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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1950

Page

7

Merit Christmas card sales and napkins offer Newark ad

Female help wanted promises $25 plus. Sell Merit Christmas cards 21 for $1 and napkins with names. No investment or experience needed. Samples and selling plan on approval. Merit Dept 691 370 Plane St Newark NJ. WANTED waitress apply Ft Loudoun Restaurant in person with references.

Merit Dept Plane St Newark N. J Loudoun Cincinnati

World’s Foremost Television School Seeks Graduates

Our graduates working in the industry coast to coast thousands more needed find out how you too can have a big pay television job steady work assured future earn while you learn part time employment while attending school placement service after graduation contact Mr McInnis at George Washington Hotel 1 to 9 P M Wednesday and Thursday July 26th and 27th only G I approved 7 24 31.

McInnis Geo Washington Hotel

Visitors and visits list from Boyce community

Mr and Mrs Cooke Trenary of New York visited Boyce. Mr Keyser Finnell of Rileyville came to see friends on Friday. Mrs Herbert Frazer and son Carl visit Dudley Sewarz and family in Fair Haven New Jersey. Mr Emmett Presgraves and family spent the weekend with relatives in Washington. Mrs Mariam Shepherd visits Mrs C W Shepherd in Boston. Miss Theodora Cox of Millwood visited Friday. Mr and Mrs W T Williams and Ernest Hottel of Arlington spent Sunday with relatives in Boyce and Winchester. Miss Marian Roy of Washington spent the weekend at her home here. A large number from the Boyce WCTU attended a special meeting in Winchester on Wednesday.

Theodora Cox Millwood W. T. Williams Ernest Hottel Arlington Winchester Marian Roy Washington Boyce Wctu Spitzer Burke Norfolk Richard Ebersole Jimmie Pennsylvania Cora Yeakle Baltimore Elmer Lambden Lambdens Lottie Wolfe Leslie Orndorff Betty Jean Evans Alexandria Shirley Seal C. B. Locke Roy Locke Berryville Elsie Havermale Walter Seifert Betty Hottle Strasburg Elvelyn Gossard

Arbor Day named by J Sterling Morton in Nebraska 1872

J Sterling Morton proposed Arbor Day at a Lincoln meeting on January 4 1872 suggesting April 10 be devoted to tree planting in Nebraska. Morton later became a member of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture and United States Secretary of Agriculture.

J. Sterling Morton Nebraska State Board of Agriculture United States Secretary of Agriculture Lincoln Nebraska

Son shoots mother on dad's orders in Jonesboro case

A 72 year old man jailed after police say he taught his eight year old son to shoot and ordered him to shoot his wife Jewel White 42 in Jonesboro Arkansas. White was hospitalized with a bullet wound to the right lung. the father would be charged with assault to kill as the boy Billy 8 fired the shot.

Jonesboro Ark Wyatt Patrick Jewel White Billy Patrick

Gore Virginia beer license hearing notice

Public notice that Viola Louise Gano will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on August 3 1950 to apply for a license to retail beer over 3.2 percent at Mountain View Service Station Route 50 one mile west Gore Virginia. License allows off premises consumption.

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Mountain View Gore Viola Louise Gano

Social Evening Guests From Winchester And Nearby Towns

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Willis and others from Winchester hosted dinner with Miss Mary Tevalt last Sunday. Guests included Mr Oscar Rawsey Aylor of Gretna and the Burke family from Norfolk. Visitors also traveled from Baltimore to see relatives and friends in the area.

We will not be responsible for debts beyond ours

Notice states W. orndorff and Virginia Orndorff declare they will not assume debts other than those they incur. The text references a date range or filing code (1 24-26-21) but provides no further context or entities.

Harley-Davidson Virginia Avenue Martinsburg E. W. Armstrong Company E. Piccadilly St New Hampshire Red Bullets Yancey Stephens City Orndorfp Virginia Orndorff

Boys Return From Elks Camp

Six Winchester boys have returned from the Elks lodge camp where they spent two weeks. Names include Raoul Hartwell DeSchon 122 E Cecil St Kenneth Wesley Raunt Rinse eater at se an one Carper Piccadilly St Donald Stewart Hering 636 Highland Ave Richard Allen Streit 113 W Bosscawen St Jerry Allen Streit 113 W Boscawen St and Jery Allen Headley 419 N Cameron St.

Winchester Elks Lodge Raoul Hartwell DeSchon E. Cecil St Kenneth Wesley Raunt Rinse Eater Sean One Carper Piccadilly St Donald Stewart Hering Highland Ave Richard Allen Streit W. Bosscawen St Jerry Allen Streit W. Boscawen St Jery Allen Headley N. Cameron St

Pickets to Check Hoarding of Food in Philadelphia

Andrew J. Kaelin president of Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union says the union will set up picket lines at retail stores to curb scare buying and hoarding of food and other commodities by Philadelphia Transportation Co. workers.

Philadelphia Transport Workers Union CIO Andrew J. Kaelin Philadelphia Transportation Co

United Nations Building in New York Funded by U.S. Aid

The United Nations building in New York is funded by the United States government for construction and equipment. The project aims to create a world capitol funded by UN expenditures.

United Nations New York World Capitol United States

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