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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1956
Page
5
Classified reader ads cost 4 cents per word per day and classified display ads 1 75 per column inch per day with a minimum charge. Cash is required for out of town ads. Closing hours are 10 06 a m for same day publication.
Multiple classified lines list for sale items including sweet corn and tomatoes, farm land near Front Royal Virginia, Hereford cows, foot lockers and metal college lockers, several used cars a Mercury two tone blue Plymouth and Ford models, canning produce and hay, a Dalton Electric bookkeeping machine, baby carriage, a coal heater and dining room suite. Listings include contact names and phone numbers.
A collage of classified ads from Winchester Virginia listing help wanted for a high school girl, a full time young man, and a couple seeking room and board in a private home. Other entries include a baby shoe finishing service, free religious lessons, termite inspection, lost items, and probate notices. The last items reference the May Paxton Baker estate with a show cause order and an administrator seeking claims.
Multiple job notices list tradesmen journeymen plumbers and heating helpers truck drivers salesmen and backhoe operators with firms including Firestone Stores Perry Engineering and Winchester Star plus contact numbers and interview prompts. Other postings seek a housekeeper and a merchandise retail assistant with duties in displays stocking and sales.
Seven members of the Winchester Little Theatre have been named to a committee to select casts for three one act plays in the fall production. Duell Glover, the president, announced tryouts set for September 5 6 and 7 at Bark Mill Theatre Braddock and Wolfe Streets at 8 PM. The committee includes Louise Patten Bill Schenck Marion Lewis Wally Hankin Jeanne Williams Irvan OConnell and June Babb. Glover urged public support as eleven men three women and one girl aged ten to fifteen are needed. Directors Irvan OConnell Wally Hankin and Bill Schenck will lead the three plays The Dear Departed The Still Alarm and The Valiant.
The list shows bids and prices for several firms including American Furniture, Bank of Clarke County, Commercial and Savings Bank, Commonwealth Natl Gas, Farmers & Merchants Natl, George Washington Hotel preferred, Green Chemical, Investors Loan, Life Insurance Co of Virginia, N & W Industries, National Fruit Product, O Sullivan Rubber, Potomac Edison. Figures include par values and percent bids or prices with several entries having incomplete OCR text.
Responsible man offering plumbing and heating services with truck, tools, and supplies. References required. For details call MO 2-0197. J. H. Riley.
From July 1957 to December 1958 about 5000 scientists from over 40 nations will study the earth its surface interior oceans atmosphere and surrounding space. Each nation will run its own program coordinated through an international committee.
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