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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1947
Page
7
Various job and training notices offering learn while you work in areas like barbering refrigeration diesel maintenance and sales in Winchester Frederick and Richmond Virginia with contact box numbers and dates and descriptions of benefits and requirements.
Public auction set for May 20 1947 at 11 am in Winchester Virginia offering a one half undivided interest in two parcels totaling 125 acres and woodland 12 acres. Sale terms require one third cash with the remainder in two annual notes bearing five percent interest secured by a deed of trust. Trustee Harry R Kern Jr. Substitute Auctioneer Coleman Dunn.
In Winchester Court Roy Washburn Reynolds and Linwood Shade Dunn of RFD 1 were fined for speeding between 60 and 68 mph on 8 Street at 11 55 PM. Other cases: Johnie Anderson Clowser drunkenness $100 and costs. Norman B. Keeler failure to yield $5 and costs. H Small drunkenness $5 and costs. Lewis Dunn drunkenness $10 and costs. Robert Jackson disorderly conduct $10 and costs. Charles Lewis drunken and disorderly $10 and costs. Maurice H. Riter reckless driving $10 and costs. Winton Hovermale speeding $10 and costs. Helen Anderson disorderly conduct $10 and disturbing the peace. Walter Hott drunkenness $5 and costs.
Mrs H A Snapp hosts a demonstration by Miss Shirley on refinishing frames. May 15 health meeting planned. Mr and Mrs Paul Smoke Jr welcome a daughter Priday at Memorial hospital. Ashwoods visit sister Mrs Arthur White. Earl Williams visits his parents. Harl Himelright visits Grant Wilkens. Ashwood’s store installs an ice storage box for the community. Hunt Club met and planned a forthcoming social program. Most diamonds mined are fit only for industrial uses.
More than 2300 Maryland telephone workers return to their jobs at 6 a m under a settlement between the Maryland Federation of Telephone Workers and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City The agreement endeth a 20 day nationwide strike and provides for local arbitration on five major issues including a general wage increase A three member arbitration board will be appointed by Maryland citizens or by the Baltimore Supreme Bench if the parties cannot agree The MFTW president Henry Foster announced the local group will withdraw from the NFTW after the signing
Visitors at Mr and Mrs Arthur White home in Chambersville include Mr and Mrs Ernest Ashwood and family Mr and Mrs C H Allamong Mr and Mrs James Allamong and daughter Patsy Keckley Miss Colleen Rosier Mr David Allamong and Mr Dick Nesselrodt Mrs Clyde Keckley spent Wednesday with her sister Mrs Raymond Bradfield Mr and Mrs Paul Kerns and daughter visited relatives at Berk
Public auction on April 30, 1947 at 12 noon in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia. 39 shares of Shenandoah Valley National Bank stock offered for cash to settle the estate of EM M Hiett. G G Baker Admr.
Eley Springs West Virginia residents Mr and Mrs L Rosier called on Mrs P H Ritter Sunday afternoon.
Seaman Jc Buss Carpenter spent a furlough recently with his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Carpenter.
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