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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1950

Page

7

Classified Ads and Sale Notices Fragment

Classified ad list with several sale notes and rental offers. Items include purebred cocker spaniel, Gore Virginia 64 acre farm with 4 room cottage, hunting coats, fry chickens, Dr Whitlock property, whiskey barrels and cider, dry or green slab wood, a blight piano, various rental listings, and help-wanted notices for a furniture store and other jobs. Some entries show dates and contact details.

W. I. Derflinger Gore Hayfield e.C.d Loudoun Hudson Fruit Market Dial

FOR SALE Auto Motors and Drug Supplies Ad

FOR SALE Rebuilt motors for 1935 school Ford Plymouth Dodge Oldsmobile fits many models. Installation from $12.50 monthly Montgomery Ward Co 27 29 South Loudoun Tel 4147 (9 14 11). FOR SALE Oil burner type 30 Phone 51 5111. FOR SALE Full line diabetic supplies Foods vegetables fruits Barnett's Drug Store Tel 8521 (10 16 6t).

Ford Plymouth Dodge Oldsmobile Montgomery Ward& Company South Loudoun Barnett’s Drug Store

Help Wanted Women In Early 20th Century Classifieds

Female help wanted notices call for a live in Colored girl for general housework and child care in Woodbridge Virginia Ococcoon 10 W 2. A young woman for general housework live in at 806 Berryville Ave Phore 6675. WANTED WOMEN earn money at home sewing ready cut Rap A Round Hollywood Mfg Co Hollywood California.

T. H. Blofeld Woodbridge Virginia Occoquon Berryville Ave Phore Hollywood Mfg. Co Hollywood Calif

Wanted to Buy Local Housing and Pets Classifieds

WANTED To Buy modern house in or near town Box 95 care Star 10 16 6t WANTED To buy house or bungalow with conveniences Close in Box 99 care Winchester Star 10 18 6t livery truck Experienced Phon 8827 10 19 3t or room furnished apartment by young married couple Reasonable rental Call 4626 before 2 30 4209 after WANTED Good homes for pretty female kittens Call 8864 10 21 11 WANTED Good home for white male Spitz dog Call 8864 WANTED House trailer good condition on wheels Phone 7766 after 6 p m 5248 10 21 3t 2s 8326 Will call for and altice WANTED Room in private home or Commercial building to store furniture Phone 3866 or 6486 10 21 4t

Care Winchester Star Phon

Miscellaneous Classified Items and Services

Miscellaneous notices include a 2 gal motor oil at 1.15 from Virginia Feed Mill 660 N Cameron St with dates 10 16 61. Also horse meat and Red Squill for rat control from Solenberger Hardware with 10 18 Ev Wed Thurs Pri 301. Real estate loan offers by Herbert Larrick Attorney 10 19 31. Sewing machines repaired traded and sold by Windsor Sewing Machine Co next to Rouss Fire Hall Phone 3645 9 16 Wed Sat tf.

Virginia Feed Mill Cameron St Solenberger Herbert Larrick Royal and Eureka Thor Winchester Sewing Machine Co Rouss Fire Hall

Former Preacher Convicted of Second Degree Murder

Buchanan County jury finds James Alfred Hagg a former Holiness preacher guilty of second degree murder in the beating death of his 18 year old wife Hazel Hagy. Verdict delivered after two hours fifty minutes of deliberation in Buchanan Circuit Court. Judge Fp W. Smith overruled motion to set aside verdict and granted a 60 day stay of sentence for appeal. Hagg remains jailed in Grundy with bond denied.

Grundy Buchanan County James Alfred Hagg Buchannan Hagy Hazel Hagy Lynn Camp Fp. W. Smith Hagg

Welfare Workers to Help in Case Bombed

Albert E. Bevier told Southeastern Regional APWA delegates that welfare workers would play a key role if the country is atom bombed in a new world war. He outlined mass care, emergency feeding, clothing, housing, and registration of thousands of homeless.

OLD Point Comfort Albert E. Bevier New York State Civil Defense Commission Defense Welfare Services American Public Welfare Association Bevier

Preservation method for decorative gourds by J McK

Gourds are cleaned polished and coated with floor wax or shellac to preserve natural colors for months. For longer life apply extra coats. Do not bake in an oven to speed drying as heat softens the shell and causes a foul odor leading to discard.

G O B A Engraving Paper with I H 8 Stamp

A large engraving paper measuring about 28.5 by 21.5 inches is described. It was originally stamped with the initials I. H. 8. The text notes G O B A as the source or designation associated with the paper.

Virginia NAACP urges register and vote to end poll tax

Dr. Harry T. Penn of Roanoke told NAACP delegates in Lynchburg that ballot-box activity and higher Negro registration are essential to ending Virginia's poll tax. He cited only 40,000 to 50,000 of 375,000 eligible Black voters registered. Earlier, Leslie Banks urged ending school segregation statewide.

Lynchburg Harry T. Penn Roanoke Penn Virginia NAACP Leslie Banks Richmond

Alexandria Tells Of School Facilities

T C Williams Alexandria superintendent testified in an annexation case that 721 school children in a 712 mile area could be absorbed into city schools. He said county schools are crowded and have not built in 10 years, with some children traveling 20 miles to county schools. The court recessed to resume arguments Tuesday.

Alexandria Fairfax County T. C. Williams Williams

One Killed and 12 Hurt In Band Truck Wreck

A Hanover County truck carrying Hanover Industrial Training School band members crashed on Route 54 near Ashland killing 17 year old Sylvester Orange and injuring 12 others aged 13 to 17. The driver, a student, was following another band truck. brakes failed at Route 54 and U S 301 intersection.

Ashland Hanover J. E. Johnson Sylvester Orange Hanover County

Employment Reaches Record High for Year

Virginia manufacturing employment rose to 236000 in mid-September, up 5700 from August. A three month gain of 18900 workers is linked to the Korean conflict, with payrolls expanding and overtime falling. Average hours were 40.8 weekly, and average earnings rose from 1.171 to 1.176 per hour.

Richmond E. M. Boggs Virginia Boggs United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

Coach Drivers End Two Day Strike On Regional Bus Line

Drivers for the Tri-State Coach Corporation returned to work after a two day strike. Local 380 of the United Construction Workers had walked off, halting schedules serving Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. Settlement announced late yesterday restored regular service this morning.

Norton Tri-State Coach Corporation Virginia Kentucky Tennessee United Construction Workers UMW Yesteray

Convicted Murderer Locked in Wythe County Jail

Samuel Newberry, 32, jailed in Bland County after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the decapitation death of Mrs. Mary Katheryn Newberry, wife of his brother Ralph. Attorneys seek a new trial. sentence expected next Thursday.

Newberry

Apple Festival Reaches Climax With UVa Homecoming

Charlottesville hosts a week long Apple Harvest Festival climaxing with Virginia's homecoming football game against Virginia Military Institute. Governor Battle watches from the box as Nancy Hughes of Crozet is crowned festival queen by the governor between halves at Scott Stadium.

Charlottesville University of Virginia Virginia Virginia Military Institute Battle Scott Stadium Nancy Hughes Crozet

State Polio Toll Surpasses Thousand Mark in Virginia

Virginia's infantile paralysis toll rose to 1,002 with six new cases across Arlington Craig Henry Buchanan Botetourt and Clarke counties. Newport News player Norman Ewell was hospitalized as a polio suspect as Roanoke recorded another death and a Pulaski County girl became the state’s 52nd polio fatality.

Richmond Virginia Arlington Craig Henry Buchanan Botetourt Clarke Counties Newport News Norman Ewell Roanoke Pulaski County

Methodists Set Pay Scale for Ministers in Virginia

Delegates at the Virginia Methodist meeting approved a new minimum wage scale for ministers. The scale starts at 1800 dollars for unmarried supply pastors and rises to 2400 dollars for married ministers. A special fund will cover up to 20 percent of salaries, with charges contributing at least 80 percent of the minimum.

Edens George S. Reamey Methodist Church

Polio toll reaches 1006 in Virginia for 1950

Virginia reports 1006 polio cases for 1950 with six new cases yesterday. Clarke County records two new cases and additional cases come from Fairfax Hanover Pittsylvania and Tazewell counties.

Richmond Virginia Clarke County State Health Department Fairfax Hanover Pittsylvania Tazewell

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