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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09

Bill, and Mrs. Frank Self, of
Dillwyn, spent the week end
with Mrs. J. B. Richardson, OF
TOanO.
Mrs. Richard Dunevant's week
end visitor was Miss Barbara
Dunevant, RN, Of Richmond.
Chef Ransom, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Ransom, has chicken
pox.
Mrs. J. E. Ransom and Mrs.
Garland Ransom spent Friday in
Lynchburg.
In Hospital
Mrs. Emma Wright returned
home Saturday after being a pa
tent at Virginia Baptist Hospi.
tai, Lynchburg.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dunevant
and children were supper guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Derrenbacker. of Wealthia.
Mrs. B. G.. Ransom and Mrs
John E. Ransom were Farmville
visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Words re-
cent visitors were Mr.. and Mrs
w. B. Price and children, Of
Hampton, and Mrs. Annie Lee
Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Rush s
guests for the week end were
their son and daughter-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Rush, Of
Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Carter, Of
Farmville, visited Mr.. and Mrs
John Word Thursday evening.
Mrs. Blanche Wootton recent
ly visited her children, Mr.. anc
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Mrs. cambridge To Spend Winter
Months With Granddaughter

BALLSVMLE, Nov. 8 - Mrs.
Eula cambridge left on Tuesday
to spend the winter months with
her granddaughter, Mrs. Moses
Nunnally. in Richmond. Grand
ma" cambridge will be greatly
missed in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M.
Parker and son, Johnny, OF
Lynchburg. and MRS. Corinne
Parker and son, Jimmy. Of
Goochland. were guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. c. E. Brown and j.
H. L. Parker on Sunday.
T. L. Undertake, Jr.. Miss
N. T. Blanton, Douglas Blanton,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Undertake
Maxwell Timberlake and Bert
Timberlake attended the funeral
services of their aunt, Mrs.
Mary Lee Blanton, in Richmond
on Wednesday. Mrs. Blanton
was IS years Of age and well
remembered resident of this
place.
Party for Mrs. ellis
The Young Ladies Class of Mt.
Moriah Church, with Mrs.
Maude Clayton as teacher, en-
tertained with a small party for
Mrs. Joyce ellis on Monday
night.
John E dward Pace, OF
Pennsylvania, visited his cous-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09

ms, the w. M. Browns, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Gish and
family, of Richmond. and Mr..
and Mrs. o. B. Watson q d
family, of Bedford, were week
end guests of their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. c. H. McGlothlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Neither
land were in Richmond on Sat
urday and visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Garrett and other rela-
tiveS.
Mrs. T. Y. Hurt returned home
from the hospital on Saturday
and is improving at her home,
here.
The young people were much
shocked and distressed to hear
Of the death of their class and
schoolmate. Joan Davis, W h Q
was killed in an automobile &C
cident Saturday night. The SYM
pathy of our community is ex-
tended to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Rudd.
Memorial Service
Word has been received here
of the memorial service to DR..
R. E. Douglas in the Firs t
Presbyterian Church, of Macon,
Ca, on Oct. 81, 1862. DR.. Doug
las served as pastor of thi S
church for Il years and under
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Knoxville

Nov. 8 - Miss Lucy Wootton,
accompanied by Don Campbell,
came from Roanoke for the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
L. W0otton. Miss Anne Wootton
of Richmond, was also a week
end visitor.
Mrs. Cora Dunkum, Mrs.
Anne Price, Mrs. John Word,
Mrs. J. R. Anderson, Miss Cam.
mic Anderson, Mrs. j. A. Cole
man and Mrs. R. B. Rosen
were luncheon guests of Mrs.
j. Meade Anderson, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Wood
son and Grover Lee were visi.
tors during the week end OF
Mr.. Woodson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Woodson, of Rich
mond.
Mrs. R. L. Gillispie's Sunday
guests were Mrs. Tyler Goodwin
and children, of ScOttSville.
Mrs. c. B. Moring, of Rich
mond. spent last week with hel
mother, Mrs. Cary Payne. Mr.
Moring joined them for the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Flowers
and their grandson, Brent Blank
enship. accompanied by Mr.
Flowers sister, Mrs. Addie Rob
ertson, of Lynchburg. visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Word Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Harold Coleman, Hal ane
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Sunny Side

Nov. 8 = Congratulations to
Nancy Clayton. who has been
chosen eighth grade representa-
tive at Cumberland High School
IN the court Of the Homecoming
queen! The Homecoming game
Is scheduled for Friday night. !,
Mr.. and MRS. ". L. Vaughan
q Rice. spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and MRS. M. A. French,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis
Carter, Of Richmond, spent
some time At their farm last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hindle
Goodman returned Sunday eve.
nlrg after spending a few DAYS
IN and around Stanton. They
reported q small snowfall in the
mountains. Mrs. N. E. HUGHES
Of Charlottesville, spent the
time with her Goodman grand.
children and Mrs. Goodman
Sunday they we're dinner guests
of Miss Selra Hindle, in Amelia
Mr.. anG Mrs. Dennis Jamer.
son and family. Of Richmond
We're guests Of MFR. and Mrs. S
NJ. Jamerson and family, Sun
day
Guests Sunday of Miss Katie
Garnet and Mrs. Alice FoStel
were Mrs. Mary Woodson, O
Southside Community Hospital
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his leadership 1884 people
united with the church. On Nov.
10. 1861, DR.. Douglas ended his
eartly ministry. His daughter,
Mrs. r. E. D. Blanton, was
present for this memorial serv-
ice and plac e d a memorial
plaque in the church in his
honor.
Those from this community At
tending funeral services for Mrs.
Lena Venable In Mt. Airy. N. c..
on Wednesday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Venable, Mrs. G. T.
Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. E mil
Nichols, and Gray Nichols. Mrs.
Robert Lester and Mrs. Edward
McCraw also accompanied their
mother. Mrs. w. T. Nichols, to
the funeral. They also visited
other relatives around Mt. Airy.
returning home by Burlington
where Mrs. Nichols will visit her
daughter. Mrs. Frank Saucier,
for an indefinite time. Mrs. Nc
Craw and Mrs. Lester returned
home on Saturday.
Mrs. Sam Hurt spent Monday
in Gainesville with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Hugh Peasants, Jr.,
and family.
Teachers from Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church are attending q
study course this week at Cen
trail Baptist Church in Chester
field county.
Eor 70 ct roSi1IfS uSo tho Herald
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Mrs. Walter Isley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Parrish, in Rich
mond.
Sympathy is extended to the
family of Mrs. Anne Marshall,
of Victoria, who died last week.
She was a former resident Of
this county.
Mrs. Robert E. Smith an d
children, Of Richmond, spen t
several days last week with her
mother, Mrs. Katharine Allen.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09
HONEST Cable

New York = A Brooklyn ddv-
er who found 81, 900 in his taxi
cab turned the money over to
police before it was reported
missing.
Police reported later that it
belonged to a woman who was
scheduled to leave for New York
City for a trip to France.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09

and Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Bailey
and sons, Of Far1rNille.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Altizer
and Mr.. and Mrs. King Garnet
visited Mrs. Harrison Garnet.
Sunday afternoon.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09
pRED1cAMENT

The constable in a country
town was also a veterinarian
One night the telephone rang
and the cOnStable'S wife an
SWered.
rs Mr.. jenkins there?" ask.
ed an agitated voice.
do you want my husband as
veterinarian or as constable p
Both, madam" came the
reply. I'VE can't get our dog s
mouth open, and there's a burg.
lar in it,"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-11-09

For fast results use the Herald
classified page.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
BY NINO LO BELLO
Contributing Writer

LA ROCHE-CANuLAC. France
When 2,162 practical jokers de-
scended on this village of 800 un-
Suspecting souls not long ago for
a boiSterous three-day orgy, the
inhabitants here didn't think the
mirthquake was so funny. In fact,
for their own protection, many
of the villagers boarded them
selves up in their homes and be-
haved as if Bubonic Plague were
back.
Thus was born the Academy Of
Hoaxes and Practical Jokes, a So
ciety whose aim is to offset the
burdens Of Goth Century civiliza-
ton by encouraging spontaneous
laughter as an antidote to every
day life. Forty Europeans make
up the institutions inner circle,
which is patterned after the ven-
cradle French Academy, an aSso-
citation Of 40 cultured notables.
"Our goal is to make people
lose themselves in laughter, to
learn to let themselves CO." ex-
plains President Francois Cara
dec, who champions a direct ap-
proach to tickling the funnybone
like exploding cigars and hand
shake buzzers.
During the first annual con-
Evening star., 1962-09-02
Academy Of Hooxes

vention here at this small town
in southwest France, Caradec's
prankSters - who included such
luminaries as novelist Francoise
Sagan and movie director Rene
Clair among their carried
out just about every type of prac-
tical joke in the book, one at the
rate Of every three seconds. -
The highlight of the merry
meeting was the banquet featur-
ing every imaginable gag-rubber
eggs, exploding sugar, hors
d'oeuvres of plastic salami, in
sect icecubes, spoons that melted
in the soup and napkins that
burst into flame as diners wiped
their lips. AS the piece de re-
SiStance," a big kettle of Hun
garian Goulash exploded when
brought to the table, thereby
Splattering everybody-but most
ly the waiter, himself from Buda-
pest.
For his keynote speech. an
thropologiSt Michel LeriS recalled
some of the best stunts played
on him while doing research in
China. His talk also covered soma
of the great hoaxes Of the past,
which he urged the katzenjammer
kids to study well since these
would provide inspiration and
plenty of smileage" for the fu-
ture.
Evening star., 1962-09-02

and his Democratic challenger
Representative David King. This
station will also give time to de-
bates for other State and local
offices. $50
A Las Vegas station will prob,
ably have Democrat Alan Bible
meeting the winer of Tuesdays
Republican primary. This station
has shows arranged for other can
didates and their campaigns. -
Evening star., 1962-09-02

For what had started out as
an educational problem with ra-
cial overtones became a racial
problem with educational over
tones.
Divisions Set Up
When the Taylor committee re-
ported last spring it favored di-
viding the Glenfield students
among the other three junior high
schools, one grade at each, resi-
dents cried this was a violation
Of the neighborhood principle by
which a child went to school
where he lived. Others protested
at the inconvenience Of transfer
of students to more distant
schools, or the estimated SO mil
lion cost of a single junior high
the school board proposed to ul-
timately build. A Seven-member
minority of the 50-member COM
mittee thought there should be
further study.
These were all valid objections
sincerely held by many. But by
all?
A man knocked at a woman's
home in Upper Montclair and
stuck out a petition. Sign this.
This is how We'll keep them out
of here"
She hadn't warmed to the idea
of integrating all-white Mount
Hebron. But here was segregation
standing in business suit on her
doorstep In Montclair, N. j.
A sister and a brother found
themselves so violently divided
over the issue they agreed not to
see each other at all until the
issue calmed down. People at
cocktail parties quietly got UP, got
their coats and left when con-
versation turned to the schools.
And sometimes they didn't come
back for the next party.
"At one of the meetings there
was almost a lynch atmosphere in
the air." said Mrs. Ruth Knowles,
a member Of the Taylor commit
tee and supporter of revamping
the school system.
One evening her phone rang.
Evening star., 1962-09-02

you do-gooder," said an anony-
nous voice, why don't you shut
up or get out?"
One resident thought some of
the opposition was due lust to
their shock at the idea of seeing
Negroes walking in Upper Mont
clair"
An Upper Montclair housewife
agreed, confiding to a friend. 1T
makes me nervous. I know it
shouldn't. I end up fighting my
self"
A Counterchoree
Other Upper Montclair residents
charge the white residents in the
southwestern part of town -
where the very biggest homes are
and where the Negro cult leader
Sweet Daddy Grace once managed
to buy q mansion are for mixing
the schools because it will ease
the pressure Of Negro home buy
ers to make further inroads there.
The spoken fight has concerned
the neighborhood school policy,
the cost and upheaval of student
transfer. The unspoken struggle
has been Of race, as bitter as it
has been silent. But it's been a
struggle pitting white against
white. The Negroes have watched
and waited.
"If we talk too much and get
emotional, we're lost" said one.
Let the whites get emotional"
Its lucky this town has so
many educated, level-headed Ne
groes," said one Montclair white.
IF it didn't, Montclair would be
torn apart"
To some whites, the whole affair
is the result of NAACP "rabble
rouSing."
Actually, under Mr.. Greene's
leadership the Negroes have fol-
lowed a gradual course. It has
been made clear to agitators who
have started heated integration
battles elsewhere in the New York
metropolitan area that they were
not welcome in Montclair. BY
being cool yet determined, the
Evening star., 1962-09-02

NAACP has perhaps achieved
more than it it had been militant.
The board of education finally
has decided to divide the 1873
pupils at Glenfield starting this
week among the other three high
schools until a single junior high,
centrally located, can be built,
hopefully by 1865.
Referendum Threatened
A suit by white parents to fore
stall the plan has been thrown
out of Federal Court and the mat
ter left for the State commissioner
Of education. Opponents of the
plan are talking of a petition
calling for a referendum. Propo-
nents think, without too much
certainty, the referendum would
not get enough mo" votes.
Meanwhile, what Of Montclair,
a nice town with nice people and
an ugly battle?
The NAACP, which states its sole
objective was to get a better edu-
cation for Negro students, claims
it has received acceptable COM
mitments" towards that goal. 1t
thinks the fight has put racial
relations on a Sounder footing.
But the cheers at the Fourth of
July parade hushed to silence
when the NAACP delegation drove
by in its black Cadillac past q
group of white spectators.
And the scars among the whites
have not healed under the pleas
ant sun of the dry suburban
summer. -,
Frankly" said one shaken res
ident who has known no other
home but Montclair, I'VE have
considered moving. It's been too
much. Our friends or people we
thought were our friends -
1t has left Paul Miller, a young
editor, disappointed and troubled.
Il was counting on, or did
count on. the good sense of a
town like this with its intelligence,
its professional people, its young
people to solve its racial problems.
IF you can't do it here, where
can you do it?" ~
Evening star., 1962-09-02

Upper Montclair is all white. For
years the enrolment at Glenfield
Junior High has been declining.
Negroes have moved out of the
district. A parochial school took
other students.
AS result the Negro commu-
nifty felt the overall quality of
education at Glenfield was declin-
ing compared to the other junior
highs. They went back over board
of education records for figures
they claimed showed Glenfield
children did not have the same
academic opportunities.
When Nobody Cored
"The situation was allowed to
exist because nobody cared, be-
cause the students at Glenfield
were predominantly Negro" said
Joseph Greene, head of the local
branch of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People.
Charles Hemmersley, attorney
for the board of education, said
the reason actually was the small
enrolment meant classes couldn't
be broken down into smart and
slower sections and as a result the
brighter children had always to
wait for the others to catch up.
The bright ones lost interest
waiting.
After considerable homework on
the matter, the NAACP asked the
board to improve conditions.
When they felt the board was
dragging its feet. a group Of
mothers staged a 3-day picketing
of Glenfield last fall.
1--WE felt a dramatization would,
shall we say, encourage people to
do something" said Mr.. Greene. 1t
did. The board promised to close
Glenfield as a junior high.
A citizens committee already
had been formed under Philip B.
Taylor, former Assistant Secre-
tary of the Air Force under Pres
ident Eisenhower, to study what
to do with the dispossessed Glen
field students. That's when the
fight began.
Evening star., 1962-09-02
TV Debates Breaking Out All Over in Fall Campaigns

bama and South Carolina, are
challenging Democratic incum-
bents Lister Hill and Olin john
Ston to debates.
In Utah and Nevada face to
face televiSion appearances are be-
coming a tradition. ..
The educational television sta
ton at the University of Utah
will sponsor a debate between Re
publican Senator Wallace Bennett
Evening star., 1962-09-02
BY MICHAEL MOSETTIG
Contributing Writer

The Battle Of South Boston,
waged last week between Edward
(Eddie) Mccormack and Edward
(Teddy) Kennedy, fueled the ma
tion-wide political prairie fire of
face-to-face television campaigns.
Aside from the tension and ex-
citement rising from direct con-
flict between campaigners. there
is much political and financial
gain which attracts candidates in
duoS to the television screen.
Ever since the Nixon-Kennedy
Presidential debates of 1860, o
trend to joint TV appearances has
been growing. 1t soon may be
national political institution.
A survey reveals that in 80
campaigns for the United States
Senate, at least six television de-
bates are already scheduled. In
nine other races a TV confronta-
ton Is likely.
LII GCIlIloy4td1lAd d41u 04SI11SdLl1
the television appearances during
the gubernatorial campaigns will
have direct bearing on the po-
tential Presidential bandwagons of
Republican candidates Represen-
tative William Scranton and
George Romney.
Scranton TO Debote
Mr.. Scranton has accepted at
least one debate with the incisive
and sharp tongued Democratic
candidate Richardson Dilworth.
Mr.. Dilworth would like to have
more.
Mr.. Romney, trying to unseat
Democratic Gov. John Swanson,
has scheduled two debates def
nitely. The Romney and Swain
son camps are now haggling over
a possible third debate.
In California, Richard M. Nixon
and Gov. Pat Brown are arguing
over a debate format. The for
mer Vice President wants a direct
Evening star., 1962-09-02

opponent Representative Sidney
Yates, not well known outside of
Chicago.
Senator Dirksen, who doesn't
need the publicity of a Statewide
TV debate, doesn't want Mr.. Yates
to get such exposure.
Refusal to debate can also be
an issue. This is the thorny prob
lem facing such Senate Republi-
can veterans as Homer Capehart
of Indiana, Alexander Wiley of
Wisconsin, Thomas Kuchel of
California and Bourke Hicken-
looper of Iowa.
Their Democratic onents
have raised the challenge and will
try to get as much mileage as pos
sible from the refusal to debate
issue. They could pull the old
trick Of talking to an empty chair
at rallies.
While debates will be held all
over the country, most will be in
the same style as the Kennedy
Nixon meetings.
A panel of newsmen or leaders
Of civic organizations sponsoring
the debate will alternately ask
questions of the candidates. There
will also be opening and closing
statements.
Former Health, Education and
Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribi-
coff will have a series of debates
with his Republican opponent
Representative Horace Seely-
Brown in the Connecticut Senate
race. Some will be televised.
Southern Outlook
The only sure nominees in the
mad scramble New Hampshire pri-
mary, Senator Norris Cotton and
his Democratic opponent Alfred
Catalfo, will be on a panel show
later this fall. After the Septem-
Der II primary, they will join other
candidates on television and radio
panels.
Significantly. James Martin
and William Workman, Repubh-
can Senate candidates in Ala
Evening star., 1962-09-02

with this end in view, I have
long favored an independent and
broadly based Interoeeanic Canal
Commission as the only way in
which Congress can get adequate
information essential for sound
legislative action. There is no
need for more studies by routine
administrators. We simply must
not goof on the new canal route"
Representative Floods bill
would create an 11-man Canal
Commission to be appointed by
the President and confirmed by
the Senate, including Army, Navy,
Air Force, diplomatic, engineering
and financial authorities. It
would be required to submit final
recommendation within two
years, subject to congressional
enactment.
This proposal is now before the
House Merchant Marine Commit
tee, pending hearings and a re-
port to the full House for action
to send the measure to the
Senate.
"The duty of the Congress is
to the sovereign people Of the
Nation and its taxpayers" Mr..
Flood declares. Most aSsuredly
the Congress cannot meet this
responsibility except by having
before 1t the studies and rec
concentrations Of an absolutely
objective body created by the
Congress ITSELF"
American rights to the Mica
raguan canal route were obtained
under the Bryan-C -Chamorro
Treaty Of 1915, which grants Gin
perpetuity" all rights to the canal
development.
Details of the construction are
subject to final approval by Mic
aragua, whenever the Govern
ment of the United States shall
notify the government of Mica
ragua Of its desire or intention
to construct such canal"
A report Of 1927 recalls that
"75 years ago, with its outlet into
the Atlantic via the San Juan
River, Lake Nicaragua formed
part Of one Of the great trade
routes from our Eastern States to
California, and Commodore Van
derbilt operated lines Of steam
ers over its waters"
Now all that Is over. Since the
opening Of the Panama route,
first by rail, and then by canal,
this Nicaraguan transcontinenta
route has been completely aban-
doned. Today, the lake lies prac-
tically deserted. No transconti-
mental commerce moves over its
waters, although next to Panama,
it still marks the route which
offers the easiest line for the con-
Struction Of a new interoceanic
canal"
The projected Nicaraguan Ca
nal would chop off about 1900
miles on the voyage from New
York to San Francisco, as
against the existing Panama Ca
nal route.
Further Surveys
Later surveys, of the Nicaraguan
canal were made by the United
States Navy in 1872, again in
1876, by the Nicaraguan Canal
Board in 1895, by the Isthmian
Canal Commission in 1899-1901,
finally by the Army Engineers in
1890.
But the Panama Canal got the
nod in 1901, chiefly because it
ran only 40 miles, against 1873
miles for the more northerly
route through Lake Nicaragua.
Evening star., 1962-09-02

The we'll entrenched incumbents
realize all this, although. This is
evidently why Senate Republican
Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois,
a national figure. is turning down
any offer to debate his Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
Chestnut Tree

From J. j. c., Newburg, Md.
My horsechestnut has excellent
foliage until June when 1t be-
gins to turn brown and by Au-
gust is defoliaged. What is the
cause and how may 1t be pre-
vented?
Answer: The browning could
be caused by lack of air at the
roots, by a water-logged soil, by
reflected heat from a wall or
pavement, or by a leaf disease.
Suggest spraying in March with
dormant strength lime-sul-
phur; examining the soil for
subsurface drainage. If the dor
mant spray does not control
the leaf spot, use some good
fungicide in April and May. If
these do not solve the problem
send a leaf sample to the Hor-
ticulture Department, Univer-
sity Of Maryland. College Park
Md,