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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1955
Page
3
Fresh stains respond to turpentine but old marks resist and may require a dry cleaner. Soak older stains in turpentine for an hour then break up the residue and flush from the fabric. Use carbon tetrachloride or lighter fluids on absorbent under the cloth and tamp with a brush to drive particles away.
Pursuant to a Frederick County Va decree dated August 5 1955 the circuit court will offer on Saturday September 10 1955 at noon the sale on the premises at the Valley Pike and Washington Avenue Kernstown of six to seven parcels described as lots and a bungalow properties with garage storage buildings and payments terms. The properties include multiple Washington Avenue frontages with sizes from 50 to 114 feet and depths from 155 to 180 feet, with wells cisterns city water natural gas and rental potential. The sale may be divided or sold as a whole with half cash and the balance secured by deeds of trust and bonds or cash option. Special commissioners Harris Newlin Whitacre and auctioneer Snider will oversee.
Sam Snead and Mike Souchak shared the Montreal Open lead after opening rounds. Snead shot 65 on a 26,800 dollar event in Montreal. Souchak, ex football star now a pro, parred 18 holes with strong all around play.
B L Thompson of Norfolk led Virginia trapshooters with 92 of 100 from 19 yards in Dayton Ohio as the Grand American Preliminary Handicap after day one. Dr Courtney Grim shot 89 from 22 yards, Roy LaFollette tied at 89, and Al Suttle of Peters burg topped the Virginia class with 90 from 21 yards.
Stock car racing fans can expect a full afternoon at the Airport Speedway in Winchester after a two week layoff. More than 30 cars have signed up with 34 likely, including about 22 stocks and a dozen sportsmen, with top drivers from the tri state area. Notables include Bob Welch of Silver Spring and Tommy Irvin of Purcellville, as Barbara Ballenger will present awards. Regular start time is 2 30 p.m.
Charles Ward of Leesburg, an employee of the Frederick County Conservation Department, won first prize in a bass contest at Solenbergers Pond with a 4 lb 4 oz large mouth bass caught on a Mepps spinner. Cletus H. Triplett finished second, two more anglers placed, including J L Skiles and Dave Fahnestock, for bass catches at Cedarville and Clearbrook.
Pittsburgh General Manager Branch Rickey, 73, says he retains support from president John Galbreath and will remain with the Pirates through his five year term ending November. He may stay in an advisory role with a door open to reappointment, despite the team’s seventh place drift and heavy gate losses. Rickey notes he has invested $200,000 in Pirate stock and would buy more if possible.
Each family must work out a budget based on its own living pattern. General percentages are only guides for expenses. With a combined income over six thousand dollars per year, allocate for essentials housing utilities food transportation and savings while adjusting for taxes and Social Security as appropriate.
The text breaks down a typical budget by category: security 16 percent, food 18, housing 21, clothing 9, operating expenses 10, leaving 10 for miscellaneous and 16 for savings and insurance. It advises maximizing savings, banking the wife’s income, to prevent a drastic drop when she stops working.
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