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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1956

Page

3

Market Quotations Turn Lower Amid Copper Price News

Wall Street extended yesterday's decline with Anaconda down two, Kennecott off four, Union Carbide one, and Du Pont fourteen. Bethlehem Steel fell one and a half points. General Dynamics Zenith General Electric General Cable Johns Manville and U S Gypsum also lower. Gulf and Royal Dutch edged down as well. F.T A. says wild boars are not native to the United States and notes about 500 descend from 1912 imports in North Carolina, now in Great Smoky Mountains.

Anaconda Kennecott Union Carbide du Pont Bethlehem Steel General Dynamics Zenith General Electric General Cable Johns Manville U. S. Gypsum Gulf Royal Dutch United States Great Smoky Mountain North Carolina

Baltimore market report on fruits vegetables poultry and livestock

Apples, cantaloupes, peaches and potatoes show mixed price changes with US 1 and Hale Havens listings. Poultry markets steady with fryers and hens in balance. Cattle and calves steady to modestly higher, hogs slow but within price ranges. sheep quoted nominally unchanged.

Baltimore (P Baltimore USDA

Colonial Williamsburg Draws Over 100000 Student Visitors

Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, restored to its colonial era, welcomed more than 100000 student visitors from 2209 U S. schools during the 1955 56 season.

Colonial Williamsburg U. S

Miss Cia Sigros Chosen for Rouss Beauty Contest

Miss Cia Sigros representing the Rouss Fire Company will compete in the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention beauty contest in Martinsburg. The 10 a.m. DST judging on the final day will crown Miss CV. Sigros, a Handley 1953 graduate, is daughter of Mrs. Helen T. Sigros and helps run the Apple Blossom Restaurant with her mother.

CIA Sigros Rouss Fire Company Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association Martinsburg C. V. Eeane Ake Sigros Handley Helen

Mixed opening on Chicago Grain Board of Trade

Grains show small early moves with modest price changes as trading begins. Wheat and corn futures mix with several contracts drifting within narrow ranges while oats rye and soybeans display slight shifts in early quotes.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly

Agriculture Dept Market Reports Steady Broilers and Turkeys

Market notes show broilers or fryers steady with heavy receipts and strong demand. Turkeys remain about steady with farm prices around 24 hours ending at noon today. Egg markets in Winchester Harrisonburg and Patago show Grade A large and medium listings and mixed Grade B pricing.

Winchester Egg Market Harrisonburg Cirade Patago

Local Market Prices and Feed Grain Rates Listed

The Star lists daily market items including feed at Retail Mixed feed 100 lb at 3.30, Egg Mash 20 percent at 4.75, Wheat per bushel new around 1.90, No 2 Yellow Corn new at 1.70, Flour 100 lbs at 6.90, Corn meal 5 lb bag at 0.36, Wheat Rockingham 1.95 to 2.00, and Augusta corn about 2.00 as part of a broad price rundown.

Rockingham Erie

Princess Margaret Rose birthday and Townsend romance

AP Newsfeatures notes Princess Margaret born August 21 1930 in Scotland sister to Queen Elizabeth II. It details her romance with Air Force Group Captain Peter Townsend and her decision in 1955 not to marry him, highlighting royal duty and youthful interests. It also mentions a Coast Guard Chapel flag meaning question.

Princess Margaret Rose Scotland Margaret England Elizabeth II Air Force Peter Townsend

Mrs. Clinton C Buckner Dies in California

Mrs. John W. Rosenberger learned of the death of her half sister Mrs. Clinton C Buckner 90 formerly of Winchester who died Sunday in a San Francisco hospital She was born Georgianna Amanda Tyler April 22 1866 in Accomack County and lived in Winchester before moving to Washington DC then California She is survived by two daughters a granddaughter and two great grandchildren Interment will be beside her husband at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.

John W. Rosenberger Clinton C Buckner San Francisco Calif Buckner Georgianna Amanda Tyler Accomack County George T Amanda Taylor Tyler Winchester Long Beach Mount Hebron

Cleaning rawhide leather luggage method

Luggage makers say white or eggshell rawhide leather can be cleaned with scouring powder and a steel wool pad, focusing on lightly scrubbing to remove stains. Preserve leather by gentle application and avoid harsh chemicals.

B.C. A

Former Senator Taylor Trails In Final Vote Lead

Boise Idaho virtually complete returns show Frank Church leading Glenn Taylor 27 959 to 27 790 for Idaho Democratic senatorial nomination. Taylor plans recount if he loses and Church declines to claim victory.

Taylor Boise Idaho Atty Frank Church Glenn Taylor Church Senate

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