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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1946
Page
7
Classified ads show multiple WANTED notices including a Simmons studio couch in good condition at a reasonable price, and various other wants such as a used car, ironing services, and a house or apartment sought by veterans and families. Some entries include contact numbers and dates.
A sales directory lists auctions at Rore Hill Farm near Winchester with furniture livestock and personal property conducted by Mrs R Schneider on Oct 26 at 9 am. Barr Farm off route 50 just outside city limits offers very old furniture china glassware garden tools and some livestock on Oct 26 at 10 am. Middletown area mile west auction site features livestock machinery and feed for the estate of G M Punk under administrator Rose M Funk on Oct 28 at 9 am.
Present and past rainfall figures report 24 hours ending 7 am with October to date 1.50 inches and 33-year average 36.49 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1945 list values such as January 2.49 and December 4.8 inches, with statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Auction to be held at the late residence five miles northwest of Winchester on Thursday October 24 1946 at 1 PM listing household furniture including walnut table chairs organ sewing machine beds dressers kitchen ware plus farm tools livestock and other items with cash terms. Administrators Stanley J. McFarland Arthur H. McFarland and auctioneer Roy P. Duvall.
Baltimore market reports show cattle and calves up 2.00 to 10.00, with top steers reaching 30.00 and vealers 22.00–23.00, while hogs also rise. Chicago quotations indicate a strong decontrol rally, with choice steers and yearlings up 5.00–15.00, top prices near 34.00 and occasional 37.50, and overall firming across cattle and calves.
New York traders saw limited gains and small declines across many issues. The session featured a light turnover with about 350000 shares traded as analysts warned of a fresh rise in inventories and cautious sentiment from Secretary Byrnes’ foreign policy outlook. Major names like Bethlehem and Chrysler faced declines while Texas Corp and Chesapeake weakened.
Mrs Rankin age 67 died last night at 11 55 at the home of her son Harry Rankin near Rippon West Virginia She was born October 11 1879 in Virginia Surviving husband Robert Rankin are sons Charles Rankin Clear Spring Md Harry Rankin Rippon Joe Rankin Charles Town Peter Rankin Shenandoah Junction and daughters Arsinie King Halltown Virgie Howell Hagerstown Md Rosie Howell Rippon Also a sister Mrs Mariah Junk and brother Jack Marshall of Uniontown Pa Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville Rev R K McDonald of the Presbyterian Church Berryville will conduct Interment will be in Greenhill Cemetery Berryville.
The schedule lists numerous congregations matching Sept. 11 with morning worship, Sunday School and youth programs. Notable names include Dr. Ronald S Wilson Rev James B Storey Rev Roy Coulter and Rev T J Hawkins, plus churches such as Calvary Pentecostal Timber Ridge and Loudoun Street Church of Christ.
Emmett B. Fast longtime rural mail carrier and Staunton Lutheran Conference treasurer died at his Waynesboro home of a heart attack at age 76. He served 30 years delivering mail and was active in local church affairs.
Salable sheep total not given. Week comparison shows slaughter lambs up to 50 higher with late bulk natives at 21.00 to 22.00, weekly peak 26.00 Wednesday and week’s bulk 21.00-25.00. Medium weights 18.50-19.50 at close, lightweights 11.00-12.00, yearling shorn pelts 20.00, shorn ewes 1.50 lower, top 12.50 for week, replacement stock scarce.
About 52,747 people reside within twenty miles of Winchester with a slow driving time to the Northwest Virginia shopping center of about thirty minutes.
The Young Adult Fellowship Class of Braddock Street Methodist Church will lead the Sunday evening service during the pastor’s absence in Lynchburg. Mrs Hogetiley directs song with the Charles Wesley Choir. Merlin Bly presides, with Roy Wicks and Mrs John Glaize also participating. Mrs Glaize will deliver the message on Christian Stewardship.
The 1946 baseball year drew about 18.6 million paid admissions, with the American and National Leagues totaling over 9.4 million and 8.9 million respectively. The New York Yankees led attendances, the Dodgers and Tigers also posted strong showings, and ten teams surpassed one million paid admissions.
Local markets corrected daily list wholesale flour prices for patent brand ten pound bags and twenty five pound bags per cwt with rates of 5.55 and 5.35, plus forty eight pound bags per barrel at 10.80 and corn meal and other grain prices noted for one hundred weight and ten pound bags.
Lesson in English by W L Gordon explains common word usage and pronunciation. It covers misused phrases mispronounced Horizon and related terms. The note urges daily vocabulary growth and defines impassive as devoid of emotion with an example.
The War Department states that graduates of Officer Candidate School were not all given permanent master sergeant rank. A relieved officer may reenlist as a master sergeant with permanent rank, but only within twenty days after the officer’s terminal exit from active duty.
Ane veterans of World War I faced decisions on life insurance with many choosing to retain their existing policies while others converted to term insurance. Policy details varied by state and veteran group with implications for premiums and coverage longevity.
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