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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27

Daily union church services start
ing next Sunday night and ID be
climaxed with an aftesn5on Good
Friday program win feature Bluff
ton churches Holy Week observance.
Theme of the fyedav series Of
meetings sponsored byHthe Bluffton
Ministerial association will be eThe
Great Questions of the Last Week Z
Services will be held daily at 7 go
P. M. in the various churches Of the
town, beginning Sunday evening
with Rev. ]. N. Smueker, First Men.
ninite pastor, speaking on who i
Jesus?," in the first Methodist
church.
Mondays sermon tbpiei 4 BY What
Authority" will be discussed BY Rev
f. n. Bigelow, Presbytehian pastor
in the St. Johns Reformed church
On Tuesday evening" Rev Paul II
lCramer, of the First u Methodist
church, will talk on Cor or aae
| sar' in the First Mennonite church
Rev. V. c. Oppernafn st. Johns
pastor, will take as his topic, Which
Commandment Is The Gt'eatest,2
Wednesday evening IN the FRS
Methodist church. sa
Holy Communion viii be observes
i, f,e Tb,,..efla .astst,fYtts ,,Ya;aY, saw
ice in the st .Iahn's Refortne'
church, with Rev. BigelpWS presiding
Good Friday union services vii
open at P. NJ and continue 70
two and one-half hours in a serie
of half-hour meetings in the Firs
Presbyterian church.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
Auto Tag Sales Rush Expected AS
Buying Lags In First Two Weeks

Clayton Bixel, deputy auto license
registrar for the Bluffton district re-
ported total sale Of 1,70O tags of
all kinds as of Wednesday noon.
A heavy sales rush is expected in
the next five days as motorists de-
layed in purchasing new 1947 tags
for their automobiles scramble TO OBJ
tain the license plates before next
Mondays midnight deadline. Motor
vehicles may not be operated after
next Monday with 1916 tags.
This years last minute sales rush
has been aggravated by the fact that
license plates were put on sale only
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27

A display of equipment used in
industrial arts departments of high
schools, also of interest to lobbyists
and manufacturers, win be spon-
sored in Lima Memorial hall this
Friday and Saturday by the Mid
western Ohio Industrial Arts asso-
citation.
Dwight spayth, Bluffton industrial
arts instructor, is the newly elected
president of the organization spon-
soring the show opening at p. m.
Friday and continuing until p. m.
Saturday.
At 10 a. m. Saturday morning, an
address viii be given by a speaker
from the Ford Motor Co, Detroit.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
Southern Lecturer
At College Monday

Smoky Mountain Characte r
Sketches" a group of mountain mon
ologues, will be presented on the
Button college lecture course. at
S:45 p. M. next Monday in Ram
seyer chapel, by Miss Irene Bewley,
native of the southern Appalach-
ians.
Miss Bewley is a well-known lee
turer who portrays the character of
southern mountain folk in charm
ing and realistic manner.
No offering will be charged, but
an offering win be taken to assist
in defraying expenses.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27

three weeks before the deadline, in
stead Of the customary four.
Automobile drivers struggling this
year with the task of putting two
license plates on their cars for the
first time since 1941 were cheered
by the possibility there may only be
one tag issued next year. Because of
continuing steel shortages, q bill has
been passed by the state senate au-
thorizing only one tag in 194s and
1949.
If the House concurs, Ohio will go
back to its wartime single tag basis
of operation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
BLuftOn Man VIII
Direct Welsh Chorus

Richard ]. Davies of Bluffton will
direct the Gomer-Vaughnsville Welsh
Male Chorus in a sacred concert at
the Rockport Methodist church on
Sunday night.
Davies, formerly of Vaughnsville,
is one of three directors of the Choir
us. The others are George W. Will
liams of Conner and Rollie N. Bush
ong of Vaughnsville. Mrs. H. c.
Partch of Conner is accompanist.
Bushong will direct the chorus in
an appearance at the Vaughnsvillc
Union church, Sunday night, April
|13.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
James Mayer Passes
Ohio Bar Examination

James ]. Mayer of Shelby. hus-
band Of the former Margaret Jane
Basinger Of Bluffton, was among the
los applicants who passed the state
bar examinations last month, the
Ohio Supreme Court announced in
Columbus recently.
Mayer who was graduated last No
vember from Ohio Northern uni
versity college Of law at Ada was
the only successful candidate from
Richland county.
The successful candidates were in
Quoted BY Chief Justice Carl V.
Weygandt Of the Supreme Court.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
"Mass-Farming' Techniques Will
OutgrOW Areas S0-Acre Farm
Trend Apparent As Farmers
With Power Machinery Seek
More Farming Acreage
Investment In Machinery viii
Not Yield Profit On Once
Standard S0-Acre Farms

Farmers in the Bluffton district
who are equipped with modern pow
er machinery are seeking more acre
age this spring, a pronounced de-
velopment in a "mass-farming" tech
nique that first became noticeable
locally several years ago.
With the spring tillage season at
band, a survey made the first of the
week indicated that the average num-
Der Of acres farmed per man this
year shows sharp upturn, and to
the man with power-motivated inn
plements the day of the 8O-acre
farm is past.
Competent farm observers pointed
out more than a dozen instances in
the immediate Bluffton vicinity
where farmers are expanding their
operations principally thru renting
neighbors' fields This procedure
gives them the additional land they
want without buying it at today's
high prices.
Two factors are reflected in the
trend toward expanded farming OPP
erations. First is the fact that
modern farm equipment will enable
one man to care for increased acre
age.
SEEK TO KEEP Busy
Secondly, the farmer we'll equip
ped with modern machinery can
make a satisfactory return on his
Investment only if he can keep it
busy, and the S0-acre farm, once a
standard tract in the days of horse
drawn equipment, does not possess
enough volume to spread the over
head Of mechanical farming.
At present prices it is estimated
minimum investment of $4,000 is
required for necessary power equip
ment. In the days when horses gen.
orally were used, 5000, or one-sixth
of that amount was sufficient.
That difference of $500 capital in
vestment, with additional allowance
for depreciation and interest costs,
must be earned before the invest
ment can show a profit. On an 80
acre farm there is too much idle
time with expensive machinery, a
major factor in the tendency toward
farming of greater acreage by farm
ers with power equipment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27

Marjorie Houston of West Elm
street who passed the state board
examination at Columbus last We'd
nesday has received her license to
practise cosmotology in Ohio. She
was graduated from the Frederick
Beauty school at Lima and expects
to start work in t'indlay next week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
Mrs. Cal Balmer Dies

Mrs. Cal Ralmer, 6s, died at Bluff
ton hospital Wednesday morning at
11:15 o'clock.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-03-27
YOUTH GRAFTON

Youth Federation practice will be
held at the First Mennonite church.
Thursday night at $40 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
|CR0WERS WARNED.
ON 0VERPLANTINC
Sampson Farmers Urged
To Stay Within Acreage
Allotments This Year
Special TIC The Star


CLINTON, May q - L. D.
Herring, chairman of the Samp.
son County Agricultural Conser-
walton association committee, has
cautioned all tobacco growers in
Sampson County against overplant-
ing their farm acreage auotments
this year.
Growers who harvest any
acreage of tobacco in 1947 in ex-
cess of their farm acreage allot
ments r subject to marketing
quota penalties and will not be
eligible for full participation in
price support loans," Herring
stated.
Growers VINO pant within their
farm acreage allotments can mar.
ket all their tobacco without pen.
a1ties and are eligible for full
Government price support loans,
he added.
In connection with price support
loans, Herring emphasized that
acreage harvested in excess OF
the farm acreage allotment will
make all the tobacco produced
within the allotted acreage on the
farm ineligible for any price sup
port loans.
gible for any price support loans.
This year there will be no
acreage tolerances in establish
ing loan eligibility, as c%ontrasted
with the 1916 tolerance of the les,
ser of three-tenths acre or 5 per
cent of the allotment. Any acreag.
es harvested in excess of farm al.
lotments, however small, will dis
qualify growers for full loan priv.
ileges and subject them to mar
keting quota penalties" he said.
Herring also stressed that eli
gilibity for Government price
support loans on tobacco is becom-
ing increasingly important to -,
bacco growers now that domestic
supplies of tobacco are adequate
and the future level of exports
uncertain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
s1LAs ELWOOD sNEEDEN
Funeral services for Silas j

Funeral services for Silas El.
wood Sneeden, 81, of Rt. 8. Sea-
gate, who died yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, will be held to-
day at 4:30 p. m. at the Seagate
Baptist church where he was a
life long member. The Rev. j. E.
Allard will officiate and interment
will be held in Seagate cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sneeden; three daugh-
tiers, Jane Marie Sneeden of the
home; Mrs. Charles O. Smith OF
this city, and Mrs Edsil Blake
of Augustus, Georgia; three sons,
Silas E. Sneeden, Bryant G.
Sneeden, and Marion Sneeden OF
Seagate; five brothers, z. A.. Wal
ter, Stephen, James, and Frank
Sneeden; three sisters, Mrs. G. H.
Rogers, Mrs. Fannie Benson, Mrs.
W. A. Brock and 10 grandchildren.
Active pallbearers are: Kenneth
Sneeden, Norman Sneeden, Rus
sell Sneeden, Jack Sneeden,
Donald Sneeden. and Thomas
Sneeden.
Honorary pallbearers r A. c.
Gideon, Rhyn. Charlie Summerlin,
Coly Reynolds, Graham Butler,
and j. c. johnson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
MRS. SUDIE LEWIS

WARSAW, May 21.-Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Sudie Lewis, SO,
widow Of the late J. B. Lewis who
died at the home early Tuesday
morning after a lingering illness
of several months, scheduled
to be held at the home this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock by the Rev. A.
M. Williams, pastor of the Warsaw
Methodist church of which she
was a member. assisted by the
Rev. j. j. Cline of the Kenans.
vile Methodist church and the Rev
C. Vann Stephen, pastor of the
Warsaw Baptist church. Interment
followed in the Pine Crest GENE
terry.
She is survived by eight daugh'
tiers, Mrs. B.. D. Grady, Mrs. B,
S. Swinson, Mrs. c. A. Godbold,
Mrs. A. A. Grady, Mrs. Maggie
Chambers, all of Warsaw, Mrs.
j. D. Parker of Turkey; Mrs. ].
R. Windzigl of Wilmington, and
Miss Annie Lewis Of Clinton and
Warsaw; one son, Robert G.
Lewis of the home; twenty-three
grandchildren and tWenty-one
great grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Otis
Swinson, Joseph Grady, Bernice
Grady, Arly Grady. Charles Lee
Godbold, Jr.. and Oliver Jones.
Jr., all nephews of Mrs. Lewis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
MRS. MARY E. PURYIs

WHITEVILLE, May 21.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary E. Purvis,
resident of Ash who died Wedres-
day at noon after a brief illness,
will be held this morning at the
home at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. Woodrow Robbins will
~officiate and interment will fol-
low in Cox cemetery near Guild
way.
Mrs. Purvis was the widow OF
W. j. Purvis and a native OF Co
lumbus county. She was a member
of the Old Dock Methodist church.
Surviving are two sons, Jesse
A. and James B. Purvis, both OF
Ashe; two daughters, Mrs. c. M.
Suggs of Whitevine, Rt. 4, and
Mrs, H. E. Crawford of Whining
ton; a niece Mrs. Maggie Matt
thews of Ash; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
ADDRESSES.
GROUP.
.tant Collie ctor OF
|rustoms Talks On
Naval Reserve

|, E snead. assistant collector
.,stoms explained the advant-
/. If an increased Naval Re
r. e.. 10 the government, and the
E.'.ical and educational advnt-
~ It's personnel, to the mem,
r. r. NJ ot the Senior Fraternity at
|. 'reguiar meeting.
lead told of the necessity OF an
[,.sased National Reresve to as
+. our nstion Of the strength
pew en- as one of the leading
fnld powers
rJlowing the address the mem
we're shown two Naval fins.
l l's was introduced by George
1s'l NAT Hardy Ferguson, judge
Gore o
! ;%,renile court of New Hanover
...r viii speak to the club at
I nsx+ meeting, which is slated
Imp
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
OBITUARIES
MRS. CORA FLOYD WILLIAMS

MRS. CORA FLOYD WILLIAMS
LUMBERTON, May 21.--Funeral
services for Mrs. Cora Floyd vii
liams, 81, wife Of Dempsey H.
Williams or Orrum who died Mon.
day night at 10:45 at the local
hospital where she had been a
patient since May 3, was con-
Quoted from Stephens Funeral
Home in Lumberton yesterday al
4 p. m.
The Rev. E. A. Paul will offici-
ated and interment followed
in Meadowbrook cemetery.
Mrs. Williams was born Feb
ruary %, 1885, daughter OF. the
late Andrew M. and Victoria Len
non Floyd. She was a member Of
Orrum Baptist church.
Surviving are her husband,
three sons, Dempsey H. Williams,
Jr., of Fayetteville; Hal William.
of San Francisco, CAL; and Her
bert Williams of Baltimore, Md.
two brothers, George M. Floyd o1
Dunn; Bud L. Floyd Of Oxford:
three sisters, Mrs. A. ]. Surles Of
Orrum; Mrs. I. T. Byram anc
Mrs. c. E. Biggs of Washington,
D. c.; and three grandchildren
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
MRS. LORENA FREEMAN
PREVATTE

LUMBERTON, May 21.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Lorena Freeman
Prevatte, So, wife of Walter Pre-
waite, were held from the home in
Lumberton, Wednesday at 1880 D..
m. DR.. J. Glenn Blackburn, past
or of the First Baptist church of
which she was a member, was in
charge. 1nterment was in New
Hollywood cemetery.
Mrs. Prevatte died Tuesday aft
ernoon at her home following an
illness of six weeks.
Surviving are her husband, one
half sister, Mrs. Levi Hatchell of
Lumberton, Rt. 8, four nephews
and nieceS.
She was q daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Freeman of
Lumberton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
TOUGH PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, May q. -Pe
The House Foreign affairs commit.
tee unanimously approved today
legislation for a state department
foreign information and education
al program.
The measure would permit the
department to continue its Voice
of America" radio broadcasts
abroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
HALLSBOR0PASTOR
RESICNSP0SlTI0N
The Rev. R. ]. Raspberry
Accepts Appointment
In Virginia
Special to The Star

HALLsBORO, May 21.-The Rev.
R. ]. Raspberry, pastor of the Halls
boro Baptist church for the past
IA years and one of Columbus
county's outstanding clergymen,
has resigned to accept work in Vir-
ginia, it has been announced here.
His resignation is to become eff
fective the last Sunday in July,
and he will assume his new work
with field churches near Chatham,
Va.
The Rev. Mr.. Raspberry, in ad.
dition to serving at the Hallsboro
church has also served the Mount
Zion, Bolton, Smyrna and Council.
He came here from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
John ALFRED FREYE

Funeral services for John Alfred
Freve, five month old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. A. j. Freve, who died
Monday night at HAS in the Ba-
bies hospital, we're scheduled to be
held at IL o'clock at the graveside
yesterday. Father Allen Roche Of
ficiated and i%nternent followed
in Oakdale cemetery.
He is survived by his parents;
one sister, Alice Freve; and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. ]. Jones,
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
STRAWBERRY PRICES
II INCREASE SLIGHTLY
ION TABOR CITY MART
Especial To The Starr

TABOR CITY, May 81. - Better
quality Strawberries on the local
auction market today brought
about a nincrease price over the
past several days sale.
Most berries sold today brought
from $7.25 to $3.50 per crate Of
"a quarts. The draught here which
has caused poor quality was some.
what relaxed today with the first
rainfall In over a month.
Early snap beans were averaging
slightly over $500 per crate this
morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
CHARLES r. SUGG

Funeral services for Charles r.
Sugg, u, who died at his home,
1912 Perry Avenue, Tuesday after,
noon after a long illness, will be
held this afternoon at 4 O'Clock
from the chapel of the Ward Fune-
raj home.
The Rev. Edgar B. Fisher, pas
tor Of Trinity Methodist church,
will officiate and interment will
follow in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr.. Sugg, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac and Matte Rountree Sugg,
was a retired A.C.L. electrical
engineer who was born in Green
vile, September o, 1876.
He attended Greenville High
school and was graduated from
George Washington University
He was a member Of St. Johns
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and was
also a 80 degree. Mason.
He is survived by his wife,
Mary Richardson Sugg: two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
EXPENSIVE STOCK

NEW YORK, May 81. -(PH
One OF the most expensive stocks
IN existence, Coco-Cola Internation-
alCorp. common, sold in the New
York stock exchange today at ST.
l50 a share, al advance of $500
over the previous sale - in Febru-
airy 1912. First sale recorded prior
to 1912 was in 1941 at $3.50 a share.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
PAROCHIAL H O BAR.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May 2l-
-P- Some 1000 delegates to the
10th annual meeting of the North
ern Baptist Convention approved to-
day a resolution calling for a con-
stitutional amendment to bar paro-
chlal schools from federal aid. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

louisville, Ky.
During the past three years, he
has taught social science and
mathematics at the Hallsboro high
school. He has also served as
clerk of the Columbus Baptist AS
sociation for a number of years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

daughters, Mrs. H. c. Buntschuh
Of New hyde Park, N. Y, and
Miss Eleanor Sugg Of Wilmington;
one sister, Mrs. E. F. McCullock
OF Elizabethtown; two brothers, 3.
|B. Sugg of Greenville, and c. 1.
Sugg Of Ell Paso, Texas; two STEP
daughters, Mrs. J.. E. Martin Of
this city, and Mrs. H. d. Brown
ing Of. Wilson.
Active p%allbearers are c. J. Old
enbuttel, H. J. Stein, o. A. Bjone-
rud, J. E. Allen, o. X. Biggs,
and Charlie Jones.
Honorary pallbearers are DR.. w.
c. Mebane, DR.. Paul L. Stuck, C.
N. Blankship, s. L. Grimes, DR..
Edward Greene and David Sin
clair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
JOSEPH THOMPSON

MIDWAY PARK, May q -
Masonic services for Joseph
Thompson, 81. former resident
here who died Friday in Philadel-
phia, Pa, will be held from Hick-
mans Funeral Home in Philadel-
phia, Wednesday afternoon at /
o'clock. 1nterment will be held in
Mt. Vernon cemetery.
Mr.. Thompson moved back to
his home recently because of i'll
health. He was a former electri-
cal engineer at Camp Lejeune.
Mr.. Thompson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Pauline Taxis Thomp-
son, and n son, Charles Thomp-
son.
He was a past master and a
member of Welcome Lodge No.
448 AT. Il Am. at Philadelphia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
SEAY ELECTED

SEAY ELECTED
ASHEVILLE, May 21-RNF. S.
Seay of Reidsville has been elect
ed great sachem of North Caro-
lima, Red Men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
MRS. OWEN DAILY

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 21. Up
- Mrs. Owen DAILY, "a, widow Of a
FORMER Columbia mayor, a life
long resident of the city and one of
its Oldest citizens, died today after
a long illness:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

|, Charles Galbreath, Negro, was
taken to Durham late yesterday
following his arrest upon request
OF authorities At that city. He was
arrested here early in the day by
deputy sheriffs after officers In
the inland city had telephoned
Sheriff Porter Davis that Gal
breath was wanted for passing a
worthless check.
Members Of the Organized Sur
face Division $40 of the U. S.
Naval Reserve, their friends and
quests will dance to the music Of
Bobby Haas and his orchestra to-
night at the Second and Orange
Community Center. Proceeds from
the dance have been earmarked for
benefit welfare and recreation fund.
The dance, sponsored by the local
unit Of the organized Reserve,
will get underway at 8 p. m. to-
night and will continue until II
midnight.
In the poster contest, sponsored
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, held in Wilmington recent
lily, 4 poster by Miss Joan War
shauer appeared, illustrating the
need for wildlife conservation in
North Carolina. Though the poster
did not win in the contest, the
New Hanover county Wildlife club
recognized the poster as being ir
conjunction with their own aims,
and extended the recognition by
forwarding a check to- Miss War
shauer for her efforts, johnson
Harriss, secreta1y-treasurer OF the
local Wildlife club, announced yes
terday.
"Glass Dishes" a play present
ed by the 1947 senior class o.
Williston High school tonight a
$3.50 o'clock, features the first Of
fering of that class, to be staged
in the auditorium Of that school
it was learned yesterday.
All North Carolina chapters O.
the Associated Master BARRIERS o:
America, will meet in a conven
ton at Carolina Beach, September
ID, with the Wilmington chapter
playing host to the gathering. The
BARRIERS selected carolina Beach a!
a meeting place, in a Winston
Salem meeting last Sunday, ane
Charles P. Murray, president O
the Wilmington chapter, said tina
it would be a meeting mostly fo1
pleasure, mingled with a little
business.
Bobby Haas and his orchestra
are scheduled to play for a dance
sponsored by the Organized Sur
face division of the Naval Reserve
in Wilmington tonight from 81:
O'Clock in the Community Center
Second and Orange streets, it wa!
announced yesterday.
William J.. Blackwell, secretary
treasurer of the New Hanove.
Restaurant association was elect
ed a director of the state associa
ton at the first annual meeting il
Greensboro, it was reported her,
yesterday.
The film, Meet North Carolina
now being shown locally by tn.
Standard Oil company, will b,
presented at the Carolina Beach
school, and the Warsaw Rotary
luncheon. Friday, the film will
be unreeled for the pupils at Wi
liam Hooper school, at Maffit
Village school, Peabody school
Wrightsboro school, and at Top
sail High school. ]. T. Belk, spec
ial representative for Standard Oh
reported yesterday over 1000 per
sons will see the picture this week
Senior students of New Hanover
High school will start taking theil
third and fourth examinations to
day at $3.50 a. m. and 1890 p. m
respectively
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

Senior students of New Hanover
High school will start taking their
third and fourth examinations to-
day at $50 a. m. and 1890 p. m.
respectively