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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1952
Page
2
In Crystal Beach Maryland a three year old girl fell through a first floor hole into a basement well and plummeted 26 feet. Her mother dived in and kept the child afloat until the father fashioned a rescue rope and beard improvised device. the child was revived after surfacing.
A two car collision on Piccadilly Street near Loudoun Street at 8 05 am caused $180 in damages with no injuries. Esther Mary Virostek and Andrew C Virostek owned the sedan, while Virad O Cymer owned the truck driven by Orville Lind.
March 26 to April 5 listings include valuations of real estate livestock antiques furniture and household goods. Auctions and sales held by James A Conrad Realty Co Frank and Irvin Showalter York Orchard Co Herbert Larrick trustee and G B BakerAgent with venues in Harrisonburg Stephens City Winchester and Clowser's Warehouse.
New York markets opened with a steady tone as the steel labor-management dispute caused mixed moves. Autos edged higher while rails stayed mixed and notable gainers included Texas Pacific Land Trust Chesapeake & Ohio U S Steel Studebaker U S Rubber Eastern Air Lines Du Pont and Philip Morris. Decliners included Southern Railway Union Pacific General Electric Youngstown Sheet & Tube and American Woolen. Corporate bonds showed a mixed opening.
At the Chicago Board of Trade the opening grain prices showed only small declines. Wheat edged down with Mar at 2.15 and May around 2.52, while corn and oats also posted fractional moves. Soybeans and lard prices displayed minor shifts amid a generally soft start.
Agriculture notes show egg prices for U S Grade A varieties and live poultry rates in Winchester area. Listings include leghorn hens broilers cocks and Beltsville White stock with prices per unit and per pound, followed by a historical note on the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England.
Livestock markets in Baltimore show cattle and calves mixed with steadier to higher trends for some classes. Prime slaughter steers and heifers remain strong, cows steady to lower, bulls steady, and stockers and feeders broadly steady to higher amid lighter week totals.
Daily corrected market list shows prices for flour corn meal wheat and various feeds. Entries include corn meal 5 lb 39 cents 10 lb 70 cents, white corn and yellow corn around 2.00 dollars per unit, oats 6 lb, cracked corn 100 lb 4.55, egg mash 20 percent, broiler mash, mixed feed 10 lb 4.75, and butterfat prices.
A list of property conveyances across Stonewall and Shawnee Districts, Frederick County, and Middletown area. Transfers involve C L Robinson Ice and Storage to Robert A Grim. Perry F Kerns to Irving Kerns. W F Artrip Jr and wife. Carmine Passucci to Giovanni Lazazzera. James A Dudley to Lewis Lamp Jr. L F Huebner to B Waston Morrison. Fairfax Brown to Ernest Dupree. Larrick et al to Thomas Borden. James L Franklin to William Barley. Clyde Logan to Marvin Weaver. Warren Rudolph to Russell Renner. Bernard Sours to John Godlove. Howard James to Mildred James. Eva Carper to Myra Payne. C W Keeler to Moses Wymer. Jusan Elliott to Robert Elliott Jr. Emma Fisher to Maurice Wheeler. Individual parcels span areas near Winchester, Middletown, Stephens City, and paper mill road corridors with various acreages and improvements.
A sequence of property deeds recorded involving Marguerite Barr Butler and husband to Shenvalley Corporation for three lots on Eastern Street. John E Sartelle and wife to Harry W Aikens for a Miller Street lot. John Hillyard to Clarence W Sanders for 328 Highland Avenue. Harold Lee Sibert and wife to Mildred Purcell on Orchard Avenue. Martha Christine Fansier to Mary Magdalene Fansier at 219 West Monmouth Street and West Monmouth Street lot. Mary Magdalene Fansler and husband to Martha Christine Fansler at North Braddock Street. Minnie H Dellinger deceased to Aljourn F Jenkins for two lots on National Avenue with improvements. total value $9,500.
The Apple Valley Beagle Club schedules its March Field Trials for tomorrow morning on the Sing hass farm off Middle Road. Draw at 8 a.m. and runners may locate the grounds via posted markers. A chicken dinner will be served from noon to 1 p.m. in the new clubhouse.
In Portland Maine Democrats will elect 14 national convention delegates today with six full votes and eight half votes. A poll shows mainly Truman sentiment with one Bath man favoring Adlai Stevenson and another backing Estes Kefauver who declined identification. Most delegates will go unpledged to the Chicago convention as in prior years.
Members of the Boys Choir of Christ Episcopal Church will be heard on the third program of the series in the Children's Gospel Hour. The show airs Saturdays 9 a.m. to 9 15 a.m. on the local station with Rev. William H. Hanckel as announcer for the April 5 broadcast.
States consider compulsory voting but no action taken. Massachusetts and North Dakota constitutions allow the legislature to pass compulsory voting laws, yet no such measures have been enacted to date.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank welcomed nearly 6000 visitors to its three hour open house in a remodeled downtown building. Colonial hostesses greeted guests while exhibits on the third floor showcased coin collections from the Washington Numismatic Society and currency displays loaned by major banks.
Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney said there are no differences with President Truman. He boarded a plane to Washington after saying Truman might not seek re election if a satisfactory Korea peace is reached. Truman replied Korea does not enter U S politics and will not influence his decision.
Virginia received almost 200000 of the 8248189 sent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to 46 states and Puerto Rico last year. The foundation said 1951 marked its third straight year with epidemic aid exceeding 8 million dollars.
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