Canned Cannery Fire Hits City Prison Farm Loss Heavy
A blaze destroyed much of the City Prison Farm cannery roof and upper floor, wasting canned vegetables planned for inmates. Fire officials and Superintendent W A Newell cited a heated boiler as the likely ignition. No injuries reported. prior barn fire in two weeks raised concerns over supplies and menu revisions.
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City Prison Farm
City Farm
W. A. Newell
Newell
W. C
Tex) Bray
Bray
James E Hughes Funeral Rites Set Tomorrow
The funeral for James Evans Hughes 62 of 643 Jefferson St will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p m from Townes Memorial Chapel Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery He died yesterday morning at Memorial Hospital after five weeks illness He was a Rockingham County native who lived most of his life in Danville and worked as a foreman in the City Electric Department He attended Lee Street Baptist Church His wife Estelle Hughes died February 19 1963 Surviving are one son William Robert Hughes of San Francisco and one sister Mrs R J Coleman of Danville The body will rest at Townes Funeral Home and the family will be at the Jefferson Street residence
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James Evans Hughes
Jefferson St
Townes Memorial Chapel
Mountain View Cemetery
Hughes
Memorial Hospital
Rockingham County
N.C
Danville
Lee Street Baptist Church
Estelle Hughes
William Robert Hughes
San Francisco
Calif
R. J. Coleman
Townes Funeral Home
Infant McDaniel Rowland laid to rest at Peytonsburg
Graveside services were held Thursday for the infant daughter of Colden and Shirley McDaniel Rowland of Chatham Route 2 at Peytonsburg Cemetery. The infant died at Memorial Hospital. Surviving are parents, a brother Robert, a sister Debra, paternal grandparents Cyril and Mrs Rowland of Gretna, and maternal grandparents Pritchett and Mrs McDaniel of Java.
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Colden
Shirley McDaniel Rowland
Chatham Rt. 2
Peytonsburg Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
Robert
Debra
Cyril Rowland
Gretna
Pritchett McDaniel
Java
Police in Danville Get Indoor Practice Firepieces
Danville police acquire two gas powered lead pellet guns for daily indoor target practice. Capt. T. E. Boyd says the indoor guns mirror service revolvers in weight sighting and trigger pull and will supplement the twice yearly outdoor range sessions to raise overall marksmen ship. The new program aims to keep officers qualified and proficient, likening daily practice to daily driving.
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Danville
T. E. Boyd
Boyd
Ophthalmology practice expands with in-office optician
Byerly recalls adding an optician in his office to safeguard glasses prescriptions and fitting. He notes patient demand for contact lenses and says a full-time technician became necessary after a 1962 partnership and later a five-year optician role by Lockerman. Legal inquiry in 1964 found no ethical breach and affirmed patient choice of an optician.
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Byerly
Lockerman
Danville-Pittsylvania Academy of Medicine
Robert Fallen Charged Anew
Robert Fallen a 54 year old Black man was charged with possession of illegal whisky by Halifax County authorities after deputies stopped a car on Halifax Road in Glenwood. Elsie Mae Scott the driver was charged with transporting bootleg whisky and three gallons were found in the vehicle. Fallen has prior whisky and driving convictions from earlier this summer.
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Robert
Lasses) Fallen
Danville
Halifax County
Alvin Talley
Ad Carson Elliott
Fallen
Cardwell St
Elsie Mae Scott
Halifax Rd
Glenwood
Halifax
Legion Post 1097 to Meet Tonight at Fairfield Ave
American Legion Post 1097 will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the post home on Fairfield Ave. Refreshments will be served.
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American Legion Post 1097
Fairfield Ave
Osteopaths Honor Dr. Harry Calisch
Dr Harry Calisch of Danville Virginia was among 43 osteopathic physicians to receive a Fifth Year Certificate of Appreciation from the American Osteopathic Association at a Drake Hotel meeting. The award was recommended by the AOA Committee on Membership and approved by the Board of Trustees.
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Chicago
Harry Calisch
Danville
The
American Osteopathic Association
Drake Hotel
AOA
Association
Pvt Percy Bennett Services Set Sunday
Funeral services for Pvt 1st Class Percy L Bennett, killed in an automobile accident Tuesday in El Paso Texas, will be held at 2 pm Sunday from Lynch Station Baptist Church. Interment will be in Altavista Memorial Park. The body arrives Friday afternoon and rests at Finch Funeral Home in AltaVista prior to services.
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Lynch Station
Percy L. Bennett
el Paso
Texas
Lynch Station Baptist Church
Altavista Memorial Park
Altavista
Finching Finch Funeral Home
Wilson T. Starkey Rites Conducted at Baptist Church
Funeral services for Wilson Thomas Starkey were held Thursday afternoon at Straightstone Baptist Church led by Rev. Carroll Welch. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Herbert Hutcherson Buster Edmonds Frank Worsham Latane Edwards Kenneth Hutcherson Eugene Edmonds Buford Edmonds and Harold Edmonds.
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Gretna
Wilson Thomas Starkey
Straightstone Baptist Church
Carroll Welch
Herbert Hutcherson
Buster Edmonds
Frank Worsham
Latane Edwards
Kenneth Hutcherson
Eugene Edmonds
Buford Edmonds
Harold Edmonds
Dallas Terry Douglas Charged in Clock and Iron Theft
Detectives yesterday charged 23 year old Dallas Terry Douglas of 419 Edgewood Drive with larceny of an electric clock and an iron from Freeman Saylor of 302 B Hughes Street.
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Dallas Terry Douglas
Edgewood Drive
Freeman Saylor
Hughes St
Revolving Fund in Richmond Holds Unappropriated Balance
The State Highway Department reports a revolving fund in Richmond with a $3,349,550 unapportioned balance at year end. Established by the 1964 General Assembly, the fund allows early land purchases for future road projects to curb rising costs from development.
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State Highway Department
General Assembly
Alvin Brooks Named Caswell County Administrator
YANCEYVILLE NC Alvin Brooks 46 has been named county administrator by the Caswell County Board of Commissioners to handle administrative duties created earlier this year. He will start Sept 15 earning 4800 annually, chosen from seven applicants. Brooks is known as a bail insurance claims adjuster and warehouse worker. duties include clerk of the board purchasing agent and liaison on tobacco acreage and taxes.
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Yanceyville
N. C
J. Alvin Brooks
Caswell
Brooks
Hickory Grove Club Launches Clean Up Drive
Pelham North Carolina 4 H club leads a community clean up and beautification campaign focusing on ditch trash and church rail painting. Members attended 4 H Camp Millstone, junior leader Ear Jene Gentry earned multiple honors including the 4 H Key Award and a second place in a 17 county public speaking contest. She and two other Rockingham County 4 H ers won a trip to the National 4 H Center Citizenship Short Course in Washington DC earlier this month.
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Pelham
N. C
Hickory Grove
Fred Cox
Millstone
Ear Jene Gentry
College Union
N. C. State University
Rockingham County
Washington, D. C
Mrs Maggie Ladd Dies At 38 In Danville
Mrs Maggie Gagnell Ladd aged 38 resident of Danville died Thursday afternoon at her home 869 Colquehoun Ave after five years of poor health. Born Oct 1 1926 in Elkin N C she was daughter of Harry Eugene Gentry and late Reba Wood Gentry. She lived in Elkin most of life and in Danville 12 years worked at Dan River Mills before illness. She leaves her father one daughter Mrs Malba Mizer of Danville and several siblings. Graveside services Sunday at 11 a.m. in Schoolfield Cemetery conducted by Rev W C Bradley. Body retained at Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home prior to services.
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Maggie Gagnell Ladd
Colquehoun Ave
Ladd
Elkin
N.C
Harry Eugene Gentry
Reba Wood Gentry
Danville
Dan River Mills
Malba Mizer
Glenn Gentry
Imogene Myers
Kenneth Gentry
Yanceyville
Norman Gentry
Rock Hill
S.C
Bernice Murdock
Thomas Gentry
Clarence Gentry
Gladys Andrews
Charleston
Ira F. Wood
Jin Schoolfield Cemetery
W. C. Bradley
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral
Vernon Hill Man B W Redd Dies at 34
Binford Wilson Redd 34 of Vernon Hill Route 1 died Wednesday in a Danville hospital. Survivors include wife Doris Edwards Redd of Vernon Hill, two daughters Debra Sue and Rita Ann, son Jarrell, father Mathew T. Redd of Paces, sister Dorothy M Odell of Ridgeway, four brothers Roy Richmond Monroe N Melvin and Carroll. Funeral Friday at 3 p m Mt Tabor Baptist Church burial Peytonsburg Episcopal Cemetery.
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Vernon Hill
Binford Wilson Redd
Rt. 1
Danville
Doris Edwards Redd
Debra Sue
Rita Ann Redd
Jarrell Redd
Mathew T. Redd
Paces
Dorothy M. Odell
Ridge ‘Way
Roy Redd
Richmond
Monroe N. Redd
Stoneville
N. C
Melvin Redd
Carroll Redd
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Peytonsburg Episcopal Church
Campaign spending in Democratic primary ends in close race
Incumbent Eugene Link and challenger Lawrence Wilson Jr. tied in spending while Link narrowly won by about 800 votes. Wilson reported the highest expenditures at 1853.26, topping Link’s 1825.54 by 27.72. Other candidates included George Seymore, Frank Bates, Richard Wells, Walter Riddle, Berkeley Edwards, Charlie Smith, Dan Daniel, Landon Wyatt, H. P. Anderson, J. Randolph Eastwood and Arthur Arundel who spent varying amounts in county and state races.
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Commonwealth
iAttorney
Eugene Link
Lawrence G. Wilson, Jr
Link
Wilson
Wison
George
Cecil Seymore
Seymore
Frank Bates
E.H. Marshall
Richard “Loose” Wells
Walter M. Riddle
P. Holt Lyon
Berkeley Edwards
Charlie Smith
W. C
Dan) Daniel
House of Delegates
Landon R. Wyatt
Senate
House
Richmond
J. Randolph Eastwood
Randall Reynolds
Pittsylvania County
H. P. Anderson
Halifax County
Arthur W. Arundel
Fairfax
Hubert Williams Dies At 76 In Roanoke Memorial
Hubert L Williams 76 died yesterday at 3 p m in Memorial Hospital after ten years of declining health He had resided at Roman Eagle Memorial Home since September He was born June 1 1889 in Pittsylvania County son of Charles Phillip Williams and Cornelia Dodson Williams A former American Viscose Corp employee in Roanoke he lived there 35 years before moving to the nursing home He belonged to First Baptist Church Roanoke His wife Nannie Carter Williams died June 12 1964 He survives a sister Mrs Fred Marshall of Danville and two brothers Rawley M Williams and Kermit Williams of Gladys Funeral services Tuesday at 10 a m from Townes Memorial Chapel Interment in Evergreen Memorial Park Roanoke committal rites at 1 p m by Rev Charles E Fuller The remains are at Townes Funeral Home
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Hubert L. Williams
Memorial Hospital
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Mr. Williams
Pittsylvania County
Charles Phillip Williams
Cornelia Dodson Williams
American Viscose Corp
Roanoke
First Baptist Church
Nannie Carter Williams
Fred Marshall
Danville
Rawley M. Williams
Kermit Williams
Gladys
Townes Memorial Chapel
Evergreen ‘Memorial Park
Charles E. Fuller
Townes Funeral Home
Seven Are Named Division Chairmen In Ferrum Reorganization
Ferrum Junior College announced the establishment of seven academic divisions and named chairs. James S. Angle will lead language and literature. William G. Dail heads natural science and agriculture. Edgar Eugene Evans chairs physical education and intramural sports. William E. Fitzgerald leads fine arts. Other appointees include Miss Loren Hodges in business education. Franklin B. Hurt in social science and education. and Geoffrey L. Story in religion and philosophy.
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Ferrum
Ferrum Junior College
Fred O. Wygal
James S. Angle
William G. Dail
Edgar Eugene Evans
Jathelite
William E. Fitzgerald
Loren Hodges
Franklin B. Hurt
Western Maryland College
Geoffrey L. Story
Dean Wygal
Wogal
Geoffrey L. Story, Jr
Religion and Philosophy
Story
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Garrett Biblical Institute
Europe
University of Utrecht
Holland
Hurt
Franklin County
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton
Hart
Western Maryland
Angle
College of William and Mary
Bread Loaf School of English
Vermont
VPI
Montgomery County
Fitzgerald
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Division of Natural Science and Agriculture
Dail
Duvall A. Jones
Carson-Newman College
Appalachian State Teachers College
Garber Hall
University of Virginia
Mountain Lake Biological Research Center
Lolene Hodges
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Barbour
Miss Hodges
Evans
Direcor of
University of Tennessee
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