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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1956
Page
10
Huntington West Virginia letter carrier James Arthur, bitten four times in four years, now travels with a ten year old Boxer as a working partner. He reports he has not been bitten since the dog began accompanying him daily.
Mayor Fred Tessier dived into frigid waters to save nine year old Eric Jones who toppled from a pier into the Grand Bank harbor. The dramatic rescue occurred as bystanders watched anxiously.
Former Grove Furniture partner Jim Lemaster announces his move to the A and L New and Used Furniture Exchange at 102 South Kent Street. He thanks customers for their patronage and invites them to visit the new location.
A witness to a motorcycle and auto collision on Route 11 seeks to be contacted. Readers are asked to mail name, address, and phone number to Jake at 650 Washington Building, Washington, D C, with the date August 25, 1961.
Local families and friends from Cross Junction Winchester Moorefield and Martinsburg are listed as visiting and hosting over weekends and holidays. Noted guests include Mr. and Mrs. O G DeHaven Mr and Mrs J S Braithwaite and numerous relatives with trips to Alexandria Portsmouth and Capon Bridge.
In the Corporation Court of the City of Winchester on August 22, 1956 the estate of May Paxton Baker is noted as deceased.
F. o. b. prices on peaches at Appalachian shipping points remained steady on Friday despite declines in city markets. Pittsburgh Boston and Baltimore showed weakness while local markets stayed roughly steady amid light southern Virginia supplies and tightening northern area stocks. A heavier supply is expected by the first of the month.
The market lists U. S. 1 Elberta peaches in 2 inch size at mostly 3.00 per bushel basket with some higher and a few at 2.85 to 2.80. Sales occur on Friday across West Virginia Maryland and South Central Pennsylvania.
Spokane health officials report 500 gallons of DDT sprayed in 1956 to combat what Dr. Hampton H. Traynor calls the worst mosquito problem in years.
A list of stock bids and prices from the Winchester office of White, Weld & Company. Entries include Bank of Clarke County at 25 25, National Fruit Product 5 percent of a 300 par, Potomac Edison 3.60 pfd and 4.70 101, N and W Industries common 4.73, Virginia Storage 100 10615, and Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar 100.
All persons owing or having claims against the Estate of Edward Chrisman are asked to pay or present them at once to the undersigned. Carl G. Brown, Executor, Estate of Edward Chrisman, c/o Commercial & Savings Bank.
A new solarium project in Gordon Head near Victoria will cost about 1 000 000 dollars for construction with concrete slab and masonry. Equipment costs are estimated at 300 000 dollars.
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