Covers, to expedite serv-
ice.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Louis Wacker To
Replace Franklin
On Tiger Staff

Louis Wacker, coach at Co.
lonial Heights. will replace
Billy Franklin on the Hampden-
Sydney athletic staff next year,
according TO athletic director
Dick Burrcll. Franklin has re
signed from the Tiger staff, ef-
fective June |, to 90 into bust
ness.
A native of Farmvillc. Frank
lin has been at Hampden-Syd-
ncy for the past two years. after
serving as coach of the Buck
ingham Central High School
football team. He was head
track coach on the Hill. assist
ing football and basketball. He
received his degree from North
Carolina State. where he was
an outstanding quarterback and
pitcher.
Louis Wacker has coached
two Group ?, District 2 football
championship teams in the past
two years. Colonial Heights this
past season. and Midlothian the
year before. A 1856 graduate Of
the University of Richmond. he
coached three years at Mid
lothian, compiling a 2iG-l rec
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Area Church Workers. School
To Bring Outstanding Teachers

The yiI1e Workers
School will be conducted at
Farmville Methodist Church, be-
ginning Sunday, March 4, at
Ills pm, and running through
Thursday, March g. Churches
participating will be Farmville,
| Prospect, Smyrna, Olive Branch,
Rice and Centenary
The two following courses will
be offered:
~ HOW TO TEACH IN THE
| CHURCH SCHOOL" u instruc-
tof Mrs. John H. Davis. Of
Lynchburg. This course is de-
signed for teachers and proSpec-
tive teachers in all departments
of the Church School. The text
is Teaching in the Church
School,. by McLester. Mrs.
Davis is well known throughout
the Virginia Methodist Confer
ence for her excellence as a
teacher in Christian Workers
Schools. She has taught in
Farmville before.
(2) "OLD TESTAMENT. CON-
TENT AND VALUES --instruc-
tor: Dr.. W. F.. StineSpring. of
Duke Divinity SC h DOL. This
course is designed for anyone Is
and over who wants a deeper
understanding of the Old Tesla
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23

ment and the meaning It should
have for US today. The text is
The Old Testament and Mod
ern Life by R. H. Walker.
Dr.. Stinespring is professor pf
Old Testament and Semitic Ian
guageS at Duke Divinity School
He is a Virginian and University
Of Virginia graduate who is an
authority in his field having had
fellowship in the School Of
Oriental Research in Jerusalem.
He is considered a very inter
esting lecturer with much to
say.
1T is hoped that all workers
and prospective workers in
Church Schools will. plan to at
tend" the Rev. James c. Muir
ply, pastor of the host church,
said today.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Industrial Development Leaders
Tell Stool holders OF Optimism

The progress reports came
during the annual meeting of the
Development Corporation stock
holders. The election of officers
took place during the later ses-
sion of the board of directors
with the following incumbents
all reelected:
Officers Set
S. w. Putney. Jr.. president:
g. M. Pairet. vice president
and W. f. Watkins Jr., secre-
treasurer
Seven members. or 4 tlurd, Of
the 2l-member board Of dlrec-
tors were elected to three-year
terms by the stockholders
Again, lncunbentS were chosen
these being DR. II. c. AleXan-
der. T. Kyle Baldwin, Walter G
Bruce. 7. W. Bloomfield, F.. Cur
tbs Hubbard, l.. E. Andrews and
S. A. Martin.
Drewry A. Gates, Jr., was
elected to complete the year re-
manning on the term of j. w
Huntington as a member of the
board Of directors. MIR. Dunninp.
ton resigned during the year.
s. W. Putney. Jr.. su,,u,,a-
tCoctoued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
New Davids0n's
Managers Civic
Record Is High

Galen R. Rel, a veteran of 10
years service with Southern De
partment Stores, is the new
manager of Davidson's Depart
ment Store at Farmville.
He has succeeded Don S.
Strickland, who recently resign
ed from the service of the 81
store chain organization
Reil started with Southern De-
partment Stores at Williamsburg
where he served six years. He
served as manager of the
Orange store for two years. and
was manager of the South Bos-
ton store prior to coming to
Farmville.
A native of Front Royal, the
new store manager here is a
member of the Baptist Church,
the Lions Club and the Jaycees.
AS a Jaycee, he holds that or
ganization's Key Man and Spark
Plug awards, and received the
Orange Jaycees Distinguished
Service Award in 1860 as the
outstanding young man in
Orange county.
With Mrs. Rel, the former
Rose Mae Mills, of Rappahan-
mock county, the new retail man.
ager has established residence
at 409-A Buffalo street. The
Reils have two children, sons
Gerry, 9, and Kelvin, 5. The new
manager. 81, arrived last week.
Strickland had aged
Davison's since September, 49,
81,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Herald Newsman,
Ben Bowers, Takes
Post In Norfolk.

Ben Bowers, regional editor Of
The Herald for the past three
and a half years. will join the
news department of the Norfolk
Ledger Star. evening daily, eff
fective March IA.
Bowers will reside at Virginia
Beach and be responsible for
a weekly tabloid feature section
on Virginia Beach and Princess
Anne county, a new project of
the Norfolk newspaper. il.
A native of Southside Virginia
Bowers came to The Herald aft
er a tour of duty with the Army
where he edited a battalion week
~ and was the recipient OF the
Department of the Army's Com
mlendation Ribbon with medal
pfndant.
[Prior to that he taught Spanish
for two years at Kentucky Mill
tary Institute near Louisville
KY. He is graduate of Hamp-
oen-Sydney College and has done
graduate work at Duke Uni
verSity and the University of
Georgia.
In Farmvillc. Bowers was
chairman of the board of the
Jaycees. a past member of Johns
Memorial Episcopal Church,
For two years he was a member
of Company B, National Guard.
For the past two years. Bowers
has also served as a special cor
respondent for the Richmond
News Leader and as a represent
ativc of United Press Inter
national
Mrs. Bowers served as social
editor for The Herald for a year.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23

tive industry T. takes time
many dollars and much work to
accumulate such a package.
What all is available now III
the Farmville package" the
contents Of which led Fade
leaders this week to say, I'VE
now have just about everything
that could be asked for?"
Items Included
First Of all there is an indus
trial site at the airport where
the FADE holds two options. one
for SO acres, another covering
the whole 200 acres. This in
(Ccctc:!ed O. pcge .
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Growers Approve
Continuing Quotas

Sun-curcl and hurley TO-
bacco growers in Virginia
voted overwhelmingly Tues
day for the continuance Of
marketing quotas on the
crop in 1962-6i.
The referendum conducted
by county committees Of
the Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Committee
saw a sun cured vote of
1852 in favor to l6 against.
For hurley. the first an
ncunced vote was l,560 for
controls 10 % agains
Whether controls will con
tinue on hurley depends on
the outcome OF hurley refer
endums in other states along.
the eastern seaboard.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
=. '. ... :; u.
, ORBIT SUCCESSFUL
. SMALLER BUDGET
: URBAN POST KILLED

ASTRONAULT JOHN GLENN
relaxed on Grand Turk island in
the Bahamas Wednesday follow
ing his space flight. On Tuesday
Glenn orbited the earth three
times, blasting off from Cape Ca
naveral, Fla, at 9:47 am. and
landing in the Caribbean four
hours and Sc minutes later in his
two-ton Friendship z" space
capsule. Glenn apparently suffer-
ed no ill-effects from his 17,54O-
mph trip. but he underwent thor
ough medical examinations before
his scheduled return to Cape Ca
naveral Friday to meet with
President Kennedy.
CONGRATULATIONS on h e
success of Glenn'S space flight
poured into the White House from
all over the world. Even the Rus
slams. who broke precedent by
carrying factual accounts of the
flight on their radio and TV,
seemed to be impressed. Soviet
Premier Khrushchev expressed
his congratulations and suggest
ed that the u S. and the Soviet
Union pool their resources to ex-
plore outer space. President Ken
nedy said he was encourage by
the proposal pointing out that he
kennedy had made similar
suggestions in the past.
GLENN'S FLIGHT was only
the beginning of a program of
space exploration by the National
AeronauticS and Space Admins
tration which will ultimately cost
upwards of 10 billion dollars. MA
SA hopes to send another astro-
naut on a three orbit flight this
spring. Later this year an 1S-
orbit flight is planned, and this
phase will continue into 1868 I'M
til four men have Orbited the
earth 18 times each. Later there
will be a tWO-man space craft.
Currently NASA is recruiting @
600 additional scientists and en-
gineerS to add to its force OF
5000.
A STATE BUDGET which was
Continued on Page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Applications To
Longwood Ahead
OF Record Year
Two Thirds Of
Vacancies Already
Filled From 1859

Longwood College reported to-
day applications for enrolment
are exceeding last years when
a record of 1881 was attained.
To date. 1859 applications
have been received compared
with 977 at the same time a
year ago. Mrs. Mary w. Wat
kins. director of admissions,
said today.
Already, the college has ac-
cepted applications to fill two
thirds of its vacancies for be-
tween $50 and 400 students.
Mrs Watkins said that those
already admitted come almost
entirely from the upper one
fourth of their high school
classes. Admission is on a COM
petltlve basis.
Transfers Up
The new applications include
good number of transfers in
addition to the normal compile
ment of freshmen which is
growing every year. The output
of the two-year colleges is posi-
bly reflected in the number of
transfers.
In an attempt to be certain
of admission somewhere, many
high school seniors make more
than one application. To steady
the enrolment as early as feast
Bile several practices have been
initiated at Longwood.
A $40 fee. is required with
each application. For the first
time, a $40 room deposit by
March Is is being required Of
old students. Also this year the
college is cooperating with the
College Entrance Examination
Board and requiring a $50 fee of
all students by May | rather
than June Is as in the past.
Overflow To Infirmary
Longwood has 1902 beds for
girls. Mrs. Watkins said that
I.076 students were admitted for
the current term by making use
Of the beds vacated by those
taking part in out-of-town stu
dent teaching programs.
To take that number of stu
dents. eight were placed in the
infirmary until space resulted
from drop outs. The eight
weren't moved until the second
semester. Also. a number Of
| girls were allowed to commute
for classes until places could be
found for them.
No new dOrmitorieS will be
available for the next term, al
though one is included in the
capital outlay program for the
new biennium.
Applications to Lo WOO d
have shown a steady growth
since 1856. For the 1867 year
there were SAB applicants. For
l960-6l it was $50 and the cur
rent year set the record of 1881
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Good Industry ooing Package
Here Took Nor ley, Time, Effort

Industrial developers contend
that attractive packaeing Is as
vital TO community success III
industly-woolng as IN over-the-
counter food selling.
In this regard. the F'arnyille
Area Development Corporation,
now in its seventh year, CON
siderS itself ready, a fact which
FADE leaders stressed during
their stockholders meeting this
week.
In industrial development q
package is the sum total Of
facilities and services ll1lr1edl-
a.e!y available to o..er prospec-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23

the calculation on which the
tax is assessed, resulted in .
higher total tax income for the
town, $40, 843. That was up ST :
316 over the total at the same
time a year ago.
Retail Sales Up
Retail sales, the weathervane
Of general economic conditions,
were up $225, l29 to $13,269 ,569.
Advances for general merchand-
Using and food offset a drop
in automotive sales to produce
the rise. These are the three
categories Jumped together und-
er retail sales.
General merchandising SAL
es rose a healthy $656,276 10 a
total of $6,644, 1924, while food
sales increased 1857 ,482 to
reach $685., 1856. Automotive
sales fell off $798, 629 and total
led SO .099 sos.
Gains in gross receipts were
also recorded by three more
categories. wholesale merchants,
the services trades, and contrac-
tors. the latter rallying here
as generally from the building
slump of 1860.
Wholesale merchants re-
ported receipts Of $l.457 $3.50, a
figure higher by $3.50 than
they repoted at the end of 1860.
Trades Up
The service trades reported to-
tai dollar receipts of 81 ,438, 100
or $l73. 1882 greater than year
ago. This category Of taxpayer
includes public utilities, repair
services. printing. cleaning
moving and hauling, beauticians
and BARRIERS, bowling alleys, auc-
tioneers, etc.
| Contractors tax returns show
ed total receipts Of ST 1920, 458. al
so higher than reported a year
ago BY $22l,250.
Decreases in dollar volume
were reported by manufacturers,
mills and professors, who report
in a single category. Their gross
receipts of $7,270,597 fell just
below that Of year ago, the
decrease being $44 .989.
The professional class group
also reported less than for 1860,
the figure this year being $780,
602 and at the end of 1860 when a
greater number than now here re-
ported the figure was $9l ,088
higher at $500 $50.
State Tax
The towns gross receipts tax
corresponds somewhat to the
state lice se tax, also
required annually. However, the
town returns which must list dol
lar volume provides the more
comprehensive calculation. The
state tax is readily caculable
for retail sales, but most other
categories of state taxpayers pay
flat fee without relation to
dollar volume.
William J. ellis. Jr., county
commissioner Of revenue, report
Continued on page ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Prince Edward
APVA Meeting
Set Sunday

The annual business meeting
and winter program of the
Prince Edward Branch of
APVA.. will be held Sunday af-
ternoon at $50 O'Clock in his
toric Prince Edward Hotel.
Herbert c. Bradshaw. histori-
an and Durham. NJ c.. news
paper editor, will be the program
speaker. He will portray THE
Period of the American Rcvolu-
ton in Prince Edward"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Commun nifty Chest

Activities of agencies in the
Prince Edward County Com
munity Chest will be reported
and the leadership for the new
year determined during the a m
nual Chest meeting in the Gov rt
House Tuesday night, February
q, at 8 pm. Chest Preside int
F.. G.. Landlord today express ed
hope that public attendance will
be good
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Scout Recognition

Robert Merritt, Of Farmville,
chairman of the Powhatan Ar
row District, Piedmont Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America,
announced today that the an
nual Scouters Recognition Ban
quet will be held March Is in
the CreWc Community Building,
CrcWe. The banquet will begin
at $50 pm.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
BY JOHN STICK

The Farnve Development
ress the past favorable Monday
elected for another the officers and directors helped
those steps forward
The FADE leaders couldn't report the bringing
industry but their bImed
most barriers removed achieving that
time.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-02-23
Dollar Volume ofSales, Trade
For 1861 Rises To 26MilliOns
Town Retail Sales OF $13,269,569
Shown By Privilege License Taxes

Farmvle merchants manufacturers, pro-
fessiona had during
1861 The total $64O8
the previous year.
The alllme high figures released today
Fleewood town treasurer following completion his calculations
the Town Of Faves privilege license tax payable in
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Jack W. Phillips,
Employed by U. S
For Is Years

Jack w. Phillips, So, a re-
tired Government management
analyst, died yesterday at Fair
fax Hospital after a short ill
ness.
A Government employe fol-
Is years, Mr.. Phillips at his
retirement in 1855 was a man.
agement analyst for the Civil
AeronauticS Administration. He
also had worked for the State
Department, United States For
est Service and Interstate Com
merce Commission. At the ICC
he was a management analyst
and an inspector.
Mr.. Phillips was a native o1
Arkansas.
He leaves his wife, ESsie, of
the home address, 5736 North
Carlyn Springs road, Arling-
ton; a daughter, Mrs. Charles
Coates, jr., of Orland Park, ILL.,,
and a brother, S. A. Phillips of
Fort Smith, Ark.
Services are being arranged
by the Arlington Funeral Home,
1901 North Fairfax drive, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1962-01-16

Ambrose C. Kingsbury, II, a
retired Montgomery County
farmer, died in Frederick Me-
mortal Hospital Sunday of
burns suffered in a fire at his
home in Frederick, Md.
Mr.. Kingsbury, who had
owned three large farms in the
Boyds area until his retirement
in 1851, had lived alone at los
West Fourth street in Frederick
since 1858.
He was burned over one
fourth of his body in the fire
about 1:55 am. Saturday
Frederick firemen reported he
apparently fell asleep while
smoking in bed.
Mr.. Kingsbury was a native
of Boyds, the son of the late
Charles T. and Anne Reid
Kingsbury.
His wife, the former Myrtle
E. Walters, died in 1858.
Mr.. Kingsbury leaves three
sons. Gerald A. Of Boyds, Ro-
land E. of Dickerson. Md, and
Evening star., 1962-01-16
NeiII {. Wilson,
Store Official

Neill E. Wilson, So, the mer-7
chandising manager for the
G. C. Murphy downtown store
on G street, died Sunday of a
heart attack at Suburban Hos
pital. 'l
He had worked for Murpi1y's
for 18 years. Before coming to
Washington Mr.. Wilson worked
for the Woolworth chain in
New York and New England. ."
He leaves his wife Yvette and
son Roland, both of the home
address, and another son,
Roderic, of 8735 Carroll ave.
Silver Spring, and two grand
children. He also leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Frances Lambert,
Of Rochester, N. Y, and Miss
Ethel Wilson, of Eden, N. Y.
Services will be at l pm. to-
morrow at Humphreys Funeral
Home in eBthesda, with burial
in Millville. "
Evening star., 1962-01-16

South Dakota to organize sup
port for that years presidential
campaign.
After the election, Mr.. Howes
entered private business and
served as vice president for
MIDI Continent Airlines until
1914. He served on it's board
of directors until his retirement
in 1855. .,
He leaves his wife, Hazel, of
the home address, 1885 Myrtle
street NV; a daughter, Mrs.
Whiting Wicker of Herndon,
Va; a sister, Mrs. Katherine
Schultz of La Crosse, Wis; a.
granddaughter and a grandson.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Thursday at Gawler'S funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be in
South Dakota. ...
Evening star., 1962-01-16
Ambrose c. Kingsbury, II,
Ex-Montqomery Farmer

Charles C. of Arlington, Va.
and two daughters, Mrs. Lillian
K. Offutt of Woodsboro, Fred
erick County, and Mrs. Bernice
K. Snyder of Germantown; a
brother, j. Manning Kingsbury
of Kensington, Md, and a sisT,
ter who is a nun, Sister M. Le-,
tetia, at st. Mary's Convent,
Notre Dame, Ind.
The body is at the Barton
Funeral Home in Walkerville,
Md. Requiem mass is scheduled
for 9 am. tomorrow at st.
Johns Catholic Church, Fred
erick, with burial in st. Mary's
Cemetery, Barnesville, Md.
Evening star., 1962-01-16
William Howes Dies;
Served Under ForIey

William w. Howes, first as
sistant postmaster general dur
ing President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's administration, died
last night at the Washington
Hospital Center after a brief
illness. He was "a.
Mr.. HoWes was credited by
his boss, Postmaster General
James Farley, with having
paved the way for Roosevelt's
Democratic convention ava
lanche in 1882.
Known across his home State,
South Dakota, as big Bill"
Mr.. Howes helped swing the
States delegation to Mr.. Roose-
velt and was a contact man in
negotiations for support from
neighboring States. After the
nomination, he spent most of
the campaign in the national
headquarters as one Of Roose-
velt's chief advisers.
Born at Tomah, Wis, in 1887,
Mr.. Howes was educated at the
University of Minnesota and
the University of South Dakota.
He began his career with a
law practice in Huron, S. Oak.
His entrance into politics was
as a State Senator in 1915. He
ran for Governor in 1920, be-
came State Democratic chair
man in 1922 and was elected
States attorney in 1926 and
1928.
After Roosevelt was elected
to the presidency, he entered
the Post Office Department as
second assistant postmaster
general. But he soon stepped
up to first assistant-the office
which deals with the appoint
ment and supervision of post
masters.
He resigned his job in 1910
after seven years to go back to