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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1954

Page

10

Pair Indicted For Pilfering Post Office Safe

Roanoke Walter Lee Hartman 27 and wife Emma Louise Hartman 18 indicted by a U S District Court grand jury for the December 20 Rocky Mount post office robbery. Hartman faces 16 years already and is charged with pilfering 845 dollars and 150 money order blanks. his wife allegedly held a flashlight.

Roanoke Walter Lee Hartman Emma Louise Hartman U. S. District Court Rocky Mount Hartman Roanoke County Circuit Court Roanoke Hastings Court

Pattern advertisement for ANNE ADAMS sewing ensemble

An advertisement urges readers to sew Pattern 4663 a cool season outfit with a scooped neckline and wide straps. It lists sizes 1412 16 18 2042 224 2415 with yardage 45 yards 35 inch contrast fabric and notes complete illustrated instructions plus mailing details to ANNE ADAMS Winchester Evening Star 243 West 17th St New York NY.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Secrets of Charm by John Robert Powers

A charm guide urges balanced giving and receiving in family and work. It advises mothers to be friends, teens to share chores, and career women to maintain contact with family. Readers can request the booklet by sending 1¢ and SASE to National Newspaper Service.

Secrets of National Newspaper Service Michigan City Indiana

Chicago Grain prices open weak on Board of Trade

Openings show a continuing down swing from yesterday across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with May July September and December contracts listed for each commodity and lard futures also noted.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly

Baltimore Market Quotations for Fruits Poultry and Livestock

Market totals from Baltimore show steady demand across apples, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and white yams with varied grades and pack sizes. Poultry prices remain mostly firm with strong demand for heavy breed hens and higher yields for fryers, while cattle calves hogs and sheep in Chicago and across USDA markets display wide weight and grade ranges.

Baltimore Fla Sebagoes Hpr Goldens

Stock Market Edges Lower on Open with Mixed Movers

In New York early trading today the stock market drifted down modestly with losses not exceeding about a point. Gains came from Commonwealth Edison American Can Goodyear Lockheed Chrysler and Radio Corp while Sinclair Oil American Telephone DuPont General Electric International Paper Boeing Bethlehem Steel Sharon Steel and General Motors slipped.

New York Commonwealth Edison American Can Goodyear Lockheed Chrysler and Radio Corp Sinclair Oil American Telephone DuPont General Electric International Paper Boeing Bethlehem Steel Sharon Steel General Motors

Rodeo Sponsor Brings All Star Show To Pony League

The Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Col Crum’s All Star Rodeo from Quitman Georgia for the Pony League visit. It runs May 21 to 23 at Airport Speedway with evening performances and matinees, featuring about 40 performers and 100 animals.

Junior Chamber of Commerce Col Ralph Clark Morocco Doris Hanes Pete Ashlock

Local Market Prices From The Star Daily

Local markets list daily prices for flour corn meal egg mash butter and mixed feed. Grain values show Wheat per bushel at 2.25 and No 2 Yellow Corn shelled around 1.75 to 1.85 in Rockingham and Augusta counties with No 2 Red Winter and Barley figures also noted.

Harrisonburg Rockingham Co Augusta Co Sachins Et Corun Ettaa BO Bader

Winchester Livestock and Egg Market Report Highlights

Agriculture Dept live poultry prices in Winchester show farm prices steady with slight demand rise. Broilers over 3 lbs and small turkey fryers demand up. receipts moderate to heavy. Harrisonburg egg market lists U S Grade A large white 38 and other grades, with Winchester Grade A large 36 and Grade A medium 32.

Winchester Harrisonburg U. S Winchester Egg Market

JWHS Senior Play Set for Friday

James Wood High School’s senior class presents the three act comedy Mother is a Freshman this Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The cast includes Sharon Driskell as Mrs Abagail Fortitude Abbot and Nancy Malone as her daughter with other students in key roles. Tickets are sold by senior class members or at the door.

James Wood High School John Miller Howie Jimmy Bryson Bill

Literary Guidepost By W G Rogers Around The World On A Freighter

Mrs Loveland at 80 travels aboard the President Jefferson from San Francisco to New York for three months to collect material for travel articles and a book. She has crossed oceans a dozen times visiting every continent except Australia and notes the kindness of helpers along the way. Freighter travel offers solid comfort and companionship with focus on travel minutiae and cost items.

Australia

Lamb Grading Demonstration Slated in Clarke Thursday

Clarke County sheep growers are invited to a lamb grading demonstration at W. B. Clagett's farm Thursday at 1 30 p m. Jimmy Shelburne will grade lambs and explain grading rationale while George A Allen Jr from Virginia Tech discusses ram and ewe selection and flock management.

Berryville Clarke County Bill B. Gregory W. B. Clagett Jimmy Shelburne Virginia George A. Allen, Jr V. P Blacksburg

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