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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
5
Classified ads in bordered columns priced at 1.75 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash payment required for out of town ads. Closing hours 10 a.m. for same day inclusion at The Star Office.
Local notices list 3 milch cows and a 3 month old heifer calf from Hattons Dairy Farm in Boyd plus various farm items and vehicles. Other ads offer Leghorn chicks and egg washers from Dudley Farms Hatchery Wardensville, a 1953 Chevrolet 210, a 1249 Ford convertible, used washer and household furniture. Multiple rental listings, tents, tables, planted seedlings, a tomato and cabbage plant seller, and a brick house for sale are also advertised along with creek-area and highway access details.
An advertisement lists a 24 year old registered boxer with white feet and chest for $25 cash. Contact Charles Fake at Brown's Restaurant in Luray Virginia, dated May 31 1951.
Marvin Gore former Kiwanis president and Little League founder spoke at the Kiwanis Club lunch giving a report on this year’s Little League activities. H W Butler, J George Atwell take chairmanship of the Summer Fun Festival set for August 1 6.
Roy Giffin announces self employment in roofing guttering and roof painting with contact phone 6007. Local service emphasis and business setup details.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Oakes of New York stayed with Mrs. Oakes' parents Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gordon in Brucetown. Peggy Jobe visited her sister Mrs. Lee Collins in Falls Church. The Goolfrey family and Mrs. Andy Whitacre vacationed in Richwood West Virginia. Maurice Heiskell and daughter from Baltimore were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bragg. Clark Purcell and family visited Mrs. Janet McKee at White Hall.
Auction sale information shows a new venue in Ridgeway West Virginia with weekly Friday night auctions at 7 PM run by George Helsley contact phone 7032.
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