Area-Born Educator Dies At 75
Dr. Rufus H. Fitzgerald born in Pelham North Carolina died at 75 in Pittsburghs Presbyterian Hospital after a two week illness. He served as chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1945 to 1955 guiding a 50 million folding program and three new schools. The Fitzgerald Field House bears his name. He was named Pittsburgh Man of the Year in 1955 and had a long career in higher education including roles at Guilford College Mississippi A&M Iowa and the University of Iowa before moving to Pittsburgh in 1938.
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Rufus H. Fitzgerald
Pelham
N.C
America
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Fitzgerald
University of Pittsburgh
University
Dr. Fitzgerald
James Dr. Fitzgerald
Guilford College
Guilford
University of Tennessee
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Iowa
YMCA
Iowa Memorial Union
University of
Filing Deadline Draws Near In Danville Council Race
With 96 hours left to file, only one candidate has completed formalities for Danville City Council. A professional poll tests views on incumbents Charles A. Womack and John W. Carter, and whether either will seek a third term. Other names and petitions circulate, including Ronald Williams and Dr Hugh Kossoff, while Womack weighs a national agenda with local leaders at Bibleway Church.
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Danville
Charles A. Womack
John W. Carter
Womack
Bibleway
Danville Gop
Carter
T. E. Temple
Commercial Appeal
Federal says Virginia must desegregate swiftly
Federal officials reaffirmed that Virginia public schools must pursue total desegregation quickly. Many districts rely on freedom of choice plans, but HEW states those are interim and may force attendance-zone schemes. Seeley and Johnson warned districts to cooperate with desegregation efforts or risk action, with some localities already told to abandon current plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Richmond
Virginia Advisory Committee
United States Commission On Civil Rights
Danville
Pittsylvania
Federal Bureau
David S. Seeley
US Office of Education
Mordecai Johnson
The
Civil Rights Commission
Chamber Plans To Buy Townes Funeral Building
The Chamber of Commerce intends to occupy the present Townes Funeral Home at 635 Main St by early 1967. A portion of the purchase price is included in a budget over 70,000 dollars adopted by the Chamber board. Repair of damage from a recent fire near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Townes Funeral Home
Main St
Chamber
W. W. Rickman
Chamber Board of Directors
William H. Jefferson, Jr
Retail Merchants Association
Andrew A. Farley
C. Preston McElheney
Danville Industrial Development
Downtown Properties To Be Sold At Auction This Month
Three downtown properties will be auctioned including the 60 room Hotel Stonewall Jackson at 542 Main St at 11 a.m. on April 27. A land tract at Main and Ridge and a 410 Patton St. building with an 11 year lease will be sold in a separate commissioners sale on April 22. The auctioneers are Shields Auction and Realty Co. and the sellers include the Arey heirs and Johnsons Dept Store assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall Jackson
Main St
N. Lee Isenhour
Peoples Insurance Agency
Danville
Main and
Ridge Streets
Patton St
Ridge
Townes Funeral Home
Townes
Main
Johnson’s Department Store
Southern Department Store
Ballou Park
Edwin B. Meade
T. Bryant Tate
Shields Auction and Realty Co
E. C
K. C. Arey
K. C. Arey, Jr
Margaret Fitzgerald
Reginald Clarke
McCollum- Ferrell
Adams
Spring St
GSK
Main Ridge
Beerl and Assault End Session Turns Violent
A West Main Street cafe beer session ended with a violent assault leaving James Isom needing 13 stitches under his left eye and lip cuts after Lewis Ray Dalton 26 of East Lawn Avenue Glenwood joined and a dispute over a name escalated. Dalton faces felonious assault charges. Police also investigated break ins at four businesses and a home on N Main Street with Callaghan's laundromat suffering extensive damage and $415 repair estimates. A burglary at Sam Bassett's home yielded $120 in small bills.
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Hylton Ave
James ©. Isom
Coley Boone
West Main St
Lewis Ray Dalton
East Lawn Ave
Glenwood
Isoms
Isom
Dalton
Ilike
Isam
Callaghan’s Laundromat
N. Main St
Sam Bassett
No Quorum Last Night Spurs Long City Council Session
In a record-short meeting the City Council adjourned for lack of a quorum with two of nine members present. Tonight they reconvene at 8 p m to consider a 25 item agenda including six rezoning hearings a space program report and a request from the Civil Aeronautics Board expedited hearing on Piedmont Airlines and a request from Temple for a firm stance on federal aid constraints.
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W. C. McCubbins
Finance Committee
John W. Carter
Randolph L. Hall
Hall
Super Committee
Danville Safety Council
Riverside Drive
Sunset Place
T. E. Temple
Civil Aernautics Board
Piedmont Airlines
Piney Forest Road
Pine View Drive
Country Club West No. 2
Chatham Hills Development Corp
Swain Acres
Wedge Wood
Pine Tag
Soybeans Topic of YF Meeting at Dan River High
Soybean production and marketing discussed at the Dan River Young Farmers meeting in the DRHS vocational agriculture department at 7:45 tonight. Gil Barber and Tom Painter of Southern States Cooperative lead the discussion on varieties fertilization cultural practices and local market problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan River
Drhs Vocational Agriculture Department
Gil Barber
Tom Painter
Southern States Cooperative
Man Held In Shotgun Death At Java
William Willis Childress, 24, of Blairs Route 1, is jailed in Pittsylvania County on $7,500 bond for murder in the shotgun slaying of Elma Lee Terry at a Negro nightspot in the Riceville Java area Saturday night. He was arrested about 11 a.m. Sunday. Two prison escapees from State Prison Camp 15 near Chatham were recaptured: Donald E. Bene Jackson at 1:45 a.m. Sunday on Route 41, seven miles east of Danville, and David Walker Lamb was taken by Charlottesville Police.
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William Willis Childress
Blairs Rt. 1
Pittsylvania
Elma Lee Terry
Java
Terry
Riceville
Childress
Chatham
Sheriff's Office
Donald EU. Bene Jackson
Rt. 41
Danville
David Walker Lamb
Charlottesville
Retired Police Lieutenant Injured in Three Car Collision
A retired Danville police lieutenant Claude H Blanks and his wife were injured in a three car crash on NC 37 between Milton and Somora. Mrs Blanks suffered a broken leg and a head injury while Blanks had a cut under the eye. The 1965 Chevrolet was demolished and James Jeffries of Milton was hospitalized with back pains. Patrolman J L Griffin investigated the Caswell County crashes, noting seat belts likely prevented more serious injuries.
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Danville
Leutenant
Milton
Somora
N.C
North Carolina
Blanks
James Jeffries
Milton Rt. 1
Jeffries
Roxboro
Griffin
Caswell County
Richard Buford Scott
Orchard Drive
Scott Bar
U.S. 158
Yanceyville
Elton Warren Smith
Smith
Calls Are Many But Fires Few In Danville
Danville fire crews ran for two and a half hours late yesterday and last night with four calls. A smoking transformer at 408 South Main Street produced smoke but no fire. At 1304 Bradley Road a grass fire started by children playing with matches was extinguished. A second grass fire at Southampton and Westhampton avenues was controlled before damage. At 22 Dula Street an accumulation of dust near a heater ignited but the fire was out upon arrival.
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Danville
South Main St
Howard Johnson
Bradley Rd
Dorothy McCain
Raymond McDaniel
Local Man Turbiville Earns Pi Mu Epsilon Honor at Air Force Academy
Harry P. Turbiville Jr. of Danville, a junior at the United States Air Force Academy, was named a charter member of Pi Mu Epsilon, the academy’s first honorary mathematics society. The 32 members from the classes of 1966 and 1967 join a path of academic distinction, following his freshman year at North Carolina State University where he was named to Phi Eta Sigma. He was appointed to the academy the next year.
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Harry P. Turbiville
Sjr
Danville
Pi Mu Epsilon
United States Air Force Academ
Academy
Turbiville
College Ave
Society
North Carolina State University
Phi Eta Sigma
Air Force Academy
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R. H. Fitzgerald
Townes Funeral Building
Curtis Bishop
Rickman
Bailey’s
J. Pelham
Cable Dairy Products, Inc
Edward L. Chambers
Danville Mobile, Home Court, Inc
Juanita V. Simpson
McCollum-Ferrell
S. Cary Palmore
Midtown Motor Hotel
Julian R. Stinson
Simpson Realty Co
J. Moir Simpson
H. A. Wiseman, III
Richard Patterson
J. J. Marsella
Charles Freed
Baxter Byerly
J&S§S Services
I Inc
John J. Smith
Union St. Bridge
Dan River Mills
Riverside
City Beautiful Committee
Public Works Dept
R. L. Hall
Local Man Honor Society Charter Member
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Earline Gosney
Erin, Lillian
Yates, Lenkeeper
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