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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1948

Page

7

Real estate transfers in Winchester list several buyers

Realty transfers in Winchester show multiple plots and improvements changing hands. G G Baker Extors Fioance V Miller Est to Earl J Clowser jot and improvements 109 Morgan St valued at 6000 dollars. Lena C Hawkins to Wilbert Lineweaver jot and improvements on east Fisher Frank Clevenger and wife to James Philip Gates lot and improvements on Liberty Ave. Harry E Pingley and wife to Horace A Shackleford and wife lot and improvements 811 Berryville Ave. Junior Bryam Farrell and wife to James R Perry and wife lot improvements 116 Purcell Ave. James S Grant to W W Dellinger and L K Dellinger lot in

City of Winchester G. G. Baker Fioance V. Miller Earl J. Clowser Morgan St Lena C. Hawkins Wilbert Fisher Frank Clevenger James Philip Gates Liberty Ave Harry E. Pingley Horace A. Shackleford Berryville Ave Bryam Farrell James R. Perry Purcell Ve Samuel J. DeWitt Mary F. Brooks Front Reyal Pike Armela James A. Cather Eugene Albert Leake R. 50 Co. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp Russell F. Hulver Shawnee Stonewall Orchard Mamie Spates Perry Lewis C Clowser Acorn Heights O. R. Bailey Dellia N. Lillis Stephenson Arthur Honesty Wilbur R. Honesty Millwood Pike

Property Transfers in Frederick County and Vicinity

The notice lists numerous land and dwelling transfers around Winchester and nearby areas. Transfers include: C A Nelson and wife to H E Pingley for lot and dwelling at 612 Dunlap St. Madge T Cather to J Howard Cather Jr and wife for lot on Ww Clifford St. Emmett L Henry to Kenneth E Henry for lot and dwelling 1278 Braddock St. Helen B Schwalb for Lot 13 on 5 side Jefferson St. and multiple deeds in Frederick County for parcels along Senseny Rd Gainesboro R 64 Dunlap St Cameron St Winchester Route 50 and other referenced roads with various buyers.

Winchester C. A. Nelson H. E. Pingley Dunlap St Madge T. Cather J. Howard Cather Jr Clifford St Emmett L. Henry Kenneth E. Henry Braddock St B. H. Hamman Helen B. Schwalb Jefferson St Handley Board of Trustees Carl C. Aikens Mary Elizabeth Swanson Earl C. Miller Senseny E. Brumback Charles S. Shisler Gainesboro Charles E. Brown Ervin Hull Clyde Haymaker Clarence Haymaker Ethelyn M. Pauline Winchester Outdoor Advertising Corp Mabel E. Ramey Ruth Rudolph Walter Dale Johnson Harry Gilbert McKee Albin Dolphus M. Martin John D. Massie

Obed Wade Crabill Rites Planned in Strasburg

Funeral services for Obed Wade Crabill 69 cabinet maker will be held at 10 30 a m tomorrow from his late home in Strasburg. He died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Surviving are his widow two brothers and a sister.

Strasburg Obed Wade Crabill Winchester Memorial Hospital

Federal expert touts 2 4 D sprays to curb apple drop

Speaking at a Byrd picnic, C P Harley of the U S Department of Agriculture says naphthalene acetic acid and derivatives form the basis for spray materials that reduce harvest drop of apples. He notes timing limits and methods from ground spraying to airplane applications and discusses 2 4 D as a potent but var ied solution effective mainly on Stayman Winesap and Winesap varieties.

Sen. Byrd C. P. Harley U. S. Department of Agriculture York

Shenandoah County notes and wedding notices from Reliance

Many locals attended the Shenandoah County fair at Woodstock. Mrs L P Tederick and family return from Camp Bethel. Mrs Maryl Garver and son visit Staunton then go home. Announcements issued for Laura Nell Obaugh and Walter E Waters Elmer White. Ridings chapel aide hosts. School opens Sept 2. Tilden Stickley visiting Washington DC. Mrs Lee Hunt returns from Massachusetts visit.

Reliance Woodstock L. P. Tederick Juanita Paul Camp Bethel Roanoke Maryl Garver Staunton D. N. Grover Robert Steele Washington, D. C Laura Nell Obaugh Walter Eaters Elmer White Ridings Chapel

Short Jobs Man At Mixer Brings Fire Equipment

R. K. Boyd, working at a feed mixer in Winchester Seed Co. store, said he was almost knocked down by a short in a power line entering the second floor. Sparks and smoke arched through the building until the switch was thrown. City fire trucks arrived but service was not needed and no damage occurred.

R. K. Boyd Winchester Seed Co Almot

Woodstock Hotel Corp Formed With Notable Officers

Woodstock Hotel Corp has been granted a charter. Warren B. French of Woodstock is president, John Prady of Washington is vice president, and Frank Dinges Jr. of Edinburg is secretary treasurer. They had negotiated with Mr and Mrs George Latham to purchase the hotel.

Woodstock Hotel Corp Warren B. French Woodstock John Prady Washington Frank Dinges Jr Edinburg George Latham

Air Parcel Post Starts Tomorrow Nationwide

W Nelson Page announces the nationwide air parcel post service begins tomorrow with red white and blue stickers bearing a winged package and globe. Free stickers will be available at the Winchester office for outbound packages as planes operate across the US every seven seconds and overseas every 30 minutes.

Air Parcel Post W. Nelson Page Distinct Air Parcel Winchester United States Page

Modern Etiquette Q A on Introductions and Handshakes

The guidance covers introductions to a group, wedding announcements, and handshakes. It notes you may introduce multiple people in one gesture, that writing to a bride after a wedding is polite but not required, and that a woman should not refuse a handshake when offered.

Smith Mr. Jones Wilson Gray Doe

Fire damages Lucky Strike alleys in Strasburg

Fire early today at the Lucky Strike bowling alleys in Strasburg damaged the facility. C. M. Palmer owns and operates the establishment. No cause determined yet.

Strasburg C. M. Palmer

Notice Positively No Trespassing on Property

Property owner J N Good of Grimes Virginia warns against hunting and trespassing on the premises. The notice appears with legal dating indicators (8-31, 9-2-4-31) referencing state or local filing or publication codes.

J. N. Good Grimes

Current Blisters Model Plane Flyer

In Tuscaloosa Alabama on August 31 Thurston Townsend an 18 year old high school student was nearly electrocuted when a model airplane attached to a 44 000 volt steel cable crashed into a power line. The shock hurled him four feet into the air blistered his feet burned his hand and blistered his lip as the cable coiled and set the grass on fire.

Tuscaloosa Ala PKA Thurston Townsend Townsend

Pierce Rites for Augusta C C Pierce

Services for Augusta CC Pierce 71 who died suddenly at home in Opequon will be held at 11 tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Goode officiating. Interment at Mountain Falls cemetery. pallbearers include J H Brill Amos Shryock Ralph Marker John and Edward Cooper.

Augusta CC Pierce Opequon Jones Funeral Home J. Goode Mountain Falls Cemetery J. H. Brill Amos Shryock Ralph Marker John and Edward Cooper

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