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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1947
Page
7
Advertisement lists car body work at South End Garage on Paper Mill Road and Glaize Avenue, operated by E. W. Morris, veteran of World War II, with phone number 7331. Also notes G. B. Hopkins painting services including barns, weather stripping, sanding, waxing, and polishing floors with phone 7234.
Market quotations for fat steers and heifers, cows, bulls, veal calves, and lambs. Prices range from 7.50 to 27 per cwt with fats and cutters showing broad spread. pigs and shoats sold sparsely. fresh cows and springers mostly 130 to 200 dollars, old milking cows 60 to 110.
P. W. Plumly returned to Beau Street seeking council permission to plant a row of Pine trees and to reduce the street width to 28 feet to gain about 18 inches of adjacent land near Douglass School. The request was referred to the street committee and requires approval of the tree commission led by C. Vernon Eddy.
City council, advised by Finance Committee chair Fred L. Glaize Jr., votes to ask the Virginia auditor of public accounts for a six month audit ending June 30. Transfers include 1200 for sewer and prisoners care, 1200 for refuse, 3200 for street cleaning, 1800 from general to water fund, 1200 from water unexpended balances for sanities supply, and approval of an employer fund from soft drink profits in City Hall.
Attorney General Tom Clark urged universal training as an antidote for war in a prepared address to the Virginia Military Institute graduation. He argued it would provide a fuller life for youth, conserve a healthy citizenry, and promote world peace by outlawing atomic weapons and directing atomic energy toward peaceful ends.
For the first time in over three years the Winchester council did not read the minutes at a meeting. Councilman A Lee Coble made the motion to speed business, noting meetings have lately run late and other matters required attention.
Miss Lucy Kurtz asked the city council to widen the front porch at 218 Loudoun Street. The request was sent to the public improvements committee for action, noting building encroachment rules require 100 feet from the curb without council approval. Widening by 34 inches would leave the porch about 7 1/2 feet from the curb.
City Treasurer W. A. Baker instructed to publish a delinquent tax list by August as mandated by the city code. The notice emphasizes compliance and public notification of unpaid city taxes.
The city council grants permission for farmers to operate a curb market this summer, enabling local vendors to sell fresh produce and goods at designated street locations. The approval signals formal support for weekend trades and community access to locally grown items.
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