This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1957
Page
8
Plans completed for the Sacred Heart rummage sale to benefit the academy. The event will be held in the church hall Friday from noon to 9 pm and Saturday 9 am to 2 pm. Co chairs are Mrs Howard Crowe and Mrs Lee Ebert.
J T Bruce claimed he was picking cucumbers from his pear tree in Durant. Neighbors checked and found cucumber vines climbing the tree and producing fruit.
A fire in Oceana destroyed nine shops and offices and seven family apartments early yesterday causing losses of at least 150000 dollars. Six fire companies fought the wind blown blaze from a 2 40 a m alarm for four hours. The fire started in a gas station garage housing oil and gasoline and the cause is under investigation.
Clarke County transfers include Maud E Aiten to Taylor Holt and Evalina Eidson Holt for adjacent Battletown lots near Shenandoah Retreat unit. Also Leslie Chevrier and Margar et Chevrier acquire lot 9 block 2C unit 1, Shenandoah River area.
Bloom reports a well attended sale at Friendly Grove hall raising 33 dollars for Mt. View Methodist Church furnace. A Gore School 4 H club organ ised with officers Joyce Hoover Hayfield president Barbara Lupton Gore vice president Mary Richard Star Tannery recreation leader Margaret Hoover Have field song leader Nancy Hershman Hayfield reporter first meeting Oct 2 and plans projects. Local road Mountain Falls to John Marshall Highway under construction since June. St John s Church Oct 13 fellowship dinner hosted by United Luther Church women speaker Mrs Alvin Crawford Winchester. Doll clothing pattern 4526 offered by Anne Adams via Winchester Evening Star pattern dept for 14 22 inch dolls.
A Belpre Ohio blaze caused by wiring faults killed Victoria Snider 36 and seven of her children while three other relatives survived. The fire destroyed a second story apartment as firefighter reports say occupants suffocated. Father Lloyd Snider 34 and Ronnie 16 were away at the time. Darrell 13 was hospitalized, and Ron Snider seeks a new home for his two remaining sons while funeral services are planned.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.