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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
3
Dr John T. Thornton Jr announces opening Monday of a new pediatric office at 22 N Braddock St in the former Ezra Miller suite beside the Greyhound terminal. He is a Wheeling native, UVa medical graduate, and has practiced here since last August.
Scout activities at Douglas yard feature Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts planning a camp cook-out and dress up show at the school playground at 8 30 p m. The program includes an Indian dance songs and open air cooking with girls dressing as boys and boys as girls.
Millwood service at Emanuel Baptist church will hold a grand opening Sunday. Speakers include Rev. Joseph Robinson Rev. W Smith and Rev. Mrs M Davis on an all day program. Refreshments will be served and Sunday school begins at 2 p.m.
Market report from Baltimore shows apple prices for several varieties up and steady poultry eggs receipts and prices. Cattle hogs sheep in Baltimore and Chicago with prices for steers heifers cows calves hogs sows and lambs across weight classes, noting occasional highs and general trends.
Chicago July 30 grains opened mostly lower amid broad market softness. Easiness in securities and cotton contributed to a cautious mood and weak early trading in the grain pit.
New York stock markets slid as trading stayed light. Fractions to more than a point losses spread across many issues with Skelly Oil and Seaboard Oil dropping sharply and several blue chips including U S Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Kennecott Copper Westinghouse Johns Manville International Paper N Y Central Union Pacific Standard Oil NJ and Twentieth Century Fox moving lower.
Wheat Sep 2.27 Dec 2.29 May 2.24. Corn Sep 1.71 Dec 1.52 May 1.55. Oats Sep 73 Dec 76 May 176. Rye Dec 1.66. Soybeans Nov 2.76. Lard Oct 20.80 Jan 22.05.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists prices for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester region. Prices quoted include U S Grade A extra large eggs at 55 dozen FOB, various Grade A sizes, standards, and cracked stock. live poultry values by dressing plants for No 1 quality. turkey and guinea prices by class. roosters, broilers, and other fowl with per unit rates.
About 500 ruins of ancient Indian pueblos unearthed on the rims of Arizona's Grand Canyon. Cliff dwellings remain along the canyon's lower walls in multiple locations.
W H Lawrence Jr president of the Clearbrook Fire Co announced the annual yard party netted $1318 for the general operating fund. The yard party raised $970 and the auction $622 with Fred Duncan paying $100 for a heifer. Mrs. O M Swimley was general chairman assisted by Mrs. Huyett Light. forty eight women worked on the committee and 35 served as waitresses.
Clarke All Stars host Don's AC from Washington Sunday at 3 p m on the Boyce diamond. The visiting club is said to include young players from New York University and Georgetown among others. Manager Pinelli of Cameo Furniture backs the club after a 1 0 victory over the All Stars. Lefty Lawrence Buckner heads Clarke County pitching.
Libert Smith president of Winchester Lions and Mrs Smith returned home from the Lions International convention in New York after a four day meeting with 48 states and 23 countries represented. Smith noted a parade of fifteen thousand participants and called the event one of the finest ever held.
Funeral services for Miss Caroline Graichen 75 were held at Kurtz funeral home yesterday at 3 PM. Rev. William Eisenberg led the Lutheran service with scripture from Revelations and Romans, remarks describing her faith, and hymns How Firm a Foundation and O Son of God. About 50 relatives and mourners attended, including cousins from Ashington and Annapolis Maryland. Pallbearers were W A Bailey Cecil Bailey H B Keckley Sr H B Keckley Jr Robert S Bell and Robert Coombs.
The Virginia State Milk Commission will hold a public hearing at the Winchester County Courthouse on August 12, 1948 at 10 o clock a.m. The hearing, requested by the Winchester Milk Board, will consider adjustments to producer and resale milk prices in the Winchester Milk Market. Consumers producers and distributors may present evidence on milk production distribution and marketing matters. John W. Owen is secretary of the commission.
Bucks with white tailed deer carry antlers most of the year and shed them in January, a seasonal behavior noted by observers. This shedding marks a yearly cycle as new antlers grow back in the spring.
A lawyer filed to run as an independent for the U.S. Senate, submitting a petition with 267 names, 17 over the state board of elections requirement.
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