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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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. The state's
plans for its interstate high
way system include enough
safety rest areas for each 37
miles, or about each 4Q min
utes of driving.
Faff Lawn Care Tips
Given by Specialist
College Station, Tex.-OOT-Fall
applications of complete
fertilizer before the first ex
pected frost has been suggest
ed by a pasture specialist at
Texas A and M college as a
key to producing pretty grass
lawns. J
E. M. Trew says an appli
cation made 30 days before
the first expected freeze will
keep grass green longer in
the fall and give it an earlier
start the following spring.
Some moths cannot fly un
til a certain temperature has
been attained by rapid vibra
tion of their wings.
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