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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

On March 10. 1871, an en-
larged board of the library as
ISOLATION met TO make plans to
establish an even larger board.
Now represented on the board
were the Farmville Woman's
Club, the D a ught tiers of the
American Revolution chapters,
and the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. along with the
original members. It was hoped
to have representatives from
each civic club Of the town. The
Rotary, Lions, Junior Woman S
Club. Junior Chamber of Com
merce, and American Associa-
ton of University Women, all
had members at the meeting
Each club member was to ex-
plain the idea to his club. and
solicit membership and dona-
tons for the association.
BY the time of the 1853 move,
the library had a total Of 5000
volumes, magazines and equip
ment which were moved into
their new home at i'll High
street and the two rooms were
opened for business on Monday.
Oct p, 1885
Librarian
Miss Martha Blanton had been
librarian since 1918 and she re-
ported the Gordon Transfel
Company had provided the man.
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Wilson Not To
Be Candidate
For Reelection
BY BILL WALL

James W Wilson, il. Prince
Edward County treasurer for al
most 20 years, announced today
that he Will not seek reelection
this year Il Will be 50 years. of
age before the end of this year"
ne said, land ! feel | should re-
tire
Wilson was employed as dep
uty county treasurer Oct. -,
1913, under Treasurer s. w
Watkins, Jr. He was appointed
treasurer following The death of
Mr. Watkins on Jan. 25, 1915
In all of his political career,
Wilson has never had opposition
for the treasurer position This
in itself is reflection of the
high esteem with which he is
regarded by his fellow citizens,
and his office has always been
conducted with umuucstioned eff
ficiency, The quiet dignity, yet
machinelke efficiency of the
treasurer office. reflects with
credit on the entire county, as it
has kept in office a man who
has been devoted public ser
want and not at all "a poll
tician.
Wilson is a son Of !he late Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson, Of Rice. He
graduated from Rice High
School and attended Randolph
Macon Academy, which was
then located in Bedford City. He
CONTINUED on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

IOtal retail sales were up
81 .297 ,624, rising 70 record
high Sl4, 567 1888 Food and auto
motive sales composed almost
half this figure. the former ris-
ing to S3.702,837. and the latter
to 1886, 943. Included in the
food category are all food and
grocery stores, as we'll as res
taurants, but not hotels or food
sold through drug or sundry
stores, The automotiyc figure in
cludes automobile sales, service,
gasoline. farm equipment. etc.
The professional Gates CORY.
which includes attorneys. fu-
neral directors, medical doctors,
dentists. realtors, optometlists.
surveyors. etc. reported a loss
for 1862 Their figure was $780,
023. some S7.579 less than year
ago. However, one member of
the professional group was yet
to make his report on his earn
lngs for 1862. When this report
is submitted the figure will
most probably be very close to
the 1861 mark.
$1,000, 600 Rise
The manufacturers, mills, and
professors, including dealers in
leaf tobacco, reported a gain in
1862, with re eip S totahng
SIS, 1877 1913, a rise Of almost a
million dollars.
Contractors tax returns show
ed total receipts of $2,476. 1888
also higher than reported a year
ago by $3.50, AIS. This is very
conservative figure for the con-
tractors since they are not re-
CURED to report figures to the
town for contracts done out of
town. Many Of the F'armville
contractors operate on an eX-
tensive statewide basis.
The service trades reported
total dollar receipts Of $1.713.3l4
or S275,7 greater than a year
ago. This category Of taxpayer
includes public utilities. repair
services, prin ting, cleaning
moving and hauling, beauticians
and BARRIERS. bowling alleys,
auctioneers, etc.
Wholesale merchants, includ-
ing junk dealers. reported total
sales Of Sl,54l,1l7, SS3 1913 more
than the previous year.
State Tax
The towns gross receipts tax
corresponds somewhat to the
state license tax, also required
annually However. the town re-
turns which must list dollar
volume provides the more com
prehensivc and accurate calcu-
lation. The state tax is readily
calculable for retail sales, but
most other categolies of state
taxpayers pay a flat fee without
relation to dollar volume.
The total business Of more
than 80 million dollars reflects
a busy busting trading center
in the heart of Virginia. Dollars
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Andrews Elected
VBNIA Officer

Lester L Andrews. Of Farm
vile, was elected vice president
Of the Virginia Building Ma
terlal Association at the associa-
tons 37th annual convention at
Norfolk, Feb. Is and IA.
Andrews is vice president of
Farmville Manufacturing Com
pany. president Of Andrews
Large and Whldden, and code
veloper Of the t'a1nlv1lle Shop
ping Center. He Is also very &C
tive ID the CIVIC and community
LIE q EGuI5lle.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Farmville Total Dollar Turn Over
Scars Over The 20 Million Mark
Retail Sales Up Over A Million

The total business volume Farmve for the
ending Dec 81 1862, 500 238875. almost
dollars than the ending
James M. Fleetwood when releasing
these figures that the record breaking
the history Falvles privilege
which payable each January almost four
thousand dollars to reach $50
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

the methods Of modern warfare
are changing, and changes must
be made in military organiza-
tons TO keep abreast.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

What we are saying is that
there should be no substantial
reduction in the strength of our
Continued Oh page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Started In 1909
BY HELEN ". MASON

Tucked away in the basement
of a brick house on High street
belonging to Mrs. W. j. Gills.
is the result of the work of a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
WOODWORKING

NONCONFORNING students
should have mountaineering edu-
cational programs 70 meet their
need, Prof. Roland H. Nelson,
assistant dean Of tbe University
OF Louisville KY told a meet
ing of school administrators in
Atlantic City, N j., this week
Since many creative indiyidu-
ais refuse to fit an established
pattern" he SAID, and since
this refusal to fit may be the
essence of their c1edtivity, he
suggested: allowing some indi-
vlduals to skip certain grades or
subjects, not because Of extra
ordinary achievement, but be
cause Of little or no achieve
ment; permit them to become
more one sided than is usually
thought desirable: and make it
possible to leave school and
come back without having to re
turn 10 the same rung on the
educational ladder.
PRESIDENT BEiA\COURT
OF Venezuela arrived in Wash
lngton Tuesday and was hailed
by President Kennedy as an out
standing hemisphere lie adj r.
The two men planned two days
OF talks with particular attention
to the growing threat Of Com
nuniSt subversion N Latin
America. much Of Ii being ex-
ported from Cas,ro's Cuba.
Meanwhile. the hiaekcd Vene-
zuelan froighter WAS surrender
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
Elderly Woman Loses Home, Contents

house after feeding her chickens, she dis
covered the fire, which had already spread
over the entire dwelling She had no phone
and it sometime before the fire depart
ment could he contacted After the fire. the
owner sat down oil The ground and refused TO
leave the scene If her home, but. after snme
convincing she WAS taken to EarnyilIe where
temporary quarters were provided IN the
jail by the sheEiffs department..
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

FarmvilIe Volunteer Firemcn put out
last traces of this Wednesday afternoon fire
which completely destroyed the home of
Deiilah Neil located about three miles south
east of Worsham. The elderly colored woman
lost everything she possessed except j few
chickens she had III bag. The house Was
completely burned when firemen arrived and
the fire had spread to the nearby woods and
fields. When the owner went back to the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
! TROOP WITHDRAWAL?
} ON-STTE INSPECTIONS
, WASHINGTON VISIT
\. '. LANCASTER o ,n.

RUSSIA has promised to with
draw several thousand of its
troops from Cuba by March IS.
1t was revealed this week.
President Kennedy called in top
Congressional leaders from both
parties for White House brief
ing on Cuba and other foreign
policy matters Monday. Demo
Gratis have joined Republicans
in calling for the removal of all
1900 Soviet troops estimated
by the administration TO remain
in Cuba. The White House and
State Department are withhold
ing comment for fear of embar-
RAISING Premier Khrushchev be-
fore he can carry out the prom
Use.
A COMPROMISE on the num-
Der of Onslte inspections was
offered by the U. S. at the II
nation disarmament conference
in Geneva Wednesday Chief U.
S. delegate William c. Foster
said the West might be willing
to accept fewer onsite inspec-
tons if the nuclea- test ban
treaty contained other satisfac-
tory control arrang ements. The
unofficial word in Geneva is that
the U. S. and Britain might
settle for five or six inspections
a year on Soviet territory. but
the Russians were Sill insisting
that one or Two are al they will
permit.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-02-22

The Governor said he realized
Evening star., 1963-05-17
NOM and the
children step
IiUeIy iM
Hash Puppies

They're SO feotherlisht and
actually breathe, noture's only
oir-eonditioned leather. Fo-
nous Hush Puppie steel shank
gives necessary svppoit. Left:
women's 3-eyeIet oxford,
brown, grey black, green or
natural, 8.SS. Rights Girls
oxford, River Bed rust, Gun
smoke grey. l2Ha-4, '7.SS.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Photos Thoughtto Show
'Thresher Grave Studied

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May
II (AP).-Photographs believed
to show the ocean floor grave
Of the nuclear attack subma-
rine Thresher were being
analysed today as the Navy
prepared to reconstruct the
April 10 disaster by deliberately
sinking another sub.
Toro, a World War II sub
marine, arrived at Boston
preparatory to being scuttled
next week 220 miles at sea
where Thresher vanished.
Naval experts plan to follow
the descending Toro with sonar
equipment in hopes of learning
how and where Thresher
settled to the bottom.
The photos Of debris tenta-
lively identified as coming
from the ill-starred submarine
were obtained from the Atlantis
II, research ship Of the Woods
Hole (Mass.) Oceonographic
Institution.
DR.. Paul M. Eye, director of
the institution. said the mir
lures were taken by three cam
eras 5000 feet below the sur
face.
1T has not been confirmed
that these small objects are
from the submarine Thresher, I"
Mr.. Eye said. mo readily
identifiable objects are shown.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May
II. - Alabama's segregationist
Gov. George Wallace and Pres
ident Kennedy are expected to
be on the same platform to-
morrow when the President
pays a flying visit to the State.
Both he and the President
have accepted invitations from
the Tennessee Valley Authori-
ty, which is celebrating its 3Oth
anniversary at Muscle Shoals.
The President is scheduled to
speak at the celebration.
The Governor has pro-
tested bitterly the sending of
Federal troops to Alabama in
connection with rioting in Bir-
mingham last week end. He has
not said he will meet with the
President, but sources close to
him said he probably will.
The Governor today con-
firmed that he plans to be at
the celebration, but his brief
announcement made no men
ton Of the President.
No Plans, White House Says
White House Press Secre-
tary Pierre Salinger said in
Washington there were no
plans for any private confer
ence between the President
and Gov. Wallace. mo one has
brought up the idea," he added.
At Huntsville-site Of the
huge Redstone Arsenal to be
visited by the President after
leaving the iva seremony-
the city hired its first Negro
policeman last night. the As
sociated Press reported. And
the Madison County commits
sioners ordered removal Of
white" and "colored" signs
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Kennedy and Gov. Wallace
Expected to Share Platform

over courthouse drinking
fountains.
In Birmingham, meanwhile,
Federal Judge H. H. Grooms
yesterday paved the way for
the possible admission Of three
Negroes to the University of
Alabama.
Autherine Lucy was admit
ted to the university under
court order In February. 1856,
but was expelled within days
after criticizing university Of
ficials for campus rioting. She
never got back in, and no pub
lie schools or colleges in Ala
bama have been desegregated.
Judge Grooms ruled the uni
versity is still bound by the
Lucy case. decided in 1855. He
ordered the dean Of admissions,
Hubert Mate, to show cause
why he should not be held in
contempt Of court for refusing
to admit the Negro applicants.
One of the students wants to
enter summer school at the
Huntsville branch of the uni
versity. which opens on June
10. The other two want to
start in the fall at the Tusca-
loosa branch.
MayOralty Dispute
Gov. Wallace has pledged to
resist any school integration.
The State Supreme Court
has promised to render an
early decision on a case that
could have profound effect on
Birmingham's racial troubles.
The court will decide, in the
case argued before it yester-
day in Montgomery, whether
ardent Segregationist Arthur j.
Hanes will remain Birming-
hams Mayor for the next two
years or whether the more
moderate Albert Boutwell, will
take over.
Arguments centered on
whether Mr.. Boutwell, must
wait until Mayor Hanes' term
expires in 1865 before he takes
office or whether the law under
which a new form of govern
ment was approved and a new
Mayor elected last November
Evening star., 1963-05-17
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

Nobody around here has
found much to laugh about in
the Birmingham crisis. But
Dick Gregory, the Negro
comedian who just spent four
nights in a Birmingham jail,
manages to get off a few fun
nies about his experience.
u was in a cell with 500
other people," he quips. I'VE
had wall-to-wall US. There
were so many of us there
wasn't enough brutality to go
around"
Mr.. Gregory, who got to the
top by Saying out loud what
the whites and the Negroes
have been whispering to each
other for 100 years." came here
to do q benefit show for the
Southeast Neighborhood House.
Still nursing an arm made
sore, he says, when four guards
beat him, he has enlisted for
the duration in the civil rights
fight. He went into Green
wood, Miss, and Birmingham,
not as a celebrity but "as an
individual first, an American
second, and a Negro third"
He got arrested a week ago
Monday, with $50 others, for
parading without a permit. He
is out on bond.
II have three children. The
Southern Negroes are fighting
for them. It's my problem, too.
I'm involved" he said.
He regards Birmingham as a
victory for his people.
Whenever a Negro stands
up and says this has to stop,
not tomorrow, not next year,
but today, it's a victory. We've
had a sleeping bear under the
couch for 100 years, and he's
done woke up. Everybody knew
he was there, although they
pretended they didn't, and
now he jumped up, and he's
hungry and he's vicious"
He thinks the Kennedy ad-
ministration made more mis-
takes in Birmingham than in
any other situation.
They had no more legal
right to send troops in Sun
day than they did two weeks
before. Everyone in America
knows now we have found a
formula for getting troops in
stab a white man, turn over
a white cab and burn some
houses, and they'll come"
He thinks it was "great" to
send the children into the
demonstrations.
you couldn't keep those kids
out of the line. It's the first
time in history that police
called UP people in the middle
of the night and told them
their kids were in jail, and they
were proud"
Mr.. Gregory stood up for
Malcolm x, the Black Muslin
leader, whose extremism the
Evening star., 1963-05-17
JOKES AND MALCOLM X
GregoryP Puts Wit Into Fight

Kennedy administration frank
ly fears. To their consterna-
ton. Malcolm x appeared yes
terday and held a Cauitol Hill
press conference outside the
office of Representative Edith
Green, Democrat of Oregon.
Mrs. Green, who had invited
Malcolm x to testify before
her subcommittee on juvenile
delinquency, decided instead to
hold a conference with him in
her office. 1t went on for al
most two hours.
Malcolm x is a tall, solemn
young man.
He was preceded to the mic
rophones by his public rela-
tions consultant, Dolph Thomp-
son, who counseled the assem-
bled reporters to be objective"
and not to debate with NAL
colin x because 'it has been
our experience that many news
people are not equipped to deal
with Malcolm x in a debate.
They try to defend white
folks and SUCH"
Malcolm x then stepped for
ward and berated President
Kennedy for not sending in
troops while dogs were bit
ing black babies" and Martin
Luther King "for trying to
please the white folks"
The solution, he says. is for
the black man to change his
image of himself. No good
will come Of cooperation. he
insisted.
Dick Gregory says Malcolm
x is "a brilliant young man"
and that the religious char
acter of the Black Muslims
has been ignored"
4
Look at the Black Muslims
this way: ! have Q corn and I
go to the doctor and he takes
it off, and then / put my foot
into the same tight shoe and
it comes back. So what are you
going to talk about first, the
corn or the shoe?"
Mr.. Gregory hasn't studied
the situation Of his people in
Washington, D. c., too closely
yet. but he thinks maybe the
Negro here has job security
but no money.
Hes got the name and the
Evening star., 1963-05-17
7.9S to 1898


SOLID comfort for Dad!
Good-Iookine styles resist dirt and wafer
-. brush up cleon in O iiffY. Left: Popular
slpon, Hound Dowg or cunsmoke, O.SS.
Boys sizes, 8.SS; ine boys sizes, 7.S0.
Right: Liehtest golf shoe you've ever worn,
Hound Dowe or t~o-tone grey, 1898.
Same style without spikes, .S.SS.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

takes effect Immediately. Mr..
Hanes has refused to give up
his office.
Court officials indicated the
decision will be handed down
next week. 1t is believed that
II Mr.. Boutwell, wins he will
pursue q more conciliatory
course with the Negroes.
Both mayors said they would
abide by the ruling of the
State court and would not ap-
peal the case further.
Returning to Normal"
Birmingham Police Chief
Jamie Moore said the city is
rapidly returning to normal
after the weekend bombings
and rioting. Heavily armed po-
lice still are patrolling the
Negro section but Chief Moore
said there have been mo un-
usual incidents" lately and I'VE
are very pleased at tn present
time"
Assistant Attorney General
Burke Marshall, the admins
tration's racial troubleshooter
went back to Washington to
make another report to At
torney General Robert Ken
nedy.
The Rev. Martin Luther
King, jr., leader Of the Negro
demonstration movement, said
yesterday there is a "misunder-
standing" on just what deseg-
regation was promised to Negro
leaders to end the demonstra-
tons that plagued the city for
six weeks. He declined to say
what the Observation-Disclosures
were and said I'VE are going
to solve that through confer
ences with white leaders"
The committee Of white busi-
nessmen who negotiated the
settlement said the agreement
calls for desegregation of lunch
rooms and other facilities In
certain (unidentified) stores,
employment of one Negro as a
sales clerk in one store on a
trial basis and continuation of
bi-racial talks. Many Negroes
thought they were getting
more.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

The pictures are in the hands
Of a Navy court Of inquiry
which convened at Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard shortly after
the disaster to try to determine
what caused the $45 million
sub to sink.
Mr.. Eye said two Of the cam
eras took stereo. three-dimen-
sional shots and the third re-
corded straight-on images,
each at the rate of 500 frames
in 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

prestige and the feeling, but
man, he hasn't got the buck to
carry through. I talk to a
woman in st. Louis, and she
tells me her son is in the
government, with the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. 1t turns
out he's a janitor."
He does not take Adam Clay
ton Powell's leadership seri-
ously because he's a politician,
and when a man becomes a
politician, he's a different
animal altogether"
Mr.. Gregory is hopeful about
Evening star., 1963-05-17

the future-"this thing will
break overnight" Meanwhile,
he takes a dim view Of press
coverage Of the strife. Man,
you read Time magazine about
Birmingham and it's like pick
ing UP a Ku Klux Klan scratch
sheet"
Evening star., 1963-05-17
81 HAHN

> 1927 = ST.. IIIh & g
"PRINCE GEO. PLEA.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Kennedy to Speak

SACRAMENTO, Calf, May
II (AP).-President Kennedy
will deliver the commencement
address and receive an hon.
orary degree at San Diego State
College on June s.
Evening star., 1963-01-24
-BV WaIt Disney
Answers 10 INITIATE
BY Bob Donovon

mail, male. malt, mate. matte, meal,
meat, metal, melt, milt. lie, mitt, mite,
lila, initiate, item, lame, late, lime
limit, TAFT, tael, tail. tame, tale, tell
teal, teat, team, tile. time, title, tilt,
It'll. ALT, alme, atilt. emit.
Evening star., 1963-01-24
WORD GAME
Find 80 or more words in
SPARIN

meaning "scanty, frugal" Av-
erage mark is 80 words; time
limit, 40 minutes.
Rules OF the game. /. Words must
be- OF four or more letters . Words
which acquire four letters by the ad.
dltion Of -" such IS "bats." "eata,
are not used 3 On.y on, form "a a
not used.
Evening star., 1963-01-24
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Evening star., 1963-01-24
BY ALFRED SHEINWOLD

4 SS
&KQ3
South West North East
ia Pass 50 Pass
A All Pass
Opening lead: Spade deuce.
When today's hand was
played in the 1869 world cham
poinship, both the American
and the Argentine team bid up
to four spades and got a trump
opening lead. Both declarers
won the first trick in dummy
and returned the singleton six
of diamonds.
The Argentine East hadn't
been thinking ahead. He hesi-
tated, and 1t became clear to
everybody at the table that he
had the ace of diamonds and
was wondering what to do.
After about one second East
realized that he had given him
self away. He played the ace Of
diamonds with a resigned shrug
of the shoulders.
No Problem
The American declarer had
no further problem. He could
win a trick, later. with the king
of diamonds and could ruff two
diamonds in dummy.
At the other table, Leonard
Harmon held the East cards
for the American team. When
the singleton diamond was led
from dummy Harmon played
low smoothly and calmly.
South now had to guess
whether to play the king or the
jack. It's easy for us to see the
winning play, but in the actual
match South played the jack.
West won with the queen Of
diamonds and returned an
other trump. South never won
a trick with the kind of dia-
monds, and he went down one
instead of making the game.
The secret of Harmon's sue
cess was that he had done his
homework away from the bridge
table. He had discovered that
1t doesn't pay to come up with
the ace when a singleton is led
throug h you. You sometimes
lose your ace by playing low,
but you gain far more often
than you lose.
Daily Question
AS dealer, you hold:
ak OFT 062 oKJ93 %KQ3
What do you say2
Answer: Bid one diamond or
one spade, depending on your
attitude toward 4-card major
suits. Some Of our best players
refuse to open in a 4-card ma
jor. Most players favor an
opening bid Of one spade. Both
methods are playable-as long
as you do open the bidding.
copyright, 1868. Gen. Features Corp.)