Local Social Service Bureau Seeks Budget Cuts
The city plans to cut funds for the local social service bureau next year and join a refund program under Kerr-Mills. ADC and general relief caseloads declined from year start, with 228 ADC down to 194 and general relief from 78 to 42 as tobacco market activity affected aid fluctuations. Old Age Assistance rose from 169 to 176, Aid to the Blind from 18 to 27, and Aid to Permanently Disabled fell from 96 to 85.
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Kerr-Mills
Bureau
Rev Robert Cotton dies at Massies Mill home
The Rev. Robert Bell Cotton a former Danville Presbyterian minister and longtime postal employee died Sunday night at 7 30 at his Massies Mill home in Nelson County He retired from the Post Office Department in 1958 and had served the Massies Mill Presbyterian District He was born March 4 1898 in Corinth Mississippi and is survived by his wife two children two sisters and two brothers Funeral will be at Piney River Funeral Chapel near Massies Mill Wednesday at 11 am with burial in Amherst Cemetery
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Robert Bell Cotton
Danville
Massies Mill
Afr. Cotton
Nelson County
Post Office Department
Mr. Cotton
Burton Memorial Presbyterian Church
Chatham
George Washington University
Union Theological Seminary
Fort Smith
Ark
Corinth
Miss
Genna Scott Cotton
Barbara Ann Cotton
Norfolk
Robert B. Cotton
University of Virginia
Sissters
H. F. Andrews
Huntsville
Tex
W. H Davis
Desdemonia
F. E. Cotton
Lester Coton
Tulsa
Oklo
Piney River Funeral Chapel
Masisies Mill
Amherst Cemetery
Turner Rites Are Conducted
The funeral for Robert Edgar Turner Jr 69 of 1031 Main St was held yesterday afternoon from Townes Memorial Chapel by Dr John K Roberts. Interment followed at Highland Burial Park. Turner who died Saturday night in Durham Veterans Hospital had lived in Danville since 1920 and ran a wholesale produce business until 1952. He was a Blackstone College graduate and WWI veteran. Survived by wife Mrs Lean Scott Turner three daughters Mrs Alice Ray Mrs Anne Liverant and Mrs Scott Gailey two sons Robert E Turner Jr of Danville James A M Turner of Pulaski two brothers R F Turner Martinsville W L Turner Roanoke five sisters Mrs Mary Wimbish Altavista Mrs Susan Foster Danville Mrs Myrtle Hatcher Mt Airy NC Mrs Jessie Hunter Kenilworth NC and Mrs Virginia La Flower Gotha Florida and 10 grandchildren Pallbearers were Craig Stowe Rev Garland Elliott Charles Alverson George Tatum Heyman Tatum Lee Turner William Turner David Foster and Tred Baynes.
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Robert Edgar Turner, Jr
Main St
Townes Memorial Chapel
John K. Roberts
Highland Burial Park
Turner
Veterans Hospital
Durham
N.C
Patrick County
Danville
Blackstone College
Mrrs
Lean Scott Turner
Alice Ray
Burlington
Anne Liverant
Scott Gailey
York
Robert E. Turner
Danauc
James AM. Turner
Pulaski
R. F. Turner
Martinsville
W. L. Turner
Roanoke
Mary Wimbish
Altavista
Susan Foster
Myrtle Hatcher
Mt. Airy
Jessie Hunter
Kenvil
Virginia la Flower
Gotha
Fia
Craig Stowe
Garland Elliott
Charles, Alverson
George Tatum
Heyman Tatum
Lee Turner
William Turner
David Foster
Tred Baynes
Rare Birds of New Zealand Fascinate Naturalists
A National Geographic summary highlights New Zealand birds and their odd traits. The takahe, weka, pukeko, kiwi, kakapo, albatross, and kea epitomize a land long isolated from predators, with flightless forms, unique bills, and unusual nesting habits.
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Washington
New Zealand
Polynesia
National Geographic Society
Hightless
Iregal
Funeral Rites For Mrs Schwartz Conducted In Danville
Funeral services for Mrs Katie Boyer Schwartz 86 were held at Interseidence Danville with Dr John K Roberts officiating. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery. She died Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a week long illness. A Wytheville native she lived in Danville since childhood and was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was first married to Lewis Schwartz who died in 1897 and had one deceased son Edward Hoyte Schwartz. She then married John Schwartz who died in 1817 and is survived by daughter Betsy Schwartz Herndon four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Thomas A Fox Gerald Harris James L Riddie W E Link Melvin Vernon Sam Cox Billy Haynsworth Harry Flynn Milton Herman.
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Katie Boyer Schwartz
College Ave
John K. Roberts
Green Hill Cemetery
John Schwartz
Wais
Betsy Schwartz Herndon
College Avenue
Thomas A. Fox
Gerald Harris
James L. Riddie
W. E. Link
Melvin Vernon
Sam Cox
Billy Haynsworth
iHarry Flynn
Milton Herman
Danville road fatalities and warnings from Chief McCain
In the wartime era safety trends show declines then rises with 1960 posting a high postwar total. Danville saw twenty-one traffic deaths last year and twenty-two the year before, with one death in 1954 the fewest since the war. Chief McCain warned against overoptimism and urged careful driving as New Year holidays approach and noted more wrecks and injuries despite fewer local fatalities. He blamed some local habits carried outside the city and urged lower speeds on all roads.
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Pittsylvania
Danville
McCain
Sev ‘Eral Danvillians
Miss Phillips Makes Radford Dean's List
Miss Sue Phillips of Whitmer is named to Radford College’s Dean's List for the fall semester as a freshman.
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Miss Phillips
Radford
Sue Phillips
Donald A. Phillips
Whitmer
Lisk
Radford Col Titege
Primatene Promoted as Nonprescription Asthma Relief
An ad notes Primatene tablets, combining three prescription medicines, are now sold without a prescription in most states. It claims rapid relief from asthma attacks, open airways, loosen congestion, and reduce spasms for hours, with nightly rest advertised and a price of 86 dollars per bottle.
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New York
N.Y
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Tug Sawasseey
Kakapo
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Jover Drive
Pitts
Capisylvania
Fiordland
Vance
New Zeal
William T
Isabelleland
Virginia Turner Taylor
Takabe
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Shel
Clarence W. Scearce
H. Oakes Griffith
Dennis
Huick R. Taylor
Lawson C. ‘Taylor
Richmond
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mountain ‘View Cemetery
Swicegood Funeral Home
Westover Hills
Waga Ealintlannett Sadao
Keas
C.parks
Iles
Johnson
Div
Artment Store
Shulton
Schwartz
Mrs. Handley
Toarm
Link-Watson Corp
Craghead St
Nor-Don Center
Thompson’s
Joyce
Old Maine
Selby Arch Preserver
Rice O'Neill
Armistead Wortack
Clarence Millner
Hristmas
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