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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1950

Page

7

Classified Advertisements for Sale and Rent Items

Classified ads list multiple items for sale including two six room houses at 8500 each with rent potential. electrical equipment and machinery from Hagerstown Equipment Co. big shoe sale in Winchester and Front Royal. upright piano for 150. deep freeze and gas range. used auto parts. store fixtures with groceries. frying chickens. lawn mower sharpening service. dogs for homes. four room and three room apartments for rent with heat and utilities.

Harry H. Willis Elec Hagerstown Equipment Co Hagerstown Winchester Front Royal Stephens City Loudoun Street Winchester Credit Corporation

Lost Fox Hound Found in Wadesville

Lost black and tan fox hound belonging to Janes Russell Jr of Wadesville. Call Berryville 101 W 13 for return. Listed May 19, 1921.

Janes Russell, Jr Wadesville Berryville

Why Worry If You Have A Skin Disease

Advertisement notes to inquire about a product V J O from Miller's Drug Store and includes a business opportunity offer for a fuel business in Front Royal Virginia, with sale or lease due to owner’s health and a reply box for contact.

V-J-O. Miller's Front Royal Virginia

Mrs Hilda White Dies In Hospital

Mrs Hilda March White 47 of Cedar Creek Grade died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Winchester she was a daughter of the late Edward and Elizabeth Hoffman March. She married Richard C White on November 16 1949. She worked fifteen years for Molly and Cather, now known as others. A life long member of Brad dock Street Methodist Church she leaves husband, one sister Mrs Alfred D Scott of Fredericksburg, two nephews Alfred R Scott in the U S Army and John E Scott of Richmond, and one niece Mrs William J Coffman of Front Royal. Funeral Monday at 11 am from Jones Funeral Home with Rev Paul Drumheller officiating. Burial in Mount Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers: J M Steck C H Himelright E Russell Hook H E Yeakley K B Ashby Donald Ailes Linden Singhass Paul Slonaker.

Hilda March White Cedar Creek Winchester Memorial Hospital Winchester Edward Elizabeth Hoffman March Richard C. White Moly and Cather Other’s Braddock Street J. M. Steck C. H. Himelright E. Russell Hook H. E. Yeakley K. B. Ashby Donald Ailes Linden Singhass Paul Slonaker

Edward L Tharpe Funeral Monday at 2 PM

Funeral services for Edward L. Tharpe will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Carl W. Hiser officiating. Burial is at Mount Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Joseph Clowser Ensley Potts Milton Billmyer Holmes Fletcher William Cornwell and Albert Simmons.

Edward L. Tharpe Jones Funeral Home Carl W. Hiser Mount Hebron Cemetery Joseph Clowser Ensley Potts Milton Billmyer Holmes Fletcher William Cornwell Albert Simmons

Opening Prices in Chicago Grain Markets and Union Membership Inquiry

Chicago markets show irregular openings across Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, and Soybeans with May and Jly futures listed. The piece then asks for present U S union membership levels, noting estimates from 14 to 16 million and 15.6 million in 1947.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Corr Oats Rye

In Memoriam James Mc Daniel

In loving memory of our beloved husband and father James Mc Daniel who died May 20 1949 We think of you often and will to the end Gone and forgotten by some you may but dear to our memory you will be Loving wife children and grandchildren

James McDaniel

Market Quotations Reach Four Year High Amid Broad Gains

The New York market opened higher and rose to a four year high for the fifth straight day. GM led with an 3 8 rise to 86 1 2 after Sloan optimism. Allied advances included Chrysler Goodyear Woolworth IH Aircraft Du Pont and GE among others while Goodrich Bethlehem Lockheed and Southern Railway lagged. A $25 000 issue of AT&T bonds sold at 130 3 8, a new high, while other corporate bonds remained quiet.

New York General Motors Alfred P. Sloan Jr Chrysler Goodyear Woolworth International Harvester Douglas Aircraft National Supply Armour Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical Air Reduction Youngstown Sheet du Pont General Electric N. Y. Central Southern Pacific Standard Oil (Nj Texas Co Goodrich Bethlehem Steel Lockheed Westinghouse Electric Southern Railway American Telephone

Baltimore USDA Livestock Prices Compared with Last Week

Cattle ranged with steers 25-50 cents higher, cows and bulls firm to strong, heifers steady to strong. High good steer weights 870-1296 lb fetched 29.00-30.00, several top 3150 for a 1210 lb animal. heifers 28.25 for good to choice, stockers 24.75-30.00. Calves mostly 1.00 higher, top 32.50. hogs mixed with barrows 20.50-21.00, most under 21. Sheep lambs 1.00-1.50 lower, ewes scarce.

Baltimore USDA Chicago

Agricultural Department Egg and Poultry Price Report

Prices paid by dressing plants in the Winchester area for various eggs and poultry grades. U S Grade A extra large 29 cents, Grade A large 27, Grade A medium 24, Grade B large 24. Pullet eggs, cracked eggs and checks, small and Peewees also listed. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 21, leghorns 25 cents per pound, leghorn broilers up to 3 pounds 19, stags, young guineas 25, young hens 23, Rock and Cross broilers over 3 pounds 23, under 3 pounds 22, red broilers over 3 pounds 24, under 3 pounds 23, young toms listed as well.

Winchester Leelee Rock & Cross Rock ¢ Cross Toms Oefac Apis

A. Clem Sohn the bat flier dies in France 1937

A. Clem Sohn known as the bat flier wore hand made wings supported by iron bars and leaped from a plane at 10 000 feet. He used a parachute for landings but died when it failed to open in France on April 25 1937.

Clem Sohn France

First five high school grads offered June class deal

Special prices are offered to the first five graduates who enroll now for June classes. Position waiting.

Week's Market Prices for Hogs, Cattle, Sheep at Chicago

USDA results show hogs 500 total. week comparisons higher for bar rows and gilts, sows up. Cattle: slaughter steers and heifers mostly lower, beef trade soft. feeding and stocker activity steady. Sheep: spring lambs scarce, prices mixed with notable gains for large hogs and heavy cattle.

Local Market Prices Listing Daily Corrections

Local markets show daily corrected retail prices for flour corn meal and grain. Prices include corn meal in 5 and 10 pound bags, wheat moisture content notes, no. 2 yellow corn, barley, and various feeds and mash products.

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