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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1946
Page
9
Wholesale flour prices listed, including patent brand 404b at 4.85 per 100 cwt, 25 lb bag at 4.65 per 100 cwt, and 48 lb bag per barrel at 9.10. The Star disclaims responsibility for errors.
APR 5 10 a.m. sale by R. G. Chapin 8 miles south of Hayfield household goods. APR 12 10 a.m. 435 Fairmont Ave antiques and household furniture Mrs Mary Kinzel Welch Jolliffe s Fishpaw managing. APR 13 10 a.m. public sale personal property and real estate 6 miles south of Gore Back Creek District Mrs S B Larrick. APR 13 1 30 p m J H Funkhouser and Son 414 Huey Winchester on Route 522.
Local prices list for graded eggs feeds and poultry supplies with multiple brand and bag sizes. Includes egg mash turkey grower chick starter starter and grower turkey starter hogs cattle and lamb price ranges and local retail market details. Also notes church membership figures of 72,492,669 in the United States.
Produce and market notes from Baltimore April 1 show firm apples with varied varieties and sizes, dull old market for potatoes, and steady poultry and eggs. Livestock quotations list cattle and hog values in Baltimore and Chicago with top steers near 17 dollars, vealers up to 18 dollars, and lambs around 16.50.
New York traders saw light selling with some favorites resisting. Steel stocks stumbled as coal miners threatened a strike. Dividends and earnings supported individual issues while investors sought to idle funds. Notable gainers included American Telephone, Goodyear, General Electric, and Standard Oil NJ. Laggards were U S Steel, Hudson Motors, U S Rubber, United Aircraft, Electric Power and Light, Anaconda, Am a Smelting, and International Paper. Bonds showed mixed trends.
Grain futures opened weak with July wheat at 1.83 1 2 and May corn at 1.21 1 2. Oats May at 83 and September at 78 7 8. Rye May 2.19 and July 1.48 1 2. Barley May 1.26 1 2.
Ray Garrabrandt calls Winchester Softball League meeting for Thursday evening April 4 at 7 30 in City Recreation Department offices. Agenda is to organize the loop for the 1946 season and all last year captains plus new clubs are urged to attend.
Frank E. Wood of Ragnor Benson Inc of Washington Pa spent several days in Winchester last week reviewing plans for a new plant of the American Brake Shoe Co Division in Winchester.
An Army advertisement invites ex servicemen discharged on or after May 12 1945 to apply before June 30 1946 for MOS based technical posts including dental laboratory technician pharmacist and chemist at the U S Army Recruiting Station 3 N Main St. notes good pay steady work and benefits and urges veterans to stop in to learn their entitled grade.
Notice states Ray Carter will not be responsible for any debts other than those personally made by him.
Nerissa Taliafirro Wright a colored teacher and resident of this community died Sunday night at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was a Baltimore native and a graduates of Douglas High School and Baltimore Teachers College. Survived by husband James Wright and mother in law Mamie Wright. Funeral at John Mann Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 30 p m with Rev E H Jackson officiating. Burial in Orrick Cemetery after services at her residence 424 North Kent Street Tuesday evening at 6 o clock.
E R Crumpton promotes modern trusses that fit all rupture sizes, claim to improve circulation and reinforce weak areas. Services include ongoing fitting guidance with regular hours and locations in Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg West Virginia.
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