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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1955

Page

5

Classified Advertisements Closing Hours Notice

For sale notices must reach The Star Office by 10 a. m. to appear the same day. Lot 75 by 400 at Nain offered. phone 2-1092. Also tarpaulins 6 by 8 10 oz quality priced at 5.00 with custom sizes available from E. W. Armstrong Co. 441 N. Cameron St. phone Winchester 8168.

Star Office Nain E. W. Armstrong Co N. Cameron St Winchester Jefferies Fixture Exchange North Main Street Harrisonburg Virginia

Life's Like That Wanted Young Man for Basement Sales

Montgomery Ward in Winchester seeks a young man for basement sales work. Experience in paint hardware sporting goods and auto accessories preferred. Benefits include insurance paid vacations family discounts a 5 day work week and bonus earnings. High school diploma required. Apply in person no phone calls. (8-9-21)

Montgomery Ward Winchester

Shoemaker heeds father’s advice on TV quiz show

Gino Prato a Bronx cobbler won 32000 on The $64,000 Question but, advised by his 92 year old Italian father, he quit the game. He plans to visit Genoa with wife Caroline and daughter Lorraine after Lorraine’s upcoming marriage to Eugene Jonnides. A travel agency had offered return tickets.

New York Gino Prato Papa Prato Italy Bronx Prato Genoa Caroline Lorraine Eugene Jonnides

Big State League Hurler Vega Racks 26th Win

Rene Vega pitched his 26th win to become the league’s leading hurler. The 28 year old Cuban star limited Harlingen to one run on nine hits in Corpus Christi as his 11th straight victory in the Big State League. Manager Connie Ryan predicts a possible major league future for Vega.

Corpus Christi. Tex Rene Vega Corpus Christi Connie Ryan Reno Harlingen Vega

A's Break All-Time Attendance Record in Kansas City

The Kansas City Athletics shattered the all-time home attendance record with a 24,383 crowd against the Chicago White Sox, lifting the season home attendance for 50 games to 961,555, an average of 19,231. The club, in its first Kansas City season, has 20 home dates remaining.

Kansas City Kansas City Athletics A's Philadelphia Chicago White Sox

Mailman Recovers Wallet After Route Help

Walter E. Cheely, a Petersburg Virginia mail carrier, lost a wallet with 150 dollars. Public pleas failed to recover it, but patrons on his mail route raised and returned the full amount to him.

Petersburg Walter E. Cheely Cheely

Detroit trims truck speed limit on expressways

Detroit city council reduces speed limit for trucks over 5000 pounds to 45 mph on expressways. The change follows oversight of a state law that otherwise set 45 mph limits, after an original 55 mph cap was applied to all vehicles.

Detroit

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