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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Educational Series No. 5 part Two)
Needless Vacuum Ages Three To Six

prepared environment = a sys-
tenn in essence much like to-
days programmed learning"
Programmed learning in vari-
GUS concrete forms and on diff
ferent levels Of completely pro-
vides self-instruction through
equipment which informs t h e
student at once whether or not
he has mastered the lesson, and
leads eventually away from the
concrete to the abstract.
Mathematics. for instance. is
an excellent example of pro-
grammed learning In the Mon
tessori school, when a child of
three indicates an interest in
counting land most tire eyear
olds are fascinated by numbers i,
he is presented with a set of
colored rods. all equal in length,
that when combined correctly
give the child . concrete idea
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

We're not going to sprin G
this suddenly on an unsuspecting
public Chief Overton said.
Our aim is safety on our
streets and effective law en-
forcement, not to get some
body
The new three-piece set is
transformed compact and
tubelesS and its three com
ponent parts, antenna. radar
ampllfier and miles per hour
meter, can be fitted into a small
carton.
Day or Night
Affixed to the inside or out
side OF car and using tn e
cars electrical system as a
power SURGE, the radar throws
radio waves forward in beam
adjustable from 500 feet to about
l,50O feet depending on traffic
conditions encountered. The
beam can be projected through
glass; rain is no deterrant, and
it works day or night. The set
is easily movable from one
car to another.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

OF what the numbers from one
to ten mean. Once this is mast
cred and has become easy for
the child h is probably rady
to attempt the next step, and
SO on, until somewhere around
the age of five and a half, he
is beginning to understand the
decimal system and counting
the thousands through the use of
the specially prepared be- ads.
tSee Saturday Evening Post
Sept. %. 1851.
Math instruction
This type of instruction in
mathematics is enjoying con-
Siderable success in the few pub
lie systems that have tried it.
The New York Times twice this
year has reported on schools u.s.
ing the Cuisenaire method of
teaching, which is very similar
to the Montessroi approach.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

Teachers report that students
using the Cuisenaire rods or
sticks for three years, beginning
IN first grade, have reached al
most the sixth grade level in
arithmetic" BY the end of their
first year in school, pupils have
learned to add, subtract, multi
ply, divide and are beginning to
work with fractions as well as
whole numbers
This method is faster than the
traditional way. say the teach
ers. because youngsters can
feel the sticks and SO develop
a physical understanding of
numbers while the play with
them helps to hold their in
terest.
However. to admire the Mon
RSsorl system is one thing. To
put into practice on a large
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

Editors note: this is the first
of two Farmville Herald articles
designed to inform the public
about the American Red Cross
blood program in Prince I'd
ward county to be launched Sep
TENDER % with the first visit
of the bloOdmobile from the ARC
Appalachian Blood Center at
Roanoke.
Prince Edward county will be
the 40th local chapter area serv-
ed by the collecting, processing
a n d distributing Appalachian
Blood Center. Southside Hospital
will be the 5Oth hospital served
by the Center.
In the immediate area of the
hospital, Appomattox, Charlotte
and Lunenburg counties already
have Red Cross blood programs
in operation.
Last year a total Of 80, 14O
pints of blood were collected
d uring bloodmobile visits at
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
BY JACKIE WALL

The MOnteSSOri system 10 r
children aged three on, estab-
lished on an international scale,
has found one solution. Accord
ing to Time Magazine May II.
1861 DIR. Maria Montessori bas-
ed her schools on the theory
that the soul of a child
develops through periods of SEN
sitivity.' when he has a pre-
ternatural bent to walk. talk. or
advance in some other respect.
These periods must be nurtur-
ed: the child must be allowed
to take utmost advantage of his
warnings to master chaos. Since
success encourages learning, the
child must also move at his own
pace, step by step, gaining con-
fidence through competence. To
guarantee all this. Montessori
developed what she called the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

The low bid on the million
gallon steel storage tank was
submitted by Richmond Engi-
neering Company at a cost Of
$35, $685. The water standpipe will
be erected on the foundation that
will be built by Wick Construc-
ton Company.
The bids we're broken down
into various combinations so the
different companies could par
ticipate in the phase that their
company speciaizes in. In the
separate categories, Wick Con-
struction Company was about
$1,000 below the nearest bidder
on the clear water well. an d
$1,000 below the closest bidder
on the foundation for the million
gallon storage tank. Wick did
not bid on the laying of the 10
inch main separately but in
cluded it in his combination bid,
which was Sl1 900 lower than
his closest competitor.
Richmond Engineering Com
pany was about $4,000 lower
than their nearest bidder on the
steel water storage tank.
$115,072 Budgeted
Budgeted for the project, with
the funds on hand, were $84 200
for the water storage tank, plus
foundation and Pinch water
main; and S3O,872 for the clear
water well. This totals $115,072
as compared with the total bid
price of S92, 458. These figures
do not include the engineering
costs of the project.
The clear water we'll will be
located at the town water plant
and will replace the pre- e n t
clear water well that is con-
sidered obsolete and too small.
The new clear water well was
outlined as the next step in the
continuing plan for improve
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

line petition seeking an
Injunction to restrain county Of
ficials from refusing to admit
the pupils was taken under
Amusement by the federal jurist.
Judge Butzner did not indicate
when he would make a decision.
1t cannot be Immediately, since
he called first for some adj
ditional material to study rela-
tive to the case.
j. S. Caldwell, county school
superintendent, was the only
witness called Monday. S. w.
Tucker, counsel for the parents
CT the pupils, and Collins Denny,
Jr., counsel for the Powhatan
school board, were the attorneys
present.
Would Not Give Names
Caldwell testified that the
parents Of three Negro children
sought to have them enrolled in
schools. They were not given
pupil placement assignment
forms.
I'VE do not give placement
forms to people who do not give
their names or tell where they
are FROM" Caldwell said. And
that was the case"
II specifically asked the man
what is your name" Caldwell
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

said. Someone said to hi M.
Don't give your name. Don't
give your name"
Caldwell said he told he
parents that they could get pu-
pill placement forms from the
supervisor at the all-Negro Po-
cahontas elementary school.
fuckers Remarks
In arguing fer a temporary
restraining order, Tucker said:
The policy has been for all of
the children of one race to at
tend one school and all of the
children of another race to 80
to another school"
Denny counsel for the school
board, argued against an inn
mediate order. 1T is a matter
which is never granted save TO
prey ven irreparable injury
Denny said. Il tender that these
children are not suffering ir-
reparable injury"
Still unheard by the federal
court is the petition of IS Negro
children seeking to enter white
schools in Powhatan. Their
parents started action last
August. The three children in
volved in this weeks hearing
are among the original IS,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Japanese Prints
In H-SC Exhibit

The Eggleston Lib rary at
Hampden-Sydney Collie e G will
have on display through Sep
tember q an exhibit of Japan
csc color Prints W hich have
been loaned to the College by
the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts.
The collection consists of 80
original prints by Ando Hiro-
shige who lived from 1897 to
1858. He is particularly noted for
his skill in painting flowers,
birds, and landscapes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Red Cross Blood Plan
It's Giving That Cuts Cost

area counties served by the Roa-
roke Center one of Sc, re-
gional centers operated by the
American Red Cross throughout
the nation. Over two and half
million donations of blood were
made by Americans through the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
POst-Sputnik Era
Frosh Orientation Keeps Pace
With Ne,U Campus Seriousness

tons: has this traditional orien-
tation kept pace with the new
significance Americans are plac-
ing on education? Is there any
significant change of attitude in
these young people engaged in
four Of the most important years
of their lives?
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21

The car or truck speed.
measured by the change of
radio wave frequency induced by
the approaching vehicle, regi-
sters on the meter in miles per
hour, from 0 to 100 MPH.
Continued on Page %
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Town Awards $92,458 For
Water Works improvements
Clear Water Well, Storage Tank
And Line, $22,614 Under Budget

Farmve town council awarded bids for waterworks
provemens special Wednesday
tract figures
combined project set aside in the budget.
The bids for this opened
neSday afternoon. with
phases of the improvement.
H. Wick Company Far1nvle submitted low
combination bid three phases of the Wcks bid
low the combination tie following:
underground storage tank
~ tank foundation for million gallon steel
tank the million gallon tank
h0lt feet
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Operation Explained
Operation Explained
Warning Period To Precede Court
SummOnses AS Town Radar Use Set

Farmvles radar timer for checking speeds of motor
vehicles will be placed in within
Overton said today.
Signs with the terse hreeword warning, Speed Timed
police will conduct period days when cars
will be stopped, but given.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By 4.
\. v. LANCASTER. JR.
} KENNEDY WINS
D BRITISH APPROVAL
, UN OPENS SESSION

EDWARD M. (TED) KEN
NEEDY. 30. demonstrated again
the political magic of being a
Kennedy when he triumphed
with a landslide victory in the
Massachusetts Democratic Sena-
torial primary Tuesday. He will
oppose another name" George
Cabot Lodge, IS. who narrowly
won the Republican primary the
same day. At stake in the No
vember election is the U. S.
Senate seat once held by Ken
nedy's elder brother. President
John F.. Kennedy, and Lodges
father. Henry Cabot Lodge. for
mer ambassador to the UN and
unsuccessful Vice Presidential
candidate in 1850. The young
Ke nne dy was up at dawn
Wednesday morn ing, seeking
votes and Lodge campaigned in
Springfield the same day.
IN LONDON leaders of the
Commonwealth of Nations gave
British Prime Minister Macmil-
Ian reluctant approval of his ef-
forts to lead Britain into the
European Common Market. In a
carefully worded communique,
after 10 days of wrangling, the
group expressed many reserva-
tons and insisted that Britain
try to get a better deal for Com
mpnwealth members. Britain's
negotiations with the six Com
mon Market nations are to re-
sumo in two weeks.
THE UN General Assembly
opened its 18th session in New
York Tuesday and elected Mo
manned Zaffrulla Khan of PAX
istan as president. A plan was
advanced by Tunisia to shorten
speeches and improve debate
procedure. but Russia was ex-
pected to oppose the move for
fear it might change the ground
rules under which the UN oper-
ates. Some 100 items, such as
the Congo. disarmament. and fl
nancing, are on the agenda this
session. In Washington Congress
Wednesday gave final approval
to a bill authorizing the U. S. to
buy up to 100 million dollars
worth of UN bonds.
JAMES MEREDITH, 90
year-old Negro, has become the
center of the latest federal-stat
clash over school desegregation.
Meredith. equipped with fed
eral court order, was expecte dto
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Judge Delays Decision On Negro
School Applications In Powhatan

decision in the immediate admission of three
Powhatan county Negro children to white
elementary school in county postponed during hearing
day by Federal Judge D. Butzner Jr
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-09-21
Cross last year.
Wide Acceptance

These facts. are indicative of
the wide acceptance Of the Red
Cross program, designed to
make blood available at a low
Continued on page y
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
Alaska $ Second
 Ferry, NV Taku, Is Cllristened

SEATTLE tR - Alaska's second in a series of three $3.3 million ferries was ehristened Monday at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Co. on Harbor Island.
 Champagne and oratory flowed as the NV Taku = already afloat in a graving dock when the bottle broke = was lowed out stern-first by a tug.
 The 352-foot hull was christened by Mrs. Richard Downing, wife of Alaska's Commissioner of Public Works. A sistership, the NV Mala- spina was christened in the same yard June 4.
 Both bulls were launched" be- fore placement of engines, super structure and other furnishings. They are scheduled for delivery to the State of Alaska in Septem- Der.
 The 3,5o0ton ferries will go into service on the route between Haines and Prince Rupert Ports of call include Ketchikan, Wran- sell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau and SkagWay.
 The vessels will carry 800 pas sengers, l09 automobiles and each will be equipped with IA state rooms.
 Rep. Ralph Rivers in the prin- cipal address, said:
 'sThis enterprise, financed by State of Alaska bonds, signifies the resourcefulness and initiative of the people of Alaska in creating for Alaska's progressively increasing tide of visitors circular tourist route for motorists travelling to and from our great scenic wonderland
 The new ferry system will eli ninate 561 driving miles from the all-highWay route to central Alaska and give visitors the opportunity to travel the scenic inside passage route through Southeastern Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
SATAN PLACED UNDER. CIVILIAN RULE

AGANA, Guam lR The Pacific island of Saipan. scene of fierce and bloody fighting in World War II, is under civilian rule again for the first time in moro than 25 years.
 The Navy officially Sunday turn ed over administration of the 47- squaremile volcanic island to the Department of the Interior.
 Naval officials had governed Saipan ever since the United States Wrested control of the Japanese occupied island after bitter battle in 1944. The Japanese military had run the island after Japan was given it's possession in 1885.
 Saipan, with population of about 5000 lies 15O miles northeast of Guam.
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04

occasions the majority said, bear no true resemblance to the unquestioned religious exercise" which New York School authorities inaugurated in the schools and which was struck down by the tribunal.
 Many religious people arc try ing to find ways to preserve pray CT in public schools. Some, like Sen. Jacob Javits, R-N.Yo, have suggested that each school day be- gin with a non-compulsory op- portunity for period of silent prayer and meditation. ''
 In other words, the teacher might say: "Now boys and girls, there will be a moment of quiet, during which you may pray if you want to-
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
SS5. .OO0 ACRES OF OFFSHORE LAND. IN COOK INLET GO ON THE BID BLOCK JULY II

JUNEAU tR - The State of Alaska will put some 335,000 acres of offshore lands, all located in Cook Inlet, on the bid block for oil and gas leases July II.
 Bids in the States 10th competi- tive oil and gas lease sale are scheduled to be opened in the Division of Lands Office in An ehorage.
 The States last competitive lease sale, held Dec. 19, 1961, netted Sl4,681, ,48933 in bonus money for i53, ,923 acres of submerged and tide lands in Cook Inlet. Approximately tWo-thirds of the acreage to be offered for bid next Wednesday is in the upper Cook Inlet area, in the same general location as those lands offered for lease last Dec 19.
 The remaining onethird of the acreage 10 be offered July II is in the southern Cook Inlet area
 All of the lands to be offered for lease Were nominated by the oil companies themselves operating in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
Nixon Jests About Campaign

COPENHAGEN, Denmark R = In a joking remark, Richard M. Nixon says that, sometimes think 1t might be good thing if a Presidential candidate just dropped dead from sheer overwork during his campaign
 Then the American people would demand an investigation into the excessive strain suffered by a candidate, and that might result in lessening the burden he said at an embassy reception Sunday.
 The man who narrowly lost to John F. Kennedy in the 1860 US. Presidential election was discus sing the campaign demands on candidates.
 Nixon is to speak July at the Rebild Festival, Denmark's annual celebration of the American Inde- pendence Day
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
GOLDWATER TURNS BACK
 ON ALL COP CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON LP = Sen. Barry GoldWater has turned his back firmly against creation of an All Republican Conference proposed as part of former President Dwight D Eisenhower COP unity drive.
 In a letter to Republican Ma tional Chairman William E. Miller, GoldWater said leaders of the pro- posed group are .the same people who caused most of our present party troubles.'
 Tt is unthinkable, Goldwater said, "that they should be given another opportunity to lead us down the path to political destruc- ton. y
 Lets be done with these splinter groups" ,"' GoldWater wrote, de- claring he could see no value and lot of harm as likely to flow from creation of an All Republican Conference, for which the wheels were set in motion at EisenhoWer's weekend meeting at Gettysburg, Pa, with a group of invited Re- publicans
 GoldWater did not attend the session.
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
Egan Proposes
tContinued from Page h

Continued from Page h by Russian and Japanese fleets in the Boring Sea, the North Pacific and the Gulf of Alaska
 Last April, simmering Alaska resentment to this increased actl- vity reached peak when the State boarded Japanese fishing vessels in Shelikof Strait and ar rested their shippers.
 The Japanese were charged with violating Alaska's territorial waters and fishing herring commercially without state commercial fish ing license. Court action is still pending.
 Alaska claims Shelikof Strait q long, stormy ribbon of water se- parating Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula, as territorial Waters
 In his statement, Egan said that while the federal government would make the final determina- ton on what constitutes territorial waters, because of international considerations, the states cannot ignore the problem.
 In governors conference work ship on solutions to old and new problems,' Egan said that in many states the question of territorial waters may be irrevoeably tied to the basic Well-being of it's people. Crucial 10 Future Development
 The Alaska governor said that in his states case, the extent of it's jurisdiction over offshore min- eral resources and fisheries is "crucial to the future development of Alaska
 Before the state moved in the recent Shelikof Strait controversy, Egan said, Alaska made every ef- fort to impress the US. State De- partment with the gravity of the situation, without success.
 Throughout the entire incident ? Egan said, T was deeply con- cerned by what I considered the unconcerned attitude of federal authorities..
 Nov it may well be that to the State Department, Alaska $ fisheries represent a terribly minor problem in the overall realm of world affairs. I can only say that to Alaskans, as well as to countless of fishermen from other states, they represent veritable problem of existence. There are no more important problems"
 Egan noted that the United States, at the Geneva conference on law of the sea in 1858, advo- cated compromise agreement calling for six-mile territorial limit with an additional six miles for fisheries, and added:
 "I am convinced that the Con- gress of the United States must promptly enact legislation extend. ing the US. territorial sea.
 ssIf this is not accomplished soon, this nation is faced with eventual extinction of bottom, salmon and other fisheries resources with a po- tential value of untold billions of dollars together with the attendant poverty which will confront scores of thousands of American families in all United States coastal areas
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
High Courts Prayer Decision Is Under Scrutiny
By Raymond J. Crowley

By RdYmOnd J. Crowley
 WASHINGTON fR Now that the dust has settled bit after tie explosive argument over the Su- preme Courts prayer decision, it may be in order to examine the decision effects:
 Just what does it do and what doesn't it do2
 Ii does not mean:
 That Tn God We Trust will disappear from the coins in your pocket.
 That In God We Trust will vanish from the nations official anthem, The star-Spangled Ban ner:'
 That the Supreme. Court Crier will have 10 stop crying: God save the United States and this Honor able Court
 The decision does mean:
 That no government official or group of officials anywhere in the United States has the legal right to make up an official prayer and sanction it's use in schoolrooms.
 The decision is at once narrow in scope and broad in possible impll- cations. It was based on the con stitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion
 The court majority said this prohibition must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the bushes. government 10 compose official prayers for any group of the American people to recite as part of a religious pro gram carried or by the govern ment."
 This sentence, as it goes along, seems to limit more and more the scope of the decision. And it does. But note the two words "at least.'
 They imply that the establish ment clause, in the opinion of the court majority, may forbid a lot of other things the justices do not mention because they were not up for a decision.
 What about the reading of the Bible in public schools, for ex- ample? The decision does not men, tion this. But since there are many different versions of the Bible, not to speak of the Koran and other religious books, who is to select the one to be read?
 Some public officeholders, such as school board members, or per sons designated by them2
 Would Bible reading in public schools get by the Supreme Court as presently constituted? 1t would seem not, unless the Bible were read as part of a course in litera- ture or history. The court deci- sion noted that the history of man is inseparable from the his tory of religion.
 Studying the attitude of the pre- sent court there seems little chance that any broad program of federal aid to education in parochial or other church connected schools would get by, if enacted.
 Was Not Knocking
 But the majority opinion did say it was not knocking religious language out of "The Star-Spangled Banner" or interfering with many other manifestations in our public life of belief in God.'
 Such patriotic or ceremonial
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04

In 1940 there were more men than women in the big cities. Now there are more women there than men.
The Nome nugget., 1962-07-04
CORRECTION

CORRECTION
 The car which turned over on the Bessie Road last week was not the pickup of Carl Oman, but the sedan owned by his son.