Foreclosure sale set for Sherwood Apartments Sept 2
Foreclosure auction called on Sherwood Apartments Inc across from Sherwood Shopping Center. A 66 unit complex built in 1962 63 with 60 000 square feet of shopping space and 370 parking spots will be sold at noon September 2 on site. The sale involves four deeds of trust with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co as main holder, and proceeds to satisfy second mortgage on both properties. Colonial Stores Bargain Center and other shops occupy the center. American National Bank and Trust Co. acts as estate executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Apartments, Inc
Sherwood Shopping Center
Nationwide Manufacturers, Inc
Martinsville
Joseph M. Winston, Jr
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Metropolitan
Charles M. Bradley Realty Co
Ter
J. A
Jack) Brightwell
Brightwell
Sherwood
Hampton Drive
Arnett Blvd
Winston
Colonial Stores
Social Security
American National Bank and Trust Co
District Rally to Fund 4-H Camp and Center
Members from 16 counties in the West Central District sell tickets for a Sept. 11 rally at the new 4-H Center on Smith Mountain Dam grounds. Proceeds fund operating costs to open the 4-H camp next June. events include a dairy show, all you can eat barbecue, tours, an athletic contest, and a water show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Central
Smith Mountain Dam
Pittsylvania County
Smith Mountain Lake
Dudley School
Franklin County
Bachelors Hall VFD to Host Brunswick Stew Brunch
The Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department sponsors a Brunswick stew event Saturday after noon starting at 4 pm. Stew will be served in plates and quarts to go, offering meal options for attendees.
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Bachelors Hall
Antitrust suit on Wilson tobacco market goes to jury
The case against Cozart Eagles and seven Wilson warehouses over selling time on the Wilson tobacco market goes to a federal jury after six weeks of testimony. Dismissed were charges against the Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade and several others, leaving seven defendants. Damages sought total 524000 plus fees, with an injunction against the modified unit system tied to floor space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
N.C
Cozart, Eagles & Co
Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade
Wilson
John Larkins
Board of Trade
New Planters
Cozart Eagles
Cozart
Cozart, Eagles
J. Beverly Lake
Fred Eagles
Lake
Howard Manning
D. L. Ward
Tobacco Fields Hit by Hail as Border Storm Strikes
A noisy storm swept along the Virginia Carolina border pelting tobacco fields with hail. Damage reported along Cook Rd and near Pelham NC with 30 to 40 percent losses cited. Thunder and lightning disrupted utilities and city services as temperatures fell from 91 to 81 degrees. The storm also boosted the city’s electricity use to a record 45 700 kilowatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia-Carolina
Valerie Lynch
Franklinurnpike
Virginia-Carolina Line
Hugh Pryor
Pelham
N. C
Cook Rd
State Line
Pelham Post Office
Thhat
Pryor
George R. Carter
Rt. 86
Shady Grove Rd
Schoolfield
Holland Rd
Berkley Adkins
Riverside
Adkins
Middle Belt Opening Set For Sept 8
Raleigh AP The Middle Belt Warehouse Association sales committee voted to start flue cured tobacco sales on Wednesday Sept 8. Fred Royster of Henderson said the crop is excellent and prices should be satisfactory. The belt opens one sales day earlier than 1964 with Eastern North Carolina Belt starting Aug 25. Committee members include S Walker Stone Durham chairman C B Turner Henderson C N Castleberry Sanford Arthur Talley Fuquay Varina C E Ford Louisburg and C R Watkins Sr Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Middle Belt Warehouse Association
Fred Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Middle Belt
Royster
North Carolina Belt
S. Walker Stone
Durham
The
Warehouse Association
M. L. Hight
C. B. Turner
C. N. Castleberry
Sanford
Arthur Talley
Fuquay- Varina
C. E. Ford
Louisburg
C. R. Watkins Sr
Oxford
Imperial Withdraws Buyers From Georgia Florida Markets
Imperial Tobacco will pull its buyers from Georgia and Florida tobacco markets due to excessive use of sucker control chemical MH-30. President John M. M. Gregory Jr. cites crop quality concerns, predicting a return next year. Industry responses vary as debates over maleic hydrazide continue, with some firms reporting no issues and Virginia growers shifting to oil emulsions and hand methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Tobacco Co
Georgia-Florida
John M. M. Gregory
American Leaf Organization
Imperial
Georgia
Gregory
Southern
Old Belt
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Schools Plan Registration of Newcomers
Danville public schools set two day registration for language new arrivals and returning students. Registration for new movers and children entering school for the first time this fall will be held at all public schools tomorrow and Friday from 9 a m to 3 p m. Parents of those not registered last spring and students who dropped out last year but plan to return should register during the two day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Pilot Club Meeting Features Jerry Giles Talk
The Pilot Club will meet tomorrow night at the Charcoal House. Jerry Giles will discuss the Moral Rearmament program held annually at Mackinac Island, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Club
Jerry
Charcoal House
Jerry Giles
Mackinac Island
Mich
Martinsville Superintendent To Deliver Radford Address
Martinsville city schools superintendent John D. Richmond will deliver the summer quarter commencement address at Radford College in Radford on August 27 at 11 a.m. The college reports 150 degree candidates, including 44 master’s, double the prior summer, with the ceremony in Preston Hall. Richmond, a State Council of Higher Education member, earned a bachelor’s from Emory and Henry and a master’s from Duke, and has studied at several universities.
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John D. Richmond
Martinsville
Radford College
Radford
Charles K. Martin, Jr
VPI
Preston Hall
Richmond
State Council of Higher Education
Commission On Higher Education
Emory and Henry
Duke
University of Maine
Columbia Yaversey
University Virginia
Whitehead pleads for caution on winding Pittsylvania roads
Pittsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney Joseph M Whitehead urged extreme caution as a four day period produced five road deaths, raising the county toll to 20 for the year. He blamed high powered cars on secondary roads and warned that survivors can be charged when negligence is proven. He cited past manslaughter convictions and noted racing is a problem in neighboring counties and in U S 58 west of Danville.
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Pittsylvania Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
Pittsylvania
Whitehead
Commonwealth
Halifax
Henry
U.S. 58
Danville
Franklin County
Langhorne
Pittsylvania Safety Council
Safety Council
Pittsylvania 4-Hers Enter Market Hog Show in Lynchburg
Pittsylvania County 4-H Club members will enter the Market Hog Show and Sale at Lynchburg Livestock Market tomorrow at 10 a.m. competing with 4-H and vocational students from Appomattox Albemarle Buckingham Campbell Charlotte Cumberland Halifax Lunenburg and Prince Edward. Hogs must weigh 180 to 240 pounds. purebred Yorkshire hogs will be shown by listed Pittsylvania 4-Hers and accompanied by project leaders and a farm agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsylvania
Lynchburg
Appomattox
Albemarle
Buckingham
Campbell
Charlotte
Cumberland
Halifax
Lunenburg
Prince Edward Counties
Yorkshire
Holt Barksdale
Gretna
Beverly Clark
Hubert Dixon
Java
Lawrence Hiett
Wallace Richardson
Keeling
Olin Saunders
Michael Saunders
Ringgold
Carl McKenzie
Ralph Barksdale
Chatham
Earl Yarbrough
Dry Fork
Gregory Gross
Vernon
Caswell County ABC stores post near 1.5 million sales
Six ABC stores in Caswell County reported total sales of 1,496,106.20 for the year ending June 30, with a net profit of 199,964.94. From that, 48,000 funded the general fund, 112,000 to the Board of Education, and 9,998.25 set aside for ABC law enforcement. Operating costs were 103,766.09 and 158,384.97 in sales tax was paid to the state treasury. Individual store whisky and wine sales ranged from 88,878.55 to 606,799.15.
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Yanceyville
N. C
ABC
Caswell County
Board of Education
North Carolina Treasury
Semora
Crossroads
Anderson
Stoney Creek
Mountain Hill
Redistricting Hearing Set For Aug 24 in Virginia
In Richmond the Privileges and Elections Committees set August 24 for a joint public hearing on Virginia's 10 congressional district redistricting. The 10 a m session precedes work on redistricting legislation for the August 31 special assembly session, chaired by Sen. Garland Gray and Rep. John Warren Cooke. The governor urged public input, noting the one man, one vote principle and potential upheaval from reapportionment. Committee meetings were held behind closed doors.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Privileges and Elections
Virginia
House
House of Delegates
State Senate
Special Assembly
Garland Gray
Waverly
Senate P&e
Del
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
Gray
Cooke
Harrison
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Senate P & E
Youth Drowns In Kerr Lake Backwater Creek
Chase City youth John Bullock, 19, drowned Tuesday in the Butcher's Creek backwaters of John H. Kerr Reservoir. Investigators say he disappeared after diving from a boat with Fred Taylor, 33, and Clinton Jeffers, 17, both also of Chase City. Search by Mecklenburg Sheriff’s team continued, noting very deep water where the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boydton
Chase City
Butcher’s Creek
John H. Kerr
Mecklenburg County
Pracie
Mecklenburg
W. E.newman
John Bullock
Fred Taylor
Clinton Jeffers
Bullock
Taylor
Jeffers
Newman
Prices Fall On Border Tobacco Markets Across Georgia and Florida
Flue-cured tobacco prices eased on the Carolina Border markets with most grades $1 to $2 per hundred pounds lower. Reaf and other grades showed mixed changes while overall volume was light. North and South Carolina totals and averages are listed, with Monday strong totals and Stabilization Corporation shares noted. Closing dates for several Georgia Florida belts are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Carolinas
Federal State Market News Service
Stabilization Corporation
South Carolina
North Carolina
Valdosta
High Springs
Fla
Lake City
Jasper
Live Oak
Madison
Quitman
Thomasville
Fitzgerald and Valdosta
Stabilization Corp
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Federal
Holbrook Ave
Morten JB. Watson
Watson
Tazewell
Virginia Secondary
Rotary Club
John Richmond
County
Caswell
Joe Ferrell
N. Main St
Home Builders Association of
Ferrells
Danvillians
Kerr Lake
Ga.Fla
Holiday Imn
Mae Stem
WSTM
Casa Trala
Lillian W. Silks
Mgr
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