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8 C THURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDrOHD. OREGON Virginia County Schools' Continue Integration Ref usal tr AL KUETTNER ; UPI Correspondent There used to be a teacher at the B. R. Moton High School tor Negroes in Farm vtlle, Va., who spent her summers along the rivers and shores of the Tidewater sec tion of the state. Her pupils often accompanied her. During those pleasant out ings, the Negro teacher and her youngsters from the rural hill country of Prince Edward county gathered driftwood which came ashore plentifully in many shapes and sizes. Back home, they immersed the wood in soapy water to MOW ! ITOPS IN QUALITY!! lMITATIOMs ! sorthi I ,Xml II happ LJlgSFI 1 1 tinu poo-- j jbVOW IN PRICE' clean it. After it dried, they began rubbing in floor wax. After scores of hours at a te dious task that was perfected centuries ago by natives of the South seas islands, the ex hibits were carried to a large glass case where - they were shown to visitors as an ex ample of the skill and perse verence of the Negro high school children of Farm ville. The Negro school a brand new structure and all other public schools in Prince Ed ward county, have been closed since 1959 because the county refused to bow to fed eral court-ordered desegrega tion. But the perseverance of the Negroes there has not dis appeared. Back in The Picture Today, Farmville is back in the racial picture with demonstrations, both for the reopening of schools and the desegregation of public ac commodations, gaining mo mentum. Prince Edward county with an area of 359 square miles and a population of about 14,000, has remained the nation's outstanding sym bol of flat refusal to de segregate schools. II was one of the original defendants in the 1954 Supreme Court rul ing. It is the only community in the country that closed its schools to ' avoid court-ordered transition toward inte gration. An organization called the Prince Edward Educational Foundation, spearheaded by a local box manufacturer and with scant education knowhow, set up a private school for white children only. For a while, they met in n il tj ,i MATRIMONIAL JUMP-Some folks jump into matrimony and others have to be pushed into it. Fort Benning, Ga., Paratrooper Claude Johnson, 27, left, sky-dived his way to his wedding with bride-to-be Ann Edgar, 22, right. They are shown in their "wedding finery" just before taking the plunge from 2,800 feet. They were married minutes after landing. (UPI) churifii basements and private homes. Now, they have a $400,000 one story brick building at the edge of ' ). .. It has some accreditation. The foundation has pub lished periodic reports on how the venture has worked, including statements that many of the graduates went on to colleges where they competed ..favorably with graduates from public schools over the nation. Several years ago, a group including a number who had set up the white school offer ed to help Negroes establish a private school for the esti mated 1,400 Negro children who have had no schooling for five years. Oliver W. Hill, slate lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Col ored People, rushed to Farm ville and told Negroes: "Don't let them entice you away from your rights." This summer has brought some remedial school work for the long - deprived Ne gro children and a Michigan State University research team moved in to study the effects of no schools on the Negroes. The next development in the long impasse will be ac tion by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (nominally con sidered to be conservative) on a 1962 decision. In that case, District Judge Orcn R. Lew is of Alexandria ruled that public schools in a county cannot remain closed while those elsewhere in the stale remain open. iff mm -3t. mm m tar (Grow Mm Si Am. ' StoCHIRS You doubtless know that small boys-and big ones too-have a seemingly endless capacity for Blue Bell Potato Chips. You may recall that your most successful parties have included crisp, golden, tempt ing mounds of Blue Bell Potato Chips that people love them in December as they did in May. But your grocer knows why! He knows his "home grown" products best . . . those that have developed right here in the Northwest as his neighbors. He knows, for example, that Blue Bell has made potato chips-and only potato chips for more than a third of a century. He knows Blue Bell's reliable quality and unvarying wholesome goodness. Your grocer is a food specialist-an expert. He's built his business on guaranteeing you the values you want, every time you shop. And he knows that more of his custo mers consistently take home Blue Bell Potato Chips than any other. Chances are, he tates them home himself! tick up kriae B&H s eaclusiwj 4-PAK at your grocer's. In potato chip packages, it's " ctwwmer vm . . . ymut o. fee -!. i a i ., IfTN Potato Chips ff IOC.' Btr B Q Chips Chips for Dips All in kwv0t ihWiv "ni.:imi" bwiliqJk M,. II.1, W.Vt'i The Prince Edward strug gle was one that became an island in the rising desegrega tion tide through the South. The county was chosen for an early test by integration for ces on the assumption that it would be a good testing ground for later campaigns in the segregation - entrenched deep South. Prince Edward dug in its spurs and there they stick to day while many sections farther South - both more and less rural than the Farm ville area - have embarked on some degree of integration. Foreign Aid Cut Restoration Voted Washington -fl!PB- The Sen ate Foreign Relations Com mittee has voted to restore $75 million of a $100 million cut in funds for the Alliance for Progress program for Latin America. The committee also voted to reconsider another action which would have put tighter limits on development loans by requiring a minimum 2 per cent interest rate and a maximum 30-year repayment provision. Both the alliance fund slash and the loan limits ac tions were strongly opposed by the administration. Chairman J. William Ful bright (D-Ark.) said he hoped the committee could complete action on the bill Friday. The reconsideration left to tal cuts voted so far by the Senate committee at $372 million. President Kennedy originally requested $4.5 billion. TAKE A BREATHER Austin, Tex. - (XJPD -The Tex as Highway department says it will not be long before a traveler in the state will have to go only 37 miles between roadside parks. 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