No Scout Meeting This Friday Night
Members of Intermediate Girl Scout Troop 27 will not meet this week. The next meeting will be January 4 at the War Memorial Building.
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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
6
In Loving Memory of Mother and Grandmother
Our memories of you dear mother and grandmother live on as time passes. In our hearts those memories are kept of the one we loved and never forget. Her loving daughter Mary Frances and grandchildren Betty and Sonny.
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Mary Frances
Betty
Sonny
Classified Advertisements and Rates Overview
Classified reader ads priced at 4c per word per day. Display ads at $1.75 per column inch per day with border or larger text. Extra 50c for out of town ads with payment required. Closing hours require ads received by 10 a.m. to appear in the same day issue.
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Star
For Sale Wards rebuilt motors and automobiles
For sale Wards complete rebuilt motors in stock for immediate delivery for Ford Chevrolet Dodge Plymouth Motors for Chrysler DeSoto Studebaker Pontiac Buick Oldsmobile can be ordered. Installed for 10 percent down with Wards warranty. Also two Ford 12 ton pickups with four speed transmission electric brakes. Contact Ben Cather or Sebert Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Ford Chevrolet
Dodge
Plymouth Motors
Chrysler
DeSoto Studebaker
Pontiac
Buick
Oldsmobile
Ben Cather
Sebert Smith
Help Wanted Advertisements Across Virginia
Merchandise salesman wanted with guaranteed salary plus commission and benefits age 21 to 45 contact V K Sirbaugh at Northern Virginia Power Co. Auto mechanic needed to run shop at Sandy's Auto Service Stephens City requires good conduct and reliability. Dairy farm position near Remington Culpeper County offers starting $40 weekly plus furnished house and utilities write Charles W Miller Box 98 Remington Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. K. Sirbaugh
Sandy
Stephens City
Rappahannock River
Culpeper County
Remington
Charles W. Miller
Men's Formal Wear Receives Big Boost This Year
The men's formal wear industry targets women and urges men to dress up for New Year's Eve. Signals from hotels, flower shops, taxis, TV, and retailers push the message Go formal New Year's Eve. Sales of formal attire rose dramatically from 1946 to 1956, led by younger men and junior executives embracing modern lightweight evening wear.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
America
Bie
Snow Belt Extends Into Pennsylvania And New York State
Cold air moved through the northeast with light snow flurries. belts stretched from the western Great Lakes to Pennsylvania and New York. Temperatures fell to the teens and 20s in Pennsylvania and the extreme northeast, with Florida and the Southeast staying chilly.
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Pennsylvania
New York State
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Florida
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Round Hill Methodist to Host Charge-wide Service Sunday
A charge-wide worship service for the Montague Avenue Methodist Charge will be held Sunday at 11 15 a m at Round Hill Methodist Church. Congregations from Montague and Macedonia Churches will attend. Sunday School at Round Hill is moved to 10:00 am for the service. Rev. W C Eastridge is pastor.
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Montague Avenue
Round Hill Methodist Church
Montague
Macedonia
Round Hill
W. C. Eastridge
Market Quotations Produce Livestock
Baltimore market report shows apples and potatoes mostly steady with varied sizes and grades. Livestock prices list cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with ranges for good, utility, and cull categories reflecting current demand and supply.
Chicago Grain Markets Open With Light Play On Board
Chicago grain futures opened softly as traders began the session with thin volumes. Wheat edged higher on nearby contracts while corn oats rye and soybeans showed modest declines or small gains across key front months.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Lord
Burlesque Returns to New York After 19-Year Ban
New York City hosts a revival titled Welcome Exile at the Columbia burlesque theater. License Commissioner Bernard J. O Connell, with two aides, oversees the 249 hour opening night to ensure the show remains clean. The 1937 LaGuardia ban cited lewdness, but this version features ballet influenced acts with costumes and risqué silhouettes toned down.
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New York
New York City
Bernard J. O'Connell
Columbia Burlesque Theater
O'Connell
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Vandals Damage William States Home in Ben Salem Township
Police said intruders caused about 12000 dollars in damage to the home of William H. States in Ben Salem Township while he vacationed in Florida. Nine gallons of white paint were used to cover furniture and fittings.
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Philadelphia
William H. States
Ben Salem
States
Florida
Wall Street Narrow Gains In Early Trading
The stock market moved narrowly higher in early trading with fair turnover. New York Central and Illinois Central rose while Southern Pacific held firm and Gulf Oil advanced about a point. Boeing and Douglas dropped fractionally as Goodyear rose over a point and Stude baker-Packard led notable openings.
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New York
New York Central
Illinois Central
Pafkic
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Lukens
Bethlehem
General Motors
Gulf Oil
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Goodyear
Boeing
Douglas
American Telephone
Anaconda
Kennecott Copper
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
Studebaker-Packard
Union Pacific
Agriculture Department Market Report on Poultry and Eggs
Market steady to firm for broilers and fryers with good demand. some producers holding. Farm prices reported for the 24 hours ending at noon, including broilers at 24, fryers 18 to 17, small types and turkeys listed. Egg markets in Winchester Harrisonburg show Grade A large 38, A medium 29-31, A small 23, B large 28-31, with Go and other grades noted.
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Baltimore
W. Va
Staymans
É& US
Maine
USDA
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Ecceves NY
Local Market Prices for Feed and Grains
Local market listings show mixed feed at wholesale prices and grain costs. Wheat is around 2.10 per bushel, No 2 Yellow Corn near 2.00 to 2.10, barley and flour recorded with varied figures. Butterfat and wholesale butter priced near 0.68.
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Star
Sane Broiler
Rockingham
Lessons in English By W L Gordon
A compact set of language notes contrasts amateur and novice, explains mispronunciations and misspellings, and lists synonyms for astonishment and surprise. The piece emphasizes correct usage and pronunciation with brief guidance and examples.
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W.L. Gordon
Hotels report surplus rooms for 1953 inauguration
Washington hotels report ample space for the January 29 1953 inauguration with Dawes of the hotel association noting 7 000 rooms used for 1953 visitors and only about one third of the 1953 demand so far. Hermann cites lower advance housing demand and a past surge as reasons.
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Washington (P
Capital Hotels
Bourbon Dawes
Washington Hotel Assn
Dawes
Eisenhower
A. B. Hermann
Hermann
Washington
Kremer Family Rents Lodge For Thanksgiving Gathering
Louisvill e report says Mr and Mrs F J Kremer invited relatives for Thanksgiving but their modern home could not accommodate 12 children and 28 grandchildren so they rented a lodge to host the large family.
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Louisville
F J. Kremer
Kremers
Card of Thanks for Mike Ellis Seal
The Seal and Miller families thank friends for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of Mike Ellis Seal.
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Mike Ellis
Seal
Miller
Fairbanks Man Shines For YMCA Fund Drive
In Fairbanks Alaska Dale Webb paid $1 265 to receive a shine on the snow touched corner of Second and Cushman as part of a YMCA building fundraiser Ind Hansen team captain offered a shoe shine in exchange for a $1 000 pledge Webb delivered the total and Hansen fulfilled the promise the next day.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Dale Webb
Ind Hansen
Webb
Second
Cushman
Hansen
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