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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1947
Page
5
A collage of 1940s sale notices lists items from stoves and bicycles to cars, trailers, and equipment. Many entries include locations Berryville Winchester and Hagerstown, and contact numbers, with dates and ad codes.
Arthur N. Tingley named head of the new textile chemicals division at American Viscose Corporation to oversee rayon lubricants and sizes, new application methods, and servicing products Avconit Avcosen and Avcodisk produced by Atlas Powder Co. in Marcus Hook Pennsylvania.
In Winchester Virginia on December 31 1946 the Corporation Court orders public publication for the estate of Ida Shimp Humphrey to sell real property pay creditors and invest surplus for her care. The court notes the possibility of unknown heirs and requires Emma Cooksey Lillie Shelnecht William Franks Edward Franks Anne Robey Gertrude E Franks James W Voorhees and others unknown to appear within ten days after publication.
Local items from Apple Pie Ridge Virginia include visits among neighbors and friends from Martinsburg Washington and nearby families. The section also notes illness and warm tributes including a card for William H Jenkins and a memorial poem for William Moulden with family signatures.
In Hollidays Cove West Virginia police escorted 12 year old Ruth Ann Beck after Sheriff Mike Solomon said she was target of the Panhandle region second kidnap in a week. A note demanding 6000 dollars for her safety was found at her grandmother’s home.
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