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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1955

Page

4

Rev Willis Bishop to Speak at First Brethren Church

The Rev Willis Bishop of Washington Bible Institute will preach at 9 45 a m and 7 30 p m at First Brethren Church with special music. He and another Washington Bible Institute minister fill the pulpit while Rev Paul Dick attends a Brethren conference in Portland Ore.

Willis Bishop Washington Bible Institute First Brethren Church Bishop Paul Dick Portland Ore

Classified Ads For Help Wanted In Berryville Winchester Area

Daily help wanted notices from The Star list general cannery work at H F Byrd Canning Division Berryville No phone calls apply in person WANTED Farm hand year round house furnished with staple foods Box 281 Stephens City WANTED Peach pickers C Hardy Grim Kernstown WANTED Service station attendant Apply Winchester Valley Avenue opposite Willow Lawn Farm Market

Mr. Carpenter H. F. Byrd Berryville Stephens City Hardy Grim Kernstown Winchester Valley Avenue Willow Lawn Farm Market

For Sale Classifieds From Early 1940s

For sale listings include AKC beagles at Perry's Quarry with contact info, six room houses with full basement and two car garage priced at 11500 on Shawnee Ave, a 1949 Mercury club coupe in good condition priced at 475, and dachshund puppies from Hansco Kennels Warrenton VA with contact 677.

Ak.c. Beagles Thurman Perry Care Perry's Quarry Shawnee Ave Call K. C Rusell Colvin Hansco Kennels Warrenton

Unclear OCR fragment hints at wordplay and indexing

Readable parts show scattered clues such as distance, serpentine, observes, and British conservation. The fragmentary text lacks coherent event or identifiable entities to form a factual summary card.

Serpentine Gane British Conserva

Brown & Bigelow seeks experienced salesman in Winchester

Brown and Bigelow announces an opening for an experienced salesman to take over an established territory of about 200 active accounts in and around Winchester Virginia. The role requires proven sales ability and knowledge of regional markets.

Brown & Bigelow Winchester Virginia

WANTED Classified Notices for Housing and Items

Multiple short ads seek a 12 hour nursing job with doctor reference and phone contact, rent a 2 room furnished apartment near James Wood School, a 2 bed room house near Winchester, used gas ranges, a home for a white female Persian kitten via SPCA, and washing and ironing services.

James Wood School SPCA Phos

Pathway of Blessedness lessons by John Ray Hinkle

Card of Thanks express gratitude for kindness after the death of Robert E. Franklin. The Franklin Family notes flowers funeral cars and support. Also includes a free Terminix inspection offer by E W Armstrong Company with contact number.

Tive Priumphant Jesus John Ray Hinkle Dayton Virginia Terminix Company E W. Armstrong Company Robert E. Franklin Franklin

Front Royal Livestock Market Prices Virginia

Market price list shows hogs veal lambs and cattle with ranges for choice prime good and utility grades. Notable figures include hogs 178 to 225 and 17.50 to 20.50, veal 155 to 255 and 25.00 to 27.00, lambs around 24.25 for Prime Blue Circles and 23.25 for Choice Red Circles, cows 11.50 to 14.90, with bulls 12.50 to 15.70, stocker steers 18.00 to 20.10, and dairy cows 150 to 197.60.

Choice Good & Choice Utility Good Cutter

Fatal car crash claims Floyd E. Tharpe near Markham

Floyd E. Tharpe twenty of Guard Hill Route 1 Middletown died instantly when his car careened off US Route 55 east of Markham and rolled over in a field. Two brothers 12 and 14 passengers, William L. Robinson and Cuistis A. Robinson of Middletown, were hospitalized in Front Royal for injuries. Tharpe worked at A and P in Front Royal. He is survived by a stepfather mother and father plus a brother and sister. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow at First Baptist Church Front Royal with interment Prospect Hill Cemetery. The body at Maddox Funeral Home will be viewed at 1 p m Sunday. Pallbearers listed.

Floyd E. Tharpe Guard Hill Route 1 Middletown Markham Rex Hoskins Tharpe Warren County Hospital Front Royal William L. Robinson Cuistis A. Robinson Henry Curry Lauretta M. Curry Warren County James Russell Tharpe Maryland James Russell Tharpe, Jr Mattie Virginia Tharpe First Baptist Church Paul L. Stagg Prospect Hill Maddox Freddie Landis William Gilliam John Case Linwood Athey Wilson Pomeroy

Mr. Johnson Dies In Charles Town

Mrs. Cora Robinson received word that her nephew Stafford Johnson died last night at his home in Charles Town West Virginia. Survivors include his wife and five children, four sisters led by Hilda Stottlemyer, and brothers Ralph Johnson of Charles Town and Robert Johnson a Ranson policeman killed in an automobile crash last fall. Mr and Mrs B E Robinson Sr left today for Charles Town where funeral services will be held.

Cora Robinson Stafford Johnson Charles Town W. Va Hilda Stottlemyer Ralph Johnson Robert Johnson Ranson 8. E. Robinson

John Fisher Dies In West Virginia

John Fisher brother of Carl J Fisher of this city died yesterday in a Parkersburg hospital after a several week illness. A funeral service and burial will be held tomorrow in Ravenswood West Virginia.

John Fisher Carl J Fisher Parkersburg W. Va Ravenswood

Dr Bennetch to Address Lutherans at Stephens City and St Pauls

Dr John H Bennetch of Elizabethton Tennessee will conduct worship at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City tomorrow at 945 am and at St Pauls Church at 11 oclock The Bennetch graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia has taught theology in a Texas seminary He is married with four children The Rev Homer Anderson Jr is supply pastor for the charge

John H. Bennetch Elizabethton Tenn Trinity Lutheran

Who Pays for a Coin’s Catalogue Value

The catalogue value is the price dealers ask for selling a coin, usually about double the price a dealer would pay. Value hinges on supply and demand, scarcity, and condition from proof to poor. Rare coins may hold value even when common types are plentiful, as with 1943 zinc pennies.

Local Resident Kills Five-Foot-Six Black Snake in Garden

W B Hicks of the area south of Stines Chapel on Fahnestock Lane reports killing a five foot three inch black snake in his garden yesterday. The scene is described as a plain account from the Star.

W. B Hicks Stine’s Chapel Fahnestock’s Lane the Star Today

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Brethren Church Riley Real Estate South End Motors, Inc Valley Ave Plymouth Cranbrook Minor Motor CO Singer Sewing Center N. Loudoun St DODGE Heatwole Motor CO Willys Frederick Motors Arme Albin M. W. Browne Parts & Service Carl Stores, Jr S. Loudoun St Star By Fred Neher Pip Parker’s Matt Tarpy A. O. Maloney Shenandoah Realty Mosby Street Toan-Yost Loudoun Blue Ridge Tractor H. R. Minton Summit Point West Germain Street Best Call Pine Motor Co Apt South Park Street Charlottesville Highpoint Shirkey’s Sunnyside Winchester Star High Point Molden Electric CO Daily Crossword Persia Tive Asia Tro Ehats Asimian South Braddock Street New Garland Quarles School Om Oates Kerns St Virginia Ave Braddock St Quarles and Handley Schools Fairview Ave Berryville Ave Bellview Ave Bryan Stotler Smith Pontiac Sales & Service Gerrard St Pennsylvania Co. E. Neal Colesville Rd Silver Spring Rtar New York Leighton B and M Chevrolet Sales Co Front Royal Livestock Market Mr. Johnson West Virginia Norton P. Gaston Washington Coast Guard Attorney General Gaston Coast Guard Academy New London Conn Jean Griser San Francisco Split Rock Winchester Concrete Products Welltown Pike Chapman Motor CO Bath Robert Strosnider Crum Old Rutherford A. O. Smith Shengas Das Shengas Corp N. Braddock St S. Royal Ave Handley Ave Courtfield Ave W. Cecil St Sheridan Avenue B. AA. Sullivan Rouss Avenue Dr. Bennetch Jimmy Alexander W.B. Hicks Elizabeth Mallet London Charles M. Feltner Clarke County Benjamin Crampton Church St Berryville, Va Rt. 135 Westernport Bel-Aire Subdivision Dare Lma Goodyear Buncutter Tire CO S. Braddock St
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