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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
10
Baxter Tenn Charlie Hughes, longtime bugler for the Baxter community, leaves on a two week vacation his first in 28 years. Since 1924 he has sounded reveille daily at 5 am from a backyard pole in the mid Tennessee town.
The well known picture Christ in the Temple was painted by Heinrich Hofmann, a German historical painter renowned for depicting scenes from the life of Christ.
Classified listings include jobs for a waitress at Snow White Grill a girl for typing and office work a bookkeeper helper a presser at Winchester Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaners a summer popcorn stand job with Winchester Amusement Co and an in person return visit option at Kiwanis Carnival role details note age and education requirements where applicable and box numbers for responses. All ads note 10 a m closing times and mailing or in person applications.
E W Armstrong Company advertises immediate delivery for weatherstripping caulking and storm window options. The Winchester Va firm invites visits to its showroom at 37 E Piccadilly St for estimates and comparisons. Montgomery Ward promotes floor sander rental with free instructions from 27-29 S Loudoun.
A white sturgeon tagged two and a half years earlier in the Columbia River swam 200 miles before being hooked in the Chehalis River. The fish grew from six to eight pounds and gained four and a half inches. Oregon’s fish commission has recovered 600 of 6,000 tagged sturgeon in 30 months, with only two others recovered outside the Columbia system. Oregon state fisheries director Arnie Suomela notes the Chehalis catch represents the longest migration observed.
The Rev Hillmore Langvrall, previously at Williamsburg Virginia, will become pastor of the Shepherdstown Methodist Church on September 1, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of the Rev S Fitch.
A correction from the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries amends Regulation 11.6 published May 6 1952. It clarifies the open season for hunting bear west of the Blue Ridge mountains and in National Forest areas as November 10 to January 1. Signed by Chairman Beverley W. Stras Jr and issued by the commission.
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