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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1952
Page
10
Classified display ads list Army steel cots like new and wooden bunks with prices, wool khaki blankets new, sold by A N Store at 12 N Loudoun. Also 55 000 BTU Norge oil heater for 30 and 1948 Chevrolet convertible with good tires via Henkle Harris Co at 660 N Loudoun and phone 7901.
A string of classified notices lists sales and requests including auto service at a Salivery shop, a 50 acre limestone tract near Clarke County Virginia, a 5 room modern dwelling for 9000 dollars, baby furniture and jewelry, silk nylons sales positions, and a snack bar job opening. The items mention Winchester and Charles Town areas with box and contact details and active dates in October 1921.
A reported North Atlantic giant squid reaches a maximum length of 62 feet with outstretched tentacles, marking a record for the species.
Halsey T. Green, manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co in Stephens City, shows a subscriber the new Bell System wall phone replacing the old magneto type. The firm reports rapid expansion with lines under construction and a surge in local phones from 318 in 1942 to 7171 today.
New York stocks opened modestly lower with signs of a potential rally. Price changes were fractional with several leaders slipping or rising, including lower Baltimore & Ohio and DuPont while Sinclair Oil and Montgomery Ward rose, alongside Douglas Aircraft and other gainers.
Chicago grain and futures opened lower on the Board of Trade with soybeans slipping up to a cent and grains recording fractional declines. Mixed price quotes for Wheat, Corn, Oats, and fats show steady but subdued early trading across contracts including Dec, Mar, May, and Jul months.
Mollie Kerns 84 died Sunday at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Funeral services were held yesterday at 3 30 p m at Jones Home by Rev A C Pallbearers included Douglas Kerns Homer Kerns Woodrow Kerns and Glen Kerns. Interment followed in Pairview Cemetery.
Baltimore USDA market notes show steady apples with various up and down shifts across denominations, mixed crate and box pricing for Golden Delicious and Delicious varieties, and large box lots. Potatoes hold a firm undertone with size and sack pricing noted. Broilers and hens quote in mid to upper ranges. Cattle and calves indicate mixed classes from good to utility with steer and bull price ranges, while sheep figures appear sparse.
Reading prices show ranges for sows veal calves and sheep. Sows 400 Ibs and under bring 17.00 to 17.75 with bulk 400-500 Ib at 16.75 to 17.50 and heavier head as low as 15.50. Calves 400 lb steer and yearling prices run 31.00 to 34.50, high choice loads 32.50 to 33.00. steers 26.00 to 30.50. commercial grades 21.00 to 25.50. Heifers and yearlings 29.50 to 34.00, cows 14.25 to 19.50, canners 11.25 to 14.28, utility to commercial 21.00, veal in we 26.00 to 34.00. Salable sheep 2,000 with no established bid on top native lambs. culls 6.00 to 6.50 and good slaughter ewes 10.00 to 22.00.
OCR excerpt lists assorted market items including corn meal in 25 and 10 lb bags with prices, No 2 yellow corn and white corn, barley oats and egg mash, various feeds, butterfat and wholesale butter. Indicates a local pricing snapshot across grains and livestock feeds.
Today s market shows Grade A eggs with crack and check quality notes. Prices listed for Chester area poultry include Heavy Breed Hens at 18 cents per pound and over, Leghorn Hens 13 cents, Rock and Cross Broilers 26 cents, Red Broilers 22 cents, and Young Bronze hens 3 cents per pound.
Albert Clevenger Clevensee, 1, died yesterday. Services at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J. B. Duckwall. Pallbearers were Robert Bell Walter M. Massie Joe Hershey Howard Patton Marvin Weaver and Jack Swanson. Interment in Hebron Cemetery.
Funeral services for Lester C. Ware will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church after gathering at Jones Funeral Home. The Rev L C Messick and Rev Donald Austin will officiate with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers are Arthur Cather Royal Nesmith Calvin Stotler Joseph Shade Clifton Lewis and Talmage DeHaven.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E La Follette who died yesterday morning at her daughter's home will be held Saturday morning with friends meeting at Jones Funeral Home at 11 Kelley will officiate. Interment will be in the family burial plot adjoining the church. Pallbearers are William La Follette Kenneth LaFollette Gary Jones Richard Jackson Chariton Crenshaw and James Givens.
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