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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1952
Page
7
A page of classified advertisements shows multiple for sale and for rent items. Listings include used compressor, 1947 Buick Roadmaster, 1950 Nash Ambassador, houses, hogs, furniture, hardware discounts, and rental rooms or apartments with contact details and dates. Some items mention prices or conditions and phone numbers for inquiries.
Classified notes show multiple to buy requests including fodder from Cal Pine Motor Co and grazing land with running water. Other items include housecleaning and restaurant kitchen work, homes for three small male puppies, a good horse for sale with price age and weight details. John C. Gold lists a rural Winchester address for horse inquiry.
A notice lists a black male cat named Laree with contact phone 8616 and two brown white male beagles with contact 3949 for recovery. The item appears in a small classifieds section.
Found an offer to convert any make trea die machine to a modern electric portable for 39.50 or console 69.50. Distributor needed for Winchester Sewing Machine Co at 111 W Bos cawen Street phone 3645. Also notice of Terminiz Company termite control service bonded insured with phone 4643. Business opportunity promising 40000 monthly spare time with five cent nut machines, requiring car, references, cash 750, and inventory as security. details via Box 2716 Greensboro NC.
In Woodbridge New Jersey a 283 year old township stages a massive parade and reception for Captain Kurt Carlsen hero of the Flying Enterprise. The town plans a long parade with 18 high school bands 60 marching units and a key to the township to be presented at city hall Governor Driscoll will speak.
William Robert and sister Lavinia Pine of Charles Town W V spent Thursday evening with Marion Marshall. Stewart Castlemans and daughter of Chambersville visited Mrs Luther Welsh and Ben Castleman. Frank Bragg Jr and Sam Swimley Jr spent the weekend at Fort Meade. M B Swimley and Walter Sehlow visited Marion Marshall Saturday evening.
Actress Elaine Stritch understudies Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam and also covers in Pal Joey. She reports to the Imperial Theatre before Mer man’s performance then goes to the Broadhurst for Zip in Pal Joey. During a New Haven week she made two round trips between cities to fulfill both assignments.
Scientists report that over the last century meltwater from glaciers has contributed roughly 2 inches to mean sea level rise worldwide. The ongoing glacier retreat accelerates coastal exposure and may raise future flood risk in low lying regions.
Frank Eck argues that current Hall of Fame voting rules unfairly exclude Casey Stengel and other greats. He notes eligibility windows, the 25 year rule, and the need for three fourths of ballots, urging reconsideration as names like DiMaggio, Waner, Heilmann and Foxx show.
Augusta County School Board postpones seeking circuit court permission to call a referendum on a 1.75 million dollar school bond. The delay aims to explore funds from state loan programs and Governor Battle's funding requests while assessing overall financing needs.
A Bronx trucking firm reports the recovery of a missing tractor-trailer that vanished last October. An associate of a firm partner spotted the rig in Indian River City Florida and returned it to the owners after it was allegedly leased by the culprits. Poller seeks to bring the culprits to justice.
Mig Helen J Massey announces 465 persons registered in 1951 including 451 girls 108 adults and 6 associates. New Brownie and Intermediate troops formed. 149 girls camped 35 troop campers 64 day campers 41 in established camps. 538 hours of adult training plus 255 hours of community service. World Friendship Fund raised 62.95. Winchester Girl Scout Council became a non profit and organizes northern Virginia area council plans for 1952.
Detroit reports at the Society of Automotive Engineers meeting that engineers expect decade long progress in engine design, higher compression ratios and mechanical octane, while targeting affordable options such as power steering, brakes, tinted glass and electric window lifts to keep prices manageable.
Washington The bed lengtheners allow tall men to have a longer bed on travel by attaching adjustable extensions to side rails. Inventor Glenn Hill of Los Angeles holds patent 2,582,035, with patent rights assigned to Irvin A. Brock of the same city.
The article notes that New York Philadelphia and Washington have hosted presidential inaugurations. It references the tradition and locations where inaugurations have taken place across U S history.
John B. Gaines 56 died Thursday night at 10 45 at Newton D Baker Hospital near Martinsburg West Virginia. Former custodian of Winchester Post Office he served in the U S Navy 1918 to 1937 when honorably discharged. Survived by widow Ethel two half brothers Marshall Gaines Falls Church and Brook Gaines Washington. Funeral Monday 2 30 at Kurte Funeral Home 218 Loudoun St with Rev Emory Ellmore officiating burial in National Cemetery Winchester.
In 1951 the United States faced a penny scarcity despite a double shift in Mint operations to meet demand. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York rationed pennies and nickels and quarters while Britain’s Royal Mint sought to retire excess oversize pennies with a one million dollar buyout.
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