Final Swine Flu Clinic In City Termed 'Success'
Danville's final swine flu clinic held Sunday at O T Bonner Junior High drew about 2,644 people. Officials called it a success, with about 34 percent of over-18s vaccinated in the Pittsylvania Danville Health District. About 23,000 of 69,000 eligible residents had received shots. The six hour clinic ran smoothly, with steady attendance and brief rush periods, and more young people and Black residents receiving vaccines. People cited convenience, prior illnesses, and media prompts as reasons for vaccination. The line moved at a comfortable pace, and most attendees were in and out within 20 minutes.
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Danville
O. T. Bonner
W. S. Swofford
Pittsylvania- Danville
Swolford
Jack Eagle
Red Cross
Harold Stacy
Jaxt Sunday’s Register
Stacy
Local funeral homes not winding down ambulance service yet
A Danville Register survey finds four local funeral homes still transporting patients non-emergency to hospitals today, despite plans to exit the ambulance business in four weeks. Funeral directors say they can fit pickups around existing schedules, while acknowledging possible full demand and hospital service hours. The city committee weighs new non-emergency bids from four firms as the Life Saving Crew continues emergency service only.
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Danville Register
Barker
Marley
Danville Life Saving Crew
Danville
Roanoke
Richmond
Venture To Be Broadcast By PBS Tuesday
Mike Boyer 23 son of Danville residents spent the summer diving for sunken treasure off the Florida Keys aboard the Easy Living as part of Treasure Salvage. The National Geographic program on the Alpha galleon will air on PBS Tuesday night. He earned a scuba certificate after training at Edge YMCA in North Carolina and describes long campaigns at sea with 7:30 wake times and days of multiple dives. The crew used a sand vacuum to sift the seabed and found a gold money chain, a first gold find in a year.
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Mike Boyer
Boyer
Delos W. Boyer
Danville
Alpha
Keys
Mel Fisher
Treasure Salvage
Fisher
National Geographic Society
Bradcast
Easy Living
Earl Mundt
Mundt
Marquesas Keys
Key West
Buyer
N.C
YMCA
Roger
Center
Florida Keys
Steve Vickers
Maryland
Bob Adams
St. Paul
Minn
Blanks
U.S
County Farmer-Pastor Keeps Busy With Bees
LONG ISLAND The county's leading commercial beekeeper A A Blanks runs about 2 million bees in mass hives during peak summer season. For nearly 30 years his unique occupation has kept him busy, sharing expertise in a field few know well.
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Long Island
Pittsylvania County
A.A. Blanks
Beekeeper Pastor Blanks Juggles Apiary and Church in Virginia
Blanks, a Halifax County native and Staunton Baptist Church pastor in Bedford County, keeps thousands of bees since 1938. He rents hives to farmers for pollination, bottles some honey, and notes bees’ natural behavior, limited training opportunities, and rising honey demand amid health trends.
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Blanks
Halifax County
Staunton Baptist Church
Bedford County
Texas Divinity School
Virginia State Department of Agriculture
Holy Land
Ballots Due For ASCS Vote In Chatham County
Pittsylvania County ASCS director warns farmers to mail or postmark ballots today for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committee. In a separate report, a no injury two vehicle crash on North Main caused about 1200 dollars in damage. Doris P Price cited for failure to maintain control after rear ending Cynthia K McCarty’s vehicle near Wrenn-Yeats Funeral Home.
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W. Onica Barker
Barker Funeral Home
Don Marley
Swiceyand Funeral Home
Chatham — County
Conservation Service Committee
Warren Price
Pittsylvania County
ASCS
Price
North Main Street
I. Slayton
Cynthia K. McCarty
Meadow Wood Lane
North Main
Wrenn-Yeahts
Hargrave Military Academy Chorus Christmas Concert
Hargrave Military Academy Chorus will give its annual Christmas Concert Monday at noon in Owen R. Cheatham Chapel. Capt Ronald Horton directs a balanced program of traditional and new carols with soloists including a senior from Chatham performing Contigue de Noel.
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Chatham
Hargrave Military Academy Chorus
Owen R. Cheatham Chapel
Ronald Horton
Paul Burke
HMA
Carl Burke
Fire Victims Seek Donations in Local Appeals
Public appeals request help for two families who lost homes in November fires. Mrs Tate’s family at 2 Clay St needs furnishings and groceries, call Margaret Hill at 733-4528. Mrs Whitehead and her five children from Spring Garden Road were burned out on Nov 23. contact J Compton Shelton at Spring Garden Elementary School or teachers at 793-3511.
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James Tate
Clay St
Tate
Margaret Hill
Ruth Whitehead
Spring Garden Road
J. Compton Shelton
Spring Garden
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Townes Funeral Home
Rolland Bennett
Wrenn- Yeatts Funeral Home
City Ambulance Committee
PBS
Southsiders
A. A. Blanks
Son Jerry
Hargrave
Cape
Danville Association of Professional Educators
George Wasinton High School
Tom Houser
Danville School Board
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