For Sale Mixed Household Goods and Vehicles
Several sale notices list items including coal heater and 2 tons of coal at 48 S Cameron St. Various furniture pieces and home goods from W. B. Snider & Son and others. Vehicles include 1940 Oldsmobile 700 and 1938 Plymouth sedan plus multiple car parts and a 1941 Dodge Army truck. Also advertised are a 75 acre farm, building lots, and sporting gear. Various contact numbers and dates shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Cameron St
Pontiac
Harry H. Willis
N. Loudoun St
E. Piccadilly
Tennyson Ave
C. A. Robinson
Stephens City
Winchester
Garland Schutts
New World Encyclopedia
O. G
Richmond
Batt Avenue
For Rent Ad Fragments From 1950s Listings
Classified notices show multiple rental items including new homes from Pine Motor Co and heated bedrooms with phone contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Pine Motor CO
Call Pine Motor Co
Cradle Shop seeks correct parts for wicker doll stroller
Notice to a female customer who bought a wicker doll stroller at Cradle Shop in Harrisonburg months ago. The purchaser has the wrong parts. Cradle Shop requests immediate contact to send proper parts. Harrisonburg Va. (12-9-11)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
Cradle Shop
Harrisonburg
Alaskan Sourdoughs Give Way to Giant Gold Dredges
Four Texas youths Julian Blackwell Sam Newton Norman Vick and Bill Wofford travel from Colorado to Alaska seeking gold but find modern dredges run by trained crews now dominate the field. They work at Fairbanks Exploration Company's placer camp and adapt to frontier conditions amid international travel and border rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Julian Blackwell
Houston
Sam Newton
Dallas
Norman Vick
Huntsville
Bill Wofford
Arlington
Colorado
Canadian
Alaska
Sam
Fairbanks Exploration Company
Placer
Vick
L. A
Do Elephants Have a Common Burial Ground Myth
In Jungle Man by Major P. J. Pretorius the belief in a common elephant burial ground is dismissed as romance. The text notes elephants often die in dense thickets as they seek solitude and that an elephant may visit its dead with a humanlike sense of bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Pretorius
Stripling Testifies Before Federal Grand Jury
Robert E. Stripling chief investigator for the House Un American Activities Committee testified as a surprise witness before a federal grand jury investigating alleged communist espionage. His name was not listed among expected witnesses for the fourth day of the renewed inquiry. A committee member had warned that indicting Whittaker Chambers could hinder further indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert E. Stripling
House un-American Activities Committee
Stripling
Washington
Whittaker
Gas Pipe Line Extension Okayed
The Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. won approval to invest about 50 million dollars to build 516 miles of new main line loops. The project will boost daily deliveries from 660 million to 771 million cubic feet and follow the existing pipeline through Texas Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Power Commisson
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Beering License Hearing Sought by Piccadilly Grill
Ernest Edgar Pugh of Piccadilly Grill 23 East Piccadilly Winchester Virginia applies to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for a license to retail beer and wine of more than 3.2 percent alcohol for consumption on and off premises at Piccadilly Grill. The hearing is scheduled for December 19 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beerage Control Board
Piccadilly Grill
East Piccadilly
Winchester
Ernest Edgar Pugh
East Piccadilly Piccadilly Grill
B 36 Flies Texas to Hawaii and Return Nonstop
Fort Worth reporter notes the B 36 set a nonstop record from Fort Worth to Honolulu and back, covering over 8000 miles in about 35 hours. The flight carried a useful bomb load and landed at Carswell field after visiting San Diego San Francisco. Brig Gen Montgomery called it routine and within the bomber's capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Air Force
Honolulu
Carswell Air Field
J. B. Montgomery
Strategic Air Command
San Diego
San Francisco
Montgomery
Pearl Harbor
Basket Leaders Get Slapped Down
Notre Dame edged Illinois 59 58 in overtime at South Bend. Oklahoma lost to Texas 49 40 in Norman. Kentucky defeated DePaul 67 36. George Washington beat Virginia Tech 54 37. Georgia surprised Clemson 60 58. Navy routed Penn Military 48 30 as early season play began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Irish
Ilinois
South Bend
Texas
Norman
Oklo
Kentucky
DePaul
George Washington
Virginia Tech
Georgia
Clemson
Navy
Midwest
Penn Military
Graves Placed East to West Reflect Resurrection Hope
The tradition of facing east in burial expresses hope of resurrection. Since ancient times the dead are laid with feet and face toward the future region. Christians follow this practice as the posture of prayer.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Star
X.Y.Z
Jack Ireland
Maiden Electric Co
Mis
Order of the Golden Rule
Snow King
Roudoun Mill's
Territory
Virginia
Maryland
Winchester Evening Star
Martinsburg
Front Royal
Winchester Star
Inwood
Kelly Miehile
Kluge
James Pennington
West Side
Shade’s
North Loudoun St
Plymouth
Parkers Hardware
F. A. Shryock Co
Cedar Chest
W. R. Lee
Stephensity
Waynesboro
Joe Lingo
Millwood Pike
Waltham Movement
Gruen
S. Cameron
Orchard Ave
Loudoun St
Sheetz
Berryville Ave
W. Monmouth
Albin
Tommy D. Lockhart
Confidential Service
E. Boscawen St
Waht
Plumbing & One
Kent ST
Doan
S. Stewart
Peyon
Clarke Forests
Clarke County
State Department of Conservation
Coldstream
Willblad
Rileys Real Estate Agency
Hawaii
Kingham
Berryville Basket CO
Berryville, Va
Armstrong Hnoleum
Oak Grove
John M. Hepfer
Ineundbane
Bob Smith
Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard St
Valley Ave
Philco
Philcos
Miller
Anderson 'Liances
GIFT
the Flower Shop
Piccadilly St
Watson’s
Haddock
McCormick
Dulaney’s
Ford
Kale
Green Bea Strawberr
XMAS
Turkey
Watson’'S Cash Grocery
Piccadilly
Cameron Sts
Tomar
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