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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1948

Page

7

For Sale Heavy Tarpaulins and Miscellaneous Items

Multiple old classified ads list FOR SALE items including heavy tarpaulins from E W Armstrong in Winchester Virginia and other offerings. A 2 ton cargo auto trailer priced at 175 dollars from Mike and Tommys Garage plus motorcycles, a frame bungalow with twenty five acres nearby, a 132 acre farm with extensive outbuildings, and a super service station for lease. Coca Cola dispenser franchises advertised with a demonstration in Cumberland Maryland. Also Nottingham Kennels boarding and local photography services.

E. W. Armstrong N. Cameron Winchester Mike & Tommy's S. Kent St Matchless J.S Francis Barnett Mike & Tommys Hayfield Star Harry H. Willis Coca-Cola Alconquin Cumberland Maryland Nottingham Kennels U. S. 11 G. Carter Baker

Dick Hockman Makes Parachute Jump At Winchester Airport

Dick Hockman completed a parachute jump at Winchester airport at 7 30 p m. yesterday. The event used dual chutes after earlier jumps were postponed by bad weather. His Sunday jump was from 2000 feet.

Dick Hockman Winchester

British Jet Planes Will Hop Atlantic

The air ministry announced six Royal Air Force jet planes will depart around July 1 for a first transatlantic hop. They will participate in U S Air Force air support and interception exercises under field conditions at the Ninth Tactical Base in Greenville South Carolina. Fresh oysters from clean waters are edible year round, though thin during the spawning months May to August in northern latitudes. NOTICE I will not be responsible for any debts made other than by myself.

London Air Ministry Royal Airforce U.S. Airforce Ninth Tactical Greensville S. C

Old Conventions Set Records for Battling

A historical survey of U S political conventions from 1856 to 1912 notes fierce rivalries and dramatic moments. It details stampedes for Lincoln, the Fremont-Harding contests, and the 1912 Republican split that helped Woodrow Wilson win the presidency.

Warren G. Hoarding Harding Leonard Wood Frank Lowden Illinois Hiram Johnson California William H. Taft Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt Taft Rough Rider Bull Moose Woodrow Wilson

Grace Lutheran Vacation Bible School Opens

Grace Lutheran Church held the first session of its Vacation Bible School at 9 a m with daily sessions 9 to 11 30 a m Monday through Friday this week and next. Counselors include Mrs J A Hott for pre school children Mrs Ronald Styr for primary Mrs Le Roy Cahill for junior and Rev William F Fisenberg for the pre confirmation class.

Grace Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School J. A. Hott Ronald Stnyr Leroy Cahill William F. Fisenberg

Volunteers Called To Clear Cemetery

Walter Light trustee of Chestnut Grove church issued a call for volunteers to help clean the cemetery around Saturday. Those with relatives buried there and church members and friends are urged to assist. Work starts early Saturday and aims to be finished during the day.

Walter Light Chestnut Grove

Electric eels and light organs in deep sea fish

So called electric eels are South and Central American fish that generate electricity in their bodies. They can shock small fish or humans. Bogota sits in a basin ringed by 10 000 foot mountains making land approaches hard. Tibetan capitis notes deep sea fish with light producing organs.

Bogota Colombia Lhasa

Clergymen in Crash Turn Other Fender in Hermosa Beach

Two ministers, Revs. Lester V. Wiley and Alexander C. Stevens, exchanged smiles and turned the other fender after a courteous collision in Hermosa Beach California on June 14. Police called it one of the politest auto accidents on record as they shook hands and joked about the mishap.

Hermosa Beach Calif Lester V. Wiley Alexander C. Stevens

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Yce Boyce High Clay Car Jedahlia Eas Dahl N. Braddock St Davis Jayon Slacks Workingman’s Store Western Union Hampion C.B.C Handley School Ada Boyce Miss Williams A. A. Baldwin White Post Chanticleer Inn Oscar Nobel Hosiery Corp Walters Virginia State Employment Service Piccadilly St Airlines Central Radio Schools Phillip Palace Theater Watkins J. R. Watkins Co Dept Richmond P.O Trail’s End Gordonsville Virginia Bayliss and Patterson Dial Smaltz Florist National Lapwood W. Boyd Ramey Supreme Concrete J. H. Huff N. Loudoun Winchester Junk Co South Paw Swimley’s Plant Nursery Brucetown Loudoun E. W. Armstrong Co East Piccadilly St Ben Braunlich Geo. W. Shimp Negeeter Dad Neptune Outboard Motors Miller’s Hardware Winchester Seed CO N. Cameron ST SUMAC Ad. K. Benham Atlantic Jesse A. Whitacre Mt. Falls Rt Felt Cove Base Accoustica Sanitary Floors Corp S. Loudoun St Washin Philadelphia Far West Kansas Massachusetts Pierce James Buchanan John C. Fremont Fremont Cincinnati Empire Club Thomas Bention Missouri Chicago Babylon William H. Seward Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Seward Carter Ohio Mr. Chase Abe Fremont House Dark James A. Garfield Gen. Grant James G. Blaine Grant Harding Dark Horse Kennel Club Berryville Grace Lutheran Vacation School M. M. Adams Republic Amherst & Boscawen Sts Winchester Front Royal E. Boscawen St Imperial Tires Firestone Stores General Electric Tredemark E. Boscawen ST. Winchushe, Vo Chrysler WMO Buone Seiz Winchester
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