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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1947

Page

7

For Rent and Loss Notices Compile Local Classifieds

A sequence of rental ads and lost property notices from a small town newspaper. Entries include a dairy farm for rent with equipment, two furnished rooms for rent, and multiple lost items such as a large black and tan fox savior dog named Abner, fox hounds, a pigskin glove, a female rabbit dog named Trixie, and packages found in a car with contact details in Gore and Winchester areas.

Round Hill Locke Abner Solenberger Arthur Pugh Gore National Fruit F. W. Pingley Douglas Cooper Winchester Piccadilly Braddock O. H. Philips Whitacre Trixie

Winchester Dentists Attend Meeting In Front Royal

Winchester dentists attended the January meeting of the Northern Virginia Dental Study club at Hotel Royal Front Royal Virginia. Host Dr R E L Miller Sr discussed tips for general practitioners with attendees from Winchester Front Royal Berryville Strasburg Woodstock and Woodstock. The next meeting will be February 7 at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester hosted by Dr R R Sartelle.

Winchester Northern Virginia Dental Study Club Hotel Royal Front Royal R. E. L. Miller, Sr R. H. Kerlin B. M. Knight D. E. Madden T. V. Powers William Schenk Leon Slavin R. B. Snap R. R. Sartelle

Governor Tuck Studies Rent Controls for Virginia

Governor Tuck said he has asked the attorney general to study rent control laws with the aim of drafting a bill for the coming Virginia General Assembly extra session. State controls would operate only if federal controls are lifted. Delegate Walter Scott has urged similar action modeled on New York law. Attorney General Staples studies New York law and a 1942 Virginia emergency statute.

Ricmond Tuck Virginia General Assembly Walter Scott Roanoke New York A. P. Staples Virginia

Special meeting called by Frederick Agriculture Board chair

Agriculture Board chairman Landon B. Whitacre urges all Resolutions Committee members to attend a special meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m. in Frederick to review county fire reporting and health unit matters and decide further action.

Landon B. Whitacre Frederick County Board of Agriculture

Notice of Incompetent Ida Shimp Humphrey Estate Hearing

Master Commissioner Thomas G. Scully sets a chancery hearing in Winchester Virginia to appraise Ida Shimp Humphreys real and personal property determine fair market value consider sale benefits and allocate support creditors and schedules two weekly notices in the Winchester Evening Star ahead of a January 23 1947 10 A M session at 46 Rouss Avenue.

G. G. Baker Ida Shimp Humphrey Shimp Humphrey Emmade Shim Lillie Shelnecht William Pranks Edward Franks Anne Robey Mary V. Voorhees Gertrude E. Franks Valley V. Prather James W. Voorhees Fred S. Small Corporation Court Winchester Virginia Winchester Evening Star Rouss Avenue Thomas G. Scully

Peery Native of Charles County Dies Suddenly

Charles Peery, born February 20 1870 in Bartonsville Frederick County, died leaving a widow and a daughter in Dickeyville. He served 44 years in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Claim Department rising to general claim agent and retired nine years ago. He was a Grace Church elder and vestryman for decades and is believed buried at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore with services led by Reverend Charles C. Durkee.

Charles C. Durkee Grace Eikridge Loudon Park Baltimore Peery Williamson Wade Moss, Jr Dickeyville Charles B. Frazier Samuel H. Miller Virginia Mr. Peery Bartonsville Frederick County Jersey Plantations Shenandoah Valley Shenandoah Valley Academy Winchester Charles Milton Peery Springdale Mills Buena Vista Stephens City Claim Department Baltimore and Ohio R. A F. C. Shaw Grace Church Elk

Charles Scott McDonald Rites Held for 74 Year Old Farmer

Funeral services for Charles Scott McDonald, a retired farmer, are set for 2 PM tomorrow at his late home near Riverton. He died January 7 at age 74. A native of Warren County he is survived by nine children, a brother, two sisters, including Mrs. Belle Eshelman of Middletown.

Riverton Charles Scott McDonald Warren County Belle Eshelman Middletown

Oddfellows In Session Jan 16 Tri County Meeting Planned

The Tri-county Association of Odd Fellows Executive committee met at Marsh Run Lodge Middletown on January 4. They drafted plans for the Tri-county meeting to be held January 16 at Marsh Run Lodge No 147 with Taylor Barry of Winchester presiding and C L Wright of Middletown named entertainment chairman. The Triple-Link Lodge of Luray was officially accepted as a member in the Tri-County Association, a matter discussed at the previous Front Royal meeting.

Tri-county Association of Oddfellows Marsh Run Lodge Middletown Taylor Barry Winchester C. L. Wright Triple-Link Lodge of Luray Tri-County Association Front Royal

Infant Gary Comer Dies at Birth Private Funeral Held

Private funeral services were conducted Monday at Green Hill Cemetery in Stephens City for Gary Lee Comer infant son of Lynn Comer and Irene Bott Comer. The child died at birth and is survived by his parents and two sisters Betty Jane and Sue Ellen.

Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City Gary Lee Comer Lynn Comer Harisonburg Irene Bott Toms Brook Betty Jane Sue Elen

Fire at Cameron Street home caused by chimney blaze

A morning fire at 5 am damaged a residence at 607 S Cameron. Firemen say the blaze started as a chimney fire and produced only minor damage.

S. Cameron

Republicans Warn Against Presidential-Candidate Confusion

A GOP official urges 1948 voters to separate presidential ambitions from congressional work. He says Congress must not be swayed by pre election maneuvers and warns that Republican leaders on Capitol Hill may resist the President’s agenda and vetoed Case Bill.

Congress Oscar R. Ewing Capitol Hill

Ewing Calls Out Effort to Seed Public Confusion

Ewing criticized an effort to sow public confusion on a key point, stating the attempt should be exposed at the outset to prevent misunderstanding and protect informed public judgment.

Ewing

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