New York Woman Donates 148 Acres for Whitney State Forest
A New York resident Mrs. Helen Whitney Gibson donates 148 acres near Warrenton Virginia to the Commonwealth for a public demonstration forest. The gift honors her parents Charles and Alice Whitney of Waterton Massachusetts and will be administered by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development for forestry demonstration. Governor Linwood Holton praised the generosity and directed that the tract be used in perpetuity for forestry demonstration purposes.
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New York
Fauquier County
Virginia
Warrenton
Commonwealth
Marvin M. Sutherland
Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Helen Whitney Gibson
Locust Valley
Iassau County
Charles
Alice Whitney
Waterton
Massachusetts
Whitney State Forest
Conservation Department
Division of Forestry
Wood
Linwood Holton
Local native named VP of new Home Guaranty Insurance
George E B Murphy Jr of Danville has been named vice president and director of Home Guaranty Insurance Corp a new firm based in Suffolk The venture aims to insure first mortgage loans by savings and loan institutions The Whitner State Forest project adjoining policy details note public access with hunting excluded and restricted roads Murphy a Dan River High School Elon College graduate served in the US Army 1963 65 and previously worked with Mutual Savings and Loan Association and Integon Corp He is married to Priscilla Farley and they have a daughter Kirsten aged four
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George EB. Murphy Jr
G. E. Murphy
Danville
Home Guaranty Insurance Corp
Murphy
Dan River High School
Elon College
US Army
Mutual Savings and Loan Association
Integon Corp
Winston- Salem
N.C
Priscilla Farley
Murphys
Kirsten
Hunters Told Chance Of Getting Lost In Virginia Northeast
Virginia mountain deer season sees two hunters reported lost in two weeks prompting safety advice from Game Commission Officer James N. Kerrick. A 66 year old man failed to return opening day in Craig County and a veteran woman hunter missed rendezvous on the second Monday. Searchers at times numbered 100 or more. Kerrick urged hunters to tell someone their planned route and return time and suggested staying put or following a stream downhill to reach safety. He warned against panic and crossing ridgelines between terrain areas.
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Virginia
Game Commission
James N. Kerrick
Craig County
Kerrick
City Native Promoted In U S GAO
Danville native Raymond M. Ridgeway has been promoted to supervisory auditor at the U S General Accounting Office in Washington D C. He joined GAO in 1970 after four years in the U S Air Force and a B S in business management from VPI in 1970. He is pursuing a master's degree at George Washington University.
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Raymond M. Ridgeway
Danville
General Accounting Office
Washington, D. C
Ridgeway
GAO
George Washington High School
U. S.air Force
VPI
George Washington University
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George Es Murph Iy
State Division of Forestry
Gibson
Chance
Fist Federal Saving and Loan Association
Sitc
Main Street
Danville, Virginia
U.S. Gao
Raymond Rie
J.T. Townes Printing CO
South Union Street
Dial
Riverside
Boston
Penn Champ
Arlington
Noel
Neil
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