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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1947
Page
5
Election of the Lord Fair soil conservation district covering Fred Clarke Shenandoah and nearby areas excluding incorporated towns will be held November 4. State Soil Conservation tree with headquarters in ksburg will accept nominal petitions until August 25.
Wanted rooms for two men in south end city prefer twin beds. Unfurnished apartment needed for couple. Wanted a young rat terrier male or pup. Prospective workers advertise painting, cementing, floor finishing and ter work with references. Service offers fenders painting glass replacement by Loy's Service. For sale several items including mite controls and DDT and chemicals. Great Dane puppy and 11 month old. 6 room brick house and other real estate. Tanks and hardware equipment plus cars, blinds, hot water heater and other household items. Also lists gas and vehicle services and local business ads.
A collection of local classifieds including electrical wiring ads free service for Electrolux users car call listings for kindling wood and storage, revival service at Kent and Boscawen, a housing lease request, a Christmas card sale offer, a door to door sales pitch, a Baltimore company job prospect, Hamilton painter and refinishing services, a church social, lost items rewards, and rental listings for a small repair shop and a furnished apartment in Winchester.
Paris reports say French government leader warns Marshall plan may deepen Communist strength in France while U S support for speeding German industry could threaten a cabinet crisis. Robert Le Court notes provincial Communist attendance falling as US plans to double German steel production circulate.
We express our deep thanks to our many friends for the use of cars and flower tributes during the illness and death of Mary Shuler. Donald Shuler and the family.
British naval forces escorted two small wooden refugee vessels into Haifa harbor carrying about 1,100 uncertified Jewish migrants. The ships, sponsored by Haganah, were to be deported to Cyprus. The first ship held 396 immigrants including 122 children and 71 women.
Clark L. Cooper 54 of Clarke County died Friday. Funeral held at Mt Olive church near Hayfield with Rev Courtney Anderson officiating. Interment Mt Olive Cemetery. Survived by wife Lena Ramey Cooper two sisters one brother eight children and seven grandchildren. Also a note about Dutch trade from Java dated 1609.
Foreign Secretary Bevin addressed thousands of miners in Durham on July 28 urging support for the Socialist Government amid economic strain. He hinted the government may ask miners to give up their new five day week as part of crisis measures.
Funeral services for Hubert Oliver Cameron 71 who died Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at his Riverton Strasburg road home Rev Joseph S Gresham will officiate with interment in Prospect Hill cemetery He born in Warren county son of the late John Cameron and Susan Ambrose Cameron He survived by two daughters Della Cameron Front Royal and Mrs Frank Long Marlington W Va two brothers and a sister Percy R Cemron Front Royal James Cameron Kentucky and Mrs John Walters Compton Page County Pallbearers named Wilson Borden George McDonald Mack McDonald James Robinson Harold W Smith and Lewis Smith.
Horatio Alger wrote 119 boys' books in all, including Ragged Dick Luck and Pluck From Farm Boy to Senator. He amassed wealth like his heroes yet died in poverty.
Five children aged eight to fourteen faced juvenile officers after entering an armory in Portland by July 28 and damaging twelve military vehicles by driving them like Dodgem cars. Four jeeps were put out of commission and eight others damaged. The report mentions George Washington as a fourth generation American.
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