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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1955

Page

2

Chestnut Grove Social Roundup

Mr. and Mrs Thomas Davis spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs Amy Light. Mr. and Mrs Guy Kelly and Mrs Katherine Kaes visited Mr Wayne Kelley at the U S Naval Base Bainbridge Md. James A Seal called on his parents Thursday evening. Charles Grim of Winchester called on Mr and Mrs Andy Light. Clara Kelly visiting her daughter Lyda Carroll in Winchester. Lula Seal called on Mrs Irene Light Monday afternoon.

Guy Kelly Katherine Kaes Wayne Kelley U. S. Naval Base Bainbridge, Md James A. Seal Thomas Seal Charles Grim Winchester Andy Light Clara Kelly Lyda Carroll Lula Seal Irene Light

Chicago Grain Prices Drift Lower In Afternoon Trading

Chicago Board of Trade sessions showed mostly lower prices across grains with mixed opening quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Soybeans. New and old contracts listed with Sep Nov Jan Mar May quotes across Wheat Corn Soybeans and related contracts.

Chicago Board of Trade Lord

Apple Market Summary Faces Mixed Demand and Price Shifts

Demand for Red Delicious remains active at Appalachian ports but shows a mixed pattern across shippers. Prices vary by container type with U S Fancy Jonathans around 3.50 per bushel and Red Delicious 1.50 to 2.50 for orchard runs. Yakima Valley expects light shipments as Jonathan harvest starts soon.

Appalachian U.S N. W U. S Orchard Run Pennsylvania

Opequon Weather Quiet as Residents Visit Local Fort

Very cool conditions predicted as residents recount visits to Frye Fort near Cedar Creek. Mrs. Jacobs traces ancestors to Benjy Frye and inquires about burial and fort building while local families share news of visits and health updates.

Market Quotations From Baltimore New York and Chicago

Apples show dull activity with exact up and down moves across varieties. Delcious McIntosh and Delicious tied to inch measurements with price gains while peaches and potatoes drift. poultry and turkeys show mixed demand and steady to weak pricing. In New York motors rose amid a narrow stock market with General Motors and Chrysler among leaders while several others declined.

Baltimore McIntosh Cortlands Usis & US Usis Elbertas Usis Cobblers US Commercial MD Cobblers Pa Cobblers Bubkts Uslis Va USDA Chicago U. S General Motors Mack Trucks Benquet Consolidated Mining Chrysler Sears Roebuck American Smelting du Pont Union Carbide Bethlenem Steel Goodrich Zenith Radio Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical Santa Fe Railroad Royal Dutch Petroleum United Air Lines

Local Market Prices From Rockingham Area Listings

Local markets list daily prices for feed and grain in Rockingham County. No. 2 Yellow Corn prices range from 1.40 to 1.55 per bushel, Barley No 2 around 1.00 to 1.10, Wheat No 2 Red Winter near 1.88 to 1.95, and Flour at 6.70 per 100 pounds. Butterfat and wholesale butter figures appear without explicit totals.

Harrisonburg Rockingham Cpuadin Ermie Nes Anataewas Sas Rockingham Co New Escassee Saeed Ries

Market Report Shows Mixed Demand for Poultry and Eggs

Agriculture Department notes weak demand for broilers and fryers with most buyers covered for the week. Farm prices at noon include Live Poultry rates for broilers under three pounds at 23 to 24, over three pounds 24 to 25, heavy hens new. egg markets in Harrisonburg and Winchester list U S Grade A large white 58 and other grades around 47 to 26.

Harrisonburg U. S U.S Winchester Egg Market Cad Ann Ceneceuucs

Ex-King Humberto of Italy Born September 16 1964

AP News notes ex king Humberto of Italy born September 16 1964 is the son of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena. He is described as a refugee monarch in Portugal and France, a graduate of the Italian Royal Military Academy, and involved in disputes with Mussolini during the Fascist era. He married Princess Maria Jose of Belgium in 1930 and they have four children.

Humberto Italy Victor Emmanuel Elena Portugal France Mussolini Hime Etotaly Maria Jose Belgium

Three Negroes Enrolled at North Carolina University

Three Negro students were admitted to the University of North Carolina marking the first Black undergraduates at the 166 year old campus. Leroy Frasier 17 Ralph 16 and John L Brandon 18 from Durham will commute 12 miles daily after federal judges failed to halt the order.

Chapel Hill N. C University of North Carolina Leroy Frasier Ralph John L. Brandon Durham Hillside High School

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Chestnut Grove Mrs Ni Thomas Davis Amy Light Chicago Grain Chas R. Duvall, Auctioneer Albert W. Lee Geiser No Bruce Y. Himelright Circuit Court Frederick County Frederick County Court House Winchester, Va Geiser No. 2 Whlie McIinee Star Tannery Virginia Fred D. Maphis John O. Marsh, Jr Apple Opequon Joe Jacobs Minneapolis Minn Frye Fort Jacob Benjy Frye Olie Windle Ed Hinkins Edna Hinkins Dorthy O'Donnell J. J. Billmyer Jacques Kenneth Lamp Billy Frances Spiggle Nancy Trigk Clagett Louis Everly Roger Smith Willie Smith Ralph Hockman Frank Brumback Esther Snapp Ethel Snapp Gore Funk Farm Lee Liggett Washington Department Stores McCall's Highland Park Leggett’s Leggett W. Boscawen St Episcopal Church Wall Street New York Agriculture Dept Ship’n Shore Winchester's Shopping AP News North Carolina University Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Reynolds Store Shenandoah Valley National Bank Old—Strong Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Murphy’s Harry Murphy & Brother Dial Lesco Paper Mill Leonard Riley South Braddock St Denzil Bolen Valley Pike Lester Brothers, Inc Martinsville L. O. Woody, Jr
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