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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1952
Page
12
Classified display ads are 1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash is required for all out of town ads. Closing hours are 10 a m. ads received before 10 a m may be included in that date issue.
Classified notices show multiple help wanted items including a live-in caretaker for a small child and housework, a child caregiver while mother works, a waitress position, housework worker, and a young lady skilled in bookkeeping and typing seeking an office job in Winchester. Addresses and contact details appear in each listing.
A sequence of classifieds lists farm stock vehicles tools and real estate. Items include poultry feed Oldsmobile sedans wagons tractors and building lots along with multiple rental apartments houses and rooms offered by Pine Motor Co Shenandoah Realty and local merchants with contact numbers and dates.
Wheat sales inquiries directed to Winchester Milling Corp on N Cameron St with contact number 3426. Terminix termite control offers free inspection with L W Armstrong Co as authorized rep at 464% and phone 464. Immediate sewing machine service and Necchi dealer at Winchester Sewing Machine Co 111 W Boscawen St phone 3445. Notice inviting friends to visit D H Clem at 579 North Cameron Street from 9 A M to 9 P M.
The family of WN. R. Doran expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during his illness and passing. Stepson Richard N. Braithwaite and daughter Mabel Braithwaite and their families extend thanks.
Virginia Department of Highways invites sealed bids at Room 400 for bituminous materials furnishing and application and covering material with large quantities. Bids due 10:00 A M March 18 1952. Proposals from the Construction Engineer. Bond required. State may reject all bids and waive technicalities.
An advertisement touts CERTA VIN as effective for stomach gas, claiming a former baking soda user found lasting relief by taking the product before meals. It also promises energy and nerve benefits from herbs with Vitamin B-1 and iron, urging readers to visit Gaunt's Drug Store.
In occupied Japan, religious liberty is seen as a beginning toward lasting freedom. Woodward and Bunce, leading the Civil Information and Education section, say Japan must find evidence in culture and history to justify democracy including religious freedom, while facing undercurrents in Buddhist, Christian, and Shinto communities.
Eugene Scott Ferguson a Fauquier County native and former local resident died in Richmond after a long illness. Survived by Harriet Elinor Mayers of Stephens City his widow a daughter Mrs C T Underwood Jr a son Francis Eugene Ferguson two grandchildren a sister Mrs L H Stokes a brother Abner H Ferguson. Services and burial will be in Richmond.
In Oakland California a fifteen year old high school sophomore Samuel Hutchins pleaded guilty to second degree murder for hacking his mother to death and attempting to burn the body after she caught him playing hockey. Judge Quayle said he would commit Sammy to the California Youth Authority until age 25 with possible industrial school confinement.
Sara L Huff widow of John Thomas Huff died about 7 this morning at her Berryville home aged 81. Born September 20 1870 she was child of Charles and Mary Lloyd of Clarke County. Survived by seven children and several siblings funeral set for Friday at 2 pm Berryville Baptist Church with Rev Arthur Brown officiating burial Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
Lieutenant Commander Doris A. Lee USN Wave Procurement Officer from Washington DC will visit Winchester March 7 and 8. She will address senior girls at James Wood and Warren County High Schools, participate in radio broadcasts from Front Royal and Winchester, and hold personal interviews at the U S Navy Recruiting Office.
The Commander announces a recruitment visit for women 18 to 26 who are high school graduates and unmarried. Eligible applicants may visit during her stay or call Winchester 4201 for more information about the Waves.
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