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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1952
Page
7
Classifieds note a minimum charge and require cash for all out of town ads. The notice emphasizes cash payment and nonrefundable terms for remote submissions. It reflects standard newspaper billing practices and postal handling for distant listings.
Multiple short sale notices list wood stoves tarpaulins and plants with contact numbers and addresses. Items include extra dry wood and stove lengths, an electric stove, firearms trade access after 5 30 pm, heavy tarpaulins from E W Armstrong in Winchester Virginia, various kinds of wood, and chrysanthemums with Mrs Jeanne Spaid at 305 Bellview Ave.
Classified notices list multiple openings including a holiday sales positions with earnings over 100 dollars weekly and evening hours at the George Washington Hotel, housekeeping at 403 Highland Ave Winchester VA, a dishwasher position at Chanticleer Inn, and a 4 pm to 12 am woman needed at The Snack Bar 17 South Loudoun St all with posting dates in October.
Wanted experienced secretarial applicant. Also wanted to purchase farm directly from owner with second mortgage option for unpaid balance. Needs 100 acres with house and outbuildings. Send details to P O Box in Winchester Virginia. Also wanted used piano and sitter for children. Immediate work opportunity offers in Hagerstown Maryland with D B Smith P O Box 148. Dogwood specifications sought from Draper Corp Box 806.
I have sold the West End Service Station in Gore Virginia to Mr Russell Spaid effective October 10 and he has assumed full ownership. Anyone with unpaid bills contracted please present them at the Western Frederick Bank. ERVIN E PINNELL. Also Winchester Sewing Machine Co advertises discounted sewing machines and vacuums at 111 West Boscawen Street.
Classified notices detail job openings for truck drivers service personnel and laborers plus rental offers for farm shares apartments rooms and a heated bedroom in Valley areas. Also listed are fur redesign services aluminum window options termite inspections and miscellaneous small listings including card of thanks noting personal thanks to supporters after a death.
Approximately 1,000 people from 17 states and Spain attended the 3rd Annual Antique Show and Sale sponsored by St. Marys Guild of Christ Episcopal Church. The event featured prizes, notable items, and an auction with proceeds aiding church missions.
Eva Hiett Chamberlin 60 wife of J Broaddus Chamberlin died at her Fairmont Avenue home after birth in Frederick County on February 23 1892. She was a Grace Lutheran Church member survived by husband daughter May E Scheweier Riverdale Maryland and brother Fred Hiett Frederick County. Funeral Monday 2 p m from home Rev E B Smith officiating. Pallbearers listed. burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Colombo zoo welcomes seven cockatoos with six on public view. One bird has learned a sailor’s salty language, prompting officials to hope it forgets slang as a new tutor teaches more sober speech.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer called on West Germans to abandon political differences and unite behind the European defense plan at the Christian Democratic rally. He warned that continued division would invite Soviet division and conquer tactics against the nation.
Tuesday evening at 5 30 the Winchester Day Nursery Board meets and displays the children's handiwork across the building at Woodstock Lane and Lincoln St. Pupils have been drawing and crafting decorations as curtains glow with autumneaves. Teachers and children rehearse flag salute songs and a prayer. A dramatization of a musical selection is the high point. Sunshine Club of Braddock Street Methodist Church presents a new record. The event is open to all interested and the nursery is part of the Winchester Frederick County Community Chest.
Final rites for Miss Mary A. McFadden who died in Baltimore were held yesterday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church conducted by Father Carl Zeterberg. Pallbearers included J. H. Yost Sr J. H. Yost Jr Harry Murphy Charles Murphy B M Sullivan and H W Copenhaver. Burial followed in Catholic Cemetery.
A national study by the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers finds that four fifths of adults in the country play cards. The ten most popular games are Canasta, Contract Bridge, Pinochle, Poker, Rummy, Auction Bridge, Samba, Five Hundred, Solitaire, and Gin Rummy. TV owners also play cards more than non owners.
H B McCormac Jr of this city was elected to a two year term on the board of directors of the Virginia Manufacturers Association at its 30th annual meeting at Virginia Beach. Henry G Chesley of Richmond was re elected president with Basil D Browder of Danville John B Graven of Charlottesville and Basil W Coale of Richmond named officers.
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