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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1968
Page
5
Farmers livestock report for Monday October 28 lists hog categories with topweights 190 to 240 pounds fetching 18.00 to 18.50 per cwt and heavy 240 to 270 pounds at 17.00 to 18.00 per cwt. Light butchers are also noted.
Anne Adams pattern 4632 for child sizes 2 4 6 8 priced 65 cents, mailing adds 15 cents. Also catalog siting Fall Winter patterns and Instant Sewing book with over 500 pictures for $1. Livestock and meat prices listed include veal lambs slaughter cattle and stock feeder cattle with various weight ranges and price bands. Next stock sale noted for Nov 4, 1968 with 40 head of stock ewes expected.
Northern Valley Randolph Macon College alumni will hold a 6 45 p m dinner meeting next Wednesday in the Shenandoah College dining room. President Luther W White III will speak with J Roddey Jones and Henry Carter also attending as officials.
Roosevelt Johnson of Kingstree South Carolina lost his right arm in 1944 while serving as a private in World War II. This fall he picked apples in Virginia and West Virginia to earn extra money for his son's college, enjoying the job and its cheerful work environment. He plans to return next season and continues to balance family duties with labor in the orchards.
George Van Leeuwen 79, noted architect of the federal building in Norfolk, died Wednesday at Church Hill Plantation Gloucester County. A Columbia University alum and AIA member, he designed Dinwiddie Hotel Portsmouth Stadium portions, Leigh Memorial Hospital wing, Trinity and Larchmont Baptist Churches, and Tidewater schools. Survived by widow, stepdaughter, three sisters, and two grandchildren. Virginia bankers endorse $81 million bond issue for education and mental health facilities.
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