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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1950
Page
7
Mrs Grim of Winchester was elected vice president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Virginia Rural Carriers Association at the annual convention which closed at noon Saturday at the Orkney Springs Hotel.
Classified display ads rate 61.50 per column inch per day with 10 am closing for that date. Sample notices list for rent rooms apartments in Martinsburg and Winchester. Ads include help wanted waitresses and domestic staff and a cash in on spare time card offer with multiple sales and location details. Local businesses Lovett Brothers Shoe Store Golden Glow Restaurant Winchester Lunch Cardinal Craftsmen. Fragments show real estate and employment notices with contact hints.
FOR SALE Completely furnished cottage with running water and electricity. Good road on Capon River. Phone 6473. FOR SALE Eight room house gas oil heat shrubbery country atmosphere in City. Garage extra building lot 695 Berryville Ave Silas Cather owner. FOR SALE 1946 WB22 White with sleeper cab engine overhauled $1900 1949 International pickup % ton $950 1947 Chevrolet tractor fifth wheel trailer connections $1050 1948 Tandem Axle refrigerator trailer with new rubber $2550. No reasonable offer refused. Phone 5964 J. T. Kirby.
A class ring from Handley is missing. It bears the initials R A D on the inside and a 50. A reward is offered. Contact phone 4431 for information.
In Hoboken Vincenzo Marino, a 60 year old longshoreman, fell into a 244 foot gap between a freighter and a moving barge. Sam Sansevere, a one legged worker, dived 26 feet to pull Marino from the water and held his head above the river until help arrived. He then reattached his artificial leg and returned to cargo checks.
Thomas Bayard O'Toole a 54 year old mortgage banker was killed when a Washington National Guard tank off course due to a faulty caterpillar track crashed into his automobile. His wife Charlotte and chauffeur Robert Will were injured and hospitalized. The 30 ton tank toppled a telephone pole and halted after crossing the highway en route to Fort Miles for summer maneuvers.
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