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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1951
Page
8
Classified advertisements show items for sale including concrete blocks footballs canaries canary birds and a 1960 Buick Riviera Dynasty with radio and heater options. Listings include phone contacts and dates with local store names and addresses.
A long list of small ads including used Farmall C tractor and bricks for sale a Ford Victoria with low mileage a four bedroom house on North Loudoun Street and several rentals buyers urged to call phone numbers and visit days for quick sales listings cover vehicles real estate and general goods with multiple dates in December 1931.
Classified notice seeking a male to take over the Berryville Pontiac dealership service department beginning January 1 1952 Must have experience pleasing personality sober honest and capable of meeting the public Furnish references from former employer Apply Smith Pontiac Sales and Service Gerrard St Valley Ave Winchester Va Additionally a mail application to 22 Rouss Ave Winchester and a grocery trade sweat shop position Box 30 Winchester Star with details on age marital status schooling and salary specificsARK
Help wanted for a live in or out maid to assist an elderly person or semi elderly person. Call 6500 after 5 pm. Mrs Eva Copenhaver at Weems Lane. December 11, 1898.
An old wartime style ad touts gas relief for stomach pressure affecting the heart. It claims a medicine taken before meals eases gas pains bloating and improves digestion, marketed to Winchester readers with references to herbs vitamins and iron.
An ad listing Schwinn bicycles from Willis' Bicycle Shop in Brucetown Virginia and a Rex Air cleaning machine demo by Wilbur R. Kern. Includes phone contact, Christmas prompt, dates in December and October, and a plant nursery reference with a Rex Air demonstration.
Lost strings of rope between Kept and Cameron Streets with a reward offered. Another note lists a Brucetown Winchester area contact and a phone number. A query asks how long to circle the world by air with a note about a B 50 bomber refueling four times and circling the globe in 3 days 22 hours 1 minute, noting scheduled airliners could do it in a week or less.
Mrs. Herrell, 23 years a beauty operator in the city, died last night. Born January 15, 1886, she was the wife of Mason J. Herrell and daughter of the late Alt and Lula Shryock Dean of Stephens City. She was a Lutheran and survived by her husband and brother Charles Dean of Pennsylvania, plus nieces and nephews. Remains are at Jones Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
Clarke County PMA elections announced the four community committeemen with chairmen and vice chairmen listed. Battletown names R. B. Smith Jr, A. H. Lee and M. C. McGehee. Chapel lists Kenneth Pine, Orie Royston and H. L. Smallwood. See noe includes Irvine Price re elected to the committee.
On November 30, the Miss 8 fourth grade class held a chapel. The worship table featured lighted candles and holly. Becky Shanholtz read the 23rd Psalm, Nancy Triplett led in prayer, and the group included exchange teachers Eddie Dickson and others.
A playful holiday note imagines an amputee and his bride to be seeking a simple life with porridge rather than elaborate meals. The writer jokes about social security, a two pants suit, weekly nights out, and paid vacations for an elf in Manhattan.
Hal Boyle writes a humorous letter to Santa asking for a real old fashioned, conscientious elf to handle housework, morning alarms, and everyday annoyances. He imagines the elf improving home life and even assisting at work, preferring a vegetarian elf given meat costs.
Winchester Virginia stockholders are notified of the annual meeting to be held Tuesday January 8 1952 at 11 o clock forenoon in the rooms. Agenda includes election of directors and other business as may properly come before the meeting or adjournments thereof. J H Yost cashier.
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