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The Adak sun., 1963-01-14
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, 1963-01-21
ONE MILE

From Christiansted on Ia acres
land, under beautiful mahogany
trees with ocean view. Complete
ly modern three bedroom, 2 bath
masonary home on two levels with
garage, $48,500
SVEN ANDERSON REALTY
Christiansted Tel: 800 w
, 1963-01-21

WANTED Cook experienced
private family : Board & Room
top salary. Alien or citizen
Write: P. o. Box 733, st. Thomas
, 1963-01-21

Now Pan American Jet cIippersa
double their service! Manhattan
is at the peak Of a brilliant winter
season theatres nightclubs
shopping, Round trip Jet
Economy fare is $183.6o.
2 Jets to Miami, Monday and
Thursday at 1905 Pm. Pan Am
jets leave for Miami via San Juan.
R~oundtrip Jet Economy fare is
$500.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
UPI Honors Smith
Er- Yankee Awarded For
Confectionery Program

tiers Association of Virginia. The
award was made for a two part
documentary, The Confedera-
cy, presented by Al the last
two years on April 8. the eve
of the Confederate surrender at
Appomattox.
He received the award on May
II at the UPI broadcasters con
ference held at Virginia Beach.
The tWo-hour program took
over two months for al" to put
together. 1t featured Southern
music from the 1876 era as
well as the Confederate story.
APP contributes much Of the
success of his program to his
sources Of research, including
the Longwood College library,
information from the UPI and
local Confederate authorities,
such as Harvey Shelton Buddy"
Whitaker. Buddy helped ne a
great deal With this program.
He really knows the Civil War,
especially tho part that took
place around Prince Edward
county, said AL The pro
gram included part Of the &C
ton that took place at the NC
Lean House, AppomattoX. with
my co-Worker John Wilson do
ipg this segment of it."
Resident Since 1853
Al has been sports director
at WFLO since 1858 and a South
erner the same length of time.
He was born and raised in
Bclle-Terre. Long Island. N. Y.
one Of six children. Before "Al"
and two Of his sisters were born,
his parents and other thre e
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

phase, now in operation, will
continue five to 10 days. The
team viii return about June IS
for six to eight weeks for Tie
Phase 2 testing program.
After lengthy analysis of TIE
results. a final report Of the
findings will be made to the Of
flee OF Education in June, 1864
DR.. Green reports. A prelinli-
nary report will be provided tbs
June, however, he added.
The director has 80 graduate
ard college senior students now
at work On the Phase fact
finding portion of the project.
There are eight graduate stu
dents in psychology from North
Carolina College at Durham,
n. c., working. There are also
y students who are serving as
interviewers who have just COM
pleted their final year at Vir-
glnla Union University.
Consultants Serve
Dr.. j. Kenneth Morland, head
Of the Department of Sociolog Icy
Continued On Page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
THE General, Famed CiuiI War
Locomotive IOBe Here Tuesday

line. the train stopped at Big
Shanty, Ga. where breakfast
was being served in the Lacy
Hotel next to the tracks.
Secret Agent Acts
While hungry passengers and
creWmen filed into the hotel din
ing room, Andrews and his men
remained BOARD the train.
Then, unnoticed they slipped
ahead, ard uncoupled the Gen
eral" and three boXcars from
the rest of the train.
Suddenly the quiet morning
was shattered with the hiss Of
steam, and the violent huff of
smoke and exhaust. The Gen
eral" lurched forward. Inside
the hotel, Conductor William A.
Fuller glanced out a window
and stared in disbelief. Shouting
warning to the other tram
men, he dashed outside to see
the last car disappear around a
curve.
With no idea as to who might
have stolen the train, Fuller,
with engineer jeff Cain and
Western and Atlantic shop fore
man Anthony Murphy, dashed
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Memorial Service
To BE Held Sunday

American Legion Post 81,
the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars Post 1853. and the Lee
gion and VIEW Auxiliaries
will hold a Memorial Serv-
ice Sunday at $50 pm. in
Westview Cemetery.
The Rev. p. Cary Adams.
pastor of Cumberland Pres
bNterian Church. will be the
speaker, and John Garner
will blow taps. The graves
of those men who gave their
lives for their country will
be decorated.
William j. Allen. tnminan-
der OF American Legion Post
y, and ". f.. Johnson, Com
mandcr of VIEW Post 1853,
have invited The public to at
tend the service. The ccre-
ony will be held at the
grave of William F. Wat
kinS.
This service is held each
year on the Sunday prcccd-
Ing Memorial Day TO honor
the serviccmen in the COM
Inunlty who gave their lives
in the line of duty.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Federal Brief Filed
BY BILL WALL

Anyone who CASUALLY follows
court action in relation to the
school Indignation suits can east
ly become confused as the case
Wlrds its way through the state
judicial system and the Federal
judicial system at the same
time. Adding to the confusion
are legal briefs that are filed
by opposing sides.
The PoWhatan school c
reached this point of confusion
IN tho minds Of many people
this week as action popped from
several angles,
Federal Court
1t was announced earlier this
week that five Judge appellate
court would hear the PoWhatan
case on June 10. This Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals Will
consider an appeal from the rul-
ing of district Judge John D..
Butzner, Jr.
The Negro plaintiffs appealed
the ruling by asking the appel
late court to order the ilnmcdi-
ate admission of three N c 6 r 0
children to the white school in
Powhatan. They also want the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

down the tracks in pursuit. At
Moon S Station, two miles TO the
north, they continued the chase.
As the next several miles were
downhill, Fuller, Cain, and Muir
ply made good speed to
EvoWah, where they comman-
deered the Yonah. ar old switch
engine used by the Cooper Iron
Works.
AS they rocketed along with
the stolen "Gereral,' Andrews
and his raiders met little oppo-
siton, Periodically they stopped
to cut telegraph wires and place
cross ties on the tracks. But
then. as they steamed into the
junction town of Kingston, they
found the line ahead blocked by
three southbound freight trains.
An agoniZirg hour licked by as
the raiders waited. All except
Andrews and three men in thn
cab of the General were hid
den in the boxcars. They feared
that they would be discovered
during the long wait.
Suspicious Aroused
Even railroad officials at
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Prince Edward
Case Heads Back
To Highest Court

The Virginia Supreme Court
OF Appeals will be asked for an
early hearing and decision in
the Prince Edward county case
involving review Of Judge John
Wlngo Knowles Richmond Cir
cult Court decision that school
closing here does not violate the
rights of county Negroes under
the Constitutions Of the United
States or Virginia.
Virginia Attorney General
Robert Y. Button announced
| Tuesday he will ask the state S
highest court to expedite the
case. 1t has statewide signifi-
canoe because it likely Will
bring Interpretation of several
sections of the State Constitution
pertaining to publice education
Final determination Of what the
State Constitution requires is a
state. not a federal question.
Judge Knowles rendered his
decision last March q in a suit
brought by state and Prince Ed,
ward county school officials. In
it he held also that neither the
State Board of Education nol
the State Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction has any power OF
duty TO operate public schools in
Prince Edward county or any
other locality
Grants An issue
In the same decision, Judge
Knowles held that there is no
provision in the State Constitu
ton or in state law which pro
hibits the payment Of state and
local tuition grants irrespective
Of whether public schools are
Continued on page Y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
BY GERLAD DUNCAN

Strawberry growers in this
area are gathering possibly the
worst strawberry crop in his
tory. due to the exec sive
drought and late frost The ex-
IRENE lack Of rain and the nip
ping frost left most growers
with little more than one-foul'th
of a normal crop and a number
of growers report up to 80 per
cent loss.
Dudley Peery. Prince Edward
county agent. said that he has
inspected veral strawberry
patches and he has found a very
poor crop throughout. "Of
course the drought is probably
responsible for the majority of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
$4,000 Federal Gront
900 Federal Gront
Educators, Sociologists Start
School Closing Effects Study
BY JOHN STICK

The educational psychologist who is directing the study
OF the educational and sociological effects
school closing in Prince Edward said Wednesday the
project will have much practical as Importance
from research point
Dl. Robert Lee Green faculty member in the Research
Bureau College of Education Michigan State University
said the exemey offers an avenue
not only TO valuable research but presents
poets as the gathering OF results which usul
curriculum planners school system eventually provided
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
FEDERAL Bret Filed
State Court Decides 81 Transfer
Applications Can Be Disregarded

circuit court to order the adj
mission Of 81 other Negro dhiI-
dren into the white school at
PoWhatan.
Attorneys for tic PoWhatan
school board filed tAeir brief on
Monday and contest the right Of
the federal judge in issuing an
injunction prohibiting the dos
ing of schools. The school board
brief says there is no evidence
OF testimony to suggest that
there is even a threat of such
school-closing action.
The only threat Of school dos
me came privately from 4 he
board of supervisors, and the
board of Supervisors Is nat a
defendant to the suit.
Unless the record disclosed
that county school officials in
tended or threatened to clio S G
schools, or bring about the with
holding of school operating
funds, the Injunction was i'm
providently granted" the brief
said
I'VE submit that the record
does not show a suggestion that
any defendant Ill this case has
Continued On Page p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

Assessing the project, flnanc-
ed by a SIS 900 grant from the
United States Office Of Educa-
ton, the project director said,
we intend TO do our best to
provide an objective piece Of
academic work
Stresslrg that test results
would be made vailabl e
to school authorities should they
be desired, Dr.. Green added
that subsequent use of the data
in any fashion or for any pur-
pose was beyond the scope of
the project
Started Tuesday
The director and a staff Of
more than 80 assistants and con-
sultants began working h ere
Tuesday. setting up offices IN
quarters Of the Prince Edward
County Christian Association on
South Main street.
The project VIII consist Of two
phases of fact-findlng and test
ing of Negro school age children
in the areas of intelligence. APP
tltude, reading readiness a il d
achievement, The fact finding
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

requests, the school board pre-
pared two budgets. One of 1924
700 provides for full operation of
a single public school system,
and one for SAT- 900 provides for
schools for the 1600 Negro stu
dents the school board estimates
would attend public schools with
the private school foundation
continuing classes for other stu
dents in the county.
The school board budgets in
corporate both state and local
funds in the totals. The asking
for local funds il the first bud
get was S396.700 and for the
500 student system, $272, 700
Both of these latter figures in
clude operation and debt serv-
ice.
The $4,000 item, which is the
only proposal for school finan-
cling in the tentative l963-64 out
line. covers. as the outline
Continued Or Page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

The General. tanned Civil
War wood burning locomotive,
will travel under its OWL power
TO Farmyille on Tuesday, May
30 The locomotive and its
coach-museum will b. immediate
ly East Of the North Main Street
crossing. near the Craddock Terr,.
Shoe plant from 8:45 am. until
/. 10:45 am.
The General was built in
the locomotive shops of Rogers,
Ketchum, and GrosVenor, of
Paterson, N. } 1t was purchas-
ed by the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, of Atlanta, Ga, in
1855 for $3.50.
In early 1862. the Confederate
front stretched from Memphis
to Northern Virginia. The West
ern and Atlantic Railroads 1877
milel0ng Atlanta to Chattanooga
rail line served an important
link. funneling men and supplies
to the front lines north Of Chat
tanooga. Union GENERALS felt
that, if this rail link could be
severed for just a few days or
a week, the Civil War might be
greatly shortened, even brought
TO an end.
Assigned to execute this bold
plan was Union secret agent,
James J. Andrews, Of Flemirgs-
burg, KY. During tie first week
of April Andrews and 10 men
worked their way into Georgia.
At Marietta early on the morn
ing Of April y. they boarded a
northbound train, pulled by the
General Ten miles up the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Drought Ruins Strawberry Crop;
Losses AS Heavy As SO Percent

brought out our latest strawber-
ries a little bit but the big dam
age was already done"
w. E. Bradshaw, who lives on
the Green Bay road, reports
only a scant crop this year.
Peery said that he looked over
his patches last week and re-
ported that the drought and
frost had almost completely de
stroyed his crop. Another grow
er. Gordon Harvey, reports
very slim crop as we'll.
The Gilliams said that despite
the poor crop they have had a
large number of customers. I'VE
have had people from Texas,
Ohio. Connecticut and New Jer-
Sey and sometimes we have as
many as five cars here from
Lynchbug. Last Thursday we
had 50 people picking at one
time. We are grateful that we
have as good a crop as we do,
considering the drought. and we
hope the rain will bring out our
last weeks blooms"
Strawberry sales have been
cut TO some extent by the high
price Of sugar In some places
sugar is as high as $40 per 10
pounds. This is some 40 to 80
cents higher than a year ago
Other Crops Damaged
Not only has the drou & h
greatly damaged the strawberry
crops but other crops have s'f-
fered tremendously. Many farm
ers had corn four or five inches
high when the frost came and
fCon+iODn6 On paoa ~
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Area Farmers
Split On Wheat
Referendum
RN DAN HANKS

Virginia S farmers by a sub
stantial majority rejected I h E
federal government S controver-
sal upply management"
wheat control program for 1864
when they went to the polls ON
Tuesday
The vote unusually heavy
with about two-tiirds of those
eligible participating was 6,9l3
for to Hip against.
There were 1886 challenged =
ballots whose validity was I'M
der scrutiny, but they could have
no effect on the outcome.
The outcome of the vote in
Virginia depended on the small
farmers who plant Is or less
acres Of wheat. This is the first
time thai these farmers have
been eligible to cast ballots in a
wheat referendum.
II the federal government S
plan had been adopted. a two
price system would have been
imposed With high price sup
ports. the farmer for 80Nper cent
of his crop would have gotten 81
a bushcl on the national aver
age: fol the balance 20 per
cent-it would have been $l.30,
national average
BY defeating the proposal, I'M
less additional legislation is
passed farm wheat acreage al
lotnIents determined before the
referendum will remain in eff
feet. The price support Will re-
main at 20 per cent Of parity. or
about 81 . national average. I'M
less a new program is brought
out. For Virginia. wheat farm
ers these parity prices have
little effect. as the soft red Win
ter wheat raised locally is in dc
nand and prices have generally
averaged close to 81 without any
support program.
In the Herald's siX-county COW
crage area there was a total Of
, 1863 votes cast: 013 for. and
lisp against. The breakdown Of
the vote in the six counties is
as follows: Amelia county 1875
for. 243 against: Buckingham
county III for, 207 against:
Charlotte county - 1876 for. BAL
against; Cumberland county =
la for. 100 against: Powhatan
county 50 for. IS against:
Prince Edward county 291 for.
l53 against
Cumberland and Prince I'd
ward counties were The only
two counties in the area voting
for the referendum
Apparently the majority of the
farmers thought the e d / !
government had gotten too deep
ly involved i'll farm matters.
They obviously did not fear the
wheat program itself. but feared
what it might lead to: more and
more controls III agriculture.
The referendum that was de-
fcatcd in Tuesdays election af-
iects wheat production for 1864
only.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

the damage and the frost took
its toll as well. OF all the crops
I have looked at or heard reports
from, the best is Jim Gillian S,
at Elam.' Peery said. @
One Third Crop
This reporter talked with Mr..
and Mrs. G I'LL a m Saturday
morning and they were anything
but pleased with their crop. Eat
best. we have orly one-third of
a normal crop. We don't think
the frost did too much damage
to our strawberries but The
drought ruined us. You can't
make very much off strawber-
ries anyway and when you have
a crop like this you are really
hurting. The last rain we had
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

The board also proposed con
hnuation of the existing tax rate
for the fiscal year which ends
June 80. If adopted after the
public hearing. this would make
the 1963-64 tax levy S1.00 on real
estate and personal property and
80 cents on merchant capital.
Supervisors also directed pub
LEGATION of proposed budgets for
public schools prepared by the
school board and earlier pre-
sented to the county governing
School Budgets
Fulfilling its annual legal re-
quirement to present such fiscal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Board Proposes 81 Tax Levy,
Calls Public Hearing june Z
Tentative 1963-64 Fiscal Outline
Has $4,000 For School Grants

tentative county fiscal guide for lS6364 providing
ancng for essential local debt
cooperating S3750O0 tuition transportation grants
it's only school item the Edward
Of supervisors Wednesday,
Meeting wednesday night supervisors tentatively
the S918838 fiscal outline presented board Budget com
mittee, and ordered that June 10 am be de-
gnated the date and hour for the public hearing
nrnn
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Memorial Day
TO BE Holiday

Farmville business places will
observe a holiday next Thurs
day, May So which is Me
mortal Day. S. c. Fox, chair
man of the Retail Trade Com
mlttee, said all participating
stores will be closed that day.
He also said the Retail Trade
Committee has voted for stores
TO remain open on Wednesday
afternoons throughout the sum-
mer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
UPI Honors Smith
BY GERALD DUNCAN

Alfred E. Al Smith, WF'LO
radio announcer. has been
honored for Blue Ribbon
Achievement" for the Best Docu-
mentary 1862 by the United
Press International Broadcas-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24

The proposed 1963-64 outline
of estimated general fund rev.
enues and expenditures for
Prince Edward county and
the school board budgets APP
pear in detail on Page S-A
in today's Herald.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
NATIONAL
SUMMARY
} NATO MINISTER'S
} POLARIS UNDER FIRE
} COOPER WELCOMED
By
H. v. LANCASTER, JR.

A NATO foreign and defense
ministers conference opened in
Ottawa Wednesday with a plea
by Canadian Prime Minister
Lester Pearson for settlement
on East-West conflicts bit-by-
bit. Secretary General Dirk U.
Striker varied the group that
the peril Of worldwide Com
munlsm still exists even though
no major crisis now threatens
Europe. The main proposal fac
ing the North Atlantic ministers
is one by the U. S. to create
nuclear force under unified
NATO command.
RUSSIA has started fear
campaign aimed at forcing the
U. S. to remove its Polaris sub
marines from the Mediter-
ranean. In a note delivered to
the State Department Monday
night the Soviets asked that the
sea separating Europe from
Africa be declared a zone free
Of nuclear MISSILES" Copies Of
the note. which varied that
countries surrounding the Medi-
terranean are directly endanger-
ed by the presence Of these mis-
sile bearing submarines, We're
sent to these nations The U S
has at least one Pclaris sub on
station in the Mediterranean and
has promised two more to re-
place outdated land bases in
Greece and Turkey.
= s.
ASTRONAUT COOPER re-
celved heros welcome and
was honored by a ticker tape
parade in New York City on
Wednesday, On Tuesday the 36-
yearold air force major was
given NASA's Distinguished
Service Award by President
Kennedy and addressed a joint
meeting of Congress. II was dur
ing this speech that he revealed
publicly for the first time that
he had recorded a prayer on bis.
capsules tape recorder over the
Indian Ocean during his 18th CT
bit.
Evening star., 1963-04-21

"What did you bring that book that didn't
want to be read 70 Out Of up tOr?" (s) tried to
improve on the quote by saying: 'What did you
bring that book that before dinner didn't want to
be read TO out Of up for Gft@| (O
Well, many readers leaped at the chance to
make an already inelegant quote even less elegant;
they suggested:
"wHAT DID YOU BRING THAT BOOK THAT
BEFORE DINNER DIDN'T WANT TO BE READ TO
FROM OUT or UP FOR AFTERp" CD
Though it amt good grammar, I'm awarding
$40 prize to Miss Patricia Peele of Alexandria, Va,
because her letter bore the earliest pOstmark.
Equally ingeniOus, L. G. Koerber, Of Graham,
N. c., suggested that Johnny might live in light
house with a circular staircase. Thus:
"wHAT DID YOU BRING THAT BOOK THAT
DIDN'T WANT TO BE READ TO FROM OUT or Up
AROUND FORr' CD
Ten bucks to Lghthouse-keeper KOerber!
Evening star., 1963-04-21
CHARLIE "a '''''' ''''''''' III
My Last Proposition! 83&EAY 37z3ESAkY

A few weeks ago made the mistake of writing
column about propositions, and how they weren't
such awful words to end sentence wih.
further blundered by saying that anyone who
could beat at using propositions to end sentences
,tidh, would send $40 10.
| wish hadn't eC
Just about 1000 people wrote me in challenge,
and now have propositions coming out of my ears!
But must admit that it's been fun, and first of
all | want to beg pardon Of 1000 readers for not
answering personally their warm and often witty
notes. 1t was a question of selfpreservatiOn -
should continue with the column or give it up
and devote the remainder Of my life to writing
letters? So thanks, everyone!
Now, the whole business started with a quote
from little Johnny, who refused to listen to AesOps
Fables" His stern father sent him to bed without
any dinner, then brought the book upstairs for
another try. Said Johnny: