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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1956
Page
5
Classified display ads cost 1.75 dollars per column inch per day with a 50 cent cash requirement for out of town ads. Minimum charge applies. Closing hours are 10 a m. ads received by The Star Office before then may appear in the same day's issue.
Classified notices list items including steel cots and double deck cots with prices, a 1955 Chevrolet convertible V8 with Power Glide radio and heater, a 35 rats killed guarantee with Safety Station by Solenberger, and wrought iron salings and furniture with welding by Blue Ridge Ornamental Iron. Includes contact details Loudoun and MO 2-6341.
For Rent room phone MO 2-4724 317 South Loudoun St offers a large bedroom. Furnished apartment downtown available for adults, call MO 2-7400.
Female applicant sought for part time telephone survey work. State is private phone and provide number. Not a selling job. Airmail reply should include education work experience and references to American Research Bureau Room 1088 National Press Building Washington DC.
WANTED to rent or lease a nice clean restaurant not too small in or around Winchester or Rt. 11 south. Respond to H. L. Cook, Rt. 1, Box 189 Elkton, Va. Also wanted woodland for sheep range 100 to 500 acres Elm Spring Farm Woodstock Md. and washing and ironing service call MO 2-5370 and used car trailer in good condition MO 2-7795.
A 3-bedroom home with carport on a large Forest Hills lot is offered for 200 cash and 60 monthly to qualified veterans. Other houses start at 150 down and 45 per month. Turn off Cork Street onto Shenanedah Avenue two blocks to Forest Hills. look for the Open House sign. Phone Winchester MO 2-4171.
Old fur coats offered for restyling at Leddy Furriers priced 39 to 50 dollars. Agent contact MO 2 4672 provided. Also includes a church minister ad and a Terminix insect control service ad with contact numbers and insured contracts.
The U S Department of Agriculture recommends 0 degrees F as the ideal freezer temperature. Research shows quality declines above zero. Set a thermometer in multiple freezer locations to ensure none of the food is stored above zero.
A brief memorial tribute notes the death of Fannie M. Walter on January 16, 1953, marking three years since her passing and expressing ongoing sorrow for her loss.
Market listings show steady apples with varied grades and box sizes across Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and West Virginia. Potatoes sweet potatoes and poultry prices are noted alongside beef calves hogs sheep and feeder stock with ranges by weight and grade.
Twenty five church and private welfare agencies will distribute United States surplus wheat and corn to needy persons here and overseas. Agencies include Church World Service Lutheran World Relief American Friends Service Committee Catholic Relief Services American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and CARE. Previously these grains were released by Secretary Benson after storage spoilage of dried milk butter cheese and cottonseed oil.
A fairly active opening on the New York stock market showed a generally lower trend with losses from fractions to about two points. U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube declined, Bethlehem near two points. General Motors down 3 8 on a 12 900 share block, Chrysler and Goodyear among other losers, while Allied Chemical Eastern Air Lines rose.
Opening grain prices show modest shifts with Wheat futures at Mar 2.11 3-4 and May 2.09 1-8 while Corn sits around Mar 1.29 3-4 and May 1.33 1-2-1-4. Soybeans list new and old contracts with Jan values noted, and Rye, Oats, and other months display mixed figures as traders begin the session.
Local market list shows various feed and grain prices with multiple items. Includes bran meal egg mash flour corn meal no 2 red winter and yellow corn with regional tags and ranges. Prices vary by item and region, reflecting daily retail and wholesale rates.
Quincy bank reports more than $100000 missing from a Lutheran church account following the death of Andrew C. Schnack, treasurer of the Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and bank president. Audit due in about three months will set the exact amount, with indications it may reach six figures.
The mayor and council approved a throughway plan in Hagerstown to speed traffic north to south at an estimated $450,000 cost excluding right of way. City Engineer Claude Williams said the route will connect U S Route 11 south and bypass downtown streets to ease congestion. The council appropriated $450,000 from surplus funds.
Agriculture Department market notes softer turkey prices with offerings and receipts heavy while live poultry and egg markets included mixed prices for broilers fryers and turkey types. regional listings for Grade A to Grade C eggs and fowl reflect varied demand. A quiz item notes Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree lighting with 2,500 bulbs and 1,400 globes.
In Lynchburg Virginia Roger A Walke Jr a 41 year old educator will assume the role of head master at the Virginia Episcopal School for Boys starting July 1. The appointment names Walke as leader of the school community and its programs.
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