Wanted Help and Insurance Debits Positions
WANTED-Immediately. Man for general work. Apply York Inn. Reliable help sought for mixed duties at an inn. Also wanted to manage 25 to 45 to service established insurance debit. High school or equivalent preferred. Good salary travel retirement sick benefits. Car necessary. Call 3637 for appointment. Apply Mervel W. Adams 127 N Cameron 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Inn
Umber and Stean, Fitters
Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron
Watkins dealership seeks determined man or woman in Winchester
Help wanted advertisement seeks a male or female applicant for J. Watkins Co. in Winchester. Must be ambitious, follow a simple proven plan, and not accept starting profits under $40 weekly or $75 after establishing. Small investment preferred with credit plan available. Write Dept. 8-3 Richmond 5k Sala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
City of
Winchester
J. R. Watkins Co
Richmond
Classified ads scattered in Winchester Star brief items
Short notices show wanted rooming in for business man, dairy or farm work with living quarters, and lumber orders. Local merchants advertise rebuilt motors and sewing machines services. Also a hardware listing for horse meat and red squill. Institutional names include Henkel Harris Co., Montgomery Ward, Winchester Sewing Machine Co., and Solenberger's Hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Ave
Winchester Star
Henkel-Harris Co
N. Loudoun
Solenberger’s Hardware
Lost items and a court show cause order in Virginia
Lost notices include a tag for a Saturday tire chain and a tiger striped kitten with harness and bell offering a reward, plus a pink plastic glasses pair with a $5 reward. A Virginia corporation court show cause order from December 26 1950 requires creditors to appear February 26 1951 regarding the estate of Alfred Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Tire
East Piccadilly St
Bids Sought for Warrenton Diagnostic Laboratory Project
Advertisement for bids calls for sealed duplicate bids to build a Diagnostic Laboratory in Warrenton Virginia for the Virginia Department of Agriculture. Bids due January 31 1951 at 10 00 A M E S T. Bid documents available from Architect Robert J Leary Richmond Virginia with a 10 dollar per set charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
Virginia
State Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth of
Commonwealth of Virginia
State of Virginia
Parke C. Brinkley
Department of Agriculture
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We thank friends and neighbors for flowers cards and expressions of sympathy during our bereavement. E U Richard and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. U. Richard and Familiy
Administrator’s notice on estate of Hugh McC Rinker
Sheriff administrator Robert L. DeHaven calls creditors and debtors to settle claims or debts against the estate of Hugh McC Rinker. Notice lists filing window years 1923 to 1927 for claims and debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McC. Rinker
Robert L. DeHaven
Frederick County Virginia Estate Hearing for Jennie Lewis
In the Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia Judge Elliott Marshall orders creditors and others to show cause by February 26 1951 why the estate of Jennie Lewis deceased should not be paid to the distributees. The case involves the accounts of J Frederick Larrick personal representative and debts against the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Corporation Court OF
Winchester
J. F. Larrick
Alfred Lewis
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
J. Frederick Larrick
Jennie Lewis
Bed-Ridden Girl Receives Thousands of Christmas Cards
In Utica a five and a half year old girl, Donna Pronto, born with a spinal ailment, has received over 4 000 Christmas cards from widespread donors. Her mother said she remains happier with the cards than anything else as bundles fill her bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
Donna Pronto
Charles Pronto, Jr
Donna
Karl
Modern Etiquette Q and A by W. L. Gordon
A 1920s etiquette column answers common questions about gloves handshakes and social correspondence. It states that gloves should not excuse a handshake and formal invitations require written replies in the third person. It also notes asparagus is eaten with a fork, not fingers.
Lesson In English by Roberta Lee
Reading note on misused words and pronunciation plus a daily vocabulary tip. It explains allusion versus illusion, backslider stress, and a misspelled drunk enness. The piece defines novitiate as the state of being a novice and urges mastering one word daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lee
Tomato sauce and quick tuna snack from a 1950s column
A recipe fragment shows Tomato Sauce with butter flour salt pepper tomato juice and steps to thicken while a related Teen Age Supper menu lists tuna biscuit roll and pineapple upside down cake. The piece also notes Washington addressed Congress commander in chief to General Thomas Mifflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Thomas Mifflin
Washington
Market Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago Trade Desk
Trading is light with cold weather dampening activity. Hog prices at Chicago reach top 20.85 with various grades around 16.25 to 20.75. cattle, calves, and sheep show broad ranges for high to low grades with vealers and lambs listed amid steady ewe values.
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Baltimore
Tom
Chicago
USDA
New York Stocks Point to Mixed Day Across Key Blocks
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange shows mixed results for Allied, Bethlehem Steel, Lockheed, National Distillers, and Zenith Radio as the market fluctuates amid earnings and sector shifts.
Chicago Grains Open With Small Gains On Active Trade
Chicago grain futures opened with modest advances on the Board of Trade in active trading. Prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, and lard showed mixed but generally higher early quotes across March May and July contract months.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Court Cases Heard by Judge John Rice
Police court cases heard by Judge John Rice list defendants including Willard Powell at Woodland Ave and Norman Hemsley on Row with hauling waste in an uncovered vehicle. Sentences include fines of 9.25 for Hemsley and OBrien for drunken behavior, and 15.25 for William Jenkins for drunken and disorderly conduct. Aubrey Hartley of Stephens City cited for drunkenness with a 9.75 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Willard Edward Powell
Woodland Ave
Norman B. Hemsley
Dox Row
William Smith O’brien
E. Monmouth St
William Jenkins
N. Kent St
Aubrey Clinton Hartley
Stephens City
Local Soldier Is Ill in Alaska
Mr and Mrs Marion Miller of 325 Highland Ave have learned their son Pfc Charles Lee Miller is confined to a hospital in Alaska by illness. Miller has been in the Army about a year and has served in Alaska for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Miller
Highland Ave
Pfc
Charles Lee Miller
Alaska
Pfc. Miller
Agriculture Dept Prices and Grade U S Poultry Items
A partially readable list shows poultry product grades and prices. Entries mention U. S. Grade A Extra Large and Grade A Medium and B C classifications. references to f.o.b. cave breed hens and horn hens. crude figures like 60c and .53¢ and 166 units noted. overall unclear but indicates market pricing and quality grades for farm products.
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Ty Farm Bureau
Ereererereee
Stags
Local Markets Corrected Amid Typographical Errors
Markets sections show corrected listings amid typographical errors. Traders and brokers adjust prices and access to commodities as editors fix errors in the published market notices.
Mount Olivet Height Contention Sparks Discussion
A remark claiming Mount Olivet stood between 20 and 22 feet high prompted debate over the church site’s topography and historic measurements.
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Setore
Tam Tay Sam
Red Gate
Buick
Boss
Rouss Avenue
North Loudoun Street
Winchester Credit Corporation
Claude Kline
Stephenson
E. Piccadilly St
Highland. Ave
N. Braddock St
Anherst St. A
Cameron
Winchester Evening Star
National Ave
Fred Neher
Fie
H. C. Lewin
Eewards
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Montgomery Ward
Borel and Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
Thor
Winchester Sewing Machine Co
Rouss Fire Hall
Nicholas TZ
Japan
Corinne Barnett Riley
Call Rees
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, VA
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
W. L. Gordon
Cecily Brownstone
George Washington
New York
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock
A. al Ad Noon
Agriculture Dept
Aapewat
Florida
Mount Olivet
W. Boscawen
Braddock
Walter M. Shade
P. O. Box
Pennsylvania
B. Snider
N. Cameron &T
Cammer Tire CO
Handley Sheol
Handley
Best Buy
General Electric
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
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