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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1950
Page
3
County budget outlines levy of 2.15 per 100 valuation with separate county and school levies and a new school building levy. Public hearing set June 12 1960 in Supervisors Room for taxpayers to express views on the budget for the next fiscal year.
The market stayed on a narrow course with some issues reacting to corporate news. Great Northern preferred dropped 4 to 38 on 3000 shares after a dividend cut while Guantanamo Sugar rose on a 1 dividend and plans to call its preferred.
The Baltimore market shows mixed receipts with cattle steady in the slaughter category and stocker cattle around 28.70 to 30.00. Hog trades were slow but generally steady across weights, with barrows and gilts quoted 20.50 to 20.75 and sows under 400 pounds 15.75 to 16.50. Sheep were nominally unchanged with spring lambs up to 33.50 and slaughter ewes around 14.00. Apples and potatoes move at steady to higher levels, poultry markets steady with light receipts, eggs dull and wholesale price ranges broad.
Prices for corn meal and feeds listed with wholesale and retail terms. A passage on the Leaning Tower of Pisa notes the tower’s lean has grown 0.7 mm every year since 1817 and may topple in about 300 years if the trend continues, with engineers noting possible acceleration.
Chicago futures opened firm led by oats pushing to seasonal highs while wheat corn soybeans and fats mixed. May oats 0.867% gains and other contracts showed varied shifts across grains with nearby prices reflecting ongoing strength in oats.
Agriculture Department reports prices paid for Federal State grades of heavy Cox and Leghorn hens. U S Grade A extra large eggs 29 cents, A large 27, A medium 24, B large 24, C grade. Pullet and other live poultry prices listed for Winchester area. Also notes about snow on mountains at the equator, including the Andes and Africa’s Mountains of the Moon, under tropical conditions snow forms only in cold upper clouds.
A metalworker and trucker from Berkeley Springs reported a hitchhiking woman named Betty Lou from Akron, Ohio. The body of a 35-year-old woman was found along the Potomac near Berkeley Springs after a rope strangulation and a fall from an embankment. Investigators note no rape evidence and believe the victim was a stranger to the area.
Larry F Livingston, noted speaker on chemical developments and consumer impact, will speak at 1 30 p m Wednesday in Clarke County High School auditorium to county high school students on Progress in Better Living. At 8 p m he will address the Lions Club of Clarke County. Public welcome.
George C. Spanos Steve G. Spanos and Elizabeth G. Spanos announce they have purchased Christos George Spanos interest in the White Palace Restaurant at 168 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia. The business will continue under the White Palace Restaurant name with the signatories as owners. Dated May 9 1950.
The Frederick County Production and Marketing Administration office relocates Monday to the second floor of the Hansbrough and Carter building at 23 N. Loudoun St. After 17 years sharing space with the County extension agent, J. L. Hershman cites program growth and space limits. Hours remain 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
A large gathering attended the funeral at Round Hill Presbyterian Church at 2 30 p m on Wednesday for Mrs Irene Clowser Holliday. Relatives and friends then met at her parents home at 2 p where the house was bright with flowers.
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