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Amendment Legality Defense Submitted RICHMOND for the commonwealth gave their reply yesterday to a recent attack on the legality of state constitutional amendments in years. The state attorneys, in a brief filed by Ally. Gen. Albertis Harrison said both a 1953 constitutional amendment and subsequent legislation should be upheld. The brief was filed in connection a test case that seeks a court STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24.

1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933. AND JULY 2. 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) SHOWING THE OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT. AND CmCUJ.ATlON OF The Progress-Index.

published eveninps and Sunday morniiip si Petersburg. i i i a for October IHo 9. 1. The names and addresses or the publisher, editor, a a i edl for and business managers are: Publisher--George H. Lewis.

Jr. Petersburg Va. Editor--Edward A. Wyatt TV. Petersburg.

Va. Managing Editor--J. Curtis Lyons, Petersburg, Va. Business Manager--G Lewis. Ill, Petersburg, 2.

The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, Its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding I percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by corporation, the names and ad dresses of the Individual owners must be Riven. If owned by a purl nership or other unincorporated firm. Its name and address as well that of each Individual membc-i must be srivon. The Independent, St.

Petersburg, Fla. 3. The known bondholders mort- RaRees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so stale). None 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in capes where the stockholder or sec i holder appears upon the hooks of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary 1 relation, the name of the person or corporation tor.

whom such trustee Is acting: also the statements In the two PBVH Eraphs show the a i a knowledge and belief as to the clr cumstances and conditions undet which stockholders and securlts holders Who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of each Issue of this publication sold or dfstributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscri bers during the 12 months preced inp the date shown above was: (This Information Is required from dally, weekly, semfweekly. and trt weekly newspapers only). IS.402.

GEOHGE H. LEWIS, JR. Publisher. Sworn to and subscribed bpfrre me this 1st day of October. GEORGE H.

LEWIS, in Notary Public. My commission expires Jan. 20. 1962. ruling on the status of constitutional changes and an act of the General Assembly enabling localities to borrow school construction money from the state retirement fund without obtaining approval of local voters by referendum.

Harrison brought the suit against State Comptroller Sidney C. Day Jr. under a law providing for such test cases. Collins Denny representing Day, said earlier a technical de feet in the governor's proclamation of results of the constitutional referendum last a made it doubtful that the enabling amendment was actually in effect. The proclamation didn't include a copy of the text of the amendment, required under state law.

Denny suggested that since similar proclamations covering other constitutional referendums since 146 were similarly defective, they too might be in doubt. Yesterday's reply brief said it makes no difference whether the governor proclaimed the results properly. The state constitution provides, it said, that when a majority of the qualified voters approve a proposed amendment, it automatically becomes part of state law. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1959 OF THE AREA PETERSBURG, HEIGHTS, Business News Moose Lodge Maps Open House Series Petersburg Lodge 1676, Loyal Order of Moose, plans a scries of open houses to acquaint the public with the activities of the order and what it stands for. One of the prime activites in Petersburg is a broad educational program to teach children how to use their bicycles safer.

The local lodge is also planning a Youth Honor Day program. There will be information available about the Moose Child City in Mooseheart, 111., and the City of Contentment at Mooseheaven, Fla. Local Moose officials extend an invitation to the public to attend the first "open house" tomorrow at 8 p. m. CLOSED Due Ic Ihe Death MOE LEVITT Globe Dept.

Store WILLIAM H. ELM ORE Elmore Named Ass't Cashier Of Bank Here William H. Elmore, of The Bank of Virginia, Petersburg has been elected assistant cashier, George R. Dupuy, vice president and officer in charge of the bank here, announced today. Elmore was born in Alberta and attended Alberta High School, Hargrave Military Academy and worked with an insurance agency and the Farmers Merchnats Bank, Lawrenceville, before joining The Bank of Virginia staff as trainee in February, 1957.

Since thai time he has served as staff auditor, consumer loan interviewer, department manager (general administration) and as assistant to the cashier. Elmore is a member of the board of stewards of Washington Street Methodist Church. He is a Mason (Past Master); chairman of the finance committee of the Petersburg Lions Club; member, Junior Chamber of Commerce and Veterans of Foreign Wars. MRS. FLORENCE BROWN Mrs.

Florence Brown, 63, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herman M. Beasley, of 228 Mercer St. Mrs. Brown was a lifelong resident of Petersburg, a daughter of the late Fred W.

and Lula Hanks Rushmore. She is survived by five daughters: Mrs. Allen R. White, Mrs. Herman M.

Beasley, Mrs. Richard L. Temple, Mrs. Alvin Atkins, all of Petersburg, and Mrs. Eugene Fine, of Hopewell; seven sons: Robert C.

Brown, i mond; Nelson T. Brown, of Watsonville, Herbert M. Brown, Joseph S. Brown, Gerald W. Brown, Charles C.

Brown and James G. Brown, all of Petersburg; one sister, Mrs. Annie McCauley; three brothers: Richard F. Rushmore, John E. Rushmore and Hamilton C.

Rushmore, all of Petersburg; 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J. T. Morriss and Son. son, Rae Douglas Simmons and Warren Simmons; honorary A.

G. Murdock Charlie Mann, Norman Andrews, Jacob Anderson, OHie Simmons, Harry Davis and R. E. Nugent. Burial was in Blandford Cemetery.

MRS. ETHEL SCHERER RAE Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Scherer Rae, of 206 Norfolk Colonial Heights, whose death occurred Tuesday morning in Pe tersburg General Hospital will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the chapel of the T. Leonard Wells Funeral Home with the Rev. Harvey W.

Ashby, pastor of Highland Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Blandford Cemtery. Rape-Slayer, 14, Sentenced To Die GODERICH, Ont. (AP) Steven Truscott, 14, son of a Royal Canadian Air Force warrant officer, was convicted Wednesday night of murder in the rape-aiay- ing of a playmate, Lynne Harper, 12. He was sentenced to be nanged Dec.

8. The jury attached a recommendation of mercy to its decision. In most cases such a recommendation results in commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment by the Federal Cabinet. The girl vanished June 9 from the vicinity of her home. Her body was found in a woodlot two days later.

Former Justice Has Heart Attack NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) -Sherman Minton, 68, former jus- dee of the U.S. Supreme Courl and U.S. senator from Indiana was listed in critical condition al St. Edward's Hospital today.

Minton suffered a heart a a Wednesday. SAVE ON 1959 FORD CARS ONLY 6 TO GO 1959 FORD V8 Galaxie Club sedan; cruiseomatic; power steering; power brakes; fresh air heater; radio; safety dash; chrome wheel covers; undercoat. 1959 FORD V8 Galaxie club Victoria; (equipped as above car). 1959 FORD V8 Galaxie Skyliner; hardtop convertible; (equipped am above car). 1959 FORD V8 Country Sedan; 2 door; healer, radio; back-up lights; electric clock.

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SANDFORD Mrs. Gertrude Adams Sandford, 94, widow of John William Sandford. died yesterday at noon in her home, 249 High St. She was a lifelong resident of Petersburg and a daughter of the late George S. and Mary T.

Winfree Adams. She is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Arthur L. Hawks, of Ettrick; Miss Mary G. Sandford, of Petersburg; Mrs.

Duana E. Lord and Mrs. E. Thomas McGtiire, both of Petersburg; four sons: Harwood McHwaine Sandford, Charles D'Arcy Sandford and John William Sandford, all of Petersburg: and Arrington Lee Sandford, of Goldsborp, N. nine grandchildren, nine great- grandchildren; one nephew and three nieces.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the chapel of J. T. Morriss and Son with the Rev.

Robert Vaughan, pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, and William B. Mcllwaine, former pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Blandford Cemetery. MRS. BENJAMIN E.

HAYES (Hopewell Bureau) Mrs. Mary -Ella Hayes, 82, wife of Benjamin E. Hayes, of 125 "outh 14th died this morning in a Petersburg Nursing Home. In additiion to her husband she is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Pete Mbosagian and Mrs.

Pete Katibian, both of Richmond, and Mrs. Vernon Watson, of Portsmouth; 11 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and three A native of Petersburg, she lived in Hopewell since 1917. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Gould Funeral Home, with the Rev.

Donald B. Patterson, pastor of West End Church, officiating. Burial will be in Appomattox Cemetery. JESSIE LEE MOODY Funeral services for Jessie Lee Moody, of Sutherland, whose death occurred Sunday afternoon in a Richmond hospital were hek yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of T. Leonard Wells Funeral Home with the Rev.

Conrad Johnston, pastor of Ma toaca Baptist Church, officiating Pallbearers were: Will Crich ton, Horace Fenderson Al bert McCants, R. C. Mills, John Cabaniss, Edward Vaughan, Z. Clarke and Wallace Harrison. Interment was in Blandford Cemetery.

Flowers For Every Occasion Call RE 2-3733 or RE 2-4482 STANLEY FLORIST Adv. I960 Jubilee Of Boy Scouts Topic of Meet (Hopewell Bureau) The 1960 jubilee year of the Boy Scouts was discussed last night at the third annual planning conference of Hopewell District. It wil! feature the National Jamboree at Colorado Springs in July. Within the area of the District, Robert E. Lee Council there will be at the same time a Jubilee Camporee for Boy Scouts, a Cub Scout Jubilee and an Explorer Jubilee Field Day.

Every boy will have a chance to eara the 50th- Anniversary Achievement award. Other activities are the swim meet and the Boy Scout Rally at Camp Showondassee. Organization Extension Committee, under the leadership of Robert Alvis, has announced the slogan "Fifty Units" for the 50th anniversary. The leadership training committee will conduct two Cub Scout basic courses, one in the fall and one in the spring. A Boy Scout basic course and an Explorer basic course to train committeemen in the new program.

The finance committee, under the leadership of Joe McCormick, will assist the Community Chest Drive in the capacity asked by the drive chairman. The advancement committee, under its chairman, Phil Robbins, will conduct a Court of Honor twice in the year. The committee will undertake to train chairmen of boards of review and merit badge counselors. The health and safety committee will conduct a First Aid course. The camping committee, under the leadership of Mike Dunford will conduct the jubilee comporee and monthly camps, along with promoting summer camp and im proving Nelhassett.

WALL STREET NEW YORK (AP)--Steels, motors, rails and oils were losers as the stock market declined early this afternoon in moderate trading. The Weather GENERALLY FAIR Fair and' cooler tonight and Low tonight about 60. TEMPERATURE READINGS TODAY 7:30 A. 73 9:30 A. M.

78 11:30 A. 81 SINCE NOON YESTERDAY Minimum 71 Maximum 83 Methodist Rally Is Set Tomorrow The Petersburg District Rally inaugurating the total enlistment program of Evangelism for 195960, will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. in Petersburg High School auditorium. The goal of attendance for the rally has been set as 1,000 leaders and officials of the 42 charges and 100 Methodist churches of the Petersburg District.

Speakers for the rally will be Bishop Paul N. Garber, of the Richmond area of the Methodist Church; Dr. Harry Denman, executive secretary of the Genera! Board of Evangelism, Nashville and A. G. Jefferson.

Virginia Conference lay leader from Lynchburg. The Petersburg District Rally if the second in a series of 15 ral lies which are to be held within the bounds of the 15 districts of the Virginia Conference. On the district level, the pro gram is being sponsored by the Petersburg District Board Evangelism under leadership the Rev. Harvey W. Ashby, District Secretary of Evangelis-m and the District Board of Lay Activities under the leadership of Dr.

D. H. Reames district lay leader. Dr. H.

M. Burleigh, superintendent of the Methodist churches of the Petersburg District, will lead the devotional services. Skeleton Plan On Palm Street By-Pass Drawn (Hopewell Bureau) Plans for the Palm St. road to jy-pass the downtown section of between Route 36 'Oak- awn Boulevard) and Route 10 have been received by Hopewell city officials. The plans, preliminary in nature jut probably just about what the route will be like, will be studied by the city engineer and any suggested changes will be submitted to the Slate Highway Department.

It is planned by the State High way Department to advertise the project in June which, means it will be well underway by next summer. It is not expected to require long to complete as the work will be largely in areas that are not built up. The project was started more than two years ago. It will provide a route info the plant area that will speed the flow of traffic It is considered especially import ant now that the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. is to open the ok Celanese plant.

A portion of the road will pass through the Cela nese property and will provide ex cellent ingress and egress frorr the plant area. Hopewell will pay a fourth of the cost of the highway. The state will pay a fourth and the federa government half. Verbov To Speak Before Grangers Morris Leon Verbov, of Colonial Heights, Russian-born American who recently returned from a to his native land, will be speaker at a meeting of- Woodpecker Community Grange 942 tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Verbov in his talk will make a comparison between the methods of farming in the United States and Russia.

A question and answer period will follow his speech. Also scheduled for the meeting is the installation of Albert Fclton as grange master. Felton succeeds Mrs. Gladys Robertson. COMPARE PRICES Everywhere Then Shop at nixis FOOD CENTER 2203 Blvd.

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William B. Mcllwaine, former pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, will conduct graveside funeral services in Blandford Cemetery, tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. for Harvey Strachan Gill, who died Tuesday at his home, 301 South Jefferson St. The procession will leave the chapel of J.

T. Morriss and Son at 10:15 a. m. MRSS. IDELIA S.

GREENE Funeral services for Mrs. Idelia Shepperson Greene, wife of the late Z. B. Greene, who died Monday at her home, 40 Second Ettrick, were conducted yesterday at 3:30 p. m.

in the chapel of J. T. Morriss and Son with the Rev. D. Edgar Wood, pastor of Ettrick Baptist Church, and the Rev.

L. W. Burnette, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, officiating. Pallbearers were: active W. C.

Darby, John Alvin Archer, Grover Archer, Charles Ander- 10 IV. Market St. Lie. 229 RE 2- Connelly Relieved Of Sergeant Post (Hopewell Bureau) Desk Sergeant Clyde P. Connelly, of the Hopewell police force, has left the department, it was reported today.

Conneliy was relieved of duty yesterday afternoon after appearing in a support action in Domestic Relations court yesterday morning. He was ordered by the court to contribute $40 weekly to the support of his wife and five children. He has resided with his family until a few days ago. Connelly had been on the force for several years. His removal from duty was ordered by City Manager Levin D.

James. OCTOBER 4-10 NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK TOW FKUUUCOT MOW Mrm coMMcwnr tfuim Touch of Virus Keeps Nixon In WASHINGTON MV-Vicc President Richard M. Nixon canceled his engagements lodny and remained at home because of what doctors called a touch of virus. It takes a (VTATSTT 1 to deliver just what 232.OOO doctors ordered The man in white, carefully dispensing the doctor's prescription, is a pharmacist. He is one of 110,000 licensed practitioners across the land who contribute to safeguarding the health of all of as.

He offers a strong hand in stopping disease--a hand that is constantly on guard to protect the well-being of you and your family. Throughout the year, these pharmacists stand ready to give you exactly what the nation's 232,000 doctors order. It's a giant task--a conscientious task that the country's dedicated druggists perform. Pharmacists have found that newspaper advertising is the most effective and efficient way to keep you informed about products and prices. That's-why seventy- three per cent of the total advertising budgets of all drug stores is invested in The daily newspaper in observance of National Pharmacy Week, October 4-10, takes this occasion to salute the man who works for better community health--your The Total Selling Medium is the Dally Newspaper.