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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1955
Page
4
State Forester Frank S. Hill hears a variety of excuses for brush fires in Jacksonville. A man claims a rabbit triggered a blaze after running through a backyard trash burn, while a housewife says a dog carrying burning meat started a fire in the field.
A collage of classified lines includes terms for display ads rates and deadlines, termite control service, fur coat restyling offers, and a property note offering to sell a lot with house or lot alone at 426 Virginia Ave.
Classified listing notes a 1950 Studebaker Tu Dor for sale in perfect shape with good tires and a contact number 5179. Also offers an 85 acre farm near Winchester with quick bay and adjustable terms, same contact 5179. Includes a crib and living room suite with phone contact Boyce 49-M.
Lost item noted as a black back seat and pad for a baby stroller along Senseny Road. Contact number provided is 8031 for leads or pickup arrangements.
Market prices list hogs veal lambs and cattle with ranges for weight classes and grades. Hogs include butcher and sow categories. veal covers prime to heavy slaughter calves. lambs show prime to commercial. cattle cover steers heifers cows bulls and stocker feeder tiers. Other livestock values span top ranges to low end, reflecting varied lot sizes and quality.
In loving memory of Elaine Carper Himelright who passed away two years ago on August 6 1953 Forever our hearts remember you though you are gone We think of you with loving thoughts as silent tears still flow Each line speaks of longing peace and reunion in a sacred land.
A memory notice for baby Yo Lee who died August 1952. The message expresses parental sorrow for a infant daughter who came in March and was taken by God, promising reunion in the afterlife.
Science Service reports four weeks of above median deaths in major U S cities due to a prolonged heat wave. For the week ending July 30, 10 029 deaths were tallied in 106 cities, 8 4 percent above the three year median.
Six people including Jean King Brenda Bundy Mary Carter Robert Jackson Annetta Lavender and Violet Baltimore will be baptized at the 11 15 a m service at Mt Carmel Baptist Church on Sunday. Rev Melford Walker will deliver the sermon then the monthly communion service. The service is open to the general public.
Quotations courtesy of White, Weld & Company list bids for American Furniture Bank of Clarke County Commonwealth National Gas Dan River Mills Farmers & Merchants Green Chemical Life Insurance N W Industries Potomac Edison Shenandoah Apple Cider Virginia Storage Winchester Storage George Washington Hotel O Sullivan Rubber and other securities with par values and price data for investors in the Winchester area.
Mrs Thomas Seal hosted visiting relatives from Kentucky while Phyllis Light visited her aunt in Winchester. Irene Light hosted callers including Lamont Peer from Bainbridge Maryland. Treasury notes note 898 ten dollar bills in circulation as of May 31 1955 with 200 held by a South American baron. There are 13 ten thousand dollar gold certificates still circulating.
Maj. Gen. Philip E. Gallagher commends American troops stationed across towns in France for better behavior than at home. He reviews daily statistics on incidents, mostly traffic mishaps, and notes a growing acceptance of Allied forces as soldiers recognize their responsibility.
Sherman Texas sheriff's office arrested a fisherman for driving while intoxicated and disposed of his catch by sending the fish to the county jail kitchen for use as rations.
Yes, laminated lenses are made in the same way as automobile glazing. The construction combines layers to resist shattering and improve safety, a principle mirrored in modern eyewear design.
The article notes that laminated windshields cost more and are prone to cracking but offer greater safety. They are sometimes prescribed for accident-prone children athletes certain industrial workers and people with only one good eye.
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