Antique shops lure shoppers on Rt. 11 circuit
A Middletown bound antiques crawl along Rt. 11 near Winchester features Swisher's Antiques, Harvey's Just a Shop, Mrs Claude Hartley's variety shop, and The Whitneys. Collectibles include 1800s glass, Edison phonographs, ox yokes up to 300 dollars, and a roomful of clocks dating to the 19th century. The owners note ascending prices and steady demand for inexpensive items.
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Star
South Fron
Winchester
Middletown-bound
Rt. 11
Swisher
Harvey
Stephens City
MS. Harvey
Claude Hartley
Hartley
W. Martin St
Antique shops rise from hobby in Valley and Middletown
Whitneys near Stephens City offer late 19th and early 20th century furniture with new small furnishings, cut glass, English china, and dolls. Mangums' Valley Furniture and Stripping in Stephens City refinishes and strips furniture, including a 16th century trunk. In Middletown Senseny House Antiques opened in 1972 with a 16th century vase and an early 1700 floor urn. Frederick South notes slow trade but owners stay optimistic about hobby-based business.
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Whitneys
Phil Whitney
Stephens City
Valley
Alton Mangum
Mangum
Middletown
Anna R. Miller
Senseny House
Frederick South
Ads Rule Changes Prompt Mixed Views in Roanoke Hearing
At a Roanoke hearing, advertisers supported loosening ABC rules to allow billboard mentions of alcohol availability at motels and hotels. A Franklin County woman warned that drunk construction harms products, taxes, and public safety, urging warning labels. The commission noted wide division among speakers on the proposal.
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Roanoke
Franklin County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
ABC
David Jordan
Creative Displays
Jordan
Eddie France
ABC Commission
France
Stony Creek Missionary
Srance
Commission
T. Rodman Layman
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Peggy May
Rt. 631
Valley Furniture and Stripping
Yee
Mangums
Suittaues
Winchester Evening Star
Grey & Eddy
N. Loudoun St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Money Market
Savings and Loan
Loudoun & Piccadilly
Berryville Ave
Berryville
Amherst St
Amherst - Eleven
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