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AS to the confusion between
burble in the senses Of ito
confuse" and ito gurgle," we
have two quite different words
here, though they are spelled
the same. The first is a Scot
fish dialect word, the second
an English word Of much
more recent vintage. The Sec
ond "burble" is what word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-12

1t also means the breaking
down Of the airStream around
an airplane's wing into eddies.
Copyright 1868 by william Norris
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Dillon Service Cited
Dillon Service Cited
Board-APproued Welfare
Budgets Trimmed SO, 1902

Prince Edward supervisors Friday approved
fare budgets for the $3.50 biennm
Frances G. Moon welfare superintendent resulted in cuts
totallng S198O2.
Last Tuesday the board rejected and
asked MIS- Noon to try TO trim them BIZ $4,000
BUDGET I'm s. gl7 flr 1865 W. So 885
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
RIM Glee Club
TO Join Longwood
Choir For Concert

The LongWood Colleges Music
Departments annual Christmas
concert will be presented on
Sunday afternoon, Dec Is, in
Jarman Hall by the LongWood
Concert Choir and their guests,
the Randolph-Macon Mems Glee
Club.
The program, which will start
at $50, will feature choruses
and carols By both groups. and
Will end with several traditional
carols sung by the combined
choruses and the audience.
The Randolph Macon Glee
Club, under the direction Of R.
p. Ward. associate professor Of
music at Randolph-Macon will
also present the colleges Brass
Ensemble in several groups of
compositions Of the Christmas
season.
The Longwood Concert Choir.
conducted by DR.. John w. Mol
mar, professor of music and
chairman of the department at
LongWood, will be joined by the
LongWood Clarinet Ensemble for
one number. The Ensemble is
directed by Darrell Harbaum,
assistant professor of music.
The public is invited to attend
the concert. high point Of the
college S Christmas activities.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Foundation
Fund Drive
Reaches $76,7S4

The Scholarship Fund drive OF
the Prince Edward School Foun-
dalton reached 1874 according
to figures turned IN at a report
meeting Thursday night.
The fund drive has a goal OF
Sl50 .00o which Will be used to
provide scholarship aid for par
entS needing assistance i'll pay
ing tuition for children attending
the schools orerated by the
School Foundation.
Herbert R. Stokes, chairman
Of the campaign, said the cam
paign will continue until the
goal is reached. He asked So
EDITORS to make their calls as
quickly as possible. He said
contributions have been steady in
the past two eeks and have
come from various points
throughout the state as well as
from the county. where the en-
phasis of the drive has been
''1 Tss fund s..ys !. being .p..-
sored by members Of the vari-
Gus Parent Teacher organiza-
tons throughout the county,
with committees Working in
each Of the six magisterial dis
tricts and the town Of Farm
vile.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
National TB Survey
Evaluation Guide To BE Made

The Central Virginia Tubcrcu-
losls and Health Association is
one OF SIX or eight tuberculosis
assoc atoms in the nation that
has been asked by the National
tuberculosis Association to par
lclpate III the development Of a
National Evaluat.on Guide. The
local association has been Sc
laclcd because Of IFS experience
n merging and its program IS
u dcvelopeI Under the merger
Mrs Emma Anthony. cXecu.
tive director Of the Central As
aoclstion. net With a represent
a'lNa Of the National TB AS
Soclaflon 10 plan program Of
acton II the first Step com
nnftee Of board members from
the area MS appointed 10 as
Sembla information and do the
cvaluation
The first meeting of this
board viii be held on Dec. u.
at 80 pm. in the office of the
ASSOCIATION here Miss Louise
Campbell, Of The National TB
Association. and Mrs. Rather
me zharov Of the Virginia TB
Association will attend to give
background information on the
study and advice on how to pro-
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Santa Claus Will
Arrive Friday

Santa Claus Will arrive in
Farmville Friday afternoon at
3.l5 pm to give all the chill
drcn in the area Pre- Christ
mas Eve inspection
III a telephone conversation at
the North Pole with Santa this
morning the jolly old gentleman
said. II will not have any TOYS
With me Oh this trip, but | will
have a bag Of candy for each
boy and girl who stops by the
Prince Edward County Court
House to visit with me"
When asked how he would ar
rive Santa said, II am not sure
how l will get to Farmville
but l will arrive at the Court
House on one of the fire trucks
that the Farmville Jaycees. who
are IN charge Of bringing me
here. have arranged for me to
use It Will be impossible for
me to bring Rudolph and my
other eight reindeer with me be
cause they are resting I'D for
the long trip around the world
on Dec- - ! Will probably fly
70 Farnlvllle for my visit
However. will be on the
Court House steps at SIS pm
Friday, and am looking forward
70 seeing al my little friends III
Farinvllle
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
I0ngwood College
May Get Separate
Governing Board

LongWood College may get its
own governing board if action
initiated Friday by the State
Board OF Education is carried
through.
The State Board voted unani-
mously to ask that it be Invested
Of responsibility for governing
LongWood Madison and Virginia
State Colleges.
In a resolution sent TO Gov
crnor Harrison, the board said
the colleges interests will be
promoted and best served If q
separate board or boards arc
established aud empowered To
govern such colleges"
The board said its responsible
t,es for public elementary and
secondary schools is enough to
keep It busy effectively. The
growth Of the colleges since
they came under the board 5
control in 1928 was also cited
A change in governing regula-
ton would have to be made by
the General Assembly Such
Grabbing legislation could be in
troduced at the biennial session
starting next month.
Most OF the public bodies deal
ing with educational problems in
Virginia, such as the Commits
sion on Public Education and
the State Council OF Higher Edu-
cation, have recommended that
such steps be taken.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Leggett's Names
New Assistant
Store Manager

Marvin r. Hill has been
transferred to farmville as as
slstant manager Of LeggettS De
partinent Store. according to an
announcement from Z. B. Nor
rls. store manager. Hill has been
associated with Leggett $ in
Newport News for the past ten
years
A native Of Newport News. lie
is graduate of Warwick High
School He spent four years IN
the u S Naval Reserve.
Il am vciy pleased ID come n
tatmNllle. "| XII said today.
ard l am especially impressed
with the friendly and cooners
tive spirit Of seNeryone l have
met There Is something Won
dertrl about the trlenjlineSS and
personal interest Of wople il !
town the SIC If i-'arm,llle that
Is never found IN Your bigger
cities. he added
Hill said he plans 10 move his
family here right after Christ
mas His wife is the former
Miss Gay Waddell and they have
two children. Randy. :. and Ka
rem, 5. They are members Of the
Baptist church.
Hurley Mvllck, who was assls-
tant store manager has been
transferred to Roanoke. The
Myrlck family moved to Roa-
roke last week.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10

nc reduced BUDGETS now ear
mark Sl23 .63l for welfare eX-
penditures in the first year of
the bianrium, and Sl26.275 in the
second year. The current years
budget totals Sll7.542.
Concern Expressed
During their special session
Friday morning. the supervisors
also voted unanimously to for
ward a resolution Of concern
over mounting welfare OUTLAWS
10 Prince Edwards legislative
representatives N both the state
General Assembly and in the
national Congress.
They noted that such eXpendi-
lures have double in the last 10
years. much of this resulting
from easier eligibility standards
required by legislation and bind
ing On local welfare boards.
The board expressed its ap-
probation for the long and
faithful service Of a departing
member also Friday when T.
Dayton Dillon was presented an
AMIN radio 1t was a gift
from his fellow members on the
board and county government
associates for contributions to
the county running back through
four full terms as supervisor.
Dillon will be replaced BY II.
e. CarW.le, Jr., on January.
Gigging Denied
The boards request to the
State Game Commission to per-
init gigging and seining Of all
kinds Of fish in the county was
denied according to a commute
cation from the state body.
The Commission letter states
it would stand by present regu-
lations which forbid gigging Of
game fish anywhere ii the Com
monwealth Gigging Of nongame
fish is already authorized.
On highway matters. super
visors asked the Highway pc
partnent to investigate the tiaf-
fic control situation At Dowdy )
Corner where Routes Is and 400
verge The Investigation
should seek to find more ef-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10

fectlve method of controlline
traffic at the accident-prone To-
cation, the board said
Road Surfacing
The board also agreed with
Resident Engineer Lowell that
Routes 663 and Glib should be
designated for Improvements IN
der the secondary federal aid
program. Route 663 would be
surfaced from the Charlotte
county line to Route sos in Buff
falo district. Route Gl3 would get
srrfacing from Route sos to
Route SOS in Lockctt district.
This work is several years dis
tant, however.
The annual year end "appre-
citation appropriations to h clip
coRnty fire departments we're
made providing $50 for the
Farmville Department and S5C
each to those at Prospect, Me
herrin and Pamplln.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Christmas
Mailing, Hours
Guides Given

The coming of December
marks the start of one Of the
biggest races in town the an
maui race against time at the
Farmville post office, as its
Christmas mail rush goes into
, high gear, Postmaster B. S.
Hamersly noted this morning.
Hamersly said he expects De
cember's mail volume to total
over 100000 pieces. exceeding
last years total of 1872 1882 pieces
mailed after Dec. 7.
In order to facilitate the mail
ing problem and to encourage
early mailing, the Farmville
post office will be open all day
Saturday, Dec. IA. This week
through Saturday the windows
viii be open from 8:15 am. to
. pm. Starting next Monday.
the hours will be from 3:15 am.
TO s pm. daily and Saturday
Dec. q.
Shopping and mailing early
benefits everyone" the postnas-
ter observed. Customers who
buy early get to pick Of [ h G
Christmas stocks. the local
economy is aided by the bust
ness activity thus created, and
everyone including the postal
service is happy about the
additional time that early mail
ing allows.
Early mailing also gives us
time to get gifts and cards ii
the hands Of addresses in good
Continued on Page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10

property taxes assessed for 1868
and subsequent Years Such
taxes are payable III December.
It WIS announced at the meet
ing that Commander John x
Metzger, USN tret.) had resign
ed his post as coordinator Of
Civil Defense in Cumberland
county. The board took no action
on naming a replacement.
In other action taken BY the
board, it was decided to move
the meeting place from the
county clerk S office to the coun-
ty court room. The January
meeting Will take place there.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Struck By Car,
Maine Man Dies

A Maine resident died Friday
when struck by a car at the in
terscction Of U. S. Routes IS and
800 rear Keysyllle. He was How
ard Pease, Jr., 53, Of Farming
ton. Me. State Police report.
The driver of the vehicle that
struck Pease was James Otis
Nelson. OF Meherrin. Lunenburg
county, police reported.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Gift To Southside Hospital
Cumberland Supervisors Adopt
License Ordinance Amendment

The Cumberland county hoard
1t Supervisors adopted ali ordl-
nance at their annual maetlng
Friday that Will require all mo-
ter vehicle owners to pay their
property taxes before vehicu-
Lar license could be issued.
Cumberland county assesses a
s. motor vehicle tax annually,
ard tags issued upon payment
are required to be displayed on
the vehicle The license is re-
movable each March 81,
The amendment to the county
motor vehicle license ordinance
will become effective Jan. /
1864, but 1t will cover personal
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Firemen Postpone
Elephant Sale

Faimville fnemen have post
poned THEN Embarrassing white
elephant sale until March 1t
was to have been held Saturday
The later date Will allow the
sponsors to gather greater
supply Of items and will avoid
conflict with the busy Christmas
season concerns of those plan
mig to attend, Chief Phillip
Gay announced.
Proceeds viii Be used 10 pur-
chase additional uniforms for
new members Of the Depart
inent.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Rotary's Ladies
Night Is Thursday

The Fannville Rotary Club
Will celebrate its annual Ladies
Night around a Christmas Holt
day theme. when the civic group
members and their 'Rotaryams'
gather Thursday at $50 pm
IN Hotel Weyanoke.
The reading Of a Christmas
story by Mis- Francis Simkins,
seasonal vocal selections by Mrs.
Ray Moore. Jr, and group car
Of singing VII be program feat
ureS
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
Tobacco Market
Resumes 4-Day
Weekly Auctions
Opening Weeks
439,730 Pounds
Gross S165,551

The regular weekly four day
auctions Monday through Thurs
day, commenced today Mon
day on the Farmville Tobacco
Market with start of the selling
seasons second week,
Opening week was short by
one day Monday. which was set
aside as a day for study of the
crop by those whose job it is to
provide uniformity and fairness
for the government grading sys-
tenn
Two weeks Of auctions remain
before the Christmas closing of
he Virginia markets after the
final sale on Thursday. Dec. 10.
Sales will resume on Monday,
Jan. 6, 1864.
Farmville Strong
The Farmville Market auction
ed 418.830 pounds of dark-fired
tobacco, averaging $38.0l during
orening week. An additional
20,900 pounds of sun-cured leaf
were sold at an average of
S30.45 per hundredWeight.
Growers received $l65, 551 as
their gross for the 439 .730 pounds
Of both fired and sun-cured
tobaccos auctioned.
Although prices dipped some
what after Tuesdays strong
opening day when the dark leaf
average was s38 36. the first
week was pleasant surprise.
Good to b &C brought high
prices. and only drop in de-
mand for nondescript and mixed
leaf over last year marred the
good start.
The "a | m st negligible"
amount Of tobacco unWanted by
buyers and going into the pool
was a favorable trend for the
first week.
BeltWide Report
The first week of sales on all
the Virginia flre-cured tobacco
markets was marked by higher
average prices by grades and
lower quality The Federal State
Market News Service reports
growers delivered around four
Fer cent to the Cooperative com
pared with rs per cent the cor
responding period last year
Volume Of sales for the week
was fairly Light.
Gross sales for the three days
erding Thursday totaled 1853
ops pounds and averaged $36 50.
/ The average was 1882 below the
S4034 return for 1853 ,698 gross
pounds sold the first three days
last year
4 Increases in average prices
over opening week last year
were recorded for a large ma
jority CT grades. Gains ranged
to 81 per hundred pounds but
most We're 81 to $4 Better
quality tobacco showed the most
Improvement. An unu u a | ! Y
large number Of baskets sold in
the $40 to SIS price range. Green
grades sold about in line with
last years levels but some non
descript dropped $3.50 to $3.50.
The inferior quality of offer
ings was due principally to
sharp increases in the percent
age of nondescript and low to-
bacco with a corresponding de
crease in fair and choice. Con-
siderably less Of the desirable
brown tobacco was graded While
the proportion of green nearly
doubled Bulk OF sales consisted
of low TO good heavy leaf, low
and fair thin leaf and Tugs and
nondcscript.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
More Aptitude
Testing At
Free School
Board Postpones
Action Until
January Meeting

The board of trustees of the
Prince Edward Free School AS
ISOLATION met Saturday at R. R.
Motion High School and handled
mostly Housekeeping chores
during the two hour meeting.
The board discussed the need
OF additional testing programs,
SO the pupils can be properly
regrouped according to ability
and achievement. One additional
person will be employed to aid
this phase of the Free School.
and the board considered pro-
posals from two outside groups
to conduct extensive testing on
pupil aptitude and progress
A decision on the appointment
of an outside group is antici-
pated at the January meeting
Of the board.
The Free School operates with
ungraded classes and there is
constant regrouping all during
the year The ungraded system
allows pupils TO advance as rap
idly as they can, rather than
the wholesale promotion by
classes"
All members OF the board of
trustees were present for the
meeting. Former Governor Col
gate W. Darden. Jr., chairman
Of the board, rushed out at the
end of the meeting to catch
train. so Robert NJ. Musselman.
assistant treasurer, conducted
the press conference following
the meeting. Being private or
gan!zation, the board of trustees
meets in private session.
To Cooperate
The board authorized Dr.. Neil
Y. Sullivan. school superinten-
dent, to cooperate in every way
with the vocational training
S c Il DOL being established at
Crewe. But there is no official
connection b t W Il the Free
School and the vocational train
ing school which operates under
the National ManpoWer Training
Act. The trustees had earlier
considered applying for funds
under this act, but decided that
it would not be within their jur-
isdiction to do so.
Musselman. who is a certified
public accountant, lawyer and
former teacher at the University
of Virginia. said no report was
available on the fund drive of
the Free S h DOL However.
pledges and donations are be-
Eeved to be in excess of $500. 900.
A revised budget viii be pre-
sented 10 the trustees at the
January meeting The board is
also studying the ACCESSIBILITY OF
running the school for II months
rather than the normal nine
month school year. The extra
summer session was one of the
announced desires Of the board.
but final arrangements have not
been completed The budget fig
ures scheduled for the January
meeting will include the cost of
both nine month school year. and
alternate costs for the II month
school year.
The adyisabllity Of holding a
dental cline at the Free School
was considered by the board.
Dr.. Sullivan was authorized to
consult with the County Health
Department to try TO arrange
dental clinic.
Dr.. Robert p. Daniel. prcsl-
dent Of Virginia State College.
ard member Of the board. pre-
sentcd Virginia Teachers AS
soclat,on certificate Of diStin-
eulshed service award 10 the
PEFSA- Dr. Daniel accepted the
award on behalf Of the PEFSA
at the recent VIA convention
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-10
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
\. '. LAM. ,,... r.
D GOLDWATER STUNNED
D POWER SOUGHT
. SATURDAY SESSION

sen. BARRY GOLDWATER
(R-Arizl is stunned and shock
ed by the number of abusive
letters and kilograms he has re-
ceived since the death Of Presi-
dent Kennedy. according to a
story in Saturdays Chicag Q
Tribune. The article said the
outporlng of invective is a
factor in the major reassess-
inert which GoldwZter is now
making of his political future. =
These messages generally ac-
cuse Goldwater of being a right
wing leader who helped to Gre
ate climate OF extremism
which some h Nv led to the
assassination Goldwater wa S
considered the leading Republi-
can contender prior to h e
event. but polls conducted soon
after. the tragedy showed former
Vice President Richard Nixon
ahead among COP potertials.
THE SEVEN-MAN PANEL APP
pointed by President johnson to
investigate the assassination Of
President Kennedy has asked
Congress for extraordinary pow
ers to force testimony from re-
luctant witnesses and to grant
immunity fir m prosecution
Sens. Russell tD-Ga) and Coop
er tR-KyD introduced a resoiu-
ton to this effect in the Senate
Friday Both are members Of
the commission headed by Chief
Justice Warren. In other de-
velopments. authorities are said
to believe that Lee H. Oswald.
the accused assassin. was the
sniper who almost hit Maj. Ger
Edwin Walker last April 10.
w dIhtl do NilSIIlloStu HUH IIS
post in Germany for allegedlv
telling his troops how to vote and
later attracted national attention
by appearing on the University
of Mississippi campus during the
indignation crisis.
THE HOUSE Of Representa-
tIves met IL an unusual Saturday
session last week to pave the
way for filing discharge pc
tition on Monday. The petition.
which requires 2l8 signatures to
become effective. would allow
the civil rights bill to bypass the
House Rules Committee Chair
man Howard Smith Diva has
promised TO hold hearings on the
bill next month. Republicans who
generally oppose the petition as
interfering with orderly leglsla-
Continued On Page y
The chronicle., 1963-11-07

chair. Mrs. Goldtrap was nomi-
mated for the best actress of the
year award last year for her
portrayal of Nell in "The Gaze
bo."
Married to 1t. Curt Goldtrap,
USN, she is a graduate of the
University of Arkansas where
she majored in speech and
drama. She appeared in many
productions in college and
taught high school in Gambrills,
Md, and Norfolk, Va. and as
sisted in the speech department
at the University of Georgia.
While teaching she directed
several plays including Tam
ing of the Shrew," welcome
Abroad" and "Time Out for
Ginger" She is a member Of
Alpha Kappa Chapter, Beta Sig
ma Phi, Navy Wives, Grey Lad.
les and Navy Couples Bowling
League.
MIR. and Mrs. Womack will
play a husband and wife team
in "Kind Sir" Annie Miller, an
-ex-actresS turned maid is play.
ed by Mrs. Womack and Carl
Miller, an ex-tailor turned ward
robe man, is played by Womack.
The Womacks came to Pas.
cagoula last spring from Chat
tanooga and he is employed al
ingalls,. They are members OF
First Methodist Church in Pas
cagoula, and the PTA.
Playing the female lead, Mrs.
Shanteau is a graduate of The
Pittsburgh Playhouse. She has
appeared in numerous produc-
tons in Pittsburgh, her home
town, as well as in Pascagoula
and Gulfport.
When not acting, Mrs. Shan
teau is usually found backstage
working with the crew. She is
a member Of the board of di-
rectorS for Little Theater, first
vice president and chairman OF
this years membership drive.
Appearing as Margaret Nun
son is a familiar face to Pas.
pointers, Alma Dell Johnson, who
has played leading rolls since
her junior year in high school. A
Continued on page q
The chronicle., 1963-11-07
Bring II Miners
Up In Germany

PEINE, Germany CUPID -
Rescue workers brought II men
safely to the surface today from
the underground shaft where
they had been trapped for two
weeks in a flooded iron mine.
A giant, American-made drill
chewed its way through the fl
nal barrier of earth to reach
the men, who had been en-
tombed since a huge Sedimen-
tation basin on the surface col
lapsed Oct. "a and poured 1s
million gallons Of water down
the shafts.
There were 129 men in the
mine at the time. Most escaped
j m m diately Three were
plucked from another under.
ground tomb last week.
The II rescued today were
discovered Sunday after they
had been given up for dead.
OF the remainder, 10 bodies
were located in the chamber
reached today. Another 10 are
missing and presumed dead.