Record Sales For Holidays Boom Across Danville Stores
With few shopping days until Christmas Danville merchants report record sales of albums and tapes across genres. Budgets rise as Crosby Presley and various artists dominate lists while buyers purchase multiple gifts and some items like Fleetwood Mac Rumors and Rod Stewart Footloose drive strong holiday demand.
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Danvillians
Bing Crosby
Elvis Presley
Buddy Walker
Leeds Music Center
Nor-Dan
One National Record Company
Bob White
Stereo Village
Ballou Park
White
Crosby
Presley
Sal Soul Orchestra
B.B. Thompson
F.W. Wealworth Co
K-Tel
Elvis
Thompson
Sacred Heart students scale classroom in 1:12 models
Twenty five fifth graders at Sacred Heart School built scaled down models of their classroom as a hands on project in size scale and model study. Under teacher Eileen Vernon the class measured actual rooms used a P over A formula and produced varied reproductions from a ski lodge to Space Shuttle inspired frames.
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Sacred Heart
Eileen Vernon
Vernon
Tommy Evans
Laurie Ruocco
Laura Hayden
Utah
Charlie Brown
Freddie Soyangen
Freddie
Stanley Hall
Jamie Daniel
Chris Chiank
Suzanne Burkhardt
Kim Spissa
Kim
Sacred Heart Project
David Perlmutt
Parrish Re-elected to Pittsylvania ASC Board
Raymond Parrish was re-elected to a three year term on the Pittsylvania County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee at a county convention in Chatham Tuesday.
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Chatham
Raymond Parrish
Pittsylvania County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia expects snow flurries in the north and west with showers in the southeast. Highs range from 30 to the low 40s, colder in the mountains. light snow Wednesday night into Thursday in the west. North Carolina sees cloudiness and rain in the east Wednesday, with snow flurries in the mountains Wednesday night and Thursday. inland highs cooler, with mountain areas around the 60s on the coast.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Area Obituaries for George E. Young and Fletcher Marlowe
George E. Young of 66 Carlson Ave. dies at sister s residence after years of declining health. He was born 1922 in Carroll County and employed by Dan River with VFW and Baptist faith. Surviving sons, sisters and brothers listed. Body at Swicegood Funeral Home. services pending. Fletcher Lee Marlowe 94 dies in Danville hospital after long illness. Retired farmer from Callands. survived by son, daughter, six grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren. Body at Barker Funeral Home. visitation Wednesday evening.
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George E. Young
Carlson Ave
Lois Gilley
Old Mayfield Rd
Durham, N.C. Veterans Hospital
Carroll County
Harvey R
Julie Nester Young
Dan River, Inc
Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ronald D. Young
South Carolina
George F. Young
U.S. Air Force
Taiwan
Donald W
Rickey S. Young
Danville
Fannie Stout
Virginia Mabes
Walnut Cove
N.C
Hugh W. Young
Ferry Road
James M. Young
Burlington
Swicegood Funeral Home
Carlson Avenue
Fletcher Lee Marlowe
Callands
Memorial Hospital
Borm
Pittsylvania County
David Andrew Marlowe
Betty Elizabeth Hall Marlowe
County Line Christian Church
Maybird Hawkins
Marlowe
John Andrew Marlowe
Lizzie Wright
Barker Funeral Home
Selma Avenue
Slayton Graveside Rites Held in Arlington
E L Slayton of Winter Park Florida will have graveside rites Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery He was a World War I veteran and former Danville resident son of the late Richard and Lula McDowell Slayton He belonged to Bethesda Order of Addlellaws Danville Winter Park Baptist Church Surviving are daughters Jean James Virginia Beach Louise Evans Tampa and sisters Katie Dodson Danville Janie Shaw Collinsville.
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Elmer J. Slayton
Winter Park
Fla
Arlington National Cemetery
Slayton
Danville
Richard and
Lula McDowell Slayton
Bethesda Order of
Addlellaws
Funeral Held for Mrs Mabel A Lawton Newport News
Mrs Mabel A Lawton of Newport News died unexpectedly Thursday night in a Newport News hospital. The funeral was held in Newport News on Saturday. She was the mother of Frank B Lawton of Danville.
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Mabel A. Lawton
Newport News
Frank B. Lawton
Danville
Funeral service for Percy Younger listed Thursday
The funeral for 90 year old Percy Younger will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. P.H. Wagstaff officiating, burial with Masonic rites in the church cemetery. Viewing at Miller's Funeral Home Chapel in Gretna Wednesday 7 to 8 p.m. The Danville Register notes publication details and subscription rates.
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Percy Younger
Fairview Baptist Church
P.H. Wagstaff
Miller’s Funeral Home Chapel
Gretna
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Register
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Walker
Donna Robertson
Ms. Robertson
Fleetwood Mac
Rumors
Rod
Stewart
Earth, Wind and Fire
Dolly Parton
Parrish
ASC
Caler Ors National
Wee Noaa
Rox
G. E. Young
Fletcher Marlowe
E. L. Slayton
Mabel Lawton
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