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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1957

Page

11

Christ mas Concert Impresses Community At Yale Event

The Junior Evening Star reports a full Yale auditorium for the Handley Christmas Concert with about 460 students performing. Gratitude goes to Miss Haynes for directing the group, Miss Pannill for decorations, Miss Finkelstein for accompaniment, and Dr. Quarles for an inspiring message as 1500 visitors attended. The program closed with Jingle Bells from the band and O Come All Ye Faithful after the parade, with Santa greeting the children.

Santa

Students Shine at Stardust Junior Senior Dance

Students provided entertainment at the Stardust themed Junior Senior Dance in the gym decorated with stars on December 13. Ronnie Rush performed a comedy skit titled It Was Football, entertaining attendees.

Ronnie Rush John

City Education Group Meets at Va. Ave. School

The Winchester Education Association held its December gathering at Virginia Avenue School. Miss Evelyn Curl chaired, with a social get together in the school auditorium. President Wendall Phillips led the meeting as members enjoyed a film The Hobo Kid.

City Education Group Va. Ave. School Winchester Education Association Virginia Avenue School Evelyn Curl Wendall Phillips Virginia Avenue Handley

Events Calendar for December Week in Review

Monday December 16 Executive Council meeting listed. Tuesday December 17 Assembly features basketball vs Musselman at home. Thursday December 19 Assembly includes Thespian Program and basketball at Turner Ashby away. Friday December 20 Assembly with Reader Veenie Stickley Betty Jo Johnson as Song Leader Mike Pierce pianist. Wednesday features French Choir and Friday the Double Quartet provide special music.

Eexecutive Council Musselman Assembly Turner Ashby Veenie Stickley Betty Jo Johnson Mike Pierce

Library Club Decorations Add Yale Spirit

The Library Club decorates the library for Christmas with greens and a red ribbon on the door a ornately decorated tree Nativity scene red framed greeting cards pine sprigs and candles on sill stockings for members Santa Claus and a playful sign complete the festive scene in the library.

Library Club Greetings

Agricultural Market Report On Broilers And Egg Prices

Agriculture Department notes light demand for broilers and fryers with minimal buying interest. Prices paid at the farm around 11 am show broilers and chicks at 2 to 3 percent, heavy hens at 16 to 16 and a half, turkey fryers at a steady level, and heavy toms listed. Egg market quotes include Grade A Large and Medium, Grade A Small, and Grade B Large with regional references to Winchester and Harrisonburg markets.

Winchester Harrisonburg

Forrest Jones Named To Traffic Club Unit

Forrest Jones is named to a Traffic Club unit in a local society note. The item appears in a brief community column outlining members and affiliations.

Forrest Jones

Daytime and Evening TV Schedule Fragments

A dense listing shows channel lineups with programs like NBC News Susie Colber George Gobel Show Meet McGraw Honeymooners and Tonight. additional blocks include Redskin Highlights Waterfront Alias French Gertie Coast programs on channels 5 and 6 with Mystery Theater and Talk shows plus cartoons and soap operas.

Channel 4 Rash Spor NBC News Susie Nat (King) Cole George Gobel Meet McGraw Bob Cummings Adam Kennedy Harkness Ward Sam

Market Quotation Declines Persist Amid Production Slide

A WEW YORKA market report notes a wave of selling that drags steel and motor shares to new 1967 lows with fractional losses. Industrial production falls for the third straight month and more factory layoffs follow, cooling sentiment despite an overall modest slide. Me Steel and Chrysler are among the names hitting new lows.

WEW Yorka Businesa Meel Bethlehem Repub- Me Steel Chrysler

Market Report on Apples Potatoes and Livestock in Baltimore

Apple prices hold steady across regions with Red Delicious and Golden Delicious showing modest gains. Stayman and Romes feature in varied crate and tray pack deals in Maryland New Jersey and Virginia. Meat prices in Baltimore USDA market show steers mid to high 24 hundreds, heifers around 22 to 23 dollars, cows 17 to 18 dollars and calves at 32 dollars per hundredweight.

Baltimore Va US Romes Staymans Yorks Usis & Usis NY LI Baker Maine Usis del, & Va Golden & Oklahoma HPR Goldens

Grain futures hold steady on Chicago Board

Chicago grain prices showed little change with opening bids mixed across wheat corn oats and rye. Notable values included wheat near 2.18 percent declines for December and gains for March and May contracts while corn and rye posted modest advances and oats showed uneven moves as traders awaited fresh guidance from the market.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Dee Jiy Lord

Local Markets Notes and Irish Area Figures

Local markets report notes corrections in the Star and mentions Ireland's area in square miles. The brief highlights typographical errors and ongoing updates to listings.

Ireland

Municipal Court Failures Stop Sign and Drunk Driving

William A. Alger of 12 E Clifford St faces a citation for failing to stop at a stop sign with a $9.25 fine. John Marshall Kline of Rt 3 is cited for failure to grant right of way. Paul Miller of 566% N Loudoun St is cited for drunk driving with a $15.25 fine.

William A. Alger E. Clifford St John Marshall Kline Rt. 3 Paul Miller N. Loudoun St

Young hunter robs bear with 300 yard shot

Fourteen year old Robert Eddy killed a black bear at 300 yards while hunting with his father in Victoria British Columbia. The incident notes a successful shot during a sport hunt. The report emphasizes the remarkable marksmanship of the youth and his accompanying parent.

Victoria, B.C Robert Eddy

United States Loans Japan 110 Million for Cotton 1957

In 1957 the United States loaned Japan 110 million dollars to purchase United States cotton. The agreement supported Japan's textile industry while reinforcing postwar trade ties between the two nations.

United States Japan

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