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The Farm ville Herald
VOLUME 68
Honor fur *he Past, Help for ' h? Future
Hope f*«r the Future
FARM VILLE. VIRGINIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1957
Single Copy 5 Cents
Established 1»V0
NO. 22
Edward Tolley
Fatally Wounded
mi
Iii Clin Accident
Lunenburg Negro
Also Killed In
Shooting Mishap
Edward Lewis Tolley, a 28-year
old Appomattox County man. was
fatally wounded near Fartnville Sat
urday night.
Prince Edward County Sheriff
James T Clark said Tolley was ap
parently shot accidentally when Will
Cunningham, of Pnnce Edward
county, was handing him a 22
calibre pistol
According to investigation bv
Sheriff Clark and Deputy J. W.
Overton. Cunningham and Tolley
had been friends for some time.
The "."-year-old Cunningham and
Clinton Childses.-, both ■ of near
Darlington Heights, had been deer
(Minting Saturday and had lost see
i al ..( their dogs. They found a
couple of the dogs and.were head
ing heme when they decided to
stop by and see if any of then
neighbors were at the Modern
Woodmen Center, about two miles
west of Farmville
Tolley saw them when they drove
up and went over to see if they had
any luck on the hunt. He asked to
see the 22 calibre pistol Cunning
ham, carried when hunting. Appar
ently, when Cunningham began to
unload the pistol.' it discharged,
sticking Tolley in the face.
Sent to Richmond
Tolley, whose address is Pamplin,
was rushed to Southside Community
Hospital, where he received pre
liminary treatment and was sent
to the Medical College of Virginia.
Tolley died Sunday in the Rich
mond hospital.
Tolley was employed by Wiley
.',:h1 Wilson engineering firm in
Richmond, and was a native of
Appomattox county.
Pinirial services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 p in. a!
i’iney Ridge Methodist Church at
l'amphn. where he was a member.
Interment will bn in Use church
cemetery.
He is survived by his parents.
Robert Lewis Tolley and Carrie Be!!
Williams Tolley of Pamplin: three
brothers. Roy M and Robert Earl
Tolley, of Pamplin and Hanoi R.
loll \ of Richmond; five sisters.
Miss Patsy and Miss Eva Tolley,
of Pamplin, and Mrs. Elsie Price.
Mrs Nancy Milliter, and Mrs. Lois
Bushing, of Richmond.
Woodrow Bacon, .11-year-old Ne
gro. was also fatally wounded Sam
day night. Bacon was shot at the
heme of John L Fowlks near On
tario in Lunenburg County
Prince Edward special officer. E.
F Overton, said Bacon was shot by
Theodore Fowlks 17-year-old boy.
who was Bacon's brother-in-law
Overton said Bacon came to the
Fowlks home and was wounded
with a shotgun blast when he was
mistaken for a prowler.
He was shot about 11 10 pin.
Saturday and was treated at South
side Community Hospital at 1:25
a m for drop woiuids in the left
.shoulder before being sent to St.
Phillips Hospital in Richmond.'
where be died Sunday.
Builders Win
Over Shoemen 66-48
The Farmville Manufacturing
Co.. Builders, with Guard Billy
Franklin netting 30 points, scored
a 6H-48 triumph over the Crad
dock-Torry Shoe Corp. squad
Thursday night as the Recreation
Associations winter basketball
program got underway at Memo
-r.al Armory
In the preliminary game, the
Baptist Church boys' squad do
1 rated Mu- Methodist, boys 47-16.
The Town and Church leagues
have two games weekly, with dou
bleheaders each Thursday and
•Saturday nights.
H-SC In Entrance
Examination Board
Mampdep.Sydney College Mias
been elected to membership in the
college entrance examination
boaid 1'hr College will send two
represent olives to the board's
ineetm s Dean T Edward Craw
ley is the voting member of the
board, and Dean Charles B. Vail is
the non-voting member.
T t e Hanipden-Sydncy repre
sentatives will participapte with
the o!Iter members of the board
n formulating its policies in re
; aid to the two major services of
lered 'Hu organization adminis
leii- ! ■ entrance exjminations
' •'qipi rd In jp my colleges foi
fee rni.ei applicants Hampden
t'.ydnev College requires a passing
grade top tM :< examinations for
entrance
1y-'■■<■■■’ i! « .-idministers a
' ch"!ars' > p nn ;ec ip tho invest;
gat op Pi applicants to the col
and tmtveKtiic.' for scholar
‘ ■1 i . ■ vant.--in-aid. Asa a rep
resent.!: n ( Hampden-Sydney will
participate ;u the organization
"hie:: also co-ordinates policies
concerning college admissions and
requirement*.
Civic Club Speaker Says:
Agricultural Revolution ’$ Trials Need
Farm-Town Partnership of Understanding
Understanding of the partner
ship that the agricultural revolu
tion" of recent years has forged
between farm and town was urged
here Friday by the director of in
formation of the Virginia Depart
ment of Agriculture.
John Wessels, of Richmond,
said m his Lion Club luncheon
address that today's situation re
quires that "the farm-business
partners cacli act in understand
ing of and faith in the other."
The capital city visitor called
such understanding and mutual
support vital “in an agricultural
community such as Farmville
where the business index is relat
ed so closely to farm prosperity."
Mechanization: tremendous ad
vances in farm science which have
flowed from land grant colleges,
experiment stations and extension
service stimulii: specialization:
"fantastic" production records,
and the rise of the food industry
to package and distribute farm
products, all are evidences of the
agricultural revolution. Wessels
said.
One of these results Wessels
called " a gi a-business." This is
composed of those businessmen
and firms much of whose trade is
in commodities or services the
farmer must buy. This business
man should be particularly con
cerned about farm-town working
School Mixing
Mandate Stayed
Supreme Court
Appeal In Motion
The Federal Fourth Circuit Court
cf Appeals has agreed to stay its
mandate calling for a prompt star!
towards desegregation of Prince Ed
ward county schools.
Attorney - General Kenneth C.
Patty said Thursday that he had
been so notified by Chief Judge
John J. Parker.
Judge Parker agreed to the stay
temporary delay of the court's
order pending an appeal io the
United States Supreme Court
The state attorney general sa il
that Judge Parker's stay order is
conditional on the filing of an appeal
to the nation's highest, court within
.10 days of December 3.
Patty said the appeal will be
filed within the time limit set by
Judge Parker.
The stay represents another ex
tension in the county's legal
struggle to in aim ain separate
schools. Judge Parker's federal ap
pellate court had ruled on Novem
ber ! 1 that federal judge Sterling
Hutcheson had cried in refusing to
set a time limit for start of desegre
gation in the county. At the same
time it called for such a start.
The state promptly set. legal ma
chinciy in motion to appeal to the j
U. S Supreme Court. Judge
Parker’s stay order last week
followed.
In his earlier opinion postponing
a start. Judge Hutcheson had ruled
that more time was needed, and '
that forcing the issue would work
harm to all parties.
Community Chest
Tops $13,300;
Still Short
Anothrr district- was heard from
over the week end. pushing Com
munity Chest contributions to
within $3,200 of the $10,500 goal.
Leigh district, previously unre
ported. turned in $102.60. Buffalo
district is still unheard from.
The Community Chest, total
Monday morning was $13,360.24.
Ot this, special gifts accounted for
$0,254.50, and employees. $1,620.64
Colored division contributions
pushed over $100 past the $600
cal. with $708.75 reported No
additions were reported to the
Farmville residential division total
ot $555. $30 more than its goal.
restrict totals locate arc Lock -
ett. $206.75: Hampden, $380:
FarmviHc. •'5141. and Prospect
$292
H-SC Glee Chib Christmas Concert
In College Church On December 16
partnerships, the visitor declared.
Even though one out of every
four farmers has left fanning to
become part of the nation’s indus
trial manpower in the past five
years, the production records of
the remaining farmers are "fan
tastic." Wessels said.
This has resulted in surpluses.
Notionol News Summary
‘Flopnik’ Fails;
Indonesia Looms
As Battleground
\
America’s fi'st attempt ;,o launch
an earth satellite ended in failure
Friday. The rocket which was to
have launched the test sphere got
a few feet off the ground, then e\
ploded sending the launching stand
up in flames. The failure was
blamed on mechanical difficulties
The test, originally scheduled for
Wednesday, had been postponed
several times The Defense Depart
ment says another test will be made
in about 30 days.
Friday's failure brought sharp
criticism. Although scientists ex
plained that i! was only the first in
a series of tests and that such
initial failures are common in the
scientific world, some called it a
blow to our prestige abroad, bon
bon newspapers poked fun at the un
successful tost. One London paper
was headlined: "Oh, What a Flop
ink!"
Adlai Stevenson says iic will not
attend the NATO meeting in Paris
u n less unforeseen developments
arise. President Eisenhower had
asked the twice-defeated presiden
tial candidate to go. but Scvenson
refused, explaining he would have
no authority at the conference.
President Tito will not • acceifc
further U. S. military aid. according
to an unofficial report from Bel
grade. Tito is said to have told
U. S. Ambassador Janies Riddle
burger he is disturbed by frc
quent. “reappraisals" of the aid
program. Aid to Yugoslavia was
begun in l'.ua when it was kicked
out of the Soviet led Comlr.fonn, an
association of Communist nations
In recent years Yugoslavia anu
Russia have become friendly.
Maj. Gen. I'lvsses S. Grant, HI.
was named by President Eisen
hower to plan the commemoration
of the 100th anniversary of the War
Between the States. Grant is a
grandson of the Union genera! to
whom Lee surrendered a* Appomat
tox. The commission will have 25
members.
Indonesia is seeking to oust some
40.000 Dutch subjects. President
Sukarno Thursday told all Dutch
nationals, except, vital technicians,
to leave immediately. Monday the
government ordered a 24-hour strike
against, all Dutch businesses. Thes"
moves came to back up Indonesian
demands that The Netherlands turn
over West. New Guinea to the young
republic.
Indonesia is a nation of 3.0«fl
islands in the Pacific. When the ■
Dutch granted Indonesia its inde
pendence in 1040, they retained
West New Guinea, a backward and
largely unexplored region. Since
then. Indonesia has been trying to
get this territory. In eight years of
self-rule, the young nation has failed .
to achieve political stability. The
Communists are now backing Presi
dent Sukarno and using his anti
Dutch campaign to further their
own ends. Opposed to Sukarno are
the military leaders who generally
favor a Western-type democracy.
Some Western observers think the
outcome of the current situation
will be a civil war between the
Ccmmunists and the m i 1 i t a r y
leaders.
The National Council of ( "lurch-"-'
triennial General Assembly issued;
a call for world disarmament near
the close of its week long meeting
in St. Louis. In other actions, ihc
church leader s. representing 34
Protestant, and Orthodox denomina
tions. asked for more help for refu
gees. urged increased world trade, 1
and denounced' racial segregation
us mi Christian
The Hampden-Sydney College
(i.' e ( lub. a chorus of 65 voices,
"'ll present a concert of Christ -
nets music in College Church ott
the rumpus ,,,1 V ]>,-,■ j(i,
at g :ut pan
the (.rice Club is under tire ci1 -
reetmn of L>eap T Fdw ird Craw •
le.v Tibs concert is the last of the
e.ison which has included pro
cams at Petersburg. Hopewell.
Richmond. Aldington. Roanoke,
and Hinton and Lcwisburg. \V Va.
Ronald Davis..of Hopewell, is ac
companist. and Douglas Vaughan,
of Salem, and Norwood Cardozo.
of Reed. villi . an- tenor soloists.
Ltutinc, flic ijou:- program lire
singers will present: 'Ye Watchers
r.nd Ye Holy Ones." 17lh Century
Carol: "Adoramus To," Palestrina.
"Hallelujah, Amen." if ancle 1
C-lement: "Heavenly Tight." K-n»J
low-WillKWtsky "The Creation. •
Kiehtei . "Praise We Sum in Thee "
Haydn-Luva:.. Jot-n. Joy of Man .•
Desiring," Bach
Also ' Today Christ is Jt,>rn
Poliak The last Word, of
David,' Thompson: "Vein jesu,"
Chembmi -March: "The Coventry
Carol.'" 16th Century Carol: "Thou
Child Divine." Moravian Carol:
"Mary Had a Baby Dawson:
"Softly the Stars are Shining."
l'orovsky. and "Carol of the
Belli, ' Lev;’.’o' tell-WiLhouW'
but over-production remains the
farmer's chief weapon against :1k
chop in farm income and a 15 per
cent, rise in farm costs in recent
years, lie said,
feeding Potential
Tiie formei Lynchburg-Rich
mond newspaper man said that ill
1940 one fanner feci him-elf and
11 persons, while today he is able
to feed himself and 19 ..lore per
sons.
He said ut: net of this farm
town partnership . th< food in
dustry part, has become "a
part-time maid lor American
families Frozen, pa kaie d foods,
such as the TV d.uner and just
add-water mix tun s have cut hours
from the housew.vrs' working d;-\
It is estimated n>\\ that thre<
meals a c, y requin but about cat
and a half hour.-, preparation time
he -said But the farmer's share in
the food purchase dollar has fallen
to 40 per cent, while processing
and distributing lakes 60 pc. cent
he pointed out
1 :k- ell revolt it urns, tie rurricul
turn! one has b'-'-n oeeonipai’.r s!
by dilfu-ilte di ; ui cun . - mi
readjustment'.. Th -e call a ■■ u
ing on ,..ik: the i.irm-i ;wn "part
nership of umiersiiUiditig ant
Ruth" wi’i bt m ■ v iti jnat.m
solUi ions.
To the .!SI .! m, ... 1 ■ ;; i : \
that is mat oniv good cr :/■ u.-inn
but good bu pc s well
We.-.sels sajd
1957 Staled To
lie "Wei \car”
Winter (rops In
Kxcellcnt Shape
l;'s immeal. but it's true! The
year vr.H go down in history
as bavin t'xc-i-ssiv* moisture
November added ti.irt inches of
ram and. .so tar. December has
contributed 1 7.1 i: <-h. s to push the
yearly total t-> It; .fit inches. ••What
ever addition ! ram nc r* ccived
will lie cjnside: < d ah ore a; rage."
said V :-■• !,): \v : m’. .
as wr.itr.er olr-erv-r and couidy
agent. The outlook is tor addi
tional ran.
"The tempi - ata. : ; ■, n a been
too lew tims far.' S'rtplm ob
served. "but Per wind';
doesn't start until December ill "
The lowest temperatures came m
the middle of November when 1:1
and 15 degree temperatures were
recorded on' successive days.
Turning his double duty cap a
round so the 'county agent' side
was up. StripHn commented that,
in general, the wr:. cold weather
had caused no rrat damag< in
farming circles.
"These is still some winter
wheat that has not been planted,
and lots of corn standing in the
field " he said "And as long it
stays wet. these jobs will not, be
taken care of." Lowlands are es
pecially muddy when ram hits
and cannot, he worked with heavy
equipment. Striplin concluded.
Fencing Exhibit
Oil Hamilton Farm
fuesdav Afternoon
Fruit Growers To
Meet Wednesday;
Tobacco Friday
A field demonstration on fenc
ing. meeting on fruit growing, and
dr <f experimental tobacco will
highlight activities smnsor'd bv
‘he Virginia Extension Service
his week.
A B. Ia ( \!i iiS'iOll inrcster
om VPt w-11 be at the farm of
Leslie Hamilton, near Darlington
!,,r-'hrs. TiiPSCi i.v afte-noon at
' 30 to conduct a field demon
•*ration on fences.
The meeting wdl sta-t. in the
':-a' tivard. wht»'T I.y.'r. will demon
strate a power post peeler.
Emory Dillon Jr . will furnish
me raw posts which will be peel
■•(I and •••eatod. HamUti n has been
•eorkto.' on !:'s fencing- closely for
the last four years and has t.reat
i.': vais at Hie farm.
1.1 ter the rto-'i' i in, ; hr group
' i d up : ni.e of the posts Ham
’h ’) pit! in fen1 vears ago to actu
:Iiy see how (lie posts are lasting.
“We expert them to bo in good
h ’>■ s> .! K. F Stnu’ni who
v ill be at >!»• demonstration "With
tie high cest of a tie and fence
pests, i’ cur! business to do the
) b o! !•. nr.tig right, when it is
done," Strip!til said,
Small Fruit Men
V, erinc cm nine, a mating
J fruit : we; s will bo hold in
‘ho Prior- Edward cnurthou.se.
Striplin said Hus meeting would
bo especially for The -mail g rowel -
'it who : - on. or two r nit
''cos, seve-a! rows of berries. or
i field of o-vawbi-M’ios. He seal it
oukl bo o: particular interest to
'he many people wl: have planted
’he dwn’T fruit varieties in
Timely' i.iiorma'ioii and overall
' will 1 - ■ d;-cursed midi-]■ the
direction of H B. Aroian, horti
culture special:-r VPI. Striplin
said a n'-w all-purpose spray has
bi on produced for use of the small
grower where the commercial
grower has to use eight or more
different .-prays
S a! - of experimental tobacco
• ;H In c .achsc‘ed Friday, Pec. 11!
at th Old -Wai house at » t.m
I. 1 _■ i ui are ■ ,-i-d at
tend anti uispec’ the experimental
tobacco varieites which have been
uii.wn ;.i Tin ~n; rounding six coun
A special c-xhibit will bn pre
pared by the extension service,
•■.lid J W Dmuungton. president
! Duriiiingtori Tobacco Company,
has arranged ‘ours through the
local tobacco factory that date
t OV.MOOI) SINdEKS
UN TV TUESDAY. 6 l‘. M.
The Long wood College choir
and Madvr.-il Singers vyll present
a program of Christmas music on
WXEX-TV. Channel 3. Peters
burg, today (Tuesdayi at (> p. m
The program is the fourth in a
series of Long wood College televi
sion programs
The choir is under the direction
of Dr John w. Molnar.
FHS Court Leaders Ready For Opener
HOI,\MU\E TIil-CATTAINS, from left, Howard (labour It.
Kent t arter and .fool Coleman, will lead the Karmville High squad
in its inilkd start ton.g'n «Monday) against Buckingham in Memo
rial Armory. A Jayvee game will start at 7.JO p.m.
Opening Week Tobacco Sales
Of 913,806 Pounds Highest
iii Decade; Average Is $38.32
■MEXIC O EXCHANGE STl DENT. PROSPECT HOST
Juan Aramburu Pinpoints Home For Hick Glenn
Language Barrier Melting Fast
'Man's Oldest Of Problems Exists Even
In Space Age. Mexico \ isitor Learns
Little wonder it i.s that Juan
A’arnburu who makes his home
with 4.000,000 others in bustling
Mexico City suggests the peace
and quiet of Ins temporary home
fl Prosper* as his N<* l impression
of America to date.
The cofit rast holds good for hit
daily visit with Richard Glenn, hi
host to Farmville High School.
Juan's school The National Umver
s'.*y. lias 80,000 students and occu
i)a" a campus as big as Farmvilit .
The 2!-year-old Mexico youth is
a fourth-year law school student at
National University at Mexico Cits
Until his current, vacation ends
about April, he will live with the
Joseph F. Glenns, at Prospect,
under an arrangement with the Ex
change Students of the Americas
program.
Will Go to Mexico
Then after 17-year-old Richard
Glenn graduates this June ai Farm
ville High, he will he Juan's guest
in Mexico City for the summer.
The exchange, conducted Uy Pro
fessor Gabmo A. Palmer of The
National University, is mutually
helpful Juan, who knew but a few
words of English when the .Glenns
greeted him at Byrd Air Field at
Richmond last Friday, needs a mas
tery of the language, (or success
with his law practice.
Many of his future clients will be
Americans living in Mexico or
English - speaking persons living or
working there. Successful law prac
tice in that vast metropolis requires
a mastery of English.
Richard his American host. ha.-,
acquired a liking for Spanish dur
ing his two years of study in that
language at FHS. Interested in
travel. Dick also realizes the em
ployment possibilities mastery of
the Spanish language may offer if
he goes through with Ins pie ■ it!
aim of studying business adminis
tration at college.
To HIS Daily
Juan accompanies Richard to
FHS each day He observes ail of
the English and Spanish classes
possible while his host, goes about
his daily sciieduie.
Juan, through his present inter
preter. Richard, says the procedure
s quite profitable and beneficial.
Usually .Juan attempts to make his
own replii s to questions, runs out of
his English vocabulary and turns
to Dick for filling in. Soon he hopes
to be able to handle the whole ex
change of words himself.
The Mexican visitor is the son of
a building contractor in Mexico
City, Joseph Aramburu. and Mrs.
Dolores. DeArambuni. He will be
the third lawyer m the family of
eight brothers and a sister. His
brothers include a doctor, two law
yers and chemical, industrial and
mechanical engineers.
Barrier Ditlicult
Juan's dark, flashing ryes and
pleasant, features obviously find the
language barrier difficult. His
smile and affable manner , indicate
that a natural open friendliness
finds the conversation h u r d 1 e
against his nature.
There would be so many things
to talk about, such as his delight
with the first snow he ever saw
last Wednesday. But thanks to the
exchange program. Juan is just
about to break through one of the
great shackles to better inter
national understanding the langu
age banter.
Juan has two more years of law
studies, since in Mexico that course
ii quires six years. There, the high
school graduate goes directly into
legal studies. Hr is oil his univer
st'v's s" minting team and also en
vy; :o'f and o*her outdoor sports.
Christmas Savings Ami Tobacco Sale
Boom Action On Christmas Shopping
Christmas shoppin j Fm m
ville bounded ahead la : ••>...
the outlook is full speed a .., d, li
the first week of tobacco markc*
ing grossed $340,343 to local farm
ers. and Christmas savings ie
counts worth $74,277 were paid
out by the three local banks to
1.094 individuals with Chr.-imas
savings accounts.
Addins color to the local scene
are the festive decorations and
Christmas lights up ond down the
Mam Street area.
The Farmville ,Ja.vcee> announc
ed last week that Santa Claus
would visit 1’armvilie Friday. I"♦«'<
13 iu t in time to see the chil
dren when t hey get out of school,
lie wdl he brought to the Frince
Edward courthouse in the ip-c
truck, with a police escort
Afte-r being welcomed by Dr ft
R Hargrove, Jaycee president, and
Mayor W C Fitzpatrick. Santa
Claus will set down to business
and hear the requests of his young
friends and pass out a bag of
candy io all those who have been
good boys or girls during the past
year. The big Christmas uee »n
IrOut ol the courthouse v.a^ dee
‘ -i •- " ■ mV the Jaycee. in
I t1•; vi n I ;Viuta's vest
fc' >• 1 i il a v. Farmviile
••• is ,v open every night
mud '> ;■ m i,ni : Cliri it mas eve.
vv ;v--1 iipi rims Will be opt tonal
Anothei fi*on! that reflerts the
Ch - tin. span the Farmviile
post office. Postmaster D W.
Paulette this inornint offered sev
eral su n.tStions that, would help
the postmen speed the m ol.
"Please stamp your cards, be
sure they are addressed and sep
arate the out-of-town mail from
the local mail." Postmaster Paill
ette sai'l
Ife noted that Pie I'.. f of) tee
will be open !i>nt;er than natal
with the following hour: R a nt
to 0 p in ever.'day, except Sun
day from now through Dec. r.'i
"To assure delivery.' Paulette
said, "all packages should be mail
ed by Dec. 17,' Other tips are to
buy your stamps early, and ma;l
your cards at the post office, as
the carriers have all the mail they
can carry. "Also." he continued,
"please don't call the office to ask
li yon have u package II will
be delivered if it is here.1
250 000 Pounds
Monday Start
Second Week
The Fannville Tobacco Market's
second week of safes commenced
Mondav morning with indications
of another four days of near
r< c i d os f(; in.. nd -w ise.
Aoout. 250.000 pourit, were on the
1'Io.it this morning.
More of tire better grades of
leal were .ven and indications
a ere that the $38.32 average es
tablished for opening week will
hold under the stimulus of buying
competition and better quality.
The opening weeks 913.806
pounds was the highest of the last
eight years The general average
was exceeded only by the $38.96 in
1951 and last yea: . $39.69
Sun t urrii S.ilc>
I- i their first week off run at
Fannville of 7P " ><; pounds of
dark-f.red leaf, grove •. received
$2J>»- 672 fo: an av-rar. of $38 32.
This was aeumented by 165.750
pounds of sun-; u. ed tobacco,
grossing $53,671 and establishing
a general floor average of $32.38,
down slightly from the opening
week of 1956 when the average
was $33.08.
For the first week, the combined
weight of dark-fired and .sun
cun I tobacco was 913.806 pounds
and the gross sales amounted to
$340,343,
Kelt-Wide Keport
Over one-fifth of the 1957 es:i
Inated production of Virginia tin -
cured tobacco was sold during
opening week of sales Weather
conditions have been good recently
for preparing tobacco for market
and. consequently, growers offer
ed around twice as much volume
as during the first week in 1956.
Average prices by grades differ
ed little from las! season although
there was a downward trend.
About 12 of gi oss sales was de
livered to the associations under
the Government loan program
This compares with 8'- received
by the associations m opening
week ot 1956
The Virginia Department of
Agriculture, reports gross sales
during the week ended Dec. 5
amounted to 2.068.060 pounds and
averaged $38.65 per hundred. Th.s
return was a small decline of 40c
from tire initial week last year
when 1.010.769 pounds old for a
$39.05 average
Puces tins year averaged $1.00
to $::.00 per hundred pounds lower
for most heavy grade leafs. Also,
some small decreases occurred for
low to good thin leaf and short
leaf. Better quality thm leaf was
up SI 00 or $2.00. Lugs and non
descript held mainly unchanged
Averages were chiefly $100 to
$3.00 above then respective sup
port levels.
The tobacco consisted of larger
percentages of fair to fine quali
ties than last season and less low
Greater proportions of heavy and
short leaf and lugs vyre on the
floors and a much smaller ratio
of thin leaf Fair to fine heavy
leaf, low and fair lugs, and fair
thin leaf made up the bulk of
sales.
The markets a;c scheduled to
close for Christinas holidays after
auctions on Dee 19 and will re
open JanT 6. 1958
.>omr good stues reported at the
warehouses from til*' hist days of
last week were:
L D. Jacobs and Whitt. Fann
villa. 880 pounds for $394.48. from
$35 to $60 isun-cured sale; w. C
Osborne. Cmdsvilic. t .774 pounds,
for $748.94. from $33 to $6.7 av< -
aging $50.
W. F. Isaacs. !r pt. ;i■ i.
from $37 to $70 a'erasing $57 7 ;
Lewis Carwi’e .V Sou. 608 pound...
from $37 to $6.1, IVI'! a,:in;- .v>7 68
T C .lame- son (>:•••• • • 09a
pounds, 1 nun $34 !•> $65 auir
in- $.vi ')#>
C. C. and W l> Harvey 1.313
pounds, from $37 to $60. avnat
ms $54.05; D B Parsons. 776
pounds, from $3a to $62. av>-•ar
ms $53 41
L. T. Nash. 714 pounds from
$34 to $62. averaging $51.43 and
James Wilson. 714 pounds, from
$23 to $83. averaging $50.89
I rben To Present
Chase City Recital
W’altri I t' r l >o m win hi' pro
iih;rl by tin' CfHt.se (ity Women
rsiib 111 :i rhn^tnu! or .pm re
i'■*al at i!» e'etrten 11 \ Mrtl>. v]: i
C'luilTh 111 Cha ■" City mi 'Ilnii'd.r
afternoon. !><t U’ i ;; at The
public i ■■ invited
Kicludcd on the proa .mi v. r, i
bo a number of familiar Chris'ma
songs specially transcribed for the
organ/besides works of Buxtehude
Ract. Guilmant, and Jonsen. The
recitalist is an Assistant Professor
of music at Lour wood College and
organist at the Parnivllle Metho
ijt Cliurcii.