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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

Santa at the airport and with a
police escort, will bring him to the
courthouse where he will be offici-
ally greeted by Mayor w. c. Fitz-
patrick
The Farmvile High School Band
VIII be part of the eScorting group.
They will meet Santa at Butcher S
Corner and play several selections
while Santa gives out candy.
No Turkeys This Year
Frequently in the past, there have
been free turkeys given away when
Santa Claus arrives. but not this
year Santa will stick strictly to
seeing his small friends and giving
out bags of candy to the youngsters
Members of the Junior Chamber
will be on hand to assist Santa in
distributing the candy Santa will
personally give out most of the
candy and this viii provide an OPP
portunity for the youngsters to re-
mind Santa of what they especially
want for Christmas.
Santa said it would be best tc
write him what you want for Christ
mas and then Just remind him o.
the most important things when he
comes to town. He also suggested
that everyone save the candy he
hands out and eat it after supper
Monroe Evans, president of the
Jaycees. will act as master of cere
monies for the occasion. w. A. Wat
son. III. is chairman of the com
mlttee making arrangements Il
meet Santa Claus.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Convicts Sighted Near Red House;
State Trooper Flushes Two More

Charlotte County State Trooper
c. r. Buchanan was reporting to
the vicinity when he attempted to
stop 1857 Chevrolet bearing
North Carolina licenses. The car
refused to stop and tried TO out
run Trooper Buchanan.
The car ran into ditch With
the state trooper close behind
Buchanan reported that two white
men jumped out and one was
armed with shotgun.
The car was stolen in Orange
and the two white men tentatively
identified as escaped convicts from
prison break in Spotsylvania
county on Dec, 6
One of the white men was be-
lIeycd to be Calvin Channy Woods,
Jr.. q years old, who was sent to
prison from Appomattox for seven
years on robbery charge The
other man was either Raymond L.
hshworth. IS. OF Portsmouth. sent
TO prison for robbery charge. Or
ClydC Il Tuck, 10 Of Prince
George county, serving time for
possession Of stolen goods and cs-
Gaping from prison
There is no known connection
between the two white escapes
and the two colored escapes.
The colored men arc identified
as Clarence Smith. Jra %. from
Suffolk, serving II years for rape
and Hubert Milton Beckley. %.
from Norfolk. serving a term for
burglary. Both were last seen
wearing brown prison clotle3.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Trieste Still Sore Spot
Home-Economics-Minded Yugoslavian
Pays Visit to Cumberland County

Winding up a fiyc-month study Of
home economies in the unite d
States, Miss Mica Krpn Of Yugo-
slayia is spending two weeks IN
what J Marvin "Doublecheck
Brown calls the Garden Spot Of
the World Cumberland county
The Balkan guest is staying with
Mrs. e 2. Crockett and is attend
ing the meetings Of the Cumberland
home demonstration clubs while she
IS here
This is Christmas PARTY" month
at all of the home demonstration
clubs. so Miss Mica is getting the
impression that all that is done by
the people of Cumberland is to get
together, eat and be merry
OF course, being the guest Of the
Virginia Extension Service. Mi S S
Mica is also studying the way that
organization works. and Mrs.
Georgia WIlkerson is giving her a
working viewpoint Of home demon
stration activities in Virginia.
Visited Several States
The lady from Yugoslavia came
to the US in August, and has
visited in Georgia, Tennessee, and
Roanoke county, Virginia She will
next go to Washington, D c., to com
plete her tour and will head back
to YugoSlavia on January 2.
Miss Mica has been in the scrv-
ice Of her government for the past
25 years. For while she was an
elementary teacher During the past
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Tobaccomen Pay
Dearly For Hot.
Dry Weather

II you thought last weeks shirt.
sleeve weather was record -
you're guilty of short memory. Last
December Christmas Day-t h {
temperature was 80 degrees, several
notches higher than last week.
Wcatherman e F. Striplin last
week recorded temperatures in the
70's tor three consecutive days
Wednesday 70, Thursday 10 and Fri
cay 70.
The years Of 1852, 30 and "a
however. had no such highs during
December. Except for last Christ
mas. the Weatherman had to &c
back to 1851 for a comparison with
last week December 4 8 and g.
then, saw the thermometer hit Is,
rs and "a.
The end this time came Sunday
night Monday morning. commuters
were back scraping frosty accumu.
lauons off of car windshields as the
temperature fell to q degrees in
the carly morning hours.
Greater concern than tempera
lures to the agent lust now is the
absence of any rainfall this month.
Moisture and precipitation are a No.
need Of agriculture just now,
Strip!!n said. UnfaVOrable moisture
conditions probably have cost many
tobacco growers heavily, since they
have been unable to market tobacco
at time when prices are setting
records
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Old Belt Pool
Receipts Jump
To IS Per Cent

Average prices held fairly firm on
the Old Belt flue-cured tobacco mar
kets last week but quality of offer
ingS was poorer Volume was light
the entire week as many growers
have completed marketing.
Gross sales for the week ending
December 7 totaled only l6,03l 424
pounds for an average of S44 Is per
hundl ed The average was off 81 80
FROM the week before to set new
season low Sales for the season
amounted to 3l2 .805 1913 pounds av-
eYaging $50 81 Deliveries to the
Flue-CWed Sterilization Corporation
continued to run unusually high as
around IS per cent Of gross sales
went to the Corporation this week
Season receipts climbed to a little
over 10 per cent,
Changes in grade averages were
81 and 81 in most instances when
compared with the previous week
There were a few more gains than
losses but the declines were cen
tered on leaf which made up nearly
one half Of the marketings.
Virginia markets closing Ia t
week were Brookneal, Clarksvillc
and Kenbridge. Closing this week
will be Chase City on Tuesday and
Martinsville and Petersburg on
Wednesday
Sales on Virginia markets last
week averaged $4677. well ahead Of
the $4Il3 for the Carolina sales.
For the season. Vrgnla's average
is $5276 while that for North Caro-
lima markets is $47.92.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Christmas Appearance
Given to Farmville AS
Santa Tells Final Plans
Santa Will Arrive
Thursday At 4 pm.
Has Candy For All

When Santa Claus makes his an
nual visit to Farmville this Thurs
day afternoon at pm the down
town area will be festively decor
ated in keeping with the season
and to welcome its distinguished
guest from the North Pole.
Sunday afternoon members of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce dec
Grated the town Christmas tree on
the courthouse lawn. The rest of the
store windows on Main street also
have been put in place and the
reflect the CHEEKY Christmas sea-
son.
Santa will start giving out his
candy and hearing from his little
friends in this area promptly at
4 pm.
Santa is a busy fellow. especially
at this time of year. SO he will fly
to the Farmville airport. The new
Farmville fire truck will meet Jolly
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
H-SC Five Trounces
Medical College

Five Hampden Sydney players.
led by Leon Hawker, dimunitlve
freshman guard. scored in double
figures as the Tigers dumped Mcdi-
cal College 1861 Friday night to
even their record at %
Hawkcr had - points, followed by
another fresh. Vernelle Martin. and
Junior Horsley Putt. each with ~
The Bcngals started slowly and held
a 1928 halftime edge Cocah Louis
Miller cleared the bench as his
squad found the range in the last
half for 50 points.
Vernon Howerton's Is points was
the top effort for the visitors. Other
E-SC scorers: Shepherd 10; Carter
TO- Sayres 7; Holcomb 6: Hunph-
reys and Fennel 4; Joyce j. anc
Eutch.4ca :.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

NOflu war, she was QiiCCl0i vi q
hoSnital uwt. and now is eneaecd
in teaching home economies.
Tours High Schools
She Is hot combining hen obser-
yations strictly ID the work III ihe
Virginia Extension Service bit is
taking i'll tours Of Falrmlllc High
School classes, Louewood home eco
Monies classes. Cumberland High
School classes as well as observing
the work Of the health department
in teaching sanitation ana child
care.
Miss Mica evidently rates very
high in her government. She studied
English only three months before
coming here and now speaks very
Well She seems to understand what
is said by Americans, but often she
finds it difficult to turn her thoughts
into English expressions.
She noted that the Americans
seem to be much richer than her
countrymen, with more teachers
equipment and specialists, but she
said that her country has made
great strides since the war.
Industrial growth has been ire
mendous in Yugoslavia in the last
10 years, said Miss Mica. ESpecl
ally iron and electricity" S h {
added, which are basic indus
tries
Her work is mainly in education
and she works in the city as vel
as in the rural areas She said hol
(COntjrl1eS on race o1
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Churches To Mark
Christmastide
In Song, Services
Nativity Story
In Music Planned
By Many Choirs

srecial Advent aid chrjstmastide
services have been scheduled by
local churches from now through
New Years dsv
At the Baptist church. there is a
Christmas emphasis at each of the
ree'llar services and vesper mus
cal IS scheduled for SUNDAY at $50
n m Five choirs will participate in
the service. which will be held at
the church.
Advent is being celebrated at
johns Memorial Episcopal church.
with special church school Christ
mas program December q at 4
pm. in the church. Parents and
friends have been invited to attend
this program. which will be in addi-
ton to the regular Sunday services
Christmas eve there will be a serv-
ice at ll:45 pm. and celebration of
Holy Communion at 1890 m
Christmas day. Special services are
also planned for II m. December
&c. 81 and %. st Stephen s. st John
the Evangelist's and Holy Innocent S
days.
Lutheran Service
St Johns Lutheran church will
have a service at 100 p m Deem
Der 25 The church young people will
talk part, with recitations and songs
plarred.
Wesley Foundation choir will PIE
sent program of Christmas music
Sunday at the Farmville Methodist
church at II a m A color film and
recording, 'Christmastide" will be
presented that evening. Luke S
Christmas Carols" will be the topic
December %, with a Christmas pro-
gram Of choral music, directed by
John Molnar, scheduled at 6 pm
Farmville college students viii be
recognized at the December 80 Serv-
ice. A holy communion service is
scheduled frcm II pm to 70 mid
night New Years eve.
A Christmas pageant is planned
for 7:45 pm Sunday at Wesleyan
Methodist church Children of the
church will have a special service
and Christmas tree at 7:45 p m.
December %, in addition to the
regular Sunday services.
Farm Vile Presbyterian col
lege st II d n { S will go carolling
Thursday to open holiday activities
December 10 the men of the church
Will hold a Christmas dinner with
entertainment by the senior choir
Gifts for the children will be pre-
sented around the Christmas tree
December 81 at 730 pm. along
with a movie. The Brightest
Night mo Room in the Heart
land will be the topic December
23 with candle lighting service
at 5 pm.
College Presbyterian church will
hold White Christmas service"
December 10 at the church. Gifts
of clothing and canned foods will be
taken to the church for distribution
to needy families.
Youth groups from all of the
churches will Join together Deem
Der % for carolling. to begin at
7 pm Following the carolling. the
Youngsters will be guests at Farm
vile Presbyterian church.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Retail Stores To
Open Every Night

Farmville stores will start
staying open every night to 8
p. m. from Thursday night I'M
til Christmas These hours
were agreed upon by members
of the Chamber of Commerce
under leadership of the Retail
Trade Committee. Exceptions
to these hours will be grocery
stores.
Thus the holiday season will
be officially ushered in by the
appearance of Santa Claus and
the stores will go on an open
every might basis for greater
shopping convenience.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

State police arc searching for
four escaped convlcts who are
thought to be in the vicinity of
Red House in Charlotte county.
near the Appomattox county line.
The police are employing state
trooper an airplane and blood
hounds. according to a report re-
ceived at noon Monday from po-
lice dispatcher X. w. Jameson
Of the AppomattoX State Police
unit.
The original search was launch
ed for two colorod men who es-
capped from Rustburg prison
camp and we're reported near Red
House
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

alton Association is providing a pro-
gram Of entertainment This will in
clude visit among the Youngsters
by Santa Claus, mystery guest
and door prize awards for kids and
oldsters. Free drinks Will be pro
vided
The new recreation program pro
yides weekly basketball for nearly
100 youngsters from the various
churches. and for the four l2-man
squads Of the adult mems league.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Weeks Dark Tobacco Average $4l.63
Highest Since Records Started in 1880
Unfavorable Weather Holds Four
Day Offerings To 100000 Pounds
Markets Close
Until January 2
After This Week

Highest weekly general average
in the 26-year period of modern
records started in 1890 was eStah-
l'shed last week on the Farmville
Tobacco Market when growers re-
ceceived Sal IS on the average for
100 pounds Of dark-fired tobacco
That price range brought growers
Sll % more for a hundred pounds
Of leaf than they received a year
ago during the second week OF sales
of hurricane-riddled crop.
Last weeks total sales amounted
to 3905l6 pounds "a relatively light
volume attributed to poor market
ing conditions of dry unreasonable
weather, With the first weeks to-
tails added, the two weeks of sales
here have produced marketngS of
803 1856 pounds Of dark leaf or
nearly 300.00O pounds more than in
1855.
Sun-Cured High
Sun-cured sales and averages
We're correspondence high a s
week, when 1884 pounds averaged
$50 06. although the verag &c
dropped Slo6 per hundred pounds
Total sun-cWed sales for the two
weeks amount to $50. sos pounds
about $4,000 pounds ahead Of the
corresponding period Of a year ago.
4 Nearest weekly floor average to
the record of last week was re-
corded in January 1852 when a four
day sales period reached $50 81 on
dark-fired tobacco.
Continued strong demand pushed
Farmville'S weekly average up 81 "a
/ over the figure for the opening
week The demand held through a
large ma iority Of grades, with in
Y creases ranging between 50 cents
and 50 per 100 pounds The top in
most cases was $68 for choice
wrappers.
Price Ranges
Bulk of sales were in the SIS to
$57 range. and deliveries to the pool
held under the government loan
program remained slight. The Viz
einia Department Of Agriculture re-
ports d belt-wide pool take last week
Of seven per cent and the results
here were probably even below that
, figure
Fine and choice qualities were
sold in increased percentages, and
the proportion of heavy leaf was
up sharply with a considerable de
clire in thin leaf More wrappers
were on warehouse floors. and this
leaf together with continued good
prices for Tugs, contributed to the
/ record general average.
New Belt High
+ Belt-Wide, the general average
was also a new official high of SAL Is
and l,05l ,O92 pounds we're sold last
week. The previous belt high of
Sal Al was set the first week Of Jan
uary, 1852. Season sales Of Type q
now amount to 2,O6l 1851 pounds
averaging S4027.
Some of the representative grade
increases last week were:
Heavy leaf, B2F and BID up 81:
thin leaf, C3F. CAT and CSC "A
length all up ST, hugs, KAN, X4G.
up 81, X5M up 81 and X5G up 50
cents, and best crude nondescript.
NC was up 80 cents.
All belt markets close until Janu-
airy 2 after the Thursday sale this
week
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11

day ceremonies starting at 7::30
Three shortened basketball games
will be played between teams with
the highest standings in the various
recreation leagues. One will match
boys of the church league, another
girl teams Of the church league and
the final Will pit the two top teams
in the mems leagu National
Guards and CraddockTelry Shoe
men.
In between the games. the Rccre-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Public Prevew To Be Provided Wednesday
Ciric Clubs Back Recreation Open House

A ticket sale stimulated by active
cooperation Of community civic
clubs is expected to bring good
crowd to the open house in the new
Farmville Armoly tomorrow night
Wednesday, when the Recreation
Association conducts a demonstra-
ton of its first-eVer winter super
vised program
Bleacher seats in readiness for
the home start Of the FarmYille
High Wolverines Friday mght-pro-
vide ample seating for the Wednes-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Elementary School
MAS Play Dec. II

Children of Farmville Elemen-
tary School will present the play.
The Why For Christmas. Mon
day night. Dec IT, at 7:30 O'Clock
IN Jarman Hall of Longwood Col
lego.
The dramatic production a
part Of the Christmas season OBJ
servance in the public schools. is
sponsored by the Elementary P
IA. Student teachers are assist
ing III preparations.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-11
Students Work On
Rcd Cross Drive

Amelia ! Junior Rcd Cross drive
last month nettcd $50 II IN con-
tribu'ions, Helen c, Wright, Jun
Tor Rcd Gross Chairman. reported
Friday
Primary students packed Gift
boxes for overseas Christmas
shipment. Elementary students
are corresponding with children
in other countries and making a
scrapbook to exchange with them.
High school students dressed dolls
to be used IN Christmas baskets
as their share IN the Junior Red
C-y,4 program
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-10-04
BLUFFTON LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ami Pifer and Mrs.
Fred Gettles left Sunday for south
ern Ohio. Mrs. Gettles stayed in
Wellston over night while Mr.. and
Mrs. Pifer continued on into West
Virginia They all returned to Bluff
ton Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Eason of Rui-
doso, ~ M, arrived here Monday to
spend week at the Millard Herr
home.
DR.. and Mrs. Francis Basinger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. c. Romey and Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Basinger and
daughter Louise spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rooney and fam
lily at their summer cottage at Lake
George, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arrnin Hauenstein
are spending a couple of weeks at
the Eastman Kodak Co. in Roches-
ter, N. Y, where they are studying
Photographic technique and proce-
dures. Enroute they stayed over
night with Mrs. Hauenstein's sister,
Mrs. E. E. Bitter at Painesville.
Members of Bluffton Chapter
0. E. S. were entertained by the
Continental Chapter for Friendship
night last Wednesday evening, Those
attending we're: Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
Huser, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Augs-
burger, Mrs Hazel Eversole, Mrs.
Helen Worthington, Mrs. Howard
Stauffer, Mrs. Kent AmstutZ, Mrs
Mabel Minck, Mrs. Wilbur Fish and
Mrs. Francis Devier.
Mrs. NJ. r. Bixel left Monday to
spend the week with her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Russell and family in Erie, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hochstettler of
Findlay, were guests in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Grismore one eve
ming last week.
A meeting of Lima Presbyterial
was held in the First Presbyterian
church in Findlay Tuesday. Repre-
sentatives from the local Presbyteri-
an Association were: Mesdames M.
M. Triplett, Evan Basinger, D. C.
Campbell, Ed Waltermire, Richard
Lewis, Lee Clauss, Clair Fett, Sidney
Hauenstein, Oscar Wenger, William
Hannum and c. A. Biery.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Basinger and
family of Route / returned from a
weeks visit near Kitchener, Ont,
where they visited Mrs. Basinger's s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Roth.
They report they are still combining
wheat in the Kitchener area. Heavy
rains have delayed the harvest, and
farmers are averaging only 30 bush
els to the acre while at the beginning
of the season it was near to so.
Charles Niswander, 12-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Niswander,
is surgical patient in Lima Memo
rial hospital.
M. M. Dode) Murray, former
Bluffton postmaster, is patient al
Bluffton Community hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Murray at
tended the 94th birthday party Of
Mrs. Murray's uncle, T h o m a S
George, last Sunday in Belmore, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Nonna-
maker and daughter Loretta mo-
tored to Elkhart, Ind, Sunday,
where Loretta is enrolled as a medi-
cal student at Elkhart university.
She is making her home with DR.. and
Mrs. Burton Kintner of $500 E. Jack
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-10-04
A FARM OR HOME


BLUFFTON
MODERN DUPLEX on West Elm
good sized lot.
NEW 3BEDROOM HOUSE, strictly
modern, garage attached.
SMALL BRICK, rooms, bath, good
location.
GROOM modern house, possession
soon.
CEMENT BLOCK garage, reason
ably priced
WOODED LOTS for sale near town
2 LOTS at the end of South MAR
Street; / lot on West Elm street.
Also lots near airport. \
80-ACRE FARM, one mile east oi
Bluffton.
8O-ACRE FARM, good buildings, ex.
cellent soil.
18 ACRE FARM, good buildings
fine location.
LINIA-40 acres near new Ford plant
reasonably priced.
5-RoOM house, oil heat near Cairo
Charles S. Reese, Realtor,
Pandora, Ohio Phone 137
Mrs. William Garmatter,
Salesman
Bluffton, Ohio Phone 637-R
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-10-04
Optometrist To Speak
In HarrOd, GilbOa

DR.. Gordon Bixel, Bluffton optome-
trist, spoke Tuesday evening before
the Gilboa Women's club in that com
munity and is scheduled to address
the Auglaize Township School PTA to-
night, Thursday on the subject.
Measures to Prevent Visual De-
fects."
The Bluffton optometrist has adj
dressed a number of groups OF
teachers on the same subject, advo-
eating the use of preventive therapy
in many cases to prevent school
child visual troubles.
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son Blvd. Mr.. and Mrs. Nonnamaker
also called on Mr.. and Mrs. al Cola
groosi and family of Elkhart
Basinger ambulance removal -
Emil Lehman from the Bluffton
Community hospital to his home on
Riley street.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-10-04
RooF Fons HIGH WINDS

Homes and farm buildings in high
wind areas often are rooted with
interlocking asphalt shingles made to
lock together tightly. Each shingle
is held in place by the one on each
side of it, as well as by nails. There
are numerous recorded cases in
which an entire roof structure has
blown off-rafters and all but in
which all the shingles have stayed
in place.
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PAGE FIVE
BLUFFTON MARKETS
"wednesday Nforning)

Grain-(bushel prices)- Wheat,
S2.06; corn, s1.40; oats, SIC: soy
beans, $2.15.
Eggs-Large white, 39c; large
brown, 37c; medium white or brown,
25c; small, Ice.
Poultry-Heavy hens, 13c; Leg
horn hens, &c; heavy stays, 10c; light
stags, 10c.
Butterfat-N No. 1, 60c; No. 2, 55c.