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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1952
Page
7
The Holy Name Society meets this evening with special guest speaker Rev Francis Bowler assigned to Sacred Heart Parish after Rev Julian Bullock's death. A film of the 1951 World Series will be shown as part of the program.
Classified ad notes Trail's End best grade straight run farm flock mixture chicks Reds Rocks Leghorns ninety five per hundred with immediate shipmentTrail's End Poultry Farm Gordonsville Va CS 29 3808 Also for sale a 1947 Studebaker ton pickup truck with low mileage contact phone 3706 after 5 PM.
Classified notices offer two strollers for sale a 207 acre Virginia farm with dwelling and 740 acre Pocahontas County West Virginia farm with good water and fencing selling at 14000 and 30000 dollars Moore Insurance Realty Co at Charles Town W Va seeks workers including an experienced farm hand and dairy farmer plus job openings for a delivery driver and two waitresses at the Metropolitan Restaurant with contact numbers and posting dates in May 1921
Multiple classified lines advertise jobs and sales including experienced awning mechanic and helper in Virginia Shade and Awning Co Alexandria Virginia. furniture salesman for Saturdays. owner sale of colonial home in Charles Town with features. heavy tarpaulins by E W Armstrong Winchester. welding and auto body training via Auto-Crafts Training Box 38 care Winchester Star. spare time money collection from vending machines with box 43 care of paper. empty details and generic notices for mechanicsSmith Pontiac Sales & Service Gerrard St Valley Ave.
A wanted notice advertises a woman to cook and perform general housework. Contact by phone at 6507. Dated 5 10 31.
Multiple rental notices list 3 to 4 room apartments with baths on 2nd floor and other locations. Ads note furnished heat hot water stove refrigerator and laundry. some include janitor service and locations such as 121 S Cameron 337 N Loudoun St 518 S Rent Main St. Contact details and phone numbers provided.
Missing items include a small black change purse and a bracelet with the name Eugene. Contact numbers 3255 or 5804. Reward offered for return. notices dated May 12 1921.
Report notes stamp collecting is the most popular hobby and estimates about 200000 new stamp collectors join each year.
The Virginia Wildlife Federation formed in Richmond yesterday to coordinate hunters and fishermen with state wildlife efforts. Dr. W. A. Pennington of Buckingham was elected temporary president to push forest protection, improved land use, and pollution abatement in cooperation with state programs.
General Clark outlined ransom demands by North Korean prisoners at Koje and said Colson agreed to limit violence, halt forcible screening, allow a POW representative group, and avoid rearming prisoners. Clark condemned the communist blackmail and noted the agreements were set under duress.
A wall toppled onto a crowd at an outdoor prizefight in Bell Ville Argentina killing 31 people and injuring at least 100. Rain water on a canvas roof caused the 15 foot masonry wall to give way trapping spectators amid a panicked crush and stampede.
Norman L. Smith of Baltimore faces drunken driving with a 30 day suspended sentence and $104.75 fine. Joseph E. Walker Middletown and Stanley Elliott Middletown cited for drunkenness with fines of $14.25 and $1425 respectively. Charlies R. Neff Stephens City charged with restricted permit and equipment violations. 10 dollar suspended sentence plus 425 dollars costs. Ira W. Smith 437 Highland Ave charged as drunken driving with 30 day suspended sentence and $10.25 fine. Marvin J. Emeswiller Woodstock drunk with $14.75. Oscar Lewis Jr Whitlock Ave drunk with $14.75. Frederick J. Erdman Baltimore cited for passing a double solid line with $10.25. Walter J. Brajdich Yukon Pa cited for passing a double solid line with $10.25.
Statement declares responsibility limits and requirement to sign only in presence of a notary public John W. Foster at 549 N Cameron St Winchester Virginia with date May 12 1931. It sets condition that debts are personal and no papers signed without a notary.
George Washington faces Maryland at College Park as the Southern Conference race heats up in Raleigh. West Virginia, tied to keep pace, must win both games at Lexington to stay in the hunt for the tourney berth alongside Virginia Military Institute and Richmond with strong Northern Division hopes.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia the report of accounts of J H Yost personal representative of the estate of James R DuShane deceased is filed creditors and all interested are ordered to show cause on June 23 1952 before the court why the estate should not be paid to legatees without bonds. Publication required weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star. Signed Elliott Marshall Judge Designate. Copy Teste Clerk. P J Marshall Winchester Virginia.
Duke's Blue Devils improve to 17 3 and have secured the No 1 seed in the southern division. North Carolina State Wolfpack at 10 4 clinch the runner up slot, removing all doubt about second place.
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