Mills Bros Circus to Perform at Garber Grounds
Mills Bros 3 ring circus comes to Garber show grounds September 9 with matinee and evening performances under Winchester VFW Post 2123. Harold Patton announces it will travel to Maryland and then Front Royal Manassas and Fredericksburg before Washington D C. A number of underprivileged city children will see the show free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Bros
Garber Show Grounds
Winchester
VFW
Harold Patton
America
Mills
Oaral Concer
Ocal
Patton
Sept 3-23 Sales Directory Highlights Dated Listings
The directory lists sales events across Loudoun and nearby areas. Auctions include farm equipment and 90 head dairy cattle at Round Hill, antiques and household goods in Winchester area, and real estate in Boyce and Leesburg parcels. Multiple dates scheduled through Sept 23 with items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Helsley
Greenspring
Smith
Miss Phyllis Ours Represents Winchester Lions in VG Beauty Pageant
An 18 year old brunette named Phyllis Anne Ours will represent Winchester Lions at the Northern Virginia beauty pageant held Friday at Berryville Horse Show grounds. Ours, daughter of Elmer and Mrs. Ours of 322 North Loudoun Street, is a Sullins College alumna and plans to enroll at Richmond Professional Institute. Her father runs a theatre in Stephens City. The Lions entry was chosen by a committee led by J. R. Alexander Jr. Last year’s contestant was Colleen Crisman and in 1946 Marion Kiracofe placed second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lions
Northern Virginia
Berryville Horse Show
Phyllis Anne Ours
Elmer Ours
N. Loudoun St
Sullins College
Bristol
Richmond Professional Institute
Miss Ours
Parsons, W. Va
Winchester
Stephens City
Lions
J. R. Alexander Jr
Colleen Crisman
Marion Kiracofe
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report August 30 1948
Consignment fairly active with prices uneven to $1 lower. Hogs steady 25 30.20, steers good 29 30.20, stockers 27 28, heifers 23 25.20, cows 20 23, dairy cows best 315 per head. Bulls 24, weaners 29.50 31, hogs 29.75 30, sows 20 23.50, lambs 26.50 25.50, butcher sheep up to 9, stock ewes 15 21, breeding bucks up to 22 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bubskts
Usls Wealthys
Delicious
Jonathans
Wolf Rivers
Chicago
Hatchery Charters Granted by State Commission
The State Corporation Commission in Richmond issues charters to Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery headed by V. S. Shaffer and Maurertown Canning Co. also led by Shaffer. Other officers include John Shaffer and William Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery
V.S
Quiz Answer Key Reveals Diverse Historical Facts
The page lists solutions: Greece. This Above All. Peking Man. Americans for Democratic Action. Near Manila Philippine Islands. Alice Duer Miller. Working with non Communist labor leaders. King Solomon son of David with Bing Crosby and Betty Grable. They are all kinds of jewelry. only outer sapwood living, core heartwood is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Americans For Democratic Action
Manila
Philippine Islands
Alice Duer Miller
King Solomon
David
Bing Crosby
Betty Grae
Sale of 1947 GMC Truck at White Hall
Notice states at Georges Helsley near White Hall a 1947 GMC truck with factory stake body and 8500 miles will be for sale on September 3, 1948. Inside 9 1 2T.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Helsley
White Hall
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock
Market report lists fruit and poultry prices in Baltimore with apples and eggs values, and cattle hogs and sheep quotes from Baltimore and Chicago. Cattle and hogs show mixed to weak undertones with various price ranges for steers heifers cows and bulls, while eggs and butter receipts noted.
Stock market mixed gains for railways and autos
New York stock action shows gains for Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Rock Island U S Steel Repiplic Steel General Motors Chrysler Packard U S Rubber Central Foundry DuPont Allied Chemical American Telephone Standard Oil NJ and Paramount Pictures. Boeing Dow Chemical American Airlines and Eastern Airlines declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
U. S. Steel
Repiplic Steel
General Motors
Chrysler, Packard
U. S .Rubber
Central Foundry
DuPont
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
Standard Oil
Paramount Pictures
Boeing
Dow Chemical
American Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Local Market Prices and Grain Commodities Listing
Daily corrected market figures show prices for corn meal grain New wheat barley and soybeans. Includes bagged feeds and mash blends with per bushel and per bag pricing and wholesale versus retail notes.
Market Eggs and Live Poultry Prices In Winchester Area
Agriculture Department Markets Division reports U S Grade A eggs priced at 58 cents a dozen for extra large, 56 cents for large, 49 for medium, with various standards and cracks. Live poultry prices list young turkeys at 45 and 38 cents, No 2 birds at 33 to 40 cents, guineas 35, cox 14, roosters 17, broilers 34 to 35, heavy hens 34 cents per pound up to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U. S
U.S
Grains open mixed in Chicago with September gains
Grain futures opened mixed in Chicago with September contracts higher across cereals while deferred wheat and corn eased. Wheat and corn prices moved to notable levels, oats rose modestly, while spot rates for other grains showed limited changes. A separate study indicates the American standard of living is four to five times that of the global average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Twentieth Century Fund
Body Rash Reported in Snake Bite Case
Billy Combs, 16, of near Middletown, treated at Cora Miller hospital in Woodstock last week for a snake bite, returned yesterday for further treatment. The youth was reported suffering from a body rash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Combs
Middletown
Cora Miller Hospital
Woodstock
Also Mentioned on This Page
RED Fox
Martinsburg Pike
Capitol Dome
International Soundphoto
Nell Murphy
Pomona
Cal
Los Angeles County Fair
Phyllis Ours
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Lee Johnson
Gore
Highview
W. Va
Capon
Capon Bridge
High, Va
Syracuse
Walter C. Moreland
The
Star
Virginia Green
McCormick-Deering
McCormick Deering
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Vari
Ford Tractor
Geo. Helsley
Glaize
Bell System
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia
Haldeman’s
Pine Motor Co., Ince
Dodge
Plymouth
Heatwoile Motor CO
N. Braddock St
the All-Purpose Vehicle Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Rt. No
J. H. Vance
Aratnri
Clelia Meetat
Boyce
Roy P. Duvall, Auctioneer
Annie C. Baker
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!