Deaths and Funerals Joseph T. Keesee 59 dies in Lynchburg
Joseph Thomas Keesee, 59, of Rustburg Route 1, died Sunday morning at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born in Campbell County to the late Joseph A. and Minnie Brooks Keesee and retired from Winebarger Corp. Survived by two sons Joseph T. Keesee Jr. and Donald H. Keesee, two daughters Carolyn Doss Young and Raymond B. Smith, two brothers Wesley M. Keesee and James B. Keesee, two sisters Ethel K. Stone and Sally Kx Tweedy, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1 a.m. from Finch and Finch Funeral Chapel, with burial at Altavista Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday 7–9 p.m. at the funeral home and at other times at the home of his son.
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Rustburg
Joseph Thomas Keesee
Rt. 1
Lynchburg General
Campbell County
Joseph A
Minnie Brooks Keesee
Winebarger Corp
Joseph T. Keesee Jr
Donald H. Keesee
Evington
Carolyn Doss Young
Raymond B. Smith
Dan
Altavista Memorial Park
Joseph T. Keesee
Rusthurg
Richard Lacks Funeral Set For Bethel Baptist Church
Richard Lee Lacks 69 of Halifax Route 2 died Sunday in The Memorial Hospital of Danville. He was a retired farmer and Bethel Baptist Church member. Survived by widow Patsy, son Richard W. Lacks, daughters Carolyn Nichols and Margaret McDowell, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church. burial in church cemetery. Body at Brooks Funeral Home with calling hours Monday 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Halifax
Richard Lee Lacks
Rt 2
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Halifax County
Littleton Gray Lacks
Florence Edwards Lacks
Bethel Baptist Church
Patsy
Thomas Lacks
Carolyn L. Nichols
South Boston
Margaret L. McDowell
Round Rock
Tex
Richard W. Lacks
Kenbridge
Howard Bushong
Alexandria
Rufus Duffer
Red Oak
William Greenwood
Vernon
Brooks Funeral Home
Jom N. Dawson Dies At 77 In Danville
John Noel Dawson aged 77 died Sunday at 2 58 am at The Memorial Hospital of Danville after six years of declining health and a 22 day hospital stay. He married Nancy Smith on December 24 1922 and leaves three daughters two sisters a brother nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Monday at 4 pm at Wrenn Yeats Chapel with Rev Jin Bracket. interment Highland Burial Park.
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John Noel Dawson
Memorial
Mickey Geyer
Chatham
Glenn Dalton
Danville Rt
Nancy Milner
Franklin Turnpike
Walter Dawson
Tappanshavock
Bien D. Johnson
Sallie Emerson
Durham
N.C
Wrenn
Yeats Chapel
Tobacco Leases Transferring Quickly in Pittsylvania County
About 1,800 tobacco leases filed transferring 7.8 million pounds of flue-cured tobacco in Pittsylvania County. Warren Price, director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, says leasing is progressing faster than in prior years and has reached about 28 percent of the county's effective quota.
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Chatram
Pittsylvania County
Warren Price
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Price
Averett Art Majors Exhibit at Lynchburg Show
Four Averett College seniors were chosen for the Lynchburg Area Art Show at Dillard Gallery in the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center. Barbara Lashley, Donna Arrington, Ellen Shaver, and Debi Beach contributed works from within 150 miles of Lynchburg. From 264 entries, 65 pieces were selected. Lashley, Arrington, and Beach earned cash prizes of 59 dollars, 59 dollars, and 75 dollars respectively.
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Averett College
Lynchburg
Dillard Gallery
Lynchburg Fine Arts Center
Barbara Lashley
Donna Arrington
Ellen Shaver
Debi Beach
Miss Lastley
Miss Arrington
Miss Beach
Goodwill Promotes Nancy Durham to Contract Coordinator
Nancy M. Durham of Goodwill Industries Danville has been promoted to contract coordinator to expand sub contract work with local industries. She joined Goodwill in 1976 and is daughter of A D Durham of Pelham North Carolina. LH Fishman Co. reports 1976 net income of 1,003,336 with 34 Mason's stores and a 46.25 cent dividend declared by Texas Eastern Corp.
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Nancy M. Durham
Goodwill Industries
Danville
Goodwill
Miss Durham
A.D. Durham
Pelham, N.C
Averett College
Lh, Fishman Co. Inc
Mason’s Department Stores
Texas Eastern Corp
Tihe
CP&L Announces Rate Hikes in North Carolina
CP&L said customers will pay 32.64 per thousand kWh in April versus 2.32 in March under a North Carolina Utilities Commission approved formula. The charge reflects fuel costs from November through January. James M. Davis Jr. blamed higher coal and oil use for the increase.
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Carolina Power & Light Co
North Carolina
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Cp&l
James M. Davis Jr
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for Yanceyville High School
The Caswell County Extension Homemakers sponsor a Bloodmobile visit on Monday April 16 at Bartlett Yancey High School in Yanceyville NC. All eligible donors urged to donate a pint of blood.
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Caswell County Extension
Bartlett Yancey High School
Yanceyville
N.C
Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates on Growth Panel
John Dalton Henry Howell and Andrew Miller will join a three member panel at the 27th Virginia Citizens Planning Association conference in Fredericksburg on May 13 at the Sheraton Motor Inn. Dr Donald Cartier president of Madison College will moderate the morning may 2 session.
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John Dalton
Henry Howell
Andrew Miller
Virginia
Virginia Citizens Planning Association
Sheraton Motor Inn
Fredericksburg
Donald Cartier
Madison College
Wilderness Travel course begins June 1 at Averett campus
A nine week course titled Wilderness Travel sponsored by Danville Parks and Recreation Department Carolina Wilderness Institute and Averett College starts June 1 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Averett campus. Taught by CWI instructors, it covers backpacking equipment and wilderness travel techniques for 110 dollars per person. A slide presentation and free intro will be at Squire Armory May 11 at 7 p.m. Registration is due by May 9.
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Wildnerness Travel
Danville Parks and Recreation Department
Carolina Wildnerness Institute
CWI
Averett College
Averett
Squire Armory
Averett Gallery Opens Student Art Show by Eloy Squires
Visitors flocked to Averett College’s Main Street gallery for Eloy Squires’ opening amid a spring student arts series. Senior art majors, including Janet Gaddy and Janice Davis, will stage individual shows through April and May with casual receptions and chats.
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Ope Averett College Art Gallery
Eloy Squires
Main Street
Miss Squires
Averett
Ellen Shaver
Danville
Fareh
Upcomig
Janet Gaddy
Janice Davis
Donna Arrington
Nancy Wright
Coleman Calls For End Of Raid On Highway Funds
Richmond AP State Sen. Marshall Coleman urged Atty. Gen. Troy to seek a court ban on an alleged $80 million raid on Virginia highway construction funds. He criticized a Labor Dept ruling tying wages on federally funded projects to Metro Washington area wages, saying it would raise unskilled pay and threaten state projects. Coleman cited Cities v. Usery as a potential precedent to curb federal wage dictates on state workers.
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Coleman
Richmond
Marshall Coleman
Staunton
Atty
Anthony Troy
Virginia
U.S. Labor Dept
Labor Dept
Cateman
Chesterfield County
Washington Area Metro
Bliley Appointed to VCU Board by Governor Godwin
Richmon d native Thomas D Bliley Jr former mayor of Richmond appointed by Governor Godwin to the Virginia Commonwealth University board of visitors to fill the unexpired term of Herbert N Morgan Bliley a funeral home president previously served on Richmond City Council from 1968 becoming vice mayor then mayor for seven years He held posts with the National League of Cities and the Virginia Municipal League and is married with two children
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Richmond
Thomas d. Bliley Jr
Bisley
National League of Cities
Virginia Municipal League
Bliley
Benedictine High School
Georgetown University
Washington
Mary Virginia Kelley
Mary Vaughan
Thomas J. III
Four GW Students Enter Auto Contest at Pulaski
Four George Washington High School auto mechanics students Robert Cosby James McKee Troy Thompson and Walter Gillespie will compete Thursday in Pulaski in the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest. The team will face a written test first then a hands-on state championship if selected.
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George Washington High School Auto Mechanics
Pulaski
Plymouth
Robert Cosby
James McKee
Troy Thompson
Walter Gillespie
New Plymouths
Mobil Plans Move to Fairfax County Headquarters
Mobil Corp eyes relocating its headquarters from Manhattan to Fairfax County near Falls Church Virginia with up to 4000 employees shifting over time. A 37.5 million road-improvement package is sought and rezoning hearings are to be completed soon.
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Fairfax, Va
Mobil Corp
Manhattan
Washington, D.C
Mobil
Virginia
Randolph-Macon Dean's List honors three Danville students
Nancy Lee Acosta Carla Marie Cozart and Margaret Laura Williams were named to Randolph-Macon College's Dean's List in Ashland. The piece also covers fire safety advice from local officials urging notification before burning, concerns about false alarms, and the dangers of grass and woods fires along Route 58 East near Sutherlin.
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Danville
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Nancy Lee Acosta
Carla Marie Cozart
Margaret Laura Williams
Neal
Kerns Mill
Pittsylvania
Halifax County
Sutherlin
Almot
Lewis Diltion
Mount Cross
CCJ Meeting Set In Richmond Virginia
Pittsylvania County will be among 18 Virginia localities represented at the April 7 meeting of the Virginia Council on Criminal Justice in Richmond. Six funding applications totaling 425000 have been submitted by localities and state agencies for training programs for law enforcement and corrections personnel. Allocation of these funds will be determined at Thursday's meeting. The council will also consider distributing more than 1 040 000 for other projects including juvenile justice juvenile delinquency radio communications drug projects and public information and education efforts. The CCJ was created in 1968 to oversee LEAA program implementation in Virginia and meets monthly to consider funding requests from criminal justice agencies.
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Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Virginia Council On Criminal Justice
Richmond
CCJ
Kopl ens Named To Head Israel Bond Campaign
Dr and Mrs Julian Koplen named chairmen of the 1977 Danville Israel Bonds drive running to April 17. Co chairs are Mr and Mrs Ben David and Mr and Mrs Fred Keibelman. The program marks Jerusalem's 10th anniversary and Israel Independence Day. Israel Bonds have funded over 3.5 billion since 1951 with 1.5 billion repaid to bondholders. The Koplens note growing institutional participation and 25 percent of 1976 US Canada Western Europe and other sources. Koplen is Danville native and internist. Mrs Koplen active civically. members of Temple Beth Shatem.
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Julian Koplen
Danville
State of Israel
Israel
Holiday Inn
Koplens
Ben David
Fred. Keibelman
Jerusalem
Koplen
Israel Bond
United States
Canada
Europe
Temple Beth Shatem
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Fishman Inc
Texas Eastern
Bloodmobile
Ellen Squires
Allen Johnson
Jennifer Slepin
David Huffman
T.J. Bliley
VCU Board
Rawleigh Warner Jr
New York
Falls Church
Fairfax County
John Herrity
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Page
Richardson
Dillion
Stokesland Baptist Church
Lee Satterfield
Orkin Exterminating CO
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