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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1948

Page

5

North Mountain Edges Winchester In 2 1 Victory

North Mountain won 2 1 at Winchester with both runs scored in the first inning. Winchester's lone run came in the third. Cooper pitched for Winchester allowing five hits and five strikeouts. Baker earned the win with two hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts. Tharpes tripled for Winchester and D Boyd doubled for North Mountain. Sunday North Mountain defeated Star Tanners 3 2.

Winchester Business College North Mountain Winchester Cooper Collegians Baker Tharpes D. Boyd Star Tanners

In Memory of Cathern Preffitt Hershman

In fond memory of our daughter Cathern Preffitt Hershman who died one year ago on July 20 1947. Her parents P Otto and Larey S Preffitt recall bittersweet memories and enduring love as they note she lives in a land of glory under blue skies.

Cathern Preffitt Hershman P. Otto and Larey S. Preffitt

Farmers Livestock Exchan Monday July 19 Sale Report

Consignment heavy and uneven with overall declines. Cattle include steers butcher goods 29-31.25, stockers 29-31, heifers 23-29.50, cows 18-25, dairy cows up to 381, bulls to 27. Hogs 26-28.70, sows 18.25-24, calves up to 30.25. Lambs 23-28.80, ewes 22.60, sheep 11 top.

Eggs and poultry prices in Winchester area market report

Agriculture department markets division lists FOB prices for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester region. Prices include U S Grade A extra large 0.55 per dozen and Grade A large 0.53, various other grades and poultry products with cents-per-pound or per-dozen figures for broilers, turkeys, guineas, cocks and stags.

Winchester U. S

Market Rally After Three Day Slump On Wall Street

New York stock market rallied decisively today after a three day mauling that peaked yesterday with the sharpest decline in nearly two years. Rails and oils led gains with moves up more than a point as Superior Oil of California recovered 6. Bethlehem Steel Santa Fe Baltimore and Ohio Richfield Texas Co Gulf Oil Standard Oil New Jersey American Can American Smelting United Aircraft American Woolen and Southern Railway advanced while earlier losses eased late yesterday.

New York Superior Oil California Bethlehem Steel Santa Fe Baltimore and Ohio Richfield 6Il Texas Co Gulf Oil Standard Oil (Nj American Can American Smelting United Aircraft American Woolen and Southern Railway

Secretarial Change at Middletown Police Justice Office

Mrs Catherine Derr of Reliance began work Monday as secretary to Police Justice Robert E O Neal in Middletown succeeding Lydia Kline who returned to Connecticut.

Catherine Derr Reliance Robert E. O'Neal Middletown Lydgia Kline Connecticut

Prices steady as markets report Apples Poultry Cattle Hogs in Baltimore

Baltimore July 20 AP Apples steady with light quality differences. No 1 2 1 4 inch at 3.50 down to 2.50. 2 inch up 1.75. Poultry steady. fryers 40-42 mostly 40-41. fowl 38-40 42 mostly around 40. Weight 30-32. Eggs receipts 2156 cases. butter 36.032 lb. Cattle 250 run with cows 19.50-22.50. bulls 15.50-18. calves 28-31 for 150-300 lb. hogs 25-30 price range with several weights listed.

Baltimore U. S

Hog and cattle market quotations from Chicago sale

In Chicago on July 20 the hog and cattle quotations show varied weights and grades. Hog prices range from 21 to 29.25 for different weight classes and sows, with medium hogs and garbage-fed offerings narrow. Cattle values include top choice steers to 39.75 per cwt and heifers up to 38.25, plus lower grades for cows and vealers at 14.50 to 31 per cwt. Sheep listings note lambs around 30 to 31 with some 20 for light lambs, ewes 9 to 11.50.

Chicago

Front Royal Seeks New School and Worker Housing

Percy Rogers chairman of the education committee urges the Front Royal chamber of commerce to prioritize a permanent elementary school building and housing for low income workers as the most urgent community improvements.

Front Royal Percy Rogers Chamber of Commerce

Local Market Prices and Feed Ingredients Listing

Local markets list daily corrected prices for flour corn meal and grain products. Prices shown include wheat barley corn soybean and various feed mixes with notes on moisture content and wholesale retail distinctions.

Es-Bisis Sre Borgenetneds Reae Devesae

Chicago grain prices open with mixed changes

Chicago grains head into the session with mixed early moves. September corn rises fractionally while wheat and other grains retreat on the opening, with listed quotes for July and Sept futures across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans.

Chicago

Saint Francis of Assisi first recorded stigmata bearer

The earliest known record of bearing the five wounds of Christ is Saint Francis of Assisi in 1224, after he recalled Christ’s sufferings in his cell on Mount Alverno.

Francis of Assisi Christ Mount Alverno

Lack of Stickers Costly to Motorists

Two motorists were convicted in Trial Justice court for lacking inspection stickers. Arthur Harrison Boyer paid 14.25 dollars after officers noted a horn and tail light issue. John Farr Smallwood paid 19.25 dollars for a windshield and tail light problem. Lola Arnold faced assault and battery charges. guilt found with sentence deferred three months and ordered to pay court costs.

Trial Justice Court Arthur Harrison Boyer Winchester John Farr Smallwood Mt. Willams Rd Lola Arnold Mt. Falls Lottie Kerns Welda Whitacre

Children Inherit Marshall Estate Heirs named in will probate

Two sons and a daughter Peyton J McCul William M McCul and Mrs Mary M McCul loch are equal heirs under the will of the late Lucy M Marshall probated. Winchester William Marshall to qualify as executor under $38 000 bond without surety. Appraisers listed: John Blackburn J P Arthur G G Baker B F Arthur Jr and Robert A Bell.

Peyton J William M. McCulshall Mary M. McCulloch Lucy M. Marshall Winchester William Marshall John Blackburn J. P. Arthur G. G. Baker B. F. Arthur Jr Robert A. Bell

Soil Conservation Attracts Farmers

Shenandoah county reports 976 farmers join the agricultural conservation program, per Chairman M. B. Swarts.

Shenandoah County M. 8. Swarts

Avisco Nine to Play Games at Front Row This Weekend

Avisco Books Games announces the Avisco nine of Nitro will play games 3 30 p m Saturday and Sunday at Front Row. The local team dropped a winbill last month as Nitro Front Royal defeated Hitch Brewers 15 9 last Saturday but lost Sunday to Fredericksburg 5 4. The largest flying bird is the Trumpeter Swan weighing about 35 pounds.

Avisco Nitro, W Front Row Nitro Front Royal Hitch Brewers Fredericburg

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