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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1948
Page
2
Anthony Navarino of Paterson New Jersey faced a desperate Christmas after layoffs and utility shutoffs. Readers and firms donated gifts including a layette coal car loads and food along with job offers easing his winter burden and back bills.
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Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago note steady or mixed prices for apples poultry eggs and dairy with cattle calves hogs and sheep at various benchmarks. Highlights include firmer premiums for certain apple sizes and ongoing demand slow for eggs while hogs and cattle show varied quoted ranges across markets.
Chicago grains open with mixed trade as December wheat and corn firm on short covering while deferred deliveries slide. Dec wheat 2.3858 to 2.89, May 2.28 to 2.81, July 2.09 to 2.85. corn Dec 1.4242, May 1.48 to 1.49, July 1.4742 to 1.4838. Oats Dec 82.14 to 82.58, May 77. Soybeans Dec 2.552 to 2.556. Lard Jan 16.40, May 16.75.
Demand fair and market steady for apples at shipping points. Prices listed include Yorks at 2.44 per inch, carload 2.65 for Grimes 2 2 percent up, Red Romes 2.70, US util 2 percent up at 3.10, few at 2.50. Bushel boxes wrapped Red Romes 138s plus 3.20 to 3.25, Red Yorks 138s plus car 2.75.
Iceland remains one of the planet’s most volcanic regions with continuous activity from island formation to the present, shaping its geology and landscape through repeated eruptions and tectonic movements.
Lackadaisical buying kept the New York stock market barely higher with gains from fractions to about a point. Turnover slowed as the ticker moved little for long stretches with Decca showing strength and higher prices paid for Pennsylvania Sinclair Oil Plymouth Oil U S Steel Chrysler Montgomery Ward International Harvester Consolidated Natural Gas American Can Union Carbide Owens Illinois and American Tobacco. Aircraft shares were trimmed including Boeing Douglas Glenn Martin and Lockheed while Studebaker and Air Reduction also slipped.
Market report lists prices for fat steers and heifers, cows, veal calves, lambs, hogs and sows, plus fresh cows and springers. Prices show range by grade and weight, with tops for veal, hogs, and dairy cows highlighted.
Weekly market list shows prices for flour corn meal and grain with per bushel rates for New wheat and barley, No 2 yellow corn and feeds for eggs and turkey grower. Includes butter and butterfat pricing and assorted retail feeds.
Funeral services for Ernest Franklin Coffman of Edinburg were held at 2 30 p m yesterday at the Edinburg Methodist church with Rev P J Stratton officiating. Graveside rites at Cedarwood Cemetery were conducted by IOOF lodge 82. Pallbearers included Carl, Kagey, R B Coffman, Norman Stoner, Isaac Bowman, Clarence and William Thompson. Coffman served as a mail clerk on the nation s first highway post office run on February 10 1941 between Washington and Harrisonburg.
American Viscose Corp of Front Royal told the State Water Control Board that waste treatment improvements have cut zinc in plant effluent from 275 to about 40 parts per million over seven weeks. The company and UVa and Johns Hopkins researchers presented a progress report on marine life impact and optimistic prospects for continued improvement.
Santa Claus will motor to Berryville from Washington next Wednesday as part of a holiday tour sponsored by the Retail Merchants Assn. Lonie Levi says Santa will ride through town and stop at the Main and Church streets corner to give oranges and candy to children as Christmas carols play over a public address system.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists prices paid for Grade A eggs and live poultry in Winchester. Grade A extra large 0.55, large 0.53, medium 0.48, standards 0.48. pullets 0.41. crack and checks 0.30. Live poultry prices show heavy hens 0.29, leghorn hens 0.22, leghorn broilers up to 12 lb 0.30, rock and cross broilers 0.30, red broilers 0.30, young turkey hens 0.53, young toms 0.53, No 2 hens 0.??, young guineas 0.40, old guineas 0.35.
Local shopping feature highlights Winchester stores ready to serve residents at home. Community retailers promote convenient access, varied goods, and neighborhood service. The piece emphasizes resident support and local business resilience in the area.
Emmanuel Baptist church hosts public musical programs at 3 and 8 pm featuring The Southern Pioneers of Washington. Rev. L V Johnson will officiate with sponsorship by Mrs Roxie Morgan.
The Mount Olive EUB church hosts a Christmas program at 7 30 p m on Sunday featuring a lengthly choir lineup including Praetorius Rocher Mozart and Bach selections. A pageant The Wonderful Gift and various recitals and offerings are listed with many named participants and organizers.
Ocie Whitacre 61, farmer, died of a heart attack yesterday at his Cold Spring home. Survived by widow Goldie Arnold Whitacre six children two brothers and two sisters and four grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Giffin funeral home Capon Bridge with burial at Fairview cemetery near re.
Richmond December 15 Facilities at the 28 acre Prince Edward Negro recreation area are being upgraded to equal standards with other state parks. William A. Wright, director of the conservation department, announced as a federal court hearing on discrimination in the state park system was continued. The park has served Negroes since 1941 and sits near the state’s center, accessible to residents across Virginia.
Veterans with specialized military skills may enlist up to technical sergeant in the Army and Air Force. Ft. Monroe Virginia and Ft. Meade Maryland list multiple openings including construction workers radio repairmen armorer artillery mechanics instrument repairmen clerk-typists and truck drivers. A one-year tour at the chosen station and a ten day family leave are offered if enlisted before December 23.
Washington December 15 The Army gave no comment on a report Camp Pickett near Blackstone Virginia may be closed. Aides to Senator Byrd and Robertson and Representative Abbitt said they had not heard such a report.
Two sale notices listed. On December 17 at 10 a.m. Harry Butler Farm Smithfield Ave features extended horses cattle and farm machinery. January 5 at 10 a.m. E B Taylor on Welltown Pike four miles from Winchester offers dairy cows farm equipment and household goods.
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