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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1952
Page
7
Classified display ads cost 1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash must accompany out of town ads. Closing hours note early submission if received before 10 a.m. to appear in that date’s issue.
Several 4 to 8 room dwellings offered with heat and hot water included. Properties on Amherst St Cameron St Piccadilly St Rent St and a Berryville contact are available for immediate occupancy or after hours. Some listings request adults only and provide phone numbers.
Classified ads list items and properties for sale including heavy tarpaulins by E. W Armstrong at 441 N Cameron St Winchester VA with phone numbers 8168 or 41643. Also a colonial home for sale with 3 bedrooms 2 baths 24 ft living room 2 car garage air conditioning unit and a separate 130 acre grazing farm on highway with modern 8 room house 2 baths hot water oil heat listed by Harry H Willis with phone 3631.
A Wednesday evening fundraiser at Burnt Factory Methodist Church on July 2 hosts country ham chicken sandwiches homemade cakes pies lemonade and ice cream. Community members attend for a church sale and supper after the fire incident.
Several brief notices seek items or services including clothing and miscellaneous articles for resale, a grazing farm with a stream for sale, a six room rental near a school, a $1000 loan at 6 percent for two years, and a home for an eight week old male kitten. Messages directed to Star box numbers and SPCA contact are included.
Help wanted ad seeks a male used car salesman to sell a large stock of late model clean cars. Commission paid, car furnished. Respond with qualifications and experience to Box 93 in the Winchester Star dated June 25, 1951.
Help wanted notice offers man or woman to take over Watkins customer route in Winchester with full time income averaging $60 weekly. No investment. company assists. Apply J. R. Watkins Co Dept 8-3 Richmond Va. Also dishwasher position for man or woman with experience, apply Lee Jackson in person.
Market notes show apples and potatoes steady with modest gains in select lots. Cattle and hogs quoted with a range of prices by weight and grade, including calves and sheep, reflecting light receipts and mixed demand in Baltimore.
Chicago Board of Trade opened lower across wheat corn oats and soybeans amid strike action by Kansas City grain elevator workers. Prices listed show mixed declines with July wheat at 2.26 25, corn at 1.79 7 8, soybeans July at 3.27 and rye July at 2.11 3 4. The report notes persistent uncertainty from the labor action affecting trade.
The notice lists U S Grades for eggs with prices in cents and live poultry rates in the Winchester area. It includes Heavy Breed Hens Leghorn Hens Rocks and Cross Broilers Red Broilers Leghorn Broilers Heavy Cocks Stags Leghorn Cocks Beltsville White Broilers and White Bronze Breed Toms and Breeders with varied weights and price points.
Miscellaneous ads list 116 W Piccadilly with free termite inspection by Terminix and bond insured contracts. Also notes a lost cocoa brown male terrier named Boogie with left eye out and a found pair of hunting dogs black white and tan with contact through SPCA.
The New York market advanced slightly with active trading. U S Steel led at 392 after large blocks, while Friday block sale of 39 drew attention. higher movers included Republic Steel, Santa Fe, Standard Oil NJ, Goodrich, United Air Lines, Allied Chemical, and Zenith Radio. corporate bonds steady.
Local markets page states corrections are updated daily and The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors.
Washington advises practical steps to endure hot weather. Wear loose clothing to vent heat, eat a normal nourishing diet including protein and calories, rest adequately, sponge bathe for comfort, and keep busy rather than dwell on heat and thermometers.
Jaundice has struck down Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the Duke of Edinburgh. Eden will be unable to perform full duties for weeks, while the prince consort has been confined to Buckingham Palace with the same illness for the past week.
Citizen soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division begin two weeks of rugged training at A. P. Hill Military Reservation amid Virginia heat. Lt. Col. Robert Kimberly orders salt tablets to combat heat exhaustion. MP traffic control and post exchanges serve trainees as stockpiled ice proves scarce.
EASTON Massachusetts four-year-old twins Priscilla and Edward Greenleaf perished in each other’s arms during a fire that swept the upper part of their two family home. Their mother Mrs David Regan said she had put them to bed on the second floor and they had spoken of a toy train stored in the attic. Firemen said a mattress caught fire in the attic and explosions followed from two cans of paint.
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