Brantley Barr Named to Lead Memorial Hospital Board
Danville banker Brantley F Barr has been chosen president of Memorial Hospital Board of Directors as the institution studies a multi million dollar expansion. He succeeds C Stuart Wheatley after 11 years. The board re elected officers and added three new executive committee members. Mayor Mc Cubbins formed a committee to seek expansion funds, with city officials and consultant Jacque Norman involved. Wheatley cited funding challenges despite rising 1965 operating income of 3 508 million and increased assets. He praised administrator Lees and staff and noted the hospital must pursue new financing and efficiency to expand care.
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Danville
Brantley F. Barr
Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Barr
First National Bank of
Memorial
C. Stuart Wheatley
Wheatley
C. Lewis Roach, Jr
Eva S. Thompson
William J. Lees
Andrew A. Farley
William H. Jefferson, Jr
Roy M. Stephens
McCubbins
D. L. Arey
Robert Clarke
Walter Barrick
Mamders
Randolph Hall
T. E. Temple
H. D. Bowling
H. D. Bowling. McCubbins
Jacque B. Norman
School of Nursing
Lees
Entrance fees set for Kerr and Philpott reservoirs this year
Army Corps of Engineers will charge entrance fees at John H. Kerr and Philpott reservoirs from Memorial Day to Labor Day under the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965. Three permit types Gold Blue Green will cost 7 1 year 1 day 3 30 days 1 50 50 cents. 16 and under or non recreation activities exempt. permits non transferable and must be signed. Gold permits honored at Federal Designated Areas. Col Beverly C. Snow Jr. urges display on sun visor and dashboard. fees apply to project lands and waters not leased or operated by others.
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Army Corps of Engineers
John H. Kerr
Buggs Island
Philpott
Beverly C. Snow, Jr
Corps
Wilmington
Corps of Engineers
Corps’ Wilmington
Kerr and Philpott
Kerr and Philport
Col. Snow
Corps For Engineers
National Park ‘Service
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Boundary and Water Commission
Buges Island
Unlimited Job Corps Enrollees Allowed in Virginia
The Virginia Employment Commission announced a temporary lift of federal Job Corps quotas for Virginia, allowing unlimited applications until May 7. The Danville office will aim for a statewide goal of about 970, with 16 to 21 year olds urged to apply for training and guidance. Applicants can be processed faster, with no physical exam required if healthy, and stipends total 30 dollars monthly during training plus 50 dollars monthly for satisfactorily completed months, with half sent to dependents and a 25 dollar match from the program. Transportation to centers will be provided for all accepted candidates.
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Virginia
Virginia Employment Commision
VEC
L. D. Bennett
Danville
Richmond
Norfolk
Bennett
Danville Community Improvement Council names Toton executive director
Eugene F. Toton of Sterling Park is named executive director of the Danville Community Improvement Council. Marjorie Hoffman remains assistant executive director. Toton has served in Sterling Park and Loudoun County civic roles and is a Virginia high school football official. the family plans to move to Danville after the school year ends.
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Eugene F. Teton
Sterling Park
Danville
Loudoun Community Action, Inc
Toton
Loudoun
Red Cross
Martinsville School Bonds Approved In Large Margin
Martinsville voters approved 3 million dollars in school bonds for a new senior high school and facility upgrades, with 2,283 voting for and 177 against, about 93 percent. City Councilman T. J. Burch praised the overwhelming support, noting funds also cover a vocational shop at Albert Harris High School. This follows an earlier 900000 bond approval for a new City Hall in February.
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Martinsville
T. J. Burch
Albert Harris High School
Church Accepts Gift Of Hotel In Reidsville
REIDSVILLE NC The First Baptist Church accepted a 125000 gift comprising the six story Belvedere Hotel and the land it sits on The church plans to sell the property to fund a new sanctuary Transfer of the deed will occur April 30 The 1922 hotel has 68 rooms with offices on the first floor and commercial space on the next two floors The third and fourth floors hold apartments and the top two floors are unused
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Reidsville
N.C
First Baptist Church
Belvedere
Pipkin Foundation
Dan River Boosters Set Meeting Thursday Evening
The Dan River Booster Club will meet Thursday night at 8 in the DRHS auditorium. Officers will be elected and film and slides of the Dan River band’s Florida trip will be shown.
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Dan River: Booster Club
DRHS
Dan River Band
Florida
Joyce Named To Head Warehousemen-ed 20 Lead Warehousemen
U S firms shunning Rhodesian tobacco sales noted by USDA official Joe R Williams told the Old Belt Warehouse Association at Danville meeting that American firms largely followed British sanctions. Otis P Joyce elected Old Belt president amid small market revolt. long-term plans include a nine growers six warehousemen six buyers committee to regulate marketing and protect grower interests.
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Old Belt Warehouse Association
Joe A. Pell, Jr
Winston Salem
Otis P. Joyce
Stoneville
Charles
Rhodesia
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Joe R. Williams
USDA
State Department
Williams
Fred Royster
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Old Belt
Dansville Golf Club
N.C
Winston-Salem
Pell
Charles K. Waddell
Danville
Joyce
Chase City
Winston- Salem
South Boston
Secretary of Agriculture
Foreign Agriculture Service
United Kingdom
Royster
Raleigh
Bright Belt Association
Stablization Corporation
Whisky case yields 90 day term and fines
Johnnie Gunter, 35, 278 Grant St., drew a 90 day sentence and a $100 fine for a second offense of transporting illegal whisky on April 15, appealed. Police have not located Gunter's car, hijacked from a motor concern and stored. Moore, 33, 410 Grant St., fined $50 for possession of half a gallon of bootleg whisky and appealed. Yellock, 28, Burlington NC, sentenced to 60 days, fined $200, three year license revocation for second offense drunk driving, plus $100 for no permit, $100 for driving an uninsured vehicle, $25 for improper tags. Adkins, 28, Bachelors Hall, 60 days, $200 fine, three year permit suspension on second offense drunk driving. A charge of transporting illegal whisky dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Johnnie Gunter
Grant St
Gunter
James Freddie Moore
Walter Tucker Yellock
Burlington
N.C
Velma Samuel Adkins
Bachelors Hall
Man given jail term in drug case and more
A Westover Drive man, Vester Cob lins, received six months in jail and a $100 fine after a County Court at Chatham hearing for possession of 273 amphetamine pills known as bennies. He allegedly sold them in Dan River Mills at two for 25 cents. Collins may appeal. Also bound over for grand jury action on involuntary manslaughter charges was 19-year-old Carroll Wayne Pierce of Blairs, accused in the death of William Cassada in a Oct. 11, 1965, Kentuck accident on Rt. 729. Pierce reportedly told trooper Layne he had six or seven beers and was driving about 80 mph when he lost control. Cassada was a passenger. Ed Tate of Ringgold was fined 300 and had 90 days suspended on three charges of illegal whisky sales, plus 25 for fireworks and 500 bond. Whisky sales allegedly occurred March 19, 11 and April 12.
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Vester Coblins
Afton Rd
Kentuck
Danville
L. A. Layne
Pierce
Cassada
Navy
Ed Tate
Ringgold
ABC
A Thought to Remember Defends Faith and Hope
Dewey Swicegood writes on the erosion of truth in an enlightened age and defends faith in an Almighty companionship through this world and the next. He promotes mentioning the message of God's incarnation amid doubt. Watch for his brother Frank's column next week.
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God
Dewey Swicegood
Swicegood
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Brantley Barr
Cellent Hospital
Hospi
Paul N. Bridge
Bridge
K. Waddell
Danville Golf Club
North Carolina
Holiday Inn Restaurant
Doris Boaze
WBTM
Lillian
W. Yates
Tankenper
Federal
Teton New Poverty War Head
Pet
Church
Dan River Boosters
U. S
Foreign Service
U.S
Westover
Chatham
Oon
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