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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1950

Page

9

Classified Advertisements for The Star Office Listings

Multiple ads offer items and services including a 35mm camera, Boston Bull pups, a Wurlitzer Saxophone, heavy tarpaulins, a modern bungalow, sun bonnets for Mothers Day, blooming African violets, a new 4 room bungalow, a 1938 Ford coupe, dining room suite, an Army pup and tent equipment, and a 7 room modern home in Purcellville. Each entry lists contact details and dates.

John L. Swartz Bunker Hill W. Va Bargain E. W Armstrong Cameron St Winchester Good & Company Dial W. Cork Berryville Avenue Harry H. Willis George Lutz Front Royal Pike Army Pup Loudoun

Food salesman sought for multi town territory

Wanted male experienced institutional canned food salesman for Hagerstown Cumberland Chambersburg Gettysburg Frederick Winchester territory. Contact Potter McCune Company McKeesport PA. All replies confidential. Also ads for linoleum installer nurse and waiter positions.

Hagerstown Cumberland Chambersburg Gettysburg Frederick Winchester Potter-McCune Company McKeesport Pennsylvania Care Evening Star

Tap Dancer Benny Sargent Wins Bee Prize at Palace Theatre

Benny Sargent of Bunker Hill captures first prize in the weekly Palace Theatre amateur show. Betty Jane Alger of Rt. 1-A wins second, with Charles Alger of the same address taking third. both Alger entrants are vocalists.

Benny Sargent Bunker Hill Palace Theatre Betty Jane Alger Rt. 1-A Charles Alger

Visitor Helps Local Pastor at Braddock Street Church

Dr. Albert P. Shirkey of St Pauls Methodist Church in Leona Lauck assisted yesterday at services in Braddock Street Methodist Church. He was in Winchester visiting family before departing for Washington and New York to join a World Organization for Brotherhood project spanning Western Europe.

William Archer Wright Braddock St. Methodist Church Albert P. Shirkey St. Paul’s Methodist Church Leona Lauck John Kerr School Winchester M. K. Shirkey Irvine Cather Shirkey National Conference of Christians and Jews World Organization For Brotherhood Washington New York Geneva United States Europe

Immediate sewing machine service ad

Winchester Sewing Machine Co offers in immediate service call 3645 next to Rouss Fire Hall at 111 W. Boscawen. Ev mon wed friTF indicates available times.

Winchester Sewing Machine Co Rouss Fire Hall W. Boscawen

Rites Tomorrow For Henry Mears

Funeral services for Henry Mears 75 of Stephens City who died Saturday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a three month illness will be held tomorrow Friends and relatives meet 130 p m at Jones Funeral Home and proceed to Fairview Methodist Church for final rites at 200 p m with Rev E C Day Rev L P Tederick and Rev C A York officiating Burial is in Stephens City cemetery Pallbearers are Lloyd Painter Bland Ritenour Fred Gore Russell Ritenour Edgar Lineburg and Howard White He was born in London England husband of Elizabeth Dover son of James and Jane Smith Mears a farmer and longtime member of Fairview Methodist Church Double Churches where he served as Sunday School superintendent treasurer and trustee Surviving besides his widow are one daughter from a former marriage Mrs Lynn Glover of Occoquan Va three brothers Dave Mears of Canada Rev Ernest Mears and Norse Mears of England three sisters Mrs Ada Payne of Canada Mrs May Doldings and Mrs Hilda Foster of England and two grandchildren

Winchester Dun & Bradstreet, Inc Baltimore 3 Robert Hockman Bartonsville Stephens City Winchester Golf Club George Washington Hotel Mullen Henry Mears Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home Fairview Methodist Church E. C. Day L. P. Tederick Rev. C. A. York Stephens City Cemetery Lloyd Painter Bland Ritenour Fred Gore Russell Ritenour Edgar Lineburg Howard White London England Mr. Mears Elizabeth Dover James and Jane Smith Mears Fairview Double Churches Lynn Glover Occo~quan, Va Dave Mears Canada Ernest Mears Norse Mears Ada Payne May Doldings Hilda Foster

In Memoriam for Ella B Nicholson One Year After

In sad remembrance of our dear mother Ella B Nicholson who departed this life May 8, 1949. The last farewell was spoken one year ago today. Our hearts ache with sadness as we listen for your voice in vain. Your life's work is ended and you are with the angels. May we meet you on the golden shore. By her devoted son and family, Pete C Nicholson.

Ella B. Nicholson Pete C. Nicholson

Coast Guard Maintains Beacon at Farallon Islands

The U S Coast Guard staff keeps a lighthouse radar station and automatic fog horn active on the Farallon Islands off San Francisco marking a key coastal navigation post.

U. S. Coast Guard Farallon Islands San Francisco

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