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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1950
Page
5
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The New York market moved along a narrow price range after yesterday’s sharp drop. Trading opened with a rush but little price change. turnover later contracted. Winners included American Broadcasting and Rewall Drug, while losses hit U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Philco Zenith and Pan American Airways.
Wheat shows declines across May July and December contracts while corn and oats slip modestly. Soybeans edge lower for May and July with nearby futures softer. Lard futures also ease with Jly at 11.40 and Oct at 11.60.
Mr and Mrs Jos W Pent express gratitude for the flowers sympathy and kindness shown after the death of their daughter Joan. The notice bears the date 4 12 11.
The Baltimore USDA report shows mixed movement across categories with cattle mostly steady and odd lots. hogs and calves active with varied weights and prices. poultry and eggs holding at modest demand. Potatoes and sweet potatoes show regional price ranges. butter and eggs reported with moderate receipts and light demand.
County agents I. Fred Stine J. Ballone and Omer T. Webb of Frederick County host a Martinsburg session attended by 37 Frederick farmers and 16 Clarke County members. Talks by Lew Campbell and John Lough cover breeding cooperatives and railroad agriculture. The group owns 225 cows in Frederick and 140 in Clarke counties. Also noted is a Masonry recognition question about the Grand Orient of France with a denial of legitimacy by U S Masonic bodies.
Salable hogs 8 000 with top 16 35 for few loads. Cattle 8 000 with three loads choice steers 967 1 273 lb at 32 00 33 00. Medium and good steers 23 75 28 50. Cows 19 50 21 00. Vealers 26 00 31 00. Sheep bidding around 27 50 for good wooled lambs.
Tommy Tucker and band will perform at the Queen's Ball on the second night of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 27 and 28. Hal McIntyre's orchestra has been cancelled due to travel uncertainty, Tucker making his third festival appearance. Tucker, famed for Apple Blossom Time, comes from a musical family and studied at the University of North Dakota.
The thirty eight princesses will headline a court with Tony Pastor's orchestra on opening night. Tickets for both dances can be bought at Malden's Electric Company or ordered by mail from Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival headquarters in Winchester.
Oliver J. Wilkins, 78, a West Virginia farmer born in Hardy County, died last evening at Hillcrest Nursing Home. He was son of late L. Wilkins of Winchester and survived by two brothers N. M. Wilkins of aon and Dailey Wilkins of Lost ver, and three sisters Mrs. Annie R. Miller of Need more, Mrs. Cora Hershman of Baker, and Mrs. Mary Hershman of Newville, Pa. Remains are at Jones Funeral Home.
W. R. Reynolds Strasburg Lions Club special events chairman says entries for a major amateur talent show are arriving from all sections including Winchester and the event is sponsored by the Strasburg Lions Club.
The Front Royal Warren County Recreation Association board approved a proposal to prepare a master plan for Front Royal Municipal Park including Bing Crosby Stadium during a recent meeting.
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