Soloists and Orchestra Slated for Messiah in Wilson
Seven vocal soloists and a large orchestra will headline Handel's Messiah at the City Auditorium in Wilson next Sunday at 4 o'clock. The Danville Music Study Club and city Parks and Recreation sponsor this free performance directed by James T. Heffinger. Local and out-of-town musicians join the ensemble, including Danville players James C. Spangler and Pat Butcher among others, with a choir from Moseley Memorial Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JG. Moore
Ronald Cockrill
Lerger Thanever
Moore
Danville
Atlantic Christian College
Wilson
N.C
Meshe
Afiss Harsigh
Danville Music Study Club
Greenville
City Parks and Recreation Department
James T. Heffinger
Moseley Memorial Methodist Church
Helfinger
Elon College
Pittsylvania County
Hampton Benton
Glee Club
Danville Choral 5 Society
Heffinger
Gordon R. Woody
Terry W. Gwinn
Woody
Duke University
Durham Gvle Choral Society
Duke Chapel Choir
Melvin ©. Vernon
Claude H. Martin, Jr
Libbie Heffinger
Vernon
Stratford College
University of North Carolina
Walter Golde
Chapel Hill
Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera Company
Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
James C. Spangler
W.P. Heffernan
Pat Butcher
Thomas Carter
Hannah Leonhardt
Eugene C. Stryker
Harry Mamlin
Ray Hayes
Harry Seeley
Donis Darlington
Carlos Swicegood
Dick Trout
Earl W. Wolslagel
Phyllis Garris
Jean MacLin
John Dunne
Marjorie Renier
C. D. Kutschinski
Abbacence
Peter Gold
Claude Pyron Funeral Rites Planned Today
Last services for Claude Smith Pyron, 65, will be conducted at 4pm today at Wrenn Yeatis chapel with interment at Highland Burial Park. A Spray, North Carolina native who lived in Danville, he worked at Dan River Mills and later ran Worsham Street Grocery. Survived by his wife Ela Crawford and three sons, Claude S. Pyron Jr., Danville. James A. Pyron, Burgaw. Harold L. Pyron, Danville. seven grandchildren. The body rests at the funeral home. family at 419 Cliff Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Smith Pyron
Wrenn- Yeatis
Highland Burial Park
Pyron
Memorial Hospital
Spray
N.C
Danville
Dan River Mills
Worsham Street
Ela Crawford
Claude S. Pyron, Jr
James A. Pyron
Burgaw
Harold L. Pyron
Cliff St
J. T. Page Dies Negro Educator In Danville
J T Page prominent Danville Negro educator died late Wednesday night at Winslow Hospital at age 34 He led the old Presbyterian school on Holbrook Street before its destruction later served at North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co and the Savings Bank forerunner He was principal of Lee Street School and a former probation officer He belonged to Nehemiah Lodge No 26 Masons and the Prince Hall order and to Holbrook Street United Presbyterian Church He is survived by his widow Kate T Page Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 p m from Holbrook Street church
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J. T. Page
Winslow Hospital
Professor Page
Old Presbyterian School
Holbrook St
North Caroline Mutual Insurance Co
The
Savings Bank
First State Bank
Lee Street
Nehemiah Lodge No. 26
Masons
Prince Hall Masonic Order
Holbrook Street United Presbyterian Church
Kate T. Page
Holbrook Street
Rockefeller Center Yule Tree Lights Up in 61 Foot Glory
The Rockefeller Center tree lit on Thursday night, a 61 foot Maine spruce adorned with 5,000 gold disks and 7,000 bulbs. Laurance S. Rockefeller presided as crowds watched from the plaza, followed by carols from the West Point cadet glee club conducted by Lt. Col. William H. Schempf.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
Plaza
Maine
48Ths
49Th Streets
Laurance JS. Rockefeller
West Point Cadet Glee Club
Wiliam H. Schempf
Area YF Meet Attracts Crowd From County
About fifty Young Farmers wives and vocational agriculture teachers from Pittsylvania County attend the Southside Area Young Farmers Convention at Buckingham. Six county farmers compete for Area Young Farmer of the Year with nominees Arthur Lewis Spring Garden S D Atkinson Callands Oliver Farmer Gretna Edward Clark Dan River William Hutcherson Renan Henry Ashworth Whitmell.
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Pittsylvania County
Buckingham
Tle
Southside
Arthur Lewis
Spring Garden
S. D. Atkinson
Callands
Oliver Farmer
Maria Adams
Bessie H. Payne
Dee Richard| Agee
Climax
Cliff Angel
Gretna
Renan
James Bohannon
J. T. W. Mitchell
Lewis Motley
Dan River
J. P. Pullen
Whitmell
Cuban Crisis Seen Beneficial To Civil Defense
ROANOKE Virginia AP Al though the Cuba crisis has subsided the climate is good for accelerating the nations civil defense efforts a federal CD official said here. Hubert Schon director for federal assistance in the Office of Civil Defense told about 50 delegates that the carryover anxiety from the sharp reaction to Cuba could benefit the CD program especially at the newer level it seems to take an international crisis to arouse our Ameri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke. Va
Hubert 4. Schon
Office of Civil Defense
Virginia Civil Defense Association
Cuba
Schon
Washington
Congress
Kennnedy
Civil Defense Service
Virginia Group
Charles M. Holt
Virginia
Chief Offers Tips To Shoppers For Holiday Safety
Chief McCain urged shoppers to guard goods by using free delivery, storing packages in trunks, and never leaving wallets unattended. He noted police will increase presence and urged off street parking to ease traffic and theft risk. He also emphasized civil defense awareness and a three month program to prepare for fallout protection needs.
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E.G. McCain
Milady
McCain
Wea
Fire Insurance School Fund Nets 2.9 Million
Raleigh AP report shows the State Board of Education insurance fund earned a net 2.9 million since 1959 to cover fire losses for public schools. Fund insured 105 of 176 units, repaid a 2 million loan from the State Literary Fund, with 7,959,451.09 in losses paid and 2.9 million net profit invested in U.S. government notes and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Educations
J. A. Prichett
Windsor
iState Literary Fund
U.S
Services Set For Victim Of Laos Crash
Funeral services are planned for Donald C. Heritage, 34, a former Greensboro resident killed when his Air America plane was shot down near Vientiane Laos on November 26. He served in the U S Air Force and later as a pilot for Burlington Industries Inc. Premier Souvanna Phouma ordered an investigation into the incident with conflicting early statements from Pathet Lao forces about who fired the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
Donald C. Heritage
Vientiane
Laos
Hanes
Lineberry Chapel
Heritage
Tve
Air America
U.S. Air Force
Burlington Industries Inc
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Adverse Ruling Could Destroy Private Property
Durham report on Duke Law talk shows Ralph Moody of North Carolina arguing that if the Supreme Court orders universal service in eating establishments it would threaten private property. He asserts he favors opportunity but resists equal treatment in public dining, noting property exclusion and non race-hate stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
Ralph _Moody
North Carolina
U. S. Supreme Court
Moody
Duke University Law School
Seafeteras
Liv
T. Wade Bruton
Bruton
College Designates Fallout Shelters in Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College joins University of Virginia in designating eight campus buildings as public fallout shelters under a federal survey. The facilities could shelter 2,025 people, surpassing the 1,762 member student body, with dormitories, classrooms, and a library listed among the sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
The
University of Virginia
Brodericksburg
F. ‘Freeman Funk
Civil Defense
Ann Carter Lee
Monroe Hall
Francis Willard
Virginia Hall
E. Lee Trinkle
Mary Ball
Large Geographic District Seen If Plan A Is Adopted
Plan A would redraw the Virginia senate map by grouping Halifax and South Boston with Mecklenburg and Greensville counties, creating a 100 mile east west district. Judge Hoffman dissented in the ruling that the 1962 redistricting act is unconstitutional and urged considering geography alongside population.
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Federal
General Assembly
Walter E. Hoffman
Bureau of Public Administration of
The
University of Virginia
Halifax
South
Boston
Charlotte
Prince Edward
Mecklenburg
Brunswick
Greensville
South Boston
County
J. D. Hagood
Clover
Joe Hutcherson
Almond
Senate
House of Delegates
Howard P. Anderson
Halifax County
Anderson
Virginia
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Ona ‘Shindler
West End
ChristiansChurch
W.b-T
Claude Pyron
Chie
Pritchett
Barry Goldwater
Conservative
Flora Rheta Schreiber
Arizona
Air Force Reserve
College
Mitory
Martha Randolph
Model Hall
Hughman
Mercer Infirmary
Kinsey
Ea Sinkas
Fat Pitt Anni Mane
Tral Spirits
Kinsey Sistillers
Riverside Building Supply Corporation
Commerce
Ces Eres Ee. Schewels
Aristocrat
Schewels
Craghead
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