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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1948

Page

2

Kiwanis Ladies Night Dinner Dance Planned

Winchester Kiwanis club will stage a Ladies Night dinner dance at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the George Washington hotel. President Ralph Yount says upwards of 125 members and guests are expected with Marvin Gore as acting arrangements chairman. Harry Ebert Jr Ellis Ford and Kenneth Hall are listed members. Invitations have been sent to presidents of all Winchester civic clubs and Jack Fretwell will provide music and serve as master of ceremonies.

Winchester Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Ralph Yount Marvin Gore George Masters Harry Ebert Jr Ellis Ford Kenneth Hall Wintor Jack Fretwell

City and County Realty Transfers Listed For Winchester and Frederick County

Transfers show multiple property moves across Winchester city, Frederick County towns, and rural districts. Notable deeds include Dorothy Dehaven to H F Paget for 309 Shenandoah Ave and George H Eagle Jr to J Bryant Armstrong with three parcels totaling 128 acres near Bartonsville, plus various 8 to 29 acre tracts and 63 to 77 pole parcels with improvements in Back Creek, Acorn Heights, Brucetown, and Gore schedules.

Winchester Dorothy V. Dehaven H. F. Paget Shenandoah Ave Albert Monroe Seal Winchester Steam Laundry Kent St Gertrude Kramer W B. Unger Virginia Ave Frederick County Elmer S Orndoff Irvin L. Ritenour Star Tannery Back Creek Stephens City White Post George H. Eagle Jr J. Bryant Armstrong Bartonsville J. W. Ward Shirley Elwood Foreman Gore William Franklin Sulser Harvey R. Hawkins Gladys Hawkins Carper Hunting Ridge Road Gainesboro Hilda G. Ashwood Marion D. Ashwood Allison Ave James A. Cather

Mrs. Julia Nail Succumbs at 91 in Winchester

Mrs. Julia W. Nail 91 widow of John W. Nail of Winchester died at 5 30 am from complications of advanced age. Born February 6 1857 to John and Mary Pingley of Frederick County she married John W. Nail July 6 1876. Survived by two children Maybel V. Aiken and Frederick Nail five grandchildren and one great grandchild. last member of her immediate family. Funeral 3 pm Wednesday at her daughter 415 N Bardock St with interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.

Julia W. Nail John W. Nail Winchester John and Mary Pingley Frederick County Mr. Nail Maybel V. Aiken Frederick Nail Barddock St Mt. Hebron

Pope Denounces Totalitarianism in Vatican Address

Pope Pius XII challenged totalitarianism in a Vatican speech to Turin and Rome auto workers. He defended human dignity and liberty within divine law, warning against treating workers as mere tools while affirming equality in human dignity and the necessity of stable homes and moral duties.

Vatican City Pius XII Turin Rome

Plaques Unveiled For VMI Graduates Killed in War

At Virginia Military Institute ceremonies two bronze plaques memorialize over 100 VMI graduates killed in the late war. Attendees from Winchester included Mrs. Paul J. Thomson and son James M. Thomson 2d. Captain Paul J. Thomson, VMI Class of 1941, fell in Saipan in June 1944.

Virginia Military Institute VMI Winchester Paul J. Thomson James M. Thomson Thomson Saipan

Stephens City Prepares For Woodstock Football Showdown

Stephens City high school hosts Woodstock on Senseng Road field at 7:30 p m Friday. Last week the county team defeated Stanley 32 20 with scoring by Thomas Brown 2 David Brown Barley and Coates Barley added two extra points.

Stephens City High School Woodstock Senseng Rd Stanley Thomas Brown David Brown Barley Coates

Clarke County Sales Directory Listings

The Berryville Clarke County sales directory lists auctions of farms and estates on dates in November. Items include livestock farm equipment household goods and real estate with locations at Double Tollgate Senseny Road Front Royal Road and Kent Street extended among others. Names include J H Funkhouser estate Anna C Schlack W D Cornwell Scully and Waltz A F Zombro J H Punkhouse estate and E R Sullivan.

J. H. Funkhouser Waverly Farm Double Tollgate Clarke County Graham A. Dove Berryville Court House Anna C. Schlack Senseny RG Mieas Winchester W. D. Cornwell Frederick Coun Court House Kent St Scully & Waltz Frederick County Court House Front Royal Road F. Zombro North Berryville J. H. Punkhouser Highland Farm E. R. Sullivan

Market Quotation Summary for Baltimore Trade Measures

Baltimore market update reports steady produce apples with varied sizes and strong egg demand. Live cattle and hogs show mixed gains. steers bulls and stockers firm with some higher pricing, calves, stockers, and feeders trading steady to higher. Sheep arrivals steady with Lambs near previous week, high and low grades noted.

New York Stocks Rise Across Steel and Rail Shares

The New York stock market advanced with key issues gaining fractions to a point or more. Central Railroad of New Jersey hit a new yearly high, with U S Steel National Steel Chrysler Goodyear Montgomery Ward Electric Power Light Consolidated Natural Gas American Smelting Du Pont U S Gypsum American Woolen Southern Railway Union Pacific Illinois Central Sinclair Oil Paramount also higher. bulky shares Woolworth Caterpillar Tractor Boeing Owens Illinois weaker.

New York Central Railroad of New Jersey U. S. Steel National Steel Chrysler Goodyear Montgomery Ward Electric Power & Light Consolidated Natural Gas American Smelting DuPont U. S Gypsum American Woolen Southern Railway Union Pacific Illinois Central Sinclair Oil Paramount Pictures Woolworth Caterpillar Tractor Boeing Owens-Illinois

Chicago Livestock Prices Slip Across Hog and Sheep Markets

In Chicago on November 1 hogs priced mainly 24.50 to 24.75 for 180-220 lb butchers with lighter weights 24 to 24.25 and sows 23 to 23.75. cattle market mixed with steers and heifers steady to higher, cows up to 50 cents, bulls up 25 cents, top slaughter steer values 38.50 to 39.00 per cwt, and stock cattle firm. Sheep and lamb prices largely steady with native lambs 21.50 to 24, yearling wethers and western ewes dominant, ewes 8.50 to 9.75.

Baltimore Bubkts U.S Yorks Delicious Chicago Colorado

Eggs and Live Poultry Prices From Winchester Markets

Agriculture Department Markets Division reports price ranges for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester area. Egg grades include A and B with per dozen figures for U.S. Grade A extra large and large, standards, pullets, cracks and checks, and Peewees. Live poultry prices cover young tom and hen turkeys, No 2 hens, old and young guineas, Leghorn and rock broilers, breed hens, and roosters with per head or per pound figures.

Winchester

Local Market Price Listings From Daily corrections

Market notes list retail prices for flour corn meal and feeds. Includes grain quotes for New wheat, barley, yellow corn and white corn. Also shows egg mash, cracked corn, broiler mash and butter prices with retail and wholesale figures. oranized as a local shopper’s price sheet.

Featherbedding term in labor unions described as excess work rules

Florence Peterson defines featherbedding as a derogatory label for union work rules that limit maximum use of labor or machinery, creating extra or "soft" jobs for more workers than necessary. It implies inefficiency by expanding headcount rather than output.

D. F Florence Peterson

Chicago Grain Prices Open With Mixed Decline

Wheat eases at the opening as good weekend rains boost southwestern winter wheat prospects. Feed grains stay mixed amid heavy corn arrivals totaling 1100 cars. Prices listed for Wheat Dec 2.27 May 2.19 Jly 2.02. Corn Dec 1.36 May 1.40 Jly 1.40 Ser 1.37. Oats Dec 77 1-4 May 74 1-4. Soybeans Nov 2.49. Lard Nov 18.55-52 Jan 18.90.

Chicago Jly

Quiz Key From Page Four

The list provides correct answers: Roosevelt-Truman ticket. she operates a millinery shop. 44,000. false that Portuguese is Brazil’s official language. standard bolt and nut sizes. Provincetown. Puerto Rico. Andrew Johnson in 1867. Uruguay. and the Federal Communications Commission.

Brazil Provincetown Puerto Rico Andrew Johnson Uruguay Federal Communications Commission

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