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4 Convicted of Assault
In Truck Driver Strike

his truck to the side to check
the tire.
County Judge John T. Hazel
jr., also gave Huffman a six
month jail term. The Judge
raised the bond for the fouI
to $500 each after their law
yer, Robert Ellis. said they
would appeal the convictions.
The strike ended May q
when Virginia Concrete Co.
drivers voted to go back to their
jobs. However, drivers for other
concrete firms in Washington
and Northern Virginia still are
on strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04

Macon, Or. Feeble was an ele-
mentary and high school teach.
er and, from 1907 to 1919, was
professor Of physics at William
and Mary College. He also
taught during several summer
sessions at New York Univer-
sity and VPI.
DR.. Keeble was a member Of
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa
Phi honorary scientific frater-
nifty, the American Physical So.
ciety, the American Association
Of Physics Teachers. the Amer
lean Astronomical Society and
was a fellow of the American
Association for the Advance
ment Of Science.
He leaves his wife, Nell Nc
Spadden Keeble: a daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04

Four employees Of the Vir-
ginia Concrete Co. were con-
victed yesterday in Fairfax
County Court Of assault in two
incidents which police said
arose May % when the con-
crete firms truck drivers were
on strike.
In one case. three Of the
workers were given six-month
Jail terms on a charge they
attacked Charles r. CAN'T Of
Woodbridge. Va, a mechanic
for the concrete firm who had
gone to service a disabled truck
near the construction project
on the Capitol beltway.
Found guilty in the first in
cident were Jerry C. Raper, "a.
Of the first block Of North
Early street, Alexandria; Allen
E.. Wolfe, %, and his brother,
Ronald g. Wolfe, 81, both Of
the 200 block Of Luna street,
Alexandria. According to AS
sistant Commemorative Attor-
ney Donald c. Crounse. Ron
aid Wolfe was a member Of
Truck Drivers Local 500, Q
Transfers affiliate on strike
His brother Allen and Rapel
were identified as company
mechanics.
In the second case, William
@. Huffman. IS, Of Alexandria,
a Virginia Concrete Co. truck
driver, was convicted Of assault
ing James L. Dinterman, an
employe of Richard Kline. Inc,
contractors, who was driving a
truck leased to the contractor
by Virginia Concrete Co. during
the strike.
According to Mr.. Dinterman
he was delivering concrete to
the project on the Capital
beltway when one Of four men
in a passing car shouted he
had a flat tire. The truck
driver said he was beaten BY
one of the four after he pulled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
RAIN-COOLED CHILL PEPPER
CUT UP BY OWN SCULPTOR

piece of sculpture entitled "Chii Pepper" got
thorough cooling off yesterday in the RAIN but it didn't
make any difference.
The sculpture still looks like old automobile tenders,
which 1t is
Chill Pepper, the work of Richard Hyman, Baltimore
sculptor arrived Sunday night at the Henri Gallery 113
South Royal street. Alexandria Va but too large to
be taken through the door,
1t remained outside in the rain until Mr. LYMAN
arrived and cut it with an aceylene torch into three
pieces last night
The rain didn't hurt Chill Pepper said John zambeis,
artist and gallery assistant "Is built for outdoor
display anyway"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04

4704 Drummond avenue, Chevy
Chase; a daughter, Mrs. Pierre
A. Gadol, Of Lanhain, Md; q
son, William c., Of 200l North
Adams street. Arlington; q
brother, DR.. Thomas H., Of
Pottstown, Pa; two sisters,
Mrs. David r. Starry, of Boca
Ration, Fla, and Miss Carolyn
M. Powick. Of Norristown, Pa,
and six grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church at Chevy
Chase Circle, with burial at
Arlington Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions Of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
G hevy Chase Presbyterian
Church's Memorial Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
~ Kinds of Sharks

DURHAM, South Africa. -
Twenty-four kinds Of sharks
frequent the Indian Ocean coast
of South Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
John james Koch, Architect
In Copitu! for Many Years

Services will be Thursday in
New York with burial in the
Gate Of Heaven Cemetery on
Long Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04
Petitions Faulty,
Seating Law Valid.
Backers Declare

ANNAPOLIS June (AP-St officials will be asked to
put Maryands public accommodations law into operation
grounds that petitions which delayed contain wholesale
inaccuracies"
legal which approximately half Of the
petitions against the Friday night up
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For high and low tides at the fol.
LOWING points subtract times Indicated
from. the above: Annapolis, 3h hoursi
beach. 4 hours; Deale, ~ hours;
solomon's Island, 6h hours: Point
Lookout, cis hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04

Mrs. r. L. Scribner Of Ashland.
and two brothers. Edgar and
Elmer Keeble, both Of Knox.
vile, Tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-04

"The Angel Comforts
Jesus IN the Garden
Of Olives"
By Regina Roberts
Roosevelt High School
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T,mper.,ur.. for Y.stsrday


Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest 90 on May o.
Lowest 3 on January "a.
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Premiere
Will Be
Benefit

The premiere preview Of
John Writings drama The
Devils" viii be held October
q at the Arena Stage.
Sponsoring the benefit
preview showing will be the
Americans for Democratic
Action with Senator and
Mrs. Wayne Morse acting as
co-chairmen of the event.
The list Of sponsors in
cludes Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Orville Free
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Evening star., 1963-01-27

ETER Falk delivert
lines so we'll on "Th
Powell Theater" a
Evening star., 1963-01-27
NUNS THE WORD
FOR PETER FALK
By FRANK JUDGE

LETTER Falk delivered his
lines so we'll on THE Dick
Powell Theater" a year
ago that he won an Emmy.
Tuesday night he is back on that
NBC program without a word to say.
Falk plays a deaf-mute.
1t is an entirely different role from
the tough outside, soft inside truck
driver he portrayed in THE Price of
Tomatoes" his Emmy-winner.
Falk, young actor who has been
seeking more versatility in his roles,
is delighted with his assignment on
Tuesdays THE Rage of Silence"
II hate to use the cliche-'What a
challenge?'-but how else can l put
it?" Falk says. Il don't speak a word
in the whole hour, and yet l am asked
to convey the feelings of deaf-mute
who discovers with almost shattering
conviction that he has mistaken SYM
pathy for love-"
Falk, IS, was born within the shadow
of the walls of Sing Sing Prison. "On
the right side of the walls, though" he
quickly adds. "In pleasant neighbor-
hood of Ossining, NY.
He now lives with his wife in Holly
wood Hills.
With background of World War II
service in the Merchant Marine and a
masters degree from Syracuse Uni
versity, Falk has pursued a career in
television, the movies and on the stage
He was nominated for Oscars in 1861
C'Murder, Inc. y and in 1862 C'Pocket-
full of Miracles'). Falk also was nomi-
mated for TV Emmy in 1861 (''The
Law and Mr.. JoneS'') and capped
his televiSion career by winning one
last year.
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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
THAT FOOD BILL

How many are there in your
family?
It makes a big difference to
Nom when she goes groc cry
shopping = and especially when
she pays the bill. But there's
one consolation for those of you
who have larger-than-average
families. Although your food
bill is more, on a per person
basis you are actually paying
less.
According to statistics COM
piled by the U. S. Department
OF Agriculture's Agricultural Re
search Service, today's family
OF four using the USDA moder-
ate cost food plan spends about
S32 a week for groceris. Or, if
cost plan S24.
But, say, tire are five in the
family. You can figure food
costs will run five per cent less
per person. With six or more
people to feed, you'd pay 10 per
cents less for each.
For the small family of two
or three, however, food costs 60
up rather than down. 1t costs
five per cent more to feed each
person in a family Of three; 10
per cent more for each in a
family Of two and 20 per cent
if a man or woman lives alone
rather than in our typical fami-
~ OF four.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Buckingham Snow Removal Cost
$4,000 Supervisors Are Told

BUCKINGHAM, Jan. 10-The
Buckingham Board of Supervis-
ors reelected Thomas B. Hall
as its chairman. at their meet
ing this week. He has served as
chairman for 20. years and has
been a member Of the board for
Sc years. Hall represents the
Maysville district.
A. P. R. Lowell. resident high
way engineer. reported that re-
moval Of snow from the county's
highways during the last two
snowfalls cost the county about
So. 900.
Lowell explained to the board
that the State Highway Com
mission recently had passed a
resolution declaring that indus
trial access highway funds could
not be used for constructing en-
frances to hospitals. libraries.
arlnories or other senlipublic
facilities.
He also announced that bids
for 3.3 miles of work on Rt. 678
is out. The work will consist Of
preparing the section Of road for
application of hard surface at a
later date.
Game Warden Charlie Spencer
reported that he believed COM
plete check of the deer killed
in the county during the past
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Heavier Calves
In Farm Picture

Virginia cattlemen will need to
be weaving 500-pound calves in
the near future to keep up with
the times, says Curtis Mast, beef
cattle specialist at Virginia Poly
technic Institute.
Overhead costs will stay high,
and more efficiency is called for
to make a profit. If the calf crop
averages 500 pounds it will give
cattlemen greater returns per
head.
Heavier calves are more flex-
ible, says Mast. Farmers raising
corn or enough grain can rather
quickly finish a 5OO-pound calf
out to an 8O0-pound slaughter
animal.
Also, the trend is to a faster
turnover in cattle. Many feedlot
operators are moving from year
lings to heavy calves to feed.
How can cattlemen get their
calves to average 500 pounds at
weaving time? The first thing
needed is faster growing cattle.
This can be improved by buying
performance tested bulls. Mast
says, "Often we hear the argyll
ment that good performance test
ed bulls cost too much. The only
way | know to buy good seed
stock is to pay whatever the
cost is, because evidently it is
profitable to those who are doing
SO. We must use good perform
ance tested bulls in the future,
because that is the only way we
are going to be able to improve
our growth rate
Another factor is to rigidly
Gull cows, and keep only those
that have the ability to grow
their calves fast, and to feed
them to the desired weight. The
cattleman should keep his best
helferS as requirements. Accord
ing to the specialist more Vir-
ginla herds have gone down BE-,
cause they have sold their best
helferS than for any other rea-
son. He says, "A mans best
heifers should rever be for sale.
Another path to heavier calves
at wearing, is to have them CID
er. There is trend toward earli-
er calving to get some extra
weight on the animals.
Finally, calves must be fed
properly. If because of weather.
or mistakes on the part of the
owner, calves are not gaining
properly, it may help TO creep
feed them.
A number of cattlemen are
/ using creeps for calves born in
the middle of winter and until
grass arrives. From this time
on the manager sees they have
plenty of grass and does not use
creeps on them again. That is
unless he is short of grass in
August and September, in which
case creeps can be profitably
used again.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Charles Celia Is
1t. Governor Of
Zone 4, Ruritans

POWHATAN. Jan. 7LCharles
Celia was installed as 1t. Gov
ernor of Zone A, RMitans. at a
dinner meeting attended by rep
resentatives of various clubs on
Friday night. Jan. 4, at Fere-
bees Restaurant.
Mrs. w. R. Parker. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Celia. Paul and
Caroline Celia, spent Sunday in
Charlottesville.
Our sympathy is extended to
the family of Mrs. Josephine
Brown. of Cumberland. whose
funeral was held on Sunday aft
ernoon. Quite a number of local
people attended the service at
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
The Powhatan Ruritan Club
got off to a good start for 1868
on Wednesday night, Jan. .,
with T. H. Stafford, principal of
Powhatan High School. as the
new president. Various commit
tees have been appointed and
some of them are already at
work.
Mrs. John Redd is a patient
in a Richmond hospital.
Saturday night. Jan. II. is
swim and bowling night for the
men and boys of May Memorial
Church. They will leave the
bank at $50 pm.
Many of our people have very
bad colds and many children
were absent from both school
and Sunday Schools. last week.
Henry Hatcher and R. R. Cos
by were among those leaving
Sunday for the Farm Show in
Pennsylvania.
Powhatan lost to Louisa in
basketball here, Friday night
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

Buckingham, Fire School

BUCKINGHAM. Jan. 1 - A
fire school for all persons in
terested in learning more about
fire fighting will begin Monday.
Jan IA. 1t will be held each
night. beginning at 7:30 pm. I'M
til 1920, Monday through Fri
day for two weeks at the fire
house at DillWyn.
Scott H. Nesbit. Jr., Of Rad
ford. State Fire Fighting In
structor. will conduct the school.
Everything pertaining to fire
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

fighting will be taught. a
Chief Abner Seay, hopes to Sc
cure an cid barn or house to
burn down for practice.
The school is open for any
person interested in fire fighting
fire department are invited. An
and those desiring to join the
invitation is extended to til e
members of the Arvonia Fire
Department to attend.
The course is free.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
Local Resident Wins A End Place
In N&W Ry. Art Exhibit

Mrs. w. H. Dunlap, Jr. won
second prize in the water color
division of the 18th Annual Nor
folk and Western Art Exhibit
here, this week.
Mrs. Dunlap's entry. b c k
Street was among the more
than 100 On view for three days
in Hotel Roanoke's Peacock Al
ley. The competition is limited
to N & w employees and their
families. She is the daughter of
w. F.. Butts. machinist in Roa-
nOke Shops.
The best in show award, a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

painting. went to David Warner
Oliver, 20, of Winston-Salem,
N. c. All prize-winning entries
will be on view in the Roanoke
College Library Gallery. Sa-
lem, through next week.
Awards were presented at the
winter meeting of the N & w
Better Service Club of Roanoke
addressed by Mills E. Goodwin,
Jr., Virginia lieutenant COVER
nor. The annual system wide
competition is sponsored by the
Norfolk and Western Magazine.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

hunting season would total 1.500
and 1000 bucks and does.
Hall told of two large herds
Of deer seen in one field in the
county last Friday. He said rs
were counted in one herd and
81 in another.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

Strawberry shortcake repre-
sented the U. S. at the Omitted
Nations Day Family Meal sug-
gested in observance of United
Nations Day, October "a. The
menu, which n lud d foods
from many lands, was planned
by Acting Secretary-General U
Thant.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11

Modern community wide and
group X-ray surveys are max
ing valuable contributions to the
prevention and control of tuber-
culoSis in this county.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-01-11
When To Breed
.Heifers Debated


bated the proper age at which
to breed heifers, says George
Litton. head Of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute animal hus-
bandry department. A long time
experiment at the Oklahoma Elk
pertinent Station sheds S b m e
light On this problem.
Researchers there started so
cows bred first to calve as two
year-olds, and another so bred
to calve first as three-year-
Odds. After 10 years the same
number of cows remained in
each group, indicating that earli-
ness of calving did not shorten
the life span, at least at this
age.
Calves sold per COW amounted
to 80 for the carly calvers, and
SO for the later calvers. The
percentage calf crop was also in
favor of the COWS calving first
as tWo-year-Olds. 1t was 9l.2 per
cent, as opposed to 87.2 per cent
for the three-year-olds.
There was a difference in
weight of the calves. The aver
age for the group of early
calverS was 478 pounds. For
those calving as three-year- Odds
it was 480 pounds average per
calf.
Size Important
The size at first breeding is
more important than age, be-
ieveS Litton. He says, "On my
own farm I follow this schedule
of weight gains: In the fall
when my replacement h e if e r
calves are weaned. they average
525 pounds. l must put at least
IS pounds gain on them during
the winter feeding period, which
means they have to have eight
to ten pounds of good quality
hay and four to five pounds of
grain mixed ground ear corn,
and protein supplement to make
this desired winter gain.
The summer grazing usually
amounts to a weight gain of
about $50 pounds their yearling
year. They are bred during this
grass season and l usually start
that in June. The following win
ter they have to gain about 100
pounds before they calve. When
this weight change is added to-
gether, it amounts to about $50
pounds for these heifers when
they first calve. This seems to
me to be about ideal"
The total of calves Weaned
during the cows lifetimeS will
favor breeding heifers as early
as they can be prepared, says
Litton. The earlier they calve
however, the greater the need
for assistance at calving time
This can be influenced some
what by the proper selection of
the bull they are bred to first.
Some bulls sire calves wi h
finer bones and smaller features
which actually have a lower
birth Weight. This is desirable
for heiferS bred the first time
Heifers bred first as yearlings
may never reach normal mature
size if feed is too scant, warns
Litton. Maturity will be delayed
a little no matter what level of
feeding is used.
The critical point in nutrition
for an early calving COW is the
level of energy. She must be
fed adequately. Aslo critical are
the levels of minerals, carotene
or vitamin A, and the protein
content.
.Lltton warns, "Cattlemen still
cannot expect something 0 r
nothing, so if heifers are started
into production early, they must
be more expertly handled"