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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1949
Page
7
Our Annual Community Sale takes place Wednesday in Greenspring Virginia at the Helsley residence. Rain or shine buyers and sellers invited with goods on commission. Net proceeds go to the church in Nain. For details call Winchester numbers 5086 or 5074.
Birmingham reports a new large scale underground gasification test by the U S Bureau of Mines and Alabama Power. If successful, an underground seam near the Gorgas mine will be lighted this afternoon to produce fuel gas from unmined coal. The program aims to burn about 50 tons daily, with a plan to consume up to a half million tons in months or years.
Detroit March 18 The city council debates spending 110 to equip battalion fire chiefs with extinguishers. Fire Commissioner Paxton Mendelssohn argues current chiefs must wait for trucks, prompting public jeers as they confront small fires.
Help wanted for a seasoned apple and peach grower to manage an orchard and farm with a five room house and good salary. Interview arranged by J. O. Taylor of King William Virginia. Position to be filled by April first. Also notices include farm for sale and multiple real estate and vehicle listings from Martinsburg and Winchester areas.
American women's clubs have requested 45,999 copies of three leaflets on rayon fabrics in six weeks, part of Avisco's Know Your Fabrics program. The responses, plus 435 clubs ordering all rayon fashion show instructions, suggest continued heavy demand for leaflets and kit materials totaling 121,881 leaflets from two mailings, with more requests for the Rayon Wardrobe Portfolio materials.
In Middletown Virginia on March 18 Mr and Mrs P H Wakeman spent a day with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Ainsworth Sperry. Friends of C C Rhodes in Stephens City mourn his illness at home. Harry McCauley RDSA Great Lakes Ill spent last weekend with his parents Walter and family. Guests at Claude Carper home included Wilbur Welch and son Tommie of Winchester and Loring Carper and Pattie of near Stephens City. Mrs Silas Henry arrived to spend a few days.
Miss Amye Clark of Warrenton and her mother stayed several days here. The Eppley sisters from Manchester Pa presented an outstanding musical program at Grace church last Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Glaize and their daughter of near Highview visited Mrs. Augusta Glaize. Dr and Mrs C S Orest Strasburg visited here last day afternoon.
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