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Auction, store opened
A GRAND OPENING for an auction house and furniture store in the “Lea Building” in Washington is scheduled Saturday, February 7, by the proprietor, John Walker Jenkins of Sperryville. Mr. Jenkins has been an auctioneer for many years and formerly had an auction house in Sperryville. He will hold the open .house beginning at 10 o’clock with an auction following at 1 p.m. The building interior has assumed a rustic atmosphere, paneled with apple wood; attractive front windows display glassware, copper, brass and novelty items. The auction auditorium provides ample room for comfortable seating and the front area is used for furniture display. A snack bar will be open daily as the store will be. Auctions will be scheduled for every other Thursday night at 7 p.m. beginning with February 12.□
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