Volume 45 . Number 33 Smithfield, Virginia 1 1f v

Thursday, August 13, 1964 10 Cents Per CopyMill Swamp Baptist Observe1190th Anniversary August 16th

On Sunday, August 16, MillSwamp Baptist Church in Isleof Wight County, will observethe 190th Anniversary of itsfounding, and the 250th Anniver¬sary of Baptist Beginnings inVirginia. Services will be heldat 10 A. M., 2 P. M. and 8 P. M.This church was established

in 1774 but is traditionallylinked to the Burleigh BaptistChurch which dated from 1714.In that year, a Baptist preach¬er, Rev. Robert Norden, arrivedin the Colony of Virginia from

) England in response to lettersrequesting pastors be sent toshepherd the small congrega¬tions of Baptists that were be¬ing gathered together. A Rev.Thomas White set sail with

Norden, but he died aboard shipduring the voyage. Upon hisarrival, Robert Norden began topreach to small groups of Bap¬tists at serveral points in thecolony. One of these was called,"Burleigh in Isle of Wight".

I In 1727 Rev. Casper Mintzand Rev. Richard Jones arrivedfrom England, and the latterbecame pastor of Burleigh. Hecontinued in this position forthirty years.

In 1756 a letter was written toBaptists in the Philidelphia arearequesting them to send breth¬ren to help settle a doctrinalcontroversy that had arisen inthe Burleigh Church. It wassigned by Casper Mintz, Rich¬ard Jones, Randall Allen,

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By George TaylorPROFILE OF AN AMERICAN

If we could conjure up a pic¬ture of Mr. Average American,it might go something like this.The American is a handsome

fellow without being pretty, He'ssmooth, but not glib. He's tallbut not so he reminds you ofstilts.He's neat without being pris¬

sy. He likes clothes, but whenyou see how Jie wears them, youknow right away he's no clotheshorse.He knows all the latest styles,

even if the suit he is wearing re¬minds you of old yellow picturesin the Laughing Gas family al¬bum. / 'T

If the bootblack catches himjust right at the barbershop, he'llpay what it costs to have hisshoes shined till they glisten, butif you could see the soles, you'dprobably find holes in them. Ifnot that, the soles would be sothin he could step on a nickleand tell you which way the buf¬falo was headed.And Mr. Average American is

smart without being an egghead.Ke reads books now and then.Ibut is never a bookworm: Andsometimes he's more concernedover how long it takes him toread a book, than he is overwhat lies betwixt its two covers.He's got a good sense of hu¬

mor, though, and can alwayslaugh with the next one. but hesees nothing funny ha ha whenthe jokes get sick sick sick.He likes music but is not a

longhair. And he wishes he couldsing like a song bird, but whenhe tries to warble, more oftenthan not, it sounds like ChiefThunder-in-Mouth c a 1 1 i n g forrain clouds.

Schools OpenIn County OnSeptember 2nd

They laugh when he sits downto the piano, for it's plain he'sno Liberace, but when it comesto the Beer Barrel Polka withone finger, he's as good as thenext one.Mr. Average American has a

healthy regard for money, too.He wants to save it, but is nevera miser. He spends it when hehas it, but is not a wastrel. Hehasn't got enough for that; thespendthrift is way out of hisclass. When he's broke, he'sdown in thd dumps with his chinon the groundd, but conje pay¬day, he feels like a king. Andbetween times, "he feels like he'sgetting ahead, but when he goeshome to see the^ old folks, it'ssurprising how his $49.00 a weekhas become two hundred.

If Mr. Average American is anapartment dweller, the neigh¬bors are so close that he longsfor a house in the country.But if he lives out there in the

suburbs, there is too much lawnto be mowed and so on.On the job. he's a hard worker,

but he looks forward to theweekend, too. He likes to play.He likes sports, but wa$ neveran All-American, and he canswim, but won't make the Olym¬pics. At baseball, he can strikeout as quick as the next one.He shaves every day, and

sometimes twice for that five*o'clock shadow, but let him takea little fishing trip, and he comesback with a beard like a beatnik.At home he's just the guy next

door. But if you met him inCapri or Rome, he'd be a Rotar-ian or a Jaycee taking picturesof everything in sight, to showthe folks back home, who havealready seen it on television,yet.*And in Paris, twenty years ago

he was the liberator of the city,but now, when he goes there,he's just another tourist to betaken to the cleaners, whichleads me to conclude: I don'tcare how many parts all Gaul(that means France, in case youflunked your Latin) is dividedinto, if you want my opinion, it's

The Smithfield High School1964-65 school session will beginon Wednesday, September 2,with a full day's schedule.Textbooks will be available for

sale at the school on Mondayafternoon, August 31, and all day

ikon Tuesday. September 1. forchildren in grades 1 through 7.Parents are urged to make ar¬

rangements for the purchase ofbooks on these days hr order thatstudents may begin school on

Wednesday prepared for study.High school textbooks will be

on sale on the first day of school.Wednesday. Students aVe re

minded to bring fees and text¬book funds to buy books on thatday.A complete list -of textbooks

for pupils in Isle of Wight Countyschools is published on page 7of the Smithfield Times, thisweek.There will be a County teachersmeeting on Monday morningAugust 31, however, teacherswill be in their home rooms on

Monday afternoon and all dayon Tuesday, to arrange for text¬books for their classes.

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3,000 SurryAcres ClosedTo HuntingThe 3,000 acre Chesapeake

Corporation tract in SurryCounty will be closed to publichunting during the 1964 65 sea¬son, according to R. H. Cross,Game Division Chief of theCommission of Game and In¬land Fisheries. Extensive logging operations being carriedout by the company of the areamake hunting impractical anddangerous.The wooded acreage had been

cooperatively managed by theGame Commission and theChesapeake Corporation as a

! public hunting area for a number of years. Hunters had onlybeen required to purchase a

^*2.00 permit to hunt on Chesa-T>cake Corporation land.

Joseph Mantgum, ChristopherAtkinson, Benjamin Atkinson,Davis Atkinson, Thomas Cofer,William Jordan, John Allen,John Powell and Joseph Atkin¬son. Several of these men werethe ancestors of families thatare prominent in this part ofVirginia today. Apparently sev¬eral of these men were con¬vinced a new church should beestablished with doctrinal be¬liefs and activities in line withthose known today as "Mission¬ary Baptists".

Accordingly, in 17 7 4 MillSwamp Baptist Church was or¬ganized, with the Atkinson,Cofers and Jones among itscharter members. Other char¬ter members included the Hol-lemans. Bells and #Wombles.Deed Books in Isle of WightCourthouse contain the recordof Thomas and Elizabeth Coferconveying "unto all the peopleof the Baptist Society, that noware, or hereafter shall be, anacre of land lying near At¬kinson's Bridge" on which thefirst bliilding housing the MillSwamp congregation was lo¬cated. . .

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Rev. David Barrow becamethe first pastor and served fortwenty-three years. At oneperiod during this time "heshouldered his musket and wentoff to fight in the RevolutionaryWar". Not only did these earlyBaptists of Virginia contributeto the winning of political in¬dependence, but their convic¬tions regarding freedom and theseparation of church and statebecame vital elements in thenew philosophy that would findexpression in the Constitution-of the United States. The pre¬sent guarantee of religious li-'berty contained in the FirstAmendment, came d i r e c 1 1 vfrom an insistence upon thisprovision by Baptists of Vir¬ginia. The lengthened shadowof*-the first pastor, David Bar¬row. reached from Revolution¬ary times to those of the Eman¬cipation controversy and theCivil War. "He carried his ooin-ions of liberty so far. as to thinkit criminal to hold negroes inslavery, and he emancipated allhe held."During its 250 year history the

church has had 41 pastors. Thepresent one. Rev. David C.Anderson, came on January 1,1964. from serving overseas inan English-speaking B a o t i s tchurch in Chateauroux, France.He is not a newcomer to thisarea, however, as he previouslvhad served from his ordinationin 1939 in Newport News for 21years.Speakers at the Anniversary

Observance will include Rev.Thomas Frank. Th. D.. Rev.Herman T. Stevens. D. D..Blanche Sydnor White. LL. D..of the Virginia BaDtist Histori¬cal Society and Rev. LuciusPolhill, D. D. Executive Secre¬tary of the Virginia BaptistGeneral Board. 7At the 8 P. M. Service, former

living pastors who are >ible toattend, will speak. These willinclude Rev. John W. Simmons.Rev. Curtis P. Cleveland andRev. Gilbert M. Profitt.The church will entertain

those who attend at a dejiciousluncheon of fried chicken andham at the noon hour.

School BoardMeets Today

The annual "Transportationmeeting of the Isle of WightSchool Board will be held today,Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. in theSchool Board office at Isle ofWight.Parents may meet with the

Board at this time to discuss anytransportation problem concern¬ing their school children.

Going to church regularlymay not be your habit, but itwould be a- good habit for youto have.We have found that it is much

easier to make promises than.to carry them out.

Friday RitesPlanned ForMrs. Madge GillA funeral service will be held

Friday at 2 p.m. in Ivy HillCemetery for Mrs. Madge Good-son Gill who died Tuesday morn¬ing in Maryview Hospital, Ports¬mouth, after a* brief illness.She was the widow of Robert

Henry Gill and a daughter of thelate Richard and Mrs. JennyLynn Goodson. She was a. nativeof Isle of Wight County and amember of the EpiscopalChurch.Survivors include a daughter,1

Mrs. J. Stokes Kirk, of Suffolk;two sons, Robert Morgan Gill ofArlington and Richard GoodsonGill of Smithfield; 12 grandchild¬ren and a great-grandchild.The funeral procession will

leave Colonial Funeral Home,Smithfield, at 1:45 p.m.

The Central Hill BaptistChurch on Route 3, Windsor, inIsle of Wight County, will holdits Revival each night, August16 through 21. at 7:45 p.m.The Rev. Carey Steele, a na¬

tive of Lexington, South Caro¬lina, will Evangelist Speaker.Rev. Steele is a graduate of

Carson-Newjjian College in Jef¬ferson City. Tenn. He attendedSouthwestern Baptist Theologi¬cal Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.t and has held pastorates inWise. Windson and Hopewell.Rev. Steele, now pastgr of the

Hermitage Baptist Church inCamden, S. C., is married to theformer Clarice Caldwell ofLodge. S. C. The couple haveone daughter, Nancy.

Ordinance ToCurb Use Of"Junk Yards"An ordinance "to prohibit. the

keeping and storing outdoors up¬on any premises within thisTown any article of personaltydesigned for self-propulsionwhich has fallen into a state ofdisrepair, to provide for the re¬moval thereof, the pa.vrpent ofthe cost incident to any such re¬moval and to fix the penalty forand violations thereof." has beenagreed upon by the Town Coun¬cil of Smithfield.The ordinance was brought a-

bout after attention of the Coun¬cil was brought upon numerousabandoned automobiles andother articles, which are storedwithin the corporate limits of thetown.The ordinance, which becomes

effective September 1. 1964. ispublished on page 7 of this weeksissue of The Smithfield Times, inits entirety. The ordinance spec¬ifies articles to which it implies,gives the effective date of theordinance, gives the Town Man¬ager the charge of enforcing it.and cites fines rtf not less than$1.60 nor more than $25.$$ forviolation of the ordinance.

There are always two ways tolook at things.your way andthe other fellow's.

The U. S. Department of Ag¬riculture today announced afour-part program in coopera-

°n. w,th Peanut producers,shelters and processors to fur¬ther assume that only high qual¬ity peanuts are marketed forfood, and that those not meetingfhese standards are channeledinto non-food uses.The program, involving all

segments of the peanut industryis designed jto protect con¬sumers by keeping damagedmoMUtS ,WhiCh ma* containmold-produced aflatoxin fromm being sold for food.

Recent studies by the Depart¬ments of Agriculture and HealthEducation and Welfare, and thePeanut industry have shown a

relationship betweendamaged peanuts and thepresence of aflatoxin. Whilrthere there are no studies to in¬

nate a danger to public healthboth industry and Governmentwanted to insure that the dam-aged oortion of anv commoditvwnnld not be used for food or

The four-phase program forDeanuts was developed as aresult. It provides:

1. Changes in the price sup-Port program for 1964 crop pea-

£«¦ O be carried out in co-

..With ** i"dastrvJnich will provide- onlv highQuality peanuts for food pro-*icts and divert damaged pea¬nuts to other uses for whichthey are suitable.

Educational assistance tothe peanut industry to help jm-prove thc quality of peanutsthrough improved methods of

flowing. harvesting, drying.^

nng, shelling, and process-W&-.

3. A broad research programseeking better ways to eliminate jamage to peanuts and particul¬

arly damage due to molds.4. Inspection by Federal-

State inspectors of all lots ofshelled peanuts before shipmentfor edible use.

In announcing changes in theprice support program for 1964-crop peanuts to be carried outwith the cooperation of the in¬dustry, USDA officials said thearrangement is effective for the1964 crop.To control the movement of

the different qualities of pea¬nuts into the market this year,he Commodity Credit Corpora¬tion - as part of its price sup¬port program - will enter intocontracts with shellers who pur¬chase peanuts from farmers sothe following will be ac¬

complished:1. Shellers will buy from far¬

mers only lots of peanuts whichcontain not over 2 percent ofdamaged kernels, except forVirginia type peanuts in the Vir¬ginia and Carolina area, whereshellers may buy peanuts with

kernels.' ^

2. Peanuts delivered by far¬mers which contain more thanthe above percentages of dam¬aged kernels will be placedunder CCC price support loanfor distribution to uses forwhich they are suitable.

3. Only the better qualities ofshelled peanuts which containnot over l'/j percent of damagedkernels can be sold by shellersfor edible use. In addition, thecontract is designed to en¬courage shellers to rerrywe alldamaged kernels from peanutssold for edible use insofar aspossible. Shelled peanuts whichdo not meet the quality specifi-cation will be delivered to CCCfor distribution to uses forwhich they are suitable.

Elimination of nearly alldamaged kernels at the shelter'splant will make it easier formanufacturers through theirnormal processes to remove anyremaining small quantities ofdamaged kernels. The relation¬ship between total damage andmold damage has been clearlydemonstrated by the combined

1 efforts of the U. S. Uepartmentof Agriculture and

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industrythrough tests involving hundredsover, the food industry is taking

j of samples of peanuts. More-additional steps to assure that

! any remaining damaged ker-

nels are eliminated. This action,coupled with the department'sfour-part program, will help tosafeguard fully the.peanuts usedfor food.

4. Peanut shelters under thecontract agree to pay to CCC $2per ton peanuts to defray costincident to returning any pea¬nuts from the edible market thatmay be found to be undesirablefor edible use after completionof the milling process.

5. CCC agrees to purchaseand supervise diversion of anypeanuts that may be found tobe undesirable for edible use.Prices at which these peanutswill "be purchased when shelledVary above or below a base of17.25 cents per pound for U.S.No. 1 grade depending on va¬riety, grade and other factors.These prices average slightlybelow the cost to CCC of thepeanut kernels contained in theunshelled farmers' stock pea¬nuts that have been divertedheretofore under the price sup¬port program. (This is expectedto result in a moderate reduc¬tion in the cost to the Govern¬ment for, operating the peanutprice support program. The re¬duction is associated with thefact that CCC usually divertssome higher quality peanuts forcrushing into oil and meal whilethis year the lower quality pea¬nuts having a lov\*?r value willbe diverted at a lower cost perton.)

6. When peanuts are crushedfor oil and meal, no harmfulmaterials resulting from moldor materials produced by moldare contained in refined oil pro¬duced by the normal processes.The Department, however, willcheck peanut meal used foranimal feeds for the presence ofmold or materials produced bymolds and should they be foundin the meal it will be divertedfrom regular feed uses to usesfor which it is suitable.

In general, moldy foods andfeeds long have been consideredundesirable for human or ani¬mal consumption. But there hasbeen limited information aboutmolds and the substances pro¬duced by them.Moldy peanut meal, when fed

to turkeys in England in 1960.produced harmful effects in thepoultry and prompted investiga¬tors to focus initial intensivestudy on peanuts and mold.These studies were conducted

by the U. S. Department of Ag¬riculture and Health. Educationand Welfare, the industry andothers. Information developedled to the identification of anundesirable mold product knownas aflatoxin. ll has been pointedout however that thus far thereis no evidence of hazard tohuman health from this substance. The purpose of pro¬grams announced today is to assure the safety of peanut pro¬ducts marketed for food andfeed use. Close cooperation hasbeen shown between USDA andthe Food and Drug Administra¬tion, industry groups, academicresearch centers and other?since the potential aflatoxin contamination was revealed, USDAofficials said.Department officials also

stated that broad research program by government and industry in the United States ancabroad relating to molds isbeing instituted for all agricultural commodities on whichmolds can occur. The objective?are to eliminate molds entirelyand make sure the moldy portions of any commodity are notused for food or feed if such usewould be unsafe or undesirable.Department officials said that

a special educational effort willaid farmers to use practice?which may be helpful in improv¬ing the quality of their peanuts,particularly by better handlingat the time of harvest. Educa¬tion progarms also will empha¬size maintenance of qualitythrough all handling and pro¬cessing procedures.The discovery and subsequent

research on mold and thetoxins they produce in peanutmeal may well result in newinformation which can providea basis for specific action to

j safeguard the quality of foodland feed, officials said.

The 80th anniversary of thefounding of Oak Grove Metho¬dist Church at Carroilton, willbe observed Sunday, August 16,with a church reunion and din¬ner in the church fellowship hall.Rev. Otis L. Gilliam, now re¬tired, a former Methodist min¬ister and early member of OakGrove, will be honor guest.The anniversary observance

will be held at 2 p.m.Mary E. Batte^, in 1884, do¬

nated an acre of land located ina section of Carroilton known asSugar Hill, "to be used. kept,and maintained as a place ofdivine worship for the use of theministry and membership of theMethodist church". The deed forthe land was recorded in theclerk's office of Isle of WightCounty on August. 16. 1884.Twenty-years prior to this.

Methodist residents of t^e^o^eok '

munity had erected a bufldtagcalled Slab Chapel on the NMtsite. The chapel was built froiptslabs of lumber, hand-hewn fro0t'trees by the men from thechurch. * ' ;;|The chapel xwas enlarged for| its expanding membership later,

renovated and re-named OakGrove Methodist Church. Fuhdsfor the construction, totaling$500, were donated by a mem¬ber of the church, and the newchurch was dedicated by theRev. T. M. Simpson.

In the early 1900s, when Rev.Lee Crutchfield was oastor,classroom additions were madeto the church.A building and renovating pro¬

gram is being planned now forthe church to further expand itsfacilities. .

Theme Chosen For Annual JayceeHomecomeing Activities Oct. 2nd

«?!. t. CLOSESBusinesses, Clubs. Organiza¬

tions. and anyone interested inputting a float in the Homecom¬ing Parade this year . . . put on

your thinking cap! The themethis year gives you many goodpossibilities."Yesterday. Today and To¬

morrow: lends to the imagina¬tion visions of Indians. Pirateships, early settlers, farmers,our modern conveniences, sate-lites, and space ships. This' yearfor our parade, almost anythinggoes!

Get busy ... contact VascoBatten, Float Chairm*!' for theJfcycees, for more information,and enter your float plans early.You don't want someone else toget your idea, first. »

Class Reunion Chairman BillEdwards will be delighted to dis¬cuss ^your reunion plans, so don'thesitate to contact these ablechairman for information andassistance.You can reach the chairmen

named by phone . « . Vasco Bat¬ten. 357-2043; Bill Edwards, 357-8521. ~.--a

NEWS NOTESLIGHTS IN HEAVEN

Louisville, Ky..On a summerevening, Mrs. Mitchell and twochildren were out walking whenher 4-year-old son asked whereheaven was. .His mother told

At WhiteheadsGrove Church

Revival services will be heldMonday, August 17, through Sun¬day. August 23, at the White¬heads Grove Baptist Church, ithas been announced by the pas¬tor, Rev. Willard Goforth.The services will begin each

evening at 8 p.m., and concludewith the Sunday morning ser¬vice, August 23. Rev. CharlesChilton, pastor of the HarmonyGrove Baptist Church, Topping,Virginia, will be the visiting min¬ister. Rev. Goforth will lead thecongregational singing.There will be a "Family

Night" supper on Wednesdayevening at 6:30 p.m.. in thechurch dining hall. Each familyis to bring some food and thechurch will provide the plates,cups and beverage.Nursery facilipes will be a-

vailable for eacn service.The public is cordially invited

to attend all the services.

him that it was somewhere inthe skies, but you couldn't real¬ly see it. Sometime later the la4exclaimed excitedly: "I see it.they left a light on up there,"pointing faft a star.

J3*.PASTORE NAMED SPEAKER

John 0. Pasifce,R. I.) has been named the key¬note speaker for the DemocraticNational Convention to be heldat Atlantic City, N. J. He is oneof the Senate's most colorfuland forceful orators. The 51-year-old lawyer has a reputationfor both fearless attack andsweet reasonableness.WAR PRISONERS MEET

Topeka, Kan..After riding inan elevator regularly with aman that looked familiar. Dr.Carl J. Fyler asked if "StalagLuft-1" meant anything to him.The other man told him yes andidentified himself as Dean Mc-Kenna. Both men had beenorisoners in a German camp by*that jiame near Berlin duringWorld War II. The two had notseen each other for about 20years.

RECORDS FUNERAL SONGS "

Addison, Ala. . Whit Densonsang at his own funeral. Wellknown for his singing gospelsongs. Denson selected certain

1 recordings and ordered them tobe played at his last rites. Not

i long after this he became ill anddied.

Summer Management AffectsSuccess In Sheep Flocks

The job the sheepman does insummer management.particularly in getting ready for thebreeding season has a lot todo with his pocketbook.G. A. Allen. Jr., animal scien¬

tist at Virginia Polytechnic In¬stitute, says several management practices can affect thetime and length of the lambing!season and, to certain extent,the number of twin lambs born.Wean lambs before the breed¬

ing season begins. Dry eweswill usually settle earlier thanewes nursing lambs. Next year'slambing season may be shorterif the lambs which have notgone to market can be weaned.The weaned lambs generallycan be fed or managed so thatthey will gain better at thistime of year than those leftwith the ewes.The type of pasture the ewes

are grazing might affect thetime the lambs are born. Sometests have shown that pastures

. with high percentage of clovferlor other legume may delay the

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breeding season. For example,work in Ohio showed that ewesgrazing ladino clover pasturelambed later than those graz¬ing pastures which were pri¬marily grass. Legume pasturesare good for sheep, but Allensays it might be a good idea toselect breeding pastures whichare mainly grass with plenty ofclover.Use one good active mature

ram for 25 to 35 ewes. The ramsmay do better if they are shear¬ed about two weeks beforebreeding season begins. In largeflocks where more than oneram is. to be used, divide theewes into one-ram flocks androtate, the rams every two tothree weeks. .

If more than one ram is to berun with a group of ewes, tryto run rams of about the sameage together. It's always a

good plan to use a marking har¬ness on the ram.Check on the sheep every few

days during the breeding sea¬son to be sure they art activeand healthly.