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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1955

Page

10

Friendship Plans Merry Christmas For Children Here

The Friendship Fire Company and Rescue Squad plan a Christmas dinner and party for children at the William and Henry Evans Home Friday at 7 p.m. Santa will deliver presents. A separate party at the Negro Day Nursery starts Friday at 4 p.m. with candy oranges and games for all children.

Friendship Fire Company and Rescue Squad William and Henry Evans Ren Negro Day Nursery Evans Santa Claus

Local groups prepare Christmas toy baskets for needy children

Fire company and rescue squad repair and paint hundreds of used toys collected for Christmas baskets. Toys will be distributed by the Friendship Auxiliary, Centenary Reformer Church, school authorities, and the Salvation Army to selected children.

Friendship Auxiliary Centenary Reformer Church Salvation Army

Wright Service At Bethel Church

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Cooper Wright who died Sunday in Montgomery will be held Thursday at 2 pm at Bethel Methodist Church near Gore. Dr. E T Clark will officiate. Burial in Bethel Churchyard. Survived by Holland K Wright husband two sisters two brothers and a brother who died this year.

Mary Cooper Wright Montgomery Ala Bethel Methodist Church Gore E. T. Clark First Baptist Church Bethel Methodist Churchyard Charles Cooper Jack Cooper Roger Cooper Arthur Pugh Smithy Pugh Robert Giffin Marshall Fannie Gill Cooper Holland K. Wright Lula Giffin Winchester Myrtle Giffin Capon Bridge W. Va Russell Cooper Loring Cooper Perry Point Sales Cooper Giffin

Quarles School Plans Open House Tomorrow

The Quarles Elementary School invites the public to its first annual Christmas Open House from 7 to 9 pm tomorrow. Principal Mrs. Robert J. McNally Jr. extends the invitation to visit the school during these hours.

Quarles Robert J. McNally, Jr

Market Quotation Roundup With Mixed Early Gains

New York stocks opened narrowly mixed as investors priced several blue chips. Northrop Aircraft held 8 000 shares up 5 8 at 28 3 4, General Motors 13 000 shares down 1 8 at 46 7 8, Smith-Douglas 2 00 up 1 1 8 at 31 1 2, and Boeing 4 000 shares up 1 1 4 at 76 1 4.

New York Northrop General Motors Smith-Douglas Boeing Kingstown Sheet & Tube Chrysler United Aircraft American Telephone Santa Fe Railroad Texas Co U. S. Steel Caterpillar Tractor International Telephone du Pont General Electric American Tobatto Baltimore & Ohio

Baltimore Produce Prices and Livestock Report

Baltimore market notes show stronger apple prices with varieties like Golden Delicious and Stayman apples, mixed box grades, and regional factors. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are steady to mixed, with specific bag sizes and price ranges. Poultry demand remains firm with higher prices for fryers, hens, capons, and toms, while turkeys show light gains, and hogs and calves display modest changes. cattle sales include canners, cutters, and prime dealers with varied prices.

Del N. J Baltimore USDA

Local Market Prices and Grain Feed Rates Listed

Local market page lists daily feed prices and grain rates including Mixed feed 100 lb at 3.20, Egg Mash 20 percent 4.40, Broiler Mash 6.05, Flour 6.70, Corn No 2 Yellow 1.30, Barley No 2 1.10, No 2 Red Winter Wheat 1.85 2.00, Corn No 2 Yellow shelled 1.35-1.40, Butter wholesale 0.59, and various Rockingham Augusta Luray price notes.

Harrisonburg Rockingham Augusta Rockingham Co New Murmun Luray Rockingham Co

Agriculture Dept Market Steady On Broilers Turkeys

Market shows steady demand for live poultry with fair activity. Broilers or fryers priced by farm at local 24 hours ending noon today. Egg markets in Winchester and Harrisonburg report various US Grade A and B weights with white and brown varieties and mixed large, medium, small sizes.

Winchester Egg Market Evness Harrisonburg U. S U. 8

Wheat futures ease as grains open on Chicago Board

Openers show wheat a touch lower while corn oats and soybeans mostly ease. Prices listed for Dec Mar May and Jul contracts across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with mixed trailing figures. Market activity noted at Chicago Grain Exchange.

Chicago Board of Trade

Candlelight Wedding at Wayfarers Chapel in California

Dorothy Warren daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren married Dr. Carmine D. Clemente in a candlelit double ring ceremony at Wayfarers Chapel Portuguese Bend The Rev Kenneth Knox officiated with Nina Warren Brien as matron of honor and Dr Stuart Brien as best man Chief Justice Warren gave away the bride and the family attended including Virginia James Robert and Earl Jr The UCLA Medical Center professor is the groom</s>

Los Angeles Dorothy Warren Earl ‘Warren Carmine D. Clemente Church of the New Jerusalem Portuguese Bend Here Kenneth W. Knox Miss Warren Nina Honey Bear Stuart Brien Beverly Hills Brien Clemente Ucla Medical Center Warren

FEED the BIRDS That must depend on you for food during the severe weather

A note urges residents to provide food for birds during harsh conditions as freezing weather looms, outlining simple feeding tips and cautioning against overfeeding. Volunteers say bird support helps urban wildlife endure storms.

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