Local Men Take Over Berkeley Springs Funeral Home
W D Parks sold his equipment and business in Berkeley Springs to Wayne Omps and Allen W Gaunt of Winchester Virginia. The funeral home will be leased and operated as Omps and Gaunt with Omps continuing the Winchester operation and Gaunt joining in. Mrs Nellie Jones, previously with Parks, remains involved.
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Berkeley Springs
W. D. Parks
Wayne Omps
Allen W. Gaunt
Winchester
Omps
Omps Funeral Home
Gaunt
Avco Expands Farm Equipment Reach with New Idea Purchase
Avco to acquire controlling interest in New Idea Inc to strengthen postwar diversification. Victor Emanuel says completion expected by mid month after standard examinations. New Idea, founded 1899 by Oppenheim family, serves 3,000 dealers across over 25 states, represented in Winchester by Barr's Orchard and Farm Supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aviation Corporation of New York
New Idea, Inc
Victor Emanuel
Avco
New Idea
Crosley Corporation
WLW
Oppenheim
Winchester
Barr
Morrison Retires After 38 Years as Rural Mail Carrier
Berryville Virginia October 22 Howard Morrison retired from the Post Office Department effective September 1 after 38 years serving Berryville and Boyce routes. An early rural free delivery pioneer, he began on Route 2 in 1904,missed two WWI years for health, then moved to Boyce after Courtney B. Jones’s retirement. Morrison now works at C L Robinson Company in Winchester.
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Berryville
Howard Morrison
Boyce
Post Office Department
Morrison
Courtney B. Jones
C. L. Robinson Company
Winchester
Stephens City Middletown FFA Fair Exhibit Winners
More than 600 exhibits were shown at the Stephens City Middletown FFA Fair. Gene Larrick led with the highest score. sweepstake winners included Curtis Coffelt for chickens and Warren Driver for corn among others.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Gene Larrick
Curtis Coffelt
Marshall Conner
John Martin Ewing
Warren Driver
Eugene Snapp
New Hampshire Reds
Preston Conner
Kenneth Rudd
Alfred Lee Snapp
Clyde Brumback
Keller Nichols
Roy Beaver
William Dalton
Leghorns
Donald Grim
Charles Rinker
County Fair Vegetable and Fruit Winners List
The document lists first through fourth place winners in a wide range of garden crops and canned goods from a county fair. Notable names include Roy Beaver Richard Clem Clyde Brumback Alan Rogers Robert Carter Eugene Snapp and Preston Conner among many others, spanning rhubarb to peppers and farm displays.
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Gerald Racey
Raymond Ewing
Leonard Cooper
Alan Rogers
Clyde Brumback
Charles Rinker
Jack Lillis
Richard Clem
Thurston Grove
Kenneth Cammer
David Pence
Eugene Snapp
Curtis Coffet
Linwood Dunn
Frank Courtney
Preston Conner
Dannie Steele
Donald Grim
Capon
John Hoover
Leeds
Miller
Eugene Larrick
Alan Cooley
Red Clover
Harry Taylor
Timothy
Marshall Conner
Roy Beacher
Robert Pifer
Eugene Lardick
Alsike
Alvin Smith
Lawrence Smith
Iece Pence, Jr
Keller Nichols
Clayton Shiley
Eddie Dodson
James Hughes
James Richard
William Dalton
Ray du Brueler
Clayton Marrett
Eugene Reynolds
Thomas Brown
Eugene
Hay
Allan Rogers
Appies, York
Glenn Bailey
Alfred Lee Snapp
Stayman
John Martin Ewing
James Earl Ewing
Delicious
Winesaps
Glenn Barley
Ben Davis
Black Twigg
Robert Fletcher
Glen Barley
Curtis Coffelt
Kenneth McDonald
Pears
Okra
Passnips
Roy Beaver
Harry Store
Ee Lillis
Robert Carter
Jock Lillis
Elwood McIntire
Moons Fletcher
Robert Fleter
Larry Taylor
Warren Driver
Clyde Thompson
White
Ronald Fletcher
E Steele
Otto Lee Fuler
Jhxog
Andrew White
Clayton Barrett
Marshall Corner
Raymond Racey
Donald Dodson
James Brumback
Doyle Whittington
Franklin Easter
Edward Golightly
Charles Sandy
Earl Bailey
Jean Dicks
Boy's Softball Trophies Displayed at Local Agency
Trophies won by Boy's Club teams are shown in the Railway Express Agency window on E. Piccadilly Street. Awards from the recent season will be presented soon. The display is sponsored by the B. F. Goodrich Company the Capitol Theatre and the Winchester Junior Board of Trade.
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Boy’s Club
Railway Express Agency
E. Piccadilly Street
Mae
B. F. Goodrich Company
Capitol Theatre
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Maytag Introduces New Appliance Lines for Postwar Market
Maytag announces new lines including automatic washer and dryer, gas and electric ranges, and an electric frozen food locker. Miller and Anderson, a local dealer at 19 East Boscawen Street, received a Maytag letter from President Fred Maytag II. Release dates are not set. gas range and freezer target early next year, with washers and driers later. Samples of postwar models have been released to over 7,000 U.S. dealers, with local display model expected soon.
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Maytag
Miller and Anderson
East Boscawen Stret
Fred Maytag II
United States
Fine U S Map for Home Use Advertised by Information Bureau
Full color 21 by 28 inch map of the United States with Alaska and territories. Reverse side shows Army Navy Marine Corps insignia and Women in U S Service collar devices, plus silhouettes of fighter and bomber planes and state population figures with 200 largest cities. Postpaid fifteen cents to Information Bureau 316 Eye St N E Washington 2 D C.
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United States
Alaska
Aleutians
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nellie Jones
Parks
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Loudoun Street
Chambray
Mienzo Mergard
S. Loudoun St
Norma Davenport
Daily Bros
America
Fairgrounds
Kenneth Seal
Latrick
Beets
Gene Nicholson
Onions
Ryland Coorper
Potatoes
Richard Adams
Pumpkins
Kershaw
Leo Baker
Ryland Carper
Qur Radio Service
Les
Chapman Motor CO
Monthly
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Washington, D. C
Childs
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Winchester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Dial
Headley’s Auction
South Braddock Street
Truck Suppliers, Inc
MACK
Mack Trucks
Mack Service
Lems
U. S
Winchester, Virginia
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