Classified Ads Deadline at The Star Office
The Star notes closing hours for classified ads with a 10 o clock cutoff. Ads received before 10 are included in that date’s issue.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1951
Page
8
The Star notes closing hours for classified ads with a 10 o clock cutoff. Ads received before 10 are included in that date’s issue.
Several short notices list items such as cedar trees with free city delivery by E. J. Ickleson of Cameron and a 4 bedroom house with immediate possession offered by Harry H. Willis. Also advertised are wood and coal options, a 26 inch Schwinn bicycle, lone room houses near town, a 260 lb York barbell set plus dumbbells, Frigidaire appliances, Middletown hosiery mail orders, and a Christmas tree sale beginning December 18 in East Cecil Street with contact number 5000.
Classified fragment notes a personal ad mixed with cartoons and notices. Includes WANTED dog listings and bicycle shop references, plus a found hunting dog description and partial dates. Names such as Brown and Taylor appear with location hints like Berryville and Grimes.
Mixed classified style listing from a historical paper featuring fur coat sale freezer and dining room suite offerings. Includes contact numbers and company names Brumback Inc Shenandoah Valley Realty plus job ad for a Berryville Pontiac dealership investigator position.
AP Newsfeatures profiles Erskine Caldwell born December 17 1903 in White Oak Georgia son of a Presbyterian minister an American novelist famed for Tobacco Road and his depictions of poor agricultural regions Caldwell left home at 14 worked as a cotton picker and mill hand later attending college but quit school to write.
Police court records show Lewis Smith Jr aged 27 of 200 Greenwalt Avenue Silas Luttrell of Cross Junction Paul Miller of 505 Fairmont Street and William Madison Grove of Route 1 Winchester cited for drunkenness or public intoxication with fines listed at 10.25 or 9.25 dollars.
A death notice recounts expressions of sympathy with flowers and cards for the deceased, William, noting use of cars for conveyance and visitors showing condolences.
Winchester Girl Scout troops prepare Christmas caroling at the courthouse tree for Saturday shoppers. Brownies make tree decorations as Troop 13 led by Miss Houghton Miss Tillar and Miss Ann plan trips. The council operates under the Winchester Frederick Community Chest.
Winchester police logged two weekend traffic accidents totaling 330 dollars in damage. A 1948 Plymouth driven by Robert Clayton collided at Kent and Water Streets with a 1942 Mercury driven by Thomas Huff as Huff turned left. A second crash at Leicester and Kent Streets involved a 1950 Ford driven by Smith and a 1942 Adams car. Smith stopped at Leicester Kent. Adams skidded on ice and struck the other vehicle.
A car driven by Smith caused damage to a Dodge valued at 50 dollars and to a De Soto valued at 5 dollars. No injuries were reported in either accident.
In Pictou Nova Scotia the school commissioners hear of overcrowded town schools. A grade 9 class has 50 desks for 53 pupils with two extras using the teacher’s desk and a third serving as a floater for any vacant seat.
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