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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1956
Page
4
Albert Moss seeks return of entry fee after his beagle Bella disappeared while chasing a rabbit at a Pueblo Colorado dog show. The dog is not seen since the hill chase and the owner asks for help locating Bella. A separate reader asks about sources listing philanthropic funds and foundations.
Various rental notices including unfurnished three room apartment at $55 heat included and hot water, furnished bungalow near Rocky Lane with no bath at $45, furnished apartment 548 N Loudoun, bachelor and bachelor style rooms with phone numbers, four room cottage at 315 S Braddock, and other single rooms and apartments with contact phones listed and dates in April May.
A scanned column shows multiple small notices: cider apples for sale with delivery option, a 400 gallon sprayer and tractors for sale from R. A. Gentry in Crozet Virginia, tomato plants for sale by J. B. Daniel in Roanoke area, a 218 Kent Street six room residence for sale via Shenandoah Realty Co., a wanted experienced auto mechanic at Clarke County Motor Co., and Scout supplies with prices from A W N Store in Leesburg area.
Two bedroom bungalow offerings with large lot three miles from Winchester. Small down payment and liberal financing available through Good & Company. Call MO 2-4425 for details.
Classified lines show a WANTED ad for motel restaurant work with an interview contact, plus a Fountain help pull time employment require 18 and in person application at People's Service Drug Store. The small item reflects 4-30-1f and 4-30-31 identifiers.
Help wanted for a working farm in Bow ie Maryland. Requires experience in showing and fitting thoroughbred cattle. Excellent facilities available. Apply to Eugene B Roberts Bow ie Maryland.
An old classified item advertises immediate openings for an experienced waitress and a counter girl at Shirkey's Restaurant in Sunnyside. It promises permanent work with top pay and requests applicants to apply in person.
Wanted notices seek a handyman and gardener at one address and a man with a small family for saw mill work with housing provided. Contact numbers MO 2 8489 and Boyce 61 W 4.
Classified entries include WANTED ads for a plowing and garden bidder in Pope Missouri and a search for a male German Shepherd or Police dog with age range. Other items list rotary lawn mower blade sharpening, carpentry and block laying services by E W Stultz & Sons, a clerk typist position in Winchester. plus a chinchilla farming info offer from Keeney Brothers Farms.
Cecil Blake plans to leave his car doors unlocked after a long record of only two lockups and two break ins. The note adds a trivia answer about the first state nurse registration law ratified March 3 1903 by North Carolina establishing voluntary registration with county clerks and an examining board of two physicians and three registered nurses.
White male beagle found on East Monmouth Street. Contact SPCA at MO 2-8616 to claim or identify the dog.
Hollywood notes foreign earnings now approach one half of the industry total. The piece highlights Nigel Patrick joining MGM's Raintree County, a Civil War epic set in Indiana, and discusses Anglo talent shaping U S cinema while Patrick speaks on ambitions and viewing American TV offerings.
The Winchester-Frederick County Chapter of the American Cancer Society distributes copies of The Truth About Cancer by Dr Charles S Cameron. Harry Lovett presents a copy to Paul Beable at James Wood High School and plans to give one to Kirk N Gaskins at Douglas School. Dr R T Shields will present to Garland R Quarles for Handley and a fourth copy goes to Homer E Alberti for Memorial Hospital library.
Mrs. W. D. Myers and Mrs. W. A. Carskaden placed first in the weekly duplicate match of the Monday contract bridge group at the George Washington Hotel. Runners-up were Mrs. William Wheatley and Mrs. C. F. Schenck. The next meeting is May 7 at 8 p.m. at the same venue.
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness states that at least half of blindness cases in the United States could be prevented. The claim highlights preventable causes and urges public health action to reduce vision loss nationwide.
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