REPAIR SERVICES AND LOST ITEMS AD BRIEFS
Miscellaneous ads advertise painters, sewing machine parts, and floor refinishing with rental tools from Montgomery Ward. Lost items include a female pointer named Mary and a brown leather change purse with $130. A reader quiz notes the Amazon as the world’s greatest river by basin and water volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lorch
Bradford
William P. Bowers
Skyline Kennels
Cross Junction
Care Star Office
Amazon
Mississippi-Missouri
South America
Mississippi
Uncollected Tax Bills Turned Over for City Collection
About $11,000 in uncollected taxes from 1943 to 1946 were turned over to City Sergeant Gibson Baker for collection under a council resolution. Finance chair John Steck Sr. announced the move and directed the auditor to confirm all bills, after which uncollected personal property taxes would be handed to the sergeant. City Auditor John Jones reported $321,592 of the 1948 levy collected, with older unpaid totals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson Baker
John Steck Sr
John Jones
Jones
Petra
Yount Father of Ralph P. Yount Dies in Newton
Junius A. Yount 65, Newton building contractor and civic leader, died after a heart attack at Newton hospital. Ralph P. Yount of Winchester, CPA, traveled from Winchester after learning of his father’s illness. Survivors include wife, two sons and a daughter, five grandchildren, six siblings. Funeral at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Newton at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius A. Yount
Ralph P. Yount
Winchester
Newton
N. c
Ralph Yount
Yount, Hyde and Co
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Library of Congress Holds Over Eight Million Volumes in 1947
At the end of 1947 the Library of Congress housed more than eight million volumes and pamphlets, reflecting a vast expanding collection. The growth underscored the institution’s role as a major national repository and research center.
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Library of Congress
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Cine
Boyce
Pairmant Ave
Harry H. Wilts
Rebuilt Motors
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Buick
Studebaker
Dodge
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun
Hampshire
Parrish Feed & Poultry Co
Verona
Virginia
Augusta Co
Pifer
Middle Road
Wae Armstrong
N. Cameron St
Parker's Hardware
Harry H. Willis
C. L
Cameron St
Miller St
Loudoun
Liberty
James Reid, Jr
Petersburg
West Virginia
M. O. Simpson
Front Royal
Leicester St
Ford R&h
Galliday
Stephens City
E. Piccadilly
South Mountain Dairies, Inc
Cork St
Star Office
Care Star
Handley Vicinity
Dayton
Red Comet, Inc
Littleton
Colorado
Call
Barr's Farmers Hardware
Henry Seal
Rhodes Drug Store
R. H. Byers
Loudoun St
Davis
N. Braddock St
Boyd Avenue
J. G. Hollinger & Son
Rouss Ave
Ian
National Avenue
Rileys
Real Estate Service
John M. Hepfer
Martinsburg Pike
Oldsmobile
Splendid
OLDS
Coure
Rocket Motor
Bickers Motor CO
N. Loudoun St
Old Fair Grounds
Philips Specialty Shop
Montgomery Wards
S. Loudoun St
N. B. Shingleton
Call Pine Motor Co
Nun
Valley Ave
Shawnee Ave
Restau
Seiberling Battery
Parkes
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Baker
Junius Yount
N. Carolina City
George Washington Hotel
Wm. E. Milholland
Ate
Peat A
Abe
Kelvinator
E. Boscawen St
Kon
Anderson
Germany
Wannsee
U.S
Railway Workers’ Union
German Railway Administration
Deutsche Marks
International Radiophoto
Pine Motor CO
Automotive Machine Shop
NAPA
Winchester Automotive
London
America
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Miller’s Hardware and Household Supplies
N. Main St
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