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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
7
Draft notes indicate that out of town classified ads require accompaniments and specify closing hours. The item calls for coordination between local and distant listings to ensure proper submission times.
Classified notice shows a house at 311 Millwood Ave for sale with possession on date unknown and contact phone 3357. Also an apartment listing by D A Messick of Stephenson Virginia with date 12 28 21 and 12 28 61 refiled.
Lost straight leg beagle black and white with brown on head call 8156 owner Clea ry Penwell. For rent to gentleman or couple large front bedroom near Handley Library call 4329. For rent by Jan 1 135 acre limestone farm near Boyce Mrs J S Garver Boyce Va.
The National Tuberculosis Association adopted a double barred cross from the Red Cross after separating from it. The extra bar distinguishes the charity from the Red Cross and marks its larger, independent status. Notice: claims against the estate of Harry E. Ransom must be presented for payment by January 1, 1950. Herbert B. Larrick, Administrator.
Stephens City and Brucetown residents James Summel and Ada Trussell joined relatives in Winchester Capon Bridge and Hagerstown as families kept Christmas week. Others hosted guests from Oklahoma Virginia Maryland and New York while some traveled to see kin in Manassas and North Carolina.
Ist. Lt. Earl L. Beaver son of Mrs. Julia P. Beaver returns to duty after an eight day rest leave in quarters at Ashiya air base Kyushu Japan. A Handley high school graduate and Air Force recruit since April 1948 his wife Arlene Dillon and three children accompany him in Japan.
One floor corner Shenandoah Avenue property with large living room two bedrooms separate dining room roomy kitchen and bath with automatic heat. Immediate possession and terms available. See owner on premises or call 3222. Quiet neighborhood near schools and bus stop, first house on right.
The Virginia military district announced the discontinuance of the 2340th Coast Artillery Harbor Defense unit and the organization of the 2365th Field Artillery group training. The changes take effect January 1 and affect Winchester.
The American robin is called Turdus migratorius in scientific nomenclature.
The text notes a misidentification where settlers, familiar with the redbreast of England, call the thrush by a nickname, but the Turdus species present in the country is the sole representative of its genus there.
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