Lord Bolton Represent City In San Francisco Convention
City manager James W. Lord and councilman Howard W. Stony Bolton attend the National League of Cities Conference in San Francisco joining more than 6,000 officials. The four day program covers industrial development municipal finances and energy with a key Wednesday session on influencing congressional agendas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Lord
Howard W
Stony” Bolton
Danville
National League of Cities
NLC
San Francisco
Lord
Congress
Lord and
Bolton
Felony Charges Certified To Grand Jury In County
Two cases in Pittsylvania County General District Court were certified to the December grand jury. Dexter Lee Tarpley, 20, of Dry Fork, bound over on breaking and entering and grand larceny of 720 dollars from Mrs. Sammye Watkins on Nov 13. James Perkins Mays, 59, of Chatham, charged with felonious wounding for shooting Calvin B. Price on Sept 17. John Sylvania Matthews Jr., 26, of Danville, reduced to petit larceny. fined 125 dollars and six months' jail suspended on one year probation for Nov 18 theft of tools from Dale Watson.
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Chatham
Pittsylvania County General District Court
Dexter Lee Tarpley
Dry Fork Rt. 1
Sammye Watkins
James Perkins Mays
Mays
Chatham Rt. 4
Calvin B. Price
John Sylvania Matthews
Light
Matthews
Danville Rt. 1
Dale Watson
Judges Named For Recounts On LBC Ballot
The three judge panel including Danville Circuit Court Judge James F. Ingram will hear a recount of the November 8 liquor by the drink referendum. D W Murphey and Thomas W Warren join to assess the outcome, which was 5 284 to 5 204 in favor of defeat by a slim 80 vote margin. A petition with 67 signatures followed the election, possibly the first such Danville recount petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.W. Murphey
12Th Circuit
Thomas W. Warren
Danville
James F. Ingram
Circuit Court Clerk
Obituaries Pack Danville Area Passages
A long list recounts deaths in the Danville area including Stonewall Logan of 419 Rice St and John William Jennings of 1334 Jeffress St. Memorial services are announced, with interments planned in Oak Hill Cemetery and Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Other notices include Archie L Blankenship of Ringgold Ki and Hester W Edmonds of Danville, with services at Beavers and Dove family cemeteries respectively. The rounds name survivors, birthplaces, and local residences, highlighting church affiliations and community ties across Pittsylvania and Halifax county towns.
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John William Jennings
Jeffress St
Brooks Chapel
Tommy McGee
Charlotte County
Bethel Baptist Church
Benton Graveside Rites Set for Jesse W Benton in Danville
Graveside services for Jesse W. Benton, who died early Tuesday at Roman Eagle Memorial Home, are planned for 11 a.m. Thursday at Mountain View Cemetery. The Rev. Randolph Arrington will officiate. A Danville native, he was the son of the late Joseph P. and Lizzie Hodges Benton and held a law degree from Washington and Lee University. He leaves a son, Jesse W. Benton Jr., of Chatham New Jersey, and a daughter, Mrs. Frances B. Harris of Charleston, D.C. The family resides with Mrs. J. Nelson Benton at 137 Linden Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Lizzie Jones Guill
Halifax Rt. 2
Halifax County
Willie Ivey Jones
Sallie Winn. Jones
Otis Paul Guill
Eunice G. Mayo
Otis P. Guill Jr
Danville
Lucille J. Rice
Emporium
Willie H Jones
Farmville
Edward Jones
Emporia
Powell Funeral Home
South
Boston
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Jesse W. Benton
Roman Eagle Memorial Home
Mountain View Cemetery
Randolph Arrington
Joseph P
Lizzie Hodges Benton
Washington & Lee University
Jesse W. Benton Jr
Chatham
N.J
Frances B. Harris
Charleston
D.C
J. Nelson Benton
Linden Drive
Dossie Flippen dies. services set at Prospect Baptist Church
Dossie Flippen 1901 11th birthday Pittsylvania County resident died Sunday at Memorial Hospital. He worked for Fleming Transfer Co. and is survived by two sons nine daughters a brother two sisters and grandchildren. Services Thursday 3 p.m. at Prospect Baptist Church with Rev Demetrius Crews. interment in church cemetery. Terry Elijah Irby 77 dies Monday in Altavista area. services today 2 p.m. at New Prospect Baptist Church burial Altavista Memorial Park. born July 9 1900 in Pittsylvania County. son of Coleman and Rosa Woodson Irby. husband of Vivian Mays Irby. retired Burlington Industries employee.
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Martinsville
Herbert Dean Pace
Rt. 5
Martinsville Memorial Hospital
Henry County
George P
Lulabell Pace
Dyers Store
Mrs. Barley
North Danville
Gerald Barley
Ringgold
Christine Phelps
Dry Fork
Naomi Louis
Danville
Bertha Dodson
Ringgold Rt. 2
Cassie Hill
Dossie Flippen
Greensboro Highway
Hattie Blackwell Flippen
Memorial Hospital
Bor
Pittsylvania County
Armstead
Caroline Roach Flippen
Fleming Transfer Co
Dassie Flippen Jr
Yanceyville
N.C
Charles F. Flippen
Pelham
Carrie Courts
Cornelia Nash
Whitetown
Annie Moore
Brooklyn
Dora Keith
Nannie Folds
Long Island
N.Y
Malinda Wilson
Alberta Foster
Asbury Park
N.J
Edith Powell
Neptune
Naomi Johnson
Red Bank
Leevenston Flippen
Washington, D.C
Hattie Nash
Maniza Bairston
Cunningham & Hughes Funeral Home
Prospect Baptist Church
Demetrius Crews
Church
Hart
Terry Elijah Irby
Spring Street
New Prospect Baptist Church
Altavista Memorial Park
Coleman
Rosa Woodson Irby
Vivian Mays Irby
Burlington Industries
Roanoke Firm Sues Danville Officials Over Permit Authority
A Roanoke firm sues Danville officials in Danville Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment on the city's right to issue building permits. The suit targets the referral to the planning commission for the Woodside Apartment complex housing 160 federally subsidized units off Piney Forest Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Fralin & Waldron, Inc
Danville
Victor W. White
Garland L. Moore
James W. Lord
Planning Commission
City Council
Fralin and Waldron
Woodside
Piney Forest Road
Dalton Woman Dies in Gretna at 60
Mrs Willie Mae Hall Dalton 60 of Rt4 Gretna died 7 30 p.m. Monday at Lynchburg General Hospital born April 24 1917 in Campbell County daughter of the late Willie F and Cora Lee Frazier Hall later joined Altavista Church of Christ Survivors include Carroll W Dalton two brothers Harry Hall of Altavista Stanley Hall of Rustburg and half brother Jimmy Haislip of Hurt Services set for 1 a.m. today at Altavista Church of Christ Rev Lory Brafford to officiate burial in Dalton family cemetery family at residence Finch and Finch Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Archie Lee Blankenship
Ringgold Ki. 2
Pittsylvania County
Archie G. Blankenship
Martha Ann Barker Blankenship
Kentuck
Blankenship
Rock Springs
Elizabeth Wiles Blankenship
Shirley B. McCain
Rusten
Pansy B. Brown
Madison
Wisconsin
Mary B. Wiles
Gracie B. Wiles
Sutherlin
Hugh Blankenship
Ringgold
Gretna
Willie Mae Hall Dalton
Rt. 4
Lynchburg General Hospital
She
Campbell County
Willie F. Cora Lee Frazier Hall
Altavista
Church of Christ
Carroll W. Dalton
Harry Hall
Stanley Hall
Rustburg
Jimmy Haislip
Hurt
Altavista Church of Christ
Lory Brafford
Dalton Family
Finch and Finch Funeral Home
The Danville Register Subscription Rates Note
The Danville Register lists subscription details and pricing for daily and weekend editions. It states carrier delivery at 55 cents per week, single copies at 5 cents for the Register, 2 cents for the Weekender, and 35 cents for the Sunday Register, with mail options available in advance.
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Danville
The
Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Register
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Carolyn Williamson
Social Services Bureau
Patton Street
Mike McGowan
Federal Civil Service
LBC
Stonewall Logan
Rice St
Daniel Logan
Janie J. Logan
Buffalo
Henry Ford Logan
Hollis
Richard Logan
Stonewall Logan Jr
Bronx
Arnold Logan
New York City
Cassie Cundiff
John Logan
Cunningham & Hughes Memorial
Earnest McLaughlin
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. W. Jennings
Mr. Jennings
John Thomas and
Julia Kate Hamlett Jennings
Josephine Holt
South Boston
Ernest Dunnevant
Burton Witt
Bassett
George Jennings
Hughesville
Dillard Jennings
Pikesville
A. L. Blankenship
Mrs. Edmonds
Hester W. Edmonds
North Carolina
Jim Edmonds
Mrs. Guill
H. D. Pace
Hattie Covington
Wrenn-Yeatts
E. A. Nowlin
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Danville Memorial Gardens
Swicegood
Ingram Road
Westover Hills
Mr. Nowlin
Floyd
Abe and
Nettie Dillon Nowlin
Oakwood Grocery
Westover Drive
Motega Tribe of Redmen
Ella Bowers Nowlin
Mary West
Greensboro
Peggy Adkins
Baltimore, Md
Patsy Davis
Ringold
Ruby Adkins
Eva Landman
E. Jack Nowlin
Finestle
Virginia
Gures Shah
Deto Tram
National Weather Service
Ngas US Dep of Commerce
SEL
Sommerer
Fen
J. W. Benton Sr
T. E. Irby
Mrs. Dalton
Danville Register
Corning Ware Sa
Briarwood IV
Juvenilie
Sears
Rochuck and Co
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