Funeral rites incomplete for Vance Whitfield 53
Rites are incomplete for Vance Whitfield who died from injuries in a traffic accident on his farm in Mountain Hill a week earlier. He was a native of Fort Howard Maryland, longtime Danville resident, employed by Dan River Mills, married to Blanche Booth Whitfield in 1933, and survived by his wife, his mother Elizabeth Price Whitfield, a son Vance Booth Whitfield and a brother John Lewis Whitfield Jr. The body lies at Wrenn Yeatts Funeral Home as arrangements are pending.
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Mountain Hill
Fort Howard
Elizabeth Price Whitfield
John L. Whitfield
Danville
Dan River
Blanche Booth
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Vance Booth Whitfield
Dayton
Ohio
John Lewis Whitfield Jr
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home
Holbrook Ave
Police Nab Bootleg Liquor Car After High Speed Chase
Police seized a liquor car with 18 gallons of bootleg liquor and arrested the driver after a pursuit through South Main Street and multiple cross streets. Sgt. F H Duncan Jr spotted the vehicle in an Industrial Avenue alley and chased the fleeing suspect with Officer T G Faulkner and Sgt. M F Schliff aiding in the man’s halt. The driver fled on foot and was apprehended after a foot chase ending near Watson Street.
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F. H. Duncan Jr
Industrial Ave
T. G. Faulkner
South Main St
West Paxton
Stuart
Caswell and
Aiken
Brucetown
Duncan
Watson St
M. F. Schliff
Stone Named to Head Habeas Corpus Study Group
Senator William F. Stone of Martinsville will head one of three Virginia Advisory Legislative Council studies. He leads a group to study habeas corpus statutes as Governor Godwin asks VALC to examine rising habeas corpus litigation tied to recent U S Supreme Court rulings.
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Martinsville
William F. Stone
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Godwin
General Assembly
Stone
VALC
United States Supreme Court
Bootleg Whisky Found in Car Trunk
Duncan found 18 gallons of bootleg whisky in half gallon jars in the car trunk. The car was registered to a Martinsville resident. The driver, George William Jones, 34, of 356 Grant St Ext, was charged with transporting illegal whisky reckless driving and failing to stop for a police siren.
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Duncan
Martinsville
George William Jones
Grant St. Ext
Corrected damages in Keung Barnett case total $11,000
Corporation Court Judge Aiken awarded $11,000 total to the plaintiff, comprising $1,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages. Keung and Barnett, accused of using Dan River process secrets to form a new company, have four months to appeal to the State Supreme Court of Appeals.
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Corporation Court
A. M. Aiken
Kurt Jacob Keung
John Pruitt Barnett
Register
Keung
Barnett
Dan River
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Man Involved In Near Riot Given 60 Days Fined $60
Charles Belton Logan 35 of Chatelaine Ave was found guilty on four of six charges after a confrontation that drew about 250 people and required multiple police units to disperse. Logan received 60 days and 60 dollars in penalties. Police praised Patrolman W. W. Terry for his decisive action ending the disturbance without serious injury.
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Charles Belton Logan
Chatelaine Ave
Levelton St
E. G. McCain
W. W. Terry
McCain
Terry
Logan
C. E. Hershman
R. G. Holbrook
Hershman
Holbrook
Dr Bob Jones Jr to Speak at Southall Church May 3-8
Dr Bob Jones Jr president of Bob Jones University will lead a series of services at Southall Baptist Church May 3 to 8. He denounces Billy Graham as socializing Christianity and criticizes liberal churches. Jones notes the university does not admit Negroes and faces possible loss of federal loans.
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Bob Jones
Southall
Bob Jones, Jr
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Billy Graham
Southall Baptist Church
Graham
Jones
University
National Defense
Funeral Rites Held For Dr. Pritchett In Danville
Funeral services for Dr. Harry W. Pritchett 76 longtime Danville physician were held yesterday from the Church of the Epiphany with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. A native of Pittsylvania County he studied at William and Mary and the University of Virginia and earned his medical degree from Tulane in 1919. He served in World War I and practiced in Whitmell before joining Dr. C. W. Pritchett here. He retired in January and is survived by his wife Irene Butler three sons and daughters and nine grandchildren. Pallbearers named include A A Farley and J Blair Kerns among others.
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Harry W. Pritchett
Danville
Church of the Epiphany
Green Hill Cemetery
Pritchett
Memorial Hospital
Pittsylvania County
College of William and Mary
Uni
Epfiscopal Church of the Epiphany
Danville-Pittsylvania
E. F. Blake Jr
Virginia Beach
Kate P. Blair
Elizabeth P. Coleman
Ann Pritchett
A. A. Farley
W. E. Gardner, Jr
Hubert T. Gosney
George S. Hughes
S. D. Kent
E.B. Kent
J. Blair Kerns
L. H. Kernodle
Howard A. Johnson
Hosea Wilson
Harry W. Smith
Youth In Trespass Incident Fined and Imprisonment Set
A 16 year old girl awoke to an intruder in her home leading to a trespass case. Sanley Wayne White 19 of 765 Arnett Bivd received six months with five suspended on good behavior and a $10 fine in Municipal Court. Other cases include Frances Thomas Jones of Reidsville bound for grand jury on forgery and three bad check charges. second offense drunk driving sentence. warrants not pressed in a disturbance. and fines for abusive language drunkenness resisting arrest and related counts.
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Sanley Wayne White
Arnett Bivd
Cathy Gillispie
White
Miss Gillespie
Frances Thomas Jones
Reidsville
N.C
Grant’s
Riverside
Joseph Willard Haynes
Wood Ave
William Albert Roach
Poplar St
Barbara Ann Smith
Harvey Thomas Hankins
Monrost St
Hankins
Roach
Kenneth Holloway
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Vance Whitfield
VAI
Setliff
Koplen & Land
Masonic Building
Herman G. ‘Koplen
William E. Land
Courc i
National Safety Council
Levellon St
G. D
John Doe
Jones, Jr
Royel
Deanett
Ballou Park Shopping Center
N. Union AT the Bridge
Oneican Greetings
Deoples
Dr. Pritchett
Truman Dr
Lorenzo Edward Mitchell
Holbrook St
Robert Edward Lee Harper
Memorial Mission Fund
Mt. Hermon
Poteat Moving & Storage
Seth Thomas
Stonewall Jackson
Main Street
Spring Street
Isenhour Peoples Insurance Agency of
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