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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
2
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July 10 1 p m DST sale at 1018 niece a D Cain Househot features household goods. July 14 1 p m DST sale at 1040 8 Kent St Winchester with Jack Brown. July 24 1 p m DST Miss B Green 22 E Cork St offers household goods. July 24 10 a m EST Miss Ida Wyndham 234 Amherst St offers household goods mostly antiques. August 21 W A Sale 371 National Ave ester household and kitchen furniture.
In Blacksburg on July 9 Dr J L Maxton of Virginia extension service estimated that potato washers boosted the state's potato crop value by 1 450 000 this year. He noted widespread use for the first time with about 80 percent of washed potatoes graded U S No 1 at 290 per 100 pounds, versus 145 for No 2.
A trustee will offer at public auction a lot of land on the southern side of U S Highway 50 at Gore in Winchester Virginia. The sale is set for 11 o clock A M on Saturday July 17 1948 with terms one third cash and the balance in two equal installments secured by a deed of trust. Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
Area churches list weekly events for Brucetown and surrounding towns. Services include sermons, communion, Bible school, evangelistic meetings, and special activities with multiple pastors and churches such as Brucetown Methodist Burnt Factory Salem Congregation and Winchester Charge.
Mosses lack vascular tissue and therefore rarely reach large size. Vascular tissues act as pipes for transporting water and food through plants.
In the Corporation Court for the City of Winchester on June 30 1948 Eva A Faulkner files a suit with several defendants to partition jointly owned real estate in Winchester Virginia. Non residents John Weaver and Kenneth Faulkner Weaver must appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests.
McGrady and his wife Grace live with three sons in a small home near Long Island Sound. They enjoy a flower garden and berry patch, swim in summer, and regard their location as a good living. They dismiss atom bomb fears, noting commuting to Manhattan and tax concerns as bigger worries.
Port Washington New York July 9 Two Irishmen Pat McGrady and Bill Keenan swapped homes in 1946 He moved to Montana with his family to seek safety from atomic threats Keenan built a tourist restaurant and two story home in De Borgia Montana Pat stayed in New York area and spoke of Montana’s charms The story contrasts city life and rural escape after the atomic era fears
General E W Opie of Staunton elected chairman of the State hospital board at Richmond. H Minor Davis of Lynchburg named vice chairman. Opie had been acting chair since Mor ton G Goode resignation. Opie reappointed by Governor for a four year term ending 1952. Davis term ends 1950. Vernon N Geddy of Williams-
Burg, newest board member, took his seat today while Dr. Joseph E. Barrett stated a deed transferring the 2372 acre Elko tract near Richmond to the hospital board had been signed. The land will be used to build a colony for Negro epileptics and feeble minded.
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