Local Jaycees Market Strike It Rich Coupon Books
The Danville Jaycees promote selling coupon books by Southeast Advertisers from Alabama. Each book retails $22.95 with over 200 in free merchandise and services, valid 12 months. About 1,500 books available, with 30 local merchants providing free services and bonus dining coupons. Jaycees sponsor to fund Special Olympics and other projects. phone solicitations in coming days with no hard sell.
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Danville Jaycees
van Hester
Hester
Alabama
Southeast Advertisers
Southeast
Danville
Virginia Democrats undecided at mass meetings for Ford replacement
Delegates across Virginia elected at mass meetings chose 3,034 delegates with about 60 percent undecided on presidential preference. Carter led among those committed, with Udall a distant second, while others drew minimal support. District conventions May 22 and state convention May 29 loom as uncommitted delegates may shift.
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George W. Wilbui
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
Ford
White House
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Arizona
Morris Udall
Hubert Humphrey
Fred Harris
California
Edmund G. Brown
Alabama
George Wallace
Henry Howell
Norfolk
Fitzpatrick
Howell
Andrew P. Miller
Henring County
Miller
Westernth
Roanoke
Northern
Udall
Chesterfield County
Wallace
Adam Smith would feel at home in the Bicentennial economy
economist William Adams Traywick argues that Adam Smith 1776 ideas on free markets wages and prices still shape modern economics. He recalls Smiths view of markets as self correcting and warns against government red tape and wage price controls, noting the bicentennial relevance of Smiths pin factory analogy and laissez faire principles.
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Williamsburg
Adam Stith
Smith
Traywick
Virginia Business Report
Bureau of Business Research
Adam Smith
George Washington
UVa Plans to Develop Afro-American Affairs
Charlottesville UVa creates the dean of Afro-American affairs and assistant provost post to lead a new office. Planned for a July 1 1976 appointment the office will coordinate programs, budget and services for Afro-American students and work with academic and administrative units.
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Uva
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Ernest H. Erp
Frank L. Hereford Jr
Exa
Howard W. Allen
Ferrum Honors William P Swartz Jr Founders Day Gym Dedication
Ferrum College will dedicate the William P Swartz Jr Gymnasium during Founders Day. The event highlights Swartz Enterprises Roanoke and Ferrum’s 1950s 60s expansion, with a Byrd Jr speech to follow at the Swartz Gymnasium, starting at noon.
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Ferrum
Roanoke
William P. Swartz, Jr
Ferrum College
Willaam P. Swartz, Jr
Swartz
Swartz Enterprises of
Swartz Gymnasium
U.S
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Radford Plans For Bicentennial
Radford College has been named a National Bicentennial College Campus by ARBA. Dr. Donald N Gedman, the president, and Ann Swain, Bicentennial Committee chair, outline goals to study the past focusing on the American Revolution and Radford’s history, and to create lasting campus memories through projects preserving source materials under the theme Remembering our past, designing our future.
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Radford
Radford College
ARBA
Donald N.gedman
Ann Swain
Virginia
Miss Swain
GWHS senior wins King College scholarship
Michael Morris, a senior at George Washington High School, is among four recipients of a King College economics and business scholarship for next year. He is active in the Pep Club, the Key Club, and the National Honor Society and attended King College's 1975 Summer honors program. He is the son of Mrs. Kathleen G. Morris of 222 Chatham Court, Danville. Beginning tennis and Tiny Tot Gymnastics classes start April 3 at the YMCA through May 5 with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Michael Morris
George Washington High School
King College
Peter Holler
King
Morris
GWHS
Kathleen G. Morris
Chatham Court
Danville
YMCA
Sellers Parker
Mrs. LaPrade Rites Wednesday
Mrs. LaPrade LaPrade Gillie Cobb LaPrade of Westover Drive died yesterday in Danville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Mayfield North Carolina, daughter of Samuel E. Cobb and Elizabeth W. Cobb. Survived by sister Is. Hilda Reese of Medford. Funeral Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Townes Memorial Chapel. Burial Mountain View Cemetery. Body at F W Townes and Son Funeral Home. viewing today and tomorrow 7 to 9 a.m. Other times at Catherine Meadows residence.
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Gillie Cobb LaPrade
Westover Drive
Danville Memorial Hospital
Mayfield
N.C
Samuel E. Cobb
Elizabeth W. Cobb
John T. LaPrade
Danville
Dan River Inc
Westover Hill
Townes Memorial Chapel
W. D. Sheets
Theodore Landis
Mountain View Cemetery
F. W. Townes and Son Funeral
Catherine Meadows
Hylton Ave
William Parker 73 Dies in Roanoke
William Parker 73 of Roanoke and brother of Mrs. Janie Bowen died yesterday at 4 p.m. in a local hospital. Services at Oakey Funeral Home tomorrow at p.m. with burial in a Roanoke cemetery.
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Roanoke
William Parker
Janie Bowen
Cathy Drive
Danyitle
Oakey Funeral Home
Deaths and Funerals In Danville Area Roster Of Obituaries
Obituary notices cover Mrs Lillie Reynolds Watkins of 17 Dolittle St and Russell Holland Moorefield, both reported as died recently. Details include birthplaces Martinsville and Pittsylvania County, survivors across multiple states, and funeral arrangements at Swicegood Chapel and Wrenn Yeatts Chapel with services today and tomorrow. Burial plans, residence, and hospital details noted.
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Russell Holland Moorefield
Wrenn-Yeatts Chapel
Eugene Tally
Percy Ricketts
Rex. Horne
Highland Burial Park
C M Smith Dies At 65 In Virginia Hospital
Charles Marion Smith Jr of Madison Heights died at Virginia Baptist Hospital Lynchburg after two years of illness. A retired charge aide at Lynchburg Training School and Hospital and a US veteran, he was born in Danville. Survived by wife Nancy Bryant Smith son Michael Bryant Smith sister Mrs R J Hamann. Graveside service with military honors planned tomorrow at Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg with visitation today at Whitten Park Avenue Chapel.
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Mr. Moorefield
Danville
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
N.C
Pittsylvania County
Peter Willis Moorefield
Emma Alice Mills Moorefield
Rexham Corp
Lillian Huff
Third Avenue Christian Church
Eastway Christian Church
Chalcotte
Vernie E. Dove
Yanceyville
Luisa Dove
Vernie E. Dove Jr
Helen Tailey
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Dave
Madison Heights
Charles Marion Smith Jr
Madison Heights Rt. 3
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Lynchburg
Charles Marion
Emma Goodnight Smith
First Presbyterian Church of
Danvile
Nancy Bryant Smith
Michael Bryant Smith
Lafayetee
Ind
R. J. Hamann
Gibralter
Mich
Spring Hill Cemetery
Whitten Park
Mrs. Mary Oglesby Dies in Danville Hospital
Mary Oglesby of Rockingham County North Carolina died in Danville Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness. She was a retired Southern Processors Company employee and member of St James Baptist Church and the Courts of Calanthe No 22. Survivors include sisters Mrs Lillie Bebron and Miss Viola Nelson both of Danville. Funeral services Monday at 2 p.m. at St James Baptist Church conducted by Rev George Pass. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at L H Brooks & Bro Funeral Home and at other times at the residence.
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Mary Oglesby
Danville Memorial Hospital
Rockingham County
Jospeh
Mattie Worsham Nelson
Af Southern Processors Company
St. James Baptist Church
Calanthe No. 22
Lillie N. Bebron
Viola Nelson
Danville
Tomorow
Chestnut St Woman Robbed and Hospitalized
Danville police report a purse snatching on Chestnut Street near Green Street in which Louise Wells of 426 Chestnut St was attacked and robbed of over $12 and personal items. She was admitted to Danville Memorial Hospital for observation after suffering abrasions.
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Danville
Chestnut Street
Green Street
Louise Wells
Chestnut St
Wells
Danville Memorial Hospital
FBI Tried To Hurt Marriages Of KKK Members
Senator Robert B. Morgan says the FBI in the 1960s wrote anonymous letters to spouses of Klan members to sow marital trouble. He cites letters claiming infidelity and domestic issues, noting at least one couple separated. Morgan criticizes covert FBI methods and warns authorities must obey the law.
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FBI
KKK
Morgan
Washington
Robert B. Morgan
D-N.c
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem
N.C
Senate Intelligence Committee
North Carolina Democrat
Wake Forest
America
GW Students Win Places At State VICA Conference
George Washington High School students earned top state honors at the State Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Leadership Conference in Roanoke. Nancy Lewis won first in the nurse's assistant contest and Drew Wiese took first in the VICA Poster contest and second in commercial art, with several others placing in building trades auto body occupational display and industrial electronics.
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George Washington High School
State Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Roanoke
Nancy Lewis
Drew Wiese
VICA
Gihers
David Collins
Tony Foulkes
Terrance Prior
Mark Clifton
GW Vica Club
Miss Levis
Virginia
Miami Beach
Fla
Southern celebrates signers with locomotives named for Declaration signers
Southern Railway unveils a bicentennial plan naming 17 Crescent diesel locomotives after signers of the Declaration. The first diesel honors Thomas Jefferson with 10 by 23 foot decals bearing portrait and signature. Signers include Gwinnett Hall Walton of Georgia. Hooper Penin Hewes of North Carolina. Heyward Lynch Middleton Rutledge of South Carolina. Braxton Harrison Lee Wythe Nelson of Virginia.
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Southern Railway
Southern Crescent
Sho
Graham Claytor Jr
Southern
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Georgia
Willian Hooper
John Penin
Joseph Hewes
North Carlina
Thomas Heyward Jr
Thomas Lynch Jr
Arthur Middleton
Edward Rutledge
South Carolina
Carter Braxton
Benjamin Harrison
Francis Lightfoot Lee
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Nelson Jr
Virginia
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Jaycees
New York
Jim Gibbs
Gibbs
Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
Dee
Leland E. Traywick
College of Wiliam and Mary
Br. Em
William P. Swartz
Mrs. LaPrade
Lillie Reynolds Watkins
Dolittle St
Roman Eagle Memorial
Rome
Martinsville
Ollie and
Annie Mae Haley Reynolds
Brosville
Schoolfield
Dan River Retired Workers Club
E. B. Hambrick
Tallahassee
Luther T. Seearce
Harold Watkins
Albert F. Watkins
Sophia
Ernest Watkins
Greensboro
Jasper Pete Watkins
Patterson
Mary Hall
Gastonia
Gracie Carter
R. H. Moorefield
C.M. Smith
Mrs. Oglesby
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