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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1955
Page
6
Mrs. Nettie Mae Snapp wife of Jo BE Snapp of Berryville Va thanks everyone for flowers and acts of kindness during illness and death of their loved one. Signed by her husband and sister Mrs Nellie D Brill dated 9 23 it
The Star announces classified reader ads at 4c per word per day and display ads at 1.75 per column inch per day. Cash must accompany out of town ads. Minimum charge 50c. Closing hour is 10 am for same day inclusion.
A long list of items with prices and contacts including peaches Frigidaire fishing worms carker helmet gloves high chair tarpaulins army cots and blankets 1929 Model A Ford 20 acres Pioneer corn and several houses For sale props like wagon barn and a LeBaron sale cattle and calves Red Delicious apples and oil space heater Numerous phone numbers and locations in Virginia towns such as Winchester Front Royal Middletown Berryville War renton Hayfield and Staunton with dates from 1911 to 1951
Wanted male help with two automobile mechanic positions must be experienced and work in good conditions. Also a farm equipment cleaner and painter needed with experience. Call 3838 or apply in person at Barr's, Inc. Winchester.
Classified ad seeks an ambitious refined woman for a business learning role with rapid advancement. Pays $3400 yearly. Respond to Box 39 care Star, dated 9 16 71.
A set of rental and living arrangement classifieds seeks a couple or woman to live in the country with a free room at 2-1423, roomers wanted at 24 Glaize Ave, no board for roommates, and a nursing position in White Post Virginia with Miss Lavinia Welsh, no phone. Also a request to buy old used house trailers in Winchester Virginia by Gilbert Johnson at 247 Miller St.
President Truman says his administration paved the way to prevent a third world war by strengthening the U S and negotiating with Soviet Russia on a give and take basis. He recalls a sharp exchange with Molotov on Poland in 1945 and notes Life magazine prints his memoirs.
In Jamestown Tennessee a farm wife, Mrs. Harrison Holt, fired a shotgun from a truck at York Institute students yesterday. Bennet Pyle, 15, was blinded in the right eye while three others suffered minor injuries. Holt, about 50, said she fired to scare them and was charged with felonious assault. She posted 4000 bond as preliminary hearing was waived and grand jury action in January.
SHAMROCK Tex. Six persons were killed in a head-on collision four miles east of Shamrock when one car attempted to pass a truck. The deceased include Mr and Mrs Shelby Fitzsimmons and their daughter Donna Jo of Salisaw Okla Johnny Littlejohn 5 Shamrock Sam uel Brabham and Miller Leroy Gaskin. Brabham and Gaskin were in the same car as Ferguson Cross who was injured. Connecticut license plates were found on the car but homes of occupants were not known.
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