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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1956
Page
10
Mrs Junior Link of the Northwestern Grade reports to the Star that her husband saw about 50 geese flying north yesterday while hunting on the M. L. Burleson farm at Brucetown.
Funeral service for James William Wymer Sr., 75, who died Sunday in Memorial Hospital, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Mt. Olive Methodist Church with Rev. Arthur Carper officiating. Burial follows at Sandridge Keller cemetery. Pallbearers: William Baxer, Guy Pingley, Guy Pence, John Headley, William Keller, Courtney Himelright. Honorary pallbearers: A. H. Long, Tommy Link, Charles Headley, Randolph Holsinger, Kenneth Miller, Clarence Mowery.
Good demand for all butcher stock with top hogs at 17.80 and top calves at 28.30. Steers and heifers ranged from 9.50 to 19.50, cows 9.50 to 12.70, bulls up to 15.00, stockers 14.00 to 18.50, and prime calves 24.00 to 28.30. lambs strong with top at 21.50 and good lambs at 18.65.
The Virginia electoral college recessed after naming a president and vice president. All 12 votes went to Eisenhower and Nixon. Robert H. Woods of Pearlsburg elected president of the college and Frank S. Driver of Mt. Sidney chosen as secretary, Mt. Sidney birthplace of Eisenhower's mother.
The National Board of Review Committee of Exceptional Films names Around the World in 80 Days the best movie of 1956. The award highlights the film's acclaim in a year marked by strong releases and industry praise.
Good butcher hogs priced 180 to 225 pounds average 17.20 to 17.80 dollars. Heavy butcher hogs 235 to 275 pounds average 15.50 to 17.00. Light butcher hogs 145 to 174 pounds average 14.75 to 16.40. Butcher sows 200 to 630 pounds 11.00 to 14.80. Feeder shoats 60 to 120 pounds 14.00 to 16.00. Pigs per head 5.00 to 9.00. Notice no sale on December 24. Next sale December 31.
Market notes show apples barely steady with Staymans and Delicious inching up across Maryland and New Jersey. Potatoes and sweet potatoes a touch firmer, with Katahdins and Golden varieties cited. live poultry and turkeys steady amid light arrivals. cattle and hogs listed with price ranges, sheep quotations unchanged.
Heavily traded rails led early trading with gains from fractions to about a point. Eastern roads rose 7 percent on ICC fears, Western lines 5 percent, lifting New York Central Baltimore and Ohio and others. Lukens steel rose about 4, Bethlehem and Youngstown gained, while most autos slipped and airlines cooled.
Market summaries indicate broilers or fryers weakened by 2 to 3 percent with adequate supply and little buyer interest. Turkeys absent from reports. egg markets in Winchester and Harrisonburg show Grade A large and medium eggs trading around 41 and 30 to 32 cents per dozen respectively, with several grade levels noted across counties.
Chicago grains opened lower on the Board of Trade with active dealings. Prices quoted for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans show near term declines and mixed values across futures contracts from December to September maturities.
Tickled Pink offers Southern Fruit Cake at grocers in sizes from 1.09 to 6.95. Slow baked with a rich mix of fruits and nuts, it comes gift packaged for holiday gifting. Order now.
Local markets list prices for feed egg mash grain flour corn meal and wheat with ranges for Rockingham Augusta and De Peake entries. Prices include 100 lb feed 20 percent egg mash and various grains quoted per weight and per bag.
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