Market Quotation Highlights and Dividend Declares
New York stocks showed broad gains with prices rising in many names. Detroit Edison opened 10 000 shares at 23 1 4 and directors declared a 35 cent quarterly dividend, up from 30 cents.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1951
Page
3
New York stocks showed broad gains with prices rising in many names. Detroit Edison opened 10 000 shares at 23 1 4 and directors declared a 35 cent quarterly dividend, up from 30 cents.
Baltimore market reports show firm demand for live poultry with weak ducks and steady other birds. Fryers and hens vary by weight, turkeys sell sparsely, and ducks record limited activity. Cattle and calves have nominally steady trade, hogs hold near unchanged values across weights, with specific ranges listed for barrows, gilts, and sows. Chicago USDA notes follow.
Salable hogs 15 000 with loads around 18.60 and 18.25 18.50 for most choice 170 210 head range. Sows mostly 14 75 to 16.00 with heavy hogs down to 13.00. Cattle and calves: two loads mixed choice and prime heifers at 34.50 and steers 34.25. commercial and good steers and heifers around 30.00. Utilities and canners 17.00 to 22.50 with bulls 25.50 to 20.00 and dealers 28.00 to 37.00. cull rates 15.00 to 27.00.
The notice lists U S Grade poultry prices for farmers in the Winchester area, including No 1 fowl at varying grades, heavy breed hens, leghorn hens, rocks and cross broilers, Beltsville types, white turkeys, ducks, and white hens with per pound or per bird rates, reflecting market rates.
Daily corrected market list shows flour and corn meal prices, yellow corn, white corn, grain mash, and bags of various weights. Notable figures include corn meal 10 lb yellow at 64 cents, 25 lb yellow at 1.44, and grain mash 100 lb bag at 30 cents.
A roundup of Sunday worship schedules, Bible schools, and special programs across Ebeneezer to Chestnut Grove. Churches including Bunker Hill, Darkesville, Gerrardstown, Pleasant Valley, Red Bud, Mt. Pleasant, Reliance, Friendship, Greenway, West Frederick, Gainesboro, Gravel Springs, Hebron, Mountain View, Middletown, Montague Avenue, Opequon Group, North Frederick, and White Hall outline service times, Sunday School, CBS, and holiday events with pastors and lay leaders named.
Salem Congregation Church of the Brethren led by ministers J F Wine W L Riggleman and C R Wolfe holds 11 a m sermons by Riggleman and Wine on Front Royal Rd Jubilee area. Stephens City Methodist Charles A York pastor. Stephenson Crums White Post Boyce and Mill locations list service times and the Christmas program seating by Sunday School plus quarterly meeting at Mill.
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