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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
13
The Cen tenary Reformed Church Sunday school will present a candlelight and Christmas tableau service Sunday evening at 6 30. Music by the church choir directed by Mrs Lavella Widmyer and narration by George Ritter.
Local firemen answered a call at 8 30 p m yesterday to extinguish a blaze at the rear of Clarke's filling station 501 N Loudoun St. Trash being burned spread uncontrolled but caused no damage and the fire was put out.
Funeral services for John E. Zombro who died suddenly at home in Boyce on Wednesday will be held Saturday at 2 p m from the Episcopal Church in Boyce with Rev. Francis Rhein officiating. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville. Pallbearers are James B. Cook Garland Brown John Hawkins Hugh Copenhaver Clifford Hail and Frank Yowell.
The Stock Market moved ahead today after a hesitant opening along a narrow mixed course. Railroads and steels led the upside with oils and chemicals gaining. Missouri Pacific preferred opened strong and rose about 2 to 3 points total. Baltimore and Ohio and Graham Paige showed gains while American Telephone dipped slightly. Other movers included Northern Pacific Illinois Central Pennsylvania Railroad Sinclair Oil Texas Co Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel and Radio Corp.
Livestock and crops prices vary across commodities with apples and tubers steady to higher. Maryland potato and sweet potato quotes mix with USDA cattle hogs turkey figures from Baltimore and Chicago markets, noting steady demand and price ranges for hens, toms, and feeder cattle amid regional listings.
The Star lists daily local market items with prices for flour corn meal and grain products. Items include wheat per bushel No 2 Yellow Corn White Corn Barley oats feeds Egg mash Bran Broiler Mash Mixed feed Cracked corn and Butterfat with wholesale price noted as 4.75 4.55 70.
Agriculture Dept reports current prices in Winchester area for No 1 fowl at farm gate. Grade A Large and Medium and Small plus Grade B and C priced. mentions cracks and cheeks PeeWees and silk filament thickness about 1-1200 inch.
Roger Lowell Putnam, born December 19, 1893 in Boston, was administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agency succeeding Eric Johnston. A manufacturer and former Springfield mayor, he ran as a Democrat for Massachusetts governor in 1942 and served in the Navy in both World Wars.
Opening quotes show wheat futures higher led by Dec and Mar contracts while corn oats rye and soybeans also edge up. Notable bids include Wheat Dec 2.29 1 2 Mar 2.35 3 4 7 8 May 2.39 1 4 3 8 Jul 2.38 3 4 7 8 Sep 2.41, Corn Dec 1.62 Mar 1.471 4 1 2 May 1.70 1 4 1 2 Jul 1.72 7 8 73 Oats Dec 85 1 2 8868 Mar 87 May 86 1 2 3 8 Jul 84 3 8 1 2 Rye Dec 1.90 1 4 May 1.98 1 4 1 2 Jul 2.00 1 4 Soybeans Jan 3.290 1 4 1 9 Mar 3.03 2 02 3 4 May 3.01 3 4 02 Jul 3.01 1 4 Sep 2.90 1 2 Lord Dec 9.80 Jan 9.89 Mar 10.02 25 May 10.45 Jul 10.80
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