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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1949
Page
10
Classified ad lists a five room brick bungalow with attached garage tile bath Rusco screens storm windows Venetian blinds Delco automatic oil heat full basement and contact numbers 7187 or 3212.
Local notice outlines rate of 1.50 per column inch per day with a minimum charge and requires cash for out of town ads. It states closing hours and that ads received before 10 am at The Star Office will appear in that date’s issue.
For sale notices include John Deere Nos 401 corn picker new in 1948 picked 20 acres by Boyd Stickley Strasburg Virginia and several Oliver gear items from C F Dunlap Son Winchester plus various household goods wood kerosene range baby carriage a modern 6 room house and 800 cords of lap wood locations Berryville Pike Strasburg Winchester Berryville areas with contact numbers and dates.
A Braddock Street Methodist Church meeting at 7:30 p.m. will elect a chair and finalize plans for three training courses to be offered November 7 to 11. Richmond teacher Miss Charlotte Stoackley will lead a teachers course, Rev. Frank H. Van Dyck Jr. will teach Christian Home Making, and Dr. J. E. Walmsley of Longwood College will teach The Church through the Centuries. The school runs Monday through Friday with two class periods each evening.
Homer Sager of Lost River West Virginia is sought after a Saturday crash that killed passenger Annie DeLander. He fled the scene and is not yet apprehended. Possible charges include driving without a permit driving without license plates leaving the scene of an accident and possibly manslaughter.
A family memorial notes William A Larrick died three years ago and expresses enduring sorrow. It recalls visits to the graveside to place flowers, ongoing grief, belief in Heaven, and the hope of reunion with the departed husband and father. The notice is signed by his wife and children with the date 9-20-11.
Elijah Pifer of Star Tannery was reelected as a member of the Frederick county electorate for a term ending February 28. The article also notes that the world’s longest barrier reef runs parallel to eastern Australia for over 1,200 miles.
Walker McC Bond of Clear Brook is reappointed to the Frederick County Welfare Board. His new term runs until June 30 1952. The note recalls his 19th century voyage from the United States to China and India.
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