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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1952
Page
8
Classified readers ads cost 3c per word per day with per word pricing. Display ads in classified columns cost 1.50 per column inch per day. Minimum charge applies. cash required for out of town ads. Closing hours state if ads reach The Star Office before 10 am they may appear in that date’s issue.
Several classifieds listing private sale of a seven room house with oil heat and yard, 204 acres of limestone land and bluegrass with running water, woods, tarpaulins made to size, a 1946 Chevrolet Convertible needing top, 1950 Ford F-8 tractor in excellent condition with new motor. Contact numbers provided.
Classified brief offers rabbits of all kinds with contact numbers 4680 and 4533. Also advertised sport combination sun and heat lamp and a tuxedo three piece suit size 37 listed by G. C. Rose at 6353 with date stamp December 27, 1921.
The stock market opened mixed with rail shares leading. Oils and golds performed well, while several major groups held firm or slipped. notable movers included Benguet Consolidated Mining at 11 4, American Telephone at 158 3 8, Pan American World Airways at 97 8, and New York Central at 223 4.
Local markets list grains feeds and butter prices alongside a January 1 deadline notice. A feature promotes Arron Bessen a child psychologist with Winchester ties and invites letters for in home education guidance. Final notice urges Kurtz's Liquidation Sale buyers to collect items by January 1.
Livestock and market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show apples steady with slight upticks for Jonathan and Stayman varieties, potatoes dull with Katahdin sacks at 1.75 to 1.90, and sweet potatoes steady. Poultry demand fair to light with heavy hens scarce, turkeys and fryers steady. tie-in sales reported for some hens. Cattle, hogs, calves, and sheep prices listed for USDA markets in Baltimore and Chicago with variable weights and conditions.
The Air Force says its plan to base 148 wings could cost nearly a billion dollars less than last spring. Assistant secretary Edwin Huggins credits cost studies and construction standard cuts with the savings while noting some waste has been corrected. Senate committees question overseas base spending and pause funds for 60 days with no risk to security per Defense Department remarks.
Notice disclaims responsibility for debts incurred by the American Restaurant at 213 North Loudoun Street excluding obligations created by Rena E. Cooper or Mrs. Sales Cooper after August 1, 1952.
Agriculture Dept price list shows Grade A Large and Medium eggs with 40 and 35 cents, Grade A small 35, Grade B Large 00, live poultry bids in Winchester for No 1 fowl grower farm heavy hens 41 to 42 pounds and over, Red Broilers 28 cents, Leghorn Broilers, Beltsville White Broilers 7 to 9 pounds, Young Bronze toms 38 cents, White toms over 10 33 cents.
A meeting is scheduled for December 30 at o'clock at Gainesboro School to organize a parents and teachers association. All parents and teachers are urged to attend.
At 6 15 Saturday evening a 1949 Chevrolet was demolished on Rt. 11 fourteen miles north of town. Ernest E Phares of this city drove a 1941 Chevrolet and failed to negotiate a curve, rolling over after hitting a culvert. A second collision occurred at 11 30 Saturday night on Rt 50 near 11 miles west of town involving a 1950 Plymouth, 1941 Chevrolet, and a 1949 Plymouth. Damage totaled 600 to the Plymouth Garvin, 175 to the Chevrolet Myers 300 to the Pugh and 250 to the Ford Hooper.
Opening quotes show wheat at 2.33 7 8 to 2.39 3 4 in March through September futures and corn around 1.62 7 8 to 1.69 1 2 5 8, oats near 83 1 4, rye 1.93 1 2 to 1.96 1 8, soybeans from 2.99 1 2 to 3.02 1 2, with lard futures from 9.97 to 11.30.
A loving remembrance marks seven years since the death of Charles W. Gruber Jr born in 1945. The note recalls his enduring presence in the hearts of family and friends and the daily impact of his memory.
Funeral services for Miss Lillie Sowers of Boyce were held at 11 a m from John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with Rev Dargan Lucas officiating. Burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Pallbearers named Renner brothers. Survived by husband William Lester Sowers and five children including Evelyn Rickart Joe Stickles Neema Span nlaue Judy McKee and T Sowers.
The cradle appears not to be ancient in origin. In earliest forms it was an oblong oak box without a rockers and originally the rockers were detachable, suggesting a Middle Ages invention.
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