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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
11
Queenie, a 10 year old mongrel mascot at Muscle Shoals Airport, greets Eastern Air Lines planes and has sired over ten litters. She earned companionship from Charles Ashley and recognizes planes by sound and color, never boarding but begging for treats from attendants and hostesses.
Paul Sherwood Snow of Berryville paid 14.25 for speeding. Marshall W Madigan of Stephens City also 14.25 for speeding. William T Moreland of Gore paid 9.25 for drunkenness. Dewey A Carpenter Jr of 201 E Pall Mall St faced two bad check counts, each 12 months with 7.75 and 1.25. Russell C Williams of 17 E Monmouth St paid 9.75 for drunkenness.
Dr Jack M Matthews reported a theft in San Pedro as someone stole his medical bag containing 246 dollars of drugs and medicine from his car During police processing a separate theft erased 100 dollars of his Christmas presents he had bought.
New York report notes 200 million more Christmas cards are being sent this year with 300 manufacturers involved. Dec orative lighting sales are up about 10 percent to 110 million dollars, while wired flower orders rise about 12 percent. Total holiday season dollars are projected near 260 million for cards plus 50 million for flowers and related purchases.
Sears Roebuck mailed 742 million copies of its 418 page Christmas books at a cost of 52 million dollars. F W Woolworth dispatched 4% million, and Allied Stores three million, about 600 thousand more than in the previous year.
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C H Musselman Company president John A Hauser mailed Christmas checks totaling about 30000 to more than 2000 seasonal and year round staff at three plants and farms. End of the apple canning season at Biglerville on December 20 was celebrated with banquets for all shifts. Gardners plant will continue seasonal apple sauce work into January before resuming December 30 with a second shift. Inwood plant operations ended December 9.
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