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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1956
Page
6
Classified display ads list a 1955 Plymouth Plaza with 8 cylinders and 5 000 actual miles in like new condition at 212 Sharp St. between 7 AM and 4 PM. Also advertised are metal trunks priced at 6.95, foot lockers 10.75 and 15.95 from A and N Store at 12 N. Loudoun.
Various classified ads list Persian kittens in red blue and black, a used electric refrigerator for 10 dollars, a five room house with bath and hot and cold water at 4312 North Loudoun, a 52 Nash Rambler Station Wagon in good condition for 695 dollars, and rental offers including a 3 room apartment, an apartment on 25 West Boscawen, and a room for girls. Contact numbers and dates accompany each item.
Job ad seeks a young lady with experience in typing bookkeeping and shorthand for steady work at Pine Motor Co. The notice is dated July 24 and appears in a 1921 classified section.
Male help wanted for high commission sales of health plans. Requires a car and willingness to work. Interview with Mr Wiseman on Thursday August 2 from 9 30 to 1 30 at 139 N Loudoun St.
Science Service notes that attendees at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago are unlikely to contract polio. Adults are generally immune or protected by prior exposure and the absence of close contact with children as most delegates and press will stay apart from family groups during the event.
In 1931 Western Canada faces severe drought with heat and high winds reducing the expected wheat harvest below the ten year average. The shoe market remains active with demand for immediate women’s footwear and orders by independent stores for men’s fall shoes.
The Carr Publishing Company held a picnic at Cacapon State Park on July 25 for employees and families with about 40 attendees. Numerous visits are recorded including stays with relatives in Winchester Arlington and Wilmington as well as weekend trips to Ocean City Maryland and Silver Spring Maryland.
The symphonic outdoor production by Paul Green debuted on July 4 1937 in an open air amphitheater overlooking Roanoke Sound at Ft Raleigh National Historic Site. It has continued for 16 seasons and drawn over 750000 spectators, though not staged during four WWI blackout years.
An AP report from November 10, 1954, describes a 3 year old Rhesus monkey escaping a medical center in San Francisco, climbing to a 15 story building, slipping from the roof, and plunging 195 feet to the pavement. The animal sustained a fractured finger and minor cuts but recovered in two days. the incident was later reported in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine.
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